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Oct. 1 ;. 26, it !, in lat. u lat. 3`3 Leter out t lat. 38, T., long. 19 W. ;rew mn :',, in tba partel. Oct. 14, rrived at , in Ist. 7 2, in lat. pt. 22, in in lat. 50 N., long. ith pas- ig. 11 I'• Jiverpool, in lat• RET- riptions ill 16 stone. to 6s Od• stone. 18. neal, each at 2/. 30, 17. atmeal, 1 , 1 were dull; down, an d before. _ Thir_ 35g 0 ' 0. 1 - -g -g „, -g ket : &c. 'AO • 23 v 23 1, 24 ;* 22 v .... oa v 22 0 30 0 .3 5 ...... ° „ 6 ; 02 v rr ..... . 81. chsng? the business N T ; B"'h T ris .uanctts-101 1 , 1 astern,... ror tb 3 4 ; 3, No. , • n , et cle n° M ; Prestorlyia. .02in.; ra'w • n this f ee ; , _ ,:e • utv ye ~v, e to repo 4 vi fide WI Sing rates of ted a fartbe t imongs 2 ; MidlArj' ral Po3t•ofo at vv to ,lue d. Eng> , 00 Each )' 'Oct. 25 Oct. 19. Unce risin‘ Nov. 12 Oct. on l9 Oct. Nov 16 Doilf 1 6 Nor. Nor. ' t Nor. ' Oct. 2"4" Oct. 26 00,1 ru.o; Nov'. ct. 20 ct. "2° of • eas t. 26 rov. -1 , 6 , it . 2 1 Nor. 1 Oct. 2 0 gis TsviceuA .t. 2 6 141% l" 'Nov. 12 iNov. 1 Oct. 22 Nor. Uncertv. Oct. 22 t Oct. 26 Nov. I Oct. 26 'Oct. 22 Oct. 2 !Nor. 1 NoY. las - - if India 746 patchy ...0. ife of 61° rife Of °. rit tift -corara° l '' Batterso' d sci ;i young o , "WO° 3r-sgor e l T „, t ba dwig- t Ae•atree Tho s,, , ev• ,„ d 'bra"' ' ' 1 911 '' La iva° • Gogp... t, 0 1 ersy in, I ' l ' obridge' a do) '0 . 0 16 2' 20. 11 i g L ONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE SHAREHOLDERS. YORK-ROAD OFFICES, 17th Oetober, 1853. Garrmaw, I have to announce that the Special General Meeting of th Pro prietors with reference to the Dorchester and Exeter Extension Line, will be held at No. 34, York-road, Lambeth, at 12 o'clock, on Tuesday, the 15th November. Under existing circumstances in the money market, it appears to my colleagues and myselt premature at the present moment to sub mit any scheme for raising the, capital necessary fur the projected line; but prior to the date of the meeting a further communication W .,7 11 be made to you, and, as it is important that the sense of the Proprietors should be represented at the meeting as fully as possible, p r oxies o will be sent in sufficient time to enable them to be returned, "Ma, to be used at the meeting, and I trust that you will give Jour dispassion .te attention, and then, and in the interval, appre ciating your own position and that of your tirectors, you will not be induced by solicitations, from whatever quarter, to engage in Measures which may tend to further embarrassment. , Recent events of a public nature render desirable a brief recapitu 'alien of the position of the Company, and a statement of the c.iurse Which the Directors consider the only one open for them to pursue. The Directors would not have urged on the Proprietors the exten sion from Dorchester to Exeter during the present adverse state of the money market. but for the peculiar circumstances of the case. At the Special General Meeting in May last the report of the Di rectors concluded a full explanation with the following paragraphs : " The proprietors have first to determine whether the lime from -D orchester to Exeter shall be constructed or not. " Assuming this to be determined in the affirmative, 'they have then to choose whether they will execute the line themselves, or aid other parties to do so. The Directors do not hesitate to recommend the former course, and that this Company should themselves raise the necessary espi al, and seek the necessary powers, for that purpose. "If the Prop-letors adept the other course, and refuse to retrieve the position of the Company by energetic opposition to the Devon a nd Dorset line, and, by a well-considered and honest pledge, to compl , te, in the event of its rejection. a proper line of ccmmunica ticil between Dorchester and Exeter by way of Bridport, Ax- Minster, and Honiton, the Directors have no hesitation in stating Their deliberate conviction, that a vital injury will be inflicted on the interests of this Company. " Having thus explicitly and deliberately expressed their convic tions, the Directors have only further to remind the Proprietors that the ' , test opportunity for action has arrived, and that the decision and the responsibility henceforth must rest with themselves. The meeting, after discussion of the matter resolved, by an over whelming majority— " That, in the opinion of this meeting, the interests of this Com -14113' are deeply concerned In procuring the rejection of the Devon !ad Dorset Railway Bill, now pending in Parliament, and in extend ing thereafter this Company's railway from Dorchester, by Bridport And Axminster, to Exeter. ." That the Di rec t ors b e accor di ng ly au tho r is e d and r eq u es t e d t o p l edge this Company to apply to Parliament at the earliest period, for powers to construct such last-mentioned line, and to put such ?Avers into execution, so as to give the district in question the ac cornodation which such extension will afford, with the least possible delay, " That in the opinion of the meeting, the interests of this Company Will he best prom o t e d by th e acqu i s ition of such' powers, and by the raising of the necessary capital by this Company and not by hide- Pendent parties ; and the Directors are hereby authorised and re- Pleated to take all measures appearing to them expedient for the furtherance of these objects." ~t7 P on the authority of these resolutions the Directors acted, gave i;`.! port piedge.jsniLutocured the rejection of the Devon and "arSet_Dine„ ThaUotnmittee of the House of Commons rejected the broad gauge uue expressly on this ground, as will appear from the following ex• Ract from their Report : Your Committee would, however, have hesitated to reject the / 41 1 before them, had it not been proved in evidence that the Pro kletors in the London and South-Western Railway Company, at a lecent public meeting, had authorised and requested their Directors l a Pledge that Company to apply to Parliament at the earliest period for - • Powers to construct an extension of their railway from Dorches i_,ter to Exeter ; and, had the committee not received from the same "raPany, through their chaman assurance, Scott, a member of this ipase) a clear and distinct in his evidence, and in a letter subsequently given in, that in the next session of Parliament t tt l ' e at Cbrepany will introduce and use their best endeavours to ob aan act for authorising such extension of their railway en the r aw gauge— such extension to be of an efficient character, and to Prisea double line of way. Thal the South-Western Railway Company came under the 4;:.`algest obligation to apply to Parliament next session, to supply to loe district the accommodation of which it had been by their instru mentality deprived. t e Previous to the Half-yearly Meeting in August last, the Directors' tt .,F°rt infcrmed the Proprietors that the pledge in question had been ' 1 ) 14n —that the Devon and Dorset Line had, on the strength of that ge. intent been rejected; that meeting thereupon, with scarcely a dis voice, 11IL IR :solved—That this meeting fully sanctions and adopts the B Zg given by the Board to bring before Parliament, in the next la i an, a bill for constructing: an extension of this Company's 'ways from Dorchester to Exeter, and for making the Southaunp lai; a nd Dorchester Railway a double line throughout ; and the tit t eel ara are hereby authorised and requested to take from time to such measures as may appear to them most expedient for T it un ng the Company to carry these pledges into practical effect ;" litatYe l l adopted and ratified a second time the pledge you bad ra ot ,",`Jaed to be given, and incurred the strongest and most binding be. obligation. re,: e lTesentations have been made, with a view to persuade you to se .. al uate this pledge, on two grounds :—First, that this was a per- Pledge, and not one given by the Proprietors, and that as a 270.atton, of which the individuals are liable to cange, they are thL n ound in autumn by their obligations in spring ;and, secondly, t,e the assent of the shareholders was obtained under false pre 7ea or a misrepresentation of facts. : cr i a Tee first ground of objection, which involves the repudiation s o i e _ s c l ietan engagement, is one which cannot be admitted : no more '. l l engagement can be given, than a pledge from a Corporation g e rarliaraent, in exchange for a concession, the value of which has ;n already received. , it ". Would ask you to reflect, for a moment, how utterly defenceless A , C : . : r ld be the position of the Company before Parliament, on any e occasion, should measures detrimental to our interests be pro the the bq active and powerful enemies. A deliberate repudiation of solem n pledge which has been given, would justly close the ears uenur ittee against the representations of those upon whose and pledges no reliance can be placed.. As to the second charge, the Directors distinctly deny the - "erten that there has been any concealment or misrepresentation I tbatev er. The material facts alleged to have been misrepresented, relate to— I. The capital of the Southampton and Dorchester Line. 11. The earnings. 