The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-10 00:00:00

THE SUN,

THE ATTORNEY. GENERAL V. KENRICK.
Thia intormation was filed against the &fondant fur
part uhich Le took in Vie transaction as detailed
above, and the jury 'flun,l a vrroict for the same amount.

meat of the balances down to 'he secretary and witness,
in order tl:at they might see that they were correct. The
company had in use three class 's of cheques, which were
provided by the directors. The ordinary course of
business was to retain the cancelled cirques with the
pass-book in the pocket, and it was his duty to cheek
them with the book and then tie them up fur preserva-
tion. When the directors wanted to see any of these
cheques they had to send to the prisoner for them.
Towards the end -of 1849 it came to his knowledge
that the prisoner was connected with the Olympic
Theatre, and he remonstrated with him upon the im-
propriety of such a proceeding. Early in March a com-
munication was made to him relative to the cheque, and
it was searched for, but it could nut be found. He
then thought it his duty to seal up the prisoner's
papers, and afterwards be sent for the prisoner and his
father, who was the cashier of the cffice, into his pri-
vate office, and he stated to them that some irregularity
had been practised in the office, and as they were
the two most likely to be implicated in the matter,
he thought it right to communicate with them before
any proceedings were taken. The younger Watts asked
what he was accused of, to which witness replied that
he made no charge, but the prisoner's conscience
must tell him what was the matter, adding
that conside, able sums had been abstracted from the
company. The father said he was innocent of anything
of the sort, that every fa-thing which had lersscd
through his hands had b,en punctually paid into the
bank, which was afterwards found to be the case;
and then turning to the son, the father said,
" Can you say the same?" The prisoner declined say-
ing anything, and witness left them in the room toge-
ther for ten minutes. On his return he found they
were gone; but on going up stairs he met the
prisoner, who said, " Tite, you have disgraced me by
sealing up my papers, and I call upon you to seal
up all the papers in the office." Witness replied, that
he could not do that, and then the prisoner told witness
that he was a proprietor like witness, and should re-
main in the office no longer. The prisoner then left,
and next day the directors received a letter of resigna-
tion from the prisoner with an intimation that if he
should be wanted he would be found at the Olympic
Theatre.
(The trial was proceeding when our report left.)

QUEEN'S BENCII.-(
(SilitrrsT4 THIS DAY.)
in ..e.etio, before Jest'ce. COLERIDGE, TAT-
TESON, and WIGHT :111N.)
At • • IN RE BARBER.
llrthe sitting of the Court this morning,
sitting
WILKINS proceeded with his address on
4lf
to of Mr. Barber. Ile began by addressing himself
aett.he facts connected with Slack's case. That trans-
-4111" took place in October, 1842. He contended that
Jile letters written in this c ase were signed by Barber
"_1 %rebate, and that Mr. Burcham, as appeared
i,r°'n his diary, had been much more concerned in
" than Mr. Barber, inasmuch as Mr. Barber was a
!ivze,sfer part of the time attending the Kingston As-
, - • He submitt-d that Fletcher had taken more pains
lye Air. BArher than any other person, and that
hi a deep-laid scheme had succeeded in misleading both
c,141,,,; arid Mr. Burcham. Learned Sergeant
remaining
at great length to comment on the
%renainiag charges made -against his client, whose
a leence he sought to establish, contending
she he proceeded that the observations addressed to
libel r, yesterday hy Mr. Bovill involved ta gross
!Qll Sir George Grey in the matter of the pardon
irstttsd to Mr. Barber. The Learned Coun,el con-
hishY `eying that he had undertaken the defence of
oclient from an imperative sense of duty, and his only
beard would be tt.e consciousries that he had acted in
itoierlen to that duty. He asked no higher reward;
If his efforts should be crowned with success,
ii"fe tiould deem it the most felicitous day iu his
se; (Mr. Sergeant Wilkins) had from the
intY cornrnencement of his professional life sought t,y
th,egrity, industry, and independence to attain to some-
' ~IngAllke a high position in it. If that were not tol-
b°,-e' by the higher rewards which some of the mem-
ra of his profession were so solicitous to secure, but if
e:ufabheicasasiecilfthcaotulhdo iv live to see the day in which it
eat' zfr only live to see the day in which it
eating ittld that ho had been the instrument of extri-
clesienr-v misery and shame a man who had been un-
fitsellY punished, he should indeed thank God for
creation.
drtr.. followed on te sae side, and was ad-
RiLusa g the Court when our report left.
CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.

AEU/ COURT.
(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman CARDEN.)
Matthias Martinez Debrie, a Mexican, was indicted
before a jury of half Englishmen half foreigners, with
stealing a bank note for 501., a bank note for 301., and a
quantity of gold dust, the property of Matthew Henry
Struts, the purser of the Royal Mail steam- packet Avon,
trading from Mexico to Southampton. From the state-
ment of the prosecutor, and the evidence adduced on the
part of the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner was
a passenger on board the Avon, from Vera Cruz to
Southampton ; that during the passage he and the pur-
ser scraped an acquintance, and repeatedly played at cards
together. It appeared that the prosecutor had a bank-
note for 50/. and another fur 30/., together with
some gold dust in a desk in his cabin, of which he lost
the key shortly before he arrived in this country. It
appeared also that the prisoner had a quantity of dou-
bloons, some of which he entrusted to the prosecutor for
security, but none of which he had in his possession
when be arrived in London. The bank-notes were
traced into the possession of the prisoner, he having
changed the 50/. at Mr. Carter's, a jeweller and silver-
smith, in Cornhill, in the purchase of a gold watch,
a chain, a key, ring, and breast pin, and
the 301. note, at Messrs. Moses and Son, in the pur-
chase of clothes. The gold dust was also purchased
from the prisoner by Messrs. Angerston and Co., for
171. 13s. 10d.
Mr. PARRY appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. BaLLANTINE addressed the jury for the prisoner,
contending that there was no evidence that the prose-
cutor ever had any gold dust, and that the just inference
was, that the prosecutor had given the prisoner the 501.
note and the 301. note in exchange for the doubloons he
had left after paying his passage money.
The RECORDER summed up, and
The jury, after a consultation of nearly half an hour,
found the prisoner Guilty of stealing the two bank notes.
The RECORDER sentenced him to 18 months' imprison-
ment i❑ Newgate.

