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London, England, 1850-12-18 00:00:00

N°.18,170.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVE ING SUN, DECEMBER 18, 1850.

THE WIDOW of the late Rev. GEORGE I
EDWARD HOLLEST, of Frimley, Surrey.—Frimley, Bag-
shot, December 4, 1850.—An earnest APPEAL to public benevolence
is respectfully submitted by a few friends and neighbours on behalf
of the WIDOW of the late Rev. GEORGE EDWARD HOLLEST,
who for a period of 19 years, in an exemplary manner, performed
the duties of his church, and was distinguished by his benevolence
and charity in the wide district under his charge. The act of
atrocity by which the Rev. Mr. Holiest was soddenly cut off is
universally known, but those only who are acquainted with his tposi-
tion are aware that he never had the means of making a provision
for his widow. Under such circumstances, it Is hoped that the case
of Mrs. Holiest will commend itself to the generous consideration
of those who are blessed with the means of alleviating, so fl,r as
human sympathy and assistance can alleviate, the distress of a
family so fearfully bereft of its natural supporter. The income of
Mrs. Holiest does not exceed 40/. per annum, and subscription.; are
earnestly solicited in aid of these inadequate means. Subscript ;ions
will be thankfully received by the following bankers :—Me
'Terries, Farquhar, and Co. ; Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co.;
Messrs. Barclay, Tritton, and Co. ; Messrs. Coutts, and Co.; Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co.; Sir S. Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Caven dish-
square ; Messrs. Mangles Brothers, Guildford; Messrs. Ste yens
and Blandy, Reading; also by the following members of the Com-
mittee :
R. R. Bayley, Esq., Mitchett, Frimle3-, Bagshot.
J. F. Burrell, Esq., Manor House, Frimley.
Rev. J. 11. Clayton, Farnborough, Bagshot.
Rev. John Lawrell, Cove, Bagshot.
tr Walter Farquhar, Bart., Farnborough-place, Bagshot.
Thomas Longman, Esq., Farnborough-hill, Bagshot.
Cap min Cowles Edward Mangles, Poyle-park, Farnham, Surrey.
The Committee have the s .tisfaction to state that her Majesty the
Queen, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Bishop of Winche 'ter,
have sanctioned their exertions by very liberal donations.

ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Field Marshal Ms Grace the Duke of Wellington £5O 0 0
The Lord Bishop of Durham- - - - - 15 0 0
The Lord Bishop of St David's - - - - 10 0 o
The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph - - - - 5 0 0
The Lord Bishop of Ripon - - - - 5 0 0

