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"rV 0 . 7 .., ,, , , ,* '''' ' ~,, , u,,,,......1 I) 2t 94 . 1 ' _'• , ..*' it 7 , . 7 4/M t .r, the weather MIDLAND RAILWAY.- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the - next ORDINARY BALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PItOPRIETO , S of the MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY, under their Act of Incorporation, will be held at the Railway Station at Derby, on FRIDAY, the 21th day of February instant, at half-past One o'clock 111 the al ternoon. JOHN ELLIS, Chairman of the Board of Directors. SAMUEL BEALE, Deputy• Chairman. By Order, JOSEPH SANDERS, Secretary. Derby, Feb. 8, 1854 LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next HALF- YhARLY ORDINARY MEETING of the London and North- Western Railway Comnany will he held at the Ewttnn Station, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d day of February, 1851, at Twelve o'clock' at noon prec' • sely. for the transaction of the ge nem] baainess of the Company ; and at such meeting a resolution yr 11 be submitted for the consolidation into --tock of so many or the London and Birmingham 201 shares, and the Manche-ter and Bi mingham C 101. shares, as hare been fully paid np.—Dated this 6th day of February, 1854. CHANDOS, Chairman. ROBT BEN3IIsT, Deputy Chairman. H. 800 NI. C. E. STEWARr,I secretaries. Euston Station. CONTRACT FOR NEW CASKS. Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth, • 4th February, 1854. Notice is hereby Given, that on THURSDAY, the 16th instmt, I shall be ready to receive SEALED TENDERS, and to treat for the supply of the undermentioned NEW CASKS, required for the service of this Department, namely : Puncheons. Hogsheads. Barrels. Half llhds. TIGHT CASKS.. 5OO 200 1,000 500 nRY DO. .. • . 500 1,000 Tenders may be sent in for the whole of the above Casks, or any less quantities,—the same to be 'lolivered, free of charge and risk to her Majesty, into the Stone of the Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth, as follows :—One Fifth part within Two Months from the date of Contract, and the remainder in Four equal Mo• thly delive ries afterwards, or sooner if preferred by the Contracting Party or Parties. Two Sureties for the due perfbrmance of the Contract will be re quired M each instance. Pattern Casks may be seen at the Yard up to the day of Tender. Each Contrac , or (should there be more than one) will be required to pay half the expense of the etamps. No regard will be paid to any Tender in which the Price shall not be inserted in Words at Lenath and that shall not be delivered before ONB o'olOO` OR the said Thurs 'ay, the 16th instant; nor unless the Party Tendering, or some Person on his behalf, attends to answer When called for. The further Conditions of the Contract may be seen at me office. WILLIAMS SANDOM, Captain Superintendent, • THE FAMOUS HIGHLAND CLOAK.- A variety of MACDOUGALL'S FAMOUS HIGHLAND CLOAKS, in all colours, may be seen at Messrs. POOLE and MACGTLLIVRAY'S, 25, Princes-street, Cavendish-square, as well as samples of the materials of which they are made. GRAND BAL MASQUE at the CASINO DE VENISE, High Holborn.— i he Proprietor has the honour to announce that his LAST B a L MASQUE this season is fixed for TO NIGHT, THURSDAY, Feb. 9tb, 1854. and which will present a scene of brilliancy and splendour unparalleled. Mr. W. M. 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The FIRST DIRECT INIPORTATION from JAPAN is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION, at the Gallery of the , oclety of Painters in Water Colours, SA, Pall-Mall East, for a limited period, as the Society re quires the Gallery for their paintings. Admittance, aster Saturday, Is, LAURENT'S' CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cuss. C. LAURENT, Onslow-honso, Fu.aam road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. ftl will continue open every evening, with LA.ITRE vT'S CELEBRATED BANG. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter inate at h ilf-past IL ROY AL , POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATROI—H.R.H. PRICE ALBERT. PINVT EXHIBITION' of M 4.GNIFIED P )TOG RAP RIC PIC TURES, prepared by MorNieur Ferriere of Parl. ; also, COLOURED PHOTO. RAPE C Pt' 'TURES, each Picture filling a Disc of One thousand superficial Feet. An ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISAOLVING VIEWS. LECTURES by Dr. BACROFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTitIO tAPEI LECTURE by J. H. 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PAST I, Overture (Gaillanme Tell), Rossini ; Duett (Oh t Wert thou in the Cauld Blast), Blendelssohn, the Misses Brougham ; Waltz (Landes. farbaden), Strauss; Solo. pianoforte (We're a' Noddin'), Miss Julia Warman: Original Aria, solo, flugelhorn. Herr Ilovanyi, Ma^g gong (Fend Memory), Glover, Mr. Albert Henry Percy ; Polk , ' (The Royal Sussex Militia). T. Distin ; Song (The Swiss Girl), G Linley, Miss Elizabeth Brougham; Quadrille (Crescent), Sarkozij. PART II Selection (La Sonnambnla), Bellini ; Duett (The Cousins). C IV. Glover, the Misses Brougham ; Mazurka (Herolque), Kalozdy ; Solo, pianoforte (Morceau de Concert), Miss Jnlla Warman; Song (Dream of the Heart). Glover Mr. A. H. Percy ; Waltz (Eglinton), Kalozdy; Song (Bonnie Dundee), Miss Josephine Brougham; (Malta), Kalozdy; Galop (limes), Kalozdy. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. The long continuance of most Maladies arming from impurities, while it tends to render detection more certain, and thus freqeentiv to embitter the domestic hearth, also serves to excite feelings of dis appointment, and to induce lowness of spirits. and other sensations of a most painful kind. The TRI I-:SE kit effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of these Disevses, to whatever stage they may have advanced, p ,ssess -114 at the sane time the manifest advantages of being utterly devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. It may 'lay on the toilet table without its use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into s.eParate doses, as administered by Valpeau , Lalleman d, Roux, &c , ac.e. This quantity is sufficient for any case, however virulent or Protracted.—To be had wholesale and Retail at Barclay and Song, 9 5. 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The return of Youth to their re=pective Boarding-Schools induces a solici tude from parents and guardians for their Personal Comfort and Attraction, and ROWLANDS' MAC A S';AR 011, for a celerating the irrowth and improving ant beautifying the hair, ROWLANDS' ICA.LYDOR, for improving the skin awl comp , exinn, and removing cutaneous eruptions, and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Denti frice, for rendering the teeth beautifully white, and preserving the gums, are co,sidered indispensable accompaniments for the attain ment of those Personal Advantages so universally sought for and admired. Beware of Spurious imitations. Theo nly genuine of each bear the name of . 1 ROWLA NDS' " preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. Sold by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, f.ondon ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. THIRD EDITION.—WITH ADDITION S Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post tree . , ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, with the View to the Correction or wide-spread Errors to relation to the Treatment and Cure of the Impulsaant and Sexual Flypochondrlacs, Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. g ra which is added, an EtSAY ditor. en SEXUAL DEBILITY, by the E "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall etect any () their equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to correct. , —London Medical Gazette. May :10, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sylnpa. thisere, , end Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could and its way into the hands of those who suffer fr mi the plaint of of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering ot body and mind, and what is of Le"" , importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money_ „ „This volume is well qualified to put ane the treat end to the e'lleirleal system of treating Sper matorrhcea, and to plac nrint upon a more rational and physiological basis. 6,11852. t is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medica l Circular, Juno 1 London: 11. 'Rebore , 219, Regent-street. ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Langunes—Flitieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. fid. in stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on theexhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, th e conseq uences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO.. Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster row, and sold by 'Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150. Ox ford-street; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farrinudon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Row Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Jo tinson, GA, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Inca Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes o f unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACIIM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, ace., 118. and 355. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitte remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection. secon d ary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, us, and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11r. Per box. a certain remedy for gonorrhosa, gleet, stricture, and (11 - ).tle in:!2:nro•ltiflt of .the bladder. 'ort,ultatio,, i ce , if letter, li. A . „ ma , t‘te ease la a,ge. LdbitF, tlon in society. 51: pfickeLs,:with advice, to be had at the Establish 111..ent ofilytby Which the Tee, It., is saved. Messrs. Perry; Surgeons, '"•.„_, In attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Len from till Two' and Eft to Eight; on fiunday from "MIA IR We. THE REPORT of the BRITISH COLLEGE of HE ‘LTH, New road, London, for 1853: is now Printed, and may be had of all the Agents for Morrison's Fills throughout the country. Also, Mr. FRASER'S LECTURE on the MEDICAL LIBERTY of the SUBJECT, and the BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of JAMES MORISON, the Hygeist. --- MEDICAL AD DVI AND CE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'METZT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical gociety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro- Weed more misery in youth. degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis ases "mown to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases hiss proved that there are iu exist once secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marn age3, impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their iintiless modifications owe their almost entire origin. Tt is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous pen shies, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may he removed, and how the evil and its con •equenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any decree of physical infirmity or functional ierangement to whie the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. in selecting this department of practice, he has been amply ress arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of IL, and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any Initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT hould first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION & Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and sxcesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct ieseription of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rest- TV, 17 'fl:') !,0/111. ybitmA.Cßeilairtl.AlMEhe session RY.—The opening of Parlia opinion mthernotugish attended the with the splendour and . brilliancy of the repre sented by fashionabl it is best obtained at th and in the Empire desires to be is looked upon as the expression of public well-made I MKS% and everyone knows and TOWNS. at their West-End Every representatives of our CITIES, COUNTIES, the Establishment of E. MOSES acid SON, or MOSES it . , d SON shall Branch. pme ? so bli o a p l i t nio e n tas i o as s t d o eci s d T ed yL th E a s t E. providing Dress to MEASURE RED Y - d to maintain the distinction of , and h:conomical. Their HATS, CAPS, ATTIRE, and they are determined MADE, the most Fashionable, Elegant HOSIERY, SHIRTS, BOOTS and SHOES, every one as completely equipped. &c., will represent for con tinue damp or rainy. the season, which may Every description of WATERPROOF CLOTHING manufac tured by E. MOSES and S O N, and exhibitsmore variety than the is pro e uc tions of any House in the World — it is more serviceable, and cons id t rably cheaper th an an y hitherto offered The Colonies are represented by E. MOSES and soN_th SON—their ein formation is direct from Australia and all other parts of a nd the Good s in their Immense Wholesale Departmentthe World, pared in accordance with the present state of the arketsare pre conseqently Merchants, Shippers, and Emigrants, det.a.beroad, greatest advantages frcm purchasing Clothing and ants" the at the Establishment of E. MOSES and sON. Fuli lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship-sailing information, may ad on application, or post free. CA UTIO N . —E. MO, ES and SON regret having to guard the public against Imposition, having, learned that the untradesman-like ,alsehood of " Being connected with 'heir Establishment," or t‘ It's the same concern," has been resorted to in manenstances, and for ;bvious reasons, they beg to state that they h No CONNEXION WITS ANT OTEIVIL HOUSE ishmentsl, as follows : N OA OUT OF LONDON, exc ept their own Establ— London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, , 4, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506,507, 50g, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Bra nch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36 yargate. C o lonial Branch, ,lbou,ne, Aust ralia. S Merchant Tailo. Clothiers, Hatters, HOsier, Furriers, Boot and 2`el sat i s faction, it will be Shoe aiakers, and General Ontl itters for radiea an d Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any articl e not give exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will byetUrned without hesitation. All gds are marked in plain figures, lowest price, trom which n abatesent can be made. S tO sunset _ . The Establishments are closed fro m sunset on YOWLS' on s'aturdays, when business 11 resumed till 12 o'clock. tow Stool , . " Tht Fn!tome or r o rw - ort and Ecoonr.V,",ccnitain- I, c ! f ii;; 11,,i -,, p•lcc , z. 01 , s ,t( -, I . y,•lt•alvodir,:ineiit, ,k 3., tze., inpy oe 11,1 eu apolkation, Cr i,,,5,: , if“. A handsome Almanac for the year cutting 1854 can be ha d. g ratis en application. let I'on pada Francais. tier 111014.121611 Detif4l. Qut sl paxia Italian°• n babls SOW '..., .: >lied having ast. Planks ie Claddagh part of the to Island of abeth, fro . = about five Epected off, d. to any, repairing a Aimee, ar- here from !alt of Man, rer marked he voyage;" anor King, New York ,w saved. cific Ocean, r 5,793. iverpool to , Nov. 31, i, off Cape 26, lat. 32 .31, lat. 55 h, Feb. 3, Usliant. to Ca,lifor- ►, Jan. 30, lat. 22 S., 41 S. long. lat. 18 S., 7 S., long. lat. 57 S., 20 S., long, attendance less done in at a reduc iack on the difficult to Abs. and is Barley and le per qr. mdition of not be in very slow, to be sub •ade heavy, the market Cs rates. R QUARTER. 31s to 37a 50s ti 54s 48s to 50s OOs to OOs OOs to 00s 154. lay. That r the rates 0 to sell. Very dry s. Indian ad, but the ry limited d :k 50 to 52 60 to 62 .. 48 to 58 •. 7-- to --. A 42 to 46 Per Ton. 6d toool Os s Od 10/ 5e ; Od to 0/ Os le to 001 Os Od to 00s 00s to 00s 00s to 00s 31 to 1210 s Ltd to Os Od ...... none .. 30 45 .. 25 5734 .. 42.4 .. 127 .. 127 .. 53 .. 53 PEN OZ. e 3 17 9 O 0 0 O 4 11; O 0 0 O 5 1% Post-oltic due in En;land. Each Mon Feb. 15 Feb. 20 Feb. 16 Uticyrta;n Fe . ). 14 Feb. 16 Fob. 20 Feb .6 )wily reb 16 'eb 16 'eb. 26 'eb. 26 'ti.Th.Sat. eb 10 eb. 20 m,edaUy wieedally eb. 16 IA :b. 20 , b. 16 b. 10 vicetal7 b 16 b. 16 b. 14 b. 10 b. 26 irch 1 b. 12 b. 16 icerta it vlll be is vl& ad the 'eb. 26 'eb. 16 No. 19,150.] Price l s.. LAW OF CHURCH RATES. • The parish is under no legal obligation to repair the Church. The aboliti n of !lurch Rates is no reason.ible excuse for depri vin g any one of the pr, sent universal r 1 ht to the church ()dices of marriage and burial. By WATKIN WTI.; LiMS, of the Inner Temple. James Ridgway, Picc,dilly. A Second Edition w,ll be issued with as little delay as possible. Just published price 2s , by po=t 2s. Gd , DEBILITY and IRRITABILITY induced by sTERMATORRIBE ; the Symptoms, Effects, and Rational Tr-atment. By T. H. YEOMAN, M D.. Physician to the General Post office Letter- arriers' Provident Institution Ac. London: Ffflngham Wilson, li, Royal Exchange 1 and, by Post only, from the Author, 25. Lloyd-square. Just published, price 10s., in 2 vols. Bvo., cloth letie - ed, rrHE JEW OF VER ONA: I._ An Historical Tale of the Italian Revolutions of 1846-9. Translated from the second revised Italian Edition. London : C Holman, 61, New Bond-street, and 22, Paternoster row. Just published, price 45., free by post, 55 . , pHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES into the Causes of Nervous Debility and Getuto-Urinary Maladies, tcpermatorrhoss rationally considered, with unanswerabb , Remarks on the empirical manner these Diseases are treated; being a Guide to Health, Long Life, and Ha pp iness. By MEDICIJA. Sherwood, Piper, and Co., 83, Paternoster-row. USSIA AND TURKEY.-LAMBERT'S :LW COLOURED M AP, Second Edition (3ft. 41n by 2ft. 3in.), showing the Seat of Var on the Danube, the Islack Sea, ant the Eastern Frontier. Price is. ; in Case, Is. 6d.; by Past, Gd. extra. Dobbs, Kidd; and Co, 114. Fleet-street, London; Atenzles, Edinburgh; Lambert, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; and all Booksellers. • This day, price Is , THE WORD "ETERW. L," and the PUNISHMENT of the WICKED:- A Letter to the Rev. Dr. Jelf, Canon of Christ Church, and Principal of limes College. _ . By FREDERICK DENISON M A URIC E, Cimplain of Lincoln's-inn. Cambr:dge : ➢facmillan and Co. THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS. By FREDERICK IVNISON MAURICE, Chaplain of Lin coln's-inn, and Pro:essor of Divinity in King's College, London. Crown Bvo., cloth, 10s. _ . -- . CarrENTs.