The Sun. — London, England, 1851-11-25 00:00:00

?fere nee IP° rt , Dl tarOr g Deffl' of) tY c, 0i ". „scl IV' h r 50 d otbe The Pr' to IPtiq C. rtl ° ,oo' t 03°- oTi''' T E tartl P RINC Af ter i Ess's THEATRE. ~ Sh'kspere's First Part of Ilenr 1V , with TO THE HONOURABLE THE METROPO dist i , t rate- LrrAN COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. I. V • ii ga e 'a a , s a , Fa ,!!taff, Charles r 21st uilh„ a .-- Lae .urince Kean as • • ' P i in the payers" summoned to show cause [at noon this , t C wi th the style , a new farT, dignified ctaed y a and title of " A new and original day of November, 1851], why our "goods and cha.- 40, 4 , 2 ac e, and called Tender Precautions; or, The sowers' rate" made tell should not be solo, accorcling to law, for the , e4 aplet e :f)/ - arriage, was produced, and achieved a amount assessed for adistrict t ase l Pii -n. w ell - merited success. It is from the prac- nominally "fur the purposes do s o herebyw ( hic . - h district sewers' a lldlq r .. ll °f Mr. Serle, who has admirably fitted Mr. rates are appicaVe by low ? Qocin' Keeley in the parts of Mr. end Mrs. Samuel its payment on the following grounds . . .protest against 4044 TheY area romantic couple, tenderly at- 4441 t° 0 each other, Samuel being a poet, if not quite failit, Shakspera, yet,Ate lid. 1. That it is a most exorbitant rate, because in 1844, '45, '46, 47, '4B, and 1849, the exacted was 3d. in in his wife's ()Pinion, no t in the pound per annum—in 1800 was Poetry far short of Byron .r an Shortandthe lad • °Wo e , . of love. The abode of tenderness is, opinion, to extortion. 4 Poet Vrvaded by Jack Sparkes (Mr. A Wigan), L'altor for`riend to the loving Samuel, and a provided for by 2. That it is perfectly unnecessary, except for "special works" which are otherwise ut4l Mrs. Gosling's d i le Payinv his sister. Sparkes as h 4 ered° ' 3. That it can be attributable only to the system of law!—and addresses to another lady, and having certain c that the has been ond;ri with a expenditure referred to in eke eatnuel s cop•esp . g " reckless and profligate expend' lt th Scapegrace, he is but too glad to the petition of the vestry of Marylebone to Par at h e a the excuse for breaking off the connexion, liament. 'P i stle ce°rdi nglY gives to Gosling certain tender And we further protestany Gus;i B °f this Young her t i t :i 'g to deliver themlady to Scapegrace, requesting of our goods or chattels for said rate :—and believing '4 at th e. to that lady, and declare to the said to be illegal and contrary to the British Con n, %tiel i l p)nnexion between them is broken. This stitution and the Act Vict. 11 and 12, we shall adopt ' 4 '4 o "°s'ing undertakes to do, butunfortunately and levying any . against all such persons authorising Pickett one of the letters (i • alo h from his pocket, which eing N ib i• -Y Souchong (Mrs. Alfred Wigan), bAl.rel such distress, such proceedings as may be resolved on aio g 3 attend • by a public meeting of the "deputations of the . me pooxyB ''' that it begins II " p eree „ ant, is by her handed to her mistress, P, , , tro olitan parishes on the subject of reform in the 'd,a n ., "Ing the letter to be written in a female administration of the metropolitan districts," convenedfor "Dearest Sam," falls into a Pie ce 4 ,°1 jealoßobert usY, dashes divers rnaments to (Signed) Richard Dover, Frederick Lomax, IvM. P le taad le “ bad been presented toher by the perfidious Dews, John Palles, William S. Allen, l . 0 th e :yea ttars her gown because he had ad m ired it. Lapel, William B. Roberts, P. MD owal ,Robert ,H 'll4 "nth:" 111 ' • lad ' • P. Munro, John Whitaker, Henry Clack, . , ki c k lag b e , r. Goslin has called at they 6 g a t a ha t 0 ,en received by her ferocious uncle, who Duke, H. Buckland, James Peters, William Mills lerY of • Ur , and on his return finds his wife in and Robert Wood. tel e , Jealou s Sparkes he . his . ti e 4 ,Y a d es . Y,. and awaiting arrival. d 4 , t th in eription of the kicking is one of the ki t a i, ofL i X be has ever yet done. Not since the Wi l ,;3' wh en °. have we seen such a look as that of by a " the :,t / _? an answer to Sparkes' inquiry as to w hit ? e e h o uJor kicked him, he answers the question lu c , 4 4 t„ je Vhere !" accompanied by a gesture r e lNiti ve. ' , at of testhetics would describe as most f a it Co the house with laughter. 4 f:e r 4 w hid b v i n a s now fairly in full flow; and li,i a ace,eptget arrested for a bill which he 4 14 chid], to accommodate Sparkes, after (4' 4 offer ed n ,ged by the M , ljor ior an alleged tie4tape, o%' by Sparks-s and get Sparkes out tpd i tea mane "er having been tormented in the most liq tee f or r) to the great amusement of the , 4 foil ' th r ee - quarters of an hour, an explana ,_°f the' ,and . the curtain falls on the reconcilia tCMce Goslings, and the restoration of the Peti t i gf Ili a • ' 44d it ° a ai d tr 'age. The piece was announced for I th e m 't the applause of a numerous audience, ,rtwes were called before the curtain. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sxa,—The protest (of which the above is a fac simile) with the signatures of the above sixteen rate payers, was delivered this afternoon at the Sewers' Office in a sealed envelope, addressed to " the Honour able the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers." The Chairman publicly engaged that a previous notice should be sent to each ratepayer, fixing the day and hour of distraint; and he also gave parties until January to make payment. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, RICHARD DOVER. 21st November, 1851. EXTRAORDINARY LOP► TIDE AND STOR YESTERDAY MORNING. Between nine end eleven o'clock yesterday morning, the river was almost impassible for steam•boats between Chelsea and Woolwich, owing to the extreme lowness of the tide. Many of the steamers stuck fsst in attempting to reach and leave the various piers. The nine o'clock boat from Woolwich stuck fast in the mud about thirty yards from the pier, and nearly half an hour was occu pied in extricating it. At the Tunnel Pier it shared the came fate, and did not reach London -bridge until near half-past ten, thereby putting many of the passengers to great inconvenience. The Citizen boats were unable to reach the Lambeth and Nine Elm Piers until past te❑ o'clock, owing to the lowness of the tide. One of the boats, which left Nine Elms at half-past ten in the morning, gut aground near the third arch of Vauxhall bridge, on the Surrey side, and was for several minutes in imminent danger of being smashed against the piers of the bridge. Fortunately, by the active exertions of the captain and his crew, the vessel was released, but after leaving Lambeth pier, the boat ran aground again, and was detained nearly a quarter of an hour. The passengers, mostly Government and other clerks, did not reach their destination i❑ some places until, near twelve o'clock. So low was the tide on the east aide of Waterloo-bridge, that a person could walk across very easily. The cause of this extreme low tide originated from a heavy storm which took place yester day morning between the hours of two and five o'clock. The wind blew a perfect hurricane from north-west, driving many vessels from their moorings, and the tide running out at the time did considerable damage. At Fulham and Wandsworth most of the market gardeners have lost considerable property by the high wind and rain.. A great quantity of wood got adrift below bridge, and floated out with the tide. sb I, OL 4 ikt a ‘gpe , --(PIC THEATRE. 4e ti/ ' r 6 8 tl t A rra , agedy of Romeo and Juliet was last '0 L e su stain E '''l at this theatre, in which Miss Laura to,-',114 ed ori the f t he ' W part of Juliet for the first time you meld e Must congratulate this young lady tt llt4 l .:, .4, r p r ogress she is making in her pro illl ' 4 "/ ecrreeuneeption of the part of Juliet was vkki ti Path„, c , t ) and the " lines " were delivered 0 . 1 1 , 1 kit i s that was really beautiful. To our Nt„k 4i, „s th e best thing she has yet done. q b r citt -c ar ? I , ~,,,..., s, Rib _ , ren 8 Romeo was somewhat too kir r it !ti ma llet it was more than respectable. Mr. Ltd resspeactaabcia:ital Mercutio. The house was attended. 1 'll be si , -----..- ----- 11 ik ----Il lii Veri etie AND TEI EATRE. :: ir}!,? t it, ities of Mr. John Reeve were displayed „'it it h o ne w farce called Counter Attractions, , folli ti grou r , 4, llc e 3 pathic doctor strives to detain a l ': pi a t i e u Patients in his house by means of a 42 i t , t() i t' is o r f whom he presses into his service. ti , 4 1)1 , j',. g ad :,°e Sylvester Daggerwood school, t o t kai s 'thi e h - moirtles,, emits a thousand playhouse fit PPlieabiPi!.°volie laughter by their odd and sa :tta old the Ity. But Mr. John Reeve hangs on skeleton a variety of novel k-Itak,l"4 igroia,trical t" f l l i d,,, 4 fte r t ta t B musical instruments, flits round 1 44, 4 'ees th e ",e wanner of the horseriders at Ast atitrit4raphratraandais, and winds up with a gro bi,ltia,, e exhib! e of Lablache. In these Protean bh ,h,lek, rtio toted 4 good deal of cleverness. The aih,4llaieilMarieer's of the artist were not unrecognised 4 til l ag es tl., They seemed to be amused at the 153' we r 4e Witnessed ; and the bagatelle in e set was loudly applauded at the close.' .___ , k 44 i - - 11 kl 4u, - 4 MAGNETISM. 