The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-03 00:00:00

THE"I'SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1859; EDUCATIONAL SOIREE AT MAN- CIIESTISB. On Tuesday evening, at the Free Trade Hall, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., distributed prizes and certificates of honour to 133 students in the Association of Mechanics' Institutes of Lanca shire and Cheshire. On the platform were Lord Stanley, M.P. the Marquis of Chandos, the Hon. the Hon. W. Egerton, M.P., A. Egerton, Mr. Bazley, M.P., Mr. J. A. Turner, M.P., Mr. W. N. M as sey, M.P., Mr. W. Fairbairn, Mr. 0. Hey wood, Mr. E. 'Total, Sir J. Watts, and the Mayor of Manchester. The great area of the hall and galleries were closely filled with a respectable au dience, of whom a large proportion were ladies. The following is a summary of the annual report, read by Dr. J. W. Hinesoe to a conference of dele gates from the various institutions, held in the afternoon, under the presidency of Mr. Bazley, :—The association now consists of 110 literary and mechanics' institutes and mutual improvemeet societies, with 22,000 members, including 2,000 females, and they possess.in the aggregate 135,000 volumes in their libraries. Nearly all are increas ing in prosperity. Sixty-five institutions report an increase of members this year; only six a diminu tion. The relative proportion of the Labouring classes has been greatly augmented. The number of male and female pupils attending the evening classes of 7 2 institutions is 6 , 584 , but the total num ber on the books of the several institutes exceeds 8,500. Twenty-three institutions have buildings of their own, acquired at a cost of £82,774. The assodiatecrinstitutes have been severally asked, " What is the most attractive feature in your in stitution at present ?" Forty-five replies say, the evening classes; 20, the newsroom ; 12, the library; seven, tea-parties and discussions; and three the lectures. The itinerating library proves as attractive as ever, and the committee only regret that the boxes of books are not far more numerous. During the last three years upwards of 3,500 male and female candidates have been subjected to a preliminary examination in spelling, grammar; writing, and arithmetic. Out of 1.200 pupils • whose elementary knowledge was tested by the preliminary examination held this year, 403 males and 45 females were deemed eligible for public examination. Out of this num ber prizes and certificates have been awarded to 123 males and 10 females. During the past year one member of the Council has visited many of the in stitutes, and devoted two months to an inspection of the working of the classes. It is believed that the vitality and importance of the public examina tions are dependent in a great measure upon the impetus and encouragement given by a visiting agent of the Council. The committee cannot con ceal that the Government is slowly and steadily rearing a strong opposition to the educational de partment of mechanics' institutions by the estab lishment of subsidized night schools for the instruc tion of the labouring classes during the years of adolescence. The night schoolmaster, backed by the public purse, when in his own buildin g , is in some cases enabled to offer lower terms to the work ing classes than the mechanics' institution, but without its collateral advantages. The financial position of the association has improved, the income for the past year being £l7B lls. 3d., and the ba lance iu hand £22 lls. Mr. DISRAELI, on taking the chair, was received with loud and repeated cheering. He said—Nry first and most agreeable duty is to acknowledge the honour which you have done me by requesting that on this occasion I should distribute the prizes of Tour institutions. I have acceded willingly to the invitation which I have received, because I sympa thise with your feelings and honour your efforts. (Cheers.) Although for a long period I have my self taken a deep interest in what is called popular education, and although, to speak frankly, I have ever thought, considering the difficulties which, in a country circumstanced as England is, that question must always encounter, that one of the most obvious means by which those difficulties could be successfully dealt with would be by an effort on the part of the people. themselves to overcome them, I admit that I have felt much disappointment in the results of those mechanics' institutes that to-night will engage our conside ration, and whose efforts I once thought would have been productive of far more benefit than for some time they appear to have accomplished. Often when thinking over the causes which may have produced on the part of those institutions that de ficient success which I think all candid minds must acknowledge has been, er rather had been, for some time the effect of their operation, I have been in duced to believe that the reason of their compara tive failure might be traced in the isolation in which an institutien of that character necessarily found itself when it was established. After the first fever and heat of original success had passed it seemed almost obvious that in the comparatively restricted area from which its resources could have been col lected, a great depression of action and a great de ficiency of sentiment must inevitably occur. It would from such circumstances arise that there must be a want of the experience, emulation, and energy only to be furnished by a fund of thought, and feel ing, and activity, which the limited area whereon a single institution of that character was founded would inevitably fail to supply. It seemed to me always that the mechanies' institute, or any institu tion of that character, necessarily was one thatcould not stand alone. (Hear.) However. I have observed of late years, and to-night we have a brilliant and triumphant example of the success of the course to which I shall have to refer, that you have, especially in the north of England, endeavoured, and I think successfully, to discover the principles by which you might obviate or overcome those disadvantages. You have thought it a wise and prudent course to combine the action of a large number of bodies of this character, and in so doing you have found a succcess which I am not surprised that you have been so fortunate as to meet with. You introduced, indeed, that federal principle which in politics has already accomplished many considerable results of advantage, and which even at the present moment may be successfully appealed to to meet some em barrassing circumstances Which we have to en counter. Now, the great advantage attendant on the principle which in'the north of England in several instances has been adopted with regard to this institution was that you supplied all those societies with one of their greatest deficiencies— yoU supplied them with experience. When 100 or more societies were bound together, in this combi nation of the institutes of the two counties, there was a central point to which they might appeal for advice, for sympathy, for information, for all those beneficial forms which experience adopts and as sumes. Therefore, as respects the first want which occasioned the corn arative failure o f th e i so l a t e d mechanics' institutes, that was supplied by the happy idea of combining in a federal union the various in stitutions of this character which the two counties of Lancashire and Cheshire present. But that was not suf.:lL:lent; experience, though advantageous, is not all that you require in order to obtain the re sult which originally was anticipated from the establishment of mechanics' institutes, or societies of that character. But, having attained this great advantage, this wider constitution, as it were, on which you could move, you adopted an admirable principle, new to this age, which ha; already in the civil service of the nation produced most beneficial ednsequences to the country and the State—that is, the principle of competitive examination. I don't think this is an occasion on which I ought to tres pass upon your attention, as. we have much interest inettnatter to touch upon, by dwelling upon the merits of competitive examinatien ; but this I will say, that, in the case of the institutions which have formed the great society over whose fortunes we arc met this night to deliberate, this important ad vantage was at once attained, that every man who attended a class in these institutions for the sake of acquiring knowledge, the moment the competitive principle was introduced had a new object in the prosecution of his studies, something which stimu lated him to acquire that information which we have always impressed upon him it was so desirable to obtain. Thus, as by the principle of uniting these isolated societies together you obtained that expe rience which was wanting for the beneficial action of your mechanics' institutes, so by adopting the competitive principle in your examinations you ob tained the second great quality which was requisite, and that was emulation. (Hear.) Having by these two great changes secured two great desiderata—experi enee and emulation—you had yet to acquire another • great quality necessary- for success, and that. was • epe;•gy. 