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PUBLICATIONS.

PRICES OF GRAIN.

LONDON WELSH PROVIDENT
SOCIETY.

THE NEW MORAL WORLD contains
WEEKLY LETTERS on the PRESENT STATE
of the COUNTRY, addressed to SIR ROBERT PEEL,
by ROBERT OWEN. Published every Saturday.
Office, 57, Pall Mall, and sold by all Newsvenders.

By the latest information received from the Continent
respecting the prices of foreign grain, it appears that the
highest qufiation of white wheat of the first quality at
Hamburgh • rix dollars current the last, which
answers to 60s. 7d. the quarter. The highest quotation
of white wheat of the first quality in London is 78s. the
quarter. It appears, therefore, that wheat is 303 per
cent. dearer in _London than at Hamburgh.
The highest quotation of Zealand wheat of the first
quality at Amsterdam is 332 florins the last, which is
equal to 535. 7d. the quarter ; and the highest price of
white wheat of the first quality in London being 78s. the
quarter, it follows that wheat is 451 per cent. dearer in
London than in Amsterdam.
The highest quotation of wheat of the first quality at
Stettin is 76 dollars current the wispel of 24 scheffels,
which is equal to 51s. 9d. the quarter, and the highest
quotation of wheat in London tieing
78s. the quarter, it
follows that wheat is 50/3- per cent. dearer in London than
in Stettin ; and that with the sum of 31. 18s. a man may
buy rather more than 12 bushels of wheat at Stettin ;
whereas with the same sum he can buy only 8 bushels in
London.