Per Messrs. Coutts. Marford, Mr. - - 0
-£5O 0 Uarford, Rev, Alfred - 0
- 15 0 Hawker, Colonel Peter P 0
- 10 0 Hodgssn, RN. John - 2 2
- 10 oHall, Rev. Transley - 1. 1
- 1 IHaines, Mr. - - T. 0
010 Hawkins, Dr. Bisset - 5. 0
S. D. - - - 1 11Hammond, Geo., Esq. - 5. 0
C. T. T. - - - 2 21Hunt, Fredk., Esq. - - 0
E. E. T. - - 1 I;lngram, James, Esq. - 0
A. B. - - 1 s'Janson, F. FL, Esq. - 5. 0
C. D. - - - 1 0 Janson, Mr. Thos. - 1 0
H. A. E. L. - - 5 &Janson, Mr. Henry - 1 0
T. G. - - - 1 9Jones, Isaac, Esq. - 0
E. - - 2 0 Jones, Wm., Esq. - 1 0
Per Barclay and Co. Jackson, James, Esq. -3, 0
L. L. H. - - - 210 Johnson, 11., Esq. - - 5 0
Mrs. A. B. - - 1 0 Johnson, Miss E. - Is 0
J. H. 1 0 Jackson, Mhs, - - 1 0
C. R. L. - - - - 2 0 Jackson, Wm., Esq. - 1 0
E. P. - - - 10 o:Jakyll, E., Esq. - - 10' 0
Anonymous - - 0 10IKing, F., Esq. - - 1 1
Per Berries and Co. Kelsey, Richard, Esq. - 5 0
The -Kentish Mess, Clif-
ford's Inn - - - 2 15
Lawrell, J. G. 8., Esq. - 5 5
Lambert. the Lady - - 5 0
Levien, Edward, Esq. - 1 0
Latham, Alfred, Esq. - 5 0
Lyall, G., jun., Esq. - 5 5
Lawrell, Miss - - 5 0
Lee, Wm., Esq. - - 2 0
Lee, Mrs. - - - 1 0
Liddlard, Wm., Esq. - 2 2
Loyd, L., jun., Esq. - 10 0
Lennox, Lord Wm. - 0
Legg, Rev. Wm. - - 10 0
A. Lady, per Berries & Co. 5 0
Le Marchaut, Sir Denis,
Bart. - - - 5. 0
Lumley, W. G., Esq. - '1 I
Lakin, Rev. J. M. - 1 0
A. Lady, of Sidmouth - 1 0
Mullens, W. H., Esq. - :2 2
Monier, C. W., Esq. - - 11 1
Meade, Rev. John - - 1 0
:Morris, Norman, Esq. - 1. 1
!Morgan, Edward, Esq. - 0
Mocatta, E., Esq. - - 1 0
Marshall, Wm., Esq. - 1 0
Mitchell, P. S., Esq. - 1 0
Mitchell, W. R., Esq. - 1 0
Morant, Geo., Eaq. - - 25 0
Morant, John, Esq. • - 5 0
Majendie, Rev. H. - - .5 0
%I ethold, Rev. T. - - 5 0
Milner, Mrs. L. G. - - 10 0
Murray, the Hon. Mrs.,
Friends of - - - 28 9
J Hence, Rev. Samuel 2 0
sialins, Richard, Esq. 1 1
Matthew, John, Esq. - 1 1
Mackenzie, Alex, Esq. - 2 2
Moriand, W. C., Esq. - 2 0
Moore, the Lady - - 1 0
Monins, Rev. John - - 5 0
Miles, Mrs. - - - 2 0
Miller, Boyd, Esq. - - 210
Mangles, Boss, D., Esq.,
31.1', - - - 5 0
Marryatt, C., Esq - - 1 0
Millet, F. Esq. - - - 5 0
Mangles, Rev. A. - - 5 0
Melville, Hon. W. L. - 1 1
Molineux, Rev. G. M. - 2 0
Molineux, Miss- - - 1 0
Mousley, Rev. W. E. - 1 0
I Morris, Iluson, E - 5 0
Noel, the Hon. and Rev.
Gerard - - - - 3 0 0
Two Friends per ditto - 010
Nicholson, G., Esq. - - 3 0
North, W. R„ Esq. - - 2 0
Newcombe, Captain G. - 5 0
Ogle, Mrs. Henry - - 5 0
Pocock, John J., Esq. - 110 0
Phillips, Rev. W. Spencer 1 0
