The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-18 00:00:00

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3redulity .
Austria (THIS DAY.) (THIS DAY.) LtlcEg LE .L.411D
rA:sinleag
(.11ArTeetiAL85:minessi
Ur. Paid. Rittman. compaus. yesterday. this day.
a great —......___. -
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BRITISH -
telage of (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 50 all 'le 'ford and ',Pinion Sz
ce. lII' SWEEPSTAKES of 10 SOVS. • , Bletcliley.... N.• W"st ••••, n'
Pebble I Closing Prices Business done St. 100 Briekgliamsh. ii•SDN•W• 1•)•)
unplated, 1 Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS.
Vienna, Chorus
--.- 2 'e.it,erday this day.
spirited
Four ran. -- SSO t. 1009. l l Clydesdale
per cent.
Cleo:lune
tjg er
.
id there 5t.1.00 Aberdeen - 24 25 all Gins. Barr. & laldonian.
ye l' A 'l4.' Para .. • TWO-YR-OLD SWEEPSTAKE. 20 8; ARibg Nottng. BObi Neils. Direct •• •••
lima-
* ............................... . 1 and Eastn. Junct II 4i
Contention ........................... 250 all Belfast & Ballymena ... ••• 25 all Do. New...... Do
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1.
eN"r tah.t.; 9.4.. --- 96...
25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fri It. West'. ~• •••
,nd Eng; 134 all Birmiug. Wolverh. & 100 all }IWO. Dk. & (k. New.
v Baron) , . Six ran. Stour Valley ........ 7i —B6 Railway SE, Berw. ... —• • •
liS short MATCH.—Orinoco beat Nathan. 31 28 Birkenhd. La.nesh. di
1 charge' SWEEPSTAKES of 10 SOVS. Half A.B.M. Cheshire Juuct l3 —l2 dis Yo.oSt NDV 10501
_-- 10352
27i all Do. Chesh, ISt Isirk.,
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given by
HANDICAP PLATE. 25 30 itlyth &Tyne original . 20 100 Lowestoft gr.
12.:(3).4 alll
DLoonpr.AzeGferieeennz
,onfidenl, .Z 25 (issd. at X 45 •• • • 4 per cent. Norfolk._ ••• ~,
'D'oEaste" 2122 t -- Bit
Sesostris filly
[nfor42o WO Do. 6 per
it as b! Five ran. 4 all Manch. Bxtv . L.& N. W
Cork and
Caledonian.rn l &dacHolyhead. ,
--
5145; 55i
and Matlock & Midld. 2t 21
525010. 100aalllll Coctoto
a formu Bandon...--
azpats,. S..
.._.- 1..0. • 50 all Aiddlesbro', 2; itcktola &
LATEST BETTING.
1 Russii.Redear . Darlitigt. ... ..
said that DERBY. 20 12 Cornwall ••• -- ... 10( all vtidld.Bmdfa. ,iidlauci. • :88 90
the Bet. 7to 2 agst Autocrat (taken). 10 t Crieff Junction. •••
"• 50 all qorthern ano
pressure , 7to 1 agst Dervish (taken). 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc 4l —43 Easternsp.e. :i. Count. 54 —56
25 all Dundee Perth &Aber 5() Do. 6 per et. D 0......... ... - - •.•
Hass vex/ 10 to 1 agst Andover (taken). deco Junction._ 7 —• 8 50 all Do. Fixeds p•.
Do .... .... ••• •.•
• s {)tat 20 to 1 agst Hermit (taken). 25 all Do. New 25 all Prost. & Wyre L.&N.W.
all
all
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(AxulgBl i
Ba. nd
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isregeru• 25 to 1 agst The Trapper (taken).
2185...
123 12 Do. t Shares. Do — xd
'eared to 25 to 1 age, Neville (taken).
qt,
ail
Eastern Counanitaines, ...... 12 —. ,124 124 it St. 1.00 1-toystn.& Hit. :It Northn ••• ...
e solemn 6to 5 agst Autocrat and King Tom (taken). •••
25 8!
1800?
Do., New
BN.Zolk :. 7:: St. too
common Stock - •• •• 25 18p ihef. Both A i liamashla
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;ides the
SHREWSBURY RACES
St. 100 East Lancashire Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. . .
Do.Shepth.St Do
12 9.4 4. Staflordsh. A.MClean 21 —24 d
pursuing •
erne/Its ; 1 (THIS DAY.) •• 59 . 60 50 all Vear Valleyg i - ito.ekt. It
6 per cent... -Darlingt. ..... ...
ism a re' . St. 100 Edinburgh dtGlasgov, 53 '`.. 55 25 all ,)o.
the now (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 10 5. Edinb. and Peebles... ~•,,•' ~* i St. OK, Vilts&Somrs, /tWestn. 90 - 92 92
St. 100 - Edin. Pitt] &Dundee ho 2'
ustria ag ORDER OF RUNNING. 10 1 Forth & Clyde Julie. ••• "- ••• PREFEE,ENUE SHARES.
tred her Salopian .
2 30 St 100 .41asgow &S. Western 58 62
it before Lougner 3 0 St. 100 Great Northern Stk 85i 88t: 88i st. too Aberdeen
Cleveland
e cour 3 30 St. 100 Do., A. Stock
Queen's Plate St. 100 Do., B. Stock. ll9 121 25 30 Blyth and Ty ue 10 per
e herself 4 30c. pref. (issd.at 500 ... -- •••
Welter . St. 100 Gt. Stb. &West.(lrc.,. 88 90 884
a bstauee 5 0 St. 100 Great Western 721 734 734 St. 100 13ris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. ... ...
ansiver -----
ENTRY for QUEEN'S PLATE. Three miles 12 12 Irish South-Eastern - ••• 20 5 Do. 4p. C. Shares ... ..• •••
,he coal'
Sutherlandßourt,n),,
JackStileiatteoemi Newbold,.gnis ute Defiance,cil.St. 100 Caledonian £lO 93 •95
Annie Eataplan,lo 12 v 15 an Chester & Holyhead
,
.ay, Wasll Do., Thirds•
5016 i all ltaneaster & Carlisle 83 •
87
Guar. 5t per cent... ..• ...
nounoeS diau Warrior. All here but Ratapla'n, who is'exapnectel. 11691 2 Do. New Thirds__ 1.0 —l2 1.
St. 100 Lancash.andYorksh 59i 804 80a i 64 64 Cork dtßaudons4p.c. •,„ •
•••
though
ARRlVALS....._smnpst ti,t 18: Do., Fifths -8 -- 71 tt 64 all Dundee Perth &Aber- .
'boils i°
Gahriel, Cestrea, Lady Flora 14 11, Do., Wst. Riding Cu •• • •.. deeu Junction
50all Leeds Northern
Hi is ex' 1
I:..astlYeook, Hobbv Horse Th. ivt.,i.l 1?..1-,;., unnd, on i i.i‘. es•iato, kgnilfl,nt ... ..
- I , 6 ner cent 2i • 31

