The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. Chzirtes Danc,'s Morning Call brings an immense number of evening calls to Drury-lane, a matter at which we are not astonished, seeing that never did lady and gentleman conduct themselies more amusingly than do Mrs. Nisbett and Mr. Anderson during the Morning Call aforesaid. The grand spectacle of Azael stilt con tinues its attraction undiminished, and was followed last night by Raising the Wind, the best method of doing which for a theatrical manager is undoubtedly to produce such attractive pieces as the Morning Call and Azgel. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A clever adaptation by Mr. John Oxenford of Le Pont Casse was produced here) last ovening under the title of Make the Best of It. Thu incidents of the ori ginal are followed closely, and the dialogue is full of smartness and point. Buckstone sustains the character of the hero (originally written for Arnal), whose mar vellous facility for getting into scrapes gives rise to the " fun" of the farce with infinite humour and gusto, and he was well supported by Miss P. Horton, Mrs. Fitz wil liam, and Mr. Howe. The piece was perfectly success ful, and was announced for repetition. It was preceded by Hamlet, in which Mr. J. W. Wallack appeared for the first time as the Prince of Denmark. His reading of the part was careful and elaborate, and in the picture scene he was really fine. The success of this scene must not, however, be ascribed solely to Mr. W. Wal lack; Miss Laura - ,Addison, who personated Gertrude, was to the full as great as be, and indeed throughout the whole tragedy she completely vindicated her claim to be considered one of the greatest tragic artistes of the day. Her Gertrude is perhaps the most truthful that we have at present on the stage. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. MRS. FANNY KEMBLE'S READINGS OF SH AKSPERE. Mrs. Fanny Kemble has recommenced her delightful Shaksperian readings at the St. James's Theatre, and last night she read the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Her reading is distinguished by its truthfulness, by the nice discrimination with which she by her intonation marks the various shades of character. Juliet was the part in which she first attained her fame, and in the delineation of that character she has never been approached. It might naturally be supposed, therefore, that her read ing of the part was perfection; and, in her passionate bursts of tenderness, we were frequently reminded of the Fanny Kemble who was wont, night after night, to fill Covent-garden Theatre to the ceiling. But she was equally great in the character of the Nurse, and indeed in every other. She was listened to with close atten tion, and at the conclusion the applause was enthusiastic. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. Mr. Batty has engaged one of the most wonderful of equestrian performers, who is not only the most won derful; but most assuredly the smallest and the youngest equestrian who ever appeared in an arena. This pro digy performs under the soubriquet of Tom Thumb, and is, we understand, not more than four years old. We saw him last evening, and certainly a more graceful and at the same time a more marvellous performance we never witnessed. There are two horses standing ready caparisoned in the arena when a sedan chair is brought in, the chair is opened, and Toe Thumb, capa risoned in full tenue, as a grand eever, with scarlet coat, cocked hat, end wig, steps forth, approaches the steeds, mounts them, and goes through some of the most extraordinary and difficult feats of equitation. It seems marvellous how the little fellow can manage to stretch his tiny legs so as to stand upon the two horses at once; nevertheless he does so, and not only does he stand upon them, but he manages them, and goes through his wonderful feats with all the coolness and certainty of a practised equestrian. The en thusiasm he excited was intense, and the audience testified their delight, not by applause alone, but by showering on him not bouquets, but oranges, a method of testifying approbation which seemed to afford immense gratification to the juvenile prodigy, who, hav ing taken off with him as many as he could carry, and bowed his acknowledgments, sent on two men with bas kets to bring to him the remainder. The scenes in the circle were preceded by the spectacle of Joan of Arc, the magnificence of which still continues to attract crowded houses, and followed by the farce of The Artful Dodge, in which Mr. George Wild appeared in his original character of Demosthenes Dodge. He looked exceedingly well, and was as full of dry quaint humour as ever. Wild, the legitimate successor of John Reeve, has been too long a truant from the London boards; we hope that now he has found his way back ho will not again desert us. The lovers of fun and drollery are under an obliga tion to Mr. Batty for having brought George Wild back to us. NEW STRAND THEATRE. This little house—the " pill-box " theatre, as it has not inaptly been called—has very recently been opened by a Mr. Robert Heller, a new aspirant for cabalistic fame. It has been said that " wonders will never cease," and since we understand that the Wizard of the North is shortly to open the St. James's Theatre, that M. Robin is pursuing a course of uninterrupted success at the top of the Haymarket, and now that Mr. Heller has taken the Strand it would seem as if the old saying were about to be verified. Mr. Heller's tricks do not differ materially from those of his predecessors. He certainly does introduce a few feats of legerdemain quite new to us, and if, on looking over his bill of fare, we see some tricks a little stale from their antiquity, they ne vertheless do not look amiss when put before the public in a now dress, and when performed with a neatness and dexterity equal, if not in some respects superior, to his fellow-conjurors. The celebrated inexhaustible bottle trick he manages very cleverly, and wines, rum, whisky, brandy, gin, &c., are distributed in goodly quantities among the audience, and it is but justice to them to say that they patronize the said bottle with the greatest sa tisfaction and good-humour. Also the inexplicable illu sion of causing his son, while standing on a table with a sort of extinguisher over him, to mysteriously disappear from under it, he performs with great precision. To take Mr. Heller's performance as a whole, it is quite as clever, and well worthy of being seen as any others of the same sort, and we have no doubt the little Strand Theatre will soon be too small to contain his audience. One great advantage he possesses which M. Robin does not, i. e., although a Frenchman, he can talk English with the greatest fluency, and from first to last keeps his audience in good-humour. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LEASING OP AN EASTERN LINE.—We stated a fort night ago, that a small line, hitherto entirely unproduc tive to the shareholders, in an eastern locality, was likely to be taken up by a leviathan company. The negotia tions are now concluded. The terms are a guarantee of 24 per cent. We are not at liberty to name the line, but we may mention that within the last few weeks the shares have more than doubled their market value, through the purchases of those who were aware of what was coming off. MR. HUDSON AND THE SHARE.MARKET.—We under stand that Mr. Hudson has been again netting a large amount by successful speculations for the rise in the railway market, and that he is still as bullishly disposed as ever. He has, we are assured, four or five brokers in constant occupation, and in one instance, we believe, he has a monopoly of the services of one of the clerks cf the establishment. —Advertiser. IRISH SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—WO learn from good authority, that very great reductions are about to be made in the establishments connected with this line, which will very materially improve the value of the con cern. The subject will be brought under the considera tion of the general meeting on Saturday. SOUTH DEVON R A ILWAY. —Yesterday the committee on this company's Bill for facilitating the conversion of loan into capital, and regulating priority of dividends, Mr. Fitzroy in the chair, declared the preamble proved. The capital is not to be increased by conversion of loan, and in no case to ex ceed 478,4661., the sum authorised to be borrowed. The Bill was opposed by Mr. Stevens, a shareholder, on the genera l merits. GREAT NORTHERN R AI LWAY. —Yesterday, the com mittee, Mr. Liddell in the chair, passed the preamble of this company's Bill, for enlar g in g the station at King's-cross, and f or improving the app roaches, b y the div ers i on o f t h e Old Pancras - r oad. The stations at Knotti ng l y are taken f or t h ese pur poses to re SHEFFIELD se by new shares 760 ,000/. and Wakefield to be enlar g ed, and powers i Yesterday th e C omm i ttee on this Bill, for de viations , ROTHERHAM, AND , G OOLE RAILWAY.— between Sheffield and Barnsley, declared the preamble proved. HALESWORTH, B ECCLES , AND HADDISCOE RAILWAY. —Mr. Bernal report s f rom t h e C o mmittee on thi s Bill that the preamble is f oun d prove d ; that the proposed capital is 150,0001., with power to borrow 50,000/.; that the amount of shares subscribed for is 118,5001,, and the deposits paid thereon 11,8504 ; that eight shareholders having a local interest in th e li ne have subscribed 63,500/., and five others 5 5,000/. The line is 13 miles, without engine&ring difficulties, as reported by Mr. Bidder, the engineer. The Committee are satisfied with the bonii fides of the subscription contract. BANGOR AND CAERNARVON RAILWAY. Mr. Bernal reports the preamble of this Bill, fur ma ki ng a ra ilway from the Chester and Holyhead Railway, nea r Ban gor, to Port Dmorwic and Caernarvon, proved. Mr. Fos Maule was prevented, owing to a severe attack of gout, from voting in favour of the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. The birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was celebrated yesterday at Windsor and Kew, by the ringing of the church bells, the firing of cannon, and other rejoicings. