The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-09 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, .N OVEMBER 9,18€ E, Sir P. Kelly on Leal Education. --- -.IP.- - ----- The third session of the Articled Clerks' Society was opened last evening at the Great Hall, King's College, Strand. This society was formed about two years ago for the purpose of giving articled clerks an opportunity of improving their legal education, and of acquiring those powers of public speaking which are so essential to the proper discharge of many of the duties devolving upon attorneys and solicitors. The attendance was numerous, and the chair was taken by Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P. A. con siderable number of honorary and ordinary mem bers having been admitted, The CHAIRMAN rose, and said—As this is the first occasion on which I have had the good fortune to appear amongst you as a member—and, I am proud to say, a vice-president of your society—and as I really take the very deepest interest in all its proceedings, and in its ultimate prosperity and suc cess, I think I ought to make sonie observations on the general objects of the society, and the means by which those objects will be most effectually attained. You belong to a profession which I do not hesitate to say is the greatest and most powerful in this great and powerful country—(cheers)—and which exercises an influence over the destinies of the nation beyond any other class. The class of attorneys, by common consent, are admitted to be, practically speaking, the most powerful class in the community in every relation in life, and in every transaction to be found within th 3 limits of the kingdom. Just look for a moment at the position of the attorney. From the highest to the lowest, no one can purchase property without him. The largest estate, fit to be the chief residence of the highest nobleman, down to a single acre of land, a hut, or a cottage, cannot change owners without an attorney to negotiate or to complete the purchase. No one can make a family settlement, looking perhaps forward into a distant futurity, or to nearer obligations, or decide what it is his duty or inclination to do, or within his power to do, without consulting and employing an attorney. In the wide sphere of our universal commerce the transactions of mercantile men are conducted by themselves while all is fair and smooth ; but directly a difficulty arises, or a doubt, or a trouble, the merchant or trader has re course at once to his attorney. And in all such cases, no matter what are the transactions involved in this vast and populous country, the attorney must be confidentially and intimately introduced and trusted, and without him nothing can be done, and on him the result depends. It is to his integrity, judgment, and knowledge that a great proportion of the transactions between man and man in this country owe their propriety and legality. (Hear, hear.) And, when we consider that all of you are destined to become attorneysand solicitors, that you are to be trained for that position in which, day by day, you must be called on, in the ordinary discharge of your duties, to have the greatest con fidence reposed in you, while you are receiving what are called " instructions," but which are really only intimations of fact, and that on the mode in which you conduct such transactions thus introduced to you depends your own character, your honour, and your success in life—it is obvious that that training should be as perfect as possible. And, again, if we collect all this mass of individual cases into one great aggregate, it is obvious that on you must depend the justice, the integrity, and the legality of all the transactions, in business and property, of this mighty empire. What, then, are the qualifications we must look for ? What is it that is required for these im portant duties to which you are to be brought up, to which this society is but ancillary and introductory, and whatever benefit you derive from the most use ful institution, " law classes for articled clerks " (cheers)—are but means to an end. Let me say, in a word, that it is not the perfecting of your educa tion, for nothing human can be perfect, but doing your best to improve and complete your education. (Hear.) And what ought that education to be? Here we come to a difficult subject. Of late years much discussion has arisen as to the mode in which the great masses of the people are to be instructed. I do not enter into that large subject--I do not enter into questions as to what is best for the highest or the lowest classes, but I come to the middle classes, and, not generalising too much, what are the elements of an education which would best befit young men in your position in life, with your prospects and your intentions, and with the great ultimate object of fitting you for those special duties - which attend the path of life to which you are called ? I will not go too much into de tail, but I wish in the first place to get rid of a question which has more or less entered into every discussion as to middle-class education. At least it has done so lately in the county I have the honour to represent, and where we have established an ex cellent institution known as the " Suffolk Albert Middle-class College." That question is, whether in such schools, classics ought or ought not to be introduced as part of the system of instruction. I do not expect that the articled clerks, or even the great body of solicitors themselves, have, or will have, the high classical training which is given at Oxford or Cambridge, or at the universities of Lon don, Edinburgh, or Dublin ; but I would advise no young man who has a little time at his disposal— however little—to consider his education complete until he has acquired, at least, a sufficient know ledge of Latin to be able to read with facility—and confidence that he understands what he reads—the ordinary prose writers of antiquity. Without this no man can ever hope to rise higher than a solicitor or attorney in his profession ; because if it should befal him (as it has befallen a great number of in dividuals, some of whom have attained great emi nence) to come to the bar, he will find that, without a knowledge of Latin, he will be subject to number less modifications, troubles, and embarrassments throughout his career. I would recommend all here, whether men or boys, who are articled clerks, or in tend to become solicitors, or who entertain the most shadowy hope of rising higher, to study Latin, so as to make themselves tolerable masters of the language, sufficient for the requirements of the position they will have to fill. And a time will come to us all, when we retire from the more active pursuits of life, and seek to enjoy, in the bosom of our families, that repose, and that comfort, and that recreation which belongs to those who have run a successful course, and then the value of classical learning and the power to recur, in the morni ngor i n the evening, orbeneath the shade of a tree in the noontide. sun, to the unfading writings of the immortal authors of anti quity, will be found an enjoyment of unspeakable value. Next, and perhaps it is of more practical im portance, you should study the modern languages. No one can go through the business of life as a so licitor or attorney, or even as an articled clerk, with out some knowledge of the modern languages. It is only within the last three days that I was applied to in order to recommend a solicitor to go to three con tinental countries in respect to a cause of great im portance which has lately arisen, and which will probably become a cause celebre. It was necessary that the solicitor required should speak French with fluency, and beable to understand and answer letters in that language. I have as extensive an acquaint anceship as most men with solicitors, and I assure you I had to apply to no fewer than 16 individuals before I could meet with one who could do what was required, and after all I have not met with the person I want. Boys at school are taught the French grammar and to speak a little, but as to writing letters or maintaining an argument, or persuading