The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-28 00:00:00

~~~~~ /- A 2 1' -e•l,/,--'4',/fS ~f 1~~~ e- - , ) E It VAIN „ • - 4 6' .14 //, ?ZI, • • c (say 64. in the pound), to dispose • 7*. ; —tl 14; of the estate to Messrs. Bennoob, 4714„ Rtg, or one or more of them, or to any • . 4 •• • such price and on such terms as the inspector Way tblak S proper. Mr. Reed also stated that Messrs. — Benfioch and Co. placed themselves unreservedly in the hands of their creditors, and would adopt any course that the latter might consider most conducive to their interests. After some discussion, on the motion of Mr. Leif, seconded by Mr. Davis, it was resolved without apy 'dissentient voice, "That Messrs. Bennocb, Twentyman, and Rig& estate be realised under inspection in accordance with their proposal, that Messrs. Durant, H. W Eaton, J. P. Foster, and David Evans, of London, and Samuel Thorp, of Manchester, be inspectors, and that it be left to those gentlemen to decide on behalf of the creditors upon the terms of the deed of inspection, including those upon which Mears. Bmnoch, Twentyman, and Rigg are to obtain their release. The assent of creditors to this resolution is to be without prejudice to their claims against third parties, or to any securities they hold, and to be snljt , et to the consent of third parties (when neoes. cart) being obtained." The meeting then separated. -":-. --' • ..7:-- 1.. c,l ,II , ,lsk,,- ~ , , (4.:,Zk1., 77.c.i.5e • - '''-- . ‘1,44= br•r, . 4 1, ,•°'' • \ ~: .._ ~?.:1:, , ,,, t . Vl' ,ill ` • 1 14 - _ 0, , 4- i•N' ,74 . :ie . - - , -f ~... , : f , 2 , ....A 1k „ _..., i f, .;•,, . •:',060 4..-- .,ir4ii...i.m... ' •'' ' ;*.-= '''' i . t. %.. h l , n -, ,,* . p ' -, All'• • ' ---.j i L-- ' 7 '•- .- -4 " e t' . -#4,,,1hk, r' ' ' '.. ...4 it* , , ,t • t , *,• ••• r , Ift --.• , ' *.4 - . ‘ •• . ,i I tt ; . I se' 7 I - • ` gi • , !1 1 111 1 1110b . ,;:'' ,-. ...N, ib '' -.'4.1116 -4 ..:v _ ....' I . f ".,... I , i i. ;- • 111-1 ` .-- ' 41-, /,,,A, •.. ,•?' '9141414 .. .) , ,i5i ,` , ...0: 116 4 ;,, l. '-'4 l ' . ' . , ' , .,‘ ..11 3- .W ;u , 6 , : -- 17 2 1- "Tr; . ''-:-- / 4'''' ' ' 't i -: ---' --.... 4 . ~4--. IN REAP WESTtRN RAILWAY. N..3r EIRNIINDITAM CATTLE AND POULTRY SHOW, November 30th, and December Ist, 2d. and 3d, On Tuusday the Ist, and Thursday the 3d December, EXCUR RION Trains will leave Paddington at 7.10 a.m., for RIR lIING returning the same evenings at 7.30. Ticketslssued at Paddington for the excursion on Tuesday, will be available for the return journey by the excursion on Thursday, the 3d. Fares, there and back : 125. and 7s. Further particulars on application at the company's Offices. Re turn Tickets to Birmingham issued at Paddington on the Ist and 2d December will be available on the 3d. [Pkacmc 4 D. S rAMPED 5 D .] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1857. THE RHINE AND GERMANY. — The Shortest and Cheapest Route, via Rottcrdam, to the Rhine and Germany, is by THE DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY. _ Through Trains, in conjunction with those o f the Colo g ne-Minden Company, start three times a day. Fifty pounds of Luggage allowed free for each passenger. Further particulars forwarded, post free, on application to the Company's London Agent, Mr. Joun C. Jansorr, 61, Gracechurch street. (N.. 20,416.) PUBLICATIONS. M. DUPIN. THE BANK CRISIS AT GLASGOW. NEW STORY BY THE AUTHOR OF 46 MARGARET MAITLA.ND." Just ready, in 1 vol., 10s. Gd. bound, 0 P H By the Author of A S . "MARGARET MAITLAND," " LILLIESLEAF," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the Smithfield Club. The Annual Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots, Implements, &e., commences on Tuesday Morning and closes on Friday Evening, Bth, 9th, 10th, and 11th December.—Bazaar, King. greet and Baker-street. Open from daylight till nine in the evening. —Admittance One Shilling. TUR. AITKINSON'S NARRATIVE of HIS SEVEN YEARS' TRAVELS in Oriental and Western Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, an' Cen tral Asia, is now ready, i❑ one large volume, royal BTo, embel lisbed with Fifty Illustrations, including numerous beautifully coloured Plates, from the Author's Original Drawings, and a Map, price 2/. 25., elegantly bound. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King-William-street, Strand. THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEENTH ENTERTAIN- NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCES'. INIENT. Every Evening the JULLIEN BURLESQUE, received nightly with shoilts oflanghter. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8. Stalls, 35.; area, 25.; amphitheatre, Is.; Private Boxes, 1/. Is. Beats can be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Hall. On Saturday, a Morning Entertairment, commencing at 3. Intelligence has been received at the invalid depot, Chatham, that upwards of 1,000 sick and wounded British troops are now on their passage home from India, and may shortly be expected to arrive at that establishment, where every arrange :newt has been made for their reception. The invalid troops employed in the Persian and China expeditions are also daily expected at St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE LADY OF By the Author of G LYNNE. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL. THIS EVENING, Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's. —New Entertainment of Physical and Natural Magic, performed Without the aid of any Apparatus, entitled TWO HOURS of ILLU SIONS, will take place every eveninz. To commence at Eight, and terminate at Ten o'clock. 55,; Unreserved Seats, 2s. 6d., which may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. " MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS." " Those who have re,cl Margaret and her Bridesmaids,' will be prepared for the enjoyment that awaits them in snottier work by the same hand. There was never a more original tale than ' The Lady of Glynne.' The story is not only clever, but good, and we are quite satisfied that these charming stories have to be perused and admired by a far wider circle than they have ever yet traversed. We echo the oft-repeated wi h that many more such stories as The Lady of Wynne' may be in store for us."—Literary Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. The Leopold screw steamship, Captain Luning, arrived at Splthead from Woolwich yesterday, and emblrked the V Field Battery of Royal Artillery, which marched down from EliNei Barracks to Portsmouth Dockyard, headed by their own brass bani ; also a detachment of 4 -'• 38th" Regiment, from ShornclitY3. She was to proceed to Cork yesterday evening or this morning to fill up her comp'.ement from the 94th Regiment. Detachments from the depots of the 30th and 50th Regiments, at Parkhurst, proceeded to relieve detachments of the 96th, at Portland, yesterday, when the 96th rejoined at the depot at Parkhurst, on the way to Aldershott, to join the service com panies._ VIR. R BIGNELL respectfully announces that he will take a Benefit at the Adelaide Gallery, Low ther 'Arcade, Strand, on' MOND A.Y EVENING, the 7th of Decem ber, when the music will consist of Selections from " II Trovatore," Arranged and adopted fear the occasion by \t. LemorrE. Admission, One Shilling Reserved Seats, Eighteen• pence. Dancing to com teem° at Half-past Eight. Tickets to be obtained at the Adelaide Gallery. COLBURIN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The DECEMBER Number will be published on MONDAY. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. ADELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, Strand.—Argyll Band every evening - Triumphant success Of M. Lamotte's Havelock Schottish. Solo, Euphonion, M. L. Mosta. Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Bouiceurt. Open at half-past s. Dancing commences at 9. Admission One Shildng. Reading Zoom. All the evening papers. INTEGRITY- IN BUSINESS—See " Debtor and Creditor." THREE LAWYERS at WORK —See "Debtor and Creditor." SPECULATION & GAMBLING —See "Debtor and Creditor." THE LASH of CONSCIENCE—See " Debtor and Creditor." FAMILY DISASTERS See "Debtor and Creditor." The depot of the 31st Regiment, at Winchester, is held in readiness to proceed to Pembroke. -W ILL OPEN ON MONDAY, DEC. 7TH, DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM AND GALLERY of SCIENCE, 3. Tichborne street. facing the Haymarket. This Institution will Present entirely new features and offer unprecedented attractions. Its object will be to combine Natural with Experimental Science, and to show the tonne tion between the functions of the Human Body and the great Forces of the Universe. Amonpt the numerous novelties now added, may be named the large Oxy-hydrogen Mi eroicope, Guenal's Appartil Uranographique (now first introduced). The latest improvements in Electric and other Apparatus (includ ing Ruhmkorff's world-renowned Coil), Illustrations of Microscopic Anatomy, Dissolving Views of Physiological Phenomena, upon a principle never before attempted, &c. Lectures will be delivered daily on the various branches of Science, and their application to the Human Frame.the Laws of Life, and the Preservation of Health, by Dr. Kalita and Dr. Sexton. The Institution will be illuminated outside with Du Bosque's magnificent Elect tic Light. Admission to the whole Building, One Shilling. Illustrated Catalogues, Sixpence. Programmes and Lectures gratis on application. 