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Ted up in full. lirOVlsionally Registered pui A. , qui to Statute 7 and S Vie., cap. 110. Cheli•—an)(VECTORS. an—Sanaucl Laing., Eel., Chairman of the Louden, Brighton, and South Coast ilailw ly Company bthur Anderson, Esq •11 P Lc alenhall-street - Charles Lusbington, Esq., 31 P., Kensin„-,tou Palace•gardeni John Scott Russell, Esq., FM S, Great George-street, late Secrctary to the Royal Commission of 1851 Francis Fuller, Esq , Abingdon-street, late Member o: the Executive Committee of the Great Exhibition of 1 851 . T. N. Farquhar, Esq.. Sydenhanu, Sent. Charles Geach, Esq., M.P., Park-street, Westminster Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq., Upper Thames-street. DIRECTOR OF WINTER GARDEN, PARK, AND CONSERVATORY. Sir Joseph Paxton. DIRECTOR OF WORKS. Matthew Digby Wyatt, Esq. • DIRECTOR OF DECORATIONS. Owen .Tone, Esq. ENZETABY. George Grove, Esq., late :ocretary to the Society of Arts. CONTRACTORS FOR TIIE RE-ERECTION OF THE BUILDING. Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co. 110Isaroae. • Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech. BANKERS._ ~~'l.r~ IN ° . 18 1 51 4.11 LONDON, WEDNESDAY 1 3 1 1 X , 7 MAY 19 1852. [PRICE SD. EXCHEQUER BILL S. Office of her'Majesty's Paymaster-G-eneral, Whitehall, May 17, 1852. The Exchequer Bills dated in the month of June, 1851, (per Act 14 Vic., cap. 9, 17,756,6004, anno. 1851), with the Interest due thereon, will be paid off on the 10th June, 1852, when , the Interest will cease. - • . Just published, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, E • 1 3 A U L. N THE NARRATIVE OF A FIVE YEARS' "RES,IDESCF, AT NEPAITL. By , Captain THOMAS - SMI rir, Assistant Political Rttident at Nepaul, from 1841 t..) 1845. , _ knowledge no doubt can be entertained.—(Cheers.) I therefore believe that, by putting these societies; scat tered as they are in different parts of the country, in ooramucieation with the parent society here, great good will be effected, and no, inconvenience will bo suffered— that there may be Created hero a fund of information and of knowledge upon which all these sccieties may be constantly and usefully drawing, without affecting their own independent action; and that whereas all institu- "No one need go elsewhere foilffiormation about Nepaul. He will find it ail arranged in this interestin; work with. perspicuity and comple!eness: It will henceforth be the standard work on Ne paul. Captaiti Smith's nafrative of his personal adventures is most exciting. Not less attractive is his account of the wild sports of Ne paul, in which he was a distinguished actor. The work alSo includes a full account of the embassy of Jung Bahadoor."--United Service Gazette. _ _ . Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great 3larlborough•street. MURRAY'S' imiD C B6 ? ) I\ s TTINENTAL ADVERTISEMENTS inteMed-for insertion in the Present Year's Issue of MURRAY'S HANDBOOKS for TRAVELLERS on the CONTINENT, must be forwarded to the Publisher before the 25th of May. 50, Albemarle-street, London, May 10, 1852. The Union Bank of London. To rescue the country from the disgrace of parting for ever with th e magnificent structure with wh•-•se existence so happy a portion of the life of the people of England is identified, the Crystal Palace has be en Purchased by private individuals from Mews. Fox and lien derson, the spirited contractors who erected it. The Palace of the People having been doomed by the votd of the house of Commoi,s, there remained but two alternatives—either the fairy edifice, with all its social blessings , must ctsappear at once from .„ Pglish soil, or be conveyed by private enterprise irom its temporary home to a spot from which no authority had power to remove it. The purchasers of the building di d not hesitate for a moment in step ping in between the public and the Legislative sentence : they knew full well that the Governments of other countries deem it their duty to Provide for, and carefully to watch over, the rational character of the masses respectively given to their charge, by affording the 'Means of recreation and instruction during their holiday and leisure hours. But here the wise and good amongstus must do these things for themselves, for British Governments revolve in fixed political orbits, and the people shrink from interfercnce In their per 'tonal, social, and domestic movements. Two great facts were established by the, National Exhibition of 1531. In the first plane, it proved not only a self-supporting, but a highly remunerative iastitution; 'and, secondly, visitors, at the higher rates of charge, neither entered the building in numbers equal •to those on the shilling days, nor contributed in money a sum equi valent to that realised by the shillings of the poorer classes. From these two facts, it became evident to the purchasers that two points mainly demanded their attention in deciding upon the fate of the structure which they had saved from demolition. To begin, they mtist fix upon a spot for the Palace, e a sy of access to th e masses ; and, in the second place, they - inust render the Palace in respect of the people of Loudon what Versailles is to Paris—a place where the people may be admitted by thousands to all the enjoyments of art, of science, of beauty, of skill, and ofainechanical invention—enjoyments hitherto accessible only to the edudated, the refined; and the rich. both respects the purchasers have to congratulate themselves upon having met with unexPected'and ahundant - suceess. A site close to London, but out of reach of its smoke anil brick Walls- beaNtiful, picturesque, and open—has been secured on the 3511ghton Railway. ' The Painu once built upon it. will have a rail- Way station within the building itself, communicating by an exclu alye line of rail with the London•bridge and Bricklayers' Arms r Motion, which are the most readily accessible to the densest por tion of the London population, and from which the Crystal Palace -I ffattun - wiletre-reached by special trains in ten minutes. A line is also in contemplation which will connect the Crystal Palace with the Waterloo and Vauxhall Stations. One small payment will cover both the admission and the railwaY conveyance to and from the Crystal Palace. Thus, in a few minutes, without stcppage, the visit ors will find themselves once more within the precincts of their old - and favourite resort. The Institution itself it is proposed to make worthy of the country an d of. the views with which the Crystal Palace was originally Talsed. Refined recreation, calculated to elevate the intellect, to in struct the mind, and to improve the heart, will welcomethe millions who have now no other incentives to pleasure but such as the gin Palace, the dancing saloon, and the ale-house, afford them. The tri "nabs of industry and art, and the natural beauty of flowers and Plants from every climate, will meet together at t h e Cr y stal Palace. Within its walls all the charms of the country will be perpetuate d t hrough winter and summer; and wind and rain, and the well- Itrieven inelemeacy of our climate, will form no obstacle to the per fect enjoyment of visitors admitted to the genial atmosp he re of a Winer garden eighteen acres in extent. At Versailles the great attractions of the Palace are its fountains ; at the Crystal Palace it will be possible for the first time in England to enjoy a spectacle which has always been regarded as the most grateful and soothing that even Royal munificence has been able to command. With our power er steam and mechanical resources, it Will not he difficult to render the fountains of the Crystal Palace the finest in the world. The sculptures of the most eminent living artists of every nation, casts of the wo r k s o f em i nen t scu l p t ors i u every age, architectural !platting and casts of architectural monuments of past and present i a . es, will occupy every salient part of the building. The,French, be 'nuts, and Italians will cease to be the only -European nations p in educating the eye of the people for the appreciation of art and beauty. .The most interesting models of machinery at work _T t l ac Present to the artisan, as well as to the student, the means ( painting himself with the processes and the products of • . every great stapl e manu f ac t ure i n th e coun t r y. The lesson taught In Hyde -park, where the cotton entered in the berry and me gel in the bale of goods, where linen rags were passed throughliter the paper -mill and Issued in broad sheets of instructive _ eaature, will be repeated in the People's Palace, where every de t victory of machinery will find its enduring record and safe I. l)° ' i tOrY• Geology, mineralogy, and botany will be illustrated on a _a, g r eater scale than has ever before been attempted ; and trees, Plants, architecture, costumes, and manufactures will be so laid out 48yal ,__te2 present as far as practicable a study of every country in the - r nd, with all its natural stores and industrial products. Tee Commissioners were obliged to take, almost without discrimi- T, on, all that was sen t t o th em by local or foreign Committees, and thus many acres of space were filled with useless and uttinte rtFltiag objects, and th e sam e description of objects was repeated i kue alter time in every division of the building. • In the new build on the other hand, the classification of the objects will be much more complete and instructive, mil the vacant space will be filled by beautiful plants, flowers, and fountains. . Sar rounding the Palacewill be the Crystal Palace - park, constructed With all the peculiarities for which the parks of England are world . .n ,l ous. One hundred and fifty acres will be filled with every tree Z,' Plant which England's atmosphere has adopted or acclimatized. 'He Crystal Palace-park will be as thoroughly English in its aspect a 9 the Palace itself will in its contents be a miniature of the world. Periodical shows of flowers and plants will be held is the Palace, out the genera amusements of the tea-garden and t h e dancin g - Saloon will be strictly excluded. Care will also be taken to secure a s upply of refr e sh men t s of the best description, but intoxicating beve - _ • rages will not be sold. In a word, throughout every department of has alr ea d y the national work, that character will be stamped upon it which won. The Crystal Palace shall suffer no deterioration in 'fa -sequence !of its removal from its present aristocratic site—shall se no part of its claim upon the gratitude and applause of the • , public, by reas on o f it s t ransm i ss i on f rom th o h an d s o f h er M a j es t y ' s .