a man who is not quite willing to do what you want, or to answer objections to something you propose, they are utterly incapabl e. I do not believe there exist at this moment 20 solicitors who could dis charge such a duty. I now address myself to the young lads who are articled clerks, and I tell you all to sit up two hours every night, deprive yourselves of a, p o rtion of your natural rest, throw yourselves, whenever you have or can make opportunities, the society of French people, with whom 0 intocan talk, and from whom you may obtain a fluency and a facility in speaking French, and youfind the tim e , whether it be months or years, woll laid out. of the other languages, German is the next in import ance, and Italian and Spanish are easily acquired if you have a good knowledge of Latin. I now pass on to two other subjects, geography and his tory, which are indispensable. I once remember blushing--although not much given to blushing— (a laugh)—for a man at the bar, who, in some questions as to the old statutes, made Edward 111. come before Henry 111. ; and I would recom mend you to study history chronologically. Style is of less importance ; but you will do well to mark the style of such writers as Swift, Clarendon, Addi son, and Johnson, and to come to our own time of Erskine, Brougham, and Macaulay. And as to geography, you ought to know where all the principal ports are situated and the commodities usually shipped at them without wasting time to look any particular place up in gazetteers or elsewhere. And then, to complete your education, you should be good mathematicians, which means also good ac countants ; and you ought all to be good English scholars. Ido not say for the purpose of making speeches. It may be the fortune of some of you to be members of the Legislature ; but this is certain, that if you become attorneys, and have to make out briefs, you should be able to express yourselves in good, clear, concise English. To do that you must first of all be master of the grammar and the syno nymes, and then read the best authors. By writing out a page at a time of writers like Addison or Mac aulay, their words will become familiar to you, and the collocation of words in sentences will become almost habitual, so that you will insensibly become good writers and perhaps great orators. This is not to be done without dedicating your days and your nights to study, giving up many pleasures, and sac rificing now and then an entire vacation. In con clusion, let me remind you of what is within the knowledge of us all. I have spoken of the high positions to which some have risen, but it must be that the greater number will remain solicitors and attorneys; but if you follow my advice, none of you can fail to realise a moderate degree of indepen dence--that is to say, comfort for yourselves, and peace, contentment, and prosperity to your families. It may be the fortune of some I address to rise higher, and I will put before you the example of Sergeant Wilde. He commenced his career as a simple clerk, then he became an articled clerk, and eventually a solicitor. He did his work so well that he was advised to become a barrister, which he did. He then gained the coif, and became successively Sergeant, Queen's Sergeant, Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, and Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas, and after he had held that office with great ability and dignity, he then, with the approval of the whole country, became Lord High Chancellor—the highest digni tary of the law in this kingdom. (Cheers.) And yet he had many disadvantages. He not only laboured under physical disadvantages, but he met with an accident which threw a great cloud over his name and reputation; but the honour and integrity of his character, and his great and splendid abilities, bore him up aloft—he passed through the cloud into the sunshine of perfect prosperity. (Cheers.) Try to follow his example—practise his perseverance, imi tate his integrity and honour, and you may, if you do not reach so high, attain the respect and admi ration of your countrymen. (Cheers.) A discussion on " Circumstantial Evidence" fol lowed, and at its close a vote of thanks to the chair man terminated the proceedings. The Earl of Hardwicke and Mr. F. S. Powell, M.P., on Art and Architecture. The seventh anniversary of the Cambridge and Cambridgeshire School of Art was celebrated at the Guildhall, Cambridge, on Tuesday evening last, by a soiree, whereat the prizes and medals obtained by the variouspupils during the past year were distributed by the Countess of Hardwicke. The Earl of Hard wicke presided. Her ladyship. was conducted to the platform by the Rev. the Master of Trinity College (Dr. Whewell), and there were present, in addition, Mr. F. S. Powell, M.P., the Rev. the Master of St. John's (Dr. Bateson), the Yen. Archdeacon Emery, the Rev. Canon Carus, and a number of other members of the university. The body of the large room was well filled by an audience composed of all classes. In another room the subject that had ob tained the prizes, with a large collection of other cbje-As of interest, were exhibited. Amongst the objects that attracted more than usual attention was asollection of beautifully preserved caterpil lars, and other objects of natural history, contri buted by Mr. Baker, naturalist, of Cambridge. The caterpillars, both in regard to position, colour, and permanency, are preserved in a way known only to the exhibitor, and similar specimens have excited the curiosity and attention of naturalist Ea vans in all parts of England and the Continent. It should be mentioned that the soiree was a joint one between the School of Art and the Architec tural Society. The Rev. W. FAWCETT, one of the hon. secretaries, having read the report, which was of a most congratulatory character, The Earl of lIARDWICKE, after some introductory observations, said he presumed that on that occasion he was about to address the parents and friends of the pupils, and also sonic of the pupils themselves and it would probably find a place in the minds of many of them, as it had occurred to him, that in ' addressing them on art, on science, or on education in reference to art, on the spot where art, science, and education predominated, he should place him self in such a position as to be liable to severe criti cism, and would come off, as all men in his position must do, second best. They had had the advan tage of supporting that excellent institution many years, and in the course of the time the advan tages they had derived had been squared and cubed, and double cubed. During that period they had presidents of various character and abilities, and various conditions in life. They could not expect to have on every occasion the most illustrious in the land, the Prince of Wales, to pre side over them, or the noble President of the Coun cil, who presided over the peculiar institutions of the country under which that school was formed. They could not always expect the most eminent mathema tician in the land—that bright star in the firmament of Cambridge—so the presidency must naturally oc casionally fall to such humble individuals as he who then stood before them. They would be prepared to receive a greater or less amount of scientific instruc tion, and would be satisfied to overlook any defi ciencies—while they praised the great and illustrious in rank or science—to overlook the shortcomings of those who, like himself, were willing but humble. Art was not the especial vocation of a seaman, but though that class might not stand high in their esteem as great promoters or lovers of the fine arts, they were little acquainted with the characteristics of the service if they were not aware that there were few classes of men who knew and valued more the importance of art than seamen. Graphic illustrations of the most important discoveries and the most dangerous and interesting incidents o f mar l ti me lif e were continua y brought home by seamen themselves; and as one proof he need only refer to the valuable drawin g s of an offi cer lately returned from the northern seas. They might believe him that the seaman highly