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TO TEE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladies and Gentlemen, E beg to offer you our grateful acknowledg eleeti. rnents for the honour you have conferred upon us by re -. 14 into the Direction. Trusting that the Proprietors will ever find us deserving of the Confidence they have reposed in us. We have the honour to be, With great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and very humble Servants, W. B. BAYLEY RUSSELL ELLICE RD. JENKINS ROSS D. MANGLES JOHN MASTERMA.N J. A. MOORE. East India House, April 14, 1852. HE ROYAL BRITISH BANK, on the Scottish System (Incorporated by Charter), besides the trans .ctlen of all ordinary Banking business, grants C ASH CREDITS, and allows 3 per cent. per annum on Sams of my Mount deposited for Six months. LONTDHUGH INNES CAMERON, G e neral Man.sger• r. vN—IiEAD OFFICE, 16, Tokenbouse-yard. BRANCHES, 429, S . and ; 77, Bridge-street, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road, Islington. CRYSTAL P ALACE. The Committee for the Preservation of the Crystal Palace re irretto an nounce t h at i n consequence o f pere mptory instructio ns from t he Chief Commissioner of Works to the Contract ors, Messrs. Fox, p e n 4 erson, and C o ., to CLOSE the Building to the Public. the Grand roMenade announced for Saturday next cannot take place. April 14, 1852. RESERVATION OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. CITY OF WEsT.MINSTER. Xonce is hereby given, that in purs uance of a requisition to me for th at PurPose directed, I, FRANCIS zOTEDLEY, Esq., High Bailiff of the said City", h a ve appointed SATURDAY next , the 17 th day of Prll, 1852, a t Willis's Rooms, for holding• a Public Meeting for the °V et of testing the opinion of the Inhabitants of Westminster with Terence to retaining the Crystal Palace. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. FRANCIS SMEDLEY, High Bailiff. S OUTH AUSTRALIAN COPPER MINING ,• • COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that CERTIFICATES of SIIARES in the above Company will.,he ready for delivery to the Shareholders, in exchange for the BANKERS' RECEIPTS, on and after the 19th inst. on application to the Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Company,-12,.Bucklersbury. THOMAS BROW _\'E. 13th April, 1852. PORTING.--TO CAPITALISTS. A Gentleman of the highest respechbilitv, who owns several iirst-class Race Rerses,is desirous of meeting with a partner, who is willing to advance Two to Three Thousand Pounds, which sum is required for the proper and efficient management of the same. The most unexceptionable references will be given and required, and the strictest secrecy observed. None but principals need apply, by letter only, to R. V., Esq. , care of Messrs. Thomas and Co., Newspaper Agents, Catherine street, Strand, London.- LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN Notice is hereb RAILWAY. y given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the London and North-Western Rail- Way Company will be held at the Euston Station, London, on ppasnait, the 6th. day of May next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, the purpose of cons id er i ng , o r approving, or otherwise, ce na t n:Bills now before Parliament, entituled respectively, Bill for making a Railway from Worcester to Hereford, with certain branches therefrom; for making arrangements with the ....Irefordslaire and Gloucestershire Canal Compaay, and with the ', 4 la nd and London and North-Western Railway Companies, and ,or other , Purpos es." „„ Rill to enable the London and North-Western Railway Com try to extend their Railway from Chester to Birkenhead, to convert er Debenture Debt into capital, and to amend the Acts of the stnipar ty. . ! A Bill to enable the London and North-Western Railway Corn ;ll7 to make ath Railway to connect the Buckinghamshire Railway khe Oxford Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and to It:ger certain oth er p ower s w ith re spect to the last-mentioned - 7 11 . Y. to authorise the conversion of the Debenture Debt of the ° R and North-Western Railway Company into three-and-a -1 A per centum stock, and for other purposes." Bill for enabling the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid - to he Junction Rail Way Company to sell or lease their undertaking ) 4 4,1 3 1 Tud0n and North-Western and the Midland Railways Com- Dated this 12th day of April, 1832. HENRY BOOTH, Secretaries. C. E. STEWART, Ern Station, London, ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY, 92, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. Established 1808. DIRECTORS. lir pJOHN OLITER HANSON, Esq., Chairman LLIA;sI GEORGE PRESCOTT, Esq., Deputy Chairman. ethu ill , ~j ap Baynes Bart. Moses 3focatta, Esq. .„'Soo t ,. r rvard Cam ' pbell, Esq. Captain Alexander L. 31ontgo -4Josm-,,-....,haproan, E sq. , E,E,s. mery, R.N. 1 144 4 ,7 1 :1 -stacle.a ns E sq , James William Ogle, Esq. " t Ustace 31agan, Esq. Joseph Pulley, Esq. Arthur Augustus Rasch, Esq. AUDITORS. l' rallClS Illigh Hookey, Esq., and Joseph Grote, Esq. A.cruaar —Charles Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Souctloa—Thomas Browning, Esq. SURVEYOR—Thomas Hopper, Esq. 1„ 11 Z10 1 ,„.„ FIRE DEPARTMENT. -,..' fere. - 7. 4 5._ FIRE for 3001 . and upwards which may have been glid e - or one year prior to the date to which the Account is 4 arAlii 4 s l' o' lll be periodically entitled to participate in the return of i t , i3 ,,,lstal:,, renl ium• - , ri --e % Sugar Houses ; and Mercantile Property, in the Docks; tor the vate r p v 6 - -. ablio Warehouses ; also Shipping in Harbour ; assured lo k , r i ear, or for any shorter period on advantageous terms. * ltliou t „g Stook is now exempt from Duty, and may be assured • - `"e average clause. LIFE DEPARTMENT. pole e attention of thepublic has, in the advertisements and pro- Sit• o , l : t his Corn ati P of late been called to a Table of ;att's 1- ;,LaPplicabl il e to and ' expectant on Policies of particular ate rserW ages ; the Directors now beg to submit the following 1 Claims actually paid, showing the sums repectiv,ly , tern,.and 'the Bonuses thereon, and they request, in order to l etr ip v all '"Y the advantageous plan of Assurance proposed by this ....% or the Persons desirous of effecting Assur inces on their own - .IN 0 4 the lives of others, will compare the statement now sub ',NY itr i th the addition or bonus of any of the other offices which ' a lpaj,,_te a Policy issued by them since 1816, when the Atlas ~........! a dopted the Bonus System. I,7 —___,______ 4 . ' '7) .). g 'g 1 g 'N Zll2,tim.A ..20.=.0-0a,,,,90.,N.20. o q-a z_9 t+i ... N ~,, ....... 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VALUATION will be de at Christmas, 1854, and Policies erteeted before that date will Ina • ipate in proportion to the time they may then have been in forcPeartle The Company's Rates and Proposals. may be had at the Office in London, or of any of the Agents in the who are authorised on the appearance of Lives proposed Country,for Assurance. to report ENXI' DE SBOROUGH, Secretary. March 25, 1852. PATRON—H. R. l i . plt :-----._.__._______ ... ALBERT. ROYAL I'OLYTECRArcE b y u ,„. Prevention of Forgery. A. Lecture `nYnn and Apt el Patent Paper for th e 'p b r Y ' r • H. Peper, Esq ,on rorgevy by the A.nastatic Proces, daily i i ! ve d n ir t a i o o n rci o h f ia P ry ir co acyLa a nd as lillvonday, Wednesday, and Friday Eventn ' Two o'clock, and on 01 , at igi tuets' aYat gi E ve ig h h i : oculist, Kransz de Feher, who possesses thr ext ne. The talented r . four octaves, and sings in thirty-six foreig n tusical Llustrations every Evening, exce3t g a l ; ' , ) ,,!lock.—Lecture on Voltaic Electricity, with br'illi-ra d br,flachhotrner.—An Explanatory Desetigi on an e xperiments, g,„ - ' ~,the 'various kinds of Muskets, Rifles, ic e ...._ 4 .3; i Mr. risp% ..7"es of Absolving Views. —Exhibition of the Miorosc did N ew ‘nd -n, opu.—Diver Diving Bei, &c., &c. giirtission, Is. ; Schools and C hildren under Tat ' pears of e "--......_ irice. .A. NEW EDITION OF THE CATALOGuE_ ag ' LAITRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ARGyLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-st reet, The p St. James's. 1111 Yea. R IZE awarded to Mr. W. H. Montgomery. w in be Voraii eery evening WALTZ,by Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal 00 „`""nton. M. Boulcourt. tfitla l:l t i i; oPen at Eight o'clock. • Dancing to commen ce at nine, and te at half-past eleven. ---....._ Admission—ONE SHILLING. DR. CIJLVERWELL'S NEW WORK S. 14/, To be had of Sherwood 23, P a t e rnoster-row ; C arvalho, 011et:: ort e e e tltreet; Mann, 39, Cernhill or direct from the author ; billing each; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. • F.ecreation, and Rational Use of Time." rai t T„. DTs:—Early Ri s ing—Spring and Summer Mornings —El ,lorts about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, 141118, ctip ti Z Plelds, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country ' 4 44 3 17. 