The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-03 00:00:00

SOUTHEA AND OTHER ANN UITIES ACT "NOTICES."—At the closing of the Lord Mayor's Court yesterday, the Queen's Constable, Pierre Sawa, and Captain Ackerley, appeared with Mr. John Coe, the Superintendent of the Printing-ollice at the Bank of England—the latter sent by the Directors to hear the application of summons, as pre-intimated to them, as follows :—The offenco against the law " 39, Geo. 111., c. 79, section 30," being the Meg Al issuing by John Coe of sundry papers, " Notices of Commutation," from the printing esta blishment of an unregistered company at, as of the Bank of Eng land, some of the said papers, having thereon the superin tendant's name and others without it, —though intertex'd with "red letters," in connection with the south Sea Stock, without printer's name, thereby causing suspicion and after thought penalty, not being in nomenclature with the Act 16 Viet., chapters 22 and 23, or, in keeping with the " Treasury utinutt. , , signed James Wilson, dated 13th ep May, 1853." The City Magistrate refused to adjudicate, but re.:ommended the Superior Courts of Law for this case. L. S. " PIERRE BA.SQUET. June 3, 1853. L. S. "C. IL ACKERLEY." N.B.—The effect of the above is the revocation of the Lord Chan cellors's order respecting the " Conversion of suitors' ock,"&e., and " centidt nee," rise of the Bank inter est to 3f, per cent st. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. BUEIEStOIIO. THIS EVENING, JUNE 3, Will be performed ELOPEMENT Far HIGH LIFE. Ry Messrs. . Sullivan, Chippendale, Howe. W.ell, Buckstone, Rogers, and Compton ; Mrs. Fitzwilliarn, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Misses Reynolds and L. Howard. After which, MR. .BUCKSTOWE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR ITAssUs. To be f o ll o wed by THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL. ROYAL pRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. Last Night but One of Mr. T. P. COOKE. THIS EVENING, Jura 3, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Characters by Messrs. T. P. Cooke, Wright, Meadows, Manvers, Graham, Eve rett, F. Cooke, and Saker ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Miss Murray. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yates. THIS EVENING, Jurcz 3, Will be performed TRYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews After which, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Madame Vestris, &c. To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Roxby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, and Misses Robertson and Ellis. To conclude with A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JUNE 3. Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Cha racters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Leigh Murray, Parselle, G. Honey, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, R. Romer, Cullenford, and H. Bed. ford ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley and Miss Woolgar. After which, NORMA. To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCHMAN. ROYAL' OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager_ Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, JUKE 3, Will be performed THE ROAD TO RUIN. Characters by Messrs. Farren, H. Farren, H. Marston, Diddear, G. Cooke, Kinloch, and F. Charles; Mesdames E. Turner, Bartlett, and A. Phillips. After which, THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Baggs, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with MACBETH. Supported by Mr. Samuel Mac beth, Mr. F. Robson, Mrs. Sarah Macbeth, and Mrs. A. Phillips. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. ASTOUNDING NOVELTY.—Arrival of the celebrated and intrepid M. ALPHONSE THEVELIN, the First Gymnasiarque Alden of France, and Inventor of the Cybistique Games ander the French and Belgian Banoons, who wal make his sth Appearance in this Country TO-NIGHT. - - THIS EVENING, Ju 3, And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly successful Hippo Drama, with new scenery, costumes, and appointments, entitled THE CHASE, er LIFE ON THE TURF— illustrating a Sporting Man's Career. . . _ To be Follov4d by M. Alphonse Thew.En in hie incredible Per formance of LES JETUX CYBISTIQUE ; or, The Four Trapeze— with the wonderful Vaulting Traverser Arlen of 130 Feet from the Back of the Stage to the Centre of the Ring. To conclude with brilliant Scenes in tile ARENA by the moss talented Artistes of the day. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, Gigantic Panorama of the BAY and FORTS of CHUSAN. Splendid Menagerie. including Six Elephants, Four Lions, Two Tigers,Two Giraffes ,Camels,leopards, Llamas, &c. Grand Military Band, Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.—Vocal and Instrumen tal Concert; Two Songs by Miss Cecily Nott ; Solo Clarionet, Mons. Wuille, and Cornet a Piston, Mr. Phillips ; Brilliant Dis play of Fireworks ; Feast of Lanterns ; Attack on the British Fleet; Explosion of Chinese Fire,ships ; Grand Tableaux. Doors open from 9in the morning. Feeding the Animals at 5. Concert 6. Fire works half-past 9. Admisson Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tara DAT —Morning 0 min. after 0 Evening 56 min.aft. 11 To-Morrow—Morning 20 min. after 12 I Evening 39 min.aft. 12 THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JUNE 3. THERMOMETER, IN TIE SHADE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 63 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'20. WIND, N.B. —Light breeze, and fine weather. §- xt .. rx/4 LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1853. The Directors of the Bank of England have much to answer for. They have again most unwisely and unnecessarily tampered with the circulating medium of the country, utterly indif ferent as to the probable results of the step they have so recklessly taken. They must be but too well aware of the consequences that may follow their determination—that distrust may be substi tuted for confidence, stagnation for activity—a commercial crisis for the general prosperity so lately perceptible. And all these evils may arise, from the rash exercise of the extraordinary power so unadvisedly and improvidently vested in their hands. Never was there a time in every respect more inopportune than that which they have selected for the experiment on which they have adventured. There were symptoms of a panic on the Bourse and the Stock Exchange,— a panic, not arising from undue speculation, or reckless expenditure at home, but from the doubts occasioned by the unwarrantable demands of the AUTOCRAT. The only speculations which they could hope to check in the United Kingdom were those which gave employment to those whose labour constituted their only capital,—specula tions which brought contentment and happiness to the domestic hearths of the working classes— which kept the mills and factories working full time, and enabled the artisan, or operative, or agricultural labourer, to obtain " a fair day's wages for a fair day's work." These are the " evils" which the Bank Directors are so anxious to avert, and for which purpose they are willing to encounter any risk, and to incur any degree of odium. And it must be admitted that they have adopted the most efficient means for the purpose —that is to say, if the sound good sense and in domitable resolution of the community should not once more be exhibited, and the voice of public opinion laugh to scorn the Dame PARTINGTON- Iike effort. It may be asked, Why should not the Directors be at liberty, as well as the Managers of any other joint-stock concern, to fix the price for their own commodities, to state the rate at which they will be willing to advance money on unquestionable securities of the description in which they are in the habit of dealing ? Why should they not be allowed to charge 4, or even 5 per cent. interest for their money, if they should think proper ? The answer, however, is plain. It is because they have a quasi national character—because they assume to themselves the privilege and duty of regulating the currency, and setting an example that is invariably very generally, if not universally, followed. If they were regarded merely as the managers of a trading corporation, looking solely to the pecuniary interests of their proprietors, they might—no matter how great their capital or unbounded their resources—act in the manner which they deemed most expedient, more especially if they varied their rate of dis count from day to day, according to the nature of the security, and the demand for pecuniary ac commodation. But it is the formality of the acct, the peculiar nature of their functions, that ns the mischief. They had a certain de theirgf . 