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',..-• 4 A ., 4, , 1) 1 hi i , ' : ,\• ...... )1 001 1 41 0 '''" '. i . ri : : * s * j:N ‘ ''''o".4‘:-- I •,' ' . 1 I e yi, 4 1 the Archer. -----1_- :._ CITY: ;he Lula e city at SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. REPORT of the PROCEDURE of the TIIIRTY-SIXTII ANNUAL GENERAL COURT of this SOCIETY, held en the sth Mr.roh, 1850. Clerk—George Turner (1847), to the Archer. Tit , . Hon LORD COCKBURN in the Chair. The THIRTY-STXTH ANNUAL GENERAL COURT of this SO CIETY was held in Edinburgh on the sth March, 1850. The Hon. LORD COCKBURN in the Chair. The Manager read to the Court various Statements relative to the - Society's affairs, from which it appeared -Ist, That during the year 1849, the total number of Policies actit allY passed and issued was 600, covering Insurances to the extent of 422,0651.115. • 2d, That the Capital of the Society at 31st December, 1849, was 2 , 1 67,55061.95; Ide, having increased during the year to the • extent of 11 2,9571.165. 2d. • 3d, That the Annual Revenue of the Society at the same date was • 30 0,5371. 193. 6d., being a decrease since last year, arising' from the reduction in the rate of interest during the currency of the yea r . 4tlr, That the number of deaths which had occurred during the year 1849 was 111, the sums insured under the Policies which have emerged in consequence of these deaths, being d 3 117,6 2 1/. 10s., or, with B onus a ddi t i ons, 148 , 8241. 125. sth, That the above sum of 117,622/. 10s. and the number of deaths were in th e ra ti o of 63 per cent, o f w h a t m i g ht have been expected, according to the tables of mortality upon Which the Society's calculation,: are based. The accuracy of the statements read having been confirmed by he Auditor, The Ch airman, addressing the meeting, said, the Manager has now read certain papers, and made certain statements, which con ' taln a faithful exposition of the exact etate of our affairs. Ile to harin g d one SO. I really ant not aware - what I can do to add either I Your information or to your consequent confidence in this Institu tion. Your:confidence mast de; end en the "facts" youlhave heard ;torn him ; and were it not the usage that the person who occupies 'the place which I have the honour to occupy is expected to make some address, I think the most judicious thing I could do wou!d be do maintain silence. At the same time, however, it has often oc curred to me, and it eccurs to me now, that perhaps a recapitulation n a q u iet way, and i n ord i nary language, of the almost technical ,atatetnents made by the Manager, may sink more deeply into your and be, more easily carried away—(Applause)—and there fore allow me to rec a ll t o you a few of the leading facts which you Kaye now heard.—(Renewed applause.) One of the fi rs t ofthese—at least the one that leads me to consider %beremark I have to make first—is one that I was not aware of myself till very recently, which is the view exhibited of the pro gress of this Institution by our mere numbers. I do not here speak of the sums insured, of our investments, of our secti 'elties, or of anything of that sort. Look at our mere numbers. I know no better te s t of a society like this being well managed,—of there not only being no suspicion in regard to it: hut that public con deuce has been always on the increase, than in the increase of the Umber of its interested members—of members, I mean, who have Itoo interest but pure selfishness —who are ,ms anxious as men can Fe . _ protec t themselve s from misconduct, in order that, e!l'nneonalY detected, it may b e timeously correcte d . N ow find that in the year - 1815, when the Society was instituted, we began tvith a small-nest - egg of 49 members—(Laughter)—and it did , not look well for the year 1816, that the eggs laid then were only 17. 'the er (Renewed laughter.) I also find that durine the first six years of Society's existence, 219 were the- sum fetal of our chickens.— strikes me is the great caution with which the lives must have been selected; for of the 49 members who were admitted in 1815, 35 lehar sago, eleve n st i ll remain upon the books, after deducting many .o urr endered their poli c i es, and who, for aught we know, may b e 'flug still. Then, of the 17 who joined them in the year 181 e, after ;tneducting many surrenderers, there are still three upon the books ; tnadexofisttleinee2, nearlyl,2mvhejoined the soc i e t y dur i ng t h e fi rs t s i x year! of 60 surrendered their peleles, but 49 still survive. (ap p la use.) These se em t o me to have been well se l ec t e d li ves .— (Hear, hear.) And the remit now is that, at the enol of 35 years, the number of our members amounts, not to one thousand, nor to two, : l i o x r t t h o oo th ,a re n e d ,n_o ( r A t p o pt i , am t z ) „nor to five, nor even to six, but to above Mired lives. Front this fact I W it e mfe b r as n e oth o inl batbmrtheiss—ixhthaotu, since smnd w in o - hare se many jealous but uncomplaining eyes prying lute us, I pre sume that we cannot he an ill-managed body. T he Business done during the year 1849, after deduction of several Polities which were cancelled, amounts to above 422,0001.; that is lo gay, that l ast year the Insurances which we effected amounted to that sum. The number of Policies on these insurances amounts to 600 , being; at the the average, ever all—which, I am told, is a high ° ne-eof no less than 7001. on every policy. The Capital h as i ncrease d d ur i ng t h e year th a t i s now c l ose d b y nbove 10 0,0001. ; and the total Capital that we omen now amounts to 2,167 ,5061.; that le to say, in r o nnd numbers, which will be f ar more easily remembered, considerably above Two Millions of money.— (Applause.) • -- 'The statement that we have above Two Millions—that is to say that we ought to have it—would be a very idle one, if our funds *ere not-well invested ; many a man thinks he has, and he ought to bays it ; but when he comes to grasp it it eludes th e c l os i ng h an d ; and, therefore, it is of vital and all-Important consequence to be told In this place, that of our investments, so for as we have 1 hese in discovered, We have never yet made a single had Dire.—(Applause.) rit I vestments are, for the most part, laid out on real seen y— mean Within Scotland, the best country, in my belief, for real security, in Europe ; and, besides this, a large portion of our capital is invested What better loans to the members, upon the security of their policies. better security can there he than that?—(hear, hear.) A member When he dies is our creditor, say fur 1,0001. ; and he asks for a loan orSoot. ; if the policy be of equal value, we lend it to him, because We lend it to him out of his own money. With such a security we tan, advance it ; and we are as certain of its return as he is that h e nes claims upon us. Part of these two millions is laid out in Bank Stock —I mean stock of the chartered Banks of Scotland and the Il ank of England, which I believe is as secure as can be. There is not a penny of it laid out In any Bank Stock of which a single individual in private life entertains the slightest doubt. A little of our capital is laid out in redeemabte annuities, which, by the law of Scotland, as we all know, fall under the class of advances secured under real property. Some of it is laid eat on tallway—mark my next word, for this first one makes many people tremble—(A laugh) —some of it is laid out on railway de bentures.—(Applause.) Not one sinslo sixpence of it—if there was latatftahzritnhing of it, I w ou ld t e ll you h onestly—but not one single to of it is invested in railway share s . O ne f ac t w hi c h I h ave state is one which, above all *the's, testifies the solidity of these Investments ; and it is, the regularity and the promptness with Which the interest on the loans is invariably paid. Wherever an in vestment is not met by regular payment of the interest, let the creditor begin to tremble. Now, wills us, we have never found the least cause for fear or doubt. The interests, I understand, are always paid almost within a day of the time. The result I draw from all this is, that nut only are these investments good. but that they are so good, that better could not be obtained. My belief is, that it these investments were all now thrown loose, and the Di recters were required to retrace their steps, and to get good securities, they could, and therefore they would, do nothing but recur exactly to the securities that they have already obtained.