The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-05 00:00:00

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(Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's ey, "oyal Brit'sh Bank, Tokenhouse-yard `flettlp e°r ge. Esq. (Hon. Treasurer to th. Covent-garden Thca -411), 11 %Veto b nnett urn-squsre " 1 4(1) ' an a, Esq. (Secretary to the Drury-lane Theatrica! ...ebb en t %lgo s ' artle'r • &aid. E sq., M.P., F.R . R . (Treasurer), ?trick-court, Temple ( Secretary to the Roy a l H umane Soc i ety), 3, Tra elift, .raiatare A , j, Dl oornsbury.square esEterq;s q (Ch r s e tirman o' . the Leicester-square Sou, mlrry et *i n t sq., 7, St. Paula churchyard Dop !‘nt. E.q. (Secretary to the Asylunt for Female Orphans), ..F!ster-brldge-road otio';.2:deut.-General Sir Howard, Bart., 15, Green-street, Gros "Nuare tdrr.,nrrY. Thomas Es 2'ent Instit q. (Secretary to the Domestic Servants' Be 0, Be. 32, Sackville-street. Ice JOlre Soi l ",l 3 ,',E h s e q• (Member of the Commlttee of the Leicester n), 40, Leicester-square (I,7 l ety), •. N. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's 7, Mount -street, Grosvenor-square whelk Geo ue Most Hen. the Marquis of, 3f.P., 102, Piccadilly 0:olent Esq. (Secretary to the Servants' Provident and. Rene- Cork -street n..711t101,2,3/4q. (Member of the Committee of the Governesses' t‘ ,. a, 8 .0 Tollington-park 11:4:21,p . iica t at i r 7 b ria o r f_t o h r e u C T r e n h l a t in te te o r f i th p 3 e G ifin ve ar sses' Be -441 Y p t 42 ll ,Pritt, °E4.. ( Hon, Treasurer g to the Drury-lane Th.....atri iScl,:l,il.4,l7PPer Gower -street hig l ins):l 3 Esq. (Secretary to the Royal Soc:ety of Female Mu- Re! .4 tac clesfleld-street, Soho-square rs, Ref M• Rector of St, Paul's, Covent-garden iloia.'ls(Secretary to the Society of Ancient Britons), ,Tel th — LOad 1%2 telee s l e `•N r. • (Secretary to the Leicester-square Sou? Kitchel), JonathAPare 4 bo rne tl) ; 19 . 4 Esq , (Secretary to the Industrial Horne for Gentle .l.o?runsvrick-square the- it.2.,Esq. (Treasurer), Birchin-lane head'tie u e'reler kt .7'• ".. ILA., F.R.S. (Secretary to the G overnesses' th _ _ tnstitution), 62, Mornlngton-road, Vegent's-park n,,,,..kight lion. the Lord, 10, Grosvenor-place .. 47 . , , ,i1 . / .lbe Most Hon. the Marquis of, Hold - nness House tet — ' ll l) 14q. (De puty-Chairman of Queen Adelaide's Free Die- -green n., t ' kr, li e et.lartal thptit.Y. F.S.A., 43, Bow-lane I tt' r 14 . W., M.A. (Member of the Metropolitan S 4011). Allhallows, Upper Thames-street e 4 Ozte, ,‘• 8 ., Esq., 19, New-street, Spring-gardens ,te—„,°' CharlEs, M.A. (Hon. Secretary to the London 4 3 e lenti e llni). St. Helen's-place l k Esq. (Secretary to the National Philanthropic emester-square %lira / 44 1., M.D. (Founder of the Royal Free Hospital), , lnt-fields trek% 4e nz's E , dmund, Esq., 2, Charlotte-row lekal pn 'r l e kwater, Esq. Secretary to the Covent-garden Thee ;324o;t:Z), the Grange, Michael's-grove, Brompton _ )4 E 7 4 ), ; s w _ard, Es j/o eZtr e nthir ' e. Bq. 17'1,91144;4M ford-stree Secretary to the Royal Infirmary for Chit (Secretary to the Metropolitan Free Hospita'), y et ' ip herl ,Alban , 21, Bolton-street reek4itorn,--: Berners.street . 14 .4 4 . the R4 . g ih e o i n E a ., s j,.A Middle a. Scotland-yard tl o an e d ei -yar er c! t terrace, Cambridge 'sq. (Secretary to the Public Dispensary), Lincoln's I lank-buildings hi e I‘.o - ' , „r 4 (1., 27, Gloucester-gardens, Westbourne-terrace e.sq., 31. D„ Associate King's College (Secretary to pity 4eTti gal Charity), ' 1, St. Matthew's-place, Hackney -I,l4lol,k4drea, •s), p .eV., D.D. (Hon. Secretary to the Asylum for b eni son estitry )t sirl eil Sseie . ; ll , ) " l 9 TY F., Esq., F.L.S. (Founder of the British Benefl -44N , R , Lincoln's Inn-flehls (1 , Li eu ". Dr, Temple-grove, East Sheen , t.-Colonel (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's vtrie,,.;:lancler, Esq. ( 7: Ith net trio, 14° 1 11.3,,.;s t (Secretary to the Middlesex Hospital), kt eJ kikl ltcr iuel ' Esq. (Secretary to the Jews' Hospital), 5, 4 1 Diem St Zatesh;e•sq. (Secretary to the Orphan Working School), 32. LYZ 124 (1 folll7‘enry, Esq, (Hon. Secretary to the City of London t is e 4 et J e r ss -i sases of the Chest), 6, Liverpool-street 0 6 0/ 'V est t e ' s cl. (Member of the Committee of the Governesses' th e „ nstitution) Lincoln's Inn-fields Tetik t .tr, .gt Hon. the Earl Psrk Old Brompton N. (Hon. Secietar ' y to the Hotel and Tavern dare 11014 ra ovident Institu.ion), Craven-street ttor,o ti : Esq. (Secretary to the Choral Fund Society), Polygon, K of s quare inlalcestierhEsq. (Hon. Se cre t ary to the hospital for the Cure yst) '' e ' S kin), 25, Ne w B r id ge - street tq l , ..Str am 'I. (Treasure r o f t h e Public Dispensary, Lincoln's vteVtan eN S A (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. *Pr kr, t et Y), 1 . TV•i • rw . I ' k :11111,' U eorz "e , r ' S herill'S e i-ths9un'lmitco ,atson, Esq (Governor of of the Royal Asylum of St Vletoria-sritiare, Pimlico ffplinitate)., (Treasurer of the Royal General Dispensary, Al -4tlmt' 14.: ten-square N 4, 111 ,11 1 0, Dsl,l - o ' n • (Hon. Secretary to the London Orphan ikliklertlarked with asterisks form the Acting Committee. Cabbell Esq P and John Labouchere. Esq:, % Al t Cotts and Co " . ; felrs. Twining; and Messrs! or %ti t ',Mee, Williams,w Deacon, an I Co. th:ll4,,qstibeerr`,,the Committee are anxiou to collect such an te t Zeht leh D,_Llorts as will enable them to raise tha descrip elre,„ will do equil justice to their own fe dings and to -•'*DirY virtues of his Royal Highness the 'ate Duke of 1 44 1 4 b0„:„,.- Willeht7'4ed bankers and gentlemen area Ming to receive t eify_lll4 Mr, John Smart, the only authorised collector, -'loll.44gqi Parties as may be desirous of contributing to this 15 t hm • By order, l A ,EEK t S iIo Honorary Bg Secretary. p. A ESI , .r e . t , ND STAR PACKETS x,„ 4 "„ - Ilitid Second Class Railway NINEPENCIC to "` from London and Gravesend. ). 4 thd First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. 15 Cabi n ., To or fro m Bl ac k well. h. ti ‘t? - • •• • • 6d. Chief Cabin.. • . 9d. .nterrnediate Piers ••• • • 6d ' 'kets pee e t call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfieet Piers. pa tlst at the Piers as underlined (weather ermitting) T ERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.p N°. 18,081.] TAM 'DON, THURSDAY S I t 7 N SEPTEMBER 5, 1850. R tILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE CONIPANY ; Lind , wered by Special Act of Parliament, 12 and 13 Vic., cap. 40. Offices, 3, Old troal• street, Loudon. DIRECTORS. Chairman—JOllN - D NAN P UL, Esq., 217, Strand. PURSUANT to a DECREE o f th e HIGH COURT of CHANCERY . , made in a cause GODDARD v. GEE, all persons , daiming to he the Heir or Heirs at Law and Next of Kin fpRE , ERICK GODDARD, Esq. (who died in the month of March, 1843), living at the time of his death, or the personal representative or representatives of any such Heir at Law or Next of Kin living at the time aforesai•i, as have since died, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 6th day of November, 1850, to come in and make out their claims and prove their heirship and kindred before RICHARD TOItIN KINDERSLEY, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at his chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, or, in default thereof, they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the Raid Decree. [PRICE SD. Mr. Clarke's Made Safe, 3 yrs, 6st 6lb (Hiett) 2 Sir E. Smith na Collingwood, aged, 9st 51b (Flatman) 3 Lord Guernsey na Justice, 5 yrs, Bst Sib (Wakefield) '4 6 to 5 on P r i estess, 3 to 1 agst Made Safe, and 4 to I sgst Collingwood. Won in a canter by four lengths. CollingwoOd and Justice were beaten off early, and did not pass the chair. The race was not timed. The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs, each, and 20 added. Five furlongs. (8 Subs ) Lord Cardross's Scarborough, 7st 121 b ...(Dockeray) I Mr. Wagstaff's bm by Samarcand, 6st 911J...(Evans) 2 Mr. Merry's oh fby Irish Birdcatcher, 3 yrs. 7st Slb 3 Mr. Edward's Hind of the Forest. 5 yrs, 9st (Nat) Mr. Ilervey's &mauler, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Hold way)—and Mr. J. Day's f by Envoy, 2 yrs, sst 203 (Wells), also ran. 5 to 4on the Hind. Won by a length. The Selling Stale, s of 5 soya. each, and 25 added, winat - r to be sold for 200/., &c., one mile. were won in two heats by Lord John Scott's Defaulter, 5 yrs, B,t 10Ib.. beating Mr. Merry's First-rate. 3 yrs, 6st—Mr. Waite is Captain Parry, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Mr. Cowley's St. Clare of the Isles, 3 yrs, 6st 316—und Mr. Daley's Goodwo3d, 4 ) rs, 7st 71b. BETTING ON THE COURSE. Deputy-Chairman—GEOßGE BERKELEY 11ARBLSOS, Esq , 24, Great Tower-street, City. Humphrey B-own, Esq., M.P., Twining Park, Tewkesbury. James Clay, Esq., M.P., 25, Montagu-square. George Clive, Es 1., Satiderstead Gaud. Croydon. Samuel Whi:ll,l,l Daukes, Esq., 14, Whitehall-place. Westminster. llarvL3 Morton Farquhar, Esq , 16, St. Jame-'s-streer. Alexander Grel, Esq., 10, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, 'l' , e lion. Arthur Kinnaird, Pali-mall East. Geor:e Robert Paul, Esq., Portland Lodge, Worthing. I,inkers Strahan, Paul, Paul, and Bates, 217, Strand; Messrs. Ransom atid Co , Stan ling Coun , et—henry Davison, Esq., Brick-court, Temple. Solicitors Fry aid Bolt : Walbrook 1I 'use, City. The above-named Frederick Goddard for several years previous to his death wa: chiefly resident abroad, but occasionally returning to England, when he resided in Down -street and Bolton-row, Piccadilly, and Ebert'-street, Pim , lco, in the county of MiddleAev, latterly he resided in the city of Florence and at home, where he died. irg,eon—Barnard Wight !Jolt, Es F It.C.S., 5, Parliament-street, Westminster. Seeretarv—Alexa , der Beattie, Esq. (lATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE _ ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTR ir-ST RE ET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURT4 ANNUAL GENERAL AfEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Mike, at One o'cl,ck precisely. The following is extracted from the ren: , rt. which is too lengthy fir puhlication : During the past year no claim+ have arisen from deaths in England. and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other tor 290/.—making together 7001., which have been pail. