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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1859.

LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
-IA FLEET-STREET, LONDON, Ist January, 1859.

. _
NOTICE .IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL
MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the LAW LIFE AS-
SURANCE SOCIETY will be held, at the Society's Office,
Fleet-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 2d day of Feb-
ruary next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant: to the
provisions of the Society's deed of settlement, for the purpose
of receiving the Auditor's Annual Report of the Accounts of
the Scciety, up to the 31st December, 1858; to el-ct two direc-
tors in the room of Richard Harrison. Esquire, and James
Valiance, Esquire, both deceased, and one auditor in the room
of William Frederick Higgins, Esquire, resigned; and for
general purposes.
The Director to be chosen in the room of Richard Harrison,
Esq., deceased, will remain in office until the 24th of June,
1862, and the Director to be chosen in the rocm of James Vale
lance, Eq., deceased, will remain in office until the 24th of
June, 1860 ; and the Auditor to be chosen in the room of Wil-
liam Frederick Higgins, Esq., will remain in office until the
24th of June, 1859. _

By Order of the Directors.
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary,

NORWICH UNION LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.

Instituted 1803.—Invested Capital exceeding £2,000,000
Sterling.
This Society is one of the very few purely Mutual Insur-
ance Offices, the whole of the profits being divided among the
Policy-holders.
The rates are considerably below those usually charged.
Thus, at the age of 40, the sum of £32 19s. 2d., which at the
ordinary premium will insure £l,OOO, with the

NORWICH UNION WILL INSURE. ONE THOUSAND
AND NINETY-FIVE POUNDS FOUR SHILLINGS,
giving an immediate Bonus in addition to subsequent accu-
mulations.
.

• Annuities and Special Risks undertaken on favourable
terms. _ _ .

%NA Z•l•J•
For Forms of Proposal and Prospectuses apply at the
Society's Offices, 0, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars,
E.C., and Surrey-street, Norwich.

THE ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, London.

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- EstablishedlB23.
• DIRECTORS.
ROBERT:BIDDULPH, Esq., Chairman.
WILLIAM ROUTH, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Alfred Kingeord Baiber, Esq. Rear-Admiral Robert Gor-
Henry Barnett, Esq. don.
The Right Hon. E. Pleydell Charles Morris, Esq.
Bouverie, M.P. George Kettilby Rickards,
Edward Charrington, Esq. Esq.
Thomas Edgar, Esq. Augustus Keppel Stephen-
Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, I son, Esq.
Bart.

AIID

JTORS.
John Howell, Esq. I John Gilliam Stilwell, Esq.
Henry Roberts, Esq. Richard Taylor, Esq.
PHYSICIAN—WiIiam Emanuel Page, M.D., Oxon, 11, Queen-
street, May-fair.
SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.C.S., No. 49, Dover-
street, Piccadilly.
SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand.
Acrumtv—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S.
ADVANTAGES.

Mutual Assurance.
The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System.
The whole of the profits divided every Fifth Year.
An accumulated Capital of £1,695,003
During its existence the Society has paid in
Claims
Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Po-
licies to the extent of
The last Bonus, declared in 1854, averaged £67
per Cent, on the Premiums paid, and amounted
to
Policies in force 7,621
The Annual Income exceeds
In pursuance of the invariable practice of this Society, in
the event of the Death .of the Life Assured within the 15 days
of grace, the Renewal Premium remaining unpaid, the Claim
will be admitted, subject to the payment of such Premium.
The next Division of Profits will be made in 1859.
Assurances effected prior to 31st December, 1859, will par-
ticipate in the Division of 1864.
Prospectuses and full particulars may befobtained on appli-
cation to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary.

890,000

GUARDIAN FIRE A
COMI
No. 11, Lombard-s
DIREC
HENRY HULSE BEI
JOHN G. HUBBARD,
John Dixon, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke Esq.
Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart.,
M.P.
Sir Walter It. Farquhar, Bart.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P.
John Harvey, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq.
John Loch, Esq.
Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Lewis Loyd, Esq. j Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
John Henry Smith, Esq.
Thomas Tallemach, Esq., Secretary.—Samuel Brown, Esq.,
Actuary.

iD LIFE ASSURANCE
ANY,
treet, London, E.C.
;TORS.
ZENS, Esq., Chairman.
Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
Henry Norman, Esq.
Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart.
John Thornton, Esq.
James Tulloch, Esq.
Henry Yigne, Esq,

LIFE DEPARTMENT.—UNDER TAE PROVISIONS OF AN
ACT, OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to future In-
surers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division,
or a Low Rate.of Premium without participation of Profits.
•The next division of Profits .will be dec.ared in June, 1860,
when all Participating Policies which shall have subsisted at
least one year at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in
the Profits.

At the Five Divisions of Profits made by this Company, the
total Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have
exceeded £913.000. _ .

