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Cstice, That the Annual GENERAL COURT will be h'' td at the Society's House, No. 6, New Bridge-street, Blrekfriars, on SATURDAY, the 16th day of March, at Two r/clock precisely, to receive the Auditors' Re port of the receipts and disbursements of the Society during the year 1860, and to elect Auditors for the present year. Copies of the statements to be presented to the Meeting Will be furnished to members on application at the office on VT after Monday, the 11th March. By order of the Board of Directors. ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. Empowered by Act of Parli amen t, 3 W m. IV . THE ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, Blacktriars, London. Established 1823. __, DIRECTORS. ROBERT BIDDULPH, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM ROUTH, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. Henry Barnett, Esq. The Right Hon. E. Pleydell Bouverie, M.P. Edward Charrington, Esq. Pascoe Charles Glyn, Esq. Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, Bart. Rear-Admiral Robert Gor don. Charles Morris, Esq. George Kettilby Rickards, Esq. Augustus Keppel Stephen son, Esq. • AcTuAßY—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. SECRETARY—AIexander Macdonald, Esq. At the Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting* of the Society, held the 17th March, 1860. Robert Bidd ß i p h, E sq., th e Ch a i rman of the Society, stated the following particulars relative to the results of the business in 1859, as compared with those of 184 s Policies Sums Issued. Assured. ... 723 ... N £530,427 ... 468 • 323,670 .... New Premiums. .... £18,354 10,273 18511 1858 £B,OBl Increase .. 255 .... £ 20 6,757 •• • • The Society offers the following Advantages : The lovbest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the profits divided amongst the Policy-holders every Fifth Year. Reversionary 'Bonuses have been added to Po licies to the exten.* of £1,365,000 The last Bonus, declared in 1859, which averaged £65 per Cent. on the Premiums paid, amounted to 8,256 Po,icies are new in force, yielding an annual income of £188,165, assuring the sum of £6,545,457, which, with £638,19i Bonus additions, makes a total 0f£7,183,649. The Invested Capital is £1,815,696, producing upwards of £ 72 ,000 per annum, thus making th e p resen t A nnua l I ncome of the Society above £260,000. Service in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps will not affect the validity of Polioic_s. --- Proopeotuocvs and further' particulars may De obtained on application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY FOR Fun:, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES, No. 29, Lombard•street, London, E.C. ; and Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool. CAPITAL—TWO MILLIONS. FIRE BRANCH. Notwithstanding the large accessions of business made annually through a long series of years, which obviously in crease the dif f iculty of further advances, yet the Fire Pre miums of the year 1859 rise above those of the preceding year —by a larger sum than has been obtained by the increase of any single year since the formation of the Company, ex cepting the year 1853, disclosing an advance of 50 PER. CENT. IN THREE YEARS. The following figures exhibit the progress of the whole Fire Branch, running over the last Ten years : Total Premium Increase of the year received. above each p rece di ng one . 1850 X 44,027 10 0... £9,55719 8 1852 76,925 4 2 ... 24,251 18 3 1854 128,459 11 4 , . . 15,895 7 0 1856 151,733 9 6 21,673 17 7 1858 196,148 2 6.. 21,092 17 10 1859 228,914 7 7, 32,166 4 9 Placing the Company among the very largest offices in the Kingdom. Indeed, it is believed that there are now only three offices in existent which equal it in Fire revenue. B LE USINESS. The Directors desire to call the especial attention of the Proprietors of THE LIFE BRANCH of the Establishment. The ACTUARY'S Report on this subject is accompanied by an Appendix, illustrated by two coloured Diagrams, 'which make plain to the unprofessional eye the mortality ex -I)erienced by the "Royal, as indicated by curved lines, which contrast most favourably with the former Averages of mortality, also displayed on the Diagrams. The Bonus apportioned to the Assured, with participation, amounts to £2 per cent. per annum, to be added to tte origi nal sum assured of EVERY PARTICIPATING POLICY effected previously to the Ist of January, 1858, for each entire year that it had been in existence since the l'ad appropriation et Bonus thereon, and is ONE OF THE LARGEST BONUSES EVER DECLARED. The Paid-up and Invested Capitp; t, including Life Funds, a mounts to upwards of £700,000 s ! ceriing. PERCY M. DcVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. 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Where there exist unerring Means of *seer taining whether any morbid or threatening symptoms are present, and, if so, when science offers efficacious resources for removing them, it is strange that men should neglect the obvious duty of self-examination and consultation, in order that their minds may be set at rest ; or, if there be really grounds for uneasiness, that the causes thereof may be over come. Dr. LA'MERT, of 37, Bedford-square, London, is the only regularly educated and legally qualified practitioner on the MEDICAL REGISTER who has devoted himself for twenty years entirely to the studies and observations incidental to this subject. A vast amount of information and suggestions in reference to this and other matters of vital interest, which every reflecting mind should be cognisant of, will be foundin his work on NERVOUS and PHYSICAL DEUILITY, which may be had, price is., or free by post for 13 stamps, from Mann, 39, Cornhill, or from the Author, who may be daily consulted either personally or by correspondence, at his residence, 37, BEDFOF,D-SQUARE. road THE BAY TER TESTIMONIAL _BANQUET. Last evening the testimonial subscribed for by the Libe ral members and ex-member of the House of Commons on the retirement of Sit W. G. Hayter, M.P., from his post of political secretary to the Treasury, was preented to him at Willis's Booms, St. James's. The event was celebrated by a magnificent banquet, supplied by Messrs. Willis. Covers were laid fcv 150, but considerably more than that number were present, as will be seen by the subjoined list of nava. The tables were elegantly decorated with silver an gilt candelabra, groups, &c., furnished for the occasion by Messrs. Smith and Nicholson, ;who manufactured the testimonial, the branches supporting the choicest flowers of the season, fruits, &c. The testimonial, designed by Messrs. Smith and Nichol son, of Duke-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, consists of a very massive table ornament, surmounted by a large group of five emblematical figures. The design is in the pure Louis XIV. period, enriched with foliated scrolls and flowers. The shape is