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London, England, 1855-05-19 00:00:00

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Yesterday morning her Majesty distributed a
number of the newly issued Crimean medals to
officers and men of several regiments and of the naval
brigade, most of whom had returned home wounded
or invalidid from the seat of war. The ceremony
took place in the square at the Horse Guards, where
a raised dais had been erected, and every prepara-
tion made to give the proceedings its due splendour
and solemnity.

The Queen visited the Sydenham Crystal Palace
on Saturday last. On Tuesday her Majesty inspected
a body of 108 men belonging to the Guards, who
had lately returned wounded and disabled from the
Crimea. Next day the Queen honoured the Horti-
cultural Show, at Gore-house with her presence,
and on Thursday went by railway to Claremont to
pay a visit to the Countess of Neuilly.
The Post Ampt Gazette states that Prince Albert,
Prince Leopold of Belgium, and the King Regent of
Portugal, agnates of the reigning Duke of Saxe
Coburg Gotha, have just given their long-withheld
consent to the constitution of the duchy.
In a private letter, written however by an official
personage, from Turin, it is stated that the King of
Sardinia is at this moment negotiating a marriage
with a princess, a relative of Queen Victoria.
The Queen has been pleased to forward to Mr.
Pepper, the resident director of the Polytechnic In-
stitution, the sum of 1001. as an expression of her
Majesty's approbation of the various entertainments
presented on the recent occasion of the royal visit to
this institution.

Count Walewski, the late French ambassador, had
an audience of the Queen on Tuesday to take leave
and deliver his letters off recal. On the same even-
ing the Countess held her last assembly, which was
attended by a brilliant circle. Before leaving London
the Count Walewski and Countess Walewski were in-
vited to a d4euner at Willis's-rooms, by a circle of
their diplomatic friends. The entertainment came
off on Tuesday afternoon. The countess has been
presented with magnificent bracelet by the ladies who,
since her residence in London, have received the
hospitalities of the embassy.
This evening nearly all the Cabinet Ministers will
give state banquets in celebration of her Majesty's
birthday.
[he Queen holds a drawing room this (Saturday)
afternoon at St. James's Palace.

AN account showing the receipt and expenditure
of naval prize, bounty, salvage, and other moneys
between the Ist of June, 1854, and the 31st of
March last, has been published by order of the
House of Commons. The proceeds of the sale of
Russian vessels and cargoes captured by her
Majesty's ships amounted to 02,5571. 2s. The ex-
penditure was 11,895/. Os. 7d., and the balance
50,6011. 12s. sd.

ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for the
despatch of a fortnightly mail for Australia from
Liverpool—viz., one on the sth of each month by
the Black Ball line, and one on the 20th, com-
mencing on the 20th of June next, by the White
Star line. The days for departure from Melbourne
of the return mails have not yet been fixed, but they
will be so arranged by the authorities of that impor-
tant settlement as to afford the greatest possible
amount of convenience to the colonists.

MR. JAMES WILSON, the naturalist, of Edinburgh,
Mr. Ramsbottom, r. Shaw, and other scientific
gentlemen, have just succeeded in establishing that
the parr, or young salmon, must remain two years
in the fresh water before heir migration to the sea.
Thi's discovery will occasion a great change in the
laws of the salmon rivers.

A SCHEME is now in process of incubation, under
distinguished auspices, for the formation of a road
through London, eight miles long, roofed in with
glass, with houses and shops on each side, and
beyond these, also on each side, two lines of rails,
one above the other, the lower for trains stopping at
every mile, the upper for expresses.
Mr. GLAisHEE, from the Greenwich Observatory,
accompanied by Mr. Charles Walker, the telegraph
engineer to the South-Eastern Railway Company,
arrived at Dover on Tuesday, for the purpose of
ascertaining the true meridian of that port, in order
that a standard meridian might be established for
future reference. The attention of the authorities
at the Royal Observatory is now being directed to
the circular theory of storms. A correct daily report
of the direction and force of the wind will in future
be forwarded to them, in order to add to the data on
the subject.
THE prospectus has been issued of an association
entitled the London and Great Western Railway Col-
liery Company, with a capital of 60,0001., in 11. shares.
The proposal is to work mines in the Dean Forest,
and to supply shareholders in London, by the aid of
the railway, with a certain quantity, in proportion to
the number of shares held, at cost price.

