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1 .... CONTRACT for COALS for SINGAPORE. Department of the Storekeeper-Gcaerat of the Navy, Somerset-Pla. e, January 2, 1851. i The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Adin'ral 0" the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give NOTICE, that on TUEADAY, the 21st instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying and delivering into store at Singapore, 3,000 Tons of WELSH COALS, St for the service of her Majesty's Steam Vessels. The Conditions of the Contract, and a Form of Tender may be seen • . at the said office. No Tender will be received after One o 'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for Coals," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 1,5001. for the due perf3rmance of the Contract. BENJAMIN ROTTEN.—If Benjamin Rotten, formerly of Woodchester, in the county of Gloucester, cloth worker, who left that place in or about the year 1794, and is sup posed to have gone to America, will apple to Mr. William Smith, So licitor, Nailsworth, he will hear of something to his advantage ; or if the said Benjamin Rotten be dead, any person furnishing proof of his death, will be rewarded for his trouble. GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS. tore' Cabin and Secona Class Railway NINEPENCE to or from London and Gravesend. ftaloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. To or from Blackwell. "Pore Cabin .• • • .... 6d. Chief Cabin.... 9d. Intermediate Piers •• •• .... 6d. No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfieet Piers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). . FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. —_, WEBS DAYS. SUNDAYS. Timel l loshr. IGree.a- Pur- ~,,,„. Roster . Gr .„. Green-' Pur villa. Grays I hithe. fleet "'"' ville. ''''''hithe. fleet • '11.4 _ _ _ _ 7 _ i 1 I ...........----.... Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenc%nrch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. 'ROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of 4 ~. the following Trains from the Fenchurch-street S tation. ~. --. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAY S . TIME. 1 , Roshr. rime. • ......___ Pur- Green- Gray Green- I , .IRoshr -0. y z. fleet hitho. vine. fleet hithe. --ay " ville. a. m 10 .... 914 _ • 12 El 2 _ _ ... _ 3 - !, _ a;4 ..., 4% 1 passages marked * are run direct, the Pack et s not beir to tted to step at Piers or for Boats. MOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41.45. ; Six Months, 2. T tree Months, 11.155.; to be had of the Collectors on boa P ‘ c kets or Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. November 27.1850. MIDLAND RAILWAY. TO ACCOUNTANTS. , WANTED, by the Midland Railway Company , a n ACCOUNTANT to take the Head of the Department. He must understand and have had experience in Railway Accounts, and be competent to take the entire control of those of the Company. No one need apply who is not thoroughly acquainted with Railway Accounts in every depart bent. Salary, 5001. per annum. 1 1 3 Ply by letter to the Secretary not later than the Sth instant. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. Derby, January 1, .1851. SOYER'S RELISH. This entirely new and cheap Sauce for Fish, Cold Meat, Game, u4 ltrY,'Gravy, Stews, Soups, Salad, &c., is now to be had through out Europe. Sole Agents, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, Purveyors to her Ma- Jesty, 21, Soho-square. Also, Soyer's Original Sauce for Ladies and Gentlemen. GAME SEASON.—CROSSE and BLACK WELL, Purveyors in Ordinary, by appointment to her Ma- Jest Y• beg respectfully to inform the nobility and gentry that they continue to manufacture the celebrated SOHO SAUCE, which will be found superior for every description of game ' • also their improved .r•sitence of real Gorgon& Anchovies, Dinmore's Essence of Shrimps, fo r b o il ed and fried fish, Royal Table Sauce, Sir Robert P eel's Sauce 41; general purposes, Anchovy Paste, Strasburg Pot ted Meats, &c. T he whole of the above, together with their superior pickles, may be obtained of all the principal sauce-vendors throughout the kingdom. Manufactory, 21, Soho-square, London. Established 1706. TO LATE RESIDENTS IN INDIA. lITE MADRAS CURRIE, and MULLIGA TUNNY PASTII and CUA.TTNIES.—Messrs. BARRIE , 11 Vepery, Madras. to enable their old Co rres p ondents re „,.l: ''s from India to continue the use of the celebrated Condiments, " oade arrangements to forward regular supplies o f the above, Patked In glass jars for family use, at Is. od. and upwards, which g la Y • be hid of Crosse and Blackwell, Purveyors to her M a j est y , 21, " „ r , - square ; Fortnum, Mason , and Co. , Picca d i ll y ; and of the Incipal Sauce Vendors throughout the kingdom. Each bottle is labelled, and BARRIE and CO., Madras, stamped on the glass. C ROSS E and BL ACKWE LL'S CALVES p,, ' FEET JELLIES, consisting of Lemon , Orange , No y eau, neh. and Madeira, ready for immediate use. These Jell i e s will be fo und very s uper i or to those usually sold, and having been used for kre than tw e l ve months by the most distinguished families in t h e 4doni, the continued demand is a sufficient proof of their excel lence. To he had of the principal Italian warehousemen, grocers, and druggists throughout England, Ireland, and Scotland. Observe—O. and B.'s name and address are on each bottle. Manufactory, 21, Soho-square, London. Established 170 G. 'SEASONABLE PRESENTS. At this festive perio lof th year, when friends and lovers as . th an at the social board, or join in the mazes of the dan ce, a more Vali Usual anxiety is created for Personal Attraction , an d the fol.. , i 4 i i . w inC unrivalled discoveries for the Toilet are called into increas ed - l u isition, • ' namely— I;OWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, Tor creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair ; ROW L A.ND A' KA.LYDOR, for rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming; arid ROWLANDS' ODINTO, OR PEAR!, DENTIFRICE, for imparting a pearl-like whiteness to t h e Teeth. T he patronage of Royalty throughout E uro p e, and the hi g h appre ,l;ien by rank and fashion, with the well - known infallible efficacy t hese articles, give them a celebrity unparalleled, and render them . Peculiarly Elegant and Seas<mable Present. 4 41 Beware of Spurious Imitations. The only g enuine of each tea rs the nam e o f " 1;0 ArLANDS' " preceding that of:the article on the ll ,,,, wr aPPer or label. Sold by them at 20, Batton-garden, London, . "`' by Chemists and Perfumers. To A MISFITTING COAT. Whatever could the "snip" have meant to do When making such an article as you ? One of your parts is tight, and one is slack ; I'm qu it e as h a m e d to put port nu my back. In parts the tailor should have made you bigger, In or der to adapt you to my figure ; While other portions should be made much less — lon really quite disgrace the name of dress. Yo I make your owner such au ugly elf That he's ashamed to look upon himself. I wish I'd gone to MOSES -that I do— Instead of buying such a coat as you ; My money has been thrown into the street-- Anothe co. 'would he a perfect treat. But wisdem for the future will I learn, And never buy at such a mean concern. T o MDSE. Mart in future I'll repair, For Ish get a fitting garment there. Thatiplt 'dcoat which my friend Thompson bought, In point : iitnot made wrong in aught. I Only 'hink what 3i. and SON would say, If such a coat as you were in their way : They'd not allow you house-roam at their shop, Vill e Nor any such a specimen of slop. EDITION of "EVERYBODY'S BOOK," containing neportor by of letthe late impor free tant Trial, may be had grat is on ap pl o. ter, . otioe • —The Fur and Shawl Departments are now replete with "TY novelty of the season. ~.Yb o erve.—Any article purchased, either ready - made o r made to ,-.,14.8nre, if not approved of, will be exchanged or the money re- Krned. ....einticrn.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public , : gai nst imposition, but having heard that the untradesmanlike false ood of being connected with them, or it is the same concern, has nen resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They "eg s f _to state they have no connexion with any other house in or out if" ° °don, except their own Establishments, as follows :- 4,4,0nd0u City Establishment, 154, 155, 150, and 157, Minories, 83, and 85, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. Lo ndon West-end Branch, 506, 507, 5 0 8 , New Oxford - street , 1,2, 44 a nart•streat, all communicating. Bradford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Eilleffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Tailors Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe 4ters, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. F.atablishrnents are close: from sunset Friday to sunset SA "rosY. when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. pRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. Price Is. I%cl. per box. Th• in excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for ag ni ?tin all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the common e P , OMs of whi c h are costiveness, Illtulency, spa.ms, loss of appe rhetick headache, giddiness, sense of fulness after meals, dizziness te ltio ,!ye drowsiss, and pains in the stomach and bowels, : P s, roducing a ne torpid state of the liver, and a consequent mac the'L of the bowels, causing a disorganisation of every function of v er 'ante, will, in this mest excellent preparation, by a little perse thsaLee. be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince it s4r micted of its salutary effects. The stom ach will s p eedil y re g ain rapid!a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will die t 'axe place; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun .o4 aPPearance, strength, activity, and renewed health will be the . t otn - result of taking this medicine, according to the directions ac tthYlog each box. tion a Pleasant, safe, easy apperient, they unite the recommenda • .."