The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-05 00:00:00

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The ; for, as ,eech is in both n•clay at f mem t—Lord ,ovaine f 3eneral Lt Hon. rollopo, ley, Sir ow Cher, Istruc- red in d from 3 coral e shell le, and great t of an condi- Just 11 knot great guild ,fession link of ; some capital iad no • body and to tutionB u‘rance :irting ithout h. per.' ei and ie two narked UccesS, course ng We d pooh iise 16 . sure to atoned, oreto lo woul d e tbiln , a al oily) QUO . • That energy zti i Ve A ' t [e d to t 3 of the , ad et, and o pera [led t ° 2 thee:: [o ur of Pre e also f thei r by the by to ",---- IT.ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. cITY, ONE O'CLOCK: There is less demand for discount accommodation to-day, and the market is a little easier, although no actual change can yet be reported. The directors of the Union Mercantile Steam Ship Company of Lisbon have given notice that the interest on the shares for the year ending 31st March, 1862, will be paid on and after Monday, the 26th inst. Two O'CLOCK. A meeting took place to-day of the London and County Bank. The usual dividend of 6 per cent. was declared, together with a bonus of 12 per cent : , making in all 12t-, per cent. for the past year. This arrangement leaves £1,483 2s. 3d. to be carried for. ward to profit and loss account. The biddings for 60,00,000 re. in bills on India, took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were to Calcutta, 34,50,000 re.; to Bombay, 24,00.000r5. ; and to 1M adras,l,so,ooors. The declared minimum price wat• as before, ls. 114 d. per rupee on Calcutta, and 2s. on Bombay and Madras. The applications within the limits were for about 170 lacs. Tenders on Calcutta at ls. 11d., will receive about 78 per cent, and above that price in full. On Bombay, at 25., will receive about 10 per cent., and above that price in full; on Madras, at 25., will receive in full The first half-yearly meeting of the Imperial Bank held to-day, Mr. A. L. Elders in the chair. The report, which was adopted, stated that the gross profits during the short time the bank had been in operation amounted to £5,044, and the current expenses had been paid, and a balance re mained of £1,681 13s. 3d., which had been carried to the new account. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed the 10th inst. a special settling day in the shares of the London and South Western Bank, and dealings are to be officially recorded, and of the St)niee Financiire d'Egypte, which is not to be Marked at present. The English Funds continue firm at yesterday's advance, Consols being 92/ for money, and 924 for March. In the Foreign Market the principal feature has been a drop of fully 1 per cent. in Greek Bonds, v iz„ to 21 7 1, and the Coupons to 9i I. The other securities are tolerably firm. Railway shares are rather heavy. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. B an k Stock 236 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 921 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent lO5l 5 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 99i D howls t ).:roti Ditto ut,der £1,000.... Consols for Account, Feb. 5 92a Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 2:1 per Cent 4 dis par Ditto £SOO Ditto Small 4 dis par FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING ?RACES Equador New Consolidated Egpptian 7 pet Cent 99i Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 2ll 1 21 I 1 a Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent t titto Account.. New Granada 2 per Cent — Ditto Land Warrants . . 6H / Ditto ex over-due Coups. & Hectares 131 1 Ditto Deferred, Ex Hectares Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 1862 Ditto Account .. 871 7 81 1 / Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account 471 7 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent., 18.59 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account.... . Ditto New Deferred . Ditto Account.... 461 1 Ditto Passive Spunish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Ai,ount. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds 74 Ditto 6 per Cent. 18`.2 Ditto Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent, Ex. 12 Gull 651 Italian, 5 p ar Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f... — Ditto Account .. THREE O'CLOCK. C°II ° I s, Money Ditto Account 92,t, a The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.22 i per £1 sterling. Oa comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 178 . 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in London and Paris. BY advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.5 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 8-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 6 0 days' sitrlit is 162 t to 163 per cent., and the premium on gold is about i 8 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. A MOST CURIOUS INTENTION.—On the walls of every temple in Egypt, from Meroe to Memphis, the censer is depicted smoking before the presiding deity of the place. On the walls of the tombs glow in bright colours the preparations of spices and sweet incense. The same censer was used by the Greek when Athens was in its glory and pride. The Alhambra Palace of the Moors has passed away, but the fragrant gums and insence altars still exist. To render the air redolent with rich and flowery smells required some alchemical initiation, and a mechani cal swing to jerk the fresh air into the censer, and the fra grant vapour out of it. All this, too, has now passed away. By an invention of Please and Lubin we obtain our fragrant vapour—our "sweet fumigation"—by the yard—literally and truly by the yard measure I Messrs. Piesse and Lubin extract all that is fragrant from the precious gums of the East—from the Stacte, the Onycha, and the Bdellium—the grosser dross, or nou-volatile parts, being cast away. This pure sweet scent is then diffused into a natronated ribbon, now called " Ribbon of Bruges," which, being rolled or coiled up, is then stowed away into a little Etruscan vase, and is ready for use. In that vase there is a gale of fra granee—there is condensed the breath of flowets from many lands. Who is there having a shilling will not possess one? FATAL ACCIDENT AT PADDINGTON.—Yesterday morning, at half -past 10 o'clock, a fatal accident occurred at the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington. It appears that near the Bishop's-ro,d canal bridge there is a branch from the Great Western Railway main line, which is occupied by the Ruabon Coal Com pany as their depot. Close to it is the Bishop's-road sta tion of the Metropolitan Railway. The Ruabon branch or sidin g is carried over arches, through the crown of which the coals were shot from the trucks to a wooden stage, resting on a cast-iron girder and beams of wood. From this stage they were sacked and loaded into carts and wag gone. Previous to the formation of the underground rail way the road to the goods station of the Great Western line cros Rail way sing this road on a l evel, th passed along these arches,e but, the M e t ropol i tan Great .se W al es on te g rn sid w e er the e compelled to erect a new road on arches, el old coal arches. To prevent the incline being too great, the t i : e order new arch-s. About half - past roadway underneath being se veral feet lower th an that of the old arches, it w as decidedthatthewzur f y Under the old arches should be brough t down three or underee t i i to make it on a level with the roadway 10 o'clock yesterday morning several men were at work cle arin g out the arth and c on crete upon which the foundation arch and stage rested. of the A long coal train had arrived, n from he trucks through Company, and the coal was throw co nsigned to the Ruabon the crow n o f th e arc h on to the st tge. While this was be ing done the men below were startled by a cracking noise, , but befor e th ey cou ld mope the stage fell, wit between 30 and 40 t ons o f coa l upon i t, an d b ur i e d the four men. A large num b er of la b ourers were i mme di a t e ly set to work to extricate the men. One, named James Peters, a railway Downes, labourer, w as t a k en out a li ve. Th e ot h ers , Thos. a carter, St e ph en L angston, an d J o h n Stafford,labourers, were dead. At th e t i me t h e acc id ent occurre d a cart which belonged to Downes was being laden with rubbish. The cart itself was under the old arch, while the horse was under the new one. A portion of the mass of coal falling upon the cart, caused it to fall back, and sent the shafts up, and the horse, which plunged violently, was with some difficulty released. Peters was saved from an immediate death in a singular manner. He was at work shovelling up the old brickwork and concrete, when he was knocked against the side of the arch by a heavy blow on the chest. Before he could recover himself a beans of wood fell across his shoul ders, the coals embedding the whole of his body up to his chin. H a injuries were so great that he was at once con veyed to St. Mary's Hospital. The bodies of the deceased, who are all married men with families, lie there awaiting the inquest. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ciosio, , Share tisilwave• Paid. Price. Business dont 100 Atlantic &St Lawrenc' all 65 67 . t) , c Rom.,Baroda&.Cent Ino t , 1044 1054 104 544 I Gu. 5 per eclat. 20 Do. New - 204 Buffalo and Laxe Huron 41 44 5/ 51 10 Do. Preference ...... all '4 8 uffalo,Brant,&Godriell , 7 7 F o 100 B 0 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1372 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 10 1 73 76 1.00 1)o. do. June 1,1,• • too 73 76 st Cloutta.m S. Eastn I. 100 1(3 105 st Cape Town & Dock Scr , 100 118 109 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. , 100 1 1 55 '6l stock East Indian. zu. sp. c. for 1054 11 64 1061 20 Do. do. t Ext.... 5 1 Ili) 2 0 Do. do. H do. .. 5 1 P stock 'Grand Trunk of Canadh 1•.• 21 -2 214 100 Do. 6 per cent. P 3 et.. •• I , 73 75 100 Do. 2d Prgf. 6 per et.. all 63 65 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentt. all 32 31 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. al i 47 50 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 32 34 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 32 34 stock Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c 100 1044 1054 1051 1 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 I i P 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 r stock Gt. South.of India (Lim Ofaranteed 5 per cent. too 103 105 1044 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sham, all 12/ 13 IS 20i Do. New 1R 71 7st 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 99 101 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 92 `44 10 Indian Branch Limited 4 li 11p 34 1 1 stock Madras guar., sp.c. .. 100 112 Ic3 103 24 stock Do. 4/ p. c. Extensioi 100 96 98 stock Dc. 4 d 0.... . 100 92 4 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - - stock Nlelb.t um. !, F. 0. Bun ino - - 5o Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 Do. 7 p.c. Mom. Bds. al , - - 20 Newllr unswick & Cand Class A Capital Shan. all 3 5 20 Do. do. B Capital do. all 3 - N.B.l.C'da6 pc lst pi bds 100 83 85 stol a IScinde .... •• • • ) (100 105 101 105 st c Do. Delhi st Do. Du. .- .. -6 .4 ..: ' 100 It2} 1( 3! 1034 Do. do .... .. •tiock I D. Indus. St. F 1 0 ...) -I ' Ut.' tO Do. Punjaub 1(0 03 104 98 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT -41CU1tl11E , . - ••' , b , .np.e.Ja ita u., - 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. its A ut!. 100 106 08 xd - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sent. 100 106 108 - Do. sp. c. Jan.&.July. 101 95 96 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock, 100 tt3 55 - • ape G. Hope, 6 p c. 18731 lon ,0 • .10 109 - Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 - Do. 1890 10' 112 !14 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891..1 100 111 113 - Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 - - -- N. fi.Gov. 6 p.c. it a.&J uly 100 114 105 - vo. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct., lot , - - - N. S.W. 6ov. 5 p c.,1866i 100 100 101 - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1870 10( 99} 100 i - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 110 994 4 i - New Zealand 6p. cent., 100 103 111 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c., - sterlin , , 1875 ' 101 1(6 107 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c 100 ( 9 111 - b. Aus Gop.c.MTh.& up 100 ,109 111 191 10 sterlfivr, 1R75 - Queensland Gov. 6p. a. Aus Gbp.e.M7e.6z up.. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c..Ja.&J uly Do. to An.dzOnt.. 100 100 100 100 'l(6 107 ( 9 111 i lO9 111 107 109 11(.9/ 11(1 1 91 10 108 110 SHARE MARKETS—Yesterday. Sherel Railwaye. t 3.14 tAr.. Ni 01., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andnid. l / 4 A) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A oets no di,. D U I A B till - 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock N 8i 7 85 i $7 115 116 Ga 7 41 43 13 14 861 87i 105 107 47 48 44 45 23 24 Ditto EastAnalian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do it do 125 127 1301 1311 138 138 Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an W. of Irelaim Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwalt Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. &. South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle 104 106 65 (5i 109; 10Q3 74 76 111 112 42 44 971 98} 103 104 41i 42i DO -* shares Metropolitan Midland 11 144 128 1O 96 98 Do New Do Birming. it Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. y shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern !South Wales 'S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C 523 53 56 254 10 21 i 100 f 67 58 681 891 128 130 110 1:2 1 1 16 161 11 114 119 121 47} 48,E 104 106 0.16.41 47 19 32i 33i 931 94 68 70 102 104 6 1 7 1 38i 39i 10 104 p, 7i 8 p 149 151 11 5 1 2/ 3 1 p 55i 54 - 4 2a 3 p d* p 86 88 140 145 Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall 29 31 Hartlepool Har.A5R. IWest Midland Oxtord Do Newporr Do Hereford 40 42 34 36 95 36 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOeK c 3. Paid. Closing Businest. Price. done. 86 115/ 471 43, 4i 116 if 94i f 1271 6-1 13) / 29 301 63 4 3 4 lon 75 111 e 11 xd 424 98-1 1031 13 q 14 131 1271 68 7} li p RUTTISH Cambrian Consol. Gold tittor(i Amalgamated I )evon G. Con.. Jay ttt 14:ast Bassett (Mozart East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon East Carn Brea... E. WI Rtissel (Tavistk. Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.), (1 reat South Tolgus '4. Wheal Vor ( Helston Grenville . tlerod's- Foot :I inAston Downs Lady Bertha argaret (IJny Lel an arke Val l e y ‘Typfly Iron 'Ore (Lim ' New Setun urth Downs .. WWI ilaseet (1110 4 . a1) s:orth Wheal Crotty . l'ar Consols (5.t. Blazey Tovidence(Uny Lein' South Caradon(St.Cleer S. Carn Brea (Illogan) ~ Wheat Fran. (Illozan Stray Park Tamar SUVA Lead Min. Fin Crolt 'Nest Basset (Illogan) W Carzdon (Liskeard ) West Seton ... • • •••• •• • Wheal Basset (Illog..,an' Wheal Buller (Itediuth` Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Whea]Lud ott Wheal M aryAnn (Men Wheal Seton . . heal Trelawney Wheal Union I. 7.19.0, 6.15., 8.1: 4. 