THE PRESS.

CIVIC BANQUET TO THE MINISTERS.

THE entertainment given, according to annual
custom, by the Lord Mayor, to the members of the
Government, came off on Wednesday evening. The
banquet exhibited the hospitality of the City upon its
usual scale of lavish splendour, covers being laid for
270 guests. When the speechmaking began, Lord
Hardinge returned thanks for the army, and Sir C.
Wood for the navy. In giving the toast of " Her
Majesty's Ministers," the Lord Mayor said that
although John Bull grumbled a good deal, he was
grateful to the present Ministers for their attention
to their duties ; and, speaking of the Administration,
declared his belief that they " dreaded nothing so
much as to be passed over in silence."
Lord PALMERSTON, in returning thanks, said
It is impossible that any men can be indifferent to the
consciousness that iu this City two great principles, which
form the foundation of the power, the prosperity, and the
grandeur of England, are represented—l mean the prin-
ciple of commerce, and the principle of civil and religious
liberty. (Cheers.) In proportion as those who I may say
are the organs of those two principles are pleased to ap-
prove of the conduct of the Government of the day, in the
same proportion must that Government be stimulated to
increase their exertions in the performance of their duties,
and encouraged by the satisfaction of thinking that those
exertions have procured for them the approbation and sup-
port of the country. We are engaged now in a great and
arduous struggle ; and though it may be justly said that
we know little of this war, except that which reaches us
from abroad—that the thunders of the cannon roll far from
our shores, and that the flashes of battle are not seen by
our eyes, and that the pressure of the contest has not been
felt in our land—mothwithstanding this, and that the war
has sat lightly upon us, however heavily we know it presses
on our antagonist—you may be sure of this, that it is, has
been, and will be our earnest desire to terminate that war
at any moment at which terms can be obtained which are
consistent with the dignity of the country and with the
future security of peace. But the motto of this country
will be—that which I am sure it ought to be—" Peace with
honour, or war with victory." ( Loud cheering.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL afterwards acknowledged the
toast, " The House of Commons." He observed:—
I may at least claim for that assembly the merit of being
an industrious one, for the number of bills and blue books
which issue from that house year by year is sufficient
proof of the attention with its members give to their duties.
I trust that those bills and blue books will produce fruit,
though occasionally a short period may elapse before that
is the result. We hope, however, that we are of use to the
country, because there is in the House of Commons a spirit
which, borrowed from the people and sympathising with the
people, has in times of peace devoted itself to the improve-
ment of our institutions, to the extension of trade, to the
amendment of the laws, and to the various subjects which
in times of peace naturally engage our attention. (Cheers. )
We have likewise shown that in time of war we sympathise
with the people, and that those exertions which the people
are ready to make the House of Commons ia ready to for-
ward and support. I believe that that house worthily re-
presents the people of this country ; and I think that it is
not true, although it was so asserted the other day (by the
Earl of Ellenborough in the House of Lords), that there
has been that change in public affairs, that, whereas for-
merly, when Parliament met, the opinions expressed
therein had great weight with the country at large, and the
speeches of statesmen, of various parties, perhaps, but all
men of experience and practical ability, tended to form, and
probably correct, the opinions of the country, now things are
totally changed, and instead of that duty which properly
belongs to Parliament, the country forms its opinions, and
Parliament does little else than burrow and copy the public
opinion which is already formed. (Hear, hear.) Such
.1 do not think is the case. Such Idu not think it is
desirable should be the case, for when the people at the
general election choose men whom they think are fit to re-
present them, and to whom they can confide their destinies,
it is right and fitting that those men to whom they in-
trusted their destinies should be enabled to preside over
their affairs with that deliberation and weight, and at the
same time with that spirit, which befits the representatives
of a free people. Hear, hear.) I answer for this—l
think the House of Commons has that weight in the
country, and I trust that the House of Commons will al-
ways have that weight; and having that weight, I hope
that it will by inquiring into and correcting abuses, and at
the same time reverencing the institutions of the country,
set an example to the world at large, and show how excel-
lent it is to carry with us the hearts and the minds of a
free people. (Cheers.)

