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Subscriptions per Share—Monthly, 12s. ; Quarterly, IL 15s. 11d. ; liiilf-yearly, 31. ils. sdl • Yearly, 71. le. 6d• In this Society there will be no bidding for Shares—no Redemp tion Fees—nor any Fines on withdrawal. Advances made according to priority of application, and subject to Fixed Tables. Calculated duration of the Society, Ten 1,-,•••r, MO T 20514 J. Jones, Esq., J. T0n..., Lsq. ; J. C. Hardy, Esq. DIRECTORS. Mr. W. L. Allen, Murray-street, New-road Mr. Edward Revonshire, East and West India Dock Hems Mr. Samuel Eastman, Crawford-street Mr. Samuel Gilbert, Little Tower-street Mr. Themes B. James, Messrs. White and Green Well, Cheapside Mr. W. Kettlewell, 6, Great Winchester-street Mr. C. T. B. Keep, Lindsay-wharf, Chelsea Mr. T. A. Pott, Henry-street, Pentonville • Mr. George Richards, 51 and 52, Paternoster-row • Mr. J. Whitehead, sen., Somerset 'louse, and Chelsea Mr. George Winter, Professional Life Assarance Office. BAuxxas—The Commercial Bank of London. 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This is manifestly far preferable to the un equal and objectionable system usually adopted of putting the shares !LP to auction, and advancing the money to those who submit to the Largest discount ; by which means the object of the Legislature, which contemplated that each Member should derive precisely the same advantage, is entirely frustrated. -The monthly subscription, both to the borrowing and non-borrow ing Members, is precisely the same, and continues the same to the end of the Society; borrowers are, therefore, relieved from the baavY monthly " redemption fee," and the mutual principle is car ried into full operation. No Member has any responsibility beyond the payment of his own suircriptions. _ _ . . A Public Meeting for affording further explanations of the objects Of the Society and its system of operations, will be held at the Lon don Tavern, Blshopagate-street, on Wain/moat Evzfaxo, 26th January instant, at Half-past Six for Seven o'clock precisely. Prospectuses and copies of Rules may be obtained at the office of the Society, 15, Old Broad-street. Applications for Shares should be addressed to the Secretary, in the following form : Sir,—l Date, 184 authorise you to register nay name as a subscriber for Baldly Shares in the Provident Clerks' and General g and Invest men t 60630-- Name • . • • • • • ......... .. .. Occupatteni .... .......... • . Note.—lt Is proposed t• limit the number of Shares to CO, and that the entrance fee shall not exceed 2s. 6d. per Share previously to Ist February, 1848. More than 100 Shares are already taken. ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROCIMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. THOMAS FABNCOMBE, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairmau. Richard E. Arden, Esq. Jelm Rumphery Esq., Alderman. William Banbury, Esq. M.P. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Helier, Esq. James Clift, Esq. owls Pocock, Esq. 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The assured 4 3 , on all occasions, tke power to borrow, without expense or for- If the P°" Y , two•thirds of the premieres paid (see Table) ; for also the option of Weal* benefits, and. the convention ef kis In **Ms to meet other oonyeniencies or necessity. Asaardumes for terms of years oaths lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society kas enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth tomes, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. ou the premiums paid oa each Polley effected en the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Perms- Bum the , ~0 i Animal 'Policy Bonus in' neat Re- Assared Me. 2 Pre- takes addition ' Bonus in duction of may bur i mien. out in Assured. Cask. Animal row on cs) 1 Premiums. 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Designs suited to reery tests—the Diamond Lamp 114 Perfection in Light—the public will Int're none other—lt can be fitted to any person's lamp pillar. To be had only at the Establishment of the Metropolitaa Light Company, RlCillit.D CLARK, Realdent Manager, 447, West strand. E. G. .31 A A One half the world are desolately single, and the other aupposher them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalonlate4 hopes em bitter tko latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un eompaosiag harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tletnent. Honour and justice deleaud that health should form al item In the corapact ; it alone dignities the alliance. 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They are not merely Pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the Duro ephemeral acribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims be would inculcate—to do unto others as be would be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always on the " snitny side of the way." The above works may be had of B herwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) front the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings sad evenings), 10, Argyll-pMee Regent-street ; sad all llooksellers. DR. LA'MEItT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.-WITII 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON .....___ STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Seale.' Envelope, 2s. lid„ or post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise en the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Inflnnit•ies and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of lift), 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, er the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and halbction. BT SA3fUEL LI'MERT, 9, EBDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE LONDON. otter of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University et Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. la order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, a nd its true source in every instance disclosed. in how many could it bo traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap- Pointmenta. Excesses are always Injurious ; the gift, which when U sed 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 potters. The particular excesses, on the nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are Productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study , fo r what sub j ect can "" or more importance than the preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every maa should Possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy • ietim of excessi ve I n dulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or front the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so oquently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict hhn and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of di sease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, al,ove all, secrecy, lava liably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the snedieal man who can show by his possession of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes atonal pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published bthe Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, st Paternoster-row; Hannay, 0, Oxford-street; Static, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall4frect, London ; or, free by post for forty-two Stamps, front hile Author, who may be consulted on then disorders personally T M lette r , daily, Prom Ten till Two, and frosts Five till Eight at Ida 44"UCt's 't OtOrtiltreot iitifort-Haire Lotto. i0.17,255.] LONDON, W ROYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently been newly fhraished ant laid ant expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest ant most elegantly fitted in the NORTH, It is hoped will bo found completo in every respect. The BED-11005Di (Sixty in number) have been famished ta a style which mist ensure the approbation of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK oak at all times have SHOW ROOMS without any extra charge. The Music Hall, Lecture Room, and 'loyal Hotel Assembly Ream are all attached, and under the same management. The Royal Iletel is iu the most central situation is Newcastle. DisTEmAy, EVE ING THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. FIVE DAYS LATER. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—By the arrival of the New York packet Liverpool, Captain Eldridge, we have files of New York papers to the 23d ult., inclu sive, being five days later than the last arrival. The Liverpool has brought 10,0004. in sovereigns on freight. The steamer Hibernia haet not arrived at Boston up to the latest accounts ; she was in her nineteenth day. Great damage and loss of life lea td been occasioned by the overflowing of the Ohio. In Congress on the 20th ult. res ')lutions against the extension of slave territory, from the Legislatures of New Hampshire and Connecticut, were presented. Mr. Calhoun called up his rase lutions concerning the war, and they were debated a t some length, but without present result. The dells to was postponed to the 4th of January. Mr. O&lh °. an insisted on the necessity of determining what th ould be done with Mexican territory before furt'ne:r acquisitions were made. A resolution of inquiry was, adopted, looking to the establishment of commercial reciprocity between the United States and Canada. 40ne referring to di plomatic relations with the Pope was offered, but laid over. One proposing to abolish the embassies at Naples and Turin, and appointing a Minister to Rome, was sieferred. Resolutions voting thanks to Gem eral Taylor, his officers and men, and directing a gold medal to be struck for General Taylor ; requestit 1g the President t communicate' the instructions reit sting to the re turn of Santa Anna to Mexico ; dv a daring it inex pedient to raise another loan to c a.rry on the war ; calling for correspondence with tb .e Government of Great Britain relative to commercial regulations ; for instructions given to Mr. S' li4lell in Mexican affairs, and requesting the Presiden It to communicate by what authority a Civil Govevioment had been established in the territories of Me, ico, were all laid over. A resolution, charging the origin of the war upon Mexico, gave rise to a variety of i‘motions, pending which the House adjourned. On the 21st, in the House of Rei wesentatives, Mr. Giddings presented a memorial fro in 19 citizens o f his district, in favour of the repeal of all laws recog nizing slavery in the district of Colu obia. A motion to lay the regular order of busines s on the table to refer this memorial was rejectet - 1— 97 to 97—the Speaker giving his casting vote in ale negative. It lies over for further debate. The resolutions which Mr. Ric' ttardson offered, declaring the war with Mexico ju it and necessary, and in favour of indemnity for th r expenses of the war, again came up. The previou s question having been moved, resolutions of an o ipposite character to Mr. Richardson's were offered As substitutes by Messrs. Stephens, Botts, Richard s, Thompson, and Toombs. The following amendmest t was offered by Mr. Stephens, viz., proposing to wit hdraw the troops of the United States, and to negotiat a for indemnity on the part of Mexico, &c. The amendment was warmly supported by Mr. Botts, wl3 o spoke at some length. He argued with much et ernestness against the war, declaring it to be unjust ggnd uncalled for • that it was provoked by America n a gg r e ssion, and brought about by the unautho rised acts of the 1 President, whose conduct in th e whole affair he severely commented on and censure mi. Mr. Thompson, of Indiana, proposed negotiating fi tr Upper California and Monterey, with the Bay of f Saw Francisco, and making out a boundary suitable to the views of the United States. Mr. Toombri, at Georgia, spoke against all territorial acquisitions or conquests of any portion of Mexico, and said tht 2 movements of the American army, directed by t'ne President, pro duced the war. The motion for th e previous ques tion not being sustained (ayes : )0, noes 102), the resolutions lie over. . In Congress on the 23d, Mr. H :ale presented two anti-slavery petitions, and made s trenuous efforts to induce the Senate to depart from sits settled practi of not receiving petitions of that iib port. The quer- tion of non-reception being put, MI Berrien moved to lay that question on the table, wi rich was decided in the affirmative—ayes 33, noes 10.. In the House of Representatives, on the same day, Mr. Lincoln, of Illinois, offered a se) ies of resolutions relating to the several Messages of the President on the Mexican war, and requesting of him information on numerous 'points touching the causes of the war, and the right of the United Stat , s to territory be tween the Nueces and the Rio ( irande; also, when and where the blood of Ame rioan citizens was shed by Mexicans on American 501 1 during the pre sent war. On the motion of Mr. Vinton, 0 le House resolved itself into Committee of the whole on the state of the Union, and took up the Bill apprg )priating a million of dollars to supply deficiency iu tlfe appropriations for the subsistence department. Mr. J. R. Ingersoll in the chair. Mr. Vinton stated that the estimated deficit for the year is a fraction_ • under four millions, but this Bill is intended only to - .meet draughts daily expected from the south amount' ng to half a million, and for half a million expected b y the first train from Mexico to Vera Cruz. There was only about 60,000 dolls. now at the command of th ,e subsistence depart ment to meet these draughts. On the motion of Mr. Pollock, the Committee rose and reported the Bill to the House without amendment. It -was then passed unanimously. Mr. Clingman offered an amendmet, , t involving the question of slavery in new territory, u pen which he made a speech, and then withdrew his amendment. The committee rose and reported progress. From Mexico we learn that Pre: lident Anaya had issued his inaugural address. It is fated that many members of the Congress, displeased , with his election, gave up their seats, and retired in disgust from the city of Queretaro. There retnaine d, however, more than the fixed number which is re quired to form a quorum. General Felizola had been electe d Commander-in- Chief of the army. He was stationed at Queretaro with a force of 2,000 men. General Buotsmente was reported to be at Guanajuato with an rany of 9,000 men. Some three or four of the northern states, in cluding San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas, are stated to hold out strongly in favour of a continuance of the war. It is said that they hare agreed, in some conventional form, to offer to the Supreme Govern ment an niivance of four millions of dollars and a levy of 60,000 nten to aid in its indefinite prose cution. In reference to Santa Anna, tl Je Indicator writes as follows : "It is yet uncertain as to the vihereabout and in tentions of Santa Anna. I have been shown a letter from a near relative of his, dat 0 Tabuacon, 18th of November, from which I conch; ude he was then in that place. Santa Anna was wl titing for the council of war, recently ordered by nos! is, to assemble; but his real object is believed to bi to lie by for the action of the States, which are ex' )ected to pronounce in his favour. Many well-infor, med people believe that these States will nullify the section of Anaya, and call upon Santa Anna to take upon himself the office of dictator. " The bells of the churches f Guanajuato had been pulled down for the purpose, , of casting pieces of artillery." A report was current to the .effect that General Worth and General Pillow had 1 la en put into arrest by order of General Scott. Late accounts from Santa F€ state that a body of 1,000 Mexican troops were bus' y at Chihuahua in erecting fortifications and mouni ing cannon on the castle and other defensive works. COMMERCIAL INTE LLIGENCE. (From the New Yorl t ;.Herald.) NEW YOR K, . 