The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-29 00:00:00

EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 29, 18,5.2.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CCCXVII.
THE FIELDS FOR TO-MORROW'S RACES AT

NEWMARKET, &c.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The racing; at head-quarters yesterday was un-
usually interesting;
the appearancs of so many notable
quadrupeds having given it a zest rarely met with on
the first 4y of the First October Meeting. The race
for the Buckenhaua Stakes, to all intents and purposes,
settled the pretensions of Vanderdecken, as he abso-
lutely finished a bad third to Estrella and the Touch-
stone filly.
The Duke of Bedford's petrel—a useful two years
old—carried off the 10 soya. Stakes so very cleverly that
he found a new owner at the selling price of 50 sous.
The Hopeful Stakes was won, rather strange to say,
by a horse from Day's stable 'yclept Brocket, who was
not backed for a single farthing in the ring. He won by
a neck from his stable companion Vaultress, Noisette
being a bad third. The crack Sylphine—about whom
they took 5 and 6 to 4—was beaten from the distance.
She ought not to have born started, for sho was evidently
dead amiss.

The race for the Grand Duke Michael Stakes proved
that Stockwell had not damaged himself by twisting his
shoe, as he took the lead, made all the running, and won
by several lengths. Muscovite—who will be heard of
hereafter in connexion with some handicaps—beat Fiats
by nearly two lengths for second place. flex—who
finished a bad fourth and last—was more than half
distanced.

The last beat of the Third Triennial Produce Stakes
in its result seriously affected the betting for the Cesare-
witch: Ariosto, who made a waiting race of it, coming
when required, and winning very easily by two lengths.
He was immediately afterwards elevated to the rank of
second favourite for the Handicap at 15 to 1. Phlegra
also received promotion for that race, having finished
second to Ariosto. Hernandez broke down badly, but
finished third. Lamartine.who cut out the work to
the Duke's stand—was a bad fourth, and Aaron Smith,
lame before starting, finished fifth and last, beaten all the
way. Consequent upon the decision of this race, besides
backing Ariosto at 15 to],any advance upon 10 to 1 would
have been taken about his stable companion, the Knight
of the Shire; and 25 to 1 was taken two or three times
about Phlegra, whose chance for the Cesarewitch seems
to be a little better than was at first supposed.
The field for the Fourth Triennial Produce Stakes to-
morrow will consist of Hobbie Noble, Daniel O'Rourke,
Adine, Dollond, Father Thames, Maidstone, and per-
haps Poodle, and one from General Anson's and Lord
Ribblesdale's stables. HOBBLE NOBLE and DANIEL
O'RouRKE will occupy the first and second places.
The Rutland Stakes—Elmathorpe, Pharold, Vest or
Noisette, and perhaps Glenavon and colt by Verulam.
ELMSTIIOIIPE and Pharold will undoubtedly be first and
second.

The Match for 100/., T. Y. C., between Jupiter Tonans,
Bst 91b, and Diomedia, Bat 41b, will, I think, be won by
the latter.

I also expect Nathan will beat Jack the Giant Killer,
and Glenluce Nabob, in their respective matches.
The Queen's and Town Plates and 5 sous. Sweep-
stakes do not close and name until this evening.
I am, Sir, sm,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

Sept. 29.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE•

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.
TUESDAY.

Tbo Buckenham Stakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft, for two
yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. One to the poet.
(3 Subs.)
Mr. Payne's Estrella .. (Flatman) 1
Mr. Mare's Kitty of Coleraine f . ......... (Charlton) 2
Lord Eglinton's Vanderdecken (C. Marlow) 3
Betting—Even on Estrella, and 2 to 1 agst each of the
others. Estrella waited upon the Kitty of Coleraine
filly until half-way up the cords, and won easily by a
length; a length and a half between second and third.
Run in 1 min. 27 sec.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old, Gst 71b;
and three, Bst 71b; four and upwards, 9st; the winner
to be sold for 50 soya. if demanded, &e. T.Y.C.
Duke of Bedford's Petrel, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (S. Steggles) 1
Mr. J. D. Shafto's The Moor, aged, 9st ..,(Bogers) 2
Mr. Stephenson's Ravenswing, Bst 7lb ...(F. Butler) 3
Mr. Morris's Youthful Days, 2 yrs, Est 71b ...(Hiett) 4
Mr. Armstrong's Sis. to ./Egis f, 6st 71b (T. Osborne) 5
Betting-6 to 4 sgst The Moor, and 3to 1 agst
Ravenswing. The race was entirely between Petrel and
The Moor, Petrel obtaining the lead at
ethlaeceord. T
cords, and
e
racewinning
wasnot cleverlytim e
d.by a length, and was claimed.
Match, 200, h ft. T-Y.C.
Duke of Bedford's Flirt, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Pettit) 1
Mr. Payne's Catalpa, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ...,,(Flatman) 2
Betting-6 to 4on Flirt, who won cleverly by half
a length. Run in 1 min. 19 sea.
The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sovs. each, h ft, for two yrs
old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst Sib; winners extra.

