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had jtu;o witnesttliol 149 2- I T . • •• • • - • . ••••• itzZeoZ 1 'GENERAL POST.OFFICE, Dan:MU, 1854. ' t• 'O4 a,tr r • THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL will receive 70, . ftityr 3 4 TENDERS lbs the supply of WA2C, COMPOSITION, and rt* 47* o ply ""` -)11 \ • Mr. Brought. —7 fendant's TALLOW CANDLES, OIL, and SOAP, for the use of this Depart -110:= ,:il6lPITALlriyu •r meat during the present year. I=o */ 4 , ;, 7 4 The Tenders must be delivered at the Secretary's Departrhent of 104.. this Oillee, at or before noon, on MONDAY,. the 23d instant, and they .4;„^4".114%. ,"*; • - ;;" E'2-7/ ,(,O;,•SS` 01•1 ' ••••=-.. )"" aNIt",II- . ic/ito IT tri • (411.; nit must be - instant, Post rain° of noticed my any price is es were ion last nothing vy, and ,nd peas :UARTER. is to 42s )s to 52s is to 50s )s to 00s • )s to 00s lay, and less for Carley is Beans i• dearer. ' mproVe seed and ired for, • s, d 50 to 52 58 to 60 47 to 58 to 42 to 46 Per Ton. id tooolos Od. 101 5s Id to 0/ Os to 001 Os )(1 to 00$ lOs to 000 Os to 00s to 11l Os 1 to Os Od none rn COWL' End York. blancher , 63i ; ar, 17 i ; es Man -6 p.; St. ri ness,.and Ickburns, ads, 61 1; lovers, 17 animated he whole, great es" were the ancashire• ans, ; 52. , paid, 2i; ... 30 39); ... 25' 55 • 42g • 1,204 ... 126% ... 53 ... 63% ••• ght PER OZ. Z 3 1/ 9 o O o O o 0 O Q O 5 134 Post-ewe Wit,:• due In . Erni/inf. . Eacir Arrived Feb. .4 • Arrived • Jan. 16 n,Jan. 20 r. Jan 6 . Daily n Jan. 16 n Jan. • 'Arrived n) .IJan. 16 • n I Jan.,l6 a Jan. 20 „ ▪ I ~ . Tvviaeda" n 'Jan. 16 a Jan, 10 n Feb. 1 . Dal:y a Jan. r• • ▪ Twice(lBl Jan. 16 a Jan. 16 . Dec. 28 ,'Jan. 10 Feb. 1 . Jan. 12 1 Jan. 16 s 'Jan. . Jan. 19 1 Jan. 16. IJan. 1° . Jan:l2 . Jan. 1. iJan. 1. IJan. Ly in ails Vri e India patched E Sw 1 to kr le P d reated his di a pen stune enden vyer v coni his IS a f vife >t. Jc 0, CI Grer ieut . A nbe ' W the Li 3ry en ;at fo: -C ti/Z 46 --40 1- ‘7 : z r y / was - was justified in do' what he did ' own house. He had two witnes call. Mr. Brought —I have but opinion of the de. fendant's conduct--a more ruffianly assault I have, never had before me, and it reflects great disgrace upon him. I feel 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—l will at once adopt your worship's advice. ralue of - enclosed in sealed covers, addressed to " Her Majt, master-General," and endorsed "Tenders for Candles, &c." lIANWELL COLLEGE & PREPARATORY SCHOOL. noticed )u.y any price is es were ion last nothing vy, and ,nd peas No. 19,131.] [PRICE SD. The Vaeatton will close on the 21st. "lfanwell College, conducted by Dr. Emerton, is fully sustaining the high character it has acquired. We find that former pupils of B anwell College have been either high wranglers or first-class men Irg our U n i vers i t i es during the p - resew year; and this is the twentieth snstance of success at Sandhurst or Addhcombe we have had to Tecord within a short period." Prospectuses may be had on application to the Principal, the Rev. Dr. EXERTON, lianwell, 3111.11esex. THE FIRST VOLUME IS Now READY, Embellished with Fourteen Portraits. price 73. 6d. bound, of the CHEAP EDITION of LIVES of the QUEENS OF ENGLAND. By AGNES STRICKLA.ND. To be completed in Eight Monthly Volumes, illustrated with POR TRAITS of every QUEEN, and combiniug all other late improve ments Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors, Flarst and Bi ackett 13, Great Marlborough-street. secretary, and the general staff, for the able manner in which they had conducted the affairs of the office ; and likewise to the press, for the able support it had invari 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 hoard, 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. ;DARTER. is to 42s )s to 52s 3s to 50s )s to 00s )s to.oos Mr. Broughton directed the officer who had the case n hand to let the defendant have the clothing when he iad inspected them, and paid the amount demanded, 14s. 10d. H OME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY_ Public Drawing for Forty Rights, at Radley's Hotel, Tl,idge-street, Itlackfriari, on I'iIUit.ADAY evening, Jan. 19 1854. P. IFURROUG 11, Eaq., M.P., will take the Chair at Eight o'clock 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 or TRIBUNALS of t.OMMERCE. By FRANCISLYNE, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the London Tribunie of Commerce. London : Effingham Wilson, Publisher, 11, Royal Exchange. 