7.0 2.0.6 4.3.0 193 2.4. v to.k: 5.15 18.1 28.9 47i 5i 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 58i 7 3.13 id in 22 24 510 521 50 62 P kP , IF3 49i ili 12 516 f 17 19 6i 7 6 61 51 5f 50 52 21 3 1 33 i 0 9 1 6 pr 140 150 34 3 94 4i 5 5 6 1 43 395 405 2 2 875 02 1 5 39 41 115 165 13 14 35 38 285 295 75 80 75 85 75 84 9 94 155 104 245 255 17 18 54 51 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, kper cent. red. pref ' 101 ,ancashire and Yorkshire 6 per cent. stk., 136 i North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref.), 9-4 i Stockton and Darlington, C, 6 per cent., 34 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent. pref., 107 Kent Coast, 0 per cent. pref. B, London, Brighton, Sic., 4 per cent., 1858, 100 j London, Chatham, Sm., Metrop r xt., B, 6 per cent., 11 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 82j LINES LEASED AL' FIXED RENTALS. Great Eastern, E. U. Harwich, 4 per cent., 87 London and Chatham 4 per Cent., oft FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 20) 1 t Great Luxembourg, 15 * Royal Swedish, % per cent., Sambre and Reuse, 10 San Paulo lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 9; South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 231 FOREIGN MINES. - - Port Philip, United Mexican (lim.), 5 JOIN. T-STOCK PANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Rte.), 241 Australasia, 774 8 7} Bank of Egypt, 25} * City, 89 I London, B. Ayres. and R. Plate (linf.), 14 London Joint Stock, •i 5 London and N trthern (lint ),N6 London and South African, 24 lOtriteonintanal BrtaannkkC‘ oarasti9o_n, London and Westminster, National Provincial of lin, land, new, 20i 1 Scinde, Punhub, and Delhi lint ) n 2 Union of London, 321 a ( D s l s t l to, 10! 1011 D OCKS. Victoria, 97 AN 1 'Crystal Palace, 32 EOUS. MISCELL lltalian Irrigation Canal, 1 London Gen( ral Omnibus Company (Rm.), 11 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mini ng (limo, 2 - South Australian Land, 304 1 The y imes of June 11th, 1862, speaking of Be uson Great Clock in the Exhibition says : " As a sample f x --- ;- - lish clock work on a large scale, the works of this are pro bably thefinest finished that have ever been seen in thiscoun try; no chronome er could be fitted with more perfect or care fully adjusted mechanism." Benson's new show rooms contain clocks designed by the first artists of the day, and include clocks for the drawing room, dining room, bed room, library, hall, staircase, bracket, carriage, church, turret, railways, warehouse, counting house, with musical, astronomical, and every description of clock, from the plainest to the highest quality of which the art is at pre sent capable. Church and turret clocks specially estimated for. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on clocks and watches (tree by post for two stamps) contains a short history of clock and watch making, with descriptions and prices; it acts as a guide in the purchase of a clock or watch, and s those who live in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the colonies, India, or any part of the world, to select a c l oc k. W. J Benson received a Prize Medal and honou rable men tion, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, Lo ndon, Eatablab,ed 1749, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1863. Provident Clerks' Mutual Life Assurance Association. The 22d annual meeting of this association was held last evening at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street. R. H. Jones, Esq., chairman of the board of directors, presided. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN called upon the secretary (Mr. W. T. Linford) to read the annual report, which was as follows : " In presenting to the members of the association their twenty-seeond annual report, it affords the board sincere gratification to be able again to repeat the expression which they have used for several years, that the results of the past year's operations surpass those of any previous year since the commencement of the association.' " The proposals received in 1862 were 972 for £227,400 ; and the new policies were 916 for X 204,700 ; the new in come arising from which is £5,910 14s. Bd. per annum. " The total annual income of the association has in creased to £50,135 2s. ld., and, after providing for all known claims, the amount added to the invested fund is £27,713 19s. 7d. " The accumulated assets of the association are thereby raised to £197,400 lls. sd. " The claims by death continue moderate. 65 policies, assuring, with bonuses, the sum of £14,468 14s, Bd. have fallen in during the year. This sum has been reduced by re-assurance to £11,468 14s. gd. " The total sum paid in claims and bonuses thereon since the commencement of the association is £113,077 9s. 10d. The amount of good thus effected can scarcely be estimated ; but it is within the knowledge of the board, that in many instances the sums thus secured have been the sole means of saving families from utter ruin. " The policies actually in force on the 31st December, 1862, were 7,598, for a total sum of £1,456,254. " An offer having been made to this association by the efficial managers of the Consols Insurance Association, now being wound up in Chancery, to effect a transfer of the few existing policies to the Provident Clerks' Associa tion on equitable terms, the matter was referred to Mr. Ratray, the consulting actuary of this office; and, having been approved by him, and sanctioned by the Master of the Rolls, the same has been carried out by the board. " The period for the fourth division of profits, to the 31st 1 *member, 1862, has now arrived; and from the exertions used by the consulting actuary in forwarding the necessary calculations, the board will be enabled to announce the re sult, which is of a most satisfactory character, to the pre sent meeting. " The directors retiring by rotation on the present occa sion are—Mr. Edward Coleman, Mr. Henry Rogers, and Mr. Sancton Wood, all of whom, being eligible, offer them selves for re-election. " The board have to report, with deep regret, the death of Mr. Wm. J. Jordan, for 17 years a director of this asso ciation. Mr. Jordan had devoted a great amount of time and labour to the interests of the association, and the board desire to record their sense of his valuable services, and their regret at his loss. In accordance with Rule 10, the board have nominated Mr. William Malings, East India and. China merchant, to fill the vacancy thus occa sioned. This nomination is subject to confirmation by the members, and a resolution to that effect will be submitted to the meeting. " The following gentlemen, duly qualified, have been proposed as auditors during the ensuing year :—Mr. James Richard Lloyd, Mr. Francis Frederick Toole, and Mr. Charles Woolley. " While congratulating the members on the successful results of the year, it affords the board much pleasure to acknowledge the assistance and support which have been afforded to them by several of the assurers. By that sup port the hands of the board are of course much strengthened, and the progress and development of the assciation ren dered more rapil and certain. The extent to which the general public avail themselves of this office for the purposes of assurance, is a satisfactory proof of the confidence which has been established in its stability and integrity; while the careful investment of its funds, and the avoidance of all undue and speculative risks, have contributed to consolidate its position, and to render it one of the soundest and most successful among the life assurance institutions of this country." _ _ The CHAIRMAN, on rising to more the acceptance and adoption of the report, said he experienced great pleasure in again meeting the members, for the 22d time, and under circumstances so encourag. ing, showing, as they most unquestionably did, the great progress that was being made, year by year, in the business of the association. He saw around him a great many persons who were amongst the earliest members of the society; and wh en they reverted to the past and compared it with the present they must feel the greatest asto nishment and delight at the progress they had made, considering they had commenced with nothing. (Cheers.) While the past success must be a pleasure to the older members, it must, at the same time, be an encouragement to those who had recently be come assurers ; but he hoped they would not rest content with having insured their own lives, but that they would do all in their pewer to induce their friends to follow so good an example. (Cheers.) Their renewal premiums, he was happy to say, kept up well (cheers) —and their average interest on invested capital amounted to £4lle. per cent. —(hear, hear)—which he thought ail present would