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TO THE PROPRIETORS OF _EAST COLA. STOCK. Ladies and Gentlemen, WE beg to offer you our grateful acknowledg• ments for the honour you have conitrrel upon us by re electing us into the Direction. Trusting that the Proprietors will ever find us deserving of the coMdence they have reposed iu us, • We have the honour to be, With great respect, • • Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and very humble Servants, W. B. BAYLEY RUSSELL ELLICE RD. JENKINS ' ROSS D. MANGLES JOHN MASTERMAN J. A. MOORE. East India House, April 14, 1852. THE ROYAL BRITISH BARK, on the , Sccrttlsh System (Incorporated by Charter), besides th e traitti action of all ordinary Banking business, grants CASH CREDITS, and allows 3 per cent. per annum on Sums of li rlY amount deposited for Six months. HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Mantger, L . LONDON_-HEAD OFFICE, 16, Tokenhouse-yard. BRANCUES, 429, trand. • . 77 , Bridge-street, Lambeth ; 97, Gosweli-road, Islington. CYST AL •PALACE. The Committee for the Preservation of the Crystal Palace re thre_tto announce that in cmsequence of peremptory • instru ctions from Chief Commissioner of Works to the Contractors, Messrs. Fox, Henderson, 'and Co., to CLOSE the Building to the Public. the Grand P romenade announced for Saturday next cannot take place. APril 14, 1862. PRESERVATION OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. CITY OF WESTMINSTER . N.Totice Is hereby given, that in pursuance of a requisition to me for that purpose diroeted;•L FRANCIS SMEDLEY, Esq., High Bailiff of the said City, have ap p o inted..SATPlPA.Y p n u e b a li t c , i‘threeetli7ntigY for sla th yo e f April, 352, at Willie's Rooms , for holding a ° l l:ct of testing the opinion of the inhabitants of Westminster with r e4renee to retaining the Crystal Palngo. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. - FRANCIS SMEDLEY, High SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COPPER MINING h. - .. COMPANY. _Notice is hereby given that CERTIF fakTES of SHARES in the above Compady will be ready for deli,very to the Sha re h o ld ers , i n exchange for the BANKERS' RECEIPTS, on and after the 19th inst. on application to the Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Company, 12, Bucklersbary. THOMAS BROWNE. 18th a,pril, 1852. PORTING.--TO CAPITALISTS. A Gentleman of the highest respectabilitv, 'who owns several nrst-classßace Horses, is degirons of meeting with a Partner, who is willinglo advance Two to Three Thousand Pounds. which sum is required tor the proper-and efficient management of the same. The inest_unexceptiOnable references will be given and required, and the strictest secrecy observed. None but principals need apply, by letter only, to R. Vo ]sq., care of 3fessrs. Thomas and Co., Newspaper Agents, Catherine street, Strand; Londou. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the London and North-Western Rail ;v4tY' Company w ill b e h eld at the Euston St at i on , L on don, on unsner, the 6th day o f M a y nex t, a t Twelve o'clock at noon, for rf Of the purpose of considering, or approving, or otherwise, f cetta n:bills now before Parliament, entituled respectively, "A 13111 for making a Railway from Worcester to Hereford, with eettafn branches therefrom; for making arrangements with the lixirefordahire and Gloucestershire Canal Company, and with the Midland and London and North-Western Railway Companies, and for ` other p urposes! , to enable the London and North-Western Railway Com -1),"113'r to extend their Railway from Chester to Birkenhead, to convert C ompany." Debenture Debt into capital, and to amend the Acts of the ` 4lll Pany.' , "A Dill to enable the London and North-Western Railway Com pany to make a Railway to connect the Buckinghamshire Railway with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and to Railway crtain other pwers with respect to the last-mentioned , e to authOrise the conversion of the Debenture Debt of the h;;;ueu an North-Western Railway Company into three-and-a --7; Per cen d tum stock, and for other purposes." !k Rill for enabling the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid to _ Railway Company to sell or lease their undertaking .145 London and North-Wes and the Midland Railways Com p ba g . 1, Dated this 12th day of April, 1852. HENRY 1300TII, I Secretaries. Easton C. E. STEWART, A. Easton Station, London. TL A S ASSURANCE COMPANY, 92, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. Established 1808. DIRECTORS. JOHN OLIVER HANSON, Esq., Chairman. air ZILLIAM GEORGE PRESCOTT, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Arth " - 14jam Baynes, Bart. Moses Mocatta, Esq. Th o Edward Campbell, Esq. Captain Alexander L. Montgo kh".;' aa Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. mery. R.N. 6,uel d Maclean, Esq. James William Ogle, Esq. x ustace maga , E sq. Joseph Pulley, Esq. Arthur Augustus Rasch, Esq. AUDITORS. Francis //u g h Hookey, Esq., and Joseph Grote, Esq. leruiatT—Charles Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Sommox—Thomas Browning, Esq. SusvEven--Thomas Hopper, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT. S.--;-Policies for 3001. and upwards, which may have been km," for one year prior to the date to which the Account is 4 1). will be periodically entitled to participate in the return of 14st Merle.% Sugar Houses ; and Mercantile Property, in the Docks ; foret t e or Public Warehouses; also Shipping in Harbour; assured 4 ear, or for any shorter period on advantageous terms. Itithi."'llg Stock is now exempt from Duty, and may be assured nt tho average clause. '4 5 LIFE DEPARTMENT. hu ll attention of the public has, in the advertisements and pro- Akit i ( n t this Company of late years, been ca lle d to a Table of dat e , °I A applicable to and expectant on Policies of particular I tatet: nd ages ; the Directors now beg to submit the following ois sure4 nt of Claims actually paid, showing the sums in e.,Xelu„ a nd the Bonuses thereon, and they request, n order to tiort„'L L lT the advantageous plan of Assurance proposed by this 1iv e r4. 1 3% that persons desirous of effecting Assurances on their own reitt A ,, r , on the lives of others, will compare the statement now sub alai; With the addition or bonus of any of the other offices which eoi t ;:igY to a Policy issued by them since 1816, when the Atlas 4 , adopted the Bonus System. 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AS RANGES for SHORT PERIODS may now be effected in this Office at considerably reduced sates of Premium. _ sTttele NE:XT;VALUA.TION will be made at Christmas, 1854, and rtimlsltheee It‘ra: tbehefnore‘ihat date will participate in proportion to the The Compari3os itatite ttsve a b , e i en in force. ha had at the Office in London, or of any of the :gen Lives he Country, who are authorise Proposals may • d to report on the a/D Pearanee of proposed for Assurance. HENRY bESBOROUGH, Secretary. March 25, 1852. PATRON —R, Tr .. ----- R. Pitrx ROYAL POLYTEcri NT eE ALBERT. & Prevention of Forgery., A -. LecturelC IN ST I'rITTION. for clang b Y , T. IT. Pepper, Esq , on Glynn and Appel's Patent Paper Porgery by the Anastatic Process, a re vention of Piracy and o'clock, and on Possesses thr . ) donday, Wednesday, and Friday Rvem itit . t Tuco :t Nine. —The talented Vocalist, KrausZ de Feher, who except -ajects Ot tour octaves, and sings in thirty-su fo reigh - Taordinary co m p ass . vrla give his Musical lilustrations every Evening, o'clock.—Lecture on Voltaic Electricity, with ,_et.uarday, at Eight b n . l Dr. Bachhottner.—An Explanatory D.crimii nt experiments, "` the various kinds of Muskets, Rifles, &c l ,_°,l t y Mr. Crispe, .dries of Dissolving Views.—Exhibition of the 34.cr0 pelendtd New 'rid Diving Bell, &C., &c. ' s oPe.—Diver ‘,....,Aknission, Is. ; Schools and Children ender Ten ye It , ars of age, I.TAL NT EDITION' OF THE C- OGEE. A NE -------------- LAURENT'S CASINO, --....... A.RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill- s t reet Th. -pp, , St. James's. , Coffee —.ZE WALTZ, awarded to Mr. W. H. Montgomery, will be "an , evening by Laurent's Celebrated Band. princip , - s-Piston. M. Boulcourt. . Ij — ° -` )111 °Pen at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine. and " l inate at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. -----. ~.._---- ort• CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 147 v ., To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; 011 4 ; 6 %eet-street; Mann, 39, Cornball; or direct from the au thor ; .One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. C ar valho, ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CO to Hi k rie * re/4U :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mo ming* EX -1 tril, p 4413 about the EnvironsLondon—The Parks, , sw, Fields, High-roads, n and other pleasant placesLanes.