The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-06 00:00:00

PROFIT AND LOSS.

Dr.
Payment of the Dividend on the 10th of
Septembar, 1844, at the rate of 61. per cent.
per annum, for the half year ending the
30th of June 24,000 0 0
Payment of the Dividend now declared, at
the rate of 6/. per cent. per annum, for the
half year ending the 31st of December,lB44 24,000 0 0
Balance of unappropriated profits 69,904 15 4

s. d.

Cr.
Balance of unappropriated profits on the
3141 December, 1843
Net profits of the year 1844, after defraying
total expense of management, paying
the income-tax, and making provision for
all bad and doubtful debts.. 51,081 18 11

£117,904 15 4

£117,904 15 4
Balance of unappropriated profits brought
down
Mr. Winsittav proposed " That the report now read be
curren
current
adopted, and printed and circulated among the Proprietors."
He congratulated the meeting on the dividend which had
been declared—a dividend which was not obtained by that,
w
attractive, or, perhaps, he should rather say, clap- trap
say spteerinCen whicht..ge uponas adopted
by
accounts,so me oth earn backs,
cohf allowingn
that account, the more gratifying.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
He did not know whether or not the Directors were
sufficiently remunerated ; but he rather thought that
an increase ought to be made in the scale of allowance.
At all events there was another class of persons to whom
they were greatly indebted for their prosperity, who he
believed, were not adequately paid for their
services. This subject was one which he thought
well deserved the consideration of the Directors The
duties of such persons were laborious and responsible ; and as
the bank was in a thriving condition, he was of opinion that
the scale of remuneration ought to be revised. Ranking, as
they did, as the first joint-stock bank in the country, it was
mainly to the exertions of their clerks that they owed that
position.—(clear, hear.)
Mr. VAUGHAN, in seconding the resolution, expressed his
concurrence in what had been said in reference to the remu-
neration of the clerks of the Company. He also expressed
a regret that the reports were not of a more detailed nature.
It would be desirable, he thought, that they should
have an account of the expenses of the Princes-street
and Pall-mall establishments. The establishment in
St. James's-square, with a resident Director, must entail
a large expense on the Company. He very much doubted
the propriety of the step which had been taken, thinking,
as he did, that it would be better to concentrate the business
of the bank in the central office.
Mr. LEVY said he considered that the Proprietors had
no right whatever to interfere with the salaries of
the clerks; that was a matter which should be left altogether
to the Directors, who knew better than they did what was
the best course to be pursued.—(Hear, hear.) He bad
known three cases in which persons, whose salaries had
been increased, had afterwards run away with the
money of the bank.—(Laughter.) There was one
point in connexion with the amount of business
to which he wished to call the attention of the Chairman.
They all knew that Sir Peter Laurie was a patriet—a very
great patriot.—(Laughter.) Now when Sir Peter proposed
Sir W. Heygate as Chamberlain, he made it a condition that
he should place his accounts, which bad formerly been kept
at Smith and Payne's, in the Union Bank.—(Loud
Laughter.) When Sir William Heygate died, and
Mr. Brown was solicited to fill the vacancy, he also having
extensive accounts, had the same request made to him by Sir
Peter.—(Laughter.) He recommended this example to the
Chairman and the Directors.—(Laughter.)
Mr. TITE concurred in what had been said as to the desira-
bleness of giving more detailed accounts. He had often heard
the subject mentioned amongst men of business. He thought
the accounts should be similar to those of the Bank of
England.
The CHAIRMAN said the question mentioned by the last
speaker was undoubtedly one of great importance. It should
be taken into consideration by the Directors, and the sug-
gestion should either be complied with, or some satis-
factory reason should be assigned at the next meeting
for withholding more minute information.—(Hear, hear.)
With regard to remuneration, he thought they had
better resign this subject to the board of Directors.
They might feel assured that the same liberal
spirit which had prompted the remarks made on
that point would actuate the Directors themselves. With
respect to their branch establishments, he only hoped that
they might never make a worse investment of money than
they had done in the case at least of that in St. James's-
square. The whole establishment, so eligible in itself, had not
cost them more than 12,000/., and that amount was reduced
by the letting of the stabling, and other parts of the building
which were not required for the purposes of the bank.
The resolution for the adoption of the report was then
carried unanimously.
Mr. MusmAY proposed the following resolution :—" That
the cordial thanks of the meeting be presented to the Directors
for their able and successful government of the bank during
the past year; and this meeting congratulates the Directors
that the privileges for which they had so long contended have
at last been so successfully obtained."
Mr. Cox seconded the resolution, which was put and car-
ried.
Captain MANDERSON moved " That Matthew Boulton
Rennie, Charles Gibbes, and William Haigh, Esqs., be re-
elected as Directors." _ _ _

M.r. SIIARLAND seconded the resolution, which was put
and carried unanimously.
Mr. BADDELEr moved " That the cordial thanks of this
meeting be presented to James William Gilbert, Esq., the
general manager, and the other managers and officers of the
Bank, for their effective services."
Mr. l'ilonGAN having seconded the resolution, it was agreed
to unanimously.
Mr. 3lortsoN proposed " That the cordial thanks of the
meeting be offered to P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P., for his able
and courteous conduct in the chair."
The resolution having been seconded, and carried by ac•
clam ation ,

The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks, and the meeting
separated.