agree with him was highly satisfactory. There were some small additional expenses in the balance sheet, but they principally arose out of the increase of business ; the £2OO which was actually forced upon the directors at the last annual meeting as an increase of remu neration, and a small sum for law charges; on the other hand there were some reductions, and the members must feel great satisfaction in noticing that they had got rid of that plague spot in the account, viz., the house 42, Moorgate-street. (Cheers.) The sum due from agents had all been received since the balance-sheet was made up, and with respect to the statement of the actuary (Mr. Ratray) of his examination of their affairs, he did not know that he could do better than read his report. It was as follows: "TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE. " Gentlemen—l have the honour to submit the result of my investigation into the liabilities of the Society up to the 31st December last with reference to a fourth division of profits. The principles of valuation agreed to and adopted on former occasions have been adhered to in the present in vestigation; the surplus available now for division has been realised during the last five years and the profits of future years have been in no way anticipated. " It is very satisfactory to notice the large increase in the business of the society since the period of the last valuation, on that occasion 4,825 policies were under examination, as suring £887,756, with an income of £28,910 per annum. At the present time you have 7,598 policies in force assur ing nearly a million and a half, with an income of £50,135. .6A comparison with the statement given in my report of April, 1858, will show that this increase has arisen mainly in policies effected under the " Whole Life Table." "The following table shows the number of policies in force on 31st December, 1862, and the amount assured arranged under the heads of the tables to which they re spectively belong : No. of Amount Table. Class. Policiss. assured. A 1 Whole life assurances 7,268 £1,400,195 A. 1 Endowment assurances B & 2 Deferred annuities B Premium returnable and not re turnable C Endowment premium C Returnable and not returnable 3B £4,204 •I 1 Immediate annuities E Survivorship assurances . 14 £13 , 725 F Joint lives 33 £6,230 Term assurances Longest of two lives .. 1 £2OO Reversionary annuity 7,598 £1,456,254 " The amount of immediate annuity granted is £l,BOB I per annum, and the amount of deferred and contingent re versionary annuity contracted for is £979 per annum. The average of each life assurance policy appears to be nearly £200." He did not think that document required a word of observation from him. He had on .several oc casions had the pleasure of informing the mem bers that the hoard of directors was a united one, and that nothing could effect one without effect ing all. (Hear, heed..) Since they had last met t 1 ey had had the misfortune to lose by death the would services of Mr. W. J. Jordan, who for many years tine; Whilst the had beid a seat in t'oe direction, and he felt he s,,hdovualndtabgeeillofdistchhearogpipnogrhtuisnidtuytywifhhicehdindonwot take pre sentedscioustihtsttilfut: express the regret the directors as a body felt at his loss. Those present, he was sure, o twi f oh a n: gheandt fidelity,l h ez n a n tahn m ed da ° being r ain the ywhh i a r n .d e l which had c y bteo f er o ns 7 doenp a rt n ihy d eei p dr le po a fa s r i tt n: ew c es o re u er n ve t io e cn n es- - in in th h e is (Cheers IrdThis during their business excursions phcreoomv shouldipnacne ye, felt certain, (Cheers.) Those sy i g ' m h r o pe s aa e tth o cy n on l o ; pleasure GrgY . could tell how well he discharged g m eeting their m w e o e u t l i d n , g h s e . duty in ma e naging to his widow and children, an d a a s n th a e gin have felt he had ill fulfilled the offi ce chairman of that association had he Rot taken that brief no lice of departed worth. The directors had thus been compelled to seek for a gentleman to supply the vacancy thus occasioned at the board, and they had availed themselves of the services of Mr. Wm. Malings, but as thiit subject would come before them by special resolution, he would not allude at that moment further to the subject. The members would observe that the association had taken the small remaining business of the Consols Assur ance,which was then being wound up by the Court of Chancery, and it would be as well that the mem bers should know that such a step had the concur rence of their talented consulting actuary (Mr. Ratray) and solicitor, and also the approval of the Master of the Rolls. He thought the business thus taken would extend their influence, as it had already been the means of the directors receiving a number of testimonials, all of which spoke in the highest terms of the association. (Cheers.) Ho did not know any other point calling for observation from him, but, before he resumed his seat, he would once more urge all existing members to do all in their power to increase the number of assurers. Some of the old members had already done so, and if the re maining ones were each to secure one additional member in the ensuing year, they could not imagine how much they strengthened the hands of the directors by so doing. (Cheers.) In conclusion he begged to move the usual resolution for the adoption of the report, at the same time saying he should feel a pleasure in answering any ques tions that might be put to him. The motion having been seconded, A . MEMBER said he was glad to hear so satisfac tory a report of their proceedings, and he also felt pleasure that their old premises had been got rid or. However, he hoped the directors would not be lavish in their expenditure on the premises they at present occupied, and that they would keep down their outgoings for furniture, repairs, &c. Mr. LINFORD said the association, by the cove nants in their lease, was compelled to keep the premises in substantial repair, and nothing more than that had been done. A MEMBER wished to know the per centage of expenses compared with income. It appeared to him to be about one•seventh. Mr. LINFoRD replied their expenses were just 10 per cent. on their income, and he did not know of an office of the same extent as theirs that was carried on for a less sum than that. Mr. LLOYD, one of the auditors, said that nothing could be more satisfactory than the manner in which the affairs of the ( ffice were transacted. Their busi ness with the clerks in the Post-office and the Electric Telegraph-office, the lending small sums to clerks on the security of their policies, and the fact that the association was always ready to pur chase them, entailed a great amount of business on their staff. He could say that, as a fact, the busi ness of the office was exceedingly heavy, and also that it was very well performed. (Cheers.) The adoption of the report was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. Mr. JENKYN JONES moved the following resolu tion That the best thanks of the members be given to the directors for their exertions during the past year, and that a sum of 1,000 pounds be pre sented to them." (Jheers.) It might appear, he said, presumptuous in him, considering this was his first appearance amongst them, in moving this re solution, but he had long and steadfastly watched the progress of their institution, which was one that the office with which he was connected (the National Mercantile) had the greatest pleasure of interchanging assurances. (Loud cheers.) As he had already said, he had narrowly watched the gradual progress of the operations, and he, for one, was quite satisfied that they did a very large busi ness at a very small cost. (Cheers.) They did not spend too much in repairs, and other unnecessary expenses, but, on the contrary, well considered every item of outlay before it was incurred. One thing appeared to be very remarkable, and that was the small value the board of directors put upon their own own services, and he was led to this remark by