The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-26 00:00:00

posT. OFFICF LONDON DIRECTORY For 1850, Tieing the FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL EDITION, Comp/Istria, among other information, OFFICIAL DIRECTORY; STREET i IRECTORY ; COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY ; TRADES DIRECTORY; LAW DI11ECTO:1Y ; COVII,T DIRECTORY; • PARLIAMENTARY DIRECTORY; POSTAL DIREcTORY;. CITY DIRECTORY; ,CONYEYANCE DIRECTORY; BAN*ING DIRECTORY ; &c. Scc. Sce. rliv fvUJR (I o d i teb ~, . alg Mt' RevieWs of the' Edition for' the . rent year, • aye appeafed lit thd reading' Metropoli tan Jo ..aial, , ; :— /h „ • • ''SIN, TOVEIIBtIt 22, 1849. , , _ ___,_, __ cc o l'est,filcotondon•Directory" has noW been 'in '"-'s'e" 4Pwrdi of lfalf asentury. From small b.ginni,gs ~.l e. -4 , r h ); Year improving until this. the. tit-first anuual n I it has .: ne or :••al hrs tecontestable superibr to - its i odercessers, Rad _Wil puef:o4l,ll.,l.,iti,e_ MI a.s tear an, approach to perfec t ion iti it 1.,,,,," , e to at„stu .11 wet k .of this devription. fh, " 40'',44'xorlti)4 ir.ector," for 185 J extends to 2,091 page, and Ct. 011.„ aa ,, I,(elve separate direclories, miter t e , heivlsT . , , 1! A,I„":„. rite Street," • " The t t innternihl," .••1 ha J '''7,_ Law," „T ha t.i.mrt,'•• ." The Parllnue :tory," " The I'o. **.,. UtY . " 4"n-19. conyqyan ce , ,, -.. The _flanking," and tat. liee Directories." 'The "Oilicial Directory" at once i , ,ilie position of every' public 'erripl:ye. Tim " ,tr et 1) r t,7l'sr' furnishes the names (4 •the residents in each street or pine, leelmirbf the °nix work .that ,has ever even att.mi l ,te i l l 1 th e In one ge eral - list the nobility and gentry Rs , e as 41,44iiterellants, professlonar men, traders, and tratie , blen of . the fur y „ in and its immediate; environs. The "Comeau - el:11 t ire . c , - .. th,'' it Las all these latter in complete alphabetical or cr, white lu th e °,tnittY and gentry will be found in similar arrangtanent th e i „ 'C„ourt Directory." The "Trades Directory" exhibits . 11 tb,,t13."(-____ra of eaclt 'of the two thousand tr . ades classified dal- Th e „ sawwe s u b- div.siens of each being ruitably disthiguishe_d e . kenibeot bi rectory" is devote/ to 'the classificatin i f th • tPilgoelt)oriratlt to the profession, together with the g neral 1e1,.., i ‘ i . at t t i e r3 s . a work of this character ;• while the " Parhanice en _ Ith,nik.,__Y' turotshes all requisite information as to Peers country teats.7!.ef!arliament, and as to their town residences and subject ,Oritop_i.ne PosNl Directory •' gives full instruction on the t e a „ .•_eal. orders, and of the trantrolision ot letters and newspaPe ts of the world. The " Conveyance Directory " is devoted' to th 'i n i) . lu.„, t,"'nVertant subject which its title indicates, as are the " Ban k tiat has ul an/ atut II 4, 'knit , - sgurance Dir. cto ies," The proprietors of this, , the_ most accurate Mirror of the Metropolis of the II orbd hiakiti, ever been presented 'to the public. are well justified in +l,. king their b'a t that — "Such a mass of facts of this particular '' I' s i t: t c g i was never presented to the public until in the pages of ths tli e t„ 'e, ee London Direct° *" and unceasing efforts have been su c h L 4 to secure, not merel rY a ' large amount of Info ti n t it but 11,,,, larrag succinct eent, condensation ; and classification, Notoft, t rf this large T O l unte laity be referred to without difficulty." that any de racist 'Y i s the information contained in. this work most ample and urine, but it N arrMenod in such an admirably clear,and treatee _manne, that a reference can at Once be made with the too ral. Irliciutv t - anY port on which may be desired. It is not going ever pr eB .- saY that this is far and away the best book of the sort trea t ~.ented to the public. As might have been expected,. the thy tt'Te Most deserred success of the " Post office London DI rec ati"as Indhced several persons to attempt to vend spurious lore fil msr it ; and, tn order to guard the public against fraud, we the .„(lii the following extract from the preface, in ,which r ho Mlude to these attemp:s at imposition : Ite to '" success which has attended these efforts 'has induced ie, of that it er a ' t -,. , is only necessary to announne A book to • centaln Cr thia -.'leeteries,' and taking the titles of some of the snb-divisions . Il aoat, ° r.k, as • Street Directory,' 'Parliamentary Directory, t,,,sur.. _ .„81)trectry,' ' Official Directory.' &c. &c. &c., in order to et 8a %. , 4 ., ale ; and. in co nsequence; a year now seldom passes with. 4,6,, 0. these event surviving ply o,e'",?_. experiment of the kind. There has been no instance of the year of IN production, or, +.4 4 4 , ' I being, In th„rdtita„. sense of th e word, published, or even s 00 4s 1, e ft in the newspaper - The circulation is always as secret 141104'et and limited to those who have been. induced to • order' ‘4l)ehitkci';!et ho, bn scrutinizing , after having paid for it, are d.'s tratAperik„,`,".st Is not the one they had expected. These abortive t4ai i i .) , , i; t e d _do no Jury to the 'Post -office London Directory : t ' r ' r) ite : ed' t° Ole small extent:to which they offer a cont I, th, . teta ~eet Is produced. Still it may I.e well for the pubic r ed but on,esoothel be known." In the case of such a volume, pro he of 1 a ) ear, nacre cost must always be quite secondary to Ns t 4 nforati ~ eini,,,, ,'__ o and accuracy of arrangement : still, it may # 4 , 4 . . . 4. •'. zue.evant to direct attentlon,to the fact that, taking I, l ' ~- ai.‘4,l Without reference to the general typographical •.I . 4i,4,..vwx,,_ e ments, it 1.9 by far the cheapest book which issues --7 '" 513, Press. ra-s, lop, terhaps 114 TI --- SIES, Nov Emma 23, 1349. Of h „' is in so to ." %her nle reSPects the most wonderful book in the world. .. ttrsi, city could so vast a record be compiled ; and in no other , t sle e hte "; could such a work be undertaken and executed by pin- II 44 rel P l rise ' Thia " hand -book to the commerce of the first t,litsit.l,4ll, the444•4e,,..1y0f the world" has' now . reached its 51st annual pub kei . '"lcut, r language of eulogy, if not of admlration and as ek, as meto f _ 43 Well liiglt been exhausted is successive announce _ I , wirier editions it he suflic'ent now to say that the 'Si 'es' 1850 i• . may 4i , toulpr., its immediate predecessors, is not les . s huge t ,4 * al Hive in its desh , ii than minute and accurate m its de- Itetpll':N s tun ne r k Kelly's "l 'esi;Offlee London Directory" has, indeed, . il is w i t! a P‘ublication which we are permitted to regard with I t e t res o „' n °‘ 0111 T as an annual witness to the fast-increasing •4 tiern:, r eel. am population of London, but also as an le sted by 'ean Undertakings which in this country are left to exam p be . e "NY and perseverance of private citizens. ll', korvis ir , - • k o , t har e • • .G CHRONICLE, NOVEMBER, 22, 1849. i s 4,, Jest received th lift 'fl 1 annual pubbcation of this t 4 "it t 'eflt. i t - 6 3 - I's Ni. °lit the value would he altogether tanneeFssary to attempt littltiisi4stt;relitiirkisttl;,,;ettianof2tmohis I p a a r g g e e s v ) olume (extending, as it do!ir, to to tha great portion of the inha -111401114 ki i n ' u l e first co mmercial city hi the world ; but it is p ot b, ?tiler parts of the empire, its nature and importance dire,,r stat eo •, well known or appreciated. It may, therefore, be !f , ,,,,, Lan es; unt;ithat it contains in itself nor less than twelve separate ; : 1 1;;I ti e rl it t, 0 4 , ~,e,,r,rt,il: heads of " The Official," " The Street." " The Trades," " The Law," " The Court," " The Atililtankle e 1116 Peetal,"y," " Tho C°liv"ance. Net 4'11411," 011 c 1 " The Assurance Directories." The mass of 1 4 ' I. ) am tt ( I tiutler each - of tl r had 'e of the most varied elm). t et: k ' l l at 'e 16rerntation centritineedein it is arranged and classified t, qy f edthir hi oli n i l ,llitatwit e manner that any matter sought for, legiti 4"e wre l , 111 the scope of such a publication, may be referred ilvie ' hot ' eat facility As far as we have been able to test elllitetatt!obi4l;t.l)..e..sanie eare has been expended on it as on the la „'Kes. trakleu corrections have been made np to he most 440(7114 Mat ti• tiealtogether, we feel the proprietors are just& he kititt ev_ii._ls.work is the best mass of condensed informa e I d before the PUhlic._ .. . i, De lir !th ill aid II ---- hi nt ,trt,eseri ntive . ERALD NoVEmBER 23, 1849. tae1144.1 r t i,i' at th e f;tillnlnetuality this stupendous work makes its 14 ti,,, eh hav e ef the year. and adds 'another 4othe large InZily , na ` gene before. The diligence and activity which 1 1 , 11 4 lasi, „ tie, Witi; , aet edeed its preparation seem to increa.s . e rather 0n1,1,4, t ''' jest i s ; each annual recurrence of the undertaking, and 41et i. he ern , 3tes tieutt exhibits bOth to an extent which is unpatraalt 3, 4se I),ol73,f4.:inliat'on. Let 'it be 000 i r n o m al in oe d h ta, i NI), 4,,,Dage filled to Lhere are upw . ards of 2octavo ttic k nit ord orn _ . 3 Its Utmost, heir"lmits with sma 1 l y etterp t r . ess, 1 4 ,t1/ hsi e 14 4 , s __Pfi eti therein cord of a real and practical 14 4: h a,, - 1 , hee l , ','_ l, 3 thus be gathered of the vast amount of labour k t. D,.1 pr,set;ePended h framework of a cyclopiedia, tr,'") , e 4111 and + t ' S t a glance, a comple'e and irreqagable view of 4 1 e;d s 4 r has e''‘'..tfinnercial contents of the entire metropolis. Is e; sr ~n - se " t ? ted the hnproveMent which naturally comes . iii 1/4,, The the toweestry to accomplish. klctt ~Diobn,:i.,"_eilee an.' stability of position, and th 9-0 u t m e e tt,41.1.401114:11h.ji.1.1e Perfect book of Its class as it is within i the to h'4 ts or 'e arra„, n Day by day Is it testa . l i t but when do we hear of error or inexa., -- 11.4ttili eVery i i r n erlt is such that you may ascertain the . w if he . re u ~Ifttii,,,. earn, ~,vidual of position or public occu . pation 3o d ii; ll itye:' ll . ar i d i' -4 can turn to the street lie lives in, or the tra e t 11 ~i t tc: Lard: e .,, d _ ea not escape you. Whether a Gioverinnen 4 4 4 e tt (I . l e ionntcrector, a professional man, or a small trader, 1 '4l etl ' l beeli In Me proper phce and this without th . e tkplist.etnreB 3tler loss of Rini. The analytical method which is N4!eit'4ll,lthi,":„ Ninediate grasp* of whatever information is tt k itel, , 4 extt,u;'p is tubdivided to an extent that meas eve r r e y . laiklte itt e i l W e Can but v ery year the entire volume undergoes . 'V I ) for 4, 6 vast admire the efficiency of the prs.ces,..,which th„e fir, ' "le t.i.n,,c6,, rePendium err , inute and isolated details to be lei,: 44 '' , Det, ' 7, u ehig, of thers which the shifting accile..ts i t let orY alt,ratita"7 generating. The present volume does not tiltehies4etiarateTes regards plan, from that of 1849. We have a 1C11,,,e lan e :, trades „eetries—namely, of official people, streets. i,, ;..!'lytri,,,:•e_ll7.ers, gentry, Members of Parliament, Postt ivhie'l4,4:ll. tbianke'rusiLtehaeefloostfatihmesaec,l4inflenrde, , i i. , , , :i ti c ie r e t s h e e t rit_i a es , , i t on e !tli,l 4. ttla ti 41, reePective heads, all the collateral intelligence it i: t it tobenk is, in UsilieSs may require, or like to know. Mr. Kelly's ttr4rile.!;huge, „s,,t,,rutile.fiyour only real history of London i, ; In e c d l 11141,111431 , : e.; 1 4 11 , 4 4 4 1 1, T ed )ec,i.sf learboerriaiolteies becomesiintquir. 0 3 1 1 i n g a i tio - na n l I n - tri,to,!l(l,,yer:ntrated of of all that appertains to the Ce Celon,,.,roWn eaPital of Europe. If any one wants to see Nei r etori . J a allY s let him turn aver the leaves of the " Post. V 46(1 lowaly or morally, as he wilt WI Multifa contents. lit o• ktkolli k .. Ort\Tiv, i t .118 n 'llll li ' •••-, 1-'o3l`• NOVEIIBER 24, 1849. 