The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-24 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON.

Last night a melodrama in two acts, from the pen of Mr.
T. E. Wilks, called The Golden Fox, or the Dream of the
Bride, was performed at this theatre for the first time. The
piece was well received throughout, and the characters were
well sustained. The curtain dropped amidst loud applause,
%S ithout a single dissentient. It was announced for repetition
every evening. Mrs. Honey, who was prevented by indispo-
sition from making her appearance at the opening of the the-
dire for the season on Mondey last, then came forward and
delivered the following address. On her entree she was very
loudly and enthusiaAically cheered
From western parts I come to seek for fame
Where nought on Folgate's known save Folgate's name.
Where lisping beaux, if asked this way to stray,
' Cry, Where can we change horses on the way ?'
And ere they do the arduous journey take,
Sit up the over night their wills to make,
So far, so good, it meets the olden say—
' Where there's a will there always is a way.'
Why should they linger there, like idle dreamers ? •
Distance is distanced now by 'bus' and steamers.
Whate'er your motive, or whate'er your place,
A locomotive stares you in the face.
Where safety is secured by such precaution,
No one's blown up, excepting for extortion ;
And at an omnibus who'd dare to scoff?
Increasing numbers show no falling off.
All near and dear, although they're miles apart,
Arc nearer pressed, and cheaper to the heart ;
To further,—no, to near, this my design—
I'll lay a railway down; and get you in a line.
Excuse me if my thoughts have been on pelf,
And that I've said but little on myself.
These boards I've taken for the drama's forte
Are little seasoned, and want your support.
BLit bless'd by that, the properest of props,
Then starts Melpomene, Thalia hops,
And even Shakspeare may a place engage
And travel sweetly by the Honey stage.
I throw myself upon you—cease alarms—.
I do not mean exactly in your arms.
No, no, your hands—now don't sit there humdrumming,
But punning say—the Honey is she coming ?

1,560

1,000

(Bell rings.
The prompter rings, and prompter I'd have been
350 In my appearence on this happy scene;
But that fell !sickness, with his iron hand,
180
50 Held me a prisoner to his stern command ;
2
When such the case, he needs must have his will,
105 'Twas treating you not well, and me quite ill;
But health has sent this shocking monster stalking,
100 Women are ill, indeed, when tired of talking; •
But still, with heart and soul, I'll ever strive
400 To make you happy in this little hive,
80 And tell them in the west this thing at least—.
83 The drama's star is rising in the East."
This address was well spoken, and elicited throughout loud
510 applause, and at the conclusion the fair manageress was greeted
with a shower of bouquets from all parts of the house. The
165 melodrama was followed by the laughable farce of Sudden
91 Thoughts, and the performances concluded with the drama of
the Mill of the Pyrenees. The house was well filled with a
310 respectable audience.
Low H Si

er Jerene Highness the Princess Dowager of
Rcus, by birth a Princess of Nassau, died at Greiz on the
10th inst., after a painful illness.
The Queen of Saxony arrived at Munich from
Tegernsee on the 13th inst., and, after a few hours' repose,
proceeded on her journey to Dresden.
The Duchess of Gordon has arrived at Douglass's
Hotel, in Edinburgh, from Gordon Castle. Her Grace
will pass a few days with the Duke and Duchess of Northum-
berland also, on her way to town.
Baron James Rothschild, accompanied by M.
Samson Davilier, has arrived at Brussels, from Paris.
Lord Melbourne, Lord and Lady John Russell,
Lord Glenelg, Earl of Suffolk, Earl of Camperdown, and
Sir John Cain Hobhouse have been on a visit to the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne during the past week, where they were
met by Mr. Methuen, Mr. T. Moore, and Mr. S. Rogers.
Sir Robert Peel and family arrived at Aix-la-Cha-
pelle on the lath inst., on their way to Munich.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND, LIFE AS-
SURANCE, AND REVERSIONARY INTEREST
SOCIETY.

