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Application will be made to Parliament in the ensuing Sec tion for an Act to incorporate a Company for the purpose of erecting and maintaining an Hotel, with all necessary ways and approaches thereto ; and, in order to carry out such °b eets and purposes, to enable such Company to take and hold, pull down, and remove certain buildings, houses, and tene ments situate in the parish of Saint Martin's-in-the-Fields, Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, within the area, limits, or bounds hereinafter described , (t hat is to sa y ) on the north by the southern side of Leicester-square, on the south by the northern side of Trafalgar-square, on the east by the western side of Saiut Martin's-lane, and on the west by the eastern side of the Haymarket, and to appro priate the site of the said buildings, lands, and tenements, and all or any part of the ground lying within the area, limits, or bounds hereinbeforo described, and whether now used as streets, yards, or vacant ground, or otherwise, as a site for the erection thereon of an Hotel, with all such buildings as may be necessary to enable the Company to carry on their undertaking. Also to empower the Company to stop up any roads, streets, ways, paths, or passages, public or private, which now lead into, across, or over the area hereinbefore described. And in such Act powers will be contained for the compulsory purchase of all such lands, buildings, tenements, or hereditaments, as may be necessary for carrying the purposes of the Company into effect, and to vary or extinguish all rights and privileges in any manner connected with the lands, tenements, or here ditaments proposed to be taken for the purposes aforesaid. And it is also intended to empower the Company to carry into effect such improvements in the streets, avenues, ways, approaches, and passages within such limits as may be deemed necessary. And it is intended to incorporate with the proposed Act (with such alterations and additions as may be necessary) the Provisions of " The Companies' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," The Lands' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," and "The Towns' Improvement Clauses Act, 1647." And it is intended to authorise the Company to take and receive rates and rents for the use of the building, or build ings intended to be erected by the Company, or of any part thereof, and to alter or extinguish existing rates or rents, and to confer, vary, or extinguish exemptions from payment of rates or rents, and to vary or extinguish all or any rights and Privileges which would in any way prevent the carrying out of their intended undertaking ; and to enable the Company to contract for the sale or lease of their undertaking, or of any part thereof, to any person or persons willing to purchase the same. And it is intended to amend, enlarge, and extend the pro visions of any Act of Parliament now in force relating to the lighting,- watching, paving, or improving the said parish of Saint Martin's-in-the-Fields, or any Act in any way relating to Inch parish, or to any of the buildings situated within the area hereinbefore mentioned. And Notice is also Given, That duplicate plans-and•sec- Cons of the site of the proposed works, showing the lines and levels thereof, and the lands in or upon or through which the name are to be made, together with a Book of Reference to ouch Plans, containing the names of the Owners and reputed Owners, Lessees and reputed Lessees, and of the Occupiers thereof, and a copy of this Notice, as published in the Gazette, will be deposited on or before the thirtieth day of November instant, with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, at his Office at the Ses sions -house, Clerkenwell; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the City and Liberty of Westminster, at his office at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, aforesaid; and on or be fore the same thirtieth day of November, a copy of the said flans, Sections, and Book of Reference, with a copy of this notice, as published in the London Gazelle, will be deposited with the Parish Clerk of the said parish of Saint Martin's-in the-Fields, at his place of abode. Printed copies of the intended Act will be deposited on or before the thirty-first day of December next, in the Private pill Office of the House of Commons. Dated this 16th day of November, 1855. WESTMINSTER TERMINUS RAILWAY. (Amendment of Act—Deviation of Line — Extension of time for purchase of land and completidn of Itl ‘"Y—Release and application of the sum deposited as Jsecurity for the completion of the Line, and for other pur- Pose s). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Application is in tended to be made to Parliament in the next session, for an Aet to alter, amend, extend, enlarge, or repeal all or some of the powers and provisions of " The Westminster Terminus nailway Act, 1854." And it is proposed by the said intended Act to autho rise and empower the Westminster Terminus Railway Com pany to abandon that portion of their authorised line of railway which commences at or near the front gates to the entrance of the Grey Coat Hospital of the Royal Foundation of Queen Anne, in G re y C oa t Pl ace, i n th e P ar i s h o f S a i n t John the Evangelist, in the city and liberty of Westminster, Passing thence from, in, th roug h, or i n t o th e several parishes, o wnships, extra-parochial or other places following, that is saY—Saint John tho Evangelist in the city and liberty of Westminster ; Saint George, Hanover Square, in the T i ty and liberty of Westminster and county of Middlesex ; Pimlico, bed and shore of the River Thames, In the counties of Middlesex and Surrey ; Nine Elms, Saint Mary, Battersea, and which terminates at the Point where the said authorised Railway is inten led to cross the ditch forming the boundary or division between the Parish of Saint Mary, Battersea and the parish of Clapham, - and all or any portion which may be considered advisable of the remainder of the said authorised railway, and also to abandon the whole of the Branch Railway authorised to be bl ade by the said Act which commences at a point leading out of the lastly described Railway, about three chains and fifty links due east from the northern angle of the front of the Albion p u bli c -h ouse , i n St ewa rt's-lane, in the parish of V s t . Mary, Battersea, in the county of Surrey, and terminat in g a junction with the authorized line of the " West End of L ondon and Crystal Palace Railway," at or near Long Hedge rarm House, in the occupation of Mr. Bernard John Graham, hl the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea, in the County of Surrey. And it is also proposed by the said intended Act, to autho rise the construction and maintenance, in lieu cf the before mentioned portions to be abandoned, of a line of railway com mencing at or near the front of a dwelling-house, being No. 57 , on the south side of Lupus Street, midway betwe3u Cla ',Zrton Street, and Ranelagh Road, in the parish of St. George, r , la n°Ter Square, in the city and liberty of Westminster ; such dwelling -house being in the occupation of Felix Lievin B tu- Wens, and passing thence from, through, or into, the following Parishes, townships, extra-parochial, and other places, (that s to say) : the parish of St. George, Hanover Square, afore !aid, Thames Bank, the bed and shore of the River Thames, in the counties - of Middlesex and Surrey ; Nine Elms, and St. Mary, Battersea in the county of Surrey, and terminating at or near the point or place, where the authorized West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway is intended to pass under the South Western Railway, near Stewart's Lane, in the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea, in the county of Surrey. And also a railway commencing at the point or place whore the said last mentioned-intended-lineie .intended to termi- Ininate, and terminating by a junction with the authorized Westminster Terminus Railway at the point where the same is intended to cross the before mentioned ditch, forming the boundary or division. between the parish of St. Mary, Batter !ea and the parish of Clapham, and which said railway will be wholly situate in the parish of St. Mary, Battersea afore said, And also a railway diverging from and commencing by a Junction with the intended railway firstly before aescribed, a t a point on' the same where it is intended to pass over New Street, in Battersea New Town, about four chains northward from the bridge which carries the London and South-Western ' lll vraY over such street, in the parish of Saint Mary, Bat tersea. aforesaid, and terminating by a junction with the up line of the London and South Western Railway, at a point about seven chains westward from the bridge which carries le said railway over St ewar t' s L ane , in th e parish of Saint Mary, Battersea aforesaid, and which said railway will be 'holly situate in the parish of St. Mary, Battersea aforesaid. And in