The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-26 00:00:00

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At a PUBLIC MEETING, held in the FrePrrmsons' Hall, en MondaN, the 25th April, to RECEIVE the RE ; tORT of the COMMITTEE on the .best means of TESTI FYING the. PUBLIC GRATITUDE to Dr. BIRK BECK. for his terviees in promoting the Education of the People, and .esPeeially of the Wort ing Classes; Lord BROUGHAM in the Chair; The following Resolutions were adopted 'loved- by 1111. Hum:, ; seconded by Mr. RICHARD e sou nd vhich he 1 7 , le ppol 'nted } r aring nsidered h them` an these he la d cariling present DE 0P: INO 4. TAYLOR-- It is the opinion of this Meeting that upon the sound education of the great body of the people mainly depend, un .,l;der Divine Providence, the stability and happiness of nations; led that Mechanics' Institutions have greatly contributed to that ed uca ti on , b y t h e di rect i nstruct i on, an d b y t h e rat i ona l treation which they afford to the Working Classes. , ':' 4 l..)ved by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. ; seconded by Mr. BAsit, MoNTAnu— No. 15,498. LONDON, TUESDAY. APRIL 26, 1842. PRICE 5d THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, cad Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. 2. This Meeting desire to record their deep sense of the eminent services which Dr. Birkbeck has rendered to the edit -. (Ilion of the people, by founding in 1800, and teaching a class mechanics at Glasgow; by his munificent aid in founding, :luta his constant care in superintending, the London Media 's!liCs'.lnstitution ; and by his ready assistance in forming simi 410)x:dies throughout the kingdom. kr.'ed by Lord DUDLEY STUART ; seconded by MT. DILLOIs - - ~ a. This Meeting approve and adopt the Report of the Com batpp on the 3d of August last, and are of opinion th e most fitting method of testifying the public gratitude to Dr. Birkbeck is by founding in University College, London, Professorship of Machinery and Manufactures, including the s Pplication of Chemistry and other branches of Natural . P hilosophy to the Arts; that the Professor be required to lecture tis the country during the College vacation, and that a tltbscription be commenced for this pur l ose. Moved by Mr. M ONCKTON MiLNEs, M.P. ; seconded by ale.!:• ROEBUCK, M. P. 1— ALL ADVERTISEMENTS OP A DISGUSTING cIum A c TER , On IMMORAL TENDENCY, ARE EXCLUDED PROM THE COLUMNS 01' "THE SUN." is Noble 111 5 on Inor e• e nonce ad fra ° _, ordure' NATIONAL MUSIC lIAL Capital 50 000/., in b,OOO Shares of 10/. each. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital 1:500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, EN., Chairman. J. Elliot son, .11. D., F. R. S. John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. I John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement. Tabor, Esq. George Lungiey, E sq . Joseph Thompson, Esq. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Open—Mornings and Evenings, except Saturday.— Ile COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE, worked ! - .iv Steam Power, 'exhibiting the ELECTRICAL LIGHT, the appearance of the AURORA BOREALIS, and various other Experiments on a grand scale. The ENLARGED and IMPROVED DISSOLVING VIEWS. Lectures which demonstrate the leest advances made in practical Science. l'he ORRERY, DIVING BELL, and DIVER, with Expe riments in the Water. To the Evening Exhibition, which consists of the leading features of the Alorn , ng, a variety of New Cosmoramie Views are added. Mr. Graham will com mence his Elementary Course of Six Lectures on BOTANY, on Tuesday, May 3d, at Two o'Clock, which will be continued at the same hour on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, until complete'. PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS taken Daily by Mr. Beard —Conductor of theßand,Mr. Wallis.—Admis sion, One Shilling. BIRKBECK TESTIMONIAL. Deposit 11. per Share. The . Committel of the National Music Hall beg to announa, to the Professors and Amateurs of Music and Singing, Pupils and the Public in general, that applications for the remainin; Shares must be made on or before the 2,1 day of May next after which time the necessary app li cat i o n t o Parliament wil be made for an Act to incorporate and empower the Co r pan to commence the erection of this national required edifice. Al letters (post paid) to be addressed to the Committee, at theii offices, 6, John-street, Adelphi, where prospectuses may bt obtained. J. W. ENIMERSON. Secretary. e Mont ueed cheerei AUDITORS. Jose to the liat b e hill ° I. act 14 'ed that g ireo o*ltuad' L ONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY ALTERATION OF TRAINS. Notice is heresy given, that on and after Sunday, the Ist cc May, the TRAINS will START as follow : DOWN TRAINS from London daily, except Sundays. Morning. Afternoon. Quarter to 8 mixed I Quarter to 2, mixed Quarter to 10, first class Half-past 4, fist class Quarter to 11, to Croydon only —6, mixed Quarter to 12, mixed -9, goods train Half-past 9, to Croydon only. Sunday Trains, down. Quarter to 8, mixed I Quarter to 7, mixed Quarter to II : mixed _____ J -- 10. to Croydon only. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M.F.R. S. ACT (IA RY— W. S. B. Woo'house, Esq., F. R. A. S. rHYSICIA N—J. Elliotton, M.D., F. R. S. SURGFON—E. S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Ommanney, 6, Basinghall-street. BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. LIFE ASSURANCE. • 4. That the thanks of the Meeting be presented to the Committee and Secretary for their labours hitherto ; that they he requested to continue their exertions for the attaininent of : proposed object, and that they have leave to add to their ?embers. BROUGHAM, Ch a i rman . • Lord JOHN RUSSELL having taken the Chair, • Moved by Mr. M. D. HILL, seconded by Mr. EDWARD ttaiN... , , of Leeds :- - b. That the thanks of the Meeting be given to Lord brougham for his attends nce this day, and for the great ser . /le( s which he has rendered towards the education of the People. THOMAS COATES, Hon. Sec. Subscriptions are received at Messrs. Bouverie and Co., t ,_ 4l aymarket ; Mes s r s . S m ith, P a y ne , an d C o ., L om b ar d- s tre e t ; Messr, Prescott, Grote, and Co., Threadneedle-street; and Mr. Coates, 59, Lincoln's Inn-fields. CLAUDET'S PHOTOGRAPHIC, OR DA - GUERREOTYPE PORTRAI fS, are taken daily at tee ADELAIDE GALLERY, LOWTHER ARCADE, by his New Patented Improved Process. The acknowledged su periority of Mr. CLAUDET'S PORTRAITS is due to the surprising RAPIDITY of the PROCESS, which gives to the Likeness the pleasing and unconstrained expression which the Sitter can only assume during an INSTANTANEOUS OPERATION—TO THE INTRODUCTION of BACK GROUNDS (EXCLUSIVELY HIS OWN), representing Lawlcapes, Int-rior of apartments, &c., which produces the molt PICTURESQUE EFFECT —and to the mode of durably fixing the image, so that it cannot fade or change colour, or be easily rubbed off. Mr. CLAUDET has also a peculiar process by which Na tural Colours are imparted. ADVANTAGES—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow Two-thirds Premium paid, without. expense or forfeiture—and Profits annually divided. N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual rates. UP TRAINS daily, except Sundays. Morning:. Afternoon. -7, from Croydon only Half past 1, mixed, from Half-past 7, mixed, from Brighton Brighton I Half-past 3, Ist Class, from -9, from Croydon only Brighton -9, Ist Class, from -6, mixed, from Brighton Brighton -- 11, mixed, from -9, goods train, from Brighton f Brighton DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of fered—X2 12s. per annum ( Is. per week) at 20, will at 65 give the policy-bolder the choice of an annuity of 1:4•i 16s. 6d. or £349 Its. cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any time, and Two •thirds returned in case of premature death. The detailed Plans, and Last. Annual Report, to be had at the Office, at any of its Branches, or on application will be for warded post free. SAVINGS' BANK, 7, ADAM-STREET, ADELPHI.—Open Daily from Nine to Five. Money can be PAID into this Savings' Bank ANY DAY lb the WEEK, and may be WITHDRAWN by giving THREE DAYS' NOTICE. Interest allowed at the Rate of 4% per Cent. per Annum. INVESTMENTS AT LONG DATES. ~ P or any period under 6 Months, at the rate of b Per Cent. Above 6 Month s an d un d er 9 Months „ 5i per Annum. Above 9 Months a n d un d er PI Months „ 6 Payable Quarterly or Half-yearly. CHARLES WM. WILLIAMS, Actuary. * Personal attendance not necessary, except on the first *ueposit. STEAM TO NEW YORK. THE GREAT WESTERN, Lieutenant HOSKEN, R.N., Commander, POSITIVELY. CLOS - F.0.0N THE 25TH OF MAY. CATIAYS :small AMERICAN INDIAN ) MUSEUM, and MODEL of NIAGARA FALLS, EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. 'rains, up. 1 Quarter to 4, mixed, from Bi ighton -7, mixed, from Brighton The first class trains, consisting only of first class carriages, stop at Croydon, Red-hill, Three Bridges otherwise Crawley, and Hayward's-heath. The mixed trains, consisting of first and second class carriages, stop at all the stations. The goods train will convey third class passengers only, calling at all the stations. Sunday -7, from Croydon only Half-past 7, mixed, from Brighton F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. This unique Collection, containing 500 Paintings, and thou sands of Indian Curiosities, Closes its Exhihiti.m for London on the •25th of May. Open from Ten till Dusk. Living Fi gures, in full Indian Costumes, continually in the Rooms. Admission One Shilling. -WESTERN LIFE A V Temporary Offi^e, 49, F Capital 500,0001; 10, , DIREC' H. Edgeworth Bicknell, Esq. William Cabell, Esq. T. S. Cocks, jun., Esq. George Henry Drew, Esq. William Evans, Esq. William Freeman, Esq. Francis Fuller, Esq. James Hunt, Esq. .S.SURA.NCE SOCIETY. ?arliament-street, Westminster, ,000 Shares, 50/. each. :TONS. John A. Lethbridge, Esq. Edmund Lucas, Esq. George K. Pollock, Esq. James Lys Seager, Esq. John Bazley White, Esq. seph Carter Wood, Esq. Henry Wrench, Esq. 7•1 doe, Watef„' :relanal WANTS A SITUATION. .AS NEEDLE-WOMAN or HOUSEMAID, a respectable young person, who understands Dress making and getting up fine linen. She is well recommended by the Lady she has left. Address M.M., Mr. Gibson's, But. terman, 4, South-street, Grosvenor-square. TRUSTEES. William Whateley, Esq. I George Drew, Esq. L. C. Humfrey, Esq. y cod ; ,unto tend. ) ee ble , ,ley in )itlficb eeril l g r lr I fob' ner e ue. pa 00 4 nof t olor KING'S PATTERN. 