The Sun. — London, England, 1866-09-27 00:00:00

The Earl of Earrowby on Mechanics' Institutes. The winter session of the Midland Institute at , Birmingham was inaugurated on Monday evening by an address from the Right Hon. the Earl of Har rowby, president. The Lecture Theatre, in which the proceedings took place, was crowded. The Earl of HARROWBY, who was received with cheers, said—Ladies and Gentlemen,—When it was first proposed to me to assume the office, for the year, of president for the Birmingham and Midland In stitute, I was startled at the suggestion, and said to myself—What have I to do with assuming such a position in Birmingham? Have they not among them men more fitted than myself for such a post — fitted by knowledge of practical and abstract science, by the successful cultivation of literature, as well as by influence among their fellow-citizens, for giving an impulse to the useful and ornamental studies which you pursue or foster, whether by influence or example? Surely the town which nearly a century ago could boast of a Hutton, a Priestley, and aWatt among their fellow-citizens, cannot need to bring a country gentleman from 30 miles off to tell them of the importance of education, to give them lessons as to the best methods of promoting it, or to stimulate them to fresh exertions in its cause. When, however, I found that my immediate predecessor in your chair was my very noble friend Lord Wrottesley, the old companion of my studies in the University of Ox ford, to whom I mainly owe whatever progress I may have made in the exacter sciences in that seat of learning, I felt that however incompetent to tread worthily in his footsteps, yet I could not be doing wrong in following his example, and giving to the capital of the Midland Counties an evidence of my goodwill by acceding to the wishes of your commit tee, and placing myself at their disposal. And now that I am here, what shall I tell you off ? You know your work better than I do—that you have two, nay, three departments, besides your museum —one, the general department, consisting of the news-room and public lectures, less distinctly educa tional than the others, though we shall say that the intelligence of the day and of all the events which agitate the political, the scientific, the social, and the religious world, and the discussions which arise upon and out of them, do not furnish education and training of the highest and most essential and most influential character to the citizens of this great country—this self-teaching, self-governing, self-ad ministrating country. Again, the lectures in this department, though not strictly educational, yet by awakening or reviving interest in subjects of general literature, history, or science, are of no mean im portance in preventing a busy town from devoting all its energies exclusively to immediate business, and forging those graceful as well as useful experi ments which elevate while they adorn the existence. To this you have lately added classes for the instruc tion of ladies in English language, literature, and history, in French language and literature, in geo metry, in geology, and in experimental physics. Of the success of these I am not yet able to speak, as they have been in operation so short a time. I can only say that I wish God may speed them, for there cannot be a nobler or more useful work than that of giving a sound, solid education to the future mothers, wives, and sisters of the rising generation, and adding to the graces which we all feel they already possess, the advantages for guidance as well as influence which a trained and disciplined intellect provides. But, after all, I imagine that you pride yourselves most upon your industrial classes, which furnish to 800 or 1,000 students already engaged in the most active indus trial pursuits of life the means of acquiring know ledge and training their understandings in almost every branch of useful acquirement, in the French and German language, and, above all, in the language and literature of our country. Now, this is indeed an excellent work. In a busy world like ours, young men, nay boys, must, not only from the necessity of earning a livelihood at an early age, but also because in many industrial pursuits success is not to be attained but by very early devotion to them—l say they must at a very early age give up direct schooling, and go into work of either head or hand. It is in vain that educationalists and philanthropists remonstrate and enlarge upon the advantages of prolonging the years of school. The necessities of life are too strong, they prevail over all general reasoning, and the boy or young man goes to work or into actual business with little more in his possession than the implements by which knowledge is acquired, and these often but im perfectly—but as to knowledge itself, in most cases with absolutely none ; and it is well if iu the pro cess of acquiring possession of those mere imple ments disgust of knowledge itself has not been created, which prevents these implements being well applied subsequently to their proper purpose. Now, how is this difficulty to be met ? How are these contending claims of mental cultivation and the business of life to be reconciled ? Neither ought to, or can be rejected. Now, in regard to ordinary handicrafts, when great numbers are as sembled together at an early age, or of the tenderer sex, the Legislature has attempted a solution by the half-time system, begun among the factories of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and kindred establish ments elsewhere, and progressively excluded the smaller establishments and other trades, as you are aware by your own experience, and I believe every where with the happiest results. The lad or the girl has been allowed to help the family, and ac quire the use of crafts, to some of which their tender touch and slighter forms and lower wages are specially adapted, and at the same time their mental training has been continued with a success most astonishing. It has been fully established that the half-timers, as they are called, fully keep pace in acquirement with those who give the whole day to school. Now, this is very well as far as it goes ; but compulsory legislation can only be applied to certainclasse s of labour and to certain ages. Can not something be done for those who have either emerged from the age to which legislation must be limited, or have been employed in kinds of labour to which it cannot well b e applied? Well, now, this is what you attempt by your industrial department, and in which you have attained considerable success, as the numbers, reaching, as have said before, from 800 to 1,000, pretty w e ll demonstrate. This is not all you could wish for, but it is a good deal. In so busy a community we must not expect too much. It is not every youth who, after having spent a busy day, engaged in manual craft, or behind the counter,. or at the desk, with the bodily powers or the mental faculties pretty well exhausted, is prepared to find his repose rather in mental exertion than in mere recreation or in ' society, innocent or vicious, as the case may be. The temptations to each of these, Heaven knows, powerful enough to make us thankful that so large at number have been found willing and able to resist them, and to walk in the severer paths of study which your institution has opened to them. I know the insufficient success of mechanics' institutions, and institution s stra' ilar to yours, has often been lamented as disappointing the expectations of their founders, and sometimes not without reason. The causes have been often looked for, and I have already suggested some, but I do not think that one cause has been sufficiently considered, upon which—although I know the ground to be delicate -1 will venture to touch. The founders of such institutions, in their anxiety, partly to quiet political and religious apprehensions, and partly with a view of conciliating a more ex tended support in the midst o f a society which is much divided upon those subjects, are apt to banish, whether from their libraries, their lectures, or their di