The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-12 00:00:00

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BeresfOrd's Rob Peel, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Butler) 1 DLord- Albemarle's Ralph, 4 yrs, Bst It4b uke of Richmond's': he Currier, 6 3 rs , 6.t... - 3 r. Geodman's Illiss Fidget, 4 yrs, 6st Mb 4 lbr 6 . st it b a . l . d . e ......... T lie Devil-arnong-the-Tailors, 3 Yrs, 5 11r. Treen's Una, 4 yrs. ist 81b Air. Creville's Rory °Wore, 6 yrs, Bst 31b B etting --9 to 4 agst Th - e - Devil:atn.,ng-the-Tailors ;::to 1 "-NO.; 5 to 1 agst Rory O'lllore ; 6 to 1 agst The Cur t l e rierrtftwil agst Bob Peel ; 'lO to I agst Uca. Won by half .. . LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. Lu ' , .PNEY and COMIIh:RCIAL NEWS CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. c The Stock Market has been very flat during the day, and h as °l * l * left off rather between the prices of yesterday. This 1, t641 PrMcipally owin gto e Bank brokers delivering parce:s of stock sold last 'we th ek, which has for the time sa- Zhl the jobbers. Consols closed at 92} 92 1 1 for money, and 2 -92iLV., s for the a cheq ceount. ills, 39 41 Bank Stock, 167 166 ; India Stock, uer B prem. l e ,. ° ;eign S ecur i t i es were a l so a little flat, and prices rather 6, - .!,nan tho se o f l as t n i g ht. B e l g i an' 101 i 104 ex dividend ; c i ;IF•! 1 Two -and- a -H a lf p e r Cent s ., 52} 524 the Five per 101.}; Danish; 80} 81i.; and Brazilian, 67 68. as ran was allowed to remain quiet, the quotation being N 34. li e "i,bonds'of the insolvent States stand thus in the official 26 ; Spanish, 23a for the Five per Cents. ; ;.t, 2 :4 fur the Three per Cents. 144 Share Market was firm. London and Birmingham, y a i t hs . 2 . k Birmingham and Gloucester, 53 55 ; Great Western, ~ Go g •••• .oi ; it, the H a ll Shares, 64i 641; South Western, 634 644 ; a, Port, 6 34644; North Midland, 65 67 ; the New Shares, e a ,•._ 41 .-; South Eastern and Dover,. 30 30/ ; the Scrip, 7i ; 9 4 - r r n Cunties, 3-.91 ‘ .;,..81ackWa11, 111-12; the New Shares, • - 4,9 f. and Brighton; 343,Siper share.. 'ne letters f •orts. Hamburgh, received via hull, are more Ittisfsetory that:the: preihnis acCounti Would have led to the e rat e ,. e i , tat ien the to, 4 41 .. been immense, et the it were to le seen standing in the streets taking up w e tr. bills with_ hard _mono •, t although their places of business "e • d eor d TI accounts are .still more vague, but all agr ee . ° Ye • . . )n th e immense nestructien.of property. the tau at i l l al expressed corninunicatton from Liverpool, received 14e, Nrirth and gouth American .Coffee-house, dated Half p%l;evell a. sr , .Alay, sates the Great Western to be „ - ' l, ! the. port, waiting • for water r and that she .might be ex 'tell tip by half.past eine o'clock._ (From The Suit of Last Night.) he principal feature in the English Market, has been the to g gq. of ;th e. 1 00,000 1 stoc k sol d on F t iday -last ; this has Itened the market, and rendered money dearer, which is ag: ter,th to 4 ' _per ' cent. .Consols are 921 921 for Money, 91 4 4'4i 924 for the Account; three per Cents. Reduced. .474; New Thr ee - an d- a -H a lt per Cents. Reduced, 9919 91; 2 4 Thi •ee-at,d-a- H a lf p e r Ce n ts., 1001 1001; India Stook,, Bill,;, Ban k Stock, 16 ;71 ‘,39 .11=India Bonds, - 19; and Exchequer prem. Intelligence from ...Ham' 'burgh has effected_ the price of for the B , t ,eck.which is 521 for the .Two-and-a-Half, and took. .;which Cents. - ; Brazilian is 68. r road Shares ale firm, but the extent of business is, how qleasit,'" "„ I L. York , and North Midland, 9:3;. Edinburgh and ' 4 4• Br istol and Exeter, 44; Great Western, New, th e: cri ~:ketterst 64 ; South Eastern and Dover, 30; t ' tae ; • Easte rn . Counties, New, 51.45. 2d. ; Brighton, - : .Th e a "an Notes, 8. • t a s e A u etation of Mexican. has been but slightly altered to ., I Ing Slat only ap4a el i n ; the list of the Bonds of 'insolvent Thrj' the qUota4ja for -the_Five, and 22 for the CrP Cents. • - „ The details of the melancholy - fire at-Hamburgh engross the mo t Tg er f•ronortion of public attentien. Business in consequence itnt wholly suspended, - and doubtless will remain so until re. accurate information be -received ; the intimate cam ,el; e icittl connexion -betw een th e t wo c i t i es prec l u di ng opera "°ns un6l th e amount of the loss be better ascertained. Large t inantiti es of • goods were warehoused there on British account, and especially mom the merch an t s a t H u ll, an d a l t h oug h in aered to a great- extent of their value, few are sanguine enou g h to hope that the insurance will be wholly recovered. It•• is conjectured that the offices here will be severe stiffere rs out, as fix as th e y can at present learn, it is supposed that the lot will not be so great as is imagined. - Our, for in- Stance, has a-policy of nearly 200,0001. on goods at Hamburgh and-another city, and the quantity fortunately, at the former place r is very trifling. Thus, although the risk may at first appear large, the claims u n d er i t w ill b e scarce l y anyt hi ng . :The rema nder of the East India mail, via Falmouth, has been d -liverad to - day ; but the most important part of the intelligence his, of Course, been anticipated by the wa of Vranc e . cultiv ation of cotton from America see d (:ad ad pro ved compllithe etely successful in the presidency of -Fort William,- Sug experiments made in those of Bombay and Fort St. George had sig nally failed. It was conjectured th a t the result in th ese two • provinces had arisen from gross mismanageMent, atld• it was the more regretted, inasmuch as it was clearly Proved, that the soil and climate of India were generally favour - - 4614 la the growth of this description. - PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 9. 3 *Per Cent, Consols r r hr ee and Half S tock 99 :Grand Canal Stock D ,tto Reduced .. Ditto Debs. 6 per cent D tto N .... • • • 84 ew nt ; ...... 99* Ditto 4 per cent ... Debs. ...... 91 } Royal Canal Stock eeeivec• ga..tnet! brought by the Hull-.7ateamer has just been t h e pr „,, ress ti , e North and South American Ctiffee-house that of file had been 'partially arrested on Sunday La„ gßp - • . and 4 °a t COTT ON M ARKET, MAY Ht.—Continued steady, ters t o ooo3hales were told on previous terms, of which salmi 7d. ; 60 h,°° American. The sales included 50 Pernams, at ric a laranbain 6d • 500 Surat, 34d. to 4d. ; 3,390 Ame n, 4 d. tow , ' .Llv mi . ,4 2d. lion Siiaax Maxim., MAY I I.—With the excels rtaeqs,esrt, theurteh. Eastern and Dover New, which werein brisk was little inquiry. The sales were confined to paid ; New, 5 1-3 ; London and Birmingham 64; up 321 , Shares, 604 ; Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 3i ts and Rouen, 174 ; and South Eastern and Dover tantijeiresT& STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 10.--The market tar n s u b " St eadYs With more doing in Manchester and Birming taq —tires. Manchester and Birmingham, 29 291 South Slid ten, Ne Atral w n preui. • Brighton Loan Notes, 8 ; Northern ianks, 4/. 3d. ; Manchester Assurance, 94. .• CLOSING PRICES. bank 81 k BRITISH FUNDS. 3 p er 0 c . . ......... 168 India Stock ..... 25 8 a per k-ent Red. 914 Ditto Bonds Cent Cens . ...” -- 94 Ditto Old Annuities New Cent Red . ....... 99a Ditto New Annuities — ew • 5 - 1 i per Cent . ............. 100 l Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 41 pm 1, _ Per Cent. ........ Ditto 500/ 4l pm l i g Annuities .. 0 exp i re Di tto S ma ll 4l pm ( Pt . 186° ..... • .... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct 4-4* 1 860, 1 . 1 India Stock for Acct.-2494 121 Consols for Acct 924 FOREIGN FUNDS. : t an, 5 pis vent.— Portuguese b per cent. . h i . Rta• $ pei pent .. —. Ditto, liew ' Ditto • .;18 . 4, .. .. Prussian, 5 per cent. • liiat, yes nos a - ... I 0 percent illussialts SM" amt. 6 • per cent,.. . 80 Ditto, Aletathe ..... „ • - (Ihik,Znalt, 6 Pet cent.. 26 Spanish, 5 per cent 231 ..... ; Ditto, Deferred.... . ' Per cent French, 5. per cent. —•• --e. 1 ‘„1tti,„: 5.4 5; 5 per cent - -Exchange 'ltto,"l n t 5 per cent.... 35; French, 3.percent . —c. Alt,4Z Ilex- cent. 1837 Dutch, 24 per cent. . 1825,5 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent- . 101 4,11„, sto • SHARES. k..na Exeter (70 paid) ..............44 e. astern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... t ,"nitto'New Shares ( paid) .......... nhurgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 55 . sisq ,“‘I teat - Western Hallway (65 paid) — *bet n 4 1 , '-Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ...... 641 do a and Brighton ( paid)... ...... 361 Y „di/at° Loan Notes (74 paid) 14 :tt adon and South Western ••• —a nehester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... kb a Ditto . New shares (30 paist .. . ..... 3 74 t ) 44 :° o - gtleriti Counties Railway (100 paid) .464. 3 ° C, i ,‘„rthern and Eastern (45 paid) 434 ultt N Sh res (40 paid) ....... 324 • ° e " • • ••' Ditto Thirds ( paid) ••• . 2l/ Ss 4d ‘ 4 1 4 ,4:„ 4° ,.,nt . h Eastern and Dover {5O . 30 , •Is'itto Scrip. ( 5 paid) • k and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 9$ 11, -) leis, MONDAY, MAY 9. • - H ivies, Lowest .a st • 4 tet Prier . Yrire _Ptir , . 4 4 15C eat. 119 81 ... •19 80 ... 119 7-3 ..1-1:9 70 107 90 ... 90 .. 107 90 ... 90 14,k Cent n" 102 (02 ". 102 "42 •tte 1. ""*- " ~3 4j2 50 . .. z 80•2 50 ..,330.2 00 „.:M2 50 li t 4 ' 4 I st „., • 10.0 Woo ••te 4o I ' o l ~( IN SO , 513,7 $0 ...5060 s„_, . If 'stares 4 15 4 , 4, " oe qents. 1 4 144 2 . 53, 25% Z e th 2r41114:: 1 0; 1 11Z„kt ce;;;;; 107 75 ... It 7 75 ... lUi 60 ..,!-tr/ 00 • ^•• ....... ; tt s , 4 .11 . RAILWAY SHAREh. Qt h ....... •.. • ' ..... 165 .. . 182 50 .. 175 T,lO fir. 44 4 t‘ 4 .. 235 ... 215 ... 23 055 5 t' ,nt titti .......... 4 4)!,• 14 ,41 4 % t ,, HEALF.Y, THE CoM 'k4 t4 AnEx.—A great sensation was created on Mon taLilleatrical circle - S, in consequence of a report, which tat r rkeib7 irery active circulation, that Mr. Healey, the po ate,.lllll;e, and leader, had been discovered dead in his bed &t his residence, Shepherd's Cottage,Vine-terrece : ▪ s ame .11e, 4 4 . Me. Healey was the leader at the Adelphi iir g ,' lr niii„ t 'and Theatres, and formerly occupied the Pul„."!ate Astley's Amphitheatre. He was considered I - F-, a . ie S and was the composer of a number of r :' 11 melodies. •SlielifrUNTy MEETING.