The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1846.

Furness and Windermere
Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester.
Manchester and Poole (Luggershall, Salisbury, and Poole).
Whitehaven and Furness Junction (Whitehaven Extension and
Kirksanton Deviation).
Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction.
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield and Nottingham (Grantham Junction
Llynvi
Ely and Busy.
Ely sod Huntingdon (Bedford Extensions).
Cockarnmuth and Workington Extension.
Lynn aid Ely (Extension to Spalding).
Lynn and Ely (Extension to to March).
South Union.
Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Leeds, and Bradford.
Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby.
Dover and Deal.
Doncaster, Wakefield, and Leeds.
Stamford and Spalding.
Monmouthshire.
Huntingdon and Wisbeach.
Wear Dock.
Derby and Crewe Junction.
West Lancashire.
Congleton and Crewe.
Glasgow and Belfast Union.
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway and Port of Goole.
Oxford, Wituay, Cheltenham, and Gloucester.
Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction.
British and Irish Union.
Monmouth and Hereford
Eastern Counties, Hertford to Huntingdon.
Bedtbrd and Cambridge Extension.
Eastern Counties (March to Lincoln),
Eastern Counties (Epping Extension).
Exeter Great Western.
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth.
Midland (Claycross to Newark).
Midland (Nottingham to Mansfield).
Eastern Counties (Tottenham to Barnet).
West Cornwall,
Grand Trunk and Peterborough,
West London Improvement and Extension..
Norfolk Extensions (Thetford and Needham Branches).
Taff Vale.
London and Brighton and London and Croydon Consolidation.
Midland (Burton to Nuneaton).
Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester.
Midland (Leicester to Swannington).
Midland (Darfield to Elsecar).
Chichester, Portsmouth, and Farehans.
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Stour Valley Line;
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Birmingham, Wo
verhampton, and Dudley Line).
Eastern Counties (Cambridge to Lincoln).
Eastern Counties Stations Enlargement.
Eastern Union (Ardleigh to Colchester).
Midland (Swinton to Lincoln).
Midland (Newark to Gainsborough).
Midland (Purchase of Oakham Canal)
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension.
South Wales (No. 2).
South-Eastern (No. 7—Ashford Station* Enlargement).
Shrewsbury and Birmingham.
Staines and Henley (No. 2).
Worcester and Porthdynllaen.
Vale of Neath.
Great Eastern and Western.
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton.
Eastern Counties (Tottenham and Farringdon-atreet Extension).
Eastern Counties (Thames Junction Branches).
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley.
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Ely Extension with Branchca there.
from).
Monkland and Kirkintilloch.
Gravesend and Rochester Railway and Canal.
Lowestoft and Beccles.
Midland (Erewash Valley Extension).
Midland (Erewash Valley Branches).
South Wales
Great Western.
London and Birmingham, and Birmingham Canal Arrangement
Birmingham and Oxford (Birmingham Extension).
Birmingham and Oxford Junetion.
Hu ldersfield and Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds :Railway
Conmanies amalgamation.
Southampton and Dorchester.
Trent Valley (Alrewas Branch).
Liverpool and Bury and Manchester and Leeds Amalgamation.
Chard Canal.
Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock Company.
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway.
Cornwall and Devon Central (Hale, Lelant, Saint Austell, and Hod-
min Branches).
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction.
Liverpool and Preston and Manchester and Southport.
London and South Western Railway Acts Amendment.
Trent Valley Midlands and Grand Juneton.
Liverpool and Bury.
Warwick and Worcester.
Runcorn and Preston Brook.
Northern and Southern Connecting.
Cornwall and Devon Central.
Direct Birmingham and Leicester.
Thetford Bury St. Edmunds, and Newmarket.
Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth.
London and Birmingham Extension (Northampton, Daventry, Leam-
ington, and Warwick).
Rochdale Canal and Manchester and Leedl Railway.
Shrewsbury and Herefordshire.
North Union (Horwich Branch).
Leeds, York, and Midland Junction.
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland.
Manchester and Hyde Railway.
Bristol and Birmingham and Midlands Railway.
Buckingham Railway (Tring to Banbury).
Bristol and Birmingham Railway (Bath Line).
Bristol and Birmingham Railway (Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, and
Malvern Line).
Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester Railways.
Bristol and Gloucester (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction).
Chester and Birkenhead Railway.
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway.
Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Pontop and South
Shields Railway Purchase).
London and Birmingham Railway (Birmingham Extension).
London and Birmingham Railway (Coventry and Nuneaton).
South Devon Railway (No. 2).
Leicester and Birmingham Railway.
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Stamford to WisbeCh).
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction (Salisbury to Yeovil).
Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway.
East Coast Railway.
London and Windsor Railway.
Hid! arid Lincoln Railway.
Leeds, Waaelleld, and Midland Junction Railway.
Tean and Dove and Eastern and Western Junction Railway.
Halesworth and Norwich Railway.
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, and
Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation.
Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, and Crewe Railway.
Whitehaven and Furness Railway.
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction and North Wal(fi
Mineral Railway Amalgamation.
London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct Railway.
Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway.
Northampton and Banbury Railway.
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Railway.
Furness Railway Extensions.
Northampton and Bedford Railway.
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway
Extensions.
Buckinghamshire (Oxford and Bletchley Junction) Railway.
Bristol and Birmingham (King's Norton to Halesowen) Railway.
London and Birmingham (Weedon and Northampton Branch).
London and Birmingham (Leamington Extension, Coventry and
Rugby Stations Enlargement) Railway.
London and Birmingham Railway (Aylesbury Railway Purchase).
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Company.
Midland Railways (Birmingham Extension).
London and Birmingham Grand Junction, and Manchester and Bir-
mingham Railways Amalgamation.
Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Banbury Line) Railway.
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway.
Warwickshire and London (Worcester and Weedon Line) Railway.
Bideford and Tavistock Railway.
North Wales Railway.
Manchester and Leeds and Leeds and Bradford Autalgallkation.
Morecombe Harbour and Railway.
Leeds Central Railway Station.
Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction Railway.
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway.
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction (Darfield Branch) Railway.
Slit ewsbury,Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway (No. 1).
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway (No. 2).
Clitheroe Junction Railway.
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway.
Norfolk Extension (Stowmarket and Wymondham) Railway.
Colchester and Stour Valley Railway.
TUESDAY, FEB. 17.
Great County Down Railway.
Clonmel and Tharies Railway.
Belfast and Ilolywood Atmospheric Raliway.
Dublin and Enniskillen Railway.
Londonderry and Inniskillen Railway.
Portbury Pier and Railway.
Enniskillen and Sligo Railway.
Newry, Armagh, and Londonderry Juaction Railway.
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway.
Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway.
Glasgow Seuthern Terminal Railway.
Scottish DI id.and Extension Railway.
Lanarkshire and Lothians Railway.
Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway.
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway.
Irish North Midland Railway.
Great Southern and Western Railway.
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Ballochney,
and Slamannan Railway.
Edinburgh and Glasgow and Wishaw and Coltness Railways Amal-