an observation that the chairman had made—viz a that the members had actually forced upon them last year an addition of £2OO to the sum usually voted them as remuneration. (Cheers.) Another source of congratulation was the report Mr. Ratray had made, after a minute examination of their affairs. He had the pleasure of knowing that gentleman for more than 20 years, and if he (Mr. Ratray) told the members they had £29,000 and odd pounds to distribute amongst them, they might rest as sured that it had been honestly earned. (Cheers.) He considered the amount given to the directors was not more than they were justly entitled to. The labour was great, and the remuneration ought to be liberal, and the sum proposed was not, in his opinion, too much for such satisfactory results. (Cheers.) He felt sincere pleasure in seconding the resolution. Mr. REYNOLDS said it might not be out of place it' the proposition was seconded by one who had attended 22 annual meetings. (Cheers.) It was now 23 years since he met some of the gentlemen present in a room 12 feet square, to promote the interest of the Provident Clerk's Association. H e was glad to see some of the original members of the board, with whom time had dealt very kindly. li e had much satisfaction in seconding the motion. The resolution was put to the meeting by Mr, JENKYN JONES, and carried amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compli ment on the part of his colleagues, said he was very much obliged to the meeting. They had been highly complimented by Mr. Jones, a gentleman whose testimony was very valuable, who came for ward and testified to what he believed to be the society's worth. The retiring directors, Messrs. Coleman, Rogers, and Wood, having been re-elected, Mr. COLEMAN thanked the members for having again elected him a member of the board, and urged every member to co-operate with the directors in furthering the prosperty of the institution. He stated that he had attended 21 of these meetings, and gave some interesting details of the progress of the association, Mr. ROGERS and Mr. WOOD also acknowledged the honour of re-election. The CHAIRMAN said the nest business was to pro pose that the nomination of Mr. Malings be hereby confirmed, in accordance with rule 10. He bestowed a high eulogium on Mr. Malings for his business qualities. Mr. PURDAY Seconded the motion, and expressed hie sense of the admirable and independent selec tion made by the board. The resoluzion was carried nem. Con. Mr. MALINGS thanked thew all most sincerely and heartily for the high honour they had done him. He could assure them he had only one tear, that was 1, Nt he should not be able to compete in intelligence, zeal, and assiduity with his predecessors, but he meant to try. The retiring auditors, Messrs. Lloyd, Toole, and Woolley having been propoed and seconded in the usual way, were re-elected. Mr. Kis TREA stated that a great deal of the pros perity of the institution was due to the audi tors, and as they only received 30 pounds per annum, he begged to propose that 100 guineas be given them for their services. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The proposition having been seconded, Mr. MINTON moved as an amendment, that the remuneration be £5O. Mr. REYNOLDS seconded the amendment. After some conversation the original motion was withdrawn, and the auditors having severally ex pressed their satisfaction with their present amount of remuneration, Mr. Minton pressed his motion which was carried. A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. Ratray, the actuary, the secretary, M r. Linford, and the staff, for their exertions during the past year. A motion was made to present Mr. Linford with a purse of fifty guineas in recognition of his valu able services; and though the proposal seemed to meet with general approval, Mr. Linford declined accepting the gift, being of opinion that the board alone should fix the amount of remuneration due to the staff, Mr. S. WELCH, deputy-chairman, said no one knew how they prized Mr. Li n f or d' s services at the hoard, for they often saw hi s g eat zeal and desire e interests of the s oc i ety, and how he to promote the occupied upon th e su bj ec t of was constantly their business. He was at all times alive for the promo tion of their interests, and was ably assisted by the staff of officers. He did not think the members were aware of the increase in the business; but he might tell them that nine hundred extra policies had been taken out this year. He paid a high compliment to the late Mr. Jordon, who was a personal friend of his, and who was greatly esteemed for his abilities and his agreeable and pleasant manners. He congratulated them sincerely upon the result of last year's operations, and informed them that it would be a few months before the bonus was made payable. A vote of thanks having been accorded to the Chairman, he acknowledged the same, and stated as a proof of the progress still being made, that 149 policies insuring £38,250, had been issued since the Ist of January, 1863. The proceedings then terminated. THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 3, Evening►. In consequence of the insurrection, it has been resolved to increase the force of cavalry stationed in the kingdom of Poland. It is stated in official quarters that the regiments which were to be transferred next spring to Poland are about to be despatched for the present to Wilna. rwo regiments of Cossacks have set out to-day for Poland, and will be followed nest week by two regiments of Uhlans and a battery of artillery. February 4. Aide-de-Camp Nostiz, with the force under his command, was attacked last Sunday night near Biala by several bands of insurgents. The con flict lasted two hours, when the insurgents re treated to Janow, carrying with them 42 killed and wcunded. General Likhatsche, with a division of Hussars, coming from Wilna, attacked a body of Polish in surgents, inflicting upon them a loss of 20 killed and taking four prisoners. Another insurgent band has crossed the river Niemen, and appeared in the district of Troki. WARSAW, Feb. 2, Evening (by Telegraph from Breslau.) The main body of the insurgents is said to be stationed near Augustowo, and under the command of Jelinkiewiez, lute a Colonel in the army of Gari baldi. A second division, commanded by Count Iyskiewiez, is taking up positions near Rawa, on the river Rawka, in the district of Warsaw. The third division of the insurgents, commanded by Frankowski, is posted in the district of Lublin. The insurgents muster strong in the district of Radomsk. The communication between these dis tricts is interrupted. BERLIN, FEB. 4. Letters received here from Warsaw announce that the insurgents occupy and are fortifying Lypa, on the Polish and Lithuanian frontier. They have occupied the railway station at thfAt town, and used the materials of the workshops attached to the sta. tion in constructing their fortifications. Siege trains have been despatched against Lyp... LEMBERG, Feb. 4. The Grenadier Corps of Novogrod will be con veyed by railway through Prussia. The communication between Wilna, Grodno, and Warsaw is interrupted. THORN, Feb. 4. On Sunday evening 800 insurgents entered the important manufacturing town of Lodz, in the pro vince of Masovie, and took from the branch esta blishment of the Bank 18,000 roubles, and from the Post-office 31,000 roubles. They also ordered a conscription to recruit their own forces. Private property was respected. All the public functionaries fled from the town. POSEN, Feb. 4. The journals of this city state that the conscripts confined in the citadel of Warsaw refuse to take the oath of allegiance. A letter from Vienna, dated Jan. 31, says : Prince Gortschakoff accuses this Government of having supplied the insurgents in Russian Poland with arms, but, as Austria has no establishment like Tula, she can hardly have rendered the same service to the Poles that Russia has done to the disaffected subjects of his Mttjesty the Sultan. Not long ago the Austrian War Department had on hand a large number of good though somewhat old-fashioned rifles and muskets, but all of them are now in the hands of the belligerents in North America. As soon as Lieut.