valued the capability of conveying to his fellow-countrymen at home the representation of what he had seen in foreign' countries. Whoever had seen the drawings of the officer he had alluded to, would see not only the value of the acquisition, but also the value attached to it in the artist's mind. Therefore, they might f ee l assured that he, in presenting himself before them, though he did not know enough of the subject to enable him to properly descant upon it as he could wish, highly appreciated it. The school they were now called on to support was one of great value in the edu cation of the people. Anything that would gain th e attention of the mind and draw it from the ordinary pursuits of life, whether for the purpose of recrea tion or profit, was highly valuable ; and one of the most important movements in this country was that which encouraged the establishment of those insti tutions which tended to beautify the mind and civi lise the subject, tended to harmony among the people, to instruct them, and to render them easily governed. All this tended to the amelioration of the laws; and the nearer approach to that desideratum, in the minds of all right-thinking men, was the making the laws of governance the mildest. These institutions tended more than anything else to the profitable and rational amusement of the people, the improve ment of the laws, the increase of the pleasure of the people, and to that point which all strove to attain i --a share in the government of the country. The subjects of painting and drawing might to many pupils be a source of profit, while others might only study them for the pleasure they afforded ; so that they might be looked at from two different points. One class, then, would have no object but the crea tion of a pleasurable emotion ; but this was highly valuable and important, as he felt sure there was not a person in that room who, as a parent, did not feel that it was highly important to their sons that they should have something in their minds which should destroy the tendency to indulge in idle hours. Music and painting no doubt offered the greatest obstacles to that idle tendency, and where youths took to those arts, they might depend upon it that they would become not only more refined in their minds, but more virtuous in their conduct,from the fact that they had resources that others lacked to fill up their time, and so were not tempted to viciously use it. (Applause.) Their minds were softened by such pursuits, which led them to a study of nature, and so on to a due appreciation of God's works—(loud applause)—they were led on step by step to a higher consideration and appreciation, and thus to the exercise of those virtues which were most essential to happiness in this world and that to come hereafter. (Loud applause. With regard to females he could not employ the same language. They had naturally more resources than man for the passing what would otherwise be idle time, the chief of them, whether employed for pleasure or profit, being the needle. Thus, though art would lead them to the same appreciation of the works of nature as the male, it was not so valuable as an essential part of education to the girl as to the boy, where it was to be practised merely as an amusement ; though he knew by experience the value of the arts when cul vated for amusement alone, the great sustentation of virtue of conduct they afforded, and the great ap preciation of the works of the Almighty that they led to. But when they turned to another class— those who relied upon art for a living—it came home to all. He had heard the congratulatory tidings that there was an opening for all who studied art with a view to recuperation. In portrait and land scape painting none but those possessed of great genius could do what would bring back a respect able living ; but in the lower grades of art, in what might be called mechanical art, which was highly interesting, and also highly remunerative, there was a great want of hands. In the colouring of that beautiful fabric, china, for instance, there was great room for labourers at a probably high amount of wages. It was a most beautiful study ; and, as an illustration of its value, he might point to the fact that he had seen vases, specimens of ancient art, hardly larger than the water carafe before him, bought at 800 to 1,000 guineas. Labourers were wanting in that field, and were not at present to be found. Somewhere there must be genius and application, and for these and attention in that walk, there was an opening. Again, turning to the walls of that room, he would observe that at the present day there was no one to compare with Sir James Thornhill or Rubens in the art of painting on the flat, or the ceiling, though he ob served on a second glance that the artist had ren dered it unnecessary there, for he had plastically decorated the ceiling. This painting on the flat was at present hardly understood ; at any rate not suf ficiently practised in England, and there was a great opening in that direction. If they wanted to see one of Sir James Thornhill's best works, they would find a specimen in the chapel at Wimpole House—a specimen that would be freely open to their inspec tion ; they would there see - what art could do on the flat. He had no doubt great progress would be made by reason of these schools ; that they would produce men and women able to grasp and master subjects, such as Angelica Kaufman, and others—. others who had by genius and application made their names familiar to this generation—had dealt with. He would not trespass more upon what, to him, was so delicate a subject—one on which he had already gone further than he intended ; but they would at once proceed to the distribution of prizes by Lady Hardwicke, assisted by himself. (Ap plause.) The recipients of medals and prizes then passed across the platform, their honorarium being handed to each, accompanied by a few pleasant and con gratulatory words by the Countess of Hardwicke. The Yen. Archdeacon EMERY congratulated the meeting on the fact that the establishment of another branch—one at Wisbeach—had been solicited by the inhabitants there during the past week, so that Cambridge might, if it pleased, become a very wide centre of art. The Yen. Archdeacon eloquently advocated the adoption of the proposition of Earl Granville, that a professorship of modern art should be established in the university. He would not detain them further, because he had no doubt they were anxious to hear Mr. Powell, who had kindly announced his intention to favour them with an address. Mr. F. S. POWELL, M.P., then proceeded to de liver an address on " Truth the Foundation of Art." He was loudly applauded on his rising, and indeed throughout, but more particularly when he referred to the vandalism of so-called " restorers" of ancient architecture in our churches. He said—The accu racy of the proposition thus laid down will be suffi ciently proved by reminding you that the design and intention of art is representation, not deception. The artist who brings before the spectators a brave soldier, a stout sailor, a gifted senator, or the scenes in which they acquired fame, does not attempt to create a belief that his breathing brass and living marble are men, or that the scenes are again acted in our midst—his brass and marble remain brass and marble still--quick as be the emotions they excite, lively as be the conceptions which they create. He has within his own mind a truth which he de sires to communicate, and to adopt truthful means as the channel by which the information is given. It is in communing with nature that this truth is to be learnt. Doubtless technical knowledge must be acquired in the school, skill in manipulation, theories of perspective, power of arrangement and of group ing. But it is on the lonely mountain, on the glacier pass, in the slumbering woodland, by the rushing stream, in the market-place, on the village green that the highest lessons are conveyed. It is thus that the great American School Of Art is receiving development. Witness those wondrous pictures of South American and Arctic scenery ; witness the statues which have amazed and