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Friends, seconded the resolution. Having d
gently examined the Institution in all its bearings-a,
he was enabled to say, that it was in every respect;
worthy of universal encouragement.—(Hear.) A great
dramatic author had said,
" Neither borrower nor lender be,
For borrowing turns the edge of husbandry." :".!-:,"e."---/-•-..,,,,..-
Ira
But the result of this Institntion proved that the y ' 11:'
was wrong, and that borrowing and lending may:, ,;.,- ~,
good to both parties, and keep the edge, instead of tutt.r-: r.l"q Spa tr
ing it, of husbandry and every other branch of human
industry,—(Applause and a laugh.) For his part, he
had not, as yet, a large stake in the Institution, but he
had learned enough to induce him to increase it.
The resolution was carried unanimously, with cheers.
• -Mr. H. Xgtsitio moved the second resolution to the
effeet:.—"That the best thanks of the Proprietors be given
to the Directors for the able manner in which they have
conducted the affairs of this Establishment, and espe-
cially to Charles Kerry Nicholls, Esq., the Resident
and At.snaging Director, for the zeal and talent evinced
by him iii the superintendence of the business of the
Company."
Mr. J. HOWELL seconded the resolution, which
was carried by acclamation.
Mr. Nienou.s, on the part of his colleagues and him-
self, for the honour done them by the resolution just.
passed, assured them that he would continue the
same exertions which they had so handsomely Acknow-
ledged, and he hoped to be able next year to give them a
still more pleasing account of their affairs even than t. hat .
which they had now received with so much satisfact,'oll,
( A pplause.)
Mr. GRADY had next to propose a resolution which trt
him, as a lawyer, was very gratifying, although he could
hardly help doubting whether he ought to be the first to
thank solicitors for letting down the fees of the
profs scion so much as they did.—(Hear, I, ear, and
a laugh.) The resolution which he had to propose was,
" That the best thanks of the Shareholders be given
to Messrs. Murrays, Rymer, and Murray, the soli-
eitofs who prepared the Company's deed of settlement,
for the urbanity and liberal conduct evinced by,
them on all occasions towards this establishment.''
Oil looking over their charges, he was suite astonished
at theif moderation.—(Hear, hear.) for three year?
Service4ticititll4, the deed of settlement,they hod chargedi
Only 150/. 14tow the meeting would understand how
ninth they, were indebted ft/ the solicitors for this, when
he told them that lie had known a deed of settlement of
a Company to cost 850/.—(l.lear, hear)—and the fair
charges on deeds of settlement wen generally so high,.
that a lawyer considered one a god_serie, and cared little _
about any more business for the rest of-the )'ear.
Mr. FORMAN seconded the resolution, whicfi
was cur-
ried with applause,
Mr. Nienou.s then moved, " That the thanks of thiTs-4
meeting be given to Mr. John Simpson, secretary, and'
to Mr. Charles William Williams, the actuary and ac-
countant, for their zeal and attention."
Mr. BiNnAm seconded the resolution, which was car-
ried unanimously,
Thanks were then voted with groat cordiality to C.
E. Nicholls, Esq., for his conduct in the chair, and the
meeting separated.

SIR WILLIAM WRAXALL;
(No. 1.)
TO THE ZOl7blt OF THE TIMES.

