The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-12 00:00:00

BANKING DEPAZTMEN T.

Proprietcrs'capital 14,553,000
Rest . .. • • 3,126,495
Public deposits (In-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accoun is) • • 8,077,311
Other deposits . • • 9, 39,188
Seven day and other

,Government secnri7

ttes (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 13,241,76 S
Other securities •• - . 11,547,043
Notes.. ••••• • .. . • 10,0 ,4357,043
Notes
Gold and silver coin • • 615,654

1,15q,863

A 36,45 2,890

X 36,452,890
IiARSIIALL, Chief Cashier.
1851.

Dated the 11th day of Deceml

COURSE OF EXCHA
Amnerusin .... • • •• •• 11 16U
Ditto, three months .• 11 17 34
Rotterdam• • •• •• 1 I 7
25 4234
Brussels.. • • .. 25 42%

NGE.-(11IIS DAY.)
_
Leghorn .............. 20 DS
lenea ••••••• • • • • • 25 t 5
Venice._ •• • • ....
Naples 401-4
l'alermo,peroz........ I
Sfesbina 12
Lisbon—. ........ .. 5244
52%
die Janeiro ........ ••
C..nenos Ayres .. •
New York, 60 days'slght
Philadelphia ..........

Haribur3'l .• • M.B 13 16;

Paris, 3layesiGht .• 25 22%
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 42%
Marseilles •.•• .• •....• 25 42%
.
Frankforton Nabs.. " 121

Berlin ......

-
Vianua, effec. 13 0
Trieste, ditto.... .• ..., 13 0
retersburgh,Sil. Rble,. 363(
49%
BA:cc:one ..........

PRICES OF BULLION, PEI Of,
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9
Vortugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0
'Npanish Doubloons .. 0 0

Sevilla.. :-......: :: ::::,

Sew Dollars .... • • 0 4 11 L 4
iSilvor in bars ...... •• 9 5 0%

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 11, 1851.

The Quen has pleasfd to appoint Robert Dun•
can Wilmot, Esq., to be Surveyor-General for the pro-
vine-3 of New Brunswick.

NEW WRIP FOR THE BOROUGH OF LISBURN.

In pursuance of the directions of an Act, passed in
the twenty-tourth year of the reign of his late Majesty
King Gaorge the Third, intituled, "An Act to repeal so
mixih of two Acts, made in the tenth and fifteenth years
of the reign of his present Majesty, as authorizes the
Speaker of the HOMB of Commons to issue his warrant
to the Clerk of th. Crown fur making out writs for the
election of Members to serve in Parliament, in the
mariner therein mentioned, and for substituting other
provisions for the like purposes;" I do hereby give
notice, that the death of Sir Horace d. Seymour, lute
a l'Unaber serving in this present Parliament for the
bureug'n of Liit-urn, bath been certified to ma in writ-
ing, under the Nandi of two Members serving in Parlia-
merit, and that I =hail issue my warrant to the Clerk of
the crown to make out a new writ for the election ()fa
litt,mbt.l. to servo in this present Parliament fur the said
borough, at the end of fuurteen days after the insertion
of this notion in the London Gazette.

Given under my hand the 9ch of Docember, 1851,
CIIARLES SEIAW LEFEVRE, Speaker.
WAR OFFICE, DEC 12.

Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Arthur Henry Daven-
port, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub•Lientenant, by pur-
chase, vice Bate:=on, promoted, Dec, 12.

Ist Dragoons—Arthur Ba,set, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Jones, promoted, Dec. 12.
10th Light Dragoons— Musgrave James Bradley
Dyne, Gen.., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Honour-
able Churies J. Keith, promoted, Dec. 12.
14th Light Dragoons—Standish Radley Jackson,
Gent , to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Vanaittart, pro-
moted, a c. 12,

33 Regiment of FJot—Williarn Wainman, Gent., to
be Eusign, by purchase, Dec. 12.

6th Fot--:SI/iiiinol C4p€l Garde, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purobase, vic, Chapman, appointed to the sth Foot,
Dee. 12.

13 u Foot—Noel Hovenden Bryan Vardon, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Doherty, who retires,
Dec. 12.

15th Foot—Philip Aleasnder Anstruther Twynam,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crowther, who
retires, Dec. 12.

]7th Foot—Brevet Major Legendre Charles Bourchier
to be Major, without purchae, vice O'Grady, who retires
upon full•pay ; Swinnerton Halliday Dyer, Gent., to be
Ensign, toy purchase, vice R. E. Williams, promoted,
Dec. 12.