2s. boards. Fifth Thousand. 3s cloth. London : James Blackwood, Paternoster-row. CHARLES READE'S NEW WORKS. Now ready, and to be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Railway Stations. rrHE COURSE of TRUE LOVE NEVER DID IL RUN SMOOTH Twenty-second Thousand. In crown Bvo. Two Shillings. [T IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Fifty-second Thousand. Two Shillings. Also an Illustrated Edi- tion, ss. FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs to call the attention of the peblie to his NEW STOCK in AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and I r epetisui Cloths, Scotch and Heather Twist, Mixed Doeskins, Cashmere and Tollanette Waistcoatings, both of English and Conti lental manufacture, which will be found en inspection at prices most ktederate for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. PEG WOFFINGTON. 3s. 6d. CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE. 3s. 6d. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. B ENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, Price Half•a-Crown, . - For DECEMBER, contains—Prince Napoleon's Journey to the North—Midnight Doings—Last Songs of Beranger—Seven Yenrs of an Indian Officer's Life—Edmond About—An Old Indian Officer on the Causes of the Indian Revolt—The Brit , sh Army—Garden Rhymes—My Wife and Family—' Our Eight Oar."—The Calcutta Petition —The Millionaire of Mincing-lane. By Dudley Costello. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington.street. rrHE IRISH METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE, for December, 1857, Price 2s. 6d. as may be demanded for the use of at the following places, from the .liazth, 18 ;0, both days included, ENGLAND, &o. Aldborough ileaumaris Berwick Burnham (Esau) Dartmouth beat and the Downs Folkestone Fotrey Harwi c h 7 11 411t1110 20b .11111itaid I,YrnoraeY and Guernsey il : lnillb r ir a r t :fayen, Pembroke, and .:7 1 nehead . 0 015 ?° "land and Portland Reads rtYde Southend manage wqmotith SCOTLAIrD. Aberdeen Banff Campbeltown Glasgow Granton Montrose Oban Peterhead Queensferry Stornoway Stranraer Stromnoss MESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS are thus divided:—Number 114, REGENT-STREET, is their Depot for Paletots, Uniforms, Gentlemen's Evening and Morn ing Dress; Number 116, for the manufactn -e of the Guinea Trousers; }dumber 118, for llalf•Gu nea Waistcoats ; Number 120, for Water proofed Guinea Capes, Servants' Liveries ; Number 142 is their sew Establishment for Ladles' Rid , ng Habits and Mantles in Fur and Cloth ; and Number 144 contains their other new Department for Clothing young gentlemen with the taste, excellence, and economy Whereby MESSRS. NICOLL have secured wide sp-ead confidence. The Wholesale Warerooms are at the rear of the Regent-s treet pre- Mises, v.z , 29, 30, 31, and 4!, WARWICK-STREET. The City Dept Is at 21 end 22, CORNH[LL, and the addresses of the various Agents are duly advertised in the jouraals of th.. 3 United Kingdom and the Colonies. 00117TRACT/5 FOR VZGLITABLF.9. Department of the Comptroller for Vietna Somerset House, 26th November, 1857. rirtHE Commissioners for Executing the Office of _IL Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on MONDAY, Oa 14th December next, at half-past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying (under separate contracts), all such quantities of VEGETABLES, her Majesty's Ships and Vessels Ist January, 1858, to the 31st IRELAND. Bantry Bay Berehaven Carl in g ford Castletownsend illibegs Larne Londonderry Rathmullen Sneem (Kenmare River) Strangford Valencia (Co. Kerry) Westport Will Separate tenders must be made for each port , and no attention be Paid to any offers not so made. None of the contracts to be, sub-let. A form of the tender may be obtained, and the conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular attention is called, may be tea at thi s o ffi ce, or by a pplying to the Superintendent of her Z a jeetY's Dockyard at Pembroke ; to the Clerks in char , e at her t o ‘' e etri Naval Yard at Deal ; to her Majesty's Collector of Cus .2ls at Rea umar i s , B er .i c k, Dartmouth, Folkestone, Fowey, llar • !ell • Hull, Jersey and Guernsey, Lyme, Poole, Weymouth , Aberdeen Banff, Campbeltown, Glasgow, Montrose, Peterhead, Stornoway, Stranraer, Lond nderry, Westport, and to the Post leasters at each of the other places. .No tender will b e rece i ve d a ft er h a lf-past one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose but it will not be necessary that the party tendering, or " agent appointed by him, should attend at this office, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. two"ery tender must be delivered at the above office, and signed by responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person ~e contracts. for end ering, in the sum o f 1001., the due the performance of each of 1 - 113 BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS' FOOD, for DELIC &TE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN VALIDS. Supersedes the e x p ense an d d anger s of wet-nursing, is more easily digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than bolt ; acidity, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless ness. scrofula, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of the system and soundsleep insured. Many respectable families who have reared and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred to. and a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Barry n Regent-street, London Prices : —ln Canisters, Is. ; 25.; and 121 t. at 21e. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on receipt of Post Office order. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCE STERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by Its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, L ea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, and Loudon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay R., ff Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and raer unaltts. London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. 1 . : 7 • 11 .—To gu ar d aga i nst imitations, see that the names of " LEA 414 P ERRI/TS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. To THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CRARLES WATSON, M.D. (Physician to the Bedford Die r'"4arY), 27, Alfred-Pla ce . B e df or d- square, London, cont i nues to saU e. On receipt of six stamps, " TUE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." Ite dlcal Correspondence conducted. "The first man of the day in these complaints."' ' v iew. July, 1856. The true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private cure. `.--17niversIty Magazine. 4: A DISCOVERY' the absurdity oi Z eEn g The lish mode MERICAN of treating such complaints, will showing prove a blessing to _e afflicted, who may safely and easily retain pristine health b y adopting the means presented."—Evening Star. —Medical Re- ROPAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INS r ITUTION.—The Committee of this Institut'on would earnestly call the attention of the public to the great and extra ordinary exertion% which the Society is now making to supply r;;Ziyloints on the coast with efficient li e-boats, and which will ex App E W expenditure of more than £3,000: they therefore earnestly continue, ,;,, the benevolent for ASSISTANCE to enable them to ht th e .., h unabated vigour, their hitherto successful exertions cau se o f }, „ inanity; —. Oct. 27, 1 857, T [ TOMAS BARING, ai y .ttee The Com m , contributiorss grate T f u l i ll ° lIAS CRAP 51 AN C , h De r p m u l ty n - . Chairman. acknovrledge the following additional The Mies eynt s Frenla.don. £5O 0 0 James Taylor, Esq., a•• 41 1 ° 1447 z, Esq., 2nd don. 50 0 Admiral Eaton Tra sh. 1 'Tones Parry, don. 50 0 vers, annual . •1 1 0 7 , ,1., •Mu SfaXwell, Rart., s. 50 0 Lord Shelborne, d0n.... 20 0 0 bonati Mills, oft s and su'scriptions will be thankfully received by M . essrs. ' Percival, and Co ;Coutts and Co.; Herries and Co. ;by all the Itietropolitan and country bankers ; and by Richard Lewis, Secretary, at the *Rice of the Inst tution, 14, Jokn-street, Adelphi. ...._ ON P RYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE N ew IN CAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free y post, Is„ TFIE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Worlc • 'll - 0 0 1 . 