111. The profit receipts. I. The capital was stated to be 752,0001. It is so. 11. The earnings were stated to be 56,1291. They are so. 111. The profit receipts were stated to be 28,0641., or 50 per cent. They are so. The working expenses have been charged at 50 per cent., and this was the price at which Mr. Peto offered to work the line, finding rant. materials, &c. The entirety of the Company's lines are worked at a coat of 45 per lat. If we applied the same ratio to the Dorchester line, it wou d Litayss per cent. on its earnings, or 2,8001. as the sum applicab e •1 1 , interest on plant. llet,'Pirectors, however, desirous of using nothing open to objet plie not adopt this ratio, but made use of the actual figures ap -44'1 to this line, as conveying the most accurate information in Powe r ,eeession of any figure for rolling stock in the Report of 2nd tic e h!, Bs g, is the in4ccuracy on which a charge of m•srepresenta- Say 48 been attempted. That charge we distinctly repel ; but lest al eetin a biguity should have rested on the subject, I, as Chairman at ed Itlng of tee 19th May, 1853, specifically explain the facts. 1)14:a open to those who have impugned the accuracy of the ra, to have consulted, before doing so, the books of the Com bs : w hich are the only documents from which such a charge coved 4 ,Labl ished. re k la _ Ye to ass ur e you that the existing circumstances o f the mone y 11 1 , 8 iet have created the greatest I anxiety in the Board as to the thi, s afe and economical mode of fulfilling your engagement ; and tiettgnestion still continues to engage their most anxious considera- „„-• pet4ab... e r o irectors court the fullest inquiry and investigation on all opc,r s , and, i n conc l us i on , have only to add the expression of their lib,, ° b , that if, after a well-considered pledge, a Company be at Si4l - g to repudiate a bargain, the benefit of which it has obtained , % nit ° Ur the od , inn of having misled Parliament and deceived the se t a suicidal act will have been committed, ani an example k "Inch will go far to put an end to any trust being hereafter placed Dalai, companies. I have the honour to remain, Your faithful and obedient servant, FRANCIS SCOTT, Chairman THE NEW STAMP ACT. P rRE new Act for Penny Receipt Stamps is 14,, i ntended to facilitate thepurposes of business, and to circulate r iiat i ngst the people a legal guarantee for every purchase. This will Flo w : 0 0 alteration to the purchasers of goods at E. MOSES and ev e t for they have always been willing to reftmd the money for ti le , article bought at their Establishment, or its Branches, should pop,,,L gc cds not be entirely approved ; but it is another proof of the arti7rltY of E. MOSES and Sores businear, which provides the best fa lac lea at the lowest possible prices, and every description of Attire 43 1: by them is stamped with superior quality and unparalleled eq u * Thus have they sawed the world's confidence by the most tltable course of trade. bin 4 0sEs and Sox's arrangements for the Winter Season are 'nag gt4'llt in every sense of the expression comprising novelt ies in th en ea and Materials which cannot be found elsewhere, the Quality , Dyne and universal application of the Goods being without any vaes ced ent, and all classes may furnish themselves with the best arti quilf Dress, Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Furs, Boots, and Shoes, &c., &c , e cheapest and most satisfactory conditions. Me rchants, Captains, Shippers, and Emigrants may select such (1, 3 j2 a& are prepared for the season when they will arrive in the , pri e "nies: this adapts them for immediate sale, and the very low Or o e 4 charged by E. MOSES and SON render their Goods the most Oro investment which can be made. i h ; all Lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship-sailing - "rrflation, may be had on application, or post-paid. s eUt MOSES and SON regret having to guard the against imposition, having learned that the untrade,sman-like 'hoed of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's 01;?alne concern," has been resorted hat they many instances, and for iccs reasons, they beg to state that they have CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, y _ except their own Establishments, as follows :- 84 a 5, City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Mlnories, 83, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. 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Long and practical experience t ment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist tai'letsteret ca.uses of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in bobi„ e nee, tra.ceable to cerain pernicious habits, to which Nervous age .uty, various forms of t Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri eil4' Irl Mottincy, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their her m odifications owe their almost entire origin. Dri a _ absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are i licu ' r ?l Personal management which cannot be violated without the h 4 l, grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed May b 'Y'aY of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties k at , e mitigated, and its sting of their bitterness may be remove ll , T.'w the evil and its consequenc es may he . avoided, and above a , de7itnltiere u scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional r,A,,rer ,t to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure in a i;''° l3 LA'AIEUT has for a long series of years been engaged Dlai a , e xte naive ?Twice in the treatment of these delicate coin- Of th e ... : an d is th e on l y l ega ll y qual i f i ed Phys i c i an w h o , regardless the co s un is and envy of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has direct had ett a „, dI nce, thro ug h th e me di um o f t h e pu bli c press, t o tre a :'"rm- I o these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is to w ,__Pl_l electing this department of practice, he has been amply trea;fukil by the great success that has attended his efforts in the o arn 'il!Frit of these cases, which are too generally confided to the ImAe°l:, unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated "ttieie ions, assumed for e i gn names and t i tles, an d pretended virtues P av , .Patent nostrums, have inflicted serious Injury on those who Bix -en induced to place faith in their pretensions. line for con su lt a ti on daily from Eleven till Two, and from medi c -Eight. 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PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanator3 Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings,. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TIE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIAC UM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, mpotence, lls and Vs. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptom, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 90., 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, sleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute detail et the case is re q uired : age, habits, and posi tion in society. Si. Packets , with advice, to be h ad at they.stablish rnent only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, arc in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sunday f rom Eleven to One ~ 1.1....P^ t . ' fr • • e Rim . . • 1 1 : l:/* / • ranch 11 11 0 6 WW ran i th n wort lid rea l l i e t :ta ' te. At* . Ch _l2k AL", , ?