ARRIVALS —Sltnps, n, Gabriel, Cestrea, Lady Flora,
Paetrycook, Hobby Horse, The Medal, Robin Hood.
St, Spiro, Grief, Ada, Sextus, Roebuck. Pontiff, Wire,
Ridnapper, Pope J Hercules, RJrneo, Sally, Lotty, Czarina,
oan, Field Marshal, Clara Clark, and Gaylad.

ve conics
s in the
;t to see
circle of
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.14 all
.0 8
;t. 100
it. 100
0 12
.0 1

Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt
Loudon & Blaekwa
Lond. Tilb. & Sthetvi.
Loud. Bright & S.Cst.
Loud, and N. Westu.
Do. Fifths

;:a.stAngliam (X3los)
6 per cent
Do. (.£5) 7 per cent
Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c
Eastern Counties Ex-
tension, 5 p. c. No. I
Do. No. 2
Do. New 6 p. c. St
Eastern Union, Scrip
Guar. 6 per cent
Do. 51., 10 per cent
Do. 101. Deb3utr.Sh-
East Lancash. 6 p. ets.
East and West York
shire Junc. Pref...
Ediub Prth.&Dundc:4
5} per cent.
'fllasgow&S.Westeri
Guar. 5 per cent.
great Northn. 5 p. c.
Do. 5 p. c. Redeem.,
at 10 p. c. prem...
p. c. Scrip
n.N. of Scot. Ist Prei
;rt. Soutlin.&We.stm.
(Ireland) Eighths) ;
Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh.
It. Westn. (Berks &
Rants Ex. 5 p. c)
Do. cov. red. 4{ p.c.
Do. con. red. 4p. c.
irred. 4 p. c
Lan, & York. F.1:20
6 p. c. Stock

