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' 6 ,A -,„,--,.- , 4,- ~. .4,,.0.-- 7 r t• 1.1.44-;_: of+ 'ok -- - -A„.4 , . prayer, the glad diviner's theme, . iIA . . . - \ '...... ..,,;..., , z , ~:• i, 'N., —-"." iii. ' `t. •• ', 411 '. . -... ~. .„!-5.l t A .., ...„ `l' --• • - .411 • A A -. • , • - ,c ' - ,- 1 , - - X , - • "N,'e' s ~,--- . .... ' L .. : ; : ± : .',...: .__ #yz ________ XorRISII SOCIETY of' LONDON. Instituted 25th March, 1822, ' Promoting the Education and Religious Instruction of the Native Irish, through the medium of their own Language. ' 'PIMP...MON. The Right Hon. and Most Rev. his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY. PRESIDENT. The Right Hon. the Earl of GALLOWAY. VICE-PITAIDENTS. His Grace the Duke of Manchester. Most Noble the Marquis of Cholmondeley. . Right llon. the Earl of Harrowhy. The Right Hon. the Earl of Cork and Orrery. Right Hon. the Earl of Roden. Right Hon. the Earl of Gosford. Right Hon. the Earl of Gainsborough. Right Hen. the Earl of Effingham. •. Right Hon. the Earl of Cavan. Right Hon. Viscount Lifferd. Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Calcutta. Right lion. Lord Calthorpe. Right Hon. Lord Bexley. Earl Jermyn Viscount Adare, M.P. The Lord Ashley, M.P. Lord Arthur Hervey. Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P. Right Hon. Sir G. H. Rose, Bart. Sir It. 11. Inglis, Bart., M.P. Slr C. B. Hunter. Bert. The [lon. Granville I). Ryder, M.P. Sir Thomas Illomefield, Bart. ' • ' Air Morgan 0. Crofton, Bart. • Sir J. Kennaway, Bart. A • Captain Vernon Harcourt, R N. este John Cater. Esq. . ",'" Evelyn J. Shirley, Psre, M.P. Henry Kembic, Egg., M.P. Hon. William Cowper, M.P. Tnaleagggste-Captain the,Hpn.• Francis Maude, R.N. SVS-Ta.e.aeresmo-Enoch Durant, Esq. latteltos-esOfessrs. Drumntoretoind Co., Charing-cross. Offkee of the Society, 32, Sackeille-street, Piccadilly. In the present eventful state of Ireland, the Committee of The Irish Society of London would call the attention of the Ptiblic to the benefit:Jai' results of the Society's labours In that country, And would earnestly appeal for increased support, to tarry out the objects which it has in view ; and while they by lito means undervattie the efforts which are being made, whether by legislation or by private enterprise, to improve the temporal liondltion of Ireland,•the Committee feel convinced, front much ex ,Yerienee, that all the remedies proposed must prove unavailing, un- Icas, at the same time, measures are taken to elevate the moral eharacter of the Irish peasantry by means of religious instruction. The Irish Society labours in the native districts, where upwards of 8,000,000 of the population speak the Irish language. There are now 800 teachers connected with it, who instruct the native Irish in reading the Word of God. Since the commencement 300,006 individuals, chiefly adults, have thus been taught to read the .. Seripflies, many of whom embraced the Protestant faith. One hundred and eight Scripture readers are employed, who read the Irish Bibles in the cabins, or to groups of the peasantry at work in their fields, or by the road side. • Seven Irish-sneaking clergymen are in connexion with the Society Who read the Liturgy, and preach the Gospel in the'nativo language. Tilt congregations of converts have been raised up, or aro now ministered to through the instrumentality of the Society. Two of these are in the county of Galway, two in the county of Cork, and We in Kerry. Many Roman Catholics, not included in those distinct congrega tions, have been brought, through the blessing of Almighty God upon the Society's labours, to renounce tke errors of Rome, and aro now incorporated with old Protestant congregations. il , fa Some groups of converts who have been instructed by the Society are asking for Irish clergymen to be located amongst them. In various places crowds of Roman Catholics attend Protestant churches and school-houses, where an Irish-speaking 'clergyman has been announced to preach. One clergyman states : " In the Cathedral of I.— I preached on Wednesday evening. The ceurch was filled, the Roman Catholics standing up to the reading-desk, and outside the doors. At D---, on Sunday night, there, had we a place large enough, we might have had many hun dreds of Romanists ; as it was, we had a goodly number, and those who were obliged to stand outside the window occasionally requested that I would speak tip, so as they might hear." Another writes : " I had a most interesting tour through the C— Irish districts. I preached 20 sermons, in Irish, to over 2,000 in all. I may count that 1,000 were converts, 500 Romanists, and 500 old Protestants. One poor man, who was not hearing me, heard so much about the sermon Prom others, that he said lie would ' come to hear the next sermon, if the priest would roast him In the fire for it.' Many a poor creature from the heart said, 'O, when will you come again air? Alas! that we hav'nt an Irish ministry.'" Such are some of the results of the Society's proceedings ; but the committee would allude to one more, of considerable importance at the present time, and that is, that wherever the native Irish have been instructed by the Society, they have become loyal subjects of our Queen, and abstain from all connexion with the treasonable practices and illegal associations which are so hostile to the peace and prosperity of the kingdom. The Committee have made diligent inquiries upon this subject, and the replies to their inquiries have been highly satisfactory. The following are extracts from one letter out of upwards of twenty of the same character received by the Committee:— " I affirm it as a fact that could not be contradicted, that out of the thousands in Ireland connected with the Irish Society, tkat none of them are connected with illegal associations, or with that dan gerous agitation now so formidable, and hostile to Ireland's beat interests. Our teachers and pupils aro almost entirely friendly to British connexion ; they have felt Rome's spiritual tyranny, and they believe, if the union with Great Britain were dissolved, that both spiritual and political tyranny would become intolerable." And there are not facie instances of members of Ribbon or other Illegal associations having been converted through the instrumen tality of the Society, and now employed in teaching their country 'leen to read the Word of God. • An indridual who lately visited a congregation of converts in one of the wildest districts of the west, remarks : `• When I entered the cabin, the whole congregation rose, seeing a stranger with a Bible in his hand, and cave me a hearty wel come, crying out' Cead Mille Eailthe," Cead Mille Failthe."Phey were orderly in their-conduct, and deeply attentive to the Word of Gott. I was especially p'eased with the demeanour of two indivi duals, and not a little grat fled at afterwards hearing their story. One had been a celebrated and lawless pugilist, the other the leader of a itibben Lodge, both of them daring characters in the neigh bourhood ; but through the mercy of God they met with the teachers of the Irish Society, they . were instructed in the Scriptures, and now, from their respectable appearance mid general conduct, as well from the change which has taken place, they might be described in the language of inspiration, ' Sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and la their right mind.' Ono of them is the owner of the cabin • where the congregation was assembled—the other, the