_• • vsn . :Ts \ ' - s s much in other sties, specifying their nuturc V c' r W 6\ 4., ; P-7_:•_ , ..--21 .'! • iv: 1. ( ~-, ; ze The w average rate of interest received upon each class tments. \ WV 14 4. . `\ 41 k _7 . 5% 4 , 41 41 11 ' .. 1,1 7 001 , OIT ' c;:117„, The amount of such investment, if any, on which the vayment of interest is in arrears. The table of mortality and the rate of interest used. in calculating the premiums. 13. The evidence which your committee has obtained loads them to believe that some such general statemeant would be of much greater utility in enabling the public' to oome to a correct judgment as to the condition of an office, than any form.of account that could be adopted. In addition to the above, in the case of proprietary com panies, the amount of subscribed capital should be state - d, and also the amount actually paid up, and how invested. 14. It has been brought to the attention of your com mittee that the business of assurance offices is becoming every year of a more varied character. r pm. SD• year, with some suspicion and doubt as to the ultimate advantage of doing so, or of incurring the serious loss which, under the most favourable circumstances, must attend the abandonment or sale of a policy. On these considerations, as a special case, it has been contended by different witnesses of great experience, that inter ference on the part of the Government is not only jus tifiable, but a matter of high duty, for the protection and information of the public. 9. On the other hand, it has been contended, with equal ability, that insurance business forms no exception to ordinary trade in these respects ; that the acts which have already been passed with a view of controlling the operations of insurance societies have been rather hurt ful than beneficial for the very objects they had in view ; that an apparent compliance with the provisions of an Act of Parliament and a certificate of complete registra vgu;emtpeiaennnteiser,speoria:ds:sttlenpt tion, while they have proved entirely ineffectual for their professed objects, and no real security for the public, have a f f orded facilities, under the sanction of further contendedwhitchha,tsiot Parliamentary authority, embodied in regulations ad ministered by a public department, for the formation of e w rp: th tra t ti h o e n fre o e f d fra eve u l di o i m w e h n i t ch of co p u r l i d . f i ar s ini as po th es e ib p l u e not otherwise have been accomplished. And it has been public cmisakcoensctiecrhn concerned, will not prove more prejudicial by lulling private prudence and vigilance, than beneficial in respect to any increased security which they can confer. 10. Much difference of opinion has been expressed by the different witnesses favourable to the former of the two principles alluded to, as to the extent to which Government interference should take place. Some have contended not only for an enactment which sh ou ld more strictly regulate the circumstances under which insurance companies can be formed, but also for the appointment of government actuaries, under a department of the state who should have a direct supervision of the proceedings of all insurance companies ; while the generality of wit nesses favourable to some regulations have confined themselves to much narrower limits, and have contended only for such precautions as should test the bone fides of sew companies, and as should from time to time afford a fair amount of information with respect to the condi tion of such companies, relying upon the good faith of directors and actuaries for the accuracy of the informa tion furnished. 15. This your committee regard as the necessary result of the advancement of the science on which it is based ; but there is a class of business which some offices have undertaken, viz., that of receiving deposits of money at interest, which appears to your committee totally incon sistent with the business of life assurance. 16. Your committee will conclude their report by calling attention to a part of the evidence which advo cates the formation of an incorporated society of actu aries, with a view to the advancement of that important science, and also with a view to issue diplomas or certi ficates to persons qualified to practise as actuaries. If any effort should be made to induce Parliament to grant such an incorporation, the committee are of opinion that it will be worthy of consideration, but that further in vestigation would be needful before such measures should b. adopted, as considerable difference of opinion prevails on the subject among actuaries themselves. August 16, 1853. SICKNESS, MORTALITY, (be., IN THE ARMY. A blue book, containing important and curious infor mation respecting the condition of the British soldier has just been published. It has been compiled by Lieut. Colonel Tulloch, Military Superintendent of Pensioners, and Dr. Graham Balfour, M.D., and it is intended to form a continuation of four volumes on the same subject, whiob`were issued between 1838 and 1841. The periods embraced by it are the 10 years subsequent to 1837. The present report commences by alluding to the im provements which have been made during that time. The good conduct warrant was introduced in 1837, by which a progressive increase of pay was made dependent on the absence of any serious crime or irregularity for a period of two years. Notwithstanding the strictness of the regulations, the augmentation had been received by 14,000 soldiers out of 33,000, who might have laid claim to it ; and it was thus apparent that a powerful motive to good conduct which did not previously exist had been held out by this change. Barrack libraries, which in 1847 con tained 80,000 volumes, had been established; and ball and racket courts had been erected in most of the bar racks with a view to wean men from the habit of spend ing their time in the canteens. Greater attention had also been paid to the ventilation and the general sani tary arrangements of their dwellings. In 1848 savings' banks were established, and by 1847 upwards of 50,0001. had been deposited—an amount which had since been doubled. The changes which had taken place with re ams p l os e or c a t bl t o ee o f f rtehe founde disch arg army, es dv andewryo would m p lo i er t e ta B. d d n t toe beingn sthttme exclusion e n ul t ups iowononthe r all that class who from intemperance and misconduct wer were constant subjects of punishment or hospital treat ment. 11. In venturing to express the views which your committee have been led to entertain as to the course which Parliament should pursue in future in regard to the subject of life assurances, they will divide their re marks into five heads— 1. As to the mode in which it is desirable to deal with the present Joint Stock Companies' Act, so far as re lates to insurance companies. 2. As to the registrar's office, duties, and powers. 3. As to the registration of existing offices. 4. As to precautions which it seems desirable to take in order to teat the bona fides of new associations, and entitle them to complete registration. 5. As to the securities which can be afforded to the public by the publication of periodical accounts. 12. Your committee will now proceed to remark on each of these points separately. 