41 Rarables—The Boa—London at Night—Evenings at Home /41'" -- Thei Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Bleeping, Bathing, , Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. 1114s a MENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two V 01.,. II l etare Vol. I. TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &e, Vol. 11. 1111 LAIMS OF KILL tRNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. • ,• WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, ap p — .Met three score years and ten our eourse may run." „"4 y 0 011114,, review of almost every form (cause and care) of ner yreouitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses tft s s'lir, besets the man of pleasure, business, or st u dy, and em p " a ge • ay lif with s tables and rules for the diet and physical regu- We, ' erY-d. THE PASSIONS. " What passiOris hurt the body—what improve, c'atar.,,...Tntths as refined as Athens ever heard." tpt orTg --Llfe's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad. el efik e u passions. Chastity and its infringements. The ca sua l. T O. aIId °unless and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, n or , rer nediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. A A , "To be or not to be, that is the question." 1011/...-'l4OO: —Laws and obliaations of nature, society, and r an eli , - 111 , 0 14: 1Ca _ rc ling marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time '-: I,7te +„"" both sides, a s to age, temperament, complexion, and r,"Ystw i 7. secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. "1/44s.i.efeetiveness and its removal. g Sterility and its conversion. Uy i .e . t (l 4).' 4 .: CULYERWELL, M.D. (1841), 31.R.C.5. (1827), L.S. A. 4llese atu rc xWenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in i n ~„, 191 411 41 4 .e1 4 'en104 hours daily till Five. Emmings„Seve w- , 5 - 4 4,1191 W, Itogenstroct, . .~~ L - A--you . //- z „ • 2'. -g- , 14..t, • r . .• , MT T4', <7. ll s A , 4• - - 0 7* .:;•i.•;i,i-1„7•7 . 5.'" -- ) N •• • - • ; 4••1 NE , • 1 4-A •• kin 11 I . .„) r 1 4 .1 . •. . • ut '1 Coe ... 4 ..n 4 Wt 4 .11---...„ - HArsO'f',l4-1 Y . • • - (. ;: i li Vf 4 ..141 • • f• 5 j :L• ' y.,( ‘ I i j , t: • ; •0•' • '•••••- ;1 w • 4. -xi „• - \•- • •* • • DT • R 0 C:46.g:- - . . APRIL 1852: . _ ,T , ,Ts . N° 18 585.] LONDON , THU RSD AY— „. .1 -,''. - ." v, , . . 4 ,.... .. . , . _i, ,-, . ~.„ .i. " nt ..., , 1 • ~ . ~ , . , • NEW WORK ON THE WEST INDIES. Now ready, in 2 vols., With Illustrations, 215., FIVE - YEARS IN lIE E ST . 'INDIES. By CHARLES WILLIAM DAY, Esq. Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. • • • SPERMATORRTICEA AND STRICTURE. • ' Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post (free), 45., ATREATISE on the CURE of S rRICTURE of the URETHRA ; containing the True Reasons why that Disease so often assumes such an intractable 'character; with Rules and Instructions for the successful Treatment of every Form of Urethral Contraction, based on the results of extensive and pro longed experience. To which Is added, Practical Observations on the Treatment of Sperrnatorrhma by Cauterization. By F. B. COURTENAY, 51.R.C.5.L. • ' "These who complain most loudly are those only who know not how to use the common ,Instruments. . . . tice of surgeons h as b een mar k e d w ith a ll kinds of violence, and in difference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion lfo.r • The prac- Operations, and all the excesses and horror of surgery."--John Bel 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London.• .••• HIND °STA - N.—This Graid MOVING D 10,- R tiMA is now open daily at Twelve, Three, and Eight o'clock, at the Asiatic Gallery, Baker-street Bazaar, Portman-square. Admission Is., 23., and 2s. 6d..Painted by Mr, P. Phillips,•Mr. Ilarhe, and Mr. Knell, from Lieut -Colonel' Luard's own and other original drawings. The Museum is open half an hour before each exhibition. " The spectator is made to ascend.the stream from the flat region of Calcutta to the glorious range of the Himalayas, and everything of interest in the way is mapped and pictured with the fidelity of a geographer and the skill of an artist."--,AthenMum. _ _ AT THE PRINCE of WALES'S BAZAAR, 209, REGENT- S fREET. COSMORAMA, DIORAMIC, and PANORAMIC EXHIBITION. 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FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. ust published, in French, En:dish, German, Dutch, Spanish, 'and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free from the Author ior Forty-two Stamps, LF-P R E SER V A T ION; a 1 1 / 4 , Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the 'secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually ac• mired at an early period of life, which destroy the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex .anst the vital energies of Manhood; with Practical Observations on D.. certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debi ity, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and derangements resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted oy Lallemand, Iticord, and other eminent members of the faculty of France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that Are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary 'Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative :onditlons in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with advan tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated through secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of ir.ta.r years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceas ing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater aoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchbome-street, Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, w ho may be consulted on these disorders personally. or by letter, trstin Ton +ill Tr... Anfl from Rix to Eight. THE SILENT FRIEND, IN Mx LANGUAGES-FORTIETH EDITION. CONTAINING VIE REMEDY FOR PREVENTIoN OF DISEASE. i t i us t r ated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Ekgravinga. at ,PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS. GENERATIVE' INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. I Now Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d. by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps. ..HE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on I, the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by acessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abase of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fOl - by observations on Marriage, ana the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By ft. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, Lonlon. Published by Sherwood and 3, Paternoster row, and sold by Bonney, 53, and Sanger, 160 . Co., Oxford-street ; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; It. Johnson, 68, Coriahill. PANT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. 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The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary fymptores, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 33a. per settle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, IS. 9d-, 4u. 6d., and 1 is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhma, gleet, stricture, and shronlo inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, Lt. h. minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi tion in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the rAta blt.tment 0:41y, , 37 'which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Aargeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford itreet, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight g on sun= tv.rn TlpvpA to Cr. Be lo & S r a u . li w d h a re I t : disturbance. a A BALLOON ASCENT. p a ddsisre balloon ascent took place in the Champ announcing been discovered : Duringmom en t the appeared eared previous likely week e t e o k lead l .liege so lanicer that up in all the quarters of Paris, sure system of aerial navigation had , and .the mode gentleman, when anunda tl y e , l u k ud a e n r d t t h h e at d a ir n ee a t s i c o e n nt o w f would take P l "e on thl; 11. ocpportunity would be afforded to the scientific world the apparatus which he had invented of persons in conse quen na ce ode of workin it. Thousands Mars, paying io sous each fifoocked toghe Champ de in the centre, and view the r leave to enter the space appeared going on with gr en , t Pr e cle ldings. Everything balloon, which was certainly a sp t i n a d r i it Y , as round the seen a strange collection o f d one, was to be wheels jumbled together, with the words and paddles, all • in gigantic characters,o n a board ste ' d Hille, written dat last becameove Th. so great that the mounte d mu i eciro a w l guards and the troops placed around were obliged be on the alert, to prevent the A barrier 1144®s betd broken down by the pressure . the :are. considerablge delay, four or five persons entered , and the next the balloon rose moment . from the earth , amidst loud ointment from the spectators; cries of anger and disappointment . , was the arest point of at. for the famous systerge, which remaining where its • traction, was left behind, quietly allday!Wha mechanism had been puzzling the crowd ck sters made the matter more annoying was that the tri below, as if in in the car keat saluting the poor d u p es mockery at the anger which they testified. A tremen. doss rush was made towards the machinery, BP,-narently, with a design to tear it to pieces; but the municipal guards made such good use of their horses that they succeeded in checking the movement, and eventusll9, by their forbearance and good humour, induced the crowd to retire. THE FEEDING OF TROOP HORSES.—Colonel Car lovitch, on behalf of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Rnssia, has entered into a contract with Dlessrs. Richmond and Chandler, agricultural implement manufacturers, for the supply of machinery to carry out a new arrangement in the preparation of provender for the Imperial Regiment of Che valier Horse Guards, Sr. Petersburgh. The process to which the food i s t o be subjected will save the often over-fatigued animal much labour, and, at the same time, effect a great national economy. THE BOOKSELLING SYSTEM. Yesterday a body of gentlemenrepresenting the Bookselling Association of - London and the provinces waited upon ,Lord Campbell, 'at Stratheden-house, Kensington, to confer with his Lordship and other gehtlemen of literary distinction on the present posi-. tion of the bookselling trade., • The deputation con; silted of Mr. W. Longman (the chairman - of the Booksellers' Association), Mr, Murray, Mr. IL B. Seeley, Mr. J. H. Paiker:(oiford), Mr. Pickering, Mr. Deighton (LiverpOOl), Mr. Simms (Manchester), Mr. Douglas (Edinburgh), •,Mr. J. J. Mills, Mr. H. G. Blfin, Mr. Dalton, Mr. - Taylor, Mr. Beilby (Bit mir4.,Yhadi), • Mr. Rivingtob,- and Mr: Sampson Low (secretary to the London_Aspciation)., The Noble and Learned Lord, who_ Was. accompanied by the. Dean of St: Paul's (the Very Rev. Dr. Millman) and. Mr., George Grote, received the deputation with great courtesy. Lord CAMPBELL observed, that he had been called upon to render his assistance in settling the important question which had arisen in.the bookselling trade, and 'he certainly should be:Very glad if, associated with such gentlemen a-s-Dr. Milman, Mr. Grote, and otheri-Who might afterwards assist them, he could be of any service in arranging a matter ,of great im portance to the bookiellers.of this country: • The cir capsta.nces under which therhad Met would be best explained by the following- letter, _which he had re ceived from. Mr. Low, the secretary td the Book, sellers' Association : " 169, Eleet-street, April 8, 1852. "My Lord,:—l am directed to inform your Lordship that the committee of the Booksellers' Association have this day met, and, impressed with the importance of givibg serious consideration- to the present position of the bookselling trade, they have " instructed me to re quest.your Lordship to permit a few of their body, to have the honour of conferring with your-Lordahip and such other literary gentlernein as it may be agreeable to your Lordship should be present on the occasion. . " I beg - to acquaint your _Lordship that,Mr. William Longman, who took the chair, informed, the meeting that, having consulted Mr. Macaulay, he was - encouraged to hope that your Lordship would not object to such a conference as the committee have the honotir Eo request, and that Mr. Longman added that Mr. Macaulay sug gested it might be desirable that Lord Granville and Mr. Grote should be associated with your Lordship. To this view the meeting gave their cordial assent. " Ism further direcied to submit to your Lordship's consideration the addition of Sir'Bulwer Lytton, Sir W. Page Wood, and the Dean of St. Paula, or the Rev. Canon Wordsworth. • • ; " The committee would esteem -it a favour if your Lordship would inform me whether this proposal meets your approbation, and, if so, whether your Lordship would wish me to take any steps to convene the meeting. " I have also to inform your Lordship that the follow ing resolution was proposed by the chairman, and was unanimously agreed That a conference be in vited bewteen Lord Campbell, in conjunction with a few of our principal authors, and certain members of the baokselltng trade, for the purpose of deciding whether the Booksellers' Association shall be carried on under its present regulations or not, it being understood that the decision of Lord Campbell and the other literary gen tlemen shall be binding on the committee, who agree, if the decision be adverse, to convene the trade and resign 'heir functions.' " He at once acceded to the suggestion, and he would have been most happy had the other gentlemen men tioned in Mr. Low's note been present to-day, .but unfortunately Lord . Granville was prevented from attending by ill health, and neither Sir L. Bulwer Lytton, nor Sir P. Wood were able to meet them. Having considered it only right that on a question of this nature both sides should be heard, he had requested that Messrs. Bickers and Bush, Mr. Bentley, and other gentlemen who took an opposite view to the Booksel lers' Association should have notice of this meeting, a nd be requested to attend. aeThad received, in reply to that invitation, a letter .fro . p . Mr. Chapman, corn. plaining that longer notice of the meeting - had not been given him. He (Lord Campbell) regretted that there should he -any ground-for such a complaint, but he did not know- that, under the circumstances, longer notice could well have' been given. He had also received a letter...from . Messrs. Bickers and Bush in reply to the invitation addressed to them, stating that they felt that upon-this-.question compro mise.was impossible; that the' inevitable tendency of the age was to open an unlimited free trade ; and that they felt assured no other ,arrangetrient would or could be final. They added that a letter from them appeared in the Times of that (Wednesday) morning, explaining their view of the case.• He (Lord Camp bell) could only say for himself and the kentlenien by whom he was assisted,_ that 4 they had not formed any opinion upon the question it issue, but that they desired that the most ample opportunitiea should be afforded to all parties who took an interest in it to lay before them any statements, or to adduce any evidence bearing on the mate: Dr. Milman and Mr. Grote expressed their concur rence in the observations of the. Noble Lord. . _ Mr. LONGMAN then preceeded at considerable length to explain the objects of ace Booksellers'. Asso ciation, and the 'questions in•dispute between that association and a portion of the bookselling trade, termed " undersellers." The Managers and members of the association were, he said, most anxious to afford to the gentlemen who had consented to act as arbitrators or judges in this matter the fullest information; and the most ample means of arriving at a. just conclusion. He was deeply sensible of the heavy responsibility which he incurred in undertaking to open this question, but he was fortunately supported by a large body of gen tlemen connected with all branches of the trade, not only in London, but in Scotland, in Manchester, in Birmingham, and in other" provincial towns, who would be able to afford' information on any points with which they were more familiar than himself. He had firmly made up his - mind that he would not notice any letters, or statements, or articles which had appeared in print; otherwise, he must say, he would have felt inclined to give an indignant denial to a great deal that had . been published. The prin cipal object of the Booksellers' Association was to prevent those who received the•privileges of the trade on certain implied conditions from enjoying those privileges without fulfilling the conditions. The main privilege was that of receiving a certain discount from the retail price, and the condition on which the privilege was granted was that the retail price should be observed. The retail