delighted Europe. It is thus that Rosa Bonheur has, attained her ex cellence in representing scenes of animal life. The great dispute between the Pre-Raphaelite brethren and their fellow artists may be partially closed by assertion of the principle that there is no question whether truth should be followed, but that the point in debate is the measure and quantity of truth which the picture should contain—whether such details should be added as may satisfy the patient and accurate observer, or whether the artist should rest content when he has communicated his lesson to the crowd. It is not safe to assert that his canvas ought to be so occupied as not to disappoint the diligent, while he abstains from such accessories as hide and conceal his meaning from the casual passenger. Each genuine artist in the spirit of truth tells out truth according to his opportunities and the enlight enment of his age. What one man has executed in obedience to the genius of his century another living in a later generation, actuated by other influences, cannot reproduce. Take as an illustration familiar such examples—a laughing satyr ; Hercules in his massive might; Mercury, strong of limb, ready to speed forth in fleet career at the behests of his gods; or, coining to a later period, a mediaeval knight, and a king in barbarous splendour. Endeavouring to reproduce such works as these, the artist is lost in hopeless failure. Compare the best cast with the marble. Wh a t a lif e l ess reproduction, though accu rate in each d e t a il ! Compare an old block print with a modern fac-simile. What a loss of quaint force and stirring vitality in your mechanical copy ! The old artist tells you truth as he best knew truth; the modern workman repeats to you as accurately as he may that which appeared truth to the man of an cient days, but which to his mind is no truth at all, but a departure from truth and falling off from faithful representation. Borrow a lesson from architecture, how each age infused with its own proper Bpi/it its own proper architecture. The strong Roman archi tecture of Italy, the more graceful Roman buildings of the provinces, the Romanesque ; the fortified churches which are embodiments of the spirit be longing to those who, priest and knight, at once practised and sheltered religion during rude and in secure days; the Gothic developments ; then, as the world became luxurious, and the history of Europe a melancholy alternation between the wars of reli gion and bloodshed arising from intrigues of flat terers and corruption of courtiers, the false and meretricious and tricky Renaissance accurately cor responded with the spirit of the time ; lastly, when France recovered her force and spirit and solidity under the first Napoleon, there was an endeavour to return to the vigorous structures of old Rome in such buildings as the Madeleine and the Pantheon at Paris. At home there was a similar coincidence. The respectable brick of Queen Anne told of a prime age. The tasteless deformities of the Georgian era reflected the spirit of a nation engaged in a struggle for national life. Observe the influence of new discoveries on the progress of art. How powerful was the interest excited when the tombs of Egypt were explored ; kings passed in procession; captives were borne in triumph ; old Egypt revealed to a new age. Faint and feeble efforts were made to borrow the style ; those efforts failed because there was no response in the spirit of the 19th century to the spirit of Egyptian kings. how powerful the inte rest when Athens was made known by prints and by books. One temple was seized by capitalists, and transformed into a bank ; the Temple of the Winds became, by a less violent adaptation, a sum mer house ; _a third was elevated to the ambiguous dignity belonging to a parish vestry ; but they passed away. The informing spirit was absent ; the forms fell into disuse. But we have one style born in these northern climes, diverse in diverse times ; different amid different people ;. still ever the same, at home on the Rhine as on the Rhone, on the Danube as on the Thames ; most correct when most irregular ; most instinct with its own true spirit when least rigid, and most readily lend ing itself to the necessities of site and the ca prices of the builder. Need I say that reference is made to the Gothic style ? It is as old as England's palmiest days, younger than the buildings not yet risen from the ground. It is the servant of Leeds when an infirmary is demanded ; of Preston, in the new town -hall ; of utilitarian Manchester, when a noble assize court springs up, under the accomplished hand of the Gothic architect, Mr. Waterhouse. It lives and grows because lending itself to each age. Truth must be also sought in the use of material. We may descend into the mine, carry the produc tions thereof to the furnace, and by fusion produce the most rich and varied colours at command. But our work is then done ; our iron must show itself as iron, whether in the stout pillar, in the delicate foliage, or the classic shield. Our gilding must show itself as gilding, not as solid gold ; our mosaic will remain mosaic, and not affect the manner be longing to the pencil. Again, we must adopt truth in our manufacture. In a mechanical age wo should avail ourselves of mechanical processes, and not emulate the irregular forms and dull colour of Vene tian glass, but produce perfect forms, and metal as lustrous and transparent as our chemical skill can devise. Nor must we forget truth in construction. It is a safe canon that the decorative must not ap pear constructive, but that the constructive may aid in decoration. Lastly, there is another form of truth, viz., historical truth. It is chiefly in the re storation of ancient buildings that this principle finds application. A Gothic cathedral, built in suc cessive ages, bears in the stonework a record of the spirit which animated society during centuries. To destroy any portion of this masonry under the impression that you are restoring the early fabric, is to destroy the record, and cause your building to depart from original truth and to become a false hood. I will illustrate my remarks by the cathedral of Sens, in France, which I had the fortune, or I might say rather the misfortune, to visit in the course of the late autumn. The building has rare interest to Englishmen. Father S. Thomas a Beckett fled there for refuge : there memorials of him in the form of vestments are preserved. Thence came a Frenchman " William of Sens," to rebuild Canter bury cathedral after the fire of 1174: thence his successor as master mason of Canterbury followed, viz., an Englishman named William of Sens. The two cathedrals of Canterbury and Sens carry in style memorials of this interesting association of workmen. During the present year chapels open ing out on the aisles of the nave, occupying the spaces between the buttresses of the aisles, and un doubted twelfth century work, have been ruthlessly destroyed, although sound and safe, in order to erect what an architect in the 19th century imagines that an architect in the 12th century ought to have built. He knows not what his predecessor actually did ; he produces that which he conjectures he ought have done. He changes the building from a truth ful history of the past into a mere pretence, a delu sion. To complete his work he must destroy the towers ; remove the roof ; demolish the clerestory ; and when he at last rests he will have blotted out truth and converted his building into a lie. The old record is departed ; the true past has perished ; his new building affects to be what a 19th century building can never become—viz., a work executed during the twelfth. In contrast with the cathedral is the town-hall, the exterior of which, after cen turies of insult and ravage, is piously restored, each detail carefully filled in where former work was cut away, carefully preserved where the old h a d sur vived. Thus the next age will receive from the present not the ancient structure in the form which the 19th century by crude conjecture and rash guess im pc sed upon it, but the very building of the 13th cen tury. In conclusion, I have but to remark that as truth leads to successes and triumphs in the rela tions of citizens, in the intercourse of nations, in commercial theories, in the researches of science, so in art we follow the same guidance, and know that in the pursuit of truth we best attain excellence and most closely approximate to perfection in cultivation of the art which we love. At the conclusion of Mr. Powell's address, a pro gramme of vocal and instrumental music was gone through, and after a complimentary vote of thanks to the president and Lady Ifardwicke, acknowledged by the noble earl, the company dispersed, after duly honouring the National Anthem. MADAME TIISSAUD'S.