(From the Tipperary Free Press).
CARRICK-O.N-SUIR MEETING.
On Monday last a large and respectable assemblage of
the gentry and mercantile interests of Carrick, together with
many substantial and working farmers from the neighbour-
ing parishes, met at the Besborough Arms Hotel, for the
purpose of hearing Mr. Lamie Murray's expose of the ob-
jects of the National Life Assurance Society, and of con-
sidering the propriety of establishing a Branch thereof at
Carrick-on-Suir.
About two o'clock, the Rev. Mr. SANDYS, the Protes-
tant Rector of the parish, was called to the chair.
After the business of the meeting had commenced, the
Rev. Gentleman stated his inability to remain during the
time likely to be occupied in the discussion of the objects of
the meeting, and said that he would feel much pleasure in
naming, as his substitute, a gentleman whose habits of
business made him better qualified to preside—he would,
therefore, propose that John Power, Esq., of Mount-
Richard, should take the chair.—(Cheers.)
Mr. POWER, on taking the Chair, said—Gentlemen, I
am not sufficiently acquainted with the principles of the
National Assurance Society to enter into any explanation
of them ; but we shall have the pleasure of hearing one who
is not only intimately acquainted with them, but who is ca-
pable of imparting in the most satisfactory way to us the
information he possesses. Gentlemen, I need not name Mr.
Murray to you—(Cheers)—l am sure you will hear him
with due attention.

, Mr. MURRAY then came forward, and was greeted with
a hearty welcome. He said--Mr. Chairman and Gentle-
men, I believe I need not apologise to any in this room for
trespassing on their attention—the active part which I have
taken in the formation of an institution (the National Bank
of Ireland) in which most of you are concerned, and which
I has conferred advantages on the mercantile and agricultural
classes, is not unknown to you.—(Cheers.) I trust that
to allude to it is sufficient to secure me your attention on
the present occasion, whilst developing the nature and poin-
ciples of an institution not of less importance to the different
classes in the community.—( Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, it
is not my intention to dilate at any great length on the be-
nefits to be derived from the establishment of a branch in
this town of the National Life Assurance Society. I think
it right to premise, that a small portion of the earnings of
many of those persons whom I see before me will be suffi-
cient to secure to "their successors a provision, so that if
they be suddenly taken away, their families will reap the
benefit of their providence—( Hear)—and if we look to the
various undertakings in England and in Ireland, and the
large sums which have been raised from the earnings of the
labouring classes, we must admit that such a providence to
a great extent does exist. Life Assurances, as at present
constituted, yield benefit only to the wealthier portion of
society ; it is, indeed, quite impossible that the labouring
. classes could manage to make those payments hitherto re-
quired by Insurance Companies, nor could the farmer avail
himself of their conditions—and he has been obliged to
have recourse to the Savings' Banks, in order to accom-
plish a small provision for his family : and here, I may say,
that it is considered by many, that Government will not con-
tinue to encourage the rapid accumulation of Savings'
Banks, which, since their institution, (only a few years)
amounts to twenty millions—( Hear hear)—and which, if
their increase be in the same ratio during the next 10 or
15 years, will probably amount to one hundred millions.—
(Hear.) The slightest dissatisfaction between the people
and the Government, which would cause even a moity of
that sum to be withdrawn, would upset the mercantile sys-
tem, as both it and the country would be left at the mercy
of the depositors, who might, at a short notice, easily claim
more bullion from the Bank of England than what it pos-
sesses, and which forms at present the basis of mercantile
credit. It is obvious, therefore, that it. is not the policy
of an enlightened Government to encourage what might
eventually endanger the commerce of the country, and spread
misery and distrust throughout every class in society—but,
rather to give a new direction to such accumulation, which,
while it would be equally beneficial to society, would afford
a greater degree of security to the State.—( Hear, hear.)
I shall now proceed to illustrate a few of the benefits
arising from this institution. Take the instance of a man
having .51. spared in a Savings' Bank, who is aged 32 years,
this sum paid annually, or at the rate of 2s. a week, would
enable him to assure his life with this Society for 2001. ; if
his death occurred, even after the first payment, his family
would be entitled to the sum assured—but if he lived, and
continued his policy, he would be enabled to withdraw two-
thirds of all the premiums that he had p,fid this institution
which affords him equally all the advantages of a S wings'
Bank, whilst at the same time he had effectually secured
his family in the event of his death.—(Hear.) The benefits
of such a combination will be easily perceived, and more
particularly by the class of men to whom I am now address-