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL PARKER, C. 8., ROYAL ARTILLERY.—This gallant officer, for many years Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, where he resided, died on Tuesday, the 25th inst., after,,an illness of six days. Major - Gen eral John Botelor Parker entered the service as second lieutenant on the let o f April, 1802; was promoted to first lieutenat, Ist September, 1803 ; captain, sth June, 1808 • brevet-major, 2 1st September, 1813; lieutenant-colonel, june 18, 1815; colonel, 10th January, 1837; and major.general, 9th Novem ber, 1846. He had seen considerable service, having been employed at Walcheren, and in the operations previous to - and at the siege of Flushing. It is said in Hart's Army List that he embarked in February, 1812, for Lisbon, and re- ARRIVAL OF THE CLIPPER SIIIP TYPHOON.—Ll tnained with the Duke of Wellington's army till the conelu- VERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. —One of the most remarkable pas sion of the war in 1814. He was present at the battle of sages ever made across the Atlantic, under sail only, has Vittoria, b o th sieges of St. Sebastian, battle of Orthes, affair just been accom p lished by the rew American s hip Typhoon. et Tarbes, and battle of Toulouse , and lost hi s left le g at the She s ailed from Portsmouth, Newhaven, United Stat es , for battle o f Waterloo. He received the gold medal for the Liverpool, onl her trial trip, coining over in ballast only, battl e of Vittoria, and the silver medal with three clasps for and entered the Mersey to-day, completing th e passage St. Sebastian, Orthes, and Toulouse. in the extraordinary short time of fourteen days from port Nobody takes reproof so kindly as he that deserves to port. baost to be commended.—Eliza C'ook's Journal. A GLORIOUS BONFIRE.—Lord Lansdowne would Lord Broughton gave a dinner to the Cabinet be happy to see the income-tax repealed, and then ahe Ministers last evening, at his residence Berkeley-square. should be glad to move that ail the papers relating to it should be burnt." The only mode , we take it, in which an E ASTE RN COUNTIES RAILWAY. The Eastern income-tax paper can appear light to anybody,—Punch. Counties' 'shareholders have manfully surrendered their Is. ILL EFFECTS OF NOT ADVERTISING.—A clerk in dividend, and have elected a new chairman with great ap 's antecedents are, per- one of our mercantile establishments writes to his friend s at parent confidence- Mr. Waddington home s—" I have a plaguy easy time of it D-a-slays— uaPs, rat h er ambiguous, but his experienc e at an y rate is very little work to do our firm don't advertise."—American beyond dispute. We trust next week t o see his rei g n inau gurated by a little better arrangeme nt of trains and by a Paper. aornewhat more reasonable provision for the conveyance LOVE SUBDUES PRINCE AS WELL AS PEASANT. of the morning journals. Cambridgeshire ought not to —We learn by letters from Borne of the 10th instant, that Wait till noon for the day's intelligence. It is surely Prince Paskevitsch has made a most det ermined attem p t at unwise, with the Great Northern so close at hand, to remind suicide by stabbing himself six times in the region of the eopie by d a ily drawbacks of the advantages of comp etition- heart with,a knife. He is a y oun g man, and nephew to the G rea t Exhibition of the summer is expected to do won- the Prince who is at the head of the family. His attach 'tars for railway property in general. We a re less sanguine ' ment tc a young Polish lady was di s approved of by his of its e ff ec t s in this particular respect, but we have no dcubt friends and the Emperor, and in order to break it off he was 'whatever that every year's experience will establish the sent with dispatches to the Russian Ambassador at Rome. identity of interests between shareholders an d the public, The disappointment appears to have affected his reason ; and 4 ild prove that fair accommodation at fair prices is the best on Thursday night, after having called for his pistols, which f or in these and in all oth er com mercial und ertakin g s were refused tun, he inflicted the wounds mentioned. His or ultimate success.— Times. i life is considered to be in the greatest danger. THE KAFIR wAR, We have received papers from the Cape of the 31 tilt., one day later than the last advices. The following extracts are taken from the Zuid Afrikaan : The following is copied from the Graham's Town Journal and Frontier Times, of the 28th January, re ceived by yesterday's post:— " An express arrived this morning, bringing dis patches from his Excellency the Governor, containing the subjoined General Order.' From a communication received by the same opportunity, we learn some parti culars not stated in that document. It appears that not merely were the enemy repulsed, but that they sustained loss of 24 men killed on the field, among whom wore two petty chic f.; and several headmen, and many wounded, " We learn also by the same opportunity, that the strongest hopes are entertained of the fidelity of the Amagaleka chief Kreh. At the date before us, namely the 25th, instant, twenty-five head of cattle bad just come in from the meat contractor's agent at Butter worth—a very significant token of quiet in that direc tion: These cattle had been brought in by a relative of Tzatzoe's, employed for the purpose. He says, that on the 22d instant Kreli was at Butterworth, and called a meeting of all litt' gteat even--every one being present sere old Belem ,who sent his son. All were for peace, Xreli telling all the traderertn go back to the several Stations, which they did. He reports every thing quiet both in Kreli's and the H'lambies country, that at night he drove his cattle into the kraals of Umhala'a people, who gave him milk and treated him kindly. The same Man was to start the next day on his return for more cattle. There can be no reason whatever to doubt the perfect accuracy of this statement, inasmuch as had the country been hostile, it is clear these cattle could not have been driven through. It is added, that Sewani nays the Kafirs declare the Fingoes are devils. It seems that the Kafir prophet Umlanjeni denounced them, dooming them to destruction. The Fingoes have learnt this, and their blood is completely up. " Head-quarters, King William's Town, January 24. " The Commander-in-Chief desires to express his satisfaction at the conduct of 120 soldiers of the gallant Cape Mounted Riflemen, under that distin guished officer Major Armstrong, and 150 intrepid Fingoes under Mr. Tainton, who were sent out this day from King William's Town to drive off a party of bullying Kafirs. Scarcely were they well away from the town when they were surrounded by upwards of 600 of Seyolo's and Anta's Kafirs. Major Armstrong was able to report his position, when 100 men of the Cape Mounted Rifles, one six-pounder gun of the Royal Artillery, the 73d Regiment, and two battalions of the Levy, the one having marched in yesterday, the other being in the act of marching into town, were sent off under Colonel Mackinnon, to support Major Armstrong, as it was believed that a still larger number of rebels were near. This support was unnecessary, however rapidly rendered; for the Cape Mounted Rifles and Fin goes had already given the enemy a glorious defeat, notwithstanding the disparity of number, many having been killed,with a loss on our side ofone trooper wounded, and of One Fingo killed in the act of assisting the Wounded trooper. "The two battalions of the New Levy went into the geld with a zeal and energy clearly demonstrative of the good work they are able and willing to perform. ,(Signed) " A. J. CLOETE, Deputy Quartermaster -General." " Monday.—Received the following particulars of the deplorable state of affairs in the neighbourhood of the /taga and Mancsurana, from Mr. J. Thomas, who re turned yesterday from Dagaboer's Neck with some four teen waggons along with Messrs. Ensly and Honey, jun. It seems that this party left town last Tuesday evening about sandown, and saw no Kafir spoors until they got to Espag's drift, Fish River. Two Hottentots whom they found there with two horses, told their Hottentots that the Kafirs and Hottentots were going to join. They found the country about Dagaboer's Neck deserted cattle and stock swept off in great numbers-132 oxen had been taken belonging to Messrs. Ensly and Honey alone. They were also informed that all Mr. Temple Nourse's stock had been driven off by his own Hottentots and that he and his family had been forced to fly. This heavy misfortune they heard was not con fined to Mr. Nourse. Mr. Ainslie's servants had risen against him, robbing him in a similar manner, but al lowing him two waggons to take away his family, and even offering him an escort to take him part of the way to Mr. Pringle's place. A similar mis fortune has befallen Mr. M`Master, sen. In short, this part of the country, inhabited by so many in telligent, affluent, and enterprising British farmers, ap pears to be completely at the mercy of the insur gent Hottentots, who are in league with the Kafirs to exterminate their common friend and benefactor, the White man. The spirit maddens, and the heart sickens, at the horrible prospect. The loss of stock in that lo etlity must have been immense. Mr. Stokes was at Mr. Trollip's, 'Dagaboer's Neck, with his stock, were it was intended to make a stand; and we rejoice to be able to: state that Mr. T. Nourse, with his family, is safe at