8. 84
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77 78
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164 6

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Do. Eighths

61 all
.0 all
all

>t. Iwo

LondoliandS. Westu
'Do., £SU
DO. £4O
Lndudrry& Coleraine
Lndudrry. & Ennisk:
Manch,Shef.& Lineln
Do., Man. & Lin. Uu
Midland

23 - 24

5 all
LO all

he right
,ness the
May 12
owners.
in this
he Kan'
n as the
English
hope of
ia, these
.ing de-
y, who,
3y could
e to the
and hi
,fit that
ian con-
It those
British
in the

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15 all
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5I all

57i 58,
32 - 34

3 - 31

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:vlidld.G. West.(lry.;
Do. Half Shares ,
Newcastle & Carlisle,
Newmarket

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!,t. lUD
',t. 100

;t. 100
6i 5
17:,

Do., Bury Extension
wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd.
Newry & Enniskillen
Newry Warreupoint
and Rostrevor.
'lOO Norfolk .

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74 -- 8
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North British

6 6A
94 96
87'— 89
88 90
id par
128 132

North Devon, No. L
Do., No. 2
)0., A Deferred
Do., B Guarauteeil
North London

,t. 100
It. 100
6 6
It. 100
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12!, 9
1t... 100

50 - 54
A - 4P

jDo. New £lO.

,eeds N. 6 p. c. No. 1
Do. Quarters, 1848..,
London and Brighton
Guaranteed 5 p. c
Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St.
Do. Convertible, 5 p.
c., 1852
Do. New Guar.6 p. c
Lon. &N. W., Coy. &
uneaton
Loudon & S. Western
Con. Thirds
Londonderry& Coler
Shares
Londy. & Ennis./ Sh.
Awl., Shef., & Lin.,
Shares, No. 1. ...
Do. New, £lO
Do. £6
Aarypt.& Carl. 4 p.c
00. 4/ per cent

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N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp.
stead, and City Ju
North Staffordshire
North Western
N.& S. Westrn. June
Nuneaton, Hinckley
and Leicester

Lfter the
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ft. 1100
ft, Iwo

Of. 95c.,
month ;
f. 90c. i
Shares,
; Great
Shares,

Oxford, Worcester,&
Wolverhampton
Portsmouth

26 - 28

2f - 21

Scottish Central
Scottish Midland

85 86
51 53
51 -
51 - 53
3 - 24

all

Shrewsbury & Bil sag.
Do. L. & N. Western
Guaranteed St (AA.—
ihrewsby. & Bereft]
ihrewsby. & Cl ester
(N. W. Min ;
Do. Halveso. •
Do. Oswestry
Shropshire Union
Do. A, B, C,& D,fully
paid up at per cent
South I)evou
south Eastern
South Wales .
S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun

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:5- all

Lyons
Franco,
Central
i, 471 f.

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L2A all
[2i all
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100

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10
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Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St.
Do. Consol. Bristol &
VArin. 6 per cent....
.)o. Pref. 44 per cent
Norfolk Debenture ..
Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock
Do. 5 p. c. Eat
Do. per ct . pref
Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c
North British
North Staffordshire
Oxford, Worcester, k
Wolyerh.Xls, 6 p.c
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132
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53. It

13 - 15
59i - 60
34 - 35
4 - 21
4 - 5

.6 5
.0 6
4. 10u
4. 100
44 100
44 100
a. 100
'X) all
100

Do
Staines, Wok &Wok
'Stockton & Darling
Stockton & Hartlepi
Taff Vale

30 - 32

aty of
tat ha*
amerce

93 -- 95

Do. £lO shares.

that at
nburg-
etnned
Ether a
It at a
baptist

Do. Pref., No. 1.
Manias Haven Dock
and Railway.
Vale of Neath
Waterfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford& Limerick
West Cornwall
West End of London
and Crystal Palace
West Loudon

IL 15
8i all
8 all
LO all

3 —a
-
17 18
34 —4,
19 2:

,cot. Cent. , New Frei
Threws. & Shan. N.G.
;I) rewsby. & Chester
(Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c.
Do. 5 per cent
iouth Devon

