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{ c. AMENDED ADVERTISEMENT FOR CONTRACT FOR CARRIAGES, CARTS, FOR TIM SERVICE OF TILE POST-OFFICE. ER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER-GENE . : RAL will receive Tenders for the supply of Carriages for we Conveyance of Letter-carriers, Mail-bags, &c., and also for the "lveYance of Mails and Mail-guards to and from the several Rail :AY Stations, for the term of five years, to commence on and from • • the 6th of April, 1853. The service will be divided Into two contracts, one of them coin , that the /tiding Work of the London District Post, and the other that of the General Post. as well as the conveyance of Mails and • all-guards between this Office and the Railway Stations. It • will be open to any party to tender fir either or for both of these contracts. The yearly amount of payments made under each of the existing "v 4 ufttet9 has been as follows : LONDON DISTRICT CONTRACT. The year ended ith July, 1843X10,90 5 Do. do. 1849 11,473 Do. do. 1850 11,549 Do. do. 1851 11,491 Do. do. 1852 11,546 £56,964 Yearly average for fire years £11,393 GENERAL POST, &C., CONTRACT. Year ended sth July, 1848 .. £8,262 Do. do. 1849 .. 7,415 Do. do. 1850 .. 7,503 Do. do. 1851 .. 7,150 Do. do. 1852 .. 7,754 £38,484 Yearly average for five years £7,697 „_. 4,10 conditions of the contracts and the fo rm of tenders may be O Va ned upon application at the:London District and Inland Offices "I this Department between the hours of Ten A.M. and Four P.M. The Tenders must be delivered at the Secretary's De p artment of 0. Ze Post-office, at or before Twelve o'clock Noon , on the 18th Octo 'Bl% 1852. Each tender must bear the signature and address of two persons tZulng to become sureties for the due perfor mance of the contract, Vic) should also state that the party or partie s tendering are to the of their belief in a position to take the contract. ;r),. 411 18 amended advertisement is inserted in consequence of there ,""`—ling been an error in the first advertiseme nt as re g ards the yearly . 81 80tInt of payments under the General Post, &c., Contract. General Post-office, September 23, 1852. LOAN of FIFTY MILLIONS of FRANCS to the Bank of Constantinople , under the g uarantee of the ottoman Government. Messrs. C. Devaux and Co. beg to inform the Subscribers that taw `,„ • ' o llds will be ready for delivery after 20 th ( this da y ). • 62, gi ng William-street, City, London, Sept. 24, 1852. toti ONDON and NORTH.WESTERN • - RAILWAY. TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. The Directors are desirous of receiving Tenders for the Erection w the following Works, viz.: Bridge with Approaches for carrying a Public Highway over the Railway, near Bedford ; a Bridge with Approaches for carrying a Oblie Highway under the Railway near Bletchley Station ; also, 'l' Alterations and Additions to Bletchley Station, u _Barties desirous of tendering for the whole or an y of these works s TLY see the drawings and specifications , and ob tain bills of quanti . MG, on application at the Engineer's Office, Euston Station, on and ter Friday, October I. tt Tend er e, addressed to the undersigned , s hould be sent in not later .441 1 Ten o'clock A.M., on Wednesday, the 6th October. By order, CHAS. E. STEWART, Secretary. secretary's Office, Easton Station, Sept. 23, 1852. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS to BATH and BRISTOL. . I ,, u n SUNDAYS, the 26th epmr, and 3d of October, Excur- Trains will leave PaddingStonte be at a Quarter before Eight o'clock in the Morning, for Bath and, Bristol, returning the same evening .•`, Bristol at Half-past Six o'clock, and Bath at Seven o'clock. Fares There and Back. Ist Class. 2d Class. To Bath 9s. • . ss. To Bristol .. • • • • • • I°s " • • 6i. t r ne Excursion Tickets are only available for the Excursion els, and for the day on which they are issued. t 4 ; e * B aasengers having Luggage can only be conveyed at the ordinary ,Tlekets may be obtained previously at 27, King-street, Cheap ""4._ e. 269, Strand, and at the Paddington Station. RAVESEND STAR PACKETS. To Fore Cabin. Saloon. or from Gravesend and London ••• • • • .... 10d. . Is. 2d. Gravesend and Blackwall and Woolwich Bd. .... Os. 10th Nveen Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .... Os. Bd. tother Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Pnrfleet Piers. -41 rackets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. SUNDAYS. :K DAYS Time. tr s iIN is IN ix ali a a% EN 11% B}i 5 634 erect . Trains from the Boats marked t I,r e ".llllmsuarteres from an Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London iniz q of hour. BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACRWALL, on the arrival of ...,,! 1 3e following Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. ........... WEEK DAYS. SUNHATS. li ',::° lb": St t t' Time . . r es i Z Q irs ' ri $ 1 8 i Z ‘ll 88 '' 1a g o td 9% 14 _ -...... ____ ____ ...............-, —. --1........ .••••• .... 9 i I % -- — 194 11 0i 4% .... ---__ .... _ 11 * 5% 63y — ___ —6% ........__ , Passages marked 1 . are run direct. -- rassages marker 14 10 AT TICKETS.—TweIve Mo o u r v ee Months, 21. Os. ; to be had i' e 6t3 ; or Mr. Monk, Terra ce Pi Pt. 21, 1852. 1 . are run direct. itha, 51.05.; Six Months, 31. L of the Collectors on boar , ter, Gravesend. VINEGAR. —In consequence of the publication li in the "Lancet" of 28 th ul timo of a Series of Analyses of no lg ui Article, in which the Vinega r made by us is reported to contain Ilie f il o uri ll ,c Acid, we have addressed to the editor of that periodical wth "wing letter, d ope from his sense of justice the adoption e Only honourable alhternative—an acceptance of the challenge Ni ,t,,, a u t a i v on e . g e iven, or an unhesitating withdrawal of the calumnious im t;s HILL, EVANS, and CO. 'Worcester, September 9, 1852. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LANCET. ,211 r Worcester, September 8, 1852. • urtja's,,ar attention has been called to an article in the " Lancet' .Pt 6 28th of August last Vinegar and its Adulterations." 4 1 the describe the samples of Vinegar, which you state to Slll7 h ell furnished to you by retail dealers as our Vinegar, as con a conside q rable uantity of sulphuric acid. You also state th " 4e samples were not procured direct from the makers, because 14 th -e . pheulty experienced in obtaining the m b y parties not engaged trade. you will remember that, by a letter da ted the 3d day of January Ski We offered for your inspection several bottles of our Vinegar, In ti forwarded them to you through your publisher, Mr. Churchill, to a note from Sir Charles Hastings , of Worcester, vouching jhr veracity. ~have also an authorised agent in London, Mr. Waters, of 15, it th a iweross-street ; we are, therefore, surprised a t y our statement an ke r ,Y difficulty existed in procuring samples , as far . as our firm Concerned. a k ;e reiterate positively our assertion in our letter of the 3d of )itt t, .!LrY, that no sulphuric acid is employed in our ma nufacture, and 4,i t herefore assert that the results of the analysis published in your Ittj,' 4 . l are mistaken, or ma en, the Vinegar subjected to your test 1 . 1 .10 t the product of our manufactory. u "! are willing to have samples of our Vinegar subjected to the ', 4 est analysis by any two eminent chemists, the one to be named skrurself and the other by ourselves—the mode of procuring the to be decided by the gentlemen appointed ; or we will .1)r . ,t , our Vinegar to any one of the 1,,, , Y0n Playfair, Dr. Graham, or Dr. Hoffman. un d ermen tioned gentlemen: — Propose that the expenses of the investigation should be e d ourselves, provided it should be foun d that there is any free tte,„ uric acid in our Vinegar, or any aci d other than results p id - c i' l lhe fermentation of our grain wort ; a nd that they should be Selq , You, provided it be found that there be no such free salphuric or other acid than that resulting from the fermentation as be- Vescribed. s latter case we should expect a not ice of the result to be ea ; 4 . 1 ' 4 4 in the " Lancet," as our sole object is to b e vindicated from tnost aspersion. ii write this letter without prejudice as to any ulterior proceed. 