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The Meeting of the Allied Fleets,

• CHERBOURG, Aug. 15.
The most necessary element of success in all spectacles,
whether military, naval, or civil, is fine weather, and in
this respect nothing was yesterday left to be desired. The
sky, which in the morning was rather heavily overcast,
was, so to speak, cleared of the threatening clouds by a
breeze from the south-west ; and, as the time approached
for the arrival of the English fleet, everything promised
well for a fine afternoon. The quays of the town were
lined with steamers, fishing-smacks, and every conceivable
kind of craft, many of which strongly suggested the idea
that they had been called into requisition for this special
occasion in order to meet the wants of the thousands who
wore desirous of witnessing, from as close quarters as pos-
sible, the English squadron entering the roadstead. On a
Derby Day people do not mind trusting life and limb to
conveyances which, except on that anniversary, remain
utterly forgotten and uncared for—because there appears
to be a special providence which watches over the weakest
a,xletrees when going to or returning from the-downs. But
the same confidence cannot be exhibited when the "pro-
menade," as our Friends say, is not on the land, but on tho
sea. If you come to grief on the road you will, with ordi-
nary luck, be none the worse for it ; but when you are
tumbled—not into a ditch—but into 50 fathoms of water,
the chances preponderate so much against you that it is
only common prudence to avoid, if possible, such a contin-
gency. To judge, however, from the vast variety of
cockle-shells which, freighted till their gunwales touched
the water's edge, ventured out into the middle of the road-
stead, danger was evidently something which was either
unknown or uncared for. The wind was off the shore and
the waves were consequently not high, but the breeze was
sufficiently stiff to necessitate a reef in the foresails of
large and well-built boats, and when, from time to time,
it became necessary to change the tack in beating to and
fro whilst awaiting the arrival of the fleet, many a sea
was shipped, which at the same time wet the jackets and
damped the spirits of the venturous landsfolks who, in
the pursuit of pleasure, had braved the perils of the
deep. But in truth it was by no means necessary to risk
a ducking in order to view the pageant of yesterday. In
a previous letter I spoke of a hill, surmounted by a fort, at
the rear of the town, which commands a view not only of
the roadstead but of the sea beyond. And I should say
that those who took up their positionit this point obtained
a more comprehensive. though a more distant, coup-d'ail
than those who lay in wait in the waters of the port for
the approaching fleet. Not only was this hill crowded, but
also the various forts and bastions which on both sides of
the port overlook the roads ; whilst many, anxious to see
the fleet as it neared Cherbourg from the channel, betook
themselves in boats to the breakwater, which, stretching
almost from point to point of the opposite promontories of
Le Roule and La Fauconnaire, creates the gigantic har-
bour which serves for the protection of the French fleet ;
and it must be confessed that even before the arrival of
the fleet the roadstead presented a very pretty appearance.
Anchored nearly in the middle, but rather nearer to the
eastern entrance, lay the Magenta, her superior size, but
more especially her singularly shaped prow, sweeping
forwards and downwards into the missive eperon, which
lay hid beneath the waves, renderin; her easily distin-
guishable from her consorts, the Flandre and the Heroine,
which, as she swung to the ebbing tile, lay respectively
on her starboard and port quarter. Still further to the
eastward rose high out of the water the old sailing line-
of-battle ship La Forte, which now serves the purpose of
a naval school, and here and there ote distinguished the
ensigns of the despatch-boats and transports, which, toge-
ther with the iron-clads, at present represent the French
navy at Cherlymrg. It was not, however, to any of these
vessels that the roadstead was indented for the gay ap-
pearance which it presented. Crowded with yachts, for
the most part English, and thickly covered with
sailing craft from almost every port in the Channel,
dressed in the many-coloured flags which on other
occasions serve the more useful purpose of signals,
the general effect was pleasing in the extreme. The
sun shone brightly, and as the cutters danced over the
waves, the time, which might otherwise have seemed to
lag,
much
-expected
fleet.enough whilst awaiting the arrival of
the

