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Mr. Charles Mathews in two Pieces, In consequence of the continaed and unprece dented success of the comedy of Married for Money, and the enthusiastic applauso with which Mr. Charles Mathews and the Lyceum Company are nightly received, the comedy will ire repeated every evening this week.—The extraordinary suc cess and unparalleled hit of the new Egyptian drama, Nito eris, pronounced the most complete and magnificent spec;a cle ever produced, the new scenery, splendid dresses, and gorgeous appointments being the theme of universal admira tion, induce the lessee to announce it for repetition every evening (Saturday excepted) till further notice. THIS EVENING, AN IMPUDENT PUPPY., Characters by Messrs. Chas. Mathews, A. Younge, Swan, Worrell, and Vincent ; Miss Talbot, Miss W adhara. - - To bez followed by a new interlude, entitled TWENTY MrSUTES WITH A TIGER. Characters by Messrs. C. Mat'aews A. Younge, Swan ; Miss De Vcre and *as Wadhare eigaclutio • evith (e ach evening) the Grand Egyptian Spectacle, NITOCRIS. A Pr ineiTO Al characters les , Miss Glynn, Miss Cleveland, Miss ...Med°. I, Mrs. Selby ; .Messrs. Bally Sulli van , Stuart, F. a. Wild, &c., introducing an Egyptian Dance, in Which kisses Rosina Wright, Charles, Brown, and the ladies of the e corps de Ballet will appear. . 1 „ 1 " )1 f laturday, alter the Comedy, Married for Money, Sheri .Zt! immatic piece, The Critic, or a Trage d y Rehearsal, in ii; l p eh XT. Cnar . les M a thews will sus t a in the characters of Atful pl ag i ar y and Puff; supported by Messrs. Stuart, w e ep et, R. Roxby, A. Younge, G. Wild , Sw an, Tem p leton, r rell ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Wadham, &c. 'Pt • eon elude with a new Balle t Divertissement, in which ill Domino , Wright and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet • tAippear: ilterane—Mr. E. Smith, anxious to make the spectacle s aatractive as well as amusing to the patrons of this The a t re, '"ac obtained, at considerable trouble, the Description of the rand Egyptian Coronation Procession, arranged and adapted to this stage by " Dykwynkyn," from the works of Clemens, l lerodotus, Strabo, Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, Jablonski, l 'ePsins, Down, Champolion, Rosellini, Savary, Wilkinson, s ad other authorities in the British Museum, the publishing 6 r which may prove interesting to the numerous patrons wit ,_itessing the spectacle, and can be had in the T heatre for one e w s l 7- Military Entree--Egyptian Soldiery in full costume, matching three deep. with Band of Trump* and Tympanum, Mend Drum. The Agathothemon or ":Good ; Genius", ages (Nobel-under 'whew praection ,the persons # 34l `;' lB ,„: 110 first, and ix succession the other Symbolic , Ro y al, and "ar Standards. The*Lybian Forces, Allies of the E gyp tians, With Band and Synalsolic Standards respectively. The Ethic )dsa Guard, with "Characteristic Symbols, Standards, &c. ldelatrous Preces Alen. Note —Every City, Month, Day, and } four had its pre siding Genius. Singer, with the Book of " i lleri nes." I Lorne Copus w ith Palm Branch and Hour n aso• " The Merogra mmat," or Sacred Scribe (in his hand the Book, Rul ez . , Papyrus, and Palette). Two Functionaries With Embleir es of " Power" and " Stability." No. 1. The Ark, or " garine of Knoumis," called also "Kuoum," "Neph," ▪ Num,' • i.e. " Water."—The primary form of " Amnon," and style A The Leader of Gods"—" The Creating Intelli riev"- -" The Spirit of God"—" The Spirit of the (Vernal) tY" The Soul of the Sun " and by the Greeks "Jupite r Cli ne eais." Worshipped by the inhabitants of Thebais (Plu r,s). The asp was sacred to this god. The Ark, bearing his 7s e el l 7ph, with that of the beetle, or " Creative Power," is . -7 decorated with this emblem. Symbolic standard of "Athor" e mts), the oracle of Night or Darkness (? chaos), whence ;r ose all created things (Egyptian belief ). Symbolic standard of ditto. The Sybil, bearing the emb lematic rush Wa y . Heka," " The Fro g ," the son of " Num , " and - ;• 1 ° of the fir s t s t a t e o f man. No. 2 "Ma," " Meii," or ;" or " Truth," " the Blind Goddess, represented With e i e h er eyes closed or blinded. The priests bearing this god sa have lib a ti on b uc k ets an d s i m p u l a . " Thmei," or Truth, or Justicess This deity has also a twofold character as the God de.wf_of Truth and Justice. The small image of this god was - 12 „."2 bY the Chief Judge wkile engaged in listening to cases ..,, ,.. , ri ig ute ht e b f ef t e h re e h ;mew. Jeers similar emblem was worn by the High i w s n oit o d t , and it is remarkable that the w ord 1 or c. Truths "—i., e. only translated " Truth," but, being a corresponds to the Egyptian word of the in g " Light and Truth "—breastplates hay (Troths fi g ure s ot the two gods, " Re" (Light) and " Thmei " with 8) represessted upon them have been discovered. Priests bl em e e f t ra „ l mei• The Scarabmus may be considered as an em- Zi era l ' Pbh‘thinall'un"--of " The Creative Power," and of the (Vulcan). Incense Bearer, waving his incense *mall ef br'a the god. The incense was in the shape of a consist of or pill ; and, upon modern analysis, is found to loured I' aromatic substances with gum , and g ave out co s. „ l'eht, or flame when thrown into the burning c u p . No. A pia ;" His titl es were " The Sacred Bull of Memph is. " "Tae csai sacred Fetell of Ab un d ance " A d ore d by the People," " The Bull of Pthah" " Guardian of the Solar Y ear," tit s renowned over the world," " The Symbol of 1nunda ...2,1: Richly draped and on a car led by Priests bearing the - "' 01 1:ms of Serapis" or " Sari Api," " The Pillar of Mensu ri° n, " Column of Measurement," or " Nilometer" of wood IVA:led into cubits. Attendant priests also fan the idol and l' f rer homage as it passes forward. The festivals in honour `'t Apis lasted 7 days, on which occasion a large concourse of /People assembled at Memphis—the priests led the Sacred (living) Bull in solemn procession, every one coming forward from their houses to welcome him. Pliny and Solinus affirm *has children who smelt his breath were thought thereby lifted with the power of predicting future events. The tokens Which distinguished this Sacred Bull at its birth were a white 11 .1 3 0 t resembling a crescent on its right side, and a lump under its tongue in the form of a beetle , as p retended b y the priests. The People believed him to be the cause of the swelling and '"undation of the Nile, which produced fertility and abund ance, and celebrated his festival at about the period of this li teral occurrence with every demonstration of r e j oicin g and tteral aban. - lonment to the intoxication of joy all ov er the lu Plom. Many temples were erected and dedicated to -PsPis," and also t o " Serapis," the divinity of the ColUmn 4 2 . Measurement--the Nilometer ! N.B. The decorations of the drapery upon the bull and carriage are principally com- Posed of the fist flowers that spring from the earth after the recession of the flood—i.e., the Lotus and Meliolotus. Priests ith the pr e t en d e d G o d " C anopus ," or Water Offering to the God of the Nile. "It is said that the Chaldeans, trans porting the fire, which was their God, into all the provinces, offered to let him combat with those of other nations, on condition that if he remained the conqueror they should adorehina. The priests of Canopus accepted the challenge a nd devised thi s stratagem. They fabricate in Egypt pitchers of an T"° reacly porous earth, through which the water filtrates and Purified. Th e Arch-priest took one of them, stopp ed the Pores with wax, and painting it of various colours filled it with ` w ater, and made it his god. He covered it with the head of !..liancient statue, s a id t o b e th a t of the pilot of Menelaus. The Chaldean, presented themselves; the contest began ; they lighted their fires around the vase ; the wax melts, the rooter runs through the vase and extinguishes the fire. The lrahauitldealen. deity priest gave the victory to Canop us over the e y- From that moment his image has been re lxvsented with very short feet, a narrow back, and the belly and back rounded like a pitcher. It is under this form that he is worshipped as the vanquisher of all the gods." —Ruffin Mistoire de l'Eglise, livre second. No. 4. The Goddess " Pash-t" " The Ifemphian Lioness," " The Beloved of Pthah " "Th e Goddess of Fire," " Bubastes" (the Diana of the Greeks) preceded by sacred dancers. The Idol carried by briests in their leopard-skin dresses, with red incense flaming efore her, and surrounded by " Symbolic Divinities," " Winged Geniuses," &c. One or the principal festivities held in Egypt was at Bubastis in honour of the Pash-t TOO,OOO persons of both sexes being present. A great num ber of victims were sacrificed, wino was profusely drunk, dancing of the Wildest character 'went forward, men played flutes, women sang and shrieked as loud as possible, struck the " Crotola" (cymbals) or clappers of wood and raetal, &c. Lotus Dancers (Females). /license Bearers. No. 5. The god " Osiris," as " Osiris Pethempamentes" (the Pluto of the Greeks). "He who is resident in the Hades," " Presi dent of the Amenti," " Receiver and Giver," " The Sun," " The Eye of the World," " The Source of the Nile," " He who has many Eyes," a form of Ammon, wearing the " Ati," and having the Crook and Flagellum ; regarded as the author of Time, from the word, " Osch-Iri," " the maker of Time." The principle office of this deity was to judge the dead, and to rule over that kingdom where