ing myself.—( Hear, hear.) The sixty millions supposed to
be the aggregate wealth of Life Assurance Societies is a
sum abstracted and hemmed up from productive employ-
ment. Now, let us suppose that this Society had made
progress, and that the sum I have mentioned instead of
being exclusively the property of the income classes, be-
longed to the productive, with the capacity on their part of
calling in two-thirds into active employment, I fearlessly
assert that poverty would not walk abroad, and that the ne-
cessity for poor laws would in a great degree be diminished,
or only have application to those who were wholly incapaci-
tated by age and infirmities.—(Hear, hear.) If a farmer
hold 20 or 100 acres of land by a lease in which one or
more lives remain unexpired, he can secure his interest
therein by an insurance with this Society, and receive the
amount so insured on the demise of such lives. Let us sup-
pose that the lands of Great Britain and Ireland were held
by a tenure of lives, and that after the payment of rent and
the charge for cultivation, a portion of the surplus was ap-
plied in this institution, to an insurance on the lives in each '
lease equal in value to the fee of each farm, the farmer
would not only be protected against the contingency of his
lease, but at the end of 30 years, each occupier of the land
might possess either the fee of his holding, or a sum of
money equal in value to it. Thus it is possible, out of the
,products of the soil by means of Life Assurance that the
entire landed property of the country might be purch tsed
by the occupiers—but what is still more extraordinary,
it would be the purchase of estates by instalments.—
( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I have been a supporter
of benefit societies only when there was nothing better to
recommend to the consideration of the industrious trades-

..
man. In such societies a man pays ls. a week, to get 12s.
a week, if he be sick. Now, the average-of sickness in the
whole of a man's life, is no more than 72 weeks, occurrijig,
too, at different periods of his life, and there are many in-
stances of men never having been ill, and continuing to pay
for that from which they never have derived any benefit.—
( Hear, hear, hear.)
Mr. Duggan—My father, sir, was a member of a benefit
society for thirty years, and paid all its dues, without having
ever received one farthing from it.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MURRAY—That is a strong case, indeed, and I
would, therefore, say that benefit societies ought not to be
encouraged, when a Life Assurance Society can be found
to produce far more beneficial results. Who has not heard
of the economy of power illustrated by the fact that a single
gallon of water is capable of putting a thousand things into
motion ? The National Loan Fund Assurance Society is
the economy of CAPITAL, which is calculated, by its opera-
tions, to infuse new life and vigour into the labouring and
trading classes.—(Hear, and cheers.) For instance, the
premium paid to effect a policy of insurance is converted

into so many modes of protection and availibility, only ob-
tainable by the present system—namely, a separate outlay
for each benefit. This, then, may be said to be the true
economy of capital, as mechanical arrangement is the eco-
nomy of power. Even as a mode of accumulation it is far
superior to that of any other kind of investment, as a man
shares the advantages of compound interest as well as his
capital. Suppose that we establish a Branch here, the sum
required to insure 5001. from a man aged about 30 years,
would, in the event of his living even to the longest natural
period of life, not amount to more than 3001., which, by
the rules of this Society, he could pay at small monthly
or weekly instalments.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Every
one is almost acquainted with the rapid accumulation of
money at compound interest, doubling and trebling itself
after the first 14 and 20 years : the tables of insurance so-
cieties being formed on such calculations, the party in-
suring will not be surprised, on receiving in one large sum,
a considerably greater amount than his entire contributions.
The principle of this Society is to improve its money at in-
terest by rendering the greatest benefits in thoso districts
from whence the capital is extracted ; or, in other words,
throwing back again into reproductive activity, the means
which the providence of the Society has furnished it
with—
and this brings me to the question of, Loan Funds. Tl.e
Government very properly, at the representation of be-
nevolent individuals, passed an Act for the encourage-
ment of small Lo&n Funds—this Act enables a given

number of personsin any district to lend a sum of
money fur such purposes—this loan is represented by de-
bentures which may be payable upon notice, or at termi-
nable periods. Now, if paid at terminable periods, it is
evident these debentures must fall to a discount, and,
fluctuate in value according to the market price of other
securities, and the convenience of the parties holding them.
Should these debentures fall below par, a barrier is thereby
formed to the increase of the funds—if, on the other hand,
the debentures are payable on demand with notice, the
capital of such Loan Fund is liable to be diminished from
the same causes, and thus, by a mistaken financial arrange-
ment, a valuable institution is liable to be vitally affected.
Now, a Loan Fund founded upon an income in premiums
paid on policies, forms a basis of more permanent security
to the borrower, and a less liability of the funds being di,
minished, than upon debentures fluctuating with each con-
tingency in the money market, and thus we rear up a