BIRMINGITAMANb GLOUCESTER
RAILWAY.,BIRINGIIAMTUESDAY,EN G. —A meeting of
ENIM
the Proprietors of the above Company, took place this
afternoon, at the Company's office, in Lawler street,
to confirm (or otherwise) an agreement entered into
on the Bth of February, 1845, between the
Directors of the Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway and the Directors of the Bristol and Glou-
cester Railway, on the one part, and the Directors of the
and w toL z authorise t h
Eosrqi an
of application
Gloucester
; Bo
Midland Railway, on the other part, for granting a lease
in perpetuity to the Midland Railway Company, with
an option of purchase of the railwa from Birmingham
to Bristoli
o
to carry the said agreement into effect.
SA
man), said the chief object of the meeting was to
to Parliament
con-
eider the leasing of the line to the Midland Company
Before, however, they proceeded to that part of the busi-
ness, he would move the following resolution (therel
relative
eaitro-
the dividend
" That a dividend of 40s. per 100/. shares, 10s. per
quarter share, dated prior to Ist of July, 1844; Bs. 4d.
per quarter share, dated Ist of August, 1844; 65. Bd. per
quarter share, dated Ist September, 1844; and ss. per
quarter share, dated Ist of October, 1844 (free of income-
tax), amounting to 22,8031. 13s. 4d., be now declared, and
that it be made payable on the 6th inst."
The resolution having been carried,
The SECRETARY thea read the agreement between
the two Companies:—" The Midland Railway Com-
pany to pay to the United Birmingham and Bristol
Company an annual rent, equivalent to 6 per cent.
on their united share capital of 1,800,0001. The
Midland Railway Company to undertake all the liabili-
ties up to the present tine, &c. If an Act is not ob-
tained this session, the application shall be re-
newed next sessio::, or until an Act shall be ob-
tained, and, in the mean time, the Midland Com-
pany shall work the lines from Birmingham and
Bristol, on the same terms, so as, in any event,
to carry out the objects of this agreement. The
Midland Company to have the power of purchasing
the two railways at any time after the expiration of
three years from the commencement of the lease, by
giving six months' notice,l:ending with any half-year,
upon payment of 1501- for every 1001. stock in the two
Companies."
to, after which
report The CHAIRMAN, having stated the grounds uponwhich
the agreement was deemed necessary by the Birmingham
and Gloucester Company, proposed a resolution that the
agreement be entered into.
The motion was unanimously
the Secretary read the , was
u
also received, and the
in o
o slfythebroke agreedo mpany,
which

--,----
The Countess of Aylesford died on Sunday last at
Packington Hall, the family seat in Warwickshire, after a
short illness. The deceared Countess was fourth daughter
of G
oeforAgye
,ieslafotred
THE THAMES TLTNIIIIL.—On Tuesday, at one
o'clock, a general assembly of the proprietors of the Thames
Tunnel Company was held at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, for the purpose of receiving the report of the
affairs of the Company for the past year, ending December
31 ; Mr. Benjamin Hawes, sen., in the chair. The report
AarplriQlf 213, 81n82Yi1c .k,
and was married to the
Earl
having been read, it appeared that the works were in a very
good condition, but that there Was. at present no prospect of
a dividend. There had been received 6,1371. 10s. 10d. from
foot passengers, making about 1,473,100 who had gone
through, which was a less number than the previous year.
The total receipts amounted to 15,686/. 153. Bd.' in which
were included 6201. 15s. 3d. from the stall-keepers;
2,056/. 17s. sd. Exchequer-bills ; 1,1391. 14s. 6d. cash at the
Bank of England; and 'after paying all the charges there
remained a balance in hand of 1,947/. 17s. Bd. Among
the items of expenditure were 1,500/
-., a gratuity to
Sir laambert Brunell ; 500/. to Mr. rage, the
engineer;
and 300/. to Mr. Charlier, the late head-clerk. Several
proprietors addressed the chair upon the report; and
in answer to questions the ohathman said that therewere
three roads in contemplation on e south side to the Thames
Tunnel—from Deptford, the Commercial-road, and the
Elephant and Castle ; that from Deptford had been begun,
An analysis had been made of the water in the tunnel b
Professor Faraday, who has ascertained that the water wa3y.
from land-springs, and not the Thames. With respect to the
structure, he believed that it would last in hundred weary.
A plan was submitted by the late Mr. Samuda, who pro-
posed to form a railway through the Tunnel for the convey-
ance of carriages and carts, one side being for foot passen-
gers and another for vehicles. The apparatus for the rail-
way would cost about 10,0001. When it
. was sufficiently
matured, the plan would be laid before the proprietors. The
directors had done all in their power to reduce the expensw,
and in doing so had diminished the allowanee granted to
them from 1,0001. to 200/•
year. The sum they had re-
ceived from the Government was 246,000/. The report was
adopted, and Messrs. Wollaston, Barker, and. Jones were re •
; elected directors. Thanks were voted to the directors and
hairmaE, after which the meeting broke lip.

HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.
The Queen held a Levee (the first this season) yes-
terday afternoon, at St. James's Palace.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the royal suite
arrived in four carriages, escorted by a party of Life
Guards, at two o'clock, from Buckingham Palace. The
royal suite included the Countess of Dunmore and the
Marchioness of Douro, Ladies in Waiting ; the Earl of
Morton, Lord in Waiting ; Mr. Ormsby Gore, Groom in
IVaiting ; Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in
Waiting ; Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry
to Prince Albert ; and the Pages of Honour in Waiting.
Her Majesty and the Prince were received at the
Palace by the Great Officers of State.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and
the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz,
attended by Baron Knesebeck and Mr. St. Edmond
Mildmay, were present at the levee.
The foreign diplomatic corps were first introduced,
when the following presentations to the Queen took
place :
Mr. Cottu, Attaché .1 l'Ambassade Francaise, by the
Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador.

Mr. George Annesley, Lieutenant in the Austrian
service, and Count Alfred Potocki, Attaché to the
Austrian Embassy, by Count Dietrichstein, the Austrian
Ambassador.

Le Contre-Amiral Poutiatine, de la Marine Imperiale,
and Mr. de Longuinoff, Attaché l'Ambassade Imperiale
de Russia, by the Baron de Brunnow, the Russian
Minister.

The Baron do Linden, Attaché a la Legation de sa
Majestii le Roi de Wurtemberg a Londres, by the
Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister.