22 I Foot,—Ensign Arthur Lloyd Monck to be Licute-
narlt, without purchase, vice Mqyne, promoted in the
C.Aps; Sergeant Rohm Jackson to be Ensign,
wi n. ut purchase, vice Mouck, Dec. 12.
231 Foot—Douglas Dyneley, Genr,, to be Second
Lkuterant, by purcha,e, vice Bathurst, promoted,
Dee. 12.

24. h Foot —Qtmrtermaster Thomas Madden to be
Adjutant, with the rank of Ensign, vice Hartshorn, pro-
moted, Dec. 12.
26th Foot—Thomas William Henry Hutchinson,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stratton, pro-
moted, I)ee. 12; John Ceiling, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Mosse, promoted, D c. 13.
27Lh 1' )ot—Brevet Major George Anthony Durn-
Lrd to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-
Colonul Gosdman, deceased; Lieutenant Edward Nas-
81Molesworth to be Captain, without purchase, vice
1-)__
_.noford; Ensign Thomas Maguire to be Lieutenant,
vvl'Ltti t purchase, vice Alolesworth, Dec, 2.
Foot—Lieutenant Amyatt Ernie Brown to be
Captain,
, by purchase,vice Noel, who retires; Ensign
Alexander Francisßtll to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Brown;
Alexander Mitchell, Gent., to be Ensign,
Schreiber, by purchase, vice promoted, Dec. 12 ; Ed-
ward William Edding37, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Ball, Dee. 1t
38th F oot—Owen G
',VI Saunders Davies, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, Ni„ Snodgrass, promoted,
Dec. 12.
48th Foot—Edmund Garland Horne, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Tower,
Dec,appointed to the
Gent,,
, to bl2O.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards,
49th Foot—George Rochfort, Gen
Ensign,
by purchase, vice Arthur Savory Armstrong, promoted,
Dec. 12.
51st Foot—Charles Acton, Gent., to be En
purchase, vice Glover, promoted, Dec. 12. 'i gn, by
521 Foot—Lieutenant Andrew George Corbet to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Bowie, who retires; Lieut.
Francis Brown Dixon, from 3d West India Regiment, to
be Lieutenant, vice Bacon, who exchanges; George
Hallam, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Dcc. 12.
62d Foot—Emanuel Roberts, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Gwynne, promoted, Dec. 12.
661). Foot—James Galbraith, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Tottenham, who retires, Dec. 12; James
Lorenz's Verschoyle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vic_e_N, ash, who retires, Dec 13.
""h Foot.—Frederick Grote Barker, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase,,Dee vice the H 1
the 7th Foot, on. E. Massey, promoted in
79th Foot—Lviice.oult2.,i._nt Henry Murray to be Captain,
by purchase,
who retires; Randal Percy
Otway, Lord Louth, to- vb:'
85th foot—Lieutenant Charles by purchase, Dec. 12.
Seymour,
harles Warburton to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vicepeyimour, who retires; Ensign
the Hon. Edmund Johla to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Warburton; Charles iViells Hogge, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase,
11. Edwardes, Bart.,
vice Sirs
promoted, Dec. 12; Robert Carr Glyn,
,) Iy,n, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Honk
Rome
to Bnyle. Dec.
13;
Quarterma=ter-Sergeant John
Quarter-
master, vice Neill, who retires on half-pay,ie
2d West India Reiccent—Francis RoberJ6l:lla2;nock,
Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice
Webster, ap-
pointed to the 98th Foot, Dec. 12.
33 West India Regiment—Lieutenant Charles An-
thony Bacon, from the 52d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Dixon, who exchanges, Dec. 12.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Alexander Campbell,
from half-pay 55th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of tho Se-
cond Class, vice Powell, deceased, Dec. 12.
MEMORANDUM —Thu name of Lieutenant George
Wedderburn, of the 76th Foot, is " Wedderburne," and
not Wedderburn, as previously stated, The Christian

