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R Ai]) POLISH and HUNGARIAN and poNrr•Epr. in of tho Dun o, of tho titte,Wlll of the iriena s ui l'olaud, and of the llaugaziait 441 Ant, ta ke Place at Guildhall, on TIILMSDir next, tha 13th Tkkei s .4 it L i d `'`ffeghments included) for a Lady and Gentleman, 21 s ; 11 , 1 it 108. CA ; fora Gentleman, 15e. May be had of Mr. 4 ndo n u 4 t .lansio n H ouse ; of Mr. J. Temple, at Guildhall ; at t_lle, vernthe ; at the Polish Associa 1, Dli-street, it~Pat,; 41 Guildhall Ceff tion ee-house • of Mr o . Hol u t, e Chairman, 4.ll,,,:shareh•yard; of the Gentlemen of the Committee ;_tait: Prowse, and Co., 46, ;of the 444,e,,0.the City and the West-e Chea nd p of sioe the town ; several and of M • '4l'l', lio n. Se2retary, 11 , Liverpool-street, City. TA----------- n E ibrEST of IRELAND LAND INVEST -414-tcitls.,,and BEET SUGAR, FLAX, and CIIICORY 3IA k. CONIPANY• 41,11 ,orporated by Ro %Le T R _ _ Capital, Half-a-Milllon, in 10/. Shares. Yal Charter, for which application nas o to tI, K : : rid bY which the liability of Shareholders will be limited (N etts ta . °Mit of their shares.ttisht,-Tth---V:azrluctilturl ( esta t:htt, -bbneton therewith'.of T l o rel . a , nd, el d E i st ,l ate s s tri t a n l t r i rsou W rc e e s s t . manufactories alina of Beet Sugar, flax, 1 , „1. 4 e, • It th e „' " t er Dartienl titor, "eta of th ars, apply to the Secretary, Captain Hooks, 1,,,, , gest., ,-, e Company, 75, Cornhill, London ; or to the Soli sh- 914 Th ' a peS and Yuart G a 's lon • and Mr. Evan Hare, ten Phi et -b",Y„rospectus .11 ' s been ‘N r it y hheld until the publication of - a., Nsa e z ,f., - "tr• Dishy Seymour, which appears this day, con - "WW t o , pusition of the views on which the Company rest their papu e ,pport. tho Second Edition, greatly enlarged, price llow to tupLO l 3 l l V- 6 ,C AT:i n iAL in WESTER N 1'1'4111E1"";.an :w to a few Practical Questions 4,c hacture ofR Ans we rs Beet ars s aS e r , arFlat, and Chicory, In coO Questions `,, Land Investment in 6 th ' e West of Ireland. -43' WILLIAM DIGBY SEYMOUII, Esq. , 4,41141; John ho :Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. ,n ‘l ll l y. 411411;tifearn,e, 81, Strand ; James Ridgway, I° '' mnith , ( . 1 4 . l am 1% Bon, 11, Royal Exchange. Dublin: Hodges rallon-street. Xlinp ri . w. s' tO,_N of the INDUSTRY of all 4, I ,' &se nmerti ,ATIONS, NEW YORK. lb „,;', In 4 „ ;Med, hereby give notice, that the date, Novemb l er s ty t lo — ,, " . erl f ar itnrns'acular issued on October 14, applies only to artic e ,". to „----,, cdtate shipment from the Crystal Palace. APO! . t xl llt ti t i! , to—nelt _other goods will be received until December 10. tili t „ tloll i s erous inquiries, we also reformerhexi i t i he . New York tutors, but is 4g i4llparii4. exclusively confined to AN', tXituli r rtgb4 is, i s , 'ON WILL POSITIVELY COMMENCE ON 4 , TrAit y . ~. ALL GOODS MUST BE SHIPPED BY 1 4 , 3 14 , 1fe ktiou. I. t 444 be ' fe' 'Dace (wall 0 address to the oillee, 43, Clarges street, r counter), and frfur i t , l i t e e e r a p d a u rt ly ic . u: C E I I I4R AI E t L D S RBIUDSICIIHEE.K. c o t, IS Ti r, kJENTRAL RAILWAY. -uTE to the CENTRE and NORTH of SCOT AUGUST, 1851. titt il•rlll z leave Express. i'll Stiti gn at . a.m. p.m. klrlierkn,.e at . " I t ° 0 — 5 0 ...- a.m. crth' ' t biallt a.m. -. ••• ..... 2 8 .... 8, 35 •••• 4.k14 " ..•• • • 343 . . 930.... Aterdeeit ~. . •• •-• .. 4 43 .... 10 30 •• • • ~ p.m. A 13 e ,,,lllird , ''•• •• • • 841 .... 