The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-09 00:00:00

GRAVESEND STAR and BLACKWAL L PACKETS. Packet and Railway Fare included in one payment upon every TIERS —\o Passage. • 11 .-I , To other Pa c k ets call at the GRAY'S or GR N EEHITHE FROM TILE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS. -At 71, 8 34, 9%, 11 1 /„ 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, and 02. SUXDAYS.-At 7i, 8)4, 11, 1,3, 4. 5. 6, , d 634. FROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. ill ' Traria starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of these times. 'WE EK DAYS. —At 9,9%, 11, 12, 1)4, 2%, 3%. 4 %, 5,6, &ma 7. BU NDAYS.—At 9, 934, 11, 134, 234, 334, 5,6, and 7. P lires•—To or from London—Fore cabin, and Secoxd Class Rail- Way, 9d.; Saloon and First Class Railway, Is. To or from Blackwall and intermediate Piers—Fore Cabin, 6d. ; Saloon, 9d. Boat Tickets.—Fer Twelve months, 4/. 45.; Six months, 21. 15 s . ; Thr ee months, 11 . 15s. To be had of tip Collectors on board the Packets; of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend; or of Mr. Saunders, Iltunswick-wharf, Blackwall. Graveaend, Star Office, Oct. 1, 1846. ......________ EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. OR MONDAY, TUE.;DAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY n, Octo ber 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th, coaches will run in connexio wit_: the ordinary trains leaving London, as follows : Via CAMBRIDGE. 7'13 end 11 . 30 a.m., and I'ls P.M. CHESTERFORD, s'o P.M. Bo n Th , e " ExPress Train will stop at Chesterford to set down pa5.,6e.,r11 ., 6e ., r11 only, on the above days. On Saturday, the 10th, and on ""‘'nottY. the 12th, a coach will start for Newmarket on the arrival of that train at Cambridge. A Special Train will leave London on Tuesday the 13th for Choi !Tort and Cambridge at 8•0 a.m., calling at Waltham, Ilarl6w, and Bishop Stortford, returning from Cambridge at 6'30 and Ches. t errd at 7•10 P.M. ~_ .P assen gers booked thr oug h . v ia Chesterford or Cambridge, at the 4°.ll °Yrlng fares, includitk i coach fare and fees : Single Ticket to or from Newmarket • Day Ticket to awl from Newmarket. I. d. First Class, by Railway and inside the Fl rst coach .• .......... • ....... • • • • • • • • • Class, by Railway, and outside the Xecond the Clros, by Railway, and outside coar,h .......... ....... • .....• • • 11 6 I 20 Post,hfirses and coaches provided for every train at Cheaterford station, by Messrs. Edwards, Bottom, and Sabine ; and at Cain bridge by Messrs. Edlin, Mitchell, and Ekin. Ord , ers for previously securing post horses to be addressed to Mr. Edwwrds, Crown Inn, Chesterford, and Mr. Bennington, Railway etatifm, Clnbridge. 17 6 14 6 Iltshopsgate Station, sth October, 1846. C. P. BONET, Secretary'. BY order, TIARIVICH STEAM PACKET COMPANT. The holders of Eastern Counties and Northern and Eastern Ilailvray Scrip entitled to Shares in the Harwich Steam Packet Com pany will, upon application at this office, be informed of the terms of the contract between this Company and the Eastern Counties and Eastern Union Railway Companies, guarant under which the tw o R a il way C MPanies ee a minimum dividend of 5 per cent. per annum upon the Steam Packet Company's capital until the Company be dis solved, and the return of that capital in full in case of the dissolution of tile Company. By order of the Board. C. T. BEKE, Secretary. G, St. Mildred's-court, Lo n d on , Bth Oct., 1846. LLIANCE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The the Kof the 4.I.I"ITAIICE H BRITISH ALF-YEARLY and FOREIG DIVIDEND N on IF LE ST and FIRE ICRANCE COMPANY will be in COURSE of PAYMENT on tz e Nb Alr, the 12th Inst, and every following day (Saturdays ePted), between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock. A. HAMILTON, Secretary. 1. Bartholomew -lane, Oct. 8, 1846 VICTORIA LIFE A SSURANCE COMPANY 41n, No. 18, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY. AMS DUKE, Alderman, M.P., Chairman. 11011 Jantin n `IJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. ehDoes "arnard, /3aldwin Es ". Thomas Nesbitt, Esq. Aaro "kin ' E N. ' F John Nolloth, Esq. Goldsnild' . 8. Charles Phillips, Esq. 1 441,8 Lave E N. Major-General Robertson ° flee, Esq. Daniel Sutton, Esq. Esq, Life gnUl, O'B. B. Woolsey, Esq. surances are effected by this Company on every description e ' r ° 64l l, t ofit profit or non-proflt scale. ties hair the Prenliums for the first five years allowed on Poll vrilieffected for the whole term of life. :_tient of .... P, em'.orns so arranged as to meet the convenience or orthe Assirzed. A Policy may be made an absolute security. pers`oll;Bllces contl,nue to be made to Assurers on real or and Part l i t !„, ur iV, for terms of years, repayable by instalments. yea ) "'''af Patty. to attention is requested the detailed Prospe c t uses o f th e WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. hOYAL FARMERS' and GENERAL FIRE, LIFE, and HAIL INSURANCE INSTITUTION. Capital 600,0001: Em Offices, Strand, London. , by secial Act of Parliament. taFF. INSURANCES ar powered e effected fe p r the whole continuance of tlfe. For the term of ONE YEAR, sEVEN YEARS, or an y o th er de finite period. On TWO JOINT LIVES, the sum assured to be paid on the death oteither. on the LONGEST of TWO or THREE LIVES, the sum assured to be payable at the death of the last survivor. On SURVIVORSHIPS, to secure the payment of the sum assured If a life A die before another life B. One HALF of the PREMIUMS only may be paid for the first five Years after the date of the policy ; the other half to remain, subject to the payment of interest annually, to be deducted from the amount assured. E NDOWMENTS effected. A NNUAL PREMIUMS ON LIFE ASSURANCF FOR £lOO. 14 20. 11 I£2 4 1I Age 30. e 40. I Age 50. 1 Age 60. £2 Ag 18 10 £4 4 5 £6 11 2 Wh Th er e e usual Cotnmission solicitors. d. Agents are wanted in plac es n one are at present to appointed. rAW, Managing Director. WILLIE 1d s: ROYAL FARMERS' and GENERAL FIRE, LIFE, and HAIL INSURANCE INSTITUTION. Offices, Strand, London. Capital. 500,00/. Empowered by special Act of Parliament. Persons whosa Fire Insurances become due on Ilishaeima. Day are respectililly Informed that the Receipts are now ready in the hands of the Agents, and that the Premium should be paid within been days from the above date. No charge ma d e for a Policy amounting to 3001. or upwards, nor If t ransferred from any other office. Li beral allowatices made to persons Insuring for a term of years. Fire Insuranr,ea effected at moderate rates of premium. Agent s are wanted lit places where none are at present appointed. wILLIAM SHAW, Managing Director. "IST-77TIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, POULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE. LONDON. DIRECTOR. ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. THOMAS SIDNEY, Esq., Alderman, Deputy-Chairman. Edward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Warde, and Co.) George Cursham, M.D., Saville-row. William Lawson, Esq. (Trowe r , L awson, and Trower). George Moore, Esq. (Groucock, Copestake, and Moore). William Nicholson, Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and CO.). James Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) Giles ltedmayne, Esq , New Bond -street. Peter Bolt, Esq. (lirocklebank and Bolt). Actuary and Secretary—J. Jones, Esq. Among other advantages offered by this Society are security with out liabilliy, economy in the management, and low rates of premium. Claims promptly paid. PROFITS TO POLICY-HOLDERS. (Bonus declared July 1, 1846.) (Bonus declsWedJucyl,7B46). 45 rn ei ,-... 9 ...... gr i . 1 5' ~,- 2 i :./ 0 .1 L' n. V "Pt t EA 87. t 2 , ~ 1 c p... ...A '4 5 ta. ; •(4 a. 5 g 3 ..4 . •,:, :..,.• • ... 4 ---.- , •,.. 18 35 7 £ Z. u. d. X. s. d. X In s CO6O 1,000 62 15 0 2415 5 24S 40 1835 , 48 1,000 39 15 0 1 4 7 3 244 36 1835 6 ; 59 1,000 60 00 20 1 10 224 33 43 2,000 68 00 21 0 7 474 31 15 40 5 44 1,000 35 0 0 96 0 202 27 184 1 4 AT A ,y,s_ 49_ 2,000 ,82 10 0 18 10 0 _ 34 1 23 NATRJNALLOANASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, COrtNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,001. Empewered by let of Parliament. T h is Institation embraces inmertant and substantial advantages Z i th respect to Life As surances and Def erre d A nnuities. The assured on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for 'eating of the Polley, tore-thirds of the oremiunts paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the cenyersion of his in tereots to meet other convenience. or necessity. A Rattrances for terms of years are granted oa the lowest possible DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society '4 enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare fourth bonus, Taxying front 3-5 to 85 per cent , Si the premiums paid '" 4 each Policy effected of the Profit scale. . EXAMPLES. r, 2 , a ? reader. il Bongs I 213nas in iF. i Assured . ~ added. Cash. it- i z, ,, , ,, :1izw. ------.—.,--° I ._ t 4 i i . d 1837 .£217 15 ILIOO 011 .£l6 S 4:.£445 3 0 40 1000 13 3$ 132 3 0, 87 1 4 13 10 21 395 11 1 a 4 1 { 1 439 165 11 16 74 1 9' 11 3 1 346 2 3 11444 116 7 6 34 • le; 718 lei 294 13 4 111 6 II 49 10 *, 710 4! 247 4 1 _ Th. .. . .. D c 4e ter division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in sf the Present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. _ - ,T R NER. TRU To be had at the Patentees, 60, St. Martin's -lane, Charing-""sc.ts, The Patentees beg to call public attention t• the following fa The advantages resulting from the invention are various and . rriking. Independently of a saving *l'3o to 50 per cent„ the corn ! is tier), is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light nitherte discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns St eadily for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects 0 c soils the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have r eads to the introduction ef gas in dwellinz-houses, fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, to the expense of lhese are entirely obviated by the " PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS tuusraa." As the cost of laying on gas is much lower than is com monly s upposed, it Is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for chib-houses, hotels, manufactories, and Publie buildin s. One of the small burners is amply su ffi cient to light a goed-sized g room, at a sum immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, R or trouble. or ca ndle with the avoidance of The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy itnd economy surpassing every other known light, are shown by the annexed authentic °Pinions of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. Extract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Teesday, 26th May, 1546, Sir Join.; RENNIE President, in the Chair. The A gas burner of a novel and ingenious c onstruction was exhibited. Principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the centre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. i T i lle air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was eated, and passed oat by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, sad impinging with force on the lame of the gas carved it outwards 1 . 