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. _ . This Company has teen established for the purpose of affording eenpoilsation in eas s Of personal injury, and the peyme►it of a cer tain sum in the event of death by railway needier t. Daring the ye tr just closed the folowing are the particulars of the claims that have been made en this Company by 37 persons who have sustained injury in travelling by railway : - No 1. A holler of a periodical ticket, No. 5,091, met with an ac cident by falling off itt platform at fees on, on the night of the Ist November. Adjusted by a payment of 71. Gs. No. 2. A mail guard, insured by a periodical ticket, No. 5,584, whilst travelling from Coatbridge to Perth, on the 29th November, having occasion to get out at the Stirling Station, he slipped between the platform acid post-office van. The injury he sustained prevented him from attending to his duties till the 1.1 -January. Awarded 201. No. 3. The holder eif a periodical ticket, No. 5,396, whilst travel li ng from Macclesfield to Manchester, on the 31st December, was thrown against a gentleman sittirg opp stile to him, and received a blow on his face, which rendered him incapable of attending to his business for a few dal s. His claim was settled by the Company pav ing at his request 5 guineas to the Manchester Infirmary, the clahnent being himself a medical man. No. 4. A commercial traveller, and holder of a periodical liettet, No. - 16,880, met with an accident at the Thirsk Station of the Yirk, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, whilst about to proceed to New castle on the 24th of January. The injury consisted of a severe bruise of thumb, caused by a porter shutting the door of the car riage, ou his left hand, befo , e he coital take his seat ; the accident obliged him, after remaining a week at Newcastle, to return home trom his journey, which he was unable to resume until February 11. Awarded 311. 101. No. 5. The holder of a first-lass ticket, issued at Leicester,January 28, was a passenger in the titan that ran off the rams between Blis worth and Wolverton ; he was thrown with great violence against another passenger, and the shock unfitted him front attending to business for some days. Awarded 141. 143. No. 6. The party in this instance is a clerk in the Travelling Post office, and the holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,474, and was se verely injured, especially in the face and eyes, by the collision of the •nail with the goods' train, that occurred on the 13th February, near :he Abinedon Station, on the Caledonian Railway. Awarded 2101. Me injury to the eyes appearing to be of a permanent character. No. 7. The holder of a single journey ticket was also a passenger ni the same train. The claimant was alma to proceed to .New fork, by he Canada, but the injury lie received prevented him from doing so. Awarded 31/. No. 8. The holder of a periodical ticket, No. 7,313, was injured by lie collision between the passengers' and goods' train in the long tunnel is the Leeds and Bradford Railway, on the 18th February. Awarded 401. Ni. 9. commereial traveller, holder of reriodical ticket, No. 16,851, was travelling by the mall train that left Newcastle at 4 P.N. • , u the 15th March for Manchester, and susta ned a severe shock v the engine running off the line near the Victoria-bridge. Awarded 101. 0. 10. A Government officer and his wife were passengers by the nail train that left Durham at hal: -past four o'clock P.M. on Gth `lay, which ran into an engine in the siding from the points not :tasting bee properly set, near the Belmont Station of tics York, New a tie, Berwick Beltway, They were both much hurt by the Awarded 351. No. 11. An engine-driver, whilst driving the engine of a goods' rain on the 25t0 of Slay, between Blisworth and Wolverton, was (brown b neath the engine from the train co•t'ieg in collision with a eal • of cloth that road just fallen on the line , rota a passing tram ; he was mu- scalded and otherwise severely injured. Awarded 421. Claims 12 to 17 were made by parties who were travelling by the esours on train on the 3d July from Leek and 'Macclesfield to Liverpool, the weight of whieh overpowered the breaks on entering he station. No. 12. The claimant, withhis wife and mother-in-law, from Leek, , econd-class passengers, were all bruised. Awarde 162. No. 13. A young woman from Leek, a third-class passenger, had ter face hurt. Awarded 21. No. 14. A man and his wife, employed In the manufacture of sdk, ht '-elsna passengers, were both sightly injured by the shock. Awarded 21. No. 15. A passenger from Macclesfield had insured himself and !entity, six in number, three of whom received some injuries from the coneuseion. Awarded 51. ss. No. 16. A gentleman holding a periodical ticket, No. 8,751, left Macclesfield in the above train, and was so shaken as to be inca- eacitated from attending to hi, business for a few days. Awarded 6/. No. 17. A second-class passenger from Macclesfield was severely Aired about the spine and neck, which still confines her to her room, The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1849, and the 31st of , lay, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Prop Fials were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,963/. 2s. 5d.: of these 12 1 , comrrising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,125/. 6s. ..sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0181., upon which 3201. 3s. 'was n . ceived by the Company in the shape of premiums Since the c •mmencement of the Company to the let of June last, assure!' es were effected to the extent of 110,972/. 12s 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3,732/. I Is. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,990/. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 741/. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,991/. 15s. lid. ,ince last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., hut 1,1831. lis. 10,1. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four mmtlis .hey had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing ltt Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, un ler the sanction and patronage of th.r Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archhish , p of Lyons, and aionselgneur Paesis, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con siderah'e amount of buslness, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities hith Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bistiep Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, arid Ifedical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future pros ects. YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 9to 2 agst Strongt,ow 10 to 1 agst Post-tempore sto I ag,t Mark Tapley 12 to 1 agst Uriel 0 to 1 agst Castle 15 to 1 agst Clothworker GER. 30 to 1 agst Chatterbox (t; ST. I 8 to 1 agst CruiskePti colt L SIR R. PEEL ON OFFICIAL SALARIES. (Continued from The Sun of Tuesday.) Taking the office of First Lord of the Treasury, are there any other emoluments or advantages now belong ing to that office beyond what are stated in the list before the Committee?—The First Lord of the Treasury has 5,000/. a-year, and there is also a house attached to the office; as I happened to have a house in the imme diate neighbourhood, as conveniently situated for the duties of office and of Parliament, I did not occupy the official house as a private residence; but it is very pos sible that a Minister, not having a h ouse i n t h e neigh bourhood, might find it very convenient to occupy the official house. Do you know of any other advantages, either in the way of emolument or in any other way, which are at tached to the effi.e, of First Lard of the Treasury?—No. He has an allowance for two private secretaries, and be has this house, which, if he dues not occupy, it is not ati advantage to him. Is it any disadvantage?—l believe so; he pays for the furniture on taking possession of it. Ido not recollect whether be pays the rates or not. You paid for the furniture on entering?—l paid my pred.cessor for the furniture, receiving a payment from my successor; I never occupied the house as a residence. I allowed occasionally commissions of inquiry to occupy some of the rooms. There are no other advantages, except the house at tached to that office?—None whatever. Are you aware whether any of the other first-class offices in this list have any other pecuniary advantage besides those stated in the list? —There is the patronage of office; except that, I am not aware of any; all fees and gratuities of every kind are abolished. When I was first appointed Secretary of State there was an allowance fur our fit that has been abolished; an allowance for a cer tain amount of plate. To which of the offices was that allowance attached? —lt was allowed to the Secretaries of State, and I think to the First Minister; it was paid from the civil bat; it was not a large allowance; it has been abolished altogether. Do you know whether, in the case of any of these offices in former times, any allowance was made for a house if no house was attached ?--I think not; I think there never was a house attached to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The First Lord of the Ad miralty has always bad a house, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and some of the Lords of the Admiralty. You said that there is an allowance made to the First Lord of the Treasury for two private secretaries; is that allowance made if the private secretaries happen to be in the House of Commons?—The private secretary would not be entitled to retain his seat in Parliament it he received a salary, because the number of offices the holders of which are allowed to sit in Parliament is FORD'S WELLINGTON F &AMY and COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. This Hotel, situated in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange, Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, is fitted up in first-rate style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as well as English strangers, will be found everything that is desirable, while the arrangements of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate ('ook. The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee and Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be mind second to none in the kingdom. N.B. The charges for servants are included in the Bill (except those who only stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid, and it is respectfully intimated that all further payment is unne cessary. THE MOORE RAPHAEL. "APOLLO AND MAPKYAS." HE ' LE ADE 13„" of SATURDAY, September 7th, will contain a finely-executed Wood Engraving, by Linton, of this exquisit- Picture, recently discovered by 'Kr. Morris Ntoore, by whose kind permission the print is published. Orders should be sent early, to secure a supply, to J. Clayton, jun., 265, S‘rand, London. Price Sixpence. DEFRIE'S PATENT GAS BATH. By the use of the above, a hot bath can be obtained in six minutes for less than twopence. Every family should provide itself with this invaluable requisite, its limited cost placing it within the means of all, and its simplicity within the management of a child. DEFRIE'S ECONOMIC GAS COOKING STOVES are adapted for all estewlishments, large or small, and need only be seen to he appre ciated for their cleanliness and economy, entirely dispensing with all coal. To be seen daily in operation (Saturday excepted) at 221, Re gent-street ; and, also_in action, DEFRIE'S DRY GAS METER : ill )tic e e c ior 1 ' a e d bcl°6 •• . 