splendid moral system strengthening ocr society air we go
along, by arrangements within a circle b>" which one class
of society are made to contribute to the saxnort of anither,
whilst the institution itself, instead of drawnl/4 7 its lICCUMU.•
ogtie
its
lations from the funds, is stimulating labour tbt.ug °n t
t
various channels.—(Hear, hear.) In this way u li
great necessity of Poor Laws be obviated, and the .unpro-
ductive waste lands of this country be st-etched ow! ...nto
cultivated fields by the stubborn application of label, r
through the means of capital. Ido not intend to east
into the question of Poor Laws, though much could be sal&
on the subject in reference to this society.
The Rev. Mr. SANDYS—May.I be permitted to ask,
Mr. Murray, whether it is the intention of the Society to
form a small loan fund ?
Mr. MURRAY—It is not our intention to interfere with
the objects of the Government—my observations were in-
tended to show that a loan fund could be better formed on
the basis of such a Society, than through the instrumentality
of debentures.—(Hear.) From the moment this Institu-
tion was made public in England, it was hailed by men of
all parties, and particularly by the most intelligent portion
of the community ; and I shall conclude by stating, that one
strong motive in eliciting your attention here this day is,
that the National Bank, of which I have the honour to be
a Director, had its first branch established in Carrick, and,
thanks to the good men whom I see around me, it is a flou-
rishing establishment, the utility of which you can all feel ;
and I have therefore given precedence to Carrick (though
Kilkenny and other towns have come forward) in the for-
mation of the first branch of the National Loan Fund As-
surance Society in this country, and which, after a careful
examination of all its advantages, I earnestly hope will take
as deep root amongst you.—(Cheers.) Mr. Murray, after
thanking the meeting for the marked attention with which
he was heard, sat down amidst great cheering.
Mr. It. O'DONNELL asked, on behalf of the farmers in
attendance, for tables of the rates of the Company, as it
was the intention of several of them to ensure their lives
for 100/. and upwards.
Mr. MURRAY then stated from the tables the various
rates, beginning at 15 years, and mentioned the intention of
the Company to make provision for marriage portions.

Mr. E. PowEa expressed his full concurrence in all that.
had fallen from Mr. Murray, and to give a practical illus-
tration of his feeling that a branch of the National Loan
Fund Assurance Society would be of material service to his
native town, he would not only purchase shares, but insure
his life in that institution for 1,0001.

A voice in the crowd—That you may live long—
( Laughter.)
Mr. MumeAv then stated that they could not spare
more than 250 or 300 shares for Carrick—that such shares
would bear an interest of .5 per cent., and that a bonus
would be given to the shareholders every three or five years.
The division of the profits would be ascertained by some of
the most scientific men in England, and would be added to
each policy.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN-4 will take 25 shares, certain—per-
haps I would take 50.
Several other gentlemen, among whom we noticed" Dr.
Purcell, Mr. Wm. Power, &c., put down their names for
shares.

On the motion of Mr. E. POWER, seconded by the Rev.
Mr. Maaaissrv, Dr. Purcell was strongly recommended
as physician, and Mr. Richard O'Donnell as law agent to
the Company in Carrick-on-Suir.
The resolutions, which will be found in our advertising
columns, having been unanimously carried,
_ __ _ _

The Rev. Mr. MORRISSEY was then called to the Chair,
and thanks returned to Mr. John Power for his proper and
dignified conduct therein, after which the meeting sepa-
rated, the following gentleman having first intimated their
intentio❑ to insure their lives with Mr. Dalton, -the agent
appointed for Carrick-on-Suir, viz.:—
Edward Power, for ..£1,000
P. Kirwan, merchant
Dr. Purcell
William Power ... 500
George Gardiner, M. N. Bank
Rev. Mr. Morrissey
P. Duggan
James Quan
William Dalton 2OO

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

MIDDLESEX.