— (Applause.) Tho six thousand members of this Society have laid by above two millions of as well -secured money as can be secured in this world. Our annual rev enue h as decreased from the recent fall of interest du ring the last year, but it is now above 390,500/. The stun total of What we have insured amounts to above Six Millions and a Half. _.. The !heydeaths in 1849 are peculiarly instructive. In the first place, i 7. amount to 11I—a great number, and to be accounted for only i,l/Itoh)revalent pestilence. But yet though they amount to probabilitiesy "e Only sixty-three per cent, of our calculated ‘,_ ;—that is to say, that our system is founded on that, calculation that there would be 100 deaths, while instead of there have been only sixty-three, leaving thirty-seven per cent, over and above f or the security of the Society.—(Applause.) Of the 111 who h ays died —let th e upper ran k s think of this fact-24 have f ation w allen by choler a , it is commonly t h oug ht th a t thi s i s a vial lhich afflicts only the poor and the destitute. I dare t sa i y ro it . mallets them first, and worst, but it is by no means condfinfreodmo itn lasi Ter we heard it to-day stated, that of those who d :rear connected with this society, one individualas insured for / f o u r Z i 'r n i q., One for 4,0001., ore for 3,0001., two for 2,0001., and i i r ol ., and that the whole twenty-tour were insured for something — ' e 27 , 0 001. ; and therefore you will observe that these, apparently Periodical visitations , The Minds of men in all classes. ought to strike a lesson of prudence on the sums pail by us since we began in 1815, are above 1,164 ,0001. ; and this is a fact with which I was much struck. We 'lave distributed above eleven hundred thousand pounds. We have telieved to that extent the families of those members who trusted 14 ; and the example that was given by the manager so technically, tend with such proper brevity, of One benefits of this Institution, abade a great impression upon me, as I have no doubt it did upon ' t he meeting. 'I he case I refer to was that of an old member who tiled abroad last year, and who had insured three times, each time fer'l,oool. Well, be dies, and he has claims upon us for 3,0001. cer lain. But besides that, his representatives will receive considerably lAbove 2,0001 • as a Bonus, , This, upwards of 5,000/. is secured to his nt, iIY ; and, even after paying that, the Society was plus nearly 001.- (Applause.) . ' T he. next matter which I have to state is, one for whleh lam very T.- 4- ` ,11 1; and it is, th a t we h ave h a d u p t o thi s d a y, no litigation.— (tolughter and applans.s) — ow. What I have stated are the material facts ; and what else - beed I say ? It is not my business, and I am sire it would be no zirct:listirtion to you, if I were to boast of the excellence of our system, grt:ataess of our success ; and still less would it give any satis- Yoe if I were to do that from which every respectable So yt et will for ever abstain —that of attempting to raise ourselves by a 'contrast or comparison, or even by an allusion to kindred Institutions. siel ) P la ale4 I have stated thefacts ; and having done so, I can do no bx tre:t.rylt,i,ls,!:;),,,•olutitto judge how your affairs have been managed, and you those resolutions or judgments which the Za e t ments you have heard are calculated to produce. My inferences ..14‘ivmhoeterhe.ly two. It seems to me, in the first place, that this is a Society we may have perfect confidence.—(Hear, hear.) My belief 27an ma ering as I do something about it, although not so much certainly t h a t irny others is, that our confldence,in it may go to this extent, we were to begin our career again, with the experience which We Ilavt ac !red, I kno w many ways in which we might act differ *.jsin__ /3, but Ig k i now no way i n which we could do better.—(Applause,) walists have often amused themselves by speculating about what I t s ,Loast o s e t o would do, if h e was again to become a boy, with all the expe- Zl::14..1 _ his ma nhood. If this S oc i ety were to do so, I seriously fi rmly believ e th at If we were to begin our career in 1815, with experience which we have gained between that time and the :Year 1850, we should walk in the very paths, - nay in the very ,Th ruts by ' which we have reached our present state. M other 'lifer , ee--- although it is something very like repeating the same sermon i brice—is, that it is the duty of all of us to do all in our power to ProPagate a knoss ledge of this Institution, and still more to propa gate a knowledge of the great duty, in this precarious life, of tooeel%Pres_ervatiby isurance. Some people talk as if there were rmany societies of this kind. Ido not agree with them ; and I Perfectly certain that, if the public, and ev ery i ndividual in it, ;776Si2r_s adequat ely impressed with the Importance of insuring their , there w ould net only not be too many, but It would be found ,s at there was perhaps a great deal too few.—(Hear, hear.) The !meat thing is to get the hetohmmunity steeped in the conviction that practise ll the great duty of pru t'beie la no way in which 'den so well as by life i nsu e ra y n e c ' e u !' en ar.e convinced that pru _eeee is a virtue, but all men are men that there is no t erra In which that virtue can be pan with so small a present ea erlfice. contrasted with so great en ultimate reward. "you want ouyowuhmeruestyeu are to llnd them. any examples of this, I can tell You are not to seek for them here, among the families of those who have been bereaved, and amongsto whom the society has Go into already distributed greatly beyond a million these families, and ask them what they thinknofolifferainTureYa.nceG. Will tell you that instead of thinking it unreasonable and useless, thcii only pang, even at the moment When they are experiencing the blessings of life insurance, is, that the head of their house haul asst Gentlemen, it te a greater extent. Therefore, what you have to , Gentlemen, is, in your various spheres, to urge this duty upon :your friends —to urge it simply uon tir es' tw.o grounds, that no man can avoid death, and that no man fixcanneseperiod ;but that in aurance is a science which, out of individual its P eularities, extracts laws of general uniformity ; and thus cony recarious .?less.of life into a method of correcting its uncertainyteyrY P These are Me impressions made upon me ; what yours are, I leave you to say. -- (Lord Cockburn then reserved his seat amid loud applause.) K. C g .l i t v . e , nor .Astblessectreoyeuiler On the motion of Sir James Russell, Is 3, Professor Miller, a vote of thanks was , seconded ea ts odfurDini rectors, to the Trustees and Office Bearers, for to r e tile past year. g On the motion of Alexander Shank Cook, Esq., Advocate, seconded by she Rev. James It. Campbell. of Albany-street Chapel, the Courts of DimetOrg for the following year were appoint e d , frdlowe ; ~ PRESIDENT. • The Eight Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY, VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Hon. Lard MONCREIFF. Ilia Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.O. The Most Hon. the Marquis of TWEEDALE, R.T. and C.B. *WILLLLM GIBSON-CRAIG, Esq., Younger of Ricearton, EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTORS. The 'Very Rev. Princl. St‘Farlane John Ravenhill, Esq., banker, I tobe rt G. Bettina, Esq., of Culter- Warminster. a'ders. Thomas Beveridge, Esq., D.C.s. J anes M'Gregor, Esq., Chairman Charles Baillie, Esq., advocate. of