Mr. Perez de Castro, Mr. Lopez Cevallos, Marquis
del Arco, and Count del Crescente, Attaches to the
Spanish Legation, by the Duke de Sotomayor, the
Spanish Minister.
The foreign diplomatic circle was attended by Count
de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador and le Comte
d'Harcourt ; the Ottoman Ambassador ; Count Die-
trichstein, the Austrian Ambassador ; Baron Koller,
First Secretary ; Baron Brenner, Secretary ; and Count
Potocky, Attaché to the Austrian Embassy ; M. Van
de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, and Mr. Charles
Drouet, Secretary of Legation ; Mr. Moreno, the Buenos
Ayrean Minister ; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister ;
Count de Pollon, the Sardinian Minister, and Count
_ _

Revel, Secretary of Legation ; Baron de Moncorvo,
Portuguese Minister, and M. Lobo de Moira, Secretary
of Legation ; Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister;
General Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minister, and M.
G. Canofari, Secretary of Legation ; Count Kielmann-
segge, the Hanoverian Minister ; the Chevalier Bunsen,
Prussian Minister ; le Commandeur Marques Lisboa,
Brazilian Minister ; Mr. Everett, United States Mi-
nister 3 Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister, and
M. de Bielke, Gentilhomme de la Chambre de sa Ma-
jests ; le Roi de Danemarc et son, Secretaire de Lega-
tion ; le Due de Sotomayor (Marquis de Casa Irujo),
Grand d'Espagne de la Premiere Classe, the Spanish
Minister, and the Chevalier de Pedrorena, Second Se-
cretary of Legation ; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Mi-
nister ; M. M. Mosquera, New Grenada Chargé d'Af-
faires, and M. Raphael de Ayala, Secretary to the Mis-
sion ; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Charg d,Affaires,

and the Count of Erlach.
In the general circle the following presentations to
her Majesty took place:—
Sir Thomas Fremantle, on his appointment to be Chief
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by
Sir Robert Peel.
Mr. Bingham Baring, on his appointment as Paymaster
of her Majesty's Forces, by Sir Robert Peel.
Sir George Clerk, on his appointment as Master of the
Mint, by Sir Robert Peel.
The Lord Mayor, by the Right Hen. Sir R. Peel, Bart.
Viscount Jocelyn, on his appointment as Secretary to
the Board of Control, by the Earl of Ripon.
The Right Hon. Henry Corry, on his appointment as
Secretary of the Admiralty, by the Earl of Had-
dington.
Mr. Sheriff Sidney, by the Right Hon. Sir James Gra-
ham, Bart.
Mr. Sheriff Hunter, by the Right Hon. Sir James Gra-
ham, Bart.
Colonel Monteath, C. 8., Bengal Army, on his being
appointed Aide-de Camp to her Majesty and Colonel
in the Army, by the Duke of Wellington.
Captain Kincaird, on his appointment as Exon of the
Yeomen Guard, by the Earl of Beverley.
Colonel Sir J. 11. Schoedde, K.C.8., 55th Foot, on ap-
pointment of Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty and re-
turn from China, by the Duke of Richmond.
Mr. Under-Sheriff Marten, by the Right Hon. Sir J.
Graham, Bart.
Rev. Michael Gibbs, by the Lord Mayor.
Rev. Richard Wood, Chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Sidney, by
Mr. Sheriff Sidney.
Rev. Josiah Pratt, Chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Hunter, by
Mr. Sheriff Hunter.
The Queen's Proctor, by the Queen's Advocate.
The Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, upon being ap-
pointed one of her Majesty's Gentlemen Ushers, by
his father, the Lord Chamberlain.
Major T. B. Jervis, to present his Plan of the City of
Peking, by the Right Hon. Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart.
The Earl of Fortescue presented an address and peti-
tion from Southmolton.

