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I 3 ; 4 -pif ilw eg 3 , 4!::, , ,....-6 -, T ~.., 5 . a . .„. , : i i. , _ . ... 4 „..„.„ . fx) . ,--- thl7 " DIE' ' • 44 C41:'-') " 4 P' ',47.111?.: 4 l a ' ,g tiiiig.;:- it OIT : - ♦' ,-z_/ v , ton""' - - / / '/ G-~ " T Magistrates of the Borough," was acknow by G. LAISHLET, Esq., who paid a high tribute of admiration to the conduct and character of Mr. Hume as a consistent and unflinching R9fonner. " The Members of the Borough" and other toasts 'ere drunk; and, amongst others, " A free and un /fettered Press" was proposed in suitable terms by Mr. Hums, and acknowledged by the editor of the Ramp shire Independent. The proceedings terminated shortly after eleven eclock. in lat. 05 0 °f long' • N°.18,159.] LONDON, THURSDAY - S DECEMBER 5 1850. . E 4 7 [PRICE SD. st; it caper• anl Bows 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, and on which I have scrupulously acted in the City for the last forty years." " Did you ever find it necessary to prove in a court of justice that your letter had been duly sent,?" was the question calmly put by the " silver-toned ad vocate," in reply; and, as the Americans would say, this stumped the merchant. He had forgotten —and how many practical men of husine , s still daily forget, in their ordinary mercantile transactions— that a man who brings or defends an action at law cannot be beard in his own cause. " I know this was done, for I did it myself; I can swear to that I act, for I 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 can 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 PUBLICATIONS. SMITHF lELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE SHOW, and EXHIBITION of IMPLEMENTS, SEEDS, ROOTS, Sec.. commences TUESDAY MORNING, and closes FRI DAY EVENING, lOtia, 11th, i2th, and 13th December. Bazaar, King-str,et, Portman•square, 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 OND ON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY ALTERATIONS and ADDITIONAL TRAINS for DECEMBER. The 7 a.m. train from Birmingham to London will be discon tinued. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Second Master—Edward Mgienzie (1845), to the Rhadamanthus steam-transport, at Sheerness. Master's Assistant—Edward Spence, to the Athol store-ship, fitting at Sheerness. I❑ the new appointments to the Victory flag-Thin, re-commissioned at Portsmouth, Paymaster B. Wick ham (1805) succeeds Paymaster Wichelo. Hogue, 60, screw-ship, Captain M'Dougall, is re ported to be ready for see, at Portsmouth, by the ith 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. 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 Laiihley, and several other mem bers of the town council were pr..sent. After the usual loyal toasts had been done full jus tice to, _ _ 01 14 0 3" NEW BOOKS-NEARLY READY. lAVENGIIO : the Scholar, the Giffy, nod the Priest. By George Borrow, author of " The Bible in Spain." With Portrait. 3 vols. post Bvo. - c• 98s 0 00 ' 0 o°6 D 09 0 °Ol A new fast train, cmycying first and second class passen2;ers at express fares, will leave Birmingham at 7 30 am., and arrive in London at 10 30. The T.EXIYGY3N" PAPERS'. Extracts from the Correspondence of Robert Sutton, Minister at Vienna, 1694-98. Bvo. FLOOR CLOTHS. Best Quality Warranted - - 2s. 6d. per square yard. Persian end Turkey pattern - 2s. Pd. do. do. Common Floor Cloth - - - 2s. Od. do. do. Japanned FC.lling-sercens from 30s. Cocoa-fibre Mats and Matting.—lndia Matting, Plain and Figured. JOWETT, Manufacturer, 532, New Oxford-street. The third class train will leave Birmingham at 8 a.m. instead of 1 p.m., and arrive in London at 2 15. The 10 30 a.m. train from Birmingham will leave at 10 15. MILITARY EVENTS in ITALY, ISIS-9. Translated from the German. By Lord Ellesmere. Map. Post Bro. Iv. A MEMOIR of the late BISHOP of NORWICH, with his Ad dresses Hnd ChaNes. By his Son, Rey. A. P. Stanley, author of " Life of Dr. Arnold." Sy-o. 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 15 a.m. train from Liverpool will be accelerated, and arrive at Euston station at 6 45 p.m., instead of 7 30. A new fast train fro.n the Midland Railway, in connexion with the tram leaving Newcastle at 8 15 a.m. and York at 12 noon, will leave Itugny at 4 15 p.m., and arrive in London at 6 55, The 8 15 a.m. and 12 noon train front Peterborough will be dis continued. A TR ANAPOTI r VOYAGE to the Manrit'u and Back, tolcbing at the Capa of G,' l hope and St. Helena. By the auth,r of '' Pa 1- (liana." Post Bvo. VI. ENGLISH AND CAMBRIAN FIRE AND LIFE A 5 ,1711 ANCE SOCIETY. 