'k; k I. to 1 • -Eta • ' GERFORD HALL. Rti W ith s algno • k\ ,- 4i i L i still continues to astonish tbe 0,„ .. ti,1, 4 ). Ts, w onderful experiments on animal , t !t er i s l tvi oti " l e ball is crowded every evening, but 1 1 k ‘ l ' l 4 t kabi s e Y of mentioned in detail some of the co zl ttiN L, e his performances, no further notice ttictict 4 tt otn il taken of them were it not that it tilt,'llt N 't so tti e a necessity to protest against the qi th'qlit e sceptical gentlemen who go there (Itt,ri!tllcl lit If t ►e 'mt eerta• hey do not believe in the science 'e t Ito 4 1 , er e 4 ,, 1 n1Y remain quiet till the soirée is Itt 4 tb e ,Jeetiv‘uoUld think Mons. Lassaigne would 51, ii t w a i4 lpr op u r .to answer any reasonable questions. i t kly,, t 24, late dd iet i of interrupting and `cavilling at 1 10 th -4i v e e ' to amuse the many for their „, l ke ese gratification is apparent. And not tfkatqlet l 'Ntlern e ti N a 4 oe, n make themselves disagreeable . 1 / 4 , 1 y w ,113, 0 tit really, if the interpreter civilly S l :itt , :sat he feu to come on the stage and watch Sa a t t o 44 1 1 ileies an imposture, it is too bad, , a. ° k. 4 11 bi er Want of g ood taste in that indi ap I llp l itht b ar n an At • . , 1, 4 tti e impertinent fellow." Mr. otb: t aly 4 114 thrown back the word with truth ; S:k(i, conduct 2S altogether tthe other way. Such .op, cl ap If 4' in visitors cannot be too highly re 'N 'sr • La s • . . ~,Nt L kr e , ceie . Sainge is an impostor, he is a rqb) i ' , al ) ! 'he re ' a nd if the astounding feats per ki, : otik e t il, th:Ulta of collusion, that is quite as t tl il tl e ',l l l4 t Qt , a nd ‘lscience ; therefore, although the yeti' ut i ci , to d does, watch most attentively, and t)'` )l li Rt 't not the professor, they,never- Ji t , , ti ti ., to by . t , t 4 ilt s e tot put a stop, by their irrelevant F:eaq .1 14 't th e av er - flattering remarks, to the IV rl lei l ° Rerf e vening. The bulk of the public it ord gentlellad .. 1 1E01 to see what they consider N ro u_o , t to listen to the cavillings of a r, N" of hearing themselves talk. 1.., o t s "--_ - -e.--. ,o, . ktt I Ptti It'r CIRCULAR. ,rti e a sp , l IR L vlc, It - A ' , Er -° Rag OSBORNE, Nov. 24. a tt i glb ore her performed at Osborne yesterday ' ti lt : by t 9 i t , t, th e Majesty, Majesty, his Royal Highness I t . qtit s e It ev. '„'„'inee of Wales, and the Princess V 4 an.d /, - u • Protheroe. t:eeli 'S'al household also attended. word ,etley .l i -- -----___L___ ,ut e • e o aron lit tri ,-. ha Brunnow had an interview 4, 0 of ,ol le owortlassell yesterday, at his official 1 , th , (4 ;4 til av ert , g - street. ih N, t)th, e Gov e rn e ived yesterday at the Colonial- SUDDEN DEATH OF WILLIAM FINNELLY, ESCI.; a ;toll N . 40 t, 'No r of Canada, and the Governors On Sunday morning this gentleman, so long known a short-hand writer to the House of Lords, was discovered by 14 4 ' z; ./V ') (1f VEto rt i, u . American Provinces ; from the b. 444 deal at , his laundress at his chambers, in Old-suuare, Lincoln's Inn, l ' s th il llat ' and s at .6 Land, Western Australia, expiring in his bed. She very promptly raised an alarm, Ti, ' 4 : 48 d from the Governor of the anci assistance was immediately sought for, but medical ap ee te e pliances were of no avail—the unfortunate gentleman had tl ssl i •se to re Sew. _ ceased to exist. His connexion with the morning papers li Y, 4 ho ta of II ' " from the Colonial-office extended over a period of more than thirty years, and he le ;Pof T nng-liong and Ceylon. was deeply and justly respected by all with whom he was ac ett 44t ervi e ; °n _da . n and a deputation had, yes -10,4,,, t , ..r t _ .„,_....wlth Lord John Russell. quainted. An inquest will of course be held. BURNING OF CONTRABAND TEA.—Yesterday morn tp;klt; of tE t4 t. 13 -- - ------------. ' g a large number of workmen were engaged on the eastern keetehtfto satiak,r°llATtosi IN THE CITY.—On the ' g a ll ey of the London Docks, near Napping Old Church, in "ejte ,?)or'testet e4;!_etistivities at Guildhall in November, burning several tons of contraband tea, which had been seized lej 'll k it the l ent 8"ally gathered together some choice by the revenue officers on board ship from various ports. t e t ply e h a sfel l ast oe c ulPture to adorn the adjacent apart- The work of destruction has been going on for several days, 4t l tli t i t e vint s Sl did ho the arrangement was particu- by order of the Dock Company. r„,at ti o ci qi with uonour to a sculptor to whom Eng lt‘et ?al itt l great satis e fa on tion, we' mean Mr. Loulh. ATTEMPT OF A PRISONER TO COMMIT SUICIDE.- I, 4` h tt! rlt 4t ?4: l)4 ttlaent a tr tens structed for the purpose, Ipci e dl 0 ate ) , , uas placed a copy of Shakspere's Yesterday morning, about four o'clock, one of the officers on duty in . the House of Detention discovered, on going his 14 t 4,1 1 ' . e k i Q t1e ete l iPee's (l e i a l l :Playieg the bust of the immortal round of inspection in the cells, that a prisoner, a German, named Peter Frederick Wack, committed for trial with a man A i r, - , 4 %/ 4(c ie y e ezente coin either side were ranged Mr. named Harris, on a charge of an abominable nature, was some of his wonderful creations e , se, se stn e a Hamlet the Dane • Portia, the I s k:ke t/ 'lee e villPacbeth, ~h stii go; E.,d,gette; g ' entle Ophelia ;Titan'ia, and proceeded to inform the Governor, hanging from . the iron catch of his cell window. He imme e th e ?le 0 ? 1 :1t ie eb feeoueonce sent for the surgeons, Mr. Wake ,4'ff4lN th eq _es, a nd Wa -t u k e and " tricksy" Arie. It it h i efe r th y se tat, ,,_ . 8 carried out most successfully. 4 , se Si r e s hive :: , e : , by the way, with the exception ILd'ijaeldt:tia.Ynde Hill,uM t r h . alai R S dmd he 1 e e w s an , t who, on examining the prisoner, found unremitting in their attention to him, and the .leter' th e le tth ue le executed, by Mr Lough, in that ie he still existed. Those gentlemen for the space of two hours were . '4 e l t teatft far o l4e b a r W:hite Ridley. The ' Ariel is , in th e , queting-room at Stafford ouse. In There is no doubt that tion, but in a very exhausted state. t eql e ., result of their exertions was that he was restored to anima `Yroes a q te k ` r uildhall M r B ' i11,..tt. t.1 t Lu ee eseLtation of _. or u v nnmg had set up a . Ile sus ended himself by his cravat. ewi be o t Nte fee l ri le kOi•ls, de l i °ft AT Builder. !';'4 t l Iv 4, 9 g ti le , WA TERLoo.—Creevy was at tried for the attempt on i life, as well as upon the charge on Is ti tei t tfot e4 4l tel er4b .rattle , of Waterloo. The suspense all wh N ich Ew he ß st l an th d w s c A o y mm th it T te o d. MANCHESTER.—Another at , 416 t h v e 0,1? far a n e -, the rumours were ' all unfavourable, tempt is, it appears, to be made in the ensuing session to oh 'll4,'N Nv a ". sub' ' 'll b ' our army in retreat on Brussels, tain powers for a second line to Manchester which will not e o s 4 ilit the to seejetcht ofhope. Early . the next morn- only be considerably shorter than . the present, but wi ring 10li(1 , . ni g h t e Duke of Wellington, who had the whole of the eastern districts of England . into direct 4 0 W.. it was a . The Duke rejected all congratula- communication with the manufacturing districts. The (poroh ei' do t g4 Et damn dreadful The business; 30,000 men de- posed line is to leave the Great Northern at or near . the J . t t 41 4 3% 110 161 4 ;i .. . 1 . ! , 1 ne Bathing; Blucher and I thought mile from London, e i t t t l e llte/, uoastj e as a bye nd near thing." Here was direction to Nottigham, a distance of 30 miles: from Not it, e e e'c't IN ~b,:"---Note Sir R. Heron, Bart. tingham it will run on to the Ambergate line, now in course passing from thence nearly in a straight o 'te i t I,?tebe r 4-11Gn LIFE.--Themarriage of 11, ti , Ich OUgh . N 41 i , With Frederica Emma, relict of the of construction, and the Manchester, Matlock, and Buxton line, to Matlock ; and from that place another line, of about rapers, i Yee "linter y e ll th,. te r e a ,of Delany House, Sussex, was 28 miles in length, will be constructed to Manchester. , 1 / 4 4 l i ° b. , t e b pj esenee () a f t St. George's Church, Hanover- THE LATE COLLISION ON THE yVeo,'lall o ° cer eino _ a select circle of the friends of both RAILWAY AT W EEDON.—DEATM OF Mu. Cuanin.—(LATEST tr,,,, 0 t i l l' a , broth e ? was performed by the Rev. Free- PAiericureeits.)—We regretito announce that (as was antici- NORTH-WESTERN 5 1 / 4 0 4 4. s tel, aud, of the bride, assistant minister of pated) the serious injuries received to the head by the un ,kkr s °lllite°4l.Y domesticafterl. chaplain to the noble fortunate gentleman, Mr. Currie„ of Warrington, have , ter re V, With, SS took their leaving the church the Noble urinated fatally. A telegraphic message received at Euston k e t .Le oll ela nd II departure for Leamington, en station, fro Wedon,last night, apprised diedhl. th.e kV ft , te o , s s ee . all, the fam•l in L ' h• North-Western• itf4 tat, ee pe. rest seas 1. . i y seat eicestefs shire.. Railway that Mr. Currie at six o Clock, ti da ~_ str eet, _,P ovided at the town mansion in after most painful suffering. Withreference to the servant of the t r e a r b ly; who and wa s t the jute same t„, (3. 