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" +, , 1 I A -, " . . - . 1 , ' ' . 1 ;7 /...• - \,,, „...- • . 5 .,- , -------- - - ^.4 'h., .I . s —l4 ~ , , li ; X ~ ,-. '" ~... ' c -, t..Z , ,, tt ., 146 '/, . 1, a.,.4, . 1 El. ',/ glf 0 ..i... , tu 2) ~.. .v , , ''g . 41.,,, 4 I. il / 4*. .. ! . 4- 7-* iii ' ' IS, 7'" 4 DIY; tI" ."--,!.,7, , •vitriii,*, 115 V ' • ' - ` 4-1 . .A-7-, , .LOIT ' . 9. , • -,, , • ~ =~;, CIENEIt POST•OFFICE, JANUARY, 1854. POSTMASTERGENERAL will receive TENDERS for the, supply of WAX, COMPOSITION, and TALLOW CANDLES; OIL, and SOAP, for the use of this Depart• went during the present year. The Tenders must be delivered at the Secretary's Department of this Office, at or before noon, on MONDAY, the 23d instant, and they must be enclosed in sealed. covers, addressed to " Her Majesty's Post master-General," and endorsed 'Tenders for Candles, &C." • TIANWELL COLLEGE & PREPARATORY SCHOOL. The Vacation will close on the 21st. "'Unitivell Co:leze, conducted by Dr. Emerton, is fully sustaining the high character it has acquired We find that former pupils of Ilanwell College have been ,tither high wranglers or first-class men of our Universities during the pres , nt year; and t , is is the twentieth instance of success at Aandhurst or Addisc.imbe we have had to record with :n a short period." Prospectuses may be had on application to the Principal, the Rey. Dr. EMERTON, MITIWCH, Mid desex. 'LOME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. Public Drawing for Forty Rights, at Dudley's lletel, Bridge-street, Blaceafriari, on THUThqI.tY evening, Jan. 19. 1854. J. P. MURROUGH, M.P., will take the Chair at Eight o'clock precisely. HENRY KNIG LIT, Secretary. Office, 14. Chatham-place, Elackfriars. BONUS TO SHAREHOLDERS. HOME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. £5 Bs. 4d. per Cent. for the past year will be added to the sub scriptions of Members whilst not in arrear, and the Directors have resolved in future to give INTEREST at the rate of 5/. Bs. 4d. per Cent. per annum, upon all completed share, and payments in ad vance, with such farther sums as the profits realized by the society may allow. The allotment of the Stuart Estate at Wood Green, has placed the society in a highly satisfactory position, and is prodnctive of great profit to the allottees. A second Estate has been purchased in Wimbledon-park, which Promises even more successful results . First class Estates only will be purchased for allotment. All the Money is advanced for the plots. The Members not being required to pay part of the purchase-money down. Rights are only created as they can be supplied, and, therefore, command cood premiums. The shares are fixed at 301. ; payments, Is. per week, with an entrance fee of Is. By order, HENRY KNIGHT, Secretary. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, 0118101 P-house, Fuaaam-road), The above Rooms are now. OPEN FOR TUE SEASON. Red will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half•past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter ninate at half-past 11. R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC,. includlng the BERNESE OBERLAN and the SIMP LO EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, ( except Saturday), and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Mornings, at Two. Stalls, 23., Whicii,can be taken at the box offica every day from 11 to 4 ; area, 28.; gallery, Is.—Mont Blanc, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, prepared ex pressly for this Institution by Monsieur Ferriere of Paris. exhibited on a surface ofabout a thousand square feet, with an ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS, daily at a Quarter past Four, and in the evenings at a Quarter-past Nine. LECTURES by Dr. BLCUOFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSA ELECTRIC TELEGqAPIT LECTURE by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS TION, with Brilliant Experiments. _ _ Open Morning's and Evenings. Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. LIXPORTERS to AUSTRALIA, EAST IN- Jui DIES, CAPE, &c.—Genuine YARMOUTH BLOATERS. — For terms apply to Tuosiss LErris, Fish Merchant, Greet Yarmouth. UNGARIAN PROMENADE CONCERTS. —Admission, Is.—ROYAL M kRIONErTE THEATRE. Adelaide-street, West Atrand—Every EVENING, at Eight, by the renowned HUN' ;ARIAN B IND. whose performances have created such intense interest throughout the leading European cities The Programme is varied nightly, and Includes the finest compositions of ancient and modern masters, as well as Hungarian and other na tional Melodies, Mazurkas, Waltzes, Galops, and Quadrilles. Ka lozdY, conductor. Soloists—Flugelhorn, lloranyi ; clarlonette, M. Augarde; piano, Miss J. Warman. Vocalists The Misses Brougham. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. PROGRAMME FOR VIE DAT. PART I. Overture (Der Freyschutz), Weber; Duett (I would that my Love), Mendelssohn, the 3lives Brougham ; Solo, pianoforte (Don Pasquale). Miss Julia Warman; Galop (Times), Kalozdy ; Song (Ronny Bessy Gray), E. W. Glover, Miss E. Brougham ; Solo, clarinette, M. Auganle ; Cavatina (Nabuco), Verdi; Solo, flugelhorn, Herr Horanyi ; Polka (Rococco), Kalozdy. JULLIEN'S AMERICAN QUADRILLE. PART 11. Selection (I Lombardi), Verdi ; Solo, fluzelhorn. llerr Uoranyi ; Duett (The Cousins), the Misses Brougham ; Solo, pianoforte (Grand Morceau de Concert), Miss Julia Warman ; Polka (Bes- Phorus), Sarkozij; Quadrille (Malta),Kalozdy; Song (Coming through the. Rye), Miss J. Brougham ; Galop (Cuckoo), arranged by T. Distin ; March (Beniowski), Kalozdy. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro duced +more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis east% known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience In the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist once secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfluitfhl Marri ages. Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its conequenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged In an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Fhysician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated Publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions, At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and £OI , ICO and Medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It 13 desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION . A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free by Post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rebi d en ce, 37, iIEDFOI. D•3OU A ILE LONDON. ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISEEMES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages--Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, Is. 6d. in stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which Prevent It. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford- Street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor -1100,146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Low'Churelt-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R. Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART T. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a Simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole Subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALK OF SYRIACCIM is exclusively employed In treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lls and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse o f mercury , 1 I s . and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lie. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation tee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is required ; age, habits, and posi tion in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to he had at the Establish ment only. by which the fee, II ,is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Bemers-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight; on Satley from Eleven to One. THE HIGH PRICE of COALS and PRO VISIONS. Memorable winter this —excessively cold —extraordinarily wet and damp — high prices charged for everything but the CLOTHING ma nufactured by E. MOSES and SON. as far a 9 as price is concerned, Coals are " Black Diamonds" new, and the law of corn is "higher and higoh:dr. set-Uonffdeargainthesstetchlerehuimgh stances, Economy is a deside•atum—sa g . Price of coals and provisions is superior Clortehtansgwftltha vceoraylsloawndpripreoc.. It is as impossible to dispense with Stu visions; but it is a great advantage when the very best Dress can be, had for a very small sum. e on y The high prices charged for coals and provisio.nuiscidiarperetvlytohr MT. rectlY affect all classes; and it is right they sh remedy at present within their reach. For every cl,alsosstrjhaapnrdinsciopmle, of cheapness and superior quality is applied by E. and the perfections of Art are associated with a completeness of RXPerience and Skill. inasmuch as The Bespoke Department is available for every on e, Use most distinguished talent, British and Foreign, and the mostac eomplished workmanship, are associated with t he most mod erate charges which can be made. E MOSES and Sots offer advantages in the Hat, Cap, hosie r y , Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Departments, which cannot be obtained at any other house. Their immense wholesale Branch secures to Merchants, Captains, S hippers, and Emigrants a selection from the Best. most Suitable, and the Largest Stock in the World. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the Public against imposition. having learned that the untradesnan-like the of " Being connected with *heir Establishmen t . " or " It's " , ,e same co nc e rn ," h a s been resorted to in many instances , and for °Pylons reasons, they he to state that they have No CONNEKIO! , .I WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OITT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments. as follows • London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84,85, and SS. 