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_ . • . • _ r E-I•VS FA P_E R EAST INDIA HOUSE, 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1858. THE FINANCE, HOME, and PUBLIC. WORKS COMMITTEE of the COUNCIL of INDIA, Hereby Give Notice, That the Debentures for the Second Portion of the Loan, Act 21 Vic., cap. 3, will be ready for delivery, at the Treasury, at this House, on • and after MON DAY, the 20th instant, J. COSMO MELVILL. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. WINDSOR and back for 2s. 6d., from Paddington.— Week days at 8.45 and 10.30 a.m.. returning at 6.35 and 8.5 p.m. On Sundays, from Paddington at 9 a.m., returning at 7 p.m. Taplow and back, on Sundays, for 2s. 6d., from Pad dington at 9 a.m., returning at 6.57 p.m. Henley and back for 35., from Paddington, at 9 a.m., returning at 8.55 p.m. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. On TUESDAY, the 21st of September, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 8 a.m. for PLYMOUTH (offering facilities for visiting Torbay, Brixham, Dartmouth, and the South Coast of Devon), calling at Weston-super- Mare, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tivertou Road, Exeter, Barn staple, and Bideford (for Ilfracombe and the North Coast of Devon), Starcross, Dawlish, and Teignmouth, Newton, Tor quay, Totness, and Kingsbridge Road, and returning on Thursday, the 30th of Sept., frbm Plymouth, at 6.20 a.m., and intermediate stations as per handbills. Fares, There and Back :—Weston-super-Mare and Bridge water, 20s. and 13s. ; Taunton and Tiverton Road, 225. and 1.18. ; Exeter, 225. 6d. and 16s. ; Starcross, Dawlish, and Teignmouth, 255. and 17s. ; Newton, Torquay, and Totness, 275. and 18s. ; Barnstaple and Bideford, 30s. and 208. ; Kings bridge Road and Plymouth, 30s. and 20s. Children under 12 years of age half-price. Tickets not transferable, and only available by the excur sion train. ROME AND FRASCATI RAILWAY COMPANY. The Half-year's Interest on the Bonds of this Company, Nos. 1 to 120, due on the 22d of September and Ist of October; 1858, will be paid at the Agency of the Banque Generale Suisse, 2, Royal Exchange Buildings ; or at the Succursale of the same Bank, 30, Rue Louis le Grand, Paris. By Order, F. FRIELIGRATH, Manager of the Loudon Agency of the Banque Generale Suisse. • • LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION from LONDON to HUD DERSFIELD, MANCHESTER, and LIVERPOOL, on SATURDAY, September 18, RETURNING WEDNES DAY, September 22. DOWN TRAIN, SEPT. 18TH. RETURN TRAIN, SEPT. 22. A.M. A.M. London, Euston Station, Batley depart 9 30 depart 9.30 I Dewsbury ,, 9 35 P.M. I Huddersfield Warrington arrive 3.20 j Marsden Liverpool I Stockport Manchester Staley Bridge .... „ 3.45 Stockport Greenfield Marsden _ v 4.15 Liverpool „ 10.35 Huddersfield Dewsbury Batley FARES FOR THE DOUBLE JOURNEY. _. _ Covered Carriages. First Class. To Liverpool v V lls. 225. Manchester and other Stations .. 108. 20s. The Tickets are not transferable, and are only available by the above trains. --- Particularsnay be had at any of the Company's offices, or tickets and bills at the, office of Mr. Marcus, Crosby-hall chambers, Bishopsgate-street, City. By order. Euston-station, September 9, 1858. lUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, London. The Profits of this Society will be divided in futurq, Quinquennially instead of Septennially ; and Policies will participate at each division, after three annual payments of premium have been made, instead of five as heretofore. Policies effected now, or before Midsummer, 1860, will par ticipate in four-fifths, or 80 per cent., of the profits at the next division in January, 1863, according to the conditions con tained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring young lives are lower th an in many other old established Offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund in addition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy Stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle , street, London, or of' any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. INTERNATIONAL LIFE FASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, ,W.C., Feb. 25, 1858. — Established 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of Grace.—lt always has been, and still is, the practice of this Society to pay claims under policies of assurance, notwith standing* the death of the assured occurring within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the annual premium, provided payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to the office before the expiration of such days of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. ► r , HE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, 31. D., Chairman. W. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Samuel King-Church, Esq. Johd Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, 31.D.,Cantab., John Symes, Esq. F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blonde!, Esq. AUDITORS. _ _ _ Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., Professor J. Radford Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhonse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and BoweMe, Bedford The next Quinquennial in May, 1800. Examples of ] Division of Profits will be declared lonus up to May, 1855 : l'olley taken out in r- • Sum Assured, Bonus in addition to Sum Assured. £ 8. a, 867 17 7 749 4 0 232 18 0 151 2 8 120 17 0 Bonus in Cash. £ s. d. 428 1 4 325 16 0 156 15 0 103 16 8 72 14 6 Permanent Reduction of Annual Premiums. s. d. 56 3 8 32 0 4 16 6 0 10 15 2 6 7 7 The following* are amongst the advantages offered by the, International Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every five years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims upwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. _ EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 11?, Strand, London, W.C. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article of animal diet first made Its appearance; and already its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a " perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. Ile then bought some of Thorley's food; and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &c., the animals which earned off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a pamphlet which is sent post-free. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE, Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation. Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions. Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints, effectually removed by U BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract - a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de 'Decks—" I have derived con siderable benefit from Du Barry's lievalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the isubliciition of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 49,332. " Fin v years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, pear Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan cies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool : a cure of-ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew ITre, of con - stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 31,210. Dr. Shorland. of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 46,116. Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea and . debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,830, Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 58.816. Mrs. Mize, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indigestion), debility, irritability, and nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 years. Cure No. 5(3,814. Mr. Samuel Layton, Leioester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castle- Stuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indiges tion. Cure No. 54,812. 