The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-24 00:00:00

NOTICE OF CLOSE OF THE orAL rr:::c: I fr' om: c'ml - TITTITYK on the 29th inst., for Additions and Decorations.--Dr. RYAN will LECTURE on SANITARY MEASURES, and en the nature of DISINFECTING AGENTS, in connexion with this important sub on Mondeys. Wedn?sdays, and Fridays, at Half-past Three, ?.R., and every Evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock, till the close of the Institution. On the alternate days ether Lectures on CHEMISTRY. Dr. BACHHOFFNER will LECTURE on RE SPIRATION" and VENTILATION, in connexion with the aeon Subject, Daily at Two, P.M., m which a JET of STEAM, as a Ventilating Agent, will be exhibited. The Opitical Effects include the OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, &c. WORKING MODELS of MACHINERY explained. The DIVING BELL and DIYER, Lc. .klualesion, Is.; Sclux) , l, Half-price. S T-O FFICE CORRESPONDENCE- Bankers, Public Companies, Merchants, and Traders, are in formed that, owing to the immense consumption of, and increasing demand for, the PATENT METAL-SEAL ENVELOPES and OFFICIAL ENCLOSURES, the Patentee is encouraged and enabled to offer them at reduced prices. The perfect security and the ready dispatch afforded by the use of these envelopes render this notifica tion of vast importance to the business public, especially to those making foreign communications, avoiding the use of sealing-wax, in compliance with the Postmaster-General's instructions. Spec-- Jolene of the above will be fervrarded on application to the Patentee, 4, Castle -street, Holborn, London. Authorized agents travel through the principal cities and towns in the kingdom. _RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwarde, without either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse quently this is the most important discovery ever made for the pro servatioa of life and property either at Sea er on Land. AT SEA numerous ships It has already sared, and the oaptains gratefully ac knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall satillee : " Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain Pump being fitted la the Caroline, its great power WAS the means of saving the ship ant 230 souls on beard, two SeatilS in the bottom being partly left without calking." " The Argus brig, front Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days eat at sea, and soon after her common pump choaked and became use less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upun her Foun tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely In London, with a thank Ged for the Fountain Pump." ON LAND the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a Ire brigade. They sot instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire. "We are delighted with the invention—it is a great boon to so eloty."—Editors Liverpool Mail. 'rho New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion if Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on fire in sad near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly, including ht the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the eleven, Messrs. lierton's dyery, and 12,6001. worth of consigned pro perty; Stoke mustard, starch, and flour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, which mast have spread around de streetion and death. " North Walshrun.—At this Ire the Portable Engine was of great service. and by having ono of them ready, there is no doubt but half the property new destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Chro nicle, August 22, 1846. At a Norwich fire June 9, 1847, the two Portable Engines were the pete of the public. The cry was, feel the little engines and they will de the 17ork, whieh proved true. The four large engines present proved useless. Portable Basins; speedily proye steam-boilers to a dozen atmo spheres. ;Cow the fact is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pnmps, Lift Pumps, and Chain rumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and scrape the water upwards by friction, which wages two-fifths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young awl Hutton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom excee:s half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and leakage ; and notwithstanding the beg engineers In the world had tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new yelling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twisty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with out more outlay. Most mon can enstain heavy rapid pump tilals for 40 seconds, but some men drop at sainute time. With a best now heavy working Fric tion Pump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni versal ignorance, elearly proving that Knowledge is Power. John Clentou Roberts, Esq., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did Well is placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps tae water Upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. Baddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, au ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy in No. 1.183, and in No. 496, Book-maker Millington's remarks are preposterous. However, on the ether hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many other discerning men, after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain able character:—The Fountain Pump is the moot important improve 'tient in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two thousand years—tho greatest advancement in the useful arts in Modern tines. The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, Ibr man, horse. and steam power; delivering from half a pint per stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed at lass cost than 001112114 U pumps. W. EIHALDERS. Foitntain Pump Works, Norwich, rev. M, 1847. See Mechanic's Magazine, Non. 231*, 364, 343, 429, 4139, 433, 162, 466, 487, 469, 492, 495, 496, 508, 599, 510, 525, 533 , 653* , 227, 664, 1,040, I,llo*, 1,183. Noe. Illustrated are marked thus* ENGLAND to INDIA. and AUSTRALIA The INDIA and AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, welch limits the re sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount for which they indivi dually subecribe, and authorises the Company to establish c,oramu- West/ens to and and from the United Kingdom, the East Indies, AUstralasia, end New Zealand. Capital One Million sterling. Divided into series of shares of 201. each. cescurrrim. Sir Georg e Larpent.Bart. Chairman of the London Committee of 1 846 for Extension of Steam Navigation to Australia. Sir William Terrier, Bart., M.P. Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., Agent for New South Wales. Sir Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wales, London. Lieut.-Co;. Abdy, Indian Army J. Maclean Lee, Esq, Thomas Browne, Esq. Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian Captain Cogan, Indian Navy Navy Archibald Ountugharne, Esq. Milbourne Marsh, Esq. Captain H. M. Denham, F.R.S., K. Montgomery Martin, Esq. 24 Yal Navy J. Montelloro, Esq. G. H. Donaldson, Eaq. Sir F. Waskett Alyers, K.C.S. Cain. H. J, Vayrer, Royal Navy Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq. Captain Ford. East India Maritime Richard Paterson, Esq. Serried Robert rlenley Payne, Esq, Captain G. T. Gordon, Royal Navy Jahn Wilson Militias, Esq. M.A., P.R.S. G. 11. Skead, Esq., Master, Royal Capt. H. Hamilton, Boyrl Navy Navy Colonel Torrens, Gustavus lianaMon, Esq. William Gorden Thornton, Esq. James Hunter, E.g. J. A. Jackson, Esq. Lieut. Waghern, F.R.A.S„ Royal Charles Joyce, Esq. Navy Frederick Lambe. Esq. Melvil Wilson, Es 4. Basurms—Meners. Currie and Co., Cornhill. Somerrois--Mesors. Barron and Clarke, Bloomsbury-square. India. Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu lation of more than half the number of the inhabitants of the globe, and teem with every product which eon minister to the wants of man. To carry out effectually and economically steam communication with those countries is the object of this Company, for whose ope rations there Is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards our numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which have an increasing interoourse with India as well as with England —are the only portions of the British empire unconnected by steam navigation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the overland route has been exclusively granted to this Company. The route sanctioned by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Com pany is AA Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of which are, that Sydney, the metroplitaa capital of the whole of the Australasian colonies, would be bronchi to a certainty within 64 or 65 days of London (frequently in 60), and within less than 30 days of India. The coal statioas are convenient, excellent coal from the pits at Newcastle, New South Wales, can be pat on hoard there at is 7s. 6d. per ton. . - Prospectuses with forms of application for shares, and further information may be had on application at the offices of the Corn- PUY, waers a oopy of the Royal Charter of Incorporation may be obtained. Offices, 84, Cornhill, London. JOHN YATES, sec. PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION (Provisionally Registered.) COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. Capital, 90,6401. is 10,060 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per Share on complete registration. further call will be made without three month? previous 4 °Uce. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the aruotint subscribed for. The PATENT ILIMONEUR mAcrim-E is exclusively used in the. °Mow of the Ri g ht R on . th e L or d s o f th e Treasury,. the Eoyal A g ri cultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society , the Royal Exch ange-bulldinge, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap proved by The Most Noble the Menials of NORTHAMPTON, President of the Royal Society. The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.G., President of the Royal In stitute of British Architects. air RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British Aseocia- Bon for the Advancement of Science. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lard Bishop of Norwich The Right H of Liehfield tester on. the Earl of Lei- The Moat Noble the Marquis of Th e Lord R endleaham, MP t Bristol. The The Right R ev , the Lord Bishop Ke llon. and Rev. Th ema; B. ppel of Glouceste r an d B ristol The Hon. Fred. Byng The Hon. and Rev. Edward it. The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray,,Cal- Keppel loin, Bart. The Very Rev, the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Bart. minster. Dr. Buekland :Sir Robert Harland, Bart. 'the Venerable Archdeacon leldr-,Sir Francis Dar w i n ley The Norwich Union Fire Office tir John P. Boileau, hart. The S Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. The Distriafiblk Fire Office Fire Fire Office o f Bi r- Dr. Outrata, F.R.S., F.G.S., Itiel mingliam Spector of Naval Hospitals The Norvvieh Equitable Insurance Right Ho n . E arl Fitzhardinge Office Ills Grace the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby- Philip W. S. Miles, E., M.F, : shire Fire lattice ht.P . ti ght Hon s q . F. 11. F. Berk e l ey, T he West of England Fire Oirice, W. Mike, Esq., M.P. &c. The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use if cillinbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those maiploying them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85. are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in °T a large Portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter irn- Poesitility in inntunerahle cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects of the law by av la' ,„, - e •—ng all a slty for its infringement, the Inge- I ttuus ail- ' fl eet-lye Itarnoneur machine has been invented. This :volution consista of four brushes forming a square head, which tV n eana at elastic springs con t racts or expan d s, according to creating e ',Men or extended an even space in which the machine moves, thereby preosure on all four sides of a chimney. T h ."Qs attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals wit Universal spring Joints, capable of turning even a right angle and the whole is eurrnouated with a double revolving ball, having l ieo tt universal spring joiet, Which leads the brush vrith certainty Mat every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its mete most eerfeeti ). The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated ...1 the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and irknierous public orikes, while the patronage leestovred by a large r of the n obility and gentry in continuing their anneal coil .to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well urf the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses , obtained, arid a working model of the machine seen, at the 1 e 44 af noa's • the solicitor. , Dolman, Esq., 39, J ennyn - s t ree t , St . 1 ,,:, ;at 1 ilelith, Esq.'s. Mews. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Rirchin-lane ; at Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the "nciPal oMee, I, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where Seelleationsi for 'harts may he addressed. PLATE. 13. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing rgla4A• Silversmiths 14, Conihill, London, opposite the Stank of —The best vrrought SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, Fiddle ;r Pattern 7s. 78 ' 24 ' P e r ° unce ; Queen's Pattern, 70. 4d. per ounce. The ,wing are the weights recommended, but tho articles may he had inter or heavier, at the samo price per ounce Piddle Pattern. Queen's Pattern. 12 Tab! 4 OZ. 8. ei. 4 .. d 1 s. d. 1 2 b e. , 1304)ns 30 at 7 2.• le 15 12 Table spoons 40 at 7 4..14 13 4 Ta ble ditto 20 at 7 2.. 7 a 4 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 4.. 9 103 s ta ble Forks de at 7 2.•10 18 0 12 Table Forks 40 at 7 4..14 13 4 122 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2.. 7 3 4 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 4.. 9 10 8 1 up Ladle so ravySproonslo at 7 2.• 311 8 2 GravySpoonsl2 at 7 4.. 4 g 0 10 at 7 2.. 311 8 1 Soup Ladle 12 at 7 4.• 4 8 0 : Sauee ditto 10 at 7 8.. 316 8 4 Sauce ditto 12 at 7 10.. 414 0 I Fitt ' goo ns (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 Salt Spoon'S (strong gilt) 2 2 0 19 Te a •••••• • • • • • 2 18 0 1 Fish Slice ••—•. • • • • • 3 5 0 1 . -4 .P6ons 19 at 7 8.. 316 8 12 Tea Spoons 14 at 7 10.. 5 9 8 - 4 air s li• ' tiger Tongs .• ••0 16 0 1 Pair sugar Tongs• •..• • 1 g 0 ia...4 11 ' A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper. illustrated by -nKs. anti conininii ' information enrolative to the purchase of P.Lor 4ilisallel4 ye ti , W4 nley be 110 sippiteatiPa. Or 1 ,1214 iiblit '818961 41111 ilirei 9094143, Witaitwor io a 'pa4 mita. C./.;q 7 ( ...„. „. - - " z:, ----- / ‘ _„„ 0 „--7,....) ,(.-- ~ ,,,..„, „4„/ #---7- , c 7)( ,_ ___ 6 _ ...< -- 1.-7 ,‘____:,, ._,,,,,,,, .., • // 7 7 ) ..;- , ..vat ht „.• - ' ,) v / • ,- - -, / , . - ----- 1 // /7 / 11.. N , • ..0' ; •,,,, . • , - ---,7i . // I`' z. 1.. ,, FM " . 1 / 4 , K - ,i. - "., 4-, * AIL ' jr- OZI - 4 '- ' 41: .4 . ' 4 -4L4,) , e,... . w , 4 - ;, ,i .,, t5 , .. to., -,.. 1 .! , , —4l:sr 7 ; . , OF MA.NCHES' 'R. i ' 't f., 1 1 '- i r ...3 ,...1-4 #..... .. ' ----,- --, . A. i. ~.., , - ,t, __ , ~,.. 1 , , ..., , xi 4 ,- . - -4011.111164 , ,f '''. , '-` ' 4 ) , .; 1 ' - 111- The consecration of the Rev, Dr. James Prince •-kt. , ..• ,tv ‘,...- „A.,7-7, ~,,,,, _ . A i, 4-7 iiiik - i i :',. 7- , .' S ,,,... 4 411 '' S ..olk k ', / , . Lee to the newly created see of Manchester took d-1-Z. -fir . :i ".1 „... 4 1 Illri ' , 4 *:,, ",,, .- . r: - -;": r: f; ' ':! 4 * • I",''' if • - .* • ~. %. ', - ~ 1 • , ,-• ' 1 , , _ ~.., place yesterday, at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, in • .. ---- - lt 1 T' presence of a large assemblage. _'he ceremony was performed by :the Right Rev. Dr. Musgrave, the newly-appointed Archbishop of York, who was as sisted b'y the Bishops of Worcester and Chester. The proceedings seemed to create a considerable degree of interest, for, immediately upon the doors being open e d, th e chapel was speedily filled by a most respectable auditory. Shortly after eleven o'clock the Archbishop of York, the Bishops, the Bishop elect, and the usual officials of the Ecclesiastical Courts attendant on such occasions, entered the church. The Right Reverend the Archbishop of York took his seat at the right of the communion table, while the Bishops of Worcester and Chester took their places upon the left—the bishop elect who, at this stage of the proceedings, appeared in the dress of a common clergyman of the church, having seated himself in a pew in the vicinity of the altar, the usual morning service was then gone through, after which the sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Garbett, rector of St. George's, Birmingham, who selected for his text the 42d verse of the second chap ter of the Acts of the Apostles. The sermon was most appropriate for the occasion, and was listened to with great attention. On its being concluded, the Bishop elect was conducted from his pew to the railings in front of the altar, when the conge' d'elire and the various acts of his appointment were read over by the registrar for the diocese. The beautiful service of consecration was then gone through, and the Bishop elect, having taken the prescribed oaths after returning to the vestry, was