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London, England, 1855-03-01 00:00:00

gross, or declined for ,1,209%. The claims from death
during thb shh.r have been 49, amounting to 10,559/. 2s. td.i.
From ,61te•eonnawicement. of „the, company to the 31st ,of
DeeeMber; 18'4, the life p ilicies issued have betiii'fi,4oY,
a3s'ttring-1-,,t12;051/;;- iandthenuniber newinfurceiss,o69,:
assuring 988,05,/.... .The present annual
.income
is
36,668/.18eld". • • - : '
pericalliavin,?; aPivod
..for the seconddivision of pro-
fits, .pinsuant to the deed of- settlement, the whole of the
policies have heels valued;-and-the linaueral-boiition of the
eoakpany investigated by Mr.,Neison, whose report to the
clirec,tois 'stated that;—" The most severe and stringenttests have been appliedttothe- determination the3results.
The rate of interest assumed in the calculations beinitthree
per cent., avid the net pretniums only for the Asks being
taken into account, no portion of the surplus or lumen, on
futere premiums having been anticipated. A strict exa;
initiation of the principles, employed in this investigation
into the nature and extent of the assets and liabilities of,
the comPany will .shoW that, irrespective of the reserve
fund, whiCh. Must accumulate under the terms-and con-
ditions of the deed of s .ttlement, ample provision has bean
isade to meet'eferY liabcfcity of the Company, both ittinie-
diet* Anduntiagent. >OP the realised profits during the
Viree years which have elapsed since the first division,
there ie a dispcy able balaw!e'of 20,0001.; and after deduct-
ing 10 per cent. for the purposes of the reserve fund„ther
remains 18,009/. t, appropriate as bonus to the participat-
ing
members, which: will be foxed to be in the ratio of
about 27:1 per cent, to thqramount of premiums ,aid by
them." .
sI
Upon the motion of 1-lUn 11 OWEN", seconded by Mr.
.Tonisr LIGGINS, the_repOrt unatiftnotisfyAdopted.
Mr. HENRY (chairman of the Wakefield local
board) expressed the ~ratification. with -which he had wit-
nessed the rapidly exeending business of the association,
particularly in the West Eddie:, which ho said amounted
to one-eighth of the whole business transacted, and pro-
posed a resolution to tho effect that the profits of the last
three years, up to the 31st of December, 1854, amounting
to 20,0001., should be declared divisible. according to the
terms of the deed of settlement, which having been
seconded by Mr. LIMES BLACKtrT, was unanimously
atlitptcd.

• youirvea.e
Eon, Gardiner, and John Goya,. (the chairman) weere then
re-elected ; after which Mr. Runtz and Mr. Daniel Pratt
severally addressed the meeting as candidates for the direc-
tion, in the room of Mr. William Gover, resigned.
Upon a show of hands, Mr. Pratt was elected by an over-
whelming majority.
Mr. Porter was re-elected one of the auditors.
Mr. ROBSON then proposed a cordial vote of thanks to
the chairman and the other directors for their able and
energetic management of the affairs of the association,
which was seconded by Mr; JOSEPH BURGESS, and carried
by acclamation, which terminated the proceedings.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The following letter has been received from an offi-
cer on board the Indiana by a correspondent at South•
anapton