• • • -- ••
8 - • 9

15i -16 i
94 -- 10
11 -- 13
ia PI
221 -- 22/
98 -- 100
15 -- 20

[OI 10
15 all

••• ...... •

4 =

.0 61 all

00. fixed, 44 per cent
S. Eastern (Reading
Ann.) of XI. Os. 6(1.
Do. 41spei cent,
4. Vorksh.4p.c.Guar
4tockton and Dar-

s from
sertion
Prussia
'russia,

Wimbledn & Croydon
York Newctl.&llerw,
Do. Extensions
Jo. G. N .E. Purchase
York & N. Midland

14i 7 6t
94 Bid
5
45i 46. j

It. 100
!O all
?.5 all

5 1 5
.2 all

lington, 4 per cent
Do. do. do
Aocktou and Hartle•

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end an
of the
nd.

FORE'

pool, guar. 5 p. c.
till Ist July, 18541
Watera&Kilk.tip.c.
York, Newcastle,an]
rerwick,4 p.c. Pref.

2. 1d

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3ial re•
he 7th

kntwerp& Rotterdam
I ielgiau Eastu. June.
Beziers to Graissessa,
Bombay, Baroda, an, i
Central India,Ser ip
leutral of Italy ..,
• harle roi & Erqueliu
Demerara ...
Dkjou and Besancon
outeh Rhenish . .....
Fast Indian
Do Extens' on
C.t. Indian Peninsula
.d. Juliet. of Frantic
Grd. Trunk of Canad,
Debeu:ares
Do. do.
Gt. Central of Prance
tit. Western of Canal In

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4 1
4 3d

87 - 92
3 -
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44 4d
14 2
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9 - 7

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18. -19 i
p - 1p
7 -9 P

Shares
Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7
&maw). & Toront(
Do. 6 per cent.
Lake Coust. & Bag
Lucca & Pistoja 5 p. c,
pref
Luxembourg
Do. (Railway)
Do. Pref

dis
it - 5
- it
-14 d
2 1d

Do. (Canal)
1)o. 6 p. et. prof
Lyons and Geneva
Lyons di Mediterran.
'dadras

—par

Maria Antonia

Do. do. New

Aelbourne Dk. & Ry
Namur & Liege (witt
interest)
Do. (ex iutercat)
Northern of France

61 - 74

31i - 32

Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds
(ftuy. B. dt A ms. Shs.
lorwegianTrukPrei
Paris and Lyons

nulti-
-0 the
TI, so
King
lazza

6 9 xn'
155 16

Ditto Bondi;
Paris and Orleans...
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
ParisCaen & Cherbrg
Quebec & Richmond
Rouen and Havre
Loyal Danish
Royal Swedish
iambre and Meuse

43 - 45
35 -37
29i • 29i
- Pm

.• • -

2i -

8 - 84

Do. 5A p. cent. Prei

ioutlieli. of France.
St. Andrew's am
Quebec (A)
West Landers
Do 5{ per c. Pref
Western of France
West. of Switzerlani
Wiesbaden
Zealand

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3 -

3 - 4p
3 - .44

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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 181 1854.

