The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-07 00:00:00

NEW WORK ON CONSUMPTION.
Just published, second edition, with Plates, 55., by post, free, ss. ad.,
CONSUMPTION : its Causes, Prevention, and
Cure.
By THOMAS BARTLETT, M.D.
" The treatment recommended by the author is founded upon gene-
ral principles, which appear to us to be correct."—Medical Times
and Gazette. "We can sagely recommend-it, as containing sound
views, anti consonant with the knowledge of the day."--Dublin
Medical l'ress. " A sterling work." Sun. "No family ever visited
by consumption ought to be without the book."— Standard: " Good
sense and scientific knowledge are the chief characteristics."—Globe.
" Dr. Barttlett is entitled to our thanks."—Press. " We remark in
every portion of the book sound practical sense and great medical
knowledge."—Belt's Weekly Messenger. "Dr. Bartlett's volume has
interested us very much."— Economist. "The volume will be found
of much service." Morning Ad, ertiser. "We confidently recom-
mend a careful consideration of its details "—Morning Chronicle.
"A valuable contribution to medical literature."—Morning Post.
" Not unlikely to effect a considerable revolution in the medical
treatment of consumption."— Morning Herald.
H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London.

PRACTICAL GEOLOGY.-KING'S
COLLEGE, London.—Proffts r TENNANT, F.G.S , will
commence a Course of TWELVE LECTURES on GEOLOGY, bay-
ing especial reference to the application of the Science to Engineer-
ing, Mining. Architecture, and Agriculture.
The Lectures will commence on WEDNESDAY MORNING,
April 9, at Nine o'clock. Fee, 11. I Is. CAL
E. W. JELF, D.D., Principal.

tr It. ALBERT SMITR'S MONT BLAND,
TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday),
A 8 'cock, and Tuesday, rhursday, and - aturday Mornings at
-tails, 38. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, le.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

RGYLL ROOMS.-LA URENT'S CASINO
NOW OPEN for the winter season. Pritripal Cornet
1 Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Doors open at R. Admission Shilling.
11. Laurent's new Varsoviana and St. Patxielt Quadrille every night.

H E ROYAL PANOPTICON,
MGNDAY EVENING CONCERTS.---This day. April 7th,
1856, ACIS and GALATEA. Principal Singers - Mrs. Henri Dray-
ton, Mr. George l'crren, Mr. Wyndham Winn ; and 'a selected
chorus. Mr. E. T. CHI PP will presi.le at the Grand Organ. Lumi-
nous and Chromatic Fountain at 9.55. Adm'ssion, la.; reserved
seas, Is. extra. Children and schools, ha'f ..tice.

(,T R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES.
IL Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character,
nd Costume, emicluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as
Camille, in '•Les Horaces," TO-NIGHT and every evening, at 8.
Private box's and stalls may be secured in advance, without extra
charge. Polp!raphic-liall, King William. street. Charing-cross. A
Per or
every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8.

DR. KAHN begs to announce to the Medidal
froiession and the public that his celebrated ANATOMICAL
MUSEUM has been enriched by a largo.numbtr of original objects
and models of interest, including a magnificent full-length figure of
a Venus, from one of the in,,st renowned of the old masters. The
new series of sue -amens and models embrace some most curious and
important featilreS, illustrative of the anatomy of the human struc-
ture, and rendering the collection wholly unrivalled in the world.
The Must um has-been re-decorated, and ar, angements have been
made to promote the comfort and accommodation of the Visitors.
The Museum is open daily from It till 10 (for Gentlemen only).
Lectures are delivered at 12, 2,4, and half-past 7. by I)r. SEXTON ;
and a new and htghlylnteresting series of Lectures is now in
course of delivery by I)r. EARN, at halt-past 8 every cyclist;
Admission, One Shilling. -4, Covent,y-street, Leicester-square.

CONTRACT FOR LAMP OIL FOR THE ROYAL MARINE
BARRACKS AND INFIRMARIES.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset-place, sth April, 1856.
rrIIE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
I Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
nd Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY,
the 15th instant, at one o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying, for It month.
certain, and further until the expiration of 3 months' warning, the
respective Royal Marine Barracks and Intlrmaries at Woolwich.
Portsmouth, and Plymouth, and Barracks at Forton, with
LAMP OIL,
COTTON, and TOW.
The conditions of the revised contract may be seen at the said
ofllee. Ro tender will be receired after one o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed for p
for the purpose, and which may be obtaintd on applicationrovided at the
aid oflice.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of thefor Lamp 011
Admiralty.
and bear in the left-hand corner the words," Tender
I Cotton, and Tow," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place.

TOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACOHARATED
to, CA PSU L ES, approved of by the erench College of Phys
and icians,
,uccessfully administered in the Paris and London llospitals,
.ckn9wledg.d by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder.
.Sea Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli-
cation.—Price per 100, 48.6 d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor,
GABRIEL JOZ EAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and
all the principal chemists.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
IritIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an
injunction was granted by the Migh Court of Chancery, and
on the 11th of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph
Cranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of ono thou-
sand pounds, from imitatimf this Medicine, which is protected by
Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the seals of the
Ecole de Ph trmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine,
Vienna.

TRIESEMAR, No. 1,
It a remedy for Relaxation. Snermatorrheea, and all the distressing
consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi-
cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t- those, persons.who
are prevented entering the married state from the results of early
errors it is invaluable.
TRIESEMAR, No. 2,
effe:tuallin the short space ot three days, completely and entirely
3 adic.atesy gall traces 01 those Disorders which Capalvi and Cubebs
a .ve so tong been thought an antidote for, .to the ruin of the health
a vast portion of the population
TRIESEMAR, No. 8,
is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which
unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the In-
vitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which an the
sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove.
TRIESEMAIt, Ncs. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell,
act of all nauseating qualities. They may Ile on the toilet Wile
-About their use being suspected
TRIEt.EMAII, Nos. 1,2, and 3 arc sold in tin cases, price lie., or
(our cases in one for 335., which saves I Is. ; and in Si. eases, whereby
here is a saving of 11. 125.; olvidec s sparate doses, as adminis-
tered by Valpeau, Lane:nand, Roos, & ;., &c.
To be had Wholesale and lis.atl in London of Johnston, 611,
Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Banger, 150, Ox-
ord-street ; t 3. IL Ingham, druggist, 46, M arket-street, Manchester ;
R. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52,
Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street,
Dublin ; Winos% bookseller , High-street, Birmingham.

CROSSED CHECKS.—Great gratification was expressed
a few days back at the fact of Mr. PeB&W& bill in rela-
tion to crossed checks having passed its second reading.
It is now asserted that the Government intend to prop°, •
an amendment which will lender it totally useless. They
profess, it is said, to recognise the principle ; but think
that it cannot be carried further than to require that a
crossed check, whether bearing the name of an individual
banker or simply the words "and company," should be
passed through some banker. No bill was needed to
attain this, the judges having already distinctly any
flounced, although at some sacrifice of logic, that whiie
a special crossing cannot be recognised, a general one,
such as "and company," may be considered a valid
direction. The- evil complained of is, that there is no
safety short of a special crossing, because, owing to the
facilities afforded by joint-stock banks, every one an
now have a banking account by paying a trifling fee,
and a person inclined to misappropriate checks, the pro-
perty of his employers or others, has nothing to do but
to scratch out the name of his employers' banker and to
pay them into his own. That the time of the Legislature
should be wasted by their being called upon to pass a
measure merely to perpetuate the existing state of the
case seems almost incredible. If the Chakcellor of the
Exchequer should seek to justify it by contending that
any check made special should be subjected to the stamp
law, it must be borne in mind that when it was proposed
to put a penny stamp en all checks he thought that it
was not desirable to offer any impediments to banking
facilities. As three fourths, or perhaps seven-eighths, of
the checks drawn are believed to pass through betaken',
the blow inflicted upon banking conveniences by refusing
to legalise special crossings would be far greater than
any that could result from the resort to a universal
penny stamp, while it would be without compensation
in the shape of an increase to the revenue.—Times City
Articlo.

