The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-26 00:00:00

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' . 1 4 .' -\ * . 5 ....,..-A , '441 w ~--:_-_t., . , fi, , f-new ~. -- - 4tiaab ,, , 41111 - , . .. P , ---- _ + friends in the county. (Hear.) I tp4) 4 , .2, P , of course differences o u f ,o o ul i ci ni a o i n i : of bu w ri t *t er ' ratty . . .7 co re n : , b A ;;"Z r - sider him as desirous to advocate the st inttrits of (Hear.) HeNad alreadyS venture to speak more on 4 , ../ ... -.,. - N . /2 ', /•..-- , - k „,..., spect he trusted they were ~k--t INN mar ...,,,..''"''''h 'ow, and lmt• sales of ir was ilecev firm at hot EPSOM GRAND STAND.—A New Gallery has been erected, contain ng reserved and numbered Seats :' , ? , lar to Opera Stalls, or six more seats can be enclosed with door at the back, making a private box. The New Galle r y has a private a ,, I : ig separate staircase and entrance, is covered wi th an awning, and ° quite suitabl e t or L a dl es . Persons wishing for places f or the ensu ing Derby week will please apply immediately to Mr. H. Dorling, Clerk of the Course, Epsom. all classes in the county. addressed them too long to a subject on which no man could speak ivell—himself; but he desired to contrast the reception he had expe rienced to-night from that in another r o o m a b ou t two years ago, on which occasion, whatever claims he had to a patient hearing on the ground of literary amenities, were entirely lost sight of. (Laughter.) He believed, however, that the interruption arose from gentlemen not resident here ; for all the inhabitants of St. Albans seemed extremely anxious to disclaim any share in a disturbance so g r eat that he found it impossible to deliver three sentences consecutively. (Cheers and laughter.) He hoped next time to have an equally kind and patient hearing as on this evening, and grate. fully bade them farewell. (Loud cheers.) Mr. JOHN BROOK proposed " that the best thanks of the meeting be given to the Right Hon. the Earl of Verulam, for his kindness in presiding at the meeting, and observed, that his lordship had recently given two additional reasons for the high respect and esteem with which be was deservedly regarded in famed St. Albans. The first was the purchase of the Verulam Hills Estate, and this secured that interesting place from the desecra tion with which it had been so long threatened. The second was for his lordship's munificent gift of a new school to St. Nicholas parish. (Cheers.) Mr. I +PITKIN seconded the proposition with a few ap. propriate remarks, and the motion on being put was carried by acclamation. The Earl of VERULAM said—l am scarcely deserving the panegyrics which have been given me by the gentle man who proposed the vote of thanks, but if, ladies and gentlemen, I as a country gentleman have endeavoured to do as much as I can to the locality in which it has pleased Providence to cast my inheritance and my lot, there are no thanks to me, for it is no more than an English gentleman should do. I have a strong feeling in favour of this institution, and I once recollect hearing Mr. John Wilson Croker say there were three things necessary to carry on a war—money, money, and money. You have had the author of "Money" before you to-night, and he will tell you that money is the great requisite for the success of this institution. Con sider it therefore as the beginning, the middle, and the end of your exertions. We have had an eloquent ad dress from your county member, and I am sure you all feel deeply indebted to him. For myself, I owe that gentleman many thanks for his kindness in coming amongst us ; and great as were my anticipations, they have been more than realised by his eloquent address, which which you, also, must I am sure been highly delighted. The meeting then broke up. e ' olil COi to , flow 594 to s ; griudiu., o 683; oats, 47s to 494; 'ns tick, :39i ' 7s to 40i. • LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1854. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of LitoovehancerY, made in a caues, THOMAA PICKFORO SEA arzieprt.ford l a , , -E. against James Pickford, the creditor of Thomas Pickford, or Market-street in the Parish of Flamstead, in the county of , Esquire, who died in or about the m , nth of October, 1811, °Y their Solicitors, on or before Wednesday, the 31st day of . 73! next, to come in and prove their debts or claims at the Chain -01",! or the Vice Chancellor Sir Richard 'rorin Kinders,ey, at No. 15, w ii' l Tl e llare, Lincoln's inn, Middlesex ; or in default thereof, they Wednesday, Peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. kid Z l ,, n "claY, the 7th day of June next, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the el it i ms ua mbers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the Dated this 24th day of April, 1854. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. HEDGES 8; STOOMA'S, 9, Carey-street, Lincoln's inn, Plaintiff's Solicitors. [PRICE SD. No. 19,215.] "TTON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, Etc. Just published, price 45., free by post, 55., PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES into the Causes of Nervous Debility and Genlto-Urinary Maladies, !Kpermatorrhcea rationally considered, with unanswerable Remarks on the empirical manner these Diseases are treated ; being a Guide to Health, Lang Life, and Hayp MEDlCUSpiness. B. Sherwood, Piper, and Co., S 3, Paternoster-row. "UONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. KA REDUCTION instil CHARGE for SMALL PARCELS. The Public are requeed to take notice, that on and after the 20th February, 1854, Parcels of 11b. weight and under will be conveyed between London and Liverpool, Manchester, Huddersfield, Stock port, Chester, Warrington, and Preston only, at a charge of Sixpence, including delivery within the usual boundari. And Parcels of 21b. w eight and under, at a c harge of One Shillinges To insure the transmission of Parcels by this conveyance, they must be delivered to the company at one of their stations named above, or at one of the following offices of their agents (Messrs. Horne and Chaplin), in London : —Spread Eagle, GracechurCh-st.; Swan-wth-two-Necks,resha-street (late Lad-lane) ; Cross Keys, Wood-stireet, Cheapside ; Bo m lt-in-Tun, 64, Fleet-street ; White Horse, 90, Fetter-lane ; 90, The Borough, Southwark ; George and Blue Boar, 269, High Holborn ; Old White House Cellar, 155, Picca dilly ; Golden Cross, Charing-cross ; Do., 33, Regent's-cireus ; Spread Eagle, Regent's-circus ; Griffin's Green Man and Still, 335, Oxford street. The Company will not hold themselves liable for detention or loss to any parcel not delivered to them at one of their own offices, or to the charge of their agents. By order of the Directors. SIR E. od ri ices, a Baricy the r. dearer. 76i to 839; 334 I/0301 483 ; reS4 eceive l po" r its, froul EAST !ig at N he Baggage ~ t W AST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS.- otice is hereby given, ttpit all BAGGAGE PRESENS, &c., arehouse, East or West India Docks.T landed 13 4n l e v i s olls to the Ist January, 1851, will be Sold for payment of charges, of t the same shall be oaid on or before the Ist :June next. Lists .:1"e said Goods may be inspected at the Baggage Warehouse, "'ern or Western Docks. By order of the Court of Directors. G EORGE COLLIN, Secretary. 4st and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, lith April, 1854. i • „,, 8' 3° - I I 22 ' 4 5) 178;_.. _ LONDONAND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —OLDHAM BRANCH CONTRACT. i'he Directors are prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS for the EXECUTION of the WORKS of the above Contract, which includes the 4'onstruction of a Tunnel (1,200 yards in length), and all the re quisite Excavations, Embankments, Bridges, Culverts, Retaining Walls, Fencing, Approach Roads. The Sleepers, Ballasting, and Laying of the Permanent Way, and all the contingencies of every description. The Ra'ls and Chairs will be furnished by the Company. Drawings and Specifications are now ready for inspection, at the office of the Engineer, 13, Duke-street, Westminster, where printed forms of Tender may be obtained, and any requisite explanations as to the intended works will be given. Tenders, marked " Tenders for Works, Oldham Branch," addressed to the Secretary (under sealed covers), must be delivered at the Company's Offices, London-road Station, Manchester, not later than Ten o'clock a.m. on the 15th day of May. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender. By order, CHARLES E. STEWART, Secretary. AIECHI'S CHESSMEN, in Ivory, Bone, and 19 riti km et Wood, 4, LEADEN Backgammon , the best Intl e i : a Pest , Which may also be said of his Draught, Table, ess Boards, Cribbage Boards, and Pegs, Cus.doned Bagatelle PoPe Jean Boards, Work-boxes, Desks, Pocket-books, (!,,,,. , 1? and Envelope Cases, Dressing gases , Tea Caddies, Table ~ 7 , Sheffield Plated Ware, Pen-knives, Scissors, Clothes, hair a,,,_, Tooth Brushes, Combs, Razors, Strops, & c. Quality of all -",ies ilrst-rate. ..._ li of ti,ll rey es brought 1 near. ! . Os Oa Os I: k ai l Os °' I 50s Od. OPENING of the CRYSTAL PALACE, 1854. P A „, —it i s i nten d e d to OPEN the CRYSTAL PALACE and fig, at the end of MAT ; after which they will be o p en daily, I„ 4 3's excepted. 11j":...!followi„g are the arrangements for the admission of the pub- W ARWICK HOUSE, 142 and 144 , REGENT STREET (also in the rear, viz.), 29, 30, and 31, WAR WICK-STREET. Mr. SIMES has the honour to acquaint the numerous patrons, whose confidence he has for so many years received at this Esta blishment, that the alte rations of the premises are now completed. These alterations were commenced upon the retirement of hi as late te partners, and were rendered necessa r y by the formation of Firm, and for the introduin, with new princies of business, of a perfectly new and elegan ct t o assortment of Shaw pl ls, Mant es, Silks (Dresses of all kinds), and Family Linen. The princ , ples here all,:ded to, as being new (namely the offering of the best articles at small p rofirs for immediate cash payments), are only so applied to this branch of business ; they have for many years. with satisfaction to the public, been followed by Messrs. NICOLL, the Paletot , atentees of this street and elsewhere. Messrs. NICOLL HAYNES, and SIMES (the new Firrn),beg to annex the folowing advertisments, which, with others they propose from time to publish, will very briefly describe the novelties and advantages to be submitted by them at WARWICK HOUSE, REGENT-STREET. .ket &c. OXFORD, WORCESTER, and WOLVER HAMPTON RAILWAY.