-Coun: y ...1 1 . Z 7 end Rambles — The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at HomeAVieic—The Draina—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, ' bit, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. II I MAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. V Vol. TO THE LAKES ;a I i.E I TCH OF EDDTBURGII, &e Two Vola. Vol. 11. . I tt LAKES OF KILLiRNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, That three score years and ten our course may run." Vh....'"lntlar review of almost every form (cause and cure) of nor th "t s , - debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses 4ttg u nc, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em- Mt ° age • with tables and rules for the diet and physical rogu e/I 0 , Id vivery-day life. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Jitr eo Truths as relined as Athens ever heard." ' 41 4 Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. Th e a d, KU" e i,wae Passios. Chastity and its infringements. The casual. KU". " c entiousness and dissipation, with Illustrations graphic, nu , and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. TUE MARRIAGE STATE. 1.. A "To be or not to be, that is the question." t i , k 4likeritia:.....L awa and obligations of nature , society, and reli -41141 Ardin g marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and -11 114 4 !,:-. both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and I'llye s r secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. defectiveness and its remo v al. Sterility and its conversion. 11;V:t 1144 ). CU LVERWELL, M.D. (1841), Ar.B.c.s. 0 827 )* L.S.A. 41146' T wenty-Ive years Medical and Forensic Re feree in these Illisr u klecollol hours daily till FLY*. Evenings,.Sovea till " --4W111.49:; ligint.ttrost, ......... 7 L___„---- --,- , z /2 • ~/ • • • ..1.... - '''' , ''..- , • '• . . I ~ , .1, • •' . ' • ....., •- A 4 , - r • 4 .. ..--....1. • - --- . , • • ',4. '. _ • ••••••,.. w,,...; : i:.." , ...-. . 4 .4 • - . i. ..,1" - a 1 ''''•- - I : 3 ' ' ''' i t .,;1,10.'•, ill_ . - - t 4 '. ( L.: 8 41 I'W O.U. 4.1 1 ..,.. t es.. /' - ' 4 4T . ;," ' ',, .4g . 4 *-trel".*. ,op,, ~ . 4 : ,, , ""-- - , 43... . .-.' 44 0 : (s• °' - C • 2 4 - '''' '''''' .-- J ' ''\ • s. . -4 \-,..,.. •: ' ' .rt -------- - , , , 1i• ..- - -- • -_ • ...,, t :i'4 lt i'•• ''''' !... . 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TO be had of, all Booksellers, SPERMATORRIIMA AND STRICTURE. BYo., in cloth, price, 3s. 6d., by post (free), Just published, ATREATISE on the CURE or- S't ICTI of the URETHRA ; containing the True Reasons wli y that Disease so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules and Instructions for the successful Treatment of every Turin of Urethral Contraction, based on the results of extensive and pro longed experience. To which is added, Practical observahaas on the Treatment of Sperrnatorrhcea by Cauterization. • - By F. B. COURTENAY, "These who complain most loudly are those only who know not how to use the common instruments. The pfac . . • tice of surgeons has been marked with all kinds of violence , an d in difference ,about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion r . r operations, and all the excesses and horror of eurgery.r—Johnpe • H. 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FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. lust published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, Ls. 6d., or post-free from the Author tor Forty-two Stamps, CT•LF-PRESERVATION; 1.01 Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually ac juired at an early period of life, which destroy the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex ,taust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on qt. certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debi ity, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Str;oture, and all Diseases and derangements resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted oy Lallemand. Ricord, and other eminent members of the faculty of France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, .Inurstoloa, autl.Diseases of tlia„Re,proAuctive Organs, explaining their structures, used; and functions, and the various injurieS WM are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. _ . . - - Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Ilan, London, Member of the litmterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, Sec., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the anit xmay and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative _tonditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the highest medical hononrs, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with advan tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated through secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of toter years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of m arriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceas ing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of 3. Gilbert, 49, Pater aoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street Starie, Titchborne-street, aaynaarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by Post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, top. row r Tan tin run Six til THE SILENT FRIEND. IN six LANGUAGES—FORTIETH EDITION. CONTUSING VIE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Liaato.*.est op One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Ekgraving.s. JAi PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. flew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, pries 20. 6d, by post, from the EatabEshment, Se. Gd. in stamp. /TOE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on 1 the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced la, xcesotve indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of. mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations en Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PT:BUY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Burners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Idiumay, 36, and Sanger. 150, Oxford-streos ; Gor don, 146, Leadonhall-street ; 95, Fa.rringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 1 3 , Bow Church-yard; W. Edwards. 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Chespside ; It. Johnson, 68, Cornhill. Pam I. treats of the anatomy and paystotogy of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. Psalm If. treats of ties consequences resulting from tacessive in wow), and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ticapaelty. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PAST 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in tbo primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Env av s. Pistm iv. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a ai xple application, by which the dangcr of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of .unsrrlage, and BA du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. - - Tux CORDIAL BALM OF SYSIAMMI is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., I Is. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive essence, an anti-sypbilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11E. and 335. per cattle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills. 2s. 9d-, 4s. fal., and I is, per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhma, glcet, stricture, an t i chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation foe, if by letter, A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi tion in society. W. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Este bv.,bment oely, ty which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight on Sun day b 0,,, gle,v., to en. d sc e_Blar . s : On A BALLOON ASCENT. Sunday aballoon ascent took place in the Champ announcing th at t w u h b ich fur a moment appeared likely to lead to been discoveredi placards ware posted During the previous week huge posted up in all the quarters of Paris, on th by a M. Belle, world n sure system of aerial navigation had gentleman, wh en take eaSunday, under the direction of that the scientific opportunity would be afforded to he had invented, and of witnessing the apparatus which of persons in the consecit : mode of working it. Thousands Mars, paying to sous enae% flocked to the Champ de in the centre, and tinw tha for leave to enter the space appeared going on with areatPrrOoeedings. Everythinc , balloon, which was certainly a :rarity, as round the seen a strange collection of w P he e Z d icl one, was to be 'ambled together, with the werd 8 and paddles, all )-- • tic charact 8 System d' Mlle, written in gtgan characters en a board e crowd at last became so great that the maabove. The ci sl guards and the troops placed around w il e n r ted m to P be on the alert, to prevent the After the a considerable person delay, four or five from the car , earth, and - th° next moment the balloon rose a nudq loud disappointment from the spectators; cries of anger and as the great point for the famous systexe, which . w . remaining whereo• at traction, was left behind, quietly crown all day 1 mechanism had been puzzling the t h t the W h a t trickster made the matter more annoying was s dupe below, as if in in the car kept saluting , the poor ( mockery at the anger wnich they testi&d. A trement y . does rush was made towards tho ma chinery, apparen l with a design to tear it to pieces; b ut the municipal guards made such good use of their horses that they succeeded in checking the movement, and cventuallY, by their forbearance and good humour, induced the crowd to retire. THE FEEDING OF TROOP HORSES.