0 AO" the i ors' sr ►epo r e e io the 74rio AN GL ER S.—Three joint ROD, with whale - , , bone top, Is.; three-joint bamboo walk intt-stick rod, 2s. 6d. ; ik l4 - Pint hickory, 7s. • four-joint best hickory fly rod, with two tops, !nit handle, winch littings, socket spear, partition bag, &c., 205. ; k,..""int ditto general rod, with four tops, ditto 2.55. ; six-joint ditto, e tops, ditto, 303 ; the be to ies, on Limerick' ke.id hooks, 2s. pt r 1,111, ;SO yards beet patent taper fly line, 4s. 6d. ; town-made plain ,rles, two inches stiameter, 35.; multiplying ditto, 6s. 6d.; small noir',4o-yard eel line, with 30 hooks, Is. 44taloues, containing the prices of 1,001 articles, with Young V o tler's Instructor, gratis, on application, or forwarded free. Untry orders nunctually attended to, and any article exchanged Qt approved of. Country dealers supplied. rt r ,_ serve the sign—Golden Perch, 132, Oxford.street.—J. CHEEK, %Zietor and manufacturer. • • IS INTENDED TO SAIL FROM LIVERPOOL Saturday, 21st of May, 1842 BRISTOL Saturday, 16th of July t• LIVERPOOL Saturday, 3d of September BRISTOL.., Saturday, 223 of October. FROM NEW YORK. 'Thursday, 28th of April .. For LIVERPOOL Thursday, 16th of June For BRISTOL Thursday, 11th of August For LIVERPOOL Thursday, 29th of September For BRISTOL Thursday, 17th of November For LIVERPOOL. For Freight, or further information, apply at Bristol to CHRISTOPHER CLAXTON, Managing Director. *, ;Idon—T. M. Ward, Great Western Railway-Office, Bank. L iverpool —Gibbs,; Bright, and Co., North John-street. Il3 .,irmingham—John Po nc ia and Son, Pershore-street.: -41-1111—W R. Goddard, Hull and East Riding Times Office. 111 • Leeds—Haigh and Womack, Accountants, Benson's-buildings, ; ) ? b lasgow—H. B. Webb, Glassford- street. ir Mis—Andelle and Soulas, Rue de I'Echiquier, No. 20. t "wavre-de-Grace—William Davidson. `TEAM TO SWEDEN AND 1,011 - A For CHRISTIANSAND and GOTHENBURG, her AU aj °s ty' s Mail Steam-pack e t s INNISFAIL, JOHN MOF IATT, R.N., Commander ; and EXPRESS, ANTHONY S.,"IsAITSON, Commander, will le ave HULL ever y SATUR ,2AY MORNING, at ELEVEN o'Clock, and GOTHEN ,,,LIStIRG every FRIDAY, calling at CHRISTIANSAND o n 7 1 Outward and Homeward Passage. '"'• Passports can be immediately obtained in Hull, at the Office the Swedish Consul. ~.These Packets arc in communication with Norwegian Zitamers from Christiansand to Drontheim, and from thence nlammerfest in Lapland, also to Christiana ; from Gothen wgh by Steamers to Copenhagen, to Stockholm, and from :Pence to the North of Sweden, as far as Tornea, to Finland, • tteisburgh, and Lubeck. k The accommodations for Passengers are of the first order. Por further particulars, apply to THOMAS WILSON, SONS, and CO. Hull, March 19, 1842. ~ItICK CLOTHS with POLES, PULLIES, and LINES COMPLETE. Netting and Bunting for Fruit-trees. ENJAMIN EDGINGTON, Marquee, Tent, and Rick-cloth Manufacturer, 2, Duke-street, South `•Nrk, respectfully informs the Nobility, Gentry, and Agricul t.6oP-sts in general, that the REMAINDER of the CANVASS d by the SMITHFIELD CLUB to cover in the area of the ;:eattle-yard, and consist,ng of several thousand yards, IS TO 'hE SOLD second-hand, and offers an. opportunity of pur *lasing Itck-cloths at small cost. The Canvass is of the best 4 11 alitv, and having been used on that one occasion only, is 'NU to new. Orders per post punctually attended to. Address in full, tosnjamin Edgington, 2, Duke. street, Southwark. A Warehouse at 208, Piccadilly. ,SILVER TEA SERVICES.—A. B. SAVORY and Suns, Manufacturing Silversmith, N o . 14, C orn h i ll, _' ,3 ndon, opposite 'he Bank of England. submit the pri c e s o f the %owing SILVER TEA and COFFEE SERVICES. The COttage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet, the tea and 4 0,ffee-pots with a flower ornament on the lids. The King' , pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. The shape '!t either is new and elegant COTTAGE PATTERN. a. 'S. ~ tscing Silver Tea-p0t.....12 0 Strong Silver Teapot 12 0 Ditto Sugar Basin 616 Ditto Sugar Basin 710 Ditto Milk Ewer. 4 101 Ditto Cream Ewer 510 Ditto Coffee-pot. 15 01 Ditto Coffee-pot 15 0 Complete ..£3B 61 Complete £4O C LA variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Services may seen in the Show-rooms, where may be selected every article of Silver requisite for the sideboard or plate .chest. Pamphlets prices, illustrated with sketches of the various articles, gratis a forwarded postage free to any part of the kingdom.—A. SAVOR Y and SONS, No. 9, Corohill, London, opposite of England. PATENT FIRE-PROOF SAFES.-C. SCHUBB and SON have on SALE a large STOCK of r PATENT wrought-iron and I. IRE-PROOF SAFES. Strong tell, chests, and boxes, fitted t p in every foam for books, deeds, %Jewels, &c., secured by the detector leeks. A patent box, with V3ontents, which has been tested in the furnace of a steam-engine, 'be seen at 57, St. Paul's , hurch.yard. Cash-boxes and japan 4boxes fitted with Chubb's detector locks. A large and complete t , of these articles, of all sizes and with internal divisions and ' ..Yea of every variety of form, is constantly kept on sale. These '''es are much stronger than those generally sold. Private boxes t l . lepositing at banks n li t Chubb and Son, by royal warrant patent, lock and patent fire -141,%,, f safe makers to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, 57, St. Paul's .i,tflt " 50.2 )..--- yard. ". , he ' atent Fire-proof Sates can only be purchased at the . entees, 57, St. Paul's Church.yard. ~., 0 AN I ANGLERS.—J. il of f St John's I Smithfield CLAß d K s ! 7, ' No. 11, St.. kenwell, Fishing Rod and Tickle Manufacturer —Four-joint pt Hickery Fly-rods, two tops, buttons, and spikes, Iris. each ; ditto , e t-,_ joints, two tops, I4s, each ; five-joint General's Rods, five tops, ii i ''"nls, and spikes, 2!s. each ; eighteen feet Bag-rods, fitted in ..tbest manner, I Is. each ; five-joint Salmon Rods, with throe tops, te`ge in the best manner, from 30s. to 405. each. Artificial Flies, • eon Limerick hooks, Is. 6d. per dozen : small Flies, Is. per . n• Best taper Fly Lines, lid. per yard ; eight-plait silk Trolling o . lid. per yard; eight-plait Waterproof Line, Id. per yard. kit to kle Cases, fitted up with box reels, four lines on them, 4s. each ; n fitted up with a four-stave box, reel box in the middle, four , es. eaco. W holesale Dealers supplied 25 per cent. cheaper than any other 110 e in London. All orders, from town or country, attended to 7,..."atne day. EASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING. invaluabl e yis CANTON STROP, or QUADRILATERAL CHINESE SHARPENER, renders the operation of shaving no longer . eul to the most tender skin. By a very simple process the ,Teo edge may peculiarlye given to the bluntest razor or penknife. fo t r S Cowvan's tempered razors and shaving powder. is ti ' , lens of the strops are now exhibiting at the Royal Polytechnic tution ard Royal Adelaide Gallery, Lowther Arcade, from ,T , ce the most flattering certificates have been sent, which may be iat the Inventors, B. and S. COWVAN, 164, FenchA•ch-street, re the S•rops, &c., may be obtained, as well as of all re•pectable Trners, &c., in the United Kingdom, price s. fid., is. 6d., and 1.,;t Also may be had, Cnwvan's Canton Raror Strop Paste, at 'brl Is, per packet. The Shaving Powder Is. 6d. per box. Caution—None are genuine, except those marked and kel t" B. and S COWVAN." HARVEY'S A NTIBILIOUS V I : I t- ----. Aand FAMILY APERIENT PILLS.—They are highly “eial in cases of Indigest,on, at the same time removing Ob kbeit,nns of the Bowels, whether arising from Worms, Costive i t" ! or any other morbid cause. They also act upon the Kid ' Itllnulating the Absorbents to carry off the superfluous fluids, , s might otherwise terminate in Dropsical Swellings of the kith am. ato. His Pills have Veen found of infinite service, both in i ttld and during his practice in the East Indies, in restoring a t,,,,, sq,Y action to the Liver, and in preventing and also curing the %. (I ke i and passing off tall Stones and other Affections of the ilik, • 1 htir occasional use will keep the system healthy by their '44 3 ) eration. Ladies will find these Pills highly beneficial before Cti l 'uter their confinement. 1 e Pills are a good preparatory Aperient to Sea Bathing, and Ve..„„Previous to and while drinking the Bath, Cheltenham, and v 4 il lineral Waters, or using the Warm Bath, as they prevent , Lolls and many other unpleasant sensations of the Head. They .khcn li excellent Medicine for all excesses of the table. '',, ARVEYraspntfulfy informs his patients, and the public in 1,.,!,!hat his Pills are to be obtained genuine of Eclwa..ds, 67, i i iti Church-yard; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; White, '2 1, ''opposite the Royal Exchange; and by most dealer. in Fares to and from London and Brighton—First class carriages, 14s. 6d ; second class, 9s. 6d.; third class, 6s. Fares to Croydon—First class, 2s. ; second class Is. 6d. Children under seven years of age will be charged half fare. No charge is made for infants in arms. Day tickets may be obtained from London and Croydon to Brighton and back, at the following rates :—First class, 20s. ; second class, 15s. Bills containing particulars as to the conveyance of carriages, horses, parcels, and luggage, together with information as to post horses, omnibuses, &c., ma" be obtained on application at tit's office ; at the termini, London-bridge and Brighton , at all Messrs. Chaplin and Horne's West-end and City booking offices ; and at all the stations on the line. By order, CHAS. R. MACKENZIE, Sec. 10, Angel-court, Throg,raorton•street, April 25, 1842. N.B. The quickest route to Paris is by railway to Brighton, from thence by steam to Dieppe. The packets sail as follow : —From Brighton, Saturday, 7th of May, at 10 a.m. • 14th of May, at 2 p.m. ; 21st of May, at 9 a.m. ; 28th of Alay, at 2 p.m. From Dieppe, Wednesday, I Ith of May, at 12 p.m. ; 18th of May, at 6, a.m. ; 25th of May, at 12 p.m. ; Ist of June, at 5 a.m. 20 PRUDENT MEN.