—Life-size portrait models of the most distinguished personages are being constantly added to Madame Tussaud's popular historical gallery in Baker-street, and amongst tho latest we would call special attention to those of the late Lord Palmerston, President Johnson, and General Grant. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales honoured the exhibition lately with a visit, as did also th 9 Crown Prince of Prussia. LITTLE-PEOPLE.—In the days of Sir Hans Sloane there was exhibited at the Mitre and Rummer at Charing-cross, "a little wildonan, aged 27, and 34in. high.'' And at a coffeehouse in Charing-cross (a famous place for exhibitions was Charing-cross in those days), a little man, 50 years old, 2ft. 9in. high, and the father of eight children ; when he sleeps ho puts his head between his feet, to rest on by way of a pillow, and his great toes in each ear, which posture ho shows to the general satisfaction of all the spec tators. The Liege people boast of an old woman, who died about a century ago, at the ago of 100, and with the altitude of 32in. Mary Jane, of the same height, died at Wem, in Shropshire, 90 years ago ; but the poor thing was deformed and lame. An advertisement in the time of William and Mary tells of a German woman, "at the brandy-shops , over against the Eagle and Child, in Stocks' Market' (where the Mansion House now stands), "the dwarf of the world, being but two feet seven in height, and the mother of two children." This was also the height of "a man of the least stature that has been seen in the memory of man," at the Plume of Feathers in the same locality. One exhi bition was of "a little Scotchman, but two feet and six inches high, near upon sixty years old ; ho sings and dances with his son ; ho formerly kept a writing-school, and dis courses of the Scriptures and of many eminent histories very wisely"—a pedagogue in a nutshell. The "Journal de Medecine" notices a man twenty-eight inches high. Mr. Simon Paap, a Dutch dwarf, who attracted a good deal of attention in London fifty years ago, was about as many inches in height as he was pounds in weight and years in age—twenty-eight. In Queen Anne's time there was "a little fairy woman, come from Italy, being but two foot two inches high." There is a record of one Hannah Bounce, who, although only twenty-five inches high, gave birth to a child.—Dickens's "All the Year Round." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Effectual Aid.—ln the sad time of sickness it is cheering to know that a remedy does exist, and that it can be pro cured at a little cost. Holloway's ointment and pills are always useful in relieving pain, in reducing inflammations, and regulating disordered actions. They never can be misapplied, nor can they under auy circumstances cause mischief. They are a blessing to the rich when tormented by indigestion, gout, and skin diseases ; and a precious boon to the poor when struck down by illness. Hollo way's medicines should be in the possession of all soldiers, sailors, and emigrants, who will then be in a position to ease pain and cure disease when medical assistance cannot be obtained. City Sewers Commiss'on. On Tuesday the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London met in the. Sewers Court-room, at the Guildhall, for the despatch of public business. The chairman of the Commission, Mr. Deputy De Jersey, presided, and amongst those present were Deputy Cork, Deputy Bower, Deputy Bone, De puty White, Deputy Perkins, Deputy Obbard, Messrs. George Walter, B. Spitsbury, H. Nind, R. J. Chaplin, J. Thomas, 11. L. Taylor, IL A. Israel, S. Straker, &c. At the commencement of the proceedings, Mr. R. J. CHAPLIN drew the attention of the members to the loss which they had sustained by reason of the death of Mr. Deputy Lorking, who, he said, had been:connected with the Corporation as a member of the Court of Common Council and of the Court of Sewers for nearly half a century. During that long period he had always given his best energies to the interests of the Corporation and the citizens generally, and he (Mr. Chaplin) asked the members to agree to a resolution of con dolence with the family of the deceased gentleman in the loss they had sustained. Deputy PERKINS seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN, as a colleague of the late deputy in the Court of Common Council, speaking from an association with him during the last quarter of a century, bore testimony to the attention and zeal with which he had attended to his duties as a mem ber of the Corporation. _ The motion was agreed to, and was ordered to be communicated to the family of the deceased gentleman by Mr. Daw, the principal clerk. Mr. Deputy BONE called attention to what he considered a public nuisance, which arose from the posting of bills on the hoardings erected in front of premises in the City which were in course of erection. It seemed to him that obstruction was caused both by the bill-stickers and by persons stopping to read the placards, and he considered that wherever a license for a hoarding was granted a condition should be imposed necessitating the removal of the placards. The CHAIRMAN observed that it would be a ques tion for future consideration whether or not the commissioners had the power to put any restriction upon the builders to whom they granted licenses to put up the hoardings. Ultimately it was referred to the General Pur poses Committee to consider the powers of the com missioners, and to report thereon to the court. The question of the removal of the parish church of St. Benet, Gracechurch-street, was brought under the notice of the Court by Mr. SAMUEL STRAKER, who thought that the inhabitants ought to be in formed what the present position of affairs was with respect to the improvement. The CHAIRMAN said that this subject had been for a considerable time under the consideration of one of the committees of the court, who had given it their serious attention. Notwithstanding re peated negotiations they had been unable to come to any reasonable arrangement with the Ecclesiasti cal Commissioners, and he trusted that the paro chial authorities would do all they could to bring about a satisfactory result. (Hear.) The matter then dropped. A report was read from the Improvement Com mittee upon the subject of the proposed widening of Great Wirichester-street. They stated that new lines of frontage had been arranged, by which vari ous show posts now projecting into the street were to be set back, and tho angles of the buildings at the corner of the street were to be rounded off, without expense to the Commission. They also stated that, as any further improvement would involve a very large outlay of the public money, they recommended the Court to take no further steps in the matter. Mr. SAUNDERS strongly urged tho Court to em brace the present opportunity of carrying out the improvement. The report was agreed to. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. The Principal Clerk laid before the Court an anonymous communication which had been sent to him by the Lord Mayor, by whom •it had been re ceived. It was signed " Humanity," and addressed from Blairgowrie, and it stated that large quantities of diseased meat were being daily forwarded, per railway, from the counties of Forfar and Perth, for disposal in the London market, and the writer asked the attention of the authorities in London to the subject, in order that steps might be taken to in tercept it. Inspector WYLDE stated that recently he had seized a large quantity of diseased meat which had been sent from Scotland, and the inspectors appointed. by Government had sent a communication to Lon don, so that the inspectors here might see it on its arrival. In answer to questions, it was stated that the whole of the cowsheds in the western district were in a healthy condition, and as regarded the eastern district of the City, Inspector Newman said the dis ease had broken out in two of the cowhouses, and in one of them 17 cows had died. Mr. IsßAELinquired whether any efforts had been made to cure the diseased animals. The Inspector said there had. In one:ca.se the ani mal had been kept one day over the time, but even tually it died. Mr. ISRAEL said he saw by one of the newspapers as many as from 50 to 80 per cent. of the diseased animals had been cured, and it seemed to him very strange that a cure could not be effected in London. The subject then dropped. Dr. LETHEBY reported that the slaughter-houses and markets of the city had been duly inspected during the week, and the officers had seized and con demned 3,8861 b. of meat as unfit for human food. It consisted of 8 sheep, 7 pigs, 35 quarters of beef, and two joints of meat. He further directed the at tention of the court to the fact that on Thursday last, the inspector seized six quarters of beef in a very diseased condition in Newgate-market ; and on its being condemned by Mr. Alderman Abbiss, he directed that the facts should be reported to the Commissioners, with a view to legal proceedings being taken. In one of the cases the meat was sent to the market by a person who had already been committed for trial for a similar offence, and he (Dr. Letheby) thought the facts were of sufficient importance to deserve further inquiry. The Court acquiesced in the views of the medical officer, and referred the matter to the _solicitor to consider what steps should be taken. SANATORY CONDITION OF THE CITY. Dr. LETIIEBY reported that 48 deaths had been registered in the City during the past week. This number was much less than the average for the corresponding period of the last ten years, which amounted to 57. 18 of the deaths were among children of less than five years of age, and 10 were among persons of 60 and upwards. The chief causes of death were as follows :—Phthisis 5, mesenteric disease 5, pneumonia 4, bronchitis 3, continued fever 2, scarlet fever 3, whooping-cough 1, and infantile diarrhcea I—making together 10 deaths from tubercular diseases, 7 from inflamma tory affection of the lungs, and only 7 from diseases of a zymotic character. THE GAS SUPPLY. Dr. LETHEBY stated that the illuminating power of the gas as supplied to the city during the week had been constantly above the requirements of the Act of Parliament ; but the average proportion of sulphur in the case of each of the companies had ex ceeded the amount sanctioned by Parliament. After transacting some further business, the com missioners adjourned. THE EASTERN FISHERIES.---During the last day or two there have been large deliveries of herrings at Groat Yarmouth, one boat having come in with 16} lasts (or 217,800 herrings), while another belonging to tho same owners landed nine lasts. Those cargoes were worth be tween them £520. Other Tuggers have landed from four to 12 lasts each. Prices have ranged from £ll to £2l 15s. per last (13,20 . 0 fish). A cheering report has also been re ceived from Lowestoft. The Great Yarmouth town-council proposes to apply to Parliament next session for powers to construct an extensive fish wharf ; the wharf (with certain warehouses) will, when completed, be handed over to the Great Eastern Railway Company, which has arranged to lease the undertaking on terms that will meet the interest accruing on the capital engaged in the work. Count and Lady Cecil de la Feld have arrived at Feldenstein, near Richmond, from st. Lonardg-ou-Sea. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TmtEs.--It has sometimes been objected to our English system of administration that it hardly recog nizes the value of official experience. The highest offices of State not only change hands, as a matter of course, with every change of Ministry, but are fre quently shifted from one member of a Cabinet to another for no better reason than political conve nience. Lord Palmerston, indeed, was for some 20 years at the War-office, and for the next 20 years held the seals of the Foreign-office Whenever his party was in power. Such a tenure of the same post by one individual is, however, extremely rare, and most of our older statesmen have served their turn in several departments. There are, of course, many things to be said against this practice, but there is also something to be said in its favour. It mani festly tends to discourage the initiation of reforms so comprehensive as to require many years for their development. It accustoms the Parliamentary re presentatives of great offices to rely too implicitly on their permanent subordinates, and gives the lat ter the real control of a policy for which they are not publicly responsible. On the other hand, it brings a succession of fresh and unprejudiced minds to bear on the working of the departmental ma chinery. It is said that the Russian Generals in the Crimea seldom exposed the same men to the brunt of the battle, but confronted the allied armies with constant relays of new troops. A good hint may be borrowed from the principle of these tactics for other than military purposes, and it is quite possi ble that successive Secretaries of State have saved the public from a tyranny of routine and tradition which might have become intolerable under func tionaries appointed for life. At all events, this con sideration may help to reconcile us to the changes which must take place if the present Ministry is to be strengthened in any material degree. The pro cess of reconstruction inevitably involves the remo val of one or more persons from positions in which they have at least acquired experience, the substi tution of others who may have their experience to gain, and perhaps the transfer of some Minister from a department with which he is familiar to a depart ment in which he must at first be a novice. We have already mentioned, what is no secret, that as soon as the necessity of reinforcing the Government in the House of Commons was felt by Lord Russell and his colleagues, the first example of self-sacrifice was set by the Duke of Somerset. Without actually resigning, he announced his readiness to resign at any moment if he would facilitate a readjustment of the Ministry. Now, there is nothing invidious or disparaging to others in expressing the opinion that the Duke's services are not those which can best be spared. He is one of few among our public men who have earned the reputation of administrative vigour, and, what is still rarer, of entire indepen dence. If, therefore, be is to leave the Admiralty where, however, it will not be found easy to pro vide an equally good successor, it is natural to in quire in what other quarter his valuable qualities are most needed. One important office will at once occur to our readers. The War-office is certainly the weakest point in our whole administrative system. This overgrown establishment has long maintained a bad eminence for the costly inefficiency of its organisation. Within the last year great scandals among War-office clerks have come to light, and this disclosure was followed by an almost mutinous agitation against an attempt to reduce their number. There is no branch of the Civil Ser vice in which a firm hand is more urgently required, as there is probably none on which so much public money is wasted. Without striking off a single effective soldier from the muster-roll of our army or diminishing our means of national defence in the slightest degree, wo might cut down the Estimates by more than any one outside the office would guess by a thorough reform in Pall-mall. But this is not the only or the main consideration which recom mends the Duke of Somerset for the Secretaryship of State for War. The prime requisite for that most responsible and arduous of posts is an inflexible preference of public interests to private