'When you required to find in a great so cietv, as the one with which we have to deal to night, upon the con se e o u u r sn i e n s a s u of all those who came in any • degree under various societies you ob e t r' ai c n e. By union among the but that • waa.experience which mio li e t a t e g x :4( e le ri l e N e v . or . might infNence few. By admitticogr l you c r ot e ll i l l )etltly e prin ciple in the examinations a y t o e l d i al in troduced an active• principle which S't cla sses those who fat confidence in their own powers to cultivate those powers, and to obtai n th e pu bli c approbation which was sanctioned by their posses sion of them. But when you had to deal with the whole mass which you had to work upon, when you wanted to infuse this generous spirit of energy, it was necessary to have recourse to some mean:which might touch all, and the application of which, at least in its principle and , constitution, all might in time be susceptible of. Therefore it was necessary that you should appeal to literature in its most diffused power—the form of a library. In old days—comparatively speaking old days, I mean — of Mechanics' institutes and associations of mutual education and culture, the common principle was to take the first opportunity and to exhaust all pos sible means to establish a library. There was a reverential feeling, which had long been settled in the public mind, that a library was the fount of knowledge, from which all might be fed and nourished, and that this was the primary considera tion to be looked to when the education of the people was concerned. But when you come to popu lar education, and to deal with a diffused popu lation, who have to acquire knowledge under great difficulties, at uncertain moments, and in scat tered parts of the country, the fact is that, prac tically speaking, a library collected and esta blished in a great city or town exercises but a very limited influence over those to whom you wish it should convey knowledge and information. To supply that deficiency those who have acted in unison with societies like these flourishing in the north of England (among them I know not which has the precedence in the arrangements of union, but at any rate my observations would apply to all) have fixed upon the happy principle of a free and itinerating library, that should circulate in every part, that should bring information to every hearth, and wherever there was a desire of know ledge should secure its being fairly satisfied. (Cheers.) Thus you imparted a desire for informa tion, or established a machinery for imparting it, in all quarters and in every direction ; thus you pre pared a population that should become in time members of those institutions, and furnish students in their classes ; and thus you added to the experi ence and emulation that you had already secured, by the union of your associations and the competi tive examinations of your classes, that other quality of energy which could only be supplied by a large and growing population deeply impressed that it is only by knowledge, the cultivation of their under standings, and the refinement of their tastes, that they can elevate themselves in the social position of their country. (Cheers.) I have thus_ lightly touched upon what I think are the three important features of the great revolution which has taken place in institutions of this character within the last few years. They were formed on a sound ' principle established with' a healthy feeling, and ought to have accomplished considerable results. I think they failed in that last great consequence. But within these few years a very great change has taken place, attributable to the recognition on the part of the people of this country that there was a deficiency of those qualities of experience, emulation, and energy which I have referred to; and that the limited area whereon the isolated in stitute was founded could not under any circum stances furnish the requisite supply. I have now to ask myself, presiding over your meeting this evening, has the new system, acting with these new principles, produced other results of that satisfactory and complete character so long desired, and which all those who are interested in the advancement of their fellowmen, have sincerely if fruitleslylaboared for? (Cheers.) Let us answer that question. It was said once that mechanics' institutes were very good thin gs,but unfortu natelyno mechanics ever were members of them. (Laughter.) Now, as far as lam concerned, I am not prepared to condemn a me chanics' institute of which to mechanics are mem bers. Although it may have failed in the principal object that we desired, still it is an institution, however limited, of a beneficial character. But what is the character of the institution which to night occupies our attention ? These are facts. There are at this moment more, considerably more, than 100 institutions in Lancashire and Cheshire that are in unity together, and act in unison with a central and guiding association. They number 22,000 members, of whom 8,500 are in habitual at tendance upon the evening classes. (Cheers.) Of these 8,500 upwards of 1,200 voluntarily have come forward and challenged all the difficulties and tests of a competitive examination. (Cheers.) Those 1,200 have undergone at the hands of a committee of the Central Association, a committee of scholars, a local preliminary examination, in each of the places of their particular interest and connection ; and out of these between 400 and 500 have been selected as competent to encounter an examination which I can sincerely say, after having looked over the papers submitted to them, was one that no man could have confronted who had not taken great pains to train his intellect, and to acquire considerable knowledge. (Cheers.) But who are the men who have done this ? What is the class that has given these 8,500 pupils to the even ing classes, and supplied this great body of sponta neous competitors in a severe examination, and ultimately yielded this select body of 500 who have challenged, and a fifth of whom have gained, the sanction of men of considerable acquirement and weight, as having gone through a process which none but men of a scholarly feeling and consider able strength of character could have encountered ? Can it be said now that they are not working men? Why, I have looked over the lists of those who have obtained what we may call a first-class certificate in many of those branches in which they have been examined. I remember that, in algebra, mensuration, geography, arithmetic, and history, first•class cer tificates have been obtained after a most severe and scientific examination. And by whom ? By boys, youths all of them under 20. The first-class certifi cate in algebra was obtained by a boy of 15, who, by the bye, received a second-class certificate in arithmetic also, I think—a boy working in a fac tory at ss. a week. (Cheers.) And who are those men to whom I am to have the high honour to night of offering these recognitions of their labours and their merit - ? They areiactorgoperatives in all the various classes of that branch rf labour. There are weavers, minders, piecers, and every class of factory labour is represented. Then there are real mechanics, men who make machinery, and who think over the principles by which these wonderful results of art are accomplished. There are men who work by manual labour, and earn weekly wages, yet have submitted themselves to as severe and as scientific a test, however limited it may be, as the proudest university might offer; and in a competi tion distinguished by emulation they have obtained the recognition of their intellectual power and their admirable industry. (Cheers.) I think, then, the question is completely disposed of; that the revolu tion which has silently been taking place in these institutions, known perhaps only to those who hare lived in the districts where it has occurred, has been successfully accomplished; and that we can no longer say that those establishments . have failed, the object of which was to diffuse a love of 'know ledge, to cultivate the understandings and refine the tastes of the great body of the working popu!ation. On the contrary, they have succeeded, and . the test of their success will be this evening laid before you. (Cheers.) I would venture before sitting down to make one or two remarks upon what I think is the highly satisfactory characte; of this state of affairs as regards that educational question which has so long interested, and even agitated, the mind of this country. (Cheers.) It is generally the custom with those who occupy the position which I fill to-night, when they offer rewards and recognitions of intellect and industry, to dilate upon the advantage of know ledge in itself, to assure all those whom they address