—On and after SATURDAY, the Ist of April, 1854, Passengers will be booked and conveyed through out without break of gauge or change of carriage, between Euston Station, London, and Stations on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Ra ilway, by the following Trains : WEEK DAYS. DOWN TRAINS. Express Ordinary Express Ist and 2d Ist and 2d Ist and 2d Class. Class. Class. A.H. P.M. P.M. Leave London ••••• • •• 9.30 1.45 5.15 P.M. Arrive at Worcester •• • • 1. 0 6 . 45 8.50 Kidd e rminster •• 1 . 38 7.25 9 . 30 St ou rbridgo 1.50 7.40 9 . 43 Dudley •• • •• • •• • 2. 5 S. 0 10. 0 WEEK DAYS.—UP TRAINS. Express Ordinary Express Ist and 2d Ist and 2d lst and 2d Class. Class. Class. ----- — A.M. A.M. P.M. Leave Dudle. •• • 6.30 10 . 25 4.40 y . Stoll-bridge •• •• • • Kidd erm inster NOON. 7.30 12. 0 5 . 40 Worcester •• .. P.M. ATrive at London .• .. • • .:17 6 lh • 9 A • 17 u ° A COURT OF ALDERMEN. THE DEATH OF ALDERMAN HOOPER. The LORD MAYOR announced to the Court that he had received a letter announcing the death of Alderman Hooper, who had represented the ward of Queenhithe so much to the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens and the public. Alderman FAREBROTHER rose under very excited.feel ings to move a resolution of condolence to the widow and family of his late highly respected friend, who had distinguished himself by his eminent public services, as well as endeared himself to all who knew him, by his numberless estimable qualities. The late Alderman had manifested great zeal, judgment, and activity in the per formance of the duties which devolved upon him as sheriff and magistrate of the city of London, and his exertions for securing the public tranquillity at the particular crisis when, in his mayoralty, the peace of the metropolis was menaced, would not easily be forgotten by those who considered the danger to which it was exposed. (Hear.) Alderman KELLY seconded the resolution in a few words, expressive of his admiration of the conduct of Alderman Hooper as a public and private man. He added, that ho considered the course pursued by the do• ceased alderman upon the occasion of the apprehended riot in the metropolis as having been, with the assistance of his brother aldermen, a great means of giving an ef fectual check to dissension. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously, after a short speech from Sir JOHN MUSGROVE, who said he had especial reason for regretting the melancholy event of the death of Alderman Hooper, as he had been constantly in the habit of seeking and receiving the great benefit of his excellent friend's experience and judgment in a great variety of matters. .17 ' ....... 17 2 .." '' 117 6 ........ 17 u '''' 15 ..... _ [I, . ...... 0 ..... Fast, there AT WARWICK HOUSE Every article is marked in plain figures, and Ladies will find that, while every facility will be offered for their ready Inspec tion of a mpst beautiful collection of materials, the importunities to purchase (too frequent in this branch of trade) will never be per mitted by the new firm of NICOLL, HAYNES, and SIMES, 142 and 144. REGENT-STREET. WARWICK HOUSE DRESS-MAKING DEPARTMENT.—This is a new feature to the above Establishment, and will offer Brea' facilities and saving of expense to Ladies, who may more than counterbalance the effects of an in creased taxation by selecting their dresses from an immense assort ment in the Lower Ware-rooms, and by having them made up in the new Upper Rooms by skilled artistes, whose services are engaged. It is anticipated that this novel principle wilt be apnreciated by the patronesses of this Establishment, as it must be manifest that aved. con siderable part nf the ordinary expense and trouble may be s Ladies attending her Majesty's Drawing ms and not having fixed town residences, will find boudoirs prepared for their use, and a private entrance in Warwick-street. NICOLL, HAYNES, and IMES 142 and 144, REGENT-STREET. extremely. ; ;hijei t 4 31id110 tle, 1, k eo . c3 s North d. By order. W. T. ADCOCK. T HE CHOLER At!!! ITS BEST ANTIDOTE ! ! ! I Sir \TM. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID, (the original and genuine Chloride of Zinc), highly recommended by the Faculty la all cases of Cholera and Contagious Diseases. Sold by all Chemists, Druggists, and Shipping Agents throughout the United Kingdom, and at the Office, 18, Cannon-street, London bridge. THE WARWICK HOUSE MANTLE.- The configuration of this truly elegant garment has been Re gisterrd (6 and 7 Vic., cap 65) ; the price ranges from One Guinea and upwards, but the cost is necesalrily governed by the materials used. Such can be bought In London only of NICOLL, HAYNES, and RIMES, 142, and 144, REGENT-STREET. T" CHOLER A! !! Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia. CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID. RECOMMENDED BY THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE CHEAPEST AND STRONGEST CHLORIDE OF ZINC. Quarts, 2s. ; Pints, Is. ; !loaf-pints, 6(1. Sold all Chemists, Druggists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. Agents—Messrs. Drew, Ileyward,and Barren, Bush lane, Cannon-street, City. grket to ; na rk ski" by,o3:lllent :.SRILLING th doors DY or O by tickets y of . n Saturdas the peach.ublic will be admitted at ss . Pity,7t - Caown Days.— On Fridays th. , pu lbic will be admitted by ent at the doors or b , tickets of 2s 6d. each. day, I4 , I NO Days.—Mondays. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thurs achZi!l be shilling days. At th gates, a payment of Is. each will l'itl ace ` ne Public, or tickets entitling the holder to admission to the a ad Park, and also to conveyance along the Crystal Palace Is nin „aY, irem Loudon-bridge Station to the Palac e and back, will be at the following prices : I ncluding First class Carriage• •.. .• • 25 6d. I ncluding Second ditto •••• • • • • 2s. Od. Including Third ditto •••••••• • • • . • • • • Is. 6d. at i i lllL DßEN.—Clilidren under twelve years of age will be admitted alf th u or e above rates. d a l ,' OF OPENING.—The Palace and Park will be opened on et' T .3 3 , at Nine o'clock, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays , and ',",_ CIOCk a.m., and on Fridays and Saturdays at Twelve o clock, 0 1 ,' . use every day an hour before Sunset. k ay " - ING DAY, The open ng will take place about the end of that o „ Th e precise day will be announced as early as possible. On s e ,l-easion season tickets only will be admitted. t,teb:', 3° N TlckETs.—eaSOn Tickets will be issued at Two Guineas '3l) %ila "' admit the proprietor to the Palace and Park on the day of Dabiteg, and on all other days when the building is open to the tickets, to include conveyance along the Crystal Palace th er lY from London-bridge to the Palace and back, without fur tilat,,„arile, will be issued at Four Guineas each, subject to die re- Dita„ Of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Coin- London but these tickets will be available only for trains froM and and wi , , and the Palace on such days as it is open to the public, not be available for any intermediate stations. kr e ? s eason ticket will be transferable or available except to the p;'t whose signature it bears. tid e ' t 4 lLT SEAsUN TiciLETs.—Wembers of the same family who re tlice aether 'will have the privilege of taising season tickets for reduced° use with or without railway conveyance on the following erns %t ail : m acs taking two tickets will be entitled to 10 per cent. dis tiek;Lon the gross amount paid for such tickets ; taking three e p , n `i•ai to pert of 15 per cent. ; taking four tickets, to a dis 012s ' 42o cent. ; and five tickets and upwards, to a discount i tg t Per cent. Families clanninz the above privilege. and desir forni? avail themselv. s of it, must apply in the accompanyi .. g ett,,,and these tickets will be available only to the persons n Anted aPpl cation Printed forms of application may be had at the Season Adelaide-place, ad at the other offices for tickets. the .;,. tickets AY 11 entitle n to admission from the o p e ning day till fv l . ll April, 1855. t o , :a l l'lleations may be made for season t'ckets at the Offices of the kicia l' . 4ll Y , 3, Adelaide-place, London -bridge Sea. on tickets, as lio,':eadY, will be delivered in the order in which the applica • h ave been made, at the Offices of the Company, 3, Adelaide- London-bridge, and 14, Re ent-street ; and at twit Crystal llo r tee ; also at Mr. , runs', 1, St. dames's•street ; Mr. hell's, ttBtreet ; Westerton's '.ibrare, Knightsbridge ; London and g b ton Railway Terminus, London-hridge. ?°TAL REGULATIONS AND BTE-LAWS —All the general provi ei„p. and regulations mentioned above . are to be understood as subserrient to such special provisions, regulation 4, at d bye -14! on the part of the ailway Company and the Palace Company as 'be found necessary to regulate the traffic, and to mee t s p ecial ATelna:aend ci rcums tances which may from time to time a rise , BY order or the Board, G. G ROVE, Secretary. -place, London-bridge, April 13, 1854. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR FAMILY SEASON TICKETS. Is ? G. Grove, E sq ., S ecre t a ry, 3, Adelaide-place, London - bridg e. ily s r—B e good enough to supoly me with family season tickets for elf and the following members of my family, who are all residing ""hme.—Yours obediently, Name.. • • • • ...... ..... • • • DesigiLs4tiTurn—am e: ° . . •• .. 'au►ily Season Tickets. Including Conveyance by Rai _ way. Two Tickets ..•• 11 6 Three „ •• 10 14 6 Four ~••...... 13 9 0 Five „ •• 15 15 0 Six „ ..,..... 18 18 n -even „ .• ..... 22 1 0 right .. •• 25 4 0 Nine .......... 28 7 0 Ten „ ••••.• 31 10 0 • must be addressed to the Secretary, remittance for the full amount of o the above schedule, in favour of Cheques must be on a London words .