Tiee (Before iil Justice
7. CRESSWELI.)
Wat. GLOBE INSURANCE-OFFICE ROBBERY.— Walter
'the: late lessee of the Marylebot e and Olympic
osee_lP, and sub-treasurer of the Globe Insurance-
-115 described as a clerk, and aged 33, was indicted for
eepallg en order for the payment of 1,4001, and a piece
seepsr upon which such order was written, valued at
the (e'nrlY, the property of the proprietors or trustees of
fe'Lehe Insurance Company.
kieue Attorney-General, Mr. Clarkson, Sir John
)4s. 6' and Mr. Bovil, appeared for the prosecution; and
eekburn, with whom was Mr. Bodkin and Mr.
defended the prisoner.
ohter ATTORNIEY-GENERAL stated the case to the jury,
very sing that, although the indictment appeared to be a
reeee,ernplicated affair, it would turn out that the charge
inisuj
ttliltimately resolve itself into one of simply steal-
eapeln order for payment of 1,400/., or of the piece of
thee ettePen which the order was written. The facts,
to' leis' and short, might eventually be set aside by
eosin arned Friend who appeared for the prisoner
eller g seize objection to the mode of preferring the
et all or on some other technical point, and it was not
be „ „improbable that in the end the jury would
carried
from their functions by the case being
points
L.to a higher tribunal, where the abstruse
deetcte°l law involved in the inquiry would have to be
bedie3u• The prisoner was the son of a gentleman who
alte, een connected with the Globe Insurance-office,
it
wast from its very commencement, prior to 1803, and
40tles, due to that gentleman to stile that there was
char °g in the case that could at all implicate or sully his
late Chet"- The Learned Attorney then proceeded to re -
he de facts as they were afterwards disclosed in evi-
," beand finally concluded by telling the jury that he
e been given to understand that the defence to be set
ni behalf of the prisoner would be purely of a tech-
glo, character, namely, thet he was a partner in the
etdiuce Insurance Company, and could not, therefore, be
that t,c,d for stealing his own property. It would appear
by si;:ceprisoner held two shares in the company ; but
see 4' al Geo. cap. 30, watch was a public Act,
az -nthorised the establishment of the Globe 'their-
,A -
ce.
cot, ee, it was provided that all the servants of the
theteraq who should be guilty of any malversation in
inet;ereaPective situations should be prosecuted at the
Pr e-rn:e of the treasurer, and he apprehended that the
thie'4,`°l4 of this Act would be a complete answer to the
vellon he was now anticipating.
lee'sr; Morris Bothwell, a clerk in the London and
elated,
Bank, was the first witness called. He
eered that on the 26th of last February he received
ee°BB the counter of the bank a cheque on Glyn and
eeiedhrawn by the Globe Insurance Company,for 1,400/.,
that Cheque•
handwriting of the prisoner, and which was the
of -ncrY note delivered in with all payments on behalf
the:Parties. The note merely stated the nature of
and on whose account it was paid in.
• Robson, another clerk in the bank, remembered
at Gi`ng the cheque in question, which he had cashed
and Co.'s with a number of other cheques
00 ,eb the London and Westminster Bank had received
;PM house, amounting in the whole to 4,269/.
cleiterci Steel, a clerk in Glyn's Bank, stated that he
the 2, the cheques referred to by the last witness on
I,4ceuto of July last, amongst which was a cheque for
of thi. drawn by the Glebe Insurance Company on one
fo l. "in'i forms. The company bad three distinct
the— of cheques for their sole use. One form was for
telg'neral account, the other for the annuity account,
d thel third fur the dividend account. The cheque for
01 was on one of these forms.
elefiereli?
Con( eeßeeze—Do you know that as a fact from re-
Witness—No, I only know it from the en-
tie' which I find in our books.
m
ose-l'r• Justice CRESSW ELL Are the entries in your
.tt handwriting. Witness—No, my Lord.
be iTer• 80N/ie.—Was any other cheque fur 1,400/. paid in
h"" London and Westminster Bank on the 26th
tee-snarY? Witness—No, I believe not.
etcr• COCKBURN—I distinctly understand that there
-n entries in your own handwriting. Witness—No,
eeicbiept that I put the items of All the cheques on the
ne,,it of one and added up the total.
that Sunburn, another clerk in Glyn's bank, stated
ton the 26th February he received a cheque from
the last witness for 1,400/., drawn by the Globe Insur-
ee'
-e"rnPany. He knew it was a cheque, because by
Fe entries in the books which he made himself it must
eb
been paid in during the afternoon of the 26th
hi% e'rY, while the practice of bankers was to pay in
in the morning.
Coceeunet—Have you any recollection of the
et that you received the cheque. Witness—No.
beMacr• exnuaer—Then how do you know it. Wit-
ie—BY the entries in the book.
titer-
wCOiCKBURN—Then you only infer such to be the
]tileWitness—Yes.
evid CecEnuae—Tben I submit, my Lord, this is not
euee.
tiro M 1:: Justice CaesswEeL—l think it is, Mr. Cockburn,
6- I will show you it by illustrating it with a question.
Lire you never known an attesting witness say he has
recollection of a tact, but upon lot,king at his signa-
ture the deed he has been enabled to swear to it?
`".r. COCKBURN—No, my Lord, I don't remember any
au, ease.
le ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Looking at the book,
on You say whether or no the cheq was paid to you
the 26th of February? Witness—ue Yes.
%k r% COCKBURN—Now, have you any recollection of
'I,! fact? Witness—l believe it was paid in.
her. Cociersone—l don't question your belief, what I
oPt to know is this.—Do you speak from recollection
the fact of the occurrence of the 26th ot February, or
bo4 inference which you draw from looking at the
book 3? Witness—Yes. I know it from looking at the
Ur- COOKnunN—And you have no personal recollec-
tof it? Witness—No.
COCKBURN—Again I submit, my Lord, that this
to n° evidence. Witnesses are called to speak to facts,
and
thatnot inferences; but, at all events, it must be shown
at the witness has some recollection of the cireum-
iitbisn-aesee he speaks to before he can be allowed to refresh
- "senior by referring to books.
o
co • ast.ce ...RESSWELL still differed with the Learned
thMr. Reynolds, another clerk at Glyn's Bank, stated
ca't it was his duty to check the pass-book with the
tt
'ger- He made the entries in the ledger himself, and
another clerk transferred the entries into the pass-book.
The book then came back to him, and he checked the
hceas with those in the ledger. On the 26th February
() entered a cheque for 1,4004 in the Globe Insurance
'citnPane's account, and afterwards the pass-book of the
company came into his hands, and now, by the dot op-
lAar,ltne,the item in the ledger, he could state that the
eitt7l- was entered in the pass-book. The item imme-
e ,:e'Y preceding the 1,400/. was 161. 155., an annuity
ledger it
After the pass-book was checked with the
it was returned to the company. The pass-book
had now in his hands, with the ledger before him.
The item of 1,4001. was in the ledger, but it was not iu
the Pecs-book. The item of 16/. 15s. was, however, in
there Pass-book, and on the line immediately following it
appeared to have been an erasure.
`4oBs-extenined—lt did not always happen that the
ttelna in the ledger and the pass-book followed in con-
secutive order.Th
• i - same contest took place as to this witness speak-
. illegef-,rtona reference or recollection, and with the same
as in the former instance.
aurrar. Henry Probin, the messenger of the Globe In-
. :111:lee-office stated that it generally fell to his lot to
on, the passbook of the company from Glyn's bank
W a Wednesday. He generally delivered it to Mr.itt at?, the
prisoner, whom he occasionally found watt-
Cog for it in the hall cf the office, and in the ordinary
✓n° of his duty ho had no doubt he must have deli-
eiu
• uet tit to that gentleman during the month of Fe-
"utty test
eross-exarnined—There was a large office on the
EargoUfnodr-hflin.
003 r. He did not always find Mr. Watts wait'
Mr- Willl'
Irian of. tam Tite, the architect and deputy chair-1
r the Globe Insurance Company, stated, that Mr.
Coos one
banker, was the treasurer, and himself,
eetsa:'fi of the trustees. The prisoner was a clerk in the
direevsa..DY, he was eppointed by the directors. The
seitc':utranaged the business of the company at the
erve for that purpose they employed clerks and
wee assistant who
acted under their direction. The prisoner
pri.,_!,s.istant clerk in the account office, end one of his
witrt'Ve duties was to check the payments at the bank
eeeieques and pass books, the balance of accept-
' 44'4 011 Wednesday morning he bad to bring the statc-