Payne, W., Esq. - - 1 0
Parker, James, Esq. - 5 0
Parnell, H., Esq. - - .5 0
Payler, J., Esq. - - 1 0
Pembroke, the Lady- - 31 ) 0
Percival, Rev. henry - 0
Pannell, C., Esq. - 1 0 0
Pope, Ven. Archdeacon - 5 0
Pope, G., Esq. - - 5 0
l'eachey, Rev. J- 5 0
Pooley, R., Esq. - s 0
Price, A. T., Esq. - - 5 0
Parkinson and Frodsham,
Messrs. - -
Richardson, Sawford, Esq. 1 0
Ridge, H., Esq. - 0
Randell, Rev. John - 0
Rennalls, W. R., Esq. - 1
Richards, E. P., Esq. - 5 0
Rattle, Miss - 0
Robinson, Rev. G. - 1 1
Rowsell, Rev. E. E. - 1 0
Rhodes, Mr. - - - 5 0
Scott, Sir C. E., Bart. 0 0
Sheppard, Thos., Esq. - 11) 0
Smily, W. R., Esq. - - 2 0
Snarling, Stephen, Esq. - : 1 is
Slocock, Mrs. C. - - I 0
Stevens, W., Esq., High-
field - - -
Stephens, W., Esq. - -
Scovell, Lieut.-General
Sir George - - - 0 0
Sumner, Rev. C. V. H. - ! 2 2
Savage, Rev. J. A. - - :3 3
Seall, Rev. B. - :2 2
Sandley, Rev. Gee. - :2 0
Sandley, /Miss - - - 1 0
Sewell, Rev. H. D. - - 1 0
A Sussex Curate - - 2 0
Sullivan, Mrs. Stuart - 5 5
Sykes, Vice-Admiral - 5 0
Sympathy, per Cox and Co. 1 0
Sutton, Sir Rd., Bart. - 5 0
Shaw, Sir John, Bart. - 2 10
Short, Colonel - - 1 0
Shrub, Rev. 2- 10
Suaby, Maurice, Esq. -6, 0,
Slandering, James, Esq. - '
Smith, Samuel G., Esq. - 0
Slaughter, Edward, Esq. - 1 1
Tustin, E. E., Esq. 0
Tyrie, David, Esq. - 2 0
Tudor, Henry, Esq. - 1 0
Two Sisters - - 1 0
rrower, G. S., Esq. - 5 0
Two Ladies, per Child and
Co. - - 8 0
Taddy, Rev. Win. - 1 1
Three Members of the
Travellers' Club - - 5 0
Thompson, J. D., Esq. 2 0
Thrupp, J. W., Esq. - 10 0
Vile, Thomas, Esq 1 0
Villebois, Mr. and Mrs. 2 0
Venabies, Rev. Edmund 5 0
Vidal, Rev. 0. E. - 1 0
Warrall, Septimus, Esq. 10 1 0
Wilkinson, Norman, Esq. 5 0
Wilkinson, Conrad, Esq. 2 0
Watson, Rev. W., & Mrs. 5 0
Watson, Capt., and Mrs. 5 0
Wytitt, Rev. J. J. P. - 5 0
Wyatt, Hugh P., Esq. - 1 0
idow's Mite, a, per
Coutts and Co. - 5- 0
Warden of New College 0
Watts, R., Esq. - 2 0
Waller, Miss Farnham - 1 0
Widow's Mite, a, per
Barclay and Co. -2: 0
IlVal kden and Co., Messrs. 0' 10
White, Henry J., Esq. 11 0
Watson, John, Esq. - 1. 0
Watson, Mrs. - - 1 0
Wix, Rev. Samuel - - 1 1
Wiustanley, Wm., Esq. - 10' 0
Widow's Mite, a, from
Canterbury - - - 5. 0
Widow, the Offering of a 1 0
Walnewright, Mrs., John 5 0
Wigston, Capt. - :
01j
.100
Wilson, Rev. J. - -
Wright, Mrs. Ross - - 1 - 1
Wi,grani, W. Esq. - -5, 0
Wynne, Mrs. Miles - 0
Wheeler, li., Esq. - -5, 0
Webb, Jonas, Esq. - - 1 0
'Williams, Wm., Esq. - 1 0
Wilde, C. N., Esq. - 1 .
Watkins, Rev. li. G. - i• 0
Watson, Rev. - 1. 0

