The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-22 00:00:00

Londo-1;1e:Ty and Enni , ,killen 25 , Do., Half Shares . la, wA(IY, .;car. 4 rer et 2O - ''''' to o 1 - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 - - Manch Ruxton to - , & Matthck 5 - 11141, thr, Sh(Afield, and Li nc .loo - - nit° I ,i Shares (No. 1) ... 25 ...... - - Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - to - Ditto, i 4., Share to - Share s (No. 3)... 12% ...... - - %,.. Ncw 10i. Preference,. 10 ... •• - Di tto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 - to - Dal°, ditto. ..... ..... ........ 20 - ...... to - Ditto, ditto ... - Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 •-•••- - Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 - to - I ) . Itto, Dian. & Lin. Union 44 25.... - Midand.-- -•-• ... .....100 45 3 / 4 4... to 46 ... _ _... Ditto, Con so l. Preterence...100 Ditto, 50/. Shares ..-. ...... 80 - 41i 'liud. iiirm , and Dcrby...loo -••- ...... to - slidtand, Cwis . ol. Bristol and „,13inningham, 6 per cent.... 100 - ...... to - '4ltlland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ..• •• - - Ditto ditto 0 21.75. ... .. - - Ditto, ErewaaiVal., Pref... 50 - to - kidland, Leices. and Swan v ' ll ,•,'lon (8 par et. gua.)....100 -- . - to - ~!dli.mat West ern (Irish) 471 A - - ooddles G bro' and Redcar. 6 11. 1 ) 2r cent. guar. - to - to - `,..c.crale and Carlisle lOO •••••• - „,.uitto Quarter Shares 25 ... .. - - oesviztarket ...... . ..... ~. „23 - .• to - .. to - N Ditto Extension ... Suit. 2/, 1 25. - - \iewPort Abergy., and Terel. 6 R e 6 w w i y one, Enniskillen •••••• 7 . Warren point, and x , ~ost'revor P ' .... 20 -. ... .. to - 1"°1k"° ,•• . . -.. . 100 •••••• - - itto N ... ..... fl ' i . ........ . 15 ...... - ,to - . Poitto Extension ..... 2O - „.... to - to - „,°. Do. 5% per cent "0. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 - ••.••• •_c, Northern Cot:nuts Union _. 4 - to - Brifigh 25 .....• - -• ••• to -1;• - ' - - ••• ...... • Ditto Half Shares .• 12 1 ,4 5%1- to - . Quarters 6 -'•• "• Bl. • - . to --- ~,.. arter• Lit,'llto Thirds to - . tO - Bi , ••• - N,, r ,, , P reference ...... 5 - . -. ti r , S tattordshire.„. .. ...... 17% t.. (>l'th talcs firth cv i , 15% ..... - •••• to - (~..„0 stern ' , xi rd, Worcester, and Wol it:7elbainpton 5O - R(y4,l4lK,bruikild.,& Reigate lb ... 16% X. i t) - 8,,,Zt11 and Ilitchin - a-`"Sh. Centrai` 25 ... .. 154% .. to - ,',lish Midland .. 2225% _.- ...... to - 8 4 0 r Itto,N ew... '''' ..... - I. i to - b e it w t ' o bnry and Birmingham lq% - ditto, Class B. 8 - to - Ditto' 4 1 .,, ,_, New Guaranteed 8 lthrt r ,'°'lrY and Hereford .. 5 LN -4b 'll'Y and Chester or. W. "fin.) - - hu.itta naive% Ditto... 9 "''' - to - Vtto,Osxvestry lB% - •••• to - Di lit, ( N ., , 1 - . to - u ' ' - ' 7 1.• P II ° 8 Per Cent. Pref....-. 10 - - roPohire Union 6%... .. - ...... to - ` o !,lth D evon 50 ...... - ...... to - B,s_u,ito, Preference ...... By:LI S tatlordshire B% - x.i... to - eh Easterr* 3 204.- to - IP t° ' N °- 2 . -..- ........... ao - - Lito, No. 3.' 3O - to - 1) !Ito, R e ••• - ...... to - Pstered No. 4 lO R I, to, Seri No. 4- • to - ° lth pir P 10 toil ales - a bolt Yorkshire, Doncaster ;„4 - Gooh,. - - 4'441, Rotherham, and B 5 0 °1 ! ( 1 C•D) Gua. 5 perct. 16% ...... - t 0 0 0 E31,, T ; do. (South Div.) 5 - te„Louhor and Ca 1, ,r04,,Q,_ Coal ,- tw N. , L'uo. ..... ...• • 7 8 4 4 „ . 31e Extension p"!'8 Haven Dock and dale''lll'7 to - •••••• ............. •••• 17 % - to:tof IN eol ,.. 10 -. to - etford to ... , and Kilkenny 2O •••*** - - , ert to - andteter,rd and Limerick..... 47%*** ** - '°rd, Woxford,Wicklw • n ear Dublin - ..... to - G lr ,, l'a llY 6 per Cent. Do_ ll-rr lieod - - b„ - ' do. do. - to - w hi t to - y ' i „ ., do. do. ...... .15 ... . - P Wall 7% - to - or te haven , •• to - IN ao , anti} urnsss lB ..... - ,ts , e . l', Qtaines, and South nt,' t s er n•• .., .......... .....- 1 4 - ....•• to ... it tlr„V ine rnet,&Wevinoutki 45 - x. i.... to - Do, B ,7„castle, and berwic4 25 - to - 11 0 IT ' Newcastle Exten. 20 ..... 11 3 x.i to 2 Tfi I.); N. N. E. Pur. or Prof. 8 tett, *•-iettlepool Irk. & Rly. 100 - to - b Au d North'3 • d.. 50 tt (lit% ~ It an lB% % r refereics - 44 t i o It FOREIGN SAILWATS. rid . alien (late Italian ilOoi 4 a3tria n 1 51, ,e - - 0_ 0g.. 4 , i to ..-. '84 41 _and Amiens 2Crj. ••• - „am , ir .° l France (Orleans Ntut lerzo n 20 - x. i. to - , 4 arara. ) "' Ip_ , elli h , ••••.. 1 7 1,4....• ^ - t I;Vorasi t - qb' "uan "314 - x.. i. to - eat itt o .... .............. ..... ... ih.‘,_.,... ................. _.. 20 ..... - ...... to - 110, 1 _ ''"art Peninsular - zu4vcr, a l ° ...... ... ...... .... 105. - to - 'ILe 4 , -'a Sambre .......- 7 1 1 e - to - ad VA.-- - to - N ttsb° '• r •- g 10 - - - ..rid _, ,:;.! .............. .... 2 •• • k‘lllu r 4 ' Valenti& ;', ( 411 1 4 dldea.e vtl c 'ru of France''' l4/ 85.....1% dis x.i to - 4 4 44 bkrla a„aild Bordeaux ... 7 ...... 2% x.i... to - s‘tits -" O rleans... . 2O - ~.... to -• l'eri and Rouen - hsii & Strasb en . 12 - . ittrl e t , „ .. our.; ..••• •••• to -20 - ,t breaaoriu .il, : i v re 3 1 / 4 to .....- 111411 01 kente I ti t. r g End Pal . 14 - to - , a & , 0 ..... ••••• to - NI, antes ... .. ...... •• 1 $ e_aod 1 1. , , Jurbise, Landen, ...... to - ~,,e4t E., a selt . „... .4 280%.."" -- ....... to - 41 . 4 dera t i3 3tr a i JOINT STOCK BAN KB- • o _riti b a 8 1,,, a - - - e s 'A l '' '"rth Amer i can 50 ••••• - x•Id• to - ttri ll l,3 lo ... ... •••• ~ - 95 -....•-- . .. to - l tld tr ei ... of London.. - •••••• to - $ -0 0? ° Joint Stock ..... lO ...... - ••• ~-• to = l'un an ..• Ittie t „, .„-• IN estminster. 4Nt e r 'fJorincial of Engld. 35 - h‘li t , h 2, aW ........... .... 10 ...-• - - croviil`k.' of Ireland 22% - -..t0 - b• el4l Of Ireland 11 • I tto N - x.div to - ' 1 , 1 04 ,4 -- ,:eyr ..... ....... ..... 10 - ..... Po - tr 4)4 Australi 25 - - , t, ) ..„, a ....... ..... ••• t r '?n of AYr ... • 2% - to - ka li London ........ ...... 10 - add ......... ...... 40 - ...... to ka 1 • MINES. Itka 4° 4.ti • aXican lOO ••••••• - - intrrlaatlitn ........ - - - rr oe •••••• .................. 4 kkat 44 Ran 28 8. - il 44 40 n ge ...... - 1, a n , Iron and Coal '4ll t . " 3 beri t , - - to - h 44 i r .. ................ - taziti. o r n • ................... 12 - - Ditto-IlAnaParial . 24%...... - - e °e•aen i C''' -- 39 - ...... to - p.,,ltt e 84 , an( maba... t'urt (," dOhn Del Rey ... 15 . 1 4 14 %.• to - 14Ottr ei P'i'er ........ ..,„... 40 ei dni ..... .. ........... ..,.... 20 1 , 11 0, - 13 4 1 4-1 4 ,Tite, Unregistered - . - ...... to - •"0,11, 4 . 1 `•:k ‘ Debentures - 14tier," D ebentures ..... .... - 4 it e l u de Cub - LL'Zican a. 28',i - .... to - _ . 0 v • - 14 " -1 • r8 SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) k id bo t , z j fine °N,. AN. 22.-Wind at noon, S., light breeze 1,I)% 41 : w ith frost. 1, •ic ee N . .-- i m .._. • ''k. ' J AN• 21 W• d FQ E to S.S.E.-Arrd. . ti , liasland, New Zr•aland; Sydney, White, Syd ''ill "? South d' Charlotte, Lyster, Calcutta; ttli 3 Il n - am -13 ro, Harding, Mauritius; Rose of Aberdeen, I tz, rx °r Aberdeen; Juliet, New York. 0, (.4 0 11 :, ° ?L, JAN. 1.-Wind S.S.E.-Arrd. Rosen- Obri - ' °L ng,- Bahia n ; Rafael, Brown, Paraiba. 22d, o k il •a steamer, Boston. Sld. Dublin, Calcutta ; 1,4ra0,:,f Wellington, Rio Grande; Iris, nayannah; 11 0 id :: charle,ton ; Augustus, Baltimore; Selma, 4 ,,, 1ie0 1.87 a; Sail or;Barbadoes - ; James Hunt, St. Thomas; CPir t o ' e r, Cuba; Amelia and Mabel, New Orlean h s; h - tao r „ - oean and David, Mobile; Express, Savanna ; r 00,,,,;? Philadelphia; Princess, St. John's, New e ° let'. SRIiW,hEPLJAII• 21 .-Wind E.S.E.-Arrd. Ann Black, L kii tzt, . ict ,u. 56 (lo NEt ".-Ar r d. S tranger, o f Dublin, Berbice, for () tv to, ni, l' olt 13 ts x 1tro wrox.-Ju s ti na , C a p e o f Good Hope. 'Po „T r ill, JAN. 21.-Wind S.G.E.-Off port, Ft - t b 4 47, atastertOil, Bombay. '141141s:(11.Tif•-Arrd. Jessie, Coysh, S. John's, New ,44013T J l'it L eon ll, ..t.n. 2 1.-Wind E.N.E.-Sld. C, ncorAs, I I .it k , , ; John Calvin, California. 4.)0o, li t3 l ll, strong.-Arrd. ,j,"t B,,,,,,' r ' ( ''r. Si, anghee • Charlotte Rio Janeiro. '4l. -'". JAN. 20, -Wind N.W.-Sld. Rolla, Rio I: '° Pi, 0 °e!: 1- k sit (i bi "AN . - 21.--A brig, apparently Swedish, 0 4 t ql ql.t.ur'elz ( iutbido end white inside, with a yellow - 4 , enecid, dismastecl wator-logge.l, and a,ban t Vii a 1 p as , , li t 0 py tsT • ed 511 inst. 45 N. 12 W. 4 P,, 0 °P r, JAN. 21.--The Union is on shore en I,,,, ° .,°'rri A r ,, 4 ' s ' l Tea ans. lo ' 41 41, h ' P 'rem, JAN. 21.-The New Forest, from qtttr d. ,as Put in with loss of mizen-mast and starboard 40. d, Put having been in contact with a Dutch X Alt d ~,t KlT''fit NE,WS.—( THIS DAY.) i •ri l zray trittlitES. k 110 F IKLr i it.• 'cirri; 31 s a . ' - .Leaclow flay, 2/ lOs to 31. 