—Colonel Car lovitch, on behalf of . his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, has entered into a contract with Messrs. Richmond and Chandler, agricultural implement manufacturers, for the supply of machinery to carry out anew arrangement in the preparation of provender for the Imperial Regiment of Che• valier Horse Guards, St. Petersburgh. The process to which the food is to be subjected will save the often over-fatigued animal much labour, and, at the same time, effect a great national oconowy. THE BOOKSELLING SYSTEM. Yesterday a body of gentlemen representing the l3ookselling Association ofLondon and the provinces waited upon Lord Campbell, at Stratheden.house, Kensington; to confer with his Lordship and other gentlemen of literary distinction on the present posi tion of the bookselling trade. - The deputation con-' siited of Mr. W. LOngthatt" (the — chairwan of the Booksellers' Association), Mr. Murray. Mr. .R. B. Seeley, Mr.J. H. Parker (Oxford), Mr. Pickering, Mr. Deighton (Liverpool), Mr. Simms(Manchester), Mr. Douglas (Edinburgh),. Mr. J: Mills, Mr. H. G. Bohn, Mr. Dalton, Mr. Talor, Mr. Beilby (Bir mingham), Mr. Rivingtori, and Mr. Sampson Low (secretary to the London Association). The Noble and Learned Lord, who was accompanied by the Dean of St. Paul's (the- Very Rev. Dr. Millman) and Mr. Georg&Grote, received the deputation with •. - . • great courtesy. Lord CAMPBELL observed, that he had been called upon to render his assistance in.settling the important question which had arisen hr the bookselling trade, and he certainly should 'be Very glad if, associated with such gentlemen as Dr. Mihniiia, Mr. Grote, and others who might afterwards assist them, he could be of any service in arranging & matter of great im portance to the booksellers of this country. - The cir cumstances-under which theyibad met would be best explained by the following' letter,' which he had re ceived from Mr. Low, the secretary to the Book. sellers' Association : . . - . . ••• " HO, Fleet.street, April 8,4852. "My Lord,—l am directed to inform your Lordship ;hat the committee of the Booksellers' Association have this day. met, aud, impressed with: •the importance of giving serious consideration to the present position of the bookselling trade, they have . instructed ,me to re-. quest your Lordship to permit a few of their body to. have the honour of , conferring. with. your Lordship and such other litefary gentlemen -as it. may be agreeable to. your Lordship should be present on the occasion. " I beg to acquaint your Lordship that Mr. William• Longman, who took the • chair,- informed the meeting• that, having consulted Mr. Macaulay, ho was encouraged to hope that your Lordship 'would not'object to such a conference as the committee have the honeur to recittest; and that. Mr. Longman' added that Mr. Macaulay sug 7 gested it might be desirable .that Lord Granville and. Mr. Grote should be associated with your Lordship. To this view the meeting gave theircorslial assent. " Ism further directed to submit to your. Lordship's consideration the addition ;of Sir Rulwer Lytton, Sir W. Page Wood, and the Dean of St. Paul's, or the Rev. Canon Wordsworth. • " The committee would - esteem it a favour if your Lordship would inform me whether this proposal Meets your approbation, and, if so, whether your Lordship would wish me to take any steps to convene the meeting.. " I have also to inform your Lordship that the follow ing resolution was proposed by the chairman, and was unanimously agreed to—viz., ' That a conference be in vited bewteen Lord Campbell, in conjunction with a few of our principal authors, and certain members of the b3okselling trade, for the purpose of deciding whether the Booksellers' Association shall be carried on under its present regulations or not, it being understood that the decision of Lord Campbell and the other literary gen tlemen shall be binding on the committee, who agree, if the decision be adverse, to convene the trade and resign thcir functions.' " He at once acceded to the suggestion, and he would have been most happy had the other gentlemen men tioned in Mr. Low's note been present to-day, but unfortunately 'Lord Granville - was prevented from attending by ill health, and neither Sir L. Bulwer Lytton nor' Sir P. WoOd were able to meet them. Having considered it only right that on a question of this nature both sides should be heard, he had requested that Messrs. Bickers and Bush, Mr. Bentley, and other gentlemen who took an opposite view to the • Booksele lers' Association should have. ncitice of this meeting, and be requested to attend.. He had received, in reply to that invitation, a letter from 'Mr. Chapman, com plaining that longer notice of the meeting had not been given him. He (LOrd:C.impbell) 'regretted that there should be any ground. for. such a. complaint, but he did not know that, under:: the circumstances, longer notice could well have been given: He had also received a letter froth" Messrs. Bickers and Bush in reply to the invitation addressed to theM, stating that they felt that'iipon . tas question compro mise was impossible ;*that the inevitable tendency of the age was to open an unlimited free trade ; and that they felt assured no other arrangement' would or could be final. They added that a letter from them appeared in the Times of that (Wednesday) morning, explaining their view of the .case.. He (Lord ,Camp 7 bell) could only . mor,hitnself and the gentlemen titiy mituitivlieVoras,.assilted;:.ihat they had not formed any opinion upon the qaestion at, issue, but that they desired that the most ample opportunities should be afforded to all parties who . leek: an interest in it to lay before them any statements,. or to adduce any evidence bearing on the matter. Dr. Milman and Mr. Grote - expressed their conctr rence in theolAervations of :the Noble Lord. . ! Mr. LONGMAN then proceeded at considerable length to explain the objectfof the Booksellers' Asso ciation, and the questions in dispute between that association and a portion of -- the . bookselling trade,. termed " undersellers." The managers and members of the association were, he said, most anxious to afford to the gentlemen who had consented to acres arbitrators or judges in this Matter the fuliestinfornaation, and the most ample means of arriving at a just conclusion. He was deeply:sensible of the heavy responsibility which be incurred in undertaking to open this question, but he was fortunately supportedby a large body of gen tlemen connected with all branches of the trade, not l i only in London, but in s . 44land",;;in Manchester, in Birmingham, and in other provincial towns, who would be able_ to afford . information on any points with which they' were .more f am iliar than himself. He had firmly mad p up hla 7thind • that he Would not nhtice any letters; or statement's; or articles which had appeared in print; otherwise, he must say, he would have felt inclined-to give-an indignant denial to a great deal that had been published. The prin cipal object of the !Booksellers' Asiociation was to prevent those who received . the privileges-of the trade on certain implied conditions from enjoying those privileges without fulfilling the conditions. The main privilege was that of receiving a certain discount from the retail price, end the:condition on Which the privilege was granted was that thc, retail price should be observed. The retail bookseller, on buying from the publisher, received a certain agreed allowance,. on the supposition that he was to obtain a certain profit. Occasionally the retail price of a book Was reduced, but the practice of the trade in siiCh a case. was ,to go round and "call in " the books from those retailers who had bought them, -and afterwards to sup ply to the retailers either the new editions or the same books at tedueed price,, so that a fresh contract was ziade between the pub lia'ner and the retail bookseller.. He believed that :he trade was conducted on these principles up to 1812. The case