3liss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con 'gumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No. - 180. " Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suf fered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have. been 'effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility. with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had eonsit lted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev J o h n Iv . Flavell, Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." 'No. 32,836. " Three years' excestive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of' Ross, Skib bereen.' Cure No. 3.906. "Thirteen years' cough, indiges tion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol street Perth." Important Caution against the fearful danger of spurious imitations : The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an ininnction on the 10th March, ISS-i, against Alfred Hooper Xeyille, for imitating "Du Barry's Ilevalenta Arabica Food." Suitably packed for all climates, and with all instructions. In canisters, 11b., 28. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. ed. ; 121 b., 225. Super re fined quality 11b., 6s. ; 21b., lls. ; Mb., 225; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. canisters are forwarded carriage free, on re ceipt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Bee:ent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason; and Co., purveyors to her Itajetity. 182, Piccadilly ; James Well, 4n, Sloane-street ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 94, Cheapside ; and 60, Bishopsgate , street , 63, 150, and 198, Oxiord-street. Now ready, demy Bvo., with Illustrations, price 14s. cloth, GUNNERY in 1858: bein a Treatise on Rifles, Cannon, and Sporting Arms; explaining the principles of the Science of Gunnery, and describing the newest Improvements in Firearms. By WILLIAM GREENER, C.E., Author of " The Gun," &c. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 6.5, Cornhill. No. 20,667. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. THOMSON. Just ready, in 3 vols. ON BOTH SIDES. By MRS. THOMSON, Author of "Anne Boleyn," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. F AULTS CORDON OF DUNCAIRN.—This N ew N ove l in 2 Vols., 12s. will be ready for publication on SATITR. DAY, September 25. New Burlington-street, Sept. 17, 1858. In a few days, post Bvo. with Portrait of Rev. H. S. Pole hampton, and other Illustrations, 10s. 6d. AMEMOIR, LETTERS, AND DIARY of the REV. HENRY S. I'OLEHAMPTON, Fellow of :Pembroke College, Oxford, Chaplain of Lucknow. • The Diary extends to July 18, 18.57, two days before his death in the Residency, from which date it is continued by his Widow. Edited by the REV. EDWARD POLEITAMPTON, M.A.,.and the REV. THOMAS STEDMAN POLEHAMPT ON , M.A., • Fellows of Pembroke, College, Oxford. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. FEIST'S RACING RECORD f or 1858. Part VIII., price 3d., will be published on the Ist of October. The Record, containing a complete calendar of Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1857, andsomi nations for 1858, may be had, price two shillings. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn. NO MORE PILLS nor any other MEDICINE for Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatu lency, Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, Bilious Headache, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Dibility, Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2 penny stamps, and you will receive post free, 64 pages, the people's edition of "PERFECT HEALTH RESTORED," without pills, purgatives, or medicines of any kind, and with out expense, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, adapted to the general reader. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurtzer, Dr. Ingram, and many thousand other respectable persons, whose health has been re stored by it after all other means of cure had failed. London : Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, and through all Booksellers in Town and Country. THE EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, in, the absence of direct information from their own Cor respondent, can only rely on that received through Russia, and will consequently continue their extraordinarily Ipw quotations of 2s. per lb., for Black, Green, or Mixed Teas, in filb. bags ; and Coffee, in the Berry, at 11d. per lb.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. PROFESSOR WILJALBA PRIKELL.- TO-NIGHT.—POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William. street, Charing-cross.—TWO HOURS OF ILLUSION.—For One Month only, previous to Professor Frikell's departure on a provincial tour. Every evening at 8; Saturday afternoons at 3. Private boxes, one guinea; box stalls, ss. • orchestra stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. — Places may be secured at the Polygraphic-hall, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ADELAIDE GALLERY CASINO, Lo w th er Arcade, Strand.—The above ROOMS are OPEN EVERY EVENING.. The celebrated band of the Argyll Rooms will play, by particular desire, selections from Il Trovatore, La Traviata, and Rigoletto. Conductor, Mons. A. LAMOTTE. Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Leader, Mr. Charles Hall. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission, Is. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). _ _ _ Open daily or only. LECTURES by Dr. SEX T ON at Four Gentlemen and E i ght o'clock, on important and interesting topics in connection with ANA TOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro grammes). Admission ONE SHILLING. DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. Lessees, Messrs. Howes and Cushing. (The best Ventilated and Coolest Building in Europe.) Great and Glorious Success. Applause, loud and long, testifies the enthusiasm of the numerous and delighted Audiences who Daily and Nightly throng the Alhambra to witness Madame DELAVANTI in her graceful and daring Ascent, on a portion of the Atlantic Telegraph Wire, to the Dome of the Alhambra Palace, being one hundred feet in height, and two hundred feet in length, a feat never at tempted by any other artiste. WALLETT '8 celebrated CIRCUS COMPANY. Extraor dinary and brilliant success of the unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes and splendid Stud of Horses. Two Performances daily. Midday Entertainment at half-past 2; Evening* at 8 o'clock. Private boxes. £2 ; stalls, ss. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; boxes, 2s. ' • pit, ls. ; gallery, M. Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. No fees for booking places. Children under 9 years of age, half-price. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. —OPEN, Wet or Dry, EVERY EVENING.—TO NIGHT, and during the week, the Concert in the Handel Orchestra will be supported by Mr. P. 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Chapino's Troupe in Maypole and country dances until Six, when the usual performances commence.—Admis sion, ls. children, Cd. Open on Sundays ; refreshment ticket, Cd. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATITPITY. Just published, price ls., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps. 8 ELF-PRESERVATION.---A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders 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 every 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 Apothecaries' 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 more misery in Youth, degradation In Manhood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists: Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condi tisn, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is en titled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a CUM. - . Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill; Horne, 19, Leicester snuare ; Gordon, 14(1, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may he consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar ; Calcutta—Messrs. C.and J. 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It has restored bodily and sexual strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood • and- whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MARRIAGE, they are effectu ally subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR NO. IT. effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated forms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR NO. ITT. is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secon dary Symptoms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in it:3 course all corruptions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration, through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately the English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable de struction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sar saparilla in the world cannot restore. Price 110., free by post, Is. Bd.extra to any part of the kingdom : or four cases in one for 335., by post 3s. 2d. extra, which saves lls., and in £ficases, whereby there is a saving of £1 12s. Sold by D an i e l C hurch, 78, Gracechurch-street, City; Bartlett Hooper, 43, Kim . , Wil liam-street (four doors from London-bridge); Watts, 17, Strand ; Pront, 229, Strand; Ilannay, 63, Oxford -street ; Sanger. 150. 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STAMPED, SD. thin—looking at the ability with which they are written, in their descriptions of facts occurring in all parts of the world—looking at the reviews of literary works which we find in them, even if news papers were the only literary food presented in these reading-rooms, I would still advocate the room being open, provided it was confined to news papers, which it is evidently not desirable it should be ; but I would not withdraw the newspapers from those reading-rooms, or attempt to divert men from the perusal of newspapers by excluding them from the room where other works are kept, because I believe that even from newspapers much valuable instruction and information may be gained—espe cially as they are conducted in the present day. (Loud applause,) But again, let me just for a mo ment advert to what I see alluded to in the report, viz.; works of fiction. I see that a prize was offered for the best essay upon the expediency of admitting or excluding works of fiction from those libraries which are connected with mechanics' institutes.. Now, no essay has as yet been produced on this subject, and Ido not know what view may be taken of it hereafter. I see th e repor t ra th er invites opinion on it, and expresses a hope that what has been matter of such difference of opinion, and which it is sorry to see has given rise to some ill-feeling, may be set at rest by the free consideration of it. First of all let me make the observation that I think it most unfair to authors of works of fiction to class them together as a whole and to draw a broad line of distinction between works of fiction and those works which are not works of fiction. Some works of fiction contain admirable morals ; sonic works of fiction contain instruction of the highest character, mid in_a form in which. perhaps no other works can coffi-ey _it; and I think it - would be mo s t injurious to the interests of those connected with those read ing-rooms if works of this kind were excluded. I should, therefore, tender my humble advice to the council of this association, if they are called upon to lay down any rule on the subject, not to think of excluding all works of fiction, because they would thus exclude what were deeply interesting to the great body of readers who frequent reading rooms, and which will also be calculated to con vey to them the highest moral instruction. Let me just advert to one book as an example, be cause it is not written by a countryman of our own—l mean " Uncle . rrom's Cabin." (Ap plause.) Who here, however much he may ob ject to some works of fiction, will say that " Uncle Tom's Cabin"—a work of fiction—ought to be altogether withdrawn from the perusal of the working classes, there being . many of them who have no opportunity of seeing works of this kind except through these reading-rooms ? (Loud applause.) The wise rule will be to look at the character of the work from its intrinsic merit rather than to draw any arbitrary, rule, which I am sure —speaking my own opinion—would be most in jurious to the interests of those for whose benefit those institutions are intended, and would tend very much to defeat the object which those have in view who are zealous in the promotion of those institutions. (Loud applause.) Passing by the newspapers and those literary works the class of which I think ought to find a place in those read ing-rooms, I see there is a subject of great congratu lation presented to-day—that we have a number of books published from time to time which are not ephemeral—which are not works of fiction, but which possess as deep an interest as can be pos sessed by any work of fiction, while they are cal culated in the highest degree to elevate the minds of those who read them. Let me just refer to some of those which have been published within the last year. Take the life of a man we may almost call our own, George Stephenson-L-(loud cheers)—a man of whom the north of England may justly be proud. Who is there that can read that life of George Stephenson—looking at his early struggles for knowledge, unaided by any of those advantages which mechanics' institutes in the present day afford to men similarly circumsta need, labour ing to make the best use of that intellect which God had implanted in him—labouring with a success which made him one of the first men in Europe—without feeling the deepest interest in the narrative, and without feeling himself a better man for the attentive perusal of that work ? (Applause.) George Stephenson was a self- educated man; but while he laboured against all disadvantages saccessfully in cultivating that intellect with which God had endowed him he did not overlook the immense advantages which the means of high education aftbrd, but he gave his son—the present idistinguished, man who bears his name—the very - beat education which it was in his power to command, showing how much he appreciated the means of obtaining that knowledge which is con ducive to the highest ends. Well, then, let us turn from the life of George Stephenson to the life of a man who moved in a totally different sphere, and whom, I am also proud to say, we may claim for the north of England. Who is there that has read any of those short and interesting memoirs that have lately been published of that great and la mented soldier, General Havelock—(applause)-:-. who does not feel the deepest interest, and feel that there is the highest instruction to be obtained in the perusal of the life of such a man as that, mov ing in a different sphere, and setting an example which some of us, from our different circumstances, may think we might not be able to follow, but still acting from a motive which must and ought to in fluence all—the highest motive which ought to regulate the conduct of men. Then, again, who is there that has read the narrative of the heroic defence of the beleaguered city of Lucknow by the garrison, cut off as they were from all intercourse with their fellow-countrymen, that does not admire s':'• it - ..v1; 1, 11 a :11In .;ted them, and feel himself incited to the highest deeds by reading the matter of-fact commemoration of their daily trials and their daily exertions ? (Loud applause.) I will mention another book which has only been pub lished very recently, since the last meeting of the association, and which will not, therefore, be gene rally known, viz., " English 'Hearts and English Hands," written by anEnglish lady, and