GENERAL LAMARE, whose name will be familiar to
Peninsular officers as the colonel of engineers who
conducted the defence of Badajos, has just died at
Fontainebleau, at the age of eighty. He was one of
the most eminent engineering officers in France.
After the peace he was successively appointed to the
direction of the fortifications of Bayonne, Rochelle,
and Havre. He was at one time a prisoner of war
in England, and it is narrated that Napoleonll.
showed his great attachment to him, by personally
providing means for his escape. Napoleon 111. ap-
pointed him in 1852 Governor of the Palace of Fon-
tainebleau, which post he held up to the time of his
death. General Lamare was known as the author of
several military works, and amongst others the
history of the sieges of Olivenca, Badajos, and
Campo-Mayor.
A COMMISSION charged to revise the system of
naval tactics is now sitting in Paris. A number of
officers from all the maritime ports have arrived.

SATURDAY,

SO 10 V dia.

IN March last, during the late Liverpool election,
a letter was addressed by Mr. Hudson, M.P., to Mrs
Cox, 29, Shaw-street, Liverpool, containing a cheque
f0r101.108., being the half yearly payment of divi-
dends to which the lady was entitled under a settle-
ment of which Mr. Hudson was trustee. Mrs. Cox
resides at a different number in this street ; and the
letter was delivered at the house of Mr. Joseph Cox,
a chandelier manufacturer and brass finisher, resid-
ing in Renshaw-street. Mr. Cox, according to his
own statement, wrote to Mr. Hudson for an expla-
nation; but, receiving no reply, came to the some-
what singular conclusion that tne money had been
sent to influence his vote, and placed the matter in
the hands of the Reform Association. It was proved,
however, that after a little time he obtained the
money fur the cheque. Mr. Hudson, having learned
from Mrs. Cox that the remittance had not reached
her, caused inquiries to be made, which resulted in
the apprehension of Cox, who on Monday was brought
before the magistrates, charged with having feloniously
appropriated the letter and cheque. The case was re-
manded.

MR. BAILY, the celebrated sculptor, applied on
Thursday at the Bankruptcy Court for his certificate.
At the beginning of 1854 he had a surplus estate of
3,3481., but his debts and liabilities at present ex-
ceeded 6,0001., against 1,0001. of assets. To account
for this positon the bankrupt estimated his losses to
have been more than 5,0001., including 4,1001. for
depreciation in the value of his property, chiefly con-
sisting of models used in his business. A first-class
certificate was asked for, butrefused by the commis-
sioner, on the ground that Mr. Gaily had put his
hand to a large amount of bills. An immediate
certificate of the second class was then granted to
to him.

JAMES HOWARD TULLY, the well-known musical
director, late manager of the Strand Theatre, applied
on Saturday last, at the Insolvent Court, under the
Protection Act. The schedule contains debts to
5051. The insolvency was attributed to his having
taken the management of the Strand Theatre, at a
rental from Mr. Alcroft, which proved to be a failure;
and, his attention being given solely to the theatre,
he was unable to attend to his other duties. Further,
it appeared from the proceedings that, from July to
January, the losses at the Strand Theatre amounted
to 2501. Mr. Commissioner Phillips looked over the
schedule, and referred to a debt owing by the insol-
vent to the Dramatic Authors' Society, for plays
written and supplied to him. He asked for an expla-
nation of the entry. The insolvent said it was for
acting pieces at the theatre. The parties were
members of the society, and so much was charged
per night. Mr. Commissioner Phillips thoui,ht it
was an odd entry. The insolvent stated that for one-
act pieces 10s. a night was charged, and for two acts
11., and so on according to the first and second class
theatre. They were called authors and translators'
fees. Mr. Commissioner Phillips wcs afraid it was
all the same thing to authors and translators. (A
laugh.) A day was named for the second hearing,
and protection renewed.

