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In ,zagan --5 to k small 38s 1 ' 4 jo 37 51° ,0 _s to i the fame rs o f dull, with ire" 22s to 39 , 363 to ....., —5 to 29. O le° r fair , and prim list week's ing parcels 0 0 .eaper. In be ac. 29. p rig e better. .. • age Os Id ( 0 ,1: age Os 5d do"" , erage 4d uP: A . 'erageos2d d"" 51-120, 0-12ths 7-12ths 7-12ths 11-12tha 1000 qrs 1647 qrs 1334 qrs 168 qr Ic. 28. large, but in price. ef t a some few pigs small, '3 6d to 61 4 1 •• • . 5d to ,s 10d per at om ' to 51d. tt became Nve, 7 4 rkenheads, erwicks, Aland, 77 103 _Ch es sterns, 9 6 4 3k "d's' :ern, 56 5 6 r ilk t• rather better. I, 104—N 19 11 11 $ 121 —Grp cosed wea -k , • 9116--Leeol r,ondons, k 961--T riw' ll butpt ee h ti and IN o_,F" -° ys, $ to Der • • • moor-stres t i s, Esq., of LI gh, the led 9 Ps -place, the od-erescen 4 of a dauglr 51. Phi r Esq., of of the late shire. ,„ ;t. George: so. second urge Mew" yn, late °f a. Dudley, and-Plt i ce ' Shera'-- county of Clarence L ev. John ijedford, ley. J. S. uarey 'olll 4°l No. 111, aunty ° MR. CHARLES DICKENS will -give TWO MORE CHRISTMAS READINGS at ST. MAR TIN'S HALL, LONG ACRE. :On TWELFTH NIGHT, Thursday, 6th January, 1859, and Zhursday Eyening, 14th January, for the Last Time , Mr. C HARLES DICKENS will read, each night, his CHRIST ;~S and THE TRIAL FROM. PICKWICK. The doors will be opened for each Reading at Seven. The a d• 1117 will commence at Eight, and will last two ho urs and twenty Ly minutes. .:he Christmas prices are— Stalls (numbered and reserved), ur Back S Shillings;ne Cenitr ine Area . and Galleries, Two Shillings ; eats, O Shil „ s Tickets. to be had at g Messrs. Chapman And Hall's, hers,l93, Piccadilly ; and;at St. Martin's Hall, Long Acre. LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT , . CIRCUS OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT uAND -s TREET. NOW OPEN—ADMISSION FREE: OHIO MINSTRELS and the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ADELAIDE ROOMS, LOWTHER ARCADE, STRAND. o : NINE ENTERTAINMENTS, Grand Day Performance 3londay very eve at Tvfo ning o'clock at E, Wedo'clock. nesday a The at T hy and eight Compa ny, as j-, comprises Fifteen talented Vocalists, Musicians, and ?tttedians. First performance of a burlesque burletta " The „"° nY Man." Prices : Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gal `rY, 6 d.—Manager, M. SCHMIDT. D R. _KAHN'S * ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite 'the Hay- Open daily (for Gentlemen only). I.ECTURES at Pour and Eight o'clock, on important and vrresting topics in connection with ANATOMY, PRY .. OLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Programmes). Admission ONE SHILLING. e sitf,,rnr O F MA RK KANINE LECTURES ONfre THE AGE,PHILO .47" dm., sent post , direct fro the uthor, on the receipt of twelve stamps. • • ARGYLL -ROOMS, Windinill-street, ~ These popular and celebrated rooms are open every tf, e 2 ll - 11 2'. with it. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. eader, Charles•lialt Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet, It a Piston player, performs ni,c,rhtly, with other talented T i stes. Selections from Rigoletto, II Trovatore, La Traviata, i st ugnenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. a nager, R. It. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close t et.minutes before 12. Admission, 15..t0 Promenade. 1 1 V; 13 .—All applications for the above band for Concerts and to be made - to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the toms. TIOWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS, 110 c -AL ALHAMBRA-PALACE,•IIEICESTER-SQUARE. TY.Ile largest Equestrian' Company in the World, numbering w 0 Hundred Men and Horses. , . Comic Pantomime, entitled - THE SitSER OF BAGDAD,' Z.Mented,in the circle at eaclipiffthmance. introducing Vito i ii 'reTronp of Equestrians. The celebrated /forge 'Cruizer roduced in his• subdued state, as timed by Mr. Rarey, show the power of man over the brute creation. ELLA, the "fmarler (If the WOrld—" Black Eagle," the Horse of Beauty ;M1 the Educated Mules, "Pete and Barney," appear at 1 1 1 Performance. 18 4 - Boxes, 25.; Reserved Seats; 3s. ; Stalls, 55.; 3tßoxes, e sec £2 ; ured. ChildrenNo booking under 9,fHees. al-price ; Gallery, 6d. 3 may b f p. n i . w ° Performances daily, at Two and half-past seven SALE OF OLD STORES' AT 'SHEERNESS. ' Admiralty, Soinerset-plice,'29th Dec., 1858. TRE:COXIMISSIONERS fortXECUTING the I t , N OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED 'LG-DO3l of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO e--- P EBY Y'GIVE NOTICE, that on WEDNESDAY, thein 8 of February, 1859, at 11 o'Clock at nocm, the Capta u Perintendent.will put up to Sale in her Majesty's Dock l'itrd at Sheerness, several Lots of OLD .STORES, consist' of Old Rope, Canvas and^ Hammocks (in rags), Shak -14,1t! Coal. Bags and Sacks, Cast Iron, &c., &c., &c., all lying the said Yard. . . t. l : c ersons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Super "i!, intent for notes of admission for, that purpose. tkustalognes and conditkins . of sale may had here and at the Yard: • - • - 01NOPOLION ' TAVERN ''"and " HOTEL Nos. 1, and 2, BroiVnloiV-street,.Righ-Ifolborn , The Best Served Dinner in London for la. 6d. A SuCcession of Jointti froti One till . Seven o'Clock. .• . . . . . Private and Smoking Rooms. _ TABLE D'HOTE on SITNIM:ICS, at 5 o'clock, 28. each. TAE WELLINGTON RESTAURANT, ST. JAMES'S-STREET, AND 160, PICCADILLY. .. 4 eiltlemen visiting the Metropolis will find ample accom- Zodation for dinners at this establishment The arrange lonts are varied and perfect, and the tariff of charges is very t .,;.Zerate. Private rooms for large or stnall parties may be - gaged: on application to the Superintendent ET Order. JAMES GOFTON, Superintendent. overnber 1858 , . JORGEg HOBSON respectfully calls the ed ti , • attention of Gentlemep, to his West of England wool Illaelc_Gloth Dress Mid •Prock Coats; £2 18s. to Three DAneas • Black Dress Trowsers, £1 ss. A Choice Selection „ Rift:coating. Overeoati, in all the new Beaver Cloths, i l To - and-a-half. to Three , :Guineas ; the Inverness Cape, c e 338 A lam stock of Winter Trowserings, price 210. to Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOI3S . QN . , 57,,Lombard-street. Esiablielitd '1790. OUSE FUANISIIING.—I)RUCE and CO.'S 1 . , SHOW ROOMS an G-ALLETHES are the lat in rdon. The varied stoc k to select from Is immen se S the y: ' , CRS are marked in plain. figures, and a warranty is given. , tl!chasers, beford decidinfr, should visit this establishment, Olt effect a saving_of_ one-third..zu_the best description of ~Dinet and UphOlstery GOods. N.B.—Unequalled -Dining -nil Chairs, 19g. - each ; Iron 'Bedsteads, fBs. 6d, each ; Car ls per yard under the usual charge. 500 Easy Chairs and IrLeeti. also 100 Wardrobes to select from. Luxuriant ovf n Quilts, from ss. 6d. each. 68; 69, and 58, Baker-street. LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, List- Tug 110Y.M.. LAUNDRY,- ritowourrcED BY unst MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESSIOte; THE FINEST STAUCII SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers &c., ka OARD AND RESIDENCE. A Superior 'Tome is offered to a Gentleman of steady habits, en e,ll during the day, by a family residing near is would For a young- man coming to London for the first time . 8 Would be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. irferenees to be exchanged. Address, J. P., Wright's 40 7, Granby-street, Hampstead-road, N.W. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious ', ui mete of animal diet first its aearance ; and alread ' o celebrity is world-wide. It made has b ee n a subject of wonder,y ipti has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been 4 01 1ght about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts neerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since , agentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a ti Perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get Je animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some arse rap i dly and he says the effect was wonderful. The Zcirsc rapidly gr ew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agTi enitural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &c., the animals which ,ried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor- Y l3 food f or s ti ttle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we fromo to: 0 conclusion that its celebrity arises solely „ its owniir. iinsic merits, and the great demand for it can C PO c,. cecl alone from the good opinion and testimony of those ^. l O have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle Wilt do well to apply to 77, Nev gate-street, London, for a PanlPhlet which is sent post-free. FIFTY THOUSAND CURES 11 4ve been effected without Medicine, inconvenience or expense of l ndigestion (dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Cervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation , H eartburn, ,eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits , Diarr hoea, "Ysentery Hemorrhoids, Headache, Noises in the Head and Ears, D ebility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), • Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption , a lso C hildren's Coraplaints,"are effectually removed by 1:)11 BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABIC.FOOD, which saves fifty lane s its cost in other remedies, and is, moreover, the best 'nod for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid Zit the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, / 1 14 imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the Most enfeebled. ; &„We extract a few out of the many thousand ex p ressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured :—Cure No. 71, of dyspep 41a, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" Dro ni Cappoquin, County Waterford.—l have derived con siderable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, Val consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise 4 ,,n , Publication of these lines. Stuart de Dec ies." Cure No. `f Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, si cknessat the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by r ,P Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near "v' I SS, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of ;azitig, Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme ner- Jeisness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous I an ir• Cure No. 48,314. - Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre , near l!verpool : of ten years' dyspepsia , and all t he horrors '' , nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew U re, of con 11,Pation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Curs No. 34,210. r. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap :ala Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42,116 . M a j or Edie, of liver and kidney disease, and total prostration of strength , re No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps , sp asms, and a "411 y vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey , of diarhoea and debility. - Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer , of con sum p tion. C ure No. 32,880. Wm. Hunt, Esq. , barriste r, of p aral y sis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts,timber-merchant, of Prim of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting. of blood, liver de rangement,- partial deafness. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five Tears' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, Item which I have suffered great misery , and w hich no me- I cle could remove or relieve , have been effectually cured J• Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves,lBl, F leet -street, London." 'Cure So. 4,208. " Ei g ht y ears' d yspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, 'spasms, and nausea have been 'effectually cured by Du Barry's health l'estorine• Food Rev John W. Flavell, Riddling,ton Rectory Norfolk." Cure No. 3,906. "Thirteen years'cough, indiges dna, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. James Torter, Athol-street, Perth." Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. in canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. 121 b., 225. Super refined quality. 101 b., Xls. The 101 b. and 121 b. canis tcre arc forwarded carriage free, on reeeipt of Post-office "ruer. Du Barry and Co., 77. Regent-street, London ; Fort num, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly, and through all grocers And chemists in town'and country. Dr, PALLACE'S PILLS and OINTMENT are prepared upon scientific principles, without mercury, to prevent tilt uanger and injury resulting from quack preparations; they purify, regulate, and strengthen the system, and cure effec ally dyspepsia (bad digestion), bile, flatulency, constipation, the and stomach complaints and all internal disorders ; and Ointment heals sores, wounds, ulcers, boils, burns, car °uncles, chaps, pimples, diseases of the sc al p , kc. Both pills and ointment are carefully packed for all climates, at ls. 2 c e. 9d., and 4s. 6d. London agents : Hannay, 63;Oxford-at. ' auger, 153, Oxford-street, and may be ordered' through all medicine vendors. ,Dl.l BARRY'S PULMONIC COUGH B ON BONS are a nice, safe, and effectual remedy for coughs, colds, hoarSeness, asthma, and all affections of the lungs, throat, and of unrivalled excellence. In boxes—is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, London, and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S ANTI-DIARRWEAL BON BONS are a never -feline; remedy for English cholera, bowel complaint, diarrheea, dysentery, Arc., dm. In boxes—is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. J• Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, London, and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S FOOD FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND INVALIDS. supersedes the dangers and expense of Wet nursing, as infants are easily reared with i t, and it is the hest and most digestible Food for the delicate and invalids of an ) . age. In canisters, at 25., and 12lb 218. The large canis ters free of carriage. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Regent street, London. Avoid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigest ion (dys pepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity. Palpita tion of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilious headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarr hoea, Co u g h, Asthma, Consumption. Despondency, Spleen, Arc. Send 2d. 111 stamps, and you will receive free by Post, a popular Tree 'lse. GI pagesNATURAWithGENERATION OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS." out pills, purgatives; nE medicines of any kind, and without expense, by a simple, pteasa n t, and infallible means which 'saves 50 t imes its cost 1 11 other remedies ; adapted to the general reader. London: James Gilbert, 49, Paternoster-row, and through all book. No. 20,757. PUBLICATIONS. DEDICATED TO THE EARL OF STAMFORD. Now ready, in 3 vols., with Illustrations by WEIR, THE MASTER OF THE .HOUNDS. By " SCRVTATOR." "A hearty, good, English novel, such as Fielding would have written had he lived in these days."—Era. Hurst and Blackett, successors to IL Colburn. This day is published, WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT? By PISISTRATUS CAXTON, Author of " My Novel," &c. Four Volumes, Post Octavo, price £2 2s. William Blackwood, and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Just published, New and Improved Edition, price One Shilling THE CURABILITY 0: F FCONSUMPTION; being a• Series of Parrs, presenting the most promi nent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By F. H. RAMADVE, M.D., Fellow of the College of Physicians, aird late Senior Physician to the Royal Infir mary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. • • • Also by the same Author, price 103. 6d.; • A TREATISE ON ASTHMA AND DISEASES OF THE HEART. London; Longman, Browu, Green, and Roberts. On Ist January, No. XIII., New-Series, price 3 s. 6 d. , T HE JOURNAL- OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. Edited by FORBES WINSLOW, 31. D., Oxon. CONTENTS: Psychological Quarterly Retrospect. Art. 1: Literary Fools--Blftet D'Arberes. 2. On Puerperal Insahity. . 3. Psycholo.27 of Kant. 4. On the Obscure Mental Disorders of Criminals. 5. The Statistics of Justice. 6. On Convulsion. 7. On the State and Condition of Lunacy in Ireland. 8. Don Quixote—A Psychological Study. 9. On the Insanity of Children. Reviews. Plea of Insanity—Trial for Murder. London : John Churchill, New Burlington-street. THE RED BOOK FOR 1859. Just Published, .thoroughly Revised, ss. ; or, with an Ap pendix, or Index of Names contained in the Volume, is. 6d. in addition, mHE ROYAIt KALENDAR and COURT and 1 CITY REGISTER, for England, Scotland; Ireland, and the Colonies ; containing an -improved. and enlarged -Peerage and Baronetage—The House of Commons, with the latest alterations— The Queen's Ministers The Royal Household—Government Departments—Ambassadors, Bri tish and Foreign—Navy and Army—Law and Civil Officers Ecclesiastical Establishments—Universities —Literary, Scien tific, and Religious Societies—Charitable and Commercial In stitutions—Magistrates, Hospitals, &c. London : R. and A. Suttaby, 2, Amen Corner; and other proprietors. Just published, THE REPORT of the. BRITISH COLLEGE of 'HEALTH, Euston-road, London, for 1859. May be had at all the duly appointed Ilygeian Agents for the sale of Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicines. published, rice 25., by post free, 2 s. 4 d. , Just ON SPERMATORRHCE,A. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S., and formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Stric tures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thciusands.• These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. ' • :Landou Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858. Part X., price 3d., was published on the Ist of December. The - Record, containing a complete calendar of Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1558, and nomi nations for 1859, may be had, price two shillings. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn THE ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, London. Established 1823. DIRECTORS.. /ROBERT BIDDULPH, Esq., Chairman. WILMA* . ROUTH, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Alfred Kingsrord Barber, Esq. Rear-Admiral Robert Gor- Henry Barnett, Esq. don. The Right Hon. E. Pleydell Charles Morris, Esq. Bouverie, M.P. George Kettilby Rickards, Edward Charrington, Esq. . Esq_ Thomas Edgar, Esq. - Augustus Keppel Stephen • Sir Alexander Du Gordani son, Esq. Bart. 'ORS. John Howell, Esq. John Gilliam gtilwell, Esq. Henry Roberts, Esq. Richard TayloF, Esq. Emanuell'ac,i+e,"M:D.;bxtin, - 11, Queen street, May-fair. SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq. F.R.C.S., No. 49, Dover street, Flccadilly. SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand. ACTUARY—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. ADVANTAGES. A.IJD: Mutual Assurance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capitarof £1,695,000 During its existence the Society has paid in 1,540,000 Claims Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Po licies to the extent of 890,000 The last Bonus, declared in 18.54, averaged £67 per Cent, on the Premiums paid, and amounted .. 397,000 to Policies in force 7,621 The Annual Income exceeds In pursuance of the invariable practice of this Society, in the event of the Death of the Life Assured within the 15 days of grace, the Renewal Premium remaining unpaid, the Claim will be admitted, subject to the payment of such Premium. The next Division of Profits will be made in 1859. Assurances effected prior to 31st December, 1859, will par ticipate in the Division of 1864. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on appli cation to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price ls., post free, in an EnTelope, for 13 stamps, SELF -PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disord.rs of the Generative System, and on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, with practical observations on the Phy siology of Marriage in its social, moral, and physical rela tions. To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examina tion, the cause and effect of ev er y variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Li centiate of Apothecar Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fear ful consequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced mire misery in Youth, degradation in Manhood, and presnatum decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. 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Oxford - street; Butler , 4 , Cheapside ; E dwards, St. Paul's Churchyard. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Medical Work, price ls. post free, illustrated with 100 engravings, containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c. It ,g,ives instructions for the perfect restoration of those who arefrc ve ited by i mpe di m ents from entering into the married s ate, al :o showing the dreadtul r esults from earl y abuse, gonorr ioea ani syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests . and the examination of the spermatoza by the newly-con stracted microscope, with powerful lenses. The Author may be consulted daily according to the rules in th..: Book. - Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row,; and ['from all agents Or the sale of " Triesemar." r c I tai r ""if :t:::-„:111): 1.4 e - - r i - s ill /_(11../ r r ------ c _ • 7 - • , • '- • r • 44 4 ra4t bt . t . Q ' . 4 •• •117' ' • _ 77‘ (2, PRICE 4 D • STAMPED, SD. nered, though painstaking renderings of Hollo way, and Barnet's rough and ready, but • spirited combinations of the work of the linear machine and etching-needle, we are compelled to turn with a painful sense of insufficiency and in completeness. Dorigny's work is the best ; but a good set of his cartoons at the present day is both rare and costly. Holloway spent the best part of a lifetime on fiis series, but they satisfy us, for all this labmir, even less than the dashing reproduc tions of John Burnet, which, up to this time, have stood unrivalled as vehicles for cheap•and general disseMination of a knowledge of the cartoons. At length the sun and science have been set to work, and the result is the remarkable publication which gives occasion to this article. By this work Messrs. Colnaghi and their associates, ignors Caldesi and Montccchi, have fairly earned the credit of having made, the most important application as yet seen of photography to the fine arts. Even the reproduc tion by this means of the drawings of old masters in the Louvre, the Uffizii, the Royal Gallery of Vienna, and our own Museum; does less for the noblest class of art than what has 'at length been done for the cartoons of Raffaelle. In them we have the master's combined and completed ideas Set before us ; 'in the drawings we have but rudiments and detached parts and first intentions. The point in which photography is at fault—as in its more or less unfaithful renderingof certain colours—in the case of cartoons is of minor importance. Their colour is . their least charm now, whateVer it may have been when they came from Raffaelle's studio; and after a detailed comparison of the photographs with the cartoons we are able to say that in very few and - altogether unimportant cases have the photo graphic, mutations of colour materially affected the balance of light and shade, still less interfered with the expression of heads, or impaired the distinct. ness with which the story is told. - These photographs arc of three dimensions—the ,largest, about 44 by 28 inches (a size, however, which varies with the different scales . of the origi nals) ; the middle size, about 29 by 18 inches ; and • the smallest, 14 by 9. The largest set is sold at 14 . guineas, or at 2 ; 1 ,- guineas for a separate plate ; the middle at 7 guineas, or £1 ss. separately ; and the smallest at 355. the set, or 6s. separately. These prices are low enough to bring the cartoons within the reach of even'light purses. Indeed, considering , 1 at once merits of execution - and dimensions, the publication is not less remarkable for cheapness than for excellence. To have thes3 photographs - is to have the car toons themselves,. minus their colour, which•must 'always have been of secondary importance, and is now both faded and falsified. • For 'professional I students of art the usefulness of this publication 3 cannot be exaggerated. Besides, the photographs of whole cartoons the portfolio includes, about 30 ; studies of 'separate heads or portions of groups, for , the most part_ofthe same size us the originals. Of the value of these to loyers and learners of art we need say nothing. • As pieces of photographic manipulation -these reproductions appear to us among the -most re markable Plates , yet made public. By the use of the iron instead of •the pyrogalhe process softness of ch jar oscuro has been secured without loss of strength, and even apparent yellows seem to have been imitated with but little deepening. So with reds. In the case of both these colours there is probably a large intermixture of white in the light, which has rendered the tints comparatively manage able. The greens have, as usual, presented the most insurmountable difficulty. But, allowing for every abatement due to the laws_ of light, these reproduc tions of the cartoons still remain in all essentials immeasurably above any possible engravings. We may look at them till the sense of dimension dis appears, and we feel as if we had Raffaelle's own work before us. _ . All other copies become flat, stale, and unprofit able, in comparison with these untouched products of the chemical science and mechanical ingenuity of our time. _ _ The well-known and worthy publishers, among all the good and great art that they have - helped to disseminate from Pall-mall east, have given no set of prints to the world at once so great in their subject-matter and so perfect in their reproduc tion of the originals as this portfolio of photo.; graphs from the Cartoons of Raffaelle. If the are not rewarded for their enterprise by a largl and permanent sale we should recommend them to renounce high art altogether for dogs and monkeys, Royal families, and the other ware which enriches publishers, if it leaves the level of public taste un raised.