conducted from thence, arrayed in his episcopal robes, and took his seat within the railings, on the right of the Arch bishop of York, as one of the Bishops of the Church of England. Although considerable discus sion has bees originated out of doors in reference to the appointment, in consequence of the proceed ings of Mr. Gutteridge, yet, as a matter of course, the proceedings of yesterday passed over undisturbed, the law not affording, on the occasion of a conse cration, any latitude whatever for expressions of dis sent or protest. We understand, however, that about twenty-five minutes before eleven, the hour at which the ceremony was to commence, Mr. Gutte ridge, accompanied by a legal friend, arrived at the chapel, and was conducted to the robing room. The Archbishop of York having made his appearance in the room at the same time, Mr. Gutteridge, addressing him, said, "My Lord, I felt it right personally to place in your hands a document, a copy of which was delivered to you last evening." To this the Archbishop responded, " I cannot re ceive anything here." Mr. Gutteridge then added, " My Lord, I lay this before you," at the same time placing on the table before the Archbishop the protest, of which the fol lowing is a copy : "To the Most Rev. Dr. Musgrave, Lord Arch bishop of York ; to the Right Rev. Dr. Pepys, Bishop of Worcester; and the Right Rev. Dr. Sumner, Bishop of Chester ; the prelates commissioned to con secrate the Rev. James Prince Lee to the bishopric of Manchester at Whitehall Chapel, this day. " I, Thomas Gutteridge, a member of the United Church of England and Ireland, do solemnly, as in the presence of God, protest against the rite of epis copal consecration being administered to the Rev. James Prince Lee, lately nominated Bishop of Man chester, because of articles and libel of accusation charging the said James Prince Lee with grievous immorality, and especially with repeated acts of drunkenness having been exhibited against him be fore Commissioners of the Archbishop of York, sitting at St. James's Church in London, on the Bth day of January of this present year; and also because that legal proceedings are now in course in the Court of Queen's Bench for investigating the truth, or otherwise, of charges of wilful lying, acts of drunken ness, and malignity of disposition, alleged against him, :the said James Prince Lee, and contained in printed and published statements, and credited by several thousands of the inhabitants of Birmingham, the place where the said James Prince Lee has for several years dwelt, and which said charges of immo rality are as yet undecided by any legal process, and consequently stand undisproved against him ; and further, because the act of consecrating the said James Prince Lee to the highest rank of holy orders would, under the existing circumstances of his being notoriously chargeable with mendacity and debauchery, be not only a manifest violation of the laws and canons of the Church, and as such ut terly void, nugatory, and invalid in law, but also a dreadful profanation of this eminently sacramental rite—a grave and lasting cause of offence to all sober and pious Christian people—a foul dishonour to reli gion, and a deep disgrace and injury to the Church— a scandalous misapplication of the mystery of imposi tion of apostolic hands—an impious invocation of the Holy Ghost—and a new and unexampled proceeding, involving a willing outrage of the laws alike of God and man, and one which might incur the high dis pleasure and penal visitation of the Almighty. (Signed) " THOMAS GTJTTERIDGE, " Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, residing in Birmingham. " Jan. 22, 1848." In addition to the officiating Bishops, there were also present Dr. Burnaby, the Vicar-General ; Dr. Townsend, Dr. Bayford, Dr. Addams, F. H. Dyke, Esq., the Registrar-General ; J. Baker, Esq., the Apparitor-General ; John Burden, Esq., the Bishop's secretary ; the Very Rev. G. H. Bowers, Dean of Manchester ; the Rev. J. C. Miller, M.A., Rector of St. Martin's, Birmingham ; the Hon. and Rey. G. M. York, M.A., Rector of St. Philip's, Birmingham. The Archbishop haying pronounced the blessing, the proceedings terminated. No. t7,1?6%] LONDON, MONDAY EVENING R OYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, wbick has recently been newly furnished and laid out expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the NORTH, it is hoped will be found complete in every respect. The BED-ROOM 3 (Sixty in number) have been furnished in a style which must ensttre the approbation of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SHOP ROOMS without any extra charge. The Music Hall, Lecture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly Rama are all attached, and under the same management. The Royal Hotel is in the most central situation in Newcastle. 'T T. COPELAND beg s t o i n f orm th e No billty, Gentry, and Public, that having sold his present Warehouses to parties who require immediate possession, the exten -sive STOCK of PORCELAIN, EARTHENWARE, sad GLASS is on SALE at very REDUCED PRICES, previous to his removal to new Warehouses in Bond-street. 37, Lincoln's lan-flelds, and 5, Portugal-street, January 4, 184$. IIAMOND OIL LAMP.-NEW LIGHT. The Diamond Lamp is the best light in the world—is used In all the palaces is Europe—is free from all the imperfections of ordi nary oil lamps —so simple it cannot bo mismanaged —no cleaning re quired for years—costs less in burning than any common oil lamp— gives double the light of candle lamps, at one-half the expeaso—this is beyond doubt. Designs suited to every taste—the Diamond Lamp is perfection in Light—the public will have none other—it can be Sited to any person's lamp pillar. To be had only at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand. TANZ A S for the SERPENTINE, 1. When Winter comes chilling the air, And his subjects are all in a shiver, What thousands are seen to prepare For a skate on the Serpentine river. Then the Dress-mart of MOSES and SON, Is furnished with Coats for the skaters, Which garments at all tines have won The title of being "first-raters." When the river a twelvemonth ago Was glazed by the clerk of the weather, What a sight did the Serpentine show, With its thousands assembled together. The wrappers of MOSER were work By the gents on the hard-freezing waters. While the furs were observed to adorn Vast numbers of England's fair daughters. And may we not view them again ? Ye., the river once more may he frozen ; Skates again may be called for, and then Will the Warehouse of MOSES' be chosen. At once let the public prepare, For truly there is very good reason ; Haste to MOSES' famed Warehouse, for there Is the choicest of dress for the season. A R R I A G E. 31 - One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposlag them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty ermisfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWI:LT 'd little MEMOIRS • On Single and Married Life," pub. In S vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. Gd. each). Let no imaginatively - ohned, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but .or the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on :he above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or •ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. Gd.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribbllngs of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as be wooed be done unte—tc live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be kad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet .street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, r,ornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; and all Rooksellers. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. 3N PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAI A CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. _ _ New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3e. 6d. In p os t age s t am ps, v rHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on 1. the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the tnonllnate use et mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and tko means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row : Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehbonie -treet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PAST 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul- Renee, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use •of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the virus chemically, and destroys its power an the system. PAST Y. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TnaCoanisit. 