The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-01 00:00:00

ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

Prince Albert • 942
Earl Powis .. ....... 835
Majority
HALF-PAST ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Prince Albert 948
Earl Powis
Majority
CLOSE OF THE POLL—TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Prince Albert
Earl Pow is 837
Majority

COURT CIRCULAR.

9%
9 p
lOU p
206

87
88
221,1

2%
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lON
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P
27%

GOLDSMITHS AND JEWELLERS ANNUITY INSTITIT-
TION.—On Friday a halt-yearly general meeting of the donors
and subscribers to the above institution wa, held at the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, strand. The r port stated that
there are now on the funds fourteen male and six female an-
nuita ts, whose peli.i,,ns during the past year amounted to
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2251. 12s. 9d., the males receiving 151. and the females 101.
per annum. The receipts for the past year were 1,654
19s 3,1.; the expenditure, 3421 6s. Bd.; leaving a balance
in favour of the institution of 1,313. 12s. 7d., invested in
the Bank of Ene,land. A further sum of 8001. has been set
ap,rt fur the erection of almshouses. A di,cusion arose as
to rescinding the 14th law, rvhich in future will stand "that
the number of tytnales shall in no case exceed the number of
m4!e annuitants."

FIRE AT linmosToN.—Friday morning, shortly
before one o'clock, a serious fire broke out upon the premises
in the occupation of Mr. Hvnarn, in Church-lane, Loaer
Edmonton. At the time oi. the outbreak livitam, his
wife. and three children, were in their beds, and before they
could be awoke the lower portion of the house was wrapped
in fire, so that no one could get dc wn the staircase. The
whole of the inmates, however, succeeded in effecting a
safe retreat through one of the upper windows. The engines
of the parish of Edmonton and Tottenham were soon at the
scene of conflagration, but unfortunately the want of water
retarded their operations, and very speedily the house became
enveloped in one immense sheet of flame. The fire soon ex-
tended to the house adjoining, and both dwellings and the
whole of the furniture were consumed. Mr. Hynam was in-
sured in the Licensed Victuallers Fire office, but not to the
extent of his loss. The origin of the disaster could not be
ascertained. When the family Itetired to rest the over-n4l
t
the plus arpeatul Perfectly sally

Loud cheers followed the announcement of the numbers.
The Senate House was crowded curing the morning; a vast
number of ladies were present.

The Queen held u -fris'y Council at three o'clock on
Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was at•
Vended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne. Lord Pfersid,rd ; Lord Cottenhstn,
Lord Chancellor ; the Eat•l of Minto, Lord Privy Seal ;
Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir
George Grey, :.ecretary of State fear the Howe Depart-
ment ; Viscount Palt&ierston, Secretary of State for
Foreign Atfair ; Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the
Colonies ; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Ad-
miralty Sir John Ho')house, President of the Board of
Control ; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster ; the Earl of Clarendon, President o!-. the
Board of Trade ; die Marquis of Clanricarde, Post-
mastfx• General ; Earl Fortescue, Lord Steward ; and
the Duke of Norfolk, Muster of the Horse.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Henry hurl Grey to be Lord Lieutenant of the
county of Northumberland, his Lordship took the cus-
tomary oaths.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Camel! in
Waiting.

The Queen gave audie►:ces to Lord John Rtissell, the
Marquis or Lansdowne, and Earl Grey.
Hir Majesty was atten►?ed by the Earl of Listowel,
Lord in Waiting ; the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold
Stick in Waiting ; Lord Edward Howard, Vice Cham-
berlain ; Lord Marcus lull, Comptroller of the House-
hold, and Edmund Sir Edward Codriugton, Groom in
Waiting. _ _