quadrangular, and upon each angle of the base is supported a vase for flowers and fruits. The figure represents Britannia in the centre with the lion, and at the four angles of the plinth, Fidelity, Justine, Industry, and Loyalty. Weight, 1,100 ounces, The inscription is as fellows : " This testimonial was presented on the 27th day of Feb ruary, 1861, to the Right Hon. William Goodenough Hayter, Bart., M.P., by Viscount Palmerston, M.P., on behalf of 365 members of the House of Commons, in remem brance of the courtesy, fairness, and efficiency with which he performed the duties of Political Secretary to the Trea sury between the years 1850 And 1859." The subscription list was confined, with but one excep tion, to the members of the Liberal party. Many hon. membere and ex-members belonging to the Conservative party were anxious to testify their esteem and regard to Sir W. Hayter, both politically and privately, by becoming subscribers to the fund; bnt the committee considered it better to confine it to a demonstration of feeling on the part er the Liberal party, the exception above alluded to being in the case of the late Mr. Robert Stephenson. Lord Pal merston, M.P., presided, and was supported by the follow ing noblemen and gentlemen :—Lord John Russell, Sir C. Wood, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. F. Peel, Sir George Grey, the Lord Advo cate (Mr. Moncrieff), Col. A. S. Adair ; Messrs. W. B. Beaumont, John H. H. Foley, H. A. Bruce, F. Dundas, A. S. Finlay, John J. Briscoe, Edward Baines, Charles Forster; Lord Llanover ; Messrs. E. Buller, J. Gurdon Rebow ; Sir S. M. Pete, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, Messrs. T. A. Mitchell, C. C. Clifford, T. W. Evans, W. Jackson, H. W. Wickham, G. P. Scrope, W. Tite, Bramp ton Gurdon, D. C. Marjoribanks, H. B. Sheridan, Samuel Beale, Guildford Onslow, Charles Paget, C. W. Pullen, Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie, Mr. E. T. Bass, Robert Han bury, H. W. Gore Langton, Thomas G. Baring ; Sir W. Dunbar, Alderman Salomons, Col. Davie, Mr. George C. Glyn, Mr. J. H. Langston, Sir E. Perry, Messrs. Thomas Western, James Brown, A. W. Young, Wm. Kirk, H. M. Marsh, John St. Aubyn, G. F. Heneage, W. Buchanan ; Sir J. Paxton; Messrs. Edwin James, R. M. Milnes, John Locke, K. D. Hodgson, J. Bonham Carter, Hastings Rus sell, W. Miller, E. W. Schenley, George Trail ; Col. Hig gins, Sir G. C. Lewis, Col. H. M. Clifford, Messrs. Robert Dalglish, C. W. Martin, Henry Woods, J. A. Turner ; Right Hon. T. E. Headlam, Lord Dunkellin ; Messrs. Samuel Whitbread, Geo. H. Packe, Jas. Clay, Knatchbull Hugessen ; Sir W. G. Craig, Mr. F. W. Russell, Mr. Arthur J. Otway, RightHon.A.Herbert; Messrs. W. B. Wright son, W. Roupell, Kinglake, H. Hussey Vivian, John Foster, Colonel Ferguson, J. B. P. Westhead, W. S. Lysley ; Sir J. Arnott, Messrs. C. Fe/ tescue, R. M. Bellew, E. H. I. Craufurd, Thomas Luce, J. E. Wemyss, George Moffat, James Wyld ; Sir M. Cholmeley, Colonel Biddulph, Right Hon. E. Ellice ; Messrs. Edward Ellice, jun., J. A. Hardeaetle ; Captain Hon. J. C. Vivian, Alderman Sidney, Sir T. E. Winnington, Viscount Castlerosse, Viscount Raynham ; Messrs. W. 0. Foster, 0. Ricardo, R. F. Craw ford, Hayter, J. G. Dodson, John Hall; Sir H. Rawlinson, Messrs. R. J. Roy Campbell, John Steel, Richard Davey, John Bagwell ; Sir M. Berkeley ; Messrs. William Wells, J. Dent Dent, George Hadfield; Sir James Duke, Mr. Alfred Bristow, Mr. Donald Nicholl ; Lord H. Vane; Messrs. F. B. Beamish, M. Wyvill, jun., Thomas Phinn, Hon. C. W. Fitzwilliam, Mark Philips, F. S. S. Foljambe ; Lord Ashley, Mr. W. N. Massey, Mr. W. Angerstein, Lord Proby, Mr. Alexander Matheson, Right Hon. R. Lowe, Messrs. David Robertson, Grenville Berkeley, Thomson Hankey, Hon. H. Brand, George Ridley, Samuel Gregson, James Heywood, Sir H. F. Davie, Messrs. C. Fremantle, H. H. lieatheote, George Clive, Collier ; Lord Sandys, Mr. James Merry, Sir John Johnstone, Mr. Portman. On the removal of the cloth, The noble CHAIRMAN said the first toast thought of, and 9.-4 11,0 •/Q. - 1121 ay of English gentlemen, was "The Queen." (Cheers.) It was most peculiarly acceptable to a company consisting of members of the House of Commons, because when ho was proposing the health of the Queen all felt that they were doing homage and honour to the molt constitutional Sovereign that ever sat on this throne or on that of any other country, (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with loud cheers, The noble CHAIRMAN—I have now to propose to you the toast of the evening—the toast directly con nected with the purpose for which wo are assembled— namely, the health of our common friend, Sir William Hayter. The occasion on which we are met may be con• sidered highly honourable to those who have assembled and to him in whose honour we have met. (Cheers.) It often happens in human life that men who have been thrown together entertain the most friendly feelings towards each other while they act together, but that when the occasion for mutual co-operation has passed they separate into different ways, and the memory of their co-operation fades away in their minds, and when they meet again they meet more like strangers than old acquaintances and friends; but there are instances in which the contrary takes place—in which men who have at one period of their lives co-operated with each other, who have been animated by mutual good feeling, and who have interchanged offices of friendship, find when they meet again that the remembrance of their former co-operation and friendslip is as fresh as it was at the very time when they used to have daily intercourse with each other. (Cheers.) Well, gentlemen, that I believe is the case between us and Sir William Hayter. (Cheers.) For nine years, I believe, Sir William performed a most im portant duty in the House of Commons—a most important duty, I may call it, because he was the organ of communica tion between the Government and the members of the house upon every possible variety of matter connected with the vocation of Government and the functions of the members of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) That duty required rare and distinguished qualities for its efficient discharge —great courtesy of manner, great soundness of judgment, great discrimination in dealing with men, great fidelity in executing the instructions he might receive. (Cheers.) On many occasions the discharge of his duty required peculiar tact and judgment. We all of us carry about with us an inward monitor which regulates our conscience. (A laugh.) That conscience sometimes silently) but pointedly reminds us when we are tempted to consult our pleasure rather than our duties, when we are tempted by momentary inducements to fall off from the performance of duties less agreeable, but more important. Sir William was the external monitor of our consciences. It was his duty in a friendly manner to remind members of the House of Commons of important questions