1 the , ii . ene onse- Physical exhaustion and decay of the fr . ame, from the es from the me of m . ' solitary indulgence, infection, and 'the injurious c bservations on the abliga• lions of yn az , Mercury , with o . „ flea. Dons. 11 ~ age, and directions for obviating certain disquai 2n, sv ar Z i . , and L. PFRRY and CO , Surgeons. Sold by J. Allen, and Go rdon e , k l - 4 1ane, Pa ternoster-row; Sanger, 160. Oxford-street ; The eortnlALeadi_nhall-street, London. to re • novato the BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes Its power in renwil)gaoirred powers of lif e . It s ac ti on i s p u rely balsamic; s exual debility, obstinst•'hlng the frame i n a ll cases o f ner vous and e a g i leets Mies arising fra ra vener . impotency, barrenness, and debt' g one flot°4B success in e excesses has been demonstrated by Or four quantities in ands of eases, Price Ils. per bottle, The CONCENTRATED 1) whi ch saves 11s. Iltic remedy, for pu r if y i ng the sygieRSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphl the varied forms of secondary antra, and i s recommended for any of skin, blotches on the h ead and fi l t ) c t e cinis ' such as eruptions on the tonsils, and uvula; threatened d estru Z l :r gements of the throat, e Its action is purely dete rs i ve, and its b n of the nose, palate, the of is undeniable. Price 11 s. and 33snefIcial influence on the of I Is. • Per bottl e, also a saving PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS c hual remedy in either sex for all c ases of gonorrhoea an effe, and diseases of the urinary organs. Pric e 2s. .., .5, sleet, stricture per box. va.. 4i. 6d., ani 1 ls. ,• Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City; Bartlet, Hooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from London Bridge) O. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; IV. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow-churchyard; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford- Street ; Ilannay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and herding, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and liarsant, 229, Strand ; and all medicine Vendors througholt the UhitedKirgdom. CONTENTS, 1. Life's Foreshadowings. Chapters XXXI., XXXII., XXXIII., XXXIV. ' XXXV., XXXVI., XXXVII. 2. Pensinsular Sketches—Lisbon and Cintra. 3. Gasparino—A Fragment from the Journal of the late Mrs. Romer. 4. Shelley. 5. Recollections of an Undergraduate—Part IL 6. Hugh Miller and his Education. 7. Sketches of Celebrated Female Singers. 8. Madeleine—A Tale of the Empire. 9. The Removal. 10. Foreign Travel. 11. Campion and Ilanmer—Part I. 12. Sporting Intelligence —The Preservation of Game--The New market Houghton Week. Dublin : Edward J. Milliken, 15, College-green. London: Slmpkin, Marshall, and Co. Edinburgh o.iver and Boyd. On the Ist December will be publishe 1, price two shillings, bound in cloth, FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALBERT' FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the "Sunday Times," and Re• porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. In addition to other useful information, it will contain a complete Record of the Racing and Steeplechase Season in England, Ireland, and Scotland from the Ist of January up to the day of publication, Ders3 , Lots for 1853, and Nominations for all the Principal Races for next year ; forming one of the most copious works of reference ever published. W. Wright. sporting printer and publisher_ Ffillernners Rents, Hol born. London. OFFICERS PROCEEDING TO INDIA, also CIVILIANS, can effect ASSURANCES on their LIVES with the COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY on the USUAL TERMS, the Directors having RESOLTED NOT TO INCREASE THEIR RITES at this time. Premiums can be paid to the Company's Agents at Calcutta, Ma dras, cr Bombay, or at any other of their Agencies in the East. The Lireetors also advance Loans on good security for temporar periods. The Col3rdal have Agencies in every British Colony, where Pre miums aro received and claims settled. WILL. TIM. THOMSON, Actuary. SAMUEL It. FERGUSSON, Residext Secretary in London. L0ND0N...........• Bl, Lombard-street (E.C.) EDINBURGH (Head-office) 5, George-street. DUBLIN . .. • . GLASGOW .. ........ 53, St. Vincent-street. PROVIDENT CLEI ASSURANCE ASSOCI KS' MUTUAL LIFE ,TlON.—Established 1840. Taus! !TEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L.N. de Rothsehild,M.P. TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. —John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Accumulated fund .. • • • ..... X 95,000 Annual income 27,000 This Association offers every advantage to all classes desirous 01 assuring. A Benevolent Fund is attached exclusively for clerks. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, Nov. 1, 1857. E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY ; 6, New Bridge-street, London. Chairman—HENßY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. Deputy-Chairman —ROBERT BIDDULPH, Esq. ADVANTAGES — Mutual Assurance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the Profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capital of .. £1,575,000 During its existence the society has paid in Claims.. 1,455,000 Reversionary Bonuses have beets added to Policies to the extent of .. • . • • .. .• The la.t bonus, declared, in 1854, averaged 67/. per cent. on the Premiums paid, and amounted to • • Folicies in force .. The Annual Income exceeds .. The next Division of Profits will be made in 1859. Assurances effected prior to 31st December,lBs9, will participate in the Division of 1863. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. 890,000 397,000 7,437 240,000 FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH.- Patronised by her Majesty and H. R. H. the Prince Consort. —Mr. HOWARD'S PATENT WHITE SUCCEDANEUM, for filling decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, and in a short time becomes as hard as the enamel, lasting for many years, rendering extrac tion unnecessary, and arresting all further decay. Mr. lIOWARD. Surgeon Dentist, 17, George-street, Hanover-square. At home from 11 till 4. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE 7.IIIRES(a ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia). Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Hearthar Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ate effected by ) A ho L ut E purg T in A g -U AL A B BI A C R A FO Y O ' D S wh d ic e h l r i e e s i to oti re s s health E wit inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids:—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Dtt Harry's Revaleuta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies."—Curz, No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jelly, Northam t , fg, near Din, Nortolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Is azing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner vsssnoss, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. — Care No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver ptt : a cure of ten yeat's dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No. 18,g16. Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation, dyspep sia, t.ervous irritability. Cure No. 34,219. Dr. Sherland of dropsy and ..ebility. Curs No. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42.116 Major Edits of enlargement of the liver and total cramps,prostrat isopnazonfis7tarztii.ly v C o u ni re iti N ng o s . 35 6 4 ar l B e .. s ß o e . v 2 . 6, D u r B .. 111 D in r s . t H er a o r ! Cursand N debility. 83 C . Cure WilliamN o. 3191,u6n2t85., Esq., Dr barrister,W rtzer dt, e N a o s d 46 1ung5, ,270. spitting v of ey cor o i f su d m iar pt r iot a e g r e c , a e t t o o f f thirty paralysis. y e a Curersbir'lam of es bl ß o o o b d e , r l t i s ; e ' rd o e d ra m n partial deafness. Cure No. 4 ,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No, 180. " Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation. indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dis peps'a, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlington Rec tory, Norfolk." No. 32,83 G. "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains ' in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Bkibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, Indigestion, and general debility have been removed byDußarry's excelle n t Revalen ta A rabies Food. James Porter, Athol-street,." Perth Important Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imita teflon Wood granted an The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Pageinjunc tion on the 10th March, 18 54 , again st Alfred Hooper Neville, for Imitating "Du Barry's Itevalenta Arabica Saitably pacaed for all climates , a nd with 1 instructions. In Is canisters, llb 2s 9d ; 21b 4s 6d ; 51b 1 , 121 b 228. The 121 b car riage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co pur veyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gracechurch -4 street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 149, Bishopsgate- Street, and 150, and 158, Oxford-street. (From the Times.) An ancient conqueror was said to have chained victory to his chariot. The Emperor of the French appears to have secured a similar hold on success. If his visits to Windsor and his interview at Stutt gart recorded his admission into the family of Kings, M. Dupin's. return to official functions at the Court of Cassation may be considered as the most authentic acknowledgment that the present Government is practically and regularly established. The weakness of the Empire has always consisted in its dependence upon the army and the people, to the exclusion of the refined and educated classes. The literature of France is scarcely represented among the supporters of the reigning