4 4 ' rtook after which a select party of relatives Hon. Douglas Pennant the reports are that he is progres- N cat) tttit the ceremony. il tiro ' tad r 9P ILLuQTRA —Lordand Lady at ~ ci, , Y IS. ii e . e , •• TION. . .. B n ill at g e labourer d - the legs and thighs, and whoalso 4 O t eefe ei rtte, vise oe flussell, and the Bavarian Minis- lies at the Weedon station. tt W t'et gaper 'Led the Diorama of the Overland The North British 11 ' s in ev a3 e ' re b l e y s a a b id ou O t f the unfortu \sesr f ed y ...e,.... ad states that two lives were l i e t,i . sto 424a_ ey terday. destroyed by fire on Friday morning last in Stirling-square , e t ! l lle f . l / 4 4 t hert j a , i ve , l ling a mechanic, in the employ Glasgow—a mother and her child. The fire broke out in an t 'le .at t oO(1. ,n , Slau h • • • apartment wherein they lived N 4 Y t he L e ' a ss care g ter, iron-founders, of this city, whilst the mother was intoxi ti(), 41 , tra,,Qial ~,a t, h stat• , l uge of the express train down, by cated. ei k 'Kee t -to -.0 8".. ° , n ? and to the astonishment of the THE MANCHESTER AND tio N 4io h 4ta t i e " him depart he shortly afterwards EDUCATION —At a meetin of It i tt l, ) Ne ft ere e ‘v he h n a r foot. They'were naturally anxious deanery of West Fide, in th g e dioc t e h . e chapter of the rural n tp cx , 0 14 _42tti that quitted the train, and, upon inquiry, the 20th November, lesl, the .. , ..e . of . Chichester,. held , o ° t th ' a Short - following resolution was 4 the °l 4 to e Win do from Bath his cap passed :—" That the chater, havin con e -, e- • recover -.ow hen g eieered what is Y 4 1tIry it, and " he opened the door and ; termed the Manchester and Salford Scheme of Education,. ~kr ir_ , ._,. what is most extraordinary, I unanimously protest against any scheme of ed t'e vhicb. wi 4079 r, 13 4 11 laegAiY9 distiwtiyo religious t hi ll uca 1 11l teaching," g,,, INTERIOR of the GREAT EXHIBITION. prawn by Telbin and Absolon. Messrs. Lloyd, Brothers, - and Company. It is idle to congratulate ourselves on having come to the last of the Crystal Palace. No sooner have we welcomed another picture of the interior or the exterior, as the case may be, than, like the phantom kings in Macbeth, another and another yet succeeds. We are almost fain to acknowledge ourselves ex hausted. The same identical transept, the same per petual nave, that everlasting crystal fountain, and that eternal Kiss's Amazon—throng in upon us with a❑ awful and preternatural pertinacity until we are almost overwhelmed with feelings of wearisomeness. It is earnestly to be hoped that the excellence at length arrived at in the delineation of the " Interior of the Great Exhibition," by the Messrs. Telbin and Absolon, will deter any other artists from adven turing upon the same beaten track, and that we may be spared further engravings of the like kind, now that the public have been enabled to welcome the present fruit of the enterprise of the Messrs. Lloyd, Brothers, and Company. As a reminder in reference to the abilities of the former gentlemen, it may be observed, that to their brushes we were indebted for the very clear delineation of the overland mail diorama. They have here portrayed,' for the nine hundred and ninety-ninth time—or very nearly —the inside of the building contrived by the ingenuity of Fox and Paxton. In colouring also they have emulated the skill shown by Owen Jones i❑ regard to the original. We acknowledge ourselves to be yet again satil-tid and even gratified. Let that be enough. There is just a possibility that we may have too much of a good thing, even though that good thing be the Exhibition. ~. 3 fr , A tvoli WARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Sweepitakes. Tightwaist ... .. ... ... Layla colt ... ... ... Don John filly ... ... ... ... 10 ran. Wen by a neck. Warwick Handicap. Chief Justice ... John of Berwick Doubt ... ... 10 ran. Won easy. ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 . 2 SUN, L ON DO N, TRAFALGAR LIFE ASSURANCE. ASSOCIATION. The first annual general meeting of the proprietors of the Trafalgar Life Assurance Association was held yesterday, at the offices in Pall-mall, the Rev. J. Harvey Ashworth, chairman of the board of di rectors, in the chair. The meeting was very nu merously attended. and amongst the gentlemen 'pre sent we noticed Major Stones, J. A. Durham, Esq,, Henry Hart, Esq., R. liitchin, Esq., Sheffield ; John Smith, Esq., Liverpool; Mr. Henry Bach, of Shef field ; Mr. Henry Hudston, Nottingham ; Thomas Vaughan, Esq., and J. C. Christopher, Esq. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read by Mr. Baylis, the secretary, the following report was submitted to the meeting, namely : " It is with peculiar feelings of satisfaction that the directors of tho Trafalgar Life Assurance Association appear before the ,shareholders upon this their first meeting. The successful result of their exertions, a result almost unprecedented in the history of similar in stitutions, considering how short a time has elapsed since they commenced active operations, will be best under stood from the statement of facts now submitted for con sideration. " The date of complete registration was the 19th of November, 1850. Between that period and the 15th of Jane, 1851, scarcely seven months, the whole number of shares, b,fing 25,000, and representing a capital of 250,0001., was subscribed for, and a proprietary of no less than nine hundred persons was created, selected chiefly from the more influential classes of the commu nity, thus establishing the operations of the association on a basis at once solid and extensive. " From the beginning the directors indulged in san guine hopes that the new and important feature of the Trafalgar, which combines the present interests of the living with the future interests of their representatives, was calculated in an eminent degree to benefit society at large, and to procure for the institution the favourable opinion and extensive support of the public. They have not been deceived in their expectations. The rapid absorption of the shares, and the still increasing demand for them, the influential character of the local boards which they are now forming at this early period of the association—the respectability of the agents—and the success hitherto attendant upon their efforts—are cir cumstances which speak plainly as to the popularity, ultimate extension, and permanence of its principles. " In reference to the above remarks, they have also the satisfaction of stating that they have already suc ceeded in establishing local boards in the important towns of Liverpool and Nottingham, consisting of the following gentlemen, whose station and respectability offer the best guarantee for their ability to carry out fully the enlarged principles of the Association:— LIVERPOOL LOCAL BOARD OF MANAGE- MENT. DIRECTORS. Chairman.—Rubert Procter, Esq. Successor to Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P.), Merchant, Brunswick• street. James Harrison, Esq. (retired; late firm, Messrs. Leech, Harrison, and Co., Merchants), Waterloo, Crosby. Thomas Urquhart, Esq. (late of Bold-street), Calder stone Cottage, Wavertree. George Philip, Eiq., bookseller, South Castle-street. Thomas Branch, Esq., Auctioneer, Hanover-street. John Smith, Etl., Arbitrator, Commerce-court. MEDICAL REFEREE. . George Gill, Eq., 3, Soho-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Thornely and Jevons, Pemberton-buildings. MANAGING DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY FOR LIVERPOOL. John Smith, Esq. Offices-2, Commerce-court. NOTTINGHAM LOCAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. DIRECTORS. Chairman—Alderman Richard Birkin. Alderman Franklin Judd, the Exchange, Market-place, Thomas Ball, Eig. (firm of Ball, Dur;nieliffo, and Cu., Castle Gate), The Park, Nottingham. Thomas Robinson, Big. (firm of Robinson, Son, and Sisling), Basford, Notts. Thomas Bayley, Esq. (firm of Bayley and Shaw, Len ten), Ole:mere-terrace, Nottingham. John Sisling, Esq. (firm of Robinson, Son, and Sisling), Basford, Notts. - George Boaler, Esq., Langwith Mill, near Mansfield, Notts. MEDICAL REFEREES. Higginbottom, Esq., F.R.C.S. G. E. Stanger, Esq. SOLICITOR. Edwin Patchitt, Esq. SECRETARY AND AGENT• Mr. H. Hudston, Printing Offices, Maypole-yard. "In addition to the above influential local boards, the directors anticipate a still further increase of power and co-operation by the formation, at an early period, of a similar board of management, through the zeal and energy of their active agent, Mr. Henry Bach, in the commercial and enterprising town of Sheffield; as also in Manchester and other important districts. " Up to this;date, being twelve months since the com mencement of business, 325 policies have been effected for 95,7831., producing an annual income of 3,0921. 