connexion with the before mentioned intended rail- Wa ys, it is p ropose to construct and maintain all proper and ne cessary works, approaches, and conveniences, in connexion the rewith, and which said intended substituted railways will 100 delineated and shewn upon the plans hereinafter men tioned to be deposited, and, so far as nay bo necessary, to alter the levels of the said authorized Westminster Terminus And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to take Power s to purchase lands and houses compulsorily or other- Wise for the above purposes, and to vary or extinguish any Privileges appertaining - to those lands or houses which may obstruct the said undertaking ; also to levy tolls, rates, and , duties for the use of the said intended railways, and to grant exemptions from the payment of such tolls, rates, and duties. And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to take Power to alter, divert, or stop up, either temporarily or per- Ifuanently, all turnpike and other roads, railways, tramways, footways aqueducts, canals, streams, livers, and water courses within or adjoining the aforesaid parishes and other races, or any o f th em, w ith w hi c h it may be necessary to terfer e in the construction of the said intended railways and Works. And Notice is hereby further given, that duplicate plans and sections describing the line and levels of the intended substituted railways and works, and the lands to be taken planse purposes 'thereof, w ith b oo k s o f re f erence t o suc h , and a published map, with the lines of the said intend -44 substituted railways delineated thereon, and a copy of this notice as published in the London Gazette, will, on or before the 30th day of November instant, be deposited for public in spection with the respective Clerks of the Peace for the Coun ties' of Middlesex and Surrey, and with the Clerk of the Peace for the City of Westminster, at their respective offices in the said Counties, and that on or before the said 30th day of November copies of so much of the said plans, sections and books of reference as relate to each of the several parishes in or through which the said intended railways and works are proposed to be made, together with a copy of the Gazette notice, will be deposited with the parish clerk of each such Parish at his residence, and in the case of any extra-parochial place a copy of so much of the said plans, sections and books of reference as relates thereto, and a copy of the said notice 'With the parish clerk of an adjoining parish. And notice is hereby further given, that it is also pro- Posed by the said intended Act to reduce the capital of the Westminster Terminus Railway Company, and to apply a Portion of such reduced capital in carrying out the substi tuted works contemplated by the said intended Act and to repeal the 90th section of the said Westminster Terminus Railway Act, 1854, or so much and such portion thereof as May be necessary, and to take powers for enabling th e said Westminster Terminus Railway Company to obtain payment of the whole or a portion of the sum of 35,4001. therein men tiOned, as deposited with the Court of Chancery, for securing the completion of the said authorized line, and the invest ment in the meantime, if deemed expedient, of the whole or a part of the said sum of money in the purchase of stock or other securities ; and the receipt by the said Westminster Ter 'ainius Railway Company, of the dividends or interest thereon, rt, orforthe application thereof t o the purposes of the said to otherwise deal with the said sum, as Parliament May think fit. And Notice is hereby further given, that it is also pro- Posed in the said intended Act, to insert provisions for ex tending the time granted or limited by the said Westminster Ter m . inus Railway Act, 1854, for the compulsory purchase of land and for the exercise of the p owe rs therein contained for making or completing the railway, or any portion of the Works thereby authorised, within the periods therein pre scribed, except such portions thereof as are proposed to be abandoned. And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to obtain such further and additional powers as may be necessary for affecting all or any of the purposes aforesaid, and for faci litating the prosecution of the said undertaking. And it is also proposed to empower the said Westminster Terminus Railway Company to enter into contracts, agree ments, and arrangements with the London and South Western Railway Company, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company, th e S outh Eastern iiailway Company, the \Vest End of London and Crystal Palace Railway Com pany, the Clapham and Norwood Railway Company, and the East Kent Railway Company, or any or either of them, with respect to the construction, working, and use of the railway or railways and works of the Westminster Terminus Railway Company, and to enable such companies or any or either of them to work and use the same, and to agree with the said Westminster Terminus Railway Company for the pay ment of certain rents, tolls, or sums of money for the use of the said railway or railways and works, or for the apportion , _ _.~..1 MARKET-- iple of 16 stop' to., 5s Cd to 6 Toy. 19 3cond. 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Alt iports 11110 t- - . 6 0 0 0 rnpton 1 & I ' A 0 44 mptan Ik l j nails will , i (,/ of the In , - I . l !` t yi e despatched Mrs. Tholl3l° Ia the Be v. )ark, the Wi aw. f ar Dean's-” o, Hose—Wl' of ithe, Ed O V daughter d a-street, g Frank tuft to Eliza, Notting tenant- 08i Lton, of 0 entish-t oo' 1, Mr. sl4°ll , Mr. 11°14 T, ,sshire, ..;04 ales. Or W. Chi la° age d o try, the - ____ 7 _,..././ 11 11 Ch )yo 3, ce, NO. Is 004131` No. 19,701.] latent of the tolls and fares received on the Westminster Ter minus Railway, or the payment of fixed sums in lieu thereof, and also to enable such companies or any or either of them to contribute towards and hold shares in the capital of the said Westminster Terminus Railway Company. And Notice is hereby further given, that printed copies of the bill will be deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons on or before the 31st day of December, 1855. Dated this 10th day of November, 1855. MAYHEW de SALMON, 30, Great George-street, Westminster, Solicitors for the Bill. . R. H. WYATT, 28, Parliament-street, Parliamentary Agent. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them -.elves perform their parts with the principal actor, some o' ,hem on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, or though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any one thing ; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex ravaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous repetition. He believes that no professor pf his art as at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. Re would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that :n his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, hat, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not Co -gotten that t is possible to afford information also, and that the o-por tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where - ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which ,ttend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. it is impossible for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have 1 een converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the Lyceum, bow tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to Isis multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the names of the great and learned of the land should have been made to figure in the documents emanating from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New York: Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the Qolution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed: themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a plos ion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: —" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2,000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum is New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could he bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or nhan, and in very bad health : but he would have been afraid of losing his po seer as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. Re inquired into the subject; and now Barnum. one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in spirit-rapping--does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents? and, with Barnum's endorse ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more, likely to be negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not : but, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when he finds that the Incumbent of Wortley (the Rev, N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it t be time for him to state that which lie knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the horning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, .n company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rappiug is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one who was present when he aid Lord Brougham had their séance with the spirits. iu which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right band, apart from any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers--that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, as al be received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre —a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ing, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, November 24, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part 1. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism, and illustrate tho possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air. Act 2. The Aqua•Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Recueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Rook, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude ,ut of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and 'n bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Riug, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verre; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, , ocked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, noyeau, or any other wine or spirit required ; and finally proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, and o ccupying the whole space when tightly packed. A Spirit-rapping Act 8. H a lf an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose of pi Act. 9. Grand Introducin g the spirit-rapping table and c tocsin of th e invisibles. M y sti will strange e metamor phoses, property o f the Wizard's patrons Amalgam, undergo inwhich some and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Eng land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted of Comus, in which be who seats himself will be und er the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under cireurnsta nces l eas t expec t e d , in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing, Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like lkstahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will be produced. Act. 12. The H o mological Evaporation ; the Shortest Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west ern to the eastern hemisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. 'Private boxes, 1/. 1 ls. 6d. and 1/. is,, to be obtained at the Box-office, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, 6d. Th e circle, 3s. ; upper boxes, Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5 , under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per formanco on Saturday, November:24, at 2 o'clock. Doors open half-past 14 LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 Vols., post Bvo., THE HOUSE OF ELIViORE, A FAMILY HISTORY. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-stnet. Orders received at all the libraries. R OYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY COMPANY. KOPING TO HULT. Notice is I hereby given that all Shares in this Company, upon wli ch the Final Call of 21. per Share became due and payable on the let October 1855, will, acconitn g t o th e S tatutes of the t ompan y, b e liable to Forfeiture if the Call be not paid on or before the Ist day of December neat. 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ALOMONS, Mayor.—A COMMON COUN CIL, holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City o London, on Thursday, the 22d day of November, 1855 : Resolved unan , mously— That an address of congratulation be pre sented to his Majesty the King of Sardinia upon his visit to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. MEREWETHER. SALOMONS, Mayor.—A COMMON COUN -1,7 CIL, holden In the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Thursday, the 22d day of November, 1855 : Resolved,—That the thanks of this Court be presented to the Right Hon. Sir Francis Graham Moon. Bart., late Lord Mayor, for the efficient manner In which he discharged the various important duties of his office as Chief Magistrate of this City during the past year ; for the impartiality with which he presided over the deliberations of this Court ; and for his urbanity and kindness to all persons upon every occasion ' • for his liberal patr onage of the arts ; for the support afforded lay him to various public charities ; for the dignified manner in which he aided this Court in giving a recep tion to the Emperor and Empress of the French upon the occasion of their visiting this City; for his reception of and hospitality to the Prefect of the Seine, and the other distinguished persons by whom the Prefect was accompanied ; and for his hospitality, displayed without reference to religious or political opinions. That this Court congratulate him upon the honour conferred upon him by his Sovereign as a mark of her Majesty's favour and satis faction for the reception given by the citizens of London to her dis tinguished guests the Emperor and Empress of the French, a dis tinction which this Court hope he and his family may long enjoy with honour to the City and credit to themselves. MEREWETHER. 3, 1855. P RINCE ALBERT AT BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY. Prince Albert honoured this town by a visit today for the purpose of laying the first stone of the Birming ham and Midland Institute. The Prince had twice pre viously visited the town ; in the year 1844, when her Majesty `bas the guest of Sir Robert Peel (at that time Prime 14ister), at Drayton Manor ; and again, exactly six years ago, his Royal Highness came down for the purpose of inspecting the Exhibition of Manufactures, then opeO at Biegley Hall. To-day the Prince has come amongst us to give eclat to the commencement of a work Aich, when fully carried out, cannot fail to be of the grciatest advantage to the town, and to the vast industriab and mineral district surrounding it. The w4nt of a Literary and Scientific Institution i n Birmingham, commensurate with the character and re quirements of a town where the occupations of the great majority ! of its artisans demand a certain amount of mechaaical, chemical, or artistic knowledge, induced a numbed of gentlemen to endeavour to supply that de ficiency. Jan., 1853, they obtained the sanction of a public meeting, presided over by the Mayor, to the scheme of a Literary and Scientific Institute; in 1854 the Institute was incorporated by Act of Parliament, and the Town Council granted a site adjoining the Town Hall for the proposed buildings, on condition that 10,0001. ,was raised and available for theirerectiOn. The -liberality of themobleinlicand gentlemen of the neigh bourhoo4, of the ironmasters of the district, and of the inhabitants of Birmingham, has placed a considerable portion 4f the required sum in the hands of the Council of the Institute, and several friends to the undertaking having entered into a personal guarantee for the balance of the sqpnlated 10,0001., the Council are now in a posi tion to dominance the erection of the buildings. The full develop4ent of the scheme of education will require at least doable the amount of the funds now in hand. A mote specific and detailed account of ihesOhense of the Institute is contained in the address of the council to Prinde Albert, which we give below. A short time sinoe a dozen designs for the intended building were sent in ; and from these the council se lected that of Mr. Edward Barry, whose father has al ready contributed to the architectural ornamentation of the town, in his magnificent design for the school of King Edward VI. The building now about to be erected is in the modern Italian style—simple and extremely elegant,; though almost devoid of ornamentation, if we except the slight window dressings, mouldings, and rus ticwork, which, skilfully handled, render this style the most pleasing as well as convenient for almost every description of street architecture. Yesterday, although the morning was gloomy and towards rime o'clock the rain came down steadily, the bustle of the inhabitants, engaged in daily decorating their houses and the peals from the bells, commenced at a very early hour. The Great Western Company's station was decorated and smartened as much as circumstances would admit of ; and up Livery-street, along Bull-street, High-street, New-street, and Paradise-street (the line by which it had been arranged the Prince should pass to the Town Hall, and the site of the new building), from every house there streamed handsome banners with va rious inscriptions, all expressive of loyal sentiment and of hearty and kindly greeting. In all the streets skirt ing the route banners streamed from the houses far away in the distance ; in front of King Edward's School the governors had caused a platform to be erected for the scholars of that truly royal foundation ; and everybody who could contribute did contribute in every possible way to give the Prince a thoroughly hearty English re ception : for his Royal Highness's encouragement of art as applied to manufactures is nowhere more fully