--A requisition to the • .Itt, 1 3 110 W in course of signature for a county meet fit ,A.hr,e, thoroughly convinced that there never was a. A,:ene d cn the prosperity of Kent was in greater danger. Al i s ,,ecrn as if this county had indeed been singled out fora visitatio n of an especially destructive cha ., y 4 4 „.. Ictitaoy ostensive and abrupt reduction in the hop the " n e it t fail to prove and it would also appear that the iipla,4,,ne alteration is studiously concealed, in order that t ae 4, 11 4: maybe taken by surprise and robbed—we cannot r term for such unaralleled and unstatesmanlike . otter. throbbed of their aoproperty without an opportunity o f af rpt , u . th ! effectual remonstrance or opposition, by being pare `tfine Gaze re eosin spg the e ase t h ey have to meet.— e)l, ; :'* instant, a s .. ,,.. t c \l - tr.u. ril re e a ll , twerehe e ar t h fellsinking i a n and h u r - i .79'ettn at Conflans e %/in, d seldiers from Charenton were soon th see tir hour , working with zee:Gus humanity in about four e l id ea , eithe earth was cleared away. One the men was "nett the other was restored to life. of w~..~- •~.,m,- 'THE MASQUES Of - KING EDWARD ! AND 'THAL QUEEN PHILIPPA. Salve 'testa dies, meliorque reverters semper.— Ovid. Thursdaye eve, yf that we may, At VI of the belle, we gynne our play. Old Mystery qf the " Ludus Goventrice." The forthcoming Royal Masque, which this evening will throw the Palace into sumptuous splen dour, has caused us to ransack the old chronicles of the time of Edward the Third, and his charming consort the Queen Philippa, to supply for the edifica tion of our readers an account of the Court Masques which that Monarch and his Queen were fond of holding in the bygone fourteenth century, and so to furnish them with the, means of drawing a contrast with the noble Prince and Queen who now, in the nineteenth, revive in their own persons, long-faded remembrances of past history and its eharatters In the Wardrobe-rolls, then, of Edward III.; there is an account of the dresses for furnithing the ' masques of the King, which he held on Shrove Sunday, and in which the -Monarch himself was the chief actor.. Whether Prince Albert, with his re tainers, will make as showy and merry n display is et to be learned ; and the following is one of King Edward's . grand masques, -" given in the Parliament Chamber at Westminster," for " all the aMbassadors which were here out of diverse realms and countries," and which we present i n moderni ze d E n gli s h f or the sake of cur readers : KING EDWARD'S MASQUE AT WESTMINSTER. In that Palace I saw appear, A royal Prince who drew me near ; • Tall and straight, with tresses long, That sunnily over his shoulders hung; Pure his skin as the snow, is white, Him to behold I held delight, His habit all angelic a hue, And coloured like the sapphire blue. Lyndesay's Poem of " M'onarchie," 1556. At night (says Hall),. after the . banquet was ended, a masque was presented to the guests, in the following order. There came in a drum and a fife, apparelled in White'darnask, having green bonnets and hose of the same suit; then certain gentlemen fol lowed, with torches, apparelled in blue damask, pur led with ames grey, fashioned like an alb, or white ecclesiastical surplice, and on their heads hoods : with robes, and long tippets to the same, of blue .damask, and in masques. And the KING's DRESS (continues our chronicler); came in with a certain number of gentlemen, whereof the King appeared the chief, ap parellediall in one suit of short garments, little be neath the points, of blue velvet and crimson, with long sleeves, all cut and lined with cloth of gold. And the upper part of his garments were powdered with castles and shafts of arrows of fine ducat gold ; the upper parts also of his hose were of like suit and fashion ; the nether parts were of scarlet powdered with timbrels of fine gold. He had also on his head a bonnet of damask silver flat, woven in the stole, and thereupon wrought with gold and rich feathers in them. PHILIPPA AND HER LADIES, Up, public joy, be gay Some brave uncommon way; Ring out with bell and steeple, With all the towns and people, In mirth and holy-clay:— For see, our active King, Math taken twice the fine.; Our Queen in love and play, Doth grace this crowned day; And all the Court cloth measure, Her joy in state and pleasure. QUEEN PHILIPPA'S DRESS. After these (eontinues the -Chronicler) entered six ladies, of whom the Queen Philippa, and the Lady Mary, sister to the King, were chief, and were all dressed in different fashions. • THE TWO FIRST LADIES. Two were apparelled in crimson satin and purple, embroidered. with gold, and by vignettes (sprigs or branches), ran fleur-de-lys of gold, with marvellous rich and strange tiers upon their heads. TWO OTHER LADIES. Other two ladies appeared in, • crimson and purple made like long slops' (a cassock for ladies and gen tlemen not open before) embroideyed and fretted with gold after the antique fashion ; and over the slop was a short garment of eloth of gold, scant to the knee, fashioned like a tabard all over, with small double rolls, all of flat-gold, of damask fret and. fringed gold. On their heads were. scarfs and wrappers of damask gold, with flat pipes-Lthat (exclaims old Hall), " strange it was to beholde." THE OTHER Two.—The other two ladies were in kirtles of crimson and purple satin, embroidered with a vignette of pomegranates of gold; all the gar ments cut compass-wise, having demi-sleeves, and naked down from the elbows. Over their garments were vochettes of pleasance (a species ofgauze or lawn imported from ,Lombardy), rolled with_ crimson velvet, and set with letters of gold,. like characters ; their heads were rolled- in pleasants'and tippets, like the Egyptians, embroidered with gold ; their faces, necks, arms, and hands, covered. in fine . pleasance black, some call it Lumberdines.. (lawn from Lom bardy), which is marvelously thin. 44 After the King's Grace, and . the Queen Philippa and her. ladies, had daynsed a time, .they departed every one to his lodging." 'KING EDWARD'S .MASQUE AT GREEN- • • •WICIL - • • -• • Stay, -my•sweet singer, _ One touch of thy finger A little, and linger ; For these are the sorts That love the true sports - Of Mike Tsiblemfeus - Our bright Coryphams. In the third year of his -reign, the same monarch appointed a grand masque at Greenwich, and in the Hall there was represented a castle called La For tresse Dangereux. It was acted after this manner : Six ladies looked out of the windows, clothed in richest russet satin, laid all over with leaves of gold, and every ownde (this ownde was work waving up and down) was knit with laces of blue silk and gold. Upon their heads they had . coifs and caps all of gold. After this pageant had been drawn about the Hall, that the Queen Philippa and all the nobility might survey . it, King Edward entered, accompanied by five knights, apparelled in coats, the one half being of russet satin, spangled with spangles of fine gold, the other half of rich cloth of gold ; they had caps upon their heads, also of russet , satin, embroidered with works of fine gold bullion. The Castle upon this was stormed, and after a rigorous resistance, carried by the reiterated efforts of these intrepid warriors, who, having obtained access to the ladies, brought. them all with the Queen down into the Hall, where they danced together a considerable time, and then departed. See, here are ten The spirits of courts; and flower of men, Led by a Prince,' withflam'd intents • To figure the ten ornaments, That do the courtly palace grace. • Ben Jonson's " Vision of Delight." OTHER DRESSES . OF ICING EDWARD'S MASQUES, OR LUDI. The following is a bill preserved, or an order for dresses, "ad faciendum htdos domini regis, ad festum natalis domini, celebratos apud Guldeford"—for fur nishing the masques or mummings of the King, held at the 'castle of Guildford, at the feast of Christmas. In these Judi, says the record, were expended 80 tunics of buckram of various colours, 42 visors, of various simi litudes; that is, 14 of the fades at' women, -14 -of the faces of men with beards, 14 of the heads of angels, made with silver ; 28 crests ; 14 mantles embroidered with heads of dragons ; ; 14 white tunies 7 iiibilithtith heads and wings of peacocks ; 14 or•SWatisx with wings ; 14 tunics painted with eyes of peaclieki T l4 tunics of English linen painted; and as inahys embroidered with stars of gold and silver. ANOTHER COSTUME OF KING EDWARD. In the first part of the historical play of King Edward, by T. Heywood, Hobbs, the turner, inquires Who is he in the long-beard ; and the red petticoat ? I misdoubt Ned, that it is the 'King : I know- it by Lord What-ye-call's players." The King replies, " How by them, tanner.?" Hobbs answers, " Ever when they play a masque or an enterloute at Tam worth, the King is alwaies in a long beard and a red gowne like him." The King returns answer, " No, tanner; this is hot the King; this man is the Lord Mayor of London." Ldvvarti the Third is noted by the old chroniclers as being the first of our English Monarchs (Rymer's Foedera, torn: v.) who encouraged the clothiers, and enacted new sumptuary laws. So early as the fifth year of his reign, John Kempe, a Flemish woollen manufacturer of great repute, came into this country with his workmen and apprentices, and the reception he met with from the King was so favourable, that in the same year, no fewer than seventy families of the Walloons followed his example, and were followed by crowds of others. The magnificent cloth of ray was brought to perfection in his time. THE BANQUET DAINTIES OF EDWARD THE THIRD. Feasting, of course, in the forthcoming Masque, will throw fasting out of dominion; and the high doctors of the refectory art. have, we understand, been at hard employ for preparation and banquet for the last two months. The guests on this occasion may be curious to know what were the delicacies and w hat the prices of the good things and acceptable which, on occasion of the royal masques in King Edward's time, were produced to satisfy the sweet lips of the ladies, or the more capacious appetites of stalwart lords and their stout retainers. A scarce MS. in the Cotton Library, presents the very identical bill of fare. The following are its contents, translated from the old French : " In the reign of King Edward the Third, the poulterers were ordered to sell to the royal household at these prices':—One of the best swans, 4s. ; the best porcelle for Bd. ; the best ewe, for 6d ; the best capon Ibr 6d.; the hest hen for 4d, ; the best pullet for 20. ; the best poucyn . for 2d ; the best corsynge (perhaps coney) or a peel for 4 d. ; the .best teal 2d.; the best river- mallard 5d..; the best . mallard of the fyns, ad.; the - r=t. bn n ye. ittrraii — alrgiVcrd7; The best cock 3d. ; the best partridge 5d.; the best plover 3d. : the best pheasant Is. 4d. ; the best curbi 10d, ; 13 of thevbest thrushes 6d ;112 eggs Id. ; 12 small birds, id." 'Quails, rabbits, gallons of cream, gallons of curd, hundreds of dishes of butter and biscuits, with saffron, spice -bread, and a host of other dainties arc elsewhere priced and enumerated. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY. The Annuli General Meeting or this excellent Insti tution took place yesterday at-the London Tavern. T. Lamie Murray, Esq., took the Chair shortly after one o'clock. The advertisement calling the meeting was then read. The followir ° r Report was also read :-- - " THIRDANNUAL REPORT, MA);l i, 1842, "The Directors have again, for the third time since the institution of the Society, to express their satisfaction in meeting the Proprietors o,n the occasion of the Annual Meeting. • "In the number of new policies the Society ha's not made su great a progress during the past as in the pre ceding years. In this respect it has not been singular. The severe and continued pressure experienced through out every departments of productive industry has un questionably diminished the means, and with it the faci lities of the community. and .in consequence the security of future provision afforded by life assurance has in the general embarrassment been • to a considerable extent neglected. Notwithstanding this severe pressure, which has so generally affected the business of Life Assurance, the Directors have to congratulate the Proprietors that -it has not fallen on this Society with unequal force. The number of Policies issued by the Society having now augmented from 1,230 in the year 1840, to 1,775 at the close of 1841, and to 1,890 at the present period. " At the next general meeting, and afterwards annu ally, as provided for in . the Deed of Settlement, it will be the duty of the DirectorS to lay before the 'Proprietors the result of the mathematical investigation into the affairs of the Society, which will take place at the close of the present year, with aview of making such division of profits, by way of bonus, to the Policy-holders and Proprietors as the result will justify. . "In carrying out this. object, the Directors will take care to discriminate between the several interests . involved, so as to render,equal justice to all, and to pro vide that too much of the botden of the first institution of the Society shall not fall exclusively on those who will be entitled to share,in its general prosperity. " The advantages of the principle of an annual distri bution of profits amongst the assured, instead of a sep tennial, or even longer intervals of 'division adopted by other Assurance Offices, were foreseen at the formation of this Society. It avoids the disproportionate appro priation of the profits, which all who are assured have a right to share, and which, were the division of profits is protracted, falls by chance on those Policy-owners only who have outlived certain arbitrary periods, to the disadvantage of those whose policies have become claims during the long interval of division, _while, .at the same time, it is so deceptive in the apparent over the real amount of bonus distributed over all the policies. -ThiS principle adopted by the National Loan. Fund-SocietY, of an equal distribution of profits, is in every other re, spect so self-evident, that, when once brought into.action„ besides the constant vigilance, it will call forth on the part of those interested, towards the administration-of the affairs, will, the Directors feel assured, tend largely to increase the public confidence and favour towards the Society. The benefits will be equally felt by the Pro prietors of the Guarantee Capital, as the third of the profits reserved for them, in addition to the five per cent. per annum, will reach them annually. " It affords the Directors much gratification at this early period—the fourth year since the commencement of the Society—to refer the Proprietors to its advanced position, which, in respect to its increasing business, and the security afforded in the number of its policies, is enabled to take its rank amongst those of much older origin, and undoubted security. "Another source of satisfaction to the Proprietors; is in the fact that amongst those assured by the Society the actual has been less than, the expected mortality, and which affords the best proof of carefulness in the selec tion of lives. " The sums already paid, and for which claims are ad mitted, being 12,998/. 18s., while the sum expected, according to the tables, would have amounted to 19,000/. "The former amount is even augmented by the sum of 3,000/. caused by the accidental death of an otherwise healthy member. " The arrangement recommended by the Directors in their Report of last year . respecting the conversion of the capital of the Society into 201. shares has been efflcted, with the exception only of 1,100 shares in the hands of Proprietors whose residences are not easily accessible. "This object being so nearly accomplished has enabled the Directors to settle the account of preliminary ex• penses under the Deed of Settlement. " The business to be transacted at the present meeting is the election of four Directors in lieu of John Griffith Frith, F,sq. ; • hunter Gordon, Esq. ; John Rawson, Frsq. ; and John Riddle Stodart, Esq. • whose period of office has expired, all of whom. are eli gible to be re-elected, and offer themselves accordingly : and the election of two Auditors, in place of Professor Wheatstone; F.R.S., and . Professor Graves,. A.M., whose term of office has expired, and who are also re eligible, and offer themselves accordingly. (Signed) "T. LAME MURRAY, Chairman." The CHAIRMAN rose to nildress the meeting. Since no Proprietor seemed to be dissatisfied with the Report of the affairs of the Cempany, which had been laid before them, there was very little for him to say. The Directors had very candidly referred to the state of in dustrial embarrassment that had prevailed during the past year, and for a much . lenger period, as tending to de crease the means of the community to effect Life As aurances ; - "he .however,, say this for themselves, that the whole subject connected with Life. Assurances, its influence upon the public mind, anti its progre'ss among the several. classes of the community, had been very closely watched by the gentleinen composing the direction of the . Society. This was natural to all those who had, like, themselves, started with new principles, and the subject of Life Assurance was with them re garded with much interest. They might take credit to themselves for having largely increased in the public mind a disposition to obtain security for the future, by means of Life Assurance ; if they looked to facts, they would find that, since the institution of the National Loan Fund Society, little better than some four years ago, nearly 40 offices had been established by a of the' Na ndof itmio4l Loan Fund, impetus,, thepains:publications taken by the Society to dieseminate consequence,unand the of its principles.. .Notwithstanding the numerous . competi tors the Society had to contend with, it was a .great source of satisfaction to the Directors to observe the elevated poSition, in which the National. Loan Fund So ciety was placed, and the great confidence that was given to.it by the public. Any person acquainted with the calculations upon which the security of offices of this kind was founded, would say that. an office which had been able, within a period not longer than four years, to issue 1,890 policies, had arrived at as high a. point, of security - as could be desired of longer standing. All that was required in the calculations of life assurance was such a number of policies as would form an average,• and this had been fully attained by the Society: He was ready to admit that the business had not been so extensive this year.as in former ones, but the average of the whole years had been greater than the success ever attained by any other Life Assurance Insti tution previously established. Ile thought, with these Observations on the part of himself and the Directors, the meeting would agree with him, that he had very little more to say. It was not their business to praise them selves, their only object being to. call the attention of the Proprietors to the principles of tite Society, and to pray of them to extend them as nitieh as possible iu obtaining new members and new insurances. The Directors would be happy to listen_ to any gentleman who, was anxious to make any, observations upon the Report.. • Mr.lyluano YOUNG said he had very great pleasure in moving that:the Report be adopted. He felt extreme plea - mire in being connects'' , with this Society. Having had much to clo with its origin, and being convinced of its great utility, by the statciuents which this Hon. Chair- Man had !aid - before him somesfour or five years. ago, he had given the Society all the 'support which a public journal could give. —(Hear, hear.) .Thtit support, how ever humble, was given on public principle, and public principle, alone.—(Hear.) It was gratifying to find, from the RepOrt, that notwithstanding the embarrass ment that had prevailed throughout the country during the last year, the number ,of insurances had increased more than 50 per cent., while the liabilities were leis by 33 per cent. than in - the ordinary course, of nature they Would have heen.—(llears hear.) The object of this Society was one of interest to the public at large. ..In -surances were effected for the benefit of those who stir. .vived us ; and .he thought no ,man could lay out his Money for better or more useful purposes, 'than by stimu lating economy and good conduct in his own children, through his own example.—(Hear, hear.) That this Society had applied a stimulus . to other societies was a fact greatly in its favour. He was happy to hear that as many as forty similar societies were pros pering, . if not in the . same ratio as , the National Loan Fund, yet to an *extent which afforded good promise of the future prospects of such insti tutions. With these feelings, he had great pleasure in moving that the Report be adopted. He thought the Directors deserved very great praise for their efficient conduct during the last four or five years; fur, notwith ,standing the general embarrassments in trade, and among persons disposed to ensure their lives, yet the Society had continued to prosper under their able management and sound discretion.—(Hear, hear.) W. STUDLEY, Esq., said he felt very great satisfaction in seconding the resolution. lie had only been connected with the Society for a short time ; but, feeling convinced that it had already succeeded beyond all reasonable ex pectation, he had been led by that conviction to double his interest in it,—(Hear, hear.) That, he thought, was the best proof he could possibly give of his confidence in the future prosperity of the Society.