Somerset, this circumstance having been communicated to Mr. Thomas by Mr. William Currie, who was met by Mr. Thomas at the Gobaineck, about 15 miles from Da gerboer's Neck on the road to Graham's Town. It seems from the information afforded by Mr. Currie that the Hot tentots had left Mr. Nourse nothing but the clothes he Wore, taking his sheep (600), horses, cattle, and waggons, not leaving him a gun for his defence. The Hottentots shot In Englishman in his employment, and fired at Mr. Nourse, but the ball happily missed him. Afterwards Mr. Nourse fled from his place into a neighbouring kloof, where he temained with his family until he was escorted Into Somerset by a party from that village under Mr. W. Currie. We must not omit to state that Mr. Currie v.:as accompanied by Mr. William Bowker and R. Hart, Jan., who were in the first instanoe going with a party of 150 men against the Hottentots in the neighbourhood, after which they intended to proceed to the Waterkloof, Where it was believed a large body of these men—it is reported from 700 to I,ooo—was posted. The rebellion Of the Hottentots evidently furnishes a key to the pre lent policy of the Kafir chiefs. The Kafirs were to en- Rage the troops, when the Hottentots were to plunder the colony." A writer from Somerset, says, under date the 24th lastant— " The Kafiri' and Hottentots are committing the frr e _eatest havoc. They have mustere d in a p lace called Waterkloof, not far from Ainslie's place, to which they Send waggons for meal just as they want it. The Dutch Ire very dilatory in turning out. Forty volunteers from Graaff-Reinet passed through hero the other day, all English. mostly old soldiers and sailors—the roughest Lot I ever saw, but apparently a plucky set. Mr. Pears, the Dutch minister, has been the last two or three days 11 1 Zwager's Hoek amongst the Dutch, explaining to them the danger. About 100 will turn out on Monday next to join Bowker. We have fortified the Dutch Church, and made a parapet all round the top—first-rate to shoot from. It is rumoured they mean to attack Somerset after they have don e for Pringle, which i: to be to-day or to-morrow. A party Of horse and foot are going to-night to hunt a lot of fel lows who are in a kloof in Vet Kuil. Joseph was obliged to bring in his cattle from the farm. They were brought in at night, the Kafirs being seen there at dark. We have our guard-house in the church, all taking their turn of watch every third night. We have about thirty kafirs in the tronk, and it is thought an attempt will be ulade to rescue them." " Colesberg, 15th January. " The Colesberg Boers are not altogether very willing to turn out on Commando, although those from Han tarn leave on the 16th, under Gideon Daniel Joubert, tad some other field cornetcies will follow; from the Winterveld and Middenveld the excuses are rather nu merous, the want of servants to herd the flocks, the gitreme drought which has so impoverished their horses, tone being fit for the service, and the Pramberg Kafirs having been to Victoria to purchase gunpowder and lead, having created a little uneasiness in that quarter, and strong doubts as to the intentions of those Tambookies that are still very numerous in th© district, in the event of the farms being left unprotected—all, no doubt, very weighty reasons`,for not having that readiness as on former occasions.. In the village large subscriptions have been raised to equip a volunteer corps, and a party will leave on Friday, ,the 17th, to join Gideon Daniel Jou bert's farmers:" chri on ar 111 had to ued to y, and aneous lemical ourned lip was we for- AY•) s in the 'li b Inn. r duties' ; it WAS oe, will li es for outing interest, p 11200th , is pro !fondant le handi genuine received futantiel the in s shown pin halfilot for de their c l a imed efendant Bing gbh' • ors h e J ur_ ,he list. DAY.) , f b re vro pieCe• earthen' b a t about ner wan e 3 fifteen ,, a nd ho eta d,' o rash° o ask his d with a re a sa ne ise crown the ba i l es he 11- the Mint 42 0 "' 27 ... 191 43$ 35 "_' 12 0 —The , presents was el?" Congdon!. Catholic of Units' Blanches • Trac ing Grahani, rbert, Mr. ii Palese . r• id them In their libe tome, Mr. more pro politicians :Liner Gib says tho iedfellows. when the lority, met iy a hesit as sociation igotry and ,hat ran°. have not 3d bringing ot been able the present 3try. leath of Su —Punch. EMPIRE."'" thousandth pire, which , s from the the greatest uropeall an n and t 1315 ic i tile iin t _The M., it e xtensiv e n d effective has beau exten s , l°6 Julhee , ical depot lentad an f Me ° is bless rs' ,si where". a d e in the, ope) e 15 this ar!' b 114 tity. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1851 . PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Yesterday afternoon the fourth annual meeting of the proprietors and assurers in this company was held at the offices, 76, Cheapside; Major Stones, the chairman of the company, presiding. There was a very numerous attendance of proprietors. The advertisement convenicg the meeting having been read, the report was read by Mr. Baylis, the actuary and manager, from which we make the following ex tracts:— " The directors feel much pleasure in again meeting their shareholders at this their fourth annual general meeting, and in announcing to them the continued and successful progress of the company. The estimation in which the valuable and important principles of this cor poration are held by the public, and the confidence re posed by them in its honour and stability, have, since the last general meeting, been fully evinced, not only by the increased value of the company's stock, but also by the rapid and remarkable extension of its business. " At that time the directors announced that the 40,000 shares, constituting the capital of the company, had been almost wholly subscribed for; and they have now the gratification of reporting that a few months from that date sufficed to accomplish, without reserve, the final issue of the shares. In the month of July last the share list was closed,—the shares were actually disposed of for investment, and they have ever since been ob tainable only at a high premium,—the amount of that premium being, at the present moment, at or above cent. per cent. on the amount paid per share. This the di rectors consider most satisfactory evidence of the sup port and approval of the community in behalf of the adVantages peculiar to this office. " The list of proprietors comprises upwards of 1,400 names of parties who are qualified by their position and influence to advance the best interests of the institution, and whose number and respectability have never been surpassed by the share list of any similar society. " This great object having been achieved—the shares having been disposed of to parties resident throughout the towns and cities of the United Kingdom, and in the colonies—embracing individuals in almost every rank, profession, and condition of life—the directors anxiously, but confidently, anticipated that a short period would suffice to prove the soundness of their views in esta blishing such a numerous and comprehensive proprie tary. They felt assured that a large accession of pro fitable business could not fail to accompany the united influence and co-operation of so many parties interested in the success of the same object. The result has sur passed their expectations. The business transacted during the last year, that is, from the Ist of January to the 31st of December, 1850, has nearly equalled the amount of all the preceding years together, as is exhi bited in the subjoined tabular form:— No. of New Policies effected Amount Amount of addi assured in each tional Premiums year. in each year. Years. in each year. £ B. d. 22,166 571 9 2 44,905 I,ssu 10 1 87,538 3,553 4 8 172,292 5,610 16 9 1847.. 1848... 1850-, " From the above table, it appears that the number of policies effected in the year 1850 was 453—that the amount assured was 172,2921.; producing new premiums to the amount of 5,610/. 16s. 9d.; while from the Ist of January last 178 policies have been granted, creating an annual revenue from new premiums of upwards of 1,600/. The total income of the company at the present time, derived from premiums, after deducting assurances, lapsed by death and other causes, amounts to upwards of 11,4501.; the total number of policies issued is 1,155, and the amount assured, 354,513/. "On reference to the balance-sheet, to the 31st of December last, as approved and audited, which is this day laid before you, and to which the directors refer as part of this their report, it will be found that the losses by death from the commencement of the company amount in the aggregate to 6,912/. 