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THE WIDOW of the late Rev. GEORGE ghat' .EDWARD HOLLEST, of Frimley, Surrey.—Frimley, Bag- Is t ...\ "ember, 1350.—An earnest APPEAL to public benevolence et . teipeetfully submitted to a few friends and neighbours on behalf wile the of the late Rev. GEORGE EDWARD HOLIEST, th e e lur a period of 1A years, in an exemplary manner, performed A n d `,.,1 1 es of his church, and was distinguished by his benevolence atrocity in the wide district under his charge. The act of a n i v ' e Y_bY Which the Rev. Mr. Holiest was suddenly cut off is tio n r ,, s ' l lY known, but those only who are acquainted with his po.si . fur hte aware that he never had the means of making a provision Of li n Under such circumstances, it is hoped that the case of those Vrill commend itself to the generous consideration b urna Who are blessed with the !means of alleviating, so far as Pam n s YmPathy and assistance can alleviate, the distress of a Slr s. 3 ;, se fearfully bereft of its natural supporter. The income of er , tellest does not exceed 401. per annum, and subscriptions are be than kf ully 0 felted In aid of these inadequate means. Subscriptions sserti received by the following bankers :—Messrs. m es es, Farquhar, and Co.; Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co.; glisi;7,, Bare laY, Tritton, and .Scot Messrs. Coutts, and Co.; M i ess. h amar'' Payne, and Co; Sir C, Bart., and Co., 1, Cave idisa i l , Messrs. Mangles Brothers, Guildford; Messrs. Stevens 10itt ee l : a l ci Y , Reading; also ' by the following members of the Cons , J. F . , aYieY, Esq., Mitchett, Frlmley, Bagshot. 11, e ,. Burrell Esq., Manor House, Frimley. 1L,.:3 1 .• 11. Clayton, Farnborough, Bagshot. ii.,..ollllLawrell, Cove, Bagshot. ~,,':_w alter Farquhar, Bart., Farnborough-place, Bagshot. Ctu,_tuas Longman, Esq., Farnborough-hill, Bagshot. pa i n Charles Edward Mangles, Poyle-park, Farnham, Surrey. Qu eu Celamittee have the satisfaction to state that her Majesty the l ogi n,rls the D uchess of Gloucester, and the Bishop of Winchester, 'sanctioned their exertions by very liberal donations Ma gist the Quem get SUBSCRIPTIONS. £5O 0 0 Tile R o , n , __ _ _ file i . ,,, , t_t . lighlless the Duchess of Gloucester - - 15 0 0 aoh h - ;. Bishop of Winchester WaT . .„'" B • ll eY. jun., Esq. A. _ naekblock, Esq. . 10 0 0 u• B A. g . ,°sanquet, Esq. Tile 1 a C 4llll ton, Esq. ar Y BoYnten I ,_ Co •nwallis ..I_,rownlow I f ""rs• Coutta and Co L ady 0f Lansdowne . 0 . ,r ~-lleia Triralestown tia r ,' 'evan, E sq T h uel g eott E • et,, , sq. A t „,..3? Willoughby D'Ere:hy 11Z 4q . .- , Per Barc'ay and Co. 5 5 0 0,4: 4 D. Shaft° Ley. vit 's S. Cope Esq tpli r , 4 „ r aes Hopi' -. 2 0 0 411'1 . '1* Contts n lnd Co. keg, r„gersteln, Esq. • 10„,. • Qlclell Tyler la Ann ,nsittart 5 0 0 5 0 0 , Itliisteer essrs. Hallett and Co. - -10 0 0 „ - - - ..... . 5 0 0 liikly k ureen E Itta. 1/ Nigh ' sq. , q._ am . .0/1 4 .rtn z 0... klardys Es q* tittAsidey m , e4 tlii ra ' • • ~. 1 ,,.. n rd and Lady Parry Sof: s ,°C Mansfield ' 6 ll - 'n 'lrovrn, Esq _ - - - 50 0 ai r - ...ens.- . . • , i t. ~! mnith, Esq. ;eh. A re ,!ilYnn, Bart., M.P. .olam, adeacon Wigram - - - - 2 0 0 S!irk Deter, Esq., M.P. 10 0 0 ir' ir r ,- , - - ..... - - 5 0 0 ' ,1 38 p "". John Labonchere, M.P. - - - ' 10 0 0 lii e karrY, Footscra - kblii sit es 13 _, orset 5 0 0 10 0 0 , .-allionds 5 0 0 tZbert Gibson, Esq. b o 0 kVit'art- Iledgsen, Eaq. 5 0 0 bals a '44 itodgson , Esq. 10 0 0 Ilieh. r ailY Ilall / 2 0 1,„-.4Walford, Esq, 5 0 0 figae Atkinson Esq• 5 0 0 kf'• Robert Barnett 5 0 0 kr:' ~S• U • Walker 2 0 0 b ~,,r• Tempieman 10 0 0 11. e 4iggrord Burr Esq. 1 1 0 F• P hichard Palmer er 1 1 0 •Ii p . k__ ...,,uckrulge, Es. 20 0 0 „,ls. auckridge 10 0 0 .4aarree' Arkwright, Esq. 5 0 0 It. , 4 aldegrave 3 0 0 J• i (Rath), per Barclay and Co. 1 1 0 „ 0., ditto, ditto 1 0 0 air s ' Wooward, Esq• 5 0 0 Thn $ O. Jones 1 1 0 It e "'• A. Ball, Esq. 5 0 0 ~. , I. , , . Smith, SudburY 0 10 0 ~,_rarkinson, Esq. 20 0 0 i7O . tin'h„ni - 5 0 0 11 1 n ' - — . 1 1) S. Pierrepont . 1 0 0 0%. B R • - Barnard Esq. _ . 5 0 0 . `lady' Per Editor the ‘g Times" c,,ew Trevor, Esq. 5 0 0 1 0 0 42 I '•' per _Messrs. 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P ~.. raser r 0 io G v... .., Per Herrles and Co. ckv..ydarker, Esq. 10 0 0 441. Robert Moore -3 0 0 " 0 ATI L yrialith're - - - - -- - - - ( 0 3 0 ll' - ' 41, , Per Cooke and Co., Doncaster . - - 22 0 ~. Tier Coatta al €1 Co• - - ' l '''. Agar I • _5 0 0 iss - --- 10 0 0 Earl Stye h - - - . kr. ,144,4°Pe - 5 0 0 11r. balliell. sa. B' Baker -_2 2 0 ;qrs. - - 5 0 0 Tt GoetlZr°4l4 - - - -- - - - er.l.lt. S4aTiPiL• - :-- - - 10 0 0 The 'W ight -on. Pern - berton Leigh 1 1 0 estley, Esq. 2 2 0 Wr!,,ld°w Bryant a Xaval Officer ,1 1 0 _ _ 1,111. ~ryant, Esq. ..... 3 0 0 A I ,' aisters. Per Herries and CO. : : 1? (4) 0 4.Lecd. per ditto -- h , per Couatitir;and Co._ - i _ -_ - - __ - . ._ - 1 0 0 15 0 0 1 0 0 g"'"4"'l4eir;lXl‘i! P er ditto - . . _ _ _ 1 0 0 ,liisli Flayter e '.. - (1. - - - - - - 2 0 0 '' Otivon Esq. ' - ' : - - - - .-, 1 0 0 Coion;1 and airs. Broke -..- _ _ _ - . 5 0 0 Colonel Charles Plenderleatn _ _ . _ - . 10 0 0 hcracs Heneowe, Esq. -. . . . . _ . ,•iev. W. 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Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, arid on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which debilitate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural %clings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, stricture, and all Diseaaes and Derangements resulting from 'mils :Teton. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the knatcmy, Physiology, and Diseases 'of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their strictures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Ndin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &C. Anatomy s m w y nd or a keontains an accurate and complete account of the Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un fortunately happens that the uffhappy victim of excessive indul gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con sNuences, unwisely entertains a fear of apDlyinc.", to a qualified physi 71icazgb.foT-thiretleirtef..-tt'Shatne' and ;the - dread sw frequently, but erlla a/ eulthat these. sempwatti, ark, beyond Ulu reth, qf - set, alika seetrisstAm a, ~.,_ i ~ , . 1 a‘i prattitefoPireistik ( As s-lstfur, a tnerentrextent la; his .41 3 314 4 4 4 liernlutt,lln 7 i o Pbt i ri P r l a MM i fy * tT.,arialitce"fistiatiVelfig aeZt 'shied; toeibtcli i hissnrefeneam, -ft, ,‘. l 'fQ l ` l lo V 4 )0% 1 . 01, 44 WO". Palasheal by the . Author, and mkir is,a orty .....: diseases. - - , t , f4 )441 4%t0 the Meatnient Qf Plesie 49;Paternosterlrbew‘,' Hand - --- ' -'' w. 'of ,J. 'Albert, 4' , ea , oxfOrft-st hall-street, London; or, free byfor f street, Haymarket; Mann, 39, post Corn hiu , /. " G t4 o i d fi o triCh lichPorne o Slat the Author's Eesidene,e, 111, Bedtord-square London. stamps, SMITHFIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE SHOW, and EXHIBITION of IMPLEMENTS, SEEDS, ROOTS, &c.. commences TUESDAY MORNING, and closes FRI DAY EVENING, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th December. Bazaar, Klng-street, Portman•squere, The arrangements this year are upon a more extended scale, and marked by the usual attention to the comfort of Visitors, thereby enabling Ladies to view this National Exhibition with facility. L 0 OR CLOTHS. Best Quality Warranted - - 2s. 6d. per square yard. Penian and Turkey pattern - 2s. Pd. do. do. Common Floor Cloth - - - 2s. Od. do. do. Japanned FoLing-sercens from 30s. Cocoa-ribre Mats and Matting.