1 1 tile shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with p. carburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, he flame was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steadY, " was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, Where the se burners have been used. In comparing the consumption !,)f these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying ;pee Pewer of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a tter ght, with a saving of rather more than one CERTIFICATE. PnTTECHNIC CHEMICAL SCHOOL.—" Ia testing Clark, Ire Niel], ' t " ,; (I C.:Vs Universa :Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowlesa ' N en. It gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 C. 2 . 5 Der teat." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROST. LONOBOTTOM, Secretary, CERTIFICATE. d a , patentln a [ tenet; Of experiments made upon Clark, Mc Niell, and Co.'s b,, U niversal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily era "shed in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against ri!;t4lC,s°4 burers, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a sh?ig of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish tail burners, , i 4 t Per east. The colour and brilliancy of the name is supe -'" to any other burlier." T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, TZ Th pALNIEIt, Ituebanicel.ltydpeeter. t ' 4 GAS lIIIRNICR is used nightly at the Poly ,llllte I nstitution, and may be had and seen from 11 till 4, at the R 014003,601 Bt. Igartial's-lane, Charing-cross and Of all Qas Fitters. /I.t 1/1.67:„ 't b 7,1 fi lei . _ sY-k •V - _ , - ' • 1111 ..... \ , \i' i, ik .411 .... .I'4 • A'l 1 ' • ''' , F A7l,,j f p s . v • itt t . , .. ,•• • - . s ' ' '-' • 1 i „ + ate= . ' • • ~ t. , 1 A ..r i . , L • _ A rt , v , 440„;..‘ f' - , a ,..- r .W.,:•,...... , , _ ' i 1 ' ) , IN • e.... 4. ,.., , . ~ „....,.•,. . ''..‘'-' ;1411111kt: • , - . 4 ~ i , , i , ,, '' '' " :F. ..' 7 ' , .. • -. 7-- , ; . . . ....., ..... ~ . .. ... 1: , ..-: -• ... '„• •••••-::•.:„...,....,,,,,:--' - 4 .. . ...„ :::;:ot ; ( -cy__ ••• . 4 .309,44- - ,.„ , . ! .iiv °41 0:V" i I ','"..' ' , -, ,=:i . U . ,-A '- . \_ ~-,-,. ~.- ~,- • 'et . 7 --_ , .f.,, ,, , ,, ,,. , ; 444. : 4 ,- ig r 4" - /tt r ..-j ) -- , ,Ak , 4? .. \.l - f ........, ~..., —.. . '•• '."'" Z i , le, , 11i1,..1‘ . „ ,..dt, .., ~.A2-• - - ()ILA. .. , J-sN, - _.,,.... . • .. ..• . /N -. - LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING SUN, No. 16,866. E AST DEREHAM AND NORWICH RAIL WAY COMPANY. tiotice is hereby given that a MEETING of the SHARE or SCRIP HOLDERS in this COMPANY will be held at One o'clock in the Afternoon on THURSDAY, the 22d day of October instant, at the Otlices of the Company, Mitchell's-court, Market-place, Norwich, for determining whether the Partnership or Company, called the East Dereham and Norwich Railway Company, shall he dissolved, pur suant to an Act passed in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled " An Act to facilitate the Disso lution of certain Railway Companies." Dated this 7th day of October, 1846. By and on behalf of the Committee of Provisional Directors of the said East Dereham and Norwich Railway Company. EDWARD WILLETT, Chairman of the said Committee. WARWICK AND WORCESTER RAIL WAY, The adjourned (and final) Meeting for the dissolution of this Com pany Will be held at the ❑all of Commerce, London, at One o'clock precisely, on TuEsnar next, the 13th of October. The holders of scrip and receipts are earnestly requested to attend this meeting, or send their scrip to the Agent, or some friend in London, in coder to vote and dissolve the Company, and put an end to further liabilities and expenses. Agent, W. F. Spackman, 43, Moorgate-street, London. In 4 vols. Bvo., price 485., LORD JEFFREY'S CONTRIBUTIONS to THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.—AIso, MR. MACAULAY'S CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, and MISCEL LANEOUS ESSAYS. Fourth Edition. 3 vols. Bvo., 365. THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH'S WORKS. Third Edition, with Additions. 3 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, 368. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S ➢MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. Edited by his SON. 3 vols. Bvo., 425. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Dedicated to the Young Housekeepers of England. Just published, price 7s. Gd., a New Edition of . 7 4115 S ACTON'S MODERN COOKERY :74I BOOK. In which all the receipts have been strictly tested, and are given with the most minute exactness. *.* To this edition have been added Directions for Carving, illus trated by eight beautifully engraved steel plates. " the most valuable compendium of the art that has yet been published."—Morning Post. London :—Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. FARMERS' CLUBS.—An arrangement has just been made by which the result of the discussions entertained upon practical questions in the Local Farmers' Clubs will be given in the FARMER'S MAGAZINE. Nearly two hundred columns of Agricultural Intelligence will be continued, with Engravings or the best and most perfect Animals which obtain the prizes of the leading Agricultural Societies. The series of Portraits of Patrons of Agri culture and Eminent British Farmers, with Biographical Memoirs, is in continuation —Mr. J. Grey, of Dllston, and Mr. Smith, of Deans tom, have just appeared. Price 2s. ' May be had of all Booksellers. Office, 24, Norfolk-street, Strand. "NANT RIGHT."—That an alteration in T) the conditions upon which land has been hitherto occupied and cultivated, affording greater security to the Tenant-Farmer for the investment of his capital and a wider scope for the exercise of his judgment, as well as a considerable change in the law of landlord and tenant, will be greatly accelerated by the repeal of the corn laws, is perfectly manifest; in fact, a system of " Tenant-Right" must be established. The MARK-LANE EXPRESS has always advocated the rights of the Tenant-Farmer, and will continue so to do unflinchingly. • • May be had, by order, of all Booksellers, price 7d., or 11. 10s. 4d. per annum. Office, 24, Norfolk-street, Strand, London. THE CORN TRADE.—The ascertained de- A struction of the Potato crop in the United Kingdom, and the admitted failure of the grain and pulse crops, and, it is apprehended, of the potato also in France, render early and correct information, on the, stock of grain available to meet the exigency, of more import ance than for very many years past. No trouble nor expense is spared to furnish the latest and best intelligence in the MARK-LANE EXPRESS, which has been for many years the authority in the Corn Trade in England and In Foreign Countriegs: May be had, by order, of all booksellers, price 11. 10s. 4d. per annum. °Rice, 24, Norfolk-street, Strand. - LORD - GEORGE -BENTINCK stated at the Meeting at Coleshlll, on the 9th of September, that by the de struction of the Potato crop as proved, food to the value of 1 0, 0 00,0 0 01. had been lost ; and that -France, through the failure of the crops, w ould require. 2.000,000 quarters of grain.• • This vast demand must cause great excitement, and render correct information as to the sup ply, and the quarters from whence it may be obtained, of the highest importance.' •No trouble nor expense is spared to furnish the latest and best' intelligeficb in the MARK-LANE EXPRESS, which has been for many years the authority in the Corn Trade in England and in-Foreign Countries. - • _May be had, by order, of all booksellers, price 7d. Office, 24, Nor folk-street, Strand, London. , DEATH of the EARL of WALDEGRAVE, in his 31st year !—Here is a man 'who has died in the prime of his life under what is termed regular medical treatment. No in quiry has been made, and his remains are consigned to the silent tomb. Now let us for one moment consider what would have been done if his Lordship had happened to die after a dose or Morison's Pills, even though he had been at • the brink of the grave when he commenced them. In the first place, we should have had the coro ner's inquest, before which would have been painted, in horrible colours, by the doctors, the appearances after death, enough to frighten the poor juryinen out of their wits. The doctor-ridden old ladies would have cried, " Oh, what ahorrible case, these nasty pills should be put down ; a. young man of thirty-one," &e. Then would have followed in due course the usual verdict, " Died from taking Morison's pills ;" which announcement would have gone the round of all the papers, both in town and, country, with comments net the most favourable. This would have closed the first act. The second aCt of the play would have been for a doctOr to charge, if possible, some person with manslaughter for administering tohi r s , • L l:h rd et s •e hi t p h the pills, which farce the doct ors would have brought in due form (as they did lately against the ch em i st and druggist at Exete however, most luckily d e t ected b y the Judge, Platt) beforeeywere, her Majeity's judges, i n or d er to give importance and éclat to the one of proceedings. The usual verdi c t o f " guilty " would have be en ir re turned, and the doctors would h ave ti iumphed. What a victory The papers would of course all have contained a full report of the trial, verdict, and sentence, to frighten naughty children. But how widely different is the scene when the party has died (it matters not how) under what is called regular medical treatment. Not a word is said. The theory under which the dikter acted is never ques tioned, although it is well known that scarcely two of them agree. The story then is, " Ah, poor fellow, his tine was come ; everything has been done," &c. " The doctor told us how it would be. What a clever fellow." But is this case of Lord Waidegrave's isolated ? Don't we see every day in the newspapers deaths of persons in the prime of life, who, we are justified in presuming, have had the regular medical treatment ? Then we ask again, in the name of justice arid common sense, why are not inquests instituted