dynasty; and the old Parliamentary celebrities naturally keep aloof from a system in which there is no place for eloquence or for independent action. M. De Mont alena bert soon withdrew, from religious or sectarian motives, his hasty adhesion to the Power which had superseded the Republic. M. Guizot consoles him self for the loss of liberty at home by denunciations of English policy in all parts.of the world. Even M. Thiers, the most persevering and effective pro phet of Bonapartism, abstains from an open adhe sion to the heir and imitator of Napoleon. M. Dupin, a personage of equal importance with any of the ancient leaders of the Chamber, has been the first to recognise the absolute monarch who now reigns as the legitimate successor of three constitutional sovereigns. The significance of his recent appoint ment principally depends on his public resigna tion of the same office in 1852. The Attorney- General of the Court of Cassation has never been considered a political functionary ; and even under the Parliamentary system,. like the Quees Advo cate in England, he retained his post without refer ence to the state of parties or to changes of Ministry. M. Dupin himself wasProcu re ur-G eneral for 22 y ears, including the whole reign of Louis Philippe, the Re public of 1848, and the beginning of the Dictator ship assumed by Louis Napoleon. During a large portion of the same period he was President of the Chamber of Deputies, and the coup d'etat of December found him holding a similar position in the National Assembly. During the continuance of the Orleanist monarchy he was generally in op position, or rather he was at all times the acknow ledged leader of the so-called Tiers Parti, although he was known to be the confidential friend and adviser of Louis Philippe. "He revenged him self," it was said by an unfriendly critic, "on the Ministers of the Crown for his complaisance to the King." No living French politician can look back on a longer career of eminence. During the Hundred Days M. Dupin voted against the serville procla mation of Napoleon as the " saviour of his coun try." After Waterloo he was one of the first to propose the abdication and to resist the hopeless pretensions of Napoleon 11. The Restoration threw him into the ranks of the Constitutional Op position, and his professional engagements I rought him frequently into cbnnexion with the parties who were then proscribed. One of the ablest advocates at the bar, he defended Sir Robert Wilson in the affair of Lavalette, as well as a more illustrious and unfortunate victim of the law. It was M. Dupin who devised for Marshal Ney a technical defence founded on the capitulation of Paris, and at the same time drew up the apparently extemporaneous refusal to profit by so -ignominious a plea, which afterwards electrified the Court and audience when duly delivered by the indignant prisoner. In the midst of his forensic practice and political acti vity M. Dupin found time to become one of the most prolific of modern writers on jurispru dence. It is said by those who depreciase his powers that his treatises, which rival in number those of Chitty or of Archbold, are rather ready and useful than profound ; but their author has never been accused of deficiency in any species of practical ability. "He can even write Latin," it was said, " bad Latin, it is true : but after all it is Latin." One of his sources of influence has always been derived from the ready humour which accompanies his unfailing good sense. Although well born and wealthy, M. Dupin always affected the character of a rough country gentleman, or rather of a thriving freeholder. Professedly despising the mob of the espitei and rejecting their political pretensions, he identified himself as far as possible with the tastes and prejudices of the dominant middle class. In the chair of the Chamber of the Deputies he exer cised that active authority which apparently suits the French better than the courteous impartiality of an English Speaker ; but it was in the tumultu ous Assembly of 1849 that he most fully satisfied his friends of the party of order. Audacious but awkward Jacobins were cowed by the sneers and epigrams of the President even more effectually than by his frequent and unsparing reprimands. There was always room in the Tribune for the mem bers of the Conservative majority. The Republi; cans, even when they oetained a hearing, were compelled to face an unfriendly audience without the smallest protection from the chair. Although opposed to the encroachments of the President, M. Dupin was inclined to remain passive in the conflict between two irreconcilable authorities, whom an absurd Constitution had placed side by side. He refused to give General Changarnier a contingent order to command the troops appointed for the defence of the Assembly. On the morning of the 2d December he invited the members to meet for deliberation, but he readily submitted to the summons of an officer at the head of a file of trocps, and he even remonstrated with a colleague who attempted to harangue the troops, reminding him of the impropriety of interfering with military discipline. On the establishment of the Dictator ship he retained his office in the Court of Cessation, which he had not thought it necessary to resign even in the anarchical days of the Provisional Go vernment. The scandal occasioned by his return to the same post arises fromhis intimate connec t i on with the fallen dynasty. Soon after the restoration M. Dupin became the professional adviser, and after wards the confidential fiend, of the Duke of Or leans. After the flight of Charles X. he was one of those who counselled Louis Philippa's acc e p tance of the vacant crown. During the whole of the King's reign the same relations were continued, no withstanding the frequent opposition carried on by M. Dupin in the Chamber. During the wild and discreditable confusion of February, 1848, he appeared in his natural position as the friend and adviser of the royal family. It was M. Dupin who proposed to the Duchess of Orleans that she should proceed with her children to the Chamber of Depu ties ; and, accompanying her there, he announced to his colleagues the abdication of the King, and the accession of the Count de Paris under the re gency of his mother. When the violence of the mob and the caprice of Lamartine had destroyed the last chance of a legal termination to the crisis, M. Dupin, after his practical fashion, acquiesced in the Republic till the return of better times ; but the universal submission to a state of things which scarcely counted a single genuine sup porter was thought compatible with the strictest principles of Royalism. The Republic," said M. Tillers, " divides us less than any other arrange ment," and for a time his words seemed to be true. M. Dupin was intrusted with the care of the large property belonging to the exiled royal family, and at the death of Louis Philippe he was named an executor of his will. It was in this capacity that in 1852 he addressed to the President of the Republic a well reasoned and dignified remonstrance against the confiscation of the Orleans property. At the same time he resigned his office as Procureur of the Court of Cessation. "It had been," he said, "his duty for more than twenty years to call on the court to enforce the law. It was impossible to retain his position when all law was overruled." The subse quent judicial decision that the President had acted in a legislative and sovereign capacity would cer tainly not have tended to remove his well-founded objections. The Orleans property has not been restored, but the former Attorney-General has resumed his func tions. His personal dignity would have been better consulted by continuance in retirement ; his ambi tion can be little flattered by a return to the position which he filled in 1830, and his ample fortune seems to exclude the suggestion of mercenary motives. It is more probable that he feels that impatience of repose which not unfrequently disturbs the old age of energetic men. Even if a constitution is in store for France, M. Dupin at 75 cannot afford to wait for it. The six years of the English statute of limi tations will soon have consecrated by lapse of time the Orleans confiscation. The old King's executor has personal duties to discharge besides those which he owes to his testator. If Franco chooses to be governed absolutely, it is better that the laws should be administered by a learned and experienced func tionary. Whatever may be the motives of the veteran politician, his adhesion is a triumph to the Imperial cause. Through the whole of his long life M. Dupin has represented that large section of ptthlic opinion which, especially with Frenchmen, consists in the recognition of accomplished facts. On Thursday afternoon a public meeting of the citizens, called by the Lord Provost in terms of a requisition signed by upwards of 200 firms, was held "to exprese their apprehension of the appal ling consequences of the final stoppage of the West ern and City of Glasgow Banks, and their opinion of the expediency of maintaining these banks, as well as to consider the propriety of memorialising her Majesty's Government on the subject. The