Last half of Ab. M.
Mr. B. Way's Brocket, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 1
Mr. Howard's Vaultress, Bst slb (A. Day) 2
Lord Exeter's Noisette, Bst slb (Norman) 3
Mr. Bowes's Auld Acquaintance, Bst 51b (Marlow) 0
Mr. Morris's Margaret of Anjou, Bst 51b (Basham) 0
Mr. Osbaldeston's Sylphine, Bst I llb (Hiatt) 0
Lord Ribblesdale's Bounty, Bst 51b (Rogers) 0
Duke of Richmond's Cuckoo ally, Bst 51b...(Flatman) 0
Mr. Wauchope's Bridget, Bst 51b (Pettit) 0
Betting-5 to 4 agst Sylpbine, sto 1 agst Vaultress,
and 8 to 1 agst any other. Vaultress with Brocket,
Sylphine, and two or three others in waiting, made
play until half way down the bushes hill; she was than
joined by Brccket, and they ran home singled out, the
horse winning by a nook; Noisette a bad third. Run
in 55 sec.

The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 son. each, for
throe yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; the se-
cond to save his stake. A.F. •
Lord Exeter's Stockwell . (Norman)" I

Mr. Groville's Muscovite
Sir R. Pigot's Filius
Lord Exeter's Ilex (J. Mann) 4
Betting-4 to lon Stockwell, who made all the run-
ning, and won in a, canter by three lengths. Run in 2
min. 28 see. _ _

Third year of the Third Triennial Produce Stakes of
10 sous each ; for four yrs old; colts Bst 71b; fillies,
Bst 41b. D.I.
Mr. Greville's Ariosto (Flatman) 1
Lord Exeter's Phlegra (Norman)
General Anson's Hernandez 2
............... (F. Butler) 3
Mr. Powney's Latnartine (A. Day) 4
Lord Caledon's Aaron Smith
............. (Marlow) 5
Betting-13 to 8 agst Ariosto and 7 to 4 agst Her-
nandez. Lamartine took the lead, and, with Ariosto in
his track, made play until half way between the Duke's
Stand and home, Ariosto then taking
up the running, and
winning in a canter by two lengths.
Hernandez broke
down in the race, and Aaron Smith was lame before
starting. Run in 4 rain. 7 sec.
The weather from an early hour in the morning until
after the match was wretched, the rain falling heavily
and without cessation; the attendance, nevertheless, was
quite up to the average, and the racing full of interest.
BETTING AFTER THE RACES'
TWO YRS OLD TRIENNIAL.
2 to 1 offered on Pelion.
CESAREWITCU.
10 to 1 agst Knight of the 20 to 1 agst Candlewick
Shire 205 to
to 1 agst Bird on the
15 to 1 agst Ariosto (t)
Wing.
100 to 6 agst 2
t Weathergagel agst Phlegra (t)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
100 to 6 agst Knight of the Shire (take 20 to 1.)
DERBY.
20 to 1 agst •Umbriel (taken to 4001)
' NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT.
ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY.
Handicap. T.Y.C.
Stockbridge Lass (filly out of Sister to Agia), Bst 71b;
—Cuckoo filly, Bst alb—Molasses,
7st 31b.
Handicap. for three yrs old, &o. D.M.
Exeter, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Runnymede, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b
Betwolere, aged, 7st 31b.

501. Plate. D.I.
Garforth, 5 yrs—liesse Homburg, 4 yrs—Pan, 3 yrs.
The Bedford case has been decided in favour of
Azael.
NEWMARKET. WEDNESDAY,TEN O'CLCCIL.

LATEST
(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
ST. LEGER.
6 to 4 on Frantic.
Two v
-RS OLD TRIENNIAL.
3 to 1 on Pelion.
Catherine
-Hayes and Sittingbourne are scratched.
cEsenEwiTem
6 to 1 agst Knight of the Shire.

