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RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE
. COMPANY;
Empowered by Spectal Act of Parliament, 12 and 13 Vic., cap. 40.
Offices, 3, Old Broad-street, London.
. - DIRECTORS.
• Chairman-JOHN DEAN PAUL, Esq., 217, Strand.
Deputy-Qhairmau--GEORGE BERKELEY HARRISON, Esq., 24
Great Tower-street, City.
*Humphrey Brown, Esq., M.P. 'Twining Park, Tewkesbury.
James Clay, Esq., MA'., 25, dontagu-square.
George Clive, Esq., Sanderstead Court, Croydon:
Samuel Whitfield •Daultes, Esq.,. 14, Whitehall-place, Westminster.
Harvie Morton Farquhar, Esq , 16, St. James's-street.
Alexander Greig, Esq., 10, Low:ldes-street, Belgrave-square.
The Hun. Arthur Kinnaird, Pall-mall East.
George Robert Paul; Esq.,Portland Lodge, Worthing.
Bankers-Messrs. Strahan, Paul, Paul, and Bates, 217, Strand;
• Messrs, Ransom and Co , East.
Standing Counsel-Henry Davison, Esq., Brick-court, Temple.
- Solicitors -Messre...Ery and Holt, Walbrook House, City.
Surgeon-Barnard Wight Holt, Esq., F.R.C.S., 5, Parliament-street,
Westminster.
' Secretary-Alexander Beattie, Esq.
This Company has • teen established for the purpose of affording
compensation in cases of personal injury, and the paymeat of a cer-
tain sum in the event of death by railway accident.
During the year just closed the following are the particulars of the
claims that have been made on this Company by 37 persons who
have sustained injury in travelling by railway : - •
No. 1. A. holder Of a periodical ticket, No. 5,091, met with an ac-
cident by falling off the platform at Preston, on the night of the Ist
November. -Adjusted byes payment of 71. 6s.
No. 2. A mail guard, insured by a periodical ticket, No. 5,584.
whilst travelling from Coatbridge to Perth, on the 29th November,
haying occasion to get out at the Stirling Station, he slipped between
the platform and post-office van.' The injury he sustained prevented
him from attending to his duties till the 3d January. Awarded 201.
' No. 3. The holder of a-periodical ticket, No. 5,396, whilst travel-
ling from Macclesfield to Manchester, on the 31st December, was
thrown against a gentleman sitting oppesite to him, and received a
blow on his face, which rendered him incapable of attending to his
business for a few days. Ills claim was settled by the Companypay-
ing at hi§ request 5 guineas to the Manchester Infirmary, the
claimant being himself a-Medical man.
No. 4. A commercial traveller, and holder of a periodical ticket,
No. 16,880, met with an accident at the Thirsk,Station of the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, whilst about to proceed to New-
castle on the 24th of January. The injury consisted of a severe
bruise of the thumb, caused by a porter shutting the door of the car-
riage, on his left hand, before he could take his seat; the accident
obliged him, after remaining a week at Newcastle, to return home
from his journey, which he was unable to resume until February 11.
Awarded 311. 10s.
No. 5. The holder of a first-class ticket, issued at Leicester,Jannary
28, was a passenger is the train that ran off the rai:s between Bile-
worth and Wolverton ; he was thrown with great violence against
another passenger, and the shock unfitted him from attending to
business for some days. Awarded 141. 14s.
No. 6. The party in this instance is a clerk in the Travelling Post-
office, and the holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,474, and was se-
verely injured, especially in the face and eyes, by the collision of the
mail with the goods' train, that occurred on the 13th February, near
the Abingdon Station, on the Caledonian Railway. Awarded 2101.
The injury to the eyes appearing to be of a permanent character.
No. 7. The holder of a single journey ticket was also a passenger
in the same train. Ihe claimant was about to proceed to New
York, by the Canada, but the injury he received prevented him from
doing so. Awarded 301.
No. S. The holder of a periodical ticket, No. 7,343, was injured by
the collision between the passengers' and goods' train in the long
tunnel in the Leeds and Bradford Railway, on the 18th February.
Awarded 401.
No. 9. A commercial traveller, holder of periodical ticket, No.
16,851, was travelling by the mail train that left Newcastle at 4 Pia.
on the 15th March for Manchester, and susta ned a severe shock
by the engine running off the line near the Victoria-bridge.
Awarded 101.
No. 10. A Government officer and his wife were passengers by the
mail train that left Durham at half-past four o'clock P.M. on 6th
May, which ran into an engine in the siding from the points not
having been properly set, near the Belmont Station of the York, New-
castle, and Berwick Railway, They were both much hurt by the
collision. Awarded 351.
No. 11. An engine-driver, whilst driving the engine of a goods'
train on the 25th of May, between Blisworth and Wolverton, was
thrown beneath the engine from the traits coming in collision with a
bale of cloth that had just fallen on the line from a passing train; he
was much scalded and otherwise severely injured. Awarded 421.
Claims 12 to 17 were made by parties who were travelling by the
excurs on tra'n on the 3d July from Leek and Macclesfield to
Liverpool, the weight of which overpowered the breaks on entering
the station.
No. 12. The claimant, withhis wife and mother-in-law, from Leek,
second-class passengers, were all bruised. Awarded 61.
No. 13. A young woman from Leek, a third-class passenger, had
her face hurt. Awarded 21.
No. 14. A man and his wife, employed in the manufacture of elk,
third-class passengers, were both slightly injured by the shock.
Awarded 21.
No. 15. A passenger from Macclesfield had insured himself and
family, six in number, thr, a of whom received some injuries from the
concussion. Awarded 51. ss.
No. 16. A gentleman holding a periodical ticket. No. 8,751, left
Macclesfield in the above train, and was so shaken as to be inca-
pacitated from attending to his business for a few days. Awarded 61.
No. 17. A second-class passenger from Macclesfield was severely
injured about the spine and neck, which still confines her to her
room.
No. 18 and 19. These claims were made by two gentlemen,
holders of periodical tickets, employed in the railway post-office,
and travelling by the mail train that left the Euston Station on the
evening of the 6th of July, and ran into some waggons of a goods'
train, proceeding on the same line, near Harrow. One of them
sprained the muscle of his back, and the other was thrown against
the corner of the pest office, breaking one of his ribs, and being
otherwise injured.
Claims No. 17, 18, and 19. are in course of adjustment.
No. 20. The c:aimant and his wife were third•class passengers by
the same train ; he escaped with a few bruises, bat his wife was
much injured. Awarded 151.
From the accident that occurred to the excursion train at Vow-
lairs, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, on the Ist August,
when six persons were deprived of their lives, and many others in-
jured, the following claims have arisea :-
h- No. 21. A farmer from
ea Dubheads,t..... near
,Cri:42.: h..7.‘„,towabollint the
eed s faeo. Av....rasa
liet.•227•A'narpenter from jinat
head. Awarded 41.
No. 23. A farmer from Strathallen, was also hurt about the head.
Awarded Si.
No. 24. A draper from Auchterarder, was injured about the thigh
and side. Awarded 31.35.
No. 25. A man. from A uchterarder, was severely bruised about the
ribs.
No. 26. A brother to the above was slightly injured. Awarded

