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' %►~ r- // ae_ # Q, SALE BY AUCTION. In. th anc ery. —" Spickernell v. Hallam ."—Shotover-honse , five miles from Oxford. MESSRS. FAREBROTHER, CLARK, and LYE respectfully inform the public that the SALE of the CONTENTS of the above MANSION will commence on MONDAY next, October 22, at 12 o'clock pre iseiy, continuing for seven days, in the following order : First Day, Monday, the 22d of October, 1855.—The ser- Neice of plate, plated articles, and the wardrobe of bed and table lino. Second Day, Tuesday, the 23d of October, 1855.—The fur niture of the upper bed-rooms, Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4 ; state bed-chamber and dressing-room, dining-room, entrance ball and stairs ; the valuable orga n, in oak case, suitable for a church or chapel ; oriental and other china dinner and des sert services, &c., glass, room adjoining library, &c. Third Day, Wednesday, the 24th of October, 1855.—Tbe furniture of the upper bed-rooms, Nos. 9 and 10 ; principal bed-chamber, No. 4, and dressing-room ; gallery • the King's state bed-chamber and dressing-room, and domestic offices. Fourth Day, Thursday; the 25th of October, 1855.—The library of books and manuscripts, formed upwards of a cen tury since by James Tyrrell. the historian. Fifth Day, Friday, the 26th of October, 1855. Small cel lar of choice wines, the valuable collection of pictures, ancient tapestry, &c. Sixth day, Monday, the 29th of October, 1855.—Furniture of the upper floor bed-rooms, Nos. 5,6, 7, and 8 ; principal bed-chambers, Nos. 1 and 2, and dressing-rooms ; the swoon; collection of old Nankin, Japan, Dresden, and other porce lain ; ornamental items, &c. Seventh Day, Tuesday, the 30th of October, 1855.—The farming stock and out-door effects. May be viewed To-morrow and Saturday, 19th, and 2:ith October. Catalogues (2s. each) to be had on the premises ; at the Star Hotel, Oxford ; and of the following solicitors — Messrs. ;Willoughby, 4, Lancaster -place, Strand ; Messrs. Brace and Colt, 24, Surrey-street, Strand ; Messrs. Gregory and Son, Clement's-inn ; Messrs. Plueknett and Adams, 17, Lincoln's-inn-fields ; William Gray, Esq., York and at the offices of „Messrs. Farebrother, Clark, and Lye, Lancaster. place, Strand. U NITY JOINT STOCK MUTUAL BANKING ASSOCIATION. APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL MANAGER. The Court of Directors have to intimate that the final arrange- Ments of the Bank. previously . to the commencement of business, are about being concluded. The appointment of General Manager has not yet been made. The Directors are now therefore ready to receive and consider applica tions from rnflemen of Practical B inking and Corn nercial ex ie- Vence, capoble of undertaking the responsibilities and duties apper taining to that most important position. The aim of the Directors is to secure the services of a first-class Manager, to whom - they will be willing to give handsome terms. He must be e man of great energy, sound kidgment, ilrmne.s in business, and thoroughly versed in all the necessary details incidental to the successful management of a Rank. It 14 necessary that applications shoed contain the name and address of the writer, together with testimonials as to experience, ability, &c., and be addressed to the Court of Director% at the princi- Pal Offices of the Bank, Unity Ruildings, 10, Cannon-street. City. By order. HENRY LAKE, Secretary. Principal'Offlces, Unity Buildings, 10, Cannon street, City, October, 15, :855. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Founded A.D. 1815. Upon the Principles of purely Mutual Assurance. The INVESTED FUND or CAPITAL arising from the accumu lation of Premiums, and which benngs exclusively to the Assured, llow exceeds TWO MILLIONS EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERL IN G. During the last seventeen years alore, Assnrances have been effected with the OM •e to the amount of more than MOUT MIL LIONS SIX HUNDRED THOUS AND POUNDS, being, on an average, upwards of HALF A %II GIJON sTERTA NG in each _Year ; and notwithstanding th e active co mpetition am ng the nume rous Life Assurance Institutions existing and c nstantl, springing P. and the great inducements. in the shape of comm salon, offered b y many of them for the introdu - ti n of business, the Society have obtained the large and steady business above Indicated, without to my e% tent altering their practice of allowing remuneration, at a lel. and reasonable rate, to the Lccal Agents only, —no Commission b eing offered or given to thi•d parties. The representatives of vari us Original al embers of the Society Who have died within the last few years, have received in .ionus Additions more than the Sums originally assured by the respective Polieies. Porms of Proposal, PrO93eCtUSCS, and all necessary information, T ray he had on application at the Head Office, or at any of the various *gencies in the three Kingdoms. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM: LINDESAY, Secretary. IiRAD Orvics--Edinburgh, 5, St. And .e .v-square, Silth September, 1855. LONDON WONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq., Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple David Hill, Esq., East India douse John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing, Esq., Chairman of Brighton Railway Sir John Thomas firkgs, Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office John Taylor, jun , Esq., C.E., Queen-street -place LONDON AND TISC SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh WKean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain'R. S. Ridge. 49, Pali Agent for the West End District Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street AGENT ROE kNIORTSSRIDGE AND PIMLICO DISTRICT. James Harris, Estate agent, 29, Lower Belgrave-street, Eaton square. A MERICAN CLOCKS.—A New Stock of .1 - 11- these Cheap and Splendid TIM E-PIECES just received, from 4s. to 2( . 5: each, at the AMERICAN WAREHOINE, No. 546, New Oxford-street. All put up and warranted to keep good time. Also, the Amer can Trunk or Traveling Case, American Axes and Hatchets of all kinds, . - arpet Brooms, Leather Cloth, Pails, Tub*, Rocking Ch irs, Indiarubber Dolls, &c.—all cheap and useful to those favouring us with a call. STAR PACKETS from the TERRACE PIE R GRAVESEND, 9,2, 5. tiLACKWALL, on ire 4 , riv. fe'l it owing Trains from Fenchurch-stree , :0%, 2, :IX , we_ ther per- The frig. The Packets will call at the Rosherville, Greenhiths, Purfleot, Mid North Woolwich? ers. A- s , t —0nd0n.......... 101. .. Is. Gravesend and Blackwall or Wco l wich Bd, .. Os. 'rt .. Erith and London ••••• • • • • • •• • • •• .. Os. Rid firith and Blackwall or W001wich...... 6d. .. 03. Sd bet 'Aten aniv•Rend and Entermedi ate P , ers.. 6d. .. Us Oetoher 9, tam. TO LOVERS OF FISH.-100 GENUINE YARMOUTH BL')ATER for 63.. vackage included. T OSE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP CONTRACT FOR TEAMS OF HORSES FOR DEVONPORT AND KEYHAM. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 16th October, 1855. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 30th instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Per •ons as may be willing to contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyard at Devonport and KeybaM with ARTICLE OF FOOD Certa... 16 mon 16 moa he de ed ~~ re to -29i — h, 61 I. 3d., LI and tto, (York been Dakar. 3ians, ming. iness ;ered. 641 were hares f ,rvrarded to all parts, on receipt of penny postage stamps 0rP.0.0. . ( P r eferred). Send full and plain direction, county, and nearest sta. ."°n• —Address THOS. LETT'S. jun., Fish Curer, Gt. Yarmou.h. "This is the third season Mr. Lettis has supplied us with Tar t:south bloaters, and we find the coality excellent.—J. Brashowe. house steward; 131enheim Fame. --Oct. 20, 1854." " Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out your genuine bloaters, snail be glad to have a b-upply as usual; those I had last year gave great satisfaction.—:l. F. Courroux, Ambassador's Court, St. James's Palace.--Oct. 1, 1855." JOZEAU7S COPAHINE, or SACCIIARATED CA:Pi:43I;ES, approved of by the r'rench College of Physiciam, al iccessfully admlnist,red In the Paris and London Hospitals, and ac knowledged by them ha he the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cation.—Frice per 100, 48.6 d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the investor, A BRIEL JOZEAII, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and ill the principal chemists. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAITRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. The following Idosic will be performed by his celebrated Band during the week : March aux Fiamheaux. Waltzes -The Lily Of the Valley (D'Albert), Zephir Lufre (Gung'l), Fenella (Tinney). Ethel Newcome (Laurent), La Sultana (I3osisio). Quadrilles—Le 'tot du Pastel (Lamotte), Les Hugenots (Laurent), Palermo (D'Al bert),.,, Bride of Lammermoor (Tinney), 11 Trovatore ( I utton). rolkas_D es Hulands (Lamotte), Halle (Gaviolo), The Lillian (D'Al- I ZI), Des Conceits (Bowgpiet), The Zoaaves (Laurent). Galops— aue Inti , crial Guards (Laurent), The Hecla (Streather). Schottische 4 " - LaGuirlande de Fleurs (Bo3quet), La Varsoviana (Laurent). Prin erstPal Cornet Piston, M. Bouleours.