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Applications to be made to the Bankers, Sir John Lubh,ck, Bart., and , 0., Mansion Bonse-street, City; London and Eastern Bankincz Corporation, 27 Cannon-street, City; to the Brokers, Messrs. Crosley Brothers, 30 , Cornhill ; or to the Secretary. By order of the Directors. GEO. GOBILA3I LAMB, See, pro tea. November 13, 1856. NATIONAL ASSURANCE and GENERAL DEPOSIT and ADVANCE COMPANY.—An ORDINARY GENERNL MEETING of the shareholders of this Ccmpany will be he'd at the Offices, 22, New 3% dge- st ree t, Blackfriars. London, on THURSDAY, the 4th of December next, at 11 o'clock in the foreno n, when the audited amounts of the Company will be presented, the places of retiring Directors filled up, mod other lousiness transacted. Sy order. SAMUEL GREEN, Secretary. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LNDN. Policies effected with this So O ciety O now will PARTICIPATE iN FOUR-FIFTFIS, or $0 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditiOns contained In the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other ofd-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in addition to the accul,,niated funds derived from the investments of ?rem films. Policy stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may he obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-streei London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent- Street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. , Tausrass. Ht.!ln.Spencer Wlpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq.,M P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. NM. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. RIEND of the CLERGY CORPORATION , F ,for allowing Pensions, not exceeding V/. per annum, to the "mows . and Orphan unmarried Daughters of Clergymen of the Establ ished * Church, and for affording temporary assistance to neces sitous Clergymen and their families, throughout Ragland, Wales, and Ireland. The next ELECTION of PEIVIONERS will take place at the London Tavern, Bishopseate-street, on TUESDAY, November 25th, 1856, at 12 o'clock precisely; The Rev. JOSEPH Iblowx. M.A., in the chair. The Report of the Proceedings of the Corporation during the past year, the balance-sheet, list of subscribers and pensioners, &c., may be hod at the Offices, 4, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, where donations and subscriptions will be thankfully received. The Rev. JOsEPII ItROWN, M.A., H The Rev. JOHN EDMUND COY, M.A., F.S.A., S Seon.ca. HENRY BRAMALL, Secretary. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A HORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY' S FOOD FOR CATTLE. Tim CHEAPEST AND BEST EVER TET INTRODUCED ! Sold in Cases centaining 448 Packages—each Package One Feed At the cost of Three Half-pence each, equal to 565. per case. Carriage paid to any railway station. None are genuine without my signatare JOSEPH THORLEY. the Inventor, 115, lligh-street Hull. Post-office Orders must be made payable as above. ALT and Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE and BURTON ALES. BREWERY—BURTON-ON -TRENT. STORE S; _ LONDON ... Hung er f ord-wharf. LIVERPOOL .. • ...... ...• 52, Henry- s t reet. MANCHESTER ........ 37, Brown -st reet. SHEFFIELD ......... .. .. 12, George-st reet. BIRMINGHAM ......... 26 Bull -street. BRISTOL.. .. 4, Crown-all',. EDINBI7R GII GLASGOW St. Vincent-pace. These Ales, in C as k s of Eighteen Gallons and upwards, and In Bottle, (*Mined from all respectable Bottlers. T° LOVERS of FISH. —.Fifth Season.-- Genuine YARDIOUTII rd BLOATERS. These highly esteemed delicacies forwae d to all parts, on receipt of the amount as under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order :- 100 prime 100 especially selected.. • 1 50 ditto Send 1111 and plain directions, county, and nearest station. Ad dress, TIIO3tAS LETTES, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary's ()face, 167, Pi cca di lly. —This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor ~..ail li eted with can cerous d i seases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, rice adilly, on Tuesd ays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at Period the Brornpton Establishment, f or one month, and for a longer if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door, patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 eases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits his Chari'y. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. C9ntributions to enable the Committee to continue this ;treat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be Paid to William Loxham Farrar, Eeq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn•fields ; Messrs. Contts and Co., Strand ; and attire Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By order. COCKERILL, Secretary. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron —The QUEEN. —Pounded 1828. No order for admission is here required. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal a pplication: — Week ending 7th October ........ 2,188 Ditto 14th October., . 2,162 Ditto 21 st October ..... . • 2,075 tio 28 th October 2 9tb, 30th, a n d 31st October 2,241 , •• 1,014 Total in October ...... • . 9,680 merit) ha v i of which 3 303 , were new cas es, the remainder (still under treat r,g been admitted previously. 'iv relief Heavy ex penses are ine v i ta b ly incurred In affording such eaten the public. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of The Yearly el Mana g raeeht of the Ho s pit al i s in the hands of 30 Governors , ected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in J 4 clock (R anuary. A Board is held every Thursday, at When a t ey- .B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, ot, ~ 7 subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at 7.iillnes desirous of receiving suggestions or giving tary e explanation. , . 11 .9sAltal is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on vo un joh..ertributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, nd ... co la:germ an, ~...., -- -- "'l .. r.. Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts P i t bruEntnond and Co.; Ilerries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Jone s Lo yd Gr °te, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; aco and Co.; Barclay and Co ; Denison and Co. ; Williams. nere Cl' and C ; Overend, Gurney, Co. Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber street ; If asterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. "Nhing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN. M.A., Chairman. .....____ -BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New , road, London.—MORISON'S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL M EDICINE is the only medicine that strikes at the root of all dis eases. 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" 1.011 0 the medium of the pores of the skin and urine. am' never -fa iling remedy for th at class of disorders which unfortunate ly te?t, EnglishEn Physician treats with Mercury, tothe Inevitable destruc irn the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla In we World cannot restore, Price I Is, or four cases in one for 335„ which saves 11 s., and in Si. eases, whereby there is a saving of 11. 12s. 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Hurst and Blackctt, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. SECOND EDITION OF THOMAS RAJK ES'S JOURNAL. Vols. I. and 11., in post Bvo., with Portrait, price 215., PORTION of the JOURNAL. kept by THOMAS RAISES, EN., from 1831 to 1847: Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris during that period. Second Edition. "A very entertaining book."—Times. Vols. 111. and IV. (completing the work) are in the press. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longnians. NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION OF WILLIAM IIOWITT'S " VISITS TO REMARKABLE PLACES." In 2 vols. square crown Bvo,, with upwards of 80 highly•flnished Wood Engravings, price 258. Oath, VISITS to REMARKABLE PLACES : Old Halls, 134ttle-fle'ds, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Pan sages in English History and Poetry. By WILMA 51 HOWITT. Second Edition. London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. This day is published, T HE HOUSEHOLD WORDS ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1857. Containing Twenty-eight closely printed pages, stitched. Price 4d. Honschold Words Office, No. 16, Wellingtort-street North, Strand. Sold by all Zooksellers, and at all Railway Stations. NEW ILLUSTRATED PRESENT BOOKS. Price 50. eat, cloth ; or 5s 6d. gilt edges, LILIAN'S GOLDEN HOURS. By Miss METEYARD. With eight Illustrations by John Abulon. 2. SAXELFORD : a Story for Boys. By E. J. MAT, author of "Louis' Scho ,1 Days, with eight Illustrations by Absolon. 3. FABLES, Original and Selected. By NORTIICOTE, With 275 Illustrations by W. Harvey. 4. GAY'S FABLES, a new revised Edition, with Notes by the Rev. O. F. °wax, and 120 Illustrations by W. Harvey. suitable alike for Present or Prize Book. London:All George Routledge and Co., s 2, Farringden-sstreet. The Third Edition. Just 'rublished, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. N TRUE & FALSE SPERMA.TORRHCEA, Real with the View o f di s ti ngu i s hi ng th e Imaginary frotn the Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Care. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. Dr. Pic rd is known to English readers ty his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first lime, he informs es, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet SympathiserF, and ',Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this bock could find its way into the bands of those wits stiffer from the com olaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would he saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of lass importance, though it is that which the q uacks most prize— much m0ney...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat- aunt upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore likely to do much good."—M e di cal C ircular. , London t H. Haien, 219. Recent-street. ARGYLL ROOINIS.-LAI7RENT'S CASINO, FGreat Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan 'looms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. llotilcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this ashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis lon One Shilling. R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen fly) front 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models Ind preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 1,l; and half-past 7, by G. Dr. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; awl a new and , y Dr, hly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery Kelm, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One shilling. NEW SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE. r rHE DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL attention to ASSURANCE Sy and I NVESTMENT ASSOCIA rioN invite the stem of Life Assurance exclusively adopted by this A ssoc i ation, viz., that of allowing Interest on all Premiums paid, instead of the remote and uncertain system of Bonuses usually adopted. By this plan, the Policyholder will secure to himself a constantly increasing annual income during life, as well as the payment of the sum assured to his representatives at his death. be obtained Tables of Rates specially adapted to this system of Assurance may at the Office of the Company, 3, Pall-mall East, or for warded free on appli cat i on. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D., 1844. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with perfect security. The interest is payable in January and July, at the Head Office in London, or at the various branches in the country. PETER MORRNON, Managing Director. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free. 21 2 0 MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vaponrising), with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of 1840.51-54 and 1455, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure). THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. MILNERS' PHcINIX (212.) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE TREET, City. Circulars tree by post. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIR E SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, And all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, ind by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to .;erfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchureh-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of tha bottle. THE MISSING AUSTRALIAN VESSELS. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The following clippers are now overdue from Aus tralian ports :—The Phcenician, which sailed from Syd ney, July 22, for London, crew out 116 days ; ibe James Baines, sailed from Melbourne, August 8, out 103 days ; and the Lightning, sailed from. Melbourne about August 26, out a b out 85 days ; the two latter for Liverpool. A letter respecting the James Baines was received in Liver pool yesterday m orn i ng, f rom a member of Lloyd ' s, inquiring at wh a t rate i nsurances could be effected 9n te said vessel, intimating that 12 to 15 per cent. was being asked at Ll oyd ' s. In reply, a tele-, ro raphic es• sage was sent up request i ng an order and limits. To this a further letter has been received in reply, dated yesterday, stating that " the excitement has consider . ably gone down in London about the James Baines, from the fact of there being no later arrivals, and that no such rates are now being paid." The captain of the ship Vision just arrived from China, reports having passed the Phoenician, from Syd ney to London, Oct. 23, lat. 20 N, long. 32 W. The Phcenician sailed from Sydney 13 days before the James Baines left Melbourne. The Vision experienced light easterly winds from St. Helena to the Western Islands, and from thence fresh easterly winds to Land's-end. THE MURDER AT WORCESTER. The inquest on the body of Lucy Tredwell, late a servant at an hotel in Worcester, and who was found in the canal in that city on Saturday last (as already de tailed in this journal), was concluded on Tuesday night, before Mr. R. T. Rea, the coroner. In addition to the evidence previously given, Mr. Everett, the surgeon who made the post mortem examination, gave his opinion that death had been caused by the injuries on the head. IN. human fist or any other hard substance would produce the injuries over th e nose, and a fall m i g h t have caused the wound at the back of the head. It did not follow, however, that the blows were the immediate cause of death, for she might have been thrown into the water in a state of insensibility produced by the blows, and there have died. A cut about two inches long had been in flicted under the chin. Henry Mapp deposed that he met the deceased in the street about 9 o'clock, when she parted Company with Brace. She was walking fast, and another young man was following her, and she did not want to have any " conversation" with him. William Thomas then came up (he had been Considered the girl's sweetheart), and Thomas threatened to "warm him" if he spoke to the that girl. [Thomas was present at the inquest, but was not examined.] George Stephen, a resident near to the canal, deposed and heard a faint cry of on the morning of Oct. 28, about 4 o'clock, he heard cries of distress from a woman as if from the canal. He got upwas still, ll "Help," and then all nothing, e went to the canal next morning, hut saw known," but, h 3 e , r t " Wilful urymiZressed a wish to return a verdict of as they believet the advice of the coroner, they returned pressed a hope that ot " Pound drowned." The jury ex quiry, the police would follow up the hi d h girl had been murdered. [ADVERTISEMENT.] 1111 --- remedy for Indigestion " -- °way's Pills a most excellent the parish of 131U•ofi e jj: Ch arles St rong, b r i c kl a y er , o f great gratitude, informs near Re a din g, Berks hi re, w i t h pills have cured him o f i rofessor H o ll oway th a t ,hi s all its horrors, a ft er Severaldigestion, physicians had been con sulted in vain ; for h t.re these terrible symptorns—fereYeare he Vi'o,3 troubled with rest—until he accidentally ( h l e ti voruitings and want of of Holloway's Pills, and persevering steadily with the was restored to perfect health. sa s m o i s d ia a few weeksbe vendors throughout the world, at pro— by all medicine fes.ior Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, L oad() lane, New York; by A. Sta mp , ~, 10 , and 80, M a id en - 1 Guidlcy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Stamp,, ‘-' 4it ztanti nop l e ; A. LONDON. THUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER: :_o, 1856. SIR JORN PAKINGTON ON NATIoNALL EDUCATION. On Wednesday evening the Right Hon. Sir J. S. Pak ington, Bart., M.P., delivered an address on national edu cation to the members of the Manchester Athenaeum, in compliance with an invitation from the directors of that institution. Sir E. Armitage presided on the occasion, and there were present Mr. J. S. Pakington, Mr. Watts, Mayor of Manchester ; Sir. J. Potter, Mr. Bazley, Mr. J. A. Turner, Sir J. Bardsley, the Rev. W. Gaskell, and Mr. Fairbairn, C.E. Sir J. PAKINGTON was received with loud and continued applause. After a few preliminary remarks, be said he had come there as a sincere supporter of a cause which trusted not to the eloquence of its advocates, but to the power of its truths and the magnitude of its interests. (Ap phuse.) He did not come to charm with the beauties of poetical language or of historical illustration ; he came to appeal—and simple phrases would best suit his purpose —to the hearts, feelings, judgments, and common sense of his bearers, and to ask, How can we best promote that object which concerns, more closely almost than any other, the character, the happiness, the real wel fare of the labouring man ? (Hear.) He came to ask them to enable every citizen of England to cultivate those powers of reason and of intellect which constitute God's best and most precious gift to the human race, and for our use of which we ought to be grateful hero as we should be held responsible hereafter. (Hear, hear.) Ho doubted whether it was at all generally known how immense was the nume rical proportion of our fellow-countrymen who were inte rested in the question of national education—that out of a population of 18 millions in England and Wales, there were only about 480,000 who deriveal, from any source, a yearly income of 1001. or more. Taking