--724inles. REFORM MEETING AT HULL. On Monday evening, in compliance with a very numerously-signed requisition, the Mayor (M. Samuelson, Esq.) convened a public meeting at the Town-hall, Hull, on the subject of Parliamentary- Reform. There was a very large attendance. The chair was taken by the Mayor, who was supported by Mr. Clay., Mr. Harvey Lewis, and many other gentlemen o local influence. A number of gentlemen addressed the meeting, and resolutions were adopted in favour of the ballot, triennial parliaments, and a petition to Parliament was adopted embodying the sentiments of the meeting. • Mr. CLAY, M.P., who was loudly called for, and heartily applauded, then addressed the meeting as follows :—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen. I congratu late you on having given one more contradiction.to the nonsense which is so freely spoken, so freely written, to the effect that no one wants reform. (Laughter, and hear, hear.) Are we here—wer• the men at Edinburgh, at Manchester, at Glasgow, and at Birmingham, were they at their meetings be cause they did not want reform ? The reason that is given to us is because there is no longer the same excitement, approaching to revolution, which pre ceded the original Reform Bill. Of course there is not, because bad as things are, still we have nothing like the absurdities, the atrocities to redress which were redressed by those who went before us. Am I to refuse to believe a man is ill because he does not go about the streets doubled up in anguish, and fright- I enin,g the neighbours by his shrieks ? There is another way in which I have frequently guessed whether a man or no was seriously ill. When I have heard of a consultation among many doctors at his house I have taken it for granted that there was something serious the matter with him. (Laughter.) Now, if there is danger in a multipli city of doctors, surely our poor constitution is at present in a critical state. It is the object of con .ultation by all the most experienced State physi clans. We havefirst of all the old legitimate prac titioner, Dr. Russell—(laughter)—well acquainted with the disease ; he has treated it, we are bound to say, sagaciously, and with liberality. There is also Dr. Palmerston, who recognises the disease of our constitution,• and who promises us his remedy, but while we employed him he never found time to compound his drugs. (Laughter.) There is a younger practitioner—Dr. Derby. (Laughter.) He for a very long time denied the existence of the disease — he acknowledges and will prescribe for it now, but, as is generally believed, on homoeopathic principles. (Loud laughter.) And besides these we have the great water cure doctor—John Bright—(laughter) —and his is the remedy which we are . disposed to think will be most efficacious, and likely to work a radical cure. Now, to lay aside this metaphor. When we see that every leader of every party in the country—those who have • held office long since, those who look to it again, all find them selves equally obliged to introduce a reform bill, can we suppose for a moment that it is not abso lutely required ? (Hear, hear.)' For what is par liamentary reform ? I take it to be the admission to the governing power of the working classes, and the extension of the political power of the people. Now, it is not in human nature, much less is it in Tory nature, or in Whig nature, that the posses sors of power should part with it short of compul sion. (Hoar.) By compulsion Ido not mean physical force—l . mean that sort of compulsion which every sagacious statesman must feel when he sees that concession can no longer be withheld without general dissatisfaction, and without danger to the . state. (Hear, hear.) Let us hear no more, then, of this frequently repeated cry that no one wants reform. Not only do you want it, but you have said so in very precise terms, in the different reso lutions which you have carried' unanimously. Your first resolution is as to an extension of the franchise; and I congratulate the sagacity of this meeting—l must congratulate the wisdom of the people in Hull, that - we have not had any amendment moved in favour of that which I know has many supporters here—of that which is a very taking term—registered manhood suffrage—(hear) —because I am convinced that in asking for it —it is no use now going into the argument that it is a natural right—you would have been asking for that which you could not get ; that to which at present all the governing classes are opposed, and for which the middle classes are not ready. (Hear.) Again, with regard to the resol u ti on y o u have come to as to the distribution of the franchise, y ou - have been .. very wise indeed in not asking for that which is also a popular and takifig Phrtt.4—". equal electoral THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1858. BAILWAI' INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN. A special general meeting of the proprietors was held yesterday, ,at Euston-square Station—the Marquis of Chandos in the chair—" for the purpose of considering, and, if approved, sanctioning an agreement between the London and North Western and Chester and Holyhead Railway , Companies for the guarantee by the London and North Western Railway Company of interest on the debt and of dividends on the shares of the Chester and Holy head Railway Company, upon the terms and con ditions to be stated at such meeting, and for the purpose of sanctioning the purchase of the under taking of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com pany by, or the amalgamation of that company with, the London and North Western Railway Company or its undertaking, and for fixing and determining, or authorising the directors to fix and determine, the terms and conditions of such pur chase or amalgamation." The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been con vened for the purpose of considering an arrange ment for uniting the Chester and Holyhead Com pany with the London and North Western Com pany ; and the heads of that arrangement had been for some days in the hands of the proprietors. The Solicitor of the company then read the agree ment in, extenso. The following . is `the substance of it, as set forth.in the circular issued to the pro prietors, viz. :-- " The North Western Company to pay the fol lowing sums by half-yearly payments free of all deductions, except income tax : " 1. The rent from time to time payable under the lease of the Bangor and Caernavon Railway, commencing from the Ist January, 1859. interest 2. The from time to time payable in respect of the debenture d e bt; not exceeding £1,092,481 is., commencing from Ist January, 1859. - - " 3. The dividend on the first preference shares issued, not exceeding £630,000, and on the second preference shares issued, not exceeding £269,075 100., commencing from Ist January, 1859. " 4. Interest at the rate from time to time pay able but not exceeding five per cent., and com mencing from Ist January, 1859, On so much of a sum not exceeding £305,172 16s. 10d. (estimated at £289,890 ss. 10d.) as bears interest, being the amount of liabilities set forth in the approximate statement of assets and liabilities on capital account, to 30th June, 1858, less any diminution by realisa tion of the assets, stated in such account as amount ing to £305,172 16s. 10d., which are to belong to the London and North Western Company. " 5. For the year 1861, the sum of £ll,OOO. " 6. For the year 1862, the sum of £22,000. " 7. For the year 1863 and thereafter