—lndia Matting, Plaits and Figured. JOWETT, Manufacturer, 532, New Oxford-street. NGLISH AND CAMBRIAN FIRE a A AND LIFE AS.qIIZ ANCE SOCIETY. 9, NEW BM OGE-':;TREET, Blackfriars, London. Declined Lives assured at equitable rates. Policies indisputable and not liable to forfeiture. Loans granted on undoubted real and personal security, and on more advantageous terms t 4 the borrower than in any other office. Medical men remunerated in all eases. Policies from 201. to 5,0001. Policies of Ave years' standing not void in cases of suicide. Immediate, survivorship, and deferred annuities and endowments granted, and every other description of risk contingent on human life provided against. Agents and Medical Referees wanted in the country where none are 'apointed. Applications for prospectuses, and all further particulars to be made to the Manager, or any of the agents in the country. C. W. BEVAN. Manager. rill() THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC. - A great comfort is now provided in NICOLL'S TOGA WRAPPER. It is a novel adaptation of the old Railway Rug (without its horse-cloth appearance), to a double purpose—that is to say, besides being used as a wrapper for the knees, it can be used as a cloak for the shoulders. Thus, by simply drawing in a string, rests are formed for the shoulders, and the garment assumes the graceful appearance of the aucient Toga (whence its name). The price is One Guinea, or with a hood (now in general use for travelling in France), and bound with braid, it is One Guinea and a Half. When the Toga is used as a wrapper for the knees, the hood forms a most convenient receptacle for papers, &e. NICOLL'S TOGA WRAPPER is registered 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 65, and can be had in London only, of IL J. and D. NICOLL, MERCHANT CLOTHIERS, PALETOT PATENTEES, and MA NUFACTURERS of CLOTH, REGENT-STREET (from 114 to 120 inclusive), and 22, CORNIIILL. CAUTION.—Many have assumed the use of the word Palotot," but-Messsrs. Nicoll are the sole patentees of the design and material (in winter or summer substances) employed in the manufacture of this inexpensive and gentlemanly article of costume. TIftEE DAYS SALE OF VALUABLE FORFEITED PROPERTY. 70 Lots Horse Clothing, Ike. MESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORR will SELL by AUCTION, at their Rooms, King-street, Covent garden, on MONDAY, December 9, and Two following days, at Eleven o'clock, Watches, clocks, plate, jewels, apparel, piece goods, furniture, cutlery, and other miscellaneous effects ; being forfeited property, pledged under the Act of Parliament in months prior to January, 'lB5O, with the following pawnbrokers, viz. :—Messrs. Blackboon, Myddleton-street. Clerkenweli ; Suer, Munster-square, Regent's park ; Fleming, Farringdon' street ; Haward, Princes-street, Edge ware-road ; Hawgood, Surrey-place, :Kent-rowl ; King and Lee, Mary-street, New-road ; Lindner, North-place, Gray's Inn-lane ; Thomson, East-street, Manchester•square; Thomson and Lewis, Eyer-street-bill, Leather-lane ; Trails, New Church-street, Lisson grove ; Vincent, Queen's-buildngs, Brom:don ; Richardson, Henry street, Portland-town ; Wharton, Mount-street, Lambeth ; Wetter, High-street, Marylebene ; Marchant, Oxford-street ; and others ; and goods deposited with them as security for loans, the period for which has expired. May be viewed, and Catalogues had on the SA TURDAY previous, at the place of sale. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Lecture on•the Ballad Music of England, by Mr. George Bar ker, illustrated with Lays of the Foresters, or Songs of Robin Hood, every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight o'clock.—Lectnre on the Hydro-Electric Machine, by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Lecture on Chemistry by J. H. Pepper, Esq., illustrating the Ancient Fiery Ordeal and the Handling of Red Hot Metals. —Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive Railway, at work daily.—Dissolving Views illustrating some of the Wonders of Nature, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten; also a Series, exhibiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at One o'clock.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c. Admission, I s.—Schools, Half-price. Open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex ,:ept Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. GRAND SALON DE DANSE, ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY, STRAND. OPEN FOR THE SEASON. Lessee—Mr. Thomas Bartlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden. Mr. SIMPSON, anxious to have the best Band in London, has re tained the valuable talent of the leading Artists engaged during the past season at Cremorne Gardens, including the Most eminent Performers from her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera, and the Philharmonic Concerts. BORINI'S BAND. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. comprising Selections from the most celebrated Composers, and Solos by first-rate Artists. Overture, "La Dame Blanche," .. Beildieu. Song, Miss Clara Stuart, " Love Launched a Fairy Boat," • • .. • . Solo (Violin), " Souvenir de Londres," Fanta,sle, Van Ileddeghem. Song, Miss Clara Stuart, " LleAllyn's Bride" • • Barker. Comic Songs by Mr. R. Glindon. Selection from Weber's Opera of " Der Frierchutz." REPERTOIRE OF INIUSIQI7E DE DANSE. THIS EVENING, Dec. 5. 1. Polka • . The Rustic Beauty .. Jolly 2. Quadrille.. Le llonhomme Tolbecque 3. Waltz Charlotte Labitzky 4. I'olka .. Adelaide .. Borini 5. Quadrille.. Bruxelles .. Bosisie 6. Schottische Leonora .. Jarvis 7. Polka Eclipse .. • . Koenig 8. Quadrille.. Le Nouveau Monde • • .. Bosisio 1 1 2 0 9 1.. .. QsP:ourial,akoldtat:tillsl Schottische 1 1, 1 k y • D'Albert JA C F , l h a ul i a n r . N r z e i asaotrtt itioaoefinnitsh e Fair . . • . D'Albert 13. Polka •. Alice .. J. Strauss 14. Waltz .. Schoenbrunn •• •• Lanner 15. Galop •• Great Exhibition • Marriott To the votaries of Terpsichore remarks on the excellence of Borini's Band, after the experience of its Orchestral Triumphs at Cremorne, would be superfluous. Solos and Concerted Pieces will be performed during the evening. Borini's Latest Compositions—The Adelaide Polka, Waltzes to various popular Irish Melodies, Galop d'lndustrie, New Quadrille of all Nations. The Grand salon, Refreshment, and Ante-rooms have undergone considerable alterations and improvements. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock. Admission One Shilling. WHAT OF THE WEATHER? I don't profess to prophesy, As Moore and Murphy did ; But certainly my weather eye Knows how to lift its lid. 'Tis now about a year ago Since I predicted cold ; When down came winter's drifting snow, Just as my Muse foretold. Another year my fame I'll risk, As a prophetic bard, By stating that the sun's dark disc Bespeaks a winter hard. Cold winds will blow, and frosts benumb, Yet fear not winter aught ; Warm wrappers for a mod'rate sum, Of MOSES may be bought. MOSES and SON, for winter wear, Have all that you require ; And you for winter should prepare, By buying this attire. MOSES and SON'S prime winter dress, Will ev'ry harm remove, 'However cold and comfortless The coming month may prove. The NEW EDITION of "EVERYBODY'S BOOK," containing a full Report of the late important Trial, may be had gratis on ap plication, or by letter, post free. Notice.—The Fur and Shawl Department are now replete with every novelty of the season. Observe.—Any article purchased, either ready-made or made to measure, if not approved of, will be exchanged or the money re turned. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against impos'tion, but having heard that the untradesmanlike false hood of being connected with them, or it is the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They beg to state they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their own Establishments, as iollows : London City Establishment, 151, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart•street, all communicating. Bradford "Yorkshire" Isran eh, 19, Bridge-street. Sh e ffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Tailors, he E sa Establishments ll Generalioslen Hatters, Hosiers, Fur r i ers , B oo t an d Shoe makers,Outfitters for Ladies and Gentl emen . Clothiers, are closed from sunset Frid a y t o sunse t Sa turday, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. DENTAL SURGERY.—DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. R. EPHRAIM MOSELY, Surgeon-Dentist, begs to state, for the information of his Friends and Pa tients, that the Partnership lately existing between himself and Mr. S. Mostly, carried on by them at 61, Grosvenor - street, Grosvencr square, London, and 15, Whitefriargate , Hull , was , from the 24th day of August last, DISSOLVED by MUTUAL CONSENT, and duly caxetted, and that Mr. Ephraim Mosely will henceforth carry on his practice ALONE, at his old residence, 61, GROSVENOR STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUARE , and trusts for a continuance of that patronage with which he has hitherto been honoured. Mr. E. M. continues to supply the loss of Teeth without extract ing the stump or causing the least pain, and v‘ hicia so closely re semble the natural as to defy detection. They will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any T ee th b e f ore used. They are fixed without ligatures, and render a firm support and preserve to any Teeth that are loose, and guaranteed to restore arti culation and mastication. Decayed Teeth filled with Mr. E. 31.'s newly - invented Composi tion, and every operat ion on safe and certain principles. GRDSV'ENOR-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUARE. All Debts clue to the late firm payable to Ephraim Mostly, 61, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, London. DR. C(JLVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho; 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author, price One Shilling each ; by post, is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." CONTENTS:—EarIy Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex., (torsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening., at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, Sec., &c. 11. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol I. A VISIT TO THE LARES;:SKETCH:OF EDINBURGH, 80. Vol. 11. TIIE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three seore years and ten our course may ran." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent ofthe passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative. and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.. Ploaitamsm t—taws mid .oblig a tio n s of ,tisiura, Yta.3 l o9.fan4 re• choice, on .both sides, as to age, )?y,either sex. , Time and 11 . 2,1 reg : trdin u g T ma i AN ,: se th .G r a:t e s SiT th A tr E ques ''' ti a on " il w i 7, 11 , b i ; on figure, to secure healthy Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion Oases, &e. CX...17.11 1 474, M.S . (1841), - M.R.C.S . : (1827), L.S.A. 1824). licentY-flve yearslledical• end Fot e eilAd Refereelh' the se offsprini4, withtem pg e tin , e u qt : „ . , ' )f co r th ealing Witioi th ; , : m nd . Matters. Reception hours daily till five. Evenings, seven till mine. Argyll-place, Eceolit-streett LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. ALTERATIONS and ADDITIONAL TRAINS for DECEMBER. The 7 a.m. train from Birmingham to London will be discon tinued. A new fast train, conveying first and second class passengers at express fares, will leave Birmingham at 7 30 am., and arrive in London at 10 30. The third class train Will leave Birminghara at 8 a.m. instead of 1 pan., and arrive in London ut 2 15. The 10 30 a.m. train from Birmingham will leave at 10 15. The 12 30 noon train from Birmingham will leave 1 p.m. Third• class passengers from Liverpool and Manchester will be brought for• ward by this train from Rugby. The 11 13 a.m. train froinlf;iverpool will be accelerated, and arrive at Easton station at 6 45 p.m., instead of 7 30. . . A new fast train fro.n the Midland Railway, in connexion with the train leaving Newcastle at 8 15 a.m. and York at 12 noon, will leave Rugby at 4 15 p.m., and arrive in London at 6 55. The 8 15 a.m. and 12 noon train from Peterborough will be dis continued. wo new trains will be dispatched from Peterborough at G 30 a.m, and _2 p.m. Tbe . early train to Aylesbury will leave London at G 30 A.m., in. stead of 7 30, arriving at Aylesbury at 8 30. The 10 29 A.M: train from Aylesbury will be discontinued. A new train will leave Aylesbury at 9 30 A.M., arriving in London at 11 30, calling at all the intermediate stations. The 11 15 A.m. train to Aylesbury will leave London at IL Other alterations contingent on the above are posted at the several stations. By order, MARK TIMM General Manager's-office, Euston Station, Nov. 27, 1850. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL• WAY.—FURTHER OPENING of the BUCKINGHAM SHIRE RAILWAY. The public is requested to take n3tlce that on and after the 2d of December TraMs will run to and from the Banbury-road Sta tion (three miles from Oxford). Thine Bills, with alterations and additional Trains for December, may be obtained at the Company's stations on and after the 29th Instant.—By order, MARK HUISH. General Manager's Office, Nov. 28, 1850. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Second Master—Edward APKenzie (1845), to the Rhadamanthus steam-transport, at Sheerness. Master's Assistant--Edward Spence, to the Athol store-ship, fitting at Sheerness. In the new appointments to the Victory flav-whip, re-commissioned at Portsmouth, Paymaster B. Wick ham (1805) succeeds Paymaster Wichelo. Hogue, GO, screw-ship, Captain M'llougall, is re ported to he ready for sea, at Portsmouth, by the 7th instant. It is most strange that this ship cannot fill up her 30 vacancies of blue jackets. Reports of de fection on the part of the crew may have something to do with it. Phaeton, 50, Captain Elliott, will be ready to leave Portsmouth to rejoin Commodore Martin's squadron on the 12th instant. Inconstant, 36, Capt. Shepherd, will be paid off at Devonport on the 6th inst., if imperative courts-mar tial do not postpone the period. Locust steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Curtis, will be ready for sea, at Woolwich, by the 14th. Yolage surveying -vessel, Capt. Graves, will be paid off at Chatham to-morrow. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 4.—An application having been made through the Commander-in-Chief, by the Ottoman Vice-Consul at this port, to the Board of Admiralty, soliciting the appropriation of a piece of ground for the purposes of sepulture on behalf of the Turks now sojourning in this port, their Lordships have been pleased readily to grant the application, and a piece of land on the Gosport shore has accordingly been allotted as a burying place for such of the Ori ental strangers as may die while here. The Rolla apprentices' training brig, Lieut. Fen wick commanding, has been brought into harbour for the winter. DINNER TO JOSEPH HUME, ESQ , M.P. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 3.