Scripture Reeder employed in the district." To extend these benefits, under the blessing of God, amongst the 'lrish-speaking part of the population the present appeal is made. It is acknewledged by all parties that something must be done for Ireland ; and without limiting the measures which may he devised by the benevolent, the Committee of the Irish Society of London wombd respectfully saegest that religious instruction should have a prominent place.amougst them. It has succeeded in the Protestant districts of the north of Ireland, which are as free from crime, disloyalty, and pauperism as any parts of England, and whore industry and order flourish to a remarkable degree. It has succeeded, under the blessing of the Most High, in those native districts and localities where the inhabitants have been Instructed by the teachers of the Irish Society, In which crime, sedi tion, and anitnosity have given place tope tee, to loyalty, and goodwill. And why Afloat it not sie coed ripen a greatly extended scale? It Is a measure which the Committee believe God will honour—that God will surely bless. There is a prom se which they would desire to remember, and in humble reliance upon whi,h they c irry on the work committed to their charge—" My word ...... shall not return into me void ; but it shall accomplish that which I please, and It shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." That " word" when blessed by God the Spirit, will teach even the most deluded of the Irish peasants to .. submit to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake." It will Inculcate industrious habits—" if any would not work, neither should he eat." It will produce a respect for life and property, and thus glee an opportunity for the introduction Of capital, and the employment of the people at home, enabling them to support themselves, insteal of being a burden to others. It will be the um remedy for treason end rebellion -" Fear God —honour the king—and meddle not with them that are given to change." Above all, it will teach them the way of eternal salvation, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.—John iii. 16, 17. Acts iv. 12. The inhabitants of England, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and of the distant colonies, all hear, in their own tongue, the won derful works of God; and the Committee make this appeal to the Christian and benevolent public, that they may be enabled to send to the 3,000,000 of the native Irish, religious instruction in that lan guage which they can understand. subscriptions and donations will he received by the bankers ; by the Tyeasurers. and by the Secretaries at the Society a Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly; ,by Messrs. Hatchard, Piccadilly; by Messrs. Nisbet and Co., Burners-street; by Messrs. Seeley, Fleet- Street ; by Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., Cavendish-square ; by Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, and Co., Lombard-street; and by Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street. Tho Irish Intelligence, published monthly at one penny—and the Annual Report—may be had by application to the Secretaries. it comparatively worthless ? Had of that science now lave been The prophet's The old man's vision and the young man's dream.' 2t not such knowledge give new interest to all that we see about us ? Must it not fill the soul vrith kindling and ennobling thoughts? Must it not give juster conceptions of the wisdom and benevolence of the Creator, of the powers, the duties, the destinies of man? Independently, however, of this most consoling in ference, the delight is inexpressible of being able to follow, as it were, with our eyes, the marvellous works of the great Architect of Nature —to trace the unbounded power and exquisite skill which are exhibited in the most minute, as well as the mightiest parts of his system. "If from natural and chemical we turn to moral phi losophy, the same parallel holds good. Here he will be directed to seek light from those who have kindled the torch of science at a consecrated flame ; writers who, like Fenelon, and Addison, and Johnson, have given, ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth ; ' or who, like, Paschal, Paley, or Butler, have made logic and meta physics the handmaids of sober piety. " Of history, literature, poetry, ttie belles lettrea., the elegant arts, of all that by example unfolds the mys teries of the heart, of all those fair illusions which spread their charms over life, and soothe its pains or anguish, how ample is the treasure contained in any well-selected library of original and translated authors." After enforcing the necessity of a well-selected li brary being at the disposal or use of the members_. containing nothing of an ephemeral or trashy nature— and other matters, such as apparatus and models for the illustration of lectures, the lecturer proceeded to re plyA I e n to h% the nic s b i j n e s e t t i i t o u n te s s 7•h m, i , c h h ich har h e o been rem a u rk rg ed ed m a ig g h ai t n b s e arranged under thr ee d es i gna ti ons —th e re li g i ous, the t political, and the exclusive. The religious objection : " The religious objection is taken lly many pious and well-meaning persons, and applies not to the establish ment of Mechanics' Institutions alone, but the free pro secution of physical truth in general. The idea enter tained by this class of objectors is, that somehow or other the study of natural phenomena, involving the reference of all observed appearances to certain established laws, tends to unfit the mind for placing confidence in the administration of God, and leads to doubt and disbelief with regard to . the solidity of the foundation upon which the peculiar doctrines of revealed religion rests. Objections of this eate.u. A re sc. .o.der service DI the cause which they are meant to protect. The object of science is, by pa tiently watching the phenomena, and experimenting on the processes of nature, to discover the laws which re , gulate the system of created things. Scientific research is a humble and admiring effort to discover some kitherto unexplored department of the Almighty's workmanship; and, in its most perfect success, adds rational grounds for raising in the reflecting mind a higher tone of ad miration of the wisdom and omnipotence of God. It has been most beautifully observed by a celebrated living theologian, that, 'However little it may have been re flected upon, it is not the less true that there obtains a very close affinity between a taste for science and a taste for sacredness. They are, both of them, refined abstrac tions from the grossness of the familiar and ordinary world; and the mind which relishes either has achieved a certain victory of the spiritual or intellectual over the animal part of our nature. The two resemble in this, that they make a man a more reflective and a less sen sual being than before, and altogether impress a higher cast of respectability on all his habits and on all his ways.'" [PRICE SD. Political isexpedienci : " When the people are led to turn their attention to the acquisition of knowledge, it is said they become dis contented with their condition in life, aspire after the possession of higher political privileges than they are entitled to, and, upon all occasions of political emer gency, are ripe for revolt, and ready to swell the ranks of anarchy and rebellion. They get the notion that they have as good a right as their superiors to