—Doors open at 8 . Admission Otto Shilling. . IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and Franklin the 11th June following was made ocrpetual, against Joseph and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou- B and Pounds, from lmitatinz this Medic'ne, which is protected by ,„ 0 3 , al Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seali of the ccole de rharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Pitman. TRTESEMAR, No. 1, t a remedy for Relax a t ion . S perma t orr h ma , an d E x h aus ti on of th e System, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons wh o are p revente d enter i ng t h e marr i e d s t a t e by ttconsequences of early more it Is Invaluable. tRIR, rfectually, in the short spac E e of SEMA three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health Of a vast portion of the population. I'M ESE M AR, No. 3, Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whict unfortunately the Vnglish physician treat* with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all th, sarsaparilla In the world cannot remove. and reu 'ails- tern pro ,t by TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell and of. all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tahl Without their use beim , suspected. Bold in tin cases at 1 Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux, &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of John ton, 6A, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63. Oxford-street; and ganger, 1 'O, Ox ford-street ; R. R. Ingham, druggist, 46, ‘i arket-street, Manchester ; H. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin; Winnall, bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. mannall • 3 C. wife .Mes , in in. %del aria x th iill, the )go, , of M. TIM SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. lust published. price 25.. illustrated with asses; free by post f or 2 6 stamps, _ _ _ •- NER VOUS DEBILIT ir • 4-1 • Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on ‘ltatorrhcoa, wltb Practical Observations on a safer and ttuxeSaful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative 'Y4tem, obtained by the ace of the Microsco p e in detectin g and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect or e very variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, eice mea, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founder , (1 treaty years' experience in the treatme nt of Im p uissance. Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, gpermatorrhma. &c. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre viutionary hints on th e evils emanating from empirical Maim :', ll k on the esngemus remedies advocated by var i o us writers on t\ese important disorders. By SAMUEL LAWEBT M.D. E 7 , BEDFOIt1)-SQU A IE, LONDON, D3ctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin- Durikki, honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Sncieti. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London. to., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point not the fearful con- Sequences resulting frem certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, an) other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perrtsal is particularly r ecommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical Condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is ntitled:. It is absolutely necessary. that all men should know, that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed th e heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these nenaltieff ma y be mitigated, haw the sting of their bitterness may be removed, snd, how the evil and its consequences may se avoided, and above all, that there Is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functions , derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged In an extensive practice In the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of Ignorant funiirics, who inflict great injwy on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. ITERvOI7B DEBILITY May be had price e Wood and Co., be Oxford-street ; Messrs. Sher from the Author a residence. 37. Ben ;GMsterannr733, C H o anna -37: -o-f' rtillill: or free by post for I t erne , 19, Lcicest 2 e 3 ;-s P :ut i r rn e 26 atAmas to any address from • . end from 51X fordAmare. eleven till two At home . fo; ,cousultation dailY till eight. lone at reign, of 2a rather at full latter. prices. as ani ;B to 4s ,qually ritTICR. I to 392 to —a I to 48a to —a I to —a armers dvanee tamed de was ,wer of ,ies are • rates. as men- to '5 to 78 i 8 to 72 3 to 87 0 to 65 er Ton. 317 s 6d t 155 Od to 010 s • 001 Cle 00s Od to 80s s to Os 12115 e 145, 04 ~ non. 29 5 25 80 R oz. 17 9 0 0 4 11% 0 0 5 1 4t-oalas ch &tor certain t. 6 fly v. 15 v. lb certain ,Th.r at. Ic. daily 41-4 ,, ,j1v 15 16 11, ' hofmon 20 1c4b.1911, certain V. 15 No. 19,671.] TEAM.; OF HORSES. A form of the tender and the conditions of the contract may be seen at the said office. No tender ,ill he received after two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. . _ Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, ind bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Teams of Horses for Devonport and Keyham," and must also be delivered at .4 , ,merset-place. accompanied by a letter signed by twe responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 1,0001. for the due performance of the contract. 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 selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them 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 melodrima replete with startly positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to app ar auxiliaries ; and an ex . . ravaganza, in which all that seems to bo is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and 'ashionable 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. Ho believes that no professor of his art lias at any time or in Siiy place been honoured with an lmount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. He would attribikte 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 ON entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the (lay ; and thirdly, 'hat, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor 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 heatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in crest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to.,,the dangers which +nerd a belief in the superstitious nons6se of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's exposé 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 been 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, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this nubile exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his 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 =elution 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 ques tion 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 new in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is we 1-known throughout tbs Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2.000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum iu New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could 't brought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was efused. Hume on telling the fact in London lately, simply 4nd honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 21, an or phan, and in very bad health : but he would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He 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 ; hut, 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, be considers it tr. be time for him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In tho Morning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping 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 and Lord Brougham had their seance with the spirits in 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 hand, 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 sobject 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, will ho 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, October 13, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part I.—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 the 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 Reeueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, 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 out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and in 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 A tventures of a Wed ding Ring, 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'Emin do Verre ; or, the Casket of Crcestis. 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, locked, 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 tbe Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the /lard of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, nperi•onYe'''u' or any o th er w i ne or s pi r it requ i re d ; an d fi na lly ;ng to be fill e d w ith poc k e t h an dk erc hi e f s p er f ec tly d r y, and o c cupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. H a l f an Hour with the Writs • or, an Expose o Spirit-rapping. Introducing the 'Bp ' spirit-rapping table and f Spirit otheuinderg Act. 9. Grand tocsin of the i Mystic Amal g am, the Wizard's patrons will undergo in which the property of o . some strange metamor phoses, and, amongst transformed into the fia,,,f .their handkerchiefs become Eng land, France, Turkey, ande '''' ar,: l i ' n o i t a o , 7 — the banners of Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair Ole seats himself will be under the magic mus, in which he who spell, and appear to the audience, under circimastances east expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest • N u cleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend , o . r, the which the audience will have the goodness to obser ve , in an of the evening, the chest suspended (like mei, earlier part ommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will produced. Act. 1 2. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advant ages of the newly-discovered dig-terrestrial,passage from the west ern to the eastern hemisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7commence at 8, Private bores, it. lle. 6d. and 1/. is:, to be obtained at the Box-office, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress circle, 3s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit , ls. ; g allery, 6d. The Box-Office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per t formaneo vn Saturday. October 20, at 2 o'clock , Doors o p en at half-got 1. thf-h-e_ete 64attel / . 7 4 , 4 1 ' 7 , --. . •44. I+ ,100 .._____ ___. _ ~,, ;,,! • , .... v r, kti ,, , x , - , ~,„,o , k , 1, ',VI . 0111 • k it - . --.,. k . ,,N0 ., '''' P', l ,' s,' -. • ' '--- 1 , . =..- . k ~ \• 4 •-,:' ~. - -,-, . 't , ' f, .-:,, „,. ~:ti.t. . .i. • ~.. :,.,,- , ,_ ... . ' -"t ar ' -7. . LL ''. :4 ; ';.?„,,A gef ? , •—, ~. . , itc4 +4,, 0 , 1 4 i.7-,-.1,.r..14,,:ei [ PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• time about 900 of these institutions in the coun t ry, per haps rather more, all dating witnin the present century, most of them within the last 25 years. The pro bability was, that in many cases the quality of the teach ing imparted to them was insufficient. They were not what they ought to be, what they were meant to be, or what they might be made. The main reason was that circumstances bad materially changed since the time when they were first formed. Twenty years ago there were no public libraries or newsrooms, and the burden was thrown upon them, and they were expected to per form the most various functions, and supply a vast num bee of intellectual want.. Now the requirements of the times had changed. We had free public libraries, and a limited number of books were required. Newsrooms had also in many places been established, and found to answer. His lordship, in concluding, spoke in terms of congratulation of the present efficiency and future pro spects of the institution in whose honour they had that evening assembled. The speech was received with great en thusiasm.—Munchatter Examiner. COLONEL JEBB ON THE TICKET-OF LEAVE SYSTEM. The act which abolished transportation for terms under 14 years was passed in 1853. There were iu the different convict prisons in England at that time up wards of 6,000 convicts under sentences of transporta tim for seven and 10 years. It had previously been de termined that no more convicts should be sent to lirar. Dietnen's Land, and it wa , known th .t the email colony of Western Australia cowd only receive a small propor tion of them. Hence arose the question what was to be done with them. It must be remembered that thePe men had not been sentenced to imprisonment, but to transportation, and that the commutation of the ono sentence into the other was no new thing, but had long been a recognised prac tice. Until within a very recent period almost every convict who received a sentence of seven years' tranki portation was, as a matter of count, rer t to the hplk-4, wiwrice he war released with a free pardon at the expi ration of his sentenoi. In the years from 1343 to 1547 there were released no tuan 3,450 under such a commutation. Now, the difference between the practice which w)tainc.d at that time and the system which has been e , tahlished for carrying out the provisions of the 13th and 14th of Vic toria is this—that, instead of giving the men a free par don at the expiration of about half their time, they re ceive only a revocable pardon, which, in the terms of the act, is called a license, and is popularly designated a ticket•of leave. No one acquainted with the circumstances will con tend for a moment that these men should have been kept in prison, as a general rule, during the whole term to which they had been sentenced to transportation. The feeling of Parliament and of the highest authorities of the law on this point is conclusively shown in the pe riods of penal servitude set forth in the act as substi tutes for the sentences of transportation. For example, the ordinary minimum term of transportation was seven years, which is represented in the new act, by a mini mum of four years' penal servitude, and so on. From these considerations it will be apparent that if the Government had not the means of carrying into effect the sentences which had been passed upon the men referred to, and that they had completed such a period in prison as could, under all circumstances, be fairly con sidered an equivalent or commutation of their original sentences, they were justly entitled to their liberty. After due consideration of the existing regulations, and the hopes and expectations which had been held out of certain remissions of the period of detention in this country as a reward for industry and exemplary con duct, it was determined by the Secretary of State that a convict under seven years' transportation, whose con duct had been exemplary during the whole period of his confinement, should be eligible fur release on license at the expiration of three years ; and a convict under sen tence of ten years' transportation should, under like con ditions, be eligible in the minimum, period of four years. This decision was generally regarded by the convicts with more distaste than if the original sentence bad been left to take its course, for, in addition to a longer period of imprisonment, they were to remain under the restrictions of a license for the whole term to which they had been transported. It may be said that the former plan of getting rid of them entirely was better; but it has already been shown that, under the exigency of the colonies suddenly re fusing to receive more, there was no alternative but to release them at home, and the only question, as fir as the convicts are concerned, now is, whether it would have been just and proper to have broken faith with them entirely, by subjecting them to imprisonment dur ing a term which they had been led to expect they should pass with a ticket-of-leave in one of the c Monies, or to have released them of - er such a tern of confine went as was a fair comniu! at ion of their sentences. The fol Owing statement of the numbers already re leMed on license wou'il. I f ar, be calculated to increase the alarm which ham been felt, if it did nit at the sine time tend to induce tie belief, if not to prove, tha a large proportion of them have through their own Ex:rains and the benevolent aisietance which I tbarildn I iyacknowledge they bay, received entered upon an holiest course of in dustry : Between the Bth of October, 1853, and the present date. there have be, n relea-ed on license 3 629, avi' , 2: only abort 2,000 of the original windier now in England to be so released when they oecaine A regards sentences of penal servitude, it has been already explaine(i that the terms mentioned in the act boing, in the nature of a commutation of c,rrespowling terms of transportation, there does not exist the same, nor, indeed, any necessity why they should not be as bully carried out as any other sentences of imprisonmei.t. It is certainly indispensable iu any system of moral discipline to hold out encouragement to good conduct, and, though there may be no boon which c in he offered as equivalent to a remi,sion of the period of detention, it will, I trust, yet he possible to find some inducement to good behaviour and willing industry, the Secretary of State having determined that, aq a genercl rule, every convict shall serve out the whole period of his sentence of penal servitude. After the release, therefore, of the remainder of those who were under sentences for the shorter terms of trans portation at the time when the act passed its provisions, in regard to release on license, will be practically almost a dead letter. In adverting to the conduct of those who have already been released on license I may regret, in common with others interested in their fate, that so many cases of re lapse into crime have occurred ; but if there be matter for surprise it is the very small proportion that have done so. These men are entitled to a fair consideration •f the circumstances in which they have been placed. However good may have been the resolutions they may have formed during their confinement, or however much they may have dreaded being again within the grasp of the law, what were they to do if, on their discharge, every man's hand was against them, and they were unable to find the means of earning an honest livelihood ? Many instances have occurred where a relapse into crime has arisen from the great difficulties they have had to en counter in their search after employment. I have already stated that 3,629 men have been re leased. Of these only 96 licenses, or about 211 per cent., have been revoked. This, however, does not represent the number who have been convicted of crime. With a view to obtain information on this point the Secretary of State addressed a circular, dated Feb. 15, to the visiting magistrates of all gaols, requesting them to take measures for insuring the transmission to the Home-office of a report of every case of the re-committal of a license•holder to prison, stating the nature of the charge, ste. The total number of convictions up to the Bth of August, 1855, was 97, as shown in a return pre sented to the House of Lords ; and the number of such reports received up to the present date, including the 97 beforementioned, does not exceed 130. Among these are included the licenses revoked. Though these returns do not, probably, contain all that might be brought against the holders of licenses, as a class, I believe that a more rigid investigation would establish the fact that a far greater number thati might hay , • been generaliy anticipated are doing well for themselves. With reference to this point the information obtained by the governor= and chaplains of prisons concerning the men who have been under their charge has, 011 the whole, been wry favourable. The be,t data on which they have been enabled to form an opinion have been the applications for the balanco of gratuities due to them made by the men three months after their discha.,r.,.e,l'; wl,.ich will be a‘l in itt e d t o h ave b een the period of tb greatest difficulti es an d t r i a l s . In order to this should show, obtain. balance it is necessary they t o the satin hgerving the faction of the autho r iti e s, that they a" observing condition of their licenses, and are employed. This ap plication is requi re d t o be backed by a magistrate, clergyman, or other person on whom reliance can be placed. The following is a re tion received of convict balance of their gratuil to the 30th of June, 1" ,urn of the nature cf the inforr aa . w ho have th us a pp li ed for the les fromthe 30th of Jun e , 1 854, i 5 From Whom. o •••' gf.' t; 4 O 11 ".:, +, • m F. • Name of Prison. s.;‘, k° • . 