‘ Union Bank of London." ompanied will be attended to. , ,ni 38 on e. (o w r :ts ksbll esp were d°nf ° t a t) 011, r usino 3 A irni vegS POI I l ie ster Ditto" rost-A ce „v i ol LII- Eacli 5 April , . pieced April 59 Julie 4 I I nrertain glrilh 20 !IvsY I Pally May 16 Mar 16 Mar ch 46 310 rch fi r, a rch cat• TU t " - 310,T 1 April 3r , 30 Tice l all • IRV TAVII April 26 gay I ;Nay I I)aily MsY 16 April 21 29 7 2 4 26 AI Ay 16 April 6 April 20 NI Arch 26 Mot ' ipo 22 1::+1 1 „,.ertAin• ,pril 'l6 21 aty pril 22 11 22 Jay 1 ,fay I will be Indio *II choJ tDC 'ast. eon,- ed In the , 18S 4, .. s Hem' i deigne ., L i , hods f . t e r511.. will.. eonstsit ji l i ald th out ba co out g ild ' d ormir ough to 'Oen bo espuired in ti ght• wOn al " - c hant. " j ot rue: , pe r re free, ca uegen" Input , et; 49 rpool , rister- ,ben' o , )thby. a Of Christian Name. Schedule of Prices of F Without Conveyance by Rall iwe Tickets £3 16 0 elree • 5 7 Fi Ur ••• • • • , 6 15 0 " Six " •••••• • • 7 17 6 Seven 9 9 0 " •• • • • 11 0 6 Eiht Ni n T e ~ 12 12 0 Te n ....... id 3 6 15 15 0 aa N°ll .—The above application 1 above, and accompanied by a ge tick ets asked for, accor di ng t c , ' 1,7r3e Fasson 3, Adelaide-place ner, and be crossed with the no application unless BO accc INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, No. 72, Lombard-street, London. Itieh TRUSTI7.B. j i _ard Malin% Esq., Q.C. M.P. I Campbell Renton, Esc'. "'es Faller Madoa, Esq I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.F. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Adams, Esq. Robert H. Forman, Esq, John Atkins, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. 11 , • A. Bevan, Esq. J. Mathew s . Es q . ' Oll ll Dangerileld, Esq. Chas. 0. Parnell, Esq. W. Williams, Esq. AUDITORS. 11 ,,,enrY I Adron, Esq. Ralph W. Bishop, ESel 'aeries M'Culloch, Esq. Henry Burnett, Esq. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Atkins and Andrew. SECIE TAIX.—David Alison, Esq. e, Paddi ngton Local Board, 24, C onnaught-terrace, Edgware-read. A '''.. s'• James Shergold Boone, Jas Harrington Lowther, Esq *al ea .._.• Charles Pemberton, Esq. 1,0-ein Creed. George Y. Rob-on, Esq. -6 'r Gadsden, Esq. W. EL Trinder, Esq. SEcurrAßY.—Charles Hoghton, Esq. The 11, e , Policies of this Company being indisputable (In terms of the teri r ,2 l Constitution duly registered) are TRANSFERABLESE: fie"LIES, their validity not being dependent, as in the case of or el . Pollcies, upon the import of past, and aperhaps forgotten koN, -Il ees, and office documents, Used FAMILY PROVI ten ~, they relieve the assured from all doubt and anxiety as to T i t e is ture. knel l le a Purely MUTUAL SOCIETY, follow r . nfits being divided Aim I s gst the Assured themselves. The ing showsthe large hes 4 teadi lY Progressive business the Company is now doing, d ae during the last live years. Sums Assured. New Premiums. 1849 ........ X 108,647 •••• • • • • £4,364 110.215 .• • ....• 3,974 1850. ..... .. 1851. ...... 127,488 •• •• ...• 4,433 1852........ 115,195 .• - .... 4,296 - 1853 ...... . 123,093 .• -- - 4,5 32 RAILWAY LIFE ASSURANCE, BY ONE PAYMENT. 444 h n This Company tillaris grants policies to Membe rs of their own Company, r earl ng against death by railwas on payment of only one sun of per cent. Thus, a person aged 30, who has an ordinary te n u u r it ree with the Company for 1001., for which he pays ke n , lY• may hive a railway policy for 1,000/. for one single pay load of 405., payable in the event of his death by railway accident, 11 1 addition to the 1001. secured by the ordinary policy. SELF-PROTECTING LIFE ASSURANCE. • This ci,, +0110,,, --rePany have introduced a plan of assurance, whereby the ng ire Important advantages are secured by one policy 1. The Po /pel -- payment of a principal sum to the assured himself at a 2, a A el a ge. 3. ,--n annuity to commence at that age. eve The payment of a principal sum in the event of death, when r that may happen. 4. a. _ eue full benefit of all sums paid, although the premiums should - `, 411 . Y time be discontinued. u• Relief from the payment of premiums after a specified age. 6. all assu red "., Periodical payments, so as to suit the convenience of the but The P remi ums are made payable quarterly, half -yearly, or yearly may byean arrangement with an agent, acting for the All these we e Bl Y or monthly. Company, they o e n et t s i n : n e e s il his aeriiice of any sum t are obtained payments, has been paid, in case by one policy, and there is no :P a l:, 4(es the party should not a Person aged 25. by paying 145. quarterly, will 1 u re 501. to himself on his attaining 60 years of age, and an an !l any time (however 8,,,,, a t ity of we on reaching that age ; and in the event of his eeath e the of th a t may happen a fter he has made the first payment), th e 501 will be paid to his re t reseatatives. 15 Y doublying the premiu m the sum assur ed will be 1001, and the annuity 201. If in place of fixing open the age of 60, he should pre ageloOrl.,sws,outhlde be Pre 3 in l ium for an a ssurance of 501 ., and an annuity ! s s . !e effect of discontinuieg to 16s. 9d yearly. As an example of PRY premiums, supp ose a person aged ;a A , to take a self-protecting policy for 1001., an d an annuity of :•, Payable on attaining 60. sad t o continue the p a y ment o f Premiums only until he reaches 35 years of ag e, in such case the policy will remain effectual to the extent of 271. 4s. 6d., and an annuity of 51. Be. 10d. London, 72, Lombard-street. ALEX. ROBER TSON, Manager ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fittieth Edition. vat AS ~,, CONTAINING Tim R EMED Y FOE Pa- -N TIO N OF DISE and Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloure d Engra vinE. gs Cases. .. 6d., by post. from the New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, Pric "tiim s, Tr Establishment, 33. 6d. in s P lIE SILENT FRIEND, the exhaustion and physical decay o a Medico , 1 Work of the system, produced on by the abuse of e xcessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or fol. 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JOZEAIT'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatt, C tPSULES, approved by the French College of Physicians, successiblly administered in the Pails and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of certain diseases (see " Lancet " 6th Nov., 1852.) Price, per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d.—To be had of the Inventor, Gabriel Jozeau, French Chemist, 49, Haarket, London, whose name is printed on the Government stamp and all the principal chemists. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Phannacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEIIe I, is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the System TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health of a vast portion of the Tpopulation. RIESEM AR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that c l ash f Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell. and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, &c., & illc.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London ofJohnston, 68, ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. ALLSOPP'S PALE or BITTER ALE. — Messrs. S. ALLSOPP and SONS beg to inform the TRADE that they are now registering orders for the March Brewings of their PALE ALE, in Casks of 18 Gallons and upwards, at the Brewery, Establishments ; and at the undermentioned Branch Establishments: — LONDON, at 61, King William-street, City ; LIVERPOOL, at Cook-street; MANCHESTER, at Ducie-place ; DUDLEY, at the Burnt Tree ; GLASGOW, at 115, St. Vincent•street ; DUBLIN. at 1. CramPton•guay ; BIRMINGHAM, at Market Hall; SOUTH WALES, at 13, King-street, Bristol. Messrs. ALLSOPP and SEWS take the opportunity of announcing to Private Families that their Ales, so instrongly recommended by the medical profession, may be procured Draught and Botthis Genuine from all thefmsion, most respectable Licensed Victuallers, on " ALL iOPP'S PALE ALE" being specially asked for. When in bottle, the genuineness of the label can be ascertained by is having "ALLSOPP and SONS" written across it. ------- THIRD EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. • Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post tree, ss. 6d. O N TRUE vi e wALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the to the Correction of wide-spread Erroll in relation to the Treatment and Cure of the Impuissant and Sexual Hypochondriacs , Translated from the German of Dr. PICXFORD. To which is added, an ESSAY en SEXUAL DEBILITY, by the Editor. - Dr. Plckford 4 .8 known to English readers by his frequent practi- ' cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the noa-tnedi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall ietect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his -ower to correct.' ' —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa thisers,' and • Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who saffsr from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrho3a, and to place the treat mitnt upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Madical Circular, June 16, 1852. London: U. Tialliere. 219, Regent-street. ------ EARLY SUMMER and EARLY FASHIONS. The evidences of the senses are never disputed—to see and teel the influences of the sun and the atmosphere at once betokens the existence of winter or summerchange trom the former to the latter is this year immediate, and changes in attire to correspond with the season should be accessible to all classes. The magnificent stock prepared by E. MOsES and SON furnishes every facility for the attainment of this purpose, and the very economical prices they charge are advantages which cannot be secured at any other house. The New Styles of SUM MER ATTIRE for JUVENILE S and ADULTS at E. M o ses and Son's City Establishment and their end Bra Branch ex cels all previously exhibitedelegance, variety, rich ness, neatness, and economy being magnificently combined, the desi deratum in dress has been successfully att ni ained, wh h i most most talentedh is no velty, fashion, oomfort, and durability, and the uon of t artists and the best workm , n in the world will render the Summer Attire manufactured by E. Moses and Son the encomium of every circle in Society. The most novel and elegant materials are displayed in the Summer Vest and in Trousers made Coats Pae by E tots, &c., Ik oses and Son e., are, and an endless variety of New Sty l offered at the most economical prices. The HAT, CAP, PO3IERY, and BOOT and SHOE Departments, are replenished with every elegant article for the summer season, which will surpass all other productions in brilliancy, excellence and cheapness. The WHOLESALE CLOTHING, SHIRT, and BOOT and SHOE Departments present advantages to Chippers and emigrants to be found at no other house in the world. OUTFITS for all classes of emigrants are provided by E. Moses and Son in the most suitable and economical manner, and full lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship-sailing information, may be had on application, or post free. CA UTION. —E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the oublic against imposition, having learned that the untradesman - lik falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for ,bvlous refootts, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR 017 T OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, e 154, 155. 