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 last 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 quilt. . There was no furni ture, provisions, or fuel of any kindin the place. The husband of the woman, a fruit vendor, named John Ellis, who was almost broken hearted, was io 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 a woke in the morning he found she was co ld an d motionless. The poor fellow called in a neighbour and found that the un fortunate woman was dead. Pemble added that he had seen hundred s o f cases o f d es ti tut i on w hi c h had affected him very mu c h, b u t never saw suc h a d rea dful one as this befor e . Th e h us b an d of the decease d was an indus trious man, but a series of misfortunes, the high price of provisions, and his i na bilit y to purc h ase fruit, had brought him to a s t a t e o f utter d est i tut i on, an d hi s w if e had perished for want o f common necessar i es . Mr. Yardley was surp r i se d an d grea tl y pa i ne d th a t such a deplorable event had t a k en p l aoe . If th e case o f the poor man and his wife had b een ma d e 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 ocoupied in Brook-street; Ratcliff, because he could not pay his rent. He bad 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. precisely. HENRY KNIGHT, Secretary. Office, 14, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. BONUS TO SHAREHOLDERS. jjOME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. £5 Bs. 4d. per Cent. for the past year will he added to the Sub- UriOtions 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 further MILS as the profits realized by the society 'ay allow. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. The ell RISTMAS VACA'I lON terminates on MONDAY, January 23d, 1854. The Examination of Candidates for admission will take place at the Institution on THURSDAY, January 26th, at Two o'clock, and on every succeeding Thursday, at the same hcur. By order of the Committee. Royal Academy of Music, J. GIMSON, Secretary. Tenderden-street, Hanover-square, January 17th, 1854. lay, and less•for Carley la Beane I. dearer. mprove seed and ired for, 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 mod premiums. The shares are fixed at 301. ; payments, ls• Per week, with an entrance fee of Is. 8. d 50 to 52 58 to 60 47 to 58 GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH (used in her Majesty's Laundry), and WOTHERSPOON'S Machine made CONFEC PIONARY, NlAsI ',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 Wotherspoon and Co., Glasgow. to -- By order, HENRY KNIGHT, Secretary. 42 to 46 Per Ton. 'd toool Os Od 101 5s Id to 0/ Os to 001 Os )d to 000 lOs to 000 Os to 000 to 11/ OA to os Od none T.AIJRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cues. C. LAMENT, Onslow-house, Fu.aam•road), — The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LADRENT's' CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter !dilate at half-past 11. Useful Pamphlets, to be had gratis on application at the Publishers' (if by letter enclosing a postage stamp.) ATKINSON and COMPANY'S PRICE CUR RENT of Useful and Ornamental FURNITURE, UPHOL STERY, LOOKING GLASSES, BEDDING, &c. Also, THE LADIES' MANUAL, or Guide to the Extensive Mercantile Estab lishment of ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPER SILK and SHAWL MERCERS, HABERDASHERS, HOSIERS, ;tad LACE MEN. London: Published by the Proprietors, Atkinson and Company. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday), and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Mornings, at Two. Stalls, 35., Which can be taken at the box ale* every day from 11 to 4 ; area, 25.; gallery, IL—Mont Blanc, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. MINING INVESTMENT. —Parties seeking safe and profitable investments should turn their attention to the shares of those companies formed 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. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRO N—II.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, prepared ex pressly for this Institution by Monsieur Ferriere of Paris, exhibited on a surface of about 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. rn Cotui 6nd York blanches' , 63i ar, 17 i ; es : Man -6 p.; St. LECTURES by Dr. BACROFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEG , UPII. LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS TION, with Brilliant Experiments. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and Children ender Ten years of age, Half-price. ness, Ickburns, ads, 61 1; /avers, 17 XPORTERS to AUSTRALIA, EAST _IN DIES, CAPE, & c.—Genuine YARMOUTH BLOATERS.— For terms apply to Tnosiss LETTIS, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth. 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 month should have been supplied. There was neglect, he was afraid, on the part of some one ; 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 lVir be state he was in ? Y h e a t r te d i r e y f asked rh t t h o e g p o o i o n r t o m t a h n e w w o h r e k t whether s it e i would e lEVNGARIAN PROMENADE CONCERTS. . Admission, Is—ROYAL RIO NE TT E THEATRE. A delaide -street, West Strand—Every EVENING, at Eight, by the renowned HUN, ;ARUN R kNI), 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 ozdY, conductor. Soloists—Flugelhorn, Horanyi ; clarionette. M. t,llgarde; piano, Miss J. Warman. Vocalists The Misses T roug h am. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at animated he whole, great es" were the ancashire, ans, 6 ; 52. , PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY. PART I. Overture (Der Freyschutz), Weber ; Duett (I would that my eve), Mendelssohn, the Mis , es Brougham ; Solo, pianoforte (Don . e;esquale), Miss Julia Warman; Galop (Times), Kalozdy; Song (Ronny Bessy Gray), E. W. Glover, Miss E. Brougham; Solo, li l aeinette, M. Augaide Cavatina (Nabuco), Verdi; Solo, fingelhorn, E l ' l ' Horanyi; Polka (Rococco), Kalozdy. 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. paid; 2i r; JULLIEN'S AMERICAN QUADRILLE. PART H. Selection (I Lombardi), Verdi ; Solo, flugelhorn. Herr Horanyi ; Dnett (The Cousins), the Misses Brougham ; Solo, pianoforte (Grand Morceau de Concert), Miss Julia Warman Polka (Bes 111°ras), Sarkozij; Quadrille (Malta),Kalnzdy; Song (Coming through the, Rye), Miss J. Brougham ; Galop (Cuckoo), arranged by T. .utstin ; March (Beniowski), Kalozdy. 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 nse of it he could, and the case might be mentioned to him again. - - , .. 30 32); 25' 55 42g 11204 .126% 53 03% 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 Rociety. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Flail, 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 eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience In the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence 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 Unfruithil Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. slit -- PER pz. Z 3 17 9 O O 0 cl a 0 O • 5 1,9 1 Postiofnee 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 Maybe mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be remoVed, Bud how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any decree 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 Physician 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 ca re of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated Publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues O u r t heir 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 front Rix till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA MEET Should first obtain a copy of his work on wI1c:• tine In lEaclr 3{ol' Arrived IFeb..4 Uncortalo. Arrived Jan. 16 Jan. 2 0 Jan .6 Daily Jan. 1 6 Jan. 1 4 'Arrived , Jan. -16 • n Tu.Th•— n.Jan.,l6 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 e ases. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct French of their cases, and may be had, price 2 s 6 d , in E n g lish, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Pi p er Brothers and Co. 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39 b - 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ;or free Y ,)ost for forty-two stamps, to anv address from the Author's rebi d ence.37. lIEDFO4D-SOIJARE LONDON. IJan:' 10 n Jan. 20 „, • i Twicedr iJ if • ,Tc•riCeda ,; ” n'Jan.l6 Jan. , l 6 THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES Feh. 1 . ri Jan. 16 Jan, 2 1 • AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. TIIE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING TOE REMEDY FOR PRBVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. lieW Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 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 don, 146, Loadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton , 10, BOW Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. Pear I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive Organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. Pear IL 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 Explanator) 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, . Twice (lBll/ n Jan. 1 6 Jani 1 6 . Dec. 28 ,'Jan, 10 Feb. 1 . 'Jan. 1 2 IJan. 1 6 siliacerta l . Jan. 1 2 Jan 16 . IJan. 16 'Jan: l2 : i'Jan. 16 in 1 Jan. ails Will fa e India v o p a t c hbd t 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 BALM OF SYRI kCITM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., I Is. and 338. per . bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blond in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of. mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.. and Its. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, sleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, If by letter, 1/. A minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society. 5/. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance , da il y , at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight: on 51r..157 from Eleven to One. E 1 to knov . ie P reated his clutY , a pen sion Burned by endent ° vyer were commio' his Pe n. is a first' THE HIGH PRICE of COALS and PRO yrs-foss. Memorable winter this —excessively cold —extraordinarily wet and but the CLOTHING ma_ prices charged for everything nufaetured by E. MOSES and SON. Coals arc "Black Diamonds" no w, as far, asunpdriecretihsecesenceierrnehemd., and the law of corn is "higher and stances, Economy is a deside•atum—lli r2ggohoedset-off against tho high Price of coals and provisions is superior Cl othing attha vceeryalsloasse-apriprcoe: It is as impossible to dispense with Attire as wl ' visions; b u t it i s a grea t advantage when the very best Dress can be .kad for a very small sum. The