—Which is best To enter into a Benefit Society which recklessly admits men of all trades and all ages, at one rate of payment, and that too low even for the youngest age ; or into a well regulated Friendly Society, where no pernicious trades are allowed, and where every Member pays his fair proportion, according, to age at the time he enters ; of the latter Class is the HAND IN HAND, held at the Queen's Arms, Queen-street, Cheapside, on every alternate Thursday, from Seven till Nine in the Evening, where healthy men front '2l to M/ years of age may become Members by paying One Month's StAseription, according to age, viz., from 2s. 2d. to 3s. 6d. Benefits—At a Free AI ern. bees Death, 20/. ; Free Memher's Wife's Death, 10/. ; Sick ness, per week, 15s. ; when Superannuated 2s. 6d. per week, and the Member excused all further payments. These Benefits are secured by a large funded capital. Rules may be seen at the Bar, where Members may enter, and where Prospectusses may be tad gratis. This Society is Enrolled agreeable to law. D LECTURES ON WATCHES AND OTHER TIME-KEEPERS.—An Illustrated Abstract from TWO LECTURES on the Construction and Manage ment of Chronometers. Watches, and Clocks, delivered by Mr. DENT, in May, 1841, before the Members of the United Ser vice Institution has been arranged for the information of general readers. The Pamphlet is published, by the Author, at No. 82, Strand, price One Shilling, but gratis to customers on ap plicat ion. eSWAIN and CO., 92, FLEET-STREET, • LONDON, TAILORS to her MAJESTY the (KEEN. GENTLEMEN'S PRESS, in the most approved style, at J. ALBERT'S, Tailor, &c., No. 52, King William•street, City. He respectfully requests the notice of families and gentlemen to his establishment, which presents every novelty of unusual taste and variety for the present sea son. Those gentlemen who are particular in dress, and de sirous of garments of the best description, as regards quality and modern style of cut and make, upon cash terms, will find, a decided advantage by giving their orders as above. Uniforms, liveries, &c. A list of prices upon application.-52, King Wil liam-street, City. TIIE LONDON GENERAL 'MOURNING WAREHOUSE. established for the sale of every article requisite for Court, Family, or Complimentary Mourning, Nos. 247, and 249, Regent-street, near the Circus, Oxford street, W. C. JAY and CO., proprietors.—The managers of the above establishment beg leave to call the attention of ladies to its peculiar utility, and to the advantages presented by their undertaking. It has ever been a source of inconve nience and regret, en occasions when mourning attire is re quired, that its purchasers have at such a time been com pelled to the harassing necessity of prirceding from shop to shop in search of each distinct article of dress. This evil is now most completely remedied at the London General Mourn ing Warehouse, where every description of mourning, milli • nery, dresses, cloaks, mantles, shawls, &c., of the best qua lity, can be purchased at the most reasonable prices, and every article necessary for a complete outfit of mourning, may be procured at a moment's notice. The millinery rooms contain an assortment of mourning bonnets, caps, and bead-dresses, with a well-selected variety of skirts for first and following mourning. The dressmaking is superintended by an expe rienced artiste. Country orders executed with the strictest punctuality. 52, Fleet-street. NEW DISCOVERY in TEETII—Mr lA. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet. street, has in introduced AN ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIPTION of ARFIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or li gatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth, as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will NEVER CHANGE COLOUR OR DECAY, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will supp It and preserve teeth that are loose, and are guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from Ten till Five. TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAIN s.and OTHERS Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. GRINISTONE'S EYE SNUFF.--Under the Patronage of his late Majesty, hPr Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, apd the Lords of the Treasury, is universally recommended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis orders incident to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RESTORED !—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound ! Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou sand cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling ex pense, yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary toi n duce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com mons have need it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late 'Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical Practitioners—with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F. R. S. See J. B. L ac hfi e ld, Esq.'s Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grim stone's Eve Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the " Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters of Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with others of the first respectability. Nottingham, 28th Aug., 1841. This extraordinary cure is attested by Mr. James Wilcockson Foreign Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. To Mr. W. Grimstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, London. Si r,—l feel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of my case, and the miraculous cure performed on myself, by using your truly valuable Eye-Snuff. Sir, I am now in my 93d year, and a native of Holland, have been in this country 26 years. Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age, I cannot say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight, therefore unable to follow my business. I do most sincerely believe I should have remained in darkness and pain but for the kind recommendation of a friend to use your invention. I purchased a 23. 4d. canister of your agent, Mr. Wilcockson, to bacconist, who knows the above to be facts, and will bear wit ness to my extraordinary recovery of that most inestimable blessing of our life—" Perfect Sight"—l declare has proceeded from the use of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffer ing, you may snake what use you please of this letter, Mr. Wil cockson and many others will vouch for its truth. I refer the sufferers to this gentleman, being your Agent, and so well known in Nottingham. I am, Sir, your obliged servant, 28th Aug. 1841. ANNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. P. S.—Sir.—l should not do you justice without stating my relief was almost instantaneous. My eyes became clear and freed from humour, and by persevering in its use very fre quently I am enabled to read small print without the aid of Glasses, and continue to enj god's f.rrcatest blessing—Sight ! free from pain. I have reason , - • grateful, and do recom mend your Eye Snuff to all I know. Nottingham. A. Z. M. Observe the Caution.—W. GRIMSTONE is the sole in ventor, and the only genuine is prepared by him. This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in canisters, at Bd., Is. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs. and 15s. 6d. each, by the Proprietor, W. Glimstono, at 3P, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, and can be obtained in all the principal towns and sties. A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and all sendors of Primstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, amt retains its benign qualities is every climate. All Snuffs min Cigars shipped on the shortest notice. AUDITORS, Ormus Biddulph, Esq. I John B. White, jun., Esq. JGhn Freeman, Esq. CONSULTING COUNSEL—WiIIiam Page Wood, Efq. CONVEYANCING COUNSEL—SamueI Jay, Esq. PHYSICIAN—WiIIiam Richard Basham, M.D. SURGEONS—AIfred Leggatt, Esq.; George D. Pollock, Esq. BA NKERS —Messrs. Cocks, Iliddulph, and CO. ACTUARY and SECRETA ay—John Robertson, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. J. L. Bicknell and J. C. Lethbridge, 25, Abingdon-street, Westminster, The object of this Society is to afford to the Assured all the benefits of Life Assurance at a great reduction in the rates of premium, and also some further advantages peculiar to this In stitution, with the guarantee of a numerous and opulent pro prietary, and a subscribed capital of 500,0001. To accompltsh this important result, there are two plans for assurance—by the first (Table I) the rates of premium are re duced to the lowest scale compatible with the safety and sta bility of the Society, thereby in effect giving to the assured an immediate and certain bonus. EXAMPLE.-TA ISLE I. ANNUAL PREMIUIVIS FON TAE M:SURA NCE OF £lOO, A ge. lOne Year. £0 17 10 1 1 11 1 5 4 1 14 5 3 1 8 Seven Years I Term of Life. £0 19 3 £1 12 11 1 2 9 2 1 10 1 6 11 2 16 1 202 4 1 5 316 10 , 6 0 8 2) is to meet the views and in ling a provision for their tontines, iodical division of profits by the lemium than has hitherto been The Second Plan (Table terests of persons who. in ma, wish to participate in the peri payment of a lower rate of r charged by bonus offices, viz. .