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It was moved "by Mr. RICHARD, seconded• by Mr. YOUNG, and re solved unanimously— _ _ .., ' ._____ \ ,r i. t, 4 ~..t. ) ~, i• /44 4 , ...-?0,. „i- , ® C-44 i ~ • ',,/ 1. \. . ~,•.- - ,----.-._ , ri. t. .4A.), ,-,_ , 44 7 ,,,,. . 4 t.,& ~, • .. .....7, - ; •{- , , .. , 1 , 3,5, •-c . ,) k ' , A. I ;;1-, ~..;1 / 4 P k_ - --,._ ~,,,.....,-. ~..t. --,..„ , - . ~,. ‘, . , _ : . -___ 4 .-&-, 4... , .. , ,-.4.: . t. , ii ti li' . ~ ,:rt?, v v 4 ''' -..--- • f,7 A----,----- : § egt a 0.5 24 :7; • d ifr 4 " , , or' ri V 4 7 .1 ti 7‘' to 't X , J ,7 447!, 1 Mdfri(ls4 le week ending 9d (av, rage Od (aver. 194 aver. 254 3d); peas, 27 qrs, ai m N°.l7 861 ] LONDON, SATURDAY E k W. MI N 7.1 EWAII2 IVir.& r--4 ECE DMBER 22, 1819 . • - That this Wardmote, in common, with - their respected Alderman, deeply regret the loss sustained by the decease of the late Mr. De puty Hayward, the remembrance of whose long and faithful services of thirty-two years as a member of the Court of Common Council entitle his memory to this just tribute of their commendation. That this Wardmoto receive with regret the resignation of their late representative, Samuel Ridley, Esq., and whilst they acknow ledge his efficient services they also convey to him their best wishes that his retirement from public duties may be found instrumental in re-establishing his present impaired health. Moved by Mr. WATSON, seconded by Mr. PAYNE, and resolved ne 38s to 40s; [PRICE SD. ing Dec. 17:- - 6id per qr• 40; to 42s ; •ley 194 to 263; per qr. 108; barley 226 Per qr. Buttes TOYS and GAMES of every description, Christ mas tees, bonbons, fancy decorations, architectural buildings, magic lanterns, conjuring tricks, French papeterie, enchante 1 spy glasses, animated pictures, dioramas, automatons, magicians, and magnetic articles of every kink the whole forming a p'easing and elegant variety of presents adapted to all ages, and suitable to the approaching season, at EAST-RIDING UNION OF ATE- CIIANICS' INSTITUTIONS. unanimously— That the' lderman and Common Councilman be respectfully re quested to use their most strenuous enieavours to originate ox support to me comprehensive scheme that shall convey to every home in the city of London a cheap ant plentiful supply of pure Water, and that this resolution be forwardoi to the Court of Ceramon Corms 394; white 42'; ins 29s to 32i CRE NEER'S FOREIGN TOY WAREHOUSE, ,10, Bridge-street, Westminster. • An extensive assortment of amusing and intOlectual toys, dissolv ing views, chromotrope, German trees, &c., &c., lent out for the evening. ) 69, extra Vs' to 5/d per lb; sid to 61d1 b; pigs. 75 6d stone of 14Ibo. psr lb. apply of whrst al in at Is over ztion in Epl F wheat brought gra more than on the average ay brought for than last wi-ek• rage 4d down- - roug b t forward , rice 23Q d, gi" • The quenttty . t , f Bt week. PVC@ e same-17 s 478 Od g 25s 6d s 203- Od s 30s Od 9.—The supPli )4 less than last rtes were 810 ,1 9 and towards the ted to. At the 'op price of the 5 Oil; middling The supply of 4 less than last a by no means tcsedingly dull. lb; current, 4 1 d ber unsold.' _ 42s Od; foreign to 23:0d; oath Id to 253 6d. 64:be• Od ; _ barley. 1 prices to -19 6 19s Od, and Neighing 001 be, 3sod ; extra 14s; ' id; thirds, 7s toffs " to 6. 9d; wheat i to 12756 d per ton' 8s to 375; averir I. Straw...Feria e:l 00s Od to 001 loaf 6d to 60; sh butter. 8d t 8 tndred. Coal s--• 49; Best Needs Lo 00s per ells*. 1 gallon. ►, Meld ; veal 4d ; sausages fid Pe r ;12s 6d to SI fis 14/ teo4 French to 12s per ?tone. ngs 18. toles; r ed 10/ Os to 12 1 P er first quality. 181 ; Act 14s to let Id to 20 per 0 " to 12d ; Guan o.-- Tar—M.6ll44 titKETS. ' was rather better, The t ra nseetio ve 81.4—London end ers, lls. 34. Drth British, .0" sr (No. 4), 64 did !n's (Railway en !O. today were AI 1— Ditto, 10311- 1 5.16 p.-143r1- itto, West Ri din tanners, 1 15- 16 ,. reference, 8— No rt h n and Dover :'—apprc!ching to ay. South St'sf- Ice, and were Ore assertion is no de he course of a ritort nipt to induce the an and (or) otheriT. e the shereholtierh ondon and North ies. The Iticstioti it proxies?' 5 to-day were 0 taffortbhiret 747 lad North itliclitsim SAGACITY OY Mr. Chat-leo Mit igate, he, do'"? pad being weir pit, near LOgate I. the public told, tion. On LS very dark, tied ; which was wit h his pocket hand )f keeping it nv! r tinti of saving ht' a road, he, from • he had arrived • ar,d had turned ace, when the dog d to accompst.4 m in the opposite g the cause of Ike Leselfou the etre had b e g one fallen, Barg 06 -- hook was low .R 0 1 or the purp o-- the belt, a he ro', across the irin' v` oo d the hk, 1/1, red on the follow' un dersio n l nbetr d,, asemblel "()Id their 51110 u j 1 'hey hare el ecte their, preii; La Manchester tio° u which of the Or their attenliotrs • • t Cure .of a the' ladl• e°, Rom', Governor °' a was lately cured o perfect h b ealth, b/ bad consulted able ut had not be e " ' r Al it was killing her 'elin Eastman, P 44 communicated thess :ter, dated Sept' 1: rofessor 1101 100 2151211513 e Yorkshire, 1131 ifo of H• Xenned/1 fe of Cart Ain Boi°' _ . fo r. iccater, of --a vile of S. Dayidgrit it k-lane. Mrs. C' a wife of Captsi o lington I Mr s• hurch, E sq ., of Weoc.4ll' 'ay, of 7, Chster' ord, the Rev. AO' 1, Hanto , to All°l • Tyndale, rect or o' limn Croft, Esf e ° to deputy-tressoc i ,- relict of`tbe 100 J'. I:'3l4.'gue. Great 0 6ti " to Jenny, 0; -eircu o :___----' --' r respected, edits :artewgate Aledical , Brighton, Mr S, Rusielkquaret ge, Bojo, gelid sq., of Blackbeatb, jassma jor, th e 1104 DO R 110 Office, SP' in the eAtitt mously - Wellington-street North, Strand. Moved, seconded, and resolved— Than an extention of the municipal franchise is necessary, and that such extension should be given to the ratepayers and occupiers of 10/. and upwards f the election of Members of Parliament ; that the wards should be so arranged as to make them more equal in size and population; and that our repre•entetivcs in the Court of Common Council be requested to obtain a repeal of the II th Gco. I. c. 18, and the Act passed last session. Moved by Mr. llzArs, seconded by Mr. COLE, and carried unani- mously That the respectful and most cordial tha ,La of this IVardmote are justly due, and are hereby given, to the - Night Worshipful Thomas Kelly, Esq., the Alderman of this Wanl, for his um emitting attention at all times to his public duties, for his great liberality to our local cha Wes, for his impar. lality, his patience, and julgment in conducting the business of this day. Moved by Mr. IlEoPs, seconded by Mr. COLE, and carried unant- That this Wardmote, being wail satisfied with the services of the Deputies and the members of the Common Council who repro sented them in the past year, award to them their sincere thanks. Resolved unanimously— That the best thanks of this Wardmote be given to the President, Treasurer, and Governors of Christ's Hospital, for their kiudnes In granting the use of their hall for holdin' this Wardmote. That the above resolut'ons . be signed by the Ward Clerk, and in serted in the usual morning and evening papers. J. W. WARREN, Ward Clerk. ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET AND ABATTOIR COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the LA-%1 . DAY for RECEIVING APPLICATIONS for_SIIARES in this Company is fixed for the 7th day of January next, when the Committee will proceed to the Al lotment. _ _ _ By order of the Board, JOHN T. TIDD, Secretary. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS fer ORPH ‘N and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, Wansted. PATRON —His Royal highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. PRESIDEST —JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. Notice is hereby given, that a HALF-YEARLY GENERAL COURT 'or the Governors of this Institution will be held at the Lon don Tel ern, Bishopscate-street, in the City of London, on FRIDAY, the 28th December instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, for the purpose of receiving the Half-yearly Reports from the Board of Management and the:Auditors ; tolentertain And discuss the motions of Mr. Skelton, Mr. Angell, Mr. Holt, Mr. Potter, Mr. Cuffley, Mr. Ramsey,. end Mr. Locke ; and all such other questions and matters as may be authorised and require& by the rides Of the Institution to be brought before the Court. The punctual attendance of all governors is particularly requested. ALFRED L.' SAUL, Sec. GO, Bread-street, Cheapside. • Just priblshed, in Two Thousand Pages, royal Evo., price 365., the .POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1556. Principal Divisions of the work Direc tory ; Street Directory ; Comnsereal Directory; Trades' Directory ; I..my Directory ; Court Directory ; Parliamentary Directory ; Postal Directory; City Directory ; Conveyance Directory; Basking Direc tory ; Assurance Directory ; —with a very great amorist of general lniormatien. For Reviews of the work, which is now the only Lon don Directory published, see Times, 23d ult. ; Chronicle, 22d ult. ; Herald, 234 ult.; Post, 24th ult Advertiser, 24th ult. ; Daily News, 2 34 ult.; Sum 22d ult. • Globe, 23d ult. ; Dispatch, 25th ult. ; John Bill, 24th ult. ; Britannia, lst inst. ; Spectator, 24th ult. ; Here /bath's Journal, 24th ult.; Mining Journal, 24th nit. ; Atlas, 24th alt.; Era, 25th ult. ; Literary Gazette, Ist inst. ; Examiner, let inst. Kelly and Co. Old Boswell-court; and all Booksellers. CHEISTMAS HOLIDAYS. 1 1 HE ROTAL, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, ItOISNT-STREET. The First of ;Series of Illustrated Leetares, by Dr. Backhoffner, aY the Philesopky of Scientifi• Recreation, daily at Two o'clock. and tke Evenings, at Eight.—An entirely new Sot of Dissolving Views of London in the Sixteenth Century. and as it now is, witk II Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past Four, and in the even- Tin at a 'Quarter to Ten.--Thif Views of Rome, including new views of the Interior and Exterior of St. Peter's, with Dioramie ef fects, are shown daily, at Ono o'clock.—Lectures en Chemistry, with brilliant experiments, by Mr. Ashley.--Experiments with the Diver and Diving-W.—New Exhibition of Chromatropes.—The Ma chinery, Models, Sce , explained. Adraisiloit. Half-pries. rpHE NOVELTY most recently introduced by mrssits. NICOLL is called NICOLL'S PATENT EIDER DOS N PALETOT, sueh novelty consistinc !n the adaptation of Sider Dow* In the formation of NICOLL'S PALETOT, the original elegance and utility of which is, however, faithfully preserved. Eiders are found in great numbers in Iceland and the Fen , Islands, where their beautiful and delicate down is well known to be Proof against the most severe cold, and even the small quantit3 which can be compressed and concealed between the two hands, wil serve in the formation of a Paletet, which, while it has most extra- Ordinary lightness, has, nevertheless, more warmth than the fines' Isnel thickest blanket, the great deciders.' tun for a winter garment being thus accomplished, namely, personal warmth without fatigue. Public inspection is Invited at MESSES. NICOLL'S wholesale and reta:lwarerooms, 114, 116,. and 120, REGENT. STREET, and 22, COaNHILL, London. THE SEAL FUR PALETOT The costly nature of the material will necessarily confine the use of this garment to a select few ; but he who can afford the il !Xpense wl pronoence it to be th most getlemanly, elegant, and !Unions article of dress that can e possibly n be conceived. Messrs. NICOLL will, continue to supply the SEAL FUR PALETOT at its Proient moderate pricy—that is to say, so 'ong as the demand does net interfere with the supply ; for it mast be borne in mind that the *tuber of Seal Skins in the English market is very limited—at least Etch are capable of being formed into the graceful garment Gilled NICOLL'S PALEToT. Regiitored 6 and 7 Vic-, cap, 65. ..aa early p..rchase would, therefore, be desirable. J., and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIJ ILL, LONDON. Iv HE NICOL L PALETOT (Registered 6 and A. 7 Vict., cap. 65) ITAREROOMS, 'l4, 116, 120, REGENT STREET. and 22, CO R N 111 LL. and hare assumed the list of the word PALETOT, but Messrs. nicor,r, are the sole Patentees of the desiv and material. The Who'csale and Collating House Dep trtments far the London tranches In •he Sh•ppiig and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE ALLEY. CORNIIIL... and 120, REGENT-STREET. The NICOLL is the distinguishing name given to a garment 'Scored by Royal Letters Patent front general imitation. It has all the advantages of Messrs. NICOLL'S original invention, the RE GISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH. The NICOLL PA LETOTS are charged One, Two, Three, and Three-and a-half Cilne.as, according with the climate er purpose for which they asap be reqwircd, 41,1 ELEGANT.CIIRIATMAS PREF.ENT FOR ON! SHILL'NG. ItIiNIMEL'S PERFUMED ALMA NACK, for imparting a delightful fragrance to pocket-books, card-cases, Work -boxes, desks, and is one of the prettiest novelties of the season. Sent on receipt of 13 stamps, or to be had of all per'umers aid sta ttoners, or of the Propel tor, E. RIMIIEL, Perfumer, 39, Gerard- Street, Soho. May be ordered through Messrs. Longman. AN EXQUISITE ADDITON to the TOILET TABLE is MILTON'S HAIR LIIBRIC.kNT, which, If used a , directed, will speedily render the scantiest head of hair thick, e urlY, and lustrous —the healthy and vigorous stimulating powers it possesses at once stops any tendency to grey hair or baldness. Its Derfunie is essentially novel and most delicious. In elegant pots, • 2 3. ea , h. ,__Sold by al . perfumers and medicine vendors in town and country. wholesitle Loudon Agents : —Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farringdon '3treet; Edwards, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Sutton and Co , Bow C hurch -yard ; Sangar, 151, Oxford-street ; and Hannay and Co., .uxford-street. .THE SCHOOLBOY'S DREAM A JOKE FOR THE JUVENILES. Not many days back, Mr. Archibald Spo• n Received a long note fro n his little son John. This letter RDA penned in a singular style, And doubtless 1,11 cause my young readers to smile. The epistle runs thus:— " Dear Papa and Mamma, I'm happy to hear y.u're so well as you aro; The thoughts of returning (though strange it may seem(, • llave caused your delighted boy, Johnny, to dream. Ifethought Vother night that you gave a line party, And hailed my re' urn in a manner most hearty. The party invited consisted of many ; • ToM, Harry, and Alick, and Percival _Penny ; And William, and Thomas, and l'h lip, and Frank, • And Master Mat Middleton, all en the prank ; And Michael, and Montague, Charley, an I Fred, And Alfred the small, with the curls oa his head ; And Joseph, and Sammy, and Jessie, And Master Georges Gordon, remarkably dressy; And Walter, and Willoughby, T tus, and Tim, And Samson and Simon, is vary good trim ; And Julius, Anthony, Robert, and Wat, And many mere names which I fear I've forgot. And metheeght in my singular dream there were none Dut what were decked out by E. Moses and Son. Such elegant tunics, such stylish hussars, We looked like the gslaxy studded with stars. And methought we shouted with glorious noise, E. Moses and Son are the men for the boys. Xs doubt after this Messrs. Moses will don YoUr very affectionate Son, JOHNNY SPONN." t.,1! , T or riticEta READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every £0 8 6 The littilwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The reletot, ditto• •••.. •• 0 18 0 Chesterfield, ditto ...... ........ 1 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of oy, r Coat .. •• • • •• •• •• . 1 i Shooting Coats • Lounging or Morning Coats • Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .... • 4 6 Ditto ditto Deeskln .. 0 7 s Ditto Tests •• ••• Bled( 'Velvet •• •••• •• •• •• 0 13 D7ess Coats • ..... ••.••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 0 17 • Frock Ditto ...... •• .• ••••••••• • • • • •• • • 0 19 P Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, Nasser and Taste Suits ••.••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 14 6 Boys' Autumn and Winter - Vests ..........9 0 II MAIM TO IMEASTRE. ' • Yen's Autumn and Winter Over Coats • • from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined • • • • • . The Paletot, handsomely and 'warmly trimmed 1 16 0 Tke Eglintoa Wrapper, a very elzgant style of Over Coat 2 0 0 The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout .. •• • • • • ••• • • • 2 10 0 Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and Doeskin. ...... .•••• • • • • • ••••.• • • .. Pest Black Ciminero ditto .. ••• • • • 1 6 • Autumn and Winter Tests ..... .. • • 0 8 6 Test Black Cloth ditto .............. Flack Silk Telvet ditto I 18 6 Dress Coats ••••• • • . • . —freer 325. to 2 16 0 Frock ••••••••.. • • • • • • • • from 355. te 3 3 Rnssar and Tanis Salts • • .... ••..• • • . from 1 a I Men's ihootinn Coat •• • • .... •••••. • • • • . 