1 3 :: . 23, 1847. The Hibernia is now in her ni neteenth an : l unless bor.e disaster has iiiippei thast hand i lTntil thhee marriavrekses there not be mu c h aGti vynany of 'Zitno' one is disp ose d to 1 operate in stocks or anything else until something definite is known relative to financial affairs on the other side. The anxiety for news is increased by the impression generally entertained that the next ac counts will be much more favourable than the last. The features of the flour market remained un changed. Holders manif es t e d very little disposition to sell in large lots, unless at some advance from purchasers, who seemed also indisposed to enter the market, especially for * export, until later foreign ad vices could be received. The sales of all kinds were moderate, and on terms which slid not differ mate rially from quotations curr e nt yesterday. With the exception of small sales of southern, there were no transactions reported in wheat.. . Corn was firm, and further sales made at full prices. There was no change in rye. Oats were firm at yesterday's prices. Sales of provisions were made on terms stated below. There was no change of moment in groceries. Ashes—The sales of both sorts amounted to about 100 barrels, at 5 dolls. 50c. for -pots, and at 7 dolls. for pearls. Bees' Wax—No change. Breadstuffs.—Flour—The sales footed up about GOO to 700 barrels, including good pure straight brands Genesee, at 6 dolls. 25c. to 6 dolls. 50c. ; and common, in oak barrels, at 6 dolls. 121 e.; pure Michigan, at 6 dolls. 25c.; 300 extra Ohio, at 7 dolls.; 200 ditto, a little better than common, at 6 dolls. 311 e.; 600 barrels Brooklyn, at 6 dolls. 6fc.; 300 Ohio fancyl at 6 dolls. 75c. to 6 dolls. 87/c. ; 3,000 ditto, this state, deliverable in March next, 8,000 of which commanded 6 dolls. 31c., and 1,000, at 6 dolls. 371 c. Wheat—We have only to notice a small sale of 300 bushels southern at 1 dell. 16c. Corn—The sales reached about 10,0Q'il t 0,12,000 bushels, includ ing northern round yrAlow and white at 83c. to 85c. delivered, and high mixed at 78c., and round northern mixed 110 c. ZGleal remained about the same. Rye w t as steady at 65c. Oats—A cargo was sold at 51c, Coffer;—Sales of 400 bags Rio damaged were made by auction at 4c. to 44c. cash. cotton—The market continued inactive, but firm nevertheless, holders being indisposed to bring out samples, except at full prices. The sales today did not amount to more than 400 bales. Provisions—Old pork continued dull, and was quoted at 12 dolls. for mess, and at 8 dolls.:for prime; 1,000 barrels of old mess were reported sold at 11 dolls.; 100 barrels of sour prime sold at 7 dolls. 50 cents., and 60 ditto at 8 dolls. 75 cents.; 700 tierces of Winchester new shoulders and hams, to arrive, were sold at 7 dolls. to 61 dolls. Lard—The sales of Lellend's new city, noticed yesterday, sold at 10i cents., and not at 101 cents. Sales of some lots of country new sold at 8 cents. to-day, and 800 kegs of prime sold at 8 cents., and 150 barrels sold at 6i cents. to 61 cents. Cheese—Sales of 100 boxes of fresh Herkimer were made at 7 cents., and 150 ditto of Ohio, good, sold at 6i cents. Inferior qualities were dull. Butter—Good was in steady demand, while com mon and inferior were in a measure unsaleable. Rice—Sales of 60 to 70 tierces were made at 3 dolls. 121 cents. to 3 dolls. 37i cents. The market remained about the same. _ _ Freights —To Liverpool the rates continued at about 7d. for grain in bulk, and Is. 9d. for flour and meal, and 3.16 d. to Id, for round and square bales of cotton ; 35► s. was paid for tobacco to the continent. To Havre cent. per lb. seemed to be the rate. Them was nothing new to London. Exchange unaltered. S - JANUARY 12, 1848._ TESTIMONIAL to WILLIAM 'WIL LIAMS, ESQ., LATE M.P. FOR COVENTRY. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) After the defeat of Mr. Williams at the late general election, a subscription was set on foot by his former constituents, for the purpose of presenting him wa' ,,n et a lasting t es ti mon i a l o f th e respect which the,`alter tain for him, a n d ex p rs sive of the way in • considered he had di sc h arge d hi s d u ti es as With they n sentative during the 13 y ears h e h a d sat i : their repre for the city. A mag n ifi cen t mass i ve . lv Parliament candelabra, and salver, of elegant silver epergne, . workmanship, weighing about construction and at the Silver Works, Birmir 9 4 .,, v ounces, prepared . and Monday, at one o'cloe' 'am, was pu rc h ase d , , was fixed f or t h e pre sentation of the testimor . Ast i , and the a nc i ent hall of nded at the app o i n t e d hour by about 1,200 p e r so n s , amon gs t w h om th ere were a vast Amber 'of f ema l es ac ti ve ly engage d i n th e ma nufactures:StMary'shall was fixed of the town. Amongst the Liberals present, were John Hands, Esq., Mr. H. Brewett, Mr. W. il. Marston, Mr. D. Buckney, Mr. W, Taunton, Mr. John Warden, Mr. Arthur Atkins, M T% J o h n Weston, Mr. H. Gardner, Mr. H. Sriden, Mr. C. Bearsley, Mr. B. Kirby, Mr. S. 'Armstrong, and Mr. Thomas Seavesley. At one o'clock, Mr. William committee, entered the hall , ttecompanied by his , end received a right PPP.ared to move him deeply. hearty welcome, which a Mr. WM. CLARKE was, tailed to the chair, and in the few prefatory rem,..cks which he addr esse d t o th e gave him the greate s t pl easure a to ss s e ee mb s l o y la h rg e e Sai a d ga it iherin g to meet their old and much respected friend Mr. Williams, and he hoped they would listen to the address he was about to make with a calmness and order which would do credit to the inhabitants of Coventry. It must, he (the Chair man) was sure, be highly gratifying to their worthy friend to see that so large a number had congregated to greet him, and to behold the handsome testimonial about to be presented to him, and which bad been purchased by the subscriptions of a large number of his former constituents. He then called upon the Secretary of the Committee to read an address which had been prepared. Mr. ILIrrE then came forward to comply with Ea request. Before doing so he said, the committee had done everything in their power to embody the senti ments of those who had supported Mr. Williams, and he believed that the sentiments therein enun ciated would meet with their areprobation. Ile then read the address, which wa s si gned b y the Chairman on behalf of the subscri!