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fair busine o ) upon Tues. in the value Flour Icifer rer qualities y and bean , o is 6ti Per g to the an' par qr• ili one are ut mater barley, ... 1 J. from 96 6 2 ding do., „ur Os Od fou, new who' 6ts, 3s to 311 ;s od to 56' ) 1030 I )4 ' t Os Od to 04 , • butchell s oat e• ewes. Pign' Mips, lid per lb- esplciallf really 1. 0 " ,le haen sow rs' prodlivC9 ,11112 rato" =NM .rket. 0. 18 18 . l9 :.16 . 1S ... * .19 .1 9 ."" .14 ~,.. • - 71 ti •••• 79;+ • 1334 44 4 • " 123 S • " 62% • 52% • •• , , psie a 0 £3 1 7 o 0 0 e 0 r ? 0 0 . 0 0 ' sn steali :tern. .4'. iL ick, 24; rns , 221 - c i 13. t` l3 a-D"Wh' nd Soot - Canstit fl g r, cloo c i s, liidlafl and ,d ' ncash.v2 prof, g an i °l. GS 946- g 94r A ' r j l,r s e ; op 6 91 ;113 , 1, Ire A na )rd 61 C 31 3,7 Int. P4' Post iii" do 'Teed/. 'IOC° ra° rriee rts l . al of a t 19ti o Kc llut 6th NO It th• ',6th t, 'noel ith of ;90I t a nd Iv o ard 9 L and and A 2 * o Nice " 110 ,14 7, 14,2' th 'lid 210 21, 26 eekll & 10 'ire f rarY , tone' c ud. 041 MET ROPO LITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE A';SURA SCE SOCIETY, 27 , Regent - Waterloo-place, London. Ca Hal, 100,0001. TIItSTEE3. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M P. `; , ', 1. 3' Peter Fuller, Et.q. I E. Vansittart Neale, Isq. ,:fe Assurance business transacted in I+ll its branches. The bonus declared at the last divhion of profits averaged - .Per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. ESTABLISHED 1837. URITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. Empowered by Special Aci - c7i . P - ar . llament, 4 Viet., cap. S. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. ki loa-GENzalr, ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Or : el l' description of Life Assurance business transacted, with ithout Participation in Proflts. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. Pr inces-street, Bank, London. NEW SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE. 1, 1 RE DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL att ASSURANCE and INVF.STMENT' ASSOCIA TION invite by 6TM to the New System of Life Assurance exclusivel y adopted Paid ' Association, viz.. that of allowing Interest on all Pretniums ~, I nstead of the remote and uncertain system of Bonuses usual y adopted. IIY tid !se re ... e Plan the Policyholder will secure to himself a constantly Ri m annual income during We, a; well as the payment of the T a ZZ , Elred to his representatives at his death. be ob 7 le ' of Rates specially adapted to this system of Assurance may w a „,,,` , lned at the Office of the Company, 3, Pa I-mall East, or for- Ad free on application. ----....._ PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. L I ON-DON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TO URISTS' TICKETS, ISSUED UNTIL TUE 15TH OCTOBER. NORT /I WALES. st o 'ri tets, available for THREE WEEKS, enabling the holder to tole- RhYl. Conway, Bangor, Caernarvon, and Holyhead, either t r .s or returning, ere issued at the following fares by the through end- The First-class Tickets are available by any train, and the by such trains as have second-class carriages attached. Lond„ et Class. 2d Class. "I to Holyhead and back•• £3 10 0 .... £2 10 0 eterb o to ditto and back.... 210 0 .... 115 0 rough ly:`,intigham to ditto and back ...... 2 0 0 .... 110 0 'Yerh ampton to ditto and back...• 115 0 .... 1 7 0 T O Tut T AXES OF WESTMORELAND AND CUMBERLAND henn_e.kats, available for THREE WEEKS, to the above Lakes, arc else,,,,at the following Fares by the through Trains. The First trith,."ekets are available by any train, ant the Second by such as have second-class carriages attached :• Ist Class. 2d Class. t°ll _ 4 to Windermere and back.... £3 10 0 .... £2 10 0 ura tirnitterboroitgh-1 to ditto and back.... 215 0 .... 2 0 0 ncham to ditto and back .. • • .. verniunpton .........• ...... 2 0 0 .... 112 0 LIZ ° 11-8 FAVOURITE LANCASHIRE "./f WATERING PLACES, . BLACKPOOL, FLEETWOOD, OR SOUTHPORT. tritbirt, available for THREE WEEKS, are issued by the ordinary 44 citlio the Company. The First-Class are available by any train, e aecond by such as have second-class carriages attaahed. Fr let Class. 2d Class. °l n London ........... •..•• .• £3 0 0.... .£2 5 0 Oxford } '. Peterborough 2 5 0 .... 115 0 Birmi n ,h a , m 1 115 0.... 1 8 0 ?1,.. W olverhampton 3 !Itee t ' rc 2,:leetwood Royal Mail Steamer sails every evening (Sunday the i - t t e "" for Deltas% and Weekly Excursion Tickets are issued at 1 04 b a r Packet Office for Belfast, Armagh, the Giant's Causeway, EXCURSIONS TO THE SEA SIDE. orn;f3l,l7eitkrrej:tst,raavinals of for TWENTY-EIGHT DAY=, are lulled availa by ble by ri ates am, and the Second by such trains as have second-clf.ss ear kldl4tached, to Ilarrowgate, Scarborough, Whitby, Filey, or on eecoh LßO "aATE and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 43s- ; so. _Class, 325. 6 :VOROUGPIand Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51 s. ; w ill_ lass, 355 • tom ci rnY and Back, for each Passenger —First Class, 51s. ; Sc 'PILPN Class, 35 . -act Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. ; Second Bee°BRI DLIN GTON and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51 5.; '1: 14 Cl ass, 355. th s . e Ti ckets are not transferable, nor will they be available for orgeeturn Journey unless they have been endorsed at the Booking above" the Station on the day of returning. Passengers to all the Oleeki, except Harrowg ate, are at liberty to break the journey Illaini ng one night at York, either going or returning. IRISH TOURIST TICKETS, 411 414 tor ONE MONTII, will be issued at the following prices : . Ist-Class. 2d Class. London .... •• • • .... •••• • £6 10 0 .... £5 5 0 h Oxford.— ••.. • • 5 15 0 .... 4 15 0 Birmingham, Leamington, and And from the eother Coventryprincipal stations at proportionate fares. forTlolese tickets (which in no case are transferable) will be available to Month from the date of issue. They will enable the Holders fro - iyi —e eed to Chester, thence to Bangor. Holyhead,. and Dublin, Wah l nblin to Cork. situate on the picturesque River Lee, and Itati n n t en miles of the celebrated Harbour, Dockyard, and Naval theb e - 1 1 ," Queenstown (Cove) ; from Cork back to Mallow, and ' 7 the Killarney Junction Railway to the far-famed The T LAKES OF KILLARNEY. g at Tourist can remain as long as convenient to himself at Chester, be ki gQr (for the inspection of the Britannia Tubular Bridge), Holy rq,Lßtoilalin, Cork, and Killar n ey ; the only condition being, that his t 11,3141 the Station at which he tcok his ticket must be not later qllllMonth from th e d a t e of his departure therefrom. Ple, . mental Tickets for CONNEMARA, GLENGARIFFE, the L'ilii,,,,..CA-BSEWAY, and other places of interest, aritissued at F area to Visitors holding " Irish Tourist Tickets. Manager's Office, Euston Station, June, 1856. N K OF LONDON. e trtm -ur eadneedle-street, City; Charing-cross Branch, 450, West all Nov 0w e ,," 4 IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Rate of INTEREST tha w .; on percent ON DE POSIT, at three days' notice of with of di s ; 11 1 one per annum under the Bank of England rate 22q rising and falling therewith. - . 4 glat, 1856. By order. MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jan., Manager. 21 4 ) MILNERS' lIOLDFAST and FIRE- Vitt, alt R ESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising) 1840.51 the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of kid MI 1.55, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock TnE (without which no Safe is secure. "TRONGEBT, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. InOSt / E NS' PHCENIX (212.) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the le t c o mplete an extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, RTlti t ,,t. Liverpool. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE 'r, ity. Circulars free by post. MR. 110WARD;,.Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet rietA,. street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI - Dtpr e 4TEETll,oxed with - out springs, wires, or ligatures. They so Atile Y r esemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from VOW by the closest observer; they will never change colour or Thi 3 4 l 4 l ‘vill be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. 'Perati„ ° ,l does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful tlar ant ,,,,,, , and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is re nder to to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth ho roero sound and useful in mastication . -62, Fleet-street. At ol ten till live. G REY HAIR RESTORED to its ORIGINAL GAL- r ,PLOIJR with ease, safety, and certainty, by the PATENT 'tined IC COMBS and BRUSHES, which are ale ani unfailing tr ated Y for n ervous headache and all neura l g i c affections. lam e. b pamphlets ," Why h a i r becomes Grey, and its Remedy,. gratis, fire y host for four stamps. Neuralgia, and all Rheumatic ailectic ns k 03?„ ,, erfe alY eradicated by the Patent Galvanic Flesh Blushes, the h ee d safe, and efficient galvanic instruments extant : patro str eet "Y ;he faculty. Offices : —F. M. HERRING, 32, Basinghall Alp o ,: Agents : —Child, South Gallery, Crystal Niue ; Savory and st re _%v . ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-street ; Godfrey and Cooke, Conduit strj! Ilendae, 12, Tickborne- street ; Twinberrow, 2, Edwards -166:(6 P ortman-square ; Saunders. 315 a, Winter , 205, and Kennedy, ram it if ord-street ; Ross, 119, Bishopsgate-street ; Riminell, Ger *pm f eet, Soho; Worn, 17, Dawson-street, and Birch, I, Moles- Dublin. Sold by all chemists and perfumers of repute. IP VOURISTS and TRAVELLERS exposed to Rill fint lhe scorching rays of the sun, and heated particles of dust ROWLANDS' KALYDOR eio Th u ° st refreshing preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the 11 44 ? of languor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, el i n , m . s nlediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored p r 3 tY and healthful state of the skin. 441" leg. Tan, Spots, Pimples. Flushes, and Discoloration fly glo w ' a application, and give place to del atice clearness with the 11 1 , e0 5 . 