The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-08 00:00:00

THE PROPOSED PIER-HEAD CLOCK.

Amongst the Mayor's communications was one signed by a
number of brokers, merchants, and others, complaining of
the inconvenience caused by the irregularity of the clocks near
the pier, and suggesting the establishment of a central Pier-
head clock, to be illuminated, and high enough to be seen by
parties approaching either the north or south bridge. After
some discussion it was decided that the memorial could not
be entertained.

WEDNESDAY.
The monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wednes-
day, the Mayor presiding.

FINANCE COMMITTEE.-INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 02 TEE

CURRENT TEAL

The proceedings of the Finance Committee included a
report from the Sub-committee of Finance ; and upon the
probable income and expenditure of the Corporation for the
year commencing Ist September last and ending the 31st
August next. The committee were of opinion that the in-
come of the Corporation, from all sources, could not be
estimated at more than £177,582, nor the compulsory ex-
penditure, of all kinds, at not less than £160,984, leaving a
gross surplus 0f,216,598. The• several branches of discre-
tionary expenditure, which the Council has been in the habit
of making, for the public benefit of the inhabitants, on ac-
count of the Corporation Schools, the charities,• and the
Observatory, would require, if continued, a sum of £3,147,
and there were sundry improvements already ordered which
would cost £1,950. These two sums, making together £5,097,
being deducted from the gross surplus of £16,598, would
leave a net surplus of £11,501. Last year the Council had
voted, out of the surplus income, the amount charged to the
several townships, on account of the' watch-rate, and if this
arrangement were continued the parish of Liverpool would
be benefitted to the extent of £8,525 10s. 6d.; the township
of Toxteth-park to the extent of £1,405 15s. 10d.; the town-
ship of Everton to the extent of £897 12s. ld.; the township
of West Derby to the extent of £687 10s. sd. ; and the town-
ship of Kirkdale to the extent of £303 13s. Id. These several
sums, amounting in the whole to £11,820 ls. 11d., would, if
they were voted, leave an estimated deficiency of £319• ls. 11d.
Mr. HOENBT, in moving the confirmation of the proceedings,
said the Council would have been prepared to expect that the re-
port would have been far less favourable thanhad been the case
for several years. Last year the estimated surplus was
£30,600 ; this year it was £16,600 only, showing a falling off
of £14,000. The deficiency, however, was not owing to any
apprehended falling off of income, which was expected to ex-
ceed the income of last year by about £5,000, in consequence
of the greater productiveness of the Town-dues; but was attri-
butable altogether to large additions to their expenditure;.
which additions were expected to amount, within,the yearrto.
219,000. The principal items of increase would be the
interest on the bond, debt of the Corporations which would
exceed the amount paid under the same head last year by
£6,700, and the loss upon the Birkenhead purchase, £7,000.
There would be an increase of £l,OOO under the head of the
Mayor's allowance, in consectuence of the expenses incurred,
by order of the Council, in celebration of the fall of Sebastopol.
The accumulating fund would call for an additional sum of
£600; and the aggregate amount of these items of increase-
would be, according to the estimate of the committee, £19,000.
He would first move that ths• report of the committee be
received and printed for the information of the Council ;
which having been agreed to, the annual donations to the
charities were proposed by Mr._ Hornby, and agreed to; and,
the grants in aid of the watch rate ordered to be made as
usual. Mr. Hornby then movecithe confirmation of a resolu-
tion directing the sale by auction, on lease for seventy-five
years, of the property now in, possession, and this-resolution
was adopted, after some discussion, by a majority of 34-to 10.

WATCH, LIGHTING, AND TIRE POLICE CO3IMITTEE:
MR.. HODSON'S- CHARGE AGAINST THE POE/CE.