10s; Clover '' - I. ° 4 1 10s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 8s per k-tr 4 dull lit' blet, trade, at barely last week's rates. 1 0 1 ' 4 5 . 3/ sl;4tt").-Meadow Hay, 2/ 12s to Si 12s; Clover 145 4 ,toth s r , 41 8s ; and Straw, 11 3s to 1/ 9s per i,v tion, ia,Y and Straw moved off slowly, at our k`l ttta ,„ ' •Oy - -% , •et t 40 41. 1t, rlitt o ,t, 1 .• - Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 lOs ; Sn,, ; '" 53 to 4/ 12s • and Straw, 1/ 2s to 118 s per ti a l geed, and trade! dull. 'to s t l ar t lg o • 11 COLONIAL. .. , cte hh d e sales of llntish Plantation were limited t4" t r e t . .t! jo vsliabtliprevious rates. 10,140 bags Mauritius "is 6 ,pUrth B f " 'ah' went off without spin', but about 11 4 b i ` fir .i.el,"nd buyer s at full prices, from 37s 61 to 14, 4 own . '" ( I ,v l '• 378 to 393 for grey, and COs to 34s 6d Z 5 t ' 13 ` -i t 7,300 brgs Bengal also offered by auc vat, " 43, 4 5,000 sold a* , ~,, LP. , 5 the Ben a , _ , extreme rates; !l'as 1 ,00 0 ~,..is it:der being held above the market ie pci"kitity of . Porto Rico sold privately at 215. ,e4est 4,, British Plantation lanckd last week at 41 1 i l f ir h"„ 14 keks was 86 hhds 1 tierce ; there were 1441;:',111.'41,r,_"nsumption 1,413 Wirt', 142 tierce:, 0 , 1 ,65, t i ,. ,'P gt tin tl - e sline places i• 10,094 tllo;:tlct...,:ees, 2,3 burrelt. "° 8104 t!'9 t fel.ttlEtrket is qui et, and in the absence of aniactione are unimportant. Rum.—Tlle quantity I.::nded last week at the East an 1 IT,st India D.,,eks - ,vas 160 puns 183 hhds; there were tikeu f)r hums cu):puti4tion 305 puns 12 hhds, and exported 49 puns 26 hhds. The stock in tho sumo places is 19.814 puns 2,316 hhds. Ric E.-330 pockets Bengal lmind buyers at 83 6d for very low whit,. SPICES.-230 bags B . v.ick Pepper realised 4 , .1 for fair brown Batavia being an advance ufli to s l per lb. SALTPETRE.-700 _bas-s 13eng.,1 sold at stiffer latep, viz., 26s 6d to 283 fur 94 to 6 per cent refraction. TALLOW.—P.Y,C. is 393 per cwt on the spot, and Town 41s, TEA.—The market is firm. T H E LAW INTELLIGENCE. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) THE BRAINTREE CIILTRCII-PATE CASE.-GOSLING V. VELEY. This long pending case, 'loch has excited so ninth interest, came on fir judgment this morning. Toe judges present were Lord Chi( f Justice Wilde, Mr. JmCce Cresswell, Mr. Justice Maule, Barons Parke, Alderson, Rolfe, Malin., and Platt. Their Lordships not concurring, read their judgments serlatim. Mr. Baron PLATT, nfcer golng through the facts of the case, and reading some extracts from the judgments ot the Court of Queen's Bench, obierve t, that two que•- Lions had been raised, to the consideration of which the attention of their Lordship, sitting in error, had been specially called. The first was, whether the rata had been properly made. The next, whether the plaintiff was liah!e to the payment of his portion of the rate. Atter the most careful examination of the arguments and aliborities bearing on the cave, he (Baron rititt) was of opinion that the rate had been properly made, and that the plaintiff, being a person having property in the parish, was liable to his share of such rate. Mr. Justice CnEsswELL said he s as of opinion, that if .e lodgment cf the Court of Queen's Leach ought to be affirmed. _ _ _ Air. Baron ROLFE was of opinion that the judgment of the Court of Queell's Bench was erroneous, and stvAild be reversed. The imposing ( f a church rata was an act c f legislation. The ques tion was not whether the parishioners should make a rate, but what should be the amount of the rive. That was clearly a matt‘r to be decided by a majority of the parishioners. He could not consider that a valid rate which puni,hed the majority, because sanctioned by a minority. For these reasons he thought that the judgment of the Court of Qaeen's Bench was wrong, end should be reversed. Mr. Justice MAIILE observed that, by the ancient law of England, the parishioners were bound to keep the church in repair. Even though a majority might ob ject to the rate, still a minority might make a valid rate. His Lordship was, therefore, of opinion that the lodgment of the Court of Queer's Bench should be affirmed. _ _ _ . Mr. Baron ALDERSON was also of opinion that the rate was valid, and binding on the whole of the pa rishionere, though made only by a minority. For this reason he was of opinion the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench should he affirmed. Mr. Baron PARKE, after going over the facts of the case, said he was clearly of opinion that the judgment of the Court below ought to be reversed. He w as of opinion that no rate was valid which had not the concurrence of a majority of the parishioners. Lord Chief Justice Winnr, having referred to the law applicable to the imposition of church -rates, said he was of opinion that a valid rate could only be made by a majority of the parishioners; he therefore came to the conclusion that the judgment of the Court cf Queen's Bench should be reverses'. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) A COUPLE OF MISCREANTS.—John Malden, a plum ber, residing in Coleman-street, and Nathaniel Lukins, a gentleman's servant, residing at No. 19, Albemarle - street, were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with meeting each °tie; to commit a nameless offence in Hyde -park. It appeared from the evidence of Police-constable A 244, that about nine o'clock cn the previous night he was in Hyde-pArls, watching some loose women, when his attention was called to a° prisoners, who were st inding together close to a tre within a few feet of the foot-path. On going up t) them, he found them in such a posi tion as to leave no doubt on his mind of their filthy in tentions. As such scenes had laVerly become so preva lent, he took them both int ) custody and conveyed them to the station. The defendants said there was not the least truth in the constable's statement. They %lent to the tree for s certain purpose, when the constable came up and took them to the station. Mr. BINGHAM said he had no doubt i f the guilt of the prisonurp, and committed them both fur trial. SONG TO BE SUNG BY THE RUSSIAN FOUR AND-A-HALF PER CENT. BONDHOLDERS ON RECEIVING THEIR FIRST DIVIDEND. 'Tis nothing to us if the Danube t e red With the innocent blood which the Cossack has shed; And we are not concerned if the loyal and brave, Have fallen on the hanks of the Theiss and the Jave. For though oft denied by the sages of old, There is nought upon earth has such virtue as gold; And many wise doctors most truly have said That conscience should never nstiein us from trade. We cared pca to see those wild Servians rebel, \•cr the Croats break loose like legions f hell; And we don't care a snap of our finger and thumb, If patriots be shot to the sound of the drum. For our own coffers are full and our harvest is in, And when we are attacked 'twill be Limo to begin; And if while the sun is still bright we make hay, We can hoard up our gains f.)r a rainy day. We care not. though Hungary's maids were defiled, And Sclavonians destroyed all her women with child; Though the widow were slain with her orphans around, And the wife with her husband lay dead on the ground. For our fleets rule the seas, and we do not fear Either Jellachich's sword or the hotti of the Bear; But ravishers, thieves, and murderers pay Lost, Since the fruit of their crimes they spend in the West. And we will not cry shame should they tear from the breast The suckling at Haynau's relentless behest; if the daughter who duteously stele to relieve The wants of her father may hope no reprieve. For our offspring fill fatten on Hungary's spoil, And gold has a taste far sweeter than oil; And Muscovy's government is far the most free, Since it gives fire per cent., while England pays three. Though the merciless buteber together would slay The maid with the lover she will not betray;" Though the flames of Czangrad have lighted the sky, And Turkey laid waste we soon shall descry. Our armies are strung, and our cliffs round our land Keep I ack the invader from t mching our strand; Let our stomachs with beef and plum-pudding be full, And the Eagles may wave o'er the towers of Staraboul.f Lit Auttrian zealots the Testaments burn, _ The true Ruse c f Faith is " a penny to turn;" And though Israel's sufferings the despots renew, On the plunder shall thrive both Gentile and Jew. Let the slave-holding bigot then rule the Levant, Let Odessa the trade of our merchants supplai t, Let Hungary's clergy be hanged at each shrine, We'll drink to ti.e Emperor in stolen Tokay wine. PEDRO TRANASSES VALDEZ. 