4. beauty and of bloom. In cases of sunburn or stings of its Virtues have long been acknowledged. Price 4s. 6d. and as. 6d. per bottle. ROWLANDS' MACASCAR OIL. in! d elightfully fragrant and transparent preparation, and, as an ;:Foraor and purities', beyond all precedent. € 4 p n ae P rices are 3s. 6d., is., family bottles (equal to four small), 10s. •• nd double that size, 21s. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, e l ' z Pearl Dentifrice compounded a the rast and most fragrant fro °tie , s • It bestow; on the Teeth a pearl-like re whiteness, frees them breath ‘ ar, and imparts to the gums a healthy firmness, and to the a grateful sweetness and purity. sold Price 2s. Dd , per box. ch.att is .3' A. Rowland Sons, 20, H a tt on - gar den, London, and by and Perfumders.an A NT. - A , AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. ent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacia Pharmacies de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TATE:4E3IAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge de void of taste or smell, and can be car r i e d i n the wa i stcoat poc k e t Fold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by V alPeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. RIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, SPERMATORRHCEA, and all the distressing j„"! l "9llences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too residence in hot clinsates. It has restored bodily and sexual r e agth and vigour to thousands of d eb ilitated indivi duals who are in the en j oyment of health and the Fu nctions of Dianhood ; and Whatever DISQUALIFICATIONS for brAR xi may be the cause f or 4 °E, they are effectually subduel by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. 11., 6ffeetually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely 7adicates all traces of Gonorrhcea, both in its mild and aggravated 1 7n, Gleets, Strictures Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which oPaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ` 4ll l of the health of a vast portion of the population. th TRIESEMAR No. t o _ e great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary SYInP n " It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrotula, and all -ntaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions, and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expell it with the insensible perspiration r°l 4/1 the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a ',!ver.falling remedy for that class of di.orders which unfortunately' L u a Enlish Physician treats with Mercu r y, tothe inevitable destruc ;fa of t the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in eaorld cannotrestore. Price 11 e., or four cases in one for 335., which saves Ils., and in 51. whereby there is a saving of 11. 12s. T o b e had wh o lesale and " 11 in London, of Johnson, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox r, street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 40, t larkM-street, Manchester; H. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgatc, olton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 51, Lord.street, Liverpool ; Powell, bookseller, IS, westmoreisaditreet, Aublin ; WinaaU, book.peLer, "‘g i litCoetAro2lllBllll3X. • ,°*,‘ I. (No. 20,024.) PUBLICATIONS. To be had at all the libraries, in 3 vols., MODERN SOCIETY in ROME. Ji By J R. BETE Esq., Author of " The Wa' , ash." " This work is singularly interesting. It contains striking narra tives of most of the principal events that occurred from the ace s sion of Pio Nono to the occupation of Come hy the French, with spirited and truthful sketches of the loadnr-; chara , ters who to ,k part iu the politics of that memorable period."— I tterary - Gazette Hurst and Blackat,Publishers, 13, Great Marlb.Tough-street. TEE GOSPEL FOR ALL TEE WORLD. Now ready, in one vol , dem) , limo cloth, 35., - - - THE GOSPEL of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, Blended into one Narrative, in the exact order of Time, end in the words of the Four Evaturelists, according to the authorised version. By the author of "Hebrew Poetry o the Middle Ages," &c., &c., in Dr. Kitto's "Journal of Sacred Literature." London ; Houlston and Stoneman, Now ready, price is., ALETTER from the Hon. JOSEPH HOWE to the Right lion. W. E. GLADSTONE, 31. P., Being a Review of the Debate on the Foreign Enlistment Bill, and our Relations with the United Staten. James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all booksellers. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d., ON TRUE (13 FALSE SPERMATORRMEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICICFORD. " Dr. Pickford Is known to English readers by his frequentpracti. sal contributions to German medical literature. This is the flat time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the nor.-in i ml reader. We trust this may not be the last, if be shall daunt 3 , ether equally flagrant evil which it may be itt his pywsr to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who saff a from the com plaint of which it treat:, we are satisfied that m,tny hundreds would fie saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of `.ass importance, though it is that which the quacks most prizs— sauch money ......This volume is well quail:led to put an end to the anapirical syztcm of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and phydological basis. It is, therefore, ike'y,to do much good."—Medical Circular. London: A. lialitere, 219, Regent-street. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS. —ln conse quence of the necessary preparations for the Grand Dinner to the Guards on Monday, August 25, there will be NO PERFORM ANCE THIS EVENING. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.-JULLIEN'S C DNC ERTA. The MOZ ART CO M EMORAT lON.—A GRAND SELECTION of the works of this illustrious composer will be given early in September, to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of his Birth. FAR. KAHN'S - ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen only) from 10 till 10, containing upw .rds of one thousand models ad preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in Nealth and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, t, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery V Dr. KenN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One :darning. LAST WEEK IN LONDON. If R. W. S:WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. TO-NTGFIT and every evening, at B.—The above entertain. meat has received novel additions, Vocal and Visual, including a New Loco-Toko-Motive Lyric, entitled OFF BY THE l RAIN, illustrated by numerous changes, faiial, lingual, and cor oreal. Mr. W. S. Wood in .s Mrs. Florence, in the " Yankee Girl," with the songs of " Bobbing around," and " Polly, won't you try me, oh !"—Polygraphic-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. —OPEN' EVERY EVFINENG.—The celebrated HUNGA EZIAN. BAND, under the direction of He - r KALOZDY, will perform every Evening at 9 and 11 o'clock, In addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment The following company of talented Vocalists are permanently ,ngaged for the performance of Selections from all the Popular Operas, Ma 'rig:lls, Choruses, Duets, &c., viz. ;—Nlis. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel, Miss Sommers, and .N 4 Iss Pearse ; Sam Cowell, Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. donglimans S. Jones, T. Farrant, W. Melling. Barker, Russell Grover, and P. Corrie; blasters E. Con nell, Austin, and Bennett , 'and Mr. T. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. J. Ilarroway, R.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING. THE 18TH ROYAL IRISH. There is every reason to believe that the report is correct as regards the abandonment of the inten tion to deposit, with certain ceremonials, the old colours of the Royal Irish in the Cathedral of St. Patrick. All the preparations for the affair were brought to a stop yesterday, and the temporary state entrance, platform, &c., for the accommoda tion of the Vice-regal party taken away. Thus,lry some mismanagement or other, what was meant by the authorities as a high mark of respect to the services of a national corps has been tortured into au Irish grievance, and the Dublin journals seem determined that it shall be no fault of theirs if a thoroughly sectarian complekion be not imparted to the whole transaction. There is no doubt what ever that nearly a fortnight back, when the an nouncement was first made of the honours about to be paid to the 18th, rumours of discontent were rife with respect to the Cathedral portion of the pageant ; and it was, perhaps, unfortunate that advantage was not then taken to make such a change in the programme as would effectually get rid of the difficulty. What more fitting depository for the reception of military trophies than the Royal Hospital at ICilmainhain I That, at least, is neutral ground. The Freeman's Journal of this morning observes : " When Chelsea Hospital, on various occasions, re ceived the standards of the English regiments, and Greenwich the captured flags sent home by St. Vincent, Howe, and Nelson after their great naval victories no religious ceremonial was observed. Why should the colours of the Royal Irish be an exception I No sooner, however, was the attention of Lord Carlisle directed to the subject than he at once discovered the impropriety of yielding to a suggestion which would have given a sectarian colour to the whole proceeding, and deprived it of that éclat which must otherwise have accompanied it. We may state that the regiment and depot of the Royal Irish number about 1,300 