Messrs. COVENTRY and TAMLYN resumed the COLU ty
revision yesterday at the Guildhall, City, for the purpose
of closing several lists in which cases stood over for judg-
ment. No new case of any interest occurred.
Mr. TAMLYN delivered judgment with respect to eleven
claims which were objected to—five by one party and six
by the other—on the ground that there was a misdeser:p-
tion of the qualification, inasmuch as they claimed in re-
spect of property of which they were merely trustees, neg-
lecting
.to state tht.t they claimed as trustees. Mr.
Tamtyn said that he was of opinion that the Act did
not absolutely require that, the mortgagees or trustees
should describe themselves as such, in order to sup-
port their qualifications. These parties were in the ac-
tual receipt of the rents and profits, and were, in point
of fact, possessed of the legal estate. He was clearly of
opinion that their names ought to be retained on the list.
Several cases of trustees' claims which stood over, were
also decided. Mr. Tamlyn retained the names of all wha
were shown to be in the actual receipt of the rents and
Profits. This decision includes the gentlemen who claim d
as trastces of certain freehold houses in Basinghal-street,
h eh were left in trust by Lady Bacon for charitable pur-
poses,. and which have increased in value from 201. to 360/.
annually. By the will of Lady 154,c0n the trustees were to
receive a tenth portion of the rents and crofits, for the pur-
pose of providing themselves with a recrea:ion dinner, in
consideration of their pains and trouble in maiaging the
property. There are 15 trustees, but only six of them
claimed in respect of their interest in this property. The
names were all re' ained on the list.

(Before Mr. COVENTRY.)
It will be recollected that on a previous day the members
of the Stock Exchange claimed to be registered in respect
of their interest in that building. Mr. Coventry at the time
expressed an opinion adverse to the claims, but he reserved
final judgment. Yesterday Mr. Coventry said he had ma-
turely considered the claims of the proprietors of the Stock
Exchange ; he had promised to peruse their voluminous
trust deed, but the abstract furnished him was sufficiently
copious to enable him to comprehend fully the nature and
extent of their estates. He could not, however, come to the
conclusion that they were entitled to be admitted as free-
holders. By a forced construction quite contrary to the spirit
and meaning of the agreement, it might be technically af-
firmed that the proprietors were seised of an estate or free-
hold, but the manifest intention was to convert all the
shares into personal estate, and to effect that object a lOng
term of years was created, and vested in nine persons in
trust for the proprietors generally, their executor;, admi-
nistrators, and assigns.
After some further remarks the Learned Barrister said
that the gentlemen of the Stock Exchange having, by a so-
lemn assurance under hand and seal converted their pro-
perty into personal estate, not merely in words but by a le-
gitimate mode of conversion, and having several times ex-
pressly declared that it was their wish and intention sv to
do, it would frustrate that intention, disappoint the deed,
and confuse all proper distinctions to admit them on the
scroll of freeholders, when in truth they have, and only wish
to have, a leasehold interest, occupying which, as owners,
they had, if the building were of sufficient value to qualify
them all, a right to a vote for the city. Whether they had
acquired that right was immaterial ; the capacity of the
building to give one vote for a borough was sufficient to dis-
qualify twenty leaseholders of the same building for the
county.

Names expunged lccordingly.
In consequence of a few lists not being yet returned,
the Court adjourned ;11to-morrow, when the lists for the
county will be finally closed.

POOR-LAW AMENDMENT ACT.-AD exceed-
ingly interesting account, or table, has been Sent to us,
showing the number of bastards chargeable to one parish
for the two years ending March 25, 1835 and 1837 re-_
spectively ; with the decrease or increase in 1637, as com-
pared with 1835. Also the numbers affiliated in those
years, with the decrease or increase in 1837, as compared
with 1835 ; showing likewise the proportion which the bas-
tards chargeable in 1837 bear to the population of 1831.
The following are some of the results :-
1635. Bastards chargeable to the parish
1837. Number chargeable
showing an immense decrease.
1835. Number affiliated
1837. Ditto ditto
showing also an extraordinary decrease.

11,244
3,862

It was stated at the late meeting of the British As-
slciation, that her Majesty's Government, at the request of
the Council, had consented to repeal the duty on the impor-
tatiou of philosophical instruments.

A few days ago Madame Menestrier, the wife of a
member of the Council-General of the Oise, residing in
the neighbourhood of Aumele, an amiable and beautiful
Woman, aged twenty-six, returned home after paying some
visits to her friends, and, having saluted her mother with
more than ordinary affection, took off her rings, and placed
them with some keys upon the table, saying she would
take a walk in the garden. As she remained absent for an
unusual time her family went out to call her in, but she
was nowhere to be fotind, and the whole night passed in
anxious and vain searches. At daybreak the cover of a well,
which had not been used for a considerable time, was ob-
served to be partially opened. Suspicions arose, and were
but too dreadfully verified, for at the bottom was found
the lifeless body of the unfortunate lady. Happy in her
home and her connections, the cause of this lamentable
catastrophe remains a profound mystery.