156 card 157, M ins inorles, 84 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite ti Church, allmmunicat. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, liart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36. Fargate. Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement an cbe made t on Fridays to sunset The Establishments are closed from sunse on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. nioAn,n„esevonßtaoolnic,itwitg t tui h illustrations, of c si e n s ti , Hoedur"sTyshteemEchoto of seif P . u m bl eas ic O ur p e t lis onAhaudsome Almanac for the year ending application. Sc.. may be had on application, l o B r s4 po ca st n -fr b ee e h . adt gratis, ment, FT01109.11. QUI sl parla Italian °. Id I'on parle Hier opriat utempoutsoh. Mu le !alga Ispano. pURS SELL' S. _BALL SUPPERS and WEDDING BREAKFASTS SUPPLIED in the first style public breakfasts, dinners, and promenade s uppers supplied by con tract ; a large stock of bride cakes for immediate use, from one to twenty guineas each ; a handsome cake for five guineas, packed and sent to any part of the country if required, and warranted to keep 12 months.—JonN R. PIIIISSELL, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate hill, only. READING SAUCE, FOR FISH, GAME, GRAVIES, RASHES, STEAKS, tic. JOHN & CHARLES COCKS, the Sole Pro prietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg to Clamors the Public against the daily frauds prac tiied by many Persons, who are offering their spurious Imitations as the GENUINE READING SAUCE. This SAUCE is patronised and recommended by most Families In the Kingdom, and for general use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by all respectable Fish Sauce Venders. Be particular in asking for "COCKS'S READING SAUCE," which is prepared ONLY by John & Char es Colcks, at their anufac tory, Duke-street, Reading.—All others are counterfeits.— M Observe the name, "J. & C. Cocks, Reading," on the Seal and Label of each Bottle : without this none are Genuine. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee; CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulaam-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Two Quadrilles on subjects of Meyerbeer a Opera—L'Etoile du Nord; also, by H. Laarent, the following Waltzes La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villikins and his Dinah, and L'Etoile du Nord Polka. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. ATTRACTIVE NOVELTIES. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. The SEAT of WAR, showing the principal places on the DANUBE, KALAFAT, WIDDIN, GIURGEVO, SEBASTOPOL, the entrance to the BLACK SEA, BATTLE of SINOPE, and DESTRUCTION of the TURKISH FLEET, and other scenes (kindly supplied by the proprietors of the " Illustrated London News"), EXBIRITED in a NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. LECTURES by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on the CHEMISTRY of PAPER MAKING, and its decoration with Colours, and on VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY, and the ELECTRIC LIGHT, by Da. BECRROFF.- NER. Explanations of MODELS, MACHINERY, &c., &c. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. ANECDOTE OF THE CZAR NICHOLAS. Nicholas has been justly reproached with his antipathy to foreign tastes, and with his endeavours to infuse the same amongst all classes of society ; an amusing illus tration of which is found in the following anecdote : It is customary in all the regiments of the Guards to entrust the purchase of the horses to young men of for tune, as an economical means of getting the finest ani mals at a cheap rate. These young officers have a year's leave of absence granted them, and usually, at the expi ration of this time, are promoted ; but they are expected to bring back no animals which are not worth about double the regimental price ; so that an undertaking of this nature usually costs them from one to several thou sand roubles. A certain Yakovloff acquitted himself much to the satisfaction of his colonel; butAnevertheless, was not promoted. As soon as it was possible he left the service, but was at the same time—and has been ever since—refused permission to travel. Obliged to remain in idleness at home, Yakovloff consoled himself by going the full length of Anglo and Gallo-mania; and whilst in this state of mind was one day disporting in the Neffsky.ProsPect, in all the glorious foppery of the most outre Parisian costume. On his head was a little peaked hat, resembling a flower-pot reversed—a hand kerchief, with a gigantic bow, was tied around his neck —a cloak, so short that it seemed a cape, was thrown over his shoulders—on his chin he wore a beard "h la Henri Quatre." He had an enormous oaken cudgel in his hand, a glsss stuck in the corner of his eye, and a bulldog following at his heels. As he was sauntering complacently along the broad pavement of this St. James's Street of St. Petersburg, the Imperial carriage drove past, and, abruptly stopping short, the Emperor himself leaned out and beckoned the beau to approach him. " Pray," said Nicholas, eyeing him with humorous curiosity, " who in God's name 'are you, and where do you come from 1" " May it please your Majesty, I have the honour to be your Majesty's faithful subject, Save Saveitch Yakovloff." " Indeed !" replied the Emperor, with mock gravity ; "we are enchanted to have the opportunity of making your acquaintance, Save Saveitch. Oblige us by just stepping up and taking a seat beside us." Yakovloff slyly let drop his cudgel, and with some misgivings took his seat. " But stop, said the Emperor, who had not at first noticed this proceeding, when they had driven ona little wa y, " where is your stick, Save Saveitch ?" " Never mind the stick, your Majesty 1" " But I do mind it, Save Saveitch Yakovloff 1" The carriage was turned back, the stick picked up, and orders given to drive on straight to the palace. When there, the Emperor alighted, and beckoned the dandy to follow him, " Oh ! no, Save Saveitch, don't take off your cloak ; we must have you just as you are, hat, stick, cloak, and all." The Emperor led the way to the apartments of the Empress. " Pray, my dear," he inquired of her, " do you know this animal?' " No," replied the Empress, bursting into a fit of laughter at the extraordinary figure before her. " Then allow me to inform you that this is our faith ful subject, Save Saveitch Yakovloff. What do you think of him ?" sa id the Emperor, turning him round " is he not a pretty fellow ?" The unfortunate beau, whose feelings may be con ceived, after affording the royal couple much merriment, •was dismissed, half-dead with terror and confusion; but before he departed he was assured that the Emperor did not always punish the foolery of his subjects so leniently.—The Life of Nicholas 1., Emperor of All the Russias : by Edward Michelsen. MEETING OF CREDITORS. -At an adjourned meeting, held yesterday afternoon, of the creditors of Messrs. Benjamin Elkin and Sons, who failed on the 20th ult. for 133,0001., a resolution was passed recommending that the estate should be wound up under inspection, and it was agreed to grant a letter of license until the beginning of August, to allow time for the development of the West India assets. The only parties objecting to this arrangement are the representatives of the London Joint-Stock Bank, the directors considering that the accommodation transactions with which Messrs. Elkin Ihave been connected constitute their case a fit one for t investigation in the Court of Bankruptcy. (From the Hertz Guardian.) On Tuesday evening last, Sir E. B. Lytton, Bart., M.P., delivered an address to the members and friends of the St. Albans Literary and Scientific Institution. It will be remembered that Sir Edward was prevented attending the recent soiree of the institute owing to the pressure of Parliamentary duties ; but he then promised to attend and deliver an address in Easter week. That promise Sir Edward has now fulfilled. On Tuesday evening, a numerous assemblage were congregated in the Assembly-room of the Town-hall. On the platform were the principal gentry of the neigh bourhood, and near were the ladies of their families and visitors, and the body of the hall was crowded with residents of St. Albans and the locality, comprising a fair sprinkling of the working classes. At half-past seven precisely, the Earl of Verulam and Sir E. B. Lytton entered the Hall. His Lordship took his seat as president of the meeting, and immediately after proceeded to introduce Sir Edward to the meeting, and after some preliminary remarks as to the time ap pointed for the address, His LORDSHIP said it was his plessing duty to intro duce Sir E. B. Lytton, whose address they had doubt less been looking forward to with feelings of great in terest, and the pleasure he then felt was greatly en hanced—not because the gentleman who was about to address them was their political representative, a member for Hertfordshire, but from the fact that he belonged to the county as one of the Lyttons, of Kneb worth, who he believed were amongst the very oldest residents in the county. (Hear, hear.) But there were reasons beyond those of Sir Edward's ancient family, and old pedigree which math him now feel a pride in introducing Sir