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1111 E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1867.

NEW CLUB (AT CROCKFORD'S), ST
JAMES'S STREET.

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EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
CHAIR:AIN- Gen. Sir FREDERIC 6111 Ulf, K. 11., F.R.S.
Pul,eies payable durin4 life, indi Tutable, not liable to
forfeiture.
The ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and EAST
INDIA Life Department, affording peculiar advantages to
Officers and others in the Nevy and Army, is under the
especial patronage of
HER, MOST CIRACTOUSMAJESTYTHE QUEEN.
The Report of the European Assurance Society for the
year .ending 1866, presented to the - Ordinary General
Meeting, held June Ist, 1867, stated that—
Thel 13 Pr nimns on the new. Life and Gua-
ra Policies issued during the year
am to
In th Department, the Premiums on
.- ne siness amount to £20,842 11 1
Tote aniums on the new business of
nt
th ar £63,593 4 6
The 'ois amount received in Premiums
during the year was £349,143 0 7
The Life, Fire, and Guarantee Claims paid
during the year wore, including Bonus
additions
The highly satisfactory progress of the new business will
be seen by a comparison of the now business effected
during the past nine years—namely, from 1838 to 1866,
taken in triennial periods.
. New Premium income in 1858, 1859, 1860—.£76,000,
being at the rate of £25,000 per annum ; ditto in 1861,
1862, 1863—£117,000, being at the rate of £39,000 per
annum; ditto in 1864, 1865,1866—£171,000, being at the
rate of £57,000.
While the Now Promiumi• Income, for 1866 alone,
amounted to £63.,593.
The progress-9f the Society's Piemium Revenue con-
tinues satisfactoy, it hav:ng'. now reached, in 1866, the
sum of £349,143.5. against £340,623 in 1865.
Life, Fire, Ginthintbee, and Annuities at advantageous
rates. ~