gamation.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Forth and Clyde Navigation
Amalgamation.
Morayshire Railway.
Arbroath and Forfar Railway.
Caledonian, Fenix, and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways
Amalgamation.
Scottish Central (Allen Branch) Railway.
Scottish Central (Crieff Branch) Railway.
Scottish Central (Danny Branch) Railway.
Caledonian Extension Railways.
Pollee and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Amalgamation
Caledonian Railway (Clydesdale Junction Railway) Deviation.
Caledonian Railway ((,'arlisle Deviation).
Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Branch).
Caledonian (Glasgow Termini and Branches).
Caledonian (Laugholm Branch).
Caledonian (Mid Lothian Branches).
Caledonian (Leith Junction).
Caledonian (Dumfries Branches).
Caledonian (Dundyvan Branch).
Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Purchase).
Edinburgh, Leith, and Grautou Railway Extension and Branches.
flelensburgh Railway Extension and Police.
Stirlingshire Midland Junction.
Strathtay and Breadalbane.
Scottish Grand Junction.
Caledonian Northern Direct.
Perth and Inverness.
Inverness and Elgin.
Ayrshire and Caledonian Junction.
Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbrldge Extension.
Scottish Central (Perth Termini and Stations).
Forth and Clyde Junction.
Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct.
St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstable.
Kilmarnock and Troon.
Goole and Doncaster Railway. .
South Yorkshire Coal Railway.
Teinplernore and Nenagh Railway,
Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. 1).
Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. 2).
York and Lancaster Railway.
North of Norfolk Railway.
East Dereham and Norwich Railway.
Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway.
Chichester and Bognor Railway.
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway Amendment.
Dunblane, Donne, and Callander Railway.
N ewcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinborgh, and Direct Glasgow Railway.
Great Grimsby, Louth, Ilorncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction.
Oxford, Coventry, and Burton-on-Trent Railway.
Launceston and South Devon Railway (No. 2).
Eastern Counties (Lincoln to Milford Railway.
Leeds any Thirsk (St. Helen's Branch Deviation),
Leeds and Thirsk (North Eastern Extension, Wath to Hartlepool).
Leads and Thirsk (Knaresborough Branch Extension).
Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Amalgamation.
Mallow and Fermoy.
Monkland and Kirkintilloch.
East and West of England Junction.
Aberde.n, Banff, and Elgin.
Manchester and Southampton.
Alford Valley.
Great North of Scotland.
Great North of Scotland (Eastern Extension).
East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction.
Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gains-
borough Canal.
Harwich and Eastern Counties.
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester (Peak Forest and
Macclesfield Canal Purchase).
Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier.
Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick.
Airdrie and Bathgate Junction.
Leicester and Tamworth Junction.
Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester.
Leeds and York.
London and Oxford.
Direct London and Manchester.
Edinburgh and Glasgow and Dumbartonshire Junction.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (N 0.6).
Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Railway.
Axholme Gainsborough, Goole and York, and North Midland June-

tion Railway.
Midland Junction Railway.
South Staffordshire Junction Railway and Branches (No. 1).
South Staffordshire Junction (Bilston and Priestfield Branch—No. 2).
South staffordshire Junction (Showhill and Portobello Branch—
No. 3).
South Staffordshire Junction (Wlllenhall and Bloxwich) (No. 4).
WEDNESDAY, FEE. 13.
Carlow rxtension Railway.
Cork and Passage Railway.
Dublin, Diundruir, and Enuiskerry Railway.
Cork and Waterford Railway.
Sligo and Sha.nnan Railway.
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Midland Great Western of Ireland (Mullingar to Galway).
Midland Great Western of Ireland (Longford and Sligo).
Midland Great Western of Ireland (Liffey Branch and Longford
Deviation).
Cork, Bandon, and Kinsale Railway.
Horbury Bridge and Calder Railway.
Birkenhead and Llangollen Railway.
Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Ashchurch Line).
Glasgow and Dundee Junction Railway.
Cameron's Cott'brook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor.
Derbyshire, Stallbrdshire, and Worcestershire Railway.
Bandon and Bantry Railway.
Cork, Macroom, and Killarney Railway.
Great Munster Railway.
R•rtlt Devon Railway.
Sheffield, Aslitort.umier-Lyne, and Manchester (Whaley Bridge and
Hayfield Branch).
Dublin and Kingstown Railway Extensions.
Chelmsford and Bury Railway.
Seauersetshire Midland Railway.
THURSDAY, FEB. 19.
Wexford, Waterford, and Videncia Railway.
Surrey Grand Junction Railway,
Cork, rassage, and Kinsale Railway.
Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead Railway.
Midland Railway (Birmingham and Gloucester Branches).
Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway.
FRIDAY, FEB. 20.
Dublin and Sandomount (Atinositherie) Railway.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
FRIDAY, FEB. 13.
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway—
('on mittee on Petition, postponed from Monday 16 till Wednesday,
Feb. 18.
Bandon and Bantry Railwiy—Commit tee on Petition, postponed
from Tuesday 17 till Wednesday, Feb. 18.
po(s7topio•le, ne3dlia.reorinooTin, tiesadn,e,lyll.".7illtitilrinle‘3,e,
dlitiaeilayy,—FGebomims.ittee on Petition,
Great Munster Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from
Tuesday 17 till Wednesday, Feb. 18.
North Devon Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from
Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Whaley
Bridge and Hayfield Branches) —Committee on Petition, postponed
from Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. la.
Dublin and Kingstown Extension Railway—Committee on Peti-
tion, postponed from Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Direct Northern Railway—Committee on Petition adjourned till
Friday, Feb. 27.
Welsh Midland Railway—Committee on Petition adjourned till
Tuesday, Feb. 24.
Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway—Second reading,
Tuesday, Feb. 17.
Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Ferry—Second
re .ding, Tuesday, Feb. 17.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway—Second reading,
Tuesday, Feb. 17.
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (Extension to Caledonian Railway)
and Lancaster and Preston Junction Its lway Amalgamation—Second
reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17.
Newcastle and Bernick Railway—Second reading, Tuesday
Feb. 17.
North Union Railway—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17.
Grand Junction Railway— (Huyton and Aston, Huyton, Prescot,
and St. Helen's, Warrington and Kenyon, Warrington and Parkside,
Showhill and Portobello, and Hedgehill and Huyton Branches)--
Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17.
Leeds, Be irsbury, and Manchester Railway Deviations and
Branches—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17.
London and South-Western Railway (Farnham and Alton Branch)
—Second reading, Thursday, Feb. 19.
March and Sheffield and Midland Junction Railway—Second read-
ing, Thursday, Feb. 19.
Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway—Second read-
ing, Thursday, Feb. 19.
litlglitun, Lewes, and lisAtingla Railway Deviations—Second read-
ing, Thursday, Feb. 19.
Eastbourne, Ilailshain, Seaford, and Newhaven Branches—Second
reading, Thursday, Feb. 19.
London and Brighton Railway (East Grinstead Branches)—Second
reading, Thursday, Feb. 19.