Boaam on a cavcrned grave which ht ayes and rends—
Death's lest despairing strife. THE DEAD Comes forth :
The mighty Tom is o'er; the REST is now;
The Sribbath of the now creation made,
To which all scale:is must converging turn,
Tiil all become His Sabbath who has bought
Our peace by woes we should have endless shared—
Once more 'thong followers now adoring round,
This Being, Man, God, Brother, Fetter—All
Which give assurance that Almighty Love
Will bless Eternity for Us t:s His
Created, Lost, Redeemed,—now leaves His earth
Slow vanishing. I see no more."
And fortified by this, she cheerfully yields herself a sa-
crifice, for even the possibility of saving her Nimrod.
There is an epilogue, in which the angels hold con-
ference with the beatified spirit of Nahmah, which
contains many passages well worth quoting had we
room ; but we must confine ourselves to the conclud-
ing song, in which the angels reconcile themselves still
to watch over this world of violence and suffering

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE

ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

The annual general meeting of the proprietors of

the Natiom.l Loan Fund Life Assurance Society was
hid on Wednesday, a the London Tavern ; T. Lamie
Murray, E3q., Chairman of the Board of Directors,
in the chair. Amongst the proprietors present we
observed E. S. Symes, J. Thompson, John Elliotson,
M.D., Augustus Vigne, Clement Tabor, Captain
Maher, M. Young, J. Herapath, Richard Symes,
James Irvine, W. R. Jameson, Henry M. Billington,
George W. Bartley, Thomas West, Samuel Walker,
Charles Bennett, Esqs., and others.

The advertisement convening the meeting having
been read by Mr. WOOLHOUSE, the actuary,
The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, the first business
to be disposed of is the reading of the report which
the directors have prepared for the proprietors on this
occasion. They hate embodied in this report all the
accounts which will be published, namely, an account
of profit and loss, together with an account of the
assets of the company. I will new call upon Mr.
Woolhouse to read the report.

CHORUS.
" Here would we stay,
Content to wait,
Though sin and sorrow !Len enthrall,
Till under death's all•-covering pall,
They pass away,
Unseen their fate;
Though passions fierce their transient life despoil
Of its fiw peaceful hours, snatched from exhausting toil.
" For dawn first steals
From darkest night;
And sin a❑d sorrow, at their worst,
Form but the tomb from whence shall burst
The Power that heals
Creation's blight:
Then Justice, smiling on man's deathless peace,
Shall bid sin wound no more, and woe for ever cease."

THE TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
OF THE NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
_

ANCE SOCIETY TO THE PROPRIETORS.

The directors have much satisfaction in meeting the
proprietors on the occasion of the tenth annual meeting
of the society.
"On no former occasion since the institution of the
society has its business presented so remarkable a pro-
gress, or the confidence of the public been so decidedly
expressed.
" Although the society may be considered as of recent
institution, as compared to many others of so much older
date, yet the advance it has made in the last few years
entitles it to the second or third rank in respect to the
rapid increase of its business and the prospects and ad-
vantages it holds out to assurers who embark in it the
future fortunes of their families.

" Since the last meeting the cholera has passed over
the surface of this and many other countries, sending
many to a premature grave.
"In common with many similar institutions this
society has suffered by this awful visitation, but not to
such an extent as in any way to disturb the calculations
upon which life assurance is based.
" The casualties, however, occasioned by this distem-
per baying occurred for the most part towards the close
of our financial year, they will only.in part appear in
the accounts of the present one, the mortality in which
is extremely light, exhibiting an amount of but 9,536/.
in claims paid, instead of 21,875/. expected, and showing
a balance of decrement within the year of 12,3361. iu
favour of the society.
" The claims paid by the society since its origin to the
Ist of December, 1849, amount to 101,139/., the expect-
ancy being 121,5111., which leaves a balance in its favour
on the whole period 20,3721.
"Upon former occasions the proprietors present have
been content with the reading of the accounts. These
have not been hitherto published. The directors, how-
ever, deem it advisable, in order to justify the confidence
of the assurers, to embody in the present report,
intended for publication, the auditor's account of profit
and loss of the year, and the assets of the society, which
are as follows:
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, lax DECERBER, 1819.