21. 2s.
No. 27. A female was bruised, and otherwise internally hurt.
Awarded 61.
No. 28. Another female was injured about the chest and side.
Awarded 2/: 2s.
No. 29. A man, from Auchterarder, was slightly injured.
No. 30. A farmer, from Talliebardine, was seriously bruised.
Claims 25, 29, and 30 are in course of adjustment.
In most of the above cases the sum awarded is exclusive of the
medical expenses incurred by the sufferers which have been defrayed
by this Company, in addition to that of their own medical officers,
who promptly visited the injured parties on hearing of the accident.
t.
The utility of such a Company is demonstrated by these
and the conviction that the premiums which the railway traveller
pays are but a small addition to the cost of his journeys, and create
a jucd for the relief of those who from time to time suffer by railway
accidents, which no human foresight can prevent, will it is hoped
secure the public support to this Company.
Table of Premiums.
Table for a Single Journey, irrespective of distance, to Insure
1,000/. in a first-class carriage, at a premium
d.
of 3d.
500/. in a second ditto ditto 2
2001. in a third ditto ditto Id.
the Company also
For the convenience of frequent travellers,
issues periodical tickets, to insure 1,0001. for one month, at a pre-
for
mium of ss. ; for three months, 10s. ; for six months, 16s. ;
twelve monts, 205., with the option of travelling in any class car-
riage, and in any railway in the kingdom.
These tickets may be obtained at the stations of most of the rail-
ways in England and Scotland, of the provincial agents of the Com-
pany, and at the Company's office, 3, 04 Broad-street, London.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
go. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance Of the Old Post-
office, London.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Chairman.
THOMSON HANKEY, jun., Esq., Deputy-Chairman. ,
henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Ly&ll, Esq.
John Dixon, Es 4. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch. Esq.
Joins Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq.
AUDITORS.
W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
I
Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq.
ACTUARY-Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at
iow Rates without participation in the Profits; or at moderate Rates
with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At
each of the four Septennial Divisions which this Company has made,
the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received;
and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com-
pany exceeded 770,0001.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 501.
In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
on the sth of Jung, upon the premiums received on all Policies
which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1849, and the same
.snow in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
tetween the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and
also by the Agents in the Country Districts.
Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at
Michaelmas 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 Kingdom, otherwise they be-
come void.

GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
8,
The NEW COVEN, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON.
FOURT LITRY-STREET ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head
Office, :A One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the
report, which is too lengthy for publication:—
During the past year no claim.. have arisen from deaths in England.
and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 280/.—making
together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expected
mortality, and is especially favourable, when It Is remembered how
severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last

year.
The number of lives assured etween the Ist of June, 1949, and
the 3lst of Kay,, 1850, was more b
than double the number issued in
the twelve months preceding.
Prop'sets were made for 139 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.:
of these 121, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s.
Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 33.
was received by the Company in the shape of premiums.
Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last,
assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 12s 6d., pro-
ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. 11s. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed,
amounting to 23,9501. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were
7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to
2,9911. 158. I Id.
Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001.,
but 1,1831. 1 Is. 10d. only was advanced.
The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the
last four months they had considerably extended their business on
the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur
de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for
his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters,
who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris,
the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parisis, Eveque
de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con-
siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but In An-
nuities both Immediate and Deferred.
After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning
thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice-
Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish-
ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results
and future prospects.

LORD PALMERSTON AND THE GREEK QUESTION.
This day, price 25., p.p. Bvo.,
LORD PALMERSTON'S SPEECH on the
GREEK QUESTION REFUTED.
By A GREEK GENTLEMAN.
London : Effingham Wilson, Publisher, 11, Royal Exchange.