4 2 C ••. S 'A el e., 03 g ----- 205 -- ••Portland .• ••• • • • 205 - - nil. 1i 55 . — portsm outh •• • • 18 3 32 178 4 132 2 , 1 3 • Dar tmoor 193 193 n il . 159 23 : 2 — 2 — 2 3 - 2 6 Stirling e a stleHulk 6 fi W ar rior Hulk 26 26 6 Defence 78 17 9 76 2 49 12 15 2 69e 684 6 4811 128 5 5 2 27 42 Noto.—The total number who had left a balance in the hands of the Governors was 960; 270, therefore, had not ap plied at the date of this return, the larger portion of whom had not been discharged the regulated period. I may add that hundreds of letters have been received confirmatory of the foregoing statements. In my report, dated the 27th of June, 1854, I thus expressed my opinion : " When a case of return to crime on the part of the holder of a license occurs it naturally attracts attention, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18. 1855. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the Booksellers, in 2 vols., MY EXILE IN SIBERIA. By ALEXA.NDER HERZEN. "These volume, as presenting the experiences of a patriotic and intellectual Russian in conflict with his Government, contain all the sources of popularity. They sparkle with clear thoughts and keel allusions; they are severe; they are ironical; they abound in ilius trations and inciden s, and free portraits of Imperial dignities, We gain from tti is narrative of persecution and exile a betteridea of the governing system of Russia than from any previous work. It is rich in curious and authentic detail."---Leader. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. MR. BARNES'S NEW WORK (Copyrielk i gb Just Published, 55., cloth, •"-* T HE WAY OF SALVATION. By the Rev. ALBERT BARNES. Revised by the Rev. E. HENDERSON, D.D., uniform with, " Cobbin's Edition" of Barnes's Notes. With Portrait of the Author. " To the sinner. whether awakened or the pent test, whether seeking pardon or rejoicing in it—to the thoughtfu', whether a believer or a sceptic—to the intelligent mind, of what ever class and under whatever circumstances, this treatise on' Thy Way of Salvation' may be heartily and hopefully recommended." — E. Henderson. a great proportion of our countrymen is that colonies should be held and possessed because profit or revenue :nay be derived from them to the mother country. This opinion, we all know, was very popular at the commence ment of the American war ; but since the termination of that terrible conflict we have not ventured to make profit and revenue so important a consideration. Another 'pinion is that we should keep our colonies in order to -he maintenance of England's prestige, which means ;hat the name of our country may bear an influence an t d weight with it because of its extended dominion. This idea I emphatically disclaim, and I do so because I would lave England to be estimated at what she is really worth end no more. In a pamphlet published by Sir Francis dead, another point is raised, namely that our colo nies should be held because of the fine fisheries, farms, -Mils, &c., with which they abou n d, an d which supply us with large quantities of food as well as articles of luxury, but which, in the event of a separation taking place, would in all probability be cut off. Now, how ever true it may be that our merchants find our colonies .!nod markets for obtaining much of what the people at home require, and however necessary it is that these snarkets should be kept open, still it does not seem to follow that these are sufficient reasons for holding pos session of these colonies against the wishes and to the detriment of the colonists themselves. The idea involved n such reasoning as this might be extended, and would ,ead to territorial aggrandisement. It might be said that Italy, France, or any other country would be useful for he supply of food and other commodities if under our sontrol, therefore we should endeavour to possess them ; :nut arguments arising out of considerations of this kind ind little favour in these times. Some have ventured as a reason why territory should be held and multiplied, 1 that such places supply comfortable offices for deserving men from the mother country, &c. Now this opinion, 1 observed Mr. Gladstone, is quite the opposite of mine, ?or it seems clear that as persona on the spot must be more conversant with the wishes of the people and the wants of the place, so such men must be the motits coin netent and best qualified so disall'eige - tius. titles of all public situations. But another reason - 'entertained by many good pious men for colonisatien is that it gives `acilities and opportunities for conveying to benighted end ignorant men a knowledge of the truths of the gos oei, and enables us to reveal to them the mysteries of a crucified Redeemer. The reason was urged at the be .l44l3)3fuluon ttcs n hi ti) i et n aig g inscen, of the be t : h erel e acfi century, ensoafilti runheet idrsncountry hev ae trw n y h , ci fewr which impelled,hiemigrants-leaves has hi) ti ya : :rs t snauonl mindc c p : sh s e t . its rlaaeat melvndeo, weight motive. itn e t,h i , g eel . hesathdToyi shores of respect; thousands to the auriferous shores of Australia will doubt '-s he found to be a love of gold —a love which always exists, and not unfrequently leads to bad as well as go el results. Now, there is something marvellous in thi s ove of gold. Persons who could not be acted upon in sny other way are often f und most enthusiastic in the our uit of tl.e precious ore. The discovery of a gold mine excites the curiosity and cupidity of thousands, while he discovery of an ironstone mine scarcely attracts at ertion ; and yet the one is not more important than the other. A n ironstone mine is useful, and therefore pia , portionately as valuable. Without ironstone gold would .use mu c h of its worth, becouse, whilegold is used only is a representative of value, ironstone is the value itself, nnd the value of each is a relative to the other. Yet the discovery of ironstone does not tickle people's fancy and lesire like gold. Before the discovery of America by Co " umbus there was an idea floating in the minds of philo sophers, that on the other side of the great Atlantic there must be a continent of corresponding weight with the territory on this side, which acted as a counterpoise, and kept the earth in equilibrium. The Spanish adventurers who went out and took possession of the new world found no gold mines, but they got what was infinitely better— a free soil and room for active operations in commerce and trade ; but after the governments of Europe found the gold fields and mines the trading monopolies in creased. What promoted the colonisation of many of our dependencies was, the people sought in them an asylum from the persecutions of the dominant religions. In the time of the Covenanters, religious intolerance drove many good men from our shores, and such was likewise the case in the time of the Roundheads, in the 17th century—governments at home but too frequently making use of the colonies as a means ofdirect profit and revenue to the mother country, little thought being expended as to the condition of the colonists themselves, , who were crippled in all their efforts and undertakings ; indeed, it was almost calculated upon how little they could live. The inhabitants in those days were only allowed to send to the parent country for sale what the ;tilers at home dictated, because it was argued that if ihe American settlers sent us cotton ready manufactured, the interest of the cotton manufacturers at home would Lie injured ; and also if our sugar gr ming dependencies shipped to England or any other parts refined sugar, the .business of sugar refining, and all trade arising out of that branch of home industry, would be interfered with ; therefore the colonists were only permitted to send their tommodities in the raw state ; and in all cases British hips—or bottoms, as they were called—must be used for the transport of colonial goods. Such were the fol lies and fallacies that kept our colonies poor and de pendent, and made them a clog and a burden to Eng land instead of a benefit and a blessing. Bat another evil arose out of these mischiev- els n otions —for oue wrong oft e n engenders another—and that was, a lust of power grew which led to some of the most serious and disas trous warfaree in wheh it had been England's misfortune to engage. Spain, Portugal, and France had suffered hi consequence of these war ; nor did our own country escape without ii,jury from disputes originated by the protection we were called upon to afford to places over which we bore sway. England, always moderate in her warfare and magnanimous in her period of triumph, could not come out unscathed