3 , 11,4 W 11 ell we may think fit to adept, provided our offer be not com With, Your obedient servants, HILL, EVANS, and CO. LM -----• 'ltt r a the " Lancet," Sept. 18th, p. 270, in reply to the foregoing Y„ we the Editor. 11r" e have therefore very great satisfaction in adding to the four Vii 44 ..... , vhich do not use Sulphuric Acid in the manufacture of their ' 4(t rs, and whose names have been already published, those of , MESSRS. HILL, EVANS, AND CO." 94i 634 Olt -.4 .E PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. NTH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. 11 Fr ench, En g lish, German, Dutch, Spanish , and Italian, in a -- 'Led Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, for Forty-two Stamps, ELF-PRESERVATION; an ! I ,tztr r i Analytical Investigation of the Physiology an d Functions of ,`„osb i ii !gos ha all the bearings in which that important subject affects ZtaisiZ ll and happiness of Man,with its Disqualifications and Impe- V'tith . ,;; tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, e alr., e xcess tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac ilni„,`"4rkss founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment hi a -..saance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea , Pftssin and all diseases of the Ur inar y and Gener ative Syste m. Il- No tt 7i by 50 co l oure d Enzravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro ve ° rgatles and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. to:By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., ' BEDFORD-SQUARE, ° f Medicine Matriculated Member of the University tiVslionorary ' Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, - t he ti ato of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. ZlNuelisontial object of this treatise is to point out the fearful hem e ' l ees resulting from irregularities and excesses, which produced more misery in Y outh, degradation in Man ethe; d premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, an y s i 4 opt,ass of disease known to modern pat holo g ists. The treatment is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated of Medicine both in this country and in continental Europe. il~—"?ct exults of the knowledge thus acquire d are here condensed under onal ally supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few nir tucu allfied physicians who have devot ed their whole and un ,vt m tY ea to this important branch o f m edical science. In short, to e collarit relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental e gene r Y p r Znat, ative system, and the means of imme i d o i n a a t l e r r e elie ta f:md L„'l r i o are described in detail. The prof t b a s d :_ c er_t, who has taken the most o...,steisnsguished pmuedraln Ipir i nt ee ' u t'. honours at home and abroad, is in itself _a suffl cle e nt In' n th to those who may place thenaselves under his care s:il t olabb, ye ry instance, meet with that delicate consideration and S ` - sec recy which are so requisite in the treatment of these % tett ' obligated by the Author, and may be had cf 3. Gilbert, 49, Peter- Hanna 63, Oxford-street ; Sterie , Titchborne-street, ha 1%411)1, : t _ ; Mann y '23, COrnhill ; or tree ty po st for forty-two „_ g a n`Vro the author, who may be consulted pe rsonall y , or b y — "II ;NM Tea till Trh frowiEsll2icp ti N ° . 18,724.] BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. CHAIRMAN—CoIoneI ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM. A Table especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts, and to all other cases where a Policy may be required for a temporary purpose oily, but which may be kept up, if ne- essary, throughout the whole term of life. HALF-CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM. Credit given for half the amount of the first seven Annual Pre miums, the amount of the unpaid Half-Premiums being deducted from the sum assured when the Policy becomes a claim. sum ASSURED PAYABLE DURING LIFE. The amount payable at the death of the assured, if he die before attaining the age of sixty, but to the assured himself, if he attains tbat age, thus combining a provision for old age 4rith an assurance upon life. OSPHAN'S ENDOWMENT BRANCH. Established for the purpose of affording to parents and others the means of having children educated and started in life, by securing annuities, to commence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a child, if a son, shall attain his 21st year, or, if a daughter, her 25th year of age. These annuities are at any time commutable for their full value, if a ready money capital is required for a marriage portion, or on en tering into bnsiness or a profession. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Annual division of profits—applied in reduction of the current year's premium. Policy holders entitled to participate in the profits after payment of five or seven annual premiums according to the table of rates se lected. Premiums charged for every three months' difference of age—not, as is usually the case, for every whole year only. Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable to the assured, the amount of half premiums for which 6redit is given, tieing liqtfidated put of the, profits. At the-Annual iliKerarMcieting on the 27th - April ragt;ni'drltiction of 30 per cent. was made in the present year's premium on all policies of five or seven years' standing. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy. Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for:their reports. (PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.) Extract from the Half Extract from Table with Participation Credit Hates of in Profits, after Seven Yearly Premium. Payments Half f Whole premiami(Annual) Half • Quar -8 during premium Age. Annual Yearly te rl y to .41 First for Re- premium Pre- Pre- Seven mainder mium. mium. Years. of Life. --- ----- - X s d. £ s. d. Years. Months £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 25 019 7 119 2 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 2 012 3 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 3 2 7 G I 4 4 012 4 35 1 411 2 910 ' 6 2 710 1 4 6 012 5 40 1 9 22 18 4 9 2 8 2 1 4 8 012 6 45 114 101 3 9 8 40 0 3 3 0 112 3 016 5 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 3 3 3 G 112 6 016 7 55 212 91 5 5 6 6 3 4 1 112 10 016 9 60 3 6 86 13 4i 9 3 4 7 113 1 016 10 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND nwESTMENT ASSOCIATION, . _ _ 7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, London. The investment of money with this Association, which was established in May, 1844, on a plan peculiar to itself, secures equal advantages to the surplus capital of the affinent, and the provident savings of the industrial classes of the community, and affords an opportunity for realising the highest rate of interest yielded by first class securities, in which alone the money is employed. Moneys deposited with the Association, for Investment, are exempt from liabilities on account of life contingencies, as well as the expenses of management, which are borne by the Life Depart ment, in consideration of the business brought to it by investment transactions ; therefore, Depositors enjoy the entire profits yielded by their capital free from deduction of any kind—an advantage which no other Institution, either public or private, holds forth, or can afford, to its members. Interest or Dividend, is payable half-yearly, in January and July. Capital Stock, £lOO,OOO. The Capital Stock is altogether distinct and separate from the Depositors' Stock in the Investment Department. It constitutes, with the Premium Fund, a gaaraatee for the engagements of the Association, and has been provided in order to render the security of the Assured complete. LIFE DEPARTMENT. _ . . This Department embraces a comprehensive and well-regulated system of Life Assurance, with many valuable and important im provenaent2. Full information and prospectuses may be obtained, on application at the Head Office of the Association, or to the respective Agents, throughout the United Kingdom. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. N.B. Applications for Agencies may be made to the Managing Director. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1836. 