►NNUAL PREMIUM FOIL TILE WITH PARTICIP, ASSURANCE OF .ElOO (TABLE 'ATION OF PROFITS. Age. Term of Life. Age. Term of Life.' Age. Term of Life 20 £1 16 7 35 £2 13 3 50 £4 511 25 2 1 4 40 3 0 11 55 5 3 9 30 2611 I 45 311 9 60 65 11 For the convenience of those who assure upon this Table, one-half the premium may remain unpaid for the first seven years, at an interest of 5 per cent., which may continuo to the death of the party, or be paid off at his convenience, or with :he sum assured be discontinued without any claim from the office. To professional men and others whose incomes are progressive, and in loan transactions where the debt is gradually reduced, this principle of charging one-half the premium for the first seven years will be found to be particularly advantageous to the Assured. Assurances may be effected every day with the least possible trouble to the party. Prospectuses, with every information, may be bad at the office ; or by letter, addressed to JOHN ROBERTSON, Actuary. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT 4 VICT.. CAP. 9. - RR ITANNIA --- XSISIIANCE COM- A, PANY, I. PRINCES-STREET, BANK, LONDON. This Institution is empowered by a Special Act of Parlia ment, and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life As surance, in their fullest extent, to Policy-holders, and to pre sent greater facilities and accommodation than can be obtained in other Offices. The decided superiority of its plan, and its claim to public preference and support, have been proved in contestably by its extraordinary and unprecedented success. Among others, the following important advantages may be enumerated : A most economical set of Tables--computed expressly for the use of this Company, from authentic and complete data, anti presenting the lowest Rates of Assurance that can be of fered without compromising the safety of the Institution. Increasing rates of premium on a new and remarkable plan, for securing loans or debts, a less immediate payment being required on a policy for the whole term of life than in any other office. =Premiums payable either Annually, Half-yearly, or Quar terly, in one sum, or in a limited number of payments. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the Assured in every case admitted in the Policy. All claims payable within one month after proof of death. Medical Attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports _____Premium per Cent. per Annum payable during Age. First Five Second Fi v e Thi r d Fi ve ! out th Fi ve Remainder Years. Years. Years. Years. of Life. 20 £1 1 4 LI 510 .£1 10 11 LI 16 9 £2 3 8 30 1 6 4 112 2 119 1 2 7 4 217 6 40 116 1 2 4 4 214 6 3 7 3 4 3 4 50 216 7 3 9 4 4 5 5 5 6 3 613 7 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. A liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents. 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly opposite the York Hotel), and may be had also at 76, KING WILLIAM-STREET, BANK of ENGLAND. IG HT AND HEARING TEsTi- AIONIALS on the Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS' newly-invented SPECTACLE LENSES and INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deaf Persons. " We, the undersigned, have been for some time making use of Messrs. Solomons' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses ; the astonishing relief they afford to imperfect vision gives them the decided preference to every other kind of Lens —the clearness of the transparency brings every object very distinct, and enables individuals to view the most minute par tide with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant by candle light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and soften bright and brilliant lights : James Blundell, Esq., 11. D., I, Great George-street, West minster. George G. Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street. T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F. R. S., Saville-row. John Ramsbothan, Esq., M.D., Broad-street-buildings. Anthony White, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street. John Hooper, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Newington-place, Kennington Frederick Leighton, Esq., M.D., 7, Upper Gower-street. Messrs. Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall , street. W. Day, Esq., Surgeon, lsleworth. T. Daldy, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-stre e t. R. H. Lucas, sq. 11. D., Exeter. I J. Taylor Gordon,Esq., M.D. Wm. Bowie, Esq., M.D., Bennett-street, Bath. C. Heywood, Esq., M.D., Blandford. Henry Lawrence, Esq., M.D., Tenby. Wm Jeafreson, Esq., Surgeon-oculist, 21, South Audley-street. S.D. Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. C. Shillito, Esq., M.D., Bri4hton. William Conolly, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. E. H. Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Wallingford. Thomas Willis, Esq., M. D., Brighton G. Griffiths, Esq., Sr.rger.-.., Hammersmith. rohn Kenderick, Esq., Surgeon, Manchester-street, Manches ter-square. • Charles Tunally, Esq., Surgeon, Camden-town. U. Colebourn, Esq., Surgeon, 28, Harleyford-place, Ken nington. N. APCann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Parliament-street. Samuel Banner, Esq., Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square. W. Jones, Esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor square. W. English, Esq., Surgeon, Denmark-hill. A. Barklemore, Esq., Surgeon, 10, Charlotte-st., Bloomsbury. R. J. Pollock, Esq„ Surgeon, Kensington. E. Stoddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square. J. H. Walker, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte.street, Bloomsbury. C. Higham, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Davies -street, Berkeley-square Edward Nason, Esq., Surgeon,Nuneaton, Warwickshire." In placing the above list of Testimonials before the public, the Messrs. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, state that their INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by which thousands of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefited, is not larger than a seven-shilling-piece, and when fixed into the cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not more uncomfort able nor perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place. By its use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard wit's distinctness. These important new inventions are patronized by their Ma esties the King and Queen of Hanover and their Royal High nesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High ness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dukes of Devonshire and Manchester, &c. &c. 39. Albemarle-street directly opposite the York Hotel), and 76, King William-street, Bank. In consequence of the gross imposition in the Country, it is necessary - to state that no Travellers are employed i n th e a b ove Establishment. No connection with persons of the same name. NOTICE is hereby given, that ROBERT CON DON, of Sherborne, in the county of Dorset, Inn keeper, bath by INDENTURE of ASSIGNMENT, bearing date the Tenth Day of March, instant, conveyed and assigned all his personal Estate and Effects to HENRY BAKER, of Charlton, Horethorne, in the county of Somerset, malster.; and JOHN WITH YE, the elder, of Sherborne, aforesaid, malster, in trust for the benefit of all the Creditors of the said Robert Condon, as shall assent to and execute the said Indenture within two months from the date thereof; the said Indenture of As signment wr.s executed by the said Robert Condon, Henry Baker, and John Withye, on the day of the date thereof, in the pre!ence of, and attested by James Proctor Melmoth, of Sherborne, aforesaid, attorney-at-law. And Notice is hereby further given, that the said Indenture of Assignment is now lying at the office of Messrs. Melmoth and Son, in Sherborne, aforesaid, for the signature of the said Creditors. Dated this seventeenth day of March, 1842. Witness—Edwin H. Dawe. J. P. MELMOTH. 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A public meeting was yesterday held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Mr the purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee appointed (at an adjourned public meeting in the theatre of the London Mechanics' Institution, on the 3d of August, 1811) to take into consideration the best means of testifying the public gratitude to Dr. Birkbeck for his services in promoting the education of the people, especially by the promotion of Mechanics' Institutions, Lord Brougham in the Chair. The meeting was advertised to take place at one o'clock, but long before that hour, persons began to arrive, and by the time the chair was taken, the Hall was crowded. There were seve ral ladies in the body , of the Hall and also in the Gallery. Lord Brougham took the chair at twenty-five minutes af+er one o'clock. His Lordship was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering from all parts of the Hall as he entered. Lord John Russell, who made his appearance upon the platform imme d ately aster Lord Brougham, was also loudly applauded. On the platform we observed Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Hume, M. P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. Monckton Milnes, M. P. Lord BROUGHAM, on taking the Chair, said, It is impossible for me to open the business, the important business of this day, business which I may venture to describe as at once me lancholy and gratifying, without observing in my own vindica tion, not so much for having come among you on the present, as for having on so many former occasions during the last two or three years found myself under the absolute necessity of declining to accede to so many applications from many persons I see assembled to-day to attend public meetin g s. I may add that the rule which 1 was obliged to lay down to myself, I should most cheerfully have once more broken, as I have broken it this morning, if ever— as is very unlikely—in your day, or in mine, an occasion should again arise which called upon you and me, and the people of this country, to testify their sense of gratitude for the obli gations they have received from the late Dr. Birkbeck.