1. Your committee are of opinion that the business of assurance companies differs so much from ordinary business, that it will be advisable to repeal all the pro visions of the Joint Stock Companies' Act so far as they relate to assurance societies, and to deal with them in a separate act. the kingdom during the t en y ears h a d b een 96'1 hout inp r T t he h e thousanda p v e r r a a g g number o e pnser an od annum. f Dragoon ,dm D i sus During Guardso n n g s to t the t he hpr hos p italprece ding 7a years the proportion was 92'9 per thousand ; but the apparent increase was probably due to the greater care which had been taken to obtain correct returns. At all events, the ratio of death had been rather smaller. In the former period the rate was 14 per thousand, or deducting 1.2 for the deaths from cho lera, which did not prevail between 1837 and 1847, the corrected average would be 12.8. The rate during the ten years in question was 12.4. The deaths from other causes than disease were 1.2 per thousand —curiously enough the exact proportion in the former period. The total mortality had therefore been 13.6 per thousand of the mean strength, or 1.7 per thousand more than is usual amongst a town population at the same period of life ; "no very great difference certainly, but still suffi cient to show that, even in time of peace, the prof ess i on of a soldier is not cond uc i ve t o health. The rate of mor tality of the whole cavalry corps serving in Great Britain had been 13.5 per thousand ; but that in Ireland had been only 12.6 ; "being a difference in favour of the latter, but too small in amount to warrant any conclusions as to the superior salubrity of that country." There had been a considerable increase in the diseases resulting from im morality. During the six years previous to 1837, the average number of admissions to the hospital had been 181 per year per thousand; whereas during the ten years under notice, the proportibn had risen to 206 per thousand. In the foot regiments the returns exhibited yet more disgraceful results—the numbers having been 206 and 277. The number in the Foot Guards had been 250 ; the number in the Household Cavalry not being reported. 2. Your committee have already adverted to the in sufficient power which the existing act confers upon the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies to give effect to the provisions of the law. Your committee are of opinion that whatever duties may be entrusted to that officer under any act to be passed, it is essential that adequate powers should be provided to enable him, either by himself, or through one of the departments of the state, to enforce any regulations that Parliament may think it wise to enact. Experience has proved that without such powers, regulations become a dead letter, and are only calculated to mislead by the apparent sanc tion which they give to proceedings not in reality con trolled by them. 3. Your committee, in a former part of this report, have alluded to the inconvenience which has arisen from the fact that a portion of the existing assurance offices are completely registered under the Act of 1844, and a portion not so registered. The effect of this dis- The total mortality of the Infantry regiments hal been 17.9 or 4.3 per thousand greater than the Cavalry; a similar excess being invariably noticed, not only at all our home and colonial stations, but in the French and other foreign armies. (The deterioration of health, pro duced by previous service abroad, did not lead to more than one death in a thousand. The mortality of the Foot Guards was actually so high as 20.4. This was attributed in great part to the improper barrack accom modation inasmuch as other regiments in London had suffered still more. The number of men ad mitted into hospital for all diseases, per thousand per year, was—at the Tower, 855 ; Portman Bar racks, 867 ; Wellington Barracks, 949 ; St. George's Barracks, 788 ; the detached barracks, 788 ; Windsor, 957 ; and Winchester, 855. The ratio in the regi ments of the line stationed at the Tower was, how ever as high 1,095. Fevers and pulmonary diseases had been peculiarly prevalent at the Tower—the proportion of men who had died from the former cause having been at the Tower as high as 4.1 ; at the Portman Barracks, 2.2 ; Wellington do., 2.6 ; St. G eorge ' s, 1 . 2 ; detached barracks, 1.8 ; Windsor, 2.8 ; aid Winchester, 1.9. Recent alterations had been made in the Tower, Hyde park, Kensington, and Portman Barracks, which, it was hoped, would produce a marked improvement in the health of the troops. The number of deaths in the Household Cavalry had been only 11.1 ; but these corps possessed many advantages over every other in the ser vice, and there were greater facilities of discharging men who were guilty of irregular conduct, or who deve loped traces of constitutional disease. The total number of men who had suffered corporal pu nishment during the ten years had been—Dragoons and Dragoon Guards, 183; Foot Guards, 40; Infantry of the line, 768 ; showing the following ratios per thousand per year : Dragoons and Dragoon Guards, 3.4 ; Foot Guards, 1' • Infantry o f th e li ne, 4.8. The gradual re duction had been very striking. The proportion per thousand s en t ence d to corporal punishment in 1839 was 10.2 ; 1840, 8.3 ; 1841, 7.4 ; 1842, 7.3 ; 1844, 5.5 ; 1845, 5.5 • 1846, 4.1. In 1832 the maxi mum of lashes inflicted was 800 ; in 1833, "0 ; 1834,1836 600 ; 1835, 500 ; 1836, 400 ; 1837, 200. 1843, 5.6; no higher number could be awarded, even bf r a t te . court-martial, than 200 ; while a district mr genera larti&l I w B a 4 s 7 l i t i h n e i t emdatxoi maximum and has a b een re regimental striote o d n t e o ir t s o o 7l la t es. Sin l c n e ied by court -1839, 104.1 of every thousand men were sen ; te i n n ce l d B4 t B o , tniiiaer court martial, ratio andtr tried d 2 w . 3 a s s e 7 n 2 t . e B n , c e a d n d t o the transportation rdig number to an official transportation only 0.9. According the number of men return it appeared that in tried r b y tho c o o s u a r n t d sm . tyhleeBa3rFtrheencphroaprmorytiownas in only the habitual or occasional, was drunkenness, whether ar l t n ial th i a n t c ourts-martial in France, so that English army was 9.0. It appeared, however, that not liable to be tried by n of crime in the two armies as b _ P u r pi n ° w r a t t ' s s ° s co F m re m n i c , h ted arm by y f o o a r e e - t h any i rd must comparison be dedu o c a te n deductedfrom a the d e. Th Englishat wouldt r trials 1 leave s ea tt o the relative small a t l ol proportion p ; class r s o f t i v c e o l n y . scripts whose se m the general mass of the enlisted er superior iinndrede: selected by lot fr om of condua tto those who •vo - ortion rvice was compulsory, tah a e n c d oera who, being luntarily, an h c o were of less settled and less pruden Indeed, of the total number of crimes, no fewer habits. 56 per th ousand d were lcommitted the ey tehoensvcroilputl en '":" h army " continue the.' authors of the than „p d men , an on y The Brit' . , ~ being composed entirely of men 81ue_,.,0 volun tarily en isted, and who are usually more thoughtless and imprudent than the general mass of the community, volun tarily Blue-book, the comparison as regards crime must be made with the same class in the French army ; in which case the re sults would approximate as nearly as 56 to 60 ; and the s light excess of crime still apparent in the British army circa n may be r ea dil y accounted for by the an as th e greater proportion of the of- i ee o r eth fences have their origin in drunkenness, they are likely to be most frequent among a northern race, who are, unfortunately, prone to that vice." Finally, the ratios of mortality in different armies, at far as they could be ascertained, were as follows : Prussian army, 13.1 ; United States (Northern division), 18.8 ; F rench, 19 ; Indian (exclusive of men killed in action), 18 ; United Kingdom, 15.75. tinction has been to lead to controversies between the "old offices " (established prior to 1844), and the "new offices " established since the passing of the act of that year) ; which have been prejudicial to the interests of the public. Your committee are therefore of opinion that it would be highly advantageous to all parties if all companies, both those existing and those that may in future be formed, could be placed under one general system of registration. In accomplishing this your com mittee would recommend that the requirements for re gistration as regards existing companies, should be as simple as possible, but that whatever periodical returns may be deemed necessary, should be the same as regards, all companies whatever. regardW ththeassured to mu a t r u e a c l o a n s fi s unreadntcoe the companies,funds where claims i of f and where no personal liability attaches, your commit dso fth e s ociet the y, commit tee are of opinion that the requirement of the law that the members of such societies should be registered, is of no real utility to the public or the assured, while it is both expensive and troublesome ; and that all the ob jects of the law would be answered by a registration of the directors and other officers of such societies. 