'b'li cliar P t rsi. ty previous to the revival of 1844, but from which they were relievred 531 that unw i se an d i mpo li t i c measure. adium ffect a t s o if deanol azi.th the TLebyy still, however, occasionally circulating me the legislative sana i tio enactnaents had r ece i ve d mated. thus to MOW h n t , and they cannot be per to 'assume, and at anothaelirdt cold --at one t i me sibility ; particularly as thci:irepudiate, respon variably misel.hvous, calcnlat e n d t t erf erence is in" danger, and to render mor e intense th e • increase the excitem ent of the moment. Once more then, we ask, whit has renderedi this undue action in the money necessa ry , or ssary ' or desirable ? The nation has not y et for gotten the panic of 1847, or its disastrous results, an d the'excessive caution then induced. There was as great necessity for the spur as for the bridle, so far as our domestic affairs were concerned. Never was' the trade and commerce of the country in a sounder or more healthy condition. M the Times declares (and it will not be suspected of unduly favouring industry at the' expense of capital)— " we should be alarmiSts if we said that there was at this moment any reasonable or general antici pation of difficulty or collapse. No manufacture has been overdone, no trade pushed too far, no undertakings pledged beyond the limits of easy performance, no millions cast on the. waters in the shape of loans to insolvent or revolutionary States. JOHN BULL, usually credulous, easy, sanguine, and most incontinent of his cash, has not yet ceased to ruminate over the decennial catastrophes that have afflicted his purse. * * * What, then, is there that should lead our great capitalists to tighten the reins of confidence just at this mo ment I" We fully and cordially concur with our contemporary in these opinions. There is, there cln be, no adequate reason assigned for the pro ceeding, more especially when we consider that the Bank had at the moment in its coffers, ac cording to the latest return, nearly eighteen mil lions in specie, and that the importations of gold during the past week had been at the rate of nearly a ton per diem. There is only one rational solution of the problem. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a great financial operation on the Lapis, by which a considerable saving might have been effectual, if matters went on favourably. This was the last day for parties signifying their assents to the conversion of their Stock into any of the new securities offered as equivalents by Mr. GLAD STONE. The success of the operation mainly de pended on the course pursued by the Board during the emergency. The holders of South Sea Stock and other securities were waiting to observe the conduct of the Bank, in order to regulate their own. The operation has been seriously damaged, if not altogether destroyed, by the proceedings of the Directors. Mr. GLADSTONE and his colleagues will certainly have no cause to applaud their exer tions in the present instance. They have injured the cause which, if they'really possessed the na tional character they assume, they would have felt bound to promote to the best and utmost of their ability. It will be for the Govern ment which they have thus seriously damaged to take care, when there shall be another applica tion for a renewal of the Bank Charter, that there shall no longer be any mistake on the subject— that they shall not be entrusted with powers to be used only for mischief. We shall not now allude to the rumours as to the breaking out of the secrets of the Bank par lour, and the undue advantages afforded to the friends of some of the Directors. Suffice it to say, that the suspicions to which we long Bi alluded have been considerably strengthened, that the hints and surmises have received additional confirmation, and are now beginning to assume a consistent and tangible shape, by no means favour able to the reputation of some of the City Magnates. We ought to have read Lord STANLEY'S pamphlet on Church Rates before the debate on that question. We are not sorry, however, that, accidentally, we failed to do so, since it enables us to invite more specific attention to it. An attentive perusal of it has given us the greatest pleasure, and we earnestly recommend it to every honest and fair-minded Churchman as the most satisfactory tract we have seen on the subject, and to every Dissenter as an illustration of the candour, justice, and high appreciation of religious liberty which he now can meet with from those whose political and ecclesiastical connections ap pear at first sight most antagonistic to his own. The pamphlet, moreover, condenses into a few pages all the information which most readers would care to have respecting—" (1.) The social evils arising out of the present law of Church Rates. (2.) The inefficiency of the law, the extent to which it has fallen into desuetude, and the fa cility with which it may be evaded. (3.) Past and present attempts towards its reform." Lord STANLEY had the honour to be elected for Lynn while absent on a tour in America ; and we have little doubt that, with a mind of the charac ter displayed in this publication, he was deeply impressed, like the present Earl of CARLISLE, then Lord MORPETH, on a similar tour, with the im mense social advantage of the absolute religious liberty enjoyed in the United States. Any ob servant English Statesman beholding with his own eyes the entire absence of ecclesiastical friction in the working of their State machinery, must be tempted with the Noble Earl to "envy them their perfect religious liberty." We believe most read ers of Lord STANLEY'S pamphlet will agree with us that it shows in no small degree some of the best qualities of the Statesman. With a full perception of theory and its logical conse quences, he looks upon men as they are, and society as it is—at the same time exhibits a fair degree of comprehensiveness of mind, and, above all, a calm, dispassionate judg ment, evidenced especially in his fair and kindly sympathy with the feelings of those whose religious views are opposed to his own. We are pretty confident that this pamphlet will dis pose the better class of Dissenters, and of the Liberals who act with them, to think that they have in Lord STANLEY the promise of a rising Statesman in harmony with the predominant cha racter of educated English feeling. The demand is now, doubtless, for Statesmen disposed to rise above class distinctions, to look with equal kindli ness upon every section and grade of the popula tion of the Empire, and to insist, above all, upon religious equality as the great problem remaining for our Legislators to solve. We strongly sus pect that the criticisms of an old politician, in the recent debate, were very much due to the advanced position which Lord STANLEY takes in his pamphlet. Partly no one likes to be cut out in his own line, and partly every one even more dislikes to be clearly and irrecoverably outstripped. His Lordship is per fectly right, and all the evidence, as well as the ob servation of every man not absolutely blind to what passes around him, proves it, that Dissenters of every kind do regard Church Rates as a tax in a different sense to that in which they regard tithes. The highest legal authorities, as he shows, state it to be a personal tax, though proportioned accord ing to property. Unlike the other legal endow ments of the Church, it has to be laid and assessed by the parishioners themselves. No one can claim the tax if not thus laid ; while tithes are a definite portion of the proceeds of property await ing a claimant. The occupier knows, at least, that they are not his, and that he has no right to keep them ;he never hired them. The landlord knows they are not his ; he never bought them or inherited them. With the Rate it is altogether different. The Dissenting rate-payer, till the day of his exemption, will feel that but for his neigh bour's shirking his fair contribution to the ex penses of his own worship, and imposing the pro portion he escapes upon Dissenters, the latter would pay no such tax at all. Supposing that in strict theory, however, all are bound to pay taxes to the Established Church, yet his Lordship justly observes : " Men in all countries, and more especially in this country, are not governed by theories, nor will a wise Government push abstract reasonings to a hazardous extreme. And, moreover, the theory of exclusive re ligious endowment, though it still to a considerable ex tent affects our practice, has been long disavowed. The existence of Presbyterianism in Scotland, the Regium Donum, the grant to Maynooth, the equal division of Clergy