Dr.
To Claims paid
Claims extinguished by Pur-
chase ...
Bonus in cash paid to Policy-
holders

729 8 5

11,974 18 0
Annuities Paid ......... 3,713 13 2
Interest paid to Shareholders '2,0 i 1 17 7

17,720 8 9

Commission
Medical Fees .................. 1,037 9 5

5,085 9 9

London Charges ...........••• 3,528 1 8
Branch Charges .......... . .... 3,750 5 8

7,278 7 4

Travelling Expenses ......••• 716 19 0
Law Expenses .................. 343 8 3

1,060 5 8

Advertisements .............. . 1,910 19 2
Printing ........... ...... 495 0 9
Stationery._ ............... 119 11 9
Exchange... 17 17 18 0

2,543 9 8

£33,688 0 9
Balance Profit and Loss

£112,863 2 11

Cr.
By Assurance Fund (Nove
pniunas)
Ditto (Renewals)
EKtraLPreiniunis •• 146 14 1
- 57,559 15 6

Immediate Annuity Fund 876 3 6
Deferred Annuity Fund 1,350 0 7
Endowment Fund ...

2,236 2 7
3,998 2 6
49,769 2 4

Interest, &c. ........ .......
Profit and Loss

£112,863 2 1

ASSETS, IST DECEMBER, 1849.

Investments—
Houses in London and Dublin
for Premiums, Furniture at
Head Offices, and Branch
Furniture ...... £2,380 16 11
Loans and Mortgages ...... 27,091 12 10
Loans on Policies and Small
Loans ... •.... ...... ....... 36,465 14 0
Consols, Stocks, and 80nd5...... 15,
807 19
2
Reversions •••
Agents' Balances
Policy Stamps
Shares repurchased ... 4,763 17 6
Conversion of Shares ... 3,040 17 1
Expenses of establishing Society 6,595 8 5
Cash
-----118,695 10 1
"The directors are sensible that the stability and pro-
sperity of an office depend in a great measure upon the
annual increase in the number of insurers and the
amount of new premiums, as it must be evident, whore
such an increase cannot be obtained the expenses must
eat into the income of the old business.
" To attain this end has been the constant effort of the
directors, and they are happy to report that this has
been reached to a greater extent in the present than in
any former year, the number of policies issued being
1,033, and the new premiums carried to account 18,2681.
Os. 9d. As compared to 1846, the increase in policies
over that year is 496; over 1847, 401; and over 1848, 502.
" The Transatlantic business of the society, under
the careful and efficient management of our superintend-
ing board in New York, combined with the energy of
our general agent, continues, both in its extent and free-
dom from all excess in mortality over expectancy, to give
general satisfaction.
" The directors seeing the extent of our business in
the British North American colonies have deemed it
advisable to constitute another centre of superintend •
ence under a local board and general agent at Montreal.
The agencies of the society have been considerably
year,oth in this country and abroad.
have been much engaged with the
b
in France, where hitherto life
extendedfaosformation
,muTraatbnieocno sdirectors
t oagency
comparatively little known. The
prospects of this agency are promising.
"According to the stipulations in the deed of settlement
the actuary has made the annual valuations of the busi-
ness of the society. The result of this investigation,
after leaving
wa balance of assets equal to 66 per
valuation, cent. ot
the surplus, hich, with the reserve in the
leaves 82,454/. ss. 6d. for future profits to the policy-
holders not included in the present division, and enables
the directors to divide among those entitled to the pre-
sent distribution a cash bonus of 15 per cent. and a re-
versionary bonus varying from 20 to 56 per cent. on the
premiums, and to the proprietors a bonus of 4 per
cent. for the past year in addition to the regular in-
-yearly dividend in July next.
terest of 5 per cent. already received by them, and which
prepared by the actuary ex-
hibits examples of the amount of the nine last bonuses
to which the holders of policies of upwards of four years'
standing have become entitled, with the option of fou
owwi with
gt hteabhlaelf
re-
ceiving the same in cash, or by addition to their policies,
will
rbreb paide
or in permanent reduction of annual premiums:—
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED AND
OPTIONS. •

C
' Perms- Sum the
/Sonia nent Re- Assured
ix d '
% mium. out in 'Assured. "um. Annual row on
to Sum llama of may Bor-
aodnduitsioinn
Premium. Policy.
--i x a. a. ----X
.1. d 4 2.--d.d.
1837 1292 6 9
193 S 1267 11 4 139 16 9 22 lit 1 642 15 6
126 17 2 19 19 7 593 6 6
1839 1241 16 6 113 IT 7 17 8 3 543 17 9
6 93 16
1193 12, 6 8 14 0 10 494 8 10
60 1000 74 3 4 1841 149 12 s9 51013 8 11 445 0 0
k_go. lc:
:Annealal.ed-
.i rt:11181,4c.0:1113
i 1842 162 16 8 70 16 4 11 8 3 395 11 1
1943 115 10 10 ..5 10 10 8 110 346 2 3
•
1845 66 15 0 44 10 0
1844 77 19 2 33 15 10
4 10 1 247 4 6
15 9 11 296 13 4

whose period of office
.
be re-elected, and offer
" The business to be transacted ii, the present meeting
is the election of two directors in lieu of John Rawson,
E
exspq
i.
r,
easn, and Augustus
themselves accordingly.
" Also for the election
F•R.b.,
an auditor in place of Pro-
fessor Wheatstone, F4t.b., whose period of office ex-
pires, but who is eligible to be re-elected, and offers
himself accordingly.
" By order of the Court of Directors,
uwghuostaurs6Ne'ilFignieb,leEtsori.,
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Chairman.

" May S, 1850."
The CHAIRMAN said the next business, gentle-
men, is to read the items in the auditor's report, but
as they have been embodied in the directors' report,
it will, perhaps, only be necessary to read the au-
ditor's certificate. The next business will be to
read the actuary's valuation of the business of the
society upon which the profits are declared.
The actuary's valuation was then read.
The CHAIRMAN---
Gentlemen, before I put this re-
port to.the vote—before I move that it be adopted
and printed for circulation, if any gentleman wishes
to ask any question, I shall be most happy to hear
him—(Hear, hear)—either now or after I have made
what situation the society
the observations which I shall feel it my duty to
address to you on the subject—(Hear.)
Mr. Fox would take advantage of this offer to put a
—in the event of a war taking
question on the subject of their Transatlantic business.
inevent of our i
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heads with America
1 place between this country and America ? i

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING-, MAY 10, 1850.

The CHAIRMAN—I apprehend. sir, the society
would be placed in no difficulty whavcr. WTe
should still continue to receive our premiums.