A. B. - -
A. R., Frimley
W. W. W. -
M. J. - -
S. 11. - -
C. - - -

A. B. - - - - 1 0
11.8. - - - - 010
A. L. L. - - - - 1 0
E. NV. W. - - - 1 0
X. Y. - - - - 5 0
R. H. M. T. - - . 210

Per Messrs. Mangles.
M. S. - - - 010
Per Messrs. Scott and Co.
H. W. B. - - 1 C
(1.W.-H. - - 1 ()
T. and L. H. 2 0
F. G. - - 2 0
Per Messrs. Smiths and Co.
J. 11. M. - 1 0
J. C. D. - - - 0 5
J. M., jun. - - 1 0,
X. Y. Z. - - - - 1
Per Williams and Co.
J. T. -

j- 1 0'
- 1 1
- 5 0

2 0
2 0
1 0

- 5 0
. 1 0
- 1 0
- 5 0
- 20 0
- 2 C
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:utinued in future adrertleemei itl :.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND
EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES,
26, CORNUILL, LONDON.

DIRECTORS.
tvr. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
*W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. I *John Rawson, Esq.

_
*Hugh Croft, Esq.
tEntotson, M.D„ F.R.S.
*Ralph Gough, Esq.
*M. C. Maher, Esq.
*John Moss, Esq.

*John Shaw, Esq.
14Edmund S. Symes, Esq.
t*Clement Tabor, Esq.
t Joseph Thompson, Esq.
t*Angtastus Vigne, Esq•

AUDITOR.
}Professor Wheat3tone, F.R.S.
PHYSICIAN.
*J. Elliotson, 11I.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street.
SURGEON.
t*E. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.

_
ACTUARY.
t*W. S. B. Woolhause, Esq., F.R.A.S., &c.
SECRETARY.
*D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq.
SUPERINTENDENT.
*W. A. Hawkins, Esq.
BANKERS.
t*Messrs. Glyn, Halllfax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.

SOLICITORS,
IMessrs. Sutt9a, Enrens, Oranaanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall-

street.
*W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE.
CAPITAL-500,0001.
The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As-
ed the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that
can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab .e the Assured is
entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance,
to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums,
without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by
simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with-
held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the
event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the
PAcy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be
returned by the Society.
Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health
and payment of arrears of Premium without interest.
Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged,
so as to make them available as securities in the hands of
third parties.
o Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp.
The present annual income of the Society from Premiums is
63,0001. ; the amount covered by the Policies of the Society is
1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to
the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves-

tigation, spurted in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As-
sured were, the option of a retu,n of 15 per cent. on their Premiums
in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED.

Perma-
-2.1,•4 Annual Policy Bonus in nent Re-
Age. ,-; _J, Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of
5 g minx'. out in to Sum
7n Assured. Cash. Annual
Premium.
_ - - - - -
A a. d. A s d. X s. d.
1 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1
1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7
1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8
£ A s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010
60 1000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 $ll
1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3
1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 1 10
1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 5 9 11
1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1

Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium
Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates.
EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE.
Capital-500,0001.
(Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
The leading principles of this Office are —Moderate and equitable
Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits.
the difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion
Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so
great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess
than calculation.
It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the
different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the
amount of annual Premiums received by each.
It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers,
that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the
true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu-
rance Company is established.
The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap-
proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto
been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied.
Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to
the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as
security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer
is largely interested in this Question, and will consult his interest by
supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica-
tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk.
The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own
experience, from time to tin e, adopt such rates of Premium as the
nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange-
ments as regards tariffs with other offices.
With this view an annual investigation will be made into each
class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett
excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have
been in force for three years.
Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon
every description of Property on moderate terms.
Farming Stock insured at 3s per cent, without the Average Clause.
Prospectuses. and every information may be obtained, on applica-
tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents.

Natignal Loan Fund Life Assurance Society.
* Equitable Fire
t* Both Offices.

MUTUAL ASSURANCE.

COTTISH FUND AND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

The members of this Society have the benefit of an invested Capi-
al of upwards of
TWO MILLIONS TWO 'HUNDRED AND FOUR THOUSAND
POUNDS,

which has arisen solely from tho accumulation of their own Pre-
miums.

An investigation into the affairs of the Society takes place Septen-
nially, when, after setting aside a sum sufficient to meet the obliga-
tions (the extent of which is accurately ascertained by calculation),
the remaining surplus or profit is allocated as follows :
Two-thirrls thereof are allocated among the members ; and
The remaining third is reserved as a guarantee fund till next In-
vestigation, when it is incorporate& with the profits, then to be alto-
c ited in like manner.
It will thus be seen that the whole profits belong to and are appro-
priated for behoof of the assured, while they have also the benefit of
a large Guarantee Fund, which effectually places the stability of the
Society beyond the reach of doubt.
As a proof not only of the safe basis upon which all the calculations
are founded, but also of the care exercised by the Directors in the ad-
mission only of good lives to the benefits of the Society, it may be
Stated that the number of deaths, as reported to the last General
Meeting of Members, was only in the ratio of 63 for each 100 that
might have been expected according to the tables of mortality upon
which tke calculations are based.
The Amount of new Assurances effected annually during the last
twelve years has, on an average, exceeded
HALF A MILLION STERLING PER ANNUM.