sc ussions, all allusion to r e li g i on and politics—and I imag i ne you do the same. Now, I cannot ou b t b f u u t i think that this is a timid p olic y , and of d success even for its main object. (Hear.) Pure instruction for the sake of instruction, for the s a k e is rarely popular in it se lf , merely of knowledge, and belongs to a peculiar class of minds always in a minority in all classes of society. The number of those who desire knowledge for the sake of in tellectual exercitation is limited in all classes, and cannot be expected to be excessive among those who have had fewer advantages of early education than their neighbours, and have been very early plunged into work and business. There are eminent exceptions, no doubt—an Isaac Milner is found • studying Newton and Tacitus over his loom a Hugh Miller is found philosophising on the history to be read in the quarries which he is breaking up with his own hands, or an Elihu Burritt—(cheers) —is found'storing his mind with the lessons of an cient and modern history over the anvil. (Cheers.) But these exceptions must be rare. The two things which the busy or working man does care about over and above his business are politics and religion—the study of his own rights and duties as a citizen, of his own individual duties here, and his hopes hereafter. (Hear, hear.) These he likes to hear and talk I of, and yet these are thought to be of necessity excluded from such institutions as these. The question that arises is, is that necessity as real as is generally supposed? Now, there is no doubt that if such institutions as these were made the instruments of disseminating merely party opin ions, whether in politics or religion, they might be made very mischievous, as conveyingin unsuspected forms dangerous views.in both, and, by stirring up animosities amongst the members, might make it impossible to secure co-operation for objects of com mon and neutral interest. But even in politics, is there not some neutral ground to be discovered ? might there not be subjects selected which are re moved by certain distances of time from the politics of the day, but which, by leading to an increased knowledge of ancient and modern history, might interest and inform those who are attracted by the public affairs of their own times, and enable them to form a better and maturer judgment with regard to them ? (Hear.) And with regard to religion, is there not some common ground for all Christians ? With regard to matters of faith, there are too many points of difference to allow us to enter upon them ; but could not the evidences of our common faith be made matter for most interesting and common instruction? —(hear, hear)—a subject which can be studied equally in the works of the Unitarian Nonconformist Lardner ; of the English Churchmen Butler, Paley, Jenner, Whately, and Daniel Wilson ; of the Pres byterian Chalmer, or the Roman Catholic Abbe Fraypinon, without awakening the jealousy of sects or churches. (Hear, hear.) And as attendance at your lectures is voluntary, I don't see how any one can be offended by the introduction of such topics. (Hear, hear.) It is a great defect of the present time that no such instruction is to be found iu courses of education for any class. (Hear, hear.) It has everything to recommend in itself—it is most attractive as a study, it leads to a reference to ancient and modern history, a discussion of the laws of evidence, and an inquiry into the reasons for con viction upon subjects of the highest interest to the human mind and the human destiny. It cannot well be taught in schools to the very young, for they have not the materials available, and it would be out of season with the habits of thought desirable for their age. But when the youth is already engaged in the concerns of life, he finds much to try the simple faith which he has imbibed as a habit from his early instructors. He has pas sions within, bad companions without ; the current and lighter literature of the day, even occasionally severer science itself, infuses doubts, to combat which he is armed with no sufficient weapons. He lives in an age in which everythingisquestioned, and where is he to ask for answers ; where is he to learn that, if there are sometimes difficulties in the way of belief, there are still greater difficulties in the way of a man who knows what the strength of evidence in favour of religion is, in the way of his coming to unbelief ? How completely he must abandon all those reasons for conviction which would guide him in his decision on other questions before he can yield to the minor doubts and difficulties which have sug gested or suggest themselves, and abandon for a mere negative position the settled faith which he had early imbibed. (Hear, hear.) He cannot learn that from his companions, his parents, or his employers ; even sermons do not furnish the fitting occasion, because they must be mainly exhortations to con duct rather than logical deductions from evidence. Is it not a great defect in a great country that, unless compelled by absolute necessity, we should undertake so much, and yet exclude this most ne cessary of all knowledge? (Hear, hear.) Is there not great reason to believe that, leaving to the teachers and ministers of religion to raise their several superstructures upon the general four da tion of the truth of natural and revealed reli gion, that foundation might be laid within your walls, not only without offence, but with additional concurrence from both students and subscribers ? (Hear.) I have taken the liberty of making a bold suggestion, and it is for you to con sider it. The result of my own observations and experience is in favour of its adoption, and I think you will do well to consider whether by its adoption you cannot, and the directors of other similar insti tutions cannot, cause them to be not only more useful, but more popular and better frequented. (Hear, hear.) Of course it will require much care and consideration, if adopted, because you know, " we walk upon the ashes under which fire is lurk ing at every step ;" but, at the same time, where so much is at stake, where we have to rear citizens in a country like ours, where every man may be called upon to exercise such important responsibili ties„ it is a great question whether we cannot find out means of conveying information upon points so important without raising up such jealousies and such difficulties among themselves as to make the work impossible. Now, it is for you here assembled, in whatever capacity, to consider whether you can not do more in the way of influence in favour of an institution like this ; whether everybody would not feel more reliance upon a man wbo is sedulous in following courses of this kind than upon the one who has a total indifference to the cultivation of his understanding. (Hear, hear.) I cannot but think that, although there are dangers no doubt in all power, whatever it may be, it is well to extend the knowledge and information of Englishmen as much as possible. (Hear, hear.) For whether or no it be the destiny of the working classes of England—especially those of our large towns—to be, in fact, the governors of her destiny, they will certainly have great influence upon her welfare and prosperity, and it is of the highest interest that they should be fitted in the best way to exercise that power and that influence. (Applause.) The responsibilities are enormous of every man who takes a share, no matter how small, in the Government of this country. (Hear, hear.) For what is this country ? It is not a poor, petty, Peddling State, a miserable island, fenced in by these seas, confined to the narrow population we find in ou r ow , limit ; but whatever is done or said within her border„ is re-echoed and vibrates through the whole civilised world, and has an effect upon every train of thought and action. (Cheers.) Let _ me advise one thing. Ther e is much good in gene ralabo v science all e ad ng and s in le h m e acquisition iasltim of languages, but You not t o neg l ect the cultivation of your own la n g ua ge. thi t t (bear, hear.) There is no language that