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WAR-OFFICE, MAY lb.
BREVET.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Watson, retired full pay of the
14th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, the rank being ho-
norary only.
C. S. Dickson, Esq., to be Colonel, with temporary rank,
while employed on a particular service.
The following officers, having been selected to serve in
the force under the command of Major-General Beatson,
to have the local rank of Veterinary Surgeon in Turkey
while so employed :—H. Bath, Gent., and J. H. Lane, Gent.
The following officer, having been selected to serve as
Veterinary Surgeon of the Turkish Contingent, to have
local rank while so employed :—G. Poyser, Gent.
Lieutenant J. Meade, 83rd Foot, to have the local rank
of Captain in Turkey while attached to the Turkish Irre-
gular Cavalry.
HOarrrAL STAFF.—Surgeon G. Clerihew, M.D., to be
Staff Surgeon of the First Class; Staff Surgeon of the
Second Class N. O'Connor, M.D., to be Staff Surgeon of
the First Class ; Assistant Staff Surgeons P. H. E. Cross
and F. M. Tweddell to be Staff Surgeons of the Second
Class.

MAY 18.

The following promotion to take place consequent on
the death of the undermentioned officers:—

General S. Huskisson, General finnt O'Neill, Gene•
ral Samuel Brown—Lieutenant-General Thomas Evans,
C. 8., to be General.

The following promotion to take place consequent upon
the decease of the undermentioned officers:—

Lieutenant-Generals A. Maelachlan, Sir T. H. Browne,
and John Duffy, C.B.—Major•General James Lindsay to
be LieutenantAireneral.

The following promotions to take place consequent upon
the decease of the undermentioned officers :
Generals Samuel Brown and Pinson Bonham, and Major.
General J. G. Baumgardt—Colonel Ambrose Lane to be

MAY 19, 1855.

Major-General ; Lieat.-Colonel Henry Bates to be Colonel;
Major William Fenwick to Lieut.• Colonel ; and Captain
Edmund John Cruise to be Major.
MEMORANDUM.—Thc Christian names of Major White,
Madras Infantry, who obtained his promotion by Brevet,
in the Oarttle of the eth Feb., 1835, are Henry Puget, and
not Henry Paget.

10 Tlabg.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 5-15.
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

The following promotions have taken place consequent
on the decease of Rear-Admiral of the White Armar
Lowry Corry :—Rear-Admiral of the Blue the Hon. Rich.
Saunders Dundas, C 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White;
Captains Follett Walrond Pennell, Wm. Alex. Baillie
Hamilton, Edward Purcell, and Charles Elliot, to be
Rear-Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List; Captain
Thomas Bennett to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
The following Captains on the Retired List have also
been promoted to be retired Rear• Admirals, 'without in-
crease of pay:—Captains Theobald Jones and Geo. Lord.

APPOINTMENTS.

Dr. William Lindsay to be inspector-General of Hos-
pitals, and Mr. Peter Leonard to be Deputy-Inspector.
Lieutenant*--H. W. Wilberforce to the Hawke ; R. P.
Gresham, R. G. Williams, and J. A. R. Dunlop, to the
Sanspareil ; H. Burnaby. to the Belleisle; John Pack-
wood to the Retribution; Hon. Arthur Hay (flag) to the
Victory ; Alfred Royer to the Agincourt ; James P. Small-
page to the Cornwallis; Lord P. N. Conyngham to the
Royal Albert. . . _

Chaplain—Ret. Frederick Emanuel Gutterea to the
Hightlyer.
Master—John J. Ball to the Cornwallis.