belonged to it have risen to the highest places of
society, of literature, and of the State. Upon
those it has not lost its claims, and upon others I
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formation,
of the periodical, and especially of the
newspaper press, upon the whole community.
(Cheers.) For two or three generations the press
of this country has acted powerfully upon the mind
of the country, but the circle and area over which
it so acts has of late received an immense extension.
The press, which was formerly the privilege of the
educated class, has become the patrimony of the
people. (Loud cheering.) There is not a man
possessed of the first elements of knowledge in
their simplest form to whom the press, at the
prices to which it has now descended, is
not easily accessible ; and if there be any
among so many who have not arrived at those
first elements of knowledge, that, gentlemen,
is their misfortune, and it is our reproach,
but a reproach which, I trust, the Legislature,
of the country before many years are over will have
taken effectual measures to efface. I feel that in
this place I discharge a special duty, because I am
of opinion that those whose lot is cast in public life
are, more than any others, debtors to the press of
Their conntry'.- (Cheers.) We are debtors to it in
the first place because it is we who have the oppor-
tunity of learning and perceiving the enormous pub-
lic and political advantages which have been de-
rived from the action of the press. It is not too
much to say that the action of a popular and well-
conducted press alters essentially the nature of the
relations between the governors and the governed.
(Cheers.) Obedience becomes no longer a duty to
be performed passively and in blindness. The law,
the Government, the proceedings of the Legislature,
maize their daily appeal through the daily news•
paper to the mind and understanding of every mem-
ber of the community ; they weave new ties of in
terest and affection between the private individual
and the public authority under which he lives.
They give a new cement to society, and to the
venerated institutions of the country. (Loud
cheers.) No doubt these causes have co-operated
of late years in bringing about this greater harmony,
this closer union of the various classes of the com-
munity which happily distinguishes our own day ;
but one certainly among those causes, perhaps the
gentlest in its action, and certainly not the least
efficient, is that kindly process by which every
Englishman is made constantly aware of what those
who are appointed to represent his interests or to
wield the powers of Government arc endeavouring,
at least according to the best of their views and
convictions, to do from day to day for his welfare.
He recognises the motives, even if he is not able to
approve the act. The act itself in most cases, the
course of public affairs and public legislation he
acknowledges to be honestly directed to his welfare,
and immense is the result that is thus produced for
the purposes of common harmony and concord. (Hear,
hear.) We have yet another, a closer, and a more per-
sonal debt to acknowldge, and that, perhaps, under
more heads than one. I think you have been told on
former occasions from this place that the press would
be invaluable were it only for the beneficial pro-
cesses which it applies to the utterances of the
members, I believe, of both Houses in Parliament
—(laughter)—during the brief intermediate period
that elapses between the time they leave the lips of
the speak :rs and the time they meet the eyes of the
readers. (Hear, hear.) I do not wish to enter
upon this delicate subject—(laughter)—but I do
not at all doubt that there is a great deal of truth
in the allegation that every man has a particular
weakness for his own fornis of language and ex-
pression, like the weakness which every man has for
his own name, whatever it may happen to be.
(Hear, hear.) I suppose that all of us whose duty
it is to speak iu Parliament have a feeling of this
kind with regard to our own utterances, and that
probably, if we were put to the test individually,
we should make various exceptions, and say, " Un-
doubtedly it is true, in general, that the skilful
hand of the reporter produces a considerable im-
provement in the speeches that are delivered in Par-
liament in point of grammar, in point of accuracy
of expression, and in retrenching any undue fulness
of development ;" yet each of us would be found
more or less to decline the full and impartial appli-
cation of that proposition to his own speeches, and
to contend, that owing to some accident, some
misfortune, some fault, some evil influence of the
stars, or some cause that cannot be explained, he
was an exception to the general rule, although of
the general rule there could be no doubt whatever.
(Laughter.) I think it is our duty, therefore, to
acknowledge the debt we owe to the press. (Hear,
hear.) But besides that debt there is another obli-
gation which we owe, not to the reporters, but to
the writers for the newspapers, and I frankly con-
fess that without them I do not know how we
should get on. (Cheers.) 1 think that their
encouragement and ecomiums arc of very great
value to us ; they cheer us in the hour of need and
difficulty ; but I assure you that I for one,
and I believe all who have similar expe-
rience will join me in saying this, set far higher
value on their criticisms and upon their censures,
for no man is ever injured by criticism or by cen-
sure. (Hear, hear.) If the criticisms and censures
are unjust they will do him no harm, except it be
through his own want of manliness of character. If,
on the other hand, they are just, they are to him
invaluable; they become the mirror in which he ac-
quires the view and knowledge of what he other-
wise could not discern ; from them he learns the
means of amending his faults, of avoiding the errors
he has committed, of making his abilities, whatever
they may be, most available for the benefit of his
fellow countrymen, of doing—lwon't say more per-
fectly, but at any rate less imperfectly—the Dudea
work which Providence has appointed him
(Cheers.) In other times the usages of society per-
mitted and encouraged more plain speaking than
they do now. Modern courtesy is thought to be
hardly consistent unless under circumstances pecu-
liarly favourable for the exercise of the function of
fair reproof ; and I am afraid that were it not for
the honest and truthful censures of the press each of
us would be apt to spend his existence in a paradise
of fools ; to go on hugging more and more his own
errors and defects, exaggerating his imperfections,
avoiding the means by which excellence is to be ob-
tained, and failing in efficiency in the service of his
country: (Cheers.) I do not deny that a writer in
any newspaper, and especially if it be a newspaper
senses a most difficult function to discharge.
is diffi-
cult has to discharge a function that
of great influence and importance, has in many
rites
for the the public--for himself, because lie kill not say
out the sense of that responsibility. I
ibility because it
without a sense of that respons ,
cult and even dangerous for himself far more than
sense of re-
sponsibilitymeans of constantly quickening that
h is derived from publicity, and
which
with
it would be difficult to
but without the ready
would be
which unjustnost toof say
tt s
feel s o,
dispense in the discharge of our duty. Nevertheless,
for us the function which he discharges is invaluable,
and society is indebted to those who furnish for
them the instruction and improvement provided
by the newspaper, but none are so much indebted
to them as those who are the object of the free and
unbiassed review, nay, even of the hostile criticism.
This debt I for one am most anxious to acknow-
ledge. I do not wish to exaggerate—l hope and
believe I have not exaggerated in the terms I have
used—the immense, the incalculable importance of
the functions of the newspaper press with regard to
the mass of society. (Hear, hear.) I grant that,
as in all other States, in all other combinations of
affairs, where good is predominant, evil will creep

NOBLEMEN and GENTLEMEN wishing to become
ORIGINAL MEMBERS, can obtain a list of the Com-
mittee, and every information from the Secretary, pro
tem., at the Office, St. James's-street. Entrance, 9,
Bennett-street.