the number at half a million, and allowing five persons to a family, there would remain 15 millions and a half of men, women, and children who were dependent upon incomes of less than 1001. a•year ; and he doubted not that all present would agree that every man whose means were less than 1001. a-year must look to a cheap and good education for his children as among, not the secondary, but the primary, ne. cessaries of life. (Applause.) The question was not, then, limited merely to labouring men. The tradesman and the farmer, as a rule, in matters ,of education, paid dearly for a bad article ; and if every existing school in England was what it ought to be, instead of being exactly the reverse, there ought to be in every town and village schools in which the children of the small tradesman or farmer, in .ommon with the children of the labourer, might receive the blessings of elementary instruction. (Applause.) It was so in other countries; why should it not be so in England ? To turn from the magnitude of the question to its position and prospects, it stood at this moment in a critical situation, and it needed the support of public opinion. During the last two years the question had been the subject of re peated and protracted debates in Parliament. Mr. Milner Gibson and himself were two of those who had submitted measures to the Honseof Commons, his own beingone which embodied what he thought might possibly be adopted here after, at all events, as one mode of settling the question. His bill led to considerable discussion, but to no decisinn. Lord John Russell during the last session proposed a se ries of resolutions essentially the same in principle as his (Sir J. Pakington's) bill. In the debates an important issue had been clearly raised between those who think that we do imperatively require extended means of education and those who think that we do not. It had been con tended by statesmen of eminence in the House of Com mons, by writers of great and known ability, and more especially in two pamphlets that had deservedly attracted great attention—those of _Mr. E. Baines, of Leeds, and Mr. Un win, the head of the Homerton College—that no change was necessary in our means of extension ; that we were going on perfectly well and ought to be satisfied ; and that to resort to any means of extension, in the way of supplying deficiencies from any public fund, would be too expensive, and that the country could Lot afford it. Those arguments prevailed ; and Lord John Russell's resolutions were rejected by a very large majority. He (Sir J. Baking ton) had stated last session his apprehension that this de cision would cause great alarm among the friends of po pular education. He had seen nothing which so strongly justified this fear as an address issued to his constituents by Mr. Laing, a very able and very moderate momber of the House of Commons. Mr. Laing said : " Public opinion and the House of Commons, by an im mense majority, decided not so muck against any particu lar resolution, faulty as manyof them were, as against the principle of attempting, under existing circumstances, to supersede local and private efibrts by any grand, uniform, and centralised system of national education. For the next 10 or 12 years the question is practically decided, that if we want education, we must educate ourselves, and not trust to the'State to do it for us." He protested against the idea—(hear, hear, and applause)— that an almost unintelligible division in anexpiring House of Commons should settle this great question, affecting the vital interests of the people, for even 20 monthp—(applause) —if public opinion demandeditsrevival. (Loud applause.) He could only explain this language by Mr. Laing's by the fact that it was written by a Scotchman to Scotchmen— (laughter)—for he could well understand how any Scotch man might regard with contempt the state of public edu cation in England, where we were constantly struggling in vain to obtain a system of national education similar in its principles to that which Scotland had enjoyed, to the great advantage of her national character, for the last 20J years. He must, while altogether denying the conclusion to which Mr. Laing came, admit that such language was held by men beyond all question of great ability, high character, and most honourable motives. Finding that such was the case, he had, as was his duty, gravely considered all the grounlis for his own opinion and for the opinion of those who differed from him, so far - as he could learn them from their speaking or writing; and the only conclusion to which he could come was that the views put forth by the gentlemen to whom he had alluded were erroneous, mis taken, and unsound. Tho question for the country was on which side the truth lay ; for this question must be decided by the truth. There was no ambiguity or possi bility of mistake in the issue as raised. Sir Jas. Graham, in a very able speech in the house, and one which produced a great effect, said on Lord John Russell's resolutions— "My first objection to this proposal is that it is unne cessary. I contend in the strongest manner that th ere i s no country in Europe in which the progress of education within the last 25 years has been so rapid and so satisfac tory as it has in England." Mr. Baines, a very high authority, said— " Objection 6.—The measure is perfectly unnecessary:. t We possess, on official evidence, the great facts whole oft of heraprd and steady progress of education during h the present century." men of ability who took part in the controversy, he like the same in substance. They all felt that something .ht ith. Mr. Unwin was not quite so dogmatical ; but, wit h h e m h a e n l y a out exaggeration, be said to be contained, in 8 2-3de of the proof was needed from them ; but theirpr in the single fact that in 1851 there were 1 h wed a when an estimate increase theproportion shown great upon mainly at at ' i l w east, population attending school, whiph undoubtedly s h o wed was previously taken, about 20 years before. not be voluminous speeches and pamphlets there would ls hand, he believed he was right in saying that in all their found any reference whatever to the quality of the schools which existed. (Hear.) Their boasted 8 2,3ds was a pro portion inferior to that of other countries—it was insuffi cient and unsatisfactory ; but he denied altogether that the question was absolutely, or even mainly, one of num bers. (Hear.) Numbers became comparatively unimpor tant if the schools to which they went were not worth having. The question he would ask was this—From the Tweed to the Land's-end are the schools of England what they ought to be ? (Hear, hear, and no, no.) Where they were good—and no doubt there were many good—there was no security for their permanent continuance as such. (Hear.) And what pi - ospect was there, if the present system continued, of their progressive improvement? (Hear.) Some of the gentlemen to whom he had referred, not content with saying that plans proposed ware bad, had proposed plans of their own. Mr. Unwin had done so. And while speaking frankly and sincerely of these gentlemen and their views, he wished it to be distinctly understood that he appreciated fully their abilities and sin eerity. Mr. Unwin thus stated his plan ; "I maintain that national education ought to be the woi k of the people themselves since the training of child ren is essenti a ll y the duty of parents —a responsibility they cannot neglect, or devolve on any classes, sects, or parties in the community, Without gesilt or injury to themselves — that the true purposes of education would be defeated if, on the one hand, parents should be compelled to educate their offspring, or, on the other, should succeed in com eeao In f aef( i vio n aro s te t eie r l : u .oib c sny t t i ip o aaa n hl rl — ebnpe t tohnspae the hol t aelheredhr means, a u te y n ai e n n o ti r o e n la ° Jo e : l t o ig t h h t i e s n polling th e i r f e ll ow -citizens to provide for them the means sf educatingtha tone their of p o pchildren, think ingt on this s u bj ec t, to assist s d a a p s a t t i o r i h o i s s t m a atablepersons in fitting them selves for the profession of teaching, and to aid the really needy in their efforts to discharge a sacred obligation." Who denied that it was the duty of parents to educate their children? (Hear, and laughter.) Did Mr. Unwin think that a question of this magnitude, and unhappily so complicated, could be settled by truianas such as this ? Did not Mr. IThwin know that at present, in practice, we did not expect the poor man to bear the expense of educating his own children? (Hear.) A table in one of the last se. ports of the Committee of Council on Education showed that, out of 500,000 children attending inspected schools, 75 per cent. did not pay more than 2d. per week for their education. (Hear.) There were 35 percent. paying only id., 40 per cent. paying 2d., and the remaining 25 per cent. paying 3d., 4d., or perhaps more. The cost of anything like good education in this country was at least sd. or 6d. a week, and therefore it was demonstrated that at present we did not expect the great majority of the working classes to pay more than one•see,;-tb or onn.third at the most, Cs f what it cost to educate their children. The idea of parents educating their children, though good in the