names of Ensign Lord Cecil, of the 43d Foot, are
" Eustace Henry Brownlow Gascoyne.
Erratum in the Gazette of sth December, 1851.-7th
Foot—For Ensign Standish de Courcy O'Grarly, from
the 64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purcha,e, vice
Dow biggin, appointed to 41st, Foot, read " vice Dow-
biggin, appointed to 4th Foot.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 11.
Royal Regiment of. Artillery—Brevet Major George
Hooton Hyde to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Collington,
deceased; Second Captain Asthony Oldfield to be Cap-
Fiyst Lieutenant Richard King Freeth
tai n, vice Hyde;
to be Second Captain, vice Oldfield; Second Lieutenant
John Stirling Stirling to be First Lieutenant, vice Freeth,
Nov. 30.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet Major Richard
John Stotherd to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Faris, re-
tired on full pay, Nov. 24; Brevet Major John Claridge
Burmester to be Captain, vice Stotherd, Nov. 24; First-
Lieutenant James Robert Mann to be Second Captain,
vice Burmester, Nov. 24; Second-Lieutenant Henry
Reynolds Luard to , be First-Lieutenant, vice Mann,
Nov. 24.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 6.
The Right Honourable Sir John Jervis, Knt., Lord
Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common
Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Edward Press of
Hingham, in the county of Norfolk, Gentleman, to
be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the
acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married
women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines
and recoveries, and for the spbstitution of more simple
modes of assurance, in and for the county of Norfolk.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 9.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Frederic
Lowrey, of North Shields, in the county of Northum-
berland, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
Aldborough Richardson, wine merchant, New-court,
Bow-lane, to surrender Dec. 19 and Jan. 20, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings, Moorgate- street; Cooper and
Gale, Verulam-buildings, 's In
Grayn.
Charles James Sanders, provision merchant, Coiling-
wood-street, Blackfriars-road, Dec. 19, and Jan. 22, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer,
Frederick-place, Old Jewry.
James Mash, draper, Colchester, Essex, Dec. 16
and Jan. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Mardon
and Prichard, Christchurch-chambers, Newgate- street.
Thomas Salkeld: warehouseman, Basinghall-street,
Dec. 27 and Jan. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Nicholson, official assignee, Bastnghall-street; Reid,
Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside; Sale
and Co., Manchester.
William Mashman, carpenter, Charlotte-street, Port-
land-place, Dec. 27, and Jan. 24, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-
chambers; Greatorix, Chancery-lane.
Frederick Pegler, grocer, Hampton, Middiesex, Dec.
23, at twelve, and Jan. 20, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Dods,
St. Martin's•lane,

John Bill, hinge manufacturer, Wolverhampton, Staf-
fordshire, Dec. 22, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 15, at
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
efficial assignee, Birmingham; Bolton, Wolverhampton;
E. and H. Wright, Birmingham.
Charles Henry Gausden, licensed victualler, Hove,
Sussex, Dec. 23, at halt-past eleven, and Jan. 20, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee; Linklater, Si-e-lane.
Edwia Fowler, draper, Bristol, Dec. 29 and Jan. 26, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official
assignee, Bristol; Brittan, Bristol; Jones, Size•lane.
Henry Shaw and Henry Garthwaite, fancy manufac-
turers, Huddersfield, Jan. 9 and 30, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds;
Sutcliffe, Hebden-bridge; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Isaac Hodgkinson (otherwise Bradshaw), ironfounder,
Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, Dec. 30 and Jan. 20, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, offi-
cial assignee, Manchester; Radcliffe, Liverpool.
Robert Norris, innkeeper, Beverley, Yorkshire, Jan.
7 and 23, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court, Town-
hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee,
Hull; Robinson and Atkinson, Beverley.
Thomas Penrose Dixon, printer, Falmouth, Dec. 23
and Jan. 15, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Bullmore, Fal-
mouth ; Stogdon, Exeter.
William Neil Monies, spirit and wine merchant, Liver-
pool, Dec. 22, at twelve, and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Cazmove, official assignee,
Liverpool; Yates, jun., Liverpool.
PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Dec. 9,
1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British possessions in America 21s. 7d. per cwt
From the Mauritius ... ... No return „
From the East Indies ... 15s. 2itl. „

Average price of the two foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 20s. d. „
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Dec. 12.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current, Dec. 12.)
SUGAR.—To-day West India Sugar was operated in
with reluctance for all purposes, aed the rates taken
were 6d per cwt under those of Friday last. Only 122
hhds, &c., were sold, and of 150 hhds Barbadoes at
auction a portion only sold at from 35; to 383 6l for good
to fine yellow. For the week transactions are 1,435
hLth, &c.
REFINED.—To-dey only moderato purchases were
made in refined goods for home trade purposes; rates
remein at 43s to 48s for low to fine grocery lumps. In
Crushed there is yet little business doing.
MAIIRITIUS.—To-day the chief portion of 5,068 bags
Maurittus at auction sold, but at rates 6d to Is under
those of last week. The prices taken for good mid and
good yellow were 323 to 345, mid 30s to 31; 6d, low 293
6d to 303, fair fine brown 26s to 295, ord 233 6d to 25; 6d
per cwt.

