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Advances made according to priority of application, and subject to Fixed Tables. Calculated duration of the Society, Ten Years. Tau..,TEES. J. Jones, Esq., J. Toulmin, Esq. ; J. C. Hardy, Esq. DIRECTORS. Mr. W. L. Allen, Murray-street, New-road Mr. Edward DevonCtire, East and West India Dock House Mr. Samuel Eastman, Crawford-street Mr. Samuel Gilbert, Little Tower-street Mr. Thomas B. James, Messrs. White and Greenwell, Cheapside Mr. W . Kettlewell, 6, Groat Win c h es t er -str e et Mr. C. T. B. Keep, Lindsay-wharf, Chelsea Mr. T. A. Pott, Henry-street, Pentunville Mr. George Richards, 51 and 52, Paternoster-row Mr. J. Whitehead, sen., Somerset House, and Chelsea Mr. George Winter, Professional Life Assurance Office. BANYERS—The Commercial Bank of London. STANDING COUNSEL—W, C. Fooks, Esq., 30, Chancery-lane. SOLICITORS —Messrs. Devonshire and Wilson, 29, austin-friars. Suaveroas—Mr. Cornelius Wheeler, 28, Leadenhall-street ; Mr William Lambert, 40, Coleman-street. SECRETARY—Mr. John Whitehead, jun., No. 6, the Crescent, Albany-road, Camberwell. This Association has been formed principally with the view of af fording to gentlemen engaged in GOVERNMENT and PUBLIC OFFICES, BANKING HOUSES, and MERCANTILE ESTA BLISHDIFINTS, a safe and advantageous mode of investing a portion of their incomes, either by way of deposit, at 71. per Cent. compound interest, or in the purchase of freehold or leasehold residences. The operations of this Society will be regelated by Tables prepared expressly for that purpose by two eminent actuaries. The leading principles of this Society are 1. Perfect equality of benefit between all the Members, whether borrowers or not. 2. Certainty in the amount of advance to which each Member Wishiug to anticipate his Shares will be entitled at any given period of the Society's existexce, with the means of ascertaining precisely at any date the amount payable to retiring Members, and the value of the Sharet of continuing Members. Members may pay up the whole or any portion of their subscrip tions for the tea years, in advance, and discount, after the rate of 41. Per Cent, per annum, will be allowed for the sums so paid. Members wishing to withdraw their Subscriptions may do so after the first year, without fine ; and subsequently to that period coin- Pound interest at the rate of 61. per Cent. per annum will be allowed upon the sums withdrawn. Shares may be transferred free of stamp duties. By the plan adopted in this Society new Members entering at any period, and all Members taking up additional Shares, may have loaus advanced to them without paying up arrears of Subscriptions ; and the precise amounts that will he advanced either to old or new Members; are set forth In the Tables, a copy of which will be sup. plied to every Member. This is manifestly far preferable to the un equal and-objectionable system usual) , adopted of putting the shares up to auction, and advanchig 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 heavy monthly redemption fee," mad the mutual principle is car ried into full operation. No Member has any responsibility beyond the payment of his own Subscriptions. 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, Bishopsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, 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, IS, Old Broad-street. Applications for Shares should be addressed to the Secretary, in the following form : Date, 184 Sir,—l authorise yon to register my name as a subscriber for Shares in the Provident Clerks' and General • Building and Investment Society. Name Address ........ Occupation .................... Note.-1t is proposed to limit the number of Shares to 500, and that the entrance fee shall not exceed 2s. 6d. per Share previously to lat February, 1848. More than 100 Shares are already taken. ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, TIIROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TUOMAS FARSCOMBE, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Eso., Deputy-Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. John llumphery Esq., Alderman, William Banbury, Esq. M.P. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Thomas Cam pill', Esq. Jeremiah filcher, Esq. James Clitt, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq. Rupert Inglek3y, Esq. PuTSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square. Stractox—W, Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, 011 Jewry. CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor lilall, of King's College. LOW RATES . Persons Assuring in this Office OF have the PREMIUM benefit of the Lowest rate of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Asaured, and which is. in effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus; they have likewise the security of a large subscribed capital—au Assurance Fund of a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of 66 ,000/., arising from the issue of nearly 6,000 Policies. ANNUAL razmitat TO ASSURE £lOO, Age. I For Oue Year. I For Seven Years, 4 Whole Term. £1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 £9 17 3 £0 19 1 113 1 2 7 163 1 6 9 114 1 1 19 10 Z 24 3 7 0 • One-half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit for seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a debt upon the policy at 5 pia cent., or may be paid off at any time Without notice. Policies assigned as a security to others, will not be rendered void hi consequence of death by suicide, duelling, or by the hands of Justice. In case of death by the above causes, where the Policies are not assigned, the gross amoula of Premiums recelvedwill be re turned. Claims paid in one month after proofs have been approved. ' The Medical Offi cers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o' clock, end Policies i ssue d the same day. A li beral Commission to Solicitors an E. BATES, R d e A si ge de n n ts t .Director. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital X 300,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institutiou embraces important sad substantial advantages "Ith rpect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assure aaa, o n all occasions, the power to borrow, 'without expense or for feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion ef his in terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. Asstdances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. I)IVISION e)F PROFITS. The ta eressina Prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting heist on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fiftk banns, varying from 35 to 85 per teat. on the premiums paid ex eaeh Policy effected ou the profit scale. EXA.IIPLES. Perms- Sinn the .. 