4, Kingsbench-whlk, Temple, Jan. 18. PROVIDENT' CLERKS' MUTUA L LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Yesterday evening the ninth annual general meeting ef the members of the Mutual Benefit Depart , ment of this laudable and excellent association was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. Mr. It. 11. Jones, the chairman of the board of management, occupied the chair, and was supported, right and left, by a large body of the managers, among whom we noticed Mr. J. W. Welch, Mr. J. C arise, Mr. A. Dawson, Mr. James Lintott, Mr. Ratray (actuary), Mr. Stnee, Mr. Maitland, and several others. There was also a large number of members present. The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. P. IL Byrne, the secretary, to read the report, which he did as follows : " The board of management, in pi eqseting to the members the ninth annual report of the affairs of this association, have much pleasure in communicating to them that a considerable increase has taken place during the past year, both in the number of policies taken out and in the amount of assurances effected. "In the last year 568 policie s have been issued for 115,8651, the annual premiums upon which are 3,242/.; 57 proposals for assurance have been declined, and 62 proposals are deferred, withdi awn, or waiting for further information. " The business for 1849 has consequently grertly ex ceeded that of any year since the formation o: the asso ciation, and is an increase of 134 policies for 30,755/. over the prosperous year of 1848. " The annual premiums payable in respect of the policies in existence, together with the dividends on in vested capital, now amounts to 11,6251. " It is satisfactory to the board to be able to announce that, during the 3 ear 1849, thew purchased 5,0001. stock, and that t".e total amount in the names of the trustees, on the 31st December last, was 20,0001. Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. " The total amount of claims arising from 20 deaths during the past year was 3,850/. The severe visitation of the cholera and diarrheas, by which this country was affected, augmented the mortality amongst the assurers ay four deaths, amounting to 1,300/, but it is satisfac tory to know that in proportion to the number of mem • hers the above claims are less than could have been an ticipated. " In the course of the past year deputations from the hoard of management have visited Birmingham, Man chester, Liverpool, and Edinburgh, on the subject f agencies and the general affairs of the association. The deputations were most cordially received by the princi pals of many of the leading mercantile and banking firms, and the business has since been considerably increased. " The board are happy in having bad the opportunity of making known through such means the peculiar ad vantages of this association in these important places. In accordance with the rules, the undermentioned gentlemen go out of office by rotatior, and, being duly qualified, offer themselves fur re-election: Messrs. John Clarke, Alexander Dawson, James Lintott, and John White Welch." " The board having, at the special meeting of the Bth February, 1849, given a pledge that the auditors should be elected by the general body of members, considered that as the time of carrying out that understanding a good opportunity presented itself of making some alterations in, and additions to the rules; accordingly, at the special meeting of toe members held at the London Tavern, on the 2d of January, 1850, various other alterations and additions were proposed by the board, and approved by the meeting. These alterations were certified by Mr. Tidd Pratt on the 14th instant, and consequently are now in force. One of the most important alterations was to mum-, ace the amount to be assured on any one life from 1,000/. to 2,000/. "In order to give every facility to the extension of the business of the association the board have determined to adopt a table of premiums for assurances not participating in profits. " On previous occasions the board have directed the at tention of members to the important privilege they pos sess of nominating any party to receive the amount of their policies free of legacy or probate duty, or any other expense whatever; and they would again strongly re commend all parties, who have not already done so, to avail themselves of the great advantage they possess under the Act of Parliament, and at the same time to make it known among their friends to the greatest pos sible extent; the managers are safsfied that were the peculiar advantage thus enjoyed by this association ge nerally made known, it would lead to a great accessioa of business, promoting the it terest of the association at large and of every individual member. " The board also direct the attention of members to the importance of having the age admitted on their po licies at the time t. f effecting the assurance, or as soon after as possible, by which much ulterior inconvenience would be saved to the members or their representatives, and the business of the office would be greatly fa cilit sled. " The board, in conclusion, whilst congratu'ating the members on the successful result of the operations of the past year are, nevertheless, fully impressed of the neces sity for coatinued and increased exertions, and they call upon the members generally to co-operate with them in promoting the business of this excellent as- sociation." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said the first thing that occurred to him was mutual congratulation that they had been spared to meet again on this occasion, when twenty of their members had been cut off during the past y ear; this was the ninth time the board of management had had the agreeable opportunity of presenting themselves before the members, on all occasions receiving that hearty co-operation which he thought would be ex tended to them on the present occasion. They would observe by the report that the directors had greatly increased their business during the past year, out of all proportion to former years. To what cause to as cribe that it was rather difficult to say. It was re ferable to a variety of causes ; hut the managers had, during the past year, . used no small exertion in various ways to accomplish what, he was happy to say, ,was so favourable, a result. Whether it arose from advertising, from deputations, from the issuing of something like 16,000 circulars during the past year, or from whatever cause, certain it was that they had made a very rapid progress, and he hoped it would be continued during the present year. It cer tainly bore out the prognostications of the board on former occasions, that this society was destined to become one of great importance ; every day showed it was approaching to that position ; and, although they were all heartily pleased with the great addition made in the number of members, and the amount during the paat year, that was not the only thing that was gratifying to them, it was the know ledge of the many members added to the already great number, whereby so many families were pro vided for, and so many wives, and children, were feeling that comfort which the provision made by so many members had procured for them. These were circumstances which were most gratifying to the feelings of the managers, because they had commenced the association with the earnest desire that it should enable, till then, unthink ing men to make provision according to their means, inure or less, for those they might leave behind them. They had heard in the report an allusion made to the process by which members in their lifetime might, by signing a certain form of nomination provided by the society,:save them selves a great deal of trouble now, and their survi vors a great deal of expense afterwards. It was a simple process by which the probate and legacy duty might be saved upon life policies, and also a great deal of law expense.—(Cheers.) Another important point was the arrangement by which the members might have their age admitted, which would also save an enormous deal of trouble. During the past year deputations from the society had held public meetings in Manchester and Liverpool, among other places. His friend, the deputy-chairman, who was present at. the Manchester meeting, would probably make some reference to it in the course of the even ing. 'While at Liverpool several letters were re ceived from gentlemen in Ireland, expressing their desire to become members of this association, but it was not thought desirable by the managers to extend their affairs to Ireland.