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. , ,C 2 .." e....e.--917:.1" • v j . . iJ. sc , me,.., S C OTTISH LIFE W A ID SS O U W RA S; tft-t- 't ' " P " . ----,) ASSURANCE. AND f t , 0" ... t.. Ni _ ~... r N..t \t'iVe \'''' I / . t.. .?' "" l ezzA -. c. , ~ A FOUNDED A.D. 1815. ' ii ('W,. h , \ , , 4 . „, On the original Model of the Equitable Life Assurance, , I • 7 qt c e • , - "z".. 5. , • ~ !, , s ,- -,-- I, s • ). New Bridge -A t Profits to the Assured. . - "i 4 - 0 11.• 0 -zt t l i .N.,\ 4 1r;" .4 ~. :. 9 . , : l / 7 71).;14,1-1::: f o"4' h . k;i;L-k1 7 142 . /- 7 ,::F*i''' .0.:111::: all°1111.'"4:14))" A r V lackfriars, securing the whole 1r... k , , ' if \\ flp 7.... ....... AA, - 1/4 ‘ . _ ). .= p 4 . ,\\\ Chief Office___Edin' burgh--5, St. Andrew's-square. ~....„___,, ~... f. 1.. . 4. ES - )E" ..... K.._ ---' ---"---,17 , - . 4 4,- -,-- , 3,, , • 4., . , - _ - ---~.t LONDON, 11 - ESUAY EVE - NINC, A PRIL 22, 18:34. No. 12,984.) (PnrcE 7D.) GERMAN PAPERS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. STEAM FROM HULL TO HAMBURG AND SWEDEN. --- THE ST. GEORG E STEAM PACKET COMPANY S VESSELS leave HULL for the above Ports, as under : Pic HAMBURG—The WILLIAM the FOURTH on FRIDAY, the 25th of April, acd will continue to leave those Ports respectively every ten days. Foi• GOTTENBURG—The SUPERB and COR• NUBIA, with his Majesty's Mail, every WEDNESDAY Alto noon, returning on WEDNESDAYS. Information obtained of H. J. Sanderson, Hull ; or at the Company's Office, 137, Leidenhall-street, London. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 21. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past five o'clock. Lord 1-10 WICK brought up a return of the num ber of writs that had been issued from the different courts during the last year ; also, the report of the Chancery Commission ; which were ordered to lie on the table. Upon the motion of Mr. MAXWELL, the Lanark shire Roads Bill was read a second time. SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTIS FS, SUFFOLIC. STREET, PALL-MALL. THE EXHIBITION for the SALE of WORKS of LIVING BRITISH ARTISTS is Mr. TOOKE presented a petition from the mer chants, bankers, and other inhabitants of the borough of Truro, in Cornwall, against the Hailes Railway Bill. NOW OPEN from Ten till Six. Admission, ls.—Citaloßup, R. B. DAVIS, Secretary. BUTTON WAREHOUSE. 1, MAIDEN.LANE, WOOD STREET, LONDON, Wholesale only. rip nom AS BA RTL EET, and Sone, 1- Manufacturers, 126, Great Charle'-st!eet, Binning. ham, beg to inform their friends and purchasers eer.erally that they have constantly on hand, at their warehouse as above, an extensive assorttnent of buttons, thimbles, needles, braces, hooks and eyes, &c. &c., which they are determined to offer at us lovr prices as any house in the trade, and respectfully solicit their patronage. ; Or Of et. 1790 ......... Do. Do. 1800 ......... Do. Do. . 340 200 1810 ......... Do. Do. 1820 ......... Do. Do. 183 0 ....... Do. Do. ......... Do. Do. To Which Amount of Additions £4960 add original sum Assured lOOO ist::; :e' ~, iil 3 / to , 60" 4 irfr' PR__ IDENT. Right Hon. Earl of ROSEBERY. VICE PRESIDENTS. i 1 P. W. Drummond, of Hawthornden, Bart. ~,, The Hon. L or d Moncrieff. "I° Right Hon. Charles Hope, Lord President. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K. T. TRUSTEES. Sir James Gibson Craig, of Riccarton, Bart. William Scott Moncreiff, Esq., of Kirkton. Pat. Cockburn, Esq., Accountant, Edinburgh. William Mitchell, Esq., of Parson's Green. James Balfour, Esq., of Pilrig. All of whom, as also the whole Members of the Ordi ilalT and Extraordinary Courts of Directors are, and must, " terms of the Laws, have b . een Members of, and person ally , connected with, the Society, by Assurances of a deter .4arial. The number of years standing. i nst :-e great success which has attended this National Is it,tion, the large amount of additions by way of . Bonus, Which it has, at two successive periodical investigations i, , , 0 enabled to declare, and the rapidly increasing magni f- t I ZT of its business and resources, having, for some time f7' , induced many applications from England to extend oarties for affording Life Assurances at the Society's soi cc through the medium of Agencies, it has been re l.:bed:among other arrangements, to appoint an Agent in --4 ° ll , at whose temporary offioet.. Tables No. 3, BARTHOLOMEW-LANE, i bio eS of Rates, Forms of Propo e s d al, and every necessary ' A je rir'la t I NT b l e S r ll adi 4ll l )o a tS' . FUND and . LIFE E eRANCE SOCIETY is the oldest, and, in point It," 4si ness, the most extensive Life Office in Scotland. tit ' great and peculiar advantages are now well known te ni r° , 4 glloot Scotland, but as little has hitherto been at fits r,.." ,o the way of extending a knowledge of its bene lien;°„,tne Sister . Kingdom, it is necessary, in order to alliuj'eTire a(lvantages fairly before the London public, to . tution t s° , l "°e detail to that peculiar principle o . f its consti the „ ° w oich it owes its success, and which is essentially its 4111° T , ith that originally embodied in the formation of ,Feat model, the Equitable. a r : ll ° Equitabl e S oc i ety o f L on d on , f or gran ti n g Assur -4n es en Liv es an d Survivorsh i ps, was i nst i tu t e d i n 1762. i„e leading principle on which it was founded was that of Hindtual Contributionship," which means the raisi . ng h a ti:from the mutual contributions or premiums paid y 4fi e ' t A s lembe . rs, for securing . the payment of the sums or be granted by the Society, on th contained in the 1 i s r emergence by deaPthlocriess-:ivorship. This principle ~ ,11 ordinary language termed ' Mutual Assurance," or t ee Tutual Guarantee.' But these expressions are incor i as applied to this Institution, in so far as_ they seem to -111 Ply th e existence, on the part of the members, of some t e e rsonal guarantee or assurance to each other, extending of th e " common fund" thus raised. Th e pr i nc i p l e "' Mutual Contributionship, when correctly developed, en titely e xc l u d es an y suc h p ersona l liability. The Fund or 'pital accumulated from the past contributions or pre miums of the Assured, f orms , t oget h er with the annual re tientie from Premiums and Capital, the security for the So -50 engag . ementsthe experience of the Equitable 7 shown, in the most decisive manner, how ample this 14nrity is. It is, indeed, no decisive proof of this to th ert to h unk t of their Arai Common Fund" having, frOm at e . few d pounds ed from the contributions t4l : s ~ , , ,a rliest members, gradually accumulated to the valun"e ofthsin of Eleven Millions sterling, because . the b e , meir outstanding engagements or policies might and ? ,r l.ativ elY as large, or larger. But the legitimate 'eats7‘aspu proof 4 the far more than adequate the C(nn innn Fund for all the Society's engage ;7,:,,consists in the results of the periodical investigations 4 e ut 11 conducted as they have been with the greatest gree of (an h . care and scientific skill, neither have been nor Net, in e l Pogned as presenting accurate comparisons of the Itord