• C ommissioners to those of the people. The distinguishorreputation of the gentlemen who are retained to Perpetuate the splendid fabric, constitutes a sufficient guarantee for the good faith of the promoters of the work, and fir the legitimate objects which the purchasers of the Crystal Palace have throughout gag M?Ths _llTlOssible to disconnect from those objects— ar on aerials us the public by private Individuals -----tha.eharacter Ahish_attaches to every commercial Ent it is not only posiiibleMirftlrenrff- render the Assiseeiation now submitted to the public consideration an instrient cf incalcu lable good to the country, and of lasting happiness to the people. , With the aid of the Government, 'who, with a view to promote the great public objects of the undertaking, have kindly promised to afford every reasonable facility, and including it is expected a charter of incorporation, and with the hearty co-operation of the other influential parties whose services are promised, the Directors have no fear whatever of accomplishing within a short space of time t he gigantic and serviceable work to which their energies are now devoted. , For the present it rema i ns o n ly to state, that as a commercial en terprise, the prospect of success depends upon the following well a scertained data :- 1 - According to careful estimates and reports received from some Of the principal parties connected with the. Great Exhibition, a Capital of 180,000/. will be amply sufficient to complete the purchase and re - erection of the Crystal Palace, with such improvements of structure as are required to give it a - pc: manent character, and a Moderate additional sum will be sufficient to provide a winter gar 'en, and place in it such a collection of objects of art and science, of and instruction, as will mate its attractions and interest r r . e n Superior to those which drew the enormous concourse of visitors , 185 ill ths Th 2 * UPsn these estimates a number of visitors in the course of 12 e'equal to not more than the number which in a single fort _ ght entered the Great Exhibition, wlll be sufficient to afford a fair ' l l - 1 7 . a . 1 :11 on the capital from the admission fees alone, independently Vill tan r sources of revenue, whilst any excess beyond this number The sure its new .Crystal Palace will be completed iad sufficient time to en oPening on the Ist of May, 1853. and eminent contractors at Ai a l crest not e°ff erea to maintain it in thorough repair for a long term of years ekeeediag 5,0001. per annum. statistards 1116 prospect of a large influi of vbiitors, some of the teal facts connected with the Great Exhibition are most in _ During the period of 24 weeks, for which that Exhibition stver"aPen'itwas visited by upwards of 6,000,000 persons; or, on the 40%041 leavingrd of 250,000 per week; and the receipts e , cee led „pens. a net profit of 200,0001,, after defraying the whole three -of the Exhibition, including the cost of the building. On ~.‘„,consecutive shilling days the number of visitors exceeded '"",, !au, and the receipts 5,0001. per day.. Sout h - Coast have been made with the' London, Brighton, and coast Railway Company, by which that Company undertakes passengers the most ample a ccomm odation for the conveyance of 'Tan teuag" to and from the Cryst a l Palace upon terms mutually ad per cenet°us, and which . practically secure a minimum return of six Applicationslefoer apital of the Crystal Palace Company. Shares to be made on or before the 25th of May, in the follo w i ng form; to the c Secretary of the Company, at their tem porary offices, - 5 , Moorgate-street, London. To the Directors 'of the Crystal Palace Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of ti. each in the above undertaking, the whole of which, or any less ri umber that may b e allotted to me , I agree to accept, and to pay the sum of 51. p er Sh are thereon, and to execute the deed of settlement Of the Company when requested so to do. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name (in fall) Address (in full) .... • Business or profession PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL YOLYTECHN IC Is sTirru - TioN. Bachhoffncr and Defries's new Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire will be exhibited and lectured on on Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day, at Half-oast Three, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings, at Nino.—Lecture on Music, by George Buckland, Esq., th e p ast and Present Eras contrasted by Vocal illustration, every evening, except Saturday, at Eight o'clock.—A Lecture, by J. H. Pepper, E sq., Glynn and Appel's Parent Paper for the Prevention o f Piracy and Forgery by the Anastatic.Process.—Lecture on the Britannia Tubu lar Bridge, illustrated by Mr. E. Clarke's beautiful Model. —Lec ture on Voltaic Electricity, by Dr. Bachhoffner.—A splendid New Series of Dissolving Views.—Exhibition of the Microscope.—Diver ant Diving Bell, &c., &c. A.thnission, Is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of ago, Half-price. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. Open every evening by Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-a -Piston, M. Boulcourt. boors open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to coMMCnOO at nine, and ►crminatc at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. THE SILENT FRIEND. 1 IN Six v CON pA iNT ,.,,, .. -.4 -LIGITAGES—FORTrrII PI EDITION.. ..s. Tux R 111 latrated by on EMEDY FOR PREVENT OF DISEASE. lON 0 51 PIIYSICAL in e s U undred A.natomleal Coloured Emgravlnge. PACITy, Algtf A-L IFICATIONS, GENERATIVE PICA /f.;:W Edition, on.isro t %PEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. the Es tablishme n t ag, .. price 23 nerd. by post, from rijiliE SILENT Fit 35. ed. in sta ircesssive indulgence, the consequ .k. the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by 1::19-13 , a Medictd Work on Mercury, with directions for the °maces Infection, or the abuse of arriage, e tt of the preventive lotion, fel owed by Observations en M prevent Illustrated by 100 Coloar e V he disqualifications which ERRY and CO., Consulting su rgeons, 1 3gravings. By R. and L. 5,.) Oxf ord -street; Gor sixeet, London. Published by Sher w od ' 130 'min-street, Oxford am, and sold by Hannay, 63, and sa ° uge : u l . l ( ? o •. 23, Paternoster don, 146, Leadenhall-street; R 1 —arcAy and 95 . Farringdon street ;W: Sutton, 18, Botv Church-yard ;Edwards Edw n ;. Church-yard ; -Butler, 4, Cheapside ;B. ,r o i nison, r gs , 6 7, St. Paul's FLIT i.trents of the Colours hysiology 0 , tn B ; C°n11111) . Organs, andis illustrated by 28 Engravi r , gs. r °"*Yrentietive Plar 11. treats of the o.ll9°qt:cues resulting from bXcessivo In dzigence, and their lamentable effects on the zystern, p ' roducing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excite:zcr.t, and gencratlve hi .7spr..city,, inantrated by 10 Explanatory En:v..,wings. PART 111. treats of the &seems resultirl from infection, either it the primary or secondary fora, and contains explicit dir ect i ons for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 0 Coloured Env Qv _ Ing s. FAIT IT. contains a Itentedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection la obviated. Par.T V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du tk.-L. The causes of unproductive union aro also considered, and the *tele subject erritteally and philosophically inquired into. 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Terri lagoons are in attendance, d a il y, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford civet, Loudon, from FatT4.o ttll_Two, And rive .s tolEight 1011 81111 - I I Y Irina Lleven to One. ~_ eh ha S lr u -past W T ll e s n w till ill Th be re re e c o t l e o d a f ; Or u E nt x il el t i h an e g 3 e d at da th y ls of o j fil a. ce e d , a l l B ly, from 52,in elusive. Printed forms, containing instructions for the preparation of the Lists (or Claims), and the arrangement of the Bills, may be obtained on application at this Office. The bearers must indorse each Bill with their usual signatures, and they must insert their names and addresies in each List or Claim ; and where the names of holders are inserted in . the Bills, the indorsements of such holders mast also be obtained previously to their Claims being left for examination. New Bills, bearing Interest at the rate' of One Penny and One Farthing by the day, upon every One Hundred Pounds, and dated the said 10th day of June, 1852, may be obta ined in payment of the Principal of the whole, or, part, of the Exchequer Bills issued under the Act above-mentioned, on the claimants specifying in their Claims (or Lists) the amount of New Bills required by them. The New Bills, together with the Interest on the Bills left for ex change, will be issued on the 11th day of June, 1852; the bearers must attend at this Office to sign receipts for the payment of principal and interest. Payment, in money, may be obtained at this Office for any of the said Exchequer-Bills previously to the said 10th day of June, 1852, Upon the claimants leaving the Bills for examination one day prior to that on which such payment is desired. N.B. All Exchequer Bills date previously advertised to be paid off.d prior to June, 1851 , have been SOCIETY of PAINTERS is WATER COLOURS. The FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION is NOW OPEN at their Gallery, 5, Pall-mall East, from Nine till Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. Catalogue, SixncL GEORGE FRIPP, pe Secretary. TH 17Tu L ANCER S. The ANNUAL DINNER of the 17th Lancers will take place at, the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, on THURSDAY, the 27th May instant, at Half-past Seven o'clock. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE in the Chair. -latntternetrintendirg-6843ineafe-reetttested.to-letwelheir names the Clarendon on or before Tuesday, the 25th instant. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the Great Western Railway Company will be held at the Pad dington Station, on THURSDAY, the 27th day of may lastest, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, when a copy of the following Bill, now de pending in Parliament, will ba submitted for the consideration and approval of such, meeting, viz.:— " A Bill for i lease of the undertaking of the Birkenbeid, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to the Great-West ern, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies, or to the Great Western Railway Com pany and either of the said tast mentioned Companies; and for the Amalgamation, in a certain event, of the said undertaking with the undertakings of the said three last-mentioned Companies, and for other purposes." The Chair will be taken at Half-past One o'clock precisely. C. RUSSELL, Chairman, BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. _ . Paddington Station, May 13, 1852. Notice is also hereby given, that the adjourned Meeting of this Company of the 12th instant, will be held on THURSDAY next, the 20th instant, when the three last-mentioned Bills in the former no tice will be considered, in pursuance of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords. 13th May, 1852 C. RUSSELL, Chairman. BARRLNGTON, Deputy-Chairman. THE WEST GRANADA or VERAGUAS GOLD and SILVER MINING COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, pursuint to 7th and Bth Viet., cap. 110.), Capital, 100,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 1/. each. To be paid in full on allotment. - With power, upon the adoption of the Agent's Report, to increase the Capital to 200,0001. TRUSTEES. Frederick Mildred, Esq., Nicholas-lane. George Clive, Esq.. 20, Eaton-square. DIRECTORS. " George Than' as Braine, Esq., Chairman, 8, Hyde Park-terrace Charles Barber, Esq., Croydon George Clive, Esq., 20, Eaton-square Frederick Mangles, Esq., 17, Gracechurch-street Benjamin Shaw, Esq., the Priory, Kilburn George Such, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., 21, Nottingham-street, Regent'S- park Joseph Thompson, Esq., 43, Gloucester-terrace, flyde-park M a rmaduke Wyvill, Esq., M.P., 13, Chester-street, Grosvenor - pla ce Alexander Young, Esq., 11, King William-street. BANKERS. Messrs. Ala.sterman, Peters, and Co. The Commercial Bank of Mondon. BROKERS. Messrs. Ilitchins and Harrison, 18, Threadneedle-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Baker, Ruck, and Jennings, 34, Lime-street. SECRETARY. • Mr. William Webb, C.E. Offices ef the Company, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings. This Company is fornr,d for the purpose of working Gold and Silver Mines in the Province of Veraguas, New Granada. A large quantity of Ore has been raised, and is now ready for the Crushing Mills, and is estimated to produce Gold of the value of 188,0001. The Directory have the absolute and unconditional power to adopt or reject the Contract, at any time within one month after the re ception of the report, to be obtained from their Agents. No Money, Shares, or other benefit will be derived by the Vendors until the directors shall have adopted the Contract. But in case of such adoption, the power to increase the Capital now taken will be exercised, and the additional Shares offered (optionally), pro rata to the then Shareholders. In case, on the receipt of the report, or from any other cause, the Directors shall determine to advise the Shareholders not to proceed any further with the undertaking, they engage that any Share holder, intimating, in writing, his desire to withdraw from the Company, shall be at liberty to do so, And to receive back the origi nal 20s. per share, deducting the actual expenses incurred, ant which the Directors engage shall not excead 2s. per share. The unquestionable character of the title—the exemption from royalty and dues—the short distance from England—the proximity to the Atlantic coast—the quantity and quality of the ore at surface f '"'" mo hill above edit level—the prospect of speedy -reterinas from thie and teetr progressive increase in richness in proportiOnTirthe deptiaraecoriling to the tests made—afford ample ground for expectation that the Dividends of the Company will equal those ef the richest Gold and Silver mines now known, and that the provisional contract entered s h e i c to ur b e y d the theDe ho ir s e h e a to re rsw ld il e i r , s u i p h oenptohsesesvesriiotine, in perpetuity, of the report, have perpetuity, of a pro perty of great and increasing value. Applications for Shares may be made to Messrs. lichens sand Harrison, Brokers, No. 18, Threadneedle-street, or to the Directors, at the Offices of the Company, No. 1, Royal Exchange-buidings. For farther partimlars see Prospectus. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLERKS, STATION-MASTERS, RAILWAY OF FICIALS, BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCEand GUARANTEE COMPANY. 32, Ludgate-hill, London. GUARANTEE FOR FIDELITY OF TRUST. PROFITS DIVIDED. RATES—From 7s. 6d. per cent. upwards. No charge for Stamps An allowance made in the Guarantee Premium where a Life As surance and Guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANCE. 'Policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud. Arrangements can be made with this Office to prevent the loss of a Policy where the Assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment, to keep up the payments, H. B. SHERIDAN. TIMES FIRE AND PROPERTY ASSURANCE COMPANY. Every description of Fire Assurance. Profits Divided. Agents Wanted. H. B. SHERIDAN'. EMOLI T I O N. Thy days are now all numbered, most famous House of Glass, And all thy sights and treasures must 3 ield again for grass. Thy noble form and structure has gained all countries praise, And well they'll long remember thy brilliant busy days; Oh ! yes, they well remember when first they thee beheld, When through thy vast dimensions the organ's music swell'd ; When gold and every brilliant which human hands could find, With mighty works of skill and taste were everywhere combined ; And now, in spite of all the stir, the bustle, and the toil, They'll think it a great pity if removal should thee spoil. Thrust, and squeeze, and tug, and throng, they would again endure, if sacrifices such as these could similar sights procure ; But noble architectural pile, though brittle House of Glass, There will remain a famous House, which none can ere surpass, Where ornament, and skill, and taste, is always so displayed, That greater, more enduring fame, than thine will it pervade. That House has many spacious parts, each stored with gems of taste, And splendid cloths of various shades to every fashion's traced. All these for Exhibitions great, E. MOSES has designed ; On Expositions such as thine they've marvellously refined. But fret not, wasted structure, though Palace was thy name, Two Palaces, more durable, shall still prolong their fame — n ALDGATE and in OXFORD-STREET, each famed for style and grace, MOSES and SON, by fashions new, maintain their famous place, Where SUMMER DRESS for every class, designed for young and old, All previolle seasons in their styles excel a hundredfold. E. MOSES AND SON. London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minor's& 83 4, 85, and 86, Aidgato, opposite the Church, all communicating. L sr:don West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,9, and 3, Hartestreet, all communicating. B 'adford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-great; kViefneld Branch, 36, Fugate. Merchant Ttilors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Terriers, Rot t and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and . Gentlemen. 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GAERATT'S - ZEPHYR.•• SUMMER COATS are now.ready . for Inspection. Oreat'eare has been takol j n thAfnanufacture of them, and they can be had in a variety of colours, waterproof and ventilating, cammencine at 20s. each. WM. GARRATT, Merchant •Clothier, 19, Cornhill, facing the Royal Exchange ; and 70, Cheapside, corner of Queen-street. IdIIDICAL ADVICE ON TUE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF TOUT :I AND MATURITY. With Plain Dlrections"for theft .— Prevention and Cure. FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. ' net published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free from the Author for Forty-two Stamps, SSELF-,PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of . Marriage, and on the iecret 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 haust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the certain Prevention and saccessfld Treatment of Nervous Debi dty, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and derangenaeuts resulting from Indiscretion. as adopted oy Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent membets '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 tho various injuries tkat Ire produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. Dy SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D., Ell, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Ooctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Kati, London, Member of the ilunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative :onditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the lighest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo alas inserted in the work , is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his s t u di es t o th e treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with advan tage by ail those whose constitutions may have become debilitated a i rough secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of m arriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of anceas mg misery and regret. published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater aoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, daymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or tree by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, " to 'nay be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily fisom Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. HALF-YEARLY PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS AT SANDHUR§T: officers y mwi T eiai ht Wednesday, ayactuncaidyuoa:gll the hgnheetol:llfttoytoehekna, 11th, tedh p e: u to b i an,l studying e ln x 2d a t ah n y n i T a na t stu i t o e t n :h s dbeae o yf f ßo, roe t i h nada e l Callegiate Board, at which were present Lieutenant; General Sir George Scovell, K.C.8., the Governor ; Major-General Thomas W. Taylor, C. 13., the Lieute nant-Governor; Major-General George A. Wetherall, C.B. and K.H., the Deputy-Adjutant-General of the Forces; and Lieutenant-Colonel George W: Prosser, the Major and Superintendent of Studies. At the close of the examinations the following officers were presented l i with tho usual certificates of qualification : Captain J. Montresor, 82d Foot. Captain W. G. Dawkins, Coldstream Guards. Captain S. Darling, 9th Foot. Captain W. T. L. Patterson, 91st Foot. Itt consequence of tho superior talents and acquire ments displayed by Captain Patterson in the higher branches of mathematical science, a special honorary addition was made to his certificate; and the high quali fications of Captains Montresor, Dawkins, end Patter son, in French and German, and of Captain Darling in French, were, also particularly noticed on their respec tive certificates. The following gentlemen cadets, who hattcompteted their-qualifications for commissions, were recommended , to his Grace the Cammander-in-Chief for appointment - to Ensigncies in the Line without pur chase:— 1. George P. Colley. 