men, of whom 1,200 are Catholics, the remainder having been recruited in England." The Freeman denies positively that any R oman Catholic ecclesiastic interfered in the matter, or waited upon or influenced Lord Carlisle, as more than hinted at by one of the Protestant Dublin journals. COMMUNICATION WITH SCOTLAND. A Treasury minute just issued notifies that the Lords of the Admiralty have reported that the ports of Donaghadee and Portpatrick are the best that could be selected for establishing a short sea passage between the north of Ireland and Scotland; and that, upon certain conditions being complied with by the promoters of this line of communica tion, the Government will be prepared to make the necessary improvements on the two ports named, and use the packets plying between them for the mail service, at a fair rate. The conditions are two —first, that a steam-boat service, suited both for passengers and mails, shall be established by a pri vate company without any aid from the Govern ment, except a reasonable charge for carrying the mails; and, secondly, that the railways on each side of the Channel shall be completed, so as to connect Donaghadee with Belfast on the one side, and Portpatrick with Glasgow and Dumfries on the other. As soon as the Government are satisfied that these works will be carried out they will pro ceed to execute the improvements. THE HAItVEST. The following rather discouraging agricultural report appears in the Packet of last night. Since that was written the weather, happily, has under gone a favourable change, the whole of last night and this morning being fair ; and, as the wind is blowing due north, it is to be hoped that we have done with the rain for the present "We are sorry to say that our ad vices of to-day give a discouraging account of the state of the weather in the Irish provinces. Harvest operations have been in many parts of the country totally su pended in consequence of heavy rains, and our accounts all agree in stating that the cereal crops are, to some extent, damaged. We have personally seen fields very much injured ; but, as these were in peculiarly exposed situations, we may express a hope that their case is not so general as the fears of some persons lead them to anticipate. In Dublin yesterday a very constant and heavy rain descended, and to-day, also, though the atmosphere is less heavy, the weather is singularly unpropitious for all manner of field work. We bops we shall not have to rece , rd more considerable injuries to the wheat and oat crops than we as yet hear of. This condition of the weather has led to a rise in the corn markets." In the country about Dublin, at the north side, the blight in the potato crop has made extraordi nary progress during the last two or three days. Yesterday a field was dug up n :ar Malahide, and the produce was so seriously affected that the owner was glad to dispose of the crop upon any terms, in order to rid the ground of it. This morn ing's accounts from Cork say "The rain has, of course, retarded harvesting opera tions, but the crops themselves do not appear to have sustained injury. A continuance of wet weather could, however, hardly fail to be highly p7ejudicial to the cereals, although it may be serviceable to the green cc ops. 0 Ning to the abundance of the harvest and the great scarcity of labourers, wages have advanced in this district to the unusual rate of 3s. a-day, with diet, and even at this remuneration there is great difficulty in ge tti n g good reapers. Women are getting from I.H. 63. to 2s. a•day with diet. Labourers competent to do farm work are very scarce, and farmers are thankful that the disembodiment of the militia has taken place, otherwise a great portion of the harvest must have been lost." lik 4 - *kw e • a , . .. , * i n s , . - I ... '- - - i '.. r'. . 1 I 6' Gt•Pradte 1 ; f 0 41. , ..... 411.""' , :-a+. ' . . 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There was an establishment of that de scriptiln at Liverpool, where, on board the Akbar, boys most suitable for that mode of discipline were trained for the sea. Ile also suggested the formation of a branch Re formatory Unio i for the west of England. He moved " that it is desirable to establish reformatory and preven tive schools in all parts of the United Kingdom, to provide for the rimny thousands of youthful offenders who are an nually a del to the criminal classes in this country." The Rev. Canon CIRDLESTONE seconded the resolution, and said that, while he would yield to no man in his admira tion of the principles and practice of the Church of England, yet he saw no reason why he might not co-operate on the utmost possible scale with those who differed from him on points of doctrine, but who agreed with him in making one common effort to overcome the common enemy. (Cheers.) The resolution was unanimously agreed to. A vote r,f thanks, moved by the MAYOR and seconded by Mr. W. MILES, to Lord Stanley for having presided over the proceedings of the conferences and public meetings of the Great National Union was then carried by acclama tion. Lord STANLEY, in acknowledging the compliment, said he was amply rewarded for whatever service he had been able to render to the association by the reflection that their sole efforts were directed to the attainment of a great pub lic benefit. The meeting then separated. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The report of the directors of this company states that receipts and expenditure for the half-year ending the 31st of July last show a considerable increase. The gross re ceipts have amounted to 503,1771. (including 27,071 1 ., the receipts from steam-boat traffic), being an increase of 35,0391. over the corresponding'itriod of 1855. After pay ing and providing for all working charges, rents, interests on loans, annuities an/ dividends on preference shares and stock, there remains available for dividend on the ordi nary consolidated stock of the company the balance of 123,1911. A dividend of 9s. 6d. per 301. stock, or at the rate of 31. 3s. 41 per cent. per annum, will absorb a sum of 117,7001., leaving a balance to be carried forward of 5,4101., and this rate of dividend the directors recommend to be payable on or after the 4th of September next. An analysis of the receipts shows an increase in the passenger traffic of 32,1471., 4,6011. in goods, minerals, and cattle, and 5741. in rents, but from which there is deducted a de crease of 2,2861. in the steam-boats. The expenditure shows an increase of 20,4711, and a decrease of 6,4021. The total number of passengers conveyed upon the South- Eastern lines during the half-year has been 4,646,218, or an increase of 465,263 passengers over the corresponding pal iod of 1855. There has been a decrease in the number of passengers conveyed to and from Dover and Folkestone, and in the receipts from through continental traffic by rail and boat, the last half year comparing unfavourably with the corresponding period of 1855, which included three mon the of the Paris Exhibition traffic; but this com parative falling off in the receipts for through passenger traffic has boon more than made up by the increase do rived from other sources, amounting iu all to 32,1471. un der this head. In this increase is included a sum of 4,2011. derived from mails on the North Kent line. The directors state that, while the receipts derived from all sources have been increased by the sum of 35,039/., this amount of increase has been earned by an addition of not more than 8,235/. to the actual working expenses, exclu elusive of compensation, Government duty, rates and taxes. The company's boats have been maintained in an efficient state, and extensive repairs and renewals have been effected in them during the half-year, which explains the increase in the expenditure under this head. The total cost of these repairs has amounted to 6,8461. The steamers have con tinued to perform their voyages between Folkestone and Boulogne and Dover and Calais with their accustomed re gularity. The number of passages made between the op posite shores during the half-year has been 891, and the average time occupied by each has been 1 hour 56 minutes. Sums amounting to 11,8121. 08.4 d. have been paid as com pensation to persons injured by accidents which occurred upon the railway in the course of last year. In consequence of the rise in the value of money during the late war there has been an increased charge of 2,7141. 14s. 9d. for interest, &a. The sum of 5,1681. has been charged against the half year's revenue for dividends on the preference capital created and raised for the construction of the Strood and Maidstone branch. This line was opened for passenger traffic on the 18th of June last ; and therefore the capital so expended has now become productive, and will probably become a source of profit to the proprietors. The capital expended during the half year has amounted to 51,237 1 ., the principal portion of whiok (28,4921.) has been on ac count of the construction of the Strood and Maidstone branch. There has also been expended on the works at the Folkestone Harbour Station, now nearly completed (the baggage examination room being in use), the sum of 6,7491., and on additional working stock required for the Strood and Maidstone branch 8,6151. The capital required for the above purposes has been raised partly by the exercise of the company's additional borrowing powers under the act of 1855, and partly by the issue of the new fixed 4 per cent. shares under the provisions of the same act. The sum of 113,3101. had been received from the latter source up to the 31st ult., and the capital thus supplied being sufficient for the company's present purposes the further allotment of the shares has been closed. The direc tors accordingly propose to make additions to the work ing plant from time to time, as the necessities of the traffic require, under the authority granted by the proprie tors on the 7th of September, 1854. The directors request the sanction of