„, ers, and was in the follow ing terms : " Sir,—After the connexion which has so long existed betty en '- yourself and the constituency of Co ventry,:ts their representative in three Parliament s , we litto be our duty to offer to y o u some p roo f fe Jr our gratitude for your disinterested services. "In reviewing the course you pursued while filling the responsible office of a representative of the people in Parliament, we have on record, in the lists of your votes, which have been published at the close of eaeh session, ample and indisputable evidence of faithful and zealous labours, guided by the sole desire of benefiting all classes of your fellow-countrymen. They are proofs of your efforts to increase the influ ence of the people in the Commons House of Parlia ment, by extending the electoral franchise, and secur ing to all classes its independent exercise. "Your past endeavours, Sir, to enforce economy in the public expenditure, with a view to remove the many grievous and oppressive taxes on the necessaries of life, with your co-operation for the repeal of the corn-laws, are evidences that the political and physical improvement of the people was ever predominant in your mind and purpose. " The support you have given to every measure for the intellectual advancement of the people, and to equalize and confer religious freedom upon all classes, are sure tests of the enlightenment and liberality, which ruled your-public conduct. " The adtattages, Sir, we have derived from your services of a local interest are such as justly entitle you to commendation. By inducing the Government to abolish the payment of the one-pound stamp duty, on the admission to the freedom of this city, a powerful obstacle to the acquisition of the franchise was removed, and the poor man was put in possession of citizenship and his electoralright without obligation or pledge to any party. "It was to your exertions in opposition to power ful influences that the provisions were retained in our City Boundary Act, which provided that the Court of Assize for this division of the county should be held in this city, and that the county should pay a just value for our gaol. "We are indebted to you, Sir, for our School of Design (as well as every other town in the kingdom where one is established), an institution which we anticipate will be highly beneficial to our staple ma nufacture. We desire to acknowledge many otherimportant services you have rendered this city and neighbour hood, in regard to its railways, in causing a reduc tion of charges and facilitating the conveyance of goods'; in opposing the County Prisons Bill, and also in supporting every measure for the improvement of the town and neighbourhood. " We are fully aware, Sir, these services, and the unceasing attention you have given to your duties while in the house of Commons, must have been most laborious, and have cost a great sacrifice of ease and enjoyment; knowing, as we do, you never sought or desired any personal advantage from your position, but that your only ambition was to contri bute to your country's welfare. We do most freely bear testimony to your public virtue and worth, and heartily thank you for your disinterested and pa triotic endeavours. " We conclude, Sir, by expressing the deep regret we feel for the undeserved requital you have met at the hands of your late constituents, and beg your acceptance of this token of our gratitude, and, as a pledge of our undimished attachment to those prin ciples of civil equality and popular freedom to the maintenance of which your public life has beea de voted." The following inscription was engraved on the testimonial :—" Presented to 'William Williams, Esq., by his friends and late constituents, in acknowledg ment of the fidelity and zeal with which he discharged his duties as one of the representatives of the City of Coventry during three successive Parliaments, and in testimony of their admiration of the principles of civil equality and popular freedom to the main tenance of which his public life has been devoted. December, 1847." Mr. WILLIAMS then stood up to address the meet ing, and was received with the most enthusiastic plaudits, which were renewed again and again. He said—My old friends, I am truly happy to meet you here once more, but exceedingly sorry that I have almost lost my voice, and shall have, I fear, great difficulty in making myself heard owing to a severe attack of influenza, which has confined me to my re sidence for several days past. I can assure you that, although I am no longer your representative, I am both proud and happy to meet you.—(Cheers.) The terms in which you have been pleased to speak of my services, whilst I had the honour of representing this city in Parliament, are indeed, Sir, I assure you, most gratifying to me. It is not the chaste and ele gant design of this flattering testimonial, or the precious metal of which it is composed, that I value — it is because it is the gift of honest, independent, pa triotic men, who have returned me as their represen tative of this city to three Parliaments, and with a purity and disinterestedness unsurpassed, if equalled, by any constituency in the kingdom.—(Gre at cheering.) I value this testimonial, Sir, as an attestation of the opinion of those honest and independent men of my public conduct — (Loud cheers)—and I can assure you that I place a higher value upon the incription it_ bears than I should upon the greatest hon our that the proudest sovereign on the earth could confer upon me.—(Loud cheers.) In the address it is truly stated that, in the performance of my public d u ty whils e tl ne r s e t p de res s e ir n o te t d o you, that I was solely guided by an earnest i. promote the happiness and the we are and interests of every class of my f e llow -countrymen —(Renewed cheering)—of contributing, to the utmost of my abi lity, to promote the interests of my country.—(llear, hear.) You have also truly stated that I neither sought nor desired any advantage for myself; and 1 may say, with truth, that I have taken a very ac ti ve part in public affairs for a period exceeding five-and twenty years, thirteen of which I spent in Parliament as your representative—(Hear, hear) — and during the whole of that time I never asked for or received a favour of the smallest value from any Government, or from any person connected with the various Governments that hold film during thd,t (A.pplause.) But by ac ti ng u pon that prin cipletake my stand as an itide i er ° I a s enabled to pendent Mani amongst those who surrounded me, many of whore y vQ . 'lota kinds to thegreat bound by ties of v• g were prevent -and who, Vit. • -t ies of the State, le f° their cor .ed from doing their uuty honestly place' ..stituents. But,.Sir, by taking that course I „ • ...myself in a position to act freely for the people, not for parties; and, Sir, I know of no position more degrading to a representative of the people than to become a mere place•brokor —(Hear, hear.) If, Sir, we could take a retrospect—if a picture of the past could be presented to the eyes of the nation—if a true account were fur nished to the nation of the cause of the manifold evils we new endure, showing how much of our debt and our difficulties have been, brought about by the bartering of votes in the House of commons for places, for jobs, and for contracts ;—if, Sir, such an account could, I say, be made out, the most venal elector would start aghast at discovering the bad bar gain he had made in selling his vote ; and even the drunkard would seek some other means of gratifying his baneful and diseased propensity than by obtaining it by the sale of his vote : he would see that he had sold his great birthright for the paltry consideration of being supplied with his full desire of intoxicating drink just for a day or two every three or four years. For thi s h e wou l d f i nd that he had sold his birth right, and placed power in the hands of men to make laws which take from him one-half of the produce of his daily toil I—(Loud cheers.) Why, Sir, even the drunkard, so many of whom are to be be met with at the elections that take place periodi cally throughout the kingdom, bartering their votes for intoxicating drink—if he could see an account of all the evils he had brought upon himself by his indis cretion, he would exclaim to his fellows—" What fools we have been to sell our birthright for such a miserable consideration." (Hear.) My humble efforts are referred to in the address to obtain a school of design for Coventry. The very first year you did me the honour to send me to Parliament, I brought under the consideration of the Government in the House of Commons the great neglect that had taken place .in this most important manufacturing country among the nations of the earth in not establishing such schools, whilst the Governments of every nation m Europe which had the slightest pretence to be called a manufacturing country had established schools of design on the best possible principles. I observed to the Government on that occasion that the supe riority of the French over my constituents arose not from French men possessing superior genius, or that they were equal to them, but because they had the means of high education—namely, the cultivation of taste in,their Schools of Design.