s, ° ' the Society with its- engagements, or in other . iv accurate Balance-sheets of the Society's affairs. inst"can re sults will b e b est ill ustrate d b y t a ki ng a s i ng l e the i e from the late s t T a bl e o f Additi ons p u blished by 4:411 quitable after the periodical investigation at Ist A 15rY 1* 18 ' 30 ' r 'ree at ° t l , e _Y for 1,0001. opened in the year 1776, and in "bred __,'Fslate of such investigation, had gradually re 17mtions of the following amounts, viz. 17% ......... Addition declared of 179 , ......... Farther Do. 1 7 4 • . ....... Do. Do. or y e , Ile . Making in all 5960 4n ee• -j Il a , l ati kaix times the amount of the original assur in, the greater su — t " , ginal Policy been for 2,000/., or anv incre ased.comparatively "oefits would have been compa ex'trhis, although an actual, may perhaps be considered es air; h° renle ease, because in comparatively few nstariricciple of roan life so far _prolonged, and also thebecauseep I di_strihntion, adopted by the Equitable i ,. operates r with this fully in tTeuliar effect in such cases. But or keeping g advantage which the 'and after making allowance for h of an almost entire l i 4 4 1 t suitable Society long enjoyed from the popularity of it of Life Assurance, arising . -. it g and the comparative . absence of competi tors 8 principle, the low tbe facility and profit with which l'ri e ' and also for nt Stocks, during the whole of the war b ,,es of Government the Society to invest and accumulate their u?d, enabled . c,1 14 , the instance just . .. given may, as one of a multitude h s other cases in which additions oigreater or less amount t o v . from time to time been made to t . eir h • Policies serve ,„riillistrate the value of the other leading features ' of the prince of Mutual Contributionship, viz., that while it encrage he 9'e most solid security for the Society's,, e radepts, it secures to the Members the whole of the larg ofit, vvhether ariving from the careful selection of .. iv es, the ad vantage ous investment of Funds, or those s.tilsual sources of profit arising in every extensive Life e ll Institution from lapsed, surrendered, or for t'sted Policies. In Proprietary Companies these pro benere diverted either in whole or in part from the ten sat t . °f the Assured to that of the proprietors, in.cointo l'e '9 ' l , e f a guarantee which experience has proved to ise4ritireiy nominal d' superfluous. Had the Equitable liold bir d red w . th an f Pro rietors who professed to t, out the 1 a body o P - bed capital, whether of thou out guarantee of a subscri "oeh s" or of millions sterling, it may be easily seen how atixiloarantee would have operated. Although, as an Bti Pril fund - it would have been wholly b e - -,n lous or security, 4 thkde and nugatory, it would, nevertheless, have ftZlrli i , f l ue ground-work for transferring the profits who 4 sli e ,i . %ids to the benefit of those proprietors as al -' It • and • bay e r i eady s i i instead of the six-fold increase received, Holder fifty, ' e ft bi O wn, by the Policy of 1776, would "fsUr t 4 ia 1 830, after having paid h's premiuni for or ' our of hears, with nothing more that' all 1 obligation in 1, i, ° 0 0/. 3 heirs or assignees for the original assured sum th 4 oe 4, 111 t o e quitabeinse benefit derived . from assurances attention be i . 4l roar 4 . , e Office . , at length drew p t increased the num it),lsitioefmpsnilos'oaives a a rc f l as s it,sur assurance, thatso greatly in order to prevent the i 114140:,.. agret)sf(4ll_Society attaining an s u -- pa.l eni an al e e, l e e xCl l u a rng p ort r ..sured resolute or by law was tnat date from any right to Nti t i'Pate i n r Vosequent to a lit,: to t h ; ' .. .`e surplus funds or profits, until the policies p er,,,,t.,., benefit were . reduced to a given definite Pe eatable 6.aat a party now taking out a policy at the - ",oar ad l ,""' oot the slightest chance of entering on its i ' s I ' lt ages for a long period of years. • Ill:.vor ostitutio • • to this , taut e h., owas in existence . two years prior 1 M i cT, in "lige in the constitution of the Equitable, an( tb, 11 ,,_ 11 , b t , 74SeqUence received a great m)P an • roposals 4 , Ili NI -111 , 0 1P t his measure, would have probably gone to tti ot - ' by a d e -e ,• The benefit which parties have ob the from the fact, Yea, a POii, - ' ri g SO will at once . be evidentin the course of the 4 0 4117 , Y.,,?Pened in the Equitable a claim, would While entt l! now emerging and becoming . Cent., tlo w e ,s `led to an addition of abou 4 51 / %i n ' °Perned in this Office in the sameyear, and ixr Per e l ' l g a claim, would be entitled to an addition of ~,!here _ellt., which is yearly increasing.. k o r'dly op ;7 1 indeed be no doubt that this . Offi e is now due c allow- N eo '„for ttle‘eaehing the same position ( making business which vi o ,uatid off. oo hing limited field of . pre to.o4es to th °rds) that the Equitable held in England_ e d In *bi e f h s f ti e i .: l-l aetinent of the law already explain d. revenue, ~r l o‘y at th c , - 't may be stated, that its annual ; oa k r ,kolo a ; e nd of the year 1816 only amounted to 1,5001. ster " lir' au r r -s to nearly Eighty Thousand Pounds . Of - ' pt. • -1101 , and ' itsaccumulated Fund or Capital , ster,t'onall , that also in a state ll° 1 and I . 3 ' a aiudgmented, both b g h e a l ccounts produced at /I:veetZtkietli Annual e G ase. al C T ou e rt, held in January last, 11'141.1t l the la st ye ene al r one an addition was made to t -ter rtysift,:atge accum ar ulated fund or caital of no less resteeel:, of `To sand Pounds sterling. lndependently, 3141 der i " . °OI kie great benefit arising to the parties i f n e of thi arkths, ssurances which may become claims from 4, 150 2 Stief 'ulattlre and of which the experience the e;itletit,tftLaffords , d inar' very striking instances, it is 41 4. -PeP ietie ' thef its constitution, and from p _ sti ne ,, e of 4, principle o ge b enefit Of ino toe Equitable, n considered as an i ference to N i of l leY, without any particuar !•e . lif e eadil y k assOrance a policy now opened in this office t' ' 4 ,Y b e qt 01) during?-Iwhole riod of a prolonged dais, b e c„nle tle pe . ~rn t. 