15s. 9d., and with one trifling exception, no casualties have occurred, nor any inroad been made upon the resources of the society, which must be attributed to the skill of the medical officers, and the caution exercised by the board in the selection of lives. " The following gentlemen retire from the direction, viz., Mr. Edward Taylor and Mr. Edward Gould Brad ley ; but being again eligible, offer themselves for re election. " The auditors retiring are Mr. Alfred C. Tatham and Mr. Thomas Cooper; but being again eligible, offer themselves for re-election. "In conformity with the provisions of the deed of settlement, the directors recommend that a dividend of 5 per cent. be paid to the shareholders, from the date of their respective deposits up to the 24th of June, 1851. " It has not been without much personal labour and anxiety that the directors have contributed their aid in bringing about these desirable results. They have used the strictest economy, so far as they found eco nomy consistent with efficiency and the great objects they have in view, and they refer with confidence to the balance-sheet, duly approved and audited, and now pre sented as part of this report, and which comprehends the liquidation of the whole of the preliminary expenses cf the association. " The directors take this opportunity of acknowledg ing the valuable and efficient services of the various officers of the association, to whose zeal and energy is to be in a great measure attributed the sound and promi nent position it has already attained. " In conclusion the directors offer their hearty con gratulations to all concerned, on the satisfactory pro gress effected thus early in their career ; and at the same time they beg earnestly to impress on each shareholder the paramount necessity of individual exer tion in extending the operations and promoting the interests of the association, this being the sure test of faith in its principles, and the real and substantial foun dation of its future success." The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting. He said—Gentlemen, it is with no little diffidence that I present myself to you on this occasion to address a few observations to you upon the subject of the re port— a diffidence, however, which you may be assured does not arise from anything I find in the report, but simply from a feeling of incompetency which I experience to do justice to the subject I have in hand.—(Hear, hear.) It is generally the case with persons in my position to talk of hopes, and to point to the future, but, gentlemen, that is not the case with me.—(Hear, hear.) Ido not say to you there is the horizon and the sun will soon shine above it, but I say to you, gentlemen, the sun has appeared above our horizon, the sun is shining upon us, and our exer tions hitherto have been rewarded in a way far ex ceeding our warmest expectations.—(Cheers.) We have passed through the slough of despond in which so many other societies have been lost, and in which so many are yet struggling. We may say now, however, with regard to the Trafalgar Life Insurance Association that it is un fait accompli.—(Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, the directors observe in their report that they " have always used the strictest economy so far as they found economy consistent with efficiency and the great objects they have in view, and they refer with confidence to the balance-sheet duly approved and audited, and which comprehends the liquidation of the whole of the preliminary expenses of the associa tion;" but it is only fair to say, that our balance sheet is brought down only to the 24th of June, and therefore it does not present, I venture to say, an en tirely fair statement of our present position.—(Hear, hear.) You will perceive that the balance-sheet is only made up to the conclusion of the first six or seven months of our existence, a period during which we were principally engaged in disposing of our shares, and in managing those preliminary matters which are incident to the formation of a society like this.—(Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, all the pre liminary expenses have been ascertained and dis charged.—(Hear, hear.) We shall hear no more of them, and now the expenses of management only remain. —(Hear, hear.) And those can be easily ascertained as to their amount, and, remember gen tlemen, that the same amount of expenses of manage ment which carries on a business of 5,0001. will carry on a business of .50,000/.—(Hear, hear.) All that will accrue beyond that will be profit to go to the general fund of the association, and how much they may be, I can fancy, but I do not choose to say. —(Hear, hear and laughter.) We mention in our report that— From wt s hh t ei h e fh a u t t cu t or h me e bi n e w and i m portant f ea t ure of the " From the begi nn i ng , th e di rec t ors i n d u l ge d in i e n t e e s res t h t of prese nttheir r i n e t p e r r e e s s e t o s t o a f t r t e h s e . san guinelTi vrianf living was calculated in an eminent degree to benefit society at large, and to procure for the institution the favourable opinion and extensive support of the public." Now, what are these new features, gentlemen ? Why, we set by, for the formation of a relief fund to meet the wants of shareholders in cases of distress, ten per per cent. of the profits, and for the education of the children of shareholders whose circumstances justify their claim, another ten per cent.—(Hear, hear.) I cannot read these particulars, gentlemen, without in my heart thanking the founder of this society and the gentlemen with whom these ideas originated not only for the philanthropy of his views, but also for the energy and undaunted determination with which he has carried them out.— (Cheers.) And, gentlemen, as a clergyman, I feel proud of my position this day_; I feel proud on Accowa; of these Tory principles which have bee I can in any n setbeforeus, and I shall feel still more proud a society which has sllNlC hnynporbollen,ote enlarged, os a p n e d rity of such , patriotic euds.—(Cheers.) But, gentlemen, there are some who object to these principles, who say that this 10 per cent., and that 10 per cent., which you apply to this or that :benevolent purpose ought to go into the pockets of those who are nolicv-holders. .Now, what should we answer to those who say this ? Who I would answ er th em i n t h e i r own wa y, an d as a conclusive proof that they are wrong I would remind them that every 10 per cent. we devote in this way brings to oar receipts at least a hundred per cent.—(Hear, hear.) Why, gentlemen, what has placed us in our present position ? What is it that has already given us nearly a thousand shareholder; in seven months ? What is it that has caused us to part with so many shares ? What is it that has in duced so many persons t 3 insure with us to the extent of 95,0001., in the short space of a few months? Why, it is the popular favour, and the popular appreciation of the principles which we are adopting.—(Hear, hear.) What is it that has given us an income of upwards of 3,0001. in the short period that we have been in existence ? Why, the plain, fair, and equi table principles which we adopt.—(Hear, hear.) What is it that has given us the respectable local boards, such as we see established in Nottingham and Liverpool, what ? Why, is is our excel lent principles ?—(Hear, hear.) And, therefore, p g o en w t e le rfu me l n t , h l ro s u a g y h itism manifest to me that these prin ciples will have th e i r way, t h at t h e y w ill become (Hear, hear.) Th e only opposition , other pa which I wish to a ll u d e i s t h at par t i n w hich we a and triumph of the at report last.— to earnestly impressed upon each shareholder the para mount necessity of individual exertion in extending the operations and promoting the interest of the so ciety.—(Hear, hear.) I know, gentlemen, that there are not many individual shareholders who could do much, but all of us can do something, and if amongst the number of those who are interested in an institu tion, each would only exert himself from a real faith in its principles to the utmost of his power, the result in the aggregate would be highly gratifying.—(Hear.) Ido conceive that every person as ho is a proprietor here, or who is at all interested in this institution, ought not to give way in his determination to do this when he returns home, and make the principles of the so ciety known not only to his own family, but amongst all persons with whom he may happen to be connected in the remotest degree.—(Hear, hear.) If we all do this lam perfectly certain we should even prosper beyond our most sanguine expectations ; but above all, gentlemen, this individual exertion is all that is required to ensure our complete success.—(Hear, hear.) With these convictions, gentlemen, fully ex pressed, I need not detain you any longer, except to convey to you my gratification at seeing so many friends around me, and in conclusion, I beg to express my confident opinion that in adopting the prinea pies we do, and adhering firmly to them, we may apply to the Trafalgar Life Insurance Society that which was said of truth, namely, magna est et prevalebit. Mr. J. A. DURHAM, ITI moving the adoption of the report, said that for some years he had given his attention to the principles on which life assurances were formed, and though many such societies had been established, he thought there had been no c or responding inclination to support them on the part of the public. Yet, notwithstanding his knowledge of this feeling, he, as a large proprietor, could safely congratulate the shareholders on being connected with such an institution as the present.