bookseller, on buying frOm the publisher, received a certain agreed allowance, on the supposition that he was to obtain a certain profit. Occasionally the ,retail price of a book was reduced, but the practice of the trade in•such a case was to go round and " call in " the books from those retailers who had bought them, :and afterwards to sup ply to the retailers'•' eithei the new editions or the same books at - a...reduced • price„ so that a fresh contract was Made between the pub lisher and the retail bookseller. He believed that the trade was conducted on these principles up to 1812. The case of Mr. Lackington had been men tioned as that of the first unelerseller. Now, it was extremely difficult to ascertain precisely upon what principles trade was conducted some 70 . or 80 years ago but he (Mr. Longman) . was convinced, from Mr. Lackington's Life, that his system of underselling was totally different from . that of the present day. Mr. Lackington's system was one which was exten sively practised at this time; and which met with the approbation of the publishers. Mr. Lackington was the Bohn of former daqs, ' and Mr. Bohn was the Lackington of the present day. Mr. Lackington bought " remainders," the copies of unsuccessful books which romerned on the publishers' hands, and sold them at a reduced price: Who were the first underseliers he did not know, but the first book sellers' association of which he could find any notice was • set on foot by the retail booksellers in 1812. It was important, in passing, to observe that these associations had all been established by the retail booksellers, and the publishers and whole sale booksellers had considered it their interest to support such associations. About 1828 the association was remodelled, and •it was just pre viously to that time that the present system of underselling arose. It was 'his . firm conviction that the interests of publishers and authors in this ques tion were entirely identical, and that what was for their interest was also for the interest of literature in ge neral. He thought the fact that the present system soelations had was for the benefit of . the booksellers was shown by the enormously Preponderating majority of booksellers who .. were in favour of the regulations. The present country. B pu e b o i k ic te rri lle e r e s; in Association, ofth e trade iwhichin 8 48 waswestablished revivifica tion fi a c t a a . booksellio ti " Of the association of 1828, and many similar as %%rare, since been - fOrmed throughout the , :i td e id e n onsidered that the peculiarities of the which differed from all others, af forded the ground for supporting such associa tions.lethink that free trade principles H only class e a l t as s s ll o a f pp a l r i t , i a c b i t es _the the bookselling trade. The opinion, approached thatenfeharacter of which, in his dealt, was patented artiole t s hc'se in ticles which' booksellers The bookselling trade price, and i a which ?rewwasa a s d a vis o a s b s l i e b i t l o i tyb buy was the only one . in- which there I._ there . was complete instance, silk many might easily ,goods and-hats— m they had !. ,dives of the Chief Jae- Confidence 'b ' identification of the article. parsons who e Therequality. was, however, no doubt as to the identity of . a book. If -- a Purchaser f fi r x o i n n igtraaardrteiectsaimeiwlgeFinst:vovf:Tou d go s ofsttch lir,? ecause wanted Lord Campbell's . tices," he could not be put off with the late Mr. Townsend's " Lives of the Judges." If Mr. Grote's Histor y wall's could not be substituted. Thi s ga l e th e power of fixing a retail price, and, as th ose w h o dealt in such articles of G ieles mfuesetche'e'vweaas asked for, Bishop Thirl profit, it was necessary that a certain agreed allowance or discount should be given to the trade. It had been suggested that Woke should be published without a retail price, but he thought that would be throwing away one Of the great and peculiar advantages of the trade, and instead of removing the existing would aggravate them materially. Books would th en b e sold at one pr i ce in one street, and at anoth er pr i ce i n another; th e that public would have no confidence that th e right value wwfoatsuhlpedutbtreaudpteloirn was, the allowance which was made thems anywhere, into confusion. Another peculiarity where, and th e whole trade, to booksellers became kn own to the public. He m i g ht so far deviate from his intentio n o f not not i c i ng any thing that had appeared in the public prints on this sub ject as to observe that a letter in that day's Timesstated the allowance to the retail bookseller to be 33 per cent. The writer of that letter further stated that the retell booksellers did not speculate. But if they did n not get th a t a ll o wa nc e—they on to say that retail booksell ers were surely the b es t wootusldpeoc only yate receivet hey co2usld percent. The writers went judges of the scale of profits which would enable them to carry on their business. That was exactly what the Booksellers Association said. The retail book sellers, as a body, came to them and said, " Our pre sentisTnhoet public seemed to entertain a false on that point he agreed with Messrs. .Bickers nd c p ou ro l fit a i ßush. we ask you to maintain impression that the profit of the retail booksellers was larger than that of other trades. e i tl i c i lill o e tli f e a r et trad a e sa s were infinitely greater than in the bookselling trade. From 40, 50, and 60, to 100, or even more than 100 per that , theAn d allowancesl stat e n e f n o t i cent., were no unfrequent profits in other trades, but the public had no means of knowing anything about it. Now, from the facts of having a fixed retail price, of complete identification, and of the necessity of an agreed and admitted allowance to the bookselling trade, arose a power of competition which did not exist in any other trade. It was very easy for a bookseller who wished to undersell to advertise that he would take off 10, or 15, or 20 per cent., and the public had ample means of knowing that they got such a reduction ; while a haberdasher, a hatter, or a glover, might advertise his goods at a reduction of 20 • per cent., but the public had no means of knowing that such a reduction was really made. A power of competition, as he had said, existed in the bookselling trade which did not exist in any other trade, and, if the power of, repress ing that competition should be taken away, a wild system of underselling would arise such as had never been seen in this country in any trade whatever. Un derselling, instead of being the exception, and there upon, perhaps, profitable, would be the rule, and thereupon, he believed, the ruin of the whole trade. He believed that the result of doing away with this power of repression would be the concentration of the trade in the hands of a few large monopolist re tail dealers, to the injury of literature, the incon venience of the public, and the ruin of hundreds of booksellers from the Land's-end to John o'Groat'a house. The effect would be that the stock of country booksellers, except in very few instances, would be confined to small, low-priced, and probably not very valuable publications. He believed the change would tell especially upon the productions of new authors, and that the interests of literature would in conse quence suffer most materially. A new author had difficulties enough to contend with already, but he was satisfied that the abandonment of the power of repressing undue competition would increase them tenfold. He regarded the retail booksellers as a body of men who rendered essential service in promoting the progress of education and the extension of litera ture throughout the country, and he hoped the Noble Lord and his colleagues would, on consideration, arrive at the conclusion that, if the plan of throwing the trade open should destroy such a class, the small and temporary advantage which might be reaped by the public would be purchased at too dear a price. Mr. MURRAY obseried that he was satisfied it would be found impossible to carry on business upon the pretended profits of the undersellers. The same underselling had prevailed in other businesses, and had been found 'to be ruinous. To show that the plan adopted by the Booksellers' Association was carried out by other trades, be might mention that he had in his possession a circular from a firm in the neighbourhood of Manchester, who were manufac turers of muslins, stating that they dealt with no customer who did not sign a paper engaging, under the penalty of a fine, not to sell under certain prices. Tne same principle was acted upon by a great house in the oil trade ; and he was informed that Messrs. Strutt and Evans, of Derby, who manufactured a particular kind of thread, wouldsupply it to only dealers on condition that it should be sold at a parti cular price. It had been urged against the book sellers that their system was an infraction of free• trade principles ; but he had the positive assurance that when Mr. Cobden was in business for himself he never allowed his muslins to be undersold. He had been informed also that Mr. Bright, who was manu facturing a new description of carpets, would deal only with those persons who would engage not to sell them at a depreciated price.