10,000 in use.—N.B. The apparatus can be applied for all heating purposes. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. During this week the ALPINE SINGERS from Styria will perorm several of their National Melodies, daily at Four, and in the Evenings at Half-past Eight.—Lecture on the Hydro-Electric Ma chine, by Dr. Bachhoffner, daily at Two, and in the evenings at Eight.—Lecture on the Mechanical Properties of a Jet of Steam, daily at a Quarter-past Chree, and in the Evenings ate Quarter-past Niue.—New Series of Dissolving Views illustrating some of the Won ders of Nature, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten ; also a Series, exhibiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at One o'clock. —Diver and Diving-bell, &c., Sec. Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price. u. 18 and 19. These claims were made by two gentlemen, !solders of periodical tickets, employed in the railway post-oilice, and travelling by the mail train that left the Euston Station on the evening of the 6th of July, and ran into some waggons of a goods' train, proceeding on the same line, near Harrow. One of them sprained the muscle of his back, and the other was thrown aga.itst the corner of the post•office, breaking one of his ribs, and being otherwise injured. Claims No. 17, 18, and 19. are in course of adjustment. No. 20. Ihe claimant and his wife were third •class passengers by the same train ; he escaped with a few bruises, bu. his wife was much injured. Awarded 151. From the arTident that occurred to the excursion train at Cow lai7s, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, on the Ist August, when six persons w.re deprived of their lives, and many others in jured, the following claims have arisen : No. 21. A termer from Dubheads, near Crier, was hurt about the head and face. A war,led 6/. No. 22. A carpenter from Auchterarder, received a b:ow in the head. Awarded 41. No. 23. A fanner from Strathallen, was also hurt about the head. Iwarded Si. No. 24. A draper from Auchterarder, was injured about the thigh and side. Awarded 31.35. No. 25. A man. from A uchterarder, was severely bruised about the ribs. OP Woo L there attached to any of the officers in this list any considerable amount of patronage which forms an ad ditional advantage to the office beyond its emoluments P —There is considerable patronage attached to some of them, probably to all of them ; the patronage at tached to the office of First Lord of the Treasury is very great in amount. Has the patronage attached to these offices increased or diminished, as compared with the patronage formerly existing?—The appointments to civil offices have pro bably increased, because, as our colonial possessions have extended, and the re.:eipt of our revenue has incr ease d, it is probable that that species o f patronage has increased also. (u; go ! ) - itt o pool, CREMORNE GARDENS, On the Banks of the Thames at Chelsea. Open Daily at Three o'clock. ONE SHILLING ADMISSION. Children, Half-price. Sundays at Half-past Four. No charge for admission except by Refreshment Card—Sixpence. Children under Six years of age free. Director, Mr. T. B. Simpson, Albion, Great Russell-street, Co vent.garden. THIS DAY, September 5, Immense Success of Deulin's new Fairy Ballet. " The Origin of Harlequin." New Groupings from the Antique. Danciag to Borini's Band of Fifty Instrumentalists. Madame Antonio will make her marvellous Ascent and Descent on the Rope amid hurric Ines of Chevalier Mortram's gorgeous Fireworks. Chattaway's celebrated Brass Band. No. 26. A brother to the above was slightly injured. Awarded 21. 2s. In active preparation, a Grand Chinese Fete. On S.tturd 4y, for the tenure, the usual entertainments will be pre sented, instead of the Bal al Fresco, and the usual charge for admis sion restored, viz., Is. No t 11 0 t;;; " 1116 : \ 111! No. 27. A female was bruised, and otherwise internally hurt. Awarded 6/. No. 28. Another female was injured about the chest and side. Awarded 2/. 2s. No. 29. A man, from Auchterarder, was slightly injured. No. 30. A farmer, from Talliebardine, was seriously bruised. Claims 23, 29, and 30 are in course of adjustment. In most of the above cases the sum awarded is exclusive of the medical expenses incurred by the sufferers which have been defrayed Ladies and gentlemen can here enjoy the health-promoting elegant exercise of the graceful bow, with the advantage of proper instruc tion, gratis I Shooting three dozen arrows, Is. Matches fur Dinner, Wine, and a Prize Bow are always open. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be had of Mr. Teetgen, Archery Manufactory, 164, Bishopagate• street. . Is the patronage which is nominally in the hands of the Crown, in reality in the hands of the First Lord of the Treasury?—Substantially. I do not mean to say that the whole patronage of the State is in the hands of the First Lord of the Treasury, because the patronage of the other departments is considerable. The Church patronage of the Crown, with the exception of that which bel Jugs to the Lord Chancellor, is virtually dis 7 poed or, according to the advice of the First Lord of the Trustily. How is the power of the Prime Minister defined with respect to Government patronage P—The power is not strictly tiefined. The diplomatic appointments are dis posed of immediately on the advice of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; but the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs would naturally confer on all important appointments with the First Lord of the Treasury; so, with regard to other offices, I appre hend there is, or that there ought to be, that intimate concert and cordial union between the persons holding the highest offices in the state, that they would confer together upon every important appointment; I mean, that each head of a department would confer with the First Lord of the Treasury; for example, that no very important colonial appointment would be made without previous communication between the Colonial Secretary and the First Lord of the Treasury. The First Lord of the Treasury would not make an appoint ment in any department but his own; officially and formally, it would be made by the Minister who pre sided over the . department, b ut there would pro b a b ly be communicaticn between that Minister and the Firs Lord of the Treasury in respect to important appoin ments. ler e P;Seir Cl hys IGhriteL. - 1 Pur tleet 'Time Hoshr- Green-! villa. ' Grays hit th Pun. fleet The Magic Cave—The Shooting Gallery—Burnes Cottage, with Groups of Figures illustrative of his Works—Summer and Winter in the Arctic Regions—The Maze—Statuary of the finest Classical descriptkn, &c., &c. ! ) 3r this Company, in addition to that of their own medical office, s. w•ho promptly visited the injured parties on hearing of the accident. The utility of such a Company is demons trated by these cases, and the conviction that the premiums which the railway traveller pays are but a small addition to the cost of his journeys, and create mnd for the relief of those who from time to time suffer by railway accidents, which no human foresight can prevent, will it is hoped ecure the public support to this Company. Table of Premiums. Table for a Single Journey, irrespective of distance, to Insure 1,0001. in a flrst-class carriage, at a premium of 3d. 5001. in a sc. ond ditto ditto 2d. 2006. in a third ditto ditto Id. For the convenience of frequent travellers, the Company also issues periodical tickets, to Insure 1,0001. ter one month, at a pre mium of ss. ; for three months, 10s. ; for six months, 16s. ; for twelve months. 205., with the option of travelling in any class car riage, and in any railway in the kingdom. These tickets ...lay be obtained at the stations of most of the rail ways in England and Scotland, of the provincial agents of the Com • any, and at the Company's office, 3, 0 d Broad-street, London. Y‘, - I -I - - - I Be it recollected, on Sundays, admission by Refreshment Ticke' Sixpence. Never were these delightful grounds in such high perfection as at the present moment. Visitors to London should not omit a stroll 'neath the shade of the lofty trees and amongst the variegated beds of flowers at Cremorne. Everything has been done to render this magnificent place of amusement worthy the most extensive patron ,ge. gots, oti ii. 7 4 ~ -... .... 7% oh, -- -- - ,'" , 4't T , s % - )4,V i1b11 4 4 , 414 fro ns N k ltt kri.; * o ,l', ..e Boats saarked t 411401. an I t _ enc hlfreh-street Station to all parts of London the b ric ia, Trains frayAF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of t‘lytxtis the Fenchurch.street Station. \!:‘ __ ......... 1_), k , t , 5. k Nr, SUNDAYS. k I 'free ------------- I— \ ket ten, 1 ' ll lthe, Gray s Roshr- T ime. Par- Green- Roshr 111 , , _ -.. ville. fleet hithe. Grays vilte. --.....i . H. la Ili , -.. ---- --- —__ .—.— --. 1 , - -- , li, . e .. , li) ~ -, , -9% -10 -10 - l' 0 -... -...-- 10% - 11 - _ - -1% - - - - N ~ ...:' . ..... ... 2% - -3% - - - - mtt- 6 li ttte N ecl - - 1,4t454114,1 . 7M Ott; l'f, l , ) ,_at D._ are em, - The attention of the French in London is particularly requested to ;his metropolitan ducosse. r e. ,eiir o I The grand Bowling Saloon of this establishment Is open free to the Public. N.B. The Mammoth Sycamore, the Largest Tree in the World, in the River Esplanade. A Table iFftote on Sundays at Six o'clock—Half-a-Crown. Cretnorne can be reached by road or river for 3d. A Boat leaves Battersea-bridge every Night after the Fireworks. r HE RAILWAY ASSURANCE COMPANY, for granting Assurances upon Payment of a Sngle Premium, .against Loss of Lite ur other Personal Injury arising from Railway Accidents. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho; 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cmnhill ; or direct from the author ?rice One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." 0 0 ' Offices, 5, St. James's-street, London. Capital 100,001. TRUSTEES. Tho Right Honourable Earl Fitzwilliam. The Honourable H. G. Spencer. Benjamin B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P. Charles Hopkinson, Esq. DIRECTORS. Sir JAMES CARMICHAEL, Bart., Chairman. FRANCIS REED WILSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. The Hon. Henry G. Spencer. Fredk. Win. Hlmstede, Esq, Thomas Binns, Esq. Charles Herring, Esq. Henry Harrington Bird, Esq. Edward Loder, Esq 'lector Graham lirowne, Esq. Charles Wm. Tupper, Esq. John Crosbie, Esq. Jelin Neville Warren, Esq. CONTENTS:—EarIy Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex mrsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hillis, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country ['rips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening.. at Home —Music—The Drama--On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, -test, Ease, Occupation, &c., &o. IL 6::1 0, FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol I. A VISIT TJ THE LAKES;:SKETCH . :OF EDINBURGH, tio Le Packets not Vol. 11. 41, t0 tt% D "tta . : k 4k 'tte4 p i _ a r e run di rect, 0,04t4a 11 , vs e ..... rs or for ROfttS• 4 lllittt Ne.,. IS, Fvrelve Months, 41.45.; Six Months, 21 158. 1 1 %56` Viotti t -terrace be had Pier of Gra the Col sendlectors on board the 4 • ve. ) 01 1h tN C SA 4 k t iq t 1 0 I,P B tll. p•;',._LE THIS DAY. N e R, 1,„. ireo,shivtt•NlTUßE and Effects of Captain Jones, nth 4 4'rk 're, two brilliant-toned Cottage PIANO q rk , WI NE & 1 114 0,, k tt llClA 44 , 4 e r roy-d O ,: C., removed from his residences at A'N„be ti V ell h,,._ I 4IPFE beg s to announce he hag ltip`''ci ' 20 ll'i, actions to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, on L kO ,. k Dtt'n'e,ooraate. street, City, on FRIDAY, Sept. 6, at kI i XY I ° , th` 44113 % bk. , I;clo , wia e bed_ roc , 14-yt, , & bed s ~..., ms, noble four-post and Arabian bed (9`l 1 1 41 ; 1 „,,.e. ; ~,,L:mged wardrobes, marble stands, toil l e l ts, telescope dining-tables, -w s a m g a gon er , 11: 4F 4 4 t. vAt°l:7lll):747hTir:,tootifn N44s4lll.,,44curtainr.ftw, ing-rooms suite, hi solid rOsewood, covered , i . % tt rl r05,",2 co.rrespond; 100, card, and occasional tables 4 5 p %tiro ', h ate pi'bod.; commodes fitted with plate-glass, brit- Oel t t etB 'RAN ,r°lertes, music stool, tapestry, fsrussels NO V 100 1c ..' ate chi abraci ''le re quisitc4. &c. ' nmeY-classes and numerous miscel ay and ht,„ -iii°nlinW of sale ; catalogues had on the 4 t'l t riNl I N ° lt'S 16, ' 'It:: (1 1 4 tlbt,„. PATET WHITE ZINC :vtutpri-`, elegance, durability, health, end Economy. AL4,,'4lt, b ear goe s s. It is permanent for ages —unaffected by 0/0114 . tA1, t he fin es t' ' r aDour from cesspools, or the most noxious ,i,ki t ,:t, _'tto Pa co ach Panelling, without the use of var- Nl'tNNl,,ratm),74lel.l,lth of the painter, and to the occupants /I % i t e t ? ,l 4 ,,lit t l i l t an th e with With it —covers so much work that it ..London, Patent." 1 1 Pere RUcieutmonous paints hitherto used. Each cask Oh it tl tsa full Par ix l' 'a e ;:ileint antculars, may be obtained from the pr:nci • kb, London ,a the Works of THOS. HUBBUCK and 00 l '''Gt "c'eks• 1 Itot is titt 4 ,„ CHEMICAL ADULTERA bpVIRiv T lolsr OF s , "tidet ,4 4. 4 e n ~_. ...,U6•AR. N.,?,, , i l r h a ,,' !Ra n i "..t the leading article of the " Morning Li, 4 1 . titit l Z , th ' exPosing this important question together il kl I ' 4l re IsT "r e •r " ' in aY be had Gratis at the British N I rWardiead. London; and Of all the ' llygelan agents ; 318 t• ' 4. a Pe nny postage stamp to the College as Ati,... - ''gst, 1650. William Bridges, Esq. Lewis Fredk. Edwards, Esq. AUDITORS. Charles John Gill, Esq. Physician—Robert Bentley Todd, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. Surgeon—W. Ferguzson, Esq., F.R.S. Consulting Actuary—Francis. G. P. Nelson, Esq. Solicitors—Messrs. Goodwin, Williams ' Partridge, and Edwards, Wall - gook House, City. Bankers—Messrs. Charles Hopkinson and Co., Regent-street. Secretary—W. W. Williams, Esq. . _ The distinctive feature of this Company consists in the sufficiency of ONE PAYMEN to cover an A , surance for the WHOLE OF LIFE. Upon proof being given that a party assured has met with his death by railway accident, the Company will pay to his representa tives the full amount of his Policy. If the accident shall result in personal injury only, the Company will pay to the assured a fair compensation for such injury. The Directors aro now granting assurances upon the following terms, viz. : For every Policy of 2,0001. . • . . 4/. 4s. 1,0001 . . . . 2/. 2s And for Policies or lesser amount than 1,0001., at the rate of ss. per cent. upon the sum assured. Respectable agents are appointed in all the principal towns of the United Kingdom, from whom every information may be obtained, :Is well as of the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, N 0.5, St. James's street. London. N RGYLL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Wit - ICWI I -cfront, Qt. ,Tqme.i's. THIS EVENING, This splendid and magniticent mile de Pause is NOW OPEN for the WINTER SEASON, with Laurent's celebrated :17 d unrivalled Band, Conducted by M. Laurent, jun. During the short recess the above Rooms have been entirely and newly de corated by the most talented and ingenious artists of 'he day ; and such a galaxy of splendour and taste has been displayed (ender the sole direction of G. F. Bryer), that this favourite and popular resort of fashion may be truly styled the most superb and elegant Temple of Terpsichore in the United Kingdom. Te.ins of Sub3criptiou:—Six months, 51. 58.; one month, 11.18, one evening, is. Doors open at Half-past Eight, Dancing to commence at Nine pre• cisely. The Academy closes at Eleven. iNi4 a4 \ THIRTY.-FIRST EDITION. 1 , Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Emgraviirrs on Steel. iti,,,, g qik t p.„, -------_______________ ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS', GENERATIVE INCA , 1 1 4 4 ) 1 11 11 ty , `, l ol ',R an , PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. ial, ' • * -- ittr t ., ,_. I, T INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or t . 2 1 ,11 0 4 may --•` 'm COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON by post, direct from the Establishment, 35. 6d. in postage stamps, SHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on I, kI, p g 'i or h " ix French or English, in a Sealed ,0 1 'Z i thi :11 p p from the Author, for forty-two I the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex zessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, .ii, le„lletatt_ i t s - 1, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain clis k\kiptiitir4kitie7 on th„ 4 RA T ATION; s malifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and ' l l , 4,,,kiettle ~_ at and ,-, Phyniology of Marriage, and on L. PERRY and JO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox c'tlttlli,N,on N,',,t4t:n e 1 ., - I ` 3 °rcierB of Youth and Maturity, rord-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Stranee \el lik k ecst th - DONy4 ' dim of life, which debilitate 11, paternoster.eow ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-strea ; k..t14,, k ,),;•151.1,`: vials',.. mulish and enfeeble the natural - -Retie, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden- Okt,. 4 in ! 4 ttlie,-.. "fn;Tes of Manhood ; with Practical hall-street. ikl) 3 1 ,41• 13 1 .4 1 tit e;1 e ,;',l‘34res:Celorvsous Debility and Indigestion, PART I. treats illustratedof the E batortlycaoni(oluprhey,isiEonloggryavoictolie re-productive tisotnuadr, e e r a r n e ess in , influence of organs, and a l n t d . lj ‘ l le k ; ' t t' 4 l , l l DPg o ,FP ' r 'eeett i (o nstttn e softhe consequences resulting from 's. excessive in h74t 4 1 e r ,',ZEt2,1y,3;4010 "tirseat ur e a ra r n erne vi nte ng r s esul t t ll in us g tr fr a o t r i r n i rn4ls- t d m u e l i e t e ta n l c c e, nd a b n o d di t l h y ei i, r ,e l a a k m n e e n ss ta . bnleervetofteiestseoxneittehmeensteamnd generative. iot AI , ~,od:etc , ,, '..laeases of the Re ' productive O g rgans incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. or, t tp°t*,_.' II ,4,1, RA in in t hem and functions, and the various PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in 0, , ,k, ,44t t i b , -;1) Olitr i ieni by solitary habits, excesses, and the primary or secon.lary form, and contains explicit directions for V III -`'. k ° lt D' '' L A I NIF.RT M D I S iti ~, 1 1,, at, at m B( 2 t r A. R , •.• ''lk. a4Y A,2,,111at e 4 -„.__ . E. LONDON'. Engt avings. 4 4 411t01 1t .71411 - 2ec ari .:7 , 7,n!?er_ef the University of Ndin- PART IV, contains a Remedyforth.ePreveiition infectionof Disease D i i s se o a b s v e ia b t y ed a kzi 414 . FIZI el_odf ca l' s... _"-.1- I _ l ? Lo_ndon, Honorary Member simple application, by which the danger of not \ rt,, ,Kki; 'slo o‘ c ourate7: l 7 , &e • IThis important part of the Work should escape the reader's k't , ~, Ilu, h th at °f th e ~ complete account of the notice. ‘ o ,o 4 qq:i tiy .ebi t ,„ , w. th e uniu eProductive Organs. It un- ' PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its dthue ktVZtain % e a 4 : l 7 t a7 i n: :t'ff, erIZ tl.ret...inithoefre i a n c v essi a indul- ' ties. The b ca t use . s t. o: lulaprodduchtiilvoesou,nhiioenalalyrea inquiredl considered, into. ikt' 4 ll`a h t i kt Z 1 thki and th -ear of aP - dying to a qualified ° hell-- whole THE scudizenct CORDIAL BALMi,,a y and philosophically is exclusively employed in tskicetN, Ali 2 41 44 th,,, e -e dread so frequently, but P err Y o- treatit g nervous and sexual ' debility, impotence, &c., I Is. and 335. ,k ht: l. , i t l 4 tire,l 'i preve e : nl ;lainth are beyond the reach of per bottle The Concentrated Detcrs ' ive Essence, an anti-syphilitic 114,,, e rte; ;1 , 111 41 : ‘ D r. --rt,,:s Seeking' for assistance where rerned-, fo . r purifying the blood in eases of infertion, secondary ktlli t ,, 'a r ip aftrertnagi.."'