` a Mild operation with the most successful effect, and require Nreistraint of diet or confinement during their use ; and for elderly tti jt: they will be found to be the most comfortable medicine PrePared. pe r by T. Prout, 229. Strand, London. Price Is. I %d. a nd 2s. 9d. Laudon. also !.)y the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the Ilalta,,„_• and it for FAPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the address of " Thomas Front, 229 Strand, London," on the .........Loment Stamp. OONTA, TF I I RTY-FIFTH EDITION. -- --. ,, N0 THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF - ---- DISEASE. 0$ ~I lla str.ated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravinls on St rHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA ,4 PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. b ' Ol9 and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d. T 7 nLet, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, i'LE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on e s ~..,the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by isl e — rn 've Indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of 2011,"':?. with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion, tlen, l'i, bY observations en the Married State, and the disqlalillea by h.' Oen prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, and ti„,ue detail of cases. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting ..-flseen. in Lae A n .z. L., nerners-street, Oxrord-street, London. Published by ta, '"uors ; and sold by Strange., 21, Paternoster-raw ; Hannay, it ..., atnd Sanger .. 150, Oxford-street ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall -iibv London. A,t, o r „.__ I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive 1.7;!. and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. del. - Z. 7 if. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in- Inei i rl,,,ee, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing 14,..in mental and bodily weakness nervous excitement, and generative racity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. 0 1 , tea' ILL treats of the diseases resulting from imection, either in thle; rin niry or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for 1?...1 treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured 77 A rings. ampcontains a Remedy for the Preventio of Disease by a Thi e i aPplication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. llottee dn P a rtant part the Work should not escape the reader's P,, ties . LIT. Is devoted to the eonsideration of marriage, and its du- I niole ' nue causes of unproductive union arc also considered, and the ,t 4 subject critically and philosophically inquired into. trel CoaniAL BALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively employed in sting n ervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., I Is. and 335. , hilita ttle, The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic sh a t 3'. for .„ Purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary Attie p eruptions and the abuse of mercury, lie, and 335. per e 1. , Der ‘..- errY *Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., ehr o r: a certain remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and IL lie inf lammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by l etter, ben ii Mi nute detail of the 'case is required: age, habits, and post lial.,.._aeelatY. 11. Packets, with advice, to be had at the lerta ilftrrn' sly by which the foe, it., is saved. Messrs. Perry, ItrArke., _ are In sttendanc e d a ily at 19. Berners-street, Oxford thy . ' ach. from Eleven till Two and :Vivo to ' , light ;on Sun one i . rou t novo to s per- .1158.; 4 the ~_~- CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLACTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 11 The Celebrated Juvenile Harpists (the Lockwood Family) will perform Trios, under the direction of Mr. Frederick Chatterton, daily at Four.—Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on Voltaic Electricity, in which will be exhibited Allman's Patent Electric Light, on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings, at Nine.—Lecture by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on Eire and its Antagonists, illustrated with brilliant Experiments.— New Lecture by Mr. George Barter, entitled an English Christmas, Illustrated by appropriate Helixes, e , cry Evening (except Saturday) at Elton. o'clock. —Exhibition of 'he Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope.—En tirely New Series of Dissolving Views, illustrating some of the Royal Residences of Europe.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c. Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price. Open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex cept Saturday) from Seven till Half- past Ten. F. 0. L. ,-.-'---,----- iiirri.co .;,. ' . . ) ,:,-,.,. 4, - ',..),', • ‘.. ''''''''''.--- / , _. . ,e - 4 ~i 4 / . • • • ~.. i , ' 4) ,„,.. ... 111. . p•• . "OP.:, , ) -- N ''", - ---, t , ~, ~,• j o „.• ~,, 'i t' •,-,, ,/ s \ . \- t'Al. ' , X•rnri xi i l4 --4r T), ' ' ' . ' " fiC z7 .4 . 4°. •,.l Z 4- i ;4 A!ati fr r -. - N ‘ ••• , . 1 pt ,e-----17 . i 7 , ,, 4 ''''''''',.. ..",1•''..4;ii , 4t , , :,'''.., '',., ""` 1 g ! ~ . A „,/ ‘ ‘ ' ) .°''''' - 'l, . /. ...0 ~;, ', ' : • -,., . 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GEORGE EDWARD HoLI.F.s - r, who for a period of 14 years, in an exemplary manner, performed the duties of his church, and WAS distinguished by his benevolence and charity in the wide district tinder his charge. The act of atrocity by which the Rev. Mr. Holiest was suddenly cut off is universally known, but those only who are acquainted with his posi tion are aware that he never had the mesas of making a provisi•n for his widow. Under such circumstances, it is hoped that flee case of Mrs. Holiest will commend itself to the generous consideration of those who are blessed with the means of alleviating, so far as human sympathy and assistance can alleviate, the distress of a family so fearfully bereft of its natural supporter. The income of Mrs. Holiest does not exceed 40/. per annum, and subscriptions are earnestly solicited in ald of these inadequate mean , . Subscriptions will be thankfully received by the following bankers :--Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co.; Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Messrs. Barclay, Tritton, and Co.; Messrs. Coutts, and Co.; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co.; Sir S. Scott, Bart., and I, Cavendish square; Messrs. Mangles Brothers, Guildford; Messrs. Stevens and Blandy, Reading; also by the following members of the Com mittee : R. R. Bayley, Esq., Mitchett, Fritnley, Bagshot. J. F. Burrell, Esq., Manor House, Primley, Rev. J. H. Clayton, Farnborough, Bagshot. Rev. John Lawrell, Cove, Bagshot. Sir Walter Farquhar, Bart., Farnhorou.rh-place, Bagshot. Thomas Longman, Esq., Farnborough-hill, Bagshot. Captain Charles Edward Mangles, Poyle-park, Farnham, surrey. The Commit'ee have the sltislaction to state that her Majesty the Queen, the Duchess of Gloucester, ant the Blshop of Winchester, have sanctioned their exertions by very liberal donations. The Committee return their grateful thanks for the lib ral manner in which their appeal has been responded to, and .hey thankfully acknowledge the following ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. -£lO 0 0 - 20 0 0 -5 0 0 - 10 0 0 - - 10 0 0 Gibson, G. J. Esq. - _ 5 0 0 The Lord Bishop of London - - The Earl of Aberdeen - - - The Earl of Sefton - - - - The Right Hon. S. Lushington, LL.D Sir Frederick Thesiger, Q.C. Per Mr. Folthorpe, Brighton. WV. L. - -X1 00 D. T. L. - - 5 0 0 J. G. Y. - - - 1 00 H. W. M. - - - 1 00, J. R. E. - - 1 001 Mrs. W. - - 0 5 0 J. R. B. - 0 10 0 J. D. T. - - 1 0 0 T. C. - - 0 5 0 L. B. - - 010 0 - - - 5 0 0 C. and V. T. K. - 1 10 0 J. S. - - - - 010 0 R. G. - - - 2 20 Grisseli, T., Esq. - - 10 0 0 Gwyn,Miss,collected by 1 0 0 Godley, Mrs. - - 1 0 0 Grace, Henry, Esq. 2 0 0 Harcourt, Rev. L. V. - 3 0 0 Harcourt, Hon. Mrs. - 2 0 0 Hyndman, J. 8., Esq, - 2 0 0 Hopkins, Mrs. Ro:;ert 2 0 0 Hart, Rev. H. C. - 1 1 0 Hughes, Rev. J. W. C. - 1 1 0 Hopper, Rev. A. M. - 2 0 0 I Hera, 0., Esq. - - 5 0 0 Flunkey, Thos., jun., Esq. 2 0 0 Two Friends, per ditto - 3 0 0 Handley, Mrs. - - 0 5 0 Hulse, Rev. J. - - 10 0 0 Hulse, lii=s - - 5 0 0 F. H. J. H. Per Barclay and Co. -1 1 0 -2 0 0 -1 1 0 2 0 0 P. E. M. and F. E. NT, - Per Messrs. Coutts. 0 L. 31. - - - - 2 0 J. D. - - - 1 0 0 L. M. - - - 010 L. M. W. - - - 2 0 P. H. C. - - - 2 00 E. C. T. - - - 1 00 A. C. G. - - - 5 0 Anonymous - - 1 0 W. J., Hants - - 6 0 W. S. C. M. - - 210 J. L. M. - - - 1 0 C. L. C. - - - 3 00 J. M. - - - - 010 Mrs. K. - - 5 Per Hordes and Co. C. W. C. - - 1 0 0 51. F. - 10 10 Per Messrs. Mangles. 