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,1 •,-;,,..:,.' .--,*. ..,...,'. 1 ~....... , GUILDHALL, OCTOBER 5, 1849. 7. I': THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S ./ 4 1" ..- i this sort LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 17 to , u tB, and if day of October instant (instead of the 10th clay of October, s pre- • ' ts-- . I , I of deal. viously advertised), at Oae o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS ,-- ' . o es , , .o , for LET SING on LEASES, for twenty-one years from Michaehnas a o v 1849, a• House, No. 11, on the north side of Broad - street . bui : di n g s ; Thy,' Houses, Nos. 28 and 29, on the south side of Broad-street- • . • buildings ; and from Christmas 1849, a House No. 37, on the south side of Upper Thames-erect. NCE. Also, to receive TEN DEWS for LETTING on LEASE, for 9 I A B i l: yews (less three days), from Michaelmas 1849, a House, No. OCT. 9. ° ll' 800. 1 LONDOb tillery-place, on the west side of the City-road ; and also, o n ti . on ' e lot - , LN urpose of the following premises, Yl3. : Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 4A, and 6, on the weal . ' - Se follow- side ofl'hipps-street, Finsbury; Nos. I and 2, in Phipps-place ; an a Warehouse on the east side of New No n. r s th-place. . _ ea . , and forms of tender 11•19115. .5.6.71.,..,.....16.12..........m1i Further particulars and plans may Obtained, at the Office of Works, Guildhall. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. . - THOUsio SAUNDERS, Comptroller. Thursday, - Offices, • - • 1: 1 11E ROYAL BRITISH BANK will 31, CORNHILL, LONDON. .be . X. 0 •ENED for BUOINEOS, at 16 , Tokenhouse - yard , as soo n as Empowered by Act of Parliament: Caoital —leo,ooo . as a can- the premises and internal arrangements are completed. The rates In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, to be pad in full en AlSotment. •ed in the of interest, &c., to be charged on advances, and allowed on ac- DIRECTORS. lancellor's eoun's and deposits, must of course vary with the state of the mar- lioooll Gwyn, Es M.P. George Helmut e, Esq. ket, and the value of money, which SO frenuently fluctuate s; but , "' Tolto Bennet, E.,q. Sir William ()envie. Bart. .3, 4 eon- at opening, the Directors propose that the following shall be their Thorn is Bunting, Esq. Frederick A. Peel, aq. ncellOr. TERMS OF BUSINESS:— . one . Alexander Davio Esq. John Kellen 1 l'-Brant, E, - q. W. Yates Poet, Esq. Drawing or Current Accounts—One per cent. interest reefs 4 John Wrererd, Esq. from day to day, to tie allowed en all balances constant for six Thancellor months, of 1001. and upwards ; and two per cent. on all such • AUDITORS. C;rttee the balances exceeding 2001 the permanent maintenance of any I I : s qi,Henry n a lv gi o n ot g, 1 I , :i E re . c ci t . o r . lion were balance will not be insisted on. This point will be optional with the Elettezer s opsr, Esq. I Samuel Henry Ranger, Esq. customer. , r by the Deposit Accounts —Three per cent. reckoned daily, on all deposits MEDICAL REFEREES : ee, 31. A., f or six months, and the intereet paid monthly, or accumulated half- PHYSIC' AN. IT Plumptee yearlyott the option of the depositor. SURGEONS. Cash Credit Accounts will be grantel to respectable hearties, sup- James Ridson Bennett, Esq., . ,D., 24, Finsbury-place N rth.t his office. portedthy two or more sualcieat sureties as joint obligors, at five per . Vile Esq., M.R.C.S., 10, Walcot-place, West next, the cent. Interest on alvances, and one per cent, commission on tile John Fisher Goode, Esq , m.a.c S., 83, Cheapside. aratthew French Wags - , Lambeth. t. sit ger of amount of the credit. BANKERS. • eaaud. Advances or Loans on Promissory Notes wills marketable securi- Henry Rogers, E• Sfessrs. Carrie and co., 29, Cornhill. ties readily convertible, will be made at the rates proportioned to Commercial Beek of London, Lothbury. the nature and value of the security in each ease. - .l' S. Discounts of Bills of Esehange will be at the rates of the day. SOLICITOR. John Chapple, Esq., 70A, AldermenburY. -be made to, and Bills co ll ec t e d i s , any p l ace i n have Lad Remlitanoes will MARINE DEPARTMENT. England, Scotland, or Ireland, where there is a banker. - UNDERWRITER. show of Dividtud3, &c., will be received for customers or shareholders, . Mr. John Powis, Member of Lloyd's. • dition was without charge. E osta 'ly ; while No charge will be made for keeping accounts ; nor any fee nor LL E D WEIJARRY.T SPENT. .. gratuity allowed to be received fr om a cus t omer or a p p li can t by any Mr. Alfred Burt. - - .• vies were one in the Bank's employment. FIRE DEPART o ENT. 5 anted for Applications from several of the metropolitan districts for the es- sUPERINTENDENT. I . Barley tablisbinent of Branch Offices, are now under consideration. - Mr. John Nelson. Forms of applications for the opening of accounts, &c., on the SURVEYOR . change'. commencemont of business, are now ready to be supplied at the George Moody Longmore, Esq. -Thu sup- Bank, or will be sent by post to any one who may require them. BROKERS. exceeding By order of the Court of Directors, John A. Gelding, Esq., Wansford s court, London. Id, quality . HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager._ Thomas Bayley, Esq., Warnford-court, London. tie number MORTGAGE LOANS. Messrs. Turner, Brothers, Throgmorton-street, London. * , dull sale LANCASHIRE andYORKSHIRERAILWAY DISTINGUISHING TEATIMES. remain OR COMPANY, I. Exemption of Shareholders fro n all Liability. übs, 7,000. The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive TENDERS 2. The Right of Trawler at Will. for LOANS on Mortgage, for periods of Three, Five, or Seven years, 3. Periodical Divisicn of Profits. ' wheitt, and for which interest at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent. per annum 4. Five per Cent. Interest Guaranteed (Irrespective of further Dlvi will be allowed, payable half-yearly. dendu) upon the paitl-up Capital. ly held for Further particulars may be known on application to the under. 5. Yearly Audits of Accounts by Auditors exclusively chosen by the ces cannot signed. S. WM. BULTEEL, Treasurer. Propri +ors. Icy steady. EA AWES'S CANDLES, 41d. and sd. per Ib. ; mired. ▪ No al- Applications far the remaining unspotted Shares, and on the sub t, 10,721; B otanic wax candles, Is.; German wax, I s 21. ; fine wax, Is. 51. ; % ..., wax-wick moulds, 6d. ; composite, 734 d., 9d., and 9340. ; ject of MARINE, FIRE, and LIFE ASSURANCES to be addressed 066; lin- transparent wax, Is. 6d. and ls. Bd. ; best wax, 24. Id. ; sperm can- to the Agents of the society; or to the Head Office as above. dies, Is 61. and I'. Bd. ; metallic, 70. and Bd. ; mottled soap 565. AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director. and Qs. per 112 lbs. ; yel ow, 443., 500, and 5Gs. ; Windsor sea , well sup- ls. 4d. per packet ; brown Windsor, Is 91. ; rose, 24. ; almond, Id, and the 25.60.; a erm oil, 73 6d. per gallon ; solar, 3s. 3d. ; argand, 45. 6d. ; T ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE Malting sealing wax, 43.6 d. per lb., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established L. N ASSURANCE SOCIETY. warehouse, 63, St. Mart n's•lane, opposite Westminster Cou n ty 26 , CORNIIILL, LONDON. t grinding Court (late New Slaughter's Coffee-house). C ap it a l £ 5 00 ,000. Empowere d b y A ct of P ar li amen t. her higher . , . The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample there was LIYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS- Proprietary Capital. , heat, new, it . .IKERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. r, 9a Gd tO prevehted ley the use of GEMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE- Annual Division of Profits. 6d; rape- BATOR, an essential soirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years. to 100 6d; a few drops of which cure h ea d ac h e i n a few minutes ; it Is also a Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. orn, 25s to bottles, protect e d by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 78 .; and double this size, Ils. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con. per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. here were taming testimonials of undeubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and P reserva ti on of the Human Hair, &c. " Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options , 1 a sighing By post, 4s. 6d., 7s, fid„ and 125., for money orders only. I Perm- Sum the 11 as. 6 at Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate, nem Bonus nent Re-! Assured it 11 6s Od; .;',.• Annual Policy Louden; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, age , s os Pre- taken i addition [ Bonus in in ductign of may bor- Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, - =a• - out . taken, to Sum Cash. Annual ; row on S. 7 sacks Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill. 2 - unum• in I Assured. 12 at 295. and by all Chemists, Perfaraers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and I Premium. i Policy. , _ -- -2 at 116 s. R. Raimes, Leith-walk ;_for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver I£ s. d.I £s.d£s. ds £ a. Cl. tiser-office. it ii Zs Od, 1837 276 11 3 128 14 321 7 2 593 6 8 TO THE LADIES. 