'litigate. opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 50r., 507, 505, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Ilart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36 Fugate. Colonial Branch, N lbou• ne, Australia. Merchant railoss Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Slate \li:erg. and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORT 6 T —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be "thAilgsd if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can he made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Frida) s to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed tql 12 o'clock. A new Book, " The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lista of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., may sp I,ed nn aosineation. nr post-free A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1851 can be had, gratis ou application. %iron pule Francais, Qui Bi Paris Italian. Bier gPrichtjaau Dist**. Mae se hale risme 20C I maid Ades ht. 43 OT r, ) seven I exatr - r, ani 1 . LTC 1111, 01011 I - Ban . k :, 11 d Li- nbirete, beKin ling to etwoon ch lo ss Yorl e, th is is es• sr Yo: rk ad, has er, b at tot he bag of 13 Ler pipi t ed rks 2 ire can be inaako on sv° undr am which lou ght ronl d. (4 attp om St• er 5131' ?avoq rite, 6m o: with rt of , her om rion• ith DIP w rang Atha wo° leran 'ovem ,bert or ox anal ) Lo r 'clop , "ove E aber: If the. DO is go t Off, ?admt tLe I )111 mage $ spo It :en istek o'n irriv ti d Lvide, , DO' ~ .No e• l' )art q°°' -. 29, 16t ' 1 20 W: 4J 1 . 6, Cork Oct' lat, 7 10 l'i'l rP °Ql' old'. 725 0 new- 6 5 , ' 0 70. s ; 00. to 5 48s ck, 4CO ns tiu 34 , t0 00' 9 80s: to "0, 323 ;, 1 . 30 ;0, ) 60E4 ; P" .0 1 I tee 01 - 41 . 0 . orb S, g 37 • 31.•,1 - • ;95 • t 64 416 :42 7169 Lds o f r. on "O' >ll C 111 , t ° ' Oe APE O h a 1 "pd Os 4 I o 00 n d to 41. 5 v ' irke •. ..•''3B 1 ite =.i h tile Lintrc trg ' 0 )(It, 411 0 91 t he am v i rkf V79.101C°141. 3ach 0 .4 °1 1 7 on-a:1 11 P" ;ton. . rf o a d' i 3f* St. , • 8011630 LO 3r of We Berl ocl ch of the -coy EienrY or. s_ r p o clie' 0 -yr io y0 111.1 4 '4 Vice, 00. o f he 04131 i No. 19,13t.] THE FIRST VOLUME is Now READT, Embellished with Fnurteen Portraits. price 7s. 6d. bound, of the CHEAP EDITION of LIVES of the QUEENS OF ENGLAND. By AGNES STRICKLAND. To be completed in Eight Monthly Volumes, illustrated with POR TRAITS of every QUEEN', and combining all ether late improve ments Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett 13, Great Marlborough-street. TRIBUNALS OF COMMERCE. Just published, price Is. , pp. 47. ALETTER to the BANKERS of LONDON, reviewing the Origin and Progress of the Movement in favour of TRIBUNALS of (,OMMERC E. By FRANCIS LINE, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the London Tribunal of Commerce. London : Effingham Wilson, Publisher, 11, Royal Exchange. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. The CIIItISTMAS VACATION terminates on MONDAY, January 23d, 1854. The Examination of Candidates for admission will take place at the Institution on THURSDAY, Janaary 26th, at Two o'clock, and on every succeeding Thursday, at the same hour. By order of the Committee. Royal Academy of Music, J. GIMSON, Secretary. Tenderden-street, Hanover-square, January 17th, 1854. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH (used in her Majesty's Laundry), and WOTHERSPOON'S Machine made CONFECTIONARY, MA NI 'LADE, JAMS, JELLIES, &c., (which gained the Prize Medal of 1851), may be had of all Grocers; Wholesale of Wotherspo .n, Mackay, and Co., 66, Queen-street, Cheapside, London, and Robert Wothtrspoon and Co., Glasgow. Useful Pamphlets, to be had gratis on application at the Publishers' (if by letter enclosing a postage starno.) ATKINSON and COMPANY'S PRICE CUR RENT of Useful and Ornamental FURNITURE, UPHOL. STERY, LOOKING GLASSES, BEDDING, &c. Also, THE LADIES' MA NUAL, or Guide to the Extensive Mercantile Estab lishment of ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPER?, SILK and SHAWL MERCERS, HABERDASHERS, HOSIERS, and LACE MEN. London : Published by the Proprietors, Atkinson and Company. 69, 70,71,72,.73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road,'Lambetb, TkiirNlNG INVESTMENT.--Parties seeking safe and profitable investments should turn their attention to the shares of those companies farmed for mining, especially when their estates are in Cornwall and Devon. The dividends from many of these are equal to 10, 15, and 20 per cent, upon the subscribed capital, while others not yet paying dividends, but having excellent prospects of soon doing so, afford abundant scope for speculation, not alone from anticipated early returns to the proprietary, but likewise on account of the great enhancement in the value of the stock at tendant thereon. Mr. JNO. S. LANE, 32. Poultry, London, having correspondents in all the richest mineral districts in England, is in a position early to advise his clients. Parties communicating will re ceive all requisite information, and Mr. LANE will recommend either dividends paying, or non-dividend paying concerns, to those wishing to embark in mining enterprise, and state his reasons for so doing 32, Poultry, London, Jan. 1854. SMELTING WORKS.—To be disposed of, with immediate possession, the PENCLAWDD COPPER WORKS, on the River Burry, near Llanelly, about eight miles from Swansea, and three from a station on the South Wales Railway, comprising about Eight Acres of Land, on which the present Works are erected, Manager's Residence, a Private Dock, admitting vessels of large burthen, excellent Coal at hand, which is delivered by railway throughout the Works, and an ample and unfailing supply of Watei for all purposes. The Erections are of the best materials and construction, possess every requisite for Copper Smelting, for which,they have been hitherto used, but may easily be converted for any other purposes, and in creased to any extent. For further particulars apply to Mr. Charles Low, Swansea, or Mr. Hunt, 34, Great Winchester-street, London. QCHOOLS FOR ORPHAN AND NECES ky SI TOUS CHILDREN OF WAREHOUSEMEN AND CLERKS At a Meeting held on TUESDAY, the 20th day of December, 1853, numerously attended by the Warehousemen and Clerks engaged in the leading Wholesale Houses of the City of London, The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : That this meeting being deeply impressed with the importalice of founding an institution for the clothing, maintenance, and education of the children of deceasel and necessitous warehousemen and clerks who have been enraged in manufactories or wholesale houses of business in the United Kingdom, hereby pledges itself to exercise its utmost powers and influence in promoting the establishment of such an institution. That it is the opinion of this meeting that the proposed charity should be founded and conducted upon the most liberal principles and rules, and open for the reception of children of both sexes. That with a view to raising the necessary funds for founding the proposed institution, a list of subscriptions be forthwith opened ; and that before any appeal be made to tine heads of firms for their sup port, an energetic canvass be made amongst the warehousemen and clerks of London. and elsewhere, to obtain from their own body one hundred subscribers, of ten guineas each, towards the prOposed fund. That every donor be eligible to serve on the present prelirhinary committee. Since the above meeting, the Clerks and Warehousemen engaged in many of the wholesale houses have been canvassed, and subscrip tions have been announced at the subsequent meetings as follows : 20th December •• .. Donations and Subscriptions .. • • £246 15 0 2d January .. ••• • .. do. do. .... 519 : 15 0 9th „ • • .. do. do. .... 321 , 13 0 16th „ • ........ do. do. .... 1,173' 6 0 T0ta1........ £2,331 9 0 The above subscriptions have been obtained froni warehousiemen, clerks, and agents, exclusively. The principals have not yet been applied to. The next meeting will be held at the London Tavern. Bishopsgate-street, on Monday, the 23d January instant, at half past Six o'clock precisely. All subscribers and friends to the charity are earnestly requested to employ the present week in actively canvassing for subscriptions. The names of new subscribers will be thankfully received by the undersigned, to whom all communications are requested to be ad dressed, and from whom further information may be obtained. (Signed) GEO. LAWRENCE, Hon. Sec. Offices, 12, Bread-street, Cheapside. CIRCULATION OF THE MORNING PAPERS. SUPPLEMENTS TO THE MORNING ADVERTISER. THE extraordinary increase which has taken place in the circulation of the " Morning Advertiser" since its enlargement, three years ago, has been followed by so great an influx of advertisements as to render indispensable the publication of a series of SUPPLEMENTS after the commencement of the approaching session. Supplements to the " Morning Advertiser will accordingly be issued as often as the pressure of Advertisements or intelligence rimy render their publication requisite. To form an idea of the increase which has taken place in the circulation of the " Morning Advertiser," it will only be necessary to give the News paper Stamp Returns for 1850, and the circulation, as nearly as may be ascertained, of the various morning papers, except one, at the present time. In 1850 the Stamp Returns gave the following re sults : MORNING ADVERTISER • • ...... 1,549,843 Daily News .. • • ...... • ..... 1,152,000 ' Morning Herald • . • • • • • • • 1,139,000 Morning Chronicle 9l2.s47 Morning Post .. ••.. • • .... It will be observed from this statement, that, omitting the" Times," the circulation of the "Morning Advertiser" was then far above that of its morning contemporaries. Were the Stamp Returns to be given down to the present time, the relative circulation of the" Morning Advertiser to its tour morning contemporaries—assuming that their circulation has undergone no diminution—would be as follows: — MORNING ADVERTISER ........ • 2,356,260 Daily News • .... •••• • • • • 1,152,000 Morning Herald .. • .... • • • • ........ ..... ... 1,139,000 Morning Chronicle .• • • • • • . • • . 912,517 Morning Post •-..••• • • • • • • .......... • 828,000 It will he seen that the present circulation of the " Morning Adver tiser" is more than double that of the two highest of its four contem poraries, and nearly treble that of one of their number. The annals of journalism contain no instance of success at all approaching to this. Such brilliant progress is the best compliment which could be paid to the Morning Advertiser's entire independence of all parties and Governments, and its earnest and unceasing advocacy of the popular cause. Published every morning at 127, Fleet-street. January, 18.14. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YEsTERDAT. A full muster (almost a novelty of late) at the rooms to-day, and a decided improvement in the betting. Latest prices : LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE- - - CHASE. 9to 1 agst Half and Half (taken). 10 to 1 agst Miss . Mowbray (taken). 20 to 1 agst Comeaway (taken). 20 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie (taken). 25 to 1 agst Columbine (taken). 25 to 1 agst Peter (taken). CHESTER CUP. 35 to 1 agst Virago (taken to 501.) 40 to 1 agst Aldcroft (taken). 40 to 1 agst Tom (taken). 40 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 50 to 1 agst Cat'spaw (taken). 60 to 1 agst Peggy (taken). 1000 to 16 agst Joe Miller (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Ann (taken). METROPOLITAN STAKES. 500 to 25 agst Virago (taken). TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Boiardo (taken). DERBY. 6to 1 agst Autocrat (offered). 9 to 1 agst King Torn (taken). 20 to 1 agst Ruby (taken). 33 to 1 agst Scythian (taken). 33 to 1 agst Marsyas (taken). 50 to 1 agst Honeysuckle (taken). 50 to 1 agst Old Noll (taken). 66 to 1 agst The Trapper (taken). 1000 to 25 agst Knight of St. George (taken). OAKS. 140 to 20 agst Omoo (taken). wasi t, N A h v e t the court of INSTITIITION.— Thatched House Tavern, St. Monday the annual general a BE of the governors of this insti tutßioOnYA James's-Street, a n d w • was attended by several gallant ve t e rans of the service ; among whom were Sir Watkyn Owen Pell, vice admiral and Richardson , Commanders Marshall Dickson, Radcliffe, Lieutenants Bedford and Gardiner. and Jay, and filled by Sir Watk y n Owen Pell. The The chair was le minutes of the last quarter l y court havin g been read and confirmed, Mr. Skead , the secretary, brought forward re port, which s tated that during the last quarterthe there had been rec eived in annual subscriptions of 631. 4s. 6 d. ; which, with 5661. 16s. id the sum ba lance at the last audit, made an available in ' the n f 6301. Os. 7d. The e x p enditure for the same °pine-- amounted to 4771. as. 9d., of which sum the amount of 3671. had been paid in grants. The income for the whole year, including 1691. 2s. 7d. balance in hand on the Ist of January, 1853, 1.0701. 10s. 4d. ; interest upon 36,1951. 12s. 2d., invested in the Three per Cents., 8371. s s. ; annual subscriptions, 5/. ; life subscriptions and 1221. is. 6d. received in, donations, amounted to 2,2031. 19s. sd. ; and the expenditure for the same period, in cluding 1,6601. paid in grants, amounted to 2,0481. Os. 7d. ; leaving a balance of 155/. 18s. 10d. The re port was unanimously adopted, and a quantity of routine business transacted ; after which the memorials of peti tioners were taken into consideration, and the proceed inga terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1854. vent him laying by something for a future day, and it would certainly be some consolation to him to know that in the event of his dying unmarried, he would leave be hind enough to take him to the grave respectably, and perhaps discharge the few debts which he had incurred, without recourse being had to his friends. (Hear, hear.) He therefore hoped that the report of this meeting would go forth to the public in order that it might be known that the association was in a state of firmness and stability, and that all who assured might be satisfied that every claim made upon it would be fully met. The worthy chairman concluded by moving•the adoption and reception of the report. (Cheers.) Mr. PIKE admitted the satisfactory nature of the re port, but thought there was room for increased economy and greater efficiency. In regard to the first point— economy—he suggested that a considerable saving► might be effected by purchasing instead of renting premises. The CHAIRMAN observed that the board, after con siderable anxiety and trouble, had within the last two days concluded a preliminary arrangement for the pur chase of premises which they believed extremely de sirable for the institution. (Hear, hear.) Mr. PIKE proceeded amidst evident marks of impati ence to make some further remarks, in the course of which, he stated that although an advocate of economy, he considered the society did not sufficiently remunerate its medical officers. The motion was then put, and carried unanimously. The next business was the re-election of the managers, who went out by rotation, Mr. R. H. Jones, the chair man of the board, Mr. W. I. Jordan, Mr. S. Notley, and Mr. W. S. Sawtell ; also, the re-election of the auditors, Messrs. Lloyd, Toole, and Woolley, the latter being awarded fifteen guineas for their services. A vote of thanks was then passed to the honorary solicitors, the acting solicitor, the consulting and acting actuaries, and the medical officeos, for their efficient ser vices during the past year. Mr. CRAMP moved that a similar vote of thanks be given to the board of management, and that 500 i. be awarded to them for their services. As the credit of raising the institution to its present eminent position was, in a great measure, if not entirely, due to them, he anticipated that his proposition would receive a cordial approval. (Hear, hear.) If every individual member did but his duty with the same zeal as the board, in a very short time they might double their numbers and business, and make the Provident Clerks' one of the largest and wealthiest of the assurance offices in the metropolis. (Cheers.) The motion was carried, nem. con. The vote was briefly acknowledged by Mr. WILOH. THE BENEVOLENT DEPARTMENT. The business of the benevolent department came next, and Mr. Welch vacated the chair in favour of J. A. Smith, Esq., M.P., who was warmly welcomed by and Mr. J. P. o p m ort as ed ßa M ri r n . g S , rn M ii P li " in the chair, in the m ur m r o e u et g i h n , g M M.P., . p s T u h p addition to the managers. The SECRETARY read the following report The board of management have the pleasure to pre sent their thirteenth annual report to the donors, sub scribers, and members of this department, and refer them, with satisfaction, to the following details, which show a continuance of its prosperous condition :- 381 old subscribers £499 5 6 31 new do 1 life do ... lO 10 0 £543 18 0 Subscriptions from insurers- 1,795 at 5s £44B 15 0 2at 10s. 6d 1 1 0 37 at 10s lB 10 0 7at 20s. ----- £475 6 0 £1,019 4 0 8 donations ............... 49 19 9 £1,069 3 9 "Gratuities amounting to 170 i. 15s. have been given to members, and to the widows and orphan children of members. " Loans to the extent of 1,8871. have been granted to 86 members, making a total of 15,0771. since the commence- went. it, in accordance with a resoln- On the 18th of May last, .tu tion of the last annual general meeting, one clerk was elected to an annuity of 301.; one to an annuity of 251.; three widows were elected to annuities of 201. each, and two to annuities of 151. each ; making together a further annual charge of 1451. The total number of annuitants is now 7 clerks, and 27 widows of clerks, at an annual charge of 6001. " The board of management, looking to the present pros perous state of the funds of this department, have much pleasure in recommending that, on the 17th of May next, or upon such other day as they may appoint., a further sum, not exceeding 160 L, be granted in annuities to two clerks and the widows of five clerks, according to the ap plications whizh may be received. " A resolution to carry this recommendation into effect will be submitted to the meeting. " At the second division of profits of the insurance de partment, to the 31st December, 1852, a sum of 7121., being one-tenth of the said profits, has been paid over to this department, in accordance with the rules. " The board have unqualified satisfaction in referring to the past, as regards the peculiar benefits of this depart ment, as they have been enabled to comply with all the claims for assistance which have been made upon them up to the present time ; but they nevertheless call upon the clerks, whose interests aro so involved in supporting the association, to assist them in their exertions to increase its means, and thus continue to render certain that assistance they have hitherto conferred." The balance-sheet was then read ; and from its state ment there appeared a balance of 14,5621. 