—(Hear.) had been connected, as he remarked before,, with some of the old companies ; but he saw neither honour, nor profit, nor pleasure in belonging to in stitutions that had gone on a wrong system for years and years past, because it was now clearly ascertained that the immense capital, he might almost say of millions, belonging to some of the old companies was I placed in such a position that it did good neither to the parties it belonged to nor the public. Money merely heaped together in piles was almost useless to any society, but more especially to insurance compa nies. They should take into consideration that: with all institutions commercially or benevolently con nected with the public, one of the important points was the allocation of their funds. To what purpose did the old companies add thousands and thousands together, until they almost amounted to millions, if they were not used ? The first idea of such hoarding originated in the fact that the public placed no confidence formerly in their abilities to pay p unless they had an abundance of capital. But what was the use of hoarding money now in such a manner when any able actuary could tell them what was the average rate of human life, and the amount of capi tal really necessary to meet the responsibilities of insurance companies, be their bonuses ever so great ? This fallacy of immense capital was the one on which the old companies had deluded the public. Re re membered being struck with a remark of the la to Sir Robert Peel—and he was sure every one resent would do justice to the memory and value of the opi nion of that practical statesman; he stated in the House of Commons that frequently advantages were laid before the public—advantages of a commercial nature, and from which all might derive considerable profit or considerable saving with regard to the ex penditure of money ; but that they were not sander stood until the time for improving them had passed away, and he greatly regretted that such an intelli gent community as the English should not bay e per ceived those advantages sooner than they did. They (the shareholders) should remember the importance of the common saying, which advised them to buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest. He had acquired a certain kn ow l e d ge w i t h rega rd to the companies lately formed, an d h e was h app y 1:o say that he was a director and deputy-chairman of a company (the Professional, we believe), the fir st that had brought before the public such principles as those which their Chairman had made known to them, in which the present interests of the living were combined with the future interests of th sir re presentatives. They had the great advantage that belongs to a relief fund, whereby if sickness or p overty overtook a shareholder, he could apply to that fund, not as a person seeking alms, but as a matter of right, and as having, by his subscriptions to it, a title to have his requirements immediately attended to. He looked on that as one of the grand features in the new principle of insurance companies. The benefits derived by a man who merely insured his life in one of the companies had no comparison to this. The other additional feature put forward by this a ssocia tion was one of the highest importance also. .By the education fund a certain sum was set apart, out of which was granted whatever was considered neces sary to educate the orphan childen of tae shareholders who might have left them in want of such assie tance. These things required to be thought over an I pro mulgated, because there was a certain degree of apathy amongst the public in not taking immediate advantage of them. This association offered t enfold the advantages of any of the old companies.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wish to speak disrespectfully of the old companies, who were rolling in wealth, because their honour and integrity were unimpeachable—(Hear, hear)--but they were living din times when it was necessary for them to think for themselves, and not only fur themselves, but for these who came after them.—(Bear.) lie was a proprietor of 1,200 shares in this association, and be wished sincerely that they were 12,000.—(Hear.) The amount of 1,000 shares after all was but a little, and if it did not give him an opportunity of making an immediate fortune, so far as regarded futurity, he firmly believed that they would be a fortune to any person to whom he might leave them. The only office the Trafalgar could compare itself to was the Rock. They bad so far started on a new principle that it was a different one from the old companies ; and the shares of the Rock Company were now selling at 71. the ten-shillings share. He merely mentioned this to show the influence that offices of this kind had arrived at in the public estimation. The Chairman had expressed himself so clearly with regard to the report that he did not think it necessary for him to call their attention to it any further. That report had only stated the business of the first six months, whereas the business of the last six had been beyond comparison mor e succes s f ul. They would also see since that rep ort was made two local boards had come into operation—one at Liverpool and the other at Nottingham. The zeal, integrity, and high position of the parties connected with those boards, would give an impetus to t heir association in future i years which they would hardly credit, and he thought he might safely congratulate the proprietary on their connexion with it, and say that their shares w ould rise not to 11. but to 51. before half- a - dozen years were past.—(H e ar, hear. ) He was not of that san guine and warm imaginat ion to sa y t h is merely from a gust of feeling, he said it from a firm conviction of its truth, and from watching the effects produced by the different companies upon the public mind. Major &OYES briefly seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. He congratulated them upon the complete success which had attend ed their exer tions up to the present tim e. It was forme rly thought impossible to combine commercial schemes with be nevolence towards your fellow-creatures association gave the lie direct t o any such' but this assertion . for the future. Mr. J. BERMINGHAM w ished to add a fe w words a • dop ted. Even his conversa tion with their talented a ctuar y , Mr. Ba y lis, had not before the report was prepared him for the real l y astonishin g amo u n t of business which had been t ransacted b y them in t h i s the first year of their ex istence. The y had now a proprietary of several hundr eds of personsconnected with their association, and such a proprietary as would give the public a guara ntee that t he y would carry out faithfully and successfully their agreement with them. They bad heard the names of those gen tlemen connected with their local boards, and those persons must have been persuaded of some important merits in the constitution of their association, or they would not have given their names to it. Ile had no doubt that one of the strongest inducements to their coming forward had been the knowledge of the edu cation fund, and also that every person who joined it was at least secure from want. Allusion had been made to Nottingham, Sheffield, and other places. Now, Sheffield was of all other places the ono which had thrown itself into the cause the earliest, and met their advances so warmly that a mutual attach ment might be said to have sprung up between them. Although they would be true to their first entanglement of the heart, yet their affections were not so confined in their objects as that they would not admit other places to their embraces—(Laughter)— and he would he glad to see other towns coming forward like Nottingham and Liverpool. Allusion had also been made in the report to a trifling loss the association had met with. What might be to the board of directors a trifling loss, perhaps to the ayes of the meeting would be a large one ; and therefore, to relieve their anxiety on this head, he would inform them that it only amounted to 1001. To have met with only one loss out of 325 policies, spoke in high terms for the efficiency and caution exercised by their medical officers.—(Hear, hear.) A popular prejudice seemed to prevail against insurance. A gentleman who wished to insure his life asked the opinion of his wife upon the subject; but she opposed the plan en.. tirely, on the ground that if he did so be was sure to die.—(Laughter.) The gentleman, however, had no faith in such objections, and he had actually in sured, and was a proprietor in this association without his wife's knowledge. Madame de Steel said she did not object to superstition if there was nothing injurious in it ; but here NV&S something directly injurious. Some persons said it was better for persons to put their money into banks than to sink it in insurance companies ; end he should quite agree with them if a person could be sure of a long life, so as to enable him to save a suffi cient sum. Clergymen, he thought, might do much to promote life assurances, by pressing the import ance of it upon the humbler classes, hundreds of whom were daily cut off, leaving their families de pendent cn charity. Let them impress upon them the consolation it would undoubtedly give to a dying man in his last moments, when, if his thoughts turned on earthly matters at all, he could not but think with comfort on having left his nearest and dearest ties preserved from the pressure of want,—(Hear, hear.) He concluded by appealing to the experience of me dical gentlemen, who frequently, when called in to attend a patient in his last illness found their remedies almost entirely baffled by the anxiety which preyed upon the minds of persons who were leaving their families at the mercy of the world, or dependent on the cold claims of charity. Votes of thanks were then unanimously passed to Mr. Baylis, sen., Mr. Baylis, jun., and other officers connected with the association, for the zealous and ,judicious manner in which they had hitherto conducted its affairs. The usual number of directors who went out by rotation were then re-elected for the ensuing year; and after the transaction of some routine business the meeting separated, with the usual vote of thanks to the chair. ENTERTAINMENT TO THE BON. R. J. WALKER, LATE UNITED STATES MINISTER. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIGHT.—This evening, at half-past six, about seventy of the principal merchants and gentlemen resident in Liverpool, and the mem bers of the American Chamber of Commerce, enter tained the Hon. R. J. Walker, late Secretary to the Treasury of the United States, to a sumptuous ban quet, at the Adelphi Hotel. Mr. Walker is one of the candidates for the presidential chair, and is favourable to the participation by British ships in the carrying trade to California. To him also the British mercan tile interests are indebted for the introduction of the bonding system, and many ameliorations of the Ame rican tariff, which have proved beneficial to British interests. He is considered the Huskisson of Ame rica, and is favourable to reciprocity. The banquet on this occasion was of the most re cherché description, and served up a la Busse, in ac cordance with the instructions of that useful little manual, " London at Table." Mr. Radley is known to possess the largest and choicest cellar of bottled wines in the world, and the Mosell e cu p an d Cham pagne flowed in abundance, It is now admitted by London gourmets that Liverpool clear turtle is the genuine " get up," and on this occasion the prece dence was asserted in the elegances of hospitality, as well as in commercial eminence. Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., was to have taken the chair, but owing to indisposition that gentleman was unable to attend, and William Rathbone, jun., Esq., president of the American Chamber of Commerce, officiated in his stead. The Mayor of Liverpool (Thomas Littledale, Esq.) was unable to be present on account of a previous engagement; the Earl of Derby was prevented by indisposition ; and the Earl of Sefton regretted his inability to be present, having a prior engagement to meet the Earl of Carlisle in the north. Among the company we noticed, in addition to the distinguished:guest of the evening, Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P., James Aspinwall Turner, Esq., presi dent of the Manchester Commercial Association ; J. B. Moore, Esq., chairman of the Brazilian Associa tion ; J. S. Mansfield, Esq., stipendiary magistrate ; Harold Littledale, Esq., Charles M'lver, Esq., E. Arnaud, Esq., collector of Customs ; T. Bazley, Esq., president of the Manchester Chamber of Com merce; G. J. Duncan, Esq, secretary of the American Chamber of Commerce; Miles Bar ton, Esq., chairman of the Cotton Brokers' Association ; T. L. Crittenden, Esq., United States Consul ; R. B. Grinnell, Esq., Robinson Duckworth, Esq., chairman of the Mediterr anean Association ; H. C. Chapman, Esq., the Venerable Archdeacon Brookes, Robert Itanken, Esq., chairman of the Shipowners' Association ; General W. G. M'Neal, Captain Nye, United States Navy ; Duncan Macvicar, Esq., Francis Shand, Esq , chairman of the West India Association ; C. W. 11. Pickering, Esq., Messrs. C. and F. Saunders, W. Stuart, Jacques Myers, John Parker, G. Wilson, George Holt, Washington Jackson, Rowland Edwards, G. A. Brown, Esq., Colonel Colt, and many other distinguished in dividuals. Upon the removal of the cloth, the Chairman pro posed, " The Health of her Majesty the Queen, Du chess of Lancaster," which was received with the greatest loyalty, and followed by the National Anthem. " His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family." Received with evertdemon stration of cordiality and welcome. " The President of the United States of America" was responded to in appropriate terms by the United States Consul, T. S. Crittenden, Esq. The Venerable Archdeacon Brookes suitably re sponded to the toast, " The Clergy on both sides of the Atlantic." The PRESIDENT then said he came to the toast of the evening —the health of their excellent guest ; and, after paying a handsome tribute to that gentleman's distinguished talents and statesmanlike qualities, con cluded by proposing, " The llon. R. J. Walker, to whom both countries are so much indebted for his ex ertions to promote commerce, that great bond of union between the two branches of the Anglo-Saxon family." —The toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm, accompanied by musical honours. Mr. WALKER, in an eloquent speech, replied—lt was not to him, as an humble citizen, now without power or patronage, they paid their honour that even ing, but to the country and policy of the American Congress and to her commercial freedom. The speaker then entered into a series of statistics to prove that America, in reducing her taxes more than one-half, at the same time doubled her revenue. Comparing the high tariff of 1842 with the effect of the policy since 1846, he went on to say that duties had been lowered 50 per cent. ; population had increased 19i per cent. ; tonnage, 47i per cent.; railroads, 452 per cent., and the official account of the first quarter of the fiscal year received by the steamer the day previous, announced a surplus of 4,500,000. High tariffs reduced the amount of exports more than imports, excluding them from foreign ports. In 1828, Ameri can imports doubled the present rate. Their com merce was not geographic ; it belonged to the world, and it was a singular fact that America and England were the only nations whose receipts exceeded their expenditure. The surplus should be applied to the extinction of their debt. Austria, in the last spasm of financial bankruptcy, attempted to regu late the exchanges by policemen. Its protection was essentially agrarianism, reversing the old Roman meaning. The Hon. Gentleman derided the threat of Louie Napoleon, whom he termed the Gallic Lopez. The rainbow peace overarched the Atlantic; and glory, equity, and good faith would halo the destinies ofde proposingpE:e n fTnr g dhh l sae a . and Prosperity America. to Liverpool." The concluded by The CHAIRMAN then gave the following toasts, some s o p f e w et h iv ic e h p w ar e t r ie e s a h pp o r n o o p u r r i e a d teLy acknowledged by the re " The Right Eon. the Earl of Sefton." "Mr. Bazley and Mr. Aspinwall Turner, Presi• dents of the M rv a ela n nn c t hdeer Magistrateses philanthropist, s te t r on wh Chamber icho f always our er Borough,o wforemost Commerce so r a and uaeni hnd the Commercial Association, and Prosperity to the work, independent representativeNeNew York." ork:,o o n f country t he b bench, n or r , e A v l e a r n y uf g a o c o t d u i r aaw i ye n too g i fitGhei:dinr7.nrEee.xsicLlG:e..EllesCcinrittenden, Esq., Consul for the United number of other complimentary toasts followed, S a t n aA c t l e after an eveni ng spent with the utmost con viviality and harmony, th e company separated at a late r. A farewell dinner is to be given to Mr. Sharman Crawf9rd) at It9eladale l OA Friday week. _N 0 V _LI .11 25, TUES A y 1, VE N N (4- . - COBDEN AND THE FREE HOLD LAND MOVEMENT. Last night a large meeting was held in the Music- Longanere, for the purpose of promoting the ex tension of freehold land societies. Mr. Scholefield l'd , .f., presided, and among the gentlemen on the pl. itform were Mr. Cobden, M.P. ; Mr. Locke King, ; Mr. George Thompson, M.P. ; Mr. John Wil Hams, M.P. ; Mr. Sadleir, M.P. ; Mr. Latti mor e, a tenant farmer in Herefordshire; and Mr. Mr. eOIIDEN, in speaking to one of the resolutions, said—At the first meeting which he had the pleasure to. attend in support of this movement, which origi n a.ted with his friend Mr. Taylor, of Birmingham, whom they delighted to honour on that occasion, he remembered stating his belief that it would require sr srne seven of years persevering and continuous at ttsrttion on the part of the people who took an in & a est in the movement in order to realise its practi mei effects. He always expected that the freehold lan d movement would, as it advanced, become less and less of an exciting topic of agitation or discus sio:a with the public, that it would settle down into a coattinuous business-like labour day by day, and week by - week, and that the public and the politicians would not awake up to the full importance of this movement until they were told some day by those tadpoles and taia(!rs who belonged to the political parties, that there wore some counties w hi c h h a d b een altogether wrested from the domination of the old influences, and eman cipated by the operation of these freehold land so ciot ies.—(Laughter and cheers.) Now, it seemed they were very likely to realise the fruits of this m(evement sooner than even be expected, for he was told by his friend, Mr. Taylor, that there was more than one division of a county in the vicinity,pf Bir mingham which was already safe from the clutches of the old parties who had ruled there, and that come an elee ion when it might, the effect of the 403. freehold movement in Birmingham would be materially felt in those quarters.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Cobden) did not look to the realization of those wishes with the view- of establishing any particular principle which he himself bad at heart. He did not wish to be gua rante ed that what the members of the freehold land societies might choose to carry out in the polling booths might be proceedings which he himself wished, nor to presume to dictate to them the course which they ought to pursue ; all he wanted was to see and feel the effects of an independent self-respecting, and self-;acting body of constituents in those counties which had hitherto been coerced and controlled by certain magnates or large proprietors, and where the mass of the constituencies, as they all knew, had no more of an honest and independent voice in the choice of repreeentatives than the sheep and cattle sold in their own markets.