influences. What the Duke of Wellington said of commanding officers is emphatically true of one who not only exercises enormous military patronage, but stands between Parliament and the Commander-in-Chief himself. " The only mode of avoiding party spirit in the army is for the commanding officer to be of no side excepting that of the public; to employ in discriminately those who best serve the public, be they what they may, or in whatever service. The consequence will be that the service will go on, all parties will join in forwarding it ani in respecting him ' • there will be an e n d t o th e i r p e tt y di s p u t es about trifles, and the commanding officer will be at the head of an army, instead of a party." How sel-. dom this ideal has been realised at the Horse Guards is, unhappily, but too notorious, and it was partly to check the inveterate favouritism at headquarters that a new Secretary of State was appointed, with a power of control over the Commander-in-Chief. But for the disgraceful break-down of our military system during the Crimean War, and the general conviction that our national honour was being tar nished through jobbery, we2hould probably be still under the old regime. The - Secretaryship for War would still be united with that for the Colonies, Woolwich would be what it used to be, there would be no Staff College and no Council of Military Education. If we have gained much by these re forms, it behoves us to be ever on our guard lest they should be insensibly, but effectually, undone. Let the Secretary of State for War once become subservient to the Commander-in-Chief, or forego any part of his own superior responsibility, and we may at any time relapse into the abuses of that; period when the British army was commanded by 1 the Duke of York. It would be unjust to Lord De Grey if we failed to acknowledge the laborious assiduity which he has brought to the other duties of his office, but in that paramount duty to which w e have alluded he has been found lamentably want ing. Those who are aware of the efforts that have been made to weaken the Council of Military Edu cation well know the nature of the influences which he was called upon and bound to resist, but to which he has apparently yielded. This institution, so distasteful to the dispensers of militarypatronage, is the great security for impartiality in the entrance examinations for the army, and an indirect guaran tee for promotion by merit. Last year a blow was aimed at it under the specious pretext of the appli cation of the rule, which would have made its mem bers removable after five years, and so dependent on that very favour against which it is their special business to protect the public. We have reason to fear that, although this measure was reserved for further consideration, another attempt of the same kind is contemplated, and that at the Horse Guards the hostility to all safeguards against jobbery is as strong as ever. To stem this current steadily flow ing in a direction contrary to the public interest a less pliable Minister than Lord De Grey is greatly wanted. For the sake of the Duke of Cambridge himself we should rejoice to see at the War-office a man who would steadily exert his constitutional authority against the pressure of the Horse Guards, and thus support him against that which is always being applied to the Horse Guards from without. This requires a fearless temperament, as well as an assured social position, and there is, perhaps, no other member of the Cabinet who combines these gifts with administrative ability in so high a degree as the Duke of Somerset. HERALD.—The negotiations for a treaty of com merce between England and Austria are, we are as sured, upon the point of attaining a satisfactory con clusion. Of the character of the treaty, however, even those well-informed persons who profess to know the number of articles it contains can tell us nothing definite. The reductions of her tariff to which Austria has pledged herself may be only nomi nal concessions to free trade, and we are very much inclined to fear that they will prove so. It has been said, indeed, that the Austrian Government has agreed to impose only a maximum ad valorem duty of 15 per cent. ; but this ad va l orem d uty i s to be converted into specific duties, an d every b o d y knows that in the course of that p rocess t h e 15 per cent. may easily be raised to 50. It is difficult to believe that the Austrian Ministry has ventured upon a bold advance towards free t ra d e , an d un l ess t h e a d vance is a very bold one it will profit nothing to Austria or England. The Austrian empire is now in a condi tion in which no half measures can be of the slight est service, and no tariff reform, whether general or particular to England, will be worth the disturbance it must create in Austrian industry, if it does not proceed on the principle that customs duties are only to be imposed for the purposes of revenue and in that end should be fixed as low as possible. What hope can we reasonably entertain that the newtreaty will be framed in accordance with these principles ? The Austrian Government is, no doubt, very anxious to conclude a treaty of commerce withEngland,and would concede a great deal rather than fail. What ever may have been its real desires when' Mr. Hutt was at Vienna, it has now the most urgent motives to expedite the negotiations. It is not that the nego tiators now at Vienna have proved more successful than the Vice-President of the Board of Trade in converting the Austrian Ministers to a sense of the blessings of free trade. The new treaty will be due, not to any conviction on the part of the Minist r y that free trade is a good thing in itself or for Aus tria, but to the belief that by means of such a treaty the capitalists of England may b e allured i n t o lend ing their money to the Austrian GAvernment o r embarking it in Austrian railways, docks, and mines. For the last two months the Go vernmen t has been vainly endeavouring to secure a l oan . The suspension of the constitution has closed the money markets of Germany—where th a t measure is seen in its true light—against it ; and although the Liberal press of England and Fran ce h ave h a i led that coup cre - tat with loud applause, the capitalists of London and Paris have shown no readiness to fling in their money bags to fill up the yawning gulf of Austrian deficits. In vain have the most roseate pictures of the economies offered by the new Finance Minister, and the most positive assurance of the excellent spirit of the Hungarians, been dis seminated throughout the two countries ; there is no confidence in either of them in Austria, except in those persons whose confidence is cheaply given because it costs them nothing, and, consequently, is worth nothing to Austria. In this dilemma it is hoped that a commercial treaty with England—. which is certain to be declared by the organs of the English Government a very wonderful measure, to be hailed as the opening of a new era for Austria, to be proclaimed as proof positive that the empire_ has entered upon a career of peace and inter na l development—will stimulate the enterprise and generate the confidence of Englishmen with money% to invest, and that a loan, and ever so many great schemes of improvement, may be floated in London on the conversion of the empire to free trade. The Austrian Government has had, therefore, every interest to make great concessions if conces sions were required ; but, on the other hand, it has been placed in this difficulty, that great concessions would not fail to create for it great oppositiall; The constitution has, indeed, been suspended, a nd it has no need, therefore, to fear the Beichsrath. The Emperor governs absolutely, and does not need the assent of his people to any measures he, may take; but although deprived of the means of giving legal effect to their objections the Protec tionists have still the means of creating difficulties for the Government, and the explosion of opposition which a thoroughly free trade policy on the part e l the Government would provoke would be awkwa rd in the present critical position of the empire. It i s not