HORRID SUFFERINGS OF A
JiOAT'S CREW

(Fr^nl the Sidney Morning Herald of Sept. 20.)
The following is a narrative of a most interesting
character, being an account of the sufferings of Mr.
Clarke, the survivor of a boat's crew of eight persons,
who was for six weeks drifting about the Pacific in an
open boat:—
'•I
Left Otaheite in the schooner Sophia, for the Penner-
tors or Chain Islands, March 4, 1843, and arrived at the
island where I was to be stationed, seeking pearl shells,
in the month of May; but previous to my being placed
there, I visited, in conjunction with Mr. Samuel Henry,
of Otaheite, in theschooner Sarah Ann, Captain Dunnett,
Rn i-land represented to us by the natives us being rich
in shell and not known to others who were visiting
islands trading; we discoverd it, and stood in with a boat,
containing Mr. S. Henry, Mr. J.Dunnett, andmyself; there
were also t,n of the natives of a gang with us, all armed;
we saw the natives on shore were making the signals by
large fires, which the other natives told us was for them
to collect together ; we pulled es ithin twenty yards., of
the shore ; one of them came down to the beach and
hailed us to come on shore ; Mr. Henry told our in-
terpreter to tell him to come off, we were friends ; after
hesitating some time he did so, but at the same time we
perceived him followed by others who were bringing with
them a long line, which reached into the bush, attached
to whch were about fifty natives, so that the line was fast
to haul away and get us on shore ; the first native had by
this time se am to the boat ; our interpreter told him to
go aft to the chief, meaning Mr. Henry ; Mr. Henry
told him to come in, which he no sooner did than he
seized Mr. J. Dunnett's musket, and would have wrenched
it from him, had not Mr. 11. struck his fingers with a
cutlass, which compelled him to let go his hold; he im-
mediately jumped overboard and swam to the beach,
whet: he made all manner of gesture, by which our in-
terpreter told us he meant to show what he would do to
us if he got us on shore; the other natives that had
followed the first swimming and diving to the boat,
seeing their chief leap overboard so quickly, thought
something was wrong, and scon followed, those on shore
hauling in the line, which the one who had been intrnsted
with it had no time to fasten; after they all had left we
opened fire upon them for their treachery, and de-
livered about forty rounds; but as we fired so they fell
on the ground, to be less exposed; we saw a large
number of females with baskets on their arms, made
from the cocoa-nut leaf; our interpreter told us they
were interded to carry our limbs into the bush to be
cooked, had they been successful in their foul designs.
It being sundown, and not liking the character of the
natives, we pulled on board the Sarah Ann, which had
been laying off and on ; we were convinced there were
pearl shells there from the ornaments that were around
their necks and arms ; we judged there must have been
600 natives on the island. Mr. H. proposed to Captain
Dunnett to remain off and on the island that night, and
zo on shore the following morning to force a landing,
having seven good boats, besides fifty natives, sufficient,
we supposed well armed to -effect it ; but Captain D.
thought it better to proceed on our voyage to the island
of Takumea, one of the Sam,. group. After visiting
several gangs of divers on the other island, we arrived at
An island called Tahania, where I was landed with five
boats and a gang of sixteen divers, with five females to
open the shells.

" The first week we were prevented from commencing
operations from bad blowy weather, when if such is the
case it ruffles the lagoon so that the divers cannot see
where to descend ; ice formed a settlement on the west
:ide of the island, and ,:ommenced operations ; found the
,hells very scarce ; remained collecting five weeks, and
was then visited by the Sophia schooner, Capt. M•Lean,
from Otaheite, who brought a supply of cocoa nuts, which
were now becoming very scare. The payment usually
made to these men for diving was three cocoa nuts, a
portion of sour bread, fruit, and from eight to ten
fathoms of navy blue cloth per month. However, I per-
suaded them to gather the shells and take them in our
boat to the small harbour there was in the island, and
there leave them.

" The time for the return:of the Countess Wilton or
Sophia had now expired, and being very short of provi•
sions, I began to feel somewhat anxious, and proposed
with a boat's crew to visit Hanes, an hand about 45
miles south-west, to endeavour to obtain information if
any vessel had called there from Otaheite, and supposing
such not to have been the case, to proceed direct to
Otaheite, about 250 miles distant ; we next day got our
boats ready (one of the Greenland fishing boats), and
put into her for provisions, about 301 b. of biscuit' in a
bag, one small sucking pig, cooked, about four gallons of
water, and six young cocoa nuts ; tlie following morning
at day-break, 15th August, 1844, we left, myself, four
grown up men, and three youths, in all eight persons.
I also had my dog with me, besides my chest and bed.
After great difficulty we got out of the harbour and di-
rected our course to the westward, with a nice breeze; at
noon we were on the west ered of the island, and sighted
Taitea. I proposed remaining the night, but the natives
objected, not being on good terms with them. We then
stood to the south-west for Hanea. About four P.M.
one of the natives said he saw the haze of the land, but
he was mistaken. The breeze had been freshening from
noon, and was now blowing pretty stiff. We kept on the
same course until ten P.m. I proposed, that as it was
probable we could not get to land that night, to steer
fur Olaheite, as the wind was fair and strong, to which
they 111 consented. Having no compass, we had to steer
by the stars, and bore away, as we supposed, due west.
We kept the boat this course up to two A.M., when we
shipped a sea which neirly filled her to the thwart. We
then rounded her to the sea, lashing the oars to make a
raft, which we threw overboard, when she lay compara-
tively easy, attached to about four fathoms of the native
rope, unshipped her mast to ease her, then had some-
thing to eat, being the first we had since the morning
previous, but found our bread saturated with salt water.
We were in this state' lying to' about two hours, when
the rope parted, and the boat immediately went broad-
side to the sea, which was breaking with violence on
board her. I offered the natives several fathoms of cloth

if they would leap otter and secure the raTt,butfromthe
sea running, they said it was impossible, and the boat
drifting so rapidly, they could not overtake it. While
we were lying to, we shipped two seas which completely
filled us. I jumped to the stern oar, and put her before
the wind, while the natives baled her ; we shipped our
mast again, and set fore and aft foresail without the
sprit ; this we found sufficient, and with this sail we ran
about eight knots an hour ; we ran in this way for three
days, and on the 4th, at noon, I took an observation of
the sun, having my sextant and epitome with me, and
found ourselves 80 miles south of Otaheite, and supposed
about 150 miles to the westward. On the 4th day it
began to moderate, and I proposed to the natives to
haul the boat to the NW., or as near to the point as the
sea would permit ; we steered to the NW. until sundown,
when we saw a flock of birds standing from the north-
ward to the southward. The natives wished me to steer
in that direction, as they were sure the land was there.
On this day I put all hands on allowance, about half a
pound of bread a man; this we ate each day at four
P.M. I told the natives, when they wished me to alter
the course, that I had found my latitude, and knew where
we were, that by steering to the northward we should
probably fall in with some of the islands to the north
and west of Otaheite; but they insisted on my giving up
the charge and took the steer oar from me, which it was
useless to resist, they being seven to one.
" On the fourth day all our water was expended, and
they kept running the boat about, following birds, unti
the fifth day ' • on this day we caught some water, by
means of our buckets and cans, about one quart each.
On the sixth day the natives consulted what coarse to
steer, which was determined by a majority; but they
kept running her about in so many directions that I asked
them to allow me to steer; they said no—that as I had
missed Otaheite they would still retain the charge. I had
possession of the bread, which was allowanced, and with
me one bottle of brandy, about a pint and a half ; this I
mixed with my portion of water, making about two
quarts of it ; of this I was very careful, impressing also
on the natives the necessity of being sparing with theirs.
Oa the seventh day they killed my poor dog, without
my consent ; this they cooked in the saucepan, produc-
ing fire by rubbing two sticks together, breaking out the
sides of the boat for firewood. This they ate, and
with the blood mixed Ns ith the salt water, said it made