Reserves among the various sects in Canada, are all witnesses against it. And though the institutions of an old country cannot be at once overthrown, nor its traditions departed from without danger, yet we may safely say, that whenever an opportunity is afforded of dealing with Ecclesiastical establishments de novo—un fettered by past pledges or immemorial custom—the principle on which the present generation is inclined to act is that of strict religious equality. As a matter of justice, it is felt to be wrong to call upon men to pay for the propagation of opinions in which they do not share; and as a matter of expediency it is certain that such an attempt in the case of Church Rates could only end in levied fret : 1 ; e disgraceful failure—failure, in all probability, fatal to the orth e Z to those undertaking it. I take Loth these views : but the struggle whielte cost that the amount of rates , Do ° yo e u w b h( l ) . demur to the former, I am content to say, onforrnista, against the will of the which can be latter, is vi , marked attend its collection ?' " tion, but the above pecuniary, moral and social, of We had reasonableness :Twill r much more for quota rtheael t o o o n n e cern of for r the reli giaost: ecnin gi m v o e n a s fa en ir se i ,, de an a of ci 1 pervades the whole pamphlet the country which The author asks i whether, for the trifle of 80,0001. a-year, or 100,0001. at the utmost, 1,600 persons ought to have been distrained upon in the last five years, half the urban parishes in England agitated, and the law appealed to till its uncertainty and unpopularityhave combined to render it powerless? He thinks the claim of Nonconformists to exemp tion from ecclesiastical taxation unanswerable ; that their exemption by certificate would afford an excellent definition of National Church-mem bership, now practically wholly wanting ; that vestry meetings, consisting entirely of Church men, would begin to consult, in many respects, for the good of their own Church, and thus ini tiate a very desirable co-operation of the laity in the management of Church affairs. He anticipates, in proportion to the spread of education, that di versity of religious opinion will increase, " uniformity of religious belief being, as a general rule, incom patible with a state of general mental activity !" (Let OXFORD and Sir HARRY INGLIS hearken), hence, that parishes now quiet will soon become the scenes of these disgraceful contests. Indeed, we can assure the speakers who talked of the present absence of petitions of contentions, that it arises from very ominous causes ; partly, that in almost all the parishes where the battle has been resolutely fought, Rates have ceased to be levied ; but, chiefly, because these contests have provoked Dissenters to take higher ground. The peddling harrassing nature of the Church-rate battles was the grand reason assigned for establish ing an Anti-State-Church Association, to whose influence with constituencies St. Stephen's itself can bear witness in the person of many of its Members. It is perfectly certain, that already, in thousands of country parishes, where nothing is heard of publicly, Dissenters who find them selves powerless against landlords, magistrates, and clergymen, feel the impost as gallingly as in the towns which have rejected it, and feel it all the more keenly from the comparative wealth of the imposers. Lord STANLEY, indeed, asks almost indignantly—" Is it, or is it not, worth while for an ecclesiastical corporation, possessing revenues which amount to 5,000,0001. (by a low computa tion), to compel more than 3,000,000 of British subjects to submit to laws which they believe un ust, and to pay a tax, acquiescence in which goes against their conscience, for the sake of an increase of two per cent. upon its income ?" We can assure Lord JOHN RUSSELL that the country will not hold him to have answered Lord STANLEY when he lugubriously held up his hands in the House of Commons, exclaiming, " This two per cent., this two per cent., how else can -we raise this two per cent !" JOHN BULL will assuredly tell him, in his own gruffest tone, and in Sir HARRY INGLIS'S newest Oxonian, "to put his hands in his own breeches' pocket to repair his own church." NMI Trill! SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE e l isn3 COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, with the Prince of Wales and the Prin cesses Helena and Louisa, drove out in an open carriage yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Flora Mac donald. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Roe were in attendance on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out on horseback. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Vis countess Jocelyn, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Earl Somers, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros. The Queen's private band attended in Buckingham Palace on Wednesday evening after dinner, and played the following compositions : Overture; " Idomenes " Selection, " Haydee" Auber. March Weber. Colonel Wylde will be in attendance on his Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa during his stay in England. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY.; The Liverpool, PeterboroUgh, Clare, Sligo, and Bury St. Edmund's committees sat this morning, but the evidence before them was of the usual character, and presented no features of interest. The Durham committee also sat for the first time to-day, at one o'clock, but the opening address of the learned counsel had but just commenced when our report left. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The first night of Les Huguenots is always an event in the season. It draws as great a crowd as a new opera, and never fails to create an excitement which none other, whether new or old, has yet been able to rival. It never seems to weary an audience however frequent may be its repetition in the course of a season ; but to hear it again, after the lapse of a twelvemonth, is one of the greatest treats to which opera-goers look forward. The strength of cast, the precision and perfection of detail, and the brilliant tout ensemble with which it is produced —apart from the charm of its music and the romantic interest of its plot—make it the brilliant chef d'oeuvre of the management, on which they can at any time fall back in the absence or failure of other novelties. It was given last night with all these ingredients of success, and was received with all its well-won, and now almost traditional, honours. The applause was as enthu siastic as ever it was in the earliest days of its freshness, and we must say were never better deserved. The chief alterations from last year's caste were Bel letti as the Count de St. Bris— and Mdlle. Didiee as the Page. Of course, Belletti greatly added to the general strength of the opera ; but we scarcely think the part one of such prominence or scope as to require the inter pretation of a first rate artist. In former years it has been sufficiently well played and sung by, what we may be permitted, speaking comparatively, to call, subordi nates. Mdlle. Didier is a decided improvement on last year. Grisi, as the tender, yet courageous, ill-fated Valentine —Mario, the impassioned Raoul—and Formes as the faithful, rugged Huguenot—each sang and acted their best ; and what that is we need not describe. So long as Les Huguenots is given as it was last night, it will never lose ground in this country, or dero gate from the position which it at present holds of being on the whole the most popular opera of the day. The house was crammed to suffocation ; every box was occu pied ; and the avenues of the pit were so choked up by persons who could find no seats that ingress and egress were barely possible. Her Majesty the Queen, accom panied by Prince Albert and suite, attended the theatre for the first time this season. MINISTERIAL DISAGREEMENTS.—We are assured, by parties likely to be well informed, that Messrs. Keogh, iitionsell, and Sadleir have retired from the places they held under Lord Aberdeen's Administration. What may have led to this Ministerial rupture will, no doubt, be known before long ; but for the present we shall con tent ourselves with saying, that we believe the statement mentioned above to be correct.