coming on, of divisions expected, and of other matters of an important character. That task required great discrimination of judgment on his part, and my right hon. friend performed it with great suc cess, and without giving offence to those to whom his en treaties were addressed. (Cheers.) My right hon. friend's duties were of a most complicated and varied kind, and in the performance of those duties he was frequently and ne cessarily brought into conflict with the feelings of the in dividuals he was addressing ; but in the whole course of his career he never made one enemy and never forfeited his consistency. (Cheers.) I feel peculiar gratification in having been permitted to propose this toast, because it has been my lot for many years to be in constant daily communication with Sir W. Hayter upon every possible matter concerning the business of the Government, both in and out of the house. I can say with satisfaction that lam glad to have an opportunity of stating that I have found him a most useful and faithful adviser, with knowledge upon every sub ject upon which it has been necessary to consult him—in fact, a perfect encyclopaedia of information connected with the administration of affairs in every part of the country. His advice was sound and to be relied on, and his informa • tion most accurate and correct. (Cheers.) I must say we must all feel the liveliest satisfaction at having this opportunity, after an interval of considerable length since his functions ceased, of proving that the memory of times gone by is still fresh in the minds of those who are glad of an occasion to render honour where honour is due, and do an act of homage to the signal qualities possessed by my right hon. friend. I have still a further duty to perform, both on my own behalf and on yours—that of tendering to Sir Wm. Hayter, in the joint names of the contributors, both present and absent, this substantial testimony of your esteem and regard towards him, and to request its accept ance by him. This testimonial of our esteem, regard, and affection is the gift of 365 members of the House of Com mons; and if my right hon. friend has their names en graved on its tablets, he will have an opportunity, every day throughout the year, of reading the name of some true and valued friend. (Hear.) Referring to the design of the testimonial, Lord Palmerston said :that the floral deco rations represented the eloquence of those members of the House of Commons on whose behalf it was tendered. (Hear and laughter.) The figures which stand upon its summit are apt emblems of those qualities which we have reve renced and respected in the individual to whom they are offered—namely, F idelity, Industry, royalty, and Wruth —(cheers)—qtialities for which my right hon. friend is entinently distinguished, and I am happy to be the organ of those by whom that testimonial is presented in request ing that you, Sir W. Hayter, will be pleased to accept it in their names. Thus it may be said that while, on the one hand, the services of my right hon. friend have beep acknowledged by the Crown by the dignity which has been conferred on him, so also those services now receive a last ing recognition from the Liberal members of the House of Commons. The toast was drank with loud cheers. Sir W. HAVTER, who on rising was loudly cheered, said,—l am unable adequately to thank you for the honour you have done are, and the noble lord for the magnificent manner in which he has introduced me to your notice on this occasion. When I first entered this room I felt the flattering distinction of being the invited guest of the evening, but I did not anticipate that the noble lord would have so eulogised my past conduct, nor could I have foreseen that you would have given me so hearty, so generous, and so warm a reception. (Cheers.) In endea vouring, therefore ) to express to you my thanks for the high compliment you have paid me through our noble chairman, I must throw myself upon your indulgence and kindness,and ask you to accept the will for the deed, entreating you to be lieve in the sincerity of those sentiments of respect and gra tattle which I sincerely and deeply feel, though I cannot adequately express them, in thanking you for this distin guished mark of your esteem and respect. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord has been pleased to advert in terms far too favourable to those services which I have been enabled to render to the great party to which I belong during the lengthened period I had the honour of discharging the duties of the position I then held ; and I can only say that if those services have been of any value I heartily rejoice at it. (Hear, hear.) If there is any merit to be attributed to them, it does not belong to me, but to others. I owe it to that frank and generous conduct that was uniformly reposed in me by those noble chiefs under whom I had the happiness to serve. (Cheers.) To the noble lord the member for the city of London I am indebted for my first introduction into public life, and for the great many kindnesses I have since received from him—to the noble chairman, under whom it was my happiness for a lengthened period to serve, for the support and encouragement I have always received from him—and, more than all, to the co-operation, the courteous sympathy, and the unselfish forbearance which I have always met from every member of the Liberal party. (Cheers.) What ever, therefore, these services might have been, I assure you they have been more than amply rewarded by this public acknowledgment, joined in and presided over by one who is admitted by all to be the foremost statesman in Europe— (loud cheers) —as well as countenanced by the noble lord the member for the city of London, who fr , na early youth to ma ture age has been the enlightened, the unflinching, and the successful champion of civil and religious liberty. When in addition to that, I see myself surrounded by others equally distinguished for their private worth and public eminence —when I recognise so many with whom it has been my happiness for so many years of my life to live on terms of friendly and familiar intercourse, and when I stand here the invited guest at this magnificent banquet, I feel indeed that any services of mine have been more than amply re paid. But when I turn from those around me to that splendid ornament, and reflect that it has been presented to me by the noble lord on his and your behalf, as well as on behalf of my absent and valued friends, as an enduring memorial of the approbation which you have been pleased to extend to my public conduct, I feel altogether unable to express to you my acknowledgments in adequate language. Believe me that I attribute but little comparative value to the costly material of which that ornament is composed, or to those most chaste and choice decorations which add to its beauty and enhance its value. The priceless worth is in the assured conviction that it is the reward of honest services ) and a further testimony of that personal esteem and friendship which have brightened many a past day, and which, I hope, will continue to brighten those that are to come, and endure as long as life is given to me. (Cheers.) Permit me to offer to you in return my humble and hearty thanks. Believe me, the events of this evening will be ever present to my recollection, and form one of those bright and sunny spots in the career of life on which memory will ever love to dwell. (Loud cheers.) Lord HARRY VANE proposed "The Health of the noble Chairman." After referring to his lordship's eminent social qualities, of which they had an illustration that evening, he proceeded to say that it was not alone in that capacity of the noble lard that he had the honour to propose his health. During the many years of his political life, Lord Palmerston had prominently appeared before the pub lic in the capacity of a Liberal Minister, and had assisted in carrying through Parliament the many Liberal mea sures that had of late years found a place in our statute book, in accordance with the advanced spirit of the age. During the period in which he was at the Foreign-office he administered with signal success the affairs or that depart ment. (Cheers.) There always would be in every great po litical party differences of opinion upon particular questions of domestic policy, and especially upon some matters of fo reign policy; but Lord Palmerston had evinced a compre hensive knowledge of all the details he had to administer, and by his ability and firmness of will had been the means of producing signal benefits, not only to England, but to foreign countries also. There were then present many gen tlemen connected with mercantile affairs, and if they cast a glance upon the last twenty-five years they would be able to recall to their minds many occasions on which the promp titude and energy of Lord Palmerston had been of the great est service in maintaining the mercantile interests of this kingdom, as well as the dignity and honour of the Crown and the nation at large. The foreign policy of Lord Pal merston had gained for him a European celebrity. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON, in returning thanks, was received with loud cheers. He said,—To receive such a compliment from an assembly of English gentlemen must be at all times a source of deep gratification, but when the assembly by whom that expression has been made consists of the cho sen representatives of the people, and when the individual to whom that compliment is offered is one who has for years acted with them, it is beyond a mere compliment, it is highly honourable. You have been pleased to speak of the course of my public conduct. It has been my study, in whatever situation I have been called upon to act, to endeavour so to guide my course as to pursue what appeared to me to be the true and best interests of the country. It has been a subject of gratification and pride when I have found that the views which I have taken of the duty which I thought it incumbent on me to pursue 4ave been confirmed by the approval and sanction of Parliament and the country. It is true that the course of public men in the performance of official duty is frequently difficult and hazardous. There are, and there must be, occasions in which those who agree with him in main principles may differ as to the particular modes of carrying those principles into effect; however painful this must be it is a consolation for him to know that he has acted according to the best of his judgment, and according to the dictates of his conscience. (Hear, hear.) The con duct of the foreign relations of this great country is a matter of great difficulty and doubt, but I have always been sup ported in the discharge of those duties by a confidence on tie part of the people of this country, and have always re ceived a generous support from the Liberal members of the house. (Cheers.) My noble friend who now fills that de partment also receives the same support from Parliament, and the people of this country. (Cheers.) He also has made, and is making, the great interests of this country the pole star to guide him in his difficult task. (Cheers.) Al though the matters he has to guide are as difficult as those which ever fell to the lot of any of his predecessors to deal with, I am convinced that with the continuance of your generous support and good will, he will be able to carry to a successful result those arduous labours which for tho mo ment he has in charge. In returning my most sincere and hearty thanks for the honour you have done me, I may be permitted to propose the health of those who, though pre sent, have ceased to be members of the house. Thottgh they may now be said to be among the spirits of the de parted, I hope that at no distant day we may hail them again as inhabitants of our active and busy world. (Cheers.) Lord SANDYS acknowledged the toast, and the company shortly afterwards separated. THE FIRE AND Loss OF TWO LIVES IN SHORE DITCH.—Yesterday Mr. John Humphreys, the coroser for East Middlesex, resumed at the Black Horse TaVern, Kingsland-road, the adjourned inquest on the bodies of Emma and William Bemus, who perished in a fire that took place in the house of their parents, No. 210, High street, Shoreditch, on the 14th of February. The coroner said it appeared quite evident from the evidence that had been adduced, and also from what some of the jurors had seen, that the police and escape men had done all they possibly could upon the occasion. The jury returned a verdict " that the two children met their deaths from suffocation and burning, but how the fire occurred there was not sufficient evidence to show. The jury also re turned a vote of thanks to the eseapemen and police for the manner in which they had exerted themselves in trying to save life and extinguish the fire. - - [AVDERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills, Children's Complaints.—While the weekly return of mor tality shows a decrease of deaths from the small-pox, it dis plays an alarming increase in fatal cases of measles and scarlatina. Such unfortunate issues would not result were mothers and nurses to rub Holloway's Ointment upon the glands of the neck and upper part of the chest, when symp toms of scarlet-fever or measles first appear, or even after the eruptions have come out. The ointment, penetrating through the skin to the glands, always stimulates them to throw out a full eruption, which is the safety-valve of both diseases. Holloway's Pills also should be given to lessen the fever, to reduce the irritation of the throat, and to quieten the cough, which are most distressing to all suffer• tug from these complaint•, CONVOCATION OF THE PROVINCT OF CAA TEBB CRY . Yesterday morning both Houses of Convocation resumed business at Westminster, the Upper House in Queen Anna's Bounty-office, and the Lower House in the Jerusalem Chamber, adjoining the Abbey. THE tlVliklit HOUSE. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided, and there were present the Bishops of London, Winchester, CiAford, St. David's, Lincoln, Norwich, Salisbury, Gloucester and kris- tol, Liandaff, and St. Asaph. THE "ESSAYS AND REVltlfg." 'the Venerable Archdeacon BICKERSTETII, the acting, Prolocutor of the Loifet House, who was accompanied by the lion, and Rev. Dr. PelleiV, Dean of Norwich; the Rev. Canon Wordsworth, the Venerable Archdeacon Grant, the Rev. Canon Woodgate, and other gentlemen, attended before their lordships, and stated that the lower house, having on the previous day discussed the merits of the volume of "Essays and ReVieWs," written by Dr. Temple, Dr. Williams, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Jowett, Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Eadan Powell, and Mr. Mark Pattison, had come to the following resolution ::—" That the clergy of the Lower House of Cotvocation of the' Province of Canterbury, hav ing agreed to the unanimous censurewhich has been already pronounced and published by the archbishop's and bishops of both provinces on certain opinions contained in a book entitled c ESSAYS and Reviews,' entertain an earnest hope that under the divine blessing the faithful zeal of the Christian church may be enabled to counteract the perni cious influences of the erroneous opinion contained in the said volume." On the retirement of the deputation, yhe Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented a petition from the clergy of the deaneries of Kineten and Blockley, in the diocese of Worcester, stating that these essays ap peared to them to be destructive of the formularies of the church and belief in the veracity and authenticity of the Holy Scriptures, the doctrines of the creeds, and subver sive both of the Christian faith and of the foundations of religious belief. They believed that a great scandal had been caused to the Church, and danger might arise to weaker minds should views of such a character be allowed to pass unnoticed. They felt it therefore to be their bounden duty to record their emphatic protest against the teaching con tained in these essays, and to refer to the judgment of the right reverend bishops and of the Lower House of Convo cation the wisdom and expediency of taking immediate measures respecting the same. IMPROVED PSALMS AND HYMNS. The Bishop of St. AsAnt presented a petition from the deanery of Chew, in the diocese of Bath and Wells, praying the house to adopt measures for preparing a hymnal for the use of congregations of the Church of England, a want which had been long and generally felt by the members of the English Church. NEW BAPTISMAL SERVICE. The Bishop of NORWICH presented a petition from the rural deanery of Ingworth, in the diocese of Norwich, stat ing that very considerable inconvenience has been experi enced from the want of a special service for the admission into the Church of persons who had been privately baptised, or baptised by parties net ordained ministers of the Church of England. They prayed their lordships to take such want into consideration, and to draw up and sanction for the use of the ministers of the Church of England a special service for the admission into the Church of persons privately bap tised, or baptised by persons not ministers of the Church of England. MISSIONARY BISHOPS ABROAD. The Bishop of OXFORD moved the appointment of a joint committee of both Houses of Convocation for the purpose of drawing up an address to his Grace the President, pray ing him to put himself in communication with the various metropolitan bishops in the colonies as to the regulations which should govern the relations of missionary bishops to the home and colonial church. After some discussion, The Bishop of NORWICH, having reviewed the arguments which had been adduced, moved an amendment expressing an earnest desire that no action might be taken until fur ther communication had been had with the bishops abroad. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY put the amendment to their lordships, who negatived it, and affirmed the Bishop of Oxford's resolution. The house, after transacting some further business, adjourned. THE LOWER HOUSE. The Ven. Archdeacon Bickersteth presided in the absence of the Dean of Bristol, the prolocutor of the assembly. THE "ESSAYS AND REVIEWS." Upon the reading of a minute as to the previous day's proceedings, The Rev. Mr. SEYMOUR drew attention to a decision which he understood was come to, that Dr. Wordsworth's resolution (reported in the proceedings of the Upper House) should be communicated to tho bishops ane archbishops, and proposed a motion with a view of supplying that omis sion. This was agreed to. Sir HENRY THOMPSON suggested that a commit tee ought to be appointed to examine the " Essays and Reviews," and to point out the objectionable passages, comparing them with the Scriptures, before they presumed to censure the volume as being contrary to Scripture. The Rev. M. W. MA.You, incumbent of St. Mary's, West Brompton, rose to order. The standing orders had been suspended, and they could not reopen that question. The subject then dropped, it having been formally re mitted to the Upper House for consideration. PROTESTANTISM IN ITALY. The Rev. Canon WORDSWORTH, D.D., presented the following petition, signed by a great number of the mem bers of the Lower House : _ _ _ "We, the undersigned members of the Lower House of Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, respectfully invite the attehtion of the Upper House to the opportunity now afforded by Divine Providence for the advancement of true religion in Italy. " We regard with thankfulness the facilities offered at the present time for the diffusion of the Holy Scriptures in that country, and wo rejoice to learn that many Italians have shown a desire to procure copies of the English Book of Common Prayer in their own tongue, and have ex pressed their approval of it. " We are of opinion that the Church of England ought not to remain passive and silent at so important a juncture, and we earnestly pray that she may be enabled by the Di vine blessing to avail herself of those means which are now vouchsafed to her of promoting the cause of Christian truth and unity in a country to which she herself was in debted in the sixth century for many spiritual benefits. "We therefore humbly submit to the consideration of your grace and your lordships, whether it might not be ex pedient that a committee of this convocation should be ap pointed, with instructions to prepare the draft of a letter from the bishops and clergy of this province, representing to the clergy and laity of Italy the blessings, spiritual and temporal, which, under God's Providence, this church and realm have continued to derive for three centuries from the English Reformation, preserving as it did the holy Scrip tures, the sacraments, and the creeds of the Christian church, and the three orders of the Christian ministry, while