400 FvGceedlngs of the Society of Arts. 



couragement of the Useful Arts in Seotlaiidj humbly approach the Throne 

 to offer our fervent congratulations on your Majesty's union with an il- 

 lustrious Prince adorned by every moral virtue. 



" We joyfully hail so auspicious an event, as one affording the fairest 

 promise of contributing to your Majesty's personal felicity, and of con- 

 ferring permanent benefits on the British empire. 



" The public and private welfare of your Majesty — a Sovereign whose 

 transcendent excellence has rooted the affections of her loyal people — 

 excites in us the deepest interest, and calls forth the loudest testimonies 

 of our anxious love, our duty, and veneration. 



" We doubt not that the distinguished partner whom it has pleased your 

 Majesty to select from among the Princes of Europe, eagerly profiting by 

 your wise and worthy example, will emulate an equal favour for the good 

 and virtuous ; and that the same solicitude for the national prosperity, 

 which your Majesty has ever manifested, shall be alike cherished in his 

 breast. 



'* Thence do we augur a new and glorious epoch for Britain, in the 

 praise and admiration of the world. 



"We trust in the benignity of Heaven to soften your pillow, and to 

 strew your path with flowers ; that 3-our Majesty and your Royal Con- 

 sort shall reap all the happiness which an earthly condition can bestow ; 

 and that the precious fruits of your union, inheriting the virtues of their 

 parents, shall be reserved to embellish the splendour of the Throne. 



" That the Almighty Disposer of human destinies may guard your 

 Majesty with an impenetrable shield, and that, under His Divine protec- 

 tion, you may be long preserved in uninterrupted security, peace, and 

 comfort, to sway the Sceptre over this renowned and powerful Empire, 

 is our earnest prayer. 



'' Signed in our name and by our appointment, by the President, Vice- 

 Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer, and sealed at Edinburgh the twelfth 

 day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty. 

 (Signed) " John Graham Dalyell, President, 



" David Maclagan, M.D., Vice-President. 



" Rd. Hunter, Vice-President. 



■' James Tod, Secretary/. 



" John Scott Moncrieff, Treasurer." 



The following communications were then made : — 

 1. Essay on Life Assurance, Part IV. being, — On the only equitable 

 method of distributing the Profits of a Mutual Assurance Society among 

 the Members. By Edward Sang, Esq., actuary, 5 North St David Street, 

 M.S.A. Thanks voted. (076.) This branch of the subject of Life As ^ 

 surance being now concluded by Mr Sang, a debate followed, in which 

 Messrs Wood, More, Finlay, Eraser, and Gibson, took a part. While 

 several of the speakers differed from Mr Sang in many of his views, they 

 k\\ agreed that the thanks of the Society were* due to him for bringing the 