—A most gratifying de monstration, in honour of this veteran Reformer, took place here last evening. " Advantage was taken of Mr. Hume's temporary visit to the town (to witness the departure of his son by the West India steamer) to invite him to a public dinner, which the old Eng lish patriot accepted, and the banquet took place at the Victoria Rooms. Although the arrangements had been only a few days in progress, four hundred persons were present, including men of all classes— from the borough magistrate down to the humblest working man. The respected mayor of the borough (R. Andrews, Esq.) filled the chair. Mr. Sheriff Payne, Mr. Alderman Laishley, and several other mem bers of the town council were present. After the usual loyal toasts had been done full jus tice to, The MAYOR proposed the toast of" The People, the true source of legitimate power." Their worthy guest was truly a man of the people. He belonged to teem—worked for - them—and was indeed a political man, though of Whiggism or Toryism he knew nothing.—(Cheers.) This was the favourite standard toast of the old - Whigs forty years ago, but they seemed of late years to have totally forgotten their early principles.—(Hear, hear.) The toast was warmly received and responded to by Mr. J. T. EKLESS, who occupied the vice-chair. The MAYOR then called for a bumper, for the toast of the evening—" The Health of Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., their honoured guest." The toast was drunk with every manifestation of honour and delight—the ladies in their gallery waving their handkerchiefs, as those 1; the sty-ner sex (all standing) shook the building with their loud cheers. Mr. HUME, on rising, was received with renewed applause, which having at length subsided, he pro ceeded to thank them from his heart for the welcome they had that evening accorded him. He did not take their approbation so much a compliment to himseif personally as to those principles which he had always been so anxious to promote. He accepted the de monstration of that evening as a testimony of their sense of the vast importance of those principles,—as a proof that they had not now to become converts to them. He would not give a pin for any man who came there merely to join in that evening's welcome, who was not determined hereafter to carry out those expressions of opinion into action, and be firm and zealous supporters of those great reform principles with which he was identified.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) It might probably be new to many present if he stated that he was the first man in the House of Commons who declared himself a Radical Reformer —(Applause)—and at a time, too, when a Radical Reformer was thought little better than a wild beast. —(Laughter and cheers.) But he made up his mind. He saw fearful abuses existing in our institu tions—he saw the necessity for reform of those abuses—that there must be no mere patchwork—no mending bit by bit—but that they must remove as speedily as possible those abuses and that injustice from which the nation was suffering. No country in the world was richer than England. Her inhabitants were a finer race of men than any other country could boast of. For skill and persevering plodding industry none could rank with Englishmen. Such were his observations 40 years ago. The question then arose in his mind, why there should be so much misery in a country which possessed materials amply calculated to make her people prosperous and happy? He believed one great reason to be the abuses in our Constitution evils—that, instead of ruling for the be• nefit of the many, those in authority too much con sulted the mere interests of the few. In the abuses in the House of Commons was the foundation of much, if not all, the evils from which they suffered. In his early days he attached himself to the Whigs, because they appeared to be greater friends of liberty than the Tories, and he had generally been a follower of that party. He had in those days witnessed certain members of the pre sent Government toast the people, whose power, he regretted to see, they now appeared to dread. They abused the people who had brought them into power. He was almost daily pained to witness their refusal to give the people those political rights and privileges of which they were once such strong advo cates. Reform was in a very different position to what it was in 1811, when he first entered Parliament. England, limited as it was with regard to represen tation, was then at the,top of the tree, looking towards Europe. All our institutions were representative. The great English jurisprudist, Blackstone, declared that by the Constitution every Englishman had a right to be in, or to have a voice in sending represen tatives to, the Commons House of Parliament, to whom was entrusted the right of levying taxes, the right of taking out of the pockets of the people that which was their own property, for the purposes of the State. Government was not to be conducted solely fur the benefit of the Crown or of the aristocracy, but for the benefit of the people—of the whole, and not of a class.—(Loud cheers.) The Crown was merely an executive officer, to execute the laws of the people when passed by their representatives; and this it was which made England to differ from continental rulers, who acted on their own despotic authority, and took no order from the people. In England the people had established their right by turning out one king and putting in another ; the Crown was elected to carry out measures for the benefit of the community at large. Every Englishman, therefore, had a right to a voice in sending Members to Parliament ; but was it so? Out of a population of twenty millions, there were only some 950,000 electors on the register ; and, after deducting double and treble qualifications, he believed the actual number of individual electors would not exceed 800,000. Referring back to the commencement of his career in 1811, he repeated that he found the root of all these evils to be in the House of Commons ; and to the work of reform, and a change for the better, he had devoted his life.—(Loud cheers.) He had seen on various sides abuses in their institutions, which he was anxious to get redressed— monopolies to be removed—laws to be corrected—ex penditure to be curtailed—and all these things brought them back to the principle, that taxation and representation should be co-equal and co-existent, as all the best authorities on the British Constitution said ought to be the case. He highly eulogized the Con stitution of England as comprising the three estates : the House of Commons, as the voice of the people the House of Lords, as the voice of the aristocracy ; and the Crown, as a controlling power over both ; and which only required to be properly carried out to make it the most perfect constitution which he could imagine. Therefore, as a Radical Reformer, he was anxious to preserve their institutions in all their in tegrity, but to extirpate the abuses which impeded their fair and legitimate working. (Mr. Hume then passed in review the various reforms he had always supported in the House of Commons, and the leading political events which had characterised the forty years that had passed since be first entered that assembly.) The people had now the power in their own hands to a great extent, if they chose to accomplish it, to effect great reforms for themselves. Prom the moment the rotten boroughs were abolished, and the abuses connected therewith were rooted out, the people possessed far greater power than before. There was scarce a man who, by the exercise of a little economy, could not in a short time obtain a vote ; and the man who had not a vote was only a political slave.