•At the last valuation, at Christmas;lBs4, the Assurances in
force amouted to upwards of £4,240,000, the Income from the
Life Branch in 1854 was more than £200,000, and the Life As-
surfmce, roßd (independent of the .Oilarantec capital) exceeded
£1,700 000.
FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Preinhirni required for the
East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern
parts of the United States of America, have been materially
reduced. . •
INVALID LIVES. -Persons who are not in such sound
health as would enable them insure their Lives at the Tabular
Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their
values, provided such Policies shall have been effected a suffi-
cient time to have attained in each case a value not under £5O.

ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of re-
ceived and registered.
MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge
will be made for Policy Stamps.
Notice is Hereby Given, That Fire Policies which expire at
Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office,
or •with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-
Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the King-
dom, otherwise they become void.
Losses caused by. Explosion of Gas are admitted by this
COmpany.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE; AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall.
•
OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JoaN WILLIAM LUBBOCK, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq.
Edwd. Maxwell Daniell, Esq. Hon. Jno. T. Leslie Melville,
Davidson,William Esq. Sir Jno. Henry Pelly, Bart.
Thomas Dent, Esq. Hon. Jose. W. Percy, M.P.
Alexander Druce, Esq. Alexander I'. Prevost, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Regnld. F. Remington, Esq.
Charles Farquharson, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenlell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.
Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S.
NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of
FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on
oth January.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
Corporation on advantageous terms.
In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par-
ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such
participation.
The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged
nearly 2 per cent: per annum on the sum assured, or 48 per
cent. upon the Premiums paid.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The future divisions of Profit will take place every Five
years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life. • •
This Corporation affords to the Assured—
. . Liberal.participation in Profits—with exemption from
. the liabilities of partnership.
A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual
Societlei—With the guarantee of a large invested Capital
Stock." •
• • • The advantages of modern practice,—with the security
• •of an Office whose resources • have•been tested by the ex-
.. perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A .HALF.
.... • SPECIAL -NOTICE. .•_

. IN CASE OF DEATH occurring daring the Thirty days
allowed for payment of a Life Premium, and before such pay-
ment:lit-is been made, the Corp.oration hold themselres liable
under the Policy, provided the Premium be siibadquently paid
on or before the thirtieth day from that upon which it became
due.

JOHN A. HIGHAM., Actuary and Secretary.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.

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ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.

A meeting of the Provisional Committee of the
Dramatic College was held on Saturday, at the
office of the Charity, 15, Bedford-street, Covent-
gar4en. It was convened by the following circular,
which will sufficiently explain the object of the
meeting :

"15, Bedford-street, Covent•garden,
Dec. 27, 1858.

" 518.,—1 beg to inform you that Mr. Dodd has
refused to make the conveyance of land promised
by him, and has left unanswered the inquiry as to
his engagement to build a central hall. Under the
circumstances, the Provisional Committee, at the
special meeting held on Saturday the 18th inst.,
resolved that all communication with Mr. Dodd
should cease, and that steps should be taken to
enable them to accept other land in lieu of his.
Fortunately, other parties were only waiting Mr.
Dodd's determination. Immediately on its being
known, two offers of larger plots than that belong-
ing to Mr. Dodd were made. I have now to re-
quest your attendance at the meeting of the Provi-
sional Committee, to be held on Saturday next, the
Ist of January, at two o'clock precisely, when
further important communications will be made.
" I am, Sir, yo it obedient servant,
" WILLIAM CULLENFORD, Hon. Sec."
There was a numerous attendance of members of
the committee, among whom we noticed—
Mr. Creswick, Dr. Roe, Mr. Robins, Mr. Bil-
lings, Mr. Reddish, Sir W. De Bathe, Mr. hrwood,
Mr. Cullenford (hon. secretary), Mr. Nelson Lee,
Mr. Staunton, Mr. Sams, Mr. Leger, Mr. Emden,
Piofessor Spooner, Dr. Shorthouse Mr. Barney
Williams; r. G. Borlaisse Child, ?Air. Theodore
Martin, Mr. J. Bowring, Mr. W. Willett, Mr. J.
C. Deane, Mr. L. Watkins, Mr. Thos. Waring, &e.
Mr._Benjamin Webster occupied the chair.

Mr. CULLENFORD, the honorary secretary, read
the minutes of the proceedings at the different
meetings of the executive and sub-committees
which had been appointed, showing the progress of
the charity and the course of the negotiations be-
tween the committee and Mr. Henry Dodd respect-
ing the conveyance of the land. Our readers will
remember that a meeting was held on the 21st of
July last, at the Princess's Theatre, when a provi-
sional committee presented a report, stating—
" The Dramatic College you are this day called
upon to establish, and which the provisional com-
mittee feel assured will soon take its place amongst
the permanent charitable institutions for which
England is remarkable, will owe its formation
chiefly to a gentleman who has placed at your dis-
posal five acres of land, beautifully situated, with
no other condition than that you shall this day give
evidence of your desire to provir'• homes for those
actors and actresses who are no longer able to pro-
vide homes for themselves, and whose aching limbs
and wearied minds have earned the reward now
proposed for them. The name of that gentleman
is withheld, in conformity with his own request ;
but the committee are assured by his solicitor, Mr.
Macphail, that he only waits your appointment of
trustees to make an unconditional conveyance of
the land."

