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7 DECEMBER 8 1849.
N°.l7 849. j LONDON, SATURDAY k°tiEta' ,
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MEDICAL, INVALID, anil GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
25, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 29, 1849.

At the Annual General Meeting of this Socle•y, held on Thursday,
the 29th day of November, 1849, Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S., in
the chair, the accounts of the Society for the twelve months ending
39th September, 1819, and the report of the Auditors thereon, having
been read by the Actuary and duly received, the following report by
the Directors was also read : _

The Directors, in submitting their report on the occasion of another
annual meAlng, have pleasure In directing the attention of the share-
holders to the results of a very favourable year's business, during
which there have boen issued no less than 475 policies, covering as-
surances to the amount of 201,7121., and yielding annual premiums
amounting to 7,196/.
Lout mg :it the very depressed condition of mercantile affairs during
this period. a depression which has had the effect of diminishing the
amuuot of business done by most assurance companies when com-
pared with that of the few preceding years, it is very satisfactory to
find that the number of policies issued by this Society continues to
lncrsase, and there is every reason to believe, from the opinions ex-
pressed by the various agents and b/ other parties, who are in a
condition to form a reasonable opinion, ihat in the year just com-
menced a still greate - amount of business will be transacted by the
Slciety than in the previous year.
The following abstract shows the number and amount of policies
Issued in each year, ending September 30, since the commencement
of the oLiety.

Year.

Number of New Po-;
licies issued
during cacti Year. !

,842 130
843 208
[844 197
[845 258
'846 )99
847 3 3
848 412
849 475

•' Amounts Assured
by the New Policies
of each Year.

£55,245 1 0
87,830 16 11
80,415 8 6
103,014 11 0
83,700 14 5
113,542 4 8
124,458 17 9
201,712 15 6

Annual Premiums
payable
on the New
Policies of each
Year.

£1,882 13 7
4,992 18 6
4,120 4 3
5,563 17 0
4,985 8 5
4,237 3 4
4 980 2 8
7,496 0 6

Mr. llawKiNs called the bankrupt, from whose
1 examination it appeared that he had been authorised
to receive the tithes for Mr. Lomax, who had been
imbecile since 1846. Different parties wrote to him
subsequently, but he doubted their authority.
The COMMIS+IONER said the bankrupt had no right,
even if Mr. Lomax were imbecile, to elect himself
trustee of his property.
The bankrupt said he had been clerk to the ma-
gistrates, and clerk of the peace for Hertfordshire,
also agent to Lord Verulam, whose confidence he still
retained. His large domestic expenes were owing
to his having had three families to maintain. He had
been separated from his wife. His sons had been a
great expense to him. One had been affected in
his mind. Gemm and Co., the petitioning credi-
tors, sent down to St. Alban's, Mr. Reynolds, their
confidential clerk, on the bank being stopped. There
was no previous arrangement for his bankruptcy.
Before that he had no idea of his insolvency, but ex-
pected to pay every farthing he was indebted.
Mr. JAMES said he was willing to leave the case in
his Honour's hands. He had known the bankrupt on
circuit as a respectable solicitor, and there was no
other imputation against him.
Mr. IlAwKiNs submitted that the bankrupt had all
along believed himself solvent; and that his resis-
tance of the claim of Mr. Marett was justifiable
on the ground of his wishing to get time. None
of the large creditors in his neighbourhood opposed

His Ilosoua said the case was one of great impor-
tance to the bankrupt and the public, especially at
a moment when trust-moneys had been made the
subject of fraud. lie would give the case his seri-
ous consideration, and deliver his judgment on Mon-
day next.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONuLANcluz )

mer occasion he had established the first charge, and
part of the evidence was entered into respecting the
second, the facts of which have already been pub-
lished in our columns.

After some further proceedings,
Mr. Lucas thought that as it would take some hours
yet to complete the else, perhaps it would be better
to remand it until to-morrow (Saturday).
Sir J. DUKE thought that the best plan, and
accordingly the prisoner WAS remanded until Sa-
turday.

the bax to the railway, as she was desirous of send.
ing it to a married sister, and had had no opportunity
of forwarding it before she came into her present
situation. She wanted it sent that evening, but I
told her that I could not send it until the next
murrain... On Thursday the kitchen maid brought it
down into my pantry, and I sewed the card of address
on to the wrapper. The prisoner had given me two
half-croivns to pay for the carriage, and I gave the
box to the ',footman, by whom it was taken to the
railway terminus.
William Brian, the footman, proved that he paid
at the station 3s. 61. for the conveyance by rail of
the box, which he recieved at the hands of the butler.
He did not notice the direction upon it; it was
weighed at the station, and its weight was said to
be 381bs.

Mr. Lore—What more do you know of this af-
fair? Witness—Oaly that about half an hour
after my return, and giving back the change,
the prisoner wished to pay me for my trouble. I
would not take anything; of her, and she remarked,
" Very well ; you'll find that you shall 103 e nothing
by it."
The last and most important witness was Mary
Anne Bridge, who sail—At 11 o'clock last night I
searched the prisoner at the station-house, and found
upon her a gold watch and some silver. I asked her
what she was charged with, when she at first made
me no answer, but presently said to me, " Are you a
married woman ? I told her I was, and had a large
family, when she said, " Then you can feel for me,
and I'll tell you ; its all about a child." I asked her
if it was a new-born baby, and she answered it was
not, that it was two years old, and she had hung it,
I asked her how she came to do such a thing as that,
when she said she didn't know ; a woman who had it
to nurse, and to whom she owed a good deal of
money, brought it to her, and she was afraid of losing
her place. She did it (alluding to the hanging) in a
moment, no one else being present. She then packed
up the child, and sent it into the country to her sister
to get it buried, and she thought that she (the sister)
had made all the noise about it. She further said
she supposed she should be hung.
The prisoner had no questions to put to either of
the witnesses who had been examined.

Sergeant Whitcher Paid he was not at present
prepared with any more evidence.
Mr. LONG, after cautioning the prisoner in the
usual manner, asked her if she had anything to say
in answer to so awful a charge? Prisoner (sobbing)
—Nothing, sir. Can I have counsel ?
Mr. LONG -It is my duty to remand you, and you
will be brought up again next Saturday (to morrow)
week. You can then have any professional assistance
you may think fit.
She was then removed from the bar by Mitchell,
the gaoler, who was directed to see that she was
closely watched prior to her being removed in the
Government van.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
On Thursday a Court was held at the Guildhall for
the dispatch of public business; the Right lion. the
Lord Mayor in the chair.
The minutes of the last Court having been read by
Mr. Woodthorpe, the city and hospital docquets were
sev(-rally sealed, and the list of applicants for the
freedom of the city was read, and the parties admitted
accordingly.