0 16 0 Elegant Dressing Robes, In great variety, Item . .. Large Sleek of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 603. to 201. Naval and Military 'shims, Liveries, &e. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. A Snit of Mourning complete for 11. 10a. tr tile .„ new book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with fall Agee, for Self-measarement, can be bad o n application, or for .,l"cd. post fr to any part of the kingdom. oleu km seaso The Fur Department Is now replete with every novelty 3L. " 4 erve--Any article purchased, either ready made, or roade not approved of will he exchanged, or the money returned. MOLE B and 03N, Tailors, Wonlicn4rapor,., Clistniors. Hatters, 168 . 1 0 .. Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, ' 6 , and 157 Minories, and 52, 84, s 5, and 86 A istgate, City, Ini7 4 r l ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast bibihment. C lint! 1 / 44 1, 4 01 1.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public tkla t i;„_„" Q inPosition ; but having heard that the u.ntradesnsandk‘ of being connected with them, er " It is the same concern," li te „ 7 71 resorted to in many instances, and tor obvious reasons, la i".."eg to state that they have no connexion with any other howl te Zt of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far -44 4. , eMeld ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; or Tcoo who require cheiip d genuie rb , thinig. Stc., should cal , to the Minories and City, London ; or either of Eitabliehlnobta, as above. MPROVE D DWELLINGS for the POOR I At the present moment, when a day of National Thanks giving is appointed, it cannot be out of p' ace to bring before the minds of the Christian public some of the efforts which have been made, and are still making, to remedy the deplorable evils which endanger both the lives and the morals of the poorer classes of society. The SOCIETY for' the IMPROVEMENT of the CONDITION ef the LABOURING CLASSES has now been occupied for more than four years past with these objects : It has built a r .nee of Dwellings for the Industrious Classes, on sanitary principles, at Bagnigge-wells, Gray's Izu-lane. Here twenty-three families and. thirty single women arc accommo'ated. It has repaired and r ndered fit for healthy occupation four houses In King-street and•ChaCes-street, Drury-lane, wherein 108 working men are accommodated. It has built, in Go , rge-street, St. Giles's, a Model Lodging House for working men, where 104 persons of this class find a comfortable habitation. It has repaired and titled up, at No. 76, Hatton-garden, a house for the aceommodation'of fifty eight females of the working-classes. It is now building. In Streathans-street, Bloomsbury, a range of dwellings for mechanics and their families, wherein about 48 such families will find good and healthy habitations. At • Tunbridge Wells it is. aiding to raise a series of co' tages for agricultural labourers of which six and a lodging-house for single men are already completed and occupied. . Besides these various works, it is in constant correspondence with si-great number or benevolent persons in all parts of the kingd ; who apply for its aid in the building or Improvement of cottages, or the-seStiug-oat.etcottage allotments. In these various works It has expended, and is expending, more than. Twenty-three Thousand Pounds. For the works now in hand a further sum of between Three and Four Thousand Pounds is needed ; towards %filch the Committee now solicits the contributions of the benevolent. The following are the sums already subscribed towards the house now erecting in Streatham-street : SUBSCRIPTIONS Her Most Gfacious Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert Her Majesty the Queen' Dowager - - Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent - - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester - The Right Hee. Earl Spencer - - Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. - - The Right Hon. Lord Feversham - • B. M. Pete, Esq., M.P. - - - Rev. E. Hollend - - - - His Grace the Duke ef•Bedford - - Miss Portal - - - - Messrs. Barclay and Co - - - - • /COSMOS Abel Smitli, Esq. - - • Lord Willoughby de Eresby - • A Fr - end, by L. Sullivan, Esq. - - Total, to Jan. 1, 1549 - - - Donations since received : W. S., a Tribute for theThanksgtving Day -£lO 0 Mrs. Blair - ----- - 25 0 Mrs. Lambert Blair The Rev. Dr. Ellerton A Friend R. B. Cooke, Esq. Major Cruikshank A., per Nisbet Y. T. C. Saver, Esq. A. Palmer, Esq. A. H. Bradshaw, Esq. R. C. Kidd, Esq. W. S. Angell, Esq. • The Dowager Lady Cooper - - - - 10 0 J. E. Denison, Esq., M.P. - - - - 10 0 Rev. J. Ware Mrs. Charles Pym - Gee. Pearce, Esq. _.- J. Sperling, Esq. R. H. V. Walpole, Earl. R. A. Hornby, Esq. - Viscount Brackley H. B. Hickman, Esq. Miss A. M. Cotton Marquis of Blandford Rev. Dr. Pace) , J. 0. Harris, Esq. H. Unwen, Esq. - Rev. Dr. Cotton, Principal of Worcester College 5 0 John Hardy, Esq. - - - - - - 20 0 Mr. Hargraves - - - - - - 10 0 W. E. Hubbard, Esq. - - - - 5 0 Lieut.-Colonel Seymour Mrs. Huiham - Major Little - - - - - - - 1 0 M. 0., one who has read Lord Ashley's Letter in the ".Times" of the 19th ult., as a Thank offering of herself and family from the late Epidemic Lady Murray W. Jennings, Esq. R. Wilkinson, Esq. J. Beaufort, Rag. Hon. Menntstuart Elphinstone - - 10 0 Miss Ware Edward Strachey, Esq. Mrs. Dumaresque Thomas L. Ward - - - - - 10 0 T. H. Bastard, Esq. E. Gardner, Esq. T. Twining, jun., Esq. T. H. Parker, Esq. C. V. Mrs. Bird J. J. Smith, Esq. W. Penny, Esq. - - - - - 5 0 W. Sparkes, Esq. Chrlstianus B. Smith, Esq. G. Harding, Esq. J. C. Hall, Esq. E. B. Bastard, Esq. Members of Rev. Dr. Cumming's Congregation 10 0 _ W. P. Angell, Esq. - - - - - - 5 IS Sirs. Sehael Miss Catherine Stu trt E. W. M. L. Donations and annual subscriptions will he received by Messrs Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar , and Co., St. James's•-street ; Messrs. Ceutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs . Strahan, Pa i , and Co., Temple-bar; and by liatchards, P.ccadilly ; Sceheys, Fleet-street and Hanover-street ; and Nisbet, Berners• street ; or by the Secretary, at the Office, 21, Exeter Hall. - £3OO 0 0 - 150 0 - 100 0 0 - 50 0 0 - 100 0 0 2d donation 110 0 0 - 100 0 0 110 6 0 - - • 100 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - 100 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - - - 100 0 0 - - - 100 6 0 - - 100 0 0 - £5,663 3 6 T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 51. lOMTIARD-S ritF:ET, LONDON. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. John Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malin% I Esq.. Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilber force, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. James Fuller Maciox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. 0. Parnell, Esq. AUDITORS. Samuel Field, Esq. William Ghrlines Kell, Esq. MEDICAL. ADVISER. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. BANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and CO. SECRETARY. David Alison, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Atkins and Andrew. MANAGER. Alexander Robertson. Esq. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE, .he Company being prohibited, by the 54th clause of their Deed of 'Constitution, which is duly registered In terms of the Act, from dis puting a Policy upon any ground whatever. The Rates of Premium are calculated noon Carlisle mortality, and are as low as a due regard to complete security will justify. HALF PREMIUM SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the remiums. with interest of the retained halves, is required to be paid for the first five years—the retained halves, being payable at the convenience of the assured, or allowed to continue, to ferns a deduction from the claim on the Policy ; and as the As surance may be relinquished at any time without payment of the retained premiums, this scheme enables a party to assure for the first five years at little more than half the usual rate, and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifice. WHOLE WORLD POLICIES are granted, whereby the security of a creditor, holder of a Policy, continues unimpaired, although the assured life should go beyond the prescribed limits. Sums are assured payable to the parties themselves on attaining a specified av, Or at their death, whichever shall first occur. 