The report of the committee was received, and
the public meeting then held adopted the recom-
mendations :

" That the acceptance by the committee of the
five acres of land from the grantor be confirmed by
this meeting.
" That four trustees be appointed to receive a
conveyance.
" That the title of the institution be The Dra-
matic College.'
• " That bankers be appointed..
" That a subscription for carrying into effect the
objects contemplated be now commenced, and that
gentlemen be appointed to act as stewards, in
making a collection.
" That the proceedings of the provisional com-
mittee be approved, and that the said committee,
with power to add to its number, be continued in
office till the next annual general meeting.
" That when, in the opinion of the committee,
sufficient funds have been obtained, plans and esti-
mates for the proposed buildings be procured.
" That at a special general meeting-the provi-
sional committee do present a report of their opinion
as to the regulations necessary for the future
management o the college"'
In the minutes now read was a report of the corn-
mittee, setting forth the fact that the offer of the
land on the part of Mr. Dodd, the eminent dust
contractor, was an unqualified and unconditional
one, and at the public meeting in July, Messrs.
Charles Kean, Benjamin Webster, Chas. Dickens,
and Mr. Thackeray, were appointed the trustees
for receiving the conveyance of the land. The first
difficulty raised by Mr. Dodd was founded on the
absence from ,England of Mr. Thackeray at the
time the committee required the conveyance of the
land, and the probability that that gentleman
might not consent to act as a trustee. Upon being
communicated with, Mr. Thackeray expressed his
willingness to act in that capacity, and this was
communicated to Mr. Dodd, still no step was taken
to complete the conveyance. Ultimately the com-
mittee received from the solicitor of Mr. Dodd a
most voluminous legal document, containing a code
of laws for the future government of the college,
leaving little or nothing to be left hereafter to the
judgment of the council ; it dealt with the institu-
tion, in fact, as though Mr. Dodd was the sole
founder of the college, and the only person who
subscribed to its funds. It was stated that this
lengthy and verbose document was necessary in
order to prevent litigation or alienation of the land
in future ; but the committee stated that such a
document would, in their opinion, be much more
calculated to produce than to prevent litigation, and
called upon Mr. Dodd for the gift of the land to be
immediate and unconditional. The committee re-
garded the objections which had been urged as
frivolous, and the statement that the elm-
mittce was a self-nominated one as absurd. The
next point of difficulty arose from Mr. Dodd
refusing to erect the central hall of the college at
his own expense, as he had originally ex-
pressed his intention of doing, and, finally,
the committee came to a decision that all
attempts to make Mr. Dodd keep his promise
with respect to the unconditional grant of the land,
and the erection of the central hall, would be
futile. The report of the sub-committee, embody-
ing these facts and opinions, was adopted, with the
sole exception of Mr. Macphail, the solicitor to
Mr. Dodd, by the provisional committee. At the
same meeting a resolution was passed, and ordered
to be communicated to Mr. Dodd, to the effect that
unless he should, within ten days, deliver an un-
qualified conveyance to the trustees of the land
promised by him, the provisional committee would
forthwith call a public meeting and lay the facts
before it, with a view of proceeding to the estab-
lishment of the Dramatic College without any
assistance from him. It was then contended that
the appointment of trustees had not been legally
made, inasmuch as at the meeting at which they
were appointed at the Princess's Theatre there were
many persons present who were not actual sub-
scribers to the charity ; but it was stated, in reply,
that the presence of non-subscribers did not vitiate
the appointment then made ; that both Mr. Dodd
and Mr. Macphail were themselves present at the
meeting, and sanctioned and approved of the pro-
ceedings, anti were not now
.justified in coming
forward to repudiate the appointments then made.
In reply to the resolution of the committee of the
4th of December, Mr. Dodd addressed the following
letter to the committee, which was read from
the minutes by Mr. Cullenford :
" City Wharf, New North-road, Iroxton,
14th Dec., 1858.

" Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours
of the 4th inst., with resolutions agreed to by the
provisional committee. In reply, I beg to state I
am, and always have been, ready to make an un-
conditional conveyance of the land near Langley,
as prepared and approved by conveyancers of
eminence, so soon as the executive of the college is
properly, constituted and in a position to receive the
same. As to the threat contained in the resolution
to call a public meeting, and lay the facts before
it, with a view to the establishment of the college
without assistance from me, it is not for me
to object to the committee doing so. I can
have no other wish but that the subscribers
should be made aware of the facts, and it will be
for them to form their judgment.
" From their position and presumed experience
as men of the world, it would have been expected,
looking at the motives and object contemplated,
that the members of the committee would have
approached the matter in a spirit in accordance
with the times, and not have allowed feelings quite
foreign to the subject of the charity to actuate, get
the mastery of, and hurry them into a policy which
I feel sure the subscribers, as a body, will not en-
dorse. However, I am prepared to abide the result,
resolved as I am not to be made the scapegoat for
the committee's wilful avoidance of the duties in-
cumbent upon them. If you, as their secretary,
could not, surely some one ought to hoe infdrmod