likely, however, that the Austrian G o vernment has had to choose between losing the treaty an adding to its difficulties at home. The English Go' vernment has shown itself so anxious to make' s treaty of some kind that its representatives, instead of asking more than Austria could venture to give, have in all probability taken much less than cou ld have been obtained from her. We doubt veryintw' whether the treaty between Great Britain and Aus tria will do much more than give the former some' thing like the advantages which are already o' o , ll the Zollverein ' and if it does nothing more it low not be worth the cost of Mr. Hutt's journey to Vienna. Austria must, treaty with England or no treaty, make a sweeping reform of her tariff within a very few years, and it is not worth the while of a great commercial nation like England—it is nO t consistent with its dignity—to pay for a trifling an ticipation of other nations even so small a price as the humiliatian of asking the favour. What Ent . land can have offered to Austria in this treaty as the equivalent for the concession we are at a loss t° imagine. We have no longer any protective duties, and Austria already enjoys all the advantages e e corded to the most favoured nation. There are but two complaints against our tariff made by foreigners/ the one not altogether devoid of reason, the other perfectly without warrant, and in the satisfaction of neither of these complaints can Austria be said to have any particular interest. Sh e i s no d ou bt a Nv"'" producing country, but her wines are mostly of the kind that would bear transport in the cask, and 0 110 has nothing like the interest in the reduction of the duty on wine in bottles which France or the State of the Zollverein have. She is not a very large ma nufacturer of raw spirits, and she has no great tour tation, therefore, to ask the withdrawal from tne English distiller of the few pence per gallon given him by Mr. Gladstone when the duty on foreign spirits was assimilated to that on home-made, as some equivalent for the restrictive interference °I the Excise, and the obligation to pay the duty ire: mediately after the manufacture of the spirit, whils t the foreign competitor only pays it when he sells the article. We have nothing to concede Austria by treaty, although there is much which our capital can do to increase her wealth and the welfare of her peoples. The Austrian Government naturally de sires that English capitalists should invest their money in the construction of Austrian railways, and something more than petty tariff reductions are needed to secure their co-operation. The empire must become a constitutional State in reality and not in name, and ample security must be given that its institutions shall not again be set aside at tho mere pleasure of the Sovereign. COUNTRY MARKETS GAINSBOROUGH-T ITEBDAY. - - Our corn exchange to-day was again thinly supplied, with grain. Good samples of wheat were in request, spa made fully is per qr. more money. Malting and grinduig barley a brisk sale at 1s per qr. advance. O a t s scarc e and dearer. Other articles firm, with an upward tendency. 1113 LL.--T UESDAY. At our market to-day there was a small show of Englie l , wheat, and farmers as k e d a very great advance. business done was about 2s per qr. over last week. Mu ley was exceedingly scarce, and was is to 2s per qr. dearer for all qualities. B eans , peas, an d oats wore a l so h o ld 10r more money. Linseed advanced is per qr. English old white wh ea t, 50 s t o 56 5; o ld rod, 458 to 49:. Barley, chevalier, 28s to 32 5 . O a t s , R uss i an , 22s to 2 , 1„: Beans, new English, 42 s t o 43 5 . P eas , E ng li s h blue, a° to 36s 6d; grinding, 35s to 35s Gd per 36 stone. NEWOAS TLE--T UESDAY. There was a good supply of wheat at this market. MI met a ready sale at rather over Saturday's rates ; old 3 into prices. Barley 6d to is higher. Grinding barley fulli a is dearer. Malt, beans, and peas wore firm. Oats advance 6d to is, and flour is. MARKET HARBOROUGH.—TUESDAY. Old white wheat, 44s to 54s ; new rod. 39s to 47s per Jv stone. Barley, fine, 36s ; othor kind; 27s to 34s per Oats, new, 23s to 258; old, 27s to 318 per qr. Beano, ° 40s to 428; now, 34s to 368 per qr. SALISBURY.—TUESDAY. A rather short supply of wheat was offered at this Ma r ' ket to-day. There was an average attendance of farn: l l millers, and dealers, and 2s per qr. advance was obtan 3 , ° i For oats there was about an average inqui r y, and week's prices wore fully maintained. Beans were in niv'q, rate demand, the late rise in price being supported• peas there was not much done, but in this as well as in 141 grain tmelo generally a decidedly improved feeling F *l sprung up within tho last week or two. Tho following are the quotations :—Wheat realised fr°, lll 4 37s to 548 ; barley, 86s to 408 ; o a t s , 22 s t o 30 s ; b e ans, to 50s; and peas, 34s to 42s per q r . T aros, f rom 68 to it a s 3d per bushel ; Best bread, 12d ; household ditto, 11 per 81b loaf. Flour, 34s to 40s per sack. MONMOUTHSHIRE—MoNDAY. The following are the average quotations :—Wheat , r o ld to 5s 9d per bushel ; barley, 8 8 3d t o 3 8 3d .; Oats? ld to 2s 7d. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Nov. 1 9 .; Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 1- t Brazil and Cape Verdi!. by British packet ...... Dec. 4 .1 Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Holena Nov. 21. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 18 Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 1 2 . Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton _ _ India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Nov, 18. Ditto, via Marseilles .......N0v. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton. Nov. 1 1 . Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 2 0 . Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil,es Nov 0. Newfoundland ... 8. Portugal 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... ..• • United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. • . Nov. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton........ Ditto, via Cork . Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Nov. 10. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe......Noy. 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Nov. 13 ' Bahamas, via New York. ,Nov . 16. Bermuda, ditto Nov. 5 - 2 ' Cuba and Mexico Births. the BELMORE.—On the 6th i ns t., a t C ast l e C oo l °, I re l a n d 7 Countess of Belmoro, of a daughter. 0 , of CURETOL—On the 6th i ns t., at Sh rews b ury, t h e Lieut.-Colonel Cureton, of a son. _ MILLS.—On the 4th i ns t., at 22 , E aton-place, the go of ',— Colonel Charles Mills, of a daughter. Marriages. OLEM ENTSON — HOLMES.—On tho 7th inst. at Folkestone/ William Clementson, M.A., incumbent Of St. Mioh 3el h ' t Toxteth-park, Liverpool, to Ann Roberts, only daug d ter of the late James Holmes, Esq., of Folkestone , '' ll Harrow Weald, Essex. iIUDBLE—BARKER.—On the 4th inst., at Saint Matbour'fit: Brixton, H enr y H u bbl e , o f Brookrale, Northileet, to Hannah, second daughter of the late Thomas Bark of Sheepshed, Leicestershire. Deaths. BLACKWOOD. —On the 6th inst.. at Southsea, Laura Olivith wife of Sir Francis Blackwood, Bait, Lieut. 1 - t•N• BERRY.--011 the 7th inst., at Sylvan Villa, Wost - st ro° Walworth, Miss Mary Berry, aged 81. • till DAY.—On tho 2d inst., at Clift on -pl ace , E xe t e r, Margal° o f Susanna, relict of E. Day, Esq., and granddaught°r,od tho celebrated Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of SalisburYl a s 90. Sut ton FARMER.—On the 4th in s t., at Prospect House, '— Valence, Kent, John Farmer, Esq., aged 81. dlor GRAFTON.—On the 6th inst., at Cheltenham, W• Grafton, Esq., aged 66. Lie ut.- RAMSAY.—On the 6th inst., at Banchory Lodge, of Col. William Burnett Ramsay, D.L. for the cow : " Kincardine, aged 44. London : Printed and Published by WIL LIAM Aki IT„. 0 Oa. of No. 112, Strand, Punter, at .Ttir., Sox 011iee. of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. 111 the COW Alistaleoes.—Thursday, November 0, 1805. _,, It J. . 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