Mr. Fox—Of course you have rnade arrangements
for that ?
The CIIAIRMATC—WO should continue to receivel
I imagine, our reieittances from America as on(
former occasions, for if the parties insured did not!
pay their premiums, of course the liability of the;
society would be at an end. (Hear, hear.)'
Now, gentlemen, this is the first occasion
upon which the directors have thought it
advisable, though not in conformity with a parti-
cular resolution passed at the first meeting of the
society, to publish their accounts ; but it being now
the fashion for shareholders and those interested in
societies like this to see what is really at the bottom
of them, the directors, after taking that resolu-
tion into the fullest consideration, have thought it
right not to ask the meeting to delay the publication
of the accounts till next year, hut to publish them on
this occasion.— (Hear, hear.) Although we may
have disobeyed that resolution passed at the first
meeting, I think this meeting will, nevertheless, give
us a vote of thanks for what we have done,—(Hear.)
We have fairly and honestly published the whole
transactions of the year, as they will go forth to the
public, as they will be placed in the hands
of all the proprietors, and as they will be
printed for general distribution.—(Hear, hear.) The
public will thus see how far this society ispe
deservingrert.
of the credit it has taken to itself in th
(Hear.) I believe I may say the progress of this
society within the last twelve months, indeed, within
the last four years, has been such as will entitle it to
rank second, if not first, with others, as far as
its progress is concerned.—(Hear, hear.) We have
received in one year of new business, of new custom,
of new confidence on the part of the public, the
large amount of 18,0001.—(Cheers.) No less than
18,2691. has been the increase of the year, re-
sulting from 1,033 policies, an amount of business which
I believe only one other office in England, in Great
Britain, has ever done anything like it.—(Hear.) The
income of the society is now somewhere between 60,0001.
and 70,0001.—it is upwards of 60,0001. We have
made a new valuation of our business, and I will endea-
vour to show you, gentlemen, what effect that increase
of business has had upon it.—(Hear.) Well, then,
the present liability of the society on all its policies is
1.781,5801. That is a large amount, and it affords some
idea of what will be the fortunes of the after gene-
rations of those who are pow interested in it.
—(Hear, hear.) Last year, I took the liberty of
stating to you some averages relating to insurances,
amongst which was the average age at which insurers
entered institutions like this. The average age of
entry is about forty ; last year the average age of all
our insurers was forty-six, showing an advance from
forty to forty-six; but the effect of the new business
upon the present, year has been to bring the
averages back from 46 to 44,-,k-45, instead of in-
creasing the ages to 47, as the then insurers are all
one year older. In the present year, then, the ave-
rage age of our insurers is but 45, making an
advance, if I may use the expression, backwards—
(A laugh)—and the average age of our insurers
younger.—(Hear, hear.) The object of pointing this
out to you is to show you the immense difference
that this makes in our valuation.—(Hear, hear.) In
older offices the average age is perhaps 56 to 60,
consequently, it requires a larger amount of assets
in band to meet decrements. In the old offices the
ages have advanced one year, while ours have got
younger. The result is, that in our calculations every
previous insurer is benefited by the large amount of
new business, the expectation of life being greater.
In our valuation we have not included the sum set
apart for future profits. We have reserved a sum of
82,0001. for this purpose, over and above the profits
which are at present divided. As regards the out-
goings of the society on the) year, if we look at
the question of deaths, we shall
_see that notwith-
standing the cholera they haVii•liel4n extremely light.
—(Hear.) The amount for the purchase of claims,
claims paid, bonuses to policy-holders, claims extin-
guished, in fact all claims upon the society, is
about 11,974/.—(Hear, hear.) As regards expenses,
of the London office, it would perhaps be a source of
satisfaction to the meeting to hear what these ex-
penses consisted ef.—(Hear, hear.) The London
charges, then, amount to 3,5281. ; that includes the
entire expenses incurred in the London house for direc-
tors, chairman, secretary's department, and, in fact,
every department relating to the London office, includ- '
ing charges for stamps and various other things.—
(Cheers.) I think the meeting will consider those
expenses not very extravagant, particularly when I
mention that out of that sum there have been paid the
court of directors, myself as chairman, and the pre-
sent
office of secretary, whose duties are attached
to my department, the day committee, and
medical attendance for the examination of proposals,
amounting in the whole, between the Ist of Dec.,
1848, and the Ist of Dec., 1849, a period of twelve
months, to only I,B44l.—(Cheers.) There are other
charges here which I should mention to you ; there is,
for instance, 1,9101. charged fur advertisements. That
is a large sum, but it has not been expended for the
advertisements of the last year, since some advertise-
ment accounts which have been sent in during the
year for former periods come into this item, and,
therefore, in this item a reduction of nearly 1,5001.
may be effected.—(Hear, hear.) The law expenses
have been high this year, besides which there are
the general and some travelling expenses which will
not be continued. On these items there will be a
saving of 1,000/.—(Hear.) The American expenses
amount to 3,750/., that is, fur American and
other agencies, and as regards this item I confess to
you freely that I do not see my way clear to any
great reduction.—(Hear.) Perhaps, however, there
may be a reduction of something like 7001. or 800/.,
but even that I cannot promise with any degree of
certainty.—(Hear.) The meeting would perhaps be
rather curious as to what had been the annual expenses
for the whole of the thirteen years during which the
society had been establisbed.--(Hear, hear.) Exe
elusive, then, of what relates to preliminary expenses,
and exclusive of commission and medical fees, the
whole expense of the society has been about
6,0001. a year from the very commencement, includ-
ing advertisements and every kind of expenses
of establishing the American agencies, which,
as I mentioned at our last meeting, has been very
costly.—(Cheers.) Now, as regards the preliminary
expenses, there is in the assets now put before you the
sum of 6,595/. Bs. 5d., they were originally 21,0001.,
and this year the amount written off will be about a
half of the former sum—(Hear, hear)—while next
year it will be entirely extinguished—(Hear, hear)—
at least, in saying that I of course assume that we shall
do as much business next year as we are doing now,
and if that turns out to be so, that item will be en-
tirely written of, or, at all events, the trifle remaining
will be very inconsiderable.—(Hear, hear.) Now,
gentlemen, another subject upon which I wish also to
be quite candid with you is the subject
of investments. You are doubtless aware that
since this society has been established we have made
investments in various things, and I am free to confess
that we have not been entirely immaculate, nor has
our judgment been so perfect as might otherwise
have been had we exercised a little more caution
(Hear, hear.) However, we have examined our assets
as they now stand, and upon which our calculations
are based, and we firmly believe, and I say so in the
presence of other gentlemen who are directors,
that the loss upon these assets will not
amount to more than 1,0001.—(Loud cheers.)
I am really very sorry to say that the society met
with an unfortunate investment with regard to some
French property. That was not entered upon as a
speculation, but it being at that time intended to form
a branch in France, and to be kept as a se-
curity to the French people to insure in our
society. The entire sum which we hold on
that French security is about 10,000/. ; we
have written off about 7,5001., so that it has
not turned out so ruinous as was at first appre-
hended. Though lam disposed to say peccavi with
respect to this transaction, I may mention that the
sum which we have written off, from time to time, is
about 13,259/. in 13 years, which makes about a
thousand a year lost by investments. These losses
were made at the first start of this society, but
we have been prudent ever since. That is the
real state of the case. I do not wish invidiously to
name other societies, but there are other companies
that had suffered from equally unfortunate invest-
ments. I know of one which has lost 30,0001. from
the failure of a bank, and another is likely to sustain
a loss of 20,0001. from a bank whose affairs were in a
very bad state. The loss sustained again re-
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hear.) I believe that is all I have
to say on that subject. As regards the American
business, though there is great rivalry among those
institutions on the other side of the Atlantic, our
affairs are in a satisfaCtory state, and we are not
doing any dangerous business. It had been said that
the circumstance of rivalry there would render our
success problematical, but I think the contrary,
for that rivalry tends to draw public attention to
the advantages of life assurance on the other side of
the Atlantic, which would not be sufficiently
awakened if only one society carried on its operations
there. After nearly six years' operations there our
annual income is upwards of 30,0001., indeed it
approaches 40,0001. Mr. Woolhouse has always
encouraged me with the assurance that
American life was equal to English life ;
I don't say in the swampy districts of the
Union, but generally. In the same way we have gone
to France; we have spent some money in doing it,