recording in the most simple terms her experience among a class of men whose rough exterior and demeanour repels most men—l mean the men employed in making railways—and showing th a t beneath that rough exterior there is a soil well worthy of culti vation—a generous and noble feeling only requir ing to be called out by kindly intercourse with one who has most nobly devoted herself to their Wel fare. (Applause.) This book speaks of English men in a way that is of thrilling interest, and con veys this important lesson. " Go thou and do like wise." We may not all be able to do what she did, but let every one be animated by the same ex cellent feelings towards our fellow-creatures as she was, and then there will not be wanting the means by which they may benefit those around theni s whatever their sphere of influence may be. People will not read because they are told to read, and be cause they are told a book is a good book ; but if they find a book full of deep interest, full of nar rative and facts, and all the more interesting be- cause they arc facts, that is the way in which, I am sure, we will get those reading-rooms frequented. They should attract people to them, and thereby carry on a successful competition against the tavern, the ale-house, and the beer-shop. (Loud applause.) _ _ In connexion with these reading-rooms, I certainly think it is most important that means should be found for extending the itinerating libraries. There are some neighbourhoods, no doubt, in which books may be procured, and in which good local libraries may be established ; but even those libraries must be fixed libraries • and the time may come, p er h aps, when they may be read through, and there is a great advantage in having a change of books, and if these itinerating libraries—such. libraries I pre sume not always being of the same kind, but vary ing in the character and description of its books— if these itinerating libraries are sent about to re mote villages and hamlets, and are there detained for three months, and then changed for others, you keep the interest, which otherwise would flag ; and I think it of the . greatest importance that these itinerating libraries should be as widely diffused as possible. I trust, therefore, that the appeal lately made by the council to the public liberality to enable them to continue and extend this very use ful part of their agency will be responded to, as I am sure it ought to be, most liberally. (Applause.) I will just, then, advert for a moment or two now before I sit down to allusions which have been made towards the conclusion of the report to the complaint which has been made by some--they are termed ignorant people, and I believe, generally speaking, that ignorant and perhaps not very zealous friends of education do complain— that these mechanics' institues have been .failures. We very often hear it said that they are failures. In one respect, and to a limited extent, they cer tainly have not answered the reasonable—l don't say sanguine —expectations of those by whom they were first advocated, and by.whom they have been supported. I mean that there has been apathy which was hardly expected among the great body of the working people. They have not shown that interest in - mechamcs'" institutes, that desire to avail themselves of the benefits which one hoped and expected `would have been the case—l-mean to theeztent to which one hoped and expected it THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMB ER 17, 1858. CONTRACT FOR STOCKINGS FORIFRE ROYAL MARINES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset-place, 14th September, 1858. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DQ HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on MONDAY, the 27th instant, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supply ing and delivering into her Majesty's 'Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such GREY WORSTED STOCKINGS for Serjeants of the Royal Marines as shall from time to time be demanded, under a Contract for twelve months' certain, and further until the expiration or three months' warning. A Pattern of the Stockings may be seen at the Royal Marine Office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of one and four o'clock. . The conditions of the revised contract may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said office. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Ten der for Stockings," and must also be delivered at Somerset place. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY ISBN MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &a., &c. GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to 255. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE lIOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. Established 1796. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. VALENTIA, SEPT 12. The sound of, rejoicing for the completion of the telegraphic co,mmunication. between England and America had hardly ceased on both sides of the ocean which has been so wonderfully intersected by the wire, and the ovations and festivities in honour of those who were instrumental in achieving the great work were still at their height at this side of the Channel, when a gloom was cast upon all by the sudden and unexpected announcement that in telligible signals lad ceased to come through the cable. The public and those interested in the suc cess of the undertaking have doubtless been much surprised that so many days should have been al lowed to elapse since the announcement of the fail ure of the signals - without their being acquainted, either through the company or newspaper corre spondence, of the progress of affairs at this terminal of the Atlantic wire. But the fact is, that, beyond the bare fact that signals were not received, there has been nothing to communicate until the results of the investigations of Prof. Thomson, Mr. Edward Bright, Mr. Varley, and other scientific gentlemen, who have been experimenting upon the cable for the past few days, have transpired. Those experiments have not yet been completed, but sufficient has been done towards pointing out the exact position and probable nature of the fault to justify the public being made acquainted with the facts. In order to make the present condition of the cable perfectly understood it will be necessary to trace its history from previous to the landing of the end at Valentia down to the present time. In a former communi• cation containing the particulars of the last success ful cruise of the Agamemnon, it will be remembered that reference was made to a very serious electrical fault having occurred in the cable on Sunday, Ist August, after about one-half of the distance from mid-ocean to the shores of Ireland had been tra versed. - Though that fault (which was apparently a break in the continuity of the conductor) gradu ally recovered itself after having caused great trou ble and anxiety for some 13 hours, yet the electrical condition of the cable had , evidently received a shock from which it never completely recovered. This was, however, regarded as a matter of very little consequence, as the currents which were both received and transmitted were sufficiently good for all the purposes of telegraphing. During the re maining three or four days which were occupied in submerging the remainder of the wire, its electrical condition was very variable, being at times very good- and occasionally indifferent. These variations were at the time referred to the effects of magnetic storms and earth currents, but at no time was its condition so defective as in any degree to impair the telegraphic communication. From the time of landing the end, on the sth August,to Monday, the 9th, the cable continued in fair condition, though a slight defect, of no consequence in working, was observed in the insulation. Up to that evening nothing but alternate positive and negative cur