—(Hear.) But inas much as there was some opinion expressed by several individuals having the good of the institution at heart, that the applications from Ireland should be enter tained, and he (the Chairman) being at Liverpool, it was deemed advisable that he should go over to Dub • lin and judge for himself whether it would be prudent or not to extend the business of the society to Ireland. The result of his inquiries there was contradictory certainly, but being contradictory it was necessary to come to the determination not to extend their busi ness to that quarter. He would take that opportunity of alluding to a gentleman who had showed him (the Chairman) particular attention on that occasion, and had subsequently written to the board of management; he meant Mr. Codd, the Secretary of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, who was pointed out to him as a gentleman who could give him great information, and who had shown him, as a stranger, the greatest attention. (Applause.) He (the Chairman) would now publicly acknowledge that at tention. The Chairman concluded by inviting the gentlemen present to put such questions as they deemed necessary to elicit any information respecting the affairs of the association, saying he would do his best to answer them, and by moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet.—(Cheers.) Mr. ISELIN, in seconding the resolution, congratu lated the meeting on the f ac t o f th e i r h av i ng 20,0001. invested in the names of the trustees in the Three and-a-Quarter per Cent. Consols. It was quite evident that result had not been brou g ht a b ou t w i t h ou t ex traordinary exertion on the part of the directors. He understood so diligent had they been during the past year that on many occasions the meetings of their committees had been prolonged to ten o'clock at night, and that not merely occasionally, but always. The deputations in the provinces had been extended, and it was only by their exertions, assisted by those of the directors, that the knowledge of the association and the benefits it confers could be circulated through out the country. The resolution was then put and carried. Mr. D FARE moved a vote of thanks , to the Boa r d of Management, end also that the sum of 5001. should be awarded to them for their valuable and efficient services during the past year. Every member would agree with him that the managers of the association were entitled to their warmest thanks for the very efficient manner in which they had conducted its affairs, espe cially when it was considered that they were engaged in business during the day, and had to devote their evenings to the association, in order properly to dis charge the duties of their office. IL congratulated the members upon the very favourable report which hart been presented to the meeting, and said he felt quite confident that a better board of management they could ,not have. The su m o f 50 0 / ., h e t h oug ht, wa s not at all equivalent remuneration for the time and labour which the board had devoted to the society ; but then he knew that they were actuated by other motives than those of emolument. Comparing the expenses with the receipts, they were certainly great, but this might be easily accounted for—the expense of making the association known, and placing its object and advantages before th e public being very consi derable, and indeed such was the benefit of publicity to a young society, that he thought a much larger sum might be expended in advertisements and in deputations to the country. Mr. SHAW briefly seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN said the proposition had been made without his or the directors' knowledge, and certainly without knowing what their feelings were on the subject. They were very much indebted to the mover and seconder for the kindness which actuated them in proposing that they should have increased remunera tion, but they felt that the sum should remain as it did last year ; and he would respectfully suggest that 4001. should be substituted for 500/.—(Hear.) Mr. DEARE thought, as the business had so much increased during the past y ear , i t wou ld h e h ar dl y worth while altering the sum proposed by him. Mr. R. BELL said that 4001. appeared to him to be almost a ridiculous sum t o present to t h e di rectors, considering their great exertions on behalf of the as sociation. He thought th ey were rat h er too spar i ng in the expenses, and the mover and seconder seemed to entertain the same opinion. It was impossible for any office,lowever little the business, to be conducted, at less expense, and they were much indebted to the managers for having such a ridiculously small sum as 6501. set down in the.accounts for office expenses. They all remembered a trite but very excellent ob servation of their old friend Lindley Murray, that the well ordering of their affairs, and not mean saving, was the means by which great fortunes were made. This, he thought, might be applied to the associa tion, and he hoped that instead of limiting their ex penses, as they had done, they would considerably in crease them, for he was assured that the result would be a great increase in the amount of business. By being a little more daring, and launching at a little more in regard to their expenses, he was assured that great benefit would re su lt to the institution. He had great pleasure in recording his vote for 5001. Mr. WELCH said he fully concurred in the obser vations made by the Chairman, and though he felt much indebted to those members who supported the resolution, he thought it would be advisable to allow the amount to stand as it did last year. Let them go on further and increase in prosperity, and then they would, perhaps, accede to the offer which, on the present occasion, appeared to have been made with so much unanimity.—(Cheers.) The sum was then altered to 4001., and the resolu tion was unanimously c arried. The CHAIRMAN said he believed they would seldom find instances in which parties refused to accept w h a t was given to them, but he spoke sincerely when he said, on behalf of himself and his colleagues, that they had no desire on the present occasion to exceed the amount which had previously been awarded to them. Remuneration had never been their object, but, at the same time, they thought that it was desirable and right that they should, on principle, receive some thing for their services. He begged to thank them sincerely for the vote of thanks which had been so kindly awarded to them.—(Cheers.) The retiring directors were then re-elected. The election of auditors, three innumber, then took place by show of hands, the successful candidates being Messrs. Bell, Coleman, and Hooper. Mr. JENNINGS said he had been of opinion that fresh blood ought to be infused into the board, al though he meant not to cast any reflection upon the members who composed it ; bu ts they had s h own so much interest in the association, and displayed so much good sense and spirit, that, he had altered his opinion with respect to them, and now thought they could not have a better board of management. He thought it well to take that opportunity of staling that he had been made the dupe of the late secretary, and had come to the meeting, held some time ago, much prejudiced against the directors, but from what he heard he was so satisfied that the directors de served the confidence of the members, that he sup ported them on that occasion, and he subsequently stated to the Chairman that he had been de - ceived as to the conduct of the directors.—(Hear.) Mr. MAITLAND proposed a vote of thanks to the Press, fur its continued support and advocacy of the association during the past year, and pointed out the great advantages which had resulted from obtain ing publicity in the different newspaper columns by advertisements and the publication of reports. Their office had not appeared in the Parliamentary return, which was copied into the City article of the Times, of all the assurance offices recently established, and though it, strictly speaking, did not come within the scope of that return, the directors felt the import ance of publicity, l and made a statement of their re ceipts and liabilities,' and thus enabled the public to judge of its security and advantages.—(Cheers.) Mr. Pates seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr. SCOTT said—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, as a very humble member of the press, but more especially as a member of this institution—(Cheers) —I cannot allow the motion, which has been so cor dially adopted, to be recorded without expressing my acknowledgments, on behalf of the press, for so flattering a mention of the services which they have rendered to this institution. Indeed, I may say, that the press discharges no more than its simple duty when it employs the vast influence at its command in promoting p rov id en t a n d b enevo le n t i ns titutions of this kind, which are so creditable to our country, since they promote habits of forethought, self-reliance, and independence, and relieve those who laid low energies in fail the them,r ave.