" Probably a larger average than has yet been attained by almost
any other office, and such as affords the true test by which to prove
the estimation in which it is held by the public."

N.B. No Member is entitled to participate in the Profits of the So-
ciety, unless the Policy be of five years' standing. The books of the
Society close for the current year on the 31st December, and policies
effected before that time have the advantage of a full years' standing
over those delayed beyond it.
Head Office, 5, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh.
JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
LONDON OFFICE, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings.
HUGU M'KEAN, Ageit.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
No. 11, LOMBARD.STREET, London.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Chairman.
THOMSON HANKEY, jun., Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George LYO.II, Esq.
John Dixon, Es,. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
A'ir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
George Joluistone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq.
AUDITORS.
1. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
I
Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq.
AcTUAßY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par-
liament, recently obtained, this Company now offers to future In-
surers a low Rate of premium without participation in Profits ; or a
moderate scale of premiums with four-fifths of the Profits to be de-
rived from all Assurances hereafter effected.
The divisions of Profits which heretofore have been made Septen-
nially will in future be made Quinquennially, the first of such divi-
sions to be declared in June 1855, when all participating policies
which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas 1854, will
be allowed to share in the profits.
At the several past divisions of profits made by this Company, the
reversionary Bonuses added to the policies from one half the profits
amounted, on an average of the different 4es, to about 1 per cent.
per annum on the sums insured, and the total bonuses added to the
four septennial divisions exceeded 770,0001.
FOREIGN RISKS.—The extra Premiums required for the East
and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the
United States of America, have been materially reduced.
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
,n the sth of June, 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),
between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and
a:so by the Agents in the Country Districts.
Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at
Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with
Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with
the
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Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be-
comeoid.

GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

CATIIOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON.
The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Read
Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the
report, which is too lengthy for publication:—
During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England.
and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 240/.—making
together 700/., 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 between the Ist of June, 1449, and
the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in
the twelve months preceding.
Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,963/.25. 6d.:
of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s.
sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0181., upon which 3201. 3s.
was received by the Company in the shape of premiums.
Since the commencement of the Company to the let of June last,
assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 125. 6d., pro-
ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. ifs. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed,
amounting to 23,9901. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were
7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to
2,9911. 155. 11d.
Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001.,
but 1,1831. lie. 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.

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Wednesday, and Friday Evenings at Nine.—Lecture on the Ballad
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daily at One o'clock, at
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N.B. The Programme of Dances as before.
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past season at Cremorne Gardens, including the most eminent
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and the Philharmonic Concerts.
BORINI'S BAND.
VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT.
Comprising Selections from the most celebrated Composers, and
Solos by first-rate Artists.
Overture, ".Les Diamans de II Couronne," Auber.
Song, " The Chamois Bunter," Miss O. Hodson • • Ballinger.
Comic Duett, " Love and Jealousy," Miss G. Hodgson
and Mr. J. W. Sharp.
Comic Song, " Useful Knowledge," (with a Burlesque
Collegiate Speech) Mr. J. W. Sharp • • • . . Farmer.
Polka, " Laura Bell" (First Time) •Borini.
REPERTOIRE OF MUSIQUE DE DANSE.
THIS EVENING, Dec. 18.
1. Polka • . Isabelle . • • • .. D'Albert
2. Q.,alrille • • Albion .• • • .. Burial
3. Waltz •• Des Wanderer's Lebevrohl J. Strauss
4. Polka • • Charlottes Labitzky
5. Quadrille.. La Guerre des Femmes .. Bosislo
6. Schottische The Gem .. • • .. .. Seabrook
7. Polka .. Alice .. .. J. Strauss
8. Quadrille.. All Nations .. .. • • Borini
9. waltz • . Galizier • • • • • • • • Labitzky
10. Polka • . Laura Bell • • • .. Botha
11. Quadrille.. La Fee aux Roses (2d set) .. Musard
12. Galop .. Great Exhibition .. Marriott
To the 'votaries of Terpsichore remarks on the excellence of
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The Grand Salon, Refreshment, and Ante-rooms have undergone
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It is a melancholy fact that thousands aro suffering the pri-
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THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPSWICH, DEC. 17.
The supply of wheat at market was unusually small;
the condition not good, and the sale very heavy, at a
decline of Is per quarter. Barley was a large supply;
it sold heavily, and was on all sorts fully is per gustier
cheaper. Beans and peas at late prices.