1833 ,251 18 1 0 115 11 8 18 12 8,543 17 9 seal, which This lady had the f o ll ow i ng l e tt er i nserted in the "Times" news_X 1839 226 6 o'lo2 15 1 16 2 9'494 8 10 paper on Aug, 7, 19.46. Reader, remember, this letter was put Int GO 1000 X te. d. 1840 175 0082142 12 14 11'445 0 0 the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. 74 3 4 1841 174 0 078 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 , OCT. 9.--- "Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this o PP or- 1842 147 4251510 10 2 4,346 2 3 im 8s Oil to fatuity of publicly thankiu Mr. W. Grimstofte, of the Ilerbary High- 1843 93 18 4 41 8 4 615 11,296 13 4 Hue, Sc od gate for the efficacy of Ms Aromatic Regenerator, in havin g COM- 1844 62 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 0!247 4 5 r, from 7d plotely restored the hair on her head, after using it about four months and the whole aloe!' hair is much stronger an d more luxuriant th al ' 'ever was before the bald ness appeared. - Prospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, 'here were "Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to - the virtues of Mr. G.'s r any of its branches in the country ; or, on application, will be for pot-barley Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase 4 larded post free. an lls. bottle If they were as cer t a i n o f it s v i rtues as she is, from ex- W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. top 6d per perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair In a‘sund- ---------- a per beg ; once, bet as a cure of nervous headache; as a toilet perfume iti far 1180 fell is be y ond an y to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any VINITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE lady of respectability to the a b ove f ac t .-3, Swan-street, Borough. " .J COMPANY.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97, In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, at e , George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col d Third drops on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre. lege-green, Dublin. d 24s Od vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and DTRECTORS. A ---.5 Od prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. d --s Od few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Deputy Chairman. d —.l Od hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. H. Blair Avarne, Esq. F. Chas. Maitland, Esq. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railton, Esq. • 'd —s Od meat aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence; its refreshing rhariee Downes, Esq. F. El. Thomson, Esq. odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq. to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour tea or twelve drops J. G. Henriques, Esq. On the crown of the head ; if ver y b a d, repea t i t every quarter of as 19s 3d SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS. 175 3d hour. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords hair on children's heads in a few appplics.Uons. If used on infants' the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great 17s 9d heads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre. success which has attended it since its commencement—ire ANNUAL .... • lBB 9d pamphlet of testimonials. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on ei•••• ILI 9d Allletten addressed to William Grimsto ne , Herbaria Ilbthgata, the sum insured to all Policies of th e p ar ti c ip a ti ng c l ass f rom th e time they were effected, to th e 31st o f D ecem b er , 1840, an d f rom 1 8 8 34 1s 0,1 PREVENTION OF COUGHS AND COLDS, that date to 31st December, 1847, 234 1. per cent. per annum was Persona liable to attacks of Coughs an d C o ld s, w i ll entirely escape added at the General Meeting o n th e 6th o f J u l y , 1848. 18s 6cl them by the occosion - O use of that celebrated r eme d y , The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of • 18a 6d DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS, December ' 1848, is as follows : ••••• 18s Sd which have a pleasant taste, and never fail to give instant Sam Sum addedto Sum addedto Sum payable 158 9d Time Assured. and permanent freedom from all irritation of the lungs. Upwsrds of Assured. Policy inlB4l Policy in 1848 at Death. 18s 9d 300 cures of Asthma, Consumption, Coughs, &c., have been performed ••••.• 180 3d by this medicine (and published) during; the last twelve mouths. 5.,5000 13 years 10 mths £683 0 8 £787 10 0 £6470 15 8 17s 9d To SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for 5000 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0 ss••• 175 Od clearing and strengthening the voice. They have a pleasant taste. 5000 10 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 GOB 7 10 0 •••••• 19 e O J Price Is 1 1 344, 2s. 9d., mid 1 Is. per Box. Agents: Da Silva and 5000 8 y ears 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0 Co., I, Brid c -l aue , F leet-street, London. Sold by all medicine veil- 5000 6 years ; o .. .. 675 0 0 5675 0 0 ~...„ lis 3d dors f whom also may be had ve 2os 64 D R. LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS, 5000 4 years .. .. 450 0 0 5450 0 0 and ~ ~ see o 0 6510; 0 o The only medici ne recommended to be taken by Ladies. Have no 5000 2 years ' gs 6d Taste of Medicine. The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and 16s 9 d Beware of Imitations in the form of" Pills." only one-half need be paid for the first five years where the In ket, 113. I'l TZ ci sC) TVIVT,Tssr, T21, - ", • r -.........-- .... —-- surance is for Life. Perma- Sum the Bonus in Annual Policy Bonus nent Be-! Assured xge Pre- taken' addition In ductign of may bor t to Sum out H Assured. Cash. Annual row on P Policy. £ s. d. l £ s. d £ s. d. £ s. d. 1837 276 11 3 128 14 3 21 7 2;593 6 8 1834 1 251 18 10115 11 8 18 12 8 ,543 17 9 1839 226 6 0 102 15 1 16 2 9'494 8 10 60 1000 .£ s.d. 1840 178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 11'445 0 0 74 3 4 1841 174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1812 147 4 2 5 15 10 10 2 4,346 2 3 1843 93 18 4 41 8 4 6 15 11,296 13 4 1844 62 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 0!247 4 5 DR. GARDNER'S WORNI MEDICINE. Removed from 71, Long-sore to Mr. Prout's, 229, Strand, Every i Director, information will be afforded on No. 8, Waterloo-place,iPall-mi application-to the Resident all. London. LETS. London not so ani. .be followiu% It is a melancholy fact that thousands are suffering the privation of health, and are ultimately brought to a premature death by a cause Eo prevalent as that of worms in the human body, and which is so frequently overlooked or improperly treated, from either prejudice or mistake It is, therefore, of importance that every person Should be acquainted with the common symptoms of worms, which are — disagreeable odour of the breath, fevered tongue, particular heaviness or languid bluish appearance about the eyes, swelling and paleness of the lips, especially the upper lip, frequent itching of the tote, an unequal state of the pulse, appetite very irregular, and the bowels als), pale and emaciated countenance, and at other times the face will be flushed, griping pains, a short, dry cough, great thirst, vomiting, startings during sleep and grinding of the teeth, frequent pains in the sides, listlessness, and want of inclination to take ex ercise, inflammation of the eyes, &c. &c. These are some of the general symptoms of being afflicted with worms ; adults as well as children are subject thereto. Youth or age may with the utmost Safety have recourse to this old-established medicine, which is adopted by numerous families as a general medicine, particularly in spring and autumn. Sold in boxes, at 2s. 91. and 4s. 6d., and fer children at Is. ' Also, the Cordial Tincture, to be used wills the pills, bat which will he found an invaluable family medicine for complaints of the stomach and bowels, bile, cholic, spasms, &c. —ls. lid., 25. 9d., 4s. W., aad 103. 6d. each bottle. is very dull :es bad a de' Lancashire, res, 13% eat Western , •London old 4 p,—Man ' Midland, 50 lid Berwick Ay were as ichester and 6 p.—North I, 1914. to-day war. Irby), 125%• Observe the name of " Thomas Prout" is printed in the Govern. tnent stamp. WINTER STO ay were 0 'orth Britisbr Ile, and tier' licrtli I went to MOSES' noted Mart, Right facing Aldgate Clock, And marked the various goods which form The present Winter Stock. were as fol' w, 70--Glse narnock, and Preference, And having seen it, don't suppose I felt inclined to mock ; For certainly I never saw Eo prime a Winter Stock. The novel, stylish Over-coats, The Dress-coats, and the Frock, Are r ally f•eels as never graced A former Winter Stock. --It is not rietrupolirso y the detail in conceal' this deport' ippointuo -01 itan police or by deal° his arrange' the insgie" he existing e credit jot :arrying ou t uience For Vests and Trowsers such as these, My wardrobe I'll unlock ; And so will you, when once you glance At MOSES' Winter Stock. For those who take the gun in hand To fire at hen or cock, Superior Shooting-coats there are In MOSES' Winter Stock. Prime Boots and Shoes I also saw, AR solid as a rock ; And famoris Faris Hats formed part Of MOSES' Winter Stock. MOSES and SON have first-rate Furs, For which th ,, Ladies Rock ; And s ,lendid Shawls and Hosiery form A portion of the stock. Bear this in mind, and don't be deal To Win er's warning knock; But buy at once of M. and SON, From such a Winter Stock. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every style .... • • • .. The Bulwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 Tbs Paletot, ditto • ..... • • ...... 0 18 Chesterfield, ditto.. • • ........ 1 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of Over Coat .. ••••••.••••• • • • • •• • • • • • 1 5 Shooing Coats .. Lounging or Morning Coats .....• ........ 0 4 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .... 0 4 Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 ])itto Vests ........ 0 2 Black Silk Velvet Ve5t5........ • • ..... 0 13 Dress Coats ..... ............... ....... 017 Frock Ditto ..•• • • ••••••• • • • • • • Ol9 Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, ........ma.......''.._... •-•-,—•—••-..----.......--. am, Sue 4 nat•larr, 4'6 , Essex, till n. T. Abdi ) lady of tli. nda-cottage , Durne- grin Esq , BOY . t-square, the Hussar and Tunic Suits • • •••••• • • • • • • 0 14 6 Boys' Autumn and Winter Vests • • .... .• • • 0 0 tt MADE TO MEASURE. Iran's Autumn and Winter Over Coats .. from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma .. 1 0 terial, lined •• • • •• • • • • •• • •• • • • • • • The Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elzgant style of 2 0 0 The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout •• • • • • Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and 0 10 6 Best Black Cassi mere di tto .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • n 1 6 0 Autumn and Whit er Vests ................ 1 8 3 6 6 Best Black Cloth ditto •••••• •• • • • • 0 _ Black Silk Velvet ditto •••••••• • • " • • • • • • O IS 6 Dress Coats from 325. to 2 15 0 Frock .... ...... ...... ••frorn 355. to 3 3 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits ...from 1 0 Superfine ...... • ••• ••• • • • ..... 15 0 Men's Shooting Coat • • •..• •::: • ***** cl 15 0 Elegant Drefrom ssing Robes, in . gre . l . ;ariety, 16s. to 5 0 0 A Large Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201. Naval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, &C. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. A Suit of Mourning cmplete for 11. 10s. er The new book, entitled the " G o reat Fact," with full directions Belf- rneasnrenaenT, can be had en application, or forwarded, post ree, to any part of the kingdom. Notice— the Shawl and Parasol Department are new replete with every novelty of the season. _ Obser ve — Any article purchased, either r ea dy made, or rude to M easure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. MOtiES and Sax, Tailors, Woolleudrapers, Clothiers, flatters, r° els Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, , 155 , and 157 Ml nor i es , an d 83, 04. 85, an d 86 Ald ga t e , Cit y, j_ o ndon ; all commun i cating with each other, and forming one vast utablishme n t . k Cat ition•—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public abi st imposition ; but h av i ng h ea rd th a t the nntradesmanlike Behood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," resorte that in many instances, and fer obvious reasons, 'Y beg to State they have no connexion with any other house 4 gr out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 35, Far late. Sheflleld ; and 19, Thernton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ; at t teas who require cheap and genuine clothing, &0., should call or send to the Mimeos and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of th e Branch Establishments, as above. .v I, l "Q•sa Notice,—This Establishment IS eloSed from sunset Friday, "'set eillardAy4whee Wawa fetamed till twelve o'clock. ' the - ReY. w DlajestY . B, young lon. Cbarli e )oke, to th e t coed sun 0 , Mary Anne' orden,Ke l3t. t mbassado r • nbay, N Webster, 0 unit Roh e ' Price, F-511" 2 10 0 second i ou a Elizabeth, Wales, aged [Just son o ', 1 nephew 0 ony, 10200 Marv, the tv of Yori9. 11; Esq• re, R clotta cy, Richard Anne, relict [ndia Coin o f Beilbi lq hi' f ' f°: rOUN Ue 13 2 VO 1 - (5, I county N°. 17,800. LONDON, FRI DAY 6:532 . , ~ • C , - ; : c ~ , _ . .. ... f i • , , i -,. _ - x ---:".... , 7. , --- - - ' • - . . I --.; .. , -4P-- ;" . _ . 4, 4 I ~ .4 . 1 , i.• . - 'A ga - .`, ' ' 646 "' "4W ' • r : - . 1,1 .4 V% /. .k. ' \.....' 4, 4"-''-' - API , . 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" AY,, : i '''''':. , *'s ,_.- +.\'' .i :: ,k C ' f'"--: ` - ' °'-- .A.- . kk% t') ''-' :1 1 - I ' Vy.: 4 3 - " ki\, -'- ' , , 1,' 4 7 fr /,, ' , I `r - ,_. ~,,..... + ..\, , z ,._ •,.._: : :.: ~r ,:,,,,,,,,,;,-* ‘k t L - ` , ...,j , i, ti btFitei sz e#3 7 6 ._ 1, ...\'‘ . kx,C ., .'91 6 1,21: „. ..;.44-,.'",,,, , , ,,i1af:_. 1 21191_,:> . .* ;A , ‘,4,-....t.,-____.- %... R C lIITECTS', DER S', and lAL. GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 69, Lombard-street, London. SMIRKE, Esq., A.R.A. The rates for both Fire arid Life Insurances are as low as can with Safety be taken. Those for Life Insurance may be paid either yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly ; one-half the annual pre mium may be left unpaid for seven years, or one-third to the end of life. Thus large sums may be insured at the smallest present outlay. Prospectuses, Farms of Proposals, &c., may be hal at the Office, 69, Lombard-street, or of the agents. 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They are not ooerely peens :lets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral seribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's ''ifs who owes hie present existence, health, and position to this oh servae:e of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto other& so he WOL.4 'NIS done unto—to live after nateu•c'e laws—and to keen always on the "runny side of the way." The above works may be had of iherwood, 23, Pate:tcseer-row ; Carvalhe, l IT, Fleet-street • Mann, 39, Corntill; Spolces, 5, Holborn hill ; or direct (by poet or other wiee) from the e.atarer (wao may be conferred with pen senally, mornings cal ViCI23D.C4), 10, Argyll-plaZa RDE,oat-at,roct; Lad Au BAEsellere. C K. SOUTHEY's LIFE AND LETTERS. At the end of October will Ie pub ishod, post Bvo., with Portrait and View of Keswick, Cumberland, price 10i. 6d. cloth, THE LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of the late ROBERT SOUTHEY. Vol. I. containing his early Autobiography, College Life, Scheme of Social Colonisation for Ame rica, Visit to Lisbon, &c. Edited by his Son, the Rev. CHARLES CUTHBERT SOUTHEY, M.A. *** To be completed In Six Volumes, each containing a Family Portrait and a Landscape Illustration, by W. Westall. Vol. 11. will be published at the end of December, and the suc ceeding volumes every alternate sconth. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. ALLEN ON THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE, &c. Next week will be published, in 1 vol. Bvo., price 121. cloth, IN INQUIRY into the RISE And GROW Fd of the ROYAL PREROGATIVE. By the late JOHN ALLEN, Master of Dulwich College. A New Edition, with the Author's last corrections ; preceded by M. Berenger's "Rapport " on the Work, react before the Institute of France ; an article on the same from the " Edinburgh Review ;" and a Biographical Notice of the Author. To which is added, an Inquiry into the Lift and Character of King Eadwlg, front the Author's MS. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. NEW NOVEL BY ,MIS SINCLAIR. Oa Friday, Oct. 23, .will be published, in 3 vols., post Bvo., QIIR EDWARD GRAHAM ; or, Railway speculators. By. CATHERINE SINCLAIR, Author of " Mothrit Accomplishments," " Jane Bouverie," &c. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. TIIIItIT-FIRST EDITION. Illustinted by 26 Anzitornicitl Coloured Engrevingt on Steel. ON PrIYSICALDISQITALTCATIONS, GEARATIVE INCAPA CITY; .AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. ad., or by cost, (Erect from the Establishment, Zs. 6d. in postage stamps, 111 E SILENT FREENp, a Medical Work on the infireiities ana aecay-ol the generative System, from ex cenive. indulgence, infiletioni and the inordinate use of mercury, *lth reraarki on Marriage, and * the — mearie of obviating certain Ms pialidcations. Illustrated by 24 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. 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Perry, Surgeons, are in atten lance d ti/y at 19, Berriers-street, Oxford-street, London, tom Ele ven till v., an Vve Melt nu tiondava from liAlmvAn to (11.• COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the grounds at their accustomed early hour, and the Royal children took pony and walking exercise to day. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness will, it is expected, leave Osborne to-morrow (Friday) morning for town. His Excellency Abbot Lawrence, Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States (with his Lady and family), has arrived in London, and entered upon his official duties. Viscount de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Dudley Stuart had an interview with Sir George Grey on Wednesday at the Home. office. Mr. Wyon had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Sir 11. De la Beche, Sir James Clark, and Mr. Rowland Hill, had interviews on Wednesday with Sir George Grey. Mr. More O'Ferrall had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell. Mr. De Salts had also an interview yesterday with his Lordship. The Marquis of Clanricarde (Postmaster-General) arrived in town yesterday morning from Ireland. The Marquis of Lansdowne has left town for his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts. Sir George Raster has been lying ill for the last week with a severe attack of the prevailing epidemic, at Neuilly, near Paris. T H E CHINESE JUNK.