'lefit - a very valuable inheritance in ee .d d And ih n ,„ the lifei.it9t operative only at death, but may, even TY" valuabliine of the Assured, be made available to konhe addition e,PurP°ses• Plsithl li t decia,sa.eelared by this Office greatly excecd the it i t he sa rfi e- 4 ally other Office in Great Britain, itlitati Period of time, except those declared by t to . • he privileged class of its members. In reference to this, it is important to observe that the addi tions are declared at a certain per centage on the capital sums assured. In one or two other Benefit Offices the additions are declared on the amount of premiums paid, although, from the way in which they are publicly adver tised, it might be thought that the per centage applies to the sums assured. To enable a comparison to be instituted between the additions declared by this Office and the highest amount of addition made by any other Office it maybe proper to state that, supposing a party aged 38 (which is about the average age at entrance in this Society) had opened a policy in 1817, such Policy would, as already explained, be entitled to additions to the amount of 45% per cent., if calculated on the capital sum assured ; but if the additions be computed on the amount of premiums paid, they amount to between eighty and ninety per cent. As the additions made by the Equitable Office have been ad verted to, it may also be proper to explain, that in that Office the additions are declared at a certain rate per cent. per annum on the original sum assured, but always draw ing back to the date of the Policy ; while in this Office the additions, although also declared at a certain rate per cent. per annum, are computed on the accumulated sum in the Policy, as increased by former additions, and draw back to the date of the preceding periodical investi gation. Perhaps there is no more gratifying feature in the cir cumstances connected with the past history of this Insti tution, than the regularly advancing progress which it has made in public estimation and confidence. When it was first established, the nature and advantages of Life Assur ances were only known in Scotland through the medium of English Agencies, and it became a work of tedious, and even for some time of unpromising, labour to overcome the apathy and remove the prejudices which so generally pre vailed on the subject. Nor can it be doubted that, at the commencement of its progress, these difficulties were in some degree enhanced by the peculiarity incident to its principle of constitution, which necessarily precluded the formation of any subscribed auxiliary capital. The Equitable So ciety lingered during, the early years of its existence from the same causes, and even to a greater extent. But when the public came gradually to investigate and appreciate the equity of the Society's regulations, and when cases had oc curred which fully developed to actual observation the utility of the Institution, and more particularly when its great model, the Equitable, had, as already stated, enacted the by-law of 1816 (which, however expedient it may have been in the circumstances of that establishment at the time, did nevertheless virtually convert the older class of Members, considered as in reference to future entrants, into a Pro prietary Body, holding exclusive rights and privileges), the progress of the Society became more rapid, and its funds began to accumulate in a corresponding degree. The first periodical investigation took place on 31st December, 1824, being 10 years from the commencement of the In stitution; and the second on the 31st December, 1831. The results of these investigations, which indicated in the strongest manner the excellence of the principles on which the Society is constituted, and the success with which its business has been conducted, are now well known, and have secured for the Society a greater share of public fa vour and confidence than has ever previously been enjoyed by any similar Institution of equal standing. _ A full Report of the proceedings at the An nual General Court of the Society, held at Edinburgh on the 15th January last, containing Abstract Statements of the Society's affairs to the latest date, has just been pub lished, and copies of it may be had on application to the Subscriber, who will readily afford every facility, consistent with the regulations of the office, for effecting Assurances through his Agency. HUGH M'KEAN, Agent for London. 3, Bartholomew-lane, April 8, 1834. INDIA SHAWLS WANTED, fcr waich if very curious, extraordinary prices may be ob tained on applying to EVRINGTON and GRAHAM, who continue to give the utmost value for every description of India Shawls and other Orien•al productions. At their establi.hment, British, and French Shawls, in the most novel and improved designs, are on sale. India Warehouse, 10, Ludgate-street, near St. Pali's. N.B.—lndia Shawls exchanged. BY ORDER OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE. TO BE LET, WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, On Lease for 7, 14, or 21 Years, and about Six Months, the LANDING JETTEE, at the Fort, at N,tv Tavern, Milton, next Gravesend, with ti:e BAGGAGE WARE- HOUSE and OFFICE thereon. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of his MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that Sealed Tenders will he received at the Ordnance-office in Rd . -mai', and at the O:duance Store.. keeper'e- , ffice, Gravesend, on or before MONDAY, the s:h day of May, 1834, from persons desiroui of renting the LANDING JETTEE, together with th e BAGGAGE WAREHOUSE and OFFICE thereon, situate at the Fot t, at Ne•.t Tavern, Milton, neat Gravesend, in the county of Kent, upon Lease for 7, 14, or 21 Years. The Warehouse is well adapted for persons connected with shipping as a Store; it has a small office adjoining it at the north end. The Lessee will be required to keep the Warehouse, Offices, and Premises in good repair, and to give a bond for the due payment of rent and performance of covenants. The rent to be paid quarterly to the Ordnance Store keeper at Tilbury E•rt. All Taxes and Parochial Rates to be paid by the Lessee. The Board of Ordnance reserve to themselves the right to resume possession of the Jettee, Warehouse, and Office, on giving Six Months' Notice, or paying Six Months' Rent to the Lessee. Further particulars may be known on application at the Ordnance Storekeeper's-Dffiee, Gravesend, or to Mr. Crafter, Clerk of the Work, who will elow the premises to persons making application. By Order of the Board. R. BYEIAM, Sec: eary. Office of Ordnance, April 14, 1834. TITCHFIELD-HANTS. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, WITH IMMEDIAT,E POSSESSION, ACOMPACTBRICK-BUILTFAMILY HOUSE, with Detached Out Offices, and a Large Garden, situste at TitchfielJ, (if many years the residence of the late Captain Ryder, R.N. The House comprises two good sitting rooms, 18 feet by 13, a stn-,11 breakfast parlour, three good bed rooms, god two attics, with an excellen: kitchen and wash-house, and is complete with fixtures. The Garden is well stocked with fruit trees, and has a side entrance. The Premises, which are partly Freehold, awl partly Copyhold. will be found to constitute a desirable residence for a respectable family. Titchfield is a small neat market town, three miles from Fareham, seven from Gosport, ten from Southampton, aid two from the sea. For further particulars, apply (if by letter, pest paid) to Mr. Ryder, No. 1, Barnard's, Inn, Holborn, L•rndon. WO BE RE-SOLD, pursuant to certain Orders of the High Court of Chancery, made in certain cau.ies, entithd GOODALL v. PICKFORD, PICKFORD v. RANDALL, and PICKFORD v. RAN DALL, with the approbation of William Wingfield, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the PUBLIC SALE ROOM, in S ,, uthatnptoti_imildings, Chanrery-lane, Len don, on SATURDAY the 10th day of May, 1834, at Twelve oic!oek at noon, in 8 Imp, All those LEASEHOLD DWELLING HOUSES, situate in Howland -street, Fitzroy -square, numbered re ,.pectively 4', 44, and 46, held for terms of 99 years, commencing . Lady Day, 1781. Also, all those LEASEHOLD DWELLING HOUSES, situate in Hunter -street, Brunswick-square, Nos. 50 and 51, held for terms of 98 years and a quarter, wanting a few days, commencing Christmas; 1602. Also, all that COACH HOUSE AND STABLE, situate in Hunter Mews, held for 99 years, commencing Lady Day, ISO 2. Also, all that LEASEHOLD DWELLING HOUSE, situate No. 46, Harley-street, Cavendish square, with the Coach-house and Sta ,, le behind, held for 98 years and a half, commencing Michaelmas, 1772. Also, all that LEASEHOLD DWELLING HOUSE, situate No. 12, Southampton-street, Fi zrey-square, held for 99 }ears, commencing Michaelmas, 1789. Also a cettain improved GROUND RENT, secured on Premises situate Nos. 4.1 and 42, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square; Nos. 11 and 12, Southampton-street, Fitzroy-square; and No. 6, Keppel row, New filed; producing a clear rental of 171. 