Edward, and he was sure that gentleman would excuse him for sayng that the repu tation of his family had become grmtly enhanced by the speeches and writings of its present representative ; for while the Lyttons of Knebworth were well known in the county, the literary works of Sir Edward were read and admitted in every country in the world ; and he was sure all who knew Sir Edward's writings would agree with the statement that his magnificent series of works shewed a regular gradation of improvement, and that his last published works were the best. Let them take his wonderful book My Novel,' and see the many extraordinary, and yet life-like characters there introduced ? There was not one present who would not gladly have Dr. Riccabocco for a friend if they could, and next to knowing him, he (Lord V.) would be glad to have his picture at Gerhambury ; he would not say more, but merely introduce Sir Edward Lytton, and would request their best attention to what he had to say. Sir E. B. LYTTON then came forward, and was loudly cheered. When silence had been restored, he said— My Lord, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—l must begin by offering an apology to the members of this Institute for not attending their annual evening reunion in February last. The fact, is, that at the opening of Parliament, her Majesty s admiration put forth a crop of such exu berant and variegated legislation, upon all matters, foreign and domestic, Church and State, fixing such early days to take into discussion the expediency of momentous changes, that I could not disengage my mind from the contemplation of subjects so excit ing, and apparently so imminent, sufficiently to enjoy the thought of a holiday, devoted to the tranquil I pleasures of a Literary Institution. It did indeed happen, as it often does to the buds and blossoms of a premature spring, that a sudden frost nipped the prodigal vegetation of the Ministerial announce ments, and that by the postponement of measures for the consideration of which the eagerness of a Govern ment had led us to believe not a day was to be lost—l might with perfect freedom from all political anxieties and perfect safety to all party interests have come down to your assembly. Indeed I thought of coming on the very day fixed for your meeting, but as your programme of proceedings was then determined, as you had secured an ample attraction in the eloquence of that excellent speaker my hon. and learned friend, the member for Hertford ; and as then a later period for my own appear ance amongst you was settled and arranged, I thought, on the whole, it would be better to do in this case what the wisdom of our Government had decided to do them selves, and subscribe to the general policy of postpone ment. (Laughter.) Ladies and Gentlemen —I feel when I look around me that all further apology is superfluous —my excuse that you are called together on a second occasion is to be found in the numbers and respectability of the assembly itself—in the occupation of your chair by a noble neighbour, too justly esteemed and beloved not to attract a brilliant company wherever he presides-- in the distinguished guests which attend him, and in that display of female attractions which must entitle me not to your pardon, but your thanks, for contributing, how ever humbly, to any occasion which may please your eyes and delight your taste by an exhibition of the fairest flowers of St. Albans. Gentlemen—ln the re marks which I shall offer to your attention, it occurs to me that I shall best serve your object if I abstain from a set address upon the more dec.amatory topics which the occasion might favour, and begin by suggesting some practical hints as to the means of increasing the utility of those popular societies, which pass under the common, but not correct title of Mechanics' In stitutes. You have wisely not adopted that title, it has long ceased to be correct ; for taero are few such so cieties even in manufacturing towns, in which mechanics form more than a small portion of the subscribing mem bers ; and I doubt if there be a single one in which they form more than half. When these Institutions were first established—somewhere abort thirty years ago— unquestionably the leading idea WSS to communicate the facilities of scientific education to :he working classes in great towns. How comes it that mechanics failed to grasp the advantage thus held out to them ? How comes it that the advantage has been seized at once and turned to account by tradesmen, clerks, and persons, in short, of a wealthier description, than the mechanic ? The rea son is clear. In order to comprehend the advantage of these institutions, in order to profit by lectures and libraries, a certain degree of preliminary education was necessary. The mechanic had not received that educa tion, and the shopkeeper had. It was the design of these societies to give an almost collegiate quality of know ledge to the adult population. Bat the adult mechanic who had received little or no instruction as a child, was not likely to find much interest in the higher degree of learning thus suddenly offered to him ; while the young clerk and tradesman, who had already been to school and felt with regret the sudden cessation of all other facilities to general knowledge the moment he betook himself to the desk or counter, instantly recognised the occasions for self-improvement, which libraries and lec ture rooms would afford him ; and thus in fact the Mechanics' Institute has become what may rather be ' called the Tradesman's Athenaeum. (Hear.) Now, we can find no fault with the fact that one class have the intelligence to profit by what was intended to dispel the ignorance of another. It is highly to the credit of tradesmen that they should have felt how great an element of good there is in these societies ; and I regard them as holding an intellectual property in trust for the working class against the time when that class shall have come of age to enter into its own share of the inheritance. (Hear, hear.) But still, if we meet here for something better than vague compliments to each other, we are compelled to consider the important fact that whatever the benefit other c lasses may derive from popular literary and scientific institutes that benefit has been very sparingly shared by the class for which they were specially intended ; and the conclusion to be drawn from the fact is this—some national scheme for infant education must reach the great mass of the work ing class, before a Mechanics' Institute can b ecome an in stitution'for mechanics. Meanwhile, let us accept these societies for what they are worth, and for what they really are, and see how far they can be improved to the utmost. The constituent features of a first-rate popular intellectual institute are these—a school for children ; class rooms for adults and grown up persons ; a library, and a course of lectures—and if all these are well managed, the whole presents a most useful and a most noble agency of civilisation. But it is probably only in the very large and wealthy towns that we can at present expect that sufficient funds will be raised to carry out to full development all these various objects. Even in such towns there :s a complaint that the funds do not suffice for the purpose. Now there are only three modes to fill your exchequer. First, the subscriptions of the members themselves ; second, do nations from wealthier persons ; third, aid from the state. With regard to the first, if the working man is ever to have his full share of the instruction offered, you must continue to make the subscription as low as possible ; and I doubt if these will suffice to do more than keep the institutes alive, certainly not to effect all their higher objects. Contributions from the wealthy can't be relied on to any permanent extent. It becomes then a question whether in any great and comprehensive scheme for national education, the State should not give some aid towards extracting from these institutions being already established, some of the best means for diffusing popular instruction. (Loud cheers.) You approve that n otion,—Then I think it would be well if the officers of the various popular institutes throughout the country would communicate with each other ; arrange as to what form, to what degree, and for what special objects the State might be induced to contribute, and then peti tion Parliament to that effect in well considered memo rials. In the present temper of the House of Commons, such petitions would, in my opinion, be successful. (Loud cheers.) We all know how prevalent a desire it is with all parties in this country to place popular education upon some systematic basis worthy the wealth and the grandeur of that race which carries to the remotest re gion its noble language and its immortal name : and yet leaves at this moment millions of its own native popu lation unable to read a single page of one of its own authors. (Hear, hear.) But in any scheme for such education that may hereafter be established, a statesman fit to grapple with the subject should be rejoiced to see already commenced, already developed, such means and machinery for popular instruction as these insti tutes afford. Meanwhile, let us continue our own task and strive all we can to improve the facilities and ad vance the objects of associations, that may hereafter become the actual centres of general intelligence. Here at once it strikes me that there is one mode by which you would greatly advance all the objects of these insti tutes, and that is by a general union of all such societies as lie at a convenient distance within one county or dis• trict. By far the most flourishing and successful of these popular bodies, is to be found in Yorkshire, the central institute being that of Leeds, which I had lately the honour to visit. (Hear.) Well, here no no less than 16 towns, many of them great manufactur ing communities, are associated in oue union, and to that union their paramount success is owing. Now if for towns so populous and wealthy, an union be found thus practically effective, how much more would it be so in a county like ours, comprising comparatively small institutes in comparatively small towns, and needing all the help each can afford to the other. The first advan tage of such union would be in the