The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-13 00:00:00

THIS DAY.

This forenoon, long before eight o'clock, a large
concourse of persons, who were, by the regulations otrtre
police, directed to arrange themselves on the south side of
the high-road, had assembled in front of Chases College,
awaiting the period of the opening of the doors to the
public. At that time there were above 600 collected,
end at nine o'clock (the hour of admission) the line ex-
tended nearly half a mile in length, and it was computed
that above 6,000 persons bad assembled. These consisted
of individuals of all classes, end nearly the whole of them
were dressed in mourning. The men wore black costs and
het-bands, end the majority of the women also exhibited
mournful respect for the eminent deceased. A lane num-
ber of country faces were discernible usersg the vest
messes. There was also • line of vehicles of ell descrip-
tions from the Queen's-road, facing the College, extending
j to a distance of about it mile. Several who had come thus early,
I and who expected that they would have to wait two or three
hours before they reached the interior, left to return home.
j In consequence of the opening, several fresh omnibuses:eller.
started on the line, while the old established onsaibumer
have Increased their fares from threepence to expense. The
police orders were approved of generally, es they tended to
prevent greet confusion and disorder. Crowds of persons
and vehseles were approaching the College up to eleven
o'clock.

THE a ry OF LONDON.
This morning the following notice wee freely
circulated round the principal public onion in the City of
London:—
" CHALLIS, MAYOR.
" Maaidlsouse, Nev. 12th, 18 2.
"The Leal Name fatter= his fellow Masons that the
publle hosed if k Ones the late Doke of Wellisgtee
will take pies, IS Thereby next, Nov. 18th, at Bt. Paul's
Cathedral. The Levi Mayer feel. the etscet confidence
that every mesh of en set will be meet willingly manifested
ea dm day Or EMMINIM seism by a weneral suspension
of sisshlonslomi se sot possibly be dispensed with.—By
Mee of the Lid Keyce,
H. GOODWIN, Chief Clerk."

LORD CAMPBELL AND THE LATE DUKE
OF WILLINOTON.—TRIBUTE OF IiESPECT.
This morning, on the judges taking their seats in
tie Court of Qame's Denali, the Lord Chief Justice, ad-
the bar, said : "We have to minimum, that on
the 11th inst., Wag ibe day appointed for
the timid of the late Field-Marshal the Duke of
Welthigtse, the Craft of Queen's Bench will not sit.
We MN that JO will be ossakleral a proper tribute of
rapist tow rawaeryot Oat Elsabloso mentor and states-
man sew aM miessa, esadderlag that vadat Divine Provi-
dense it be aloft mertbed to his genius, his wimp,
and Ida that we mum administering peso ably
taw amiss tbs amigo fries eemstitutiou of the country.

Mors& Ilereisliia, Iles
Ism the upholsterers to the
Osepuestleast the et Losh received Wawa
time to boas Tonal* with Walk (loth.

HOLIDAY ow THE 18tH INSTANT.—The committee
foe the stein of Lloyd's have, in coneequence of
nossessip signed by the members, given
:erne that the 4111111/11611111•In will be dosed on Thursday
neat, the Illth instent. the day appointed for the pubhe
funeral of thelede Doke of 11/. The Stock Exchange
will also be demi, /ern the eostuithss hare not yet given
the neeessery slag notice. m =, however, meet to-
day for that rise. The se Xagiand, the pri-
vate beakers, andi joist-els* bank; MU, as fleas pos-
sible, be closed es Ws anneiss, and la is Would that only
one or two duds sisal be in allendinnes at sash setablish.
ment, for the wpm st paying bills ohms that day, and
divines that_eseg be prese. TMOwlsHowe, the
Ems', the Dorn, and all ease government or public
places appointed ter the traneastion aimless, will also be I
closed, end the nmeestatil e cosounnity, will, it is antici-
pated, adopt, wherever praotiseble, a sunlit: coarse.

tY HIGH TIDE.