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(1,1„ or post-free, from tke Author, for forty-two Stamps, ;ELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from !mils-- cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of tho Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'3IERT, M.D., 9, BEDFORD -STREET, BEDFORD•SQUARE, - - - LONDON. octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, kc. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. ;n order that It may be really the cause of mutual happiness Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and Its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications .yid their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific source of mischief, and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on .he nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any ether to which it is sublect. This work contains an accurate and complete sccount of the Anatotny and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions In health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and - vicious habits, whether acquired In early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that thes.; complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, ho forgets that accurate discrimination In ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, lava nably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his posse•sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should he extended. Dr. LA'AIERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, and the great extent of his practice for many years it a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. 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(From the Sunderland Times.) _ _ Since the memorable trial at York for the appalling triple murder at Mirfield, we have from time to time noticed the observations of various of our London and Provincial Contemporaries in approval of the line of defence adopted as counsel of one of the culprits, and the general principle of legal advocacy subsequently laid down by Mr. Seymour. On all hands, both by friendly and opposing com mentators, unquestionable testimony has been borne to the bold line of argument undertaken by the Learned Counsel, and the admirable tact, talent, and logical argumentation, and the impassioned eloquence with which he had conducted the whole defence, whether in the intricacies of the , gross-examination or the full flow of business-like and oratorical reply ; but a difference of opinion prevailed as to the pro priety, validity, and in short morality and safety of the course he was admitted with so much legal acumen and talent to have pursued. The extracts we have made from our contempo *tries will have furnished our readers with a full idea of the objections of opponents by stating them with the reply ; and upon the case thus presented, along with his own admirable letter at the commence ment of the controversy, we feel assured this talented barrister may not safely only, but triumphantly appeal to the public for an unanimous judgment in his favour. Certainly if the possession of the field of contro versy after its desertion by opponents affords any criterion of victory, those journals which, like,The Sun and the Standard support the affirmative of the question, may fairly lay claim to have their principles and arguments admitted as uncontrovertible. But their case assumes a still more conclusive aspect when it is further ascertained that they only occupy this position after having driven their opponents from the field which low personal and splenetic feeling prompted the rash temerity to rash in and try to occupy. With the Times, the Daily New, and the Examiner—and when we have named these we have named nearly all deserving notice—it was a mere personal attack upon the Learned Counsel, dic tated apparently by a gratuitous, perhaps interested feeling of personal hostility, if not envy, towards young lawyer who, though almost newly introduced to public notice, already gave evidence of powers which might one day place him high among the highest in those legal ranks which no doubt instigated, if they did not write, the laboured scurrilities re ferred to 'While, on the other hand, the papers from which we have extracted from week to week—The Sun, the Standard, the Liverpool Journal, and others, have, throughout the defensive and. aggressive argument which they have conducted, basted, as they originally took up, their whole argument, not on personal grounds—though, undoubtedly, a desire proverbial in John Bull might and did prompt them to enforce fair play between the Learned Counsel and his powerful metropolitan opponents--but upon principles of propriety, justice, and eternal right, as well as of expediency. Arguing the matter upon these publie grouad s, they show that any party charged with a n offence is entitled to a fair trial, in which according to all fair ness and equity he ought to have the san is legal as sistance as his prosecutors; that the counsel whom he may employ, from the moment that he accepts the brief, is the representative of the criminal, and is not only justified in taking, but is bound to take every available means which his client might b e expected to take of securing a favourable verdict ; and that in practical operation the system laid down so doggedly by the Times and its abettors—as it would justify counsel in a weak defence that would more damage than serve the interests of his client, as. it would justify, and, in fact, compel, the counsel to rush into the witness-box to criminate his client wh om he was engaged to defend, and thus not only dieprive his client of an advocate for his innocence, but lead the jury to arrive at a decision unfavourable to. the client through the medium of a kind of evidences as wrong as it was wrongfully obtained; while om the other hand the adoption of a bold and confident line of defence on the part of a more unacrupula 115 counsel, although conscious of a client's guilt, migl at lead the jury to acquit in a case where it would otherwise condemn ; and further, as the admission of such a principle would prevent even the innocent: from en; gaging counsel, lest the counsel, unsatisfied of the evidence of his innocence, turned evidence against him; and as altogether it would virtually snake the counsel and not the judge and jury the arl Ater of the prisoner's fate, and in short deprive both in nocent and guilty prisoners of counsel altogether—the latter lest his counsel should betray him, and the,forr [ter lest he should be dissatisfied of his innocence—the. principle is as utterly inadmissible as it would be ur uleserving of argument but for the circumstance of haN ring been propounded by high names like the Time"' and the Examiner. Under the influence of these high and in Iportant considerations, the admirer of powerful talents exerted in the duties of an arduous profession and th ,e advo cate of English fair play, will rejoice that in z support ing Mr. Seymour against the sinister attacks of foes (in the case of the Times at least as unprina ipled as they are powerful), they further perform the higher and loftier duty of asserting and vindicating• princi ples of justice and equity in judicial proct •edings. Here, therefore, we might be content to lea tve the matter, confident that neither Mr. Seymour and his supporters of the press have any reason to regret, either :for their own sakes or the principle the y advo cate, the controversy in which they have b !en in volved ; and the Learned Counsel especially has reason to congratulate himself that in his pers.( in right has been justified against might, and eq . l city and sound propriety asserted over specious and unprin cipled, if not also selfish, dogmatism. 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Her Majesty's ship Britan eia, 120, has been brought into the basin to be fitted for 'or vice ; it is expected she will be the next flag-ship for th, dedi terranean. The Stromboli is still at Spithead, 9 e sting orders. WIGAN.—We have to announce, with the de e ,eat feelings of regret, the death of the Rev. Charles A lle burst, of this town, the senior priest at St. Mary's 4 Ca tholic Chapel, from the effects of an attack .of level of a most malignant nature, caught In his untiring and./ un ceasing attention to his spiritual duties. The i -eve, 'end gentleman was about fifty. six years of age, t t rai has been a priest at St. Mary's since its erection, o early thirty years ago.— Liverpool Mercury. PORTUGUESE CATTLE.