Star.
London, England, 1824-12-02 00:00:00

AP,4I, IAI LLLIGENCE.

The Grenada. Mummies, from London, had arrived at Teneriffe,
The Blucher, from India, hat arrived at Bourdeaux.
11,11 RIVALS AT TIM MI trHITIUs—The Ganges, Tucker, and the
Olive Branch, Anderson, from Bengal ; the itlulgrave Castle, Kalph,
from London; the Pallas, Cook, from Gibraltar; and the Lard
Lynedoch, Ciapperton, front Buenos Ayres.
&mamas FROM THZ Maimizsus--The Lonach, West, for Bom-
bay; the Factor, Cheed, fur Philadelphia; and the Olive Branch,
Anderson, fur the Cape.
The Thames, Limon, from London, arrived at Ceylon, June 30.
The Elizabeth, —, from Newfoundland to Bristol, was aban-
doned by the crew in lat. 48. long. 55.
The Dundee. Dawcast, front Davis'-Straits to London, arrived
at Lerwick on the lea ult. with damage, and six feet water in her
hold. On the 15th she was driven un shore, and got off on the
following day.
FALMOUTH, Nov. 50.-4 t its blown a gale all night at S.W.—
The outward bound have now increased to about io_o sail, all of
which are riding in perfeet.sufety.—Arrived the Duke of Nlarlbo-
rough packet, from Lisbon,-sailed the 84th inst. Put in, the fol-
lowing outward bcitrtd— !lope. Pari tots ; Eliza, J(.llNinN ; Nehly,
AriviAsr ; Lively,SA NnERY;
Joe, GRAMI.EW ; liebe, Bsio ;
ItzEre; Melville %%ration., Pu env ; Jane Catherine, Sirst.t.; Eliza,
Sense; and. Burleigh, The Nancy cutter, of Perth,
put back to Lisbon the ,2::d in.t. with loss of ma-t.
tiVianorll, Nov `.:O-!--Wia.l S.W. blowing a severe gale.—Ar-
rived ihe Mercilrins, lissom:, from Bahia. The Percival, Li-
stscsrot:e, for Montreas, arrived last night from the Downs, and
havmg fouled her anchor, drove this morning, about Iliac o'clock,
on the Rocks in Monnt Balkh) Bay, where she now lies in a most
perilous situallon, with nothing but her lower masts standing, and
Treat doubts are entertained of her getting off; a great number of
1) tck-yard liueches and men have been sent to her assistance. The
Olive Branch, from Newfoundland, drove on shore this morning,
on Drake's Island, and, with her cargo, is totally lost. The Spring,
c,:t fr.rm her anchors and ran on the mud in Sutton Pool—all
safe. A.Tived the Idras, I.ANCASTUIt, leaky, and her pumps choaked;
Standard, LOTHERINGTON, from the Downs; and the Jane, —,
front Newfoundland.

Poicrsttouvit, Dec. I.—Wind W. and moderate.—Arrived the
John and Elizabeth, Raw:lsm, trout Newfoutulland ; Royal Char-
lotte, CORITN, from the Downs for New South Wales; and Sappho,
NAUTILUS, from ditto. Sail d the Spring, %mu, for Dantzic.
DSAL, Dec. I.—Wind N. W. to S.W. Arrived and sailed for
the River, the Cincinnatus, Buss, from New York ; also and re-
main, the Triton, CLSAR, front Aloha% ; Christopher, KNICHT,
irom Qiehec ; Juno, STops., from .Xabia ; Butsorah Merchant,
%swims:, from India, last from Gibraltar ; and Fortuna, Clmmy,
from Malaga—the thrt e latter have sailed for Stangate Creek.
l'as.ed through from the River, the Amelia Wilson, —, for the
Saudi Seas; Lw.hingtim. Svc:Haut, for St. Kitt's ; Water-
loo. la:yenta: ; Wateiluo, WaLsissos ; and Duke of Manchester,
lbws), for Jamaica; and the Ruckers, Sorsa, for Grenada.
‘V):l•3,lliuTlf, I.—Part of the wreck of a large vessel was
thrown on shore this morning abreast of the Bill of I'ortland,and the
sea i, covered.witli puncheons and beam!. Some pieces of nankeen-
li.ve come on shore.—About four feet of the masts of a large ship
appear out of the water, abreast of the lower Light-House. A
large Dutch galliot was drivenn on shore yesterday to the westward
of Portland, and all on board drowned ; her cargo consisted of wal-
nuts, heinous, and tobacco stems. A piece ot board has washed on
shore, with " Leonora" painted on it.
SMYRNA, Oev. 19. W e have in port his Majesty's ships Ewe-
•LeS, MARTIN, CYRENS, and ALACRITY ; and continue "to enjoy per-
fect tranquillity.