The general circle was attended by the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the
Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First
Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for
the Home and Foreign Departments, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the
I'resident of the Board of Controul, the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chief Commissioner of the
Woods and Forests, the Secretary at War, the Lord
Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the
Stole to Prince Albert, the Captain of the honourable
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Captain of the
Yeomen Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Marquis of
Anglesey, Geld Stick in Waiting ; the Master of the
Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor of England, the Right
Hon. the Vice-Chancellor Wigram, the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Cornwall, the Treasurer of the Household,
the Comptroller of the Household, the Judge-Advocate-
General, the Queen's Advocate, the Solicitor-General,
the Attorney-General for reland, Mr. George
Hope, Under Secretary of State for the Colo-
nies, Major-General Sir Henry Wheatly, G. C. H.
Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, the Master of the
Ceremonies ; Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Lieutenant of
the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Sir George
Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeomen Guard ; the
Adjutant-General of the Forces •, the Quartermaster-
General to the Forces ; Mr. Thomas Shiffner, Pay-
master of the Household ; Sir Charles Young, arter ;
Sir Harris Nicolas, G.C.M.G., Chancellor of the Order
of St. Michael and St. George ; Mr. Henry Robinson,
Standard Bearer of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen
at Arms ; Lieut.-General Sir James Macdonell, K.C.B.
and K.C.H., Equerry to the Queen Dowager ; Colonel
Wylde, Royal Horse Artillery, Equerry to Prince
Albert ; Captains Pechell, R.N., Equerry to her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager ; Sir Benjamin C. Brodie,
Bart., Serjeant Surgeon ; Mr. Lawrence, Surgeon Ex-
traordinary to her Majesty ; Colonel Wood, Aide-de-
Camp to her Majesty ; Colonel Weare, Aide-de-Camp
to the Queen ; Major-General Brown, Deputy Adjutant
General ; the Rev. the Sub-Dean of her Majesty's Cha-
pels Royal ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hall, Silver Stick ;
Mr. MacGregor, Secretary to the Board of Trade ; Mr.
James Bunce Curling, Adjutant of the Hon. Corps
of Gentlemen at Arms ; Mr. Ellenthorp, Adjutant
of the Yeomen Guard ; Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S. ;
Captain Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., Master of the
Trinity House ; Mr. Frederick Peel Round, Gentleman
Usher of the Green Rod ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Fre-
derick Smith, K.H., Gentleman Usher to the Privy
Chamber in Waiting ; Lieutenant-Colonel Diggle, Gen-
tleman Usher in Waiting ; Mr. Arthur Blackwood,
Groom of the Privy Chamber ; Captain G. C. Blake,
R.N., Gentleman Usher to his Royal Highness Prince
Albert in Waiting ; Colonel Sir John Morillyon Wilson,
Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chamber of her Majesty
the Queen Dowager • Colonel Walton, Field Officer in
Waiting ; Captain Siborne, Secretary and Adjutant of
the Royal Military Asylum : and the following—
DuaEs—Norfolk, Richmond, Montrose, Buckingham
and Chandos, Leeds.
MARQUISES—Normanby, Chandos, Winchester, Lans-
downe, Camden.
EARLS—Nelson, Rosebery, Dalhousie,' Mexborougb,
Powis, Carnarvon, Bruce, Clarendon, Listowel, Bective,
Erne. Somers, Dundonald, Spencer, Auckland, Fortes-
cue, Rosslyn, Arundel and Surrey, Munster, Ellen-
borough, Zetland, Sheffield.
VISCOUNTS—Gage, Pollington, Newport, Maynard,
Canning, Villiers, Marsham, Duncannon, Campden,
Clive, Sydney, Hawarden, ocelyn, Palmerston, Can-
terbury, Emlyn.
Bisnor—Chichester.
LORDS—Langdale, Dalmeny, Marcus Hill, Alfred
Paget, Adolphus Fitzclarence, Camoys, Ashley, William
Russell, Glenlyon, Redesdale, Leveson, John Russell,
Campbell, Arthur Lennox, Eastnor, A. Lennox, H.
Lennox, Colchester, W. Graham, Colborne, Beaumont.
RIGHT HONOURAMES-11. Corry, Sir George Clerk,
E. J. Stanley, Sir William Fremantle, G.C.11., Mr.
Macaulay, W. E. Gladstone, Admiral Sir Geo.
Cock-
burn, F. Maule, Henry Ellis, Sir J. Beckett, Bart.
HONOURABLES Mortimer Sackville West, Edward
Erskine, Rev. Francis G. Noel, Henry Fitzroy, Ed-
ward Gage, Percy Egerton Herbert, Capt. W. Gordon,
R. W. Clive, Percy Barrington, W. Melville, Capt. T. P.
Maxwell, F. Charteris, Rear-Admiral D. H. Mackay,
Capt. Gordon, W. Cowper, W. R. Colborne, M.P., E.
Phipps, Col. W. Stratford, Capt. Rous, M.P., F. L.
Gower.
BARONETS—Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Sir William
Magnay, Sir J. Flower, M.P.; Sir W. G. H. Joliffe,
Sir B. Bridges, Sir W. W. Wynn, Sir E. Antrobus, Sir
R. 11. Inglis, Sir T. Fremantle, Sir F. Hamilton.
SIRS —Moses Montefiore, F.R.S ; Charles Aldis,
George Carroll, James Duke, M.P. ; G. Montgomery,
T. Herbert, H. Verney, C. Hunter, J. Atkinson, H.
Willock, J. Annesley.
ARCHDEACON—Wilberforce.
REV. DOCTOR—Spry.
REV. MESSIEURS—G. R. Gleig, Richard Wood,
Josiah Pratt, Michael Gibbs, C. R. Bradley, George
Pocock, L.L.8.; R. Browne, J. Wenham, F. Howson.
DocToas—Aldis, Paris, Shaw, Mortimer, Shanks,
Gibson.
QUEEN'S CouNsm--Teed, F. Kelly, M.P. ; Hayward,
Hildyard, James Parker, Wm. Page Wood, Billingsley
Parry, Hodgson.
SERGEANT-AT-LAW—Bellasis.
ALDERMAN—Moon.
Mohan Lal (late Political Assistant at Caubul).
Ed
ward Turst Carver, Hugo on,
F. 15
William Chicheley Plowden, Grenville Mansel, James
M.P., y
Sutton, James Watney, Jackson, Short, Edward Law-
ford, Neeld, M.P., John Neeld, 3.T.P„ Ambrose Hussey,
ne Edmundll I ng ra mN ,u gent
Lawrence,
MEssfEUßs—Mathes
ARichardLanel.P"So-
-
h t eron,
son, Jahn Ilubback, H. Colston, W. H. Doyle, Thomas
Fox, Hope Jol ncsthoarnel,es M..,
W. Evans, D. W. Wire, Cardwell, W. Bird, J,
Fisher, Birch, Pratt, George Aston, John Malcolm,A.
Pringle, DIP., Entwisle, M.P., Challoner, Bingham
Fred.
DanielPeedu Round,
ds,.