-1. On Charity. 2 . On Sin.. 3. On the Evil Spirit. 4. On the Sense of Righteousness in Men and their Discovery of a redeemer. 5. On the Son of God. 6:- On the Ineartliation. 7. On the ditonement. 8. On the Resurrection of the Son of God from Hell: 9. On Justification by raith. 10. On Death, the Grave, and Regeneration. 11. O a the, A scension of Christ. 12. On the Judg ment Day. 13. On 1 spi - ation. 14. On the Personality and Teach- Conclusion—On Eternal Life and Eternal Mg of the Holy epirit. 15. On the Unity of the Church. 16. On the Trinity and Unity. Death. "They are valuable as a complete exposition of his views of Chris tianity—the views of a man who is powerfully Influencing his gene ration, and who profoundly believes in revealed religion as a series of facts disclosing God's plan for educating and restoring the human race."— Spectst or, Auglist 6, 1853. . or. Maurice is 'sitting eta high object. He would reconcile the old and the new. He would disencumber what is popular of Nvhat is vulgar, confused. sectarian, and preserve and iilustrate it by disen cumbering It. He calk on us not to be afraid of the depths and h heights, the freedom aid largene ss, the `s irit and the truth' of our own theology. It is a warning and a ca which every age wants. We sympathise with hls aim, with muc f his pisitive teaching, with some of his aversions and some of his fears. We do not respect Lim the less for not being afraid of being called hard names. Rut certainly su,.h a writer has need, in no common degree, of con forming himself to that wise maxim which holds in writing a. well as in art, . Know what you want to do. then do it.' "—Guardian. Throuchnut these Essays t uns a large-hearted, truthful. and ear nent spirit, which provokes a similar warmth of feeling in the reader. Their candour and straightforwardness. the anxiety evinced to put the best construction upon di , sentients and not to es ape from any just charge against oarselve., are as rare in hristian and Church AAvocat s as they are valuable in their cause. 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At home for con sultation daily from 11 till 4, Sunday excepted. Advice and Medi cine, £l. THE FIRE AND LOSS OF EIGHT LIVES IN SOHO. No fire that has occurred for some years in the metro polis has created such a painful sensation as the one which occurred in Princes-street, Soho, on Tuesday morning last, a report of which appeared in this journal that day. Owing to the excited state the survivors were in on the day the fire took place they were unable to give many particulars respecting the melancholy catastrophe, consequently much remains untold, particu larly of the scenes which occurred before the arrival of the engines. During yesterday morning Mr. Paul Giraud, the en gineer left in charge of the ruins, together with the brigades-men under him, made a searching inquiry, for the purpose of ascertaining how, and in what part of the building the fire commenced. The result of that inquiry was as follows :—Mr. Arthur, house-decorator and grainer, who occupied the first floor, stated that he was awoke by the servant, who slept along with his daugh ter on the same floor, but nearest the street, by hearing , her clapping her hands, and crying "murder" and "fire.' He got out of bed, and found the room so full of smoke that he could scarcely breathe. He, however, shook his wife for some time, and at last succeeded in awaking her. Owing to the confusion they were both in, neither of them were able to unlock the room door. Mr. Arthur, therefore, was obliged to force it, when on entering the front room he found an exceedingly small portion of a wooden cornice, immediately over a cupboard running from the floor to the ceiling, in flames. So dense, how ever, was the smoke that neither he nor his wife had time to collect a single article of wearing apparel, and they were obliged to rush into the street in their night dresses. _ __ _ _ r s t l he theeal n r i dni morning o o i osr f nnni opinion,tnohg not returning of from floor t hoverfi tr fire, he home hsmfaateoe on loose en o l o f t hoi Mr las deh as . plh P fop u vba g i asn e bt t gl y3si g chi M ld r ie A n e o' nd clock o a :: struck a match to light a candle before going to bed, and by that means had dropped a spark amongst the straw, which had smouldered for some time, and eventually had broken out in flames. The same person also stated that Hannah Daday, his servant, on discovering the fire ran up stairs in her night dress to Mr. Puget's floor, when on entering she found the room in flames. She cried out " Murder and fire," but was unable to awake him for some time, and when she at length succeeded he jumped out of bed, said nothing, but opened the window and, without attempt. ing to arouse his wife and family, leaped out, and met with the serious accident of which he is still suf fering, and which it is feared will cost him his life. After that the woman had time to return to her room on the first floor and save her boots and two or three articles of wearing apparel. She is thqrefore of the same opinion as her master, that the fire caamenced in Mr. Puget's apartments. Giraud, on the other hand, entertains quite a contrary opinion, for as fire always ascends, and from the examination he has made he has no doubt that the fire began in or near the cupboard in Mr. Arthur's front room. He is led to this conclusion from the flames having devoured everything in that particular part of the premises, whilst the joistings and girders over are comparatively only triflingly charred, which he imagines could not have been the case had the fire broken out in the upper instead of the lower room. It is an extraordinary fact that the fire took place within a few yards of the engine-house connected with St. Ann's parish—so near, indeed, that Spendlow, the engineer, an old experienced fireman, formerly connected with the County Fire Insurance engine, could, had ne cessity have required it, set the engine to work from a pump in front of his engine -house, and thereby have confined the fire to whatever part the house was then on fire. Strange to say about 12 months ago Spendlow received orders in writing that he was not again to take his engine out to any fire that might occur in the parish. How far the churchwardens who issued the orders were justified in preventing the engine from running will no doubt be fully discussed and inquired into at the coroner's inquest, which will not take place until Friday evening. Before the arrival of the engines many of the inmates were seen at the front and back windows, and so loudly did they scream for aid that their cries could be heard as far distant at Newport-market, and had some of the neighbours taken a few carpets to the spot, there is little doubt entertained but that those in the upper part of the house might have jumped out of the window and been rescued in safety in the carpet. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves, who tenanted the ground floor, knew nothing of the disaster until they heard the cries of those above, and even then they guarded their doors, thinking that one ofi the lodgers had come home again drunk, and was beating his wife ; and it was not until the females cried " murder," that she consented to open the street door. She then saw the policeman and told him that the person, had, in her opinion, murdered his wife, and had likewise set the house on fire. Those parties have unfortunately perished, and it will be diffi cult, it is thought, to decide how the fire took place. Several houses near were preserved from injury. The official report states that the upper part of the house, from the second floor, is destroyed, and the con tents consumed. Eight persons burned to death, and the lower part of the house damaged by water. GROG AT THE DIGGINGS.-It is expected that licenses for the retail of spirits will be extended to the diggings, and that several respectable storekeepers on each field will be selected. There can be little doubt but this plan will have a good effect, as the licensed parties will always br ready to assist the authorities in rooting out that class of grog-shops which are notoriously the haunts of the idle and vleious.