210.... - - - `q 6gt il 'lass • to p RE DUCED FARES. ' 4 Y) at a 41th, Dundee, and Aberdeen, every Wednesday Pat h ' n'i . Pare—Thirty Shillings. ' A4, — li, 1 85 RO RER r JOHN STONE, General Manager. 44n hAv l , p„, - -- bi sEND STAR PACKETS. , ~.r a, e 4o . r n t -nd Se"ond Class Railway SIXPENCE to 11 1 ,.,)”. '.oo ° , R London - and Gravesend. -4 1,, ,: e i t ' , il ' i rst Class ditto NINEPENCE 't- -+et,s k call at he G eenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. call at the Pie e rs G a r s aY under r llned (weather permitting). Pit o ,. 4t TERRACE P p.m. 8 45 p.m. 1 23 2 5R 4 8 W 4 b g • . 1 I 1 ti :ER, GRAVESEND. SUNDAYS Time. ,! 7 % A 'll ' 4 4)4 bD r Time. Ijk 11 t tkr RILL . o / REFORM ° ae 44 11 1, 4 1 1 th:fin tt,,,_Pectalllc tion with reg to the proposed \ • Alanchester ard people have begun to move, ilt. tf tl ftt o ,,, t any 3 , B ociations are upon the alert. It is agreed 0 ,~rn,,,,,•‘41 b e n etorna that will reduce the burdens of the h public l ' r tain eel3t able, and the active concoctors of t tfor k l N ull) ho know to follow the example of those veteran re t( been N 't.N., t4 Ct a , p,;:, to advocate good measures. There have b t he rj a t ite, 4 , l f ue ti o g ti a Da. to in , one department, who have succeeded th - 7%rs Ile extent of one-half in an article of un f % .4.° • . ` ) E` 4 and SON are the head reformers io saved the public a million of money n th t ,`,‘ to ~,,,"". ° ne, and they have, by increasing* their hands t at - t : l e e - ,;,,,krnt n ,`,.. a the demand, renthred the benefit permanent. 'it it tf,'Flo 3 ,,; l `'t bu y " as first effected, a man who went to buy a coa test , flt o f a l Whole suit, and this reduction was effected by Let )4, l)l '' ,, Tk ts T:g e capital, by which material could be bough . ! .Y e mploying the best artists, and by co n. thane4s n - f, • hc ir preffli99 and under their own supen r loW Ole fin t nin the trade. Their Win k,. oiy the Th in „. es wor_me 'tr th e att k ez 'veil' department, and Overcoats of a rna v„crt, ,ehi Non o ,! l reSsly for Iles 0 , ES . and SON, are ' ev rYbociy. Their rich silk waistcoats, of the %Ito. e ; ,1 2, from Lyons, are unequalled in richness. In tio n 4Lot 4 ;7ltle,4e loc k was never before equalled fore xtent, and , IQ r el4;ton t q, ° ,, r fultion can be suited better than at of - ' 5 1.4;' , there is an equally extensive variety 11 14)4 (16 Persons. , 1 11 1 qity • MOSES and SON, ti 85 :irbitm ‘alage. meat, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minor! ee. 23 tr_ W es --, ePposite the Church, all communicatuag• hl'd "t ch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, , 2, .__ , c eo 4 ertah l „,,, _ arkich a ratnunicating. k Branch, 19, Bridge•street. ",k4Vothi,, e, Tr. 4 rgate. u at tera, H osiers, iy.wq!.1,4141,031 otatters for Ladies and Gentlemen. Furriers, Beet And Shoe batiZqa ta are closed from sunset Friday to sunset 5$- resumed till Twelve o'clock. 'ENT. rARCII 01? lIPROVE w hit , Th, `sver N ,,, Itc,nae,.,e WltneSS—Wherever we be, see It in at °larch of inaprovement we see. iir:,ntines-s,nt,,,elegraphs, railways, and tunnels, Atlee it I,"' Farriages, signals, and funnels ; llcil/ens Damtlgs, piatos, and bricks,. . Am t ea , altse azors, and flannels and ticks , mops, Aim ,tra,ln ste am -boats, and gas-pipes, and and strops; end 5r144, 5 , s , and wr iting-desks, mouse-traps, 4 4 ' Dttjli n ~ and baskets, and 'kerchleth, and stocas 4,1 11 ed5t:,,,,'' and railways and watches, and clocks; A N . a 11er a ,,,,7 8 , and broo.Ch'es and bell-ropes, and Looks, Itili ' k rpttr a4 es, and fishermen' hooks ; 1 1 / 1 , '',ll. for and curtains, and hammers, and tongs, 1 .,, atE v , r ~, the toilet, and harness, and thongs • ~,_'4 Vibtdowe Witness, wherever we be. IN% 41,zarch. of improvement we see. /te '4" 'll Of i 11,,r , to ittA,TProvement in dress we we, urn. T° +l, l4l Deo ' 1 and Company's warehouse Co., 1,411-17Tigo,iieStiatasraetitnhvetfeaashaiotenws of lIICAM and C lei, z '. 