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_We have three
States, the Edin
New' York on th(
On Friday night,
during which sh
out of her usual
Hermann, which
Royal mail stean
on the 25th ult.
The Hermann
freight of $50,000
usual cargo.
The Arabia has brought $125,000 on freig
The Persia, hence, arrived at New York on the
20th, and the Quaker City, hence, on the 21st ult.
A.ll hopes in reference to the safety of the Pacific
had,gradually disappeared, and the return of the
Arctic without having seen any vestige of the ill-
fated vessel materially assisted this conclusion.
In the Senate Mr. Clayton had concluded his
speech on Central American affairs. He stated :
"'On the authority of Vanderbilt, the President of the
Transit Company, that there never was any act on the
part of that company which in any manner encouraged
Walker's invasion of Nicaragua. He referred to Waler'a
seizure of the company's property, amounting to nearly
$1,000,000, and read letters from Mr. Vanderbilt to Se-
cretary Marcy, in which the former asks for the interpor
sition of the United States' Government for redress,
,Iffbe
seizure was made on the ground that the company was
indebted to Nicaragua. He (Mr. Vanderbilt) denied
sue!) indebtedness, and refused to submit to the award of
arbitrators—as the charges were utterly false. With re-
gard to the settlement of our differences with England
three propositions had been made. Arbitration could not
be countenanced because the passage of the Isthmus was
necessary for us, and not for Great Britain, and because
wit an impartiatniiipire Our case would be clear. Abro-
gition
_of the treaty would give a chance to Great Britain
to get poesieesions where aho could annoy us, and, et 1.0 I
giving noticifto Great Britain to vacate the prewises,it'
was not proper to do so at present. He proposed to con-
tinue the negotiation with the hope of bringing Great
Britain to reason by argument. Meanwhile, we should
arm in our defence, protect our coast, build fortifications
and increase our navy ; not, however, to make our coun-
try rival Great Britain. We should take time to elo
this. It was our right to do so, war or no war.
This was the worst time we could engage in a war
with Great Britain. She was armed cap a-pie, capable
of throwing 40,000 troops from the Crimea on our coast
and with the greate,t naval equipment ever known
in the history of the world, while we are almost
defenceless. If Great Britain should see we were
resolved to enfore our rights by pursuing the doc-
trine laid down by Washington—' in time of peace pre-
pare for war'--should see we were bull ing up our for-
tifications and naval power, the poople of England would
compel their Government to yield its positions. Since
the publication of the correspondence between Lord
Clarendon and Mr. Buchanan, public opinion in Eng-
land had been rapidly tending towards an acknowledg-
ment of the justice of our construction of the treaty. He
(kfr. Clayton) had received on this point such informa-
tion as left no doubt of the fact that our appeal must be
from the British Ministry to the British people, who
wished to engage in no unjust war with us. At any rate,
be the consequences what they may, if we were driven
to the alternative—disgraoeful submission or war—we
must fight. He could not, however, believe there was
any real danger of war. If sena ors and representatives
stood firm and presented an undivided front—if we
all agreed on our rights, and manifested a determination
to enforce them, they would be respected. Tae British
pe-)ple would turn any Ministry out rather than fight
with such a nation as ours."
In the House of Representatives the debates on
the Kansas election case had been brought to a
close, after a discussion of ten days' duration, by
the adoption of Mr. Dunn's motion, to appoint a
committee of three to proceed to Kansas and in-
vestigate all the facts, charges, and statements con-
nected with the return of the rival candidates.
The Naval Appropriation Bill and the bill autho-
rising the construction of 10 slo)ps of war were re-
ported.' A bill providing for the reduction a the
tariff on imports had been introduced by Mr.
James, of Rhode Island. This bill the Washington
correspondent of the Boston Daily Advertiser states
will. be thrown out of the Senate.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald reports that Judge Lecompte, of Kansas,
had caused the indictment of the members of the
Free State Legislature which assembled at Topeka
on the 4th ult., several of them had been arrested,
and others had left the territory.
