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1 I Penna. Sum the
A, ,d ; Animal Policy Bonus In aeit Re- Assured
Age. gEI Pre- taken addition i Bolus is ductiou et' may bor-
;, minas.'.‘; : minas. lout in Assured. Cask. Annual row en
Premiums. Policy.
....—.—.
4 s. 4; £ s d. X a. 4. X s. d.
i r 1837 243 9 3.112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 19
x :6 s. 4. 1838 218 4 6) 99 SlO 15 13 5 445 0 0
40 1000 74 3 4 1839 192 1 10, 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1
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i* . 1840 143 5 101 66 8 4 9)9 1 346 2 3
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I: "tit— , 1 1841 1138 14 .2161„ IT., 6—.9 9,2 296 1.3-_ 4
1 1842 1111 6 81 49 10 tit 7 10 4 247 4 s
. _ _

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, Sce.
)ttlee, or any •f its branches in the country ; o:
btt forwarded post free.

F. FERGUSON CA:

may be land at the
•, en application. will

ROUX, Secretary.

NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF POLICIES IN THE EQUITABLE
ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON.
UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
The attention of Holders of Policies in the Equitable Assurance
Company of London, is particularly called to the Half-Credit Scales
of Premium of this Company, by which table the bonus to be de-
clared at the next investigation of the Equitable Assurance Company's
affairs, in January, 1850, may be secured at a present annual payment
of one half the rates generally charged by other companies. In the
event of death the sum insured will he paid, after deduction of the
other half of the rates. Should the life insured survive the decla-
ration of the bonus, the policy may be allowed to lapse, and the
Company will renounce all claim for the half premiums which may
be due thereon ; or, in the event of the party being at that time
111 bad health, the policy can be kept up at the full premium of
the age as when first accepted. The above plan, originating with
this Company, was found peculiarly advantageous at the last division
of profits in the Equitable Assurance Company in 1840, when it
seas largely adopted, and many of the policies then effected are
still in force, and large bonuses have been added to them on the
Beale of the following table :
Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added. to Policy,
£5,000 •••• • • • • 6 years 10 months •• • • £683 6 8
6_oo 0 0

5,000 „ „, 5 year, „ ~...... ~.. 500 0 0
5,000 4 years .. ••••.- • • • • 400 0 0
5,000 ........ 2 years .....• .. ••• • .. 200 0 0
5,000 ........ 1 year ..............100 0 0
ProsPectuses and every information may be obtained on application
is the Resident Director, E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., at the 10f ices
14 Waterloo-place, London.

SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND and LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Founded A.D ;1815.
Constituted by Act of Parliament.
Ayer amount of Assurances during the last Ten Years, upwards of
HALF A MILLION ANNUALLY.
Capital Accumulated and Invested, upwards of
ONE MILLIO.N EIGHT HUNDRED and FORTY THOUSAND
POUNDS.
Annual Revenue, upwards of
TWO lIIINDIIED and SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND FOUNDS.
GUARANTEE FUND,
at 31st December, 184 i, 204,8071. 7s. 21.
The state of the Society's affairs is carefully investigated periodi-
uallY. viz., once in each period of seven years, and it is provided
by the articles of constitution that at least one-third of the ascer-
tained surplus or profit shall be reserved as a Guarantee Fund. The
last Investigation took place at 31st December, 1845, and the sum
Bwas et aside at that time, to maintain the stability of the Institution,
uPwards of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds, The remaining
aPortion of the surplus or profit, after providing for the Guarantee
nd, is allecated ammgst the Members, in proportion to the nnm-
- Nof YearS during which they have been Members, and the amount
tor Mich they are respectively insured. No Member, however, is
lentitled to participate in the profits unless he shall have been five
;ears a Member. The proportion of the profit allocated to each
_Mber may be applied in any of the following ways, viz.
IIY additions to the original sum insured;
By an immediate payment in money ; or,
IV an equivalent deduction from the future Annual Contributions
_.feayoaibile under the Policy,
t theeffec above modesapplication of the profits, according to the first of the

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4

•
The above cases are all taken from the Society's books, and hay
been selected, some to show the extent to whichthe policies on the
-Hues of those who have been many years members of the Society
have been increa d,otho to Provo the advantageincreased,—others of Life In-
, surance as a system. Of this latter class are the following
f No. 3 was the case of an extensive grazier and cattle-dcaler, who
was lost at sea on his passage from the north of Scotland to
i London with cattle for sale. Ne. 4 was the case of a medical gentleman in extensive country
Practice, whose life had net been insured a month before he was
seized with typhus fever, in the prosecution of his professional
duties, and under which he sunk at the age of thirty-three.
No. 5 was the case of an English farmer, whose life had been
insured for nearly eight years, and was killed by falling from
Irsrseback.
No. 6 was the case of a gentleman whose life had only been in-
sured for seven months, when he was killed by an accident on
the railway.
N.B. The books of this Society are annually closed on the 31st
December. All Policies passed before 31st December next, In the
event of their continuing in force for five years, will share in the
profits for the current year.

JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
WM. R GOREAD OFFICE.— 5, st. Andrew-zquare,E EdinbGE , Chief Clerk.
ute.;ll.
LOXDON AaxNcY.-0111e,s, 4, royal Exchange-buildlngs, and 7,
.—llya 31• KEAN, Agent.

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‘_
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lle from the peculiarity of the process of making (Just patented),
their prices are about one-half of any other sort. Portland, 235. ;
Oval Plain, 238. ; Round plain, 255. ; Round engraved, 30s. ; Antique
(superior even to silver itself in delicacy of finish), 40s.
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pi ENDERS, STOVES, AND FIRE-IRONS.
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Stamps,
QIELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise
on the rhysiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive
Unions, and Las Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma-
turity, usually acquira at an early period of life, which enervate
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of
tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis-
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
Anatomy, Physiology, aid Diseases of tile Reproductive Organs,
explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the varions
injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
infection.