South-Eastern Railway. Archd. Davidson, Esq., Sheriff of Zit. John Stuart Richardson of Aberdeenshire. Pitfour., Bart. William James Duncan, Esq., 'The Right Ilon. the Earl of Lincoln. Manager of National Bank. :Leonard Horner, Esq., London. * Sir William Hamilton, of Pres- Daniel Watney, Esq., Wands- ton, Bart. worth, London. * The Solicitor—General for Scot- Rev. Dr. Robert Macnair, Paisley. land. William Shuttiemorth, Esq., * Archibald Alison, Esq., Sheriff town-clerk, Liverpool. of Lanarkshire, Anthony Murray of Dolleric, W.S. * George Dundas, Esq., Sheriff of William Mitchell limes, Esq., of Parsons Green. Chris topher Wood ORDINARY , Esq., Merchant, Leith. J ames Balfour, Esq. of Pilrig, W. S. William Smith, Esq., of Carbeth Guthrie. Iva Bayley, Esq., of Manuel. Lew!s Alex. Wallace, Esq., archt. James Mylne, Esq., W.S. Alexander Pringle, Esq., of Whyt- James Tytler, Esq., ofWoodhouse lee, W.S. DIRECTORS. George Gibson, Esq., merchant. Leith. William Wilson, Esq„ W.S. Sir ►dam Hay, Bart., of Hays. toun. John Cockburn, Esq., merch an t. Henry Cheyne, Esq.. W.S. * Robert Scott Moncrieff, Esq., advocate. * Alexander Thomson, Esq„ * Thomas G. Mackay, Esq., W.S. Those marked arc .!...Ccw Appointments. _On the motion o f Robert Paul, Esq., manager of th e C ommercial Bank, a vot e of thanks was proposed to the lion. Chairman, which 'as received With much applauso, and the Court thereathr ad- Jeurned. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. M GEOE, C E dinburgh, 5, St. Andrew Squ WILLIA are, Bth March ßG , 1850. hief Clerk. LONDON OFFICE, 4, LOYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. Amt. 77,7 10 63 0 50 2, 340 ye Le° . _ bents s °, g eneral The er Ira case; t indeo by their 60,1 4 i 3 01 , 41! 3,831 65, 395 sgi 11 5 ' osPrre 8/' CS. iy a 101 1 Lttend I on 00' r. Barl ei last we° au.t )Os to n ig F )05 to A' )03 to lOs to 10$ to 5 85 °' 7d. Bd. fe of 01, Df A,* the P. 10" house of enrietl eat oil 'O l • D 1 0 1 ,4 Geoff, daU ckleigl if l• Nur" r. T. of Petet augbtt inpto ir Iler, 0 3°, 11.40. f ir, ausl vov " t4c 1. Pc N" 17 949.] LONDON, TH CTRSDAY . A EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 3, 1850. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a SPECIAL C, LNERAL COUKT of the said Company will he held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 17th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the desire of Nine Proprietors of East India Stock, as expressed ix the following Let ter, viz.:— _ _ _ " London, March 27, 1850. " To the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company. " Honourable Sirs, "We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly quail• fled by lam•, request that you wi" convene a Special General Coon of Proprietors at your earliest cenvenience, in order to take into con• sideration the papers respecting the succession, by adoption, of Sovereign Princes in India. " We have the honour to be, " Honourable Sirs, " Your obedient Servants, (Signed) " J. SULLIVAN. "JOSEPH HUME. "JOHN BRIGGS. " JAS. STEWART FORBES. " THOM AS • DICKINSON. " W. M. STEPHENS. " SASIISEL GOODFELLOW. " CHAS. FORBES. " M. LEWIN." J.IMES C. 3IELVILL, Secretary. T II E P A COMM Rev. Charles Boone, Kensvrorth, Bells. Fredk. tire], Esq., M.D., Brook street, Grosvenor-square. Captain George Ic. Clarke (late! 17th Lancers), Junior United Service Club. James Cockburn, Esq., Merehant, New Bread-street. Robert Clarke, jun., Esq„ Mel- Cheapside. W. Guest Carpenter, F.R.C.S., \Vest-rtreot, Finsbury. Anthony Dunlop, Esq., Merchant, New Broad-street. Vincent G. Dowling, E'q., Nor-, folk-street, 64rand. Thou - 14s Chambre, Esq., Fernhill, Windsor. RK CLUB. I TTER. C. N. El.lerton, Esq., Barrister, Lincoln's Inn. John Howard, Esq., Pall-mall. 'John Frederick Isaacs:en, Esq., Norfolk-street, Strand. Waller Lewis, Esq., M. 8., Ed ward-street, Porunan-square. Captain J. Potter Macquem, Stoke, Plymieutb. Dav'd Moore, Esq., Clarendon ro.td, Kensington. P. 11. Plaskett, Esq., Merchant, ,Old Burlington-street. H. — G. Robinson, Esq., 6, Half- Moon-street, Piccadilly. Mamas Null Terrell, Esq., Bar- rl.3ter, Lincoln's Arthur IVelch, Esq., Barrister, Lincoln's Inn. Bankers-licss , s. Cocks, Biddaph, and Co., 43, Charing•cross, London, It is proposed that this Club shall consist of Noblemen and Gen tlemen, inembers of the learned professions, Officers of the Army and Navy, Merchants, Bankers. &c., without reference to their political princip!es. and Ehall not exceed Two Thousand Members. .A well-regulated Club presents se many atvantages to its Mem bels that it is uneeccssary to enlarge en the subject; in intro ducing it to Gentlemen dispeted to avail themselves of the oppor tunity new offered, it will be sufficient to say that the founders of this Club propose to establish it on the principles of the " UNION." - - It is intended that a - well-selected Library, - and the other usual accommodations, including a strangers' room, shall be attached to the Club. The general entrance fee will he twenty guineas, aad the annual subscription five gin:fleas, but the first five hundred Members will be admitted on paying an entrance tee of ten guineas, and true next five hundrel on paying an entrance fee of fif.een guineas; the anneal subscription to be payable is advance. Candidates for admissions to the Club will, on 'their election as Memberi, be required to pay their admission fees and first year's subscription into the hands of the Bankers of the Club but these moneys wi 1 not be dealt with till the Club is fully formed, and should such not be the case, will be returned wit'out any deduction. The Committee have made provisional arrangements which Trill enable them to rent or purchase, on very desirable terms, Buck ingham House, Pall-mall, which is singularly well suited for the ac eommodatioa of the Club; and the premises may be vien - od by any Gentleman desirous of becomisn; Members. It is intended to open the Club for the accommodation of Members within one month atter its formation. Gentlemen wishing to become Members are requested to intimate the name to the Secretary, from whom prospectuses and all parti culars easy be obtained. LY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE. Buckingham House, Pall-mall, London. ROYAL BRITISH BANK, (Incorporated by Charter,) For receiving Deposits at interest, Discounting Bills, making Ad ♦ances on approved securities, granting Cash Credits, and trans acting every other desct iption of Banking Business on the Scottish System, at lg, Tokenouse-yard, Lothbury, and 429, Strand, cor- ntr of Agar-sti eet. The Sauk will open a Branch for Lambeth, at No. 77, Bridge-road, Westminster-road, on Monday, the 15th April,.at 9 A . Prospectuses containing the terns of business, with forraso f ap plication from pr-ties desirous to open accounts, will be supplied at the Bank, or sent by post to any who may require them. lIUGtI INNES CAMERON, General Manager. 