The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-11 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Will you kindly afford your protection to the
ladies against a rudeness shown them in (of all places
in the world) our Opera Houses?
On most nights you may observe them standing and
struggling for a humble peep at the stage, behind the
brawny shoulders of comfortably seated gentlemen, who,
I am ashamed to say, rarely offer a few minutes' rest to
their delicate and pretty neighbours.
Can it be that in these days of refinement, we forget
the old and honoured law, place pour las dames, or is
it that we wish to show foreigners now sojourning here,
that we are, indeed, far behind them in those courtesies
which,throwlso great a charm over good society elsewhere?
Pray, Sir, jog our gentlemen's memories on the point,
and thereby oblige very many of your countrywomen.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Mornington-crescent, Juno 10. A VISITOR.

[lt would be a matter of satisfaction to all English
gentlemen if the hint of our correspondent were taken.
We trust, therefore, that all our fellow-countrymen in-
discriminately may afford the foreign visitors to the
metropolis evidence, however tardy, that in some respect
at least the people of these barbarous islands are pro-
Ecients in politeness.—En. Sun.]

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
FIRST REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS or THE LAW
PROPERTY ASSURANCE AND TRUST SO-

CIE TY, 30, ESSEX- S TREET, STR AND, LONDON.
At the Annual General Meeting, held on the 30th May,
1851, at the Society's Offices.
At this, the first Annual General Meeting of the Law
Property Assurance and Trust Society, the Directors
have great pleasure in submitting to the shareholders
their Report of the proceedings of the past year.
The advantages of the novel application of the prin-
ciples of Assurance to Leaseholds, Copyholds, and Life.
holds, as well as the Redemption of Mortgages and of
Loans, and the Security of Building Societies, in addition
to the contingencies of Life, have been more extensively
appreciated than was expected, and your Directors refer
with much gratification to the transactions of this So-
ciety during the first year of its existence. 313 Pro-
posals have been received, of which 192 have been completed,
and are now in force, yielding an Annual Income of
2,234/. 16s. 3d. In addition to these 27 more have been
accepted, and are in process of completion.
Your Directors congratulate the shareholders that not
a single Life Policy has become a claim.
The confidence with which the plans of this Society
era viewed by the public is evidenced by the fact that all
the Shares in the Capital Stock of the Society are sub-
scribed. And your Directors, continuing to receive ap-
plications for further allotments, have found it expedient
to declare forfeited such Shares as had not been taken
up, and in order to extend as widely as possible the Jne
terests of the Society, they have resolved to issue the
few remaining forfeited shares only in small lots.
The management of the Office has been carried on
with the utmost caution and prudence, regard being had
rather to economy than display. The entire fixed An.
nual Charge upon the Society's funds, including the
Salaries of Secretary, Medical Officer, Clerks, and
Porter,, with rent and taxes, does not exceed 8001. per
annum. Thus already the Annual Income is much more
than double the fixed expenditure. The Society therefore
offers the almost unprecedented instance of having become
sell supporting at the end of only one year.
On reference to the List of Agents of this Society, it
will be seen that the services of a highly respectable and
influential body of gentlemen of the legal profession
have been secured, and the assistance of the shareholders
is particularly requested in increasing their number in
localities not yet represented.
Your Directors invite special attention to the peculiar
and great advantages offered by this Society to those
effecting Life Assurances on the participating scale, in-
asmuch as they receive Eighty per Cent, of all the profits
arising from every branch of the Society's business on
the participating scale.
The Assurance of Titles is now beginning to be under-
stood and appreciated. Many proposals have come before.
the Board, some of which have been accepted, and your
Directors anticipate a very extensive and advantageous
business from the plan they have adopted, in cases where
large estates are sold in small lots, tor assuring the title
to each of the purchasers, and thereby saving the expense
of a separate investigation of the whole title, and of an
attested copy of the title-deeds.
In conclusion, your Directors offer their congratula-
tions to the shareholders on the entire success which has
attended the Society. Feeling assured that the advan-
tages offered by it are so manifest as to require only to
be well understood to be universally adopted, they beg
to impress upon the shareholders the necessity for active
cooperation in making known its plans to their friends
and the public, and thus to assist in placing the Law
Property Assurance and Trust Society in that position,
which the experience of the past year assures your
Directors it may shortly occupy,—namely, in the fore-
most rank of Assurance Societies in the United Kingdom.
WILLIAM NEISON,
28th June, 1851. Actuary and Secretary.
30, Essex-street, Strand, London.