appre ciated or more highly valued than in Birmingham. As 12 o'clock drew near, shortly after which it was . , known the royal train would arrive, the streets became densely thronged : a November rain and -fog did not damp the ardour of the people who thronged the streets. In Bulktreet the flags floated from the windows on either side, and formed one vast triumphal arch. The front of King Edward's School was decorated with evergreens as well as flags; so were many other of the principal houses, and through the fog and wet the gay colours streamed gaily—the desperate effort of the weather to be unpleasant scarcely to any extent marring the enthu siasm of the people. The police kept good order in the streets ; and a troop of the 98th Regiment, with the 6th Carabineers, were in attendance as the guard of honour. The Great Western Station had, as we have said, been tastefully fitted up. There was a reception room and a retiring room for his Royal Highness. Both of these were elegantly fitted up, under the auspices of Mr. Smith, of the Hen and Chickens Hotel ; Messrs. Jetts nens and Bettridge contributed a handsome suite of papier inaeL6 furniture, and many pictures were lent to adorn the walls ; in fact, altogether, the room pre sented a very elegant appearance. Mr. Andrews, Mr. Hewitt, and other officers of the railway company, Fade complete the arrangements at the station, the platform of which was covered with crimson cloth. The members of the Town Council arrived at the railway station at 12 o'clock. These took up a position on one side the line of the platform at which the royal carriage was to draw up ; the council of the institute, headed by Lord Cal thorpe and Capt. Tindal, on the opposite side. Exactly at 30 minutes past 12 the cheers in the distance an nounced that the train conveying his Royal Highness was upon the viaduct by which the line enters the town. In a minute or two the cheering became louder and more distinct, and the royal train ran into the station. As it did so the Mayor (T. R. T. Hodgson, Esq.) approached the royal carriage, and the Prince followed his wor ship into the reception-room, in which were the Recorder (al. D. Hill, Esq., Q C.), Mr. Edmonds, the clerk of the peace ; Dr. B. Davies, the borough coroner ; several of the borough magistrates ; Lieutenant- General Sir Harry Smith, and his aide-de-camp, Colonel Houlditch ; Colonel Slade,. commandant of the district ; Colonel Gordon, Colonel Rainier, Lieut.-Colonel Bam ford, Major Wynward, Lieut. Cannon, &c. Prince Albert reared for a few moments and then re turned to the reception room, where the members of the Town C•iuncil were ; then the Prince took his station on the Mayor's right hand, and the Recorder (in his official robes), advanced and read the following address :--- To Field-Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, K.G., &c., &c. May it please your Royal Highness, We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Birmingham in council assembled, avail ourselves of the suspicious event which has procured for us the honour and the gratification of your presence among us to express our deep sense of the manifold and important services which you have rendered to the country of your adoption. Manufactures, commerce, and agriculture, the three great sources of British wealth, have each derived benefits from your exertions, and for these benefits we respectfully offer you our cordial thanks. But, sir, we appreciate still more highly your unremit ting zeal for the advancement of religion and learning, of the sciences and the arts, and for their widest diffusion among all ranks of our fellow-subjects. Permit us, also, to thank you for the earnest and abid ing interest which you manifest in every institution hav ing for its object to succour and instruct the destitute, to reclaim the erring, and to restore both classes to society so trained as to have become honest and industrious citizens, fearing God and honouring the Queen. Thus, sir, have you nobly employed the opportunities afforded by your exalted station for aiding our revered So vereign in her labours to enhance the true splendour of her crown by augmenting its utility to her people. Nor amidst this multiplicity of your public avocations have you neglected to cultivate thedomestic virtues which, whether found in a palace or in a cottage, must constitute its richest treasure. With sedulous care do you minister to the happiness of our beloved Queen, and united with her in fulfilling the holiest of parental duties, anxiously do you watch over the education of that Royal offspring in whom we confide to prolong into a distant future the blessings of this most beneficent reign. That it may please the Supreme Ruler to preserve-for many years a life so precious to your consort, to your chil -1 dren, and to the nation, is our devout and humble prayer. Given under the Corporate Common Seal of the Borough of Birmingham, on the 22d day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. (L S) His ROYAL HIGHNESS replied as follows—Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen—The cordial reception I have met with from you demands my warmest acknowledgments. You only do use justice in giving me credit for a deep interest in whatever can tend to the advancement of either the moral or material good of the people of this country. But you allude in too flattering a manner, and attach too high a value, to any services that it may have been in my power to render in this cause. I feel it to be a high privilege to be associated in any way with thorn who are making such noble efforts—and nowhere with more energy and perseverance than in the town of Birming ham—for the improvement of their fellow-countrymen ; and to be allowed to witness the success of those efforts will be more than a sufficient reward for any assistance I may myself have been enabled to afford. The Town Council then retired, and the members of the Council of the Institute were introduced to his Royal Highness by the Mayor, after which the proces sion was formed, and the Prince proceeded in the royal carriage (which had arrived on the previous day), on his way to the hall, his worship the Mayor and Lord Cal thorpe, as president of the Institute, being seated in the carriage with his Royal Highness. To describe the progress from the railway station to the Town-hall would be to describe a continued ovation. Along the whole line of the route the cheers never ceased. In front of King Edward's School the royal cortege stopped; there three addresses were presented to the Prince—one from the governors, another from the masters, presented by the Rev. Sydney Gedge, M.A. ; and a third from t he scholars, presented by the head boy, which, being clothed in the Latin tongue, and very elegantly phrased, is worthy a place here : f u u N d o a s us d i c i n p x u i i maximo nanocholes g a s u r cogs e n salvors te, Serenissime Princeps, jubemus; dig_neuiaml Scholre discipulos vultu tug et beneficiis an quantum in nobis est nobis coli, qui non mode urbem nostram, d ris. Qua) quum its sint, et quum nos, nos gesserimus, situm, maximo amore erga to -elapse E ad d v v e a n r t d u ° m S a et tot et sub versa tendem hostis urbe reuniturirp , s reportatio vistoriis a fortimanus nostril nu teuxu to m ej ex u s s epnw n . o mt m ane i te ni a s s sod hono h r u a j v u e! quum prmterea omnis natio laatitia . perfundatur JOZEATJ'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED C A.PSULES.—Copaiba and Cubebs are, doubtless, the best remedies, but these drugs are of a repulsive taste and odour, and occasion colicky pains, nausea, and gastric disturbance. M. JOZEAU has succeeded in rendering these valuable therapeutic agents perfectly innocuous, by increasing in his Copahine all their curative pro perties. This important preparation has been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine, after more than 1,000 trials In the Paris and different London hospitals, viz , St. Thomas's, Guy's, and Bar tholomew s, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clerk. (See " Lancet" Nov. 6, and Dec. 10, 1852, a copy of which will be forwarded on application.) The Copahine, which is in the form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure in about six days, either in recent or chronic diseases. One hundred capsules, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d.—To be had of the Inventor, G. Jozeau, sole French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the most important chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. VIZIESEMAR.