On Tuesday evening last the members and friends of
the above Society assembled at the Vestry of the Welsh
Chapel in Jewin-crescent, for the purpose of testifying
their respect for their Honorary Secretary, Mr. Hugh
Owen, and the value which they attached to his gratuitous
services, by presenting him with a piece of plate, valued at
14 guineas.
The slumber collected of both sexes was about 200, and
after partaking of tea, the President of the Society, Grif-
fith Davies, Esq., F.R.S., was called to the Chair.
The CHAIRMAN opened the business of the evening by
acquainting the meeting with the specific object which had
called them together, and spoke very highly of the valu-
able services of their Secretary. The object of the So-
ciety was, that persons might make provision for them-
selves or for their families. A person might provide
himself all annuity in old age, might provide a sum to be
paid at his death, might mae provision for children on
attaining a certain age, and might also make provision
against sickness. He thought that all present would
agree that those objects were praiseworthy ; they were
encouraged in Holy Writ, and he considered the spirit
which they inculcated valuable in a national point of
view ; the spirit of independence was, perhaps, the cor-
ner-stone of national prosperity. He thought that
wherever a person, after having done all in his power to
gain an independent livelihood in this world, failed in
so doing, the Scriptures commanded that to him charity
should be exercised; but that it would be very much
like Antinomianism in religion to beget a spirit of de•
pendence- —of " dependins, on Providence"—if persons
failed to do all they could' for themselves. Man in his
individual capacity (he said) was unable to accomplish
some things which he might accomplish by joining with
others. It was the duty of man to observe the laws of
nature, and to endeavour to convert them to his own be-
nefit. Of those laws there were a great many that man
had some knowledge of s the law of the seasons, the
pressure of the atmosphere, and a great many others
which he might name. There were, however, some ag-
gregate laws also which man might convert for his own
benefit. What law was more determined, perhaps, than
that of the near equality of the sexes? Yet nothing ap-
peared a greater chance than -whether a male or female
should be born in a particular family. The law of mor-
tality was of a similar character : the time of death was
uncertain to all ; yet in taking the mass of mankind in
any given age, it might be predicted how many would
die within a year almost with as much certainty as pre-
dictions could be made concerning the various seasons of
the year. The same remarks might be applied to the
law of sickness. It was from these laws that calculations
were made, with a view of providing for the aggregate
amount of sickness and death among the whole Society.
After stating shortly the details of the Society, lie said it
behoved those who comprised it to be cautious in the selec-
tion of their members as to their health and constitution.
It behoved them also in looking at their funds to be very
cautious that they did not draw false inferences from
their accumulation. Those which were destined to pro-
vide for a superannuated allowance must go on accumu-
lating until the age at which the parties were to have the
allowance. The same with respect to endowments for
children. The admission of new members likewise should
not be viewed in a wrong light ; they did not pay any-
thing to aid those who had previously joined the Society.
but only helped to make a more sure average, and in
their turn to form a succeeding class, that the Society,
might be carried on from one generation to another. It
was also to be remembered that as old age ad-
vanced incapacity for labour increased, and sick-
ness increased, and that therefore the subscrip-
tions which were to provide for the whole term
of life, ought necessarily to be more than would cover the
outgoings of the Society during the first few years of its
existence. On these accounts it behoved all the mem-
bers not to be anxious to divide the money if it should
aecumulate, but to husband sufficient for all the casual-
ties that might come upon them. He also hoped that
some members would be found willing to fill gratuitously
the different sift-ices of the Institution, either in rotation
or otherwise, as the calculations did not include any pro-
vision for that purpose.
Mr. ROBERT OWEN (Eryron Gwyllt Walia) then pro-
duced an elegant and massive silver teapot, and said that
the duty entrusted to him on that occasion was a most
agreeable one to his feelings. If he had known Mr.
Hugh Owen only as Secretary to the Welsh Provident
Society from its formation to that time—then nearly
five years—his conduct during that period—his zeal and
perseverance on behalf of the Society—would have ren-
dered the duty of presenting, through the Chairman,
that small token of their hearty acknowledgment of his
services a most pleasing one. But it happened that they
were, and had been for many years, personal friends,
and that circumstance enhanced the pleasure not a little
of having then to unite with his brethren, the members
of the Society, in paying this tribute of respect to one
who had so justly deserved it. He desired from his heart
long life to his friend to enjoy his reward.—(Cheers.)
The recollections connected with a present of this na-
ture could not be unimportant. Perhaps the chil-
dren, and even the grandchildren, of the friend they
had met to honour, looking at the handsome ves-
sel after lie should be gathered to his fathers,
would be reminded that their parent had been respected,
beloved in his day, and had been useful to his genera-
tion; and such recollections would doubtless tend to
awaken in them a desire to walk in his footsteps and to
imitate his exemplaryconduct. He adverted to the pre-
sent itself—and complimented the Committee on the
taste and judgment they evinced, and he considered it
creditable to the Society to have presented their Secre-
tary with an article at once useful and ornamental, and
they wished, thereby, he had no doubt, to convey a
wholesome lesson, that to be useful is the greatest orna-
ment of life. And it was not the least gratifying circum-
stance attending the presentation, that it was done on the
same auspicious day that had given birth to a Prince of
'Wales. In the name of the members of the Society, as a
small token of their esteem towards Mr. Owen, and the
value they attached to his unremitting services as their
Secretary, he begged his acceptance from the hands of
the Chairman of the piece of plate.
Hyn o rodd sydd yn arwyddo

Now ready, Second Edition, in Two Vols. Bvo., with numerous
Illustrations,
A SUMMER AMONGST

rrHE BOCAGES AND THE VINES.
_IL By Ansi LOUISA STUART COSTELLO,

Author of " The Queen's Poisoner," &c.

" Most agreeable volumes. Miss Costello's rambles were
by no means confined to Brittany, or to the Boca...es ; and the
reader will find much amusement in her lively descriptions of
some of the old French cities, ruins, and chateaux ; the tra-
veller, indeed, may follow her as an instructive and entertaining
guide."---Quarterly Review.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington. street,
(Publisher in ordinary to her Majesty.)