11. V. Z. - - - 5 5 5 0 0 J. G. - - - - Per Messrs. Scott and Co. W. S. T. - - 1 1 0 Per Messrs. Smiths and Cs. G. H. - - - 5 0 0 E. W. R. - - 2 0 0 C. V. - - - 3 0 0 A. J. - - - 0 5 0 It. - - - 010 0 Per Messrs. Stephens and Blandy A. - - - - 010 Per Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co. T. and T. H. H. 11. - - - - J. C.'s Mite for the Widow - - - 010 0 1 J. E. - - 2 00, 11. E. M. - - 5 0 0 Per London and County Bank, Dorking. A. C. - - 5 00 5 0 01 1 0 01 A. B. C. C. Y. and W. 11. - - 1 0 0 Ashburnham,llon. Mrs. C. 5 0 0 2 20 1 2 0 0 Archer, W., Esq. Arkwright, Mrs. E. A. Abinger, the Dowager Lady - - - 2 0 0 Anderson, Rev. Jas. S. 3f. 1 0 0 Bedford, Mrs. - - 2 0 0 Baker, Rev. Thos. Baker, Mrs. Thos. - Borrer, J. Hamlin, Esq. Borrer, John, Esq. - Brown, Miss Gourgino. Boileau, Sir J. P., Bart. Butterworth, J. W., Esq. Beeton, fir. - - Brande, Everard, Esq. Brande, Mrs. - - Brande, MLA' - - Booty, J. G., Esq. - Bethel], Rev. G. - - Birch, Rev. E. - - liadcock, It. G., Esq. - Bathurst, Lady Emily C. Blayds, Rev. H. - - Itigge, John, Esq. - Banbury, E. S. P., Esq. Blackstone, Rev. F. C. 13ereni, Rev. E. - - Bockett, Mrs. - Bockett, kiss - - Bockett, Miss H. S. - !Bandy, Rev. F. J. • - Brinckley, R., Esq. - Baynes, Sir Wm. - - ; oyes, Jno., Esq. - - Barclay, C., Esq. - - Barclay, A. K., E q. - Itoulton, R., Esq. - - Benson, Mrs. - - Bowes, Rev. T. F., D.D. Chatfield, Rev. Dr. Chatfield, Charles, Esq. Chadwick, Charts., Esq. Contributions from 42 Friends, collected by Mrs. Henry Janson, chiefly In half-crowns, by Ladies. - • A. Clergyman's Wife - Cunningh nu, Rev. F. - A Clenryman's Widow, per Child and Co. Cameron, J. C. Esq. - Cranley, The Lord Cust., Hon. and Rev. 11. C. - - A Curate's Wife - Corbett, Mrs. Cameron, Rev. A. Christie, Rev. J. F. Canning, Mrs. - Cherry, Rev. H. C. . 1 00 - 5 00 1 - 1 0 0 Curtis, J. A., Esq Cubitt, T., Esq. Cooke. Mrs. Domville, the Misses - Darwell, Thos., Esq. - Day, Rev. R. Day. Miss - Darby, Roy. W. Dodgson, W. 0., Esq. - Dent, John C., Esq. - Dawson, the Lady Ann Maria - - - 1 0 0 Dumbleton, Thos., Esq. 5 0 0 Dewar, D. A. 13., Esq. 5 0 0 Drummond,H.,Esq., M.P. 10 0 0 Davies, Mr. - - - 5 5 0 Dent, Mr. - - - 1 0 0 Daniels, Mrs. - 1 1 0 Elwood, Lieutenant- Colonel and Mrs. - 1 0 0 Erskine, Right Hon. T. 5 0 0 Exley - - - 2 0 0 Eveleigh, Rev. J. - - 1 0 Everard, the Misses - 5 0 0 Egerton, Dr. - - 010 0 Edward - - 20 0 Ewes, G., Esq., - - 5 0 10 0 Evans, Miss- A Friend, per Mr. Fol thorpe - - - 10 () Foster, Mr. and Mrs. J. 2 0 0 Fox, Messrs. - - 2 0 0 Fox, Mrs. C. - - 30 0 Friends, thr, ugh Miss J. Harvey - - - Fitz Wigram, Sir R., Bart. - - - 5 0 0 A Friend, per Messrs. Mangles - - - 5 0 0 rearm), Rev. H. - - 2 2 0 A Friend - - 0 5 Proud, 11ev. E. - - 2 0 0 Filiter, Geo., Esq. - 5 0 0 Fisher, Mrs. - - - 1 00, Fisher. E., Esq. - - 1 0 0 Greene, H. S., Esq. - 1 0 0 Gibson, Mrs.- - - 010 0 Gore, Rev. George - 5 0 0 Gore, Mrs. George - 1 0 0 Grant, J. P., Esq. - 1 0 0 Garrett, Miss - - 1 00, Garratt, Miss Jane - 2 0 The Subscription will bo 5 501 1 1 0 - - 1 0 0 - - 0 10 0 -1 0 r 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 01 31 ETALLIC CANDLES, 61. ; Palmer's 6 i d . per lb. ; magnums, Bd. ; mid size, 7%ii.; candles, 44 d. and sd. ; wax-wick moulds, Sd. ; composite, 7)0., 9d., ...nil 9 ; Botanic wax candles, Is.; German wax, is. 2d.; fine wax, is. U.% genuine wax, 2s. 3d.; sperm can Iles, 2s 2d. to 2i. 4d. ; transparent wax, is. 4d. to 2e. 4,1. mottled soap 565. and 60s. per 112 lbs. ; yel low soap, 445., 50A., and 565.; Windsor sow) ' is. 4d. 7er packet ; ; brown Windsor, Is 9d. ; rose, 2s. almond, 2s. 6d.; sperm oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon ; solar, 3s. 6 d. ; seal, 4s. ; argand, 4s 6d. ; sealing wax, 4a. ed. per lb., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established ware; house, 63, St. Martin's lane, opposite Westminster County Court. DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.--WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Jest published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 21. 6d., or post-free; from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Manirity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which debilitate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, 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 Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their stracturca, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LL'MERT, M.D.. 37. BEDFORD-SQUARE , LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hespital Medical Society. &c. This 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 these complaints are beyond • ne reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking :or as , Astance where alone it can be procured. Dr. LA 'MERT has tak.an the highest medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experi ence, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starle, Tlchborne street, Haymarket; Mann, 39, Cornhill; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London; or, free by post for forty-two stamTh from the Author's Bolden" Bedlord-square London. Hart, Messrs. ,Holman, Mrs. H. - 010 0 Jervoise, the Rev. Sir S. C., Bart. - 5 0 0 Johnson, Miss - - 2 2 0 James and Shakspeare, Messrs. - 1 0 0 Jones, Mrs. - - 010 0 Kennedy, Hon. John - 1 0 0 0 Kelly, Bev. 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Esq. - 1 1 0 osed on the Ist of February - 5 001 11 10 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 001 - 2 20, - 3 001 - 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 001 - 1 0 0 . 1 1 0 - 1 001 - - 1 0 0 JANUARY 3, 1851. _ LONDON; FRIDAY EITENIN- - SUN, NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COIIPANIES, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON-. DIRECTORS. t * T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *NV. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq. wi-fugh Croft. Esq. *John Shaw, Fsq. tElliotson, M.D„ F.R.S. t *Edmund S. Symes, Esq. *italph Gouzh, Esq. t*clement Tabor, Esq. *NI. C. Maher, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. f*Algustus Vigne, Egg* AUDITOR. f Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S. PHYSICIAN. *J. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Cmduit-street. BUEUEON. f*E. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. t* W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., &c. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANKERS. t*MCSirg. Glyn, lialllfax, Mills, and Co., G 7, Lomb trd-street. SOLICITORS, tMessrs. Suttos, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall- street. *W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Chrogmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. C A FIT AL —500,000/ The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can he conferred by Life Assurance. On this Talye the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with hold during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned by the Society. Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as to make them available as securities in the hands of third parties. No Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. The present a nnual income of the Society from Premiums is 53,0001.; tce amount covered by the Polieies of the Society is 1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. Gd. At the last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical ClimateS. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-50),0'0l. (Incorpirated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office ars—Moderate and equitable Rates of Premium fir each cless of risk—Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at pramt charged are more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu canoe Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insarance can only bo ap oroached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted n. or systematically applied. Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Aver ige, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analo sis of its own experience, from time to titre, adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investiga•ion will be made into each Blass of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectnses. and every information may be obtained, on applica- tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents.—. Nati ..nal Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. * Equitable Fire f* Both Offices. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established in 1836. Empowered by Acts of Parliament. Oftlee3:-8 and 10, Water-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, London. TRUSTEES. Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart., M.P., Adam Hodgson, Esq., Samuel Henry Thompson, Esq. DIRECTORS IN LIVERPOOL. Chairman—WlLLlAM NICOL, Esq. Deputy-Chairmen —JOSEPH C. EWART, Esq. ; JOSEPH HORNRY, Esq. Thomas Brocklebank, Esq. George ff. Lawrence, Esq. William Dixon, Esq. Harold Littledale, Esq. William Ehrle, Esq. John Marriot, Esq. T. Steuart Gladstone, Esq. Edward Moon, Esq. George Grant, Esq. Lewin Mozley, Esq. Francis Haywood, Esq. Joseph Shipley, Esq. Robert Higgin. Esq. 11. Stolterfoht, Esq. George Holt, Esq. John Swainson, Esq. John bore, Esq. SECRETARY—Swinton Boult, Esq. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. Chairman —WILLIAM EWART, Esq., M.P. Depute-Chairman—GEOßGE FREDERICK . YOUNG, Esq. Sir W. de Bathe, Bart. lion. F. Ponsonhy. William Brown, Esq., M.P. John Ranking, Esq. Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P. J. M. Rosseter, Esq. Frederick Harrison, Esq. Seymour Teulon, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. Swinton Boult, Esq., Secretary Ross D. Mangles, E q., M.P. to the Company. RESIDENT SECRETARY —Benjamin Henderson, Esq. CONSTITUTION. Liability of the entire body of Shareholders unlimited. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Agricultural, Manufacturing, and Mercantile Risks freely Insured. Foreign and Colonial Insurances effected. Premiums as in other established offices. Settlement of Losses liberal and prompt. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Premiums as low as is consistent with safety. Bonuses not dependent on,profits being declared, and guaranteed when the Policy is effected. Surrender of Policies favourably dealt with. Thirty days allowed for the Renewal of Policies. Claims paid in three months after proof of death. Policies not Disputed except on the ground of Fraud. Full Prospectuses may be had on application at the Offices of the Company as above, or to any of its Agents in the Country. C 0., CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE lJ ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY'-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTiI ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication : During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England. and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 'MIL —making together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when It is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last 1 00 year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1849, and the 31st of \ lay, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.: of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 3s. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of June last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 12s 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. 11e. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,990/. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,991/, 15s. 11d. Ince last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,1831. 1 ls. 10d. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they hail considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Paris's, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prosreets. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad and by its tonic an, Invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, sere-street, Oxford street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B. To guard against Imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. nR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of SherwoOd, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvaiho; 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author , , rice One Shilling each ; by post, ls. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." CONTENTS:—EarIy Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex aursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country frips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, ' , test, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. IL FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vold. Vol I. & VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vol. 11. TfIE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harassed •.he yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em ltters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical rept lotion of every-thy life. IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Sunno2 : -Life's pilgrimage, from Infancy to old age. The advent 3ttbe passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphio, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of ear V. marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." PstoonammE:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and tigure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Oases, gm. By It. T. CI7LVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. 1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these wattics. Reception hours daily till Os. Znigno , t ill al "' 10 Argyll-plam Esientitzset, AL Shrove Tuesday.... Ash Wednesday Easter Sunday.... Low Sunday January... February. March..." April ..... . May..... . June...... 2 91 16 1 23 2 .3 14' 10 21 17 28 3 4 l 0 11 17 18, 2 9 16 1 23 30 31 4 July 'August ... Septemberl 7 L 8 October 5 6 L 2,1.31 6 20 27 11 , 1 211 28 November 1 25'27 2 3 9 10 16 17 23,24 December I 5 112 !19i ;261 19201 , 26'2T 2 3 9'lo 23:24 4' 11 18 ,25! 41 1.11 181 251 7 14 21 2S 10 1 4 11 17118 i 24!25 . 31) I E JOURNAL OF INDUSTRY, 11 BANKING REVIEWER, and CURRENCY REFORMER. Edited by JONATHAN DUNCAN, The SIXTH NUMBER of this Periodical will be published TO.MORROW, Saturday, January 4, 1851. CONTENTS : Railways in Brl'ish California Surpassed: Commercial Cre , lit anti Bankrupt and Insolvent Laws. A Quistion for Farmers. The Banking System of Scotland. No. Taxes on Pa,,cr. Public Gmnari s. ' London : Imblis!led by IVickbam and Yelland, 163, Strand ; and may be obtained through all New-agent, in sown and country. Just published, In Bvo , clith lettered, price 35., • NERVOLTS AFFECTIONS; being a few Ob• servatlons on Nervous Disorders, the result of extensive ex perience In the treatment of these diseases; with some ttemarks on the use and abuse of Hydrop.tthy. Its RICtiARD DAWSON, M.D., Extra Licentiate of the loyal College of Phpiclans, London, Member of the Itoyal College of Surgeons of England. London: Hugh Hughes and Co., 15, St. Martin's-'e-Grand. FAMILIAR THINGS; a Cyclopedia of Enter taining Knowledge. Illustrated with Five Wood Engravings. Number 1., price Twopenc., contains : A ROOK, its Origin and History, Printing, Type, Parr, Bookblind lug. &c. ; with a concise Account of all the Pr cesses through which it passes before it assumes the shape in which we have it. A NEEDLE, its History and Manufacture, with Anecdotes of Ta pestry and Berlin-wool Workers. OUR CUP OF TEA. Part I. Tea, its Origin, HiAt Iry, Chemistry, Commercial Value and Social Influence on the Inhabitants of this Country. London : Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster-row, and all Booksellers and Newsmen. r.....A.21.r,r,3 MN .13-/ Li V J.... 4.3 ~ ....A., . .-.-' ... -•- --- -- - •.r Aft LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, I .„ Penna.- Licensed by Act of Parliament. 1.. knnual Policy Bonus in 'sent Re kge.' gt. Pre- taken addition &nu n duction of A RGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -. = ,7; miunt. out in to Sum Cash. Annual STREET, ST. JAMES'S. 77 Assured. Premium . (Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-square.) --, - OPEN EVERY EVENING. .E a. d. £s d. £ s . d. Inimitable success and unrivalled performance of M. Boulconrt, 1837 I 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 from Paris on the Cornet-a-Pistons, who will play a varied Solo 1 1838 267 II 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 every Evening at Half-past Ten o'clock, aiied by LAURENT'S 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 INEMIT ABLE BAND. A different Selection of Music, and a Fan :E £ s.d. I 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 tasia each Evening. 60 1000 74 344 1841 189 12 6 1 . 89 5 10 13 8 11 N.B. T he Pro g ramme of the Dances as usual. 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3 Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence at 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 il 110 Nine and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 59 11 Admission, One Shilling. ' 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1 _ 0 - N. - DAT:rim es.I.IINT DP. DA N SE. GRAND SALON DE D ANSE, ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY, STRAND. OPEN FOR THE SEASON. Lessee—Mr. Thomas Bartlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden GRAND SOIREES MUSICALES AND BA L PARE D'HIVER. Mr. SIMPSON, anxious to have the best Band in London, has re tained the valuable talent of the leading Artists engaged during the oast season at Cremorne Gardens,.including the most eminent Performers fl•om her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera, and the Philharmonic Concerts. BORINTS BAND. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. 2omprising Selections from the most celebrated Composers, and Solos by first-rate Artists. Overture, "La Gazza Ladra," . • .. Rossini. American Melody, " The Yager Basha Belle," Mr. J. W. Sharp. Scotch Ballad, " What's a' the steer, kimmer," Miss G. Hodson " Laura Bell" PolkaVbird Week) • • .. Borini. Comic Duett, " Lovtis' Tiffs," Miss G. Hodson and Mr J. W. Sharp .. • Labern. Comic Song, " Sam Slick," Mr. J. W. Sharp • • . • Labern. Waltz, " Sorgenbrecher" .. • • . •• .. J. Strauss. REPERTOIRE OF MUSIQUE DE DANSE, THIS EVENING, Jan. 3. I. Polka .. Charlotten .. ~ • . Labitzky 2. Q iadrille• • Val d'Andorro (let set).. Musard 3. Waltz • • Hommage a Strauss • • .. Borini 4. Polka .. Alice •• .. J. Strauss 5. Quadrille.. All Nations .. Borini 6. Schottische The Gem ........Seabrook 7. Polka .. La ura Bell • • .. Borini 8. Quadrille • • be Rol d' Yvetot • • • • .. Bosisio 9. Waltz . • Souvenir du Rhin .. .. J. Strauss [O. Polka Souvenir de l'ilyppodroine 2'essy 11. Quadrille.. La Guerre des Femmes .. Bosisio 12. Galop D' In dustrie • • Borini 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 tha evening. Borini's Latest Compositions—The Adelaide Polka, Waltzes to various popular Irish Melodies. Galop ("Industrie, New Quadrille of all Nations, and Laura Bell Polka. The Grand Salon, Refreshment, and Ante-rooms have undergone considerable alterations and improvements. Doors open at Halt-past Seven o'clock. Admission One Shilling. C IIHE SUCCESS which for TWENTY YEARS J.. has characterised the Establishments of 11 Y A M A N D London . • • • London .... • • ...... 