ET SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
9, BEDFORD•GTREET, iiEbFORD-SQUARBI,
LONDON',

Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order
that it may he really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the
veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, he raised,
and Its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could
' It be traced is physical disqualifications and their attendant disap-
Pointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gill, which when
used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when
abused, the prolific source of niischlef, and of greater or less Injury
to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on
the nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate,
are prodactive of
than any te it subject.
greater severity of misery to the human frame,
This workother containswhich is
as accurate and complete account of tke
Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of
their relative conditions In health and disease. It deservedly
reqnires the closest attention and study, for what subject can
be of mere Importance than the preservation of the health,
and of the physical capabilities of which every man should
1443essed. It unfortunately happens neat the in diaPPY
retim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired
itno early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering
_ mi their Invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap-
plg to a qualified physician for relief. Shaine and the dread so
• ; e), 1i..,1.011,e,(11,1 tly, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are
the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking
forass stance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he
forgets
disease that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of
,sympathy with the sufTerer, and, above all, secrecy, inva-
, characterise
medical the intelligent and practical physician, and to the
man who can show by his posse •sion of the requisite legal
nuoallfleatiens that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes-
,,..!,
,n_al,pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr.
MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, re his diplomas
.testify, and the great extent
of his practice for many years is a
' guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost
aetlY to the treatment of these diseases.
blished by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards,
$2, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starle, Tiehborne-
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Illustrated by 26 An4tomical Coloured Engravings on
ON PHYSICAL DISQIIALICA.TIONS, GENERATIVE I ICAIA-
CITY, AND IIIPEDI3IENT3 TO MARRIAGE.
New Edition, enlerged to 19G pages. Just published, price 2s. Gd., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. Gd. in postage stamps,
Ti-lk SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks OR Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 2G Coloured Engravings. By E. and
L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London.
Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ;
?Tenney, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starle, 23, Titehborne-
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PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-predictive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
Pear 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul-
gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, net-rows excitement, and generative Incapacity.
It Is illustrated b) Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either ha
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse
byPSAeßvTenltTerTen Croclaotusr.cfd n
ig,rs.c
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Tentative Lotion, b • the use of
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CIONTROLJL OF THE PASSIONS: a Popular
Inquiry Into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline,
with Distractions for its Cc inplete Restoration. Addressed to those
suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence,
term Muting in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen-
sive Dissertation on MARREMIE, Incontinence, and Celibacy.
Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various
Cases, &c.

By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman-

street, Oxford-street, London.
Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c,
cowrattrs OF THE WORK,

Chap. I.—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion 'induced by inordinate
indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings.
Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and. Body,
evidenced is tho proJuction of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other
convulsive di.eases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges-
I ion, 4;triettire, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations •n the
Duties of Married Life, and on the enhappiness caused by Unfruitful
(anion'. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital
Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and
the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt ho practice
of self-indelgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, complica-
tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate.
Chap. its attendant maladies and treatment. Utses,
and concluding observations, Plates, &c.
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Ma. BUCKINGHAM'S LECTURES AT DALKEITH.—
On Monday evening last, Mr. Buckingham delivered, in
connexion with the Dalkeith Scientific Association, the
first of a course of six lectures on Palestine, in the As-
sembly-room, White Hart street. The lecture, which
occupied nearly two hours, was listened to with deep
interest, and afforded very high gratification to one of
the largest audiences ever assembled in connexion with
the Scientific Association. Nothing could exceed the
chasteness, felicity, and'appropriateness of the language
employed by Mr. Buckingham, the discriminating
beauty of his pictures of scenery and manners, or the
mellow, yet congenial and fervid spirit of his allusions
to the history of ancient Israel. Such is the interest
excited by these lectures on Palestine, that it has been
found necessary to look out for a larger room ; and the
tiornaenilmepno
iaioonfot:nrltdeche7eoEr of the,9ccchaplaLrlpoeAdevuli
chapels
iE onu rs
Dalkeith.he refore, to be delivered in
ACT.—lnoTsnh .e
TTohwe
ApcotliciJulysectlolaasuetxsaetnse
extend
cct:o!
,cscauomenhe.
towns or districts in England and Ireland as shall be
comprised in any Act of Parliament hereafter to be
passed, which shall declare that this
Act shall be incor-
porated therewith, and allptrehessellauvaaersie(d)f this Act, save
r theegYuat
regulating
n
anyso far
such
uas sh they,tct sshhaal
applybc: ex
to
ntghoetrhoerexcepted by
Commissionerss district woh which
shall Act,
as such clauses shall be applicable thereto respectively,
and and shall with the clauses of every other
shall bo incorporated therewith form part of such whicht
and be construed therewith as forming one Act. Among
the clauses is the following:—.' Every proprietor or
driver of any hackney carriage who is convicted of tek.
lug as a fare a greater sum than is authorised by any
bye-law made under this or the special Act, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding 405., and such penalty
may be recovered be fore one justice, and on the convic-
tion of such proprietor or driver, an order may be in-
cluded for payment of the sum so overcharged, over and
above the penalty and costs, and such overcharge shall
be returned to the party aggrieved, whose evidence
shall be deemed admissible in proof of the said offence."
CHARING-CROSS HoserraL.---Yesterday afternoon
a meeting of the governors and committee of the abovc
hospital was held in the board-room of the institution,
in Agar-street, West Strand, for the transaction of
general business. The report stated that there were 101
in-patients at present in the establishment. During the
past quarter the number of in-patients had been 302;
out-patients, 3,564; in addition to which 371 cases of
accidents and cases of emergency had been received.
During the pat year there had been an accession of
nearly 2,000 out-patients. Notwithstanding the utmost
care in the expenditure, the resources are too limited for
the full exercise of its useful operations, four wards
being at present unoccupied. Last year 1,052 in patients
were admitted, and 8,709 out-patients relieved—making
a total, since the foundation in 1818, of upwards of
131,000 persons who had participated in its benefits.
The funds are at present in a very low slate, 'and in-
adequate to the clematis of the charity.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SQUADRON.
PORTSMOUTH', TUESDAY.—Our last advices were to
the 28th of Oct., per the Terrible; we now continue
our details of the movements from that date to the
9th instant inclusive :
" The few cases of typhus which manifested them-
selves on board the St. Vincent, Avenger, and Cano-
pus, the Admiral had sent to the Portuguese Naval
Hospital, a step which has caused much dissatisfaction
throughout the squadron among the officers as well as
men, for, although the hospital is not very dirty, yet
the attendance is bad, the method of treatment worse,
and the very idea of the surgeons of the fleet not being
allowed to attend their own men has caused a general
feeling of annoyance. It is hoped the representation
of this fact in the proper quarter will cause a better
state of things. Made all sail this day (28th of Oc-
tober), per signal, and exercised reefing and furling.
The Caledonia and Queen were the smartest handled.
" Nov. I.—At 9.30 A.M. a signal made to shift
all topsails,' the work only of a few minutes with the
Caledonia and Queen ; the latter shifted and hoisted
mizentopsail in 8 minutes, fore and main in 12 mi-
nutes ; Caledonia, fore and main in 12 minutes, mizen
in 14 minutes; St. Vincent, 28 minutes; Vengeance,
30 minutes. In this exercise the Caledonia unfortu-
nately lost a man overboard.
" Nov. 3.—The squadron, hitherto anchored off
Belem, all unmoored, and proceeded up to Lisbon, it
is reported, in consequence of a change of Ministry
and the chance of an cmeute. The Odin steam fri-
gate, Cytain the Hon. F. T. Pelham, was supposed
to be ashore near the packet stairs, having made the
signal in want of immediate assistance.' The Admi-
ral accordingly dispatched Sir Henry Leeke to ren-
der assistance ; the Queen was immediately under all
sail standing towards the steamer, and ultitua.tely
anchored so close to her as to hay...Leen enbbleo3(l
she required it, to heave her off with the stream cable ;
but it was found she had not struck, and a French
steamer towed her to the north side of the river, for
which courtesy and prompt assistance the Admiral
thanked the French captain.
Nov. 4.—At daylight the signal was made to the
Caledonia, Queen, and Canopus, to weigh as conve-
nient, these ships having been prevented from work-
ing up yesterday by the tide. They made sail imme-
diately, and took up their respective berths in remark-
ably smart style. In former days it would have
been thought impossible for five sail of the line and
five large steam frigates to be under weigh and per-
forming such evolutions in such a river as the Tagus,
with a tide running at least 3 knots an hour; but now
it is thought nothing of; and the weighing anchor, mak-
ing and shortening sail, forming line of battle, bearing
up and running below Belem Castle, hauling to the
wind, passing each other within 50 yards, backing,
and filling, are done as every-day exercise with the
greatest facility and skill on the part of the respec-
tive commanding and other officers and men.
communicated
Majesty the Queen of Portugal gave birth to-day to
all
Prince,lthe
ships on n
in whichth e T
fact being
fi r
fired
officiallyroyalsalutea.
" Nov. s.—Another general royal salute was Bred
again to-day, in further honour of the birth of the
Prince, and in the evening all the ships illuminated
with blue lights at each yardarm, jib, and spanker
boom ends, and ten rockets were thrown up from
each ship and steamer, the effect of which was beau-
tiful in the extreme. The Hecate steam-sloop, Com-
mander Moorman, arrived this day from England.
Her rudder-head is defective ; it is to be repaired,
and she will sail to-day (the 9th) for the Mediter
ranean.