PER QUARTER. _
PER QUARTER.
Wheat, red 3Bs to 41s Beans 29s to 31s
Da., new oo.i to 00s Peas
Do., white 43s to 48s Oats
Do., new OOs to 00s Rye.. . OOs to 00s
Barley, malting 238 to 27. Malt oos to 005
Do., grinding... 20s to 225, Flour, per sack oos to 00s

AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 14.
Wheat, red 1,426 quarters at 41s 7d.
Barley
Beans 6B „ 27s Bd.
Oats
Peas..... 7O „ 29s 9d.
HULL, DEQ:
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—Since
our last the weather has remained mild and damp, and
we must again report a dull trade for all articles. At to-
day's market we had a good supply of wheat from the
farmers, mostly in moderate condition, and to effect
sales a decline of is per quarter had to be submitted to
on such descriptions, but good dry samples could not be
bought lower than last week. In foreign wheat there
was little or nothing doing, holders of landed parcels not
caring about forcing off their stocks, and the arrivals not
being large. Barley was quite neglected, except the
finest sorts for malting. Oats are scarce. Beans and
peas go off very slowly. The linseed market is well sup-
ported, and for cakes a fair demand considering the
mildness of the season. Rapeseed supports our quota-
tions, as do also cakes if of fine quality.
The following are the present prices of grain
S. S.
Wheat, English, red 36 to 42
Do. white 42 46
Dantzic and Ko-

nigsberg 42 46
Pomeranian and
-

Hamburgh . 3B 42
Danish, Holstein, & _

B. B.
Peas, white and yeL 27 32
Do. grey
Linseed, Black Sea 46 48

Do. Petersburgh ... 40 44
Do. Riga&Archnl 38 42

Do. Konigsberg .t.. 37 40
Per ton.

Friesland 36 —3B Lins. c,HuIl 71226 d to 715 s
Russian and Odessa 35 40 Do. fine foreign
Oats, English
Do. Danish... l4 16 Rapeseed 261 10s to 01
Do.Friesland l6 18 Rape cakes...7ss Od to 00s 0.1
Do. Russ. Pe Odessa 14 16 Tares, English ......38s —00 s
Barley,malting 24 26 Do. foreign 20s —26 s
Do. grinding.. 21 22 Guano 6l to 101 Os
Beans 26 30 Bones, do 95s 0,1 to 00s Od
Do. foreign ...... 26 28 Rye meal
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17.—At this day's market there
was a moderately good attendance of the town and
country trade, who, however, showed no desire to make
purchases, and the business done in wheat and flour was
quite trifling, at a reduction of 2d per 701bs. on the
former, and Is per sack and 6d per barrel on the latter
article. Oats and oatmeal were held at late rates, which
checked buyers. Barley was in moderate request, at ld
per 601bs advance; but beans and peas were neglected,
and without change. Indian corn was in better demand,
and fine yellow was generally held at 31s 6d per quarter.
MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, DEC. 17.—The market
to-day is firm and steady ; a good business has been
done; but except for India goods, which command lid.
per piece advance, or even more, prices ;are generally
stationary.