36, Gracechnrch-street, (tarries with it m..re weight than any amount of worth could pos sibly do ; whilst the Metropolis his nobly led the van in supporting them, Manchester, Liverpool, Birminghim, Leeds, Hull, Glasgow, Dublin, l - rlstol, and Exeter, have all availed themselves of the numerous advantages which lIYAM and CO. hold cut. They claim the position no t only of being the first Taiiors in London, but the most extensive Clothiers in the world ! Whilst they acknow- ledge the abundance of communication they are daily receiving from all pa - ts expressive of satisfaction at their Articles of Dr, S 9. and confidence in th it straightforward system of business, they direct attention to their array of CII RISTM AS ATTIRE, certainly the Largest, Cheapest, and Best selected Stock in the Universe. OVER-COATS, for walkinz, as well as those particularly adapted for travelling, may be had at a minute's notice, in every shape and every kind of material. DRESS and SURTOUT COATS combining all that is original in style and pre eminent in workmanship. TROWSEIti—The stock comprises the most Fashionable Novel ties in treble, double, and single milled Doeskins, Angolas, Tweeds, Cassimeres, &c., Sec. WAISTCOATS of Velvets, Satins, Silks, Embroidered Cloths, and Quiltings. i IDING, WALKING, and BUSINESS JACKETS possess im portant requisites for sportin4 and ordinary walking purposes. LITTLE BOYS' and YOUTHS' CLOTHING. —These depart ments have the constant and best attention of the proprietors. Every means possible is used to secure to the purchaser durability, good style, and the most moderate price. Hussar and Tunic Suits. Vests and Trousers in great variety. School Coats. Over Coats in every material and every new style. Servants' Liveries, Stable Dresses, Driving Coats, Pages' Suits, Waiting Jackets ,&,., may be obtained at a moment's notice. COUGHS, ASTHMA, AND INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION are Effectually Cured by K EA.TING'S COUGH LOZENGES. — TESTIMONIAL OF MERIT. C.my of a letter from Colonel hawker (the well•known Author on "Guns and ShoAing,") Long,parish-honse, near Whitchurch, Hants, October 21, 1846 :—" Sir, —I cannot resist informing you of the ex traordinary effect that I have experienced by taking only a few of your Lozenge:, I had a cough for several weeks, that defied all that was prescribed for me ; and yet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a small box of your Lozenges, which I dud are the only ones that relieve the cough without deranging the stomach or diges tive organs. To Mr. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard. I am, Sir, your hul,ble servant, " P. HAWKER." Prepared and sold in Boxes, Is. 114 d., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and 10:. Gd. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., No. 79, St. Paul's Church. yard, London. Sold by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Vendors in the Kingdom. May 29 June 8 Iv. 30 5 1 1 12 1 119 17 14 , 1 ,21 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 '25 Is 'l5 22 29 6 13 20 .27 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JAN. 2. STocx EXORANGE.—The share market continues in the same state. Bristol and Exeter closed at 7 7—South.Eastern and Dover, 2276. LIVERPOOL. JAIL 2. STocK EXCIIAWGE.—The market has been dull to-day, and a very limited business was transacted. Compared with Tuesday's prices, quotations are, however, about the same. The transactions were as follow:—Caledonian, 10 1 4—East Lancashire, 12 1 4—Great Western, 786—Lanca s hire ' and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 57 Ditto, Fifths, 7m dis.— Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire,.22l. Shares, 2% dis.— Eastern Counties, 6 c.—Lancaster and Preston. 28 p.— London and North-Western , 12334—Ditto, New Quarters, 37 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 46 p.—Midland, 47 1 ,4—Ditto, Halves, 19 1 A dis.—North Union (A), guaranteed by London and North-Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 244 South-Eastern and Dover, 2 OA York, Newcastle, and Berwick Preference, unpaid up. 3 dis.—Dutch Rhenish, dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, New Shares, MANCHESTER , JAN. 2, STOCK EXCITANGE.—The share market was dull to-day, but there is no change in prices. The transactions were as follow Caledonian, 10;4 4 —Chester and Holyhead, Prefer ence, guaranteed 5% per cent., 14 3-16—East Lancashire, 12 1 X 3 —Great Northern, 17 13-16—Lancashire and York shire, 57%—Ditto Fifths, Vei dis.—London and North- Western, 124 1 4—Ditto, New Quarters, p.—Ditto, Man chester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 244 p.—Man cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 26%—Ditto, 101. Pre ference, 10 5-16 - Ditto, New 61. Preference, Bs. 6d. p.— North British, 9 1 4 4 —North Staffordshire, 51, 4 dis.—South- Eastern and Dover, 23 1 4. YORK, JAN. 1. STOCK EXCHANGZ.—The transactions to-day were as follow : —Great Northern, 171, 4 —York, Newcastle, and Ber wick (G. N. E, Purchase), 6—York and North Midland, 225,E REPEAL OF THE DUTY ON PAPER. MEETING AT lIIE LONDON TAVERN. Last night a numeron at.ended meeting was 1141 et the London Tavern, for the purpose of a lo l ling mea sires to obtain the n of the tux uu mer, Mr. Cowan, M.l'., in the chair. The CibsiumAN said that it was vri!li some little re luctance he consented to preaide at hat inee,ieg, because it might naturally be suppceei that a person eho had a pecuniary interest, or who was supposed to [aye welt an interest, had a private interest in the repeal of the tax on paper. There were those, hoeever, who thought that they had an interest in the inainteuance of the tax, and that it would be injurious to them to have it removed.-- (\o, no.) That was their opinion, not hia. But the pe cuniary consideration was not the only point involved. He himself wished to be freed from the restrictions im posed on the paper manufacturer:, but if the nude was a monopoly, the sooner it was got rid of the better for the country ut large.—(Elear, hear.) lie would leave it to others to address them on the injury which the tax did to literature, and would confine himself to givinz few illustrations of the enormous amount of most useless labour which the manufacturers of paper wore called on to perform, and the superfl ions waste of time to which they were subject from the detention of the manufactured article in the mill. At the beginning of the century there were twenty-seven excisoable articles, of which there remained but six or seven at the present time. Of these there was but ono article which bore on Melees of , it prima facie evidence of the duty having been charged by means of the label fastened on it. That article was paper. The absence of this label subjected the manufacturer to a tax of 101; it used to be tool. There was but one article subject to detention for a sin gle moment after the duty had been charged. That ar ticle was paper. Yet one would think that it should be the other way, in consequence of paper bearing the label on the face of it. But the contrary was the fact, for the Excise obliged the manufacturer to keep his paper 24 hours before he could send it out; and this time was calculated from the period when the officer visited his work. The process of charging the paper was also a peculiar one, for the paper label which was pasted on must be dry before the duty was charged. When this had to be done with regard to every description cl paper and on every ream ; and when, moreover, it had to be weighed and wrapped up by the officer it imposed an amount of labour and consumed a quan tity of time, which was very singular in this so-called free trade country. If so mach time was uselessly expended in the manufacture of any other articles—such as gloves, for instance—it would not be allowed to continue a week, far the voice of the country would be instantly raised against it.—(near, hear.) It was because the paper manufacturers were a small body scattered over the country, and were not concentrated in a particular locality like the manufacturers cf . Bir mingham and Sheffield, that these unfair restrictions were allowed to continue.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to exhibit to them a specimen of paper which had :been manufactured some time ago iu the county of Gloucester. rho cost of the raw article was 2s. a cwt., or 21. a .ton. must be given to the evils resulting to society from the tax, to aisist us in Parliament in demanding the repeal. " I rennin your obedient servant, JOSEPH HUME. " George Huggett, Secretary, &c." Mr. J. CA SiELI, moved the first resolution, as f :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the duty On paper is empliatieJ!y tc ti.x upon shrill end industry, as it inert most the cost of an article of general con sump. i it, and limits the fiel I of protitictior, thus inter fering with the employment of the capital arel la`mur en,i-,;?e I in a great variety of trues and occupation', and t.ff. o.iiig less directly but ino:t injuriously the it.- terests of the public at larks; and th et in its effects it is vexatious and unequal, necessarily creating delays and difficulties in the way, both of the manufac turer an] the consumer." The object they had in vi.2w ea; identified, not only with the commercial u•rosi,erity of the country, hut with its moral and intellectual we:- fsre, and as such was deserving of the cu-ape ration of all who were interested in the national weal.—(llear, heir.) It was a question, aho, in which the labour of the people was involved, as it threw thousands out of em ployment, who but for this tax would be occupied. In these opinions he fully concurred, but he supported the movement, on the ground also that it would be in ac cordance with sound policy to effect the removal of this tax. If paper was dug in reams out of a quarry, this tax would be unjust, considering the purposes to which it was applied.—(Hear, hear.) When they recollected that the beautiful fabric on which they entered their correspondence, and upon which the volumes and the newspapers they read were printed, was made from a materiel which was valueless in itself, being, in fact, the very refuse of their workshops; and that it was by labour alone that it acquired its value, it could not be denied that this tax was unjust and illegiti mate, and he dig not know how a Government pro fessing to be the disciples cf economic science, and really desiring to free labour from the trammels by which it was beset, could support the continuance of such a tax.