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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND
EQUITABLE FLEE INSURANCE COMPANIES
26, CORNUILL, LONDON.

• DIRECTORS.
t*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
W. A. B. Bennett, F.sq. *John Rawson, Esq,
*Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq.
tElllotsoe, M.D„ F.R.S. t*Edmund S, Sy nos, Esq.
*Ralph Gough, Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq.
*M. C. Maher, Esq. f Joseph Thompson. Esq.
*John Moss, Esq. t*Augustas Vigne, Eser
AUDITOR.
tProfessor Wheatstone, F.R.S.
PIEYSICIAN.
Elliotson, M.D.,
F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street.
SVILAIEON.
I.E. S. Syrnes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.
ACTUARY.
t.W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S.,
SECRETARY.
*D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq.
SUPERINTENDENT.
*W. A. Hawkins, Esq.
DANEERS.
Glyn, Hallima, Mills, an I Co.. 67, Lombard-street.
some:mai:Op • • -
•• els a. Sutton, Eweas, Ommanney andi. Prudence, 6. Basinghall-
street. , •
*W. Tatham, Esq., 22, TittbatMOiton-street.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LrrE OFFICE.
CAP IT AL —500,0001
Tke WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As-
cured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that
can he conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab e the Assured is:
entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance,
to the eaten of one-tialf the amount of the pald annual Pmi urems,
,vithoutssicurlty, personal liability, or &vent ot the—Policy, but by
simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with-
held during the whole. comtinuarice of the Policy. Also, in the
event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the
Policy, on its surrender one-hall of the annual payments will be
returned by the Society.
Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health
end payment of arrears of Premium without Interest.
Notices of Assignment of Policies reglstere and acknowledged,
so as to make them Available as securitlea La the hands of
third parties.
N. Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp, .
The present nnual Income of the Society from Premiums Is
63,0007.; toe amount covered by the Policies of the Society is
1,741,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to
the Assured, amounts to 82,454/. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves-
tigation, reported in May, 1550, the bonuses declared to the As-
sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums
in cash, or a reversloeary addition to the original sum assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED.

eerma.
Annual Policy Bonus in uent Re-
ge. ~.. t: Pre- taken addition Bonne 'l2 auction of
r.: • •
Mitirl• out in to Suns Cub. Anrinnt
Assured, Premium.
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£ e. d. X 8 d. £ s. d.
"I 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1
1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7
• . 11839 241 1$ 6 • 113 17 7 17 8 8
1 ss.d. 1 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010
40 11100 74 34. 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 tll
. 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3
. . ' 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 81 10
• 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 59 11
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1845 • 66 15 0 44 10 0 410 1
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Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium
Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates.
EQUIT MILE FIRE OFFICE.
Capital-50u,0001.
(Incorporated under 7 and 8 Pict., cap. 110.)
The leading principles of this Office ar3 Moderate and equitable
Rates or Premium for each class or tisnual division of Profits.
fhe difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion
'remium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so
treat. that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess
than calculation.
It has been toilful by experience, that the total annual losses of the
Sifferent Established Companies have not been proportionate to the
amount of annual Premiums received by each.
It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers,
that such an anomaly should cease, and an ap,roximatios to the
true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu-
rance Company is established.
The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap-
,iroached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto
been sufficiently acted sn. or systematically applied.
Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to
the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably- payable, as
security against less for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer
is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by
supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica-
tion and Aver .ge, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk.
The Equitable Fire Offfee will, by a constant analysis of its own
experience, ftom time to ti—e, adopt such rates of Premium as the
nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange-
ments as regards tariffs with other offices.
With this view an annual investigation will be made into each
class of risk, and a return one moiety, or flay per cent. of the nett
excess will he made to all (classes of Insurers whose Policies have
been in force for three years.
Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon
every description of Property on moderate terms.
Farming Stock insured at 3s per cent, without the Average Clause.
Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica-
tion at the Office, or to may of its Agents.

t National Loan Fund Life Assuran Ca 40clety.
• Equitable Fire
t• Both Offices.

CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON.