but we have got one hundred policies within the year
in France, and the agency is promising. I may
add that Mr. Frederick Starr, the brother of our
general agent in the New York, has been
appointed to preside over an establishment which
we have recently formed at Montreal, and the
improvement in our business there is very great in-
deed.—(Hear, hear.) We have got a board of di-
rectors at New York which will rank in point of
respectability and talent with the first merchants in
London, considering their relative position.—(Hear,
hear.) It is extremely well conducted, and
their expenses do not amount to 3001. a year
in doing a business of 30,0001. Mr. Fox, a great ship-
owner in America, who had been of great advantage
to us in the establishment of our institution there, I
regret to say, has died, and I gratefully pay a passing
tribute to his memory for the great services he
rendered us. I mentioned lest year that we had
promoted a fire-insurance company in connexion
ith the society. Since then great progress has been
made. The necessary number of shares are taken to
obtain a complete registration, and enable the office
to go into operation in June next. We have formed
it on such a plan as to make a kind of sister institu-
tion. The expenses will be in a great measure di-
vided amongst each, but no other partnership will
exist. We have obtained for this office very powerful
support, and we expect to realise a good income from
the very commencement.—(Hear.)
The resolution was then put, and carried unani-
mously.
The CHAIRMAN then moved that Mr. John
Rawson and Mr. Augustus Vigne, whose period of
office as directors had expired, but who were eligible
to be re-elected, offered themselves accordingly to be
re-elected.
Carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN also moved that Professor Wheat-
stone, F.R.S., whose period of office as auditor ex-
pired, and who was eligible to be re-elected, be re-
elected accordingly.
A PROPRIETOR asked what was the qualification for
an auditor ?
The CHAIRMAN replied that a holder of ten shares
was eligible. The valuations were made by Mr.
Woolhouse, their actuary, whose name was a sufficient
guarantee to the world.—(Hear, hear.) Professor
Wheatstone merely audited the accounts, balances, and
assets, and when the balances were properly struck,
the assets were carried up to the actuary, to calculate
the profits to be divided.—(Hear, hear.)
The motion for the re-election of the auditors was
then agreed to.
Mr. JAMESON, of Edinburgh, in rising to move a
vote of thanks and confidence in the Chairman and
directors, did not think he would be justified in
trespassing long upon the attention of the meeting,
after the satisfactory exposition of their affairs they
had just heard from the chair ; but perhaps the meet-
ing would indulge him for a few moments while
he expressed his own gratification at the
extraordinary progress which this society had
made.—(Hear, hear.) He was exceedingly [glad
to find that they had such a great Transatlantic con-
nexion, and he really did think they must borrow
from the vocabulary of the Anglo-Saxon in America
the only phrase sutilcient to explain the progress and
success of the society. The phrase he proposed to
borrow would be sufficiently comprehended and un
derstood by the meeting, he had no doubt. The
words "go ahead "—(A laugh)—were the most ap-
plicable to the society, for certainly it appeared from
the statement of their excellent Chairman that they
had been " going ahead" pretty considerably —( Hear.)
They had now only arrived at their tenth yearly meet-
ing,and yet they were now counting profits by decimals,
while if they went on progressing as they were now
doing he was sure the amount of business next year
would exceed all their fondest expectations.—(Hear,
near.) The commencement of a business like the cul-
tivation of waste land always involved the expendi-
ture of a large amount of capital in the first instance,
and it was rarely that any return was obtained until
after the lapse of some ten years. In the case of this
society, however, that rule had not held good, for not
only had they got rid of the preliminary expenditure
which had been occasioned by breaking ground in Eng-
land, Ireland, and Scotland, but they had succeeded in
establishing agencies with their brothers across the
Atlantic, and their friends, if he might so call them,
on the other side of the Channel, and yet had
already found profits accumulate.—(Cheers.) The
period had indeed arrived when they were realising
the profit of their enterprise, and it certainly was a
source of great satisfaction to him, as he had no
doubt it was to the meeting, to think that their ex-
penses and losses had been so trifling compared with
the benefits the society afforded to the public, which
in the past year had been enormous and astonishing.
—(Hear, hear.) A question had been put as to
the effect of a war on the French and American
investments. The only mischief that war could do
would be the possibility of its giving rise to
revolutions or insurrections that might take off the
heads of some of their policy-holders.—(Laughter.)
That would be a serious thing for them, but,
nevertheless, it was some consolation to know that
the rather awkward practice of cutting off heads was
not so prevalent in France now as, unfortunately, it
was formerly.
The CHAIRMAN—We should not be liable even in
that event.
Mr. Jemesoei rather thought they would.
The CHAIRMAN—No, no.
Mr. JAMESON was very much mistaken indeed,
then, if they would not, for death by the hand of the
executioner no more vitiated a policy in their society
than did suicide, when it turned out on inquiry that
suicide was only another name for a diseased mind.
Mr. GODDARD —That was settled at the last meet-
ing, I think.
The CHAIRMAN—Yes.
Mr. JAMESON continued—lf neither the French nor
the Americans would injure them in that way they
had no power to injure them is any other way.—
(Cries of " Hear, hear.") But the progress that
was making both in France and in America
in life assurance was particularly gratifying
in a general point of view, since it would serve to
cement nations together.—(Hear, hear.) No nation
ever went to war without heartily regretting it after
the war was over ; and it was no little gratification
to him to think that the progress of the principles
established by this society would have the effect of
preventing a recurrence of some of those most stupid
blunders which men have committed and called by the
name of war—(Hear.) For these reasons he was entitled
to congratulate the directors, the public, the world
at large, upon the great progress which the society
had made, and to call upon the shareholders—who
although they had all the power, certainly were not the
most deeply interested in the society—to return thanks
for the exertions which had secured this astonishing
success.—(Hear.) The people most interested in
the society were those who looked to it as a provi-
sion for those dear to them when they were removed
from the scene of their earthly struggles.—(Hear,
hear.) When they talked of that class they spoke of
thousands, when they talked about their capital they
spoke of a million rapidly rising into two, and he
called upon the meeting in their behalf to thank the
directors for their able services, who, trusting for
reward to the high conscientious feeling of serving the
institution almost gratis, were pursuing what he
could not help stigmatising as a Quixotic course
of parsimony as far as regarded themselves.—(Hear,
hear.) He trusted, however, that nothing which
might be said by the few that were against them
would induce the directors to impair their own
efficiency by any fanciful principles of parsimprogressEfficiency. was the true essential in the progress of so-
cieties like this, and he therefore warned the directors
against being betrayed into the penny wise and p.to,u, nss
foolish system.—(Hear, bear.) It was. bad to witness
extravagance in any management, still worse ineffi-
ciency, and while they economised in their income
economy to
they should not allow that
degene-
rate into parsimony, or it would be at the expense
of impairing the advancement of this. g.reat national
institution.—(Cbeers.) Other societies had bor-
rowed--he would nut say stolen—from them the
princip • les upon which this society was founded, and
though they had thus trenched upon their mo-
nopoly, he, for one, did not repent it. The prin-
ciples could not become too universal, and encou-
ragement ought to be given to them wherever they
were found, as it would be the means of raising life
assurance to the position of a science. Indeed, he
believed it had already taken that rank, and it was
still destined to confer a great and lasting benefit
upon society wherever society existed.—(Hear,
hear.) He had now to move that the thanks of the
meeting be presented to their very efficient board of
directors, and to their able Chairman, who had, as
was prophesied last year, been handling both whip
and reins with a strong hand, so as to make his agents
move steadily and vigorously in harness, and who had