—(Hear, hear.) If the British public only understood the question in its commercial bearings, in dependent of its effect upon knowledge, he did not be lieve they would endure the continuance of the tax for another day. It was not the individual engaged in the manufacture of the article who alone suffered; every branch of industry in which paper was employed was affected likewise.—(Hear, hear.) It entered most ex tensively into other branches of trade, even to the manu facture of button moulds and hooks and eyes. He had seen an extract in a Birmingham paper in which it was stated that 30,0001. had been paid in duty in manufac turing what cost only 9,6001., and that one merchant alone paid 6001. for the paper in which the goods which he sent out to America were wrapped up.—(Loud cheers.) He believed that if the tax were taken off the consumption of paper would be doubled, and he be lieved there were not less than 160,000 persons engaged in its manufacture. See how unjustly this tax affected the publisher. He used a certain quantity of psfew, but suppose only half the impression was disposed of he got no drawback on the half that remained unsold.— (Hear.) He was in the habit of publishing a great many almanacs, and to a very great extent; but, sup• pose that some thousands of them remained unsold he got no consideration whatever. Tho tax to the manu facturer was lid. per lb., and 5 per cent. added; but the tax to the public was higher, because it was a tax upon a tax. Mr. Cassell then referred to the amount of ca pital employed in the manufacture of paper by the makers of tha article, after whom came the wholesale stationer, who required a large amount of capital to put him in a position to transact his business with the manu facturers, and thus, in the aggregate, a great amount of capital was invested in this department of our manu factures, Those engaged in it must have not only a pro fit upon the material they used, but upon the amount of tax they paid. The wholesale stationers had often bad debts upon their books, and half of those debts they had paid to the Government in taxation, for the Go veremant had no bad debts, and no risks; they took good care of that, and consequently the public must bear them.—(Hear.) Therefore, as far as regarded the public it was not merely a tax of 20 per cent. upon p a p er , b ut a tax upon al l concerned with it. He devoted himself to this cause because he looked upon paper as the means of communicating knowledge to the people. On that ground he took his stand, and he should rejoice if the movement was suc cessful in knocking off ono of the trammels which en thralled the press, and be hoped the day was not far off when the press of England would be entirely free.— (Hear, hear.) It had been said that the working classes were not interested in the repeal of the tax, and that the repeal would not affect them much; but he contended that the working classes felt very much the oppressive bearing of this and the other taxes upon knowletl&e.— (Hear, hear.) It' it were not for this tax, the people of England would be supplied with the higher class of therature, at prices wi,hin their means of buying. For himself he was only an amateur printer, knoaing little of details, but using the printing preset as the means of diffusing information throughout the kingdom. It. , felt that this tax crippled his effbrts in this respect. lie was publishing a history of England f ir the working classes, which was brought out in sixpenny volumes ; and when the work was completed the tax paid to the Government would not be less than 9001. If the tax were repealed it would enable the publishers of cheap literature to employ and pay the first authors of the day, and to i sue their publications in a neat and harelsonae garb that would adorn the she lies of the wet-long classe s. lie could tell them that It was made, in fact, from wheat straw, a fact for which he could vouch. But hear it—all agricultural Protec tionists and squires—the duty was 14s. 9d. on an ar ticle which cost in its raw state but 2s.—([lsar, hear.) The article which he had shown them was deemed paper by the Excise because water was mixed up in its prepa ration. It was reduced in bulk, and became paper or miliboard. Here' was another article, which was riot called paper, because it was manufactured in a dry state; ,t was not formed into a state of pulp, and, consequently, it superseded the enormously-taxed article, which was formed with water. The duty was 700 or 800 per cent. on the original value of the article. The duty on cotton wool was repealed by Sir Robert Peel in conse quence of the strong representations made by the manufacturers of England, _ although the duty was only five-sixteenths of a ld. per lb.; he did not object to that, because he thought the tax was unjust. But the raw materials of their London journals came from the sweepings of the mills, acd to load it with a tax of per lb., together with the restrictions he before alluded to, was a stigma on a country that prided itself on its freedom.—(Hear.) One of the worst features of the tax was that it was a tax on labour.—(Hear.) They were in the habit of ridiculing the Chinese because they were in the habit of confining the female foot within the smallest limits. But did not they follow a somewhat similar course in this matter when they c mfintd the la beur of that class within the smallest possible b .und • ? He had been told that 30,000 females found snip[ yinent in Paris in the manufacture of pap r sees, and that when ladies made purchases their goods were not hand, d to them in whity-brown 'Areas, but in t i•aefully made paper boxes. These boxes carne into this country at an ad valorem duty of 10 per cent., whilst there was a tax of WU or 200/. per cent. on the raw material if mauu lectured at home.—(Hear.) He knew that pacer of various descriptions came into British poi's, and was sent into 13rit!sh colonies free fe m duty to the dts clte-sement of that which was manufactured in this coun try, and carrying those beautiful excise hieroglyphics which in ale them pass off as a real British erticle. He hid said that 30,000 females found employment in Puri:, in the manufactureof paper boxes; and in the present day, when they read of such Pad and deplorable details of female wretchedness in this country, owing to the want of em ployment, was it right or just to that suffering portion of the community to discourage a branch of industry which would give employment to females in the construction of useful articles, but from which they were now de barred by this vile and monstrous law ?—(Hear, hear.) Another class of sufferers from this law were the letter press printers. He knew that they suffered great pri vations at times both in Edinburgh and in London, and that they bore their trials with unexampled petit nce.— (Hear, hear.) But he hoped the day was nut far distant when the press of this country would be made really free, and liberated from those trammels which now con fined it.—(Cheers.) They had great encouragement. Up to 1839 the Government had the monopoly of print ing the Holy Scriptures in Scotland. But after the monopoly was abolished there was an enormous demand for the Hely Scriptures, and they sold to three times the extent they did previously.—(Hear, hear.) The mono poly still existed in England, and although they pro fessed to make it free from any tax, individuals were enabled to acquire spacious demesnes, iu consequence of the monopoly being kept up.—(hear, hear.) The time for this movement was well chosen. A half century of great change and extraordinary progress had just closed, and he rejoiced that the commencement of the present half century was marked by a movement for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge.—(Hear, hear.) The penny postage—a work which entitled Mr. Rowland Hill to be considered one of the benefactors of the world—(Loud cheers)—came into operation in the last half century. The design of the beautiful palace in Hyde-park had been conceived, and all honour was due to the illustrious Prince who originated it.— (" Hear, hear," " No, no," and hisses.) He did not wish to excite discussion on that point. He would only say that the continuance of the tax on paper was unjust, and he rejoiced that it would be no longer necessary for them to go to Prima Ministers or Chancellors of the Exchequer, from whom they might get but a chilling reception, but to the people.—(llear, hear.) He was glad the venue was changed from Downing-street to the House of Commons, and he hoped his Hun. Friend Mr. Gibson would renew next session his motion for the emancipation of the country from the trammels by which it was so unjustly crippled.—(Cheers.) The SECRETARY read the following letters from Mr. Hume, M.P.:— " Burnley Hall, Ncrfolk, Dec. 26, 1850. " Sir,—l have this nay received your letter request ing that I will allow my name to be on the committee of the Association for the Total Repeal of the Excise Duty on Paper; and I request that you will assure the committee that I concur entirely in the policy of that repeal, and am ready to afford every assistance in my power towards that most important object. Before the receipt of your letter, I had written pri vately to Sir Charles Wood, calling his atter tiou to the window tax and the tax on paper, as the two first taxes that ought to be removed; but I have not had any answer from him as yet. In addition to the reasons as signed in the resolutions of the 21st inst. for the repeal of the paper tax, I have stated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer the importance of the repeal to the cause of education and national instruction, towards which the total repeal of excise laws on paper would be most im portant. 