the souls of geed men were admitted to eternal felicity. This deity was very famous-.his temples and priests were to be found in al most every part of Egypt ; the sacred rites of Osiris were, a profound mystery, never revealed. His name was even avoided, as of too august a nature to be mentioned. The "Ivy," with which the Priests decorated themselves, was sacred to him, and also the " Meliolotus." No. 6. The Sacred Boat of the AMenti, or Lower Regions, with the four genii, or demi gods (bearing emblems of life and power) and their vases of " Amenti," or that subterraneous region where they (the Egyptians) imagined the souls of the dead to go after their decease. The first genius is " Amset," " Judge of the Amenti" (human-headed). The second is " Ilepi," " Con cealed Number" (baboon-headed). The thirdis " Tuautmutf," " Adorer of his Mother" (jackall-headed), The fourth is " Kabh-sennf," " Refresher of his Brethren" (hawk-headed). The Sepulchral Vases have heads in shape of the four genii of the dead, and each was employed for holding a portion of the viscera of the deceased, embalmed separately and deposited in them. On the " Amset" Vase is inscribed the speech of " Isis" to the dead ; on that of " Hopi" is a similar speech from " Nepthys ;" on that of "Tuautmutf, one from "Neitl;" and on that of " Kabh-senuf," one from " Selk ;" the purport of each being an assuranc e of protection, and of being "near thee," " beside thee," or " I come to bo beside thee." The Sacred Boat is followed by the symbolic " Eyes of Osiris," or of " The Sun," emblems of the all-seeing presence of the Di vinity. Note.—Besides the Four Amenti, here were 42 As sessors or Judges of the 42 Crimes, from which a good man should be free ; and these also differ from the 36 Demons mentioned by Origen that presided over the human body, and wore invoked to cure the infirmities 'of the peculiar member immediately under their protection. No. 7. The Goddess Isis," or " The Seat." The hiero g l yp hic th rone on her head, and fr a me d by the priestesses and virgins d e di ca t e d to her worshipl Isis was styled also "The Beginning" (as he r sister The End"), and " Isis, Queen sister, " Nepthys,,' was Egypt," " The Goddess of the Moon," " Defender of her Brother," 0 , (The " Ceres" of the Greeks.) " Th e festival," says Ilerodotus, " whic . l a i ee tl n i t e . y ceAlefbterratepraatyeßrussoa ris in honour of Isis is magm bull is sacrificed, which the while priesicut theup avnidetiamfteirswacrodsn. burn, pouring oil on the fire hraseives in honour of sliming. Kneeling and striking t e ' Osiris,' they afterwards eat what remdaii,nns oofrilhneosacr Krihfioene.'s: Tamarisk and Dancers. No. 8. The Go Horns, the Apollo of the Greeks, ln-:isieurotog,ly,p,lThi e"sTuhpe. Warmth of the Sun," " The Path" (of port," a " Defender of his Father," &c., the SonolfoeOksiorfisnaanidr Isis. He is represented with the single mystic of Childhood slaying his evil geniuses, under tyhephfoor:ns of the lion, the gazelle, scorpions, vipers, &C., while rr Seth, or Baal, " The Evil Spirit," is escaping fromTbYePnhea°..tuh: his feet in the shape of a crocodile. He is atten ded by his sacred emblems and standards. The Hawk WWI dedicate to him; the Tamarisk Tree, the Testndo (Lyre), &c. One of d the principal duties of " Horns," was that of introducing the souls of the dead into the presence of " Osiris," after they had _passed the ordeal of final judgment. Ho Also assisted Amset" in weighing and ascertaining their good conduct during life, previous to their admission into the august presence of his Father in the blessed regions of the Amenti. Incense Bearers. No. 9. The Goddess " Nep thys " (" Proserpine" of the Greeks), called also "The End,' " The Sister Goddess," "_The Saviour Sister Goddess," " The Barren ," Rectrix of the Lower Regions." On her head the hierogllphie emblem of her name, a bowl and basket, called " Nab, ' placed upon a house, answering to " Ei" or "Tel " Neb-tei" or "Neb-thy," " The Lady of the Abode." " The Sistrum, having the face of Isis on one side, and Nepthys on the other, h i erog lyphically represents the beginning and the end i or generation and corruption.' "- Plutarch. No. 10. The Goddess " Neith " (the " Minerva " of the Greeks,) en ' -.tied with sceptre, and wearing the " Teshr," preceded by - ens, Male and Female Bearers of Incense with green l umwadod lry opabolig (T o w was No. 19,689.] styled " The Mother Goddess" or "Mother of Gods," " The Deified personification of Air."—(Dioslorus.) She presided over the Upper Hemisphere, and was particularlyworshipped at Sais. Musical instruments stringed (the Buoni or harp of 17 strings, especially) were dedicated to her. ‘- Neith," or " Neth," is the supposed origin of the Greek name, " Thena," or "Athena." The belief of the Egyptians in " the Existence of a Supreme Being " is proved by the inscription over the Temple of Minerva (Neith), in hieroglyphic characters, viz. : —" lam that which is, which was, and shall be. No Mortal has lifted up my veil—the offspring of my power is the San." And the " immortality of the Soul," by the prayer recited at isl'e time of death, byan Egyptian, expressing his desire to be received into the presence of the deities. Symbols of Mau and Tefnu, and JEgis or Athor. No. 11. 'g Mersekar," the Snake Goddess, called also " Melsigor," or " Mersokar"— " Ruler of the Lower Regions." No. The Great God " Ammon," or " Hamman," " Amen," " Amen-ra," " Amoun," The King of Gods," "The Concealed," " The Hid den," " The Intellectual Sun," wearing on his right head the " Teshr," surmounted by the Disc and Plumes. In his right hand the "Tau," or emblem of life, and in his left the " Gom," or sceptre of power. A large Altar of Burning Incense is car ried before him ; on either side aro his symbols of " creative power," the Sacred Ureus, or Serpent of Ammon, Priests with crooks and fans, in their habits and insignia of the high est order, with the lEgis of the God— " The Intellectual San" - •ontaining the symbolic " All-seeing Eyes," " The Divine Scambwus," and the Ram-headed God, " Chroumis," the vernal creative intelligence or divinity. The King and Queen Crowned. The King bears in his hand the sceptre of " Truth, Justice, and Mercy." The Queen that, of the Sovereignty of the Nile. They are preceded by Dancers awl Musicians, La dies and Officers of the Court and Household ; the God " Eilethyia," or Sacred Vulture, " The Protectress of Kings" —" The Pure," borne immediately in front of the Royal per sonages. The State Flabe'la, behind and over their heads, together with the banners of Nitocris and Egypt, flanked by the Royal risks of "Re " (the Sun) ; sacred symbols, with various insignia, royal and military standards, &c. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week; the GRAND RLRUSINIAN ;SPECTACLE Of MAGIC , Pr_feem. VIDARSON, - tha-Axeit `Wizard ofthe North;in "12 — acts, With , ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel aid extraordinary effects. _ _ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBEIt 9 1855. ..____. 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, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that ho sees any one thing ; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous repetition. Ho believes that no professor of his art has at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. He would attribute that success to three causes; first, that in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devcted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, 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 at exposing conjuring where ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject o! this singular delusion ; whilst many of them boar melanchely evidence to the dangers which attend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Andersen's expose of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-celled 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 Andersen to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. Ho regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, le would least have expected to have been converts to a lelief so preposterous in itself, and so easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from the Lynum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on spirit-rapping aro expressed, and every evening, within the Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. II is respectfully requested that this public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only node of replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. Ho regrets that the names •of the gnat 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 Iforning 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 ho 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 solution 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 now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2,000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in Loudon lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or phan, and in very had 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 Bassnum, 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 editonal article of an established journal, the editor of whom might be supposed to be sane. tiVen if Barnum does believe in s?irit-rapping—does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents ? and, with Barnum's endorse mew to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely to In negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not •, but when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it