LORD DUNDRENNAN.—We regret to learn that
Lord Dundrennan, who has for some days past been absent
from his judicial duties, has been suffering from severe indis-
position. The answer to inquiries on Friday was, that his
Lordship was somewhat better.—Edinburgh Courant.
CHARING•CROSS HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a meeting
of the Governors of the above Hospital was held in the
Board-room, for general business. The annual statement
of the operations of the hospital for the past year showed
that 19,105 indigent sick persons were relieved, at a cost of
2,430/. 35.11 d. : of these 1,210 were in-patients, 643 of which
were cases of severe accidents; the out-patients numbered
17,895—making a grand total, since its commencement, in
HIS, of 186,863 sick and needy individuals who have par-
taken of the advantages of the institution.

TUE QUICKEST VOYAGE EVER MADE BETWEEN
EGYPT AND ENGLAND.—The Orietal Steam Company's new
steam-ship Ganges, 1,200 tons and 500 horse-power, con-
structed by Messrs. Todd and M'Gregor, of Glasgow, and
which was placed by the company as an extra vessel on
the Southampton and Alexandria line, made her passage out
from Southampton to Alexandria in 11 days 2 hours' steam-
ing, being an average rate of 111 knots per hour fi,r the
whole passage. She arrived at Southampton on the Bth inst.,
having made her passage home in 11 days and 6 hours'
steaming, or nearly at the same rate as on the passage out.
Including the stoppages at Gibraltar and Malta the actual
time occupied on the voyage has been a little under 12 days,
being within one day of the actual time now occupied in
transmitting the Overland portion of the mail to Alexandria
through France. Messrs. Tod and M'Gregor are now con-
structing three large steamers for this company. The
Ganges will take out the India mail of the ,20th inst. from
Southampton.
THE FAILURE AT LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday (Tues.
day) a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Finch and Willey,
of the Windsor Foundry, Liverpool, was held at the Claren-
don-rooms, South John-street. Mr. Wickham, of the Low-
moor Iron Company, was unanimously voted to the chair,
and a statement of the accounts, drawn up by Mr. Bewley,
was submitted, from which it appeared that the total liabili-
ties of the firm were (5,0001, to meet which it was calculated
that the assets from all sources would realize 10s. in the
pound. Mr. E. Finch stated that eighteen months ago, on
the retirement of Mr. Smith, who is a creditor for 7,0001.,
there was a loss of 6,0001. on the concern, and that the com-
pletion of contracts then on hand had since entailed a further
loss of 7,0001. The bank of Liverpool is well secured, as also
Mr. Geach, of Birmingham, who had advanced 10,0001. on
account of Chepstow-bridge ; but the creditors of Finch and
Son are also creditors to this estate to upwards of 20,0001.
A committee, consisting of Mr. Pearce, of the firm of Jones,
Bland, and Co., Mr. Ledward, and Mr. Langton,: was appointed
to wind up the concern as speedily as possible.

MDLLE. RACHEL.—Notwithstanding the incle-
mency of the weather, the .Matinee Litjraire et- Musicale,
given yesterday at the Castle Hotel, Richmond, was bril-
liantly attended. The chief part of the entertainment con-
sisted of dramatic recitations by Mdlle. Rachel, aided by
M. Raphael and other artists of the St. James's Theatre.
Her scenes, which were acted, not merely read, produced
a great impression, especially the celebrated one from Au-
d rolliaque, in which she first took the English by storm when
she made her debiit at her Majesty's Theatre. The in-
tervals were filled up by the delightful singing of Mdlle.
Charton.

ST. ALBAN'S BRIBERY COMMISSION.—The persons
proposed to be appointed Commissioners of Inquiry, and
whose names are mentioned in the Bill now before the House
of Commons, are—Frederick Slade, Thomas Phinn, and Wil-
liam Forsyth, The remuneration to be five guineas a day,
over and above travelling expenses.
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THE HIGHWAY TO THE WEST.—It is announced
that the arrangements are completed for opening the Mid-
land Great Weston Railway to Galway on the Ist of August.
The Earl of Clarendon has expressed his readiness to attend
the; inaugural ceremony.
THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF THE INNER
TEMPLE.— On Monday evening the students of this society
presented 11r. William thirlstone with a handsome silver tea
service, as a token of respect for his long and efficient duties
.
the society. It bore the society's arms, and the following
inscription : " Presented by the Students of the Inner
Temple to Mr. William Hurlstone, on the completion of his
, th year of his connexion with the Society. Trinity Term,
1851."