The general impression was that the English squadron
would arrive early in the day. Whether this was the re-
sult of a miscalculation, or whether the fleet was in truth
behind its time, I am not in a position to say ; but with
the head-ivind which it was compelled to face it is not to
be wondered at if its arrival was retarded. About 2 o'clock
the squadron was signalled, but for long afterwards it re-
mained by the vast mass of spectators unseen. At length
a hazy smoke appeared above the horizon, and those with
good glasses could discover in the midst of the smoke the
masts of ships. Higher and higher, more and more distinct
grew the rigging, and by 4 o'clock the several vessels com-
posing the fleet were plainly visible. The manner of ap-
proach, as the squadron neared the port, was by what.
military men would call echelon, but which doubtless was
what nautical men term line of battle. in the van came
the Osborne and the Enchantress, the former carrying on
board the Lords of the Admiralty, the flag of that depart-
ment flying from the Main of the royal yacht, and in their
wake followed €he 'flag-ship Edgar and the rest of the
fleet.

The breakwater to which I have so frequently referred
marks at each extremity an entrance to the port, and
through the western passage it was arranged that the
English fleet should steam into the roadstead. Coming
from a point almost due north, the fleet bore down on the
fort which marks the middle or elbow of the breakwater,
and then, skirting its western half, doubled the fort, in
which it terminates on that side, and entered the harbour
in single file. First to round the point, at a few minutes
past 5 o'clock, was the Osborne, whilst at the same moment
a salute was fired by the guns of the fort. Immediately
afterwards followed the Enchantress, and then, slowly
wheeling round, came the Edgar, her lofty masts visible
high above the fort. Steadily and majestically she steamed
in, her sides and poop towering far out of the water, and the
two broad white stripes which mark her tiers of guns broken
at intervals by port-holes from which peeped the cannon
ready to return the compliment she was abont to receive.
As she passed the end of the breakwater the Magenta fired
a salute of 11 guns, which was immediately returned by
the English admiral's ship with one of 19 guns. These
compliments having been exchanged, the Edgar slowly
steamed up the roadstead to her appointed moorings mid-
way between the Magenta and the shore, and astern of the
Admiralty yacht, which had by that time dropped her
anchor.
In the wake of the flag-ship came a vessel the singu-
larity of whose appearance struck with surprise all who
saw her for the first time. Broad out of all proportion to
her length, with a bow so flat as scarcely to deserve the
name, with sides raised to all appearance but a few feet
above the water, and unpiereed by any port-holes—a deck
covered from stem to stern, except at one point where a
steam funnel raised its head, with four cistern-shaped ob-
jects not unlike small gasometers—the Royal Sovereign
presented an object as ugly and as outré as any naval archi-
tect ever called into existence since the world began. If
Rear-Admiral Dacres was desirous of striking a contrast,
and by this means showing to the best advantage the
graceful ship which carries his flag, he could not have done
it more effectually than by interposing this great iron barge
between the Edgar and the armour-clad frigates which
brought up the rear.
Following each other at about quarter-mile distance, the
English ironclads then entered the harbour. First came
the Black Prince, then the Hector, the Defence, the Prince
Consort, and the Achilles. Varying in size and in the
strength of their armaments, these vessels presented a fair
sample of one of those new fleets with which modern
science has superfleded the bulky wooden-built navies of
which the flag-ship was the representative. Not rising
out of the water to the height of the old two-decker, pre-
senting a smaller object for an enemy's guns, and cased
from stem to stern with an armour plating believed to be
impregnable, the English vessels appeared to be all that
the most exacting of naval engineers at the present day
could have desired. The graceful lines which marked the
fast steaming frigates which they have been replaced have
not perhaps been preserved, but even those most pre-
judiced against the form of the new ships cannot say that
beauty has been entirely sacrificed. Strong and massive,
their very solidity creates a special charm which was
wanting in their wooden rivals, and the eye quickly be-
comes accustomed to what now appear to be departures
from the hitherto recognised canons of taste. It was not
easy, whilst making their way to their moorings, to draw
a comparison between them and the French armour-plated
vessels ; it may, however, suffice to say that the admiral's
ship, the Magenta, is larger, and carries a heavier arma-
ment than the Black Prince, which is the principal of the
English iron-clads. The steam-frigate Constance, and the
three despatch-boats, the Victoria, Salamis, and Trinculo,
were the last to pass inside the breakwater.
I have this moment learned that the English fleet was
compelled to cross the Channel in the teeth of a heavy
gale. The breeze, which, under the lee of the hills which
shelter Cherbourg from the south, seemed tolerably stiff
was in the Channel a perfect tempest. The squadron left
Portland Roads at seven o'clock on Sunday evening, in
the expectation of entering Cherbourg early on the fol-
lowing morning, but even before it left its anchorage the
constantly recurring squalls from the south-west augured
a dirty night. The fleet bad scarcely gained the open sea
when the gale burst forth in all its fury, and some appre-
hensions were entertained lest it should have been found
necessary to return to port. In the course of the night the
Salamis, which on account of her superior speed was com-
pelled to employ only half her available steam power, car-
ried away her fore-topsail-yard, and the Liverpool, a screw
frigate of 39 guns, having been fouled by the Octavio, was
signalled to proceed to Portsmouth. What other casual- ,