--s(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said, before the resolution was put, he wished to mention that, in the next year, it would be their business tos Make a division of profits. The Pro prietors were aware that' one-third of the profits would reach them, and considering the large capital that w as now. guarantees - to the Policy-holders, one-third of the profits Wotild not be . e,nsidered extravagant.' He'was quite sure, however, that it would be sufficiently large for all the rislt which the Proprietors had run. The risk i n rea lity which a proprietor in a life insurance office incurred existed only o n it s first, institution. After the policies had accumulated, there was no investment which was equally secure ; there was scarcely s anY investment which was equally profitable. The division of profits would occur annually. The who were en titled, under the deed of settlement.to five per cent. in tereet, upon their capital,. would also .receiveanneally afterwards' their. share of the profits in acldi ;HU. He : - TTI'E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY IVIORNPIG- , , MAY 12, 1842. inreilTiNrll7l7llWlTYdil7 be able to show that they had not laboured in vain , during the previous five years..--(Cheem) The CHAr amAN then put the question that the Report be received and adopted, which was carried unanimously. -The CuatuNANthen stated that the next business of the meeting Ivyuld be s to elect four Dirolors iii The room of those who went out of. office. by rotation. Thu names of thoSe four gentlemen were---,-John. Griffith Frith, Esq., Hunter Gordon, Esq.. John Rawson, Esq., and John Riddle Stodart, Esq, The principle of the Office was that Directors went out every two years. These gentlemen were all candidates for the office, and if it was the pleasure of the meeting to re=elect them, he would put the question. The CHAIRMAN then put the q ues ti on , that the four Directors be re-eleeted, and declared it to be carried npanimously,_. Professor Wheatstone, and Profe;;.sor CIraVPS, A.M., F.R.S., were unanimously re-elected a, Auditors. A PROPRIETORW - ishei.l,toask the eiotirinati if he hied any objection to state the I - ta:mut of the income of the Society during the last year? The CRAIIikAN said it was about 2:7,,000/.. per-annum, but they were so near malting their mathematical state ment, that they thought it unnecessary to give the amount in the 'Report. The Society had done a great deal of business in - connexion with money lending.- They had published two tables, A. and 8., which were favourable for loans for short periods, not only loan:; which they made themselves,- but loans which were made unconnected with them. The sums which had been received on those policies which were now lapsed and become extinct amounted to about 7,00 C/. There were many other things which might have been stated, but the Directors had ecnfined themselves to those points only which they considered necessary. At the same time, he would be most happy to answer any question which might be put by the meeting. No Proprietor intimating a wish to put any question. to the Chair, _ Mr. HINTON moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Directors. The motion having been seconded, The CHAIRMAN returned thanks on behalf of himself - and the other Directors. lie hoped that they-would be found worthrof the trust whi c h had been reposed in them.They - Would do all in their power to make the Society prosperous, and to manage its business with care, vigilance, and honesty.—(Cheers.) The meeting then separated. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. The Fourteenth Anniversary Dinner of the members and friends of this noble Charity toolz plane yesterday, at the Lon den Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge in the Chair. Covets were laid for 200, and at the hour of six not one seat was vacant At the cross table we observed Lord Howard, Wm. Christ mas,Esq,_lll.P.. ; .Wm. Rashleigh, jun.,. Esq., 11I.P. ; Hon. Henry Colonel Babbington, .111 r. Sheriff Rogers, Alder man 'Hooper, Hughes Hughes, Esq., &c. &e. The dinner consisted of all the delicacies of the season, and was as excellent as those always provided by the spirited pro prietors of this house famous for ' dinners. The dinner being concluded, and Non Nobis sung by the professional gentlemen present, a number of ladies entered the gallery amidst the load cheers of the gentlemen below. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then proposed th e h ea l t h o f h er Majesty tke Queen. Drank with three times three, and one Cheer more. Anthem—" God save the Queen." His Roirat. HIGHNESS next.proposed the health of Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Drank with three times three. Air—" God bless thee, Queen of - England, &e." His ROYAL. HIGHNESS then proposed the health of the Queen Dowager and all the Royal Family. Drank with three times three. Glee—" Ye spotted snakes," &c. Lord HOWARD said he was sorry that the toast he had to propose had not fallen into. more worthy hands, but he was sure that it world be responded to with the utmost enthusiasm by every person then present. It was—" The health of their Illustrious Chairman.' "—(Loud cheers.) It would be imperti nent in him, if he attempted any praise of his Royal High ness, when he knew the many reasons that they all had to be proud of his many acts of kindness towards them. Those who were the most intimately acquainted with the Charity they had met to celebrate, ought to be grateful to him for the trouble he had taken in coming forward that night. He need say no more than call on them to fill their glasses, and join with him in drinking the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.—( Immense cheering.) His Royal Highness's health was drank with all the honours. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then rose. He said he could not suf ficiently express to those present how gratified he was by the kind manner m which they had drank the health which had just been proposed to them.. He could assure the m th a t h e h a d great satisfaction in - presiding on that occasion, and he 'was glad to see so large an assembly met together . for so excellent and worthy a purpose as that which called them together. Though he knew very little of this-establishment, yet from all he did know of it, he was sure that it was a most useful one, for it did not require patronage to secure an admission into the. Hospital, but every poor person who appeared in destitution and distress was relieved by it.—(Cheers.) This was, no doubt, one of the greatest beauties of theestablishment, and when he saw from the Report before him, that in the year 1841, no less than seven thousand five hundred individuals were relieved by it, he did think that the excellence of the institution was established.—( Hear, hear.) It was quite unnecessary for him to recommend this establishinent to those now before him; he was sure that those who knew it best would be best aware of the necessity of continuing their exertions on its behalf._. (Hear, hear.) He begged to return his best thanks for the honour which had been just conferred upon him.—( Cheers.) Air—" Scion of a Royal Line," tke. W. RAsnixton, SI. P., in an appropriate speech, proposed the heal.h of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and her Royal Highness's family. Drank with all the honours. His R9YAL Hams said that he felt extremely grate ful and flattered by the toast which had just been proposed, and the manner in which it hid been received. He was fully convinced that. the Duchess, as well as the children, would led grateful anti flattered by the manner in which this toast had been drank, and in their name and-his own he begged to return his most grateful thanks.—(Cheers.) Glee—" Now the bright morning star." His ROYAL. HIGHNESS then proposed the health of the " Army and Navy," drank with three times three. Col. BABINGTON briefly returned thanks. Air—" Rule Britannia.'" Mr. Under-Sheriff Pitircwann proposed the health of W. Christmas, 1%!.!-., and the other Members of Parliament who had honoured them with their presence. W. CHRISTMAS, Esq., M. P., briefly acknowledged the ho.. nour, and assured the Ckairman of the pleasure he felt in being present. Dust—" I know a bank," &c., by the Misses Pyne, was very deservedly encored. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then rose and said that he had already had the honour of calling their attention to this excellent es tablishment, it, therefore, now required bat very few words from him to propose the toast, which he was sure every one present would receive with the greatest approbation—it was the toast of the day—(Loud cheers)—" Success to the Royal Free Hospital. "—lmmense cheering.) He hoped, when the Report should be read, that the collection might appear con siderable, and that an establishment so excellent might go on prospering.—( Cheers. )—Drank with three times three. The Rev. Mr. PACENI.4 lc, the indefatigable Secretary, then read the following Report of the Committee of Management : THE FOURTEEN'T'H ANNUAL REPORT OF THE - COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. " Circumstances at once most painful and wholly unparallel led, demand from your Committee a very different tone, and a very different statement from those of former years. Hitherto it has been their pride and their pleasure to show how much disease and destitution were alleviated by your Charity. Alas ! instead of showing how much evil has been averted or remedied during the past year, they have now the solemn and appalling decla ration to make, that the claimants for your succour have lately so prodigiously increased, that the means your Hospital at pre sent possesses are inadequate to meet the accumulating mass of poverty and wretchedness. Despairing of accomplishing all that is necessary, your Com mittee do not, however, despair of accomplishing much. The greater the evil, the greater has been, and will be, their efforts to stem it. Nevertheless, not daring to hope that the private benevolence which has hitherto sustained your Institution, and enabled it to meet the pressing exigencies of former times, could enable it to meet the still more urgent claims of the pre sent, your Committee have determined upon laying before the Legislature a statement of the rapid and serious increase of dis ease and destitution, and the consequent necessity of so ex tending your sphere of usefulness as to make it commensu rate with the necessities of the distressed sick. This statement has been embodied in a petition to the House of Commons, which the Right Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor has kindly un dertaken to. resent, and which has already received the pro mised support. of many of the oldest and most influential Mem bers of the Legislature. " In the midst of the difficulties which present themselves, and which seem to render your Charity comparatively inefficient, there is still every reason to believe, from the many new and dis tinguished persons who have recently come forward to aid your great undertaking, that the most sanguine expectations of the warsu'st friends of the Charity, a ill be fully realised. As respects the financial statement of the year, although it will be seen that an increased expenditure has necessarily taken place, still it is gratifying to find that the annual subscriptions, as well as donat,ons (exclusive of bequests), have considerably exceeded those at any former per.od, whilst the high esteem in which the principle of your Charity is held by the public, is evidenced in the recent presentation of 250/. by the . Rat cliffe Trustees of the University of Oxford, as well as a bequest of 500/., under the will of the late Mr. Th mas, of East -street, Bloomsbury, which has been received free of legaey . dutV from his executors. " Much, however, as your Charity is indebted to the pecu niary assistance of both public bodies and private individuals, your Committee cannot but feel that such aid would haie availed but, little had it not been accompanied with the inde fatigableexertion and unwearied zeal of your medical officers. The duties of these gentlemeMalvfazYs onerous, have occupied their attention during the past year, On the lowest average More than Willimmeis 'with ;and your foinutri the hours stro n e a a c e i: i d t i e y r m ; cannot. but set forth which these heavy duties have been, and ,still are, discharged,as meriting from Ole Governors at large 'their special notice and admiration. 