A bill has been reported in the New York Sen-
ate to incorporate the Transatlantic Telegraph
Company, with a capital of 11;000,000 dols. It is
stated to be the purpose of the company to esta-
blish telegraph communication between the conti-
nents of Europe and_America, with liberty to con-
struct any other line or lines between the points
where the main trunk across the Atlantic shall
touch North America, or any other point in the
United States that may be determined on by the
company. .
The works upon the Adriatic, the new steamer
for the Collins line, were rapidly advancing to-
wards completion. It was expected she would be
ready for launching on the sth inst.
In the Maritime Court at New York, in a suit
brought against the British Consul to recover 500
dols. alleged to be due to the plaintiffs for the ser-
vices rendered and moneys expended under a con-
tract to procure men for enlistment in the British
army, the Consul, through his counsel, pleaded the
privileges of his official position, and the Judge,
sustaining the objection, dismissed the case.
A fearful catastrophe had occurred to the ship
John Rutledge by running irt ) an iceberg while on
her passage from Liverpool to New York. This
vessel left Liverpool for New York on the 16th of
Jan. with 119 passengers. On the 18th of Feb.,
in lat. 45 34, long. 46 56 W., she fell in with the
ice ; on the 19th she entered a field of ice but cleared
it. Soon afterwards, however, on she same day,
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sinking. Nothing remained but for those on board
to abandon the wreck as best they could. Five
boats were lowered, four of which took loads and
left. In the fifth boat, which was the one found
by the Germania, the mate of the John Rutledge,
Mr. Atkinson, and several others were just en-
tering, when it broke adrift with the 13 already
in it, leaving the mate and those with him to go
down with the wreck. Those in the boat now
pulled it through the water and ice as well as they
were able ; but soon their compass was broken, and
amid the snowing and cloudy weather which fol-
lowed they knew not which way they went. Days
passed on, and one by one of the 13 in the boat
sank in death, from the combined effects of cold
and starvation, and were thrown overboard, until
on the 28th of February Mr. Nye, with the four
latest dead--among whom was Mrs. Atkinson, the
wife of the mate—was picked up by the Germania,
from Havre from New York.
Late accounts from Florida state that an attack
had been made by the Indians on the settlers on the
Alafia, about 30 miles east of Tampa. Four men,
one woman, and three children were killed and
scalped, their houses burnt, and all the outrages
and barbarities that savages could invent com-
mitted.
Several persons had been injured on the Troy
and Greenbush Railway by the breaking of a for-
ward wheel of the engine, by which it and a lug-
gage-car were thrown off the track.
From Havannah we have advices to the 12th el
March.
The absence of the Captain-General had been
taken advantage of by the slave dealers to affect
the landing of a cargo of negroes at Sierra Morena
the previous week.
A Dominican friar named Huelves died on the
9th at Guanabacoa at the age of 117.
The Archbishop of Cuba had entirely recovered
from the effects of the wound recently inflicted
upon him by the hand of a cowardly assassin.
The President of the Spanish Bank of Havannah
had published a call, requiring 25 per cent. of the
amount of shares subscribed to be paid in within
15 days of the date of such order. The business
of the week showed a tendency downward in the
prices of staple sugar, and before it closed it was
expected that the reduction would amount to nearly
1 dol. per quintal.
The American steamer- Ericsson has been char-
tered for the Collins line to replace the Pacific,
and was to leave New York for Liverpool on the
29th ult.
Further Savannah dates had en receive to
the 16th ult. There is no policabel or commercial
news. The English fleet still remained in port,
and there was nothing said of the reported descent
upon Nicaragua. The Potomac and Cyane were
at Havannah.
News from Texas to the 13th ult. states that
Indian depredations continued.
Great fears are entertained at New Orleans of
an overflow of the Mississippi river.
Intelligence from Porto Cabello to the 9th ult.
state that trade was active, the supply of coffee
large, and the country very quiet. Coffee com-
manded high prices. The Legislature had autho-
rised the President to negotiate with New Granada
, and Ecuador for the re-establishmeut of Colombia.
1 A letter from the Mormon settlement Ka that