4 i iti t , oe._ of this so forcibly of the Immense volume, wealth i7itl:, t tt .,,to te ,Z r his prodigious metropolis as the huge Director} t ,rie tt's'"er the commercial and other orders of society rest on 112 eh Precincts. llere has this " Post-office Directory' is., 4tittli iiiitia,,reasing in size, and' multilyg hi contents, for 51 i t * llt llr 4 n et 'Frown into a bulk that makes one pause with won ltekittot6vccl a 6 h T , t 'Y has it swelled into gigantic proportions, but it tti _rk is ne t , as pldrea I waY3, until it has become as remarkable for llt'l6,ll' tt4 "T ect t , 7o , - ,, ,'s tearvellous for its greatness. To say such a jkliesTetere, we t rt ,'lt 4 ~,'ects ti...'.;_abe absurd, for from its very nature it must have itIIZN, sr.3:'?'' arrangedill not stop bi point out where we ti le so t n ttre d „ , Bus ent Mott be made, or a desirable ot Drot:r fact s '',,, d ,,*. We Must take it 'it is—an astonishing corn , 11 'NotNi':,_";r;sPensable to he eve " withiti the ready reach of 4 , 1 14, t,e,son, eae ceztunercial, and the official man, and, indeed, elt;4l)4W e(l4llf7Fated within this capital. The care bestowed li te i bb e 4; ie etnouintaPDare it throughout, and mast have been 411 to ' r P okt 6 7, , " th e ~,.,- Ile ," Street Dirsctory," the ,': C l om e m o e r3 r ; (LZlori,etol ' ir eet9t ,r alc , !• • Directory," the "Las I) ea re ch and k lo t : The 1 ) , t° the last m •Conveyance Directory, v ar m e a . safely -4c conin,66_t_:lQ4liee LoitZomnellir e o c r to P ry ub ' !L lo bi b n e g. the l w e ortb 3 y hand -1141,141 kolt_ ` l. `; f the lira, commercial city of the world. It ' (It "er\llll4 IrEvR. '------- „ik„,t r o „, ous ~,,„:,, - I,fs l s rovartatrt 24, 1849 . I h ,y'rara,,ellice itself,'- 'ct Marvellously clear volume —wh c . ' P iti t s 'lrt " ce s It h is a wonder of the world—has just made 4 '0 4 ti DUblic atlon 4s e xisted for half a century : thew resent is the . Pares t ht'' Pitst; ereeares for its second jubilee not only tut ill qh,, , age onlyineracterlslng its previous existence, but with sp y 14,1%41114e Bieful teer:lal ses its strength, its vigilance. and its t y otil e ,i s .ery erhe,it glyet ~,trt it ) o e b y h p t o h s sibilitT t c;n ri r y e: t u e tr e e ete that 1 enterprise, tl 4 4 tio,l 4 ! l 't in Itp„a3 prcaullY gationearleasuworokpas proceeds from 1 ; 1 11 1 6 )' itst„ l '' that te - 4 nritain ; and wherever it may be seen and 1%,,,, ly e 4l 4ln g b oi l 's w hich part of the world, it cannot fail to It 4 Vii 11. have ge.",,,Rnt Incorrect notions of the world's metr0,,,,:re11',,,;(18 ,,, , :rell',,,; ( 18 tatn ot , l %Len had occasion to describe, which is to 1141,453 . to the „,:ritectrrate yet gigantic Directory, that w t ran :it ~, e , be BuDeer7l,lseetti:inovv more titan ever so amply deser r v el es y . air)ittlittlit:Bracete,nstte,ructlon 41)Z; yet en 6 r iv a l ocuasn compilation. hardly a voi d generally e 0 n i . i'',.'t 6r1 •••Sw.: 1 ,!le g r r : et 9,lBt,inct Directories, under the titles . aet t' t e li. t, ~ The Court,,, : ~' The Commercial," " The Trades t , ,, 4 4141 ris l e ttie 11 , The ce;; The Pa rliaentarY," " The Po . s , ta , in,troteelteeetertes.„ v,lance," The Banking," and „ The I ry blre et ",:t e? , atat nea "•,':•ese heads clearly indicate the nat e u . ; t o , : t : li te 484 i rY, 4. , __, In those divisions, As regards , q t te at ,. aboriou, :mutable in its results as it must have been tot ots, ,'!.elits i n B 1 the preparation it presents the names ateilabl ne 'u Rat e t,'•,ca street, 8.1119-re la ' ce &c • and it Is due to ; I e t ett , le ete .at It is ti le „4, P ~ on ' e that i evei? elven attempted tht:tart tveseressio,,,eral list the nobility and gentry, and the 14iteoter 'Atte, tri4vlrone.'"trZ,, traders, and tradesmen of the metropo %,,,,,ate feillicornDlete al ~, Cori:mercies Directory" presents all • ,Nttu`ratle se 'llll6lml Duabetical order, while the nobility anti! ' 'aln "Ni tr,,,,lnrector,lat arrangetnent it; the "Court Directo7. th,,Dratecy'ea claset( li' del:IL-its all the members of each of the two !isee7ainetteatt"loinatiegniketatine ly—the sub-divisions of each being l'sl:64lair!ile,tit:44fertisllaenr. beTrshcor:‘tfi‘aw D f ire t e e t e ory t " e i t s h d r ev u o i tg r 1; 41 cor, t (i t 4 erri rY be b rl ll. o B 4O4l: l ß to a worekPoTtTs character ; while the o,:ntitied7 s eat; k f parii4furnishes all requisite information as to the 4 iDtl on 6 de elare c t ' The t p r eut, and as to their town residences drtaking 11,35: piton Ile Ver i n at ' - 's t t i - I rlet or of this immere thisa e rt [cuter 'leo-Ika den ote Lem-resented to l %nleastsllifi facts of in tite p pages of liay'ollit sues:rßted t o ;41 notary: p an i c' e that unceasing efforts dil l stit rm an err ectlre, . ki 4 1t t, Part a "erne lten,..ay.klarge amodnt of informa ttil 4,4. T i ,..rf ttn, lull!, o ndenSatlon, and classification, that N;Sst, to em :', B the truth may be referred to without tok t ribo. i tiit n i: a 13 the w o ' , and it would have been juttiflable o 'o .;•o t; ‘cci t o t, numunsurpassed in the world, but that all loktitea andetaler, if era „Ba as they are each year, have only I ' Dreeert4l2l.lt usefO ssi ble, more apparent the remarkable, ''''' BY a excellences of this great original. The b l / 1 , Well-det ned Map of London, !t to itls„, 1) A/Ly „. _ -........... note Debti tract '' ".' 8, Is rovzsruza 23 1849. km ,Itb e c D Dresented it '1 r the fifty. first tit st eay°nag e , •,... self yesterday o q It w ed b y Y to in v .,,, •er o new feature is put forth, nor, indeed, hart, adre tt tas ty `,.`,,` °Be; for the plan having been matured . 4 114 1 sien t ' , Ms 0 "'are expel:, I th e %ad kiv es r IM Drove n , i ...nee, appears not e vte7 soutslZlP-al Li n sat e ratte i r o ne ref, ell 1. As heretofor h Ishttrrol 4,, to . th he Strew. retek the name ant office of every 1 1; t an ; rle „treb a , s , e b,bt„,„ branch Includes in one Fulcra .s . I t r ln e ,"le .. 1144, prof:44)10B; not only of the nobility and gen ry : 1., 44; DriV4t:flitlierCilli /-; 1 1 41 Men, and traders, great and small , 1,14414rit fre,„.. itchrtatat, , lectoe" Benarates the latter front the st 6 lis to cairt;:' the Trades:Ting classified in the " Court" thvision. t;r.4the , ebtory4,B, are ex erets 'lsts that no fewer than two thousand roltlro rlitTetuur lreetiateges., redecot.,l:.ilitee metropolis.. The '• I m .a e l m v b a e n r d s li;ilt 41otO r ri o l tt e i a or inurotsPtadence of th r e " c s n e u s n o try, whether they rotti;lel:'ey 0;1 1'8 to 1, 1 1, 11 1 11 . e " Postal Directory" gives every 41 ,hest 1, Q . er D in ze 'l* iOreigns and colonial postage. fie •,, A, rkir,,, .Peei any ... throughout the limits of the London No t(0 aek it est N et useful. The " Conve Mee Directory" sets *l4 n is ~ ey.eoaeti connected with rll Y phuthstlil'ircßetlea b 66 ' canals aura iv a ways, roaches, omuib i u f ses, b ee o f ityT an atittanack aurgons. This mass of t n or- - 4 lm 1,,1. 11 1 ' 4 LondonT. 'lll. Pete; Cunnlauccia i rding teuthe befs4tre !tts tte,,tnoti: edit or of t---hile most comPlefe map of )4t e r o f L ndon ever ; tnt i,? trotla _e.R, sl ogs in „:3_levistitan I;st of names, trades , places, trott,t,tals aiLloals and Ice an Ie triumphafe over fall e,e t o taLii!r. Tins truptters. and intimates that big work at vc utlice q citi,`:',,n_lonopoly—a. condition seldom ta ken; TO tills however the " Post- - . ,1,,, 4 4 4=4,u'iri- - - 4 4 - %.: 1 --,t,77-..-sn;,-.. . _.,, :,. -4 ,i i,-.. - (4, ~,,,,,, -.--, lAil:4-..t4. ~.I, l _, _.A, ,--,--7) .-- 1 - t7i'''' ' 4 , "f','. 'P l";' - :' , ', 4,- t c., ,_ , .../.7. © 'IT , ''':*' ''' • -- z - : 4 .. -.- :, :. - \© 111 ~..-:-:-: V' ` , .. - 44. _ _ '-,`, , , ,--r ~ i . ..:f . ,.., ~,.............„...,,,,,., ..,,, -,:;3 i , 4 , r- >t.: S' , i'-. t 't" , .<1.47 ..P- - q.40;2"" T,.. , .1) . ., "t - -- N ` .. .y. -- - , --.. -... . -K.,-_,.,,, ... : - :Y....C . L... - -5... , :„ ' , f ,:•-: :R. : , 1 0 r „.. ; 4 -,--___ - \ ,ir,....A.; er , 'll. ~- '4 , :. 2 - ,:.: : ::::-.W / 10. ' --..!„ ir4 t . . 1 + ..., ----,,,, ^ 5. . , ,1 3 ,t; ;; 1„/ -k . ~ ,,, , j., 4 7 e - - 12:_icci r ij .: A , , N 1, --- , .......... ~ \* ~ _ ~ ~C ~_ 4.~~G_ ~ //~ ,- - accomplished by if, I think you will agree with me in )he conclusion of the resolution which I have to propose, naluely—" That the funds requisite for this purpose ought to be provided by th e voluntary contribution s o f individuals, rather than from the public revenue."--- (ilear.) Such was the view entertained by his elioeal Highness Prince Albert, who has been justly referrrd to as the originator of this undertaking. 1 think _you will agree with me that such ought to be the case • and I feel no doubt that the subScrip xiilititohat u i v, we o a h r la e rg d es e t ter t m ea i i n c determined to to lions that w ill pour in first from this metropolis, and that next from var i ous districts of the country, will show co n s d h u o c l it i s not n y sir the rt t this e v and of the enterprise by which it has been underta ken.—(Cheers.) Those who suc ceed—those who distinguish themselves by their skid, their invention, and the perfection to which they shall bring the products which they may there exhibit, will be men whose names will .be justly reputed over the whole globe as those who are --1 rtinarli:lble for earl-) ing into effect objects useful to all mankind.—(hear, hear.) And if such shall he their character, I do think that they will be famed as the benefactors of mankind and b 3 classed with there to whom the prowiest me• merials have been raised.—(Hear, hear.) With these observations I will conclude by itimating that it is as one of the Members fur this city that I appear bi fore you, and not as an individual connected with the Government of the country —and that the object for which we have assembled here is one which VI ill redound to the honour of all the countries of the globe. The Noble Lord resumed his seat after proposing the resolution, which was to the effect that the funds be raised by voluntary sub scriptioe. Baron ROTBSCIIILD, M.P., seconded the proposi% tion. Ile did so with the greatest pleasure, as every where he had heard the exhibition spoken of most favourably. And he would add that the opinion conveyed in the resolution, that the expenses of the exhibition should be defrayed by volun tary subscription, was very generally enter tained.— (Hear, hear.) The exhibition would be fraught with the utmost benefit and encourage. ment to arts End manufactures, and would also have the great effect of cementing those feelings of friendship between us and other nations, which all were so desirous to see—(Cheers)—and which would do more than anything to bring about the blessings of a Listing peace. They had heard much with respect to the - sedvanta i ges that would arise by the competiti on which Allis 'exhibition siesakteeteeato— betveen this and other' countries. S ome behisied that the result would prove injurious, and some manufacturers had said to him, " Supposing I get a prize by the exhibition of ray process of manufacture what benefit s h a ll I get ?" W hy, he was present at. an exhibition of manufactures in France, and be heard many orders given for the arth . des exhibited; and he was convinced that many orders would be given for articles exhibited at the coming exhibition.—(Hear ) The success, however, of the sug i eestion depended upon themselves, and he hoped they \ 'Would contribute largely to the fund. In London he h."ped the list of subscriptions would be in proportion to its greatness, and the commercial importance of the country— nay, he hoped they would not only tyatr tribute to the fund, but induce their friends to follow their example. If the eselsibition was not conducted upon a large scale it would be se. failure, and he was sure every one would deevslyle gret such a result.—(llear, hear.) Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR moved the fourth reso lution, and us he had been very unexpectedly called upon to do so, he said he should do it very briefly. lle owed the meeting some apology for appearing before them, for although he had the honour of being one of the representatives of the metropo litan county, he had never yet earned the freedom of the City, but being requested to take part in this good causc, he could not refuse to give,it a helping hand. No measure was more calculated to lay the foundation of twiversal peace than this proposed exhibition. The true principles of commercial economy were laid down in the celebrated London petition of 1815, which stated ti.at as the production of the nations of the world diffeeesi it was highly important that the country should be enabled to purchase the articles of other nations in the cheapest possible market, and lie f:sr one thought this plan was well calculated to affoed in formation of the best method of accomplishing that object. It would demonstrate to the world the pe culiar manufactures and industry which the dif ferent nations of the earth most excelled in, and then they would be in a better position than we were at present to establish a sound commer cial policy. It was too made the habit of one nation to run down the manufactures of another; but the devil was not so bad as he was. painted, and so he felt it would turn out in the instance lie had mentioned. ow, with regard to the resolution itself, which was— " That a p u bli c su l her i pt i. n bitimmediately com menced through( ut this mi tropclis, and Visit as the undertaking is of a national charac er, all clas:oi Le earnestly solic:tel to contribute theteto"--- he hoped it would be liberally , and generously re- - sponded to. One housn in the City intend Id to offer a prize of 500/. for one article alone --(Cries " Nam e.'') He was told that M.-. Sheriff Nicoll intended to give 5001, for the best specimen of a particular clot!i—EA.--VOice--"A,, to carryout the sweating systeiu'j —and he trusted the City generally would be equaly as liberal.—(Cheers.) Mr. Alderman SALOMONS seconded the resolution, and gave it as his conviction that. the proposed exhi bition would increase the prosperity of the country and promote the civilization of the world. The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. The SECRETARY then announced a lint of subwrip tions, amounting in the whole to upwards of 11,0001 Amongst the names were the following :—ller Ma jesty, 1,000/.; Prince Albert, 500/ ; Lord John Russell, 100/. ; Marquis of Lansdowne, 100/. ; Sir G. Grey, 100/. • Sir C. Wood,loo/. ; Earl Granville, 100/. ; Mr. Labouchere, 100/.4 Sir J. C. Hobhouse ' 1001.; Messrs. Jones L oy d an d C o., 500/ ; T. Baring, Esq., M.P., 600/. ; Baron Rothschild, M.P., 5001.; Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 5001.; Samuel Gurney, .Esq., 500/. ; Abel Smith, Esq., 500/. ; Messrs. Morrison, Dil!on, and Co., 500/. ; Messrs. Robinson and Co., 250/ ; Messrs. Pete ar d Betts, 250/.; Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Co., 2001. ; Messrs. Raikes Currie and Co., 2001. ; Cubitt, E•q , 1001 ; Win. Cubitt, Esq., M.P., 100/. ; Messrs. ILnt, Allcrofc, and Ce., 100/. ; Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, and Co., 100/. ; Messrs. Mastermani 100/. ' • Messrs. R o b er t s , C urt i s, and Co., 100/. ; the Lord Mayor. 50/., &e. &c. [ PRICE oDe ' A ./ %~%~_ ~/~ • ackokira I)ti. •Fal ' .v. rx KE74I. 041, !:, E r§rZl 1 19 *), N ° . 17,8D1.] LONDON ., SATURDAY 1 6(2 5-4 _ _ GLOBE, NOVI.MBEA 23, 1849. WEEKLY DISPATCIi, Noresnea 25, 1849. The fifty-first annual publication of this most useful commercial work is now before us. The pr Ilse we accorded to former editions may be Imported into this notice without the slightest fear of being charged with exaggeration. Everything connected with the volume is mar:mod with unflagging energy, and a desire to send it forth to the public in the most perfect and useful form. The principal matter is comprised under eleven heads, namely :—An " Official Di rectory ;" a "Street Directory ; " a " Trades Directory ;" a " Law Directory;" a "Commercial Directory ;" a " Court Directory ;" " Parliamentary Directory," a " Postal Directory ;" a " City Di ' rectory ;" a " Conveyance Directory;" and a 'Banking Directory ;" The " Official Directory" contains an alphabetical list of persons h lding situations in the East India House, Bank of England, the various Law, City, and all other public offices ; list of her Ma esty's Privy Council, the chief officers of State, and of her Majesty's Household, &c. The "Street Directory" contains the names and residences of private individuals and persons associated with trade and the professions. The "Commercial Directory and Profess oral Directory" contains an alphabetical list of all persons engaged in business, with an elaborate index, which enables. any one, at a glance, to refer to any description of persons, whether brokers, bul lion merchants, artists, agents, or manufacturers. " Ihe Law Di rectory" points to the names of all persons who held offices in the Court of Chancery, the Court of Queen's Bench, the Common Plea the Court of Exchequer, the Courts of Bankruptcy, the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and the nature of those °tikes ; there is, besides, a complete list of attorneys, and their residences. " The Court Directory" enumerates the names of ladies and gentle men runconnectet with any trade or profession. "The Parlia mentary Directory" contains a list of the House of Peers, arranged according to their orders of precedence, with their names and residences ; -and an alphabetical list of the Members of the House of Commons, with the counties and boroughs they represent, and their London residences and country seats. " The Postal Directory" conveys every information relative to the rates of postage, the limitation of weight of letters, and their size, Sec.; the names of all post-towns, and also of the resident post-masters The "City Directory" contains the names of the Aldermen and Common-Councilinen; the harbour-masters, market-collectors, a list of sworn brokers, a complete list of London and provincial newspapers, town and country newspaper agents, &c. The " Con veyance Directory" affords every information connected with time departure anti arrival of railway trains ; a list of inns, wharfs, and quays, and the places whence waggons, vans, carts, vesse a, barges, and boats leave for inland 'towns and villages. The "Banking Di rectory" contains a list of banking establishments throughout the country, the limit of the circulation of each, their branches, &c. We have now partially enumerated the counents of this enormous volume, and are bound to pronounce it an honour to this great • conimercimil nation, and to the enterprising publishers. There is no other work in which se much useful information is imparted, not to the man of business only, but to the I'eer and the peasent, seeing that whileevery counting-house desk groans under the weight of the Directory, the latter will find no difficulty in seeking access to its pages EXAMINER, DECEMBEIt I, 1849. • ' • • .This most.useful and-admirable book has entered on its second lair-century. This is its fifty'-first publication. But age adds to its ` l, and resources, ,nd it was never so elaborate or so accurate _ It c^mprises, as we have °item said, many Directories, and conta'ns ample information for inqui7ers of every class. There is no information wanting in it whi-Irsuch a book ought to give, or which dwellers in this great city are likely to require. Its " Official Di rectory" gives the name of every pub is employ, and all needful detail as to the public offices. Its "Street Directory" comprises every class and kind of London resident—an attempt nev.•r before rn.file In such a compilation. Under Its "Commercial and Trades' Directories" are arranged, in all classes, all who pursue the two thous Ind various business-occupations with which London is so grievously overstocked. The "Cant and Law. Directories," and those of " Ranking and Assurance," have the like merit in their several departments. In the " Postal Directory" we have the some what complex machinery of St. ➢lartin's-le-Grand, and the countless offices and duties therewith connected, made clear and easy of corn- strengtl as now, prelienilon. Nor is the " Conveyance Directory" less useful. It is obvious that without a strict arrangement and classitlcatiox such ample and various Information as this would be cumbrous and un serviceable. But in its order, divisions, and condensation. we kayo perhaps the most characteristic features of this extraordinary com pilation. The " Street Direct:l'y" is worth consulting with a view to this. It not only tells you the number of the house you want, but it indicates its position and whereabufi. Let us add that Mr. Kelly's information is brought down to the very latest date, com p: ising even the presant Lords Albemarle and Alvanley, and the last election fur Cork. BP.IT.ANNIA, DECEMBER 1, 16:9. Of all the wonders of Industry , and skill pioduced by England in the course of the year it would be difficult to single out any one so remarkable as this. We should pronounce the effort impossible, were not its successful ace >mp:ishment before us. Let any one con sider the extent of our metropolis from east to west and from north to south—let him traverse some of its more crowded districts, and, passing from broad open lines' of thoroughfare, dive down into winding lanes and cross courts, imperfectly known to even the most diligent seeker of " short cats"—let him then stretch out into the suburbs, and mark the innumerab'e lines of roads branching out in all direction--let Lim glance as he goes at the various trades and occupations which everywhere meet his eye—and then ask himself what must be the amount of labour required to collect into one book and range alphabetically the name, the abode, and the occupation of every holder of every house in' this mighty city. And not only so, but to give, as it were, a chart of every square, street, and alley, indicating every turning, and describing the character of every house, and the name and calling of its Inhabitant, Further 3 et, to collect together every member of every craft in this huge hive of indcstry, and to exhibit them, scattered as they are and unknown to each other, in a compact form together, so that any one tradesman, be he a butcher, baker, or candlestick maker, may be picked out, without an instant's loss of time, from the crowd of his fellows. The production of such a work, so perfect in all its parts, and so minutely accurate, is a striking proof of our social progress, and, by showing how far the science of human classification may may be carried when men are most thickly packed together, seems to indicate a more advanced stage of social fellowship than we have yet reached. The most ad inir.ble feature in this marvellous work is, that its size only adds to Its clearness and precision, Exhibiting so readily the humble: t name, whi o embracing the metropolis, it puts one in mind of the trunk of on elephant, which can pick up a needle or root up a tree. One of its peculiarities is, that the whole book seems to have been compiled only the day befu e it is issued, to lately is every change recorded. Even the typographical execution 'is a wonder of aceu racy ; and the appe-trance of the whole work, throughout its two thousand pages and um: ard?, is ,fair and uniform, :effecting great credit on the press of tne Messrs. Kelly. Success so complete as to drive every competitor from the field has in no way relaxed the ex ertions of the Proprietors to consult the pub is coavenience. The volume expands with the metropolis itself, and notes every change wills the fide isy of truth itself. Every person who has had occasion to consult it must bear testimony to its judicious arrangement and its inestimable usefulness for