18s. per annum. Printed particulate may be had (gratis) et the said Master's Chambers, S:•utl:arnptun-building-, Chancery ;,,oe ; of Messrs. Dawes and Chatfield, Ang.l.court, Throgmorton-street; and of Messri. B. and P. Goode, Howlt►nd-street, Fitzroy-square. GINGER WINE. THIS Cordial Stomachic is now in too ge neral estimation to require any explanation of its peculiar merits; but it may be proper to remind the public generally that thin highly improved and fine wine of E. and 'l'. TAYLOR'S, is manufactured only by themselves. Those who may have purchased any other can be no judges of the virtues of pure Ging-r Wine but by contrast. To be had only at their Oil, Italian, and British Wire Warehouse, No. 17, Lower Holborn, opposite Furnivat's Inn. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, APRIL 19.—We are assured that some de puties of the opposition have arrived at Brussels, on the invitation of one of their colleagues, for the purposes of concerting together before the 22d, respecting the accusa tion to be brought against the ministers on account of the expulsion of Tanguers. An order of the day, issued by the 'Minister of War, and which has been communicated to all the military autho rities, enjoins the officers of all ranks not on active service, in case that troubles should break out at Brussels, to repair immediately, viz., the general and superior officers to the War-office, where they will expect the orders of the Mi nister. In other places they will go to the residence of the commandant of the place ; the other officers, of course, will proceed immediately to the office of the commandant of the place, from whence they will receive their orders, Several more royal decrees have been issued, enjoining foreigners to quit the kingdom. The brigade of gen d'armes of Brussels is going to be increased. We hear that, in the diplomatic fetes, there is to be an exhibition of the productions of the national manufactures. GIIEDTT, APRIL 18.—General Daine, who arrived here this morning, reviewed the 3d regiment of the line. The officers of the garrison waited on him after the review. Patrols paraded the streets yesterday evening, as a measure of precaution, in consequence of the great number of strangers in the city ; many of them have left this morn ing, to return to Brussels. Every thing is tranquil here. Messrs. Pulaski and Worcell arrived here yesterday. They set out this morning for Ostend to embark for London. General Magnan arrived at Hasselt on the 17th. For some days past workmen have been employed with extraordinary activity in repairing the fortifications of Venloo. —Journal de la Belgique. ZURICH, APRIL 11. —The letter of the French Ambas sador to the directing canton, dated the 30th March, states that the French Government, in order to give Switzer land a fresh proof of its friendship, has authorised him to deliver passports to the Polish refugees to pass through France to the port of Calais, where they will be embarked at the expense of the state. They are allowed fifteen days to pass through France ; will be conveyed gratis by the public diligences, and receive two francs daily per man for their support. This offer, which cannot be said to contain any harsh con ditions, gives reason to hope that Berne will see the affair in the same light as its confederates, and be inclined to act for its own interest and theirs in a manner which shall secure the tranquillity of Switzerland.—Journal de Frank fort, April 15. COURT CIRCULAR. The Princess Augusta, attended by Lady Mary Taylor, left her residence at St. James's Palace, about twelve o'clock yesterday, for Frogmore Loge. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked and drove in Hyde-park yesterday forenoon. The Duke of Cumberland returned to town on Sunday night, from his residence at Kew. M. de Moraes Sarmento, the Portuguese Minister, and. the Marquis de Miraflores, the Spanish Minister, had in terviews yesterday with Viscount Palmerston at the Fo reign-office. Several of the Cabinet Ministers and the Military Secre tary to the Commander of the Forces, visited Viscount Melbourne yesterday, at the Home-office. Lord Holland had a small dinner party on Sunday even ing, in Burlington-street. Despatches from Lord Aylmer, the Governor-in-Chief of Lower Canada, were received yesterday at the Colonial office. MUSIC HALL, BEDFORD-SQUARE. A second concert was given by La Societe del Concordia, at the Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square, on Fri day last, of which we availed ourselves, and spent a very pleasant evening. Several . performers of first-rate talent delighted us much; among whom were Signors Ivanoff and Tamburini : of ' the excellence of the latter we make no mention—his abilities are too well known to require any comment ; suffice to say he was in excellent voice. M. Ivanoff pleased us here much more than at the Opera. We consider his voice better adapted to a concert-room : he received great applause in the duet, " Non Fuggir," from " Guillaume Tell," with Tamburini ; and was rapturously encored in the aria " Che Accenti !" which he delightfully sang. Tamburini also sang a duet, by Rossini, with Miss Lansa, who performed her part with infinite credit. Miss F. Healy sang three songs, for which she received great and merited applause. In the course of the evening we had some beautiful instrumental solos ; among which Han del's splendid air, " See the Conquering Hero," was played with variations on the grand piano forte by Mr, J. Cohan, by whom the fantasia is conlposed. His playing was very fine ; but what attracted our attention most was the intro duction of some peculiarly brilliant effects quite new to us, 'which, with other parts of the composition, although ex cessively difficult, he executed with apparent ease. Mr. G. Cooke played a fantasia on the oboe, and Mon. Keny a solo on the violin, which we cannot too highly commend. The room was well filled ; and, to judge from the two concerts that have taken place, we can have no doubt that they will meet with success. An inquest was held on Tuesday morning, the 15th, in the vestry-room of St. Mary's church, Dover, on the