16, Tokenhouse-yard, March 3:', 1850. GUILDHALL, Aram 3, Isso, r lIIHE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of April instant, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING 911. LEASE, for twenty-ono years from Lady-day, 1850,:a lime, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street-buildings; Two !loans, Nos. 2d and 29, on the soath side of Broad-street buildings. Also, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on a BUILDING LEASE, for 61 years from Midsummer next, a riece of Ground, on the north side et' Barrow-street, Ratcliff. Further particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Office of Works, Guildhall. TILINIAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, TUIIOGMOIITON-STREET, BANK; And 14, PALL-MALL. Chairman—The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR. Deputy-Chairman—WlLLlAM LEAF, Esq. Richard E. Arnett, Esq. IJ. Humphery, Esq., Aid., M.P. William Banbury, Esq. , Eupert Inglelsy, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. !Thomas Kelly, Esq., AlderMiUt. Thomas Camplin, Esq. (Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq. James Cllft, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq. AUDlTORS—Professor Hall, M.A. ; J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq. Pnrsictsts—Dr.JeatTreson, 2 Finsbury-square. Sointox—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Dail, of King's College. STANDING COUNSEL-Sir John Romilly, Solicitor-General. SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Fisher, Esq., 19, Doughty-street. ADVANTAGES OF ASSURING WITH THIS COMPANY. In addition to a large subscribed capital, Policy holders have the security ef an Assurance Fund of mere than a Quarter of a Million, and an annual Income approaching 70,0001. a year, arising from the issue of 6,500 Packs. BONUS, OR PROFIT BRANCH*. Persons Assuring on the Bonus system will be annually entitled to SO per cent. of the profits en this brauch (after payment of five yearly Premiums) ; and the profit assigned to each Policy may be either added to the sum assured, or applied in reduction of the An nual premium, NON-BONUS, OR LOW PREMIUM BRANCH. The Tables on the non-participating principle afford peculiar ad vantages to the assured, not offered by any other Office—for where the object is the least possible outlay, the payment of a certain sum is secured to the Policy-holder, on the death of the Assured, at a re duced rate of Premium. PREMIUMS TO ASSURE £lOO. Age. I One Year: ISCYCIi bears. 20 £0 17 8 I£o 19 1 38 1 1 8 1 2 7 40 1 b 0 1 4 9 50 1 14 1 1 19 10 60 3 3 4 3 17 WHOLE TERM. With Profits. £1 15 10 2 S i 3 0 7 4 G 8 6 12 9 Without Profits. Ll 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 One-half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit f n* seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a debt upon the policy at 5 per cent., •r may be paid off at any time without notice. Claims paid in one month after proofs have been approved. Loans upon approved security. The medical officers attend every day at Throgmorton-street at a quarter before two o'clock. E. BATES, Resident Director. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LTFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (Enrolled under the Friendly Society's Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Barinf;, Esq., M.P. Thomson Hanker•, Jun., Esq W. G. Prescott, Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild, 31. P. TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Policies issued in the year 1818-434, for X:5,110 Do. do. do. 1849-568, for 115,865 Increase •• 134, f0r.£30,755 Every description of Life Assurance effected daily. 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At the annual general meeting held by the share holders of the St. Germain Railway Company a few days since, the report states that the whole amount of the damage done to the line after the revolution of February reaches the sum of 578,079 f. 52c. No definitive answer has yvt been made by the Government to the demand made by 'he board of directors for the reimbursement of that amount —ants for 1849 are superior to those of 1848, but in- The ef 1847. A dividend of 2.5 f. per share for the • and as a sum of 12t: 60c. per share past year wa declare, ferior to ehose tritiutee„. a further sum of 12f. 500, is now has been already ll Payable to the alamelsektlers. SIR C. NAPIER AND THE ADMIRALTY. (From the Times.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. • Sir,—For many years past I have been endeavour ing to correct the abuses in the British navy, parti cularly a 9 regards our steam fleet. Finding little or DO attention paid to my observations, I, following the example of many others, published in the Times se veral letters to :Lord John Russell, which brought down on me a reproof from Sir Francis Baring. Con ceivirg that I did not deserve such reproof, I beg to inclose the correspondence which has taken place in consequence, and which I have to request you will publish in your valuable journal. I think it unnecessary, and perhaps not right, to send you the testimonials alluded to, but they are much at your service, if you wish to bee them. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES NAPIER, Rear-Admiral. Oct. 15, 1849. My dear Sir Charles,—With reference to our con versation on Friday, I am desirous that on one point thro should be no mistake. As I told you, I feel no personal annoyance at your letter. Official men are fair objects of attack, and there i 3 nothing for which personally I can, or of which I shall complain. On the other hand, I hope I made it clear that I disapprove officially of your correspondence. I wish no mistake, as I consider that you have set a most unfortunate example to the naval service, in having, with your rank and position, written in the' newspapers such attacks on those to whim her' Majesty has, intrusted • the administration of the navy. I feel bound to say this, and say it with much re gret, as I entertain a high opinion of your professional character, and only doubted your discretion. I am, my dear Sir Charles, yours very truly, Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier. P. T. BARING. Morchi.'Atoun-hall, Oct. 17, 18-19. My dear Sir FranciF ' —I have received your letter of the 15th, and am g l a d you feel 00 personal annoy ance at my letters. None was intended. I did not exactly understand—though now I do—that you offi cially disapproved of my correspondence ; and as your letter is not marked private, I take it I am to consider it official. You say I have set a most unfortunate example to the naval service in having, with my.rank and position, written in the newsßaßefS. $.191 . 1 attacks on those to whom her M9jesty has intrusted the ad ministration of the navy. In reply to this, I beg to observe that it is bad measures—not men—that cost the country enormous sums, that I have attacked; and I cannot subscribe to the doctrine that a naval officer on half-pay is interdicted from publicly pointing out what is wrong in the management of the affairs of the state, any ! eery than a c i v ili an or a military man. The late Lord Melville pub lished a letter to Lord Mulgrave on affairs con nected with the navy. Sir John Barrow wrote, when Secretary to the Admiralty, a severe critic on Captain Crawford, for giving a true account of the strength of the Russian navy. Captain Berkeley, when a Lord of the Admiralty, in a pamphlet disap proved of the undermanning of the navy, and lost his place like an honest man. Sir John Barrow replied to his pamphlet, and kept his place like a courtier. Sir Edward Codrington published a pamphlet on his recal from the Mediterranean. Captain Plunkett has published much on the navy,. and done a great deal of good. Admiral Bowles publishes. Whether all these gentlemen, and many more, were in favour of or against the Government, I shall not inquire—the principle is the same ; but he that boldly points out their faults is the honester man of the two. • • Lord John Russell published in the newspapers his famous letter from Edinburgh that brought him into published and was ap letter for er w a h edna Lord T i u l a t e r n i s t o o f f An r g e a e s o e d a , removed ; and the Duke of Wellington, Commander in-Chief of the army, wrote his celebrated letter on the defenceless state of the country. How it found its way into the papers I neither know nor care; there it was, and a great pity it was not attended to. After these examples, it is not just to say that I have set an unfortunate example. You sat in the House of Commons when I did, and you must be aware of my unwearied exertions to correct the errors they were committing ; and had my advice been followed, hundreds of thousands of pounds would have been saved to the country. From the House of Commons I went afloa', and while. there, both publicly and privately, pointed out all the mis takes committed, hut to no purpose, for at the mo ment I write we are blundering on as much as we before did ; our experience has done no good; and unless we change our system I see no prospect of amendment. What is