the proprietors to the following expenditure on new works :-3,5001. towards the formation of a joint station at Lewisham, at the junction with the North and Mid-Kent Railway ; and 5,7001. for the purchase of land and the construction of the embankment and works neces sary to form a proper junction with the Tanbridge-Wells and Hastings branch at Tunbridge. It is also recommended that the sum of 2,7751. should be charged to capital, being the cost of the additional materials used during the half year in the fish-jointing of the rails, the cost of relaying, including new rails, sleepers, chairs, and labour being charged to revenue. The directors also request power to expend a sum not exceeding 10,0001. in extending the horn at the end of the pier at Folkestone, with the view of af fording additional facilities for the steam-boat traffic and the security of the company's buildings at that place. The capital account shows that 11,438,0141. had been expended to the 31st of July last, leaving a balance against the account of 16,6781. The debenture account shows that 2,709,4681. was raised on debentures, of which 1,3761,0071. was borrowed at 5 per cent., 394,3701. at 4 per cent., 376,000/. at 4i per cent., 59,1001. at 41 per cent., 485,9111. at 4 per cent., 13,5001. at 3i per cent., and 3,0501. at 3 per cent. The revenue account shows that 503,1771. had been re ceived during the half-year ending the 31st July, including 27,0711. from the steam-boats, and 255,2461. expended, in cluding 2),0991. for working the steam-boats, 12,3771. Go vernment duty, and 18,782/. rates and taxes, leaving a ba lance of 247,9301. In order to afford explanations on the accounts now pub lished to such proprietors as may desire them, the direc tors and auditors will attend at the offices at London bridge, from 12 to 2 p.m., on Wednesday next, the 27th inst. NORTH-EASTERN. The half•yearly meeting of this company was hold at York yesterday ; 31r. IL S. Thompson, the Chairman, pre siding The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun. The motion for the adoption of the report was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN next moved a dividend resolution of 4 per cent. on the Berwick stock, and 2i per cent. on the York stock, in accordance with the recommendation con tained in the report.—Carried neat. di,e. The next resolution was :—" That the agreement of the 15th of July last, for abandoning the proposed appeal re specting tho Leeds preference shares, and for settling the rights of the preference and other shareholders in the Leeds capital of this company, be confirmed ; and that the direc• tors be authorised to apply the balance in hand, after pay ing the Leeds preference dividends for the past half-year, in the manner suggested in their report."—Carried. Thu directors were also authorised to apply to Parlia ment at the first convenient opportunity for powers to subscribe 15,0504 to the Dearness Valley Railway under taking, as voted by the general meeting in August, 1855. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN. The report of the directors, to bo submitted to the meet ing of proprietors on Saturday, the 30th inst., states that the total traffic receipts for the six months ending the 30th of June, were 170,9901., and for the same period in 1855 156,4821., showing nn increase of 14,418/. The net surplus revenue for the half-year is 81,4431., out of which the di rectors recommend that a dividend be paid to the pro prietors of original stock at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. This s ill leave a balance of 6,4431. to be carried to the next half-year's account. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON. The report of the directors of this company states that the gross traffic receipts for the half-year e nding June 39, 1855, were 82,6331., and in the half-year ending the 30th of June last, 91,5721. ; the average receipts per week being 3,179/. in 1855, and 3,5221. in 1856; and the weekly re ,eipts per mile in the half-year ending Juno 30, 1855 33/. 16s. 5d., and in 1856, 371. Os. 4d. The directors have fettled a micably all matters in dispute between this com pany and the London and North-Western and Midland companies. With regard to the deferred dividend on the LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1856. NATIONAL REFOI:MATORY BRISTOL, AUG. 22. The proceedings of the conference of the friends and advo cates of this important national movement were brought to a close last evening by a public meeting, which was hold i❑ the Victoria-rooms, Clifton; Lord Stanley presiding. Tho-e were assembled on the occasion many hundreds of the ~ t ipperters of the reformatory system, the necessity of establishing which on a broad legislative basis appears at length to be very generally felt throughout the country. Among those present were Lord R. Cecil, ALP., Sir J. Pakington, M.P., Sir S. Northcote, M.P., Mr. Adderley, M.P., the Mayor of Bristol, the High Sheriff of Somerset shire, Mr. Barwick Baker, Mr. S. Cane, Mr. W. Miles, M.P., the Rev. Sydney Turner, the Rev. Canon Girdle stone, Mr. C. Ratcliffe, Mr. W. Gillen, Dr. English, &c. Lord STANLEY, having taken the chair, said —Ladies and Gentlemen,—We are met here for the purpose of discussing the object, and, in so far as may lie within our power, of promoting the cause of juvenile reformatories. Thera are others present on this platform who may claim far more than I can claim to have taken an early, an active, a prac tical, and a loading part in this movement. They will in turn address you, and tell you what has been done; and as it was my fortune yesterday, addressing a meeting, not in deed as numerous as that to which I have the honour to address myself here, to dwell at some length and in full detail on the past and present history of this cause, I shall content myself now with only so brief a summary as it is absolutely needful in order to lay before you the Kesent position of this movement. In England and Wales there were, by the last returns, yearly coming under the hands of the law about 99,000 prisoners. Of those the number set down as juvenile offenders—that is to say, as being under 17 years of age—was -about 11,400. You will not be far wrong, taking it in round numbers, if you say that our yearly return of criminals in England and Wales is 100,000, and upon that number the juvenile offenders are 114 per cent. Now, of that number it is shown in the same return that about 4,000 are recommittals—that is to say, they are known to have been in prison before. But, besides the number so set down, it is a mat ter of every-day experience that a very large number, changing their residence, as va grants and criminals do, from place to place, are officially returned as being committed for the first time, whereas, in point of fact, they have been before under the hands of justice. Probably a large percentage, therefore, must be added to the list of official recommittals. The number of first offenders is therefore, in all probability, not more than one-half of that yearly 11,500. I will not trouble you with the data on which those calculations are founded, or go through the arguments by which they aro proved. It is enough to say that those whose accuracy may be relied upon, and who have paid the greatest attention to the subject, tell you that the number of juvenile offenders, exclusive of trivial cases, where a reformatory is not necessary— the number that you have yearly to deal with falls between 2,000 and 3,000. Now, under the law as it stands, the ut most period for which juvenile offenders may be committed is five years; the majority, however, are not intended to remain, and will not remain, in a reformatory school for more than one-half to two-thirds of that period. You may take three years as an average, and the calculation is, if you intend this reformatory movement to be effectually and properly carried out, that you will have sooner or later to provide accommodation in these schools for about 10,000 children at one time. The great difficulty which we have always met with in advocating this cause of re formation is the doubt which many persons entertain as to the possibility of reclaiming one who is framed and trained to criminal habits. I think our course has in some respects suffered by the mixing up of two questions essentially and in their natures distinct. There are persons, many of them able men, all of them benevolent men—there are many, both of the present and of the last generation, in this and in other counties—who have devoted their energies to the reformation of adult criminals sentenced to periods of imprisonment. God forbid that I should lead such benevolent persons to despond in their endeavours; that is not my purpose ; but at the same time we say—and ❑one are more ready to admit it than those who themselves have taken part in such efforts—that the difficulty of that task is far greater than when you deal with the young; the proportion of success is much smaller, the proportion of failures is much greater. The difference between the two cases is not merely one of degree ; they differ altogether in their natures. The adult criminal—one who, after arriving at man's estate, has habitually and successfully practised a life of crime—can hardly do so in entire ignorance of the moral character of his pursuits, or of the opinion which -society hai formed of him. Of course ignorance and bad training are some excuse for him, but he must bo to a cer tain extent criminal in intention as well as in act. But our case is that among juvenile offenders thorn are many-- in all probability a large majority of the numbJr —who though criminal, deeply criminal in act, can hardly be said to be so in intention. (Cheers.) Various t ibles have been prepared with reference to this subject, differing a little from one another, but showing nearly similar results. In one else it was shown that, of DO criminals, 75 per cant., three-fourths of the whole, had been either diractly led into crime, or so neglected