The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-09 00:00:00

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRO-

pictures, yet, unfortunately, incomplete; and not a few
visited the long gallery up-stairs, running the entire length
of the committee-rooms. The House of Lords came in for
a fair share of attention and admiration. Returning, the
stream of visitors passed into St. Stephen's-hall. Additional
gaseliers on each side threw out a splendid light, and flags
in tasteful groups decorated the roof. Tho floor was laid
with crimson cloth, which divested the hall of that cold
look which we associate with a stone floor, and the buffets
being well loaded with a good and varied collecticU of re-
freshments, tended also to dissipate all ideas of a cheerless
nature. At the entrance of each of the law courts there
was a choice display of exotics and other plants of varied
hues. The band of the Coldstream Guards was stationed
in the hall, and during the evening played an excellent
selection of music,

MOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE,

On Friday morning the sections met at Guildhall, each
of the five which assembled commanding large audiences.
Lord. Brougham, who moved about amongst the various
rooms all day, taking an occasional part in the discussion
of the different subjects brought forward in the several de-
partments, was amongst the earliest in attendance.

Notwithstanding the immenv, space at the disposal of I ha
council, the passages and doors were frequently blocked up,
and in the crush which ensued sad havoc was done to the
dresses of the ladies ; but if this can be overlooked and for-
given, nothing occurred of a serious character to mar the
enjoyment of the evening. It was nearly twelve o'clock
before the whole company had separated.

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association, took
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being wound up, as the phrase goes, in a court of
equity..A comfortable alternative truly! Six months
suit of all their fussy labours being attested by the
fact that mattersreaaain precisely as they Were before
kindhave keepingilew elapsedt
he
lawyers interfered, except, indeed, in so far as the as-
sets are wasting away through their interposition, As
if caltiMity had not gone far enough for the se fferere,
the re'
they have, in this interval, witnessed, with gratified
curiosity doubtless, the process of administering
to their
equity on, the homocipathie principle of similia
sitalibus curantur. If but let alone for a short Luny
longer, such doctors will infallibly effect acoeipi-'to
cure (trail thosepeeuliar ills which attend a OA horn
of claims upon companies in course of being wound
up. It is a proces!:•,,, however, we believe, pecu:iar
thousand
to commercial Finglanti, a cOmmurtity which afftetsi
to re ar
: ainn withdd indeed,
greatdupes
cochtf)itudhpoi =ntczesaii:ncsyk,,toit:'etlsi
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when
ehrecne end.we
countries so unfOrtunate as to petsess written codes
contemplateca de s de proceitirseitoufattihoneiroo::::
been possible, would not have-bean toleOted for a
single year.
declined to witness in sorrOtrful silence the solemn
farce of putting on, for the purpose of taking off
the name of a noble marquis from a list of persons
athnrdee:
liable for ill; rli 1i 0 n ei i of . winding. up the great
fraud, on the pm-towel:hat his lerciship only lent his
mame-to-it as a director, whilst repudiating the
natural inference that he possessed some pecuniary
interest, at least, lathe concern—and that this farce
"abeen played at an eipense ts.,) the estate of some
hundreds of pounds probably—it is impossible to
restrain an indignant
..h
protest, against such unseemly
trifling; Tor surely, the fore! of mockery could no
further go, on an occasion seserious to the unhappy
sufferers. Then, With regard to that other decision
affecting Mrs. Davies, whose name also has been
ordered to be removed from the list of contribu-
tories,-andthe-injunetion which restrained her from
pursuingherjudgisient against the association to be
dissolved-what do the general depositors under-
stand to be the, effect of that decision? Mrs. Vavies,
if we are tact mistaken, placed her money in the De-
posit Bank on iipeeial agreement, at a fixed rate of
interest,. portions of which ' deposit she was per..
mitten to draw out, without being required to com-
ply with the published conditions of the association
in respect of such Withdrawal by giving six months'
notice of her intention. On these two grounds the
Lords Justices have held that 'Mrs. Davies was
neither a partner in ,the profits . nor a member of
the association. But are the `general depositors
included- within that decision ? We believe not.
The bare possibility of such doubts, however, after
so much time has been wasted and so much expense
incurred, induces us to invite- the attention of the
commercial public to the reality of the blot in in-
stitutions which can admit them. It is undeniable
that, in the present instance, additional calamity
has been thereby heaped upon .those who were ex-
pecting speedy justice and certain retribution
against the nest of adventurers who had despoiled
them, alas ! only to find the latter escaping one after
another, mainly through the inefficiency of such
clumsy machinery. In the columns of a leading
contemporary we observe it asserted that the decision
of the Lords Justices in Mrs: Davies' case has con-
verted all the depositors—previously held by the
Master of the Rolls to be members—into creditors
of the association. For the reasons above assigned
we doubt the accuracy of our contemporary; nor
are wo helped by the Master of the Rolls, who has
recently signified his intention to cancel his previous
orders with regent' to individual " contributories."
How, then, is this fresh point to be settled? Coma;
forth now;seme affluent depositor, with pockets well
lined with superfrubus cash, and resolved upon
securing juaticc..sgainst. scheming knavery ; retain
forthwith some learned gentleman, deep as mediaeval
lore and legal horse-hair; let him be instructed by
same other gentleman deep in nothing save only
when pensively musing on "number one ;" and
together let them range these courts of equity, cul-
ling choicest variety of decisions from each for a
true solution of this riddle, so that your drooping
fellow-dupes, making up their minds gradually to
trouble themselves no more about a return of their
hard earned aeposits, may compose themselves to
sleep—many of them, indeed, to those peaceful
slumbers, whence directors of noble or of gentle
blood can no more inveigle confiding victims, and
where weary clients are for ever at rest.