Yesterday, one of the highest tides that has
taken place for many yeses above-bridge occurred at halt
peat 1 o'clock, overflowing the whole of the numerous and
sathensive wharves along the banks of the Thames, from
Sonthwark-bridge to Pimlieo, the increase of the tide being
inakdy assisted by the immense quantity of rain that bad
and the strong E.S.E. wind prevalent. From the
to Westminster, every wharf; street, area, and
collar sou overflowing, the water gradually rising at 2
o'clock, the tide having half an hour to flow at that time.
At Ilungerford Wharf every moveable article was floating
about; in meny instances, carts and other vehicles were
with difficulty secured. The Adclphi Wharf, occupied by
Mr. Heileman, was entirely immersed, and all business sus-
pended. In Northumberland, Buckingham, and surrounding
streets, the lower portions of the houses were inundated ;
in Scotland-yard the waters bad completely covered the
front roadway opposite the police station, rendering it ne-
oessery to erect a temporary bridge to allow persons te
enter.
As usual, however, the greatest damage was sustained
on the Surrey side of the river. The open piece of ground
at the side of the South Western Railway was actually
covered with water, in some places three or four feet deep
College-street, Vine-street, and the Ildvidere.erescent were
under water four or five feet. The only way of escape fur
the occupants was by getting out of the upper windows and
dropping into waggons or boats which were taken to their
rescue. The whole of the houses along the Waterloo-road,
as far from the bridge as the Victoria Theatre, had their
lower floors several feet under water.
The neighbourhoods of Stangate, the Bishop's-walk, and
the gardeus of the Archbishop of Canterbury, wore also
covered with water, which was in some places five or six
feet deep. The moment the tide had gained the top of the
wall in the Bishop's-walk it rushed with the greatest im-
petuosity over the thoroughfare, and quickly rose nearly
tour feet in height. Tho boats near the steam-boat pier
were torn from their moorings, and one of them was
forced by the rush of water into the burial-ground of Lam-
beth Old Church.
Fore-street, Iligh-strect, William-street, Lambeth Butts,
were several feet under water, and the thoroughfares ren-
dered perfectly impassable.
The Lammas lands as far as Putney were all under water.
The towing-path on the Surrey side of the Thames was
covered with water to the depth of six feet. At Bermond-
sey and Rotherhithe, and all along the river-side as fir as
Bonkside was covered some feet deep, and it required the
most prompt exertions to prevent the tide from rushing into
the furnaces of the various gar-works, iron-founders, and
breweries near the Surrey shone.