The FOURT SI ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors of this Company took place on- the 25th instant, at the Head
Office, at One o'clnclt precisely. The following is extracted from the
report, which is too lengthy for publication :
During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England..
and ut wo in Ireland—one for and the other tor 2eol.—making
toget bhert 700/., which have been paid. This is far below the expected
mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how
severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last
year.
The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1a49, and
the 31st of NI ay, 1550, was more than double the number issued In
the twelve months preceding.
Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,963/.25. 6d.:
of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s.
Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0451., upon which 3201. as.
was received by the Company in the shape of premiums.
Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last,
assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. its 6d., pro-
tin: in annual premiums 3,7321. 1 ls. 6d. Of these 54 laed,
amounting to 23,9501. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were
7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to
2,9911. 15e. lid.
Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001.,
but 1,183/. Ifs. 104. only was advanced.
The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the
last four months they had considerably extended their business
ieur on
the Continent, having appointed, as Dead Agent in France, M
de ons
l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for
his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters,
who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris,
the Cardinal Archbish-p of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parigs, Eveque
de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con•
siderabie amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An-
nuities both Immediate and Deferred.
After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning
thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vic-
Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the estabresults
l
ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present
and fhture prospects

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- -
HEALTH of LONDON during the WEEK.
(From the Report of the Registrar-Generl.)
the
The rate of mortality that now prevails in
metropolitan population is still higher than from the
experience of late years might be ex
wnpich dint a
the
the,
beginning of May. The deaths,
previous week had risen to 1,075. ave decli
but as
ned
in the week ending last Saturday to 994;
the average of ten corresponding weeks is only 883,
and, if raised in the suppo,,ed ratio of increase of popu-
lation, does not exceed 963, it appears that there is still
an access in the mortality of the present time, above
the corrected average, equal to 31. It will be seen,
from a comparison of corresponding weeks of 1841-50,
that only is one instance, which occurred in 1848, when
small-pox, scarlatina, and typhus abounded, were the
deaths more numerous than those registered last week.
In the previous week the number of young persons
who died under tho age of 15 years was 544, in the last
it was 443. fleece it appears that, though this latter
number is greater than usual, the health of the juvenile
part of the population has improved. But the unseason-
able coldness of the weather is more perceptible in its
effects on the old; for in the same period the mortality
of this class has increased, the deaths of persons of 60
yiars and upwards having been in the previous week 216,
in the later 222.
The_ zymotic or epidemic class of disorders exhibits
little difference between last week's results and the
eyerege. Fourteen persons, all of whom were children
except one, died of smallpox. A death which occurred
at the Smallpox Hospital is recorded tbust—On
May. a police-constable from Lambeth. aged 22 years,
May."
smallpox, confluent, unprotected (20 days)" Mr.
Watts, the registrar, adds that " the deceased had been
sent up from Hampshire to be in attendance at the
Ezell:anon, and with some others of the police was at-
tacked with the disease and conveyed to the hospital at
tipper Holloway."
Hooping cough is on the decline, though it numbered
last week 57, whilst the corrected average is 45. There
were also 5 deaths from croup, and 11 from influenza.
In the tubercular class there are 8 deaths from scro-
fula, 8 from tabes mesenteries, 145 from consumption,
while hydrocephelus, or water in the head, reaches the
unusual number of 50. Cephalitis, or inflammation of
the brain, which stands in the class of diseases of the
nervous system; was also fatal in 19 cases, which is
nearly double the usual number. The 69 deaths from
the two last-mentioned complaints, cephalitis and hydro-
cephalus, occurred, with only three exceptions, among
children, and exceed the corrected average by 24.

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THE LONDON GAZETTE, May 6.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Court, Basinghall-street.
R. M'Dowall, Worthing, Sussex. draper, May 29, at
twelve—J. Racine and J. Jaques, Hare•tereet,et
Bhnnl-
green•road. dyers, May 27, at one—a T. Whgtou,
Great St. Helen's, merchant. May 30, at one—R. Nicol,
Fenchurch-street, grocer, May 27, at half-past, twelve—
R. F. Gower, jun., New Broad-street. and Valparaiso,
Chili, merchant, May 27, at eleven—J. Carter, Kilburn,
Middlesex, builder, May 27, et twelve—) Dawson,
Northfleet, Kent, Mitre•court-chambers, Temple. and
Clement'e-lane, Lombard•street, shipowner, May 27, at
eleven—S. Solomon, Strand. tailor, May 27, at one—R.