17s. 3d. in favour of this department, being the amount by which the receipts exceed the expenditure to the present date. A MEMBER suggested that the pensions should be dis tributed upon the principle of seniority of membership instead of by election--a plan which was recommended by a great number of clerks, as well as others, in the City. It was well known that great uncertainty attended the result of an election, and that the most deserving candidate might be unsuccessful. This was the objection made to the benevolent department by those of his friends whom he had urged to join the association ; they might be members ten, twenty, or thirty years, they said, and yet have no certainty as to whether themselves or their widows would obtain a pension, in the event of being overtaken by misfortune. Now, as there were 2,200 policy-holders, the period would arrive, and it might not be far distant, when there would be a great struggle to get these i e pensions, a n d un l ess sen i or ity of membership gave a lv e priorityd that o if f hisclaim, proposition great was injustice adopted might the be done.funds He he would materially increase, as the public would know that the individual who had been longest a member, and paid the largest sum, would have the greatest right to enjoy the benefits of the association. (Hear, hear.) Mr. REYNOLDS thought the hon. member misunder stood the title and object of the society. The fund at their disposal was entirely a "benevolent fund ;" in that sense the public viewed it, and if a certainty of claim upon it was allowed, the society would change its charac ter, and would be no longer a benevolent but a friendly society. (Hear, hear,) When the hon member spoke about the uncertainty of the ballot, he answered that if the hundreds of clerks in the rec e ipt of large salaries who now hung back would come forward and subscribe, the necessity for the ballot would cease, because there would be ample funds to meet every reasonable applica tion for annuities. (Hear, hear.) It was the higher class of clerks who ought to be the main support 'of the institution. Mr. LLOYD said the hon. member who first spoke was guinea, even fo r a lon g life, could lead any individual to inee suppose i e r t would supposingp urpurchase h a that ae a yearly subscription of a the gu aran tee of an annuity for his widow. ( Hear, hear.) Such an expectation was p re posterous. A s well might they imagine that a sub scription, of a guine a a year to an or phan society wouldentitle the giver to nomi nate a child with the certainty of its becoming an inma te of the establishment. (trear.) All that subscribers t o the benevol en t fund could hope for was the chance with others, if their case was very bad, of wh of membership was extremely objectionable, because a e co mfor table T circumstances principle f, a case of seniority we as e obtaining had a d been a annuity, member e his 30 years might leEiv r w e i g d a o r w da i in five. e er y a e b a l r y years' member , ther e might be the most urgent distress that it was possible to conceive. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lloyd then exp re ssed his dissatisfac tion at so small a sum as 1701. 15s, being distribUted in gratuities during the year, c onsidering the annual sub scriptions amounted to 5331. Bs. and suggested that the whole annual subscript ions a nd donations should be given applied in some other way away in r them, and that the re mainder of their, income, viz., th e s h are of profits from the assurance departm ent, and the life subscriptions, tghreat purposeuit ie s of clerks, relievi z g happlicable to annuities. He was ou glad e o find invested were only two' thirds more than the interest the soci ety received on its funded stock, and as this stock was g oin g on increasing, he hoped should at and the made ex p euses in a very few years to see the department entirely paid for by means of the interest. (Hear, hear.) I different candidate, and uncertainty, but en Mr. PIKE observed that the sel ection' otannuitants by by tailed election a lwasarg e n ot outlayo nl y ten both circumstances oper ated p re judicially to the interests of this society. He bel ieved he c ould submit a plan to the board whereby, wit hout an y i ncrease in the expendi ture, they might secu re a n annuit y to every deserving applicant. Mr. WELCH stated that all the applications far annui ties had been responded t o. (He ar.) With regard to the e ed the small amount of gratuities, he might mention that every claim made in cases of distress had been met and treated in a most liberal manner by the board. Mr. ToOLE considered that if two equally deServing cases }'or annuities were brought under the notice of the members, that should have priority in which the period of membership was greatest, but, at the same time, he was not insensible to the difficulties which beset the question. He thought it very desirable that the advan tages of the institution should be made more known, and with that view he recommended that large meetings should be held at the West End, and in other parts of the metropolis, believing, if that was done, they would obtain a great accession of members. In order to show the usefulness of the society, and the way in which it was appreciated, he would read a letter which he had received from a widow who was now an aunuitant on their funds. At the death of her husband she.had eight children under the age of 15, and his life was only as sured for 1001. This sum was sufficient to place her in a small business, which, together with the annu ity, h a d enabled her to keep her family in comparative comfort. The letter was as follows : " Jan. 4th, 1854. "Dear Sir,—" I have long thought I should bewanting in my duty if I failed to make known the gratitude I feel for the comfort my annuity affords me, left as I was at my husband's decease, with eight young children, and with no other resource whatever than the 1001., for which he had fortunately assured in the Association, and the happy pros pect of being elected an annuitant on the Benevolent Fund. Believe me, I want words to express the gratitude and reverence with which I regard the memory of him (who showed by his wish to screen me and mine from the state of destitution in which his decease must inevitably have placed us), that his was no selfish love, to terminate with his life. I assure you I have often, when harrassed and borne down with cares and anxieties (such as must of ne cessity attend a woman placed in my situation), been saved from a feeling of despair by the recollection that my annuity would at least save me from the association of a workhouse, and, under God's blessing, has been the means of renewing my spirits to persevere in my arduous path of duty. I really think, if some of us who are deriving the benefit, could but make publicly known how much of our happiness, or at least content, is to be attri buted to the feeling of independence which our an nuity affords us, surely there could not be found in the United Kingdom a clerk who would not joyfully procure for those near and dear to him a like blessing in the event of his being unfortunately removed from them." After some further discussion, a ME4BEIt expressed a hope, that as the institution was so prosPerous, the working staff would not be forgotten, especially now when provisions were so extremely dear. This was a kind of model society, and it ought to give the best remuneration. The CHAIRMAN said with regard to the important point of the management of the annuity part of the bene volent fund , all the various suggestions or objections might be classed under two heads, Gt, those whO" thought that the claims to annuities ought to be a matter of certainty ; and second, those who believed that the annuities granted were not adequate to the amount of income at the disposal of the benevolent department. With regard to these two objections, he believed he was speaking the feeling of every one connected with the institution when he said, that their board of management had always been, and would continue to be, most desirous to give every attention to any plan or suggestion of improvement that might be laid before them ; but for his own part, he must decline altogether the responsibility of giving his individual opinion on points so important at a meeting like the present. He would, however, say thus much, that if the annuities were made a matter of certainty, its _ character as a benevolent fund was changed, and their association became neither more nor less than a mere benefit club. (Hear, hear.) He did not say whether it would better the society, or make it worse, but merely that its character would be entirely altered. Further, any plan which should fix the certainty of annuities, must have the effect of lessening the amount of relief and increasing the amount of payments required from members, and even then he thought it would be extremely difficult to lay down any general plan by which, with a rule of senio rity, they would be able to carry out their original prin ciple—that of affording relief in all necessitous cases. (Hear, hear.) As to the second objection which he had mentioned, the meeting must leave the question of amount to the consideration of their board of manage ment. In all such cases it was of the utmost importance the directors should think of the state of their funds, and think more about the certainty of being able to continue their payments than of being able to make them in the first instance. (Hear, hear.) The greatest possible injury and wrong would be done by their giving an annuity which they might not be able to - keep up, and they were bound to exercise the most rigid caution in marking the limit to which they might go. (Hear.) He must say that he did not consider any duty of the directors to be stronger than that of not going beyond the means placed at their disposal. Now that he had mentioned those two objections, he moved the adoption of the report, and he could not submit it to them without expressing, as he had often done in that room before, his high satisfaction at the steady honourable progress which they had made. One item of that report gave a loss of 1301. on loans, but the meeting could better appreciate the gratifying nature of that item, when he told them that it was the only loss which they had sustained in their almost innumerable loans to members—loans amounting in the aggregate to more than 15,0001.