abstract, was not now acted upon. (Applause.) Mr. Baines said— "lt surely is obvious to common sense that to compel parishes to establish and sustain schools is not only to take away all the merit and the honour of spontaneous action, and thuspro Canto to destrey (by superseding ) the patriot ism, benevol enc e, an d p u bli c sp i r i t which ave done such great things for education ; but it is to violate liberty it self." He (Sir John Pakington) could not acceptsuch a sentence as a practical solution of a great question. (Hear, hear, and applause.) What was there in it that would not be equally applicable to our Poor Law, for the physical re lief of the poor, or to our criminal law, for the punish ment of offenders ? (Hear, hear.) He ()odd understand (with respect be it said) a gentleman who was the known and very able advocate of certain views putting forth such ideas and making the best fight he could; but for himself he (Sir John Pakington) should have taken Mr. Baines's pamphlet very much like other partisan pamphlets which were considered perfectly unanswerable by those who agreed with them, and were laughed 1 at and put into the fire by those who differed from them . (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Yet these views had been held up in the House of Commons as irresistible; and, therefore, those who thought them untenable, and perfectly incompetent to meet public necessities, were bound upon public occasions to take a degree of notice of them which, perhaps, otherwise they would not think necessary. (Hear, hear.) He would now turn to some of the facts to which he referred when ho said that the cause must be judged and decided by the public according to its truths. With a few exceptions, the inspected sehools were about the best we had ; and yet only 50 per cent. of 'Ahem were, according to the inspectors, satisfactory. Thi s s great fact. +A_ How did Mr. Baines and their opponents get rid of it ? and how could they be surprised and wonder that with this state of things, the results were bad? Turning to practical results, how did Manchester stand ? Three years ago—and in the progress of a great question three yews were but as three days—in the evidence given before the Committee of the House of Commons upon the Manchester and Telford Education Bill, in support of which Church men, Roman Catholics, Wesleyans, and members of other denominations worked harmoniously, anxiously hoping to get rid of the stain which rests upon this country—Dr. WlCerrow gave evidence that there were in Manchester 30,000 children between the ages of 3 and 11 who were neither at school nor at work, and this hebelieved (speaking from memory), was nearly half of the whole number of children at school age. Mr. Baines, Sir J. Graham, and other authorities stated that our progress was satisfactory, and we were getting on very well. How was Manchester getting on? Not a bit. (Laughter.) From a table submitted to the same committee it appeared that in 1834 1 in 10 of the popu lation were at school, and in 1851 the proportion had descended to lin 14. The progress was in the wrong di rection. He did not accept as an excuse the rapid increase of population. Was it right, decent, or consistent with our character, wealth, and generosity that we should have such a mass of degradation around us? In London, accord. ing to Mr. Tuffnell, inspector, and Mr. Aubin, the head of the great school at Annerley, 73 per cent. of the child ren of the working population, at 10 years of age, were absolutely uneducated and ignorant of everything. In Bath, where more assistance was derived from Govern. ment than in any other portion of that part of England, last year's attendance at the schools had fallen off no less than 400 children, showing clearly that something was wrong—that we wanted a better system, or a better some thing else. Two days ago he received a begging letter from Chatham, asking him to subscribe to schools there, there being none, and he sent an indignant refusal. It was mon• strous that in a garrison town where the Government had great arsenals, they could not establish a school without going and begging of Worcestershire country gentlemen. (Laughter.) It was time to put an end to such a system as this. (Applause.) The Dean of Hereford, in a pub lished letter on the state of education in Hereford, says— " It is much to ba regretted that so large a proportion of the children around us, at ages when their labour is be ' coming of a marketable value, should be so entirely un educated; and it may be unhesitatingly asserted that three fourths of those of the labouring classes in this town, and a greater proportion in the neighbouring parishes, have no knowledge whatever at such age, either Scriptural or secu lar, which can be termed education for the industrial classes, even in the sense of those who take the lowest standard by which to measure them." Could they have anything stronger than that? He was sorry that the reports of her Majesty's inspectors of schools were not better known than they were, being only published in the little-read form of blue-books. The Rev. F. Wat kins stated with reference to the county of York that pri vate means for bettering the elementary edncation'of the working classes had been freely used, and had produced little effect ; the sums subscribed were diminishing rather than increasing ; and the results of inspection brought to light very little, if any, improvement. The Rev. Mr. Norris, who visited Shropshire and the district, said that in making his annual returns, and noticing the satisfactory signs of improvement, he could not but remember how in complete was the picture presented by the reports. The bright spots, he said, were few ; breadths of darkness and masses of neglected population intervened ; town parishes that had long outgrown the strength of their overworked and underpaid curates ; monster villages that had sprung up around the newly-opened mines or works of some hard headed, hard-hearted contractor; and the estate, it might be, of some large landed proprietor, who did not wish to see the people educated, and who would much rather have each fold his one talent in a napkin against the great day of account ! " For such places," said Mr. Norris, " I see at present no hope." In the debate in the last session he (Sir John Pakington) adduced some very strong state ments as to the condition of the dioceses of Bath and Wells, which led to a correspondence with the Rev. Mr. Vaughan, the diocesan inspector in that bishopric. That gentleman wrote that heconsidered the great mistake of all educational societies was that they hid the real state of the case; in his report to the bishop he had represented the state of the diocese in its true colours; and, although it thus appeared to be far behind the rest of England, he did not believe such was the case. " I trust," wrote Mr. Vaughan, " education is advancing among us, though very, very slowly." Mr. Baines had said it was advancing very, very rapidly ; bat who was the bestjudge as respected the county of Somerset—Mr.Vaughan, who lived in the county, or Mr. Baines, who resided at Leeds ? As to Herefordshire, who was best qualified to decide—the dean, who saw what was going on, or Mr. Unwin, whose time was occupied with his own college ? A practical illustration of the working of the present system came under his (Sir J. Pakington's) notice recently. He was staying with a friend, a gentle man of fortune, and the proprietor of a parish of 6,000 acres, with a population of 400, in Shropshire. His friend was patron of the livin g , an d one of h i s fr i end ' s sons was hl c e i h o :3l e u so l clergyman a c tw ho inhabitants; state os () hf l . tthh Butwei n r aeg was an ianl wasn tli e t Itsahe everything that g.2parisho 0 o a friend; p c oiur tfompceducationdifferent th l n e h e a r n e g s e i 8 - of curates were frequent, the only school that had ever ex isted in the parish was discontinued, and the 1,100 inhabi tants had not the means of educating a single child. This was enough to prove the unsoundness of the present state of things. There could be no confidence in the continu ance of a good school when it depended upon the life or character of the proprietor of the estate, or upon the cler gyman's remaining in the same cure. The labours of the clergy of all denominations, in the matter of education, merited all praise ; but they were over-tasked, and quite unequal to the duties which in this respect were imposed upon them. And he believed it to be true, although it might seem anomalous, that the very zeal of the clergy was one cause of the low quality of the schools ; inasmuch as an immense number depended upon the clergy, who, from want of means, were unable to make them good, and there fore they were maintained at their present low and unsa tisfactory level. He would sot now repeat the dreadful facts as to the educational state of our criminals, but he must call attention to that branch of the subject of educa tion which related to destitute and vagrant children—the seed from which annually a great harvest of crime was gathered. A fortnight since he was walking in the Cathe dral-close at Worcester with borne friends, when they met a vagrant-child 10 years old. In answer to inquiries he said ho had neither father nor mother ; that he had come from Market Drayton, and got his living by