Wade, Cbeapside, tailor, May 30, at twelve—W. L.
Wood, Gracechurch-street, ironmonger, May 30—W.
Hooke. St. James's-walk, Clerkenwell, metal merchant,
May 29, at one—D. J. Eisler and J. G. Eisler, Thread-
needle-street, merchants, May 29. at one—W. Weatrup
and T. M. Cocksedge, New Crane, Shadwell, and North-
fleet, Kent, millers, Inay 29. at two.
he Country.
J. Holland and E. Ward, Preston, Lancashire, tallow
chandlers, May 28, at twelve. at the Court, Manchester
—W. Hulme, Manchester, tailor, May 29, at eleven, at
the Court, Manchester.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
Swsinsbotough and H. Oaks, Bread-atret, City.
and Grimsby, Lincolnshire, flax merchants, a Second
dividend of id:, and on the separate estate of R. Swans-
borough a second dividend of Bd., and on the joint estate
of Swanshorough and Hattie a firat dividend of 165., on
Thursday, Mey 8, and three' following 'Thursdays, be-
tween eleven and :two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld,
Basingball-street.
W. Simpson, Sheffield, Yorkshire, wholesale spirit
merchant, 5d., on Saturday, May 10, or any subsequent
Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Freeman. Sheffield.
J'. T. Holland, Coventry, Warwickshire, builder, 35.,
any Thursday. between eleven and three, at the office of
Mr. Christie, Birmingham.
J. Reid, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ship broker, Is. 6d., on
Saturday, ay 1, or any subsequent Saturday, between
ten and three, ato the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
T. J. Edwards, King-street, Bloomsbury, dressing-
case maker, 6:., on Monday, May 12, or any subsequent
MOnday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
Catalan, Birchin lane.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
G. R. Galloway, St. John-street, brunh manufacturer,
May 29, et two—W. Buckle, Pall-mall and Leadenhall-
street, master mafiner. May 27, at twelve—E. Pownall,
Ipswich and Harwich, shipowner, May 29, at two.
In the Country.
I. Dewhurst and J. S. Dewhurst, Skipton, Yorkshire.
cotton spinners, May 27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds
—S Tibbits, Shurknergh, Warwickshire, dealer in mi-
neral ores, May 26. at ten, at the Court, Birmingham.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
J. Winn, Charlotte-Street, Blackfriers-road. gasfitter,
certificate of the third class—A. Black, Welliengton-
street North, Covent-garden, bonkseller, certificat of
the second class—T. Toynbee, University-street, Tot-
tenham-court-road, horse dealer, certificate of the third
class--J• Bttley. Yorkshire, dyer, certificate of
the second class, 21 days after May I—H. Charles,
ytancheeter, flour dealer. certificate of the third class—
W. Suddaby, Kingston-upon-Hull, millwright, certificate
of the third class—R. Boyle, jun., Kingston-uponiHull,
merchant, certificate of the second class—W. Starkey,
Huddersfield, woolstapler, certificate of the third class,
six calendar months after May 1.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Young. W. Cooper, and W. Wildsmith. Wolver-
hampton, edge tool manufacturers (so far as regards J.
young)—J. Bradshaw and T. Knowles, Birmingham,
plumbers—P. Hayman and M. Myers, Birmingham,
cigar manufacturers—G. Hunt and G. 0. Herzell,Addle-
street, Wood-street, clothiers—J. M‘Lintock, J. Clough,
and G. Brooks, Barnsley, stay manufacturers (so fat as
regards G. Brooks)—J. Christie and W. Bradshaw,
Old Accrington, Lancashire, ironfounders—W. Keen
and P. Pritchard, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, grocers
—T. C. Swan and W. T. Swan, Birmingham, sta-
tioners—E. Baines and R. Newsome, Leeds, station-
ers—F. Holmes, H. Holmes, J. Holmes, T. Holmes, 3.