FATAL
lun Inn, Sydenham, l
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND CROYDON
RAILWAY.-- Yesterday Mr. Carttar held an inquest at the
bG
respecting the death of
Thomas,Eliza-
aged forty-nine. Deceased was a dressmaker,
residing at
Sydenham. On Sunday evening last, shortly
after eight o'clock,erte
severely inj she alighted with some other passengers
on the platform of the Sydenham station. She was ob-
served to stagger, from some unexplained cause, towards
the train, which at that moment was set in motion, and her
dress having caught by the steps of one of the carriages, she
was in a moment whirled beneath, and before the train could
be stopped
, no less than four carriages had passed over her
body- On being extricated, it was found that the poor
woman's left l and right thigh were crushed in a most
frightful manner; the shoulder on the same side was also
ured, with an evident dislocation of the spine,
near the nape of the neck. There being signs of life, it
was presumed she might be restored, and accordingly she
was with all promptitude placed in an u-trai, in order to
be conveyed to one of the Borough hospiptals ;n but prior to 1,
reaching the New-cross station, it was found she had expired,
and her body was accordingly returned to Sydenham, and
placed in the Greyhound Inn. The jury returned a verdict
of" Accidental death."
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of the most eminent medical men in Hobart Town, and by
them her case was considered hopeless. A friend prevailed
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London.

PRAISEWORTHY CONDUCT Or THE ORANGEMEN
AT LIVEUPOOL..— On Sunday last, information having been
laid before the head constable (Captain Greig) that a funeral
was to proceed from Eldon-Place, Vauxhall-road, attended
by a procession wearing Orange favours, that officer, with
Chief Superintendent Ride, proceeded to the spot, with a
view to prevent such a display. We are glad to learn that
the party, on being, informed that a disturbance might be
created by their Wearing favours, at once desisted, and fol-
lowed the body of their deceased brother to the grave in their
Ordinary attire as alOarners.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

The report of the Select Committee " appointed to
inquire into the operation of the laws relating to
Friendly Societies" has been issued. It is as follows :
Your Committee appointed to inquire into the
operation of the laws relating to friendly societies
have examined witnesses thereon, whose evidence

they have agreed to report to the House.
They proceeded first to inquire into the particulars
of those cases of alleged hardship or injustice which
have been brought under the notice of the House
during the present session by petitions from different
parties.

- 1. The Act of 1850, which is the existing law re-
gulating friendly societies, contains a proviso that it
shall not be lawful for any society established under
this Act to assure the payment of any sum exceeding
1001., nor any annuity exceeding 301. per annum,
nor a sum in sickness exceeding 20s. per week. It
also prohibits nomineeship to others than widowers,
widows, or children of members, and it reduces the
interest payable on future deposits made with the Na-
tional Debt Commissioners to 31. per annum instead
of 31. 16s. Old.
- -

one operation of these clauses has been to oblige
certain benevolent and useful societies at Dublin,
Cork, and Limerick, and certain other societies esta-
blished nearly a century ago in the north of Ireland
for providing au income for the widows of Presby-
terian ministers, to suspend their transactions, because,
Ist. Those societies grant annuities to an extent
exceeding the limits of this Act.
2d. They grant them to nominees, such as sisters
and brothers, nephews and nieces, cousins, and
strangers is ood.
3d. They are reluctant to reduce their benefits to
suit the lower rate of interest.

Dr. Cooke and Dr. Montgomery appeared before
your Committee, and their evidence shows that their
society is the main dependence of the members of
their ministry, as a provision for their widows, and
that it has existed nearly a century, was recognised
by the Irish Parliament, 36 George III.; was en-
rolled in 1809 under the 49 George III.; and that they
had been formally placed within the Friendly Societies
Act by 2 William IV., c. 37. They complain, be-
sides, that the Act requires tables, a bond from the
treasurer, that a member may not belong to two
societies, that societies should be forced to make re-
turns to the registrar, and that they should not be
allowed to lay out their money in land.
Your Committee see no good reason why the limi-
tation as to the amount of annuity on sickness may
not be withdrawn in the next Bill, if only care be
taken to require that the tables for such annuities,
where the amount of such annuity is certain, be cal-
culated by a competent actuary, and the contributions
be kept distinct.
On the other heads of complaint your Committee
think that the case of these long-established societies
is deserving of a special Act, and that it is not ad-
visable to alter the general law in order to accommo-
date their requirements, however unobjectionable or
praiseworthy they may be.
2. A petition has been presented from 83 assurance
companies, complaining that certain five friendly so-
cieties, established under the 10 Geo. IV., c. 56, be-
fore the year 1840—[Clergy Mutual, Friends Provi-
dent, Provident Clerks, National Benevolent, United
Kingdom Temperance]—claim to have the power to
make their policies, by a clause in the policy, pay-
able to widow or widower, or child of a member, to
any amount, and that such policies are exempt
from legacy and probate duty ; that these so-
cieties have ceased to possess the character for which
Parliament granted privileges; that they have an
unfair advantage, from being constituted under the
Friendly Societies' Act, which is equivalent to tt
charter, being in reality trading life assurance com-
panies; and they ask to have such societies confined
in their transactions to the limits prescribed by the
Act—namely, of 1001., or compelled to be reconsti-
tuted in the same manner as other life companies.
Your Committee examined several witnesses in
support of this view, as well as other witnesses on the
part of the societies against whom the complaint was
laid, and they refer the House to the evidence, which
is of an interesting and curious nature.