READING SAUCE,
FOR FISH, GAME, GRAVIES, RASHES, STEAKS, &c.
tITOHN and. CHARLES COCKS, the sole Pro-
prietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING
SAUCE, beg to caution the Public against the daily frauds practised
by many persons, who are offering their spurious imitations as the
Genuine Reading Sauce.
This Sauce is patronised and recommended by most families in the
kingdom, and for general use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by all
respectable Fish Sauce Vendors. Be particular In asking for
"COCK'S READING SAUCE,"
which is prepared only by John and Charles Cocks, at their Mann-
factory, Duke-street, Reading. All others are counterfeits.
Observe the name—" J. and C. COCKS, Reading," on the Seal and
Label of each Bottle : without this none are genuine.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY AND
RIVER DUN COMPANY.
At th 3 ITALF.YEARLY GENERAL and also SPECIAL MEET-
ING of Shareholders.% hell at the Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield, on Satur-
day, 31st August, 1850,
Lord WHARNCLIFFE in the Chair,
The Secretary read the advertisement convening the meeting.
On the motion of the Chairman, the Common Seal of the Com-
pany was affixed to the Register of Shareholders.
The Secretary read the Report. •
On the motion of the Chairman it was resolved—
That the Report now read be received and adopted, and printed
for circulation amongst the Proprietors.
That the forfeiture of the following Shares declared by the Direc-
tors be confirmed, and that such Shares be disposed of by cancelling
the same :
From To Shares.
145 .. 289 .. 145
9163 .. 9253 .. 94
36747 .. 36760 .. 14
1093 .. 1107 .. 15
1284 .. 1297 .. 14
3589 .. 1598 .. 10
1713 .. 1729 .. 17
14435 .. 14444 .. 10
14469 .. 14487 •• 19
17603 .. 17612 .. 10
33029 .. 33050 22
33916 .. 33962 :. 47
1839 .. 1862 .. 24
17994 .. 18059 .. 66
22316 .. 22329 .. 14
32759 .. 32997 .. 239
33300 .. 33322 .. 33
33376 • • 33380 •• 5
21838 .. 21856 .. 19
34065 •• 34078 .. 14
31311 .. 32248 • • 938
5015 .. 5435 •• 421
5949 .. 5472 '• • 24
14876 .. 14899 • • 24
33902 .. 33938 .. 7
5974 5993 20
6364... 6385 .. '22
6655 • 6688 .. 34
6890 6918 •• 29
19191 .. 19260 70
21259 • • 21282 •• 24
34079 .. 34132 .. 54
7096 .. 7283 •• 188
7308 •• 7330 •• 23
7336 • • 7345 •• 10
7348 .. 7357 • • 10
19359 .. 19382 .. 24
7284 • • 7337 .. 24
7360 .. 7393 •• 34,
37311 .. 37328 • • 18
19521 •• 19569 .. 49
14579 • • 14588 .. 10
19261 .. 19267 • • 7
17846 •• 17848 .. 3
8063 • • 8147 • • 85
8255 .. 8348 • • 94
1964 • 19687 •• 24
23021 • • 23063 .. 43
9654 .. 9678 •• 25
21397 • • 21420 .. 24
33799 • • • • 1
36997 •• 37042 .. 47
9644 •• 9712 •• 29
19757 .. 19786 .. 33
22193 22202 .. 10
13606 13661 56
36924 .. 36950 •• 27
30456 • • 10470 • • 15
16705 •• 16737 •• 32
20338 • • 20374 .. 37
33800 .. 33807 .. 8
35808 .. 35922 • • 115
3664.5 .. 36664 • • 20
10586 .. 10595 .. 10
11075 .. 11151 .. 77
11182 .. 11195 .. 14

From To Shares,
11375 .. 11384 .. 10
22217' .. 22263 .. 47
23077' .. 23086 ~ 10
33021 .. 33028 .. 8
13920 .. 13959 .. 40
13980 .. .. 1

35090 .. 35124 .. 35
37208 .. 35224 .. 17
11880 .. 11907 .. 28
20541 .. 20553 .. 10
12734 .. 12747 .. 14
7394 .. 7399 .. 6
20554 .. 20553 .. 5
12780 .. 12792 13
13045 .. 13068 ~ 24
13125 .. 13180 .. 56
13292 .. 13296 .. 5
32993 .. 33006 .. 9
7400 .. 7419 .. 20
19418 .. 19437 .. 20
18284 .. 18293 .. 10
17216 .. 17229 .. 14
21543 .. 21594 .. 47
32750 .. 32758 9
33195 .. 33214 .. 20
18294 .. 13340 .. 47
36168 ... 36188 .. 21
14545 .. 14554 .. 10
2050 .. 2072 .. 23
35771 .. 35802 .. 32
33294 .. 33295 .. 2
14682 .. 14691 .. 10
36520 36553 34
36568 .. 36644 .. 77
33739 .. 33754 .. 16
6045 .. 6143 .. 93
6144 .. 6167 24
19186 .. 19190 .. 5
21283 .. 21294 .. 12
34011 .. 34044 .. 34
32598 .. 32611 .. 14
19392 .. 19417 .. 26
6929 .. 6951 .. 23
5740 .. 5759 .. 50
19433 .. 19520 .. 83
22987 .. 22996 .• 10
32729 .. 32735 .. 7
13429 .. 13843 .. 15
7041 .. 7045 5
9100 .. 9101 .. 2
32496 .. 32500 5
22174 .. 22192 19
7932 .. 7952 .. 21
9274 .. 9278 .. 5
7468 .. 7514 .. 47
36459 .. 36485 .. 27
37394 .. 37404 .. 7
9767 .. 9771 5
10140 .. 10149 .. 10
361,89 .. 36208 .. 20
11974 .. 11978 .. 5
12579 .. 12718 .. 140
36445 .. 36151 .. 7
3354 .. 3400 .. 47
14001 .. 14036 .. 36