— ( Cheers.) I speak from a knowledge of upwards of five-ard forty years of the late Dr. Birkbeck, and I bear testimony to his talents, to his learning, to his worth, and to his constant, steady, and strenuous devotion to 'all the be't interests of mankind.—(Cheers.) He well knew—and his conduct was formed on the maxim that the noblest of all pursuits is the pursuit of truth, and that the highest of all duties is the diffu sion of it among our fellow creatures,--( Cheers)—that human reason has no worthier, or more noble employment than its in vestigation, and that its propagation among mankind is the only legitimate use and province of all human eloquence.— ( Cheers.) Nor let such observations as these be deemed trivial, because they are self-evident, and perhaps trite, when we re collect how many gifted men in all ages and countries have sinned against these rules—(Cheers)—and, suffering them selves to be led away by corrupt and sordid and selfish feelings, or blinded by party prejudices, have perverted the faculties with which Providence has endowed them, to mislead, and not guide their fellow creatures—(Cheers) — not pursue and propagate truth, but to devise errors in all their forms, from venial and slightmistake up to wilful, perverse, and pernicious delusions.—( Cheers.) When we recollect this, we must deem it, not a superfluous honour, nor unbecoming, that it is neither without its use, nor foreign from our duty to meditate on such a life as that of Dr. Birkbeck's, and to profit by such an example as he has left us.--(Cheers.) Now, it was the peculiar province of that excellent and useful man, and it was during the whole of his career the constant object of his exertions, by all the means in his power and by the unremitting and successful application of his endowments, whether natural or acquired, to labour inces santly on behalf of the working classes of this country.— ( Cheers.) The friend of peace, including foreign pence and domestic tranquillity, the friend of education in all its branches, the promoter—l will not quarrel about a word, whether he was the founder or originator, or the successful promoter—of those institutions by which education is bestowed, and which are calculated still further to bestow, the incal culable benefits of education on the working lasses of the community.—( Cheers. ) He knew, as we know, that these working classes, whether they cultivate our fields, or work our manufactories, or drive our trade, are the very support and life of the prosperity of England—(Renewed cheers)-_ that to their unrivalled skill, to their unwearied in • dustry, to their unfailing—l speak of the class at large —to all rues there are exceptions—to their unfailing and un deviating submission to the laws, in the performance of their duty, to themselves and the country, that we owe whatever of prosperity this country has ever reached.—( Cheers. ) And, alas ! it is a hard reflection we must make that as they are the cause of its prosperity, if ever in evil times adversity comes over her, by the hard necessity of our nature, by our lot in society which never can be otherwise, it follows the those evils must fall on the working classes, that on them must mainly and severely press the sufferings which those na tural reverses of affairs give rise to. Then comes the greatest of all the praise which on these industrious and worthy and able men can be bestowed—that their conduct, their patience, their submission, their cheerful endurance of those distresses, almost makes us forget their other prodigious meriti.—(Cheers.) To raise a monument to the memory of one who laboured so much for them, and who so well deserved their gratitude and oars, what can we do better than, instead of spending oar money in vain trophies of marble and stone, which he himself would have been the very first to despise, and the last to deem an appro priate tribute—that we should found some institution that may help to remove those obstacles that still stand in the way of the better education of our artisans ? I say at once, as the Committee have, in my opinion. most wisely, judiciously, and I might say most happily sug gested, that they should found a Professorship of the application of science to the arts. I believe it is known to most of those who hear me, that one very great difficulty which is found to stand in the way of Mechanics' Institutions in various parts of the country, arises from the impossibility of obtaining lecturers. —( Hear.) It is inconceivable how small an amount of lecturing is to be found all over the country, how numerous so ever those institutions are.—(Hear, hear.) In communication with that society, of which both my Noble Friend ( Lord John Russell) and myself are members—l mean the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. In communication with that Society you are aware there i; formed another Central So ciety for the purpose of promoting the establishment and im provement of Mechanics' Institutions. Of that Society the late lamented Dr. Birkbeck was the President. In corre spondence with these are upwards of 200 of those valuable bodies, comprising 25,000 members, of whom, I rejoice to think, upwards of two-thirds are of the working classes ex clusively ; but the average number of lectures delivered to them is not above 1,200—1 think I,l9B—making not above six lectures, on an average, to each Institution in the course of the year. Now, it has occurred to my Noble Friend, who has well considered this subject, that the benefits to be derived from lecturing would be greatly increased if it were possible to establish such a Professorship as the Committee has wisely recommended ; and I hope and trust that this day's meeting will not end witnout an earnest being given in its success of the certain formation of such a Professorship. This is an occasion on which I need hardly remind you all political contention is out of the question— ( Cheers )—art occasion upon which the voice of party itself is hushed, whereof 1 proceed to give you examples. Among those benevolent individuals who have signified their desire to aid you in your present design is my Noble Friend Lord John Russell.—(Loud anti long-con tinued cheers.) I was going to say, of my Noble Friend " whom to name is to praise," but you have anticipated me. There are also Lord Dudley Stuart—(Cheers)—Mr. Ilume—(Cheers)—who I am happy to know is returned in the double sense of the word—Mr. Roebuck—( Cheers)—than whom I venture to say the working classes of this country neither have nor ever had a steadier or abler friend. There are other gentlemen all more or less varying in shades of poli tical party and opinions, but all agreeing heart and hand on this occasion.—( Cheers. ) I have it in command from his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex to read to you his letter, with which I think really I cannot do better than occupy the few remaining minutes during which I am about to address the present meeting.—( Cheers.) [The Noble and Learned Lord then read the letter, in which his Royal Highness stated his entire approval of the abject for which the meeting was convened, and that he was only pre vented attending by reason of the delicate state of his health ; also his desire to contribute his mite towards giving effect to the recommendation of the Committee. The reading of the letter was followed by loud and protracted cheers.] Lord Brougham proceeded to say—l have stated that no diffe rence of party ought to interfere, anti I am now about to show you that no difference of political sentimen►. has interfered on this occasion. —(Cheers.) I have here a letter from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, connected as that department most, appropriately is with those things that relate to: the working classes of the kingdom.— [The Noble and Learned Lord here read the letter. It was to the effect, that he heartily concurred in the objects of the meeting, and to further it he would subscribe 101.] I have also had a similar request made to me, and which I have greatpleasure in communicating to the meeting, from my Noble Friend and late colleague, the President of the Board of Trade, who has a most appropriate connexion with the day's business.—(Cheers. ) Lord Ripon desires that his name should be put down for ten ieuineas to this great work.—( Cheers.) The Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, Lord Denman—( Great cheer ing)—has sent the same sum.—(Cheers.) The late Attor ney-General, Sir Thomas Wilde, has sent a suns of five guineas, and the present Attorney-General, Sir F. Pollock, has cent a similar sum. —(Cheers.. ) To which I have _ . to add, but no doubt others will be added, that of a former Attorney - General ; the late Lord Chan cellor of Ireland, Lord Campbell, has authorised me to give the same sum ; and Lord Lyndhurst—(Cheers)— desires me to put his name down fur the same sum.—( Cheers. ) It remains only now for me to express the great gratification I have in finding men of all parties and shades of opinion joining in furthering this great and good object. 1 have no manner of doubt, under the blessing of Divine Providence, we shall suc ceed—(Cheers)—in the object we all have in view, not merely of recording our sentiments of the high merits and great prac- tical good actually done during the course of so many years by that most eminent and worthy individual, whose name brings us together this day, but to further the progress of that work, by furthering the improvement or the working classes of the people.—( Great cheering. ) Captain ACKERLEY, from the body of the meeting, called out, " Are you for Universal Suffrage, Lord Brougham?"