— r have the prudence to becom e mem b ers o f t h em f rom a world of anxiety as to the con di t i on o f t h ose near endwhe when death to them when has (Cries of " Hear, hear.") But g , Sir, I rose for purpose— na mely, to offer a so r gges a t n io o n t , he w r p tn hiehpyrt think will be approvedofmomentmoneyamemberfor a temporarywishes of by the dir e ctors, be most a ccep t a b le to the members, and promote the prosperity o f t h e i nst i tut i on. A t t h e pre sentto obtain purpos e t e thoughl o a n of a p os sessed of ample means not immediately available, he must come under the guise of distress to the benevolent fund fur a loan, and even then, a i u t h ds s e - t et a wu n re d i ut i y n t y g , p he he pounds. — ( Hear n dms can.a_y be Ho he at obtain e i, nlena t nr o . o m ff ) l e o r e x raemti excel security, ri l n - . notwithstanding he may be able to offer excel -1 e o r n t e t w . fectly aware that the Act of Parliament under which this society is enrolled requires that loans must be made upon mortgages of real property. Supposing, then, a man who, through the aid of those excellent institutions known as building and investment so cieties, has been enabled to become the owner of a house of the value of 200/. or 300/., why should you not advance him a fair sum upon the mortgage of his property ? (Hear, hear.) If a member has paid 1001. or 2001. upon his policy, and could give good leasehold or freehold security besides, I see no reason why he should not receive a loan to that amount out of the funds of the society. Whilst we have increased the amount of our policies, the qualification of our directors, and so much in prosperity, that I cannot conceive any amount of success which this society may not attain, we have done little or nothing to afford pecuniary assistance to the mem b ers commensurate with their requirements, and with the greatness of the society. It cannot be said that you have not sufficiently ample means wherewith to accomplish this, for your in vested capital amounts to upwards of 20,0001, which realises only three and a quarter per cent., whereas by adopting my suggestion a considerable portion might be made the means of producing 51. per cent., besides materially increasing your business. Why, I could name several assurance offices half of whose business is obtained by this means, and I assure you they find it very profitable, for not only do they get five per cent. for the money which they lend, but one or more policies, as collateral security, two or three times the amount of the sum lent, besides security of the most unquestionable kind.—(Hear.) See how the institution suffers from not acting,on the system adopted:most beneficially by.almost all assurance com panies. As the editor of the Reporter--a periodical which is devoted to societies of this kind— many questions are frequently asked me as to the stability of assurance offices, and as to those most fitted to the particular requirements of the querists ; and, the other day, a gentleman, who occupies an offi cial situation in a seaport town, where the society has no agent, and where, Ibelieve, a good deal of business might be done by an intelligent agent, applied to me to recommend him an office which would lend him 2001. upon valuable leasehold premises. He offered to take out a policy of 500/., and to be come the agent of the society. I should recommend him, and being an active and intelligent man, will, doubtless bring any o ffice, with which he may be con nected a considerable amount of business. I never felt more disposed to do this office a service than in this particular case ; but I was reluctantly compelled to give the business to another office. There fore the society has lost a policy of 5001., a secure and , profitable investment of its money, and an able and indefatigable _agent. The present mode in which the society lends money is very offensive to those who are not in distressed circumstances, but who, occasionally, require pecuniary assistance, upon mnr S ffveco * pst: rercihoesndWeer Though security, for commercial or other purposes. Inough I should be wanting in respect to the society if I did not say, in making this suggestion, that the loans of which I speak have been found most advan tageous by many, coming as they do at a time of . difficulty, and perhaps of danger, and relieving much pain and much anxiety. My suggestion is, that whilst you should pursue the benevolent work of lending email sums, at moderate interest, to members who are in difficulty, you should, at the same time, lend large sums, upon good security,' for commercial and . . other purposes.—(Hear, bear.) j From the disposition which the board of directors have ever shown to meet the suggestions that are offered by the members, I feel confident that if on consideration they find the suggestions I have made . to be practical and beneficial, they will not hesitate to adopt them. Of this, however, I am sure, thet by doing so they will materially augment the business of the society.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN replied that the association could no', under the Friendly Societies Act, lend money upon policies, and could only do so upon mortgages of freehold property. As regarded the capital stock invested in ,the funds, the trustees considerd it advisable to go on till they had accumu lated 20,0001., and that had been accomplished, and, he was happy to say, that since the 31st of Decem ber. 1,5001. more had been invested.—(Cheers.) The directors were quite alive to the advantage of lending money, on the plan suggested by Mr. Scott, and the subject had not escaped their attention.—(Hear.) Mr. WELcH proposed— " That the thanks of this meeting be presentei to the l a r S )i, elhi t br ila n :ush, cz e i isrira k mni . astd , ofiv.i he E ntarmsehml osbytueerqbTosads. valuable aeLanhoe . n ß eaysardeidiwde . s successat,: d agents, thegtr e a thhei rotneai addition adndshofyidanhh, and tohtea E onehi radbdopasadtnqartol obtaining local f, attended latconsulting some solicitors, committees, mo ramenm,me several eohi meeting there foot ingtths :tlanheheic: tnedi, at officers, Dr. Jonas, J. Gay, Esq., F.R.C.S., and e p fo I eanh importance theyieffortsriaeroedi aryl in Manchester was apparent ; many of the commercial houses there employed no less than 100 clerks, and he was happy to say that many of the leading inhabitants of the town had taken a great interest in the association, and he could not avoid alluding specially to the assistance they bad received from their agent, Mr. Langston, and from Mr. Yates, a warm friend of the association. Although the expenses for extending the busi ness in the provinces might be considered large, their missions had been productive of much good. They had received already, in consequence of them, 49 proposals, amounting to 14,0001., and the benevolent department had received donations amounting to 901.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) In many towns they went into they found the Pro vident Clerks' Association hardly known; therefore great exertions to extend the business in the pro vinces should be continued, and if a constant system of visiting a'l the mercantile towns in the kingdom could be k: pt up, he anticipated that much good would be done, provided the time could be spared, for they must be aware that such visits occupied a good deal of time and caused much anxiety ; but, so long as such a course of proceedings was successful, so long should they continue to labour, and the utmost gratification they could experience would be the knowledge of the f ac t, th a t th e y h a d contributed to the prosperity of the association. Mr. Joitaasr had much pleasure in seconding the motion. Having been the companion of his friend in their late visits, and been with him in constant com munication with their agents and medical referees, he agreed with all he had said. Tne motion was carried unanimously. Mr. SMEE returned thanks on behalf of himself and the other medical officers. The office of medical referee was a very subordinate one in a life assurance society, because, if the directors had not by their exertions procured business, they would, as a matter of course, have no lives to examine. Moreover, it would be very little use examining lives, if the ac tuary had not developed the laws of mor tality ; yet, nevertheless, the duties of a me dical referee were in some respects important, inasmuch as each specific case came under his parti cular superintendence, and they were able to bring the facts and statistics which they gathered in the course of their medical education to bear upon the task they were called upon to discharge. And in a mutual office, like that, the experience which they obtained of the value of human life was great on account of the variety of persons they had to examine. They would remember that about that time last year he called attention to the fact that an awful epidemic was impending over this country. That the epidemic was about to visit this country, was to those of his profession a matter of fact from tracing its progress in other countries. By doing so they knew it would certainly arrive here, and he asked them all to get their friends to come and assure their lives before it should visit this country.