„llEßT has taken the highest symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11s. and 335. per Pttt lq . - `tren e : a g li Z_LifY, and the great extent of his : 1;ottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 25 • 91., 4s. 6 and I ls. SVA'ot t. !h i . 4 ski,oB"l4nstelyfotor h t is he professional t of e t i al )e e ri s; c pe . tiler inflammation hrrolxacer ta i remedy bladder.for gonorrhoea, c , fe s e tri i stricture, tbu7r eletter,and t0at'. 14 44 4 1111 d iza o n Consultation 1 t a g t l i e o e n t li. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi setpc y [ y, 6 3 7be had of Rent and Richards, Lion in society. 1/. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Feta -01%.""ki,..._ 89 Z t fortl-street; Starie, Ti c hb orne - bll s h ment only b y wh i ch the feu, If., Is saved. Messrs. Ferry. • Ilfr_b; b ,.. °7211,111 , ; Gordon, 146, Leaden- Surgeons, are in S., zlendance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford ' "ilitori — * l or fort Y-two otampo. from street. Loudon. from Eleven till Two and Fi v e t o Ei g ht ; on Sun "slings London. day, from Van to One. • ___ __. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, sm. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID- __ "- ' " "That three score years and ten our course may ran." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em- Afters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu ation of every-day life. IT. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Smerecy : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent at the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of ticentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, end remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." Paoexamma :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and zhoice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. _ . By R. J. CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. k 1824). Twenty-tlye years Medical and Forensic Referee in these - nattsr , Vivantlon hours , daily till aye. Evenings. seven till nine. 10 Argyll-place, Regent-strait SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Great Warwickshire Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 add-d, for three yrs old. One mile and three qua.- tars. (7 Subs.) Mr. G. Hawkes's Milcote walked over The Town Plate of 501., added to a Handicap of 10 sors. each. h fr. Gentlemen riders. One mile and a half. (13 Subs.) Mr. Carew's Agis, 5 yrs, lOst 21b ...(Captain Little) Mr. Waller's Capt. Parry, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (Davenport) 2 Lord Strathtnore's Migician, lOst 41b ...(Mr. Bevil') 3 Mr. OsbaestonsJoc e - , 5 yrs, o'-So 1 t, 6 yrs, s r : , 1 Is t 51b (Owner)(owne 5 (Owner) 4 Mr. G. Hobson's Hope, Betting-6 to 4 agst Joc-o'-Sot, sto 2 agtt Agis, and 3 setoles.agst Magician. Won by a length. Run in 3 min. 36 The County Stakes of 20 soya. each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second to receive 30/. out of the stakes. One mile and a half. (41 Subs., 18 of whom declared.) L - )rd John Scott's Turnus, 4 yrs,.7at 21b . ....(Lye) 1 Lord Exeter's Little Jack, 3 yrs, sst 10lb (larlock) 2 Lord Stanley's 7st slb (carried 7st Glb) (Nat) 3 'Lord Dunkellin's Rhesus, 4 yrs, 7st (Treen) 4 Mr. W. Russell na Docility, 4 yrs, sst I lib (Holdway) 5 Mr. Carew's Eseape, 5 vrs, 6st 61b (Charlton) 6 Betting --7 to 4on 'arid, 4to 1 agst Turnus, 6to 1 agst RhPstis, and Bto 1 agst Docility. Won easily by a length, tide! a bad third. Run in 3 min. 26 secs. The Avon Stakes of 15 soya, each, 10 ft, for two yrs old 7st, and 3 yrs 9st. Mald.ns allowed 51b, and mares and geldings 31b. T.Y.C. (9 Subs.) LordlN I M . ,or r r. . ax t sts:,,oc)trerod, Exeter's Ts Thwuorritnol deu Harriett, ,hg2oh ug 3 ynor y dos s 36d s , 3y B at : ri t s,,l l 2lB l bsy i t u .r.9s. ( l. Whitehouse) 1 d J. alglisset Lord t Tio3 S th)4ro t r ore s uog t gus h gth tu hu o tig r aoa e roi ; ido l ist i b 7 — ,. ( ( t J F ( * C:r t o m a u n a c ii h n ) ) ) 4 3 2 Harriett, Pft oa‘l:o,2o2snaoygvitew7Tascouth.rlijaneCjn,g.dthSs:3o. iathd)deds, Mr. Carew's Snuffle, 2 yrs, 6st 9lb d l t o 3n to 6 1 the second to receive 201. out rtigoifisbstht.e7.ls(btvir.a.k.i h(ulC e uta s . . One mile and a half. (6 S u b s .) Lord Ex eter ' s Little Ja,tk, , 3 7 Mr. Fowler's Jack B r i gg . Won in a ca n t er b y t h ree oL t ) ) 2 1 3 to 1 on Little J ac k. I. , ngths. Bun is 2 ruin. 33 secs. The Gold Cup of 200 so y a ., w i th 100 added. Three miles. Lord Leigh us Priestess, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ......... (L ye) 1 With regard to the patronage of the Church, is not that more directly an d Prime Minister than is the entirely at th f e d h i e sposal of de partments?— the Crown, except that patronagepurtioton partments?—With respect o the t. Church patronage rias v t a r r e i b o etugs exercised of- by the Lord Chancellor, and which is of very COL. That includes the appointments siderable amount, I consider Treasury would be responsible for ofe F t i h r e s t Lorderehh archbishops o t p h s e pon r si t b h le for the disposal of the and bishop,?—The archbishops! whole of the Church patronage, and all the Crown livings to the b i shops, toe deans, What is the number of Cromniir which the Lord Chancellor Ord C han L c o e r l d lor c w has not the appointment? p (s e e ct fa to r livings in the Church d t d o oe w s h n i o ch t a t p h p e oi L n Lorod ha o n f c t e h ll e or T , —The patronage of the r w eas ith ur r y e ' s livings is much greater than that of the First Lord of by the advice of the First the Treasury; the patronage the Crown disposed of as livings are concerned) is not pro portion of livings in the Church great belonging; the greater are disposed of by the Lord Chancellor. to th e C rown You have stated the power which the Minister had, in former times, of bestowing appointments tives and connexions, is it not to be on his rela gree an addition to his emoluments; is ietbeats t hefain some de gree now that the Minister has the power, and dbesactrillalso, x. 3 ercise it, of doing that which is ad vantageous to his a fa mily and relatives, by the distributio n o f appointme n ts among them?—That certainly is one of the advantages of office, and one that remains undiminish e d . I think there is more care in making appointments than there was in former times, but still the power r • mains un diminished. It is more controlled by public opinion, and the influ ence of the press, and of more resp•nsibility in Path ment?—And the conscience of the MiniAer. Then in taking into account that the pecuniary emolument is 5,0001. a year, all this patrona ge i s also to be taken into consideration as it was in former times, though perhaps it is not Appropriated so dire ct l y to the Minister's family as it was in former times? —No doubt the selection of persons for the highest offices in the state is a very great privilege, and a very great trust and if the Minister's relatives are qualified, ; 3 is, no , doubt, a great advantace that he is enabled to confer upon his relatives appointments of considerable value. Has not the Prime Minister the absolute disposal of all other Cabinet appointments? — That must very much depend upon the personal character and influence of the Prime Minister. I suppose Mr. Pitt appointed his own colleagues. When Mr. Pitt had a quarrel with the Lord Chancellor (Thurlow), it ended by the King requiring the Lord Chancellor to resign; but the power of a Minister to appoint or remove his colleagues is by no means an absolute one; I do not think you can consider that power as a branch of patronage. The appointment of Ministers is sometimes the result of a combination of parties, rather than the act of the Prime Minister. Speak irg generally, however, the Crown would certainly be irfluenced by the advice of the Prime Minister in the sdection of his colleagues. The charge of forming the Government is left almost exclusively to the Prime Minister. Does not the existence of the Government depend upon the Prime Minister, inasmuch as he is th e p i vot upon which the whole Government turns?—lt is diffi cult to give an answer to that question; Lord Chatham at the time of his greatest official power was not the Prime Minister of this country. Lord Chatham was never First Lord of the Treasury—he was Secretary of State at the time when the great military succeises of the war, which .ended with the peace of 1763, were achieved. Afterwards, when he firmed the Govern.. ment, in 1766, he held only the office of Lord Privy Seal. If the Prime Minister tend. rs Vs resignation to the Sovereign, is not that virtually a d ssoluricn of the Mi nistry?—lt probably would be, but the chief support of 6 efferninel beat no, Glways been the Prime minister, Mr. Fox was not Prime Minister—Mr. Fox was Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs in the years 1806 and 1807. Although Lord Grenville was nominally Prime Minister, Mr. Fox must have exercised at least equal in fluence in the Administration. As it is in the power of the Prime Minister at any time to cause a dissolution of the Cabinet by his resig nation, does not that give him the power of exercising great itifluence in the diep )sal of the patronage of e.ch departm en t so f ar as he cho sea to interfere?—l do not think he exercises on that account any influence over the disposal of appointment,; I have no recollection of any case in which he has made use of any such influence for ,uch a purpose. . Does net it involve this consequence, that if any col. league of the Prime Minister resisted his wishes with reference to any particular appointment, he would have the power of dissolving the Government, by reusing to continue in offiee?—Under all ordinary circumstances, if there was a serious difference of opinion between the Prime Minister arid one of his colleagues, and that dif ference c tuld not be reconciled by an amicable under standing, the result would be the retirement of the col league, not of the Prime Minister; but such a difference would never arise on a mere question of patronage. The possession of this patronage does not in any way diminish the personal expenditure occasioned to the holders of these offices?—Not in the slightest degree. Do you consider the Prime Minister responsible for the dispoesl of the whole of the patronage of Govern ment ?—I think so. Is it his duty to control the disposal of that patron age?