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Let no imaginatively Maned, or prudish feelirg deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered gy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are net intended certainly for mere idl e cur i os i ty, b u t tl+r the clef.'et perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they ere offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or are a disgrace to the age. Furthermo re , t wo o th er your attention (same price is, each, by r cat Is. 6d.) calm " What to Eat, Drink, and together, ths publicationsr, claim &veld," and " How to be Happy." They are net merely pampelets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere e r hem.ral scribbling' of the hour, but the study of the author's 'ifs whe owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob. servaecs of the maxima he would inculcate—to do unto others as he wocki he done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be kad of Sherwood, 23, Paternester-rew ; Carvalho, 14T, Fleet -street • Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Spokes, b, liolborn hill ; or direct (by post or ether set,e) foe's the anther (who may be conferred with penonarY, mornings , n 1 seeninea). O. Argyll-glare Regent-street: and ail Bookie', et a CHILD MURDER AT SOUTH LAMBETH. ---Yester day a long inquiry took place before Mr. W. Carter, the c trotter for Surrey, at the Lansdowne, Lansdowne -road, South Lambeth, on the body of a fine male child, fourd under the following citcumstances :—On Tuesday morn ing about eight o'clock, as Mr. Kibble was passing by a field on the Lansdowne-road, ho saw a parcel, which upon examination he found to be the body of a child wrapped up in a newspaper of the 23d of October, 1849. Mr. Christie, of the Brixton road, surgeon, said he had made a post mortem examination. He found no external marks of violence, except that the umbilical cord had been torn away from the body, He had no doubt the death was caused by the hemorrhage arising from the injury. Every other part of the body was perfectly healthy. The Coroner said there could be no doubt, after the testimony of Mr. Christie, that the death had been a violent one, for the child had actually bled to death. The jury, of er a short consultation, returned a verdict of wit'ul murder against score person or persons unknown. ANNUAL SOIREE 1 , 1."1'-BEVERLEY. (From thn Hull Alurrilfer.) The annual soiree of the East-Riding Unian of Mechanics' Institutes - was hold at-Beverley, in the Mechanics'-hall, on Wednesday evening. The at tendance was more nutnerous than at any previous soirée, the popultrity of the Rev. Junes Aspinall, Rector of Althorpe, Lincolnshire, who was announekd as a speake: in Beverley for the first time, having, no doubt, attracted large numbers. After tea, and t.e tween the addresses, a number of pieces were sung very creditably by Messrs. Brigham, May, Roxby, Hale, Coverdale, and W. Brigham, accompanied on the piano by Mr. Watson. The CHAIRMAN, in his opining address, spoke as folloWs:—Ladies and Gentlemen—l have addressed you so often on the education of the working classes, that I shall not trouble you with many remarks on • the present occasion. Besides, I share with you the impatience to hear one who has come from a great distance to honour us with his company ; one whose winged words have gone through the length and breadth of the land, and have everywhere made a deep and indelible impression. The Reverend Mr. Aspinall is emphatically the friend of the work ing men; and a leveller in the best sense of the term; for he does not strive to pull down the mighty from their seats, but to raise .up the humble and meek. —(Cheers.) I trust his coming among us will give a new impulse to our efforts, to render this institution what it might be and ought to be —a blessing to the town and neighbourhood. What is society but a large trading community; in whteti all, according to their several investments of capital, skill, or labour, are alike interested, and the safety of each is bound up with that of all ? In a society of this description there must be a gradation of ranks. , While some direct and govern, others must labour and execute ; it is, indeed, an ordination of Providence that " Those who think must govern those who toil." —(Cheers.) Of those two classes the latter will always be the most numerous. How important it is that the millions should have a moral and intellectual education ; for if the materials which form the basis of the social edifice are ill-hewn and worse disposed, the foundations will give way, and the whole fabric crumble into ruins. It is truly said by Pope, that " A little learning is a dangerous thing." am aware the truth of this remark has been con tested ; but it had been denied by those only wlli misunderstood the poet's meaning. lie certainly could not mean that positive information, however small, was bad, but was alluding to that kind of education which puffs men up and renders them blind to their deficiencies. It is certain that the slender modicum of learning obtained-by the multitude has a tendency to weaken rather than strengthen the mind. It is just enough to enable them to devour the trash that issues from circulating libraries ; and we all know that novels and romances are to the mind what dram-drinking is to the body. They who live in a world of their own i mag i n ings are unfit f or t h e stern realities and the sober duties of life. It is absurd to say that the imagination and the passions require cultivation. Those faculties are too active of them selves, and require exertion rather than cultivation. The education rcquired by the working classes is scientific. They should be rendered able to subdue the earth, to encounter the perils of the ocean, to enlist the elements into their service, and convert the raw materials of the earth into things useful and ornamental. The b e st argu ment in favour o f m echanics ' institutes is the evils of popular ignorance, an ausple field into which it is not my intention to enter at any length. I may just observe that in the arts of design our inferiority to our French competitors is on all hands admitted. And would it be believed that England, the most maritime country in the world, is obli ge d t o h ave recourse to French models in the art of shipbuilding ? The enormous number of shipwrecks that occur annually, involving an immense loss of life and pro party, is owing, in the majority of instances, to the ignorance of seamen in nautical astronomy and navi gation. Time would fail me to enumerate the losses of the farmer from his ignorance of chemistry, and of the miner from a want of knowledge of geology; hut enough has been said to show the necessity of science to the working classes. In conclusion, I would just ask the objectors to mechanics' institutes what would have been the condition of this country if the sun of science had never shone upon it ? We sh(uld have had a scanty and ill-fed population, living in huts instead of hous.s, in cavds instead of castles. We should have had neither ships, colonies, nor commerce; no railroads, steam-engines, and spin ning jennies • nor any of those countless contri v a nces that have ren dered England the wonder and admira tion of the civilized world.—(Cheers.) Mr. HIND then read the Wowing report : " The committee of the East-itidieg Union of Me chanics' Institutes prefer, on the present occasion, presenting to your consideration a few facts of a sta tistical character to any protracted or minor details. When the union was formed in January, 1848, it only comprised three institutions, namely, those of Beverley, Driffield, and Bridlington. Its principal object was to consolidate these, and to form new in stitutions. Tnat these purposes have to some extent been achieved will be evident from the increased numbers to the extent of 100 t ach of the members of Beverley and Driffield, and the formation of four new institutions in the towns of Bridlington Qoay, Filey, Market Weighton, and Nafferton, with the additions of four village branches in Brandesburton, 15'roding ham, Kilham, and Lsngtoft. The important insti tutions at Goole and Pocklington have also joined the union, which is thus increased—in the short space of two years—from three to thirteen institutions, comprising hundreds of new members who were never thus associated before. Special atten tion is called to what is considered the most interesting and most important feature in the operations of the union—the village mission, which is intended to establish