—(Hear, bear.) He had entered into an examination of the effect which the epidemic had had upon this association, and he was prepared to state that the mortality among the members had not been one-half, in deed not near one-half, of the mortality that had taken place among the best selected lives of all other classes of the community.—(Hear.) This important fact ho could not pass over on the pre- ' sent occasion, because he considered it an extremely remarkable and important one.—(Hear.) They knew that the epidemic proved fatal to those of weak and debilitated constitutions, or which, in medical phraseology, might be termed " lives below the average." From there being so small an amount of mortality in the society, he thought that they might fairly say that the whole of the lives were in all respects better than they bad anticipated.—(Hear.) Before he sat down he wished to urge upon the members not only to induce other clerks to follow their example, and be s come members of the association, but to induce their employers also to do so.—(Hear, hear.) There was nothing like the security and advantage of an assurance office that embraced all classes of the community, and looking at the amount of their invested capital, and to the excellence of the management pursued by the board of directors, he knew of no institution that offered greater ad vantage, or which more deserved the liberal support of all classes of the community.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WELCH bad omitted to state an interest ing fact, that a friend of his, the chief partner in a mercantile house in Liverpool, had informed him that, having examined their prospectuses and read their reports, he was [so satisfied that the society was firmly and securely established that he would assure his life for 2,oool.—(Hear, hear.) At that time they could not, take so large a policy, but he assured his life for 1,0001., and he would increase it to 2,0001. This was an interesting fact, inasmuch as if they could get principals to do likewise, and to take an interest in the association—and they could assure their lives with as much benefit and security in it as in any other office— their businoss would be materially- augmented. Tnus they would not only benefit themselves, but induce those in their employ to follow their example. They could invite with great confidence principals as well as clerks to become members.—(Cheers.) Mr. RantAr (the actuary) returned thanks. He wished to take that opportunity of calling atten tion to the extremely encouraging balance-sheet they had had presented to them.—(llear, hear.) When it was borne in mind that during the past year they had increased their income by 3,5001. from new business, he assured them, after a careful examination of the balance-sheets of numbers of offices in his professional capacity, that it would bear comparison—favourable comparison—with those of many other offices of greater standing. Few, indeed, of them could show the same amount of business—many offices of equal standing cannot do so ; and when, -on the other side, they found that the expenditure had been small, he did say that the whole aspect of the association was most encouraging. Tne utmost labour was devoted by the managers to the promotion of the success of the society.—(Hear, hear.) He could corroborate the testimony given by Mr. Smee that the board of directors were most indefatigable, so also were those employed in the office.—(Hear, hear.) alteration of the rule empowering the directors to issue policies to the amount of 2,000/. was a step in The the right direction, and when it was borne in mind that they possessed the important privilege not pos sessed by the majority of assurance offices—namely, the privilege of nominating others to receive the amount of their policies w ithout le g ac y or pro bate- duty, he did think that that society deserved the most extended support. If gentlemen would bestir themselves they could produce an amount of business of which hitherto they had no idea.—(Hear, hear.) He thought they might by exertion obtain much support from the higher classes. The business was so encouraging, and the expenses so small, that the society could not fail to progress.—(Hear, bear.) The rules were so liberal, and the care, attention, and consideration of the directors so great, that the society must continue to recommend itself to the public. Mr. Bell, Mr. Hooper, and Mr. Coleman were then elected as the auditors for the ensuing year. Mr. HOOPER returned thanks for the honour con ferred upon them. No one, he felt bound to say, had devoted more care and attention to the business of the institution than the Chairman—(Hear) —and theim partial manner in which he had conducted the past and present meeting fully entitled him to th e cordial thanks of the members.—(Hear.) Mr. LLOYD seconded the motion, and said it be hoved him to state that he had had a n opportunity of seeing the way in which the business the hot was transacted. He found the directors , during months, during that dangerous season or , the year, when a fearful epidemic was devastating the popula tion, the board frequently sat till ten o'clock at night investigating t h e e ff it ir si sof the soci ety.--(Hear, hear.) The Chairman, he considered, deserved the utmost thanks.—(Hear, hear.) He regretted the mo desty of the directors would not allow them to take the increased reward that was offered them for their valuable services. had he been the proposer or seconder of the motion he should not have withdrawn it; first, because they deserved it, and, secondly, be cause the society could afford it.—( Hear, hear.) And net only was the Chairman ably seconded by the directors, but by the gentlemen employed in the office. The books were excellently kept, the suggestions made were carried out in such a kind spirit, that he was satisfied no institution was so admirably managed. He thought they did not go as much into the country districts as they might, and thought it well they should hold friendly meetings withi❑ a circuit of five or six miles of the metropolis. The directors should adver tise now in the best periodicals.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he was extremely obliged for that additional mark of their kindness towards himself, and he must always include his colleagues The meeting might rest assured that any hints that had been thrown out in the course of the evening would be attended to by the Board of Management ; but if' they did not adopt them it would be after consultation, in which it might be presumed it had not been advis able to do so. He hoped that at their next annual meeting they would find things going on to their entire satisfaction.—(Applause-) The meeting then separated. • See Haynau's Proclamation, The Sun, August 2. fi Constantinople (Turkish name.) RACES TO COME. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring MARCH. Doncaster Spring War wick l9 Catterick Bridge Northampton & Pytch ley Hunt . Croxton Park 9 'RIL. I Epsom Spring Newmarktt Craven I Bath 23 Newmkt. First Spring 29 AY. Chester Spring Newin. Second Spring l4 Shrewsbury ... 15 Manchester Epsom SummQr 2B Edinburgh Newton Ascot 11.4mpton Newcastle Bibury 26 Stockbridge 27 Newmarket 2 Liverpool. lO NoCingham l6 Stamford l7 Salisbury lB Winchester 23 Goodwood UST. Reading York 2l Stirling Ripon Ihton 7 W ,, lverhan3pton ...... 12 Eglinton Park ... 13 or 14 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 3 Doncaster L•chfield ......... ........ 10 Manchester Autumn 26 OCTOBER. Newmkt. First October. 1 I Newmkt. Second 0ct.... 14 Ch aster Autumn 8 Newmarket Houghton.. 28 ESPRIT DU CORPS.—A very gratifying proof of the generous and liberal feelings which exist amongst artists and dramatists was given last week, when a number of gentlemen connected with the drarra, the fine arts, and the liberal professions, presented Mr. F. G. Tomlins with a very handsome snuff-box, at a small festival to which he had teen invited. Mr. Coyne, the well-known and justly-celebrated dramatist, presented the box, on which he bad had ir.- scribed the Lllovving graceful testimonial :—" To Frederick G. Toralies, this congratulatory tribute, on the success of his Tragedy of Garcia,' at Sadler's Wells Theatre, Dec. 11, 1849, is presented by a few sincere friends. ' The force of his own merit makes his way: A gift that Heaven givis fir him.' Bony VIII., Act I. Scene I." ARCHIBALD BONAR, ESQ.--In our last paper we announced that this gentleman had resigned the office a manager of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, which he has held since tile institut;on of that establishment. On Friday last he was pi Fsented with a handsome gold snuff-tmx, Icing the unanimous tribute (f the various etficets t f ties.criLed as 3 LettAiilotly of their respect and esteem during their official connexion.