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French r 'tone. 85; re d 12/ per ,y. 18s ; 0 185; per lb. nano—. ]►angel, 3. TING. irk. rd (t) t (t) ood (t) n (t) Callum oke art (t) (t) ront(t) Club 1 Con :ha. to milPs, p what Earl of Flying in the er) 1 in) 2 ,ngths. •ee yrs , n) 1 er) 2 in) 3 )n) 4 es) 5 Dottort easily w) 1 in) 2 three tit) 1 er) 2 Run er) 1 in) 2 ength. st 71b; 5,9 st; !d, &c. Far• uck of lo had ►ced in B Cob, ►un in colts, Dr 150 nn) )2'3 ) 2 head. lan) 1 sou) 2 The wards. with )there point Tarn oined fr•ards, I, Pa- years M. GUILDHALL, OCTOBER 5, 1849. COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S Z._ LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 17th day of October instant (instead of the 10th day of October, > s pre viously advertised), at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on LEASES, for twenty-one years from Michaelmas 1849, a House, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street-bui'dings; Two Houses, Nos. 28 and 29, on the south side of Broad-street buildings ; and from Christmas 1849, a House No. 37, on the south side of Upper Thames-street. Also, to receive TENDERS for LETTING 011 LEASE, for 18 1 A years (less three days), from Michaelmas 1849, a Home, No. 9, Ar tillery-place, on the west side of the City-road ; and also, in one lot, the following premises, viz. : Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 41, and 6, on the west aide of Phipps-street, Finsbury; Nos. 1 and 2, in Phipps-place ; and 4 Warehouse on the east side of New North-place. Further particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender Ebtained, at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUN'DERS, Comptroller. 11 1 :IE ROYAL BRITISH BANK will be -IL 0' EYED for EU:UNE - SS, at 16, Tokenhouse-yard, as soon as the prernists and internal arrangements are completed. The rates of interest, &c., to charged on advances, and allowel on ac counts and deposits, must of course vary with the state of the mar ket, and the value of money, which so frenuently fluctuates; but at opening, the Directors propose that the following shall Lk) their TERMS' OF BUSLNESS Drawing or Current Accounts—One per cent. Interest reckoned from day to day, to be allowed on all balances constant for six months, of 1001. and upwards; and two per cent. en cli such balances exceeding 2001. ; but the permanent maintenance of any balance will not be insisted on. This point will be optional with the customer. Deposit Accounts—Thr per cent. rec%oned daily, on all deposits for six months, and the interest paid monthly, or accumulated half yearly, at the option of the depositor. Cash Credit .1?-counts will be mantel to respectable parties, sup ported by two or more sualeient sureties as joint obligors, at five per cent. interest on. advances, and one per cell , . commission on the amount of the credit. Advances or Loans on Promissory Notes with marketable securi ties readily convertible, will be made at the rates proportioned to the nature and value of the securitb in each ease. Discounts of Bills of Exchange will he at the rates of the day. Remittances will bo made to, and Bills collected is, any place in Elie:land, Scotland, or Ireland, where there i 4 a banker. Dividends, &c., will be received for customers or shareholders, without charge. No charge will be made for keeping accounts ; nor any fee nor gratuity allowed to be received from a customer or applicant by any one in the Bank's employment. Applications from several of the metropolitan districts for the es tablishment of Branch Offices, are now under consideration. Forms of applications for the opening of accounts, &c., on the commencement of business, are now ready to be supplied at the Bank, or will be sent by post to any one nho may require them. By order of the Court of Directors, HUGH INNES CAMEIION, General Manager. MORTGAGE LOANS y ANCASIITRE and YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, . . The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive TENDERS for LOANS on Mortga:te, for periods of Thre Five, or Seven years, for which interest at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent. per annum will be allowed, payable half-yearly. Further particulars may be known on application to the under signed. S. WM. BULTEEL, Treasurer. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 41 , d. and sd. per lb.; wax-wick moulds, 6d. ; composite, 7Nd., 9d., and 9%(1. ; Botanic wax candles, Is.; German wax, Is. 21.; tine wax, Is. sd. ; transparent wax, Is. 6‘l. and is Bd. ; best wax, 24. Id. ; sperm can dles, is 61. and 1 Bd. ; metallic, 7d. and Rd. ; mottl , d soap 56e. and 60s. per 112 lbs. ; yel ow, 445., 204., and 565. ; Windsor soa , Is. 4d. per packet ; brown Windsor, Is 9.1. ; rose, 24. ; almond, 2s. 6d. ; a erm oil, 7s 6d. per gallon ; solar, 3s. 3.1. ; argand, 4s 6d. ; Bealinz wax, 4s. 6d. per lb., for cash, at D eiVIES'S old established warehouse, 63, St. Mart n's-lane. opposite Westminster County Court (late New Slaughter's Coffee-house). EYEBROWS, MOUS'FACHIOS, and WHIS KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented ley the use of GEMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, is. ; and double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c." By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 8d„ and 125., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farrlngdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co„Cheapslde Fisher and Toiler, Conduit-street; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, fit, Cornhill • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes, Leith-walk; for Manchester, ercsehe and Son, Adver tiser-oMee. TO THE . This lady had the foll Owing letter s inserted in the "Times" news. paper on Aug. 7, MG. Reader, remember, this letter was put lit the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor bunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grinastone, of the Herbary, High gate for the etllcacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about four months, arid the whole of her hal rip much stronger and more luxuriant than lever was before the baldness appeared. " Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to - the virtues of Mr. G.'s Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an 11s, bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, bat as a cure of nervous headache; as a toilet perfurne iti far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact .--3, Swan-street, Borough.' In eases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, afe w drops on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, masse it strong, and present it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the meet aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour tea or twelve drops on the crown of the head; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an bout. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It prodeces hair on children's heads in a few apppllcations. If used on infants' heals, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.--See pamphlet of testimonials. Alitettors addressed to William Gemstone. Herbary. Htahgata. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Offices, 31, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Ca•dtal-110,000 In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, to be pa.d in full on Allotment. DIRECTORS. Howell Gwyn, Esq., M.P. Gerrge HC*ITIOTC, Esq. Jihn Bennet, Esq. Sir William Ogilvie. Bart. Thomas Bunting, Esq. Frederick A. Peel, E: q. Alexander Davi,, Esq. W. Yates Peel, Esq. John Reiland Durant, E9q. John Wreerd, Esq. Augustus Coaingridge, EF.q., Managing Director. AUDITORS. I ii Eeq. SaennnriYelWlTloell Esq. Banger, MEDICAL REFEREES: PHYSICIAN. James Ridson Bennett, Esq., M,D., •z 4, rinsbury-place Ncrth. SURGEONS. John Fisher Conde. Esq , M.R C S., Ri, Cheapside. Matthew French Wagstlffe, Esq., M.It.C.S., 10, Walcot-place, West Lunbeth. BA NZERS. Messrs. Carrie and 0., 29, Cornhill. Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury. SOLICITOR. John Chapple, Esq., 70A, Aldermanbury. MARINE DEPARTMENT. UNDERWRITER. Mr. John Powis, Member of Lloyd's. LIFE D E!'.A RTMENT. AOFWARY. Mr. Alfred Burt. FIRE DEPART , :ENT. SUPERINTENDENT. Mr. John Nelson. SURVEYOR. George Moody Lorginore, Esq. BROKERS. John li. holding, Esq., Warnford-court, London. Thomas Bayley, Esq., Waraford-court, London. Messrs. Turner, Brothers, Throgmortou-street, London. Henry Rogers, E q. Ebenezer ;:oper Esq. DISTINGUISUIN6 FEATURES. I. EXCiT ptiou of Shareholders fro n all Liability. 2. The Right of Transfer at Will. 3. Periodical Division of Pr :fits. 4. Five per Cent. Interest. Guaranteed (irrespective of further Divi dends) upon the paid-up Capital. 5. Ycariy Audits of Accounts by Auditors exclusively chosen by the Prorri tors. 6. Lire Policies INDISPUTABLE and free of Stamp-duty to the A. _ . Buret. Applications lA* the rersain'n7; unallotted Shares, and on the sub ject of MARINE, FIRE, and LIFE ASSURAN,:ES to be addressed Lo the Agents of the Society; or to the Head Office as above. AUG. COLLINGRIDeiE, Managing Director. 3 .7 ATION AL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSITRAN(;E SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample Proprietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to thu Assured varied from 27 to 65 per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Perma• Sum the Bonus nent Be- Assured ' • Annual Policy Bonus in ition Age ~ e, Pre- takenl add in ductisn of may bor to Sum g mium. out In'A s.ured. Cash. Annual ! row on io Premium. Policy. _1 1 £ s. d.! £ s. d £ s. d. ~£ s. d. 1837 1 276 14 3128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1838 251 18 10115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9 £ 1839 226 6 0102 15 1 16 2 9'494 8 10 60 1000£ s. d. j 1840 178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 11'445 0 0 74 3 4' 1841 174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1812 147 4 2 5 15 10 10 2 4346 2 3 1843 , 99 18 4 41 8 4 6 15 111296 13 4 l 1844 162 6 8 27 13 4] 4 4 0,247 4 4 SOUTHEY's LIFE AND LETTERS. At the end of October will re pub fished, post Bvo., with Portrait and View of Keswick, Cumberland, price 105.6 d. cloth, LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of the late ROBERT SOUTHEY. Vol. I. containing his early Autobiography, College Life, Scheme of SocialColonisation for Ame rica, Visit to Lisbon, &c. Edited by his Son, the Rev. CHARLES CUTHBERT SOUTHEY, M.A. To be completed Its Six Tolumes, each containing a Family Portrait and a Landscape Illustration, by W. Westall. Vol. H. will be published at the en 1 of December, and the suc ceeding volumes every alternate month. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. ALLEN ON THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE. &c. Next week will he published, in 1 vol. Bvo., price 12m. cloth, A N INQUIRY into the RISE and GROWTH 171 L. of the ROYAL PREROGATIVE. By the late JOHN ALLEN, Master of Dulwich College. A New Edition, with the Author's last co' rections ; preceded by M. Berenger's " Rapport " r , n the Work, read before the Institute of France ; an article on the same from the " Edinburgh Periew ;" and a Biographical Notice, of the Author. To which is a tied, an Inquiry into the Life and Character of King Eadwig, from the Author's MS. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. NEW . NOVEL BY MIAS SINCLAIR. On Friday, Oct. 2 ;, will he published, in 3 vole , post gvo., QIR EDWARD GRAHAM ; or, Railway Speculators. By CATHERINP. SINCLAIR, Author of " 31odqra Accomplishments," " Jane Bouverie," &c. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. THIE rY-FIRST EDITION. filestrzted by 26 A itatouuesa Coloured Engravings on Steel. PIIYsICAL DISQITALICATIONS, GENERATIVE. INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Slow 'Ficlitioa, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 28. 6d., or bY t - ost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, TiflE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on *Le infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex 3essive Indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of risreury, gita ramorks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis lallae,ations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox brd-street, London. Published by the Authors: sold by Strange, II , Paternost.r-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; 3tarie, is Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden- PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-prodnetire organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiTeladal gence, and their lamentable effects OR the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity. alastrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Pear 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infbetion, either in the Primary or sem - Ada/7 form, and C4Rtaiza explicit directions for their treatrasat. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. l i AZT iv. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This la/portant part of the Work should not escape the eader's notice. Pm T. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its ltiss. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whfole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TuavoanreL BALI or drarAonse is exclusively employed in treat og nervous :.nd sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 331. per b tie. The Coneentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases ofinfection, secondary symp toms, crop:ions, and the abuse of mercury, 11r. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 45. 6d., and I is. per box, a iseriate remedy for gonorrhoea, sleet, stricture, and chronic inilamms, lion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 51. Packet?, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the foe, 11., Is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten lance daily at 19, flerners-street, Oxford-street, Lonion, from Pil.- ven till I'v7a. and 11 " , s to litteht a na slindave from it sown to Prosper r a ny of arded p, Aues, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, Its branches in the country ; or, on application, will be for )st free. W. S. B. WOOLHOTISE, Actuary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97, George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col lege-green, Dublin. • COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the grounds at their accustomed early hour, and the Royal children took pony and walking exercise to day. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness will, it is expected, leave Osborne to-morrow (Friday) mcrn'ng for town. DIAECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Q. Blair Avarne, Esq. F. Chas. Maitland. Esq. E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railton, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. F. H. Thomson, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq. SUNDAY LABOUR AT THE POST OFFICE:—INTENTIONS of the GOVERNMENT. His Excellency Abbot Lawrence, Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States (with his Lady and family), has arrived in London, and entered upon his official dnties. Viscount de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Dudley Stuart had an interview with Sir George Grey on Wednesday at the Home-office. Mr. Wyon had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Sir H. De la Beche, Sir James Clark, and Mr. Rowland Hill, had interviews on Wednesday with Sir George Grey. Mr. More O'Ferrall had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell. Mr. De Salis had also an interview yesterday with his Lordship. The Marquis of Clanricarde (Postmaster. General) arrived in town yesterday morning from Ireland. The Marquis of Lansdowne has left town for his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts. Sir George Hayter has been lying ill for the last week with a severe attack of the prevailing epidemic, at Neuilly, near Paris. SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS. This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords :he most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement-I'lJ ANNO&L fricostr, BEING UPWARDS OF 99,0001. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2/. per cent. per annum on 'he sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the time they were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from that date to 31st December, 1847, 2V. per cent. per annum was added at the General Meeting on the 6th of July, 1848. The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of December, 1848, is as follows: N°. 17,800.] LONDON, FRIDAY S - 9 OCTOBER 12 , 1849 the proposed alteration at the Post-office, and he found but one feeling of opposition expressed re specting it. He believed nothing would tend more to retard that improvement which had taken place in his time, as to the observ ance of the Sabbath, than the introduction of a measure which should convey to the public mind that the Government sanctioned a desecra tion of the Sabbath. Such a measure and such an impression would interfere with all the efforts of others to induce the people of this country to keep holy the Sabbath day. He could speak with great confidence of the beneficial results that had arisen from closing the public-houses in the eastern parts of London on the Sunday, and he felt satisfied that the proposed Post-office plan—if carried out—would tend to retard the progress of those moral and religious feelings which had been promoted by an improving regard for a proper observance of the Sabbath. If facilities , were afforded for transacting businps on the Lord's day, no man could say to what extent tnat business might be carried. He had that morning received a letter on this subject from a gentle man of high standing ; and he (Mr. Cotton) was sure, from the communications he had had with various persons, that a measure for the abolition of Sunday labour at the post-offices throughout the country would be well received. He, for one, would exceed ingly regret the adoption of any measure by which her Majesty's Government should seem to justify Sabbath labour in any one of its departments. Mr. BEVAN—My Lord, I must say one word in the -name of the London bankers, who can have no feeling of rivalry with respect to the country or pro vinc.al towns obtaining information more quickly than they do at present, which it has been said is the reason why the London merchants oppose this I change, as it may tend to put the country merchants more upon an equal footing with themselves. I, for one, and I believb the bankers generally, have no feeling on that score; and I must apologise for so few London bankers being present on this occasion. This is dividend day, and they are all hard at work ; and I myself left in a great hurry to get here (smiling). Lord JouN RussELL—Mr. Masterman is here. Mr. MASTEEMANI. must say that I had quite forgot that. Though I was at the Bank of England by half-past eight this morning, in order to get here, I had no recollection of this being dividend day. I,lr. BEVAN continued—There is no class of men who have such an interest in the character of post men as the bankers have : and it will be difficult to find men of such character as you desire to enter upon the duties of the Post-office, where they have, I may say, gold untold committed to their charge, if they are to be at the Post-office till ten o'clock every Sun day morning, and after five every Sunday evening. I do not think that men of high moral character, and who value their religious duties, will accept of such a si tuation, many who now have them will throw them up, and thus our letters will be committed to the care of men comparatively of no principle. I think that this will be a great social evil, and I earnestly entreat that your Lordship will consider it. I am quite sure that your Lordship would not yourself accept any situation, however valuable, which took from you that portion of your time—(Hear)—and if you would put yourself in the situation of these poor men, you would see that the same moral feeling which actuates your Lordship may also actuate them.