high prices charged for coals and provisions directilytohre Thdliy rectlY affect all classes ; and it is right they s hould app Y remedy at present within their reach. For every class thoi,)r,ilnsciepNle, of cheapness and superior quality is applied by E. Mos•Es lt ~,.and the perf e ctions of Art are associated with a comp leteness of 4 aPerience and Skill. The Bespoke Department is available for every one, inasmuch as the most distinguished talent, Brit'sh and Foreign, and the most ac complished workmanship. are associated with the most moderate 411 1rges which can be made. E. MOSES and SON offer advantages in the Hat, Cap. Hosiery, Shirt, a nd Boot and Shoe Departments, which cannot be obtained at any other house. _Their immense Wholesale Branch secures to Merchants, Captains, miners, and Emigrants a selection tYoin the Best, most Suitable, and the Largest Stock in the World. MOSES and SON regret having to guard t he Ibll c against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with ihelr Establishment," or " It's the earns concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for Obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have NO CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER. HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84, g 5, and SO, Amgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, ilart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36 Fantate. Colonial Branch, 111 , 1bourne, Australia. Merchant Tailor. Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers. and General Outfitters for I adies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged 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 be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset ail Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A newßook, " The Epitome of C omfor t and Economy," contain ing full lists o f prices, our system of self - measurement, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had. gratis 011 application. lei Pon parlo Francais. Qui 81 parla iihr What Au! Deitlo4 Aqua se labia Mono • vile of J' >t. John's• o, Clifton, arensaier ieutenant Atkio6 nberwellf Mail% ___------' the Ref' Lin cola' I, Sum' 3ry, aged enbtre" s WA lsb' l a therio. ° fornierif 'OO l l (1 ' NO. Of,' OUntl LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1854. vent him laying by something for a future day, and it would certainly be some consolation tohim 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 officers, for their efficient ser vices during the past year. - Mr. CRAMP moved that a sim}tatt• 'vote of thanks be given to the board of management, and that 500/. 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. WELCH. THE BENEVOLENT DHPARTMENT. 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 the meeting. Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., and Mr. J. P. Murrough, M.P., supported Mr. Smith in the chair, in 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 X 54 3 18 0 Subscriptions from insurers-- 1,795 at 5s £44B 15 0 2at 10s. 6d 1 1 0 37 at lOs lB 10 0 7at 20s. £475 6 0 £1,019 4 0 49 19 9 8 donations ............... £1,069 3 9 "Gratuities amounting to 170/. 15s. have been given to members, and to the widows and orphan o 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 ment. " On the 18th of May last, in accordance with a resolu 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 da as they may appoint, a further sum, not exceeding 1601. y. , be granted in annuities to two clerks and the widows of five clerks, according to the ap plications whi,l 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. he board have unqualified satisfaction in referring to the past, as regards the peculiar benefits of this depart inent, 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 are 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 14,562/. 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 pensions, and unless seniority of membership gave a priority of claim, great injustice might be done. He believed that if his proposition was adopted the funds 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 receipt 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. (Hoar, 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 in error in supposing that a yearly subscription of a guinea, even for a long life, could lead any individual to suppose it would purchase the guarantee of an annuity for his widow. (Hear, hear.) Such nan expectation was preposterous. As well might they imagine that a sub- scription of a guinea a year to an orphan society would entitle the giver to nominate a child with the certainty of its becoming an inmate of the establishment. (Hear.) All that subscribers to the benevolent fund could hope for was the chance with others, if their case was very bad, of obtaining an annuity. T he principle of seniority of membership was extremely objecti ona ble, because a clerk who had been a member 30 years might leave his widow in tolerably comfortable circ ums t ance s, while as regards a five years' membe r, there might be a case of the most urgent distress that it Was possible to conceive. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lloyd then exprossed his dissatisfac tion at so small a sum as 1701. 15 s, being distributed in c gratuities during the yea r, considerin g th e annua l sub scriptions amounted to 5331. B s., and suggested that the whole annual subscriptions and donations should be given away in gratuities to clerks, or applied in some other way for the purpose of relieving H., -ern, and that the re mainder of their income , vi z., t he sha re o f pro fit s f rom the assurance department, and the life subscriptions, should be invested and made applicable to annuities. He was glad to find that the expenses were only two thirds more than the interest the society received on its funded stock, and as this stock was going on increasing, he hoped in a very few years to see the department entirely paid for by means of the interest. (Hear, h ear.) Mr. PIKE observed that the selection of annuitants by election was not only attended by uncertainty, but en tailed a large outlay on the different candidates, and both circumstances operated prejudicially tothe interests of this society. He believed he could submit a plan to the board whereby, without any increase in the expendi ture, they might secure an annuity to every deserving applicant . Mr. \Yuen stated that all the applications far annui ties had been responded to. (Hear.) With regard to 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 equ a lly d eserv i ng cases for 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 usef u l ness o f th e s ociety, and the Way in which it was appreciated, he would read a letter which he had received from a widow who was now an annuitant 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 w Ilufacient to place)isr in 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, 1141. 6s. ld., which is an increase of 62 policies for 14,2751. on the business of 1852 ; 18 proposals for 6,2501. have been, declined ; 68 proposals for 24,3501. have been deferred, withdrawn, or are under consideration—making the total number of proposals 584, for 116,8251. " 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 their 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 2015/. ; 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 announoe 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. ltd.—thus after payment of all claims, increasing the funds of the association to 53,695/. Bs. 9d. " The balance sheet has been, as usual, 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 f 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, cis.:—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 1851 :—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 tho 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 one 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 privessed scA4tMitn,lolr, linvottid , 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 of 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 mucli 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 the 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 life the assurance,fa ct of bs l e i a s v p i e n c yg i the risk of being tedious, he would again urge foror n n a n a t l h l oaf t t l necessity p e wuernptoys.ea ve whicho f assuring could theirbe e devised was N equal u m a e l a nt to ' w h o e uld m wouldwnnot ao mb b oa e rdr a ii de g ds r o e n: a t ai tn satisfaction e al ao l rb y stao where a person's income was limited. A small weekly payment would enable a young g tdo e at him,o policy insure befce a f r o ut r she l a o ti O f / ,ewan amountads 73ucet?eatiniteix)etenstuphpeehseaddmight with th changethe convictionhi s position, t an t ( c l ) thatmade h a e provision remained f a o r s h in is o f e am m i a ly n .. I The salary of a clerk was generally so small as to pre. a small business, which, together with the annuity, had 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 be wanting 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, aud, 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 MEMBER expressed a hope, that as the institution was so prosperous, the working staff would not be forgotten, especially now when proyisions 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, first, 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, be 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 15,000/.—(Hear, hear)—and he was bound to state that such a trifling foss 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 be 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 ; hut 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 r ec eive 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 the assist ance rendered was equal to the necessities of the 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 annuity of 7501. it would nearly swallow up the whole 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. PROS. BARING, M.P., in acknowledging the vote, said the duties of the trustees were not so onerous as to make them wish they shoulii 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 recommendations 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 I 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 tages, by pointing out to them that it only wanted some additional assistance in order to extend its usefulness throughout the country, and that no fear need be enter tained of its security being endangered by prodigality of benevolence on the part of the managers. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said his hon. friend had, with his 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. Ile (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 som. 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 thheaetxwamasplae 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 be early brought under the consideration of the board. He might mention, that very recently a large establishment in London had assured their clerks gtoootdh woulde benumberbeginning generally t o of starttihoilr followed. etidbn: and t the eh s aoerc.t hopedy. Thanks were then voted to Mr. Smee, Mr. G. Pol lard, and Mr. J. W. Gilbert, the auditors, for their , services during the past year; also to Mr. Byrne, the POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—Richard Biggs and Ruth Biggs, his wife, were placed at the bar before Alderman Moon, charged with robbing their employer of property to the value of between 3001. and 400/. 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 in 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 warehouse and re turn to the marine store shop with more bottles. On Thursday night I watched her twice to the same shop, and each time she appeared loaded, but I could not seer 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 follow her. On Monday night she went out twice with bottles, each 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 busineiis 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 the 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 hare 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 collectors, but I don'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 unless 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, who were drunk, making a great disturbance and using filthy language. Witness called in the police and gave 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 defendants 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 p 6 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 Mr. Scott in court. Mr. Hardwick said it was impossible to bring a series of more discreditable acts against persons in the position of the defendants than what had just been detailed in evidence. The defendants were proved to have been mixed up in a vulgar night brawl in an oyster shop,' as saulting waiters, threatening one with a knife, using filthy and disgusting language, and not sober. He should inflict the higest fine en each for the assaults, . namely, 51., and in addition require Brown to pay the damage. The fines and damage were paid. charged before Mr. Broughton, with com mittin g a vie- I lent assault. res l i l d A in ß g Y at L 3 E o ß , ° B iC er E ke — ley rh -sr a eet i BWlatestter!Paamddasintgter b on u , il w d as er ! i di s figured with 'clock I wounds, said on Monday evening about ilgh detained bnrY until lja u Laundry, Y a ' d ' at Richard May, went in my van to the defendant's . andat ' for washing, 10d , which was owing me wh o p se ro f p a r lco i e e t t hw o e r ass o: dreadfully down, that I was time to return some c saying who are and the maid-servant ham a er mis ress was h t : i d e house to ask for 14s. ill, and not to be seen, I as e Slattery was at ywd. my y re you detain my home, as he would do as Sh handed her my book, and stepped inside the door. money. The de the seven o t had scarcely reached top of the stairs beenfll face, ct ehe was then dragging paid a n t d he b me abovefoecompletelyr aelol snt a cgu m o nutw o .hnl udeeegnl stunned by 0 . ebadpysi dlsi l yaf ttg k ehhhme n eae o ttrbh c o. hlki replied blow, t e tw d hm e, me in aanat t ti t h rt h e , llhee d ecwa o foad o aue r sloe , d. .f The servant de fendant teoni things beforel i cdb ' a an a r t. i d n3 : d a iv r t f . what a S o y l n , a e t a e t n ed , dr replied, that p cy l a i ol e nu d ° I , wantq w , u , a i H e n k t o ll e e y m r e e n m ib em er b in n , wa y defend myself, and the defendant then shut the door, and commenced beating me about the head and t e h r a t t h a at s i a s w e a c s on p d ut ma o n u , t t t o he w s h t o r m eet l dcoaonr the kitchen. I became quite helpless from the ill-usage, can not swear, came and helped to turn me into the street ; defendant gave me a kick. He also swore, whilst he was beating me, that he would knock my brains out. b an u d t l on r l Mr. Broughton —Had he anything in his hands that could have inflicted such dreadful injuries on your face? Complainant —I 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 • BLAST OF CLIFF AT DO PER. 