It ought also to be borne in mind that the security
and good management of a society depend in no
small degree upon the amount of their transactions
and of their revenue; and it is desirable, therefore, to
induce the poorer classes to insure in societies in
which the richer also insure ; and these five societies
have beyond question conduced in a very material
degree to extend downwards in the scale of society a
knowledge of the principle of mutual assurance and a
disposition to embrace the advantage of it.
The other alternative your Committee incline to
recommend to the attention of Parliament—namely,
to allow the privilege of exemption from stamps and
from probate and legacy duty to the policies of all life
assurance offices, as well as friendly societies, to the
amount of 5001.

This amount is taken because whatever limit may
be fixed upon that will virtually be the limit of the
provision made for their families amongst the great
mass of those parties whose interest is intended to be
advanced by any Legislative measure on this subject.
Your Committee refer to the very explicit evidence
of the chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue and
of Mr. Trevor to show that, in their opinion, the loss
to the public purse would be inconsiderable if put in
comparison with the national benefit which they be-
lieved would be achieved.

If Parliament should adopt this proposal, it will of
course be necessary to guard the privilege from
abuse, by annexing conditions to all societies or as-
surance companies, which may avail themselves of it ;
amongst which the most prominent should be, that a
minute and strict return of the pecuniary condition,
and annual accounts of each should be made, to be
laid before Parliament.
It may also be found that, irrespective of any pe-
cuniary advantage, such a plan may be the means of
checking the formation of delusive and ill-founded
schemes for establishing life assurance companies ; and
this is a subject of so important and critical a nature,
that although your Committee do not feel justified by
the terms of their reference_ to enter upon it in detail,
they yet think it right to press it upon the notice of
the House.

Your Committee examined Mr. Pratt, the registrar
of Friendly Societies, about the tenure of his office,
and the constitution of it. lle states that he is the
sole depository of all the various mass of miscellaneous
matter which in the last twenty years has been
poured in from above 10,000 societies ; and he
suggests that a board should be formed, for the pur-
pose of superintending the management of friendly
societies, and of affording advice and information
when applied to; of furnishing correct rules and
tables at a small expense, for which they would em-
ploy eminent actuaries, or the Institute of Actuaries,
and of requiring societies which are possessed of le-
gislative privileges to act up to the rules on which
they were established.

The last witness who gave evidence before your
Committee was Sir Alexander Spearman, the Comp-
troller-General of the National Debt Office. His
evidence is particularly deserving of the serious at-
tention of the House.

He states that his office has at present no means of
chocking or verifying any sums transmitted by any
society to him for investment, beyond a simple decla-
ration, tendered at the same time with the money ;
that the interest payable is higher than that which
the Government receives ; that the risk is great in
case the funds were to go down, that the societies
might draw out their money, and ;the difference be-
tween the price when sold and when it is invested,
would be so much loss to the country; that sums
have seldom been drawn out when once invested with
the National Debt Commissioners, and it is open to
surmise that the claims which ought to be met from that
money so invested, have been liquidated from other
means, and so the capital which bears a very high in-
terest has remained untouched, to the prejudice of the
public revenue ; that the total amount of capital be-
longing to Friendly Societies so invested is 2,393,0001.
at an interest, part of 4/. lls. 3d. and part of 31. lfis.,
whereas the average rate of interest realised during
the last 12 years has been only 3/. 48. 9d., and that
the total loss, if the whole were sold out and paid off
at the present price of stocks, would be 127,0001.
That, in the case of the Clergy Mutual Society, if
the accounts with them were closed at present, the
revenue, on the contrary, would have gained a profit
of 5,900/,
Sir A. Spearman agrees with Mr. Tidd Pratt in his
suggestion of a board, so far as to desire that a larger
number of persons should have cognizance of the
management of his office; he thinks that
interest of friendly societies that theshould it is the
be placed
under greater control than at present and that the
existing state of things as regards the registering
merely of the name and rules, is unsatisfactory in a
public point of view.
In the opinion of your committee the subject of in-
vestments and of interest payable upon them requires
as on the one to be maturely considered, soside to
protect the revenue, and on
the other to keep faith
with parties who have
acted under the saection of
Acts of Parliament. A. power is evidently wanted to
obtain a more full investigation of the accounts of all
societies investing throng
and of requiring h the National Debt Office,
that such investments shall be sub-
ject to reduction in proportion to the just demands
which ought to be payable from them.
All these subjects ought to be examined and
settled whenever a Bill shall be brought in for render-
ing permanent the law relating to friendly societies,
which at present has a limited duration.
It does not appear to your Committee that these
five societies have been acting contrary to law. The
Act under which they are enrolled declares in its
preamble that it is expedient to give protection and
encouragement
to the formation of friendly so-
cieties, and enacts that any number of persons, with-
out distinguishing any. particular class or condition,
may form themselves into a society. To societies so
established that Act gave privileges of interest at 34

16s, o,ld. per annum, exemption from stamp duties,
priority of payment from executors of persons dying
in their debt, and exemption from probate duty to the
amount of 201.