9, NEW LIRIDGE-STREET, Blackfrhus, 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 the borrower than in any other office. Medical men remunerated in all cases. Policies from 201. to 5.0001. Policies of five years' standing not void in cases of suicide. , Immed'ate, survivorship, and delbrred 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 a ~p ointed. 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. -The 0° d th e beep erste The 124h' and PR. , ,CTTCE of N.VVAL COURTS-MARTIAL, for the Guidaace of Naval Officers. wY William Hickman, It N. Bvo. Tvco new trains will be dispatchel from Peterborough at 6 30 a.m. anus_2 p.m. Phaeton, 50, Captain Elliott, will be ready to leave Portsmouth to rejoin Commodore Martin's squadron on the 12th instant. NAVAL GUNNERY, for the ise of Officers and Seamen Gunners. By Lieut.-Gen. - Sir iloward Third Edition, with Descriptions of the New Guns introduced since the War. Woodcuts. Bvo. YIIT. The early train to Aylesbury will leave London at G 30 in stead of 7 30, arriving at Aylesbury at 8 30, The 10 25 A.M: train from Aylesbury will be discontinued. A new train will leave Aylesbury at 0 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 Lyndon at 11. Other alterations contingent on the above are posted at the szvcral stations. Incon,tant, 36, Capt. Shepberd, 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. Volege surveying -vessel, Capt. Graves, will be paid off at Chatham to-morrow. 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. EIELESS, 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 of the sterner sex (all standing) shook the building with their loud cheers. A MXNUAL of ELEMENTARY GEOLOGY. By Sir Charles LYELL, F.R.S. Third Edition, revised. Woodcuts. 1 vol. Sro. Ix. By order, MARK IIUISII. General Manager's-office, Euston Station, Nov. 27, 1850. ENGLAND AS IT IS : Political Social, and Industrial. By Wm Johnston. 2 vols. post Bvo. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.--FURTIIER OPENING of the BUCKINGHAM SHIRE RAILWAY. The PTIOGRESS of the NATTiN - . By G. R. PORTER, P.R.S. Third Edition, corrected to the preient time. Svo. XI. To THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.— A great comfort is now provided in NICOLL'S TOGA WRAIVER. 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. The public is requested to take mtice that on and after the 2d of December Trains will run to and from the Baaburproad Sta tion (three miles from Oxford). Time Bills, with alterations and additional Trains for December, may be obtained at the Company's stations on and after the 29th instant.—By order, General Manager's Office, Noy. 28, 1850. 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. The DOVECOTE and AVIARY. A History of Domestic Pigeons and other Birds. By Rev. Edmund S. Dixon, author of " Ornamen tal and Domestic Poultry." Woodcuts. Fcap. Bvo. XII. CHRISTIANITY in CEYLON. Its Introduction and Progress under the Portuguese, Dutch, British, and American INlis ions. By Sir J. Emerson Tennent. Woodcuts. Bvo. XIII. The PALACES of NINEVEH and PERSEPOLIS RESTORED. An attempt to explain the Architecture of Ancient Assyria and Per sia. By James Fergusson. Woodcuts. Bvo. _ Thus, by simply drawing in a string, rests are formed for the shoulders, and the garment assumes the graceful appearance of the ancient Toga (whence its name). The price is Ono Guinea, or with a hood (now in general use for travelling in Ffance), and bound with braid, it is. One Guinea and a Half. MARK RUISH. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. Og e Intl in; :;1 7I 37 1 ;51 pg. 0 i ,~ T AE WIDOW of the late Rev. GEORGE list, x EDWARD lIOLLEST, of Frimley, Surrey —Frimley, Bag o r "en, ber, 1850.—An earnest APPEAL to public benevolence o rheDeetfully saint-fitted to a few friends and neighbours on behalf the, I D ofDOW of t li years, in an exemplhe kite Rev. G ary EORGE EDWAR man ne D r, pe lIOLIo,I ss c . refiittL.s of his ch urch. and was distinguished by his benevolence m n e of atrocity ri ,.lY in the wide district under his charge. The act . 10 iIY which the Rev. Mr. Holiest was soddenly cut . off i . s b._ ! r ally k he t-07!or ‘9Widow. wn, but those only who are acquainted with his post ' e aware that he never had the means of making a provision Under such circumstances, it is hoped that the case It tr. Ilollest will commend itself to the generous consideration hut: Who are blessed with the 'means of alleviating, so far as Lailiil - 'lrliPathy and assistance Can alleviate, the distress of a 14 1. 