—(Hear.) Mr. C. POTT entirely concurred in all that had been said by the gentlemen who had preceded him. He had a memorial (as the reporter understood) from Southwark, signed by two thousand persons, against the prop-sed measure; those signatures had been appended in two days, and if more time had been allowed the number would hav9 been doubled. r , .. . / I i e l p il iway ,41\. . 7,,,,,, ~,,,' ,A' , 4 , - .. 177 1- . , s , • .. CIC 1 . I,i' t .\. e .,,1; ' i 9 ......;#( .., , „ ii T T, ti,....,, ........,•..4,7,,,,..,. ~,, 1:•• ......Vrt,„L„lev. - '—t-P - 11"11 -... ' ': 2- i 4 r* 4 ', • ... 41, ..:' . .0 it I 1 .. :4 - • ' 1 i . 1: \N‘ ' V l b' . I ' 4 ' . 1 Fi . ,: ' \ Y An A _ I .' , Vl ' ' t . c d: 4 - - - - t V . 'Y;'.l- \ ;4; i ' x y WI,V,DV'AM.,7t. -".. it', ..,1, ' ---,1;..,. r .,z ,-.Th? . ~ : x='--4 -• - , • , ----.-- - -' , 7' ,--- ..4.,w,' , t. , :, , 1;i . : , i , : 71 , :` k. , '''• u ek. ..01, 1 " 'kt." '''' 2 4 = :" '• - 4_ + '‘.. .1 f,'' 1 - .;. r : , I- , ~ , 4 ...,_ , , k ..., ...44. S L -711::- ''''' ' 411 - 0 ' -4, - '** 4-I Z 4,4 4 / 14" '' ' VZ --' 6, 4H -.-"Zi t - -- 4 4.' - ) --' ( ' * l.._ )r ' ..-C -• - '' .712 r'ti ,' - V Ta ' CATl , •; .\ 4,ltEq:tP:i '' ' / ~... a•i? k -, 74.. ......, --.: rk ••4 ' -, %. , .. : 1, trri-,....- - ____ •,,, -,;., .4 1111,. ' . .• ‘,.. , / 1 / 4 .`"''' -'•• •• 0,,, - 1 .. ...........11 rat . ,..4 66 .- .........sgwe ,',...."--- 4 '. '' . ---._ ._ • I: 4 l3i ty. 1•::,:,;11';.,7 PREVENTION OF COUGHS AND COLDS. Persoas liable to attacks of Coughs an I Colds, will entirely_ escape them by the occasionil us e o f th a t cele b rated remedy, DR. LOCOCK'S PUL MONIC WAFERS, which have a pleasant taste, and never fail to give instant and permanent freedom from all irritation of the lungs. Upwirds of 300 cures of Asthma, Consumption, Coughs, &c., have been performed by this medicine (and published) during the last twelve months. To SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice. They have a pleasant taste. Price ]s 1 1 Ad., 2s. 9d., and I Is. per Box. Agents: Da Silva and Co., I, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London. Sold by all medicine ven dors ; of whom also may be had DIZ. LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS, The only medicine recommended to be taken by Ladies. Have no ate of Medicine. Beware of Imitations in the form of" Pills." DR. GARDNER'S WORN[ MEDICINE. Removed from 71, Long4itcre to Mr. Prout's, 229, Strand, London. It is a melancholy fact that thousands are suffering the privation of health, and are ultimately brought to a premature death by a cause BO prevalent as that of worms in the human body, and which is so frequently overlooked or improperly treated, from either prejudice or mistake It is, therefore, of importance that every person should be acquainted with the common symptoms of worms, which are -- disagreeable odour of the breath, fevered tongue, particular heaviness or languid bluish appearance about the eyes, swelling and paleness of the lips, especially the upper lip, frequent itching of the nose, an unequal state of the pulse, appetite very irregular, and the bowels also, pale and emaciated countenance, and at other times the face will be flushed, griping pains, a short, dry cough, great thirst, vomiting, startings during sleep and grinding of the teeth, frequent pains in the sides, listlessness, and want of inclination to take ex ercise, inflammation of the eyes, &c. &c. These are some of the general symptoms of being afflicted with worms ; adults as well as Children arc subject thereto. Youth or age may with the utmost safety have recourse to this old-established medicine, which is adopted by numerous families as a general medicine, particularly in spring and autumn. Sold in boxes, at 2s. 9d. and 4s. Gd., and for children at is. I%el. Also, the Cordial Tincture, to be used with the pills, but which will be found an invaluable family medicine for complaints of the stomach and bowels, bile, cholic, spasms, &c.—]s. 13 d., 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and 10s. 6d. each bottle. Observe the name of " Thomas Prout" is printed in the Govern ment stamp. WINTER STOCK. I went to MOSES' noted Mart, Right facing Aldgate Clock, And marked the various goods which form The present Winter Stock. And haying seen it, don't suppose I felt inclined to mock ; For certainly I never saw So prime a Winter Stock. The novel, stylish Over-coats, The Dress-coats, and the Frock, Are r ally Filch as never graced A former Winter Stock. For Vests and Trowsers such as these, My wardrobe I'll unlock ; And so will you, when once you glance At MOSES' Winter Stock. For those who take the gun in hand To fire at hen or cock, Superior Shooting-coats there are In MOSES' Winter Stock. Prime Boots and Shoes I also saw, A. solid as a rock ; And famous arts Hats formed part Of MOSES' Winter Stock. MOSES and SON have first-rate Furs, For which th' Ladies flock ; And s lendid Shawls and Hosier.; form A portion of the stock. Bear this in mind, and don't be deaf To Wip'er's warning knock ; But buy at once of M. and SON, From ouch a Winter Stock. LIST OF PRTOrid. MDT MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every The Bulwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Paletot, ditto ..... 0 18 0 Chesterfield, ditto ... • • 1 0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of Over Coat .. • • Shooting Coats . Lounging or Morning Coats ...... • ... 0 4 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed ...• 0 4 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 Ditto Vests .. .... . . 02 6 Black Silk Velvet Vests..... ..... .......... 0 13 0 17 0 Youths and Boys' Over Coats, In eve 0 19 0 ry style, from• •••.••••••••• • • •• • • • • • • • • ...... 0 7 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits ........ o 14 6 Boys' Autumn and Winter Vests ...... 0 0 8 MADE TO mmasunr.. Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats ..from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined •••••••• • • " • • • • • ...... •• • • 1 8 The Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 Tho Eglinton Wrapper, a very elegant style of Over Coat • • • • • • • • . .•. 2 0 0 The Strathmore Witney Over Ced; newest style. lined throughout •• • ••• • " 2 10 0 lutumn and Winter Trowsers, in .i. weed and Doeskin... ....... ........ 0 10 6 Best Black Cassimere ditto 1 6 0 Autumn and Winter Vests •• • ..... •• • 08 6 Best Black Cloth ditto 0 13 6 •• •• .• 4.0 Black Silk v uk Velvet ditto ~ Dress Coats.... • • .. from 325. to 215 0 „ Froc k from 355. to 3 3 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits.. .•• . • ....• trom 16 0 Superfine ...... Men's Shooti nn Coat . . 0 15 0 ......."••••• •• ..• .... ...... 1 13 0 Elegant Dressing . Robes, in • great • variety, frcim •••• • • • • •• • .••• • • ..16s. to 80 0 A Large Stock of Fur Coats, i. n every shape, from 605, to 201. Naval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, &c. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. A Suit of Mourning cotnplete for 1/. 10s. The new book, entitled the "Great Fact." with ftill directions or Self-measurement, can be had en application, or forwarded, post roe, to any part of the kingdom. Notice— rho Shawl and Parasol Department are now replete with "erY novelty of the season. Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. E. MORES and St.)N, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, flatters, }l,..siers Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and G eneral Outfitters, 154, 1 , 05 , 156, and 157 Minories, and $l2. 81, 85, and 86 A l4gate, City, Lon don; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast Xstablishment. C aution.—E. Moses and S on regret having to gulrd the public _illainst imposition; but baying heard that the untradesman'ike alselsood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," h,BB b een resorted to in m an y i nstances, and for obvious reasons, In beg to state that ttey have no connexion with any other boars or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 32, Far- S heM n eld ; and 19, Thornton's-buildin, Bradford, York s hi re : York s hi re :mta Close who require cheap and gennin: clothing, &e., skould call "1 , or aeni to the Minories and lidgato, City, London; or either of the Branch Establishments, a: above. t." 1124144 Tao Notiee.—This Establishment is elo3ed from moist Friday, . Satarday4whei resumed ti l twelve o'clock. Sum Sum added to Sum added to Sum payable l Assure Time Assured. Policy MlB4l Policy in 184 E at Death. £5OOO 13 years 10 mtla £683 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8 5000 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0 5000 10 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 10 0 5000 5 years 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0 5000 6 years .• •• 675 0 0 5675 0 0 5030 4 years .. .. 450 0 0 5450 0 0 5000 2 years .. .. 225 0 0 5225 0 0 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years where the In surance is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pali-mall. London. AR CHITEC .9 B UTLD E R S', and GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE, INF:TRANCE COMPANY, 69, Lomhard-streot, Loudon. CIIAIRMJ.N—SYDNEY g3IIIIKE; Esq., A.R.A. The rates for both Fire and Elf, Insurances are as low as can with safety be taken. Those for Life Insurance may be paid either yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly ; one-half the annual pre mium may be left unpaid for seven years, or one-third to the end of life. Thus large sums may be insured at the smallest present outlay. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposals, &c, may be hal at the Office, 69, Lombard-street, or of the agents. JOHN REDDISII, Manager, TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, PROFESSIONAL AND MER CANTILE GENTLEMEN, AND THE PUBLIC. I AWRENCE HYAM and COMPANY beg to ILA announce that they will OPEN oh MONDAY NEXT, Oct. 15, their newly-erected and magnificent premises, the PANTECHNETHECA, t'6, OXFORD-STREET, London, as Merchant Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Outfitters, and Manufacturers of Clothing for immediate•wear, in conjunction with :net: well-known City Establishment, 36, GRACECHURCH-STREET, LONDON, and Branch Establishments -63 and 65, Lard-street, Liverpool 61, King-street, Manchester. 23, New-street, Birmingham. 26, Market-street, Manchester. 42, Wine-street, Bristol. 42, Briggate, Leeds. 6. Unio n - s t reet, Bristol. 17, trket-place, 193, High-street, E xeter. 48, Argyle-street, Glasgow. L. 11YAM and Co., 86, Oxford-street, although well known to the public, ar.d enjoying an unprecedented share of their confidence, do not think it would be judicious to depnrtfrom their usual system, i opening a new Establishment, of pointing out and explainin 4 their capabilities and mode of conducting their business, and likewise the cadvantages to be derived by those who honour them with their ommands. L. HYANI and Co., B'3, Oxford-street, have half a century's experience in business, with unlimited command of capital, and a ralge of the most extensive establishments In all the principal towns of Great Britain in successful operation, thus presenting advantages of an extraordinary character such as never before were centered in one firm. L. lIYAM and Co., 86, Oxford-street, save all Intermediate profits ; that which they do not manufacture themselves they obtain direct from the first makers. By purchasing in this efficient manner, they effect a saying " in intermediates alone," of at least 20 per cent. I. lIYAM and Co., a 6, Oxford-street, have procured for the bespoke department an extensive and choice stock of Parisian and West of England cloths, of every is . nade, colour, and quality. The new materials for trowseritvo comprise plain and fancy doeskins, hu;,kskins, and kerser:iieres, suitable either for dress, riding, or walking. They are superb in texture, beautiful in colour, and of the choicest design s and Co., SG, Oxfore.-street, have selected from the best and meat celebrated makers, French, Genoa. and British waistcoat ingt. which are remarkably rich, brilliantly varied, of the most ':‘nique and novel styles ; in fact, the Pantechnetheca will comprise within itself materials for making gentlemen's attire of every d ascrip tion in the first style of art, and unparalleled in the annals of fashion and economy. --,.. - L. H YAM and Co., SC, Oxford-street, in order to render the Cutting Department as effective as possible, have engaged Cutters of the greatest talents, experience, and acknovrleged ablli ties ; and so satis fied are they of their qualifications and certainty of pleasing, that they give a guarantee to that effect, anti, in order to test it, their patrons have at all times the option of returning any garment which may in any manner be disapproved of, though previously seen, approved, chosen, and paid for. L. lIYAM Mild Co , 86, Oxford-street, have elaborately fitted up the departments of clothing for immediate wear with every requisite, both useful and ornamental. Hera may be selected, frm a stock exceeding 20,000/. in value, every description of apparel that talent and ingenuity can devise or invent, consisting of dress and surtout coats, waistcoats, trowsers, juvenile and servants' clothing, &c., at prices that cannot fail to give tho most perfect sa tisfaction. L. lIYA I and Co., 86, Oxford-street, mark every article in plain, bold, and legible figures, the very lowest selling price, from which no abatement can be made ; consequently insuring a uni form, undeviating, honest principle of business ; and any garment that does not give the most unqualified approbation will be ex exchanged with pleasure, or if preferred, the money will be immedi ately returned. Kit. A detailed catalogue, containing a list of prices and a descrip tion of stock, may be had on application, or sent post free, part of the Unit e d Ki ngdom. to any - 1 1 HE ROYAL P OLYTECHNIC INSTI, RE-STREET. Dissolving Views, ofTUTION Rome.--Lectur GENT e and Experiments, with the Hydro-Electric Machine.—Lectures on Chemistry—Exhibition of the Oxy-hydrogen Microscope.—Diver and Diving-hell.—The Chroma trope.—Explanations of Models and Machinery. Open daily trom Eleven to Five ; and in the Eventrige (e4Celst 1. 4 T; isturdsy) from Seven till Ralf-past Ten. Admission. la,—Schools, Half-price.—The o 7 tlatalogue. 13. n one halt the rend. are desolately AI A E iaPPosing them marrt:,, questtonahly cOntehted. liltildence, or a single, and the other lease 0 right 4 °:,erunthe the thriller, and mistalettlate4 hopes ern oltter the 13 :',er. The solitary one flaky shield hlin'sticußder the plea carjion and worldly prudence, and the Ihdissoluble, regret un hArry ; tilt the truth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity, 1 - t1 broken hnalth, arc the great hindrances to domestic happiness 111 scold!. content. The dowry should not he the only marriage set ;le.:seat. Honour and justice demand that health should form AU item in the eflmpact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er se xlect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if shaae surmises concern you, procnre Dr. CULVERWELL'S little tS IinfOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., is. eaili (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively :edited, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered 3Y misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining :hem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but flar the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom thay are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical traeio put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone er torether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other t ittle publieetlo-3 claim your attention (sa me pr i ce Is. each, y rest ls. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Driest, and ITW-i." and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pioip nets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the more trhemeral scribbllngs of the hour, but the study of the author's Ifa who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob seer.sloa of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he woL.e be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the "runny side of the way." The above works ?nay be kkd of 9 herwold, 23, Paternc , cer-row ; Carvalho, 11Y, .Fleet-stret • Mann, 39, Corti1111; Spokes, 5, Efolborn hill ; or Xract (by post or other:. e) 'rjus auther (wbu may be conferred with perso na l ly, mor nings and evenings), 10, Argyll-VI:3 .liegent-street; and all Pooksellers. THE CHINESE JUNK.—This extraordinary speci men of Oriental ingenuity is, we hear, to be presented to the citizens of London iu a more accessible locality than it at present occupies. Nothing, perhaps, can speak more tor the interest with which it has been regarded than the fact that it has been visited by nearly a quarter of a million of individuals at Blackwell. Application has been made to the navigation committee for permis sion to moor the junk at Temple-bar Pier, which is situate, we may say, almost in the centre of the metro polis ; and if this be granted it will be a great conveni ence to the many thousands of our sight-seeing popula tion who have a shilling to spend, and will create a little life in a neighbourhood sufficiently dull in these times. It remains, however, to be seen whether the committee and the water-bailiff will encourage the enterprise, which has, at a vast expense, brought over the first ves sel of the kind that has ever reached this country from China. OPENING OF HULLAH'S NEW MUSIC HALL.—St. Martin's Hall, the great building in Long-acre, erected under the auspices of Mr. Hullab, and intended for the accommodation of his singing schools, and for musical performances on the largest scale, is now in such a state of forwardness as to be partially available for its contemplated objects. Tho class-rooms of the different schools and the general lecture-room are completed; and in the course of a few months the great ball, the most spacious and noblest music-hall in England—pro bably in Europe—will be opened to the public. On Wednesday evening Mr. Hullah opened the lecture-hall by a performance of the pupils of his upper singing school, attended by a considerable number of persons inter. sted in the progress of music, among whom were several eminent composers and professors. This hall is very handsome room, capable, apparently, of contain ing se ven or eight h un d re d persons, and of excellent acoustical construction, the sound of the voices being full and resonant, without echo or confusion. On this occasion about four hundred pupils of the upper school formed the chorus, the solo parts being filled by Mrs. Noble (late Miss Duval), Mr. Benson, Mr. William Seguin, and a young lady, one of the pupils, whose vocal attainments are very considerable. IRONAIA.STERS' QUARTERLY MEETING. Bin- MINGFIAM, OCTOBER 11.—The third of the quarterly meetings of the ironmasters of South Staffordshire and Shropshire was held here to-day. The result was to confirm the arrangement of prices, as already an nounced; but to-day orders were not quite so freely given as had been anticipated, the manufacturers being especially cautious in this respect. This gave an appear ance of flatness to the trade, which will in all probability be but temporary; certainly the heads of the principal works speak with confidence on the subject of the mama tenanCe of existing prices until the end of the year. The forges in blast are for the most part in pretty full work, which seems indicative of the tact that orders are by no means scanty. The present prices —taking the best qualities—will be, for sheets, 71. 