-Gen. Count Mensdorff, the Stadtholder of Galicia, heard of what was doing in the kingdom of Poland, he applied to Count Degenfeld and M. von Schmerling for instructions, and was told that un armed fugitives were to be allowed to cross the frontier, and to reside in some town or village which would be indicated by the Government. As has al ready been stated, many Russian subjects are now in Galicia, but the exact number is unknown to the Austrian authorities, as the fugitives crossed the boundary line at different places. The Russo-Aus trian frontier, which extends from Myslowitz in the west, to Dwonogrod in the east, cannot be much less than 500 English miles in length. The Vistula divides the western part of Galicia from Russian Poland, and as it is now frozen over it is to be ex pected that the number of refugees will rapidly in crease. Some few persons have gone from Cracow to Russian Poland, but in general the Galician Poles display very little inclination to go to the assistance of their oppressed brethren. Shortly before the rebel lion broke out the Russians in this city spoke much of the enormous military force in the kingdom o Poland, but now it appears that the army which the Grand Duke Constantine has at his disposal is so small that he cannot venture to send any rein forcements from the capital to the outlying districts. In Austrian official circles it is known that the con scripts in Podolia, Volhynia, and Lithuania are al most as unruly as their fellow-countrymen in the kingdom of Poland; but the official organs of the press are silent on the subject, as they are unwilling to give the lie to the St. Petersburg papers. In mi litary circles it is believed that the insurrection in Poland will be unsuccessful, but the general opinion here is that weeks, and even months, will elapse be fore peace is entirely restored. The new Central Committee in Poland continue to issue proclama tions, which are signed " Leon Franchetti," but it is supposed that this is merely a nom de guerre. A guerilla war is now carried on in Poland,and many of the insurgent bands are under the command of young men who were educated in the military school at Genoa. In the neighbourhood of Lubartow, in the de partment of Lubin, the insurgents captured eight guns, but they were speedily retaken by the im perial troops. In almost all the towns the troops have been victorious, bat in the country districts they have received some severe checks. Among the fugitive conscripts are many Jews, a race which has in general a very strong dislike to war. In some parts of the country the peasants make common cause with the fugitives from the towns ; in others they are either indifferent or hostile. If the soldiers refuse to attack the insurgents the latter behave well; but if once blood is shed the fugitive con scripts show no mercy to their opponents. On the" person of M. Czerkasow, a Colonel of Gendariants, who was killed by some peasants, papers were found which contained highly important official informa tion. In consequence of an agreement entered into into 1833 at Munchengratz, Austria and Prussia would be obliged to assist Russia in " pacifying" Poland, had not Prince Gortschakoff a short time ago declared that the Russian Government con sidered that agreement no longer binding. The partition of Poland b egan i n 1772, and it is evid ent that the Poles ar e just us hostile to their Imperial pel' ( i ) a ,l l and Royal s p o li a t ors now as they the 27th inst. 11 of the " rebels 1 ' wer y the citadel at Warsaw, and on the preceding Marquis Wielopolski, the chief of the Administra weree:hodat in the tion, gave a grand ball. THE TRADE IN CRINOLINE. —It would hardly be believed how important an industry has sprung t b 'or s from the fashion of wearing crinolines, if there were not o v i e rheed steelw i; l a 8 cotton Prin" statistical documents to prove the fact : for petticoats amount to 4,800,0001 b weight per annum Franco alone, 2.400,0001 b for England, and 1 201 cotton ) 000 lb for the rest of the world. These springs, are sold at the rate of lfr 25c per lb, w hi c h employed in rage of 10,500,000 fr annually, The gives an aye " covering them is sold at about 301 the Rum 1,200,000 fr, r the 201 b, which makes ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. At the meeting of the Ethnological Society on Tuesday evening —Mr. Crawfurd in the chair--a paper:was read by Mr. Dunn, " On the psycholo gical differences which exist among the typical races of man." Mr, DuNst assumed that the genus man is the same throughout the world, and that all races, how ever different, belong to the same species. He considered that the psychological evidence is suffi cient to establish a complete distinction between the lowest races of mankind and the chimpanzee and gorilla, for even the lowest savage tribes possess intellect and moral and religious sentiments which place them far above inferior animals. The various degrees of those higher faculties con stitute the most distinguishing differences among the races of men ; and he observed that this impottantd characteristic had not receive the attention from ethnologists which it deserved. Mr. Dunn proceeded to point out the differences in th© cerebral developments of the European, of the African negro, and of the North American ; and, adopting the general system of Gall and Spnrzheim, he contended that the peculiar forma ltioe of the heads of the negro and of the Indian were stfficient to indicate their distinguishing cha racter. To the negro he attributed greater intel lectual capacity, combined with docility and ami ability of disposition, which conduced to his being subjected to a state of slavery, and rendered him useful to his masters; whilst the Red Indians, with less intellect, possessed an indomitable ferocity that could not be tamed, and though conquered and ex terminated by the Europeans they would not be en slaved. The same differences exist between them and the negroes as between the wolf and the dog. In alluding to the size of the brain as an indica tion of intellectual power, Mr. Dunn said it was an established fact that any person with a head less than 13 inches in circumference 'must be an idiot. Dr. COPELAND, though agreeing generally with Mr. Dunn, differed from him in his estimate of the mental and moral qualifications of the negroes , whom he considered a more degraded race than the North American Indians. It was not only in the shape of their heads, but in the whole structure of their bodies, they differed from Europeans. In the form of the bones and in the texture of the muscles there was a degree of inferiority, and in some ex periments he had made on respiration he found that ❑sgroes exhaled one-third less of carbonic acid than Europeans, and consequently they must absorb one third less of oxygen—their lungs being of less size. The moral character of the negroes, he thought, had been too favourably represented by Mr. Dunn, and with regard to the improvement of the race by in termixture with the whites, he considered that the mixed breeds were worse than the pure blacks. He said that the descendants from African blood, even when all trace of the original colour had dis appeared, continued to retain the disagreeable odour which rendered them so offensive to Europeans. Mr. DONOVAN confirmed Mr. Dunn's observations on the marked differences in the phrenological de velopment of the African negroes and of the Rea Indians, and asserted that from the forms of the heads most of the different races of man can be readily distinguished. With reference to the size of the head he stated that no one whose head is less than 18 inches in circumference can be otherwise than an idiot, and that when the circumference does not exceed 20 inches the individual must have very low intellectual capacity. Mr. CRAWFIIRD alluded to the atrocities com mitted by the negroer in St. Domingo, to prove that they are not such amiable beings as Mr. Dann re presented ; and the condition of that country at the present time showed that their intellectual powers must be inferior to those of the Chinese, or of most other races, who would, under similar circumstances, have made far greater advances in civilisation. He expressed the opinion that the form of the skull is no indication whatever of intellect or character. Mr. DONOVAN rather warmly vindicated phreno logy from such general condemnation ; and After some remarks from Mr. BURKE, the meet ing adjourned. THE SPRING HANDICAPS. .E GREAT METROPO- Age st lb Lioness .. 