ad the var ed aims of Loudon busi ness; and to the great saving of time it effects for all purposes of re ference. In a word, it Is the largest collection of facts in the wor:d, and the most compete exposition of the life and indus:ry of the me tropolis that could possibly be desired. JOHN BULL, NOVEMBER 24, 1849. As often as this gigantic ♦olume meets the eye in its annually renewed form, the question rises in the mind, how it is possib:e to trace, in the ever-shifting stream of London life, each unit of the csuntlese multitude, and to identify on each individual spot the beings that house an t nestle there. And another question follows naturally in the train of the former—how Is it possib!e that such an undertaking can repay the enormous outlay which of necessity it must occasion, at a price, for the size of the volume, s i exceedingly moderate. On the latter point, however, the annual re-appearance of the volume, in an ever improved and enlarged form, is a sufficient answer. Patriotic as his laborious undertaking proves Mr. Kelly to be, we apprehend he is too wi c a man to push his patriotism to the extreme of making the public a present of .the volume ; and on the other hand the public is hardly to be supposed so insensible to its own interest and inconvenience, as not to give the abunda,.t encoa =gement it deserves to a work so eminently useful. As for the accuracy of the information, down to the latest practicable moment, It so happens that the present year affords several remarkable tests. Two Noble Lords, the Earl of Albemarle and Lord Alvanley, have died within the last month, the Cork election has only just been gazetted, and two Bishops have been created, though neither of them is as yet consecrated. Nevertheless we find, on turning to the Peerage, the two noblemen who have recently succeeded, in their proper places ; Dr. Hind and Dr. Oilivant settled in their sees; and in the " Parliamentary Directory," Colonel Chatlerton, the new Member for Cork, duly registered. CHURCH OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY REVIEW, JANUARY, 1830. We well remember a gentleman of a somewhat unimaginative turn, on being appealed 'to for his opinion of Mr. Dickens's works, replied that they did not appear to him to contain much general in formation. This would have been the very book for him, for it is full of general information. We recollect " Kent's Directory," the first of the family to which this work belongs ; and we also remem ber the " Post-office Directory " In its cradle, and a somewhat weakly and rickety bantling it was. We never thought it would have attained to the fair proportions of the volume before us, or have displayed the intelligence which we find in its pages. Exclusively of a " Street," " Commercial," and " Court Directory," it contains all sorts of information desirable to the merchant and the traiesman ; while the Post-office regulations, in addition to their fulness, have the crowning recommendation of authenticity. • Among the number less competitors for public favour at this time, we know none snore valuable to a mercantile man as a " Christmas or New Year's (lift.' CHURCH AND STATE GAZETTE, DECEMBER 23, 1849. Here is an annual which has completed its first half century, mu wh•ch is almost load enough for a moderately strong man to carry. Frem the excellent map of London, at the beginning, to the last page—(and there are upwards of two thou+and 01 them)—there is not a word in this gigantic volume which a critic can cavil at : his occ , mation is gone. In the pages bef,re us there is no flattery —as little of foolish argument—and nothing but truth. Nothing but truth!—and yet it is a guide to our national offices—a Directory for our streets and all who therein dwell—as veil as for Trade, Law, the Court, the Parliament, ant the City. In short it is a book thAt everybody, at some time or other, stands in need of; and, as we have said before, it not only tells nothing but truth, but is the only unin spired book of which such a character can be given. SPEC rATOR, NOVEmnun. 24, 1849. This has no new features of any importance, but its utility and completeness are enforced afresh at each examination. We aay nothing of direct and obvious uses for reference, because we have often spoken of them ; but whether for the purpose of discovering the domicile or busints 0 a 7erscri of whom the, inquirer has but slender trace, or for to il:11 the apparentresrectability ()Ca man b y tracing his whereabo itrseveral yedrs, or for going direct to your point in a neighbour dor street to which you are a stranget, this book and its back volumes arc unrivalled. For example, Black- • - office Directory" is an exception. Althoujh it is hriposeible to give a conscientious opinion of the details of ,v'oi costa :ling upwar. s of two thousand pages'from a hasty examination of Om, yet we have no reason to suppose that errors such as those Iv, point,' out in a former volume exists in this. As ..cursory test we took up the names of some individuals who hays?. been aftected by very recent changes, End find that these changes arc duiy notified. As regards price, this book is peril .pi tie cheapest thirty shillings' worth ever issued from the press. The fifty-flret edition; tha.. for 1i450, of this long-established and asefal publication,' has just been pubished, and falls in no way behind its predecessors either in its typvraphy, accuracy. or ar rangeme As. The volume Lefore us, c nt..ins no less than 2,0:38 pages, being an increase, since 1841, or 233 pages; and, notwith standing the increased size, the price rentains the same. viz., 30e. The present volume Lrings down to the latest date all incur- mation resoecing the residences, Ste:, of the menthe:a or the Legis lature and the Government, of the nobility and gentry, and 01 the ment'Jers of the various professions and trades carried on in the me tropolis. A work of such cc uracy and general utility is an in ispensablo requite In the c , unting-hottie and shop of ever: trader, and in the WTI e of every pr o fessional man.' As in the previous volumes, the contents are carefully arran4ed under the ollowing heads .—" The " the Street " the Commercial,' " the Trades," " the Law," " the t mint," " the Parliamentary,' " the Postal," " the City," " the Conveyance," " the Banking," and " the A.surance Directories ;" and by tho' aid of a copious index which is prefixed, any information which may be required can• be got without trouble or loss of time. SHIPPING GAZETTE, DEczmata 14, 1849. The perseverance and enterprise of Messrs. Kelly and Co. have again been manifested in the publication of the " Dime. tory," ,which com.s forth at the appointed time with, If pcssible, increased claims "upon the patronage of those whom it concerns, The energy which has been shown, fur half a centary past, upon the production of tit's gigantic volume, has e.tabllshed such a com plete system of machinery as to ensure a degree 'of accuracy in the periodical correction of the several branches oflufortnafon whief it is its province to supply, that a few years ago would have been thought Impossible. But there is no mistake in the matter. The Directory of Messrs. KellY is a masterpiece of unwearied inftstry, and the only book of a professedly useful and practical character that the merchants and traders of the city of London eau NOT do without. 'lt presents at one view an immense compendium of facts, ar - anged with such admirable precision and method as to' be surely and immediately available. The book is divided into a circle of Directories, each having a speCific head—namely, (1 Government Officials, Streets, Merchants and Tradespeople, Trades, Lawyers, Place nen, Peers and Members of Parliament, I'ost4flllee and Civic Functionaries, Conveyances, fianking-houses, and Assurance-offices. The plan thus adopted is replete with advfintages, for, if you have forgotten the name of .any individual whose residence you desire tp know, you• find him under his occupation; the later branth of analysis g.ving also a comorehensive tableau of the number of persons engaged in each of the multitudinous avocations carried on within tlie.boundaries of the metropolis. The reputation which the "Post-office Directory" enjoys has not been gained without warrant. It has proved itself to he immeasurably superior to) all other attempts which have from time to time been made to super sede it ; and it may -now be fairly viewed as a book of reference beyond the: remotest possibility sf rivalry. That it will =int in this position there can be no doubt, fur every year corroborates the public faith in its truth, and witnesses the continuance of that close and critical supervision, without which its credit and its value would greatly diminish. ERA 1849. This publication, which , is a kin NOVEMBER d of nat 2s ional annual, has now.been more than half-a-century before the public. It contains now no fewer than 2,091 pages of most useful and appropriate information, under the heads of the " Official," the "Street," the "Commer cial," the " Trades," the "Law," the "Court," the "Parliamen tary," the " Postal," the "City," the " Conveyance," the "Banking," and the " Assurance Directories," &e., &c, in reference to all. of which it gives what thousands, particularly those in badness, will desire to know. he numerous facts here collected form an extra onlinary mass of valuable intelligence, and the only wonder is how so many authentic particulars can be tethered together In one book. It is only the experience and consequent improvements of years that could do so much. ?Many are the people who must be engaged in getting up this printed world of information, notwithstanding the system.of accumulation which is d.,ubtless observed in preparing every new volume. What book can tell you so much in reference to the occupations and domestic relations of people? The mere ad dresses are sufficient to excite special wonder —look at the Smiths, for instance, or the Browns, and you will marvel 'that there are so many of each in the world. It must be borne in mind, however, that this extraordinary Directory does not confine itself to people's whereabouts; nor what companies dor or pro:ess to do. We have all that is official set.forth, and a book of reference for all occasions c At nected with the business of life. The public now find this took in dispensable to the various 'commercial and social purposes to which it is devoted. MINING JOURNAL, NovEunEn 24, 1849. This useful and, to a commercial man, necessary publication, has again made its annual appearance, with still greater accuracy and eclat, if possible, than its more immediate predecessors. As a gene ral Directory, it is immeasurably superior to those pseudo-cheap and ephemeral publications which, under ♦arious phases, and dif ferent denominations, have struggled into existence by plagiarism from this work, and which, by the preface, we see are now totally defunct. The price at which the book is published, places it within the reach of that class (the trading community) for whom it is espe cially designed, while to the courtier and Parliamentary man it has the recommendation of affording him the most useful and accurate summary to be obtained of the "modern Babylon." - LITERA RY GAZETTE, DECEMBER 1849; Talking of Annuals, this is the real and veritable friton of the .111innows--the genuine useful Repository, the miquestionable Pro phetic Almanack, that will guide to thousands of unknown events. Of its bulky and most intelligent predecessor we observed, that it could only belong to, and be produced in England; we ought, perhaps, to have said, in London. We need not' repeat our prai(e of the industry ( mployed (It must be constantly, from year's end to year's end), nor our wonder at the mass of minute information thu% "Collected jnto one grand volume—a very mountain of distinct par ticles! But itse must point attention to the lateness of the date to which this information is brought up. Incidents and changes not yet a fortnight old are enumerated here with the same precision as if they had taken place at midsummer. Fifty years' practice lies indeed leal to perfection. ATLAS, Novituasa 24, 1849. A. stranger would take a week to trace the increase of London within the last few years. In this most unique of publications he map see it at a glance Year after year the volume continues en larging, till the once modest tome bids fair to become the most portly octavo ever sent out from the pres.. After the reader has done admiring the astormling immensity of the metropolis, and the enornfous mult4plicity :of its trades, companies, and buildings, he may begin to admire the stupendous •labeur and enterprise with which a pr: vote nu:le/taking like this Is begun and carried on. The present volume is on the plan of former years —a plan combining so much utility to every one as scarcely to need Improvement. 