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N ATIONAL GUARANTEED MANURE COMPANY (Limited.) Temporary Offices-77, King William-street, City. The list day of application for ' , hares in this Company is fixed for ;SATURDAY, the 29th day of November instant. Applications to be made to the Bankers, Sir John Ltibblck, Bart., and co , Mati,ion House-street, City; Lon,!on and Eastern Banking Corporation, 27, Carmon-street, City; to the Brokers, Messrs. Crosley Brothers, 30, Cornhill ; or to the Secretary. By order of the Directors. GEO. GORHAM LAMB, Sec. pro tent. November 13, 1856. NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL LIFE ASSURANCE and GENERAL DEPOSIT and ADVANCE COMPANY.—An ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the shareholders of this Company- will be held at the Offices, 22, Now Bridge-street, Elackfriars, London, on THURSDAY, the 4th of December next, at 11 o'clock in the foreno n , when the audited ae.counts of the Company will be presented, the places of retiring Directors filled up, and other business transacted, Ity order. SAMUEL GREEN, Secretary. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LODON. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE TN FOUR-FIFTHS, or 80 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 old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in addition to the accut,mlated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CIIARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. ETR 0P 0 LITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. „ . TRUSTEES. I t.Hn.Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., MP. I Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. FRIEND of the CLERGY CORPORATION, for allowing Pensions, not exceeding 411. per annum, to the IVldowa and Orphan unmarried Daugle,ers of Clergymen of the Established Church, and for affording temporary assistance to neces sitous Clergymen and their families, throughout England, Wales, and Ireland. Lots en next ELECTION of PENdIONERS will take place a t th e a.onden Tavern, Bi s h o p sga t e - s t ree t, on Tour:tit', November 25th, ISM, at 12 o'clock precisely; The Rev. Josarn BROWN, M.A., in the chair. Report of the Proceedings of the Corporation during the past Year, the ~e iance-sbeet, list of subscribers and pensioners, &c., may be had at the Offices, 4. St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, where donations and subscriptions will be thankfully received. The Rev. JOSEPH BROWN, M.A., 1 Hon. The Rev. JOHN EDMUND COX, M.A. F.S.A., Secs. HENRY BRAM.4.L, Secretary. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A HORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST EVER TET INTRODUCED ! Sold in Cases containing 445 Packages—each Package One Feed at the cost of Three Half-pence each, equal to 565. per case. Carriage Pain to any railway station. No n e are genuine without my signature— JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor, 115, High street, Hull. Post-Once Orders must be made payable as above. SALT and Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE and BURTON ALES. BREIrEaT—BUR,TON-ON-TRENT. STORES:— LONDON. . LIVERPOOL . . y -street. MANCHESTER , 37, Brown-street. SHEFFIELD .......... 12, George-street. BIRMINGHAM .. 26 4 2 , Bull-street. BRISTOL. . DifBLIN 4, Crown-alley. EDINBURGH ..... Forth opetotui Warehouse. GLASGOW St. Vincent-place. These Ales, in Casks of Eighteen Gallons and upwards, and in Bottle, obtained from all respectable Bottlers. LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth Season.— (leonine YARMOUTM BLOATERS. These highly esteemed delicacies forwarded to all parts, on receipt of the amount 88 Under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order :- 100 prime 100 especially selected Bs. 4d. /Package included. 50 ditto Send full and plain directions, county, and nearest station. Ad dress. THOMAS LETTES, Jan., Fish Curer, (best Yarmouth. ---- CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Ftteretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.-This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the pour PiccadMeted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, illy on Tuesdays, at 2 eclock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brampton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer Period if reeommendesl 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 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every farm of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's Officals, 167, Piccadilly, - By order. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary, ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Fouscled 1828. No order for admission is here required. The sick poor arc 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 application : Week ending 7th October 2,188 Ditto 14th October..., 2,162 Ditto 21st October 2,075 litto 28th 0ct0ber......., 2,241 29th,30th, and 31st October Total in October .... 9,680 ' , lent of Whi ch 3 ,30 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ) having been admitted previously. ileav Y expenses are i nev it a bly i ncurre d i n affording such eaten alYe relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entr ea t th e a id of the p u b l i c. 3 Th e managetnent of the Hospital Is in the hands of 30 Governors, Bauer l from the general list of sub scr ib ers , a t th e Annua l 4 " eneral Meeting in January. A Board Is held every Thursd a y, a t wh nek (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, anY subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at ,r.iinles desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. ttry e n osPital Is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun joxnertributions and leracies, which are received by the Treasurer, and C O l"ter nlan, Esq., M P., Nicholas-lane also by Messrs. Coutts Prescoi ; b rumrnond and Co.; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Jone s Lt' Grot e , and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; terleLo CoCo.; liarclay and Co.; Denison Williams, ? Tr, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber _-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. "Ming for the destitute patients will he thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New road, Lon don.