told the meeting, very properly, no doubt, that all
the circumstances and situation of their society ought
to be made unreservedly known to the public. They
had no secrets to keep back from the world.—
(Hear, hear.) The whole state and condition
of the society would pass through the ordinary
channels of information to the world, and when the
public saw how candid the society was with them,
how few were its losses, how satisfactory were its
profits, and how gratifying its results, the Puebic
could not fail to repose in it the utmost confiden:,ou--
(Hear, hear.) The public, be was convincer,d ,an Id
assist and support it in every possible manner
d
this time next year, he trusted, as they were entitled
to trust, the directors would be enabled tone h tunce
a still further increase and improvement pro-
gress of its affairs.—(Cheers.)
MT cond the resoluo
. GODDARD was anxious to se
which had been so ably and eloquently proposed by
the gentleman who badjust sat down, more especially
as, at the last meeting, he asked some questions, and
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view was the continued well-being of the society.---
(Hear, hear.) He was amply rewarded for the line
ot conduct he had laid doe n for himself in finding
that he had been instrumental in eliciting the
satisfactory report which they had received.
Men of his profession had a habit, and it was by no
means a bad habit, of looking to the bottom of things.
They invariable probed a wound to the bottom, be-
cause when they got there and ascertained its depth
it was the sooner healed. Wherever that course \vas
not pursued, wherever there was a grating over, if he
might use the expression, wherever there was mys-
tery, confusion, or concealment, suspicion was cer-
tain to be excited.—(Cries of " Hear, bear.")
That was his view and notion of things, while the
same rules that he applied to himself as an individual,
were equally applicable to a society like this.—
(Hear, hear.) This society addressed itself to the
masses, as well as to the higher classes ; and they
might depend upon it, that system which satisfied
the multitude would prove to be the most successful,
the most profitable in the end.—(Hear, hear.) So
the people of Brighton had found that the flocking of
the middle classes to that delightful watering place
was far more beneficial to them than was the support
of the aristocracy, as it was twenty years ago.— (Hear.)
He had been often asked what was the annual income
of their society, and in what property their funds
were invested ; but not being able to answer those
questions, the parties who interrogated him jumped to
the conclusion that there was something wrong about
the society. After the lucid and interesting statement
he had heard from the Chairman, and the satisfactory
state of the report, he should be able to supply posi-
tive information to persons who might question him
with respect to the state and prospects ot the society.
He would only ask, in conclusion, if it was possible
to make the policies indisputable from a given time,
so that when a man possessed a policy he had as
good a security as if it rested on a freehold?
The resolution was then put by Mr. JAmEBON, and
carried nem. con.
The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said he and
his brother directors had of ten felt the proud satis-
faction to receive a vote of thanks at the close of theft
annual meetings. He felt satisfied and proud that
the meeting had been content with the statement that
had been put before them ; and now that their
stewardship had been exposed, he felt a great
degree of satisfaction that it met with not
a single dissentient voice. He had a very deep pe-
cuniary stake in the society, and a very deep moral
stake in it also. Another of the directors had up-
wards of 5,0001. in it—(Hear, hear)—and their
immediate friends and relations had a stake in it to
a considerable extent, and therefore the directors
were proprietors who were deeply interested in the
success of the society. As regarded the indis-
putableness of the policies, it was a proper ques-
tion, but like everything else that had a risk
attached to it, the proposition was liable to objection ;
all he could say was that from his experience he had
not been favourable to it. They had very nearly
been cheated in Canada to the extent of 5,000/. by
the death of a man's wife who was insured, and who
actually died within a day of the time when
the payment became due ; but owing to the astute-
ness of the Hon. Mr. Starr, the general agent in the
United States, this intended fraud was detected, and
this society and several other London institutions
saved the sum of 15,0001. He might mention en
passant that these distinguished services had not
met any reward from those companies who had
been saved by his exertions. Of course it was
the determination of the husband that she
should die.—(Hear, hear.) Another case happeeted at
Bristol in the case of a policy for 3,0001., w here
a man poisoned his wife and then poisoned hi m•
self during the investigation. Those were not
tavourable data on which policies could be made in-
disputable. He meant, however, to turn his attention
to the subject shortly, with the view of seeing how
far it might be done in some particular cases. He
returned them his cordial thanks. lie hoped their
exertions next year would be equal to the past. They
had already received 309 proposals within this cur-
rent year, which was about as much business as
many other offices did in a whole year.
The meeting then separated.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Madame Sontag appeared last evening as Elvira in
I Puritani for the first time, and has at once set all
rivalry at defiance. She has made the character her
own ; in Elvira, at least, there is no living artiste who
can approach her. ller very youthful appearance is
much in her favour ; she looks a "vergen vezzosa,"
and her quiet and ladylike manners are quite in
keeping with the character. In the mad scene she
was beautifully true to nature, and her quiet pathos
contrasted most favourably with the exaggerated
violence which her predect.ssors in this part have
usually exhibited. She was in admirable voice, and
rendered the music exquisitely. She was encored in
the " Son vergen vezzosa," and in the beautiful
" Vien di letto" in the second act, which we have
never before heard rendered so exquisitely. Bau-
carde was the Arturo, and his Arturo is by far the best
thing that he has yet done, and will add immensely
to his reputation. The "Ah ti a cara " was a per-
fect gem, and was enthusiastically encored. With
Lablache as Giorgio, and Coletti as Ricciardo, it
will be apparent that the representation of last
evening was as near perfection as possible.
Les Graces followed, and the furore which it creates
is increased on each occasion by its repetition. Fer-
raris was, as usual, encored in her pas. The house
was crowded in every part.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.
The announcement of a new five-act comedy from
the pen of Douglas Jerrold, drew a crowd around
the doors of this theatre last evening long before the
hour fixed for their opening, and within a very few
minutes after they were opened the house was
crammed to suffocation in every part ; in fact, it
was a perfect crush in boxes, pit, and galleries—a
proof, if any such were needed, that the love of the
legitimate drama is still strong, and that a good play,
well acted, will always draw a good audience. The
name of the new comedy is The Catspaw,
and for brilliancy of dialogue, for biting sarcasm,
for wit and repartee, aye, and for richness
of humour, too, the Catspaw is equal, perhaps in
some respects superior, to any thing that our author
has yet written. It is quite worthy to take its place
with Bubbles of the Day and Time Works Wonders,
and will be found with those masterpieces among the
few dramatic writings of the present age " which the
world will not willingly let die." Thus runs the plot
—Mr. Snowball (Mr. Keeley), a middle-aged well-
to-do bachelor, resides in comfort and splendour, at
the West End of the town. He is of nervous and
most excitable temperament, and fancies himself so
ill that it is necessary he should have a permanent
and resident physician in constant attendance on
him, and he consequently engages Dr. Petgoose
(Mr. James Wallack) in that capacity, and of Dr.
Petgoose Snowball is the complete catspaw, being
befooled and bephysicked at the will and plea-
' sure of the Doctor. From a rich uncle Snow•
ball has great expectations ; the uncle dies,
and leaves his property to a Mrs. Peachdown
(Miss Reynolds), Snowball determines to com-
mence an amicable suit in Chancery against this
lady. Snowball's servant-girl Rosemary (Mrs.
Keeley), has been for some time engaged to Apple-
face (Buckstone), a drummer in the 101st Regiment.
She buys his discharge, and having dressed him in a
suit of black introduces him into her master's house,
and when he is discovered, to prevent his recognition
and consequent ejectment, she introduces him