body of Mrs. Russell, a widow lady, about seventy years of age, who was found suspended from one of the hat-pegs against the wall, in the cor ner of the gallery, on the left of the eastern entrance to the church. The deceased, for the last four or five months, had been boarding at a most respectable school establishment in the town, and about 11 o'clock on Monday she left her home for the purpose, as was supposed, of taking her usual walk, but not returning some anxiety was felt, but particularly so after dark, when it was deemed proper to have the circumstance of her being missed cried about the town, with the offer of a reward for her discovery. It appeared thit at some former period she had been found in the church, and was with difficulty persuaded to depart, and this led to a belief that she might be remaining there, as she had been observed by some one going into church between eleven and twelve o'clock. The wife of the clerk of the parish, and another female, in company with Mr. Wrightson, proceeded between nine and ten o'clock to make search in the church, when they found the unfortunate lady suspended, as before stated. Her bonnet was on, and her veil over her face, and it is supposed that she must have stood upon the seat to affix the tape or riband to the peg by which she was suspended, and then to have thrown herself off. She was quite cold when found, and must have been hanging some time. Verdict—Temporary Insanity,...Kentish Chronicle, Myrtle'', APRIL 10.—Baron Von Lerchenfeld, Minister of Finance, laid before the Chamber of Deputies, in the sitting of to-day, a project of law relative to the expense of restoring the fortress of Ingolstadt. The whole sum required from the com mencement to the completion of the work is estimated at 22,889,836 florins. FRANKFORT, APRIL 13.—We have recent news from our emigrants in America. All of them indicate that the hopes that were entertained have proved fallacious ; though none of the emigrants will plainly confess that he has entirely thrown away a happier way of life. Proud and covetous merchants and speculators inhabit the towns on the coasts of America and the banks of the rivers; they are of English origin, and look down with an eye of contempt on the good-natured German who seeks only an ideal liberty in a foreign country, and finds a miserable existence, who is plundered if he brings money with him, and repulsed if he ap pears as a stranger seeking assistance and friendship. But in the interior of the country, none can subsist but the man who has a frame hardened against every kind of privation, who can sleep on straw and dry leaves as well as on a soft feather-bed, who is willing to ex change the elastic sopha for a hard seat on a block of wood ; in a word, who has courage to fall back from a life of luxury to the rude state of nature. BERLIN, APRICI2.—As far as is known, only three or four of those who took part in the late invasion of Savoy are now at Paris, of whom two are said to be Voll and Gelpke ' • the others are still in Switzerland. Gen. Romarino, however, is said to have arrived at Paris on the 11th instant, and to live now at Auteuil ; here he has had his beard taken off to prevent his being recognised, and from which place, it is said, he goes to Paris only by night. The motive is said to be that he has received information at the Prefecture of the Police, where, as well as at the department of the interior, he has been several times, and that the refugees, who imagine that he betrayed them, have designs upon his life. It is reported that in order to escape their designs he intends to go to England, which will be the more easy, as he is said to be provided with money, and valuable effects in abun dance. There may be reasons that recommend him to indulgence from many quarters. The opposition papers, though they mention his late pamphlet, do not say a syllable of his being here. It is entirely false that other Italian or Polish refugees arrived at Paris at the same time with him. Frankfort Papers, April 16. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN. A middle-aged man, named John Brookland, was charged with distuthing the congregation, of Islington Chapel, and assaulting-two of the pewopeners. It appeared that on Friday evening, during the per formance of divine service in the above building, the defendant entered, exclaiming, " You are all infidels ; you do not worship God as you ought !" and many other like sentences, at the same time attempting to demolish the pews with a bludgeon. The majority of persons assembled could not see the prisoner, and being therefore unable to account for such an extraor dinary interruption, the greatest consternation pre vailed, as it was supposed the roof was giving way or the place had caught fire, and a rush was made to the doors, which occasioned a scene that beggars descrip tion. The pewopeners, on endeavouring to seize the defendant, were felled to the ground by him with the tremendous weapon in his possession, and their cries, of course, tended to create additional alarm. It was with great difficulty the prisoner was secured and con veyed to the station-house, where he was recognised as the person who in September last, entered the same chapel in the evening during prayers and pulled down the chandelier. When order was restored it was as certained that the two men who had been knocked down by the accused had received very severe injuries, and a surgeon was sent for, who dressed the cuts on their heads.—( The plaisters about their heads were evidences of the severity of the blows.) _ _ _ . The defendant, when asked by Mr. LAING if he wished to say anything, asked, " Who is John the Baptist ?" Mr. LAING-Perhaps you can tell us. Defendant—l will. Lend me the Bible, and I will show you it is all wrong. The Almighty has chosen me to prepare the way for his Son, who is coming to judge the world. Mr. LAING said it was evident the man was insane, and detained him in order that he might be sent to a lunatic asylum. The defendant, on hearing the Magistrate's deci sion, said he should not be in the madhouse long, for the Son of God would set him free. LAMBETH-STREET. Saturday, while the magistrates were sitting with grave countenances, considering how many special con stables should be sworn in and be compelled to make a holiday on Monday under pretence of keeping the peace, the silence of the office was broken by sundry loud thumps upon the floor, which were produced by the timber toe of a short, fat, heavy, good-natured-looking fellow, named William Vandersteen, who presented himself at the bar with a dead fowl in one hand and a placard in the other. He was followed by a lean, delicate-looking per sonage, who called himself Mr. Stanley (not the Ex- Secretary for Ireland), and proceeded to lodge a com plaint against Vandersteen in a tone of dismal despon dency. He stated that, unfortunately for his happi ness, he was a neighbour of the defendant, who kept fowls, and the nasty creatures were continually flying over his garden and picking up all his mustard and cress. On Friday morning, about three o'clock, he saw a hen tearing up his mignionette bed, and deter mining to rid himself of the annoyance, he went down and killed it with a broomstick. About ten o'clock the wife of the defendant came for it, and im mediately afterwards it was hung out of the defendant's door, which is next but one to his own, in Mile-End road, with a placard, which caused a dreadful mob to assemble about the premises. The magistrate asked what was the nature of the placard ? The defendant immediately handed it up to the Bench. It was as follows : " April 18th.