WATERLOO INSURANCE COMPANY.—
MEETING OF PROPRIETORS.
The tint annual general meeting of the proprietors
of 'reek in the Waterloo Life, Eduestion, Cuuslty, and
Self Relief,; ssurance Company, wee held on Thursday, at
the offices of th, ' society,
men of the compel,
or busbies*. Rev. EDWARD JOHNSTOWS, the chair-
Mr. Walden', lu.l's No 356. Strand, for the despatch
v. prtaidrd on the occasion.read the following reports
"The directors of the Urate'rl" Lire "%wale. °411111"871
with peculiar feelings of s-atisfaction appear before the pee.
;ahem, upon this their fle't meeting, (Or the Purim's.ir
laying before them a statement of the progressanti ;7""v"`'..a
of the company, showing an mount of success which nal
far exceeded the most sanguine ext. •etatione of its xealase
projectors and advocates, and confirm'ag 14 the fullest di--
gree the correctness ..f the %lees which ILd to its formation,
and the solidity of the plan on which it wee established.
The date of the complete registration of the company,
was 24th November, 1851; between that period and the 10th
of Mank 1852, scarcely four months, the whole number of
shares being 00,000, and representing a capital of 400,0004,
was lehusfflad for by an ex. entire and highly influential
==l sad the numerous applications which have re.
made for shares, prove net only a growing and
pre~eet►fldence in the intimation, but that the stork of
ssay is daily rising in public estimation. From the
data of the issuing of the first policy, on the 10th of J
enu-
uary last, to the present time, emeraeing &period of scarcely
tea mouths' active op, retinas, no les, than 269 proposals
he 4111.1111104, to the amount of 98,4881. and producing
pemelleme to the °Vent of 3,2001., have been made
to the heard ; of which number, 203 have been completed.
The ored on the policies issued by the company,
' is 71, The premiums on the policies thus effected,
amount to 2,3761. p,r annum, the average amount of the
policies being 3661. be. Your directors consider that these
farts afford matter for hearty congratulation to the share-
holders and the soured; and they confidently believe, re•
lyinr, as they do, on the sound and imperiAable nature of
the principles of the institution and the earnest cu-ope-
ration end assistance of their shareholders, assurers, medi-
cal referees, and agents,—that this company is destined to
campy a promineut position amongst the most successful
of the assurance Mares in the United Kingdom. The
Mieeten have endsaround to extend the humus of t' e
company by the aopuintment of efficient agents in the
principal towns in England,—espacially in Liverpool, Man-
chester, Heading, and Croydea, wlmre, as well as in
Islington, influential public meetings have been held, for
the purpose of explaining the peculiar principles 01 the
Waterloo, and setting forth the advantages certain to
accrue from their adoption,—and they tare much gra.
tification in stating that the results therefrom have hilly
justified the proaceiling, and answered their anticipateins.
The directors have fled under consideration the importance
of establishing local boards in several of the large provincial
towns; and they have the pleasure to announce that they
anticipate a large accession of power, by the formation, at
an early date, of an auxiliary committee in the great com-
mercial town of Liverpool; as also from the establishment
of the Unity Fire Laurance Company, combining the in-
Sn and interests of the Foie aional, Trafalgar, and
Waterloo Life Assurance Companies, which has opened
new and extensive mewls of advance to the Waterloo ; as
its name and principles thus associated will be made
known wherever the Unity agencies are established. The
directors have °hunt d the strictest economy in the work-
ing of the company, as will be seen by the accounts
laid before you this day, approved and audited,
and which they now present as part of tubs their report.
It will be seen, by reference to the balance sheet, that the
directors have invested 6,0001. at interest upon good securi-
ties ; in every case the greatest caution has been exercised,
and it is most gratifying to report that not a single leas his
been sustained. The following gentlemen retire se di-
rectors, by rotation, via.:—Edward Baylis, !Esq., and Wil-
liam Beresford, BA., and being eligible, offer themselves
for re-election. The auditors who retire by rotation arc J.
A. Durham, Esq., and Henry Nichols, Esq., and being
again eligible, are recommended for re-election. In com-
pliance with the provisions of the deed of settlement, the di-
rectors recommend the declaration of a dividend of 61. per
cent. (free of income tax), on the whole of the paid-up capital.
The directors, in concluding this their first annual report,
regard it as matter of congratubitien that the pecuniary
enema of the company his been so far attained, and that in
this the Waterloo has laid a surer foundation for ultimate
prosperity than was observable in several companies esta-
blished at an earlier period, and now holding the highest
foers,jetitrerinanttrgi;euabtelire
estimation.otiono ofßuptrotsheitiflyook forward
to
the full
operation of those principles upon which the company is
based—when pecuniary advantages will become associated
with philanthropic endowments, and the profits resulting
from the exertions of those engaged in this undertaking
will be turned into those channels front whence so much
good, end that of so enduring a character, will ensue.
They anticipate the period when considerable num-
bers of the young will be thankfully profiting by
the educational means placed at their command,
and will be enabled thereby the more suitably to
enter upon the great duties of life,—and when those who
have endured the straggle and turmoil of an unsuccessful
weer shall have found in the benevolent provisions of this
company, that net and those comforts of home and its asso-
ciations, in their old age, which will render life's closing
scene one of peace and serenity. In anticipations such as
these, your directors feel that you have the surest stimulants
Malec exertion, which will eventually realise the 11104440
of the principles which have brought as into association
with each other, and they call upon the very numerous
and influential body of assurers, shareholders, medical re-
ferees, end agents, to respond to the efforte of the board, by
Individual exertion on their own parte, to bring proposals
to the case, and thus extend the beardits of the institution,
while they Inman the value of their own stake in its
hinds. _

The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report.;
Major Ewe briefly seconded the motion.
Mr. BAYLIS addressed the meeting, and at some
length and with great effect combatted the numerous
attacks recently put forth, in the shape of pamphlets and
other publications, against the new companies, and con-
tended- that those with which he was connected (and he
believed all others) were in a perfectly sound condition,
as proved by their readiness to throw open their books end
' accounts not only to the shareholders but to the public
generally.
The SICRITART (Mr. Williams) neat gave a short his-
tory of the progress made by this society.
The report was then unanimously adopted amidst loud
cheers, and a dividend of five per cent having been declared,
Messrs. Bereaford and Baylis were unanimously rc.eleeted
to the office of directors, sad Messrs. Durham and Nicholls
to that of anthems.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings.