Tinker, and H. Mellor, Jackson Bridge Mill, near
Holmfirth, Yorkshire, fulling millers—C. Kelly and F.
G. Lyon, high-street. Kensington, pianoforte makers—
S. Whitham and J. Whitham, Leeds, millwrights—J.
Bainbridge and C. O'Hara, Liverpool, dealers in sacks
—J. Huusley and T. Hawksworth, Sheffield, painters—
W. Roberts and R. Lowe, Ashton-under-Lyne, grocers
—P. Dennis and C. Ransfurd, Aluwick, Northumber-
land, surgeons—P. Gown and 3. S. Koppel. Mark-lane,
merchants—J. J. W. Kincaid awl W. H. Wyatt, Upper
Thames-street, wholesale oilmen-C. Hicks and 11.
Hicks, Shrewsbury, attorneys—C. B. Emmett and R.
W. Saunemann, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, and Onslow-
square, Brampton, surgeons—P. Campbell and J.
Weight, Freeschool-street, Horsleydown, cheesemongers
—J. I. Nicholson, E. F. Gascoigne, and F. Besley,
Lower Thames-street, whartingers (so far as regards E.

F. Gssceigne).
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
John Tomlin, Kimpton, Herttordsbire, baker.
James Taylor, Great Marlow, and Prestwond-oommon,
Buckinghamshire. farmer.
Matthew William Breoson, St. Ives. tailor.
John Ibberson Saunders, Ramsey, Huntingdon.
Joseph Derrick, Bath, poulterer.
Jacob Mathias Perl, Bath, jeweller.
Samuel Smith, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire.
Thomas Storr, Newport, Isle of Wight, innkeeper.
Richard Watson Shorland, Ryde, Isle of Wight, carver
and gilder.
Charles Groves, Newchurch, Isle of Wight.
John Waring, Birmingham.
Samuel Bradley, Birmingham, glass toy maker.
John Lakins, Birmingham, school keeper.
Francis John Bascomb, Portsea, painter.
John Ox Tenterden, Kent, fans bailiff.
Stephen Odden, Ashford, Kent, farmer.
George White, West Dean, Gloucestershire, engine
tender.
John Harris, see., Coleford, Gloucestorahire,quarryman.
John Holmes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, farmer.
Willinm Cook, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, sheriffs' officer.
John Yeats, Bembriclge. I-le of Wight, tailor.
SCO rca SEQUESTRATIONS.
D. Andrew, tinsmith, Campbelton, to meet May 10
and 31, at twelve, within the White Hart Inn, Camp-
beltown.
M. Smellio, Glasgow, draper, to meet May 10 and 30,
at twelve, within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow.
J. Gibson, Fenn, Robshire, horse dealer, to meet
May 13, and June 10, at twelve, within Houston Mac-
kay's Inn.
J. Sievowtight, Bridge of Dee, near Aberden, sp4it
merchant, to meet May 12, and June 4, at two, within
the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
RAILWAY TR.Atkh'FelrCE.3—wyliron all we have heard from
private sources,
lthis week be a great addition
to the traffic in the leading line, of communication with
London; but the full amount of the benefit of the Exhi-
bition will not be derivedbeginning Indi nuges
do t
to June,one
when the price of admissionith thewill
shilling. Then will come
August
uswarms of visitors to
London. June, July, and gtrustitcwill be remarkable
months in the annals of railway
ACCELERATION OF THE SCOTCH A.ND. IRISH MAIL
TRAINS.—Tbe Post-office authoritiesareinsucdomthinsuuntihcsa-
tion with the London and North-Western,
railway companies on the west, to accelerate by an hour
r
the day mail, which now arrives in London at 1 p.m. A
plan is also before the Post-office to bring the mail-bags
leaving Dublin at seven in the evening into London at
half past ten on the following
morn
infng.ormed that this
CREDITON RAILWAY.
line will be opened on Monday, the 12th inst. Captain
Symonds, the Government Commissioner, will go over
the line on Thursday.