—O n the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was'granted by the High Court of Chancery, and at the ilth June following was made perpetual. against Jose p h ranklin and others, to restrain them, abler a penalty of ono thou •and pounds, from imitatin; this Medicine, which is protected by oyal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of th. 4 ;eole co Paarmacie de Paris, arid the Imperial College of Medicinal Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, s remedy for Relaxation, gpermatorrlnra, and EXhatISUATI of tb -ram, whether arising from excesses; accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state •,e consequences of early errors it Is Invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, isiectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirol) sadicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs ve so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the heait , ' a vast portion of the population. •TRIESEMAR, No. 3, s the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whicl .I;,fertunately tile English physician treats with Mercury, to the in destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all tin ,4rsaparilla in the world cannot remove. ritiEsxmAit, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell 0.,1 of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tail without their use being suspected. - sold in tin cases at Its. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided lots nitrate doses, as administered 'ay Val eau La ll e mand, Roux, tc., be had Wholesale and Retail in London ofJohnfton, 68, Hannay and Co. 83, —xcord-stri vi ; and Sanger. 1;0, Orc ci d-street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46. NI arket-street, Manchester .1. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, t,"2, `.ortl-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westrnorelturd-street. ; WinnalL bookseller, Iligh-street, Birmingham. STATI4 OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Nov. 22.—The market continues dull, and prices .are slightly in favour of the buyer. In the yarn-market this is principally from a suspension of operations by the China trade, who have recently been buying rather extensively. The de pression is consequently felt very much in water twist for that market. Mule twist is very generally about id. per lb. lower than last week, and in some kinds of cloth buyers are able to suit themselves at lid. per piece under last week's rates, and in some cases on even easier terms. The home demand continues dull, and the busi ness doing is less than usual at this period of the year. REPRESENTATION or TAUNTON.—The Right HOP. H. Labouchere has issued the following address to the elec tors of the borough :—" My acceptance of the post of Secretary of State for the Colonies, which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confer upon me, will cause a vacancy in the seat which by your favour I have so long held in the House of Commons. Whenever the meeting of Parliament shall make the Speaker issue a writ for your borougb, it is my intention to ask at your hands a renewal of the trust which for the last six-and twenty years you have committed to me. My conduct during that long and eventful period is well known to you, and it cannot be necessary for me to make any general profession of my political opinions. I had no personal desire to return to official life, but I had not thought myself at liberty to decline to do so when I found that It was considered by , others with whom Ihave long acted that I oould in any degree promote the public service at the present juncture. I believe that I may confidently appeal to the desire which prevails among you, as well as in the country at large, to give an effec tive-support to the present Government in the vigorous prosecution of a war which has been forced upon us by unjust and systematic aggression, as the only means of Report of securing, as soon as possible, th e blessin g s of a du rable and honourable peace."l [ADVERTISEMENT.] —=It is ever a p leasin g dut y of a jour nalist to introduce to his readers some new discover y cal culated to benefit that vast port ion of our fellow-cre atures which has the strongest claims up on our s y m p athies . It is the cur e following swth out extract m e dic i n from o o f m with this feeling that we call the attesDnti n s pt on of inv a lid s t o Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, an d Liver com p laints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debi lit y , b y Du Barry's Reva lenta Arabica Food. Cure No. 180.—Twent y -five years' ner vousness, constipation, indigestio n, and debilit y , fr om which I had suffered great misery, and which no medi cine could remove or relieve, h a ve been effectually cu re d by Du Barry's food in a very short' time.—W.R. Reeves, Pool Anth ony, I n p d l u g eßs Barry Tiverton. Cure No. 1,784. —Not expected to live six days longer, I was cured by Du Barry's admirable Health -restoring Arabiea Food.—Magdalena Purvis, Moffat, Scotland. Cure No. s,46l.—Sixty years' partial paralysis, affecting one-half of my frame, and which had resisted all other remedies, has yielded to Du Barry's Health -restoring Food, and I now con sider myself a stranger to all complaints excepting a hearty y old age.—Wm. Hunt, barrister-at-law, King's College, Cambridge. In canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 22e. The 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order, Barry Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at 182, Piccadilly; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, and 451, Strand; 4, Chcapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street; 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 89, High-street, Camden-town ; 18, Pall. mall; 7, Pall-mall-East ; 132, Now Bond-street ; 24, Mot• comb-street ; 13, King William-street, City ; 30, Conduit- street ; 21, Cockspur-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; 67, Bt. • Paul's Churohyard; 6, Edward-street, Portman-square; PARLOUR LIBRARY. Vol. 132, price Is 6d., containing T HE QUEEN'S NECKLACE. By ALEX. DUMAS, Author of" Monte Christo," "_Memoirs of a Physician," &c., &c. #..• This interesting work (complete in itself) fornis a Sequel to " Memoirs ~f a Physician," and the conclusion of the career of the notorious Cagliostro. In this romance, rivaling in interest the dra matic effect of " Monte Christo," there are life-like pictures of Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI., Cardinal de R.han, &c., &c. The historical fact of the robbery of the diamond necklace, originally intei , del by Louis XV. for Madame Dubarry, is treated with all that power for which M. Dumas is celebrated. London : Thomas Hodgson, Publisher, 13, Paternoster-row. In post Bvo., sewed, price One Shilling, HE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION ; I being a Series Of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS 11. RASIADGE, M.D., Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. Also, by the same Author, Price 10s. 6d., A TREATISE on ASTHMA and on DISEASES of the HEART. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. The Third Edition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, 58. 6d. N TRUE t FA LSE SPERMATORREICEA , with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the German of Dr. PICKFORIU. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " or. Vickford 'a known to English readers by his frequent practi -al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first me, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi aI) reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall ietect any )ther equally flagrant evil which it may be in his over to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and ' Medical Friend,,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book lould find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the corn alaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would Sc saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prin.-- much money.— —This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to plats the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: H. Ralliere, 219, Regent-street. MARINE BARRACK CANTEEN'S AT PORTSMOUTH AND PLY M OUT fi Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset-house, 16th November, 1855. NOTICE is hereby given, that on THURSDAY, the 6th December next, at One o'clock, the CANTEEN in the above-mentioned Barracks v ill be LET from the 31st December next to the Ist January, 1850, by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. No person but of unexceptionable character, nor any person for more' than one Canteen, or who will not undertake bona tide to reside In or occupy the Canteen, and conduct the business thereof In his own person, will be approved ; and two sureties will be required for the regular payment of the rent, and of all sums which may become due in respect of the said Canteen, and for the due performance of the several conditions and stipulations of the indenture of lease. The revenue or other licences to be paid by the tenant. The person whose proposal shall be accepted, and his sureties, must execute an Indenture of Lease and Covenants relating thereto, the particulars whereof may be known by applying to this Office, or to the Barrack Masters at Portsmouth and Plymouth The Christian and Surnames of two respectable persons, with their Professions and Places of Abode who will Join the Tenant In exe cuting the Indenture of Lease as his Sureties, must be inserted in the Proposals. 