rents had been received from Newfoundland, though words and adjustment messages had from soon after the landing been continually sent from Valentia. That evening, however, coil currents came with the words " Send slower and repeat" from Newfoundland being sent by Mr. Whitehouse's instruments, and re ceived upon his beautifully constructed recording re lay. It was soon found that Mr. Whitehouse's receiv ing relay, though admirably adapted for receiving messages through the cable, had been adjusted and constructed under the very natural belief that the cable if landed at all, would have suffered little in its electrical condition, and it was found not to work with certainty with the comparatively feeble sig nals which arrived from the American continent. Professor Thomson's delicate reflecting galvano meter was accordingly substituted for it, though messages were transmitted from both ends as usual by Mr. Whitehouse's patent. It is necessary to mention these apparently trifling circumstances, in order to correct an erroneous impression which has doubtless unintentionally been created by a letter recently published by Mr. Whitehouse. No one can deny the inestimable services rendered to the cause of Atlantic telegraphy by Mr. Whitehouse in his capacity of electrician, or the energy and perse verance with which he pursued his electrical expe riments through a long period, when it was more than doubtful whether the cable, would ever be laid to render practical his discoveries and inventions. Whatever may be the merits of the dispute between Mr. Whitehouse and the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany, whether he has or has not been harshly treated, is a question between him and the direc tors, with which the public have no concern. It is necessary here to enter thus far into the question to correct the impression which Mr. Whitehouse's letter no doubt unintentionally conveyed, that his instruments alone were used in the receipt and transmission of all the messages which passed through the Atlantic cable. , During the whole of the week, from Monday, the 9th, to Saturday, the 14th, various adjustment messages were received and sent through the line, though, in consequence of their constantly requiring messages from Valen tia to be repeated several times, it was evident that in Newfoundland the signals were not read with the same facility as those in the contrary direction to Valentin. This circumstance tended to prove that the fault which was observable was somewhere near .the Irish coast, for any defect more than 300 miles from either coast would affect the trans mission and reception of signals equally at both ends. Accordingly the cable was underrun for the distance of about three miles from Valentia Island by Mr. Canning, cut, and tested through by Mr. Bartholomew, the electrical superintendent, who found that whatever fault existed was far out to sea. The ends were accordingly joined up again without a new piece of cable being laid between Dowlas-head and the shore. From this to Satur day, Aug. 21, the fault was very variable both in its nature and its apparent distance from the Irish coast, it first appearing something like 500 miles distant, and gradually diminishing until it became stationary at a point calculated with great accuracy to be nearly 270 statute miles from the Valentia end of the cable. All this period the electrical con dition became daily worse and worse, and it was only with the greatest difficulty and by constant repetitions that the various official and congratu latory messages between the English and American authorities were transmitted to Newfoundland, the messages back to Valentia being in almost every case clear and distinct. The condition of the wire became daily more faulty until Aug. 31, -when Government message was despatched through the cable for the North American colonies, and on the morning of Sept. 1 a second Government message was safely transmitted, but after it had been duly acknowledged the insulation of the wire became suddenly worse, and it was found impossible to t make them understand at Newfoundland. Words and messages were continually transmitted, but it was soon evident that on the American shore they could only just distinguish that signals were being sent, for the only answer received at Valentia was " Repeat" and " Don't understand," and even those small phrases were only distinguishable at inter vals ; and since half-past lon the morning of Fri day, Sept. 4, no intelligible signal whatever has been received. Occasionally, however, very distinct reversals (as regularly alternating positive and ne gative currents are termed) have been received, sometimes so strong and good that had they been sending words from Newfoundland they might have been distinctly read on the reflecting galvano master of Professor Thomson. When the line is not in use for the purpose of testing words, short messages are continually despatched through the wire for an hour at a time, and then for the next hour the galvanometer is watched for the answers, which, excepting the reversals already alluded to, -never come. - From the,time of the first cessation of the signals up to the present time Professor W. Thomson, Mr. Varley, and Mr. Edward Bright have been engaged day and night in testing, and have come to the conclusion that the defect is a loss of insulation about 270 miles (along the cable) from Valentia. This, Calculating the amount of slack cable paid out during the latter days of the sub merging operations, would place the fault about 220 statute miles from shore, or somewhere,,pon the mountain range which divides 46-16pths of the Atlantic from the comparatively sfiallow water leading from the Irish coast. Reference to log% and diaries kept by those on board the Agamemnon during the submerging operations show that this bank was crossed between 4. and 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the 3d of August, more than an hour before the expected time. It had been intend e d by Sir Chas. Bright to OW a great quantity of slack cable to run out while crossing this point, in order that it might reach the bottom of all the inequali ties which might exist there undiscovered by the sounding line. But, from some unexplained cause, the Agamemnon throughout the whole cruise steamed at a greater speed than was registered by the log-line. Owing to this circumstance the bank was reached at least an hour before the expected time, the first intimation received by those on board being a sudden decrease in the registered strain upon the dynamometer and an equally sudden fall ing off in the speed of the cable, the ship maintain ing the same rate, as registered by the log-line. Sir C. Bright's attention was called to the circum stance, and he, seeing at once that the shallow water was approaching, or had actually been reached, ordered the weight to be taken off the breaks, and allowed a large quantity of slack cable to go overboard. It must always remain a matter of doubt, however, whether the falling off of the strain on and speed of the cable was observable at all until the top- of the bank had been reached, and had this been the case it is quite pos sible that the cable may have remained suspended upon some projecting points in the steep, and its , insulation sooner become gradually injured by its own weight, This is, of course, only a probable i conjecture, based upon the facts aboved stated. But 1 at the same time it is impossible to account in any way for the gable having become damaged since its submersion. Should the fault have originated in this way not the least blame is nttributable either to Sir: Charles Bright, his assistants, or the officers of the Agamemnon, the occurrence being solely re ferable to the defective and uncertain method of ascertaining the. speed of a ship at present in vogue in the Royal navy. The stecp range above alluded to is often mentioned as a sloping