The Act 3 and 4 Viet., c. 73, took away all ex-
emption from stamp duty, and power to invest in
I savings' banks or with National Debt Commissioners,
from the societies granting an assurance above 2001.,
and as a compensation for these privileges, it allowed
in direct terms a power of assuring to any party a life
policy by nomination.
The existing Act, which passed in 1850, restricted
this:last remaining privilege of nomination to the case
of a widow, widower, or child, but imposed no re-
striction of amount in their case.

......
The Clergy Mutual Society seems to have been the
first which undertook a large description of insurance
under the Act of 1829, by issuing policies to the ex-
tent, first of 1,0001., afterwards of 5,0001. The pre-
sent number of their policies is above 2,000, and the
average amount is about 9501. Their capital is
525,0001., of which 315,0001. is invested with the
National Debt Commissioners. The expense of ma-
nagement is four per cent., nothing is paid for agency.
Annual income, 60,0001. per annum.
The Friends' Provident Association, at Bradford,
has a capital of 350,0001., of which 96,0001. is in-
vested with the National Debt Commissioners. Mem-
bers, 2,079. Average amount of policies, 700. Ex-
tent of life assurance, 2,000/.
The Provident Clerks' Society was established in
1840. Has a benevolent fund attached for granting
loans, annuities, and gratuities, raised by 10 per
centage on all profits, and a small subscription from
each member. Capital, 84,0001. in Three per Cents.
stock, and 6,450/. on mortgage. Average amount of
policies, 1921. Number of members, 2,735.
The National Benevolent Institution was esta-
blished in 1835. The annual income arising from
premiums is 167,0001. ; the interest on capital,
• 0/.
33'°°°4 ; the capital is about 800,0004, of which
93,0001. is invested with the National Debt Com-
missioners. The number of members 9,300, and the
average amount of
extent of life assurance is r 001.
The United ii•
the policies is about 500/. The
established eleven logdom Temperance Society was
their policies is 1301.
exemptions
passed
for the
Years ago ; the average amount of
Although it appears that thesesocieties possess and
exercise privileges and
for which they
can allege specific statutes,.
encourage-
meat and protection of friend! appears
to your Committee, that as triesocheties, it
outgrown the particular class of 3:31)*
ri.
eave manifestly
in the contemplation of Parliament whenobject which were
fact those
life sta-
tutes were passed, and have become in
as-
surance offices, they ought to be placed upon
equal footing, in respect of such exeroptio, wiatnh
other assurance companies ; either by being de.
prived of those privileges, or by extending them to
all alike.

There are grave considerations which should make
Parliament hesitate before it proceeds to adopt the
former alternative.

To make provision for a wife or family out of the
savings of a salary, or wages, or small income, is an
object which ought unquestionably to be fostered
and encouraged. This would be checked and damped
if an advantage hitherto offered should now be with-
held.

But it is said, confine these exemptions to societies
which do not issue policies above 1001. or 2001. If
this were done, so far as these five societies com-
plained of are concerned, they would indeed lose the
privilege which they hold under the specific authority
of Acts of Parliament; but they would still continue
their transactions, and would be in the anomalous posi-
tion of being constituted under friendly societies Acts,
but destitute of all the benefits conferred by such
Acts.

STATUE of the DUKE of WELLINGTON

at MANCHESTER.