1 ',I Annual !Policy Bemis in , nent Re- Assured Age. ~; ,a , rre- Itaken addition Bonus in (intim of may bon !' . mium. out in Assured. Ca s h. A nnual row on °° ''' I Premiums. Policy. ---- 4 e. 4.! £ e d. £ s. d. -c s. (1. 1 1837 243 9 3112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 £ 49. d. 1 838 218 4 81 99 810 15 13 5 445 0 0 60 1000 74 3 4 1839 192 1 10! 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 1840 143 5 10; 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 18 41 133 14 2i 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 __ , 1842 111 6 8 49 10 0, 7 10 4 1247 4 5 • ' - , The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the ottlce, or any of its brarlchu in the coantry ; or, on application, will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary, lIAMOND OIL LAMP.-NEW LIGHT. The Diamond Lamp is the best light in the world—is used in all the palaces iu Europe—is free from all the imperfections of ordi nary oil lamps —so simple it cannot be 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 expense—this is beyond doubt. Designs suited to every taste—the Diamond Lamp IS perfection in Light—the publio will have none other—it can be Atted t• any person's lamp pillar. To be had only at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Com pany. RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand. A R R I A Cr E. One half the worid are desolately single, and the other at l PPosing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em hitter the latter. The solitary one may shield hine , ell under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un cornprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, ant broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social commit. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. honour and just l ce demand that health slieuld form as item in the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect 'wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. reader, it these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little MEMOIRS On Single and 31arried Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, is. Gd. eac h) . L et no imaginatively "mined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered Dmieinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining um They arc not i n t en d e d cer t a i n l y for mere idle cerlosity, but the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they are off ere d as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by anqualilled authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other awe publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by poet la. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " Ilow to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, ner are they the Mere ephemeral scribblings 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 he Would be done unto--to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had 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, mornings and Lvenlngs), 10, Argyll-plaeo Regent-street; and all Booksellers. DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had In French or English, In a Sealed _Envelope, 2s. lid„ or post-free, front the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF - PRESERVATION ; a Medical Treatise en the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma t,Fity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate 'nu Physical and mental po wers , di m i n i sh and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical O bservations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, Whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tr opical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis eretion, With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Abatouay, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, ! ii Plalning their structures, uses, and flir ctions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and hlfection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., I, BEDFORD-STREET. BEDFORD•SQUARM, • LONDON. octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin lirgh, Licenti a t e o f A pot h ecar i es ' H a ll , L on d on , Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, lec. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, hi order illat it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, w hich covers the or i g i n o f d o me s ti c wre t c h e d ne ss, be raised, and Its t rue source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, 7711 i ,11 L ' hel used in motleration 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, oo the nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, than an roduetty e of great e r sever ity o f m i ser y t o th e h uman frame, This wy o ther to whi c h it it subject. ork contains an accurate and complete account of the anatomy and Physlolo-y of the Reproductive Organs, and of their, relative c ondition: in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest of more i attention and study, for what subject can and of the be msort ance than the preservation of the health, nhs, --- -r e 'eals capabilities of which every man should 1)9 possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy !'victim of excessive Indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired !I early life or from the follies of advanced age, while sintering fr om their invariable co nsequemces unwisely ente-tains a fear of ap 14ying to a qualified physician for . relief. - shame and the dread so eMieutly, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are 'eYond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking e 'r assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he d'''l;get that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of si a tre, sYmpathy with the sufferer, and, aLove all, secrecy, Nye 41e, elharacterise the intelligent and practical physician. and to tire qualifications . that he la entitled to esteem and respect in his proles /4,;,,,y9rstuts, the utmost confidence should be extended . . Dr. c es X,plir has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas ,"` ar i n i an the profs extent of his practice for many years is a t solelyto titer his ional experier ee, which has reference almost published treatment of these diseases. 