—Austrodian and New Zealand L (Motto. TAXES ON KNOWthDt;E-SOIREE TO MR. MILNAR GIBSON, M.P. Yesterday evening a soiree was given at the Whit- tington Club, by the Association for promoting the Re peal on the Taxes on Knowledge, to Mr. T. Milner Gibson, 2,1.1 3 ., in honour of the repeal of the advertise ment duty. The speeches of the evening were preceded and interspersed with music and singing. The chair was taken by Sir J. V. Shelley, M.P. The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting had somewhat reversed the usual course of things. They had had the " flow of soul," and it was now his duty to bring them to the " feast of reason." He should not detain them long, as others would follow him better able to deal with the subject before them. He would remind them that they had met at the institution for promoting the repeal of the taxes on knowledge, to commemorate a great vic tory gained by the independent liberal party in the House of Commons last year, obtaining the repeal of the advertisement duty, and . to do honour to the president of the association, Mr. Milner Gibson—(great cheering) —through whose' zeal, talent, and assiduity, was mainly owing the great triumph which had been achieved. He (the chairman) did not profess to be able to do justice to this great subject ; but he felt obliged to the association for allowing him to preside on this occasion, as it enabled him to show, besides, what little support he had been able to give Mr. Gibson in the House of Commons, how sincerely he felt the importance, to the great mass of the people, of the spread of knowledge and education among all classes. After the severs 'struggle which they had gone through for free trade in food for the body, he hoped the time was not far distant when they would obs taln , free trade in f (iced - for 'Ee wonld only say, as one who had been engaged largely in agriculture, that, as free trade had been obtained at the expense of his business, he did not see why other trades should not be subjected to free trade ; and he thought the press should not be exempt from the free trade for which they were now fighting. There was no doubt that the great newspapers of the metropolis were the pride of the nation ; but as regarded the working classes, the Times was a thing which certainly they heard of but which they never met with. It was such publications that assisted to spread education ; and it was only proper that they should wish to see good and cheap publications open to all classes. It was the claptrap of all parliamentary addresses to constituencies, and especially of Tory ad dresses to talk of our glorious Constitution of Church and State, and Tories always said they were anxious for the education of the people. But what they meant was "parson education." (Hear, hear.) Such education as the parson approved, and not such as would be of prac tical benefit to all classes. He (the chairman) wished to see in the hands of every Englishman newspapers as you saw abroad and in America, which enabled him to judge of men and things, and did not leave him at the mercy of a paper (he spoke especially of the agricultural districts) which he could not see, except at the beershop or when he borrowed it from his neighbour, after it had become so dirty as hardly to be readable. (Hear, hear.) Those gentlemen who advocated the education of the people were of opinion that there should be no duty on the means of obtaining knowledge. Take the duty on foreign works. No one who wished sincerely to see good books in the hands of every one would desire to see such books dear. As to the duty on paper, it was now only a question of time, after the speeches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, last year, who said it was only of insignificant amount. And he was glad to say that in all the communications he had had with Mr. Gladstone, he found him to be conscientious, and anxi ous to do right—.("hear, hear," and loud cheers)—and that was much' to say for a Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Hear, hear.) He looked forward to the duty on paper as soon likely to go by the board. Then there was the stamp on newspapers. They heard a great deal and prided themselves a great deal on a free press, but in fact they had but the shadow and not the substance of a free press ; as things were there was no greater mono poly than newspapers. As far as he had ascertained the effect of the repeal of the advertisement duty it had worked well. Newspapers of merit, which had previously been struggling, were now doing well and thriving; and this had been brought about without doing any harm or causing loss to the great newspapers. The servant could now advertise and get a place without paying an enor mous tax to the Government. The liberal party had gained a great victory, and his experience enabled him to say that the independent liberal party, which was sometimes called the radical party—he had no objection to the name—(hear, hear)—was composed of men who were not to be driven from their course, when fighting for any object which was for the material welfare of the people. As to the security which publishers were re quired to give, he believed the effect of it was that it enabled scandal to be published in any paper which was not unstamped with impunity. It was objected that this was not the time fur paessing these questions, as we were on the eve of war ; but, on the contrary, he be lieved that if ever there was a time when it was the duty of independent members of the House of Commons to endeavour to remove great social impositions, it was when the people were about to be called upon to bear increased taxation, in order to defend the honour of the country. He hoped and trusted that this association, which had done so much, would pursue that course which the victory of last year so much encouraged them to pursue. He could only add, that as he was the representative of one of the great constituencies of the country, and one in which the interests of ;he people had found so many advocates, in comparison with whom its present representative must appear somewhat unwor thy, he would always do all in his power to advance every matter which tended to promote the morality and happiness of the people. Apologies were offered for the absence of Mr. G. Daw son, Mr. Miall, and Mr. W. J. Fox. Mr. SAMUEL LUCAS spoke at some length to a senti ment—" The right of free speech a primary right, and a means of obtaining all others." He addressed himself principally, howover, to the question of national edu cation ; and vindicated '' stump oratory," as a means of reaching large classes unable to read, and deprived of other means of education. Mr. IliciesoN proposed " Mr. Gibson and his sup porters in the House of Commons." (Cheers.) The Liberal party had sometimes been reproached with a misplaced jeolousy and distrust of our public men, and there had perhaps been t oo man y inst ances of political time-serving to warrant that want of confidence : but the more nume rous such instances had been, the greater should be their anx i e ty to give full recognition to those public men who were actuated by higher and purer motives. They had the that evening. (Cheers.) T he fi o r p s p t o publicr tue i ty m o e e f t i d n o g i doing so that question was held 24 years ago, on the 20th of April, 1830. Since then, how numer ous had been the public questions carried to a successful issue—the Reform Bill, municipal reform, the Di ssen t e rs' Marriage Act , free trade, repeal of the win dow duties, and many others ;but this had not been car ried, and that it had not was o wing to the apathy and ssnfthepress men c ou l d not find any repor t (Hear, he ar .) L or d Brougham l a u n lr t haer most distinguished i n when, in those days, they spoke favourb Liberal f a it. journals, In those days, the utmost notice they could get in some of the most Liberal papers was the most Li but the corner of an obscure cole eon, printed in their most invisible type. (Laughter.) It eves not till upwards of thirty persons had been immured in prison for the infringement of the stamp duties that the public began to take any notice. The newsp a pers themselves talked of the blessings of a free press ; but if a dear free press was a good thing, would not a cheap free press be a bet ter ? Yet, even now, when there w as not so much heard of "opening the flood-gales of dernee eacv, e and "poi soning the poor with cheap sedition,'' they did not get very extravagant eulogies in the daily papers— (laughter) —though they did occasionally get some admission of what they were doing. The speaker concluded, amid symptoms of impatience, with some complimentary ex pressions regarding Mr. Gibson and his colleagues. Mr. MILNER G IB SON, M.P., was received with the most enthusiastic cheers. He could assure them, with perfect sincerity, that he had accepted with great plea sure and satisfaction the very complimentary invitation which he had received to be present on this occasion. (Hear.) His hon. friend who had preceded him had spoken in too flattering terms of the exertions made in Parliament up to the present time in order to carry the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. For himself, he could only say that the course which he had taken he believed to be consistent with his duty as a representative of popular interests. And, with respect to the other gen tlemen with whom he had had the honour of acting, he felt confident that they would bear hini out, when he said that they had upon this question not only expressed their own conscientious convictions in Parliament, but had also let the House of Commons k now what were the feelings of the Liberal portion of ther constitutents. (Hear, hear.) It must n ot be forgotten, indeed, that members of Parliament were frail reeds to rest upon unless they were backed up by the public voice, and