44 In addition to this, your Committee deein it their duty to refer to 'the valuable assistance of the Rev. lion. Secretary, Who, besides the fulfilment of the ordinary duties of hi s office, has recently printed and distributed a sermo n p r e ac h e d by him in St. Paul's Cathedral , on a subject c l ose l y con nectednvg the iththgre the objects mjecatsssa your Charity, and calculated, by of the public, to b e o f most mate . . n ia t l er benefit.egi " Your Committee have also to cougra!ulate the Governors on the invaluaLle service which has been rendered to the Charity by the public Press. Not only does g reat b e n e fi t ar i se publicationf s r t o a m ntly th f e allingnnilerthe care of yourdistressin g of medical officers, but the value of your Hospital is thereby becoming better known to the Magistracy of the metropolis, and better app rec i a t e d b y t h e poor themselves. " In conclusi on , your Commiltee Most str en u ous l y urge the - upon all the Governors and friends of this Charity the neces sity of great and continued exertions, fully assured that the sound 'principle upon which it' is founded requires only to be known m order to insure for it the most unbounded support; and fully confident that, erelong, they shall have to congratu late the GoVernors and the' public on the erection of an hos pital of suffi.:ient magnitude to relieve the necessities of the whole of the destitute diseased of this great metropolis." " Suacecti a REPORT OF THE NUM"a Os PATIENTS RIE -1.6.; vEi) raom . PEli. 1, 14 1 , To JAN. 31, 1812: Persons affected with Malignant and Contagious Dise:.swi;, Persons' suffering 'under ordinary diseases, being ser vants out of place and of persons not having a pato- ' •ehial settlement in London Aceidents ' . .................. , ....... ... .. 574 Patients under the Surgeon-Dentist .., ........ In addition to the above, 561 totally destitute per- . 7 ,00 ' ''',..; sons have been admitted into the. Hospital, of whoM , q, -- . 497 have been discharg e d cured, 7 have di e d i n th e . Hospital, and 52 remain alder treat ment, 3 Oil- ~,"';‘, charged for improper conduct, aq 2 incurable,: : - - ... ::~. ' 7, 6 - '-" ,4 "7-1)$" -- -''".4' -- Nrsm ht-r of Ti--'atituts-rthevett-ta Jan.- Sh -184+--.... -.... -85,287 Ditto in the past }•ear Total Song by Mr. Fitzwilliam- 7 " There's lately been a great high tide," &c. The Rev. C. E. WyLn proposed the health of the Lord Mayor and the Corporation of the City of London. Alderman HoorEa returned thanks in an appropriate speech. Glee—" See-the chariot," ke. Mr. H. IluGH.es said that lie had been requested by the Committee to ask his Royal Highness to confer upon the sub scribers the distinguished honour, of presenting to that meri torious individual, Dr. Marsden, in their name, the service of plate now before them. Previous to the foundation of this Hospital, there was no institution in this vast metropolis, where the destitute stranger, overtaken by sickness, could tine a refuge. In the year 1827, however, Dr. Marsden, fully aware of the wants of the public, in the absence of such an establishment, saw the necessity of establishing an hos pital entirely on the principle of free and instant admission. The difficulties at fist to be overcome were very great, but the benevolent Doctor, by his exertions, overcame them all. fle,now begged to request his Royal Highness to present to Dr. Marsden .the tribute of respect now on the table, which con sisted rd a richly chased tripod centre-piece, composed of three elegant 12 inch female figures, supporting an open work basket, which is encircled with an exceedingly bold wreath of varied flowers ; a triangular pedestal with foliated scroll feet ; on one side within a panel is an embossed subject from the para ble of " The Good Samaritan ;" on another, the armorial bear ings of Dr. Marsden; and upon the third, the following Inscription :—" To William Marsden, Esq., M.D., Surgeon, the Founder and Senior Honorary Surgeon of the Royal Free Hospital, this Service of Plate was presented by Field Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K. G., &c. &c., in the name of the Governors and Friends of the Institution, at their Fourteenth Anniversary Festival, 1 lth May, 1842, as a well-merited tribute to the active benevolence, unwearied per severance, and high professional skill, exhibited by him during fourteen years of arduous and gratuitous service, in establishing the First Hospital which adopted the principle that Disease and Destitution are at all times a sufficient claim for relief." A pair of chalice-shaped vases as wine -coolers, with chased handles, formed of vine-stalks twisted, and encircling the fluted body of the vase, with leaves and grapes ; bold clusters of flowers are drooping from the brim, and the feet are ornamented with open work of grapes and leaves. Dr. Marsden's coat of arms is on one side, and the inscription on the reverse. Four corner dishes and covers, with borders of bold flowers and scrolls, in the style of Louis XI V, and rich acanthus handles, upon stands for heating, &c. These also have inscriptions similar to those on the wine coolers. He was sure that Dr. Marsden would feel assured that the circumstance of this tribute being presented by a Prince of the Blood Royal, who had s., endeared himself to every class of his fellow-subjects by the constant exercise of charity and benevolence, would greatly enhance to him the value of this offering.—(Loud and conti nued cheering.) His ROYAL HIGHNESS said that it was with great satisfac tion he had the pleasure of presenting this service to Dr. Marsden. The great service ye hich•the Doctor had rendered to his suffering countrymen was the best recompense to him for exertions in their cause.—( Hear, hear.) That satisfaction, he was convinced, he must . feel ; and it must be a great gratification to him to have such a feeling. Though he had not the pleasure of knowing the Doctor personally, he was sure, for his acts spoke for him—(Loud cheers)—that he was a man deserving well of his fellow-beings.—(Cheers.) In the name of those connected with this charity he had the satisfaction of presenting to Dr. Marsden the plate now before him. Long might he live to use it, and might he enjoy the comfort and happiness which arose from the esteem of his neighbours.— (Loud cheers.) He had great pleasure, at the same time, in proposing the " Health of the founder of this Institution—Dr. Marsden."—(Loud cheers.) Drank with three times three, and one more. Dr. MARSDEN said if ever there was a time when the feel ings of a man were tried, it should surely be on an occasion like the present. From the moment of the establishment of this Institution, till the present instant, he had been most anxious for its success. Fourteen years ago the idea of a free institu tion, of a medical character, first occurred to him, and he was happy to look round the room and to be able to recognise some there now who assisted at the commencement of this Charity,:and he hoped his Royal Highness would excuse him for adverting more to the Charity than to the compliment which had been paid him. As had already been stated, much difficulty existed in establishing this institution; but he was quite satisfied that it was only necessary to present an object of distress and disease to an Englishman, to soften his heart and procure succour for the distressed one.—(Hear.) This charity was founded by 100 gentlemen, who promised to give one guinea a year to- wards its maintenance, and it afforded him great satisfaction to see a gentleman now by his side (Mr..). Watson) who had con tinued his contributions from thattime until now. —( Cheers.) It might be considered strange how medical men would de vo t e their time to objects from wich they could derive no ostensible benefit, but he was satisfied that the medical man would not feel greater satisfaction than when he was affording relief to the poorer classes. Notwithstanding the oppesition which had been raised against•this Society, it had gone on gradually pro gressing in public fay..ur, the number of applicants during the past year being 800. and the • donations 300/. ; whilst the number of applicants at the doors of the hospital during the last year was 14,000, and the amount of donations was 4,000/. —( Loud cheers.) Previous to sitting down, he begged to call the attention of his Royal Highness to the great patronage the Institution had received from the ladies, to whom he begged to tender his most grateful thanks.—( Hear, hear. ) When he considered that his Royal Highness had descended from the high sphere in which he moved, and of which he was so great an ornament, to present him with this compliment, he could not but express his most grateful acknowledgements for the honour conferred upon him, and he hoped that so long as he should use the service of plate, he might have the ability of relieving the distresses of the poor..—( Loud cheers. ) Mr. STEVENS proposed the health of Alexander Rogers, Esq. Sheriff of the Cities of London and Middlesex, Ns hom he designated as an honourable merchant, a worthy gentleman, and one who had filled the office of Sheriff with honour and j dignity. Mr. ROGERS briefly returned thanks. Dr. KNABLE proposed the health of Dr. Wetherhrad, and of the medical officers of the Institution. Dr. WEATHERHEAD returned thanks. Mr. WIRE, in an eloquent harangue, proposed the health of the Rev. Mr. Packman, for many years the Honorary Secre tary to the Institution.