9. James Clarke. 2. John S. 0. Swaffield. 10. Marcus L. M'Causland. 3. Charles G. Dowell. 11. Henry J. Yonge. 4. Lea Birch. 12. John Cater. 5. Robert M. Pakenham. 13. William 0. B. Taylor. 6. Philip G. Gulley. 14. Charles Fraser. 7. Sidney G. Quicke - I 15. William P. Gaskell. "8. Henry R. De A. Willi 3 16. Frederick R. Dymock. By the .result of the examinations above fifty o t her young gentlemen were declared to have made venous steps towards qualifying themselves for commissions in thole branches of the mathematics which are applicable to military purpose: , in permanent and field fortifica tions and the attack ' and defence of fortresses, in Latin and general biAory, and in the modern languages. Thirteen had during the half-year, completed the course of professional education in military surveying; and twenty-one in the actual construction of intrench meets and imps in the field, pontooning, &o. COURT. CIRCULAR. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took a drive in an open carriage and tour yesterday afternoon; Lord Charles Fitzroy and Colonel Boaveries attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Gibbs, visited the Pelykehnic lustitution yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur, and the Prin. ces3cs Helena and Louisa, took a drive in an open car riage and four, yesterday morning. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Matilda Pa get, the Hon. Mary Seymour, lord Polwarth, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Bonverie, honoured the performance of the Royal Italian Opera with their pre sence last evening. Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner on Monday evening, in Buckingham Palace, and performed the following selection:— Overture—" Emeline" Finale—" Martha" Cenzonetta Haydn. March—" Tamerlane" .. .. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, ho noured her Majesty's Theatre with her presence last evening. A deputation, consisting of Sir H. W. Barron, Bart., M.P., Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P,, Mr. Clay, M.P, Me. R. M. Fox, M.P., Mr. Meagher, M.P., Mr. Keating, M.P., Mr. Robinon, and Mr. Morgan, had an interview with the Right. Hon. J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester yester day, at the Board of Trade. A deputatien from the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire Railway Company, and from theGreat-Northen Railway Company, had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health, at their offices, Whitehall. Mr. Stable and Mr. Gatnhle attended on behalf cf the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com , piny, and Mr. Robert Baxter for the Great Northern Railway Company. Lord Vivian transacted business yesterday at the. R tilway Department of the Board of Trade. M , jor Sitwell had an interview with Sir John Paking ton yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Rice, M.P., had an'interview with Mr. Secretary -Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. Octavius Morgan, eI.P., had also an interview with the Right ,lion. Secretary. Mr. Currie, M.P., Mr. Westhead, M.P., and Mr, R. Few had an interview with the President of the Board of Trade yesterday; on the subject of the Patent Law Bill. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the E xehcquee yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing:ln.. Lt. p r o j l 13 " ; 13 0 e W r d e n a y h, t a h n e i n nt o e m rv e i - e o w ffi w ee i . th Mr. Secretary [ A DVPUTIIBMENT --DESTRUCTION OF Tin CRTS TAL PALACE. --The proprietors of the Dispatc4, impregsed with the belief that their Statistical Chart, printed in col recordours by Vizet e ll y and Company, offers an acceptable of the principal features connected with the Great Exhibition, and hying desirous that every person may poisess a lasting memorial of the occasion, have decided upon keeping it on sale during the next two weeks. Orders may be given to any news agent in the kingdom, or ad dressed to Mr. Richard Wood, at the office, 139, Fleet-street, London D E TERMINED SUICIDE A T TUE H ORSE GUARDS. —Yesterday Morning , at half past se a v r en , o n 'el o o r c a lr e ., considera ble excitement prevailed at the Tilt-yd c onsequence of the suicide of James Barton, belonging to the battalion of the Grenadier Guards ,gaed 3 Cluu/heYe t t' yea rs, in 'following citrumstano es. It appears that during v i ou s week the deceased man had been , from some infe r X: plained cause, labouring under much depression of mind, but it WAS not apprehended that he would make any attempt on bis life. On one of his comrades proceeding to the guard room, he found the unfortunate man lying dead on the floor, with his throat cut, and a common table-knife by his , side The gash inflicted was of A most frightful . doecription, ex tending from or to ear. . , THE SOCIETY, CF ARTS. . Yesterday was a great day for this society end for these objects connected with, the tarts, manufactures, and sciences to which its biartiorie are directed.. For some time past a committee of the society has been actively engaged in adopting measurer; for seenring.a , union with all the literary, ementifice-and -mechanics' institutions throughout ithe-country, -on- the' basis of perfect inde pendence in self-government to • senh institution, but for objects in whiCh all are interested; and in which the pub lic good is largelY involved; On the one hand, there is the society anxious to ekte -- iid itsiusefulness throughout the provincestecn the -other s a vast' eystem of local orga niesation for purposes of adult instruction, which conies the Society :of Arts p res e nt Sp eoul i ar sedly requires cdevattoo, and t o w hi c h th e resources of advantages. The movement is - obviously a; result of the Great Exhibition, and bids fair .tote among its most important fruits. To forth a prop er estimated its character it is necessary to enter into s o m e deteils. The idea of a union between the differdifferentl o chi ns tit u tions and the society, though not entirely novel, was first practically brought before the council of the society by Mr.. Harry Chester; whose experience in the department of the Privy Council devoted to _education, and also with re ference to certain literary and scittilic ' institutions in the treetrePolls;e iu which --he takes an interest, well qualified him to take a leading part in such a move ment. Mr. Chester wrote erletter to the coined], which, on due consideration, they determined So act upon, and in consequence a pommittee was formed with full powers to organize and carry out a plan for giving practical effect to .hisestiggestions, All the metropolitan and pro vincial institutions Were consulted on the subject, and the eagerness with which they entered into the proposed union is well illustrated by the followin g . m emorMada of replies made to:a query as to the ealvantages which they expeoted e lu etrieoefrom sucha, comet : 4,o m t _ "Facilities for making engagem e nt s o n k nown terms, at a cheaper rate, anti in - treater variety, with eminent lectureri, in whoie principle - a - confidence may be placed; for conferring respecting - the compa rat iV e mer its of lecturers, and for creating e o fresh supply in such de partments as enay be requisite. Systematic courses of lectures, and lector°, having the character of progres sive lessons. Circulation of MS. lectures. Occasional exhibitions and circulation-of works of art, diagrams, natural objects, drawings ; models, and specimens of useful inventions: Loans - cf , expeneive hooks. Liter change of natural objects of different localities. Inter change of reports and practical suggestions. Supply of instructions: and materials - for drawing classes, and cif culation of models for such classes. Purchase of books, casts, specimeni, cud illuatrations at wholesale prices. Advice. and 'essietanCe in selection and pur chase of books, Ste. Communication of new discoveries and feats. Execs; information of events interesting to institutions. -Regular and complete statistical returns. Joint - action for the benefit of institutions, and for pro motion of science, literature, fine arts, &c. Direc tiou of -attention' to ;facilities for investigating prac tical subjects. Knowledge and experience of the working of the' plans of kindred institutions. Annual or other confereec( a of the representatives of institutions. lerentioni rewarded by the .Society of Arts, a valuable nucleue of exhibitions. Copies of transaction s an d weekly papers of SoCiety of Arts. Circulation of class teachers, of singing, drawing, &c. Development of local resources . uud local talent. The strong institutions might assist the weak. - The cards of membership of an institution might admit the - member, under certain re strictions, to the 'exhibitions and lectures of the Society of Arts, and to the lectures and Veadiog•rooms of insti tutions combined in - the" union. The publication of an institutional periodical. The publication of an annual report, embracing the priacipal,experienee .of the insti tutions. Occasional arbitration to heal differences. As sistance in ferthstion of new institutions. A higher tone and new life to malty institutions. An increased pres tige, calculated to excite an increased interest, and to command increased support. 