1 / 8 0 . fearfully be of its natural supporter. The income of e 5,,,,..... llest does not exceed 401. per annum, and aresubseriptian t s ions I,T;TuY solicited in aid of these inadequate means. Subscriptions irerti2 thankfully received by the following bankers . Il esilr ' ;' , Y ar q u ilar, and Co.; Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co.; lire,Tritton, and Co.; Messrs. Coutts, and Cc , Mes . • 1.1/ 4 ,`"' r.aYne, and Co; Sir C. Scott, Bart., and Co., 1. Casq'endishs sad il i ; Ressrs. Mangles, Brothers, Guildford; Messrs. ti , te c v o , ni n . kk % , I ndY, Reading; also by the following members of the It It , Ea 1 4 . -,,, .... Y.ey, Esq, Mitchett, Frimley, Bagshot. it4..pirreii, Esq., Manor 'loose, Frimley. lity. • ll ' Clayton, Farnborough, Bagshot. eh. •,„ John Lawrell, Cove, Bagshot. N'Traalter Farquhar, Bart., Farnborough-place, C alitiP l4fl g u lan, Esq., Farnborough-hill. Bagshot. Bagshot. Th en a Charles Edward Mangles, Poyl-park, 1 !ke ep ‘-'2ailtlittee have the sitistaction to e state that her Majestythe alli r,.. ctto :l n ii ed eh t e. b s e s t o r f ex G e l r T o c n es s ie h r v , and the Bisho donations.p of Winchester, ve lier 1,.. SUBSCRIPTIONS. iler 'TZ:,I, eB tY the Queen £so 0 0 I li, le t or l i „lnghneFs the Duchess of Glcuceiter - - 2 1 ' 5 1 0 0 0 ° Rip o. n - ashop of Winchester 5 5 0 Writ, ir -- "" e Y , jun., Esq. it o . 4e kblock Es A: if Iltranquet., Esq q. 5 ..0 .. 0 , h e , Jirniltch, E. .. 10 44, - 0 0 titl7 3 ' IloYnten -s. ' 10 0 0 D.. 4 , 1 ,0 novel s _ ... •.. - - 20 0 0 es sr T'wnlosi i lO 0 0 korq u i Coutto and Co. 2O 0 0 1 44 st" Lansdowne tJ. •b*miels. Tritmestown I lloa . ' er ah, Es he n" Sc ott, E q. - 10 10 Cl A i m r4 dY W scl ' - - - -•--• ' . - - 11.0 .0 7 . , ,De . _r -! llll:rag e •h aY bY a n ad 'E C r i e . th - Y - - - - - 10 5 ° 0 ° 5 0 0 'Stol' hafts domes Cope, Esq. AMU Ropkins 4 11 , 6 hllA2 er Coutts and Co. 5 0 0 It el4„erstein, Esq lei- . • -Loden Tyler . - - - 250 0 0 EL"44n - 5 0 0 .R ., • ansittart - - - - tiCrliessrs. Hallett and Co. _ _s _ ' - - 10 0 0 5 0 0 tiA -q 0 - -- -5 5 0 .-q l ioe r g een ' E Sq• ' - - - - - • I 1 0 .IN ham .... ioh l , - 1 4 : 50 0 to ti ktly - ~ 10 0 0 .... 114. 14 0 „. I ...sq. .. ~. 2 0 0 ...sollittor m a n a d n l. ti a e d id y Par_ry . Co o f 4•? ' 2 0 0 4.11 11 - 14 . 1 1 7 0 Wn E ... . . .. 1 1 5 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 tr rY sq. va. A . o ,Smith, Esq. - - . - 10 0 0 41 11 .drehd'Y'IN Bart., M.P. 2 0 0 ~Mlir,„_eaeou Wigram 10 0 0 i l ,LlßillZ r • Esq., M.P. - . ... . 5 0 0 10 0 0 "olli P It • J ohn Laboucherc, M.P. - - - - 5 O 5O 0 tali ar rY p _ _ ,__ ootscray 10 0 0 , 7.llloesildDsorset 5 • 0 B,•.44h_ert Gibson Es krr wert Hod ' q. • 5 0 0 ..„ `art g o ds n, Esq. g 0 0 ts.s e.;P•oolfson, Esq. roily nail I,,nira Walford, E sq , )4 . 1 8 ! 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" an IT ' ''''' 3 D IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. t 4 I niPr ,-, d ire c t 2Yed Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price Sc. 6d. Illt Ir cbol the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, 1 S ILEN t h„ '..., e ext, T FRIEND, a Medical Work on -ip eti -ze ind---taa2non and physical decay of the system produced by ti e ` l 'lit; . ;' With sefle-",.the consequences of infection, or ' the abuse of b ns ~.-i 10. eh 4ueit directions for the Ilse of the preventive lotion, sYth e 'llieh „" 4e rvations on the Married State, and the disqualitica i',4thocletalfrerent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, and e, -4 4 4 . 1 . 19, ° •,; eas es. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting ..., , ,110,„„ -aer ners-street, Oxford-street, London. 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Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed r,nve. ope, 2s• 6c1., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two starni)s, "LP-PRESERVATION; a EL F - Medical Medical Treatise on the Physiology Of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period sh o n i nd lif e e n , f w ee h b i l e o h th d o e o bl a t ir ta a te l the physical and f rontal powers, diminish a ; o w d ith nd P i r g a os c u ti o c n al , f u s 1% Debility w Ob e s lin erv gs ;t an ion d s coxnliathme t T t r h e a e t v ai i t e a l o t e o n f e r s gi e e r s v o o s whether oalirmisiantgezfr:omLotohaleseacnci auscesoTi,csltottsuetisotnurdl Weakness,yp Syphilis , or the influence of tropical S lr t e ri t e lo tu o r . e, and all D F i o s v r g e , sulting from India- Illustrating the knatomy, Physiology, and Diseases ye rt el ; " Co a fo d ur D ed eran E r n e r raevintan the various of the Reprodncti Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and flinctions, an d Injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37. 13EDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Sdin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Meraber of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Tkis work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un fortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of applying to a qualified Physi cian for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro neously entertained that theist oomplaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict hint wet prevent,hio; seeking or assistance where Inedieslhonours„ as his aiptato algae it ca 4P! Proprkel• pr, , LA'MEBT has taken, the,Mt, "testiry, and the great :ditth '0 practice for mttny eats i a'guarantte for this stAsslOhltl43lo ol l' Tublifird ; by r e() , Autrr. and 1132 , b ' &atlases. atmen o . . eliefi'vibitillub42 referanCe ' " 5 " 1014 4' to , thgre t f th e. AO , kg,rite (not= *Fliasi Ar, 63; 'Ork, „i t. e bad of , J. , street, Haymarket; reet;' Starte filchborne' Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Gordon; on, 146, Leaden hrtrntt. li i rgen t.r,..fple by post for fort t author ooldence,l7,l3edierd-oquus I, V w"t4n9lsl (P;)111- On 01.4 Gilbert DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood , 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvaiho ; 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornh ill ; or di r ect from the author , Pew One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6 d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of 'rime." Corrxxvs :—Early Rising—Spring and Su mm er Mornings—Ex, cantons about the Environs of London — T h e 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, &c., &e. 11. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Yob. WI I. A VISIT TO THE LAKIT,S;giiiTCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three seore years and ten our course may ran." A pepalar review of almost every form (cause and care) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, er study, and em hitters 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.' Snetzer : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The advent oftho passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remodiative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. • TilE 2.1/I,IcRIA.9E. STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the clue4tT- H yacoakirsts:—Laws arid obligations • 'cif natnre, societi. end 're-' piston regarding marriage, to be observed- by *Wm iOX. .ins* 4114 Abele', on both, sides,, as tct Age, tetaPer49o,l4 COMPACIIOA, and figure, to secure healthy of:taking, with t h e art of rearing theta. P, yeical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility, nd its cquyerld6tr" Owes, &c. ' ' •,7s 10 11(V.)., • i/(4 By R. J. CULVERWELT,, fi.D.,(1.141); NAO.& (332)¢101:1 , ,i ' 1824). Twenty-eve rears' na:4l. and, Forfin4n.LF*M'tn these. iuittbra. • Reception hens dewtill pomp, seven till nine. q Argyll-place, Regentitreet, (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 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 weeks (1840.49). From birth to 15 years 410 .:. 503 15 years to 60 60 and upwards 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 be making progress in the metropolis. In Marylebone, 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 i❑ the Pancras Work house (Camden Town sub-district) ; scarlatina car ried off 30 ; and 47 persons of various ages died of typus. Diarrbcea 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. don taken internally by a man when in a state of in toxication. In the third case—that of a woman who 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 food 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. has the foll ow i ng s t a t e m en t : The h Belfast T Edward Galway oFh o aalsetT Whig y gentlemen,ht.erty ,brother of the lt e thev. P member Daly, and Mr. for Galway, are at present on a short visit to Belfast, ex plaining a plan of rapid communication with Arne, rice, 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. L 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 idl e; and we have now before us ample printed details, illustrated by a map, showing the course of a railw a y f ormed for a considerable distance, which,if c arr i e d out to the most con• vernent point in Nov a S cot i a, would reduce the At lantic passage to 2,000 miles, and, it is calculated, to five days from the poi n t o f 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 o f R epresentatives of the State, presented i▪ n the present