—(Hear, hear.) Reforms in the law, in Parliament, and in other matters, (to which Mr. Hume referred at length), required immediate attention, and with earnest action on the part of the people they could soon be accomplished. To these matters he had always devoted his attention, and should it please God longer to spare his life he should continue to do so ; and when he laid his head on his pillow, never to rise again, he should have the satisfaction of knowing that be had, at all events honestly, endeavoured to do something for the improvement of his fellow-creatures.—(Loud cheers.) No country in the world had more reason to be proud of her institutions than England, if they were only properly carried out. No man was more anxious than he was to see the abuses which had crept into them removed—none more anxious to preserve the good and destroy the bad.—(Hear and cheers.) And therefore he had, in the two last sessions of Parlia ment, introduced a measure to give the people a re gistered suffrage, the ballot, the abolition of the pro perty qualification for Members of Parliament, equal electoral districts, and triennial Parliaments. (On each of which several points Mr. Hume dilated at some length.) He had great confidence in the future, and although he did not expect to live to see them all carried out, he believed the day was not far distant which would witness the advent of many great and wise changes. He highly complimented Lord John Russell for the services he bad rendered in past days to the cause of civil and religiousliberty ; and although he lamented the Noble Lord's more recent conduct on questions of reform, he looked upon him as a victim to the present state of things, and believed that, with a better House of. Commons, they would find Lord John Russell a much better man. After some further allusions to these questions and a few complimentary references to the conduct of the,m a y or of. Southamp ton, who bad always proved himself a true friend of the working c l asses, Mr. Humeproposed the "Health of the Mayor an d C o rpo ra ti on o f Sout h a mpton," and pp sat down amidst enthusiastic cheering. The, -toast was drunk with_ much applause , and briefly responded to by the aura. THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE Just published, in 2 thick vols., post Bvo., price One Guinea. -'HE SOCIAL CONDITION and EDUCA TION of the PEOPLE in ENGLAND and EUROPE ; shewing the Results of the Primary Schools, and of the Pivision of Landed Property in Foreign Countries. By JOSEPH KAY, Esq., M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, Barrister-at-law ; and late Travelling Bachelor of the University of Cambridge. .‘ Is a most valuable work, and affords a vast fund of important information on the subjects detailed in the title, and having reference not to England only, but to Europe at large. 'the work is in fact an authentic history of education in the nineteenth century."—Church and State Gazette. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK, I(From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The sudden increase in the deaths of London which was announced in the last bill of mortality, has been followed by a more remarkable decrease. The fol lowing numbers show the fluctuations in the returns during the four weeks of November :-921, 908, 1,016, and in the week ending last Snturday, 861. The average of the 10 weeks corresponding to last, in the years 1840-49, was 1,067, which if corrected for increase of population is 1,164 ; the 861 deaths registered last week are therefore less than the cor rected average by 303. It will be seen from a state ment of the deaths in three periods of life, that the young, the middle-aged, and persons of advanced years, now participate in an improved state of health : Average of 10 Last week. corresponding From birth t o 15 y ears 410 Weeks (1840-49). 503 15 years to 60 60 and upwards • • 218 But notwithstanding the great decrease in the pre sent return as compared with that of the previous week, it appears that in the class of zymotic or epi demic diseases the number remains nearly the same. The aggregate of fatal cases by epidemics was in the preceding week 203, in the last 196 ; whereas in affections of the respiratory organs, the number, which rose to 201, has now fallen to 160. Consump tion, which stands in the tubercular class, was 111, and in the - following week declined to 96. " Convul sions," which carried off in the previous week 44 children, was reported last week as the cause of death to 35 ; and while 48 persons died of " Age," only 24 cases this week are placed under this head. Between the 21st and 28th of November 8 pensioners died in the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, in most cases of paralysis or apoplexy. Last week the deaths from small-pox amounted to 14, all among children ; and though it is still below the average, the disease appears to he making progress in the metropolis. In Mary lebone, in different houses of a single sub-district, that of Christ-church, no fewer than six deaths occurred from " variola natural " in the week ; and the registrars repeatedly mention facts to prove that the children of the working classes in many cases, are not protected against the disease owing to the prejudice entertained against vaccina tion. Measles carried off last week 25 children, and it is stated to have broken out in the Pancras Work house (Camden Town sub-district) ; scarlatina car ried off 30 ; and 47 persons of various ages died of typus. Diarrhoea has now declined to 13, and no case of cholera was registered. Intemperance was fatal to three persons; in one case by producing disease, in another by an embroca tion taken internally by a man when in a state of in• toxication. In the third case—that of a woman whc died suddenly without medical attendant—it is stated that she had frequently been known to drink a pint and a half of raw spirits in a day; a day or two be fore her death she drank seven quarterns of rum whilst she did not consume a shilling's worth of fOOO in the week." The births of 773 boys and 709 girls, in all 1,482 children, were registered in the week. The average of five corresponding weeks in 1845-49 is 1,280. TRANSATLANTIC COMMUNICATION. The Belfast Whig has the following statement : " Two Galway gentlemen, the Rev. P. Daly, and Mr. Edward O'Flaherty, brother of the member for Galway, are at present on a short visit to Belfast, ex plaining a plan of rapid communication with Ame rica, Galway being the European terminus for the Atlantic steamers ; and it is hardly necessary to state that they have met the warmest encouragement from the principal mercantile gentlemen of the town. It is known that our Government are at present engaged in considering the most suitable port of departure and arrival on the west of Ireland ; and the strong pro bability is that Galway will be selected. Its western situation, fine harbour, and railway connexion (to be completed next summer) with Dublin, seem to point it out as the place to be chosen. The Americans, on their part, are not idle; and we have now before us ample printed details, illustrated by a map, showing the course of a railway formed for a considerable distance, which, if carried out to the most con• venient point in Nova Scotia, would reduce the At lantic passage to 2,000 miles, and, it is calculated, to five days from the p o i n t of departure to Galway, and the whole journey from New York to London to seven days. In a p e titi on from the citizens of Maine to the Senate and House of Representatives of the State, presented in the present year, the whole ques