meeting was called, in the first instance, for the Merchants'-hall, but at 2 o'clock, the hour spe cified, this place,_ spacious though it is, was densely crowded, and hundreds were unable to gain admit tance. In these circumstances an adjournment to the City-hall, which is capable of accommodating 3,000 persons, was resolved upon. The hall was ac cordingly filled immediately on its opening, there being present members or representatives from every important business establishment in the city. In fact, it was the largest representation of the com mercial, manufacturing, and - mercantile classes which ever assembled in the City-hall of Glasgow. The Lord Provost took the chair, and on the platform beside his lordship we observed Mr. W. Buchanan and Mr. It. Dalglish, the two city mem bers ; Bailies Clouston, M'Culloch, and Ceuper ; Mr. J. Smith, of Jordan-hill ; Mr. A. Morrison (Dean of the Faculty of Procurat srs), Sheriff Steele Mr. R. Hutcheson, Mr. D. Hutcheson, Mr. G. R. Tennant, Mr. A. Stevenson, the great body of city councillors, dic. The LORD PROVOST, who was received with ap plause, said—l will very brieflystate that I was in duced to call the present meeting at the requisition of 240 firms, largely connected with the trade and commerce of this city, to afford the inhabitants an opportunity of expressing their sentiments in rsgard to the unfortunate position of the Western and City of Glasgow Banks—a subject of most painful and deep interest with the citizens of Glasgow and inha bitatits of the West of Scotland. To this movement' I gave my concurrence, feeling that the sym pathy and support of an influential meeting of citizens as this might tend much t strengthen and encourage the shareholders and depositors to carry out successfully the resolutions they have adopted at the meeting lately held by then ; and though neither a shareholder myself, nor having any busi ness connection with either of these banks, I deeply lament that such a calamity as their suspension should have fallen on such a very numerous and highly respectable por ion of the community as transacted business with them. Many may think that the past proofs of confidence shown by the public in receiving their notes, and in the deposi tors so generally acceding to the proposals made not to withdraw their deposits for periods extend ing to two years, with other tokens of the public desire to continue these banks, would render this meeting unnecessary; but those who are desirous to have them continued for their note circulation, and to maintain their position as baukers under the existing acts of Parliament, thought that an expres sion of public sympathy with their present prostrate position, arising from a money panic, might have the effect of eliciting the forbearance, the sympathy, and co-operation of the other Scotch banks ; and, failing this most natural expectation, that a move ment might be made to procure the countenance, if not the aid, of Government in the present circum stances in which they are unfortunately placed. Any one having even a limited knowledge of the transactions of these banks cannot fail to be satis fied that if there be an immediate winding up under trustees, that the loss would be very much aggra vated to the shareholders ; and the object of this meeting now is to mitigate that loss if possible, more especially to the shareholders whose entire means may be invested in the shares, and to avert the numerous bankruptcies that may arise from an immediate winding. up. There is no doubt but that the management of the Western Bank, which. has brought it to its present unfortunate position, is much to be condemned and deplored, and a total change in this respect will be neces , ary to restore it to public confidence; but on this point I need not dwell, as it will naturally be a chief element in any future arrangements that may be made to resusci tate the banks. The resolutions that will be submitted to you by the gentlemen who will address the meeting I trust will be acceptable, and I am not without the hope the if they are carried may tend to put the two banks in a position that will pro mote the desirable end they have in view, of pre venting the ruin of many a shareholder, and saving many respectable mercantile firms from severe distress. _ _ _ Sheriff STEELE moved the first resolution as fol lows, and on doing so commented on the unwork able character of the Bank Charter Act : " That the English Banking Aet of 1844, by prohibiting any new bank of issue, established practically a monopoly of the business of banking in Scotland in favour of the then and now existing banks—and the business of Scot land, whether commercial or agricultural which has in creased prodigio us l y s i nce 145, w ould receive a viol en t check were eith er t h e amoun t o f c apital now appli e d t o banking, or th e paper issuerby which that business is almost exclusi ve l y carried an, materially diminished or even concentrated in the hinds of a smaller number of powerful corporations than at present." " That the final stoppage and judicial winding up of the affairs of the Western and City Banks, two of our most ex tensive local banks, would farther be a public calamity, as entailing serious inconvenience and loss on upwards of 50,0, 0 depo s it ors, and ruinitg a great num b er o f manu f ac • turing and commercial houses throug h ou t S co tl an d, w h o have been d o i ng their business in these b an k s an d th e i r branches, and who, althoughperfectly solvent if afforded p the usual banking facilities, could not, if suddenly forced into liquid a ti on, realise mesas sufficient to mee t th e i r en gagements." Dean of Faculty MomilsoN said—lt affords me I great pleasure and satisfaction to second the reso lution moved by the learned Sheriff, who has gone into the subject so fully and eloquently that he s y. not left m e a word to say. I think I shall there fore best c onsu l t my own co mfort and your conve nience by simply seconding the adoption of the resolution. The resolutions were then put from the chair and carried by acclamation. Mr, SMITH, of jordan-hill, said —A resolution has very unexpectedly been put into my hands, which I shall read before offering any observations upon it. The resolution is as follows : " That the ultimate security of the creditors of thosetwo banks cannot be doubted and the first thing requisite to enable these establishments to resume business, and so avert the evil s already described, is the restoration of pub lic confidence— a result to be attained . chiefly by the for bearance of the creditots and liberal susport d o& the t other great banking co ne Scot land, to whom the public are to look for aid i n - crisis like the present, in exchange for the peculiar ' pitilvia leges conferred upon them." The observations of the preceding speakers pre clude the necessity for my trespassing on your time. The simple enumeration made by the Lord Provost of the trust estates and females involved in the bank suspension reminds us that we are not only endeavouring to restore commercial credit, but pleading the cause of the widow and orphax. But I will not dwell upon this painful topic. Nor need I say much of the solvency Gf these banks, for every one acquainted with the wealth and prosperity of the shareholders knows that the solvency is not for a moment to be suspected. I look upon it that the suspension of these banks would be a great public calamity, the results of which make one shudder to think upon. It gave me great pleasure to be pre sent at the last meeting of this kind, differing so far from the present meeting that itmightbe called the demonstration of the nobility and country gentle men of Scotland, and I may be allowed to say that nothing crave me greater plea sure t h an w h en I h ear d o f my noble friend, that true-hearted Scotchman (Lord Eglinton), who, without waiting for any combination, announced that he, for one, was ready to receive Western Bank notes. No thing could have been better calculated to allay the panic among the rural population. The requisition which has called us together. alludes to an application to G overnmen t . A s th at proposal belongs to a subsequent resolution, I feel precluded from entering upon it, but it may be allowed to an old man, old enoug h to remem b er 1793, to mention some of the things which took place then, for a little experience is not a bad thing in the management either of private or public affairs. Though I myself had no share in these pro ceedings, my father, who was then at the head of one of the great West India houses, often told me that to marvellous was the effect of a simple resto ration of public confidence, that when it became known that Government was ready to advance Ex chequer-bills, the issue of these was not called for, and it turned out actually an advantageous thing for the Government itself. As an old man, and having so me excuse for gar ru lit y, you w ill a llow me to tell you another anecdote. One of the greatest, if not the greatest house in Glasgow at that time was obliged to suspe n d paymen t, b u t such was the effect of the measures of relief that the next balance was the most profitable they ever struck. At my years, I might be