Mr. KEAN played a round of charaiters at the Belf.tst
Theatre last week.

Mr. I.lsroN appeared as Baillie icol Jarvie in the
Dublin Theatre, on Thursday last.
Mes,rs. MALLET and Brothers, Bankers in Paris,
have purchased the uld Hotel of the Minister of Finance, fur the
sum of .5,466,000 francs, about X 140,000 sterling.

CHELTENH AM, Nov. 27.—Amongst the latest arri-
vals are, the Earl of I,I43URNIC, Dowager Viscountess Doin.ae and
Walla), G e n r ra I and Mn.s Oat, General COOHLAN, Major-General
PSACHZY, CODillel PRATE, &C. ace.

FOOTE V. HAYNF..— Amongst the Noblemen and
Gentlemen subpoenaed on the part of the defendant at the approach-
ing teak of this cause, is Viscount Dreanuasr. The Marquis of
Wouessria, it appears, was intended to be called upon, but his ab-
sence from this country prevents it.
Ten thousand pounds worth of gold plate, the pro-
perty of the Marquis of Warearoao, sunk with the Hibernia, un-
der the Citadel. A part has been recovered.—Plysisouth Piper.
A certain gallaiit Otlicer, of Dublin, sent a very lovely,
but a very loose fair one, a bank note of 1.300 for one
hutidred tickets 4.f admission on her benefit night. The
LAdy returned by,the messenger, according to ale re-
quest of her admirer, the one hunched tickets; but she,
unexpectedly, sent also the change cf the bank bill, re-
eery ing to herself the mere amount of the tickets. This,
to the gallant Cupid, was a sad disappointment.
About sixteen days back, three poor men, by name
Cousens, Mann, and Aldous, set out from Wells in an
open boat, with the intention of going to Yarmouth for
her: ings—the weather being so boisterous they could not
gain the port, and they were driven about from place to
place for 14 days, with little or nothing to suppoit life ;
on Tuesday last poor Aldous died, and on the :twining
following the other-two arrived at Wells with then
dead companion. Maim still remains very ill ; Cousens
is recovered. A Coroner's Inquest was held on the
body of Aldous, and the verdict was-4, Died by the vi•
. sitation of GOD, through the severity of the weather."-

oth DAIL DAY.

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These Sessions Commenced this morning, before 11r:
Justice IIAYLRYI. Mr. Baron HULLOCK, the Loub;
MAYOR, Aldermen, &c. at the Justice Hall in the Old
Bailey. The Reboanek was iigtpresent.
.I.IIGHIVAY ROBUERY.
. Henry Thompson was put to .the bar on an indict.
ment, charging him with assaulting, 9n the 2401 of
October, Henry Goodhall, at Islington in the Cotitqj (.1
Middlesex, and taking from his person divers nioliies,
&c. the property of him the said Her.ry Gdodhall.
The prosecutor was, on the night in qiiestiOn, nn
way to town, when he was met by the prisoner at
lington, who pined his company, and they C0i1tit,,,,2
together until, arriving at A part of the road which
lonely, he took the opportunity afforded him, a d 04;..
nutted the clime for which he was now C.llL‘i on to at;:
swer—Verdict, Guilty