doing in one dockyard is un doing in another; nay, more, what we are doing in one part of the same dockyard we are undoing in an other part. Had I been in Parliament I should have made the same statements that I have now done, and the First Lord of the Admiralty would have scarcely ventured to have said, " I was setting an unfortunate example." If your doctrine is correct, let us see what it would lead to. A naval cfficer could not attend a public meeting, or if he did, he must be silent if any naval subject was broached. Should he stand for any place as candidate, and be opposed by a person in office, he would be prevented from stating his opinion how the affairs of the country were carried on; for I hold, whether a man states his opinion in Parliament, in writing, or on the hustings, it is exactly the same— they are all made public by the press—and I only wish I was in Parliament to state mine; be assured you would not see them published in a letter. Your doc trine goes further, for if it is improper for a naval officer to attack the measures of men whom her Majesty has intrusted with the administration of the navy, how much more improper must it he to attack the measures of men whom her Majesty has intrusted with the administration of the countrY? In conclusion, you state you are bound to say what you have done, and it is with much regret, as you entertain a high opinion of my professional character, and you only doubt my discretion. For the first part of this I feel much obliged to you, and for the last part I am not at all a ngr y, f or if the First Lord of the Admiralty doubts my discretion, it is most candid to tell me so, for I then know what I have to expect, and am not kept in the dark, and it gives me an Op portunity of removing that impression; for if I do not, he would be very wrong to employ an officer on whose discretion he could not rely. How you could have farmed such an opinion of me lam at a loss to conceive, for it is not to be found in the records of the Admiralty. If you examine them you will find no proof of want of discretion in the whole of my service, which I am proud to say will bear comparison with that of any officer, and no one can show more scars or fewer favours. Yours was and ck n l o a tth Lord eopinio nofmy esteemed f r iends Lord APalmerston, neither was it the opinion of anof your board, if there is truth in man, morn ing paper, the organ of the Admiralty, during the time referred to, sometimes make me doubt, y w onehioht memberhe scurrilous articles in a I have the honour to be, yours, &c., CHARLES NAPIER. s Barin Right Hon. Sir Franci g. Merchistoun-hall, TA 4..rEC. 11, 1849. Sir,—l have the honour of inclosiug a letter I have received from Sir Franc is Baring, and the re ply ; it is to the latter part of his l e t ter to wh i c h I beg to draw their Lordships attention, in which he says, "he has a high opinion o f my professional cha racter, and only doubted my discretion." When I heard that the Channel squadron was re • organizing, and to be put under the orders of my it appeared to me that the late second in command, First Lord of the Admiralty by not re-appointing me to the command of the squadron (which I held for nearly two years to the entire satisfaction of Lord Auckland and his colleagues) was carrying out an opinion of me that would damage my professional reputation ; I, therefore, lost no time in waiting on Sir Francis Baring, to endeavour to remove the un favourable opinion he had formed of m e , After expressing my surprise at his letter, so dif ferent from those of bis predecessor (Lord Auckland) I handed him some of his Lordship's, Lord Palmer ston's, and the late Secretary's letters, extracts of which I have the honour to inclose. I did not think that, at this time cf day, it would be necessary for an officer of my rank, after 50 years' service, to show, like a youngster soliciting promotion my credentials to a - First Lord not long in office, and who could have no idea of the feelings of an officer : a gentleman who had been brought up in quite a dif. ferent line—had been a Lord of the Treasury, a Se cretary of the Treasuary, a Chancellor of the Exche quer, and, finally, First Lord of the Admiralty. Degrading, Sir, as I felt it, I did show Sir Francis Baring my credentials, an d their Lordships may judge of my surprise when, after reading them care fully, he told me he would take a letter of Lord Pal merston's as a confirmation of his opinion, or words to that effect. 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One would have supposed that an unprejudiced man would have been satisfied; but Sir Francis Baring was quite the reverse. I think, Sir, I had a right to know from the First Lord of the Admiralty from what circumstances he had. formed his opinion of me ; but this he thought proper to declino replying to, observing, at the same time, I was my own enemy, and had I accepted the command at Cork I should have been now in Lisbon. _ _ I now thought I had a clue to his conduct to me, and I observed that, if it was owing to my letters on the sr :'e of the navy to the Prime Minister, I had not another word to say on the subject ; to which he replied, " he would say no such thing." So, then, Sir, it appears is is my professional repu tation that is doubted, and still, Sir, inconsistent as it may appear, had I accepted the Cork command I should have been now in Lisbon. I did not accept the Cork command, because, after being Commander-in-Chief of the Channel squadron I could not descend to a Port-Admiral's station with out a ship and almost without a boat. But, even had I•accepted the Cork command, how could I have been sure that I should not have been told, that I already had a command and could not expect another ? Such things have happened before, and most probably the tame interest that got the command of the Channel squadron now would have got it then. • I conceive, Sir, that I have been treated with great indignity, and I told Sir Francis Baring respectfully, and I tell their Lordships respectfully also, that a Fist Lord of the Admiralty has the power to de grade and dishonour an officer when he pleases, and that he has carried it out to the fullest extent towards me ; that I had been affronted and insulted ; and if he would read the records of the Admiralty he would not find that an officer of my rank and service had been so treated. _ _ I appeal to their Lordships for protection ; I appeal to them to state their opinion of me, to bring before the First Lcrd a statement of my services (they are at the board), and show him that he has been deceived. The honour of an officer is like a woman's virtue—it must not be breathed upon. The First Lord of the Admiralty has breathed upon mine, and may breathe it to his Ministerial colleagues and ruin me for ever. Had Lord. Auckland entertained such an opinion of me—had Lord Palmerston entertained such an opi nion of me, would they have written me such letters ? Would Lord Auckland have written to say that dur ing the rebellion in Ireland he would sooner see me there than any other officer in the service; that all I had done and proposed doing would be approved of; and that I enjoyed his entire confidence? Would his colleagues and their secretary have written to me as they did ? Would the Prime Minister and three of his col leagues have paid me a visit at Portsmouth had they , doubted my discretion ? Would her Majesty• have honoured me with a visit on board the St. Vincent unless I had enjoyed the confidence of her Government ? And ,finally, would Lord Auckland and the Admiralty have dined with me on board the St. Vincent and accompanied me to St. Helens, had they not entertained the highest opinion of my character ? The senior naval officer has al ways been supposed to be the confidential adviser of the First Lord, and Should he be disposed to go wrong, is supposed to keep him right ; but the senior Naval Lord, as far as I could understand from him, disavowed having more to say than any cf his colleagues; his position, he said, was not the same as Sir George Cockburn's or Sir Charles Adam's—his rank and service did not give him the same authority. It is therefore that I appeal to your Lordships. From what sources Sir Francis Baring could have drawn his opinion of me lamat a loss to know. It could not have been from official letters, for they are till in my favour, nor could it have been from letters I showed him,and extracts of which he may again see. It could not have been from his colleagues, for they could not have told him one thing and me an other. It surely could not have been from the scurrilous attacks of a correspondent of a morning paper, who lam sorry has too easy access to the private rooms at the Admiralty ; if so, Sir, the repu tation of no officer is safe. I have tke honour to be, &c., CHARLES. NAPIER. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. P.S. I also beg to enclose letters of Sir Francis Baring himself, expressing his opinion of me, likewise of Lord Melville, the late King, Sir Charles Adam, Sir William Parker, and Lord Minto. The Admiralty replied to my letter, that it was no part of their duty to enter into the question of why the First Lord should doubt my discretion—adding, that they doubted my judgment and discretion not only in publishing my letters, but in writing to them and sending inclosures. Merchistoun-hall, Jan. 6, 1850. Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter cf the sth, it:forming nie that their Lordships do not consider it their duty to enter into the ques tion as to the reasons of the First Lord for doubting my discretion. I should have thought, that when a civilian was placed at the head of the Admiralty, who knew no thing of the service or the officers in it, it was the duty, and should be the inclination, of the naval officers to set the First Lord right if he formed an erroneous opinion of the character of an officer ; but as their Lordships think different, I must submit, and consider Sir Francis Baring has formed his opinion of me from what he has read in the Morning Herald, which gives me the right of doubting both his justice and his judgment, and leaves the question op;:ri be tween himself and me. As for their Lordahips' opinion that I have shown sufficient proof of want of discretion and judgment in publishing the letters I have done, I beg to observe that it is quite a different question. In so doing I only followed the example of the two Senior Naval Lords and a late Secretary of the Admiralty, all of whom published—one a pamphlet disapproving of the way in which the navy was manned, for which he lost his seat at the Admiralty (while the Secretary, who re plied to him, kept his) • the other a letter to Lord J. Russell on the retired lie, and an anonymous letter besides. Ido not say they showed either want of dis cretion or judgment, and the Prime Minister did not think so, as he appointed both of them to their present places, independent of the above reasons. I did think it high time that an effort should be made to put a stop to the wasteful expense and blunders that had gone on for many years, and I do hope my letters will be the means of drawing public attention to what I have set forth, and of correcting the abuses that exist in almost all the departments of the navy. Their Lordships have thought proper to mix up with the letters I have published an official letter which I have written to them, with enclosures, which they have brought under their general censure. Their Lordahips will pardon me for taking that letter en tirely separate from the others. I have been accused of want of discretion by the First Lord of the Admiralty. I have already told their Lordships, had it been in consequence of my letters, I should not have said one word on the subject, and there the matter should have rested ; but this Sir Francis Baring did not admit, and, moreover, re asserted his opinion after reading my testimonials. May I ask their Lordships what I was to do—it was impossible to leave the matter where it was. Nothing was left for me to do but to appeal to their Lordships and send my testimonials. Their Lordships accuse me of want of judgment and discretion in so doing. If their Lordships mean to infer a breach of confi dence in my sending extracts of letters regarding my own character—if that is their Lordships' charge, I repel it as strongly as an officer of my rank is justified in repelling an unjust charge. Had I been brought before a court-martial for an offence, there is not one letter that I would not have been justified in showing, and they would have all appeared in the public papers. I am not under trial before a court-martial, but I am under trial before their Lordships ; and I conceive myself fully justified in sending my credentials to my masters and judges, where they are, or ought be, as secure in the archives of the Admiralty as they are in my own possession: Their Lordships are perhaps not aware that a cir cular of the Ist of February, 1846, invites officers to send copies of any private letters of such superior officers, or other persons, wherein services are espe cially referred to, up to the 31st of December, l 845. All mine are there up to that date ; and I presume what was right in 1845 cannot be wrong in 1849. I have the honour to remain your obedient servant, CUARLES NAPIER. John Parker, EA., Admiralty. Receipt of letter acknowledged. 12, Ryder street, Jan. 22, 1850. My:Lord,—Your Lordship is no doubt aware that I have publixhed several letters to your Lordship on the state of the navy. The First Lord of the Admi ralty addressed a letter to me, disapproving of my having done so, and finished by telling me he had-a high opinion of my professional character, but doubted [PRICE SD. my discretion; which letter I inclosed to your Lord ship, together with my reply. When I saw the Channel squadron, which I com manded for two years to the entire satisfaction of the Government, reorganised under my late second in command, 1 waited on Sir Francis Baring and stated my surprise at his letter, and handed him testimonials I have received from various members of the Govern ment, expressing their opinions of my services, ex pecting to remove the impression from Sir Francis Burin?: s mind of my want of discretion, in which your Lordship will see by the correspondence I failed. Feeling it impossible to rest under such a slur, I wrote an official letter to the Admiralty, which I also inclose, together with my reply. For the testi monials alluded to I beg to refer your Lordship to the Admiralty. Failing to receive any redress from them, I now appeal to your Lordship, as Prime Minister of this country, whether it is to be borne that a First Lord of the Admiralty, and, as a civilian, necessarily igno rant of the service over which he presides, and of the character of the officers in it, should inconsiderately express a doubt of the discretion of an officer (without alledging any cause) who has as high testimonials as any officer in the service, and who has performed his duty to his Queen and country zealously and faith fully, both at sea and on *shore, in most parts of the globe, and been three times wounded in the service ? I also appeal to your Lordship whether it is to be borne, when an officer is so treated by the First Lord, and appeals to the board for redress, he is to be told by that board—his natural protectors against injustice —" that they do not consider it any part of their duty to enter into the question as to the reason of the First Lord of the Admiralty for having expressed a doubt of your discretion"; and, moreover, "that they doubt the discretion and judgment of an officer appealing to them, and sending testimonials of his character from various members of this and other Govern ments" ? Is this, my Lord, the position that a British Admiral ought to be placed in ? To be subject to the hasty j udgment of a First Lord, and when he appeals to the board for protection to be reproved by them for so doing; and for sending them testimonials of his character—testimonials which, if before a court martial, he would be fully justified in producing, and still more justified in producing before the colleagues of the First Lord who oppresses him. I do look upon it as an act of great injustice, that an officer should be reproved for asking for redress and explanation, which reproof will remain on the records of the Admiralty, and infallibly ruin his pro fessional prospects. I beg your-Lordships to distinctly understand that, had Sir Francis Baring's expression been confined to my publishing letters to your Lordship, I should not have said one word on the subject, as that admits of a doubt, notwithstanding the examples I have quoted in my public and private letters, to the Ad miralty and Sir Francis Baring. I have the honour to remain your Lordship's obedient humble servant, CRARLES NAPIER. Right lion. Lord John Russell. 