collection of libraries common to the use of all—the books being lent out. One society would thus have a collection of one kind ; another society a collection of another ; and by the mode of general temporary interchange, one complete library for the use of all the institutions throughout the • country might be formed. (Hear, hear.) By this means, too, you might gradually attain to itine nerating libraries throughout the villages ; you would attract a large body of new subscribers amongst the laity and clergy in remote rural parishes, looking upon such an united body as the best available book club for themselves and their parishioners ; and the utilities of the institutes generally would not be confined only to towns, but permeate throughout those parts of the county that really require instruction most. (Cheers.) Next, by such an union, each institute might confer with the other as to courses of lectures which should be yearly pursued and delivered successively at each of the various institutes. It is clear that you would thus gain much in economy : a distinguished lecturer, who has perhaps five lectures to deliver on some chosen subject, would require much less, for instance, if he were engaged at all the towns conveniently within one district, to deliver the same course of lectures. Secondly, you would gain much more in the method and continuity that belong to sound practical instruction. At present great fault is to be found with the system of lectures generally pursued at these societies ; they may serve to amuse, but are too vague and desultory for any sound information. It is no use, except for diversion, to have one lecture delivered on some scientific subject with which the mass of the audience are very little acquainted, to be followed up, perhaps at the next meeting, by a laudatory criticism upon some popular poet—such infor mation is never remembered ; it goes in at one ear and out at the other. There is no branch of solid instruc tion which can be despatched in a single lecture—only crude and superficial ideas can be so given. You require on such topics a course of lectures ; and the course, if it were given successsively at the diffrent towns in Hert fordshire would leave behind it a common stock of as quired knowledge which would equalise and lift up the intellectual wealth of the whole county. (Cheers.) Now as all the different towns in a county like this not divided by contending interests, such as manufactures in one place, and agriculture in the other—would probably have much the same tastes and perception of what would most please and benefit the common audience, so I think you would have little difficulty in agreeing as to such lectures as would suit each of your towns. I don't mean that all lectures delivered should be of this more serious and con tinuous character—each town might occasionally indulge in single lectures of a lighter nature. But I think it highly important if you mean to make lectures really instructive, that some one or more courses should be annually selected and devoted to special purposes of general information. In such lectures, the lecturer ought always to distribute private syllabuses of the heads and divi sions of his subject to be in the hands of his audience ; and which would serve to refresh their memory after the lectures were concluded. (Hear.) Now as lam very anxious that as much benefit as possible should be de rived from lectures, and as'l see that lectures well chosen and well attended would really render these institutes colleges for the people, so in order to increase their effi cacy I would recommend that at the close of each course of lectures, or at the end of the year upon all the lectures given, the lecturer or lecturers should be bound to hold an examination of such members as desired to pass that examination • that those members who ac quitted themselves with most credit should be noticed with honourable distinction and rewarded with prize books, and that at the end, say of every three years, such members as had reflected the greatest honour on themselves and the institute, should be supplied with certificates answering the purpose of a collegiate degree, which m i g ht constitute them members of the institute for life upon payment of a very small annual sum—a much smaller sum than they would otherwise pay. (Cheers.) By this system, you would naturally enforce a continued and useful course of lectures, which at the close of every three years might comprise the outline of an excellent general education for the adult tradesmen or intelligent mechanic ; you would sustain the attention and excite the emulation of the listeners, and you would offer both local distinction, and some practical advantage to those who had most availed themselves of the facilities for self improvement. Ideas caught from lectures, instead of being fugitive would then become permanent, enrich the minds of the listeners themselves, and pass into the wider range of all their acquaintance and friends to whom in common talk the ideas would be communicated. For the great advantage of improving even one human mind is not so much to that mind itself—as to all with which the mind comes in contact—every well-informed man of social habits is in himself an unconscious schoolmaster, and teaches in every less instructed circle to which he transports his knowledge. As it is the property of light to travel each ray that leaves the sun propelling as it were another—thus spreading over the universe, and clothing all things with the pomp and loveliness of colour—so it is the property of thought once ema nating from a living soul—to pass onward from its present source—kindling beam after beam as it takes its way—(cheers)—and as those rays of light that warmed the atmosphere this day or will break the darkness of to night may have parted from their parent orbs hundreds of years ago,— so the thoughts which animate us at this moment may originally have been suggested by some luminous intellect in distant ages, that we can no more distinguish now,—than we can distinguish the rays of the planet Jupiter from those of any of its fellow stars which blend their lustre in the common atmosphere we breathe. (Hear.) Thus when we kindle intelligence in one fellow man, we know not to what flowers not yet sown it may give the colours, or in what cavern now veiled in darkness, it may discover the jewels for kings unborn. (Cheers.) Such, to sum up, are the sugges tions that I presume to offer for the better development of these grand but hitherto imperfect sources of popular instruction. Firstly—Union of all the institutes in the county, or at least within a convenient distance, with a central committee to arrange the most generally inte resting course of lectures, and the best modes to make their several libraries useful to the widest range of sub scribers. Secondly—Certain lectures given in a con tinuous series, and comprising the collegiate principle of examination and honorary certificates of merit. I might dwell on other suggestions for improvement—both as to class-rooms for adults and children's schools—but as such suggestions would all hinge upon the general elementary propositions I have laid before you—so they will keep for a future occasion, and I don't desire to divide your attention by attempting too much at once. My lord and gentlemen, it would be a great and last ing honour to this our county of Hertford, if, by such moans as I here suggest—or by others which a wiser experience may devise—we could be among the first to prove that districts flourishing chiefly by agriculture and retail trade, are not less zealous, and not less suc cessful than the stirring and wealthy community of manufacturing towns, in promoting the cause of popular instruction. (Much cheering.) This county is rich in historical and intellectual associations, which may well increase our pride to belong to it ; and as the memories which we store by knowledge come across us all in those excursions throughout the shire to which we are called by business or pleasure, so a thousand objects of inte rest start up at every different locality, serving still more to embellish the scenes of nature, and still more to augment that generous patriotism which attaches us to our native soil. For instance, suppose some tradesman or farmer driving to a distant town or market, a friend, or perhaps his young wife by his side, as he passes by the quiet village of Abbott's Langley, he may pause and say—" there was born, the son of a servant, that Ni cholas Breakspeare, who being refused priests's orders from his neglect of school education, so set to work to improve the opportunities he had lost, that by his learn ing he rose to be Cardinal and Pope of Rome—the only Englishman who ever attained to that dignity, not now very popular in England. (Laughter, and hear, hear.) Here it is not the eminence itself that we covet, but it is the enegy and perseverance which achieved it, that we admire. (Cheers.) As our farmer or tradesman pursues his way, he may pass by a pleasant lane, with a secluded house on one side— Mackary End, which Charles Lamb has made the sub ject of one of his charming essays in Elia. (Hear.) Or, perhaps, as he drives through Ayott St. Lawrence, he may pause to survey, in the green fields around him, the possessions of Harold, the last of the Saxon kings. At Welwyn, he will point to the square white house, opposite the church, in which Dr. Young composed his famous "Night Thoughts ;" and in which, in our own time, resided the most profound scholar of modern times, my lamented friend, Mr. Fynes Clinton. To the right ho will see Danesbury, in which Saxon England rose against the usurpatio n o f the Da n es ; so, as he jogs on towards Hitchin, he sees to the left what was once the demesnes of the Knight Templars ; and not far from thence lies Preston, in which it is said there r esided the , original of Uncle Toby in Sterne's " Tristram Shandy ;' certain it is that Sterne often visited that old house, and when I was a boy, mimic fortifications like those erected by Major Shandy, were still existing. At Offley, the great Saxon King Offa, sometimes held his court ; and in that sequestered village, lie closed his stormy life. At Hitchin itself—in those streets now perambu lated by peaceful quakers—were formerly seen the gown