excellent soup ; they offered me a portion, but I refused,
he having been a great favourite.
" On the eighth day, at one of their consultations, the
majority proposed that we should steer to the westward,
which they did for two days, the boat running about five
knots, the wind and sea in our fey ur. All this time our

soddened bread was becoming less, and our allowance
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could only be about the size of a quarter of a common
on the best course to steer; I told them, if they thought
the wind would continue for a week, we might, per-
chance, sight some of the islands to the eastward
(Society Islands), but as there was a very heavy head
sea, and the boat only going two knots as hour, I told
them it would be better to steer to the westward,
and endeavour to make the Harvey Group; but they
insisted on steering to the eastward, which they did
for two days and a half. The water belonging to the
natives had been out near two days; but I had
still my bottle of brandy and water secreted in my
chest, from which I continued to sip at night unknown
to the natives. They now slept a great deal, and
spread an old mat in the bottom of the boat to 1;e on,
which they could do, she being perfectly tight. On the
thirteenth day the wind shifted to de eastward ; they
then ran the boat about again ; not knowing where they
steered, they consulted me as to Palmerston Island and
Aitutaki, of which they had heard. I had all this time
taken the sights to obtain the latitude, but could only
guess the longtwle ; I told them they were the eastward
of those islands—that they had better steer south, for
the Harvey Group, but thsy would not take my advice.
" From this time they only ran in the day time, and
lay to at nights, lest they should run past land. On the
18th day we discovered we had only one day's al-
lowance of buiscuit left ; but on the morning of the
19th I found that some of them had come aft and
stolen it from the bag whilst I slept. This finished
the only remaining portion of that which I had fondly
hoped would have certainly kept those with me alive at
any rate one day longer.
" They generally ate their miserable allowance by
putting it into a bottle, pouring salt water on it until it
became quite soddened, and then sucking it through the

opening.
" After the bread was expended, the natives gave way
to the most piteous lamentations and howlings it is pos-
sible to conceive, continually bewailing their fate, and
charging we with bringing them to so miserable an end.
" On this day they consulted together, and gave me
charge of the boat, intimating they wished to lie down
in the bottom of her, and there die; that to tbis end the
mast should be unshipped, and the boat kept stationary,
and no run hrr in search of land; but I had that hope
within me which never forsakes, and I put the b; at to
the southward, endeavouring to male the Harvey group.
Qu this day, having a very little coffee, i gave thew

few berries each, but it only increased their desire for
salt water, of which they continued to drink freely.
" This day I commenced drinking laudanum, mixed
in small quantities of salt water, which produced sleepi-
ness, but lulled my miserable feelings. When I com-
menced steering to the south, I was in 16 degrees.
"Nothing particularly happened until the 24th day
when the natives having suspected me of stealing the
19th day's allowance, perceiving I did not suffer as much
as they, searched my case while I was asleep, and dis-
covered my medicine chest, the contents of which they
drank, five ounces of castor oil, a small phial of laudanum,
also a bottle of sugar of lead; they were soon overtaken
by sleep from the laudanum, and two of them slept 48
hours without awakening. The castor oil had not the
slightest effect on them.
" I still kept steering to the southward, and on the
night of the 28th day we caught a little rain from a
passing squall; the natives roused themselves, and com-
menced licking the boat and sails, to produce saliva, but
not enough, this small quantity only increased their
desire for more, and one of my poor fellows became
insane. They having two hatchets, I persuaded them to
deliver them to me, with their knives, telling them the
poor fellow might kill some of them and me ; but I teas
more afraid of their retaining it than him, as they con-
tinued threatening that if I ran the boat, and did not
keep her still, they would knock out one of her timbers,
and go down altogether. After these were delivered up,
I felt much more- at ease, throwing the knives overboard
and securing the hatchets. •
" The absence of reason of my pnor cook troubled me
a goad deal, as he had been one who had kept our
spirits from droopirg entirely by his lively conversation,
and upbraiding them for finding fault with me, aid re-
proving them for making such horrid lamentations.
" On the morning of the 29th day my poor fellow died,
and was buried in his winding sheet of native cloth and
shirt, which was a determination they had previously
come to, that when each Wed, not to eat them, but throw
him overboard. On this day the father of one of the
boys in the boat, who was very ill, came and demanded
the little water I had caught, about half a pint, from the
last rain, to give him, 'Which I did ; but this did not save
his life, for on the morning of the 31st day he died, and
was buried by his father. In the afternoon of this clay,
I had occasion to go forward to arrange some part of
the jib sheet, when the old man, who had buried his son
in the morning, gave me a push, and overbourd I went,
but fortunately succeeded in catching the gunwale of
the boat, and clambered up. I asked him what he
meant, and he told me it was the lurch of the boat, and
not him who did it. The natives gradually grew worse,
and after my laudanum was drunk, I commenced drink-
ing sugar of lead, mixed with salt water, which produced
violent sickness.
" We had had no rain since the 29th day, and on the
35th day two more of my crew died in dreadful agonies,
gnawing the boat and beating themselves distractedly.
They had eaten all the leather from the rowlocks, as also
part of the sails.
On the 36th day another died, and was buried by
me, as also the -two previously, the others being too
weak to assist.
" Thus leaving three, but in the evening another died,
and was thrown overboard, reducing our number to two.
No one can judge of my feelings when I looked at the
last of my unfortunate crew, and wondering whether he
should throw me overboard or I him ; but I bad not long
to wait, for in the morning of the 37th day I found him
dead, and had a great deal of trouble to throw him over-
board, being an enormously big man ; this was the father
of the poor lad who died the second.
" I was now alone, and found myself getting very
weak, and unable to hold the steer oar; this I fixed amid
ships, and allowed the boat to go where the wind wished;
I laid myself down in the bottom, with a mat laid on the
thwarts as protection from the sun.
"I was ruminating one evening what my end would
tphreo bbaobaly, be, w
t,
and
knewhne It
hheema r dt
osomething o Ipde a
foundbythe
thside of
they
were
jumping at a little end of the mat sail trailing in the
water ; I immediately threw over three pearl hooks
which I had brought from the Chain Islands, when they
were caught at greedily by a fine albacoa, which I thank-
fully hauled on board, and caught a second and third in
the same way. I eagerly drank their blood, and took out
their eyes, which I ate, but their flesh I could not ma-
nage, as my throat seemed stuck together. I sliced them
and laid them on the seat of the beat to dry. I sank down
again in my usual place, and fancied what Providence
would send next, for something within now began to tell
me I was not to die, and I remembered I had brought
my violin ; this I unitrung, and ate all but the fourth
string ; but what I wanted was something to allay my
excessive thirst, under a sun in the tropics. It was now
four days since my last native died, and brought me to
the fortieth day, and on looking overboard I perceived
right ahead, land ! Just imagine my surprise, running
steadily along towards it. What land it was I could
scarcely imagine, but supposed it must be the Navigator's
Island. Towards mid-day it fell calm, leaving me in
the same uncertain state, and so continued for two days;
but on the forty-second day at break of day, I raised
myself to look over the boat, and saw ten canoes pulling
towards me, with five natives in each. I sank down in
the bottom of the boat from excitement and exhaustion,
thanking Providence for hope of deliverance. I now
heard, from their conversation, that they had approached
pretty close, and, putting my head over the side of the
boat, they raised one cry of horror and surprise at the
wretched object I lookei, and immediately pulled away,
crying out, ole Pope ! ole Pope !' (the Priests, the
Priests), meaning the French, for these native cannot
disconnect the idea of there being priests without
necessarily being Frenchmen. I beckoned them to ap-
proach, and intimated I wanted to drink by the usual
sign, when they handed me a cocoa-nut, the only one
they had. They now had more confidence, but still
alarmed at my appearance, my beard being nearly seven
weeks old, and the shadow of a man they saw. After
some consultation, one of the chiefs, being heathen, pro-
posed that I should be killed (this I understood, from the
great similarity the language possesses to that of the
Chain Islands), but the majority were Christians, and
said, No,' that it was contrary to their religion ; they
;witthhisthbeeiirngpatdhdelecsa,sea,nedignh.et
wentoofu ought
hh et
omtn° j
abuhemo goodrpee.d into
a mina; i
boat