ROYAL. sociEnt
. .
Tuesday, the . Anniversary Dinner of the Royal
Society, was, held art. the,Crown and Anchor.Taverp.
The President, frir HUMPFIRY DAVY, was in the Chair,
supported by N . ,Seiretary Pam and Lord $E [LEY.
DAVIES GUMMY, Esq. M.P. Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE,
President of the Royal .Academy,
.and many other
Gentlemen, distinguished for their attachment to the
Arts and Sciences, were present. After the usual loyal
toasts had been given from the Chair—
Mr. DAVIES GILBERT rose, to propose the health of
the President. Amongst the duties which the Society
had imposed upon him, in electing him to the office
which he bore, none was more congenial to his feelingi
than the annual task of thus claiming their attention to
• the distinguished individual who occupied the Chair.
The discoveries cf Sir Ilumphry Davy, in "analyzing
the alkalies and the earths, were unequalle:! in brilliancy
and:importance since the days of Sir Isaac Newton.
He had the satisfaction of announcing another discovery
of a similar character, and of the greatest pract;cal
utility. It was known to the love! sof chemical science
that Sir H. Davy, in the course of his expel iments tipon the
alkalies and earths, was led to suppose that the chemical
affinities of bodies have a certain relation to their electric
er galvanic attractions ; and that by effecting an al-
teration in the latter, the former might be changed.-1
This, which was at first no-more than a sagacious con-
iectiate or ingenious theory, Sir Humphry Davy had
now established by actual experiment, and bad applied
puri,oses 'of gi eat na;i: nal importance. He alterei
mac chemical affir.ities of copper, so as to render it nearly
italest uctible. &rips could !saw perform the longest
voyages without ihe copper sheathing on their bottoms
tang corroded by the action of the water; and while a
‘ta y i rpoitant saving was thus effected in this necessary
ra:a_le of naval equiamenr, the invaluable lives of our
icamcn were rendered less insecure. Ile had only to add,
that wlii!e the Urn al Saciety was under the guidance of
iach a President, its honours would perpetually accu-
n.ehee, and its serricei to science would hourly inct ease.
—(';moat .Applause).
The PRESIDENT returned thank; in a very appropri-
ate address, and proposed the health of their Treasurer,
:slr. Davies. Gilbert, who returned thanks.
The PRESIDENT proposed, " The health of the Right
Hon. Robert Peel." They were peculiarly happy in
being honoured with the presence of one of his Majes-
t)'s Ministers, who, from the nature of hit. office, was
the natural parson of every discovery in science and ap.
plication of art, which tended to promote the internal
improvement of the count: y. The Royal Society was
a:ready under many obligations to the present Home
Secretary, and be was confident would yet be under
:rainy more.
Mr. Secretary PEEL returned thanks, in a speech pe-
celiar ly happy and appropriate, and sat down amidst
the cordial approbation of the company.
The PRESIDENT then gave " The health of Dr.
lhookby, the President of the Royal Irish Academy?
Ile had, in his address in the morning, explained the
grounds upon which the Council had conferred the Cop-
ley Medal on this distinguished mathematician. In the
ligher-analyses he seconded La Place. His papers upon
the parallax of the fixed stars were before the Society in
their Transactions. Last year the Copley Medal was
conferred on Mr. Pond, the Astronomer Royal, for a
series Of observations made at Greenwich, w hich seemed
to establish the parallax of the fixed stars ; this year they
conferred the same medal upon Dr. Brookby, for a
series of observations made at Dublin, which go to prove
that the fixed stars have no parallax. He would net pre-
tchd to d'ecide between these distinguished mathemati-
cians. All he would say was, that the controversy be.'
tireen them wag carried on in a spirit which shed ad-
ditional lustre upon science. Mr. Pond, as a Member
of. the Council, was the first to vote for conferring the
medal upon Dr. Bruokby. The toast was received with
great applause.
The PRESIDENT then gave "The Progress of Sc;etice
all over the Woad r and the company, consisting of
ninety Members, broke up about ten o'clock, after a day
peculiarly gr atifying to the lovers of science.