'I he Tenant is to pay half the value of the Stamps on the Indenture of Lease upon executing the same, and it is to be un derstood that the said Commissioners will not undertake to procure the Tenant a Licence. A printed Form of the Tender and Indenture of Lease may be had at this Office, or on application to the said Barrack Masters. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the slay of Treaty, and it will not be required that the party tenderin, or an agent on his behal, should attend at the office on the day of treats, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Ten ter must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Marine Bar rack Canteen," and must also be delivered at the Office of the Comp troller for Victualling, at Somerset-house. By the Mutiny A ct, Canteens are not liable to have Troops baleted on tkem. As the persons becoming Tenants of the Canteens will be bound to the strict performance of the Covenants of the Indenture of Lease, and to the full payment of the Rent and Privilege of Sale to the Troops, without any remission or reduction under any circumstances what ever, they are hereby cautioned to make themselves fully acquainted with the conditions of letting, prior to their making a proposal. The Rents of the Canteens as Tenements or Dwellings are to be proposed at the sums stated below ; therefore the liiddings will he upon what is offered for every Ton Men per Month, ex clusive of Sergeants occupying the Barrack, the number boing ascertained from the Barrack Master's Returns, made up at Twelve o'clock at noon on the First day of every Month, and no changes in the occupation of the Barracks which may take place in Vie progress of the Month, either for or against the Tenant, will be taken into ace nut. No less number than Ten will be charged a:ainst the Tenant, nor will any odd number be calculated— thus, if the Barrack should be occupied by 143 men on the First day of the Month, only 14(1 will be calculated for that Month. The Bidders are also dasirrd to introduce no fractional parts of a Penny in their offers, as they will not be noticed, nor will any Tenders be noticed except such as are strictly according to the Form furnished. Portsmouth—MAßlNE ARTILLERY CANTEEN.. EIS 0 0 Plymouth—.CANTEEN and SHOP ..... •.. 10 0 0 A RGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Prin :ipal Cornet a Piston. M. Bouleourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. Laurent's new Varsoviana every night.' TO LOVERS OF FISH.-100 GENUINE YARMOUTH IILoATERS for 6s , package included. THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP ARTICLE OF FOOD forwarded to all parts, on receipt of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0. 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STAMPED 5D- arum nonnulli in hac Sarnia educati, vitas patriw posthabuerint, non inopportuna datur sio gratulandi tibi, Serenissime Princeps, pras um tute ipse iterum nostram urbem ad it urus sis ; eat tibi non modo vultu tuo nos hetificare, sed ;re Festos Dies et nos celebrari, et illud recordari portere urbis hetitive comtnuniis participes ease mim cede doctrine magna pars civium nostro -3 mores, literarum humaniorum ecientiam, om qua virum liboralam doceant, quarum etiam to 'Hi:loops, ;temper ornatissimus entiteris patro- 'natures of the boys follow. 'emonial over, the procession proceeded on to the new building by the Bide of the Town Hall. , uple of immense platforms had been erected ; occupied by the members of the Town Coun eil and many hundreds of ladies and gentlemen, who save the ?Prince a hearty welcome on his arrival at the site. 110 re the arrangements made were very good, the place was handsomely decorated, and his Royal High ness immediately proceeded with the especial business of the day. Before proceeding to lay the stone, Lord Calthorpe advanced and read to the Prince an address from the Council of the Institute. His Rovaf, HIGHNESS replied as follows :—My lords and gentlemen,--I thank. you very sincerely for your address. It is with more than ordinary pleasure that I have accepted your kind invitation to take part in the ceremony which is this day to mark the first step to wards the establishment of an institution, from which I join with its warmest supporters in looking for the most advantageous results. I cannot, indeed, doubt for a moment that the expectations of those who believe that the "value and dignity, of,tuaman laL.,^uv i4ilf receive - It' manifold' iii&ease ' when guided by the light of s cientific knowledge," will be amply realised. And it is most grati fying to me to hear the expression of your opinion that the desire for the " keener and more comprehensive study of the principles by which the exercise _ of man's productive powers is controlled," from which you anticipate such advantage, has been stimulated by the Great Exhibition of 1851, to my connexion with which you have been pleased to allude in such flattering terms. I cannot forget that the example of such indus trial exhibitions had been already set by this town, and with the best results ; or that, to the experience so ac quired the executive committee of the greater under taking of 1851 were much indebted in carrying that work to a successful issue. As Birmingham was thus foremost in giving a practical stimulus to the works of art and in dustry, so she is now one of the first to encourage a scientific study of the principles on which those works depend for success. I trust with you, and confidently believe, that the "moral as well as the material welfare of this great community" will be advanced by the union, for scientific objects, of men of all classes, and of all opinions, iu such institutions as that of which I am to day to have the honour of laying the first stone. And most heartily do I join with you in congratulating the country, that not even such a war as that in which we are now engaged, calculated as it is to enlist our warmest sympathies, and to engage our more imme diate interest, can divert Englishmen from the noble work of fostering the arts of peace, and endeavouring to give a wider scope to the blessings of freedom and civi lisation. The Hon. and Bev. GRANTHAM YORKE then offered up a suitable prayer, and under the auspices of Mes,rs. Branson and Gayther, the eminent builders and railway contractors, the Prince proceeded to lay the stone in the usual form. THE LUNCHEON took place in the Town Hall at half past two. About 400 gentlemen sat down. The galleries were filled with ladies, and Lord Calthorpe presided. A very handsome chair was provided for the royal guest, who sat on the President's right hand, he having the Major on his im mediate left. During the luncheon, and subsequently to it, there was an interesting musical performance. Mr. Stimpson presided at the organ ; and more than 200 voices took part in the choral selections, which included the compositions of Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, and other eminent composers. The following choral ode, written for the occasion by W. Bartholomew, set to music by Mrs. Mounsey Bartholomew, was sung in the course of the proceedings at the luccheon : WOMEN. Is glory only won By deeds of valour done? MEN. Though glory's brightest rays Adorn the victor's bays, Its purest beams alight On all who take delight In wisdom's ways. IVO3f EN. Is glory, then, the weed Of every noble deed ? MEN. It is : and they who strive To see their country thrive In arts, that civiliso And make the untaught wise, In glory live. 'l'l:TT'. Then hail, all hail, Prince Consort of Tictoril I I Hail, patron of the arts that dignify her crown. May grace divine Exalt her line ! Her glory and renown Encircle thine ! The Noble PRESIDENT, in giving the first toast, said— May it p'( ase your Royal Highness, my lords and gen tlemen,—l beg to propose a customary toast—that of " Her Majesty the Queen." (Loud cheers.) I say cus tomary, but I am convinced that in this place there will be no want of heartiness in responding to it. We hive great reason to be thankful for the blessings we enjoy under the mild and constitutional sway of her Majesty, and Itr the bright example which she shows to all. I do not hesitate to say, that beloved as her Majesty is as our Sovereign, she is no less admired as a wife and mother. (Loud cheers.) I beg to propose "Her Majesty the Queen." The toast was followed by the national anthem, which was sung with thrilling effect by a full choir, ac companied by the magnificent organ. The Noble PRESIDENT, on again rising, said—My lords and gentlemen,—l feel somewhat embarrassed in propos ing the next toast, inasmuch as it relates to the illustri ous Prince on my right hand. I will not offend or wound his delicacy by saying in his presence what I might otherwise have been tempted to do. But this I will say, that Birmingham is deeply indebted to his Royal High ness for his presence here to-day, and I trust that the building begun under such happy auspices will be ere long completed, and that when cateple.,ed the instruc tion and