—This extraordinary speci men of Oriental ingenuity is, we hear, to be presented to the citizens or Lund.. 1...1;e 3 , then it at present occupies. Nothing, perhaps, can speak more for the interest with which it has been regarded than the fact that it has been visited by nearly a quarter of a million of individuals at Blackwall. Application has been made to the navigation committee for permis sion to moor the junk at Temple-bar Pier, which is situate, we may say, almost in the centre of the metro polis ; and if this be granted it will be a great conveni ence to the many thousands of our sight-seeing popula. tion who have a shilling to spend, and will create a little life in a neighbourhood sufficiently dull in these times. It remains, however, to be seen whether the committee and the water-bailiff will encourage the enterprise, which has, at a vast expense, brought over the first ves sel of the kind that has ever reached this country from China. OPENING OF HULLAH'S :NEW MUSIC HALL.—St. Martin's Hall, the great building in Long-acre, erected under the auspices of Mr. Hullah, and intended for the accommodation of his singing schools, and for musical performances on the largest scale, is now in such a state of forwardness as to be partially available for its contemplated objects. The class-rooms of the different schools and the general lecture-room are completed; snil in the course of a few months the great ball, the most spacious and noblest music-hall in England—pro bably in Europe—will be opened to the public. On Wednesday evening Mr. Hullah opened the lecture-ball by a performance of the pupils of his upper singing school, attended by a considerable number of persons inler,sted in the progress of music, among whom were several eminent composers and professers. This hall is very handsome room, capable, apparently, of contain in.4 seven or eight hundred persons, and of excellent acoustical construction, the sound of the voices being full and resonant, without echo or confusion. On this occasion about four hundred pupils of the upper school fo.:med the chorus, the solo parts being filled by Mrs. Noble (late Miss Duval), Mr. Benson, Mr. William St gain, :and a young lady, one of the pupils, whose vocal attainments are very considerable. IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING. BIR 31ENGHAm, OcronEa 11.—The third of the quarterly mrt)etings of the ironmasters of South Staffordshire and Shropshire was held here to-day. The result was to confirm the arrangement of prices, as already an nounced; but to-day orders were not quite so freely given as had been anticipated, the manufacturers being especially cautious in this respect. This gave an appear ance of flatness to the trade, which will in all probability be but temporary; certainly the heads of the principal works speak with confidence on the subject of the main tenance of existing prices until the end of the year. The forges in blast are for the most part in pretty full work, which seems indicative of the fact that orders are by no means scanty. The present prices—taking the best qualities—Kill be, fur sheets, 71. 104.; hoops, 6L 109.; bars, 61.; and pigs, 3L; of which last, especially, stocks are smaller than usual. The final meeting of the trade takes place at Dudley on Saturday night; but, judging by present appearances, there is no probability what ever of any change in the determination to stand by existing prices. _ . _ LIVES LOST.—An accident, involving the instantaneous destruction of the lives of three individuals, and the probable death of a fourth, occurred on Saturday afternoon last, on a portion of the unfinished line of the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire Rail way, near Whalley. At about the distance of a mile from the above town the line crosses the river. Calder, by means of a viaduct, which, at the time of the accident, was fast progressing towards completion. The abut ments of the new bridge are of stone, and the arches, some of which were finished, are beicg constructed of brick. At three o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday laet, while the workmen were busily engaged on one of the unfinished arches, the two nearest the river, on the Billington side, suddenly gave way, and fell with an awful crash, burying in their ruins four unfortunate workmen, employed as labourers to the bricklayers, who were wheeling bricks over the arches at the moment. All the hands employed near the scene of the disaster were immediately at work, to clear away the superin cumbent debris, in the anxious hope of rescuing some of the poor fellows, who were dug out in the following order:—At a q►tarter-past three, John Lund, last of Clitheroe, age unknown, leg fractured, and otherwise dreadfully injured—not expected to recover ; at half past three, Thomas Keefe, late of Preston, aged 40— dead; at a quarter-past four, John Forsyth, late of same place, age unknown—dead ; at a:x o'clock, Charles Harrison—dead. It is expected that a searching inves tigation will be made into the causes which led to the accident. At present it cannot be accounted for, as the "centres" had been withdrawn from the arches more than a fortnight ago. A MONSTER WEDDING.—There was recently, in a country town near Prague, a monster wedding. No lass than !fifteen Jewish couples were married in ono day; and the solemn ceremony was assisted by their children and grandchildren! The following is th 3 solution of the enigma. Hitherto the number of Jewish families permitted to live in Bohemia was limited by a cruel law to 1,000. Hence, a large number of clandestine mar riages had taken place among the Jews. Since, how ever, the emancipation of the Jews became the law of the land, and these oppressive restrictions as to marriage wore removed, many of the couples who had been clan. destinely married were anxious to have their marriage contracts legally acknowledged and their children legi timatised. This explains the marriage of fifteen old couples in ono day.—Jewish Chronicle. , : si; 4 4"*. • .rAt. e 7 OCTOBER 12, 1849. the proposed alteration at the Pest office, and he found but one feeling of opposition expressed re specting it. He biTlieved nothing would tend more to retard that improvement which had taken place in his time, as to the observ ance of the Sabbath, than the introduction of a measure which should convey to the public mind that the Government sanctioned a desecra tion of the Sabbath. Such a measure and such an impression would interfere withill the efforts of others to induce the people of this country to keep holy the Sabbath day. He could speak with great confidence of the beneficial results that had arisen from closing the public-houses in the eastern parts of London on the Sunday, and he felt satisfied that the proposed Post-office plan—if carried out—would tend to retard the progress of those moral and religious feelings which had been promoted by an improving regard for a proper observance of the Sabbath. If facilities were afforded for transacting business on the Lord's day, no man could say to what extent that business might be carried. He had ttat morning received a letter on this subject from a gentle man of high standing ; and he (Mr. Cotton) was sure, from the communications he had had with various persons, that a measure for the abolition of Sunday labour at the post-offices throughout the country would be well received. lie, for one, would exceed ingly regret the adoption of any measure by which her Majesty's Government should seem to justify Sabbath labour in any one of its departments. Mr. BEVAN—My Lord, I must say one word in the name of the London bankers, who can have no feeling of rivalry with respect to the country or pro - vinc . al towns obtaining information more quickly than they do at present, which it has been said is the reason why the London merchants oppose this change, as it may tend to put the country merchants more upon an equal footing with themselves. I, for one, and I believe the bankera generally, have no Feeling on that score; and I must apologise for so few London bankers being present on this occasion. This is dividend day, and they are all hard at work; and I myself left in a great hurry to get here (smiling). Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Mr. Ma3terman is here. Mr. MASTERMAN—I must say that I had quite forgot that. Though I was at the Bank of England by half-past eight this morning, in order to get here, I had no recollection of this being dividend day. Mr. BRYAN Continued—There is no class of men who have such an interest in the character of polt men as the bankers have : and it will be difficult to find man of such character as you desire to enter upon the duties of the Post-office, where they have, I may say, gold untold committed to their charge, if they are to be at the Post-office till ten o'clock every Sun day morning, and after five every Sunday evening. I do not think that men of high moral character, and who value their religious duties, will accept of such a si tuation, many who now have them will throw them up, end thus our letters will be committed to the care of men comparatively of no principle. I think that this will be a great social evil, and I earnestly entreat that your Lordship will consider it. lam quite sure that your Lordship would not yourself accept any situation, however valuable, which took from you that portion of your tine—(Hear)—and if you would put yourself in the situation of these poor men, you would see that the same moral feeling which actuates your Lordship may also actuate them.