The Gazette of Tuesday contains a Proclamation
promising his MAJESTY'S most gracious pardon to any
one concerned in the atrocious murders of Frances
Smaller and Mary Ann Hattenborough, the two little
girls who sere found murdered near Boston some time
ago. The Proclamation excepts those who actually
cJmmitted either of the said murders; and offers, as a
pecuniary reward, one hundred and thirty-five pounds
(with the previous exception), to any person who shall
king the murderer o--murderers to conviction, in either
of the cases: the rewards to be paid-by the Mayor and
actirg Magistrates of Boston.
During the severe gales which prevailed in the
Downs on Monday last, a small bird, called by
naturalks the Stormy Peterel, nick-named by seamen
M titer Carey's Chicken, was picked up alive on the
:bore near Walmer Castle, by a servant belonging to
l\lr. BnooKE, of Marine House. Only three of these
species are said by Bewtot to have been found in this
country, and these not alive. They swarm in stormy
v eather in the Atlantic, and follow the ships with a
doleful screech on the gathering of a storm,
Information was received at the Town-hall yester-
day morning, that a cart loaded wi;h two hoe eads of
hams from Mill-lane-wharf, Tooley-street, had been,
during the momentary absence of the carman in a shop
in Bialicysgate-street, on business, on Tuesday night,
t.iken elf by some thieves, whose retreat remained un-
,Esc vered, notwithstanding the utmost industr y of the
ea ifeJ carman 'to ascertain it.
Notwithstanding the numerous and zealous efforts
that are made) with a view to improve the morals of
the lower classes of society its this country, it does not
appear that crime has decreased. It is only just a
month since the last jail klivery of Newgate ; yet in
that short interval, no less than two hundred and
twenty-five persons have been committed to that prison,
charged with various offer ces, pr incipaly felonies; to
which are to be added, perlmps, as many more for trial
at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell. The Old Bailey
Sessions begin to-day : Mr. Justice BATLEY and Baloll
Hum-cies( are the Judges expected.

Tuesday se'iinight, as seven persons were crossing
the Wye with their asses, at the Wirsiiings, near the
Wear, the barge upset, and four pergms were-drowned.
One of them, named Edward Ballinghant, has left a
large family. One person, a female, had the good for-
tune, after sinking twice, to catch hold cf the boat, and
was saved. Another saved himself by laying hold of One
of the donkeys. Two of the animal, weir drowned.
More than twenty vessels are on the stocks near
New' York.

LAW REPORT.

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COURT OF RING'S BENCH, DECEMBER 1.
The Loup Citud Jusvicu sat at Nisi Prius today
in the new Court of King's Bench for the City of Lon-
don. It is very spacious and handsome, and, in gene-
ral, well adapted to the purposes for which it is de-
signed. Ac present there is an echo, which renders it
difficult to hear, except on the side of the Court to
which the voice is immediately addressed; but thiewill
probably lessen, and may be in a great measure reme-
died; by coveting the tipper part of the walls with
tapeqt yor matting. The Judge's seat, which is placed
beneath a very tasteful canopy, should be a little
more raised above his officers, and a greater elevatiou
should be given to the seats for the Jury, as at present
the Counsel nho address them seem to aim their eh-
(pence rather at the wall oppotite, than,the Gentlemen
below their level.

To-day there was no cause tried of the 'nit interest•
One case, Shaw v. Broom," on the opening, gave ex-
pectation of the appearance of Mr. Clan J, the con-
veyatictr, who was convicted at Westminster on Tite;-
day, as a witne,s to substantiate a defence on a bi!l to
hich he was a patty ; but the cau►e was referred.—
Several other causes were referred ; many mote were
.struck out or withdrawn, because parties were, not
ready; and the whole paper of the day, including more
thin thirty causer, was exhausted before half-past one,
when the Court rose.