The mean or average of the prices of wheat of the
first quality at Hamburgh, Amsterdam, and Stettin, is
553. 4d. the quarter. and the price of wheat of the first
quality in London being 78s. the quarter, it follows that
the price in London is nearly 41 per cent. higher than
the average price of the three above-mentioned places.
The present duty on the importation of foreign wheat
into England is 245. Bd. the quarter, which is equal to
the following rates :—To a rate of 401 per cent. on the
prime cost of wheat at Hamburgh, to a rate of 46 per
cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Amsterdam, to a rate
of 47,1 per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Stettin,
and to a rate of 44! per cent. on mean price of the three
above-mentioned places.

This day is published, price 95.,
AW OF DISTRESS, A PRACTICAL
A TREATISE on the LAW of DISTRESS for RENT
and of THINGS DAMAGE-FEASANT ; with Forms, and
en Appendix of Statutes. By EDWARD SULLEN, Esq.,
of the Middle Temple, Special Pleader.
London : Shaw and Sons, Fetter lane.

This day is published, price 165.,
TAW OF LANDLORD and TENANT.
. A
MANUAL of the LAW of LANDLORD and
TENANT. By JOHN MEE MATHEW, Esq., of Gray's
Inn, Barrister-at-law.
London: Shaw and Sons, Fetter-lane.

TO MAGISTRATES, SOLICITORS, POOR-LA. vv
UNIONS, &c. &c. _

This day is published, No. XXXVI., Vol. V., price 6d., of
THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE;
Containing :—Summary of the Statulory Enactments
of the Two Sessions of Parliament held 4 and 5 Vict. and 5
Vict. 1841 ; with the Cases (hitherto published) decided in
the Courts at Westminster in Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter, and
Trinity Terms last, and at some of the Circuits : intended as
a further Supplement to the Last Edition of Burn, by J. and
T. Chitty. Reg. v. Foster—Mandamus—Gaoler of a Liberty.
Stennit v. Monkton—Churchwardens, Duties of—Perverse
Verdict. Martins v. Gray and another—Justices, Notice of
action against, not waived by tender of amends. Clark v. the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Gravesend—Chamberlain
—Corr oration. The Queen v. Cooke. Practical Points—
Correspondence, &c. &c.
London : Henry Shaw, 137, Fetter-lane.

This day is published, Third Edition,
THE LAW of JOINT STOCK COM-
PANIES brought down to Michaelmas Term, 1841.
This Edition contains Chapters en Railway, Banking, Canal,
Mining, Insurance and other Companies, Clubs and other So-
cieties, and on the Liabilities of Directors and Shareholders,
actions for Calls, Transfer of Shares, and the Effect of Bank-
ruptcy, Compensations, Construction of Statutes, Mandamus,
&c., &c. With Appendix of Statues, including the Loan So-
cieties' Acts, and Forms of Parliamentary Deeds, Deeds of
Settlement, Provisional Agreements, &c.
By CHARLES WORDSWORTH, Esq.,
Of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-law.
London : Saunders and Benning, Law Publishers, 43,
Fleet-street.

The highest price of white vleat of the first quality
at Paris is 34f. per 1 hectolitre, which is equal to 51s.
I Id. the quarter ; and the highest price of white wheat
of the first quality in London being 78s. the quarter, it
follows that wheat is 501 per cent, dearer in London than
in Paris.

NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS FOR
THE YEAR ENSUING.
Yesterday being the morrow of St. Martin, a Privy
Council was held in the Court of Exchequer, agreeably
to ancient custom, for the purpose of nominating fit and
proper persons to serve the office of High Sheriff in the
different counties in England for the year ensuing. The
Court was exceedingly crowded.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, attired in his
splendid robes of office, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord
President of the Council (Lord Wharncliffe), Sir James
Graham, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Lord Denman, Lord
Abinger, Chief Justice Tindal, and the other Judges,
entered the Court shortly after two o'clock, when the
usual oath was administered to their Lordships in Nor-
man French.
The following is the list of those nominated to serve
the office of Sheriff for the ensuing year, and which will •
he published in the Gazette on Tuesday next, 16th inst. :
The names of those who mere nominated for Sheriffs
by the Lords of the Council, at the Exchequer, on the
Morrow of St. Martin, in the fifth year of the reign of
Queen Victoria, and in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eigh(hundred and forty-one :
Bedfordshire.—William Sutcliffe, of Great Braming-
ham, Esq. ; John Lee, of Sharmbrooke, Esq., LL.D. ;
Robert Lindsell, of Fairfield-house, Esq.
Berkshire.—Sir Robert Throckrnorton, of Buckland-
house, Bart. ; Henry Mill Banbury, of Marlston, Esq. ;
and Edwin Martin Alkins, of Kingstone Lisle, Esq.
Bucks.—John Palmer of Dorney Court, Esq.; James
Trevor, senior, of Boughton-house, Aylesbury, Esq.; and
John Barnes, of Chorlay Wood, Esq.
Cambridge and Huntingdonshires.—John Lorton, of
Stirtloe, Esq. ; John Beaufoy Rooper, of Abbots Ripon,
Esq. ; and Steed Girdlestone, of Sibson-curn-Stebbring-
ton, Esq.
Cumberland.—Fletehville Lawson Ballantyne Dykes,
of Daventry-hall, Esq.; Robert Hodgson, of Salkeld,
Esq. ; and George Harrison, of Linethvvaite, Esq.
Cheshire.—James Walthall Hammond, of Wiclaston,
Esq.; Edward Davies Davenport, of Capesthorne, Esq.;
and John Dixon, of Astle-park, Esq.
Cornwall.—Sir William Molesworth, of Pencarrow,
Bart.; Richard Spry, of Place, Esq. ; and William
Marshall, of Treworgey, Esq.
Derbyshire.—William Mundy, of Markeaton, Esq. ;
Thomas Pares, of Hopwell, Esq. ; and James Sutton,
of Shardlaw, Esq.
Devonshire.—William John Clarke, of Buckland,
Esq. ; John Croden Bulteel, of Fleet, Esq. ; and Em-
manuel Lousada, of Peak-house, Esq.
Dorsetshire.—Henry Ker Seymour, of Hanford, Esq. ;
John Mansell, of Smedmore, Esq.; and James Charles
Dale, of Granvills Woolton, Esq,
.Durham.—Robert Eden Duneombe Shafto, of Whit-
worth Park, Esq.; Cuthbert Elleson, of Hebburn Hall,
Esq. ; and Edward Shepperdson, of Durham, Esq.
Essex.—John Faithful Fortescue, of Writtle Lodge,
Esq.; Henry John Conyers, of Copt Hall, Epping, Esq.;
and Stones Brocket Brocket, of Spains-hill, of Willing-
' tate Sporn, Esq.
Gloucestershire.—Thomas Henry Kingscote, of Kings-
cote, Esq.; Edward Hopkins, of Edgworth, Esq.; and
Joseph Yorke, of Forthaniton Court, Esq.
Herefordshire.—John Lucy Scudamore, of Kent-
church Park, Esq.; the Hon. Thomas Harley Rodney,
of Berrington; and Sir James Kyrle Money, of Hone-
house, Bart.
Hertfordshire.—George Gould Morgan, of Bricken-