'She publica ti 41 Is carried Clown to the latest moinebt ; several important changes being registered which occurred as late as the 13th of this present month. Th.s digest of the immensity of London is much more than a mere mercantile convenience. As a statistical account, it has the highest value, forming, in many respects, one of the most extraordinary books in the world. HERAPATIFS RAILWAY JOURNAL, NovEsitwri 24, J-849. The " Post-office London Directory" for 1510 is out. It occupies a space on one's book-shelf as large as two or three other good sized volumes put together, and, in point of utility, especially to the commercial classes, it must occupy Iv first place in public esti mation. In it is contained a mass of most useful in'ormation ; information that is not to be found elsewhere. Additions and corrections are observable In the present edition of the " Font-office Direct() y ;" so that the Messrs. Kelly appear determined to dist ance all attempts at competitien and undermining, whether from a host of little competitors to p .rts of the work—constantly appearing and as periodically dying of—or front Members of Parliament, for be it remembered that some time ago, certain gentlemen of the Lower House, seeing so great and important a work successfully conducted by private enterprise, thought it time for the Government to stop and take possession. A little delibera tion, however, soon taught them that though the position of head of the " London Directory" was a desirable post to occupy, it was one which they could not manage without encountering too much labour and risk bf failure. The " Post-office Directory" has now retched its 51st year, a good age, but it seems to be all the better for it, and likely to improve in appearance every year that it grows older. 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A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner mly-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses is young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em ityrs old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu tions of every-day life. THE PASSIONS. What passions hurt the body—what Improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard:" gUBJECT :-I,lle's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE ➢IARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the quest!on." rILOGRAIINIE :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy off , pring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversien. Cases, &c. BY R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841). M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years:Medical awl Forensic Referee in these .natters. Reception hours daily till eve. Evenings, seven till nine. 10, Argyll place, Regent-street. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. 3N PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE lIICA.PA • CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Slew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 30. 6d. in postage stamps, T' SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of = with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating cert In ittalldcations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. atd L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-:treat, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 160, Oxford-street ; Starie,23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, pro lacing menti 1 and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and onerative ucapacitr. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Pier 111. treats of the diseases resulting trout infection, either 1n the primary or secondary form, and contaiiss implicit directions fc r their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings.: PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Diseatt by a Simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should no wetse the reader's notice. rkIIT Y. is devoted to the consideration of roarr 4 lge, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union ar. 9.180 4onsidered and the. whale subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TrraCennw, BALK OF SYRIACIM is exclust^tly employed in treat isg nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 338. per battle. The Concentrated Detersflo Fasence, an anti -syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood I- case: ofinfection, secondary ryrop toms, eruptions, and the abuse of xr^:cury, lie. and 338. per bottle. Perry's Puritying Specific Ms, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and II s. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrheea, elect, stricture, and chronic inflanuna ion of the bladder. ..:onstltt.tion fca, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is requir ad : age, habits, and position in society. 51 Packets, tvitbt advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by Rhieh the fce,ll., iQ saved: Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are fn atte ~a nee daily at 19. Senors-street, Oxford-street, London, from E von till T. aut l_loo to Matti On Sudsy' from Mem to 01. friars-roial is some three-quarters of a mile long ; you have to go to' a p rtienlar home, but you know not whereabouts the nua.ter is— whether at the liriclge or the Obelisk en•l, er any internuidiate po nt. You lure to he "Street Directory," and dad that No.. 197isnest door to surrey i:11 ipel, celebrated of yore as Row! jnd Even if y,u have no local ii.notviedge, a simple division of the numbers will tell you whmlier the house yeu seek is towards -ihe ends or diddle of the .street. At:d this Is enly tine incidellal use of the remark ible volume. COURT JOURNAL, DECEMBER, 22, 1349. Arnongst•the nriny instances 'of inetro;4olitan industry awl skill, we cin pilot to none more remarkable and u4eful in its w.!) - I ILin the " Post-office London Directory." We have Mato draW lt.ett that to the vast extent of this metropolis, with its great mass of population. embracing all rankS, proldss!ons, an i trades, ant wi may form sonic notion of the immense labour and energy whirl must have been expended before such materials cott:d have been so, into such a systematic form as that at one glance we can be mad( acquainted with every street, every house, and 'e‘ery individual, whether amongst. the nobility-, gentry*, merchants, profe&Linal men, traders, and tradesmen, with the private *residences and places of business of each, within the metropolis and its immediate environs. This public ition Is not simply one Directory, but comprehends an " Offical Directory," a "Street DireCtory," "Commercial Direc tory," " Trades'.Directory," " Law Directory," "Court Directory." " Parliamentary Directory," " !'octal Directory," " City Directory," "Conveyance Directory," " [tanking Directory," &c. The "Street Directory" furnishes the names of the residents In each stre. t or place. The " Cominercial Directory" has all these latter In com plete alphabetical order, while the nobility* and gentry will be found in similar arrangements in the "Court Directory." The "Trades' Directory" exhibits all the members of each of the two thous,nd trades, classified distinctly—the sub-divisions of each being suitably distinguished. The "Law Directory "is devoted to the classifica tion of the members of the profession, together 'With the general leg 1 matters appropriate to a work of this character; while the " , arliamentary Directory " furnishes an, requisite information as to Peers and and Members of Parliament, and as to t-eir tdwn residences and country seats. The " l'ostal Directory" gives full Instruction on the subject of Money , Order=, and of the transmission eflett,rs and new s p a p ers t o a ll parts f the world. The "Conveyance Directory " is devoted to the important subject which its title indica es, as are the "]tanking " and ".Assurance Directories." ' Such a mass of similar Information was never exhi bited, until the appearance of this work; and When we look ut its stupendous appearance we are proud to encourage the undertaking upon national grounds. - WEEKLY 3 1ESSENdEll, DECEMBER 22, 1849. No book in existence conveys such a vivid and impressive idea of the magnitude, wealth, and almo s t i n fi n it e occup Mons of the dwellers in the metropolis of the world, as the volume now before us, and which has estilblishe I for its compiler a reit:Wien which will last as long as :England • shall continue to boa her position 'among the nu!ions of the earth. •Without a careful examination of the contents of this Immense volume, it would be impoosible to form anything like a correct klea of its value, or of the labour which must have been spe.lt in its cornpi ation. Certainly no merchant or tradesman, no put lie or private company, owght to be without a cony. 'Under its twelve separate Director.cs, London and its professions and trades are an fully and accurately classified, that nothing legitimately belonging to either of these heads will be looked for in vain. • ! THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC • INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. The First of a Series of Illustrated Lectures, by Dr. Bachhoffner, vn the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation, taily at Two o'clock, and in the Evenings, at Eight.—An entirely new Set of Dissolving Views of London in the Sixteenth Century. and as it now is, with a Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past Four, and iu the Even ings at a Quarter to Ten.—The Views of Rome, including new Views of the Interior and Exterior of St. Peter's. with Dioramic ef fects, are shown daily, at One o'clock.—Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant experiments, by Mr. Ashley.--Experiments with the Diver and Diving-hell.—New Exhibition of Chromatropes.—The Ma chinery, Medels, &c., explained. Admission.ls•--Schools, Half-price, IONDON AND NORTH-WEST ERN I RAILWA.T. Notice is hereby given, that the next lIALF•YEA.RLY ORDI NARY MEETING of. the London and North-Western Railway Company will be held at the Euston Station, London on FzinAY, the 22d day of Feb , 1850, at Twelve o'clock precisely ; and immediately after the transaction of the business of such meeting, an Extraordi nary General Meeting of the company mill he, held, at the same place, for the special purpose of considering the propriety of, and determining as to, the adoption an d exerc h t of the powers . and pro visions, or some of thein, , which , the Company may become en. titled to adept and exercise, • under the authority of an Act of Par liament passed in the Bth and 9th year of the reign of her present Majesty, chapter 42, far anti:m.lsll:g the proprietors of canals to become carriers, and to exercise other powers and privileges in such Act mentioned; and .f ; r the . further purpose of considering, and approving or eisapproving, the undermentioned Bills, respec tively, proposed to Le introduced into Parliament in the ensuing Session (drafts of which Dills•will then be laid before the Meeting,) viz..