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pr two par-
oinpsred with its

the end of the first five years. fie u'olicies.opened' .mounted to
1200; while at the end of the second five years they numbered
about 30:10. The annual income from premiums, at the end of
the fifth year. was £'13,150; and at the end of the tenth year,

will be observe(
DIM others, whc

F. MACFARLANE
C to second the motion

besatistiedliZre is no in

and coin fnrt tc

elected by the ie*etin
tion

Manager—

Medical Offic

the business to 14:ngland. Indeed, I may say that the only
alteration is that on the arbitration clause. By that clause of
arbitration, as it stands at present in the Deed of Constitution',
at the end of the fifth year I every person who may have a disputed claim against the Society
is now not much short of is bound to enter into a referer

before the Sheriff of
trse be very unsuitable in the

Iteration should be made upon it in the

of proceed-
s which are

irig;tft.enforce their rights by' the orainarz
ofielio all, or to insist on the Society entering into a'reference
to two 'parties mutually chosen. If the parties are:resident in
le:1101nd, the arbitration may now take place there, instead of
forcing them to go before th^ 'of Edinburgh. This, it
'n favour of the Members

Sheriff

may have claims mi the Sc

miety
the Deed of

In all other

respects the Bill confirms ti
Mien, and merely confers on the Society and its Members the
valuable benefits and privileges usually granted to incorporated
lgidiek, which carry on business in Scotland, England, and

Lve been unexpectedly called
ig of the Report, which has

tion toi

!led ujign by the

enter so minutely into *the q
Leartied Professor, as I have had! my attention more parricu
Lily directed to another—a very distinguished and flourishinl
Institution, with which I am connected, yet, at.the same time
I lout: on all these Institutions as brethren. having one Brea

infancy. Every one of such Institutions just appears to me to
form one of mtr national defences. We have heard a great deal
al:odt this of late ; but it appears to me that, as Institutions of
tliis kind spread, every one of them will form a guarantee for
the.preservatiml of:good order. and for pea(

naval and military establighments might he dispensed with al-
tooTtlier. (Hear.) In reference to the Bill which the Directors

holdtb.or any thing introduced that is calculated to injure, iiiii
only what is essential to the proper conducting of the business
of theinstitution. As the
.passing of an Act of Parliament is
,a measure of considerable importance to the Society, I think
this. potion will , now meet the cordial approbation of every
gentleman present. (Applause.) On the general advantages of
Life Vsurance were they not now so well known, one would

sere is nocningiVillell can give greater
a family than the knowledge that a

just to congratul

disatiyantageims circumstances, this ~ocirty has made. secu-
rity is thus given that it will continue to flourish; and I have
no dokibt that it will go on at such a ratio as will prove highly
satisfactory to all parties. I have much pleasure, therefore, in
seconding the motion for the approval of the-Report.
The motion was then put to the Meeting by the Chairmar
and carried unanimously

WILLIAM JOHI.-I,TOIV, of Kirßhin, said,---T rise to ask
you to join me in a very pleasing duty, that of returningthanks
to the Directors for their valuable services during the past

tiiist will soon Le the law of the land ; and, above all, when we
think of the great extra services necessary to transact such a
large amount of business, now in connection with the institu-
tion, we must be at once prepared to give them our warm and
hearty thanks. (Applause.) ,
itt • .

TV ,tIUII.CHOUTI, Ot Glasgow, secondeu
tion, which was carried amidst acclamation.
Mr. C. J. KEitu, banker, said,—l am sure the Meeting will
join with equal cordiality in tendering a similar compliment to
the Boards at Glasgow and Manchester. (Applause.)
A vote of thanks was also given•to the Auditors and Trustees
and to the Office bearers of the Society.
The management for the ensuing year was then vested in the
folloWing Gentlemen ; the three last-named Directors being

the mo-

hose who retired by rota

Charles Morton, Esq. W.S.•
•
George Meikle, Esq., DI RECTORS.
?Merchant.
Aitken Megget, Esq., Merchant.
Alexander Jamieson, Esq , Merchant.
John Parker, Esq., Stamp Office.
James Cowan, Esq., Paper Manufacturer.
John Hunter, junior, Esq., W S.
Alexander Keith Johnston, Esq., Geographer to the Queen.
William Oliphant, Esq., Publisher.
William Fraser, Esq., W.S.
Aichibald Thomson, Esq., Merchant.
Charles Black, Esq., Publisher.
Robert Hunter, Esq., Sheriff of Bnte.
Francis Richardson, Esq., Merchant.
Jantee Cathcart, Esq., Wine Merchant, Leith.
AUDITORS.
C. W.'Anderson, Esq., Merchant, Leith.
James Crawford, jun., Esq., W.S.
Alexander Bryson, Esq., Watchmaker.
TRUSTEES..