tion is gone into very minutely; and the following paragraph from this document shows the calculations with respect to time :--1 From New York to Liver pool, in the shortest line, is 3,100 miles; the route usually traversed is over 3,300 miles. By taking the railway from New York to Halifax or Canso, em ploying the swiftest steam-packets thence to , Galway, crossing the Great Midl an d RRilway f rom Galway to Dublin, a distance of about 120 miles, and thence to Holyhead harbour, a distance of 63 miles, and thence to London by the Chester end Holyhead and London and North-Western Itailwalit a dis tance of 263 miles—employing about 1,200 miles of railway, and 2,000 m il es o f steam navi gation—the passage from New York to London may be reduced to seve n d ays ' t i me a t all events, and Possibly to six days, w i t hi n a f ew y e ars at farth es t. This can only be achieved by shortening the sea voyage, and dispensing with the vast weight of coal and other superflu ous l oa d now cur ried.' Thisis no doubt a sanguine cal cu l a ti on ; b u t as the attainment is of such a result see ms p oss ibl e , the project encou raging. Even if we a dd one or two days of time,the i the electric ld pour in, at the time messengers from each side wou acbievment would b e s pl en did, the more especially when we recollect that a t each terminus of departure, news of the previous minute from all would, e London and New York as regarded int e lli p w a a r s ts ah o o f u th t e t g o re s a t t ar c t o . nt T in h en u t s, from which the ste amer the distance bet ween gence, be reduced to the five or six days requir e d for crossing the Atlantic; might to it be expected, that intelligence from St. P burgh to San Francisco, or even from Constantinople transmitted with the same rapidity. eters THE Hop DUTY —Wednesday week was the day appointed for the payment of the last moiety of the hop duty of 1848 and 1849. The inland revenue officers had their sitting at the Cinque Porte Arms Hotel, Rye, where, about noon, a considerable number of hop-growers had as sembled, and it was evident that they keenly felt the harsh measure of the Government in requiring the moiety of the 1848 duty, knowing, as the Government must do, that a con siderable portion of the produce of that year was worth but little more than the duty, to say nothing of the expense of cultivating, picking, drying, warehousing, &c., of that crop. With four exceptions, we understand that the duty of 1818 was not paid, notwithstanding the intimation of legal pro ceedings on the part of the officers of the Crown ; but we take this opportunity of stating that this result arose en tirely from the want of means to meet the demand, and unless a sacrifice had been made in the capital of the farmer to a frightful extent in this neighbourhood, Should the Government persist in enforcing the duty of 1848, the result to all classes in this district will be distressing, and in some instances ruinous. To the poor and labouring population one of the worst winters for years will be experienced, and the result must be the disorganisation of society and an in crease of the poor-rates. With the Government must rest the consequences of enforcing from an already impoverished district upwards of 20,000/. where nothing has, in fact, been produced for it as an equivalent, papnrdlsvihvee axret,duatriionn.gthe last two years, capital and labour hays been unprofitably absorbed .by unrelnunerating produce al THE - SAIPAER SUWCfP.-7- James Smith was nr baignecL, in 'llostMll a few! d ays sW99 , slue siPg in the Atteet, p ! which is prohibiled., Tbe,Votirt fined Janies a few .dollara„ j ame s, dispOSed to pester the Court, tendered ihe sum in PuPnies. The Court inthrthed the 'Ater that it 'had ,not time to Count the money then, and he might jug J ames until he could spare time for that purpose. This was lightin g the cigar at the wrong end, and James was not long inten ' dering the amount in =Mt bills of the Commonwealth." —2‘frewl'orli Paper. RAPID SAILING. The trade with California, says our New York corre Tondent, and the repeal of the British naviga tion-laws, have together effected a revolution in the naval architecture of the United States. The ship builders, who have always been distinguished for consulting speed rather than capacity, are now com peting more eagerly than ever which shall model the fleetest vessels. Their rivalry is stimulated by the enterprise of the merchants, who give them a carte blanche as to cost. Our correspondent instances an order given by a well-known house in the China trade, whose instructions to their builder were to fur nish them with a ship of 2,000 tons burden with as little delay as possible. while the only properties sti pulated for were the most perfect combination of beauty and speed consistent with strength, but with out any limit as to expense. Such an order, for a vessel of such dimensions, would not be given unless with good reasons to expect a return, for, ardent as the Americans are, they are not less cau tious. It is found that vessels of known speed obtain much higher rates than others. Where the market is fluctuating, and where the distance is great, the first comer reaps a harvest which leaves but little for the rest. Speed gives a virtual monopoly ; and when that is the prize, a race to California or China becomes a very exciting affair. The merchants at San Francisco require their orders to be executed with the greatest possible dispatch, and insist on the fleetest vessels being preferred, whatever the cost of freight. So vessels of this class command one dollar per cubic foot for ordinary cargo, and double that price for fine goods, while their old-fashioned and slower competitors take freight at half or five-eights of a dollar. Under these circumstances it is evident that a superiority of speed may be cheaply purchased by a large sacrifice of capacity. The American liners" between this country and New York have hitherto been considered about as fleet, as merchant vessels, as could be constructed with profit ; but the new class of vessels springing into existence in the United States holds one-fifth lees than the " liners" of the same nominal tonnage, and, as we have seen, make it up in the more than proportionate value of their freight. One vessel mentioned by our correspondent, bound to San Francisco, thence to Canton, and thence to this port, or direct to New York, is likely, if all be well, to clear the whole cost to her iwners by the time she is one year old. Another tins gone twice round the world via San Francisco and Canton, performing each journey within a twelvemonth, including detentions. The Oriental, another of this class instanced by our correspondent, has already fulfilled the expectations of her owners by arriving in the West India Docks yesterday, in only 98 days from Canton. From that. port to Scilly she was only 91 days, and the sort of weather she must have had for the latter part of her voyage can be easily imagined. She is the first arrival at this port from Canton since the repeal of the navi gation laws, and the profits derived from her thus far will be sure to lead many others in her train. As our ships have precisely the same op portunities, and have, indeed, been even prompter to seize them, the case of the Oriental, though it has gained the whole of its freight at the expense of Bri tish vessels in the first instance, should be rather a stimulus than a discouragement. It is simply a trial of speed, and as such is just as open to the British as to the American shipbuilders. The revolution de scribed by our New York correspondent has been going on some years in