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The TABLEAUX will be varied g tem theTWo 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors open at Half-past Afternoon, and Eight in the Evening. ..UIZENToRs and DEPOSITORS of WORK- Aell;"'" 4 MODELS and of other Specimens of the - U seful Arts (as are r— 'e Visitors ofthe ROY PO LI - TECHNIC INSTITUTION) so ds sett informed that the Directors have given their anxious I LECli r t x , 4 to the new appointment of DE3IONSTRATOR in oath s ' whose duty will be to explain to ho Visitors the air oplie , •.ea and - Uses of the above Specimens with clearness and G1101, t Y• The Lectures now comprise the ELECTRIC TELE- Opti as well as other objects of resent interest. The beautiful cal Ehibitions, &c. &c. P Is.; Schools, llalf-price. B EARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRA s, As PIIIC PORTRAITS. l a the farni tY Portraits these miniatures are invaluable— so certain tilat ab`ulinkdeness,' R ee - 6 Perfect that no pencil or brush could ever attain 1 14 ting breaait'id of detail, that exquisite delicacy of finish, that.unde %tie inirror „ng closeness to the life. It is yourself fixed in the Atlas. Taken Daily, at 85, Ring William-street, City, 34, Parliament tree'to Westminster; and the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent s.— A s ita .. REATI,TAL— , GALA" essor of:. Medical flYoitZ t anl, En , of 5, elbam , crmeent, 13rompton, begs to. geep~r. friends that he has taken the house, No. 44, Finsbury- IT about in ,,,b ,, rY-square, and will be ready to receive patients there t la r . lortnight's time. He also informs th,ra that as the house l e kerir, Tfil, he will be enabled to do away with the great incon `4l4pei,"°' keeping patients waiting so long, as he is now sometimes klta t 4en to do, it being lds imentiori t ) have cr?ht operating rooms, 14 0, hlert„? av e eight patients under the operation at ono time. In Cedie 4 C'". Invalids who may be desirous of having his pamphlet on ‘4lll, ',.alvanism will be pleased to inclose two postage stamps to REMOVAL. tpt, CULVERWELL has REMOVED to No. -re at , ARGYLL-PLACE REGENT-STREET, (leading to Melly 4,arlborou h-str t,) where he may be consulted, as usual, hE re Three, g and in ee the Evening from Seven till Nine ; and 'Arg k i .tiss his everal publications, of which entirely new and en ._'•••••-...:&tions have recently been published, may be obtained. :1 O L/VE TH E RECISTERD PALETOT in London, only at .7' 41 1 ( opposite the ' Royal Exchange ; aud the chief Llama .irsliaZnrehoUse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a hNLbo Y h e ' f. name. placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the 11 1 the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped H. J. and Regent-street." Prk, BE AT WESTERN RAILWAY. Directo ftl '5 Com any are ready to RECEIVE I -- ' O l for LOA r N s N' o of M H ONEY, P in sums of not less than 1,001/., A 39 Five r Seven Yeas, on the serity of mortgage de ring interest at the r rate of four cu per cent. per annum, -44, 1111: 3 ' e arlY.—A.pplication may be made to the undersigned, aY Office, Paddington Station. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. - - L AN , WIIARFDALE RAILWAY COM-. s TElate LANCASHIRE and YORKSHIRE NORTH otiee-Ifl RAILWAY COMPANY. hereby given that the Sealed Certificates for Shares i n tTee torilh i t n e f Yi Will be ready for delivery to the Registered Pro , on and a tt er th e 20th SEPTEMBEa instant daily, at 14's of offices 31, Princes-street, Manches:er, between the k teb 7 eieven o'cloc ' k A.M., and four o'clock P.M.; and notice will itb B , l "„ r t, her given that the Share Register of this Company iire s closed ' on the 3d day of OCTOBER next, and that all zor e th l respect of which no claim shall have been made on or el th. clay by the holders of the scrip representing the same, ,Ital tni f , 4 be registered in the names of the original allottees, on ' 4l liNim i t Whom the sealed certificates will be delivered, and the thereupon absolutely forfeited.—By order, e°rnlottn Offices,ANDREW PATO.N, Secretary. 31, Princess-street, Manchester, Sept. 3, 1846. WHARFDALE UAILWAY COM te. P•+rry , late LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE NORTH sisqeth, r RAILWAY COMPANY. w i ; - - is hereby "iven, that in accordance with the provisions of Ziattuailt,tklale Railway ' Act, 1846, interest after the rate of 4/. per 714 annuity, will he allowed on the present deposits upon all 4 o; 41 , 1 be re r ; B „ h ares and also upon all future calls when and as the same sc ; such interest to become due and payable . half-yearly day of January and the Ist day of July, in each year 184 7 7 t r 0 - Such payments to be made on the Ist day of January, _ By order, ANDREW PATON, Secretary , Pa nrs Offices, 31, Princess-street, Manchester, Sept. 3, 1846. LATE kN CASIIIRE AV D NORTH YORK SHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. REGISTRATION OF SCRIP. tone lIOLDERS OF SCRIP in this Company are hereby referred ;,,kwee...AsZetrigsrpreAtz Junction c forth by the Liverpool, Manchester, and i , ttgust (fixing the first of t i i . ) e n tob ta er "‘ t v le a Zt Ca'smtPhTl'd under date 11 t h hare Register of that Company will be closed), and yaroenrewqthieiesthetithtoe t klre notice, that all shares in this Company, not sent into this office, 'll olthwitlillr before that day, AYR positively, and without furth er not i ce, be i REGISTERED in the names of, and the sealed certificates ked to, the original allottees. By order, C. MOORE WILSON, Secretary. r.+ ke -- . 41 7's Office, 31, Princes-street, Manchester. 2Gth day of August, IS4G IVF POOL, MANCHESTER, and N EW (4 „.7 , CASTLE -UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY -T COM PAN I', Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-uponyne ,Junction, 74 Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Companies, now Vi l a kamated). Altt4 Register of Shares in this undertaking being now nearly . cotn: tist,Lall holders of scrip who have not yet forwarded the same for. r t e r `rriii;',`_.on are requested to do so without delay, as the share r, gis . (. 1 flip be absolutely closed on the ist day of OCTOLER next, after . whic In th e a , ll Shares not transmitted for that purpose will be registered I t is natnes of the original allottees. t er, k re quested that the Scrip in the original Liverpool, Manches rwa.L, X ewcistle upon-Tyne Junction Railway Coinpa,y may be he, to th the Secretary, at 22, Parliament-street, London, and ..(311;; 11 ? I n the original Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway ,"Y to the Secretary Princess-street, Manchester, who _ 111.1 aeknowlegment for the same. ertificates under the common seal of the Company will be to tai'elsohr delivery in a short time, of which due notice will be given areholders. By order, (Signed) THOS. ROB. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. W. H. INGRAM Secretaries. C. MOORE WILSON] 4tlBtst 1 1, 1846. Nr-) RE VALLEY RAILWAY AND I 'th e CANAL COMPANY. Dir ector'', of s give notice to those para,s who have not pa b id t t r e ht al Ititt 2i • Per share that the time fixed for such payment y U —s A ttelast, the 25th Instant, and that Prin expired on TUESDAY , r,, - ' 6 3' tO a nle be paid within one month afterwards, the shares 1„-,. Provisions of the said statutes , be liable to forfeiture. der the ere septembe due u to nex the 30th June last will be payable o n and th P t r BRACST ' ", "Y Chambers, Aug. 27, K 18460 NE BAKER, Secretary. TEA and COFFEE SERVICES l'rint • let,„ ed hsti sent gratis into tile country, in answer to a t ,744 4 ...,r. with full particulars of size, weight, and price ; or pur l% ti .4l and a most extensive assortment of the Silver Services tfe e ho ,„ . Dot vi rooms. Either tea-pot, sugar-basin, cream ewer, or 4041. Co x ' a.r be had separately. rs f ro .A-VORY and Co Silversmiths, Sze , 47, Cornhill (seven Gracechurch• street) London. UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. The 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved ! the „ Patentees b ottil a beg to call public attention to the following facts , ges resulting from the invention are various and ;, ti o ,;°,_ Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the corn nertols Perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light 'Leadu„ ~.discovered. lt emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns Or g„„ lor any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects bt a d et 'ili the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have at to the introduction of gas in dwellinr,-houses, to the expense of tb its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; Bp are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS kn s ,"". " As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is