8 and 10, WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL; and 20 and 21, POULTRY, LONDON. Capital, Two Millions Sterling. Reserved Fund, 346,0001. LIABILITY of PROPRIETORS UNLIMITED. MICHAELMAS POLICIES should be renewed within fifteen days after the 29th September; the Renewal Receipts are in the hands of the agents. FIRE INSURANCE at home and abroad on liberal terms. LIFE INSURANCE in all its branches. LIFE POLICIES, when taken out under Table No. 2, have FIXED BONUSES GUARANTEED TO THEM, not contingent on Profits, without any Liability of Partnership to the Assured, and at lidoderate Premiums. prosnectngcs, and all information. may be had no application. BENJ. Lit:Dnt:MON, Resident Secretary. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the company. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. The highest medical authorities recommend Brandy and water as the best customary beverage, and particularly as an efficient pre ventive of diarrho3atic complaints at this season. They equally con cur in preferring BETTS'S PATE NT BRANDY as the purest and most wholesome. It is unequalled for preserving fruits, home-made wines, &c. Sold throughout the Kingdom, by respectable wine and spirit mer chants, in glass bottles, protected by the Patent Metallic Capsules, and at the DISTILLERY, 7, SMITHFIELD-BARS, in dozens, bottles and cases included, at 18s. per gallon ; or in stone Jars of two gallons and upwards, at 165. per gallon. pale or coloured. J. T. BETTS and CO., French Brandy Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, St. John-street. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALES. BARON LIEBIG ON CERTAIN LATE ANONYMOUS ADVERTISEMENTS. . . . Extract of a Letter dated Munich, 12th September, 1852, from Baron Liebig to Mr. Henry Allsopp, Brewery, Burton-on-Trent. "To my great astonishment and concern, my attention has lately been called to several anonymous articles and advertisements headed by my name, such as in the -, whose author altogether misrepresents the motives of my remarks, and even goes so far as to say `that I had never analysed your beer, nor perhaps ever tasted it in my life.' and to allege a retractation on my part of the original statement. " I emphatically declare that i had not the slightest knowledge of these anonymous articles, the contents of which I entirely disapprove of; and that in every respect I adhere to the statement made in my letter to you, which certainly you were, and are at perfect liberty to publish." " Munich, 12th September, 1852. [T. No. G.] CYDER CELLARS TAVERN, Maiden-lane, Covent-garden. The above Tavern, so justly celebrated for upwards of a century., having been entirely cle aned and decorated, will re-open for te Winter Season on MONDAY, September 27. The Vocal Department is unusually attractive, and composed of a highly-talented company, including the two well-known comic singers, Messrs. W. G. Ross and Sam Cowell. A variety of new and popular Glees, Songs, Madrigals, &c., in rapid succession during the evening. The Chair taken at Half-past Eight o'clock. Suppers and all other Refreshments with the usual excellence and dispatch. An Entrance from the Strand, Two Doors West of the Adelphi Theatre. PATRON—H. R. PRINCE ALBERT. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES. By J. H. Pepper, Esq., on Testing Gold, and on the Australian Gold Districts. By Dr. Bachboffner on the Mode of Preserving Fresh Provisions, il lustrated by Specimens from Messrs. Ritchie and M'Call, and Samples of Fadeuilhe's Solidified Preserved Milk, and Moore's Pa tent Concentrated Milk. By Mr. Crispe, on Morrall's Patent Needles. By George Buckland, Esq., on Music, illustrated by the Songs of Dibdin and other English Composers. New Series of Dissolving Views, &c., &c. Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Ralf-price. For Hours, see Programme. . Os.; the AUTUMN. —For the last three months samples of new materials have been daily pouring in from all the celebrated manufactories in the world, The amplitude of pattern a nd magnificent finish displayed in these new styles for Autumn have afforded full scope for the matured judgment of E. MOSES and SON'S buyers, and the novelty, quality, and price of the goods offered to them in preference to any other Establishment, induced them to give the earliest orders on their usual magnificent scale. These new materials, for every description of Dress, are now sub mitted to the incomparable skill of distinct classes of artists, British and Foreign, in the employ of E. MOSES and SON, and will shortly be presented in novel styles, surpassing every other invention. E. MOSES and SON, by immense purchases on their invariable Pr inciple, have secured great allowances, and conse riquently styles for Autumn will be charged lower than on y m t o h n e e l Y r any previous season. FROM ALL NATIONS TO THE "DIGGINGS." Ships are sailing from almost every port in the world, but the gold mines are not exhausted, nor the labour market overstocked. The superior equipment of many of the English is everywhere acknow ledged ; their means of comfort facilitates their success. That every emigrant may be outfitted in the best possible manner, E. MOSES and SON have employed all the advantages of their magnificent and universal trade, and that practical experience with Outfitting, which is the result of undeviating attention to the largest business in the world, conducted for the benefit of every class of emigrants to all countries on the globe. Outfits may be selected to any amount the emigrant desires, or the most profitable investments maybema dein Cl o thing, Hosiery, Boot s, Shoes, Hats, &c., &c., all expressly pre pared for Australia; a se p arate section for Emigrants' Outfits, con veniently connected with the other departments of their magnificent b us iness, where every article may be obtained at the lowest price, and superior in quality to the productions of any house in the uni verse. Full Lists of Outfit% and all informati on relative to sailing of ls and cost of passage may be had on application, or post free vessels E MOSES and SON'S Establishments will to guard the ESDAY next, September 23, and will re-open on k gm . . b t to SPECIALaI oys eo NOTICE.TiI ITO FRlDAYCAlTTjonlso.r—nisng.,3.SioepstEems b a er nd 24 s , OaNt havingServegenreot'clock. with their Establishment," or " It's public against imposition, having learned th i a n t an th v e in u s n t t a r n a c d e e s s , m an an d li f k o e r falsehood of " Being connected the same concern," has been sortedreste to in obvious reasons. They beg to hat they have NO CONNExmI WITh ANY OTHER UOUSE IN Oa OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, ana n 7, minories, 83, 84 ' 85 ' and 86 , Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, brew Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Br anch, 19, Sheffield Branch, 86, F arg Bnu6 B--- ak T e all ! rs t and M e s r c h h o s a n m t General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. The Establishments a rli n , d Clothi a a , Hatters, Hos i e rs Farriers, Boot Saturdays, when imam ) : he Library T rammed till Twe ve full list of prices, and directions is resumed from sunseit Friday to A new Book, entitled sunset on co ntaining a gratis, on application, or forwarded, part of the aingdom. post-free, to any for self-measurement , e n Eleganceasuremet, can be h ad, A handsome Almanac for ft, - —8 year ending 1852 can be had, gratis, on application. let l'on pule Francais. W *richt matz Peutscla,l Agnisss4lol3:ll4abfatalralapnwio. u 91. 4 ,r ) / / / / 0 21 frisio4 4 • 1 '4 4l lil"*.'