ties may have happened I have not been able to learn ;
but, however unfortunate it may have been in one respect
that the fleet should have encountered such tempestuous
weather, no better opportunity could possibly have been
afforded for testing the sea-going qualities of the ironclads,
and especially of the new cupola ship, the Royal Sove-
reign. That the latter should have succeeded, not merely in
weathering such a gale as that to which she was exposed
on Sunday night and Monday, but should have been en-
abled to steam against it and reach her destination in as
good trim as the other vessels composing the fleet, is in it-
self matter for congratulation. In the Royal Sovereign, as
in the American monitors, seagoing qualities have to a
great extent been sacrificed in order to secure what, it is
believed, will prove to be an impregnable floating battery.
Of course, for whatever purpose a vessel of this class may
be designed, it must at all events be tolerably seaworthy,
and the difficulty which naval architects have hitherto
experienced has been in drawing the line so as to avoid
sacrificing the vessel to the fury of a gale in their anxiety
to make it invulnerable to the attacks of man. The cupola
ship of Capt. Coles has now experienced as heavy weather
as any to which it will probably ever again bo exposed, and
the apprehensions which were entertained that it could
only be made available for the protection of our own ports
may now be considered as set at rest.
la the evening the English admiral entertained on board
the flag-ship at dinner the captains of the several vessels
composing the fleet, and this evening the Prefect Maritime
of Cherbourg will give a banquet to the Lords of the
Admiralty and the principal officers of the English fleet.
It has been raining all the morning, with a high wind,
and, unless a favourable change takes place before night-
fall, the illumination in honour of the Emperor's fete will
prove a failure.—Post.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

CHERBOURG, Aug. 16.

At a banquet given here yesterday the Duko of Somerset
proposed a toast to "The Emperor Napoleon and the
French Navy."

M. Chasseloup-Laubat, in reply, proposed the following
toast :—" Queen Victoria, the English Navy, and the
entente cordiale between tho two Governments."

BREST, Aug. 16.
The Mediterranean ironclad fleet entered the roads al
11 a.m. to-day.

A Friendly Society.

Yesterday Mr. Tidd Pratt, the Registrar of
Friendly Societies, attended before the Lord Mayor,
at the Justice-room of the Mansion-house, to call
public attention to a matter which had been brought
prominently under his consideration in his official
capacity. Addressing the Lord Mayor, who had
'readily afforded him the opportunity, he said he had

to state a few facts respecting a friendly society not
many yards from the Mansion-house. The Lord
Mayor would be aware that it was his duty, as
Registrar of Friendly Societies in England, to see,
as far as he could, that the public were protected
against such societies of that kind as 'could not be
reasonably expected to follow out what they had
undertaken. The society to which he now particu-
larly referred had been lately brought under his

notice, and he had taken the proper steps to protect
the public from joining it, or any institutions of the
same kind, without first inquiring as to the parties
who instituted them. It was called the " Garibaldi