of Mr. Lackington had been men- tioned as that of the first • undersiller. Now, it was extremely difficult to ascertain precisely ppon what principles trade was conducted some 70 or 80 years ago, but he (Mr. Longman) was convinced, from Mr. Lackington's Life, that his system of underselling was totally different from - that of the present day. Mr. Lackington's system was one which was exten 7 sively practised at this time, and which met with the approbation of the publishers. Mr. Lackington was the Bohn of former days, and Mr. Bohn was the Lackington of the present day. Mr. Lackington bought " remainders," the copies of unsuccessf ul books which remained on the publishers' hands, and sold them at a reduced price. Who were the first underseliers he did not know, but the first book sellers' association of which he could find any notice was set on foot by the retail. bboksellers in 1812. It was important, in passing, to observe that these associations had all - been established by the retail booksellers, and the publishers and whole sale booksellers had - considered it their interest to support such associations... About .1828 the associationwas remodelled, and it was just pre viously to that time that the• present system of underselling arose. It was his firm conviction that the interests of publishers and authors in this ques tion were entirely identical, and that what was for their interest was also for the interest of literature in ge neral. He thought thie fact that the present system was for the benefit of the boOksellers was shown by ociations the enormously preponderating majority of booksellers r who were in favour of the regulations. The present Booksellers' Association, which. was established at a public meeting of the trade in 1848, was a revivifica tion of the association of 1828, and many similar as had since been formed throughout the CO Unt He considered that the peculiarities of the booksellingemtrade, which differed from all others, af only. class of artcille did d n ground for supporting such associa were at all tions. applicable think that free-trade principles to the bookselling trade. The opinion, approacbealthe character of which, in his articles: t t phOse in which booksellers dealt, was patented was the tail o i n l lie r The bookselling trade fixing a retail price, a r o in ji.e c r h e was a possibility of was advisable to there was" complete • i d forinst " ma ny artmes--3, whom the silk goods and hats buy from tradesmen in t. theyf _ . ' had commence, because persons who were no . i udges o such articles miht easily identification of the ariicle. wnitt be deceived as to their quality. There was I however, no a Purchaser v 3 Wanted Lord•Compbelre 0 of th e chief jus. doubt as to the identity of a L a i book. tices," he could not be put off with the late Mr. Townsend's " Lives of the Judges." If Mr. Grote's " History of Greece" was asked for, Bishop Thirl wall'e could not be substituted. This gave the power of fixing a retail price, and, as those who dealt in s uch articles must have 'a p ro fi t, i t was necessar y that a certain agreed allowance or di scoun t, s h ou ld be given to the truth'. It had b een suggeste d t h a t bcoks should be published without a retail price, but he thought that would be throwing away one - of the great and peculiar advantages of the trade, and inetead of retnovinc, , the existing evils, would aggravate them materially. Books would then be sold at ere price in one street, and a' another price in another; the public would have no confidence that the right value was put upon them anywhere, and the whole trade would be thrown into confusion. Another peculiarity ofthe, trade was, that the allowance which was made to booksellers became known to the public. He might so far deviate from his intention of not noticing any thing that had appeared in the public,prints on this sub ject; as to observe that a letter in that day's Timesstated the allowance to the retail bookseller tcehe 33 per cent. r The writer of that l e tt er further stated that t h e booksellers did not speculate. But if they did not speculate they could not get that allowance—they would only receive 25 per cent. The .writers went on to say that retail booksellers were surely the best judges of the scale of profits which would enable them to carry on their business: That was exactly what the Booksellers'.•Association said. The retail book tellers, as it body, came to them and said, " Our pre sent profit is not too high ; we ask you to maintain it;" and on that point he agreed w i t h M es i rs. Bi c k e r s and Busb. The public seemed t o enterta i n a f a lse , impression that the profit of the retail booksellers was larger than that of other trades. The fact was, how ever, _could i,x. be confirmed,., that and the allowances meth nc l esfr profits in othlr trades were infinitely greater than in the bookselling trade. From 40, 50, and 60, to 100, or even more than 100 per cent e Were no unfrcquent profits in other trades, but it. Now, from the facts of having a fixed ret a il price, o eh f e co p m ub p l l ic had' eteiden n t o ifi 'm ca e t a io n n s , o a f kndnoofw:ha anything about the necessity necessity of an agreed and admitted allowance to th e b oo k se lli ng trade; arose a power of competition which did not exist in any other trade. It was very easy for a bookseller who wished to undersell to advertise that he would take off 10, or 15, or 20 per cent., and the public had ample means of knowing that 'they got such a reduction ; while a haberdasher, a h a t ter , or a glover, might advertise his goods at a reduction of 20 par cent., but the public had no means of knowing that such a reduction was really made. A power of competition, as he had said, existed in the bookselling trade which did not exist in any other trade, and, if the power of repress ing that competition should be taken away, a wild as had never been seen Un derselling, instead of being the exception, an d there upon,stem of perhaps, profitable, would be th e ru l e , an d u in nd th er is selling country wo i u n ld an a y arise such e e whatever. thereupon, he believed, the ruin of the whole trade. He believed that the result of doing away with this power of repression would be the concentration of the trade in the hands of a few large monopolist re tail dealers, to the injury of literature, the incon venience of the public, and the ruin of hundreds of booksellers from the Land's-end to John o'Groat's house. The effect would be that the stock of country booksellers, except in very few instances, would be confined to small, low-priced, and probably not very valuable publications. He believed the change would tell especially upon the productions of new authors, and that the interests of literature would in conse quence suffer most materially. A new author had difficulties enough to contend with already, but he was satisfied that the abandonment of the power of repressing undue competition would increase them tenfold. He regarded the retail booksellers as a body of men who rendered essential service in promoting the progress of education and the extension of litera ture throughout the country, and he hoped the Noble Lord and his colleagues would, on consideration, arrive at the conclusion that, if the plan of throwing the trade open should destroy such a class, the small and temporary advantage which might be reaped by the public would be purchased at too dear a price. Mr. MURRAY observed that he was satisfied it would be found impossible to carry on business upon the pretended profits of the undersellers. The same underselling bad prevailed in other businesses, and had been found to' be ruinous. To show that the plan adopted by the Booksellers' Association was carried out by other trades, he might mention that he hadein his possession a circular from a firm in the 'neighbOurbood of Manchester, who were manufac turers of muelins, stating that they dealt with no customer who did not sign a paper engaging, under the penalty of a fine, not to sell under certain prices. Theaame principle was acted upon by a great house in the oil trade ; and he was informed that Messrs. Strutt and Evans, of Derby, who manufactured a particular kind of thread, would only supply it to dealers on condition that it should be sold at a parti cular price. It had been urged against the book sellers that their System was an infraction of free trade principles ; but he had the positive assurance that when Mr. Cobden was in business for himself be never all Owed his muslins to be undersold. He had been informed also that Mr. Bright, who was manu facturing a new descriptionof carpets, would deal only with those persons who would engage not to sell them at udepreciated price.