—MORISON'S VEGETABLE UNITERSAL MEDICINE is the only medicine that strikes at the root of a dis eases. This has been proved by an experience of thirty yea ti during Which time up wards of 401,000 cases of cure have been effected. The llygeian agents th roughout the world are unanimous upon the Tlygetan system of medicine introduced by James Morison, the Ilygelst, who not only taught the public how to cure their own ail ments, but also rescued the world from the dangers of false medical doctrines. The monument lately rsised to his memory by a penny galsscrintion sufficiently attests the importance of his discoveries. 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 vvill never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth eYer before nsed. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any Painful guaranteed and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication De cayed teeth rendered sound and useful in masucation.--52, Fl borne from ten till five. e et - street. At GREY HAIR RESTORED to its ORIGINAL COLOUR.—NEURALGIA and RHEUMATISM cured by P. M. HERRING'S PATENT MAGNETIC (and ALVANIC) COMBS, HAIR and FLESH BRUSHES. They require no prepara tion, are always ready for use, and cannot get out of order. Brushes, 10 s. and 158. ; combs, from 2s. 4d. to 20s. Offices :-32, Basinghall- BStreet, where may be obtained, gratis, or by post for four stamps, the s trated pamphlets, " Wh y H a i r becomes Grey, and i ts Remedy. " for may be alt ere d f rom the Galvanic to the Magnetic principle or ss. Agents :—Child, South Gallery, Crystal Palace ; Savory and Moore ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-street ; Godfrey and Cooke, Conduit street; Ilendrie, 12, Tichborne-str ee t ; Twinberrow, 2, Edwards street, Portman-square; Taylor, 13, Raker-street ; Griffin, 181, strand; Saunders, 315 a, Whiter. 205, and Kennedy, 166, Oxford street ; Ross, 119, Bisho psgate - street ; Itimmell, Garrard-street, Soho; Worn, 17, Dawson-street, and Birch, 1, Molesworth-street, Dublin. Sold by all chemists and perfumers of repute. FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. Price is. l 0. and 2s. 9d. of box. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine long-tried eflleau for pur ifying . ri fying the blood, so very essential for the foundation of good health, and correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. T he stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of d the liver, b owe l s, and kidneys will rapidly take place; renewed h ealth h ealth will be th e qu i ck result of taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each box. For FESIALES these Pills are truly excellent, removing all ob - s tructions, the di s t ress i ng Headache so very prevalent with the sex, D epression of Spi r i ts, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy, juvenile bloom to the complexion. 1_ rPoersons of a i. ull Habit, who are subject to Headache, Giddiness, 331 oXt l e " tSB, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of , Should never be without them, as many danger- TheyoussYpatrohorneshiweVil be entlrelyearried off by their immediate use. i excellent aperient, create appetite, relieve languor, and invigorate the spirits, and it aken quickly restore the system to its natural indulgence at table they , state of repose. Sold by rrout and Harsant, 229, Strand, Loudon, and all vendors of medicine. A NEW AND IMPORTANT Discov---...7---------n --''' X IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent °Mee Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of m edicine, Vienna TIIIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form ot lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcott pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by 'alPeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, SPERMATORRIBEA, and all the distressin consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily a n d , um etrength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who ar e now in the enjoyment of health end the Functions of Manhood; and Whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR. ItIA GE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery, effectuall TRIESEN AR Na. 11., eradicates all traces of Gonorrhcea, both in its mild and aggravated 'crrns, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Drine Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the tub' of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRI.ESEMAR No. 111., !tithe great Continental Remedy for S ' ;hills and Secondary Symp toms. It also constitutes a certain cur 3 e l for Scurvy, Scrotula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities irom the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expell it with the insensible perspiration thr ough the mediu m o f the pores of the skin and urine, and is, a never-fag remedy t or th at class of disorders which unfortunately 121 e English Physician treats with Mercury tothe inetable - t ion of th e pat i ent ' s constitution, and which all the vi sarsapa destruc rilla in the world cannot restore. P rice I Is., or f our cases i n one for 335„ which saves lls., and in 5/. eases, whereby there is A savin g o f 11. 12s. To be had wholesale and retail in London, of Derby and Gordon, 140, Leadenball-street; rout, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, O afurd-street ; Sanger, 150 , Oalord-strett. 21 20 MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising), with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of 1840-51-54 and 1155, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure). THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. MILNERS' PPRENIX (2120) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE STREET, City. Circulars tree by post. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHI RE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The,dailyuseof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe. guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs, Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen arid raer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitatioxs, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. SECOND EDITION OF THOMAS RAIKES'S JOURNAL. Vols. I. and 11., in pet Svo., with Portrait, price 215., pORTION of the JOURNAL kept by THOMAS RAIKES, Esq., 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. *.* Yols. 111. and IV. (completing the work) are in the press. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longraans. NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION Or WILLIAM HOWITT'S " VISITS TO REMARKABLE PLACES." In 2 vols. square crown Svo., with upwards of 80 highly-finished Wood Engravine.. price 255. cloth, VISITS to REMARKABLE PLACES : Old Halls, Battle-fields, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Pas sages in English History and Poetry. By WILMA ‘I lIOWITT. 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. Household Words Office, No. 16; - Wellington -street North, Strand. Sold by all Booksellers, and at all Railway Stations. NEW ILLUSTRATED PRESENT BOOKS. Pr:ce ss. each, cloth ; or s s . Gd. g ilt edges, L ILIAN'S GOLDEN HOURS. By Miss METEYARD. With eight Illustrations by John Abs lon. 2. SAXELFORD : a Story for Boys. By E. J. MAT, author of "Louis' School Days,' with eight Illustrations by Absolon. 3. FABLES, Original and Selected. By NORTHCOTE. With 275 Illustrations by W. Harvey. 4. GAY'S FABLES, a new revised Edition, with Notes by the Rev. 0. F. ()wax, and 120 Illustrations by W. Harley. All alike for Present or Prize Book. London: George suitable Routledge and Co., s 2, Farringdon-sstreet. The Third Edition. Just rublished, price 55., by post, free, 58. 6d. 0 N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRWEA, with the Tiew of distinguishing the Imaginary from the [teal Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford 's known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-naedi sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if ho shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette, " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this bock could find its way into the hands of those whs stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, wo aro satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of lass importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money...—. This volume is welt qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrh(aa, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. London: IL lialliere, 219, Itegent-Itrent. ARGYLL ROOMS.—LAIIRENT'S CASINo, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. —The above elegan Rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. rrinclpal Cornet•a-piston, M. Bonicourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this asbionable place of resort ha , been entirely redecorated during the ecess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis ion One I)R. KAHN'S AN ATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. —Open (for Gentlemen nly) from 10 till 10, containing !Twin's of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in icalth and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, !, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and ifghly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery 7 Dr: Kelm, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One shilling. NEW SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE. rrHE DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL a_ ASSURANCE System YESTMENIC ASSOCIA TION invite attention to the New f Life Assurance exclusively adopted by this Association, 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 r epresentatives at his death. Tables of Rates specially adapted to this system of Assurance may be obtained at the Office of the Company, 3, Pall-mall East, or for warded free on application. PETER Mi/RRISON, Managing Director. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D., 1844. Parties destrotui 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 MORRIRON„ Managing Director. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free. THE MISSING AUSTRALIAN VESSELS. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The following clippers are now overdue from AUR tralian ports : —Th e Ph oen i cian, which sailed from Syd ney, July 22, for London, crew out 116 days ; the James Baines, sailed from Melbourne, August 8, out 103 days ; and the Lightning, sailed from Melbourne about August 26, out about 85 days ; th e t wo latter for Liverpool. A letter respecting the James Baines was received in Liver pool yesterday morning, from a member of Lloyd's, inquiring at what rate insurances could be effected on the said vessel, intimating that 12 to 15 per cent. was being asked at Lloyd's. In reply, a telegraphic mes sage was sent up requesting an order and limits. To this a further lettei 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 cap'ain o f the ship Vision, just arri ve d f rom China, London, report s having passed the Phoenician, from Syd ney to Oct. 23, lat. 20 N, long. 32 W. Th e Phoenicia n sa i led from Sydney 13 d ays b efore the James Baines The Vi left M e lb ou rne. Vision exper i enced 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 o Tredwell, late a Worcester y who wasll, found in obnor - 7 .