—(Hear, hear)—and he was bound to state that such a trifling oss on such a large sum was in the highest degree honourable to the borrowers. (Hear, hear.) Another point was equally gratifying, and that was, that although it had been found necessary , to reduce the rate of profit to which the benevolent de partment was entitled from one-third to one-tenth, still at the last division it had received as nearly as possible the same sum which it would have got had there been no such alteration. (Hear, hear.) This was another proof not only of the steady progress of the institu tion, but of the wisdom and justice of those who had suggested the change. (Hear, hear.) As to the re muneration of the officers he entirely agreed with the hon. member who had spoken, that they were entitled to the highest rate of remuneration which.such services as theirs required ; but this was a matter that might be judiciously and safely left to the board of management, which for business habits was second to none in the king dom. (Hear, hear.) With these few remarks, and con ' gratulating them again, as he did most cordially, upon the steady and satisfactory progress of the institution, which gave good promise of its soon realising the most sanguine expectations of its founders, he would conclude by asking the meeting to receive and adopt the report, with the direction that it be printed and circulated at the discretion of the board. (Cheers.) The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. JEPPS then proposed the following resolution : " That on the 17th May next, or such other day as the board may approve, seven additional annuitants be elected. Two of such annuities to be for clerks, and five for widows of Clerks. The number of annuitants of each class to be varied by the managers according to the appli cations which may be made ; such annuities not to ex ceed in the aggregate the sum of 1601:' He believed that this would amply provide for all who would become candidates for annuities, thus, in fact, offering almost the certainty of an annuity for ss. a year, which it was not likely any other society could do. (Hear, hear.) The amount given away during the past year was nearly double that granted in the preceding 12 months. Every application had been most liberally met, the parties themselves admitting that tile assist ance rendered was equal to th e neces sities of se case. Provided the resolution was passed, and they granted annuities in May next to the sum therein mentioned, the annual permanent charge on the funds would be 7501. Now their whole property only amounted to 14,0001., and if they wished to purchase an aniity of 7501. it would ne ar ly swa ll ow u p th e w hole of that sum ; therefore in making the present proposition, they were going to the full extent which prudence allowed. (Hear, hear.) Before he sat down he thought it right to men , tion that for the second time a gratuity had been re turned to the society, the party having fortunately been placed in more prosperous circumstances, and having deemed it honourable to repay the money ad vanced during his necessities. (Cheers.) The motion was seconded by Mr. DAwsoN, and carried by acclamation. A vote of thanks was then cordially awarded to T. Baring, Esq. M.P., Thomson Hankey, jun. Esq. M.P., William George Prescott, Esq., Baron Lionel de Rothschild, M.P., trustees of the association ; and to John Abel Smith, Esq., treasurer of the Benevolent Fund. Mr. Mos. BARING, M.P., in acknowledging the vote, said the duties of the trustees were not so onerous as to make them wish they should not be increased. They had nothing more to do than to enter their names when money was invested for the society, and they cordially hoped their labours in this respect might increase every year, for he could only repeat what had been so well said by the chairman, that it was with the most sincere satisfaction those who took an interest in the association at the earliest period of its formation, when surrounded by many discouraging circumstances, now witnessed its present solidity and prosperity. (Loud cheers.) The hon. gentleman then gave an amusing resume of the various and conflicting suggestions which had been thrown out for enlarging the utility of the society—some declaring that increased economy was . necessary, others that greater expense ought to be incurred in making known its objects ; one that more money should be given away in gratuities, and several that their officers ought to be better remunerated ; and observed that amidst these various reeemmendations it was difficult to know how to improve the existing system. (Hear, hear.) His own opinion was that their pro gress had been sound and safe. Of course they would be most ready to augment the relief afforded when they procured the means. (Hear, hear, hear.) But how were those to be obtained ? He did not know, unless it was by urging individually and col lectively the employees in great manufacturing establish ments of the metropolis to avail themselves of its advan t;iges, by pointing out to them that it only wanted some o nhoa r gif d ns e ted hrnttedohtanmaon.t managers. nnef rrao extend iegefdener adbsfear itsea(edcd, (Cheers.) besweee prodigalityr s f i etu w ith usefulness hee of At a si s t ß h s om i e n a co tNh n noe securitynse pa t i abi r n d y re ti , throughoutat n d i d n i e t d i on o af benevolenceassistance l The C usual shrewdness, hit the right nail upon the head, for, however much the benevolent department had succeeded, it had not done so one-tenth as much as it ought. He (the Chairman) had often expressed that opinion, and he still held it unchanged. He believed it was no less the interest than the duty of the heads of every large esta blishment in the City, to suggest to those in their em ploy the advantage to themselves, in comfort and peace of mind, of making some provision for the futur e ; and he would add his request to the board, that they should take measures during the next year of bring ing the subject more prominently under the notice of these extensive employers of clerks. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WELCH replied, that the suggestion of the chair man would he early brought under the consideration of the board. He might mention, that very recently a large establishment in London had assured their clerks to the number of thirty, in the society. That was a good beginning to start with, and he hoped the example would be generally followed. (Bear.) Thanks were then voted to Mr. Smee, Mr. G. Pol lard, and Mr. J. W. Gilbart, the auditors, for their services during the past year ; also to Mr. Byrne, the [PRICE SD• secretary, and the general staff, for the able manner which they had conducted the affairs of the office ; And vari- likewise Co the press, for the able support it had in' ably given to the society, Mr. BYRNE briefly acknowledged the compliment., As to the question of remuneration, he and his colleagues were quite satisfied to leave that in the hands of, the board, from whom they had always received the greatest kindness and the utmost consideration. (Hear.) A vote of thanks to Mr. J. A. Smith, for his conduct in the chair, and a similar vote to Mr. Welch for pre- siding at the former meeting, terminated the proceedings, and the members separated. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. On Monday the annual general meeting of this asso ciation was held at the London Tavern. As usual, the business of the life assurance department took prece dence, and, in the absence of the chairman, Mr. R. H. Jones, was conducted under the presidency of Mr. J. W. Welch, the deputy chairman. The report of the Board of Management, which was read by the Secre tary, gave the following details of business done during the past year : "The Board of Management, in presenting to the mem bers the 13th annual report of the association, refer with much pleasure to the following details , which exhibit a considerable increase of business over that of the preceding year, and prove that in all respects the association is pro gressing in a most satisfactory manner : " The number of policies issued during the past year is 491 for 96,225/. ; 7 annuities, 114/. 6s. Id., which is an increase of 62 policies for 14,2751. on the business of 1852 ; 18 proposals for 6,250/. have been declined ; 68 proposals for 24,350/. have been deferred, withdrawn, or are under consideration—making the total number of proposals 584, for 116,825/. " The annual income arising from premiums on policies in existence, together with dividends and interest on in vested capital, amounts to 18,8221. The board have been enabled to increase the income of the association by chang ing investment of a considerable amount of tkeir assets from the Government funds to mortgages on leasehold and freehold property, yielding a higher rate of interest, which cannot but be satisfactory to the members at large. " The amount of claims arising from 21 deaths is 5,8711., including bonuses added to the sums assured, and it is satisfactory to report that this number is under the average of mortality.. The amount of claims paid to the repre sentatives of deceased members since the formation of the association is 24,0451. •, and when it is considered that this sum has been distributed amongst the families of the assured, the importance of making provision against the uncertainty of life must be apparent to all. "Reverting to their last report, the board have now to announce that the actuaries (Mr. Griffith Davies and Mr. William Ratray), having rendered their report on the assets and liabilities of the association to the 31st Decem ber, 1852, recommended that an amount (after reserving a sum sufficient for all liabilities) equivalent to a rever sionary bonus of 13,8001, be divided amongst those mem bers entitled to participate therein, which the board have accordingly carried into effect. "The accounts for the past year have been duly audited, leaving a balance in favour of the association of 7,5381. 