---I think so. In all my experience, however, there has been cordial concert in these matters between all the members of the Government and the Prime Minister. I do not recollect the slightest difference of opinion about an appointment; at any rate, if there was a difference of opinion, I do not recollect any case in which it was not immediately reconciled. Wiil you state how far the Prime Minister has an in fluence over the patronngo of the appointments con nected with the Government of India, that of Governor- General fir Instaace?—l consider that the Prime Mi nister ought to have as great influence over the appoint ment of the Governor-General as the President of the Board of Centro'. The President of the Board of Control would never suggest the appointment of an in dividual to fill that office without being certain that he had the complete concurrence of the Primo Minister. That is true of all great offices, but particularly so of such an appointment as the Governor-General of India. The Prime Minister would have at least as much influ ence on the appointment of Governor-General of India as the Miuister in whose particular department the for mal appointment might be. Has the Prime Minister as much influence over the appointment of the Governor General of India as he has over the appointment of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ire land ; that is to say, how far he is independent of the East India Company with regard to the appointment?— The appointment cannot take place without the concur rence of the East India Company. But the East India Company can make no appoint ment of their own P—No. Then virtually it becomes the appointment of the Prime Minister ?—Virtually perhaps it is so ; but these public departments cannot go on successfully unless there is a good understanding between them. Are there not instances in which the East India Com pany has differed as to the appointment, and the ap pointment has consequently been obliged to be can celled ! —There have been such instances. But, in fact, no Goverrnor-General of India can be appointed without the complete approbation, sanction and concurrence of the Prime Minister of the Crown?— No, nor could he be appointed, nor would it be ad visable that he should be appointed, unless the person named had the complete confidence of the East India Company. The President of the Board of Control is one of the offices for which the Prime Minister selects an indivi dual as his colleague?—The Prime Minister, upon the formation of the Government, would submit to the So vereign the name of the individual whom he considered to be beat qualified to fill the office of President of the Board of Control; and supposing there were a vacancy in the office after the Government had been formed, the Prime Minister would take the pleasure of the Crown upon the appointment of a person to hold that office. With regard to the Secretaries of the Board of Con trol, are those appointments made precisely in the same way as the Secretaries of the Home Department and of the Admiralty, by the joint action of the Prime Minister and of the department?—By joint action. The Presi dent of the Board of Control would probably consider that the Prime Minister was responsible for the gene ral conduct of the affairs of the Government, and would be ready to acquiesce in the appointment of any capable man to the office; ho might expre-s a wish in favour of some person in whom he had particular confidence; but I do not recollect any practical difficulties in the adjust ment of those things. Are the salaries of the President and Secretaries of the Board of Control paid in a different form from the salaries of the other public officers?—Yes, they are paid from the revenues of the East India Company. Under an Act of Parliament directing that P—Under an Act of Parliament. I, the First Lord of the Treasury a governor, es officio, of any public charities; of Christ's Hospital, for instance, or any of those institutions?—l think not. I was a governor of the Charter-house, but not as First Lord of the Treasury. The First Lord is an ex-officio trustee of the British Museum and of the National Gal lery; I do not think he is of any public charities. Besides the Governor-General, what other offices are there in India to which the Prime Minister virtually ap points?—l think he would confer with others upon the appointment of the governor of Madras, the governor of Bombay, and the commander of the forces at each the presidencies. In the latter case, the Commander-in- Chief, the President of the Board of Control, and the Prime Minister, would meet together and discuss the qualifications of the persons who might be considered candidates for the chief military command. The ape pointment afterwards submitted to the Crown would be the result of this concert, and an agreement that such an officer had upon the whole the fairest claim. Can the Court of Directorsof the East India Company appoint to any of those offices without the consent of the Government here?—Their respective powers are exactly defined by law; the power of objection on the part of the East India Company, and the power of the Crown to make the appointment; a reference to the Act will show exactly it stands. With regard to the judges of the Queen's Courts in the Presidencies, are they also appointed by the Go vernment at home?—By the President of the Board of Controul. In contradistinction from the East India Company ? Yes,in appointing an individual as chit f justice, the Pre sident of the Board of Controul would probably confer with the Prime Minster; hut the Prime Minister is to harassed with the (levitis of his office, that he is very glad to leave it to the Board of Controul to make any ap pointments, except those which materially influence the conduct of public affairs. Do you think, from your experience, that the exercise of the patronage of the Crown is one of the parts of the duties of the Prime Minister from which he derives the greatest satisfaction? —I think that what is coaled the patronage of the Treasury, such as the appointment of commissioners and other revenue officers, so far from affording any satisfaction, is one of the most disagreeable and invidious parts of his duty. Is not the responsibility connected with the appoint ment of bishops and of the highest officers of State a much greater consideration in the exercise of that pa tronage than the power of obliging individual.?—l think it it. There is very little satisfaction in the possession of that power as tar as mere personal gratification is con cerned. Is not the difficulty which occurs in the exercise of that patronage often much greater than any personal satisfaction a hich the Minister can derive from that pewer?—Certainly. There is a great misunderstanding with regard to the patronage of the Revenue. The pa tronage of the Revenue Departments is in general deter mined by certain rules and fixed principles. Men rise, as they rise in the army, after a certain length of service, according to established regulations. The construction to be placed upon those regulations is with the Boards of Revenue; the power of the Preusury is very limited, except as to the appointment of the Commissioners of the Revenue Boards and the higher officers. In former times the Treasury had the power of ap pointing the Collectors and Comptrollers, and all the higher offices of the Revenue?—l believe so. Do not those appointments now, under the present re gulations, go almost by seniority, according to the re commendations of the different boards of the Treasury? —Yes; they are of no value whatever for the purpose of Parliamentary influence, or for the purpose of con ferring private favour. When you speak of the disagreeable duty of adminis tering the patronage in the hands of the Prime Minister RAILWAY PASSENGER' ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. The second half -yearly meeting of the shareholders of this important and invaluable company to the public took place yesterday, at the offices of the com pany, 3, Old Broad -street. Mr. John Dean Paul, the chairman of the com pany, took the chair shortly after twelve o'clock. The usual formal business having been gone through, and the minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed, The CHAIRMAN called upon the Secretary to read the report. The SECRETARY (Mr. A. Beattie) then read the following report : " At this second half -yearly meeting the directors are happy to be able to report a decided incr., ase in the amount of premiums over that of the previous half-year; and they congratulate the proprietors that tLe company is now established on a firm basis, with every prospict of a steady increase in its business. " The abstract statement of the accounts of the con:- pany, to the 30th June last, have already been placed in the hands of the proprietors; and from these it will be seen that the amount of premiums received during the half-year which terminated on that day amounted to 2,0871. Os. 4d., and as the income of the society for the previous half-year was 1,4211. 75. Id., the increase its the amount of premiums received in the last six months, over that of the first six months, is 665/. 13s. 3d. ‘• The entire receipts of the year just closed are 3,5081. 