A meeting called by circular by the Mayor, Mr.
Robert Barnes, was held yesterday afternoon at the
Town-hall, in Manchester, for the purpose of consi-
dering the propriety of erecting a permanent memo-
rial of the late Duke of Wellington. The meeting
was attended by many of the most influential people
in the town. The Earl of Ellesmere and the Earl of
Wilton arrived before the commencement of the pro-
ceedings, and the Bishop of Manchester arrived
shortly after. The Mayor of Manchester was unable
to be present, illness obliging him to go to Harro-
gate; Sir John Potter, therefore, officiated for him.
In opening the proceedings, Sir JOHN said they
were brought together by the demise of England's
greatest son—of a man ' alike distinguished by the
wisdom of his counsels in the field and his counsels
in the senate—a man who, by his brilliant victories,
raised the name of England to a height it had never
before attained—and who by his victories had secured
to us more than thirty years of continuous and com-
plete peace.—(Cheers.) Whether as a statesman or
a general, all must feel that the Duke of Wellington
would ever rank foremost amongst the heroes of
Europe. It was felt two years ago that something
should be done to testify the gratitude of the commu-
nity for the services Sir Robert Peel conferred upon
us, and surely it was a duty now to make equal, nay
greater, efforts to commemorate in Manchester, the
centre of the peaceful industry of England, the
memory of the man to whose achievements we owed
the peace upon which every domestic and commercial
blessing had rested.—(Cheers.)
Mr. THOMAS BAZLEY proposed the following reso-
lution :—" That in order to testify the high admiration
entertained by this community for the exalted talents
and distinguished public services of the late lamented
Duke of Wellington (as a soldier and as a statesman),
it is, in the opinion of this meeting, desirable
that a statue should be erected in Manchester,
by public subscription, to his memory ; in grateful
recognition, as well of his transcendent genius and
undoubted courage, which, under Providence, secured
to himself the reputation of the greatest general of the
age, and to his country the enjoyment of prosperity
and liberty, as of the deliberative wisdom, disinte-
rested judgment, and noble spirit of patriotism which
ever directed his endeavours to perpetuate and extend
the invaluable blessings of peace. '—(Cheers.) lie
remarked that of the loss which the nation had sus-
tained in the death of the Duke of Wellington, hap-
pily there only prevailed in the vast community one
opinion, and that was well embodied in the sentiment
of regret, and of desire that the glorious deeds of the
great Duke should be bad in memory, and that a
permanent record should be raised to remind posterity
of the deeds he had done, and to perpetuate the grati-
tude of the age and generation in which he had ex-
isted. Having quoted the words of Lord John Rus-
sell at Stirling, Mr. Bailey proposed the resolution.
The Mayor of SALFORD (Mr. Ashton) seconded the
resolution, and expressed on behalf of the inhabitants
of that borough the pleasure they bad in joining in
the testimonial to one who had benefited both
boroughs alike. He was happy to find it was in-
tended to place the statue in front of the Royal In-
firmary, in company with that of Sir Robert Peel,
and (he had been further delighted to learn from a
private source) in company with a statue of the Duke
of Bridgewater, another of the great benefactors of
Manchester. It seemed to him that the site was
chosen well for placing the memorials of three of the
greatest benefactors of the land in front of the most
noble institution they had for the amelioration of the
whethbeyr
theth e
suffering of the poor.
A short discussion then ensued as to
character of the memorial should be decided
meeting. There was an unequivocal feeling
lmani-
fested that it should be a statue—whether
The resolution was carried unanimously.
The or otherwise, to be left with the
The Rev. Canon CLIFTON moved tiltetee'e
stated that it was to he understood ahrit was
Ames of a
number of gentlemen to actcommittee. equestrian
sired to confine the subscriti oo
tthea
town
Man-
chester. As Manchester wasouthtea centre of the ma-
nufacturing districts, it was eight that the statue to
ofn de
be erected should be the 'oint contribution of all the
manufacturing districts connected with it. The mayors
of all the neighbouring boroughs bad been summoned
to the meeting on that groU°
Mr' J. C. HUNTER, in oeconding the resolution,
read a list of twenty-four firms and individuals who
had contributed 1001. each. Several would have given
thought that 1001. was a very fair
limimore, but it was Wilton,it. Mr. Hunter expressed
s of the Earl of Wi and the Earl
appearedof tliesTmheer:ane canvassing committee
his confidence ""
withgoodabe raised.
101\0.10r0. in
dth t the names of several fo-
m. Ross move a
Germans, Portuguese, and Spaniards, resi-
reignere,
e. might and should
resi-
dent in the town, should be added to the committee.
lie knew that they were anxious to join with their
English friends in testifying their respect to the me-
mory of the great deceased.
The resolution was then put and carried. Another
resolution of a formal character was passed, and the
business of the meeting concluded with a vote of
thanks to Sir John Potter, moved and seconded by
the Earls of WILTON and ELLESMERE.
Some subscriptions were banded in, and at the close
of the business the subscription list stood at 2,5501.