'The cultivation of an esprit de corps, and of a kindly spirit Of co-operation among the officers and members of institutions. The more effectual publication of the existence, objects, and ad vantsges of institutions. Facilities for improving ad vantages of institutional visits to the metropolis, by pro viding competent persoes to accompany the members to scientific exhibitions and institutions, and familiarly Acting upon th e enc o ur aging ex plaining the objects, _Ste." support which their pro posal h i ed met th e C omm itt e e of the Society of Arts de termined to hold a conference to which delegatea should be invited from all the local- Institutions which had sent in their adhesions to the principles involved in the union. The anxiety and in erest evinced throughout. the pro vinces on the subject cannot be better illustrated than by stating that yesterday,' Cheek); fixed for the conference, delegates presented themselves from the following list of places:-- ' . . Slough, Portsmouth, Guildford, Newton-Abbot, Dun• mow, Winchester,- Halstead, Holbeck, Gloucester, War. „ewe, chat- t am, 33. 1 .tt1.-, rti g gl.4 wa d e Genera! Ititution; - Barnstaple, ,B r i s tol, Bexley-heatb, Islington, ne Chichester, , - Seitnoak s , Norwood, Baoup, Fording bridge, West London, Ely, Basingstoke, Horsham, High gate, Margate, Grantham, Shrewsbury, Bakewell, St. An drew's, N. B ;Plymouth, Gree nw i c h,W or ki ng ton, Ashton, Yorkshire Union, Basingstoke, C o l c h ester , Westmingtext )Corksbire; Portsmouth, T on b r i dge W e ll s , Bedford, 'Banbridge, YeoCil, London, Blandford, City of London, Dover, Peterborough, Hastings, Uxbridge, Glasgow, Newport, Newbury, Kentish Town, Sudbury, Chelten haine Southampton, Harreiar, ,Coggeshall, Horncastle, Lewes, Woolwich, Northampt; n, Woburn, Pimlico, Frome, Warminster, Ha a -, lite, • Reigate Maidenhead, Salisbury,' Felmegth; Eastbourne, East London, Lynn; Gravesend and Milton, St. Leonard's, Brantford, -Leedei Braintree and -Booking; Ipswich; Wrexham, Sussex, Liverpool, Lancaster, Egbaro 4rightO , Windsor - and Eton, tTrowbridgee Roroford , Stam ford, e Manningtree, Staffordshire, Holmfirtb, - Gains borough, Dartford, Camberll Derby; Hackney, Staines, Walworth, Royston, Nottingham, Stoke, Faversham, Gateshead, Manchester, Droylsden, Chester,. Herefordshire, Liskeard, Tiverton, Bury, Barnley, Wellinborough, Exeter, Ware, Raw' tenetall, Glasorw, Dover Chelrostord, Canterbury, iN e wport, Newbury, Many of :the gentlemen_thue returned to this educa tional and industrial parliament represented not only the institutions of the towns from which they came, but provincial unions more or less extensive, formed for the purpose of supplying' those very benefits which the Society of Arts now seeks to afford in national and a Whittington Club. worthy manner. Theinflitential character of the con ference itself may be. fairly estimated from the following list of' distioguished persons present, who, it will be ob served, represent'all ati a d n , indicate harmonious co - opera t ion in an object- of ge neral utility and undisputed 1 ..comae to the public -at largerl ii sn Thelget,o:l3—,BishopEarls ii .' of joof Ef h on e x r ß r f 0 0 0 - ri t v - i e l: a . cietsa earl, ir r ( ii:*o. .Granville, C. p rs o ßa l tn i . : vs i t i c pl i a a i a e l ku , el E°:sParn.Llitio. opinion,, , C , r a a s u b r i d - ; D. Brewster, Right lieneeE . T. Milner Gibson, %IP. Right 2 Hoe. H. Tufnell, M.P., Strutt, M.P., Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Moffatt, MX , Mr. Eseart, M..P o Sir C. Lyell, Dr. Playfair,_ Professor Moseley, Mr. R. D. Grainger, Professor Sully, Mr. Babbage, Mr. Tooke, Mr. C. Wentworth. Dilkßight Hon. ‘.-. r -harry Chester, -Rev. Dr. e i4 M ; r. Leonard. Horner, Mr. C. , Mr. Winkworth, Lieute nant Pasley, R.E , Mr. Redgeeee Rev. H . M ac k e nzie, Rev. Professor Maurice; Rev. Professor Harris. li ßo n o ig th h . t, C M ap r ia C in ol o o, w e e , n a :tt.E. The Marquis of Lae:snow sn, w h o pres id e d, said--It ma y, perhaps, be convenien t, and it may be expecte d o f me bfthoee who have done ice the honour to express a wish that Ishould 'attend i n this place and on Oh oc casion, if I state in a very few words what I conceive to be the object of the meeting, and, at.all events, the ob ject with which I have attend e d h ere th i s d a y, with a teeve will e li wiafa rthedesign, w hi ch I have every reason to prove r. eminently and generally benefival. Gentlemen, this society—l-mean the society to which the building in which we are assembled belongs—You are well aware has been, I may venture to say, the parent i n stitution of all tliose that hav e pew, up in this coun try for the general fartherance of science. It has the great honour of having shown and pointed out the way in that direction.—(Hear,-hear,) It has, in the lapse of many years, numbered among its a u e see ib ers and its awaro d oat tch--others- have been at tracted;supporters a very large number of the Most eminent per•Oo sons in this country. It has been honoured ondaotive nut only with the patronage but .. ecith th e 01 seine of the most onlightenede i t s h t . i a n t g u a i s sh t e h d e Membete - 61, - theßeyal . FaßtklY of this country. It ame h a yas ,th_ a_b af !th eac ean on s t_ f_ I t e o l_ w 0 annvevi h 4 as . tehx:lil could l)ie , d w an e i d l s o h f O t n h e e probably all , there as fortunately sprung up Population of the an increased desire to propagate knowledge and science, eotintry have : 6 l y n ott ere ar ai e ed _.fort and to connect both with the soicial hahits of the coun try. Gent.emeet, I though' you are all here present aware oefietnerce of the country; may be many; and of this, there certainly there are many, whose habits e .them to confine this metropolis, who ' the extent to whichthis has are ignorant of. ~ e . _ gone, and Who would: be surprised, Pangs!. when I state to-them what is knoWn. to me, indeed, that ao diffused has this it appears from the desire been, that- t" have hedn liel4 with v i a l rfiloanuraish institutions itlt. now exist ing—l wish I could say Athat a there are tat feed now , existing in ,Eoglarte; out ofssthan 446, and that representing 7Q,000 persons, the number f 350 these I un derstand institutions to het have be ohave actually responded toile genies t :iffiril been addressed to them from this piece, therebye .. ,h l ing a stronger in that tbertaitsetoe.effect that object tha steace than any other is to improve society by anxious desire ehere • themselves in =Both ~ loge, and friendly by potting . with the body to which I have alluded commaticationtwith . b' h dwells ' . rts _ w ie in this place,- -the Society •of .11 I s v that desire has been felt; and when (Hear.) When - a ' 3 * been responded to On' the part meane, teed tbe &sire I icy that desire has let me be cupposed to state that of this society, clo no. . . ~, el of rho Neer there is the least de• either an the one !pee sire on the one tn ill3l3°Be ~ ' ' er on the other to accept, an: 1 dons of eny society. positive contrerover-the -isegnl 4 be the p 37. The basis of sucli;ucOmmuei.cat; member. 011 must ember. All perfect inde pendence of ev er y individual is sought on the One s ide to-be obtains d ,th t and on the other side to be gr an t e d , i s t h e free and useful communicatio n of knowledge. And althoughe• as we are well aware, there 'Ave heom great doubts; great confl ' ets, and great difficulties with; regarit to, peenapsethe greatest of all public social qaektiot,6—tlie central zation of power-1 believe Witt as to the utility of the oentrolizAtio u of tions in this country have been from time to time cc cased of a desire to fortify and support themselves, pe cuniarily speaking, out of the consolidated fund, you will here create a consolidated fund of knowledge upon which all parties may draw without the least risk of its becoming a bankrupt.--(Cheers.) For my part, I can only invite you to proceed to the business of this day with a desire to make it agreeable and consistent with the feelings of all the parties that I see repre sented here to-day; and, to do so, I trust it will not be even suggested, as recommended, that only one path should be followed in each individual case, but that the utmost latitude should be afforded to those who, in our provincial towns, whether great or small, have asso ciated themselves for the purpose; and I will take the liberty of adding, because I know that in many such places the pursuits of science and of literature have been more or less connected with subjects of amusement, that, far from wishing to repel those objects, I believe nothing can be moro useful than that they should be perma nently connected with them.—(Cheers) I therefore trust that this will be had in view—that the inde pendence of each society shall be preserved. But if I am asked in what respect this society, may be eminently useful, it will be answered by the ap plications that, as you will be informed this day, have already been made to this society—that they are de mands from all quarters, of the most varied descriptions —varying with the specific wants of each locality—some asking for lecturers to be sent to them, some caking for a , statistioal inforinatfou, ;sumo aslifir , - for books or for i n formation as to where they may be procured ; some asking for the means of procuring public exhibi tions. I will not enumerate them more; but all of them eck in a greater or less degree for that which mus t he wanted : lu all" provincial towns, ' in a still greater degree, as the places are scattered or re mote, and deficient in the means of procuring informa tion for themselves. I believe that any assistance you can give in this way will be repaid amply to you and to the public, and that those waters of knowledge which you will diffuse will, like those gathered up from the ocean, come back to you by refreshing the streams in originated, and be received into the great whichreser they originated, it is the pride of the metropolis to offer to the admiration of the countr y .—(Cheers.) Earl GRANVILLE moved the first resolution, and after some complimentary allusions to the presence of the Noble Marquis in the chair, said that the meeting was not one intended for oratorical display, but that practical ediscussions were invited on the part of persons well ac queinted with the subject. There was not the leait de sire felt by the Society of Arts to constitute themselVes a governing body, but they sought to become a medium of communication, and to act in an administrative capa city among the different institutions.