---__ dcsyeasttouefrr:iLaun cy Saturday last (as already de tsherevnaanntaaltinanthhaottelnirtny tailed in this journal), was concluded on T ues d ay night, th ad e d e i n t r io g n enn to w t h h ne r e t l t a , bevefidoreennAefrp.rßev.ioTn.sßlyeag,ivtehne, mcorrc.rnEvr; made the that death had been mort causedb em examinatio.n, gave his o pi n i on uries on the head. y the A human fist or any other hard subsitnajnce would produ ce _ the injuries over the nose, and a fall'mightt did not follo w , have c ause d d the wound at the back of the head. I however, that the blows were the innuela death, for she might have been thro wn intotthen cause water o f in a state of insensibility produced by the blows, and there have died. A cut about two inches lon g 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 companywith Brace. She was walking fast, and another young ri , n 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), nd Thomas threatened to " warm him" if he spoke to the girl. [Thomas was present at the inquest, but was not examined.] George Stephen, a resident near to the canal, deposed that on the morning of Oct. 28, about 4 o'clock, he heard cries of distress f rom a woman as if from the canal, R e V as uii!tnd heard a f a i n t cr y of " Help," and then all still, Ile went to the canal next morning, but saw nothing. jury expressed a wish to The return a verdict of " Wilful know n , ,, b ut a hope , by the ad • thatagabienst some person or persons un. an open verdict o f , in quiry, as they'Found drowned." The jury ex pressedvice o . f the eo i r d on f e o r l , lo t w he tl y t r ) e t t i u to rn i e n d . murder r police would t believed the girl had been murdered. ..........__ ________........!!!! LADVERTISEMENT.]-1101loway's Pills a most excellent remedy for Indigestion —.Charles Strong, bricklayer, of the parish of Burgbfield, near Reading:Berksbire, with great gratitude, informs Profes s o r Holloway that his pills have cured him of indigestion, accompanied with all its horrors, after several physicians bad been con sulted in vain; for three years he was troubled with ............ 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Muir ,Malta. mutt an agent. for th e i sle of "a nd I (No. 20,100.) PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF ANNE DYSART, Just ready, in 3 vo's., Etßy ciS E Y the Author of " Anne Dysart," "Herbert Lake," &c. Ilurst and Blackctt, Publishers, successors to henry Colburn. t .* r i 7 A 67 7 4 • ( 411 ~ ,r . • • ' f • • - •- ' ' •)t ( ,44 - ts • Astim li \\ 0) 0 A',(l.M „ 6 .71 , ;d „ , • ‘ s *4 , , I d r / 1 •< ,. 54. 'IR- D 1.40 3 AO/4 )11011:- 1 14- 5' 0• 1 ( 4' sl t. u •!,-,,1u0 [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SE. gestion of sound principles ; and this, which I hope I suc ceeded in doing, was takirr , a great question •out of the" category o f w h a t are call e d " party subjects." When Lord John Russell, one of the most eminent members of our Legislature, acting as an independent member of Par liament, brought this subject forward in the very last ses sion, all he aimed at was t,o 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 grad* with it with courage and with determination. In the meantime much depends upon public opin ion. I, for one, rely, and 1. rely with great confi dence, upon the ultimate result of the good sense and good feeling of the people of E ng l an d. Any Minister who shall hereafter be able to say that he has enabled every man in England to have 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 lectual faculties, and so raise himself in his social position to whatever extent tho capacity which God hasgiven him may , permit—any Minister who shall be able to say that will be entitled 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 dist an t w h en h er Ma jesty's Ministers, in the name of our gracious Sovereign, may propose measures for the accomplishment 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 theni." 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 "ALLOT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—Will you favour me by inserting in your paper the accompanying letter, addressed to the editor of the Times.—l am, &c,, F. HENRY F. BERKELEY. Victoria-quare, Nov. 19. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Victoria-square, Nov. 18. Sir,—lf the ballot be like unto a mangy fox, still the :ox is a beast of venerle, and has a right, even when edisposed, to be hunted down by a fair sportsman and a ;horougl .red 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 occosion halts so lamentably that he cannot catch it. In the first place, allow me to ask, what credit it is that I should redeem with reformers? The Times, of course, never shifts its course, never wheels about, never one moment brings, its tremendous power to bear, with the determination to lower and crash, and in the next moment uplifts its most dulcet notes to raise and encourage ; t►e 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, should be just. During eighteen years I am not aware of ever having had a single vote or a single sentiment to recall, nor have • I ever lost any credit which it is necessary to redeem. In that respect I hope humbly, but confidently, that I am at least equal to the Times ; but since that great organ has decided that am "a very conservative of conservatives" on all practical questions, I would respectfully commend this discovery Only 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 asset tion 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 votes 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 ? 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 bf secreirl 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 ? When your writers make an onslaught on the Liteans, 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 equally 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 one n 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 independence of the press. The indepen dence of the press reqaires that its writers be unknown ; and just as the welfare of the people requires the inde pendence of Parliament, the independence of Parliament respires that the constituencies be independent, and in order That the constituencies be independent it is neces sary that :be votes of the electors be secret and un known." The cases are alike, and the parity of reasoning unanswerable. As regards the a,seertion that the ballot is a failure in America, the Timcs otily 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 Hol l a nd, Belgium, Swit zerlaud, and Sardinia, but that iu those states of Ame rica where the ballot is loosely maintained exactly the reverse is found to be the case. The pro-slavery party in America have made every attempt to defeat purity of election by upsetting