from conflicts where spoliatisn and rain were the characteristics. Yet 'still -.he minds si natty might be said to be a blank as to the principles th t ought to guide us, and the policy whie'' ought to be purl ued in regard to our colonies. The right hon. gentleman here adverted to a controversy that had occurred between Sir Wm. Molesworth and the Edin burgh Review, and then continued :—Some argue that if our colonies were allowed to govern themselves, levy and collect teeir revenge, they might be tempted to tax articles which 'vs require as food. and which we now re ceive almost duty free. The very selfishness of this idea made it ridiculous ; and he presumed that as long as British merchants possessed that spirit of enterprise that has rendered them the glory of the country, we need be under no apprehension that the parent state would suffer, even though the colonists should levy texes upon the articles of merchandise in which they deal. The English merchant might always be trusted to find the cheapest and best markets, by using which alone his capital is made productive and the interest s of his country subserved. We are therefore coming rou nd to a better understanding of what our true advantag es are in respect to our colonies. But it has been said , and that, too, on the floor of the House of Commons , that strip England of her colonies, and she would inevit ably fall. This also is a mischievous fallacy. gngla nd's greatness depends not upon the number or the extent of her foreign possessions, but rather upon her own internal resources. England must look to the in dustry of her own sons—their intelligence, Perseve rance, patriotism, and virtue—to maintain and perpetu ate her greatness and her glory. Those are the quali ties that have secured for her that distinction among the nations of the earth which she at present occup ies ; and the same powers that have developed her arts, her manufactures, and her commerce are sufficient for their perpetuation. This idea, that our greatness dependedir upon our colonies, was more general some yea rs a g o than at present. It is, however, fast being dissipated ; and the sooner it is entirely given up the bet t e r for the best interests of our country. The best thing that can be done for any country is to give her good laws, that secure to each inhabitant, as far as possible, equal liber ties and privileges. Undoubtedly every man has a right to go to any country where his labour, skill, or profession el pd will be most agr eea bly f o ll owe d an d render him the greatest profit. If, then, this r i g ht be conceded in refe rence to countries over whi c h E ng l an d has no shadow of control, surely it is apparent th a t, as regards our Own immediate possessions, it is b e tter that they be peopled by persons who will carry with them our idiosyncrasies, religion, and traditions ; retaining those they still re main our kinsmen, neighbours, and friends. England and America are the two most influential countries in the world, and they both co l o nise • but while the latter requires only to step over her border to colonise, Eng. lishmen must take long and hazardous voyages in order to reach those sett:ements to which their desire may point. Colonisation has in it a moral as well as a mate rial advantage. When the British labourer or mechanic emigrates he generally selects for his new home some place where he can obtain better wages, or what is the himself because same thing, more o f the comforts of life for his family. andß yhie h e l emigration aur mark in estUacth ho ze is e ehe alsoi improved, the value of labour, like any other commodity, is regu lated by supply and demand ; so that every one who leaves the home labour market in effect increases the interestswages of n fellow-workmenhfiscapitarandla, ur vgb are are bnouer market. But, continued he, I have tdi° spokene r n coloni sation also benefits the capitalists. By colonisatio n we make sure markets for our manuf actured g oo ds , in crease the demand for ships for th e transport s reci l p ef o t reciprocal, and l, so asthe goods, and of course improve the s hi pp in g trade. The utcs idth ofe i those manner ther ighvtarhioonus. waysge ntle iu m w an hic h h er u e olo tr u a is c a e benefits of col enisation—these ar ise out of the in fluence habits whieh and attaches tastes tootvheer sprea d thedistant o our language and English innb abenefits of the mora l l a parts of the world. T o have the scions of our families plant in g themse lves in the colonies, rearing their offspring, a nd extendin g the area occupied by the sturdy Anglo-Sa xon race, is t o increase the moral influence of Old Englan d, and m aintain in a f natural and legitimate manner the prestige of her name. The Greeks—but in pronouncing that word at so late a period of the evening, perhaps some of my auditory may be startled, obse r ved Mr. Gladsto ne . ( Cries of " No, no," " Go on," and loud app lause.) The G reeks were the first, and probably the best, colonisers, for they might be said to almost carry the colonies with them. These people used to quietly settle wherever they wished, and the home state rarely took further notice of them ; and yet some of the colonies established in this primitive manner grew in • all the requisites that constitute great states, until they became equal in many particulars to the mother country, and were her best support. The Romans 'in their day pursued a different policy ; their colonisation was conquest ; and perhaps England may be said to h l ave followed too much the example of ancient Rome in!this particular. It may be right, however, to exclude the colonial policy of Oliver Cromwelland Charles the Second from this remark, for the system pursued by them was less tyrranous, and bore with less hardship upon the colonist than the policy adopted by this country during the last 60 years. The right hon. lecturer con tinued : 'Although in the present time much diversity of opinion existed among all classes of politicians in refer ence to our colonies, yet all were inclining towards a more liberal and enlightened policy, and the spirit of prejudice which distinguished the latter end of the last century bad given place to views, opinions, and sympa thies which augured well for the future. This change is ap parent when it is remembered that 80 years ago the Ame rican war took place simply because the government at home insisted upon the Americans paying taxes which they thotight they had no right to pay. A loud cry was set up by the Americans, and if an Englishman ventured to say that the Government should not epforce the tax he was called a traitor, a Jacobin, or some other oprrobri ous name ; and if he had the temerity to go a little fur ther, and pronounce the home government wrong in levying taxes of any kind upon the Americans, then he was designated an absolute traitor, and a dangerous man —and so this cout•try went oa taxing. America until a sangnireiry and disa , trous war ensued, and it was only when the colony was lost to us altogether that politicians ditcovered that their treatment of the colonists had been wrong in principle. When our dominion of the vast and ,valuable territory of America ceased we had little left worth retaining. The West Indian possessions, it is true, were still ours ; but the slave trade, with its blight ed and accursed influences, was then rampant, and our tenure there was precarious and of little value. Respect ing the Canadas the right hon. lecturer observed that our policy had likewise been harsh and unwise, in con sequence of which the home government had been called upon.to suppress two revolts of the colonists. In 1837 the-Canadians were in open rebellion against the Go vernment of England,- and it was only after a serious sacrifice of blood and treasure that peace was obtained ; and yet itelrly all the claims then made by the colonists have since that time been conceded by the Government at home. If there concessions had been made in time, the sacrifice of life might have been spared, and much disaffection prevented. Let us hope, therefore, that the experience, of the past may be of use in the present, and that the future policy of England in regard to her colo nies may be candid, honest, and wise ; for it is only by a liberal and enlightened course of treatment that the pa rent country can reap the full advantage and benefit of her great territorial dependencies. The right hon. gentleman spoke sitting, and was fre quently interrupted by cheers during his address. A vote of thanks to Mr. Gladstone was moved by the secretary of the institution ; seconded in a neat speech, by Mr. Hickling, editor of the Chester Courant, and car ried with acclamation. BOLTO N MECHAA ICS' INSTITUTION. ADDRESS OF LORD STANLEY, M.P. On Tuesday evening a soiree was held in the Tempe rance Hall, Bolton, under the auspices of the Mechanics' Institution, to celebrate the opening of their new and spacious premises in Oxford-street. At half-past five o'clock upwards of 600 members and friends sat down to tea. The company on the platform comprised Lord Stanley, 1V1.P., T. Barnes, Esq., M.P., president of the institution, R. Crook, Esq., M.P., P. Ainsworth, Esq., J. Knowles, Esq., town clerk, P. Martin, Esq., R. Heywood, Esq., George Murton, Esq., Eagley ; J. B. Holden, Esq., Wm. Makant, Esq., F. Bazley, Esq., E. Ashworth, E4q., James Knowles, E:q. ' Eagley ; G. Wolstenhoime, Esq., J. B a yley, E s q., R. R. Bothwell, Esq., Sharpies Hall, J. Gordon, Esq., clerk of the peace, Henry Ashworth, Esq., the Rev. R. Best, &c. After tea the gallery of the hall was thrown open to the public, upon payment of 6d. each for admission, and in a short time it was crowded. Tawas BARNES, Esq., M.P., rose and said—Ladies and