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of
Bengal Sugar went off heavily, and at rather lower rates.
Of 6,700 bags a small portion only sold, good to fine
white Benares at 36s to 395, low to middling 34s 6d to
35s 6d, good to fine like Mauritius 32s to 34s 6d, low to
mid 28s to 31s 6d, Kinser, 22s to 235. Of Madras 550
bgs were taken in at 25s for good brown, but 1,084 bgs
Penang sold rather lower, white went at 32s to 34a Gd
for ord to fair, and soft yellow 25s to 31s per cwt.
FOREIGN.—To-clay the private operations in Foreign
were small, at previous rates there are free sellers. None
was submitted to public sale.
MOLASSES.—There is still a large demand for West
India, and prices have improved 6d per cwt; the stock
in first hands is much reduced. Operations for the week
are 600 puns at lls to 13s, and on the part of holders
there is firmness. Cuba and Porto Rico are wanted
at 1I s 61 to 12s 6d and with few sellers. Of Bengal and
Mauritius the quantity here is small, and 103 6d to lls
is the value. Several purchases have been made in
Honey, and low to fine Jamaica realized from 35s to 545.
Tamaritids are in good demand at the previous value. Of
Wet India 10 kegs at auction realized 26s to 28s, the
value of inferior is 20s to 255; and East India 73 to 120
per cwt.
COCOA.—In consequence of the limited demand for
West India previous rates aro barely sustained, and there
is a fair supply. Of 227 bags 11 brla Trinidad at suc-
tion a small part only found buyers; grey at from 34s to
28,, red 39s to 455; and 100 bags Grenada 34s 6d to
36s 6d. In foreign the amount of business transacted
is still small; Bahia and Para can be obtained at 25s to
275• and Guayaquil at 32s per cwt.
COFFEE—This afternoon Native Ceylon Ccffee was
held with firmness, but little business was done pri-
vately, and at auction 863 bags were takan in at 40s ad
for real good ordinary. Of 180 casks and 270 bags
Plantation Ceylon a small part only found buyers at the
former value; good realised 56s to 60s. mid and good
mid 52s to 55, other sorts 44s to 51s, and triage 363
6d to 43s per cwt. There is yet little business doing
in Foreign Coffee in the private contract market.
TEA.-1101115 of Congou ere not disposed to self at
any further reduction, and a less amount is on offer. The
demand is, however, still limited, especially for inferior
sorts. Prices for low rule at id to 7i-d, good ord 8d to
81d, blackish leaf 2d to lid; superior and Pekoe kinds
Is to is sd. There is also yet a reluctance on the part
of exporters ro transact business. Prices not declined
for Souchong; purchases have been small, and the
supply is plentiful of inferior and mid, but a less amount
is on offer of better kinds. The value of good and fine
is Is to is 10d, ord and fair 8d to lid. Oolong has
been sold to a fair extent at 9d to is 2d for ord to good,
and fine is 3d to Is sd. Scented Orange Pekoe is in
request, fine is 4d to is 7d, middling to good is ld
to is 3d, inferior 96 to Is. Flowery Pekoe at-
tracting little notice, common and middling is ld
to is 4d, good to fine is 5d to 2s 10d. Caper
more in request at 10d to is 4d. The downward move-
ment has ceased for green Tea ; at present, however,
there is little business doing, but supply is not so large
as of late. Hyson of ord and mid mid quality can be
obtained at lid to is 3d, good to fine is 4d to 2s,
choice 23 2d to 2s 7d; Gunpowder Hyson sort Is to
ri4d, fine
2s 6d to 3s 4d; Canton 8d to I Id;
lod to la; Hyson lid to Hyson kinds Is Id to 2s 6d, and Young
2daY Nutmegs were in larger'supply, and
ratbePs
fine brown went atear lb. At auction 120 pl:s were sold,
3a to 33 2d, good mid to good 2s 6d
Id to 9d. Mace is 16
at
ids cheaper;6d
to 2s 10d, mid 2s
at
is Id to is lid, wormy
iedEeasiineT4o2-116d.
40 pckgs were all
pper
44t0 is 2d, mid to good is
sold, common and low
gdinwere sold at 8d
10d to 2s sd. Of white Pe
Granger were taken
to Sid for good; 327 pockets Bengalb
in at 17s for mid export sort; and 120 cases China pre-
served at 9d per lb.
SPIRITS.—FuII rates are demanded for Jamaica Rum,
d gmoeoedtibnugsi
'on The • quail.
wneitshs hmasosbteeanttceonnuclued, the lowor
.d
prices paid for
fine 34s to 38 over proof have been 33 26 to 4a 2d, mid
and good 32 to :35 over 2s 6(1 to 3s, common 30 to 33
over 2s 3d to 2s 51 East India has been sold to a fair
extent at Is 3d to is 3id proof, and holders are firm. Se-
veral transactions have taken place in Leeward Island at
Is 4id to Is 6d proof. Demerara is operated in with more
freedom at 2s id to 2s 4d for 32 to 40 over proof. Stock
of Rum is 1,400 puns, &c., less than last season; deliveries
are again to a fair extent, and rates continue moderate.
Prices for Rrandy are not higher; there is, however, a
good business doing. Cognac best Brands of vintage of
1850 realised 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1849 ditto, 4s 8d to 48 10d;
1848 ditto, 5s 2d to 5s 4d; 1847 ditto, 53 7d to 5s 9d;
older, 5s 106 to 6s Gd; low to mid, 25 10d to 4s; and
Bordeaux, 2s 2d to 2s 4d. In British made Spirit there
is yet a:good deal doing at 9s 8d to 9s 9d cash, and Gin
have been made at Is 7d. In
to
at 83 for 22 under proof. Geneva
i s e9de
forva
ord, severala purchasesnd
fine
a t
Is 96 to 2s per gallon.