" The arrival of a stranger at any time at the little
island of Manua(the most windward island of the Samoan
group) is treated with no little importance, but now a
herald preceded us in one of the canoes, and raised the
whole population, who reside on the sea shore, with the
words, they are bringing the pavalanyi niai le vase' (the
white man they had found on the sea) ; so that conse-
quently, when I was carried on the shoulders of four stout
natives we were followed by all who could walk, to the
number of about two to three hundred, crying out Arva,
Arva !' this being a word expressing as-onishment. I
was thus borne along to the residence of Tongateacher,
and laid down on the best bed they could find—a few
mats laid on the ground. While some were preparing
these, others procured some food and cocoa-nuts ; but I
was exceedingly cautious, lest by eatingheartily it might
produce that which providentially I had just been re-
leased from. My thirst continued unquenched for three
days, and I was still very weak ; in fact, so weak that I
kept my bed for three weeks ; during this time an in-
cessant levee was held at the house of
,my kind host—
natives came from far and near to see me and shake
hands, even while I slept ; the screen was frequently
raised that they might be allowed the pleasure of seeing
me. At the end of three weeks I began to move about,
and found myself on an island differing from most others,
from there being no outer reef, and the sea breaking
with terrific violeuce on the windward part ; so that had
I not been becalmed I should have, in all probability,
been dashed to pieces, being too weak to steer the boat
over the breakers.

"I now felt a desire to return to Otaheite, but the
natives insisted on my not leaving them yet, that they
wanted to pay a visit round the island to their friends,
and take me with them. I had almost forgotten to men-
tion that just as I was recovering I received a kind visit
from the Rev. M. Harbutt, the agent for the London
Missionary Society at Manua ; he showed me great at-
tention, and impressed on the natives the necessity of
doing likewise.

"'There being no harbour at Manua, and having been
there now three months, I proposed to visit Tortirila, an
island about seventy miles distant, to see if there was
any opportunity of returning to Otaheite. Accordingly
I left and took with me fourteen natives from Manua,
and arrived at Tortirila the same evening; we found
that at the harbour of Apia, Island Upolo, another of
the same group, was the harbour most frequented by
shipping ; but unfortunately we were detained from
proceeding there, from westerly winds, for nearly three
weeks. The island is about forty miles from Tortirila.
On arriving at Apia, judge my surprise in finding a
vessel, the Currency Lass, bound direct to Otaheite,
to sail in two or three days. There being no mate on
board, I was offered that situation, and eagerly ac-
cepted it ; we took with us two passengers, the Messrs.
Evans, from Apia, and sailed from thence on the
30th of January, 1845, and here again we did not
escape privation from exceedingly light and con-
trary winds ; our provisions and water were soon ez-
pended, so that until we made the island of Atini we
had then lived twelve days on yams alone ; after a long
passage of forty-three days to accomplish one thousand
two hundred miles, we arrived at Otaheite, just twelve
months from the day I left to superintend the ' shelling.'
I found on my arrival that the oars and raft from
which my boat had parted were driven on shore on
the south end of Otaheite (Tairaboo), and recognised
by Mr. Henry, who had consequently given us up for lost.
" My sorrow was soon turned into joy ; on my arrival
at Otaheite I found a letter had long been lying there
from England, and on opening it I read that property to
a considerable amount had been left me, and was ordered
home to secure it. " HENRY CLARKE."

THE EARL OF DEADY AND FREE TRADE.—We are
enabled positively to announce that the venerable head of
the house of Derby has no sympathy with the protectionist
predilections of Lord Stanley, and may be classed among the
warmest admirers of free trade.—Laneaster Guardian.
A highly respectable tenant farmer residing at Thorn -
don, near Lye, under a good landlord, on Tuesday last sent,
as a present to Sir R. Peel for his liberal measures now sub-
mitted to Parliament, a fine haunch of mutton off a sheep
bred and fatted on the estate, which weighed upwards of
8 stone, 141bs. to the stone.—Suffolk Cliroxide.
hasLo been good, Northallerton Great Candlemas Horse Fair corn-
oedinburgh, and all parts of
and high prices given
The most ns,
while
thedemand
menced on Monday last, and is now being held. First-rate coach
horses, hunters, and nags have not been so plentiful as on some former
dealersfrom f
the country, as well as several foreigners, have been in attendance,
and have made large purchases.
occasions,
eminent

•PARLIANENTARY PAPER-NAVY ESTIMATES AND
EXPENSES.-A return has just been printed, by order of the House
of Commons, containing an account of the naval receipts and expen-
diture for the year ending 31st March, 1845. This document gives
the details of the expenditure of 6,466,0191. for the several branches
of naval service ; which sum exceeds by 44,420/. the aggregate
amount of grants voted by the House for that department. The
prlacipal excess is in the item for naval stores, building and repair of
Chip docks, l4cc., iu which the ;mount expended is larger by 68,619/.
than the sum granted. The cause of this excess is explained to be
the dispatch in providing steam machinery and iron steamers, and
the necessity of obtaining supplies of timber for steam-vessels at
Deptford yard, which had bun established daring the year as a bulld-
po.

THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MU-
TUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION.
The fifth annual general meeting of the donors, sub-
scribers, and friends of the benevolent department of this as-
sociation was held on Wednesday evening, in the large room
of the London Tavern, Bishopegate-street, John Abel Smith,
Esq., M.P., in the chair.
The meeting was very fully attended.
Dr. MULLINDER, the secretary, having read the advertise-
ment convening the meeting,
Mr. RICHARD HENRY JONES, the Deputy-Chairman of
the Board of Managers, read the report, which stated
that "the managers, in meeting the friends, members,
and patrons, for the fifth time, had had great cause of con-
gratulation, inasmuch as the results of the year 1845 had
been most encouraging. During the year 1845 many influ-
ential gentlemen and firms who had, in the first outset of
the association, been lukewarm, had during the past year
given their names to the association ; amongst whom might
be noticed Messrs. Crawford, Colvin, and Company, Jones,
Loyd, and Company, and the Court of Director, of
the East and West India Dock Company, *who
had each subscribed 1001. to the funds, the latter body re-
commending their clerks to become members. The report
referred to the fact of a resolution having been passed at the
last annual meeting authorising the eection of two an-
nuitants, and that the board, after the most mature de-
liberation, found that there were not two members duly
qualified by length of membership, according to the rules,
but b -ing desirous to put the most liberal construction
upon the rules for the benefit of members, had selected two
cases; the husband of the one, an assurer, being at that
time an inmate of a lunatic asylum, his wife having four
children dependent upon her exertions for support (he
having assured with the Society for 1001.,) the other a sub-
scriber to the Benevolent Fund; but before the intentions
of the board could be carried into effect with respect to the
first case the husband died, yet, nevertheless, lest the inten-
tions of the association should not he liberally carried out,
the board determined to allow this widow to become a can-
didate, and the board are happy to add that these two
widows were elected to receive annuities of lot. each sub-
ject to this meeting conferring the continuance of such
arnuity. Here it ought to be remarked that no other
candidates had offered themselves,
The suggestion of a public dinner had been a most
happy one, inasmuch as the sum collected, inclusive of
the three donations already alluded to, had bees nearly
1,0001. The report also alluded to the circumstance of
two attempts having been made during the past year '
to establish societies for particular sections of clerks, but
which had proved abortive, and had been abandoned.
The managers had, by the advice of the treasurer, fixed the
6th of May next for the election of two more annuitants; and
the evening of such day as the occasion of a general dinner
of the friends, supporters, and patrons. The list of stewards
already offered were of the most influential character. The
report then went on to shew that the loan department had
been most successful and beneficial to members, and that
during the past year every case of application for temporary
relief had been most promptly met. As also that the situa-
tion book had been of great service to members. Particular
stress was laid upon this department, as a means whereby
much good might accrue to the members.
The report then noticed that the gratuitous services of the
talented medical officers of the association had not only been
continued tomembers, but in many cases had been beneficially
applied to the families of members, and that in several in-
stances the same line of conduct had been kindly pursued in
the provincial towns. The report also noticed that several
suggestions had been made by members with the view to
make the association more popular, every one of which sug-
gestions had received the most attentive consideration of the
managers; and some members entertained the notion that,
ith the present small rate of annual contribution to this
particular branch of the association, viz., IL is. per annum,
they must necessarily be entitled to positive and fixed
annuities quite irrespective of age and other circumstances,
but, for an answer to which the board referred to Mr.'
Massen's late work " Contributions to Vital Statistics," as
also to the letters of the secretary of this society iu the
Bankers' and Post Magazines of September and October last. 1
It appeared from the report, that during the past year the
number of agents in the provincial towns had
been more than doubled, and that every day new
members were joining both branches of the associ-
ation. The report also alluded to the circumstance of the
house of Magniac, Jardine, and Co., of which J. A. Smith,
Esq., AI P., is a partner, having assured with the association
the lives of each of their clerks for sums varying from 1,000/,
down to 2501., making each gentleman a present of his
policy.
Many portions of the report were received with great
cheering.
Tirosisosr HANKEY, Jun., Esq., on moving that the report I
be adopted and printed, expressed his regret that the task I
which had been assigned to him, had fallen into his hands,
in consequence of the absence of several gentlemen of much
higher standing in the city than himself. He regretted this 1
the more because they should have had the opinions of gen-
tlemen who had not attended their meetings so regularly as I
he had—(Applause)--but who were deeply aware of
the importance of the Society, who had expressed their
cordial assent to its rules, and also had stated that at any
time they should feel happy to do all in their power to
benefit it.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it was hardllneces-
sary for bins to make any observations with respect to the
report. The proceedings of the past year were so fully de-
tailed as to render it unnecessary for him to detain them with
any remarks respecting it, but the meeting must excuse him
for a few minutes, whilst he expressed, certainly, different
feelings to those he had given utterance to on previous occa-
sions. His feelings were totally at variance with those he
had entertained at any previous meeting which he had had
the pleasure of attending in that room.—(Cheers.) It could
not be a subject of small satisfaction to those gentlemen who
had watched the progress of the institution since its com-
mencement, to know and to feel that it had now taken root,
and that it was likely to make that progress which all those
who had taken an interest in it from the beginning had so
cordially desired.—(Great applause.) He thought, then,
that he might venture to give expression to
feelings very different from those which he addressed
to the members of the association at their meeting last year.
He thought he might venture now to congratulate the mem-
bers on the progress—the substantial progress—that had
been made during the past year.—(Great applause.) He
thought they would now see the Institution go on in a state
of constant and satisfactory progression.—(Cheers.) This
was no small pleasure to those who felt, as he knew those gen-
tlemen did who had taken so much interest in the institution
since its origin, that the interest of their clerks in London
was intimately connected with the interests of their own
houses, and how mainly they were indebted for their suc-
cess in business to those on whom the proper management
of it principally depended.—(Cheers.) He knew, however,
that these sentiments had been expressed before wore forci -
bly than he could lay claim to ; but he knew that they were
sentiments in which lie was joined by every brother mer-
chant in that metropolis.—(Cheers.) He was sure there
were none but felt the intimate connexion that must
exist between the heads of houses and their clerks and
how mainly they were indebted to their exertions, to
the integrity of their character, and to their ability and zeal,
for every success which had attended them in their put-
suits.--(Hear.) Feeling this, as he did—a feeling in which,
as he had said, lie was sure his brother merchants had parti-
cipated—how could they but feel a deep interest in their
permanent prosperity, and in the success of any institution
which tended to provident habits—habits which were so
highly essential to the welfare of the principal as well as of
his clerks ?—(Hear.) However, this was a topic on which
he would not allow himself to dwell, as he was sure, in
dealing with it, he should only detain them longer than lie
would wish.—(Cries of " No, no.") But he must beg leave
to express the great pleasure he entertained at the great
increase which had taken place in their funds during the
past year.—(Cheers.) Not that he thought that hitherto
the institution had been joined by so large a number
as he still hoped and looked forward with pleasure
to see in the course of a few years.—(Hear.) But he
thought that the accession of members would ultimately do
away with the great difficulty which the directors had had
to encounter of providing for the uncertainty of the relief
required in cases of need.—(Hear.) Now, how could they
best obviate that difficulty ? How eould that relief sehich
was so much desired in such cases be rendered as certain as
possible? A satisfactory mode of effecting this was felt to
be all -important by those who take an interest in the insti-
tution.—(Cheers.) It appeared to him that this difficulty
must continue to exist until a considerably greater num-
ber had
„joined the association—(Loud cheers)—for it seemed
to be highly desirable that a large proportion out of the
whole number of persons qualified to be members of that in-
stitution should join it, in order to enable those entrusted
with its direction to obtain that statistical information
necessary for the proper apportionment of the funds
at their command, to enable them to decide without
hesitation in giving that regular assistance in the time of
need, which would make every member satisfied that, w hen
the day of adversity should overtake him, he would find a
sure refuge and aid, when his misfortunes were of a nature
to require it.—(Hear, hear.) He had taken the liberty of ex
pressing these opinions, because he strongly felt their im-
portance. When the number anticipated had joined them,
the directors would be enabled to form an average of the
demands which would be made upon them. When this took
place, they would have attained the desideratum they all had
in view. He concluded by moving, " That the report for
the year 1845, now read, be adopted and printed, under
amidst
direction of the managers ;" and resumed his seat
general cheering.
J. Coors, Esq., of the firm of Trueman and Cook, in
seconding the motion, said he felt a degree of interest
in the welfare of the institution.—(llear, bear.) It was
a glorious thing to see in that great city—a city re-
nowned over the whole world, not. only for its wealth and com-
merce—but renowned over the whole world for its liberal
support of everything benevolent and philanthropic; and not
one of its least remarkable features was the establishment of
institutions like the one in which they were so deeply in-
terested.
The CHAIRMAW said, before he put the motion, he wished
it to be understood that a separate resolution would be put
to the meeting, with respect to the confirmation of the pro-
ceedings at the last election ; and that the adoption of the
notion then before them would not prevent theta from
making any remarks on that subject.
The motion was then adopted.
The CHAnutAar then proposed, "That the proceed-
ings at the election of annuitants of the 28th of May
last be confirmed, and that the two annuitants then
conditionally elected, be, by this meeting declared tobe per-
manently so elected, subject to the rules and regulations of
the Association for the time being."
R. H. JONES, Esq., seconde the motion, which Yffl,
carried.
T. BARING, Esq., M.P., rose to propose the next resolution.
He said, owing to a mistake as to the hour for which the
meeting was called, he had not heard the report read, and
apologised for his non-attendance at the commencement of
the proceedings. Re knew, however, enough of the report
to be cognisant of the improved aspect of their affairs. They
had hitherto had the same tale to tell, and it had generally
been told by the same narrators; but the case was altered, as
their affairs had improved, And those who had not spoken on
former occasions now did so. He had great pleasure in
meeting the members of the Institution, and expressing his
ardent hope that the success they had already obtained
might be greatly augmented. His approbation of the Society
had in no degree diminished, and he was delighted to find
that the opinions he had expressed with respect to it had
been more than realised. Their position this year was
superior to the last, and there was every reason to anticipate
a greater addition to their funds which had, and would con-
tinue to be, applied to benevolent and charitable purposes.
He said benevolent and charitable purposes, because the reso-
lution which had been put into his hands materially partook
of these attributes, as it was to the following effect :
" That on the 6th of May next, or such other day as the
board may appoint, due notice of the same being given to the
members, a special general meeting be held for the purpose of
electing two additional annuitants, being members or widows
of members." This was the best proof he could ofrer that their
funds were in a good state, that their prospects were im-
proving, and that they were «bout to extend the bentits of
the Institution to others. It was satisfactory to know,
that
s their Nadi increased they did not hoard them, but spent
them in benevolence to a class of society, of whom there were
a great number in the city of London,. and who bacl,,if. then
claims upon the met chants on account of the nature
duties. The Ben. Gentle= resu hls med seat amidst loud
Owe,