year, th e w h o l e ques tion, . is gone into very minutely ; and the following paragraph from this docum ent shows the calculations with respect to ti▪ me :•—‘ 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 Y or k to Halifax or Canso, em ploying the swiftest steam_pa c k ets th ence to Galway, crossing the Great Midland Riilway from Galway to Dublin, a distance of about 120 miles, and thence to E(l)olyLboenaddohnarbboyur,thaedisctahnecs distanc e of a6n3dmites, and thence London and North-W estern Railways, a dis tance of 263 miles — employing — employingabout 1,200 miles t of railway, and 2,000 miles of steam navi gation—the passage from New York to London may be reduced to seven days' time at all events, and possibly to six days, within a few years at farthest. This can only be achieved by shortening the sea voyage, and dispensi ng w i t h the vast weight of coal and other superflu ous l oa d now curr i e d.' This is no doubt a sanguine calculation; but as the attainment of such a result seems possible, the project is encou raging. Even if we a dd one or two d a ys of time, the acbievment would be splendid, the . more especially when we recollect that at each terminu. s the electric . of departure, news of the previous minute . from all h h the steamer messengers from each side would pour at the time parts of the great continent from w . intelli- London and New York would, as regarded . six days required gence, be reduced to the five or . was about to start. Thus, the distance between .. be expected, that progress of improvement, " might l to San Francisco, intelligence from . St. Petersburg iv. for crossing the Atlantic; . and, in due time, in the transmitted with the same rapidity. or even from Constantinople to ...exico, weuld be THE Hoz , DUTY. —Wednesday week was the day appointed for th e p a y me nt of the last moiety of the hop duty m ae e m e b ee le r d e , e a f nd the it of 1849 and 1849. The inland revenue officers had t t that they keenly felt th e h ars h their sitti ng a t th e Ci nqu e Ports' Arms Hotel, Rye, where, i n requiring the moiety o f t h e about noon , a cons id era bl e number of hop-growers h a d as -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 th e duty, to say nothing of the expense of G v :e e rn y m id e e n n cultivating, picking, drying, warehousing, &c., of that crop. With four exceptions, we u nderstand that the duty of 1848 was not paid, notwithstanding the intimation of legal pro ceedings on the part of the officers of the Crown ; but we take this orportunity 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 20,0001. where nothing has, in fact, bee n produced for it as an equivalent, and where, during the last two years, capital and labour have been unprofitably absorbed by unremunerating produce and oppressive taxation. in the • ___ 0 e .,_., THE SMOKER • SMOKED.—Jainet, ollltin' was ar• resigned in 13oston a few days since, foi" i iintbliing ,ltreet," which is prohibited. The Court fined James4'fisw ,dollars, and. James, disposed to pester. the CouriAendered, the sum in pennies. The Court informed . the officer that it bad, lot time to count the money then, and he 'might jug j aines 'nntil he could spare time for that purpose, This was lighting the cigar at- the w rong end,. and James- was not long in ten.o , deriog the Amount in “ current, Li ll e of the CommenretutlO --New f ork ,Paper. . LIFE of THOMAS. STOTEITIt6, R.A. With . Personal Remi niscences. By Mrs. Bray. 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For general opinion, see the whole of the public press, not forgetting the Frontis piece of" Punch's Pocket-book" for 1851. Published by Shnpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Hall-court, Lud gate-hill, London. 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. PAL4I'OT PATENTEES, and MA NUFACTURERS of CLOTH, REGENT-STREET (from 114 to 120 inclusive), and 22, CORNHILL. CAUTION.—Many have assumed the use of the word Palatot," 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. THREE DAYS SALE OF VALUABLE FORFEITED PROPERTY. 70 Lots Horse Clothing, &c. _ L ESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORR will SELL by AUCTION, at their Rooms, King-street, Covent garden, on MONDAY. 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May be viewed, and Catalogues had on the SA TURDAY previous, at the place of sale. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 4.) 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.