That a Dividend, at the rate of 81. per. cent. per annum, from the
23d January to the 19th April last, be now declared, and also that
a Dividend, at the rate of 21. per cent. per annum, be declared from
the 20th April to the 30th June, 1850.
SPECIAL MEETING.
The Meeting was then made special.
Moved by the Chairman, and carried unanimoney,
That the Directors be authorised to raise, on Mortgage or Bond,
a sum of money not exceeding one hundred thousand pounds.
Moved by the Chairman, and seconded,
That the Directors be authorised to create and issue such number
of Additional Shares, to be denominated Navigation Shares, as
shall be equal to 150 Shares of 201. each, in the Capital Stock of this
Company, in respect of each Share in the River Dun Navigation ;
and that the Company guarantee the payment of a dividend, after
the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, in preference to all dividends on
the ordinary Shares of the Company, on such of the said Navigation
Shares as shall be by the Proprietors accepted in lieu of the ordinary
Shares of the Company, upon condition that such guaranteed Divi-
dend shall be in lien of all varying and other Dividends, until or un-
less such stock shall• be redeemed by payment of 3,0001. for each 150
allotted Shares, according to the provisions of the Company's Act.
Whereupon an amendment was proposed by Mr. Haddad, and
seconde4 by Mr. Boothroyd,
That this meeting be adjourned for twelve months, to be held in
Yorkshire.
The Chairman put the amendment to the meeting, when fourteen
voted in favour of it, and ten against.
the amendment was declared to be carried.
WHARNCLIFFE, Chairman.

On the motion of Arr. Ironside, it was
Resolved unanimoasly—
That the thanks of the meeting- be given to the Chairman for
his able conduct in the Chair, and for the fairness and candour of
his explanations to the meeting.
J. CHARLES HANDFIELD, Secretary.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
TWO LAST WEEKS in London of the ALPINE SINGERS
from Styria who will per'orm several of their National Melodies, at
Four, and in the Evenings at Half-past Eight.—Lecture on the
Et dro:Electric Machine, by Dr. _Bachhoilner, atTWo„. and in
H. Pepper, Esq., illu;trafing-thenerent They Ordeal and the Hand-
ling of Red Hot Metals, daily at a Quarter-put Three, and in the
Evening. 4 at Eight. —Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive Rail-
way, at work daily.—New Series of Dissolving Views illustrating
some of the Wonders of Nature, daily at Half-past Four, and in
the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten ; also a Series, exhibiting Scenes in
the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at One e'clock.—Diver and
Diving-bell, &c., Sec.
Admission, I s.—Schools, Half-price.

ARGYLL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great
Windmill-street, St. James's.
This splendid and magnificent Salle de Danse has RE-OPENED
for the WINTER SEASON, with Laurent's celebrated ard
unrivalled Band. The Rooms during the short recess have been
entirely re-decorated under the direction of G. F. Bryer, The Ma-
nagement beg to inform the Subscribers that they have concluded an
Engagement with Mona. BOULCOURT, from Paris, and Artiste
Attache to Mr. Strauss's Orchestra at the Baths of Vichy, France.
Terms of Subscription:—Six months, 51. 55.; one month, 11. Is.;
one evening, la.
Doors open at Half-past Eight, Dancing to commence at Nine pre-
cisely. The Academy closes at Half-past Eleven.

Just published, Seventy Thousand,
MORISONIANA ; or, Family Adviser of the
British College of Health, New-road, London. By JAMES
MORISON', the Hygeist. Containing everything that concerns the
preservation of health and the cure of diseases by the Vegetable
Universal Medicine. Price 6d., or ii. by post.
N.B. The Society of Hygeists and Medical Reformers hereby warn
the public that they have no sort of connexion with the ointments,
pills, and farinaceous powders sold in chemists' and druggists' shops.
Mr. Morisen's Vegetable Universal Medictnes are not sold by che-
mists and druggists.

CREMORNE GARDENS,
On the Banks of the Thames at Chelsea.
Open Daily at Three o'clock.
ONE SHILLING ADMISSION.
Children, Half-price.
Sundays at Half-past Four. No charge for admission except by
Refreshment Card—Sixpence. Children under Six years of age free.
Director, Mr. T. B. Simpson, Albion, Great Russell-street, Co-
vent-garden.

THIS DAY, September 19,
an addition to Vie usual Entertainments, a perfect repetition and re-
presentation of the Old English Sports performed before her Majesty
and Prince Albert, in celebration of the anniversary of the Birthday
of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, at Osborne, August 6. No ad-
ditional charge for admission. The Sports will commence at Four
o'clock, and conclude with a Morris Dance on the Platform by the
Ladies and Gentlemen of Herr Denlin's powerful Ballet Company.
First appearance of Signor Henri Zeleski, the Bottle Equilibrist.
Immense Success of Deulin's new Fairy Pipet, " The Origin of
Harlequin." New Groupings from the Antique. Dancing to
Borini's Band of Fifty Instrumentalists. Madame Antonio
will make her marvellous Ascent and Descent on the Rope amid
hurricanes of Chevalier Mortram's gorgeous Fireworks. Chattaway's
celebrated Brass Band.
aHE LATE LIEUTENANT GALE.
The Proprie'ors take this early opportunity of intimating that this
Establishment, with all its attractive resources, is placed, for one
day, at the service of the Widow and Eight Children of the late Lieu-
tenant Gale, the aeronaut, who's disastrous and lamented fate is re-
corded in the public journals. Due notice of the Benefit will be
given, and the co-operation of friends is earnestly solicited.
In active preparation, a Grand Chinese Fete.
On Saturday, for the future, the usual entertainments will be pre-
sented, instead of the Bal al Fresco, and the usual charge for admis-
sion restored, viz., ls.
NEPAULESE ARCHERY GROUND.
Ladies and gentlemen can here enjoy the health-promotingelegant
exercise of the graceful bow, with the advantage of proper instruc-
t ion, gratis I Shooting three dozen arrows before Five o'clock, ls. ;
after Five, 6d. per dozen Matches for Dinner, Wine, and a Prize
Bow are always open. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be had of Mr.
Teetgen, Archery Manufactory, 164, Bishopsgate• street.
The Magic Cave—The Shooting Gallery—Burner Tie-tie-go,
with Groups of Figures illustrative of his Works—Summer and
Winter in the Arctic Regions—The Maze—Statuary of the finest
Classical descriptisn—The American Giant—The Log Hut of the Ca-
lifornian Gold Diggers—Ancient and Modern Groupings, by Duffel,
&c., Sec.
Be it recollected, on Sundays, admission by Refreshment Ticket,
Sixpence.
Never were these delightful grounds in such high perfection
as at the present moment. Visitors to London should not omit a
stroll 'neath the shade of the lofty trees and amongst the variegated
beds of flowers at Cremorne. Everything has been done to render
this magnificent place of amusement worthy the most extensive
patronage.
The attention of the French in London is particularly requested to
this metropolitan ducosse.
The grand Bowling Saloon of this establishment is open free to the
Public.
N.B. The Mammoth Sycamore, the Largest Tree in the World,
in the River Esplanade.
A Table d'ilote on Sundays at Six o'clock—Half-a-Crown.
Cremorne can be reached by road or river for gown.
A Boat leaves Battersea-bridge every Night after the Fireworks.