SALE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP MIRANDA.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET
HOUSE, June 24, 1867.
TIIE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the
16th July next, at Two o'clock. they will bo ready to re-
ceive sealed 'renders for the PURL VISE of her Majesty's.
Ship MIRANDA, lying at Sheerness, with her Engines
and Boilers, and the spare Gear and Fixtures mentioned'
in the Inventory thereof.
Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be obtained here,.
and at her Majesty's Dockyard at Sheerness. •
Persons wishing to become purchasers must apply to the
Captain-Superintendent ,of her Majesty's Dockyard at
Sheerness for notes of admission to view the ship.
No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day
of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attendsv
or an agent for him duly authorised in writing, to make a
deposit of £25 per cent. on the amount of the Tender.'
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand- corner the words;
" Tender for H.M.'s ship Miranda,!' and must also be de-;
livered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Ad,.
miralty, Somerset House.
By Order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

CONTRACTS FOR STAVES AND IRON HOOPS.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, June 24, 1867.
Will COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY,
the 11th July next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
CONTRACT for Supplying and Delivering into her Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, Gosport, and Ply-
mouth, the undermentioned articles, .

The EUROPEAN is the o* Society authorised by the
imperial Parliament t&G4trantee the Fidelity of Govern-
ment
Full particulars of the popular principles of this Society
will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be for-
warded to applicants, post free.
Offices 316, Regent-street ; 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-
mall; and 69, King William-street, City.
HENRY LAKE, Manager.

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(ESTABLISHED 1815).
NEW PAMPHLET, FREE BY POST FOR FOUR STAMPS,
Explaining the Painless System of Dentistry, and
self-adhesive Teeth without spring's,
AT MODERATE CHARGES.
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DEPTFORD.
Baltic Pipe Staves (New Fresh)
Do. Hogshead do. do.
Quebec Pipe Staves do.
Fiume Barrel Staves do. .....

Now Iron Butt Hoops,

Wire. Width.
Gauge. In.

Newspaper Pi ess Fund.

_.____

13

Do. Stout Plato Hoops

Do. Slight Plate Hoops

New Iron Stout Plate
hoops

Do. Slight Plato Hoops

13

15 ...
11

... 15 ... 11 ..

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'ORT.

44,800
24,455
28,000
I 8,760
14,562
f 3,192
2,900
4,810

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... 15 ... 11 ..

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11JT11.

New Iron Butt Hoops..

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On Saturday evening the anniversary festival of
this institution was held at Willis's Rooms, under
the chairmanship of the Right lion. W. E. Glad-
stone, M.P. There was a numerous and distin-
guished company present.
At the conclusion of the repast, a party of ladies,
among them Mrs.and Miss Gladstone,who had dined
in one of the smaller rooms, took their seats under
the orchestra, and immediately facing the chief
table.