— ( Great confusion and uproar, amid which) — Lord BROuG rut 31 rose, and after obtaining silence with some difficulty, said—Sir, if you don't instantly cease I shall cause you to be removed.—( Great cheering.) The Secretary then read the following Report : " In laying before you the result of our deliberations, we will abstain from discussing, the various forms of testimonial which have been submitted to us, confining ourselves to that which we have finally, almost unanimously, agreed to recommend as the best means of perpetuating the memory of Dr. Birkbeck's services, and of marking the gratitude of his contemporaries for those services. "Bearing constantly in view this, the main Ghject of our labours, we i - esolved at our first meeting, that whatever testi monial should be determined on, ought to he of a permanent character, and ought, if possible, to be connected with the ad vancement of knowledge among the people. " In acting on this resolution we felt, that whilst we were unable to devise means of affording direct advantage to the subscribers, whom we hope to find in all parts of the Kingdom, so it was our duty to avoid any application to merely local pur poses of the proceeds of a general contribution. " These considerations, amongst others, have led us to recom mend that a fund should be collected by subscription for the purpose of founding a Professorship of Machinery and Manu factures in London, to be called the Btrkbeck . Professorship. It will be the duty of the Professor to teach the elements of machinery, and the application of these to particular machines, the construction and operation of which lie will exhibit and teach to the class. He will also show the application of che mistry, and other branches of natural philosophy, to various manufacturing processes; and he will exhibit those processes by drawings and mo d e l s , an d by experiments. " I: would have been satisfactory to us. if we could have sug gested some means whereby the fund which we Impe to raise should be devoted immediately to the instruction of those classes or the people, whose intellectual and moral improve ment Dr. Birkbeck has laboured to promote. But failing in this endeavour, we believe that our plan will indirectly., and not very remotely, tend materially to advance the education of the working classes. it will be the duty of the Professor him . self to have constant intercourse with manufacturers and their wan kmen ; and (observing thus the difficulties which the latter have to surmount in learning the principles of the arts prac tised by them) he may be inclined, as he will certainly be most fit, to suggest means for removing those difficulties. We would indeed urge that the terms of the Professor's appointment should direct his attention to this matter. " It is probable also that during the intervals of the College session, the Professor will find it his interest to lecture at In stitutions in the country, where he will contribute to introduce a branch of teaching which has not perhaps hitherto sufficiently prevailed within them ; and we feel a strong hope that of the students who will frequent the class which we propose to found, many will afterwards devwc themselves to popular instruction. By these means we believe that the Birkbeck Professorship will, at no distant period, largely promote the instruction of workmen, whether agricultural or manufacturing. A class of teachers will we hope be sent forth, who will carry into the various institutions of the country, the systematic instruction which they have obtained from the proposed chair ; nor need we doubt that, if the fee of the class is sufficiently low, school masters will frequent it in order to qualify themselves to impart that knowledge which, though it is of the most valuable that the future workman can acquire, has nevertheless been hitherto the most difficult to attain. We think that the Chair which we recommend is most likely to be efficient arid permanent if attached to some existing and largely endowed institution for education ; and we therefore recommend that the Professorship shall be established in Uni versity College, London. Although, according to the system of 'he College, this class may be attended alone upon mere payment of the fee, without involving any other expense, yet the study which we desire to promote will (like all others) be best pursued in a place where the sciences connected with it, are taught. The Chemical Laboratories in University College, together with the large collections which it possesses of models and apparatus, will greatly aid the labours of the Professor, and diminish the cost of establishing and maintaining the Chair. We have also reason to hope, that if means should be raised by subscription for founding and endowing the Professorship, those means may be augmented by a grant from the College funds, or from some of the endowments at its disposal, and may become a motive with friends of education to endow it more largely or found Scholarships in connexion with it. In pro portion to the extent of the endowment will be the diminution of the fee. " We have also strongly felt that there can be no fitter place wherein to establish a Memorial of Dr. Birkbeck's services to mankind, than University College--an Institution in the foundation of which he bore a prominent part." Mr. HOME, M.P. then rose to move the first resolution, and was most enthusiastically received. He was not aware why the first resolution had been put into his hand, unless it was because he had been one of those who had earnestly re quested the Noble Chairman to deviate from the rule he had laid down of late years not to attend public meetings, but to sanction an Institution for the benefit of those classes to whose interest Isis whole life had been devoted.—(Cheers.) lie con curred in every sentence of the excellent speech of the Noble Lord in the Chair. The Resolution he had to propose was as follows— " It is the opinion of this meeting that. upon the sound education of the great body of the people mainly depend, under Divine Providence, the stability and happiness o f nations ; and that. Mechanics' Institutions have greatly contributed to that education by the direct instruction and by the rational re creation which they afford to the working classes." Such was the resolution he had to propose. lie would not de tain the meeting at any length, because he did not consider it necessary to recommend such a plan to their notice; but then he would say, that he never attended a public meeting at which lie felt greater satisfaction as to the result, than the present. — ( Cheers.) It was most gratifying to see men of all parties, when party ran so high, coming forward in support of so great and general an object, —an object confineslto no class. Whatever class of politicians were in power, nothing was of such im portance as to raise the condition of the working classes. He was one of those who considered that it was as important that a Government should provide for the education of the people, as that it should provide for their physical wants by the erection of poor-houses. He had been ever anxious to for ward that great object, and he deeply deplored that it had not made greater progress. The working classes themselves were, he was glad to see, now pushing forward to point out the necessity of this object.—(Cheers.) He had known Dr. Birkbeck fur many years, not simply as the advocate of Mechanics' Institutions, but as the friend of general education, when it was a question even among many avdll-meaning persons, if -general education were a good or not. He had found Dr. Birkbeck, so long ago as 1811 or 1812, the earnest promoter of every plan for the general education of the working classes. Dr. Birkbeek was himself one of the working classes. He had earned all that he possessed by his own labours, and yet, unlike too many profes sional men, who kept aloof from all participation in any mea sures of a public nature, lest it should affect their private interest, Dr. Birkbeck was ever ready to conic forward pub licly and privately, in the most zealous manner, tu pro mete that object. The present occasion was one of the utmost importance. They had lost Dr. Birkbeck, and what could be more fitting than to make that loss itself a means of continuing Dr. Birkbeck's labours, and ap pointing this Professorship. He thought that the Professorship should be appointed to University College, because he was aware of the labours of Dr. Birkbeck in founding University College. No man ever exhibited more zeal and energy in the pursuit of his own private interest, than Dr. Birkbeck had ex hibited in promoting the foundation of University College. That institution was founded on the great principle of giving education to all, without any distinction of creed, tenet, pro fession, or country. He was aware that a difference of opinion had existed on the subject of endowing this Professorship, among the members of the Committee at their former meeting on this subject, but he trusted that now there would be no difference of opinion as to the propriety of continuing Dr. Birkbeck's labours by the foundation of a Professorship, which would carry down the name of Dr. Birk beck to ages yet to come, and would stimulate others to imitate his exertions.—( Cheers.) He thought it would be a waste of money to erect a marble statue. The foundation of a Profes sorship would he a monument far more lasting, and if Dr. Birkbeck could give an opinion on the subject, he felt con vinced, from what he knew of Dr. Birkbeck, that he would say, " The promotion of the education of mankind has ever been with me the primary object of my life, and nothing can be more gratifying to me than that you should take care to carry out that object."—(Cheers.) He thought that by doing this they should be doing an honour to the country. —(Cheers.) He was aware that there were many persons who objected to endowments of any sort. He objected to many endowments, but he only objected to them when they were abused ; and he trusted that in the appointment of this Professor the Committee would take care to lay down such rules as should prevent any abuse arising.