bank, upon what ground it is difficult to say, for but two soundings were - taken upon ity-enrelet-Cai bottom and another at the top, and these two soundings, though only eight miles apart, show a difference in elevation of 17,200 feet. Of the nature of the intervening space no one can of course form any conjecture. Whether the sides of this submarine mountain (for it can be called nothing else) are broken by ravines and pre cipitous cliffs in the same way as the sides of the mountains on land are, nothing but a close and careful series of soundings can ever deter mine. That such a series of soundings were not made by Commander Dayman at the point in ques tion, when he sounded across the Atlantic from the Cyclops, was, we believe, due to the prevalence of bad weather at the time. It is perfectly conclu sive, according to the experiments of Professor Thomson and Mr. Varley, that the water has reached the conducting wire in at least one place not less than 220 miles from the shore, and as the currents received from Newfoundland vary from one two-hundrdth to only one nine-hundredth part of the strength they should be, it would be deceiving the public to state that the fault is other than of the most serious natur e . • But still it is believed possible by some, with more delicate instruments,and with proper concert at both ends of the line, to work through during part of each day, provided the con dition of the wire becomes no worse. Negative currents of electricity are now used as much as possible in the transmission of signals, for were positive currents used the exposed portion of the wire, by decompo t sing the salt water in contact with it, would be oxidised through in a very short time. Mr. Henley, who has been for some days experimenting upon the cable, is sanguine of making the line again serviceable, by the use of his powerful magneto-electric machines, which are now on their way from London. It is as well that every expedient for working the line in its present de fective condition be tried, as the chances of success fully underrunning the cable as far as the point of injury are unfortunately very small indeed. The extraordinary phenomena of the natural currents of electricity, which are continually traversing the surface of the earth in various directions, act by their inductive effects upon the great length of cable submerged, and disturb the needles and galvano meters at both ends of the line to a considerable degree. This nature and action, if properly ob served and studied by means of the Atlantic cable, would, no doubt, throw considerable light upon the phenomena of diurnal magnetic variations, to ac count for which no satisfactory law has been pro posed. On the night of Monday, the 6th Sept., one of those extraordinary phenomena called magnetic storms must have passed over the. track of the cable, for from half-past 11 to half-past 12 the reflecting galvanometer in connexion with the line was most violently disturbed: The reflections were so rapid and violent that it was only occasionally that the reflected ray of light could be distinguished upon the reading sca l e . These magneti c s t orms are b y no means of rare occurrence, and, as well as the earth currents already mentioned, sometimes cause great delay and annoyance on long lines of tele graphic communication. There is still a very generally prevalent idea that one of the principal faults in the cable is compara tively near shore, and though this supposition is opposed to the very conclusive experiments of Professor Thomson and Mr. Varley, yet it is a question whether, for the full satisfaction of the shareholders, it would not be worth while taking up the cable for a few miles from either shore, and then testing through the middle. portion. These opera tions would undoubtedly be attended with consi derable expense, and it'is, therefore, probably, not thought advisable to engage in them until it has been ascertained how matters stand at the Ameri can terminus of the cable. Mr. Lundy, one of the electric assistants, proceeds to Newfoundland on Tuesday, by the Prince Albert, from Galway, for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the wire at the other terminus; and also 'for the purpose of• arranging a day on which a certain known code of signals are to be sent at concerted time from both ends, and to mdeavour thus to re-establish intelli gible commur tication. Even looking at matters in the worst lig ht, and supposing the cable, as far as practical wor king goes, a failure, not only has the practicability of submerging it been demonstrated, but also the practicability of working and signal ling through it. Therefore, it is not to be supposed for one moment - that the public, both on this and the other side of the Atlantic, will ever allow the grand scheme for connecting together the Old and the New World to fall to the ground, even if ten cables instead of one be sacrificed in its accomplish ment. At the sr tme time, private enterprise, unless adequately encouraged by the two Governments, cannot be expo eted to come forward and expend vast sums of money in the manufacture and sub merging of anfAher cable, with a fair chance against them of losin.g both capital and interest.. The At lantic Telegraph Company have expended nearly half-a-million in the manufacture and laying of the present cable, for which the English and American Government guarantee £28,000 a-year for a certain period, contingent upon success. But should the pre sent prove a failure, both the capital and the Go vernment subsidy are lost, and the shareholders are expected to subscribe another half-million for ano ther wire on the self-same basis as before, and with the same chance of losing all before them. Under these circumstances it is not surprising the difficul ties of raising the capital for a new cable are looked upon as almost insurmountable. If the English and American Governments are really anxious for an ef fective telegraphic communication between the twe countries, they have but to guarantee a certain though small percentage on the total capital ex pended in the completion of the line, and money will be forthcoming for new wires should five or six be lost before one is successfully completed. SIR GEORGE. GREY ON THE MEANS OF ADULT EDUCATION. At the annual dinner of the Northern Union of Literary and Scientific Institutes, at Alnwick, on Tuesday, the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey presided ; and in proposing the toast of the evening—" Prosperity to the Northern Association of Literary and Mechanics' Institutes "—said : This is a toast which I am sure, after the meeting we have had this morning, after the valuable and interesting report which we there heard read, and after the interest which I believe all whom I address must feel in the objects of this association, is one which I need not recommend by any arguments of my own. One thing, however, I think I cannot fail to men tion as a subject of congratulation—namely, that in the age in which we live, it is useless and super fluous to dwell upon the advantages of the diffusion of education and knowledge. (Hear.) The time is happily gone by, when, to use the language of a great writer, " The arrogance of learning can con demn to ignorance the great body of the people." (Applause.) The time is happily gone by, too, I may add, when the fears or apprehensions of one class of society can stand in the way, or raise a barrier against the enlightenment and education of the great body of another. (Loud applause.) It is now univer sally admitted that knowledge is a blessing, and the only question which is discussed, the only 'thing upon which debates a n d differences of opinion arise, is as to the best means of effecting an object, the value of which all concur in, and of promoting as widely as possible the blessings of education and o f knowledge. (L ou d a ppl ause .) I b e li ev e there is nothing