.perintenuent UI tee eo,a e--
de
ig slips at the moment of the explosion, with Mr. Wood's
tie clerk of the works. The admiral went directly to T'
he spot, sending at the moment a workman, named er
of
daqsbridge, to the surgery, to ensure the prompt attend-
sncz of the medical officars of the yard. The necessity
t
for their assistance was proved to be too great, for on bv,
Admiral Martin having set a number of men to work to
extricate the injured from the debris of the building, three
men; were taken out quite dead, and six others dreadfully (
wounded, one of whom has since died, while five or six
others are more or less seriously injure 1. The deceased
were taken to the dead-house, whilst the wounded were
fi
conveyed to the infirmary, and thence to Hallam Hospital, 0
receiving every possible attention at each establishment.
The names already obtained of the sufferers, who were
all employed in the patent condenser making establish-
ment, are— Wm. Pearman, Robt. Wright, John Wil-
liams, Riche. Parrot (the preceding are those deal),
Field, John Field, Wtn. Rodgers, Geo. Morley, James
Sharp, James Lee, Robt. Sims, H. Daish, W. Stacey,
and'Geo. Jugging. Toe wounds these poor fellows re-
ceived were of the mot frightful description.
The boiler that has produced this calamity was what
is known to engineers as a circular boiler with semicir-
cular ends, and no flues. It was high pressure, about
22 feet long. 41 feet diameter, and was working at a
pressure of 601bs. The metal was half an inch in thick-
ness, and the boiler, ore of the strongest ever made,
was c3nstructed at the steam factory in this dockyard
about three years since.
To show the extraordinary violence of the explosion,
we may mention that the greater portion of the boiler
was hurled from its position against the corner of the
condenser factory, in a slanting direction, a distance of
100 feet, and rebounded from where it struck to
a further similar distance towards the building
slips. The boiler was also rent in two, the second
and smaller part of it being thrown a distance of
some 200 feet. The corner of the condenser factory
is seriously injured, and persons were warned against
remaining near it. Such was the injury, that the
tank of water in case of fire, on the top of the factory,
had to be emptied, as the weight of the water wa-
deemed too great for the shattered building to bear.
The lofty chimney of the engine-house, which was be-
fore damaged, is now split from bottom to top, and fears
aro entertained that it will fall. It can hardly do so
without tumbling upon the steam fact ry, the new
smithery, or some other of the buildings by which it is
closely surrounded, thus causing further ruin and de-
struction. Ev,rything is however being done by Admi-
ral Martin, Mr. Woods, and other officers, to avert at y