—( Loud cheers. ) !'he Rev. Mr. PACKMAN briefly expressed the gratifica tion which he experienced at the manner in which h's health had been proposed, and the enthusiastic manner in which it had been responded to. His ROYAL Hu; nxEss then announced that the total amount of donations received that day was 898/. 65., besides contribu tions, amongst which were, the Duke of Cambridge 20!., the Bishop of Durham Mt., Mrs. C. M. 100!., Dr. Marsden 50!., Mr. Thistlewaite 50!., Mr. Tidd 201 , Mr. Boucher 50!., &c. His Rov - Ar. HIGHNESS then left •the Chair, it being past eleven o'clock. and another gentleman was immediately voted into it, when the festivity recommenced and was kept up till a late hour. We cannot conclude our report without bearing testimony to the excellence of. the whole arrangements, and the supe riority of the wines, which we have seldom seen excelled. The toasts were given with the precision and accuracy for which Mr. Took, the well•known toastmaster of this esta• blishment, is so celebrated. DR.. REID'S LECTURES ON CHEMISTRY. HEAT OR CALORIC. Dr. Reid delivered an additional lecture of his series, at Exeter Hall, last night, preceded by a catechetical ex amination of the pupils of various schools, ranged on the platform, who, to a number of' questions proposed, exhibited the competency of their instruction, by the readiness of their answers. After some concluding re marks on the nature of gases, which he showed to be richest in illuminative matter when richest in charcoal or carbon, the Doctor proceeded to discourse upon the communicative or transmissive powers of heat or caloric. Well, remarked the Lecturer, as the ,effects of heat are understood and recognised, not so is its essential_nature; for no one has ever lifted a particle out, so as to acquaint himself with its primitive speciality. Invisible as arc the rays of heat, stmilitudinally with those of light, the former are no less swift of passage ; for while a finger is pointed, a ray of heat can pass round the globe. The nature of " radiant heat" came next under conside ration, namely, that emitted by fire or the sun ; and Dr. Reid familiarly illustrated the action of rays of heat upon substances against which they strike, by likening it to that of a ball rebounding from a door ; in this manner the repercussion .of rays of heat was caused, according to the various substances in the way, some causing a more faint or powerful reaction than others. In illustration of this fact, a metallic mirror was pre sented, which, when turned towards the rays of heat, with its convex exposed like the boss of a shield, re flected and scattered back the rays strongly and diver gently; when the concave fronted the flame, a concentra tion of the rays ensued, forming a focus whiCh was suf ficient to ignite the substance applied. Some enter taining comments upon ordinary fire-places ensued, of which, on account of its scientific adaptations, the " college-grate" was strongly recommended. 1)r. Reid. touching upon the subject of fire-flues and chimneys, which by legal enactment will, after the next month, .be permitted to be cleaned only by machinery, observed that, from the present tortuous conformations of many in the metropolis, not only difficulty, but damage was likely to ensue. He strongly advocated the extension of burn ing gas Sm. light, and coke for heat, in all cases where daily teed requires them, whether for domestic or ma nufacturing purposes. By usage of these, he remarked, the collection of soot or smoke would be entirely avoided. Asa strong case in point, he stated that he had himself operated for ten years in a species of laboratory, having twenty-two chimneys and one hundred furnaces ; and during that long period—gas and coke alone having been 'Consumed—not. the accretion of a single particle had taken place. At Liverpool, he further stated, there was now an immense building in course of erection, which would proceed entirely on this method : be it remarked, however, that, in the above cases, the " hard" coke was totally eschewed, and only the better kind, or "soft burning coke," which is easy of Combustion, used. Dr. Reid concluded his lecture by dilating on the various conductors of heat, both solid and fluid, illustrating them with their contingent experiMents. His audience was, as usual, crowded and attentive. DUTCH FUNDS.—Assmatum, Mar 9. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, SZ% per Cent 52 5f.1% Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. A mert Svndic,4% per cent.....• ............ •• 92% '.:, Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. ..... Commercial Company, 4% per cent...« Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent.................. Exchange on London, One month l2 12),a Two months Hamburgh, One month 95 314 Two months 35 18% Dutch Papers, May 10. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, MAY 10. n Austrian 5 per Cents. 10 ey. 9% Rank Shares l7lO 1700 Anglo. Russian L0an....... ....... .........• IIN 110% Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate lO4 Inscription, let series 103% 103% Russian a per Cent. Hope and Co., 9d and 4th Series ..... 09% 99 .•.». Ditto in Certificates V9 -- New 4 per Cent. (1840) 89% 89 % Dutch Actual Debt, '2% per Cent. ... . ..... Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds — 155 ........... ..•••• New Tickets Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent...., 79% 79 Spanish, New 5 per Cents. •••••• IS —. DEATH OF IHE ON. A COOTE IT UTCHIN soN. R.N.—The above Honourable and Gallant Gentleman died at Clifton on Friday last. The deceased Captain was third sen of the late Earl of Donotighmore, and brother of the p r esent Peer. He married i n A ugus t, 1834, Mi ss S op hi a 'Hutchinson, youngest daughter of the Rev. Sir Samuel Synge Hutchinson, lßart., by whom he 'hat left a youthful family. '"~ BURIAL OF THE DEAD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—May I crave the indulgence of the insertion 'of this note in a corner of your val u abl e j our n a l. I feel confident that, after having perused the statement therein contained, you will consider that the circum stances of the case (which have_ produced a poWerful sensation among the inhabitants of. Brompton and its vicinity) fully warrant- their being - made public. A few days back, a private of the 2d Life Guards, wish-. ing to have his deceased child interred in lirompton church-yard, and having paid the accustomed fees for opening the gro u nd, &c., 'at- the': time appointed, attended the remains of his child to the grave. The coffin having been lowered, the father expressed a desire to see the grave filled up, upon which a violent altercation ensued betwixt him and the churchwarden, who refused to comply with the father's .request, on the plea that he must wait till some more interments had taken place in the same grave. Eventually, two policemen were called, and they were ordered by the churchwarden to take the soldier into custody, which they refused to do, and, after some more disputing, the grave was filled up. Not long after, the funeral of a private soldier took place, when the same scene was repeated with the same churchwarden ; but the cor poral, who was left behind by the officer in command, • having firmly insisted upon seeing the grave filled up, it was at length done. Now, Sir, it has come to my knowledge since the iime above referred to, that in many instances (although the regular fees have been paid for :interment) the coffins have been low ered, a few planks placed over the top of the grave. and, despite the noxious exhalation that must arise from bodies so placed, the grave has been suffered to remain in - that open state till the churchwarden thinks it is.full enough, and then it is filled up. These facts, disgraceful:tothe authors of them, and which, in my opinion, -concern the public materially, hardly require comment, but which your many readers can com ment upon as they think proper. Apologizing for thus troubling you, I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, Knightsbridge, May 5, 1842. P. DUBLIN, -MAY 9.—The accounts from the country proves that it becomes more disturbed. Tipperary is the scene of frequent outrages, and Bockite notices have been posted in the neighbouring county of Carlow. The Repeal Association met to-day at the Corn Exchange-rooms, but no business was transacted. The meeting was adjourned till to-morrow, on the motion of Mr. O'Neile Dauut, who stated that a letter had just been received from the Lord Mayor, announcing that the vio lence of the winds had detained him in Liverpool, but that he would certainly be present to-morrow, where a numerous meet ing is expected. FUNERAL OF THE POLICEMAN DALE Y.—Tuesday afternoon the remains. f the unfortunate victim of Cooper were buried in the churchyard of St. John's, Holloway, in the pre sence of several thousand persons. The corpse was preceded by a plume of feathers and four police sergeants, with sashes and hatbands, acting as mutes. The pall was borne by four of the decased's comrades, andltis widow, supported by two po lice sergeants, followed, as chief mourner. On the arrival of the body at the Islington station-house, between 400 and 500 of the police of the N and G divisions,headed by Mr. Superin tendentJohnsou, and Inspectors Thatcher and Jervis, joined the procession, walking two and two, and the , mournful cavalcade again proceeded along the Upper goad, past Islington Church and Ilighbury-terrace, to its place of destination. OTTINGHAM ELECTION.—Mr. Joseph Sturge, at the request of a great portion of the electors, has consented to come forward as a candidate to represent this borough nn the following conditions : That no money be spent, or any impro per influence used, to bias a single voter in his favour ; and that in the event of his return to Parliament, if he should find from experience, that he could not conscientiously retain his seat, and be more serviceable to the country by . resigning it, he should be atliberty to do so. The great principle on which he comes forward is the extension of the suffrage to every man 21 years of age, who has not been deprived of his rights of citi zenship by a verdict of a jury. The Chartists have joined with the middle classes, and Committees consisting of six of the former and six of . the latter have been formed to manage the proceedings. Several letters were received at the General Post office by the last Overland Mail, via Marseilles, bearing the extraordinary postmark of Hong Kong, in China. THE UNEMPLOIED.--:T11 . 