it purified them from novelties, errors, and corruptions. " We would also suggest that such a communication from this synod might convey to the clergy and people of Italy the assurance of our hearty sympathy and co-operation in all the efforts they may make to follow the example of England in reforming herself, and to maintain those scrip tural and catholic truths and ordinances which they have inherited from primitive antiquity, and to clear them from those abuses by which in the course of ages they have been marred and blemished. " We therefore humbly pray your grace and lordships to give the requisite directions for the appointment of a com mittee for the purpose of framing the draft of such a letter, to be submitted to this convocation for consideration at some early opportunity." ACCESSION OF:THE QUEEN. The Rev. Mr. SEYMOUR gave notice of an address to his grace the President and the Bishops of the Upper House praying their lordships to consider in what way the 20th of June, on which her Majesty commenced her happy reign, and for which special prayer is provided in the Prayer Book, may be most speedily and effectually restored to its observance as a national holiday. The rev. gentleman said he had submitted this as a notice, but knowing the diffi culty of dealing with a motion upon the subject, he laid it upon the table in the form of a gravamen to the Upper House. THE TWENTY.NINTH CANON. The PROLOCUTOR communicated a message from the bishops inviting the concurrence of the Lower House with their lordships in the alterations they had agreed to in the 29th canon. The Rev. Mr. JOYCE proposed that certain terms in the licence be referred to a committee, which motion, after a iong discussion, was carried. The further consideration of the question having been adjourued the sitting was suspended. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. .. • • .. .. Mar. 21. Do. (via Marseilles) Mar. 15. Brazil and Cape Verds .. • • .. .. Mar. 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. .. Feb. —. Cuba and Mexico .. .. .. .. .. Feb. 28 Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. .. .. Feb. 27. Cape of Good Hope, &c... .. .. .. March 3. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Mar. 6. Do (via Marseilles) Feb. 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. .. Mar. 4 . India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &e. (via Southampton) Mar. 4. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 27. 13. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. • Do. (via Marseilles) .. •• Feb. Mar 2173 : Lisbon .. • • .. • • • • • • Mar . 1 . Malta, Egypt, and Adon (via Southampton) .. Mar. 6. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Feb. 27. Vigo, and Oporto .. • • • • • • ' Mar ' 1 . United States, California &c. .. .. .. Feb. 28. Western Coast and Pacifica Madeira, Teneriffe .. Mar. 10. west Wile , and Pacific, Cartliagena, Cuba, k c , F e b, 28, RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC COMPANIES. METROPOLITAN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern—Mr. W. A. Wilkinson in the chair. Mr. iftricllMAN, the seertlary, read the report, which stated that during the past half-year consi derable progress in the works had been made. A large portion of the land was in the hands of the contractors. An agreement had been concluded with the corporation of London for the purchase of their Ifteant land on the eastern side of Victoria street. and the directors had made arrangements for the sale to the Great Western and Great Northern Companies of so much of the land as Sold not be required for the metropolitan traffic. The direc tors had also concluded an arrangement with the Great Northern Railway Company for the passage'' of its traffic over the line between King's-cross and Victoria-street. The directors had deemed it ad visable to introduce into Parliament two bills, one for improvements in the means of communication with the Great Northern Railway at King's-cross and with the new markets at Smithfield, and also enabling, but not compulsory powers, to widen the line between King's-crops and Farringdon•street. The other bill was to authorize an extension of the metropolitan system to Finsbury-pa7ement. The report of Mr, J. Fowler, the engineer, stated that altogether in contract No. 1 930 lineal yards of permanent archway had been completed, and in contract No. 2 about 5 _450 lineal yards of yermanent archway had been completed. The stations for the entire line would be commenced immediately, and be completed during the autumn of this year. The contractors were noVrili full Operation throughout the line, and the more difficult parts of the -work had been overcome. and he anticipated that the railway would be opened for public traffic about April, 1862. The capital account showed that £491,573 had been received and £433,516 expended, leaving a balance of £58,057. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the directors were more and more per suaded of the sound condition of the undertaking. It would cost a great deal of money, but would re latively be a cheap undertaking. They were the pioneers in an attempt to join the existing railways, and he thought the result of their efforts would be entirely successful. Mr. PARSON, the Deputy-Chairman, in reply to questions from Mr. Deputy Harrison, stated that the estimated cost of their stations was put down at £60,000, but he thought they must be enlarged, and would cost £lOO,OOO, The improved junctions with the Great Northern Railway and the Smith field-market would cost £lOO,OOO, so they would require an additional capital to that amount to complete the main line and stations, making the total capital about £1,233,000. With regard to the Finsbury Extension, the Great Western and Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Companies considered it a very desirable thing. For two lines of rails it would cost £300,000 from Smithfield to Finsbury pavement ; if four lines were made the extension would cost £450,000. They would then require a station, which would cost about £lOO,OOO per acre, and, as they would require six acres to accommodate the companies who would use it, the cost would be £600,000. The Great Northern preferred paying a remunerative toll to subscribing to any of the capi• tal. The Great Western and London, Chatham, and Dover would provide a considerable portion of the cost. They must have four lines of rails and a station of six acres, which altogether would require t 1,000,000. The toll from the Great Northern over this extension would be 4d. for the long passengers, 2d. for short passengers between 20 and 50 miles, Id. for suburban passengers, and -t-d. for metropoli tan passengers. It was probable they would have quite as many passengers to and from the Finsbury station as there were at London bridge, and, if so, there could be no doubt that it would pay a fair dividend on the outlay. It was not proposed that the Metropolitan Com pany should be liable for any portion of the cost of the extension ; separate capital and separate re venue accounts would be kept, but the main line and extension would be managed by one board of directors. The Metropolitan Company would pay tolls for the use of the extension, and the Exten sion Company would pay tolls for the use of the Metropolitan line. After some further observations, the report was received and adopted ; and resolutions were passed to the effect that the meeting considered that the extension from Smithfield to Finsburv-pavement, as introduced into Parliament, would be highly beneficial to the company, subject to the condition of having a separate capital and revenue; authori sing the directors to promote the same so as to involve no liability on the Metropolitan Company ; authorising the board to proceed with the two bills mentioned in the report, and to borrow a sum or sums not exceeding in the whole £283,333. On the motion of Mr. 