7s. 5d., the expenditure, including the sums paid for compensation to parties injured, amounts to 2,480/. ss. 6d., acrd after estimating the liabilities of the company tor charges which were not paid when the accounts were made op, and deducting them, the net balance amounts to 6781. /s. 11d., which, for the first year of a new com pany the directors conceive will be regarded as a most satie'actory result. " This balance, unless reduced hereafter by payments for compensation on some of the policies issued prior to the 30th of June, will yield about eight per cent. on the capital paid up; and though for the present the direc tors cannot recommend its division, they trust that at the next half-yearly meeting they will be in a position to pay interest to the proprietors upon the capital; and unless it should be deemed necessary to reserve a por tion of the surplus to go in diminution of preliminary expenses, a dividend of an almost equal amount to the interest may likewise then be paid. " The obvious course which the directors would ven ture to recommend to the proprietors at this meeting, however, is to reserve this balance until the risks upon the old insurances are run off. " The issue of the company's tickets, which, at the date of the last half -yearly meeting of the proprietors, was established on twenty-seven railways, has since been extended to five more, so that the public can now obtain insurance tickets on the following lines of rail way:—The London and North-Western Railway, and all its branches ; Eastern Counties and Norfolk, and all its branches; Great Western, and all its branches; Mid land, including the Leeds and Bradford and the Birm ingham and Bristol; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and all the lines connected with it; York, Newcastle, and Ber th ick, and all the lines connected with it; York and North Midland, and all the lines connected with it; Great Northern, and all the lines connected with it; Lan caster and Carlisle, and all the lines connected with it; East Lancashire, and all the lines connected with it; South Devon, and all the lines connected with it; New castle and Carlisle, and all the lines connected with it; Maryport and Carlisle, and all the lines connected with it; tthrewsbury and Birmingham, and all the lines connected with it; North Staffordshire, and all the lines connected with it; South Staffordshire, and all the lines connected with it; Eastern Union, and all the lines connected with it; Chester and Holyhead, and all the lines connected with it; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and all the lines connected with it; North- Western, and all the lines connected with it; Taff Vale, and all the lines connected with it; Cockermouth and Working' en, and all the lines connected with it; Stock ton and Hartl-pool, and all tilt, lines connected with it; Leeds and Thirsk, and all the lines connected with it; Caledonian, and all the lines connected with it; Edin burgh and Glasgow, and all the lines connected with it; North British, and all the lines connected with it; Scot tish Central, and all the lines corm( eted with it; Scottish Midland Junction, and all the lines connected with it; Aberdeen, and all the lines corm, cted with it; Edin burgh, Perth, and Dundee, and '.ll the lines connected with it; Dundee and Perth, and Aberdeen Junction, and all the lines connected with it; and in the course of the next wet k the issue of tickets will be establibbed on the South Wales and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways. " The numbor of single journey tickets issued during the year ending 30th June, has been 24,788 first-class; 41,515 second-class; 43,771 third-class ; total, 110,074; and the periodical tickets issued in the same period has been 2,803. " There is still an unwillingness on the part of two or three railway boards to sanction the issue of insurance tickets on their lines. The plea of alarming passengers has been put forward as the ground of this refusal, as if provision against a possible danger made danger more certain or imminent. It is not usual for a man to be more afraid of death because he insures his life, or that he lives in fear of his house being burnt because he in sures against fire. But, however, your directors have tried every reasonable and respectful means of influenc ing the railway boards in question to a;Turd the oppor tunity of effecting insurances on those lines, as well as elsewhere, which they have reason to believe the public would value. And as your directors can adopt no other means, they wait the effect of time and public opinion upon the gentlemen who conduct those railways, and they hope that, ere long, they may consent to the issue of insurance tickets, so that the advantages which the company holds out to travellers may be enjoyed upon every railway in the kingdom. `rho directors stated in the last report that the principle of effecting insurance against railway accidents was beginning to be appreciated in France and America; they have just learned that a company is now formed in Paris, under the authority of an Act passed on the 22d and 233 April last, which will commence the issue of tickets on the principal railways in France as soon as the necessary arrangements are completed. The pro moters of that company are also about to enter into ne gotiations with the Governments of the principal con tinental states of Europe, to obtain permission to estab• lish branches in the principal cities, viz., Vienna, Berlin, Baden, &c. Your directors cannot help regarding this contemplated extension of the system originally com menced by this company as a favourable feature in its future prospects; for it must be evident, as the know ledge of the principle becomes more widely spread, the probability of travellers acquiring the habit of insuring will be increased. " In the last session a Bill was introduced into Parlia ment by Mr. Newdegate, for the purpose of making it compulsory on railway companies to provide medical assistance to parties who may be injured by railway accident, in the present state of the law no action being maintainable against a railway company by a surgeon called in by the servant of a rail way company, to render assistance to a passenger who has been accidentally hurt upon a railway. This Bill was thrown out on the second reading, and your direc- you allude . to the difficulty of adjusting the rival claims of parties seeking such appointments?—Yes. But at the same time there is an immense amount of patronage, of which the Prime Minister has the abso lute disposal, and by 'which he can make provision fur dependents and relatives, provided they possess the ne cessary qualifications?—The power is much more limited than you suppose. 'Poke the patronage to which the Prime Minister is directly or indirectly entitled, the patronage in the Church, the patronage in the Judicial Courts, the patron age in the diplomatic department, the Governor -General ship of India, the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland, and other departments; must not the salaries and emolu ments of those appointments amount to many hundred thousand pounds a year?—it may be several hundred thousands. I was before adverting to the ordinary re venue or civil patronage of the Treasury. There is an immense power in the hands of the in dividual holding the office of Prime Minister?—lm mense power. And that surely is one of the objects for which high office is desired; in fact, is not the exercise of great power as much an object of ambition to a man as the ac tual emolument he receives?— Certainly. And it ought to be taken into consideration as a por tion of his reward?—lt ought to be considered as one of the inducements to men to devote th 4 m,elves to the public service, most certainly; but I doubt whether ad vantages of that kind ought to be taken into account for the purpose of reducing the salary which a public officer ought to receive. A salary sufficient to enable the holder , tors feel that 44 rejection is calculated to enhanee t h e claims of this company on public support, as by Ito means each man may have the opportunity of eoing that for himself at a small expense, which the Bil was designed to compel railway companies to do, without any means of checking the abuse of such a power. "The claims upon the company for compensation daring the past half-year, and the circumstances out of which they arose, will be described, and the amount awarded in each case stated at foot of this report; and, without desiring to exaggerate the danger of railway tra velling, it is manifest that there are accidents inevitably occurring in this, as in all other modes of travelling, ---- - =esseeeeeeeeme----- which cannot be prevented by human foresight or care, of it to maintain his office with a certain degree of dig- besides those which arise from negligence or ince:u nity ought to be attached to it. I do not deny the ex. potence. tent of the power, or the value of the patronage, but I " The cases which this company has relieved during do not think th e y ou g ht t o b e consider e d as equivalents the past year show that accidents do occur, and that this for salary. company has been the means of relieving (as far as Inca- When you speak of the dignity of the Prime Mi- niary aid is concerned) those who have suffered, and [lister, do not you think that that dig ity is very who had taken insurance tickets. with accident, have the satisfaction of knowing that the much affected and very much increased by the im- " Those who contribute the premium without meeting mence power which he possesses as an iadiv:aual?— 1 i their travelling creates a fund for the relief of others, Certainly, smell addition which the premium makes to the cost of Nit a h, n he d i enh t u, h mi e nbme u r t o i os l itfi yienaosstfeassnucwcehhf,,,i which companyh ave r received is v d e e d m c o o n m s Would it make any difference in the dignity of that office, whether the Prime Minister spent, in his own has been made to persons in demonstrated by private establishment, 1,000/. a year more or less?—The grater the power a Minister has, the greater the lia bility to abuse. I think it would be unwise to attach to these circumstances thy[ render the relief afforded a the office of Prime Ministe-, because he has great pa- great astistanee. teenage, and the facility for übusing it, a less amount of '• In the short period that has elapsed since the expire einelument than that which is required for the proper Lion of the fist series of periodical tickets, co great a support of the office. It is rather an additional reason proportion have been renewed, that the directors ase why y ou should five a Minister no temptation to abuse p -rsuaded the comf ort o f b e i ng insured has induced the his power on account of the inadequacy of his emolu- greater number of policy holders to coutinue their er way,in in my surances, and th e y trust t h at this may be reg ar d e d as a opinion. meets. Th e argument tells the oth satisfactory lecture with reference to the future busitess Is net that an argument that would not apply to other of tt e company. members of the Cabinet, who receive the same salaries "Tie directors have to express their increased con es the Prime Minister, but have not the same patronage? fidence in the utility of the undertaking, aad their con -I think those who wish to see the arena of public ser- viction that as the cases compensated for injuries during vice open to all, without distinction of rank or fortune, the year will give publicity to it in a way that ordinary advertisement cannot do, the same confidence in its ought not to contend for an undue limitation of official utility and its responsibility will be felt by the commu emoluments. Those emoluments ought to be sufficient to induce a man of great abilities and of very moderate t pity at large. And they assure the proprietors that no means to ent , r into the public service, and it would be effort will be spared to render it not only a useful in unjust to such a man to place him in immediate contact stitution to the public, but a profitable investment of their with min of great wealth, and leave him with insufficient capital. means to maint a i n t h e proper dignity of the office which , a The director s cannot c l ose this report without grate he held. I f ee l t h at very strongly. If you were to ' ully acknowl e d g i ng t h e k ind support and a d they have adopt that principle, you would confine the tenure of received from the directors of the London and North ereat offices to the aristocracy and to men of fortune. Western, th e G rea t W estern, the Eastern Counties, the That would b e a great pu b lic misfortune. ' Great Northern, the Midland, and all other railways in the cast, west , an d north, working into or from those The cffices of th e hi g h est amount of salary are gene- i lines, havin g thus been enabl e d to establish the system, rally tak en now b y rich men, or by men of aristocratic connexions; but if the e mo l uments were lower, might j i and render at as easy as possible for the public to obtain not that hav e t h e e ff. et o f opening those offices to men I both si ng l e j ourney and periodical tickets at all the prin. cipal stati ons o f t h e railways above mentioned." of another cl a s s ?