Baring, W. Hamilton, M.P., Pakington, M.P., George
Hope, D'lsraeli, S. Wortley, W. Patten, M.P.,
Shepherd, H. Addington, Stephenson, R. Palmer, M.P.,
J. Mountain, C. Fisher, Compton, Babbage, Dodd,
M.P., Pendarves, M.P., M‘Guire, Bramston, M.P., An-
trobus, L. J. Way, C. Bruce, E. Denison, M.P., B. Bot-
field, G. Craig, M.P.,Nugent, Sanders, Evans,
R. M. King, Holdship, 11. . Hamilton, Young, M.P.,
M. Milnes, M.P., F. Calvert, G. W. Repton, M.P.,
M'Gregor, Wyse, M.P., B. Oliveira, R. Godson, M.P.,
Clerk, Oldmixon, J. M. Minter, J. Wood, T. Holmes,
A. M. Knight, G. Palmer, jun., F. Bossy, C. Law, W.
Cooper, T. Gladstone, Dottin, J. Barnes, H. Smith, W.
H. Gregory, M.P.
FIELD-MARSHAL—The Duke of Wellington.
GENERALS—Sir Henry Wheatley, G C.H., Sir Robert
Gardiner, Sir A. Huskisson Barnard, H. Thomson, Gal-
loway, C. 8., Sir John Maclean, Wood, C. 8., K.H.
Sir Lewis Grant, Sir James Cockburn, Sir James Wat-
son, K.C.8., Sir Jasper Nicolls, Sir W. K. Grant, Sir
John May, Monteith, K.L.S., Sir Henry Watson, Tay-
lor, C. 8., Sir D. Ximenes,
COLONELS.—T. T. Bernard, B. Drummond, Leslie,
Sir J. M. Burgoyne, Fox, Anson, Wylde, Thomas Wood,
Peel, Angerstein, Colville, Monckton, Zuhleke, C. 8.,
Hamilton,lPaget, Verner, Malet, Luard, Sykes, Tulloch,
Trevor, Monteath, C. 8., W. Bentinck, Walton, Towns-
end, Astell, M.P., Knollys, Sir J. H. Sehoedde, K.C.8.,
S. Stanhope, Sir C. M. Wade, C. 8., Tulloch, T. Quintin,
Hon. H. Montague, Tumor, Cureton, Montgomerie,
C. 8., Earl of Cardigan, G. Everest, F.R.S.
MAJORS—Cooke, Waymouth, T. Wilkinson, Arm-
strong, J. A. Moore, Grubbe, S. B. Jervis, G. Macgregor,
Bonham, Sir J. J. Hamilton, Bart., Jebb, Chipchase,
M. G. White, Gibsone.
CAPTAINS—Siborne, Kincaid, R. M. Mundy, F. Ste-
phenson, Polhill, M.P., Ibbetson, Boscawen Ibbetson,
James Ramsay, Powell, Dalrymple, Whitbred, Fearon,
Brooke, Powell, Alfred Malet, Boldero, Deßatbe,
Goodfellow, Carrington, Mitchell, A. Hamilton, S.
S. Brown, T. W. Lane, R. J. Crozier, Roper, F. W.
Hamilton, L. S. O'Connor, Bitt, J. M. Martin, H. G.
Stapleton, Maxwell Hyslop, E. Watson, Home Drum-
mond, Shea, H.C.S., F. H. Jackson, Henry Butler, Hon.
J. Murray.
LIEUTENANTS—J. F. Peel, James Money, J. H.
Hunt, Acton Tindal, Polhill, C. H. Hutchinson, Lyne-
dock Gardiner, Pattullo, Tyler, Stanton, Lawrence
Scott, Crawshay, Gleig, Graydon, Charles E. Thornton,
Moggridge, Kerr, Murray Cowell, S. H. S. Inglefield,
Fleming, Francis, Haworth, John Turner, H. T. Butler.
CORNETS—Wardrop, Greetham.
ENSIGNS—Trevor, Sir E. Poore.
ADMIRALS—Sir Robert Otway, Bart., Bowles, Sir
Francis Mason, Inglefield, C. 8., Sykes, Sir Charles
Malcolm, Sir Wiliam Gage, Dundas, C. 8., M.P., Sir
Francis Austin, Sir John West, K.C.B.
CAPTAINS—(RoyaI Navy)—Lord F. G. Hallyburton,
Baillie Hamilton, Edward Collier, Brace, Sir Samuel
Brovin, Hamilton, Hon. R. S. Dundas, T. Smith, John
Hamilton, M. J. Currie,: Seymour, Frederick T.
Michell, Robert Maunsell, C. 8., Waldegrave, Thomas
Clarke.

CArrAms—(Trinity House)—Sir J. H. Pelly, Bart.,
Weynton, Pixley, Welbank.
COMMANDERS—(RoyaI Navy)—Mathison, George G.
Burton, F.H.Hastings Glasse, Ommanney, R. A. Oliver,
Woodgate, Coglan, H. W. Scott, Joseph West, J. H.
Mason, William H. Maitland.
LIEUTENANTS—(RoyaI Navy)—Hon. W. M. Lam-
bert, H. G. West, G. Spong, Tattnall, Herbert Austin,
Inglefield, Honourable G. D. Keane, W. D. Miller, John
Blackmore. _ . . _ _

The following Noblemen and Gentlemen had the
honour of being presented to her Majesty :
The Earl Nelson, by the Marquis Camden.
The Marquis of? Winchester, on coming to the title,
by the Duke of Wellington.
The Marquis of Chandos by the Duke of Wellington
Viscount Newport, on his marriage by Lord Forester.
Lord Dalmeny, on his marriage, by the Earl of Rosebery.
Lord Arthur Lennox, on appointment as a Lord of the
Treasury, by Sir Robert Peel.
Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert, 43d Light Infantry, by
his father, the Earl of Powis.
The Hon. Henry Fitzroy, on his appointment as one of
the Lords of the Admiralty, by the Earl of Haddington.
Hon. and Rev. Francis G. Noel, by Viscount Campden.
Sir Moses Montefiore, F.R.S., on his appointment as
High Sheriff of the county of Kent, by Sir J. Graham.
Lieutenant James Money, Bengal Artillery, by Sir
Benjamin Smith.
The Hon. Edward Erskine, attached to her Majesty's
mission at Brussels, by the Earl of Aberdeen.
Lieut. the Hon. Oliver W. M. Lambart, on promotion and'
appointment to her Majesty's ship Vanguard, by the
Right Hon. the Earl otHaddington.
Mr. Hodgson, Q. C., on being appointed one of her Ma-
jesty's Connie!, by the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Billingsley Parry, on being appointed one of her Ma-
jesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.;
Mr. Wm. Page Wood. on his appointment as one of her
Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Hayward, Q. C., by the Lord Charicellor.
Mr. James Parker, Q.C., on his appointment by the Lord
Chancellor.
Mr. Hildyard, on being appointed one of her Majesty's
Counsel, by the Lord Chancellot.
Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, on taking the degree of the Coif,
by the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Alderman Moon, on his election, by the Right Hon.
Sir Robert Peel, Bart.
Mr. Short, by the Vice-Chancellor of England.
Mr. James Watney, House Warden of the Mercers'
Company, by the Right Hon. Sir Jas. Graham, Bart.
Mr. James Sutton, Renter Warden of the Mercers' Com-
pany, by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart.
Mr. Matheson, M.P., by Lord John Russell.
Mr. Edmund Nugent, Agent for Antigua, by the Right
Hon. Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colomes.
Mr. Hugo F. Meynell, Ingram, by Major Waymouth.
Mr. Edward Turst Carver, on his appointment as one of
her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, by