—Morning Herald. COUNT NESSELRODE'S VISIT TO .CONSTANTINOPLE. The prevailing impression that the Count Nesselrode, who has arrived at Constantinople from St. Petersburgh, is the distinguished Russian Minister of that name, is erroneous. The latter Count Nesselrode remains in the capital of the. Northern Autocrat. The Count Nessel rode, who has arrived in the capital of the Turkish em pire, is a nephew of the eminent statesmen of the same name, but is a young man of no political status, nor of status of any kind, except what he derives from his near relationship to the other Count. DEATH OF SIR CHARLES ABRAHAM ELTON, BART. — This gentleman died on the 2d inst., at Bath, in the 75th year of his age. The name of the deceased may be well honoured as the author of several poems, tales, and t r anslations. The deceased was the sixth holder of the title, which was created in 1717, and the first baronet was i nayor of Bristol in 1710, and represented that city in the' second Parliament of George the First. The family have been seated for some time back at Clevedon Court, near Bristol. The deceased is succeeded by his son Arthux Hallam, born in 1818. CITY OF LONDON RAGGED AND IDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.— The fifth annual meeting was held at the Centenary house, Bfshopsgate-street, last night. Sir J. Duke, Bart., M.. 2., took the chair. The secretary read the re port, which was of a. satisfactory character. The Rev. Mr.. Rogers moved the first resolution—" That the re port be received, adopted, printed, and circulated." Seconded by the Rev. Wm. Arthur. A second resolu tion, expressive of gratitude to God for the blessings which had been bestowed upon the efforts of those who befriended these schools, was ably moved by Mr. Green, and eloquently seconded by the Rev. S. R. Ward, of Montreal (an African gentleman). Other resolutions were passed, and the meeting separated at a very late hour. RICHARD CcEUR DE LION.—We are authorised to state that her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to signify her intention to cause a donation of 2001. to be made to the fund for the erection of the colossal statue of Richard Cceur de Lion, by Baron Marochetti, in a conspicuous part of the metro p olis, and that his Royal Highness Prince Albert has announced his intention to contribute 1001. to the same object. • A public meeting will be held at Willis's-rooms on Saturday next, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of opening the subscription, and naming the committee to carry tl ie design into effect, at which the Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G., has consented to take the chair. THE SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY A ST. PAUL'S CATHE DRAL.—Yesterday the annual a ssemblage of parochial children within the Metropolita‘ a limits, took place at St. Paul's Cathedral, it being the 151st anniversary. The annual sermon was preache it by the Right Rev. J. A. M'Crosky, Bishop of Michigan, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the She:rigs, &c. The number generally reaches about 2,000 children. Previous to the children leaving their schools, they were supplied with substantial breakfasts. PLYMOUTH ELECTION.—CIos e of the Poll. Palmer (Conservative), 944 ; Braine V.Aberal), 876. Majority for Palmer 68. ~''`"-~ nyirb ilia n NEWTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, HANDICAP PLATE. Knight of Whistle Priam the Third Twelve ran. GOLD CUP. Sir Robert Le Juif Two ran. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Justice Crompton.) LUMLEY V. GyE-JUDGMENT. This was an action brought by the former lessee of her Majesty's Theatre, against the proprietor of the Covent-garden Opera, recover damages for having caused Mademoiselle Wagner to break an agree ment which she had entered into with the plain tiff to sing at his theatre. The defendant demurred to the plaintiff's declaration, on the ground that an action would not lie against a person for causing the non-fulfilment of a contract which had been entered into by a third party. The Court of Chancery had granted an injunction restraining Mdlle. Wagner from singing at Mr. Gye's establishment, and had also given the plaintiff leave to bring this action. The case was argued some months ago, and the court had taken time to consider its decision. As their lordships differed in opinion, judg ment was first delivered by Mr. Justice Crompton, who, after reciting the pro ceedings, said it must be considered clearly established that wrongfully and maliciously inducing or procuring a servant to depart from a master's service, whereby the master was injured, was a wrongful act according to the rule of law relating to masters and servants, and as such was a good cause of action. He thought that the rela tion of master and servant subsisted sufficiently between Mr. Lumley and Mdlle. Wagner during the time the contract existed. It was immaterial to con sider whether or not she had actually entered into his service. He saw no reason for confining the general rule of law as to the illegality of enticing away servants to employment of any particular description. It as much applied to the services which were to be ren dered by Mddle. Wagner, as to that by apprentices or other menial servants. It appeared to him that she con tracted to render personal services to the plaintiff within the meaning of the rule, and that the parties were in the relation of employer and employed, or master and ser vant. He, therefore, thought that judgment should be entered for th© plaintiff. Mr. Justice Erie said the question raised in the de murrer was, whether an action would lie by the proprie tor of a theatre against a person who maliciously pro cured the entire abandonment of a contract entered into by another person to perform exclusively at his theatre a certain time, whereby he sustained damage, and it seemed to him that it would. The authorities were numerous and uniform that an action would lie by the master against a person who procured a servant unlawfully to leave his service. The principle applied to the present case. The nature of the services contracted for was immaterial. He did not think the objection that the contracting party had not begun her services was a tenable ground of defence. The breach of the engagement might be equally injurious whether the services were begun or not, and, in his opinion, ought to be made equally actionable where the relation between employer and employed existed. He considered that the judgment of the court should be for the plaintiff. Lord Campbell said, as the case had been argued in the Bail Court during his absence, he could not, of course, take any part in it ; but Mr. Justice Wightman, who was prevented attending by indisposition, and who, though considerably better, had been ordered by his physicians to keep his house, had sent his judgment, and he (Lord Campbell) had been requested to read it. The noble lord then read the judgment. The learned Judge (Wightman) dealt with the different points in the case at considerable length, and concurred, generally, in the views and opinions of the two preceding judges. He considered that the plaintiff was entitled to judgment. Mr. Justice Coleridge said the demurrer raised the question whether an action could lie against a thii.d party for maliciously and injuriously enticing and pro curing another to break a contract to perform exclu sively at his theatre—in the first place, before it came actually into force ; and in the second, when it was really in force. In his opinion it did not lie in either case, and that the defendant was entitled to judgment generally. In order to maintain that, one of two propositions ought to be established—either that an action could lie against any one by whose persuasions the party to the contract was induced to break it, and thereby damage the plaintiff ; or, that an action against a person for in ducing or persuading a servant to leave his master, and to enter into the service of another was of so wide an ap plication as to embrace one in the position and profes sion of Mdlle. Wagner. After much consideration and inqviry, he was of opinion that neither propositions were true. The defendant, in his judgment, was not the direct or proximate cause of the damage which the pl ainiff had sus tained. The general rule was to confine the remedy by action to the contracting party, and to the damages directly con sequential of his act. He came to the conclusion, in the first place, that an action for merely inducing or procuring a contracting party to break a covenant, whether he did it maliciously or not, was not tenable ; secondly, that the common law with regard to the se duction of servants from masters was an exception, the origin of which was known, and that exception did not reach the case of a theatrical performer. Perhaps it might be objected that this judgment was conceived in a narrow spirit, which restrained the full application of the law in regard to contracts for personal services. He did not, however, think it was open to that objection. He saw the danger of establishing, by a judicial decision, a principle which should extend to all cases. By affirm ing more than he had gone the length of doing, he thought they would strain and weaken the law. He re gretted having to differ from his learned brethren, but notwithstanding the doubts which that circumstance might naturally raise in his mind as to the correctness of his opinions, and notwithstanding the novelty and difficulty of the question, he thought that judgment oug ht to be for the defendant, though it must be pro nounced for the plaintiff. Judgment for the plaintiff accordingly. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. A scanty attendance, and only a small amount of business transacted. Lady Evelyn advanced in favour for the Ascot Stakes-5 to 2 was taken to some money. 5 and 6to 1 taken about Nervous, the higher odds being offered at the close. Stockwell was at an improved quotation for the Emperor's Plate, and 3 to 1 was taken about Ted dington ; in both cases, however, the outlay was only moderate. 10 to 1 was taken to 3001. about the Reiver for the St. Leger ; and 20 to 1 to various small sums about Verbena colt for the Derby. ASCOT STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn (t) 6to 1 Mr. Combe's Nervous (t) Bto 1 General Anson's King Pepin (9 to 1t) Bto 1 Mr. Osborne's Little Davie (t 10 to 1) THE EMPEROR'S PLATE. 6 to 4 agst Lord Exeter's Stockwell (t) 3to 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Teddington (t) ST. LEGER. 10 to 1 agst Lord John Scott's The Reiver (t) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Lord Derby's colt by Orlando out of Verbena (t) 25 to 1 Mr. Bowes's Blight (t) 25 to 1 Mr. S. Herbert's Autocrat (t) 40 to 1 —• Duke of Bedford's Hesso Cassel (t) SETTLING ON THE DERBY AND OAKS.—We have been informed that some false lights were hung out on the settling day, and that one or two parties, thought to be buoyant in safe water, are, it is feared, quite swamped ; their united liabilities a mount to several thousands. Still, comparatively speaking, we must repeat, the general settling was remarkably good. SALE OF MlSELTOE.—Mistletoe was sold yesterday for 1,110 guineas, and with her engagements too : rather a stiff price for an animal that was beaten so far for the Oaks. She will remain in Peck's stable. NEWTON RACES.—THUBSDAY. TRIAL HANDICAP of 5 sous• each, with 30 added. One mile. (11 subs.) Mr. E. Phillips's Koh-i-noor, 4 yrs, 7st 91b 1 Mr. Barber's Jacob, 3 yrs, sst 41b 2 Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 6 yrs, 7st 3 The' following also ran :—lbis, The Evening Star, Martha (h b). Betting-6 to 4 agst Humphrey, sto 2 agst Koh-i -noor. Won by a length. GOLBORNE STARES of 10 sous. each, li ft, with 40 added • for 2-yr old colts, Bst 7 1 b ; fillie s and g eldin g s, Bst 411;; of 100 sovs., 51bs extra. Allowances for be aten horses, winners of 80 sovs. clear at an y one time, 31bs; not having been placed, and having started twice, 21bs ; thrice, 51bs ; four or more, 81bs. G-olborne Course. (13 subs.) Mr. T. W. Redhead's Barrel 1 Mr. H. Smyth's Bright May 2 Mr. T. W. Park's Mountain Maid The following also ran :—Kennysido Hero, Czarina, Oaklands. HANDICAP PLATE of 70 sovs. One mile and a guar ,er. (29 subs.) Mr. Smith's Harp, 5 yrs, 6 st 41 b Mr. Phillips's Le Juif, 5 yrs, 7st Mr. Saxon's Jacob, 3 yrs, 58t, EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. On Wednesday the annual general meeting of this com pany took place at the London Tavern, Bishop sgate-street, Mr. A. C. Barclay in the chair. The following gentle men were also present :—Mr. James Finlay, Mr. P. Bainbrigge, Mr. R. E. Procktor, Mr. Daniel Noble, Mr. Henry Eve, Mr. G. Bartley, Mr. C. A. Harries, Mr. James Lees, Mr. J. Irvine, Mr. W. Tucker, Mr. M. Young, Mr. J. Fullarton, Mr. F. R. Starr, general agent for the British North American Colonies. The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I will first call upon the Secretary to read the advertisement convening this meeting. The Secretary then read the advertisement. The CHAIRMAN—I have to express my regret at. the absence of John Moss, Esq., one of the directors, who is unable to attend in consequence of the loss of a near relative. The Accountant will now read the b alance sheet. The following statement of accounts, from commence ment in Aug., to 1850, Dec. 25, 1852, was then read : To subscribed capital. Premiums on insur- ances Duty £191,500 0 0 £36,662 5 3 5,195 5 1 Interest on investments Income tag on dividends Poundage on duty Current claims Balances due to agents. Suspense account 41,857 10 4 518 1 7 35 9 5 84 5 3 5,000 0 0 37 6 7 15 14 0 £239,048 7 2 By subscribed capital not called up £153,200 0 0 Loss on engines sold 5O 0 0 Renewal receipts and policies, can celled 823 0 3 Losses by fires 1 Expenses and loss by Paris agency (since closed) 1,328 13 7 Ditto and ditto by Brussels ditto (do ) 545 16 7 Expenses incurred in establishing so ciety, and cost of management, in cluding home and foreign salaries, law charges, rent and taxes, travel ling agents, provincial agents, office expenses, &c 12,029 12 3 New York current account. 3lO 6 3 Commissions 4,648 5 5 Duty 3,414 11 11 Dividends paid to shareholders 1,234 12 8 Policy stamps lB2 14 6 Printing and stationery 1,368 16 2 Advertising 402 18 4 Postage and carriage of parcels 295 11 7 Directors' fees 1,394 11 11 Re-assurances 362 11 10 Balance of deposit, and call due and in course of payment 10,529 10 0 Balances due from agents 4,621 9 9 Thomas Lamie Murray 5,407 13 3 Office furniture Cash invested, and at bankers 12,022 2 10 £239,048 7 2 "To the Chairman and Court of Directors of the Equitable Fire Insurance Company. "Gentlemen,—On replacing in your hands the balance sheet submitted to our examination, with our certificate thereto attached, we cannot refrain from expressing the pleasure and satisfaction we have felt in proceeding with that responsible investigation, from the fact of the great contrast afforded by the regular and correct state of the company's books and transactions— under its present board of management—as compared with the former. And we feel that this great improvement demands not only our notice but our congratulations to the company on the advantages derivable therefrom.—We are, gentlemen, your very obedient servants, THos. WILLIAMS, HENRY EVE, Auditors.—May 13." The CHAIRMAN then called upon the Secretary to read the report. " The directors have great pleasure in meeting the shareholders at this general meeting as they are very desirous of placing before them a full statement of all the affairs of the rcompany, being confident that the proprietors will feel that they have every reason to be well satisfied with its present condition, and its future prospects. The Equitable issued its first policy on the Bth August, 1850, and up to the end of last year the policies issueditad reached the extra ordinary number of 9,652, showing an amount of busi ness which is believed to be without parallel in the ex perience of any similar institution. The Equitable, al though in all respects perfectly distinct from the Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, was brought out under the powerful auspices of that company ; and immediately upon coming into existence found itself in possession of first-rate agencies, not only in Great Britain and Ireland, but also in the British North American Pro vinces, the United States, and also of agencies in France and Belgium. The expenditure in the establishment of the business was very great, but this your present directors have no desire to dwell upon, as they have the more pleasing task to perform of placing before you features of subsequent prosperity more acceptable to their own feelings and yours. The directors are sorry to be obliged to refer to the unworthy efforts that have been made by rivals to injure this company both at home and abroad—in the first instance, by making a most un fair use of the balance sheet up to the end of 1851, and then by exaggerating the amount of our loss at Montreal by the July fires, and using this at the very time the company was paying every farthing of its losses, as a weapon by which to injure and, if possible, to destroy it. However, as is almost invariably the case these efforts to injure us have only recoiled upon those who have been ungenerous enough to make them. In referring to these attacks the directors feel it to be only due to the general agent, the agents, and lodal directors in the British North American provinces, together with the agents generally, to record their high admiration of the faithful way in which they have done their duty in the noble stand they have made for the interests of the com pany, and to congratulate