—lf you review the great offices of State for the last fifty years—the office of Prime Minis- Annexed to the report was published a list spec-- ter, the Secretaries of State, and the Chancellor of the f fying the claims and compensation awarded under Exchequer, you will not find that aristocratic con- insurances effected during the year 1849 50. From nexions have much influenced those appointments. In this statement it appeared that in addition to medical the case of Mr. Pitt, of Mr. Addington, of Mr. Perceval, and surgical relief, thirty-seven persons had been of Mr. Canning, it would surely be impossible to con- awarded sums varying between 2/. and 2101. tend that aristocratic influence had determined their The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re appininsunt. In other cases, wherein person of high .The just read, together with the balance-sheet which family connexion have held the chief offices, it has been port had been in the hands of . the proprietors for several because they have been the fittest persons for them. days, said he wished to make a few observations, Lord Grey an I Lord J. Russell did not owe their ap pointment as Prime Minister to their aristocratic eon- which he considered called for by the favourable flexion, but to their superior qualificatioes, and to the auspices under which they had met, by the present confidence of their party. Ido not think they owed it position of the company, and by its future prospects. in the slightest degree to the accident of birth. And He bad to express his satisfaction at the result cf the so, also, with respect to the office of Secretary for Fo- company's first year's experience. He did not limit reign Affairs: Lord Grenville and Lord Londonderry 1 his satisfaction to a mere pounds, shillings, and pence owed their appointments not to aristocratic connexion, view of their position, although even financially con but to their just influence in the House of Commons, sidered they had cause for gratification, because their acquired by superior DE ability. ( NUED). balance-sheet pres en t e d a clear divisible surplus profit TO CONTI of 8 per cent. on the paid-up capital, after allowing for all expenses and claims on the company. Still the directors did not at present, as stated in the report, recommend the appropriation of this surplus. But he also looked with satisfaction on the advantages which had been conferred by the company on the travelling portion of the public in the payment of compensation to persons meeting with railway acci dents under circumstances that entailed much suffer ing, privation, and great loss of time. These parties had borne their voluntary testimony, to the inestimable boon they had derived from the company, and which timely assistance, in his opinion, entitled the company to the support of the public generally, on these grounds of philanthropy and benevolence, which called on th e m any w h o were happily exempt from the effects of such casualities, to contribute cheerfully fur the benefit of the few who unfortunately did suffer from them—(Heer, hear.) Bearing in mind the difficulties invariably inseparable from the introduction of a new system-- yet a new system, he would be allowed to say, as ad vantageous as it was novel—he did think the progress they had made since they last met might fairly be considered as an evidence that the system was steadily gaining ground with the public, and becoming gradually appreciated by those who travelled on rail ways, and as an earnest of a future success calculated to encourage them to labour in extending its utility and its general application. The company was in cordial co-operation with all the leading lines of the kingdom, and the directors were thankful for the de gree of courtesy and accommodation they had always received from the different railway companies; and they confidently cherished the hope that at no dis tant day all the southern lines in the country would soon have so far adopted the system as would enable the foreigner travelling to England to complete the entire journey from London to Paris under the advantages of the principle of the company. As a company on precisely similar prin ciples had recently keen established in France, and with the same object, that circumstance would go far in proving the utility and acceptab!eness of the system generally. He had before him many practical proofs of the individual benefits derived from the operations of this institution, but he would only trouble the meeting by reading one letter from a party who had received compensation through the instrumentality of the company. The writer stated that he was happy to say he was doing well, and better than he had a right to expect after so serious an accident, and he indulged the hope that, with the assistance of Divine Providence, he would be able shortly to resume his ordinary duties. The writer had also to express his heartfelt gratitude for the kind consideration he bad experienced from the directors of the company, and likewise from th e di rectors of the London and North- . Western Railway for the liberal manner in which they had met his case, and for the kind consideration they had shown to his family in addition to the forty guineas that he had been awarded as compensation from this company. The writer wished his letter to be made public, in order that other firemen and engine -driver s might also be induced t o i nsure i n this company e. H signed his name as John Haigh, an engine -driver connected with the Peterborough station. He (the (Chairman believed the publication of such a letter through the press would tend to establish the system in the estimation of the public ; and he might have I cited various other similar instances. But he must mention, by way of contrast, the unfortunate accident that took place recently at Cowlais. Their medical officer (to whose skill and ability he was glad to bear testimony) had to visit the sufferers, to cheer their spirits and administer to their wants and necessities. Whilst performing these offices of mercy he was deeply pained in having regularly to pass the door of one poor woman, who had sustained very serious in jury, and whose case was almost hopeless, but who had thoughtlessly omitted to take one of the company's tickets when starting on her journey. At the trifling cost of threepence, 1,000/. was insured to the first-class passenger; for twopence, 500/. to the second-class; and for one penny, 200/. for the third-class ; and in not a few of the thirty-four cases relieved during the lust twelve months, the cost to the sufferers had only been one penny in addition to the railway fare. At the lust meeting the directors retained some of the shares for the purpose of allotting them to parties who might be able and desirous to actively promote the extension of the company's system. 3,250 shares had since that time been carefully allotted upon this principle, and the directors pledged themselves for the future to exercise the same discretion in allotting the few shares that might still remain in their hands, always giving a preference to persons who expressed their anxiety and had the power personally to pro mote the success of the institution. The directors, it would be recollected, had once entertained the idea of going to Parliament for a new Bill to extend the company's powers, but in con sequence of communications which had taken place between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and one of the directors on this subject, circumstances arose rendering it better not to press for their Bill, and therefore it had been abandoned in the meantime. He would now assure the proprietors in his own name, and in the name of those with whom he had the privilege to work, that as regards the past they cordially proferred their gratuitous services, and as regards the future they pledged themselves to con tinue to exercise the same vigilance and attention to the interests of those who had favoured them with their confidence as they had already shown. He was in the sanguine expectation that at no distant day the shareholders would derive such a return on their capital as would saf e ly an d f a i r ly be accompanie d with proper remunerati on f or th ose w ho had taken t he labouring oar. The Ch a irman concluded by again moving the adoption of the report and accounts. Mr. HARRISON (Deputy- Chairman) seconded the motion. Mr. G. STEVENS said that he was anxious to say something before the report and the accounts were adopted, because at the last half-yearly meeting he had moved a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. On the same occasion he had stated that he hoped the company would be able by the pre sent time to pay a fair dividend, and a liberal re muneration for the directors ; but he regretted to find that the data upon which he had fairly based this ex pectation had been upset by the directors, in their discontinuance of the extensive system of advertising the company, which had previously made their busi ness fructify so remarkably. He had been connected with the company in the management of its advertis ing department, and although his official 90nnexion with the company was now severed, he did not rise i CI 101