the pos session of landed property and political influence, and are, therefore, disposed to invade the right of property, and aim at the subversion of legal and constitutional authority. These are certainly very serious charges. But what is that which constitutes order and constitu tional right, and law, and sanctity? Are all, or any of these the offspring of low and vulgar feelings, or are they based on ignorance? Is the order of well-regulated society the establishment of chance, or is it not the result of experience and knowledge? Has constitutional right grown out of deep study and progressive acquaintance with the multiform relations of society, or is it'to be found in its most perfect form, and is it held in tho highest estimation, in circumstances where no such study has been applied, and where the relationships of society are in their simplest and rudest state? Is law, in the philosophical sense of the term, the product of thought, and intelligence, and extensive knowledge, or dbes it owe its perfection to inexperience, and are its benefits best appreciat. dby the vulgar and uneducated? These are questions which will be answered unhesitatingly by all, and they tend to bring into vie w th e f act t h at just in proportion a s mankind lvance in knowledge, intelli gence, and virtue, will social order and constitutional right be respected, and law maintain its influence invio late. and the sanctions of religion be held sacred?" The exclusive : " Tne exclusive objectors to the wide dissemination of knowledge among the working classes are, for the most part, men of habit, but not of reflection. Men of this exclusive class, or cast of mind, rest their objections against the enlightenment of the 14teouring classes on the ground that the spread if knowledge, and the culti vation of taste among the people, have a direct tendency to render them averse to the drudgery to which their condition in life necessarily dooms them—that hence labour, on their part, is performed grudgingly, the proper deference due to rank and station is not paid, di -content and a disposition to change characterise the conduct of the labouring population, and disorder and disorganization are thus introduced into the frame of general society. In all such objections are contained indications of fear, which has no foundation in reason or fact. In the first place, as to the facts of the case. Where do we find labour performed with the greatest sedulousness, and the most intense devotion, but in those cases of intellectual endowments where the pur suit of knowledge is a passion, and the culture of the understanding the business of life? And where do we find indolence and aversion to stand labour most prevalent, but in the lowest ranks of society, under circumstances where no higher aim influences the indi vidual than the gratification of the cravings and lower appetites of our animal nature? And between these ex tremes, although exceptions are not wanting towards either, the greater efficiency of labour may be generally judged of from the degree of progress made by the labourer in the acquisition of knowledge, and the cul ture of the understanding. Everywhere does it meet the eye, that men of education far outstrip, in assiduity and devotion to the performance of their appropriate duties, the uneducated labourer, who plies with ordinary diligence the every-day round of his stated occupation? Indeed, the fact of the superior assiduity and correct ness of the skilful over the unlearned labourer—not withstanding that individual cases to the contrary may readily be specified—is tacitly admitted in the ordinary intercourse of life. The man who seeks to employ labourers in the accomplishment of any given work would be universally regarded as acting in opposition to the dictates of common sense, were he, instead of in telligent and well-informed workmen, when such were in his power, to make his selection among the ignorant or unskilful." The fears of a disposition to change, and of the consequent disorganization to society, created by the spread of knowledge, the lecturer urged to be chime rical and foolish, admitting that the spread of know ledge tends to quicken the exertions and rouse the ambition of the people, but only to perform their duties better; and that it should only induce the superior in abilities to mak ea beyond bette the ruseof ch h a i n s ce ow o m f advantages, by pl ac i ng himself being overtaken ; and " thus would the whole range of society be raised to a more elevated platform, each class maintaining, as before, its appropriate grade of distinction, whilst individuals, according to their deserts, ascended or descended freely through the varied degrees of the scale : yet society, as a whole, occupying a higher range in the upward pathway of intellectual being." • THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. 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V 24, 1841 Str,—On behalf of tt.e Directors of the Midland Railway Com pany, I am requested to acknowledgereceipt of an Address from a number of Shareholders resident la iverpool and the neighbour r. hood which you have transmitted to Jh tn. The Directors would have beeedonfent merely to acknowledge the receipt of the Address, had it nsit'-contained an imputation upon them, which they cannot pass on.r.in silence. The Shareholders commence their address by 'ascribing the depression of their pro perty to " the want of public confidence in the integrity of the ma nagement." The Directors, theteforeitlesire that you will immedi ately furnish them with a list of the specific charges involved in this statement, ill order that they may convene a Special Meeting of the Company, and have the opportunity of refuting the accusation thus brought against the integrity of a body of gentlemen who feel that they stand as high in the estimation of the public at large as the in dividuals who have appended their names to this calumnious docu ment,'which comes with a peculiarly bad grace from a body of Share holders who, prior to the appointment of the present Directors, were only receiving a two-and-a-half per cent. dividend. Since that time the dividends have been increased to six and seven per cent. In the meantime I may be allowed to offer to you, as one of the Shareholders who have signed the address, a few remarks upon the several suggestions contained in it. I. You cad upon the Directors to close theseciapital account. No person is snore fully aware than yourself that the shareholders have had the power of passing a vote to that effect at any half-yearly meeting. But supposing the development of a new traffic, producing a revenue of 20,0031. or 30,0001. per annum, should require an out lay of 60,0001., how absurd It would be to say that such outlay ought to be taken oat of Income. 2. You call upon the Directors to examine and pay all outstanding accounts of the solicitors. These accounts are now undergoing a strict examination, and as 80011 as the solicitors are satisfied to accept the amount the Directors think due to them, their billi will Ise paid. But surely this is a matter which must be left todhe discretion of the Directors ; had they given way to the pressure of the Pro prietors when they were urged to settle the demands of the contrac tors, they might have sacrificed a very large stios.fotha sake of an immediate settlement. They succeeded in making great reductions, and so much was saved to the Company. The claims or the con tractors amounted to 89,1771., and were finally- liquidated for 17,7231. lbs. 7d. Your objection to any further Parliamentary ex penses being incurred, without the sanction of the Shareholders, is futUe ; it is clear that no Parliamentary expenses of any importance can be incurred without such sanction. 