BELFAST AND BALLYMENA RAILWAY.—A depute-
tion, consisting of the principal. officers at Belfast, in
the various departments of th.e internal affairs of the
above company, together with the chief clerks at
Carrickfergus, Randalstown, and Ballymena ter-
theHandcock
mini, waited on the Honourable George
at Ifillmount-hour, Randalstown, on Wednesday lust,
to present him with an address and a memorial of
attachment, previous. to his departure to Dublin, where
he intends residing in futiure. Since the railway was
projected Mr. liandco?,( has stood at the head of its
that, whilst his
affairs; and it is gratifying to observe
unremitting and successful application towards de-
veloping its resources are puby acknowledged
also
by
the company and the lic, he
has
commanded the regard and esteem of the working
staff. The articles chosen
. for presentation are a solid
silver salver and claret Jugs.of elegsnt and chaste style
and bearing the following inscription:—".Presented to
the Honourable George Ilandoock, Chairman of the
Directors of the Belfast and Bal
lymena Railway, by the
officers and others in the py's service ; thee
officers 1851."
memorial of respectful. affection.—
On the salver there is
.an admirably-executed
engraving of a locomotive engine. We may add, in non.
, that the
nexion with the name of Mr. Handcock
tenantry on the O'Neil estates are about t
moot o Fresent him
with a testimonial of respect! ?f the recherché
character—a centrepiece, consisting of three
beautiful
allegorical figures in frosted silver, supporting a vase
or flower-basket, got up in the best style of Law and
Sone, and bearing a suitable and most complimentary in-
scription.
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THE STIPENDIARY BENCH OF LtvEarooL.—We
en &Amazed from
understand that a communication has be
the Town-hall to Sir George Grey, relative to the appoint-
ment of a stipendiary magistrate to succeed he late Mr.
Rushton. We believe a reply has since been received from
the Home-office, to the effect—first, that no decision can be
announced until the corporate authorities have agreed upon
the amount of salary to be attached to the post; and se-
condly, that on receiving information on that point, Sir
George will nominate a gentleman of the bat most efficient
for the office. We are informed that the corporation do not
intend to give more than 1.200/. salary, and tut Sir George
desires to appoint Mr. Henry.--Liverpool
The Duke of Beaufort, we are sorry to hear,
continues a' martyr to the gout at Beaufort House. • Flis
Grace has been ccutitteci to his chamber nearly sevennoutha,

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

- -
THE WARD OF BRIDGE WITHOUT.
On Tuesday n court was held upon the subject of the
gown of the Ward of Bridge Without, vacant by the
death of Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter.
The TowN CLERK read the opinion of the law-officers
of the Corporation upon the matter of the petition of
certain inhabitants of the Borough of Southwark, to be
allowed to elect an Alderman to represent them in the
Court of Aldermen.
The petition had been presented at the last court.
The document, wbich was signed by the Recorder,
the Common Sergeant,:the judges of the Sheriffs Court,
and the solicitor, stated that, having duly considered the
petition presented to the court, the law .officers, in pur-
suance of the resolution then passed, were of opinion that
the court ought not in respect of the election of an alder-
man for the Ward of Bridge Without, to depart from
the practice which has prevailed in revect of such elec-
tions under the acts of Common Council, passed in the
years 1711 and 1725.
After a few observations from some of the members,
the court was cleared, and in the absence of stranger
the court, we understand, unanimously resolved .to act
upon the opinion delivered by the law officers; and the
Lord Mayor accordingly put the question to Sir John
Key, the next alderman in rotation to Alderman Thomp-
son, who had declined the office in compliance with the
earnest request of the constituency of the ward of Cheep,
of which he has been for a number of years the highly.
respected representative, whether he was willing to re-
ceive, to accept, and to take the office of alderman of
the Ward of Bri6,e.Withott?