The adjouriintent-day is fixed for the 3kl of January. In the
meantime the Loan Cuter Justice will sit at Westminstet,where
there is a great entry of causes. Miss Foote's action, therefore,
which stands in the Middlesex cause-h.t, will probably be tried
before Christmas. " Cox v. Kean" still holds its place in the Lon-
don cause-parer.

HORACE V lIALLADY.

Mr. DENMAN stated, that this was as acti:•n brought
to recover the sum of 250/. the value of a Bill of Ex-
change, drawn by T. E. Winslow upon the defendant,
Mr. James Milady, of Grafton-street, Bond-street, in
favour of the plaintiff. The plaintiff had negligently
sent the bill in question to his washerwoman, in his
dirty waistcoat pocket, and it came from the mangle
in a most mangled condition. The fragments of the
bill were produced in Court, and the object of the
detendant's bringing the ca,e into Court was, to.
identity these fragments as the remnants of the iden-
tical b:11 accepted by him.—Verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages, 2631. 10s.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DECEMBER 1.
The Coutt sat this morning at ten o'clock ; but rose
in a few minutes, them being only two causes entered
for trial, of which one was withdrawn, and the other
undefended.
•
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, DECEMBER 1.
THE KiNG. V. VEIN, E.

This was an information filed' against the defendant,
Pby the Attorney-General, to recover penalties for having
looms and utensils for carrying on the process of malt-
ing, which were not entered at the Excise. • •
It appeared from the evidence, that the defendant
carried on the business of a maltster, in an old farm-
house, at a place called Shelwich-court, near the city
of Hereford. lie had entered at the Excise-Office, ac
the places in which he carries on hisbusihess, one malt-
house, two steeping-tubs, one working4loor, two kills ,
and one store-room. The Excise officers having ob-,
served about the premiset a much greater quantity of
grain than the defendant, with his apparently limited
means of manufacture, had any occasion for, entertained
a suspicion that he was engaged in some fraudulent
transactions. They accordingly searched the premises,
and, in addition to the entered or licensed rooms, they
discovered a concealed set of rooms, furnished with all
the necessary apparatus for malting, and a large quan-
tity of grain, in the different stages of the manufacture.

This evidence having been given, Jaavis said, he was in-
structed, on the part of the defendant, to submit to a conviction.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.—Peualty, 1,0001.

PREROGATIVE COURT, DECEMBER i.
CAMBIAZO V. NZGROTTO.

Dr. STODDART Said that the Court having appointed
Giovanni Negrotto Committee of the property in this
came, during the lunacy of the heir at law, and had or-
dered the usual securities to be given, it appeared that
all the property, with the exception of a bond tor 16001.
had been so circumstanced as to be out of the power of
the Committee to injure; he, therefore, moved the
Court to limit the quantum of security to the sum which
could only be hazarded by Mr. Giovanni Negrotto.
Dr. LUSHINOTON followed in support of this motion,
and said, as the party was a foreigner, in many cases
where it was necessary for them to procure securities
in this country, it was customary with merchants to
make a charge of five per cent. on giving their gua-
rantee ; which would come very heavy in this case, if
security was required for those sums not in the_admi-
nistration in this country.
Sir Jolt/ NICHOL observed, the circumstances of this
case were of such a nature as to induce him to pause
before he would deiiate from the usual course, wh'ch
was, to require security for double the amount of the
property. He would give his opinion on a future day.

HOWELL V. METCALF AND SAMMY.