4 6 4 Black Deer .. 3 6 4 Glenochty colt .. 3 6 4 Valentine .. .. 3 6 4 Golden Pledge .. 3 6 3 Bryn Gwyn .. 4 6 3 Adventurer .. 4 6 2 Donnybrook .. 3 6 2 Fanscombe .. 6 6 1 Kill or Cure .. 4 6 0 Citadel .. 4 512 His Excellency .. 3 5 12 Double X .. 3 5 11 Battery 3 5 10 Colombine.. .. 3 5 10 Odine .. 3 5 10 The Royal Stag 3 510 Chaff .. •3 5 7 Falcon .. • 35 7 Jack o' Hearts .. 3 5 7 Bro to Springbok.. 3 5 7 Canzonette .. 3 5 7 Event colt.. .. 35 7 Voluptas .. 3 5 7 Conical .. .. 3 5 7 Sister to Sage .. 3 5 7 LadyFauconberg.. 3 5 7 King of Italy .. 3 5 7 Luscinia .. 3 5 7 Lady Superior .. 3 5 7 E CITY AND SUBURBAN ,ICAP. Age at lb Portland .. 6 6 2 Donnybrook .. 3 6 2 Amazonian .. 3 6 2 Jacqueline colt .. 4 6 2 Ernest .. 3 6 2 Weatherspy .. 3 6 0 Honest Tom 3 6 0 Souveraine 3 6 0 Miss Armstrong .. 3 6 0 Escape .. 3 6 0 Mclandra .. • • 3 6 Physician (by Chan ticleer) a 5 13 Adventurer .. 4 5 12 HiA Excellency .. 3 5 12 Comet .. .. 3 5 12 Oberon .. 4 512 Erin-go-Bragh .. 3 5 12 The Royal Stag .. 3 5 12 Victor .. 4 5 12 Newchurch .. 3 b 12 Summerside .. 3 5 12 Dualla . , 3 511 Coupon .. 3 511 Sea. King 3 5 11 Newfoundland .. 3 511 Merry Maid 4 5 10 Colombine.. .. 3 6 10 Misfortune .. 4 5 10 Conical . .. 3 510 Perseverance .. 3 510 Sister to Allington 3 5 10 Battery .. 3 5 9 Father O'Leary 3 5 9 Stampede .. 3 5 9 Colleen Rhue .. 3 5 7 Pillion .. 3 5 7 Mrs. Somerville .. 3 5 7 Glance colt 3 5 7 Sand ford 3 5 7 Jaek o'Newbury 3 5 7 Jack o'Hearts 3 6 7 Lady of the Isles .. 7 Middlewatch .• .3 5 7 Voluptas '• 3 6 7 Tademas Sister to to Sa . g . e 3 3 57 7 Jennyli iof Italy 5 55 777 Luscinia Reserve .. 3 5 7 Tease-me-not 3 5 7 Sylvanie .. 3 6 7 Birdlime ;;;;,* •• 3 5 7 E NEWMARKET HAN- b Magnum Bonum..A g 4 e 6 st 1 7 Barchettina 3 6 Fee.. .. 5 6 6 Attaman 4 6 5 Lapidist .. 4 6 5 Canace .. 3 6 4 Ernest .. 3 6 3 Amazonian .. 3 6 0 Equinox .. 3 5' 13 Battery .. .. 3 510 Monitor .. 3 5 9 Fantail 3 5 8 Sandford .. .. 3 5 7 Jack o'Newbury .. 3 5 7 Bro.to Springbok.. 3 5 7 Chaff .. •• 3 57 Curacao .. •• 3 5 7 Falcon .. .. 3 Colleen Rhue 6 7 Sylvania • • .. 3 3 3 7 King of Italy .• 3 Warhorse •• Physalis colt .. 3 ACCEPTANCES FOR. T. LIT. Age st lb Asteroid .. 6 9 6 Zetland 4 8 7 Croagh Patrick .. 5 8 0 Rouge Dragon .. 5 8 0 Hartington .. 4 7 12 Umpire .. 6 7 11 Beachy Head .. 4 7 9 Dusk .. 4 7 9 Joey Jones • • 5 7 7 Brighton .. ••4 7 7 4 7 7 Alert° ~ • • Buckenham .. 4 7 5 Flirtation • • .. 57 4 Haddington .. 47 1 Somebody's Luggage a 7 0 Sappho .. .. 46 13 Gorse • • .. 46 13 H ar l e quin .. .. 46 13 Polynesia .. .. 46 13 Bonnycastle .. 4 6 1t Physician (by Chan ticleer) .. a 6 7 Real Jam .. 4 6 7 Barbadoes .. 4 6 7 Canary 5 6 7 Charles Fox .. 4 6 7 Magnum Bonum 4• 6 6 Catch'em Alive 4 6 6 Attaman .. 4 6 6 Villette 4 6 6. Bedouin .. 4 6 5 ACCEPTANCES FOR TH: HAN Age st lb Asteroid .. 5 9 5 Sawcutter .. 5 8 12 Cape Flyaway .. 6 8 9 Brown Duchess 8 7 Crater .. .. 6 8 5 Croagh Patrick .. 5 8 5 Feu de Joie .. 4 8 4 General Hess 6 8 3 Umpire .. .. 6 8 0 Wingrave .. 4 8 0 Argonaut .. .. 4 7 13 Waterwitch .. 5 7 12 Johnny Armstrong 4 7 11 Welland .. 4 7 10 Exchequer.. .. 4 7 10 Beachey Head .. 4 710 Henham Lass .. 5 7 9 Benjamin .. 4 7 7 7 7 Attica .. a Chere Amie .. 6 7 7 S pe ncer .. .. 67 6 Joey Jones .. 5 7 6 Brighton .. .. 4 7 6 Buckenham .. 4 7 5 Michael Grove .. 4 7 4 Turn of Luck .. 4 7 4 Fig .. 4 7 4 Gardener .. 5 7 4 Overton .. .. 5 7 4 M. Philippe .. a 7 3 Provocateur .. 4 7 2 Polynesia .. 4 7 2 Rubens .. 4 7 0 Sappho .. 4 7 0 Hubert .. .. 4 7 0 Itescousse .. 4 7 0 Agag 4 7 0 Harlequin .. 4 6 13 Queen of Spain 46 13 Miss Livingstone.. 4 6 13 Cairncastle 3 6 12 Charles Fox 4 6 12 Teteirina .. 4 6 11 Alchymist .. 4 6 10 Catch'em Alive .. 4 6 10 Canary .. 5 610 Valentine .. 3 6 8 Attaman .. 4 6 7 Interduca 4 6 7 Barbadoes .. 4 6 7 Glenochty colt .. 3 6 6 Lapidist 44 6 4 Bryn Gwyn •• 3 ° 4 Barchettina •.• 6 Soapstone .. 6 4 6 3 Rapture • • ACCEPTANCES FO DICE Age st lb Law y e r b) •. 5 813 Fairwater .. 5 8 10 Cape Flyaway .. 6 810 Stamped() • • 6 8 9 Brown Duchess .. 5 8 7 Paste .• .. 58 5 Carisbrook • 5 8 5 Croagh Patrick 58 0 Bathilde • • 5 8 0 Black Prince a 7 13 Gabrielle d'Estrees 5 7 13 artington .. 4 7 12 Man at Arms .. 6 712 Rouge Dragon .. 5 7 10 Canwell .. 4 7 5 Sappho .. .. 4 7 2 Harlequin .. 4 7 0 Rubens .. 4 6 13 Watchman .. 4 6 10 Villette 4 6 8 Squire Percy 5 6 8 Barbadoes 4 6 8 Bedouin .. 4 6 7 Physician fi 6 7 REPRESENTATION OF REIGATE. THE NOMINATION. The nomination of candidates for the honour of repre senting Reigate in Parliament, in the place of the Hon. J. W. Monson, now Lord Monson, took place yesterday in the new public hell, an elegant building, capable of holding about 530 people. Originally three candidates presented th.rnselves—the Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, on Conservative principles ; and Mr. W. A. Wilkinson and Mr. W. L. Gower, as exponents of Liberal views. Mr. Wortley, however, very soon with drew his pretensions, and since then Messrs. Wilkinson and Gower have been the only candidates. Mr. Wilkinson is well known in Reigate as an advanced Liberal, havingcon tested the borough in 1858, when he was defeated by Mr. Monson by 15 upon a poll of 435. He is also known as hav ing represented Lambeth in Parliament until ousted by Mr. Roupell. Mr. Gower is new to political life, but he is lord of the manor of Thsey, near Godstone, and possesses large property in the county. He is the only son of Wm. .eveson Gower, who married the daughter and heiress of the late Sir Thomas Gresham, from whom he inherits Titsey-park. His Liberalism is of a rather more moderate character than his opponent's. Since the election of 1858 the register has been increased by 210 voters, th e exact number at present upon it being 737. The borough is divided into " Reigate proper" and " Reigate foreign," the former comprising the ancient bo rough and the la:ter comprehending all the new localities in the neighbourhood of Redhill, Wray -park, and Mead vale, and a district of about a mile 9nd a half in every di rection from the old town of Reigate. R e i ga t e f ore i gn has 568 voters, and Reigate proper 169. The increase which has taken place in the register since 1858 is thus appor tioned-198 to Reigate foreign and 16 to Reigate proper. Mr. Gower was the first to arrive in the hall, being ac companied by Mr. W. Phillips, Mr. Hanbury, Mr. G. F. Young, Mr. Clutton, Rev. A. Cazenove, Mr. Woolaston, Mr. Relf, Mr. Webb, Rev. R. Parkinson, and others, the majority wearing purple favours. Mr. Wilkinson was accompanied by Mr. Norman Wil kinson, Mr. Searle, Mr. T, Dann, Mr. North, Mr. Campion, Mr. Burt, Mr. Boult, Mr. Wesley, Mr, Eiger, Mr. Toplis, Mr. James Deane, Mr. James Deane, jun., Mr. W. H. Deane, Mr. E. Lambert, sen. and jun., Mr. Blackestone, Mr. Quinton, Mr. Austin, Mr. Balfour, and other promi nent members of his committee, wearing blue and buff favours. Shortly before eleven o'clock the " great public" was ad• milted. and immediately the hall was filled with a large and eager audience. Mr. PETER MARTIN, the Deputy Returning-officer, pre sided. The usual preliminaries having been complied with, Mr. SEARLE came forward to nominate Mr. William Arthur Wilkinson. He had always, he said, taken a pro minent part in elections for the borough of Reigate, and had invariably identified himself with the Liberal party. It had been his pleasing duty to second the nomination of their late respected member, Mr. Monson. That hon. gentle man had