- -
BALLOON ASCENT.—Owing to the recent unfa-
vourable state of the weather the fourth and last balloon
anent for the present year for scientific objects, under the
direction of the Kew ainunitted of the British Association,
only took place on Wednesday, Nov. 10th, from Vauxhall.
It being desirable to attain • great height, Mr. Green was
only aecompanied by Mr. Welsh. The balloon ascended at
2h. 21m. p.m., and returned to terra Area at 36. 43m., at
the village of Aerys, five maim from Folkestone, having tra-
velled at the rate of 5.S miles an hour. The wind at
starting was N.E., but, from the direction the balloon took,
the upper current must have been from the W.N.W. The
greatest height the balloon reached was about 23,400 feet,
the temperature of the air being 11 degrees below Zero, or
43 degrees below the freezing point. Although light cirri
appeared above the heads of the reronauts at the greatest
height, yet the dryness of the air was so considerable that
the dew points were, by Regnault's hygrometer, unsatisfac-
tory. One dow point seemed to be 30 deg. below Zero, or 62
deg. below the freezing point, and a second was 22 degrees
below Zero. Air was brought down for analysis. For the
first time, the mronauts were inconvenienced in their
breathing, having to take very long inspirations, with a
sense of fulneu in the head. The scientific details of these
four 'scents, the first df the kind in the United Kingdom,
will be made public when carefully elaborated.
MEETING OF CON VOCATION.—Tho two houses of eon-
voeatim met yesterday morning in the Jerusalem Chamber.
After settling various formalities the upper house ad-
journed to the library
.of the Dean of Wettminster, while
the lower house sat in the Ancient Chamber. A great
number of petitions were presented for, and several against,
the revival of the active powers of convocation ; after
which, the Rev. Dr. Spry laid on the table a representation
to the upper house, setting forth the necessity of a revival
of convocation on various grounds, and accompanying it
with an intimation to the upper house that such a matter
had been introducsd, and praying tho upper house not to
put an end to the sitting till it had been duly considered.
The Rev. Dr concluded by moving a resolution to the above
effect. Archdeacon Hare, of Lewes, seconded the resolution,
which was opoosed by Archdeacon Garbett and Dr. 24%11,
and supported by Archdeacons Sinclair and Browne. Tho
Dean of Bristol moved, and Archdeacon Garbett seconded,
an amendment to the effect that Dr. Spry's paper be re-
ferred for examination to a committee nominated by the
prolocutors and functioned by the convoestim. Resolutions
were ultimately passed requesting the prolocutors to name
a committee of governors for the next sitting, referring to
such committee the paper of Dr. Spry, and praying the
upper house so to appoint the sittings of the convocation
that the house might be able to receive and consider the re-
portof tho committee. The proceedings of the upper house
were conducted in private. The next sitting is fined fur
Tuesday, the 16th, at 10 o'clock.
TREASURES IN CIIF.AFSIDE.—" Why, there are
sometimes three tons of gold a day passing through one
house close by here." Three tons of gold a day !—Tons !
" Why, one customer of *at house has dealings with it to
the extent of a million a month I What the business of
that house will be, paws human calculation. There are
ships an the sea now, sailing away for England as fast ail
they can carry on, with millions stowed away in their
holds! The gold they bring from Australia is so pure, that
nature has thrown the refiners here out of the refining
branch of their business, and all they have to do is to cost
it into golden ingots, value eight hundred pounds sterling
each. It is one carat cod three quarters above the standard,
which is twenty-two carats I While the value of standnni
gold is three pound seventeen and tonpence halfpenny nn
ounce, and the value of Californian gold is below it, the
value of Australian gold is from four pound one and six-
pence to four pound two an ounce ! When the house close
by here sent the first two bars of Australian gold to the
Bank of England, the Bank of England sent them back,
supposing from their purity that there must be some
mistake. When the house close by hero was first esta-
blished, gold was calculated in their accounts by the pound;
it is calculated now by the ton. Then, their premises were
thought much too large; now, they are far too small. Then,
gold lace was in fashion, and the making of gold wire was
a most important section of the husineu; now, the making
of gold wire has been abandoned as a waste of dom."—
Dichess'e " Household Wore."