Dr. LUSHINGTON moved the Court to grant admi-
nistration, limited as to the funds at present in the Court
of Chancery. The application was in effect similar to
that in " Cambiazo v. Negrotto," that the amount of
:security should only be required for a lesser amount
than the property left by the testator. Dr. Luthington
stated, that as tlre funds were under the controul of the!
Court of Chancery, they could not be subject to any
risk by granting such an administration.
Sir JOHN Nrcitor. said, if the Court had a certificate
front the Court of Chancery, that such an administra-
tion would not give Mrs. Howell the power to meddle
with the funds, they would grant the administration ;
until that was done, this Com t should be cautious how
it en•thled any man to assume a character which might
put it in his power to destroy the property of orphans.
—Motion to stand over.
KIPLING, AGAINST ALL PERSONS IN GENERAL.

Dr.-Data:Bay moved an affidavit for letters of admi-
nistration being granted to Mr. Moses Kipling, iron-
founder, in Thames-street, as creditor to the estate of
Mr. William Willis, deceased. Mr. Willis died in June,
1822, leaving his widow, Sarah Willis, sole executrix
and residuary legatee ; but no probate was taken out
by her to her husband's property. The deceased was
proved to have been indebted to various persons to the
lamount of about 1,0001. out of which Mr. Kipling was
a creditor to the amount of 21.21. Mr. Kipling last
Ter:n obtained a ciiati(n, calling on the widow and other
persons as next of kin, to take out letters of adminis-
tration, or tai.hew cause why ihey'should not be granted
to him, as the prin:ipal cieditnr-but no appearance
having been given to the citation, Dr: Daubeny no*
, frayed that probate 'might psis to Mr.Kipliog:

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Sir J. Mcnat.-.-Let. probate be granted as prayed, and let an in-
ventory of the property be giver in. -
.4RUNTON AND NICROLASI7.II?/1N AND GREAVFC.
Dr. LustfiNoTom said, this was formerly a suit re.
spectink the granting• letters of adminisirttiem to the
estate and effects of the deceased Charles (heaves, pro,
mated by Brunton and Nicholas against other patties in
the will. The deceased died in November, 1817, gild
the suit was commenced the following Dezember. An
allegation had been asserted, on which five witnesses
were examined, but the parties then consented to a
compromise. A deed was prepared, and letters of aJ•
ministration were granted to ltose Nichola=, a sister ot
the testator. Besides considerable per' onat e..raze, there
was real estate, which, in d•re courar, would hare de-
volved to James Brunton, the heir-at ; having
been guilty of an offence against the laws of the coots-
try, the property.was "eNtreated to the CI °xi). Upon
-Cite petition of the other parties. however, it tea;
under the consider ation of hi, NI ij..:sty's Attorney-Gene-
ral, and it was desirable that every ingot m sliculi
be given relative to tl.e former pi oceedings in this
Court. The present moti••n was, thert•frne, to allow
copies of the depositions of witnesses to be taken out art
this Court, in order to the elucidation r•f the whole
facts. All patties were anxious t.) have the in itter set-
tled, anti as the Attorney and Solicitor-G,neral tegnired
the production of the co ies, he, Dr. Lushinyton, hoped
the peculiar circumstances of the case would induct: the
Court to accede to the prayer. •
Sir J. Nicrot..—ls there any precedent for thicapplieation?
Dr. Lusniticrot4.—l am not aware there is; it is not violating a
role-of Court, it is asking the Court to do that which under the eir.l
cumstarces might be deemed expedient.
Sir J. Nicum.—l.et the mntinn gtautt over.