them upon their triumph and success. The directors are also desirous of expressing to the shareholders their perfect satisfaction with the man ner in which the business of the company is conducted in these distant agencies, and their confidence that every precaution is used to secure a safe and profitable business by the most careful personal attention on the part of the local directors in examining and deciding upon the quality of risks, the amount of rates, and ge nerally to every part of the business. Your directors in the midst of all the anxiety inseparable from the charge of your interests, and the interests of the in sured, have felt quite sustained by the assurance, that so long as you remained firmly united as one corporate body, and they continued to possess your confidence, there could be no fear whatever of the ultimate success of the company. Since the month of July, 1852, there has been a complete re-organisation of the board of directors, Archibald Campbell Barclay, Charles Bennett, Frederick Morris, Edmond Sheppard Symes, M.D., Thomas West, and Francis Valentine Woodhouse, being duly qualified, have since the last annual general meeting been severally elected directors by resolutions of special courts, according to the provisions of the deed of settlement, in the room of T. L. Murray, W. Richard. son, M. C. Maher, E. S. Symes, M.D. A. Vigne, and Stephen Mills, and Archibald Campbell, Barclay, has been duly elected chairman of the board of directors and j of the company. There has also been a complete r( - organisation of the agencies, and generally of the whole business of the company. The agencies at- Paris and Belgium, being found too burdensome to be continued, have been brought to a close, and the agency at Edinburgh has been reorganised and placed upon a more economical and efficient footing. The secretary hasibeen employed in introducing a better system into his department, especially with reference to the home agencies, and has prepared a book of instructions for the guidance of the agenti, with I tables of rates of premium ; while the accountant has brought up the books iu his department, and succeeded in disentangling the neglected accounts of the company, so as to bring them to a perfect balance, and to present to the directors a clear and full and detailed view of the business of the company at all its agencies. Besides the important result of restoring a healthful tone to the whole business of the company, there has been a very large reduction made in its current expenditure by the work of reorganisation, and the changes above alluded to. It has been the anxious desire of the directors to keep the proprietors fully informed with respect to all they have been doing, and to claim from them that hearty co-operation which a corporate body has a right to expect from all its various members.- The directors are especially anxious to press upon the attention of the shareholders, that it is their duty as well as their interest to strive to advance the general prosperity of the country by every means in their power. The 10,000 shares issued up to the end of the last finan cial year, distributed as they are amongst a most re spectable and wealthy proprietory, proved sufficient for all the purposes of the society, but the magnitude of the business already attained, and which is still so rapidly extending, makes it desirable to increase the amount of capital in hand. Your directors have, therefore, deter mined to . issue 10,000 additional shares, at par ; they have already received applications for a considerable number, and have every reason to believe that the whole will be awarded within a very short period. The present shareholders will, of course, have the preference, and it is not intended to make any further issue except at such premium as may hereafter be determined upon. It is only necessary to state further that during the f our months terminating on the 30th of April, the number of poli cies issued has been 1,545, making a total of 11,197. The premiums received during these four months have reached the large amount of 9,8650, while the claims paid have only amounted to 2,4501 The directors have pleasure in declaring a dividend for the half-year at the rate of five per cent. per annum, which will be payable to shareholders on and after the Ist of August next.— ARCI.ID. CAMPBELL BARCLAY, Chairman." The CHAIRMAN—I will only make one or two remarks in addition to the report, chiefly with respect to the re duction of expenditure alluded to, that has been general in its character, and to what extent you can best judge, by my telling you that in one item alone—salaries—a saving of 1,3001. a-year has been effected, and that during the four months of the present year we have added to the invested capital a sum of 5,0001. These are the only additional facts I think it is necessary to trouble you with, but if there are any others upon which the vote of thanks ; at the same time not intended, I " 1 : , sure, to be left by this meeting without. From the PeL _ sonal knowledge I halo, in common with the board directors generally, of the course pursued by that gel l ; tleman under the circumstances in which he lif4e b e .% placed, I have great pleasure in being the proposer of r thanks he so justly merits. I believe that gre a ke r d fidelity, greater zeal or ability, could not have Taa l any course of action ; and that very much , owing to untiring exertions, is attributable the great success of.tif. upany. Few men, perhaps, have been placed e : e ' r similar circumstances, and none certainly have s A more faithfully done their duty. I have therefore to °Q, your best, your hearty, your whole thank s to F. Starr, Esq. This vote of thanks, seconded by Mr. PRoCITA enthusiastically carried. Mr. STARR, in a brief reply, returned thankg. The meeting then adjourned. THE MAGAZIN.gS. ticlo Eraser's.—The first and most entertaining ar ter a manc hes ir in Fraser is entitled " Manchester by Man." The subject is treated in the hapPies t Ig oe ner. The description of the vast undertakingl,, of immense warehouses, with their infinite vary t he cotton fabrics, and, above all, the c uriosities% er commercial character, are all t o uched on 31 w bo plained. Without agreeing with the authernieet asserted that nowhere would a phrenologis t •ter i with such a collection of clever heads, the w ri . i ll, while he ridicules slightly the utter absorption business of most of the " Manchester men , s tetg tains that the rough surface covers many 0 11 6 qualities, and that for real worth Manchester Ivo not shrink from a comparison with Liverpool, 's:l3ii " is placed invidiously by our side," and wincft'e appears, is considered superior in the social re n ftbe ments of life. The definition is most amusing character who, while examining the coat in "01l Nelson died at Trafalgar, would most Pi 9 d f o rd inquire if it were of West of England or 1 3 r 3 , 0 1(1 manufacture. Of the duke's dispatch-box, he say it was worth something as old materia ," ntha he saw the mummy of Potiphar he would assl,,ci i wrapper was flax, not cotton. It is told Olio, that on such a character being awoke withr.; l3 - edr formation that the day was breaking, lie 0 0 '7, 6 0. " Well, well, let it break—let it break—it cf i go i " nothing." " The Wetherbys, Father and ,„'" s of are concluded ; it relates the amusing dilenr po liti Major Wetherby, who had ordered a s p - 0 0 ' marble tablet to the memory of his son, con° sti r rating all his ancestors, at the return of the f the posed deceased. A paper on " The HistorY (),$ Romans under the Empire," is a notice ( I' 04 Merivale's work, of which the third v 0111111 :pstid lately appeared. "The Factory of the San Merchants in the city of London," presents 'rot a variety of information. ' There are severs' the articles of interest, including a criticism °,ll Royal Academy, and a notice of the Memorial Correspondence of Charles James Fox. Ainsworth's.—This magazine presents 1 1-q i 0 (16 . its usual miscellany of light literature. T't e ce d fatigable author of " The Confederates" P r p, with his tale of " Nicholas Flamel. " Mi ss f son has at length concluded the history ° iit oo , fortunes and misfortunes of Florence 1 13111 c i Those interested in her adventures will be gm' al l see that after a long course of perplexiti es bes , anxieties, after several accidents and catastroroi she is happily released from all her troubl e ad, difficulties. " Change," and " Isabel ST' ofl are continued. There are several other stories similar description. 6.0 The Gentleman's.