in such cases ? There is no law that states that no inquest shall be held where the party has died under regular medical treatment—the law professes to make so distinction—are not such inquests, then, on parties. who do not and will not have doctors' treatment, a flagrant interference with medical liberty? Is it not saying; in other Words, "Employ a doctor, and pay him his fees, or there will be an inquest ?" We cannot conceive anything more disgraceful to an enlightened country, or a more underhanded way of putting fees into the pockets of a particular class. To insure the_ doctor being paid, the clergyman is not to bury without his certificate. Here's a pretty wheel within wheel for you, gentle reader! Everything connected with the British College of Health, from its commencement, nearly twenty years ago, has been carried on above board, and in the world's light. They have nothing to conceal; and the Ilygeian agents throughout the country, amounting to many hundreds, are open to public examination. With respect to the secrecy which doctors talk about respecting Morison's Pills, in order to attach the epithet " quackery," it is a weak invention of the enemy, there being no secret; the only thing contended for is that that medicine is the best vegetable purgative known to Hygeists. invent 'a better, and they will immediately adopt It. With respect to the important fact, viz., the cases of cure effected by Morison's Pills, new amounting to upwards of 500,000, we shall place that question, as Dr. Cobb, of the City (a most respectable medical prac titioner) placed it, who, in answer to Sir Frederick Pollock, the pre sent Lord Chief Baron, said, " Either my theory is wrong or the witnesses for Morison's Pills are perjured! " which admission of Dr. Cobb's the public will bear in mind amounts to this—either the wit nesses for Morison's Pills were perjured, or that such poisons as prussic acid, arsenic, &c. &c., should not be given "medicinally," for it is quite clear that if those witnesses spoke the truth they must have been eured without the help of such poisons. Issued by the Members of the British College of Health, New-road, Landon, for and on be half of the Body of Hygeists. * Doctors may think nothing of cutting' up a dead body for the purpose of an inquest, but how is it with friends ? Would they like to see a dear relative mangled and paraded about before ajury ? N.B.—lt should never be forgotten that the British College of Health owes its rise and progress to the people, and not to the sub scriptions of the rich or great. OBSERVE.—This Establishment will be closed on MONDAY the 12th, and TUESDAY, the 13th instant, arid re-open on WED NESDAY mornin,:i, October 14th, at seven o' c l oc k. THE ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. In London, the yearly election of Mayor Is counted a very important affair ; Each man has his friends who support him right hearty, And each has Ills roes, just according to party. But party is out of the question with us ; We have nothing to do with the candidates thus. We don't have a wish ('tisn't right that we should) To meddle with Carroll, or Hooper, or Wood. In fact, this selection of subject is made With a view just to hint at the Lord Mayor of Trade. 'Tie MOSES. in this sense, that's Mayor of the City ; Let's slng . him a .‘ Car-r-01-4" let's sing him a ditty. While Lord Mayors in general only appear As " Majesties" during the space of a year, The Lord Mayor of Trade, through the fame he has caned, Is year after year to his office returned. When MOSES solicits the public support • His canvassing battle is easily fought, For no competition can stand in the way, But MOSES is certain of gaining the day. Yes, MOSES, fain'd MOSES, elicits the votes On account of his trewsers, hfs waistcoats, and coats ; And ev'ry one shout s , " Lend your aid ! lend your aid 1" That MOSES may still be the Lord Mayor of Trade. LIST OF PRICES. REEDY MAJAr. I. cl. Tweed Taglioal .... • ...from 0 7 6 Chezterfirld and Codrington Taglients „ „ ....... 18 2 : 6 Summer Coate in every description and make, Mclading Splen▪ 0 2 .3 and ditto, • in endless variety ...• •• 0 4 6 monies the d registered ste everyr e patternd material Summer Coat . •. front. • 001 Cashmere Black and Fancy Satin, ditto ......... • 6 • Fancy Trousers .. ••••••• • •• • • ' • • ••••'•• • • • •• • • 0 4 6 Black, ditto.. •• •• •••••••••"••• •• •• •• •• 5 , 6 trock ditto ......... •••••• • • • • • .... 1 3 0 MADE TO MEASEMZ. variety of style and fashion, f 0 ........ ...... ▪ 12 0 6d each, or three Victoria Coats, of every material adaptei t i o f o o rd r t ei h ,rr e . ...5 . e .. a .. 5 .. 0 .. n ..:.. i . n ..f.r a rt n . y . 0 119 00 Quilting Vests, . Sa Cas ti h n m d e it r t e o d , ipttolaintnaneldeiraynyc y arie . t . y .. o . f . pa . t . t . e . 7 .: 030 1854 :6 Ditto, Ditto Cloth Elack or si Single -milled t o ts — 0 13 6 9 10 6 0 19 0 'S. Si p n ri g n le g -m Tr i o ll u e s d ers an , and n everyA lb ert pattern • 1 6 0 ilest Black Dress ditto... ...... Ditto, best manufactured ••••••••• • • • • • • • • from 115 0 Frock Coats Ditto, besfmanufactured Mou r purchasednMou r n i ng , a o rm ny e ade at tmeasure, , ill he immediately exchanged, or the money returned. flue eamirneu, minutes sf notice.not approved of, Any articl e Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, flat* era, Clothiers, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be bilged to guard the public against i m po s ition, but, having learned that the untradesmanlike falsehood of " being connected with them," or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in mazy in- Atances, and for obvious reasons, they have no connexion with Iny other house in or out of London. And those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent ,lisappointinent, call at or send to the Minories, and Aldgate, City, London. E. 11103E9 and 80N, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, and Ontlltters, Nos. 154, 155, 156, 157, Ilinories, aid 66, 64, 86, and 86, Aldgate, City, London. Nerica.—The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at VS. Aldgate. Ili business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Friday evening till sunset on Saturday evening, when it is resumed to twelve o'clock, OFFICE of the GAS LIGHT and COKE COMPANY. 19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. London, 7th, Oct. 1816. Notice is hereby given, that the Court of Directors of the Gas Light and Coke Company do hereby declare that a vacancy has oc curred in the Court of DirectorA, by the election of William Bate man, Esq., Deputy• Governor, to the office of Governor. Notice is hereby also given, that a Special General Court of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at this office, on MONDAY, the 24 day of Novemb, r next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the election of a Deputy-Governor, to supply the said vacancy ; and that should a ballot be required it will continue open for four hours from its commencement. By order of the Court of Directors. CHARLES BURLS, Secretary. N.B. The chair will be taken at twelve o'clock precisely, and none but proprietors admitted. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and in the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also a LECTURE on the ELECTRG-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH daily. MACINTOSH'S It EVOLVItG ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAIL WAY, the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all in action. lIALLETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE. The OPAQUE MICROS COPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE. A beautiful Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. A Selection of MADRIGALS of the Sixteenth Century will be performed by a Sax-Horn Band, under thz Direction of Dr. Wallis daily, and in the Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. HALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, HAYMARKET. Eight doors from Coventry-street. Under Distinguished Patronage.—The original Poses Plastiques and Tableaux VlYans. Professor TURNOUR, ever anxious to diversify the attractions at the above splendid theatre, begs most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, that he has succeeded in en gaging one of the finest Models of the day, who will appear every afternoon and evening during the week in Professor Tumour's cele brated groups of Venus Rising from the Sea and the Lute Player. The new Classical Groupings, which have been acknowledged by the press as far surpassing anything of the kind ever attempted in this country, will be repeated during the week, introducing the THREE COLOUR' D FEMALE MODELS, natives of Hindoostan, who have been received with rapturoas applause by fashionable and crowded houses. Morning Performance at Three o'clock, and E.cning at Half.p..t Eight.—Stalls, 2s. 6d.; Bose., 2.. ; Pit, Is. NICHOLSON'S TABLEAUX VIVANS.- LIVING PICTURES, POSES PLASTIQUES, or Animated Statues. Mr. NICHOLSON has the honour to announce that he is now, every day, giving a SERIES of LECTURES hi the Great Room of the GARRICK'S HEAD HOTEL, Bow-street, on Poetry and Song, illustrating each subject by groups of living male and female models of the most exquisite mould. Figures in which we fairly trace Development of every grace, Beauteous when chiselled out by art, But warmly breathing they impart (As beings of divine creation) A brighter, holier, admiration. Morning, doors open at Three ; Lecture from Half-past Three till Five. Evening, doors open at Seven ; Lecture from Half-past Seven till Nine o'clock. Admission, Is.; Reserved Scats, 2s. 6d. N.B. The Judge and Jury Society sits every evening at Half-past Nine o'clock, the Lord Chief Baron presiding as usual, BELL INN, DRIFFIELD. ELIZABETH WITTY, of the Blue Bell Inn, Market-place, Great Driflield, embraces the present oppor tunity of returning her sincere and hearty thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, Comniercial Gentlemen, Farmets, Tradesmen, and the Public in general, for the gratifying support she has received from them ever since• she and her late husband first entered upon the premises in the year 1816, and trusts by a continuance of her unre mitting attention to the internal comforts of her house, to merit their future favours. E. W. also respectfully begs leave to inform the public that with the opening, this day, of the Hull and Selby Branch Railway to Bridlington, she has started an Omnibus, called " The Angler," to attend the arrival and departure of each train, for conveying passengers axd parcels to or from any part of the town. E. W. will continue the posting department of her establish. ment as heretofore. DriMeld, October 6, 1846. TO HOP AND BRANDY MERCHANTS, WHOLESALE ORO- CERS, TEA DEALERS, &c. ACOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER having ex tensive connexion in the West of England, taking four journeys in the year, is DESIROUS of A COMMISSION in the above trades. - References to the iirst-rate houses in the City can be given. Address A. 8., at Mr. John B. Hunt's, 36, Crutched-friars. rHE CIGAR WAREHOUSES, LONDON. Fine FOREIGN CIGARS, of all makers, 175., 18s. 6d, 205., arid 21s. per lb. ; Government Manillas, 17s. 6d. per lb. ; also Brit ish made, from the best tobacco imported; cheroots, 65.; cigars— Cuba, 7s. ; Havannah, 7s. 6d. and as. 6d. ; Cabanas, Bs, 6d. ; Silvas, as. 6d.; Principes, 98. 