6 2, p a by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, str sq ternostei row; Hannay, 63, Osford-street; Starie, Tichisciree -1," jimi.lialytnarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, fs,„_ a -street, London; or, free -_tie Anther who may 1) ,‘,... r by i, tter „lan by post Mr forty-two stamps, be consulted on these disorders . personally `malosi c , Y, twin Test till Two, and from Five till f lit, at Ids " (45 Alittrect 13edfoicl-ec,fuaro Linidon. EDNESDAY, 4 't ,• • 4!''' s • -• LON DONT, W OYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHRR TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which 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-ROOMS (Sixty In number) have been furnished in a style which mist ensure the approbation of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SHOW ROOMS without any extra charge. The Music Ilall, Lecture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly I{ooll3 are all attached, and under the. same management. The Royal Hotel is in the most central situation in Newcastle. LOANS ON MORTGAGE. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY will receive TENDERS forLOANS on Mortgage Bonds, in sums of 500/. and upwards, and for terms not exceeding seven years. Interest at 5 per cent. per annum, payable half yearly. By order, T. J. BUCKTON, Secretary. London Terminus, Dec. 27, 1847. NOTICE. PREVIOUS TO THE CLOSE OF THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, en the 29th instant, for Additions and Decorations, Dr. RYAN will LECTURH on SANITARY MEASURES, and an the nature of DISINFECTING AGENTS, in connexion with this important sub fact, on Mordays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Half-past Three, P.m., and every Evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock. On the alternate days ether Lectures on CAE:MISTRY. Dr. BACH HOFF.NER will LECTURE on RESPIRATION and VENTILA TION, in connexion Iv Alt the aboye Subject, Daily at Two, rat., nt which a JET of STEAM, as a Ventila..ing Agent, will be ex hibited. The Optical Ef_bcts include the OXY-HYDROGEN MI CROSCOPE, New DISSOLVING V1EW..1., &c. WORKING MO DELS of MACHINERY explained. The DIVING BELL and DIVER, &c. Now ready, price 8s 6d., THE LONDON and PROVINCIAL MEDI CAL DIRECTORY . , for 1843, containing the Name, Address, Qualifications, Appointments, and Published Works of every Medical Practitioner in England and Wales—Medical Diary—Obituary-- Sup plemental List—Local List—List of the P•or-law Medical Staff—and a vast amount tof Medical Infoimation, extending to more than 808 closely printed pages. " An indispensable manual and book of reference to thousands of persons, both in and out of the prefession."—Times. John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. QECRET MALADIES. LY Treatment of CIL ALBERT, M.D., a Member of the Univer sity of Paris, Professor of Pharmacy, Apothecary to the Hospitals of Paris, Professor of Medicine, and honoured with several Medals and national rewards. No. 21, Rue Montorgeuil, Paris. Numberless and well-authenicated cases which 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. ti was for a long period •t time a desideratum to discover a mode of cure adapted to all constitutions, and which should be free from the bane effects of mercury. We are now arrived V - . the solution of this problem by the discovery of a mode 01 treatment at once simple and easy, and which, without any degree of exaggeration, we can atilt di to be infallible ist the cure of all secret maladies, however haveterate or of long standing. The method of cure, according to Dr. Albert, is economical awl easy, either at home or on a Journey, causing not the slightest derangement to the general health, and safe in all seasons and in all climates. _ _ Sold loy E. W. Wilcox, 33G, Oxford-stroct • T. Miles, Graccehurch duct ; and by all the principal Chemists in London. A Treatit;e is esi'closed with the Medicine. " K I N G G 0 L D." Wherever we 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, " King Cold." In London's proud city, wherever we steer, His Majesty's triumphs and trophies appear ; His pantomime changes are daily displayed, In temples, and mansions, and houses of trade ; And nothing is purchased, and nothing is sold, But speaks of the magical ruler, " 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, Itises 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 001,16" Many thousands their bright golden tributes have paid To MOSES and SON, at their Houses of trade ; For Gold has enabled E. MOSES and SON, To gain you more savings than any have done ; And the prices at which all their dresses are sold, Are bright golden proofs of the rule of " King Gold." LIST OF PRICES. MDT MADE. Beaver Taglion! •• • • .......... .• .. from .f 9 9 I Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description. •f Over-coat, handsomely trimmed... 1 5 e The Paella Coat .... • • 8 0 The Bulimer, especially adapted for snowy and wet waather.• . ....... ...... ..... 1 0 0 The Premier •••• .• .• Boy's Winter Coats, in every style— •• .. 0 6 • Men's Do. Trousers, lined . •• • ••••• • • • • 0 4 0 Doeskin 0 12 6 Dress Coats.. •• .• 0 0 Frock do.. . . Donble-breasted Winter Tests.. • ... . 9 2 Roll collar • • ....... •• • Boys' Hussar and ?Wile Suits • • MADE TO =Anna. Winter Coall, in every style and shape, hand somely trimmed ..... ••••••• • • • • " from 1 6 Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs .. 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper •• . •• • • Doeskin Trousers •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1 2 0 Beet, or Dress •• • • ••••••• • • • • • • " •" • • 1 6 a Dress Coat • • • • Best quality made.. • • ........ 2 15 0 Best quality made ...... .. 3 3 0 Cashmere Tests ..•••• • • • • . .•. • • •.• • • • Satins, Plain or Fancy Boy's Hussar and Tunic Suits Great ...... 9 16 0 A Suit of Clothes complete Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if net approved of, will be. exchanged, •r if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladles and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minorles, and 8:3, 84, 85, and 86 1-1/gate, City, London. fiautlse.