t - be time for bm to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the 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 séance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (t. large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was convoyed 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 subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even ing, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, on Saturday, November 10, 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 ev . euing's entertainment in the production cif the very voln ompolaincooeusfofrrotomb small foun volume, in the extraction of magnitude fort its existence , ninuten esa i , n i developingndiscovering things whereinnoodsia places,ee ap ar ands Act 4. in bringing forth Trou ble. In wliaghichlealwillbe. expected wonders from the most unlikely o om oo o m ti p on rio ; od o_r, t T h i o un A s d it v i c o n n to w r i e t o ho o u f t a T iv ro e u d : Wed ding Ring, th e p er Transfor mation—black into white, of a Bank Note, the Transfer - in the position which eand the Discovery of every Article would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verne which, though made entirerei;y or, e the Casket of Cneesus. Into and suspended so as to be i'isile - leglass perfectly transparent, of? the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money h visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, thohuiosgf the ou l d id i be closed, locked, and the key in the possession Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary • 'en "' e c n ik t u t s 2pon the " inexhaustible Bottle tilme improvement v ß e mac or, the Transparency of Opacity. ; or, the Novel Wine bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, and Act.Sp Spirit A St N or e e w . Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, Epsom salts, other wine or spirit required • and finally noyean, or any . pocket ' ' to be filled with handkerchiefs perfectly dry, proving an d occupying the w hole s pace when tightly packed. Act 8. Half au Hour withthe Spirits• , or, an Exposé of the spirit-rapping table and Spirit-rapping. Introducing tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand which theproperty Mystic Amalgam, in of 'll undergo some strange metamor the Wizard's patrons wi . phoses, and, amongst others, their I handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Eng land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia f . which he who Act. 10. The Enchanted Chia_o OW!. =ht ----- - - - - seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as neculiar as perplexing. Act, :1. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (I;'__e dahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will be produced. Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a trouNesome friend, and the advantage; of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west ern to the eastern hemisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. Private boxes, 1./. lls. 6d. and 11. ls., to be obtained at the Box-office, or at the principal libraries; stalls, 4s. ; dress circle, 3s. ; upper boxcl, 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, 6 d. The Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction) of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per formance on Saturday. November 10, at 2 o'clock. Do ors open at half past 1. THE PEOPLE'S CLUB. 11- The progress of the People, the march of mirid, and mss: other phrases, are common in the mouths of all ; yes it is a fact that very lit:,lo is done for them by the Government; and although many praiseworthy efforts aro made by private individuals and the richer classes, yet they fail of coming home to the feelings and sympathies of the people. The reason is, that all these are attempts to provide for tho people much that the people do not care for, and much they do not understand ; and bo: , h are frequently done in ai way that offends the pride and self-esteem of the wor:ling classes, who are as independent in feeling as any other class in society. The consequence of this state of things is, that the Me chanics' Institutions of Lord Brougham, the Athenaeums of the rich traders of Manchester and Liverpool, and even the Crys tal Palace of Prince Albert, are failures, as far as the veritable people are concerned, who scarcely ever visit such places, where they feel themselves intruders. They mingle - nith classes who look down upon them, and-they keep, as most classes do, to their own places of amusement and recreation, such as they are, Fairs are mostly done away with., and the bolslersTUsaaltitta«erluch /Inas liai:•4lolpaeleitlittifito' scrambles for picking pockets and viler purposes. Meanwhile population goes on increasing at a tremendous rate. Every year the addition of hundreds of thousandsext ead the area of this huge metropolis ; and whilst alllother classes have their refining and civilising processes, the artisan alone sinks lower and lower in the scale. The class of traders has improved with every generation, and we now find their sons and daughters aro more refined, have more knowledge, and better taste than had the ancestors of many lords and dukes a hundred years since. Their young men support the nume rous theatres, concerts, libraries, clubs, exhibitions, and in stitutions of this great town. They are well clothed and well mannered, and in all essential respects gentlemen. What a contrast is there with the artisan class, who go on from generation to generation uneared for ; and although they too have made some progress in civilisation, yet by no means in a fair proportion. Whencethis difference arises is plain to be seen. The traders' sons aro not only better grounded in education, but they have numerous sources of adult education. Their wits are sharpened at the theatres, their minds are cultivated at the various learned and literary institutions, and by mingling in company at the Clubs and other places of resort. They thus get, what no set or scientific education can give, some refinement of manner and the elements of taste. It may be said that our artisans anti workmen have the same. opportunities, but it is not so. It is true the civilising influence of the theatre is thrown open to them, and many take advantage of it ; but the people at large require much more than this; and many many thousands never receive even this influence ; some by principle, and others by circum. stances, being precluded. The Crystal Palace comes the nearest to a grand refining public institution ; but it is essentially removed out of the reach of the working classes, except for occasional purposes. What the people want is something that shall spontaneously attract them. Some place which they can feel is their own, some place where they are at home amongst their own friends and their own class. A place in which they can take a pride, and where they will find ease, and pleasure, and relaxation, mingled imperceptibly with refining and instructing pro cesses ; where by mixing with men of all tempers and capa cities, they will acquire manners, and by associating with portions of art, acquire refinement and taste. No such attempt has yet been made. Hospitals have been built for the sick ; metihanics' institutes for abstract studies; schools for the ignorant; but nothing has been done to im prove the manners and the tastes of the great body of the people ; and this we maintain, in spite of the British Museum and the National Gallery being thrown open to all. The wandering through, museums and galleries, without other stimulants to the mind, is of little advantage, and that it is se is proved by the inadequate operation of such places on the minds of the people at large. It, is a remarkable fact that the mind will remain dead to all such appeals for ages, and that it is only earnestly arousA and improved through the feelings. Thus the pulpit will lo more than scientific lectures ; and theatres than dumb gal leries and overloaded museums. Ir, then, the people are to be awakened to a full develop m of their capacities and power, they must have the means of doing so. They must be sufficiently informed and culti vated to become a class. They must feel their own position and respect it, and they must become powerful by cohesion, and by a unity of taste and interest. Looking at h in this point of view, the imperfectly existing amount of civilisation, and among the working classes its slow rate of progr, ssion, too plainly shows the mental state of the greatest portion of mankind. Sanitary improvements would not be so tardy ; mendicancy so extensive ; law so inefficient ; and true 'religion so partial, if the minds of mankind were fully informed, and the best feelings of the human heart wore cultivated, It has been, therefore, thought by use Who sincerely sym pathises with his own class, " The people," that a better commencement of a new epoch, in which to arouse the pope lar intellect, could not be devised than to erect on a magni ficent scale, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY,—TI I S Directors hereby Give Notice that they Is al rece:ve Alo Y on Loan, to pay ofr Dc D. - ntures :ailing due, and are prepared to Reck Tenders for the ae for a period o' 3,5, o- 7 yews at 5 per con • per annum. Ap fikitioa tray i made to the undersigned. By order of the Directors. CHAS. A. SA.UNDERS, Secretary. Paddingtoa Station, 2d Novemb r, 1855. LONDON and N RAM wAY.