tiaem that they arc not in a position to receive the
land. Let them place themselves in such, and I
again state that I am prepared, and hereby under-
take, to make the conveyance alluded to, but will
not be stirred from that determination by all the
resolutions the committee may pass. As to their
insinuations, I scom them. (Laughter.) The
meanness of soul (renewed laughter)—already
exhibited by some of the committee, in imputing
the like sordid conduct that I presume influences
their minds, to me cannot be surpassed. They may
impugn and twist my motives as they please, but
will not stir me from the determination expressed.
I must again repeat to you that the delay now
taking place arises solely from the committee
neglecting to perform their cleir and manifest duty
to properly constitute the institution—it being, at
present, for all real and business purposes, a nonen-
tity. I regret that the committee, by the course
they have adopted, should necessitate my writing
to you in the strain I have ; but they will bear in
mind that they commenced the correspondence. If
they expected I should calmly succumb to their
uncalled for remarks they are deceived. I may not
express myself in a way flattering to their ideas.
One thing I strive to do is to tell them plainly what
I mean, so that they may not be misled ; and fur-
ther,
I am equally as anxious as they profess to be
to have the matter finally settled.
" I had hoped and anticipated to join those whose
sole object I considered to be to build up an insti-
tution free, as far as possible, from any germ of
jobbery and corruption; but, judging from the op-
position shown to clauses in the conveyance pre,
pared by your own legal adviser, and approved by
mine, this would not appear to be what is wished.
I decidedly object to any chance of misappropria•
tion, however remote, and am ready to execute the
deed so prepared as that any presumed connection
or tie between myself and the institution may at
once end. I gave the land to benefit the aged of
your profession against the expostulation of certain
of my friends, who foretold me the treatment I
have experienced. (A laugh.)—l am, sir, yours
respectfully, " HENRY DODD.
" W. Cullenford, Esq."

At the meeting of the 14th, when this letter was.
read, a resolution was passed by the committee,
that all communication between the committee and
Mr. Dodd should now cease, and in accordance
with the resolution of the 4th ult., it was decided
to call a public meeting on Wednesday, the 12th of
January, to consider the further steps to be adopted
for the establishment of the college ; Mr. Webster
having placed his new theatre, the Adelphi, at the
disposal of the committee, for the purpose of hold-
ing the public meeting. The following statement
to be laid before the public was read and adopted
by the committee :
" This meeting has been rendered necessary by
circumstances which have arisen unexpectedly since
the provisional committee were appointed by the
resolution of the public meeting held at the Royal
Princess's Theatre, on the 21st of July last. The
proposal to establish the college, as the subscribers
will remember, originated in an offer made by Mr.
Henry Dodd, through his solicitor, Mr. Macphail,
to hand over five acres of land suitable for the
purpose, with no other condition' (as stated in the
report, which was prepared with Mr. Mac-
phail's approval, and laid before that meeting),
than this, that the public should on that occa-
sion ' give evidence of their desire to provide
homes for those actors and actresses who are no
longer able to provide for themselves.' In the same
report the committee of which Mr. Macphail was
an active member, stated they were assured by that
gentleman, that his client, Mr. Dodd, only waited
the appointment of the trustees by the meeting, ' to
make an unconditional conveyance of the land.'
" The meeting confirmed the ,acceptance by the
committee of Mr, Dodd's gift, and appointed Messrs.
Charles Kean, Benjamin Webster, Charles Dickens,
and W. M. Thackeray, trustees to receive the con-
veyance.
".They also instructed the provisional committee
to present, at a special general meeting of the sub-
scribers, report of their opinion as to the regu-
lations necessary for the future management of the
college ;"and a scheme for the constitution of the
college, prepared by Mr. Macphail for future con-
sideration by the committee,' was read to the meet-
ing.
"It is unnecessary to inform you with what
generosity the public responded to the appeal made
by the committee for its support—a generosity
which leaves no doubt as to the establishment of
the Dramatic College upon abroad and satisfactory
basis. Her Majesty, besides a donation of one
hundred pounds, has graciously permitted her name
to be placed at the head of the institution as its
patroness, and the list of its subscribers is sufficient
evidence of the cordial sympathy excited by its
objects. Mr. Dodd, through Mr. Macphail,
acknowledged, as he could not fail to do, that the
only condition for which, as above explained, he
had stipulated as preliminary to his conveyance of
the land, had been amply fulfilled, and the com-
mittee hoped that an unconditional conveyance
would, in accordance with his promise, have been
forthwith delivered to the trustees. Until this was
done, they have felt their exertions in a great mea-
sure paralysed, and they have therefore urgently
pressed the matter upon the attention of Mr. Dodd
and his solicitor, but unfortunately without suc-
cess. The draft deeds submitted to them from
time to time on the part of Mr. Dodd, instead of
being unconditional, were clogged with qualifica-
tions and restrictions which entirely deprived
the conveyance of this character. Even if un-
objectionable in themselves, which the committee
conceived they were not, the committee had no
power to accede to them—the matters with which
they dealt being matters essential to the qonstitu-
tion and future management of the college, which,
as shown above, can only be disposed of by a gene-
ral meeting upon a report from the provisional
committee. Latterly, moreover, Mr. Dodd's adviser
has declined to recognise as legal the appointment
either of the committee, of which he is himself a
member, or of the trustees ; and he has insisted on
the appointment by the subscribers of a council,
who, he alleges, will be legally qualieed to make
terms with the grantor, and settle the details with
him of the conveyance.'
" After repeated fruitless appeals to Mr. Dodd to
fulfil his pledge to deliver an unconditional con-
veyance to the trustees, in which nearly five months
have been consumed, the committee have, much to
their regret, felt themselves compelled to break off
further communication with that gentleman, and
to consider the propriety of proceeding to establish
the college, independently altogether of Mr. Dodd's
assistance. They conceive they would have failed
in their duty to the subscribers if they had, under
the circumstances, allowed Mr. Dodd to dictate
new terms.