—(Hear, hear.) The consequence was that the Government of the day admitted at once the value of such schools, and the principal School of Design, in Somerset House, was established, and the first year's report of the Commis sioners was flattering and encouraging, and gave the utmost gratification to those who took an interest in the establishment of such institutions ; but it did not give greater gratification to any one more than it did to me for being the principal cause of its origin.— (Hear.) I then showed that the great object which we should endeavour to promote was to make these schools conducive to the advancement of manu- facture; and, having all my life been engaged in trade and manufactures, I knew how important it was that the designer and artizan should be thoroughly acquainted with the principles of the ma nufacture in which they are respectively engaged. The Government at that time established a school of design in Spitalfields, and the report of its proceed ings during the first year of its existence astonished all at the success which had attended it. I again brought the question forward in the House of Com mons, and earnestly called upon the Government to establish similar schools in all the great manufactur ing towns, and I had several prirate interviews on the subject with the President of the Board of Trade and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, both of whom fell into my views most readily, and the next year the Chancellor of the Exchequer pro posed a vote of 10,0001. for the establishment of such schools in the manufacturing districts.—(Hear, hear.) The Government appointed six towns in which they were to be established, and Coventry was placed at the head. of them— (Cheers.) The task of arranging the establishment of these schools was en trusted to the Council of Somerset House. Having met one of the members of the body accidentally ono day soon after, he said, " Why, we have had a letter from the Mayor of Coventry, in reply to our proposition, and what do you think he states ?" It is right that I should mention the nature of the terms. The Go vernment offered to furnish the six towns with casts and designs on a vast variety of subjects likely to bring out and promote the taste of the industrious classes, and to advance 150/. to begin with, if the towns raised a similar sum to meet them. The gentle man I have referred to went on to state that the Council had received a letter from the Mayor, stating that be had consulted some of the leading manufacturers, and that they had informed him that they did not think that a school of design would be any great benefit to Coventry ; and, further, that there was no probability of raising the required sum by subscription. This, I confess, came upon me with great astonishment, and I told him that there must certainly be some great mistake about it ; to which he replied, " Well, we have have dis posed of Coventry, and we have received numerous applications from other large towns for the grant, and the Council meet on Tuesday next to determine what other town shall have the 150/. which Coventry has refused." And I did not leave him until I had obtained permission to appear before the Council to show that I was justified in saying that there must be some great mistake in the matter. I did so, and I showed that no;town would be so much benefited as Coventry by thelestablishment of such a school. I undertook to raise the sum, and offered, if it could not be raised by subscription, to pay it out of my own pocket.—(Loud cheers.) One of the most distinguishing Royal Academicians was in the chair, who before .1 had addressed the com mittee two minutes, interrupted me by saying, " You have stated enough to convince the Council that of all towns Coventry will be benefited the most by the establishment of such a school;" and the Council de termined at once to withdraw the exception they had already made of Coventry, and the school was soon after formed. Now, gentlemen, you have your school of design, and cherish it ; its effects will not be seen in a day, but the time will come when that school of design, if carried on with enterprise and in tegrity, will place Coventry equal, in point of taste, with any city in the world.— (Cheers.) The assist ance I rendered with regard to the Boundary Bill, the object of which was to unite this ancient city to Warwick, is also referred to in the address. In that Bill there was a clause which provided that the assizes for the city of Coventry and such other parts of the county of Warwick as her Majesty in Council should think proper, should be held in Co ventry ; and there was another clause, giving the Lords of the Treasury the power ef, I atward House of in he a just and equitable value for the gaol , of Correction, and the court - house . stood alone, and the Bill was read a third time within half an hour of the adjournment of the House previous to the pro rogation. The four Members for the county and two of the Members for Warwick had used their utmost exertions to get these two clauses, so important to the town, expunged from the Bill, and if they had succeeded, the result would have been that Coventry would have had to send her pri soners ; in fact, you would have had to carry all your civil as well as criminal business to Warwick for ad judication. The question of remuneration for the gaol, the House of Correction, and the court-house, would have been left an open question for settlement between the corporation and the county of Warwick, and my firm opinion is that if it had been so left, that you would have obtained but very little for them. Nirell, as I have said, I stood alone against this powerful interest, and the Secretary of State, who had charge of the Bill, said to me at the last moment, "Unless you will agree to the expulsion of these two clauses, I must give up the Bill." This was within three-quarters of an hour of the adjournment of the House previous to prorogation. The corporation of Coventry had sent up two of the council of the borough to watch the progress of the Bill, and having informed the Secretary of State of this, I said I would consult them, and I went out into the lobby for that purpose; and having informed them how matters stood, they with great sorrow, viewing the condition in which Coventry was placed by the decision of the Judges, and considering the painful circumstances in which the town was placed by that decision, reluctantly consented that the clauses should be struck out, in order that the peace and property of the city might be preserved. I re entered the House, and taking the whole responsi bility upon myself , I got up and told the Secretary of State that I would not consent to the expulsion of those clauses ; and, on the part of the city of Coventry, I gave him public notice, that a very important part P of the city should be placed in the hands of the _. Go vernment, for, by the decision of the judges, to which the I have referred, neither the j ustices nor magistrates of Coventry or of the county would act under such circumstances. With that straightforward manliness which characterises t4t conduct of Sir James Graham, ho at once said, "II will not press the rejection of the clauses; the magistrates shall have juris diction over th eir own city, and I will carry the Bill as it stands," and he did so.