TUE INFERNAL MACRINE.—The Illoniteur de
l' Armee says—" It has been reported that the conspiracy
against the life of the President was hatched at Toulon,
where the machine is said to have been constructed. It was
calculated to make 800 victims. According to the same
version, arrests are said to have been made simultaneously
at Marseilles and Toulon, and it is added that the authors
of the plot form part of a secret society called Les lieu-
geurs.”
QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY.—Within the lest week no
fewer than 150 vessels, corn-laden, have arrived; some have
left for other ports, but about 80 still remain.
A vessel is
also lying here, the Lord Auckland transport, having on
board 260 convicts, taken from the Spike Island convict de-
pot, about to sail for Van Diemen's Land. These men have
been presented with tickets of leave for good character, and
on arrival in that colony are to be permitted to turn their at-
tention to any pursuit they please. The expense of sending
out these men will fall little short of 10000/.
home or colonial Government is to pay'
Usable
their transit We
ablo t 9 Whether the

HEAL

Last
rnetrop,
return

213; b

of whici

register,
respond

number

for the
Fatal
flat
in the p.
iy the _
the previous week. The mortality arising from
measles at the present time is unusually low, only
two and five cases respectively having been registered
in the last two weeks. Scarlatina, however, makes
progress, as is shown by the steady increase
of deaths referred to since July ; the numbers during
the last eight weeks were, 38, 47, 49, 51, 53, 58, 67,
and XB3. In a case that occurred at 14, Dean's-
place, Vauxhall-bridge-road, the cause of death is
entered thus—." Malignant scarlatina (3 days) ; im-
perfect drainage. Diarrhees, which continues to de-
cline, was fatal last week to 61 children and 11
adults ; cholera, to 7 persons ; typhus, remittent
fever, &c., to 45.

The following are the seven deaths from cholera
registered in the week :

In Fulham, at 9, North-row, North-end, on Sep-
tember 22, the daughter of a labourer, aged 2 years,
" summer cholera (4 days ); serous effusion on brain
(one day)."

At 5,-Still-alley, Bishopsgate, on the 19th of Sep.
teniber, the son of a musician, aged 2 years," cholera
infantum (11 days)." Mr. Spencer, the registrar of
St. Botolph, says that " this is a close and crowded
place, with little ventilation, and occupied by very
poor persons ; a drain is in the middle of it, which is
frequently choked up and emits offensive effluvia."
In Haggerstone West, at 14, Whitmore-road, on
the 18th of September, the son of a baker, aged one
year, " infantile cholera (10 weeks)."
In Mile-end Old Town, Upper, at U, Bedford-
place, on the 13th September, the daughter of a
cheesemonger, aged 4 years, " cholera (12 hours.)"
In Lambeth, in ftrst part of Waterloo hub-district,
at 8, Bond-place, on the 19th of September, a general
dealer, aged 56 years, " bilious cholera."
In Peckham, at 2, Batten's-yard, High-street, on
the 23d of September, the widow of an organist, aged
64 years " cholera (16 days)."
At Queen-street, Lewisham, on the 19th of Sep-
tember, the son of a labourer, aged 17 days, " cholera
infantum" (one week).
_

On the 25th of September, at 4, Wood's-yard,
South Hackney, the daughter of a laboirer, aged
six months, died of " diarrhcea" (30 days). The
medical attendant and parish surgeon writes on the
certificate—" There is a most offensive smell from a
pig and cow yard in this court; there is no drainage
or proper water; there is one pump for eill the
houses,
but the water is so bad that the?-inhabitants
Cannotuse it."
At 1.0,
streets adjoining of September,days), haemorrhage printer, • Nears,,
a aged 20 " typhus (17
drained. The
bowels."
ylialrrd.
atS ttebibe
observes--e Theßrnuugesawrieckbf.adtrmleyet, Homerton, op the 24th
houses in Brunswick-street and
back of the ho
pass away. A conitsnht
filthy state from' whichean
s ethis b maasns
acli
lige dyiosu irn, ;s
nostrilsm ost
refuse water not being able to
occupied by two and treaefd
thathe
as you enter the passage, t
At 4, Harrow-alley, Aldgamt ilTs."
most of the houses are
the son of a butler, aged 214 e'
regard-
less. n
diedth the 20.5 f t
,1 3,
encepha-
litis; f Sep t ~
serous effusion (4 days)."
at-
tendant states on his certificatethis house is
ispersistand‘‘ lilresiding
medical
hsuurmroaunnhdaehditabtyions.lauTghhetelrr-ihsohupseoso,runfit for
in these filthy localities, although forewarned
consequences, of which they are indeed quite of the
less. The blood is always found vitiated, •
owing to the
want of proper ventilation and food." - ..
On the 23d of September, at 13, Upper Cornwell-
street, St. George's-in-the-East, a painter, aged 42,
died of " inflammation and enlargement of the muscles
of the neck (one week), vomiting of blood." The me-
dical attendant in this case writes as follows on his
certificate :—" Three months ago flails man received:a
hurt under the chin, from which time he had fre-
quently complained. A week ago he came to our
surgery, complaining of something like a crumb of
bread in the windpipe. Nothing could be discovered ;
inflammation around the muscles of the neck, with
some difficulty of breathing, came on, and resisted all
treatment. On Thursday morning early he was
found dead in the yard of his residence, having
brought up a large quantity of blood. No post•
mortem inquiry took, place."
The following is an extract from Mr. Bensted's re-
turn for the subdistrict of St. John, in the district of
St. Olave :—" On September 27, at 4, College-street,
the daughter of a mariner, aged 1 year, died of ' pneu-
monia (one week).' On September 22, at 8, Horse-
lydown-lane, the daughter of a printer, aged 10
years, died of `pneumonia (one week).' On the 22d
of September, at 1, Potter's-fields, a mercantile clerk,
aged 53 years, ' pneumonia (one week).' Thes4Bree
persons were seized with the same complaint within a
few hours, all lived near each other, and all died at the
end of one week's illness." _ .