TILE WAR AND THE MINISTRY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

- -
SlR,—There are some striking remarks in your edi-
torial of the 15th instant on the subject of the war. In
one I particularly concur. There is no heart in the
cause on the part of the Ministers as a Cabinet. Indivi-
duals of them are, I should hope, hearty enough. If
there are suob, why do they remain connected with a
Cahinet that bids fair to entail more disgrace upon old
England than any Ministry that has existed in this
country for a very long period indeed.
It is ali very flue for the Aberdeen Cabinet to say that
they hoped against hope for peace. It may almost be
said literally that ninety-nine men in every hundred be-
lieved war to be inevitable at the time that the Cabinet
hoped to preserve peace. Granting that they were sin-
cere and conscientious in this their hope, why should
they not have taken certain measures of precaution in
case their hopes should be disappointed ? The Emperor
of Russia neglected no measure to enable him to make
war effectively as soon as the season would admit. And
why should not we have have been equally prepared to
enter upon active operations the moment that we knew
we must wage war I Were we so prepared ? The daily
events now occurring tell us that no such precautions,
as iu common sense and common prudence ought to have
been taken, were adopted by the Cabinet of all the
talents ! These events are a sad and disheartening com-
mentary upon what has been done in contrast to what
might have been done. There would not have been
room for blame by 4ily party had active measures of pre-
paration been taken as soon as the resolve to send
an ultimatum to the truthful Nicholas had been decided
on. Transports might have been engaged, and many
other matters discussed and arranged which would have
simplified the ex,ecution of all the neosssary arrangements
for the embarkation of our gallant soldiers. More than
a third part of the.m-hney now paid for transports might
have been saved by engaging them conditionally only ;
and instead of uncertainty as to the best mode of trans-
mitting our horse artillery and cavalry, by sailing or
steam-vessels, the thing would have been decided, and
executive action only would have been required from our
commanding officers. Lord Nelson used to say that
when he died, frigates, frigates would be found impressed
upon his heart I The chances are ten to one that Lord
Raglan will have equal cause to lament the want of horse
artillery and cavalry as Lord Nelson had to regret the
want of frigates.
Thus, sir, the advantage of having all the talents as a
Cabinet is dearly pai,. for, when, for business-like effi-
ciency, we get incapacity and want of zeal in the service
of the country. Take my word for it, sir, these men
are not the men to conduct, because they cannot orga-
nise the preliminary measures to insure a successful
war. Is there any limn that is satisfied with our want
of preparation and readiness to strike a hard blow at
the enemy ? Is there any one of the Duke of Welling-
ton's officers that thinks as much has been done by dear
Aberdeen and his friends as their old commander would
have done ? No ! not even Lord Hardinge, connected
with these men as he is, can be sure that he has done
justice to his country. He has no doubt been restrained
in part, and in part, no doubt, by hesitating and imbe-
cile instructions. Where the heart to do the thing well
does not exist, there will, be a want of precision, as well
as decision, that will puzzle and perplex in all instruc
bons coining from such a source. What new system of
waking war is this that is to save armed men as much
as possible ? Unwalled towns are, or ought to be, sacred
against all active warfare ; but wherever there is resist-
ance to the hazard of loss of life, common sense and com-
mon humanity demand reprisals. Are the lives of her
Majesty's sailors and soldiers to be sacrificed to this new
doctrine ? It is canning, sir, to see the apathy of the
people of this country to the manifest incapacity, and,
as I think, something worse than the incapacity, of their
rulers to conduct this war to a successful conclusion. It
does not require a professional person to see that there
has been a total absence of that prescience of all the de-
tails of preparation for this war, and hence the state of
our infantry now in Turkey, without artillery and with-
outo r t vhe earleroyt,i
ofint
oft; rfienlodthwi to) grkbs trrhheedree tchannceb
be, there
t hfortresses
doubt in the mind of any professional person, soldier, or
sailor, that we might now, and we ought now, to be
striking hard blows at our enemy. The people of Eng-
land may depend upon it that the blame is not with the
commanders, but solely with an incapable and subser-
vient Government, abetted by the most unprincipled and
inconsistent publio journal in England, or it may be said
in Europe.
It is to be hoped, sir, that Lord Aberdeen will not
much longer be allowed_to assist his imperial friend of
fortypeople
of E
ears
(algslamnduewhil as,
ssiibnlysiscta
uponn, an
something
thatmoh
itnhge
more for their money than a-sh,am, war remain, sir,
your obedient servant, C.
will ere er h
ee lung, p

PROVIDENT CLERKS' LIPE ASSURANCE
'AND BENEVOLA'NT ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of the members of the benevolent depart-
ment of this institution was held yesterday afternoon at
the London Tavern, for the election of three clerks and
four widows of clerks, additional annuitants on the funds,
Mr. R. U. Jones, the chairman of the board presiding.
The resolution of a former meeting authorising the
election of,a further number of annuitants having been
read.