The proceedings of the Watch. Committee included certain
resolutions having reference to what passed at the last meeting
of the Council on the alleged. existence of bribery in the
police force, and. on the mode in . which investigations into
charges of briberyhad been conducted. The first of these re-
olutions was in• the following terms :
" That, after the remarks made on the conduct of•tke chair-
man, at the last meeting of the• Council, the committee em-
brace the earliest opportunity of expressing, in the-strongest
manner, their confidence in himi and of bearing testimony to
the undeviating:rectitude of his character, his strict honesty
of purpose, his unremitting attention to the duties of his
office, and his unwearied zeal in their discharge."
This was followed by another :resolution, to the-same effect,
and almost in the same words, _having reference to the vies-
chairman.
Then came-these further resolutions :

" The attention of the committee having been called to the
statement made by T. L. Hodson Esq., before the Council, of
£2 per week being given to ' the police force' to prevent in-
formations, resolved that a special committee, consisting of all
the members-of the Watch Committee, be appointed to inquire
into and report upon such charge, and that the Town-clerk be
instructed to, write to Mr. Hodson, informing him of this re-
solution, and 'requesting him. to afford them any information
he may have upon the subje* .on such day and: at such hour
as may be• most convenient to•hiraself."

It appeared, from the further proceedings orthe committee,
that the Town-elerk had written to Mr. Hodson: in accordance
with the-instructions of the committee, but that no answer had.
been received to his commimication,whereupon the committee-
resolved, at their meeting on, the 22nd of December, that the•
investigation should take place at the Town-hall on the fot,
lowing Wednesday, at two, o'clock, and instructed the Town
clerk to 'write to Mr. Hodson again, and to. inform him that
the committee would thankhim to attend the meeting, to afford
the Special' Committee any information he might possess, ,to
aid them in their investigation. The Spacial Committee met,
accordingly, at the time and place appointed, but Mr. Hodson,
did not attend, nor was any communication received from him ;
and, after waiting half-au-hour for him, the meeting broke up.
Upon these facts being reported to the General Committee, the
following resolution was adopted :
"That as the publication of serious.charges against the con-
duct of officers in the police, which are not sustained, tend to
impair the efficiency of the whole force, and to weaken the
confidence of the public therein, the-committee deemit proper
to-call the attention, of the Council to the course pursued by
Mr. Hodson, who having, in his place in the Council, ventured
to promulgate a specific charge that some member or members
of the police force habitually accepted bribes to suppress in-
formations, as detailed in the above report, declines, when
called upon, to affbrd the committee the means of investigat-
ing this serious charge, and of correcting the evil, if found to
exist, and yet has not done the-force the justice of withdrawing
the accusations."

Mr. GREGSON, in moving the confirmation ofthe proceedings
of the committee, called, attention to the resolution, and ex-
pressed his opinion that the Council generally would agree
with it.

Mr. BRAMCKER seconded the resolution, and, in a marked
manner, called on Mr, Hodson either to come forward and
substantiate the charges he had made, or to withdraw them.
Mr. Honsor replied at considerable length, expressing his
conviction that the chairman and members of the committee
discharged their duty in a straightforward and conscientious
manner.

After a few remarks from Mr. Joux Anicxx,Mr. GODFREY,
and Aldermen PARKER and LANGSDALE, the proceedings of
the committee were confirmed.

DOCK COMMITTEE.-INCRRASE OF WEIR DOCK BATES.

The proceedings of the Dock Committee having been read,
Mr. CHARLES TURNER moved their adoption, referring es•
peeially to the proposed increase of the dock rates, and stating
that the committee, looking at the financial position of the
trust, at the increased pressure in the money market, and at
the decrease of tonnage resulting from the alterations which
had been made in the mode of measuring ships, under the pro-
visions of a recent act of parliament, had come to the conclu-
sion that it was prudent, at least, if not absolutely necessary,
that some increase should be made. It was abundantly evi-
dent their present revenue, as shown by the income of 1854-5,
was not sufficient to meet their expenditure, and, although
some gentlemen were of opinion that they might safely
rely upon the increase of trade to make up the deficiency,
the majority were of opinion that the sufficiency of their
income to meet their expenditure should not be left in any
manner of doubt. The addition of ten per cent. to the tonnage
duties would barely make up the loss occasioned by the altera-
tion in the mode of measurement. With respect to steam-
vessels, indeed, the loss was considerably greater than the ten
per cent. would cover, but the committee were bound by law
to put both steam and sailing vessels on the same footing.
The addition of ten per cent. to the charges was thought only
fair, because goods had had a great advantage over tonnage in
previous revisions of the rates. After one or two unimportant
questions had been put and answered, the proceedings were
confirmed,