4. Your committee feel that perhaps the most impor tant part of their inquiry is that which refers to the one hand, your feel that the ground hitherto occupied by these useful institutions has precautions whichs coit regard with to thefor rs hati should d of b enew mp n hereafter ados. pted On d e committee the been comparatively limited, and that their applica tion is capable of a great extension, not only in the i m o n e n t o fsh thiso l d enterprise, be security of the p u bli c. On of opinio n th at i n the t higher enir a ah n bl d el yr m a pi classes, d p cil l e e d t o ; o l asses adh tm o h f ait s t o hi c ts e i t s y, recently therefore but als o among heveenrviemr y it i e t m ht x ee p t e e e s n d ea s er i e i n terest of the companies themselves, as we l l as in that o of the public, it is desirable to inte r p ose such checks as in p tnh o o e r t the t os a th n hs w t eo rtal that yhtaaeot absolutely needful te c e he h d f e e u f l e r k o t l nf o e o r m r r will give a reasonable guarantee as to the bona fide in tentions of the promoters of such companies. To this extent only the committee are of opinion that any inter ference at this stage is desirable. With this view, in paid tp p ; a : en ofy public a should least be e funds, 0 admittedu,onodoelr. such which and to complete registr a ti on unt i l a capital shall have been sub addition to such regulati ons as may be considered need ful for the purposes of reg i s t rat i on, the committee are of c ribed opinion ,s ha nabe that a e n t o iunav n l ley e s w te d in company regulations as parliament may deem fit to enact ; to be considered in the double light of a test of bona fide in tentions on the part of the promoters, and of a security for the liabilities of the company at its early stage of existence. 5. No part of the subject submitted to your commit tee has received more attention than that of the publica tion of periodical accounts. Hitherto those accounts, as published, have been of a most unsatisfactory charac ter. Your committee have carefully considered whether it would be practicable to prescribe such a form of ac count as would accomplish the objects of the Legiele° ture ; but after the most careful consideration, they a re led to the conclusion that no fixed form could be made applicable to all cases, which would not be exposed to much evasion, or which would practically afford any real security. Your committee, therefore, would recomend that i to make a court shall be imperative upon each compan m Y plete investigation into its affairs at least once in five years, as is usually prescribed by their deeds of settle. ment, and at such tunes so prescribed, which shall s h ow a complete valuation of their mica and liabilities, an d of their assets to meet the same ; and that all such valua tion a ccounts, which ma y be made for the inf ormation periodical and use of the ir p roprietors, shareholders, or members, shall be register ed in the office of theregistrar p i c;arbdalathnacet in each inter mediate y ear between such sheets or valuations, there shall al so b men t containing authenticated infe ormat r i eon registered a state- On the follow ing particulars : THE HORSE TRlM—Notwithstanding the almost weekly exposure in the public journals of the " H o rse Trick," there are still persons left who suffer themselve to be operated upon. A case of this sort occurred at the fair here on Tuesday last, in the person of Mr. Rogers, farmer, of Burnt-wood. On that gen tleman going into the fair he was attracted by a group of men standing round. One of them said he would give 301. for it. Of course the owner wanted the mare, and ultimately getting to high words, said the other party should not have it at any price. The person who pretended to be in want of the horse walked up to Mr. Rogers, and in a low tone said, " You appear to be a judge of a horse, sir, and I should like that very much, but you hear he won't sell it me ; I should be very glad if yon would try to buy it for desirous of doing his fellow man a good turn, consented to his wishes, and striking the bargain at 301., he wen off to the bank and drew the required sum, handed i over, and got possession of the horse, which was nO worth 30s. He then discovered that he was duped, fo his " fiend" had fled. Intellvencer. The amount of receipts during the year for premiums on policies. The amount of expenses during the year. The number and amount of new policies issued. The total number and amount of liabilities on all cur rent policies. The total amount of premiums receivable on the same The whole amount of capital,, distinguishing the man. ner in which invested. How much in cash. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1853. THE EASTERN QUESTION. ( From the Morning Chronicle.) The demonstration in favour of Turkey, which took place a day or two since in Finsbury, will probably not exercise any decisive influence on the course of events. Mr. Duncombe appeared to have scarcely made up his mind as to the side which he should adopt, and the names of Bronterre O'Brien and Julian Harney are not generally considered to possess great political weight. A Mr. Shaen, who entertains "the greatest respect for Mr. Cobden," politely criticised a recent speech of his hero, by declaring that the two first arguments which it contained were a tub for a whale. " Mr. Cobden's third argument," he added, " was the argument of a coward, his fourth that of a hypocrite, and his fifth that of a demon." We must leave the cow ardly and hypocritical demon to defend his own views against the admirer who entertains for him so deep a respect. The only person present at the meeting, who appeared to know anything of the subject under discussion, was Mr. Urquhart, who in Finsbury is a mere visitor and amateur. To the utter astonishment of his auditors, the great champion of the East came forward to protest against that interference which he has so often denounced English Governments for hesitating to undertake. Let Turkey, said Mr. Urquhart, fight her own battles, without the restraints and limitations imposed on her by the coun sels of Western allies. The Turkish Ministers apparently entertain different views of their own duties and interests ; but Mr. Urquhart is one of those politicians who understand all affairs bet ter than those whom they principally concern. It is not amiss, however, that an enthusiast should call public attention, even by his extravagances, to the virtues and to the strength which yet remain to the vilified and persecuted Ottoman. There is honesty, and there is a basis of truth, in Mr. Urqu hart's wildest exaggerations ; and a sound popular feeling accepts his conclusions without any curious inquiry into his facts. It is a remarkable proof of the soundness of po pular instinct, that the desperate efforts which have been made to excite a religious prejudice, favour able to Russia, have universally failed. On ordi nary occasions, an appeal to the supposed interests of Christianity are at once met with general and credulous enthusiasm ; yet neither journalists nor peace orators have been able to persuade the coun try that the Emperor of Russia seized two conveni ently adjacent provinces for the purpose of spread ing among benighted regions the neglected truths of the Gospel. The Northern Autocrat has, in truth, followed with singular accuracy the example of an ancient despot, who coveted a little Wallachia, in the form of a vineyard, hard by the walls of Jezreel. Some difficulties occurred in the accomplishment of the older monarch's wish, but they were re moved by agents and advisers worthy of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. Certain false witnesses were procured, and when the owner of the vineyard was set on high before the public, who were to de cide on his fate, those men of Belial declared, with unscrupulous volubility, that Naboth had blas phemed God and the King. Accordingly, the infidel victim was stoned, the aggressor occupied the territory which ho desired, but history does not inform us that the affair ended either to the advantage of Ahab or to the credit of his perjured partizans. The covetous neighbour, who desires the Turkish vineyard, has numerous false witnesses at his com mand, who day after day repeat, with wearisome iteration, the statement that the Mahometan Go vernment blasphemes the religion and political order of Europe ; yet a well-founded impression prevails, that Turkish profanity and misrule