—E. Mosea and Son regret being obliged to guard the publie against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, bas been resorted to in mazy instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; and these who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, Londe,. Notice. —}lo business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday. when business Is resumed till tnelVe o'clock. Illustrated b37-----------26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. CITY, AND DIPEDIMPNNS. GENERA.TIVE INCAI A page.;-. TS TO MARRIAGE. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALITIO ust 3 p s ublished, price 2s. 6d., or New Edition, enlarged to 196 by post, direct from the Establishment, a Medical Work on THE SILENT FRIEND, * Gd. in postage stamps, e ß3 l.i s ; t e c o n l i n fr Z n eu e rY, the infirmities and decay of the generative cessive indulgence, infection, and the h tctra e t I : ;I : - - r o n . d a o 'i ii - . with remarks on Marriage, and Die means of obviating qualificatlous. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, cer v t l n dis ; L. PERRY and CO., 19, Iterners-stroct, Oxford-street, Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Patern; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Stade, 23, T't h -r".: i o borao -I.reet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. Pala I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences rzsultiug from excessiveindul genes, and their lamentable ci:Tects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, new us 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 on the system. Pear T. 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. THE CORDIAL BALM ON SYRIACUM is exclusively employed in treat ing us vous and sexttal debility, impotence, Sec., lie .and 335. ver bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and tiro abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 335. per bottle. Ferry's Purifying !Specific Pills, 2s. 3.1., 4s. Gd., and lls. per box, a certain remedy in gonorrlicea, elect, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to abviate the danger of infection, 338. a bottle. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. 5/. Packets with advice to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, if. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Ber ners-street, from EleVell tin Two, awl Ilya to Light.; 04 SKlttarii Ulan &VCR t 9 One. ERE, 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 10,0001. in sovereigns on freight. The steamer Hibernia had not arrived at Boston up to the latest accounts; she was in her nineteenth day. Great damage and loss of life had been occasioned by the overflowing of the Ohio. In Congress on the 20th ult. resolutions against the extension of slave territory, from the Legislatures of New Hampshire and Connecticut, were presented. Mr. Calhoun called up his resolutions concerning the war, and they were debated at some length, but without present result. The debate was postponed to the 4th of January. Mr. Calhoun insisted on the necessity of determining what should be done with Mexican territory before further acquisitions were male. A. resolution of inquiry was adopted, looking to the establishment of commercial reciprocity between the United States and Canada. One referring to di plomatic relations with the Pope was offered, but laid ovei. One proposing to abolish the embassies at Naples and Turin, and appointing a Minister to Rome, was referred. Resolutions voting thanks to General Taylor, his officers and men, and directing a gold medal to be struck for General Taylor requesting the President t) communicate the instructions relating to the re. turn of Santa Anna to Mexico ; declaring it inex pediemt to raise another loan to carry on the war ; calling for correspondence with the Government of Great Britain relative to commercial regulations ; for instructions given to Mr. Slidell in Mexican affairs, and requesting the President to communicate by what authority a Civil Government had been established in the territories of Mexico, were all laid over. A resolution, charging the origin of the we'' upon Mexico, gave rise to a variety of motions, pending which the House adjourned. On the 21st, in the House of Representatives, Mr. Giddings presented a memorial from 19 citizens of his district, in favour of the repeal of all laws recog nizing slavery in the district of Columbia. A motion to lay the regular order of business on the table to refer this memorial was rejected-97 to 97—the Speaker giving his casting vote in the negative. It lies over for further debate. The resolutions which Mr. Richardson offered, declaring the war with Mexico just and necessary, and in favour of indemnity for the expenses of the war, again came up. The previous question having been moved, resolutions of an opposite character to Mr. Richardson's were offered as substitutes by Messrs. Stephens, Botts, Richards, Thompson, and Toombs. The following amendment was offered by Mr. Stephens, viz., proposing to withdraw the troops of the United States, and to negotiate for indemnity on the part of Mexico, &c. The amendment was warmly supported by Mr. Botts, who spoke at some length. lie argued with much earnestness against the war, declaring it to be unjust and uncalled for ; that it was provoked by American aggression, and brought about by the unauthorised acts of the President, whose conduct in the whole affair he severely commented on and censured. Mr. Thompson, of Indiana, proposed negotiating for Upper California and Monterey, with the Bay of San Francisco, and making out a boundary suitable to the views of the United States. Mr. Toombs, of Georgi:T., spoke against all territorial acquisitions or conquests of any portion of Mexico, and said the movements of the American army, directed by the President, pro duced the war. The motion for the previous , ques tion not being. sustained (ayes 90, noes 102), the resolutions lie over. In Congress on the 23d, Mr. Hale presented two anti-slavery petitions, and made strenuous efi'or is to induce the Senate to depart from its settled peactice of not receiving petitions of that import. The ques tion of non-reception being put, Mr. Berrien moved to lay that question on the table, which was de tided in the affirmative—ayes 33, noes 