—CONTRACT Tne Directors are prepared to ref the undermentioned Stores, viz.:— No. of Contrac I. Bras Sheet and Tnlses for Locomotives • Iron tubas 3. Coogr 4. Canvas s.lcarpets and Rags p: Crucibles .10. Curled Hair I'l. rlav , "2r and Brass Work 12. Colours l• Drysaltery 13. Coach Trimmings 14. Cotton Waste 16. Glass, Plate Ica. Glass, variols 17. Hardware 17a. Brushes and Pencils 7b. Nails and Tacks I 7c. Screws 17d.Gas Fittings 17e. Locks rf. Lamp Cottons OR TH-Vit EST ERN for STORES for the Year 1855. :eive Tenden for the Supply of No. of Contract -18. Leather. 18 a. Leather 19. Lead, White and Red 19a. Lead, Ingot, Sheet and ripe 20. Iron, Yorashire 22. Iron Work 24. 011, Burning, 7kc. 25. Oils, various, and Turpentin3 26. 011 Cloth 28a. Augurs, [Lammers, &c. 29. Tin Block 30. Tin Sheet and Spelter 31. Varnishes 32. Sundries, consisting of Bas- Ae s, Felt, Candles, Soap, Brooms, Pitch, Links, Sponge, Hose Pipes, Fog Signals, Sieves, Cement, In drarubber, Flannel, Calico, &e., 34. Rats 35. Caps Specification and Forms of Tender may be had on and after Mon day, November sth, on application in writing, to the Secretary, Euston Station, Londcn. Forms of Tender for each Conti' 'ct are printed separately, and parties applying should state the particular Contract or Contracts for which they propose to tender. Patterns may also be inspected on and after Monday, Nov. sth, from Ten till Four o'clock, at the Company's Pattern Room, Easton Station, and any further information require! may be obtained on application to the heads of the several departments. Tenders to be sent in on or before 'fen o'clock on Monday, Nov. 19th. By order of the Directors. CHAS. E. STE WART, Secretary. Easton Station, October, 1855. ' OFFICE, 72, CORNWELL, London. Established 1824. Policies on Healthy and Diseased Lives, at Home and Abroad, for Civil, Military, and Naval Employments. The Office being on purely P:oprietary principles, no Partnership among Policy-holders is in volved For prospectuses, proposal papers, &c., apply to MANLEY HOPKINS, Resident Director. L ONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION. Instituted 1806. Office, 81, KING WILLIAM•STREET. PRESIDENT—CHARLES FRANKS, Esq. VICE-PaEstma—JOHN BENJAMIN HEATH, Esq. This Society is essentially one of Mutual Assurance, in which the Premiums of its Members are reduced after seven years. The rate of reduction of the Premiums for the present year is 70 per eent., leaving less than one-third of the original Premium to be paid. The Society also undertakes other descriptions of Assurance, in which the Assured do not become Members, and having ceased to allow any comm , sion to Agents, the Society has been enabled to reduce the Premiums for this class of Assurances to the following rery low rates : Annual Premiums for the Assurance of £lOO. Age Xs.d. 11 Age I£s. d. Age Xs. d. 20 1 13 7 35 2 7 6 50 4 1 2 25 1 17 0 40 2 15 5 55 6 1 0 30 2 1 5 45 3 6 0 60 6 5 10 The Court of Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlement ro advance money on the security of Policies in this Association. EDWARD DOCKER. Secretary. MUTUAL A S SURANCE. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The INVESTED FUND or CAPITAL arising from the accumu iat'on of Premiums, and which belongs exclusively to the Assured, DOTT amounts to upwards of TWO MILLIONS EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS PUBLICATIONS. To be had of all booksellers, CIHEAP EDITION of MISS STRIOK n _) LAND'S LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. With ail the late Improvements and Portraits of every Queen. complete in 8 volumes, price 7s. Gd. each, bound, either of which may be had separately. Hurst and Blackett, PublisberP. successors to Henry Colbarn, MR. LONGFELLOW'S NEW POEM. Now ready, in Foolscap Svo., 55., cloth, THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. By HENRY WADSWORTII LONGFELLOW. David Bogue, Fleet-street. NEW SERIAL WORK BY MR. CH iRLEB DICKENS. Uniform with " Dombey and Son," " David Copperfield," "Bleak house," &c., &c. On the Thirtieth of November 'will be Published, to be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts, Price One Shilling each, the First Monthly Part of a New Work of Fiction, called IT TL E D ORRI T. By CIIABLES DICKENS. With Illustrations by ILmor K. Baow;eE. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-Street. Just published, price 65., NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. No. XLVII. CONTENTS. I. Educ Won and the Metropolis of Manufactures. Ir. Samuel Butler. 111. France under the House of Orleans. IV. Books : - .‘om Ireland. V. Home Reformation and Christian Union. VI. Government by Parties or by Statesmen. VII. P;elding and Thackeray. THI. Mozley on Predeqination. IX. The Pass Exposition and the Patent Law. X. The Significance of the Struggle. Edinburgh: W. P. Kennedy. London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co. Dublin: J. McGlashan. KINBIJRN, OTOHAKOV, NICHOLATEV.- Stanford's Map of the Roads, &c., between Odessa, Iticho. -laley, Perekop, Sin3pberopol, and Sevastopol, with enlarged Plans of Odessa and Nichol.%ley, compiled from the En.sian Maps in the possession of the Royal Geographical Society, the Admiralty Charts, and other documents, is now published. Price in one large sheet, 4s. ; case, 7s. Also, Stanford's Map of the Roads between Odessa and ?erekop. Price 25., sheet ; 48. 6d., case. • London : Edward Stanford, 6, Charing-cross ; and Letts, Son, and Co., Royal Exchange. A PEOPLE'S CLUB, to which " The people" would resort, and enjoy, amidst Us. elegancies of art, all that A NEWS-ROOM AND LIBRARY, on the largest and most liberal scale, could afford. For this purpose it is intended to erect, in a central position of the metropolis, A GRAND HALL, for Public Meetings, be,, whereto, in the easiest manner, and under the oheapest terms the circumstances will allow, " The people" should be admitted to all the comfort, gratification, and oenveniencos that the West-end Club affords to the aris tocrat. Mr. E T. Smith, to whom the merit of this patriotic pro ject belongs, is determined to carry it out by means of a Joint- Stock Company, established on the principle of Limited Liabi lity. He has aUpady secured the assistance of several men, whose position, talents, and national feelings will be of the greatest service to the project, and who, lolking far beyond the immediate results, Fee in such a project an effective means of advancing the true civilisation of all within the pale of an artificial community. As it is a project whioli has for its aim national advantages, by aiding in the improvement of the manners and morals of the people, it is one which may claim assistance from men (and women) of all professions of religion and all classes of society 'The Company will oommence its operations by building a spacious, handsome, and well-ventilated Hall, capable of bolding at least 7,000 persons at one time, which will be de corated in an artistic style, and will have in it a large an 4 well-selected Library, Maps, Plans, and Engravings, and all that can illustrate the great public events of the day. Music and concerts will bo occasionally introduced as mat ters of recreation ; and also, at certain seasons, explanatory lectures, from men of the very highest position in their va rious profeasions. In this respect it will seek to stand in the same relation to the working, that the Royal Society does to the aristocratic) classes. Everything that can soothe the weary worker and relieve the toiling man, and at the same time invigorate the mind, will be devised. It is intended essentially to be a place of recreation and relief, but still conducted so that a great deal of indirect and useful information shall almost unconsciously be obtained; a place where conversation may be enjoyed, intelligence acquired, and that social intercourse take place necessary to all sorts and conditions of men. It is estimated that for a subscription of one shilling weekly, the payment of which will suit the convenience of all classes, ' ,working man shall have access to the Library, News-room, and Lectures, and the occasional concerts, balls, and celebra tions which will be given. The funds requisite, for the erection of the necessary buildings, &c., are proposed to bo raised by means of a Joint- Stock Company with limited liability, having a capital of 15,0001.. consisting of 6,000 shares, of 21. 10s. each; 10s. to be paid on allotment, and the remainder by suitable instal ments during the progress of the works ; or by a subscription of one shilling weekly, at the end of twelve months a work ing man will become proprietor of a share in the building, and a vote in the direction and management of the Club. 'he amount of the shares is purposely fixed at so low a - _ sc u as to give working men an opportunity of becoming shareholders, and participating in the profit which, on the safest data, it has been computed must arise to the proprie tors. A per ceutage not exceeding 101. per 1001. will be paid to the shareholders, and all profits above that amount will be expended upon the extension of the Institution itself and its Library. Every holder of five shares will be entitled, in addition to the above per ceutage, to the same privileges as if he were a personal subscriber to the Institution. Arrangements will also be made by which the wives and children of members will be admitted to all the advantges of the Institution, both for the purposes of recreation and education, on the most easy terms, A code of rules and regulations will shortly be issued by the Managing Committee, and plans of the building will be exhibited by the architects engaged. In the meantime, all applications for shares and other information are requested to be made to Mr. E. T. Smith, Theatre Royal, Drury -lane. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the seals of the Ecolo du Vharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, is a remedy for Relaxation, Sperrnatorrhcoa, and Exhaustion of the System, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by the consequences of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of 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. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove . TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, And of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet taAe without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at 11s. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided inte separate doses, as administered V Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, &c., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox ford-street; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46. M arket-street, Manchester ; H. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, .52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, publin Winnall, bocalelltr, Ilish-atretty Bizmlusham. The Third Edition.--Just published, price 51., by post, free, sa. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERIVIATORRHCEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the German of Dr. PICRFORD. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. • ".Dr. Milford is known to English readers by his frequent practi- Jai contributions to German medical literature. This is the first he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any ,they equally flagrant evil which it may be in his sower to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book zauld find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would bo saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. STAR PACKETS from the TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, 9, 2. iiiIPNSWICK. WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival or following Trains from Fenehurch-street, 10M, 3 1 4, weather permit- ling. The Packets will call at the Rosherville, Greenhithe, Purfleet and North Wooly, :ch Piers. To or from Gravesend and L0nd0n......... 10d. .. Is. id. „ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10a. •• Erith and London •••• • • ...• •• •• • • dd. .. Os. 10d Frith and Blackwell or W001wich...... 6d. .. Os. 84. be' -, een Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. dd. .. Os. Bd. October 23, 1855. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED C iPSULES.—CopaIba and Cubebs are, doubtless, the best remedies, but these drugs are of a repulsive taste and odour, and occasion colicky pains, nausea, and gastric disturbance. M. JozsAu has succeeded i a rendering these valuable therapeutic agents perfectly 'nocuous, by increasing in his Copahine all their curative proper pertles. This important preparation has been adopted by the Par's Academy of Medicine, after more than 1,001 trials in the Parrs and different London hospitals, viz , St. Thomas's, Guy's, and Bar tholomew s, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clerk. (See " Lancet " Nov. 6, and Dec. 10, 1852, a cony of which will be forwarded on application.) The Copakine, which is in the form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure in about six days, either in recent or chronic diseases. One hundred capsules, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d.—To be had of the Inventor, G. Jozeau, sole French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and .8.11 the most important chemists. THE ESCAPB OF A BURGLAR FROM THE MIDDLESEX .HOSPITAL. It will be recollected that about ten weeks ago, an at tempt was made by two men to commit a burglary at the house of Mr. Hume, son of the late Mr. Joseph Hume, in Harley-street, but in doing which they were foiled, when, in descending a ladder by which they got from an adjoining house to its roof, a man named Harrogan fell to the ground, whose right leg was found to be fractured. He was taken to Middlesex Hospital, where he was kept for about four weeks. He was to have been brought up to Marylebone police court, but, on the morning of the day that he was to have appeared there, he was purloined from the hospital by four men, between two and four o'clock a.m. Since then every exertion has been made by detective and other officers of the metropolitan police to retake him, who did not succeed till Wednesday afternoon, when, in consequence of information, two policemen of the C division, with Vince, D division, who was in charge of the prisoner at the hospital, went to a house in Duck lane, Westminster, where they found him in bed. He was taken to Vine-street police-station, and from there to the Middlesex Hospital, for the opinion of the surgeons when he might be brought up for examination. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER. Yesterday the prisoner, whose name is Jas. Harrogan, was brought up from Middlesex Hospital in a cab, and placed at the bar, before Mr. Long, charged with hay ing, in conjunction with another man nct in custody, br - o - ken into the house of Mr. Wm. Burnley Hume, 18, Upper Harley-street, with intent to steal and carry away property therefrom. Jane Rudd, the under-housemaid, said—At half-past eight in the evening of the Bth September I was in my bedroom at the top of the house, and heard a noise. I went to the door to ascertain what was the cause thereof, and met a fellow -servant coming up stairs. I went into her room with her, and found that the window was thrown completely up. Mr. Hnme sworn—At a quarter to nine on the even ing in question I was called by my butler, and on going into the servants' room I saw that the lock had been forced open. I went out and saw two men on the roof of No. 17. I called to them, and on asking them what they wanted, they ran to the roof of No. 16, where a long ladder was placed. I observed one of the men slide down the ladder, and the other, who ran down, missed his footing and fell into the street. I found him shortly afterwards in custody of a policeman. He had in the fall broken his leg. Samuel Sharpe (the butler)—l saw the prisoner come down the ladder, and heard him exclaim, " I have broken my leg, take me to the hospital." I held him until a policeman came, and I then gave him in charge. Collard, 59 D—l took the prisoner into custody. The other man had made his escape. Prisoner, win limped very much, told me he had broken his leg, and after I had conveyed him to the station-house I took him to Middlesex Hospital. Upon looking into the vehicle, after he had been received into the institution, I found a "life preserver," loaded at both ends with lead, a wax taper, and a lucifer match. Vince, 259 D—On 22d October, at 12 at night, I was on duty at the hospital, having been ordered to be there to keep watch upon the prisoner. He was in bed in a ward on the ground floor. At about half-past 12 the nurse said to me, "Will you have a glass of gin I" I did so, and laid down, and at half-past one I fell asleep. I awoke between two and three o'clock and found, to my great surprise, that the prisoner had made hie escape. Mr. Loug (to Inspector Jackson)—ls this witness still in the force ? - Inspector—Yes, sir ; he has not been dismissed, but has been suspended from the period of the occurrence. The witness Tince added—l heard that the prisoner had been carried out. Search was made everywhere about the place for him, but he could nowhere be met with. It was ascertained that a lock had been taken off a door leading into a mews by the side of the hospital, and through that door the prisoner had undoubtedly been removed away. Sergeant Knight, 19 D, produced three picklock keys, which he picked up at the corner of Devonshire-street and "Upper Harley-street, on the evening of the house being broken into. Silvester, 323 A, said—l, accompanied by Joy, 187, and Cole, 157 C, went yesterday to a house in Duck-lane, Westminster, and in the first floor front room found the prisoner lying on a bed. I told him he must consider him self in custody for breaking into Mr. Hume's house, and escaping from the tarpsital on the 22d, when he said he hoped I would not ill-use him, and that he would go quietly. I took him in a cab to the Vine-street station house, where he was seen by the divisional surgeon, by whose direction he was again taken to the hospital. Inspector Jackson said, by direction of Mr. Hughes, the superintendent, he brought the prisoner up to the court, and that on he (witness) giving ',him to under stand what he was charged with, the only observation he made was, " I have sent for my solicitor ; will the case be gone through to-day 1" The prisoner, who had now nothing to say in anstweenr. s a t to the charge, was sent in a cab to the Ho use of D x f . A tion ; be will be brought up again on T hursdayn e investigation h through is going wioh theon with prisoner's regard egressto t he h from means e th and dict agency e hospital was e ff ected. We announced a few weeks since the death of the Welts Express, and we have now to include in our news paper obituary the name of the Wells Adver and tiser. I untt was an offshoot of Charles Knight's Town Cory Newspaper. STERLING. Intending Proposers are reminded that, in all future Divisions of Profits, Assurances effected before the close of the present year will rank as Of a FULL YEAR'S STANDING OVER THOU DELAYED TILL 1856. linen ONCE—Edinburgh, No. 5, St. Andrew-square, LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq., Merk-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple David Hill, Esq., East India House John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P. Sir John Thomas Briggs, Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office John Taylor, jun., Esq., C .E., Queen-street -place LONDON AND THE SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh M'Kean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End Districl Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street James Harris, Estate Agent, 29, Lower Belgrave-street, Eaton. square, Agent for Knightsbridge and Pimlico District. CONTRACT FOR MOITLMEIN TEAK TIMBER. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, sth November, 1855. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain nd Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, he 27th in , tant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with 'uch Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyards with 4,640 Loads of MOULMEIN TEAK T EMBER, to be delivered in the years 1856 and 185 7, according to a distribu tion which, with a form of the tender and the conditions of the con tract may be seen at the said office. No tender will be 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, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Moulmein Teak Timber," and must also be delivered at Somerset -place, accom panied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 5,0001. for the due performance of the contract. HEATHER'S TRUST.—Under the Manage ment of the Clothworkers' Company.—At the Court to be holden on the sth December next, this Company will disiribute to six poor Widows of Decayed Hou , ekeepers, the amount divisible under the above Trust, being about Si. to each. Printed forms of application may be obtained at the Company's Hall in Mincing-lane, London. The applicant must state therein such particulars relative to her condition and circumstances ae may be proper to be considered in deciding on her claim, and name re ferences from whom information may be obtained for verifying such statements. The application, accomianted by certificate of marriage, and proper proof of the death of the husband, must be left at the Copany's Hall, pevious to the 23d November instant, addressed to TOWSE, Clerk. Clothworkers' Hall, Ist R N O Ov B e E m IT er, B I E BS 7 . WITFI ARGYLL ROOMS.-LATMENT'S C ASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. The following Music will be performed by his celebra ted Band du rng the week : March aux Flambeaux. Waltzes —The Lily of the Valley (D'Albert), Zephir Lufte (Gung'l), Fenella (T inney), Ethel Newcome (Laurent), La Sultans (Bosisio). Quadrilles —he Rot du Pastel Lamotte), Les ilugenots (Laurent), Palen" (D' ' ll- bert), Bride of Tammermoor (Tinney), Trova t or e (Tuttou. Polkas—Des Hal^ -ds (Lamotte), Italie (Gavio lo), The Lillian (D'A) bert), Des Coucous (Bousquet), The Zouaves (Laurent).ttische GaloPs — The Imperial Guards (Laurent), The Heels (Streather). Scho —La Guirlande de Fleury (Bosquet), Varsoviana (Laurent). Prin cipal Cornet a Pi..ton, M. Boulcours.—Doors o p en at 8. Admission One Shilling. TO LOVERS OF FISH.-100 GENUINE YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included. THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP ARTICLE OF FOOD onvarded to all parts, on receipt of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0. mouth bloaters, and we find the (preferred). Send full and plain direction, county, and nearest P. 0 .0. (preferred). on.—Address THOS. LETTIS, jun., Fish Curer, Gt. Yarmouth. " This is the third season Mr. Bettis has supplied us with Yar house steward, Blenheim Palace.—Oct 20, 1854." " Mr. Lettis,--As soon as you send out your genuine bloaters, I shall be glad to have a supply as usual; those I had last year gave great satisfaction.—A. F. Courroux, Ambassador'S Court, St. James's Palace.—Oct. 1, 1855." quality excellent —J. Brashowe, -.......• MR. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ev er before used. This method does not require the extr action of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication. -52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. ------------. THF. SECRET INFIRMITIES Or YOUTH AND MATURITY. rust published, price 20., illustrated with eases by post for 26 stamps, V . ERVOUS DEBILITY; 1 N Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Spar m atorrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative system, obtained by the use: of the Microscope in detecting and tistinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of SP of &c. To which :very variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, ixcesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded an twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissanoe, nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Medical Society, are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre lautlonsry hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, i snd on the dongerous remedies advocated by various writets OD those important disorders. irregularities, M.D and excesses, By f rSoAmMeUe certain n L h . :1: 1 1 t s E 87, BEDFORD-SQUIIE' LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin seLblurgilleeennhet,eillletroeenseoufrlAtiarypne:Mteeaembreierecifutheiel,London Hospital int out the fearful con to which every human being is The essential object of this treatisr issdrae" 4e, which have produced more misers in Youth, degradation in Man food, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any 'ther class of disease known to modern Pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of be avoided, and above all, thheeirhepelhysthi,chaalp7inndeeltis,onen, a d nd privilege conscious of secret h entitled; 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 the heyday of inconsiderate slf-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, hew the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may f C u l -I° t h ar n' o l lin e al i s Yi that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional lorangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. rho Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive r , ; e3O 63, id fer O ne x ce f :. o ,b, r y d 3 - 3 s e tr :B ee t practice in the treatment of those delicate complaints, which have a ,Itortunatcly been too generally confided to the care of ignorant emsirics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had price 2s, of Messrs. Sher eftodr!. it2 wood l6)rt,el gutee::l a i n t9p, d ,B L ei C t o o c . , easn 2 tyo 3 r , . , as P cid a iii ri t a e er r : 7 ii from t e l : . n .r a o t, : 34 A, i s h lu ot a n r e e. for consultation , Itily iron eleven till two, and from six for A d • [PRICE 4D• STAMPED SD• Naval and. Military Intelligence. -0 - The steam-transport. Great Britain, No. 187, Captain Gray, went into Por'Amouth harbour yesterday after noon to land the invr'id troops repo:Led yesterday. This transport carried between March the 7th and the 11th of August last 258 officers, 9,347 men, 55 women, 55 children,.and 146 horses to various places for the service of the war, She 1e:;; Englard twain on Sept. 4, and ,arrived at Portsmouth on t'•e 7ta ins! . , having carried during that interval 43 officers, 970 men, and 22 horses, English troops ; 5 officers, 1,800 men, and 25 horses, Turkish troops ; 36 officers, 131 men, 5 women, 4 chil dren, 1 officer's wife, and 2 children, invalids, &c., several hundred tons of camp equipage, 500 tons of shell; 3,437 pieces of huts, baggage, &c.—all of which have been ' transported to the universal satisfaction of all on board and the Crown authorities. The William Jackson transport left Portsmouth har bour for Balaklava yesterday, with the detachments of . . troops reported previously, but she brought up at Spit head, frornadverse winds. Her Majesty's screw-corvette Malacca, 17, Capt. Fart quhar, left Spithead yesterday for Bermuda, but brought tip at St. Helen's roads, from adverse winds. Her Majesty's ship Sanspareil, 71, Captain Williams, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the eastward, to await further orders. Four steam gun-boats also arrived at.Spithead yesterday from the eastward. The Protector, of Liverpool, H. Simmons commander, from London, bound for Demerara, put in at Portsmouth yesterday, with loss of bowsprit, jibboom, jib, and fore topmast staysail, with shrouds, &c., connected threwith, having been in contact yesterday morning at 3.30, with a brig, name unknown, 12 miles off St.. Katharine's - The strange vessel stood off to the southward. The crew of the Arachne, 18, got topmasts on end and topmast rigging over the masthead at Devonport on Tuesday, and the steam-vessel Hecla was warped to the depot Jupiter, to complete coaling. The crew of the steam-corvette Ariel, 9, Commander Luce, were paid wages at_ Plymouth on Wednesday, and granted a week's leave of absence. The steam-frigate Satellite, having been coppered, will be removed from the basin-dock at Devonport and taken to Keyham-dock to be fitted with machinery. The screw steam-yacht Pleiad, Captain Monson, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday from the Mediter ranean, touching at Gibraltar on the 17th ult. Off Lisbon, on the let inst., she observed a raft of varnished spars ; and on Sunday, half-way across the Bay of Biscay, saw a large paddle-wheel three masted steamer, with white boxes and two funnels, under steam only, steering south-west, supposed to be a mail packet. The paddle-wheel steamer Dee, Master-Commander Pullen, has arrived at Woolwich from