'l'. Atkinson, the retiring directors, Mr. Gilpin, MX., Mr. Austin, and Mr. Parson, were re-elected, and also Mr. J. Arm strong, the retiring auditor. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceed ' ings. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the proprie tors was held at the Westminster Palace Hotel, Victoria-street ; Lord Sondes in the chair. Mr. Hoiroyd, the secretary, read the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The &tn. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said it contained many points of importance. The Western Extension had been opened, but the directors had great difficulties to contend with, owing, not only to the state of the road and the bad weather, but also to the want of rolling stock. The former diffi cult) had been removed, but the latter still remained, as the manufacturers had been prevented from de livering the locomotive engines. The line to Dover, with the exception of the permanent station, was nearly completed. The company, he trusted, would soon be able to make arrangements for the better accommodation of passengers to and from the Crys tal Palace. In order to carry out their plans com pletely the directors had given orders for the supply of several large improved steam vessels for commu nication with the continent, and two of them were now in course of construction. Lord HARRIS, the deputy-chairman, seconded the motion. Several gentlemen having put questions on mat ters of detail, Sir C. P: HONEY, one of the directors, said there had been a question put as to the right of the Me tropolitan Extension shareholders to attend that meeting. That was a question of privilege, and they would permit him to say that the Metropoli tan Extension shareholders formed a part in the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, and they had as much right to be present at the meeting as those representing any other section of the system. The capital was separate, but the management was the same. With regard to the question put by Mr. Hartridge, in reference to the Bickley and Becken ham line, he. was sorry to remark that the hon. proprietor had not been properly crammed by his friends of the South-Eastern Company. (Laughter.) Mr. HARTRIDGE—I object to such an observation. Sir CUSACK RONEY—The proof was very simple. Mr. Hartridge had made statements which cer tainly had not been derived from the London, Chatham, and Dover Company in reference to the Beckenham and Bickley line, and the only other source from which he (Mr. Hartridge) could have derived them was from the company's opponents, the South-Eastern. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HARTRIDGE—You are under a mistake. Sir CUSACK RONEY—Then all he could say was that Mr. Hartridge had been very much misin formed. (Laughter.) After the assertion of the hon. proprietor that he had not derived his information from the South-Eastern Company, he (Sir C. Roney) withdrew the remark he had made; at the sameiic time he must say that the impression on his proprietor was that it was strange how the hon. could have obtained his information. 'T h fact was that the reason which had inducedth e ll y them to go were abso for the alternative line was that; p instead of their lately driven to ta.ketshueEi astern presented every seeking it ; the ard to the station between possible difficulty m b c ' n o i t u , h a r in e g . If they could get such Bicklcy and B au agreement as the ld be hon ha . proprietor secure had spit. oken But of, th e company woppy they could not get . it. (Mr. Hartridge You have got the opportunity of securing it). He (Sir (7. Roney) begged to observe that they had not got it, and therefore they had taken the course of obtaining the alternative line in order to make them free from the control of the South Eastern Company. (Cheers.) They would permit him to say that the company did not seek this new line ; it was forced upon them. They could never independently develope their traffic without the line, and therefore they were obliged to go to Par liament for it. (Hear.) With respect to the obser vations of the hon. proprietor (Mr. Alderman Salo. mons), he remarked that the question referred to by that hon. gentleman would be brought before the shareholders at a special meeting to be conTened for -- -- - 7 - 7 , 077. - 7 s . 4 :::/,':::,:i.1 ;--- ' NANt.i • ( r4 1 ..,..i. , ~.__.,,, • e ..,. .`7. i.:-: -,.., 'I! 7 ' alzti a'i' l 'i' 4)- • '' '' '‘ i:4 the purpose of considering it. The fact is 1 . --,,.. A .a.., a- , the traffic account of the Western Extensi*etnadtt , .!• •-, 1, ; -,4 4 - rAs, the railways in connection with it would be:'terr , :- :- 9/ . and the object of the bill was to enable - -r).: 6 the companylf - pessible, to make some arrange ment which would simplify these accounts. The: bill was merely permissive, and would only give • • the company power to carry out such an arrangement for the purpose above stated as the shareholders might approve of. As regarded. the Metropolitan Railway, it was proposed to pur chase the land for four lines of rails, but only to con struct the works for two in the first instance, with the exception of the bridge over the Thames. The directors believed that this traffic would be so large that, after a time, the four lines of railway would be required. After a few remarks from some of the share holders; the report and accounts were unanimously adopted. , . . On the motion of Mr. Rees (of Dover), who paid. a high compliment to the directors for their management of the affairs of the company, the re tiring directors—viz., Mr. Cobb, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Hilton, and Sir John M. Tylden, were unani mously re-elected, as was also Mr. Coleman, the retiring auditor. A cordial vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings of the meeting. CHURCH RATES. With the invariable tactics of zealous imbecility the Conservatives have succeeded in making the Church Rate the question of the day, till it is de cided as it can only be