com ti,"ZY supposed, it is adapted for pr ivate dwellings, as well as for houses, hotels,' manufactories, and public buildings. One of the C. 9 burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum B aste lower than spirit , oil , or ca ndle, with the avoidance of or trouble. Ztie merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing a ` T e,rV other known ght, are shown by the annexed authentic i'udons of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. tract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, ."I,€Sday, 26th May, 1846, Sir JOHN RENNlE,President , in the Chair. gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. The Principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the h~re of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. Il ea ; air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was knir,“ , arid passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, to t Oinging with force on the flame of the gas curved it outwards thee shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with Theearburetted hydrogen gas, prced a very perfect combustion, w i L a l'ne was quite white down hetp of the burner, was very steady, Nvi t „:" amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, at t hese burners have been used. In comparing t he consum p tion th, "so burners with that of the concentric rng burners, arid trying be tt rwer of the two lights by the photometer,i the new burner gave a r light, with a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. 1:1 c Otir rECRITIC CHEMICAL S•citoor..—" In testing Clark, McNiell, b Universal Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless It gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 Per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer. ROUT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, CERTIFICATE. Aktf a Series of experiments made upon Clark , Mc NielCo: , and Cos , Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily este- Itt ßau l in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against b ,,urn rs, Nos. 4' (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a Aft . 0 1 at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, tie r 40 Per ° any other cent. The colour and brilliancy o f the flame is supe banter." T. W. REATES, Consulting Chemist, Th e J. I). PALMER, Mechanica In-pector. , - 01. 11 7 EICSA.L GAS BURNER is used nig h t l y at the Poly ate,: tnstitution, and may be had and seen from 11 till 4, at the l a ` ce s , 60, St Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters 'VW ti LADIES TRAVELLING, ng the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will find ttowLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing toot, P r eparation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan- Pieh, a ,ad relaxation, allay ing all heat and irritability. and immedi th,-'s,'!!:rording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity . of b ur Skin . 'pl. The numerous vari ties of Cutaneous Eruptiens,. Sun d - Aur,leckles, Tan, and Discolourations, are pleasingly eradicate he l '-al.Ydor, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its tio n i s 'ag Paid refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec-- of teen Co ntinent Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those te er 4 of Europe, together with the "elite" of the Aris -braij,„ and " Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the Cz ar ,‘`g - rooins of Calm , to and Madras, to the frozen realms of the and B rid the S a l ons o f S t . P e t e rsburgh and Moscow.—Price 45. 6d. 1,1 4 4 .4 . Per bottle. gent, u e ware of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin ant „ tt : l rlY ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel . "tioi4 k en, endanger health. The only genuine has the words t r nd se;c AI `PYS K.ALYDOII" on the wrapper. and A. RO . WL AND ets. r, — * 2 0 Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Pow C o mmissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each e. b lik en - . 3' the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per -441 „ " ^Alton" Are fraudulent cantata% No. 16,837. OYSTERS. —J. S. 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In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of nature, of huntan disappointments and their ways of relief, it is not contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we sheuld know the simple principles of our own organization, the laws whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our individual capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health and happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely. 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That their opponents have become their Mi nisters, that every statesman has acknowledged them to be true and just—that they have received the au thority of law, and that therefore our labours have ceased. We shall not weary you with a retrospect of the past history of this Association. The leading facts are too well known to need recapitulation. Some among us are the converts of the League, but there are many of us who, before the League was formed, before Colonel Thompson , Wrote his Corn-law Cate chism, or Ebenezer Elliott his Corn-law Rhymes, from the time the food monopoly assumed its most odious form in the law of 1815, have cherished an un dying hostility to the system, from the conviction that it was highly injurious to the welfare of our country. By the kindness of Providence, great men have been raised up to accomplish its overthrow—the object hes been pursued with unparelleled constancy, sagacity, and zeal,—with a liberality, which, if it was not most wise, would have been prodigal. We believe that the tree of monopoly is not merely cut down, but uprooted, and therefore we recommend that this association, following the example of the League, be now conditionally dis solved; but if it shall hereafter be seen that any fibres of the old root retain their vitality, if one shoot should re-appear above the surface of the ground, then we shall call upon you to resume your labours, and complete your task by its utter eradication. And now, as a Free Trade Association, we bid you farewell. We commend to your sense of justice ,the_great leaders under whose guidance we have reacbid this high consummation. You will retire, we trust, to no inglorious ease, other fields of labour for the good of your kind now claim your atten tion; to the moral, the intellectual, and the physical im provement of your countrymen you will now turn your thoughts, your exertions, and your prayers." lie afterwards alluded to the time when the association was formed five years ago, and the progress it had since made, until now, that its labours were brought to a close. The League had been formed only for commer cial reform; and so soon as that was obtained, as a necessary consequence it fell to pieces. The men who composed it, however, still remained, and they would probably turn their attention to other subjects. They must not forget, at the same time, to whom they were indebted for what they had received—their early leaders, foremost of whom was Colonel Thompson, who he was happy to see present this evening.—(Cheers.) It would be bad taste in him (Mr. Smith) to occupy the time of the meeting just now, and be would therefore simply move the resolution, leaving it to others to second and support it. Mr. Smith accordingly moved the resolu tion, which was seconded by Edward Vickers, Esq. Lord MORPETH, M.P., was introduced by the Chair man, and on presenting himself was received by loud and often continued plaudits—the company rising, waving their handkerchiefs, and renewing their applause at several intervals. His Lordship, on silence being obtained, spoke as follows :—Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I will confess to you that even placed as I am, surrounded as I am, welcomed as I am. it would not have been my first impulse at the end of a very long and laborious session of Parliament—after having myself during the progress of that session, gone through two elections—it would not have been my first impulse to have met you under a roof, and to have come to make and to listen to speeches in a closed apartment. I would rather have betaken myself—or rather I should have been tempted to betake myself to those woods and forests—(Laughter)—which are sup posed to be officially assigned to me.