in perpe tuity the sum of £27,500. " The North Western Company not to participate in any dividends in respect of the one million of ordinary capital originally subscribed by them. "It is estimated that the profits of the current halfyear will suffice to pay the outgoings of that half-year, and the preference dividend for the current half-year, and also the arrears of dividend on the second preference shares amounting to £6,726, failing which the deficiency to be added to the liabilities hereinbefore mentioned as estimated at £289,980 ss. 10d." The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution to the effect that the agreement be sanctioned and confirmed, and that the necessary steps be taken for carrying it out. Admiral MOORSOM seconded the resolution. Mr. BILLING said, representing as he did a large amount of share capital held upon trust, he con fessed the scheme appeared to him to be one of a similar nature to the arrangements made with the Trent Valley—viz., that of overpaying for every loop and branch connectedwith the North Western line—a policy which had had the effect of bringing down the dividends from 10 to 4f,- per cent., and which if persisted in would result in their getting no dividend at all. (Hear, hear.) The North Western Company had a million of ordinary capital in the Chester and Holyhead Railway, for which they had received nothing. (Hear, hear.) He appealed to the chairman whether that was not the case. The CHAIRMAN—Yes. Mr. BILLING continued—Even the interest on the preference shares had not always been paid. In the absence of fuller information the proposed step appeared to him full of hazard. As to the new postal arrangements, it,must be borne in mind that of late years the post-office authorities had become great competitors with them in the carriage of small parcels. He wished to know what the Post office was to pay under the new arrangement ; and, further, what reason there was to suppose that there would be such an increase of traffic as would enable that company to pay £27,500 a year to the Chester and Holyhead Company. A SHAREHOLDER regretted that the information given to the proprietors on this subject was so meagre. What security was there that the loss of 5 per cent. which they had sustained already would not be increased ? There were some parties, no doubt, who would be tenefited by this amalgama tion, but he feared th 4 it would not be that com pany. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DICKINSON said the chairman had omitted to mention the great additional amount of debt which this arrangement would impose on the North Western Company. They were already overloaded with debt, and now their burden was to be increased. In his opinion, there should be a per manent committee of shareholders to consider pro posals of this kind before they were brought before the shareholders at a general meeting. Mr. PUNCHER admitted that there might be some long-sighted policy on the part of the board, but on the face of it this was a very improvident bargain. Mr. MORGAN complained that the meeting was left very much in the dark on this matter. They had already lost £1,400,000, and now it seemed as if they were about to lose £2,000,000 more. (Hear, hear.) On a share capital of £25,000,000, they had a mortgage of L 11,000,000 ; by and by there would be a sort of Encumbered Estates Railway Bill, and the London and North-Western Company would be, perhaps, one of the first to avail itself of its provisions. (Laughter.) If there were any amalgamation at all it should be one under which the Chester and Holyhead Company would get no more than was earned. (Hear, hear.) He hoped V the noble marquis would give them some reasons for supposing that the proposed arrange ment would be beneficial to that company. He concluded by moving that the consideration of the subject should be adjourned till that day month. The amendment was seconded by Mr. ABEL, who said he concurred with the last speaker in thinking that the shareholders could not, without further in formation, decide on the subjects before them. At the- same time, he could not indulge the expecta that the result would be effected by any amount of elucidation, so long as directors could overbear opinion by the use of proxies. At present the in vestments of this Company in the Chester and Holyhead had fixed a loss of £50,000 per annumin perpetuity upon them ; and he could only collect from the figures which had been supplied that they were about to increase that amount considerably. Mr. DEAN said, although he was willing to place the fullest confidence in the directors, he did think that, considering what disastrous consequences had followed The adoption of other proposals of a similar nature, it would have been well if the chairman had given some explanation of the grounds of the pro posal now made. There could be no doubt at the end of five years the Chester and Holyhead Com pany would under this arrangement be entitled to receive 21 per cent. on the ordinary share capital, that capital having never yet received one shilling of dividend. (Hear, hear) Under these circum stances the proposal before them required to be explained. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN, on rising to reply, said he was very glad that he did not say more in the first instance, as the effect had been to elicit the views and objections of the proprietors. As,hewever, the meeting appeared to wish for more detailed information he would proceed to give it. First, then, as regarded the question whether or not this was a bad bargain. His interpretation of a bad bargain was a bargain which would entail pecuniary sacrifices, or pecuniary payments ; and his opinion, which would of course be taken only for what it was worth, was that this bargain was not one which would entail upon them any pecuniary payment. His reasons for holding that opinion were, that although the Chester and Holyhead Company had received nothing upon their ordinary share capital up to the present time, and were for a long time behindhand as regarded their preference stock, yet, through the gradual development of the traffic, amid all the difficulties which had hampered them,- including the difficulty of giving the neces sary accommodation at the stations, they had been enabled to pay the whole of the interest on their debt and the whole of the guaranteed dividend on the first preference a s h oc . k, andte they h c a o t u t d he bo present esti nia h te a d lf , Ysheoa\ra:sedeathruaitng so f v would now be able to clear-off the remainder of the arrears on the second preference stock, besides paying the current interest. They had before them the fact that the income of the Chester and Holyhead Company was at present• more than sufficient to pay, first, the rent of the Bangor and Caernarvon line, which was £6,000 a year; secondly, the interest on the debenture debt; the interest on tho first and second preference stocks; and, fourthly, the interest on the liabili ties which were estimated to amount to £289,800. The income was more than sufficient to pay the current interest, inasmuch as the company had been able to pay off an accumulation of arrears ; so that in fact there was a margin which, but for the- arrears, would be applicable to the ordinary share capital. (Hear, hear.) He thought there fore, the proposed arrangement was not likely to entail upon them any pecuniary sacrifice. Under all the circumstances, the directors of the London and North Western Company had come to the conclusion that it was desirable to recommend the proprietors to sanction this agreement, not as a good bargain in the ordinary sense of the expres sion, not as a bargain from which they were to derive an enormous profit at the expense of the Chester and Holy head Company, but as a fair arrangement between the two companies, by which that company would not be saddled with any pecu niary loss ; and their reason for recommending amal. gamation on terms not involving any pecuniary loss was, that with the large stake which they had in the Chester and Holyhead line, it was most important that they should have control over its manage men t, and that another company should not be able to saddle them with expenses or dip into their pockets (Cheers.) In reply to Mr. Dickinson, The CHAIRMAN saidthere was a small arrear still due on the second preference stock ; but it appeared from estimates made by their own officers that the trade of the current half-year would suffice for the discharge of that arrear as well as ether liabilities, and would leave a small surplus. Arr. MoRGAN still thought it desirible that there should be an adjournment. Mr. RILEY could see noadvantagc in adjourning , the chairman's explanations being ample and satis factory. A- SHAREHOLDER wished to know whether Mr. Ryley was not a Chester and Holyhead shareholder. Mr. RYLEY ,said he had not a . sixpence invested in the Chester and Holyhead line. The amendment was then put from the chair, and lost, the numbers, on the show of hands, being 28 for and 47 against it. Another show of hands was, then taken on the original resolution, which was carried by 46 to 33. The CHAIRMAN observed that under the terms of the act of Parliament it was necessary that there should be a poll. A poll, then took place, and at half-past 2, after the lapse ofabout an hour, the result was announced : —For the chairman's resolution, approving of the agreement, there . were 103 proprietors, reßresenting £1,980,666 stock and 3,717 votes; (kunst it, 16 proprietors, representing £58,352 stock and 200 votes. _ _ _ A vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and ,he meeting separated. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD. A special meeting of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company was held at the London Tavern yesterday, to consider and approve of the agree ment made under the provisions of the act of last session for the sale of the Chester and Holyhead line, and for the amalgamation of this company with the London and North Western Railway Company. The chair was taken by Sir M. Peto, chairman of the board of directors. The Solicitor first read the agreement with the London and North Western Company, an abstract of which will be found in the report of the meeting of the London and North Western Company, above. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution to sanc tion and approve this agreement, and authorise the seal of the compaity . to be affixed thereto. He re marked that it was in 1850 he became the chairman of this company, at the request of his brother debenture-holders, who were at that time in doubt whether, since the debenture interest was in arrear, it would not be better for them to foreclose and hold the concern for themselves. Such was the condition of the company at that period; the rail way was not yet completed to Holyhead, and the company were not in a position to compete with the Liverpool route for the traffic to Ireland. At that time £350,000 of liaidlities were pressing on the company—a cause 1 the greatest anxiety. He and his brother directors wore obliged to inter pose their personal responsibility to meet that pressure as best they could until they could affect -an arrangement with the London and North Western Company for the leasing of this line. Their tender for the conveyance of mails between Holyhead and Kingstown had, at the period when he (Sir S. M. Peto) took thechair, just been refused, and a bill promoted by this company suing in forma pauperis for an arrangement with the Lon don and North Western, had joist been unsuccessful, Parliament having refused to grant this company the powers that were sought. Since that period the directors had applied their constant attention to the development of the traffic. They had been enabled to overcome great difficulties, and to pay up, first the arrears of debenture interest, and afterwards the arrears of dividend on the first pre ference shares. With regard to the second pre ference shares, they had brought the company into such a position, that practically those arrears might now be paid also. So much for what had already been done. Now with regard to the agree ment proposed for the adoption of the proprietors to-day, he would only say that it had been the direc tors' object, in this negotiation, to get the interests of the Chester and Holyhead shareholders placed in a situation of absolute certainty. They had felt it was better for the shareholders to have 21 per cent. secured to them for 999 years, so that it could never fluctuate or fail, than to participate in a dividend the amount of which in future must be uncertain. They had declined to undertake to accept North Western stock in any proportion, and had insisted upon an absolute guarantee of a fixed amount. It was not till after a very protracted negotiation that they had arrived at the agreement now submitted to this meeting. It was an agree ment which might not perha p s come up to the wishes and expectations of all the proprietors, but he assured them it was the best that the directors could obtain, and he advised them to adopt it . On a former occasion he had told them he believed the time would come when the company would be enabled to declare a dividend for the original shareholders. The accomplishment of that object had been delayed hithertoby circumstances beyond control - ; he believed, however, that after the pre sent year the old proprietors would have had a dividend, though some difficulties not yet. foreseen might have arisen, and he could not tell what might have been the effect of the competition and other disadvantages to which the company was exposed. However, after what ho had said of the past condition of the company he had great satis faction in now being able to announce that 21 per cent. was secured to the proprietors for the future. In order to form some estimate of what that fact was worth to them, they might compare their own case with that of other companies whose property was disposed of under the same security. The Buckinghamshire Railway was leased to the Lon don and North Western Company at 4 per cent., and 'the Buckinghamshire Company's shares were now at par. The Coventry and Nuneaton Railway was leased at a 5 per cent rental, and its shares stood at 121. Looking at their own :pro perty, then, the Chester and Holyhead proprietors might calculate that their shares would . be worth from 531 to 55, and this result, although it was not all they had once hoped, was yet a great deal more favourable than they could have ventured to anticipate, during the trials and difficulties of the last four or five years. - The resolution having been seconded, questions about some of the details of the ag reement were put by several of the shareholders, an were replied to by the Chairman and other directors. With reference to the arrears on the second preference shares, it was stated that the London and North Western Company are bound to pay all such arrears up to the 31st December. In the desultory conversation which ensued, Mr. LEWIS and one or two other proprietora expressed themselves as dissatisfied with the bar-, gain, and urged that the prospects of traffic on this line were too good to. justify its being thus disposed of to the London and North Western Company. The CHAIRMAN and his colleagues pointed to the growing competition of the Milford Haven, Liver pool, Fleetwood, and Portpatrick routes, with the Irish traffic via Holyhead, and . The Hon. W. 0. STANLEY stated that the mail contract just concluded upon an agreement to which this company, the London and North Western, and the City of Dublin Steamboat Company were par ties, involved conditions which this company could only have performed by raising a large amount of 'additional capital, so that whatever might at pre sent be the earnings of this line, the directors had, , lost nothing by consenting to-the guaranteed divi-1 dend being deferred till 1861, in consideration: of being released from that and every other obligation. Mr._ VALENTINE B. O'CONNOR and Mr. LAW RENCE also spoke in support of the agreement, the latter gentlenian.remarking -that this company was so closely tied up with the London and North Western, who held a million of their stock,.that it was of no avail to ask whether better terms might not have been obtained elsewhere, if the Chester and.liolyhead had not been a -perfectly indepen dent company. An amendment moved by Mr. LEWIS, " That a committee should be appointed to confer with the direetOrs and endeavour to devise a more satisfac tory arrangement," was withdrawn, in compliance with - the wish expressed by several proprietors, and the resolution as moved by the Chairman-was then carried -unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said' this was the last time he should appear :before the proprietors in that ca pacity, since the company was thenceforth amal gamated, practically, with the London and North- Western. Looking back, however, to what had been effected in the improvement of this company's traffic during the last few years, he could not but bear testimony to the valuable serviced of Mr. Man sell, the. secretary, and other officers . of the com pany. - He moved a vote . of thanks, which was seconded by the lion. A. Kinnaird, and pasSed unanimously. A vote of-thanki - to Sir S. M. Peto and the other directors was also passed, and , • meeting separated. , . . • THE PHO7OGRAPHS FROM RAF FAELLE'S VAETOONS.