as that others had an opportu nity of leading them into clime, by their parents. An other similar calculation, made in Manchester some years ago, gave nine in ten of the criminals whose cases wore in vestigated as the children of dishonest, criminal, or profli gate parents, and only 10 per cont., or oue in ten of the number, as the children of honest parents. All those figures and many more coinputatiuns of the same character agree in this—that in crime, as in the analogous case of pauper ism, there is a very strong tendency to become hereditary ; and the inference we draw from that is, that there is a large propartion of the whole number of juvenile crimi nals who are so from circumstances and not from choice, whose organisation, whose character does not more incline them to dishonesty than does that of others who have never come under the sentence of the law, but who, from the accident of their social position, have never had the chance given them, from the time of their birth, of obtain ing their livelihood by honest means. They are known, they are marked in the places where they reside; honest children will not associate with them, respectable em ployers will nothave anything to say to them, for another boy to be seen with them is a stigma—a mark of not being respectable. That is their position ; they grow up thieves, not because they want to be thieves, but because they have literally no option offered to them. Now, you see at once, if we can makeout that case--and we believe there is a mast of evidence to substantiate it —there is no reason to despair of the reformation of those who are brought within our reach under those circumstances. We do not want to over state our case; it is not fair, and it never answers to do so. We quite agree that among the entire number there may be some who are wholly, or very nearly so, incorrigible. We quite admit the existence of such cases. All we say is, that they are the minority, and the curable cases are the majority; and even as regards those who are themselves incorrigible, we conceive that a certain advantage is gained in placing them where they have not an opportunity of cor rupting others. I may repeat, iu passing, an instance, to which I alluded yesterday, of a lad, an inmate of a refor matory, who had trained, formed, educated to thieving eight other lads, all of whom were expert thieves ; so that even in the case of the incorrigible there is something gained when you can isolate them so that less criminal youths cannot come within their influence. Criminality does not, as we believe, follow the ordinary law of supply and demand ; it does not at all follow that, because you have a certain amount of property, and only a certain num ber of police to guard it, you will always have a certain and fixed amount of crime. We believe—and the experience of at least one town where a reformatory has been for some time in active operation confirms our opinion—that when you have once succeeded in clearing the streets, as it were, of these regular, trained, educated criminals, you willlfind that the cases of crime with which you will have to deal in future will be fewer in number and less difficult to deal with in point of quality. Now what has been the actual success obtained in reformatory institutions in our own and other countries? Mettray, the great reformatory of France, has recovered 89 per cent., and of the 11. per cent. who relapsed a certain proportion were again in the way of recovery. There are many cases where relapses are only temporary, and the percentage they bear upon the whole number of boys should not therefore be a subject of alarm or discouraglement to the promoters of the movement. You aro probably aware of the extent to which the Legislature has taken up this movement. The law gives power to the magistrates to send boys, not exceeding 16 years of age, to reformatories for a period not exceeding five years. The State grants ss. weekly-131. 10s. a-year for their sup port. It endeavours to recover that from the parents, and by the minute of last June large and liberal assistance is afforded in other shapes to those who desire to set up and carry on reformatory schools. The object of the Na tional Reformatory Society is to render the law practically available. We want to put its provisions in force, we want to assist in the establishment of new reformatory schools where they are needed ; we want to give facilities for com paring the various methods in use at the different schools ; we want to furnish opportunities for the discussion of the general subject; we want, if changes in the law should be required, to discuss those changes ; and, which is most im portant of all, we wish to furnish to those inmates of re formatory schools who in course of time will leave them a fair opportunity of getting a start in life and of obtaining respectable employment. (Loud cheers.) We have some times been asked to include within the scope of our ope rations the other subject of adult reform. That, I conf ess , I should be unwilling to do. I attach great importance to keeping the two distinct. I think, if we were to go be yond that line of operations which we have immediately traced out for ourselves we should run some risk of di minishing our own utility by attempting too much, and by combining the more hopeful with the less ful cases, might, I will not say incur the prejudice, bui to some extent might be held accountable for failures, which in the other enterprise are inevitable. (Cheers.) There may bo a future field of operations open to us in connection with that wile question of industrial schools for vagrant children. It is a question at present rather for the Legislature than for society ; therefore we would gladly receive information and accept discussion upon it ; we at present, so far as practical action is concerned, confine our elves rather to cases of schools, reformatory in their clel - rector, provided for criminal children. In discussing this subject there are three general heads under which the whole inquiry falls. First, on what conditions and in what manner are children to be admitted to reformatory schools ? Secondly, on what plinciples are those schools to bo conducted? Thirdly, when the boys come to leave the schools, what is to become of them ? As to the first ques tion, we have had here and elsewhere very animated and important debates upon the question of previous impri sonment. By the law as it stands it is necessary that a boy should have been convicted before he enters a refor matory school—should have gone through a short term of imprisonment. There are some of our friends who think that should not be made compulsory upon magistrates, but that it should be left optional with them. There are others who think that in every case a boy should be sent at once to a reformatory. On the one hand, it is contended that there is danger, in sending a boy to gaol, of affecting his mind with the idea that he has received his allotted punishment for his offence, and is therefore entitled to his liberty ; that the superadded detention in a reformatory is looked upon as so great a hardship that it materially in terferes with the success of the system. On the other hand it is urged that a short period of separate confinement gives the boy time for reflection ? and that „ he comes again into the society of other boyf,-Am-though that society be accompanied with hard fare and hard labour, with a feeling of pleasure rather than of pain. If I were to ex press any opinion of my own upon the subject, which I would do with great deference, I should be inclined to steer a middle course,—to apply the previous imprison ment in some cases, but to leave it as an optional matter with the magistrates, instead of, as at present, making it compulsory on them to commit to prison. The next branch of the subject relates to the actual management of these schools. Boys are detained for periods varying from two to five years. They are taught habits of hard work and indus trial occupation ; in some cases being made to learn a trade; in other cases, as in the Ship Reformatory at Liverpool, they are prepared for service at sea. It is held—l think rightly—as an essential point that he is to be lodged and treated generally in the simplest and plainest manner, so that no honest parent need have any cause to envy, on be half of his own children's condition, the oondition of the convicted child. That is a point on which we lay great stress. (Cheers.) Another fundamental rule is, that where you have a largo number of boys the " family system" should be adopted, the system of associating together not more than 40—probably not so many—boys in one house under one teacher, so that the personal character and personal influence of the superintendent may have their effect, and his personal supervision exercised over all. Another important rule is the obtaining from parents, wherever it is possible, either the whole or part of thesum which Government pays for the maintenance of the child. This system puts a check on parents who, anxi ous to get rid of the responsibility of maintaining their children, put them in the way of being committed and sent to these schools. Another question, on which to some extent there is a difference of opinion, relates to the cha racter of the instruction to be given. I, for the most part, hold most strongly, and shall always express my opinion most openly, that the training ought to be of the plainest and simplest character. The objectyou have in view is not an intellectual object—it is a moral object. Ido not hesi tate to say that, on the whole, it would be a disadvantage rather than a benefit if any large number of those who had been trained in reformatories were to rise far above their class and become eminent members of society. One would not regret it on account of the boys themselves, but for the danger of exciting in the minds of honest parents a degree of envy as to the fate of their own offspring. (Cheers.) The last point on which I