" Steam-transport Indiana' Bourghas, at in the
Black Sea, south of Varna, Feb. 6.
"We ara here taking in Turkish provisions, prepara-
tory to our third trip from Varna for Eupatoria with por-
tions of Omer Pasha's army. The actual number which
had arrived there up to the 4th inst., wa5.23,000, and there
remain 13,000 yet to be embarked from Varna and Baljek.
No language can adequately express the ragged and filthy
state either of the Turkish soldiers er the towns we have
visited. The men with military baggage have more the ap-
pearance of hordes of gipsies than soldiers; in fact, the Eng-
lish gipsies are far better fed, dressed, an lodged. I am
happy tosay that, since we left England, we have had no bad
weather. We are all well, not a case of sickness on board.
The Europa has 42 cases of fever, the Thames 15, and her
Majesty's ship Curacoa 36 (smallpox). All these must have
arisen from bad ventilation. The greatest number of T urks
we have carried at one time is 1,380; but if it were summer,
we could carry nearly doable the number. Of the circum-
stances of the war or the policy of the generals we gather
but little, but we sellom rega'rd anything as fact until we
800 it in the newspapers. I have heard that the Turkish
army have had no pay for the last 12 months ; the Pashas,
who are generally a very rascally set, pocket all the money
which comes to hand. With respect to our return to Eng-
land, much of coursa depends on the duration of the war
and the tonditien of the ship ; at present, she is as com-
plete and sound as possible.
" Feb. 12.—Just arrived at Varna for our third- lot of
Omer. Pasha's army, destined for Eupatoria. This batch-
completes his infantry, but there are 5,000 or 6,000 to come
from Btrargliati sail Sisopoli, and 6,000 more infantry from.
Baljek for Eupatoria. Everything remains quiet atSebas-
tepol and Balaldava up to the 9th inst. After leaving
Eupatoria we go to Balakiava or Constantinople to coal."
The. Hastings, 60, Captain Caffin ; the Pembroke, 60,
Captain Seymour; and the Hogue, 60, Captain Ramsay,
screw blockshipS,' fitting at Portsmouth; are -hourly
approaching completion, and abundance of labour is put
upon them to turn them out of hand. The dew high-
pressure block-ships will be more efficient, although of 250
horse power less than the old ones, and will form (it is•
confidently expected) the, moat important and efficacious
division Of 'the Baltic fleet: The-tlenheim; 60, Capt.
W. H. Hall, received her mainmast yetterday, and is
completing her refit in the old basin_ at Portsmout4. ,
The Edinburgh, sg, Capt: Hewlett; Is urtiei repair'' and'
refit with the utmost expedition to riloin the fleet ; thus.

r mouth made highly seivieeable and -posieiful war steam
two-deckers out of useless old sailing 74's-the Hastinge,
Pembroke, Blenheim, Hogue, and Ajax. The Britannia,
120, Capt. Carter, will go into Portsmouth harbour to-
day if the fog (yesterday and on Thesiday too dense) will
permit, when she will be dismantled and put out -of -com-
mission, and her crew paid wages, granted leave, and
madeivallabin for the steam fleet. The Retribution, 28,
paddlewheel frigate; ;Capt, Fisher,is yet under the ship.:
wrights' hands at, Portsmouth, and great progress is
making towards re'fittin'g` her. The Centaur,-6, paddle-
frigate, Capt Clifkrd, is yery welladvanned in her equip-
ment, and is nearly rigged, with the assistance of the,,
dobkyard riggers; all her masts are up, and.the riggirg
nearly. fitted. The James Watt, 91, 'Captain George
Elliot, is shipping her spare spars, .and-will leave. the
dock for the basin to complete the ieadjnetm'ent of her
machinery in'a day-or two: The ,Esk, 20; screw -cori
viftte, Captain Birph, which has been on, a few days',cruise to proveher capabilities, &C., returned to Spit-
head on Tuesday, and-remains awaiting further-Orders.
The Calcutta, Peninsi,ilar and Oriental Steam 'Naviwa-
tien Company's transport, has not been able to get into*
Portsmouth harbour with safety 'to embark -the Lan-
cashire Mil tie, ~owing to, dense
,fogs. The Aolus,
42-gun frigate, fitted up to serve as a shell and powder
deprot foethe Baltic fleet,' will move out of the basin at
'Portsmouth this day. The , liimalaya, Commander
Priest, R.N., will embark the remount of cavalry horses
she is destined to convey to the seat of war this day at
Portsmouth dockyard. By the end of next week there
will be at Spithead such an " arma la " as that anchor-
age never before berthed, if the weather should be pro-
pitious.

The screw steam-ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt.
George T. Gordon, was taken out of dock at Keyhant,
Plymouth, on Tuesday!