* The Cartoons of Raffaelle have not escaped the usual fate of great works of art—to be more praised than appreciated: Of the thousands who pass in decorous file through the suite of rooms at Hamp ton Court, with that peculiar listless English holiday-maker's gaze which seems to swallow everything it falls upon with equal indifference — from the drums. and musketoons of the guard chamber, or the Delf-dragons and beau pots of the queen's. china-closet, to the heads of Holbein, the Venuses of Titian,, or the Roman Triumph of ifan tegna—how many really feel, as they pass through the singularly ill-lighted gallery which William the Dutchman commissioned Wren to build for the reception of the Cartoons, that they are in the presence of some of the noblest desig.ns of the greatest of painters ? Probably there is none of that long series of rooms so quickly or so blankly hurried through by 99 out of every 100 visitors as the Cartoon Gallery ; and, after all, humble folk may own the fact without Self-condemnation, for has not Reynolds himself acknowledged that even he found it a long and laborious discipline to . acquire the taste by which alone the masterpieces of the crowning epoch of Italian art can .be fairly estimated? • Perhaps it was always so. • Did Leo, when in . 1514 he gave Raffaelle the commission for the designs of his Sistine tapestries, think as much of the power of the cartoon as of the splendour of the arras ? We are at liberty to doubt it. The 11 designs 'cost him only 43 ducats, not a fifth part of the price of a single hanging. When the tapestries were finished and sent to the Vatican no one thought of the cartoons. They seem to have been left—slit, pricked, and abraded—just as they had been cut from the canvas of the Flemish looms in the cellars of the weaving -house, unvalued and unclaimed. Not even the pious care of Bernard von Ortey (who had superintended the execution of the tapestries) reclaiMed the designs 'on the death of his great master, a few months after the hangings had been suspended for the first time in the Chapel for the walls of which they were designed. The were so hung on St. Stephen's day (December 16 , 1519. On the 6th of April, 1520, the brain whic had planned them was still—the hand which had traced the original compositions, stiff and cold. Perhaps the master himself, in the prodigality of his power, thought little of these things—designed and partly executed, it'is true, by himself but (in the main) , his only in thought and composition ;• in handiwork;..thip. pupils', Franciso Penni, Giulio Romano, and Giovanni.da Vdine, chief among them. So lay the cartoons in the Flemish .weaver's cellars—seven of them, at least—for one, "'The - Stoning of St., Stephen," was in the possession of Cardinal Grimani at Venice as early as 1520, and three others (" The Conversion of St. Paul," " Paul in Prison at Philippi,"and" The. Coronation of the. Virgin") had disappeared, no one knows how or -when—till Rubens, in 1630, called the attention of Charles I. to them, and they were bought by tho King " for a high price." But they do not seem to have been yet regarded as works of art, to be hung and admired, even on their rough paper, in their half-effaced distemper colours, with the marks of the irreverent weaver's hands still upon them. It was no doubt to serve as designs for tapestry that Charles bought them; and when his collections came to be sold (after what Dr. Waagen calls " his lamentable death") the Cartoons were still (as we learn from Vanderdoort's Catalogue) two of them " in a slit deal case," and the other five in the hands of Franz Cleyn, the painter of Rostock, then employed as chief designer by Sir Francis Crane, who had established tapestry works at Mortlake some 30 years before, under the auspices of James I. Cleyn had the cartoons by . him ti 111646 at least, as we know from the date on his drawing from " the.4nanias," and several sets of tapestry had been woven from them in the interval between 1636 and the King's execution. Some of these may still be seen, more or less complete, at old houses in England. Petworth has some ; Burghley-house, and Ford Abbey, in Devon, others. Whether a set of the seven is anywhere to be seen together we are not aware. At the sale of Charles's pictures Cromwell secured the cartoons to the nation for £3OO, whe ther because he contemplated the continuance of tapestry works—though such vanities as arras hangings could hardly . have been in strict Puritan taste—or because he instinctively knew and re spected greatness in art. It is remarkable that we owe to Cromwell and William 111. respectively , the acquisition of the cartoons for the nation and their preservation from utter decay ; but in the interval between the two they had a narrow escape. Charles 11. was on the point of selling them to Louis XIV. It was all the Lord Treasurer could do to save them from the clutches of Barillon. Probably Danby found the money they were to hate raised by some other means. William 111. found the cartoons apparently , still in pieces, as the Mortlake tapestry weavers had left them - 7 He employed Henry Cooke—an indifferent painter, who,. under Walton, had charge of the Royal galleries—to piece the slips , to reline the pieced sheets, and (mrserubile dictu) to restore their colour. To Henry Cooke are probably owing some of the most startling coarse work of the cartoons as we now see them, not a little bad piecing of the slips, and a great deal too much departure in portions of his coloured restorings from the original contours, as marked by the needle of the weaver when pricking his outline preparatory to pouncing it on the canvas. It was William, too, who directed Wren to design and erect a gallery for the cartoons, the one they now hang in. Wren is not the only great architect who has built a picture gallery in which it is impos sible to see pictures. But this at Hampton Court is probably one of the worst of the many bad cases of this architectural achievement. The light strikes just in front of five of the pictures, and, to make matters worse, upwards instead of downwards. At each extremity of the gallery hangs a cartoon quite in shade. Any minute examination of these works as now hung is perfectly impossible. Something might be done to improve the lighting of them, however, even where they are. If the De partment of Works, for instance, could venture to block up all Wren's windows, and to open apertures in the blank space now left between the window and the ceiling, and at the same time to lower the car toons to the level of the eye, much that is now altogether invisible would be brought to light, and we might be enabled to judge better than we can at present what may be Raffaelle's, and what Raf faelle's pupils', and what most certain l y is neither the one's nor the others'. We do not propose to say anything hers of the subjects or merits of the cartoons. Their subjects are so well known, and their merits have been so abundantly set forth, that the little our space would enable us to say on either head would be very like impertinence. But the facts above mentioned as to the history of the cartoons seemed worth recalling in a notice of such a reproduction of them as only the scien tific- magic of our own day could have rendered pos sible. The cartoons, like the greatest works of Raffaelle in the Stu= of the Vatican, have hitherto been very inadequately engraved. From the Miniature version of Grebelin, and the meagre and mannered line engravings of Dorigny, which employed that artist and his assistants nearly - ee'ren years, and procured for him the honour of knighthood in 1719, the inadequate mezzotints of Simon and Kirkal, and the tame and man- *Published by Messrs. Colnag,hi, Caldesi ) and Dion to 13, Pall-mall-east, London, _ \EI.SPAEER _ •Nw z P . " : 11, 4 .;, a 7 lotl • e.- ,:' _ :-.,1,:.... 