donbury, Esq.; John Bennet Lawes, of Rothampstead,
Esq.; and Thomas Plumer Halsey, of Temple Daisley,
Esq.
Kent.—Henry Hoare, of Slapchrist, Esq. ; Frederick
Perkins, of Chipstead, Esq.; and the Hon. George King,
of Ansley.
Leicestershire.—John Ba.robridgelStorey, of Locking-
ton, Esq.; Sir Willoughby Wolston Dixie, of Boswick
Park, Bart.; and Archibald Henry Algernon St. Maur,
Esq., commonly called the', Right Hon. Lord Archibald
Henry Algernon St. Maur, of Burton-on-the-Wolds.
Lincolnshire.—Sir John iSrelthorpe, of Bawly, Bart. ;
Hussey Parke, of Caythorpe, Esq. ; and the Hon. Charles
Thomas Clifford, of Irnham, Lancashire.
Monmouthshire.—Sir Etherington Welsh Rolls, of
the Hendre, Esq. ; William Huntre Little, of Upper
Panty Guytre, Esq. ; and William Philips, of Wilston
House, Esq.
NoVo/h.—William Howe Windham, of Felltrig, Esq.;
William George Tyssen Daniel Tyssen, of Foulden,
Esq.; and Sir John Peter Boileau, of Ketteringham, Bart.
Northamptonshire.—Robert Sackett Tornlins, of Fo-
theringay Castle, Esq. ; Longhorn Rokely, of Arking-
worth, Esq. ; and Allen Allicoche Young, of Orlong-
bury, Esq.
Northumberland. William Hodgson Cadogan, of
Brinchhurn Priory, Esq. ; Edward Riddell, of Chars-
burngrange, Esq. ; and William Cuthbert, of Beau-
front, Esq.
Nottinghamshire.—Francis Wright, of Linton Hall,
Esq. ; Thomas Dickenson Hall, of Whatton, Esq.; and
Charles Paget, of Ruddington, Esq.
Oxfordshire.--John Shawe Phillips, of Culham, Esq.;
William Henry Vanderstegen, of Cane End, Esq. ; and
Walter Strickland, of Cokethorp Park, Esq.
Butlandshire.—Richard Westbrook Baker, of Cottes-
more, Esq. ; George Fludyer, of Ayston, Esq. ; Henry
Richard Watson, of Caldicot, Esq.
Shropshire.—Henry Justice, of Hinstock, Esq. ; Sir
Andrew Vincent Corbett, of Acton Reynold, Bart. ; St.
John Chiverton Charlton, of Apley Castle, Bart.
Somersetshire.—Robert Charles Tudway, of the city
of Wells, Esq. ; Robert Farthing Beauchamp, of West
Monkton, Esq. ; the Hon. Philip Pleydell Bouverie, of
Brymore, Esq.
Staffordshire.—Charles Smith Forster, of Walsall,
Esq. ; John Edward Pilrey, of Wailey Hall, Esq. • Henry
Goodrick Willet, of the Lightwood House, Esq.
County of Southampton.—George.
Jenollyin Coventry,
of Northwood Park, Isle of Wight, Esq.
of Burgate, Esq. ; William Hughes Hughes, of Ryde,
Isle of Wight, Esq.
Suffolk.—Edward Bridgman, of Coney Weston, Esq. ;
William Long, of Saxmundham, Esq. ; Sir Philip Broke,
of Nacton, Bart.
Surrey. —Charles Barclay, of Bury-hill, Esq. ; Richard
Sumner, of Pottenham Priory, Esq. ; and William Stra-
chan, of Ashurst, Esq.
Sussex.—George Wyndham, of Petworth, Esq.; Mus-
grove Briscoe, of Coghurst, Esq. ; and Edward Hussey,
of Scotney Castle, Esq.
Warwickshire.—John Little, of Newbold Pacey, Esq.;
Arthur Francis Gregory, of Stivick-hall, Esq.; and
Charles Newdigate Newdigate. of Arbury, Esq.
Wiltshire.—Frederick William Rooke, of Lackham-
house, Esq. ; Henry Stephen Olievier, of Potterne, Esq.;
• George Edward, of Warrens, in the parish of Brom-
. ham, Esq.
Worcestershire.—William Robins, of Hagley, Esq.;
Edward Holland, of Linchwick, Esq.; Francis Ruftord,
of Preacot, Esq.
Yorkshire.—William St. Quintin, of Scampston-hall,
Esq.; Sir Joseph William Copley, of Spotborough,
Bart.; Sir William Bryan Cooke, of Wheatley, Bart.
The lists having been gone through, their Lordships
adjourned.