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 he 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- s vernrnent 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 KEEPERS" ASSOCIATION. ger been i b e r g en eral b i B Y o 7 t i ha l s 3 g r . e 3a meeting dr d . e nt thehoef held rs read oi and the at Freemasons' Tavern. Mr. Stenos in the chair. ns e dao v n,f e d n atn i h friends nlEd,fwahshseiochcohiaf:l association, associationwas the number of members. Many valuable minutes ai mMb gip S n s no ri o n aiz a l db r ieTaar, Mr. Rogers, read the report of the .3 , 3 ,fu rsy lst of the : twa t m t e e e d tin th g e ha su : s ad ditions had been made to the list of members within the last few months. The interest of the stock for the last h a lf.y!ar was 521. lls. ld., which had been added to hands of the treasurer, made a total of 2,8821. lie. 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 for the benefits of the institu tion. The election took place on the motion of M • J. MOBSBY, seconded by Mr. BAKER. ons in A discussion ensued on the proposed altered the rules. In reply to a question, the Secretary stated that the changes recommended by the committee 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. fctteuhohonemTen steady Od The firomhssnrue committee . The proceedings t er minated with a vote of thanks to the ohainneq. • I I 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 Water 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. SCHOOLS FOR ORPHAN AND NECES SITOUS CHILDREN OF WAREHOUSEMEN AND CLERKS. At a Meeting held on TUESDAY, the 20th day of December, 1853, nsmerously attended by the Warehousemen and Clerks engaged in the leading Wholesale Houses of the City of London, The following resolntions were unanimously adopted : That this meeting being deeply impressed with the importance of founding an institution for the clothing, maintenance, and education of the children of deceased and necessitous warehousemen and clerks who have been engaged 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 toview 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 the 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 preliminary committee. Since the above meeting, the Clerks and Warehousemen engaged in many of the wholesale houses have been canvassed, and subsc•ip 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 aboee subscriptions have been obtained from warehousemen, clerks, and agents, exclusively. The principals have not yet been applied to. The next meeting will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-stteet, on Monday, the 23d January instant, at half pest 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, Cheapaide. 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 may 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 • • • • • • Morning Chronicle...... • • • • • • 912,547 Morning Post .. ••..• • • . • ................. 828,000 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 four morning contemporaries—assuming that their circulation has undergone no diminution—would be as follows: MORNING ADVERTISER ..• • Daily News • .... •••••••• • • • • • • . .. •• .. 1,152,000 Morning Herald ...• •• • • Morning Chronicle .. •••••• • • • • • • .... 912,547 Morning Post •• . •••••••••••• " • • • • • • .• .• 828,000 It will be 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 A. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-YESTERDAY. 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. 9 to 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). 0 to 1 agst King Tom (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). ZO 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 Ornoo (taken). ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—Monday the annual general court of the governors of this insti tution was held at the Thatched House James's-street, and was attended by yse Tavern, ern, S t. t veterans were Sir Watkyn Owen Pell, o Dickson, Tah ne d Jay, aßadcliffe,nd f the vi c eservicea admiral i ; r al ; among Captains wlao m an d Richardson , Co m manders Marshall Lieutenan ts Bedford and Gardiner. chair filled by Sir Watk y n Owen Pell. The minutes of was the last quarterly court having been read and confirmed,Mr. Skead, th e secretary, brought forward the re port, which stated that during the last quarter there had been received in annual subscriptions the sum of 631. 4s. 6d. ; whi ch, with 5661. 16s. Id., the ba lance at the last audit, made an available income of 6301. Os. 7d. The expenditure for the same amounted to 4771. 2s. 9d., of which sum the amount of 3671. bad been paid in grants. The income for the whole year, including 1691. 2s. 7d. balance in band on the let of January, 1853, 1,0701. 10s. 4d. ; interest upon 36,1951. 12s. 2d., invested in the Three per Cents., 8371. ss. ; annual subscriptions, 51. ; life subscriptions and 122/. L. 6d. received in donations, amounted to 2,203/. 19s. sd. ; and the expenditure for the same period, in cluding 1,6601. paid in grants, amounted to 2,0481. Os. 7d. j leaving a balance of 1 551 . 18 s. 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. ings terminated with a Tote of thanks to the chairman,