— • - `• A Itll to authorise the ab?iblonment of part of the undertaking of the Shropshire Union Railway and banal Company, and to alter some of the prov.sions of the lease thereof to the London and North- Western Unilway Company." • . " A /3;11 to authorise the Chester and Ifolybead nanway Company to lease their undertaking, to the I.o:olon and North-Western Railway Company, or to make other arrangetusatts relating thereto, and for other purposes." "A Rill to authorise an alteration in the line of the M.ekinghain shire liallway at Oxford." "A Hill io (liable the East and West India Dock and Bir mingham Junction Railway Company to make certain branch rail ways, and to amend the Act relating to the said Company, and to authorise the lease of the undertaking, and for other purposes." GEO. CARR GLYN, Chairman. CIIAS. LAWRENCE, Deputy Chairman. HENRY BODTII CIIARLE. E. s TEvrART, Fecretatles. Euston Station, London, Jan. 24, 1850. FMIGRATION.- BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, London-bridge, invites settlers to inspect his EMIGRATION TENTS, which are fitted up with every requisite, at a moderate cost. May be seen any day at his Manufactory, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, one being pur posely erected, with cot, sling, table, and camp stool complete. A Wardiouse, 20R, Piccadilly. rrHE NOVELTY most t) — recently introduced y I: MESSRS. NICOLL is called NICOLL'S PATENT. EIDER DOWN PALETOT, such novelty consisting !n the adaptation of Eider Down in thefonnation of NICOLL'S PALETOT, the original elegance and utility of which is, however, faithfully preserved. Elders are f oun d In great numbers in Iceland and the Ferr Islands, where their beautiful and delicate down is well known to be proof against the most 'severe cold. and even the small quantit3 which can be compressed and concealed between the two hands, wil serve in the formation of a Piletot, Which, while it has most extra. ordinary lightness, has, nevertheless, more warmth than the fines , being and thi h ckest blank ished, n a et, the gmelreat desidera'um f or a winter garment tus accomply, personal warmth 'without fatigue. Public inspection is invited at MESSRS. NICOLL'S wholesale and retail r arerooms, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT. 1S MEET, MEET, and 22, COI:NHILL, L. TET.HE NICOLL PALE roT (Re istered 6 and 7 Vi and 22. COR et., N BILL. WAREROOAIS, 114 g , 116, 120, REGENT STRE Many have assumed the use of the word P.I LETOT, but Messrs. NICOLL are the sole Patentees of the design and material. The Wholesale and Counting. Ilouse Departments for the London Branches in the Shipping and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE ALLEY, CORNIIILL, and 120, REGENT -STREET. The NICOLL is the distinguishing nam e giv en to o garment secured by Royal Letters Patent front general imitation. It has all tilt advantages of Messrs. NICOLL'S original invention, the RE GISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH. The NICOLL PA LETOTS are charged One, Two, Three, and Three-and a-half beGuineas, according with the cli mate or purpose for which they may required. Er . rit°I3°I ' II SANITARY ASSOCIATION. • PnEstoeNT. The Right Hon. and Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of LONDON- The imperative necessity of health measures adequate to the wants of the 2.000,000 inhabiting this greai Metropolis, has been so controvertibly established by the disclosures made during the late epidemic, and the sacrifice of life which has taken place has been so appalling, amounting to no less than 14,590 souls from cholera, and time 833 has from divedarrhoea— when in till a kits of 18,423 l i ves, that ' i t i s f e lt a arri the people are entitled urgently to demand from the Legislature efficient and comprehensive enactments, in order to prevent not only the recurrent ravages of pestilence, but the lamentable waste of life and attendant misery twitch every day ex • Whits. To promote the attainment of measures so ine.stimaldy ad vantageous this Association has been formed. The clergy of the metropolis are more particularly called upon to assist the Association to the utmost of their power by the formation of Branch Associations in every district and parish. lyith these the Parent Association will gladly co-operate. The zealous support of all classes is earnestly sJlicited in this work of prevention, the bene fits of which must extend to all, though they will be most apparent in the improved state of the dwellings of the poor and of the labour ing classes, and in the elevated social condition of the people, in greatly reduced local burdens, and in the diminished amount of widowhood and orphanage. •A . PUBLIC MEETING of this Association will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 6th February, 1850, at Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The Lord Bishop.of LONDON in the chair. The chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. An Annual Subscription of 1/. Is., And a Donation of 5/. ss, con stitutes a Member. Subscriptions will be received by the following bankers : — Messrs. Glyn and Co., and Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street; Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin lane ; and the London and Westminster Bank, St. James's-square ; and by the Honorary Secretaries, Mr. W. Lusignan, M.A.; Hector Gavin, I. . r 0; s.iy a l nd n alii st,p Adolph u s us T ato rri . ett, M.D., at 12, St. andJames's square Just published, price ss. Bvo. in cloth, STRICTURE of the U R ETHRA; iti Patho logyl.3 and Rational Treatment, with important Practical Ob i setvations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment of Obstructions of the Urinary Canal; showing how it is that Stric tures, in most cases, not only resist, but are aggravated by the ordi nary means adopted for their cure, and at length become seriously complicated by the so-called " aonsequences of stricture." The whole illustrated by numerous cases, w hi c h w ill b e f ound to embrace every possible fo rm o f Stricture and i t s consequences, together with appropriate moans, of cure. BY F. R. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E. Those who are lab our l ng under long - pro t rac t e d s t r i c t ure, with all' its accompanying miseries, will find detailed in this work modes of treatment adapted to such cases, the elicacy and superi or i ty of which have been t es t e d b y repea t e d practice; whilst th se w h o are suffering under the less severe farm of the disease may find the means of prompt relief, and at the same tune such information as will protect them from becoming the victims of unskilful and violent treatment—the inain•spring of severe and complicated Ob• structiens of the urinary canal. " The operation of introducing a catheter through as impermeable stricture is. without doubt, th e most difficult in the whole range of surgical operationi, and de mands all the prudence, science, and skill of a master. The art can only be acqu'red. and that gradually, by frequent practice."— Liston's Operative Surgery. Published by H. Ilailliere; 219, Regent-street:r and may he had of a 1 booksellers in town and country. LEAMINGTON SPA, JAN. 24.--A no townspeople at Leamington have just held a public meeting, at which they have resolved to raise 1,0001. to be expend( cl -4001. in defraying the extra expense of huntin g the country, north as we ll as south, six day s a week, and the coverts in the imn elate vicinity of Leamington four dey a wce'z; and the remainder in summer amuse ments, such a 3 archery f te.c, holt:cultural exhibitions, pyrot3ch&c disp!ay s , a nd balloon axents. Th e N at i onal Archery Cluj will hold their grand Intetikg here in 1851. AFFECTING CIECOMSTANCE. — Last Friday a couple in Lyb,ter, were married, and next day the bride w as a curpse.—•John 0' Groat's Journal. EAST INDIA 1 10 USE, January 25. 1 , 50, MHE COURT OF .DIRECTOX,S OF Til,E EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice,lhAr•V:e RATE of. EXC [LANGE at w„leh limy will receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and Madras will from the prelent date, and until - further notice, be Is. 114 d. the CoMpany's lltipee, and for Bills en ihanbay 2s. the Company's Rupee. • JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary ,4r V - 111 I ' i ':::-/ ; , , r ,•;, 4 ,- L it lu , ~ . . r; • • , -- Iq7l rci,? Fri JANUARY 26 IPSO. ' SHE LADIES' . (.'OMPANION AT 110 A1 1 ! AND ABROAD, E!itc-1 by 31rs. lOUDON'. PART I. will be puliliAcd on the 31st in uant. trice Fourteen relive. Bradbury end Evans, 11, I.,..m,,rie,treet, and sold by all Rooks( lley6 and Ng wsinen. BSERVATIONS ON till; EN PEN OF TUE fIOUNTt or MIDDLESEX, TIIE AN I) THEIR MANAGEMENT; addreued to the Magiltrates. ani Itatepuyers of the Comity. My HENRY POIN T S - ALL, Esq. Second Edition. London : F. Warr, G 3, nigh 1101 borit ; S. Low. 1f;9; Fleet-strcet NLW PE OICAL. On Saturday, the 2d of February, 1550, will be issued the First of a .New eerlal„to,he entitled - CHAMBERS'S - PAPEL I S for the PEOPLE. These Papers—a..eh to contain a dis!inct subject--will em brace Illstory, Aretaeology, Illogiaphy, ' Science, the Industrial and Fine Arts, the leading topres in Social Economy, together with Criticism, Fiction, Per.onal Nar ra ti ve, and o:her branches of Light Literature. The work will be publisl.ed In Weekly Numbers, at Three, consi , halfpence each; in Mo n thl y Parts, at Pevenpence ; and a Volume; ling of E:glit Numbers, will be issued every Two Months, done up in Coloured F a n cy B oards, Price One Shilling and Sixpence. Published by W. and K. Ch am b ers, Edinburgh ; Wm• S. Orr and Cs., Amen Corner, Lon..:on ; I). Chambers, Argyll-street,-street, Glasgow; J. Sl'lllaslian, Dublin ; and 800 , :Sellers. Bosellers. NEW PERIODICAL. Ou 37th inst., to be contlnuedlfonthlY,Pricerlalba-CroiVneach, Illustrated by five coloured Plates. THE GARDENER'S MAGAZINE OF BO TANY, lIORTICULIURE, FLORICULTURE, AND NA TURAL SCIENCN. CONDUCTED BY • THOMAS MOORE, F. 8.5., Curator of the Botanic Garden of.the Society of Apothecaries, Chelsea, WILLIAM P. AYRES, C.M.H.S., BrooklAnds, Blackheath, Kent. ASSISTED fn BOTANY, by ARTHUR lIENFREY, Esq. F.L.S., Lecturer on Botany at St. George's Hospital. In ENTOM(tLOGY., by J. 0. WESTWOOD, E sq ., F LS. In NATURAL SCIENCE, by J. STEVENSON BLIsIiNAN Esq , M.D. And hi FEORICULTURF, by Mr. BARNES, Stowniurket. This Work IS intended to be ft,Guide to the PractiCal Gardener, and a Companfon to Lady or Gentleman Amateurs; it Will furnish instructions in the art of designing, laying ottt i , selecting, and plant ing gardens and pleasure -grounds; in the erection and heating of hOrticultural buildings; in no application of scientific principles to the art of Cultivation, and every other subject connected with the general management of the garden, combined with descriptions of all new Popular Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables. Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen-corner, Paternoster -rove. uable VALIJARLE FORFEITED PROPERTT. ESSRS. DEBENHAM and STOAR will Sell by Auction at their Rooms, King-street, Co vent -garden, on, ' I HUASDAY, January 31, and fo lowing day, at Eleven, awe assortment of Forfeited P ro perty, comprising ele gant Jewellery, f ashionable Gold and Silver Watches, and Clock s , antique and modern Plate, Piece Goods, Apparel, Household Furnitur e , and other effects, pledged under the Act of Parliament in month s prior to February, 1849, with Mr. Walter, Aldersgate-street, and other PaWnbrokers, an d goods depos i te d w ith th em as security for loans, the period for whi c h h as exp i re d . M a y be viewed, and catalogues had, the day previous, at the place of sale. ARGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAURENT, jun. This ACADEMY, for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is NOW OPEN for the Season. 