The highest price of wheaten flour of the first qua-
lity in Paris is .63f. the 159 kilogrammes, which answers
to 395. 7d. the English sack of 2801 b., and the highest
price of wheaten flour of the first quality in London is
655. the sack. It therefore appears that flour is 641 per
cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and that with the
sum of 31. ss. a man may buy 45911 b. of fine flour at
Paris, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 2801 b.
in London.

The price of wheaten bread of the first quality at Pa-
ris, is 35e. the kilogramme, which is equal to 6d. for the
loaf of 41b. English weight. The price of bread of the
second quality is 28c. the kilogramme, which is rather
more than &id. the leaf of 41b. English weight.

:MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY,

TIMES.-:—Notice has been already taken of the in-
fluence upon the Money Market generally of the deal-
ings in spurious Exchequer bills, and more especially
the high rate of interest occasionally paid for loans upon
them during the last four or five years, but the subject
is still capable of much further illustration. A letter
from a mercantile firm in the north of England goes into
some practical details respecting it, - and shows that to
this cause is to be ascribed many of the sudden and dis-
tressing fluctuations in discounts which at the time ap-
peared to be so unaccountable. They state, that for the
last 18 months they have frequently remonstrated with
their brokers on the high rates charged on first class
bills, and were always met with the reply " that cer-
tain rates were to be obtained for loans on Exchequer
bills, and that they were compelled consequently to ad-
vance the rate on commercial paper." The cause of such
high rates for loans was always a problem, the solution
of which, however, the detection of this nefarious
traffic renders easy enough. It is manifest that large
sums must have been continually taken sip by the guilty
parties, and most probably, to avoid suspicn, spread
widely over the London money-market, thus producing
a fictitious demand for money at high rates. Those
by whom the great discount brokers are supplied
with means, would learn this condition of the market,
and would naturally demand higher rates than custo-
mary upon mercantile paper. This is a point which
requires to be well considered and understood by the
great money dealers, as it may tend to restore the
money-market the sooner to its naturally healthy state,
from which it ought never to have been disturbed.
Thus it appears, on whichever side the question is
viewed, what fatal consequences have followed the neg-
lect at the Treasury of the simple precautions necessary
to guard against irregular issues ; the whole of the
commercial and financial system of the country has been
disturbed, and a severe retribution, it is evident, must
take place upon the Government itself. Whatever
punishment the ordinary course of law may award to
the guilty parties for the direct offence, there will still
remain, to quote the letter referred to, " a fearful reckon-
ing,•which no punishment or compensation can reach,
for the disorganization of a market which rules all
others."

The feelings of men of business all over the kingdom
are very strong on the subject, and they naturally and
anxiously look to the Ministry now is power for the
adoption of measures which may avert all risk of the re-
currence of so fearful an evil. _ .

The stamp which is put on the authenticated Exche-
quer bills, although it gives them a decided value as dis-
tinguished from those that are yet unmarked, has not
proved sufficient entirely to restore public confidence in
the Exchequer bill market, even so far as those marked
bills are concerned. Two of the leading brokers in that
particular department of business have, it is said, re-
solved to abandon it, unless some new guarantee shall be
found to render imitative bills impossible, a degree of
certainty which they consider is by no means attained by
the rude stamp at present employed. What many of the
brokers seem to desire is the appointment of a testing-
office in the City, to which immediate reference might
be made at every fresh transaction; the decision of this
office to be so absolute as always to entail a Government
responsibility. Such an institution many are of opinion
would be the only one really calculated to restore the
market, and it might be easily combined with the plans
already alluded to for transferring the Exchequer bill
department to the Bank of England or the National
Debt-office.