No. 6, Albion.place, Feb. 25, 1842.
Stn,—l celled on Sir William Wildall, in the Times of the
24th inst., to produce the letter returned to him by me on the
20th Dec., 1841, to which be refers in hie letter in the Times
of the 23d inst., as evidence of his imputations against my
veracity and courage. He has failed to produce it. I will do
it fur him. He must, he says, write to Tours to obtain its
transmissien. I have its contents nearer home. With a view
sole'y to protect myself from that falsification of it which has
occurred, a copy of that letter was verified by Richard Napier,
sealed, and kept by h;m unopened until this day.
Allow me to illustrate the veracity of Sir William Wraxall
by a brief extract from its contents, in juxta-position with his
representation of what passed at our interview on the it3th
Dec. Speaking of that interview in his letter in the Times- of
the 23d inst., he says :
" I di I not refuse to retract any insinuation coainst Mr..
Symons, unless he proved them to be ' false.' nut, on the
contra, y, required proof of my having made any such
Cons as would justify either the demand or the alter native
.1)“,-
posed."
In his letter referred to of the 114th of December last, and re--
turced by me as above stated, he writes thus of what passed at
the .nter‘ievr in question :
" That there may be no mistake as to what my answer foyon
was this morning, I think it necessary to send it you in writing.
viz.:— That I wilt not retract that phrase of my last letter' to
you from Versailles, in which I stated that Mr. Symons playesi
the same game at Stroud in 1837, as he did lately in 1641. mr
meaning being, that after becoming a candidate, he retired, in-
stead of gone to the poll, on both those occasions. Before he
has a sight to call upon me fur sativaetion he must fir,l dis-
prove this."
In Sir Win. Wraxall's letter in the Times of the 23d, Sir
Wm. Wraxall deliberately asserts, " That at the moment whew
Mr. Ley and Mr. Symons, one or both, were asking fer me at
the Parthenon Club, I was in the act of addressing to Mr. Ley
a letter, written in, and dated from my own residence 1* the
Regent's Park, a letter, -too, repeating in writing what I had
said at the interview ; namely, that I was ready to name a
friend upon proof of any ir.sult, or insinuation amounting to if,.
having been made by me against Mr. Symons ; and, finally,.
inasmuch as Mr. Ley received that letter, opened it, and re-
turned it to me at my residence, it is to be regretted that his
valour should Lave so soon evaporated, for he surely knew then
where to find me."
Now the letter here referred to contains no mention what-

ever of his residence. It is dated solely as follows
3 o'clock Saturday evening, 18th Dec., 1841.
No place whatever is named from the beginning of the
letter to the ending, nor could the porter at the Parthenon ewe
me his address; it was therefore left with the porter for Sir W
Wiasa.ll, and not at his residence ; my first knowledge of
which was obtained through the police report in the newspaper,
after he was bound over to keep the reace.
I have said that Sir W. Wraxall s letter to me would de-
termine the truth or falsehood of our respective assertions. 1
am now pt rfectly content to abide the judgment of the
as to whether I am the liar, or Sir W. Wraxall.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
James PEARD LEI,
P. S. Sir William Wraxall, in his letter to the Times of
the 24:11 inst., is pleased to conclude that my valour had ma•
porated, because, as ho affirms, I addre'sed the returned letter
to his residence, and therefore knew where to find him.- It:
mac be i.rocer to observe, that when I left the letter with the
half-porter at the Parthenon Club. I had myself no personal
quarrel whatever with Sir William Wraxall, nor, as he ex-
pressrs it, any " dire intent" towards him, but as the friend
of Mr. S)mons, I have no wish to speak of my own courage,
be it much or litle ; if much, there is no occasion to tea( abent
it ; if little, the less that is said of it the better.
(No. 2.)
68. Upper Itorkeley-street, Portman. square.
Sir,—The letter 1 now deliver into your hands, marked ow
the cover, " Copy of Sir Wm. Wraxall 's letter to Mr. Ley,"
and sealed, has been in my possession from the day I received

it uktil the present momeni. -
1 compared it with the original letter shown to me, as from
Sir Wm. Wren.% and finding it to be a correct copy of such
letter, I sca'ed it up immediately, and the seal has never been
broken open.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient
servant, RICHD. NAPIER.

To Chas. Augustus Tulk, Esq.
(No. 3.)
February 25th, 1842.
Sir,—The sealed letter which you delivered into my hands
this evening, marked on the cover, " Copy of Sir Wm. Wrax-
all's letter to Mr. Ley," f opened in your presence, and the
enclosed is an accurate copy of its contents.—l have the honour
to be, Sir, your very obedient servant,
CUAS. Auc. TULIC.
Richard Napier, Esq.

(No.- 4.)
19, Dulto-street, Westminster, Feb. 25, 1842.
Sir,—l have in my possession the copy of a letter from Sir
W. Wraxall to Mr. Ley, dated 18.11 Dec. 1841, which was
delivered to me this evening by Mr. Nailer, with the seal
unbroken, and opened by me in that gentleman's presence. I
bog further to :tate that its contents have been communicated
by me to Mr. Ley, and that the copy itself has not been out
of my possession. May I request that you will insert this in
your raper, with the accompanying notes between Mr. Napier
and myself.