would touch is the very important question—What is to become of the children on their dis missal ? There are various methods in which their services may be made available. There is the field of ordinary agri cultural occupation at home ; there are the colonies ; there is the chance of admission into the army and navy ; and there is the merchaet service at sea. Now, what I say of one of those outlets applies equally to all—that you mast take great care not to introduce to them these criminal elements in such proportions that the influx shall be noticed and made a subject of comment. The groat rule you must adopt is to scatter these children abroad as much as possible. But if it were made a practice—in the army or navy, for instance—that such a percentage should be composed of these criminals, there would be a feeling that the profession was lowered in the public estimation, and would seriously affect the chance of enlistment from among other classes. We all know what has been the feeling in several of the colonies on the subject of transportation to their shores; it has been overdone, and there is now so strong a feeling against it that to a great extent we are debarred from availing ourselves of the sys tem of outlet. A. valuable suggestion was made to-day that in every leading colony, where friends to this cause may be found, agencies should be established. I think the plan is practicable, but I repeat that great caution must be exer cised. (Cheers.) What has been accomplished as yet with regard to this reformatory movement ? I am sorry to say, if you look to actual results, not much as yet. I am afraid there is a little misapprehension on this point. I believe the actual state of the case to be this—that the number of boys in the reformatory does not exceed 600 or 700; the number of girls 101; but though the results ac tually accomplished are small, there is a great deal doing; all the counties, or nearly all, are exerting themselves, well-informed teachers are called for in all directions, and it is with a view to increasing the progress of the movement that these meetings are held and that this society exists. (Cheers.) I must just add a word with reference to another institution similar in kind to ours, which calls itself the Reformatory and Refuge Union. The difference between that society and ours is as to its mode of operation. It is established on a basis somewhat more sectarian than ours. Our principle is unsectarian. We exclude no one on account of diversity of theological opinion ; but, feeling as I do that our real danger in this causes arises from apathy, from indifference, and from neglect, I for one shall quarrel with no display of sectarian zeal out of this society, which may have the effect of ad vancing the cause. (Chews.) The two societies work in friendship, differing only in their methods of doing the work. I will just mention before I sit down a trivial acci dent which occurred yesterday, and which I regret. An official document was read at the meeting yesterday, con taining some remarks with reference tothe difference of opi nion between the two societies. That document was printed by mistake from a rough draught, and nct from the copy which was ultimately approved and adopted. It contains some expressions relating to that institution which do not at ail convey our feelings on the subject. The two societies work distinctly, because they think by so doing they can do more, and I should very much regret that it should be in ferred that there is any hostility between us. As to the assistance you can give to this movement, of course pecu niary aid is important ; but there is another support you can afford, namely, in the provision for those boys who will shortly be leaving the Reformatory. The difficulty of disposing of them does not press upon us, but we ought to take early precaution to provide for the necessity when it arises, and I would suggest that the best and most practical service which any one can render us is to express a wil lingness—which they can do by addressing the secretary— to provide employment for at least one of the boys who will be leaving our schools. I have laid before you an out line of the subject we have at heart, and I shall now listen with pleasure to those who have to bring before you the results of a much earlier and much mere practical experi ence in connection with the movement than mine has been. (The noble lord resumed his seat amid loud cheers.) Lord R. CECIL rose to move the first resolution, and observed that he had neither an earlier, a more active, nor a more practical connection with this movement than their noble chairman ; but he felt earnestl y u p on it , and was anxious to do what he could to forward it. (Cheers.) It was not until last year that any scheme was formed for uniting the efforts of all in one common cause and bringing them into one cousmon centre. He could not, in justice to the history of their cause, pass by a fact to which the noble lord had alluded, and which might at first sight ap pear painful, but which was a matter for congratulation and encouragement. At the time of the formation of this society there was another society in London having a simi lar object, and it was, in the first instance, considered a mere waste of force that two societies should exist. It was, therefore, endeavoured to form a union between them, but that was soon found to be impracticable, in consequence of the society in London having resolved to confine their efforts to a single class of the Christia n community. Highly respecting their motives, and wishi ng we ll t o t h e cause they had undertaken, w ill it was felt that this so ciety would be abandoning the object it had in view if it were to adopt the principle of exclusion which had been sanctioned by the London society. He was very anxious not to be misunderstood on this point, or that it should be thought that this society was insensible to the all-im portant necessity of religion. Religion must be the teacher's motive for his self-denying life ; religion must be the in spiring genius and spirit of his teaching; religion must in reality be the sole cause of the pupil's cure. Without it the best machinery and the best organised staff would in evitably fail ; with it, an ill-organised staff and an inferior intellect might often succeed ; neither was ho willing to ac cept the imputation that they regarded with less earnest ness than those who took another course in this matter— the principles of their own faith. They were as deeply attached to all the points of their belief as those wlic adopted a different principle for their guidance. But tht desire of the society was that the sad rending of Christen dom should not add this to all its other evil deeds—that it should not prevent them rescuing from a life of misery here, and a life of woo hereafter, the heathen whom they were rearing up in the streets. He did not think, there• fore, that in adopting the course the society had done they were showing any lack of regard for religion, or that they were traitors to the cause they served. (Cheese.) Their noble chairman had observed that the two societies were not rivals, but rather colleagues in the same cause. The two societies moved in different paths and had diffe rent spheres of action. The Refuge Union had been mainly supported by private charity without any aid from Government to succour the outcast boys in rho streets y it had less connection with reformatory institutions than this society, and its sphere of action uses mainly in London, where those whom it sought to succour were exposed to many dangers from which the more rural retreats were free. It had so happened that most of these friends of the reformatory system who wore members of Parliament be longed to their society, and consequently one great task— and one which would form the main part of their efforts— would be to press upon the Legislature, at all needful con junctures, those changes and improvements that were ne cessary. It must never be thought that they had got all from the Legislature which they required. There were many questions of vital importance which the society would be called upon to discuss and which the Legislature would have to entertain, and in the debates on which they would be glad to receive information from those qualified to give it. There was the question of preliminary punish ment, the question of apprenticeship, the question of edu cation, and the question connected with the furnishing an outfit for those who had passed their time in reformatory , schools ; and, above all, the question of admitting to re formatory schools those who had not been convicted of crime, but who were found vagrants in the streets. These wore questions which mud ;before long attract the atten tion of, and seek solution from, the Legislature. The last question was ono of an importance which could not be overrated. At present the magistrates had no power to seize children who had not committed any crime. But it should be remembered that many of those children who had not yet been convicted of crime were almost certain of being led to the commission of it, in the case of those parents who had by their neglect nearly sacritioad all their parental right over them; and he thought the society would be doing much towards diminishing juvenile crime if tkey were to clear the streets of the great towns of those who were its main feeders. There was another subject men tioned in the sections, in which, as far as that union was especially concerned, they might well be proud. They might well he proud to have among their number a lady whom he might call the Female Reformer in this matter— Miss Carpenter. He thought it would become the duty of that society to aid in the solution of the greatest problem in the reformatory cause. They had been very anxious about the reformation of boys; but they ought to be ten fold as anxious about the reformation of girls. Little at- tention had been given to it, but it was important, because