—(Cheers.) In dif ferent parts of the country unions had already taken place, and the system of co-operation now proposed was only an extension thereof, so that it might become national in its character.—(Cheers.) The Noble Earl concluded amidst loud approbation by proposing the fol lowing resolution:— " That the success of literary and scientific institutions and mechanics' institutes in tho cultivation of literature, science, and art, and in the diffusion of useful know ledge, might be powerfully promoted by the combination of many institutions in an union with the Society of Arts, on the basis of perfect security to the continued independence of the institutions and the freedom of their self-government." Mr. STRIITT, M.P., seconded the resolution, end, speaking as a delegate, bore testimony to the advantages which had already resulted from the partial co-operation of local institutions. The resolutions having been carried unanimously, The Bishop of OXFORD advocated the proposed union on the broad principles of its being calculated to pro mote the interests of religion and morality. He felt that it was not requisite Tor him to adduce any arguments to support that' proposition before so enlightened and distinguished an audience ' and he only spoke on the sub• jest in order , that his words 'might rebound from them, and carry conviction elsewhere.—(Cheers.) Ho was not one of those who had any secret suspicion that any an tagonism existed between religion and the highest de velopment of literature, science, and art. He protested against the idea that to be religious it was necessary to be ignorant (Cheers.) If it was designed by the heavenly gift of God that man's intellect should be cul tivated, that he should possess an informed conscience and a reasonable spirit, the just development of his na ture must depend on the equal application of education to his general powers.—(efreers.) It was tree that knowledge and literature and science might be allied with what was evil and mischievous, but would they hesitate on that ground to communicate instruction? He rejoiced in being the honoured instrument of uniting their common suitaages in favour of an almost self-evi dent proposition, and ha sat down, moving as a reso ution— " That this meeting is of opinion that literary and scientific institutions and mechanics' institutes are cal culated to promote the interests of religion and morality by the cultivation of literature, scis,nce, and art, and by the diffusion of useful knowledge; and that this meeting earnestly invites all classes to tinite in supporting and improving such institutions, and extending their powers of doing good." The Earl of HARROWBY seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously, after some little dis cussion arising upon what fell from the Noble Earl, but which bad no bearing upon the terms of the motion itself. Mr. MILNER GuisoN, M.P., movEd the next resoln. Lion; which referred to the financial conditions of the proposed union. No one, he said, could insinuate that the proposal to render services to the local institutions was to be made a means of profit to the Society of Arts; for what they took in the way of compensation they would .give a full equivalent, and all that they desired the loss, s payments and t o which afford to t c il u e l was to be protected from loss. — (Cheers.) lle moved, atinedstitto institutions s ec th t therefore, with much pleasure— " That the pecuniary conditions of union should be cal e th f e ul s l value oeie o society from they may make to the society's fends." Mr. JOSEPH Hymn seconded the motion, and said that he had attended the summons which ho had received as one of the oldest members of the society. He considered the present meeting as one calculated to be of tho ut most importance to the country at large.—(Cheers.) From the results of the Great Exhibition they now knew in what they were deficient, and the Society of Arts were rightly extending the knowledge bow that deficiency might be supplied.—(Cheers.) We were now a great manufacturing and commercial country. From the best and most impartial sources, from open competi tion and fair exhibition, - we bad learned a lesson which, he, trusted, would be improved.—(Bear,hear.) In many instances we had been fond of believing that we were at the head of great interests on which the o 1 p pu ation and wealth of this country depended. We were no longer a country depending on agricultural produce for ou maintenance, and the number of our population wa r s' vastly on the increase. —(Bear, bear.) It was neces sarp that the means should be provided for supporting that augmented population, for enabling us to progress, and, to sustain a world-wide competition.—(lieer, hear.) Unless we M 538 the best use- of those aids which science and knowledge lent to the indus trial arts we could not expect ton prosper, end therefore he rejoiced in the present conference.—(Cheers.) Tho letter of Mr. Chester had first informed him as to its objects., ,He had always warmly advocated similar at tempts at social improvement, because an educated po. pulation must always be preferable to one steeped in ignorance.—(Cheers.) He hailed the contemplated union as a means by which ignorance might be re moved, and, if it was successful,it would tend greatly to increase the power, the prosperity, and the happiness of the people.—(Loud cheers.) Let this country compete - openly and manfully with the world, and, by the appli cation of its skill, its industry, and its capital, it would accomplish an assured success. The resolution which he had to second was one - of a charadter which ,bad oa copied his attention very often. He believed tbat every i ns tit u tion of the kind ought to be se lf supportieg, and be had found that all with which ho had been eon ' nected, whicli had not commenced on that footing, had d d failed. A few ardent and independent men forme in an association, and by subscripti ons might succeed making it flourish for a time, but it must be evident to those who looked below the surface that this state of things presented no permanent element of success, that individcials were removed, that circumstances c let hanged But , and then down fell the institution.—(Cheers.) th e undertaking be made self-supporting, let e ve that every me a m ber have an interest in its success, and beli to certain extent upon his exertions its welfare depended, and then no exterior assiitanee was wanted.—(Loud cheers.) The Society of Arts volunteered its services to become the medium of increased usefulness and know ledge to the different local institutions throughout the country, and all - that they imposed as a condition of that offer was not to be subjected to unnecessary expense. -He had the greatest pleasure in seconding the resolution. Mr. GRAINGER, who, in the course of his observa tions, shored that he had bad extensive experience of the want which existed for a union such as that now pro d in a very able manner, the following r p os ed, move-, . eso _ lion:— "That this meeting accepts the.' memoranda of re. plies,' /to., 113 a sufficient statement in general terms of the advantages which may be expected to result from the proposed combination and union, and requests that present, the Seciety of Arts will appoint a special committee to carry out the foregoing resolutions, and that every in stitution in unioa with the society will nominate a re presentative to form one _of a representative council, which s h 3 ll have _quarterly , or other conferences . with the said special committee.' • Mr. TVFNELL, M.P., seconded the motion, which, was carrieduna after a short practical discussion of a friendly character nimously. . . The delegates who shared; in the. proceedings of the conference were from Exeter; E g h, • m, the city of Lon don Literory and Ooientifin It - • e • us itutlon, tuldford, on the part of several delegates Greenwich, the London MecEanics' Institution, the Jewish Li terary sorvations chiefly related to details of management, into which it wa s o b vious ly i m possible that the conference at its first me e ti ng cou ld enter , b u t w hich were, neverthe less, marked by groa t goo d se nse, Institution, and Woburn. Their ob and a disposition to co - operate in the vi ews an d pl a ns of the society. The Earl of C ARLISLE, i n hi s ustr l h a ppy style, pro posed a vote of t h an k s to the M arqu i s o f L a n s downe, which was s econ d e d b y the Dean of S t. P au l' s , and most cordially acce d e d- to by the meeting. After a suit a bl e ac k nowledgment of the compliment, the Noble CHAIRMAN announced that the committee of the Society of Arts would meet to-day at 12 o'clock, and would be happy to receive any communications and sug gestions which the delegates had to offer; that arrange ments would be made for giving practical effect to the objects of tho conference, and that at three a deputation would wait upon his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who took a lively interest in the subject of their deli berations. In the evening a dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern, admirably supplied by the proprietors, and of which nearly 200 gentlemen partook, cemented the union at the society's house in John-street, Adelphi. Over this social gathering the Earl of Carlisle gracefully pre sided; and every one present seemed pleased with the result of what may be fairly regarded as the first fruits of the Exhibition, and the commencement of a new sphere of usefulness for the society with the council of which, and its Royal President, that grand display originated. The usual loyal toasts were rendered more significant and received with greater enthusiasm on the occasion by the position which his Royal Highness Prince Albert occupies as President of the Society of Arts; and the chairman did not miss the opportunity of pointing out how muoh this country is indebted to his Royal Highness for the services which he has rends/mei to the cause of industrial progress. The Earl of CARLISLE, in proposing the toast of the evening, See 3ropanied it with some striking observations. He reminded the company that they were then mainly brought together for the purposes of companionship and better acquaintance, not for any over conviviality or excess, for that would be rather an unseemly ac count for the delegates to carry back "with them to their constituents.