The proceedings of the St. George's-hall, Markets, Educa-
tion, and Gaol and House of Correction Committees were read
and confirmed.—The proceedings of the Health Committee
were read and confirmed, with the understanding that a letter
to which Mr. Alderman Bennett called the attention of the
Council, suggesting an improvement in the manner of num-
bering the houses throughout the borough, should be consi-
dered by that committee, before any steps were taken to pro-
ceed with the numbering upon the plan recommended by the
Borough Engineer.—The proposal of the Health Committee
for the erection of new public offices, on the site of the Sara-
cen's Head, was referred to a select committee of nine mem-
bers of the Council—the Finance, Watch, and Health Com-
mittees each contributing three.—The proceedings of the
Gardens Committee were read and confirmed.--The proceed-
ings of the Church Expenditure Committee included a recom-
mendation to discontinue the payment of the salary of the
organist of St. Peter's Church, after the expiration of the
present year. A discussion arose, and eventually the recom-
mendation was not confirmed, and it was left open to the
committee to make any futnre proposition on the subject.
The proceedings of the Water Committee, of the Library
and Museum Committee (including power to raise, by rate, a
sum of £5,500 for the service of the current year,) of the
Baths Committee, and of the Hackney Carriages Committee,
were read and confirmed.

TEE BIRKENHEAD AMALGAMATION SCIIEME.—The special
committee on this subject recommended the Council to with-
draw the bill for the municipal amalgamation of the two
towns, in consequence of the refusal of the Birkenhead bond-
holders to assent to the proposed arrangement, although Mr.
Hornby said the Birkenhead Commissioners, as far as they
were concerned, were satisfied with it. The recommendation
of the committee was confirmed.
The Coroner's account, amounting to £4O 12s. 2d., was
ordered to be paid.
An application from Mr. Surr, auditor in the Town Dues
office, for an increase of salary, was referred to the Finance
Committee.
The Council adjourned at three o'clock.

THE ROYAL FIRE AND LIFE
INSURANCE CO.7IE.PANY.

(FROM THE MORNING HERALD.)

IT appears now to be almost universally acknowledged that
the conductors of the daily press should not forget, among
their multifarious duties, the necessity of warning the public
to be cautious in its known tendency to snatch at any corn.
mercial bait which presents itself, however extravagant or
impossible of attainment its promised allurements may be.
If this be conceded as respects ordinary business-speculations,
it behoves them to be doubly watchful in such matters as life
assurance, where the victim, once spell-bound by specious
promises, is likely to remain enthralled until, possibly, the
savings of a life are expended, and until, in old age, the
bursting of the bubble suddenly surprises him with the• heart-
breaking announcement that his family are destined to penury
in place of the competence which it had been the dream of
his life he had provided.
Considerations such as these, we suppose, have led many of

our contemporaries in the metropolis and elsewhere recently
to draw the attention of their readers to the position which
has been, attained by one of the many excellent establishments
now in existence connected with life and fire assurance. We
allude to the Royal Insiranee Company ; and certainly the
success of that company has been so rapid, and has so mani-
festly followed on sound prudence in the management of its
finances, that we consider it advisable to refer to its proceedings
as an example to the conductors of similar institutions.

The attention of the public appears to have been first and
mainly drawn to this company by the wisdom which marked
its financial operations in the year 1849. From the annual
report read at that time, it appears- that, after paying ample
interest to its proprietors during the four preceding years,
there remained a reserve fund of £108,640 to be disposed of,
Considering the practice and baneful example of many modern
public companies, here was clearly a, strong temptation to
divide a large sum among the shareholders which, as it turns
out, might have been done in safety, as the manager stated
in, his speech,. a year or two since, that every subsequent year
has yielded a profit and added to the surplus capital, after
paying a dividend to the proprietors.
However, instead of following the course we have indicated,
the-directors of this respectable company added from the sum
named about £90,000 to their permanent capital:, for the in-
creased protection of its insurers. This step distinctly shows
that the company has always acted on the principle enunciated
by one of the directors at the last annual meeting of the pro-
prietors —" that the interests of the assured have s paramount
claim on, the directors—a claim superior even to, that of the
shareholders themselves."