WILLIAM SMEE, Esq., Chief Accountant of the Bank of
England, seconded the motion.
Mr. Law is called the attention of the meeting to the
14th rule of the Institution, and stated that it contradicted
itself. It stated that no business should take place at a special
general meeting, except what was stated in the report, or
in the paper furnished to them, and yet a power was given
to the directors to suspend the officers of the institution at these meetings, if they thought proper.
the CHAIRMAN reminded Mr. Lewis that that was not the
proper time to propose the abrogation of one of the laws of
the Society, as this was a meeting of the Benevolent Depeet-
inent of the Institution.
Mr. LEWIS said the directors of one department occupied
a similar pawn in the other. He had had no notice of
the intentions of the directors, and therefore he had availed
hi:nseif of the first opportunity to refer to the subject.
Dr. AfULLINDER said the rules of the Institution required
that notice should be given by advertisement er otherwise,
and not "and otherwise." The chairmau then held in his
hand a letter which had been addressed from the office to
Mr. T. D. Lewis, 3, Windsor-terrace, Dover-road, which had
been returned by the Post-office with "not known" endorsed
upon it.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN said this was only mentioned for the pur-
pose of showing that if Mr. Lewis did not receive a notice
it was unintentional on the part of the office.
Mr. Lams said he received a netice at his office, 64,
Moorgate:street, with respect to this meeting.
The motion was then adopted.
J. J. Iseeix, Esq, said that so many observations had
been addressed to the chairman in the course of the evening
that he was glad to be in a position to relieve him of the
trouble of puttieg the resolution he held in his hand to the
meeting. It was to the following effect :—" That the warmest
thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby presented to
the t ressiirer and f melees for theircont in nal patronage and sup-
port." They did him the honour a short time ago to elect him
as one of their directors and he had done all in his power to
promote time interests of the Institution. The resolution he
felt ought to have been placed in abler hands, because he
thought lie could not do justice to the subject, or adequately
enlarge on the necessity of sued an Institution as this to the
clerks of London. He felt that in coming amongst them this
evening they were not unmindful of their own interests, but
those interests were made secondary to the generous views,
good feelings, and enlightened perception, which belonged to
the high mercantile classes. Having said so much, he
might now address the chair, because lie felt that he was
called upon to make a few observations bearing on the nature
(
and object of the Institution at large. It had at one time
been considered that a clerk was nobody. Persons in a very
humble sphere of life, when they were asked in what manner
they would bring lip their children, would say, that they
would article them to builders and surveyors; and others ora
still humbler class would answer that they would apprentice
them to tailors, carpenters, or to shoemakers. They all ap-
peared to think that tailors, carpenters, and shoemakers, were
somebodies, but that a clerk was "nobody." He would ask
why clerks were considered as nobody, and he would wish to
have the question answered. They would be nothing in the
eyes of political economists who regarded men in proportion
as they contributed to sonic physical or tangible want of
human nature, but if they were regarded as men, contributing
by their exertions to the highest branches of commerce of
this the greatest commercial country in the world, they would
be considered " somebody" in the scale of society. They would
he looked upon not as individuals, but as men who afforded a
considerable stimulus to commerce in general. Independently
of the claim of this class to valuable assistance from their
superiors, they ought to feel confidence in their own powers,
and those powers could only be brought into action by com-
bination, and that combination was now offered to them by
this Society, headed by some of the principal commercial men
in this country. It was impossible to contemplate the
extent to which such an institution might be
carried. As yet, however, this great metropolis had
been comparatively untouched by the operations of the
Society, but he relied on the energies of the present meeting,
who felt the prospects of the Institution, and who would, be
was sure, inculcate that feeling to the utmost amongst ahem
The example set in this country had net been adopted in any
other, but it had been foreshadowed to some extent, and this
association might calculate upon being imitated elsewhere.
lie felt it necessary to make sonic apologies for having di-
verged from the express form of the resolution and for having
so tar trespassed on the attention of the meeting ; but he
would once -more impress upon them that the
work was in their own hands ; and although
they had some very high and honourable merchants
at their board, they must depend on their own exertions.
Let them remember the exertions made at the Bristol
meeting, at which every gentleman present was made to
take the task of securing in a given time some friend who
would also join that Association. Let them adopt that
course, and the abject they pursued would be accomplished
both to the satisfaction of the merchants at their head, and
of themselves.
Mr. W. J. Jolene/4 seconded the resolution.
The CIIAIIIMAn said that it had not been proposed that
the resolution just read should be put to them by him, bee
cause being treasurer, the thanks expressed in that resolu-
'don would be put for himself, by himself. In anticipation,
however, of the resolution being carried, and in anticipation
of that respect which lie had invariably met in that room, he
would trouble them with a few observations. Mr. Baring
had ably contrasted the different circumstances under which
he had been able to address the meeting, as compared with
the Chairman. The progress made by tie Institution during
the last twelve months, if it did not place them in a state of
absolute security, at least gave them the certainty of much
further progress, and justified the most sanguine expecta-
tion that the Society would be an enduring one, and it was, as
lie knew, founded on those principles which would stand the
test of experience, and which, in England, were sure
sooner or later to win. If, as he believed, the Society was
founded on the interests of the clerks as much as on the in-
terests of the persons who guided them,;he felt, that as to the
numerical strength of the Institutiou, it would bear compari-
son with any other in the kingdom. His pleasure at observ-
ing the progress of the Institution was great, but his dis-
appointment would be equally great—it would be excessive,
if the Society, not only did not increase, but if it remained
! continually in its present position. Front the beginning he
had been an earnest supporter of the Society, for the