—This is the hen that the oilman killed next door but one this morning, for flying over into his yard. Is it a neighbourly action? " Ah," exclaimed the complainant, " that is not all. He put up another this morning, when he discovered your Worships had granted me a peace-warrant." Shields, the officer, said h e h a d t a k en a copy o f t h e second placard, around which there was a mob of people laughing at the joke. The following is a copy, verbatim et literatirn : , 6 This is the hen wot clacked in the morn, And awakened the oilman before it was dawn ; In a fright he arose and jumped out of bed, And beat the poor hen until it was dead. And there it did lay until ten in the day, When its mistress went in and fetch'd it away ; And when she had searched it, to her great surprise, She found its back broken and bruised likewise. So, if this you call friendship, pray keep it from me, For such fri en d s hi p as t hi s 1 ne'er want to see." Mr. NORTON said the placard, though improper, was by no means ill-nature', and, with a promise it should not be repeated, he should dismiss the case, dividing the expenses between the parties. The defendant agreed to restrain his poetical effu sions, but thought it very hard he should be put to any expense after losing his fowl. He then picked up his hen, saying, " Poor thing, I heard her pray for her murderer to the very last." GULLY'S FRANK.—A frank written by the hon. mumber for Pontefract was the cause of much amusement among the gentlemen of the long robe at the.late Nottingham assizes. It was a precious spe cimen of caligraphy, and was afterwards handed to the grand jury. The hon. member, it appears, began his name with a small g (gully).—Lincolnshire Chronicle. We regret to learn that a riotous spirit has shown itself among the workmen employed on the Hartlepool Docks and Railway, in consequence of which, we are informed, it was deemed necessary on Monday week, to send for a troop of cavalry. This state of things, we understand, arises from a determina tion on the part of the English masons and labourers not to work until the Irishmen, of wham there are a great number, are paid oft And Tyne Mercury, Mr. CARTWRIGHT presented a petition from the farmers and grasiers of the county of Northampton against the Islington Market Bill ; also a petition from Cotsgrove, in Northamptonshire, against the Stony Stratford Bridge Bill. Lord AL THORP said that before moving the order of the day for the house to resolve itself into a com mittee upon the subject of the church rates, he had certain petitions to present upon the subject from the dissenters of Cricklade, Houston, and Grove, in North amptonshire, and from Milton, in Essex ; also, .a petition from the vicar and churchwardens of Thax tead, against the separation of church and state. Mr. FINN said that be and other Irish members had a great number of petitions to present, for a re peal of the union. As he understood it to be the usual course, he hoped permission would be granted to pre sent them to-morrow evening, without making any speech upon them. Mr. PETER submitted to the house whether, having a case of breach of privilege—viz., the inter ference of a Peer of the realm with an election, his (Mr. Peter's) motion ought not to take precedence of the orders of the day. The SPEAKER said that there were two questions before the house, the one whether they should act in conformity with the rules of the house, this being an order day, and the other whether they would make an exception and let the. honourable member's mo tion take precedence. It was true that this was a question of privilege, and such had always had precedence, but then those questions were always limited to such as the house had to deal with, and to judge and decide upon. The motion of the hon. member, being an address to the Crown to exercise its prerogative, could never be considered as coming within such questions of privilege. The house then resolved itself into a committee. CHURCH RATES. Lord A LTHOR P said he presented the petitions from dissenters, complaining of their grievances, because he was against the principle of dis senters being compelled to pay church rates. He thought that there was a difference between tithes and church rates, inasmuch as the latter were uncertain in their amount, and levied on dissenters as a sort of compulsion to worship in a manner different from their conscientious belief. The dissenters had a right to complain of their grievances, and the legislature had a right as well to take such steps as would relieve them. The present state of the law was unsatisfactory to the church, both in the obstinate refusal of the dissenters to pay the assessment, and in the inefficiency of the remedy left the collectors by the power of the law. The legislature should consequently enact some measures which would have the proper effect of removing the complaint and improving the remedy, by rendering the assessment more just, and of course more easily brought in. Two plans were suggested to effect that ; but then neither seemed to him to effect the wished-for object. The first was proposed by the ecclesiastical commissioners, but that did not go to remove the grievances of the dissenters ; it merely aimed at the securing the church in its revenues. The adoption of that, therefore, would be unwise, as it would leave the difficulty unmitigated. Another plan was to take a middle course—to avoid the great ex penditure that was necessary for the internal decorations of churches, and to relieve the dis senters from contributing their money to that purpose. It had been alleged by those who advocated the claims of the dissenters, that it was not so much the amount that was objected to as their being compelled to contribute for the support of a church to which they did not belong ; and although their exemption from the payment of rates for the embel lishment of the church might diminish the church rates, it would not satisfy them. Another proposition that had been made was,to continue the church rates, but to exempt Dissenters from the payment. That, certainly, so far as they were concerned, would be satisfactory, but the effect of it he (Lord A. ), need not say would be detrimental to the interests of the established church, for they could not have the least doubt that if it was once said that Dissenters were exempted, the number of those who professed to be dissenters would be very much increased. He, therefore, could not bring him self to make such a proposition, because it would be quite contrary to every principle of justice and fairness. ( Hear, hear, hear.) Another