the vote by ballot, hich alccne protects the abolitionists of slavery in giving their vote , t, 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 can venture to meet the assertion of the Times by a direct contradic tioo, 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 Ame rican correspondent I have carefully read ; they do 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 i states of the union ; the system of ba llot is different n nearly every State, and before you can assume the uni versal failure of the ballot in America you must give more exact information,. New York, from which the letter in Tuesday's Times was dated, has of all States the most 1 rose and imperfect system of ballot. While alluding to foreign countries I invite your attention to the evidence from Belgium, which I inclose, and which I shall feel obliged by your inserting with this letter. One last word, sir. 1 really do not think that I need free myself from tie charge of being a conservative and of wishing to keep everything as it is, becawe I desire the cathedral service of the Church o England to be re tained in its purity and integrity. We have luckily at the present moment organists appointed to cathedrals who are scientific musicians, and lay clerks among whom there are some of the best English vocalists. The boys of our cathedral choirs have a rigid musical education, and the choir itself has beautifally,devotional and difficult music to perform, which would' be utterly ruined 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 c ons id er per 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 reform in our cathedral service ; I c •nfess I am on that point conservative enough to desire to hear a good organ played by a scientific organist, with a c h o i r of well-in structed singers, and I believe such to be more devo tional in its effects ; but there is no accounting far tastes.—l am, &c., F. HENRY F. JERKELEY. gc sir,—The society formed for the purpose of r o ; curing the establishment, at elections for members °I of the English Parliament, of !voting in secret, or by ballot, are anxious to obtain information as to the reasons for establishing secret voting in Belgium, and its operation in that country. The society have s een , the `Commentary on the Electoral Laws of Belgium, of which you are. the author. That work has con vinced them that y ou are the most proper person to whontito apply for the informati on have l they seek, and they direc ted me, as thea. secretary, to address to' you thislett .o e r . . "Your po s i tion, sir, as author of a work of such ao tb rity as your 'Commentary' will, I hope, be accepted as sufficient apalogy for the trouble I give you. d of the " You arts no doubt aware that the friends liberty and, ind e pendence of electors desirethee electors d establish 1 ment of s ecre t vo ting, or the bal lot, to prevent being unuly influenced in the uosred of th e ir suffrage by s: and other persons their employers, creditors, landlords , on whom they may be dependent. ," Our society believe that, for the flame reasoil the LONDON, THUESDAY EVENING- NOVEMBER 10, 1856. Sllti JUAN PAKINGTON ON NATIONAL 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 Atheneum, 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. Peking ton, 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, he 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 plause.) 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 snit 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 here as we should be held responsible hereafter. (Hear, hear.) He 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 derived, from any source, a yearly income of 1004. 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 non whose means were less than 1001. a-year must look to a cheap and good education for his children as among, not the secondary, bat 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 common 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 Gib Yon and himself were two of those who had submitted measures to the House of Commons, his own being one 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 decision. 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. Unwin, 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 not afford it. Those arguments prevailed ; and Lord John Russell's resolutions were rejected by a very large majority. Ho (Sir J. Paking 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 Mi. Laing, a very able and very moderate member of the House of Commons. Mr. Laing said : " Publis opinion and the Hode 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 efforts 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 months—(applause) —if public opinion demanded itsrevival. (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 Sootland had enjoyed, to the great advantage of her national character, for the last 200 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 grounds 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. The 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 iu the issue as raised. Sir Jas. Graham, in a very able speech in the house, and one which prodiced 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 there is 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. We possess, on official evidence, the groat fact of the rapid and steady progress of education during the whole of the present century." Mr. Unwin was not quite so dogmatical ; but, with many men of ability who took part in the controversy, he held the same in substance. They all felt that something like proof was needed from them ; but their proof might, with out exaggeration, be said to be contained, mainly at Jeast, in the single fact that in 1851 there were 1 in 8 2-3ds of tke population attending school, which undoubtedly showed a great increase upon the proportion shown when an estimate was previously taken, about 20 years before. On the other hand, he believed ho was right in saying that in all their voluminous speeches and pamphlets there would not be 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 prospect was there, if