10. In the House of Representatives, on the same day, Mr. Lincoln, of Illinois, offered a series 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 States to territory be tween the Nueces and the Rio Grande; also, -a ihen and where the blood of American citizens was shed by Mexicans on American soil during the ;pre sent war. On the motion of Mr. Vinton, the House,. resole, ed itself into Committee of the %% hole on the state of th e Union, and took up the Bill appropriating a million of dollars to supply deficiency in the appropriations for the subsistence department. Mr. J. R. Ingersoll in the chair. Mr. Vinton stated that the estimate 3 deficit for the year is a fraction under four millions, but this Bill is intended only to meet draughts daily expected from the south amounting to halt' a million, and for half a million expected by the first train from Mexico to Vera Cruz. There was only about 60,000 dolls. now at the command of the 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 pas, sed unanimously. Mr. Clingman offered an amendment involving the question of slavery in new territory, upon which he made a speech, and then withdrew his amendment. The committee rose and reported progress. From Mexico we learn that President Anaya lea d issued his inaugural address. It is stated that mum y members of the Congress, displeased with his electia gave up their seats, and retired in disgust from tl to city of Queretaro. There remained, however, mal than the fixed number which is required to form a quorum. General Felizola had been elected Commander-irk - Chief of the army. He was stationed at Queretaro with a force of 2,000 men. General Bustamente w: reported to be at Guanajuato with an army of 9,00 0 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 have agreed, in some conventional form, to offer to the Supreme Govern ment an advance of four millions of dollars and a levy of 50,000 men to aid in its indefinite won cution. In reference to Santa Anna, the Indicator vi.rites as follows : " It is yet uncertain as to the whereabout and in tentions of Santa Anna. I have been shown a 1 ?tter from a near relative of his, dated Tahuacon, 18t In of November, from which I conclude he was then' in that place. Santa Anna was waiting for the COUT. `C it of war, recently ordered by Rosas, to assemble; bit t his real object is believed to be to lie by for th, action of the States, which are expected to pronounce in his favour. Many well-informed people belizve that these States will nullify the election of Anay.a and call upon Santa Anna to take upon himself titor office of dictator. _ " The bell s o f th e c h urc h es o f G uana j ua t o b e d been pulled down for the purpose of casting pieces of artillery." A report was current to the effect that Geneeal Worth and General Pillow had been put into arrest by order of General Scott. Late accounts from Santa Fe state that a body , of 3,000 Mexican troops were busy at Chihuahua. in erecting fortifications and mounting cannon cm_ •the castle and other defensive works. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the New York herald.) NEW YORK, DEC. 23, 1541: The Hibernia is now in her nineteenth day, Au a unless some disaster has happened, must be near ,!Lt hand. Until she arrives there will not be much ac vity in any of the markets, %s no one is disposed t<+' 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 manifested 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 did not differ mate rially from quotations current 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 fi rm a t y es t er d a y' 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' %Vax—No change. .Breadstuffs.—Plour--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. 124-c. ; pure Michigan, at 6 dolls. 25e. ; 300 extra Ohio, at 7 dolls.; 200 ditto, a little better than common, at 6 dolls. 3lic. • 600 barrels Brooklyn, at 6 dolls. 61e.; 300 Ohio fancy, at 6 dolls. 75c. to 6 dolls. 87io. ; 3,000 ditto, this state, deliverable in March next, 2,000 of which commanded 6 dolls. 31c., and 1,000, at 6 dolls, 372 c. 'Wheat—We have only to notice a small sale of 300 bushels southern' at 1 dell. 16c. Corn—The sales reached about 10,000 to 12,000 bushels, inclu& ing northern round yellow and white at 83e. to 85c. delivered, and high, mixed _ Be, and round northern mixed aoc. Meal remained about the same. Rye was steady at 85c. Oats—A cargo was sold at 51c. Coffee—Sales of 400 bags Rio damaged were made by auction at 4c. to 44. c. cash. Cotton—The market continued inactive, but firm nevertheless, holders being indisposed to bring out samples, except at full prices. The sales to-day 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 GO ditto at 8 dolls. 75 cents.; 700 tierces of Winchester new shoulders and hams, to,. arrive, were sold at 7 dolls. to 51 dolls. Lard—The sales of Lellend's new city, noticed yesterday, sold at 1( cents., and not at 101 cents. Sales of some lots of country new sold at 8 cents. to-day, and 300 kegs of prime sold at 8 cents., and 150 barrels sold at GA- cents. to 6 cents. Cheese—Sales of 100 boxes of fresh Herkimer were made at 7 cents., and 150 ditto of Ohio, good, sold at 6-1 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. 371 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-I6d. to id. for round and square bales of cotton ; 355. was paid for tobacco to the continent. To Havre / cent. per lb. seemed to be the rate. There was nothing new to London. Exchange unaltered. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Ilalf-prico. SEASONABLE PRESENTS. M ULLENS'S HAVANNAH TOBACCO, i n Packets, so universally admired, will be fully appreciated by connoisseurs, as combining the fragrance of a Cigar with the com fort of a Pipe. Gentlemen should ask for XtIILLENS'S HA VAN NAIL TOBACCO, in Packets of One, Two, and Four oz., at sd. per oz., or Gs. per lb. ; 3% lbs. for 205., at his Warehouse, 24, Fore street, London. A choice lot of Cigars, 20e. per lb. 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MECHI'S FAMOUS BAGATELLE TA BLES, manufactured on the premises, 4, Leadenhall-street, London, make long evenings appear short, and combine calculation with amusement. Price 31. 10:4., 41. 10s., 51. 10s., up to 121. Sold also by his agents, piers and Son, Oxford ; Powell, and Lounge, Leeds ; Eastee, Liverpool ; Woolfield, Glasgow ; Pratt, Bradford ; Thompson, Nottingham ; Stephenson, Hull; Squiers, Dover ; Steel and his, Norwich. Nona aro genuine without Alechrs name and address. WATCHES and CLOCKS.