more true than a sentence which I find in an appeal lately i ssue d by th e counc il o f this association, namely, that it is in vain to expect any marked improvement i n th e mora l an d soc i a l con dition of the people, without a ff or di ng th em th e mem s of intellectual culture and relaxation. (Loud applause.) This association does propose, does aim to extend widely those means of intellectual cul ture and relaxation ; and therefore it is deserving the support, the cordial support, of all who are interested in the best interests of their fellow countrymen. (Loud applause.) The tavern and the ale-house will be frequented, whatever prohi bitory laws you pass—(applause)—whatever re straints you attempt to impose—so long as the tavern and the ale-house are the only resource which the wet-king man has where he finds social relaxation and intercourse. It is truly said, there fore, I think, that the best mode of proceeding is to establish a reading-room wherever a reading•room can be established, accessible to the working-man, comfortably lighted, with a cheerful fire, and w ith other requisites which are necessary in order to make it attractive ; and by so doing you present to him as a reasonable being, as a being accountable not only to the laws of his country, but accountable to God—you place before him enjoyments and objects of interest which, when once appreciated, will withdraw him from those debasing pleasures in which so many in the absence of other objects of interest are disposed to indulge. I say that this association appears to be one of the most useful in adopting varied methods for effecting this object, and for attracting people to higher and nobler pur suits than those to which they are naturally inclined. It has its reading-room, it has its itinerating libra ries—most useful in the way of extending that know ledge which can be procured through books, through books of a valuable kind ; and placed within reach of remote hamlets and villages ; it has its lectures— admirable in their way; it has its el-^n;r , classes and its evening schools to which such useful allu sion was made to-day, and which I think are the most valuable efforts of this society ; it has its system of examination, and it has also those prizes which I have seen awarded to-day—which stimulate rising genius, and which are sufficient to induce men to devote their minds and faculties to the at tainment of high and useful ends. Speaking of the evil effects of intemperance, I may just advert here to some very excellent friends of my own in this country, with whom I would have had much intercourse on the subject, but who certainly go further in some of their views than I can go with them, because I think it is not by prohibitory laws so Much as it is, I think, by presenting counter attractions that you can successfully encounter and defeat the monster evil of intemperance. (Loud applause.) I was struck the other day, in reading one of the works of that lamented man, Hugh Miller, whose writings I have no doubt you are acquainted with, with the passage in which he records some of his earlier days, when he was actually working as a mason, but when his mind was also at work upon higher objects than those on which his hands were engaged—when he had learned to appreciate the maxims and philosophy of Bacon, and to return from his day's, work to his lodging to enjoy the intellectual feasts which works of that kind presented to him. He says that on one occasion he was tempted, in his intercourse with his fellow-countrymen, to trangress the bounds of temperance, and to indulge with them in excessive drinking. He returned to his lodging and opened his Bacon ; his intellect was clouded, and he was unable to appreciate and to enjoy it, and from that day he made a resolve—a resolve which I believe he uniformly maintained afterwards—never again to cloud by intemperance that intellect which God had given him ; because he felt that in doing so he was depriving himself of the inestimable pleasures and ' enjoyments provided for him by a gracious and merciful Providence. Among the attractions of these places, there are requisites besides a comfortable fire, which are essential in a good reading-room to make it comfortable. I think the most important is a useful and judicious selection of books, to be placed there for the use of those who are invited to frequent them. Now, I don't mean by a useful and judicious selection of books that we should very carefully weed our village or our town libraries of everything which the fastidious might think ought not to be there. It is by no means necessary that this should be the mode of dealing with libraries. Let there be books of all kinds in these libraries, but let the selection be a wise and judicious selec tion, with the view to put in those libraries books which, while they attract—and there are many of this character—will also deeply interest, and will excite men •to higher motives of action, and will supply them with examples to guide them in their course, in whatever sphere of life they may be placed. (Loud cheers.) Before, however, I advert to the character of the books which I think it is very desirable should be in these libraries, let me say a word on what I see adverted to in many of th:se reports with reference to newspapers. I see rather a regret expressed that newspapers form the principal attraction in those reading-rooms. In some cases even it has been thought almost neces sary to separate the newspapers from the books, and to have an apartment for the newspapers and another for books, because newspapers diverted the people's attention from what was most useful and valuable. I think myself that, looking to the cha racter of the newspapers at the present day—look ing at the variety of information which they con- 5 if '7 7 7 would be the case. At the sam time, as-I said gel.%4' / fore, the growing influence and Vialitrtng` a zen ey y of that influence shows that thereis irtiFo-cd appreciation of its benefits amen.* 'ate world* classes generally. B u t d on ' t l et this discourage the friends of education. Let them do as we haYe done to-day at our meeting—let each man bring his own suggestions and his own experience into the com mon fund, and if we find that the result which we anticipated has not been attained to the fullest ex tent, let us consider whether it is not partly our own fault, and whether we are using the right mans—whether there is not something also which we can do, which will tend to remove those ob stacles which may have unhappily stood in the way of the complete success of these institutions. (Loud applause.) And here let me just say that sometimes people depreciate them and say, why what can a, man get from reading the books in these institu tions, for the knowledge is all superficial and will do very little good, and they therefore throAv cold water en the efforts of the benevolent persons who try to spread education among the masses of their countrymen. I was reading the other day one of those able papers written by one of the deepest thinkers perhaps of modern times, I mean the late Sir J. Macintosh, and in which he combated this ob jection. I contend that there is no deeper thinker and better informed man—a man whose knowledge can be called deeper than his upon most subjecl e—and yet he says he stands there as the advocate of super ficial knowledge. I don't mean of superficial know ledge as against knowledge of a deeper kind, but superficial knowledge in those who hare to choose between what may be termed superficial knowledge and ignorance. Sir James Macintosh says, speak ing of the immense advantages which the art of printing has conferred upon the world, that it has broken down a barrier between, the rivalry of a r great body of mankind. But then, h e sa y s , a great body of the people cannot he- profound, but, at the same time, the great truths which regulate the moral and political