Acting Masters--Chas. H. E. Farrant to the Prospero,
Second Master—Robert Gilpin to the Dee.

Acting Second Master—W. Montgomery to the Malacca.
Assistant•Snrgeons—F. T. Turns to the Malta Hospital ;
William Macdonald to the Royal William; W. Hudson to
the Rhadamanthus.

Inspector of Hospitals—John Wilson, M.D., to the
Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
Midshipmen—T. M. Kelsal to the Royal Albert; J. G. F.
Leacock to the Centaur; John Irvine to the Horatio.

Assistant-Paymasters—H. Tucker (in charge) to the Al-
ban; Alexander Allen (second class) to the Pembroke.
Naval Cadets—Hon. H. G. P. Meade to the Boscawen ;
A. Bloxsome to the Sanspareil; J. W. Gambier to the
Retribution ; F. Phillips to the Cornwallis ; R. Moffatt to
the James Watt ; A. Bannatyne to the Orion ; F. N. Camp-
bell to the Blenheim; A. G. A. Tait to the Orion.
Acting Clerk—Francis B. B. Baverstock to the Royal
Albert.
Assistant-Clerks—John Harder to the Horatio, and W. W.
Blayney to the Volage ; Samuel D. Stowell, John Valsler,
Edward H. White, John E. Kerr, John P. Dare, Stephen
L. Lancaster, Charles H. Elliott, and Henry D. Edgcombe,
to the Royal Albert.
Clerk's Assistant—Edward T. Boys to the Atholl.
PROMOTIONS.

Corps of Royal Marines—Messrs. W. C. Hesketh, J. C.
Hore, A. Hilt W. N. G. Johnson, J. M. Moody, S. R.
Buckle. E. C. Sparshott, C. L. Owen, G. F. Gamble, S. E.
W. Hemnrane, E. W. White—to he Second Lieutenants.

Second Masters—Thomas A. Hull and John Sit Meet to
be Masters Clerks. Henry Braxton, S. Venall, Henry G.
White, William H. de Carteret. George Jeffrey, Edward
Faulkner, Robert Deveson. A. Low, Henry J. R. Miall,
Edward Jago, Robert J. B. Tucker, and Edward A. Amph-
lett to be Paymasters.

A YOUNG WOMAN was cruelly murdered by her
sweetheart in a publiehouse at Kate's hill, near
Dudley, on Saturday last. The victim is Mary Ann
Mason, who had lived in the family of Mr. Hunt, of
the Sailor's Return, at Kate's-hill, and for some
months had received the addresses of a young man
named Joseph Meadows, a whitesmith. On Friday
night Meadows paid a visit to his sweetheart; but it
would appear that his jealousy was somehow excited,
and early on Saturday morning be repaired to the
Sailor's Return, and shot the unfortunate girl in the
head with a carbine. She survived the mortal wound
about half an hour. Meadows was arrested on the
spot, and confessed his crime, declaring that he had
bad his revenge, and was satisfied. On Monday he
was brought before the magistrates at Dudley, and
committed on the charge of wilful murder.
WINDMORE HOUSE, Bromley, Kent, the seat of
H. Telford, Esq., was almost entirely destroyed by
fire on Wednesday night. The conflagration origin-
ated in one of the sleeping-rooms, and the inmates
effected a safe retreat with great difficulty. By
strenuous exertion the fire was confined to the
dwelling, and ultimately subdued, after a tremendous
destruction of splendid furniture, glass, library, and
other effects.
ANOTHER HORRIBLE MURDER has been committed
in King's County, Ireland, a man named Brian Bergin
having been beaten to death in a most savage man
ner by a party of five or six. A dispute about the
taking of land is supposed to have been the cause of
the act. The father of the deceased, a fisherman
named Bennett, is in custody on suspicion of having
perpetrated the crime.
STEPHEN E. GLOVER, a well-known merchant of
New York, has been arrested in Boston on a charge
of fitting out the barque Milandon for the slave
trade, and required to give bail in 20,000 dols.