• • , t o, •AY, , a 4 l Lt l g ' „„ 4 : - A: :4- , cY;I - . , - • - t t kr % .3 :: b="7: , ÷ 7,0 ,4Y4 0 -5 1 : - '• v-- 4 4;Lil . ; • my, u I T 7 : bp, depended upon his Grace for ground to stand upon. These will now be wandering about, as sheep without a shepherd. They Rill be a prey of marauders. They will listen to the exciting tales of the Tripes and Mon tagues, and show themselves beggared before the bar of public opinion, calling frantically for vengeance upon their deceivers. Lord John Russell can well understand the loss that many " hereditary legisla tors" have sustained. It is truly a matter of serious consideration to know what the Upper House will do without the Duke. He had the same power over a large number of volatile subjects as Virgil's .bolus had over the winds submitted to his care. He was placed, like the cl ass i ca l god, high a b ove hi s roving subjects. He held his sceptre firmly. He alone could soothe their minds and temper their wrath. He, like lus, knew his subjects well, and felt certain that but for him they would sweep over the political heaven and earth, over the court and the nation, and create a tumult which they would have no power to put down. Where is the Neptune in the House of Lords, wh o , as i n Virgil's fable, will lift his placid head above the troubled waters, and bring the Jerry elements to re pose ? Let us remember, when we endeavour to speculate upon what will be the future conduct of the House of Lords with regard to the great questions that will come before it in the next session, that a sixty-vote Moderator is gone. One broad feeling of sympathy, which was sufficient to produce a certain unity of action amongst very discordant elements, has vanished. The House will be split up into parties, without having any definite principle to guide them. They will have all the mechanism of an integral portion of the constitution, but they will want a motive power they long relied on. Heine tells a story of an automatic man, constructed by an inge nious Englishman, which, by the means of a com plex arrangement of springs, performed all the ordi nary functions of humanity. It would have passed muster as a genuine specimen of the human race amongst any assembly. Nevertheless, the automaton had just sense enough to know its own defect. It found out, alas ! that it had no soul, and it set to work forthwith to tease its creator to give it the grand desideratum. It followed the unfortunate artist all through the world with the reiterated request, " Give me a soul." The House of Lords will be in the pre dicament of Heine's automaton. The only difference will be that it has lost what the automaton never had. The Tory members have lost the soul of their body ; and we know not, however loudly they may cry, where they will get another. It would be difficult to point out any other class which is characterised by such features of hopeless mediocrity as the Tory party in the present House of Peers. With respect to ourselves, we have nothing to fear from that body. Its power for mischief has been long since neutralised, and its power for good has been diminished by the death of the Duke. With Lord Derby the case is different. He may find to his cost that a House of Peers without a ruling spirit may—although powerless in its effect upon the nation—be a terrible thorn in the sides of a Minister. He may anticipate with a tolerable cer tainty an anti-Derby p a rty, as his colleagues in the other H ouse may look for an anti-Disraeli party, as the result of the sins of each with regard to Protec tion. The Prime Minister willlook in vain for that shield which has Ministries. H protected so any Ministers and aided so many fall by the naked merit o'afidhibse ll have to stand or power will come to his a wi ctions. No Majesty's Government must be carried on." ecau "her fight the battle of Protection y, ag ai nst Free-trade, because e He will have to of Bigotry against Liberalit y , and without the hope of aid in case of failure, or a refuge in case of defeat. If those grieve most deeply o n account of the occurrence of any event, who lose the m ost by it, few men will have better cause to lament the absence of " the Duke" than the Earl of Derby. TREATMENT of the ENGLISH ABROAD. Another instance, says the Leicestershire .M ercury has just come to our knowledge of the growing haw: lence displayed by the despotic Powers of the Conti nent towards Englishmen residing within their sway. The present case, too, is all the more startling because it has not occurred either in France, Italy, or Aus tria. Saxony is the kingdom which is now striving to share the unenviable and disgraceful notoriety hitherto only attaching to the Governments of those countries. Dresden, its capital, is the place of all others chosen for the first overt avowal of adhesion to the unholy alliance of the second half of the nineteenth century. And the party who is the first victim to this spreading absolutist hatred of the very name of an Englishman is one in whom we naturally feel an interest—both from his connexion with this locality, and from his early services on behalf of Hungarian nationality and independence. We allude to Dr. Paget, author of the well-known work on " Hun gary and Transylvania." . This gentleman, as many of our readers are aware, after leaving Leicester, went to reside in Dresden. There he was leading a very quiet life, and, as he imagined, a life of security as well as peace. Sud denly, on the 2d of this very month, September, his house was visited by a party of police, w h o se i ze d and carried off all his letters, MS. note-books, diaries and a considerable number of books. The British Minis ter, Mr. Forbes—for England has a duly accredited and acknowledged representive at the Court of Saxony —was, we learn, very indignant at this outrage. He at once called upon the Saxon Minister of Foreign Affairs for an explanation of such extraordinary con duct, and, we should imagine, likewise demanded th e restoration of the books a n d papers so seized. The most perfect ignorance and innocence were pleaded by this functionary. Believe it who may, neither he nor the Minister of the Interior knew anything —so they averred—of this most flagrant outrage. From them nothing could be learned, and Dr. Paget was left utterly in the dark as to what could be the pretext for such an unexpected and arbitrary proceeding. Whether the documents and p roper t y t h us carried off have been returned, we have not heard. We cannot think that the British Minister would, on any ac count, suffer them to be d e t a i ne d a f ter he had tad once moved in the matter, unless some clear an d indispu table justification of th e ir se i zure could be shown and proved. That, from all we know of Dr. John Paget, we feel persuaded could not be d one, No act of his can have justified the Saxon Government in treating_ e him in this manner; and' we trus t that, when the outrage becomes kn own, there wi ll b e s uc h a n _ ex h pression of opinio n upon the subject throughout t he country, as shall stimulate, *f reactionary Government to i nq uire ,:inisoltt..compel, even our and sources of this domiciliar y. into the real cause We use the word ic sources " a dvi sedly. For the reader will observe that this transact i on has not oc curred in any Austrian State where the embers of insurrection and revo l ut i on a re sti ll fiercely smoul dering. It has taken pl a ce in Dresden in Saxony, against w h ose ruler and people no Englishman can have any motive to intrigue an d p lot. Whence, then, the inspiration —whence the orders to act thus gla ringly in violation of international_ treaties, and towards the subject of t hat friendly Power but for whose aid Saxony wo uld not now inde pendent kingdom ? To this question we fear there can be but pendent on e rep have been an iy. Saxony is no longer an inde kingdom, except in name. Its police can only have so act ed under the sanction and direction of the agents o f Austria; and the King of Saxony be regarded only as a vassal of the House of can DO W Hapsburg, or, rather, of the head of the Russo- Austrian empire. We shall look with great anxiety to see what will be the course of our Government in this affair. Their conduct, whatever it be, will give no unimportant indication of their future foreign policy, now that the great warrior, to whom the Tory party professed to look up with so much reve rence, almost approaching to awe, bus been summoned to his final rest. THE PRINCE PRESIDENT and his CHOICE OF A BRIDE. The Paris correspondent of the Indepe n d ence of Bel gium states, among other Par i sian gossip, that th e ex - King of Westphalia has !Pinged his nephe w not to some trouble himself about a marriage with the P r i ncess Wass or any other foreign PrincNesas,blueton althoughpick out to , educated and healthy F rench fem a l e as his bride; and b e e well notbes we adreectlaorldedthtahtatLhoueisw i po ll follow th e advice of hi s uncle, may take that course. The gos s i p may h ave ha d some origin worthy of n o ti ce, but it p a t s one too much in mind of the recent feuilleton o f Alexander Dumas, in which he relates an account of a somnambulic prophecy by a young girl of eleven years of age, at Auxerre. She had said " that th e C ount do Chambord would be King of France, and that he would lose his wife, by consump tion." And then, said Alexander Dumas, who Russian the i magnetiser, " Henry the Fifth will marry . some u , s , s a o n or German Princess." to which the girl replied, _ N , Henry the Fifth will say, Fra nce b y ' I have returned to Fru marry a girl of the will of the French peoples and I wi ll_ the people." H © will say, "Go to will Faubourg Sain t ll e find a young girl Martin, NO. 42, and there. youwl on a stone dressed who, when I entered Paris, was seatedeh in her hand. She in white, and having a gprenetner b ranch shall be my wife." is the daughter of a carpenter , Independanee does not make The correspondent o d f for a wile to the Faubourg St. Louis Napoleon makessen the ex-King !Jerome advise him to Martin, but fm the institution of the Legion of pick out a v'tf'' .r % pall . 