3. You call for a reduction of the salaries of our engineers. We have only one engineer employed upon the lines, and, considering theatsilittes_qf that gentleman, the Directors do not think him over 4. You reqatre that stations shall not be enlarlia i r Shotild traffic increase, how is it to be conducted without Increased accommoda tion? If the Shareholders think the Directors incompetent to decide noon matters of this kind, they hat much better remove them, and appoint others in whom they have greater confidence. 5. The Directors are called upon to enter into no further contracts. ft must have escaped your recollection that at the last halt-yearly meeting I gave an assurance that the Directors did not intend to engage in any further contracts. 6. You allude to traffic which you do not consider remunerative to the Company. The Directors are entitled to ask you to be more explicit, and to state specifically what traffic is meant. 7. You think the number of trains ought to be reduced. This is a question which must be left to the judgment of the Directors ; for nothing can be more difficult than to determine, from time to time, what trains ought to be run. I consider it would be an unwise and impolitic measure to take off the express train, which you suggest should be done. 8. The alteration you propose in the mode of appointing Directors would require a new Act of Parliament. • 9. Yon ask the Directors to purchase all stores by public contract. I have no doubt you are aware that this is generally done, but it not infrequently happens that the Directors can purchase articles In the market much below the contract price, and when they can do so they often avail themselves of the opportunity. I have now answered or commented upon every point of the ad dress, except that which relates to the depreciation of the value of shares, with which the Directors feel that they have little or nothing to do. Their duty is to obtain all the traffic they can, and to pay the Shareholders good dividends. The address you have sent is signed by seventy Shareholders, this is a small proportion of the entire number, which exceeds 8,100. You are a holder of capital stock in the company to the amount of 350!., and you describe yourself in the address as a broker. From your experience in that business, I have ne doubt you are well able to inform the public how the old railway stock of this company has become so much depreciated. In my position as Chairman of several railway companies, I have received numerous complaining letters, all, I am bound to say, crouched in a courteous and respectful manner ; and I have answered them by assuring the parties of the soundness and stability of the concerns over which I preside. The acknowledgments I have re ceived in reply have been generally satisfactory; many of the parties stating that they were holders of stock in a variety of foreign and other new lines, and that they were compelled to sell the stock of sld lines to pay for the new. When the supply exceeds the demand, and when a regular combination exists to depress railway property, I believe any - course which Directors may pursue will be of little avail. Yet, after all, the amount of stock transferred In the com panies ever which I preside has been less than usual, which shows that many of the quotations of sales are merely nominal. I have xo fear of not seeing railway property again placed in a better position in the market, though net at the extravagant price it has heretofore arrived at, and then its proper and true value will be maintained in a manner that will be more satis factory to all parties. Consols have been at 47, they are now at , and have been at 100. If you or your friends can, by any effort, advance them to 92 or 93, I have ne doubt you will see a great advance in railway property. The ?tank Stock has paid 10 per cent., and is now only paying seven, and the price has fallen con eidcrably ; but no one ever doubted the integrity of the management of the Bank. The surprise to me is, that in the excitements and commotions which havo prevailed, railway traffic has been So well supported. Even the present amount of traffic justifies the anticipa tion that the rate of dividends will not undergo any material dimi nution ; and this remark applies to all the lines over which I have the honour to preside. I wish I could call the serious and grave attention of the chairman of the London Stock Exchange to a pub lication which is issued weekly, professing to be tinder the sanction of that body. lam aware that the statements which appear In that paper are stated not to be published under the authority of the Stock Exchange ; but I cannot close my eyes to the effect that they pro duce en the mind •f the public, wile naturally consider that they have that sanction. If these statements were correct and true, no person would have a right t• complain —but when they are almost in every instance incorrect, and their general ten dency is to depreciate railway property, it would be well that the Stock Exchange should disavow a publication which is calculated to do so much mischief. I must, in con clusion, request that you will call the Requisitionists together, and that there may be no delay in sending a list of the charges im pugning the integrity of the Directors, who are anxious to meet and repel the calumnious imputations that hays been made against them. Nothing but s sense of duty to the large body of Share holders who have hitherto given their confidence induces the Di- rectors to retain their seat at the Roard ; and as soon as that con. fidence is withdrawn they will most readily and gladly resign their trust into other hands by whom the affairs of the Company may be more ably conducted, I perhaps might Observe, before I conelade my letter, without pledging myself to the statement, but irerely giving it as my own Individual opinion, that I believe another 51. call upon the 501. 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The Tarent, who behold■ his beloved child pining away, and last approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine -tenths of the cases of young per sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con sumption, heart disease, tabes, &C., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth Inuch more frequently than it is at all suspected. N.B. Hours of consultation trona Eleven till Two, and Biz to Eight in the Evening. NING SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.