might pass unpunished, if the Sultan had nothing to lose, and the Christian champion nothing to gain. The Israeli tish King at least abstained from taunting his victim with weakness, and from declaring that he who could not protect his possessions, fairly deserved to lose them. For this new rule of law, we are indebted to authorities who, nevertheless, called the Hungarians rebels when they had driven the Austrian armies beyond their frontiers. When the Turks are contrasted with the races which they govern, it must be remembered that the ques tion is not between the Mussulman and the Rayah, but between the Sultan and the Czar. It is perfectly well known to the officious advo cates of the Greek population, that the Court of St. Petersburg has repeatedly declared its determina tion that no great Christian State shall be allowed to exist between the Danube and the Mediterra nean. It was, perhaps, unnecessary to guard against a danger altogether remote and problema tical; but it is certain that the same jealousy which discountenances the modern liberality of the Otto man would equally disapprove of any permanent combination among the O'nristians of Turkey. The Greeks themselves form an inconsiderable minority of the whole population, which they sometimes affect to represent. The Sclavonic inhabitants of South-Eastern Europe are more numerous, more united, and more warlike ; and, with few excep tions, they prefer the Sovereignty of the Porte to the crushing Northern despotism which is their only posSible alternative. Many of the races which occupy the valley of the Danube have experienced the rule of more than one superior. Servia and Croatia, although inhabited by kindred families of men, have passed backwards and forwards between Christian and Mahometan Sovereigns, and they are still divided, like the Hungary of former times, between Turkey and Austria. Yet neither the national tradions nor the feelings of the people, in the present day, recognise any- abstract prefe rence for the Kaiser of Vienna over the Padishah of Constantinople. In practice, it is found that the Ottoman is more liberal, more careless, and less suspicious of provincial independence than the more refined monarchs of Christendom. If it were assumed that the establishment of a Christian Government in Turkey was a fit subject for the consideration of statesmen, we might fairly inquire what ought to be the conduct of England and France in the present emergency : The Em peror of Russia has advanced his frontier from the Pruth to the Danube, certainly not for the purpose of establishing or extending any empire but his own. The alternative offered to the Porte, of a Protecto rate to be granted to the invader, would only serve to extend his power, and to destroy by anticipation the independence of the population of the future Christian Empire. It is not by teaching the Greeks and the Sclaves to appeal to the Emperor that their national spirit will be encouraged ; and if, accord ing to Mr. Cobden's suggestion, England were to support the demand of an aggressor strong m his military preparations, the object which is hypocri tically proposed would become more remote than ever. In short, England and France must deal with the Turkey which they find existing—there is no other Power to support or to betray. The French Emperor may wish that the Sultan were a good Roman Catholic, and the English Cabinet would be delighted to find his subjects in communion with the Reformed Church ; but as there is no such So vereign or people, both Governments must protect or abandon the Mahometan victim of aggression nominally carried on for the honour of the Greek Cross. it will not have escaped the attention of thoughtful politicians that the firnk and generous policy adopted by the English Ministry may here after determine the fate of our Indian Empire, if Russia should ever carry out her long-projected scheme of grappling with England for the dominion of the East. The Mahometans, who form the most warlike portion of the Indian p o p u l a ti on, are all S unnee s, reverencing in the Sultan the representa tive of the Prophet ; and they would not fail to distinguish between the persecutors of their breth ren, and those who hold that wrong and v i o l ence are to be checked irrespectively of the professions of the aggressor or of the faith of the victim. As far as it is possible to judge at present, the resolutions which have been formed are as safe and prudent as they are undeniably bold and just. (From',the Times.) The summons addressed to Prince Gortschakoff by Omar Pasha reduces the practical part of the Turkish question to the evacuation of the Danubian Principalities. It was by the occupation of this territory that Russia communicated a formidable and injurious character to her demands upon the Porte. Had she confined her proceedings on behalf of the Christians to requisitions, whether sincere or otherwise, for rights of protectorship, and had she left the decision upon this point in the hands of the Divan, it would have been scarcely possible either for Turkey to complain or Europe to inter fere ; but, by marching an army across her own frontiers, and occupying certain provinces as a guarantee for the concessions required, she corn mated an act of aggression upon a foreign State, ; and ga ve plain proofs that political, if not territ or i a l aggrandisement, was the true object of her demands. If the Czar can claim to be invested with the Sul tan's prerogatives, or, in default thereof, to pos sess himself of the Sultan's territory, it is clear that he needs no further facilities for the absorption of of the Ottoman empire in his own. Nevertheless, the invasion of the principalities is not an act pre ; cisely analogous to the invasion of Turkey Proper; and that its import may be correctly understood, we subjoin a brief exposition of the facts involved in the proceeding. The territories of the old Byzantine monarchy, which the Turks appropriated, had been bounded on the north by the Danube, but, as the power of the Ottoman Sovereigns increased, they carried their conquests beyond this frontier, and established themselves for a considerable period even in the capital of Hungary. Among the States in these parts which they reduced to obedience were two principalities of some antiquity, termed Wal lachia and Moldavia, governed by rulers of their own, and comprising very nearly the same dis tricts which they include at the present day. These were brought by the great Solyman into a species of subjection to the Ottoman Crown. That the conquest was in itself incomplete is not very probable, considering the strength of the Turks at that period ; but, for some reason or other, the provinces in question were never actually incorporated in the Ottoman empire, but ,were left under their own princes, with a reservation only of sovereignty and tribute to the Sublime Porte. The other conquests of the Sultan to the north of the Danube were all ultimately lost, but the Da nubian Principalities, as they were now denominat ed, remained under these relations with the Turkish monarchy until its fortunates began to be affected by the ascendancy of Russia. Peter the Great was contented with obtaining the support or connivance of their Princes in his contests with the Sultan ; but, as the ambition of the Czar expanded, it became a leading object of Russian policy to detach these semi-independent States from the Turkish dominion altogether, and to transfer to St. Petersburg, by gradual encroachments, the allegiance due to Con stantinople. These designs were aided by a con currence of favourable- circumstances.