—(Laughter.) Their object was to cement the union which had been formed, end to pledge, under the genial influence of toasts and hurrahs, their best exertions to protect it.— (Cheers.) After alluding in a felicitous manner to their meeting in the Freemasons'-hall, the walla of which he feared *mild tumble down upon him while he avowed that he was not one of the brotherhood—be proceeded to say that in a neighbouring country, in the great ca pital of France, there were assembled last week what had been termed a great national festival on their Field of Mara—the splendour of which was insured by all that great military preparation and consummate artistic skill and complete despotic power could effect, and which was Imperial in everything but the name. It must have been as rich and brilliant a scene to the eye as could well be conceived, bat we-might tell our gay and gallant neigh bours that we did not envy them their gleaming standards or their golden eagles, while wo offered an asylum to the literature—(lm:liens° cheering)—and the genius which they had cast forth—(Continued cheering)—and while we make a honie for the liberties: which they had an nulled—(Cheers)—while We pursued what we conceived to be the more legitimate ends and the more worthy aims of promoting the intellectual, the social, the moral, and the religious improvement of the whole bulk of the people.—(Great cheering.) That was their motive for assembling on the present occasion. They felt that it was for the best that they ventured to lay the foun dation of another edifice, which they devoted to popular instruction and enlightenment. They hoped that it would lead to the cultivation of another portion of the great peaceful field, and around the altar which they raised they did not seek to pile military standards or barren steel, but rather to crown it with - the fruits and the flowers which illustrated the peaceful career of their national industry.—(Laud cheers.) The Noble Earl concluded by proposing:— " The Literary and Scientific Institutions and the Me chanics' Institutions of the United Kingdom; and success to the happy union this day founded (coupling with it in terms of deserved compliment the name of Mr. IL Chester)." • Mr. CHESTER made &very modest but suitable reply, and was followed by Mr. GRAINGER, who proposed " The Society of Arts." Mr. W. HARDING acknowledged the toast. Mr. C. KNIGHT, in appropriate terms, proposed" The . Representatives am:tabled at this day's conference, and" may they be returned to our n' xt Parliament." Sir G. ANDERSON acknowledged the toast. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Provincial Unions, especially that of Yorkshire," associating' with it the name of Mr. Baines, of Leeds. Mr. BAINES replied; and after the health of the Mar quis of Lansdowne and the Earl of Carlisle had been drunk with due honour, the company separated. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE'. CANTERBURY, TUESDAY.--LRBt night there was a meeting at the Guildhall-rooms in this borough, con vened by . the Hon. G. Smythe, M.P., for the purpote of putting forward his claims for re-election. At eight o'clock the proceedings began, and Mr. Smythe having been introduced to the meeting, amid much app!ause, spoke at considerable length, end somewhat to the fol lowing efrecte . -LI see around me the representatives of many shades and distinctions of political belief; but from this very diversity I might derive an augury of triumph ; because it has f b or eeli maiit ua ,iwy y cat3s. s e i sea n ovr g rse a tnw l , a oll r ft im f e o ta r ar t eh, u o mor n ew e p , eirn i te n ,g..3 . my relations with your borough; to have polled the whole of your constituency--ens - half successfully upon one side, and the other half successfully upon the other. —(Cheers.) And yet I am, without any affectation, utterly unconscious of ever having changed an opinion. Now, let me put this strikingly before you. What was it at the last election which lost to me the confidence of the the great majority of the. Conservative party? My pro-Jewish and pro-Papist votes, as they were termed; but what I called them, my votes against a dead principle of sham nniformity—my votes-in favour of a living prin ciplelB47; of just toleration, which, thank God, moves among us, and which will ere long, with the crowning triumph of Jewish emancipatien, have its being in the Constitution . ( C h e e r s . ) Singularieca,ns Itout nuittsra soi toconsciences, btm phe rpe s cehi a acr y uei sods , epa which, largetheoll opponents ce hng ssri great i c aint - t m tio e n f o o f r the Liberal party now withholds its support from aroundlprecisely the same e. reason and,th a t more theytsuhetili precisely n i h i et s e hg o n o eu f b ls c a v r a i r a a m o l l t y u l h e i s e o s . rallied i l a l forTh e t h c e a u p s e e rs o e f e Whig.party in the State has since entered on a crusade becomes their older, and sterner, and sectarian tradi tions, is of modern inconsistency, violent enengh to rouse back , among us the spirits of Charles Fox and Charles Lord Grey, if with no unfair imaginative license I can suppose their spirits still guarding that sacred principle of religious liberty to which, during their lives, they sacrificed all things but their honour.—(Loud cheers.) After .some very severe animadversions on his colleague for an alleged breach of faith, Mr. Smythe went on to s ay= I have now to deal with cdailsltet:dne ac Pao of my 00natitnents, that I have neglectedt liamentary duties. I at eece b plead l a u situationg laugh.) r . ) e Ono hairiv .0 thau m l y s s e e y lf m . o l re, sa t y ha l t been very particular on this heal. : h ns i t : : pocket.—(Laughter.) e yA t o . —ug. with h L ayh a v u ge g u h n t e e v r e. . r ) w O l f i . 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And e l ates, " The Danciad milly has heard much more ofwhat And, although Colonel Re- Hansard than myself, Ido think not has been recorded in that fore better fitted to promote the he is there good time" inevitably coming.—(Cheers.) popular interest in " the think that because a man hasbe I do not chick weed that he is therefore the better eechoked with swim.— (Laughter.) The difference between able to the story of Tom and Dick:—,‘what us reminds me of doing, Tom?" "Nothing.. „ And have you been doing, Di c ky)„ what have you been " Helping To ing Colonel Romilly's very creditable ni Now, notwithstand only-been the part of Tom - I attendance, his has you; and I have simply foregone e havlone nothing for of Dick, in helping Tom to an declined the part I come to the accusation We. nothing for you. Now, me by triy colleague. f ich has been urged against into the fact that I have given might resolve his:charge John of Lord Russell's Government. two votes against Lord mediate interest a lf I desired in my O wn it % would be precisely charge to be brought against tees 1 John reussell's Government, person al adherent of Lord John this —of not having been a Lord John is not eo that I know of,' t hat popularthe char any %here at this monat,nt• . . nit certainly not in Canterbury. yet e (Ira° need °gni i I cannot ' -e -don--pepu al' though I know it to be for eceept the Ps o l f an op ponent . the moment—of anamply because, with the • except:oe of its , the charge e foreign untrue. I yield toto the pnt no man, net even leader of the Hous e of Commove, in lia great admira tion of' that statesman. It is true that at this conjunc ture ho is staff ; ---erog under much ephemeral odium and much unreasonable obloquy, but be bears within him— "'--- That strong divinity of soul Which conquers chance and fate." He realizes, even to thoso who do not know him, Lord Sydenhe --In's touching and dyingtestimony" Lord Jolty R ussell is the noblest man I ever knew." He belon to the foremost category of this world's worthies. said an ancient , classic, " who have "Happy are they," recorded things worthy to have 'been ac - Happy are they who have acted things worthy to be recorded. Happiest of all are they who have done b t ." o h —(Cheere.) ‘;tll6 t:inhsardea,',r, Lord John Russell belongs to both. Bat though s l do not wear his uniform, I should wrong the truth wliii./ ; to withhold this true testimony to hi s g reat worth end' ' unmatched ability.—(Cheers.) Igo further. I say if our aristocratic Constitution, under which we live, is not to be widened and extended, that the natural stewards and safest Ministers of that Constitution are the greet Whig families. I certainly—except on foreign matters —have never opposed them as an opponent. Let me take the case of a statesman—the best abused public man of the day—Lord Grey! I have always thought his broad, original, and onward views of colonial reform have been impeded and hindered by the intrigues of colonial monopolists them selves. On the occasion of Lord Elgin's Indemnity Bill, when the mass of the Peelite party voted against Lord Grey's Canadian policy, I supported it; on the question of Lord Torrington's administration as Gover nor of Ceylon, and indeed whenever the policy of his office was attacked. And then, forsooth, I our to be caballed against by my colleague because two miserable votes are hunted out to prove that I have not supported a Government which certainly I never professed to sup port.—(Cheers.) I say, then, this is recsbal, because the very frivolity of the pretext trumped up against -me proves it to be such. It is a cabal because it was com menced , by treachery on the one side and was sealed by patronage upon the other.—(Cheers.) It is a cabal because it originated at a hole-and-corner dinner, and was continued at a hole-and-corner meeting. ,It is a cabal because it began in the dissimulation which pre vented Colonel Romilly from telling me my votes at the time had nullified our coalition, and because it, ended is the hypocrisy which professed ignorance of Sir. W. Somerville's introduction to the constituency. —(A. hiss, answered by counter-cheers.) I understand the meaning of that hiss. This I know is strong lan guage, but it is language far too weak for my feel ing; and I will ask the gentleman who dissents from me so courteously, whether I have not a right to stigmatize that cabal which proposes to oust men whose family, for more than three centuries, has been connected with your county, in favour of a perfect stranger—to oust me who' have served you for three Parliaments in favour of one who has .barely served you for three years.