1S IiWCIIOOII a body of the unemployed workmen, amounting to nearly 100, walk ing three deep, paraded several of the principal streets. A few of their, number who had been selected, waited upon the shopkeepers on each side of the streets through which they passed, to solicit subscriptietis in behalf of their destitute brethren, but we have not learned the amount collicted. The slow pace at which they moved along, the haggard features, and the tattered clothes, all bespoke the most abject poverty, and could not fail to command the commisseration of their fellow-townsmen. Not the sliehtest symptom of disorder was manifested, and all passed over in the most peaccablemanner.— Glasgow chronicle. THE CASE 01' IH. BANKES.-011r readers will recollect that some months ago Mr. Ilankes, once M.l'., was brought to Bow-street Police -court, charged with indecently assaulting a soldier in the enclosed grounds of St. James's Park, when Mr. Jardine, the Magistrate, held him to bail in a very trifling sum, considering his rank and property ; that. it was afterwards found out that one of the bail was not the person lie represented himself to be, and the defendant was again apprehended and ordered to enter into fresh recog nisances, which he immediately did; Mr. Bodkin, who appeared as his counsel, declaring that his client was most anxious to meet the charge and clear his character from the .aspersion that had been cast upon it. When, however, the Old Bailey se s sions commenced, the anxiety of the defendant to clear his character had altoge ther ceased, and he was not farthcousiiig to meet the charge, and the case was removed by certiorari into the- Court of Queen's Bench. The Judges who 'Presided at the Old Bailey ordered that lie should enter into re cognisances, himself. in 5,000/., and two sureties in 2 500/. each, totake his trial in the Court of Queen's Bench. 'his it was not convenient for the defendant to do, and lie accord ingly set out on his travels, and is now resident abroad. In the meantime his former recognisances were entreated, and the amount thereof (4001.) has been duly paid into her Majesty's Exchequer. Government hare resolved that. offenders of this description shall not be allowed to set the law at defiance, as they have hitherto done, by paying the trifling amount in which Magistrates have thought it their duty to hold them to bail. Mr. Manic, the solicitor to the Treasury, has already taken the necessary steps to outlaw Mr. Bankes, and on Thursday a writ of distringas was levied at his residence in Palace-yard. If the defendant does not return to this country, and take his trial, he will be declared an outlaw, and all the property he pos sesses here be forfeited to the Crown.— Sunday Paper. MR. ALLAN CIINNINGnAm.—Monday morning, at the Central Criminal Court, the Clerk of Arraigns called upon Mr. Allan Cunningham (•who had been served with a precept to appear as a Grand Juror.) " I am here," shouted Mr. Cunningham ; " but you have summoned me in a wrong name." The Lord Mayor invited him t o come f o r war d, an d explain. He did so, and said his Christian name was wrongly spelt, and hoped the misnomer would operate in his favour. The Lord Mayor said they could rectify the error ; but lie would ask how old he was? " Fifty-seven." was the reply. The Recorder—" Well, Sir, you must go into the box ,• we will change your name, and alter the panel list." Mr. Cun ningham was then sworn, and the Court seemed pleased at having so intelligent a juror. A TOWN TO LET.—The ancient town of Jedhurgh, which has long enjoyed the eminent distinction of being one of the greatest strongholds of Toryism among the burghs of Scotland, seems sadly affected with decay. The population fell upwards of 900 'between the census of 1831 and that of 1841. Of late the decrease has been more rapid; and in per ambulating the streets, you behold almost every alternate house ticketed "To Let." The town is well situated for manufac turing industry, and yet the few factories which have been established are nearly all closed. Numbers of the working classes are departing for America, and the whole aspect of the place presents a very unfavourable appearance.— Gateshead Observer. SCENE .IN ST. GthEs.—Captain nuts' appeared at Marlborough-street Police Court on Monday, to enter into the usual recognirances, to answer a charge of an assault preferred against him at the Old Bailey, by a person of the name of Cridland. The oiigin of this affair is said to be of a rather lu dicrous character, and to have occurred through that love of ad venture, termed seeing " London lite," which is found to prevail among a certain class of choice spirits. In the aristocratic region of St. Giles there is a public-hous e , kn own as J oe Bankes's, at which a novel kind of tripe supper is given once a week. Any one who has had the privilege of a " bellyful" at one of these suppers is entitled to introduce one friend on the next meeting night. The friend having been intro duced, finds a number of persons assembled, whom, as a matter of course, he presumes to be waiting, like himself, to feast on the anticipated dainties. The supper is at . length ordered, but instead of smoking viands, each of the guests, with the exception of the novice, produces" flour bag;" with which he belabours his new companion. This joke having been accomplished, the new corner is then privileged to "sell it " to any friend who may have, like himself, more curiosity than caution. In the instance of the Gallant Captain, who was not disposed to receive the entertainment with perfect good humour, when the flour bags were at work, he seized a tumbler and sent it at the head of the complainant, who, he considered, was one of the assailing party. The glass having cut the complainant's face, a hill was preferred at the Old Bailey, and proceedings adopted towards Captain Duff, which led to his appearance. A • FENI A LI; :\ IIS ER.—Tuesday evening an 111 1 - quest was held at the Raven and Sun, Russell -street, Ber mondsey, before Mr. Carter, on the hotly of Elizabeth Barron. 67 years of age. It appeared by the evidence that the de ceased wasan inmate of the Bermondsey poorhouse, and that, on Thursday night, about twelve o'clock, she left her bed in Esther ward, where she slept, and precipitated herself from one of the windows into •the garden beneath, a depth of 24 feet. On. being picked up: she was found to be quite dead. It was stated that abOut nine months ago sonic persons at Green wich made •application on her behalf to the parish officers of 'that place for relief, representing that she was in a • state of extreme destitution. On the relieving officer calling upon her, he accidentally discovered some money on the mantelpiece, and after further search being made, there were discovered in an old box, wrapped up in pieces of old rags, 26 sovereigns in gold, 4 crown pieces, 101 We- crowns , 426 shillings, 125 sixpences, and twelve-pence in copper. The parish authorities took possession of the money and invested it in the savings' bank for her benefit, and she was removed to that establishment. • The Jury having consulted for a short time, returned a verdict that the deceased died from concus sion of the brain, produced by throwing herself out of a win dow, labouring under a delusi on o f m i n d at the t i me. THE STORNI ON NlONDAY. — oollSiderable damage was done by the lightning on Mond_y to some houses in Southampton-street, Clerkenwell, but fortunately no person was injured The Moniteur Parisien, alluding to the late arrests. states the number to have been twenty-two, most of whom have, it says, already been compromised in several political plots. Amongst them it mentions, in addition to the persons named by the Gazette des Tribunaux, l'iegard, who was con cerned in the affair Rue des Prouvaires. The Commereesays that a wine dealer in the Rue des Marais du Temple is amongst the persons arrested, and mentions a rumour that Quenisset is still at the Conciergerie, and that the arrests were effected through a communication made by him. We have heard that the ar rests took place in consequence of the denunciations of a female who was living with one of the parties as his mistress, and that this female and other persons, who it was feared would make disclosures, have been put out of th e way b y assassina tion. The body of the female an suestion has been found in the Seine. M. Jourdain, thsi examining magistrate, was engaged two days in interrogations and examinations relative to the arrests. A liberated convict named. Longuet, who has lately committed several robberies in Paris, has just been arrested in a public-house by some police agents. he made a desperate resistance, and, being armed with pistols, fired at one of the police, wounding him severely in the band. , 7!TVS , vme, .~ ~n •e 4 ~1"s i~ v . .44Y~ fA.. f.. BASLE. EXHIBITION OF THE CATHE aAL RELICS AND ALTAR-PIECE OF This oxhibition, which has deprived one of the leading cathedrals of the Continent of. its best orna ments, to present them to the. English public, is now open at `2B, Old Bond-street. It consists not only of the golden altar-piece bequeathed by Henry a of Germany_, to the, ecclesiastics of"Basle, at a cost of 7,000 gold 'crowns,"bitt of several other ootkeithle relics, distributed in tai o saloon-like apartments, _which are fitted, up for their reception. Few are a ware of the nature or make of the Golden Rose," which the Pope is in the habit of presenting to his more favoured elect on great occasions. In this exhibition that consecrated curiosity may be seen, and will convey an excellent idea, of that which, only :•onte seven days since, the successor of St. Peter presented to the Queen of Portugal tu. godfather. The Altar-relic itself, which forms a sore of golden frontispiece, is about four feet in height by nearly six in width, and contains five figures, each in a separate arch or compartment. representative of the Saviour, the three archangels—Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael—and. admitted into their company, St. Be nedict. The carver's art, however, it must be con fessed, has imparted little beauty or comeliness to any of the figures. and they appearino less rude as celestial transcripts. than the incongruous medieval Latin, which, in the shape of inscription around them, adver tises the spectator as to whom they are intended to configurate. This relic—treasure, notwithstanding, it must be considered—nas purchased by Colonel Thcubet, its present possessor and exhibitor, at the sale of Church property in the canton of Basle, which took place in 1834. A German drinking-cup of the Archduke Ferdinand's, forms also an antique rarity : the neck of the stag is removable, and the body intended to contain, as it once did, the red wine draughts which delighted the heart, or gave courage to the drinker. A crook from the Abbey of Muri, formerly handled by a Prince-Abbot of the Grisons; a silver gilt bust of St. Verena ; a brace of censers, resembling as much as may be fancied, two classical watchman's lanterns ; along with some gold ?Ad silver ornaments, which were once among the pre eienms of some dark Spanish Contemn, and enh ance d her beauty, are among other of the attracti ons w hi c h will invite the attention of antiquarians and visitors. ;-, _ .. 