THE VOLUNTEERS.

GRAND VOLUNTEER DISPLAY IN THE
REGENT'S PARK.
A volunteer display, rivalling in extent and
vbril-
liancy any that have taken place in the Regent's
hitherto, with the exception of the field- day which
was held there about two years since, was
out with complete success on Saturday ev 1
carious
The season of the annual inspection of the
metropolitan corps being near at hand has probably
tto ass with
induced renewed exertion on their,praurrde And the
credit the inspection of Colonel 31 1
y fICCOUritt in
other inspecting officers; and
urninaber o-fvolunteers
cearr.niega,
great measure,for the unusualTnhe
weather. was not
in the park on Saturdabye.d
desired, a strong wind
exactly "all that could
blowing all the even.tiliansgya'
t ding this, several thou-
by rain ; but,
many of whom accompanied the
naccompanied at intervals
sands of spectatorh
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g,
raos
us enmab
nl eeda
ri nGtlhoeu
ester k .
The first corps on e .
Gate was the London Scottish Rifles. They were
accompanied by
Hon. Lord ENlchexo.t
eCama
their brass band and bagpipes, and
various corps on t
were under the command of their gallant colonel,
(London and Westminster) Rifles; the
Mid-
dlesexPeLtPheag4e6wthasalso29th (North) Middlesex, under the command of
pthreesßenitghont
Colonel Whitehead (late of the Victoria Rifles);
the 19th Middlesex (Working Men's College) Rifles,
Lieut.-Col. Bathurst and Major Hughes ; the 4th
Tower Hamlets Rifles, and the 6th (North-East
London) under Colonel Morey. The London and
Westminster took ground near the Zoological Gar-
dens, the North Middlesex near the centre of the
large open space, and the 19th Middlesex near Hai-
ford House. The 4th Tower Hamlets and 6th
(North• East London),who did not arrive till nearly
half-past seven o'clock, took up the ground vacated
by the London Scottish. The movements com-
menced about six o'clock by the last-named corps,
who, after a few preliminary movements in the
, advanced stage of battalion drill, threw out skir-
mishers towards the enclosure, the skirmishers for
the most part consisting of the kilted company, the.
supports being in the rear. All the movements
were steadily executed, but the members have yet
a great deal to learn. The London and
ne; near
ster also threw out a company for skirmish
fir© was
the Zoological Gardens. A well-sustainedafter which
kept up for fully a quarter of an hour, after
the
range of
the skirmishers lay down out %fed
to be di-
field guns, which were
supposed
rushed to the
rated at them, and the 1,
susoPme volley and com-
front and took their places. Some
and the corp shifted
pany firing then took p
of
the ornamental water,
its position to the bridgeconurenced skirmishing (much to
where they again
ild fowl, who evidently did not
the dismay of the w
disturbers),
and formed squares
like the nocturnal
n
to resist cavalry. T e
19th and the North Middle-
which
wilx
l be present at the field-day at
se ,
Lord Cowp,,
nes grounds to-day, with the other me-
tropolitan corps, went through a ; 4
VantLy of move-
meats very similar to those of the 46111 Mitidle-
„x, in a very steady manner ; and juOging from
their appearance, there is little doubt that they
will acquit themselves quite as steadily under Lord
Ranelagh to-day. The 4th and 6th Tower Ham-
lets, who will be inspected next Saturday, and
will also be present at the field-day, are entitled
to a similar weed of praise, their movements, con-
sisting principally of those which have to be per-
formed at an inspection, being executed
in a very
satisfactory manner. The various corps left the
ground shortly after nine o'clock, theywhenceed re-
were
turned to their respective headVatert3 mi
dismissed.