and cowl of the St. Benedict monks ; and there was transplanted, from C a lais, in the reign of Edward the Third, the most flo urishing wool sta p le in ancient England. Agaie, if you pass in anothe r direction, you see the fair park of Brocket, which our posterity will find historical as the favourite residence of one who, if not amongst the greatest ministers who have swayed this country, was one of the most accomplished and honourable men who ever attained to the summit of constitutional ambition. (Cheers.) And it is a striking anecdote of Lord Melboure, that he once said in my own hering, "He rejoiced to have been Prime Minister, for he had thus learned that men were much better, much more swayed by conscience and honour, than he had before supposed"--(laear)—a saying honourable to the minister, and honourable still more to the public virtue of Englishmen. (Cheers.) Further on, there will rise before you the stately towers of Hatfield, built by the immortal ancestor of an illustrious line, round the site of the old palace in which dwelt the princess afterwards so illustrious as Queen Elizabeth. (Hear.) There from the shadow of those venerable trees, still existing, the the last and greatest of the Tudors passed to the throne, amongst anxious crowds, doubtful what form of religion the royal authority would proclaim. And when after wards in solemn procession through the streets of Lon don the clamorous thousands beheld the new sovereign —with that commanding countenance which seemed formed for a regal crown—clasping to her breast the Bible for which martyrs had perished in the flames, all knew that the Reformation was secure, and the Book of Life had become the heir-loom of the English people. (Cheers.) Going on towards Barnet, you pass the great battle-field which closed the war of the Roses, and by breaking up the feudal power of the barons, made the first epoch of our modern political system—while you see at Hadley the church by which the unfortunate Henry the Sixth stood to learn the defeat of his cause, and to pass again to the prison which be only left for his grave. Thus— not to weary you with countless instances of the asso ciations which adorn the history of our county—you may see how a little effort of knowledge and memory serves to give interest and charm to places we might otherwise pass with indifference ; and how much such recollections can increase the pleasure of our common existence. (Cheers.) But you, at St. Albans, are doubly bound to cultivate all recollections that justify the pride of Hertfordshire men, andunite themselves to intellectual occupations and resources. Here, before the time in which Ciesar invaded the island, stood the old city of Verulam ;—here, the most powerful of the kings of Bri ton held their court. Here your predecessors resisted the Roman legions, and finally were enrolled amongst Roman citizens. Here marched the heroine Boadicea, conquering, for a while, even civilised discipline by the energies which freedom and the love of country lent even to the first barbarians who trod this soil of Britain. Here, too, dawned over these islands the mild Christian, there lived, preached, and died the dauntless saint, from whom your town now receives its name ; here, to, a hum ble schoolmaster established one of the earliest printing presses in England—and close by this city, in possession now worthily held by the noble earl who presides over us this day—dwelt the very man whose authority is con stantly quoted in favour of the knowledge we are met to disseminate—Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam ; and this wonderful man—who was to philosophy what Shakspere is to poetry, who traversing a range of learning that may almost be called universal—brought into all its recesses the boldest imagination and the most orig inal concep tions, we are yet more entitled to demand as a son of Hertfordshire by descent, for my noble friend's allusion to my family permits me to say that Lord Bacon's grand mother was a Lytton of Knebworth. (Hear.) This morn ing I wandered from the hospitable roof of my noble host, now in your chair, towards the old fishponds, which had been Bacon's favourite haunt, and lying there on the grass over which his very footsteps may have gone, I revolved what I should say to you about him this evening ;—and the thoughts that occurred to me are briefly these :—Lord Bacon is to us, and to all students, at once an example and a warning—an example as to the earnest perseverance, the careful observation, the inductive process which arrives at truth, not from theories, but the collected evidence of facts ; an ex ample as to the eternal obligations, which one intel lect thus duly cultivated can bestow on remote gene rations, and also, alas, a warning that no merely secu lar and human knowledge can suffice to preserve even its greatest master form error, and grief, and shame. We must look to something beyond the reach of the boldest philosophy, and, yet something to which the humblest peasant on the simplest child may attain for the only safeguard against those temptations which assail alike the passions of the ignorant, and the infirmities of the wise. (Hear.) But who will desire to press hard on the faults of an imperishable benefactor to our com mon race ? Some of those faults in Lord Bacon have been harshly exaggerated, and all were most severely punished. There is this fair advantage which all who have so exercised their genius and intellect as to benefit their species, have a right to claim over slnggish and idle men ; that they may reverse the maxim of the poet, which says, "the evil that men do lives after them, the good is often interred with their bones." No ! with men like Bacon, the evil of temporary feelings is buried in their graves ; the good of works that enlarge all our ideas—augment all our intellectual wealth—lives for ever and for ever—till the world itself shall pass away. (Cheers.) You, the inhabitants and townsmen of this ancient city which has identified its history with the dawn of Christianity, with the invention of printing, with the life and labours of the greatest of English sages—you may well aspire to take a foremost lead in the improvement of all institutions that extend the boundaries of knowledge, and the lessons of civilisation ; and hence, I rejoice, that it is in this town that I have first put forth, however imperfectly, those views for the increase and development of the utilities of societies like the present, which are sanctioned by the recommendation of those who have most considered the subject, and the experience of towns which have already adopted the principle of district union, on which all the rest must depend. You may thus enlarge, at least, to household suffrage, I would willingly say to universal suffrage—the sublime franchise of intelligence. (Cheers.) A franchise far more valuable than that which your town has been condemned to lose ! In poli tics if the national results are great and worthy, still the local contests by which the results are gained, are too often both passionate and mean. There the most ignorant man thinks himself as good a judge as the wisest, and his vote goes as far. We vex ourselves, and quarrel with our neighbours for things and persons that seem all important one year, and are quite forgotten the next. (Hear, hear.) But in the calm fields of literature and science, we can produce no results for the public without improving ourselves by the part that we take, and the labour we undergo. If St. Albans exists no longer as the Borough always getting into trouble—the scape goat of inquisitorial blue books, and the victim of aus tere committees—(laughter and cheers)—strive to win for this ancient cradle of Christianity and learning—a stainless fame worthy of its grand associations. Improve your schools and your institute. Let St. Albans be the Athens of a wider range than the map of Hertford shire can include. (Much cheering.) The greatest rea soner of ancient times, the one who has most brought philosophy to bear upon politics, I mean Aristotle, says well of education, that "it is a sort of cement, without which the best political fabrics crumble into dust." But mark this, that profound thinker, who had examined all varieties of political constitutions, observes also that education should suit the particular commonwealth into which it is introduced, that education being the parent of ideas, the ideas that harmonise with one state might not suit those of another. The education that suits a new colony may not harmonise with an ancient state, — and that education which becomes an ancient state might very little instruct the new colony. 'We all feel this distinc tion as individuals ; the education that best fits a man for the bar or for public life must differ from that we would give to the physician or the artist ; what is best for the manufacturer is not best for the farmer, and so on through all subdivisions of mental labour. Thus with us in England we should consider the great and leading characteristics of our people, and of the institutions by which they have attained to their eminence, and harmonise our education to the commonwealth it should benefit and instruct. Now, history has given tons as largely as to any nation that ever flourished, a stock of magnificent recol lections—immortal deeds—noble thoughts. Education should comprise that history of the past, which sustains the emulation of posterity. By the deeds of patriots and heroes—by the blood of freemen—and martyrs we have secured, under monarchial institutions, civil liber ties which have lasted longer, and achieved a serener progress, than those which Republics have won by fero cious slaughter, and resigned with ignominious terror. (Cheers.) We have secured, too, a religion, differing in its details amongst various sects, but lighted in all by the eternal hopes of revelation. T hese g reat attribu tes of Englishmen, English educatio n should maintaibn; a r everence for our ancestors, becau se the y were ouren e factors—an enlightened v an attachment to institutions, whic h l od v n e e o s f n c e o t un f t e r r y b — id their repair, but will de fend them from destruction— and a holy care to te ach to on u e rc l h ed il g d e r , en wb th t os t e Gospel i e orbs a l truths, which are to human kw of heaven