it wont directly to the root of the whole of their educational .ystem. Many saw in it the key to the great educational problem itself. Enormous sums of money had been spent to support the system, but what they imparted was not edu cation—it was only instruction. What else could they give by teaching in schools ? They never could give that constant, that never•seasing, that never-resting influence which nothing but a virtuous home could furnish. The mother made the home. A virtuous mother reared the vir tuous citizen or the virtuous housewife; while a vicious mother made the profligate boy or the abandoned girl. Therefore it was that in the reformatory schools lay the main secret of the future reformation of the criminal popu- lation of this country. As much more important as was the reformation of boys than the reformation of adults, so much more important was the reformation of girls than the reformation of boys. There was an agency as active and constant in its operation in this country as theirs, but directed to an entirely contrary object. While there were reformatory institutions throughout the country, so there were also regularly organised systems and institutions on the part of thieves to train up children in their cause. He could not believe that this matter could for any lengthened period escape the attention of Parliament. (Cheers.) Ho had dwelt thus long on what ho deemed to be the duties and objects incumbent on the Reformatory Union, because he was anxious to speak emphatically on one object which he thought the union ought not to under take. Many efforts had been made to induce them to join in the cause of adult reformation. If they did it would be the ruin of their own cause, and for this reason—the whole question of secondary punishment must soon be opened. There were those who considered that crime was little more than a disease—not deserving of punishment, but that the person required to be cured ; so that the re formatory schools in their view were but so many moral hospitals. There were two strong instincts iu man's na ture against this reasoning. Punishment was considered to be retributive, and was felt to bo sanctioned by a higher Power, who Himself punished evil and awarded good ; and, whether by reasoning or unreasoning, he believed there was scarcely a feeling more deeply rooted than this in the hearts of the English people. (Cheers.) But among the more educated and more practical and active portion of the people, and especially among the governing classes of this country, there was another strong feeling which the prison philosophers were opposing. It had hitherto been the opinion of the world that you kept men from crime by deterring them. That feeling still prevailed, and it was a hopeless circumstance to see efforts wade, and to a great extent successfully made, not only to mitigate the effect of punishment, but to cause a strong reaction upon crime. But when this question of secondary punishment should be reopened, there would, ho hoped, be a strong opposition against this, philosophical it might be, but cer tainly mistaken, opinion of certain able and no doubt amiable people. (Cheers.) The soziety had difficulties of their own to overcome, and prejudices of their own to work against; and they would commit a great mistake, and perhaps ruin that which they felt they could effect, if tkey were to attempt to do that which it was impossible for them to accompligh. (Cheers.) The noble lord then moved the following resolution : " That this meeting strongly approves the object of the National Reformatory Union." Sir J. PAKINGTON seconded the resolution. He oongra- tulated the society on the rapid progress which their cause had made. He thought this question of endeavouring to reclaim the youthful criminals of England might be spoken of as a novel question. It dated mainly from two confer ences which were held at Birmingham in the years 1851 and 1853. It was his good fortune to take part in those conferences, and by the exertions made on thew occasions public opinion had been aroused, and the subject had at length attained its present favourable aspect and position in the country. Their noble chairman had reminded them of the Philanthropic Society, the society in Warwickshire, and also the institution of Government at Parkhurst. Those wers isolated attempts. Crime was accumulating. The youth of the country were swelling the amount of that orime; and he might safely say that, until those conferences at Birmingham, neither the opinion of the public had ever been heard, nor the attention of the Legislature had ever been excited to the magnitude of the question. But they now stood in a very different position. The time had come when public opinion was decided upon the point, and when there was something like a national feeling aroused upon the subject. They ought, therefore, at once strike at the root of crime by cutting of its supply. % Miss Carpenter had told them of an instance of a child 8 years of age who was tried for housebreaking. He could mention an instance that came under his own observation in 1854, immediately after the first act of Parliament was passed. At the Wor cester quarter sessions, of which he was chairman, a little urchin was placed at the bar, which he could scarcely look over, and pleaded " guilty" to horse stealing. The little fellow hardly knew whether to laugh or cry. He (Sir J. Pakiugton) availed himself of the act of Parliament and sent him for one year to prison, and then sentenced him to 5 years' detention at the reformatory at Redhill, in Surrey. But what was his dismay when he found that, under the cumbrous machinery of that act, he could not send the child to an uncertified reformatory ; and the reformatory at Redhill not happening to be certified, his punishir eat ended with the 12 months' imprisonment. Since then the boy had been in Worcester gaol again, and it might there fore be fairly said that the child's ruin might be traced to a blot in the act of Parliament which had since been cor rected by the exertions of Sir S. Northoote. Such facts had hs►l their effect upon the public mind. What wore the points urged at the conferences ? First, the establish ment of reformatory schools ; next, legislative assistance ; and lastly, that the Committee of Council on Education should aid with grants those schools. Every one of those objects were now accomplished ; the first, no doubt, very imperfectly, but there were reformatory schools to a great extent, and he trusted before long they would be spread all over the land. Parliament had enabled them to deal in a more rational manner with these unfortunate objects rather of compassion than of censure, and lately a minute had been passed by the Committee of Council by which a most liberal assistance had been afforded to the voluntary efforts to advance this great cause. (Cheers.) Although it was said that the reformatory system was on its trial, he thought he might say that it had manifestly succeeded. They had been told that both in this country and on the continent the system had been successful, and that they had redeemed from vicious courses and converted into use ful members of society two•thirds of the whole of the juve nile criminals confided to them. But this great achieve ment was not confined to Europe, for in the United States the success of the system had been most signal. (Cheers ) In 1849 4,397 boys and girls were received into the New York Refuge, two-thirds of whom have been saved from ruin and reformed. At Philadelphia 2,250 were received in the same year into the House of Refuge, of whom the same favourable report was given. Thus they had demon strated that both in Europe and America the result of this great movement was successful, and it only now remained for that union to push it further and to effect a still greater amount of good. He had heard something about alarm at the magnitude of the task. He could not help thinking that the British people and the Legislature, instead of being alarmed by its magnitude, would be rather stimulated to greater exertions. Miss Carpenter had suggested that it should be made compulsory to send to a reformatory all those who were committed on a second conviction —a most excellent suggestion, provided it was practicable. Although accommodation would be required for 8,000 children, yet they must not shrink from the task. If the work was to be carried out at all it must be done wi th energy and per severance, and by all the appliances which a liberal empire and Legislature could bring to bea r upon it. (Cheers.) The future relations between these reformatory institutions and the State was a subject that could not be evaded. He had heard some express a wish to repudiate the State altogether. The question would arise, were these institu tions to be private schools or public institutions? He would not shut out voluntary exertion or voluntary ma nagement ; but while he considered that the management of the gaols, the administration of the laws, and the sys tem of public education, as far as it wont, was managed by local efforts, guided and aided by State counsel and State assistance, it was his opinion that in the future operations of these reformatory schools they must act upon the same principle. He believed their object was one too mat to be attained by voluntary efforts only, and, since the State already made public grants to these schools, the State had not only the right, but it was its bounden duty personally to interfere with their management. (Cheers.) In conclusion, he hoped that the great assembly in that important town on this subject might be productive of all the benefits they might possibly anticipate, and that iu the result they might find this great cause as triumphant as its best friends could desire. (Loud cheers.) The re solution was carried by acclamation. Sir S. NORTHCOTB moved the second resolution, and said that, in spite of all they had done during the last few lays, and notwithstanding the exhaustive and elaborate Speeches of their noble chairman, he felt that this was a subject so enormous and so growing upon them that it could be said only to have been half kdiecusaed. lie begged ~i~J~iP N STAVE it Stt-tce , t first preference ehareg for the half-year ending till* , December, 1855, for which (Jawed dividoud were issued at the time, the directors now proposelo.,,Ray? t ot them without further delay, together with interest'.At:th - e7,a;, 1 , r.