10s.; hoops, 61.105.; bars, 61. ; and pigs, 31.; of which last, especially, stocks are smaller than usual. The final meeting of the trade takes place at Dudley on Saturday night; but, judging try present appearances, there is no probability what ever of any change in the determination to stand by existing prices. THREE LIVES LOST.--..t1t1 actident, involving tht instantaneous destruction of the lines of three inditiduaie. and the probable death of a foteth, occurred on Saturday afternoon last, on a portion of the unfinished line of the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire Rail way, near Whalley. At about the distance of a mile from the above town the line crosses the riper Caldefr s by means of a viaduct, which, at the time of the accident, was fast progressing towards eompletion. The abut ments of the new bridge are Of stone, and the arches, some of which were Itaished, are being constructed of brick. At three o'clock oa the afternoon of Saturday last, while the workmen were latsii i r etnaigda tut ntie of the unfinished arches, the two nearest the rirer, an the Billington side, suddenly gate war ) :did fell with an awful crash, burying ltt thel't ruins f.mr unfortunate workmen, etnr l ?,yed as labourers to the b r i c kl a y ers , w h o were wheeling bricks over the arches at the moment. All the hands employed near the scene of the disaster were immediately et work, to clear away the superin cumlsent debris, in the anxious hope of rescuing some of the poor fellows, who were dug out In the following order:—At a quarter-past three, John Lund, last of Clitheroe, age unknown, leg fractured, and otherwise dreadfully injured—not expected to recover ; at half past three, Thomas Keefe, late of Preston, aged 40-- dead; at a quarter-past four, John Forsyth, late of same place, age unknown—dead ; at six o'clock, Charles liarrison—dead. It is expected that a searching inves tigation will be made into the causes which led to the accident. At present it cannot be accounted for, as the "centres" had been withdrawn from the arches more than a fortnight ago. A MONSTER WEDDING.--There was recently, in a country town near Prague, a monster wedding. No 1099 Shan fifteen Jewi s h couples were married In on ! ilay; and the solemn ceremony was assisted by their children and grandchildren! The following is the solutiot! . of the enigma. Hithert o th e num b er of Jewish families permtted to live in Bohemia was limited by a cruel law to 1,000. fence, a l arge num b e r of clandestine mar riages had taken place among the Jews. Since, how ever, the emancipation of the Jews became the law of the land, and these oppressive restrictions as to marriage weretsti It.i .y removed,many married were of the xi e t o i s u ptloes havewho btadheirbemenarriaagne. d contracts legally acknowledged and their children legi timatised. This explains the marriage of gftEeil old couples in one clay.—Jewish Chronicle. The memorial expressed the same feeling that was conveyed in those presented by the Lord Mayor. Mr. J. H. SHEARS said the meeting at which the memorial had been agreed to in the borough of Southwark was fully attended, and he never saw so much unanimity of feeling as had been evinced on that occasion. There was but one person found at that meeting to speak in favour of the Government measure, and upon inquiry it turned out that he did not belong to the district. There was but one com mon feeling of regret that his Lordship should have sanctioned such a measure, and the general opinion of the meeting was that when he (Lord J. Russell) found the public voice was so unanimous, he would withdraw it. He had, as a manufacturer, been con nected with the city of London upwards of forty years; he had taken an opportunity of consulting many persons connected with its trade on the subject, and had found the general feeling to be that the present Post-office arrangements, with its numerous deliveries, was, to the very fullest extent, as much as was required for the convenience of the manufacturers and the public service. The last delivery in London was rather a nuisance than a benefit. Many persons received the letters by such delivery at the close of their hours of business, and scarcely knew to which day the letter belonged. Mr. WILSON thought that looking at the terrible visitation at which the country had been afflicted, and under which it was still suffering, the Government could not make a more acceptable offering to God, or one that would be more gratifying to the religious feelings of the nation, than by directing all Sunday labour to cease at all the provincial post-offices, as well as at the General Post-office in London. One of the deputation, who represented the parish of Islington, said he had a petition which had in the course of a few days been signed by 2,000 inhabitants of that parish. There was but one feeling in that locality—a hope that his Lordship would be pleased to withdraw the contemplated measure. Lord J. RussELL—l wish to say, in the first in stance, my Lord Mayor and gentlemen, that I think from what I have seen reported of the proceedings at public meetings on this question (and what has passed here to day has confirmed me in the opinion), that the objections which are made—most conscientious objections to be sure, and very much to be respected —have been made against a supposed measure, being very often made by the fears and apprehensions of the persona objecting, and very often derived from mere rumours, and not against the measure that is proposed by the Post-office authorities. I have received various letters and other statements containing these objections. Here (producing several papers) are some of them. A person whom we all respect writes to me and says, " It is intended to open the Post-office upon Sundays." I have an other letter here which says, "It is intended to com mence Sunday labour in the Post-office." A third says, " The clerks in the Post-office have been ordered to attend on Sundays the same as on other days." A fourth allegation to me was that " London letters would be all received and sorted, and hence would arise a demand for a Sunday delivery." A fifth, " that the number of letters to be read and sorted on Sundays would be 200,000." Now, I quite own to you that there has been a very general feeling—yen may call it unanimous—against this measure ; but it has been founded entirely upon allegations of the nature that I have just stated. With regard to open ing the Post.office upon Sundays, the meaning of which is that it is intended to collect and deliver let ters the same as upon other days— The Bishop of LONDON—No such statement, I as sure your Lordship, has been made at any meeting which I have attended, so far as I am aware. The LORD MAYOR—At the time I had the honour of writing to your Lordship it was so supposed ; but in order to put myself right at the meeting over which I presided, I called upon Mr. Hill in reference to it, and I explained to the meeting the exact nature of the proposition. Lord J. RUSSELL—Very well. Then, in the first place, it was agreed there was no such proposition ? Mr. MASTERMAN—No proposition that the Post office should be bound to deliver. The Bishop of LONDON—It is agreed, my Lord, there is no such intention ; but it is equally agreed that the proposition must inevitably lead to it. Lord J. Russzur—Tbat is quite another question. Mr. MASTERMAN—We are all agreed as to that being the effect, my Lord. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—That is ex plained by what Mr. Masterman, I think, has been made to say elsewhere—that if there is a distribution of letters in the country on the Sunday, London must have one SISO. Lord J. RusslLL—The next allegation is, that "It is intended to commence Sunday labour in the Post office," it being supposed to be the case that there is no Sunday labour there already. Mr. MASTERMAN—We do not say, my Lord, that Sunday labour will be " commenced, but "in creased." Lord J. RUSSELL—Yes, but I am only saying that these are the allegations in letters sent to me, asking me to put a stop to this measure of the Post-office authorities. This allegation, then, is not so, because there is Sunday labour at the Post-office already, of one sort or another, and clerks have always been em ployed there. The third allegation is, that the clerks in the Post-office have been ordered to attend on Sundays, the same as upon other days. But here is an allegation made at the meeting over which your Lordship-presided which is very important, because it shows the misapprehensions that have prevailed. It is that London letters would be all received and sorted, and hence would arise a demand for a Sunday delivery in consequence of the 200,000 letters re- A very influential deputation, representing all classes, from all parts of the metropolis, waited yes terday, by appointment, on Lord John Russell, at the Treasury, Downing-street, to convey to his Lordship, and the Government of which he is the head, the re monstrances made at numerous public meetings against the proposed plan to forward country letters through the London Post-office on Sundays. There were present at the deputation :—The Lord Mayor, the Bishop of London, Mr. W. Cotton, R. C. L. Bevan, Esq., Mr. Powles, J. D. Paul, Strand, banker ; Rev. Robert Bickersteth, incumbent of St. John's Church, Clapham; Rev. John Phillip Gill, St. Mary's, Bryanstornsquare ; Rev. J. T. Baylee, Dr. Greville, Edinburgh, secretary of the Scottish Sab bath Alliance; Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. Alderman Sidney ; Rev. Daniel Wilson, vicar of Islington ; Rev. Charles Baring, rector