The " Ilealths of her Majesty the Queen, the
Prince and Princess of Wales, and the other Mem-
bers of the Royal Family " having been drunk with
the customary expressions of loyalty, the toast of
the " Army and Navy" 'was also given and cordi-
ally responded to.
Admiral Sir John Hay, Junior Lord of the Ad-
miralty, replied for the navy, and Colonel Sykes,
M.P., for the army.
The CHAIRMAN, upon rising to propose " Success
to the Newspaper Press Fund," was received with
the most enthusiastic cheering. In the course of a
speech which was listened to throughout with marked
attention, • the right hon. gentleman said —I hope
that I may without untruth begin by congratulating
the friends of this institution upon the considerable
degree of prosperity to which it has already at-
tained. It is among the youngest of our public in-
stitutions, but it has been received, I believe, with
general acceptance—first and foremost among that
class for who.e benefit it is specially and directly,
though in my opinion by no means exclusively, in-
tended; and secondly, by persons of influence and
opulence, many of whom are interested as proprie-
tors in the periodical press of this country ; and
lastly by the Witlt regard to the interest
taken by the proprietorscenur great journals iu the
prosperity of this institution, I am glad to learn,
*from testimony given in the most palpable of all
forms, that there can be no doubt whatever that
that interest is great, and is likely to be found even
increasing hereafter. (Cheers.) I cannot but con-
gratulate you very cordially, and not you only, but
the country at large, upon the satisfactory progress
which is now being made through Parliament by a
bill intended to alter, and in my opinion to bring
much nearer to a standard of reason and of justice,
the law of libel in this country in its bearing upon
the proceedings of the press. (Cheers.) I say ad-
visedly in its bearings upon the proceedings of the
press rather than upon the interests of the press,
because I am quite sure that whatever adverse bear-
ing that law may have had upon the interests of
the press has been in reality—though perhaps
striking those interests in the front rank and iu the
first place—has had in reality an adverse bearing
upon the interests of the public at large. The inte-
rests of the public at large are essentially bound up
with' those of the press. We live in times when the
newspaper is a great social, political, and moral
power, one so great that it cannot be overlooked
by any of those who would comprehend the cha-
racter of their country or the nature of those pro-
cesses by which the action of a nation is directed.
(Cheers.) While the newspaper has thus become a
power in the land, those who are connected with the
management of newspapers—those who supply daily
or weekly to the public the food which they derive
from them, have become s body so important to us
and to the dignity of a
h
They are persons palelrsslo,
ftettssaaitnonwo.ethme(raHayetaworet, lhl
heseanayar.iheat they are entitled not
en-
gaged in supplying from day to day one of those
primary wants of society, without which it is hardly
too much to say society, as we comprehend and un-
derstand it, could not exist. (Cheers.) The purpose
of this institution is to recognise those ties of duty,
charity, and of brotherhood which bind together the
members of this profession, and also to give an op-
portunity to others beyond its strictly defined limits
for manifesting their interest in its welfare, and in
both points of view to encourage it. (Cheers.) The
care of this institution is perfect, and its appeal to
our goodwill is strong. It is well, it is honourable,
it is healthful for themselves and the community that
the members of classes should unite together by con-
tributions obtained from each individual in the day
of his prosperity to meet the wants of those who, from
time to time, fall into need, and thereby not merely
to relieve individual necessity, but to give comfort,
independence, and dignity to the class. (Cheers.)
That scnti m en t pervades English society. It goes down
low into the masses of the community ; it is an hon-
ourable sentiment of duty and of independence—that
independence which makes a man feel that he hardly
can be a man, if without an overwhelming necessity,
he throws himself upon the resources of others—that
duty by which he is made conscious that he ought to
bear his own burden and not to cast it upon the
shoulders of his brethren. (Cheers.) Primarily, it
seems to me that considerations of this kind arc
especially applicable to a profession such as that
of ers in newspapers and of the re-
porters newspapers, inasmuch as it is in a
great degree a profession of transition. (Hear,
the
forwr writers
hear.) How many are there among the eminent—
among the most eminent men of our day and
generation—who have passed one stage at least of
their early lives as newspaper reporters. (Chars.)
That honourable and arduous employment is one
through which energy and ability will carry a man
to others that arc more lucrative, and, therefore, the
profession, speaking generally, is not like others
containing rich prizes, and which we may contem-
plate as conveying within themselves all that is
necessary for their own independence, and for dis-
pensing with, nay, even for depriving them of the
right to make an extraneous appeal to the public.
This is a profession fed from time to time by the
ardent and unsparing efforts of our youth for the
discharge of duties, to which I believe no man,
except in the perfection of both mental and physical
faculties, is really equal; it is a profession beyond
which he hopes to pass. Many of those who have

5,900
1 5,200
5,000
9,600

Do. Stout Plate Hoops

13 ...

One-half of each of the said quantities to be delivered
within two months from the date of the acceptance of the
Tender, and the remainder within two mouths afterwards,
or earlier if preferred by the party tendering.
The Staves are to be tendered for at per 100 No., and
the Iron Hoops at per I,ooolb.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the articles, but separate tenders must be made for each
port, and no attention will be paid to any offers not so
made.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole
or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a
greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an
unlimited power of selection in accepting the tenders.
Samples of the articles may be seen at the Victualling-
yards at Deptford, Gosport, and Plymouth.
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates ; and
contractors in claiming payment for supplies are to make
out their invoices in accordance therewith, both as to
quantities and rates.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
ti.ollerof, Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, and at
the Victualling-yards at Gosport and Plymouth.
Particular attention is called to the conditions of the
contracts
which may be seen in the said Lobby, and at the
Victualling-yards at Gosport and Plymouth.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the
party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend
at the office on the day of contract, as the result of the
hoffimerarnedcetio isvehdfrpormopeoasechd
spuerrestoines
in
willw ibeitincg.ommunicated to
•
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
"Tender for ," and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House.
By order, ANTONIO BRADY,
Register of Contracts and Public Securities.