unless intelligent public opinion in the country should sustain them, and carry them through in the course which they had chilked out for themselves. (Hear, hear.) Their strength consisted in the pressure from without ; and a speech from a member of Parliament —be his talents what they might—be his energy and zeal what they might—would bo but like the idle wind, which men regarded not, unless it were felt that his words were echoed by large numbers of people without the walls of the house, and were baoked by intelligent public opinion. (Hear, hear.) This question had not been dealt with altogether as a party question. It had had support from both sides of the house. (Hear.) They had had votes from gentlemen whose votes they did not expect, and they had a right to presume that those gentlemen had probably received an intimation from some of their influential friends that such votes would be acceptable. (Hear, hear.) He was no advocate of an absence of deliberation or of a want of knowledge' of the subjects upon which they were to vote upon the part of members of Parliament ; but What he wished to impress emphatically upon the meeting was this, that nothing could be done in Parliament through the representative system except the exertions which I were made within the house were aided by the cordial co-operation and the strenuous endeavours of those who influenced opinion Without the walls of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) Notv they had endeavoured, as he had said, to conduct this question in Parliament not as a party question. (Hear, hear.) He deliell that it was necessarily it party question. (Hear.) I\o doubt the independent portion of the Liberal party had at all times taken great interest in this matter, but there were intel ligent and enlightened Conservatives who had taken au interest in it also ; and Mr. Disraeli himself, from his sympathy with literature, and his desire not to stand in the way of the spread of knowledge, had on many occa sions done whet had been in his power to promote the success of their cause. (Hear, hear.) They had been charged with what hail been called "an unprincipled coalition," but he would put it to the meetin g whether the member of Parliament who submitted a motion to the house, and made no compromise of principle, was to reject the support of those who did not happen to agree with him in his general political views ? (Hear, hear.) He did not think such coalitions at all unprincipled ; and he was glad to get support for a good measure wherever it could be found. (Cheers.) Another diffi culty had been started in the House of Commons. It had been said, .".You should not embarraas the Govern inpnt, you should place confidence in their general good intentions, and trust that they will, at a fitting opportunity, carry out the views you desire." lie had seen that course tried on many public questions, but never with much success. (Hear, hear.) In fact, when the gentlemen who had trusted :implicitly to Ministers had expressed disappointment at nut finding their wishes respected, the reply which they had received had been, " Why, you said nothing at all about it—there was no pressure upon us. You could not expect us to volun teer a measure which was sure to bring upon us con siderable political opposition, or to run our heads against a stone wall without any necessity." (Hear, hear.) Tho best thing to do therefore was to pursue ,a straight fo'rward and honourable course—not embarrassing the Government unneces , arily, but, at the same time, not allowing party or political feelings to stand in the way of carrying out an object which they conscientiously be lieved to be right. (Cheers.) Ho believed that this fear of embarrasing the Government, which led many timid men of good intentions to shrink from supporting a cause which was likely to win, though they were ready enough to vote !for it as long as they could be guaran teed a minority, was the very reason why so many re forms had taken years of agitation to accomplish. With respect to the advertisement duty they bad certainly been more successful than they had been in former years with reference to the stamp duty on newspapers. (Hear, hear.) Sir Edward Bulwer's motion for the total repeal of that tax, was met by the then Government with a suggestion that instead of being repealed it should be reduced, the result was that—a division taking place upon this Ministerial proposition—it was found that a large number of members, who had professed in the first instance to be favourable to total repeal, disappeared when asked to vote for it, so that in fact only two were left to register their votes in its favour. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the advertisement duty, they had been in a better position. They had carried a resolution, of which he was himself the mover, in favour of its total abo lition. The Minister proposed a compromise and offered to reduce it to 6d. There was therefore the same battle to fight as had been fought formerly with respect to the newspaper stamp, but had been fought with a different result. Their friends in the House of. Com mons had stood sufficiently true to enable them to have a majority against that proposal of sixpence, and to get rid of the duty altogether. But it would be wrong to lead them to suppose that no credit was due to the Ministers ; for, although no doubt their success had been considerable, it would have been quite competent tb Mr. Gladstone, if he had thought fit, to have defeated them at last by perseverance, and to have carried his own plan of a sixpenny duty into effect. (Hear, hear.) Let them, therefore, speak frankly, and give credit to all concerned—to the Liberals who voted for the repeal ---to the Conservatives who voted for it also—and to the Minister who made a graceful concession, when he might, if he had chosen, have persisted in the proposal which he had himself submitted to the house. (Cheers.) He believed that the effect of the repeal of the advertise stient duty must be beneficial, but he did not think that the full advantage of "that measure would be felt by the country until they had an increase of the number of vehicles for advertisements by the abolition of the penny tax—free advertisements and free papers, in which the advertisements should be inserted. They there fore proposed in the course of the present session to press on the attention of the Government the necessity of re pealing the stamp duty. (Cheers.) The difficulties of that question remained pretty much the same as they had been, for although in the last session an act of Parlia ment had been passed avowedly for the purpose of defin ing what a newspaper was, he thought it had failed in its object—that a newspaper was still as undefined a thing as ever—and that difficulty and litigation must, of necessity, from time to time arise, in the present state of the law. (Hear, hear.) The act in question was, in fact, nothing more than an act to exempt the interesting Household Narrative of Mr. Charles Dickens from any further persecution on the part of the Stamp-office autho rities. (Hear, hear.) The precedent would have to be followed. (Hear, hear.) The litigation which would arise would compel the Government to bring in acts of Parliament from time to time, to declare particular pub lications not newspapers. And the only way to avoid it—to get rid of litigation and render special legislation unnecessary—was to declare at once that news was a thing which was not fit to he taxed, and to repeal the stamp duty at once. (Hear, hear.) The same difficulty which had arisen in the case of Mr. Dickens existed at this moment in other cases also. He held in his hand a correspondence between Mr. Timm, the solicitor to the Stamp-office, and the proprietor of the Bacilli' limes. [Mr. Gibson read the correspondence.] Mr. Timm pronounced the publication of the Racing Ti,ies, on un stamped paper, a breach of the Stamp Laws ; the pro prietor insisted that his paper was not a newspaper, according to Mr. Timm's own definition of the term, but a mere " class paper," to which, by that gentleman's own showing, the Stamp Laws did not apply. Mr. Timm replied, that no man could entertain a doubt that the publication in question was liable to the tax, and threatened to commence proceedings if its issue upon unstamped paper were persisted in. The proprietor re joined that he had taken advice, and was ready to abide the consequences, and would furnish the name of his solicitor whenever Mr. Timm should require it. It ap peared that no proceedings had yet been taken. What sort of a protector of the revenue was this Mr. Timm, who, when he had got an article which, he said, no man could doubt was liable to a tax, knowingly and wilfully allowed it to remain untaxed ? No doubt he was deterred by his knowledge of the uncertainty of the law and of the fact that what was held to be a newspaper one day was held not to be a newspaper the next ; and he was probably , acting wisely in not exposing his friends to the difficul ties in which that uncertainty might involve them. But who could tell what effect these threatening letters might have had on those who had not the courage or