— Caledonian Mercury. S U N, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1860. THE QUARTERLIES. THE QUARTERLY I?EVIEW. No. CLXXI. Elsewhere we shall have occasion to refer to the two principal political papers in the current number of the Quarterly— the onslaught on " Free-trade," and the elaborate defensive paper entitled " Lord Clarendon and the Orange Institution." Upon the latter especially we cannot fail to have cause for par ticular animadversion, seeing that it is an article not less conceived in a most erroneous, we had almost said in a wilfully erroneous spirit, than it is penned in a most perverse and sophistical mood. As to the other contribution already mentioned, the diatribe against the Free-traders is quite of a character with the pre sent movement of the agricultural party throughout the United Kingdom. Tbat party, from the fussy nature of their proceedings, really appear to be in some sort sanguine cf the ultimate restoration of pro tection. All we can say to them is—we wish ye n may get it ! Before, however, these eagerly desired imposts upon corn can be revived the empire must be convulsed from one extremity to the other with tEe ' mind-quake (as Alison admirably calls it) of revolu tion. And those who would thus resort to the old subject of contention between the various sections of the community are the very antithesis of real conser vatives ; they are, in brief, and in fact, the true revo lutionists. Upon their heads will descend the re morse, and not only the remorse, but the actual re• tribution of the infuriated multitude, in the event of society being driven to extremes by their wilful and most selfish machinations. A theme of more practical utility than that of reviving an obsolete and impossible tax, a subject of infinitely more importance to the agriculturists of England, Ireland, and Scot land, is discussed with much talent, and with remarkable perspicuity, in a previous article in the same number of the Quar terly—namely, the most judicious and practicable systems of drainage. To this contribution we would here more especially direct the attention of the Uritish farmer; and we would do so with the more satisfaction from our conviction that in such argu meats lie the chief means for the restoration of British agriculture to its pristine prosperity. A paper of considerable interest to the ecclesiastical branch of the community immediately precedes this chapter on the science of agriculture, namely, tEe one entering into a careful examination of the in fluence and working of the " Clergy Relief Bill." Those who are partial to the anecdotal records of political autobiography will derive no small amount of entertainment from the gossipping criticism on the memoirs recently published, relating to " Lord Cloncurry and Mr. John O'Connell." The tone assumed towards those authors is as might have been expected, sneering and ironical, yet, through the atmosphere of derision, many shrewd and felicitous observations are discernible, and a perusal of the paper will be amply repaid by proving a source of no little amusement. Foremost among all the contributions to the present number of the Quarterly, however, in point of situation is the ethnological paper treating of the " Natural History of Man," with especial reference to the scientific labours of the late, learned, and lamented Dr. James C. Prichard; and foremost among all, in point of merit and interest, is the his torical article on the beautiful but unfortunate city of " Venice." At all periods a retrospect of the fortunes and vicissitudes of that romantic mistress of the Adriatic is fraught with marvellous fascination ; but at this particular epoch, when we have witnessed the heroic efforts of the Venetians to revive the golden days of their Republic, a reference to its career as a Sovereign State is invested with an indescribable charm. Venice, called simultaneously by Lord Byron and by Lady Morgan, the " Rome of the Ocean"— must always continue to Englishmen a spot con secrated by sublime recollections ; and it was from a sense of this fact that we perused with so much genuine pleasure the fantastic and eloquent chapter descriptive of its appearance in a dream, scrawled off by the pencil of Charles Dickens—a chapter that may be found on reference to his " Italian Pictures." Associated as it is with the poetry of Shakspere, and the romance of Boccacci9, and the despairing volup tuousness of Byron, Venice must always be a region dear to the admirers of genius ; and seeing that the true admirers of genius are always those who can best appreciate patriotism ; the history of its efforts to preserve its independence, and, later still, of its struggles to redeem itself from the political bondage of Austria, must ever be to them a subject worthy of prolonged and sorrowing contemplation. While we are ready to recognise the ability of the Quarterly Reviewer, upon whom has devolved the responsibility of pourtraying the sequence of recent events at Venice, we cannot of course remain blind to the egregious party prejudices by which his otherwise admirable paper is obscured and tarnished. Taking his own comments, however, throughout, cum grano salig, regarding as merely idle words most of his very violent and condemnatory epithets, the paper will be found to be a clear and perspicuous narrative of events from the rising of Northern Italy, under Charles Albert the Magnanimous, to the final ex tinction of the hopes of Italian patriotism by the con quering legions of the veteran Radetzky. As affording materials for the future historian, the Sis mondi of the next generation, this article in the Quarterly will be found to be one peculiarly valuable. A noun FRIGHTENED TO D EAT H.—Oa Thurs day morning as a waggon, laden with coals, and drawn by three horses, was waiting for passage at the Bobbers Mill Gate whilst the gnat up-train of coal waggons to Mansfield passed by, the middle animal of the team b( - came so much alarmed, though v. ithuut displaying any extraordinary violence of manner, that before the whole train, which consisted of upwards of 30 carriages, had passed by, he dropped down and instantly expired.— Notts Mercury. EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Thursday evening last, about six o'clock, a dreadful explosion took place on the premises of Mr. Moffett, 61, John-street, Tottenham-court-road, which resulted in the death ( f a youth named Moore, and the serious injury of a younger brother, who lies without any hope of recovery. The, two unfortunate boys were amusing themselves with supplying a naptha or spirit lamp with spirit, when it flowed over and came in contact with the light, causing an instantaneous explosion. The shop front was set on fire, and the two boys were dreadfully burned. So great were the injuries inflicted on them that the eldest breathed his last on Friday morning at the University College Hospital, and the youngest remains at his fa ther's house without hope of recovery. A CALIFORNIAN YEN TURE.—A Liverpool emer chant, who purchased 5,0001. worth of at 225. per barrel, sent the wholo out to n tenture. The CaliforniaaAmrican flour from this port, where it proved an x barrels sold at 86s. each, andheeecleeared 10,0001. by the transaction.—Liverpool Chronicle. DAMAGE DONE Br GAME.—In consequence of the t enan try under Lord John Scott complaining of the damage done by tho flame to their crops, &c., his Lord detroyed the whole of his extensive preserves i s n hi f hasVarir iek-shire, dismissed his keepers, and given direc tions to the tenants to keep the game down by shooting all that they see on the land in their occupation. D u i llonsE-RAce IN EGY PT. The Oriental Company's stoaa.er Indus, Captain Soy, has left South ampton for Alexandria with the Indian Mail. She had a number of splendid horses on board, some of which, it was stated, were shipped to run against the Pitch» of Egypt's horses, when the c.:lebrated race comes off be tween English and Egyptian hones in Al exan d r i a . CHELSEA PENSIONERS.