" Several of the subscribers have already offered,
by increasing their subscriptions, to meet any addi-
tional demands on the funds of the college, which
may be occasioned by the failure of Mr. Dodd to
fulfil his promise ; and the committee have every
reason to believe that any loss from this cause,
should any arise, would be more than compensated
by the generosity of other friends of the institution.
But they are already relieved from all anxiety on
this subject, the committee having already received
offers to place at their disposal for the purposes of
the college more than one site, of greater extent
and equally eligible in all other respects."
Mr. CULLENFORD stated that he had received a
letter from Mr. Macphail respedting the offer of
Mr. Dodd.
The committee, however, in the face of the reso-
lution passed on the 14th December, that all corres-
pondence between them and Mr. Dodd should cease,
felt that they could not, consistently. with the reso-
lution, receive any further communication on the
subject. The letter was accordingly not read,
although it was suggested by one or two members
that it should be read and afterwards dealt with by
being ordered to lie upon or under the table, as the
committee might direct.
Mr. WEBSTER stated that as the offer of Mr.
Dodd might be considered as at an end, the com-
initwe had received several offers of suitable sites.
The Necropolis Company had offered the charity
five acres of theii• land near Woking, and had pro-
mised to reserve five more acres at a moderate price,
should they be required in future. Mr. Meredith
had offered five acres of excellent land, near the
Virginia Water, at £35 per acre, including a small
cottage and some other buildings upon the land.
(Hear, hear.) The Rev. Edward Moore had ex-
. pressed his readiness to offer five or seven acres of
land at Gerrard's-cross, a short distance from Stoke
Pogis, the birthplace of the poet Gray. (Hear,
hear.) He thought that it would be advisable for
a sub-committee to be appointed, to go down and
inspect the land which had been thus so generously
offered to the college, so as to be enabled to report
to the general meeting of the 12th inst.
The resolution was unanimously agreed to, and
it was stated that the offers of those different gen-
tlemenZhad been acknowledged with thanks by the
executive committee.

Mr. CULLENFORD read the following letter from
Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick, the lessees of the
Surrey Theatre, enclosing a cheque for £BO 15s. 6d.,

the profits arising from the per:ormance at that
theatre in aid of the funds of the college.
" Royal Sw:rey Theatre, Saturday, Jan. 1, 1858.
g, Dear Sir,—You will find enclosed an account
of the moneys received at this theatre on Wednes-
day, the 22d ult., in aid of the funds of the Royal
Dramatic College. While making this New Year's
offering, we beg to say that we feel most deeply
indebted to all who kindly aided us in our efforts
to help on_ the good work. We hope, and confi-
dent ly believe, from. the ready and cheerful co-opera-
tion which we met with from all parties, that every
manager, actress, and actor will, whenever an occa-
sion offers, do their best, as we and those who are
associated with us have done, to aid and sustain the
noble institution which we are all so anxious to-see
,established.

" We are, dear sir, very faithfully yours,
" SHEPHERD AND CRESWICK.
" To W. Cullenford, Esq., Hon. Sec."
The reading of the letter and the announcement:of
the benefit to the college, were received with con-
siderable applause, and the thanks of the committee
were tendered to those members of the profession
who had kindly given their gratuitous assistance
on the occasion, as also to the Surrey Gas Company
which had supplied the gas gratis.
Mr. WEBSTER stated that Lord Tenterden had
consented to act as chairman of the meeting, on
Wednesday, the 12th, at the Adelphi. (Hear.)
In answer to a question put by Mr. Spooner,
)Ir. WEBSTER stated that Mr. Moore, in his offer
of the laud, had said. that the chairman may go
down and pick five acres of land wherever he
pleased on his estate. (Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN next called attention to the dress
ball, which is to take place on the 16th February,
at St. James's Hall, in aid of the funds of the
charitv.

After some discussion, in which Messrs. Deane,
Creswick, Spooner, Jerwood, Sams, Reddish, and
others took part, the price of the ticket was fixed
at 15s. for a gentleman, and 10s. 6d. for a lady's
ticket; and a ball committee was appointed to make
the necessary arrangements.
After the transaction of some ordinary business
and matters of detail, the proceedings terminated.

MR. SAMUEL WARREN, MP., UPON

CREWE AND ITS CA USES.