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Ddiolchgarwch iddo—
Had fu ei rad lafur o,
Dyfal einydd diffino.
The SECRETARY rose, and was received with loud
cheers. He said, he sincerely thanked his friends, the
members of that Society, for the mark of their good
feeling towards him which they had just given, and of
the sense which they appeared to entertain of his very
humble services. He should value that gift very highly,
not because it was silver, but because it conveyed to
him a testimony of the good feeling of so many kind
friends towards him, and of their approbation of his
conduct as an officer of their Society for a period of
nearly five years. He regretted to find that he was the
only one who was made the object of any particular
distinction connected with the Society, because there
were others equally entitled to similar marks of appro-
bation. He considered it his duty to state, that he,
could have done nothing unless he had been ably
assisted by other zealous and persevering friends. He
must, in particular, name his friend Mr. John Davies,
the Treasurer—(Cheers)—who and himself were, ner-
haps, the originators of the Society. Their President,
Mr. Griffith Davies, had given them very great
assistance in preparing the tables of the So-
ciety, and in approving of the rules, and especially in
the --weight and character which his name had
afforded to the Society. He could not fail to name his
friend, Mr. Robert Owen, who had said so many kind
things of him that evening, in a language which some of
them did not understand. It was particularly gratifying
to him to receive such a token from his hands, for they
had been on terms of friendship from boyhood. He
ought to refer, likewise to the assistance rendered to the
Society by Mr. Jenkin Jones, whose practical acquaint-
ance with the principles on which Benefit Societies are
based, was such as rendered his aid peculiarly valuable.
Several others, who had been the means of giving a be-
ginning
to the Society, ought also, if time permitted, to
be named. It was to him (Mr. Owen) a matter of sur-
prise that such a Society had not been originated long
before, for they were in London a very large body, es-
timated by some at about forty thousand. Ho alluded
to the peculiar difficulty they had to contend with, from
the fact of many of those for whose benefit it was formed
being indifferent to the advantages held eut. That cir-
cumstance had in some degree discouraged them, but as
they went on they found that they grew in strength ; and
he was glad to say that they were continuing to increase
in numbers.—(Cheers.) Mr. Owen stated that the
Society was formed in January, 1837, and the
rules enrolled in the month of March, 1838 ;
the number of the benefit members was at present 63,
of honorary members 12, making a total of 75. Four
of the benefit members had died since the formation of
the Society. The total amount received from the pre-
miums of the benefit members, and from the interest of
monies in the savings' bank, was 1741. 15s.
.The total
amount paid to sick members, and to the relatives of de-
ceased members, was 941. ss. ; giving a balance of
801. 10s.—assuming that there was no other fund than
that formed by the premiums of members. By the aid,
however, of the surplus fund, which was formed by the
subscriptions of honorary members.,i and the profits of
excursions, the actual balance now n hand, after paying
all the expenses of the Society, was upwards of 1001.
He also stated that fifteen new members had been added
during the present year. He concluded by again sin-
cerely thanking them for the kind taken of their regard
towards him, stating that it would stimulate him, he
hoped, to greater exertion on behalf of the interests
of the Society than he had hitherto manifested. He was
induced originally to lay his hand to the work from a
sense of duty, but he felt now that a sense of gratitude
would compel him to persevere.
Mr. JENKIN JONES, in addressing the meeting, said
that the able manner in which their respected Chairman
had entered into an explanation of the objects of the
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SUN.—There has been less business doing in the Stock
Market to-day, and prices were not buoyant, though
they kept up to yesterday's range. The Three-and•a-
Half per Cent. Stocks were less dealt in. For immediate
transfer Consols realised 89 to 89+, and for Account 89+
to 89k, Exchequer Bills were in brisk request at 13s. to
10s. prem., for those stamp©d as genuine; both large
and small loans in the Stock Exchange were obtained
at four per cent. upon the deposit of this security.
Bank Stock was worth 164 to 165, and India Stock 245+
to 2461. The New Three-and• a-Half per Cents. were
were 991 to 99k.
The Foreign Market was very quiet, and no alteration
occurred in prices requiring special comment. Spanish
Active Bonds were dull at 29+ to ; Mexican
Bonds, brought 25+ ; Colombian, 19+ ; Brazilian, 571;
Chilian, 71 ; Austrian, 108+, ; and Dutch Fire per
Cents. 99-1 to 99+
The Railway Shares were steady in value to-day.
Great Western realized 15 to 14+ ; the New, 7; Bir-
mingham, 67 to 68 ; York and North Midland, 34 ;
and South Western, 14+ premium. Brighton were
12+ ; Blackwall, 16 ; Eastern Counties, 151 ; North
Midland, 35; the New, 8; and South Eastern and Dover,
23 discount. Australian Bank Shares were 10'43- to 11 ;
and London and Westminster, if to 1+ premium.
The Foreign Exchanges were firmer, but no particular
alteration occurred. Paris was 25f 671 c. to 72ic. ;
Hamburgh, 13 10 to ; and Trieste, 9 53 to 54.