decided. They have made a great muster, they have collected all their strength, they have prepared ovations for a victory, and have won a defeat quite sufficient to encourage their opponents to the utmost perseverance. As many as 547 members voted yesterday on a question which ere this has been left to half a house ; yet a majority . of 15 left small hope indeed that the de liberate judgment of the Commons will ever be reversed. The Lords, indeed, may confirm, or may ov errule the decision. They MaY.,t.hin. s m 014 poster of 281 for this bill_a_rnatter of rtsuch or 4f. little importance. But one thing is certain, we had almost said too certain. They will never see any inter mission or abatement of this controversy till it is settled. Session after session, whichever party is in power, there will be a pitched battle on the Church Rate. It will be one of the first questions put on the hustings, and every candidate for a popular constituency will be obliged to declare himself on this point. There are not a few who are of opinion that Church Rates had better be abolished, and churches left to voluntary support, who yet wish to see the thing done very quietly, and who, above all things, grudge the Dissenters a triumph. They wish the rate could be put an end to, and nobody be the wiser for it. They are not permitted to hope for so comfortable a solution. They will have to fight or retreat for no one knows how long, with endless losses and discomforts, and the gloomy assurance of ultimate failure. They owe this pleasant prospect to Conservative hypocrisy. Every session there will be a debate of more than usual vigour and interest, with a very full at tendance of members, in which the doctrines and the discipline of the Church, its divisions, its scan dals, its " simonies," its nepotism, will be dragged out into the vulgar light of day. By the time that the tone of the assailant has become too men acing and offensive, the range of the conflict too comprehensive, and the annoyance too great to be borne, the Lords will give in, and the present measure will be passed just too late to secure the peace of the country and a respite from agitation upon Church affairs. The leading idea on the side of the Abolitionists was that this was a question of supremacy, and that Dissenters and others who objected to a domi nant Church did not like to pay tribute to it. The leading idea of their opponents was that this Was a case for compromise, that the compromise shouisl go with the abolition, and that the Church should on not be thrown at once the precarious support of spontaneous zeal. Mr. Bright constitutes him self the mouthpiece of Dissenting feeling, and takes upon himself to say that no compromise that has yet come to his knowledge would be otherwise than unpleasant to the Nonconformists. There is so much to be said for this, and it tallies so tho ' roughly not only with the movements of Dissenters but with the feelings of human nature, that it must be accepted as a fair account of the matter. Sir W. Heathcote, indeed, asserts that people in general are quite content that others should pay the rate so long as they are let off themselves, and that public feeling consequently • , has no real place in the matter. There never was a more inadequate account of a question, or less insight into the feelings that gave it life. This is a question of ascendancy. Nothing but a question of ascendancy would give so much value to shillings, and so much importance to a suini total of a_quarter of a million or so. Peter's Pence was a question of Papal supremacy, Ship Money of . • the prerogative, and the American Tea Duty of colonial independence. The Dissenters of this country enjoy much toleration, liberty, social power, and prosperity. What they want is dignity and position. They may preach to everybody, con • vert everybody, form congregations to any amount, go into any parish, build their Chapel right oppo site the Parsonage or the Church, seduce every churchgoer, and have crowded meetings when the church is empty as the desert and cold as the tomb. This is their case, and it very much resembles that of the primitive Church, when congregations of servants, soldiers, workmen, and slaves met in upper chambers and catacombs, while Imperial edicts in vain interfered in behalf of the old altars, the old priests, and the old gods ; and while the' gentlemen, the statesmen, and the philosophers of Rome cared nothing about the matter. The Dis- Isenters, however, are not content to be tributaries. They want not only social influence and social power, which they certainly have, but social posi tion, and the removal of every mark of inferiority. When their principal spokesman gives this account of their feelings, we do not see that it can be dis puted ; nor is there any reason why it should. But what compromise is there that can meet such a feeling ? Already there is not only compromise, but also much partial surrender. The present very mixed and anomalous condition of the Church Hate may be considered one great compromise. Yet it gives no satisfaction. The abolitionists resist not merely the actual rate, but the taxing power vested in the majority of a vestry, and the levying anywhere of a Church Rate under the authority of law. As the Con servatives go on the unfortunate supposition that the money is the matter in dispute, they do not meet the case, and use a waste of ingenuity. Of course, it will be said that, assuming the question to be one of ascendancy, the present agitation against the rate is not likely to stop with its abo lition, but will go on till it has reduced the Esta blished Church to the common level of all religious communities. That Mr. Bright, and many besides Mr. Bright, would simply use one surrender as the argument for another, and would place the Arch bishop of Canterbury and the pastor of an " Ebenezer" on the same level, we have no doubt, But this does not affect the question whether the church rate is a good ground upon which to fight the battle of the Church. If the Church is sure to be beaten upon it she can have no obj ect in making the defeat as serious as possible, and the worst paw sible omen for her arms. It is not a that she vindicates in this instance, b u t vspecies of local prescriptions, varied with evebriise, end dis anomaly, and in every stage of use, aenearalsetl of for themselves, and deciding itirrnown championg use. In fact, the people are decidinogvethrye qfruiesent-diei; spirit towards the Church. Geta seem to prefer this mode a o f settlofemtehnot.smTahlely rural to fall back on .t he parishes, and claimfarmers r d o f t o h s e e d t e h n y a t n h t e s of great gentlem en teeming the r° I r n a te which i m yriads of ou r large towns. They wish at least to hav e a few years' fighting, and to make the er, enemy policy.rm even a for his victory at last. This is not a w It is not the policy of good govern ment, y et' regular war. 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