—(A laugh.) He might ob serve, also, that barristers and physicians had fixed the amount of their fees, and would not receive less than a certain BIM. The effect of the change which certain persons were endeavouring to effect in the bookselling trade would be this, that though there mi g ht be no diminution in the number of standard hooka by authors of name, that would be published, books by unknown authors would scarcely be re ceived. The result of an alteration in the present sys tem would be that he m us t reduce very much the number of books he published ; f or h e certainly would not trust undersellers, because he did not believe their profits were such as to keep their heads above water. Mr. DOUGLAS, of Edinburgh, stated that the sys tem of underselling bad been established in that city, but a meeting of the trade was held, at which regu lations were adopted for repressing the practice, and those rules were subscribed to by 173 out of 175 booksellers and publishers be Edinburgh and Glasgow. Mr. Low, in reply to some inquiries from Lord Campbell, stated that the number of booksellers and stationers in London W as rather more than 1,200, not more than half-a-dozen or ten of whom were undersellers. owitinhhich it wtliiinl regard t Mr. DALTON contended that the profits realised by : booksellers were much other trades, and that if the tr ade were thrown open exten extent t (t o ofwr prom o t e competizion w ou ld r educe their profita to a ruinous degree. Mr. Ilatchard's) entered into particular works, to the power of re that there could be no e of books which sett hahe booksellersimeol:ywler w . t hTAYLOßeerstatementse for all th heretic inclined to reconu neu r e were sut. e q sne u ci i lo t eu e r indispensable rßa,gAesdsocbi ya tiroe n. rd th C at A r St e P ta ß i r b L oo O k b s S e e l r l V e e r d ai t the question was, to o doubtL theo success of literature whether that class would be b i3soapidk he represented the t e a: ii y fa g th t e h i e r r a e b g o u l l i a ti t o io n n . s of the Mr. Starts, of Manchester, nce to the country trade would aere joined e undersellers the associati on. . s are all reconciled without ra whole ord trade oatl m rB ofs exceptionlit h L at CAMPBELL—The ha had town, t to the true church.—(A laugh.) Mr. S im m s proceeded to say that the opinion of the Manchester publishers and booksellers was that any new books. He then went into some calculations to s i lo _ materially reduction in a ff t e h e e t vvs as a proof that a t l b l e ow sa a le of all the present trade allowan ce w as not too high, that the retail booksellers in the s malle r towns did not on the average clear more than 1301. a year, after defraying the necessary expenses o f thei r e stablishments, and that their profits were far less than ,those of persona engaged in other trades, as grocers, drapers, ice. Mr. BEILBY, of Birmingham, showed, considerably in detail, the expenses entailed upon booksellers by exe cuting the orders of their customers for small pam phlets and the cheaper class of serials, which expenses, he contended, were only met by the profit they ob tained on the higher priced class of books. Mr. PICKERING briefly expressed his approval of the objects of the association. Mr. PARKER observed that the booksellers of Ox ford were unanimously i n favour of the present regu lations. In reply to questions from Lord Campbell, he stated that in Germany the usual trade allowance was about one-third of the retail price, all new books being sent by the publishers on sale or return, and that regulations existed against underselling. In France no system at all existed, but the allowance to booksellers varied from 5 to 50 per cent. There were in Paris no wholsesale booksellers, and if a person wanted a dozen or:twenty boOks he 1- had to go for them to nearly as many different booksellers. Mr. Bouri confirmed the statements of Mr. Parker with regard to the foreign trade, and expressed his hope that the system of underselling, w hi ch led to perpetual misunderstandings between the London booksellers and the country retailers, and between both .parties and their cu stomers, would be put down. If the discount were reduced he was satisfied it would be impossible to support the agencies throughout the country. Mr. SEELEY expressed his conviction, from personal knowledge, that the gentlemen who managed the Booksellers' Association had been actuated solely by regard for the interests of the trade, of the public, and of literature generally. After referring at length to• some of the statements in the letter of Messrs. Bickers and 'Bush, he observed that if the Noble Lord and his associates should, upon consideration, b 3 of opinion that the Booksellers' Association were right, they would succeed in their object—that of maintaining peace, and law, and order in the trade. On the other hand, if the Noble Lord and the gentlemen by whom he was assisted decided that the Booksellers' Associa tion were' wrong, the end would be chaos, confusion, and d!sorder. Mr. MILES entered into some details with reference to the position of houses in the bookselling trade (with one of which he is himself connected), whose business consists exclusively in acting as " middlemen" between the great London publishers and the coun try retail booksellers, their dealings being thus con fined entirely to the trade. He showed the large ex penses which were necessarily incurred in conducting such establishments, in consequence, especially, of the vast increase of cheap periodical literature ; and con tended that, even with the present rate of trade allow ances, the profits realized by such houses were not excessive--not amounting on an average to more than about 4 per cent. Mr. LONGMAN then said he thought the state ments of the gentl e m en w h o h a d expresse d th e i r opinions tend e d to show that the present amount of a the present system, the peculiarities large. As however, there was great seope for underselling,awnoes was. olfong as thetrathdeey had ren dering underselling very easy. As the result of that underselling, he feared that a competition might arise which would destroy the retail booksellers; and he, and the gentlemen by whom be was surrounded, were of opinion that if the retail trade were concen trated in the hands of a few large monopolists, great injury would result to literature, to the trade, and to the public. The main questi on was, whether the change suggested by the opponents of the Booksel lers' Association would injure the retail booksellers or not. His opinion was that the competition that would arise would destroy them. Then, if a repres sive system was necessary, it must be a coercive one. Mr. Macaulay had said to his brother--" If you think that Mr. Bickers or anybody else injures you, or in jures my book, by selling it at and under price, by all means have no dealings with them." Now that seemed perfectly sound advice, but, unfortunately, it would not accomplish the proposed end, unless they had a coercive system. Mr. Miles, or Mr. Bohn, or a hundred other gentlemen, could supply Mr. Macaulay's book to Mr. Bickers or any one else. It was necessary, therefore, that the trade should come to some arrangement among themselves, but that would be useless unless a penalty was imposed for an infraction of the regulations. He believed that if unrestricted competition took place hundreds of retail booksellers would be ruined. Mr. Bohn said the other day—" If Mr. Bickers can sell at 5 per cent. profit, I can sell at one," and he feared the trade might be driven to act upon some system of that kind. He believed they would fight until they reduced their profits to the lowest possible ebb—to a percent age which would not pay them ; and then the present system would be re-established by an engagement among themselves not to sell under certain prices. After some desultory conversation with regard to the bookselling trade in America, Lord CAMPBELL said the case had been very ably argued on the part of the association ; but, although a great deal of valuable information bad been afforded on the subject, he and his friends, Dr. Milman and Mr. Grote; were not at present in a situation to ex press an opinion upon the question. He thought the great desideratum was that they should hear the other side, for in his opinion they ought to act upon the • maxim, " Audi alteram partem." Even if he were convinced by the arguments he had heard in favour of the association, he would like to hear the other aide, who might convert him.