--A PAMPHLET, explainin; the various constructions and the advantages of oach, with a list of prices, will bo forwarded, gratis, by rest, if applied for lAy a post-paid letter. T. COX SAVORY and CO., goldsmiths, watchmakers, &a., 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Graceehurch-street), Loudon. D R. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERf4, 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. Extract of a letter from Mr. James Macarthy, Medical Hall, 4, Essex-bridge, Dublin. " Dec. 27,1847. " Gentlemen,—As a remedy they act as a specific in affections of the lungs, viz.: Influenza, Colds, Asthma, Irritation, Cough, &c. To many elderly persons wit() could not leave home en a damp or foggy day, they prove a complete boon, &c. (Signed) " J kMES MACARTIIY." To singers and public speakers they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice. They have a pleasant taste. Price Is. I Y 2 cl., 2s. Od., and lie. per box.—Agents: Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, London. Sold by all medicine venders, IRELAND. DUBLIN, 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. Atone, 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 have 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 ; r ec kl ess c h arac t ers comm itting depredations upon the most humble peasants, taking away their property—slaughtering their cattle wherever they can lay hands on them, and carrying away their carcasses ; and committing other felonies on all classes of society without distinction." REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Associa tion was held this day at Conciliation Hall ; Layne, E s q., 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: M'Hale. 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 TRAIN.--- At RAIN.— At the quarter sessions held at Cardiff on the Bth of this mouth, William Scott was convicted and sentenced to 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 usuarate, and with apparent se . - curity, until it had arrived eighteen miles from Cardiff, when the eng i ne , tender, andthree of the carriages went off the line. Fortunately for the lives of the passengers, th the engine went off on o side of the mountain. , .0n inspecting the line, it was discovered that two of the ra il s 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. The prisoner was apprehended on sus picious circumsta n ces. The evidence fully bore out the ver dict of the jury. ANOTHER EXTENSIVE exte AND MYSTERIOUS RAIL VAY ROBBERY. — An robbery took plane on m o nday, between the nsive Paddington and Bristol station's of the Great Wes tern R ailway Company, the loss sustained being; it i s su pp osed, fro m th a t the property , consisting '. 00 to 2,0001. It appears enc losod in an inch-thick of gold and silver coin, was d ow n, faid the address 0 n ther iron-bound was " Messrs. bound deal box, nailed Bad cock and Co. , bankers, - T n aunt a bout 12 01 bs „ and on its being 0.. sent off by the quarter " The weight of it was p a st ten o'clock mail t rain, it - was put at the bottom of a s eat, behind w hich sea t Was another compartment, in which four or five welt-d resse d in at Paddington, took their places some of whom got different stations on the line, and upon ; they alighted at train at Bristol, a man named co u t pon the arrival of the of the company, and whose duty . t te . rell, in the employ; right inside the carria ges, made ' is to see that all was the discovery that a panel under the seat of the compartment "gentlemen" bad occupied had by some means or other which the been removed , and that the box, aft forced open, an d em p tied of the valuable contents, had " being takers' out, b een r eplaced in it s ori g in al position ; neither chisel, knife, crow - bar , nor an y other i lmplement by which the daring and most ar tful act of plunder might have been ,effect, could be fou nd. . EXTENSIVE AND DARING BURGLARY AND; Ron . 1 1 11 RY AT VISCOUN T FOLKSToNe s. LONGFORD CASTLE, JAN. 10, 1848.-13etween the hours of nine and ' half vast ten last e i g ht, while the servants of Viscount Folk svm e, of Longford Castle (situat ed a few miles from SLe'isbury) had gone to the hall, f or supper, &c., some daring* thieves bro ke o p en the rooms occupied by the coaeAan and stable servants, ov er the ecachhouse, and stole . c row the said rooms as follows : _.A box' three feet long a..74:1 two feet wide , wherein was a smaller resaboganY box, containing 421. in gold, thirty other valuables (these were taken away,rivate letters',. and because the jocks could not there be it is presurned, also a black dress coat, a black frock forcibly picks d), ditto, two pair ,-tf 1 black trousers, four waistcoats, three satin scarfs, and two silk neckerchiefs, all the property his Lordship's coachman. There were of Henry Walker, five sovereigns, a gees t-coat, and a o c i also taken away ooting-jacket, the property of Thomas Williams, the groom, and a silver watch, belonging to R ichard Turner, ono of men. Tho thieves ha ve not been discovere d the stable- CHARINGeCnOSS:IIOSTITAL.—Teiterday afternnon, a meeting of the governors and committee of the above hospital was held at the institution in W e fir. Strand, fot.• the' transaction of general business. iNan o f M anc h es ter, is the chair. The . Bowers, the ye :o.r just ended stc.ted &at 12,092 indigent' for the sick had, dun mg the past year, been sdmitted on t e ll "' e books reliet; , at a cost of 2,292/. 4s. 11d„ of w hi ch were its, and 10,037 were out patiei2ts, mai t c lumber 1,155 233,75,3 individuals Niko have partaken ; of the advantages a total of l a s dvantages ef the i.latiintion from its commencement iu The funds era at present in a very low state, and inadequatelB*to the deenends made upon the charity. THE CASE 01' GEORGE THURSTILL. individual, a horticultarist at 'Norwich, an d ~, from his position iu isociety and his family connections, for some tune escaped. suspicion, has just been to imprisionment for one year, with hard labour, The above man who, sentenced been convicted of stealing v arious articles of having clothes, &c. . - . JANUARY 12 1 1848. TESTIMONIAL to WILLIAM WIL LIAMS, ESQ., LATE M.P. FOR COVENTRY. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) Afte* the defeat of Mr. Williams at the late general electioq, a sub scr ipti on was set on f oot b y h i s former constituents, for the purpose .of presenting him with a-lastinl• testimonial of. the respect which they enter tain fot him; and expressivO of the way in which they considered he had discharged Iris duties as their repre- Sentatiee during the 13 years he had sat in Parliament . .for the city. A magnificent massive silver epergne, candelabra, and salver, of elegant construction and worknanship, weighing about 240 ounces, prepared at the Silver Works, Birmingham, was purchased, and Mlnday, at one o'clock, was fixed for the pre sentatipn of the testimonial, and . the ancient hall of 'St Mabee fixed upon as the scene of the ovation. • The ball was attended . at the appointed hour by about 1,200 persons, amongst whom there were a vast number of females actively engaged in the ina nufaCtnres of the town. Amongst the Liberals' preient were John Hands, Esq., Mr. H. Browett, W. He Marston, Mr. D. Buckney, Mr. W. Taunton, Mr. JOhn Warden, Mr. Arthur Atkins, Mr. John Weston, Mr. H. Gardner, Mr. 11. Soden, Mr. C. Bearsley, Mr. B. Kirby, Mr. S. Armstrong, and Mr. Thomas Seavesley. At one o'clock, Mr. Williams, accompanied by his committee, entered the ball, and received a right hearty welcome, which appeared to move him deeply. Mr., We. CLARKE was called to the chair, and in the feW prefatory reinarkeillicrWiadielsed to the assembly, ,he said it gave him the greatest pleasure to see so large a gathering 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 had 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. ILIFFE then came forward to comply with Es 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 approbation. He then read the address, which was signed by the Chairman on behalf of the subscribers, and was in the follow ing terms : (' ‘ Sir —After the connexion which has so long existed between yourself and the constituency of Co ventry, as their representative in three Parliaments, we feel it to be our duty to offer to you some proof of 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 vofes; which have been publi s hed at the close of each 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. 'tour 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 advantages, 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 other important 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 been 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." 'Air. 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.—(Great 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 honour 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 duty whilst I represented you, that I was solely guided by an earnest desire to promote the happiness and the welfare and interests t, every class of my f e llow-countrymen —(liene wed cheering)—of contributing, to the utmost of may abi ii,tv, to promote the interests of my country.—(Hear, h ea l%) You have also truly stated that I nelthei gonwht nor desired any advantage for myself; and I ma y say, with truth, that I have taken a very active part in public affairs for a period exceeding five-and twenty years, thirteen of which I spent in Parliament as your representative—(Hear, hear)-- an d during the whole of that time I never asked for or received a or favour of the smallest value from an v Government, from any person connected with tit 3 various Governments that held office during that per i,xl.—(Applause.) But by acting upon that prin ciple I was enabled to take my stand as an ind,— p e nd zat man, amongst those who surrounded lir, [PRICE SD. many of whom' were bound by ties of various kinds to the great parties of the State, and who, therefore, were prevented from doing their duty honestly to their constituents. But, Sir, by taking that course I placed myself in a position to act freely for the people, and not tor parties; and, Sir, I know of no position more degrading to a representative of the people than to 1.), , , - ome a mere place•broker —(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 evil e now 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, Isay, 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 Ms vote : he would see that he had sold his great birthright for the paltry consideration of being supplied with his fell desire of intoxicating drink just for a day or two every three or four years. For this he would find that he had sold his birth right, and placed power in the hands of men to snake laws which take from him one-half of the produce of his 'daily toil !—(Loud cheers.) Why, Sir, even the drunkard, so many of whom are to be be met Keith at the elections that take place periodi• eally 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 eefforts are referred to in the address to obtain a school of design for Coventry: - The - very first year you - ditr 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 tin this most important manufacturing country among the nations of the earth in not establishing such schools, whilst the Governments of every nation in Europe which had the slightest pretence to be called a manufacturingcountry 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 iioners 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 a-ions, and earnestly called upon the Government to establish similar schools in all the great manufactur ing towns, and I had several private interviews on the subject with the President of the Board of Trade and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, both of whom I fell into my views most readily, and the next I year the Chancellor of the Exchequer pro- I 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 pne of the members of the body accidentally one 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 cf the industrious classes, and to advance 1501. 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 he 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 1501. 