Mutual Life Assurance and Sick Fund Friendly So-
ciety," Its rules were certified by him on the 13th
January, 1863, and the business was stated to be

carried on at 58, King William-street, city. In the
same year, pursuant to Act of Parliament, a notice
was sent to him by the society as to the parties who
were its trustees. They were in a resolution of the
society, dated the Bth October, 1863, stated to be
Isaac Fairweather, of Holly-cottage, Muswell-hill ;
Thomas William Homer, of 58, Copenhagen-street,
Islington (said to be a beer retailer at that time) ;
and Abraham Smith, of 2, Dockhead, tailor. That
document was forwarded to him in the usual way,
and everything appeared at that time to be going
on smoothly. At the end of the year 1863 or the

beginning of-1864 an account was sent to him of
the funds of the society, signed by Thomas William
Horner, as secretary, and by Abraham Smith and
Isaac Fairweather, as trustees. In that the receipts
were stated to be—Cash advanced by Mr. J. D.
Rees (the treasurer), £l3l 10s. 6d. ; by A. Smith,
£B6 11s. 2d. ; by T. W. Horner, £8 ; sale of rules,
£1; entrance fees, £34 3s. ; contributions paid by

members for sickness relief, £26 13s. 11d. ; and by
members for payment of sums at death, £4O-12s.
4d.—total, £328 10s. 11d. As is. was the entrance
fee, £34 3s. would give about 600 members. On
the other side of the account the payments were :
Stationery and printing, £7B ; surgeon's salary,
£lB 12s. ; secretary's salary, £l3 12s. ; other ex-
penses of management, £l6l Os. 11d. ; rent of fix-
tures, 6s. ; and sums paid at the death of members,
£6, leaving a balance in the banker's hands on the
31st of December, 1863, of £5l. The number of
members on that day was 601, 85 having previously
withdrawn and three been excluded ; and to show
how well they were going on, it was stated that
only one member had been sick during the year, and
only two had died. At the beginning of the next
year-1864--another account was sent to him
by the society, which showed under the head
of receipts—Cash advanced by Mr. J. D.
Rees, £B2 ; by Mr. A. Smith, £2O 10s. ; by
Thomas William Homer, £l3 Bs. 7d. ; mem-
bers' premiums, £lB6 3s. 2d ; entrance fees,
£39 17s. ; cash in hand, December 31, 1863, £5l
—total, £392 18e. 9d. The disbursements were

—for stationery and printing, £26 13s. ; rent of
office, £2O ; expense of management and advertise-
ments, £l5O 13s. 2d.; secretary's salary, £3748.7d.;
paid on death of members, £35 ; sick members'
claims, £7 4s. ; repaid Mr. Rees, £5O ; surgeons'
fees, £l7 4d. ; making the cash in the treasurer's
hands available for the next year £49. The sick
fund members then entitled to benefit were 21; those
not entitled, 23 ; the medical aid members, 36 ; the
endowment members, 3 ; members entitled to sums
at death, 158 ; members not then in benefit, 370 ;
and members not entitled to benefit through arrears,
but not then excluded from the socity, 239; making
a total of 840 members. So that if their statement
to him at that time was correct there were 840
members, but of those 239 were not entitled to
benefit through arrears, though not excluded. A
few days ago his attention was drawn to a printed
paper purporting to emanate from the society, but
which was without any printer's name. In that they.
said " This society is established to meet the re-
quirements of the working as well as the middle
classes. To provide for sickness, accident, old age,
and death, its members may receive the following
benefits by payment of Id. per week and upwards
—weekly allowance in sickness to males from 10s.
to 20s. ; and to females from 4s. to Bs.; endowments
of sums from £lO to £2OO payable in five years and
upwards, for children, or persons of any age; sums
insured
from at death from £2 to £2OO ; persons
from infancy to 70 years of age. Agents for the
Government for the purpose of endowments, annui-
ties, &c." This last statement was wholly untrue.
In the first place, the Government did not grant
endowments, nor did they employ agents for annuity
purpose. Annuities were granted through the National
Debt-office, and also latterly under Mr. Gladstone's
Act through the Post-office. Then, under the head
of "Advantages," they said, being enrolled pursuant
to act of Parliament, the society guaranted a perfect
security against non-payment of claims, or any frau-
dulent dissolution or misapplication of the funds.
Among other advantages enumerated were the "small
weekly contributions paid and the great benefits
given.' Agents call at the members' houses to receive
their contributions, and enter the same in a book