—There is a very int er prO article this month on " The Daughters of r. the First." They were singularly unfortoegif Anne, the only happy one, died at th e3 „, o c? age of three, and thus was speedily rei7 ) from a world her race had found indeed a dreary one. Mary, the eldes'l ri f perienced strange vicissitudes regarding I l a) ligious education. Her mother, the celebra te re tli beautiful Henrietta Maria, resolved on s ee TV bringing her up in the Roman Catholic faith' o pti young princess delighted in displaying the l 'Of she constantly wore while standing b e hind th e of the chaplain of the royal household, to theT amusement of her mother and friends. 13a 1 this mockery proved a, failure, as the prin ce c ie married to the Prince William of Orange, al' t hei' over to Holland, for ever relinquishing her n ie h f), Catholic instructions. The Princess Elizahekoe' l distinguished for courage. She was iinPr' with her brothers in Sion House, and she on o said to her brother James, " I would not e ro here if I were you." He took the hin t, I de soon after, under pretence of playing a t and seek, he contrived to escape in fenw i n to tire. In consequence of this, th e imprison the children was increased in rigour. Thel o o, removed. Elizabeth was take n awa y to Nei where the utilitarian govern men t o f th e day tu.„"°•l4 of apprenticing this daughter o f a li ne o f p ria' a button maker. Happily for her high was removed from her life of suffering. 1 1 til e habitants were not aware th a t a d escen dant 0 1 0 Stuarts was resting in their city till after th e ad of two centuries, when, during the Freneh h ad,; lution, some workmen, in repairing the a v, found a coffin on which was engraved ";' Further on, they discovered it to be th e i ,l resting-place of the body of the daughter ." 0 t 0 unfortunate Charles Stuart. Henrietta MaL „ loveliest and gayest of the group of la/1110 5 '1; 0 0'i nevertheless not reserved for a brighter or 6 lo t d ° fate. Indeed, far more dignified was th e t ha n Elizabeth, who perished in a secluded pri ° , l l'o 7 „ that of her young sister, who passed a life in te nt of sinful pleasures, and died by poison. Si n g‘i relate, the only daughter of Henrietta, or : di dame," as she was called, Maria of Austr - t o iso lP eighteen years after her mother, likewise V . , " A Trip to the Gold Regions of Scotlanu/ on thn pletes the account of the mode of carrYiag ifi cial i f works there. " The Philopseudes of t yls ° presents the most quaint and ludicrous ri e fe o t f the fabulous tales with which some peoPle,ere the deceive themselves and others. A party r a p, lected together, who narrated each in ins:a e svc most extravagant anecdotes. Statues geu lo irfte' l; night from their pedestals, and performe d lous cures. A wizard commanded a b r° : c l to fetch him water, and it instantly ob e y le ft t Lucian himself, disgusted wiih such trash, party, to their mutual delight. b r °P e re , Colburn's New Monthly.—This nunwp e u tlf p i sub.l,e,p of with a few spiritual manifestations ref:, P res ° e t vealed to Mr. Joll Green, M.P. In ti! .- 0 t 11 '0 days of Spirit Rappings, such a e jf amuse the curious. " Two Phases in the only Child," is by the author of the Wish." It is not stated whether, like that founded on facts, but it certainly c ontanie bo otP o ii improbable, as it relates the death of ,s ° and idolised child, the widowed w e ,' eire' j te treasure. Though- the story is deficie nt i v .te t ; s t , the style is impressive. An article on two ois p ing work, recently published, of " 0 1 0 0. ing in the Mountains of Bavaria," racy Nathaniel contributes his two lit, e -, ra iv , ', l lO The first of these is devoted to "-" linan," the son-in-law of Wordsworth , „ ,kat have lately been much noticed. 4 4 A raerle t ' atte lti and their Writings" seem to engage so ra nelt ih is that it is not at all surprising to find i li a trai l t ile zine, a series of biographical sketches, . ect rfo l lantic celebrities. The present sa P J ll d pow' r o• memoir is a prose writer ; the quain t a 01 1 10 Peo Nathaniel Hawthorne. ,6 DDownth.eotiler p ceeds as usual, and there are seve ral of various merits. ceo,lo4l' Mr.PAINBRIDGE—By this means this will be a very important meeting for our society. Mr. STARR—I am exceedingly gratified and. pleased at the state in which I find the affairs of the com pany, at the mode in which the books are kept, and at the ' attention which is paid to the manage ment of the business ; and I shall return, if spared to return, convinced that this company is having every justice done it by your present representatives. The report before you has been commented 'upon. and it has been gone through very thoroughly, and it has been daY the t pr°` very justly remarked that it embraces transactions over MID WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday a bis S o of which your present directors have had no control. Two years and a half are represented there; but your present vniiTia' r I 'ol o onFtAhiTsAcnornApeacnmyE'sNbTilledoxecTlHaEredLtEhEeppsre,7 or: . 11 0 .: 1,141 . directors have only acted for six months ; and when we WAY,—One of those fatalities which are l iwa y9 1 0 think what they have had to do, we must all =know- frequent occurrence on Wednesday different ra ,,,. 10 ,Dic ii ledge that they have thoroughly performed the task you country, happened on ree rni " oe, r rti' assigned them. a nd Pr h , gio,j , train running between Knaresboroug h The CHAIRMAN—I want to add something to what resulted in the death of John Puf a , t d ° ,Th e i rn - g d e r f e eri Mr. Starr has said, which is this one statement :—the who was killed on the spot, his whole th j oroug h itill total premiums exceed the total loss in respect of Mr. fully mangled. A train leaves Knarv oeee ds ° h e r e Starr's general agency, by 6,951/ , including that large morning at half-past seven o'clock, and Pr s hore° , its lO t fire and everything. The premiums,. that is, exceed ' the whence it returns at 8.10 a.zn., to Ina,r iii e ps tlrer boo loss by 6,9511. Bs. 3d. (Hear, hear.) R th a e i n lw ce ay fo . rw o ar i c i l w to Mr. PROCKTER—That is in the Canadas ? morning a th n i sv " tr aill-- ju i le t ft t e ; e o ii e i The CHAIRMAN— In the British North American the usual time, and on its arrival a 4 . 0 s ide 0 bro ker provinces. The m • e Y dn or e k sd , a e y n ra th o e rn Eas in meeting then proceeded to the election of directors the tire of the off leading wheel 0 ,„ 0 bro . . a and auditors. which is about five miles on the liar r p t r e eng'il' e v a ra il; J., th r e .e r ro r° the train being at the time in motion. 5 r0 6% f ~ D IRECTORS —Archibald Campbell Barclay, Charles was passed over by the engine, but it ~. u o ve, Lout 3; Bennett, Frederick Morris, Edmund Sheppard Symes van and the engine and tender ly *_. e ded au_„, ti! l e M.D., Thos. West, and Francis Valentine Woodhouse'pro.- he fo-,. 0 0,. AUDITORS—Henry Eve, Esq., and Thomas Williams, yards along the line towards Ripen stoker eS. ',,,j0 , and he e''via Esq. were brought to a stand, the driver ° _ ...t t hat t_ 00 0 . 4 . the , rest of the train ; and they Mr, BAINBRIDGE—Before we 'dissolve this meeting unhurt. Almost at the same ra 3 17, 0 W:f as I;ill t r ili , and have another, I think it is right that we should re- and tender broke away, the gu turn thanks to our chairman, for the information he has over upon its side, and it was then 100 9 3 e s i! t iaia given us, which must have been exceedingly satisfactory he being found on the line about o ver b iro te a rog..,,e6 to us in what we have heard. I think we ought to carriages, the van having passe d _ a nr ostrti, ca rr l l 4 t h e a ar the gu_ 3 ll h bin! sv o return our thanks to the chairman and the Court of forced along the rails, altbougn 1ii,,„4 0 an ender, " Directors. by the impetus of the carriages. i-Zth het a Mr. PROCKTER—I beg leave to second that. I have were stopped by coming in contact ...,a much pleasure in doing so ; and I should say double happily none of the passenger's were Ir t ' or. Aiclr oe t f i Ja." e°' thanks, if permitted. to the e 040,01 The resolution was put and carried, amidst lend criesd g °s _tan of "All, all." Lords against the decision of the i L use of isv o i v The CHAIRMAN —I beg leave to thank Salomons THE JEW has ß A L e . n —lVe notice u n o d f ers an ta :P cl l7, B i a r d e t a decide bee n , 00) heartily. lam sure I may answer for myself and for all have to consider judicially, au'. „ ia has t es Miller v. Salomons. Thus, the -,"". le the l a saild.., ' point, whether the Oath of Abjurat" d t ill nest tiff my brother directors, that wo are very much g y ra o t n ifie m d o a s t t 7 the manner in which you have expressed your c onfidence . ~00 balP in us. I trust we shall meet together next year, when 1 _ Hebrew Observer. jiolo,,. i ot, „ e t we shall have a still more favourable state of things. CORONERSHIP OF THE QUON'S vs saq 00 4 taken. The appeal will not be hear Mr. BENNETT—I shall be a little out of order, but VERGE.