" Nov. 6.—The Scourge steam bomb-vessel, Cap-
tain Caffin, arrived this day from Madeira, where she
had been to announce the approach of the Queen
Dowager. She reports the llowe having landed her
Majesty and left Madeira on the 2d, to rejoin Sir C.
Napier. The Jackal iron steamer, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Western, proceed to Oporto to- day to relieve
the Polyphemus, which is ordered to reinforce the
steam squadron at Malta, but to be ultimately on the
Gibraltar station, in the place of the Virago, sent
home.

" MONDAY, Nov. B.—Heavy rains and foggy
weather. The Vengeance is under orders for the
Mediterranean, and will sail as soon as it moderates
and is clear enough for her to pass the bar of the
river. The 0 lin steam-frigate VI ill follow her in a
few :days. The Amphion, 36, Captain Williams,
arrived this evening from England.
"Nov. 9.—The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lush-
ington, sailed to-day for Malta. The Duke of Saxe
Weimar arrived here in the English packet from
Cadiz. His Highness is to go to Madeira in one of
the steam-vessels. The Howe, 120, is in sight, from
Madeira. The Hecate left to-day for Gibraltar. The
cases of fever on board the ships beforementioned are
reported better to-day.
" Coimmander Wingroie has superseded Catagiii
Cam in the command of the Scourge. Captain
Dixon, of the Caledonia, is unwell; it is supposed he
will go home in the packet. The Canopus, 84, is to
remain with Sir Charles Napier, and the Albion is
daily expected.
" Squadron in the Tagus :—British—The St. Vin-
cent, 120, flag; the Caledonia, 120; the Queen, 110;
the Canopus, 84; the Dragon steam-frigate; the
Avenger and Odin steam-frigates ; the Hecate and
Scourge steam-sloops, and the Jackal iron-steamer.
French—The Psyche frigate, and a small steamer.
Spanish—One corvette."
The Oberon iron steam-vessel, of three guns, and
260-horse power, Lieutenant-Commander Gardner,
arrived yesterday from Chatham, and came into the
harbour to coal, and, as usual, to make good defects.
She is to embark, it is reported, the Right Hon.
Richard More O'Ferrall, the newly-appointed Go-
vernor of Malta, for that island, with his family and
suite. Orders were, however, received at this port
yesterday to suspend the payment of advance wages
to her crew for the present.
The Rochester, navy lighter, arrived yesterday
with a cargo of stores from Chatham for this dock
yard.
The Netley, tender, arrived this morning from
Plymouth, with newly entered men for the Asia, 84,
Captain Stopford, flag of Rear-Admiral Phipps i
Hornby, C.B.

Wind N., moderate breezes. Weather dark, hazy,
and squally, with rain—five o'clock F.M.
His Highness Prince Callimaki, accompanied by
Soliman Pacha, Ottoman Ambassador at the Court
of France, and M. Zohrab, Ottoman Consul-General,
srrived at this port, attended by their respective suites,
this afternoon, by the South-Western Railway, on a
visit of inspection to this port. The distinguished
visitors were received at the Gosport station by Mr.
R. W. Stevens, superintendent., and met by Mr.
Alexander Beattie, Ottoman Vice-Consul, who con-
ducted the party to the George Hotel. The bad
state of the weather confined the illustrious visitors to
their hotel.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Her Majesty's steam-frigate
Birkenhead, Commander Augustus H. Ingram, ar-
rived this morning, also from Portsmouth.
_ _ .