THIRTY-FIRST EDITION.
Ignstrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Exgravinm on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
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THE CHIEF DEPARTMENTS OF THE GO-

VEItNMENT.

The following is the principal portion of the evi-
dence of the R'ght Hon. Lord John Russell, First
Lord of the Treasury, who was examined as to the
duties and the emoluments received by the principal
officers connected with the State.
Chairman—Will your Lordship be kind enough to
state to the Committee the offices you have held in
connexion with different Governments ?—I held the
office:of Paymaster of the Forces in 1830 ; I held
that office till November, 1834. In April, 1835, I
was appointed Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment ; and in September, 1839, I think, I took
the Seals of the Colonial Department, where I re-
mained two years, till 1841. In July, 1846, I was
appointed First Lord of •the Treasury, and that office
I now,hold.

There are certain offices as to which it has been sug-
gested to this Committee that they have not duties
which occupy the whole time of the Ministers in
charge of them ; do you think that any different ar-
rangement could be made by which the duties of some
of those offices might be combined ; for instance, the
office of Master of the. Mint has been held acesteiessaiti
objection to a permanent arrangement combining are
two together P—Those arrangements have been made
from time to time, according to the convenience of the
Government at the moment. The office of Pay-
master of the Forces, I believe, has always
been held separately ; indeed, there used to
be two Paymasters of the Forces. Then
there was one paymaster with 4,0001. a year ;
then it was reduced to one paymaster, with 2,0001. a
year and a house ; and I have joined the office, in the
last recommendation that I made to the Crown, with
the office of Vice-President of the Board of Trade.
Now it would be just as convenient an arrangement
that the Paymaster of the Forces should hold that
office only, and that the Master of the Mint should be
Vice-President of the Board of Trade; but I do not
think that would be an advantage. I think it would'
be a loss if you said that every office in which there
was not much to do should be combined with another
with a good deal of business. I think there are seve-
ral reasons for that. I think one reason is, that the
persons who hold the offices of Secretary of State and
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and offices of that na-
ture, are charged with duties which absorb their time
so much, that if there is any question which is de-
pending in Parliament, or has to be considered by
the Administration, if it be one that does not come
within the scope of their several departments, they
have hardly time to attend to it. To give an le stance
(which certainly may be said to
be one that would
not often occur), when I was Paymaster of the
Forces Lord Grey appointed me as one of a Com-
mittee to consider of a plan of Parliamentary re-
form ; and after the plan was made, which, of course,
took up a good deal of my time, I brought
it forward is the House of Commons, and
the objections that were made to the Bill
were very important and very serious. They were
urged by men of great ability ; and Lord Althorp
proposed to me that he should go through all the legal
objections, and that I should take all the objections
with reference to particular boroughs, their nature,
their extent, and their boundaries. I do not think
that Lord Althorp, with his duties as Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, could
possibly have gone
through all the details of the whole measure. Lord
Althorp and myself, in fact, took upon ourselves en-
tirely, with occasional assistance from the law officers
of the Crown, the whole defence of the measure in the
House of Commons. Ido not think that one man,
charged with the duties of Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, could have done it. Then, to give another in
stance : at the formation of Lord Grey's Government
there were two men of great importance, who had
been connected with him in politics all their lives,
who belonged to the same party that he did, and
whose talents would be recognised by everybody—l
mean Lord Lansdowne and Lord Holland. I rather
believe, though I do not know it as a fact, that Lord
Grey offered to each of them offices of great business,
hut that they both said that their strength and
health were not sufficient to induce them to un-
dertake offices of great business. Now, I think if
he had had no other offices to offer to them, if he
had not been able to offer to Lord Lansdowne the
office of President of the Council, and to
Lord Holland the Chancellorship of the Duchy of
Lancaster, he must then have been without their as-
sistance in the Cabinet, and I think that, considering
the party which then came into power, with the de-
clarations which Lord Grey made, not to have had
the assistance of Lord Lansdowne and Lord Holland
would have been a great loss to the Government, and
great loss to the
the full benefit of the
country,
abilities of the party which happens to have a ngreat loss c
hto
oughtthe G otvoerhnamyeentth,
mejo-
rity in the House of Commons.
In your experience as Prime Minister, have you
found those offices which are lightly worked, namely,
those of Paymaster of the Forces, Master of the
Mint, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, to
be of essential service during the last few years in car-
rying on the Administration ?:—Yes, I certainly have,
at various times. The office of Master of the Mint
hae been generally joined with that of Vice-President
of the Board of Trade. While I was Paymaster of
the Forces, besides that which I have just mentioned,
there were various questions relating to Dissenters, and
the registration of births and marriages, with regard
to which they had grievances of which they made
very strong complaints, which
.Lord Grey's Govern-
ment felt to be just, and be rererred the question to
me as holding the office of Paymaster of the Forces,
and I took great pains with it ; I do not
think I could have done it if I had had an office of
great business. Lord Holland, who was Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster, with his information and
his knowledge of political history, was often of very
great use in the Cabinet. Lord Campbell, lately,
with his legal knowledge in the framing of measures
which we have considered absolutely necessary, from
time to time, has been of very great use to the Go-
vernment. I think that though with respect to those
offices it cannot be said that the services to be ren-
dered are exactly the same as those of some other
offices, it would be a very great loss if there were not
such offices which could be offered to persons such as
those by whom they have been held.