—(Cheers.) But when I reflected on the uniform consideration and kind ness I have ever experienced in the town and neighbour hood of Sheffield, and the undeviating support which has upon all occasions been given to me during my connexion with the West Riding of Yorkshire -1--(Hear) _ —upon the struggle, and (as far as Sheffield is con cerned) the successful struggle which you made even in the hour of defeat—when I reflect further, that at the two last elections yc,u were kind enough to dispense with my personal attendance among you, but gene rously renewed your confidence and support without my having appeared in the usual manner to claim it at your hands—when I reflect further on the occasion which now brings us together, upon the stake which Sheffield has in that great question, the history of which seems now to be completed, and of the part she has borne in every part of the mighty struggle I felt that I could not occupy the first moment of our recess better than by coming among you, and here, in the heart of Sheffield, joining you i❑ the office of ringing the knell of the departed corn-law, and offering a benediction round the cradle of free trade.—(Loud cheer ). The resolution which has been moved and seconded brings before you two different administrations, and the names of the respective leaders of the two great parties in the state. Any one who has bestowed any attention upon what has been said will be aware that I for one have never failed in €i►•ing the fell weed of just praise to Sir Robert Peel for the part he has borne in the settlement of the corn law. He himself, in the last speech he made as a Minister of the Crown, paid a great and emphatic, but no more emphatic or great than just, tribute to the paramount claims of Richard Cobden.—(Loud cheers.) And I feel that Richard Cobden himself would be the last man who would deny the credit which is justly at tached, in connexion with the history and downfal of the corn law, to Sir Robert Peel.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I feel that I ought not, in the position I now occupy, to endeavour to assign the degree of credit which may attach to the party in the state with which lam connected, or to the Ministry of which I have the honour to be a member.—(Loud cheers.) What is more to the purpose is to remember how incumbent it is upon that Ministry to bear in mind what has been the course _ - it has hitherto pursued, and what the principles which have entitled us to succeed to that high position. And I trust that the Government of Lord John Russell, con- formably with the spirit of that resolution, will feel that throughout all the domain of free trade, their part is not only to carry out, but to improve upon what has been done.—(Loud cheers.) There is indet d one lesson which our excellent chairman has given us, which, for my part, I should be the last to disclaim. He has told us that the great duty of governments is to let the people alone. Now, feelinglow much more they have,always done, and done so well, I am quite content to take the injunction of my friend near me, and I wish it could be taken up by half the world besides—to let them alone, and let them manage their own business, which they can do better than with the help of meddling governments and legislatures.—(Hear, hear.) However, in managing the complicated affairs of a country like this, there will al ways be plenty for its administration to do ; and I hope the experience of the last great struggle, and the know ledge of the difficulties we have overcome, will show to us that there is scarely a difficulty, when met in a right spirit, which may not be overcome when fairly confronted and honestly grappled with. And in this spirit I hope the Administration which now enjoys the confidence of the Crown will be able to reap many noble gleanings in the field of human progress.—(Loud . cheers.) There is one consideration adverted to by your chairman, whilst it tends in some degree to damp the exhiliration and to suspend the satisfaction with which we should be otherwise disposed to hail the past triumphs of free trade policy, and to enervate its coming trophies, yet if rightly considered, at the same time embraces the value of that principle which has been embodied in the recent measures of the Legislature, and ought to make us more satisfied than ever that it has now given it a permanent sanction. The consideration I mean is that which I fear is too correctly stated in the recent speech of her Ma jesty from the throne—the disease in the potato crop. But, lamentable as the presence of this evil is—fearfulas the prospects are which it may open before us, yet we ought to feel grateful that we have already done all which pertains to human knowledge and legislatures to break the shock, and to counteract the mischief.— (Hear, hear.) The mysteries of nature which we cannot read ; the decrees of Providence which we cannot con trol, seem to proclaim to us that at present at least there will be a large deficiency in an ordinary and very general article of human subsistence. But at last our ports will no longer be subject to an uncertain and capricious sliding-scale, which must have practically shut them on the importation of wheat, oats, beans, barley, maize, and other grain. At last articles of human food will be admitted free of duty under all circumstances. And does not this dark and myste themselves,twho,aeien s th a e rious evil, which now seems to be spreading over vast n with earlier i tth the e somethingf a d r i smc formers' r s s tracts of country, seem to bring something in the spirit privations of 'their sions of the present. session,. without, I am sure, any y ; and to those who have ci li no ic tu e enn p ttr r iyo e n m m a etn t o tir yd e ee l at e l vit l y jg,ttolinwdluthl g eth i e n sarcastic references of a solemn rebuk:ertmeittlatipn.sge tables of our provinces with dismal lamentations over the good old days of bygone imaginary protection ? I fear that to the malady filli the the potatoes mar.ket been lately I am presenting to you no picture when I say that if such measures are not taken, especially in the sister co untry . of Ireland —a s I k now are a b out being taken—multitudes run the risk of f am i n e. The most inveter ate protectionist will tell you that he is as ready as any one to meet the p ressure of any im mediate evil, and that if the natural operations of their loved sliding-scale had not of itself reduced prices, in such a state of affairs they would ha ve b een rea d y i n the face of famine to throw all th e ports open. B ut we tell t h e m that that is not enough—small thanks to you, that the sharp cry of a people's famine will be strong enough to sweep away eve r y o b stacle ; b ut w h at we want to proclaim is that in ev ery year, i n every sea son, in every state of the weather, the ports of Britain shall be open.—(Loud cheers.) '.Therefore plough now your fields, and wast es, and prairies ; cut down your forests ; grub up the roots of your trees ; sow wheat, and maize. and barley, and oats, and beans, and peas,— load all your boats and barges on your seas and rivers, the Baltic, the Don, the Hudson, and the Mississippi, — come when they may, and from whence they may, for the ports of England shall be open to them, and no man shall stop them.—(Loud cheers.) The manufacturers and workmen of b usy England *hall open their paputhe wide for all this abundance, and no man shall stay it.— (Cheers.) And this it is mainly which makes me re joice that the people and the Parliament of my country have given a complete, an irresistible, an eternal sanction to the principles of free trade, and to reverse which I believe will be a far harder task than to remove the pyramids or to stop the downfal of Niagra.—(Cheers.) And I have the sanction of your chairman and of this meeting, that if such an attempt should be made, the free-traders of Sheffield will do their best to stop it and to put it down —(Hear, hear.) But then it is the fashion for the defeated and disappointed to deprecate and dis parage the principles which they have been unable to arrest, and which they are powerless to change. And therefore it is that we hear some of that party talking with infinite scorn of its being supposed to be a right thing in a commercial country to lay down the rule that you are to buy in the cheapest and to sell in the dearest market. Now I certainly cannot see anythng igno minious in such a maxim. On the contrary, it seems to me that if we should act in any other way it would be to act in despite of every-day prudence and of plain common sense. But Ido nut stop here, for I would ask whether buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest market is not the only course which can enable the individuals who practise it, or the nations, which are formed of such individuals, to put a larger surplus into their pockets than if they had bought in a market less cheap, or sold in a market less dear? To put a surplus in one's pocket —" Oh, what a low idea," it will be said.