WHO ROLLED THE POWDER IN ?
(From the Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.)
We have discussed the great question which is
agitating Englishmen not as a question of Protestant
doctrine against Catholic doctrine, albeit, if the lead-
ing article of a newspaper were the proper place for
entering on such a discussion, we are quite prepared
to do so. That there may be no mistake on this head
let us state distinctly that we are Protestants. We
have confined ourselves to the advocacy of the great
principle of civil and religious libarty—a principle
which the people, in a state of alarm and agitation,
have recognized over and over again by the repetition
of a form of words, but by their very attitude prove
they do not carry out in practice. The alarm and
agitation—the explosion of Protestant zeal, was of
course preceeded by preparations. Who assisted in
these preparations ? In fact " who rolled the powder
in ?" Unquestionably the Tractarians ; and
amongst this party no one stood for a time
more prominent than the now Bishop of Oxford. He
and his brothers have been on " the very verge
of the precipice "—one has already slipt over,
and the Bishop of Oxford has been, and is still making
desperate efforts to recover his position. When a
man is attacked and hotly pursued—pushed, in fact,
to " the very verge of the precipice," he naturally
turns round and fights manfully for the only resting
place left to him—he deals heavy blows, and repeats
them in rapid succession, and then, pressed by the
number of his pursuers, these blows become random
hits, deadly in their power when they take effect, but
wanting in that skill which a more advantageous
battle-field might afford an opportunity of displaying.
This is precisely the position of some of the leaders
of the Tractarian party.
That Dr. Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford,
was for some years a prominent member of this
party, is a fact well known to all those of our readers
who live within sight of the Rectory of Alverstoke.
The alterations made by him in the ceremonies of that
church was a subject of continual conversation and anim-
adversion in this locality, and it became manifest that as
regards external signs and peculiarity of doctrine, the
rector, his curates, and his flock, were rapidly becom-
ing Roman Catholics. We perfectly remember the
discussion which followed the removal of Dr. Wil-
berforce to the cathedral of Westminster, and shortly
after this his translation to the see of Oxford. Men
speculated regarding the course he would pursue—
the favour with which Puseyites would be treated,
and they playfully plumbed the depth of the sincerity
of a bishop's frown on those doctrines, forms, and
ceremonies which a rector had inculcated, enforced,
and practised. From this period to the period of the
arrival of the Pope's Bull, Dr. Wilberforce is said by
all men to have been "on the very verge of the
precipice." The Tractarian rector became a Trac-
tarian bishop, but paradoxical as it may appear,
although in this latter position he enjoyed increased
ecclesiastical power—by this very power his wings
were clipped, and it became more difficult to show
forth his peculiar views. Men have always
looked upon him with suspicion. He never did
anything to remove this suspicion ; at least he
never did so in a hearty, straightforward manner.
How could the Bishop of Oxford, as such, denounce
those doctrines which, as Rector of Alverstoke, he had
been instrumental in desseminating ? How could he
frown down the efforts of men, who would have
turned round and cried, " Thou dids't help to teach
me ?" How could he tell Dr. Pusey that he was un-
dermining the Protestant Church, when the sap was
pushed onwards by himself before he became Bishop
of Oxford? We marvel not, therefore, that Tracta-
rianism continued to be tolerated at Qxford, or that
Bishop Wilberforce now says that he is "on principle
and by disposition so largely tolerant of otheis." But
is this a fact ? Verily, out of his own mouth shall he
be judged. He says—" Who needs now to be told
that there is no weapon that it is not judged lawful to
use by those who are now arrayed against us ? who
needs to be told that Romanism is a system which so
saps honesty in men's minds that there is nothing dis-
honest that is not thought holy ?"
We simply ask is this in accordance with the spirit
of Protestantism ? Is this in accordance with what
most men mean when they contend that they are to-
lerant towards one another ? We have always
thought tolerance was the result of an intellectual
process which disposes a person to be patient and in-
dulgent towards those whose opinions and practices
differ from his own, provided such opinions are sin-
cerely maintained, and such practices spring from up-
right motives. To reprobate and denounce others
merely because their actionss, honestly meant, and
opinions, sincerely maintained, differ from our own,
is intolerance. To anathematise, then, five-sixths of
the people of Ireland and one•third of our own
fellow-citizens, is not a specimen of tolerance.
To excommunicate all these people from the list
of honest, conscientious men, we say, is a speci-
men of intolerance. To tell Roman Catholics
that their form of religious belief renders them
so dishonest that they are not fit to be associated
with ; that their code of morality is so perverted
" that there is nothing dishonest which is not thought
holy ;" to taunt the professors of a religious belief
with this, when we man our ships and recruit our
regiments from their ranks, and when not a single
instance of treachery or want of loyalty can be
brought against them ; to forget also the historical
fact that when Catholic Spain sent forth her armada
to crush Protestant England, our fleet was led on,
and led on to victory by a Catholic—Howard ;—we
say, to do all this, and to forget all this, is to shut
our eyes to facts standing out in the glare of the noon-
day sun, and to indulge in language more becoming
the rampant intolerance of the vulgar zealot, led on
by a " No-Popery" howl within the walls of Exeter
Hall, than what should be the calm, deliberative
speech of a Protestant Prelate addressing his clergy,
under the shadow of halls built by the ancestors of
the very men whose faith he was denouncing.
It is such language as this which disturbs our
equanimity, and causes us to regret a move-
ment which can do no good to the great cause
of civil and religious liberty, which we are de-
termined to support. It is such facts as these
which " make our heart's blood run cold." We
know that taste and 'peculiarity of constitution ren-
der the effect of facts and phenomena widely different
on men. The Bishop of Oxford's blood runs cold at
the idea of an army of scullery-maids sent into this
c,aintry to disturb the purity of our faith, a sugges-
tion it appears made by Father Ignatius in a fit of
mad enthusiasm.