that "knowledge is its own reward," and that its acquisitipn is quite sufficient to compensate for all exertions, and stimulate to further efforts. Certainly I am the last man who would for a moment maintain a contrary opinion. I know very well from my own experience, as many must know who are here, that there is a reward in learning which far outweighs all the social. advantages of life; that knowledge is its own exceeding reward ; and that whatever may be the position of the individual, the possession of a certain amount of knowledge will always alleviate the circumstances that otherwise might be produc tive to him of discontent or annoyance. Least of all would I maintain the contrary in this assembly, because I have read a private letter, written by a mechanic, to whom I shall have the gratification of oiTering a reward tonight, in which ha declares that, gratifying as it is to him that his merits are to be acknowledged on this occasion, and that he is to re ceive a prize now as he received one also last year, he is repaid for all his efforts by the pleasure which knowledge alone imparts to him ; and he demands no social elevation to stimulate him to the course which he has embarked in and continues to prose cute, like many of the men I have been speaking of, though he works 12 hours a day, as we all know that many of those whom you live amongst must work in this country. (Hear. hear.) It is not, therefore, from any wish for a moment that you should sup pose me not to think that knowledge is in itself an ample and complete reward that I am anxious to meet some hard assertions that are often made with regard to institutions of this kind, and the great labour of love in which many are engaged for the advancement of their fellow-creatures and the dissemination of knowledge—some hard asser tions which would maintain that in a country like this it is useless, or almost hopeless, for a man to attempt to raise himself by cultivating his mind, the obstacles to advancement being so very con siderable. Now, .1 am of a completely contrary opinion. (Hear, hear.) I do not think there is any fallacy greater than that which holds up Eng land as a country where it is difficult to advance for those who have intelligence and integrity. (Hear.) I quite admit that in a new country, in a new colony, for example, where hula is not appropriated, and there is a scattered population, there is at first sight a coarse facility offered to physical enercry, which reaps a rap id and considerable reward. 6 Those opportunities, though obvious, are of a mono tonous character ; there is only one means, and that means often becomes sooner exhausted than is ex pected. But, in a country of ancient civilisation, 1 maintain that according to the social combinations the opportunities proportionately increase—that there is a greater amount of social combinations which allow a qualified individual to rise in the world than in countries less advanced. (Hear.) It would be presumption in me ; who am only a guest among you, to refer to the particular district in which you are all most interested ; but assuming that I address those who represent more or less all the societies in union with the association over which lam presiding. (Hear, hear.) I put it to any man who is here whether in his personal ex perience he has or has not found that the possession of knowledge has benefited him in his course through life. I think it is an affair that ought to be settled by facts. I speak, so far as you are concerned, with great deference and diffidence ; but I never yet was in any of the towns of the north distinguished for their industry, where there have not been many men who from their character, general intelligence, acti vity, and accumulated wealth, were qualified to take a lead in society, to become members of Par liament and persons of consideration, where I have not found that at least one of them was a man who had risen from the ranks. (Cheers.) I cannot doubt myself that the very fact that a mechanic or an operative in the mills obtains a prize for algebra or arithmetic, that even that comparatively slight event does tot work considerably in his fa vour. I know what I should feel if I were a great millowner if I found there was a boy in my employ at Ss. a week who had won the first prize for al gebra at this institution. I should have my eye upon that boy. (Loud cheers.) And that will tell in every branch. That is not favour or patro nage •, that is a knowledge human nature—(hear) —and a course of conduct which would act benefi cially for both parties concerned. (Hear.) I quote instances connected with a district with which I am not personally concerned with great reluctance, for I do not wish to appear to speak second-hand, but 1 was always very much struck by a circum stance which was mentioned in a public speech by my noble friend on my right (Lord Stanley), who has always sympathised with me in this cause — (cheers)—and with whom I have often consulted as to the means we should take for its promotion and. success. I remember his pointing out to me a gen tleman in the House of Commons who had been recently returned there, and he said," That is a very able man, from whom I think something may be expected." I won't mention his name, not because I wish to avoid personalities, for, alas, he is no longer among us ; a terrible and unforeseen acci dent took him from this world. But he (Lord Stanley) said " That is a man who has one of the greatest establishments in England"—l believe it was the making of machines—" and that man has three persons in his employment who have all risen from the ranks, who are en gaged at a salary each of £1,500 a-year." And, as my noble friend remarked to me on the benches of the House of Commons, when we were venturing to enjoy ourselves with a little private conversation during a dull speech—(laughter)— " You see how that gentleman is endeavouring to be come an under-secretary of State; why this manufac turer has got three men in his employ at the same salary as an under-secretary of State." (Hear, hear, and laughter) Now, Ido not mean to say that every man who obtains a certificate at our institutions will be employed by a master at the same salary ; but these ,are facts not to be passed over with negligence, and I want to know what country in the world offers such a reward and such a premium for intelligence and integrity as the one to which I am referring ? (Cheers.) I know it may be said that this is a very peculiar circumstance, that the north of England is in possession of a considerable industry of a remarkable kind ; but that it is "ex ceptional," to use a fashionable epithet, and that you cannot pretend that in England generally that is the course of human affairs. Now, I totally differ again from this opinion ; and these are opinions that are perpetually brought forward to damp the ardour of the aspiring people of this country. (Cheers.) I live in a part of the world very different from the world in which the majority of those by whom I am at present surrounded live. (Hear, hear.) I live in a part of the world where there are no great towns, and none of the obvious means upon which you count to stimulate emula tion and to facilitate co-operation ; where the in dustry, though it is a great industry, is chiefly, if not entirely, employed in the cultivation of land ; and there we are constantly told that it is impos sible that an Englishman can rise. Well, now, I have always been very much interested in the sub ject of how men rise in the world, and I have analysed the community in which I live, and I find myself surrounded by self-formed men, who by their character and intelligence have raised them selves always to a respectable and often to an influential position. (Hear.) I will venture to give you an instance. A little while ago a farmer asked me to dine with him in a barn. Now, the barn I will not say was as noble a building as this hall—(laughter)—but I can assure you it was a barn in which a very considerable public meeting might have been held. However, his public meeting consisted only of his sons and two generations besides of his descendants. (Laughter.) There was a patriarch with i 0 or 80 of his progeny—(great laughter)—and he had followed the plough when a by upon the broad acres which he had successfully cultivated; and he told me that as now, though hot weary, he had had sufficient of the labour of life, it was his intention —and he fulfilled that intention—to divide his for -tune, which was not inconsiderable, among his sons, and retire upon the rents of a freehold property which he posseesed. Well, that is not a single case ; it is a case I won't say not remarkable, but one for which many paralle!s may even in the same class of society be furnished. I could go through a variety of instances in our rural life in which men have risen to a considerable position under my eye, as it were, and within my own experience, and I hare found invariably that if a man has a head upon his shoulders, whether he lives