further mischance.
As to the cause of the calamity, from the appearance
of the boiler, it would seem that it had, before bursting,
become red-hot. The man in charge, we hear, is not
seri,,tply injured ; he appears to have seen the impend•
ing accident, and rushed out of the engine room be'ore
it occurred.

LAUNCHES AT MESSRS. MARES,

BLACg WALL.

On Saturday five vessels were launched at one tide
from the extensive yard of Messrs. Mare and Co., of
Blackwell. The vessels were the Genova, built for the
Genoese Transatlantic Company ; the Havre, constructed
for the Southern Railway Company ; and three mortar-
boat=, forming a portion of a contract of twenty built
for Government. Many hundreds of spectators were
present. The three iron mortar•boats were first
launched, and almost immediately afterwards the
Havre, an iron paddle_ steamer. The greatest amount
of interest was, however, centred in the launch of the
Genova. This splendid iron screw-steamer is the third
of a fleet built for a company established at Genoa,
for the purpose of carrying on a direct steam corn-
munication between North and South America and
Sardinia. This company has recently been formed
under the most favourable auspices. The whole of
its capital has been subscribed in Sardinia. Victor
Emmanuel, the King of Sardinia, has, from the first,
taken a warm interest in the proceedings of the company,
and is one of the largest shareholders in it. A sister
vessel to the Genova, the Torino, is now on the stocks
for the same company, and will be completed a ithin a
month from the present time.
The Genova is of 2,000 ti ns burden, and 300-horse
power, and is undoubtedly one of the finest models of
nasal architecture afloat, both with respect to her finish
and mould. She has been constructed upon lines laid
down by Mr. Ash. A numerous company, consisting
principally of merchants of the city of London connected
with the Italian trade, was admitted by tickets to the
platform at the bow of the ♦essel, where the usual pro-
cess of " christening" was to take place. When the
signal was given, Miss Walter, of Broadstairs, with
chisel' and mallet in hand, proceeded to cut the tiny
cord which held the nicely ba'anced weights, and while
cries of " She moves" rose from all sides, Miss Ford
broke the baptismal bottle of wine on the bows of the
receding vessel, and gave to it the name of the Genova.
The vast hull of the steamer glided easily down the
slides, and entered the water without accident or hind-
rance. The dimensions of the Genova are—length, 263
feet ; breadth of beam, 33 feet ; depth of hold, 26 ft. 6
in. The engines of ZOO horse power are to be supplied
by Maudslay, and the cost of the vessel, exclusive of her
engines, will be 43,0001.
The Havre, iron paddle-steamer, for the South-Western
Railway, intended to run between Southampton and
Havre, is 600 tons burden ; her length is 185 feet ;
breadth of beam, 23ft. 10in. ; depth of hold, 15ft. Bin. ;
engines, 225-horse power, int course of construction by
Messrs. Seaward. Miss Johnson had the honour of
naming the Havre.
The unwieldy-looking mortar-boats received no atten-
tions of a similar kind from the fair hands of any god-
mothers. They are 60 feet in length, 20 in breadth, and,
with their complement of mortar, ammunition, and
crow, will, it is estimated, draw only 2 ft. 9 in. of water.
At the conclusion of the launches a numerous com-
pany accepted the invitation of Messrs. Draper and
Pietroni, the agents of the Genoese company, to a de-
jeuner, provided by Messrs. Lovegrove. Among the
toasts proposed were the " Queen and Royal Family,"
"The King of Sardinia," "The Genova," " The Misses
Johnson and Ford," "The Ladies," &c.
Since the bankruptcy of Messr,. Mare and Co., the
business has been carried on under the direction of Mr.
Lee, the official assignee, and the superintendence of
Messrs. Westwood and Baillie, who have been for many
years connected with the firm. Fifteen vessels yet re-
main to be completed, in Messrs. Mare's yard, under the
inspection of the official assignee. They consist of the
Torino ; two modern despatch vessels, Reward and Fox-
hound, of 700 tons ; two wooden gun boats, the Wolf
and the Savage, of 400 tons burden ; and ten more iron
mortars. Some idea of the extent of the business done
by the late firm may be formed from the statement that
the vessels built by them, during the past 12 mouths,
made an aggregate tonnage of 28,100 tons. The num-
ber of men at present employed in the works is 3,500,
and the amount paid in weekly wages considerably over
5,0001. It appears doubtful whether Messrs. Mare and
Co. will again carry on their business on these premises,
and it is rumoured that a joint-stock company now
forming in Paris are in negotiation for the purchase of
the entire work.

ENGLISH AND FRENC.H
ICES FIRE INSUR-
ANCE OFF.

The followng note, which appeared in the Times,
relates to the question of competition between the
English and French fire insurance offices
" Sir,—As the agent in this country (j )intly with M.
Bangereau) of Ls France Fire Insurance Company, per-
mit me to correct an inaccuracy in the statement which
appeared in your article on Thursday last respecting
the terms upon which that company effects insuranc-
upon property from loss or damage by fire.
" I find it there stated,—' While Esiglish offices
charge 4s. 6d. per cent. (namely, ls. 61. premium and 3s.
duty), policies may be effected at the office of La France
at 2s. 6d. per cent., the French office, even upon these
terms, getting ls. per cent. more than the English
,for
its risk, and the assurers at the same time saving 2s.
" Now the truth is, air, that the office of La France
g, ants policies upon property at the rate of 23. per cent. ;
an I therefore the assurer effects a saving of not less than
2s. 6d. pe r cent. by insuring in that office. Hence the
secret of the success which the company has alrea,ly
achieved.
" I do not presume to ban,ly law with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, but I agree with you that any at•
tempt to prevent the operation of foreign insurance
companies by force will be ineffectual. Nethieg ca
an be
more plainly illogical than to attempt to impress po•
licy effected in an office in France with the character of
a transaction subject to the English Stamp Aclts. As
well make a cheque drawn upon a Paris bank able to
the penny stamp.
" If the Chancellor of the Exchequer sees fit to libe
rate the English insurance companies from tbe burdens
imposed upon them, and put them on a footing with
foreign offices, he will only be doing them justice. Evert
thn I hould not fear competition for La France. There
is e
rooms for all ; and a well-managed company is sure to

succeed.
" At present the English offices are like racers over-
weighted in the race. Let me advis,, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer to try bis band at a little handicapping,
instead of cokrcion, for the one he can do,
but the other
he cannot.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
W. TEALS BELLINGUAII.

" La France, Fire.office, 35, Bridge-street, Blaclifriars."