6d.; the- union cigar, equal to any foreign, 12s 6d. per lb. . • _ _At Me - ssrs. TOSSWILL and Co. s, Commission Merchants, im porters, and manufacturer., 6„ Pudding-lane. ,Eastcheap. adjoining to Gracechurch-street. B ON 'S PERMANENT MARKING INK (the Original 'without Preparation) for . Writing Initials,- Names. nr Ciphers, upon Linen, &cfor the purpose of identity Thts Composition uniteS Vvery requisite, and is admitted to be the only article similarly used, the mark of which does not run in the wash, and which has. given satisfaction to every Purchaser, it being universally preferred for its fixity and neatness of impression. Prepared by the inventor, John Bond, Chemist, 28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, and sold by most Stationers, &c. Price Is. per bottle. • . DAVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, .8. 6d. 1 • Yellow Soap, 425. 165., 525., and 58s. per 1121b5.; Mottled, b6s., 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. bd. ; Trans parent Wax, Is. ad. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ' • Store Candles, lIX d. ; Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6X d.*; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.; Windsor Soap, Is.t L. .per packet ;. Palm, Is. 4d. • Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. jitos e, 25.; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealin g Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; erior Paragon Composite , requiring no mut ling, 9X d: For Cash--.-It DA'VIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. LADIES TRAVELLING, Visiting the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of _ _ - - the Sun • will43nd • ROWLAND'S KAL YDOR a most refreshing preparation fir the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan guor and relaxption, allaying all heat and irritability, and immedi ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the Skin. The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun burn, Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, are pleasingly eradicated by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec tion by Use ,Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Continent of Europe, together with the "elite" of the Aris tocracy and " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the Drawing-roorns of Calanta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the Czar and the Salons of St. - Petersburgh and Mescow.—Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. • * o* Beware of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel .aat action, endan ger h ea l t h . Th e on ly g enuine has the word s ' ROWLAND'S KAM - DOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Batten-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Bon. Commissioners) en the Gevernment 'Stamp affixed on each bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, sad by respectable Chemists and Per fumers. other " Kalydors" Sie fraudulent counterfeits., THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON. At half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning the Bar rister proceeded with the revision of the householders' list, in the wards of Cheap, Cordwainer, and Dowgate. Mr. James Izod, who was down in the list of voters for the occupation •of a house, 53, Watling-street, was objected to on the ground that he had not been rated for the house during the time prescribed by law. The overseer was examined, from whose evidence it appeared that Mr. Izod was rated on the first rate, not for No. 53, but for a house and offices at No. 46,Watling street, and that he Occupies the lower part of No. 46. In the second rate he is down also for No. 46, and also in another part of the rate for No. 53. In the third rate he is down in the same manner. The BARRISTER was of opinion that the party ought to claim to be rated for No. 53, or to be registered for No. 46, and as he had not done one or the other, he could not say that his name Should be retained. The overseer ought to have put him down for both places, but he only put him down for one, and he had selected the premises for which he was not rated during the ne cessary time. Mr. Browne supported the claim of Mr. Izod, and sub mitted that the insertion of No. 53 was a mistake for No. 46. The BARRISTER said it could not be a mistake, for he also occupied No. 53. Mr. BROWN then submitted that the Court could sub stitute " 4e" for " 53." The BARRISTER did not think, under the circum stances, he could make the alteration. The name was expunged. The following parishes in the wards of Cheap, Cord wainer, and Dowgate were revised :—Allhallows, Honey lane ; Allhallows the Great, Allhallows the Less, St. Antholin, St. Benet Sherehog, St. Lawrence Jewry, St. Martin Pomeroy, St. Mary Aldermary, St. Mary Cole church, St. Mildred the Virgin, Poultney ; St Pancras, Soper. lane. One Liberal claim sustained, and nineteen failed. Result of the day's revision : Failed or Sustained. withdrawn. Liberal objections Tory ditto Double 2l Allowed. Disallowed. Liberal claims 1 * Four subject to an appeal. The Court adjourned to half-past ten o'clock this morning. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL.—The title of " Men of Capital" prefixed to a new novel in this era of rail roads, and the fortunes grown out of them in a single night, like the bean-stalk in the fairy tale, affords us strong hopes of entertainment. The railroad Kings and Queens of the day ha; , e already furnished nearly as many amusing anecdotes to fashionable London as the Dukes and Duchesses of Bonaparte's newly-created court used to supply to the Faubourg St. Germain, Let us hope that Mrs. Gore has done justice to her subject. In consequence of the death of William Barnard, Esq., the celebrated. Whitefield harriers have been dis posed of to a Mr. Anderson, of London, and were last week sent to the vicinity of the metropolis. This event will be felt as a a severe deprivation to many of the gentry and farmers of the neighbourhood, who have for nearly half a century enjoy ed uninterrupted and first rate sport with this very efficient pack of harriers. Joseph Barnard, Esq., the present possessor of Whit field, handsomely offered•to present these crack hounds to any gentleman who would undertake to' hunt the country around Tewkesbury with them for seven years ; and it is much to be regretted that no one could be found who was willing to accept them on such liberal condi tions.— Gloucester Chronzcle. We learn from Montpellier that a great number of Spanish refugees have been summoned to the marine and prefectur, and received orders to remove to Valence (Drome), with injunctions not to deviate from the route laid down for them, under the penalty of being arrested by the gendarmes.—Galignani. FACTORY MEETING AT BRAD FORD. BRADFORD, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—A most important and influential meeting was held this afternoon at Brad ford, the object of which was to originate a movement in Yorkshire for the moral and social improvement of the female factory operatives. The Vicar of Bradford, the Rev. Dr. Scoresby, occu pied the chair, and on the platform were Lord Viscount Morpeth, William Busfeild, Esq., M.P , and a large party of clergymen, dissenting ministers, and manufacturers of the town and neighbourhood. At the commencement of the meeting the Rev. J. COOPER read letters from various influential person; who had been invited to be present at the meeting, among others from L or d Ashley. His Lordship expressed the highest satisfaction at the proposed movement for the improvement of the factory women, and promised his aid in its promotion ; he, however, declined attending the meeting, conceiving that, holding the principles he did with reference to the hours of labour in factories, his presence might rather be for evil than for good. The Rev. Gentleman then read a report of the proceedings that had tak en p l ace prev i ous to the meeting in the com mittee of gentlemen by whom it had been promoted. This document suggested the plans which were subse quently adopted in the various resolutions brought for ward and approved by the meeting. The Rev. Dr. SCORESBY followed in a speech of con siderable length, in which he forcibly set forth the de plorable moral and social condition of many of the female factory operatives of the district, and called upon Lord Morpeth to move the first resolution. Lord MORPETH presented himself, amidst great cheer ing, to address the meeting. He said, Mr. Vicar, Ladies, and Gentlemen—l willingly/comply with the command which you have just imposed upon me, to move the first resolution, though I feel that after the full explanation, - Mi, . and the forcible appeal which we hew jat ; heard• from yourself. little more can be wanting id pp the out lines of the scheme which it has been„2lk.think, your happy privilege to have brought before this , meeting.— (Hear.) Before I proceed further, I must:, offer some apology that I should be obliged to qu'it proceedings even so interesting as these before I should have wished to do so, and for the same reason to restrict the space of my own observations, because I happen to have had an engagement for some time in the neighbourbag town of Keighley, to attend their agricultural meeting. But though perhaps I ought to have been there by this-hour, yet when my attention was called to the 12,0QQ female workpeople in this town, I felt they had s uperior claims, that they are more important objects, that they are nobler works of the great Creator, than .iven the fat cattle and the goodly beeves that I may Otid in the upper part of Airedale.