13s. Rd.—thus, after payment of all claims, increasing the funds of the association to 53,6951. Bs. 9d. " The balance sheet has been, aseusual, submitted to the trustees and approved by them, and will be read after this report. " During the last session of Parliament a bill was passed reducing considerably the stamp duty on life policies of assurance. The board, being always desirous of offering every facility and encouragement for persons to ensure their lives, and deeming it, at the same time, advanta geous to the interests of the association, at once determined to forego the charge for stamps on policies. " During the past year the association has lost by the death of Mr. John Clarke one of its earliest and warmest supporters, and the board a most valuable and highly esteemed colleague, in consequence of which, and the re signation of Mr. John Dankaerts and Mr. William Mait land—both gentlemen having left England—the vacancies occasioned thereby have been filled up by the following gentlemen, viz. :—Mr. Edward Coleman, Mr. Henry Rogers, and Mr. Sancton Wood, who were duly elected at a special general meeting on the 16th November last. ' Two of the auditors for the past year having disquali fied by being elected managers, the vacancies thus created were filled up by the election of Mr. James Richard Lloyd and Mr. Francis Frederick Toole, at a special general meeting on 14th December last. " The undermentioned managers go out of office by ro tation, and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election, viz. :—Mr. Richard Henry Jones, Mr. William Jeremiah Jordan, Mr. Samuel Notley, and Mr. William Stanhope Sawtell. " The following gentlemen, duly qualified, have been nominated as auditors for the year 1854 :—Mr. James Richard Lloyd, Mr. Francis Frederick Toole, and Mr. Charles Woolley. " The board, in conclusion, feel perfect confidence in drawing the attention of all classes to the sound position of the association, to the benefits it has already conferred, and the power it possesses to assist in carrying out one of the recommendations of the select committee of the House of Commons with regard to life assurance, ' that it is the duty of every oue to make provision for his family,' and they call upon every member to use his greatest exertion to so desirable an object." The balance-sheet was then read, and by a separate statement of the funds and effects of the associations up to the 31st of December, 1853, it appeared that there was a balance in favour of this association of 53,6951. Bs. 9d., being the amount by which the receipts exceed the expenditure to this date. The CHAIRMAN said he had no doubt the report and balance-sheet would be as gratifying to the members as it was to the Board of Management. The result of the past year's transactions had at last placed them in that proud position which they had so long and ardently de sired. Having thus progressed so satisfactorily, it would be well to look back to the original formation of the association. It was established in 1840, when they had only 67 policies, with an investment amounting to no more than 4501. ; but since then they had issued 3,958 policies, had paid 24,0451. for 111 claims, made two divisions of profits, equal to 15,0001., and had now an invested fund or 53,7001., and an annual income of 19,0001. (Hear, hear.) And it was to be borne in mind that this was not brought about by resorting to any undue influence, or by having high sound ing names at the head of the management. Their prosperity . was entirely owing to the exertions of the gentlemen elected to the board, and to the assistance which the members had individually afforded them. The progress of the society had throughout been sure and steady, and the business of the past year was the largest they had done since 1849, when, they issued 550 policies for 115,0001. In 1850 the number was reduced to 384, and in the following year' (1851) it was 386. With regard, however, to 1849 there were two circumstances which operated powerfully in aug menting their business—one, that all persons assuring previous to the 31st of December would participate in the second division of profits ; and the other, the visita tion of the cholera, which gave rise to reflection, and induced men while in health to make a provision for their families in the event of their decease. But it was necessary to account also for their retrogading in the two succeeding years. In former reports mention was made of the agitation created by the large assurance offices against this and other associations enrolled under the Friendly Societies Act. It was alleged that they were not in a sound position, and were, moreover, acting illegally ; and as these statements were put forward by powerful and influential offices, they operated, no doubt, to the detriment of such associations as the Provident Clerks'. Indeed, the extent of their business proved that such was the case. They remained some time under the influence, as it were, of a cloud. He (the chairman) might mention that, having lately been in Liverpool, he was told by their agent that the cause of their business not increasing in that town was to be attributed to the suspicion generally entertained, in consequence of the proceedings of the old offices, that they were not altoge ther in a very safe position. An investigation, as was well known, took place on the subject before a select committee of the House of Commons, and the report emanating from it was highly satisfactory, placing the legality of their office, like others enrolled under the Friendly Societies Act, beyond all doubt and ques tion. But the report went further ;it stated that such offices had been the means of making known the value of life assurance to a large number of persons who would not otherwise have been informed upon it, or have had an opportunity of participating in the advantages it offered. (Hear, hear.) As soon, therefore, as the cloud was thus removed, and they had received, if he might so term it, the certificate of Parliament as to their legality and their excellent object—that of advancing the general interests of life assurance—they were again on the ascending scale, because from the number of 386 policies in 1851, they jumped in 1852 to 426, and during the past year they had gone from 426 to 487 policies, representing an amount of 95,4251. (Hear, hear.) It now only remained for the members to use the same exertions which they had hitherto done in order to make the society second to none in the metropolis. It was not enough for a gentleman to content himself with having assured his own life, for being a mutual office, it was to his interest to increase the business as much as pos sible, and if every member would, in the course of the year, endeavour to introduce a single friend, a far better balance would be presented in 1855 than the one they had just heard read. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the claims arising from deaths, the report, he would venture to say, was extremely satisfactory, the amount being about three-quarters per cent. on the sums assured, which was a favourable average. He was happy to add, also, that they had been enabled to effect some reduction in the expenses of the establish ment. During the past year two circumstances had given much pain to the managers—the death of Mr. Clarke, one of the oldest members of the board, and the retirement of two other gentlemen, whose avocations called them abroad. The vacancies thus occasioned had been filled up at a prior meeting by gentlemen whose services would no doubt be of great benefit to the society. As regarded tke general support accorded to the associa tion, it was pleasing to find that the peculiar class for whom it was originally founded had, during the last twelve months, responded to the calls made upon them to a much greater extent than in the preceding year. Still it was so important that every one should make a provision for his family, that at the risk of being tedious, he would again urge on all the necessity of assuring their lives. No means for that purpose which could be devised was equal to life assurance, especially where a person's income was limited. A small weekly payment would enable a young man of twenty-five years of age to insure for 1001., and the fact of his having obtained a policy for that amount certain let it extentbe supposed he had would be a g rea t sa ti s f act i on t o hi m, b ecause if he was not a married roan, he might change his position, and when he did s o , it wou ld b e w i t h th e conv i c ti on that to a that e ie provisionalremaind a e for s h ine isf e amily. But man. The salary of a clerk was generally so small as to pre- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . GIIILDHALL.