Her Majesty's steam-sloop Racer, 16, Commander
Archibald Reed, last from Portsmouth, carne in yes-
terday afternoon, and after anchoring in the Sound,
saluted the flag of Port Admiral Sir John West, the
honour being duly acknowledged by the batteries at
Mount Wise.

THE GREAT TUNNEL AT LIVERPOOL.—This
gigantic
effort of skill and labour, which is to run from
Edge-hill to the new north docks is likely to prove more
expensive than was at first contemplated, and at the
same time to be a great promoter of the sanitary condi-
tion of the town. From Byrom-stre:4 to Crompton-
street (a distance of about a mile), the cuttings have been
difficult and dangerous, the workmen having to cut
through clay the whole distance they have yet proceeded,
and to support the sides with the utmost care and skill,
as required by the treacherous state of the earth. In
some portions of this distance it has been found neces-
sary to raise buildings and open the eat th to the level of
the intended tramroad. This has been done from Byrom-
street,
otnor4Gne
under ;round
inarooto3uu.ci
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therefore, believed that the h
from Fontenoy-street to Crompton street
Bispham-strect, Henry Edward-street,' eNra Pyrising
station of the South-
Eastern Arms
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rEr- m s
VMal'ulgxilrallil-srtoraede,t,Gasßco3)n•na
have to be pulled down.—Liverpool Mercury. Eaton-street,
ASlT3riCcioilAaysTerslfe:
r'
trainsbQnwe:
Eastern Railway almost every morning, at an hour
rearle'll:EthEe
suited fOr delivery in Billingsgate Market. During the
last week trains of nearly 30 trucks of fish have been
thus received. We believe this great increase is partly
to be attributed to the increased energy of the fishermen,
consequent on the facilities and advantages they derive
from railway communication, and partly owing to the
steps taken by the French Government to prevent their
fi-hermen purchasing, fish from the English boats.
Se-
veral French Government cruisers are off the coast to
the product of their industry to
compelled to bring .
arc being • built for
the ate eing
English markets. Many new .
fishing. Let us hope,that
prevent the trade ; consequently the fishermen are
the extension of the coast
gate, Broadstairs, Deal, and Dover.
Ireland may take a lesson from the fishermen or Ramo-

lIIONEY-111ARKET and CITY NEWS.
/CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 13 per
mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 101 d.
per ounce forstandard gold, gives an exchange of 25.47 ;
and the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25 70, it follows that gold is 0.90 per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is
4341 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 13.91; and the exchange at Hamburgh
on London at short being 13 11i, it follows that gold
is 0.80 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London
is 1091 per cent., and the par of exchange between
England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it
follows that the exchange is 0.08 per cent. against
England ; but, the quoted exchange at New York
being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be
deducted from the above difference.
In consequence of the disproval of the unfavourable
rumours from France which were yesterday after-
noon brought to the Stock Exchange by electric
telegraph, the English funds have to-day again
resumed an upward movement. The first quota-
tion of Consols for money and account was 83i to
-I, and they subsequently advanced to 84f ; this, how-
ever, was not fully maintained, and they left off 841
to 1. For the opening, 18th of January, they begau
at 841, rose to 851, and left off 84i to 85.
During the morning the failure of a broker was
announced, the party being Mr. Arthur Arlen.
He had become a member of the hnuse only during
the present year, and his differences amount to
10,0001.

It is understood that shipments of gold are now
taking place from this side to llamburgh, and it is
stated that the Wilberforce and John Bull steamers
have each conveyed out some amount.
The suspension of Mr. Robert Farrand, a corn-
factor, was announced this morning, and caused
considerable surprise, his credit in the market, on
account of the supposed safe character of his business,
being extremely good. The amount of his liabilities
did not transpire, but they are understood to be small.
Mr. Farrand is a director of the London Joint-Stock
Bank, and was at one time Member for Ileddon, and
subsequently for Stafford.
It was agreed to-day, at the adjourned meeting of
creditors of Thomas, Son, and Lefevre, that it would
be desirable, in order to relieve the anxieties of bill-
holders in the Lancashire district, to declare a divi-
dend as early as possible, and hence a resolution was
passed authorising the payment of 2s. 6d. in the
pound, should Mr. D. Dobree, the chairman, after
consultation with the professional adviser of the
house and Mr. Lefevre, consider such payment ad-
visable. It appeared, from what transpired, that
sufficient assets already exist, when rendered avail-
able by the friendly interposition of Mr. Jones Loyd,
to distribute this sum, but it was nevertheless sug-
gested whether it would not he better to wait the
collection of further assets, so that the first dividend
declared might be at least ss. in the pound. The
necessity of an immediate distribution to satisfy the
anticipations of the Manchester creditors, who were
represented as consisting of a class of individuals to
whom a dividend, though small in amount, would be
exceedingly welcome, was, however, strongly advo-
cated, and under these circumstances the resolution
mentioned was carried. It may be added that the
explanations furnished on the subject of the accounts
of the firm were regarded as perfectly satisfactory.
The creditors of Messrs. Abbott, Nottingham, and
Co., of Aldermanbury, determined at the meeting
held this afternoon to administer the estate under
bankruptcy. The statement of account presented
showed debts and liabilities to the extent of 24,2341.
35., and assets to the extent of 13,2051. 9s. sd.
A dividend of 6s. Bd. in the pound, payable on the
29th inst., was declared to-day under the estate of W.
and J. Woodley, of the Corn Exchange, whose failure
took place on the 27th of August.
By advices from Hamburgh of the 12th inst. money
appears to be in less demand, the rate of discount
being 41 to 5 per cent. At Amsterdam also the rate
was
.5 per cent.

The advices by the Boston steamer mention, that
notwithstanding the unfavourable news received from
this side, no failures had occurred in the United States,
and that none are expected. The liquidation of the
affairs of Prime, Ward, and Co., however, appears to
have assumed a very unfavourable character, and it is
now believed that their estate will not yield a total
dividend of more than 10 per cent. The losses of the
firm in the eight months preceding their stoppage are
stated at 800,000 dolls. The market for breadstuffs
shows no great alteration, and the farmers have held
back their wheat so generally that there will in no
cheap flour before the spring. As regards Indian corn,
prices, on the contrary, are expected to go very low.