The 'Boys! dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, their Excellencies Chevalier and Madame Bunsen,
Prince Lowenstein, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de
Speth, Earl I)elawarr, Viscount and Viscountess Folke •
stone, Lord and Lady Dalmeny, the Right Hon. Sir
Charles and Lady Mary Wood, and Lieut.-Colonel
the Hon. C. B. Phipps.
The band of the Royal Regim'nt of Horse Guards
attended during dinner, and performed the following
pieces
Overture—Crusaders— Benedict.
Fest March—Camp of Silesia—Meyerbeer.
Introduction —" Maria Stuart "—l).:nizetti.
March—"Midsumnier's Night Dream"—Mendelssobn.
W al tz Tol be,cque.
In the evening the following had the honour of joining
the Royal circle:—The Earl and Countess of Rosebery,
and the Ladies Primrose, Lord AJfred Paget, the Misses
Codrington, Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour, and Captain
Francis Seymour.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con-
sort took their usual early walk.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the' Daehess• of Ke::t,
.Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, ond the Domestic
flonst hold. attended diVine service yesterday in the
private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The sermon was
preached by the Bishop of London. The Hon. and
Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay assisted it, the service.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Allred, the Princebs
Royal, and fte Princess 11liee, took their accustomed
airings yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge at-
tended divine service yesterday in St.. Michael's Church.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended
divine service yesterday in St. Paul's Church.
Her Royal ilightn,s the D,ichess of Kent visited the
Dueness of Glow-ester yesterday ar Gloueest, r Ilunse.
Ifer Royui Ifigl-m•ss the Duchess of Cambridge?, and
his Semite HiAlincss Prince Fr,•derit k •of Hesse, ho-
n-ur.,6 the lt,o'ito •lith their presence on Sat ur•
d:ey
Mr. Bright, the lThaittnan of the Royal South Lou.
don Floriyuiturai Socie,t-y, had ail titt,rvit? With
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at Canehridge
House, on Saturday-, to present the report of the Hail-
stone Comirri'Ve, which his Royal It'Omess wa gra-.
cloudy pleae-ed to tire:pt and to approve.
His. Royal ig,i:ness the-Duke of Cambridge llo%ored
the Marquis of Northampton with his company nu
Saturday 111,d afkr4,rds honour, d ant:
and Viscountess l'alinent.toti with his eolniyauy, tHeir
residence in Carttetre iloit6;-tetTace.

A Cabith,t Council heid rt hpir."-pasi-, four
on Saturday aft.-Tnoon, Foreign-cflic;•. T:.e
Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lard
Chaiac,illor, the M.irqui 4-I‘. Lan6downe, the Earl of
Mint,., Sir George Gt,y, Vistiount l'almersom, Earl
Grel, Earl of Auclii.lid, Sir .Yiho
Cairpbell, Earl of Clarendon, Marquis of Cia7:rioarde,
the Right Hon. T. U. Macaulay, and dui Ri;lit Hon. H.
Lationchf_ r r.

Vir.count Wrpeth afterwards jollied his rolleJgues,
The council bat au hour and a half

Mr. ilindley, M.P., and Mr. aardwell had an inter-
view with Sir George 3rey, o►i Saturday at the Home
Office.

The Solicitor-General for Ireland had an interview
with the Right Honourable T. Milnfr Gibson on Satur-
day at the Office of the Board of Trade.
The Bishop of London ordained five gentleman as
priests, and three gentlemen as deacons, at the early
service in the Chapel Royal, St, James's, yesterday.
The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wes!ey, and the
lessons by the Rev. Mr. Helmure.

The Duke of Wellington attended the early service.
The Bishop of Worcester preached the sermon at the
daily service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yester-
day. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. flail,
the Jessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the communion
service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was, " Sing
praises" (Croft). Sir G. Smart presided at the organ.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND.
TO THE EDI I OR OF 7HE SUN.

Sin,—ln the report which appears in your paper of last
night of the.annual meeting of the above most excellent in-
stitution, a mistake is made in your notice of the few obser-
vations I offered in.moving the first resolution, which I find
you have obligingly corrected in this morning's edition.
I am made to say that life insurance companies are op-
posed to such institutions. I beg 'most distinctly to4issure
you that no such remark ever fell from me. What I did say
was, that life (.tlice generally, during the la,t 18 inunths,
had experienced a tailing i..tr in the anioulit the
attention of the public having dittoed its,ll, tar a time,
into other channels of investment, and it was, therefore,
highly gratifying to hear from the report just read, that the
reverse wag the case as regarded the Provident Clerks'
Association.

Sir, the more widely the advantages of such loci; ties can
be ditfu,ed " through every vein of cur empire" the
better; auci when we consider that in the great mass of
the population of the tithed Kingdom, the comp ratively
small number who have availed themselves of the blessings
which life-assurance, and properly conducted mutual benefit-
societies culler, as a means of protecting themselves in case
of illness, or their wives. and families in case of death, I
should, indeed, deeply regrtet• that the erroneous impres,ion
went torth, of hostility, or even jealousT, amongst such insti-
tutions, and one so much at variance with my own opinions
and experience.
The field of u.,eculness for life insurance, and such mutual
benefit wsociations, is very extensive, but unfortunately 38
yet ton little occupied; all therefore that can he done is to
make !heir tu.rit.Y kw.wn. as you have endeavoured to do,
by publishing the report of the proceedings of yesterday.
am, sir, your most obedient servant,
MARK BOYD.
New Bank-buildings, 27th February 1847.