the means of standing out against them ? Who could tell how many small publications might have been frightened out of existence by these petty persecutions ? Some person had thought that their object was only to cheapen those newspapers which were read by the higher and the middle classes. He should be glad to see those newspapers as cheap as they could be made. (Hear.) Considering the ability with which they were conducted, the labour bestowed on them, and the amount of infor mation they contained, it was only astonishing they could be sold at the price at which they were now pub lished. But it was not in reference to this class of papers that they were mainly engaged in advocatir ' e the aboli tion of the stamp duty. (Hear.) They wanted the cheap penny newspaper to be allowed to contain the facts of the day, and to circulate them among the great mass of the people. They were told that a newspaper could not be published for a penny. The objection was answered by the fact that the London Journal, with a circulation of 400,000 was distributed throughout the country without the aid of the post-office, and that the whole cost in cluding carriage, was covered by the penny which was charged for it. (A. Voice—John Cassell.) Yes, there were others, and John Cassell's publications among them. What was the meaning of preventing such pub lications from containing the news of the day ? It was said that they might contain it if they would submit to a tax 'of a penny ; but this was in effect a prohibition. (Hear.) Itwas worthy of remark that the tax had been repealed as to comments on the news of the day, while retained as to the news itself. Surely, if they were pre pared to allow cheap comments to be circulated among the great body of the people, it would be a wiser policy to allow the facts themselves to be circulated, so that delusive theories might not find favour, in consequence of the absence of the facts on which they professed to be founded. (Hear.) The maxim of olden time, however, appeared to have been completely reversed. Lord Castle reagh was more afraid of comments than of news. But now sedition and blasphemy was free from tax, while news, that dangerous thing—the debates in Parliament, and the deoisions of the judges—must be dealt out cha rily to the working classes, and they must pay a toll for a knowledge of the law as laid down by the judges of the land, which they were, nevertheless, required to obey. (Hear, hear.) The middle classes bad a deep in terest in the policy which would place the news —the facts of the day, within reach of the great mass of the people. (Hear.) They were going to extend the fran chise—to give political power to numbers who never hitherto enjoyed it. Did not common sense tell them that they ought to remove all restrictions which stood in the way of the circulation of sound knowledge—for facts were the only sound knowledge —among those who were to vote at elections of members of the Legislature, and so to be instrumental in making laws for the govern. ment of the the pop peoplee leon a of thiscco account o f religious untry y I f the educate differences,could in t Heaven's name, let them not stand in the way of the people educating themselves. Mr. Gibson proceeded to refer to the law which required securities to be given to the Stamp-office, in certain cases, against the publication of blasphemy and sedition, and to characterise it as ab surd, anomalous, and impracticable. In conclusion, he expressed his opinion that the working classes and the capital , of this country would be obliged under the system of free commercial policy which ,we had adopted to enter more and more into competition with formidable rivals, and that in order to enable our people Wea it d " The memory of Francis Place, Henry Hetherington, and the agitators of 1336." - Mr. RICHARD COBDEN, M.P., was received with great cheering. After complimenting Mr. Gibson upon the zeal and ability which he had displayed as Parliamentary leader of the opposition to the advertisement duty, and congratulating him upon the success which had attended his exertions, Mr. Cobden said that- there were before them two questions with reference - to - the future—ethe question of the paper. duty and that of tithe newspaper stamp. The former of these was simply a fiscal question, involving about a million of revenue annually ; and he. believed that there was in this country- no party who had any prejudice to gratify by the retention of the paper duty. It would, however, be a waste of time now to dwell much upon a theme the burden of which was the removal of a million of taxatien l , becanee the present t o prospectsk for7a a n s t i l n ia cr t e - a.s eery eo l f ili ely the i i N n V. co G in i e ad -ta fi :O x. Re w w h o e u t l i d have ier ve p ss a , e r n e t r t d o o win woarsrenunitailaiedpraantdc)eaalcethe questioli,citi esbteiocrianosfetilh: took it that the peeparatioris ' for war • Already made would prevent any possibility of the repeal let that duty in the present year. The question of the newspaper stamp involved revenue amounting to only about 150,000/. or 200,0001. .per annum, air amount so sinall, that it 'would not require any great dexterity on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer -to elspense with it under any circumstances. The opponents of the stamp proposed that instead of every one who printed a periodical with news in it being obliged to put on the , paper • that beastly red stamp which was the badge of intellectual servility in this country-- e (cheere)-- any man should he allowed to print news—facts, on paper, as freely as he (Mr. Cobden) cotild :peak facts and arguments from the platform ; and that if the printed paper were sent through the post, postage should be paid for. it in the same manner as for the transmission of a written paper. But the abolition of this stamp was opposed on grounds apart from conside rations of revenue. There was a party in this country that was afraid of cheap newspapers ; and the very object of the Stamp Act, as stated in the preamble, was to prevent cheap newspapers from circulating among the people. If there was an overflowing revenue this year, as there was last, still 'this question would be shirked in the House of Commons. Other taxes would be repealed, and this one would be retained, because it served as a most important check upon the dissemination of cheap news. This might be said to be illiberal, un charitable, and unjust, but it was true. (Hear.) He was afraid, too, that there was another opposition. He did not think that the established newspapers generally were enthusiastically in favour of the removal of this restriction, by which the number of newspapers was confined. In this opposition he thought they mistook their own in terests, and in this imitated the example of the oppo nents of the repeal of the corn-laws. • As he told the landowners who opposed that measure that there were persons who eat little or no bread who would consume any foreign corn which might be imported, and thus prevent their land being thrown out of cultivation, which they anticipated would be the result of the repeal of the corn-laws, so he would now say to the newspaper pro prietors, that there were in the United Kingdom three millions of adult males who either never saw a newspaper or habitually never read one, and that if by allowing per fect freedom of the press they could cultivate a taste for reading in this lower stratum of the social system which now did not read at all—if, by allowing them to get a scrap of news, through the medium of a penny paper, now and then, they could stimulate a taste for reading, every man of this class who had learned to read, and took such a paper, would be cultivating a taste which might afterwards raise him to such an elevation that he might he a customer for the high-priced newspaper. (Applause.) He (Mr. Cobden) did not seek the abolition of the stamp wit l i the idea that he was going to promote a system which would supersede any of our able and well-established news , papers. If the peasant took the Times and supplement home to his cottage, he had not a table large enough to spread it upon ; and if he held it in his hand, the rays of his feeble rushlight would not illuminate the vast surface of print, and he could not find what he wanted. Besides, the news contained in it was not such as he wanted. He did not care for advertisements of estates to be sold, nor for information as to the price of funds, for he had no prospect of having any money to invest ; the letters of " our own correspondent " from Vienna or St. Peters burg had no interest for him, because he had never heard of such places. What such a man wanted to see was the news of the place and neighbourhood in which he had been born, lived, and was destined to die ; and if a system of freedom was allowed to prevail in the news paper press, there would, within five years, be a weekly paper containing such news published in every market town, and sold at the price of about a penny. It was the knowledge that a paper contained the news of hie im mediate neighbourhood—the conviction of any of his neighbours for poaching, and so on—which would first