—Th e London and North-Western Company have corrected, by the letter which we in serted yesterday, an erratum in their financial state ment, as originally published. According to the amended summary, there will be required, in order to afford a dividend, upon their entire share capital, of seven per cent., an advance of 7,569/., instead of 6,4241. per week 'beyond the average return of the last half-year. It is well that the mistake has been set right, and that the correction has emanated from Euston-square, instead of affording a seeming triumph to parties whose ingenuity must now be on the stretch to pick holes in the company's statement, and to vin dicate their unscrupulous aspersions on railway pro perty. As to the effect of the variance, it can hardly be supp6sed to influence, in any appreciable degree, the judgment w hi c h we pronounce d on Saturday with respect to the fundamental soundness of this company's affairs. The views which we then expressed we still deliberately adhere to. It would be taking st dismal view, not of railway interests merely, but of the commercial prospects and social advancement of this • country, to anticipate, in four 3 ears from the present time, the traffic of that great arterial communication, which will then connect the metropolis with the most productive districts of the north of England, with the Irish capital, and with the central and northern parts of Scotland—which will be strengthened by outworks that are now felt only as burdens, and replenished from channels which for the present operate as drains--should fail to realise that moderate per centage of increase which the esti mate of the directors has assumed. We say no :ping of the causes which no r . operate against': all_ the material interests of the country, and saehich every one who has faith in the vitality of, our trade and industry must regard as transient. We are willing to take the average returns of the past half-year not as an exceptional, but as a fair standard of income, and upon this datum to rest our judgment, that, if an increased traffic of goods and passengers to the amount of 15 per cent. upon 500 of the best miles of railway in the kingdom shall not be realised by the year 1852, it will betoken a decline of wealth, and a reflux of prosperity, which must at least be equally fatal to all other enterprises of com merce and investments of capital. For it is quite obvious, upon a moment's reflection, that it is in correct to regard the railways in the same light as any substantive branch of trade or business, liable to the changes and chances which may affect it indi vidually, and apart from others. The prosperity of the railways, in a country like ours, is bound up with every species of transactions ; it must partake in every kind of enterprise and movement, and is involved in every application of capital. The receipts will always afford a most accurate barometer of the activity and progress of the nation. They will march par/ paisu with the public revenue; between Downing-street and Euston-square there will be 'a common sympathy; between shareholder and fundholder a correspondent interest ; and therefore the dismal visions that have been indulged in as to the total wreck and downfal of railways, are consistent only in those who contem plate the subsidence, in the same " slough of despond," of our public credit and our commercial pre-eminence. Whence, then, we may ask, has originated that cala mitous want of confidence to which the Manifesto we are now considering has supplied so timely a corrective ? What have been the grounds of that un governable panic which has lately exploded in the second railway mania—the natural, and, by sober minds, the not unexpected re-action of the furor of 1845 ? False reports, erroneous calculations, and that most dan gerous of all instruments, misapplied statistics, have proved, we fear, the ruin of great numbers, and have aggravated, in no small degree, the other depressing influences of the time. Upon two points especially misapprehensions of the wildest nature have prevailed —forming the basis of reasonings which have terrified the public, and of calculations which have paralysed the share market. It was but a week ago that the conductor of one of the ablest publications of the day, one which is professedly statistical, and devoted to economical subjects, founded an elaborate and most alarming argument upon that statement, assumed by him to be correct, that a sum of one hundred and thirty millions still remained to be called up to com plete the works sanctioned by Parliament. Yet a summary has been prepared, and was published in our own columns a few days later, which showed that, instead of one hundred and thirty millions, the total amount remaining to be called up on existing shares, including abandoned schemes, was less than sixty-seven, while, deducting the de funct and discarded projects, all of which were speci fied by name, the amount was reduced to about forty millions. 'We believe that this estimate, in fact, rather exceeds the truth. The accounts of the North- Western have shown, that if the total capital of that company is called up, about seven millions more will be required from the proprietors, which, however, will pay off a large portion of the existing debentures, and thus really take from the market only about Si millions more. And this, be it remembered, repre sents not only the capital authorised to be raised for the North-Western line itself, but part of that of the Buckinghamshire, the Caledonian the Shropshire Union, arid sever a l o th er subsidiary lines to which the trunk line is a subscriber. Yet capital which stands in this predicament has been reckoned, in the recent calculations, twice over; once to the account of the parent line, and once again to the subsidiary. In like manner, the aggregate amount of share capital and loan capital, authorised by Parliament, have been lumped together, without regard to the fact that as one is increased the other will be reduced. By such processes millions have been multiplied and sta tistics rendered deceptive. Again, we have had, within a recent period, an authorised publication of the capital account of the Brighton Company. Now, what proportion of the imaginary 130 millions does the uncalled capital of this important line represent ? We find that the total amount of share capital which, after the Ist of January, 1849, the directors will be empowered to call, is less than 100,0001.—the rest will have been all paid up. The completion of their whole works is estimated to require only 245,0001. These two instanc es , then, in which we have accurate and verified accounts to refer to,go some way to en show what monstrous exaggerations will ions of fact have been conjured up to terrify the public mind upon one of the two points to which we have referred, viz., the amount of un ca ll e d capital required for lines actually in progress or in present contemplation. The other point upon wh i ch misrepresentation has been equally rife relates to the liabilities of the great companies in respect of their subscrip tions and guarantees. 'We will not disguise our belief, that a detailed evpas6 of the affairs of all the lines would disclose some improvident bargains, for which the only apology is to be found in the eager ness of competition, or the sanguine spirit of the time at which they were made. Let these sins be visited on those to whom they belong. Let the com panies that have incurred such embarrassing obliga tions bear their own burdens. But let not the discredit of some isolated transactions of this kind taint the whole atmosphere of the Share Market, and endanger the stability of property to which no such drawbacks have ever attached. After the declamations which have gone forth, the Schedule of the North-Western Company, N o. 3, must, we think, have surprised as much as it has satisfied the public. The contributions of capital by the main trunk to othe r lin es , with all of w hi c h it had natural affinities, even if those lines should yield from their own traffic no more than the modest estimate of 31 per cent., scarcely requires an apology. Neither can the rate of the guarantees, generally speaking, be deem ed above the mar k , and