—Lecture on the Hydro-Electric Machine, by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Lecture on Chemistry by J. If. Pepper, Esq., illustrating the Ancient Fiery Ordeal and the Ilan fling of Red Hot 115etals. —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, Is.—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.g best Artistsle a London, r during g s Thee elNiE valuableN anxioustalent past season at Cremorne Gardens, including the most eminent ta ned S th i Performers from her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera, to t h h a e v l e ea t d h i e n 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," • • .. Boildicu. Song. Miss Clara Stuart, "Love Launched a Fairy Boat," • • .. • • • • • • J. Jolly Solo (Violin). " Souvenir de Londres," Fantasie, Van lleddeghem. Song, Miss Clara Stuart, " Llenllyn's Bride" .. Barker. Comic Songs by Mr. R. Minden. Selection from Weber's Opera of " Der FrieFehutz." REPERTOIRE OF MUSIQUE DE DANSE. THIS EVENING, Dec. 5. 1. Polka .. The Rustic Beauty .. . • Jolly 2. Quailrille•• Le Bonhomme TolbecqUe 3. Waltz • • Charlotte Labitzky 4. Polka .. Adelaide .. Borini 5. Quadrille.. Bruxelles .. .• Resist° G. Schottische Leoniera .• .• • • Jarvis 7. l'olka ~ Eclipse • . .. • • Koenig H. Quadrille • • be Nouveau Monde • • .. Bosisie S. Waltz .. Fairest of the Fair .. D'Albert 10. Polka • • Charlotte!' .. • • Labitzky 11. Quadrille.. All Nations ......Borini 12. Schottische Dungarian .. • • .. 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 he performed during the evening. • Itorini'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 Halt-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 foreto!d. 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 morrate 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 imposlion, 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, 134, 155. 156, and 157, Niinories, 83, 84, 85, and 85, 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' Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Hatters, hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe- Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. maTkaeirlos,"andClGotellineernal Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Sa turday, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. DENTAL SURGERY.—DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. 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, carded on by them at 61, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenc r square, London, and 15, Whitefriargate, Hull, was, from the 24th day of August last, DISSOLVED by MUTUAL CONSENT, and duly irazetted, and that Mr. Epltraim Mosely will henceforth carry on his practice ALONE, at his old residence, 61, GROSVENOR 'STREET, G ROSVENOR-SQUARE, and trusts for a con ti nuance of that patronage with whichhe 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 uhich so closely re semble the natural as to defy detection. They will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any Teeth before 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. M.'s newly-invented Composi tion, and every operatio n on safe and certain p rinci p l es. 61, GROSVENOR - ST REET, GROSVENOR- SQUARE. s , London. payable to Ephraim r A o s l e D n e o b r t - s s r d e u e e tG r to- t o h s e , e late firm Mosely, 61, GGrosvenor-square, quare RAPID SAILING. The trade with California ' says our New York correspondent, 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 corner 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, (flake 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 owners by the time she is one year old. Another has gone twice round the world via San Francisco Nnd Canton, performing each journey within a twelvemonth, including detentions. The Oriental, mother of this class instanced by our correspondent, qas already fulfilled the expectations of her owners by arriving in the West India Docks yesterday, in icily 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 nation laws, and the profits derived from her thus far will be sure to lead many others in her -rain. 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 ish 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 e very considerable port in 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 o:leans, " 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 every year, 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 arAd incurious. All these s promise to develope the resources of the States to 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 youth, inge hwisho runs a race n ou u r ity do , g a g n e d d ar d d e o t u er r m . in l a t ti i o s n the ag fa ai t r e t r with his son. A fell necessity constrains us, and we must not be heat. 