—(Cheers.) Such, gentlemen is my case as between my coilcage and myself, whi c h I leave in all confidence and trust within your hands. I believe that my friends will take care to: reserve for Colonel Romilly the fate which he intended fbr myself, I know that there is no step—not short even of voting nor Mr. Jonstone and Mr. Gipps, our po litical opponents—which many of them are not deter mined to take; - to punish - that cabal, and their juetifieues tinu c°llPlatf-inRe th tribilifylichtjaStobn" " as Colonel their own language, thet a _ tray us".—(Shouts of ~ etrayen you; sonbe Never,will-W -never.") lam boundlo 9 say I believe with them that bqrayed roe, soas Colonel Romilly has betrayed.— (Uproar.) And I youst in will be caption my own reason ay for- th in of this inter think I can already detect the first l4 belief is, that I treachery. When Colonel Rou germ of meditated whole length of Kennington-common i n goes almost the —when he declares for something li ke ti • his able speech and when he proposes the complete separa tionnivsal su ff rage, and State, I think he ought to have told yof Church and only meant all this excessive liberalism so long t h at Lor d- Derby was in office. lam perfectly certain that when Lord John Russell was in office he made no sign of an extraordinary zeal in the cause of reform, and I think if Lord John Russell were to come into office again, an this liberalism Would mireculously - calm. lie himself has omitted to give yon the exact measure of his poli tical faith. It will be in your recollection that in 1850 Mr. Locke King brought forward his motion for an extension of county franchise. Upon that occasion my Gallant Colleague voted in favour of that extension of the county franchise. The next year Lord John, Russell went out of office on that very question; but the motion was renewed, and on that second occa sion Colonel Romilly stated, that, inasmuch as Lord John Russell had given a pledge that he would go for ward and onwards at some time or other, and sooner rather than later, with a Reform Bill of his own, he had no hesitation in voting against Mr. Locke King's motion. —(A laugh.) . The question was again brought forward in 1852, and then my Gallant Colleague returned to his first love, and voted in favour of Mr. Locke King's mo tion, which he opposed in 1851.—(Laughter.) Now 1 shall be much mistaken if I shall be supposed to blame Colonel Romilly's conduct on those occasions. All I simply mean is this, that Colonel Romilly took up a fair constitutional position, which was, that when a Minister in whom he had confidence was opposed to a measure of reform, and although he was himself in favour of that reform, yet he merged his own opinions and sacrificed his own judgment in order to support that Government in which he had entire confidence and trust.—(Hear, hear.) . I think, therefore, I h ave a r i g h t to say t h at Col. Romilly's Radical opinions are only operative so long as Lord John Russell may be out of office. Now, for my own part, I will only say that my own views are independent of Ministerial connexion. —(Cheers.) I have se often given you ray opinion on political affairs that it will not be expected from me on this occasion to enter at any great length, or in any particular detail, on a statement of my views. At the same time I think at this epoch, when we are all agreed, I may congratulate you on the advantages of free trade.—(Cheers.) So early as 1842, when Sir Robert Peel was going on in those tariff referees by which you have so largely bene fited in almost every article of consumption, I then called on him to go forward, while I characterized his measure of that time as the first instalment of a wiser and a more thoughtful policy.—(Cheers.) In 1846 I had the honour of being a member of that Government which carded, the great boon, and now almost unblesphereed blessing, of corn-law repoal.--(Cheers.) Now I think, in -connexion with this subject, and with another in which you aro greatly concerned, the happiest mode of extending the franchise in this country would b e that by which the wealth of this country should march so rapidly as that all should be drawn by their prosperity within the magic influ ence of the 101. franchise.—(Cheers.) And although it may seem a somewhat Utopian and romantic theory, y e t if you look at the statistics of the question you will find, siren free trade has been in operation, this most remarkable fact, that your franchise has increased more than twice as fast as your population. Your population within tenyears increases et a ratio (if about 12i per cent.; and your franchise increases within the same period more than 25 per cent. Under these circumstances, I am justified in saying that nothing in itself can be more striking testimony to the real value of free trade than the augmentation of your franchise. But I contend this is not enough, because we cannot forget that every day there are born into this country more than 1,000 human beings, whom I should desire to see, not proscribed into disaffection, but educated in affection to the common wealth.— (Loud cheers.) I should desire to ace them further brought within the pale of the fran chises, because you must recollect that there is not a single unit among what is termed the lowest class who is not born with the algebraic sig n of minus before his name—(Great laughter)—because the great majority of individuals in this country are, so to speak, swaddled in insolvency, credled in deficiency b a ptised into bankruptcy.—(Renewed l aughter.) For e r they' a ll have to pay their quotas of the national debt. If the old Whig party in last century, who laid down the position that taxation and representation Concurrent —if the great men, like Mr, I . i ought to be down that principle, were alive at the o; who laid when the principles of taxation vas 8 b ette r understooo, I think that they would see that their the whole length of universal saff principle went one who consumes is —however incl. rage; because every I heard, in this sense , the other t recily—plainly taxed. words which fell from the lips day, some significant Exchequer, about the claim s of the Chancellor of the meant anything at all, woulds of labour, which, if they inten tion of going somewhatfarther seem to indicate an in the course of electoral one more point upon Iv tikt.eform. Now, there is only to occupy your which I wish for one moment to the militia attention, and that is with regard question. I have voted agauld the militia, not because I was in favour of any particular scheme of rival that all such parties, but simply b e cause I ..believedhtaa. r raoniona with,the taco sc heme sewere unconge nial d. to, n 4 this great com mercial community; acpdehreacsausseptrtiat to o f ne word, I think the whole thing a farce.—(Choers.s If, indeed,we were about to be i nva d e d by that very martial corps, the now almost disbanded National Guard of France—(d laugh) —the issue might possibly be doubtful; - but inasmuch as I do not apprehend such a result, I am afraid that cur militia can scarcely expect to boast of victory over the most warlike troops of the most warlike nation in Eu rope,—(A laugh.) Let MeilOW leave my case in your hands. I, of course, cannot presume to tell what may be the issue of this election. lam not indifferent to its result, neither am I sanguine; but of one thing lam certain, that if this cabal shall prevail against me—as it will probably prevail both against me and against its author—not new, perhaps, amidst the heats and jars and conflicts of a contested election, but months hencesin the calm of disappointment—(Hear, bear)— I shall at least be regretted by the non - e l ectors an d unrepresented Peer of y o ur city.--(Cheers.) They will never forget! es whatever may hav e b een m y delia will que of Parliamentary attendance, tha iI never lost nce . t of furthering th s t f o e r interests, aa 0 Pr an opportuni y thro ugh their wealth, the common wealth; to meting, —I do not mince the word—from their bru rb aua i se them ' d c ondition—and nothing brutalizes so much as t to raise them up to an education, which always m isery— the zes re ised is always stolen from them education , . prom beers)— o u r aise phew of contending religionaries—(C responsibility P to a sense of selt-trust by all the . up to an alliance of se lf -representation—to raise them _ w ith the State, not only by the links , and gyve a , and fetters of taxation, but by gentle ministrations on th e on e side, 'and by g rateful thoughts upon th e other— (Cheers) —to raise them up, last not least, in the ir ma terial happiness, by c heapening to them in their homes every article of primary n ecessity.—(Cheers.) Among those, also, of easier circumstan ces and happier posi tion, echo may be better able to determine the two_ tives which sway politicians, I believe that I shall 1 e rot only regretted, but also understood.— (fear, hest) Hero was one they v eil say, who hed a vision o f t i t s ewe ---3 crotehat, if yon will, in politics—who loved an ideal liberty, as poets love their inistressrs—(oh euo _ whcie worship, through good report cr bid report, he idolized t i , , , L e. N t e the liberty of certain Tories., Rho regard h e r as a sort of heuselteeper, pupetually • g - mourning ove r the ruins of 0 ., ~ Bleak Reuse" of her ow n , a l way s to 'be let u ntarnished, with nobody to bidn Not the libesty of oer tain Radicals, who seem to consider her as a "bitter tar maid," for ever chinking enispere in the presence of the greatest trade the world ever saw, of which they either will not or moot understand all the wisdom of its mag nificent ucthrift. Not the liberty of certain Whigs , who treat her es a court ezen, who must, at the risk of losing caste, give her favours the worn-out odalisque of the Whig hareea.—(Ltughter.) But a liberty—hoes describe her! One who, in our con ctitutional system, has almost always been in a minority, sometimes represented by units, sometimes, I fear, by ciphers—the liberty for which Doliugbroke suffered,