means of improvement will be imparted to the working classes which the illustrious Prince is so anxi ous to promote. (Loud cheers ) I therefore beg to propose wittiout further preface. "The Health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert." (The toast was re ceived with great enthusiasm.) His Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT said in reply— My lord, I am much obliged to you for proposing Ivy health in such kind terms, and I cannot but be much gratified by the cordial reception which you, gentle men, have been pleased to give to this toast. It has been a great pleasure to rue to have been able to participate, in however trifling a degree, in a work which I do not look upon as a simple act of wcrldly wisdom on the part of this great town and locality, but as one of the first public acknowledgements of a princip o which is daily forcing its way amongst us, and is destined to play a great and important part in the future development of this nation and of the world in general—l mean, the introduction of science and art as the conscious regulatcrs of productive industry. The courage and spirit of enterprise with which an immense amount of capital is embarked in industrial pursuits, and the skill and indefatigable perseverance with which these are carried on in this country, cannot but excite univer sal admiration ; but in all our operations, whether agri cultural ( r manufacturing, it is not we who operate, but the laws of nature, which we have set in operation. It is, then, of the highest importance that we should know these laws, in order to know what we are about, and the reason why certain things are, which occur daily under our hands, and what course we are to pur sue with regard to them. Without such knowledge we are condemned to one of three states :—Either we merely go on to do things just as our fathers did, and for no better reason than because they did them .so--- , or, trusting to some personal authority, we adopt at random the recommendation of some specific, in a speculative hope that it may answer— or, lastly, and this is the most favourable case, we ourselves improve upon certain processes ; but this can only be the result of an experience hardly earned and deeply bought, and which, after all, can only embrace a comparatively short space of time, and a small number of experimeats. From none of these causes can we h ope f or muc h progr ess ; the mind, howeve r i ngen i ous, h as no mater i a ls to a woy with, and remai ns i n presence of p h enomena the c auses of which are hidden from it. But these laws of natu re —these Divin e laws—are capable of being made our own. and understood, an d o f b e i ng taug ht and rat This is the ta s k o f sc i ence — an d w hilst science No and teaches these laws, art teaches theirappl i cation.overs ttobe capable of pursuit is, therefore, too insignificant not e e and an art. Th e ddiscovers becoming the subject both of a science and sculpture, fine arts (as far as they relate todp:iitth art in general)) which are sometimes confounded of form and labour, rest on the application ofthe science of the beautiful. and what may be called the theory on the modes They do not rest on Y an- arbitrary flow( but follow fixed laws, •pleasurable enio of producing seize than those regulating th e material world, becaumore difficult, perhaps , s to e belonging partly to the sph ere spiritual essence, yet perfectly of the ider.l and our both abstractedly and ap preciable and teachable, histori cally, the works of different ages and nations. from uits make human purs any material (Cheers.) No pro gress be brought to bear upon them. We until science gress h ave seen, ac oordingly, many of them s l um b er for cen turies ; but from the moment that sci ence h as touched w ith her magic wand, they th e m have sprung forward and t iken strides which amaze and almost awe the be holder. Look at the transformation which has gone on around us since the laws of gravitation, electricity, mag netism, and the expansive power of heat have become known to us ! It has altered our whole state of existauce— one might say the whole face of the globe I We awe this to science alone ; and she has other treasures in store for us, if we will but call her to our assistance. It is sometimes objected by the ignorant that science is uncertain and changeable ; and they point to the many exploded theories which have been superseded by others, as a proof that the present knowledge may be also unsound, and atter all not worth having. But the that while g. ey are not aware . in they think to cast blame upon science, they bestow, fact, the highesther. For that is precisely praise upon ere t the the difference b e t ween sc i ence an d pre j u dice; tha .:. ..- - ,4P-- -- " 67.---e--0--- e. . .... latter keeps gubbornly tc : its pos,itrowhether disproyern or not, whilst the former Is an unarrestable movement to- ‘VSFAI ' Eli, wards the fountain of truth—caring little for cherished ~. - - - - , k authorities or sentiments, but continually progressing—. - 4 = - ?--.7--7 4 ' 4: ''''` \'''''‘. . --- sr. .., - ..., cling no false shame at her shortcomings, but, on the .. ---.. : - Z , :•\.4:',--e ntrary, the highest pleasure when freed from an error, ;%415,, - i.f„.- -4 at having,advanced another step towards the attainment , - - 4i1 . 0k - selir- -, of Divine alith, a pleasure not even intelligible to the - ' , •,` R ''.....' — ';- 4 ,,:1y5 1 • 4 ;'' ' pride of ,ignorance. We also hear, not unfrequentlY; ''''''''' '-'' e 7 " l i science and practice, scientific knowledge and comm on ' 4 W - A )--.-.. '''''' sense, contrasted as antagonistic. A strange error l. • .1 . s.„: For science i s em i nen tly p rac ti ca l, an d mus t b e so, as - *lt ''''' she sees and knows what she is doing ; whilst mere _ f common practice i s con d emne d t o wor k i n th e d ar k, a p- , ~_-•,. , •-, Plying natural ingenuity to unknown poners to obtain a known result. Far belt for me to undervalue the crea• --; ' v tive power of genius, or to treat shrewd common sense as worthless without knowledge. But nobody will tell me that the same genius would not take an incompara bly higher flight if supplied with all the means that knowledge can impart, or that common sense does not of f t h e become, materialsi n ft ac, upononly wtrulyhiu i 1 judgment powerful when is t,o in be possession exercised. The study of the laws by which the Almighty governs the universe is therefore our bounden duty. Of these laws our great academies and seats sopfheedruescatoiotngrhoauypes, rather arbitrarily, sel ec t e d only two (as I may call them) as essential parts of our national edu cation—the laws which regulate quantities and propor tions, which form the subject of mathematics, und the laws regulating the expression of our thought through the medium of language, that is to say grammar, W hi c h finds its purest expression in the classical languages. These laws are most important branches of knowledge ; their study trains and elevates the mind. But they are not the only ones ; there are others which we cannot disregard—which we cannot do without. There are, for instance, the laws governing the human mind and its re lation to the Divine Spirit—the subject of logic and metaphysics. There are those which govern our bodily nature and its connexion with the soul-Lthe subject of physiology and psychology. More which govern human society and the relations between man and man, the subjects of politics, jurisprudence, and political economy, • and many others. While of the laws just mentioned, „,..:_,-..:..,...:. zz*e,..:. 04; some ha ye been recegnieesi,oethesesserretals ote& alien • in differtint institutions, and some will, by the course of time, more fully assert their rights to recognition, the laws regulating matter and form are those which wilt constitute the chief object of your pursuits ; and as the principle of sub-division of labour is the one most con genial tri our age, I would advise you to keep to this kee.iiali:y, and to follow with undivided attention chiefly the sciences of mechanics, physics, and chemistry, and the fine arts, in painting, sculpture, and architecture. You will thus have conferred an inestimable boon upon your country, and in a short time have the satisfaction of witnessing the beneficial results upon our national powers of production. Other parts of the country will, I doubt not, emulate your example, and I live in hop es th a t a ll these institutions will someday find a central point of union, and thus complete their national organisation. Thanking you once more for having allowed me to assist at the foundation of your institution, I wish it growth, vigour, and prosperity with all my heart. (His Royal Iltgliness resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic cheering.) Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEy proposed the next toast, " The Health of the Emperor of the French and our brave Allies," which was received with loud and pro tracted cheering. His lordship eu:oo ' ised th e ga ll antry with which the French had shared the perils of hardly contested battlefields with our own troops, and observed that the Sardinians were a people on whose present con dition and prospects we must always look with the deep est interest, as they had shown that they knew how to rally round the standard of freedom, which they know how to enjoy rationally. As to the Turks, they had shown that they deserved to be fought for, and that they psssessed some of the greatest qualities of a great nation. But it was the frank and loyal conduct of the Emperor of the French which had especially gained the confidence and admiration of the people of this country during the present struggle. We all felt that the Emperor was a firm friend and ally on whom we could rely in every emergency. The Noble PRESIDENT said he found some difficulty in doing justice to the next toast. Whether ho looked to the patient endurance by our soldiers of privations and of disease—whether he looked to their indomitable courage in the face of the enemy—he confessed his admiration was much excited. It might have been thought that, after 40 years of peace, our eoldiers had degenerated ; but no such thing happened ; and the same zeal, and the same darng, and the same devotedness to their country, had characterised both the army and navy in a degree which must be gratifying to the people of this country. His lordship concluded by giving "The Army and Navy," coupling with the former the name of General Sir Harry Smith, and with the latter the name of Sir Robert Peel. `~ Sir H. SMITH was receivad with cordial cheering. He sai 1 that, after the manner in which the toast had been received, nothing was left for a veteran like him to say than that the juvenile soldiers of our army had covered our army and themselves with laurels in the present war. The British army had not degenerated, and so long as the present alliance was preserved we should be victo rious under all circumstances. Sir R. PEEL, as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, returned thanks fur the navy in the following terms : "In compliance with the request which has bees made to me, I rise to acknowledge the toast. I wish the duty had been placed in worthier bawls, but ad it is my pride to fill any position, however subordinate, in any branch of her Majesty's service, I feel it a privilege to acknow ledge tile toast on behalf of the navy. The Royal navy of this country needs no encomium from me. (Cheers.) The reputation of England is our glory, and an honest rivalry of fame animates both our army and our navy ; but, whatever may be the peculiar excellencies or dis tinctions of the two services, it is upon the united dis cipline and character of both services that the reputation and the strength of old England are based. (Cheers.) The achievements of the navy are recorded in the annals of our country, and wnatever services it may have occa sion to perform, we may rest well satisfied that the same loyalty, the same readiness, and the same courage which have hitherto maintained unsullied the reputation of our arms will still be conspicuous. We well know that from the highest officer who holds command in the navy down to the humblest sea-boy before the mast, all aro ani mated by but one feeling, and that, as they walk the decks of their vessels—those decks which have been the field of our national fame—they are not unmindful of the reputation of the past, and they are prepared to up hold the power and the fame of our country. (Cheers.) I may be permitted before I sit down to say—and I think I am giving utterance to the sentiments of this vast assemblage—that I do not believe either those proud leviathan vessels that sweep the seas, or the number of those brave battalions for whom the gallant general near me has tendered his acknowledkments, constitutes the true and real security of this country ; but I think the best guarantee for its power and security is to be found in that unanimous feeling which animates every class of her Majesty's subjects—(cheer-)—a feeling which has been so remarkably conspicuous on this most important occasion. I must say it is a matter of pride to reflect that, in spite of all the pre-occuisations of the present period—in spite of all those necessary privations and self-denials which the circumstances of the moment en shou'd, under the noble auspices of the Consort of or Sovereign, inaugurate a work of peace and moral advancement. I think it is a proud day for this, the pro vincial capital of one of the most busy districts of Eng land, when so many hundreds of persons assemble to in augurate and promote a work which will& ffect great social improvement. It is with great pleasure that I see here to-day the Consort of our beloved Sovereign, and I trust the inhabitants of this t )wn and neighbourhood w.l! put forth their energies in order that the future success of the institute may be commensurate with the dignity of this occasion, for by so doing I conceive they will best evince their sense of the honour conferred upon the town by the presence of his Royal Highness. (Cheers.) At this stage of the proceedings his Royal Highness retired, followed by the principal members of hi e s suite._ r _ The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Health of tb ac Yl no gi . and her Majesty's Ministers," which was brienjest:r, the hedged, the former by the Bishop of Mane later by Lord Stanley of Alderley. " ev ening., See. end in Lord ASHBURTON gave the toast of the d cess to the Birmingham and Midbeinii easytoselect 000 it e Institu te," doing so said—lt would have be more capable of doing justice, but it could have been intrusted to no individuali m o o r r e anxious for the welfare H n e was deeply imp resse d the n o t institute w hose immediate ben e fit d o e f r o n t s c a ed t ; f ee b u t absolute necessity of th e movement which an only improvement was w ith the inP i they bad assembled to ina ugurate. The principle of the inst k it m ut e i n on th es e - astogive to all classes, or workmen, processes and powers with which in the pursuit of their daily avo cationsas th e system tal bad to , deal. Its object was to train the eye to tahnede such c t h o t u h n e d ad e they r oaf- h n e a t t h u. e trs r e, stand r t s u r s e n ' se Such aspect—to w vanteges of the institution. It was true that the hearts aw l souls of England were absorbed in the Russian war. to interprireitaisortoia Th e y felt, and felt rightly, that the character and honour of England were at stake, and no sacrifice could be spared. Buntotthienn sometherecwo confined ned anotherspotsof o warwhich nrn enemy's tys was n being waged territory, 3,000 miles away, but a war at home, involving the bread of their children and the destinies of their coun try. With free trade they bad cast down the gaunt let to all nations, and had to fight for superiority in their own markets and in those of their colo nies. They had slumbered too long, and the tortoise had overtaken them in the race. They were ready enough to twit with ignorance their suffering army its the Crimea ; but were they, nobles, maufacturers, farmers, workmen, and others, a whit less ignorant in their several "spa: Cities. It was not to the Government that they must e look for remedy, but to themselves. The G°"."1,17.` followed public) opinion, not led it. The pociEtiozra, who Ministers was that of the Jews at the time of Ezra, s word in built walls with the trowel in ono band and the to give the other. Ministers were too d near the Throne, their undivided attention to such matters. fortunately at this moment they wn, a prince who was wielding the authority of the _G ic ro to and who had larger c But most above the sphere of party f l gr s e t a im t uls to He had promoted views than their meanspubli..c the party squabbles of i n his power. He had worked e_ii,"eladbasyor.ved, as they were, in out sciencethe by every Exhibition h of 51 w n e ot t a o s o d a n passingth e how that the strength f the compe tition country and they no longer remained with had been awa—e e on calmly at thegreat industry, of t h b e u t wk t e : rl s d : , arms looking struggle. If folded wßy they relaxed in their great exertions now, England would be a wilderness again, peopled with worse than wolves eop i led with starving outlaws. (L ou d cheers.) __peopled LYTTELTON proposed "The h ea lth of the Pre sident of the Royal Society," which was briefly responded to by Lord WROTTESLET, Sir R. MURCHISON replied to the toast of " Literature and Art." The proceedings, which had been throughout of a mom. gratifying nature, terminated soon .after six. k~ _. NEW SERIAL WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS. Uniform with " Dombey and Son," " David Copperfleld," " Bleak House," &c., &c. On the Thirtieth of November will be Published, to be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts, Price One Shilling each, the First Monthly Part of a New Work of Fiction, called LIT TL E DOItIt I T. By CHARLES DICKENS. With Illustrations by ll.mor K. BROWNE. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouver le-Street. ... 56