—(A laugh.) Lord Eldon never would decide any cause, however clear it might be, without hearing the side against,whicn he was inclined. He (Lord Campbell) must say that his mind was quite unbiassed on this question, until he had a further opportunity of infor mation and discussion, but he thought it desirable that they should hear the arguments of those who took a different view of the question, without its being expected that those parties should be bound by any opinion which he or his friends Mr. Grote and Dr. Milman might express. If Mr. Bickers, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Chapman, or any other gentleman wished to be heard, he would be most happy to meet them, with out expecting them to say.Tthat they would change their mode of dealing in conformity with any opinion expressed by himself or his friends. After some conversation it was arranged that if any of the " undersellers" desired to argue the case against the association, Lord Campbell, the Dean of St. Paul's, Mr. Grote, and probably other literary gen tlemen, would be prepared to bear their statements, between the 16th and 21st of May. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The following important correspondence between the First Commissioner of Works and Messrs. Fox and Henderson was yesterday laid before a meeting of the General Committee for the Preservation of the Building, and has the effect of not only putting a stop to the promenade announced for Saturday, but also of finally closing the building to the public : " Office of Works, &c., April 13, 1852. "Gentlemen,-1 am directed by the First Commis sioner of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings to acquaint you that his Lordship has received a letter from the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, inform. ing him thrt they have been always anxious to fulfil to the utmost their engagements to the Crown, and that for that purpose they had given notice for the removal of the building in Hyde-park on or before the Ist of June next; that they have given no approval or sanction to any proceedings likely to cause delay, or to the appro priation of the building to purposes not contemplated in their charter; that they had also communicated to you the announcement contained in my letter of the 26th ult., that the Chief Commissioner of Works could not in any way countenance the appropriation of the building to any purposes other than those specified in the royal warrant of the 26th of September, 1850. " The Chief Commissioner, however, regrets to find that, notwithstanding the intimations thus convoyed to you, the building has been used by you for the purpose of public promenades and concerts; that you have taken money for admissions thereto; that by means of adver tisements in the public papers, and otherwise, you have induced a concourse of persons to assemble in the build ing, in the park, and in the neighbouring thoroughfares; and that such assemblages have been injurious to the park, detrimental to the property in its immediate neigh bourhood, and otherwise prejudicial to the peace and quiet of the vicinity. " Under these circumstances, his Lordship feels it in cumbent upon him, under the advice of the law officers of the Crown, to take measures for preventing the fur ther misappropriation of the building; but, before doing so, he thinks it right to make you acquainted with his intentions, in the hope that, upon tho receipt of this communication, you will see the propriety of forthwith abstaining from your present course of proceeding. In the event, however, of your persisting in the application of the building to its present objectionable uses, or to any purpose other than those specifically mentioned in the Royal warrant, the assistance of a court of compe tent jurisdiction will be sought to restrain you and all other persons from a perseverance in that course, and from proceeding otherwise than Lonii fide for the pur pose of taking down and removing the building with the materials and contents, in accordance wish the terms therein sot forth. " His Lordships begs that you will send him a de finite answer to this communication in the course of to morrow at the latest. " I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, s " T. W. FIIILLIP • " Messrs Fox and Henderson." "8, New-street, Spring-gardens, Apr the. " Sir,—We have the honour to acknowledge re ceipt of your letter of this day's date , conveying tosioner us an intimation of the intention of the Ch ief Commis of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings is refer ence to the opening of the Crystal Palace to the public. "In immediate deference to his Lordship's desire, we have sent to the morning newspapers an advertisement, of which the annexed is a copy. With a view to pre the doors vent disturbance, we propose to allow the entrance of persons who, in ignorance of this notico, present them. selves for admission to-morrow, but to close finally on and after Thursday, the 15th instant. " The Exhibition building has been hitherto preserved to the public by a vote of the House of Commons, which (as the Chief Commiss ioner is well aware) deferred the period for commencing its removal untilis Lordship the let of that May next, and we respect full y h submit to that we were bound to a ct iu deference to at vote, and to give every opportunity for the expressionw which had been invited of gen eral opinion. " Woo hynovuer te os h t o o n h o e u d r ie t n o t b il e u , :t S b i r i 0 , e have had no other object in view. servants, " Fox, HE NDEnsoN, and Co. " To T. W. Phillips, Esq., Officer Works, &c., Whitehall. of ( C opy.) " Closing of the Crystal Palace.—Nutice is hereby enco of a c ommun i cat i on from the given that, in con se q n , office of her DlNestY * Works and Public- Building, the Exhibition building can no longer be thrown open to the public by the contractors. " Fox, HENDERSON, and Co. " ' London, April 13.' " Another document of interest read before the General Committee, and unanimously adopted by them, is the subjoined repot of their sub-committee, and which they submit to the consileration of the public:— " At a meeting of the General Committee, held at the Crystal Palace yesterday, the following was read and unanimously adopted:— `' of Sub•Committeo to the Gencral Committee appointed to secure the Preservation of the Crystal Palace, and submitted by the Com mittee for the consideration of the Public. "'A great question must very shortly be decided, viz., whether the Crystal Palace is to be preserved or destroyed. The object of this statement is to establish the advantages of retaining this building, and of apply ing it on st4f-supportinr; principles to the public pur poses, combining the instruction and recreation of the p eo pl e with the promotion of the arts, sciences, and ma nufactures. Not only 'Ain a great sacrifice of public property be thus avoided, but a lasting benefit will be conferred upon the nation at large. " ' Two principal difficulties have existed in the public mind on the question of preserving the building. The first is the supposition, that if retained it must ba at the public expense, as private subscriptions would obviously prove inadequate for an object of such magnitude. The size of the building and the necessary cost of maintain ing, requiring, and rendering it permanently greatly magnify this objection, which exists in the minds of many persons sincerely desirous, on other grounds, that the building should be preserved. The second objection is that the non-removal would amount to a breach of faith with, and would be a hardship upon, the owners of property in the neighbourhood. It is necessary to meet both these objections. _ _ " It is proposed that the building be vested by Act of Parliament in trustees, who shall have powers of leasing it under certain conditions specified in the Act. It is also proposed that the trustees shall be so selected as to give the country at large the highest guarantee that station can afford that tho building shall be appropriated to no purposes unworthy of the beautiful site upon which it has been erected, or of the associations of the Great Exhibition. " Taking it for granted that the first difficulty ex isting in the public mind may be overcome as now sug gested, it is proposed to meet the second by buying up all the house property in the neighbourhood said to be injured, and fur this purpose, as well as for all other sources of outlay connected with the building, sufficient capiml will be provided under the terms of the lease to be granted by the trustees. "' Three modes of appropriating the Crystal Palace may be at present specified with sufficient distinctness to show how it is intended to combine to instruction and recreation of the people with the advancement of the arts, sciences, and manufactures. " In the first place, a portion of the space may be allotted to a Winter Garden, embellished with fountains, statuary, geological specimens, and a great variety of other interesting objects. " ' Another portion might be appropriated for the re ception of now inventions, and a 'trade collection,' in illustration of the commerce of the country. Lastly, the building might contain a gallery of de sign, for the promotion of taste among manufacturers and the public; and lecture-rooms and museums, which would relieve the already overcrowded state of many of our greatest