—(Hear.) Mr. C. POTT entirely concurred in all that had been said by the gentlemen who had preceded him. He had a memorial (as the reporter understood) from Southwark, signed by two thousand persons, against the proposed measure; those signatures had been appended in two days, and if more time had been allowed the number would have been doubled. The memorial expressed the same feeling that was conveyed in those presented by the Lord Mayor. Mr. J. 11. SHEARS said the meeting at which the memorial bad been agreed to in the borough of Southwark was fully attended, and he never saw so much unanimity of feeling as had been evinced on that occasion. There was but one person found at that meeting to speak in favour of the Government measure, and upon inquiry it turned out that be did not belong to the district. There was but one com mon feeling of regret that his Lordship should have sanctioned such a measure, and the general opinion of the meeting was that when he (Lord J. Russell) found the public voice was so unanimous, he would withdraw it. He had, .as a manufacturer, been con fleeted with the city of Luudun upwards of forty years; he had taken an opportunity of consulting many persons connected with its trade on the subject, and had found the general feeling to be that the present Post-office arrangements, with its numerous deliveries, was, to the very fullest extent, as much as was required for the convenience of the manufacturers and the public service. The last delivery in London was rather a nuisance than a benefit. -Many persons received the letters by such delivery at the close of their hours of business, and scarcely knew to which day the letter belonged. Mr. WILSON thought that looking at the terrible visitation at which the country had been afflicted, and under which it was still suffering, the Government could not make a more acceptable offering to God, or one that would be more gratifying to the religious feelings of the nation, than by directing all Sunday labour to cease at all the provincial post-offices, as well as at the General Post-office in London. One of the deputation, who represented the parish of Islington, said he had a petition which had in the course of a few days been signed by 2,000 inhabitants of that parish. There was but one feeling in that locality—a hope that his Lordship would be pleased to withdraw the contemplated measure. Lord J. RusseLL—l wish to say, in the first in stance, my Lord Mayor and gentlemen, that I think from what I have seen reported of the proceedings at public meetings on this question (and what has passed here to-day has confirmed me in the opinion), that the objections which are made—most conscientious objections to be Eure, and very much to be respected —have been made against a supposed measure, being very often made by the fears and apprehensions of the persons objecting, and very often derived from mere rumours, and not against the measure that is proposed by the Post-office authorities. I have received various letters and other statements containing these objections. Here (producing several papers) are some of them. A person whom we all respect writes to me and says, "It is intended to open the Post-office upon Sundays." I have an other letter here which says, "It is intended to em inence Sunday labour in the Post-office." A third says, " The clerks in the Post-office have been ordered to attend on Sundays the same as on other days." A fourth allegation to me was that " London letters would be all received and sorted, and hence would arise a demand for a Sunday delivery." A fifth, " that the number of letters to be read and sorted on Sundays would be 200,000." Now, I quite own fo you that there has been a very general feeling—yen may call it unanimous—against this measure ; but it has been founded entirely upon allegations of the nature that I have just stated. With regard to open ing the Post office upon Sundays, the meaning of which is that it is intended to collect and deliver let ters the same as upon other days— The Bishop of LONDON—No such statement, I as sure your Lordship, has been made at any meeting which I have attended, so far as lam aware. _ The LORD MAYOR—At the time I had the honour of writing to your Lordship it was so supposed ; but in order to put myself right at the meeting over which I presided, I called upon Mr. Hill in reference to it, and I explained to the meeting the exact nature of the proposition. Lord J. RUSSELL—Very well. Then, in the first place, it was agreed there was no such proposition ? Mr. MAsTERaiAN—No proposition that the Post office should be bound to deliver. The Bishop of LONDON—It is agreed, my Lord, there is no such intention ; but it is equally agreed that the proposition must inevitably lead to it. Lord J. RUSSELL—That is quite another question. Mr. MASTERMAN—We are all agreed as to that being the effect, my Lord. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—That is ex plained by what Mr. Masterman, I think, has been made to say elsewhere—that if there is a distribution of letters in the country on the Sunday, London must have one also. Lord J. RUSSELL—The next allegation is, that "It is intended to commence Sunday labour in the Post office," it being supposed to be the case that there is no Sunday labour there already. Mr. MASTERMAIN—We do not say, my Lord, that Sunday labour will be " commenced," but "in creascd." Lord J. RUSSELL—Yes, but I am only saying that these are the allegations in letters sent to me, asking me to put a stop to this measure of the Post-office authorities. This allegation, then, is not so, because there is Sunday labour at the Post-office already, of one sort or another, and clerks have always been em ployed there. The third allegation is, that the clerks in the Post-office have been ordered to attend on Sundays, the same as upon other days. But here is an allegation made at the meeting over which your Lordship presided which is very important, because it shows the m isapprehensions that have prevailed. It is that London letters would be all received and sorted, and hence would arise a demand for a Sunday delivery is consequence of the 200,000 letters re- [PRICE SD. ceived. • That allegation struck me very forcibly. I thought at the time it must have been a misappre hension of the nature of the measure of the Post master General. It was made, however, by a gen tleman at the meeting over which your Lordship presided. The Loan MAYOR--Yes ; I think it was made by Mr. Labouchere. Lord J. RussELL—l cannot help thinking that if all the letters collected were brought to the Post office, and sorted by the clerks upon Sundays, that such a measure might lead to a demand for a Sunday delivery ; for persons might say " all these letters have gone there, they may as well be delivered." But that is not the measure at all. The measure is to receive only the letters which are sent on Friday and Saturday, as the case may be, or which pass through London upon the Saturday, and forward them so that they may be received at their destina tions on Monday. The original proposal was, that some of these letters should be sent on early upon Sunday—so early, that at Edinburgh and other distant parts they might be received on Monday morning; but that part of the measure has been altered. The measure now is to receive only letters that are to be forwarded upon the Sunday, and to forward them upon the Sunday evening, so that they will reach at some time upon the Monday or the Tuesday, as the case may be, their destination in distant parts. This allegation, therefore, which has been stated at some meetings—public meetings, and in various letters to me—appears to some extent to have been the foundation of this movement.—(No.) Mr. MAsTEßeseer—No, not that ; but the fact that there must be an increase of Sunday labour in the Post-office. . Lora J. RUSSELL—AIIow me to go on, if you please. I have listepeo to the statements made to me by the deputation ; and if you will please to allow me, I will now make mine. —(Hear, hear.) The mea sure, then, is not what it was supposed to be. It is not a Measure which, as I conceive, tends at all to the delivery of letters upon the Sunday. Then comes the question with regard to violating the sanctity of the Sabbath, to which the Lord Mayor properly alluded, and which has been the foundation of these objections. But I suppose you will hardly say that the Sabbath is to be kept only in London ' • or that the employment of a great amount of labour on Sundays, in different parts of the country, is not a violation of the sanctity of the Sabbath, just as much as if it were employed in London.