HELP for the DESTITUTE WK.--
METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL. Devon-
shire-square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratuitous
Relief of the Sick Poor of every Nation and Creed. without
letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed to
maintain its efficiency.
BANKERS—Messrs. Barnett, How es. and Co.. 62, Lombard-
qtreet. JNO. GURNEY FRY, Chairman.
GEO. CitOI.TON, Secretary.

rpnE BOARD of MANAGEMENT of the
A- LONDON HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL wish to
call the attention of their friends to its position—during the
past year the beds have been almost constantly filled, and
the drain on the resources of the Hospital has consequently
been great. They trust, therefore, that all the friends of
hommcpathy, both in town and country, will rally round
them, and thus prevent the necessity of curtailing the use-
fulness of the Hospital by the admission of fewer patients
SUBSCRIPTIONS earnestly needed. Bankers Messrs.
Prescott and Co., Threadneedle-street; and Union Bank,
Argyll-place, Regent-street.
JOHN R. WARREN, Clerk.
No. 52, Great Ormond-street, W.O

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in ; and here the principle of evil probably :is
this—that by presenting 113 with knowledge in a
form so easy, like food ready dressed for
dinner, the press encourages men to a lazy and
an inert turn of mind. (Hear, hear.) So far, how-
ever as this is true, it does not apply to the mass of
the people. For them it is a question between hav-
ing it in this shape or not having it at all. I grant
that there is an indolent, indefinite form sure to
prevail more or less in wealthy . and luxurious
societies, where people who have nothing else to do
but to think seize every opportunity, and avail
themselves of every expedient, that will relieve them
from the labour of thinking. (Hear, hear.) It is
quite fair, I think, just to cast this little stone as
we pass by, and to recollect the extraordinary
fidelity and ability with which the task of a news-
paper writer is commonly performed, in reducing
to a set form all the raw material of public questions
with which he has to deal. It may undoubtedly be
a misfortune for indolent men io have the means,
through wealth and leisure, of indulging their in-
dolence, instead of being, like other people, honest
labourers in the world. It is not for me to pretend
to a minute or accurate acquaintance with the
moral tone of the newspaper press since the time
when it first became a great power in this country;
but the knowledge of it that I do possess im-
presses me with a deep conviction that the
newspaper press has become more upright, more
candid, more regardful of the sanctities of pri-
fate life and personal character—more careful
to avoid whatever could raise a blush or stain the
mind or conscience, exactly in proportion as it has
become more popular and more broad. (Cheers.)
Therefore, in recognising the existence of this great
power, of this new power, among us, let us give it
hearty welcome. (Cheers.) I ask you now to
testify to your share in that feeling by drinking
with me a bumper toast to the prosperity of " The
Newspaper Press Fund." (Loud cheering.)
The subsequent toasts were " The Houses of Par-
liament," proposed by Mr. Shirley Brooks, and re-
sponded to by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and Mr.
W. Ewart, M.P. ; " Art, Science, and Literature,"
given by Sir Robert Phillimore, and acknowledged
by Mr. Hepworth Dixon ; ". The Health of Mr.
Gladstone," which was proposed by the Dean of
Ely ; " The President, Vice-Presidents, Trustees,
and other officers of the Institution," on behalf of
whom Mr. G. Godwin replied ; and " The Ladies."
Mr. Benedict conducted a concert, at which Mdlle.
Enequist, Mdlle. Cosenza, Madame Weiss, Miss
Poole, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Perren, and Mr. Weiss
4 gave their services, as did the conductor, gratuitously.
The Secretary announced in the course of the even-
ing subscriptions to the amount of £9OO, including
£lO 10s. from the chairman ; Earl of Clarendon,
£10; Earl Stanhope, £10; Baron Rothschild, £lO
10s. ; Sir Moses Montefiore, £l5 15s. ; Right lion,
Sir William Hutt, M.P., £lO 10s. ; Mr. Julian
Goldsmid, M.P., £lO 10s. ; Mr. B. Bond Cabbell,
£lolos. ; Mr. C. S. Butler, M P., £lO 10s. ; Mr.
Lionel Lawson, £lO 10s. ; Mr. Samuda, M.P., £lO
10s. ; Messrs. Longman and Co., £lO 10s. ; Right
Hon. the Viscount Halifax, £10; Sir Willoughby
Jones, Bart., £lO ; his Excellency the Belgian
Minister, £lO ; the proprietors of the Daily 7cle-
graph, £52 10s. ; Mr. Maclean, £lO ; Mr. Church-
ward, 10 103.
Mr. Wilson discharged the duties of toastmaster.