From that moment, as might be expected,•. the company
attained the highest consideration throughout the country,
and has retained it ever since. The result is shown in the
unexampled fact that its fire revenue alone rose,. in about fivb
years, from little more than £30,000 to about £130,000."
A further cause of this rapid growth lies domewhat below
the surface, But is yet of importance. From inquiry we learn
that no fire office possessing half the above revenue-annually
deposits its accounts with the registrar-general.
This fact has recently- been noticed with just commendation
by one of our contemporaries. Instances have followed each
other of late years of firms and companies enjoying a celebrity
almost the growth. of generations, flourishing by the sole aid
of their established prestige, multiplying by these means
their vast responsibilities,, and thus only heaping up by the
aid of their annual resources, which serve but to defer• the
final catastrophe, an- ultimately greater weight of domestic•
and public woe.

These events could never have happened to the sanae•extent
if the public had had themeans to sift and examine theposi-
tion of these establishments annually during their existence.
It has been truly said that the " wealth of the oldest• com-
panies may have dwindled instead of accumulated," so far as
the information which they afford to the public gives any sign.
The resources and balsince,sheets of this great company are,.
on the contrary, annnally registered, and unmistakeable 'evi-
dence is thus given periodically of its capacity to raeet its
engagements.

Ilia we should not omit• the life branch, which has chiefly
attracted attention lately. Thereversionary bonus to assurer&
on this branch is stated to be " eqoal on the average to 80 per
cent. on the premium& paid from ages 20 to 40." Although
this amount of bonus, strikingly large and satisfactory as• it
undoubtedly is, is not unprecedented, as some have stated, it
has evidently reached a point of magnitude which is not likely
to-be exceeded in permanence by any respectable and prudent
()ace computing its liabilities on so sound a principle as that
recited in the actuary's report. This is, indeed, self-evident
from, the statements of that document itself, to the effect that
the mortality has been more• favourable than the ordinary
tables of mortality—the- expenses unusually small ; and that
the-interest on the investments has yielded fully 5 per cent.,
without the loss of a single fraction by bad debt—a financial
success in itself almost unexampled, we should. think, ill-such
large transactions.

If with all these advatitages the result produces such a
bonus as that adverted to,qaeople may indeed. look with sus-
picion on any company either declaring, or leading.: their
assurers to anticipate largerresults in the way of profit. Tha
opinion acquires greaten strength in our minds when we
remember that the bolias.is stated to be larger than that
latterly given by some of the most successfu3l and flourishing
offices either here or in Scotland.

It has been asserted that no check can be devised by which
either the public or even the government, if assurances offices
were•placed under its cautrobabould be able to test the com-
parative soundness or danger of each. We confess that, look-
ing at the report of the actuary of this company, we arrive at
a different conclusion.

The bases of his mathematical investigation of theliabilities
of this company are given• in• plainer terms, and freer from
technicalities, than in the. report of any other actuary that we
happen to recal at the moment.

The safety of thecompUt;ii;ils is proved by the,-following
facts

The rate of interest assumed is fixed at 3 per cent. Con-
sidering the fluctuations ,to• which interest of money is-liable,
taking the scope of an-extended series of years,._ any higher
rate than this would, wo.opine,be unsound. If thedegislature
sokly required that at the periods of valuation, each office
should declare the rate of interest it adopted, that single step
in the right direction would not be unattended. with. good
results.