more he reflected the more lie was satisfied that
the clerk who was relieved front that most ,pain-
ful anxiety—the fear of destitution falling on his
wife and children—was a much better and a much more effi-
cient servant to his employer, as he knew that a provision
had been made for his family, and he was able to give him-
self more completely and more devotedly to the ditties im-
posed upon him. The advantages of the Institution must be
evident to those persons who looked upon it with the coldest
and most calculating view of self interest.. The mune of hi
house had been mentioned as having insured the lives of their
clerks.—( 11ea,..) lie was very much obliged to them, but
lie begged to be distinctly understoed that lie did so, not only
front a warm wish for the welfare of this Society, but from the
deliberate conviction that it was his own interest to do ha--
(Hear, hear.) He should take the liberty of adding,
that those who attributed too much to himself or partners
were wrong in their commendations. At the same time he
did notwish to undervalue his good wishes to the Institution.
His exertions for that establishment were made in order
that an example might be set—that a footing might be
gained on real grounds; an example to the least extent
would be beneficial, and a conviction of that fact brought to
his mind what would be the best interests of the Society.
lie felt—he was confident—that the greater their union was
the greater would be their support, and the extent to which
they would be united must depend solely on the zeal, the
co-operation, and encouragement, which every individual
belonging to that Institution must feel himself bound to give
to it and its measures. The resolution was then read as
follows :—" Resolved, that the warmest thanks of this meet-
ing are due, and are hereby presented, to the treasurer and
trustees for their continual patronage and support,"
Mr. Immix then ut te resolution to he meeting. /t
was carried unanimously, and with loud and continued
cheering.
JOHN ALEX. HANKaY, Esq., rose to move the sthresolution.
He said that no doubt the meeting had been told that the suc-
cess of the Institution depended mainly on their own exertions.
In future they must look to their own endeavours as much
as to the gentlemen to whom the management of the
affairs were entrusted. (Hear, hear.) They bad
had the most zealous support, whicb had raised the
Institution to an eminence hardly to be anticipated in the
beginning. It was the first time he had had the honour of
appearing before them, but, although he had not attended
their meetings, he had not been inattentive to their interests
and to the interests of the Institution. Ile had done all in
his power to forward it, as he had been for many years aware
of the necessity of such an establishment. The East and
West India Dock Company, of which he was Deputy-Chair-
man, had also been long aware of the necessity of such an
institution, and some few years ago they had established a
benefit society, very much inferior to the present
one he admitted, but still it was done on similar
principles. He had done all in his power
assist that establishment, and should always do so in cases of
a like nature. Before lie concluded his remarks, h had one
observation
the providence of
to,
some misconception as
to
oie asthweclasfiinalid toalitst there had been
clerks gave on such an institution. He Imust say that a
provident disposition was certainly an indirect claim on the .
part of a member, and would, in many ways, tend to pre-
Mote the interests of the Society. The sth resolution was
then read as follows :—" Resolyekthat the best thanks of
this meeting be presented to the auditors, honorary solidi.
tors, the medical officers, and actuary, for their continued va-
luable services."
J. ANDERSON, Eeq , of the firm of Anderson, Bre,
there, said that he had great pleasure in seconding
the resolution. It was the first time he had
had the
pleasure of being there, but he had seen an account of the
rt
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very
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satisfactory,
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occasion
the next dinner.
The CHAU:MAN then put the resolution, which was car-
ried unanimously.
Dr. JONES, the physicianito the Institution, said that he
hoped that he, with the other gentlemen with him, had en-
deavoured to fulfil their duties to their utmost, and they re-
ceived this mark of approbation with very great pleasure,
and felt sure that it 'would be an incentive to continue their
exertions. He had reason to rejoice that he attended the
benefit department, and he trusted that, whatever might be
the result of the Institution, he might be able to show that
the value of the lives of clerks was as much, and, perhaps,
more, than the value of many other lives. That worth:lllm-
doubtedly be the case, provided that many of the super-
fluities of life were dispensed with, and the style:of living
altered. That course would remove one of the prevailing
causes of anxiety. He hoped that the members of the
nstitutioa would feel that the medical gentleman would en-
deavour to do all in their power to promote and carry out
to the fullest extent their benevolent wishes. With regard
to the sanatorium—as he had been instrumental in bringing
forward and recommending that institution—he could not
help feeling great regret at the want of support which had
been shown with reference to it. It was founded solely for
the purpose of relieving the suffering of clerks who were af-
flicted, and it was a matter of sorrow it had not succeeded.
Mr. HOWDEN said that he, with several other gentlemen.
had endeavoured to do all in their power to increase the
members of the Society, and:also for the increase ofithe funds.
The largeness of their actual fund would be the loadston•e
which would attract all persons. Feeling that
thisul7sascritbher • case, he proposed that every niember who was a
n for the • should, in his next subscription, place himalse/
order to increase the permanent. fund.i.
sum of one guinea in addition to hi!annu
There were about
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b wouldted
makel,o
a great members,
a
could not get five or
they
subscription asked.
subscriptions,
Kilijes' Ysoerycomileuectledi a
was about to put
to carry out that
even ten
ingusiontenass,
halittlidonthitoeirth Fund.
He hoped,instances,
tnast teal
whatever views the Society might
Saon dt
he
eo
subscribers laboriously
ttaheoilrutiiiotinliohset
woudi
to entertain
the
m,
begun
that withhowever,:.hreegyard
would to the
(o
increase so fast that the secretary would hay. diifi.
blrlysttiltuitrioneu;bloicyheilvi.ad blefentbssoyaabildy
„Ity in taking down their names.—(Laughter.) If this
suggestion were adopted, the/addition of
render the permanent fund nearly double,
the guinea Fouls]
1 u Resolved,—That every member of this society,
The resolution was then read. as follows :
scribers and assurers, pledge themselves to raise b°bet•haailuttib:
tional subscription; at least one guinea each person, -for the
Flirt* of augmenting the permanent fund."
f.g Bvnx wended thQ mobilo.