—(hear, hear.) vI will, with your permission, read the resolution vvhAshas .beett entrusted to my charge, which is to *is effect " That as it appears, on caeeful inquiry, that not fewer than 12,000 young women are engaged in the various departments of the trade of Bradford, of which number 2,000 are married, and 1,200 live in lodgings; and as the employment and situation of these young women, espe cially the married and . those that reside with their own families, lay them under great disadvantages, expose them to many moral dangers, it is the duty, not only of their employers, but of all the inhabitants of the town— a duty commended by powerful motiveseto- Christian minds—to cherish a kindly sympathy with this large and interesting part of the community, Assist them in efforts to improve . and elevate their own &erecter and condition, and leave no practicable and pendent, means. untried of promoting their welfare." Noel, I think the reasoning of this resolution must consented itself to all. I am aware that differences of opinion have prevailed upon a subject on which I assure you I do not mean to enter, and which I think we have been rites tlyeautioned against entering upon on the present oceesion, because it is desirable to avoid all unnecessary difference of opi nion where.we have so much - common matter which we may pursue. But differences of opinion4ad existed in. this town, and in the whole manufacturing districts of England, with regard to the proper time t allot to labour in factories; but whether you fix the nursiber of hours at twelve, at eleven, at ten, at nine, or a t eieht, still I' think. it would be felt to be desirable to protect these 12,000 female factory workers from the daegers and -the temptations to which they are more pecitharly exposed; to _provide means f u r th e i r fi n di ng d ecen t an d h e althy loagings ;to stand in stead, as it ,in the case of the un p rotected, , of their natur parents and guardians when they cannot resort to t ki n dly shel ter ;to provide for the m w h en s i ck the ilities for ob taining medical attendance and medicines.; to inculcate upon them lessons of forethought and prudence ; and surround them as much as possible with the comforts, the privileges, the sanctities of a home.—{Loud cheers.) In these items I have endeavoured to ennmerate as far as I can those benevolent purposes which the promoters of the scheme which you, sir, have brifaight before us seem to have had mainly in view. Ansi) st the other recommendations of this scheme to our probation, I think it a point to be sp ec i a lly commen d th at i t d oes Arno not aim at any exclusive n es s or any se' Tian distinc tions.—(Hear, hear.) Indeed, in a community divided by so much difference of opinion, howefer desirable in the abstract I should have thought the Objects compre hended in this scheme to be, I feel thatd could hardly myself become a party to it, if it built up the wall of partition among any of those who arc entitled to partake of its benefits.—(Hear, hear.) With reference to the peculiar object to be held, in view, at least one of the primary objects, the providing of commodipus and healthy lodgings for the unprotected daughters atoll in the fac tories, I observe that the report which` was read made special mention of an association with, which I have been connected in the metropolis of this county, for providing lodging accommodation for the industrious classes. I hope this institution will be able to carry their benificent purpose very generally into. effect ; and it seems to me that the object of the scheme contemplated to-day is strictly calculated to falt,within the sphere of its operations. lam not at liberty to mention in parti cular terms that any scheme set on foot in this town can be incorporated with the main association, but I am as sured that by consultation together we shall be able to give that general assistance to the local scheme which the Metropolitan Association is so well calculated to bestow. In listening to the observations which you, sir, have made upon this occasion, I could not help feeling that besides the practical experience and the long op portunities of observation which you have enjoyed durin g your residence in thi s t own as a minister of the Gospel, you also have been, to a considerable degree, in spired by the wish to set on foot some such scheme as this, by the impressions which you received during your personal visit to the great manufacturing establishment at Lowell, on the continent of America. Now, I can not wonder that you received such impressions on that spot, for I myself, like you, have also been in that quarter, and I remember writing at the time, so strong my own impressions were on the subject, that if a nstive of England could feel ashamed or grieved for his country, it would be when, with the recollection of what he had seen in such towns as Leeds and Bradford, he should stand among the female factory labourers of Lowell.—(Lnud cheers.) Now I know that there are many circumstances to explain to a cer tain extent this difference. It is a new country—land is comparatively of no value—no extent of ground is grudged for suitable lodging—accommodation for public works—in short, no account is made of space.—(Hear, hear.) Then the persons who constitute the female labouring classes are almost 'entirely the daughters of farmers—comfortable farmers, who live over the wide surface of that country, and who merely come to the manufacturing town for two or three years, in order that by their work during that period they may gain a sufficient amount of wages to return home ready pro vided with a marriage dowry—(Cheers)—and hence it happens that the circumstances of their position give them the motives, while the regulations of the place give them the facilities for orderly, circumspect, and blameless conduct, by any departure from which they feel that they would at once lose caste in the estimation of their associates, and that it would operate ruinously upon the prospects of persons in their station for the re mainder of their lives. But after all the explanation, and after all the allowances of which the case admits, it must, I am sure, be felt by every eye . witness who has an opportunity of inspection him self that the contrast is not gratifying to English or to our old world prepossessions.—( Hear, hear.) But, as we heard in this very room last night, there does not seem to be anything in the cha racter or constitution of. Englishmen which unfits us for appreciations and just discernment in matters of taste. I should be still more sorry to admit that there is any thine in the character and composition of Englishwomen which would unfit them for decent and virtuous living. —(Cheers.) All that we say is, give them the facilities, give them the protection, giv i them the safeguards, give them the motives that are found at Lowell, before you to-day, we are such a pro ask us to pronounce that they are unfit to stand th e coin react: s u o s i a . w — e in a fair way of opening t h at comparison upo n f a i r Ahapvnelahuused.) sketched ndl out think to thatus grounds, and of giving it at le ast a beginning in the right way, to rescue from danger that portion of our fe male working population which is justly entitled to our sympathy and to our exertions.—(Hear.) On this ac count I have been moat glad to take a part in the pro ceedings of this day, however short and inadequate th a t may be. I think this scheme does honour to thos e w h o have set it on foot, and I heartily hope that they may, in a ppla applause.) se . o ) f the And ac complished I the results which will follow their deliberati ons an d ex ertions, and which will follow our meefleetientguopfotnhisthmorn ing, find not only the barren credit of the well-int en d e d purpose, but the solid and lasting satisfaction hwaonudidp onu tt h good.—(gear, te o o t d ud . — ryau ( wu l .I b, e a a cwk r h , se a n n a and d u loud dangers which beset.. the poor working women and working girls, in the first place, all the physical and material discomfort of , their position—the sordid lodging--the ill-ventilated • us moral and spiritual evils with w hi c h thi s state of things is necessarily c on nected—the bad com panionship—the evil associations—the ever-open gin shop—the midnight street—the solicitation s to guilt— the easy path to infamy, and, what is still worse than infamy itself, the mind made indifferent to it, and the conscience become callous to its shame; and when, be sides reflecting upon all this mass of material and moral evil, you further remember whom those persons are on whose behalf we have come forward this day—on whose behalf we urge you to save them from such dangers and PUBLICATIONS. N ORTH BRITISH REVIEW. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements and Bills intended for insertion in No. 11. must be sent to the Publishers by the 15th inst. Edinburgh : W. I'. Kennedy. London : Hamilton, Adams, And Co. MR. LEIGH HUNT'S NEW WORK. On the 14th will be published, in post Bvo., price 9s. boards, or 10s. Gd. elegantly bound in cloth (uniform with " Imagination and Fancy,") . WIT AND HUMOUR, Selected from the English Poets : with an Illustrative Essay and Critical Comments. By LEIGH HUNT. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornbill, Of whom may he had "Imagination and Fancy." By Leigh Hunt. Third Edition, 95. boards, or 10s, Gd. cloth elegant. OCTOBER 9, 1846. such dangerous destinies—that they are the persons who, (by themselves, furnish by their daily toi no inconsider able portion of the stupendous processe of our English manufactures—that they must be th wives and com panions of the great mass of the Engl . workmen—that they must be the mothers of the con ng generations of those who are to succeed their father in the vrst inhe ritance of English labour—that they, by a law the ne cessity of which they cannot escape, must stamp the character and habits of the rising race of our country's artisans and labourers ; when they are invested with such mighty responsibility, both for s ood and for evil, I trust that you, my friend 4, will mot al together refuse your assent, your exertions, your contributions to this unostentatious and vvellionsidered plan to evert as much as possible of the evil which is ac tually impending, and to secure as much as possible of the good which, if you fail us not, may be attained. (At the conclusion of his Lordship's eloquent address he was greeted pith hearty applause ) W. BUSFETLD, .E.q., M.P., in a few remarks expres sive of his decided sympathy in the cause of the meeting, seconded the resolution, which was put and adopted unanimously. The Rev. WALTER SCOTT, President of the Airedaile College, then moved a resolution 'embracing the plans suggested by the committee for carrying out the objects of the meeting. These were-1. The provision of boarding-houses in different parts of the town, conducted under economical arrangements. "2. By the register of other lodging-houses kept by private parties and certi fied as clean and, well-conducted places of abode. , 3. 'The establishment of evening schools for instruction in general. 