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 willnot be beaten; but, if they should be, we shall know , that they deserve it.— Times. ; 'NE I. Pinisli PUMP -9T0i.,1.7 .- 7 --T - T-4NH, -,,u -, , eruct.-•-On Supday he vill4ge:kiunp s ei.!4e thq +item, Ina Wad'toler;anti darrie'd away • th e wooden casing and the huge ` ire huddle wire' fdtini' in ', a 'Jetzt-not fat' froth the spot 1 1 : x is t. Pop ° e fli d ill t g he b m ilt i:c t r h e e an iesi t v. d •irl ili b e e f jpstica, as it•was the, only pomp is the village producing good water.— Shcrberne Journal, ~,,1,- ::;•) :, , .. 4 ~. .„ aotutnadchoedut,tandi'b'tO4sug'gh°tr'itoe. 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 se 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 —political 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. Ail our institutions were representative. The great English juriaprudist, Blackstone, declared that by the Constitution every Englishman had a right to he 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 for the benefit of the Crown or of the aristocracy, I'ut 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 bad 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, rs 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, es 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 he 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. From 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 he had, at all events honestly, endeavoured to do something for the improvement of his fellow -creatures.—(Loud cheers.) No country in the world bad 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 therefo;e ho 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 had rendered in past days to the cause of civil and religiousliberty ; and although he lamented the Nob) 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 b e tter 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 Mayor of SouthamP' ton, who had always proved.blea se if a trim friend of l' the working classes, Mr. Hume proposed the " Health 'of the Mayot and Corporation of Southampton," and sat down-amidst enth;isiastic cheering' ' - - The toast was d run k w ith m uch applause, and briefly responded t o by the Miro. instance, to the parties - immediately concerned. It may be 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 int* 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 knowledg e o f he rule of law which renders parties to the record inadmis sible witnesses, to induce men 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 longer 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 repudiated 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 distaite both these propositions. No doubt, a party to the record, being interested in the result of the suit, 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 commi ss i on 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 i,erj wry, which is not only an offense of a :ar deeper dye than simple falsehood, but 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 sutjected to a cross.exa mination more than usually severe; and thus "bile 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 th4t 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 that 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 on 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 he 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 con 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 falsehoods, and little apprehension need be telt that parties to the 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 j ury 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"— Chronielc. A LARGE SIM' D E,ERTED.—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 crew of twenty men out in the Amphitrite cutter, belonging to Messrs. Seymour and Co., and was fortunate enough to board her and leave the men in charge. He then returned to Queenstown, and on Wednesday 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 6,0001. These become a droit of Admiralty, and will be sold as such. it, ie'suPposed that Mr. Seymour's salvage claim, under the circumstances, will be fully half this large sum.— o a k Reporter. • nittE'Cireitirr.—On Sunday• last, tit All Saints Church, at 'Wandsworth, aftet the offertory, amongst the alms collected was found, enclosed in an envelope, a Bank note of the value of 1001., with a wish from the benevolent and anonymous donor, that. the gift might be applied by the vicar and churchwardens to the relief of the temporary wautz of the poor of the pariah of Waltd4worth."