In case those offices were abolished, do you think
that the common run of business, which devolves upon
the Government of the country, could ba dis-
charged by a staff consisting merely of those who
bold offices in connexion with which considerable
duties have to be performed ?—I think the country
would be very considerable losers by it; I think that,
as it is, it is rather a defect in the Government of this
country, that while persons who are out of office,
and who are in the House of Lords and in the House
of Commons, can give their attention to great sub-
jects, the time of the Ministers is so very much ab-
sorbed with the duties of their offices, that there are
very few of them who can give their attention to a
great subject and look at the consequences to the
country of the measures which are adopted. I think
that is a defect as it is ; but the' defect would be far
greater if every man in the Cabinet bad his time so
fully occupied as is the case in the departments which
are moat busy.
Looking to the emoluments of the offices to which
you have just been alluding, do you think it is neces-
sary that those offices should have attached to them
salaries on the average of about 2,000/. a year to each?
—I think you could not properly give them much
less. I was asking one, three or four months ago,
who had a salary of 2,0001. ayear, and he said that he
thought his extra expenses, to which he would not be
put if he were not in the Government, were about
2,00C1. a year; they were about 2,0001. a year more
than his average expenses would be.
With regard to the salaries of the offices of the
higher class, do you think that if those salaries were
reduced—taking, for instance, the three Secretaries
of State—the same efficiency would not be attained in
the discharge of the duties of those offices P—The Com -
mittee can judge of that, as to the particular case, just
as well as I can ; I think the Committee are, ap-
pointed rather to consider for themselves, having no
interest more than a general interest in the matter,
what is a sufficient salary for offices of great labour
and responsibility. The general principle to be kept
in view certainly is, that you should not narrow too
much your choice of public servants. If you say
that you will not give a salary which shall be suffi-
cient without the possession of a very considerable
private fortune, of course you limit the choice of the
most important public servants to men who have good
private fortunes.
From your knowledge of the way in which Go-
vernments are carried on on the continent, should
you say that, as compared with the expense of living
in England, the salaries of the officers of the Govern-
ment are greater or less in England than they are in
some of the other principal states of Europe ?—I do
not know much of the salaries of the Ministers in
foreign countries, and I do not know whether they
have not in many foreign countries various emolu-
ments and patronage of offices which have long since
been abolished in this country. But there is one
thing with regard to the Government of France in
which they differ very much from this country;
namely, that a man goes into an hotel, as it is called,
which he finds completely furnished, and everything
ready for him; it is warmed and lighted, and he can
receive company there, and give dinners there, with-
out any expense at all for the house and furniture.
Now that is not the case with regard to any of the
offices here. It is in some degree the case with the
First Lord of the Admiralty ; he has a certain num-
ber of rooms of reception, which are furnished, but I
believe the sleeping-rooms are not furnished by the I
public. With regard to all the other offices, I think
that no man could take any of those high offices with-
out incurring some expense, unless he has a very
considerable private fortune. Lord Lansdowne, or
Lord Stanley, or Sir Robert Peel need not incur any
great additional expense; but I know, for my own
part, I never had a debt in my life till I was First
Lord of the Treasury. I have now paid it off, so that
it was no great incumbrance to me. But it is neces-
sary to make some outlay on taking one of these
great offices unless you have a large private fortune.
Mr. Bright—lt is assumed to be necessary, but is
it really necessary to incur those large expenses. Is
it necessary, for example, that the First Lord of the
Treasury, or a Secretary of State, should live on a
par, with reference to expense, with a man who has
20,0001. or 30,0001. a year, and who spends the
largest portion of it. Would the office suffer if any
eikail _or_ nofilliaan_Miipcts;iywour.--li. i'ear
I do not think he could very well live for 2,0001.
or 3,0001. a year. I do not 'think that at present
the persons who hold those offices, and who have only
moderate fortunes, at all compete or live in the same
style with persons of 20,0001. or 30,0001. a year. If
you inquire with respect to those members of the
Government who have not a large private fortune,
whether in the present Government or any other, I
do not think you will find that they do that. But a
certain amount of expense for more carriages and
servants, I think, is necessary in this country, where
men holding high offices have to associate with per-
sons of large fortune ; and though they may not
compete with them, it is necessary to come something
near to their style of living. Now in a republic it is
quite different. If I recollect right, when Monsieur
de Torcy went from Louis XIV. to endeavour to
make peace with the Dutch Government, he was very
much struck, on calling on the Grand Pensionary, to
find the door opened by a servant maid, and he
thought it showed very great republican simplicity,
and no doubt it was very becoming ; but I think that
if Lord Palmerston had only a housemaid to open
the door, and Foreign Ministers called there, every-
body would say that he was very mean, and unfit for
his situation.