in Lancashire or Buckinghamshire, he generally gets on in the world. ("Hear," and laughter.) I would there- fore impress upon those whom I have the honour of addressing this evening, not for a moment to suppose that all that they obtain by the effort which they have made is that they are to be ap plauded by their tellow-citizens, and to be recog nized with momentary approbation under circum stances like the present. I want to impress upon them that if they continue the efforts by which they have arrived at this result, they will advance them selves in the social sphere, and will obtain that which every Englishman ought as a right to look forward to—the raising of his social condition. Now, I would very humbly, if I might presume to offer any advice, especially to young men who are ' present, I would say this, "Take this as an incon trovertible principle, accept this as a moral dogma of your life—every man has his opportunity." (Cheers.) Now, the great point is this; it may be a long time coming—(laughter)—but, depend upon it, it is sure to arrive, and what you have got to do in the interval is to prepare yourself for that oppor tunity. (Cheers.) When I say that every man has his opportunity, and venture to lay that down as a principle which cannot for a moment bo con troverted, I will admit to you that many men have their opportunity and are not capable of availing themselves of it. (Hear, hear.) I will venture to give you two instances occurring in my own expe rience within a very few months. A man may not be able to avail himself of the inevitable oppor tunity, because he is deficient in ability or because he is deficient in talent. Now, a young man entered one of the public offices in which the preferment is regulated by the system of routine and seniority. When placed in that office he had a right to calcu lath on arriving in due time at a post which, to say the least of it, is not only one of great emolument, but one of no small consideration even, in the State. I think he never had any very great confidence when ho entered that office (Which was of course many years ago), that he was competent for the post which ultimately might devolve on him, but no man likes unnecessarily to confess himself incom petent, and he hoped probably that by the time when in course of seniority he would arrive at this considerable place, he might somehow or other shuffle through the responsibility of preferment. It so happened, by a combination of circumstances probably almost unexampled in the annals of official life—(hear, hear)—that by the death of several in dividuals (some younger than himself), by the acces sion of one gentleman to a very great fortune, the subject of my story was called upon, years before he could have anticipated it, to fill the high post which for more than 20 years he had known might sooner or later be the prize of his existence. And he was so dreadfully alarmed at the state of affairs that he refused to accept that which for nearly a quarter of a century he had been dreaming of. (Laughter.) There was an instance of a man who has his oppor tunity, and, from a want of ability, is unable to seize it. The other case was one in which I myself saw how the affair went on. When I had the honour of being in office, it was represented to me that there was a young man who, like many of those who are here, had had very few advantages, whose education in fact might have been called an " adult education," but who was a very clever fellow, and had done a great deal, and had obtained, probably, or I am sure would have obtained, some of those recognitions of merit which I have now to distribute; and though I had never heard of him, or had theslightest acquaint ance with him, his name wAs brought before me one of those instances of individual merit which it would be, of course, a satisfaction to any genet ous mind to advance and assist, and I said that I would do what I could for him. Well, an opportunity arising, he was by my recommendation preferred by one of my friends to a pest, not of v er y great emolument, but, considering that he was a young man, one that would secure his independence, and would have almost inevitably led him to a high position in course of time, and not a very length ened course. Well, it was absolutely necessary that he should be a French scholar. He was not a French scholar. I see upon the paper before me that there are members of this institute who have challenged competition in French, and therefore I mention this case to show you that there is a means even in this association of men not losing such opportunities, and of having that knowledgenf French which may be requisite. That was an instance of opportunity lost, not by want of ability, not by a want of ac quirement which an institution like this might have furnished; and though you may smile, I say, and ask you all to think of it when you are alone—and dependupon it you will become serious—that every man has an opportunity, and though he may not be equal to the occasion that offers, it is not his destiny that he onght to condemn, but his own indifference or negligence. (Cheers.) Now, it is said, and it is a very dangerous saying, though a very common one, that " life is a lottery." Life is not a lottery. (Hear.) Life is a science, and certain qualities and certain talents, properly handled and properly managed, ' must lead to certain results. (Hear.) Depend upon it, that this is a truth, which you must accept, which, if you believe in, you will find a very soiisiderable change in your life. No man has a right to be dis contented with his position if he accepts as a prin ciple of existence that an opportunity will be offered him in the course of tint existence, because, until the opportunity offers, he ought to be preparing himself for it. And wl4 a source—l will not say of amusement, that is a minor phrase—what a source of interest and excitement is the continual preparation for the inevitable occasion. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, it is not, I am reminded, the first time that my voice haS been heard in this city. When I first came here to-day I thought it was the . . same hall in which I remember to have expressed some opinions. What I said then to the youth of Manchester I would say to that more enlarged as that I now appeal to. Then I told them, " Don't take a depressed view of your position, but aspire, excel, advance." This is the advice that I now offer,to you. (Cheers.) Since that time—now 15 years ago—very great changes have occurred in the position of all of us, and in public events and affairs. Some of the greatest revolutions that have occurred in the history of man have occurred during these 15 years. You have had dynasties changed in the greatest countries, you have had discoveries made which have affected your industry, and which will infinitely more affect your industry greater than those of the times of Cortez and Pizarro. But there is one thing I am glad to say is not changed, and that is the interest which the north of England, and especially tuis district, has taken in the culti vation of the popular mind and the refinement of the popular taste. (Cheers.) If there has been a change in that, it has been changed in its most captivating aspect, for it has been a change that has assumed the fair form of progress. (Cheers.) I see, by the records of your proceedings, that you have the honour of a president in the Prince Con sort of her Majesty. (Cheers.) I see, by the re cord of your proceedings, that that is not a mere formal appointment, but that he takes an active part in the direction of your affairs, and that in that very Free Library upon which I touched he has, by the collection he has made and circulated, proved the sincerity of his convictions and the earnestness of his tastes. Why, it is only two months ago that that august Prince, august not merely from his position, but because he has placed him self at all times, and often under great difficulties, at the head of every movement which advances the education of the people and the refinement of their tastes (cheers), met the assembled philo sophers of England in a northern city. There he addressed them in a manner with which many of you are acquainted, and which was equal to the oc casion ; there lie met the assembled science and in tellect of England, and by the spirit with which he touched upon the subject of their investigations they discerned in him not an ornamental member merely of their society, but one who was a brother, equal to them in the knowledge which occupied their atten tion at that moment. (Cheers.) Well, but the princely president of these philosophers is also the president, an 1 the sincere president, of this humbler effort to educate the people of England. (Cheers.) And believe me, I speak to those especially who have made a noble effort under great sacrifices of time, and often, when worn out with the toil of the day, dedi cating their spare moments to the studies of the night—l say the time may come, if you pursue the same means, inspired by the same feelings, that some of you whom to-night I shall publicly recog nise for your acquirements and your abilities may perhaps meet that proud assembly of philosophy on the equal terms which intellect and knowledge can alone command, and be recognised as brothers even by the illustrious of the land. (Great cheering.) The Chairman then awarded the prizes and cer tificates of the successful candidates. Dr. lludson read the names of the candidates as they appeared upon the platform, and stated the age. and calling in life of each. Lord STANLEY, on rising to address the meeting, was loudly cheered. Ha spoke as follows :—Mr. Chairman, ladies, and gentlemen,—l must confeSs I am almost overpewerei by the kindness of this re ception. My voice is but feeble, but I will do the best I can to make you hear me. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, although it has never been my fortune to attend, or even to witness, a meeting so vast and so important as this assembled for any educational purpose, yet for several years I have felt, and have endeavoured publicly to express a deep interest in the cause of popular education in these districts. And although that cause may have many more eloquent advo cates, I can assure you that within this county it has no mire cordial or more constant friend. (Cheers.) I have heard, therefore, with peculiar satisfaction the speech of my friend and late col league, Mr. Disraeli, to-night. I have heard it with an entire agreement in the sentiment which it embodies, and I heard it with pleasure also on another ground, because my friend is entitled far more than I can pretend to be to address you in what I may call a representative capacity. He is the organ and spokesman in Parliament and before the public of a large section of the territorial inte rest of this country; and although from meetings of this kind all reference to political affairs is wisely and necessarily excluded, yet standing here on this platform as the advocate of an educational move ment, he seemed to me to convey from those whom he represents, from those who act with him and support him in political life, a message of sympathy and friendly feeling, an assurance that these classes be they politicians, be they landowners, be they capitalists or mercantile men, are not insensible or indifferent to the hopes, to the aspirations ' and to the ideas of Lancashire workmen. (Che ers .) Gentle men, it would be quite idle at this time to detain you with any mere generalities upon the advantage or expediency of extending p o p u l ar education. Every one now is in favour of it, at least ostensibly; no one disputes its advantages, and hardly does any one deny its necessity. (Hear, hear.) Parliament, which does not anticipate the public opinion of the country, but which generally, when that opinion is recognised and declared, follows it, though it may be after some interval of time—Parliament has evinoed its practical sincerity in the cause by voting yearly in shape of grants in aid to schools for the working classes a sum which now amounts to about three-quarters of a million, and which, if the pre sent system be continued, will soon reach a much larger amount. The only controversy into which any rational man now enters upon this subject is, not whether instruction should b e : ex t e nd e d a s widely as possible, but what is the form in which it should be given, and what is the machinery by which it may be most effectually promoted. Now, gentlemen, I don't want to enter into any topics which have been in former years, and which may be again sub jects of Parliamentary controversy and dis pute ; but this you will allow me to say in passing, for it expresses a profound conviction which I have long entertained, that if we are ever to have that which I believe would be a great public boon, that which I believe would be a great administrative reform—if we are ever to have a really national and effective system of school teach ing for the poorer classes of this country, that is a boon which you will not receive at the hands of edu cationists or of politicians. (I-fear.) I don't de spair of seeing it, but the people of this country will obtain it only when they can makeup their minds to do that which the people of America have done long ago—when they make up their minds to petition for it, to require it, to demand it as a right at the hands of the Legislature and the Government —then they will obtain it, and not, I believe, until then. (Cheers.) In the meanwhile, you who have attended this meeting, you who belong to educa tional institutions like that on behalf of which we are assembled to-night, you are furnishing a solution to this great educational problem—a solution neces sarily partial, very partial and incomplete, but which, as far as it goes, is at least satisfavtory and simple. You are taking the matter into your own hands ; you are creating, or rather augmenting and stimulating, that demand for a system of teaching increased in amount, and better in quality ; you arc creating a class which will make its voice heard, and which will insist upon it when the time comes that their children shall obtain greater advantages in the way of school instruction than fell to their own lot in youth. (Applause.) Gentlemen, it is a common belief—it is a belief so generally diffused that I have a right to refer to it to-night—that these literary and educational institutions, by which the want of popular instruction is in part sup phlaive de inquired that these local, unsectarian, self-supportingindepen dent,ore n in t o institutionstiat subject, have a nd s b p e e e a li ikn o: the whole •ather a failure th an a success. I here I am hound to say, I believe that that opi nion, however generally prevalent, is a mistake. d (He , r, hear.) L oca l and part i al failures, no o t, there may have been, as there will be again, and as there are i n all enterprises of all descrip tions. Here and there you have a mechanics' institute which is a failure, because the, want which it was chiefly established to satisfy is sup plied in another quarter by that abundant diffu sion of cheap books and cheap newspapers which is so remarkable a feature of the present day. 7.(1-leer, hear.) In other places you have schemes originally too ambitious and extensive, which have had in the course of time to be abandoned or curtailed. In other places, perhaps, there has been for a time an enthusiasm rather fictitious than real, stimulated by novelty, and perhaps by opposition ; and when the novelty went off and the opposition was withdrawn, then the scheme has fallen through for want of sup port. But these are local and partial instances, and, speaking generally, taking this council throughout, I find we have in Great Britain upwards of 1,000 literary and educational institutions, intended for, and mainly supported by, the working classes. I find that these institutions number upwards of 150,000 members, and that they circulate by their libraries above 1,000,000 volumes. (Cheers.) Now, I don't say that that result is entirely satisfactory, considering the high development which civilzation has attained at the present day; I have no doubt that we might, that wo ought, and that we shall do much more in this respect than has hitherto been done. But when I compare the present with the past, in that way look forward to the future,—l ren.ember that this movement was set on foot not much more than 30 years ago—l remember the difficulties which in a country like this precede every new enterprise, and the opposition wh;ch these institutions at first encountered, and when I turn from the case of England generally to that with which we are more immediately concerned, to the case of the county of Lancaster, I find good rea son to entertain sanguine hopes for the future, when we compare the present with the very recent past. I find in the year in which my right hon. friend last addressed you on a somewhat similar subject in this city, in the year 1844, there were but 44 of this class of educational institutions within the county of Lancaster. Six years later, and these 44 institutions had increased to 66 ; nine years more—bringing us to the present day—and in stead of 66 we have 100, containing nearly 18,000 members, and circulating something like 120,000 volumes. (Cheers.) I wish you to bear in mind that we have just five of these institutions now for every two that existed 15 years ago—(hear, hear)—and their resources have increased in a simi lar proportion. (Cheers) I think, therefore, that though we may look upon the progress of popular instruction as not absolutely satisfactory, we have no right, with this evidence before us, to regard it as having been a failure. (Hear, hear.) And now, turning from the more general subject to the cir cumstances and to the prospects of this association, I would say, in the first place, that I apprehend that there are three conditions which it is indispen sable that every really valuable institution for the purpose of