--(A laugh.) He might ob serve, also, that barristers and physicians had fixed the amount of their fees, and would not receive less than a certain sum. The effect of the change which certain persons were endeavouring to effect in the bookselling trade wouli be this, that though there might be no diminution in the number of standard books, by authors ef name, that would be published, books by unknown authors would scarcely be re ceived. The result of an alteration in the present sys tem would be that he must d re uce very much the number of books he published ; for he certainly would not trust undersellers, because he did not believe their profits were such as to keep their heads above water. Mr. DOUGLAS, of Edinburgh, stated that the sys tem of underselling had been established in that city, but a meeting of the trade was held, at which regu lations were adopted for repressing the practice, and those rules were subscribed to by 173 out of 175 booksellers and publishers in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Mr. Low, in reply to some inquiries from Lord Campbell, stated that the number of booksellers and stationers in London Was rather more than 1,200, not more than half-a-dozen or ten of whom were undersellers. Mr. DALTON contended that the profits realised by booksellers were much sneakier than those obtained in other trades, and that if th trade were thrown open the competition would re d uce their profits to a ruinous degree. Mr. TAYLOR (from Mr. Hatchard's) entered into some statements with regard to particular works, to show the extent to which it was in the power of re tail booksellers to promote the sale • of books which they were inclined to recom mend. Lord CAMPBELL observed that there could be no doubt that retail booksellers were quite indispensable to the success of literature; but the question was, whether that class would be best encouraged by re taining the regulations of the Booksellers Association or by their abolition. Mr. Simms, o f Manchester, said he represented the whole trade of that town, for all the undersellers without an exception had there joined the association. Lord CAMPBELL—The heretics are all reconciled to the true church.—(A laugh.) Mr. SIMM3 proceeded to say that the opinion of the Manchester publishers a nd bo oksellers was that any reduction in the allowance to the country trade would materially affect the sale of all new books. He then went into some calculations to show, as a proof that the present trade allowance was not too high, that the retail booksellers in the smaller towns did not on the than 1301. a year, after average clear more defraying the necessary expenses of their_ establishments, and that their profits were far less than ,those o f persons engaged in other trades, as grocers, drapers, &o. • Mr. BEILBY, of Birmingham, showed, considerably, in detail, the expenses entailed upon booksellers by exe cuting the orders of their customers for small pam phlets and the cheaper class of serials, which expenses, he contended, were only met by the profit they ob tained on the higher priced class of books. Mr. PICKERING briefly expressed his approval of the objects of the association. MT. PARKER observed that the booksellers of Ox ford were unanimously in favour of the present regu lations. In reply to questions from Lord Campbell, he stated that in Germany the usual trade allowance was about one-third of the retail price, all new books being sent by the publishers on sale or return, and that regulations existed against underselling. In France no system at all existed, but the allowance to booksellers varied from 5 to 50 per cent. There were in Paris no wholsesale booksellers, and if a person wanted a dozen or:twen y t books he had to go for them to nearly as many different booksellers. Mr. BORN confirmed the statements of Mr. Parker with regard to the foreign trade, and exp ressed h i s hope that th e s y s t em o f un derselling, which led to perpetual misunderstandings between the London booksellers and the country retailers, and between both parties and their customers, would be put down. If the discount were reduced be was satisfied it would be impossible to support the agencies throughout the country. 1• Tr. expressed his conviction, from personal knowledge, that the gentlemen who managed the Booksellers' Association had been actuated solely by regard for the interests of the trade, of the public, and of literature generally. After referring at length to some of the statements in the letter of Messrs. Bickers. and Bush, he observed that if the Noble Lord and his associates should, upon consideration, be of opinion that the Booksellers' Association were right, they would 'succeed in their object—that of maintaining peace, and law, and order in the trade. On the other hand, if the Noble Lord and the gentlemen by whom he was assisted decided that the Booksellers' Associa tion were wrong, the end would be chaos, confusion, and disorder. Mr. MILES entered into some details with reference tothe position of houses in the bookselling trade (with one of which he is himself connected), whose business consists exclusively in acting as " middlemen" between the great London publishers and the coun try retail booksellers, their dealings being thus con fined entirely to the trade. lie showed the large ex penses which were necessarily incurred in conducting such establishments, in consequence, especially, of the vast increase of cheap periodical literature ; and con tended that, even with the present rate of trade allow ances, the profits realized by such buses were not excessive—not amounting on an average to more than about 4 per cent. s an o o f es t w he as gentlemen larg w h A a s d lo e n x g pr a e s s . s t e h d e . y th h e s i d r o r n es s en te t nd s e y d st t e o ns, sh h o o w we th ve a r t e. , t t l h ie er p e re w se as nt g a r m es o t u s n e t ope of Mr. LONGMAN th en sa id h e th oug ht th e state olla the iplei:nw p it fetunderselliage ikee-pectiliaritiet-'ef the trade ren dering underselling very easy. As the result of that underselling, he feared that a competition might arise which would destroy the retail booksellers; and lie, and the gentlemen by whom he was surrounded, were of opinion that if the retail trade were concen trated in the hands of a few large monopolists, great injury would result to literature, to the trade, and to t c h h e an p g u e b s li u c g . gestd The e b m y ai t n he qu op es p t o i n on entrosi t w h h e e a therthe Booksel lers' Association would injure the retail booksellers or not. His opinion was that the competition that repres sive would sy satrei wasm would necessary,deatroy t h them. must bea Then, cve one. coercive if Mr. Macaulay bad said to his brother—" If you think that Mr. Bickers or anybody else injures you, or in jures my book, by selling it at and under price, by all means have no dealings with them." Now that seemed perfectly sound advice, but, unfortunately, it would not accomplish the proposed end, unless they had a coercive system. Mr. Miles, or Mr. Bohn, or a hundred other gentlemen, could supply Mr. Macaulay's book to Mr. Bickers or any one else. It was necessary, therefore, that the trade should come to some arrangement among themselves, but that would be useless unless a penalty was imposed for an infraction of the regulations. He believed that if unrestricted competition took place hundreds of retail booksellers would be ruined. Mr. Bohn said the other day—" If Mr. Bickers can sell at 5 per cent. profit, I can sell at one," and he feared the trade might be driven to act upon some system of that kind. He believed they would fight until they reduced their profits to the lowest possible ebb—to a percent age which would not pay them ; and then the present system would be re-established by an engagement among themselves not to sell under certain prices. After some desultory conversation with regard to the bookselling trade in America, Lord CAMPBELL said the case bad been very ably argued on the part of the, association ; but, although a great deal of valuable information had been afforded on the subject, he and his friends, Dr. Milman and Mr. Grote, were not at present in a situation to ex press an opinion upon the question. He thought the great desideratum was that they should hear the other side, for in his opinion they ought to act upon the maxim, " Audi alteram partem." Even if be were convinced by the arguments he had heard in favour of the association, he would like to hear the other aide, who might convert him.