Sir JOHN KEY said—l have given the subject my most
serious consideration, and since the last Court assembled
I have consulted several friends, on whose judgment I
place far more reliance than I place upon my own. I
have also listened with great attention to the wishes
and opinions of my friend, Mr. Alderman
Thompson, and my other brethren of the Court,
who all seem to concur in opinion, that the
question is one in which are involved, not so much my
own private opinion as the rights and privileges of this
ancient corporation, and having always through life, in
all positions in which I have been placed, taken an active
part in the support of those rights and privileges, I have
come to the determination of accepting the honourable
position of Alderman of Bridge Without. With regard
to the opinion which seems to be so prevalent that the
situation is a sinecure, if there were any ground
for entertaining such an opinion, I certainly would have
felt considerable hesitation in accepting it, but as it is
one in which I shall be called upon to perform with
equal activity as upon former occasions my magisterial
and corporate duties, I feel no hesitation at all in con-
curring with what appears to me to be the general sea=
timent of my brethren of the Court.
The necessary forms were then gone through, and
Sir John Key became alderman of the Ward ot Bridge
Without.
The Lord Mayor was then requested to issue his pre-
cept for the election of an alderman of the Ward oc
Langbourn, vacant by the acceptance of the gown of the
Ward of Bridge Without by Sir Jobn Key, Bart.
The duties of the alderman of the ward of Bridge
Without are precisely similar to those performed by
the aldermen of the other wards, with the exception of
the holding of wardmotes—it duty which occupies but
a very insignificant portion of the time of the members.
TOTE OF CONDOLENCE TO LADY BUNTER.
Upon the motion of Alderman TuostrsoN, seconded
by Sir PETER LAURIE, the Town Clerk was directed to
draw up and present to Lady Hunter a resolution ot
oruer,tpedcidt
tnootthseepmareamteorwyiothfosuitrpcay.insg.
Hauhnti
condolence upon the lamented death of her husband.
triTbuhtee oCf gerh,
and Alderman Kelly, in particular, expressed feelings
of deep regret at the event, which had deprived the Court
of a gentleman whose kindness and experience had ren-
dered such service to all the junior members in the per-
'ormauce of their important duties.
The Court then adjourned.

ROYAL HUMANE' SOCIETY.
The seventy•seventh annual festival of this society
was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great
Queen-street. It bad been anticipated that his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge would have presided
on this occasion, but a letter from his Royal Highness
was read to the assembly, stating that he had been sud-
denly required to proceed to Ireland, and that it would
be impossible for him to be present. In his absence
Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, M.P., took the chair, and
alter the usual loyal toasts, hoproposed the toast of the
evening, " Prosperity to the Royal Humane Society."
The society, he said, had already existed for upards of
seventy years, and it was now nearly a century since
public attention bad been called in this country
to the propriety of providing relief and assistance
to those whose lives should be endangered by the
casualties of land or sea. It was a singular circumstance
and one of peculiar interest to the society, that, on this
occasion, they had present not only the son of the
founder of the society (Dr. Hawes), but three of his
grandchildren.—(Elear, hear.) They must attach a pe-
culiar honour to this fact, for the name of that family
was as much interwoven with the history of the country
as with the history of this institution.—(Hear, hear.)
He was sure that he could propose prosperity to no
institution which was more conducive to the cultiva-
tion of the better feelings of mankind than that
which he would now propose, namely, the Royal
Humane Society.—(Loud applause.) At this stage
of the proceedings, a procession wac formed of snch
persons as had been saved through the instrumenta-
lity of the Royal Humane Society, who bore banners
and flags, adorned with mottoes and inscriptions, expres-
sive of their gratitude to the society for the inestimable
benefit which they bad derived from the generous and suc-
cessful efforts of the Royal Humane Society to preserve
their lives. Lord Powis proposed the health of the
Chairman, which was drunk with great enthusiasm.