gentlemen, it is my duty to introduce the noble lord who haa„so kindly promised to preside over us to-night. Lord STANLEY was received with repeated rounds of cheering. Addressing the meeting as friends and neigh bours all, he begged to assure them that it was with feelings of the tame character, and more than usual in terest, that ho found himself then, for the first time, present and takinga public part in Bolton—a town whose name was connected with that he bore by historical re rniniseences, at once n elancholy and ennobling. He con fessed he could not accept the welcome offered to him by the inhabitants of that town,in which, from the days when the Fletnioo first settled there, and brought with them that skill and eriterprise they were not permitted to die. play in their own home, down to that time, within the memory of man living, in which Ark wright and others worked out those discoveries which directly or indirectly had affected the life of every one iu that room, without rayine that the borough heel not only held its ground against competition as severe as any other town in the country, but they had progressed with a rapidity and progress out of the usual rate even in the county of Lan cashire. Looking at statistics he found that in 1773 they had a population of less than 6,000. In 1801, as the returns were then taken, the population exceeded 18,000, an i within the last 55 years they had increased to more than 61.000, or in the proportion of something more than 350 per cent. in something less than half a century. He would say for those Lancashire towns that acknowledged Manchester as their centre, which exceeded in popula tien and productive power London i self, that there was more life and more earnest industry and independence, that the tune of men in general was less occupied by trivial matters, and that amongst them it was not an honour and a distinction to be idle. They not only ad mitted, but they acted upon the truth, that that being who was not inee tally or physically employed wronged his own nature, arid failed to fulfil those obligations which were due from him, and which all owed as members of society. He was not there to flatter or to compliment them upon the efforts they had or had not made, and which might or might not be in the ratio of the commercial pros verity they had attained, but he would frankly say, with outd ispara eenient to the t fforts theyhed made,tbat enough has not been done for the social benefit of the lower classes. There were some public works which no well-ordered town ought to be without. He would indicate what be considered were necessary. No place ought to be without accommodation for public worship. That was obvious, and he passed it by. There ought also to be room in our schools for every child between the ages of 5 and 15, and not only room, but some effort ought to be made by the philanthropist and the wealthy to get the children sent by their parents ; and there should be local superin tendence, t o see th at t h e teaching was good in qual i ty. There, again, there cou ld b e no groun d o f di spu t e . Thirdly, it was wrong th a t 30 , 000 , or even 100,000, as in some places, should be cooped up, without something in the nature of parks or public grounds, where working men and their families could take the benefit of air in the day. Practical Manchester had set a good example in that respect. Liverpool intended to follow it up, and Preston had already made up its mind not to be left far behind. Fourthly, they required a free public library, in a good central position ; with means of selection com mensurate with the wants of the town in which it was situate. On that point the people of Bolton had displayed a large amount of public spirit. Fifthly, public baths and washhouses. Upon that he would not dilate, for they were already established in that town, and be earnestly hoped they might be successful. Sixthly, they required places of amusement and recreation for work ing men —a kind of poor man's club, where he could find those comforts which he now unfortunately sought at the public-house, which would be cheaper, and where he would not be exposed to those temptations to which he was now subjected. Such places of entertainment had been established in various parts of the country, both urban and rural. That would be an effectual plan to rival what he was afraid was our national vice—intemperance. Lastly, no urban community could be complete which did not contain some institution for the promotion of educa tion amongst adults, such as that institution the opening of which they had met co celebrate. (He (Lord Stanley) should be glad to observe in every Lancashire town the same spirit which had dictated those improvements which that town (Bolton) exhibited side by side with the most wonderful results of inventive ingenuity. The aspect pre sented by some towns was that the streets were crowded every evening with young meri, who lounged there be cause they had no other place but the public-house or a comtortlessln 'ging. He k new there were circumstances in our mode of life which had a tendency to destroy or to weaken local attachment. He (the noble lord) referred to that continuous movement of the population which was consequent upon those fluctuations which affected com mercial success. As an instance, the population of Bol ton contained 16,000 persons who were returned as born within the limits of the county, and not of the town, while 9,000 were not born in the county at all. He telt sure that the caoitalists of Bolton knew both their duty and interest too well to weaken that moral tie which re 'Hilts from cordial and kindly connection between them and their workmen. We were now getting into a dif ferent condition of society—the conditions were changed ; there was no longer dependence of one man upon an other—a claim to obedience on the one hand and a desire for protection on the other—those days had passed away. The danger, however, of the present day was a belief in that which was only true economically as to the relation between the employer and the employed—that it could be regulated by the principle of supply,and demand. That was not morally true ; and that notion would only last until our present relations were better understood than they were at present. He did not mean to re proach the manufacturers with indifference as to the condition of their operatives. He knew that a great deal had been done, and that, too, in the kindest and most beneficial manner. He rather approached the sub jectt in a spirit of envy—an envy of the advantages that were enjoyed by those who could deal with a large and sr intelligent population, and concentrate their energnese_n good upon a tangible mass. In rural districts it was wasilr an easy matter to set up a library. Thedistance wer too great, the population too sparse, and difficulties tefal that presented of which they had no knowledge, a reason, therefore, that they should be o g 0 m uch more. there existed the opportunity of doing that bad brought Returning to the immediate occasion hreequestions . What them together, the noble lord pat t meant to be? are mechanics' institutions? What were they were at the r And what may they become ! There P There was London: Knight and Son, 11, Clerkenwell-close. EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS of the PICTURE TIM E. 4, the largest, cheapest, and best ILLUS TRATED PAPER published at TWOPENCE. Sde last week, 200,000 with Large Print Gratis. 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CU.N -NINGII NI, Esq., King's College, London ; and full information m be obtained at the College from 10 to 4 daily, and from 6 to 8 every evening except Saturday. 17th Oct., 1855. R. W. JET.F. D.TT , Principal COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL 6. His Rival Highness Prince ALBEIcC has graciously consentei• to OPEN in person the NEW BUILDING recently erected for Bit- Institution at Pinn,v, near Harrow. The ceremony will take plac. at 1 o'clock on SATUNDAY, the 27th inst. After the ceremony the company will sit down to a collation in the Dining Hall, at aliout 3 o'clock. The Right Heil. Lord Mayor, supported by the Sheriffs of Lor don and Middlesex, will preside. Tickets for the ceremony and banquet, inclvding wine, gentlemen 10s. Gd. ; ladies, 7s 6d.; and young Indies and gentlemen, ss. each. Tickets to witiwss the ceremony, 2s. 6d.; non -subscribers, ss. each. The buil4ing is quite contiguous to the Pinner Station on tin North-Western Railway, being about 13 miles from London. A special train will leave Euston Station for Pinner at a quartet past 12 o'clock on the day of the opening, and will return at halt past 7in the evening. The train which leaves Birmingham at 9 o'clock in the morning, will, by special arrangement, stop at Pinner to accommodate visitors. Ladies and young ladies and gentlemen having purses to present will have seats specially assigned to them, in order that they may take part to the proceedings. Ladies can present their offerings is purses of their own workmanship, or on application to the Secretar.% they may have purses forwarded to them from the office. It is par ticularly requested that in every case the name and address of the donor, with the amount presented, may be enclosed in each purse. It is also respectfully su. gested that, as far as practicable, those ladies who may kindly intend to present donations will forward their names to the Secretary, 81, Cheapside, as early as pastible before the day of the opening, so that the ceremony of presenting the purses may proceed with due order. As the Board feel deeply anxious that the whole arrangements should be such as to preclude the least approach to confusion, the most respectfully beg those friends who may intend to favour them with their attendance to secure their tickets not later than Tuesday, the 23d Inst. If this request be complied with the Board will then be able to make such arrangements as will insure the comfort every visitor both during the ceremony as well as at the banque which is to follow. ALFRED LENCEL SAUL, Secretary. 