are to the seasons of earth —when the Cre a t or called them forth "to be lights in the firmament of heaven, to g i ve light upon the earth—And it w as so ." (Loud cheers.) Mr. JOHN MITCHELL, said—On behalf of the St. Albans Literary and Scientific Institute, he begged to move a vote of thanks to Sir E. B. Lytton for his kind ness in appearing amongst them that evening, and for the excellent address he had given them. All who knew his many and important engastements, must be aware that his presence was no small ' favor ; for himself he had wished that his task had fallen into abler hands, but it had been thought that as Sir Edward's object in being present was to benefit the working classes, it would be better for a working man to return thanks. He was pleased to have the opportunity of stating that the working classes knew how to appreciate the kind efforts and the sympathy manifested by noblemen and gentle. men of the neighbourhood by aiding them in their efforts for the acquisition of knowledge. Mr. M. then pro ceeded at some length with very appropriate and well expressed remarks, and was followed by Mr. S. J. SHRUBB, secretary of the institute, who se conded the vote of thanks, stating that the society felt deeply grateful in being honored with the presence of, and with having heard an address from a gentleman who was at the head of the literature of country. Mr. S. then paid an eloquent and enthusiastic tribute to Sir Edward's high reputations as a statesman, novelist, orator, dramatist, poet, and translator ; of whom not only Hertfordshire, but all England was justly proud. Sir E. B. LYTTON expressed his thanks for the kind manner in which they had received his address, and his still greater thanks for their attention to the flattering remarks of the two gentlemen who had proposed and seconded the vote of thanks. He assured them that if ever there should be an occasion when he could ad vance the intellectual objects as well as the political in terests of St. Albans, it would be his pride and pleasure to do so. And few events could give him such sincere THE SHRIEVALTY. The LORD MAYOR said, that having been informed that Mr. C. D. Crossly, of Sun-court, Cornhill, was willing to take upon himself the office of sheriff if re. quired ; he would nominate that gentleman accordingly. DISCONTINUANCE OF THE PRISON OF BRIDEWELL. Mr. FIRTH, of the Town-clerk's office, read the fol lowing communication from Bridewell Hospital : "14th March, 1854. "My Lord and Gentlemen,—l am directed by the com mittee for conducting the affairs of the Royal Hospital of Bridewell and Bethleem to acquaint you that at Christ mas last the number of prisoners in Bridewell Hospital was only 34, and that the average number had not been greater during a lengthened preceding period. That tke number of prisoners since Christmas last has been gradually diminishing, and is at this time only 8 ; and that the main tenance of a staff of officers and servants for the superin tendence of so small a number of prisoners increases the average cost of each so exceedingly as to render the expen diture scarcely justifiable, especially when it is considered that the funds so expended might he much more benefi cially employed in extending the reformation of juvenile delinquents as at present so successfully conducted in the House of Occupation. " Under these circumstances, the committee solicit your co-operation in effecting so desirable a change, the first proceeding in the accomplishment of which, they take the liberty to suggest, would be the discontinuance, on the part of the magistrates of the city of London, to commit prisoners to the Hospital.—l have the honour to be, my lord and gentlemen, your obedient servant, " B. WELTON, Clerk." The letter was referred to a committee, with power to confer with the governors, after some observations from Alderman and Sheriff Wire, in approbation of its contents, and signifying that a vast deal of service might be rendered by a judicious application of the addl. tional facilities which would arise from the abandonment of the existing system, and the removal of the House of Occupation to the country. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. A letter from Mr. Waddington, by direction of Vis• count Palmerston, stating that his lordship had given orders for the postal arrangements at the debtors' prison to be continued as heretofore, was read, and ordered to be entered on the journals. At a committee of aldermen held on Friday, the members having failed to make a court, some conversa tion took place upon the subject of attending the great launch, which is to take place, and at which her Ma jesty has signified her intention to be present, and it was resolved that the barge-master should be instructed to get the City barge in readiness for the occasion. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. A special court of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sowers was held on Monday at the Greyhound Inn, Rich• mond, to hear appeals, and to transact other business in respect to the district —Mr. R. Jebb m the . chair. The SECRETARY reported that the balance in the halide of the treasurer on the Ist of April was 35,1431. 113. ld.; cheques drawn, but not presented, 5371. 8s 6d. ; leaving an available balance of 34,6061.25. 7d. Mr. GRANT, one of the engineers of the commission, presented to the Court that on the 30th and 31st of March last, Mr. James Long, builder, of Ma rs h-l ane , ' Richmond, laid a drain from the Royal Naval School, Richmond, and connected it with a pipe sewer of the commissioners in Duke-street, without previously making any application to the officers of the commissioners, or paying the frontage rate. He furth er s t a t e d that this was not the first instance in which Mr. Long had bee* guilty of such an irregularity. The Court thereupon ordered that he be summoned to a ppear at the next court. Thomas Bucknell, of Kew Foot-lane, was summoned t o show cause why he refused to pay lls. 6d. charges u pon him Bucknellab s e n s efi benefit r at. oi r at t ht e eh s' e money refused to pay he w theas calledrat rate u uponnl he to ha 1 some r. pay. It was true that the commissioners had put down some works, but they were so bad and so badly con structed, and had not sufficient fall, that himself and family had walk e d w ith th e wa t er half-way: up their legs to get into their own house. He had a drain in his yard which on the least shower of rain blew ap, and so over flowed his neighbour's premises, that he was threatened. with immediate proceedings if that drain was not destroyed. He had, therefore, to do away with the only drain lie had because there was no outfall, and for the last two winters he had to carry away at least 100 pails of refuse every week. That was not the worst of the state he was in. He had a shed near to his house, in which he placed articles of furniture, and on going into it a short time since he found a closet belonging to an other neighbour had overflowed the place, that it was some inches deep in water, and that all the furniture had the appearance of having been painted with blue paint produced by the noxious exhalations. Afterwards he was obliged to lay down planks to pass from his house to his shop. The CHAIRMAN, without entering into that question, said the Commissioners Vie r o most anxious to afford to the whole of Richmond better drainage, and with that view they were endeavouriug to obtain from Parliament additional powers to enable them to do so. Until they got those powers they could not do so much as they wished, but in the meantime all parties were bound by law to pay the rates. He then ordered that the appel lant should pay the amount. AN ABSCONDING COLLECTOR. In the case of an absconding collector for th(. Spital fields district, it was stated to the Court that his surety was bankrupt, and that his estate would yield but 3s. in the pound, which was agreed to be received for his de falcation of 240/. It was stated that this was the total loss in rates in 800,000/. collected for the last ten years. After some other matters had been disposed of, the Court adjourned. BIRTHDAY OF THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCISTER.—YeS• terday was the birthday of the Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, the only survivi ng c hild o f th e nume rous f am ily of the late lung George the Third. Her Royal Highness yesterday completed her 78th year, having been born April the 24th, 1776. During the day the members of the Royal family now in town, and a great number of the nobility and gentry, made complimentary calls at the Royal Duchess's residence, in Park-lane. MIDDLESEX. -DISTRICT SURVEYOR.-- Metropolitan Buildings Act, 7th and Bth Viet., cap. 84 Notice is hereby given, hthe Court of neral Sessions of he Peace for this county will, on Thursday, he l l st of' June next, t at the Sessions House on Clerkenwell-green, proceed to the ELECTION of a sURVEYOR for the district of the liberty of Saffron-hill, Hat ton-garden, and Ely-rents, those parts of the parishes of St. Clement Danes and St. '0 ary-le-Strand which lie within the liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster, the precinct s of the Savoy, and the parish of St. Sepulchre-without ; and such election will be subject to the standing orders of the Court as to districts and district surveyors; and that no person will be admitted a candidate unless daly qua lified under the act and such standing orders ; and every candidate must, on or before Saturday, the 13th day of May next, address to me, in writing, a statement of his name, residence, age, and qua lification, and must also personally appear efore the Committee for General Purposes appointed by the Court, at two o'clock in the afternoon precisely on Monday, the 15th day of May next, at the Sessio s House, Clerkenwell - gre en, and produce to their satisfactory evidence that he is of the fifil age of 30 years, and a certificate from the Board of Examiners appointed under the act of their ap proval, and also such other testimonials of character and qualifie ; ca tion as be may deem exped ient or the Committee may requir and If approved by the Committee, will then be sanctioned by them to be a candidate for the said Oistrict. 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