1 Honour at St. CITY O F LONDON AIILITIA.--Uti W ednesday the c ,—;- d e puties, and common- cou nc il men of the City assem hin their respective ward s , f or the purpose of pro viding the req uired numb er of men for the city of London ro yal re g iment of militia, in comp l iance with the orders i ssu ed by the Court of Lieutenan c y, an d a l so t o ma k e a re turn of those volunteers who hav e b een approve d of an d at tested. The aldermen presid e d at t h e i r res p ec ti ve ward motes. Notwithstanding that recruits are eligible (subject to the approval of the Secretary-at-War) up to the age of forty-five, and of the height of five feet three inches, the re cruiting for this service proceeds very slowly ; and it is a sin-9 ular fact that up to the present time not one freeman has en listed, and comparatively few persons who reside in the City have joined the corps; and although the staff of the regimentin Bunhill-row and th e var i ous w ard offi cers are i n d e f at i - . gable in their exertions to obtain recruits, it is doubtful wilt. ther the number (600) will be made up. , LONDON, FRIDAY 7., S SEPTEMBER 24, 1852. , 4 7 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. 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At a Court held yesterday, Mr. BAIKLY (in the absence of Mr. Thomas Rowley, the chairman of the Bridge-house Estates Committee), He move, " That the report recommending th e re-building of Blackfriars bridge be adopted." said that the Committee were decidedly of opini on th at i t wou ll no t be wise to expend their means in repairing the bridge, bat that they were unanimously of opinion that a new one should be erected.—(Hear, hear.) Is the repairs connected with that bridge some thousatds of pounds had been expended, and having had so ouch of repa rations in such matters, the c om mittee thought it better to submit to the consideration of the Court at large whether it would not be better at once to con struct a new bridge. lie therefore moved that the court agreed with the committee in their report. Deputy HOLT submitted that as the chairman of the Bridge-house Estates Committee place, that it would be wise t o postpone th e mo tion. om vas not in his Mr. Besmocn observed that h e h a d h a d for some time a notice upon the paper o f b us i ness with refer ence to the desirability of con s t ruct i ng a ne w bridge , over the Thames in a direct line with Old 'Change, north and south. He was ready to go on with that proposition, in conjunction with the one then before the court as to the recommendation for constructing a new Blackfriars-bridge, and h e b e li eve d, if he was permitted to do so, he ~should -- h ould be able materially to abridge the discussion on both of -]e propositions. The-Courr therragreed •trM Ifell'eutttlfg-pro posal should be entertained simultaneously with the report. Mr. BENNOCH then said, although he had given notice of the motion for a new b ridge so long ago as December, 1851, he was neverth e l ess gla d o f the delay, as the report introduced b y the Bridge -h ou se Committee added weight to hi s proposal. In pro posing such a scheme as he had to introduce, compre hending an improvement of the most important kind, he had no personal or pecuniary advantage in view. Neither the pulling down of old an d dil ap idated houses, nor the building of new ones, co u ld benefit him. His business lay in a different direction. Since notice of the motion had appe ared in the public papers, he had received many offers of assistance from influential inhabitants, who thought that any propo sition so extensive should be backed by petitions from the citizens ; but he had declined such offers, being anxious that the corporation should take the initia tive, and have all the merit of so important a work. There was no good without a certain admixture of evil. The noblest river, however essential to the health and comfort of a large city, was still an enor mous inconvenience. While it brought to their doors the necessaries and luxuries of life, and carried away the refuse of their streets, still, by dividing one portion of the population from the other, it became an evil to be mitigated by the construction of bridges alone. He would endeavour to prove the necessity for a new bridge, the fitness of the site suggested, and the probable cost of the con struction, and the general advantages of the plan re commended. He would only ask say of the mem bers to stand on London-bridge for ten minutes be tween nine in the morning and six in the evening, to convince them of the necessity of further accom modation for the increasing traffi c of the metropolis. Blockaded with waggons, cabs, and omnibuses, at certain times it was almost impassable, At Black friars-bridge the evils were greatly aggravated. Much of the crowding of the large thoroughfares arose from the fact that m any o f t h em converged at a certain point without sufficient provision being made for the proper circulation of carriages. New streets were opened parallel with old ones, which they re lieved at one point to bl oc k up a t another. Traffic north and south natur a ll y f oun d it s way over Black friars or London-bridge. Omnibuses from Islington to Kennington might go down Newgate-street to avoid the crush on Ludgate-hill, but they must go across the line at Farringdon-street ; others went to London-bridge to swell a tide already too full, and everybody knew that the sleepy progress and frequent interruption of public conveyances rendered it economical hi point of time to , walk rather than ride from Aldgate to Temple-bar. If Southwark-bridge were free of toll to-morrow it would not greatly relieve the streets. There was no outlet to the stream of traffic. It would ease London-bridge of many of its 'car riages, but it would soon block up Queen-street, and find a dead lock in Cheapside, while the were so bad that heavy drays would avoid it. In all improvements, especially in the formation of bridges, a free outlet should be the chief aim, ant until Vic toria-street was compl e ted London-bridge alone agreed with that principle. It would be interesting public conveyances through stoppages to arrive at the annual a m ount of the less sustained gradients by brewers, wharfinger s , serriers, and P roprietors of An ingenious friend of his had gone in;o the calcu tion, be and come to the conclusion that what might done in ten minutes usually occupied fifteen minutes, taking the loss at 3001. per day, pounds per to the sacrifice of one of two thousani day, or from 300,000/. t 0600,000/. h the streets. per annum; but 100,000/. annually, a n anount almost not only since oursufficient to nt deducible build a bridge once a year. The argute from the extraordinary Acrease of public convey ances,there vas a loss of bridge was .ht. com menced. but opened, m u d have considerable we ig ht. Since then cabs h a d multiplied fotr or five- fold, whilst of omnibuses, which were 1t that period last City into courting-houses , unknown, there were u pwards of 3,000, The rapi conducted within a circumscribed area, turneddwell ing-housesth spread of commerce, r a d the necessitiel of business, population to reside i$ the various suburbs, and the std from their vehicles necessary t o convey them to forced e houses seriously added to the traffic. Bat the argu ment arising from g-houses, and de rapid increase d popu l ation_ e was perhaps th e fost conclusive, ant might b gathered from the f o llowing facts :—ln the year 1801, when the population was but 958,865, there were but three b r id ges; i n 181 1, when m ire we were s e o u de manded,ls ther e b e i ng an i ncrease 0 f 119 ,9 52 ' T there was no addi t i i n to th e number. -n 1821, when the increase a mou cted to 240 , 132, two were com pleted, makin g fire in all. I n 1831, five one of the bridges, bridges was widened, still ther e were but o mpared with although the pop u lation had ri sen , as a ° they had 1801, to an incr e ase of 293,375. In Fsl d, was a foot six bridges, on e of which, Hungerfor bridge only, thcagh the population bad reached the enormous numb'r of 2,369,640.