—(A laugh.) How very unlike the days of chivalry—how very unlike the days of Archbishop Laud, the eavesdropper. But this practice of putting a larger surplus into your pocket, paltry as it may seem, what does it represent? It repre sents the power, in the first instance, of having a larger meal, a rasher of bacon, or a jug of milk, when these things, under other circumstances, would have been forbidden luxuries. It represents the power of having better furniture in your houses and lodgings, of mend ing your broken panes of glass, and of stopping the holes in your roofs to keep out the-cold and rain, when under other circumstances it would have been a sort of waste to do so. It represents getting better clothes for your children, which will enable Sou to take them to church or to meeting, or to walk out on a Sunday afternoon, or to send them to school to receive the bene fits of a good education.—(Hear.) It represents, as you rise still higher in the social scale, a choicer collection of books upon your library shelves, or more favourite prints and pictures upon your parlour walls. And it represents the power, without having recourse to additional taxa tion, of providing better security for the wars of our na tive land. It will enable your Member, Mr. Ward, not to increase the navy estimates, without calling on your other Member, Mr. Parker, to devise a fresh tax for this already heavily-taxed people.—(Cheers.) It will also represent additional comforts for your soldiers and sailors; it will provide new sources of recreation for your labourers and mechanics, by opening public walks and galleries, supplying them with the sight of works of art, and with the exhibition of works of science. It will make the nation at large, not only more wealthy in the lowest and grossest sense of the town, but more bril liant, more refined, more benevolent.—(Loud cheers.) In short, it is the talent which, put out to interest, will make its possessor wealthy, and worthy to rule over ten cities. In the measures lately adopted we have, of course, mainly sought our own good as a nation. But other nations will see what we have done, and will copy us, for their own good.—(Hear.) The more you establish and extend the benefits of tree trade, the greater security there is for a good understanding and the harmony of nations. Talk of buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest market being a low and paltry maxim, why it is to se cure that cheapness and to acquire that dearness that nations will be brought to see the guilt of war.—(Hear, and cheers.) No sooner has this country, in her impe rial Legislature, given lofty utterance to the doctrines of free trade, but already we hear the echo across the At lantic. Even Russia is contracting the giant limbs of her prohibitive system; Sardinia and Sicily are also giving in to that maxim of law and prudence; and even the Pope of Rome has become the promoter of railways, and I hope he will end by becoming a sound commercial reformer.—(Hear, and cheers.) And fate whispers that we are beginning to instil these principles into the hitherto closed ears of Germany and the Rhine. Our charmer charms too wisely for parties to stop their ears; and I look forward to the day when the sword will drop from the hand of the soldier, and the red artillery shall quench its murderous flashes.—(Hear.) And now I hope you will go with me in saying that this derided maxim of buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest market, besides the immediate benefits it confers, must tend to the sublimity, the charity, and the blessed ness of peace.—(Loud cheers, during which his Lord ship sat down.) JOHN PARKER, Esq., M.P., was sure that the meeting would think, from the speech which they had just heard, that the Noble Lord had made a very recent incursion from the woods and forests, and happy was it for them that he had carried into that district all that poetry of nature and truthful portraiture in the speech which he had just made. But as he (Mr. Parker) had not the advantage of presiding in so poetical a region, he had no occasion to dwell upon those beauties, or to enter at all into the question of woods and forests. They must be content to hear his humble views advocated in common and prosaic English, and showing the triumph which truth had gained over prejudice and error. They had very pro perly put upon one of their banners, " Time works wonders"—that was an undoubted truth ; -but he would ask which of them in the course of a few years would look back to anything compared with the magnitude of the struggle that that great commemoration bad con summated, or could have thought that they should have met at that period to speak no longer of the law as it exists, but which was obliterated, and gone to that place from which he hoped it never would return. Some - time ago the persons who entertained these views were not many. Col. Thompson had certainly given the country some sound opinions, which he had taken from Adam Smith, who had lived before him, and illustrious writers who had gone before their time, and had constituted the age in which they lived by their discoveries. But the prin ciples of commercial freedom, though popular here some few years ago, were inadequately understood, and it was not until the mind of the nation had had the stirring events of late years applied to it, that they saw before them the reality of this question in all its importance. They had industry enough to deal with these monopolies as they had been dealt with. He re membered well when this question was first raised in Sheffield. He remembered, in 1840, when the ques tion first took a formidable position, he took the liberty of asking some friends as to the great difference between this question and others which had been easily carried. He contrasted this question with the slavery question and the reform in Parliament. In slavery there was none to oppose them but the planters, while in the abolition of boroughs, there was none but a power ful aristocracy and a powerful party in those bo roughs—but there was a mighty majority in the nation. Now in the question of the corn-law matters were in a different position, because they had not only the great proprietors, but also the small landed pro prietors against them in the three kingdoms. He therefore saw from the first that it would be a severe struggle, and therefore they ought to thank those who had shared in the struggle, and whose services could never be sufficiently appreciated. The corn-laws were now, he believed, settled for ever. But if Mr. Fisher's doctrine of letting things alone had been applied some ten years ago to the corn-law, they would have been in a different position. He meant letting things alone when they were in a natural and inartificial state. He wanted to clear away these in jurious laws, and then, when the coast was clear, let things alone. He trusted it would be the maxim of every future Minister who should conduct the affairs of this country. There was another victory not less im portant than that of corn, he meant sugar. It was emi nently useful and desirable that when the corn-law was settled. and before lassitude came over the public mind, the Government should address themselves to the sugar question. They did so, and taking advantage of cir cumstances within their reach, they had succeeded, he hoped, in settling that most difficult and perplexing question, and putting sugar as well as corn upon the principles of free trade.—(Cheers.) He must say, with respect to this great achievement and victory of free trade, he could not pourtray its results in such lan guage as they had heard from his Noble Friend, but all must see that it was in point of fact the necessary result that when that cloud in the west appeared, frightening statesmen from their propriety, and alarm ing every lover of peace and good order—(Hear, hear) — when there were rumours and reports as to the possi bility of our friendly connexions with America being in jeopardy, they must see that if this great question of free trade had not intervened there would have been little hope of these dangers being averted ; but they were now holding out the olive-branch of peace and the right hand of fellowship. They could rejoice that the quarrel was over, without having recourse to the department of his Honourable Friend, or to to his own department, to maintain the dignity of England. He was happy to see Colonel Thompson present, one of the great veterans and champions in the cause. During the fourteen years which he had had the honour of a seat in Parliarnentffrom whatever side the question had come, his vote had always been recorded on the side of free trade.