RICE.—To-day stiffer are heing demanded for East
India Rice operated against business, and the chief por-
tion of the sound of 9,544 bags Madras was taken in at
9s for Cargo grain ; the part sold realized is to 8s 6d
for ord and mid pinkey, and 2s to Si for damaged. Of
2,463 bags Bengal about half gold at 13s for good white.
INDIGO.—There is a reluctance on the part of exports
and home dealers to operate, whilst last sales rates have
not generally been sustained. Full terms are required
for Spanish, the stock being reduced to 515 srns, against
890 to same time last season. Purchaser are at present
small; Flores at 4s 10d to ss, Sobres 4s to 4s 9d; Cortes,
good to fine 3s 6d to 49, middling 2s 8d to 3s 4d, ord and
very low is to 2s 6d, and Caraccas common to good 2s 6d
to 3s 10d per lb.
COCHINEAL. —The public sales of Cochineal declared
for to-day are postponed until next week.
OlLS.—This afternoon a public sale of 35 tuns Sperm
went at from 841 lOs to 851 per tun. Of Cocoa Nut Oil
123 hhds, &c., were taken in at 32s to 35s 6d per cwt for
Cochin.

TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow
went off quietly, 440 pkgs South American selling at 34s
to 36s 3d for ord to fine, and 270 casks Australian at 36s
to 37s for Sheep of first quality, and at 35s Od to 36s 9d
for Ox.

INSTITUTION FOR THE RELIEF OF
DEAFNESS.

The annual meeting of the members of this excel-
lent institution was held at the Public Office yester-
day, S. Beale, Esq., in the chair, in consequence of
the indispositio❑ of Admiral Moortom. There were
alto present C. Geach, Esq., M.P., J. F. Ledsam,
Esq., Messrs. W. Chance, jun., the Secretary, W.
Dufton, the Surgeon, J. 0. Mason, S. Thornton, J.
C. Wynn, &c. An apology for unavoidable absence
was made for the Rev. J. C. Miller.