I have the honour to be, Sir,
Yours very obediently,
CHAS. Auo. Tung.

The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel
the Giraffe, R. Stranack, from Rotterdam, arrived off the
Custon-house lesterday, with the Dutch Mail.
We understand that it is the intention of Madame
Vestris to close Covent-garden Theatre in the beginning of
May, in order to make way for the German company, whohave
engaged the house for fifty nights. Some persons, who seem to
know little of the matter, have been busily engaged circulating
a report that the German company will not appear this season
in England. We have reason to know the contrary, and, al.
though some arrangements are not quite complete, we believe
there is no doubt that we shall have a German opera this sea-
son,"and that it has already received the very highest sanction.
Observer.
LOVE OF THE TIGER FOR HUMAN 1' LESli.—ltv
was my lot to be stationed, for several years, In a remote part of
our Indian possessions, adjoining the Mysore frontier, and in the
immediate vicinity of the great chain of Western Ghauts. In
the pathless thickets of their eternal forests, untrodden by the foot
of man, the tigress reared her young, and wandered with her sa.
rage partner into the smaller jungles of the plain, proving a scourge
that drove every feeling of security from the humble dwellings of
the wretched inhabitants. In such a country, inhabited by the
poorest classes, living in small villages surrounded by jungle, and
forced to seek their subsistence amongst the tiger's haunts, nu.
merous casualties, of course, occurred, and I had frequent opportu-
nities of studying the habits, and witnessing the ravages of tins
formidable animal. Some idea may be formed of the havoc com-
mitted by tigers, when I mention, from returns made to Govern-
ment, that, in one district, three hundred men and five thousand
head of cattle, were destroyed during three years I Whilst con-
fined in the forest, the tiger is comparatively harmless. There,
feeding principally on deer, he rarely encounters man, and when
the solitary hunter does meet the grim tyrant of the woods, in-
stinctive fear of the human race, makes the striped monster avoid
him. But in the open country he becomes dangerous. Pressed
by hunger, lie seeks his prey in the neighbourhood of villages, and
carries off tattle before the herdsman's eyes. Still, he rarely
ventures to attack man, unless provoked, or urged to desperation.
But under whatever circumstances human blood is once tasted, the
spell of fear is for ever broken ; the tiger's nature is changed ; lie
deserts the jungle, and haunts the very doors of his victims. Cattle
pass unheeded, but their driver is carried et; and from that time
the tiger becomes a mon.eates.—The Old Forest )}:anger.

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ATMOSPHERIC :PRESSURE ENGINE.—The TOIIIO7I-
- has the following :—" M. Lewinsky, a Pole by birth, but
naturalised in France, will in a few days make trial of on atmos.
pheric pressure-engine, In a small boat which Admiral Baudia has
placed at his command. We have before us a certificate by Cap-
tain Durbac, of the port of Marseilles, affirming that M. Lewin-
sky in the course of last year made a trial of his engine, which is
of wood, in a flat.bottomed boat, which he was thereby able to
take out of the port of Marseilles, and reach the lburth buoy, at
the rate of between three and four knots an hour, although the
sea was very boisterous. Ile had previously made an experiment
at Home, in the presence of numerous spectators ; this attracted
the notice of the Eng ish consular agents, and induced them to
communicate an account of it to their Government. The Lords of
the Admiralty in consequence wrote to M. Lewinsky, inviting him
to bring his invention to England, promising him every prate:don
and encouragement; but M. Lewinsky, wishing to present his
discovery to his adopted country, declined accepting the flattering
offer."
The Bishop of Algiers, whose arrival at Marseilles
has been announced, has left that city for Rome. It is said that
he has received from Government the authorisation and the funds
to build ten new churches in Algeria ; and that, besides this,
350,000 f. have been allotted for the enlarging of his cathedral.
large and a smaller seminary (for senior and Junior theological s u,
dents, have been authorised in 4100.