—A vessel, beari rt g the significant title of the Free Trader, has just ai 'rived at the Brunswick-pier, Blackwall, with 135 oxen and 12 sheep on board, in addition to a considerable qea ntity of general articles of food, some packages of spet and other merchandise, the produoo of Portugal CURRENCY CORRESPONDENCE TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--While the all-absorbing and most deeply interesting question of the currency is agitating, not only the public mind, but the commerce of the world, perhaps you will consider the following correspon dence to be of sufficient importance to give it a place in your columns, and oblige, Sir, your faithful servant, FRANCIS BENNOCII. Blackheath, Jan. 28, 1848. No. I. I did not consider my first note to Mr. Cobden to be of sufficient importance to keep a copy of it, as it was merely written to request the favour of an inter view for myself and Mr. Taylor in relation to the currency. In that letter I stated that the principle of the Anti-Gold-law League was to establish " free-trade in banking," as well as " free trade in gold," to which I received the following reply : No. 11. MR. COBDEN TO MR. BENNOCH. London, 18th Dec., 1847. Dear Sir,—ln reply to your note requesting an interview on the subject of the currency, I. am sorry to say I am leaving town for Manchester, and shall not be able to see you. I suspect we have opposite opinions upon the currency, but to confess the truth I do not know what the .plan is, recommended by your " Anti-Gold-law League," or by the Birming- ham School. Before any proposition can be made interesting to the public, it must be put in a simple, brief form. You speak of " free trade in gold " as one of your objects, but I consider the import and export of gold already free. Do not trouble yonrself to write to me with any reasons in supp4...-t of your plan, but if you can tell me, in the compass of a dozen lines, what your plan really is, I should be glad to have it; and I think I have given sufficient attention to the ques tion to be able to form , an opinion upon your pro posed system. I remain, dear Sir, your obedient servant, F. Bennoch, Esq. RICHD. COBDEN. P.S.—Recollect I want the plan in tzvei've lines, or rather, I wish to know your object. The Anti- Corn law League stated its object in fewer words—" The total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws, and the abolition of all protective duties." No. 111. MR. BENNOCH TO MR. COBDEN. 78, Wood-street, Monday, Dec. 20, 1847. Dear Sir,--I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 18th, and, according to your desire, beg to enclose you our propositions, con densed as much as possible. I regret to find you are obliged to be absent from town so soon and so long, though I gather from your last, and from a previous note, that you would rather avoid a conference—l trust I misinterpret your lan guage. The Anti-Corn-law League, by applying to a hungry man's stomach, and by the use of a terse epithet, could express its object in a few words and win con verts. The Anti-Gold-law League can only appeal to reason, and by a chain of argument convince its auditory. It not only proposes the destruction of a bad system, bat the construction of a better; there fore more space is necessary to explain its principles. There is one observation in your letter to which I must shortly refer. Alluding to a statement in my former note, expressing our desire for "free trade in gold," you observe, " I consider the export and import of gold already free ;" from which I infer your opinion that exclusion from import and export duties constitutes the only freedom necessary to regulate the sale of commodities. The Anti-Gold law League, on the contrary, conceive that so long as the Bank of England is by Act of Parliament com pelled to buy all the gold presented to it at a fixed price, and at a fixed price obliged to sell all gold de manded of it—the trade in gold is not free. Suppose some gigantic corporation on whom Par liament. had conferred certain exclusive privileges, were compelled to buy all corn presented to it at 3/. 17s. 9d. per quarter, and also obliged to sell it at 31. 17s. Hd. per quarter—whatever the amount of labour consumed in its production—would you consi der the trade in CORN FREE ? Substitute gold for corn, and the illustration is complete. am, dear Sir, yours faithfully and obliged, FRANCIS BENNOCH. Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. The following are the proposition referred to : PRINCIPLES OF THE ANTI-GOLD-LAW LE AGUE IN LESS THAN TWELVE LINES, REASON ENG EXCLUDED. SECTION I°IRRT.-ANTI•GOLD. 1. Our home trade should not be dependent on a foreign product as a medium of exchange. 2 Its so depending is the chief cause of fluctuation in prices, disastrous panics, and consequent national suffering. 3. Therefore Nye demand th e a brogation of all Acts of Parliament which fix th e pr i ce o f gold, or make it the basis of, or an indispensable element in, our circu lating medium of exchange. geCTION SECOND.—PRO PAPER. 1. A paper currency un d er cer t a i n regulations i s more economical and sa f er than go ld. 2. There is no imp or t ant f unct i on th a t go ld money now performs in our home trade which paper money cannot perform better. 3. Therefore we advocate paper currency as our internal circulatin g me di um of exchange. 'These proposition s we are prepare d to es t a bli s h, b y fact and argument, t o such as will l i sten. If legisla tors will not voluntarily and impartially listen, how can they believe ? Public opinion works wonders. F. BENNOCH. No FROM MR. COBD • Iv. EN TO MR. BENNOCII. Manchester, 21st December, 1847. Dear Sir,—lf you direct ore your good intelligence to more the question with th :tudy, I am sure you will see a fallacy in the idea t the price of gold is fixed at It all in this country, is merely weighed, assayed, and stamped as of certain , a quantity and fineness, in the same way as nas bee n the custom in all countries and in all ages. The Bank does not buy and sell gold in the common meaningoof the words, it merely saves th e merchant or th e other the ;T. owners of the metal the t ro uble of going , and to to have it weighed, as- sayed, and stamped operation. Any b o d takes ld. per oz. for the take gold to the Mint and have it y can coined into - sovereigns, but that does not alter A the value of the gold. s the Bank of England can also have IT S gold coined at the Mint, it can neither lose nor gain by th e as it it is called, operation of "buying gold," pr th y ou in America, F ra ou are, I resume aware other country the metals lee, Russia, and every are coined in the same way, into an ounce being divided certain coins of invaria ble quantities and fineness. You say, " suppose some gigantic corporation, on w hich Parliament had conferred certain exclusive to privileges, were compelled buy all corn offered to it at 3/. 17 5 . 9 d. per quarter, and were obliged to sell it at 3/. 17s. 10 0. , whateve rt o h uld eamount of labour con densed in its production, would consider the trade in corn free ?" This is not question at issue. The question is, whether the corn should be subjected to an invariable measure of imperial bushel, which quantity ? For this pur pose the law has fixed on the contains a fixed and invariabl e mo g re an tity. And in the case of gold it has done no the weight and fineness of gold. than fix in coins will not follow the subject further, for I am sure, if i you bring your mind to a reconsideration of the derstand it perfectly. ---I remain, 4 ) : t , you will use F. Bennoch, Esq. RlCu4ilt. Sir, yours truly, No. Ir. D COBDEN. , January MR. BENNOC II TO MR. COBDEN. London Sir, —My absen ce from town during arY 10, 1848. the greater lath part of the last f ortni g ht, and sous pressing business engagemen ts, hare p reven ted my sending an earlier reply to your last letter. imp question My object in discu ssin g the all- important of an abundant and inde p endent nat iC: r raj currency is truth, not victory—unless such victo r I have formed strong o p inions u p on ther " the truth. subject, but without prejudice ; any bias I ma y have has resulted from unbiassed inqu ir y , thou g htful and, ir l ect b e e d lie m ve ; impartial study of th e subject. I have mind with deep earnestness to your consideration your last letter, of the points referred to in "fallacy :opinion, I and with due deference to have been unable to discover theyou observe to lurk in the "idea of a fixed " price of gold." now,ct and infer- Its fixedness may be demonstrated by ence. The anolent pound was as it isthe unit of account, and then it consisted of one po und qf silver, divisible into 240 silver pennies. The actual 7z pound has vanished—the d e nominational pound remains; but, nted iv in less to instead of a pound of silver, it is re przse than 4 oz., though it s till retains i ts divisil by 240 parts, via., 20 shill in g s of silv er , eaeh ib exchange able by 12 pennies of copper. 