as the lawyer engaged to conduct the Chancery suit, be
thus becomes introduced to the niece of Snowball, sod
is on the point of being married to her, when he i.s
discovered by his old lover Rosemary, and brought
back to his duty, but not until he also has used
Snowball as a catspaw. During this time
Snowball is the victim of another impostor, Mr.
Coolcard, alias Busby Knox, M.A., alias Cheva-
lier Podovy, a begging. letter impostor, admirablymade up and excellently acted by Mr. Webster,
victimizes Snowball under each of his separate
guises. Snowball, dreading lest the Chancery
should ghould be decided against him, determinesri
Mrs. Peachdown, but by hiswooing her nearly
(Mr. Howe),
y_gets
self into aduelvvith herlover,Capt.Burgown
loses both his
and at last the unfortunate CA77
lawsuit and his lady, but, en reva
h'cihsje,inhteenatlsioongneftsirmid.
of Dr. Petgoose, who announcestenti
on of ubrx " the
mediately offering to the„at
Keeley's snowball was a
friend of the family pill.
rich piece of genuine come dy, his expression of tcrror
Wallach made a great part
was rich in the extreme.
of Dr. Petgoose, and Webster, as the begging letter
postor, was the very poef Mrs. Reynolds was genuine
haute comedic', andrfection of cool impudenc e.
The Mrs. Peachdownthe Rosemary of Mrs. Keeley was
her penonations of similar Farts have
as hearty as
y been. Buckstone, as the mock lawyer, was
avlewrya-csomical. The dialegui was, as we have said,
!din wiwit wisdom, and sarcasm. There are
spar
aothegm g sinsthi comedywhich will become housew
hopld words, and there are quaint sayings to convulse
one with laughter. At the conclusion all the artistes
were called on, and then there were loud calls for
Mr. Jerrold, who bowed his thanks from a private
box; but the audience were not content with this, and
insisted on bringing him on the stage.
by I

We are informed, on very good authority, that the
report of the health of Towns Commission will be issued
next week. It is said that they recommend the supply of
water for London to be brought from the Malvern Hills, in
Worcestershire. We should like to know what would be the
size of the culvert.—The Architect.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—ST. PETERSBURGIT,
APRIL 28.—His Majesty the Emperor has commanded that
two Councillors shall be appointed, the one at St. Peters-
burgh, the other at Odessa, to examine the specimens of
agricultural product which are to be sent from Russia to
the Great Exhibition in London in 1551.—5 t. Petersburg's
Gazette.