TIIE CURRENCY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—That Sir Robert Peel's currency laws cause
a monopoly in favour of the moneyed interests of this
country is an obvious fact. That the welfare of the
great body of the people of these kingdoms is sacri-
ficed for the benefit and aggrandisement of that
limited, but more fortunate, portion of our fellow-
subjects, through the working of these laws, is also
evident. No man, it seems, must now promise to
pay the representative of goods in his warehouse, or
lands and houses in his possession, unless he have that
representative in present and immediate possession.
If he make such promise, he must do so in a fixed
quantity of this representative of property ; he must
promise a certain weight of gold, whose only value
lies in its representing goods, merchandise, and pro-
perty of every description. This certain weight,
when he is called upon to pay, may represent twice
as much goods as when he contracted such debt, con•
sequently he loses in discharging his debt, according
to present laws, an amount equal to the original debt.
lie pays twice as much as he borrowed in paying
the representative of twice as much. And wherein

lies the value of gold but as an article of representa-
tion of all the necessaries of life, and which any other
article could be made to do, such as counters or State
inconvertible notes, based on the security of the whole
fixed capital of the kingdom, and which would prove
a saving to the kingdom of the interest of all the
floating gold, besides the loss by wear. England must
allow some of her gold to go abroad, and use a sub-
stitute till the demand for. her manufactures
returns that gold, otherwise the, _value of all
fixed capital in this country must suffer an
immense depreciation ; but a currency founded on
this fixed capital will support its own and that capi-
tal's value; for who can doubt the goodness of the
security without the gold being immediately in
band? The Government securities already existing
—the whole national debt—are based on:this security ;
they are not supported by a sovereign for every pro-
mise to pay a pound.
That gold and silver are likely to become more
valuable as articles of exchange, or ornament, in pro-
portion as the population of the world increases, and
as civilization extends, there is no doubt, unless pro-
portionate increase of those metals can be called into
existence. In such case a smaller quantity must re-
present the same amount of goods as a larger quantity
at present. Will it be just, then, that debts contracted
when this article was cheap and plenty, must be paid
in the same quantity of this article when it is dear
and scarce, and, being so, may represent twice the
quantity ("clothing, provisions, houses, or lands, than
it did when such debts were contracted ? Such
would be not only unjust but impossible.
Should you deem the insertion of these lines in
your columns not out of place, I shall be obliged.
Nov. 10, 1847. J. G.

Itamburgh witnessed a curious proceeding on the
Bth. The scaffold was erected as for an execution be-
fore the principal front of the Exchange, and at twelve
o'clock a large • furnace filled with resinous wood was
placed on it. The wood having been set on fire, the bell
of the Town hall was rung violently, as is usual during
the execution of decrees inflicting infamous penalties.
At one o'clock, the hour at which merchants are assem
bled on the Exchange, the public executioner ascended
the scaffold, followed by two of his assktrants, and after
having caused a drum to be beat, proclaimed in a loud
voice the name of a merchant who had been declared
guilty of a fraudulent bankruptcy, and who had taken
to flight. He then displayed to the spectators an enor-
mous placard, bearing the name of the culprit in gigantic
letters. He next caused the drum to be beat a second
time, after which he tossed the placard in the flames.
Fur twenty-three years no similar execution had taken
place at Hamburgh. By the laws of that city, when a
tradesman fails the state of his affairs is immediately
examined into by a jury nominated by the Tribunal of
Commerce, and the jury has to declare on oath if the
bankrupt be irreproachable, if he be guilty of negli-
gence, or if ho has committed fraud. In the first c,“e,
the Tribunal of Commerce declares him innocent ; in
the second, he is subject to imprisonment for a period
more or less long; in the third, he is liable to be confined
in a House of Correction for from ten to twenty years,
and to be expos( d on the pillory; but if he takes to flight,
his name is publicly burned by the hangman, in the
manner we have described.

TRACEY PEERAGE.—This great case will be brought
to a final conclusion immediately after the meeting of
Parliament. The claimant has procured further and most
important additional evidence .sinco the claim was last
before the House of Lords, if counsel think necessary
to produce it,— Cheltenham Journal.

Robert Allirey, of Wokefield Park, Esq.; Robert Gib.
son, of Sandhurst Lodge, Mg.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.--William Lowndes; of the Bury,
in Chesham, Esq.; John Kaye, of Fulmer, Esq.; Samuel
Jones Loyd, of Wing, Esq.
CAMBRIDGE AND 11 UNTINGDONSHIRES.—John Moyer
Heathcoto' of Conington, Esq.; Emanuel Lusado, of
' Toesland, Esq.; William Wells, of Helme, Esq.
CUMBERLAND.—Henry Dundas Maclean, of Lazenby,
Esq ; Andrew Fleming Hudlestone, of Hutton John,
Esq.; Thomas Salkeld, of Holm Hill, Ecq.
CHESHIRE.—Henry Brooke, of Grange, Esq.; Thomas
William Tatton, of Withenshaw, Esq.; Sir Arthur In-
gram Aston, of Aston, Bart.
CORN WAI.L.—Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, of Trogols ;
Humphry Willyams, of Carnanton, Esq. ; Augustus
Coulon, of Pentillie Castle, Esq.
DERBYBHIRE.—Sir Robert Burdett, of Foremark,
Bart.; Jedediah Strutt, of Belper, Esq.; Robert Ark-
wright, of Sutton, Esq.
DEVONSHIRE.—WiIIiam Nation, of Exmouth, Esq.;
John Sillifant, of Coombe, Esq.; Henry Richard Roe, of
Glutton Howe, Esq.
DORSETBBIRE.—John Goodden, of Orer Compton,
Esq.; Henry John Reuben Earl of Portarlington, of
Milton Abbas; Henry Ralph Willett, of Manley House,
Esq.