5 dwt. 3 gra. of gold constitute the present sovereign or go l d pound; therefore the price of 5 d wts. 3 grs. o ' gold, fineness, is one pound , or twen ty shillings, of certain and so long as that pound is exchangeable by somany shillings, these again by so many sence ' fixed price is obvious. Whenever or • illege, the filb - S N 7 m JANUARY 24, 1848. vereign loses a portion of its legal weight, it is no longer equal to a pound, but requires the piece of gold and so much silver added to make up the pound value — another proof of its fixedness. If its price be not fixed, what do you mean by the fixed Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce ? What is meant by a fixed standard of value ? h P e e n el w 's e re t m alk ark of in th a inr Roberterrorw areeSielafitexed speech, price t that t ‘ ' gold;w- e the promissory note is a promise to pay a definite weight of gold," is a quibble, a mere juggle with words to catch the unwary; and I regret to find you half inclined to adept his views. The price of gold is the emphatic fact essential to enable it to enter into oar currency. If Sir Robert Peel's views be correct we ought to keep our accounts in ounces, pennyweights, and grains, not in pounds, shillings, and pence. If his exposition be adopted, then Go vernment should be compelled to find enough of such precious metal to enable us to carry on our immense commercial transactions without danger or difficulty. To retain on the face of your Bank of England notes the money term pound—a term of value, while you mean a weight—is,; to say the least of it, illogical, if not absurd. Is there one man in 10,000, or even 100,000, who ever thinks of ,weight when he speaks of a pound, or does he know absolutely the number of ounces and pennyweights of gold he is entitled to in exchange for his five-pound note ? I sincerely believe not—a sufficient proof that the Peelian notions are not accepted by the people. It is OUR fixed price, and that alone, which enables the foreigner to rig the exchanges, and regulate his transactions always to the disadvantage of England. A difference of one per cent. for or against us, will at an any time induce an influx to, or efflux from, England. If against England the drain continues, gold diminishes. The Bank cannot stay such drain by en hancing the price, being compelled to dispose of it at the rate of 31. 17s. 104 d., even if it gave 41. per ounce. Having issued more notes than faithfully represent bullion, to protect her credit, she advances the rate of discount on bills of exchange, and refuses ad vances on Exchequer-bills. Trade is instantly paralysed. Merchants, manufacturers, and traders are obliged to sacrifice, not simply the dif ference between the price of gold in Paris and London, but 10, 20, or 30 per cent. of the positive cost of their accumulated property, the produce of other labour, to such as can supply gold—gold all the time has not fluctuated, and scarcely changed in price. Thus to regain a product of foreign labour, all other products of labour, whether home or foreign, if in England, are sacrificed to an alarming extent, not because they are too abundant—not because they are not required—net because they are being, or can be produced at a less cost—but simply because we have had the excessive folly of making gold an indis pensable element in the exchange of home pro ductions. By its abundance or scarcity, trade is prosperous or disastrous, profitable or un profitable ; the labourer, well fed or starved, well clothed or naked, miserable or happy. The consequences of our mistaken policy are so frightful and appalling, and all so palpable, that the wonder will by and bye be how any sane men were found in support of it. Had our fiercest enemy desired the introduction of a system whereby labour leading to profit would be fostered at one time, but when at the point of realisation our prosperity would, as with the wave of a magician's wand, be turned to adversity, our joy to sorrow, our hope to despair; out of fairest enterprises manufacturing destructive panics ; con • founding our efforts when most exerted ; staying production, suddenly striking down the well-braced arm of labour, by withdrawing or contracting our circulation at the very moment it was most needed—he could not have invented a more successful engine than that patented by Sir Robert Peel, which makes our home prosperity depend upon our supply of Russian or Mexican gold ; yet are there those who applaud it to the echo. Suppose the ounce of gold is at present worth four pounds, or four weeks' labour, and commands in ex change the four weeks' produce of any other labour. Could it be produced in two weeks, either by superior skill or the discovery of a new mine (as was lately the case with diamonds), and there is reason for be lieving that some such phenomena is now taking place in Russia in her mines in the Ural mountains—would you still compel the workmen of list' iglancl to give four weeks of their labour for what cost Russia only two weeks' labour ? I think you will answer, certainly not. Yet we are doing this in spirit. To keep our gold to pay our taxes and overcome competition, with a frightful load on our back, we have forced into fac tories, in addition to men, first the women, next youths and delicate maidens, and, last and shame fullest of all, children of tender years, until we give of the produce of our labour three or four times the quantity we gave for the same amount of gold thirty years ago. Scarcity of production of gold would be still more disastrous if we attempted to keep to our fixed price ; other countries would overbid us, and we would be obliged to alter the system. The alterration between scarcity and superabundance is now sapping the foundations of our com merce. A few more reverses and Russia (with a hoe paper circulation) will b e the l arg e s t h o ld er o f British funds, control our money market and dictate to our Government. Should we voluntarily place ourselves in this humiliating position to a despotic power, when by another system the whole might be avoided ? Some people talk of gold as if it were the one thing needful, yet as soon as they get it they exchange it for something more useful. They can not eat it, they cannot be clothed with it. They give their labour for it, it is true, but they instantly ex change it for food and raiment—all are proofs of the impolicy of making our national welfare dependent upon it by making all produce represented by it. From 1796 to 1800, with a large increase of paper issues, the gold pound and the paper pound remained at par. Then the gold gradually rose from 4/. to upwards of 51. per ox., but all other commodities rose with it, therefore the same quantity of gold brought the same quantity of grain as heretofore, and the high prices were not felt to be oppressive. The war ever, gold ceased to be in such great demand, and being higher priced here than elsewhere, its quantity increased, and its price decreased, until it again fell to nearly par with the paper pound. The paper pound retained its value—it was not depreciated—gold and all other commodities were appreciated, and when gold had reached its lowest natural price, then, by an artful stroke, which added one-third to his fortune, Sir Robert Peel fixed its price. Since then all other commodities have become subservient to it. It is fixed. Other commodities ascend or descend, not by natural laws, but by a vicious Act of Parliament, but gold is stationary. Gold set free may be taken as an index of price, or value of other commo dities, but by fixing its price, you destroy the index, as in plugging the barometer you destroy the truth of its indications. As gold may be taken as the indication of value of other commodities, so other commodities should determine the value or price of it. But labour determines the value of all, it is the only certain and true standard. I have dwelt so long on this your prominent ob jection, that I shall only briefly allude to one or two other points ; and first let me observe it would have been preferable had you boldly criticised, objected to, or supported the principle of au inflexible gold currency, or a well guarded sufficient paper cur rency, based on positive security—security that cannot be removed, rather than an evanescent gold, which when wanted most, 10, it is not! As you have judged otherwise, I adhere closely to the text. You object to the illustration in my last referring to corn. I still think it legitimate, only I should have added that the crowning folly would have been in making it on the conditions then named, the basis of our circulation, controlling the exchange of all com modities. You say the question is, " Whether the corn should be subject to an invariable measure of quantity. For this purpose the law has fixed the imperial bushel, which contains a fixed and invariable quantity, and in the case of gold it has done no more than fix an invariable weight and fineness." Iyre, I think, with a moment's