-/ . ! rata of 5 per cent., up to the date of payment. The rectors propose at the forthcoming meeting to issue under, S their act of this session the new 350,0001. stock, which they hope to do at a rate not exceeding 4i per cent, per annum. GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD. The capital account of this company shows that 28,2841. had been called up to the 30th of June ; that 13,5551. had been received ; and that 14,728/. was in course of receipt. The construction account showed that 14,1761. had been received and 6,6071. expended, leaving a balance of 705161. VALE OF NEATH. The accounts of this company to the 30th of Juno lass shows the total receipts on capital account to have been 79G,0311. was paid in the last half-year. The revenue ac count for the half-year shows that 32,1521. had boon re ceived, and 16,883/. expended, leaving a balance of 15,2634 applicable to dividend, besides a balance from last half year of 5611., making a total sum applicable to dividend of 15,8281. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE. The capital account of this company shows that 1,584,5361. had been received and 1,590,6001. expended, leaving a balance of 6,063'. against the company. The renewal fund shows a balance in favour of it amounting to 17,5511. The revenue account for the half-year ending June 30 showed that 149,5741. had been received, and 66,51.91. ox• pended, including 4,5001. for rates and taxes and Govern• went duty, leaving, with 652 l from last account, a balance of 81,3'30/. Out of this is deducted 1,3471., being part of the over estimate for conveyance of mails, 53,7001. for di vidend at the rate of 7i per cent. per annum on the ordi nary stock for the past half-year 2,0941. for interest on debt. 26,0371. Lancaster and Preston Railway proportion of net traffic, leaving a balance of 1,1801. fur the next ac count. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. Miles opened, 1856. 115 87% 17 2634 117 WI 94 1 4 6}6 20 BRITISH. Aberdeen .. •• •• .... Belfast and Ballymena .. •• •• •• • • •• •• Belfast and County flown•• • • • • •• •• .. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackbuni, and West York . • Bristol and Exeter • • .... Chester and Holyhead... .. .......... Cork, Blaekrock, and Passage ...... Cork and Bandon .. • • .............. Dublin and Beliast.l unction ........ Dublin and Drogheda.... ......... Dublin and Kingstown .......... • ... Dundee and Arbroatb .• • • ........ Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen.... • . East Anglian.... • • •• • • ............ East Lancashire • • .................. Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • Eastern Union ••• • .. Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • • ........ Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ..•••• Exeter and Credlton.. • • .... • • • • • • • • Furness Railway •• . ••..••.. • • • • • • Glasgow, and South-Western •.• ....• Great Northern.• • .. ...... • • • • • • • • • • Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western .... •............... Irish South Eastern • • •• •• •• ...• ...• Lancaster and Carlisle.. •........... Lancashire and Yorkshire .... Leeds Northern ...• .. •• • • • ......... Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport London and North Western London and Blackw all •• • • • • • • .. • • London, Brighton, and South Coast London and South Western. • . .. • Londonderry and Enniskillen ....... • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, ShefTleid,and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction • • .• • • Maryport and Carlisle • • • Midland ••• • • - ....... ... .. Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Monklands .... • • • • • • • • ... - Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. North British • • .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• North Staffordshire •• •• .....• North-Western .•.. •• •• ...... Scottish Central • •••• • • .. Scottish Midland ••• • • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester Shropshire Union .. • • • • _ South Devon .•• •• .. .. •• South Eastern • • • • • • • • .. South Wales .. • • ...... South York., Doncaster, and Goolo Taff Vale Waterford rnd Limerick • • West Cornwall ...... ....... Whitehaven Junction ............... York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. TOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish • • • . • • ...... •• • • •• •• Lyons and Mediterranean .......... Montereau and Troyes Namur and Liege .. • • Northern of France ................ Orleans and Central .. Paris and Lyons .... •• •• •• Paris and Rouen. •• .• • • • • •• •..• •• •• Paris and Strasburgh .............. Rouen and Havre •• ...• ...... Western of France.... 41,54 i THE WELLINGTON STATUE AT MANC.HESTER. The ceremony of inauguration will be simple, and some what like that which inaugurated the Peel statue at the other end of the esplanade. The veil of drapery which, till s proper moment, will enshroud the statue,—though it can not conceal the outline of the principal figure, which every passer by must see to be that of Wellington,—will at a given signal be withdrawn, and the noble memorial to our great captain will be revealed to the admiring gaze, and welcomed by the unanimous cheers of the assembled thou. sands. The granite for the new grade in the base of the Peel statue has already arrived, and we understand that it:has been determined that the Peel statue shall be taken down, its pedestal raised, and replaced at the higher ele vation, before the inauguration of the Wellington memo rial. The total height of the Peel statue and pedestal will then be 25ft. 9in., and that of the Wellington me morial 32ft. There appear at last to be some signs of pro gress in the completion of the levelling and flagging o he new public esplanade. For some tune past, doubt less, most of those who pass that way frequently have looked with a sort of despair on this waste place in the very heart of the city. And even now, though doubt less every effort will be made to expedite the proceed ings, it seems not unlikely that the only portion of the esplanade which will appear in some degree incomplete on the day of inauguration will be the flagging or pay ing of the promenade itself. The bronze castings, which when duly placed upon the pedestal will form that which, as a whole, we have no better name for than the Wel lington Memorial, arrived in Manchester on Saturday, and the sculptor, Mr. Noble, arrived on Monday even ing. We shall not minutely describe the statuary at present. Suffice it to say that upon a pedestal of gran ite stands the statue of the Duke ; that at each angle of the pedestal is a small projecting foot or pedestal for the reception of a subordinate figure ; that the two figures at the front angles are (to the spectator's left) Mars or Valour, and (to the right) Minerva or Wisdom. Behind Mars is the reward of Valour—Victory ; behind Minerva is the reward of wisdom —Peace. In four panels or plinths in the square of the pedestal will be placed as many bas-reliefs, but not in time for the inauguration. That at the rear is to portray the battle of Assaye, Wel lington's greatest victory in India ; that in front, the battle of Waterloo, his crowning victory in Europe. Bat ween the figures of Mars and Victory is to be a loi.s relief of the Congress of Vienna ; and between Mi nerva and Peace another representing the Duke re ceiving the thanks of the House of Commons. The statue and the four subordinate figures are all of bronze. Since Saturday the workmen have been busily engaged in raising the statue and figures to their placer. The figures were cast by Messrs. Robinson and Cottain at their Pimlico works, and the aggregate weight of metal in them is about 10 tons. The statue of the Duke alone weighs five tons, and stands 13 feet high ; the granite pedestal is about 19 feet in height, and weighs about 100 tone.—Manchester Guardian of yes terday. FLOODS IN DEILUSHIRE.—DAIIAGE TO THE curs.— Owing to the heavy rains of the past few days, the rive!. 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Observe—opposite the SBO 30,508 3,071 1,231 3,290 6,174 5,197 1,210 2,917 19,753 .... -. 1856. 1855. 4,419 1,019 348 2.735 7,405 14,179 6,913 316 1,238 1,726 2,177 715 1,085 953 7,4;7 23 76$ 5,850 7,260 212 1,211 7,022 23,891 7,619 31,822 374 7,405 25,878 67,136 1,652 15,306 20,232 705 10,030 981 31,615 4,510 1,348 3,533 6,233 8,685 1,405 2,112 ,S( bJE 3,003 24,942 7,450 2,655 4,390 1,408 1,167 684 194 3,530 27,753 40,108 4,076 301 2,540 8, 1 211 12,966 6,613 251 1,186 1,647 1,800 653 1,0E6 914 6,747 24,016 5,581 6,'69 202 876 6,483 22.790 7,104 29,977 286 7 022 23,077 66.100 1,867 18,570 18,297 561 9,574 417, 183% 283 203% 388 25U 90 286 161 637 5% 183% 267 173% 9}a 28 498% 12614 52 78% 149 233 5734 32 29% 575 i 289 171% 27% 12 682 1,640 3,035 792 2,571 25,814 6,080 2,001 3,942 1,330 1,035 662 344 NuN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. rolgeies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE TN teee",,PIPT to th ITS, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, e conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. ere: Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives ar e E w er than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in 'urn to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of eo l t ums stamps paid. by the Office. telir P e etuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle - street , " 4 'n, or of any of the Agents of the Society. 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