litratrept.—Sir W. Eden, of Windlestone Hall, Bart.;
John Eden, of Beatnish Park, Esq.; Frederick Aclom
Millbank, of Hart, Esq.
EPSEX.—Beale Blackwell Colven, of Maagham's Hall,
Waltham Holy Cross, Esq.; Charles Preston, of Lathers,
Sewardstone, E,q.; Onley Savill Oaley, of Stinted
Hall, Esq.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—Wm. Capel, of the Grove, Pains-
wick, Esq.; Wm. Philip Price, of Tibberton Court, Esq.;
Thomas Anthony Stoughton, of Owipen, Esq.
HEREFORDSHIRE.—Thomas Hill, of Felton, Esq. ;
Robert Maulkin Lingwood, of Lystone, Esq. ; James
Martin, of Old Colwan, Esq.
HERTFORDSIIIRE.—WiIIiam Parker, of Ware Park,
Esq. ; Fulke Southwell Greville, of North llimms Park,
Esq . • Henry Rogers, of Stagenhoe Park, Esq.
KENT.—John Ashley Warre, of Westcliffe, St. Law-
rence, Thanet, Esq.; William Masters Smith, of Meop-
ham, Esq.; Matthew Bell, of Bourne House, Esq.
LEICESTERSIIIBE. Freeman Coleman, of
Evington Hall, Esq.; John Henry-Goodaere, of Lutterworth,
Esq.; Thomas Stokes, of New Park, Esq.
Lnicor.NsnutE. —Richard Ellison, of Sudbrooke
Holme, Esq.; John Whiting Yorke, of Walmsgate, Esq.;
Henry Fane, of Fulbeck Hall, Esq.
MONHOUTHSHIRE.—John Arthur Jones, of Llanarth
Court, Esq.; Edward Harris Phillips, of Trosnant Cot-
tage, Esq.; Francis M‘Donnell, of Usk, Esq.
NORIOLIL—WyrIey Birch, of Wretham, Esq.; Wil-
liam Mason, of Necton, Esq.; Edward Roger Pratt, of
Ryston, Esq.
NORTHIMPTONSHIRE.—The Hon. Henry Hely Hut-
chinson, of Lois Weedon; Henry Neill, of Walcot, Esq.;
William Bruce Stopford, of Drayton House, Esq.
NORTHUMBERLAND.—George Burdon, of Heddon
House, Esq.; William Hodgson Cadogan, of Brinkburn
Priory, Esq.; Sir Walter Calverley Trerelyan, of

lington, Bart.
NOTTINGNANSULRE.—John Whetham, of Kirklington,
Esq.; John Henry Manners Sutton, of Kelham, Esq.;
Robert Holden, of Nuttul Temple, Esq.
OxFonnsuxnE:—Samuel Weare Gardiner, of Coombe
Lodge, Whitchurch, Esq.; Matthew Peers Watt Bolton,
of Great Tew, Esq.; Henry Hall, of Barton, Esq.
ROTLANDSLIIRE.—The lion. Charles George Noel
(commonly called Lord Viscount Campden), of Flitteris
Park; Henry Stoker, of Caldecott; Esq.; John Thomas
Springthorpe, of Manton, Esq.
SHROPSHIRE.--William Henry Plowden, of Plowdeu,
Esq.; Penton Corbett, of Lougnor Hall, Mg.; Ralph
)Myrick Leake, of Longford, D;q.
SONERSETSEIRE.—Edward Ayshford Sanford, of
Ninehead Court, Esq.; Thomas Kingston, of Charlton,
Esq.; George William Blathwayt, of Porlock,_EEq.
STAFFORDSHIRE.—The Hon. Frederick Gough, of
Perry Barr; Charles Arkwright, of Dunstell, Esq.;
Josiah Spode, of Armitage Park, Esq.
COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON.--John Wood, of Thedden
Grainge, Alton, Esq.; William Garnier, of Rookesbury,
Wickham, Esq. ; Frederick Richard Thresher, of
Bently, Alton, Esq.

SUFFOLK.—Charles Andrew Lord Huntingfield. of
Haveningham Ball; Sir Thomas Gage, of Hangrave Hall,
Bart.; Robert Newton Shaw, of Kesgrave,
Suunzv.—Lea Steere, of Jayes, Dorking, Esq.; Wil-
liam Gamut Farmer, of Nonsuch Park, Esq.; William,
John -Evelyn, of Wootton House, Esq.
Susssx.—Sir Sotherton Branth way t, P.,kham, Mink-
lethwayt, of Iridge-place, Bart.; Rehard Shuttleworth
Streattield, of Lichfield, Esq.; George Campion Cour-
thorpe, of Whyligh, Esq.

Winwicksizai.—Thomaslke, of Maxtoke Castle,
Esq.; Joseph &mitbee, of Springfield, Esq. ; Darwin
Gal ton, of Edstone, Esq.
WILTSHIRE.—Sir Francis Dugdale Aatley, of Ever-
ley, Bart.; John Henry Campbell Wyndham, of the
College, Salisbury, Esq.; Graham Moore Michell Es-
mead, of Monkton House, Esq.
WORCESTERSHIRE.—Joseph Frederick Ledsam, of
Northfield, Esq.; Richard Temple, of the Nash, Kemp-
sey, Esq.; John Gregory Watkins, of Woodfield House,
Esq.
YORICSHIRE.—George Lane Fox, of Brarnham Park,
Esq.; Yarburgh Greme, of Sewerby, Esq.; Oetavius
Vernon Harcourt, of Swinton, Esq.
NORTH AND SOUTH WALES.
ANGLESEY.—Sir Harry Dent Goring, of Trysglyn,
Bart.; Richard Griffith, of Bodowyr Isaf, Esq.; Thomas
Bulkeley Owen, of Newadd Cordane, Esq.
BRECONSHIRE.—Penry Williams. of corn Parc, Esq.;
William Pearce, of Ffrwdgrech, Esq.; Thomas Lewis
Lloyd, of Nantgwillt, Esq.
CARNARVONSIIIRE.—George Augustus Huddart, of
Brynker, Esq.; William Henry Foley, of Bryn Eryr,
Esq.; Samuel Owen Priestly, of Trefan, Esq.
CARBIARTHENSII/RE.—Sir James llamlyn Williams,
of Edwinsford, Bart. ; John Meares, of Llansteplsan
Place, Esq.; Thomas Davies Lloyd, of Llandilo Aber-