But further, the future. premiums receivable-are not taken,
it appears, at the rate• which the assurer has, undertaken to
pay, but at a smaller sum, which, in the actuary's opinion,
would at 3 per cent_ interest just provide the- exact amounts
assured. It is clean- that this is another act of judicious
prudence, providing. another element of safety.. It is obvious
that each office includes in its annual charges-for assurance a
sum to cover future expenses, as well as to provide a profit on
its transactions. If this be the case, it is equally evident that
if the present value of those future payments in full were
taken to reduce the present amount of liabilities of a company,
the computer would be anticipating as an immediate disposable
sum the future profits, and would be giving_a delusive appear-
ance of prosperity to the accounts, contrary to, fact. Thus
again we have- a feature in life valuations, which, if required to
be stated, would tend to the security of the assured.
The actuary, having stated his mode of valuation, explains
the sources of future profit in the following plain terms,
intelligible to the masses who are interested in life assurance :--
"There remain, therefore, untouched, for your entire security
and future-profit, over and above the ample reserve set apart to
meet future liabilities under your present engagements, the fol-
lowing items, viz. :
"1. The additional interest above a per cent. which you will,
receive on the said reserve and on the future premiums.
"2. The amount of annual premiums now receivable beyond.
that which is involved in the calculation. This has already been
referred to as the " loading," and will be an addition of upwAnda
of 20 per cent. _ _

"3, The probable advantage of a more favourable decrement
of life than the tables of mortality would indicate, arising from
the high standard of eligibility which has been adopted by the
company.

`f4. The property arising &oust policies lapsed or surrendered!'
The statements from which we have taken these remarks
are contained in a little almanac lying before us, which is
eirculathd by this company, and which contains very interest-
ing and useful information on fire and life assurance, as also
on other general subjects..
We have taken up this subject, and selected as our example
this influential company, as the management, or rather the
mismanagement, of many of our commercial establishments,
as well as insurance offices, has recently startled the prudent
and violently shaken the confidence of many ; and we con-
Bider that by holding up to public commendation any instance
da
judgmentl is hme t fo ransdo
ismucphorastan the h
ane
epresentnd
being
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uf
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governedaffairs
soesuntb
unshaken integrity, we are helping on a better state of things
for the future, and by this case at least, from the eminent
success which has attended the society, are illustrating to the
directors of public companies generally the truth of that
by
homely, though oft-forgotten, proverb, that after all, and in
the long run, " honesty is the best policy."
While upon this subject, we would call the attention of
some of the most eminent insurance companies to the fact,
that there are now in existence many small offices which,
from the nature of the business transacted by them, we are
certain cannot be in a prosperous condition; and we would,
therefore, suggest that some steps should be taken either to
amalgamate the affairs of these doubtful concerns into one or
more respectable establishments, or that the more fortunate
undertakings should gradually absorb their smaller brethren,
and thus prevent anything like public scandal being brought
upon a principle which, under proper management, we look
upon as one of the most valuable of the age.

[JANUARY 8, 1856.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGESag

• PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
tO im"
Rev. J. C. Bates, M.A., of Queen's College, Oxford,
Incumbency of King Sterndale, Derbyshire.
Rev. W. Blow, M.A., to the Vicarage of Layer Breton, n°
Colchester.
• Rev. W. H. Davies, to the Curacy of Shipley, near Hors111:0
Rev. C. J. D'Oyley, to the Incumbency of St. Mark's goel,
Church, St. Martin-In-the-Fields, formerly Long-acre
London,
Rev. J. D. Gray, to the Vicarage of Abbotsley,
Rev. Hobson, to be Chaplain of Kilkenny Goal. folk,
Rev. H. Howes, M.A., to the Rectory of Spixworth, or „tip,
Rev. A. W. Pearson, 8.A., to the Curacy of Sunni*
near Chertsey.
Rev. H. M. Roberts, M.A., Chaplain of Magdalen Co
ford, to the Rectory of All Saints', Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire'
Rev. J. W. Ramsey, Curate of Grays Thurrock, to the NI"
of Rolvendon, Kent.
Ferrell'
Rev. R. S. J. Shirreff, to the Rectory of Woodham
Essex.
Rev. J. Todd, to the Vicarage of Ardleigh, Essex. ,vego;
Rev. H. Tudway, M.A., to the Rectory of Walton-caul' '
in Gordano, Somerset.
sseX• Rev. G. C. Tufnell, M.A., to the Vicarage of Takely, E ht
Rev. T. Wildman to be Domestic Chaplain to the Bight
the Earl of Galloway, at Galloway House, Wigtonshire,
licence of the Bishop of Glan•sow and Galloway• Rodaeli
Huntingdon
Rev. C. 11. Wilson, S.C.C., to the Rectory of White
near Chipping Ungar.