—(Hear, hear.) I suppose nobody would say that the sending of a mail carriage, which is now the case, from the Eastern Railway across to the North-Western Railway, or other conveniences of that sort, which employ a num ber of persons, if it is not necessary, is not just as much a violation of the sanctity of the Sabbath as if it were actually done in London.—(Hear, hear.) I pointed that out in the letter I had the honour of writing to the Bishop of London, who naturally takes up the case of the Post-office clerks of London. As was considered by the Postmaster-General, he, at least, will not say it does not signify what amount of labour we direct on Sunday in the country, there is no violation of the Sabbath there ; but that if it is done in London, the Sabbath is violated.—(No, no.) That , is a proposition which, I say, cannot be maintained. Then the question is not now certainly—whether we can put off all work in the Post-office on Sundays. That is a very serious question, which involves many very important considerations. It involves conside rations which are not merely matters of business, be cause the letters that are sent throughout the country by means of the Post-office, are not merely upon com mercial or banking affitirs; it involves considerations affecting the dearest domestic interests of a great num ber of other persons. For instance, a person may not send letters through to London upon the Saturday beoause they are not delivered upon Sunday, nor will he write upon Sunday; so that no letters would be received on Monday, or not till late on Monday night. Suppose, then, a person writing to say that one of his relations was ill, and that the relation requested his sister or mother to come down to see him ; anything of that nature, of the dearest value with reference to domestic affections and domestic relations, would, in such a case, be suspended for two days in the week instead of one. This is a very important question, which we are not to consider now. The question therefore is, whether, upon the whole, as you agree we are to consider the Sabbath not with relation to London alone, but with regard to London and the country—whether, upon the whole, this measure is an increase of Sunday labour ? Now, the statement made to me by the Postmaster-General is, that many of the measures he has undertaken, and many of which have been carried into effect, have tended very much to diminish Sunday labour; and it is his opinion that this measure, if carried' into effect, will, upon the whole, be a diminution of Sunday labour. Several Members of the Deputation—No, no. Lord J. RUSSELL—That, at least, is his statement made to me. That is his opinion ; and I think you will agree that the question is not to be decided by such statements as those to which I have referred— statements which have no foundation, but by in quiries such as those which the reverend gentleman who had just spoken (the Rev. Mr. Baylee) has made, to see what the labour is which is now done upon Sunday in the provincial offices, and what it will be under this measure. The reverend gentleman has shown, in several cases—supposing his statements to be quite correct—that there will be instances where fourteen hours labour upon the Sabbath will be re duced to eleven ; where twelve hours labour will be reduced to nine, and other instances of that sort of change. I think you will admit that a diminution of labour to the extent of three hours upon the Sunday in a great number of provincial offices—many hundreds—must be, upon the whole, a ditnunition of Sunday labour. Mr. BAYLEE—True, my Lord. But there is no ne cessary connexion between a diminution of labour upon Sundays in the provincial post-offices, and an increase of Sunday labour in the London Post-office. Lord J. RUSSELL—With regard to that there is this point to be considered, which, I think, has not been referred to—namely, the amount of letter- writing upon Sunday. A person who is going to write, say from Dover, upon the Saturday night, would say, " there is no chance of my letter going on, therefore I will reserve my letter for Sunday." Accordingly, we find the increase of letters coming into London on the Monday morning is very great, because they are now written upon the Sunday instead of being written upon the Saturday ; and thereby a very great increase is occasioned to the labour of the provincial offices. Mr. BEVAN—But your Lordship will forgive me for observing, that if all country post•offices were closed upon the Sunday all the letters would be put in on Saturday.—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. RussELi.—That is quite a different ques tion. If it were for the general convenience and ad vantage of the country to shut up the post-offices upon Sunday, in every part of the country as well as in London, I quite admit if that could be done it would be a very great advantage for the observation of the Sabbath.—(Bear.) Whether the nature of post office communication is such as to admit of it I will not pretend to say; but I am pointing out to you that there are communications to be made by the Post office, which are often communications of very great importance. A man near Southampton is suddenly ordered to embark with his regiment, and he wishes to see his wife or his sister before be goes. If for two days in the week the Post-office is to be closed, there is no chance of his seeing them. There are many things of that kind constantly occurring, which would require much consideration Wore any such measure could be adopted. Mr. BEVAN—There is the electric telegraph, my Lord. In such cases, that could be used. Lord J. RUSSELL—I am much obliged to you for mentioning that. A great part of the objections to the proposed measure go, I think, upon the ground that there are certain means and advantages of com munication now which would be left untouched by the Sunday closing of the Post office. There is the electric telegraph, as I am properly reminded. If u person is rich enough to go to the Electric Telegraph office, and pay his 15s. or 16s. to get a message i con veyed, of course he will get it conveyed. So, n time same way, if a person gets news at Southampton, or news at Maidstone or Dover, of something very important for a commercial specu lation, he sends it to London on payment of a shilling by parcel; it is received here, and upon payment of upon, another shilling it goe s . down to the part of the coun try where the speculation is to be enteredand to the thus his purpose is answered..'With regard rich, therefore, there might possibly be no very great disadvantage in such a measure as c l os i ng the Post office for two days in the week. But with regard to the poor—when you come to them and ask them, " Will you go and spend your 15s. or 16s to send your message by the e l ec t r i c te l egrap h , or Is. or 2s. to send it by parcel ?" th e i r answer must b e, " We are quite unable to afford it." Theref o re I do hope, in considering questions of this kind, you will take into your consideration the necessities of the poor as well as the means and the conveniences of the rich. I know it is said that the measure has not been recom mended to us. But it is a measure that was recom mended by two commissions which sat upon the Post office; and it was also recommended by a Committee of the House of Commons. The Post master General, therefore, had the minute drawn up y Mr. gill wbisl has to day appeared in the newspapers, his opinion being that, upon the whole, there would be great convenience to many parts of tho country by it, and that Sunday duty or labour, upon the whole, would be diminished ; and upon that recommendation of his it has bE-en sanctioned, and it is proposed to be carried into effect. The Postmaster- General can state better than I can in what way he considers that will be the case. All I can say, then, is, that I believe the opposition made to this measure has been founded, not upon misrepresentation—l will not say that—but upon misapprehension as to the effect of it; and I own I particularly refer to the statement made by Mr. Labouchere, which struck me much at the time, as containing very grave facts which now turn out to he totally unfounded, as one instance of those misapprehensions. Several members of the deputation here asked for a short delay of the measure. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE—It is only respectful to the deputation that I should say a few words upon a matter in which they are so greatly interested. I can assure the deputation there is nobody respects more deeply than I do the feeling which has given rise to their coming here to-day. Undoubtedly the sub ject has agitated the metropolis strongly; and there fore, I assure them, that if I did not think it was founded upon a misconception of the facts, and a total ignorance of the real state of the case at issue, I, for one, would be most anxious to give way to that feeling, although my reason might be quite uncon vinced by the special arguments used against it. The fact is, the measure seems to me totally misunder stood.