reading rooms and libraries, with occasional lectures in every village and hamlet in the East Riding. All has not been accomplished that has been wished. Some errors, disappointments, and failures may have occurred; but when it is con sidered that this is the first experiment of the kind ever made in England, and that there are contingen cies which no human foresight or prudence can control, it is presumed that indulgence will be extended to the past, and experience and hope derived for the future, The popular and elastic constitution of these individual institutions, and of the union itself, from which all party politics and controversial theology are strictly excluded, warrant these expec tations. The example of the East-Riding Union has been already followed by the formation of north-west sub unions, and so far as the employ. ment of lecturers is concerned, is being fi liowed by the General Yorkshire:Union. Late as it is with this union, composed of ninety institutions, comprising 16.000 members, among whom are found the highest statesmen, church dignitaries, and scientific men of the day, having free access to all its lectures and libraries, and enjoying constant sytepathy and cor respondence with them in the great educational move ment of the age, while valuable literary and social advantages, at a mere nominal cost, are secured fur its immediate vicinity, the East-Hiding Union must command the continued and liberal patronage and support of the inhabitants of Beierley and the neigh bourhood." Mr. DAY then, in an interesting address, spoke as one who was in his own attainments an illustration of the benefits of mechanics' institutions. He espe cially dwelt upon the advantages of the library and the discussion class. The CHAIRMAN then introduced The Rev. J. ASPINALL, M.A., Rector of Althorpe, Lincolnshire, who, on rising, was received with ap plause. He said—When, some years since, such meetings as this were first held in the country, it was bard and up-hill work with the advocates and chem. pions of popular education. They had both open enemies and cold friends to contend with ; but they had counted the cost and were in nowise dismayed by the hostility and opposition which they had to face. They knew that their work would be gradual, not in stantaneous ; that, if they expected miracles, they would be overwhelmed by disappointme n t ; that the world cannot be won from its old ways, nor human nature be torn froui its accustomed habits, in a -mo went of time; that the Saturnia regna of the poets are not to be revived by asking for them. And, feel ing these things; they loudly proclainied them, not to damp the ardour of their friends, but to encourage their perseverance. Zeal and enthusiasm are too apt after soaring into the seventh heaven of hope, to plunge, if not instantly gratified, 'into the 'abys s o i despair. We wished to prevent this. We impressed upon their minds that their task, though sure, we be lieved, in the event, would be slow at the beginning; not so slow, however, but that we should soon Perceive and note that progress was being made. And so it was. 'lt was felt almost immediately that our tions were doing good. This was cornier; in g, because the first stages of improvement and amendment are always the most difficult to travel over. Pioneers' work has then to be performed. The feelings and prejudices of mankind are then in: full strength and force, arrayed against the i.snoveting teacher who presumes to doubt their integrity or question their perfection. But theie once conquered, all the rest is easy and smooth sailing, And such a point we have now reached; Gradually the frosts and icebergs of opposition began to break up and thaw: We pres , 3ed on to the summit of the difficulties which were to be overcome until we obtained a Pisgah - view of the promised lend spread out before uq,. with all the main obstacles between us and it removed, and an in c li ne d plane for hop e t o journey on until it becomes a rea lity, and the utopia of yi sterday is transmuted by the alehy my of time into the "great fact" of to-dozy. When therefore, we now meet, it is to congratulate each other on our success, to report progress, to take stock. We are all on one side. Our controversies are like that which we lately read of in some West Indian paper—" Master and I," said the negro, " have been arguing all morning which is the pike to plant the rice in. He says this is the right spit, and I say the same, and we have been at it these two hours."— . (Laughter.) In short, our only buainess on these occasions is to recount our triumphs, and to point to the trophies which we have set up. It was' the boast of the Emperor Augustus that he found Rome brick, and left it marble. And, even -so, I think it -will in the . end be said of the educationists 'ef . the nine teenth century, that they found the fabric of society based upon the ignorance, and left it resting upon the intelligence of the masses of the people. I have, indeed, often b:en told that when we so speak, we.dieparage and undervalue what the middle • and preceding ages achieved in the arts and sciences, to improve. ment and invention, in literary r onders and archi tectural miracles, and countless other treasures, the offspring of mind, and of mind in a highly cultivated and civilized frame and condition. I, for one, under.: rate none of these things. I confess at once to the immensity-of- the - debt which we - of present generation owe to those who have gone before us. I believe that the world has never been without its guardians of knowledge and teachers of wisdom. I find their names written in the annals of intellect, their works stored in the archives of literature, in some centuries more, in others less numerous, as fancy speaks of angel's visits, " few and far between ;" but still the light of knowledge never extinguished, its holy flame, like that committed to the charge of the vestals, kept in perpetual brightness by an undying succession• of intellectual watchmen, self-devoted to the task. We see traces of this brotherhood of science in all history, and recognise them in all the meanderings of tradition, until lost in the darkness of oblivion itself, and we are convinced-that they existed, flourished, taught, before the Chaldean magas scanned the stars for wisdom, or the Phosnician mariner for guidance—before the sage of Egypt gazed on the mystic waters of the Nile—before the Druid bowed the savage heart in awe at his. colossal temple—and before the meditative Greek sought in the universal frame of nature the harmony and the workings of an intelligence like his own.—(Cheers.) But when we have admitted all this, we may still come back to and maintain the position that not until the present cen tury did the education of the masses of society pro perly and fully begin. The light of the intellectual day grew stronger and stronger upon the mountain toys, but not until then did its beams penetrate to the valleys beneath. Let us open the page'ofaktistory and see what it tells us of the state of the millions in the most favoured and enlightened nations of Europe in former days. I will go back, fur instance, to the fourteenth and the century immediately preceding it. When I do so, I read the people were little civilized —ignorance abounded—the dominion of the law was yet unconfirmed—the husbandmam was a feudal slave —humanity Was unknown—rudeness of manners was general—supposed witches and heretics were burned alive—wild passions, severity, and cruelty every where prevailed—human life was little regarded-- governments had no thought about Vroriding for the welfare of their subjects. That is not a pleasing picture. Let us pass on to a somewhat later date, and take a peep at the condition of Europe and its king. doms at the close of the fifteenth, and the commence ment of the sixteenth century. Ah ! what do we see now The mental 'effervescence has begun. There is a stir in the world. The leaven of intellect is at work. There is a shaking of the dry bones of old ignorance. America had — been discovered. Africa had been circumnavipted. And, what is more ' the invention of th e p r i n ti ng - press , th a t men t a l rail Arly, liberty's grain of mustard seed, civilizition's grain of mustard seed, the first essentiA of refinement and of • the unchecked development of social rights, had burst through the bonds of darkness_ and given to freedom of thought iaperisliabla wings.