4. The organisation of a general sick society on sound financial principles, and the encouragement and facilitation of depositing money in savings' banks. Subsequently a committee was formed to carry out these various objects, consisting of the clergy, dissenting ministers, and the leading gentry of the district. Other resolution& were paAezt- ettirrng ftpnit all clasSes - in the district to co-operate in the movement. These resolu tions were proposed and seconded by Alfred Harris, Esq , J. E. Foster, Esq., the Rev. H. Dowson, William -Rand, Esq , the Rev. J. Glytle, the Rev. R. Ingham, the Rey, me. Ryland, William Lythall, Esq., and Robert Baker, Esq. ''The last-named gentleman, who is the fac tory-inspector of. the district, pourtrayed in feeling terms the apparently uncared-for condition of our female factory , operatives, and expressed his cordial approval of a movement at once so necessary and philanthropic as that which they had now originated. All the resolutions were passed unanimously, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks given by acclamation to the Rev. Dr. Scoresby. SPIRIT 'of the PUBLIC JOURNAL' FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.-The position of the Minister whom progress of . events, the struggles of party, the worki of public opinion, and even the vicissitudes' of the st have conspired to place at the head of this realm, is o which a moralist might select to cure the most insatial and most daring ambition. In the approaches of a mine, aggraVated by, a social disorder which centur have been-nursing, it is -his tremendous responsibility hOld the key of the national store. A few years—l most a few months—since, it was pointed, out to the a miration of England that the manufacturing masses' Lancashire, deprived pf employment, sat down to die' the sight of warehouses ,f4ll to overflowing with foc That was a noble spectacle, and it has told. Resign tion has wrought a miracle such as the boldest agitatc • did , not 'venture, :to expect. Would. .that eith the case were us simple, the remedy as obvious, the pe ple as resigned, in 'the present. instance. An . island,: a social state, n" rice' is to be changed. The surface of ! the land, its diVisions,"its culture, :its proprietors, its on cupiera, its habitations, its manners, its law, its lab guage, and the,heart of ,a people who for two thous* years have remained unalterable within the compass pf those mighty change's which have given us Europe n civilisation are all , to be created anew. That is on y part of the task which a destiny that seems to mo k: 4 alike the aspirations of benevolence and of ambition, i - poses on the Minister of this State. 'He has not only o feed the people out of an insufficient store, but change their very nature meantime. Should: he fail both to meet the crisis and improve the opportunity, he will be reproached not only with the horrors of instant famine, but with helping to perpetuate a national degradation. There is a. melancholy , concurrence in the -opinions degradation most Irishmen that five years at least must elapse bet in any part of Ireland. the peasantry will be able to rai se a new species of - food. - And even this hypothesis is made on.groands more favourable than a minute con templation of the case warrants Ant in assuming. Five years must elapse before even the more docile and trac table portion of the peasantry will be able to cultivate a new and different species of food.' , But how long a period must intervene before the More intractable,' the more imputient, and the more despondent part of them habituate themselves to the idea—much more to the study—of a novel and unwonted agriculturee A length of time—greater than we like to re volve in our minds—must pass over ere the tillage be changed and the subsistence of the people created afresh. What is to be done in the interval? Already the com plaint is that the baronies' have overtaxed themselves; that they are assessed to the labour-fund far above their actual value. This by itself would be found to be a se rious inconvenience, were the calamity which , it is pro?. posed to obviate of a temporary nature. But this is not so. The most sanguine dare not hope that one year will bound the sweep and severity of our affliction. The re medy, therefore, which applied to the first year's evil would be inconvenient is, when proposed for the second, impossible or ruinous. - To repeat the process of super taxation—to renew the . great promissory note to Go vernment7-would be simply to beggar the landowners without conferring. a permanent benefit on the people, or— what is equally important—a permanent improve ment on the land. The landlords would fly from— whilst their tenants , would perish on a soil ex hausted by mortgages and crowded with a famished, and reckless population. Frightful as such a state of things would be, it is no vague picture of the imagination. It is just the very state to which Ireland must inevitably be reduced, if the sums now collected, and about to be collected, are flung away on works which will add nothing to the national wealth, and supply nothing to the national want. The first object of Government, after doing the best, as we admit Lord Besborough seems to be doing, for the im• mediate exigency, should be to provide against its cer • tain recurrence ; to devise means for making the famine of the next fear less oppressive than that of the present, and that of the following easier than that of the next ; so that the weight of suffering may be diminished season by season, until Providence has blessed the industry of the people and the energy of their advisers by new modes and new fruits of husbandry. This can only be effected by taking such measures as shall insure the cul tivation—the renewed, the general, and the indefatigable cultivation—either of such grain as may itself feed the people, or be exported as the medium of procuring for them a proper food. To this object the attention both of Government and of landed proprietors should be directed. In this, as in every other emergency which demands vigour of design and promptness of execution, the plans of the landlord will be thwarted and his directions contravened by the inex tricable perplexities which beset the Irish question. That we must expect. There will be difficulty beyond what Englishmen find it easy to conceive in inducing the Irish peasant to till acres for the reception of other crops than the potato. Will the difficulty be too great for the landlord to overcome f Will it be great enough to shift upon the Government ? This problem must sooner or later be solved. Government has become a large money-lender. It may have to become so again even on a more comprehensive scale But it hardly appears as yet that Government has succeeded in getting that which ordinary money-lenders never fail to obtain— security. Suppose the landowners find themselves un able to repay what has been advanced them by Par liament—and this is no extravagant supposition—what then ? What remedy will the Government have ? None that we can see ; at least, none that would be worth a moment's effort, or a farthing's outlay. But, if the money now advanced by the Treasury be sacri ficed to projects of lavish but useless expenditure—to the consstuction of trafficless roads and shipless harbours —or to the mere equipment of private luxury and com fort—then indeed will the stewards of the Imperial purse have complicated a great temerity with a great in justice, by lavishing away loans without a guarantee either for their discharge, or their safe and profitable in vestment. It has, therefore, been suggested that the Government should constitute itself a mortgagee on a large scale, and should itself enter on the lands which it has relieved by its advances, leaving, of course, to the proprietor his equity of redemption. That such a scheme should have been thought of for one moment only proves the desperate character of the emergency. • No thing, in fact, • c mild be more contrary to the genius of a constitutional Government, which aims to be an impartial arbiter between all classes, and never descends from the council-room to occupy the place of any subordinate vocation. A British Premier will probably feel as great a scruple to play the part of a national landlord as to intrude into the office of judge. Such a scheme would, in fact, only be adding new elements of disorder to a chaos which already confesses the presence of too many. Henceforth the nationallandlord, the national tenant, the national agent, national leases, national processes of distress, would be added to the dramatis persona that already so uncomfortably crowd the stage. If so much is now ex pected from the worth, the ability, ,and forbearance of the private landowner, what extravagant expectations would usher in the reign of the national proprietor! But it is easier to raise objections to such a scheme than to refute them. The Scriptural character of the precedent , claims for it at least a decorous reception. But it would be difficult to establish a parallel between the patient children of Ham, the Pharaohs, and the Delta of the Nile, on the one hand, and the Celt, the British Govern ment, and the Emerald Isle on the other. We can only class the scheme with those dreamy projects which, impracticable as they may be in themselves, like the mysterious gleams of morning twilight, do at least pre pare for great changes. And he must indeed be blind who does not see that the present relation of rich and poor 4n Ireland must precede some great revolution in the tenure of landed property. CHRONICLE.