this country. The fastest vessels obtain their own terms for freight, and the "slow coaches" are degraded from the long voyages to the coasting or the collier service, where there cer tainly is, just now, a considerable pressure on the shipping interest. If anybody, however, can point out or devise an improvement which does not to some extent supersede old methods, and benefit the im prover at the expense of those who stand still, he will earn the eternal thanks of the indolent and dull, and take away the chief incentive to human improvement. Everything now conspires to render speed as in dispensable to success on sea as on land. By the aid of steam we have intelligence within two months from every considerable port iu the world, excepting only our own Australian colonies. In the third week of October we had Californian newspapers of September 1. Notwithstanding the immense cost of our postal communications with the West Indies, Central Ame rica, and the Pacific, the Americans are able to anti cipate them so far, that the news brought by the West India packets is generally some days out of date. By the electric telegraph intelligence is con veyed almost instantaneously between Boston and New Orleans, " beating time" by half-an-hour. The completion of the continental railroads will soon shorten the journey between London and Alexandria; and there is at length some hope that the journey be tween Bombay and the two other Presidencies will be measured by hours. But the quicker the conveyance of intelligence and of travellers the quicker too must be the conveyance of goods. At all events, the more certain is the swifter conveyance to take away all profit from the slower. Just at this time, when Atlantic steamers are multiplying everyyear, railroads increasing by a thousand miles per annum in the New and the Old World, and the electric telegraph, seem to quicken the pace and the pulse of the world, the discovery of California drives the competition up to fever heat, and for a time threatens to put the United States at the head of the universal competition. There is no doubt that it will draw into this new and almost miraculous opening much of that enterprise which has lately been rewarded with wonderful results nearer home. We have several times had to direct attention to the fresh and fresh lines of steamers on the American rivers and lakes, to vast additional lengths of canal, and the endless ramifications of the railway system; as also to the new manufactures in. troduced wherever an opening offered. The rapid in crease of population in the States, augmented by an annual immigration of near 300,000 from these isles, is a fact that forces itself on the notice and the interest of the most inobservant and incurious. All these promise to develope the resources of the States to such an extent as to compel us to a competition as difficult as it is unavoidable. We must run a race with our gigantic and unshackled rival. We must set our long-practised skill, our steady industry, and our dogged determination against his youth, inge nuity, and ardour. It is the father who runs a race with his son. A fell necessity constrains us, and we must not be beat. Let our shipbuilders and their employers take warning in time. There will always be abundant supply of vessels good enough and fast enough for short voyages. The coal trade can take care of itself, for it will ever be a refuge for the destitute. But we want fast vessels for the long voyages, which otherwise will fall into American hands. It is fortunate that the navigation-laws have been repealed in time to destroy these false and un reasonable expectations, which might have lulled the ardour, of British competition. We now all start to gether, with a fair field and no favour. The Ame rican captain can call at London, and the British cap tain can pursue his voyage to New York. Who can complain ? Not we. We trust that our country men will not be beaten ; but, if they should be, we shall know that they deserve it.— Times. THE' FAUNAE "PUMP STOLEN.-!--HA.Teil . BEAU.. Cf/A3TP:-,-014 Sunday the village •p r imp opposite; the hatch Inn was stolen and carried away; the wooden ;casing and the huge ire handle were found iu a field not far from the spot next morning, but the, lead pipe attached, to At gone. o It is hoped the miscreant will b e f ou nd out, and brought to justice, as it was the only puttp in the tillage producing good water.— Sherborne Journal. • 7 4 11 5 - 0 --- iP S 4 ;7 - ' „ r toy' k; ,2 , . *. , r: , f 4 4 V ...4 A /N ' •-• • , The IV / _ ' - tribute Mr. I u "The ere IT [PRICE SD. agistrates of the Borough," was acknow- G. LAISHLEY, Esq., who paid a high admiration to the conduct and character of e as a consistent and unflinching Reformer. Members of the Borough" and other toasts k; and, amongst others, " A free and un ress" was proposed in suitable terms by Mr. HUME, and acknowledged by the editor of the Ramp shire Independent. The proceedings terminated shortly after eleven o'clock. LAW OF EVIDENCE. It is narrated of Sir 'William Follett, that, shortly after he was called to the bar, he happened to remark, in a mixed company, that he had sent his clerk to the post-office with an important letter. " Excuse me, sir," said an elderly gentleman, who overheard this statement ; " you are a young man, and I would ven ture to give you a piece of advice. When next you have a letter of consequence to send by the post, put it into the box yourself, and do not act so imprudently as to entrust your clerk or your servant with it. This is a maxim which I learnt early in life, end on which I have scrupulously acted in the City for the last forty years." " Did you ever find it nece%Aary to prove in a court of justice that your letter had boen duly sent;?" was the question calmly put by the " g.;iver-toned ad vocate," in reply ; and, as the Americans would say, this stumped the merchant. He had forgotten —and how many practical men of bush ‘ess still daily forget, in their ordinary mercantile tr %inactions — that a man who brings or defends an ac ti on a t law cannot be heard in his own cause. know this was done, for I did it myself; I can swear to that tact, for 1 was present on the occasion ; there can be no doubt about this particular payment, for I made an entry of it at the time in my day-book, and I afterwards posted it in my ledger." These,, or si milar expressions, are constantly on the lips even of sensible men, when they go, for the first time, to ad vise with an attorney respecting their legal rights and liabilities. Nor call we be surprised that this error should be one of frequent occurrence. In the ordinary affairs of life, if we wish to ascertain a par ticular fact, we naturally have recourse, in the first instance, to ,the parties immediately concerned. It may he that they cannot—it may also be that they will not—give us the information we require ; but still common sense seems to indicate that we are far more likely to gain a clear insight into the real merits of a case by appealing to the principals themselves, than by resting contented with an application to persons who, though wholly disinterested, are but partially acquainted with the circumstances in question. Something more, there fore, is required than the mere knowledge of the rule of law which renders parties to the record inadmis sible witnesses, to induce mea to act as if this rule might one day bear upon their own interests. They may be aware of the existence of such an abstract doctrine—nay, they may even give to it a cold, un reflecting assent ; but they do not allow it practically to influence their conduct ; and it is only when their legal