—(hear, hear.) He had voted with Colonel Thompson when perhaps not more than a score were with them ; with Lord Mor• peth, when the votes did not reach 100 ; and with Mr. Cobden, since he had taken the command of that great cause. He had not expected that for some years they would have obtained that great victory ; but it should teach them that where a mighty nation and an intelligent people employed their minds and energies in the right way, without mixing the question up with party objects, looking only to truth, that power is irresistible. He hoped to see in future the absence of that vindictive and party feeling by which the affairs of the country had been too much agitated. He hoped to see a prospect of some armistice and lull of party warfare. The result of the struggle must impress them with the truth that there were means in store for carrying out great social results. It taught him—and he hoped it would teach all—that if they had but steadiness and industry, honour and ho nesty, they would have the support of nations, and be, as we were—victorious. (Mr. Parker sat down loudly cheered.) Mr. WARD, on rising, was received with: long and loud cheering, which lasted some minutes. After it had subsided, he said, that if he had looked only to personal f e elings and circumstances, he should have preferred to meet that company at a future period. He had, how trrer, felt it to be his duty to do so, and had accordingly PRICE SD. come amongst his old friends. He wished to remind them that it was not a convivial meeting, but one to celebrate an important operation in our history —and to pay respect to that company without disre spect to others. He felt that he had a difficult task lo I thto a o ed r d flofeol irwoft hthri pin t ° h et s o hoo s m e ml little ndl who e tattt oao h kr had preceded upon pa aonnn, itparticularlynhteell es intellectual, m eal re a sas n noh d dl eu t ‘wi of h anr o s: h Parker a practical view of the great question of free trade—and he would therefore like to know what they had left for those who followed them.—(Hear and laughter.) The course which that meeting was adopt ing was one which was suitable to the great occasion— and singularly so, as regarded its time and character and constitution. In all the speeches which he had heard that night it had been made a matter of astonish. mint that they should have been then meeting for such a purpose, and at such a time. If, at the same period last year, any one had predicted the most impossible thing, it would have as ea: ily gained cr‘dit, as to have prophecied that his Noble Friend, Lord Morpeth, should now address them, not only as a member of the Cabinet, but also as Member for the West Riding, and congratu lating that company upon the position which the country had assumed. This position, however, he believed, had been attained owing to the intelligent minds which ham entertained the question. He had never anticipated that it would have come so speedily to a successful issue. In fact, he only looked forward to such a period as the result of his Parliamentary career. He had heard sympathies expressed, which it was not possible for any one not engaged in the daily struggles in the House of Com mons to hear, he meant the sympathies of con cession. He had never looked to so sudden a dissolu- Lion of political bonds as to warrant him in coming to such a meeting as that in the autumn of 1846.—(Hear, hear.) It gave them an opportunity of redeeming their past sacrifices for prirciple—for it was a triumph of those principles both over the Government and over the country. It was not one, or two, or ten things which had produced these effects—but it was owing to the Feat and growing intelligence of the country, and to:the increasing experience and wisdom of the nation. Almost all public men had, at one time or other, been in the wrong. As public men, they had not at one time thought it necessary to entertain different opinions from each other. The case was different now—though they at one time, like the French merchant, might have said, this is not fair, do not legislate; but, with some few brilliant and honourable exceptions, all must allow that most public men had at one time held the principles of protection. It was the country, therefore, that had set this question right, and amongst the growing intelligence of the country might be reckoned Mr. Cobden, as the most powerful organ.—(Cheers.) The sifting which this question bad undergone, the many facts which had come under the observation of every man, and which he could never before have explained, had shown him that the principles of protection were unsound and hollow. They had therefore ultimately arrived at the truth. Now what was truth ? Why, it was the same when it was painted by Colonel Thompson as when it was painted by Mr. Cobden—and would be a blessing to all for generations to come.—(Hear, hear.) But how long a time elapsed before these convictions were forced y s a l y a , y th hls t luhopaonokndi looking men' sback a m st i io n n minds argument u e n h me tt ae d rne h te heardM. e l r oh . ual e dd o h b na d or e td n been l pre viously touched upon by the Gallant Colonel.—(Hear, and cheers.) And yet all that interval the principles of free trade were not gaining ground upon men's minds, because there was no standard of truth. Let them but now look at the operation of these laws which were for the benefit of the people. Although they were told that to some these laws were a disappointment, and to others a benefit, he believed there never was such a deception as the corn-laws had been to agriculture. He was most happy to say that this conviction was beginning to spread among the agricultural classes, as was evinced by a mistake which had been made in the passing of the Bill for the repeal of the corn-laws. They would all remember that beans had been omitted in the last Act of Parliament, and Lord George Bentinck had in sisted that no alteration should be made. Were there was one farmer who was a grower of beans, there were twenty who wanted them—and those farmers who now wanted to buy beans were asking themselves why they had not got the benefit of free trade?—(Laughter.) He hoped, therefore, that this circumstance would have a salutary effect. It seemed as if dearness and scarcity had gained a concurrence from some parties which they had before refused to give. In one of the excellent addresses which they had heard that night they had been told that the tree of monopoly had not only been cut down, but also uprooted. Now they had never heard of such a thing as re-action in English history, for there had been no re-action in any of the great and beneficial changes which have taken place, and where the intelligence of the country had been acting on sound and healthy principles. Indeed some of the free-traders themselves had been the bitterest opponents of the Go vernment, and wanted to delay the Parliamentary result until next year; but now they showed that their own pro tection was quite another thing, for having got cheap corn, they wanted also cheap sugar,and cheap tea,and cheap ships to import them; and, in fact, to get rid of every other monopoly, now they had lost the monopoly of corn.— (Hear, hear.) There was also a class of converts who were now convinced that the change which had been made could never be retraced, bat whether the protec tionists would give it up as a hopeless struggle he could not tell. At first they talked very loudly, and although the Free Trade Association was setting an excellent ex- ample in not meaning to continue the agitation, he would advise them to rest upon their arms and not to consider the triumph of sound principles to be so good as not to be disturbed. There might be a rally on the part of the enemy, not a national one, but of a contrary character, and if there were one, it would only be as a last struggle. He was therefore glad to see that there was a saving clause in the resolution, and that the asso ciation could renew its arms. He had, however, no idea that a permanent attempt would be made to renew protection. He was fully prepared to see a certain amount of disappointment, but England was now set ting an example, and progressing in a steady and right direction. Every year would give another field for more extended operations, but they must not expect to reap all the benefit at once. They would have up hill work as to foreign countries, but there was the same interested impressions in France, and also in Russia, and which had also been here, but which had been up rooted by the agitation of the last five years. Although he augured well from Mr. Cobden's visit to France, and his reception by the French King, people must not be surprised if they did not realise to the full, and at once, the fruits of this mighty change which had been worked among us. Until very lately men had been wedded to monopoly here, and we were now but trying a great experiment, under most happy circumstances in some respects certainly. What was to become of this country respecting the difficulties with Ireland he believed no man could foresee, and particularly those who enter tained the notion that we were not to reap the benefits of free trade for half a century to come. What he wanted was to have no premature and hasty re action. They must take time into account, and with it he was sure that no reasonable expectations which had been enter tained by the friends of free trade would be disappointed. He was struck some time ago by some observations which had been made by the Bishop of St. David's, who bad looked at this great question in a moral point of view. He said he had seen with pain that honest labour had not its reward, and good:conduct was no security for prosperity, and he saw but little change which held out hope for the future. Though there might be no imme diate realisation of the great benefits ultimately to be expected, he hoped for a steady and gradual progress in social improvement.