—The fate of Sir Robert Peel's ever memorable purpose of the Ist of November is really one of the oddest and most anomalous mishaps on record in 'of in od. PKICF, SD. , the obituary of good intentions. Never was there a more extraordinary instance of the unfortunate casual ties to which even a strong man's strongest purposes are liable on coming in collision with the world of action. That Sir Robert Peel was right when he proposed to his Cabinet to open the ports to the duty-free admission of foreign grain has long since been acknowledged, both by the Legislature and by public opinion, with as near an approach to absolute unanimity as can ever be expected in a free country, whose constitutional liberties include the privilege of individual indulgence in all kinds and degrees of mental Eccentricity. He was right in his data of fact and probability; right in his practical con clusion; right according to precedent; right according to reason; right according to the free-traders ; right accord ing to the protectionists ; right in every conceivable way in which a man can be right ; and now more than ever shown to have been right by recent events. Even I the one solitary diffiCulty which stood in his way—the reluctince of some of his colleagues, or the presume'4 reluctance of Parliament, to accept the avowed ulterior consequences' of the proposed move—has been subse quently obviated, by the Legislature's formal renunci ation of the whole scheme of policy which " open ports" threatened to be put in peril. Yet somehow, by a fata lity which will look very strange in history, this so pal pably right and wise purpose has never, to this hour, been carried into effect. Everything else that Sir Robert Peel recommended for. the emergency has been done — but not this, which was the first, simplest, and most easily-executable of his recommendations. Everybody heartily approved it—and nearly everybody acquiesced in a "settlement" that was understood as a three years' adjournment of its execution. The Ist of Novem ber is now Coming round again—bringing with it an emergency immeasurably more frightful than that of last year ; yet last year's universally ap proved resolution still stands over unperformed. Aa we are a " practical people," and make no piatensluns to justify our acts or omissions at the bar of pure reason, this singular self. contradiction has hitherto sat very lightly on the national conscience. Without a new emergency to recal our attention to the old coun sels, we should, one and all, have resented, as a piece of fantastic crotchettiness, any troublesome inquiry as to what has become of the only part of the Peel policy which everybody approved, but which everybody has allowed to drop into oblivion. The.return, however, in a fearfully aggravated form, of the calamity which, last year, imposed on a reluctant Premier the decision to un tax the people's food, has at once given a practical cha racter 'to a question that would else have-been too ab stract for our-national tastes. Judging from the promp titude with which our first mention of this subject, a few days.since, has been responded to by several of our Con temporaries, and from what we.believe.to be the feeling, of the public, we do not believe that the approaching 14 Of NOvember will find us still waiting, for the reali sation of the late Premier's long-dated and almost for gotten intent. That interesting anniversary will, we quite hope and expect, be signalised, or anticipated, by the adoption of the counsels that have given its prede cessor a name in. history. HERALD.—If safety were to be found in a :number of organs and a multitude of counsellors, the present Government would certainly 'be beyond the reach of danger. But in , Cabinets; as in culinary concerns; it is sometimes found that too many cooks spoil the broth, .and that a multitude of counsellors sometimes darken. knowledge. It was announced yesterday, in the afro- , hick, Daily News, and Tintes, , in precisely the sense. words, or nearly so, " that Mr. Justice Erie will go to the Queen's Bench, and Mr. Vaughan Williams to the- Common Pleas," though the appointment pf the latter has slot yet been . gazetted, ,and though many well in formed persons in the profession still think that Mr. DaVid Dundas will. be the new puisne judge orthe Queen's Bench. But, notwithstanding the strong inte rest Of the Duke of Sutherland, and the general and de served popularity of Mr. Dundas as an amiable and ac complished gentleman, we believe Lord Cottenham will insist on the appointnient of Mr. Vaughan Williams ; certainly . one of the safest and most learned lawyers in Westminster Hall, and the greatest legal writer living, with the exception of Sir Edward Sugden. Mr. Sergeant Stephen, and Mr. Starkie. We could ourselves wish to see the latter gentleman placed in a position commensurate with his abilities and attain ments as. a scientific lawyer; and if he were not above 62 years of age, we should gladly have 'seen him elevated to the judicial bench. ' But 'at that •advanced period of life to tax the faculties, of man with laborious and onerous duties is neither wise nor politic in reference to the in terests of the state, nor is it quite fair to the honest fame or professional renown of the individual on wh.'m honours, his earlier due, are too late conferred. That it was the intention of Lord *ought= to have made Mr. Starkie the very next judge, previously to his resignation of the Great Seal on - the 21st November, 1834, is pretty well known, and was applauded by the profession. But Mr. Starkie had then, scarcely passed his fiftieth year, and twelve years after the passing of the grand climac teric make it strange change in the constitution of a man whose hopes have been so sorely and severely crossed. The promise of Lord Brougham, indicativ, of his discrimination and perception of merit, Lord Lyndhurst—for the honour of the Uni versity to which ho belonged, and of which the ex-Chancellor and the present Downing Pro fessor, .Mr. Starkie, were both such distinguished alumni—ought to have fulfilled : but the laissez alter, lassiez-faire habits of that uncontrollably slothful and heartless, but eminently and able gifted man, have ever prevented him from doing what he ought to have done for others, or even for himself. We trust, how ever, that model of judges, Lord Cottenham, will see fit, on the first vacancy, to remove Mr. Sergeant Stephen, who has not passed his fifty-seventh year, from Bristol to a seat on the judicial bench of .the metropolis, and confer the vacant commissionerahip of bankrupts on Mr. Starkie, one of the greatest of our legal authors, as cer tainly one of the most scientific of our lawyers. In America suclint man had taken the rank and .been ho noured and rewarded as the Kents, the Storys, and the Marshalls; and as it is, his name is as well known and more appreciated in America than in England. Mr. Starkie has ever avowed himself a constitutional Whig, and this ought to be no impediment in his way with so strong a politician as Lord Cottenham. But we firmly believe, apart from fitness, political opinions will weigh not—nor ought they to weigh—a feather in the scale. To return, however, to the actual vacancy. This night's Gazette will probably dispel all illusions, and prove, to the credit of Lord Cottenham, the judicious selection of Mr. Vaughan Williams. TROTTING MATCH AGAINST TIME.—A trotting match against time came off on Tuesday, at Cheltenham, and excited an unusual interest in the sporting circles. The affair has been looked forward to anxiously in cer tain quarters for some time past, partly owing to the known capabilities of the horse which was matched, and partly owing to the prowess of the backer, Mr. Alexan der Burke, of trotting notoriety. The following is the agreement entered into between Mr. Alexander Burke tend Mr. W. P. Hurlstone (of the King's Head Inn):— " Mr. Burke backs Mr. Lovehy's black horse (purchased of Mr. Harris) to trot twelve and three-quarters in 45 minutes, for 501. aside, the match to come off within six weeks, on the road leading from Cheltenham to Tewkes bury. The horse to trot under saddle or in harness; the winner to pay for two dozen of wine." Finally the day was fixed for Tuesday, October 6, between the hours of eleven and three. Accordingly, at two o'clock, yester day, Mr. Burke, attended by numerous friends, re paired to the Worcester Arms, Tewkesbury-road, the place fixed for the start; and shortly after that hour he set off, having chosen to drive the horse in harness in his light gig. Nuinerous bets were made pro et con, some choosing the horse, and others backing time. Tne road was not in a very good condition, a great quantity of rain having fallen during the morning. The horse seemed, however, in excellent condition, and went ali the distance at a " slashing" pace, several of those who rode along on first-rate horses having been put to their mettle to keep up (at a gallop) with the trotter. Mr. Burke went half the distance out, then turned and came in again, winning the match easily in 42 minutes. The horse seemed not in the least distressed at the close of this splendid performance. Of course there was a large concourse of spectators to witness the exciting scene.— Cheltenham Chronicle, THE WHITTINGTON CLUB. —A very large and respectable meeting was held last evening, in the Hall of Commerce, Tfireadneedle-street, of those interested in getting up a club under the above title, the objects of which were to make up a literary and scientific club, somewhat upon the plan of the Manchester Athenaeum and Birmingham Athenic Institute. Mr. Traice having been called to the chair, the report of the committee was read. The proposed terms of subscription were 10 guineas to constitute a life member persons; living within seven miles of the General Post Office to pay 10s. 6d. entrance fee, and an annual subscription of 1/. Is.; ladies, 10s. 6d. annually, without any entrance fee; and persons living beyond the distance of seven miles to pay half of the above. The Chairman then addressed the meeting at considerable length, upon the nature and objects of this institution, upon the usefulness of which he dwelt for some time, and pointed out how much such an institution was wanted for the use of not only the vast class of persons in the employment of the g igantic . merchants of the City, but also for the admission of ladies, whose society in such places they h a d hitherto, by absurd conventionalisms, been deprived of. Some resolutions were proposed, founded 'upon the report, and which were spoken to at some length by the proposers and seconders. The committee and treasurer were then appointed, the customary votes of thanks passed, and the meeting separated. THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY EVENING.—The quarterly meeting of the iron and coal, masters of South Staffordshire, held today at the Town Hall, was very numerously attended. There were pre ! . sent the principals or representatives of nearly all the large houses in the district, and many large buyers. The general announcement on all sides was that trade was good, an abundance of orders on the books, and a pro pect of daily i ncrease . U n d er suc h circumstances - a s.re duction was out of the question, and the only consider ation was whether there might not be a little advance. Some were disposed for a rise, but it was eventually settled that no advance upon the prices of the past quarter should take pl ace . Th e masters will meet to morrow at Stourbridge, and on Saturday at Dudley, There was not much business done to-day. • DRURY-LANE THEATRE * . ' t Madame Anna Bishop made her debilt here last evening, in the character of Isoline in I3alfe's opera of The-Maid of Artois, which was revived for the occasion. This opera was composed expressly for Madame Malibran, who created, in the character of Isoline, a sensation which is now a matter of history in the records of the English musical drama. 