contains se much noble thought, so much beautiful sentiment, so much knowledge ; and yet, to a great proportion O. f our educated classes, the beauties of our English lan guage are almost totally unknown — I believe un known to an extent which exists in no other country. I believe no Frenchman would be considered fit to be allowed to pass out of school without having read the first French classical authors, and there is no German or Italian who does not stand in a similar position ; yet how many pass out of our schools, high and low, without having read a word of Shak spere or Milton, or of any of our great prose writers. Is it not a scandal that this should be ? (Hear, hear.) I feel very glad, on looking over the table of the different lectures, to see that above all almost in popularity are those for the cultivation and study of the English language. I hope every effort will be made by readings, by prizes, and by stimulus of every kind, to bring to the knowledge of the popu lation of th;s town, and of the rest of England, the great treasures that lurk within our own literature. I hope the time has now passed when there shall be that preference for the learned lan guages which prevailed—and naturally so—at a time when they contained almost all the knowledge and certainly all the cultivation ; and that we shall not neglect thegood to be found w ithi n the limit of ou r own tongue.anth I thank you for havi ng (Applause.) I have no thing mor e t o say th listened to m e , an d that I to insti tution prosperity, a continued extensiyour noble ope rations, and, though last, certainl y . on of its not least, an ex tended influence to its various classes, (The noble lord resumed his scat amidst warm expressions of approval.) RAILWAYS AND OTHER COMPANIES. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1866. report, congratulated the proprietors on thefact that the company was still able to pay a dividend of 10 per cent. per annum. The report was unanimously adopted, as also a resolution in favour of making a call of 5 per cent. on the new stock. Wreck of the Stalwart. Mr. J. A. Tillard, of Conington Rectory, St. Ives, has received the following letter from his son : FORT PEDDIE, July 6. We have had a very mournful catastrophe in this district lately. The Stalwart, an East Indiaman, from Bombay to Liverpool, went down in a fearful gale off the coast. The crew took to the boats (three), and, after being three days out, attempted to land about a mile from Fish Riyer mouth. Most unfortu nately they chose a very bad place, and after passing the first two breakers the boat struck on a rock, up set end over, and 11 out of the crew of 15 lost their lives. The first mate (Matheson) was among them; he has left a wife and family, and I think it would be a charity if you were to write and let her know. I cannot give you any particulars as to her address, as the men only know she lives at Glasgow; but I sup pose you could find means to find her out. lam afraid that if she is not written to she may not hear of it for some time, and then perhaps only the fact without the particulars. The boat was wrecked on Monday, June 25. Mr. Edye and I went down the following day, and remained there three days ; no bodies were found until Wednesday, when eight were washed up, the mate among them. Fortu nately, there was a chapel-of-ease about four miles from the spot, where we had them all buried. The clergyman from Peddie went down with us ; he examined the mate's body to see if he had any papers or anything in his pocket or about him that we could have sent home, but he had not a single thing. The pockets were all washed inside out by the sea. From appearances it seems ho must have been killed by the boat falling over him, as he had a fearful wound in his forehead, which must have caused almost instant death. He appears to have been very much liked by the men. The men were buried in a piece of ground adjoining the chapel, which has not yet been enclosed. We have now got up a subscription for the four survivors, so cannot get another at once, but we shall try and get it enclosed, and a tombstone put tip if possible by-and bye. If I can give his family any further informa tion, or if they wish a tombstone put up for him, I shall, of course, be happy to do anything in my power. The sailors say the owners are Finley, Campbell, and Co., Bombay Shipping Company, Liverpool and London. One of the three boats, with the captain and 13 souls, have been picked up by her Majesty's ship Swallow, but where bound for Ido not know. Two other East Indiamen have been wrecked, the Colpain and the Alfred, and I fear there are several more not yet heard of. The crews of the Alfred and the Colpain arc all saved. The gale lasted about seven days, and must have extended a great distance. I forgot to say the jolly boats with five souls in, we have heard nothing of yet, and that the three remaining bodies were washed up on the Saturday. The four men that were saved were three seamen and the cook. They are up here now, and are pretty well recovered. There were only three passengers on board ; one De Quadros, a native of Bombay, drowned; a little boy and girl, names unknown, or at least the sailors here do not know them. The children of a sur veyor in Bombay were in the captain's boat which was picked up. BERWICKSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting;;;l;id at Greenlaw on Saturday ; Sir H. Campbell in the chair. The report congratulated the shareholders on the regular and satisfactory working of the line. The earnings for the half-year were £1,598, being an increase, arising in consequence of the completion of the line, of £568. The balance of receipts, after paying all charges, was £742, which it was proposed to add to the balance of £296 from last half-year, and carry to next half-year's account. The CHAIRMAN said it had on a former occasion been resolved to declare only one dividend in the year, and therefore it was proposed to carry the balance forward. The report was adopted, and thanks were given to the chairman. BUENOS AYRES GREAT SOUTHERN. The adjourned general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. Brown-Westhead in the chair. The Secretary having read the minutes of the last meeting, at which a committee of investigation was appointed, and the meeting adjourned to that day to receive their report. The CHAIR3IAN called upon Mr. Wheeler, the chairman of the committee of investigation, to sub mit the report of the committee and to propose its adoption. The report was taken as read. Mr. WHEELER, in moving the adoption of the re port of the committtee of investigation, said that a copy of it had been sent to all the proprietors. He spoke in high terms of the ability and care with which the other members of committee had investi gated the affairs of the company, and hoped that the proprietors had read the report carefully, and were satisfied with it. Mr. S. HERAPATII, a member of the committee, seconded the motion. He said that the investiga tion of their affairs had inspired him with great con fidence for the future of the undertaking. Every thing depended on the management of their affairs with the most rigid economy both here and at Buenos Ayres, having of course due regard to the efficient working and development of the traffic. He looked forward to their having something beyond the 7 per cent. guarantee. (Hear.) Mr. BOWMAN objected to the recommendation in the report to limit the number of directors to six ; and concluded by moving as an amendment that the number of directors be seven, instead of six. With that exception he had no objection to the report. Mr. L. HEYWARD, a director, remarked that a great many of the shareholders resided in Lancashire, and if there was another with him representing that in terest on the board they might always manage for one of them to attend the board meetings in London. Mr. Bowring held a large amount in the undertak ing, and his election would be considered in Lanca shire as an acquisition to the board. Mr. GREEN suggested that Mr. Grabble should be added to the board. Mr. H. WHEELER objected on the