—(Loud cheers.) Alen's minds where', consequently, in n• very ferment of activity. They expanded un consciously in the unwonted light of d.iy. They felt as if the whole e.;.rth were on the eve of renovation, and knew not what fresh energies were about to be called into action—what unsuspected powers might successively be developed—as they wizt , .d upon events more stupendous than any which had ever occurred, and awakened to ideas more creative than had ever arou , ed the spirit of men. 'But even thus stimulated and excited, the hopes of the most enlightened fell far short of the actual results of these mighty discoveries and improvements of which we probably, although we flatter ourselves that we are in the fulness of their enjoyrnen`, arc only in the seed time and first in fancy ; while to the multitude, although the darkness of the past was receding, the light was still only as the approach of a sun yet hidden behind a cloud from which it is struggling to burst. In short, let us say what we will, popular education has no history, pedi gree, or genealogy beyond the present century. Chance seeds might strike root and spring up and shoot forth gigantic branches, but, as a whole, the masses were scandalously neglected in the matter of education. I recollect, indeed, once when speaking on this very subject having my attention turned by a friend who held a contrary opinion, to a passage in the life of Pope, which occurred in the earlier part of the last century. N•Vhen the first books of his immortal trans lation of Homer appeared, a rival version by Tickell was immediately published. The coincidence or op. position made a great noise among the scholars and wits of the day, who were divided in - their opinion - as to the merits of the two works. Pope himself. says— "l have the town, that is, the mob, on my side ; but it is not uncommon for the smaller party to supply by industry what it wants in numbers. I appeal to the people as any rightful judges, and while they are not inclined to condemn me, shall not fear the high-flyers at Button's." But Pope's town, mob, and people are here to be received in a very limited sense. He merely intends us to understand by them the majority cf those who were qual to the task of critics, in contradistinction to Addison, and two or three intellectual potentates of the time, la creme de la create, who expected their nod and fiat to be omnipotent on all literary and classical questions. And here, in passing, I may be permitted to observe, in what a striking and remarkable manner the verdict of the poet's " mob" has been adopted by succeeding generations, who, while oblivion has drawn its curtain of raven black before the production of his rival, still respond eagerly to the epigram which ap. peered at the time : .• So much, say Pope, thy English Iliad charms, As pity melts us or as passions warms, That after ages shall, with wonder seek, Who 'twaa translated Homer into Greek." —(Laughter.) But from the past let us come down to the present. And when we do so, and see all that is now doing to stimulate and develop the intellect of the masses, the printing-press, that mental railway, as I before called it, so busily at work, the cheap trains of literature laid on in all directions, the steam of education well up, and the engineers and stokers, schoolmasters and tutors, so actively employed in every quarter of the land—when, I say, we behold such things, we may venture to anticipate the arrival of a time when an untaught and ignorant man in society shall be as great a rarity as a mummy trans lated from the Egyptian pit to the British Museum. (Cheers.) We are, I lupe, making some progress towards a consummation so ,devoutly to be wished. Our Transatlantic brethren are, as we all know, the greatest manufacturers of jests and coiners of quips and cranks on the face of the earth. Well, not long since in one of their newspapers, I read that a man, being charged with intoxication at some public meet ing, promptly answered, "Intoxicated ! To be sure I am. I've been intoxicated these three years. Bro ther and I are on a temperance mission ; he lectures, and lam the frightful example.' " (Loud laughter.) And, even so, as education makes its way from the city to the town, from the town to the village, from the. village to ths single cottage • in the valley or on the hill side, as it fulfils its glorious, humanising, civilising, Christianising mission; com forting the solitary spirit toiling at his loom, illumi nating the workshop, irradiating the factory, inspiring the masses, spreading itself int o th e mos t remote nooks and corners of the land, and accompanying and eld 'vating the mariner in his night-watches upon the ocean ; as I behold and rejoice in such things, I cannot kelp thinking that there is a time, a good time coin ing, when an ignorant man, thrusting liiniself into any company, any class of society, shall be also looked upon as "the frightful example" to remind us of the hideous yoke of darkness from which we have escaped! —(Cheers.) 'Whatever others may do, let it be your high purpose to be' among the first and foremost in the educational movement of the age. Lead it if you can ; do not lag behind it on any account. Rouse your indu4try. Piit forth your energits., that, in the intellectual pilgrimage from Bceotia to Athens, now so happily ge,ueral 'amongst all orders and degrees of seekty, your place tray be in the van, far re• moved from that of the Spartan's slave, the foil, the contrast, "the frightful example" by which the superiority of others is to be tested and as3et tailied.---(llear, hear.) And now I would, for a few mements, turn your thoughts to one or two of what we may call the incidental advantages which the preeent age derives from the increased intelligence wrought by, education amongst all classes of society. Oliver Goldseiith, in his writings, more thin once sneers at; the small- value set in this country upon instruction and -instructors in his day, by recording the follo_wittg_advertisement \Vented, an usher to an academy. N.B. Ile must be able to read and dress hair." Well, we have at all events taken a step forward since that date. Teachers in' our schools must now be " able to read," and a little more; and as to dress'ng the hair of the pupils, their peculiar province in our times is to deal with the inside, not the outside, of the heads committed to their care. Even as vet, hivvever, I would say more emphatically, tau are far from the social position which they ought to occupy. But things are improving. We are advancing toward:eft .And there is another illustra tion on this pOint to which I would direct your at tention. A century ago it was remarked by a lady of high rank on .the first appearance of a young gentle man at a court ball, "So admirable a dancer trust succeed in life." That, if you please, was the triumph of heels over head.—(l e aughter.) But thanks to the advancing intelligence of mankind, a ll th a t i s c h ange d, and we are .novv,l think, approaching the triumph of head over heels. And, talking of heels, we still. now and then, here and there, meet with a few timid persons, who say—But what will become of society if you thus make the advantages of education uni yeesal amongst all its ,gradations ? Will not each class be treading upon the heels of that before it, and so all be thrown into chaos and confusioa ? No such thing. Look a t th e ti me , t h e means, the opportuni ties, which those who occupy the higher walks of life have to devote to their intellectual cultivation and improvement. If, with these at their command, they cannot keep before the poor working man, the toiling . mechanic, the laborious clerk, who have only the small residue of their after hours, when the business of the day is over, to spend at .the institute or bestow upon reading at home, then do they deserve, not only that these last should tread upon their _heels, but upon their toes likewise, and make them most uncomfortable until they quicken their pace and do . their duty to themselVes, to their age, and to the advantages which they possess.