— (Applause.) ERICE SD. I 4- •/ k Well, gentlemen, if I ere now to my Own feelings, and probe* your own, e sle6iild now retire, because taking a4'etroepect of the past, which cannot be recalled, is not always an interesting or pleasant task ; but, however, there are circumstances connected with the last election upon which I feel myself called upon to make a few observations. My old friends, many of whom I see about me, no doubt recollect the position in which I stood when I first came down to Coventry in 1834. I then stated, in a speech which I delivered in Cross Cheeping, my opinions upon all the great leading and important questions of that day (I am sorry to say that some of them are public questions at the present hour) ; I told you if yott elected me as your representative, that I should use , my utmost endeavours to carry out the principles w ehich I then proclaimed. I published my votes at th e old of each session, and I invariably came to meet you f 0,,• the purpose of rendering you an account of my sto vardship ; and upon every one of these occasions, without an exception, and without a single dissess f il.)B" voice, you not only expressed your approbalee - m of my past conduct in strong language, but es enfidence in my future labours. Well, having at the former election returned me by a majority Pt . 580, you rejected me at the last election, singlewitteout lee o t r i l o e neeringxc e individual. i t e rn Ila t in the midst of all the is' that prevailed (and there se ere many unfounded charges brought against me, by which, as is too often the case at eh ctions, many :were misled), not one of my bitterest foes—not one of theese who were formerly m y friends, nor those who were lukewarm and indifferent,--not one, I repeat, stood up and said, e you have vioIC.-ed the pledges which you gave, a nd the principles and winions which you professed." No such charge was ire de against me, and, therefore, the result of the last election was indeed a matter of some astonishment to me,. because I was utterly unable to divine how I could have lost 30 many votes. My friends heard of the result of the election with equal astonishment; it was a matter of great sur prise to many out of Coventry; and I re ceived many communications from persons who knew me asking how 'any rejection could have hap pened. Well, no intimation having been given that I had not acted up to any principles, I had no right— honest and consistent reformer as I had ever been, and have the credit of being, I believe, in the country— I certainly confess I had no expectation of seeing so many of say former supporters going from thorough Reform principles to direct Toryism—(Hear, hear) —to that very Toryism whose very principle is to adhere to existing abuses, and to take as much money as they can get out of the pockets of the people . That is what I have found the principles of Toryism to be in the House of Commons during the whole period I :had a seat in it.—(Hear.) Well, then, we must look to other causes for an explanation of the reasons which led to my rejection. Now, the first party that deserted me was a very influential section of the Dissenters, amongst whom there was some of my most ardent friend's, and some of the most active members of my former committee.—(Hear, hear.) They, to a very large number, withdrew their confidence from me, because I had voted for giving education to the millions of the destitute chil dren of the poorer classes who are totally without any education whatever—(" Shame, shame")—anal whose friend I had always professed myself to be, and I ,hope I shall be their friend to the last hour I breathe.—(Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, if you will refer to the speeches I have made, and the votes I have given, you will find that I have never lost any opportunity of promoting the principles which I pro claimed on my first introduction to you.—(Hear.) Why, I recollect making a speech in 1836 in which, if you take the trouble to refer to it, you will find that I urged the Government to do a great deal more than they proposed to do at that time. I have been urging them to do more to promote the education of the people ever since ; for we have it in evidence that many millions of the children of the poorer classes are utterly uninformed, because their parents have not the means of giving them that instruction which is requisite to make them good citizens, to fear their Maker, and to do their duty to their fellow-men. — (Cheers.) But I never found this objection made to taking your money—the poor man's money—to pay for the education of the rich. They make no diffi culty about taking his money for the education of those classes, for votes are annually made to those rich Universities, Oxford and Cambridge, for the purpose of paying the professors.—(Hear, hear.) The great colleges and University of Scotland are almost entirely maintained out of the public money, and three great colleges have lately been established in Ireland, at a cost, I believe, of 100,000/. ; and an annual grant of 50,0001. is to be taken from the public money to maintain them.—(Hear, hear.) Even the London University, where Dissenters send their sons to receive honorary degrees for scho lastic acquirements, is maintained out of the public money ; and that principle, therefore, appears to me to be a strange one, which, whilst it objects to the children of the poor being educated out of the funds of the State, allows these funds to be appropriated without scruple to the education of the children of the rich.—(Hear, hear.) I will do those who voted against nee the credit of saying, that they no doubt acted according to their honest belief, and I will say, further, that I do not approve of the form of education which is pro posed to be given under the system recently adopted. I objected to it, because it did not go far enough; I wanted it to be entirely free from any sectarian bias. —(Hear)—but I knew the difficulty in which the Government was placed between conflicting . interests and opinions, and believing that they intended, honestly, to give the people a good system of educa tion, I gave them my earnest support, although at the same time I am perfectly ready to admit that no system can ever be carried out without it has the sanction of every class of the community ; and I am well persuaded that the time is not far distant; when we shall have a scheme of education which vvili he satisfactory to all classes. The question on which I was called upon to vote was this—Shall we put an end to all grants of the public money for the education of the people, or shall we simply continue to vote the money, which we have done during the last twelve years, and with the im pressed conviction on our minds that a system of edu cation more acceptable to the country would be adopted at a more distant period ? Well, the Dis senters who deserted me did not take that view of the question ; they required that the scheme which I confidently look forward to see in the future esta blished at once. I can assert that in