—(5ea r.) It would, one foot therefore, be :ten that since 1821, only :a ds widened. If bridge has beer added, and one briee-vies obliged to from increasedtraffie, London-bridge be wid ene d, s uety f ci an increase nearly a million provision in dispensable.—(Hear.) would render additional bridge dispensable.—(Hear.) Looking carefully at the appear that after the figures pr o d u ced, it would really year 1821 e ery increase of 250,000 re quired an ad ditional bridge, and, upon this basis, instead of five br idges adopted to traffic-carriage, they ought to have ten. Were the foundation laid to one 0,000 would be be fore it co a ti be opened a t 103.4 001 contrast their added t o Ve population. Let o f Paris. They bridge a cc ommodati on w ith that would findthat ov er th e Seine, in a distance of four miles a n d a half, t h ere were 1 4 bridges, or one in 580 ded the others lng to yards.-411.ear.) If they ad ld be increased to eadi 27, all the old city, the number ,le lvaa aa hear)—while the popula tion w a y littl e more than ° . e termine the number of ° d If distance s h ou l d a l on e bridge) necessary, a n d -- ;e Paris was to be taken as the standerd• instead of sag bridges in London, they -El- And what still more ag gr avated th e ev il was' ought to hav e 42, —(Bear') —ear. t ) t hat between London and t one free bridge, and that Westminster they ba d but ~ te ,) If they took Lyons, was broken -backed.--(A 1 n aple, they would find another French c ity, as a Belem le bridges over the that in five miles ther.e they had seven over the Saone; and in 3i mi les Rbone--19 alto ether. A s there the population g about one-seventh of ours— was only 350,000, or ere to be taken as the odd if population were to be taken as the criterion for the number of bridges required criterion for the ~ level with Lyons in that to place London on t - have 132 instead of seven respect, they o ught h o e new bridge he had the pri- bridges.—(Hear-) l id corm a link, connecting lines vileg e to propose wou 1 ~,. direct north and south ; and of traffic running e ft were completed, they would when the approacee t from the Angel, at Islington, have a continuous s tree indeed all the way to and Castle, or, , to the Elephant e There would be no needless Clapham.—(Hear.) crowd London-bridge, nor to l deviation to the left to kf ' s a large Blac riar . As the right to choke °Psidents had business in the centre hum her of the Claphara re. ~,ht come directly to St. Paul's, of the City, th e y "" t l e present free bridges, and avoid greatly relieve both the slippery incline of Blackfriars, as well as the te or Snow; while Smithfi e ld, when the market w a steep hills of Ludga 5 removed, might bec ome a omnibus depot, a public convenience great central 'red•—(Hear.) His proposed im provement bega n - and open a proper approach to To widen Old Chang ' 'Ch t a ide of Old 'Change must be taken the bridge, the west down. From Fish' s treet to Thames-street, the east sid e must come down, and from Thames of Lamb e th-hill ' street to the river the eastern side of Trig-lane mu s t be tak en down. They would observe that all the way only one aide of a street had to be takes down, and only half compensation could be claimed, while equal Cannon-street in Doctors' Commons would remain undisturbed. The street projected from Thomas's ' I Blackfriars, did not route chosen ; and if they look tion of the approaches to the Thames, London -bridge, of the bridges across simplicity d E b a e r a l•s t t y r e t e h t e , at the rates of incline ft., 4 ft. rise ; Southwark, a s e g t, ll°sPital ' from the gate of St. on the Surrey side, (City side), 4 ft. 6 in.; Blackfriars in. ; Southwark (Surrey side), 3 ft. 10 in.; Waterloo (ditto), 3 ar f B t the proposed bridge (Surrey side), (ditto), 3 ft. 9 in. ; Middlesex side, 9es.tminstedr in. ; d an the City side it would be on the level. Then let them look at the cost of the several bridges. ar.) The new London-bridge cost 680,2321., removing the old bridge, 35,600/. ; the approaches, ,840,436/ Southwark, including the approaches, 800,000/.. ; Blackfriars, ditto, 210,000/. ; Waterloo, ditto, 1, 000,000/. ; Westminster, 388,7001.; Vauxhall, 150,000/. ; Hungerford, 110,0001.; while he had it from the best authority that the proposed bridge, which he would name " St. Paul's," to be 60 feet in width, with a headway of 27 ft. 6 in., might be erected for 144,0001. The estimate of 144,0001. did not include the purchase of any land or compensation to be given, but even these, from the character of the locality, might be fairly con sidered less than is usual in such cases. The sum, ' though moderate, is ample, and the designer would guarantee its execution within the estimate. This 'arises from various causes—such works, through the incitement of railway enterprise, are better under stood. The nature of iron, and its many advantages in works of this magnitude, are thoroughly compre hended ; and, above all, coffer-dams and the old fashioned system of pile-driving are entirely dispensed with by a recent very ingenious application of the principles of the diving-bell. A tube is dropped into the water, and rests upon the bed of the river. If the river is deeper than the tube is long, other tubes are riveted to it until the uppermost stands above high water ; an apparatus with double valves is fixed on the top, and made air-tight, an air-pump is then ap plied, and the pressure within the pipe raised until it expels the water, which cannot ooze in again, the pressure within being greater than the density of the water without, and keeps the interior of the tube perfectly dry. Workmen then de scend, dig away the ground from under the edge of the tube, which sinks by its own weight, and as it sinks other cylinders are fixed on the top, and the 2 ft. 6 hinad.: aHinnelo:: whole let down until they have reached a solid foun dation. In this manner the tubes of one of the piers for the new bridge at Rochester were lowered forty feet below the bed of the river, and planted on the solid rock, and they could have taken it 400 feet if necessary. The material cut out is lifted up through the valves before named, and when the proper depth is gained, they introduce bricks and Portland cement, and fill the cavity of the tube with them, which im mediately becomes as strong as stone. These tubes (being six or seven feet in diameter) are placed within two or three feet of each other and in double rows, and can be extended to any length that the width of the bridge requires. They are then all braced to gether with beams of iron, and on the top is placed a plate of iron, with transverse , beams, and the cavities between, about twelve inches deep, are filled with cement, Ste. Then round all the tubes is fixed a shield, pointed up and down the river, so that all danger is warded off awl injury from collisions avoided. The plate described may then become the foundation for the stonework, from which the arches spring, or the plate itself may become the foundation. Should any question arise as to the durability of the iron; or its likelihood to corrode and fall off, he (Mr. Bennoch) had been assured by Sir Charles Fox, than whom there is no better authority, that iron in such a position, and one inch thick, would last 500 years, but if it did fall off you have still left the solid masonry, which time could hardly destroy. He had, he trusted, proved sa tisfactorily the three propositions he set out with— the necessity was obvious--no site could be better chosen —and the cost will be only half the cost of Blackfriars, and only one-fourth the expense of Lon don-bridge. The streets in the neighbourhood seem to have been arranged as if some such