of All Souls (and the churchwardens), Marylebone; Joseph Wilson, Esq., John Masterman, Esq. ; Rev. John Hanableton, minister of the Chapel of Ease, Islington; Daniel Hazard, Esq., and Robert Atkinson, Esq., church- wardens of Islington ' • Charles Pott, Esq., Thomas B. Simpson, Esq, J. H. Shears, Esq., E. Palmer, Esq., and D. Couty, Esq., of the borough of South wark. The deputation were received in the library, at the Treasury, at one o'clock, by Lord John Russell, who was accompanied on the occasion by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Marquis of Clanricarde, Post master-General. The LORD MAYOR then, addressing his Lordship, said :—My Lord John Russell, you are no doubt aware that we have come here to present you, as the head of the Government, with a number of petitions, very numerously signed and agreed to at various pub. lie meetings, held in the c ity o f L on d on , i n West minster, in Southwark, in Marylebone, in Islington, and in various churches and chapels, the names of which his Lordship recapitulated, and also introduced to his Lordship the various members of the deputa tion. His Lordship then cont;ntted—l can only state, so far as regards this deputation, that if we were not convinced it would be more convenient to your Lord ship to receive a small deputation, I am sure the city of London would have come here en mane ; and ro far as I am myself concerned, I hope you will permit me to say that it would have been much more gratifying to me, as it respects your Lordship, if I had come here with a memorial of congratulation rather than with a petition of remonstrance. But I can assure your Lordship that this petition has not been occasioned by the slightest degree of party feeling—(" Hear, hear," from the other members of the deputation)—and further, as I have been connected with meetings held in London for many years past, I can assure your Lordship that I never saw a meeting more unanimous in every respect. There was but one feeling evinced —of regret at the measure being proposed—and a sincere hope expressed that your Lordship would put a stop to it. It is not necessary for me to call your Lordship's attention to the serious inconvenience of putting in motion a great commercial community like that of the city of London. I know your Lord ship will tell me that you do not intend to do that ; but 3 our Lordship w ill 'allow me to say that, if the nature of the new regulations be such as to allow of parties in the country receiving communications, which the citizens of London do not obtain, it must ultimately lead to jhe opening of the Post-office in this great commercial community. Then we see that no parties are calling for this measure. No part of the country has called for the opening of the London Post-office, and, therefore, we think that any question of revenue, if any revenue is expected to be derived from it, ought not to be put in competition with the sacred obligations which we all of us owe to preserve inviolate the Sabbath-day.—(Heer, hear.) lam sure it must be unnecessary to urge this upon your Lordship's attention, for I know that you have taken this step only from a sense of public duty ; but when you see the feeling, not only in London, but through out the coutry which this measure has evoked, I know your Lordship will consider whether any small ad vantage of this sort that may be gained by the mea sure is to be set against the strong and earnest feeling of the country that has been arrayed against it. I do not know that it is necessary for me to say more; there are other friends who have felt it their duty to attend here, and who will no doubt strengthen and confirm my observations; and I have only to repeat my conviction, not only from what has taken place before your Lordship, but from all I have beard —and I have heard a great deal on the subject—that the general feeling of the country is decidedly against the measure, and that, if time permitted, or if it was not thought that your Lordship would kindly listen to the prayer of these memorials, I am quite sure the feeling would not stop in London, but would spread all over the country. The Bishop of LONDON (who was heard most in distinctly by the reporter) said he had never in the course of his experience seen so perfect a unanimity of public feeling on any great question as had been exhibited on this Post -office measure. As the bishop of the diocese, he implored his Lordship not to press the contemplated measure, which he was convinced from the bottom of his heart must lead to the most injurious results in reference to the religious character of the country. lle entreated his Lordship not to give it his final sanction. He thought some delay might take place for consideration, and in order that the general feeling of the country might be fully ascer tained. He was satisfied, from what had already taken place on the question of the proposed Post office measure, that the universality of feeling which had been shown wherever the subject was discussed would fall far short of the expression of feeling that would take place if the object were not abandoned. He had paid great attention to the subject of the ob servance of the Sabbath, and had watched with great anxiety the improved feeling that had grown up in reference to cessation of labour on the Lord's-day, and his fear was that this improved feeling would be driven back by the proposed measure, and he there fore earnestly entreated his Lordship to listen to the memorials that had been presented to him. Mr. MASTERMAN, M.P., had great pleasure in accompanying the Lord Mayor and the Bishop of London on this occasion. He believed the feeling of the whole community was unanimous against the Post-office measure, and he earnestly hoped his Lordship would not let the statement go forth that it was to be persisted in, and so stir up the feelings of the whole community upon a subject which they considered involved the desecration of the Sabbath. No person had asked for the proposed alteration, and as to the excuse that it would relieve a few country post-offices, and that it would be throwing much off one, and less on the other, he for himself would advo cate the total cessation of post-office duties through out the country on the Sunday.--(Hear.) A Member of the Deputation had obtained some returns of the difference which the proposed plan would make in the hours during which the Post ottce people in the country were and would be em ployed on the Sunday. He found that in Buckingham the postmaster, was employed eight hours; under the new regulations he Would be employed also eight hours. In Chester the time was 15 hours, under the proposed plan it would be 14 hours, At Coventry it was hours, and would be 16 ;at Dover six hours and it would still be the same ; in Hereford 13 hours, which time would be reduced to 10; at Norwich 121 hours, and the same time would still be required ; at Rochester 14 hours, which would not be decreased. He thought these facts proved that the amount of relief to be afforded to the country postmasters would be extrenaely small, and not sufficient to justify, if such a consideration could justify, a breach of prin ciple. The question was, whether a total cessation of Sunday labour at the Post office might not be securest—(WWear.) lie had been with Mr. Rowland Hill on the subject, and that gentleman admitted to him that it was possible to adopt arrangements for effecting it. Mr. POWLES said that the communication with Paths wits now nearer to us in a commercial sense than Liverpool was 40 years ago. The United States could be communicated with in one-half the time, and we had four communications during the,month ; the West Indies and a large portion of South America could be reached in half the time it formerly was, and we had now two communications in the month with those places ; the East Indies were communicated with in one-third of the time occupied thirty or forty years since ; and the Mediterranean, Spain, and Portugal in half the time. All our large towns had four deliveries per day—two from London, and two from other parts ; and he must say, that, with the increased facilities of communication, there was no pretence whatever of keeping the London Post -office open on the Lord's-day. He was a short time since in one of the northern towns, where an eminent merchant said to him, " We have no peace for the arrivals and departures of the mails. We have four deliveries every clay ; and no sooner is one post dispatched, than another arrives." And he (Mr. Fowles) took the liberty of saying, as a merchant of this city, that with the frequency of post-office com munication now enjoyed, the proposition of opening the General Post- office on the Sundays, and, in fact, saying that men of business should not be at rest for twenty-four hours, was not a tenable one. Mr. COTTON, late Governor of the Bank of Eng land, had communicated with all classes of people on [PRICE SD. ceived. That allegation struck me very forcibly. I thought at the time it must have been a misappre hension of the nature of the measure of the Post master-General. It was made, however, by a gen tleman at the meeting over which your Lordship presided. The LORD MAYOR—Yes; I think it was made by Mr. Labouchere. Lord J. RUSSELL—I cannot help thinking that if all the letters collected were brought to the Post office, and sorted by the clerks upon Sundays, that such a measure might lead to a demand for a Sunday d:divery ; for persons might say " all these letters have gone there, they may as well be delivered." But that is not the measure at all. The measure is to receive only the letters which are sent on Friday and Saturday, as the case may be, or which pass through London upon the Saturday, and forward them so that they may be received at their destina tions on Monday. The original proposal was, that some of these letters should be sent on early upon Sunday—so early, that at Edinburgh and other distant parts they might he received on Monday morning; but that part of the measure has been altered. The measure now is to receive only letters that are to be forwarded upon the Sunday, and to forward them upon the Sunday evening, so that they will reach at some time upon the Monday or the Tuesday, as the case may be, their destination in distant parts. This allegation, therefore, which has been stated at some meetings—public meetings, and in various letters to me —appears to some extent to have been the foundation of this movement.