—(No, no.) That, at all events, is my opinion. I agree with Mr. Masterman, it is no answer to those who ask for a total cessation 'of the Post-office upon the Sunday, to urge, for defence, this special plan; but the cessation of Post-office labour altogether upon Sundays is a question not competent for the Post office or the Government to decide without the inter- vention of Parliament, because the Act of Pgliament makes it imperative upon the Post-office to forward letters without delay. Ido not say whether it would be advisable or not to alter that, or upon the proposi tion that is made ; but I call attention to the fact that that was not the question under my consideration. The question that was under my consideration was, the general diminution, throughout the country, of labour in the Post-office upon Sundays. Ido not wish to complain of any thing that has been said about the Post-office authorities or myself. I know that a public man, in the execution of a public duty, is liable to be misunderstood, and to have his motives misconstrued as well as his acts ; but, at the same time, I must take the liberty of saying that there has been more done to lessen the labour of the department upon Sundays since I have been in office than was ever done before —(Hear, hear.) I have always endeavoured to do it.—(Hear.) Undoubtedly there has been a great amount of Sunday labour put a stop to. It has been done as quietly as possible, and therefore it has attracted little or no attention, nor indeed was it wished that itshould attract attention. In considering the diminution of Sunday labour, we found this, practically speaking, would be the effect of the proposed arrangement. Some gentlemen seem to disagree in this opinion, but my own experience bears me out, and I do not think any person who has gone much about England can differ from me in this —that in many instances letters are written not upon the Saturday, but upon the Sunday, because they would lie the whole day in the post-office. That, I must say, is a fact I never heard disputed before. It is not only demonstrable by returns from the country post-offices, but it is notorious; and these are not merely letters upon mercantile business, but the letters and correspondence of the public generally. I have been advised, by the best sources of information within my reach, that undoubtedly the passing of letters through London will put a stop to a great deal of corre spondence on Sunday, that letters will be written upon Saturday. Thus there will be a great diminu tion of letters in the offices on Sunday. All the sur veyors in the different districta allude to it as a matter that will give relief to the offices in their district ; to some it will be more, and to some it will be less; but, as I have said, all state it will undoubtedly relieve the country offices. And it is hardly possible to see how it can be otherwise. Mr. Baylee has stated that a certain number of offices would be relieved upon Sun day, but that would be fur a very few hours. Now, it is not only the number of hours that are to be taken into consideration, but the time of it. It is quite evident that three or four hours' relief, at the time of divine service, may make a great difference in the labour of a particular office. But I should say that the time put by the Rev. Gentleman is much under state d. The facts could only have come from the postmasters, and probably also some from clerks. What makes me more convinced that there is great misapprehension as to this measure, is what has been stated in this room by Mr. Cotton and the Rev. Mr. Wilson, in reference to the districts of Islington, Whit( chapel, and Southwark. Why the people of Islington, or Southwark, or Whitechapel will have no more increase of business upon Sunday in con sequence of this measure than if the letters passed through the French Post-office. It will not be felt by any one of them. Talk of opening the Post office ! The Post-office is open now, and it will not be opened one bit the more! There is no question of principle involved in it in this respect; but there is a great question of principle involved in stopping all the post-offices in the country upon Sunday, as Mr. Masternlian puts it. It is a question whether twenty-five clerks, as at present, or fifty, shall be em ployed ; and when Mr. Bevan says it is important that men should not be employed who are averse, upon principle, from Sunday labour, he forgets that the principle is the same whether the men are em ployed one Sunday in five or one Sunday in three. The hours make no difference. But this is entirely a matter of detail, and I cannot understand it other wise; I can only say that, according to the best re ports we can get from all the surveyors, the aggregate opinion is, that the employment of twenty-five addi tional clerks upon Sunday for the same hours as they are now employed, and no more, will be a great re lief. In fact, the hours will not be after nine in the morning ; then again between five and seven ; so that they are quite exclusive of the hours of divine service. This is our opinion. We may be wrong in point of fact ; but it is not fair to say we want to desecrate the Sabbath when we wish to afford a great conve nience throughout all the offices in the country. It is a certain fact that wealthy merchants have, upon many occasions—l have it from un doubted authority—parcels sent express between the great towns and London for information, because the post does not go. Surely the post going on those days, no letters being delivered till Monday morning, would be no desecration of the Sabbath. This was intended to he accompanied with other measures that might probably give rise to considerable discontent in the towns of the country if no boon such as the pre sent were given. I have a list I could read, in oppo sition to the list which Mr. Bailee has read, of such towns in all the districts except one. In some towns there were two, three, and four deliveries going on now on Sundays, which will all be reduced to one single delivery on that day. I say that will be an immense relief to the letter-carriers in those localities. We intend to close all the offices from ten to five on Sunday, except for the actual dispatch of mails,which it is impossible to prevent; and to abolish Sunday rural cross posts and some mails which are expressly kept up on Sundays. There is one post always kept up between the east and west of England, which runs on no other day but Sunday. That we shall put a stop to, but I am told it is impossible to do so without giving rise to great inconvenience and serious lass to several important interests, unless we allow the mails to come through London on Sundays. That is a boon. I say, then, whatever may be the result of this measure, it was intended to diminish Sunday labour. lam convinced it will do so. If I thought it would not I would give way at once ; but I must say, nothing I have yet heard has at all satisfied me it will not di minish Sunday labour. The Rev. Mr. BAYLEE—The Post-office may be viewed in two aspects—London and the country ; the one open and the other shut; but your Lordship may say that labour is to some extent now carried on in the metropolis. We admit, however, that, as in a private, so in a public establishment, the Divine command requires some labour to be done on that day ; but now you are about to alter the two aspects of the Post-office, and instead of altering them so as to assimilate the country to the metropolis, you alter them so as, to a small extent, to assimilate the metro polis to the country. That is our ground of oppcti tion. As to the intricacies of the question, and the relief said to be afforded to the country, I must con fess that these considerations have not altered my opinion.loyed , W ILSON—Besides, as t o th e o ffi c i als now em ployed, if lam rightly informed, the of Mr. o th f e th b e ag ‘N s .a o r, n wln Sundays ie was plan opening introduced during the time it was of the utmost importance that Government should receive the earliest information. If I understand rightly, the bags are only opened now to give their letters to Ministers and the Foreign Ambassadors, who I think ought to submit to the postal regulations of this country. We are perfectly sure, my Lord, that if this measure goes on, the prin ciple cannot stop here; it will lead to a general deli vLry upon the Sunday. The Bishop of LONDON—AIIow me to say one word. It is said that an imputation has been assigned to the authorities of the Post-office, that they intend afterwards to have a delivery of letters in London. Now I have not heard that imputation anywhere assigned; but I believe that it will lead to a delivery of letters in London ; and fur this reason, because this is the commencement of additional labour in the Post- office for the sake of a small convenience. Your Lordship may perhaps be aware that, about thirteen years ago , a design was entertained of opening the London nst office fc,r a general delivery of letters on Sunday. I remember that I then took a very active part in remonstrating against the measure ; and the design, if it was entertained at that time, was relin quished. Therefore, though there may be no lute L SUNDAY LABOUR AT THE POST OFFICE.