Portsmouth, and is to be laden with machinery. The Merlin, Captain Sullivan, whose surveying ser vices in the Baltic have proved of so much importance, was yesterday morning received into the dry dock at Woolwich, to undergo a complete overhaul. She takes the place of the Hesperus, now ready for sea. The Wildfire, an iron barque-rigged schooner, has been purchased by the Government. She arrived yes terday at Woolwich, and lies off the dockyard ready for the transport service. Lieutenant G. F. H. Parker is appointed to the Duke of Wellington, and Lieutenant Douglas Walker to the Polyphemus. We are requested to state that the health of the Hon. Oliver W. M. Lambert, whose appointment as lieute nant to the Sauspareil was announced yesterday, is such as to render it impossible that he should join the Sans pareil, or any other ship. Contracts were entered into, at the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, on Wednesday, for the supply of 3,000 quarters of wheat—viz., Messrs. Collier, Brothers, 1,000 at 85s. ; 500, at 85s. 9d. ; Frean, Daw, and Serpell, 600 at 85s. 9d. ; and Fox, Sons, and Co., 500 at 85s. 9(1., and 400 at 8 4s. 3d. A patent has very recently been granted to a Mr. Bertram, a practical engineer employed in the dockyard at Woolwich as foreman of the factory. His invention consists of a perfectly new and more economical process of firmly joining together slabs of sheet-iron work for the purposes of making boilers, building ships, and erecting bridges, &c., without the use of rivets. This novel method of welding the iron, instead of joining it by the rough means hitherto in use—that of riveting, is carried out by fusing the two edges of the plates to be adhered, and striking them simultaneously on both sides. By this means the structure is rendered naturally lighter, and much stronger. Some experiments have been tested by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, in presence of the officers of the Dockyard at Woolwich, who are autho rised to report thereon. The result of their deliberations will shortly be made known. It has been hitherto c•n sidered impossible to make an unlimited surface of iron ; hence the system of riveting has been so far perpetuated, but is now about to be superseded by this invention. The greater requirements of strength now necessary, as evinced by the numerous boiler explosions and the de fectiveness of the riveting system in shipbuilding, which does not admit of the strength required, gave Mr. Ber tram the idea that some important improvements might be made available, and thus far his exertions have suc ceeded, so as to warrant the belief that his new system will be universally introduced where the old principle has so long been found faulty, and through which such innulue&ble accidents have vc...rraff. A Clonmel paper of Tuesday says :—" Yesterday, Captain Laynee and a recruiting party from the 88th, or Connaught Rangers, attended the parade of the Tip perary Light Infantry, for the purpose of receiving volun teers, when 26 young fellows stepped from the ranks and exchanged into this gallant corps. The Tipperary Light Infantry will not come under the regulation of the Horse Guards, ordering a reduction of officers where the rank and file do not amount to a certain number. Volunteers are evsry day being enlisted into several re giments from the North Tipperary. This day 20 of the Tipperary Light Infantry volunteered-18,for the 88th, 1 and two for the 82d." On Monday the following draughts, which arrived in Cork barracks from Fermoy on Sunday, were conveyed by the river steamers to Queenstown for embarkation on board the Herefordshire transport, by which they will be conveyed to the seat of war :—lst Foot, 2 officers, 41 rank and file ; 30th Foot, 3 officers, 126 rank and file ; 33d Foot, 4 officers, 66 rank and file ; 49th Foot, 3 officers, 63 rank and file ; 50th Foot, 4 officers, 64 rank and file ; 68th Foot, 4 officers, 117 rank and file ; 72d Foot, 2 officers, 61 rank and file. Total, 22 officers, 537 rank and file. The transport-ship Culloden is to embark detachments from the Ist, 30th, 33d, 68th, and 82d Regiments for Malta. THE MILITIA. The Enrolled Pensioners for the Cardiff district have been mustered, under the command of Captain Wiley. The company numbers 70 well-trained trier. The Rqyal Glamorganshire Militia have been inspected by their Colonel (Kemeys Tynte, M.P.). This body is but a skeleton of its former strength, in consequence of the numerous draughts of volunteers which have gone over to the various regiments of the line ; but recruit ing is as active as ever, and many are enrolled. The Government have given up their intention of erecting permanent militia barracks at Hereford, and intend only putting up wooden huts for a small com pany of men. These huts will be erected upon land pur chased for the erection of militia storerooms, the cost of the land and the storehouses being estimated at 3,0001. Wooden huts for the accommodation of 60 men are also to be erected at Haverfordwest. The Armagh Militia arrived in Cork on Tuesday from the Curragh, and are to embark on board her Majesty's screw steam-ship Perseverance, Captain Harris, for con veyance to Plymouth. Upwards of 60 young men were enlisted at the Dub lin head office of police, between the 2d and 6th inst., for the Mayo South Rifles. The most obvious means of avoiding these evils, b e : sides many others, affecting both branches of education of naval officers, is to establish a naval college, with in. struction brigs attached to it, on a better system, and with fitter officers indeed, than the ill-regulated one which was broken up in 1840, wham the practice of sea manshin may be taught in a summer cruise about the British while the theory of navigation, the steam engine, &c., occupies their winter months. These remarks have reached the Admiralty in the shape of many memoirs and letters, compiled or written f S b e y s w s t o d h n i e : n u a , l ( d s nt rising officer s d b s y y Danis h thetem : s c, p_ e n n u a r pur s ued u e o r s ef the , d a wvybh y teahhveooysffi, whose officers h h th e ad vantageoush oue officers c h e , r were S e p x a c t e s never ,h l in held to b e wan ti ng i n a practical knowledge of their pro scientific acqp , rements, while the tuanagemelt of their ship elicit fre ih admiration, are pointed out. Bu: all in vain. Political First Lords have ever been afraid of a leap in the dark. Power-loving Sea Lords look on such suggestions as something quite out of place, or do not look on them at all, and all are unwilling to give up their patronage for Portsmouth, Nov. 7. THE PUBLIC GOOD. GREAT STRIKE EXPECTED IN MANCHESTER. spinners rs e evening, A meeting of factory operatives was held at the People's Institute, Heyrod-street, Manchester , on Wed nesdayigni v e consequence o o t f h a e r nu o m pe be ra r ti o v f e s master intended.reduction of wages equal to 10 or 12 per cent. The buildihg is a large one, with a gallery, but it was crowded in ever) part, and some of the operatives bad to leave for want of accommodation. It was stated that 27 firms had given notice of reduction, but that several had subsequently withdrawn it:7 - • The CHAIRMAN was one of a-provisional committee of three appointed to call the meeting, but the operatives present expressed an unwillingness to give namer. He opened the meeting by requesting the operatives at the different mills who might happen to be present to state the purport of the notices given them, and when the no tices would take effect. ikn OPEALTrvn at W. P. Clarke and Co.'s mill said that Mr. J. Clarke was deducting 2d. per thousand from them. He was taking a piecer off; and the notice would expire next Wednesday night. An OrinATlvn at Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'s mill said all the operatives there had received notice to stop working next Wednesday night, and since then the em ployers had sent various papers and list of prices amongst them. They proposed to take an assistant from each minder or two. There bad been no deputation to the firm from the workpeople, and he supposed they would come out on Wednesday night. An OPERATIVE from Messrs. J. and D. Clarke's mill said—Mr. Daniel Clarke has offered ns a reduction. of 2d. per 1,000. Notice will be up on Wednesday night. We have not been to him, and we don't i n t en d go i ng to him. (Laughter and applause.) An OPERATIVE at Hanover Mills—Last Wednesday night the manager gave notice of a reduction of 2d. per 1,000, or to stop in 14 days. There has been no shop meeting since the notice, nor any agreement, and every one seems determined to come out. I hope they will come out, like cocks. (Laughter and cheers.) An OPERATIVE at Messrs. Price and Clarke's mill said they were told there last Wednesday that if things did not take a turn in the next fortnight the hands would have t' take something less. An OPERATIVE at Messrs. Belly and Gilmour's mill said —Makin has given us notice he will take 2d. per thousand off, and we are determined to come out next Thursday w, ek, every one of us. cCheers.) An OPERATIVE at New Islington Mills said—They have taken 2d. off us here. Where there has not been a redaction in money it has been taken in another way, aid we are coming out to-morrow night. We could not stand it any longer. (Cheers and laughter.) An OPERATIVE at Messrs. Birley's—Our manager came and told us he would not go on past Thursday night at present prices, but he did not say what he wasted off. An OPERATIVE at Mr. Bowler 'a mill said they had re ceived 14 days' notice there, which would expire to-mor