—RicAard Biggs and Ruth, Biggs, his wife, were placed at the bar before Alderman Moon, charged with robbing their employer of property to i the value of between 3001. atid 4001. Daniel May, the detective officer, said—l received in formation from Mr. Waters, a wine merchant of White cross-street, that he had been robbed to a considerable extent, and accordingly commenced watching his pre mises on Wednesday last. About half-past seven the evening I saw the female prisoner leave, and watched her to a marine store shop in Whitecross-street. She had some empty bottles with her' at the time. I then saw her go back to the prosecutor's ware h ouse anre turn to the marine store shop with more bottles. i On Thursday night I watched her twice to the same shop, and each time she appeared loaded, but I could not see with what. On Saturday last I saw her leave the bottle warehouse six times, and she was away each time long enough to go to the marine store shop and back. She went out loaded each time, but I did not followler. On Monday night she went out twice with bottles, leach time leaving the male prisoner in the bottle warehouse. The second time I stopped her on the way to the marine store shop and found 10 bottles in her possession. Mr. Robert Waters said—l am a wine and vinegar merchant, carrying on business at 15, Lower Whitecross street. The prisoners have been in my employ about four years and had the care of the bottle warehouse during that time. I took stock on the Ist of January in the present year and discovered a deficiency of from 3001. to 4001. I thought I must have been mistaken, and therefore took stock again, and found the result the same. I then took stock of quantity of wine I had received during the year and added it to the stock I had on hand at the time I took stock in January, 1853, and then deducted the quantity I had sold and the stock on hand remaining, and the result, after allowing 169 gallons for waste, was a deficiency of 1,570 gallons of wine during the last year. I therefore suspected I was being robbed, and applied to the Commissioner of Police, and the officer May was placed at my service. There are four other persons in my employ, but some of them have only been with me a very few months. The prisoners were allowed to make overtime, and therefore had the key of the bottle warehouse, and I imagine they must have got a false key to the counting house, where the keys of the rest of the premises are kept. I pay the male prisoner 235. per week, and they earned about 15s. more by working at night at bottle washing. Alderman Moon said—lt seems almost incredible that the prisoners could have taken so large a quantity of wine. Mr. Waters said—l have noticed that the casks fell short of their proper quantity, but attributed it to the carelessness of the men in not chalking on the casks the quantities as they were drawn. Mr. Garratt said—l am a marine store dealer at 78, "Upper Whitecross-street. I know the female prisoner. She brought some bottles several times during last week and the week previous, and my wife bought them of her. I have not known her more than a week or two. I have only been in business six months. Mr. Alderman Moon said—l suppose your predecessor made a fortune and retired from business. Witness said—No, sir. I married the person who had the business before I came into it, but knowing no thing of it myself, I left her to buy everything. I was generally in the way when my wife bought bottles of the female prisoner, but I cannot say how many she bought. She might have bought four or five dozen last week, but I am sure she did not buy that quantity every week, nor can I tell if it was a dozen a week. The female pri soner came several times with bottles during the week before last, and always said they were her perquisites. We sell them to the bottle collecto r s, b u t I d on t know what my wife gets for them. Alderman Moon said—Bottles are very dear just now, and wine-merchants have great difficulty in getting enough, and surely if you have any interest in the busi ness you would know what price your wife sells them at. Do you keep any books ? Witness—Yes, sir, we keep books, but we don't enter bottles in them. Alderman Moon—What do you enter, then ? Witness—Oh, metals, sir. We buy lead and other things. Esther Garratt, wife of last witness, was then ex amined, after which the prisoners were remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—John Brown and William. Smith, two gentlemen under assumed names, were charged with being drunk the over-night, and with having assaulted several persons. John Rendall, waiter at Scott's Oyster Supper rooms; 18, Coventry-street, said—About half-past 11 on the previous night the defendant's came into the shop and were served with their supper in the first-floor room. They had some beer with their supper, and Brown ordered more, but seeing they were intoxicated he refused to let them have any more beer. Brown swore he would split his head if he did not obey his orders, and got up from his seat and smashed one of the door panels, declaring at the same time he ',would serve everybody in the place in the same way unlpss he was supplied with what he wanted. Witness and another waiter tried to get Brown away, upon which Brown lifted a stick he had in his hand and struck him several times over the body and head with it. The other waiter was also struck by Brown. At last the defendants were pushed as far as the door, and then Brown turned about, and seizing one of the waiters by the throat, and at the same time laying hold of a knife which stood on the sideboard, swore he would stick the knife on the first person that touched him. The damage done to the door was 10s. John Scott, the proprietor of the supper rooms, said —On hearing a disturbance in his house, he went down to the first floor, and found the defendants, whb were drunk, making a great disturbance and using', filthy language. Witness called in the police and gate him into custody. The defendant Smith struck him a.severe blow on the face and his eye was cut with a ring'which Smith wore. Police-Constable Collins, 19 C, said he was called to take the , elefendants into custody. He saw Smith strike Mr. Scott in the eye. In defence, Brown replied he had nothing to say. Smith said he was perfectly sober. Inspector Parkes denied this. Smith was not,sober, but he was not so drunk as Brown. Mr. Hardwick asked Smith why he assaulted the com plainant ? Smith replied that the complainant presumed to put his hand upon his collar. Mr. Hardwick asked what they were'? Brown said he was a doctor, Smith that he was a pri vate gentleman. Neither of these statements are entirely correct. Brown is not known to the police. Smith is very well known, and his real name was mentioned by Mrt Scott in court. Mr. Hardwick said it was impossible to bring of more discreditable acts against persons in the of the defendants than what had just been de 1. series iosition Liled in re been pp, as ; using He swats, gay the evidence. The defendants were Proved to hai mixed up in a vulgar night brawl in an oyster sE saulting waiters, threatening one with a knife filthy and disgusting language, and not sober should inflict the higest fine on each for the al namely, 51., and in addition require Brown to damage. The' fines and damage were paid. builder In, was . r a vol. ba4l knocked ghibndus aYte the p a a mas dain te e r , Slattery vi es t charged before Mr. Broughton, with committinj, res M itin ß g Y at L 3 E o ß , ° B N er E k . e — ley nw -str nms eet lent assault. balundry, d with at Holloway, whose face was dreadfully fig dis o'clock I wounds, said on Monday evening about sev e n to r 148. went in my van to the defendant's house Richard May, proprietor of the Hi detained until I had the the • P saying who are door, been paid the above amo unt. . said that he r mistress was if Mr. Slatt ery ill, and not to be seen, I asked . was at a s well. She replied that he home, as he would do stepped was. 10d which was owing me for washing, an at same t al i n m tdh e et handed t nh o e return yaa i d. 9 eh s re o yr m amn e ty cloth esbhoaov: having and e I The servant had scarcely reached the top of the stairs and what do you want ? I replied that I was you, ' Ri c hard May, and that I wanted my money. The de fendant at once replied, "How dare you detain my things ?" and before I could reply he hit me in the face. I was so completely stunned by the blow, that I could i n no way defend myself, and the defendant then shut before Mr. Slattery came quickly down, the door, and commenced beating me about the head and face, dragging me along the passage to the stair head of the kitchen. I became quite helpless from the ill-usage, and only remember that a second man, to whom I can not swear, came and helped to turn me into the street ; but I remember that as I was put out the street door defendant gave me a kick. He also swore, whilst he was beating me, that he would knock my brains out. Mr. Broughton —Had he anything in his hands that could have inflicted such dreadful injuries on your face ? Complain.an t—l do not remember seeing anything in his hands,' but believe he had rings on his fingers. Defendant—Did I not order you to leave my house, and you refused with an oath ? Witness—You did not, nor did you give me an op portunity to make such a reply. The defendant, in defence of his conduct, said that the complainant had detained his clothes for the purpose of pledging them ; that he was very insolent on Monday evening when he called, and that when he took him by the arm to turn him out of the house, he (complainant) struck him in the mouth. He then considered that he was justified.; what 11 - := wn house. He . two - is to call. Mr. Broughton—l have but one opinion of the de fendant's conduct—a more ruffianly assault I have never had before me, and it reflects great disgrace upon h im. I that any punishment by way of fine I can inflict will not be adequate to meet the enormity of the assault, and therefore to enable the complaint to seek redress for injuries that will at least prevent him from business for three months, by applying to the County Court, I will bind the defendant himself in 1001., and two respectable sureties in 501. each, to keep the peace towards the complainant for four months, I also request that In spector, Grant attend before the judge, and state that I declined to adjudicate in the matter, because I felt that what punishment I could inflict would not be sufficient to meet the damage and injury done to the complainant. Complainant-4 will at once adopt your worship's advice. Mr. Broughton directed the officer who bad the case in hand to let the defendant have the clothing when he had inspectei them, and paid the amount demanded, 14s. 10d. THAMES.