—INTENTIONS of the GOVERNMENT. A very influential deputation, rfpresentiog all classes, from all parts of the metropolis, waited yes. terday, by appointment, on Lord John Russell, at the Treasury, Downing-street, to convey to his Lordship, and the Government of which he is the head, the re monstrances made at numerous public meetings against the proposed plan to forward country letters through the London Post• of on Sundays. There were present at the deputation :—The Lord Mayor, the Bishop of London, Mr. W. Cotton, R. C L. Bevan, Esq., Mr. Fowles, J. D. Paul, Strand, banker ; Rev. Robert Bickersteth, incumbent of St. John's Church, Clapham; Rev. John Phillip Gill, St. Mary's, Bryanston-square ; Rev. J. T. Baylee, Dr. Greville, Edinburgh, secretary or the Scottish Sab bath Alliance; _Mr. Alderman Challis; Mr. Alderman Sidney ; Rev. Daniel Wilson, vicar of Islington ; Rev. Charles Baring, rector of All Souls (and the churchwardens), Marylebone; Joseph 'Wilson, Esq., John Masterman, Esq. ; Rev. John Hambleton, minister of the Chapel of Ease, Islington; Daniel Hazard, Esq.; and Robert Atkinson, Esq., church. wardens of Islington ' • Charles Pat, Esq., Thomas B. SimpsOn, Esq , J . H. Shears, Esq., E. Palmer, Esq., and D. Couty, Esq., of the borough of South wark.- • The deputation were received in the library, at the Treasury, at one o'clock, by Lord John itussell, who was accompanied on the occasion by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Marquis of Clanricarde, Post master-General.. The LORD MAYOR then, addressing his Lordship, said :—My Lord John Russell, you are no doubt aware that we have come here to prom t you, as the head of the Government, with a nienber of petitions, very numerously signed and agreed to at various pub lic meetings, held in the city of London, in West minster, in Southwark, in Marylebone, in Islington, and in various churches and chapels, the names of which his Lordship recapitulated, and also introduced to his Lordship the various members of the deputa tion. His Lordship then continued—l can only state, so far as regards this deputation, that if we were not convinced it would be more convenient to your Lord ship to receive a small deputation, I am sure the city of London would have come here en masse; and so far as I am myself concerned, I hope you will permit me to say that it would have been much more gratifying to me, as it respects your Lordship, if I bad come here with a memorial of congratulation rather than with a petition of remonstrance. But I can assure your Lordship that this petition has not been occasioned by the slightest degree of party feeling--(" Hear, hear," from the other members of the deputation)—and further, as I have been connected with meetings held in London for many years past, I can assure your Lordship that I never saw a meeting more unanimous in every respect. There was but one feeling evinced —of regret at the measure being proposed—and a sincere hope expressed that your Lordship would put a stop to it. It is not necessary for me to call your Lordship's attention to the serious inconvenience of putting in motion a great commercial community like that of the city of London. I know your Lord ship will tell me that you do not intend to do that ; but your Lordship will allow me to say that, if tl.e nature of the new regulations be such as to allow of parties in the country receiving communications, which the citizens of London do not obtain, it must ultimately lead to i the opening of the Post-office in this great commercial community. Then we see that no parties are calling for this measure. No part of the country has called for the opening of the London Post-office, and, therefore, we think that any question of revenue, if any revenue is expected to be derived from it, ought not to be put in competition with the sacred obligations which we all of us owe to preserve inviolate the Sabbath-day.—(Hear, hear.) lam sure it must be unnecessary to urge this upon your Lordship's attention, for I know that you have taken this step only from a sense of public duty; but when you see the feeling, not only in London, but through out the coutry which this measure has evoked, I know your Lordship will consider whether any small ad vantage of this sort that may be gained by the mea sure is to be set against the strong and earnest feeling of the country that has been arrayed against it. I do not know that it is necessary for me to say more; there arc other friends who have felt it their duty to attend here, and who will no doubt strengthen and confirm my observations; and I have only to repeat my convict:on, not - only from what bas taken place Derore your Lurusrap, nut from all I have heard—ana I have heard a great deal on the subject—that the general feeling of the country is decidedly against the measure, and that, if time permitted, or if it was not thought that your Lordship would kindly listen to the prayer of these memorials, I am quite sure the feeling would not stop in London, but would spread all over the country. • The Bishop of LONDON (who was heard most in distinctly by the reporter) said he had never in the course of his experience seen so perfect a unanimity of public feeling on any great question as had been exhibited on this Post. office measure. As the bishop of-the diocese, he implored his Lordship not to press the contemplated measure, which he was convinced from the bottom of his heart must lead to the most injurious results in reference to the religious character of the country. He entreated his Lordship not to give it his final sanction. He thought some delay might take place for consideration, and in orderthat the general feeling of the country might be fully ascer tained. He was satisfied, from what had already taken place on the question of the proposed Post office measure, that the universality of feeling which had been shown wherever the subject was discussed would fall far short of the expression of feeling that would take place if the object were not abandoned. He had paid great attention to the subject of the ob servance of the Sabbath, and had watched with great anxiety the improved feeling that had grown up in reference to cessation of labour on the Lord's-day, and his fear was that this improved feeling would be driven back by the proposed measure, and he there- fore earnestly entreated his Lordship to listen to the memorials that had been presented to him. Mr. Masreemax, M.P., had great pleasure in accompanying the Lord Mayor and the Bishop of London ou this occasion. He believed the feeling of the whole community was unanimous against the Post-office measure, and he earnestly hoped his Lordship would not let the statement go forth that it was to be persisted in, and so stir up the feelings of the whole community upon a subject which they considered involved the desecration of the Sabbath. No person had asked for the proposed alteration, and as to the excuse that it would relieve a few country post-offices, and that it would be throwing much oft one, and less on the other, he for himself would advo cate the total cessation of post-office duties through out the country on the Sunday.—(Hear.) A Member of the Deputation had obtained some returns of the difference which the proposed plan would make in the hours during which the Post office people in the country were and would be em ployed on the Sunday. lie found that in Buckingham the postmaster was employed eight hours ; under the new regulations he would be employed &so eight hours. In Chester the time was 15 hours, under the proposed plan it would be 14 hours. At Coventry it was 13 hours, and would be 10 ; at Dover six hours and it would still be the same ; in Hereford 18 hours, which time would be reduced to 10 ; at Norwich 12l hours, and the same time would still be required ; at Rochester 14 hours, which would not be decreased. He thought these facts proved that the amount of relief to be afforded to the country postmasters would be extremely small, and not sufficient to justify, if such a consideration could justify, a breach of prin ciple. The question was, whether a total cessation of Sunday labour at the Post office might not be seeured.—(Hear.) He had been with Mr. Rowland Hill on the subject, and that gentleman admitted to him that it was possible to adopt arrangements for effecting it. Mr. POWLES said that the communication with Paris was now nearer to us in a commercial sense than Liverpool was 40 years ago. The United States could be communicated with in one-half the time, and we had four communications during the month ; the West Indies and a large portion of South America could be reached in half the time it formerly Was, and we had now two communications in the month with those places ; the East Indies were communicated with in one-third of the time occupied thirty or forty years since ; and the Mediterranean, Spain, and Portugal in half the time. All our large', towns had four deliveries per day—two from London, and two from other parts ; and he must say that, with the increased facilities of communication, there was no pretence whatever of keeping the London Post -office open on the Lord's day. Ile was a short time since in one of the northern towns, where an eminent merchant :aid to him, " We have no peace for the arrivals and departures of the mails. We have four deliveries every day; and no sooner is one post dispatched, than another arrives." And he (Mr. Powles) took the liberty of saying, as a merchant of this city, that with the frequency of post-office com munication now enjoyed, the proposition of opening the General Post-office on the Sundays, and, in fact, saying that men of business ehoul I not be at rest for twenty-four hours, was not a tenable one. . Mr. COTTON, late Governor of the Bank of Eng . l and, had communicated with all classes of people on