part of the committee to any alteration in that part of their re port. They had fully considered and discussed that recommendation in committee. He regretted to say that impediments had been thrown in the company's way. Title deeds had been kept from them ; their capital had been exhausted; and they would have to borrow money to pay their debts. Mr. S. HERAPATII said it would be unwise at pre sent to enlarge the board. There were 5,000 shares held in Lancashire, and the holders were amply re presented at the board by Mr. Heyward and Mr. Brown-Westhead. They had also interests in Buenos Ayres. The CHAIRMAN appealed to Mr. Bowman to with draw his amendment. At the last meeting the pro prietors had appointed a committee to investigate the affairs of the company. The committee had, it appeared, performed that duty, and had reported the result of their investigation, which was now be fore the meeting. The committee had been impar tially selected; they had gone fully into the ac counts, satisfied themselves in every way, and made certain recommendations which he thought the shareholders had no right to complain of. If any one had a right to complain of those recommendations, it was the directors, but they had not done so. 'When the proposal for the appointment of a committee was made at the last meeting the directors offered no op position to it, although they held au overwhelming number of proxies. They had nothing to conceal, and thought a searching inquiry would fully satisfy every one, and that there would be an end to the agitation that had been kept up by gentlemen having other interests than those of the company. He be lieved he was better known in Lancashire than in London ; at any rate, he had large interests there, and would be glad, if it was the wish of the share holders, to make room for Mr. Bowring or any other gentleman. (Cries of " No, no.") He thought that with such a report before them there would have been au end to any further opposition. He had heard that Mr. Grabble was a most eligible person for a seat at the local board, but at present it was considered undesirable to alter the plan recommended by the committee. The amendment was rejected, and the report of the committee of investigation was adopted almost unanimously, there being only one dissentient, The report of the directors and statement of ac counts standing over since the last meeting were then adopted, and the retiring auditor was re-elected. Resolutions authorising alterations in some of the articles of association were agreed to after a long contest. They were to the effect that the future annual meetings should be held in the month of May, that the number of directors be six, that the quorum be three, and the remuneration be £l,OOO a year; that under the Seal Act, 1864, the seal of the com pany be used in London and a duplicate seal in Buenos Ayres. The best thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the committee of investigation. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question, said the directors would be happy to consult the committee on any question that might arise. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the week ending the Bth inst. amounted, for local pas sengers, to £7,326 ; for foreign passengers to £3,163, for emigrants to £342, for mails, &c., to £1,007, for local freight and live stock to £11,793, and for foreign freight and live stock to £2,563 ; total, £26,194 ; against £28,686 for the correspond ing week last year, showing a decrease of £2,942. The total receipts from the Ist of July to the above date amounted to £260,014, and for the same period of 1865 to £254,282, showing an increase of £5,732. BRITISH GAS. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the offices, George-yard, Lombard street ; Mr. J. Wilkin in the chair. The report of the directors was unanimously adopted, and the usual dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. was declared payable on the 15th of October. PUCE: NIX GASLIGHT AND COKE The half-yearly meet i ng of this company. was held yesterday at the Brid ge 'l ouse Hotel London bridge ; Mr. J. E. Johnso n i n t h e chair. The re port stated that during the past half-year £34 008 was expended on plant. The directors recommended that a further call of 5 per cent. be now made upon the new stock, and be payable on the Ist of Novem ber next. The reduction in the price of gas, toge ther with the increased amounts paid for coals, wages, and rates, still affected unfavourably the trade account as compared with that for the cor responding half-year. The law expenses consisted of £934 for Parliamentary costs, £3BB balance for explosion at Greenwich, and £255 for appeals against poor rate assessments. D ur i n g the half year a net profit of £33,582 had been realised, which, added to the un divided profits of £10,758 at Christmas last, made a sum of £44,340 at the disposal of the company, out of which the directors recommended that divi dends for the half-year be declared at the following rates :—On the £2O shares, 10 per cent. per annum ; new stock, 7 per cent. ; capitalised stock, 5 per cent., less income tax, leaving a balance of £11,715. The Cuniumn.N, in moving the adoption of the Huntingdonshire Agricultural Society. The annual show and dinner of this society was held at Neots yesterday, and there was a very fair display, considering the absence of neat stock. Horses were in good show, both as regards numbers and quality, and there were probably some unsur passable roots. Poultry, one of the new, and not least interesting and valuable, features in these so cieties, was well represented. At the conclusion of the more practical part of the proceedings about 100 of the principal members of the society sat down to dinner at the Corn Ex change, under the presidency of the llon. Colonel DUNCOMBE, supported by Mr. Fellowes, M.P. ; Lord Robert Montague, M.P., &c. After some other toasts, Mr. ATITENBOROUGII, of Sowbry, proposed " The Members for the county," hoping they would soon " pull off the Malt-tax." Mr. FELLOWS, M.P., who was received with loud cheers, in returning thanks, said —I think I may congratulate my agricultural friends on their pro spects compared with what they were last year. We have had a very good show in the yard, and we have had a very good meeting at our festive board. I think I may also congratulate you on the harvest that is just now terminating. Although we have had a considerable quantity of rain, and a long har vest, I hope it will prove to be above the average, and that no considerable amount of damage has arisen from the rain that has fallen. (Hear, hear.) If some mischief has been done, I think we may congratulate ourselves on the fact that the prices of corn have a little risen, and, so far as we can judge, there is every appearance of the rise continuing. But there is another matter on which we may con gratulate ourselves, and that is the gradual decrease of the cattle plague throughout the country. Lord R. MONTAGU, on rising, was received with loud cheers. In the course of his address he said— Agriculture is the only trade which is fashionable. As soon as a merchant becomes rich—as soon as he attains a position in society—he must needs become a farmer. (Hear, hear.) No one thinks of being a tanner or tallowchandler for his amusement. But every one tries to get a farm, and then swears that he loves the smell of a dungheap more than the scent of his wife's flowers. (Laughter.) Perhaps he obtains three or four farms and throws them into one. This naturally increases the competition for farms, and raises their price. But the price of your produce is not proportionately raised. It is true that the wages of artisans are much increased, and that many of them eat beef twice a day, which they did not do before. This, however, does not enhance the farmers' prices so much as it draws imports from abroad. Then, again, you are subject to losses by weather. If it be dry, alas for your turnips. If it be wet, your corn is damaged. There are also losses of cattle by disease. Besides sheep and oxen can , not be laid by until there is a demand