held by the member, which stands as evidence for
the member's payments. The society's tables are
founded on the calculation of an eminent actuary,
and are as liberal as the security of the members
consistently allow. The directors feel that by the
prompt payment of claims, and by the increased
number of insurers they have gained the confidence
of the public.; they therefore earnestly call the atten-
tion of those not already assured, and invite them to
partake of the liberal advantages offered by this so-
ciety." The Lord Mayor was not perhaps aware that
by Act of Parliament if the tables of a society were
certified by an actuary he (Mr. Tidd Pratt) was

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mentioning
trustees, one being a clergyman ;
seven directors, an auditor, bankers, a surgeon, a
solicitor, and a secretary ; and at the back of the
prospectus there wasprinted in large letters, " £lOO
will be given to any one who can prove that the Ga-
ribaldi Life Assurance and Sick Fund Friendly So-
ciety has not always promptly paid all its claims."
Extracts of the society's operations were then given
from its books, from which it appeared that the
numbers of the policies ran up as high as 7,316,
though they never had more than 600 or 800 mem-
bers. Besides,were not enrolled until 1863. He be-
lieved that was a practice not so much resorted to in
London as in the country. It appeared the society
had agents in all the provinces. He held in his hand
an agency application, in reply to which the secre-
tary in London stated that the society had a reserved
guarantee fund of £25,000, although, as he had
shown from their accounts, they had only a balance
at their banker's in December, 1863, of £5l, and in
the following year of £49. (A laugh.) He found
the agents were allowed on ordinary assurance busi-
ness—first, the entrance fees ; second, 50 per cent.
(or one-half) on all business till the policies were 13
weeks old ; third, 25 per cent. (or one quarter) per-
manently on all business done when the policies
were over 13 weeks old ; fourth, when an agent
showed his capability to conduct a large business an
office would be allowed him and paid for. (Alaugh.)
He supposed that meant when the agent had induced
a number of poor wretches to come in. He had
thought it his duty in this case, knowing the great
interest which the working classes took in these
sosieties, to bring this matter publicly before the
Lord Mayor. In England and Wales there were no
less than 22,000 to 23,000 friendly societies now in
existence, and to show the interest taken in them in
this country, it was a fact that while in France 1 in
every 75 of the population belonged to a friendly
society, and in Belgium 1 in 66, in England the
proportion was-1 in every 9, counting even children.
Therefore, it appeared to him that societies such as
this Garibaldi were not set on foot for the benefit
of their members, but really and truly to put money
into the pockets of those who founded them. The
office of the Garibaldi Life Assurance Society was

in a small back-room on the second floor of the
house 58, King William-street, and was for the
most part kept closed and locked. The letters for