allowed to look forward hopefully to better times, and I might say with truth— " The sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before." Balk) CLOUSTON said, in taking part in the proceedings of this day, I come forward here per- it is not a part of the resolution to which I am called to speak, it might be well to say how much we sympathise with all the different parties in volved in the present crisis—how much. we sympa• thise with the depositors who have their money locked up in these banks—how much we sympa th'se with the unfortunate shareholders of these banks, many of them ladies, and many of them trustees for children—how much we sympathise with all these, it is imposible we can express. But we have also to acknowledge that there has been gross mismanagement by one of the managers of these banks. I am sure that circumstances will come to light with regard to the management of one of the managers which are perfectly astound ing. But with that we have not to do just now. I cannot agree with Sheriff Steele, nor with the papers, that we should reprobate the conduct of the chartered banks in Edinburgh. I think these banks will be prepared to do whatever is right whenever they see themselves safe. I cannot for one moment believe that these banks would wish to put down either the City or Western Banks of Glasgow if they saw any means of carrying them on. I believe that to the chartered banks of Edinburgh and the other banks in Glasgow we shall bo in debted for s taking up a large amount of the accounts of the City of Glasgow and the Wester u Banks, for giving facilities to an immense number of firms for carrying ou their business, which otherwise they would not have had ; and I do not think we ought to blame rashly establishments which have main tained their credit in Glasgow, which give immense facilities to the business both mercantile and menu facturing of the city. I do not think we should blame in the way they have been blamed. I trust, although my sentiments on the subject may per haps be different from many expreised out of doors, that they are honest and fair sentiments, and I am sure you will agree with me in thinking that so far as the public generally are concerned we are much indebted to the chartered and other banks. (Hisses and c':eering.) Gentlemen, I have to state one other point. When I heard of a run upon the banks in Glasgow and throughout the country generally I blushed for my fellow-countrymen, and I will tell you why I did so. In Scotland, during the last 8J years, we have had the suspension of the following banks :—The Ayr Bank, trading under the firm of Douglas, Heron, and Co . , established in 1769, and suspended in 1772, with only 128,001/. capital paid up—its creditors paid in full. The Dunbar or East Lothian Bank suspended in 1820. Its creditors were paid in full. The Falkirk Banking Company, with only five partners, established in 1789, and suspeuded in 1816. This was not properly a bank ing establishment. It was rather a company formed, consisting of five persons, for the purpose of deal ing in cattle •, and although they went under the name of the Falkirk Banking Company they were not properly a bank. The public lost by that bank 25,0001. The Fife or Cupar Bank, established in 1802, with 29 partners, suspended in 1825—the public suffered no to s. The Stirling Banking Com pany, established in 1777, suspended about 1825, and the public were paid in full. These facts could not be known to the public generally, but I be lieve the fact was known generally that the public had never sustained any loss by any bank in Scot lany, except the Renfrew. (Applause. A Voice, " Watson's Bank.") Watson's Bank was not a bank of issue. It was more a discounting house, and it is, therefore, different from banks receiving deposits and issuing notes. Another gentleman suggests the Aberdeen Bank. No doubt it was a total failure so far as the partners were con cerned ; but the public never lost anything. ' Now, gentlemen, with these facts before and, recollect this, with the proprietary of the various banks here, whose names aro published an nually, the public should know that with such au amount of property, with such wealth in the list of the shareholders, even under anything like ordinary mismanagement, they cannot suffer, howevermuch the shareholders may, lam confident that what ever may be the result depositors in the two banks now in course of suspension will suffer no loss— that every farthing they owe will . be paid. (Ap plause.) They only point now is to nominate the committee to proceed as a deputation to London. The hon. gentleman then proposed. The Lord Provost, the Dean of Guild, Bailie Olouston, Dean of Faculty, Morrison Mr. Hugh Tennant, of Well-park, and Mr. Robert Napier, WILLI poweL tun .-2,1 4 4,1,01'. =au...b., Bailie IVl‘Ctennoos seconded the motion, and it was unanimously adopted. Mr. BUCHANAN, M.P., said—lt is my pleasing duty to ask you to join in a very hearty vote of thanks to the Lord Provost fur his conduct in the chair. It is one of the first occasions on which he has met a large body of his fellow-citizens, and I am sure the manner in which he h as conducted this meeting is a good augury for his career as Lord Provost. (Applause.) The meeting then separated. featly free from the influence of any bank connec tion whatever, being neither a shareholder nor di rector in any bank whatever. But I consider it my duty, as I consider it to le) the duty of every indi vidual who has the prosperity of the city at heart, and has the wish not only to see that prosperity conlinued, bufethat it should make progress as in , times past, to' came forward in the hour of need, eena with a helping hand endeavour to avert the evil alluded to in the second resolution as likely to come upon us by the continued closing up of the Western and City banks. The resolution just proposed by Mr. Smith, in the first place, refers to the ultimate security of the creditors of these banks. I feel satisfied that in such a meeting as this it would be presumption and waste of time to state anything in reference to the security of the banks, for I believe that neither among us nor around us has the opinion ever been hazarded that there is the least possible chance of loss to any of the creditors of either bank. (Cheers.) But, while, there can be no ultimate loss either to depositors or other creditors, I cannot hide from myself the effect of the serious inconvenience and loss which must result to these creditors, whether in the shape of depositors with their funds locked up, or other creditors with claims which they can not make available. • That would be a calamity involving not only these creditors, but the whole of this vast community in which we dwell, and also a calamity reaching to the whole manufacturing and agricultural districts of Scotland. Seeing, then, that such - evils are likely to ensue upon the con tinued close of these banks, how are they to be averted ? This, I think, seems to be answered in the second part of this resolution, which speaks of the restoration of public confidence by the liberal support, of the other great banking concerns. From what we have seen of'late of the manner in which our highest mercantile houses have been obliged to succumb, I believe that there has been a feeling of commiseration, from man to man, through the whole community, which leaves no doubt as to what will result from the consideration of the cre ditors of these two banks ; and that, so far as they are concerned, they will give them their best sup port. With respect to the other creditors, the great banking concerns, holding securities for which they are liable, lam not here to attribute blame ; for, if this were to be done, I fear we must come nearer home ; but I would most respectfully urge that we should go to these banks, whether in Scotland or England-whether directly or by memorial, and to her Majesty's Government, and there state the case candidly and fairly, show the real position of the banks, what their liabilities are, what their assets are, and what their losses-(hear)--and L do think we are in a somewhat anomalous position from such details having been given. (Hear.) With these remarks, I beg to second the resolution proposed , by Mr. Smith. The resolution was put from the chair, and car ried with applause. Mr. DALGLISH, M.P., who was received with loud cheering, said,-Gentlemen, before proceed ing to address you, I have to apologise for Mr. Buchanan and myself coming in half an hour too late to-day. I am sure you will forgive us when I tell you that we have been engaged since half-past 10 on most important business connected with the banks. (Applause.) I have to apologise also to ' you should I fail iu making myself sufficiently clear upon the present occasion, because I candidly tell you that I intended to devote the three hours I have devoted to other purposes to arrange in some way what I should say to you now. The resolution which I have now to propose is as follows :- • " That her Majesty's Government ought to be made acquainted with the present critical position of the mer cantile interests in Scotland, and solicited to take such steps as shall scorn most expedient for averting so