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 noltown 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 I 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 arwick, 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 , shou ld be held C o ventry ; and there was anot her clause, giving the Lords of the Treasury the p ower of awarding a just and equitable value for the gaol, the House of Correction, and the court-house. I 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 hav e been that Coventry would have had to send her pri sellers ; i n fact, you would have had to carry all y our civil as well as criminal business to Warwick for ad judication. The question of remun era ti on f or the . gaol, the House of Correction, and the court-house, wou ld have been left an open question for settlement between the corporation and the county of Warwick, anal my firm opinion is that if it had been so left, that you would have obtained but very little for them. Well, 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 Nvithin 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 13111, 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 consen ted that the clauses should be struck out, in order that the peace and property of the city might be preserved. I r!- entered the House, and taking the whole responst-• 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 of the city should be - placed in the hands of the Go vernment, for, by the decision of the judges, to which I have referred, neither the j ustices nor the magistrates of Coventry or of the county would act under such circumstances. With that straightforward manliness which characterises the conduct of Sir James Graham, he at once said, " I will not press the rejection of the clauses; the magistrates shall have juris diction over their own city, and I will carry the Bill as it stands," and he did so.—(Applause.) Well, gentlemen, if 3irdie feelings, and probably your because taking a retrovect be recalled, is not always an task; but, however, there are with the last election upon upon to make a few obsery many of whom I see about me, no doubt recolleift\.. 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 you elected me as your representative, that I should use my utmost = endeavors to carry out the principles which I-then proclaimed. I published my votes at the end of each session, and I invariably came to meet you for the purpose of rendering you an account of my stewardship ; and upon every one of them occasions, without, an exception, end without a single dissenting voice, you not only expressed your approbation of my past conduct in strong language, but confidence i n my future labour., Well, having at the former election returned me by a' majority of 580, you rejected me at the last election, without one single individual in the • midst of all the electioneering excitement that prevailed (and there were many unfounded charges- brought against me, by which, as i 2 too often the case at elections, many were misled), npt one of my bitterest foes—not one of those . who were formerly my friends, nor those who were lukewarm and indifferent—not one, I repeat, stood up and said, " You have violated the pledges which you gave, and the principles and opinions which you professed." No such charge was made 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 so 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 my 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 my former supporters going from thorough Reform principles to direct Toryism—(Heer, 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 friends, and some of the most active members of my former committee.---(Hear, hear.) They, to a very large number, withdrew their confidence from me, beca use 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")—and 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 urgingthem 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 rnan'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 100,0001.; 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 e me 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 will be 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 ineCoventry 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—(l see my old . friend the Chartist is present)—the present state of education would render them unable to retine —not that Coventry and all grea i t nh tt towns s iat a s of such unen lightened, because I con . side t r he th e the inh abitants franchise with towns capable of exercising the west, east, an great .eul tu abilityral counties, advantage ti ,tots , nos b e u i t n l th s e ay, go into the d and you will find a mass of ignorance —igno rance r sa li o n u c tih e'so great, that if you inquire 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 ?—(Bear, hear.) Education, therefore, would confer great go o d on th e peop l e. 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 haild. Give the humblest British artizan but educa tion and he may rise to the highest pinnacle of the state, and confer, by his use of 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. now, gentlemen, I will ventureto say this, that,durwg the period I served you in Parliament there Was riot one Member in any of the Parliaments to which e you returned me who adhered more stedfiistly to . t h in terests of the Dissenters than I did ; there w a s not a grievance of which they complained which I best to obtain them redress.--( fiver, not stand up in the House and denounce , and do I n r i e y . 11 • _l '4 tried relieving in everyDis senters the chu e rc es ; rates removed—first, to m e m be r frontbw often I have il vo t t e ed possible way to get_ h i zk pr e e t t h t e y p u r E o ,a i r ie l r y ty en o o f u t g h h e there s a: take Church,the them Owtrhai which t g h e e t in the new arrangements with regard to the bishops I 'd th to i and deans and chapters, yield an equivalent for their abolition. We last that, although we tried to carry our proposition in (wo successive sessions. I next supported the proposition that Churchmen alone should pay the rates, and if they could not raise suf ficient, that they should maintain their churches 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 ef, relieving the Dissenters from that ban which excluded them from tha Universities. Those Univer sities belonged to the people —they belonged too the na tion, and were therefore the property of the Diu ;senters, or of any other class, as much as they were I lie pro perty of the Church.—(Hear, hear.) They were not the property of the Church originally, for they were established and endowed by their IZ oman Catholic ancestors. - At the Reformation the Iti oman Catholics were dispossessed of the vast es4atres and revenues belonging, to the universities and colleges; . y ,~. i