for them in the market. An ox soon eats up his price without adding to his value. He must therefore be at once I forced upon the market. These are all great draw backs. What, then, is to be done ? That which the manufacturer has to do in his race with other manufacturers—lose no chance of improving pro duction by new machinery, and increasing the fertility of your land by new manures. (Hear.) With regard to the losses of cattle, I may be par doned for reminding you that I foretold you more than a year ago what would happen, and sketched out a course which I recommended you to pursue. The main points were to slaughter the diseased ani mals, and to isolate the place of infection. Since that time the royal commission has abundantly proved that the great lines of traffic are the lines of the disease. Since that time the act has carried out what I then advised. Soon after the act came into operation the diseased decreased, and where the act was not carried out the disease re-appeared. When it invaded Ireland the same course was adopted, and that country has been freed from the curse. If that course had at once been carried out hero—if the Go vernment had not been behind hand—a quarter of a million of cattle might have been saved. (Hear.) The Cattle Plague Bill contained a clause indemni fying the Privy Council for ordering the slaughter csaolhsfasaui ncattle.stgheedtde:demel. and in resisted that clause until Mr. Gladstone promised to gra n t a compensa ti on f or th e ca t t l e th us g ( itH extractingwears. ) o ulVtlro.tf that tae promise.l power o o Walpole and n o d f A Mrru. t.GHenleyla Glad stone things. stone to fulfil his promise. But an act was passed late in the session which has not mentioned a retro spective compensation. But Jove looks with indul gence on the broken vows of lovers, for they are ever fragile. (A laugh.) There is another subject which I hope the Government will not lose sight of —I mean the pollutionof rivers. Itis now generally known that the cholera is spread by means of impuro water. I am sorry my bill of 1864 was not accepted by the home. The commission which was then ap pointed has, however, reported strongly in favour of the watershed boards which 1 at that time recom mended. I trust that the present Government will act, and will not leave us a prey to cholera as the late Government sacrificed your oxen to the cattle plague. (Loud cheers.) Several other toasts were afterwards given and re sponded to. Friendly Societies. The annual report of the Registrar of Friendly Societies in England has just been made. He states that during the year 1865 he examined and certified the rules of 1,076 friendly societies, and also the alterations of the rules of 1,248 societies, making a total of 2,324 certificates. Forty four friendly societies had deposited their rules with the Registrar, under 18 and 19 Vict., c. 63, s. 44. Notices of dissolution had been received from 143 friendly societies, of which number 88 wore advertised in the London Gazette. During the year 1865 the sum of £2,238 in the Bank of England was transferred by the Registrar into the names of trustees appointed by friendly societies, in the place of others removed, absent, &c. Since the publication of his last report, the Registrar has prepared and cir culated "suggestions" for the establishment of friendly societies on sound principles ; and which will be found in the appendix. The object of these suggestions is to re commend the formation of friendly societies, provid ing only for medical attendance and for sick pay until 60 or 65 ; and that the payment of a weekly allowance to commence at the age at which the sick pay would cease, should be secured by an annuity granted by the Govern ment through the Post-office, and such annuity may be secured by monthly payments, without a return of the purchase money in any event, or with a return of the pur chase money, on the application of the party, at any time before the commencement of the annuity, or on the death of the party before the annuity is payable. A payment at death of not more than £lOO, or less than £2OO, may be also contracted for on Government security. It appears to the Registrar that it would be most desirable if the sums payable at death could be reduced to £lO, as in friendly societies very few members insure for more than that sum. The forms and terms of proposal for annuities, or sums pay able at death, may be obtained at every post-office being a money-order office, and at several other post offices not being money-order offices. The Registrar draws attention to the onesidedness of the:arbitration clause permitted by the Friendly Society Acts. The consequence is a great number of complaints of the difficulty of getting claims settled—the societies having everything in their own power. The number of friendly societies in direct account with the National Debt Commissioners was on the 20th November last 545 —the amount depo sited being £1,915,703. In addition, friendly societies hold a largo amount of the deposits with savings banks. The report also contains later returns of the Post-office Savings Banks than any yet published. The number of accounts remaining open at December 31, 1865, was 611,819, and the amount duo to depositors, £6,526,400 — the average amount at the credit of each being £lO 13s 4d. It also appears from the same statement that the total number of depositors in post-office savings banks and old savings banks combined, and throughout the kingdom, had risen at the close of the year 1865 to 2,078,000. The total number of depositors at the end of the year 1855 was 1,304,000, so that there has been in the last ten years an increase of 774,000 in the number of savings banks deposi tors. In the six years preceding the establishment of post office banks there was an increase of 305,000 (or an in crease of 50,000 per annum) in the number of depositors ; but in the four years following the establishment of Post office Banks thorn has been an increase of 468,000 (or an increase of 117,000 per annum) in their number. It may then fairly be stated that the Post-office Savings Banks have more than double the rate of increase in the num ber of Savings Bank depositors. In regard to Govern ment insurances it is stated that in March last, one year from the commencement of business, 809 proposals, for a total sum of £60,874, were received and accepted, while 61 proposals were declined, 35 dropped, and 29 were under consideration. At the same time 238 propo sals for the purchase of annuities had been received, of which 230 had been accepted. Of these, 150 were for immediate annuities, and the amount of annuity pur chased was £3,430, and the purchase money £30,774. Of the remainder 15 were for the purchase, by immediate payments, of deferred annuities, the amount of deferred annuity purchase being £232, and the amount of purchase money paid down being £1,543. The remainder, 65, were for the purchase of deferred annuities by annual or more frequent payments, the amount in course of purchase being £1,368, and the amount of purchase money annually payable being £759. Of the 238 intending annuitants 103 were males and 129 were females. The remaining six proposals were for insurances on joint male and female lives. Friendly societies have begun to propose transferring their old ago risks to the Government. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The Prussian Chambers held their last sitting yesterday, and will be prorogued this day. They will be called together again on the 12th of November, but only fora short Session, as everything ' is now to be made ready for the convocation of the North Gorman Parliament. The Upper House has limited its work to the approval, by unani mous votes and without discussion, of the bills sent up by the Elective Chamber. With the exception of one single measure—the Loan Bill —the King's Government have met with hardly any opposition on the part of the Chambers. Count Bismark has turned over a new leaf in his Constitu tional practice, and has shown a leaning towards that " give-and-take" policy by which alone a free Government can be carried on. The Loan Bill in troduced by the Prussian Government into the Chamber of Deputies was voted on Tuesday last by a large majority upon terms equally creditable to the Executive and the Legislative powers in that coun try, justifying the best expectations raised by the conciliatory speech of King William on his opening Parliament after the eventful campaign of Konig gratz. As an evidence of the flourishing condition of the Prussian finances before the war, we know that there was in that thrifty community a Reserve Fund, or State Treasury, swelled year by year by the surplus of each successive Budget. Of this Fund, in the good old absolute times, the Government probably was free to dispose at its discretion, and the use of it continued to be in a great measure under its control even when the Constitution sub jected all financial operations to the approval of the Legislature. The reserve fund was, of course, the first sum employed to meet the exigencies of the late campaign, and it was with a view to replenish the Treasury that Government had come before the house with its bill for a loan of 60,000,000 thalers. The bill was referred to a committee, which reported unfavourably, and proposed either the rejection of the bill or its modification to an extent calculated to frustrate the purpose of its original framers. We had been for sometime disquieted by rumours of new ill-feelings between the King's advisers and the de puties of the nation, and a hint was even thrown out that Ministerial defeat would be the signal for Parliamentary dissolution. There was every reason to apprehend a renewal of those lamentable conflicts between Executive arrogance and Legislative testi ness which had so seriously damaged the credit of the representative system in Prussia. Matters, however, were not, in this instance, suffered to pro ceed to extremities. Count Bismark gave evidence of a conciliatory disposition, agreeably contrasting with his former imperious and stubborn nature, and accepted an amendment striking off 20,000,000 thalers, or one-third of the amount of the proposed loan. The importance of the debate was, of course, attached not to the sum in question, but to the prin ciple involved in the very existence of a Reserve Fund. So long as Government had money at its immediate disposal, it was thereby endowed with a latitude of action ; it possessed a power of initiative which might drag the nation after it, willing or un willing. It was by the help of the Fund that the Government was, during the last great crisis, en nabled to commit the nation to a war from which it visibly shrank, and to which it would certainly never have voluntarily contributed a single groschen. The King and his Minister came back victorious, and ap plied for a Bill of Indemnity for their arbitrary con duct, which they justified on the ground of necessity. But, although the people avowed in that one in stance that the Government had well deserved of the country by claiming discretionary powers in a case of that nature, they were now loth to reinvest the Executive with similar powers, as they saw no chance of the recurrence of the same extreme ur gency. On this point, however, the Ministers under took to undeceive the popular representatives. There was still something precarious, they urged, in Prus sia's position ; they were not as yet at peace with Saxony ; they bad come to no compact with the Southern States. They were still in that state of transition where "the unforeseen often plays the most important part." Prussia might still be called on to make good by force what force had given her. She must rely on a well-sharpened sword and a well filled purse. So far the Finance Minister, who was ' followed by Count Bismark with more explicit argu ments and more significant revelations. Count Bis mark entertains no firm faith in the continuance of peace. " Official communication," he said, "proved that the spirit of conciliation had not entered the Imperial Court (of Austria) with the conclusion of peace." He also foresaw the possibility of grave European complications arising out of the Eastern question. The hour of danger might rise, a panic might paralyze the European Exchanges, and a loan might not perhaps be raised on any terms. It was necessary to be armed against all possible contin gencies ; should none arise, Count Bismark pledged himself that no part of the fund would be touched without the sanction of the house. By such argu ments were the Ministers enabled to carry the day. The mere settlement of the financial affairs of Prus sia, and the definition of its constitutional powers, might, however, have a moderate interest with us. What more particularly arrests our attention is the rather ominous picture which Count Bismarck draws of the general European situation ; his aim may have been to scare the Deputies into compli ance with his financial measure, but he could not overlook the fact that he spoke within bearing of the neighbouring nations. He may have lately been won over to the principle of " carrying on diplo macy in the market-place," and the utmost frank ness may be for him the finest ruse , but there is no doubt that in the warmth of d e b a t e he let out mat ters that statesmen would reserve for the secrecy of their inmost closet. That there is but a hollow peace between Prussia and Austria we might have been led to believe from the very silly measure adopted by the Austrian War office with respect to the names of some regi ments nominally belonging to Prussian Princes. Complete, helpless, hopeless anarchy and confusion reign in every department of the Austrian admistra tion, the army alone excepted, and this latter, soured by its reverses, might certainly aspire to re venge. The Austrian army, however, has only in stincts ; it has no political initiative ; it can fight, and long to fight, but not exercise the right of peace and war. The differences with such puny adversa ries as Saxony or the South German States would bode no danger to Prussia unless in a general com plication they were to range themselves by the side of mightier Powers. Any uneasiness, however, that the Prussian statesman might entertain three days ago on the score of the re-opening of the Eastern question ought to be dissipated by this time. The tide of insurrection seems to be on its ebb even in Candia itself, and, however mature the fate of Tur key may be said to be, the great downfall may yet be put off for two, for three, for ten years—long enough, at all events, to enable Count Bismark to bring to a close his great enterprise of a reconstitu tion of Germany. Possibly, however, matters m ay bear in Germany itself a more ominous look than mere spectators at a distance imagine. The resis tance of Saxony may rest on some better ground than sheer obstinacy, and the ill-starred King of Hanover may have been inspired by something more solid than the gift of second-sight when he assured a deputation of his loyal subjects that, as the house of Guelph had once lost and recovered its throne, so it would now live to see a second restoration. That the cause of the minor German Courts and Govern ments is irreparably lost, and that their doom is not to be reversed by their own unaided strength, is, however, beyond all question; while, on the other hand, any reliance on their part on rescue from abroad would only show how widely separate their interests were from those of their people. POST.