the present sHearystem, continued, of th e i r progress i ve improvement ? () Some of the gentlemen to whom he had referred, not content with saying that plans proposed were bad, had proposed plans of their own. Mr. Unwin had do ne SO. And while speaking frankly and sincerely of these gentlemen and their views, he wished it to be distinctly understood that h e appreciated fully their abilities and sin cerity. Mr. Unwin thus stated his plan -- " I maintain that national education ought to be the work of the people themselves, since the training of child ethanatn()ttliente,rguleectpUroprodseevolledogualciaa ren is essentially the duty of parents —a responsibility they in the community, Without guilt or classes, sec tli , selves Or injury to m 'welling their fellow-citizens shouldpi e if, their offspring or, on the one hand, parents education would bedefeated orparti t es on the other, should succeed in com and Christian benevolence in rellial)d be compelled ~or th em to e e d l n u 9 c .a a nm e s of instruction —that the functio elevate, by all popular means enforce on ing on this subject to assist sui'tab ° tone of parents the duty enlightened pattriotiss to of educating this . quesioni o th ating their children,. t_ selves for the profession of teali' lepersons in fitting them y sa cred pai.en o t b s liga o ti e o d n l .:: ate Who denied that it was the dut needy in their efforts to discha-Ling, i l i;;,.:n t i . iluttiae); sautledhas'tunhappily ? p i S d ° l' a s' , anti l t a h r e reallythink selves k - et t l ho i L n i i r il c it h cha i a l t d te t da Ti co ? Did ' t ar. Unwin questionn]. d (Hear,be of f settled t'ah ni this not Mr. Wnwin know that at present, in practice w not expe c t th e poor man to bear the e xpense ociue did c his own c hild ren ? (H ear. ) A table in one off e the laatino st re• ports of the C omm itt ee o f C ouncil on Education showed that, out of 590,000 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. p ay i ng 2d ., an d t h e remaining 25 per cent. paying 3d., 4d., or perhaps more. The cost of anything like good ed uca ti on in this country was at least sd. or 6d. a week, and th ere f ore i t was d emonstrated that at present we did not exp ec t th e great ma j or i ty of the working clas ses to pay more th an on e -sixth or one , third at the most, o 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 tanto to destroy (by superseding) the patriot ism, benevolence, and public spirit which have done such great things for education ; but it is to violate liberty it self." He (Sir John Pakington) could not accept such a sentence as a practical solution of a great question. (rear, 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 could 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 Sohn 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 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.) Ho would now turn to some of the facts to which he referred when he said that the cause must be judged and decided by the public according to its truths. With a few exceptions, the inspected school s wera about the best ive had ; and yet only N per .eTt. were, according to the inspectors, satisfactory. This was a great fact. 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 years 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. M'Kerrow 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 thishebelieved (speaking from memory), was nearly half of the whole number of children at school age. Mr. haines, Sir J. Graham, and other authorities stated that our progregs 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 11i. 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 Annerloy, 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 fished letter on the state of education in Hereford, says— " It is much to be 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 thiee 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 theuvereubeing only published in the littl e - rea d f orm o f blue-boakee—Tte Rev. F. Wat kins stated with reference to the county of York that pri vate means for bettering the elementary education 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 he considered 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 ; but who was .the best judge 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 living, and one of his friend's sons was the incumbent. The school there was everything that a friend of education could wish. But in the adjoining parish how different was the state of things ! Its area was 12,000 acres ; it contained 1,100 inhabitants; there was no resi dent proprietor, the clergyman was an absentee, changes 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 not 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 some friends, when they met a vagrant-child 10 years old. In answer to inquiries he said he 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, stifferiug—he thirst not go fur ther. This child was the type of a class th a t fill e d t h e gaols, kept the courts of justice in action, and d rew men of opinion In Man c h es t er on that there w ere business from their merchandise to try th ese m i serable agllnoeet 11( r . ml victims—victims Wasr o g er i n t t h h ias v majoritycaelaitssa aas hs of cases o f E ngland ' s ne- o large p 4,000 children for whom such an institution 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 2,114 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 ease 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 corn mittee :—The first is that we cannot succeed by voluntary effort, as far as we have tried it —our funds are not in creasing ; they have not diminished mate r i a l y; but when the blush and novelty of the thing is over we rather f ear they may diminish a little ; but supposing they r ema in as they are, we have not succeeded in raisin g th em year b y year as we would wish to do. The amount o f money w hi c h we can command by means of voluntary eff or t i s far short of what is needed by the necessities of Edinburgh. We have now in the different Edinburgh schools about 600 children. lam satisfied that