consideration, you will ob serve a fallacy destructive to your illustration as elucidating the subject. The law only fixes the capacity of the bushel, not the quality nor the price of the wheat. It fires the measure, not the price of the thing measured. The bushel may be the same all over Europe, but the price of wheat per bushel may be very different. Did we not only fix the measure, but the price of the thing measured, as exchangeable into silver, &c., the price of corn would vary very little. In gold we not only fix the weight and fineness, but the price, which is very different from what you do in relation to wheat. I n wheat you fix the measure. In gold you fix the weight or measure, and the price. If ever a price was fixed, the price of gold is fixed. If it is not fixed, why do you refer to the Mint price, and not the Mint weight ? That fact is enough for ordinary minds, without exercising much research or reason on the matter. If only weight is meant, it is prepos terous to encumber it with the double character of a money denomination. One word as regards the sub stance against which we have determined notes should only be issued—gold. Why should all be convertible into gold ? We have already sh own th a t conver tibility into gold s an obstruction. We exchange the note with gold, and the gold with food or apparel; and as we circulate notes to three times the extent of [PRICE iD. gold held in the Bank—to convert the whole is impossible, and the pretence a fraud. Would it not be safer to issue notes on positive tangible security ? Is gold the only capital ? Would it not be better to have as security land, bearing crops yielding undoubted interest, rather than gold, not only bearing no interest, but being destroyed daily ? The bullionists denounce such schemes as unsound and inconvertible ; and yet, with unblushing effron tery, issue notes convertible into gold t ) such an extent, that their stock of gold available would not, in the average, pay over 9s. or 10s. in the pound. There are some who absolve Sir R. Peel from all blame in this matter, while they think him mistaken. But the history of the past thirty years will not, I think, admit of the exercise of such blind charity. I hold him responsible for the large majority of I may have peat, com mercial disasters which have made painfully cele• brated the y ear 1847. If he is only mistaken, I trust he will, ere l eHg , see th e error o f hi s wa y s , an d gracefully c h ange , thi s b e i ng the on ly change re quired to comp l e t e th e c i rc l e o f hi s recan t a ti ons . Though Ican only repeat, gold alteration failed with a s i n convincingligh slight you that o t your opinion s are i ncorrect, an d t h at our op i n i ons as regards the A c t o f 'l9 fi x i ng t h e pr i ce of are true, application, Galileo's expression— " It is fixed, though" —and leave you to abler hands. Still I shall be glad to have the opportunity of explaining fully the principles we desire to see adopted. One thing is certain, that while we exist we will de nounce any system that renders our home prosperity dependent upon a foreign product, a foreign metal. I have the honour to be, with sincere respect, very faithfully yours, F. BENNOCH. Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. No. VI. MR. BENNOCH TO MR. COBDEN. London, 78, Wood-street, 20th January, 1848. My dear Sir,—Since forwarding my last letter I received a copy of the speech of Mr. Urquhart, de livered during the recent discussion in Parliament. I enclose it for your acceptance, believing it will repay you for a careful perusal. He demolishes in a masterly manner the declaration of yourself and others asserting that gold is not fixed in price. The Bill of 1819 was introduced for the express purpose of fixing the price of gold at the Mint. If it has not fixed the price, then is the Act a dead letter, if not an absur dity, and ought to be abrogated. In the repeal of the Bills of 1819 and 1844, and the establishment of a well secured currency, independent of gold, I believe you will find the true and only remedy for Colonial distress and oppressive taxation, for lessening destitution at home, as well as pre venting frightful panics and consequent ruinous fluctuations in prices ; and what is just now worthy of consideration—you will silence in a few months the ridiculous cry that the Navigation-laws and West India colonies are exceptions to the truth of the prin ciples of free trade. I regret exceedingly that you have not vouchsafed a definite opinion on the general question, but as your views on certain points are unmistakeable, and deeming it advisable that such views should be given to the public, so that those who differ from you may become thoroughly acquainted with the sort of op position likely to be encountered, I propose publish ing this correspondence, to which I presume you can have no objection.—l am, yours faithfully, F. BENNOCH. Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. LIST OF PRICES. Beaver Taglion! • . •• from .£0 9 0 Chesterfield and Codriugten's, aid every description of Over-coat, handsomely ... 1 & The Pacha Coat .... ........ •• • • The Bullrner, especially adapted for snowy and wet w3ather.• • •• .. ........ • • The Premier ....... • II 15 0 Boy's Winter Coats, in every style.. 6 0 Men's Do. Trousers, lined . . Doeskin 0 12 6 Dress Coats.... Double-breasted Winter Vests 0 2 0 Roll c011ar........................... ..... 0 1 6 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits.....: MADE TO ICZABORZ. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand somely trimmed ........ from 1 6 0 Milled cloth Over-teats, velvet collar and cuffs.. 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper .... .. 0 18 Doeskin Trousers ...................... 1 2 0 Best, or Dre 55.................... 1 6 0 Dress Coat . Best quality made.. •. • • ...... 2 15 0 Best quality made .. .... • . 3 3 0 Cashmere Vests • • ................. ..... 0 8 6 Satins, Plain or Fancy ........................ 0 12 0 Boy's Hussar and Tunic Suits ........... ..... • • 1 6 0 Great Coat.. ••••••• • • • • • • • 0 16 8 A Suit of Clothes complete • • ...• •• • 1 16 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. ittOSICS and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Root and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 31inories, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Addgate, City, London. litiDl.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the rabllo against impostors, but nave learned that the untradesman .ike falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the saute concern, hen been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; and those whe desire genuine and cheep clothing, Bcc., should call at, or send to, Minories and Aidgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL.—LEEDS, JAN. 21.—The new year has not opened so favourably as was expected, yet there has been a marked improvement in the de mand for foreign wools during the past week. Prices may be quoted with an upward tendency. THE ENGLISH WOOL MARKET.—LEEDS, JAN. 21. —Sales have not varied materially during the present week. In prices we do not quote any alteration. LEEDS. —There has been very little business done at the Cloth- halls, either on Saturday or Tuesday, although the shipping houses are making more in quiry for goods of particular sorts out of the halls. The stocks continue moderate in the hands of the ma nufacturers, and the larger clothiers are still further narrowing the production. Prices rule steady. More buyers have been in the town this week than for some time, but they purchase with great caution, and much less than usual at this season. BRADFORD MARKET.—THURSDAY.—The general tone of the market is still of that depressed character which it has been our duty to notice for some weeks past. Prices of all manufactures still continue de pressed, and the business done is little more than nominal. Although we cannot say prices have gone much lower, the u nfavourable intelligence from Liver. pool prevented the improvement which had been looked forward to. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have had a most discouraging trade this week ; nothing can be more evident than that the present production must again be reduced, otherwise prices must recede below the paying point; nor is there any immediate prospect of the state of things improving. There is all but a total cessation of purchases for the East, as well as for China, and to make sales of g ood. .d.p(ed for those markets, would entail a decided and even serious loss. Still our dyers are all busier, no doubt for the home trade. Yarns are still dull, and lower ing in value. The present severe weather forbids a hope of improvement, as no exports are going on. NOTTYNGHAM.