cowin, Esq.
CARDIGANSHIRE.—AIban Thomas Davies, of Tyglyn,
Eiq. ; Abraham Grey Harford Battersby, of Peterwell,
Esq. ; James Bowen, of Twedyrener, Esq.
DENBIGHSHIRE.—Simon York, of Errldig, Esq. ;
Richard Griffiths Parry, of Llangollen, Esq. ; Thomas
Griffith, of Trevallyan Hall, Esq.
FLINTSIIIRE —Sir William Henry Clerke, of Mertyn,
Bart ; John Whitehall Doil, of Cloverley, Esq.; Philip
William Godsall, of Iscow, Esq.
GLA3IORCANSIIIRE.-- Thomas William Booker, of Ve-
I indra, Esq. ; Rowland Futhergill. of Hensol Castle,
Esq. ; Sir George Tyler. of Courvl, Knight.
MONTGO3IERYSTIIRE.—Robert Davies Jones, of Coff-
rengdd, Esq. ; George Meares, of Dullys, Esq. ; Wil-
liam Leutener, of Dcleren, Esq.
MERIONETIISIIIRE.—Hugh J,,nes, of GwernJdelwa,
Esq. ; Robert Davies Jones, of Cyfronydd, Esq. ; John
Bird, of Plas yn Dinas, Esq.
PEMBROILESHIRE.—Thomas Davies Lloyd, of
rhew, Esq. ; Owen Owen, of Cwmgloyne, Esq. ; Sey-
mour Phillipps Allen, of Cresselly, Esq.
RADNORSHIRE.-Richard Price, of Norton Court,
Esq. ; John Abraham Whittaker, of Newcastle Court,
Esq ; John Williams, of Slum' House, Esq.

ASSOCIATION OP MASTER PRINTERS.—A. special
general meeting of master printers was held at Ander-
ton's Hotel yesterday, at one o'clock, for the purpose of
receiving the report of the Committee of Conference
appointed on the 19th of May last, to settle the various
matters then in dispute, Mr. R. Taylor in the chair.
Mr. Cox, the secretary, read the report of the committee,
which stated that the recommendations contained in it
gave great satisfaction to the compositors. A declara-
tion was also read from the compositors, in which they
expressed their full conviction in the desire of the
masters to do them justice, and that "strikes" amongst
the compositors had received their death-blow. The
London scale of prices, as agreed to in 1810, and which
were embodied in a pamphlet, was handed about; and a
resolution was agreed to, confirming those prices as
those which should still exist. It was also resolved to
appoint a committee of reference, to consist of twelve
master printers, tsix_ of t
whose decision
members
all c:atte of
s of
itto
dispute
should be submitted, be
chosen by the compositors.
CONVERSION OF A jaw TO CATIIOLICISM.—BIR-
MINGIIAN, TUESDAY. —On Saturday 134 a remarkable
conversion took place at,St. Mary's College, Oscott, near
this town. Mr. Benjamin Marcus, a !carried Polish
Jew, well versed in Talniudical, R4bbinical, Hebrew, and
Chaldee erudition, and who has, for some years, been
lecturing against Christianitybaptized andand tinhenedreroarsproofftehsselotof
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with cholera in Russia is said
to be 100,000, of whom only from twenty to twenty.
two thousand have died.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.—Messrs. S wainson and
Birchwood's bankruptcy was superseded at the first
meeting of creditors, Friday last. Their estate
showed nearly one hundred shillings for every pound of
their-deb:4, and it was understood that the legal pro.
ceedings had been allowed to arrive at a fiatpurely 1
through neglect.—Liverpool Times.

ine p _ _ gee 1 •
roceeding-3 were new in course of legs
investigation, and it was
-not their intention to Procee
further with the meetings. So far as the object of the
by which that meeting was originally con-
requisition,
vened went, it was expired, and they would proceed
no further.
The CHAIRMAN said then they were to consider
that meeting as finally adjourned.
Mr. MozLer replied, yes.
At four o'clock the general meeting was hold at the
same room. After the chair had been taken
Mr. MOZLEY said that meeting wore in some de-
gree a different character from the special meeting.
They were entitled at the present meeting to ask for
information respecting the affairs of the company
since the last meeting, and he now rose for the
purpose of requesting information which would be in-
teresting to a large body of the shareholders. Since
the last meeting proceedings had been taken by the
directors to enforce a call, and certain proceedings
had taken place by contractors against the directors,
and it was now very desirable that they should know
what course the directors were going to take with
respect to these actions. He should, therefor, at
once ask the chairman, whether it was intended by
the directors to call a general meeting of the share-
holder* in compliance with the requisition which had
lately been presented to them.
The CHAIRMAN said, the requisition to which Mr.
Mozley alluded, was one applying. to the directors to
call a general meeting of the shareholders, in ,con-
sequence of certain actions which had been brought
by the contractors for the alleged non-performance
of their contracts. " New it was impossible for him,
the chairman, to say what the directors would do in
that case. 'When the proceedings were commenced
against them, the case was submitted to counsel, with
a view of ascertaining how far the directors had a
good bona fide case, and the answer bid not yet been
obtained, and so far as the directors were concerned,
he was not prepared to say how they would act. He
had, however, no objection to state his individual opi-
nion. Ifcounsel should offer a sug;est ion that an honest
bone fide opposition could be made by the directors,
then t,e should say, they ought to oppose the con-
tractors ; but if, on the contrary, such an opposition
could not be made, then he should advise that no op-
position should be made at all.
Mr. MOZLEY said his question had not been an-
swered. His question was not what the directors
would or would not do; but his question was,
whether the director 3 would call a meeting in com-
pliance with the requisition which had been presented
to them ? 'Whether there was or was not an honest
defence against the contractors was not then the
question, because he denied that the directors had the
power to deteriaine the question. The shareholders
were the parties who ought to decide upon the course
to be pursued; nor did he think it proper for any per-
son to undertake to say how far there was an honest
defence, for what one person might consider an
honest defence might, in law, turn out a different
thing.
The CHAIRMAN said he could not answer them in
any other form.
Mr. SPOONER, M.P., rose and said the Act of Par-
liament allowed the directors twenty-one days to
consult as to what they would do in such cases, and
the directors in
.the present instance would take that
time to consider. Mr. Mozley knew that they had
that time allowed, and he (Mr. SpoOner) had no hesi-
tation in telling them that they would take full time
before they would tell any. one .the line of conduct
they intended to pursue.
A SHAAEHOLDER wished to know whether, in case
counsel should decide against the 'directors, they
would pay the money without calling the sharehol-
ders together
The CHAIRMAN was understood to say that he was
not then prepared to answer the question.
Mr. Mort.wr said it was his intention to move that
it was the duty of the directors to call a meeting,for
the purpose of the requisition presented to them, and
the directors were requested to.call a meeting on an
early day. Ile should, as on former occasions, put
the resolution to the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN protested against its being put.
Mr. MOZLRY then put the resolution, which he de-
clared carried. After which he proposed the follow-
ing resolution-:—" It appearing that an action has
been commenced against the company by Messrs.
Peto and Eastled, resolved that such action be de-
fended, and that the directors be, and they are hereby
required to defend the same."
The resolutio 1 was seconded and carried.

IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING

ASSOCIATION. _
Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this associ-
ation Ni as held at the London Tavern, at which
Thomas Gibson, Esq., presided. The report was of
very considerable length from going into u detail of
the new property at Bananal. lt appeared that dur-
ing the five months that they had taken posses ion of
these new estates, .501 h. 10oz. lOdwts. of gold had
been raised, in value 2,2001., and the vein was still
encouraging. The necessities had been materially
supplied by the Gongo Soco and Coto Preto mines,
so that the expenditure of the new mine had been but
trifling. The works at Gongo Soco had been only
partially successful, so that it was recommended to
convert the whole of the mine into open workings,
washing away the jacotinga, and passing the water
over skins or coarse cloths, so as to obtain the fine
portions of gold. For this they would require some
few Englishmen and thirty or forty labourers. The
call of 2/. per share, which came due in July last,
had been paid on 9,766 shares, leaving only 234
shares in default. The time required, after talc.
ing posset-sion of the new mine at Banana! to
put it into an efficient course of working, was
stated at about twelve months, and the probable
cost of doing so was fixed at 5,0001. or 7,0001., during
which period from 4,0001. to 5,0001. of gold might be
extracted,Ewhich had now partly been realised. The
directors had made a further call of 11. per share,
which they thought would not only cover all neces-
sary expenses attending the new mine, but leave a
profit to be divided amongst the shareholders. The
gold obtained from Gongo Soco in the last six months
had been only 681bs. 17dwts., realising 2,5781. 10s. sd.
The expenditure at all the mines amounted to
10,6271. 3s. 2d., leaving a deficit of 7,971/. 19s. 3d.,
against which the association had 32,238/. reserved
fund in England, and 5,966/. 13s. 4d. in the Brazils.
There were 600 persons in the employ of the associa-
tion, the black portion of whom had well conducted
itself, and one of them had been recommended for the
grant of his freedom. The Chairman, in answer to a
proprietor, said that the directors would take time to
consider v. hat they would do with the forfeited shares ;
that the native copper ore had not been worked ; and
that all the transports of gold were strongly escorted.
The report was adopted, and n vote of thank , was
passed to the directors, when the meeting adjourned.

SCIIOOL TOR THE INDIGENT 11LIND.--Yesterday a
g‘meral meeting of the governors and subscrib.,rs to this
institution was he'd at the London Tavern, Bishop ate-
street, for the purpose of electing thirteen pupils—five
males and eight females—on the foundation of the insti-
tution; Henry Warner, Esq , in the chair. From the
report of the proceedings of the committee of governors
for the past year it appears that since the foundation of
the institution in 1799, 350 persons of both sexes, ex-
clusive of tho..e who have been placed on the permanent
establishment, died, or dismissed from incapability, have
been returned to their friends able to earn from 8s: to
1/. Bs. per week. The pupils arc admitted between the
olc
ages of ten and tsenty-five years, and are retained in
the institution until they have attaired a sufficient
knowledge of their trade, which is gent rally about fire
years, and during that
reli-
gious education, both orallye•
raised in embossed letters, and instructed in various
time they aret,y foxtrotted
means
ofi4bo iiks-
trades and manufactures, according to their capacity.
The articles manufactured by the hands of blind persons
in the establishment of the institution, during the past
year, were sold for 1 216 L 2s. 2d., and the total number
past year,e s
e
of pupils on the establishment, including the thirteen
elected at the meeting and those on the permanent
e
taigbhlitsybnifoeunr females.
t,a ,
Tohfewrlleiccefitptes for
ightythaere males
as and
in-
cluding donations and subscriptions, 2,365/ ; g
cies, in cash, 2,1691. ss. 4d.; from Is Coll'esn', Eles—qa: 150 i, Three per Cent. Consols and 'ales. Sarah West
901., Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. Income on funded
stock and various sources amounted to a gross total of
p9t,tr6i(2),/i. :078s:310151.:
5;, gds
thed.
exvenditure during the same
leaving a gross cash balance in
hand of 1,1571. 12. 2d.
13ENEVOLENT SOCIA 'ILES PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.
—On 'Monday night, at the Pitman's Arm-, Pitman's-
buildings, St. Luke's, the members of this Society held
their tenth anniversary;
ry; Mr. W. Newman, one of the
oldest members, presidrd. The statements made were
extremely ....satisfactory to the members, showing that
many distressed families bad received prompt telief.in
money, and that during the winter months a large
quantity of bread and coal-tickets had been distributed,
and that owing to the exertions of the members the
funds were in a prosperous condition. Thanks were ten-
dered to the chairman and other .friends of the institu-

tion, and duly acknowledged.
Goon NEWS FOR BUM ENHEAD.—We understand
that the deputation recently appointed to conftr with
Government on the Subject of refunding the 21,0001. ex-
pended in the erection of the sea wall north of the en-
trance to the great float, returned from Lcndau on
Saturday evening last, with theratif3wi.nigth itnhteislligenco
that the Golernmcnt sere ready to refund the above
sum, on condition that it should be applied at once to-
wards the furtherance of the other unfinished works,
condi-
tioniVe .n:aesdosiecaorrte..tili}; addthat compliance
promised, and we may therefore an-
ticipate an early resumption of the works • __L •
W
Times. works.—Liver