" For instance," says Bishop Wilberforce, "he
would say to one of the right mettle, There is a
nobleman's family; enter it as a scullery.maid.'
Such facts make our heart's blood run cold."
From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but
a step. A bishop afraid of a scullery-maid ! A
scullery-maid producing a bouleversentent of a
bishop's circulation ! Pshaw ! This is all sham,
froth, rant, and bluster. If you are a good man
and true, Bishop Wilberforce, there is nobler
game for you. There is Dr. Pusey at your elbow
receiving confessions from the young and uninitiated,
not verbal but written confessions, preserving
them in his desk, and refusing to give them
up when the applicant; beseeches him to do so. Is
this Protestantism? Ought this man to continue to
be a teacher of youth ? Could any scullery-maid, let
her be ever so enthusiastic, perform an act less in ac-
cordance with the spirit of the people of this country,
with the genius cf our Protestant faith, or with the
principles which we consider should regulate the in-
tercourse between man and man ? Have you done
anything to indicate to the world that you disapprove
of these proceedings ? Have you manfully opposed
Tractarian doctrines ? If not, why not ? Listen. Dr.
Pusey is and was from the first moment the head of
the party, he took up a position and made all the pre-
liminary arrangements for the attack, you " rolled
the powder in," and Pio Nono at the suggestion of
Cardinal Wiseman, who had been closely watching
your movements, applied the torch which has set the
country in a blaze, and rent the Church
for ever into two separate and distinct
parties. And in the midst of all this tur-
moil what have you done ? You have placed
your name at the top of a protest from the clergy of
your diocese, declaring the Bishop of Rome has as-
sumed a power to which he has no right ; so far so
good ; but amongst other things you have pledged
yourself with the other protesters " to discourage the
propagation of all principles and practices tending to
establish Roman opinions within our respective
spheres." You drew up the protest, but this little
sentence was an amendment, and inserted at the
request of the meeting. What is now your posi-
tion ? You have pledged yourself to use ycur
best endeavours to discourage the very practices
you were foremost in assisting to introduce and to
carry into practice. This is a specimen of consist.
ency, but let it pass. Prove to us that you are in
earnest, and let us hear that Dr. Pulley's confessional
is denounced, and that the accumulated documents,
those specimens of the outpourings of poor weak
humanity, are forthwith returned to their owners.
Above all things, when
you denounce Popery, re-
member that every man is a Pope, whether he lives
in Rome or in Oxford, who endeavours to lord it over
the
the consciences of his fellow-men. It is the spiutof
Popery we have to denounce and discourage, not the
piece of humanity the temporary embodiment of the
spirit. It is the -Principle we
disapprove of, not the
Pope or his Cardinal. Accordingly is the spirit