—The cotton hosiery branches maim fain their slightly amended state, especially the cut-up hmnds, who have rather more employment in this vicinity, though the wages are miserably low ; the frame charges, which in general were established in better times, when wages were good, absorb nearly half the wages. The charges made to those who cork narrow frames are much the same as they were eighty years since; the introduction of wide frames amd cut-ups has, in addition to raining the nnnufacture, introduced this preposterous state of things, in which a workman has to labour hard two or three days for charges, be 4 ore he can earn penny for his own maintenance. The drawer, p m- n ta.;oon, and shirt hands have also rather m ore e ployment in some shops, but the ra prospect very m diiscouraging. The silk glove tradeoriskine pi n. haveend full jag in some quarters, and the w omployment; but nothing is so comm on as in this I att,e r ly u nc e rtain manufacture f o r some of the ware ! louses to be for a shor t period in a fever of demand, whilst other houses a re stagnant, having nearly all th sir frames sta ndin g . The cotton bobbin-net br finch, the shops for the making of insides of ma eh fines, and the warp lace trade, are all much de pi. essed. The silk branch is, however, in a much be .tier condition than the cotton ; still we have hopes of that that manufacture.—Nottingham Review. LEICESTER. — There is no perceptible improvement in the warehouses at present, though a fair spring tr. tde is looked to. In worsted yarns but little is do ing, and the spinners produce with great caution. Ti sere has been a small reduction on some sorts of be own and white cotton yarn, and there is more plc inb in them. Wools remain firm, and the far m ..rs hold with great determination. Leicester Journal. Tun COAL TRADE.—The quantity of coals shipped zit Sunderland last year was greater than in any - former year, amounting to 611,7521 chaldrons. The :increase in the vend during the year 1847 exceeded the - vend of 1846 by the large quantity of 90,5211 chaldrons. 'l2he trade continues in a very active state, and most Ia f the large collieries are working to the extent of their tpabilities. STEAM-BOAT MONOPOLY. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of a Morning Contemporary:— SlR,—During the last three years the steam boat traffic from Chelsea to London has been divided between two companies, called the Citizen and Iron-boat; they worked separately, and the public benefited by the competition which existed, each being desirous to offer the greatest accommodation to secure patronage ; the fare was originally fourpence, but during the last twelve or fifteen months the fare was reduced to two pence, and up to a comparatively recent period each had a pier on the Surrey side of the river, contiguous to Battersea-bridge, for the accommodation of the inhabitants of Battersea (the Red House pier being too far distant to be available for that district). The Citizen Company subsequently erected a Battersea biidge pier on the Middlesex side, gave up the one on the Surrey side, and made an arrangement for the steam-boat passengers to pass free over the bridge, as is customary at Vauxhall and Southwark, and as the inhabitants of Battersea suffered no pecuniary loss, and the iron-boats gave up their Surrey-side pier, they put up with the inconvenience of the Chelsea crowd in summer, and the keen wind off the bridge in winter, without complaining. Thus matters stood until the week before last, when a rumour was rife that an amalgamation was about to take place between the two companies ; and it proved to be cor rect, for on Monday, the 10th inst., the public found the fare raised to 3d., and the accommodation reduced from eight boats an hour to four boats, with out any option of selecting, as one only each quarter of an hour presents itself ; and if it has the reputation of being slow or badly appointed, you must put up with it : added to which, the number of stoppages between Chelsea and London-bridge have been increased, which causes a delay of about ten minutes each journey. Now, by this arrangement, a saving in the working of the line of fully 30 per cent. has been effected with an advance of 50 per cent. added to the fare, whtch is a tolerably modest specimen of the first junction movement; but as straws indicate a current, so trifles show the disposition of men, and the inhabitants of Battersea found to their astonishment that the bridge was no longer free, the companies terminating the contract ; hence what confidence can be placed in their liberality if unopposed ? I scarcely think Mr. Cobden in all his travels, could have found two miniature pictures more appropriate to show the difference between free trade and monopoly. On the 9th the public paid 2d., with twice the accommodation and a saving of time, for that which they paid 3d. on the 10th. That this state of things can last long the enterprise of the present day does not lead me to ex pect, but it may accelerate a change by making the public acquainted that there is a good opening for individuals or companies with piers on both sides of the river vacant. Battersea, Jan. 18. X.Y.Z. THE RESUMPTION OF THE CORN-LAWS.—MAN CHESTER, THURSDAY.—This morning a special general meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce was held in their rooms, Town Hall-buildings, for the pur pose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parlia ment against the resumption of the sliding scale in March next. The meeting was not very numerously attended. T. H. Ba.eley, Esq., president of the chamber, presided. Mr. H. Ashworth, of Turton, near Bolton, moved the first resolution, viz.:—" That this meeting has heard with extreme regret that her Majesty's Ministers have announced to Parliament that it is not their intention to propose to the Legislature to extend, t a e d d v advisers, r b s o , t i b t, t f h r e e l ; a w a w d i d e e h l b p e e r r a m t e i l t 3 s nd di sappro ving of this resolve of her Majesty's , t b h e e y o imp of a I t i s o t n o f or a c ec or h n n d ex ut t y , is of opinion that a petition sh ould sn be epre Houses of Parliament, immediately on their reassem bling, to pray for protection from the evils which a return to a vicious and repudiated system, al. though for a short period, is likely to entail upon all classes, and not more upon a languishing coin merce and an ill-employed people than upon the permanent interests of agriculture." James Kershaw, E'q., M.P., seconded the resolution, and said he believed it was quite hopeless for the Minister to attempt to keep up monopoly. He was quite sure that the League had so enlightened the country, that the people would never submit to it. He regretted to hear that the President of the Board of Trade had announced the intention of codneelaurdreieddbyteading unanimously. the re Mr.so- G o vernment to resume the sliding-scale. Af ter ex pressing his deep regret that the Ministry should ha v e such whicha v,a s position, pl it he ab , John Brooks moved the adoption of a p et iti on to Parlia ment, which was seconded by Mr. Thomas A s hton. and taken l reso lution, t ion carried unanimously. DEATH FROM XCIISSIVE DRINKING.—An inquest ied was ) w h o e r ldth-green, we y last, ind s a o t r, theWolfßu pert public-house, oneottheeoroners for the county of Berks, on the before body sq. : of a labouring man, named James Appleton, aged twenty-two years, whose death was occasioned by drinking, within the space of half an huur, no less a quantity than four half-pints of neat gin. The evidence adduced, which occupied several hours, went to prove that a number of labouring men were drink ing together on the occasion of the birth-day of one of them, and that the deceased, who had been previously drinking a large quantity of beer, and was quite intoxi cated, drank off the gin in question in the presence of his drunken companions, of whom his own father was one. It appeared that Mr. Pearl, surgeon, was in attendance upon the deceased almost immediately afterwards. The man, after living for some time, expired in a state of great 'suffering. The juryreturned a verdict of "Died from the effects of drinking a largelquantity of gin." TRH HEROES Or Arxwer..—The grand ball to be mfeanshioduoa ope rations le given by the officers of the 16th La ncers, in comme moration of the memorable battl e of Aliwal, is the all ceinrgclreoss.sing Already topic of rations in the large room at the Town Hall, which is t o excel iu taste and splend our ever y thin g of the ki nd at tempted in that room before. —Brighton Gareke. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JAN. 21.—We have had a very good market this week, the demand for all de scriptions being good, and prices may be quoted '6d. per cwt. dearer. The rum market is quiet.—Bristol Mercury.