adult teaching should fulfil. One of these conditions is, that the institution should be unsectarian ; the next, that it should be really main tained and really supported by those who fre quent it, and not merely bestowed as a gift from the charity or the benevolence of any individual. (Hear, hear.) And the last is the common fault of popular teaching--and when I say popular teaching I mean teaching where necessarily the time both of the teacher and the pupil is limited; the common fault of this teaching should be avoided, and the instruction given, so far as it goes, should not be vague and superficial, but real, substantial, and accurate. (Cheers.) I am happy to believe that this association satisfies all these conditions. (Hear, hear.) By your association all denomina tions are treated alike. The institutions that form your union are, in the main, though not quite, ex clusively maintained out of the funds of those who use them; and that system of education of which we have witnessed one result to-night furnishes the most effectual check—l believe the only real and certain check—against the mere show of attainment as distinguished from the substance. You will allow me to say one word on the subject of these exami nations. I believe them to be of great use, and I attach to them the greatest value. In the first place, I do not believe that any course of mere reading, by itself, in which a pupil is not called upon to repro duce in some form or another that which he has learned, can ever ensure that accuracy which is in dispensable to all real progress. (Loud cheers.) The old cant phrase is as true now as when it was first uttered—if it be reading which makes the full man, it is writing which makes the exact man. I think that these trials of mental strength and skill supply an additional and very valuable incentive to study; they supply the stimulus of that healthy personal competition between man and man which is so powerful an eleme'ut in the training of our universities and public schools. They give to young men and to lads—such as have passed upon this platform to-night—they give to young men of talent and industry an opportunity of early bring ing themselves forward into public notice, and of obtaining a certificate, not only of intellectual proficiency, but also, generally speaking, of steadi ness and good conduct—a certificate which is 91 least unbiassed, and which naturally will have weight with those who have employment to give. Again, these examinations furnish employers—and I think they, too, ought to be grateful for the boon —with a more certain and ready means than they would otherwise possess of choosing young men for situations requiring intelligence and skill. (Hear, hear.) And lastly—that to which Ido not attach less importance than to any of the considera tions I have mentioned before—they enable the public of this district to do that which we are doing to-night—publicly to recognise the claims to our honour and our respect of perseverance, ofin telligence, and of mental culture, in whatever station of life they may be found. (Cheers.) My friend, gentlemen, has anticipated me in remarking upon that which is the characteristic feature of this association, viz., that union of separate institutions by which the area of competition is so much en larged, and the material resources of all are placed at the disposal of each. I will not go over the ground which he has covered, but let me say that there are two features in the report laid before us which I have noted with peculiar satisfaction. One of these relates to the class of subjects which are dealt within these examinations; the other relates to the class of persons by whom the examinations are attended. With regard, first, to the subjects, the common and natural danger, as I have said before, of all those whose time for the acquisition of knowlege is limited, is the attempt to do too much in too short a period, and rather to attempt a wide range of acquirement than to begin with the most ordinary and necessary branches of knowledge. (Hear, hear.) And, judging from what I have observed elsewhere, that might be the case here ; but looking at the ex amination list, I have been agreeably disappointed. I find that out of the whole number of papers sent in during the last year (634) I think very much more than one-half (363) out of the whole are on the common, plain, homely, e l emen tary subjects of arithmetic and grammar. That is a small matter, but it seems to me a hopeful symptom, and proves to me tho reality and vitality of the work which you are endeavouring to do. (Hear, hear.) The other point whi c h I w i s h t o no ti ce your chairman has alluded to to-night—l mean to the old story that mechanics' institutions were excellent in every other respect except that there was not a mechanic within their walls. I looked to see whether it was possible that any imputation of that kind, so far as it is an imputation, could be fastened upon an insti tution which we are supporting, and I find the most practical proof to the contrary. Out of the 404 who have gone into the last examination, I observe 192, or nearly one-half of the whole are re tinned as persons employed in mills; I find that about 102 are returned as mechanics and persons employed in foundries, and, as far as I can judge from an inspection of the list, it seems to me that the remainder, with few exceptions, belong to the same social position of life. I think, therefore, you may congratulate yourselves upon two very real and substantial results—(cheers)--you may affirm with confidence that this association is improving, and is testing that class of knowledge which is most required, and which it professes to give; and you may affirm with equal confidence that that know ledge is communicated to the class for whom it is intended, and that the resources of the association are not diverted to the benefit of any other class. Gentlemen, you have heard, and it is not necessary that I should remind you, of the position and pros pects of the association. It is, I believe, at present only in its sixth year, and when I hear that it numbers 110 institutions, 22,000 mem bers, 130,000 volumes, 8,000 pupils in the evening classes, and that 1,200 of these pupils last year of fered themselves for examination, I feel that these plain facts will peak far more eloquently than any words that I can use in behalf of the resolution which, with your permission, I am now about to move : "That the success which has atte ded the operations of the Association of Lancashire and Cheshire Mechanics' In stitutes is the best proof which can be adduced of the value of the union, and of its claims to the continued and in creased support of all who desire to promote the moral and s )citd welfare of the industrial classes." The lion. ALGERNON EGERTON, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was carried. Mr. W. N. MASSEY, M.P., moved a voto of thanks to the examiners who had conducted the public and private examinations for the association. The Marquis of CHANDOS seconded the resolution which was carried. Mr. Ivie Mackie then took the chair, and the lion. A. EGERTON, M.P., moved the following resolution : "That the best thanks of this meeting are hereby awarded to the Right Ilon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., for the great ability and courtesy with which he has performed the duties of chairman ; and this meeting also desires to express its sense of the great honour whiebt,lo hag conferred upon the Association of Lancashire and Cheshire Mechanics' In. stitutes." The motion was seconded by Mr. OLIVER HEY WOOD, and carried with prolonged cheering. Mr. DISRAELI returned thanks on behalf of him self and Lord Stanley, and said he had ever believed that the education of the people, in a great measure, must depend upon their own exertions. He was convinced himself that if education were diffused, a man of intelligence and integrity would find the right social position to which he was entitled. He did not say that intelligence alone could succeed, or ) that integrity alone could succeed in this world ; but this he would say, that intelligence and integ rity combined was the strongest firm in the world. The proceedings terminated at half-past 10 o'clock. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Nov. 2. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) William Raymond, 23, and John Jones, 27, wen indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the shop of John Jones Vaughan, and stealing therein gold rings of the value of £464, his property. The jury found them guilty, and former convic tions were proved against both. The Assistant-Judge having commented upon the atrocious and daring character of the robbery, passed upon each of the prisoners a sentence of 10 years' penal servitude. With reference to the witness Mrs. Berard, Mr. Metcalfe considerately caused some inquiry to be made, the result of which he communicated to the Court. In consequence, The Assistant-Judge called her back into the wit ness-box, and said—From what I have heard, the Court has some reason to believe that you are in circumstances which will render a pecuniary remu neration for your praiseworthy conduct not unac ceptable. Were you not in such circumstances, you no doubt would have been content to receive ,the thanks of the Court for the service you have rendered to, the public by mainly contributing to the apprehension of two desperate offenders, who seemed to be under no hesitation as to the means by which they should carry out their schemes of plun der and depredation. Your conduct was both cou rageous and praiseworthy; the Court thanks you for it, and, acting under the power given us by the statute, I direct that a reward of £5 be given to you in addition to your ordinary costs as a witness. William Harrison, 20, and John Rogers, 19, were indicted for stealing a watch, value £l5, the pro perty of Henry Leslie Grove, from his person, at the funeral of the late Mr. R)bert Stephenson. The offence was committed at the corner of Dean's yard, and was clearly proved against the prisoners. They were detected by Henry Smith, 28 A. The jury found both guilty. Deeble, 195 H, said the prisoners were k now n, and if they were remanded for judgment the offi cer would be able to furnish the Court with a full account of them. Judgment was therefore deferred until next ses, sions. Louisa Ward, 58, was indicted for stealing a pocket-book containing 155., from the person of Louisa Dunks, and for stealing a purse containing a sovereign and other money from the person of Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas French. These rob beries were committed in an omnibus. The prisoner pleaded guilty to one charge, and was found guilty on the other. In each case the prosecutrix had her pocket on the outside of her dress, and each admitted that pockets so placed were very liable to the depreda tions of pickpockets in public vehicles. Mr. Pownall (chairman of the bench) observed that thls matter, though very simple in itself—the mode in which a lady wore her pocket—was one which ought to receive some attention, .as to whether a female who so wore her pocket, and was, in consequence of her own carelessness, robbed of her purse, ought to receive her expenses as a wit ness. They ought to he more careful. If a female got into an omnibus with her pocket so exposed in the front of her dress as 'to excite evil persons to help themselves if they could to what that pocket contained, the fiult was almost her own. Besides this, the pockets were so exposed that any person ridine , in an omnibus might be charged with hav ing his hands in improper contact with the pocket of any lady he might be sitting next. Ladies, he would take the liberty of obscrvng, if they wished to avoid the inconvenience as well as the loss of being eased of their purses in public vehicles, would do well to do as their grandmothers or great grandmothers did—wear their pockets under their petticoats, where they would be secure from these mischievous depredators. It was really a strange matter that persons would not take ordinary pre caution to protect themselves from this sort of theft. This " lecture," if it may be so termed, to the female portion of the auditory was given in all good humour by the worthy chairman, whose re marks excited a general smile. Then came another curious, almost romantic, incident. The Assistant-Judge (to the prisoner)—You are indicted here in the name of Ward. Have you always been known by that name ? Prisoner—l was married to a person of the name of Tompsctt, but I have since adopted the name of Ward, my maiden name. The Assistant-Judge —Did you ever meet with au accident in Fleet-street ? Prisoner—Yes, your lordship. The Assistant-Judge—A good many years ago; something near upon 15 ? Prisoner—Yes, my lord, about that. The Assistant-Judge said it was somewhat re markable; but he had recognised the woman in the dock, having witnessed the accident which hap pened to her so many years ago ; in fact, he saw her knocked down by a horse in Fleet-street, and it was he himself who picked her up in an insensible state. At that time, from inquiries he caused to be made, he found her character was good, and she was assisted by some benevolent persons he was ac quainted with. She was then struggling hard to support a boy, who had since, he had heard in the course of the case, turned out a bad one; but pro bably that was to be accounted for by the bad example of a bad parent. It was painful for him to have to pass sentence under such circumstances, but he could not do so more leniently than a due sense of justice compelled him. Fortunately, there was no former conviction against her; had there been, the case must have been treated seriously. These were not ordinary robberies; but the pri soner had, it appeared, commenced late in life, and, after undergoing a term of imprisonment, might return to honest ways and strive to pass the re mainder of her life in integrity. His lordship then sentenced the prisoner to six months' hard labour. POLICE 1N7'.E1,L,,4 GEN CE, Nov. 2. GUILDHALL. THE UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST POOR WILLIE WEBIL—Mr. Loader, of Skinner -street, attended before Sir Peter Laurie and Alderman Copeland, according to his promise, to produce the little boy William Webb, who, it will be remembered, a person who gave the name of Richard Child, and described himself as a wine and spirit agent, of 52 and 53, Crutched friars, accused, on Saturday last, of attempting to pick his pocket of a large pocket-b oo k w hi c h h e carried in the inside pocket of an undercoat, the boy having in his hand, at the time he was charged with the offence, a box about six inches square, containing gold leaf belonging to his master. On that occasion the man Child, from his respect able attire and his address, consisting of two houses, was looked upon as a person to be relied upon, and Sir Peter Laurie accordingly gave him the benefit of his appearance, and credited his story so far as to remand the lad, for whom a considerable amount of sympathy was evinced, notwithstanding the indig nant denial of the prosecutor Child that he had been drinking. _ _ The little boy was now brought forward, and Sir Peter Laurie said—Where is the prosecutor ? Mr. Martin--Ts Richard Child here ? There was no response to this inquiry, and Mr. Martin then handed in the following letter, which had been sent to him in consequence of the report of this case :- Van Oppen and Picard, Wine and Spirit Merchants, 52 and 53, Crutched-friars, E.E., " London, Nov. 1, 1859. " Dear Sir,—Referring to the caso heard before Sir P. Laurie, on Saturday last, where a boy was charged with attempting to pick the pocket of a Mr. Rich. Child, who described himself as of Nos. 52 and 53, Crutched-friars, which we beg to state he had no right to do, having been merely in our employ on commission, and has neither office nor place of residence at the above address.—We remain, dear sir, yours respectfully, " VAN OPPEN and Pres.uu. " Mr. Geo. Martin, Police-court, Guildhall." Mr. Martin—l have also received a letter from a person who signs himself " A Neighbour" of the prosecutor, stating he (Childs) occupies a ready furnished back room in Edward-street, Blackfriars road, and that this is not the first accusation of the kind he has made. The letter also contained other information rela tive to Child's general habits ; but as the letter is anonymous, we do not feel at liberty to indorse the assertions. Mr. Roe (the summoning officer)—Riehd. Child does not answer. Sir Peter Laurie—l do not expect he will come; but it does net matter. Alderman Copeland—l beg your • pardon, Sir Peter. His absence does signify most materially. This man came before you and swore that his ad dress was 52 and 53, Crutched-friars, whereas it seems that was a false address. It also appears that he is a notorious drunkard, and if you want to know more of him my clerk is outside, who will give you his history for years past. Mr. Loader—l have made inquiries about this Richard . Child, and find that he is a man without " a local habitation and a name," and Messrs. Van Oppen and Picard entirely repudiate him. ,ir Peter Laurie—Are you willing to take this boy back into your employ Mr. Loader—Mort certainly, sir. Sir Peter Laurie—Then I will discharge him at once; but remember, boy, it is your good character that has saved you. Alderman Copehud—l am not disposed to lot the matter drop her e , f or thi s man , Ri c h ar d Child, came here with a very cruel charge. He gave a false address, and by his manner and appearanoe imposed upon Sir Peter Laurie, a magistrate of 30 years' experience, and brought down upon him th e , obloquy of such a p rocee di ng , b ecause h e (Sir Peter) believed him on his oath. I should, therefore, sag: gest that the prope r means b e a d op t e d to punish this man for such cond uc t. I d o no t know What course Sir Peter Laurie intends to pursue with re hamgatn rd to such a drunken fellow who imposes upe, as this Richard Child has done; but I certainly am not inclined to let him escape with impunity.. Mr. Loader then thank e d th e Ald er man for Oa: attention given to the case, a n d w ithdrew with th e boy Webb and his friends. CLERKENWELL. SERIOUS CriAnGE t:4 ‘ BIGAMY.