row (Thursday) night. After that neither party was to give or require notice, so that the employer could either go upon short time at once or not, as he liked. The CHAIRMAN said several inquiries had been made as to what was doing at Messrs. Pooley's mill, and per haps this would be the time to get it out. An OPERATIVE—The notice is withdrawn. The CHAIRMAN—Is all the reduction withdrawn f (Loud cries of "No.") Another OPERATIVE—No, we are to work without piecers. The CHAIRMAN thought there should be a candid state ment respecting Pooley's. Some of the strongest firms in Manchester seemed determined to take a slice off the working man's wages, and it was for the men to deter mine whether they would submit. An OPERATIVE—I am told be has taken a piecer from them, and that then he made a reduction, and now wants another. t think we ought not to stand that, and allow him to be made a finger port for other masters to point at. I think the hands there should be brought out, if they will not come out. Another OPERATIVE at Pooley's said they had discharged all the spinners, and when they altered the twist they took ld. off. When they got the majority of the frames a-gate, with only one in the wheel-house, they took another 2,1. off, or 3d. per thousand out of s. 6 3 / 4 (1.; but they gave the men a doffer extra. The speaker added that there had been an intimation that if the reduction rssoped other mills were accepted by sothe hands, they ears. Pcii;ley) would have to tak off methillg-Mbroi but they would let it stand until the others were Settled. The bIAIRMAN ap:ked whether Poeley's men were satisfied with the system ; and the speaker replied:tat although there had been a reduction in. the mill- eve-. rally, the wages of the minders were increased—a-least, he could speak for himself—from 4e. . to geglOw week. When there were two in a wheel-hoitse, they earned 18s. or 193. a week ; but now, with one, they got 245. or 255. (Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes.") The CHAIRMAN contended that the work could not be aid dt agisecwr°eaensd ie seconded, o't requested carried on with one in each wheel-house ; he knew from experience that it was too hard. What speed had been taken off ? The previous Speaker—About four teeth. A. Voice—No, seven. The CHAIRMAN appealed to the meeting whether they would stand by their previous declarations, that they would not work without piecers. So long as Messrs. Pooley continued to work with one in a wheel-house, with what grace could the hands go to Messrs. Kennedy and say that they would not do the same ? If the thing was wi ong it should be stopped ; if right, they could not refuse to do it for Messrs. Kennedy, and the great battle would be with that firm upon that point. (Cries of " Fetch 'em out, fetch 'em out !" applause, and a recom mendation generally should be ibrought,4 • to the whole firm.") The chairman argued siege against any such proceeding, contending that the times bad changed. They should seek to use legitimate not out : a s t h t e h y a t were Messrs. be f ore, ~ Pooley's th e physical means with Pooley's men, and see whether they could not come to some arrangement with them. • There must, at least, be shown a disposition not to be trodden down just because it was winter time and pro visions were high. A Voice—We can live upon a little loaf, if we can get it ;if we can't, let's " fetch" 4. (Laughter and cheers.) In reply to an observation that "No good would be done until they (Messrs. Pooley's hands) were fetched out in a body," The CHAIRMAN again urged that nothing like compul sion should be attempted. Let those present publicly to stand—whether these reductions and alterations Tf. to Le put up with or not. (Loud cries of " No t ,aoSi.setin - come to some resolution—by which they were determin e e r t A niotion was proposed and carried noticeswith expire tient, " That the hands come out as their A Voice—Fetch Pooley's out and all. " That Another motion was proposed put, d on suggesting that if speaker being loudly applauded himself there would be every man would come. out Bach man should stand no question about a majority. must lbe no dictation. the majority bind the minority;" 1 true to his colours, and there ved, that until something was The CHAIRMAN' obeernds the leitimate busin of done about Pooley's ha It _ ess not be concluded. was clear those the meeting would n lreo into a very false position, and men bad put thems? d in extricating be assisted they ought to amongst themselves, but Question, it was stated In reply to a be eq ired b Mr, tice would fhe u hands y did . Dooley, and it was sug gested that I not come out after being they h I asked to do so, soud be fetched out on a Monday morning. Th e CHAIRMAN again argued against the men being "fetched out." They might not agree to give notice to do so by a resolution of they might • the meeting. After some f urther _ discussion it was unanimously agreed to appoint a deputation to see Messrs. Pooley's minders, with a view to coming to terms with them, or of inducing them to give a legal notice. Six workmen their services were accepted. The discussion having led the meeting away from the notices to the settlement of Messrs. Pooley's affairs, the questions on this subject were not renewed. A provi sional committee of seven persons was appointed to citli future meetings, and manage the torn-outs. It Yrn a agreed that 6d. a week should be collected from ininde ro r* and 3d. from piecers, to support the turn-outs. k t.,,,., position of is. 6d. from minders and piecers Wa s . "I S tion, gested, but negatived in favour of the fireteptroposi m ore out an operative saying they would probab l y suss the fez ,. of the smaller than the larger sumo, b larly paid. He mer would be more generally aVerrwould come to an did not think, himself, the m u atilt could not afford to actual strike, because the 1.1 °° - a the country to protect have a strike with few soldiers J Government must interfere, an d get the the towns. The notices. millowners to withdraw the ned th e meeting not to 1 The CHAIRMAN cautio ned to their lay the by the last spea ker hearts. The hope held out thaneywere at, and Government masters meant wh would otherwise. The sooner help them Government of th e coun try was not a ltogether one of th e l anded aristo cracy , now but the main power was i n the aristocracy of Mr. Bright, M.P., mon ey. had Prophesied that before two years were over they would be shooting their citi zens in the streets, and it was well known that the Man cheater school had their eyes upon the reigns of Govern ment, and he thought there was some deep design in the attempt now making to reduce wages. The operatives might as well prepare at once for a fierce struggle, for, depend on it, it would be done. (Hear, hear.) 'The meeting soon afterwards adjourned. . NAVAL, CADETS. The following letter has been addressed to a contem porary Sir,—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have issued the following notice : "Candidates for naval cadetships may present them selves at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, on the 26th of January, 1856. They must produce certificate of birth, showing that they are above 14 and under 15 years of age, and will be examined as follows : "1. Writing from dictation. "2. Arithmetic, including vulgar and decimal frac tions. iali. jtureutatiuls "3. First bok of Euclid. , countries, rivers, cities, eze. Latin, or French, "6. competent acquaintance w i th "4. ,, 5. A G l e g n e e b r r n a l , k i n n n cl w u l d e i d n g g e s n im f g p e l n e g e ra qu p a h t y i , o n nA be orsome other modem language. " The accepted candidates gua rdships, previous two months in one of the ha rbour ingship. ” to being appointed to a what he terms an "experiment," Wood is about to try w gentlemen for the navy whose attain miustuhreeor to obtain young more than those of the most ments shall be something and whose powers, if the navy be, neglected schoolboy, accordance a c ti a c n e a w l o i with the gsieav give a hope of their future pro nu profession, may be above par. Ilion of the day, Sir Charles ill be placed forProinnceiPoar theory and a t n h d e induce of our ships such a steady and unin terrupted comman ders of instruction both • ahoPp°ePb-tbrart-the results of this experiment may terrupte practice, ficiency. it h as always been held by those who are said to be 1 if o f the old school" that a practical knowledge of a ' sailor's duties can only be obtained by a long experience of the thousand and one accidents or casualties of a sea voyage. Doubtless this is so. Nay, more, it will be idtscaouutrsoeto proceed further--to acknowledged by every seaman that he learns something fresh every time that'he is at sea, so various are the positions in which he is placed. But it is not less true that, from the uncertain nature of the duties of a man-of-war (so different from those of a merchant ship, which makes regular voyages at stated intervals), a young officer frequently arrives at his terr a of preliminary service without having witnessedt , common evolutions practised at sea sufficiently ofte n ra t: . i enable him. to perform them, still less to judge t he ment when they become necessary. • At the same time, from the ViOIOUB Ppiten2 of intms t" PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCES in all its branches, for all classes. Assura iecs may be effected daily. Invested capital.... .. • • • • •• • • •• • • • • • • • • • • •• £73,000 Present annurl income By order of the Board. WM. TIIOS. 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