begging. What, humanly speaking, must be the future of that child? Vice, crime, punishment, suffering—he durst not go fur ther. This child was the type of a class that filled the gaols, kept the courts of justice in action, and drew men of business from their merchandise to try these miserable victims—victims in the majority of cases of England's ne glect. (Hear.) Was this class a l ar g e one? I n Manchester alone Mr. M'Kerrow gave it as his opinion that there were 4 000 children for whom such an institutio n as the Juve nile Refuge was required. The Rev. P. O'Leary (chaplain of the Manchester City Gaol) had stated, in a report which was recently published, that of 2,111 individuals commit ted in the course of the year 1,310 could not read at all. Dr. Guthrie, of Edinburgh, stated before a Committee of the House of Commons that there were between 2,000 and 3,000 children in Edinburgh who were in a condition which required the provision of a ragged school in order to save them from crime. The same was the case in Bris tol and in London ; in fact, these children were swarming wherever we went. The question then arose; would this state of things be corrected by the voluntary system ? Turning again to Dr. Guthrie's evidence , he found the fol lowing statement " There are two suggestions which I will bring before the committee :—The first is that we cannot succeed by voluntary effort, as far as we have tried it—our funds are not in have not diminished materially; but whencreasing ; they • the blush and novelty of t he thing 's over we rather fear they may diminish a little; but supp osin g they remain as they are, we have not succeeded in raising them year by year as we would wish to do. The amount of money which we can command by means of voluntary effort is far short of what is needed by the necessities of Edinburgh. We have now in the different Edinburgh school s a b ou t 600 children. I am satisfied that there are still remaining in Edinburgh, who would require to be admitted int o suc h schools, between 1,500 and 2,000 children." Within the last few days he had received the last report of the Model Secular School in Manchester,wbich he hoped to have the privilege of visiting on the following day. What ever difference of opinion might exist with reference to one distinctive feature of that school, no one could deny that it had been founded with the most laudable purpose, and that it had produced the best results. But What did he find in • the report.? A similar statement to that he had read from Edinburgh, or that they could not get on for want of money, that they were paralysed, that their action was impeded, and that the voluntary contributions did not meet the cost. This was what he heard on all sides, and yet whenever anybody proposed a measure in the House of Commons for putting an end to this state of things, which was a public evil, at the public cost, it was urged that it was too expen sive to adopt such a measure. Now (continued Sir J. Pak ington), I can well understand and make great allowances for the differences of opinion which arise legitimately and fairly in consequence of those peculiar difficulties which in England do attend the solution of this question ; but when I am told that wealthy England cannot afford the expense, Ido feel i n di gnan t at such an answer. (Hear, hear.) And what i s th e sta t e o f pu bli c a ff a i rs while this argument is raised ? We are now paying an income-tax of 6 2-3ds per cent. ; in 1815 we paid 10 per cent., and, .perhaps, you may not know that the incorne•tar in 1355 produced more money than in 1815 by about 100,0, 0/. ; the 10 per cent. yielded 13,610,0001., and last year the amount was 13,718,0001: I will turn to another criterion, to that ele ment of national wealth derived from the trade and manu facture of England, a subject which is familiar to you. 1 find ;that the declared value of our exports in 1815 was 51,898,0001., while in 1853 it was 95,669,0001.—very nearly double the former sum. (Hear, hear.) Then how stand our rates in the two periods? The rate for tha relief of the; poor in 1815, after all this vast increase of wealth and every element of national prosperity, was 2u0,000/. less than it was in 1815. (Hear, hear.) How, then, are we to be told that when the temporal and eternal welfare of our fellow-countrymen is at stake it is too expensive, and costly to have any national education? You will suffer !lie, I am sure, to show you how this question• of expense is treated in two other countries ; and I believe you will thank me for calling your attention to the noble language —tb which, as an Englishman, let me do justice—which I ana.about to read to you, from the official report presented in 1855 by the Board of Education of New York. Imagine for the momentthat it is Manchester w hich is referred to : 1e This vast, increase in the population of our city will bring with it a corresponding multitude of youth who are to be trained for Lusefulness in society. This cannot be done for nothing. The education which costs nothing is worth nothing. Education has a scale of prices, like every other marketable commodity. The best minds must be had to engage in the work, and feel' that in this depart ment of labour they are achieving tasks worthy of their country and of the age. It will not do to have the sun to stand still upon our valleys and hills and broad prairies, while we fight battles with Philistines or Anakim who would destroy our institutions. The world moves, and the battle thickens, and we must be at our posts and fall or conquer in our day. . . Thousands of the school age will be added to our juvenile population every year. In a few years the addition to this class of our people will not be less than 10,000 annually. Their wants must be pro vided for. Physically they want bread, and it will be found ; clothing, and it will be at hand. They will want knowledge, and it must be given to them." In another pay, on the same subject of money, I find this : " Ample provision has been made for the education and instruction of every child of suitable age, in institutions admirably adapted to the purposes they were designed to subserve ; and, although the annual expenditure for this object verges on and will soon exceed a million of dollars, over and above the State appropriation, the public senti ment cheerfully sanctions and sustains every extension of the system which promises to include within its elevating and ennobling influence an increased number of hitherto destitute and ignorant children, or to furnish increased fabilities for the mental and moral culture of those already subjected to its discipline and control." When shall we hear language equally earnest, zealous, said patriotic from a Minister of Public Instruction in London ? (" Hear, hear," and applause.) The only re maining authority to which I wish to turn for a moment is one which I regard with peculiar interest. I hold in my hand a report upon popular education among our own fellow-subjects and fellow countrymen in Upper Canada : "Each city, town, township, and village has its own municipal council; while each city, town, village, and school section has equally its own independent school orga nisation, each possessed of extensive corporate powers. Otte is supreme in civic affairs, while the other is not less sot in all matters pertaining to the schools. The one ac cepts, on behalf of the whole people the legislative school grant, and imposes an assessment equivalent to the amount granted,, while the other imposes any additional assess ment required, and controls the entire expenditure of the school moneys, establishes libraries, and promotes the general interests of the schools. In Upper Canada we have 42 counties, 5 cities, 22 towns, 16 villages, and 400 townships, or about 500 municipalities. ,We have also the same number of city, town, and village school cc rporations, together with 3,3:.0 school corporations in the rural school sections, and 70 grammar school boards. The schools are inspected at least twice a-year by local superintendents, appointed by the county councils, or, in the cities, towns, and villages, by the boards of trustees. The inspectors of grammar schools are appointed by a central provincial authority." I find this plan in Canada is in substance precisely the same as I ventured to submit for England last year— namely, grants by the central Legislature in aid of local funds, and boards for local management. What is the ' result in Canada ? The popnlatiou in lest was 1,000,000 ; the number of children at school was 201,000, —more than one in five. When I have referred, as I have on fernier occasions, to the state of education in Switzerland, Prussia, and other countries of Europe, I have been told, " Oh, you are asking to Germanise our system in England. It is all very well in Germany, but won't do here." I never heard why. But I beg yon to observe that I havb not now referred to Prussia, or Switzerland, or Francs, or Holland, or many other countries which I might have mentioned. I have given you one glorious passage from New York, but the countries to which I have mainly referred are Scotland and Upper Canada. Now, I wish to ask you and the pub lic—it is a question that must be answered—wby is a sys tem which is good and beneficial for the Queen's subjects in Scotland and Upper Canada to be held as bad and