8, Downing-street, Jan. 25, 1850. Sir,—l am aware that you have published several letters addressed to me on the state of the navy. These letters contain gross imputations on the cha racter and motives of the late Lord Auckland and his colleagues in the Government; but I have not token any notice of these imputations. When, however, you inform me that the First Lord of the Admiralty has disapproved of these letters, and that bc has finished by telling you "he has a high opinion of your professional character, but doubts your discre tion," I cannot say less than that I concur in his opinion of your professional character and share'in his doubts of your discretion. I have not interfered in the disposal of the corn,- mand of the Channel squadron. You commanded that squadron, as you say, for nearly two years to the en tire satisfaction of the Government. I concurred in that satisfaction ; and you may remember that, when you applied to me in 1846 for a seat at the Board of Admiralty, then about to be formed under Lord Auc land, I expressed my opinion that your services would be more useful to the public in a naval than in a civil department. _ _ 'Your brilliant services in 1840 on the coast of Syria evince the energy and boldness of your pro fessional character, and will alWays be remembered by me.-1 remain, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN RUSSELL. Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier. Feb. 1, 1850. My Lord,—l read your letter with surprise, both at the terms and the nature of the charge, that " my letters contain gross imputations on the character and motives of the late Lord Auckland and his colleagues in the Government." I never in thought, word, or deed, said or meant to say one word against Lord Auckland or his colleagues in the Government ; I honoured and loved him too well ; and what expression of mine your Lordship has fix e d upon to authorise such an accusation I am at a loss to know. More than once in my letters I disclaimed all per sonal attacks, and in the last letter I did so in the most explicit terms.' My remarks extended over many years, and there fore could not be aimed at Lord Auckland, whose name was never once mentioned, and who held the office of First Lord little more than two years. I appealed to your Lordship because Sir Francis Baring refused to explain if his expression was applied to my publishing letters to your Lordship, though I showed him testimonials to convince him of the in justice of such an imputation—to awaken in his mind a sense of the pain he had inflicted on mine. It is satisfactory to me to find by your Lordship's letter that, although you share in Sir Francis Baring's doubt's of my discretion, you confine those doubts to the publication of my letters. I consulted my own interest, I certainly would not have published those letters, for I knew full well they could not be acceptable to men in office, but I had a public duty to perform which I was de termined to do at all risks. I am glad your Lordship was satisfied with my command of the Channel squadron. I am not aware that I ever applied to your Lord ship for a seat at the Board of Admiralty. I offered my services to you generally. a am obliged to your Lordship for your remem. brance of my services in Syria, but, after what has passed, they are not likely to be again wanted in a hurry. I remain your Lordship's obedient servant, CIIARLES NAPIER. Right Hon. Lord John Russell. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - -- GALLANT CONDUCT OF THE COMMANDER. OF THE S HARFSHOOTEE.—The following gallant act of Lieut. 13 Ailey, the commander of the screw•schooner Sharp shooter, deserves to be recorded. On Tuesday, the 26th ult., whilst the ship was at Portsmouth, one of the Sharpshooter's men, who had e vidently bad more than his due allowance of grog, fell into the steam basin, where the poor fellow would have been drowned but for the gallant conduct of Lieut enan t Bailey, his comman der, who, without hesitation, jumped from the wharf (a height of 15 feet), and happily succeeded, but not without considerable diffi culty, in bending a rope round his body, by which he was hauled up the wall. The Terrible , Captain J. Hope, C. 8., is to remain at Lisbon until the return of the squadron. Lieutenant Henry B. Hardman, second of the Hogue, 60, screw-ship, in a fit of aberration, made an attempt to blow out his brains, but it is supposed that he either forgot to put the bullet in, or that it fill out, for he only disfigured his face by the discharge of the pistol. The squadron was in splendid order, and a fintr lot of ships was never seen. PROMOTIONS. Master—George Farquhar Morice (1814), who has held the office of Master-Attendant of the Vic tualling Establishment, Deptford, since June 27,1836, has been promoted to the rank of commander on the retired list of 1846, on 12s. 6d. per diem, haling served 25 years as master and master-attendant. Com mander Morice was midshipman of the Pincher, and was frequently engaged in that vessel and her boats with the enemy's gun-boats in the Belt and Roads of the Baltic, in 1810.11-12 ; particularly at the cap ture of the French privateer Phoebe, in the Elbe, in 1811. APPOINTMENTS. Captains—J. J. Stopford, formerly of the .Amazon ; W. Houston, formerly of the Imautn ; and C. 8..11 2 - milton, promoted from command of the Frolic, to study at the Naval College. Conan - Anders—W. C. Chamberlain, late in com mand of the Britomart ; G. S. Lland, formerly in command of the Espoir ; Egerton and J. liorlase, to study at the Naval College; John Samuel William Grandy (lately promoted), to be in command of Goa. port coast-guard distric t, vice Oakes, whose pe r i o d o f service expires on the sth ; J. L. Thngham, to be in command of Largo, N. 8., coast-guard district, vice rhoroas, resigned. Lieutenants --B• S. Grove (1849), to th e A rc h er , screw-sloop, at Devonport ; E. S. Treml e tt, t o study Midshipman—G. J. Richards - to the Archer. Master's Assistant—E. A. Deane to the Archer. Naval Cadets—Richard Onslow and Pownall W Pellew, to the FiTard, flag-ship at Woolwich, Charles J. Carey, to the Victory, flag-ship at Ports mouth. Clerk's Assistant—James A. Nicholls to the Archer. . Gunner —Daniel Fisher to the Archer. Boatswain—John Jackson to the Archer. Carpenter—Charles Miller to the Archer. THE SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION. We have received advices from the above force to the 28th ult. : " March 13.