scientific institutions. " It is not extravagant to expect that a sufficient sum will be realised to effect the redemption of the building in a very short period. The receipts will be applied first in providing for the maintenance and repair of the building, then in paying interest on the capital ex pended by the lessees, and the surplus partly in adding to the works of art, and other objects of attraction which the institution will contain, but the greater part in form ing a sinking fund for the purchase of the building by the tru,tees for the nation. " No more is asked for, in carrying out this plan for the preservation of the Crystal Palace, than has already been conceded to the Zoological and Botanical Societies in the Regent's Park. " The self-supporting principle upon which it is pro posed to effect the preservation of the Palace is the same as that upon which the Great Exhibition was so success fully carried out; no better proof can be given of the confidence felt in tho soundness of that principle than by mentioning the fact that some of the first capitalists in the country are prepared to guarantee the fuads required upon the basis of this statement, and to submit their guarantee to her Majesty's Government. " It is believed that an object worthy of the energy and intelligence of the British nation is now within their reach. A building has never before existed, and, if the Crystal Palace is removed, probably never will exist, in our times, affording such facilities for the moral and in tellectual improvement of all classes of the community. The illustration of nature and the history and progress of art can here be fully presented under all the advan tages which ample space and light adapted to every re quirement of the subjects can afford. It cannot be be lieved that the people of this country will allow such an opportunity to be thrown away, and this statement is submitted with the view of rousing them, before it is too late, to a decided expression of opinion, which alone is wanting to secure to them a palaco worthy of the me tropolis of the first nation of the world, and a most appropriate and lasting memorial of the Great Exhi bition. " JOSEPH PAXTON, Chairman." FREE TRADE. (From the Times.) It is difficult to keep pace with the daily increasing crowd of adhesions to the necessity, if not to the wisdom and justice of free trade. Like Nelson re ceiving the swords of his vanquished antagonists, and passing them by handfuls to the sailor at his side, free trade may now throw capitulations by the dozen into the waste-paper basket. As usually happens when there is plenty of a thing, there is something to desiderate in quality, and we regret to say that we have not yet had the fortune to meet with an avowal so frank, so entire, so unreserved, and altogether so becoming, that it may be safely recommended to con verts in want of a model. Here we have a surrender before us made by a distinguished man—Mr. Adder ley, Member for North Staffordshire, and candidate once more for that constituency. It must be con sidered full enough for most practical purposes, seeing that the Hon. Member repeats what he s a id to the people of Burton early last recess, that Protection has " became, whether rightly or wrongly, so odious in the eyes of the general body of the nation, that it would be unwise to accept it any longer, even if it could be obtained." Mr. Adderley having thus determined not to accept Protection, even if it were offered him, has of course given up that reference to the " well understood and clearly ex pressed opinion of the intelligent classes," wit h which so many brother Protectionists are satisfying the demands of a false shame. After decision g —" Some say it is necessary to postp one a ppeal to the of this opinion till the approach ing n ational feeling," country has more clearly tested the obsethrvoi that, own part, F.or Mr. Adderley proceeds,—" is already amply tested. i Icon eiderlbeliethyeatththaet the o ti o o a n r a li l avowed the a question b eing better, and I deprecate suchof the landed gentry after need lessly repeated on the part or . ~ wrong, is so fully the national feeling, be it right _ e f r ee th li i n s g decisi on . known." The reasons he offers for acquiescence are will get_ n.eitler little whether r e says, will ask exceedingly good. The n l i amnodseidt y g e w n t h r e y . nor much, anything at all in the nature provoke just the same . 0 will not obtain a hearing for other little or much; they able demands, and they will lose the but, as long as they ask, of Protection, they redress. It is important to add, that the main . with the opinions held by Lord suppo . sea his views on the subject "to andlst Mr. more A ch d a d n: :e l s t o t y a f i n Derby,. Y Prevalent among his party." But 0 there no saving coincides clause, nolingering glance I ,„itation of the step, no as the ' painful renunciation is slight though it be. Mr. Ad derley still seems to think it possible that at some future day, under some new ter, some change new conditio n of of circu ms t ances , no t t o say some existence, the industrious people of this country may spontaneously and imperiously de mand a tax on all food, and may tumultuously pre vent the ar r i va l of foreign supplies. Such a dream certainly must have flitted through the writer's ima gination when he says, "At all events, until the na tion changes its mind on the subject, and ceases to retain its present repugnance to protective duties, I, fo r one, will not seek that kind of boon to a suffering class of th e commun i ty , w hi c h wou ld on l y more deeply injure them." Till the nation changes it mind on the subject ! If it is scarcely possible to imagine a morbid appetite for a scarcity on the part on hun gary men, it is still less possible to conceive any cir cumstance at all likely to bring about so strange a delusion. It is not the custom of labour to be as- , cetic in the article of food, nor do men in the receipt of daily wages often want their little pittance to go as short a way as possible. Go to any of our manufacturing towns, first, second, or third rate, and ask whether wheat at 425. is or not conducive to the prosperity of the operatives. 'Why do you see street after street, nay, whole suburbs, rise up as by magic from the green sward, from the stubble of last year's harvest, from the hill side, from the heathery skirts of the moor, under the very shade of the ancient oaks ? Why do you see cottages run up for labour ing men with a comfort and elegance unknown to the r last generation ; with good drainage, and pure wa ri t n e g. ) abundant and almost free ? Why are there windows, plants and worked muslin blinds in all the flowlncie°wBl new furniture in every room, and the yo un g 111nd happy ? within well clothed, blooming, plaYll" Why is it that they who hav e wanaered and [PRICE SD. noted what they saw for perhaps f a centt4, "ea who have witnessed many sudden gush of prosperity, are now as surprised se, what they see as ifthelikehad never been seen befor e ? It i s b ecause everythi ng is abundant and cheep, and yet wages keep )and labour has its due. It is because bread is un ced ; because all kinds of food, if not wholly free, are at least little taxed ; it is because bricks are un taxed, and timber .owing to the reduction of the duties, costs two-thirds, in some instances less than half, its former price ; it is because coal is cheep, metals are cheap, and all the material of industry is free. Hence it is that our hard-working popu lation have every facility and every inducement to labour, to settle, to be householders, to surround themselves with comforts, and to maintain a decent state. How far they will generally stand the trials of prosperity, which certainly has its trials, is a question for them to consider very gravely ; but it is not a question for the nation to decide by starving the poor man for the safety of his soul. Though. the surrender, then, is as total as it is reasonable to require, Mr. Adderley still retains his thstract love of Protection, his tender recollectioes of its benign influence, and his fond anticipations of its pos;ible, though distant revival. He tells us he has not in the slightest degree abandoned his opinion that the agricultural interest had a right to protective duties, as an equivalent for their extra share in the national burdens. Till the nation undergoes the above. mentioned change of opinion as to the wisdom of a duty on corn, he demands from a country proverbial for its love of fair play, that a class which is now dis• playing so much tardy and superfluous generosity shall be relieved from those burdens which, as he says, are now wholly uncompensated. On this point we only wish that he had spoken with a particularity and ex actness which promised success, if not in obtaining actual relief, at least in telling us what ought to be done. Strongly as