'The voice of.Malibran was, perhaps, the finest corth4 l a/to that : has ever been heardthat of Madame Bishop is a pure, high soprano, consequently, the whole of' the music had to be altered to suit the voice of the ! W.. butante. Our readers, no doubt, remember Madame Bishop as Miss Riviere, the most promising pupal of the Royal Academy of Music. She has moro.4han fulfilled the promise of her pupillage—Russia, Ger many, and Italy, have borne willing- witness to the genius and science of the gifted _Eng, lish songstress—and the prima donna of the San Carlo has returned from Naples to Eng land to assume that position which is her bitth right. Madame Bishop (we wish she would sink the - Madame) is, at this moment, the prima donna assuluta of England. Her grand scena dentree in the first act was a 'triumph, and at once assured her her posi tion. Clear, flutelike, powerful, sweet, and exquisitely expressive,: her voice was recognised at once as 'that of one of the greatest artistes of the day. With- the freshness cif-Castellan, she combines the fiexibiliVland science. of• Persiani, without that deficiency of ihto nation which was always perceptible, but which, during hei l as t t wo seasons was painful ly manifegt in the vocal...efforts (for latterly they were efforts) of that otherwise Queen of Song—Madame Bislaop never sings out of tune. In this trying scena shwas encored, and then folowed the duet with the Mltirluis, in which she was admirably supported by Borrani (who.is a musician), and then came the long and trying finale , to the first act, in which both vocally and histrionically her triumph was complete. At the conclusion of the first act she was called for, and was led on by Harrison (the Jules of the opera), and was rewarded by the enthusiastic plaudits of a delighted audience, while bouquets•were showered on her a foison. In the second act, at the commencement, Weiss, as the slave driver Synnelet, made great play. His buffet aria "Was there ever known such a Set". was given with more spirit than we have ever before heard Weiss exhibit, and was much and deservedly applauded. An exquisitely beautiful ballad " 0 - h what a charm it is to dwell," delightfully sung by Madame Bishop, followed ; and then came the grew duet of the opera, between Isoline and Jules, in which Madame Bishop was well supported by Harrison. In this act we were introduced to a debutante of some promise, Miss Isaacs, who appeared as Nynka, and who as a seconda donna will add greatly to the efficiency of the Drury-lane corps. At the conclu sion of this act, the far-famed air, " The Light of other days" was given with great pathos and expres sion, by Borrani. We have never heard this air more beautifully given; and we say this with a vivid re collection of Henry Phillipps, in this delightful me lody, on the night when the opera was first produeed. Borrani was rapturously and most deservedly en cored, hut, with a modesty rather uncommon in vo caliats, he only repeated the first verse. The whole burden of the third act falls up - on Isoline ; and ad mirably, did Madame Bishop sustain it.. Her acting and her vocalisation were perfect ; exquisitely did - she - giit the - opening recitative, and the pathetic aria which immediately follows it, " Oh beautiful night." llarriton was, on the whole, good in this scebe, but he marred it sadly at the conclusion, by vociferating in the voice of a boatswain, "I could not share thy life, I will thy death." He shouted this at the top of his voice. Now, considering that he has only just partially recovered from a fainting fit of exhaustion, and considering also that she whOm he loves better than life, is at that moment stretched, as he thinks, dead before him, it is morally end physically impossible that Jules should have uttered those words in such a tone, and consequently it is artistically a great fault. The audience felt it was such, for a feeble attempt at applause in the gallery was instantly suppressed by an universal and ener getic bush ! The far-famed finale "_The rapture dwelling," was exquisitely given by Madame Bishop, Her fioriture in the finale was beautiful exceedingly ; her voice sounded like a beautiful flute, perfectly under .the command of the most accomplished per former. The expression was all that could be desired, but more than all, there was a truth to nature, which entitles Madame Bishop to take high rank as a dra matic artist of the highest order. It was given, musically speaking, most delightfully, most correctly, most artistically ; but with a degree of exhaustion which one would naturally expect from the situation, that of a person just recovered from the jaws of death in the desert. Madame Bishop exhibited throughout the opera a fine appreciation of the various phases of the character, and nowhere was that more finely or more correctly exhibited than in the finale, where a less accomplished artist would have sought rather to exhi bit her . own powers of vocal execution than to have been true to nature. The audience, we were glad to see, properly appreciated the artistical conception of Nl:dame - Bishop. She was called for at the conclu sion, and led on by Harrison, and bouquets in profu sion were again showered upon her. When she had withdrawn, there were loud calls for Borrani ; in obedience to which he at length appeared, and was greeted with loud applause, and never was applause more richly deserved'. The house was crowded to excess in every part long before the rising of the cur tain. Places even in the slips were at a premium. LYCEUM THEATRE. Last night a new comic drama, entitled, Which Mr. Smith? was produced at the above popular theatre, with much success. The novelty is from the pen of Mr. Angus B. Reach, a gentleman well known as a successful contributor to many of the leading periodicals. The new drama is crowded with equi vogue, wit, and amusing situations. The many mis takes which occur arise from Mr. John Smith (Ms. F. Mathews), of . Oxford-street, being taken for a Mr. Smith, of the Strand, serve to keep the audience in a constant roar of laughter. The author's work is admirably aided by the excellent acting of Mr. F. Mathews ; ,Mr. Emery, as Mr. Jonas Sludge ; Mr. Vining, as Mr. Maurice O'Gorman, &c. The piece was announced for repetition amidst loud applause, and must have a run. ASTLEY'S THEATRE. Of late this house has been labouring under great disadvantage, from the fact of Westminster Bridge being blocked up for such a lengthened period, thereby the principal approach from the West end to this spiritedly-conducted establishment has, in some mesure, been cut off for a time. Mr. Batty, it would appear, is not to be daunted by trifles, as he has redoubled his exertions to meet the difficulty, and at great expense entered into engagements with several continental artists of great celebrity; and we are truly glad to find.that his en deavours to cater for the public amusement have not been without appreciation. The house has been very well attended, and those who at first were deterred by the stoppages of the bridge, find that they can no longer remain away from the fun and splendour of old Ashley's. This week a new and truly wonderful attraction has been added to the usual round of amusements, in the person of Herr Amidio Neopert, a German, who performs some of the most extraordi-, nary feats of balancing on glass bottles that ever was witnessed in this country. It is quite impossible to give even an idea of the wonderful facility with which he walks, or rather glides, round the shoulders of a common quart bottle; after which, he erects a platform on the necks of four bottles, and placing a fifth on it, on the shoulders of which he places his feet, and goes through most rapid and graceful girur gations ; then follows his balancing of three:disher, each on a separate stick, one in either hand and the third in his mouth—each dish revolving with the greatest rapidity, so as to elude the quickest eye — during all this he stands merely on the side of the bottle on the erected platform. Ills performance was received with most rapturous applause by the aston ished spectators. The gorgeous spectacle of the Merchant's Steed continues to inc rease in public favour. master o f into TREATMENT OF THE _P --- oon , IN t in • g P i r r t. 41 7 1. Yesterday there was another vestry t mi o e f e 1 eras parish, to consider the co t nd o u . c the guardians in their treatmen. t ded at the meeting, which Howarth, church-warden, pres t i on tphaeopdoirresc. tor;iri.f censu r e w foraa h p a r o v : p w o a s s ed a onstolurmr.yLeenz. A resolu ti on • workhouse,o o lf n th ac eo c r ount of the evidence the proceedings of he n e g gaved dismisseduriirt during the the inv es ti g ation was . strop g , the workhouse. The resol ution . majority of twenty ly opposed but it was ultimately carried by a major the chair Howarth then le ft , indignantly, and the other churchwarden, Mr. IN Pg . It four against nineteen. Mr. s-t i l he was elected to fi ll the vacant scat, and th e rest of . business before the meeting was concluded. Tnn INDIAN SALT MONOPOLY.—A meeting of the directors of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce was held at the Guildhall, Worcester, on Wednesday, at which tho Chamber unanimously agreed upon n emo ralising the Board of Control on the suoject of a removal of the restrictions and bonding regulations under which the importation of salt from this country into the East Indies is admitted. A meeting of the Worcester Town Council was also held on Tuesday, at which a memorial to the same effect as that adopted by the Chamber of Commerce was unanimously agreed to. A stormy meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. George's-in-the East was held last night in age vestry-room of the parish church, for the purpose of considering the establishment of baths and washhouses according to the recent Act of Parliament. There was a strong opposition to the measure on the ground of tie increase of local taxation, and ultimately a motion for establishing the baths was lost by a large majority on a show of. hands. A poll was demanded, which will take placti,on Monclu . and Tuesday next. • CAUTION.—FROM A CoRRRSPONDENT.—The public would do well to weigh their candles, as unprincipled makers are sending them out short weight, finding dealers equally unprincipled in buying t . hem, knowing that they are so, and thus defrauding their customers. -•• vet. es, 1.546. ti NGLISH and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION. 12, Waterloo-place, London; 119, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Established in 1839. Subscribed Capital, One Million. 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