even if, in some cases, they should be excepted to, let any man cast up the figures, and compute the onus of the liability, as it affects the value of the shares, to a company whose total capital will be re presented by 27,000,000/. In making these remarks, we have been actuated by no desire to mi n i ster to the advantage of any class or body of men, nor d o we wish to stimulate that reaction Which will not be permanent unless it is sober and moderate. But as it is our deep conviction that the undue depreciation of these investments, to which fraud and ignorance have alike contributed, has pressed with cruel seve rity not upon mere speculators , for whom we s h ould care nothing, but upon the frugal, the industrious, and the provident part of the community, and also that it has affected, and is still affecting, with a cor responding depression, the commercial and financial interests of the country, the evil assume s in our view, the character of a public grievance, and we have f e lt it our duty to do what in us lies to remove a perni cious delusion, and to bring back the public mind to a just and rational estimate of the value and prospects of railway property. TIMES.—The question of the election to the Pre sidency of the French Republic already surpasses in interest every other political topic in France, and the approaching shadows of the candidates for this supreme office have rapidly overtopped the Mountain and the Plain. If, as ma y for the pr esent b e assumed, the contest lies between Louis Napoleon and General Cavaignac, never were two rivals more strongly con trasted ; the one confines his pretensions to the visionary influence of a name, and seeks to revive in a Republic an hereditary right of usurpation and tyranny ; the other rests his claims on practical ser • N 7 OCTOBER 31, 1848. vices, on personal integrity of the highest order, and on those qualities of prudence and resolution which have procured a short breathing time of tranquillity to France. These opposite qualifications may, how ever, be summed up in one consideration which pro bably outweighs them altogether. General Cavaignac offers to the French people the best means of consoli dating, or at least prolonging the republican form of government ; Louis Napoleon is in reality a transition to something else. A patriotic confidence in the power and duration of the Republic could hardly hesitate to name Cavaignac ; an eager desire to exchange it for some other form of personal sovereignty may even tolerate a Louis Bonaparte. The election of the nephew of the Emperor is not so much a vote of confidence in him as a popular vote of censure on the men who have been acting for months in the name of the people ; and, as one of the French journals has observed, a parody of the Consulate may not unaptly follow a parody of the revolution. The vote of Friday last, which fixed the 10th of De ' cember for the day of election, occasioned great surprise not only in Paris but in the Assembly. It was well known that the leading Parliamentary Clubs had come to a resolution on the previous evening to support the adjournment of the election, under the impression that this delay would prolong the power and strengthen the influence of Cavaignac, whilst any accident might dissipate the prestige of his principal competitor. But, to the astonish ment of the House and of his own supporters, General Cavaignac himself insisted with the greatest resolution and authority on a more prompt election. His ostensible motive was the danger of a more protracted suspense to the interests of the Republic ; but the real cause of this determination is said to be a decided Interior,opinion in which M. D n f aure , the Mini s t er of thAalso participates, that the iooner the election takes place the better it will be for General Cavaignac's prospect of success. He therefore acted as if this delay were adverse, not favourable, to him ; and as the wish and intention of the majority of the Assembly was to promote his election, they naturally gave him credit for knowing his own inte rests better than the public did, and they accordingly voted for the earlier day. According to the terms of the Constitution, it is necessary that the President should be elected by not less than two million votes— failing this number, the choice devolves on the Na tional Assembly. The adversaries of Louis Napoleon have little hope of placing any name above his on the poll ; but they flatter themselves that the votes may be so divided that no one will have the required number of votes, and that the election will consequently be male by the Assembly. In :that case we should have the singular spectacle of the Assembly chosen by universal suffrage six months ago vigorously op posed to the prevailing choice of that same universal constituency at the present moment. In the Assembly Louis Bonaparte would probably not obtain thirty votes for the Presidency; in the country he may have millions. Amonst the principal organs of the Pari sian press the Bonapartes had hitherto met with no support, but within the last few days an important change has taken place in this respect. La Presse has openly hoisted the colours of the Pretender of Boulogne, and M. de Girardin's unsparing hostility to Cavaignac assigns to him an appropriate place in a cabal of malignant antipathies and disappointed ambition. The course adopted by the organ of M. Thiers is less explicit, for no open rupture has taken place between that politician and the present Ministry, and though the breach is daily widening between him and those in power, he is not yet pre pared to p ace his abilities and influence at the ser vice of aidoubtful speculation. The opposition of the extreme Republicans to the Bonapartes is open and violent. Prince Louis has failed, if indeed he has attempted, to conciliate them, and he is doubtless aware that the first claim to the suffrages of the French nation is a positive resistance to the doctrines and designs of that party. If any portion of the re volutionary associations give him their votes, it will be from the notion that his power over them will be less formidable than that of Cavaignac. So too, as a matter of policy, the Royalists, having no candidate of their own, may vote for Louis Bonaparte as a step to the downfal of another impracticable Government. It might to matter of endless speculation to trace the innumerable motives by which these drops of popular sovereignty are collected into larger rills and channels until they are all united in what has some times been called the majestic stream of popular power. But it may be said of them all that they origi nate in a delusion and end in a lie. These votes, abOut to be distributed by the most frivolous miscon ceptions, or lavished on imaginary qualities, are all parts of that great fiction which suddenly thrust on France a form of government which few desired, and f;wer still believe in. Can it hereafter be related of that keen and sagacious people, that after having aspired to frame a commonwealth worthy to be ranked with those of Pericles and Washington, the French Republic fell to the level of Louis Bonaparte? l'hat to vest an undeserved power in those contempt ible hands France has been ruined, Europe dis tracted, and the barriers of civilization and peace wellnigh broken up ? " These be thy gods, 0 Israel ;" and there is no idolatry so base and de grading that it may not obtain a superstitious hold on a people which has abandoned its es tablished principles and