—Yesterday Mr. Pemble, the beadle and inspector of nuisances in the hamlet of Ratcliff, brought a very appalling case of destitution under the notice of Mr. Yardley. He stated that on Saturday morning l as t he was sent for to a small tenement, situate No. 41, St. James's-place, Ratcliff. In one corner of a small room was the emaciated body of a poor woman, who appeared to have died from cold and starvation. It was lying on a heap of short and dirty straw, which had very much the appearance of chaff, and it was covered with the re mains of an old and ragged qu i lt. There was no furni ture, provisions, or fuel of any kind in the place. The husband of the woman, a fruit vendor, named John Ellis, who was almost broken hearted, was in the room, and said that he and his wife had been reduced to great dis tress, and that he was unable to obtain food for them ; that he laid down by the side of his wife on the floor on the previous night, and when he awoke in the morning he found she was cold and motionless. The poor fellow called in a neighbour and found that the un fortunate woman was dead. Pemble added that he had seen hundreds of cases of destitution which had affected him very much, but nev er sa w s uch a d rea dful one as this before. Th e h us b an d o f th e d ecea sed was an indus trious ma n , b u t a series of misfortunes, the high pr i c e o f provisions, an d hi s inability to purchase fruit, b ad brought him to a s t a t e o f utter destitution, and his wife had perish e d f or want o f common necessaries. Mr. Yardley w as surprised and greatly pained that such a deplorabl e even t h a d taken 1 p : If the case of the poor man and his wife had been made known before he would have rendered every assistance. He directed Pemble to fetch the man, who had met with this melan choly bereavement, and who was in waiting. Ellis, a poor care-worn creature, suffering from starvation, was brought into court, and his pitiable condition excited the greatest commiseration. He was recognised by many present as an industrious, civil, and well-conducted ven dor of fruit, well known in the neighbourhood of Step ney. He confirmed all that the humane beadle of the hamlet had stated, and said he had been turned out of a room he occupied in Brook-street, Ratcliff, because he could not pay his rent. He had applied to one of the relieving officers of the Stepney union in which Ratcliff was situate, and the parish doctor had seen his invalid wife, but all they obtained was a loaf of bread and some oatmeal, with an order to go into the workhouse, which he declined doing, because he did not wish to be sepa rated from his wife. Mr. Yardly was much astonished that relief had been doled out on so small a scale to the destitute people, and he thought in a case like this meat and other nourish ments should have been supplied. There was neglect, he was afraid, on the part of some sne ; it was very painful indeed to hear of such a case as this. He felt surprised the doctor had not recommended some nourish ment for the man and his wife while they were in such a deplorable state more particularly as the same doctor had recommended several cases of distress to him by letter and he had attended to them. Ellis said the doctor had not been near his starving wife for three weeks. not M b r a state he was in ? Yardleybetter asked for him the to g poor o intoor man the workhousewhether i t i w n o ulthed Ellis said he did not wish to go into the workhouse. He could not bear the thought of it. If he could only struggle on and obtain a few shillings to purchase a pair of shoes and some fruit to raise a few pence he should be satisfied. Mr. Yardley condoled with the poor man on the loss he had sustained, and said it was a very sad affair in deed. He awarded the man a sovereign from the poor box, and told him to make the best Ilse of it he could, and the case might be mentioned to him again. BLAST OF CLIFF AT DO FEB. On Saturday last the removal of a mass of cliff to the eastward of Dover Bay by the process of blasting took place. We have before drawn attention to this dangerous overhanging body of rock, situated near East Cliff-terrace and Athol-terrace, which this ope ration was intended to remove ; and have anticipated with considerable satisfaction the means which have been for some time past put in motion by Mr. J. C. Nazer, the proprietor of some property in the imme diate neighbourhood, in order that it might be dis lodged, conceiving that the completion of the under- taking was necessary to the security of public life and property. It is, perhaps, matter of regret that a more . . . united desire has not, existed in the minds of other owners of property in the vicinity with reference to the subject, and that Mr. Nazer should have been left to conduct the transaction totally unaided by any other proprietor ; but, on the contrary, should have been in some measure opposed, notice having been served upon him by the owners of adjoining property to the effect that he would be called upon to repair in every parti cular any damage be might be the means of causing by the operation in question. Notwithstanding the extraordinary rough aspect of the weather, an easterly wind blowing with great in tensity, and pelting showers of rain falling at intervals, a great number of spectators assembled on Saturday afternoon to witness the novel and interesting spectacle. Several ladies were among the number, their curiosity inducing them to stand the repeated and drenching squalls which were swept from the sea with a hardi hood well becoming even the rougher sex. A gallery for the deposit of powder, about 60 feet in length, had been dug in the cliff about 100 feet from the summit ; entering the same at the side, and extending along its face to the east ward, and it was expected that the whole of the mass above the gallery would be precipitated by the shock. Mr. Bennett, the agent of Messrs. Lee and Son, go vernment contractors, had charge of the galvanic bat tery. From some slight defect, owing it was said to the state of the weather, the first attempt at explosion was ineffectual. On the second being made, however, the powder ignited, and a loud crash of falling chalk instantly followed. It was immediately seen that al though a ponderous mass had been precipitated, the effect desired had not been accomplished, and that scarcely a fourth of the quantity which it was hoped would have been loosened had fallen. The operation was therefore comparatively a failure, but this result, it was stated, was attributable to the direction in which the gallery was dug, and the inefficient charge of the com bustible material. On the other hand, Mr. Nazer was necessarily and advisedly cautious as to the results of the proceeding ; and feared that another description of shaft, or a heavier charge of powder, would have laid him open to a heavy loss in the shape of repara tion of damages. Since the above one or two other minor explosions have taken place, with small effects ; but we understand that it is intended entirely to remove the whole of the perilous substance, the completion of which will confer a boon on the public, as well as upon the individual pro moters of the operation, for which we cannot be too thankful.—Dover Chronicle. LONDON COFFEE AND EATING HOUSE KLEPERS" ASSOCIATION. valuablen the ed the at Freemasons' Tavern. Mr. Stanes in the chair. the O s n u M bsc o ri nd b a e The minutes of the last meeting having been read and Monday s e a v n e d n i f nAc e t n h d ep o a f lf t - h y i e s a the — half-yearly associationl y general meeting wa held f confirmed, The SECRETARY, Mr. Rogers, read the report of the oomoaf t s u sni la oc t E s t i oe t nr h s, e . b s o u mt b h s a c asn r y i b r e e r g s ard o ad ditions had been made to the list of members within the fun last few months. The interest of the stock for the last d c : s n y: t p n t e d r progress o e slnst number congratulated half-year was 521. lls. ld., which had been added to the original fund, and which, with 871. 13s; 3d. in the hands of the treasurer, made a total of 2,8821. lls. Bd., clear of all demands. The meeting would be called upon that evening to elect another pensioner, the widow of a subscriber from the formation of the association, who, it was believed, was fully entitled to the benefits of the society. Allusion was then made to some pro posed alterations of the rules, in consequence of the increased benefits offered by the association. The altera tions suggested by the committee were the following :- 1. That no person should be a candidate for a pension unless he had been a subscriber for 5 years, instead of 3 years, as hitherto, and unless he had also been in the trade for the former period. 2. That the admission fee should be increased from 10s. 6d. to 2 guineas. 3. That candidates for the pension must be 55, instead of 50, years of age, the latter having been the limit hitherto. 4. That widows and orphans of members should not be entitled to relief unless the deceased member had been a subscriber for 5 years. On the motion of Mr. HAMMOND, seconded by Mr. STATHAM, the report was received. The report of the auditors, which bore testimony to the entire accurrcy of the accounts, was, on the motion of Mr. COLLEGE, seconded by Mr. YOUNG, unanimously adopted. The meeting then . proceeded to the election of an ad ditional pensioner. The person chosen was the widow of a deceased member who was a subscriber for 14 years. She is 57 years of age, and, from the facts stated, she appeared very eligible 4or the benefits of the institution. The election took place on the motion of Mr. J. MOBSBY, seconded by Mr. BAKER. A discussion ensued on the proposed alterations in the rules. In reply to a question • , the Secretary stated that the changes recommended by the com mittee had been sub mitted to Mr. Tidd Pratt, and had received his sanction; and, with the exception of the third, they were severally agreed to by the meeting. Several new members were enrolled in the course of the evening. 'slated with a • The proceedings term ina t e d de of thanks to the chairman. 72. 4 r. +' this YE; ; row. leak d a itee ), by d the , nein. s, in_ mud. ,rke.i in a. ,rke•d "0 and.