THE PRESS.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]

KENT MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
QUEEN-STREET PLACE, NEW CANNON -STREET.
TIM Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Kent Mutual
Life Assurance Society was held on the rith inst., at the
London Tavern, and was attended by a great number of
its most influential members.

The chair was taken by Mr. J. T. King, the chairman
of the board, and among the members present were C.
B. Mender, Esq., of Wolverhampton ; R. H. Haywood,
Esq., and F. Bishop, Esq., of Hanley ; Dr. Goddard, of
Longton ; the Rev. A. P. Hughes, of Gomel; R. Davison,
Esq. ; R. W. Cooke, Esq. ; F. Denman, Esq. ; W. J.
Came, Esq. ; P. Kerslake, Esq.; T. Wilson, Esq. ; J. C.
Burnett, Esq. ; N. Crouch, Esq. ; T. W. Pike, Esq. ; R.
Crossley, Esq.; W. Brownfield, Esq.; C. B. Kelham, Esq.;
H. Bessemer, Esq. ; R. Longsdon, Esq.; J. L. Evans, Esq. ;
T. Minshall, Esq. ; W. Holditch, Esq. ;J. C. Hailes, Esq. ;
B. L. Thompson, Esq. ; J. McMullen, Esq. ; J. Young,
Esq.; S. Rickan, Esq.; W. Anderton, Esq.; G. Fagg,
; J. Burton, Esq.; J. Gould, jun., Esq.: and W.
Baker, Esq.
Mr. GEORGE CUMMING, the Manager, read the Directors'
Report. It stated that since the last annual meet-
ing, 509 NEW POLICIES had been issued, upon which
8,195/. 19a. sd. had been received in premiums. The
ASSETS of the society at present amounted to 31,3981.85. Id.,
and, under the division of profits, realised on the '.24th of
March, 1854, a cash bonus of one-fifth of the premiums
paid was declared upon all policies on which two or more
annual premiums had been paid. It further stated
that the society's ♦NNUAL REVENUE now amounted to
18,1301. 10s. Id.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the Report—
the reading of which elicited the entire approbation of the
meeting—congratulated it upon its eminently practical
character, as regarded the large amount of success which
it had been the good fortune of the Directors to attain
during the past year. It would be unnecessary for
him to allude to the circumstances of active competition
which now existed among the representatives of the
several companies; and, having regard to that, he was
sure it would be most gratifying to them to find that
the assertion made in casual conversation by various
managers and secretaries, that the wonderful amount of
business transacted by the Kent Mutual Society in its past
years was the result of gigantic efforts on the part of the
board, and would not be continued in ensuing years, had
been disproved. It was most true, that great efforts had
been made; but the board never overlooked the import-
ance of getting active and influential agents throughout
the country, and the resuk of the judicious measures
which they had taken in that view was seen in the highly
satisfactory Report now before them. ( Hear, hear.) He
was sure that it was only necessary that the principles of
the office should be known, and its advantages fairly laid
before the public, to command perfect success; and he
begged to move that the Report be now approved and
adopted.
The motion having been seconded by Mr. WILSON, of
Newport, Monmouthshire, was put and agreed to unani-
mously.
The directors and auditors retiring by rotation having
been re-elected,
The CHAIRMAN then proposed that the thanks of the
meeting be voted to the local boards of North and South
Staffordshire, including in the resolution the names of
Mr. Mender, of Wolverhampton, and Dr. Goddard, of the
North Staffordshire Board.
The motion was cordially agreed to, and both gentlemen
severally returned thanks, declaring their confidence in
the soundness of the principles upon which the society was
founded, and that, with the active exertions which they
would not fail to make, it would be sure to make still
greater progress in the country.
Mr. BISHOP, as connected with the North Staffordshire
Board, moved a resolution expressive of their entire
confidence in the management, and their satisfaction at
the prosperity which had hitherto attended their opera-
tions, and added that he thought their local society would
soon be in a position to double its transactions with them.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MANnER moved a vote of thanks to the supporters
and agents, which was agreed to, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Pike,
and Mr. Gosbell returning thanks.
Votes of thanks were then passed to the Medical
Referees, the Actuary. and the Manager.
Mr. HILMAN, the Actuary, in returning thanks, said
that he should have been justified in estimating their
business at a much higher rate of interest than three per
cent., but he preferred being moderate, and could assure
the meeting that the balance-sheet was a true statement of
their affairs.
Mr. CUNNING also returned thanks, and, in doing so,
went into a few figures, exhibiting a highly satisfactory
state of the affairs of the scciety as compared with some of
the oldest offices in their earlier years.
A vote of thanks having been unanimously passed to
the Chairman for his able and courteous conduct in the
chair, the meeting terminated.