81, Cheapside, Oct. 18, 1855. LECTURE BY THE RIGHT LION. Jr. E. GLADSTONE. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, with his lady and family, being on a visit to their kinsman, Sir S. W. Glynne, at Hawarden Castle, the committee of the lite rary institution of the village adjoining determined upon soliciting the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer to honour their institution by lectUring to the members and ft lends, having the twofold object in view of edifying and in structing the people, and at the same time recruiting the funds of the association. The distinguished states man, upon the wish of the working men being commu• nicated to him, at once, in the most agreeable manner, acceded to the request ; and accordingly it was an• nounced by placard that the Right Hon. W. E. Glad stone would deliver a lecture in the boys' school-room, Hawarden, on the 12t,h inst.—subject, "The Colonies charges of admission, is. and 6,1. On the evening of the lecture (says the Liverpool Mer cury), long before th- time appointed for the business to commence, carriages, cabs, and ot' , .er vehicles, beating the elite of the district, began to arrive in the secluded but ancient and picturesque village of Hawarden, and at a little before eight o'clock the large school-room was well filled with a highly intellectual and fashionable au ditory. The room itself was well lighted, and orna mented with evergreens, flowers, &c., for the occa-ion, and when the rigid hen. lecturer, accompanied by his wife, daughter, and Sir S. Glynne entered, they were received with loud and continued applause. We ob served present, among others, the Rev. Henry Glynne, rector of Hawarden ; the Rev. Mr. Austin, the Rev. W. Davis, the Rev. Henry Foulks Buckley, Cant. Dundas (son of Admiral Dundas), Capt. Jones, 2d Royal Lanca shire Rifles ; E 1. B4tH, and lady ; W. H. Daily, E,q., and la iy, of Bryinbodiall ; Lieutenant Hancock, Ronal Flintshire Militia ;R. C. Rawlins, F,.-q., and lady, of Hope Mills, near Wrexham ; T. Baker May, F-q., and lady ;T. Emory, Esq., Manor•hou-r, ntar Holywell ; J. Rawlins, Esq., author of " Lectures on E lucatinn," &e. ; Peter Williams, Esq., Dr. Nort.la and lady, o f Chester ; Charles Daily, E4q., Bryinho ; Charles Buckley Clough, Esq., Mr. Council or Peacock, of Chester Mr. Councillor Hickling, of Chester, &,1. Sir S. Glynne introduced the right hon. lecturer to the tneel' , g in a few appropriate re.narks, and whe❑ Mr. Gladstone advanced to the tible the applause was rapturous and long-continued. When silence was re stored, ho said : Sir Stephen Glynne, ladies, and gentlemen,—lt is un necessary for me to tr ou bl e y ou w ith any lengthened exordium or much apology for appearing before you on the present occasion ; but the subject upon which I have chosen to address you is one involving se many impor tant considerations that I felt, in order tt, do it full jus tice, it isai necessary that I should have access to my books and papers, which privilege not being within my power, I must crave your indulgence in quoting from memory facts and figures which are needful as the basis of groundwork of the remarks I shall this evening offer to your notice. I shall not, however, burden my sub ject with many figures, which at all times are dry and uninteresting ; but it is nevertheless necessary to ob serve, that respecting the emigration which commenced about the conclusion of the last great war, there left the shores of Great Britain, during the first fifteen years, an average of 20,000 persons, and in the next fifteen years the average emigration rose from 20,000 to 80,000 a year. From 1845 to 1854 the average had increased to 267,000, whilst in the year 1854 alone the emigration from these shores amounted to the startling number of 323,000 ; but for the nine months ended in the present year, 1855, the number has decreased. Of these large numbers of voluntary exiles, by far the greater propor tion has been supplied by Ireland, and especially in the last few years such has been the case ; but there was a wide difference between the class of persons who emi grated from Ireland and those who of their own free will expatriated themselves from England, Scotland, and Wales. Those who left the former place were of that class whose necessities drove them to seek in foreign lauds those rewards for their labour which could not be obtained in their place of nativity; and perhaps political and religious considerations were not entirely without weight in influencing the Irish emigrants in the choice of their new homes ; hence the bulk of those who leave Ireland betake themselves, not to our own dspendencies but to the great republic of America. In England, Scot land, and Wales, however, the leading considerations which infilence emigrants are of quite another charac ter ; here it is not the necessitous poor who emigrate, but rather the most industrious, enterprising, self•deny ing, and clever workman. He goes to a foreign country, not because he cannot earn a living at home, but be cause he can get a better one abroad ; the English arti san or labourer also looks to the interests of those over whom God has given him a control, and he sees in the far-off country a better prospect for his family, a better remuneration for his own labour, more of the comforts and neoessities of life within his reach ; and he is will ing to forego the pleasures of the present for the hopes of the future. Such are the men who are leaving our shores in such numbers each succeeding year, and it is therefore of the utmost importance to consider what we are doing in our colonies, and what course ought to be pursued. The extent of the colonies or dependencies which acknowledge the sceptre of her Mejesty Queen Victoria is another reason why our policy should he clearly understood and properly defined. The entire area possessions is s e t down at four m of i h n e io r n M sci aj u e a s r t e y Majesty's colonial s, n and of the entire population of these immense territories only about one-third of the people can be said to be British. It need not be asked what will the proportion be in twenty years from the present! The subject, therefore, with which we. have to deal is not one that can be compassed within the necessarily brief limits of one lecture, but it is rather the study of the propagation of the human family. I need not, however, stop to discuss the condition and prospects of our possessions in the tropics ; the state of these islands may for the present give place to the investigations which more imme diately call for attention. Our business, then, is with the colonies where free men have settled, where our own manners are observed, our own language spoken, and where the religious belief which we acknowledge also obtains. The questions, therefore, which we have to consider are—What is the end of founding colonies How should they be founded ? And what t are the be nefits and advantages of colonisation ? Now, respecting the first proposition .the common opinio n entert a i ne d by and the public, who are not generally aware of all the circumstances, are disposal to judge of the rule by the > exceptions, but the true view will only be obtained by looking elo-elv to the results as a whole. "In arguing the question many miga be disposed to admit that if 75 or 80 per cent. of those who are released on order of license do well for themselves there would be no great cause for alarm. As far an present experience goes there i■ reason to hope that a much more favourable result will be realised, and I confess I shall be disape pointed if i bhe otherwise." I see no reason to change the opinion expressed at that time, and when it is considered that the annual average of re-committed prisoners to common gaols is between 30 and 40 per cent., and in some prisons in a much higher ratio, I think it may be fairly stated that the corrective discipline and industrial training of the convict prisons has been attended with marked success. It would be too much to expect of human nature or of human institutions designed for effecting reformation that any great proportion of the convicts are reformed in the strict and religious acceptation of the term. It will be enough that they be fairly judged by the stan• dard applied to others. Had I not already trespassed upon your space at far greater length than I intended, I would have entered into some explanations on the course of discipline to which the convicts are subjected ; but I must refer any who are interested in the subject to my printed reports, in which every detail appears. A consideration of the system or an inspection of the prisons would, I think, lead any one to the conclusion that years of patient, persevering industry, of regularity, cleanliness, and obedience, daily attendance at chapel, and the zealous efforts of the governors, chaplains, and other officers of the different prisons, coupled with just and considerate treatment, cannot fail to have some good effect on the habits and feelings of the great body of men who have been subjected to it. I will add, in conclusion, that the experience of all who have the best opportunities of judging will, I am satisfied, coincide with the opinion of the Committee of the House of Commons, 1850, as expressed in one of their resolutions : "That the committee concurs with some of the most experienced witnesses they have examined in the opir ion that a great majority of convicted prisoners are open to the same good motives and good impulses which in. fluence other human beings." THE QUEEN'S U.NIVERSITY, IRELAND. A meeting of the above university, for the purpose of confer' lug degrees and distributing honours, wan held in St. Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle. This noble apart ment was almost filled by the members of the elite who assembled to witness the interesting ceienionial, and the aplaYanorer of his Excellency theL 7 ft'd-Lieutenant was the signal for warm applause- Accompanying his Ex ce:l-ncy were the Rightam. the Lord 011ancoil or, Vice. Chancellor of the University ; Mr. F. Howard, Private Secretary; and Lieutena,nt-Colonel Uduey, A.D.C. in waiting. The members of the senate and examiners, who were attired in the state robes of their office, then took their seats. The students entered the hall in proccssinn, - wearing ih it acadewics, and having occupied the places assigned to them, The LORD CHANCELLOR rose and addressed the assem bly at great length, and having resumed his seat amidst general applause, the candidates for degrees were then calied in the following order. They were introduced to his Excellency ami Vice-Chancellor in succession by the respective presidents of their colleges, when having signed the roll and the secretary having certified for them, his lordship conferred the degrees which had been awarded by the senate. The business of the meeting having been brought to it close, The LORD CHANCELLOR addressed the assembly as follows: May it please your Excellency,—Having reached the close of our university proceedings, there remains to me the grateful office of returning to you the thanks of the senate for the privilege you have been graciously pleased to accord to them of holding their public meeting in this hall, and for the honour you have dons in gracing our assembly with your presence. The College of Cork has been already visited by your Excel lency, and that of Belfast, I presume, will receive the honour of your inspection on the occasion of your ap proaching visit to that great emporium of Irish manu facturing and commercial industry ; and, perhaps, a future journey to the west may give to the College of Galway the occasion of a similar honour. This personal examination will speak infinitely better than I can for the benefits such institutions are calculated to confer upon our country, and, I trust, must favourably com mend them to your Excellency's judgment and care. His EXCELLENCY, who on rising was warmly ap plauded, said—Mr. Vice-Chancellor and gentlemen, I receive with pleasure and gratitude the compliment so obligingly proposed by you and conferred upon me by ycu on behalf of the senate. I can assure every one of the most learned and distinguished assembly now con vened here that it has been no common satisfaction to me—and must he to all, I should imagine—to see noble and princely halls like that in which you are now assem bled, and which are ordinarily set apart for lighter pur poses, and for the mere festivities of state, made thus ancillary to the highest ends of science, art, and litera ture. (Cheers.) After the similar functions which have been discharged here in previous years, and eerie. cially after the very full and lucid expo-ition which on this as well as on former occasions have been delivered by the leaned Vice-( hancelier of this University, I should feel it worse than supeifluone for me to dwell for one moment on the nature and object of the insti -1 etien with which we are now cosine, wed, or on what I may term the eta i-tics of learning and instruction c. , nnected wiih it. I wish, indeed, that our meeting of this afterooon csuld have been graced by the presence of my noble friend and colleaeue the Earl of Cal en , on, the Chancelior of the Univereity—(hear, and cheers) - to where festering and enliebtened care it owes already so mu la ; but as w e k now t h e war is pressirg- upon his , attention, we cannot wonder, however we may grieve at absence. Since the foundation of the University nu ler his auspices, its new-born uses have been succes sively encouraged by the ceurteous chivalry of the Earl of Ee-linten—(c)ese,)— a nd the mild n helm') of my Lord St. Gernmos—v;rtus Scipiadm et mitis sapiciitia lreli. Besides these high names, there is one other which I should nut like to pass over in total silence on my ad dressing a mettieg which has connection with the Queen's Cellege in Irelauii. Those who know most of the early history and bright straggles of this institu tion will know best how much they were indebted to the exertions of our present min ster at Athens, Mr. Wyse. When I was last with him we explored together the site of the ancient acaderay—that hill of Colonus of which Sophocles sung, and that olive grove where P ato reasoned. I wish that he could now be at my side, to hail with joyous hope the future prowess and expanded triumphs of his living countrymen. (Cheers.) As your Vice-Chancellor has reminded you, the late period of my arrival in Ireland has only as yet enabled me to visit one of the Queen's Colleges—that in Cork—although I trust that my acquaintance with the others will nor be long delayed. In the college at Cork I was very glad to per ceive—although so cursory a visit as I was enabled to pay hardly warrants me in speaking further of that degree of progress and prosperity which it has, I am happy to say, so undoubtedly attained—but I was glad, as far as what the eye was concerned with, to see that most suitable and comely architecture has been called in to assist iu the accommodation of those kindred arts and sciencesto which architecture lends so much, and from which it borrows so much of mutual grace and support. Very pleasant, too, it is to find in our honoured elder sister university of this capital that this happy union is now receiving snob splendid illustrations. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) All that I have been enabled to gather of the working of these associated sites of learning induces me to believe that they have adopted the fortunate medium of combining those branches of study which have hitherto threcentlyhtt to oo formednsiconsider always accompanied civilisation, nurtured the intellect, and embellished the tastes of mankind with those Oe branches of study which the discoveries of more*ndustry re cent times and the development of which, allow me to add, the probable and enterprise render of such daily prahuemtlicaanl l use, and adoption of the test of merit upon e in g cr u e e a e sel emphasisVice-C Vice-Chan cellor cellor has remarked with so much just hear.) It has make still more indispensable. been, as he informed you, En ss y yet been open to MO endeavour (lie, within the in all the appointment t n o ar a ro d w her l e im t i o ts er r t : rm ch hc:,:vwtleei will turn e t to even t t Ireland. For the few moments longer that allow Colleges in that have been nd m ern a i d l e ,en i t n e very mnn connection wn o nav conspicuous a can be a llowed thw m isl e i n , the Beard of Ex I o f the numerou s Aud ito ry w hi ch ti on which cenceutrates most your i n t erest and hope—l men who ore this mean the young occasion have received their degreee, their diploines, and their distinctions of h on our. Will you, my fri ends,Yueng accept from me my Cordial congratulations on what and m y earnest exhortations to you to persevere in that brilliant path which you have entered upon. Believe me that the condition of the world in which we live is be coming every day m ole and more such as to make the posseseioe of knowledge an d t h e mas t ery o f t a e m i nd the condition of success and the avenue of greatness. Believe rue, a l so, that the exercise and proper direction of the p owers of the intellect, the to te, and the fancy brings with them pleasure and resources intrinsic in themselves, and wholly indepeedent of success and of the worldly results. (Hear ) But when I talk to you of pleasure, and also when I talk of success, I feel that lam using too low a phrase. Pleasure, as I trust every one of you will be delighted to admit with me, cannot be considered as the real business or aim of life ; a r i d _ " to success, although it has many lofty and ennobling qualiV and es when it is the reward of honest diligence, , altho the test of fine powers conscientiously used — re p , u g e _ Ds of am this moment exhorting you in your future la life to emulate that success, yet I would have y ou re. member at the same time that success i tself is compati ble with base principles, with vulgar feelings, and with vicious habits. Under it may be ra nked those wh o f 11 can show no claim to the love f their Let y ourse ow-man, or to more high be a the favour of their God. _ and a more real ambition. itt who you are, but really signifies. Situations you may what you are, that though they should be - fill in life, and even soaring drea as lofty and splendid as your mos afte ll • ms could imagine, might leave you ra, in the end, mean, un yet they. „„, honoured, and uniovea. tuheers.) Those situations, and desery do what you may, e as you may, are not • within your control , but the characters you may make for yourselves, and humble dependence on the blessing from above, those are at your command, and those can never disappoint and never fail you. Every act in obedience to a virtuous self-denial—the active exercise of Christian love—the life-long obedience to faith—these are the things which will secure for yon, not such tran sient distinctions alone as we have this day accorded to you, but the supreme blessing and immortal crown (A.pplanse.) The mesnably ties soparated. 43% 131% 132 Wtaan !n ngland :. 17 g. 14 r. 15 r. 6 f ~ r: l ~. .11