-Mr. Bright could not help seeing that his speech at the Reform meeting on Monday failed to make the desired impression. If the " men of Man chester" are politically mad, they " know a hawk from a hernshaw." It was most injudicious to attack Lord Derby in Lancashire, and highly indiscreet to abuse Mr. Lowe behind his back. Englishmen are not ungrateful, and they like a fair upstanding fight. As a matter of fact, Lord Derby and his party have been friends at need to the operatives of the manu facturing districts ; and if Mr. Lowe hits hard, his blows are always fairly delivered. But Mr. Bright has lost no time in setting himself right with those who reasonably expected that their new leader would give them something more palatable than stale statistics and more intelligible than mere vitupera tion. They have had enough of apocryphal figures and rhetorical flourishes. It is time to understand where they are going, what they are to do, and how it is to be done. So, at the outset of his leadership, Mr. Bright has been compelled to exhibit a little of that honesty with which he is supposed to be exu berantly endowed ; and at the Reform banquet on Tuesday he called upon himself and came up to the mark. It was an abnormal feature in the entertain ment that "John Russell and William Ewart Glad stone" were recognised as " the leaders of the peopl e ," but, as Mr. Bright remarked, sensible men should not split hairs. If there are different platforms, those who congregate upon them are all marching to one common end. That is Mr. Bright's comfortable theory, and, as " William Ewart Gladstone" may observe, it is practically comprehensive. It means, we presume, that if Mr. Bright is not committ e d t o manhood suffrage by associating with Mr. Beales, Mr. Gladstone is not committed to a £7 rental franchise by holding aloof from Mr. Bright. They are to march together to the parting of the ways, and then, as somebody has maliciously suggested, to " toss up" for the choice. Mr. Bright, how ever, seems determined to leave nothing to chance. It should be borne in mind, he says, "that however much any of us may abhor the thought that political questions in any country should ever be settled by force, yet there is something in the constitution of our nature that, when these evils are allowed to run on beyond a certain point unredressed, the most peace-loving of men are unable to keep the peace ;" which of course there is, and the country, from its point of view, may not only endorse the statement, but be pro voked to apply it to the abatement of a pernicious nuisance. It is not by any means, as Mr. Bright sneeringly put it, an " abstract principle ;" and when he taunts the Conservative opinion of the community with timidity, we must take leave to tell him very plainly that he is treading upon dan gerous ground and poking a banked fire. He de clares that " it is no more immoral for a people to use force in the last resort for the obtaining and the securing of freedom than it is for a Government by force to suppress and deny that freedom ;" and, for our part, we profess we are not aware that, if the premises are conceded, there is any dispute about the conclusion. But if Mr. Bright conceived that he was simply stating an " abstract principle," it is for him to explain that which by hi s own showing was supererogatory. The fact is, that these prin ciples are not " abstract principles," and cannot possibly be considered as such, in the presence of the agitation which Mr. Bright is promoting. He knows perfectly well that they are embodied in the " demonstrations" which are being made under his sanction and authority. Still, it does not necessarily follow that a civil conflict is contemplated; that might depend on circumstances which Mr. Bright may fancy he could control. The object of these " demonstrations" is, however, to use his own word, none the lessimmoral. It would be madness as well as immorality to attempt to force this country to any purpose it was averse from, but it is equally immoral, if not equally mad, to endeavour by a display of force to intimidate the Legislature. Force would be met by force, and to submit to immoral pressure, which is masked force, would be base and dishonour able. Macaulay has described parties which attracted in multitudes all the fierce and turbid spirits to whom the clouds and whirlwinds of the poli tical hurricane were the atmosphere of life ; and, judging from the language which Mr. Bright now holds, that is very much the character of the hete rogeneous masses he has chosen to form and lead to victory. However, he professes to think that the question of the employment of force to bring about changes in the government of the country was settled in 1832 ; that is to say, he concludes from the events of that period that a demonstration of force will suffice to compass a revolution. It is needless to say that the issue which is thus raised can only be decided on evidence, but, as it happens, Mr. Bright has himself just referred to a circum stance which, if it be true, draws a line between the agitation which Lord Derby acknowledged and the agitation of the Reform League ; and, if further proof be required, it may be found in the words of Lord Palmerston, addressed to the House of Com mons in 1831—" When the public voice calls for change, when innovation is demanded, not by bow window orators and market-place politicians, but when the calm and steady voice of those whose pro perty, intelligence, and station place them in a far different class—when the voice of such men calls loudly and constantly for change, it would be vain to attempt to persuade ourselves that there is not some real and practical evil which it is the duty of Parliament forthwith to endeavour to remedy." This passage describes accurately the state of public opinion at the time, and the point, as pressed by Mr. Bright, is whether it can be compared with the organised clamour of the present day. That, ac cording to his own statement, is the point on which everything hinges, and,, as we submit, it may be de cided at once by the conduct of the distinguished statesmen who were suitably admonished in the cor rection which he administered to Mr. Baines. It must be assumed that Mr. Gladstone declined the invitation to the Manchester banquet on the reasons which Mr. Baines expressed. Bat, Mr. Bright says, that does not matter at all. He himself believes that it would be expedient to stop at household suffrage, and yet he sees no objection to taking part in a movement that goes to manhood suffrage. But there is nothing in common between manhood suf frage and any suffrage short of it. Household suf frage would contravene the right on which man hood suffrage is claimed. Mr. Bright and Mr. Gladstone might come to terms, but how could they arrange With Mr. Edmond Beales and Mr. Ernest Jones ? If, however, we look at this Manchester " demonstration" as a whole, it is not difficult to perceive that the Radical Reformers have embarked in an enterprise that must eventually separate them from the great body of the Liberal party in Parlia ment. Nor is that all. In the actual condition of parties in the House of Commons the Liberal party will be fatally divided, and the only obstacle in the way of Lord Derby's Government removed. Mr. Bright has once more served the party which he threatens with political extinction, and the Conser— vatives have no cause to deprecate the hostility which threatens the hands of their chief. The public confidence which may be withdrawn from Mr. Glad stone will necessarily be given toLord Derby ; and, if Mr. Bright is permitted to pursue the course into which he has now entered it is easy to foresee that, in the event of an appeal to the country, the " Pal merston majority" would cease to offend Radical susceptibilities. But it must be added that, not withstanding all the tall talk at Manchester, the Reform agitation exists upon sufferance—that it 13 nourished by the irresolution and, as will be sus spected, the connivance of Liberal leaders. COUNTRY MARKETS. --•- NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE-TUESDAT. A moderate supply of wheat from the growers, mostly() the new crop, and generally of poor quality, and in a soft condition. From the coast there was a fair quantity, but little from abroad. Trade ruled firm, and the business done was at an advance of is. to 2s. on old and ls. on new since this day week. Old Pomeranian brought 575., and some very fine Rostock 595. per 5011 b. Malting barley bad more inquiry, and grinding sorts were 2s. higher. Malt, beans, and peas were is. dearer. Oats were in request at au advance of Gd. to ls. per qr. Flour advanced is. per sack. MONMOUTHSHIRE-TUESDAY. The markets of the county have been well patronised by farmers, millers, and dealers, and business ended more ac tiyely