The anniversary festival was celebrated in the evening
by a splendid dinner at the London Tavern, at which
Mr. King again presided, supported by a large number of
the directors, members, and supporters of the society,
among whom we noticed Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P. ;
Mr. Lee, M.P. ; Sir H. Muggeridge, Sheriff; Mr. Alderman
Kennedy; Mr. Deputy Lakin; Sir C. P. honey; Rev. H.
Mackenzie, M.A.; Rev. Mr. Cattley; C. B. Mander, Esq.;
James Grant, Esq. ; Dr. Goddard; F. Stanier, Esq.; A.
Palk, Esq., &c., &c.
The usual loyal toasts having been dilly responded to,
The CHAIRMAN gave " The House of Commons."
Sir JAMES DUKE, M.P., returned thanks—observing that
he had not undertaken the responsibility of Trustee of the
Kent Mutual Assurance Society without first ascertaining

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that he would be justified in so doing, and that he felt the
highest confidence in the management.
Mr. has, M.P., also returned thanks, and referred in
high terms to the distinguished position which the Kent
Mutual Assurance Society had obtained for itself among
the assurance societies of the metropolis.
The CHAIRMAN gave " The Lord Mayor and Corperati(n
of London," associating with it the names of Sheriff Sir
H. Muggeridge, and Mr. Alderman Kennedy.
The CHLIRMAX then gave the toast of the evening,
" Prosperity to the Kent Mutual Assurance Society."
He was satisfied that there was no occasion for his saying
anything to enlist the sympathy of the company on behalf
of the interests of the society which they had met to pr(...
mote. (Hear, hear.) The question had been frequently
put—" How was it that the Kent Mutual Assurance
Society had outstripped many other societies of older
date ?" The answer was to be found in those principles
of universal mutuality, which appealed at once to the
intelligence of our countrymen, and their desire to haN e
a voice in the direction of their own affairs. (Hear,
hear.) He felt quite sure that the great things they had
already accomplished would be still far exceeded by a con-
tinued application of the same principles, and doubted not
that the 20,000/. per annum of income, which they had
realised in five years, might soon be immensely augmented.
(Cheers.)

Mr. Alderman KENN&DY proposed the health of the
Chairman, which was warmly responded to by the com-

pany.
The healths of the trustees, kcal boards, and manager,
having been afterwards drunk and responded to, the party
separated, after passing au evening must unanimously in
the promotion of the interests of the society.

antersitg

OXFORD.
The following class-lists were issued on Monday :

7.-ZASTER TEES, 1853.
'S I.
Osborn, E. H., St. John's
Ratintay, W., Corpus Chriatt
Waddington, H., University