Lord Forester.
Mr. Grenville Manse], on his return from India, [by the
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.
Mr. Cardwell, on being appointed Secretary to the
Treasury, by Sir R. Peel.
Mr. Entwistle, M.P., by Mr. Wilson Patten.
Mr. Pratt, by Lord Palmerston.
Mr. John Malcolm, by his father-in-law, the Hon. Col.
Wingfield Stratford.
Mr. J. W. Fisher, Surgeon-in-Chief to the Metropolitan
Police, by Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart.
Mr. Wilberforce Bird, on his return from India, by the
Earl of Ripon.
Mr. David Williams Wire, on his appointment as Under
Sheriff of Kent, by Sir Moses Montefiore.
Mr. Thomas William Evans, by Lord Marcus Hill.
Mr. W. H. Doyle, by Earl Dclawarr.
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, on his appointment to the
command of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry,
by the Earl of Powis.
Sir William Magnay, on his being created a Baronet, by
the Right Hon. Sir James Graham.
Archdeacon Wilberforce, on his appointment as Sub-
Almoner to her Majesty, by his Grace the Archbishop
of Canterbury.
Mr. Hungerford Colston, by Colonel Miles.
Mr. John Hubback, on his marriage, by his father-in-
law, Vice-Admiral Sir Francis William Austen,
K.C.B.
Dr. Shaw, by the Duke of Richmond.
Dr. Mortimer, by Sir James Clark.
Dr. Paris, as President of the Royal College of Physi-
cians, by Sir James Graham.
Air. Arnold More Knight, on appointment to the 16th
Lancers, by Mr. Richard Monckton Milnes, M.P.
Dr. Gibson, on appointment to the 17th Lancers, by
Lieut.-Colonel St. Quintin.
Mr. Charles Richardson, by Lieut.• General Sir Robert
Barton.
Dr. Shanks, on return from China and promotion to the
Staff, by General Sir William Clinton, G.C.B.
Mr. John M. Minter, Surgeon, RN., by Captain Hon.
W. Gordon, R.N.
Mr. Pendarres, M.P., on his appointment to the com-
mand of the Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners
Militia, by Viscount Melbourne.
Sir James Annesley, on receiving the honour of knight-
hood, by the Earl of Ripon.
Sir Jasper Atkinson, upon receiving the honour of
knighthood, by Sir James Graham.
Sir Graham Montgomery, by Mr. Hope Johnstone.
The Hon. Edward Gage, by his father, Viscount Gage.
The Hon. Percy Barrington, on his appointment to the
Scots Fusileer Guards, by Colonel Drummond.
Rev. G. R. Gleig, on appointment as Chaplain-General,
by the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Fremantle.
Rev. Charles R. Bradley, by Lord Grantley.
Mr. J. G. Mortimer, by Lieut.-Conel Angerstein.
Rev. J. Wenbam, Chaplain of Ceylon, on return home,
by Lord Stanley.
Rev. R. W. Browne, on his appointment as Chaplain
to the Forces, by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Rev. G. Pocock, OR his appointment to the Incum-
bency of St. Paul's Chapel, Marylebone, by the Bishop
of London.
The Earl of Powis presented addresses from the
ministers, freeholders and inhabitants of the parishes of
Canon-Frome and Ashperton in the county of Hereford,
praying her Majesty to give her authority to the House
of Lords to amend the Act relating to the union of the
sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor.
Lieut. G. 11. Hunt, 57th Regiment, on return from India,
by Sir Benjamin Smith.
Lieut. Acton Tindal, Royal Bucks Yeomanry Artillery,
by the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.
Major Cooke, unattached, on appointment to the Gentle-
men-at-Arms, by Lord Forester.
Lieut. Polhill, 6th Dragoon Guards, by Captain Pol-
hill, M.P.
Lieut.-Cols. Tulloch, on promotion, Tumor, on return
from Jamaica, by Sir J. Macdonald.
Captains M. Hyslop and E. Watson, by Sir J. Watson.
Captain R. M. Mundy,RA., on promotion, by Sir Geo.
Murray.
Lieut.-Cols. Luard and Montgomerie, on their return
from India, by Sir J. Nicolls.
Cornet Greetham, on appointment, by
.Col. Middleton.
Major Armstrong, on return from foreign service; Lieu-
tenants Gleig and J. Turner, by Sir G. Murray.
Captain Frederick Stephenson,. on appointment to the
Adjutantcy of the Scots Fusilier Guards, by Col. B.
Drummond.
Ensign Trevor, by Lieut.-Col. Trevor.
Lieutenant and Ensign J. F. Peel, on appointment, by
Col. Drummond.
Colonels Knollys and Colvile, on their promotion; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Hamilton, on promotion; Captains
Dalrymple, Powell, and De Bathe, on their prom
o• ; and Ensign and Lieutenant Sir E.Poore,c" on ap-
pointment, by Col. Drummond.
Cornet Wardrop, by Major-Gen. Lygon.
Captain L. Smyth O'Connor, on returning from foreign
service in Western Africa, and proceeding on service
to the West Indies, by Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis
Grant.
Captain F. W. Lane, by Lieut.-Gen. Clitherow.
Captain Whitbread, by his uncle, Capt. Michell.
Captain Mitchell, on his return from India, by Captain
Thomas Smith, R.N.