'Whilst the general desire of the well-informed persons in the country is now directed to remove igno , ranee, to lessen crime, and to raise the moral and social condition of the masses of the people, by education; and whilst the Parliament is voting annually 300,000/. from the taxes towards the education and improvement of the there was Dearly 3002 of tax stion upon every impression of the U'orhing Man's Friend. It had been alleged that if the tax were taken off the country would be flooded with the vilest publications; but his opinion was pre cisely the reverse, fur he believed if the tax were taken off that the people of England would not be limbo( zled with cant and balderdash; they would demand good and sound literature—Clear, hear)—and if it were given to them they would understand it. As it was they would prefer the translation of French literature to our 'own bad and trashy writing. In his own case he had given in the [forking Man's Friend an opportunity to the working classes to write in that periodical for themselves, and the result had been that 596 articles had been furnished by the working men of England in the course of ten months.—(Hear, hear.) He had not hen able to insert the whole of those articles, but he had printed and published 130 of them, all of which had been contributed by blacksmiths, colliers, and almost all sorts of working men. To those men ho had awarded prizes and 130 books in payment of their writing, and 130 volumes had been given away. In no case had he been called upon in the distribution for a low class of literature, but on the contrary for the very highest that could be com manded. It was evident, therefore, that if the working classes possessed a cheap and healthy literature they would buy their magezine or newspaper to read at home instead of going into all sorts of places to spend their money. He could not but feel anxious for this move ment, and could not see why it should not be successful; for how c ,uld a Government resist such an appeal? The Government had taken off the duty on various manfac tures—for instance, from leather, glass, and bricks, and from foreign wood to be made into furniture—and had even taken off the duty of 5 -16ths of ld. upon raw cotton. Therefore, looking to these circumstances, and to the purposes to which paper was applied, he thought the Government could not resist this appeal. In 1834 the amouet of paper paying duty was 70,589,0001 b., and in 1316, after the duty had been reduced, the quantity upon people, it is an error and inconsistency, quite unpardon able, to retain upon paper the heavy tax now levied, and thus to counteract' the very object which the wisest policy of Parliament has declared it necessary for the public welfare, &c., to be followed. That reason alone ought to induce the House of Commons to repeal the tax upun paper; but, when all the other reason.; stated in your resolutions, Red also in a pamphlet this d.ay pub lished by Charles Knight, entitled the else of the Authors as regards the Paper Dtry,' are liniught for ward, I am sanguine of success. If the committee shall be of opinion that my name as a committeeman would be useful to forward the object, I very willingly agree to their request; but as I cannot attend to the prociedings of the committee, I do not wish to incur any responsi bility as to expenses. I shall not be in Landon till the first week in February, but, when in London, sh ill cor dially co-operate with the committee for the total repeal. " I remain, your obedient servls, " JOSEPH HUME " Mr. George Hug,,gett, Secretary, &c." " Burnley Hall, Norfolk, DEC. 28, 1850. " Sir,—l request you will state my regret that en gsgements preclude my being in London to attend th e meeting on Thursday next, but thatl entirely concur i n the propriety, the pol i cy, an d justice of remo v i ng th e excise duty from paper, and giving that branch of ma nufacture, and all the others that are effected by th e t ax , the chance of fair competition with the world. The en tire repeal must be obtained; and the necessary publicity ... . which duty was paid was 127 millions, so that the con sumption had increased upwards of 80 per cent. If the duty were totally repealed the consumption would be doubled only in the way of education. He appealed to all who were interested in the moral elevation of the people to unite in the object of that meeting. The Go vernment might wish to retain this and all other taxes impeding education, but if they resisted this appeal they would stand forward convicted of hypocrisy. They voted 100,0001. for education, but they took 300,000/. from that which should communicate education to the people. lie appealed to the mechanibs' institutes to support this movement, and looked even to the mi nisters of the gospel fur sanction and co-operation. He should do all in his power to help the movement, not only as one pledged to free trade, but as ono who wished to see the elevation of that class from which he himself had sprang.—(Cheers.) Mr. PETER BORTHWICK seconded the resolution. In this time of largely diffused knowledge, and consequently of widely differing opinions, there were points in the wide field of political science upon which the two opi nions could not exist. The question they had met to consider seemed to him to be one of those points.- - (Hear, hear.) The object was to decide whether an BP peal should be made to her Majesty's Government_inotebe ensuing session, as their first duty to the working 1 " whe: to the commerce and manufactures of this countrp ad in. te ther they meant to pay the debt of honou r they n tutted when Sir H. Parnell's Committee reported. That Committee sat for the purpose of inqui r ing from whi c h of all the excise duties the people had the most ur g en t t e rst was glass, claim upon the Government for r elief ? ‘. That Commit tee reported three of those dutirsd— n (Hear, that theythere was nothing like hear.) The Government day, lik e certain the second leather, and tbeoftbir thatwas PaPlik e began with blather. w le i a s t e he p r e , rso a t o is d , thought accordingly not alclaandv;mryngootdhebegarnon,ionrgn. The alter Inetit b,ca,use Govern ment next repea led the d uty on glass, and all would rt.- thatiie dilla w s me mber the eloquent speech of the late Sir It. Peel on that cceesion; and the Premier had referred to the Crystal Palace nowerected Hyde-park—(Some expres tious of dissent)—upon which there appeared to be some difference of opinion in th e meet i ng —(H ear , h ear )—b u t here was.certainly a " great fact," that a glorious build ing had been mat/,e of glass, and assuming the object of that building to be approved or, he appealed to them whether when the duty was on they could have a palaca erected of glass? It would have been impossible unless that duty had been rope aled.—(Eiear, hear.) From this might be seen what advantage arose from the repeal, which had enabled a large mass of labour to be employed upon an object which a former age had not foreseen. But all the arguments applicable in favour of the repeal of the duties on leather and glass applied with tenfold force to the case of paper. No wonder the Govern ment had begun at the wrong end in the repeal of those taxes, for that was always the way with Governments. They were tolerably sure to begin at the wrong end, and so they had in the oases of leather,:glass, and paper. But 'ANAC FOR 185 !HRON , .. Mar •• Apri •• ICAL NoTEI3. Holy Thursday. Whit Sunday.... Trinity Sunday. Advent Sunday. .J - ~. ,t 1 - new sto on the ground of paper, and he appealed from Dow g.street to the master of Do%ning-street —the pu. ic.—(dear.) Ile would call their attention ti the eatute and operation of this tax. There was s tiff reuce in the operati,n of a tax upon the value of the article. In the case of gold and silver manufactures, for instance, the tax would bear principally upon the article itself; but in paper the tax was upon refuse, disused, and discarded matter, which, by the application of la bour, the paperrnaker converted into useful and elegant productions. To what other purpose could rags be turned? None. But the art of the papermaker trans ferred the refuse of the dung-heaps into the elaborate ornaments of the writing-table. In the case of cotton the Government properly repealed the tax, for the raw material could not live with the burden. In this case 300 per cent. l ay upon t h e labour of the conversion of the worthless raw material into articles of value and utility, and could it be conceived that such an amount of tax should press upon worthh•se rags throne) the pro c,ss cf manufacture, to the triNgniticent papier mud/ ornaments which adornel habit,tion3ot the wealthy. If this tax w• r 4 r; pealed ealplo) molt would be gi v• n to 500 000 alittional s. The peopla ne•w told the Gove:nuttnt it at these w at: a ~urplu, of 3.0d0,01)01. in Cieir hand,. —(aleic.) 6., much stronger t•to argu:rn nt for the repeal. The renal cf the tex weuld, he said, give emp'oyecentt 500,010 pe:s3et i s,n ti oc na c a o n t;fi u fi , e . l fu to i theexclusive marufacture 6' pap r, b l and oruan ental article, in paper macle awl other rv:..) • , 'or it was incalculable to what new 119(.41 paper might be employed. Mr. 13 irthwiek then ieterred to emigre tion, au:l observed that in America they were free from such impositions, while in England the Gurcriunent said to these 500,000 people that they might go to America or any where they liked whore they could get paid for their labour. But this was laying the axe to the very root of the national prosperity, for it was the labour of England that made London the metropolis of the world. —(Hear, hear.) Paper carried thought from mind t. mind, and was the medium through which knowledge passed from one class to the other. Hooker had said that a man should live wisely and virtuously, but that he must first find the means to live. Every tax that pressed upon human fJod detracted from knowledge. Suppose a man had not to pay 2s, 20. upon a pound of tea, he would buy a Dickens's Household Words, or perhaps would buy a newspaper. Then there was the tax upon the newspapers which must come off, but as they were met to consider only the repeal of the duty on paper, be would Dot pursue that subject. Every other tax might be considered at other times and places, but it must be remembered that a penny tax on newspapers only pressed upon one class of knowledge—(No, no) —while the paper tax was a burden upon all. Be was told by Mr. Crompton, the paper manufacturer, that a meeting had been held in Manchester for the repeal of the tax, and that 2001. had been collected to carry out the movement. He hoped they would all unite to effect the repeal of the obnoxious tax. Let them direct their energies upon this object alone, and when it was abo lished the other taxes on knowledge would soon give way.