- As the "Ottoman power declined, the independence of Wal lachia and Moldavia became somewhat more sub stantial, and, as their population was exclusively Christian, the pretext of a protectorate was brought plausibly into requisition. The Russian Govern ment affected, therefore, to defend, against the Porte, the rights and immunities constitutionally reserved to the Principalities, and so successfully were her operations conducted that, in the end, the authority of the Sultan was practically divided for the benefit of the Czar. Every victorious war was made to contribute its impulse to this con summation. As long ago as 1792 it was stipu lated and agreed that the governors, or, as they are styled Hospodars of the Danubian Princi palities, should neither be appointed nor removed without license obtained from the Russian Court, and so rapidly since that time has the work of en croachment proceeded that the Sultan now stands debarred by his own surrenders from most of the privileges of a supreme Lord. The "sovereignty" of the provinces, it is true, still nominally pertains to him, but no Turk can settle in them, nor can any Turkish troops be quartered there, except under specified circumstances, insomuch that, if at this very moment the Czar were to re tire from the Principalities, the Sultan could not march into them except at the cost of another breach of treaty and another embroilment. We have before remarked that within the last 30 years the good offices of Great Britain were employed at the instance of Russia to procure the evacuation of these very provinces by the Turks. As yet, however, the Danubian Principalities are not Russian. The Court of St. Petersburg has hitherto contented itself with simply detaching them from their old alle g iance without openly claiming any sovereignty of its own. It has pre tended merely to secure their " independence ' " but the reader will easily disce rn t o w h a t thi s state of transition is destined to lead. Meantime, the provinces in question have been incessantly turned to the purposes of Russian aggression, exactly as they are at this day. On the first difference with Turkey Russia "marches an army into the Princi• palities," a proceeding which, while it insensibly promotes the great object of the Czars, is attended with fewer inconveniences than an actual invasion of Turkey. In the first place, as the Principali ties have been dexterously brought to a position resembling independence, it can be argued, as was done on the present occasion, that the occupa tion does not necessarily constitute a cause of war, while, at the same time, the coercion put upon the Porte remains undiminished, for the jealousies of the Turkish Government have naturally increased in proportion as its authority has been under mined. In the next place, the occupation not only lays the Porte under material pressure, as alarming her for her remaining prerogatives, but familiarises the population of the provinces with Russian troops, habituates these troops and their generals to the country, and enables Russia, in short, to perform to admiration that process which is often made to precede actual deglutition. Lastly, the invasion of the Principalities can be effected with out any military difficulties, and, practically speaking, without opposition. To invade Turkey Proper Russia would have to cross the Danube — always an arduous operation —or to effect a land ing at some point of the Black Sea coast, and in either of these cases she would be brought into inevitable collision with the Ottoman forces. But by simply occupying Wallachia and Moldavia she confines her expedition to an unresisted march, encounters no enemy, and can reckon upon retir ing without damage when her desires have been satisfied for the time. The reader will have no difficulty in understand ing how, under such circumstances, the Russians have repeatedly invaded the Danubian Princi palities. They have been in and out of them, in fact, for the last 50 years. As l o ng ago as 1806 they were there, and found means to prolong their occupation in spite of opposition. They were upon the point of entering in 1821 ; they actually entered in 1828 ; and in 1848 they entered again. It was on the last occasion that a special treaty was signed between Russia and the Porte, stipulating the particular circumstances under which either Power might occupy the provinces in question for the future, and it is this treaty which the Czar has now violated. The objects of Russia have been the same throughout. Excepting in 1848, when she interfered with undoubted sincerity to crush a democratic rising, she has always designed to coerce Turkey, and to prepare the Principalities of the Danube more and more effectually for absorption into the empire of the Czars. Hitherto, however, she has been always ultimately dislodged, and we trust that a like result may be effected now. LIFE ASSURANCE. The following is the report of the select committee appointed to take into consideration the subject of As surance Associations. Your committee have considered the subject referred to them, and have examined the Registrar and Assist ant-Registrar ofJoint-Stock Companies : the Registrar of Friendly Societies ; Mr. Finlaison, the late actuary to the Commissioners of the National Debt ; Dr. Fan-, at the head of the statistical department of the Registrar- General's Office ; and many of the most eminent actua ries connected with insurance offices of every class. 2. So far as regards the Joint-Stock Companies Act of 1844, your committee have confined their inquiry chiefly to that portion of it which affects insurance com panies, and more particularly the business of life insu rances. From the evidence of the Registrar and Assist ant-Registrar of Joint-Stock Companies it appears that the law as it now stands, is extremely defective, and that the provisions of the Act of 1844 are very imperfectly carried out ; many of which they have no power to en force if not complied with. 3. With regard to provisional registration, it appears that the law, as it now stands, does not afford the security which was contemplated by the Act of 1844 ; inasmuch as the representations made by the pro spectuses and advertisements issued by new companies often vary very materially from the objects for which they have been provisionally registered ; and there appears to be no means at present to prevent de ception and misrepresentation being practised on the public in this way. Nor are the regulations required in order to obtain complete registration more perfect for that purpose. It is required by the law that-the deed of settlement should be signed by shareholders equal to one-fourth in number, and representing one-fourth of the proposed capital of such companies ; but it appears from the evidence of Mr. Whitmarsh that this provision has been extensively abused by means of false and fraudulent signatures, and has thus proved to be a very insufficient security for the objects contem plated. It appears, also, that it has been frequently evaded by companies commencing business with a very small capital, and immediately upon obtaining complete registration, greatly increasing its amount, which they are enabled to do without further recourse to the office of the Registrar. These observations, however, apply to joint stock companies generally. 4. After joint stock companies are completely regis- tered, one of the chief securities contemplated by the act of 1844 for the safety of the public is the duty im posed upon them to return annual balance-sheets repre senting the state of their affairs to the Registrar's-office, where they are open to public inspection.- But from the fact that that act prescribed no form, and furnished the Registrar with no power to enforce a compliance with the spirit, or even with the letter of the law, it appears that this provision has been very imperfectly complied within many cases, and in others altogether rneglected ; so that it cannot be said that it has afforded, in a ma jority of cases, either the information or the security which was intended. Much doubt, indeed, has been expressed by some witnesses whether the publication of accounts in their present form has not rather tended to mislead than to inform the public, in which view your committee are inclined to acquiesce ; and if the system of publishing accounts is in future to be persevered in, your committee express a decided opinion that the law must define more clearly what it requires ; and that a greater power should be given to enforce whatever pro visions are thought necessary for the purpose. 5. There is 'one subject which has formed so promi nent a feature during your committee's inquiry, and which has partly arisen from the act of 1844, that they cannot pass it over without some remark, viz., the diffe- rences of opinions and views entertained by the two great classes of offices, the one including those esta blished since the passing of the act of 1844, and com pletely registered under that act, and the other those established prior to that date, and not so registered. Your committee have arrived at the conclusion that in many ways that distinction has operated prejudicially, and that it would be eminently to the advantages of the offices themselves, as well as to the public at large, if all insurance companies could be brought under one law, leaving each company to recommend itself to the public upon its own merits. 