4, oh - 6 l ig : h . s districts." Equal electoral districts, I a —and all reasoning men ware equally arc impossible, and if possible would nk able. (Hear, hear.) We - now come to a . on which you had some difference of opinion —t, with reference to the ballot. And lam very glad this meeting has had the opportunity of hear ing all that can be said against the ballot-L-and very ably said, by my friend Mr. Irving, who I hope is still here—and by other gentlemen who have addressed you. But if my friend has not left this meeting, I would ask him carefully to consider himself whether the premises on which he starts are right ones. He says that a man should vote openly because the non-elector has a right to know how the elector gives his vote—that is to say, that the franchise is a trust for other people. (A laugh.) I do not thi n k so. I b e live it to be a right inherent in the man hi mse lf. I, as a representative, hold a trust ; and ther e i s th e greatest difference between the elctor and the representative. The elector is made the elector by law. The law confers the right, and the law should protect him in its exer cise. (Hear, hear.) lam not made your represen tative by law, but by your free choice; and if you return me to represent your opinions, and you do so because you believe that there is a sympathy, of opinion and of principle between us, how arc you sure whether that is so or not if my vote is secret (Hear.) The great difference, therefore, w hich I would urge our friend, Mr. Irving, to recollect, is that the representative holds the trust, whereas the elector possesses the right. (Hear.) But I can not believe that any man like myself can have re presented a large town like this for many years— that he can have gone through very severe and exciting election contests, without being convinced of the necessity of the ballot for the protection of some of its voters. (Applause.) This subject of the ballot reminds me of the chief Liberal states- I.tlat man, who, I am sorry to say, has alway been opposed to the ballot. I mentioned him before— I mean. Lord John Russell. Now, I wish neiTr to mention that name—whether in good reportor in bad report as it may be among my hearers— I wish never to mention that name -without ex- pressing all the gratitude and admiration which I shall 'always feel for old F services in the cause of reform. (Cheers.) I Anil almlitys're member his services—l am even willing to forget his faults. (Hear, hear.) His name was once one of great power with the people ; he for many years led the Liberal party in the House of Commons ; he hoped to lead them again. But the leader of the popular party in the House of Commons must be in sympathy with that party, and the pOpular party must be in sympathy with the people. Nov, it is my belief that the great majority of the Libe ral constituencies of this country will not tolerate their members in following Lord John Russell as a leader - as long,as he remains openly hostile to the ballot. - (Heat,• hear.) I trust he may give way on another point. >:.llc does not fully sympathise with us in our feeling. as to church rates. (Hear, hear.) Now, these are the two points on which, if Lord John RuSSell Wishes ever again to lead the Liberal party, it is my belief, and I trust it is your belief, that these are the two points on which he must modify his. opinions. (Cheers.) If he does so, we may see the Liberal party once again following its old leader. — The liberal party arc at the present moment without a leader, and if they take my ad vice—l at least shall set the example—they will take no leader until they very precisely know the journey which he means to take them. (Cheers.) I will say a word or two as to the reasons which in duced the members of the Radical party generally at a meeting and conference which you have heard of in London, to consider that it would be advisable that they should themselves bring forward, through one of their members, a reform bill of their own. I am in no secrets as to the reforms to be proposed ; and if I were I could not betray those secrets. I do not know what Lord Derby proposes, but I do know.that he is a very able man ; and I do know that he has_ one at least most sagacious colleague. I believe that the present Goverxment contains many good and honest men. I wish to avoid any kind of exaggeration, and I will not therefore say that Lord Derby's reform bill must of necessity be a sham Reform 3111, or a trick or delusion. On the contrary, I believe it very likely that, as far as it goes, it will be an improvement of the present sys tem. The present system is so faulty that the Go vernment must be - bunglers indeed if they do not produce a measure which will, more or less, amend. it. If Lord Derby, or lord anybody else, will intro duce all that the Radical party require, I take it that I and every honestman will support them fully —whether it comes from him or any one else. (Ap plause.) But I do not think it is too much to believe that any Reform Bill coming from the present Go vernment must fall short of that which we conceive we have a right to ask. Now, therefore, if the Go vernment brought in a Reform Bill—some improve ment on the present system—l do not quite see he it the liberal members of the House of Commons could have voted against that bill on its second reading, .when its principle came to be discussed—presuming it to be some improvement on the present system, if they had no bill of their own to vote.for. - They would have been obliged to vote for it and go into committee. Once in committee, Heaven help us— (laughter)—two or three months in discussing all sorts of details, amidst which you forget its princi ples—spent in the hottest weather, with the Thames in its most offensive state, and opponents wily, care ful to take every advantage of the disunion which would be sure, on some points, to prevail amongst us—fighting one part of the party against the other, the result would be, that after months of the hottest work, and a vast amount of confused labour, we might probably pass a bill which would be little better, or perhaps worse than none at all. (Cheers.) Now, if the Radical party throughout the country meet as you have met—define as you have defined, that which they require—if Mr. Bright, who is not pledged to any particular principles in this matter, but who is most anxious to collect the desires and the wants of the country on the subject, embodies in his bill those your requirements, we then have a proper and legitimate weapon to oppose to the Go vernment Bill, if the Government Bill, although an improvement of the present state, does not go far enough to satisfy us. We then vote against that bill because we have had the courage to propose a • better of our own. (Cheers.) It was for that rea son that the conference in Loudon selected Mr. Bright, and requested him to prepare a bill. That conference was called by the Parliamentary Reform Committee—a committee of which I have the honour to be a member, which has been in exist ence for about a year. Its duty had been to collect from all parts of the country, and by very volumi nous correspondence, the opinions of all sections of reformers as to the amount of reform which they thought it safe and best to ask for. The answers, of course, have been very various, but from the immense mass of correspondence that we have, we decidedly made up our minds that the great majo rity of feeling in the country was in favour of precisely , the measure of reform which you have embodied in your resolutions to-night. Under these circumstances, Mr. Bright honestly, and, as I be lieve, wisely said, " I will bring in a bill, but understand I do it on my own responsibility ; I will not be tied by this programme—that which the committee present me." My belief is that in the end his bill will be found very much what that programme was—that programme being, as I tell you, as nearly as possible those resolutions which you have passed. (Hear.) But I think it right to mention that Mr. Bright considered himself pro ' bably free to bring in any bill of any sort or kind ' he liked, in:order that it may be remembered that under these circumstances even those who asked him to prepare the bill have the right to judge of that bill when they see it, and are not pledged beforehand to anything which they do not know. Now, you have decided on what you want, but I should think you will hardly ask me in what way you are to get it, for I have told you so frequently that you must be tired of hearing me. (Hear.) You, and you only, can carry a reform bill. (Hear, hear.) You, and you only, carried the old reform bill. You did that work yourselves ; and trust me if on this occasion you leave it to others to do for you, it will probably not be done at all, or if it is done it will be done in an unsatisfactory manner. (Cheers.) Let your voice then be decided, and let it be heard. 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