—Wm. Thos. Manning', -i•-• of fice 0 1 A pc as Mr. Bainbridge has been candidate, s o very quick, and properly so, sir, in seizing the popular E I have no alternative. Our friend, Mr. re filraii in accordingly. derick Starr is, of course, not included „ill plir ( _____ _ o w T fl THE her understand, er m ajest y , s been Household ap o p s appointed t a e il d d t Q o f the verger a 4 shareholders would desire to have any further informa tion, I shall be most happy to give it. Mr. HARRIES—I want some little information ;it is very little, and I can assure you that I do not rise from any factious opposition, but that I only arise for in formation. In the first place, I would ask whether these figures extend to the present time, or do they ex tend only to the 25th of December last ? The CHammax—Only to the 25th of December. Mr. Halmos—Then the additional 5,000!. invested during the last four months of this year does not appear in the balance-sheet before us. The CHAlRMAN—Certainly not. Mr. HARRIES—You have, in your report, said there are 10,000 shares sold. I suppose these are up to the present time, because, from your balance-sheet, I find the shares sold up to the 25th of December were 9,575. The CHAIRMAN—That was the exact number up to the 25th of December, but of course many subsequently. • Mr. Haßßos----Again, there is another small item, but we must deal with the small things as well as the large. The CHAIRMAN—The more it is explained the better. Mr. HARRlES—Between my calculation and yours I find a difference in the income tax of about 181., how does this arise ? [The Accountant here explained.] Mr. HARRIES—This is the true use of figures. Now, then, there is another thing. Here is a very large item for expenses incurred in establishing the society, the cost of management, &c. The CHAIRMAN—The 'Accountant has before him all the details, but I would remind you that it embraces the large amount of charges incurred by the previous man agement, and over which your present board had no control. Mr. HARRIES—I suppose that I may consider that the expenses incurred in establishing the society are now at an end, and that it will not continue over a course of years. The CHAIRMAN—NO, certainly not. Mr. FULLARTON—I should like to ask Mr. Bennett, what he expects from the item set down balance of de posit and call. I know pretty well the parties who are alluded to in that item. Mr. BENNETT—I will explain the matter to the gentle man who asked the question, because he was a member of the committee of investigation, and therefore he has good knowledge of the ins and outs of everything. (A laugh.) The call was payable on the 30th November, and I would remind you that this balance-sheet is made up only twenty-five days after ; it is not remarkable, then, that a part of this call should be in course of pay ment at that date. Mr. FULLERTON—I had in my eye shares of certain gentlemen who had signed the deed; and I wanted to know whether you were likely to get the money from them. The CHAIRMAN—We are enforcing the payment at this time. Mr. HAnums—l believe that is all the questions I have to ask. lam perfectly content with the accounts as they are rendered. Mr: BAINBRIG GE—I think it astonishing that we have got on as well as we have. Mr. PROCKTER—did I understand the chairman to state, just now, that the income of the company has reached 30,0001. a year, at an entire cost of not more than half a year's premium, or, indeed, even 10,0001. Mr. BENNETT—Less than that. Mr. BARTLEY—With respect to investments and balance at bankers, will you let me know what they consist of ? The CHAIRMAN, explair;ng, in Consols and Govern. ment Securities. Mr. HARRIES-Sir, I have very great pleasure in moving the adoption of the report. Mr. BAINBRIGGE-I beg leave to second that. (The report was then adopted unanimously, and with acclamation.) Mr. PROCKTER—You promised us some information, sir, respecting our Montreal business, and as the general agent is present, I should like to ask that gentleman what amount of loss this Company sustained by the fire on wooden buildings in the suburbs of Montreal in July last, as an impression has gone abroad that we suffered to a fearful extent upon that class of risks. _ _ Mr. F. R. STARK—I have been introduced to you a. 9 your representative of Montreal, and I am proud to say that I have the honour of representing you over a very large section of country, the British North American Colonies ; and I shall have a very great deal of pleasure in answering every question that may be put to me. lam your officer, your representative, and I hope I shall be able to afford satisfactory information. There was a very large conflagration in June, by which our total loss was 1001. 3s. 4d. currency (about 801. ster ling). I am glad, sir, to have this opportunity of answer ing your question. Your whole total loss upon wooden buildings in the suburbs of Montreal, by the Julyfire, was, upon one building, 1001. currency, (80/. sterling.) But you ask, I suppose wishing to know whether we insure in wooden districts. Mr. PROCKTER— I would ask whether any precautions are taken, and what supervision or management there is with respect to property to be insured in Montreal ? Mr. STARR—I shall have a very great deal of pleasure in answering that, and to state that our loss in Montreal, deducting the small amount I have referred to, was principally on first-class buildings ; and I say, without fear of contradiction at any time from any quarter, that there is not one office in Montreagwhich, the day pre vious to the July fire, would not have taken every one of those risks, and would have been glad to get them. They were the first risks that North America can produce. They were stone building, and the best buildings in the best parts of the city of Montreal. One was the cathe dral, the next was the Bishop's new palace, the third was, I believe, formerly a palace, the next was what was called " Hay's House," an hotel. We adopt a precaution that other offices dQ not in Montreal, by not insuring beyond 3,0001. currency on any one building. In the instance I mentioned of the palace, it exceeded that amount by a small sum. It was a most extraordinary event as you all know, and is not likely to occur again. Mr. PROCKTER.—AIIow me to ask you whether you have a surveyor who surveys the property before the in surance is made, or do you take any precaution of that kind ? Mr. STARR.—I had better answer that question by giving you the line of our proceedings. We have an experienced surveyor, who reports not only as to the state - of the buildings, but represents the quality of the house, whether brick, stone, or wood ; its exact position as to surrounding property,- and the exact value of the building in its then state. The chairman, too, is always particular as to the applicant's character, which is a matter of importance with us. If there is anything special in the risk, it is referred to the Board of Directors at Montreal, who attend weekly, and who exercise the same precaution as any board of direction would in London. No risk is accepted at the office at Montreal, except after the fullest investigation. Mr. PROCKTER—That is very satisfactory. Mr. STARR—The same care is taken in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island. There is a board of directors at each place, re presenting the company, and the agents in those places are under the direction of the members of their respec tive local boards. The CHAIRMAN—The members of these local boards are gentlemen of good standing in society. Mr. STARR—They are leading men in the community —men of the highest respectability—of wealth and of experience. Mr. TABOR—Perhaps the proprietors do not know that the fire could not have water thrown upon it, the water-works being incomplete at that time. Mr. STARR—I may state that there is scarcely a pos sibility of such an occurrence again. Not only was there no supply of water at that particular time, the works being in course of repair, but no wooden build ings are now allowed to be erected in Montreal, and the whole of that portion of the city will be built up with brick or stone buildings. Mr. PROCKTER—I come from a district where up wards of two thousand shares are held ; and as I represent a great number of shareholders, I must say that the information I have received has been most im portant and most satisfactory ; and I have no doubt it will be satisfactory to the shareholders, when I go back and inform them of what I hav e learned.