6. With regard to the general condition of existing companies, so far as any evidence has been laid before your committee, they feel it their duty to report, that it is more satisfactory than they had been led to believe before they entered upon their inquiry. No doubt in stances of great abuses and flagrant frauds have been disclosed by the witnesses examined, but in general these consisted of an open violation of all law, more akin to swindling than to regular trade, and such as it would be difficult for any Legislature to prevent, so long as private persons exercise so little precaution in the conduct of their own affairs. But while the com mittee are enabled to speak in these satisfactory terms of existing offices, so far as the evidence has gone, their attention has been called to the great facilities which exist under the present state of the law, for in surance companies, in common with others, being brought into existence with no re•lsonable prospect of, or guarantee for success, and not unfrequently without any bond fide intention of transacting business. It appears by a return made to your commmittee from the office of the Registrar, that since the passing of the act in 1844, no fewer than 311 insurance com panies of various kinds have been provisionally registered, of which only 140 were completely registered, and of which only 96 continue to exist at this time. And while your committee have reason to believe that some of the companies which have ceased to exist during that period, have been absorbed in other companies by whom their business has been taken over, yet at the same time they have no doubt that considerable traffic has been carried on in the mere creation of companies which never had any real prospect of a bona fide existence. 7. So far, then, as regards the present state of the law, as established by the act of 1844, it appears to be a very general, if not a universal opinion, that it requires some amendment, and in which your committee fully concur. They are deeply impressed with the opinion, that as the law now stands, it does either too much or too little ; too much, inasmuch as any legislative enact ments professing to protect the public in such matters, have a certain tendency to weaken and impair that indi vidual vigilance which would be more surely exercised, if no such attempt was made ; and too little, inasmuch as the securities which the law provides are ill calculated to effect the object at which they aim. On the part of all the witnesses examined, your committee found a laudable desire to improve the existing state of the law, differing, no doubt widely, in their views, as to the best mode of accomplishing that object. On the part of the old offices of extensive business, the witnesses who more particularly represented them, expressed their desire to be placed under one general rule, to make such annual returns, and to afford such other tests as could be given without an undue interference with their business, for the purpose of securing one safe and uniform system, by which a reasonable security may be afforded fur the re spectability and solvency of insurance compani es . 8. In approaching the question of what alterations in the present state of the law your committee a re prepared to recommend, they feel that it is one which is sur rounded by great difficulties. The two distinct princi ples in respect to subjects of this nature, viz., that of interference by the Government for the protection of the public, and that of no interference whatever, have been very fully and ably discussed by the witnesses exa mined by your committee. On the one hand, even ad mitting the general wisdom of the principle of the non interference on the part of the Government in matters of trade, it has been contended that the question of life insurance differs so materially in its general charac auter from ordinary t ra di ng transactions, that it may fairly be considered as an exception to that rule. This exceptional treatment has been justified and supported, on the ground that the obligations undertaken by such associations, have reference to a very remote and uncer tain period ; that the object which persons have in view in effecting insurances upon their lives is generally of an important and solemn character, viz., the provision for widows and orphans after the death of their natu ral protectors ; that, unlike any ordinary transac tion of trade, a contract once entered into cannot be discharged or abandoned, if doubts of the sta bility of an office should arise, without a great sacri fice of premiums paid in past years, and the necessity of effecting new policies in other offices at increased rates of premium, owing to the greater age of the as sured ; and that in the pres ent state of uncertainty which arises from the imperfect knowledge as to the real condition of assurance offices, persons are thus placed in the anxious and unhappy dilemma of being com pelled to persev er® in paying premiums from year t THE ARMY, KILKENNY.—Major-General M'Donald is still engaged in his half-yearly tour of inspection. On Wednesday last he inspected, at Carrick-on-Suir, Captain Percy's company of the 9th Regiment ; on Thursday, at Clon mel, the 9th Regiment, under command of Lieut.-Colonel Barton, and Captain Campbell's troop of the sth Dra goon Guards ; on Friday, at Templemore, the 14th de pot, under command of Captain Rock, and the 55th de pot, under Major Daubeny, C.D. ; on Saturday, at Maryborough, Captain Rynd's company of the 62d Regiment, under command of 'Lieut. Gwynne. The 6,llant general returned to Bilcreene on Saturday even ing, and yesterday proceeded to Waterford to inspect the 40th depot and the troop of Dragoon Guards there quartered. On Monday Captain Disbrowe's company of the 62d Regiment marched from Kilkenny for Duncannon Fort, for Minie rifle practice, relieving there Captain Tyler's company of the same regiment. This is the third com pany of the 62d which has commenced practice with the Minie rifle. CORK .--A draft of the 92d Highlanders, under com mand of Lieut. Wm. David Inverarity, has arrived here from Galway, to await a transport for conveyance to join bead-quarters at Gibraltar. The 92d embarked from this port for Corfu 3d M arc h, 1851. A draft of the 55th, from the depot, stationed at Ne na,gh, has also arrived to await conveyance to join ser vice companies at Gibraltar. The 55th embarked for that station 25th February, 1851. ALLEGED HOMICIDE BY A SOLDIER.—On Monday morning the buffoon of a penny theatre, at present pitched on the Parade in Limerick, and whose name was Henry Rowan, was found dead in his bed, at his lodgings in Walkin-street. The man had gone through his usual performances at the theatre on the previous night with out making any complaint, but he had been suffering much for the last three weeks from the effects of a blow received in a row in a public-house at New Ross, alleged to have been inflicted by the belt of a soldier of the 62d Regiment, named Reilly, then on detachment in Ross. It is supposed that Rowan's skull had been fractured by the blow. [ADVERTISEMENT. I—A LIEUTENANT OF DRAGOONS CURED OF RHEUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—This officer, who is in the Dutch army, states that Holloway's Pills and Ointment have cured him of rheumatism, which appeared to be incurable, as neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparations vaunted as sure remedies, did him any good, and the treatment of the doctor, after several months trial, was without suc cess. At this juncture he commenced taking these Pills, and rubbing the Ointment into the complaining parts twice a day, which effectually cured him in the course of six weeks. The truth of this statement can bo vouched for by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Due.--Sold by all drug gists; and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, strand, Loudon. ➢Tov 'fa& Nov (Mon, . 1 . ;.6 0 z'.4o°