Mr. Walter—Has it not been the custom, of late
years, for Governments to commit the preparation of
any great measures for which they mean to be respon-
sible, and which require considerable time to prepare,
to Commissioners, rather then to members of the
Government holding nominal situations?—Some great
measures which required a great deal of inquiry have
been so referred. The Poor-law is the most remark-
able instance of that that I remember; but it was con-
sidered by Lord Grey's Cabinet that the measure
could not be introduced without the appointment of
Commissioners to make previous inquiries. But there
are many very considerable measures that could not
be referred to Commissioners.
Mr. Ellis—Do you think it would be a more econo-
mical mode of carrying on the Government, to make
some deduction from the salaries of the chief officers
of state, and to pay allowances, such as are paid in
America and France, to the Members of Parliament ?
—I should think it would lead to very considerable ex-
pense; if every Member of Parliament was paid 1/. a
day, it would come to a very considerable sum.
Are they not paid more than 1/. a day in America ?
—I have understood it is eight dollars a day.
Mr. Cobden—ls not the proportion of the year
spent in London very much the same,•whether a man
is in office, or whether he be a private Member of
Parliament; is a Cabinet Minister, as a rule, obliged
to reside in London, except during the session of Par-
liament ?—I think it would hardly answer for A
member of the Government not to have a house in
London, because though he may only reside constantly
in London during the session of Parliament, yet the
members of the Cabinet generally meet in October
and November ; a member of the Cabinet must have
a house in London, I conceive.

Mr. Ellice—Must not one Secretary of State
always he in London ?—The rule is, that one Secre-
tary of State must be in London ; I do not know that
it has been accurately kept of late years, as the com-
munications are so very quick; but that is the rule;
every Secretary of State I have known has always
had a house in London.

Mr. Cobden—l understood your Lordship to say
that the increased expense of a Cabinet Minister
might be taken at 2,0001. a par; that is the increase
over his ordinary expenditure ?—I said that that 'Nes
the opinion stated to me by one of the Cabinet, who
has 2,000/. a year for the office that he holds; that is
not a general rule, because I could not say that 2,000/.
a year was the limit of the expense of the First Lord
of the Treasury, or of a Secretary of State. I think
it must be far beyond that.

Is it not the fact, that during the sitting of Parlia..
meet a Cabinet Minister is never expected to dispense
much hospitality, or to visit much, except on the
two days of the week when Parliament is not sitting ?
—Yes, it is quite true ; it may be only two days cf the
week, but it comes to very considerable expense.
Assuming that a Cabinet Minister accepts an ordi-
nary number of invitations from other people, must
not that take up a considerable portion of those two
evenings in the week which he has alone at his dis-
posal; must not it take up more than one-half of the
evenings to accept the invitations which are generally
showered upon a Cabinet Minister ?—Yes. 1 do not
know what others do, but in the general way I decline
nine out of ten of the invitations I receive.- I am ge-
nerally too much tired with the business of the week
to wish to go out on those other days.
And the same considerations would probably induce
you to avoid as much as possible large
parties at home
that
during those two leisure evening l consider
in some respects it belongs to the office, and that if I
were to live entirely with my family
days of the week I should not see persons as I ought
to do, with whom I am not only glad- on the other
to keep up the
relations of society, having known them for a great
number of years, but with many of whom I have
conversations on the political subjects of the day. I
think that if I lived entirely with my own family all

the time that I was not in the House of Commons it
would hardly be doing my duty, although I do not
know whether I should not like it as well.
But the fact is, that on Monday, Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Friday, no Cabinet Minister would either
give or accept an invitation to dinner, except it were
visiting her Mwjesty, as a rule, his evenings being
always considered occupied in the House of Com-
mons. Is it not so ?—Not quite. In the first place,
that does not apply to the House of Lords at all, I
think. During a great part of the year, as to those
who are Members of the House of Commons, that is
so generally; but, at the same time, there are parti-
cular invitations of Foreign Ministers, and some others,
which one is obliged to accept; not many.
With the exception of the Foreign Minister, who
is supposed to entertain foreigners, what additional
expense would the other Ministers, for example, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, necessarily have over
the President of the Board of Trade ?—I think he
would probably see a great many more people, and
invite a great many more. I must add to everything
else, that a ;man holding such an office as that of
Chancellor of the Exchequer will hardly pay much
attention to his private affairs, and that everything in
his house, the whole management of his house, will
be more expensive than it would be otherwise.
Then the increased pay of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer over the President cf the Beard of Trade
would he a consideration for the increased labour
which devolves upon him, would it not ?—Yes, I think
so. I think it must be considered as the salary for
the duties of an important office.
Mr. Ellice--Do you not think that there is some-
thing in the consideration that these salaries should
be somewhat proportioned to the scale of living in
the same class of society in this country, so as to en-
able the holders of these offices to maintain a certain
state proportioned to their importance ?—Yes, I think
so. I have already said that I do not think that a
Secretary of State with 5,000/. a year thinks himself
at all obliged to live as a person of 30,0001. a year;
but still I think he must live on the sort of scale on
which persons in society in London usually live.
And the scale of allowances in this country is pro,

portioned to our monarchical institutions ; -whereas;
under republican Governments the allowances gene-
rally made are proportioned to those institutions ?
They are proportioned to our monarchical institu-
tions, and. I think, to our aristocratical laws. I think
that the law of primogeniture is the cause of
there being a great number of persons with very con-
siderable incomes, and that those persons coming to
London every year raise the whole scale of expendi-
ture ; that all servants and all tradesmen have their
wages and their prices augmented according to that
scale, and that men out of office find some difficulty
in conforming to that scale ; and that men in
office would find it totally impossible with a low scale
of salaries.
Is it not the fact that the scale of our salaries is
not higher than the scale of salaries in the French
Government during Louis Philippe's reign ?--No, I
do not believe that it is at all higher. Perhaps I
may state, with respect to my own office, that, with
the exception of persons who themselves were men of
fortune and had large hereditary possessions, the pre-
sent income of the First Lord of the Treasury is
smaler than it has been for a great number of years.
find that in 1780, Lord North had 5,0001. a year as
First Lord of the Treasury, and 2,4001. as Chancellor
of the Exchequer; and it is supposed that he had '
4,0001. as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ; that is,
11,4001. In 1782, the Marquis of Rockingham had
5,0001. ; but the Marquis of Rockingham had his
great estates.