there are still remaining in Edinburgh, who would require to be admitted into such 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, tvbich he hoped to e g ference to on e day. What ever deny that it (e h , iv a se v tri e nd teih tffieve r p ee r fn i e v cae i lt feature eeooff opiniontvh visitinghg school, ,etxnh exist ot f o nw l e l i o ct eis l isto ul/: it had produced the beat results, But wh at di d he find in and that had been founded with the most laudable purpose, ' 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 p ara ly se d, that their action was impeded, . and that th e vo l un t ar y con tributions not meet the cost. This was what be heard on all, sides, and yet whenever for putting proposed a measure in the House of Com mons putting an end to this state of things, which was a public evil; at th e p u bli c cos t , it was ur ged that it 'was too expen sive t o a d opt suc h a measure. N ow ( con tinued Sir J. Pak ington), I can we ll un d ers t an d an d make great allowances for the difference s o f o pi n i on which arise legitdmately and fairly i n consequence of those pecu li ar difficulties which in England do attend the solution of this question ; but when while this argument is. . I am told th a t wealthy England cannot afford the expense, Ido feel i n di gnant at such an answer. (Hear, hear.) And what is th e sta t e o f public affa i rs raised ? We are now paying an income-tax of 6 2-3 ds per cent. ; i n 1815 we pa i d 10 per cen t., an d, perhaps, you r. :ay not know th a t th e i ncome •t ax in 1855 produced more money th an i n 1815 b y a b ou t 100 , 0'01. ; th e 10 per cant. yielded 13,610,0001., and last year the amount was 13,718,00 Q/ I will turn to another criterion, to that ele ment of nati ona l wea l t h d erived from the trade and manu facture of England, a subject which is familiar to you. 1 . _find that th e d ec l are d value of our exports i n 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 the relief of the poor in 1845, after all this vast increase of wealth and every element of national prosperity, was 200,0001. less than it was in 1815. (Hear, hear.) How, then, aro we to be told that when the temporal and eternal welfare of our fellow-countrymen is at stake it is too expensive and costly tb have any national education? You will suffer we, I am sure, to sho w y ou h ow . thi s question of expense is treated in two other countries ; and I believe you will thank me for calling your attention to the noble language —to which, as an Englishman, let me do justice—which I am about to read to you, froth the official report presented in 1855 by the Board of Education of New York. Imagine for the moment that it is Manchester which is referred to : "This vast in crease i n th e popu l a ti on o f our c it y w ill . bring with it a corresponding multitude of youth who are to be trained for (usefulness 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 Anakun 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 bo at hand. They will want knowledge, and it must be given to them." In another pap, 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 facilities for the mental and moral culture of those already subjected to its discipline and control." When shall we hear language equally earnest, zealous, and 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 ray 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. One is supreme in civic affairs, while the other is not leas so 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. iWe have also the same number of city, town, and village school corporations, together with 3,3 .0 school corporations in the rural school sections, and 70 grammar sch oo l b oa rds. The schools aro 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 population in 1854 was 1,000,000 ; the number of children at school was 201,000,—more than onein fives- Whenl have referred, as I have on former 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 you to observe that I have not now referred to Prussia, or Switzerland, or France, 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 whichi 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—why 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 inapplic 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. (Rear, hear.) Gentlemen, in compliance with your request, 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 in 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. There are, I believe, three changes which are indispensable to a better state of things. The 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 oe 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 aro 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 how it works,and I want it changed. We ought to have local control—local organisation; and 1 don't believe wo can possibly expect to have the education of the countrywhat it ought to be unless that central autho 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 that, 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, hoer.) 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 one of the most unfounded ; and I believe, on the contrary, that no other rate would bo paid by the people atlarge, so cheerfully, so willingly, and with so much satisfaction; and for 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 thi s qu es tion 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, further, that ought to be clone 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 w o main points o connectedfirst r w s t i t i h s n w l h o i o c k h i w n g e t c o a n t n h o e t e , d a n n o d a t m i o u n s t o f n o the , lose youth sight o f England, every child ought to be duly and properly in structed in thisfirst and greatest branch ofknowledge. The secoad 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 tojthe religiousbelief of any denomination of Christians. Provided these two conditions are strictly and securely guarded, 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 general public support. (Loud applause.) No doubt there are difficulties in this and in other parts of the subject. But can you mention to me tt a i n oo ynma that questionw Catholicsas o f r f great o wfa sr o mp fullu db ffioi c f n i du n il tf difficulty, e u? s l tt y,Theibt whin uet your mita nwo ap sa r et emancipation n l e eo c f; - 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- I trsune difficulty, and it baffled Parliament for years, but it was done ; and so must this be done. But don't expect I this can be done by the individual efforts of independent yearmem b l e n r s e v o e f r P p a r r e l s i v a m m e a dn to h W op h e e t n I hat iia . i ro t tw d o u u c e l d d p m a y s s b i i l n l t l o as a t law. All I aimed at and expected to achieve war the pug- 1/ 2 articles 24 to 34 of Title 3d of the Belgia4 '4.