The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, con-
gratulated the members on the successful manage-
ment of the institution during the past year, by which
a very considerable amount of good had been effected
at a very trifling cost. He had also great pleasure in
stating that in examining the accounts he had found
that they were in a favourable state, and that unlike
most other charities there was a balance in hand.
That fact, however encouraging, ought not to induce
the subscribers to relax in their efforts, but on the
contrary ought to stimulate them to increased exer-
tions in order that in future a greater amount of good
might be effected.
Mr. W. CHANCE, jun., read the report for the past
year, from which it appeared that the number of
patients attending the institution during that period
had been 275, of whom a large majority had received
benefit, and many had been quite cured. Since the
formation of the society no less than 1,760 patients had
had the advantage of its gratuitous assistance, and
from the results shown in the reports from year to
year, it appeared that one of the main objects of the
promoters of the institution bad been fulfilled.
They considered that by directing attention to
a special class of complaints there would be
an improvement in the treatment of them,
and the result showed that a greater number
in proportion were cured now than at the first forma-
tion of the society. The committee noticed with
pleasure an increase in the funds of the society, and
had witnessed in many instances the gratitude of the
patients who had experienced relief. There had been
138 cases cured ; of these 52 were deaf less than one
year; 47 between 1 and 5 years; 28 between 5 and
10; 7 between 10 and 15 ; and 4 between 15 and
20. There had been 99 cases relieved ; and of these
22 were deaf under 5 years; 36 between 5 and 10
years; 20 between 10 and 15 years; 15 between 15 and
20 years; and 6 between 20 and 30 years. There
bad been 38 incurable cases ; of which 14 were deaf
under 10 years ; 8 between 10 and 20 years ; 2 be-
tween 20 and 30 years ; 8 between 30 and 40 years ;
and 6 between 40 and 50 years.
The cash account showed a balance of 821. 19s. Bd.
in the hands of the treasurer.

C. GEACH, Esq., moved the first resolution. The
Honourable Gentleman said he had had the plea•
sure of attending the annual meetings of that insti-
tution for several years past, and always with increased
satisfaction at the great benefit it bestowed upon the
public. He did not look upon the institution as being
altogether charitable ; for although certainly it did
much good for those who could not, for want of pe-
cuniary means, have availed themselves of careful aid,
yet at the same time scientific assistance was given to
those who could afford to pay, by the extended know-
ledge gained by the surgeon in aural cases. That he
thought was one of the greatest, although indirect,
advantages afforded by hospitals and institutions
of this kind. He wished to call particular
attention to the fact that the ear was a most delicate
organ, to which irremediable mischief by want
of skill or care might soon be done ; but in this insti-
tution they had the advantage of a practical and
careful examination of a great number of cases,
whereby that mischief was altogether avoided, and
Mr. Dufton, in whatever course he might think it
necessary to adopt, took particular care that no harm
should be done even if no benefit should ensue. He
knew that in Mr. Dufton's practice it had always been
a leading consideration not to destroy if it could not
amend. He (Mr. Geach) could further state
that he had received the greatest gratification
when he had occasionally called at the institution
whe❑ the patients were there; and be had witnessed
with pleasure the joy, satisfaction, and comfort they
manifested and expressed on receiving back that sense,
the loss of which, next to blindness, was one of the
greatest calamities which could be inflicted on man,
and particularly on those who had to gain their
own livelihood, in any occupation which in-
volved the use of physical strength. He knew
of no institution in the town with which it gave him
more pleasure to be connected than that which was
quietly,: yet successfully, doing a vast amount
of good, for which they were deeply indebted to their
excellent and able surgeon, Mr. Dufton. He was in
truth the institution ; for without his great care, at-
tention, and patience, it would most certainly have
failed, and many poor people have been practically
shut out from the world, and not been able to hear
what was going on around them.
Mr. J. 0. MasoN simply seconded the resolution,
which was passed.
Mr. W. MensoN moved a vote of thanks to Mi.
Dufton ; and said he was sure all present would re-echo
his words when he stat,d that no encomium could
be too great for the zeal and devotion which Mr.
Dufton displayed in carrying out the objects of that
institution. It had been said that the benefits of the
charity were dispensed in a quiet way ; but he had
frequently found that quiet modes were the most
efficient, and he could affirm that Mr. Dufton paid as
much attention to the poor patients as he would to
those in affluence from whom he might derive a hand-
some remuneration for the valuable aid of his profes-
sional abilities.

The proposition was briefly seconded by Mr. J. F.
LEDSAM, and carried with acclamation.
Mr. S. THORNTON moved a vote of thanks to the
officers; and Mr. J. C. WYNN, in seconding it, bore
testimony to the able manner in which the committee
conducted the affairs of the establishment, and at a
comparatively very trifling expense.
The CHAIRMAN concurred entirely in these re-
marks ; and the resolution having been carried,
Mr. W. CHANCE, jun., returned thanks.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman,
and the proceedings terminated.—Aris's Birmingham
Gazette.