The OHAIRMA.N said the directors bad hoped to have
seen one of the trustees present, but as none had attended
he was called to occupy the chair in their absence. Mr.
John Abel Smith, who promised to come, had suddenlY •
been called from town. After carefully considering the
resolution which had just been read, the board had
arrived at the decision announced in the advertisement,
viz., that there should be three clerks and four widows
of clerks elected upon that occasion. He could have
wished sincerely that there had been no contest, but,
unfortunately, two candidates would be disappointed,
though he trusted that in this, as in former instances,
they would not forget those who were unsuccessfel
(Hear, hear.) He might mention that another candi-
date who had been admitted had died, and that his
widow applied to be placed on the list in his place,
but as this could not be done under the rules of the
society, the board, owingto her distressed circumstances,
gave her a gratuity of 101. (Hear', hear.) He would
take that opportunity of mentioning that a widow of a
clerk had expressed to him her desire to get one of hey
children admitted into the London Orphan Asylum at
Clapton. The child's name was Charles Win. Kennett,
and he was the son of James Kennett, formerly a
member of the association. He alluded to this case, in
the hope that some members who were subscribers to the
association in question might interest themselves on
behalf of the widow. The cases of the different candi-
dates before the meeting had already been fully pub-
lished, the desire of the board being that the members
should judge for themselves, and not be influenced by
names, or indeed any other extraneous circumstance.
The cases were stated just as they had appeared before
the board, whose only wish was that the best and most
deserving persons should be elected._ It was a most
pleasing occupation of the board to carry out in this
way one of the main objects for. which the insti-
tution was formed. In this branch of the society
they bad 34 annuitants, at the cost of 6001. a
year, and they were now going to add to
that number. Considering the time they had been esta-
blished and the means at their disposal, he thought all
would agree that they had fulfilled the promises with
which they commenced their career. (Hear, hear.) If
any who were not members were present he could as-
sure them that, by a comparatively trifling subscription
to the society, they would aid in doing a great good,
and, then, little did they know what they might them-
selves require hereafter. So many cases had transpired,
showing the necessity of belonging to such an associa-
tion, that he felt it his duty to urge all clerks, for whose
relief and assistance it was specially designed, to become
members without delay. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. THOMSON HANKEY here entered the room, and
was received with cheers.
Mr. J. W. WELCH, deputy-chairman of the board, said
it was extremely gratifying to find that the association had
been enabled to confer such benefits upon its members,
and particularly so to himself who had very strongly and
very frequently called upon clerks to give it their sup-
port. Perhaps his appeals were not responded to to
the extent they might have been, but still he was glad to
see that they had not been without their effect, and that
there was a growing disposition on the. part of clerks
_ .

throughout the country to become members of this noble
institution. (Cheers.) A circumstance had recently

come within his knoWledge which induced him to view
with greater leniency the backwardness of some clerks
joining it earlier. He had interested himself on behalf

of a widow lady, whose husband diet recently, and he
was happy to say that he had been instrumental in pro-

curing three of her sons situations. He then pressed on
them the necessity of joining an institution like this,
which, he said, was always ready, through its influence
with bankers and merchants, to endeavour to obtain
situations for deserving members, and which might be of
great use to them on-a future occasion, if they happened
to lose the friends they now possessed. They promised
to become members, and the day before yesterday he re-
ceived a very beautiful letter from their mother, thank-
ing him for what he had done, and alluding to the desire
expressed by her sons to belong to the association. She
assured him that the only reason they had not fulfilled
their promise was, -that being placed in very painful cir-
cumstances by the death of her husband and the illness
of one of those sons, the salary received by one of the
young men--he was quite a youth—was totally absorbed
in supporting the family in a state of respec_tability; but,
he added, that so soon as they overcame their little dif-
ficulties they would join the society without delay.
(Hear, hear.) He mentioned this to show that clerks
could not always be in a position to subscribe their
guinea •in consequence of having, like those boys,

THE WA.R—AUSTRaLIAN SHIPS.

mothers or other relatives to support, or to assist in
supporting. Therefore it was that the institution had
a claim on the general commercial community of the
country. They had already aided it nobly, yet still it
required to be more known, and he was sure they might
calculate on a large amount of additional assistance from
the great body of traders if they mate them acquainted
with the good which the society did to that class of per-
sons who were so essential to their welfare. He thought
they were fully justified in appealing to the public for
support, and he doubted not that the fact of the associa-
tion transacting its business with a degree of delicacy
Anch could not wound the feelings of those who had
once held a respectable position in society, would induce
many humane and benevolent individuals to come for-
ward and subscribe to their funds in proportion to their
mekins. (Cheers.)
Mr. THOMSON EIANKEY, M.P., could not forbear say-
ing a few words before the opening of the poll, upon
what had lately very forcibly struck him as a matter
likely to affect the institution. He meant the increased
amount of income-tax which was about to be imposed
on all classes in the country in consequence of the neces-
sary expenditure of the war. As that tax had not long
igo been extended to a lower class of incomes than for-
merly, it necessarily felt with peculiar_se..erity on many
of those in whom the association took a particular in-
terest, and whom it numbered among its members and
supporters ; but now that it was about to be doubled in
amount over the whole year, and rendered, moreover, in
a certain degree, a tax of a permanent character, its
payment by this class, who only had very moderate sala-
ries, would be still more keenly felt, especially when it
was considered that they had just come through a
period when they had unusual difficulties to encounter,
arising from the high price of provisions. (Hear.) It
could not, therefore, be too strongly impressed on clerks
generally, that here was an institution, by subscribing
to which they would not only make a provision for
themselves in the event of being overtaken by misfor-
tune, but, if they were lucky enough not to want that,
would know they were benefitting their less fortunate
fellow-clerks. (Hear, hear.) If the advantages of the
association were telt formerly, how much more so would
they be now, and how peculiarly gratifying it must be to
those who had taken time by the forelock by becoming
members, and thus, as it were, anticipated a period when
the lower or middle classes would be limited in their
means by being obliged to contribute a larger share to
the taxation of the United Kingdom. (Hear.) This
was a point which he thought deserved some notice. It
was just one of those circumstances which corroborated
and strengthened the arguments on behalf of the associa-
tion.