The health of the treasurer, Mr. Hawes, having been
proposed, he returned thanks, and informed the society
that he had been so tar blessed as to have been enabled
to attend the anniversary of the society for sixty succes•
sive years.—(Loud applause.) He hoped that this would
not be the last time on which he would have occasion to
address the friends of the Royal Humane Society.—
(Hear, hear.) Eleven honorary Biker medallions were
presented tor cases of rescue, attended by erraordinary
c airage and risk of life, and thirty-five honor ,try bronze
medals were awarded. The thanks of the society were
presented to twenty-one individuals, and 121 claimants
received pecuniary rewards. Mr. Sanders, M.P., ad-
dressed a few words to the assembly; and the cheirmsn
proposed the health of the treasurer (Mr. Hawes) and
the committee of management, which sees drunk with
much enthusiasm. Shortly afterwards the meeting die-
ersed.

ST. ANN'S SOCIETY.
This institution held its anniversary dinner at the
London Tavern yesterday evening. The attendance of
the friends and supporters of the society was unusually
numerous; the Hon. Edward H. Stanley, M,P., presided.
After the usual loyal toasts had been given, the children,
who are clothed, maintained, and educated by the so-
ciety, walked round the room, and presented, in their
healthy and intelligent countenances, evidence of the
excellence of the charity more convincing than anything
its most eloquent advocate could adduce.
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Prosperity to the In-
stitution," stated that the school of this corporation was
made the asylum of children whose parents had seen bet-
ter days, and observed that its advantages were not con-
fined to any particular class or locality, but that it em-
braced persons of every nation. Since the establishment
of the society upwards of 1.000 boys and 600 girls had
been placed out or apprenticed, and there were now
nearly 300 children under the care of the society. A
few years since, the society was in debt 2,0001. to
Messrs. Glyn and Co., and 300/. to the treasurers, Messrs.
Attwood, both of which debts, with interest, bad been
wholly paid; new schoolrooms had been built, and ex-
tensive repairs had been made at the Royal Asylum, at
an expense of more than 1,2001, the whole of which had
been raised and paid. The number of children in the
Royal Asylum had been nearly doubled; children bad
been admitted at the ago of seven instead of eight years;
their comforts had been muoh increased and their edu-
cation exceedingly improved. Capacious galleries in
Streatham new church had been purchased in perpetuity
fer 3151., which was also paid. The society had been
incorporated by Act of Parliament; and, during the
same period, the society had funded upwards of 12,0001.
At the same time, the object of the institution was not
to accumulate wealth. Observing the strictest prudence
and economy, they still depended upon the goodwill of
the publio, and he hoped that he was justified in antici-
pating the cordial support of that public in a cause so
wholly and entirely philanthropio.—(Cheers.)
The appeal of the Hon. Chairman ,was /ery readily
responded to, for, before the close of the evening, the
amount of contributioios to the funds of the society was
upwards of 1,5001.

SUrREANNIJATION ALLOWANCES. The annual
amount of corapensation allovrance remaining payable on
the Ist of January, 1850, was 254,8251. 9s. 10d. During
the year fresh allowances were made to the amount of
15,3501., while those which were discontinued p
untedamune to
t 107,293992,1 .1,716e1a. v the
Theam ount p ayab l e
superannuationfr compensation
allowancesa
t the
beginning of the same year amounted to 491,4561., and at
the end they were 496,294/. 17s. Bd.,
and thethose new
d allowances
having been 49,657/. 15s 3d.,
44,819/. The actual charge after deductions, according to
Act 4 and 5 William IV., for both compensation and super•
annuation allowances, on December 31, 1850, was
677,2001. 16s. 3d.
THE FIRST PBRSON WHO " CUT MS STICK."—
This illustrious individual has so long slept with his fathers
that the present generation are in utter ignorance of his ever
having existed; and even now, when after patient investiga-
tion we have discovered the class to which he belonged, we I
fail in 80 far as individuality is concerned; but we can state
for certain that, in common with the great philosopher who
drew electricity from the clouds, our hero was a printer.
Any one whop as been in the inside of a printing-office knows
that every ngle letter of which the congregated mass of
words, daily and almost hourly presented to the public, con-
sists, is separately, by the manual labour of the compositor
(printer) inserted into his composing stick. This is his con-
stant companion from morning till night, and at leaving off
time, when one cuts the desk, and another cuts the shop—
the tailor cuts his goose, and the cobbler cuts his wax when
all the working population cut this thing and that the printir
! ads his stick t... Printer's Devil.