lost its faith. We still hope, however, for the honour of France, and for the welfare of a Government which offers, under the direction of its present Ministers, some guarantees for the tranquillity of the world, that this mania will turn out to be as shortlived as it is base less, and that a man of General Cavaignac's stamp and eminence will not have lived only to become another memorable example of the ignorance and in gratitude of Democratic States. From the enormous magnitude of the constituency, it is impossible to form any accurate prognostication of the result, and the future condition of the French people aid a large portion of Europe might as well depend on the dice box as the ballot-box, but the Government will em ploy all its influence to support Cavaignac, the reports trom the provinces are less unfavourable than they were supposed to be, and the minor candidates who are likely to appear will tend rather to diminish the votes given to his own principal antagonist than to subtract from his own. DEPARTURES OFTHE FOREIGN MAILS FOR NOVEMBER. The following notice was issued yesterday at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, giving the dates on which the foreign mails will be made up in London during the ensuing month, and the dates when the return packets will be due at Southampton, Liverpool, and Falmouth : Wan &c.—The mails for the British and Foreign Colonies in the West Indies (except Honduras, Nassau, Bermuda, and the Havana), Venezuela, and Jacmel, on the mornings of the 2d and 17th. New Orleans, Mexico, Honduras, and Havana, on the morning of the 2d only. Madeira, San Juan de Nicaragua, New Grenada, Chilli, and Peru, on the morning of the 17th only. The mails of the morning of the 2d will be conveyed by the Teriot steamer from Southampton. Next packets due on the 7th and 22d at Southampton. BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, &C.—The mails for British North America and the United States will be made up on the evening of the 3d, to be forwarded by the Acadia steamer, via Liverpool, Halifax, and Bos ton ; on the evening of the 10th by the Cambria steamer to New York; on the evening of the ltth, by the Britannia steamer to Boston; and on the evening of the 24th from Liverpool to New York, by the Niagara steamer. Next packets due—The Cam bria, on the Ist November (to-morrow) • on the 9th by the Britannia; on the 17th by the Niagara ; and on the 25th by the Europa steamer, at Liverpool MADEIRA, &c.—The mails of the evening of the 4th, for Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, by her, Majesty's brig Peterel, from Falmouth.:Next packet due, her Majesty's steamer Express, on the 24th at Falmouth. &c.—The mails from the Mediterranean, Malta, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, and China on the evenings of the 7th and 24th, to be forwarded by the fortnightly inland closed mails sia Marseilles; due 2il and 22d. Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, &c., on the morning of the 20th by steam-packet from Southamp ton • due the 28th. &c.—The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lis bon, Madeira via Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and 27th, by steam packets from Southampton. Next packets due on the sth, 16th, and 25th, at Southampton. The snails for Sydney, New South Wales, Aus tralia, Van Diemen 's Land, and New Zealand, will be made up this evening, the 31st instant, to be for warded by the Columbus, via Gravesend. Mails for Madeira, St. Nicholas (Cape de Verds), Sierra Leone, and the Island of Ascension, will also be made up this evening, to be forwarded by her Majesty's sloop Kingfisher. THE UNION BANK.—The general business of the North and South Shield branches of the Union Bank was resumed on Monday last, and arrangements are made tor carrying out a similar proceeding at the branch at Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Saturday, the 4th of Novem ber next. These measures have atlortled much satisfac tion to the shareholders and the public at large, and already the result at North and So u th S hields has ex ceeded the expectations of the directors. —Newcastle Journal. [ ASHFORD MECHANICS' INSTI. TUTE. (From the Kentish Observer.) The introductory lecture for the season was de livered on Wednesday evening by the Rer. J. Dufton, rector of Warehorne. The meeting was highly re spectable, and more numerous than could have been expected from the state of the evening, the rain pour ing down in torrents. Among those in the room we noticed the Revs. T. Alcock, J. Pugh, and T. Clark; H. Whitfield, Esq., T. Thurston, Esq., &c , &c. From the deep solicitude, as we have shown on various occasions, that the Rev. Gentleman takes in the subject of educating the people, greater interest than ordinary was felt at this meeting, and his dis course was listened to with eager attention. It is not often that we can venture upon commendation of lectures delivered before mechanics' institutes. But of this, we think we may express a warm approval. The bearings of such societies on the varied branches of knowledge, were traced in a most clear and explicit form ; and the tone of the lecture was that truly of the enlightened liberal Christian, the fervid philan thropist, and eloquent, forcible, and captirating public minister and teacher. The Rev. Lecturer commenced with soma remarks on the needfulness, policy, and beneficial tendency of such an institution as this, which provides facilities for intellectual re creation, self-improvement, and the diffusion of scientific, literary and general knowledge—observing that " The diffusion of usefui knowledge generally, without specification of any particielar sort or system of informa tion, is of itself su ffi ciently important to justify a com bination of efforts for tho sake of its more effective ac complishment. Nee:L.4lom more likely to admit the trut h o f t hi s 0 30 0', nhaban they who have most closely frb ., ei l ere e se we htrees Ot cirilizatiote sarong dif ferent tribes of this result's population. In the intellec tual as well as in t impcvil history of nations, it is observable that therl of Cliieriods of advancement and retrogression. One nation, which in one age extorted the undivided homage of the world for its superior posi tion in the scale of civilization and refinement, is found, at a subsequent epoch, destitute of all claims to its for mer right of priority; whilst others whom, in its period of intellectual glory, it designated and treated as bar barians, have gained in the world's eye every title to that reseed of intellectual homage which, in the course of time and under the influence of circumstances, had been altogether lost through a nation's degeneracy. So vast, indeed, are the d i ff erences unequivocally resulting from different degrees of mental culture, that on the negative side of the question are to be found names of the very first rank among phil os ophi ca l thinkers. Without, how ever, embracing an opinion sanctioned by a name so il lustrious as Sir William Jones, who was justly styled by the celebrated Dr. Johnson,' the most enlightened of men,' we may feel on sure ground in advocating the vast importance of educating, t o th e hi g h es t possible point, all ranks of the human race." The lecturer then descanted on the more specific objects of the institution ,in affording to those prac tising the mechanical arts facilities for acquiring a knowledge of the principles on which their practical operations were