19s. 11d., every claim having been promptly met and satisfied, leaving a large and increasing credit to the premium account, " When the directors consider that—independently of income derivable from annuities and interest on sums advanced by way of loans by the company—the annual income from premiums exceeds at present 11,450/. per annum, they cannot but congratulate their shareholders on the great and manifest progress of the company. Yet, with this increasing income, the expenditure re mains nearly stationary, the great desire and determina tion of the directors being to enforce the utmost economy compatible with energy and efficiency. " It has been already stated that 178 policies have been effected since the Ist of January last. Should the same ratio of business be continued throughout the year, the directors hope, at the next annual meeting, to carry out the principle which pervades every operation of the company—the principle of taking care of the living—by the announcement of a considerable increase of dividend; but at present they recommend that the dividend for the past year be after the usual rats of five per cent. per annum (free from income-tax) on the paid-up capital of the company; and such dividend is hereby declared ac cordingly. The directors beg to remind the share holders that the amount of the dividend depends upon the amount of business transacted, and that the amount of business depends upon the shareholders, and all parties interested in the corporation, combining their strenuous efforts to extend the operations of the com pany. " The following gentlemen retire as directors, by ro tatioh, viz.:—Thomas George Williams ' Esq.; E. Ga medic! Winthrop, Esq.; W. Wellington Cooper, Esq.; and,Andrew Durham, Esq., and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election, and are recommended by the board accordingly. " The directors consider it advisable that tho vacancy now existing in the direction should be filled up. The Rev. Henry Hamilton, of Monkstown, near Dublin, and of Montagu-square, London, a duly qualified share holder, has given the requisite notice as a candidate; and being, by his influence and position, well qualified to promote the interests of the institution, the directors have much pleasure in recommending him to the share holders for election. " The auditors who retire by rotation are, George Bain, Esq., and George Evans, Esq., who, being eligible, are recommended for re-election.' , The CllaeameN said that from the arrangements which had been so well made by their worthy actuary, he found himself so bound down by being placed at the bottom instead of the top of the room, that he was fearful he should forget many of the pretty things which he desired teatalk about.—(Laughter.) He was reminded of the advice of an eastern writer, " Go to Bokhara, eat me lons; and die."—(Laughter.) The application of which was this—that after having read this full and very sa tisfactory report, and atter moving its adoption, he should not say a single word more, and, perhaps, it would be wise on his part to follow this course; but he felt he must have a little chat on plain facts and figures. Last year he was too ill to say a word to anybody; on the. present occasion he felt they were deprived, in a greet degree, of anything they might have to say as to the infancy of this institution. It had attained a goodly growth. Their vessel had been happily and skilfully steered by an able pilot out of the bay of difficulty, and there the institution stood like a sturdy boy, but more like a boy of fourteen rather than of four years of age. He did not thick they could possibly have arrived at a greater degree of prosperity. His old friend Mr. Baylis had been used to dangle the baby, and could now scarcely recognise the child of his adoption. Nay, he called out (seeing the marvellous growth of the infant) with Dominic Sampson, "Prodigious!"—(Loud laughter)—and he (the Chair man') hoped the meeting would respond to that aspira tion. But really, in a rational point of view, their pro gress had been " prodigious." The youth had been fostered even by old offices, who were always jealous of new-ones which came to vie with them. He found by the report that " the list of proprietors comprises up wards of 1,400 names of parties who are qualified by their position and influence to advance the best interests of the institution, and whose numbers and respectability have never been surpassed by the share list of any simi lar society." To the number and respectability of the proprietors he could not possibly object, or to their being qualified from their position and influence to advance the best interests of the institution. He knew all this was true; but he objected to that paragraph, because it gave praise where it was not due. They had in the last year effected 453 new policies, whereas if the share holders or body of the proprietors lied done their duty to the extent the eirectors had, and each had brought three policies, they would have effected upwards of 1,400 policies instead of 453. They would then have had 4,000 or 5,000 policies. He hoped these remarks would not be entirely lost on the ,meeting.—(Hear.) He did hot wish any proprietor to go home with his tail between his legs—(Laughter)—bat hehoped that each man would say " I have not done my duty," and that instead of bringing in the next year three policies to the office, they would bring three times three. Again, the report very properly stated that the directors relied upon the zealous support of the body of proprietors, &e., and this point he urged upon the meeting. There was every in centive to individual exertion in this society. Arter some further remarks the gallant officer concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. MITCHELL seconded the motion. Mr. CeLBORNE, of Poole, expressed his gratitude to the directors for the admirable manner in which they had conducted the business of the institution.—(Hear.) Mr. WILLIAM HESELTINE said this was indeed a proud day. They had watched the progress of the society with almost maternal solicitude. Its power was now more maturely developed. and he congratulated the pro prietors on the accomplishment of the object which they all had in view. He congratulated them on the complete success—the undeniable success of the peculiar principles which they had adopted. The result of their early efforts had proved that they had indulged in no Utopian schemes. Four years only bad elapsed since the formation of this society, which was commenced at a peculiarly inauspicious period commercial distress prevailed on every side, and yet, in the midst of ave r) , discouragement, the directors pursued their on gh attributable talen t and experience to the conofirde theirnce e on ward course, and the pe rtinacit y with which t h ey clung to their principles hear.) That which they had' predicated had , to a certain extent, come to p ass. Nay, he would lea ve their case to their enemies, for he was happy to say th e y r wh s p i which ti. they actuary.—(lleae, h si i n the wa high were not without them—because that was a distinctive c haracter of success.—(Cheers.) He would refer their enem ies to the list of pro p rietors. —(Cheers.) Did not the circumstance of their having had struck deep root in Eng lish society? Had they not 1,400 pr o p r ietors offer an irr efra g able p roof that the y brought together those classes which constituted the main stay of a nation's prosperity —namely, those con cerned in professional lice, the middling classes, the tradesmen, and last, though not the least important class, the clerks in public companies and private esta blishments in the metropolis and elsewhere? He might also mention another class of men. There was a body of men in this city whose habits qualified thew iu a peculiar degree to test the validity of the claims of any company which might be put forth—namely, the gen tlemen of the Stock Exchange. They had had addi tions from that body, and he spoke advisedly when he stated that there were many more who were about to join them.—(Applause.) He urged every proprietor to use increased exertions to promote the welfare of this prosperous society. If these were days of advance and progress, unless they advanced with the spirit of the times they only retrograded. Mr. T. TAYLOR suggested that with reference to the balance-sheet the proprietors ought to have placed before them a balance-sheet for 1850. Mr. BAYLIS (the actuary) said there was no hesitation or indisposition to show everything; but it was not for him to present an unaudited account. Mr. TAYLOR alluded to the item for advertisements. He knew that of necessity an immense expense must be incurred under that head, and the item of 2,0001. or 3,000/. extended over a term of years, and he should not like to see the society not keeping pace with other offices in this respect. At the same time he thought there was room for economy. Mr. T. WILLIAMS, jun., objected to the suggestion of printing the balance-sheet with the roport,on the ground of the expense. The CHAIRMAN explained. As to the printing and publication of the balance-sheet with the report, it would entail great expense on the society; but he hoped that any gentleman who required information on any point, would always refer to their excellent friend Mr. Baylis, who would at all times be most happy to give it.— (Hear, hear.) As to the item of commission, it was paid only on actual business done. In reference to the charge for advertisements, he had heard of an office which had expended 16,0001. under this head. Mr. WALTON, of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the business of this society had been conducted; but as agent for the society at the Cape of Good Hope, he begged especially to congratulate them on their success in that colony. They had had there to compete with local officers and agents for London companies, who, however, had done very little. But he had to inform the shareholders (who might not know the difficulties they had to contend with at the Cape) that out of 1,600 shares they had sold 650—(Applause)—in the short space of thirteen months, and they had effected insur ances to the amount of many thousands, and they had more Dutchmen than Englishmen—though the former were very cautious—thus indicating the estimation in which this office was held. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, that the report be adopted, which was carried unanimously. The directors who retired by rotation—namely, Messrs. Thomas George Williams, E. Gamaliel Win throp, and Mr. Wellington Cooper, were severally elected and returned thanks. The Rev. Henry Hamilton, of Monkstown, near Dublin, and of Montagu-square, London, was elected to the vacant directorship. Mr. GEORGE BERMINGHAM moved that the fee or allowance to the directors for their attendance be in creased from one to two guineas, looking to the length of time that each sitting consumed, and the professional character of most of the directors. . _ Mr. Tim:gas TAYLOR seconded the motion. Mr. COLBORNE, of Poole, supported the proposition. Mr. ROBERT GLADDING opposed the increase of the allowance to the directors, and after some discussion he moved as an amendment, that, in the present circum stances of the company, it was inexpedient to increase the allowance to the directors for the present, and that, therefore, such increase of allowance be deferred. Mr. THOMAS J. WILLIAMS, jun., seconded the amend ment; but on a show of hands the numbers were—For the amendment, 19; against it, 36; majority against the amendment, 17. The original motion was then put,when there appeared --For the original motion, 38; against it, 15; majority _ _ for the original motion, 23. Messrs. George Bain and George Evans were seve rally re-elected auditors; and on the motion of Mr. Tay lor, seconded by Mr. Crockett, the allowances to those gentlemen for their services in the past year were raised from 40 guineas to 50 guineas, there being only one dis sentient voice against the proposition. Mr. BAYLIS addressed the meeting at great length on the past success and future prospects of the society, and urged in eloquent terms the principles on which this so ciety proceeded—principles which were eminently calcu lated to insure an inconceivable amount of benefit to their fellow-men. One great leading principle on which the office proceeded was to take care of the living. The speech was replete with the most interesting facts, which our limits do not allow us to give in detail. Votes of thanks were voted to the medical officers and to the solicitor of the company, on whose behalf Dr. Barker, Mr. W. White Cooper, and Mr. Edward M. Elderton severally returned thanks. A vote of thanks having been proposed to Mr. Baylis, the actuary, Mr. GLADDING begged to know whether it was the fact that their actuary had formed or originated another society (the Trafalgar), and was the consulting actuary of that society at that moment? Mr. Bevras said it was his pride and his glory to be the consulting actuary of that society—(Cheers)—which was calculated to render so much service to his fellow men. He certainly was not to be debarred from those facilities which attached, and were always conceded, to men of his profession. He was delighted to have the opportunity of answering the question. The vote of thanks was carried unanimously. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, who acknow ledged the compliment, and the meeting separated, after a sitting of more than three hours and a half. BOILER EXPLOSION at MANCHESTER. The shocking catastrophe at Manchester, on Tuesday afternoon, by the bursting of a steam-engine boiler, of which a brief description was given in The Sun of yes terday, has resulted, so far as could be ascertained up to last evening, in the loss of nine lives, besides seven per sons being seriously injured. The building destroyed by the explosion was about forty yards long, bounded on the east side by North-street, on the west by Riga street, with Mayes-street at the north end, and other buildings close adjoining it to the south. The premises belonged to Messrs. Hardman, Price, and Sons, calico printers, and were let by them to Mr. Thomas William son, sawyer by steam power, who occupied a portion of the lower part of the building, and sublet the remaining portions of the first and three other floors above to other parties. Mr. George Parker occupied part of the lower story, and had a willowing machine for cotton waste there. Mr. John Lester, wood-turner, occupied part of the second story, employing about twenty hands; and Mr. Percival, rule-maker, Lower Mosley-street, occupied a part of this story. Mr. Melloy, who had eight work people, occupied part of the third story, and the upper part of the building was unoccupied. About three or four men and women were in Mr. Parker's room at the time of the explosion, and four men were in the engine -house, but it is not known how many were in the saw-mill. As stated yester day, the engine had been stopped for repairs after din ner, and had not been started at three o'clock, when the boiler burst. A man named Thomas Lambert, who had been promised work by Mr. Williamson, states that he went into the engine -house a little before three o'clock, and found three men there, who were grumbling that the engine could not be started. They had been lifting at the fly-wheel—the engine having stopped when the crank attached to the wheel was at the bottom —with a view to assisting the steam-power by giving the first impulse, but had not succeeded. He lent them as sistance, and while all four were lifting at the wheel the boiler, which stood in a yard close adjoining that part of the building, burst and brought down the whole of the three upper stories of the mill upon the lower one, to gether with a tall chimney at the north end. A part of the boiler forced its way through the wall and chimney at the north end, and destroyed a large stable on the opposite side of Mayes-street, besides breaking the win dows of the Wilton Arms Inn, adjoining the stables, and otherwise damaging the front of that house. Lambert found his way into Mayes-street without knowing how, without injury, though his escape from the falling ruins seems miraculous. Egerton, the engine -driver, who was in the engine-house at the time, also escaped. Such of the workpeople as escaped, and numerous other persons who soon collected round the heap of ruins, rushed upon the top, as soon as the dust began to clear away, and liberated all the people who could be found, in cluding Mr. Melloy, one of the tenants of the building. A more regular search then commenced by the fire police and labourers employed to assist them, which Was continued till 12 o'clock on Tuesday night, and was re sumed at five o'clock yesterday morning. Not half the ruins, however, had been removed up to five o'clock last evening, though it was believed all the bodies (or all but one of them) had been recovered. The following are the names of the dead whose bodies have been found:— Timothy O'Neal, aged 14 years, 10, Osborne-street. Elizabeth Brewnan, aged 23, 67 Bennett-street. Em ployed to pick cotton waste for Mr. Parker. Mary Ann Dunn , aged 9 Years, 11, Hanover-street. A child who was not employed in the mill, but was in Mayes-street when it fell. William Fender, aged 12, Ludlow's -court, Ludlow hill, wood-turner. James Briery, 2, Worthington's-court, Bengal-street, much scalded, and bruised about the head. William Whiteley, aged 36, wood-turner. Daniel M'Cloud, aged 40, wood-turner. John Holmes, wood-turner. The bodies of the three men last-named were not reco vered from the ruins until twelve o'clock yesterday. The following is a list of the wounded, at present lying at the Manchester Royal Infirmary:-_ Richard Webster, aged 50, labour er , in the employ of Mr. Williamson. T p h ac o e. m w a a s s D p i a ni ss s i d ng ale,thaegeduu3isid, drover,building when the expl os i on t oo k from E as t 'With am , who l John Cross, aged 30, No. 3, Frederick -street. John Parry, aged 45, Bengal-street, an engraver , i n the employ of Mr. Molloy ; badly injured about the chest, and not likely to recover. Daniel Harrison, Brook-street. John Holland, 14 years, 95, Back Osborne-street. James Field, aged 51, wc 0.1-turner, 12, Bedford-street. These make eight killed and seven wounded by this shocking accident, and it is expected that the body of a boy named Fender is stilt in the ruins. The inquest commenced yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Herford, coroner for the borough, and evidence in identification of the dead bodies was being taken when our report left. The engine -driver, Egerton, was in cus tody, and it is expected that it will be shown that be was intoxicated when the boiler burst. Whether any evi dence throwing light on the cause of the boiler bursting will be adduced is not known. POLITICAL CHIVALRY. —A newspaper, that advo cates unreasonable bread, calls Lord Stanley " the noble and chivalrous leader of the Country party." Chivalrous comes from cheval, a horse. What Lord Stanley has to do with a horse, in a political sense, we do not know, except in as far as, without disrespect, he may be called a clever jockey. As for Protection, it i 8 merely hip Lobby.—Punch, HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The Queen held a Levee yesterday afternoon in St. James's Palace. The Levee was numerously attended, and was the third held by her Majesty this season. The Queen and Prince Albert arrived from Bucking ham Palace shortly before two o'clock, and were re ceived by the Great Officers of State. Before the Levee the Queen gave audience to Lord John Russell. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Countess of Desart (Lady in Waiting), the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Lord Elphinstone (Lord in Waiting), Lord George Lennox (Lord in Waiting to the Prince), Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps (Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse), Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey (Private Secretary to Prince Albert), Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, Royal Navy (Groom in Waiting), Lieutenant• Colonel Francis Seymour (Groom in Wait ing to Prince Albert), Lord Alfred Paget, Clerk Marshal (Equerry in Waiting), Colonel Bouverie (Equerry in Waiting to the Prince), and Messrs. Gordon and Forbes (Pages of Honour in Waiting). The Queen wore a train of black silk trimmed with black crape and black ornaments. The petticoat was also of black silk, trimmed with black crape. Her Ma jesty wore black ornaments in her head-dress. The Queen's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen•at-Arms was on duty in the State Saloons. Her Majesty's Body Guard, under the command of Captain Phibbs, the Egon in Waiting, was on duty in the Palace as usual. In the Diplomatic Circle the following presentations to her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Al bert took place:— By the Bavarian Minister—M. Schsffhault, Aulic Councillor and Professor at the Munich University and Bavarian Commissioner to the Great Exhibition. By the Russian Minister—M. Le Capitaine P. Lisi ansky, and M. le Capitaine J. Shestakoff, de la Marine Iraperiale Russo. By the Netherlands Minister—Baron de Tuyll, Offi cier d'Ordonnance de S. M. le Roi des Pays Bas, and M. de Steenberghe, Officier d'Ordonnance de S. M. le. Roi des Pays Bas. By the United States Minister—Mr. Charles F. Stans bury, American Commissioner to the Industrial Exhi bition. By the Austrian Chargé d'Affaires—Captain Baron Scholl (Engineers), Captain Uchatius (Artillery), and Lieutenant Flies (Hussars)—all three officers in the service of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. The Diplomatic Circle was attended by Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister; Baron de Brunnow, Russian Minister, and M. Alexandre de Berg, First Secretary of Legation; Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, and Mr. Bethmann, Secretary of Legation; Count de Reventlow, Danish Minister, and Count de Moltke and Count de Reventlow Criminil, Secretaries of Legation; Count Schimmelpenninck, Netherlands Minister, and Baron de Stratenus, Councillor of the Legation; Baron de Re hausen, Swedish and Norwegian Minister; Mr. Abbott Lawrence, Minister of the United States of America, and Colonel T. B. Lawrence, Attaché to the Legation; Senor X. Isturitz, Spanish Minister, and Mr. J. T. Comyn, First Secretary of Legation; the Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister, and le Comte Louis Corti. Secretary of Legation; M. de Marescalohi, Chargé d'Affaires of France, and M. De Saux, Secretary of the French Embassy; Cabouly Effendi, Charge d'Affaires de la Sublime Porte, and Dilaver Effendi, Attaché to the Embassy; Chevalier do Ribeiro, Chargé d'Affaires of Portugal; Senor Francisco do Ribero, Chargé d'Affaires of Peru; and M. Fabricio Caceres, Attache, and M. Emilio de Althaus, Attaché to the Mission; Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., the Qeen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.11., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. The General Circle was attended by the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the Right Hon. Sir F. Baring, the President of the Board of Control, the Earl of Carlisle, the Mar quis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Lord Almoner ; Sir Edward Disbrowe, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of the Netherlands; Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Consul-General for the Hanse Towns; Mr. J. B. Heath, Sardinian Consul-General; Chevalier Hebeler, their Prussian and Wurtemberg Majesties' Consul-General; Mr. Adolphus Brandt, Bavarian Consul-General ; Mr. William Tottie, his Swedish and Norwegian Ma jesty's Vice-Consul ; Mr. H. Howard, Secretary of her Majesty's Legation at Vienna; Sir Charles Leek East lake, President of the Royal Academy; Mr. James, Tyler, Lieutenant of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentle men-at-Arms; Sir George Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeo men Guard; Hon. and Rev. Edward S. Koppel, Deputy Clerk of the Closet; Mr. Sheriff Hodgkinson; Mr. Fre derick Elliot, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Colo nial Department; Colonel H. Bentinck, Colonel Clark Kennedy, and Colonel Sir J. Schceide, A.D.C. to the Queen; Colonel Buckley, Equerry to the Queen; Colo nel Sir William Davison, Equerry to his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge; Colonel M'Douall (2d Life Guards), Silver Stick; Colonel Cornwall, her Ma jesty's Assistant Master of the Ceremonies; Reverend Thomas W. Wrench, Chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Hodgkin son; Colonel Chaplin (Coldstream Guards), Field Officer Brigade Waiting ; Captain Newdigate (Coldstream Guards), Adjutant in Brigade Waiting; Captain Curl ing, Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzmaurice, Adjutant of the Yeo man Guard; Colonel Sir Frederic Smith (in Waiting), and Mr. Charles Heneege, Gentlemen Ushers to the Privy Ch, mber; Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Lieutenant- Colonel Diggle (in Waiting), Mr. Arthur Blackwood, Mr. Edward Hobhouse, and Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Gentlemen Ushers to her Majesty; Cap tain G. C. Blake, R.N., Gentleman Usher to his Royal Highness Prince Albert in Waiting. The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of being presented to her Majesty:— Lieutenant-Colonel F. Abbot, C. 8., on appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Addiscombe Military Semi nary, by Viscount Hardinge. Captain Airey, 3d Foot, by Major-General Duffy. Lieutenant Andrews, R.A., on promotion and return from foreign service, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Mr. Astor (of New York), by the American Minister. Mr. John Arthur Bailey, on appointment, 52d Regiment, by Viscount Hardinge. Dr. 11. Melville Balfour, on appointment, Assistant- Surgeon, 84th Regiment, by Sir W. Gibson Craig. Lieutenant J. M. Barstow, by Lieutenant-Colonel Brandling. Lord A. W. Beauclerk, Commander R.N., by Viscount Milton, M.P. Mr. A. Bella:•is, Bombay Civil Service, on return from India, by Lord Broughton. Lieutenant W. Bellers, by Colonel Sir Michael Creagh. Rev. J. M. Bellew, by Mr. Perfect, M.P. Lieutenant-General Sackville H. Berkeley, on appoint ment, 75th Regiment, on return from the command in the West Indies, by the Commander-in-Chief. Captain J. Biden, on appointment to the Artillery Com pany,ma succeeding to the Captain by Sir Sir George George ir3i G s s Gr. p Baronetcy, by Captain Sir George B. Pechell. Major Blackall, on appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica, by Lord Grey. Lieutenant Blewitt, by General Hall. Lieutenant Edward Bode, by Earl Granville. Lieutenant Bostock, on return from foreign sere icy in the lonian Islands, by Major-General Sir Richard Armstrong. Lieutenant Charles Brackenbury, on obtaining his commission, Royal Artillery, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Mr. Charles Brandling, Grenadier Guards, by Colonel Sir Ord Honyman. Captain and Adjutant Brandling, Royal Horse Artillery, by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman. Captain Bridge, on promotion, on return from China, by Viscount Gough. Ensign Briscoe, on appointment 16th Regiment, by Major-General Sir Richard Armstrong. Mr. W. H. Brodhurst, on his return from India, by Mr. Loftus Wigram, M.P. Ensign F. Browne, by the Earl of Strafford. Commodore Bruce, on appointment to the Naval Com mand of the Coast of Africa, by Sir F. Baring. Sir Richard Bulkeley, on appointment as Lord-Lieute nant of Carnarvon, by Sir G. Grey. Cornet G. Sapte Burnand, by Major-General Brotherton. Second-Lieutenant C. W. Burton, R. M., by Colonel Owen, R.M. Mr. B. R. Burroughes, by Mr. Pigott, M.P. Lieutenant Butler, on appointment to the 87th Regi ment, by Viscount Gough. Lieutenant R. H. Payne Crawford, by Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin. Commander S. S. L. Crofton, R.N., by the Hon. Admire. Crofton. Viscount Crowhurst, by the Bishop of Worcester. Mr. Cubitt, President of the Institution of Civil Engi neers, by Earl Granville. Mr. George N. Curzon, by Earl llowe. Lieutenant Cairnes on appointment, R.A., by Master General of the Ordance. Ensign Charles Calvert, on appointment to 43d Regi ment, by Major-General Mercer. Lieutenant H. M. Campbell, R.A., by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Mr. George Campbell, B. C. S., by the Marquis of Bread albane. Rev. Dr. Cartmell, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, on being appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, by the Lord Chamberlain. Lieutenant Castle, 8.A., by Colonel Hay. Ensign R. Charlton, on appointment to the 81st Regi ment, by Major-General W. Power. Lieutenant Chichester, by Sir Bruce Chichester. Mr. Richard Clarke, the Accountant in Bankruptcy, by the Lord Chancellor. Lieutenant W. H. Clements, R.M., by Colonel T. A. Parke, R.M. Mr. Cobham, by Mr. Pigott, M.P. Captain Copinger, on return from foreign service in the lonian Islands, by Major-General Sir Richard Arm strong. Professor Philip Corridi, Director of the Roy al Tecno logical Institution of Florenc e, and Commissioner of the Tuscan Government for the Exhibitiun of 1851, by Viscount Palmerston. Mr. Charles James Cox, on appointment to her Majesty's Hon. n A t r m m e s n , t by as LordDe Deputy-Lieu tenant, y oty i e . Mr. en Westona u n of Lincoln, by tho Earl of Yarborough. Rev. Edward llartopp Cradock, on change of name by Royaln. in i Viscount Cranley, on his marriage, by Lieutenant - Colonel Hon. Peregrine Lord cust John Russell. .t Corps e countyra of er oft, orlecreengcre, Ensign ere).leek, on appointment to the 90th Regiment, , Lieutenant P. Pelham Warren, R.N., by Rear-Admiral by Colonel Hon. Hely Hutchinson. Dundas. Captain D'Arcy, by Earl Delawarr. Commander Wasey, on promotion, by Sir F. Baring. Lieutenant W. R. Davies, R.N., on return from Canada, Mr. J. S. Wells, Maste r R.N., by Rear-Admiral Dundas. by Sir F. Baring. Commander George Williams, by Sir F. Beaufort. Captain De Winton, on promotion, by Major-General Captain William Wilmer, 14th Light Dragoons, on re. Sir Richard Armstrong. turn from foreign service, by Sir E. Kerrison. Ensign De Bourbel, Hon. East India Company's Engi- Rev. George R. Winter, by the Archbishop of York. neers, by Colonel Sir F. Smith. Mr. E. W. Ward, Royal Engineers, by the Inspector- Lieutenant Douglas, on appointment to the Royal Ma- General of Fortifications. rives, by Colonel Parke. Mr. Dudley Wodsworth, Staff Assistant-Surgeon, on Lieutenant A. W. Dray son, ILA., on return from foreign appointment, by Sir J. M`Grrigor. service, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Lieutenant-General Wood, C. 8., on being appointed Lieutenant R. W. Duff, R.E., by the Inspector-General Commander of the Forces in the Windward and La of Fortifications. ward Islands, by the Duke of Wellington. Cornet R. Dymond, on appointment to the 3d Light Lieutenant F. Wood, Royal Marines, from foreign ser- Dragoons, by Lieut.