'Pe iching by Professors Calkins, Mo - sey, and Franceni. For Terms of Private Tuition apply at the office.—Te.ms of Sub script7on, for morning and evening practice:—Six months, 5/. 5s ; one month, 1/. lc; one evening, h. Subscribers' tickets not transferable. The Academy will open foi evening practice at a Quarter to Eight o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. . The BENEFIT of M. LAURENT, jun., is flied for MONDAY EVENING, the 4th of February. G ItE ST EX HI"; ITI ON OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS IN ISSI. A lerge public meeting ef merchants, bankere, and treders of the City of London was held yester day, at two o'clock, in the Egyptian hall, at the Mansion-lieuse, to receive a communication from the Royal Comm:ssionets, and to adopt resolutions thereon. The elegant and se,,cletni. hell—the scene of so miny we:nor:tide festival-, in.•etines. end eHebeeiens, both civic and other.vise— w e s el, at.h fil:ed within a few minutes of the doors to-hi:4 opt it, (I, hot as the hour of two ate ived it beeeree rather c;oe (led. The Lord Mayor took the alit' a few minutes after two o'clock. Among those present we olserv; d Lerd John tr.- sel', the Right lion. 11. Laboucher: , S r E. N. Beet: n, Bart , IV. Cotton, Re' , Jahn If atephery, E Aldvrmart and Retires Carrie, E q., 4. P., Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.,: Sheriffs Lew repo and Nicoll, the Governor cf the Bank, the Deputy-Go vernor, Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P, Alderman Thompson, M.P., Mr. Forster, M.P., Alderman Hooper; W. Tite, .Eiq., W. C. M.. Kent, Esq., A. Caldecott, Esq., S. J. Loyd, Esq., Rev. Thotriai 13inney, Ueder-Sheriffs Millard and Wire, Alderman Finnie, Major Finnis, J. T. Travers, Esq., Baron L. Roths child, M.P., Rev. S. R. Cattley, J. Bates, EN. Win. Cubitt, 111. P, Thom as C u bitt, Esq., R. liarvey, Esq., J. H. Palmer, Eq., Charles Francis, Esq., •Thomas Baz!ey, Esq., chairman of the Mencheeter Chamber of Commerce ; R. IV. Kennard, Esq., Charles Hill, late Sheriff, the Rev. C. Marshall, Henry Cole, Esq, W. C. Dilke, Esq., J. H. Pilcher, Esq Juhn Masterman, jun., E. q., Captain Ibbottson, Thoirres Webster, Esq., W. Jerdan, Esq., Baron N. M. Rothschild, and Sir James Duke, M The LORD MATO; in opening the proceedings of day,. skid—l have called this meeting at the re . 7 quest of the Royal C )mmissioners, for the purpose of commencing a subscription towards carrying out the magnificent project cf his Royal Highness Prince Albert for an exhibition of the works of art and in dustry of all nations. The gi ntlemen who will speak will fully inform you of the object, and I shall therefore simply call upon them to move and second the several resolutions. llis Lerdship .concluded by calling upon Mr. Cotton to move the first resolution. Al COTTON was received with cheers. He said he had unexpectedly been called upon to propose the first resolution, but he thought it right that at such a meeting as the present no private feeling or disin clination of his own should interfere with the arrange • meats which had been_ made. He was sensible that he would express himself very indifferently upon the subject before them, for it was only within the last few minutes that he knew he should have to speak. The object for which they had assembled was one in which they ought all to take a very lively in terest—(Hear)—fur it was to collect in this great metropolis the efforts and evidences of the industry and talent which existed throughout the civiiiz d world. They did not intend to confine the proposed exhibition to articles which had been produced by the industry and skill of their own countrymen, but they all wished to meat together on those friendly terms on which parsons interested in the welfare of mankind ought to meet, and to collect in London the result of the industry and talent of the world in one great and comprehensive exposition. Tee resolution which he held in his hand was as follows " That the proposal (.f his Royal Highness the Prince Albert to open an exhibition of the works of in dustry f f all nations, in tho year 1851, in this nAtropc iiy, is a measure in harmony with public teling, and ertt tied to the general support of the community, and is eminently calculated to improve manufacturer, and to aid in diffusing the p:inciples of universal peace." Whatever originated with the illustrious individual, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was entitled, he was- sure, to the most favourable consideretion of every inhabitant of this land.—(Cheers.) There was nothing to which his Royal Highness had directed his attention which did not deserve the support of every individual in the country. lie spoke, he thought the feeling of every inhabitant of Great Britain when he said they esteemed themselves very fortunate and thought it a source of great gratitude to the Almighty, in having Prince Albert placed in the eminent posi tion which he now held—(Cheers)— and he pre sumed there was no necessity for him to press upon their notice the fact that his Royal Highness had on all occasions not merely devoted his best at tention to everything which conduced to the happiness Rea welfare cf the country, hut see nic•d to give a charm and a vigour to every etE.rt which he made for the bccomplislimont of an olject, whether it was to promote the arts or to improve the condition of the labouriog classes.-- (Cheers.) That illustrious indivi dual had proposed that there should be an exposition if the industry of all nations in 1851, and it was stated in the resolution which he had read, that the measure was in harmony with the public feeling, and entitled to the general support (1 the community ; and he thought .no argument was wanted to show that it was in accordance and in harmony with the public feeling ; and if so it followed as a matter of course that it was entitled to general support.— (Cheers) He was anxious, not that this great effort should be supported by a few opulent in dividuals, but that the country generally should come forward, every one according to his means and ability, towards the accomplishinent of the object which they had in view. —(Cheers.) He knew that several persons subscribed princely sums on occasions like that,. Others were deterred from contributing any, being unable to spare similarly large subscriptions, and he was desirous, therefore, that they should nut confine the present movement to those blessed with princely fortunes, but that all should be allowed to contribute in proportion to their means. It was the number of subscribers, and not the amount of each sum contributed, that would mark most accurately the general feeling and spirit of the country on the subject of the exposition. [Lord John Russell here made his appearance on the platform, and was received with loud cheers, which were continued until he had taken his seat.] The subscriptions had nobly been commenced by her upon whom they must ever look with rever ence —our Sovereign —and who is entitled to our sincerest affection and loyalty—(Loud cheers)—and he felt quite satiefird that the example which her Majesty and her illustrious Consort had set would be generally followed. Nothing would tend so much, he thought, to the promotion of art and science and the encouragement of industry than seeing what others were doing by the exertions of their talents in dif ferent and distant parts of the world. The effect of such an exhibition would be to ',remote those great principles upon which the happiness and prosperity of the world greatly depended. Anotherobject which they had in view was one which must be dear to every man who had any regard for the welfare of his fel low-creatures, for it was the greatest of all objects —the preservation of peace and friendly inter course.—(Cheers.) Whatever glories attached to conquests and victories, nothing could compensate for the misery and distress which fighting and quar relling brought upon the world —(Cheers)—but when they met to compete with each other not for the destruction of life, but in order to promote the com forts and enjoyments of life, they would engage in a peaceful and rational contest from which they must derive the greatest possible advantages.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded by proposing the resolution which he had read. Mr. J. DiLeosr second, d it, agreeing heartily with the sentiments expressed by the Hon. Gentleman who preceded him. He might remark in speaking of this exposition, that all the world referred, mechanically,°fis it were, to one view of it. They did not speak of it as an exposition cf arts or manufactures, as a national or other exposition, but every mind naturally looked upon it in a different light, for it was an e xposition of the in dustry of all nations.—(Hear.) Philosophers, he be lieved, would call that the science of the sulject. lie believed the proposition could not but be in harmony with the sentiments and feelings of the philosopher as the wishes of the statesman, but that it should be in harmony with the public feeling of this country wels most extraordinary, and this was evidence of the great progress of public feeling and cf the rapid circulation of enlightened views, enlightened senti ments, and liberal principles.—(llcar, and cheers.) The resolution stated that such an c xposition would improve and extend trade. Never was there an assertion more true. It was said by some, " Whata will you actually give re— wards to encourage foreign manufacturers to excel us ?" He would answer " Yes, I would ; but I would also give rewards to our own countrymen to excel the foreigner." The only real and solid principle of all trades and manufactures, and perhaps the only real s .urce of excellence, whether in trade or arte— indeed in all the pursuits of human life—was compe tition openly conducted on enlightened principles and administered by fair and honourable men.—(Cheers.) This exposition would also tend to universal peace ; they had had enough of war, bloodshed, and ambition. Let them now have a peaceful struggle of competition in arts, sciences, trades, and manufactures, and the trader, the manufacturer, the banker, the enerchnet, the gentleman of fortune, the philosopher, and the statesman would equally and severally recognise it as the greatest blessing which could be conferred upon them. —.(Cheers.) The resolution was then put, and carried with great unanimity. Mr. RA:liLt; CURLIE sa:d he had the greatest satis faction in propos:rig a resolution which expressed the confiderce of this meeting in the Commissioners appointed by her Msjesty. Those Commissioners had :s 'oust complicated and arduous task before them. But whet of that ? Labour and difficulty are the conditions of every great work, and this would not be what I, called it, a great work, except it wee to be achieved by labrarr rend But by such men as he fewai in that C nirini,sion the labour would he confronter!, and the difficulty would he eveeceinee He was :! ore that this wee tiug would agree with him in thinking that those Commission, rs had been selected with the greatest impartiality and the greeteet judgment.— ( AppLuse ) They feund among them men of every stale of political opinion—((fear, hear)—men cf ve r:oth ranks and occupations, all distinguished or all remarkable in their respective spheres of action. They found there the most eminent of their public men— , (Applause) —they found there men of high rank, end men ennobled by their patronage or their cultivation of art and science. They found there patriots and men of science, who had embellished and done honour to their country. They fund there men who most efficiently represented the banking, the commercial, and the manufacturing interests ; and they found at the head of this Commission, not as a nominal and merely ornamental chairman, but as the very life and soul of this undertaking, the Prince Consort of these realms.