foundded, and by which they ought always to be regulated : "It is to provide adequate means, and to present suffi cient inducements, for leading them to au acquaintance with science as well as well as with art. It is to furnish them with opportunities of acquiring a knowledge of the theory at the time they are busy with the every-day practice of their various occupatious. " In stating the immediate object of the institution in these terms, it will be seen that the superiority of theo retical knowledge over practical is implied. But as this is an assumption which many well-meaning but ill-in formed minds may not be inclined, all at once, to allow, it is of consequence to set the institution right with a portion of the public on this head. " Nothing is more common than to hear from the lips of seemingly sensible men, the announcement that some certain proposition may be right in theory, but is un doubtedly wrong in practice.' Theory can be opposed to practice only by those whose interests are, somehow or other, involved in the opposition, or by those who use the term in ignorance of its appropriate meaning. The relation which exists between theory and practice is not that of opposition or contrast at all. It is a relation of comparison. The term theory, applied to that which is not altogether practical, is a misnomer: and they who use the word otherwise than as meaning it to describe the best possible practice, use it unpbilosophically, and in so using it are chargeable with ignorance or inconsis tency. The material distinction between the meaning of the terms theory and practice is, that practice describes a set of operations or experiments not necessarily methodised: theory is the name under which any clam of philosophically at ranged experiments may be comprehended. Practice indicates a certain method of acting, in relation to which the corresponding theory points out the most excellent wsy. And hence to work theoretically is to act in obedience to a conception which cannot be otherwise than correct—lnasmuch as the very conception is the true model of the work to be done. The perfection of practice, it will be thus readily allowed, is merely to do equally well what is held up us having been done before. Beyond the degree of imita tion necessary to accomplish this, practice properly so called cannot go. All beyond this is the result of theory ; so that the practical man himself, if he har bour tho slightest desire of improvement in the conduct of any of his operations, must theorise, however uncon scious he may be of the process of thought implied. The value of theoretical knowledge may be thus consi dered as co -extensive with that of the desire of improve ment. 'rite wish to be continually placed in circum stances which shall be, in some respect or other, more favourable than those already experienced, is one of those primary feelings which go to form the mental constitution of man. It grows with our growth, and strengthens with our strength.' It comes with us from the cradle, and leaves us not till we have sunk into the grave. Now, to the gratification of this feeling in the breast of the mechanic, the acquisition of theoretical knowledge directly conduces. This is the immediate and obvious advantage. He has only to court its ac quisition, and the magnitude of the advantage will be in proportion to the variety, amount, and quality, of the knowledge consequently acquired. He becomes distin guished for greater ability and skill than his fellow operatives, and, consequently, soon shoots ahead of them in the career of comfort and independence. He is strengthened in following up that sleepless prin ciple of his nature which is at the foundation of all progress in social as well as individual enjoyment, and is rendered a better and more dignified being than before." The Rev. Gentleman then showed most forcibly that not the mechanics themselves but the community at large are benefited by the spread of theoretical in alliance with practical knowledge; and the great im portance of the workman, no less than the master, being thoroughly imbued with the science of their various occupations. Having illustrated the evils arising from the reverse—the prejudice of ignorance —the advance made in the past half century by the breaking down of that prejudice, chiefly through the operation of Mechanics' Institutes, and the value thus given to the general cultivation of literature and of taste in the arts, he said : "Most powerful is the sway exercised by those mighty agents over the morals of the community. It has been felt among England's merchants, her tradesmen, and her mechanics. Theirs is the potent mastery : ' O'er the mind's sea in calm and storm, O'er the heart's sunshine and its showers, O'er passion's moments, bright and warm, O'er reason's dark, cold hours.' Whether or no you choose to belong to it, they will form a public for themselves, and they will influence and govern it. Of that public your friends and neigh bears, your wives and sisters, and child ren , will be a part. This influence is everywhere. It pervades the myriads of books which the prolific press pours forth— the daily sheet, the light periodical, the popular exhi bition, the ornaments of our houses, the conversation of our firesides." Having shown how general knowledge makes man more respectable, more useful, and m ore h appy, and that it cannot fail, unless in minds singularly ill constituted, to produce that national humility, so finely called by Burke " the deep and broad founda tion of every virtue," the lecturer observed, as to the effects of a sound and pure literature— ., Thus it is with a sound, an undefiled, and wholesome literature. Of a literature thus guarded, thus directed , and thus purified, h ow excellent, how elevating P th e P in fluence. Not by b arren precept, but by example b illustration, by c onstant association with the U.—reit sources of pleasure, it teaches the noblest morals of the heart;' for in directing the mind to whatever is wise. just, pure, or lovely, it exalts and unsensualises the thoughts. It emancipates the soul from the bondage of the world, lifting it above the desires, the cares, the meanness, and the follies of the present, and teaching it to reach after, and, in part, to know and feel the power and the joy of its future and better being." Next as to the acquisition of varied knowledge— " The acquisition of varied, though it be not profound knowledge, is precisely the most efficient mode of pre senting to the ardent and stirring mind of the artisan and mechanic, the subject best fitted to its powers and tastes. There it is that natural talent feels its strength. The attention is roused, the curiosity vividly excited, the fa culties sharpened. The duties of life need riot be ne glected, for that would be unworthy a mind capable of such energies. It tries its strength in solitude and si lence, but society, perhaps the civilized world, at last gathers the fruits of its efforts." He pointed out Franklin, Watt, Arkwright, Cart wright, Davy, Herschell, and Hunter, as having given proof of this, remarking that there was scarcely a single science amo ng th ose t o b e explained by the lec turers who were to succeed him that would not fur nish some striking example of the fact. The Rev. Gentleman then referred to the oppor tunities afforded in our own times, in all or most branches of science, for the acquisition of knowledge, by those who would devote their spare hours to the purpose. A f ~~ vM 3 -7 - 79 pa 4 • J