-General Lord C. S. Manners. vice, by Colonel Parke. Hon. G. Edgcumbe, her Majesty's Secretary of Legation Lieutenant Wright, R.A., on promotion, by the Marquis at Hanover, by Viscount Palmerston. of Anglesey. Lieutenant H. B. Erskine, Royal Marine Artillery, by The Queen and Prince Albert returned to Bucking the Duke of Norfolk. ham Palace after the Levee. Commander C. J. F. Ewart, on appointment to her Ma- In consequence of a cold General Prince Castelcicala, jest) 's ship Trafalgar, by Rear-Admiral Dundas. the Neapolitan Minister, was not able to attend her Ma- Lieutenant-Colonel H. Farrant, on promotion, by the jesty'e Levee yesterday. Duke of Wellington. Sir William H. Feilden, by Mr. Charles Forbes (of As town, Aberdeenshire). Mr. William Felkin, Mayor of Nottingham, by Sr' George Grey. Ensign Cavendish C. Fitzroy, by his father, Lord Charles Fitzroy. Mr. Richard Fort, on obtaining the commission of a Deputy-Lieutenant, by the Earl of Carlisle. Mr. Leslie Forster, by Earl Grey. Sir J. Jervis, by Earl Talbot. Mr. Joseph Goff, jun., on his marriage, by his father-in law, the Earl of Ranfurly. First Lieutenant H. H. Goold, Royal Marines, by Colo nel Owen. Major Gosling, by Lord Broughton. Lieutenant Colonel Gostling, R.A., on promotion, by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman. Colonel J. Bloomfield Gough, on promotion and being appointed A.D.C. to her Majesty, by Lieutenant-Ge neral Viscount Gough. Mr. John Gordon, by the Earl of Aberdeen. Lieutenant G. Graham, R.E., by the Inspector-General of Fortifications. Colonel Patrick Grant, on return from India, and on ap pointment as A.D.C. to her Majesty, by Lieutenant- General Viscount Gough. Lieutenant William Greet, R.N., by Rear-Admiral Berkeley. Lieutenant H. J. Guise, by his father, Lieutenant-Ge neral Sir J. Wright Guise. Mr. John Kerle Haberfield, for the honour of knight hood, by Earl Fitahardinge. Mr. Halford, by Mr. Packe, M.P. Captain Thomas Hall, on appointment Artillery Com pany, by Sir G. Grey. Captain F. P. Harding, by Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier. Major Hare, by Sir Thomas Willshire. Rev. Charles Hartshorne, on receiving the rectory of Holdenby, by Lord John Russell. Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, R.N., on his appointment a Civil C. 8., by the Earl of Minto. Captain Hawkey, R.M., on promotion, by Colonel Parke, C.B. Captain Hawkins, by the Earl of Kintore. Captain Hames, R.N., on promotion, by Sir F. Baring. Captain G. J. Hay, R.N., by Sir J. Graham. Mr. F. Helbert, by Mr. Helbert Helbert. Mr. Walter Henry, by General Earl of Strafford. Ensign Henzell, on appointment to 37th Regiment, by Viscount Jocelyn. First Lieutenant B. Herrick, R.M., by Colonel Owen, R.M. Hon. C. E. Hobart, 26th Regiment N. L, by Lord Ho bart. Mr. Stewart Hobhouse, by Lord Broughton. Mr. William Hodgson, by Lord Broughton. Captain Hotham, on promotion, by Lord Hotham. Ensign J. B. Houston, by the Marquis of Downshire. Ensign Thomas B. Houston, by the Marquis of Down shire. Captain-Howlett, by Lord Broughton. Mr. J. A. Hunter, by Captain V. Kennett. Captain W. L. Ingall, on promotion, by Colonel Wetherell. Viscount Ingestre, on appointment, Ist Life Guards, by Colonel J. Hall, M.P. Lieutenant 0. Jackson, R.M., by Sir F. Madden. The Dean of Jersey, by Sir George Grey. Mr. Johnson, by Mr. Clive. Lieutenant H. M. Jones, by Lieutenant General Fair. Captain E. Kaye, on return from the Punjab, by Vis count Hardinge. Lieutenant F. G. Kempster, by Lord Broughton. Lieutenant W. H. Kerr, by Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Thornton. Lieutenant W. H. Lake, by Major-General C. Macleod. Lieutenant Luce, R.A., on promotion, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Captain E. Lyons, R.N., on promotion,by Sir F. Baring. Earl of Macclesfield, by the Marquis of Westminster. Viscount Malden, on appointment to the Royal Horse Guards, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Mr. Octavius W. Malet, by Lord Portman. Mr. Charles Manby, Secretary of Institution of Civil Engineers, by Lord Palmerston. Cornet A. Mansel, on appointment to Third Light Dragoons, by Lieutenant-General Lord Charles Manners. Captain G. A. Marshall, by Lieutenant-Colonel P. Steinson. Cornet T. F. Maude, on appointment to the 15th Hus sars, by Major-General Brotherton. Mr. M'Grigor, on his marriage, by his father, Sir James M'Grigor. Sir H. St. John Mildmay, on succeeding to the Baronetcy and on his marriage, by Sir G. Grey. Mr. D. Mildred, by Mr. J. Masterman, M.P. Ensign E. Mirehouse, by Colonel Wetherell. Ensign J. D. Molson, by Colonel Wetherell. Lord Moreton, by the Marquis of Breadalbane. Captain William Moorsom, R.N., on promotion, by Sir F. Baring. Ensign J. Murray, on appointment to the 94th Regi ment, by Major-General W. Wemyss. Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier, on his return from India, by the Duke of Wellington. Commander H. Need, R.N., by Mr. John Stuart, Q.C., M.P. The Duke of Newcastle, on succeeding to the title, by the Marquis of Breadalbane. Lieutenant Newdigate, by the Adjutant-General. Mr. Donald Nicoll, on appointment to the Magistracy of Middlesex and Westminster, by the Marquis of Sa lisbury. Ensign G. H. Norman, by Viscount Hardinge. Bishop of Nova Scotia, by Earl Grey. Lieutenant-Colonel Ord, on return from abroad, by Vis count Gough. Lieutenant A. Ord, on return from the Mauritius, by his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Ord. Mr. Edward J. Ottley, on appointment to the Middlesex Militia, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Lieutenant Reginald Ouseley, by Mr. Cumming Bruce, M.P. Captain Ouvry, on return from India, by Lord Charles S. Manners. Col. Ovens, on return from abroad, by Lord Broughton. Mr. Bulkeely Owen, by Viscount Hill. Captain Pack, on his marriage, by Colonel Hon. Hely Hutchinson. Ensign W. H. W. Pattoun, on appointment, 61st Regi ment, by Lieutenant-General Fraser. Captain Lord George Paulet, R.N., on appointment to her Majesty's ship Bellerophon, by Sir F. Baring. Lieutenant Thomas Fodder, 7th Hussars, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Lieutenant Edmund Peevor, by Lord Broughton. Hon. Josceline W. Percy, by Lord Lovaine. Mr. James F. Peto, on appointment to her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, by Lord Foley. Archdeacon Pope, by the Bishop of Jamaica. Lieutenant Edward Powys, by Colonel Chaplin. Commander R. R. Quin, on return from foreign service, by Sir F. Baring. Commander G. G. Randolph, by Sir F. Baring. Dr. James Reid, by the Earl of Morley. Lieutenant F. Remmington, on return from India, by Lord Broughton. Assistant-Surgeon Rennie, M.D., on return from foreign service, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Ensign Retallack, on appointment to the 16th Regiment, by Major-General Sir Richard Armstrong. Lord Ribblesdale, by Lord John Russell. Captain Rich, by Colonel Brickley. Ensign C. R. Ricketts, on appointment to 32d Regiment, by Major-General Sir R. Armstrong. Lieutenant J. S. Ross, by Rear-Admiral Sir C. Sullivan. Lieutenant-Colonel R. Rumley, on appointment to 12th Regiment, by General the Hon. R. Meade. Lieutenant Charles Russell, R.N., by Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane. Lieutenant William Sapte, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Lieutenant John de Luttrell Saunderson, on return from foreign service, by his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Saunderson. Mr. Charles R. J. Sawyer, by Sir J. F. Davies. Sir E. Dolman Scott, by Lord Saye and Sele. Mr. J. H. Smith, by Mr. Abel Smith. Sir Lionel E. Smith, on appointment to the 71st Light Infantry, by Colonel W. Pottinger. Mr. Henry S. Smith, on appointment to her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at -Arms, by Lord Foley. Lieutenant Spratt, on return from foreign service, by Colonel Parke. Mr. W. D. Starling, on appointment to the Court of Lieutenantcy of London, by the Lord Mayor. Mr. Startin, by Lord Marcus Hill. Sir Thomas 11. Stisted, on return from foreign service, by Lieutenant-General Lord C. S. Manners. Lieutenant William J. St. John, on !promotion and re turn from foreign service, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Lieutenant M. H. Synge, by the Inspector-General of Fortifications. Mr. H. J. St. John, by Lord Charles Fitzroy. Lieutenant E. Taswell, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Major J. L. Taylor, by Lieutenant-General Viscount Gough. Major- General Alexander Thompson, on being apt &nted to the colonelcy of the 74th Highlanders, by the Duke of Wellington. Lieutenant Edward Thompson, by Lord Broughton. Lieutenant E. P. Bingham Turner, It on ' o b ta ining his commission, by the Master-General of the Ord nance. Ensign Henry Twyford, an appointment to the 98th Re giment, by Major-General Sir John Burgoyne. Ensign Vaughan, Frederick Smith. H. E. I. C. E ngineers, b y Colonel Sir Lieutenant James Vibart, on appointment to the Royal Artillery, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Captain George Wade, 13th Light Infantry , b y Sir W. Cotton. Captain Walker, H. C.S., on appointme nt to the Naval Departm en t of the Board of Trade, by the Right Hon. Labouchere. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 40 added. One mile. Mr. Rogers's bg by Orlando, 3 yrs, Est (Hammond) 1 Major Martyn's The Swede, 4 yrs, Bst (W. Abdale) 2 Mr. J. Arnold's Peep-o'-day-Boy, Bst 131 b (A. Day) 3 Mr. Fowler's Reaper, 3 yrs, Est (Wells) 4 Mr. Mare's Recruit, 3 yrs, 6st (G. Mann) 5 Betting—Even and 5 to 4 on Peep-o'-day-Boy, 3 to 1 agst Recruit, 5 to 4 agst The Swede, 8 to 1 agst The Reaper, and 10 to 1 agst Orlando gelding. Won by length, the same between the second and third, Reaper a bad fourth. Run in 1 min. 33 sec. After the race the winner received the name of King Charming. The First Triennial Stakes,of 10 sovs, each, with 50 added, for two yrs old; the second to save his stake. Half a mile. Mr. Greville's Frantic, Bst 71b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Watson's France, Bst 41b (W. Boyce) 2 Lord Exeter's Ambrose, Bst 71b (Norman) 3 Major Martyn's Convulsion, Bst 71b (W. Abdale) 4 Betting—Even on Ambrose, 7 to 4 agst Frantic, and 5 to 2 agst Convulsion.—Won by half a length, a head between the second and third, Convulsion beaten off. Run in 55 secs. The Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 25 soya. each, 12 ft., with 100 added; the second to receive 25 soya. out of the stakes. Two miles. Count Batthyany's Valentine, fist llb (R. Sherwood) 1 Lord Eglinton's Pandemns, carried sst llb (Alcroft) 2 Mr. Miller na Selina, 5 yrs, 6st 111 b (Charlton) 3 Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (Pettit) 0 Lord Stanley's Legerdemain, 5 yrs, 7st 111b(Flatman) 0 Mr. Winch's Zadoc, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Treen) 0 Lord Exeter's Tophana, 6 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Mann) 0 Sir J. Hawley's The Ban, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ...(Nnrdon) 0 Mr. J. V. Shelley's Sis to Legislator, sst 71b(Kendall) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Legerdemain, 7to 2 agst St. Rosalie, 6 to 1 each agst The Ban and Tophana, 10 to 1 agst Selina, 12 to 1 each agst Zadoc, Valentine, and Pandemus.—Tophana and Valentine got away together, nearly abreast, and ran together for the first half mile; Valentine then took up the running, went through with it, and won cleverly by a length; a head between the second and third; the others beaten off. Run in 4 min. 7 sec. _ _ On returning to scale the winner was objected to on behalf of Lord Eglinton, on the ground that he took the wrong side of a post in going round the top turn; the objection, however, was afterwards withdrawn. The Open Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs., &c. Once round and a distance. Mr. Rogers's Harp, 3 yrs, 9st (S. Rogers) 1 Lord Exeter's Nutmeg, 4 yrs, lOst 51b (Norman) 2 Mr. Knowles's Vista, aged, 11st 21b (Frisby) 3 Mr. J. Robinson's gby Epirus (h b), 1 lst 21b (Daly) 4 Betting-10 to 6 agst Harp, and 2 to 1 agst Nutmeg. Won by a length and a half; Vesta a bad third. Run in 3 min. 50 sec. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles. Mr. Arnold's Peep-o'-day Boy, lost 61b (A. Day) 1 Lord W. Powlett's Priestess, 9st 121b...(S Rogers) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Peep-o'-day Boy, who made • waiting race of it to the distance, and won easily by two lengths. Run in 4 min. 10 sec. The Maiden Plato of 50 sovs. Once round. Mr. Blomfield's Simplicity, 3 yrs, 7st 31b...(Kendall) 1 Mr. Dawson's British Boy, 3 yrs, 7st 3lb (T. Lye) Mr. Barrow's Abdallab, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ...(S Rogers) 3 Mr. Cowley's Combatant,(h b) 5 yrs, 9st( Wakefield) 0 Mr. Sturgeon's Valentine, 4 yrs, Bet 71b (Pearl) 0 Mr. Tredgold's Liberty, 3 yrs, 7st 31b ...(Tredgold) 0 Mr. Gulliver's fby Epirus, 3 yrs, 7st 31b ... (S a bi n ) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Abdallah-2 to 1 agat Simplicity —7 to 2 agst British Boy. Won by a head, half a length between second and third, Combatant a bad fourth. Run in 3 min 13 sec. BETTING ON THE COURSE. ALTHORP PARK STAKES. 7 to 2 agst The Greek 5 to 1 agst Hetman Ma -5 to 1 agst Elcot toff filly 5 to 1 aget Flirt XETROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agt Cnteus I 10 to 1 agat Hesse Horn -8 to 1 agst Valentine I burg The attendance, notwithstanding the rain, was very large, and the sport excellent. The course, however, was in a frightful state, trials of "speed" were quite out of the question. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NORTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. LATEST BETTING. THE ALTHORPE PARK STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Elcot 4 to 1 agat Greek 5 to 1 agst any other XETROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Cnteus 8 to 1 agst Sunrise 9 to 1 agst Valentine 9 to 1 agst Hesse-Homburgh PORT STAKES (NEWMARKET). 5 to 4 agat Beehunter AYLESBURY STEEPLECHASES.—WEDNESDAY. The Farmers' Race, for a Plate of 50 soya.; second, 20 sovs.; third, the entrance money; for farmers and tradesmen residing within fifteen miles of Aylesbury; over four miles of fair hunting country; to carry 12at. each; 14Ibs. allowed for horses hunted at least six times with the Baron Rothschild's or Lord Lousdale's hounds. Mr. Holdham's b m Hulcott Lass, list (T. Ball) 1 Mr. Leach's b g Shylock, 1 Ist (Manning) 2 Mr. Holland's br g Starch, lls Mr. Mortimer's Dairymaid, list ....(T. Webster) 0 Mr. Wheeler's b g Bonnie Dundee Mr. Harris's b g Wellington, and Mr. J. Hill's br m Mystery did not run. A Sweepstakes of 1 soy., with 25 added, to carry list each. The winner to be cold for 50 sovs. by auction, and any advance on that price to go to the fund. Four horses to start. Gentlemen and farmers riding,l who regularly hunt with Baron Rothschild's stag-hounds, allowed 71bs. Mr. G. Symond's Young Lottery, llst ...(T. Ablett) 1 Baron Retbschild's Paddy, list (T. Ball) 2 Mr. G. Darby's Brown Brandy, l Ist (Owner) 3 Mr. Oliver's Paddy, lOst 71b (Manning) 0 Mr. J. Darby's Rate-in-Aid, list (D. Seyffert) 0 Mr. Roffory's Record, list (Boxall) 0 Mr. T. Greenwood's Harkover, list (Barker) 0 Mr. Price's Seagull, and Dar. J. Gray's Outcast were drawn. NEW NAVAL LIGHT SIGNALS. In this country we may say that we are utterly de void of all night communication, except by electric wires. Now, admirable and perfect as this medium of inter course is, yet there are a variety of positions in which it cannot be applied—as from ship to ship, and from ship to land, and vice versa. It will scarcely be credited, but such is the fact, that at Gibraltar and Malta, two of our strongest possessions, all the outposts are completely isolated and cut off from intelligent intercourse atter darkness sets in, except the few signals that can be given in the way of alarm. The Isle of Wight, too, where her Majesty and the Royal Family are every now and then residing, is in the like predicament, having no communication with the mainland after sunset. And it is still more incredible that, in the British navy, there are but nineteen signals which can really be made, and to make the twentieth a gun or a rocket must be used. It is gratifying to learn that Dr. Thomson's Now System of Telegraphic Signals, which for the last eight months has boon under trial at Portsmouth, by a committee of the most experienced naval men, will meet all these difficulties. His horizon• tal lamps, which may be seen at work on board her Ma= jesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, and which are adapted to work from the shore to the sea, will g ive 10,000 signals at a range of five miles; and th e vertical, for sea-going ships, 1,000 at a range of three m i les. In the British navy there has often hem : nif an unwillingness to depart from olthestablished customs, m anifested i and a strong prejudice against any in nova ti on , especially when originating from a civilian; but we are pleased to l e arn that there is a ready and explicit desire manifested to see this new system in more eitc:nsive operation. We understand that the vertical lamps, now under the constructive care and skill of Miller, Piccadilly, will be before the committee in a few days, with their new lenses ordered by the Admiralty. REPORTED DEATH 0 ; THE MARCHIONESS OF LANspowN L',--A .... contemporary yesterday published an ac count of the death of this highly respected lady, which is said to have taken place at Bowood-park on Monday last. that the statement is at least prema- We are happy to say ture ; for by-cnquiries made, we learn that the last letters re ceived stated that the Marchioness was still alive, though in 'n Paper . a very p re carious state. —.llorni g AMERICAN VISITORS TO THE GREAT EXBIBITION. —ln answer to many of our readers in Indiana, we state th a t ra t e s of f ar e tor either London or Liverpool, n ame l y, i n the ,ailing vessels, are, cabin passage, 75 dollars; steerage, 50 Jolla s• We hear of no arrangement for the conveyance o f passenge rs to the " World's Fair" different from th ose hi t h er t o - ex i s ting. Our regular packets are unrivalled as regards their capacity for affording a speedy, safe, and 1. 1 easant passage to the Old World, being spacious, dry, and well ventilated, and what is not of the least importance, well commanded. As to steam-vessels, frequent departures will take place, afford ing every accommodation and luxury that could be desired. As in the case of sailing packets, a considerable proportion of the passenger accommodation of the Atlantic steamers is en gaged for several weeks to come. All the steamers now sail ing for Europe exhibit quite extended passenger lists, and the .t, probabilities are that the Hermann, of the Southampton and Bremen line, which sails on the 22d inst., and the Franklin, , of the Havre line, which sails on the sth proximo, touching at Southampton, will go full. The steam-ship Caribbean, now very nearly completed, will be run between New York and England, and, should the demand justify, other steamers will be placed on the same route... New York Journal of Commerce. 4Z.) Hie! Mel Ilia! Ilie I Wei illie 1 WWI!