—(No.) Mr. MASTERMAN—No, not that ; but the fact that there must be an increase of Sunday labour in the Post-office. Lord J. RUSSELL—AIIow me to go on, if you please. I have listened to the statements made to me by the deputation ; and if you will please to allow me, I will now make mine. —(Hear, hear.) The mea sure, then, is not what it was supposed to be. It is not a measure which, as I conceive, tends at all to the delivery of letters upon the Sunday. Then comes the question with regard to violating the sanctity of the Sabbath, to which' the Lord Mayor properly alluded, and which has been the foundation of these objections. But I suppose you will hardly say that the Sabbath is to be kept only in London • or that the employment of a gr ea t amoun t of labour on Sundays, in different parts of the country, is not a violation of the sanctity of the Sabbath, just as much as if it were employed in London.—(Hear, hear.) I suppose nobody would say that the sending of a mail carriage, which is now the case, from the Eastern Railway across to the North-Western Railway, or other convenier,cas of that sort, which employ a num ber of persons, if it is not necessary, is not just as much a violation of the sanctity of the Sabbath as if it were actually done in London.—(Hear, hear.) I pointed that out in the letter I had the honour of writing to the Bishop of London, who naturally takes up the case of the Post-office clerks of London. As was considered by the Postmaster-General, he, at least, will not say it does not signify what amount of labour we direct on Sunday in the country, there is no violation of the Sabbath there ; but that if it is done in London, the Sabbath is violated.—(No, no.) That is a proposition which, I say, cannot be maintained. Then the question is not now certainly—whether we can put off all work in the Post-office on Sundays. That is a very serious question, which involves many very important considerations. It involves conside rations which are not merely matters of business, be cause the letters that are sent throughout the country by means of the Post office, are not merely upon com mercial or banking affirirs; it involves considerations affecting the dearest domestic interests of a great num ber of other persons. For instance, a person may not send letters through to London upon the Saturday beoause they are not delivered upon Sunday, nor will he write upon Sunday; so that no letters would be received on Monday, or not till late on Monday night. Suppose, then, a person writing to say that one of his relations was ill, and that the relation requested his sister or mother to come down to see him; anything of that nature, of the dearest value with reference to domestic affections and domestic relations, would, in such a case, be suspended for two days in the week instead of one. This is a very important question, which we are not to consider now. The question therefore is, whether, upon the whole, as you agree we are to consider the Sabbath not with relation to London alone, but with regard to London and the country—whether, upon the whole, this measure is an increase of Sunday labour ? Now, the statement made to me by the Postmaster-General is, that many of the measures he has undertaken, and many of which have been carried into effect, have tended very much to diminish Sunday labour; and it is his opinion that this measure, if carried into effect, will, upon the whole, be &diminution of Sunday labour. Several Members of the Deputation—No, no. Lord J. RUSSELL—That, at least, is his statement made to me. That is his opinion; and I think you will agree that the question is not to be decided by such statements as those to which I have referred— statements which have no foundation, but by in quiries such as those which the reverend gentleman who had just spoken (the Rev. Mr. Baylee) has made, to see what the labour is which is now - done upon Sunday in the provincial offices, and what it will be under this measure. The reverend gentleman has shown, in several cases—supposing his statements to be quite correct—that there will be instances where fourteen hours labour upon the Sabbath will be re duced to eleven ; where twelve hours labour will be reduced to nine, and other instances of that sort o f cr chane. I think you will admit that a diminution of labour to the extent of three hours upon the Sunday in a great number of provincial offices—many hundreds—must be, upon the whole, a dimunition of Sunday labour. Mr. BAYLEE—True, my Lord. But there is no ne cessary connexion between a diminution of labour upon Sundays in the provincial post-offices, and an increase of Sunday labour in the London Post-office. Lord J. RMELL-With regard to that there is this point to be considered, which, I think, has not been referred to—namely, the amount of letter. writing upon Sunday. A person who is going to write, say from Dover, upon tho Saturday night, would say, " there is no chance of my letter going on, therefore I will reserve my letter for Sunday." Accordingly, we find the increase of letters coming into London on the Monday morning is very great, because they are now written upon the Sunday instead of being written upon the Saturday ; and thereby a very great increase is occasioned to the labour of the provincial offices. Mr. BEVAN—But your Lordship will forgive me for observing, that if all country post-offices were closed upon the Sunday all the letters would be put in on Saturday.—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. Russam.—That is quite a different ques tion. If it were for the general convenience and ad vantage of the country to shut up the post-offices upon Sunday, in every part of the country as well as in London, I quite admit if that could be done it would be a very great advantage for the observation of the Sabbath.—(Hear.) Whether the nature of post office communication is such as to admit of it I will not pretend to say ; but I am pointing out to you that there are communications to be made by the Post office, which are often communications of very great importance. A man near Southampton is suddenly ordered to embark with his regiment, and he wishes to see his wife or his sister before he goes. If for two days in the week the Post-office is to be closed, there is no chance of his seeing them. There are many things of that kind constantly occurring, which would require much consideration before any such measure could be adopted. Mr. BEVAN—There is the electric telegraph, my Lord. In such cases, that could be used. Lord J. RUSSELL—I am much obliged to you for mentioning that. A great part of the objections to the proposed measure go, I think, upon the ground that there are certain means and advantages of com munication now which would be left untouched by the Sunday closing of the Post office. There is the electric telegraph, as lam properly reminded. If_ . it person is rich enough to go to the Electric Teleg ra p h office, and pay his 15e. or 163. to get a messag® con veyed, of course he will get it conveyed . So, in the same way, if a person gets new s at Sham news at Maidstone or Do ver, oofut somet h ing ptont or very important for a commercial specu lation, he sends it to L ondon on payment of a shillin g by parcel ; it is received here, and upon payment of another shilling it goes down to the part of the coun try where the speculation is to be entered upon, and thus his purpose is answered. With regard to the rich, therefore, there might possibly be no very great disadvantage in such a measure as closing the Post office for two days in the week. But with regard to the poor—when you come to them and ask them, " Will you go and spend your 15s. or 163 to send your message by the electric telegraph, or Is. or 2s. to send it by parcel ?" their answer must be, "We are quite unable to afford it." Therefore Ido hope, in considering questions of this kind, you will take into your consideration the necessities of the poor as well as the means and the conveniences of the rich. I know it is said that the measure has not been recom mended to us. But it is a measure that was recom mended by two commissions which sat upon the Post office; and it was also recommended by a Committee of the House of Commons. The Post master General, therefore, had the minute drawn up by Mr. gill whisk has to day appeared LI the newspapers, his'opinion being that, upon the whole, there would be great convenience to many parts of the country by it, and that Sunday duty or labour, upon the whole, would be diminished ; and upon that recommendation of his it has been sanctioned, and it is proposed to be carried into effect. The Postmaster- General can state better than I can in what way he considers that will be the case. All 1 can say, then, is, that I believe the opposition made to this measure has been founded, not upon misrepresentation—l will not say that—but upon misapprehension as to the effect of it; and I own I particularly refer to the statement made by Mr. Labouchere, which struck me much at the time, as containing very grave facts which now turn out to he totally unfounded, as one instance of those misapprehensions. Several members of the deputation here asked for a short delay of the measure. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE —lt is only respectful 'to the deputation that I should say a few words upon a matter in which they are so greatly interested. I can assure the deputation there is nobody respects more deeply than I do the feeling which has given rise to their coming here to-day. Undoubtedly the sub ject has agitated the metropolis strongly; and there fore, I assure them, that if I did net think it was founded upon a misconception of the facts, and a total ignorance of the real state of the case at issue, I, for one, would be most anxious to give way to hat feeling, although my reason might be quite uncon vinced by the special arguments used against it. The fact is, the measure seems to me totally misunder stood.—(No, no.) That, at all events, is my opinion. I agree with Mr. Masterman, it is no answer to these who ask for a total cessation of the Post-office upon the Sunday, to urge, for defence, this special plan; but the cessation of Post-office labour altogether upon Sundays is a question not competent for the Post office or the Government to decide without the inter vention of Parliament, because the Act of Parliament makes it imperative upon the Post-office to forward letters without delay. Ido not say whether it would be advisable or not to alter that, or upon the proposi tion that is made; but I call attention to the fact that that was not the question under my consideration. The question that was under my consideration was, the general diminution, throughout the country, of labour in the Post-office upon Sundays. Ido not wish to complain of anything that has been said about the Post-office authorities or myself. I know that a public man, in the execution of a public duty, is liable to be misunderstood, and to have his motives misconstrued as well as his acts ; but, at the same time, I must take the liberty of saying that there has been more done to lessen the labour of the department upon Sundays since I have been in office than was ever done before.—(Hear, hear.) I have always endeavoured to do it.—(Hear.) Undoubtedly there has been a great amount of Sunday labour put a stop to. It has been done as quietly as possible, and therefore it has attracted little or no attention, nor indeed was it wished that it should attract attention. In considering the diminution of Sunday labour, we found this, practi ca lly s p ea ki ng , wou ld b e the effect of the proposed arrangement. Some gentlemen seem to disagree in this opinion, but my own experience bears me out, and I do not think any person who has gone much about England can differ from me in this —hat in many instances letters are written not upon the Saturday, but upon the Sunday, because they would lie the whole day in the post-office. That, I must say, is a fact I never heard disputed before. It is not only demonstrable by returns from the country post-offices, but it is notorious; and these are nut merely letters upon mercantile business, but the letters and correspondence of the public generally. I have been advised, by the best sources of information within my reach, that undoubtedly the passing of letters through London will put estop to a great deal of corre spondence on Sunday, that letters will be written upon Saturday. Thus there will be a great diminu tion of letters in the offices on Sunday. All the sur veyors in the different districts allude to it as a matter that will give relief to the offices in their district ; to some it will be more, and to some it will be less; but, as I have said, all state it will undoubtedly relieve the country offices. And it is hardly possible to see how it can be otherwise. Mr. Baylee has stated that a certain number of offices would be relieved upon Sun day, but that would be for a very few hours. Now, it is not only the number of hours that are to be taken into consideration, but the time of it. It is quite evident that three or four hours' relief, at the time of divine service, may make a great difference in the labour of a particular office. But I should say that the time put by the Rev. Gentleman is much under stated. The facts could only have come from the postmasters, and probably also some from clerks. What makes me more convinced that there is great misapprehension as to this measure, is what has been stated in this room by Mr. Cotton and the Rev. Mr. Wilson, in reference to the districts of Islington, Whitt ch vel, and Southwark. 'Why the people of Islington, or Southwark, or Whitechapel will have no more increase of business upon Sunday in con sequence of this measure than if the letters passed through the French Post-office. It will not be felt by any one of them. Talk of opening the Post office ! The Post-office is open now, and it will not be opened one bit the more! There is no question of principle involved in it in this respect ; but there is a great question of principle involved in stopping all the post-offices in the country upon Sunday, as Mr. Masterman puts it. It is a question whether twenty-five clerks, as at present, or fifty, shall be em ployed ; and when Mr. Bevan says it is important that men should not be employed who are averse, upon principle, from Sunday labour, he forgets that the principle is the same whether the men are em ployed one Sunday in five or one Sunday in three. The hours make no difference. But this is entirely a matter of detail, and I cannot understand it other wise; I can only say that, according to the best re ports we can get from all the surveyors, the aggregate opinion is, that the employment of twenty-five addi tional clerks upon Sunday for the same hours as they are now employed, and no more, will be a great re lief. In fact, the hours will not be after nine in the morning; then again between five and seven; so that they are quite exclusive of the hours of divine service. This is our opinion. We may be wrong in point of fact ; but it is not fair to say we want to desecrate the Sabbath when we wish to afford a great conve nience throughout all the offices in the country. It is a certain fact that wealthy merchants have, upon many occasions—l have it from un doubted authority—parcels sent express between the great towns and London for information, because the post does not go. Surely the post going on those days, no letters being delivered till Monday morning, would be no desecration of the Sabbath. This was intended to be accompanied with other measures that might probably give rise to considerable discontent in the towns of the country if no boon such as the pre sent were given. I have a list I could read, in oppo sition to the list which Mr. Baylee has read, of such towns in all the districts except one. In some towns there were two, three, and four deliveries going on now on Sundays, which will all be reduced to one single delivery on that day. I say that will be an immense relief to the letter-carriers in those localities. We intend to close all the offices from ten to five on Sunday, except for the actual dispatch of mails,which it is impossible to prevent; and to abolish Sunday rural cross posts and some mails which are expressly kept up on Sundays. There is one post always kept up between the east and west of England, which runs on no other day but Sunday. That we shall put a stop to, but I am told it is impossible to do so without giving r . ise to great inconvenience and serious loss to several important interests, unless we allow the mails to come through London on Sundays. That is a boon. I say, then, whatever may be the result of this measure, it was intended to diminish Sunday labour. lam convinced it will do so. If I thought it would not I would give way at once ; but I must say, nothing I have yet heard has at all satisfied me it will not di minish Sunday labour. The Rev. Mr. BAYLEE—The Post-office may be viewed in two aspects—London and the country ; the one open and the other shut; but your Lordship may say that labour is to some extent now carried on in the metropolis. We admit, however, that, as in a private, so in a public establishment, the Divine command requires some labour to be done on that day ; but now you are about to alter the two aspects of the Post-office, and instead of altering them so as to assimilate the country to the metropolis, you alter them co as, to a small extent, to assimilate the metro polis to the country . That is our g ro und of opposi tion. As to the intricacies of the question, and the relief said to be afforded to the country, I must con fess that these considerations have not altered my opinion. Mr. WlLSON—Besides, as to the officials now em ployed, if I am rightly informed, the plan of opening the bags on Sundays was introduced during the time of the war, when it was of the utmost importance that Government shculd receive the earliest information. If I understand rightly, the bags are only opened now to give their letters to Ministers and the Foreign Ambassadors, who I think ought to submit to the postal regulations of this country. We are perfectly sure, my Lord, that if this measure goes on, the prin ciple cannot stop here; it will lead to a general deli very upon the Sunday. The Bishop of LONDON—AIIow me to say one word. It is said that an imputation has been assigned to the authorities of the Post-office, that they intend afterwards to have a delivery of letters in London. Now I have not heard that imputation anywhere assigned; but I believe that it will lead to a delivery of letters in London ; and for this reason, because this is the commencement of additional labour in the Post office for the sake of a small convenience. Your Lordship may perhaps be aware that, about thirteen years ago, a design was entertained of opening the London ost office for a general delivery of letters on Sunday. I remember that I then took a very active part in remonstrating against the measure ; and the design, if it was entertained at that time, was relin quished. Therefore, though there may be no into _ LI) I o) 2 1 3 V) 4 ileen. ist to ipoon last min. D. M. over. . Ro f, by y nes Brus Bs P. 'eter, Mrs. uare, ir, of hire, conhi late Hos of Tru )les- lase, nien, rard r to re of son, 8012,