relations of men lie not very -far below the surface, and it does not require that a man should be a philosopher, that he should go deep into the arcana of science, in order to appre liend those great moral and mgtiiiirtrutlis. (Loud -- applause.) He goes onto sa tiat t . fie great Works scientific discoveries are made, and scientific truths are stated, arc not read except by a few ; but that the truth which these works contain pervade gradual7y th e mi n d of a reading people—even though that reading ir ay be of a kind that is almost-superficial, and, by a variety of almost unseen and circuitous channels, they penetrate every where, even to every shop and every hamlet. (Loud applause,) He then goes on to compare and illustrate this with a beautiful illustration, which I only wish I could repeat verbatim, but the substance of which is this :—He says that this may be illustrated by reference to the course of nature ; and lie then describes, in his glowing language, a magnificent scene, in which there is an expanse of a beautiful lake over the course of a magnificent river, which attracts the admiration and commands the atten tion of those who look at it ; but they regard not for a moment, or understand and appreciate that unseen mist which, exhaling from the surface of the lake and river, spreads itself over the adjoining country, and produces that beauty and fertility which we admire and profit by. (Loud applause.) Don't let us therefore be discouraged by thinking that all knowledge which by wise men, or rather by very learned men, may be termed superficial, is useless ; and don't let any man abstain from enter ing upon the path of knowledge, and endeavouring to lead others to do the same, because they may not attain those heights which they might desire, but which circumstances may place beyond their reach.. Let me advert to an important feature in the pre sent report—l mean that of those examinations which are to be held, the examiners being members of two universities, in different parts of the country, and of which we have heard a great deal lately. I see that reference is made to it in the report, and that a paper was read at one of the meetings of this institution, I think two or three years ago, by Mr. Dodd, in which he was lamenting that there was much talent which was wasted, which was thrown away, which was not developed, because there were no stimulants to honours to draw it out. He then contended that a university residence was not es sential to the acquisition of knowledge, and that if knowledge could be acquired, and a sufficient test of the acquisition of that knowledge could be ob tained, the great object was: then within our reach; and he recommended for this purpose some southern university. Now, without undervaluing at all the advantages of a residence at universities—for I am sure I should be most ungrateful, and so would Mr. Ingham, were we to do so, for, many years ago, we enjoyed it at the same university, and I believe at the same college—l could agree that it is most important and desirable that those whoSe means, circumstances, employment, and occupations debar them from access to universities as residents, to have places within their reach for acquiring that stamp placed upon them by competent authority ' which was acquired by others more fortunate than themselves at the university (Applause.) I re joice, therefore, that th e C ounc il o f t h e U n i on h as placed itself in communication with the authorities of the universities, and that arrangements have been made by which examinations will be held in the pre sent year by members of the University of Cambridge at Newcastle, and that it is hoped a similar examina tion will take place by the examiners at the University of Oxford in the course of next year. I hope that many of our northern youth will enter as competi tors for the honours thus placed within their reach, not because they will estimate the honour itself as any advantage—not that they will look upon it merely as empty honour to be paraded only, but that it will give them a stimulus to their own ex ertions and a confidence in their own powers, and thus lead them on to be useful members of society, and to confer benefits by the exercise of their talents not only on themselves, but upon their fellow coun trymen ; I cannot helphoping, notwithstanding the lamented decline of mathematical science—although we had a proof to-day that it is not extinct cer tainly in this county—(laughter)—that there will be a number of our northern youth who will avail themselves of those advantages, and that the young men of the north of England will hold their own—to say the least—against the young men of other parts of the country in obtaining honours. (Cheers.) SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A CORK PILOT OFF DOTIZEI?,. Last night an inquest was taken at the Black Horse, High-street, Poplar, on view of the body of a person, whose name is supposed to be Brady, a Cork pilot, who, on Tuesday, the Pith of September, jumped from the merchant ship the Sparkling Sea, of Boston, into the sea off Dover. Joseph Ryder, the captain, said that he engaged the deceased at Cork to pilot the vessel to the Downs. He then obtained the services of a pilot Banked John Apps. Witness believes his name *as Brady. About seven o'clock on the Tuesday morn ing he suddenly left the cabin, where he was at breakfast with witness, and said he would not stop there any longer. He ran up on the deck. Richard Cater, one of the crew of the Sparkling Sea, said that on the evening before the Deal pilot came on board deceased entered the deck where the men sleep, and said that he " wanted all hands to be called together for him to speak to them." He observed that " he knew his life was in danger, as he had overheard men speaking about him." All tried to pacify him, thinkin g he was not i n hi s right mind. On the morning of the Tuesday there was a steam tug in attendance upon the Sparkling Sea to take her in tow down the river. The de ceased, upon seeing it, suddenly hailed the tug, and jumped overboard. The, Deal pilot called to the captain of the tug, who lowered a boat, when the deceased was picked up and taken on board the tug. John Apps, the Deal pilot, said that when he got on board on the Tuesday he met deceased, who said to him, "(food morning, pilot; now I am re lieved I will wash and shave myself." H e wen t away about half-past 9 o'clock. He came back again, and sat on the timber heads. He then ob served," I claim your protection, pilot." Witness said, " What for ?" He said, " I don't like the mate." (The mate was present.) Witness said, "Not like the mate ! Why not ?" He then re marked that there never was a better man, and that all the crew were good. In a minute after he ran forward to the mizen rigging and jumped overboard, at the same time calling out, " Steam, a-hoy" (meaning the steam-tug). The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased was drowned in the sea off Dover by precipitating himself from a vessel while in an unsound state of mind; but whether to destroy himself, or to get on board a steam tug which was in attendance, the evidence is inconclusive." At the conclusion of the inquiry, The parish constable asked the captain of the a s e the ds Sparkling Sea to deliver to him the deceased's watch, with the other property found upon him, remarking that they would go towards paying funeral expenses of the deceased, which would be paid for by the parish. (The captain - refused to give them up.). The coroner stated that by law, when, a parish buries a person, what property was found upon'him was ! appropriated to the funeral expenses, and that, after they were defrayed, the surplus was given to the friends or relativeS who were lawfully entitled to it. . The captain refused to give the property up. • Age. 18.18 3841 1845 1848 1851 3,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,800