— (Cheers.) He need not remind this meeting that this great under taking had been mainly originated, and would be, they doubted not, assiduously and carefully watched over by his Royal Highness Prince Albert—by him who was associated and identified al ready by much 'that was wire, and sound, and useful —by him who, since his auspicious connexion with this country, had won his way by a quie, unob trusive, end most consistent course, till at last the very mention Of his narefe -called upein the minds of Englishmen the 'deepest feelings of affectionate re spect.--(Cheers.) Ile should say no more, but he well knew that his fellowscitizsns and his fellow -country men, over and above the in!erett which they must feel, and they did feel, in this great national experi ment, would rejoice in this opportunity of evidencing the sincerity and depth of their feelings by energeti cally and liberally co-operating with Prince Albert in this magnanimous and patriotic enterprise.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving the following resolution : " That this meeting entirely concurs in the reasons which have induced the Royal Commission to termisate the contract with the Messrs. Munday, and to rest the success of the proposed exhibition entirely upon public liberality." Mr. Trios. BARING, M.P., said he had the honour to second this resolution, and he must conlese in doing so he was actuated much more by the selfish wish to associate himself with the proceedings of hs fellow -citizens in the promotion of this object than by anything he could say, if it were wanted, to excite the liberality of his fellow -citizens towards promoting the object of this meeting ; but as it had been entrusted to him to second, he might, lie trusted, be allowed to add that at no happier time could this project be promoted, and in no better manner could it be offered to the support of their fellow - countrymen. The plan emanated from one illus trious personage, the nearest to the Throne, who had already earned the esteem and affection of English men by his virtues and his high attainments, and who now showed how fully he appreciated the industry, the energy, the perseverance, and the enterprise of Englishmen, by inviting them to compete with other nations in the exhibition of the results of their industry. I; came from high authority, bat it was likewise supported by other conside rations. It was an invitation to the werld—an invitation from Englishmen to compete, not with any feelings of hostility, which they trusted were for ever extinguished, but with a noble sentiment of rivalry ; and it was offering at the same time a guarantee for the maintenance and continuance of peace.— (Cheers.) It was the result of a long -continued peace, be cause in times of war such a plan would be impracticable, and certainly after the termination of a war it would be almost impossible. It was the growth of kindly feelings between nations arising from a long continuance of peace, and it was at the same time a 'guarantee that the English people and the English Government wished for the maintenance of that peace. It would go forth to the world as the public declaration of the English nation, that they did not oelieve at pres , .:nt in the possibility of war, and that they trusted, and hoped, and believed that the peace might be maintained, and that the international relations might be c, ntinued ; because it was evident, if any possibility of a rupture of the peace were enter tained, an exhibition of the works al all na tions could not he planned for 1851. It was there f ire a declaration of the people of E .gland that their wish was for peace; and it was an invita tion to them—whatever might be the difference of opinion between countries, although their institu tions might be as various as the products of their industry or their soil—to unite in one general exhibition to stimulate the works of industry and promote the progress of civilization. As regarded this country, it was presumed and he hoped it would stimulate the inventions of English industry, and materially assist in the further develop ment of those branches of industry which already existed. The resolution which he had the honour to second, stated that the contract with the Messrs Munday had been terminated. It had been thought that such a con tract seemed rather to exclude an appeal to public li berality.—(Hear, hear.) That contract, therefore, in compliance with the public wishes, was now termi nated, the Commissioners having determined to rely on the national liberality and the national subscriptions ; and it was to the people of England that this Commission appealed, and he was proud to say that it appealed especially to the citizens of London. There was no one who would doubt that that appeal would be successful, and if it were successful there was no one who .would lock with regret at having lent a helping hand to promote it. The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Lord Jonis RUSSELL then stood forward to pro pose the next resolution, and his rising was the signal for an enthusiastic burst of cheering which lasted some moments. Ile spoke as follows :—My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,—lt is in the capacity of a member of this great city that I propose to ad dress to you a few observations in support of the re solution w hich I have to move. The former part of the resolution which I shall have to move states it to be the opinion of this meeting, that the preparation made for this exhibition should be on a scale and commensurate with the importance of the occasion ; and when I speak to you of the importance of the occasion, I should say I shall be giving a very inaccu rate view of the importance of the occasion if I were to tell you that this was an , object of the Go vernment. I should be giving a very narrow view of the importance of the occasion if I were even to tell you that this was an object of the nation. I could only be giving a true account of the occasion if I were to tell you that it was an object bene ficial to all nations.—(Cheers.) What we have to do is to endeavour to bring into one view those various products of manufactures, of arts, and of science, which shall show how much skill and in dustry have been able to effect, and in what manner those productions may be improved and carried to perfection. That, I say again, is an object in which all nations have an interest, and which shall benefit not ourselves m ere l y , b ut the whole of the inhabitants of the globe, if we succeed in the object which we have in view. hly Lord, it occurs to me, and must frequently occur to me, to have brought be fore me the consideration of inventions which exhibit great skill, in which very often great science is dis played, for the purpose of increasing the means of de stroying one another. I hear continually that in one country they have found the means by which a man may be killed at three or four times the distance at which it has hitherto been possible. I hear from another country that an invention, with regard to the musket, has enabled a soldier to fire six times, when previously l:e would only have been able to discharge . his musket once. I find we have inznother place .disco veries by which it is said a ship can in a few . m h in . u n te a s be so injured that the whole crew . must. inventions seroisf which very short time. Such are the inven tr t i i e o we coatinually hear from . cliff . erentco d u en n ce i s s , any country careful of o a b n l d ig w ed hic t h o inventions reap their rewards..tro_ . and must follow. But wh it i s le i t u h d o e s p e m e w n ho have . made those the different go oftbrit'secta,ndl tshwis h e i x cl iiib th it e l y nn ser .t v n e, s: i h t n l w l will how t t h h e e benefits of peace can be improved ; how, while some t v h e i r i e lk me ( n ,l t men are carrying to greater perfection those arts of destruction, there are others who teach how mankind can have better, and cheaper articles of clothing, how their houses may be better furnished, how they may be able to com municate with one another from the most distant parts of the globe, and to communi cate to each other all th,;se things which improve and civilize and elevate the character of man. Well, then, if that be the object of the exhibition, aid if I have succeeded in showing that it is no partial, incomplete, or narrow object, which is sought to be Sir JOHN LUBBIICK moved the fifth resolution, and having at a farmer meeting expressed his views in fa vour cf the undertaking, he contented himself with simply expressing an opinion that the year 1851 would be an epoch of productive industry. The Right Hon. 11. LABOUCHERE, in seconding the resolution, said he felt a deep interest in the cause they had met to promote, but he felt it alto gether unnecessary to de ell upon the importanee of the proposed exhibition. There were, howeser, certain figures of arithmetic worth all the figures of speech in the wort'', and after the list they had just heard read by their secretary, he was quite sure the City would support the Prince Albert in carrying out this great scheme. He agreed with those who thought it ought to be a national uzdertaking, and he was re joiced that the Royal Commission had abandoned the original contracts, and thrown themselves entirely upon the country. Still it was "nothing but an act of justice to say that the Society of Arts had done all it could to bring the matter to its present prosperous position ; and, believing that it would redound to the credit and improve the com merce of ,the country, he again recommended it to the liberality of the people. The prosperity of a country like ours depended upon the continuance of peace, and as nothing was snore calculated to promote amity all over the world than this plan, he gave it his most hearty support. He had, therefore, much pleasure in seconding the reso lution.—(Cheers.) The Earl of GRANYLLLE briefly spoke in support of_ the resolution. Si m il ar ex hibiti ons , he said, bad taken place i n P ar i s , B er li n , an d Moscow, whe re they had proved highly successful, and served to i ncrease the demand for the products and manufactures of the countries of which the places he had named were the capitals. The proposed exhibition he had no doubt would be attended with many ditli eulties, but with the support of the city of London and other large towns he felt confident it would b e carr ied to a successful issue. The resolution was then put and carried maul mously. • Mr. SAMUEL JONES LOID moved a vote of declaring a the eg objecthis thanks to the Lord M a y or, and took the oppor tunity cordialhich ha a d hd call e e o d m t p h i e e m te f together. This m ee ti ng was consequent upon another concurrence held in this hall some three months ago, when the citizens of London resolved that the exhibition ought to be carried out upon a great national plan, and the subscriptions they had heard to-day proved be yond all question that they were determined to carry out that resolution. The scheme was sanctioned with the Crown—the Government— and the resolutions of the people of England assem • bled in every great city of this great empire , and under these circumstances the honour of the Crowr, and the good faith of the country stood pledged to see this great undertaking carried ow.— (Cheers.) He looked upon the proposed exhibition'as a great Olympic festival of modern industry ; a n d h o felt confident that its style, character, and magnitude would. be commensurate with its object. The great Cap tain tzf the age, in his:place in Parliament, declared that Eng;.and could have no Little War, and he for one hop( d England would have no Little Exhibition. S4r JAMES Duas t M.P., seconded the motion, and 1. ......4 de. ,een thlt 105