CITIZENS ENNOBLED, &c.—The following
notice of citizens who have been ennobled will probably
be considered interesting at the present moment. John
Coventry was an opulent mercer of the City of London,
and Mayor in 1425. From him is descended the pre-
sent Earl of Coventry. Sir Stephen Brown, Mayor in
1438, and again in 1448, was a grocer, and gave to us
another peer, in the person of Sir Anthonyßrown, created
Viscount Montague by Philip and Mary in 1554. The
Legges rose to be Earls of Dartmouth. The gallant sea
officer, George Legge, was the first who was nobilitated,
Bullet], Mayor in
,rYEarl of Wiltshire,
°faaffsther to Queen Eliza- ,
created Earl of Dartmouth in 1682. Ile was descended
from one who was Lord Mayor of London in 1347,
and in 1354, having, by his industry as a skinner, at-
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fualtiwealth.ner, a tnodS,gri rrhaGonmed
beth, the highest genealogical honour the City ever pos-
sessed. Sir Baptist Hicks was created Viscount Camp-
den ;he was a mercer. The Capels, Earls of Essex,
are descended from Sir William Capel, draper ; he was
Lord Mayor in 1503. Edward Osborne, cloth-worker,
was Lord Mayor in 1502—he gave origin to the Dukes
of Leeds. From Sir William Craven, merchant-tailor,
Mayor in 1611, sprung the Earl Craven. Lord Viscount
Dudley and Ward is descended from William Ward, a
wealthy goldsmith of London, and jeweller to Henrietta
Maria, Queen of Charles L
Higgs,
the Coroner for West-
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Last evenina an in-
quest was held at the sign of the Life-Guardsman,
Thomas Spredrow, the Beadle of linightsLridge, pro-
duced for the inspection of the Jury a Leghorn bonnet,
West-
minster, Knightsbridge,s
ter, on
view before fooref the
body of a female unknown.
trimmed with green watered silk, a black lace veil, and
a pair of black kid gloves, found on the banks of the
River, and which are supposed to have belonged to the
deceased, also a pair of gold ear-rings, two gold finger•
rings (one plain, and the other set with six pearls and a
turquoise in the centre), and a platted hair neck-chain
with gold snaps and four slides, which were found about
the person of the deceased. The Jury then proceeded
to view the body, which is that of a female about twenty
or twenty-five years of age, of rather stout make and
short stature, dark hair and fresh complexioned. One
of her fingers was much marked by needlework. She
had on a muslin gown with light pink shaded flower,
white petticoat, a rod chequered shawl, very fine white
cotton stockings, and a pair of nearly new winter boots
edged and lined with fur ; her apparel was of the best
quality. There were no marks of violence about the
body. The Coroner said that through the Medium of
the public papers no doubt, the relatives or friends of the
deceased would be found. Verdict—Found Drowned.
The flannel petticoat of the deceased was marked S. 8.,
Ncto