—(A laugh.) Lord Eldon never would decide any cause, however clear it might be, without hearing the side against whicn he was inclined. He (Lord Campbell) must say that his mind was quite unbiassed on this question, until he had a further opportunity of infor mation and discussion, but he thought it desirable that they should hear the arguments of those who took a different view of the question, without its being expected that those parties should be bound by any opinion which he or his friends Mr. Grote and Dr. Milman might express. If Mr. Bickers, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Chapman, or any other gentleman wished to be heard, he would be most happy to meet them, with out expecting them to say ‘ that th e y w ould change their mode of dealing in conformity with any opinion expressed by himself or his friends. After some conversation it was arranged that if any of the " undersellers" desired to argue the case against the association, Lord Campbell, the Dean of St. Paul's, Mr. Grote, and probably other literary gen tlemen, would be prepared to hear their statements, between the 16th and 21st of May. E. MOSES AND SON. 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The following important correspondence between the First Commissioner of Works and Messrs. Fox 'and Henderson was yesterday laid before a meeting of the . General Committee for the Preservation of the Building, and has the effect of not only putting a stop to the promenade announced for Saturday, but also of finally closing the building to the public :- 6g Office of Works, &c., April 13, 1852. "Gentlemen,-1 am directed by the First Commis sioner of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings to acquaint you that his Lordship bas•received a letter from the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, inform. ing him thrt they have been always anxious to fulfil to the utmost their engagements to the Crown, and that for that purpose they had given notice for the removal of the building in Hyde-park on or before the Ist of June next; that they have given no approval or sanction to any proceedings likely to cause delay, or to the appro priation of the building to purposes not contemplated in their charter; that they had also communicated to you the announcement contained in my letter of the 26th ult., that the Chief Commissioner of Works could not in any way countenance the approprie t tion of the building to any purposes other than those specified in the royal warrant of the 26th of September, 1850. " The Chief Commissioner, however, regrets .to find that, notwithstanding the intimations thus conveyed to you, the building has been used by you for the purpose of public promenades and concerts; that you have taken money for admissions thereto; that by means of adver tisements in the public papers, and otherwise, you have induced a concourse of persons to assemble in the build ing, in the park, and in the neighbouring thoroughfares; and that such assemblages have been injurious to the park, detrimental to the property in its immediate neigh bourhood, and otherwise prejudicial to the peace and quiet of the vicinity. " Under these circumstances, his Lordship feels it in cumbent upon him, under the advice of the law officers of the Crown, to take measures for preventing the far ther misappropriation of the building; but, before doing so, he thinks it right to make you acquainted with his intentions, in the hope that, upon the receipt of this communication, you will see the propriety of forthwith abstaining from your present course of proceeding. In the event, however, of your persisting in the application of the building to its present objectionable uses, or to any purpose other than those specifically mentioned in the Royal warrant, the assistance of a court of compe tent jurisdiction will be sought to restrain you and all other persons from a perseverance in that course, and from proceeding otherwise than bond fide for the pur pose of taking down and removing the building with the materials and contents, in accordance with the terms therein set forth. " His Lordships begs that you will send him a de finite answer to this communication in the course of to morrow at the latest. "I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant/ " T. W. PHILLIPS. " Messrs Fox and Henderson." Sir,—We "8, New-street, Spring-gardens , A p ril 13. , ' Sir,—We have the honour to acknowledge the re tthhee d oors st of re ceipt of your letter of this day's date, conveying to us an intimation of the intention of the Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings in refer ence to the opening of the Crystal Palace to the public. "In immediate deference to his Lordships desire, w e have sent to the morning newspapers an advertisement, of whioh the annexed is a copy. With a View to pre vent disturbance, we propose to allow the entrance of persons who, in ignorance of this notice, present them. selves for admission to-morrovr , finally on and after Thursday, the 15th instant. the period for commencing " The Exhibition building has been hitherto preserved to the public by a vote of the House of Comm on . which (as the Chief Commissioner is well aware) deferred---' Ist May next, and we respectfully submit to his L its rebmutovtal close the Lordship that we were bound to act in deference to th at and to give every opportunity for the expre ssion vote, had been invited of general opinion. _, whi c h " e have had no other object in view. " We have the honour to be, Sir , " Your most o bedi ent humble servants, " Fox , HENi)EitseN, and Co. " To T. W. Phillips, wh i t or of Works, acc., hall. " (Copy.) " ' Closing of the Crystal P alace. —Notice is hereby given that, in cons eqn , once of ft i _ - communication from th © office of her IfferetY 3 Wor ks wad Public 13aildingat the Exhibition building can no longer be thrown open to the public by the contractors. " Fox HENDERSON, and Co. " ' London, April 13.'" Another document of interest read before the General Committee, and unanimously adopted by them, is the subjoined report of their sub-committee, and which they submit to the consideration of the public : " At a meeting of the General Committee, held at the Crystal Palace yesterday, the following was read and unanimously adopted:— " Report of the Sub Committee to the General Committee appointed to secure the Preservation of the Cry s t a l P a l ace, and su b m i tted b y the Com mittee for the consideration of the Public. "' A great question must very shortly be decided, viz., whether the Crystal Palace is to be preserved or destroyed. The object of this statement is to establish the advantages of retaining this building, and of apply ing it on self-supporting principles to the public pur poses, combining the instruction and recreation of the people with the promotion of the arts, sciences, and ma nufactures. Not only will a great sacrifice of public property be thus avoided, but a lasting benefit will be conferred upon the nation at large. " Two principal difficulties have existed in the public mind on the question of preserving the building. The first is the supposition, that if retained it must be at the public expense, as private subscriptions would obviously prove inadequate for an object of such magnitude. Th e size of the building and the necessary cost of maintain ing, requiring, and rendering it permanently greatly magnify this objection, which exists in the minds of many persons sincerely desirous, on other grounds, that the building should be preserved. The second objection is that the non-removal would amount to a breach of faith with, and would be a hardship upon, the owners of property in the neighbourhood. It is necessary to meet both these objections. " It is proposed that the building be vested by Act of Parliament in trustees, who shall have powers of leasing it under certain conditions specified in the Act. It is also proposed that the trustees shall be so selected as to give the country at large the highest guarantee that station can afford that the building shall be appropriated to no purposes unworthy of the beautiful site upon which it has been erected, or of the associations of the Great Exhibition. "'Taking it for granted that the first difficulty ex isting in the public mind may be overcome as now sug gested, it is proposed to meet the second by buying up all the house property in the neighbourhood said to be