THE EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Public 'attention has bqn much directed fur the last
week to the probable result of the Qiiarterly General
Court held this day 1), the Equitab:e Assurance
Society.—Few of our Readers need to be informed of
Ihenature of this Institution, wh•ch, though originating
from smalls beginnings, has been justly described as
being now Of the highest importance in a public, and
we may add, even in a national, point of view. It was
establi,hed, we believe,
C.
somewhere asbout the year
1771, and the late Sir C. Gould, the Judge Advocate,
brought a Bill into Pailiament for its incorporation,
which was thrown out by the influence of Lord Chan-
cellor Thurlow, who pronounced it to be a bubble.
This bubble, hovrever, has not only maintained itself for
more than half a century, affording to thousands of fa-
milies most essential benefit, hot its capital has advanced
to a magnitude wholly unparalleled : the exact amount
is, of course, not made public, but we have heard it esti-
mated at above ten Millions sterling!
Every person making assurance with the Society be-
comes a Member, so that the whole body (9,000 or more
in number, as report states) form one great copartner
ship ; they would be liable to a call, in case of deficiency,
and they therefore become equitably entitled to divide
a surplus, whenever such can be safely and properly
withdrawn from the general capital.
As to calls upon the Members they have been quite
out of the question. The rates of insurance were ori•
ginally fixed in a very guarded manner, above what
'might have been justified by the then chances of human
life. Those !chances, from the improvement of medical
science, and of the general habits of society, have since
very greatly improved, and consequently the premiums
ate paid for longer periods than was at first contem-
plated. Hence it has happened that on every investi-
gation of the affairs of the Society anincreasing surplus
has been uniformly found to exist. • In 1776 it was
£25,000; in 1786, £164,000; in 1793, £302,0001 in
1800, £4.84,000; 1810, £681,000; and in 1819, it ex-
ceeded £3,000,000.

The mode in which the benefits have hitherto b..!en
distributed among the members has been by a rateable
addition to their claims, according to the number of
years that they have lasted; and these additions hate
been made at no stated interval, but as circumstances
seemed to justify the measure—in 1782, 1786, 1791,
1792, 1795, 1800, 1810, and 1820 ; insomuch that an

insurance of 1001. effected in 1771 became entitled, in
1820, including the former accumulations, to an ad-
dition of 4011. 10s.

It is obvious, however) that this is not the only, and
may not be always the most desirable mode of disposing
of the surplus. It may be advisable to make money
payments to the holders of the policies, in proportion to
their claims: and such, we understand, was the proposi-
tion submitted to the Meeting of' this day. On
the other hand, if objections exist (as we believe they do)
to this mode of benefiting the Members, a similar effect
may be produced by :educing the premium in propor-
tion to the time the policy has la.ted. This mode ha,

much to recommend it in the present state of pi opett).
The interest of money, and the profits of most trades
and employments, have fallen very considerably. Sup-
pose an insurance to h.tvebeen effected in 1798, when

Consols wete at 4n, requiring for the purpose of keep-
ing it up the interest of 1,0001. it is obvious that to pay
the same premium now, when Consols are above 95,
would requite the interest of nearly 2,0004
Whatever may be the determination of this in
any future Meeting, we apprehend there can be no
doubt 'out that they will agree in the propriety nt
making some investigation at the present time; and
there can be as little doubt but that the investiga-
tion will be conducted with all that care and prudence
which has so eminently distinguished the Equitable
'Society. There is little reason to apprehend that any
measure will be adopted without a thorough and Lare-

ful examination of all its bearings; hut subject to that
it would be absurd to suppose that the fair right of the
present members t participate in the profits of the So-

ciety should he sacrificed to the imaginary interests of
their distant and unknown succescoi s.

The Colombian Government has prohibited the im,
portation of foreigu salt.

Tuesday evening, an Inquest was held at the Ilaber-
dashers' Arms, Ho:ton-fields, on the body of
a fine boy, five years old, the son of a carpenter, whose
clothes caught file, and although a gitl was in the
room, and tried to extinguish the flames, he was so
s'iockingly burned, that he survived but a few hours.—
Verdict, Accidental Death.

Sunday se'nnight, a man and his wife were drowned
crossing the Dee, at what is called the Abergeldie
Cradle, which unfortunately gave way on the occasion.

Saturday, a strilcing instance of sudden death hap-
pened at Edinburgh. A flesher named Miles Porteous,
while eating a bit of beef steak, iii a- house in the vici•
pity of the market, let a piece fall horn his fork, and
stooping down to iift it, wiped it with a cloth, observing,
1" It talc's Bantle pair folk." These words
were scarcely uttered when he expired.