-- (Cheers.) I will tell you, by an example of which I lately heard, exactly how this intellectual competi tion of classes vi ill work. Not long since a certain noble lard had a party of visitors in his house, among whom were some very able and scientific men. He had also, as a guest et the same time, an individual of the highest rank in the peerage. It was remarked, and thought strange at the moment, that day 'after day the Noble Duke ventured, even with the several pro fessors thereof, into the discussion of various ologies with which no one had previously suspected that he had even an acquaintance. It was also observed that he vanished from the general company every day two or three hours before dinner was announced. He left, and then the secret came out from some books and papers which he had carelessly omitted to take with him, and from which it appeared that he had every morning diligently read up for the evening's debate. My informant smiled as he related to me this little anecdote ; but, for my put, I admired the Noble Duke—l admired his practical tribute to the spirit of the age, in that, instead of seeking to crush down society by the weight of his rank, he descended into the arena, like Ivanhoe striking the shield of the Tetnplar with the sharp point of his lance, to do his best, and hold his own, and take his chance as a good and true knight in the tournament of intellect. And then, again, as to the world being overrun with clever men like weeds and brambles, which come fanciful hypochondriacs seem to dread ; there is no fear of th a t. A giant w ill s h ow hi mse lf under any circumstances and against any circumstances. He will force his way against all impediments, like Samson bursting through the gates of Gezi and carrying them off, bar, posts, and all, upon his shoulders. Let us glance Lask et two or three examples of teen of true Anglo- Saxon metal and true Anglo-Saxon mould, Hho have lately closed their eyes to this world. No force of difficultieaceuld have kept down the Titanic powers of George Stephenson, in his struggles to rotaiti the eminence which he achieved.—(Cheers.) No array of disadvantages could have crushed the soaring energies and Tiettela d. the poetic fire of Ebenezer Elliot. Alcoa ! dolt his muse should now be silent, his harp unstrung ! But his memory survives. His tuneful and truthful voice yet ape, its to us from the grave, Lni his spirit-stirring a'ol soul thrilling songs, like those of the patriot bard of ant.'quity, will long continue to cheer and inspire the hearts of his coun trymen.—(Cheers.) No amount of obstacles could luxe nippd in the bud the artistic ta'ent of IVilliarn Etty, upon whose track we hang with so much interest, from his first skirmish with opposition when caugla drawing with a farthing's worth of white chalk upon his father's shop floor, to his Waterloo of success, that bright and brilliant day in his career when Sir Thomas Lawrence rendered due homage to his genius, and welcomed him to take his place in the foremost ranks of art.—(Cheers.) Bat such giants are not gregarious. Like the king of the forest, they are found alone in solitary grandeur. The schoolmaster cannot make them to order. Educa tion cannot force them against nature. Let it, then, spread it s a d van t ages ever so much amongst all classes, they will still, in the mass, maintain their relative positions. Gravitation will keep down the dunces, mediocrity will still be distanced in the race, and even genius, unless aided by the untiring efforts of energy and perseverance, will share the fate of tte fable-celebrated hare which slept when it should 1 - ave been running, and so lost the prize.—(Cheers ) But instead of tilting with ideal and im,ginary dangers, let us briefly enumerate the advantages which educa tion can confer upon a people. It is the best police which you can have. It is the cheapest standing army which the country can possess. It is a surer warrant fur order than the law, and it is a more powerful guardian of the law than the judge, for it cures by preventing, while he can only punish, with out either curing or preventing crime. It is even more than all this. It not only creates a love of order and a respect for the law among the governed, but it is a guarantee that they will enjoy the blessings of good government. In the last century, when there was a great commotion about the increased tax on spirits contemplated in what was called the Gin Act, some wag launched the following epigram against the Minister of the day : " Why will you make us coolly think? If you would govern, we must think." But the time, I trust, is coming when we may put it— The men now real who used to drink ; See how you govern—for they think. —(Laughter) In short my faith on this point is, that an enlightened people will always naturally make enlightened rulers. But it is time that I should finish, and • in doing so I will venture to address a word or two to the friends of popular education who are assembled on this interesting occasion. I have congratulated you on the disappearance of all opposi tion to this cause of national improvement—l have congratulated you on the decided progress which it has made amongst all classes. But sill, when we look plainly at what is going on in every direction, when we have sounded the lowest depths of society, we are driven to confess that, although much has been done, much more remains to be accomplished.-- (Hear, hear.) I would press upon you to bear con stantly in mind that even yet, with school added to school, and institute"to institute, from north to south, from east to wrist, ignorance is still far more prolific than any other cause of the social evils which we see at work amongst us. Sin has its votaries; dissipation has its slaves ; dishonesty slays its thousands ; and in toxication its tens of thousands ; *pleasure whirls itv myriads, blinded and dazzled, to destruction; gaiety, like the chariot-wheel .of the Indian . idol, passas over and crushes countless numbers of its fond _ _ and deluded worshippers; and all the paths, and they are many, which I,4ad to perdition, are crowded by the victims who severally choose them. But I verily believe that if we could obtain anything like an accu rate account or classification of the transgressors against the laws, human and divine, together with the causes which have more directly and immediately in fluenced them, we should find an amazing preponde rance of the evils which curse individuals and afflict society to spring- even yet from the bitter root of ignurancc.—(Chetrs ) indeed, With the revelations of the commis-Toners of tLe Morning Chronicle just now ringing in our cars, who can dens it? You a-olcuowlT2dg; this! 1 am sure do ; and, p-rhaps, you wi 1 add, vkhy b3ttie with a truism ? Ignorance, as you bare yourfell oF, has row no advocates. They have dwindled off, one by one, until no single champion will take the field in its behalf, and its eauee has died out. know this, and I am thankful fur it. And when at any moment I find myself thus reviling the departed, I am reminded of the story of the village doctor who, when one day sum moned to a patient at some little distance, being a sportsman 'took his gun with him, and Crossed the fields to his destination. At last, as he approaAed the cottage to which he was bound, a girl came rushing wildly out, and half imploringly and half indignantly shrieked, "He is dead, sir, you need not have 'brought your gun."—(Laughter.) And, even fo, when the batteries of logic are opened upon the coffined corpse of the last of the Goths, who have es. ,0 ampioned ign nee aga'nst light and education, it is only fair for you to excldin, " lie is cl , ad, sir, you need not have brought your gun." I know also that, 7 - if . the assembled millions of the land could of, col lected together into one spot, and asked to pronounce their verdict in favour of the cause of national in struction, the expression of public opinion- as ould be • too magnificent, too dec . cled e end too universal to he - for a moment mistaken. It would be one loud . burst from the hearts of a Lign souled and intelligent people. The effect would be electric. No excitement of agitation would be required to get it up. It would be no echo of, the feeling of orators or teachers. It would be " one and all," like the impulse which acted upon the first crusaders—that miracle of enthusiasm which history has dwelt upon with so much pleasure and delight. Now all this is very well, that is, as far as it goes. But an abstract hatred of ignorance and an abstract love of education are not eno ug h. I want your active as well as your passive support for our great and good cause. It is not sufficient to be with us at an annual meeting. We ask for your constant and abiding help. High day, field-day, and parade day friends are but like the flashing and dancing lights and meteors of a northern winter, which appear only again to vanish. They are but killers of time, who come to our meet- ings to have their ears tickled with a little excitement, but