stimulate a man to read it, or to get it read by his child when it came from school. (Applause.) It was because they could not give such news as this—as stated by Lord Brougham in a letter which he (Mr. Cobden) read at the last anniversary meeting of this society —that the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge were unable to obtain for their Penny Ma gazine a circulation in the rural districts. What we read daily was not extracts from geographical works, travels, or histories, but the broadsheet of news, and our reason for reading it daily was that the events of one day were connected with another ; we got upon a sort of electric chain of sympathy, and read on to see whither the chain would lead us. But for this stimulus, how many of us would read at all ? (Applause.) The opponents of the stamp wanted to supply a want which never would be supplied so long as this restriction was maintained, be , cause it kept the price of papers at a rate which pressed heavily upon the great mass of the population in the agricultural districts. And let it be remembered that I you could never permanently keep the intelligence of towns above that of the agricultural districts, because it was from the latter that the population of the former was constantly recruited. If they were to bring the working class in the country up to a state deserving the name of civilisation, they must let them have cheap newspapers, in order that they might be stimulated to read. At present, the newspaper press was designedly kept out of the reach of these poor people. (Applause.) In a rural district with which he was very familiar, containing 140,000 inhabitants, and returning nine members to Parliament, there was not a single newspaper published. A Very respectable individual started a penny newspaper, under the delusion that if it were published fortnightly it would require no stamp- It circulated in all the vil lages within twenty miles, in some of which a newspaper hpre eoviasavepciercr- neighbours,m en t. thish e had not been seen since the creation of the world. Mr. Timm, of the Inland Revenue Office, heard of this paper, pounced upon the proprietor, extorting from him - some miserable 5/—it was very like obtaining money. under false pretences—and compelled him to stamp his paper. The result was that the price had to t. hsa eegm..yedb:e. el a s :t of a known r be raised to 2d., and at the 'next issue a circulation of forteafive in three villages fell to five, all of which were _taken by persons other than labourers. Every labourer left off taking the paper as soon as its price was raised to 2d. If it had been'desired to offer a pre mium upon ignorance, drunkenness, and vice—to incite the poor labourers to go to the beershop, instead of sitting at home—if it had been desired to take away from them all motive for learning to read themselves, or sending their children to school, it could not have been_n done more effectually than by stopping this pnapmerbe. r O of the very same day acre was, published a • no . in some penny novel, thehero i to live upon his every kind of villain, went We talked about from Mr. Timm or a lien ° , and were at the same time being in favour of edeo to provincial local p tempt-u b li s strangling a systemt. plunder, and this could be snoeldanti:t.hont any obstruction w hich a enabledofib': afterp people e en t g o a g educate themselves, H n was as h t b h e e g y i beginning n r g e thing to have cheap c people thought a o nl r, e dtahtoafltlenettistotwh, was a so hypocrisy. u b y s v va e d e t h e am( (Applause.) a s p means s e a u f a o s alone, e 0. n r e a ,s d hn i on Some how ever, local newsPaP ers * • nhoet did d ub h li e sh t i s n ee h ana is ny people under to he was not an enemy the res ponsibility p oprietor, who generally lived in reason would a s h o p and was a man of some intelligence, who ra e l ° l: i s a pe l i n tk i t n h g e , ha d given bonds to society, by being known amongst anything which was very inimical to morals goodpaperg ob jection to the encouragement of local What papers. he aimed at, however, was, that the people should be able to buy what they pleased. He did not want to set expense up any class of newspapers a t th e ex o fany other. • He only asked for freedom, that the people should not be restrained in the interest of any newspaper press. was certain, that if there were any party in this country d engege upon the n ewspaper press who thought that they were interested in preserving the re striction of the stamp, to prevent competition in news papers, their interest was not the public interest. He had expected to get rid of the stamp in seven years from the time of the commencement of the a g itation, and if we remained at p eace h e s till hoped to do so. The op ponents of the stamp wero often asked what they pro posed to do about the postage. Mr. Rowland Hill had stated that he was prepared to deal with that matter when it was brought before him ; and as the great bulk of the newspapers were sent into the country, not by pest; but by private parcels, there could not be much diCcisaltylbout it. .4gailie it Was urged that under the preset sysieni a newspaper could be sent by poSt two or three tikes fer the eiugle payuleat of the &imps while APPOINVIENTs. Chaplain—The Rev. C. 0. 'Ye° (1854), to the James Watt, 91, screw steam ship, at Devonport, Surgeon—Charles K. Nutt (1840), from the Excellent, • gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the Edinburgh, 53, Fcrew steam flagship of Rear-Adiniral Henry D. Ch4tls, 0.13., at .Devonport. . _ -- - Ed N in a b v u a r l o lnstructor—Charles R. Tompk ins (1854), to the Dauntless, 24, screw steam frigate, at P ortsmouth. Assistant-Surgeon—Joseph Coulter, M. D. ( 1845), from th e Excellent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmou th, to the 53, screw steam-ship, at Devonport. Clerks l sto. Assistants—John st er —R C Impregnable, . ..D , flagship, y E e . i r ( lvBa4s),, at Hf Devonport.r 0 . 0 i s . th , B e . GiCoastGiles, Gu e S a and John Hastey, to the Victory, flag-ship, at Ports mouth.. WOOLWICH, F. 8. The Sprightly; paddle-wheel steam-vessel,: tender. to the VietorYilag-ship at Portsmouth, arrived here yes terday afternoon from Devonport, Portsmouth, and Sheerness, and left to-day for Portsmouth. Lieutenant Robertson, of the steam reserve, Naster Commander. H. W. Alien, of the Lightning, with a portion of her crew, and of the Medea and Fisgard, returned to Woolwich in the Sprightly, after having navigated the PrObaethens from Woolwich to Devonport, where she is now stationed as an advanced war steamer. _ _ The Manceuvrer . arrived at Woolwich on Monday, . from Portsmouth, and brought round the furniture of Commodore John Shepherd to this port. - • A number of young men were inspected to-day on their applying to be entered in. the flag-ship at this port,. and the total number of those passed and joined for the naval service is about 60. _ _ _ The Coldstream Guards, at present doing duty at Deptford Dockyard, are to be relieved by a detachment of the 38th Foot from Chatham. _ Captain Rea and Lieutenant Harrison, with two ser geants, two corporals, one drummer, and 150 privates of the Woolwich division of the Royal Marines, left the Dockyard station of the North Kent Railway at six a.m. today for Devonport, the greater portion to em bark and do duty in the Nile, 91, screw steam-ship, at that port, and the others to remain with the Plymouth. division until draughted for embarkation from that division. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 8. Vice Admiral Sir Charles Napier, 1C.C.8., will have the command of the Baltic fleet, with Rear Admirals Corry and Chads under him. Her Majesty's ship Blenheim, 60, screw, Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham, will be ready to leave the basin to morrow or Friday, and will be one of the Baltic fleet. She is painted like a frigate, with only one streak of ports, so that any enemy falling in with her, and mis taking her for a single-decked frigate, will be taken in. We regret to say Rear Admiral Martin, Superinten dent of this dockyard, is indisposed. We understand Mr. Ash, foreman of shipwrights, has accepted a present of plate from the officers of the Russian corvette, Navarin, lately refitted in this dock yard. The Cmlar, 91, Captain Robb, received her bowsprit this afternoon, and will be masted to-morrow. The Dragon, 6, paddle-wheel steam frigate, Captain Willcox, has been placed alongside the jetty to -day, an pre paratory to her being docked to-morrow, to have her copper, &c., examined. Orders were received at this port to-day for the Nep tune, 120,' Captain Scott, and the Excellent - gunnery ship, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., to prepare for the reception of 300 coast-guardmen each 'to morrow. The Frolic, 16, Commander Nolloth, sailed from Spit head this evening for a cruise to exercise her ship's cog-. pany. The Argus revenue steam cruiser, Commander Grandy, came into harbour this morning, and the Mermaid reve nue cruiser, Lieut. Stokes, anchored at Spithead this afternoon. These vessels, we believe, are to be employed in collecting the coast guardmen, and conveying them to the different stations as they may he required. The Hecla steam-sloop, for surveying service in the North Sea, adjusted her compasses to-day, and will be ready to leave about Saturday. Capt. Fremantle, of the Juno, 26, at Spithead, is in disposed, in London. Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron are expected at Spit head by the 14th, and provisions are being prepared for them at the Royal Clarence-yard. The Talbot, 26, jury-rigged, in charge of Mr. King, master of the Neptune, sailed this afternoon for Dept ford, to be fitted as a store-ship for the Arctic regions. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 8. Her Majesty's sloop Racehorse, 14, Commander Bar nard, was towed into the Sound on Monday, and took her powder and shell on board the same day. The screw steamship Edinburgh, SS, Capt. Hewlett, bent sails in Hamoaze yesterday. She has been ordered. to Portsmouth, and will go out of harbour to-day. The steam-vessel Avon left on Monday with super numeraries for Portsmouth. . The guardship St. George, 121, Capt. Kingoornbe, is ordered to be taken into dock and to receive her top masts and other spars. She is to be ready to leave for Portsmouth on the 7th of March. The screw steamship Royal George, 121, Capt. Henry J. Codrington, is also ordered to be ready for sea on the 7th of March. The screw steamship Nile, 90, was commissioned on Monday by Commander Augustus S. Booth. The ropehouse boys in the dockyard have been granted 2s. per week additional wages. Twelve shipwrights', four caulker?, and two ropemakers' apprentices were entered yesterday. BRITISH SEAMANSHIP.—The brig Sea Adventure, 192, tons register, Capt. Glazebrook, belonging to Shoreham, has arrived here in a most perilous condition. She left Buenos Ayres three months since, viz., on the Bth Nov., with a full cargo of hides and bones, for Cork or Fal mouth, for orders. On the 19th of Jan., when about 250 miles north-west of the Azores Islands, she experienced a hurricane from west north west, which carried away her foremast, bowsprit, cutwater, figurehead, cook's galley, boats and stanchions, and bulwarks on the lar board side. So powerful was the sea that the galley, cooking apparatus and all, were floated clean over her side. On the 22d she encountered another storm, which cleared the remainder of her bulwarks and stanchions, started her stern frame and carried away the companion, compelling the master to batten down the en ti anee to the cabin, abandon the use of it, and take 'his quarters among the crew in the forecastle. The mainmast and the cabin skylight were all that was left standing. There • was not a single spar to rig a jurymast, and the loss the foremast and bowsprit sent the brig down by the, stern, in order to remedy which it became necessary to throw some of her after cargo overboard; but this could only be got at by entering the hold from the forecastle, N o Nothing n i g n and dragging the hides forward. The tedious 'and tire some duty was rendered more irksome through the salt with which the hides are cnred, having penetrated the hands of the men, one of whom was obliged to desist. providentially jeinbtsiaallsy staysails, recovered.ysails persevered During the gale one of the crew was washed overboard daunted by this series of misfortunes, Captain Glaze. g vn t: s et bringing his disabled craft a distance of 1,300 • miles; he courageously declined assistance on entering the Chan nel, and completed his twice,brook, l b ) a u v t n s purpose by steering her safely into the Sound yesterday. The Sea Adventure is, we believe, insured in the T o p s h am Cl u b fo r 1,0001., and fOr a simi lar sum in the Shoreham Mutual Association. The -un derwriters will, no doubt, justly appreciate ;this cam mendable instance of th e f d preservation o e cargo through the determineddpVeriinee Of a master, mariner. Th e crew of the br i g con sists of ten hands, including Captain . Glazebrook. Contracts for the supply of 3,000 quarters of wheat were entered into to day at the Royal William Victual ling yard. The piantity taken is unprecedented, it being ordinarily 1,000 quarters. The parties to the . • contracts are—Mr. Hurrell, 1,000 quarters, 'at ; Mr. Boswarva, 1;000 at 87s. 4d.; 100, at .88s. 9d. ; and 1 l 500, and 895.; and Mr. Edwards, 400, at - 1395. 10d. LECULEY VA-vu.—This cause is specially fixed to be tried in the Court. of Queen's B enc h, on Monday, the 20th instant, and is expected to occupy more 'than one day. The action, it will be remembered, is brought by Mr. Lumley, of her Majesty's Theatre, against Mr.Gye, of the Italian Opera, Covent-garden, to recover compen sation for the non-appearance of Mdlle. Wagner. The damages are laid at 30,0001. For the plaintiff Sir P. Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. noggins, Mr. Cowling, and Mr. Huddleston have been retained ; and for the defendant the Attorney General, Mr. Willes, and Mr. Creasy will appear. A special jury has already been nominated by Messrs. Lewis and Lewis for the plaintiff and will be reduced in a few days. The case has created a great deal of interest in the theatrical world. in flu ence SOUTH DEVON ELECTION.—The writ for the election of a representative for the southern division of the Ssei h r ave been county of Devon has been received by the High Sheriff (Mr. IL S. Gard), who has appointed Tuesday next,' the t a s l t l e c a a e l d: datesl4th ianrset. at , a present the res e day nt in of the field, butnomination. a third dy twois in 'the person of a ballot advocate. The electors are o dio rd issued calling on the Radicals to reserve their votes for. Nbs seems oe i being e a ot e ot t e i , v b el e l a. ar c lt a m. 7: 73 a tn s canvassed on d iima b r y. par. L t h . e Palk,friends rlPlacards a whose os the ballot-candidate. _lt is doubtful whether he wal make his appearance, as he will not have the "Vetted awe of mow. ~:~ 14,1:' ... , fe:7" Xe --? --- 0 7,-- ) i . ... • . . _. ... , . ...... .. , • ' tAe stamp were abblished"postarre would - litive t e • /i f 2 ~, . . ~. . it ) tcel a ai,: i es : b. osptt f ir : oaig r ::: e prt a oh e sfepe h rnenret 3 lion, a nst t gli i )s s akp m .iaop s a i e l prl o d6w : . ' T o this h e replied, Ac t rls,,.,„ i , , • . • e. . '.vie , ,.,, - -.; , ,/. _ _ ---- 1 -, 't 1 L I ' ' ' . paper; and fourrh acoandr-vdufiecivehead:rbetyi days. would telyoi old • all a dde b 7o 4) : abolition iau i .ci o dt n ,tovt o i f , _,,, ~., .._ I.i „, ' m.t; L:i t . t 4 , .tt , , ) 1 . ' , 1,•", . - " t --- . *4,, 24,4- - ' . .. /.` . . country. The system of securities proceeded upon the ,:i , • assumption-that every one who started a newspaper did so : with the intention of libelling BOMeI- pee else ; 'and as it was not only useless—as. ,proprietors,of news .papers were generally ;persons: ~.Itaging property who could be reached by an action at i4w—but also insulting, I he !utterly abominated 'it. , u (C po li n eers th . l ) e . ~812Inprocoorntal,outs,itobne,.. ,u stages , Mil. Cobden said that he hoped that the prtimoters , of % • ':tpeite'vie,gsp:lenas :i.vaenelliaLlirtaytirantgihgelioyi wt i; t e e h l u ts ld q b u e est a i b on le in o its pre w hui e uvss i ow y e .:,,.:., her Majests2s- Ministers to act-in-regard to the -stamp-as they bad acted in regard to the advertisement:duty;:thb • total repeal of which, last session, they might, ifjthey had chosen, have prevented. (Cheers.) The vacated chair having been taken: by Mr. Cobden,.. Dr. NOUS WATTS, of Manchester, propoSed a.vote' of thanks After which carried to Sir e r c . l T a o t h a n ati l e T e ..Shelley, proceedings terminated, V. SEIELLE Sia T h , a d t ,the e p n ro c b e r e l !daes.aebeyon.sdierd;oaall: , . ' [I) . , nicE'sD. upon a fair footing in their rivalry with the indu34ryiot the United-States we ought to give them: the power of knowledge by, education aud,a free press..(Cheer.) did not believe that the population of this country could: maintain a successful competition against " the people of America if on 'one side of the Atlantic there ,was,an edu cated poopla with a free press, and on the other ,side of the Atlantic a' ignorant people and a restricted press. These consideration's, combined with the anomalous state of the law,' the senselesS litigation which had been put ,- sued from time to time, and the small amount of revenue which the stamp duty produced,•justified him in ap;:eal inf.,'" to every well-wisher of his country, Conservative or Liberal, to use his most strenuous efforts for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. ' (Loud cheers.) Mr. Gib son resumed his seat, first : proposing ,as sentiment— NAVAL lIVTELLI,AtENCE. .--~-, FRENCH IN A MONTH 1 The 36th edition, Is. 6d. boards. DE PORQUET'S TRESOR, for Turning En9l:sh into French at Stilt ; Secretaire for d ;to. 33 6d.; Grammar, 3s. rd. ; Plirasc.ology, 25. 6d. ; First Read ing Book, 2s. 6d.; Dictionary, ss. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. A list of Forty other Works for Italian, French, and German, by same Author, may be had. Feb. 8 eb. 16 arch 1 b. 12 1). 16 ). 16 ). 26 o. 12 mtess )f the fo of ~ the ' De )rpo. ;old, ~ of lows oad, Mr. v of ery- Mr. her TG, 32, p of