A gentleman, aged 74 years, died of "stone in the
bladder (several years) ; lithotrity and effects of chlo-
roform; disease of prostrate." Two persons died of car-
buncle, viz., a whitestnitb, aged 63, who was brought
from Cow-cross-streets, and died on the 22d Sep.
tember in St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; and the widow
of a master mariner, aged 71 years, who died on the
21st of September, at 25, Grosvenor-street, of "car-
buncle (3 weeks), cerebral congestion (3 days)." A.
sign and label writer died on the 15th of September,
at 6, Green-street, Leicester-square, of " general de-
bility, with diarrbcel (2 months)," at the remarkable'
age (as stated) of 102 years and 7 months.
STATE OF THE WEATIIER DUK-NG THE PAST NVBEK

SUNDAY.—The sky was overcame throughout the day •,_
cirrostratus. Rain fell heavily during the earlier portion of
the morning.

—MONDAY.--The sky was one-third pad covered till 10h.
A.M., three-fourths covered till after noon, and during the re-
mainder of the day the amount of cloud was variable;
cumuli, cumulostrati, and cirrostrati. Frequent showers of
rain fell.

TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast till noon, three-fourtbs
were covered till 7h. r.m., and clear afterwards; cumuli,
cumulostrati, and cirostrati.

WEDNESDAY.—Tho sky was free from cloud till near
noon, one half covered till 6h. P.M., and generally overcast
afterwards; cumuli, cumulostrati, and cirrostrati.
THURSDAY. —During the whole of this day
t short mist was prevalent, obscuring objects from vievr4l,l
dis-
tances. At night the moon's
„, place was just
vi
horizon thick
FRIDAY. —A dense fog till 1011. a.m., the
during the greater party Towards
became fine, the sky partially free from cloud,
of the day. a very thick
noon the day
SnAigTU htl:DAY.—The morning was and wholly so
at
linouisdtyir.a om thiinohf.ofxwa,s
wpriteh-
valent. The sky was
cum free froru
situated near the horizon. The
the exception of a few
2d Positive, with moderate ten-
ELECTIUCITY.—SePt• 2 '
nniigghhtt.was clear, but a thin fog sit
ogbegan to collect before mid-
Sion during the
The mean
readingcirn ianfhgt.a thermometers hi p . placedd reaodneatchhe main-
mast of the Dresdn
°-uLd the mean reading at 9h. F.M. was
9h. A.M. was
52.7 e ; the
mean
53.1 e and 51-6 Q respectively.
55•2°;eadinge at the Royal Observatory for the
same timeS
Th in of the week to 29.51 in. by 91.1. F.M. on the
The readf:gerof the barometer increased from 29.14 in. at
by 3h. h
t.
he P.M.
24th;on tahned2o
decreasedth ;
in-
creased to 30*35 by 9h. .
beginning
in. to 29 .3 in.
A. mb
to
the
eth b;
—29.90 in. by the end of the week.

...._ ,
__,
T 1 ) FXOI., :iii 1114 g
04 URING THE ~g
(F . ..., t' .1 . ‘..._ , ~.., z r ncral's Report.)
vv.:, . -4,...,717 ,ie• .- ~ ere registered in thr
,alit:?` 4T. '4l: .•
.'-lir on increase on the
of . efl: '!.te 't
ii.*: . when the number we
i ,ut 1 ~„, .2;. a ie tloroner's cases, man:*
.11 c ?..,*./....,.Aii. 4rfius dates, but were n, -,.
C • .‘...";,,, PM; .., I . ter. In the 10 C0..1i (~47p„„,, '"thPe: ,114,t ..42 51 the avers;.
' ° de .4 which, with a correctio-.
increase ‘„t,'"i'. ; ion, becomes 1,146.
cases produced by epidemic diseases amount
:resent return to 271, nearly the same as in