—(Hear, hear.) He himself even felt it was difficult to provide adequately for his children —and he had ten of them—(Laughter)—and this formed a great expense upon the fund out of which a family was living. But free trade would not only benefit the middle classes of society, but it would also add in the same way to the means of the working classes, and enable them ultimately to earn wages to a deal greater amount than would suffice to supply their physical wants. They would then see the fallacy of the principle that wages were lessened proportionately with the price of food in this country. He hoped to see both merchant and manufacturer in this country have less to complain of, and more to be satisfied with, on the successful carrying out of the great change upon which they had entered. If, as one of their mottoes prescribed, they would only use the present wisely, and learn from the past—trust ing to their own energies and not expecting too much at once—they need not fear competition, come from what quarter of the world it might.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheering.) Fenced in as some other countries were by restrictive laws, they were forced to come to England for machinery, which they could not make themselves. In the French dockyards was a vast quantity of Eng lish machinery which they could not do without. What he wanted to see was, that there should be such an interchange carried on between us and other coun tries, that all hostilities might disappear. The views of Adam Smith may be realised, and the time arrive when those expensive and frightful protections must be dimi nished on all sides, and when people might rest satisfied that the peace of the world was identified with the inte rests of the people. It should all be worked together in one great system—and he hoped would also be as success fully carried out in France and the United States as it had been in England. Still there were men who thought the world would be thrown back at least half a century— and that nobody could tell whether anything would be gained by free trade or not. They were met that night to celebrate the passing of the free-trade measures, and when free-traders and their friends would give their full sanction to them, seeing them, as they were, connected with vast ideas of progressive national improvement, and founded upon a better understanding with all coun tries.—(Cheers.) He believed he had addressed himself fairly to the subject, and trused that all would see their reasonable expectations more than fulfilled by the pro gressive application of free-trade principles. He trusted, in conclusion, that the beneficial changes which had taken place would be brought home to all, and that they would feel a better effect for the future. After the dessert the CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. R. Solly to move the next resolution. Mr. SOLLY then rose, and briefly moved a resolution to the effect, " That in case any serious attempts be made by the protectionist party to induce the Legisla ture to retrace its steps, or prevent the final extinction of the corn-laws in February, 1849, this Association 44 be celled int() renewed exisOlice." Mr. A. W r if.ltraem eeetinded the fesolutfon; The CHAIRMAN then announced that Colonel Thomp; son would address the meeting. The Gallant COLONEL' rose, and was received with loud cheers, and waving of handkerchiefs. When this had subsided he came forward and said I was cheered by the last speech of your representative, I feared that something like a forlorn hope had fallen to my share; but after hearing the statements now made by men of power and station, I feel security that eyes are open to the dangers which may still surround us. I should have been happy if it had so happened that these halcyon days had been occupied in searching for what remnants of fallacies might yet be left ; that you might have trodden out the latest sparks, and not have left the remotest chance for any advantage being gained by your opponents. Affairs are not'so settled as they might he : in America the alteration of the tariff has been carried by a single vote, and it would be said that the cry for resorting to the old law should be encouraged by any shadow of success permitted here. We have too much at stake to afford to be incautions. We cannot risk the world's harmony—(Loud cheers) — nor give a chance for losing the fruits of the great peace society of our day. Wit, in these times, ha s taken a stride in power ; and wit is only wi s d o m in disguise. The Society of Friends, as you know, have to quiet but caustic wit of their own ; and one of their members at Bristol has best expressed the truth. On occasion of some disturbance there the Yeomanry were turning out in arms, and as one of them was setting out his Quaker partner said to John, take care thou dost not cut down any of our customers.'— (Great hmaatyr perc e i ve id lrcu v e too, hitherto the ch a n been e e n i s t equally he bitterest laughter a n d c h eer i ng ). Th at i s t h e pr i nc i p l e w hi c h will win—the wor ld w ill b e muc h l ess w illi ng t h an i t h as been to cu t d own one anot h er ' s customers. I n our own country, eive againstinthe your si r t i o s z r t a h e e y softening ameounkg notthose of who not it a tere p s par t: ent Can There y ou is no friends and leaders, but of those who have heretofore been the objects of popular dislike. The great act of justice which has taken place has softened all hearts and healed all warfares. The wildest man in the most savage country will yet he reached by the improvement of :which you may be called the authors. In regions which seemed to be divided between the despot and the slave the sense of common interest is amalgamating both into the admission of human comfort. The custom house and the passport systems are everywhere coming down, and man will visit man without necessitating the magistrate's permission for the act. But should the re suscitation of the old enemy be ever seriously attempted it was a happy announcement which stated that your association was only in a state of suspended animation. The country everywhere will take its tone from you ; and what you have uttered here will find its echoes to the extent which will most probably end in preventing the evil feared. You have achieved the greatest victory announced in human history. We have loved our ene mies, and in return many of them have begun to love us. —(Loud cheers.) A powerful Government is on our side, and has only to pursue the principles which gained it popular support to carry us forward in the way of peace and happiness, Those yet unborn will look back on you as having been partakers in this great work, and envy your good fortune in being sharers in so happy a performance. The Gallant Colonel sat down amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN said he had next to introduce one whom he was sure the company would be glad to once more welcome amongst them. He meant R. R. R. Moore, Esq. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. R. R. R. Moore and several other gentlemen. 