adviser has given them the fatal answer, " All you say is no doubt true, but you have no case at law, for your facts are incapable of legal proof," that they become thoroughly alive to the wide distinction which prevails on this subject between the principles of common law and those of common sense and com mon justice. Let in all the light possible, is the theory of the one—exclude all the brightest light, lest perchance it should blind you, is the practice of the other. That ,this practice will not be permitted much hinger . to stifle truth in our courts of justice, we feel perfectly assured; for the grounds on which it rests are so palpably unsound that they cannot fail to be repudiate.d.as soon as they are understood. The only matter for surprise is that the rule should have been allowed to prevail thus long; and if we wanted to illustrate the tenacity with which the people, and especially the lawyers, of this country, cling to old legal abuses merely because they are old, we doubt whether, in the whole range of our institutions, we could furnish a more favourable instance than the doctrine which rejects the testimony of parties. This doctrine is founded exclusively on the twofold as sumption—first, that the crime of perjury would be materially increased, and secondly, that the jury would be frequently misled, by per mitting the litigants themselves to be examined as witnesses. We beg leave to dispute both these propositions. No doubt, a party to the record, being interested in the result of the snit, would have a motive for misstating or colour ing the facts; but to contend that such a motive would, in the majority of instances, be sufficiently strong to cause the commission of perjury, is, in our judgment, a libel upon mankind. In the common transactions of life, men, as an ordinary rule, are not found to lie merely because the truth is against their interest ; and even were it otherwise, it would by no means follow that similar motives would induce them to commit perjury, which is not only an offenee of a tar deeper dye than simple falsehood, hut which renders the offender liable to an ignominious pu nishment. Moreover, the party to the record would be fully aware that, in proportion as his testimony came from a suspicious quar ter, he would be subjected to a cross-exa mination more than usually severe ; and thus while he might be tempted to commit perjury by his interest, he would be induced to speak the truth through dread of detection. It must also be borne in mind that persons who would not hesitate to perjure themselves can have no squeamish scruples about com mitting subornation of perjury; and if the advocates for the rule of rejection are right in contending thst men in general will commit perjury whenever it is their interest to do so, then a litigant who cannot tes tify in his own cause will only have to administer a few bribes with discretion, and he will find no diffi culty in getting his tale told in court by a cloud of interested witnesses. It is true that these witnesses will not have so large a stake at issue as the party of whose behalf they are called; but it is a fallacy to sup pose that this fact can make any material difference in the argument. The term "interest" is of necessity a relative term ; and a small bribe to a needy witness will be quite as cogent an inducement to perjury as a large sum to his wealthy employer. The only effect, therefore, of shutting the employer's mouth is to cause two or more crimes to be committed instead of one. But next, let us assume, for the sake of argument, that perjury would be increased by allowing the liti gant parties to be examined. Is that a valid reason . for rejecting their testimony ? We think not. The object of a trial is to ascertain the truth respecting disputed facts; and if, as is unquestionably the case, the statements of the litigants would, in a vast majority of cases, throw the most important light upon the ece troversy, is it wise or just to refuse to hear their statements because, forsooth, it may happen that in a few isolated instances profligate men may be tempted to affirm what is not true ? As well might a law be passed to prohibit the negotiating bills of exchange, because men are sometimes induced to forge endorse ments upon them. The proper and only sensible mode of checking perjury is, not by preventing the testi. mony of parties from being received in courts of jus tice, but by reforming the ridiculous rules which now render a trial on a charge for that *rime little better than a solemn farce. Simplify the form of the indict ment for perjury; abolish the rule which requires the offence to be proved by more than the testimony of one unshaken witness ; let a prisoner be liable to a conviction on proof that he has wilfully sworn to two contradictory statements, though no evidence be forth coming to show which of the two is false ; if these ob vious improvements were made in the law, men would not be quite so ready as they now are to invoke the Almighty to witness their deliberate falsehooc.?s, and little apprehension need be felt that parties to We re cord would be tempted to commit perjury, though a verdict in their favour would be the inevitable conse quence of their crime. _ _ _ The only remaining ground for rejecting the testi mony of parties to the record, is the assumption that the jury would be misled by such evidence. This argument has already, in great measure, been► answered, for we have shown that there is every rea son to believe that, as a general rule, parties would tell the substantial truth ; and even in those few cases where an attempt would be made to impose on the credulity of a jury, it is certainly paying them but a poor compliment to contend that they would be incapable of detecting the fraud. On this part of the case we cannot do better than quote the observations of an able writer on the law of evidence, who, while urging the propriety of allowing parties to be ex amined, remarks—" The motive to deceive being at least as apparent as it is strong, the Court and jury will naturally sift with proportionate suspicion the testimony of such persons, and thus, being on their guard, will refrain from giving implicit credit to statements which, coming from a less suspicious quarter, would demand unhesitating belief." — Chronicle. A LARGE SHIP DESERTED.—Among the disasters in the gale of Tuesday a large timber ship became water logged, and in this state was abandoned off the south western coast by her captain and crew, who were brought safe into Queenstown. Their statements having led to a know ledge of her position, Mr. N. Seymour, jun., took a crow of twenty men out in the Amphitrite cutter, belonging,t.e Messrs. Seymour and Co., and was fortunate enough to board her and leave the men in charge. He then returned to Queenstown, and on Wcdnaday morning took out the Leeds steamer to the ship, in order to tow her into port. The name of the vessel is the Coromandel, of Liverpool, and we understand that her value, including the cargo, exceeds 6,000/. These become a droit of Admiralty, and will be sold as such. It is supposed that Mr. Seymour's salvage claim, under the, circumstances, will be fully half this large sum.... k R4thirter. TRUE CUARITY.—On Sunday last, at All Saints Church, at Wandsworth, after the offertory , amongst the alms collected was found, enclosed in an envelope, a Pouak note of the value of 100/., with a wish from the benevolent and ane.fiyMOns donor, that the gift' might be applied " by the vicex - and churchwardens to the relief of the ttepotary wants of the poor of tite peril& of Wandsworth." - dered WI dila' Nog. ind !org , Pe de retai l