Captain H. G. Stapleton, by Sir W. Hyde Pearson.
Lieutenant Inglefield, R.N., by his father, Admiral
Inglefield, C.B.
Lieutenant A. G. West, R.N.. on his leaving for foreign
service, by his father, Admiral Sir J. West, K.C.B.
Lieut.-General Sir J. Jasper Nicolls, on his return from
the command in chief in India, and appointment to the
sth Fusiliers. . .

idajorWene;aiWood, C. 8., K.H., on receiving a grant
trom her Majesty of good-service money, by Lieut.-
General Sir J. Watson.
Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Sykes, on his return from Ger-
many, by the Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G.
Colonel Townsend, on arrival from India, by Lieut.-

General Sir E. Kerrison, K.C.B.
Colonel Berkeley Drummond, on promotion to the com-
mand of the Scots Fusilier Guards, by the Field Officer
in Brigade in Waiting.
Colonel Zubleke, C. 8., on his promotion.
Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen, on appointment to com-
mand on the North American station; Rear-Admiral
Bowles, on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty ;
Captains on Appointment—Seymour, to H.M.S. Vin-
dictive; E. Collier, to H.M.S. Rodney; IL Mansell,
to Greenwich Hospital; Hamilton, as Second Secre-
tary to the Admiralty; Commanders Coghlan, Mathi-
son, on promotion; W. H. Maitland, R. A. Oliver; G.
Burton, on appointment/to the Poictiers; Lieutenants
Tattnall and H. Austen, on promotion and appoint-
ments, by Lord Haddington.
Col. Monteath, on being appointed Aide•de-Camp to the
Lieut.-Colonels Trevor, on appointment, and Curetoa,
on appointment and return from India, by the Duke
of Wellington.
Commanders F. H. Glasse, on return from foreign ser-
vice ; T. IL Mason, on promotion and return from

China, by Sir G. Bremer.
Lieut.-Colonel T. T. Bernard, Capt. Carrington, by the
Duke of Buckingham.
Captains Brett, on promotion, A. Hamilton, and Lieu-
tenant Crawshay, on promotion, by Colonel Quentin.
L'eutenants Kerr, Moggridge, Tyler, and Stanton, by
the Inspector of Fortifications.
Captain J. Hamilton, Lieutenant W. Miller, on his ap.
pointment, by Sir G. Cockburn.
Lieutenant-Colonel Malet, Captains S. Brown, Roper,
A. Malet, by Sir H. Bayley.
Lieutenant-Colonels G. Everest and Sir IC. Wade, on
return from India; Major-General Monteith ; Major
T. Wilkinson, on return from India ; Captains Good-
fellow, on return from India ; and R. Crozier ; by
Lord Ripon.
Lieut.-Colonel Leslie, on being appointed a Companion
of the Order of the Bath, by Lord Colchester.
Major Jebb, by Sir James Graham.
Major Gibsone, on promotion, by the Duke of Buccleuch.
Captain Brooke, on return from China, by General Sir
William Clinton, G.C.B.
Captain Powell, on promotion, by Viscount Palmerston.
Captain James Ramsay, by the Earl of Dalhousie.
Lieut. C. H. Hutchinson, by the Bishop of Norwich.
Lieut. 11. T. Butler, on return from China, by the Right
Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P.
Lieut. Puttullo, by Lieut.-General Sir L. Grant.
Lieut. Lawrence Scott, on his promotion, and going on
foreign service, by his father, Commander H.W. Scott.
Mr Edmond Mildmay, on his appointment as Equerry,
by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Lieut. Samuel H. S. Inglefield, by his father, Rear -Ad-
miral Inglefield, C.B.
Lieut.'.llaworth, by Lieut.-Colonel St. Quintin.
Captain J. M. Martin, on return from India, by Lord
Glenlyon.
Lieut. J. B'ackmore, R.N., by the Right lion. H. Corry.
After the levee her Majesty and Prince Albert,
attended by the royal suite, returned to Buckingham
Palace.

DREADFUL EXPLOSION.

LOSS OF FOUR LIVES, AND MANY OTHERS

-4" SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Yesterday morning, shortly after ten, a dreadful catas-
trophe occurred, which has already occasioned the sacrifice
of four lives, besides, in all human probability, a much
greater loss. The scene of this disaster was the immense
factory of Messrs. Samuda Brothers, and Co., the engineers
of Blackwell, at Bow-creek. It appears, from the particulars
which our reporter gleaned on the spot, but which must
necessarily be inadequate in description, in consequence
of the universal confusion which prevailed, both at
the factory and the immediate neighbourhood, on the
occurrence of such a catastrophe, that at the above
hour a number of workmen were employed in the engine
building-room, testing a boiler of the engine which had
been taken out of the steam-boat Waterman No. 11. The
men employed were endeavouring to get up the steam ,for
the purpose of driving the engine, when it suddenly exploded,
the violence attending which completely blew off the whole of
the roof of the engine-house, besides breaking nearly all the
windows of a large glass factory which adjoins, and minor
dwelling-houses in the neighbourhood. The force of the con-
cussion was so great, that a number of men who were
employed in various parts of the premises were thrown down.
Immediately after the evaporation of the steam, and the
consequent confusion had somewhat subsided, a search was
instituted, for the purpose of ascertaining the extent of the
injury and loss of life which such a circumstance must
necessarily entail, when it was found that four men were
actually dead, their bodies being frightfully mutilated,
and many others being more or less injured. Several
medical gentleman resident in the neighbourhood were
promptly on the spot and rendered every assistance in
their power to alleviate the dreadful sufferings of those unfor-
tunate individuals in whom life was still in existence. A

light spring van was procured, in which a quantity of
straw was placed, and six individuals put therein, covered
with blankets, were removed to the London Hospital ; they
were immediately attended by the senior surgeons of the
establishment, but in the majority of the cases, it is feared,
that little or ne hopes are entertained of their recovery, they
being mutilated in a most frightful manner.
The tremendous nature of the explosion may be antici-
pated from the fact, that the body of one poor fellow was
picked up on the opposite side of Bow-creek, a distance from
the factory of at least 120 yards.
It will be in tke recollection of our readers, that on the 12th
of November last, Mr. Joseph Samuda, and nine other indi-
viduals, lost their lives on board the Gipsy Queen steamer,
at Blackwall, close to their factory, by the explosion of a
steam-pipe, on the return of the vessel from an experimental
trip.