0 P s t a In returning thank s f or th e ac k now l e d gmen t t o t h e proceedings, that th at e b a best meeting thin g distinguished vi s it ors f or t h e i r atten d ance, L where the members had sa t so l ong, and listened so pati ently ord M R to E T a ell id he o e in felt would be to say good night to all. For himself, and he believed for their other guests, he might say that they felt themselves amply repaid for any trouble they had had by the company and the applause of the meeting. He believed he had only been in that room once before, and that was fifteen years ago. On that occasion Lord Brougham was present, and also Lord George Bentinck. He regretted that he was not then present. If, however, after the lapse of another fifteen years, he should meet their two present repre sentatives, he believed that they should have the same tale to tell as they had then. There was only one thing wanting to conclude the meeting, and that was a vote of thanks to their chairman, who also was the president of the Sheffield Free-Trade Association, and they would concur with him in the opinion when he said that he was worthy of every honour they could confer upon him. His Lordship then put the question to the meeting, and it met with a ready and hearty response. The CHAIRMAN having replied, three cheers were given for the Queen, and three for the Free-Trade Go vernment of Lord John Russell, and the meeting termi nated shortly before eleven o'clock. EXAMPLES. , 7:2 1 rn ....,E1 ,PI Bonus Bonus in - ...) Assured n 0 Premium. i., added. Cash. '-'• 5' P 5 :-, may @ Borrow. • ptr. 1 £ X s. d. 1/ 8 8 3 3 8 71 I 60 1000 3 4 1839, 1840, 118411 !21715 I'XlOO 011 ! 192 3 0, 87 1 4! 165 11 10' 74 1 116 7 6 54 0 10 111 6 8, 49 10 0 Al 6 0 4.E415 0 0 13 10 2! 395 11 1 11 3 1! 346 2 3 7 18 10; 296 13 4 710 4! 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. NOTICE TO EQUITABLE POLICY HOLDERS. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. The attention of the Equitable Policy Holders 1. particularly called to the Half Credit Scales of Premium of this Company, by which Table the Bonus to be declared at the next investigation, in January, 1850, may be secured at a present Annual Payment of one half the rates charged by other Companies. In the event of death, the sum insured will be paid, less the amount of Premiums on Credit. Should the life insured survive the declaration of the Bonus, the Policy may be allowed to lapse, and the Company will renounceal l claim for the Half Premiums which may be due thereon ; or, in the event of the party being at that time in bad health, the Palley can be kept up by commencing to pay the full Premium of the age as when first accepted. The above plan, originating with this Company, was found peculiarly advantageous at the last Equitable Division in 1810, when it was largely adopted, and many of-the Policies then effected are still in force, and large llonuses hale 'been added to them on the scale of the following Table:— Suns Assured. Time Assured Sum added to Policy. X5OOO. • • • • ....• 6 years 10 months • ..Z683 Gs. Gd. WOO. ••••• • • • • 6 years ........ GOO Os. Od. 5000. • ........ 4 years ........ 400 Os. Od. 5000 ••..•• • • • • 2 years ........ 200 Os. Od. Prospectuses and every information may be obtained on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq. and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., at the Offices, 8, Waterloo-place, London. GREAT FREE TRADE FESTIVAL AT THE MUSIC HALL, SHEFFIELD. it (Abridged from the Sheffield Iris.) The commemoration of the passing of the glorious measures of free trade was celebrated on Wednesday, at the Music flail, by the Free Trade Association and their friends, and throughout the town by the majority of tradesmen closing their shops at noon, to give their assistants and apprentices a holiday. The soirée, at the Music Hall, was held at six o'clock in the evening, when the orchestra, platform, and saloon were crowded in every part, to say nothing of the occupants of the gallery, who attended as spectators of the scene. In the centre of the orchestra sat the Chairman, W. Fisher, Esq., supported on the right by Lord Morpetb, Edward Smith, Esq., H. G. Ward, Esq., M.P., Mr. Alderman Dunn, R. R. R. Moore, Esq., and Richard Solly, Esq. ; and on the left of the chair were John Parker, Esq., M.P., Edward Vickers, Esq., Colonel Thompson, W. Jeffcoek, Esq., H. Wilkinson, Esq., and S. Butcher, Esq., Mayor. In the orchestra seats we also observed T. A. Ward, Esq., town regent, T. B. Turton, Esq., master cutler, Ashmead, Esq., from Philadelphia, U.S., Eckman, Esq., from Sweden, Dr. Bartolome, F. Hoole, Esq., R. J. Gainsford, Esq., John Ryalls, Esq., John Yeomans, jun., Esq., C. Appleby, Esq., Wm. Waterfall, Esq. ; Revs. B. T. Stannus, Rhodes, and Wright ;Aldermen, Carr, G. Turton, and W. Hoole ; Councillors, 11. Wil kinson, Thompson, H. Atkin, W. Fisher, jun., I. P. Cutts, J. Stevenson, G. Tucker, Jon. Roebuck, T. Rodgers, Roper, and Jackson ; Edward Bramley, town clerk ; I lenry Vickers, Esq; Messrs. W. A. Matthews, Hobson, Unwin, Moss, Oates, David Johnson, Zechariah Dyson, and George Johnson. Immediately behind the chair were several sheaves of wheat, ripe and full, and inscribed on a large banner, at the back of the orchestra, " Union, Perseverance, and Victory." The railings in front of the orchestra were ornamented with flowers and evergreens—with a fine wheat sheaf in the centre. On the sides of the orchestra were splendid stands of rare and choice flowers, from which, along the sides of the building to the gallery, ran superb festoons composed of evergreens and flowers. In front of the gallery hung a spacious banner inscribed, " Wisely use the pre sent, learn from the past, and trust to the future." " Time works wonders." One cross table was placed for the distinguished guests in the orchestra. The platform contained six tables at right angles from the orchestra, and nine other tables occupied the remainder of the saloon. At the bottoms of the chandeliers hung gigantic ears of Indian corn—showing that the increasing popu lation of our own little island, can, through the blessing of free trade, be suprlied with the surplus produce of other and distant lands. In front of the chairman was a superb silver vase, on an equally magnificent silver waiter, filled with a most beautiful bouquet of flowers. The company consisted of some of the best men of Hal lamshire. Their wives and daughters also graced the scene with their presence, arid it was truly gratifying to see so noble and immortal a ea.use countenanced by so many hundreds of the lovliest and fairest members of creation. Both from the orchestra and the gallery the sconce was a most imposing one, and will be long im pressed on the memories of those who witnessed it. At the conclusion of the repast, the CHAIRMAN pro ceeded with the business of the meeting. He apolo gised for having taken so prominent a position, and regretted his inability to fulfil the duties in connexion with it. He paid a high compliment to the ladies of Sheffield for the part they had taken in the victory which had been achieved, many of them having ren dered the most valuable services in connexion with the btaha He was t a w a t r ah se satisfiedrt sympathies o v en i t n - g ar his d e no werew T ne n h ml e i asi mind e r dd e , andin having shown t th b i y s g a r e r a e t p e e a a u l cause. the corn-laws the labouring population would be much better clothed, and many other happy results would arise which he hoped they would live to see. At any time the repeal of the corn-laws would have been acceptable, but it had come at a time when cir cumstances rendered it doubly so. They were fearful of a great falling off in the potato crop, a more early and more extensive failure than last year, and in the face of such a calamity free trade in corn was ineeed a great and important benefit. He hoped they would all live to see the sentiments of free trade more fully appreciated and understood. They had not yet got quite all they asked for, but a good instalment of some thing like seventeen and sixpence in the pound, and very good security for the remainder.—(Hear, hear.) The corn-law being repealed was the removal of the centre arch of monopoly. Sugar had already given way, and they might infer that all other monopolies would soon go in the same way. As a proof of the good likely to be effected by such proceedings, and their effect upon other countries, he referred to the alteration already made in the United States, and to the reception which Mr. Cobden had met with in Paris. He (the Chairman) was of opinion with the Frenchman in the observation lesser nous faire, meaning in English "Let us alone," and all he would ask was permission to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market. Having said so much, he would not occupy the time of the meeting, but would proceed to the business of the evening, and leave it to others to address the meeting. The CHAIRMAN then read the following letters, which had been received from the parties, in excuse for their non-attendance:— Wentworth, Aug. 14, 1846. Sir, —Being otherwise engaged on the 2d of Sept., and at a distance from home, it will not be in my power to attend the soirée intended to commemorate the great step is commercial reform by passing the recent Corn Act.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your very faithful servant, FITZWILLIAM. 