The ballot was then proceeded with, and was kept
open from two till five o'clock.
Shortly after the close of the poll, the CIIIIRMAN an-
nounced the numbers to be as follows :- -

WIDOWS OF CLERKS.
F. G 2,898
Al. A. G. 1,799
A. S 3,779
E. S 1,191
S. B. H.
The CHAIRMAN, therefore, declared the election had
"alien on

CLERKS.

J G. 325
W. H. S 2,767
H. W. S. 2,674
R. W. 1,976

CLERKS.

W. H. S., t.oa;;;l;;uity of £25 I
H. W. S. /2 25
25
R. W. 2/

WIDOWS OF CLERKS.
G. F., to an annuity of £2O
M. A. G. 15
A. S. IP 15
E. S. 15
PP

A vote of thanks to the chairman was then moved by
Mr. H. B. Reynolds, and seconded by Mr. R. H. Menzies,
of Prescot, Lancashire, after which the meeting termi-
nated.

REPRESENTATION OF HULL.—A. monstrous process is
going on at Hull The report of Commissioner Flood
has demonstrated that the bribery at Hull was originated,
conducted, and avowed, by one of the members unseated
by a committee of the House of Commons--the same
who, it appears from the report, says, "no Reformer
can be elected at Hull along with Colonel Thompson,"
—viz., because Colonel Thompson will not wink at
bribery. And now the so-called Liberal paper at Hull
announces that they will have nobody but this indivi-
dual's nominee. So the unfortunate freemen who have
yielded to the solicitations of this individual are to be
disfranchised for ever. But the individual who was the
author of all the mischief is only to be ineligible till
another Parliament, and, in the meantime, is to appoint
his nominee. Colonel Thompson was asked if he would
come in as his nominee ; and replied, that he would as
soon sell his daughter for a concubine at New Orleans.
—Berwick Advertiser.
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—The anniversary
meeting of this society for the election of officers, tite,
will be held at Regent-street on Monday the 22d inst.,
at one o'clock. During the ballot the royal medals "for
the encouragetnent of geographical science and disco-
very," will be presented to Rear-Admiral W. H. Smyth
and Captain Le M. McClure, R.N., by the president,
the Earl of Ellesmere, who will then deliver his annual
address. The dinner will take place at the Freemasons'
Tavern.
ST. PETERSBURG.—The letters from St. Petersburg
reach to the 9th inst., but contain nothing new, except-
ing that, in consequence of the amount of produce still
in course of exportation, the rate of exchange on Lon-
don has recovered from 351 d to id. From Riga the
dates are to the 11th, when the weather was exceedingly
warm and fine. "Although the British cruisers," it is
remarked, " have not made their appearance here again,
they have refused neutral vessels at Domesness to enter
here." Domesness is a neighbouring Russian port.
PRESENTATION TO MR: SHERIDAN KNOWLEs.—On
Friday last, the anniversary of his birthdda7, the stu-
dents of Stepney Baptist College, presente to this dis-
tinguished author 4 splendid copy of Bagster's compre-
hensive Bible, elaborately mounted with silver. Mr.
Knowles has for some weeks been delivering lectures on
elocution at the college, and the students availed them-
selves of the occasion of his entering his'7oth year to
offer him this mark of their esteem.