—Ten men of the Woolwich division of Chelsea rnsioners left Woolwich yesterday morning for Tilbury Fort. where a company, seventy in number, is to assemble, t) prcceed with the next con vict-ship as emigrants to Australia. THACKERAI'S CHRISIMAS BOOR. REBECCA AND ROWE (VA : a Romance upon Romance. By Mr. Michael Angelo Titmarsh. Neither burlesques nor travesties are much to our liking —and hence it is possible that we have failtd to recognise the real excellence of the last effusion of the indefatigable and fastidious Titmarsh—now, to the joy of his friends, a valetudinarian. What has always appeared to us to be the principal merit of Mr. Thackeray as a writer of light literature is that keen perception of the ludicrous, as evidenced in modern society, which he has betrayed most conspicuously in his compositions in Fraser as Yellowplush, and in Punch as the Fat Contributor, in his Snob papers, and in his more pretentious serials, such as " Penden ta" Whenever he has adventured out of this, his peculiar province, as a novelist, he has ever, to our thinking, proved the least successful; and having said thus much, it is almost superfluous to add, that in our .pinion his present" Romance u pon R omance " is very far iudeed from ranking among his masterpieces For ourselves, the mere notion of witnessing a travestie of Macbeth or of Romeo and Juliet—Juliet bein g disguised in red shoes and a pinafore, while Romeo is nabited in the costume of a " gent," with Joinville tie and paletot complete—is matter of heart -ache and chagrin. Therefore it is that site shrink with disrelish from a book that might otherwise possibly be provo ative of amusement—wherein is contained a frivo lous travestie of " Ivanhoe," perhaps the noblest his torical romance of the greatest master in that branch o f our literature where Wilfred of Ivanhoe is described as clad in a wig and spectacles, while Rebecca is doomed to devour dog-biscuits in A back kitchen ; Richard Doyle has in some measure redeemed the book from " forfeiting our malevolence for ever" by 4 exceedingly humorous coloured engravings?: Even the little wood-cut decorating the centre of the ortitabental cover is capital for its ab surdity—represimting " Master Motley" with palette and brush, painieng the lily. Richard Coeur de Lion, in the frontispice, dancing the polka in the most approved fashion of the most snobbish of the casinos, .s also eminently ridiculous —the Jullien of the age of chivalry being of course conspicuous in the orchestra. As a sort of vignette for the title-page, we hale Wamba as Clown, Isaac of York as pa n t a l oon, Wilfred of Ivanhoe as Harlequin, and Rebecca as Columbine—a disposition of characters in the burlesque not inappropriate at Christmas, the season of pantomimes. Richard warbling one of his real original ballads to Berengaria is the subject for another tableau ; but the best of all the illustrations fur grotesque extravagance is that representing the storming of the castle of Chalus by the English Sovereign. The laughable character of the whole sketch is infinitely delightful, and evades all our attempts at description. Several other droll embel lishments from the hand of the same gifted carica turist are scattered through the subsequent chapters. Among the best portions of the letter-press are the rhythmical effusions, of which we transcribe the fol. lowing as a fair specimen : COMMANDERS OF THE FAITHFUL. The Pope he is a happy man, His palace is the Vatican: And there he sits and drains his can, The Pore he is a happy mar. I of ten say when I'm at home, I'd like to be the Pope of Rome. And then there's Sultan Sala3in, That Turkish Solder, full of sin; Ile has a hundred wiles at least By which his pleasure is increased; I've often wished (I hope no sin), That I were Sultan Saladin. But no, the Pops no wife may choose, And so I would not wear his shoes; No wine may drink the proud Paynim, And so I'd rather not be him; My wife, my wine, I love, I hope. And would be neither Turk nor Pope. In concluding our notice of " Rebecca and Rowena," we would congratulate the admirers of Mr. Thackeray on his happy restoration to health ; and, yielding to him first our felicitations on that head, bid him good speed in his after labours, and all success to his " Pendennis." LEILA; or the Siege of Granada. Part I. By Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. A republication of one of the earlier fictions of the most versatile and indefatigable author of our genera tion is hero commenced Published in monthly in stalments, and embellished with the original en gravings, copied from drawings by eminent artists, such for example as Stephanoff, Kenny Meadows, &e., under the efficient superintendence of the late Charles Heath, the whole will form, on completion, a volume of no small attraction and of no meagre interest. Leila herself, the heroine of the story, her Hebrew father, otherwise known as the magician, her lover Muza, the Moorish King Boabdil, his beautiful mistress Amine, together with th e great Spanish sovereig n s Ferdinand and Isabella, and a multitude of minor actors, such as the decrepit slave Ximen—people the gorgeous chambers of the Al hambra, and the lovely scenery surrounding Granada, and constituting the peculiar charm of Andalusia-- apartments and landscapes delineated in such brilliant and matchless colours by the pen that has since written the epic of " Arthur," the romance of " Ha rold," the comedy of Money, and the family picture of " The Caxtons. , No one whose mind is thoroughly imbued with an affection for English literature can fail to derive satisfaction from retraversing the earlier steps of Sir Bulwer Lytton, now that his genius has become more fully developed, and his reputation more widely extended—the study of that extension and development is one which, to ourselves, is fraught with a singular fascination. OUR RAMBLES BY THE DOVE. ADDRESSED TO C. C., IN AMERICA. 'Tis well to proudly tell me of the glories of the West, Of the stream with rapid torrent and the lake with heaving breast, Of the mountain and the prairie, of the forest and the bluff, Savannah spot so fragrant and the jungle dell so rough. I know that there are wonders in your own gigantic land, The gorgeous and the beautiful, the startling and the grand, I know the cataracts are bold, the fields of maize are wide, I know the pines are thick enough to let the lightnings hide; But glad I am to hear thee say with warm and clinging love, Thou thickest of Old England and eur rambles by the " Dove." Prize as thou wilt the banks that keep the clear broad ri vers in, Where panthers drink and light canoes bear on the tawny skin, Be speaking fondly as thou may'st of hills that climb around, And boast of wild-flowers that bedeck the trackless •" hunt ing ground ;" Magnolias are exquisite and humming-birds are choice, And " whip-poor-will" may charm thee with his melancholy voice ; But canst thou quite despise the thrush that whistled on the thorn, And those " forget-me-nots " that wore the jewels of the morn, Canst thou shut out the green below and cloudless blue above, That led us still, still onwards in our rambles by the " Dove ?" Oh, no, indeed ! I know thy land will never chase away The happiness we found in mine on that long, sunny day; I know thy great White Mountains cannot dim the winding steep, That lured us dreamily along to gain the "Lover's Leap." Do you remember how we sat, and tried to find a word That would express the plashing gush of water that we heard ; And bow we watched the alders bend, as peacefully and light As though an angel's wing had passed and touched them in its flight, And how we said that Eastern clime held no Arcadian Grove Of more romance and sweetness than the valley of the " Dove." We were familiar with the place, we had been there before, But somehow on this August day we worshipp'd it the more, And every crag of old grey rock and every wave-washed stone Seemed touched with richer colouring, and breathed a softer tone. That tiny river, how it crept beneath the leafy shade, Where golden perch and silver dace in glancing frolic played, And how it dashed in foaming haste adown the mossy wall, Where granite fragments broke the flow, and made a waterfall, And how we stood with silent joy with hearts brim-full of love, And saw the great Creator gliding onward with the " Dove.' Oh! do not let the mighty , scenes that me e t th y v i sion now Sh u t out ..Th o rpe Cloud' that standeth like a frown on Beauty's brow, Oh ! do not let the noble trees that spring upon P rom pt thee to spurn the brambl e arms thatu ty sod, hugged h us aS we many things to wi n th y l oudest praise, But ld England's w oo d s and dales yet steal upon thy t b ro e d s ; eeing Thou wilt o i lt gaze. Think of our merry travels on this narrow island earth, And own that t\ e have often fo un d rare spots of Eden nbirth And when amid th e vast and fair thy native footsteps rove, Call up our sunny rambles by the waters of the " Dove." I breathed a prayer while straying there (God grant 'twas not in vain), It asked the boons of life and health to seek that place again— It asked that those around me then might share the future joy, The hope was earnest, strong, and pure, God keep it from alloy Write on—and proudly tell me of the wonders of the West, But glad I am that more than once thy spirit bath confessed Affection for our daisied fields, green lanes, and babbling brooks, Our orchards and white cottages, and fairy-haunted nooks, For I believe that thou wilt come with all thy olden love, And let my prayer be answered by the waters of the " Dove. lVeekly Dispatch. ELIZA COOK. MADAME KOSSUTH.— INTe ... have much pl easu r e i n announcing that the wife of Kossuth has escaped from Hungary, and had reached Belgrade on her way to joia hot husband at Shumla.