HULL, SATURDAY EVENING.
Yesterday the Hull Christmas Sessions were
opened before Mr. Samuel Warren, M.P., the
Recorder, who addressed the grand jury as follows:
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury—Christmas ses-
sions and Christmas festivities—the one held in
the midst of the other—may suggest the idea of a
gloomy visitant at a gay banquet—Crime, stalking
into the midst of assembled Innocence, and grimly
asking, "Why are you all so happy here, when you
know that so many of us are without, miserable
among ourselves, and threatening you? To you all
is delightful ; to us everythinghateful and terrible.
The bosom of society swells at your approach, and
contracts at ours, as at that of a loathed and ac-
cursed thing—its natural enemy. But have you
nothing to do with us ? Yes, and we will have to
do with you ; you shall see in neglected crime a
sure retribution." Gentlemen, I will not prolong
the dismal colloquy ; you all of you know well what
its tenour would be likely to be ; but let me tell
you what suggested these topics to me. It was
the sight yesterday evening, on my arrival here,
of these depositions, containing the guilty details
with which we have this day to deal, and a
passage occurring towards the close of the
report of the gaol chaplain to my brother justices
and myself. The former—the depositions—disclose
drunkenness and ignorance, fanning the flames of
violence and cupidity, till they consume almost
every vestige of morality and conscience. The latter
—the gaol chaplain's report—reveals with painful
distinctness those causes in action producing these
results, with only the immediate aspect and effect of
which we have to deal, leaving the immense resi-
due to be wondered at and lamented with a sort of
humane imbecility, strongly tinctured with indiffe-
rence, if not insincerity, or dealt with promptly
and vigorously by the earnest and thoughtful phi-
lanthropist and statesman. " It has long been a
subject of serious thought with me," says our ex-
cellent chaplain, " though I havehitherto refrained
from noticing it in any of my reports—how far the_
crime of this town isancreased by the wretchedness
of the dwellings of the poorer classes, which furnish
so large a proportion of our town criminals. I have
on frequent occasions, in my visits to the homes of
the prisoners' friends or parents, to go into places
of a most filthy and disgusting description. The
floors, judging from their appearance, are seldom
washed; the walls are unwhitewashed ; the furni-
ture scanty and dirty ; the beds and bedding
covered with filth ; a whole family—father, mother,
children, young and adult—all dwelling in one
room, where they eat, drink, wash, and sleep!!
When I have witnessed this state of things in their
homes I have said, how can anything good or vir-
tuous be expected in parties who are herded toge-
ther like pigs in a stye, but not so innocent ? Little
else than a miracle can make persons moral who
live in places such as these. I mention this only to
say how thankful I am that there is a movement in
Hull on the subject of dwellings for the poor, that,
I trust, will be attended with the most beneficial
results, both to individual poor families and to the
town at large. The scheme is yet in its infancy ;
but every friend of the poor, and every lover of
good morals, will hail the movement with gladness
and see in it a practical sympathy with the
lower orders, and a real desire to benefit them
both socially and spiritually." A brother gaol
chaplain said, a few years ago, in his book entitled
"Prisons and Prisoners"—" In sonic country parts
the condition of a poor man's habitation is disgrace-
ful ; in our large towns it is horrible beyond de-
scription." The -physical description of the poor
cannot be viewed as separated from the moral. The
want of a proper dwelling-place for the working.
man is one of the greatest trials, and it is as inju-
rious to his spiritual as to his bodily health. The
crowding together of a whole family in one room
weakens domestic virtue, destroys all self-respect,
modesty—mark that, gentlemen, and what it
implies—and delicacy of feeling, and utterly anni-
hilates all opportunity for self-improvement—a
home which is miserable from physical or moral
causes is the half-way house to the gin-palace or
beer-shop. The working classes, I assure you, when
placed in proper lodging-houses, are as remarkable
for sober and domestic habits as the inhabitants of
our courts and alleys are for drunkenness, immo•
rality, and crime. Sanitary reform is moral reform.
Every one can do something in this work in his
parish and neighbourhood; and he is bound to do
his utmost ; the health, the lives of the poor are
involved—yea, their morals, and in no small mea-
sure their eternal interests." So much did these
passages affect me, that I copied them out to read
to you this morning ; and I do now beseech you,
solemnly, to reflect, and act upon them. I do assure
you, in the name of justice, humanity, and religion,
that you cannot more becomingly end the present
and inaugurate the coming year. Every domestic
comfort you yourselves enjoy—every luxury you
deem yourselves justified in allowing yourselves—
ought to plead this wretchedly urgent cause before
your own hearts. Do try to realise to yourselves
the scenes depicted in the passages which I have
read to you, and which are equally applicable to
all our great and many of even our smaller towns.
Did you ever, by accident, or purposely, in the dis-
charge of a holy and ennobling duty, go to these
dismal scenes—
" Where hopeless Anguish pours her moan,
And lonely Want retires to die ?"
Can you not imagine the presence of that anguish,
and that want, driving off those who endure or
witness it, in desperation, elsewhere—to gain a
short mad forgetfulness in drink, and during that
horrid forgetfulness becoming the prey of the
seducer, and companions of the sons of Violence and
Infamy? When we leave our own superior homes
in the morning, we trust to return to them cheerful,
to be encountered by cheerfulness, and the enjoy-
ment of everything that can promote it. But how
is it with those of whom we arc speaking P At this
moment, during every hour of the day and the
coming night how many rooms in the town of Hull
are rendered absolutely insupportable by cold, by
starvation, I.)y uncleanliness—moral uncleanliness,
as well as physical? What is the result? Cfowded
dram shops, and thriving brothels, which cannot ba
frequented but by those who, with every succce.ling
visit, become more and more blindly devoted to vice
and intemperance ; and also must necesiarily rc-o rt
to fraud and violence to supply the nu als of guilty,
indulgence ! And speaking of brothels, me
eisries
you, gentlemen, if you are aware of the. statistics
relating to these detestable hotbeds of crime your
own town? I find the last item in Mr. M manus's
carefully compiled criminal returns for the last year
headed thus—" Return of the number of brothels and
prostitutes in the borough of Kingston upon-Hull."
It appears that the numbey ofr houses which pro
M •
stitutes are kept was 245 ! at, besides these, ti.e
number of houses to which such women res
was 52 ; and that the- number of such wretched
creatures was 515 ! I fear the returns for the cur-