13Iv
DIOCESE OF MANCIIESTEE.—The Lord Bishop of '1 to
chester, on Wednesday, licensed the Rev. John Robinsotc,
the stipendiary curacy of St. Oswald's, Collyhurst;.
_rst,
Ernest Augustus Lang, 8.A., to the stipendiary curacy
James's, Birch, near Manchester; Rev. Alexander Shaw Rey,
8.A., to the stipendiary curacy of St. Paul's, Preston ; of
Edmund Boteler Chalmer, B.A. to the stipendiary c,llfacAiii,
St. James's, Manchester ; and the Rev. John Leighton -ogFeri:,
to the chaplaincy of the Manchester General Cel re
Harpurhey, in the place of the Rev. Charles Marshall'
signed.

COURT AND FASHION.

;fake'
Her Majesty and the Court have remained at IV--
during the past week.
,‘„eet,
LORD STANLEY has left Knowsley for Hughendon AL'
on a visit to the Right Hon. B. Disraeli. the
Ax APPROACHING MARRIAGE is announced betwee „
TOP Lady Emily Curzon, daughter of the Earl Howe, and
Colonel Kingscote, of Kingscote Park, Gloucestershire. ritfl
THE MARRIAGE OP SIR ROBERT PEEL, Bart., 31•P":dt,
the Lady Emily Hay, is postponed until the 17th a
The Duchess of Wellington will celebrate the event
grand breakfast in the Waterloo Gallery of Apsley House' k
MR. WILLIAM Ross, brother of Major-General Sir gritloe,
Rose, is about to form a matrimonial alliance with the
Miss Thellusson, daughter of the Lady Rendleshain, "-
sister of the Lady Walsingham.
eke 01
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the
Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and Prince
ill
nest of Leiningen have been on a visit to her Majesty dui'
the week.
A
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred came to Lon"nn :05'
Wednesday, and visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gl°"gt.
ter House. Their royal highnesses afterwards attended
.A
Faraday's lecture at the Royal Institution, and then retail'
to Windsor.
.01
LORD PALMERSTON, who had been staying since nu' 000,
as the guest of the Queen, took leave on Saturday foreNy
having to attend a meeting of the war department.
Palmerston accompanied his lordship to town.
nt
Ho Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was pre
on Friday, at the meeting held at the war department, 51',0e,
which Lord Paumure, Lord Palmerston Lord Clareni
Lord Hardinge, Sir Edmund Lyons, and 'Sir Charles u".
attended.

TICE Hon. Wyndham Quin, late of the Grenadier GU
only brother of the Earl of Duuraven, is about to forma
trimonial alliance with Caroline, third daughter of Adl)3,,fio
Sir George Tyler, M.P., of Cottesell, Glamorganshire•
Harriet Tyler, eldest daughter of the Admiral, will be niarro,
at the same time to Mr. Edw. P. Richards, of Plas NOY
in the same county.