improvement had then been contemplated. After crossing the river on a dead level from Fish-street by a very gentle descent of 2 feet 6 inches in 100 it comes to the level at Union-street, crossing only two streets of any importance—Thames-street, in the City, and Great Guildford-street, in the Borough; continuing southward it joins the New Southwark-bridge-road beyond the Queen's Bench, and gives a direct line from the heart of Middlesex to the heart of Surrey. One objection may be urged which has generally made weight, but in this instance opposition would be fruitless, as he believed the building of a church where church accommodation was needed would overcome the scruples of the Bishop of London ; and permission to pull down St. Mary's, Fish-street, would easily be obtained. He (Mr. Bennoch) had caused statistics of attendance of the churches in that locality to be taken, and was astonished to find, that in seven churches within 200 yards of the one proposed to be removed only 250 persons were present. In one at the corner of Old Change and Watling-street there was a con gregation of 150, leaving only 100 for the other six churches, an average of not quite 27 each, so the re moval of one would not greatly overcrowd the others. One word more and I have done—how were.the funds to be raised ? That was legitimately within the scope of the inquiry of the committee ; but he believed the scheme carried with it so much common sense and argument that Government would immediately sanc tion any feasible plan to raise the necessary amount ; it is a question for Middlesex and Surrey, quite as much as for the corporation, and all might be bound to centribute their shares. So far as the City is concerned, he verily believed that not only would the ground be cleared, compensation given, but the bridge built for less money than it would cost to open the road to Earl-street; and there is no comparison between them when the public convenience is duly considered —it would not indeed cost more than the removal of Farringdon Market. While advocating the scheme he had projected he had studiously avoided any remarks upon the present or late improvements, because he felt that those completed and others sug gested went far to render necessary the one they were then considering; and if the court would refer it to a committee to be investigated, he would pledge himself to substantiate, by irrefragible evidence, every statement he had made. He would, therefore, move, as an amendment, " that no further proceedings shall be taken in the proposed rebuilding of the bridge at Blackfrisrs, especially a temporary bridge, until the Bridge -house committee have examined and re ported on the propriety of building a new bridge across the Thames between Blackfriars and South wark-bridge,; and the probable cost of the same, and the approaches thereto I and that the report be referred back to the Bridge-house committee ac cordingly." Mr. ANDEETON seconded the amendment. Alderman LAWRENCE remarked that there could be no doubt but that the erection of a temporary bridge, as proposed in the report before the Court , woad involve a considerable amount of expense, and he thought that such an amount would be much bet ter laid out if it were dedicated, in part, towards the erection of an extra bridge for the convenience of the great body of their fellow-citimens.—(Hear, hear.) t Whether the proposal of Mr. Bennoch , as to the he the r. bridge crossing the Thames at that identical spot, was the best that could be selected, unim would be and co , n i s n i d e r e i d d , e g. u h n o p e r o s , m dered by the committee to which the matter might be referred. As to di ffi culties with regard to levels which had manifested themselves on former occasions especially with reference to Blackfriar's-bridge, they; i u m se v s a t b a l t e e . e He o m heartily ittee, fo agreed r full B wi th bridgehad been then nsi. M de be referred, with the original report, to the ration. Upon a show of hands it was found that Mr. Ben. noch's amendment was carried without a single dill' sentient. WORKS OF ART FOR THE MANSION HOUSE. A report was brought up by Mr. J. B. Taff ge ' chairman of the committee for general purPs eg t th re lative to procuri ng works of art to ornament Mansion House. --Agreed to. THE FLEET VALLEY IMPROVEME3a% Har rison) in his place, wished to as of the Deputy BEDFORD, seeing the chairm an Fleet-valley improvement committee his constituents were exceedingly anxious about the on an early day in the anything was likely to be don y er°ovement ? matter of the Fleet "lle" improvement to answer Deputy Deputy HARRISON was o n amittee were waiting to Bedford's inquiry. Th t e o c f the court, with whom, up be moved by parties out dunot had communication. The k—asmatter—wh.ether to that time, they ba d so nothing to repoil .-- c.—_____—____-___-_-_—_—_______ matter, therefore, _ cip ._ rested, that they had simply DUTCH CATTLE. --The ar 544 lge number of 1, by the vessel shee besides 81 head of oxen and . cows, .1 horse, and 41 calves, were recently brought from Nieuw hey produce of Holland. This is the largest William Penn, the number ever brought on one occasion from abroad since the first introduction of foreign cattle to any extent into this country. [PRICE SD. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. Ma d n e k a i t n h d a — sat a db t r l db ea uß s r t iya i ri n —nn a , l ,e l tah c l i lea vi; b i a id — c d o rtb u en n ad e t FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. tries—have agreed to respect the period which inter venesinisstime when the earthly tenement the soul e s action t h i o a has desertedwh iwh i ch it h s eaesnal lost st not a whollynd t he between S. solemnd ay days of a n n o d t h i touchinglig uncon scious of the life which once animated it, and lingers corrup tion to which it is destined. The family are secluded from the eye of the public, the ordinary place of hearts, and worship is deserted, and the greedy heir himselfuetial , w be h t i a c • h een th restrain his impatience to know the amount of his acquisitions till the grave has closed over the form of their late possessor. If these be the forms and solem nities of a private mourning, how much more faith fully should they be observed when a nation grieves with genuine and unsimulated sorrow for the loss of the greatest of her sons ? So long as those limbs which for our sake have braved every danger from which human nature shrinks back, and have been preserved as if by miracle to sink in an honoured of Greece are andmature old age, remain still uninterred, the thought of the mighty dead should be uppermost in our warrior before jealousies d rivalries l ittle apace an of the living. Death has just struck d Achilles can Own a noble prey. wield his arm s contending more, and the second-rate heroes the last s unavailing pacesh ould honoursbele ft for the . ntending for the spoils of the great have been paid to his memory. His tory not forget to record th at hours after the death of t he within four and-twenty Chancellor met together, not irrepa rable loss which the country to ton the heads of the Thstihre Great Duke of Welling wivioer her studies whatm the vacant tr ity 0 and f wb inb biography hawa a w t i h l will deplore the sustained, not to consult wa th e llnd that learned body might best show manner in which and ber councils, but to consider to man who for 18 years had presided its o University had grief for the chair of office might be offered and m easures might be taken for securing the succession preliminary meeting was not unfruitful, for The on Friday, just three days after the late honoured Lord and Chancellor of the University had breathed bib last, a requisition was framed and signed by Heads and Fellows of Collges, declaring the Earl of Derby to be eminent'y qualified for the Chancellorship of the University, and inviting all members of Convocation who might be of the same opinion to join in a request to his Lordship that he would allow himself to be put in nomination. It would be too much to expect that where a Prime Minister is concerned, the honour to the dead, or self-respect of the living, would be allowed to restrain the burning zeal of this learned and enthusiastic body. Many reasons combine to make the Earl of Derby the natural choice of a large number of the resident