--( Cheers.) On those grounds he cordially approved of the object of the present meeting, and was delighted to see the manner in which their Noble and Learned Chairman was supported ; and he was re joiced to see this the more, because it would go forth to the in orld, that, however men might differ as to other things, still when the education of the working classes was concerned there was no difference of opinion, but that all parties were united in bearing testimony to the labours of 1)r. Birkbeck in the manner which would have been most gratifying to Dr. Birkbeck himself, by continuing his services to mankind.---( Loud cheers. ) Mr. R. TArnois was glad to be permitted to second the motion. It had been his good fortune to be acquainted with Dr. Birkbeck, and to have co-operated with him and the Noble Lord in the foundation of University College. He had also witnessed the great zeal and uniting energy with which Dr. Birkbeck had laboured in founding the London Mecha nics' Institution, and in supporting and promoting its interests. None but those who had witnessed his labours could be aware of his unceasing exertions in behalf of that Institution. He superintended all the financial operations of the Institution. If any difference arose, his interference was always the means of restoring harmony. If l ec t ures were wan t e d, Dr. Birkbeck was always ready. He devoted the greater part of the leisure of his very laborious life in promoting the welfare of that Institution. It was not only to the London Mechanics' Institution, but to the cause of the education of the people generally, that the talents and the labours of Dr. Birkbeck were ever devoted. His Lordship, and many of the gentlemen present, knew ho w actively his services were rendered to the University College. He might also advert to the assistance which Dr. Birkbeck rendered to that school of which his Lordship laid the first stone in the City of London, and which now num bered between 400 and 500 pupils. They could not express their regard for the memory of such a man in a way more honourable to him and more likely to be of permanent service to the cause to which he devoted his life, than by erecting such a Professorship as that mentioned in the resolu tion. 'filene had certainly been abuses in endowments ; but still endowments were part of the capital of the country. Many of the abuses alluded to had also, it should be remem bered, been removed of late years ; and many valuable institutions which had become almost utterly useless to the public at large, hail been resuscitated. He trusted from the countenance which the proposal of a fitting memorial to the memory of Dr. Birkbeck had that day received, th a t th e pro ject would be speedily accelerated. The Hon. Gentleman con cluded by seconding the resolution. Mr. HoncsKlN said, that he felt he owed some apology to the meeting, and to his Lordship, for trespassing on their attention. He would not detain them long, and he would confine himself strictly to the purposes for which they had as sembled. Lest he should be mistaken at the outset, lie begged leave to say, that, however intense might be the admiration of the gentlemen around him for the memory of Dr. Birkbeck, their admiration did not surpass Hear, hear. ) It was because he was desirous of imprinting his admiration on the spirit of all time, that he rose on that occasion to make a suggestion rather adverse to the report which they had heard, although not adverse to the resolution which had been moved. He was decidedly adverse to the endowment of a Professorship, and still more decidedly adverse to the connexion of that Professorship with the London ITnivereity College. As he understood it, the Professorship was intended to promote knowledge among the humbler classes. Now it was pretty evident that to a college which was frequented exclusively by the wealthy and middle classes, at t . , labouring classes would never resort for instruction. As far as he could judge of such Professorships they had contributed very little to the honour of those whose mimes they bore; and some of these were very little known beyond the walls of the seminary in which they were endowed. If they were, therefore, to establish such a Professorship as that proposed, it would completely fail, he thought, to honour, or even to commemorate the memory of Dr. Birkbeck. He might mention, as an example in point, the case of a Profes sorship in the University of Oxford, endowed by Mr. Finer ; but he believed that the Vinerian Professorship would be almost wholly unknown to the world at large if Blackstone had never written in his Commentaries. If the Professor were a clever one, the Professorship would be only known in connexion with his name; a n d if h e were (._ n indolent or an incapable man, tgin•On O 'l, 4 ' confer honour nor utility of any kiisW* gaff. ' reasons for not establishing a Professeirs r d1,.tl snore -11r4 besides, in his opinion, very solid and sisbati.We reas,i ll -‘4 such a Professorship, even if establiihed, shoOld jnot bye' von' sleeted with the London University C , olle,ge. SObelieveso th the proceedings of that College were Nriaty littte ,neva ba 4 its wall s . Th a t C o ll ege h a d b een established ;eofitkitt‘y s ago, and he wanted to know what great man it had producet4 or what great discovery it had led to either in science or in lite- • rature ? Ile would even say that, in his opinion, no event had given so great a blow to the liberal aspirations of the age as the complete failure of that College.—(Dissent and interruption. )1 He knew nothing great or good to which it had contributed, and knew of no greater abortion in madern save and except the Reform Bill.—(Marks of dissent. ) But there was also a strong personal reason against founding a Professorship in connection with the London University; for although Dr. Birkbeck had contributed liberally to that insti tution, about the )ear 1830 he withdrew from it, and he never afterwards took part in the management.—(Cries of " No, no f") About this period, or a little subsequent to it, Dr. Birkbeck expressed to him the very strongest opinion against. the University. Upon these grounds lie must dissent from the proposal of the Committee to establish a Professorship in connection with the London University. The respected Chair ! marl had referred to the project. of erecting a statue to the ' memory of Dr. Birkbeck in St. Paul's Cathedral. He would not have addressed that meeting had it not been that there were other alternatives by which they might attain the object ; and he thought the plan of ereecting a statue or tablet in St. Paul's preferable to that which had been suggested by the Committee. There was, however, another plan to which neither this Noble Chairman nor' the Committee had alluded, but which he thought far preferable to any that had been suggested; namely, to establish itinerant. professorships under the control of a body in whom the funds should be vested for that purpose.—(Cheers. ) Lord Brougham hail told them, aed told them very truly, that tin ro was a great paucity of lecturers for the Mechanics' Institutions scattered through the country. Now, surely the best means of removing that evil was to establish one or more itinerant professors, who should give lectures to the Mechanics' Institutions in general, under the direction of a Committee appointed to superintend their labour, s.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) This plan he would prefer even to the erecting a statue in St. Paul's, though to erect a statue in that great national temple was, in his opinion, prefer able, because more likely to honoue his virtues, to the endowing a Professorship in the London University. It was to propose this plan that lie had risen to address the meeting. What he would suggest was, that they should refer the matter uack to the Committee, with instructions to ascertain the probable expense of erecting a statue to the memory of Dr. Birkbeck in St. Paul's Cathedral, and also what would be the cost of establishing itinerant professorships; and, having ascertained this, the Com mittee should report again to a p•iblic meeting. The CHAIR MA N said, before he put the resolution, he hoped Mr. Hodgskin would have the candour to listen to one or two word', in reference to his proposal. There need be no differ ence of opinion among them upon this matter. If any persons proposed a statue to a professorship, let them subscribe for a statue.—( Laughter. ) If any person preferred a pro fessorship to a statue, let them subscribe for a professorship. The one did not at all exclude the other. Judging, however, by those whom he had heard speak on the subject, and by those ho had tendered their subscriptions, he Mimed that there would be a very small subscription for the marble, whilst there would be—he would not say a very large—but a considerable and competent one for the Professorship. The orly question, then, was, as to the two kinds of professorships. He quite agreed with Mr. Hodgskin, that if they had funds sufficient for the purpose, itinerant professorships would be beyond all com parison better than any one ventral professorship. But the fact was, the Committee, before they made their report, had taken both proposals into their serious consideration; and it appeared from their calculation, that if one itinerant profes sorship was established, taking the whole number of Mechanics' Institutions that would require his aid, it would amount to one course of lectures for each institution every sixth year.— Laughter. ) Undoubtedly, if they could afford forty or fifty itinerant professorships, that would be forty or fifty times better than establishing a Professorship at the University Col. lege.