inapplie. able for the Queen's subjects in England? (Hear, hear.) This question remains to be answered, and until some satisfactory answer is given to it the British public ought not to be satisfied with the present condition of education. (Bear, hear.) Gentlemen, in compliance with your request, I have thus stated to you my opinion, and I have given you the reasons for that opinion. I have stated to you that I continue of the same opinion which I have repeatedly ex pressed, that the state of education iu England is insuffi cient, unsatisfactory, and unworthy of this country. I utterly reject the idea, although I respect the men who say so, that our progress is what it ought to be, and that our condition is such as that we ought to be contented. My views of the remedies which this state of things requires are before the public; and my opinion with respect to those remedies has undergone no change. But this, I beg to say, emphatically and distinctly, that I am free, and that I will keep myself free, to support any plan to ameliorate this state of things of which my judgment and my conscience may approve. Th ere are , I b e lieve, three changes which are indispensable to a better state of things. Tho first is that, in some way or other, what is !called the half-time system should be adopted, so as to be in use for all classes in this country, and not to be limited, as it now is, to fac tories or establishments of one kind. 2d. We must have, and we ought to have, a better, more complete, and more perfect organisation. 3d. We must have a larger and more certain supply of money. With regard to organisation, her Majesty's Government have taken a most important step, and I trust the day is now at hand when we shall have a responsible Minister in the House of Commons to answer for the state of education. I think it due in fairness and justice on my part to say that I feel grateful, and I think the country ought to feel grateful, to her Majesty's Minis: ters for the manner in which this most important step has been conceded. But that is not enough ;we ought to have some organisation for local superintendence and local con trol. One objection raised against us in the House of Com mons is that we are seeking a centralising system. On the contrary, I object to the present system as being too much centralised. Everything is done by a comparatively irre sponsible committee. I have myself had the honour of sit ting upon it, and know haw it works,and I want it changed. We ought to have local control—local organisation; and I don't behave we can possibly expect to have the education of the countrywhat it ought to be unless that centralautho rity, modified how it may be, is aided by the local bodies of the people to take an interest in the subject. With re gard to the increase of money, I confess I see no course but ths:t, as I said before, a great public object, in which every one of us is deeply interested, ought fairly to be promoted by public funds ; and therefore my opinion is that the most fair, just, and equitable mode of supplying existing deficiencies is by means of a rate. (Hear, hear.) In the debates it had been put most prominently forward that a rate for education would be open to all the difficulties and objections which are applied to a Church rate. In my humble judgment, of all the bug bears by which this great question of education has been impeded and checked this is ono of the moat unfounded ; and I bel.eve, on the contrary, that no other rate would be paid by the people at large, so cheerfully, so willingly, and with so much satisfaction; and fur this very plain and simple reason—that there is no rate from which the rate payer would derive so visible and such immediate personal benefit to himself. (Applause.) But I have never recom mended what Mr. Laing calls a grand uniform centralised system ; on the contrary, my opinion is that, looking to the present position of this question in England, unifor mity is not attainable, nor is it even desirable, Whatever we now do, we cannot, as wise men, lose sight of the ex isting state of things, nor of the efforts which have been made ; and I believe the wisest and most prudent' plan in any changes we may now make would be, not to supersede, but to assist, complete, and to supplement the existing state of things; and, farther, that ought to be done with the utmost possible regard to existing feelings and facts. I should be open to misconstruction if I concluded these ob servations without referring to what we hear so much about —namely, what is called the religious difficulty. Whatever the extent of that difficulty may be, I wish in the strongest terms to express my deep conviction that that difficulty is not insuperable. (Hear, hear.) I believe that the true, moderate, and wise view of that part of the question is to consider, as I do consider, that there may be t wo main points connected with it which we cannot, and must not, lose sight of. The first is, in looking to the education of the youth of England, every child ought to be duly and properly in structed in this first and greatest branch ofknowledge. The second is, in giving this instruction, we must so arrange it as to adhere most strictly and most rigidly to theprinciple of perfect toleration, so that no violence shall be done tolthe religiousbelief of any denomination of Christians. Provided these two conditions are strictly and securelyguarded, I con fess that I am myself disposed to adopt whatever system I thought would be the most generally acceptable and the most likely to procure igeneral public support. (Loud applause.) No doubt there ale difficulties in this and in other parts of the subject. But can you mention to me any question of great public interest within your recollec tion that was free from difficulty ? The emancipation of Roman Catholics was full of difficulty, but it was done ; Parliamentary reform was full of difficulties, but it was done ; that question in which you took so much interest, the adoption of free trade and the repeal of the corn laws was full of difficulty, and that was done; the reformation of our laws for the relief of the poor was a matter of ex treme difficulty, and it baffled Parliament for years, but it was done ; and so must this be done. But don't expect this can be done by the individual efforts of independent i members of Parliament. When I introduced my bill last I year law . I A a n eve l r a p i pr esumeda n t d o e h x o p p: th at oted to i t a w chi oul ey d e wpaassathientsouga. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5171. gestion of sound principles ; and this, which I hope I suc ceeded in doing, was taking a great question out of the category of what are called " party subjects." When Lord John Russell, one of the meat eminent members of our Le gislature, acting as an independent member of Par liament, brought this subject forward in the very last ses sion, all he alined at was to pass resolutions which might lay down the principles for future legislation. No; this subject can only be settled—and I believe it will be so set tled— when the Ministers of the Queen shall determine to gra:.ple with it with 'courage and with determination. In the meantime much depends upon public opin ion. I, for one, rely, and I rely with great confi dence, upon the ultimate result of the good sense and good feeling of the people of England. Any Minister who shall hereafter be able to say that he bas enabled every man in England to lave a sound elementary education—that he has enabled every citizen of this great country to learn his duty to God and to his Sovereign, and to cultivate his intel -I,.ctual faculties, and so raise himself iu his social position to whateverexten Ulm capacity which God hasgiven him may permit—any Minister who shall be able to say that will be entitl , d to the gratitude of his countrymen, and to the ad miration of posterity. (Applause.) I believe, I will hope, let us all hope, that the day is not distant when her Ma jesty's Ministers, in the name of our gracious Sovereign, way propose measures for the accompl ishment of this great and noble object; and whenever that day may arrive I, ' for one, will not believe that Parliament will refuse its support ; I will not believe that the Parliament of England will then be slow to recognise that great principle enunci ated in those eloquent words which you have already heard to-night—" The people want knowledge , and it must be given them." The right hon. baronet resumed his seat amid prolonged applause. His address occupied nearly two hours. A vote of thanks was passed to Sir J. Pakington for his address, and another to the chairman. THE 3ALLOT. TO THE EDITOR OE THE SUN. SIR, —Will you favour me by inserting in your piper the accompanying letter, addressed to the editor of the Times.—l am, &c,, . . F. HENRY F. BERKELEY. Victoria-square, Nov. 19. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Victoria-square, Nov. 18. Sir,—lf the ballot be like unto a mangy fox, still the fox is a beast of venerie, and has a right, even when icdisposed, to be hunted down by a fair sportsman and a thorougi .tired pack of hounds, and not to be pulled down by a vulpicide aided by a sharp-bitten shepherd's cur. Now my regret is, that the Times has ever employed the sharp-bitten cur, and not a fair pack of hounds, in attempting to worry the ballot fox, and the shepherd's cur on this occasion halts so lamentably that he cannot catch it. In the first place, allowme to ask, what credit it is that I should redeem with reformers? The Times, of course, never shifts ifs course, never wheels about, never one moment brings its tremendous power to bear, with the determination to lower and crush, and in the next moment uplifts its most dulcet notes to raise and encourage ; the Times, of course, has nothing to redeem —its political character is spotless as snow. The Times never contradicts itself, and standing proudly conscious in its own position of unerring judg ment, honest principle, and unity of purpose, it can af ford to rail at less perfection. Still the Times, as it is great and virtuous, shtuld be just. During eighteen years I am not aware of ever having had a single vote or a single sentiment to recall, ,nor have 1 ever lost any credit which it is necessary to redeem. In that respect hope humbly, but confidently, that I am at least equal to the Times ; but since that great organ has decided that l l am "a very conservative of conservatives" on all practical questions, I would respectfully commend this discovery to my friends, the conservatives of Bristol, who as yet have not become so enlightened. I pass now from the personality of the Times to its attempt at argument, and I find that it consists in the reiteration of an asstr Lion which a reference to "Hansard" will show to have been utterly knocked to pieces. The English people, forsooth, are so loose of counsel that they cannot con ceal that which it would be ruin to divulge. This garru lous people manage to conceal from those who could or would make a bad use of them, the secrets of their business and other important matters—not to mention the minor secrets of Masonry, Odd.fellowship, Forestry, Druidism, and other secret institutions. A man's ♦ote is, according to the Times, the one thing he cannot keep to himself. Chatterers can conceal the ♦otes they give in clubs, and in the election of every conceivable officer for every conceivable place, but they cannot con ceal their votes for members of Parliament ! Is such a miserable farrago of nonsense worthy of the great ability of the Times ? Can you urge nothing better than that 1 Stick to your cur with its sharp teeth of sarcasm and ridicule, for when you try at sophistry on this subject, as I have often pointed out, you fail. Who in England is so glad of the protection of secresy and irresponsi bility as the Times? Who would be tempted to write your clever and severe articles without the protection of that principle which is solely and entirely the principle of the ballot I When your writers make an onslaught on the Limos, Cardigans, or Vanes ; when they apply lan guage beyond that admitted by the allowance of society to individuals, are not they glad to seek the protection of secresy—that protection which you deny to the elector ? I am the last man to object to this protec tion for the writers in the press, but the elector's duty is eptally onerous, and he has an equal right to be cared for. I find the following able argument on this subject in a speech made lately at Liskeard by - the vice chairman of the Ballot Society :—" Who is the Times? What is the Times The Times is the secret work of a few unknown men. Not , one reader of it in a hundred knows the names of the men who write in it. Not cue a thousand knows who wrote any particular article•. This is a secret, irresponsible power, and is it there fore to be condemned ? No, the welfare of the people requires the iudependence of the press. The indepen dence of the press requires that its writers be unknown ; and just as the welfare of the people requires the inde pendence of Parliament, the independence of Parliament requires that the constituencies be independent, and iu order that the constituencies be independent it is neces sary that the votes of the electors be secret and un known." The cases are alike, and the parity of reasoning unanswerable. As regards the assertion that the ballot is a failure in Ameriea, the Times only condescends to repeat its former assertion. Now I have completely answered all the Times has ever said on this subject—vide " Hansard" for 1846 and 1847 ; and last session I have shown, by the evidence of distinguished Americans, that wherever the ballot is preserved in its integrity in that country it is perfectly successful, and is accompanied by purity of election and perfect order, as in Holland, Belgium, Swit zerland, and Sardinia, but that in those states of Ame rica where the ballot is loosely maintained exactly the reverse is found to be the case. Tee pro-slavery party in America have made every attempt to defeat purity of election by upsetting the vote by ballot, tichich alone protects the abolitionists of slavery in giving their votes, and the absence of which would compel thousands to give a false vote or submit to Lynch law. With this evidence already before the public, and more which I have access to and trust to make known, I cin venture to meet the assertion of the Tim's by a direct contradic tion, and to assert that recent events have strongly im pressed all good Americans with the necessity not only of maintaining, but of further protecting the inviolability of this glorious institution, The letters of your Atm• rican correspondent I have carefully read ; they du not bear out your assertion that every man's vote is known in America. Neither, do I apprehend, was your cor respondent present at the elections in each of the 31 states of the union ; the system of ballot is different in nearly every State, and before you can assume the um ver,,al failure of the ballot in America you must give more exact information. New York, from which the letter in Tue,day's Times was date's, has of all States the most 1 )ose and imperfect system of ballot. While alluding t) foreign countries I invite your attention to the evidence from Beium, which I inclose,. and which I shall feel obliged by your inserting with this letter. One last word, sir. I really do not think thizt I neel free myself from tl e charge of being a conservative and of wishing to keep everything as it is, becau:e I desire the cathedral service of the Church o England to he re tainel in its purity and integrity. We have luckily at the present moment organists appointed to cathedrals who are scientific inusicians, and lay clerks among wnoin there are some of the best English vocalists. The boys of our cathedral choirs have a rigid musical educ .tion, aan the choir itself has beautifully devotional and difficult music to perform, which would be utterly ruity_al if al lowed' to be joined in by the unlearned squalling of charity children or amateur psalm singers. The same sort of effect would be produced if the ladies and gentle men in the stalls of the opera put in some finishing vocal touches to Viardot or Mario. The Times may consider me remiss in opposing such reforms, and may think the introduction of a gentleman with a bassoon and a male and female choir of charity children a desirable re f orm in our cathedral service ; I confess I a m on that point c onservative enough to desire to he ar a good organ played by a scientific organist, with 14 choir of well-in structed singers, and I believe such to be more devo tional in its effects ; but there is no accounting for tastes.—l am, &c,, F. HENRY F. IERKELEY. sir,.—The society formed for the purpose of pro curing the establishment, at elections for members of of the English Parliament, of ;voting in secret, or by ballot, :ire anxious to obtain information as to the reasons for establishing secret voting in Belgium, and its operation in that country. The society have seen , the Co'mnientary on th e Electoral Laws of Belg i um , of which, you are the author. That work has convinced them that you are the most proper person to whom to apply for the information they seek, and they have direc ted me, as their secretary, to address to you this letter. " Your position, sir, as author of a work of such autho rity as y our 'Commentary' will, I hope, be accepted as sufficient apology for the trouble I give you. " You are no doubt aware that the friends of the liberty a n d i n d ependence o f e l ec to r s d es ir e the establisla merit of sec re t vo ti ng , or the ballot, to prevent electo rs being unduly influenced in the use of their suffrage by their employers, creditors, landlords, and other persons OD whom they may be dependent. • "Our society beli eve that, for the same reeecr, the articles 24 to 34 of Title 3d of the Belgian constitution were adopted. Permit me therefore, sir, to inquire— " Were those articles of the Belgian constitution i adopted to give electors the power of voting freely and ! indifferently for tl e persons they think fit to be their representatives I " 2. Are those articles found to secure the freedom and independence of the electors ? . .... "3. Is the secret vote, or ballot, considered by the electoral body of Belgium an important institution I "I trust you will pardon this intrusion of strangers on you, and receive the assurance of the high consider ation of our society, and of, sir, " Your very obedient servant, " WILLIAM WICHLIAY, Hon. Sec. "A Monsieur Bivort." M. Bivort's reply is as follows : "Sir,—l am much flattered by the honour you have done me in resorting to my poor assistance, and I wilt endeavour to reply to the questions you have submitted to me in the name of your society. " These questions are as follows : " 1. What is the intention which directed the arrange nients which are the objects of articles 29. 