about whom all our appeals play harmlessly, and, like a bolt shot wide of it.s mark, leave their hearts untouched. But I would hope, I• would believe, better things of all who are here present. I would hail you, not as the drones, but the working bees, fellow-labourers, in behalf of popular education, met together to night to talk over the past and the present, and to he found to-morrow in the world still training, and preparing, and eleveting the mind of man to keep pace with the mighty future, as the tide of intelligence swells an 3 rises higher and higher on every side of us. Go on and prosper. May every (lay add to the sunlight of knowledge and civilization by which we are surrounded. And may its genial rays scatter from our horizon the °lends of ignorance which still linger above it! May they make us all happy in the feeling that we are contributing. to the happiness of others ! And may they extend. their pure, and 117)ly, and benign influence from locality to locality, from one end of our country to the other, shedding their. cheering warmth upon all ranks and classes of the people! We may not live to witness this glorious' consummation ; but we should feel it a pleasure, and cling to it as a privilege, that we are allowed to revel in the consciousness that, according to our several talents and capabilities, we are helping, - be it ever so little, to ripen it into maturity.—(The Reverend Gentleman resumed his seat'amidst enthu - - siastic applause.) Mr. DUNNING (the secretary to the union) then delivered an animated address, taking as his text the word 'soiree." He referred to the time when ordi nary English people were perplexed by the word, and every different individual who dared to take the word upon his lips gave it a peculiar and almost invariably a wrong pronunciation. He then indicated the en. joyment and the advantages of literary, studious, and reflective evenings. To a cultivated mind there was light in darkness, day in night, and happiness in gloom. He quoted from one of our poets on the adaptation of night to the intellectual and physical wants of man. He congratulated the tradesmen of Beverley for their .adherence to the early closing movement, allowing their assistants to attend at the lectures and classes of the institute, and contrasted the laudable and high-minded pursuits in intellectual soirees with the low and sensual scenes of the beer bowies and the haunts of vice. He depicted the soiree of the home fireside—of the meeting of lovers—and of the family altar; and described the varied advantages' , of mechanics' institutes. He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the donors, female and male, of the trays for the tea. Mr. DENNISON seconded the Vote of thanks, and made some r emar k s on th e i mportance of female in fluence in aiding in the improvement of all classes of society. The vote of thank.; was passed unanimously.. The Rev. J. B. BIRTWHISTLE, M.A., Incumbent of the Minster, moved a vote of thanks to the Rev. J. Aspinall, for his very eloquent address. Ile strongly commended the work of education, especially iu infant and na , ional schools. He b,lieved that thy? future generation would, as the re: , ult of education, be a far superior one to those which had preceded it. Tha Rev. W. YOUNG, B A., Independent Minister, seconded the motion. He said he was exceedingly pleltsect to see gentlemen in Mr. Aspinall's position guiding and leading the educational movement., Phis was an age which asked questions, and people would not be satisfied but with intelligent and proper answers, and since an- were inquiring for proper' intelligence and. right inforinwiti,. that intelligence anti that information thould be communica'ed to thin The - vote of thanks having been passed 4midst en thusiastic acclamation, The Rev. J AsPINAr.r.. in responding, sa 7 d— Ladies and Gentlemen,-1 beg to z e!urn you rn' most sincere thanks for tee vote you have just passed, and nut only fir the v.ite itself but alt) for the entw- r . er in which it was proposed, ard.esptcially el:so for wat,rier in which it yirts received. There is one poiet which I omitted in my address to pu, and which I am anxious to a!lude to, nstrely, the move wenz which is springin g up to give the pauper chil dren in the various unions tbroui.;ll the country n industrial aS well vs intellectual «lucation. I cou!d qu o te hi g h names i n its behalf, such as those fto he- Right Hon. T. Baines, Lord Ebrington, and many others. But it wants no much - help. It cornea, self recommended, to the heart as well as the understand ing of the Christian philanthropist.—(Hear, hear.) The thee'unics institu'e teaches the head of the up grown man to guide his hands. The industrial school Will teach the hands of the child to obey the head. It is necessary that both should work together in these pinching times of competition.—(Hear.) There should be a sympathy between the head and the hands and the hands and the htad. We must allow neither to be a sleeping partner in the great businsss of lice. —(Cheers) What does the press say on this sub jiot ? If the press is with us, we are sure to win. Somebody once observed, " Let me make the songs of the people, and I care not who makes their laws." And even so do I say," Give me the press on my side, and I fear nothing else." But I must not grow garru lous after my long address to you. In one word, thank you.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. J. It. ALLEN moved the cordial thanks of the meeting to Dr. Sandwith for presiding that evening. Mr. GASKILL seconded the motion, which was carrie'd with the warmest demonstration of respect. The CHAIRMAN—Ladies and Gentlemen,—l thank you most cordially for the manner in which you have passed your last vote. I viii only say that there has been but one thing to detract from my gratiticaq9n with this evening's proceedings, which is the small attendance of that class of persons for whom me chanics' institutes—as the name implies —were origi nally established by Dr. Birkbeck. 1 feel strongly on this point, because I am confident that the welfare of our beloved country rests mainly on the education of the working classes (Cheers.) Again I thank you for the honour you have conferred upon me. The National Anthem was then sung, alter which the soirée terininated. THE DEVON COUNTY MEETING.—A meeting was held at Ex, ter 3 esterdu, in pursuance of a rt (pinkieu signed by 7,500 freeholders and inhabitants of the county, to memorialise the Queen in favour of protection to every branch of British industry. The High Sheriff, Mr. M. E.N. Parker, presided, and about 1,200 persons were present. Mr. Mslloek movt d the address, which prayed ber Mnjesty " to take such immediate measures as would insure to the country at large such full and fair protection as would restore the state of prosrerity enjoyed before the disastrous experiment of ' free trade;"' and Mr. Baldwin Fulford was the seconder. Sir B. Wrey, Bart., miived on 'amendment advocating a re-arrange ment of all •taxation of whateier nature, so that all property might be compelled to bear its fair and just proporsi , n. M. Divett, M.P., who °fleeted to both motion and amendment, next attempted to obtain a hearing, but the interruption was so great thst the Hon. Member felt himself compelled to move that the meeting be dissolved, since discussion was impossible; :And .this motion was seconded by Lord Eroington,. 2.d.,P. The High Sheriff retused to tut ais last smeudment, and, the former having been rej,cted, the origioal motion was carried by a very large totilority. 0h r resolutions were then adopted in accordance with the memorial, and Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., M.P., was addressing the meting when the train left. TRADE AT NOTTINGHAM. HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—Wonders wlll never cease. This is fully cx. emplified in the present state of the cotton 'cut-up branch, as the trade is so brisk that at Christmas the work men intend to require an advance of wages. The oldest person in the trade e intuit recollect a similar instance of any branch of the hosiery trade being so brisk in the midst of winter. The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt brunch is not quite so brisk, but the frames are fully employed, and the demand heeps gradually increasing. The cotton glove trade is in a most healthy state. The silk-glove branch in the town has suck- my and most txte nsively improved. 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