every speech delivered by me in Coventry I urged education above all things as the greatest good that could be conferred upon the common people. I am most anxious for them to obtain their political rights, but at the same time I know they never will obtain them until they are an educated people, and can present that moral force which will be irresistible. My honest opinion is, that if they had those political rights —(I see my old friend the Chartist is present)—the present state of education would render them unable to retain them —not that Coventry and all great towns are unen lightened, because I consider the inhabitants of such towns capable of exercising the elective franchise w i t h great ability and advantage; ' but I say, go i n t o the inquire t i h g e n no woranestee—ieastgand e a o g u r t i h c agricultural counties, eu wilwill in into t oemass those ofin ran ee so great, that i f you you will find that, perhaps, not one in a hundred can tell you the form of Government under which they live, or the name of the Sovereign that reigns over them. (Hear, hear.) How, then, I ask can these people be expecteed to exercise the franchise wisely ?—(Hear, hear.) education, therefore, would confer great good on the people. It should never be forgotten that our beneficent Creator has not endowed the great aristocracy with a superior order of in tellect ; superior intellect is not confined to one class, for the Creator, in his great beneficence, has dis pensed his majestic gifts to all with an unsparing hand. Give the humblest British artizan but educa tion and he may rise to the highest pinnacle of the state, and confer, by his use ff intelligence, the greatest benefits on his species. The nation at large has therefore an interest in the education of all classes, and in return the nation has a right to claim the advantage of all the talent displayed in maturity by its members. Well, now, gentlemen, I will venture:to:say this, that,during the period I served you in Parliament there was not one Member in any of the Parliaments to which xote returned me who adhered more stedfastly to the sn 7 terests of the Dissenters than I did ; there wa s not a grievance, of which they complained which I aid not stand up in the House and denou nce, and do my I best to obtain them redress. — (He ar, hear.? re smenemtebrierfhroomw o t f h te e n l oh h u a rc v h. have voted I st f o r tr r ie e d liev i i n ng ey D e i ry s rethmeci p Y r e o d p 4. ert fi y r oi the to possible way to get those rates take them off altogethera nd to make Church, of which there is, I think, pretty nearly enough in the new arrangements with regard to the bishops and deans and chapters, yield an equivalent for their abolition. We lost that, although we tried to carry our proposition in two successive sessions. I next su pported the proposition that Churchmen' alone should pay the rates, and if they could not raise suf ficient, that they should maintain their chuaches in the same way as the Dissenters, who not only main tain chapels, but their ministers also.—(Hear, hear.) We also failed in that. And then we tried the total abolition; without any condition at all, with no better success. Then I voted for, and spoke in favour of, relieving the Dissenters from that ban which excluded them from the Universities. Those Univer sities belonged to the people —they belonged to the na tion, and were therefore the property of the Dissenters, or of any other class, as much as they were the pro perty of the Church.—(Hear ' hear.) They were not the property of the Church originally, for they were established and endowed by their Roman Catholic ancestors. 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None are genuine without Mechl'a name and address. WATCHES and CLOCKS.—A PAMPHLET, explaining the various constructions and the advantages of oa th , with' a list of prices, will be forwarded , g ratis, by pest, If applied for by a post-paid letter. T. COX SAVORY and CO., goldsmiths, watchmakers, to., 47, Corahill (seven deers frets Graceckurch-street), London. D R. LOCOCK'S PULAIONIC WAFERS, This week upwards of fifty testimonials have been received of the efficacy of this extraordinary remedy for Asthma, Consumption, In fluenza, Coughs, and all disorders of the breath and lungs. 4, Extract of a letter from Mr. J ames Macarthy, Medical Hall 1547 , Essex-bridge, Dublin. " Dec. 27, . " Gentlemen,—As a remedy they act as a specific in affections el the lungs, via.: Influenza, Colds, Asthma, Irritation, Cough, &c. To many elderly persons wko could not leave horse on a damp or foggy day, they prove a complete boon, &c. (Signed) " J 511iEii MACARTHY." To singers and public speakers they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice. They have a pleasant taste. Price le. 110. 2s. 94., and 1 ls. per box. —A g ents : Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, London. Sold by all medicine 'venders. QECRET MALADIES., I Treatment of CII. ALBERT, M.D., a Member of the Univer sity of Paris, Professor of Pharmaey, Apothecary to the Hospitals of Paris, Professor ,of Medicine, and honoured with several Medals aad 'Wiese.' rewards. No. 21, Rue Montorgetill, Paris. Numberless and well-authenicated cases whieh hitherto had been considered as incurable by the Faculty, and which in a short time have given way under this treatment, are most unequivocal proofs of its superiority over every other means as yet employed. t was for a long period it tine a desideratum to discover a mode of cure adapted to all oeustitutions, and which should be free from the bane flll effects of mercury. We are now arrived it the solution of this pretilera by the discovery of a mode of treatment at ence simple aid easy, and which, without any degree of exaggeration, we can affirm to be infallible is the cure of all secret maladies, however inveterate er if long standing. The method of sure, according to Dr. Albert, is economical aid easy, either at home or en a journey, causing net the slightest derangement to the general health, and safe in all season and is all climates. Bold by F. W. Wilcox, 336, Oxford-street ; T. Miles, Grattechnreh- Street ; and by all the principal Chemists in London. A Treatise is (inclosed with the Medicine. " K I N G G 0 L D." Wheirrer ws wander, the eye may behold, The work of that wonderful monarch, " King Gold." his sceptre is swayed, like a magical wand, And numberless scenes to its bidding respond ; While cities and kingdoms, with splendour unfold, The work of the Harlequin monarch, " ging Cold." In London's proud city, wherever we steer, His Majesty's triumphs and trophies appear ; Ills pantomime changes are daily displayed, In temples, and mansions, and houses of trade ; And nothing is purchased, and nothing is sold, Let speaks of the magical ruder, " King Gold." See, see, what the gold-sceptered monarch has done, At the palace-like Warehouse of MOSES and SON ; The Dress Mart itself, like a spacious domain, Rises up, as a proof the Emperor's reign ; And the dress which at MOSES and SON'S we behold, Is a proof what Is done by the wand of " King Gold." Many thousands their bright golden tributes have paid To MOSES and SON, at their Houses of trade ; For Gold has enabled E. MOSEi and SON, To gain you more savings than any have done ; And the prices at which all their dresses aro sold, Aro bright golden proofs of the rule of " King Gold." LICIT OF nacEs. aaADY MARL. Beaver Taglloni ................... 