(ANOTHER ACCOUNT—FROM AN EYE-WITNESS.)
A dreadful accident took place yesterday morning, at ten
o'clock, at the factory of Messrs. Samuda, at Poplar, by the
explosion of a steam-boiler, by which three men were killed
and seven dangerously hurt. The boiler had been recently
fixed outside the engine-room on the premises, and con-
nected with the engine which was used for the purpose of
working lathes and various other machinery employed for
the construction of pipes, ac., for an atmospheric railroad.
The scene just after the explosion took place, of which the
writer was an eye-witness, was most heartrending—the
screams of women, the groans of the wounded and the dying,
and the sudden change in the appearance of the place. The
engine-room, a building of considerable size, was levelled with
the ground, and part of the turnery and the roof blown up in
the air ; and nearly the whole of the windows on the premises
were shivered to atoms. Part of the boiler was carried over
the house tops into the street, a distance of 200 yards, and of
the rest scarcely two plates were left together. A man named
Grimes, a labourer, one of the deceased, was standing on the
top of the boiler, and was blown over the top of a building
and over the Lea river, a distance of about 600 feet.
Mr. Lowe, the superintendent, was standing by, giving
directions to the workmen, and was struck on the head by
a piece of the boiler; he was taken to his own house insen-
sible, and bleeding profusely. They were at the time getting
up the steam in order to try the boiler. Perhaps it would
be premature to give a statement as to the precise cause of
the accident; but the boiler, although it had never before
been in use, was, nevertheless, totally unfit to' stand the
pressure, as it had been lying out in the open air for a great
length of time, by which it became injured by the weather.
The names of two of those who were killed were Wright
and Grimes ; the third was so mutilated that he could not be
identified.

SERIOUS ILLNESS CF TIER SERENE HIGHNESS
THE GRAND DUCHESS OF SATE WEIMAR.—We regret to
learn that Information has been received from Germany of
the dangerous illness of the Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar,
which has caused the most painful alarm to her family. The
Grand Duchess is sister to the Emperor of Russia.
THE UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE FOR MARCH
contains several very important papers of great interest,
not only to the naval and military services of this country,
but to the public at large. Major Macready has pub-
lished his " Recollections of the Battle of Waterloo," in
opposition to some of the statements recently put forth
by Captain Siborne. From the high authority of Mar-
shal Marmont, we have an " Essay on the Spirit of Mili-
tary Institutions, treating of four distinct subjects—artil-
lery, fortification, administration of armies, and the
commissariat. Now that the recently-discovered " Dis-
patches of the Duke of Marlborough" have issued from
the press, the notice here given of his brave opponent,
Marshal Villars, cannot but be extremely interesting.
There is also an able professional article, very likely to
attract attention, bearing the title of " Expected
Brevets," by Colonel Firebrace. The naval portion :of
the periodical consists of " Thoughts on Naval Tactics,"
" The Naval Chaplain's Note Book," "Reminiscences of
a French Prison," and other papers of equal merit.
Indeed, both branches of our war establishment are re-
presented with equal efficiency and entertainment.
THE HISTORY OF MARGARET CATCHPOLIII, A
SUFFOLK GlRL.—Dedicated, by permission, to the
Marchioness Cornwallis.—This remarkable work seems
likely to excite an unusual degree of interest. The
Norfolk Chronicle observes:—" Truth is stranger than
fiction. We have here a veritable history, with incidents
more startling and extraordinary than are to be found in
any romance with which we are acquainted; and a tOOT
Suffolk girl exhibiting qualities, mental and physical,
and an enduring, faithful, and disinterested attachment,
which, if described as the attributes of the heroine of II
novel, would have -been deemed overcharged and exag-
gerated; whilst the happy catastrophe would have been
considered as an overstrained and improbable event.
The details with which this strange eventful history is
filled up are full of interest; and the accounts of the
smuggling exploits of Will Lund and his confederates
are marked by features of vivid excitement. The work
is edited by the Rev. 11. Cobbold, of Wortham, Suffolk."
EXPLOSION AT A FIREWORK-MAKER'S.—Tuesday
afternoon, between the hours of four and five, some alarm was
greeted in St. George's-road, Southwark, in consequence of it
tearful explosion occurring upon the premises occupied by
Mr. T. Hall, firework-maker, situate at 46, Gibraltar.row, to
the above road. It appears that the occupier of the house
was engaged on the first floor preparing a quantity of the
composition used in the manufacture of fireworks, when,from
some unknown cause, the whole exploded, and with such
violence that upwards of twenty squares of glass were in-
stantly demolished, Mr. Hell very severely burned about the
Lee, and the apartment set on fire. The bsigade and the
West of England engines promptly. attended, and a
good
supply of water was instantly farm:bed by the Lambeth
Waterworks. The inmates and Inhabitants, after some
trouble, got
CUSTOMS.—The
tTirheeexHtionngu. ei.
of:Customs, died on Tuesday morning, the 4th =tan
a-d,at
ththoeuih heoard hie
not been very regular decease was, we belilearveinraht
ihsera tuntenexdrcet
some time past. Mr. Cust's death places a Comnirsionership
of Custems at the disposal of the Govemmmt, being the
third since accession to office.