—(Cheers.) He therefore would not violate the rule alluded to by the gentleman who had preceded him (Mr. Rogers) by introducing any of his (Mr. Cobden's) views on politics. He was perfectly prepared to take his chance with that description of the people of this country who were likely to be added to the electoral lists by joining the freehold land societies.—(Cheers.) Let them not suppose it was necessary, in order that the full effects of this movement might be felt by politicians, that they should show they were in a position to win so many counties from their present political proprietors as to influence the numerical majorities in the House of Commons. It was not necessary that they should do that at all. There was a lively apprehension of the coming influences of this country which would lead politicians and parties to shape their course in the constituencies with what they believed was going to be the destiny of things.—(Cheers.) It was like what they read of in respect to the use of the bayonet in war. An army surgeon would tell them he bad seen a great many bayonets, but never a bayonet wound; and why ? Because there was always a sort of moral or mental feeling in the breasts of each column of men who were pittied against each other, which told them which side was going to win. —(Laughter.) Therefore, before it came to the final shot in the battle field or the polling booth one side or the other was sure to run away.—(Cheers.) He adhered to the doctrine which he had always ex pressed with regard to the freehold land societies' movement. He knew of no proceeding going on in this country so certain of producing salutary effects on the political action of parties in it as that self-springing moral and economical principle which was implied in the operation of those freehold land societies. It was not merely that they were creating votes. They were creating votes in the only way that would enable that class of the people that were now excluded from the franchise to obtain political power without petie tioning Parliament or anybody else to give them a vote; therefore this was a process entirely of inde pendence, both with respect to the will of the majo rity either in the Cabinet or in the House of Com mons; and the process by which many people were acquiring their votes was one which brought the po pular influence to bear precisely on those parts of the representative system where they required the most aid, and where he suspected they were least likely to effect any very material reform. He believed it was generally expected that whatever might be the fran chise established for the boroughs by any measure that might be in contemplation, there would be a higher franchise for the counties than for the bo roughs. Now, the 40s. franchise was always the cheapest of all, because it required no pay ment of rates. They might be householders or they might be lodgers ; but, possessed of the 40s. fran chise, they need not pay poor-rate, or any other rate. All they had to do was to save 231., 241., or '251., purchase a freehold estate with it, which would pay them better interest than the same amount of money invested in any other savings bank, and they had their vote for nothing. He therefore said, if there were that sturdy independence and that inherent love of freedom which they were told existed in the breasts of the people of this country, there was a door open by which access would be obtained to the very citadel of the constitution, and those wh o once o bt a i ne d admission might help others to follow them.—(Loud cheers.) It was a cheering thing to find his Hon. Friend the Member for Carlow (Mr. Sadleir) endea vouring to introduce the freehold land societies into Ireland with a view of ameliorating the condition of the people in that country. He (Mr. Cobden) did not wish to lay himself open to the charge that they had got a panacea which would cure the evils of Ire land, but he thought the gentlemen who had made those ills their peculiar study, by adopting the prin ciple of those societies, might contrive to distribute among the people of Ireland a portion of that land which was now disposed of under the Encumbered Estates Act, many of whom were now fleeing to other countries, urged by the incentive that there they might possess themselves of land. They were told, forsooth, that they must not attempt to give the Irish possession of land and keep them in Ireland, because that race could not raise itself iu the scale of humanity, but that it must be banished to America or somewhere else.—(Hear, hear.) There was nothing he detested or loathed so much as to hear anybody attempt to close up an argument by the use of that phrase, " race." Why, if the possession of a bit of land was found to have an elevating tendency on the people of every country of the continent, where the land had become the property of the people, surely they might try whether, if the Irish people became the proprietors of each a piece of land, it would not also have the effect of increasing their self-respect, their frugality, and their diligence.—(Cheers.) To talk about the Anglo-Saxon race perpetually was a vulgar species of flattery. Had not the same argu ment been applied by every other race ? Where not the Jews at one time, in their estimation, the only people in the world that were good for anything ? Did not the Greeks, the Romans, and the Arabs, in their turn, arrogate the same superiority to them selves ; and at that moment did not the Chinese con sider themselves the only race ?—(Laughter.) Why, one might think that Socrates, Cicero, Plato, and the great specimens of mankind who could be found, had all been Anglo-Saxons.—(Laughter.) He begged them not to be seduced by such absurd flattery as that. It was a very easy way of getting over the injustice which he thought they had inflicted on the Irish people by stigmatising them as a race. Let them rather see whether by treating them as men they could not make them like other men. He thought it was worthy the experiment to buy some of the estates sold in the Encumbered Estates Court in Ireland, and distribute them in small farms to some of the Irish peasants who were now emigrating to America—many of them with small capitals at their command—in the hope that it might tend to the im provement of that people. and be the germ from which might spring the fruits of industry, while it might beget a body of proprietors who had not yet existed in Ireland, but who might have ,a be ne fi c i a l effect on the w h o l e popul ation.-Cheers. He ha been asked fre quen tl y what were the conditions of the tenure of land in this country ? He said if he found a country where the people were in the possession of the land of that country, that indicated a thrifty and a painstaking people, characterised by forethought and a desire to preserve themselves from sinking in the scale of society. If he found, on the other hand, that the whole of the land, as in the Papal States in Spain, and in Russia, was monopolised by large proprietors, by Church establishments, or by the Cro wn , h e i nvariably foun d a l so , that t he great mass of th e p eo pl e were sunk in hope l ess a n d abject misery, care l ess o f the future, indolent inrai sieg the present, and without the slightest prospec t of He themselves in the scale of society.—( Cheers.) agreed with Mr. Lattimore who had preceded him, the franchise in the contem plated Re. that any extension exten E si i r l of it which did not include the ballot as part of would, in his opinion, be little better than a mockery and delusion.—(Cheers.) He wanted th e ballot, not merely because it was a safeguard for their 40s. freeholders against the influence of their neigh bours, whether great employers or great landowners, or anybody else ; but he wanted it also for its moral effects. They bad seen in France and in other coun tries on the Continent—he held seen it himself in - Spain—the ballot going on where million sof people voted at an election in one day, which wts conducted with as much tranquillity as their Sunday duties in England were performed whe❑ they walked to their parish churches or to their chapels,—(Hear, beer.) On the other band, they could not have an election in a vile dirty little place like Harwich but it was A scene of indescribable confusion during the whole of the canvass, and ended very likely, as it did the last time, in a mob storming the hustings, and nearly run ning away with both of the candidates.—(Great laughter.) After a few more observations the Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amid loud cheers. Mr. LOCKE KING, M.P., and several other gentle• men addressed the meeting, which did not separate' . till a late hour. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND BLACKWALL. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday at the London Tavern for the purpose of con sidering the propriety of raising money for the en largement and improvement of the station at Fen church-street, and for the accommodation of traffio from other railways ; and of uniting with the Eastern Counties Railway Company in an application to Par liament for powers to make a railway from Ilford to Tilbury (opposite Gravesend) and Southend, Mr. J. N. Daniell in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that the advertisement conve ning the meeting would convey to the shareholders a clear idea of the business they had to transact. The great difficulty of the Blackwell Railway Company had been to obtain such an addition to their ordinary traffic as would ultimately compensate the proprietors for the great loss they had sustained by waiting se veral years for a dividend proportionate to their out lay on the undertaking. The first step towards that desirable object was to get rid of the rope traction, to alter the gauge, and to work the traffic by means of locomotive power, so as to admit of trains from other lines running upon the Blackwell line to the Fen church -street station. on the line by th e Doc T k he j p u a n s e s t e i n o g n er ß tr a a il ffi w c ay b . rought Com pany was considerable, and there w e bility that it would continue to in er also h ave th e goods traffic fromtah as e se.e London r wouldo and - North-W e st ern R a il way in the course of months, I N l V a h n i y al o w v eoru theirl d e lbroughtine tto the b goods y the e Dock j statio u n ne t ll Junction c:iydoomn - square. Th ey h a d come to an arrangement with the Eastern Cou n ti es Company, bywhich they t expected that a groat deal o f th e residential passenger that line would b e b roug h t to Pen churchst s r r . e a e ffi t: i o n f consequence of its bei ng more conveniently than the Shoreditch stati on o f the Eastern Coltulleattieed Company. But in order to a ccommodate this traffic it would be necessary to enlarge the terminus, a s th e present traffic at the Fenchurch-street station, wiu. quarter hour trains, was quite as much as they could accommodate. Up to the present moment they had carried 1,500,000 more pasengers than had ever been carried over the line in any year. It was therefore necessary for the safety of the public, and to accom modate the additional traffic, that they should increase the terminal accommodation, and for this purpose they proposed to raise money on debentures. The Eastern Counties Company were to pay the Blackwell Com pany five per cent, per annum on the outlay, inde pendent of certain sums to be paid for each Passenger brought to the station by the Eastern Counties Company. The sum proposed to be raised for improving the station was 60,000/., upon 50,0001. of which the Eastern Counties are to pay a rent of five per cent, for the use of that station, and the remaining 10,0001. was for the purpose of providing additional accommodation for the present traffic. The agreement with the Eastern Counties Company was to the effect that the latter company were to have the use of the Blackwall line between Bow and the Fenchurch-street station on the pay ment of ld. per passenger in cases where the fares for first-class passengers did not exceed ld. per mile on the Eastern Counties Railway, and for passengers with return tickets lid. each. This applied to first, second, and third class passengers, without distinction. For passengers by trains where the first-class are charged at the rate of 2d. per mile the sum paid for each passenger is to be 2d., and for express trains 2id. per passenger. The Blackwell Company is to pro vide station accommodation for the Eastern Counties trains at Fenchurch- street, for which the latter are to pay 5 per cent. on the cost, which is not to exceed on the whole 50,0001. It had been calculated that this sum would be sufficient to provide the requisite sta tion room for the Eastern Counties traffic, which would not interfere with the existing traffic on the Blackwell Railway. This arrangement was not to include any traffic from the intended Tilbury line. He then adverted to the re jection by the House of Lords of the South end and Tilbury extension line in the last session and for which the directors could not assign any rea son, as the Bill authorizing it had been approved by the House of Commons. The object of the directors in promoting a similar scheme in the ensuing session in conjunction with the directors of the Eastern Coun ties Railway was to bring an additional traffic on the Blackwell Railway, and, if possible, to get back the Gravesend traffic they had lost, and which now passed over other railways. If the extension line should be carried out, it would be a most advantageous thing for the Blackwell Company. If any of the proprietors wished in their individual capacity to subscribe to the undertaking, they would have the opportunity of doing so. The proposition with regard to that scheme was to form an independent company to construct the line from Ilford to Tilbury and Southend, and also to es tablish a ferry between Gravesend and Tilbury, to meet the trains to and from London. The whole cost of the undertaking would not exceed 420,0001. The length of the new line, from the Eastern Counties at Ilford to Southend, would be 37 miles. The board of directors for the new line would be constituted of an equal number of Blackwell and of Eastern Counties directors • the shares to be all o tt e d to t h e pro prietors of both companies, one half of the whole number to each ; but in case the Blackwell proprie tors should not take up their proportion of the new shares, the residue to be offered to the Eastern Coun ties proprietors, and vice versa, after which the re mainder, if any, would be offered to the public. The capital to be 450,0001., in shares of 101. each, the de posit to be 255. per share. He thought there would be no difficulty in getting them taken up, as he be lieved the Eastern Counties proprietors would take the whole if allotted to them. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the meeting ap proved of the arrangement with the Eastern Counties Company, and authorized the directors to affix the seal of the company thereto, and to carry the same into effect. Mr. J. Winsoti seconded the motion, and in doing so stated that the arrangement with the Eastern Coun ties would prove very advantageous to the Blackwell Company. Mr. LEVY strongly objected to the proposed eaten• sion line to Southend, on the ground that it would never pay. After some further observations from Mr. Smith, Mr. Saintsby, Mr. J. Wilson, Alderman Thompson, and the Chairman, in favour of the arrangement, the resolution was carried, as was also one authorizing the directors to raise 60,000/. for the enlargement of the station at Fenchurch-street. The CHAIRMAN then brought forward the motical authorising an application to Parliament in the en suing session, in conjuaction with the Eastern Coun ties Company, for a line to Tilbury and Southend ; the capital t. be 450,0001., in shares of 101. each, de posit 11. ss. per share. Mr. LEVY recommended the proprietors to take more time to consider the scheme, and to wait and see what their other arrangements would produce o ant w al a A s N w h s e a t i h d e r ther theye was were n t o o t a k e e t t t e h . e b e t r i a e f s t o, , the T q h u e C est n themselves or t o a ll ow other people to have • Mr. LEVY s a id a ll the North Kent 1 Company re ceived for the Gravesend tra ffic last year amounted to only 20,0001., and he did not suppose that they would get more than one-fifth of that amount, because par ties would not come from the West-end over their line. The CHAIRMAN differed in opinion from Mr. Levy, and explai ne d t h at the 'Eastern Counties Company would take the wholeof the Gravesend trai t at that side of the water, if the Blackwall propn d eta t re i i jected it; and in reply to a question, the subscribers ss. per the Bill should be lost in P ar n a ment o , r t e h state ubscribers to the new scheme would no t . lose should ni be carried into share; but if the undertaking per cent. on their shares. F. effect, they would have the opportunity of receiving 6 , having simplified the the resolution approving Mr. Levy dissenting. the scheme wrys carri e d , quAesltdioenrmbaenforTeKtre luded with a vote of thanks to r m B e N elin M g . , The proceedings conc luded the Chairman. POLICE STBATAGEM..—Strange statagems 828 often resorted to by creditors in pursuit of dishonest debtors. At a meeting at Leeds last week, of a Society for the Pro tection of Trade, one of the speakers related an instance in point. A poor fellow arrived in Liverpool from the West Riding in pursuit of a fugitive, who had carried away 3001. of his money. Ile applied to an attorney, to the magistrate, and to the chief of ,police in vain. Turning sorrowfully away, a police officer offered him a bit of advice :—" Go you to the ship's side to-morrow at ten o'clock —the ship sails at twelve, and ask your debtor ashore, civilly. Will he come, do you think ?" " Oh, yes, he'll come, for he says I cannot touch him." " Well, that's all right. Ask him to come to you on the quay. As soon as he comes, knock him down. I'll be close at hand, and take you both into custody for a breach of the peace. You will get to the police-office just as the magistrates are gone. The next day is Sunday, and he'll have to stop till Monday. You'll have time then to force him to give up your money." The man took the policeman's advice—knocked the runaway rogue down—both were taken to the station-house, and the fellow in the end was glad to disgorge the whole 300/. new given and orderco m for tThehe c onstruction Duke of ofn o Northumberland thana thousand fortable dwellings for the labourers on his Grace's estatea to Northumberland. hs 61 Al°n ~~~.