re.
a;
bey
a; *roiffmy
own judicial experience in this place, that- i
were it
not for drain-shops and houses of ill-fame, my office
of Recorder would be almost a sinecure, and that
bar would be as empty as it is at this moment, and
your gaol, comparatively speaking, deserted. But,
gentlemen, while we condemn and abhor those who
frequent, and who keep, these haunts of infernal
infamy—let me ask whether the cause, to which I
have adverted, does not largely contribute to the
evil ? I mean a home made so hateful by.squalid
filth, poverty, and want—absolutely forcing im-
morality and crime on the wretched inmates—that
anything is preferable to it; and whether large
allowances should not be made by a wise humanity ?
But, gentlemen, how very easy it is to talk in this
way—to talk sincerely, and listen earnestly, and
with a sense of conviction, too ; and then think no
more of it, and do nothing ; but in due time, be •
ready again to talk, again to listen, and again to do
nothing.; till towards, or at, the end of life, a
sudden appalling scene of neglected opportunity—
a whole life-time's opportunity neglected—rises up
before the departing spirit—but, alas ! then,
too late ! Gentlemen, I commend these con-
siderations to you. The depositions have been
before me ; and I know the extent to which
this session's calendar corroborates the truth and
proves the necessity of these observations on the
subject of the causes and sources of crime. Gentle-
men, before I dismiss you to your duties, I must say
that the retrospect of the last year is not cheering,
with one exception—l mean the retrospect alone
with which we are here concerned as adminis-
trators of justice. We see the aspect of the last
twelve months discoloured and blackened by com-
mercial frauds of the deepest dye, covering not
their illiterate and ignorant but filar well-educated
and well-to-do perpetrators with infamy, and scat-
tering destruction far and wide on their innocent
victims and unsuspecting dupes. Oh! gentlemen,
what are the petty frauds and wrongs with which
we have here mostly to deal,,-et in respect of which
we brand the culprit with the blighting imprint of
" felon," compared with those monstrous and atro-
cious systems of villany which will make this year
1858 close with gloom, and misery, and ruin, to so
many who little expected it at the bright opening
of the year ? And I must add that another dread-
ful characteristic of the year, in our retrospect, is
the prevalence of crimes of violence and murder ;
but upon them I will not dwell, for I wish to recur,
in conclusion, to the exception—the one bright
spot in the darkness—to which I just now alluded :
I mean the steady success of the reformatory system.
I, for one, am watching it closely and calmly, de-
precating over-sanguineness and spurious senti-
mentality as strongly as any one can, and greatly
grieved to see any tendency to exaggerate success,
and under-estimate difficulties. Gentlemen,
it is a very great experiment which we arc trying
—trying with general prudence and energy ; and
as far as I can obtain trustworthy information, I
verily believe that the experiment is succeeding,
and will succeed more and more as it is appreciated
and persevered with ; and of this I can assure you
that our own crimianl statistics afford striking and
conclusive evidenceifjre meet again this time
next Fear, may I be able to speak and you to hear
on this subject with still greater satisfaction and
exultation. Gentlemen, I feel it my duty to make
charges of this kind to you, because I believe them
calculated—as. they are intended—to set gentlemen
in your responsible position thinking, then acting,
perseveringly and successfully.
EXECUTION AT LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