David Hector, Esq., Advocate.
James Alexander, Esq., Wine Merchant.
James Peddle, Esq.,‘.S.
William Campbell, Esq., of Tillichewan.
Charles Cowan, Esq., M.P.
Baukers—The National Bank of Scotland.
Medical Officers. .
Sir George Railingsll, I'rofessor of Military Surgery
Dr. James Duncan, 12, Heriot.row
Solicitor—William Pollock Esq.,
JAM ES WATSON. ~lecretary

13, York-place.
IVATSON

LIVERPOOI

his contemporaries in our learned body, is his•eloquence,
whether in written or extemporary discourses. The
quickness and tact with which he seizes the salitnt
points in any discussion, and the felicity and fluency
and security pre- 1
, of the language in which he clothes his opinions, aro

laps on no

extraordinary
in this way Dern more remarkably displayed than
when he was called

ice of High-Stewar

Chancellor to
qection to the

[3e University

Nlth which he Collllriveu
choice ofthe University, not only withou
even so as to add to the.force of the coma.
was his duty to pay, won the admiration of
his speech, which was• accurately
and candour on all occasions of public• 1

Ue happiness

JEfending, but

Elnent whichit

1 who read

tis courtesy

:ussion, and the

.auk VIA. IL YI!
complimentary thing that could be said, to e body
nrsykrfisnint innntatlol :FL 1!1 v• every

ness of disposition, ha; wo

him the good

all a great and deserved I
And here, were the occasion other than it is, we should-
delight to stop. But dealing with circumstances affect-
ing the interests of the Church and holding the opinions
which we, do, we feel ourselves reluctantly compelled to
qualify our admiratiotk with one draw-back.. Happily,
however, others will think the more highly of him for the
course which ,we disapprove; and they are those with
now,lodged,—both which assertions are
wointment we announce. May we

He is with

vouritc

by the vei•

..
then be allowed to say. that we
Graham is likely. to give a grei
Irian views in the Chur,li than
We are:led to entertain this a;
opinions, to which he has gic

Etterature.

NOTICE.

Notes on Vie Nobility, No. I.: Sketch of the Ilistory of
Me House of Russell. By David Rosa, of the Liverpool
Chronicle; London : W. S. Orr and Co.
We owe an apology to the author of this little work,
and to our readers as well, for not having sooner directed
attention to it in our columns. Mr. Ross's sketch of this
elustrious house—illustrious for the talent, heroism, vir-
tue and patriotism which have belonged to its members
from the remote line of its first founder to the present
day—displays great genealogical research and historical
and biographical knowledge. It is written in an excellent
mad impartial spirit; and conveys to the reader, in the
compass of a small volume, a store of interesting informa-
tion, which could only be gleaned by him from the pe-
rusal of many bulky records, some of which are beyond
the reach of the mass, whilst the compilation from them
of the details sought for would involve an amount of time
and labour which few have at their disposal. The plan of
these " Notes on the Nobility." which we observe are
intended to embrace the history of some of our most emi-
nent families, is an excellent and a happy one ; and we
look forward with great interest to the continuation of
The series. The notes appended to the Sketch of the
Rouse of Russell are very valuable.

We may remark, en vassant, that there are few subjects
upon which Englishmen generally are more imperfectly
irtformed than the history of our great ancestral houses,
connected although some of them have been so intimately
with the renown of our country, and with the institutions
cinder which we live. Mr. Ross's unobtrusive, though
most valuable labour, will go far to remove this reproach;
and may even urge the enquirer to a further pursuit of a
moot interesting study.

•
VARIETIES.

THORWALDSEN.—His life was s continued triumph

fortune and victory waited on him, and art was recognised
and reverenced in his person. The life of this happy one
—this triumphal march—may he painted in words, as with
e.olours. To represent the whole in painting, we should
sketch three scenes. The first is a Danish beech-forest,
where the king stands before an altar of rude stone blocks,
surrounded by the priests, with a thick gold circlet on his