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A by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, N .atT7il THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on m 6d ps ., , er the infirmities and decay f d the enerative system, from ex tlmoh.reesuinsoorfilionbayteiantisnegecf ert ml i r n cu d r i y e. , ex cessive indulgence, infection , an ° with remarks on Marriage, and tit& q L n . a i l , l E fic i a ut tl y ons and . Illustrated l9 b n y ern 26 er.. stroet, x Engravin gs. 2 o l rd-st Oxford-street, tßy It. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, star , le - pa 2 t m3 rnoster-row of the re T .. p i t r fil o l d b u i c r u i v e Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; •itreet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaderliall-street. rasa I. treats of the anatomy and physiology e organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART H. treats of the consequences :esultlng front excessiveladnl genre, and their lamentable effects en the system, producing ligental 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, a nd 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 inftction are obviated. It combines with the virus chemieally, and destroys its power on the system, PART V. 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. 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DunuN, JAN. 10.—The provincial papers received this day are filled with the details of outrages against life and property, and in localities, too, heretofore free from such crimes. All the persons convicted of capital offences at the Limerick Commission will be executed on the same day. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. It would appear from the Belfast papers that the spirit of insubordination has made its way into Antrim. Some time since our columns recorded the fact of Mr. M'Couslan and the Rev. Mr. Ross having received threatening notices. Subsequently the Messrs. Mone, of Castlewellan, were named to prepare for death, and it is now stated that Messrs. O'Hara, Montgomery, and Leslie, all magistrates of Antrim, have received letters threatening them with destruction. STATE OF GALWAY. Mr. Freeman, the Assistant Barrister for Galway, in his charge to the grand jury, gives the following description of the present state of that county : " The calendar (he observes) here bears the same character that such returns hare borne all round the present sessions circuit in this county, and exhibits a degree of disorganization, an almost overthrow of the very first elementary principles of society—a disregard of property ; reckless characters committing depredations upon the most humble peasants, taking sway their property—slaughtering their cattle wherever they can l a y hands on them, and carrying away their carcasses ; an d comm itti n g other felonies on all classes of society without distinction." REPEAL ASSOCIATION. _ The usual weekly meeting of tho Repeal Associa tion was held this day at Conciliation Hall ; Layne, Esq., in the chair. The attendance was large, but the proceedings were of no public interest. Mr. John O'Connell made the usual number of speeches, in the course of which he abused Lord Shrewsbury in good set terms, and eulogised Dr; MlHale. The rent for the week amounted to 701. - • --- In the course of the proceedings, an epistle from the Catholic Bishop cf Meath was read by the secre tary. ATTEMPT TO DESTROY A PASSENGER At the quarter sessions h e ld at C ar diff on the Bth of t his month, William Scott was convicted and sentenced t o seven years' transportation, for wilfully and ma liciously attempting to overturn a passenger train on the Taff ,Vale Railway, by removing the rails. The train proceeded at its usual rate, and with apparent se curity, until it had arrived eighteen miles from Cardiff, when the engine, t en d er, andlthreo o f t h e carr i ages wen t o lf the line. Fortunately for the lives of the passengers, the engine went off on the side of the mountain. On i ns pecting the line, it was discovered that two of the rails had been taken up, Had the rails been displaced only a few yards, further on, the train must have gone i n to the river. l'he prisoner was apprehended on sus picious circumstances. The evidence fully bore out the verdict of the jury. ANOTHER EXTENSIVE AND MYSTERIOUS RAIL wAY ROBBERY.—An extensive robbery took place on Dlonday, between the Paddington and Bristol stations of the Great Western Railway Company, the loss sustained being, it is supposed, from 1,500 to 2,0001. It appears that the property, consisting of gold and silver coin, was enclosed in an inch-thick iron-bound deal box, nailed down, and the address o n the box was " Messrs. Bad suck and Co., bankers, Taunton." The weight of it was about 1201b3„anu on it s b e i ng sen t o ff by th e quar ter past ten o'clock mail trai n , i t was put a t the b o tt om o f a se at, baled which seat was another compartment, in which four or five well-d ressed men, some o f w h am go t in at Paddington, took their places ; they alighted at different stations on the line, and upon the arrival of the train at Bristol, a man named Cotterell, in the employ of the company, and whose duty it is to see that all was right inside the carriages, made the discovery that a panel under the seat of th e compartmen t w hi c h the " gen tlemen" had occupied had by some means or other been removed, and that the bo x , a f ter b e i ng t a ken out, forced open , and emptied of the v a l ua ble contents, had b een replaced in its original position ; neither chisel, knife, crow-bar, nor any other implement by which the daring and most artful act of plunder might have been effected, could be found. E XT aNSIVE AND DARING BURGLARY AND ROB BERY AT VISCOUNT F O LKSTONE'S.—LONGFORD CASTLE, JAN. 10, 184 S --Between the hours of nine and half.- past ten last night, while the servants of Viscount Folk stone, of Longfor d Castle (situated a few miles from Salisbury) had gone to the hall, for supper, &c., some clarityg thieves broke open the rooms occupied by the coachman and stable servants, over t h e coac hh ouse, an d stole from the said rooms as foll ows :—A b ox t h ree f eet long and two feet wide, wherei n was a smaller mahogany b ox , containing 421. in gold, thirty private letters, and other valuables (these were taken away, it is presumed, because the locks could not there be forcibly picked), also a black dress coat, a black frock ditto, two pair of black trousers, four waistcoats, th ree sat i n scar f s, an d two silk neckerchiefs, all the 'property of Henry Walker, his Lordship's coachman. There were also taken away five sovereigns, a great-coat, and a s h oot i ng -j ac k e t, th e property of Thomas Williams,the groo m , an d a silver watch, belonging to Richard Turner, one o f th e stable men. The thieves have not been discovered. CHARING-Cuossi,HosriTAL.—Yesterday afternoon, a meeting of the governors and committee of the above hospital was held at the institut!on in West Strand, for the transaction of general business. Dr. Bowers, the Dean of Manchester, p the chair. The report for the year just ended stated that 12,092 indigent sick had, during the past year, been admitted on the books for relief, at a cost of 2,2921. 4s. 11d., o f w hi c h num b er 1,155 were in, and 10,937 were out pati en t s , ma ki ng a tota l o f 233,758 individuals who have partak en o f t h e a d van t ages of the ie s tiintion from its commencement in 18l a. The fends are at present in a very low state, and inadequate to the demands made upon the charity. THE CASE OF GEORGE TIIURSTILL.—The above individual, a horticultar!st at Norwicai, an d a man w h o , from his position in isociety, and his . family connections, for same time esc a p ed suspicion, has just been sentenced to iu,pilatnaeot ior ono year, WlLit hand labour, basing t‘een convicted of stealing various articles of plate, books, • S4e. *Al e , 1