Mr. Bright—He had only one office ?—IIe had
only one office. In 1782, the Earl of Shelburne had
5,0001. In 1783, the Duke of Portland had 5,0001.
In 1783, Mr. Pitt came into office ; he had 5,000/. as
First Lord of the Treasury, and 2,400/. as Chancellor
of the Exchequer; and about the year 1792, I think,
when Lord North died, Mr. Pitt became Lord War-
den of the Cinque Ports, with 4,000/. a year; that
made his whole emoluments 11,4001. In 1801, Mr.
Addington, as First Lord of the Treasury, had
5,0001., and as Chancellor of the Exchequer 2,4001.,
making 7,4001. In 1804, Mr. Pitt returned to office
with the same emoluments. In 1806, Lord Gren-
ville had 5,0001. a year as First Lord of the Treasury,
tnethrite- br rottigna, as rrst zora or tne ileasury,
had 5,000/. ; but then the Duke of Portland had his
own great estates. In 1809, Mr. Spencer Percival
had 5,000/. as First Lord of the Treasury, and it
is supposed that he had 7004' as Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and 3,000/. as Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster; it is supposed that he had 8,7001. In 1812,
Lord Liverpool, as First Lord of the Treasury, had
5,0001, and as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 4,000/.,
making 9,0001. In 1827, Mr. Canning had 5,0001. es
First Lord of the Treasury, and, according to the
account I have, 4,0001. as Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, making 9,000/.; he held those offices a very
short time. In 1827, Lord Goderich, as First Lord
of the Treasury, had 5,000/. In 1828, the Duke of
Wellington, of course, bad pensions and military ap-
pointments. In 1830, Lord Grey, as First Lord of
the Treasury, had 5,000/. In 1834, Lord Melbourne,
as First Lord of the Treasury, had 5,0001. I❑ 1834,
Sir Robert Peel had 5,000/. as First Lord of the
Treasury, and 2,5001. as Chancellor of the Exche-
quer. Then, in 1835, Lord Melbourne again, and in
1841, Sir Robert Peel, had each, as First Lord of the
Treasury, 5,000/.
Does that account go back to an earlier period than
1780 ?—No, I did not ask for any account before
1780, and indeed up to the beginning of the present
century, there were sinecure offices which were gene-
rally granted to some member of the family; Sir
Robert Walpole gave his eldest son and his second
son very valuable offices.

Mr. Ellice—Beyond those salaries were they not
in the enjoyment of large fees of office ?—I believe
they were.

&r. Henry Drummond—With respect to the whole
of those First Lordi of the Treasury, whom your
Lordship has now enumerated, with the exception of
those who had large private estates, is it not a matter
of notoriety that they all died in debt ?—I believe that
to be the case.

Chairman—Looking at the business that now de-
volves upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, should
you think it at all probable that the practice of com•
bining the office of First Lord of the Treasury with.
that of Chancellor of the Exchequer will be again hi-A
recourse to ?—I should think very rarely; I think the
arrangement that was first made by Sir Robert Peel,
of assimilating the office of First Lord of the Trea-
sury, when held by a Member of the House of Com-
mons, to the same office when held by a Peer, will be
persevered in; at the same time, I do not say that it
might not happen that a man who was peculiarly
qualified to be Chancellor of the Exchequer might
not, when he became First Lard of the Treasury, re-
tain the two offices.

Mr. Walter—Does your Lordship think it practi-
cable to effect any consid?rable reduction throughout
the departments in a pecuniary point of view ?
I think it is very practicable to effect reduc-

- - tions from time to time. In the Home-
office, for instance, when reductions were
made in other offices (I think it was in

1822), Lord Sidmouth, I have always understood,
opposed reductions in that office. There were cer-
tainly some offices in the Home-office which had for-
merly considerable duties attached to them, but which
latterly had very little duty, and those have been, in
the course of the last year altered and reduced; and
so with other departments ; there are offices belong-
ing to them that may from time to time be reduced
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Chairman—Lord Durham in the evidence he gave
before the Committee of the House of Commons in
the year 1833, gave it as his opinion that the office of
Lord Privy Seal should be held without a salary ; I
conclude, from what your Lordship has stated, that
you do not coincide with the opionion of Lord Dur-
ham in that respect ?—No, I do not coincide in that
opinion ; I believe Sir Robert Peel in his evidence
quoted the opinion of Mr. Burke upon that subject ;
I think myself that the opinion of Mr. Burke was quite
well-founded.
Mr. Cobden—lt appeaerss toin be accive
acknowledged that
the
there are four or live offices
duties of which are not sufficient to occupy the whole
of the time of the Ministers filling them, namely, the
Paymaster of the Forces, the Master of the Mint, the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Larcaster, the Lord Privy
Seal, and the President cf the Council ?—I should
hardly say that, as to the President of the Council,
who has a great deal of business and correspondence
with respect to the Committee of Education, which is
a Committee of the Privy Council, of which the Lord
President is head ; but with regard to the other offices
mentioned in the question that is the case.

The maintenance of those offices is justified on the
ground that it is necessary that other Ministert, who
are excessively worked, should have the opportunity
of calling in the aid of their colleagues whose time is
not so fully filled up ?—I think that is one reason, and
a very strong one; but there are other reasons, one
of which I have mentioned, that you may have per-
sons who have come to a certain time of life, or who
have not very strong health, or who wish to employ
part of their time in other matters, whom it is desir-
able to have in the Government and acting with the