Ox Saturday, Her Majesty and his Royal Highness grinee
o
Albert, attended by Lady Ely and the equerries in waitiogfo.
the Castle,- and travelled by a special railway train to let
don, in order to inspect the Gallery of Paintins in W 3 to
Colours, fa Pall-mall East. The Royal cortege returned p.
the Castle from town, by a special railway the
Duchess Her he
jesty, before leaving London, paid a visit to her aunt, '.se
Duchess of Gloucester, at her residence, Gloucester Wu
Park-lane. •

S.
ALARMING ILLNESS OF LORD' ADOLPHE'S FITZCLARA— c„1
—Rear-Admira Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence is in ace;
critical state, arising from a relapse of gout, from a stubl)e'r,
attack of which the noble and gallant admiral had been seileo
ing for the last three weeks, On Friday morning be iv •
assailed by the most serious symptoms, and the greatest fed''
were entertained, when the members of his lordship's f 3ra d
learnt from the medical attendants that their patient 13,
seized with gout in the head. About three o'clock on Sul) bis
morninc, a decided change for the better took place, and to
medical' advisers hold out hopes of his lordship's uit'''3r.
recovery, although it could not be said he was out of don,e,
Up to a late hour in the evening the noble lord remained
e
the same, and the favourable change noticed early is "
morning continued.

t
IMPERIAL PRESENT. TO HER MAITESTE.—The roer
Napoleon, with fine taste and delicate courtesy, has sent It,
to the Queen a very pretty and very precious Christmas g, it
It is in the form of a latly.'s album,—and the substance 0,40
is an artistic Memorial of Her Majesty's Visit to Paris. nj
drawings are in water-colour, by the most renowned Freacd
masters. The Queen at Boulogne is bv,dll.- Morel Fatio, °3l
the departure from that port by M. Mozin.. M. 9.“llavet c°l;
tributes two illustrations, to the royal album—The
px,,, at
sailles, and the Imperial supper. The Queen's arrival iu Park
is drawn by M. Guerard, M. Eugene Lami illustrates t
arrival at St. Cloud. A few other drawings are by artists less
known in England. The case which contains these tressul
is got up in the most exquisite style, and with all the richnie
of ornamentation for which French design is renowned. t
book, we believe, was produced for the Emperor at a COS' of
a thousand guineas.—Athenakum. - -

DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF AILESBURY, K.T.—
The
Marquis of Ailesbury expired on Friday morning, at
.
ham-park, the family seat, near Marlborough, 'Wilts. Thi
venerable marquis had been.. in declining health for the
three years, so that the- members of his Lordship's
„,
were not unprepared for the mournful event. The venert,
Peer was born on the 14th of Februnry, 17.7:3, so that be .7470
on the verge of attaining:the advanced age, of 83 years. of'
deceased marquis, previous to his aecession.to the Houserii,
Peers on the death of his father, the Earl cf Ailesbury, in AP ee
1814, represented Marlborough in the House of Colutliic
during several Parliaments, -and was throughout his P"ef
life a zealous Tory of the old .school and warm supporter c,
" our Protestant institutions." The noble deceased is
ceeded in the family honours by his eldest. Geore
liam Fredrickgarl Brnee,Lientenant-Colonel Commandantpr,
the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry, born, 20th Noven.e
1804, who married, 11th of May, 1837, Lady, Mary Carlo
Herbert, third daughter of the late Earl. of Pembroke. by
Lordship was, in 1839, snmmond to the House of Lords
the title of Baron Bruce, of Tottenham.
~ THE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF, HER. MAJESTY'-
YEAR'S GIFTS.—On New Year's Day the-gifts to the (10%63
ing poor of New Windsor, Holy Trinity, .and: Clewer park of
were given in the Riding. School. The arrangements werenr
a similar description to those of formenyears, and the co
v.
mittee of management consisted of the, Hon.. and Very 1-14 h
the Dean of Windsor, Colonel Phipps, and Colonel BiddutP.
with the Rev. Henry John Ellison vicar of Windsor; ti4,u.
Rev. Henry Hawtree, Holy Trinity.;; the Rev. T° s,
Carter, Clewer; and other clergy, the eburchwarden_.
overseers, and some of the leading residents of the three
parishes. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with P.'.l
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the rest of the or:
family left the Castle at ten o'clock,. walked to the RAI
School,. and took their places as usuaLin the gallery overt
eastern entrance, from which they had, an excellent view
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the proceedings. in preparing the list. of recipients care t:
taken that the poor to whom the gift did. not extend last Y":,
should be includad in the present distribution. The naolsb
value altogether was £550.•
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