faithfully performed every pledge that he had given, and by his courtesy and sauvity had won the esteem. and respect of every person in the borough—high and low. (Cheers.) He was sure that those feelings would be heartily sympathised in by every one in the borough. (Cheers.) On the present occasion it was his pleasing duty to propose another staunch Liberal in the person of his friend Mr. William Arthur Wilkinson. When the present vacancy arose he hoped that the opportunity might be taken of uniting in one compact mass the great Liberal party of the borough, which had hitherto been divided upon class and personal questions rather than upon political principles. (Cheers.) Many of Mr. Monson's leading supporters con curred with him in that view, and, therefore, he was sur prised to find that he was opposed upon this occasion. (A. Veice—" He never ought to have been.") And he was the more surprised when he remembered that his political prin ciples were identical in every particular with those of their late member. Mr. Searle then went through Mr. Wilkin son's political career since he had entered upon public life, summing up all in the comprehensive phrase that every measure having for its object the raising of the condition of the labouring classes and of the people generally of this country had invariably received the support of that gentle man. (Loud cheers.) He then commented upon the ap pearance of the names of many Conservatives upon Mr. Gower's committee, attributing that circumstance to their detestation of Liberal principles,:and their consequent desire to overthrow the man who had been the consistent sup porter of those principles all his life. (Cheers.) He was satisfied that they would return Mr. Wilkinson by a tri umphant majority, and that they would have in him a re presentative of unimpeachable integrity and unswerving honour. (Cheers.) Mr. NORTH seconded the nomination. He described Mr. Wilkinson as representing the commercial and Mr. Gower the landed interest ; but, in his opinion, the landed interest was sufficiently represented in the House of Commons already, and for this reason, among others, he supported Mr, Wilkinson. Mr. PHILLIPS proposed the nomination of Mr. Gower. He concurred in the just encomia which had been passed upon their late member, and described the candidate whom he proposed as esteemed in his neighbourhood, a good master, and devoted to the interests of all around him. Mr. Gower had been correctly described as a member of the landed interest, and he had a great stake in the country ; but he denied that Mr. Wilkinson represented the commer cial, although he might, perhaps, the monied interests of the country. A good cause required no stimulus, and he was satisfied that in a brief period Mr. Gower would be re turned as their representative to Parliament. (Cheers.) Mr. PHILIP HANBURY seconded the nomination amid considerable interruption, enhanced by the exhibition of a number of uild rabbits tied to poles, and waved in a jeering manner in the face of the speaker. With the exception of this episode (which, however, effectually prevented Mr. Hanbury being heard) the proceedings were conducted with a tolerable amount of order and undoubted good humour. No other candidate being proposed, Mr. WitaiNsort rose to address the electors and was en• thusiastically received, about two-thirds of the hall being apparently filled with his supporters. He said that he pre sented himself with the less hesitation upon this occasion because he declared that he should not have appeared before them at all had it not been represented to him that an op portunity now presented itself of uniting the great Liberal party in this borough. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Gower had stated that it was not his intention to divide the Liberal interest, but he asked whether the Liberal interest had been divided or net. If it had not been divided, then he was con fident that he must have it all ; and, if so, what, he asked, had his opponent got f (A voice, "The Tories.") He had avoided personalities throughout this contest, and bad conns. pleined of nothing but the youth and inexperience of his opponent, and he should not say a single syllable in bis dis paragement now, except that he could not for the litelof him understand on what pretence he came forward. That which should have been a struggle between Liberals and Tories had degenerated into a personal struggle between two individuals. (Hear, hear.) He asked them to return him to Parliament because he believed in his conscience that his age and experience were more likely to be turned to the ad vantage of the borough than the youth and inexperience of his opponent could possibly be. (Cheers.) He had held five public meetings in the public halls of Reigate and Red hill, and had addressed about 30 meetings in other parts of the borough. He had had plenty of opportunities there fore, of explaining his political views, and would not detain them longer than by expressing a hope that when the elec tion was concluded all would be good friends again, because it was his intention to represent the whale borough and not a section of a party. (Cheers.) Mr. GOWER, on presenting himself, was received with mingled cheers and hisses. He declared that he had no wish to make this a personal contest, but when he was accused of coming forward to divide the Liberal interest he was bound to answer that accusation. It was impossible that a t Conservative could ever be returned for Reigate ; an ber d s.l " s th h a e were so, and the contest must be between twooodLia right to asked whether one gentleman had Wilkinsonnog might have stand as another. (Cheers.) . man in Parliament; earned their gi atitude. He knew also he had been a use ful been clid Ai n r 0 s l ay that he had not. and because he had stood before, but if upon that acco freedom of election witheers.) nobody else was ever n t n o 4 off w er as hi i m n s t e e l r f fe fo re r d ßei . g h ate, (C then the whole The chief accusation brought against him (Mr. Gower) was that he w as t oo young. It was true that he was a young man , but he never knew that a man was the worse for being young or that age was a qualification for Parliament. Besides, every man must have a start in life. (Cheers.) A. great deal had been said about his belonging to the landed interest. He contended that all interests ought to be re presented in Parliament, and he had yet to learn that the landed interest was opposed to the general interests of the country. He was opposed to the ballot because he believed that secret voting could never be carried out in this coun try, but as respected Church-rates he was prepared to vote for their total abolition. He had now frequently explained to them fully and frankly his political opinions, and he de fied any ene to say that he had ever uttered a word that was not truly and thoroughly liberal. (Cheers.) A show of hands was then taken, which resulted in about two to one being held up in favour of Mr. Wilkinson. The RETURNING-OFFICER declared the show to be in favour of Mr. Wilkinson accordingly, and, a poll being demanded on behalf of Mr. Gower, the proceedings were brought to a quiet termination. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN.— ' meeting on Tuesday--Mr. At the general monthly William Pole, M.A., F.R. S., treasur er and vice-pre s id en t, in the chair—the Earl of Clanwilhare, Mr. Edward W Cox, Sir Wiliam' Augustus Fraser, Bart., General Charles H. Hamilton, C. 8., and Mr. Peter Vand er byl , were electe d mem b e rs of the Royal Institution. The secretary reported that the executors of the late James Walker, F.R.S., M.R.I. had bequeathed to the institution a marble bust of Processor Faraday, by Mr. Matthew Noble, M.R.I, The thanks of the members were returned to Professor Tyndall and to his Eminence Cardiz.,al Wiseman, for their discourses on the evening meetings on Fridays, Jan. 23 and 30. The presents received since the last meeting were laid on the table, arla the thanks of the meeting returned for the gime. at