—(Hear.) It was stated by Mr. Crompton that the paper was detained in the mill by the Excise longer than it took him to buy the raw material and manufacture it into paper.—(Hear.) The resolution was put and carried unanimously. Mr. PEDDER moved the next resolution :—" That this meeting is further of opinion that the duty on paper, by adding to the cost, and consequently in creasing the price of books, newspapers, and periodi cals, impedes the progress of knowledge, and education of the people." He regretted that there were any per sons amongst the paper trade and wholesale stationers who opp_ed this motion, as it appeared from the open. ing observation& of the chairman that some of them did. But any class interest of that kind would give way before the perseverance)! of the people.—(Bear, hear.) The resolution which he proposed referred particularly to the injury done by the tax on paper to the dissemination of knowledge. There was no doubt it had such an effect, and it was en that ground he opposed the tax. The injury of the tax to labour, im portant as it was, sunk into insignificance as compared with the injury of the tax as it affected knowledge. Let but the people get access to knowledge of a sound kind, and they would then be able to take care that no taxes shou!d seriously interfere with their comforts.—(Hear.) A higher class of literature would be prosided for the people, and the vile class of literature on which they now fed would be pushed from its place.—(Bear, hear.) At present but few respectable writers would run the risk of the responsibility of entering upon the field of cheap literature. But do away with this tax, and the higher class of writers would then be induced to cater for the letter tastes of the people.—([fear, hear.) Mr. Pedder concluded by reading an extract from Knight's recent pamphlet, showing the evils of the tax on paper as it affected the spread of knowledge amongst the working (laws. Mr. INGRAM, p:op ie:or of the Illustrated London News, seconded the resolution. He considered that the evils of the taxes on paper had been much understated. On the resolution being put, Mr. HOLTOAEE rose to move the following addition by way of amendment:—" That this meeting is further of opinion that the stamp duty on newspapers and the advertisement duty, by adding to the cost, and conse quen'ly increasing the price and deteriorating the qua lity of books, newspapers, and periodicals, impedes the progress of knowledge and education of the people." this was an addition rather then amendment, and he hoped it would not be considered as being offered for the purpose of opposiVoa. Ho was ready to endorse every thing that had beeu said with regard to the tax on papa-, but every word that had been uttered applied with greeter force to the two taxes name! in the amendment than to the tax which was alone referred to in the reso lution.—(hear, hear.) The resolution, with the amend ment a!Oched, -was more likely to enlist the eeneral suipathy of the people. (Hear, hear.) It would prevent, this from being considered a class inurement, and would eleva:e it to the dignity of one reposing on public principle.—(Hear, hear.) He be lie ved that thee-e who originated the resolution meant well to the working classes; but, aie 1)r. Johnson said, then the in ire they me a-it the better.—(clear, hear, and laughter.) Of late years the public interest had suf fered from there being ti o many parties.—(clear, hear.) lie wanted that this question should not suffer from there being too many parties. There was no necessity fir f amiug a separate party to carry this question in its larger aspect, for the people of this country were al ready on one side.—(Cheers.) He believed that the stamp on newspapers not only kept knowledge from the people, but it caused their political terms to be imported from France. There was no room for the free growth of their genuine national language. Some gentlemen said that this measure would give the people employ ment, but the fact was that the people had too much work to do.—(flear, hear.) It they looked well at the question it would be found that by proper com bination less work might be done for the same payment, and then the surplus might fairly fall to the share of the unemployed. There were certainly good cheap publications---as the Household ords bet a hat the people wanted was the political knowledge which would save them from degredation.—(Cheers.) They were not refused their rights, because they bad not read the Penny C y lopeedia or Chambers' s Journal but because they had not the necessary politi cal information for legislation. They ought, therefore. to be given information in connexion with the events of the day and hour.—(Hear, hear.) The gentlemen on the platform well knew that the poor man could not now obtain a newspaper. Only the rich max could have a newspaper, and was the working man, when he was condemnial to feed upon garbage, to be blamed for the depravity of his taste ?—(Cheers.) Mr. Milner Gibson would put the whole question before the Government and the House of Commons, and it would be shown pre sently there was a chance of all three of these proposi tions being carried. He deprecated confining the move ment to the repeal of the paper duty alone, and advo cated the inclusion of the repeal of the other two duties in their demand, because it would make the question more general and natural. Mr. COLLET seconded the amendment, for the reason that a tax was laid on the working man by the opera tion of these duties. The working classes of this spun try would meddle with politics.—(Cheers.) Rightly or wrongly, wisely or foolishly, usefully or mischievously, they would have something more to do with the laws than to obey them.—(Cheering.) At the risk even of their interests, and even of their lives, they would inter fere with matters of law and government, and it de pended upon the Government, and upon Parliament, whether that interference should be for good or for evil, for they could not put it down.—(Cheering.) lie be lieved with Mr. Charles Knight, that if the people had a perfectly free press, they would not listen to charlatans and quacks. After some re marks upon the unatamped press, and giving the history of a paper called the Fret holder, and showing what an enormous amount of duty would be due from those to the Government were it en as wise to appeal for o f t he paper duty only, without including with it an a pplication for the repeal of all the taxes on f a o n rc a e b d r , og h a e t q io u n es questioned whether it w knowledge. The Glummest said that he believed all concurred in the o pinion that the proposition of Mr. Holyoske was rather an addition than an amendment. As he and the meeting generally approved of the object it had in view,, there would be no objection to its forming part of the resolution.—(Cheers.) Mr. MILNER GIBSON, M.P., said ho had been called on to explain his presence at that meeting in support of the movement for the repeal of the simple duty on paper. whilst in his place in Parliament ho had appended to and united with that object the repeal of the newspaper stamp, the advertisement duty, and the duty on the im port of foreign books. He wished to state that he was guided in his conduct by what he believed to be the best course to be adopted in reference to what the country required for its welfare—the repeal of all the taxes ote knowledge?. He brought forward the question as a whole bee eu4e he saw something like a priuciple in it : — (llcar, hear ) lle did not put it as a ques tion of surplus or no surplus; but he said that the im positiou of a tax on knowledge was not sound in policy, and that, there fore, whether there was a surplus or no sur p lus, it was the duty of those who bad the con duct of public affairs to make such financial arrangements as would enable Parliatnent to dispense with a description of taxes which were unfit to remain a permanent sGurce of revenue.— (flyer, hear.) He knew from experience, also, that it was a good plan to ask for all yoti want, but to take what you cxn ge t, without giving a release in full. — (Laughter.) Le would not refuse an instalment, but he would not in consrqeence forego the right at all times to demand payment of the whole debt. Those three questions —the paper duty, the newspaper-silimP d u ty, and the advertisement duty—had usually b‘sen more or less linked together.—(Hear, hear.) When Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer brought the question before Par liament, though not intending then to (include the paper duty, he moved generally to the effect that the taxes on knowledge were injurious to the public interests. If be succeeded in that motion, he would afterwards have to move resolutions refereing to each specifically.—(ffear, bear.) He (Mr. Gibson) pursued nearly the same course, as that which was most likely to enlist the • 1 ~ -~