we feel that many agriculturists have suffered by the change, and are now more bur dened than they would have been but for the theory of a protected agriculture, we wholly despair of hit ting the exact remedy which is to relieve the case of the sufferers without either injury to one class or wasteful generosity to another. In justice to Mr. Adderley, it ought to be stated that he most empha tically deprecates any measures of relief which shall have the power, if not the form, of Protection. Nay, in so doi ng , he makes a curious admission, which sufficienty disqualifies him from agitating Protection, even in that far distant day when a repentant and self-denying people shall clamour for it. " What" ever ether anode there may be," he says, " foe' an adjustment or unequal taxation, it 3ptioars to me that those at %l eas t must be abandoned which have the tendency in any degree (and the less that degree the less reason for adhering to them) to raise the price of food." According to Mr. Adder ley, therefore, protective measures are only beneficial so far as they raise the price of the protected article; and the less nuisance they are to the people, the less are they worth the odium of stickling for them. So the working man's bane is the landlord's weal. Of course this has often been alleged, but not hitherto by county members. They have usually tried to make out that it was possible to fill the pocket of the landowner without the least interference with that of the working men ; nay, with benefit to it, rather than otherwise. Mr. Adderley, overflowing with candour, and carried along by the tide of political transition, has confessed the honest truth, as stated by Mr. Sid. nay Herbert, that the corn laws were nothing but a system of out-door relief for the benefit of the land owner. AMERICAN NEWS. [A summary of the following, appeared in our im pression of yesterday.] LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14. By the Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Stone commander, we have received advices from New York to the 30th ult., and Boston to the 31st. She brings 13,000 dollars in specie on freight. The Niagara left the Boston wharf at 7 A.M. on the 31st, and anchored in Nantucket Roads shortly after 8 A.M. to await the arrival of the mails. At 12.30 r.m. she received the mails, and at 1 P.M. she set ou. full speed. She arrived at Halifax at 8.10 A.M. on the 2 , 1 inst., and left again at 9.40 A.M., since which time she has experienced variable and head winds, with a heavy cross sea. She made Cape Clear at 7.30 A.m, on the 12th, Holyhead at 3.30 P.M. yesterday, and arrived in the Mersey at a quarter past nine o'clock last evening, her run having occupied upwards of 13 days mean steaming time. The Niagara passed the Canada, with the mails of the 20th ult., from Liverpool, at 1.30 P.M. on the 21st, going into Boston ; on the Bth, at 5,30 A.M., she passed the Royal Mail steamship Americe, with the mails of the 3d inst. for Boston ; and on the 10th, at 6 A.M., she passed the United States' Mail steam-ahip Arctic, with the mails of the 7th inst. from Liverpool, for New York. The Royal Mail steamship Europa, Lott com mander, with the mails of the 13th ult., from Liver pool, arrived at New York on the 25th. The Crescent City arrived at New York on the 30th ult., with a million and a half i n go ld d us t, an d advices rom San Francisco to the 2d ult. From the very brief accounts received we learn that the town of Downieville had been totally destroyed by fire. Our miscellaneous advices mention that a public meeting had been held in Philadelphia to resist the removal of the Mint from that city. Defalcations to the extent of 73,000 dolls. had been discovered in the Suffolk Bank at Boston. The military at Lochpost had been called out to quell a disturbance among the Irish. A general fight had taken place, in which firearms were used. The riot was occa sioned by one party striking for higher wages and attempting to drive off those who remained at work. The reported murder of seven emigrants in Dod dridge county proved to be a hoax. M. Kossuth arrived at New Orleans on the .27th ult. There were no preparations made for his reception and but little excitement was manifested. Eight persons had been killed and a number injured by a steam boat explosion on the Mississippi The navigation of lakes Ontario, Erie, and the rivers Hudson end Delaware was open. Nearly 500,000 dollars worth of property had been destroyed by fire at Philadel phia. A large fire had occurred at Boston, by which the Fremont Temple was burnt down, with the whole of its valuable contents. The following telegraphic communication has bees received from Boston : "Halifax papers to the 26th inst., received here, men tion that Messrs. Howe and Fullerton (Liberals) had m or p i h ty : Thi s was Considered a great b ee n returned to Parliament from Cumberland coun ty Th e funeral of the late Lieutenant -Governor Governmentabout Harvey wa s to take place on the 27th tTiti a j inst., with great military pomp. Canadian letters mention the prevalence of II rumour to the effect that the Earl of Elgin had sent in his resignation. The Committee of the Quebec and Montreal Railway were working energetically. THE LOSSOFTRE BIRKENHEAD. The foll ow i ng i s an extract of a letter from Lieu - tenant Girardot, 43d Light Infantry : "My d ear F ather,—l wrote" on im on l e 's t t - e b r a y t , o M s a a r y c h I l w . is s to safe,bu s t a f y or i f a ea m r ci th u a it t e s w ho e u ll l . d n l o r t em re a ac m h ed yo o tt I th w e ill w r: . e ea nd th until she went down; the suction took me down some way, and a man got hold of my leg, but I managed to kick him off and come up, and struck off for some pieces of wood that were on the water, and started for land, which was about two miles off. I was in the water about five hours, as the shore was so rocky, and the surf ran so high, that a great many were lost trying to land. Nearly all those that took to the water withont their clothes on were taken by sharks; hundreds of them were all round us, and I saw mon taken by them quite close to me, but as I was dressed (having on a flannel shirt and trousers) they preferred the others. I was not in the least hurt, and am happy to say kept my head clear; most of the officers lost their lives from losing their presence of mind. and tr.:, ing to take money with them, and from not throwing off their coats. There was no time to get the paddle-box boats down,' and a great many more might have been saved, but the boats that were got down deserted us and went off. From the time sbe struck to when she went down was twenty minutes. When I landed I found an officer of the 12th Lancers, who had swam off with a life-preserver, and fourteen men, who had got on with bits of wood like myself. We walked up the country eleven miles to a farm belonging to Captain Smales, formerly of the 7th Dragoon Guards, who was very kind to us, and all the men that weregell on shore came up to him. I hope the Government will make up our loss to us, as I hav e save d nothing. 2 64 4" ford, of the 6th, the ensign I spoke of as having his wife on board with him, went down; she, poo r T i t was left here when the ship sailed for Buffalo Afosu_t„ have just been to see her, and she looks more doerade,r7las alive, left all alone at this distance from herb There le we shall do all we can to be of service to her. Amato! . a report that many have been killed I n Lue so s m pa e re li d LT: Mountains, and our poor doctor was ki ll e d a il be time back. God grant that we . I )_ 3 ai on, moot again. —Ever your affection a t e ItEe n FRANK GIRARDOT." _____---,----_--T- sy's Pills have cued _Rol OW [ADVERTISEMEN e e n and Bengal Fusileers, Lahore, kad Word, of the Ist European Tri3art and Shortness of Braath.--L a palpitation of the breast, great diseased liver, and an overflow at difficulty ° f b h re t, to such a degree thatlhe 'vomited consider.. blood to thec s as His s a u P ffe al r p e i d t station of three feJhtehianeg , a case was considered hopeless, hating able skillquantiD.of several eminent medical men, who gave him u p as P as a d v ised to try Holloway's Pills, Wiled thte 11 human aid. Whilst lingering in this condition by I be was „,, h e has been effectually cured, and his health complete., m eans r h d —Sold by Is e • all vendors of medicine, and at Pro.. re-established. Lessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.' and solely their The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109% per cent., and the par of exchange between E ng l and and America being 10913-40 per cent., it follo ws that the exchange is nomina lly 0.17 Pet cent. in favo ur of En difference of interest g and charges of transport , Rae, present land ; but, after making allowanoe for rate leaves no profit on the importation of gold frog AS ULlited States. I. r