—Her Majesty's ship Phaeton, .50, Captain Elliot, arrived off Lisbon. At daylight ob served the squadron, consisting of two divisions, viz.:- " Starboard Division—Prince Regent, 90. Com modore Martin; Leander, 50, Captain S. C. Dacus ; and Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson. " Port Division—Thetis, 36, Captain Codriugton, C. 8.; Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, K.H.; La Ilogue, 60, Captain APDougal ; and Terrible, 21. steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. C. Hope, to windward. "The Phaeton was ordered to take next to Lean der. Not many hours were allowed to pass before the sailing of the new-comer was to be tested. "At 9 A.M. per signal, the Thetio ran four mil es to leeward ; th e others then formed on her. At 11 A.m., being all in fair position, started under all plain sail; wind E. by S., smooth water; thejPhaeton had much the advantage, beating the Thetis 1 mile in two hours 50 minutes ; Leander, 151; the Indefatigable and the Arrogant very much more. At 1.50 signal to return to station. " Supernumeraries were sent on board the Prince Regent. People were rather surprised at Phaeton's sailing, as well as her general appearance and hand ling. So ended trial No. 1. "March 14—h the morning Phaeton set up top mast rigging ; when ready, made sail and ran to leeward. TRIAL No. 2. " At 11.30, signal to frigate—' Try rate of sailing by the wind.' As soon . as the ships were in good position they started ; strong breezes. Wind, S.E. by S., under single-reefed topsails, topgallant sails, jib, and spanker. The Thetis held on to the Phaeton for some time. 2.30 P.m. Wind, falling and variable ; out reefs and set royals. 4 r.m , back to station. " The Phaeton and the Thetis as far as one could see, the wind latterly being variable, were I nearly even, the Phaeton having a slight advantage ; the Leander, the Indefatigable, and the Arrogant, were much beaten. TRIAL No. 3. "March I.s—At noon the fligates again started by the wind, strong breezes, wind south, going 8 knots 8 lengths. The Phaeton was going tolerably to windward of all ; at 1.25 tacked per signal. The Phaeton's foretopsail yard was sprung, and this ended her chance of the race, leaving the Thetis to beat the Leander, the Leander the Arrogant, and the Arrogant the Indefatigable. " The Phaeton shifted foretopsail yards remarkably well for the first time, but gave up the race, and did not make sail when the wino fell light, but even then beat the Indefatigable, when at sunset the ships re took their stations. TRIAL Ne. 4. " March 16—Signal to try rate of sailing before the wind ; studding sails both aides ; course east ; wind W. by S. ; speed 6 to 7 knots ; 0.45 P.M., short ened sail. In 4 Lours 45 minutes there was hardly any perceptible difference between the Thetis, the Leander, the Phaeton, and Indefatigable. The Phae ton had a slight advantage, and gained a few ships' lengths. The Arrogant was 6 miles astern. 130 r.M., signal—' Steer N.E. by N.; try rate of sail iag,' the Commodore wishing to try what ships would do ; wind 4 points abaft the beam. They set port topmast, topgallant and studdingsails and lower stud - dingsail. 5.40 P.M.—Phaeton shortened sail to top sails, and took station; having beaten Theti s 4mile; Indefatigable 1 mile; Leander 1 mile. The Arro gant was not in tho trim, as she never came up. " March 17—Sunday, a day of 'rest. The Ter rible went round the squadron and collected diagrams of.sailing. " March 18-11.30—Made all plain sail her sig nal, and try rate of sailing on the starboard tack ; royal breeze, smooth water. Wind N. A E. ; speed from 6 to 7 knots. The ships had a good start. Thetis and Phaeton close together, Arrogant a little on Thetis's lee bow, Jndefatigable from 1 ; 500 to 2,000 yards to leeward. 4 P.M.—Signal, ' 'Cake station.' " Phaeton had beat, in 4 hours and 20 minutes, "Thetis 22 miles to windward. " Leander 4-1- miles to windward. "Arrogant 51 miles to windward. "Indefatigable 7 miles to windwar d. " Phaeton thus beat the Thetis more than half a mile to windward per hour. "March 19—Forenoon, Fquadron exercised, ma noeuvring and sailing in line of bearing. 1.50 P.M. —Signal, Try rate of sailing W.S.W.' Light breeze from N.N.W., made all plain sail, and set topmast and topgallant-studding-sails. 4.30. Signal to take station, Phaeton having beaten Leander milt., Thetis 2 mile, Arrogant and Indefatigable, Nowhere.' " March 23-8.30 A.M.—Signal to close Thetis to leeward. 9 A.M.—Frigates try rate of sailing by the wind ; ships under topsails, topgallantsails, coursers, jib, and spanker ; smart breeze, wind N.E. by E. f E 9.50 A.M.—Thetis set reefed royals, and soon after the others set their royals. At 10.30 the Phaeton tacked her signal. 10,30 Leander tacked. 10.45, Thetis, Arrogant, and Indefatigable tacked. Breeze very steady, but freshening a little. 10.50, signal to show heel of ship. Answered as follows :—Arrogant, Sf degrees ; Leander, 4 degrees ; Thetis, 4 degrees ; Indefatigable, 5f degrees; Phaeton, 4i degrees. "1 r.m., Phaeton tacked ; 1.45, Thetis and Leander tacked ; 2 P.M., Indefatigable tacked, and Arrogant at 2 30. Signal to take station. The result was about as follows, as near as is correct to state : Phaeton beat Leander .. rni!e. Phaeton beat Thetis .. 1 mile. Phaeton beat Arrogant .. 4 mile. Phaeton beat Indefatigable .. 3 miles. " This was the best trial, and very decisive. " Squadron arrived off Lisbon on the 2Gth, And found the Arethusa there." PLYMOUTH, APRIL 2.—ller Majesty's ship Superb, 80, Capt. Purcell, came in yesterday morning from a cruise in the Channel, and anchored inside the Break water. This morning, under double-reefed topsails, she went up liamnaze. The Superb is to be got ready in six weeks for foreign service. WooLwieu, Arum 3.—The Ariel steam-vessel, fitted with a smoke.consuming apparatus, went down the river to-day on an official trial, under the charge of the proprietors of the invention, with their own en gineers, stokers, and others, to navigate and pilot the vesse l. Lieutenant Robertson, assistant to Captain llenderson's steam department afloat at Woolwich, and Mr. 3aplin, assistant to the Chief Engineer at Woolwich, also went in her to report the result to the Admiralty. The vessel came down the river to Woolwich in the furenoor, and continued running up and down short distances until 12.20 when she left Woolwich, and proceeded down the river, against tide, as far as Erith, and returned to Woolwich shortly ufrer three P.M. On this occasion the proprietors hare demonstrated that the prin ciple of thoroughly consuming the smoke on board of steam-vessels is practicable, and the fires can be fed or stoked without any inconvenience from the smoke, as was the case on former trials. The greatest appa rent difficulty they have now to overcome, is to ensure the proper working, under ev e ry circumstance, of the small boiler of the donkey engine for driving the fanners. No difficulty was found with it . du down ring private trial on Monday last, but in g the river to-day the draught of air was n o o l t n r g ufficient to keep the steam up to the full working. pressure when the wind and the vessel were proceeding in the th e fire Erith and same direction. On turning oppositeeyn coming up the river against the wind, gtoines spare,v va s brought up to the full p the small boiler was very bright, and conseq uent l y speed of the fanners revolving wais greatly in creased, and the steam for working with plenty the although the throttle valves very were both l e ft open . This result Wa ssatisfactory, and in the event of the fu ll power of steam being kept up at all times, a very important desideratum will be obtained, and a g reat saving effected, as she run for fiv e hours on Monday with a consumption of one and a half tons of coals, her usual consumption in the same period without the smoke consuming apparatus being two and a half tons. NlThen the vessel started she made twenty-three revolutions per minute, and during the whole trial made from twenty-two to twenty- six revolutions, although her engines are very old and much worn. The wind blew a strong breeze to day, testing the vessel fairly, and she presented a singular appearance, having no funnel or masts. The great objection which existed on former trials of a close and heated air below strongly mixed with an unpleasant sulphuric smell, arising from the imperfect combustion of the coals and smoke, was completely remedied to-day, and the air below in the part where the fanners were at work was as pure as on deck, with comparatively little heat in the engine-room. NAVAL OBITUARY. Th followin of -,t b 5 have been officiey reported since Dec. 20, 1849 :-- flag 011icers—Admirals—Lorcl Colvil l e, 1841 1,609 aalea•