—( Hear.) He was afraid, however, that there was no hope that such would be the case. It appeared to him, there fore, that they could afford the Professorship, whilst they could not afford the itinerancy. Now with regard to the London University, as the head of that body— Here his Lordship was interrupted by a person who at tempted to address the meeting, and complained that the Chairman was out of order in doing so. After several ineffec tual attempts to address the meeting, he at last succeeded, through the interposition of the Chairman, in obtaining a hearing, when he said, that his name was Watkins, and that Iris only object then was to inquire of the Chairman whether the resolution which was about to be put, was a resolution proposing a Professorship at the London University? The CIIA I ItM A said, that there was no allusion whatever of the kind. Mr. 1101)GSK IN then proposed an amendment to the effect, that the Report be referred back to the Committee, with in structions to state what would be the expense of erecting a statue in St. Paul's, and also what - a ould be the expense of es tablishing itinerant professorships. On the resolution and amendment being put from the Chair, the former was carried. Lord .1. Itessei.r. then rose and said, after the eloquent ob servations that were made to you by the Chairman at the com mencement of this meeting, and after what you have heard fi inn Mr. Hume and Mr. Taylor, in proposing and seconding the first resolution. I need not detain you longer than a very few minutes. You will all agree, and I am happy to see that the gentleman who moved the amendment emphatically agrees iii hearing testimony to the merit of Dr. Birkbeck. The, resolution which I have to move is, simply to record the sense which this meeting entertains of those merits. It refers to the class which he instituted for mechanics at Glasgow as long ago as the year 180(1. Before that time no doubt there were men of great mechanical skill, some of mechanical genius, among the working classes ; but they had every difficulty to contend with if they endeavoured to make that skill and that genius available by the addition of acquired knowledge.—( Hear, hear.) It was the merit of Dr. Birkbeck that in Glasgow lie insti tated a class by which that science and that knowledge might be attained. Many years afterwards, when in London, he contributed, by his attention, by his labours, and munificently try his means, to the foundai ion of the Mechanics' Institute in is metropolis. Others have sought, in the mode of disposing of their fortune, either enjoyments for themselves, or the means of raising that which should be a benefit in future to their family. Dr. Birkbeck was one of those who wished that the fortune which he had honourably acquired should be the means of benefiting his fellow-men at all future times. And now, Gentlemen, agreeing as I have no doubt von do, in recording your sense of the merits of Dr. Birkbeck, will say but. one word or two as to the nature of the monu ment you should raise to his memory. It appears to me that to the extent of your funds, you should endeavour to make that monument useful to mankind. There are those who, honourably to themselves, and gloriously to the country to which they belong, obtain by their military and naval services distinction at the moment, and tame for ever. It is most useful to a country that there should be such men—it is useful that there should be these rewards and dis tinctions, and that they should receive the fame of marbles and monuments, and all the honours that attend on their merits. But merits of the kind possessed by Dr. Birkbeck are not re warded by immediate fame; they are unobtrusive in their ope ration, but they tend to the improvement of mankind in all ages; they tend to the promotion of peace and the diffusion of know ledge and to giving men a better knowledge of their duties, both to those immediately surrounding them, their fellow-countrymen, and to living in peace and brotherhood with foreign nations. To such men we can raise no monument so fitting as that which shall be continually, perpetually, and uninterruptedly useful to mankind. I ask you, therefore, to agree to the resolution for founding a Professorship in University College. I call on you to agree to that which is fitting to the character of him we are about to honour ; and I trust that, as his exertions have tended to the general benefit of his countrymen, the subscription will be as widely diffused as possible, and that the knowledge of what has passed here to-day will incite other men of similar benevolence, of less confidence perhaps, of being able to achieve similar services, but still that. it will incite such men to believe that honours and rewards will be given not only to those more captivating and exciting ser vices which have too much, perhaps, though not undeservedly, gained the applause of mankind, but that they will be given also to those who have been engaged in the work of peace and bene volence, of universal improvement and universal charity, that these men will likewise be handed down to future ages, and obtain their reward in the gratitude and veneration of mankind. Mr. BASIL. AIONTAGUE moved the next resolution, that— " This meeting desire to record their deep sense of the emi nent services which Dr. Birkbeck has rendered to the educa tion of the people by founding in 1800, and by teaching a class for mechanics at. Glasgow, by his munificent aid in founding and his constant care in superintending the London Alechanies' Institution, and by his assistance in forming similar bodies t iroughout the kingdom." He stated that the late Dr. Rirkbeck originally belonged to the Society of Friends ; he eulogised the system of education prevailing among that respected body, and after passing a high eulogium on the personal character of Dr. Birkbeck, referred to the importance and success of his labours. All that was required of them was the grateful expression of their respect for the memory of the man who had benefited mankind by the establishment of Mechanics' Institutions. A person in the lower part of the room, whose name we understood to be WATKINS, said, amid considerable noise and confusion, that the resolution ought to be placed in the hands of a person who had shown practical devotion to the opinions of Dr. Birkbeck.—( Cries of " Turn him out," and much uproar. ) The CHAIRMAN said he did not think the gentleman was out of order in speaking to the resolution. But he would put it to his good sense and feeling whether they ought not to avoid all unnecessary allusion to political matters. Let them reserve them for another occasion. Some further interruption then took place, but after a few words from the Noble Chairman order was restored, and the resolution was put and carried unanimously. Lord DUDLEY STUART said that when he heard the pre sent meeting was to be held, he did not for a moment hesitate on determining to attend it, because he was and must ever be most anxious to do everything that was in his power, little though that might be, to testify his veneration for the memory of the late Dr. Birkbeck. ( Lord S. ) had had the honour of being well acquainted with that deeply-lamented gentleman, and had been a great admirer of his virtues, both public and private. He honoured the man who had passed his whole life in devoting himself to the ser vice, not only of his country, but a l s o o f man ki n d in general. Dr. Birkbeck had been mentioned to them to-day in eloquent terms, as the ftend of all maid:hid, and particularly of the working classes. it was to their advantage he had especially devoted all the energies and powers of his brilliant understanding. Dr. Birkbeck might indeed be said to bean ornament not only to his country, but the world and age its which he lived. (ither‘ had celebrated his praises, anti the present meeting was a proud testimony to his merits, and the proof of the ye neration in which his memory was held he his countrymen.-- (Cheers.) It needed not, therefore, the teeble words of one like himself to pronounce a panegyric upon him.--(ch eers. All knew his general character well. They had all witnessed his general philanthrophy and his important. labours.—(Loud cheering.) 'There was one proof which Dr. Birkbeck gave of his labours in an eminent degree, to which he would advert. It was a subject that first gave him the opportunity of becoming acquainted with Dr. Birkbeck, and which bound him to him afterwards, during the whole of his life, in tics of the greatest friendship. Dr. Birkbeck was the friend of all mankind; of the working classes, he was the most enthusiastic friend ; and he was the friend to the cause of Poland—(Cheers)—which with all his intelligence he never would have been had he considered that cause the cause of the aristocracy, and not the working classes. —(Cheers. ) The resolution which had been put into his hamd went to the principle and adoption of the Report of the Committee- That subject lie might be excused from arguing now, as it had been discussed a short time ago. The Noble Lord concluded by mos ing the follow ing resolution : " 'this meeting approve and adopt the Report of the Com mittee appointed on the 3d of August last ; and are of opinion that the most fitting method of testifying the public gratitude to Dr. tfirKbeck is by founding, in University College, London, a Professorship of Machinery and Manufactures, including the application of Chemistry and other branches of Natura (Phi losophy to the Arts, and that a subscription be commenced for this purpose." Air. DILLON seconded the resolution. He agreed with the remarks made by the Noble and Learned Chairman on the subject of the plan recommended by the Committee to this meeting. In the present instance, if they could not do all they would, they must do all they could.—(Cheer.) The monument about to be erected to Dr. Birkbeck ap. Patronised by her Majesty arid H. R. H. Prince Albert. bAVIS'S CELEBRATED TOOTH-BRUSHES. 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