touch suffering and loss to the nation ; and for that purpose the following deputation be appointed to proceed to London to communicate with the First Lord of the Treasury and the Ciancellor of the Exchequer." Perhaps the most important subject which arises out of the late financial crisis in Glasgow is the con sideration as to the number of people who will be deprived of the means of earning their livelihood. It is impossible that such a mercantile crisis should have occurred under any circumstances, much less under the circumstances at present, without many people being thrown out of employment ; and although I would not be prepared to go forward to Government and ask than, for any assistance to re establish our banks, I think we have a fair claim upon Government to render thorn assistance, if no ce:,sary, to maintain or to feed our people. (Ap plause.) Perhaps one of the greatest difficulties arising from the present shutting up of the City of Glasgow and Western Banks is the difficulty many concerns carrying on a large business have to raise the necessary means, the sources from which they derived their supply being now stopped. I have no doubt the chartered banks and the other banks in Glasgow will do their best to afford the means to all solvent houses to carry on as far as lies in their power ; but there will certainly be other concerns-whether houses MEETING OF BENNOCH, TWENTYMAN, AND employing labour, or shopkeepers, or other people RIGG'S CREDITORS. doing with bills in Glasgow-which will xt it have the facility of acquiring this assistance from other Yesterday a meeting of Messrs. Bennoch, Twentyman, bands, and who will have to look forward to certain and Rigg's creditors was held at the Guildhall Coffee evils in the conduct of their business. Our respected friend Mr. Smith has told us what happened in house, for the purpose of receiving a balance-sheet, and the last century, now I can tell you what happened considering the general affairs of the firm. The meeting in this. En 1826, at a period of deep distress in was very numerously attended ; upwards of 60 persons G`asgovv r when the banks in England-I think to being present. At first there was difficulty in obtaining the number of 125-had suspended payment, a de- a chairman, several gentlemen who were put in nonii putation went from Glasgow to London, saw the nation, including Mr. Eaton, one of the largest creditors, then Prime Minister of the Government, and after h av i ng declined to act in that capacity. Ultimately consultation secured a grant of a large sum of Mr. Foster, a cash creditor, accepted the office. money. This grant of money was put in the hands Mr. P.A.RRINTON, of the firm of Parrinton, Eastbury, of a committee of three merchants in Glasgow, of (Applause.) and Co., accountants, read the balance-sheet, as follows: whom my father was the chairman. With this money they got goods from different --Drs.: To creditors, as per list, 167,552/ 5s 10d ; manufacturers, audthey assisted other classes of the less securities hell by them, 6,72215 s 31-160,830/ Os community with loans, taking such security as they 7d. (fn the above claims 50,9501 lie 9d is included thought fit ; and they managed this fund so that depreciation in the value of silk in the hands of the innumerable houses in Glasgow were prevented brokers.) To bills accepted for consignors, 99,663/ 18s from suspending business, and were enabled to 9d ; less bills fully or partly secured by goods on hand, carry it on as to supply the people they were accus- 62,6801 13e 63-36,9831 53 31; to liabilities on bills tomed to employ in work. (Applause.) And I have receivable discounted considered good, 127,5111 14s further to state that this was managed with the 10d ; ditto bad, 23,5471 64 lld ; less security held on most trifling-perhaps, I may almost say, without account thereof, 550/-22,997/ 6s 11d; liabilities on loss at all . Co Government or to the country. I be uarant aes i e n f r s e lac o t t o . f e w e h d i i c h o : a t i o s f considered L t a h v e a r t e a w i i d l think that, having such a precedent before us, we Gould may safely go forward to the Government and ask da!l :hose debts Messrs. t Bennoch, T s we s. ntyman, t and R i gg have u ndertaken to pay, 33,8841 3s 21 ; total, them, if funds s hould b e necessary, that th e y should 257,6941 153 11d. By stock in trade in London and afford us some assistance-some means, in our pre- Manchester, cost 65,7681 5i 83, estimated at 39,1951 sent state, to carry on the business of our large 18s 41 ; book debts, good, 41,3471 5i 23 ; less debts manufacturing concerns. But, gentlemen, that on consignors' account, 10,1911 Oa ld-31,1561 5s ld ; would be a last result. I hold that there is suffi- book debts, doubtful and bad. 16,2671 183 Id, estimated cient wealth-that there is sufficient business talent at 5,0571 15s 41 ; bills receivable on hand, 7,2481 7s ; in the city of Glasgow to get ever our present diffi- less portion due to consignors, 4351 13s 91-6,812/ 13s 3d ; cash in hand and at bankers , 8741 13s 43 ; b y culties without any application to Government. cash at bankers, 2,028/ 1 64 4cl; deducted from their (Great applause.) All that we now want is a resto - claim of 5,0001; fixtures at Manchester, 1541; furei ration of confidence, and that restoration of con fidence will place us on a fair and proper foot- t b ure, &c, d at Wood-street, 3001; shipments to t 4 0 1 11 0 1 2 e1 1 - so4ulrinde,. subject to advances k s ing. I was absent on the Continent when the and " amounting claimsthereon, great crisis occurred, but the details which I 10, Id-23,8 8 571 15s 10d; estimated at 12,7941 8s 3d ; have received since I returned lead me to value of shares, 1001; securities deposited with credi make one or two remarks. The learned Sheriff tore and deducted per contra, 6,72215 s 3d ; leases and has given his opinion of the Act of 1844. The Act fixtures of premises, 77 and 78, Wood.street, and land of 1844 may have many objections urged against in Silver-street, 1,4001; stock, book debts, utensils in it, but I think there is one objection which must trade, furniture, &c., of Messrs. Lovett and Gould, of Leek, 4,3821 lie 7d; equity of redemption in free occur to you all, which is a fatal objection-viz., hold land and will of Messrs. Lovett and Gould, subject that whenever the Act begins to act, then it is to mortgage of 10,0001, 102,2281 54 2d, less rent, sala obliged to be suspended. (Applause.) I would like s. &c. 781/11s 8d -total, 101,446/ 13s 63; deficiency, to make one or two remarks with re g ard to the 1 1 E6,248/ 2s sd. * Act in one particular case. Before I left home it Mr. Parrinton added to this statement the remark was stated that certain large houses were in diffi- that the firma commenced business in 1848, Mr. Ben culties. It was stated that the Messrs. Macdonald noch having a capital of 1,457/ ; Mr. Twenty were in great difficulties, that Messrs. John Mon- man, 2,1821., and Mr. Rigg, 5,7001., making together teith and Co. were in great diffieelties, and that 9,410/. Toffs capital went on increasing year by year the Western Bauk was very largely involved until it stood at 38,2471 on the 24th Dec. last. The mis with them. It proved that the report con- fortunee of failures had overtaken the firm through allow fleeting those houses with the Western Bank g paties to oraw upon them in respect of silk and was true. Those houses were obliged to sus_ other goods, and becoming liable for the debts of M h e i ssr t s o . pond, and that created a considerable amount of _L,owtl.anTd The two oafthLeerek,r.aTiouaintlianegaeien the whole had w resulted distrust in the City of Glasgow. Deputations, as " failure t w et ? two firma , one in Derby the other I understand, went to London, represented the in evil effects that would follow if the distrust con- Coventry. In 1846 the firm of Reid anndeidCoa.f that established at Derby. It consisted of Mr. tinned, and urged upon the Government or the place, who put in 8,0001, and of Messrs. Bennoch and Bank of England to do something to relieve the Twentyman, who put in 5,000/. The firm of Bennoch, state of the money market. The Government re- Twentyman, and Rigg had been drawn OD by this Der nd by fused. On Monday, the 19 t h Nov., the failure of house to the extent of 32A31, but the goods consige Messrs. Dennistoun occurred, one of our largest were was a more than 14,278/, and here, therefore, and most respectable firms. It is right to draw a there was a loss of 18,2781: In 1856 the firm of Taylor anal Co. was establish ed at Coventry with a capital of distinction here. The suspension of the Mes srs . 