Gardner, D. M., Brastaoso
Griffith, Ft, Wadham

Howell: A. P., St. John's
Jeffeock, J. T., Oriel

Appleton, John H., Pembroke
Barber, William, Worceetee
Begbie, Alex. G., Queen's
Duckworth, Robinson, Univer.
Edwards, William J., Jesus
Eltatty, Ernest R., Wadhani
Falcon, Anthony 8., Queen's
ti Hint h, George, Jesus
Harrington, Bich., Christ Ch.
Howell, Edw. T., Worcester
C LAI
Clark, Thomas H., Brasenose
Clarice, C has. W., Worcester
Davies, Thomas L. 0., Exeter
Duthoit, William, Exeter
Gepp, Beery J., New
Gray, James 8., St. John's
Guest, James M. PembrokeHarington, Charles S., Oriel
Made, Benjamin, Christ Ch.
Hosier, John W., Bailiol

5 H.
King, John R., DaMal
Mac-Cheque, Jas. H., Lincoln
?doom, Seaborne, M.N., Merton
Rogers, John, Brasenose
Salmon, Robert J., Exeter
Smith, King, Brasenose
Stowe, Alfred, Wadham
Swaineon, °SWAM L., Brawn:lose
Thomas, David R., Jesus
Tyacke, Joseph S., Exeter
I 111.
Lonsdale, Arthur P., Pa!Rol
Mason, Charles, Worcester
Morehead, Frederick, New
I'ulleine-13osanquet, C. 8., Bel:
Ralph, Solomon K. F., Armee.
Secretan-Jones, David, Univer
Starry, Francis, Exeter
Warburton, W. D., Brasenose
Weigall, Edward M.. Pembroke
Willie, Francis, St. John's
TURA!. SCIENCE.
Be[ Bristly, H. D., University
CLAIM 111.
Estridge, Henry, Trinity

SCHOOL OF NA'
CLASS I.
Mitchinson, John, Pembroke
Welch, Christopher, Wadham
Wilson, Edward T., Exon

CLASS 11. CLASS IV.
Crotch, William D., New Marshall, Thus., St. John's
The following degrees have been conferred:—
M.A.—Revs. Sidney Henry Lear, Fellow of All Souls' ;
John Lucas Sutton, Wadliam ; Alexander Hugh Hore,
Trinity; Thomas Goodliall Atkinson, Queen's; Edgar
Silver, Oriel; and JUHRII Bargus Yonge, Bailin].
8.A.--Christopher Welch, grand compounder,Wadharn ;
Thomas Gilling Gilling, grand compounder, Wadham ;
Thomas Marshall, grand compounder, St. John's ; John
Coare Swaine, grand compounder, St. John's ; William
Esditile Burkitt, Exeter; Edward Thomas Wilson, Exeter;
John Mitchenson, scholar, Pembroke ; Henry Charles
Pryce Jones, Worcester; Albert H. Prichard, Merton;
Henry Estridge, Trinity.

THE returns of mortality continue to show the
effect produced on the public health by an ungenial
spring. The number of deaths recorded in London
in the week that ended last Saturday was 1,183,
almost the same as that of the preceding week. if
the deaths had been the same in proportion to popu-
lation as, taking the average, they were at the be.
ginning of May in the ten years 1815.54, they would
not have been more thaa 1,071. During the last
fortnight the excess of deaths has been about tilteen
in a day above the estimated number. The mean
temperature has been more or lees below the average
every day, except two, since the 20th of April.
Is order to give all classes the opportunity of
making the best of the holiday held to day (Satur-
day), in celebration of the Queen's birthday, the
directors of the Crystal Palace have reduced the ad-
mission to Is., although Saturday is usually the
ss. day.
THE GOVERNOR OF THE CArE has proposed to give
4,0001. to the bishop for the purpose of educating
the Kaffirs. A like sum is proposed to be given to
the Block Drift mission ; and it is said Sir George
intends establishing at Peelton and other places in-
dustrial and other schools for the Miters.