injured, and for this purpose, as well as for all other sources of outlay connected with the building, sufficient capital will be provided under the terms of the lease to be granted by the trustees. " Three modes of appropriating the Crystal Palace may be at present specified with sufficient distinctness to show how it is intended to combine to instruction and recreation of the people with the advancement of the arts, sciences, and manufactures. " In the first place, a portion of the space may be allotted to a Winter Garden, embellished with fountains, statuary, geological specimens, and a great variety of other interesting objects. " ' Another portion might be appropriated for the re ception of new inventions, and a 'trade collection,' in illustration of the commerce of the country, " Lastly, the building might contain a gallery of de sign, for the promotion of taste among manufacturers and the public; and lecture-rooms and museums, which would relieve the already overcrowded state of many of our greatest scientific institutions. " It is not extravagant to expect that a sufficient sum will be realised to effect the redemption of the building in a very short period. The receipts will be applied first in providing for the maintenance and repair of the building, then in paying interest on the capital ex pended by the lessees, and the surplus partly in adding to the works of art, and other objects of attraction which the institution will contain, but the greater part in form ing a sinking fund for the purchase of the building by the trustees for the nation. _ _ _ " No more is asked for, in carrying out this plan for the preservation of the Crystal Palace, than has already been conceded to the Zoological and Botanical Societies in the Regent's Park. " The self-supporting principle upon which it is pro posed to effect the preservation of the Palace is the same as that upon which the Great Exhibition was so success fully carried out; no better proof can be given of the confidence felt in the soundness of that principle than by mentioning the fact that some of the first capitalists in the country are prepared to guarantee the funds required upon the basis of this statement, and to submit their guarantee to her Majesty's Government. " It is believed that an object worthy of the energy and intelligence of the British nation is now within their reach. A building has never before existed, and, if the Crystal Palace is removed, probably never will exist, in our times, affording such facilities for the moral and in tellectual improvement of all classes of the community. The illustration of nature and the history and progress of art can here be fully presented under ali the advan taees which ample space and light adapted to every re quirement of the subjects can afford. It cannot be be lieved that the people of this country will allow such an opportunity to be thrown away, and this statement is submitted with the view'of rousing them, before it is too late, to a decided expression of opinion, which alone is wanting to secure to them a palace worthy of the me tropolis of the first nation of the world, and a most appropriate and lasting memorial of the Great Exhi bition. " JOSEPH PAXTON, Chairman.'" FREE TRADE. (From the Times.) It is difficult to keep pace with the daily increasing crowd of adhesions to the necessity, if not to the wisdom and justice of free trade. Like Nelson re ceiving the swords of his vanquished antagonists, and passing them by handfuls to the sailor at his side, free trade may now throw capitulations by the dozen into the waste-paper basket. As usually happens when there is plenty of a thing, there is something to desiderate in quality, and we regret to say that we have not yet had the fortune to meet with an avowal so frank, so entire, so unreserved, and altogether so becoming, that it may be safely recommended to con verts iu want of a model. Here we have a surrender before us made by a distinguished man—Mr. Adder ley, Member for North Staffordshire, and candidate once more for that constituency. It must be con sidered full enough for most practical purposes, seeing that the Hon. Member repeats what he said to the people of Burton early last recess, that Protection has " become, whether rightly or wrongly, so odious in the eyes of the general body of the nation, that it would be unwise to accept it any longer, even if it could be obtained." Mr. Adderley having thus determined not to accept Protection, even if it were offered him, has of course given up that reference to the " well understood and clear] Y e A pressed opinion of the intelligent classes,: w which so many brother Protectionists are satisfying the demands of a false shame. After observing velndgecision pos tpone —" Some say it is necessary to al to the of this opinion till the approaching part, I con- Mr. Adderley proceeds,—" F . or my amply country has more clearly tested the noawtainpopneal feeling," eider that the national feeling is already is tested. the uestion eing need better, and I deprecate such f ti the (' landed gentry f I believe that the earlier this decisior! h ay . owed a ter lessly repeated on the part g) is so fully known."the national The feeling, h e rea s 0. T h n e hs it. exocedingly good. ... eri°g offersla sandedto r g for e e w n r rtarol whether c y n i t cl , t h e l e P. s n s e t a: h y r : i my , lw a a c i s r h l :1 , in the nature provoke just the same animosity, they will not obtain a hearing for other t neither - little or much; they will ge ask anything at all but, as long as they will lose the of Protection, m h a is n d v. s i e, and they views on the subject "to last chance of and more attainable !de: redress. . It is important to add, that the main with the opinions held by Lord Mr. Adderley Derby,.anci certainly prevalent among his party." But o there no saving clause, no lingering coincide in .glance . no hesitation of the step, as the • painful renunciation is delivered ? There is, slight th h oug it be. Mr. Ad derley still seems to think it possible that at some future day, under some new ter, some change o f circumstances, not to say some n ew condition o f existence, the industrious people of this country may s a tax on all f pontaneously and imperiously de mandood, and may tumultuously pre vent the arrival. of foreign supplies. Such a dream certainly must have flitted through the writer's ima gination w h en h e says, ~ At all events, until the na tion changes its mind on the subject,and retain its present repugnance to protective duties, I, for One, will not seek that kind of boon to a suffering class of the community, which would only more deeply injure them." Till the nation changes it mind on the subject ! If it is scarcely possible to imagine a morbid appetite for a scarcity on the part on hun gary men, it is still less possible to conceive any cir cumstance at all likely to bring about so strange a 1 delusion. It is not the custom of labour to be as-. cetic in the article of food, nor do men in the receipt of daily wages often want their little pittance to go as short a way as possible. Go to any of our manufacturing towns, first, second, or third rate, and ask whether wheat at 425. is or not conducive to the prosperity of the operatives. Why do you see street after street, nay, whole suburbs, rise up as by magic from the green sward, from the stubble of last year's harvest, from the hill side, from the heathery skirts of the moor, under the very shade of the ancient oaks ? Why do you see cottages run up for labour ing men with a comfort and elegance unknown to the !er, last generation ; with good drainage, and pure wr in g abundant and almost free? Why are there flow.do w s plants and worked muslin blinds in all the 'yr!:raffles new furniture in every room, and the youn g a happy within well clothed, blooming, playf ul, a , w nu ered and Wby is it that they who have "C-f/it ize y „ .1; noted wbst they,saw for pt , !rils.ps half a (..:entoyi,„ and who have witnessed many a sudden gush of prosperity, are new as surpr:sed at what they s( aas if the like had never been seen before ? It is because everything is abundant and cheap, and yet wages keep up and labour has its due. It is because breed is un taxed ; because all kinds of food, if not wholly free, are at least little taxed ; it is because bricks are un taxed, and timber .owing to the reduction of the duties, costs two-thirds, in some instances less than half, its former price ; it is because coal is cheap, metals are cheap, and all the material of industry is free. Hence it is that our hard-working popu lation have every facility and every inducement to labour, to settle, to be householders, to surround themselves with comforts, and to maintain a decent state. How far