members of the University of Oxford. The maxim " Blessed be each man pos sessed of aught to give" is nowhere more cordially recognised than in our ancient seats of learning. The man who can make the Head of a College into a Bishop, a Tutor into the Head of a Hall, or a Master of Arts into a fat rector, has more virtues than meet the eye—more capabilities than a superficial observer can detect, and is the object of a hero worship more sincere and unfaltering than that which waits on mere virtue and merit. In their zeal to fling themselves at the feet of the Premier the Oxonian magnates had no time to think of the glorious past or solemn present of their Chancellor. Their thougbts, their aspirations, were all for the future. The dead might bury their dead, the living, especially those who live by patron age, must look to the living. Besides these very ob vious individual motives, there was another cause at work, sufficient alone to have driven the remem brance of the Duke of Wellington from the minds of the resident Oxford electors. The report of the recent Commission threatens the University with changes which the routine and obstructive spirit of the place regards with aversion and terror. We are told that the great Duke bad arrived within a few pages of the end of this report, and we cannot doubt that his clear and masculine intellect yielded an assent to many of the propositions it maintains and enforces, never, unhappily, destined to be carried into action. Escaped from the danger of a reforming Chancellor, the last chance for avoiding the dreaded changes was to link the fate of the University to one who, like Lord Derby, had political power to protect her from improvement, and like him, would be willing to per petuate any abuse whose existence gave power to himself or stability to his Government. With such an object in view, with no less an end to attain than the enlisting the premier in defence of University abuses, it was only natural that the respect due to the mighty dead should be forgotten and the canvass for a new Chancellor should commence when the frame of the old one was scarcely cold in the glorious repose well earned by eighty years of labours and battles. The same indecorous haste which spurred on the ap plication to the Earl of Derby has pervaded the other arrangements of the clique who have already given away the highest honour which the University has to bestow. We are informed that the day of election for the new Chancellor is already fixed for the 12th of October. A wish is also expressed that the Uni versity may be spared the annoyance and trouble of a contest. The friends of Lord Derby have been so unscrupulous as to mature and carry out their mea sures within less than a week from the death of the Duke of Wellington, and they claim as the reward of their questionable diligence the right to give away the highest position in the University without contest and without question. The case has been settled while the rest of the University have been engaged in counting up the services and regretting the irreparable p o in whicht m en n i t ei official fab t the have al 12 t been e e o n f less of the greatest man who has ever filled, or who will ever fill, the presidential chair of the Sheldonian theatre ; and it were surely hard to disappoint those indefatigable personages who knew how to employ these precious moments so much better than in vain regrets and unselfish contemplations. It is, however, quite possible that the mea sures by which a small knot of resident seniors have contrived to nominate a Chancellor for the y m s us e 111) 1 v s e i s z . e, University may provoke the very opposi cia ti ti o as n iuiba i je t et i ct s ttioo i h n lelsb - yoe October r to a sfo the r es t d a a l y l . of The election,ap so easily postponed till the meeting of the Colleges, has too much the air of an attempt to withhold the franchise from the resident electors p t u o rs b yu e it a i l p l o o f w p e a d tr t o o s.: pass wishout censure and without resistance. The younger Masters of Arts, for the most part now absent from Oxford on their vacation rambles, will be apt to consider that they have as good a right as their sideTs The ein keen u rn s of the turf are patro nage, will og resident , benewt disposed in s i sc e sph n o i trs o oee r dn s t bdtteeoor ask University t form h e Ew a n ah ralotp of iaannri Derby n ettrb o hbe n e beyond those of high rank and large secured at the price of so much jocke and so tpmooul politics es indecoru m. polneasuarlel those who may come forward not such para mount. recommendations as to hasty measures, and it is possible that those who look singly to the good of the University might find else where a nobleman whose pursuits and w hose tastes fit him far better for the discharge academical duties. Without antici p ating of . n a necessitate s s a i t a t devotio ne p s a u r suc h of of or prejud u r t g o members of the Univer.t at th fr e a re nc t se s 1 y whose has been invaded by the indecorous of the senior haste e resi dents, it occurs to many men in us that there this land whose ld bear a favourable pretensions wou . . comparison with those of the Premier in all except place and patronage. We commend the subject to i the consideration of Oxford, and hope that the Uni r those versity will assert its ow n freedom of action, and not thou h the somewhat hasty supporters of Lor d Derby may in his behalf the patronage of the merit of exer cisin g of the Chancellorsh i p . Stirling an elaborate eulogium on the pro nouncing _ waellington said :—" Perhaps I am the more is notori- NEWS.--Lord John Russell when justified insa ying What I have done because there there were no, persons, except the few, Perhaps late Lord Melbourne and myself, who ) might ear this estimony—that however he (the Duke) g differ in t political sentiments with the person who held the chief office in the political service of the State, he was o willing, as ready, as forward in giving every assist ance that he thought for the benefit of his country, to b e u b n e a l b o l w e D we u D r k e e A o l f L sa one who di ff ered in political opinions, as he would have been to the dearest of his political friends." Thi s is, indeed, high praise—praise, the value of which is infinitely , increased, when coming from the mouth of a political opponent. But few persons know so well as the Whig leader the value of the influence whi c h the Duke exercised. The House of Peers many of the ously behind the age in its knowledge of the signs of the times. Nevertheless, it may be affirmed a o r f eofte mem bers of this order that however they may the position. level of cgoennsecri Conscious s that public t intelligence, l w i ig e reen themselvesce , t be y y practically willing to recognise the realities of their themselves unreservedly upon to collect sufficient materials to form lucid judg ments re --for instance- - common sense of the Duke. upon tbrew g t r b e n a m t Often and often has his Grace had in his pocket enough votes to give a majority in the House of I Peers. is known—as many as sixty p r • proxies confided to him. The Duke of Wellington by his death has the g reat prac ticalthus sur rendered the keeping of some sixty consciences, which ,Z--G-t.- t eItEMORNE GARDENS. On the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea. _. 1e,,, Waterside Entrance close to Battersea -bridge Pier. kG ilittiZue by Steam-boat from London -bridge or any of the interme , "dges or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to be L'4,:z at Battersea -bridge for Cremome. Fare by Omnibus from tbo - "ug-cross, 3d.; from the City and remotest parts of the East- Proprietor DKr. T. D. BIISPOOIS. Re-engagement Of M. and Madame Poitevin. oik i. Qaturday, September 26, the Last Parachu te Descent from the °", La Zodiaque. A „ The p yro t ec hnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortram. dpi'xw Grand Spanish Comic Ballet etled Le Barbier de Cadiz, s ,!einng. at Half-past Seven o'clock .-nterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock until near Midnight. Open at Three o'c n lo Half-price. .ck. 0 11 R Admission, Is ; Childre , -undaye, after Fouro'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d. Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 25. 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