4,000/. Bennoch , Twentyman, and Rigg had been drawn Dennistoun did not arise from a course of over upon by this house for 18,750 1 , but the goods consigned trading without sufficient capital like the others - it we re now onl y worth 11,961/. The Coventry firm were a rose from the bankruptcy of a nation - f rom the also cash debtors o f the London house to the extent of total failure of the whole American people to pay 10,637/, and the loss by the Coventry firm was put down Bennoch banks. debts. (Great cheering.) The sus p ension of at 17,4271. Messrs. Dennistoun led to a general run u p on the mr.R7s/. solicitor, representing M essrs g banks. The Western Ban k s h ut their doors, the and Co., stated that in consequence of the serious rnendoa City of Glasgow Bank shut their doo rs. The Union tion in the present value of the assets, Messrs. Bennoch, c e h . were able to withstand that run, and to it I think - Twentyman, and Rigg were unable to propose any offer belongs the merit of having saved' the banking syse of compensation which would be safe for themselves and tem of Scotland. (Great applause.) Gentlemer,, at the same time satisfactory to their creditors, and from the magnitude of th e li a b i li t i es it was d ou btful what was the result ? Did the Government relax whether they could find an a d equa t e guaran t ee , even if the Act of 18 441 The Go v er nment did not relax the Act of 1 8 44 for Scotland , but within ten days, the creditors assented t o a composition ; that, with the hope of securinga tall ht t events, and c a greater o reditr ore the he present value of when the thing came neare r home-when the Lc ne- their assets don large establishments were fall ing - w hen one. of dividend than is a m t e p s resent shown should a better state of things ensue, their largest bill-discounting houses broke-when undersh should give others were in difficulties-then the Government p e e n: ti e , , e n h and dCo. proposed to realise their estate the usual way, but that the creditors saw fit to relax. (Great excitement.) Gove,rnmeeet give power to the . insfectors, when the estate sacrificed Glasgow, but saved London. Then thee' shall have been brought within smaller compass by re saw the evils of the Act of 1844 , PerhaP4, although elhation and the payment of a certain amount °Vivi- The 55th depot, first division, embarked yester day from Parkhurst, on board the steamer South- Western for Jersey. The Juno, 26, Captain Freemantle, went into Portsmouth Harbour on Thursday evening to dis mantle and be paid off. The funeral of the Rev. Sandford Connor, late assistant chaplain to the Royal Artillery at ool wich, who died from an attack of cerebral apoplexy on Sunday last, took place yesterday in that garri son. Notwithstanding its importance as a m tary station, the event of an officer's funeral has not occurred there for some years, consequently every avenue leading to the Artillery-barracks, as well as the entire line of road extending to St. Luke's Church, Charlton (the place of interment), was thronged with spectators. The solemn cortege was composed of 1 captain, 1 subaltern, and 100 rank and file from every corps in garrison, which, toge ther with volunteers, consisted of about 800 men. The officers of the garrison having been invited generally to attend assembled in a considerable body, numbering about 100, together with the entire official staff. General Williams was unable to be present in consequence of an attack of in fluenza, which has confined him to his quarters. Precisely at 2 o'clock the coffin, borne on the shoulders of six gunners of the Artillery, was placed on a 9-pounder gun with six black horses attached. A line of Artillery static ned on either side presented arms, and reversed muskets, when a long and gradual rolled of the muffled drums rung through the length of the parade. The mournful procession then commenced its march, and the coffin having been carried into the church the funeral service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Delamere. Some samples of rope received at Woolwich from various foreign manufactories were yesterday tested with a view of securing an effectual means of firing rockets and conveying assistance to ships in distress. A piece of 1 inch Italian rope has a strain of 15k cwt. ; a piece of 11 inches broke at 14i cwt. ; another sample from the same manufactory of inch gave way at 9 cwt. ; do. 1 inch, 10k cwt. Al - Italian sample was then tested, and bore 10k cwt. A Neapolitan sample of inch yielded at 10i cwt. ; a 1-inch Italian at 12i cwt. ; a 1-inch New Zealand at 7/ cwt. ; and a inch at 5i cwt. Sixty gunners, forming No. 4 Company, 2d Bat talion Royal Artillery, under command of Major Champion, left Plymouth on Tuesday for Wool wich, where they will be strengthened. to 150, when it is expected they will go with four other companies for service in China. A rrarigannAnfsi aro% in prngreists for sending out a large number of orderlies, wardmasters, and stewards of the medical staffs corps at Chatham to India, where they will ho employed in attending on th• sick and wounded troops, and in the general hoe. pital duties performed by the orderlies of that corps. A number of orderlies are also to be stationed at Alexandria to assist the officera and troops proceed ing to and from India by the overland route. Vice-Admiral E. Collier is to have the retired service pension, rendered vacant by the death of Vice-Admiral W. F. Owen. Vice-Admiral Collier, C. 8., whose removal from the active list is consequent upon his accept• aace of the service pension, is 74 years of age. He entered the navy in February, 1796, and his first sea service was as acting lieutenant of the Teign mouth, brig, against the pirates of Guzzarat, in 1803, on which occasion, after the hazardous de stt uction of thirty of the enemy's vessels, he headed a division of seamen and marines in an attack made on one of their forts, where the British were com pletely repulsed, with a loss of 40 men killed and wounded. Mr. Collier was confirmed a lieutenant June 17, 1803 ; was in the St. Fiorenzo, 36, in her desperate confl . ct of several hours, and the capture on Feb. 14, 1805, of the French 32 gun frigate La Psyche, after a loss to the former of 12 men killed and 36 wounded, and to her opponent of 57 killed and 70 wounded. As first lieutenant of the Thames, 32, be commanded the boats of that ship and the Pilot, brig, at the capture and destruction of a large and well protected convoy near Aman thea, July 25, 1810, which procured him his pro motion. Obtaining command, Oct. 27, 1812, of the Manly brig, Captain Collier proceeded to the Scheldt, and thence sailed with convoy for New foundland, whence he afterwards went to Halifax, where the Manly was driven high and dry on shore during a heavy gale, Nov. 13, 1813, and only got off after an incessant labour of three weeks. In May, 1814, having volunteered with the whole of his ship's company to co-oporato with Sir James L. Yeo on the Canadian lakes, Captain Collier gallantly assisted, with the gun boats under his orders, in the attack on Oswego. After bearing a part in many other arduous enterprises he was officially advanced, Nov. 18 following, to the command of the Princess Charlotte, 42. Ile subsequently, from Sept. 8, 1811, until Nov. 30, 1821, commanded the Mersey 26, on the Halifax station. On April 3, 1837, joined the Castor, 36, commanded her during the Syrian campaign, and in the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, had the misfortune to have his leg severely fractured, and received other hurts of a slighter description. Capt. Collier was nominated a C.B. Dec. 18, 1840, and paid off the Castor in 1841. His last active service was in command of the Rodney, 92, in the experimental squadion, under the orders of Rear Admirals Hyde Parker and Sir Samuel Pym. Capt. Collier is deputy lieutenant of the county of Worcester. Admiral . Collier obtained his flag rank, Oct., 1850. Sir James Hanway Plumridge, K.C.8., super intendent of Devonport Dockyard, is now the senior Rear-Admiral The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty : Vice-Admiral E. Collier to the good-service pension, rendered vacant by the death of Admiral Owen. Captains—The Hon. G. F. Hastings to the Blenheim, vice Pelham ; F. Scott to the Meander, vice Hastings. Lieutenants —W. H. Beake to the Cambrian ; A. H. Gilmore to the Renown ; E. B. H. Franklin to the Cu. racoa; S. F. Douglas to the Renown. Master—Valentine G. Roberts to the Renown. Clerks—C. W. Roache, to the Magicienne ; H. H. M'D. Grant, to the Victory ; Bertram Mitford, to the Cambrian. APPOINTMENTS. Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings, C. B. (1845), as we anticipated, has been appointed to succeed Captain Pelham it the ot command of the Blenheim, at Portsmouth, r 60, screw ship, smouth at that and in the t supjrint: tendenco of th e steam reserve Hastings, who is the second son ofth p e o la r te a Earl Huutingdon (who was a captaiu in the navy), en tered the service in 1824, was made a lieutenant in Jan., 1833, and commander in 1838. He com manded the Harlequin, on the coast of China, and led the boats of that sloop and those of the Wan derer and Dido in the attack on the piratical towns of Murdoo and Qualloo Batto, in the island of Sumatra, for which he received the p ubli c thanks of the Commander-in -Chief. As a captain he commanded the Cyclops, 6, paddle, on the coast of Africa, and the Curacoa, 21, screw, in the Black Sea ; and since May last he has been in command of the Ma ender, coast-guard ship, Portland Roads. MILIT I A.. The South Devon Regiment of Militia, under command of Lieut.-Col. Sir J. Y. Buller, embarked. on Thursday at Plymouth, on board the steam transport Abeona, for passage to Waterford, where they are to be quartered for the present.