32, and other articles of the Belgian Electoral Law of 1831 ? "2. Do these arrangements fulfil the end for which they were designed ? "3. Do the Belgian people value the securities pro vided by these arrangements ? "In securing the secresy of voting, the legislature desired in the first place to shelter the elector from the influence of the rich and the great. Iu the next place it wisbed to shelter him from the vengeance of party spirit, and from a power which would be tempted not to recognise the freedom of election. For the purpose of better securing the independence of the elector, the Le gislature has enacted, by article 19 of the constitution (I would rather say of the Electoral Law), that the elec tions shall take place in the chief towns of the cantons, but in the chief towns of the administrative arrondisse ments, where the electors ere less exposed to local i: fluences. "The foregoing arrangements are amongst us consi dered sufficient to secure the independence of electors. "The Belgians set great value on this precious shield; for the good composition of the Legislative Chambers depends entirely on the free choice of the electors. Without this freedom of voting it would not be possible to obtain as real national representation. " I sincerely desire that my answers may be satisfac tory, and I place myself entirely at your disposal for all other information or advice which you may think -fit to ask of me. "I beg you will accept the assurance of my high eon• sideration. "J. B. BIVORT, " Chief of the Division of Communal and De partmental Administration in the Ministry of the Interior, Brussels. " May 10, 1856." IRSLAINID. DUBLIN, Nov. 19. Although the frightful murder at the Midland Great Western Railway terminus still continues shrouded in mystery, there is no want of activity on the part of the police and others engaged in investigating the circum stances ; and the public excitement caused by this terrible crime has suffered no diminution. Several persons, whose testimony was expected to throw some light on the case have been examined, and police constables have been despatched to the country in all directions in search of information. Mr. Semi:is (Crown Soli citor) and several of the directors of the railway were busily engaged during yesterday in holding an investi gation, which was strictly private. We have been informed that the friends of the deceased have sent to London for Field, the celebrated detecti►e, who will arrive in town to-morrow. It has been ascertained that the money taken away by the mur derers amounted to 3601., principally in gold. It is stated that the following , important fact has been dis covered by the poiice:— On the evening of the murder, a short time before Mr. Little should have left, two gen tlemen went into the cash office for the purpose of get ting the change of a 1001. note, and while waiting for it they observed a strange looking man standing outside the counter. On getting their change they left the office, the man above referred to remained. It is expected that the proposed portion of the canal will be fully drained and cleared this morning, when careful and trustworthy men will be employed in exploring the canal, with a view of discovering the weapon or weapons used by the murderer, as it is deemed probable that, after perpetrat ing the act, the assassin threw his weapon or weapons into the water for concealment. A rumour prevailed throughout town last evening that a man had been ar• rested by ,the police on suspicion of being connected with the perpetration of this revolting murder; but after making strict and careful inquiry, we could find no real grounds for such rumour. Mr. Kemmis, Crown solidi- , tor, was engaged up to half-past ten o'clock last night in holding a private investigation, which will be resumed this day. Up to a late hour last night no intelligence had been received from the police who had been sent to pro secute inquiries in the country districts. In the earlier part of yesterday hundreds of persons visited the room in which the murder was perpetrated, and a great many took away portions of the hair which had been cut off the bead of the deceased by the doctors, when making the post mortem examination. In the neighbourhood the portion of the canal now reafy to be drained, viz., from the canal harbour to the first lock, a large crowd was collected, watching the proceedings of the work men. A wing of the Richmond Bridewell was destroyed by fire yesterday morning, the fames baying made their appearance shortly after midnight. It is supposed that the conflagration commenced in the bakehouse, over which was situated the chapel, which, as well as some store rooms, was completely gutted by the fire. It was necessary to remove a portion of the adjoining roof, in order to keep the flames from spreading, and, by extra ordinary exertions, and the aid of several fire-engines, they were fortunately confined to the portion of the building in which they first broke out. The deputy governor (Delany), who was at the time in charge of the prison, exerted himself to the utmost, and several of the prisoners behaved in a most praiseworthy manner, one of them especially, having done a great deal towards subduing the fire. A company of the Royal Artillery, with their engine, afforded efficient aid on the occasion. Jt is supposed that the damage done amounts to about j l ,OOO/. arguments in the Tipperary Bank case were re sumed yesterday in the Court of Chancery, Mr. Brew ster, Q.C., having replied on behalf of the official ma nager, aud contended that it was impossible that the act 33d Genrgt' 11. could apply to such a case as this, as had been argued by Mr. Whiteside on the previous day, inasmuch as the Legislature could not have con templated a state of things which could not under the then state of the law have existed, for it was not until the 6th George IV. that it was possible for any person whatever to become shareholders in joint-stock banks. Mr. Edwards was then examined by leave of the court. He stated that he was in the employment of Mr. Hone for 11 years, at a salary of 1 3 0 /. a year ; that he did not pay anything for the shares which were transferred to him by Mr. Hone in 1847 ; that be did not keep any of the dividends on them from 1847 to 1854, but that they were his own property when they were transferred to Doyle ; that he bad no idea who Doyle was, but that he was living in London, and that his name was in the transfer deed when it was brougizt up to witness. Tito case was then adjourned to this day. WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE MURDER, OF MR. LITTLE.--IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES. The draining of the canal commenced at an early hour this morning. Up to 2 o'clock this day no thing was found except a carriage lantern belong ing to the company ; but shortly after that hour, Mr. Crofton and Mr. Kiunear, two gentlemen con nected with the Dublin corporation, happening to be standing looking at the operation of the work men, observed a piece of wood appearing above the water which remained in the 'basin to the depth of two or three inches. They directed the attention of the men to the object, and a search having been made it was found that the wood was the handle of a hammer, the head of which was embedded in the mud. On being brought to the bank an exa mination of the instrument took place, when it was ascertained that it was an engineer's hammer, about 18 inches in length, the head being rather weighty, and having a highly polished broad face on one Aide and a smaller and angular one at the other. Thu wood of the handle at about two inches from the bead showed a crack whichex tended for a s h or t distance lower down ; this would y blow, appear to have bae.o. caused by a very which struck, but ra, tiler fell slantino in which the head (did not fall directlyhoenahvythe sur facebeen struck whatever object was Ili itended to bare means the handle mt ist have coinehalairocYo'ntaot with by the blow. The optentangled in it. dent marks of having ?a, uni . a s n ible on the head of crack bore en- Human hair was also ning discovery is looked upon the hammer itself. This'i , 0, an d from what we as of the utmost imports ; c i are satisfied that the of hair have been able to g ather rack of the murderer. police are at length on th t ( l 3 in having proceeded asshasnmer was found goes leads to the belief that he vet the boundary ana through ta' lo car gate on the r u tro p h re the eill t u railway,t positionh e ideaiu which ho if c ' ht 1 1 either found hisw ay theldroadstone-bash 1 2 into the water wall adjoining t e the hammer, ylatform or oN if r,,lat should turn egress side of h of which he threw out to be (which is n ow very probali l e) one of th e was perpe trated. i ns trument w ith which themurder WATERFORD, WEVNESDAY. FRIGIETFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A f e arful collision took place this das , . The Dublinday mail, via Kilkenny, ran i nto a , b a ll as t train. Sig peopbe are supposed t o h ave beets killed and several severely injured. 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