At noon this day Henry Reid, aged 38, was exe-
cuted at Kirkdale Gaol, for strangling his wife,
Susannah Reid, at Manchester, on the 23d Sept.
last.
Thu unhappy man had passed the period since
his sentence in calm and reflective quiet, awaiting
his fate with resignation, and not buoyed up with
the hope of mercy. Although not an educated, still
he was not an uninformed man. lle was not, how-
ever, a man of active intellect, and his conduct
since his sentence had been that of passive and
patient docility.
Although the rain had kept off during the morn-
ing, and it was wet only under foot, th event did
not prove so attractive as previous executions have
done. Calcraft arrived at the gaol in the forenoon.
He seemed pretty well in health, and quite calm
and cool in demeanour. About 11 o'clock he took a
walk out with one of the officials of the prison, and
went to an adjoining public-house, where he re-
quested that dinner might be ready for him at one
o'clock.
The crowd were on the whole exceedingly orderly
and there was, generally speaking, an absence of
those indecorous scenes so frequently witnessed.
The number of persons on the ground was about
3,000. At 12 o'clock. Calcraft and the culprit made
their appearance upon the scaffold. The execu-
tioner was dressed in black. He held the rope in
one hand and the white cap in the other. Reid was
florid in the face, but appeared to maintain his firm-
ness. None of the other officials were seen from
the outsido, but the voice of the chaplain could be
heard repeating the prayers used •n such occasions.
Calcraft placed the cap over the culprit's head, ad-
justed the rope, shook hands with the prisoner,
stepped back, and drew the fatal bolt. Immediately
on suspension the back of the culprit turned round
to the crowd, and remained in that position.
The sufferings of the poor wretch appeared to be
intense. His arms, shoulders, head, and neck moved
convulsively for the space of three or four
minutes, and the persons in the crowd audibly
complained of what they considered the unskilful
manner in which the rope had been adjusted.
Reid died without having made a confession,
thus practically asserting his innocence to the last ;
and the rev. gentleman had not administered the
sacrament to him.

Reid had been eight times previously convicted
—six times summarily and twice at the sessions.
His last sentences were respectively six months'
imprisonment and four years' penal servitude.

CHLOROFORM AT TILE ROYAL
ACCOUCHE-4IENTS.

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From a memoir of. the late Dr. Snow in the
Medical Times, we learn that on April 7th, 1853,
he administered chloroform to her Majesty at the
birth of the Prince Leopold. A note in his diary
records the event. The inhalation lasted 53 minutes.
The chloroform was given on a handkerchief, in 15
minim doses ; and the Queen expressed herself as
greatly relieved by the administration. He had pre-
viously been consulted on the occasion of the birth
of Prince Arthur, in 1850, but had not been called
in to render his services. Previous to the birth of
Prince Leopold, he had been honoured with an in-
terview with his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and returned much overjoyed with the Prince's
kindness and great intelligence on the scientific
points which had formed the subject of their con-
versation. On April 14th, 1857, another note in
the diary records the fact of the second administra-
tion of chloroform to her Majesty, at the birth of
the Princess Beatrice. The chloroform again
exerted its beneficent influence; and her Majesty
once more expressed herself as much satisfied with
the result.

Inquisitive folk often overburthencd Snow, after
those events, with a multitude of questions of
an unmeaning kind. He answered them with all
good-natured reserve. " ller Majesty is a model
patient," was his usual reply : a reply which, he
once told me, seemed to answer every purpose, and
was very true. One lady of an inquiring mind, to
whom he was administering chloroform, got very
loquacious during the period of excitement, and
declared she would inhale no more vapour unless
she were told what the Queen said, word for word,
when she was taking it. " ller Majesty," replied the
dry doctor, " asked no questions until she had
breathed very much longer than you have; and if
you will only go on in loyal imitation, I will tell
you everything." The patient could not but follow
the example held out to her. In a few seconds she
forgot all about Queen, Lords, and Commons ; and
when the time came for a renewal of hostilities,
found that her clever witness had gone home to
his dinner, /caving her with the thirst of know-
ledge still on her tongue—Med/ea/ Times.

DEATH OF ANT INFANT FROM AN OVERDOSE OF
SYRUP or POPPIES.—On Thursday evening along inquiry
took place at the
olye_s,tminst Hospital, before Mr.
r,ußed-
ford, on the body enor Freeman, an infant 18 months
,
old. Mrs. Jane Freeman, the mother cf the infant, said—
On Christmas Eve the deceased was very restless on ac-
count of teething I sent a little girl to a chemist's for two-
of poppies. This was about five o'clock
penny worth of sirup
in the evening. gave the infant two teaspoonfuls but not
becoming compo3ed, at 10 o'clock the same night,, I gave
her another teaspoonful. We went to bed about 11 o'clock.
About one o'clock I looked at my baby, and was- shocked at
finding her apparently lifeless. Mr. Riley, a surgeon,
promptly attended, and pronounced life to have been extinct
some time. Nlr. Riley, surgeon' of St. George's-road, Pim-
lic°7 sNid he had made a post mortem examination, and
found that death resulted from the narcotic which had been
administered to the infant. Evidence was brought forward
to prove the strong affection of the' parents for the infant,
after which the jury returned a verdict —" Died from' an
overdose of syrup of poppies,ineautiously administered by
the mother, and recommend that chemists be prohibited
from selling such in small quantities."
REPRESENTATION OF LINLITHGOWSHIRE.—A
vacancy is about to be made in the representation of this
county, by Mr. G. Dundas, the present member, receiving
a colonial appointment. The first intelligence of the event
came to the electors in the form of a canvass among the
Tory proprietors in favour of Mr. Baillie, the Lord .A.dvo-
cate.--Scotsman,