11 OLLAND. Tin: HAGITE, MAY 2.—The Second Chamber of the States General, in its sitting of April 30, received a Royal Message, with a project of law for regulating 11. e application of the surplus of the finances of the colz,ni t .; for the year 1842. The project of law was accompanied by an explanatory memorial and other document& PROJECT OF LAW. " We,. William, &c. • "]laving taken in consideration that, according to the estimates which have been made, the receipts in the mother country for account of the colonial administration during the present year, will exceed the legal expen ses of the colonies, to he d e f ra y e d out o f t h e said receipts, by the sum of 4,90,000 florins, which sum will constitute the excess disposable in fitvour of the mother country, "-Desiring to regulate the application of the excess, conformably to the last part of Article :39 of the Funda mental Law. "For these reasons, with the advice of our Council of State, and in concert with the States General, we have decreed and decree by these presents. " The probable excess of the amount of the receipts and expenditure of the Colonies for 1842, kept by the Colonial Department, estimated at the sum of 4,900,000 florins, more or less as the case may be, should be paid into the public treasury, in the course of this year, by our Colonial Minister. This excess, conformably to Art. 10 of the Law of October 14, 1841, shall serve towards defraying the expensei comprehended in the Budget fur 1842. " Commanded, ordained, &e." VESSELS SrOK EN Watt.—A stranger, supposed the Orin tal, 6th inst., oft' Lisbon, by the Great Liverpool, arrived at Falmouth. Ship Scotland, 7th inst., lat. 48, lon. 7, by the Norval, arrived off Falmouth. Cheesah, Liverpool t o N ew York, lat. 46, lon. 36, by th e Alargaretha, arrived off Dover. Confidence, Davidson, bound to Madras, 24th ult., lat. lon. la, by the Tam Q'Shanter, arrived off Doter. John, Africa to London, 20th March, lat. 1 S., lon. 20 W ; Islander, London to Barbadoes, 9th ult.., lon. 4; an outward bound ship, with B. 13. in her foretopsail, 29th ult., lat. 42, lon. 2'2, by the Medora, arrived at Liverpool. Plutus from Bombay; Yssel, Havre to Batavia, lat. 4 N., lon. 22 ; Loui se , bound west. sth April, lat. 25 N. lon. 58, by th e A n ti gua, arr i ved i n the Gironde. Mogul •Begue bound to M on t e Vid eo, 16 t h March, on the E qua t or ; Lutilow, Antigua to London, 15th oft., lat. :38, lon. 60, by the George, arrived at Bristol. ltelvidere, Liverpool to Bombay, 21st March, lat. 8, lon. 19. The following. has been received at Lloyd's:— " Ns rhEs, APRIL 7.—Yesterday the 13ritish Consul eean municateu to the merchants a copy of a note front the Prince of Scilla to her Majesty's Plenipotentiary at this Court, tating, in order that tine precautions may be adopted for the safety of ships and cargoes, as it is pcssible hostile measures may be taken against the trade of th is country b y the Governments of lolland - and Belgium." The trouenat 1111 . Vre letter froth the master of a inerehant vessel of that port., in which he states that, whilSthe was iu Australia last year, a French vessel, the Ville de Bordeaux, was seized by the English Customs on pre text of smuggling ; but, on investigation, the charge was funnel to be false, and the conduct of the seizing officer, a young man only 22 years of age, was generally censured. The Government of Sydney. says the writer of the letter, convinced that the ves sel had been improperly seized, ordered its restitution, but oil condition of the owner paying all the expenses of the seizure„ and, as he had refused to do this, the vessel had been for nine , months lying useless to all parties. There is a good deal of colour about this letter, and the is niter goes s o f ar as to insinuate that;the Ville de Bordeauxi was seized upon a mere vretezt., because she was a fine vessel, and at the time of seizure netts had arrived at Sydney, relative to the affairs of the East, seem ing to indicate that a war between France and England was in• evitable, and, therefore, the possession of the Ville de Bor deaux by the English was desirable. The fact of reftisal to re lease the vessel without the payment of. the expenses by the owner, may, however, be correct, and it is not necessary that she should have been French property in order to, account for it. The practice of co m p e lli ng t h e owners of vessels to pay the expenses of seizure even when it is admitted that the charge upon which the seizure was made has not been estitetished, da very common in England, and has been protested. against very frequently. Unjust as such a proceeding ktnwards English, vessels, it is doubly so towards a foreign one, A few days ago, as a cobbler, who had his stall un. der the wall of the. barracks of Saint Raphael, at Bordeaux, was beating one of his children with brutal violence, a gentlst man passing by i n t er f ere d, an d remonstrated with' the man for his want of natural feeling. The savage only tweed his rage upon his humane adviser, anti, seizing his curling knife, wounded the gentleman so severely, that he died almost kn. mediately. The murderer was immediately secured and placed in the hands of justice. :Mr. Atkinson, of the Royal Mint of :England, who arrived in Paris a few (lays ago, had the honour of a special audience of the King on Wednesday, whets his M a j es ty most graciously expressed hi s t h an k s for the services rendered by Mr. A. to a deputation which had been sent to England te specting the contemplated alterations in the French Itlint t :, Mr. A. presented a new five-sovereign piece, which 'elicited the praise and admiration of the. King as to the likeness of Queen Victoria, the taste of the design, and the excellence of the engraving. Mr. A. had the honour of dining ail he Tuile ries on Friday. Viscountess Villiers (daughter of Sir IZ. Peel and Lady Peel) this morning gave birth to a daughter, at her resi• deuce in Grosvenor-place. We are happy to state that her Ladyship and infant are going on well. It is said that Sir George Woodibrd will shortly retire from thc Governorship of GiLraitar, and Sir James Lyon. is already named as likely t o b e hi s successor. The King, of Sweden, says a letter from Stock holm of the 2tith ult., his sent to the Freemasons' Lodge of that city the four packets relative to free-masonry - found its the chests of Gustavus 111., which were recently opened. The Austrian Government has abolished the qua rantine which has hitherto existed at Orsowa. All vessels ariving from Constantinople with clean bills of health are to be allowed to navigate freely in the Austrian portions of the Danube. STATE or BURN LEY A NI) THE liOUR11001), —We regret to learn that the condition of the labouring popu lation in the neighbourhood of Burnley is becoming daily more deplorable. Not only are the hand-loom weavers very inade quately employed and very wretchedly paid, but many of the factories have ceased working, and nearly the whole labouring population is in a state approaching destitution. In some of the country townships, too, where almost all the inhabitants are poor, it is difficult, and indeed impossible, to collect a. vofficient amount of poor rate to afford relief to the claimants upon the parochial funds; and it is greatly to be feared 'that, unless some assistance can be obtained from other quar# s ers, the or will be left with ou t resource. We understaiet t',iat strong re po presentations on thi s s ubj ect have been made toGover m e nt . Government by a gentleman resident in the neighbour-11'mA ; and it is nut improbable that those representations may t haye had consider. able effect in causing the issue of the Qoe en's letter for making collections throughout the country. Irdherto. the peoyle have shown exemplary patience under their manifold privations. Though large meetings have 'been held in different parts of the districts, we - do not learn that they have been marked by any violence, even of language. ; Bid tt is t.o le feared that this patience will not be proof against a continuance—and especi ally against an aggravation—of the present state of distress. -- Alone/tester Paper. The Sieele states that a serious 4_linfliet took place on Sunday last at Romainville, between sonic of the soldiers of the corps of engineers employed on the works of the fort in construction there, and a party of the 4th regiment of the line. It appears that fourteen of the engineers, under a ser geant, were celebrating the King's fete at a traiteur's, when the house wassurrouneed by about 3(s) men of the 4th, utter , ing threatening cries. The sergeant of the engineers went out to remo ns t ra t e , b ut. b e i ng insulted by a corporal, seized him, with the intent. of conducting him to the guard-house. This was the signal for a general attack: front the line. The sergeant was driven back into the house, and carried down into the cellar for safety, but would have been followed, and per.. haps, murdered, but for the courageous resistance of the laud lord, who received two severe sabre wounds on the head. The combatants were separated by the arrival of a strong pielet under the command of an officer, 'nut not until seven out of the fourteen engineers were severely wound e d. The mikes of cad: A and Seville, sons of Don Francis de Paulo, arrived a, few days ago at the Hague. The ('curries' ficuis gives the following letter from an officer of one of the vessels of war off Tangiers lat pu rsuance of orders brought by the rsielartni,V,—;; nave quitt e d th e d e li c i ous station of the dated April 9 Tagus for these mehousholy latitudes. If we had to send a few bullets against the morocco people, that would reconcile us a het dipluacy takes place of artill er y, an d t li li t r t . le G t r o m i t ? was het m before us to announce our coming Our little division consists of . the .lena, 90 gun-ship, the Africane, frigate of 60, the Volage, brig of 10, and Grondenr of 160 horse-po w ermore than is necessary to demolish the fortifications of Tangiers. When we appeared before the port, we were taken for Americans UMW to avenge the insult oftery.4 to their Consul. .Sueb was the alarm that. a great number of families fled to the mountains. When they learned that we were French, the agitation calmed down. It would a ppear front this that the inhabitants have no great tear of Uli ; the,/ see that we are a l ways threatening, without ever exec uting. The Presse states that it is the intention of the Emperor of Russia to grant, in July neat, an ainnesVi in favour of Poles condemned for political ()truces_