The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-27 00:00:00

peculiar degree to test the validity of the claims of any
company which might be put forth—namely, the gen-
tlemen of the Stock Exchange. They had had addi-
tions from that body, and he spoke advisedly when he
stated that there were many more who were about to
join them.—(Applause.) He urged every proprietor to
use increased exertions to promote the welfare of this
prosperous society. If these were days of advance and
progress, unless they advanced with the spirit of the
times they only retrograded.
Mr. T. TAYLOR suggested that with reference to the
balance-sheet the proprietors ought to have placed before
them a balance-sheet for 1850.
Mr. BAYLIS (the actuary) said there was no hesitation
or indisposition to show everything; but it was not for
him to present an unaudited account.
Mr. TAYLOR alluded to the item for advertisements.
He knew that of necessity an immense expense must be
incurred under that head, and the item of 2,0001. or
3,000/. extended over a term of years, and he should not
like to see the society not keeping pace with other offices
in this respect. At the same time he thought there was
room for economy.
Mr. T. WILLIAMS, jun., objected to the suggestion of
printing the balance-sheet with the roport,on the ground
of the expense.
The CHAIRMAN explained. As to the printing and
publication of the balance-sheet with the report, it would
entail great expense on the society; but he hoped that
any gentleman who required information on any point,
would always refer to their excellent friend Mr. Baylis,
who would at all times be most happy to give it.—
(Hear, hear.) As to the item of commission, it was
paid only on actual business done. In reference to the
charge for advertisements, he had heard of an office
which had expended 16,0001. under this head.
Mr. WALTON, of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope,
expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the
business of this society had been conducted; but as
agent for the society at the Cape of Good Hope, he
begged especially to congratulate them on their success
in that colony. They had had there to compete with
local officers and agents for London companies, who,
however, had done very little. But he had to inform
the shareholders (who might not know the difficulties
they had to contend with at the Cape) that out of 1,600
shares they had sold 650—(Applause)—in the short
space of thirteen months, and they had effected insur-
ances to the amount of many thousands, and they had
more Dutchmen than Englishmen—though the former
were very cautious—thus indicating the estimation in
which this office was held.

The CHAIRMAN then put the question, that the report
be adopted, which was carried unanimously.
The directors who retired by rotation—namely,
Messrs. Thomas George Williams, E. Gamaliel Win-
throp, and Mr. Wellington Cooper, were severally
elected and returned thanks. The Rev. Henry Hamilton,
of Monkstown, near Dublin, and of Montagu-square,
London, was elected to the vacant directorship.
Mr. GEORGE BERMINGHAM moved that the fee or
allowance to the directors for their attendance be in-
creased from one to two guineas, looking to the length
of time that each sitting consumed, and the professional
character of most of the directors.

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Mr. Tim:gas TAYLOR seconded the motion.
Mr. COLBORNE, of Poole, supported the proposition.
Mr. ROBERT GLADDING opposed the increase of the
allowance to the directors, and after some discussion he
moved as an amendment, that, in the present circum-
stances of the company, it was inexpedient to increase
the allowance to the directors for the present, and that,
therefore, such increase of allowance be deferred.
Mr. THOMAS J. WILLIAMS, jun., seconded the amend-
ment; but on a show of hands the numbers were—For
the amendment, 19; against it, 36; majority against the
amendment, 17.
The original motion was then put,when there appeared
--For the original motion, 38; against it, 15; majority
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for the original motion, 23.
Messrs. George Bain and George Evans were seve-
rally re-elected auditors; and on the motion of Mr. Tay-
lor, seconded by Mr. Crockett, the allowances to those
gentlemen for their services in the past year were raised
from 40 guineas to 50 guineas, there being only one dis-
sentient voice against the proposition.
Mr. BAYLIS addressed the meeting at great length on
the past success and future prospects of the society, and
urged in eloquent terms the principles on which this so-
ciety proceeded—principles which were eminently calcu-
lated to insure an inconceivable amount of benefit to
their fellow-men. One great leading principle on which
the office proceeded was to take care of the living. The
speech was replete with the most interesting facts, which
our limits do not allow us to give in detail.
Votes of thanks were voted to the medical officers and
to the solicitor of the company, on whose behalf Dr.
Barker, Mr. W. White Cooper, and Mr. Edward M.
Elderton severally returned thanks.
A vote of thanks having been proposed to Mr. Baylis,

the actuary,
Mr. GLADDING begged to know whether it was the
fact that their actuary had formed or originated another
society (the Trafalgar), and was the consulting actuary
of that society at that moment?
Mr. Bevras said it was his pride and his glory to be
the consulting actuary of that society—(Cheers)—which
was calculated to render so much service to his fellow-
men. He certainly was not to be debarred from those
facilities which attached, and were always conceded, to
men of his profession. He was delighted to have the
opportunity of answering the question.
The vote of thanks was carried unanimously.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman, who acknow-
ledged the compliment, and the meeting separated, after
a sitting of more than three hours and a half.