the society were dropped through a hole in the door,
and nothing was known of the persons who called
for them. It became necessary for his purpose to
obtain a copy of the prospectus he had read. That
was procured on the 10th inst., having been given
out by a boy, who appeared to be the sole repre-
sentative of the society—(a laugh)—and when a
gentleman, whom he (Mr. Pratt) knew, called at the
office, he found the door secured by a chain, and the
boy in attendance did not withdraw the chain, but
partly opened the door and handed out the prospectus,
which had no date nor printer's name. It was need-
less to add that the society was not connected with
Government, though they said in their prospectus
they were agents for it, for the purchase of endow-
ments and annuities. They stated in their pro-
spectus that " the society being enrolled pursuant
to Act of Parliament guaranteed a perfect security
against non-payment of claims, or any fraudulent dis-
solution or misapplication of the funds." The state-
ment was untrue and absurd. If the society were en-
rolled it was enrolled under the Friendly Society's Act,
and that Act did not prevent the funds of friendly
societies from being embezzled or misapplied. Then,
With regard to the statement in the prospectus that
the society's tables were founded on the calculations
of an eminent actuary, a glance at them would show
that they had been constructed upon a vicious plan,
and that the sums demanded of the industrious
classes were much above those of the Government
in the case of post-office insurances, and still more
above those of good insurAnce societies. Then, as
regarded the persons stated to be trustees, it appeared
that one was a Welsh Dissenting minister, who
carried on the business of a tailor in Bermondsey,
and occasionally preached in Welsh in two different
places. He declared that he never was trustee
to the society, that he never sanctioned the use
of his name, and that he was just made ac-
quainted with the fact that his name had
been used by the receipt of a lawyer's
letter respecting a debt from the society to a prin-
ter. He was much annoyed by the use of his name.
Another of the trustees, who resided at Holly-lodge,
Muswell-hill, was employed as a warehouseman and
porter. The third was put down as " Wm. Adams,
Esq., Derby," but no such person could be found
there. The next was "E. D. Evans, Esq." This
was a commercial traveller, who was persuaded to
allow his name to be used ; but he was believed to
know nothing of the society. The treasurer was a
draper in Southwark, and represented that he ad-
vanced•money (which he lost) to one Stratton. That
Mr. Stratton, who had instituted a society, suffered
for a swindling transaction 12 months' imprisonment
at Newcastle, he believed. The treasurer stated that
the Garibaldi had been saved out of the wrecks of
the family (a laugh), and he had advanced money to
it. Another director was a tailor, who had advanced

money to it. Another was "D. Power, Esq., War -
dour-street." He (Mr. Pratt) knew something of
Wardour-street, and should think it difficult to find
an esquire in it. Within the last half-hourhe had had
a communication from a person who had seen Mr.
Davy, the reputed auditor, and he was reported to
be a respectable man, who had never heard anything
of the Garibaldi Society, much less acted as its audi-
tor. The auditor was stated to residein the Alscott-
road, Southwark. He found that Mr. Davy had
been residing there up to a recent period, and he
believed he was the person intended, as no other per-
son of that name had been living there. Mr. Davy,
therefore, regarded the use of his name in the pros-
pectus as highly improper and without his knowledge
or sanction. The bankers were stated to be the
London and County Bank (Borough branch), but
the society had now no account at that bank. They
had such an account at one time, but the account,
which was described as " a miserable affair and con-
stantly overdrawn," was closed in 1863 or 1864.
Again, Mr. Baker's name had been used as surgeon
to the society, not merely without his authority, but
in spite of his refusal to allow it. Mr. C. Robert-
son, said to be the solicitor, had never acted for the
society or authorised the use of his name. It was
pretended that sums of money had been paid on
policies, the lowest number of which was 1,118, and
the highest 7,316, whereas, according to their report
sent in to him, they had in the first year only 601
members, and in the last year 840, minus 239 not
entitled to relief, they not having paid up their ar-
rears. He was much obliged to the Lord Mayor
for having afforded him the opportunity of making
that statement. He had thought that, holding the
office he did, after so flagrant a case as that came
before him, it was his duty to make it public, and
to endeavour to protect as far as he could the indus-
trious classes from being deceived in that manner.
While pretending to have a reserve guarantee fund
of £25,000, they were actually borrowing money of
the trustees, the treasurer, and the secretary, and
at the end of the first year the balance at their
bankers was only £5l, and in the last £49. (A
laugh.) He might say that an emblematical pic-
ture with the motto "Nos proteginiza," which adorned
the front of the prospectus, represented Garibaldi
with a sword in his hand, which he waved
over the heads of a number of widows and
children, but with which he rather appeared to hhit
(Mr. Pratt) to be about to cut all their heads of.
(Laughter.)
The Lord Mayor said he was greatly obliged to
Mr. Pratt for the statement he had made, and he
had no doubt the public would feel grateful to him
for the exposure. He had had a great deal of ex-