5, Charlottte-street, Bedford-square, July 18, 1846. Dear sir,—l am much gratified by the request of the Association of which you are the President, that I should join in their rejoicings for the recent free-trade victory. lam sorry to have to add, that I can only sym pathise with them from a distance, as it will not be practicable for me to be in Sheffield at the time men tioned. With thanks for the added kindness of your son's invitation, I am, dear Sir, yours truly, To Wm. Fisher, Esq. W. J. FOX. West Lodge, Putney Lower Common, July 27. Sir,—By some accident your. letter was delayed in its transit, or I should have earlier replied to it. Now, and for some time I fear, the increased occupation laid upon me by this new paper, will render it more than inconvenient for me to leave London, otherwise I assure you I should have most gladly availed myself of the honour of the invitation conveyed to me—the more so, too, as I am anxious at the first opportunity, to pay the debt, or part of it, that I already owe to the courtesy and forbearance of the good people of SheffiPld.—Yours faithfully, DOUGLAS JERROLD. Leeds, July 24, 1846. My dear Sir.—l feel greatly honoured by the invita tion of the. Sheffield Free-Trade Committee to attend the public soirée. I assure you it would have given me the greatest pleasure to be present on that interesting occa sion; but a business journey, previously fixed, and which cannot be put off, compels me to deline. Accept, my dear Sir, my hearty congratulations on the great constitutional victory which you are about to celebrate.—l am, dear Sir, yours very faithfully, EDWARD BAINES, Jun. W. Fisher, Esq., President. Great Houghton, near Barnsley, 29th July, 1846. Dear Sir,—l thank you for your invitation, and wish I deserved it; but I could not accept it without becoming an object of derision to myself. Having taken no part in your four years' battle, why should I share in your tri umph? Without the funds of the League, even the abi lities of Mr. Cobden would have been useless vend to those funds I contributed not a farthing! On the 21st instant, in reply to a letter of invitation from John Yeo mans, jun., Esq., I said all this in many more words, my objects being to express, however inadequately, my sense of the appalling difficulties encountered and over come by Mr. Cobden, and to remind the world of an other benefactor, Colonel Thompson, who, to say the least, is the father of free trade agitation, and whose THE ROYAL CRUISE. HORDLE, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, in their yacht steamer, accompanied by the Garland, Fairy, and Black Eagle, in the order men tioned, passed Hurst Castle (where King Charles was confined previous to his execution) a little before nine A.M. They came down the Solent at a rapid pace, the sun bright, and the water smooth and silvery, the wind blowing fresh from the East. Hardly had the guns saluting her Majesty ceased sounding at Cowes, when the royal steamer had passed Hordle House, the resi dence and property of Dr. W. F. Chambers, her Ma jesty's physician, nearly 16 miles from Cowes. Soon after nine o'clock the steamers passed the Needle Rocks, the Garland gaining on the royal yacht, the Black Eagle in the rear. The course they were steering was towards the Channel Islands, and going about 12 knots, so that her Majesty might probably reach her Jersey subjects about five P.M., even sooner, as all the steamers had much canvass set, and by the smoke curling around them it appeared that the steam was well up. The Monarch steamer, R. White, master, passed the squadron, with her Majesty on board on Wednesday, at half-pa3t four P.m., between the islands of Sark and Jer sey. It would arrive in St. Aubin's-roads, Jersey, at about half-past six r.x. GIRLS' SCHOOL, CRIPPLEGATE WARD WITHOUT. A public examination of the children in this school was held on Thursday; J. Challis, Esq., Alderman of the ward, in the chair; the Rev. Messrs. Austin and St. George examiners; before a large number of ladies and gentlemen. This proceeding was considered to be neces sary, in consequence of a statement made to the Lord Mayor by the parent of one of the witnesses against Smith, for the murder at the Guildhall Coffee House, as to the neglect and gross ignorance prevalent in the school. The children in the two first classes, num bering 75 out of 120, showed considerable proficiency in reading the Bible and Testament, and spelling, and an in timate knowlege of what they had read; it being declared by some present that the most expensive education could not have produced more satisfactory results. The remaining girls were divided into three classes, and evinced that much care had been bestowed on them, of which, with hardly an exception, they had largely availed themselves. The examination was continued in arithmetic, and the copy-books proved that the master who attends four days in the week has , not been less diligent in his department than the mistress in hers; one of these, completed as far back as 1824, under the tuition of the latter, then the only instructress, caused much admiration, the writing being equal to anything produced at a first-rate boys' commercial academy. A resolution expressive of the satisfaction of the meeting to be transmitted to the Lord Mayor, was moved by a gentleman, who had attended in the fall per suasion that what had been stated was correct, but who was happy to perceive his error, was carried una nimously. Previously to voting thanks to the Chairman, a clergy man stated, that he had attended from reading the re port in question, but from long experience in the schools of his own parish, he was convinced not only that no foundation existed for it, but that no children could be found who read more distinctly , and with greater fluency than these had, and that too without preparation. After the proceedings had terminated the children were treated with a bun and a penny. MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.--The total number of deaths from all causes registered in the metropolis, for the week ending Saturday, August 29, 1846, was 889; of this number twelve died from violence, leaving 877 as the number of deaths from natural causes during the week, showing an increase of three in deaths from disease as compared with the week preceding. The deaths from cholera were thirteen, from dysentery seven, and from diarrhea 128. In 105 cases the victims of diarrhoea were under fifteen years of age. The number of births in the week was 1389. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—The quarterly meeting of the members of this institution was held on Thursday, at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street' J. A. Simpson, Esq., presiding. Resolutions were adopted providing for improvement in connexion with the Asylum, and it was stated that in the course of a short time the boys would be introduced to her Majesty the Queen. A letter was read from the Duke of Buc• clench congratulating the institution on its present free dom from discord and bitterness of spirit. The Court then adjourned. GRAND NAVAL FETE AT VAUXFIALL GARDENS:. A fete, the most brilliant of the season, was given on Thursday night at Vauxhall, in commemoration of onr glorious victories. The gardens were magnificently il luminated, many thousands of extra lamps being dis played in several new and appropriate devices, but the piece de resistance was a gigantic illumination, at the end of the quadrangle, at the back of the grand orchestra, emblematical of the gallant achievements of British tars, and including two monster flags, the union jack and royal standard, encircled with laurel, and surmounted with the motto, " Rule Britannia," in lamps of every variety of colour. From the several trees and covered walks hung suspended the flags of all nations, with other banners and insignia, and being interspersed with variegated lamps, bad a most pleasing effect. In the concert the songs of course were chiefly nautical, the compositions of the sailors' bard, the immortal Dibdin. The fireworks, by Darby, were most brilliant, the principal piece representing a frigate with nautical trophies, and the motto of the " Wooden Walls of Old England." The gardens were not only numerously, but most fashionably attended. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—AN EXTRA.. ORDINARY CURE.—Edward White, residing at 45, Clement's-lane. Strand, was an in-door patient at King's College Hospital for ea abscess in the thigh, and a wound nine inches long on the saw* limb. He could neither bend his knee nor put his foot to the ground. He remained in the hospital five months in bed, when he was 1±1: formed that "nothing more could be done for him he wIT,: b 7; carried to his home, and commenced using the siSign'''soundly medicines. 'elle is no,w,- to tljpastonishment o hi lif 51614 - by eured a t covolitt a Nvell auever;:he egs P t l bibbzunt . all re ofmedid cow . itee#9l" 244, 51nuaci loindeu.