BOILER EXPLOSION at MANCHESTER.
The shocking catastrophe at Manchester, on Tuesday
afternoon, by the bursting of a steam-engine boiler, of
which a brief description was given in The Sun of yes-
terday, has resulted, so far as could be ascertained up to
last evening, in the loss of nine lives, besides seven per-
sons being seriously injured. The building destroyed
by the explosion was about forty yards long, bounded
on the east side by North-street, on the west by Riga-
street, with Mayes-street at the north end, and other
buildings close adjoining it to the south. The premises
belonged to Messrs. Hardman, Price, and Sons, calico-
printers, and were let by them to Mr. Thomas William-
son, sawyer by steam power, who occupied a portion of
the lower part of the building, and sublet the remaining
portions of the first and three other floors above to other
parties. Mr. George Parker occupied part of the lower
story, and had a willowing machine for cotton waste
there. Mr. John Lester, wood-turner, occupied part of
the second story, employing about twenty hands; and
Mr. Percival, rule-maker, Lower Mosley-street, occupied
a part of this story. Mr. Melloy, who had eight work-
people, occupied part of the third story, and the upper
part of the building was unoccupied. About three
or four men and women were in Mr. Parker's room
at the time of the explosion, and four men were
in the engine-house, but it is not known
how many were in the saw-mill. As stated yester-
day, the engine had been stopped for repairs after din-
ner, and had not been started at three o'clock, when
the boiler burst. A man named Thomas Lambert, who
had been promised work by Mr. Williamson, states that
he went into the engine-house a little before three
o'clock, and found three men there, who were grumbling
that the engine could not be started. They had been
lifting at the fly-wheel—the engine having stopped
when the crank attached to the wheel was at the bottom
—with a view to assisting the steam-power by giving the
first impulse, but had not succeeded. He lent them as-
sistance, and while all four were lifting at the wheel the
boiler, which stood in a yard close adjoining that part
of the building, burst and brought down the whole of the
three upper stories of the mill upon the lower one, to-
gether with a tall chimney at the north end. A part of
the boiler forced its way through the wall and chimney
at the north end, and destroyed a large stable on the
opposite side of Mayes-street, besides breaking the win-
dows of the Wilton Arms Inn, adjoining the stables, and
otherwise damaging the front of that house. Lambert
found his way into Mayes-street without knowing how,
without injury, though his escape from the falling ruins
seems miraculous. Egerton, the engine-driver, who was
in the engine-house at the time, also escaped. Such of
the workpeople as escaped, and numerous other persons
who soon collected round the heap of ruins, rushed
upon the top, as soon as the dust began to clear away,
and liberated all the people who could be found, in-
cluding Mr. Melloy, one of the tenants of the building.
A more regular search then commenced by the fire-
police and labourers employed to assist them, which Was
continued till 12 o'clock on Tuesday night, and was re-
sumed at five o'clock yesterday morning. Not half the
ruins, however, had been removed up to five o'clock last
evening, though it was believed all the bodies (or all but
one of them) had been recovered.
The following are the names of the dead whose bodies
have been found:—
Timothy O'Neal, aged 14 years, 10, Osborne-street.
Elizabeth Brewnan, aged 23, 67 Bennett-street. Em-
ployed to pick cotton waste for Mr. Parker.
Mary Ann Dunn, aged 9
Years, 11, Hanover-street.
A child who was not employed in the mill, but was in
Mayes-street when it fell.
William Fender, aged 12, Ludlow's-court, Ludlow-
hill, wood-turner.
James Briery, 2, Worthington's-court, Bengal-street,
much scalded, and bruised about the head.
William Whiteley, aged 36, wood-turner.
Daniel M'Cloud, aged 40, wood-turner.
John Holmes, wood-turner.
The bodies of the three men last-named were not reco-
vered from the ruins until twelve o'clock yesterday.
The following is a list of the wounded, at present lying
at the Manchester Royal Infirmary:-_
Richard Webster, aged 50, labourer, in the employ of
Mr. Williamson.
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when
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John Cross, aged 30, No. 3, Frederick-street.
John Parry, aged 45, Bengal-street, an engraver, in
the employ of Mr. Molloy ; badly injured about the chest,
and not likely to recover.
Daniel Harrison, Brook-street.
John Holland, 14 years, 95, Back Osborne-street.
James Field, aged 51, wc 0.1-turner, 12, Bedford-street.
These make eight killed and seven wounded by this
shocking accident, and it is expected that the body of a
boy named Fender is stilt in the ruins.
The inquest commenced yesterday afternoon, before
Mr. Herford, coroner for the borough, and evidence in
identification of the dead bodies was being taken when
our report left. The engine-driver, Egerton, was in cus-
tody, and it is expected that it will be shown that be was
intoxicated when the boiler burst. Whether any evi-
dence throwing light on the cause of the boiler bursting
will be adduced is not known.

POLITICAL CHIVALRY.—A newspaper, that advo-
cates unreasonable bread, calls Lord Stanley " the noble and
chivalrous leader of the Country party." Chivalrous comes
from cheval, a horse. What Lord Stanley has to do with a
horse, in a political sense, we do not know, except in as far
as, without disrespect, he may be called a clever jockey. As
for Protection, it i 8 merely hip Lobby.—Punch,