—A very lady-like and respectably-dre ssed female, who gave the name of Jemima Eliza Rod gers, aged 49, residing at 23, Smith-street, Chelsea, was charged before Mr. Hammill with interl 33 aq ing with John George Willia m , her husbo.U.,, the Rev. John Foster Rodgers, b e ing then and All' alive. Mr. Sleigh . attended for the prosecution , an stated that the prisoner at the bar was married to t her husband, the Rev. John F os ter Rodgers' / 11 ,., Adams Town, in Ireland, in the year 1828. consequence of proceedings being taken by the re gentleman against the prisoner in the pivorn• Court, it was ascertained that she had been marr i l to a young man of the name of Paul, at the Pa ris to church of St. Pancras, in 1858. He should have ask for a remand to enable him to produce evidence from Ireland of the first marriage. ck, ua The prisoner said she wished the case put s o as she had sent for her solicitor, but no n otice vt take P n, and the ease proceeded. olice-constable Tyler, 42 G, said that he took the prisoner into custody the Rev. Mr. Ite ui r i. son and his wife seized him, and enabled the P soner to make her escape oval. a wall. the° The prisoner was remanded f or a week, and - she asked that bail might be taken. ld Mr. Hammill said that the question of bail ee l e d be discussed when her solicitor met the leaf) counsel on the next occasion. COUNTRY MARKETS . 2. There was a healthy ton ßOSTObi—Nov e in the wheat trade to - d a i i + with a fair supply, and prices for best qu a lities were t 0 boxlef treme of last market day. The supply of suPeri" oa to at - was small, and full rates realised. A fair snow of late rates. Beans were dearer. Peas firm. MELTON MOWBRAY—Nov. 1., There was a fair show of wheat to-day, Val - 40 6 business at the annexed prices : -Whit e w heat, nel ( , 9 , is Od to 448 Od ; old, 40s Od to 46s per 36 stone ; good supply, at 38s to 40s for old, and 30s to 42 8 4 6s to qr. for new; oats, 28s to 34s Od per 24 stone; beaus) 52s for old; new, 42s to 44s per 38 st. HULL--Nov. 1 • f 0 ' At our market to-day we had a moderate supplY° - we ek lish wheat, which was taken off readily at last j full prices for best qualities. Malting barley meets e.l_6,:ii, inquiry, at prices in favour of the seller, and gr inding..r:, a t mands more money. Beans and peas move off st eao lo Is per qr. advance. In oats a f ree business done,lll rates. Bye sells more freely. 61 Wheat.... Old white per qr. . 47s 03. to 4, 0 ,„ 1 Old red 44s Od to 4s rj 7 9 New white .. „ New red .... " Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 48s Od to ,‘?, Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 4ss Od to !! Od Baltic and Hamburg, red St. Petersburg and Riga, old 403 Od to 4: ‘ , l Barley.... English malting • 38s oa to 401n_ Od Grinding 3os Od t o 331 Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danisk 3os Od to 3 1 XI Grindincr Oat English', old Archangel and Riga, per at 2 2 064 5 5s °° l da o i tt i : 21 : II I °l I Friesland and Dutch Oslld to OA!. Swedish and Danish ollld to OW Oa Beans ....Engli s h, o ld, per qr New pigeon 4 OB Od to OA Now tick. 378 Od to 3°' o d Egyptian Peas 36s Od to od rzig: g breakers . --s Od to --.' Od Tares ....Winter Indian Corn 50s Od to 62$ O d Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £8 76 to 1 6 Foreign Rape cakes Bones 4 47 1 1 1 5 2 5 0 6 0 t t t 0 0 0 I 1 7 5 : NEWARK—Nov. 2. ;#l , a fair There was a moderate show of wheat to -day, sale at last week's quotations. A good inquhi f°r milling sorts at full prices. In oats not much dol Beans rather scarce. CORK—Nov. 1. The following were the quotations this morning 116 wheat, 21s Od to 25 s 31 ; w hit e , 24 s Od to 28s 3d; bar" Gd to 12s 6d; oats, lOs 8d to 13s Od. DUBLIN• •Nov. 1. 0. d. il• 41 ' Do., new ..... 11 0 to 12 Bere . .. . ..... 13 II to 14 0 Raseed .. 20 0 to 2 6 • . 14 0atmea1...... 12 6 to „ Bakers' flour .. 14 6 to 19 ii Indian corn .. 29 0 to 31 0 a.d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 22 6 to 27 0 Do., red .. 21 0 to 24 6 Do., new 21 0 to 24 0 Barley Oats Do., black l4 0 to 15 0 PACKET LIS FOREIGN MAIL ♦ tolle d In the following table E signifies that letters are degPasiio. by evening mails from London, and DI by morning In by evening mails from London, and 31 by m""."^" NOS r d ue. DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port 0. due. of Mails. Despatch. .........,... Bahamas Australiashoaumtha Southa m pton and Mauritius, Ditto, vi a ma got. r dod to i n i Marse illes aHvoapneavAlasNeeenw. Nov.N N o ov v: 1 1 2 8, E S .. c l u •t h • a ' n: ' P. : 1 : . • 2 ' 4 Canada,Cape York o f Ar o c np o . (by Canadn. pckt.) N N0 v r.. 25 8, E E L Ll i l i t re e r rP p:o ° r ll t :: s'Der.°V. 22 sion, and St. Helena Nov 5, E Devonpo China, Penang, and Siuga- 22 pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Honduras Gibraltar via r v an ia d idSholieitwhfiaempato.n..: N0v.17, Nov. 4, 3i M Soutliandl• Nov. 1° India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton India (Bombay), via South- Ditto, via Marseilles _ ? ampton N0v.12, 31 SouthanlY• N o v . Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, Nov. 4, 3 E I 55 .. : . nu . 1t . h13 • : • ............ . Nov. lv 12 and P. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Nov. r, Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ' Nov. 4, 31 SouthainP NOV. •. Ditto, via :Marseilles Nov. 3, E ............ ~,,,..y . 1 3lexico and Havana Nov. —, 31 SouthanlP• 1w..... Newfoundland Nov. 5, IC Galway •• • • 7 9 , , iu M sSooautthhaalaMpP.• :: :it Y r di , 5 0 2 I United States and British N. , Nov . I° America (by British packet) Nov. 5, E LiverPoo" • Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Co.tst of Africa, Ma- , Nof• 9 dcira, and Teneriffe Nov. 23 E LiverP och “ West India, California, Vene zuela, Chill, Peru, Grey- Sof . 16 town, New Granada, Sic. Nov.—, 31 Southar -I. •••••• Determination [ADVERTISFMaNT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointn F. Determination of Blood to the Head, Flushing/ Blusut u ti 7 oo alpitation, and Shortness of Breath are cured U / au -und ho ot ° olo grand regulators of the heart's impulse. way's grand specifics the current of blood throug:ging body becomes steady and unchanged by the Pt; is thought—hence the suffusion of chest and ell° e ; ‘ , manner nervous embarrassment prevented. '-'-" e r op like , remove excessive sensibility, so often tha ponent to the case and grace adherent to the healthful _or, strong -nerved frame, and eradicate the doubts of the iv il e , vous. In intellect declining from intense study, ft e i ° l7 l ;thol v it or over anxiety, no equal remedy is attainable. `";,.sed a e n m d lg e g a e s r e at t i o on th . e th p e a y in g e i d v . e muscular energy to the Par"' NTING.—On the 2d inst., at 22, BIRTH S. li rook BA Kensino.t o on, Mrs. Wm. Banting, of a son. Lien' BRIDGE.—On the 2d inst., at 57, lnverness-terrace, - - nf 15 sington-Gardens, the wife of John Bridge, ' -4cl. ' - daughter. a ra Dk- uN. — On the 2d inst., at Croydon, the wife of V` . Daun, jun., Esq f INGLEFIELD.—On the 31st ult ,at Caversham, n ear --.., a ing, the wife of Commander•Otway Inglefield, 11..11" a daughter. MARRIAGES. r ot M.EvEn—BosAmaTET.—On the Ist inst , at Esst l3 -t r th parish church, the Revv . Horace Meve . r, vicar of ll' o f gh.ot Manor A M . y H m . tn i3 s o , s H aD e g rts ue , to Louisa Clara , the dau PHILLIPPS—BLOOMFIELD On the Ist ~inat •, at r borough Cathedral, R. M. Phillipps Esq., of " -s t u b% Lodge, Holloway, and Rood - lane, city, to Marianna, f daughter of the Rev. S. T. Bloomfield,i D.D.) can° of Peterborough, and vicar of Bisbrooke. DEATHS. A, John Bowen, Esq., of South-row, Blackheath , as 74*, BOWEN.—On the tst inst., at 23, Marina, St. Leonard ° BLOXSOME.—On the 25th ult , on board the La Plata, a l : sea, Lieut. G. W. Bloxsome . , R.N , eldest son ef Bloxsome, Esq., of Southsea. - • cal BISHOP.—On the 26th ult., in the wreck of the 1 0 -4 Charter, William, the eldest son of Mr. Bishop, of St', Orchard Villas, Holloway, and Marlborough-street ro lice Court, aged 24. DEVERILL.—On the 28th ult , at Normoutiors, La I r e n3(l° ' Gervas Stanford Deverill, late Colonel 90th Light liv fantry, aged 56. VanCOU . HESELTINE.—On the sth Sept. last, at Victoria, ver's Island, from an accident, Samuel Heseltine, in Government Steam Inspector for Vancouver's Island all,. the Colonies of British Columbia, the eldest son of S. Heseltino, Esq., of the Stock Exchange, London. _.... George -- t - JN°' LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO Y° of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The SIM MECO, No. ; o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 0 1111 ' 1 Nifddleaex, Thursday, November 3, 1859. 41i in, Car