than usual. Home grown wheat was in good re quest, and all descriptions experienced an advance of 2s. per qr. There was an active demand for barley, and while malting qualities advanced about ls. 6d. per qr., grinding sorts were worth 2s. per qr. more money. There were several parcels of new beans on offer, and prices for Eng lish and foreign were well maintained. Oats were in good supply, and old samples sold well at a rise of at least ls. per qr. The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, red, 5s Gd to Gs Od per bushel ; white, 5s 9d to 6s 3d ; inferior, 4s Gd to 5s Od ; malting barley, —s to —s per qr ; grind ing ditto, 30s to 32s 6d; beans, 44s ; white oats, 25s to 260 i black ditto, 24s 9d to 25s 6d. LYNN-TUESDAY. With the exception of a few showers on Thursday and Friday nights the weather has been fine, with drying winds. At to-day's market the weather has been fine, with drying winds. At to-day's market the show of wheat was moderate, and the demand was active at an advance of ls. per qr. upon last week's rates. Malting barley is. to 2s. per qr. dearer, the best samples realising 465. per qr. Beans and oats each 6d. to ls. per qr. higher. New wheat, 52s to 53s ; now red, 48s to 50s ; old white, 54s to 56s ; old red, 49s to Ms per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 37s to 40s ; secondary, 28s to 30s. Oats, now, 23s to 25s per 21 stone. Beans, small, 478 to 495. Peas, 36s to 40s per 28 stone. SALISBURY.-TUESDAY. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 48s to 60s ; barley, 35s to 46s ; oats, 24s to 32s ; beans, 483 to 545; and peas, 42s to 50s per qr. Tares, from 6s to 7s 6d per bushel ; Bost bread, 13d ; household ditto, 12d. per 81b loaf. Flour, 39s to 45s per sack. HIILL.-T UESDAY. At our market to-day there was a better supply of new English wheat, but it was mostly out of condition, and sold slowly at a reduction of ls. to 2s. per qr. Dry samples, however, could not be bought under last week's rates. English white wheat, 56s to 60s ; red, 52s to 56s ; Dant sic and Konigsberg, 45s to 60s ; Baltic red, 48s to 52s ; Danish and Hamburg, 46s to 50s ; Russian, 48s to 50s. Barley, English, —s to —s ; grinding, Mediterranean, 31s to 31s 6d. Oats, new English, 27s to 28s; Russian, 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 50s to 51s; foreign, 450 to 475. Peas, English blue, 40s to 41s Od; foreign white, 38s to 40s; grinding, 36s to 37s Od per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY.-TUESDAY. White wheat, 50s to 59s ; red, 45s to 55s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 38s to 42s per qr; feed, 31s to 35s por 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 335; new, 22s to 30s per 21st• Beans, old, 48s to 525; new, 458 to 48s per qr. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Walls End Hetton ... 22 0 Acorn Close 2O 9 Tees Holywell Main 2O 0 Original Hartlepool .. 22 0 Wallsend Haswell 22 0 WestWylam l9 6 Ships at market, 32—sold, 27. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Bouthampton.....oot. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 14. Brazil and Cape Verdes, by British packet Oct. 4. Ditto, by French packet .. Oct. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and dt. Helena.... Oct. 28. China, Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton—Oct 3. _ Ditto, viablarseilles Sept. 27. Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Sept. 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.— Oct. 3 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 7. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 7 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 27. Ditto, via Marseilles . Oct. 7. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseille Newfoundland _ . Oct. 10. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, goy Canadian packet, via Londonderry .. Sept. 28. Wect Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife ....Oct. 10. West Indies and Pacific) (except Bahamas and Ilonduraa) ....Sept, 28. Cuba and Mexico Bermuda, vla Halifax Sept. 26. Bahamas, via New Y ork. Oct. 18. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills.—The Greatest Wonder of Modern 'Mmes.—They correct bile, prevent flatulency, cleanse the liver, purify the system, renovate the debilitated, strengthen the stomach, increase the 81)" petite, invigorate the nerves, and reinstate the weak. 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[ADVERTISEMENT.] - Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipa tion, debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cur able by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arable& Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been con sidered hopeless, such as—cough, asthma, also diarrheas , hmcnorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness , biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds , influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, im purities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation. heartburn, headache, debility , dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in preg nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few :—Cure No. 46,276. MrJame ! Roberts, timber merchant, of Fernley, Surrey, of 30 yeare diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and p ar• tial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings; low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, lord lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. —No. 49,832- Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness , asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting—Maria Joly.—Cure NO. 54,816. The Itly, James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpid ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment ,- " In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 45 6d; 51b, Ils ; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewise at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate" street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 830, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street; IC3, Tottenham-court-road; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, High-street; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St" John's-wood. London ; and all respectable grocers and che* mists.—Beware of spurious imitations. Births. BOND—On the 25th inst., at 1, Hamilton-place, the Lad 9 Selina Bond, of a daughter. BEAUMONT—On the 25th inst., at Mallon, Yorkshire, the wife of Lieut.-Col. G. Beaumont, late S. F. Guards, of il i son. GAISFORD—On the 24th inst., at 12, Bruton-place, the Lacif Emily Gaisford, of a daughter. TRENCH On the 26th inst., at 32, Hyde-park-gardens, th e wife of Capt. the Hon. Wm. le Poser Trench, R.E., of a son. Marriages. ANDREWS—LEE—On the 25th inst., at St. John the Evan gelist, Penge, John, youngest son of the late G. Andre Esq., of Friday-street. City, to Esther, elder daught ° ' of James Lee, Esq., of Penge. Wrrimm— SHILLITO—This morning, tho 27th inst, skk John's, Hackney, Lawrence, eldest son -of Ms. Bouwi Witham, of Wavertree, near Liverpool, to Sarah, eldes daughter of Mr. George Shillito, Albion-road, Dalstoel London. No cards. Deaths. CARTER —On tho 25th inst., at 3, Park-placo, Low LeY Ol) . , NV, Carter, Esq., of 23 and 24, Primrose-stroot, BishoP6 . . . _ gato, City, aged . 65. DILEIVETT —On tho 26th inst., at Tho Cedars, Tottonhailli John Drewett, Esq., banker, aged 79. GOLDEN—On the 25th inst., at 49, Burton-croscont, Tllos' Golden, Esq., agod 83. LUTTERELL— On the 22d inst., at Torquay, Reginald r• Lutterell, Esq., aged 27. LUSHINGTON—On the 23d inst., at 118, Marine-parad°, Brighton, Charles Lushington, Esq., aged 82. NORTON—On the 23d inst., at Mansfield House, Harapstea W. H. Norton, Esq., late of Vanbrugh Park, Blaeltheati'l aged 48. OSBORNE—On the 25th inst., at Kingsland, Mr. Thom 3S Osborne. ----- --- 1 London : Printed and Published byiVILLIANANDEN W a ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN Offte, No. 1. ,/ Strand, in the Precinot of the Savoy, in the Countl " Middlesex.— Thursday, September 27, 1860.