The paddle-wheel steam-frigate Dragon, 6, Captain
James Wilcox, was towed by the steam-vessel Confiance
to the Jupiter coal depot, in Hamoaze; on Monday.
The screw steam-corvette Tartar, 20, Captain Hugh
Dunlop, is undergoing repair alongside the jetty at
bevonport dockyard.
' The screw, steam-ship Conflict, 8, Captain Ai thur
Cumming, was placed in dock at Keyham en Tuesday.
The screw steam-ship Nile, 91, Captain George R.
gotly, was appointed to go from Hamoaze into Ply-
mouth Sound 'yesterday, and to tail to-Morrow for
Spithead. -•-- ', : • • • - . .
' The (Few of the troop-ship Resistance, 10, Master-
Oomniander Manlier Bradshaw, in -Hamoaze; bent sails
on, Monthly. They. were paid wages by 'Admiral Plum-
lid:it 4i4,Tdesaiff• , , . T - -
The steam-snip _4"-reiiii' &Wirt Hatnilt from London,
with ielegraphic- wires for the 'Crimea,/ put into Ply-
mouth Sound yesterday, .out of trim, being too deep
forward. After being trimmed and supplied with addi-
tidn-al fuel the will proceed to sea. ...
' .
This_. barque Thetis, of Landon, Captain T. Barter;
from Cardiff, with dOal foF,Sein Ftteacisca, sprang a leak•
and foundered in the Bay of Biscay on the 4th elt, The
crew, 24 in all, were picked up by the Spanish brig
Renato/ of Bilboa,. and landed on the sth at Corunna,
vihentie thq were bfought by the schooner body Man-
sell; andlanded atrilytinbirth on Timidity, . . -
Rear-Admiral Miebiel.leytketif shifted his flag at
PlymOuth on Tuesday from the Mile to the titmouth.,
E.
The
,stegrif eeierv:frigate Euryaltei, 51, Captain E
Ramsay, went from Itamostit• into Plymouth Sounodr
tliplAl to embark militia ;volunteers for service
EtereTtceh.iti:n,racTi ilit• thhalrt..l,l'l,lllhvGeel
Tuesday, and was appointed to sail yeti,,erday for
if!
the
34diterealih : • 7 ''' . '.
a s•
r
c.B hate determined on
eutepant-General Sir. Welter
B'ofeat.h: o'ensecao,rn' latanji.d'useall7ll4.Ciedesiii
. Monument to his meinoty bil 00 Be con at
Bedmie; in Cornwall.
rises 515 feet above t..e e
from, Irowey to Padstow.
'e learn frog ,Plymetith tthat eontracts were made
yesterday by the authoeitie- al, tli royg Willia,m "Vic.
tualling-yard with' Messrs. Collier BrOthels; for fie,.,
supply of 3,000' quarters' of 'wheat namely, 1,007
quarters ,at 695. 10d., .700. at 715., and 1,30,0 at 725.
(n-Mollidtl Nuotniag colonel Crutchley, the comman-
dant of the Provisidniti lieflot Battalion in Birif King's
county, received the,ronte for-.the,dNiightn ItOin, the. de.:
pots of the 2ts Fusiliers, 57th Foot; and 68c1 koet,
vihicit ho beenfnifitan*titie in teadinus to proceed to
Cork, where they will th,L4.kk for Malts.: • Tuesday
..afternoonwi_is fixei for the dienp:
tretora:, t hte:oi" iiii
t 8
which consisted, from each of the three tiepn!,ll; 41.
for, ettkihail, four. ari.4 7 drum-
ere! ttS! thud iid i tiil4
sand ste. _no Lien were in
• ••
high spirits, and wei-a w-usly cheered, -4. (ew moments
previous to the order to march beiit'i' g-1.44nil Oolong
werecalled upon to
the duty they
Crutchley addressed them in forcible terms, pointing at
.
wits expected from them by their Queen and countrY!
i;:Tform. and what
The following are the nainti of the'efacers who will sail
with the draughts, viz. :—From 21st IPtiailiets, Captains
M. P. CallingwoOd and S. W.- H. Hawker ; tieute_;
pants Hon. R. R. Best T. Bruce; F. B. Hollway, anj.u.
T. Coakley. From 57th Foot--Lieutenants A
dr'eart-
Coope J. R. Willmott, H. Bird, and J. N. q.. L.,,.
ney. 'From 63d Foot—Brevet-Major C. Higg;b%":"l:
Lieutenants S. A.,Y. lianzon, Laurence E. .116- 0
It is said
M. Diimaresque ; and Ensign S. 11. Bruce.t
_r_ain.
that these detachments will sail in the Grea B it
About 20 wounded and invalided soldiers from Scu-
tari, belonging to different regiments,
days.'
fob' fear A-
.. Bristol, wheretherhave been billeted r