\ \ N t were adopted. Permit me therefore,' sir, to " Were those articles of the Belgian adopted to give electors the power of voting iyo ~o. indifferently for tl e persons they think fit ' A "g '4: representatives ? _ " 2. Are those articles found `to' secure thek ....; ' - - and independence of the electors ? ..N.„ S "3. Is the secret vote, or ballot, ofxisidered by the electoral body of Belgium an important institution ? "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, air, " Your very obedient servant, " WILLIAM WICKHAM, Hon. Sec. "A. Monsieur Bivort." M. Bivort's reply is as follows am much flattered by the honour you have done me in resorting to my poor assistance, and I will endeavour to reply to the questions you have submitted to me in the name of y our sooiety. - "These questions are as follows : ".1. What is the, intention which direeted thearrange ments which are the.ebjects of articles 29;'.9`2, 1 ind , other articles of the Belgian Electoral Law of 1831? • It ! J "2.` Do these arrangeme n t s _fulfil the end for Whiph they were designed ? " 3. Do the Belgian people va).ue the securities go vided by these arrangements ? "In securing the secrecy of voting, the legislature desired in the that place to shelter the ele:Ctor from the influence of the rich and the great. In the nest" place it wished 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 L egislature 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 cant ons , but in the chief towns of the administrative arrondisee ments, where the electors are less exposed to local it.fluences. ("The foregoing arrangements are amongst us °mol 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 a 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 00E' sideration. "J. B. BIVORT, "Chief of the Division of Communal and De partmental Administration in the Ministry of the Interior, Brussels. " May 10, 1356." iItELADID. 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 dimidution. 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. Kemasis (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 detective, 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. liemmis, Crown solici tor, was engaged op to half-past ten o'clock last night i n lidding a private investigation, which will be resumed this day. Up to a late hour last night n o 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 toDk away portions of the hair which had been cat off the head of the deceased by the doctors, when making the post mortem examination. In the neighbourhood of the portion of the canal now ready to be drained, viz., from the canal harbour to the fist lock, a lame_ crowd was collected, watching the proceedings tWiltrltk; men. A wing of the Richmond Bridewell was destroyed by fire yesterday morning, the lames having 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 firtunately confined to the portion of the building in which they first broke out. The deputy goveruor (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 praise worthy 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. It is supposed that the damage done amounts to about 1,0001. The 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, and contended that it was impossible that the act 33d George 11. could apply to such a cue 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 1301. a year ; that he did not pay anything for the shares which were transferred to him by Mr. Hone in 1847 ; that he did not keep any of the dividends on them from 1847 to 1854, bat that they were his own property when they were transferred to Doyle ; that he had no idea who Doyle was, but that he was living in London, and that his name was in the transfer deed when it was brought up to witness. The 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 Mx. Kinnear, 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, al‘d 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__ae weighty, and having a highly polished broad face on ge on one 2ide and a smaller and angular one other. The wood of the handle at about inches from the head showed a crack w hi chthis would a two ex tended for a short distance lower down ; h ea vy blow, appear to have been caused by a very 1 by which face struck, but rather fell slanteming in which the head did not fall direct l y .yr the sur face with means the handle must have c t e o w have been struck whatever object was intended to this crack bore by the blow. The opening the head of evi dent marks of having human i o h l l i e air e e e ntangled is. it. discoveryv is looked upon the hammer itself. This nce, and from what we as of the utmost we are satisfied that the track of the murderer. h p a o v li e ce b a e r e e n a a t tZ t i g h m i a co l i er t r he h the hammer was found goes assassin having proceeded The position in wh ic h the belief that he railwah to refute the idea up the Wa y through the car gate on the either found:if2apleeceo his el e platform or over the boundary egress side oL. wan adjo i n i ni c the Broadstone-basin, into the water of which he t h • now very pr I irew the hammer, o it a t b h l a e t ) sol ho 1 1 o d f t a the rll which the murder was perpe trated. ' ionlisttrtuombeen(twwhiih is WATERFORD, WEDNEgDAY. FRiannTrL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A fearful , collision took place thi s d a y. 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