they will generally stand the trials of prosperity, which certainly b as i ts trials, is a question for them to consider very gravely; bat it is not a question for the nation to decide b y Starving the poor man for the safety of his soul. Though the surrender, then, is as total a s it i s reasonable to require ; Mr. Adderley still retains' his abieraet love of Protection, his tender recollectiens of its beniga influence, and his fond anticipations of its possible, though distant revival. He tells us he bus not in the slightest degree abandoned his opinion that the agricultural interest had a right to protective (Julie's, as an equivalent for their extra shore in the national burdens. Till the nation undergoes the above mentioned change of opinion as to the wisdom of a duty on corn, he demands from a country proverbial for its love of fair play, that a class which is now dis playing so much tardy and superfluous generosity shall be relieved from those burdens which, as he says, are now wholly uncompensated. On this point we only wish that he had spoken with a particularity and ex actness which promised success, if not in obtaining actual relief, at least in telling us what ought to be lone. Strongly as we feel that many agriculturists have suffered by the change, and are now more bur dened than they would have been but for the theory of a protected agriculture, we wholly despair of hit ting the exact remedy which is to relieve the case of the sufferers without either injury to one class or wasteful generosity to another. In justice to Mr. Adderley, it ought to be stated that he most empha tically deprecates any measures of relief which shall have the power, if not the form, of Protection. Nay, in so doing, he makes a curious admission, which sufficienty disqualifies him from agitating Protection, even in that far distant day when a repentant and self-denying people shall clamour for it. " What ever other mode there may be," he says, " for an adjustment of unequal taxation, it appears to me that those at 'le as t must be abandoned which have the tendency in any degree (and the less that degree the less reason for adhering to them) to raise the price of food." According to Mr. Adder ley, therefore, protective measures are only beneficial so far as they raise the price of the protected article; and the less nuisance they are to the people, the less are they worth the odium of stickling for them. So the working man's bane is the landlord's weal. Of course this has often been alleged, but not hitherto by county members. They have usually tried to make out that it was possible to fill the pocket of the landowner without the least interference with that of the working man ; nay, with benefit to it, rather than otherwise. Mr. Adderley, overflowing with candour, and carried along by the tide of political transition, has confessed the honest truth, as stated by Mr. Side ney Herbert, that the corn laws were nothing but a system of out-door relief for the benefit of the land. owner. AMERICAN NEWS. [A. summary of the following, appeared in our inkp pre:sion of yesterday.] LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14. By the Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Stone commander, we have received advica from New York to the 30th ult., and Boston to the 31st. She brings 13,000 dollars in specie on freight. The Niagara left the Boston wharf at 7 A.M. on the 31st, and anchored in Nantucket Roads shortly after 8 A.m. to await the arrival of the mails. At 12.30 P.M. she received the mails, and at 1 P.m. she set on full speed. She arrived at Halifax at 8.10 A.M. on the 2d inst., and left again at 9.40 A.M., since which time she has experienced variable and head winds, with a heavy cross sea. She made Cape Clear at 7.30 A.M, on the 12th, Holyhead at 3.30 P.M. yesterday, and arrived in the Mersey at a quarter past nine o'clock last evening, her run having occupied upwards of 13 days mean steaming time. The Niagara passed the Canada, with the mails of the 20th ult., from Liverpool, at 1.30 P.M. on th e 31 s t, going into Boston ; on the Bth, at 5.30 A.M,, She pissed the Royal Mail steam-ship America, with the mails of the 3d inst. for Boston ; and on the 10 h, at 6 A.M., she passed the United States' Mail steam-abip Arctic, with the mails of the 7th inst. from Liverpool, for New York. The Royal Mail steam-ship EuroDa, Lott com mander, with the mails of the 13th ult., from Liver pool, arrived at New York on the 25th. The Crescent City arrived at New York on the 30th ult., with a million and a half in gold dust, and advices from San Francisco to the 2d ult. From the very brief accounts received we learn that the town of Downieville bad been totally destroyed by fire. Our miscellaneous advices mention that a public meeting had been held in Philadelphia to resist the removal of the Mint from that city. Defalcations to the extent of 73,000 dolls. had been discovered in the Suffolk 13ank at Boston. The military at Lochpost had been called out to quell a disturbance among the Irish. A general fight had taken place, in which firearms were used. The riot was occa sioned by one party striking for higher wages and attempting to drive off those who remained at work. The reported murder of seven emigrants in Dod dridge county proved to be a hoax. M. Kossuth arrived at New Orleans en the 27th ult. There were no preparations made for his reception and but little excitement was manifested. Eight persons had been killed and a number injured by a steam boat explosion on the Mississippi The navigation of lakes Ontario, Erie, and the rivers Hudson and Delaware was open. Nearly 500,000 dollar worth of property had been destroyed by fire at Philadel phia. A large Ere had occurred at Boston, by which the Fremont Temple was burnt down, wi the whole of its valuable contents. The following telegraphic communication has been received from Boston : " Halifax papers to the 26th inst., received here, men tion that Messrs. Howe and Fullerton (Liberals) had been returned to Parliament from Cum o lo v e e r r la n n or d an or county vree: by about 250 majority. This was considered Go :T er h n e m f e u n n t er t a ri l u o m f p th h e . late Lieutenant. Governor was to , take place on the 27th inst., with great military pomp• C an adian letters ment i on the prevalence of a rumour to the effect that the Earl of Elgin had sent in his resignation. The Committee of the Quebec and Montreal Railway were working energetically. T T HE D The following is an from Lien tenant tenant Girardot, 43d Light Infantry : " Simon's-bay, March 1. safe, dear Father,—l wro t e one l etter to say I WA S but f or f ear that should not reach you, I will send this to say I am quite well. I remaiaed on the wreck until she went down; the suction took me down soma way, and a man got hold of my leg, but I manavd to kick him off and come up, and struck off for some pieces of wood that were on the water, and started for land, which was about two miles off. I was in the water about fire hours, as the shore was so rocky, and the surf ran so high, that a great many were lost trying to land. Nearly all those that took to the water without their clothes on were taken by sharks; hundreds of them were all round us, and I saw men taken by them quite close to me, but as I was dressed (having on a flannel shirt and trousers) they preferred the others. I was not in the least hurt, and am happy to say kept my head clear; most of the officers lost their lives from losing their presence of mind, and tr3ing to take money with them, and from not throwing off their coats. There was no time to get the paddle-box boats down,' and a great many more might have been saved, but the boats that were got down deserted us and went off. From the time she struck to when she went down was twsnty minutes. When I landed I found an officer of the 12th Lancers, who had swam off with a life-preserver, and fourteen men, who had got on with bits of wood like myself. We walked up the country eleven miles to a farm belonging to Captain Smales, formerly of the 7th Dragoon Guards* who was very kind to us, and all the men that were goo on shore came up to him. I hope the Government atil make up our loss to as, as I have saved nothing. ford, of the 6th, the ensign I spoke of as haviex.D l ' wife on board with him, went down ; she, poor • was left here when the ship sailed for Buffalo lifee.TL, have just been to see her, and she looks more d e s home' we alive, left all alone at this distance from her ho_e__ 4 7 l ; we shall do all we can to be of service to her . .._ Th e re a report that many have been killed . in .t n li ttle Mountains, and our poor doctor wa s . kialllelabesoPaered time back. 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