pro position, which he understood had been made by the hon. member for Exeter, was to do away with church rates altogether, and substitute nothing in their place, but leave the money now levied by the church rates to be raised by voluntary contributions. It might or might not be, that the voluntary contributions would, be sufficient ; in some cases it would be sufficient, but he, (Lord A.) was far from certain that this would, generally speaking, be the case. The dissenters called upon that house not to require of them to contribute to the support of a church to which they did not belong, but one consequence of the existence of an established church (and it was a principle which he would always advocate) was, that some means should be provided for the support of its fabric. (Hear.) On these grounds he (Lord A.) could not have acceded to any of the propositions to which he had alluded. In the course of the discussion on the question, the hon. member for Boston, and the hon. member for the University of Oxford, had brought forward statements with which his plan would be found perfectly consonant. The first said that the dissenters objected not so much to the amount as the principle, and the latter that the legislature ought to provide for the support of the church. The plan of Government would be in accordance with both opinions ; it was that church rates should be entirely abolished, and that 250,0001. should be applied out of the land tax in the manner which he would show. (Oh, oh 1) Some hon. mem bers cried " Oh !" but he would show what he in tended. ( Hear.) The mode in which this sum was to be applied generally was towards the support of the fabric of the parish churches, by paying it into the hands of the commissioners, a body which it would be neces sary to make permanent. It would be found from the returns before the house that the sum hitherto applied was about 245,0001., and the sum proposed to be appropriated he had not the slightest doubt would be quite equal to the purpose. As the law at present existed, either the rector, or the lay impropriator, was bound to maintain the repairs of the church, but it was his intention to relieve them from that, but on condition that the internal services of the church should be maintained. These were not very heavy expenses, and the lay impropriator would not be placed in any worse situation than he was at present ; by this plan all the expenses now provided for by church rates would be amply met, for it was intended that the church fabric should be sustained, anti the ex penses of the chancel and the church-yard, should be met by the rector or the lay impropriator, There were other points, such as the support of pews. With respect to pews in parish churches, he thought it would not be an unfair arrangement to matte those who had the use of them keep them in re pair. (Hear.) It was stated that, with respect to the faculty and possessory pews, this was the practice. Another source of expenditure was the visitation fees paid by churchwKdens. The legal fees which they wore called on to pay were very inconsiderable ; still the attendance of churchwardens at visitations occasioned a very large expenditure. As far, hew ever, as the attendance of churchwarclan• On this Vec l e y nt a o r r occasion went, that a tt en d ance 4 u not appear. to he a matter of very gr ea t necessity, therefore he would dis pense with it altogeth er , e nabling the parochial clergyo swear kin g from not t ein o m i n them upon t t h h e e iproaipv power Tf t R a t" ? i n •d , which they at present poz,sessed. By tE e arrangement at present proposed, it would be necessary to impo se 493 . 4 c (job check as to the expenditure. The check no .ti4l-1. w exis gta, / 4su . I p practice the money voted for the repairs, &c., of churches, .went out of the parish, but by the regulations proposed it would be the reverse, because all that might be voted would be kept within the respective parishes. Besides, the amount to be ap plied would be limited; and when the claims upon the church commissioners were larger than the sum at their disposal would admit of being complied with, the claims would have to be sent back. In addition to this, there would be this further check, that when the churchwar dens and parochial clergymen thought repairs necessary they would have to call in the surveyor of the county to examine and ascertain whether or not those repairs were absolutely imperative ; the surveyors would have to report to the quarter sessions, and, upon a certificate from the quarter sessions only would the repairs be authorised to be made. The county surveyors were men of the highest respectability, and this could not fail to be a satisfactory arrangement, and such as would prevent any extravagant outlay. It might be said that he had adverted to no provision for a large number of bills and other things that might be considered as luxuries to churches. (Laughter.) If those things were absolutely necessary, lie had no doubt that by voluntary contributions they would be got. It was probable that if the proposition of his hon. friend the member for Exeter had been adopted— viz., to leave the whole to voluntary contributions, that would have been quite sufficient. ( Hear, hear.) But he thought in the present state of the church cf England, regard being had to the principles for which the church establishment existed, it would not have been consistent with those principlei to have left the thing in that way. Of course it was impossible for him to know how this proposition'wOuld be received by those who were firmly attached to the, church, and as little did he know in what light the dissenters themselves would receive it. ( Hear, hear, hear.) This he was confident of, that with respect to the church, the maintenance of churches in .repair would be placed upon a better footing. If things remained as they were churches would not be repaired, as the greatest difficulty had already occurred. With respect • to the dissenters, he would say that they did not object to the allowance, but to the principle of imposing any tax peculiarly for the purposes of the established church. This was the objection they made, and he might. say, therefore, that as far as both parties were concerned, the effect of this measure would be, to give satisfac tion. There was another point which was not imme diately relevant, but which the house ought to consi der, namely, that this measure would effect not only a relief to the scruples of the dissenters, but relieve from a tax the people of England. They proposed to apply to the purposes of church rates 250,0001. a year out of the land tax, while the sum hitherto raised was about 600,0001., the last sum was 560,0001., the measure would relieve the people from a tax that pressed upon them to this amount. (Hear, hear.) There had been great extravagance heretofore in the expenditure of this money through the churchwardens having an interest as tradesmen in making improvements, from which cause much extravagance had arisen. (Hear, hear, hear.) He had gone through his plan, and had stated the grounds upon which ho relied : he did not know the course of objection which the hon. member for Middlesex meant to take ; he only knew, from what that hon. member had said, that he intended to make some objection. He could not object to the application of part of the land tax, as it would be relieving the whole country to a large amount, and the substitution was not a new tax, but the division of existing taxes. He felt confident, therefore, that ti n ' house would support him in moving that, after a certain time, to be fixed, church rates should cease, and that, in lieu of them, his Majesty be requested to grant out of the land-tax a sum not exceeding 250,000/. for the repair of churches, that sum to be expended in such manner as Parliament should think fit. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME disapproved entirely of the measure brought forward by the noble lord. It would sa-. tisfy neither the dissenters nor the members of the established church. It seemed as if the bench of Bishops had been at the noble lord's elbow when he arranged that measure. It was merely taking the hand from the right rocket and putting it into the left to take money still from the dissenters. Those ecclesiastical commissioners were the most inimical( to the feelings of the dissenters, and to the real interests of the established church ; and any law coming from them, or to be enforced by them, must be consider ed compulsory on people's consciences, and be rejected. Why had not the noble lord proposed that the sugar tax or the malt tax, or any other, should be applied to the purpose of the payment of these rates? There was no reason why one tax should be preferred to another, but he ascribed it all to the cunningness of the clergy who concurred that the land tax was more secure than any other, and therefore he chose it. Ho was therefore right in assuming that the bench of bishops had been his lordship's advisers. (Hear, hear.) It was a proposition to take from the public revenues a sum for the support of the church. The noble lord, with his usual candour, had admitted an extraordinary fact—that the greatest extravagance had been exhibited in the management of the church rates heretofore, and he now proposed to give them thu management of more money. If the clergy wished a pro_ per settlement of their claims, let them give up the whole of their revenues, and then the house would put them in the budget, and grant them whatever they thought proper. (Laughter.) There was no alternative. , „ (Liughter.) He (Mr. H.) was not, however, pre pared to meddle with the revenues of the church yet. (Laughter, and cries of "Oh !") He would ask the noble lord, and his friends who cheered up as if he had made some monstrous proposition, had he ever brought forward any measure that he did not wish to carry by conviction ? But probably the heads of the noble lord and his friends were at that moment full of the ideas of robbery and spoliation. He (Mr. H.) would never advocate spoliation and rob berysome of p r a o n p y osi t establishmentproposition should; b wh at e m h a e de wished h t fo a r was t that house. The question was, whether the funds were sufficient for the purposes of maintaining the established church, and not whether an established church was necessary. Then the noble lord stated one reason why 250,000/. should be taken from tbP . public taxes to support the church. P .a d h e injureth they laid any documents befor the house to sho,-, t h at the funds were not amply sufficient ? 1 - I,.nlil;eg thought would that t e eh m u o r r e e h, th th a i n a enough, extravag nt and if n a e t: u a lly on the people, proposition wo u ld d o it, The land tax would fall most n As an instance of that, he wottld merely state, that in the county of Lancaster, one of the largest and wealthiest in England, the land tax amounted to only 12,592/., while in the county of Norfolk, t county far inferior to the former in wealth and importance, it amounted t o 69,792/. I n Warwick it amounted to 25,000/., while in Somersetshire it was no less than 48,000/, This showed the inequality p, o ‘l f .ho e t p h toh e s t t r a i oxn, theya n should he would, hnouhlidsoapdi otnthat the therefore, ppiaarilt put it pt h i o t see t d o t whe would nobleu dhouse lord's give satisfaction to any class. So far would it be frep, tending to satisfy the dissenters, that it would show their: there was no intention of relieving them of the burdens oc. paying for the support of the established church ; but, otk the contrary, that the intention was to lay heavier taxes on them, for undoubtedly the effect of the noble lord's plan would be to oblige the dissenters to pay more towards the church than they did before. But besides that, Ireland, which was hitherto free from paying in support of the church of England, would now be called on to pay its proportion of this tPc, (Hear, hear.) He firmly and confidently hoped that while Episcopal England would de cline the proposition of the noble lord, Catholic Ireland and Protestant Scotland would each enter their protest against being called on to pay a proportion of the expenses of a church with which they had no thi n g to do. (Hear. hear,) He (Mr. Hume) was convinced that there might on the c o un t r y. They inipht abolish those sine gh this p t u le found means l i posemighth be raised which t without he fi l e,,,iitt,dgs any additional for 9iialgures with which the church abounded. (Hear, hear.) He saw no reason why the sinecures of the church should hear,) And what we... - e the deans l in of sinecures, whoc;z , existence was in f uii i , w w c h o l u le n t t h ry ose we i re n ethiveile,:;undrsemi litaryof ab b nee diprotected establishmentstaectteds abolishedabudt( aH ke n e : a rt no way necessary to the well-bein g . or security of the church? (Hear, hear.) If these and other sinecures, w e r e done away with, f.te revenues which they now ell. n v, ht • i e rs r y e hfoe n rr o edit t he a ti p ar p rys r u o joyed would be itraply sufficient for the purposes of the let the clergy then give %o t v l t i h a to t hl ee p l co o: f l u measure proposed by the noble lord. (Hear, hear.) If IT all their revenues to the State, and trust to the liberality only follow the example of his Majesty, who gave up the why the church should not do the same. On these grounds I t n al d id oin li g e s sa o, w ti n le : ' ;el l ! he considerekl the plan ptoposed by the noble lord as most ineonzi.derate. He was glad when he heard that the Go vernment meant to bring forward a proposition for the abolition of the church rates ; but he could not deny that he had expected a plan totally different from that ;vhiclA by which dissenters would be relieved from the burden of had then been laid before them. He had expected a plait supporting the church ; but being disappointed in that, :end finding that Ireland and Scothuid, both of which had been eacmpt tytuu this burden, were . no t,, most unsatisfactory, as he had no doubt it would be to the ccuntrT at large. (Hear, hear.) The questiou then was, be so, he could not but say that the proposition to bun p:Peedvretno.uf,e