0 st ver li 41.4 .\10 "7 ' l 'autl', and grace -e a a r r e s displayed, ago 1 Dre.,‘„, ior samples of trade. t 4 Drpof ~,,;7,' ne.W stock, n, Thkh aarnwe'atllnproverrient has here taken place. in its neatness and grace, vt utry e Ina rch ofcf dress will sufficiently show. west 41-4.‘.lltl,rovernent with lIYA3I and Co. tria , "' l and Co Tailors Clothiers, City tatALstlblishnrie;t,Londo'n —— —B6, oxford-street. et. 5 t,2, 1 -, th blia4reent, London .... • .36, Gcechurch-stre T lll l,l,"ter se , P rovinet Establishments and Manufacturers, 1,.1,ti....ett.tr,1-c7 ~..,arket-strea:t, Hull—l 7, Market-place : tr,,,,kr01..,..3 ;._. 1,-41g-street. I.4„l"aatba,n, °' rl5, Lord ---2 3 „, -street. Glasgow-48, Bristol-42, Dame-street. , 01:-.44. in, ' ' e w - street. Dublin-30, 1,1 4 er -, ,,......g . at e , WAthrgey-street. -s e t e reet . /. tlntii t:tibtine,s trana,...,- - at these Establishments on Sa- t, 11, r , t i . " h et T t e E VERb‘jel,al ELL'S NEW WORKS. A % ist r ,, t. ,of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, .... tw,...:::::::::eann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author ; I e ach ; by Post, Is. Gd. V-'44OYMENT OF LIFE. igr'ol();.'.l's ,-, c reation It i abet , arly R . 1 , itN nt th 'S n gprin , and . n i s mmer Mornings —Ex , and Rational Use of Time. rll 4 N I e Environs of Lo ion—The Parks, Lanes : Hils, 'N%1 4 44(31 lita ' ni gh.road s n h r pleasant places — Country 4. Lit—Thnes—The Sea '—a l n o d nde t n at e Night—Evenings at Home ~ .t. t ue A.ra v ,,, —On Eating ° Drinking, Pb ' C'eeuPation, &c., &C. Sleeping, Bathing, .. (1 ,. 40 itlil s II 4I N, FROM TILE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. k' To 1 ,, 'Vol. I. 'hi 44 &c,. t LA KES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, E.K3 Vol. 11. OF KILL UWE/ . ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. i. . Wlio OPo Thal Th. TO FAT, D I INK, AND AVOID, ' 1 ly,i 4 nisr r ,,,i'e score years and ten our courso may run. he ebillt ve r of almost every form (cause and l ne s r; „, t ittA l u 'llig. beso( health and enfeebled constitution, that } tiara t,.. m tlop °l el ag, s `"‘ the man of pleasure, business, or !, and cm of tyt?l , with d ru le s for the diet and duly physical regu mlay life. abler all IV. " What p„ s , T UB PASSIONS. improve, Rh. ONinte,rutt is as ',. ° ,,n,,s_lll_lrt the body—what tel l 4 ( th e ' ll . " - Life , 3 p 1 l ' g u r l l e a as Athens ever heard." 4tlvellitiotu,?ns• Chahtltje n fr d onl i w t:::'i lt f n a f n gl y t c o me o n ll ts age4 lie T e h a e su a a a l - - , kla re4e.cli,as_trid dissipation, illustrations g . graphic, bar "v • Advocacy of early marriages. V. 11.,),(1411..._ ',To JeIlorEntilstIARRIAGE STATE. ~ t ," rt..„stit ~...„ to be, that is the question.. Irdiz ...awe and obligations of nature, Vctir,' tine tßAl, l3aar riage, to be Observed by either s o e i x ti . p _ e Tn ) : , I and t.. eki 1., cilre health ahe, temperarnen t t, c t. 1 society, and r a e n li: les. ke:ieetiven y offspring, with the at o rearing them. (IR / " eas and it s removal. Sterility and its conversion. -` It. 2 4) . ~,:C1,^1, , ,,, p.. 1. 4.'"entylf.RWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827)!L:,l'eAse* '41,, 10.1t4rftepu"Zigil.r.is til\aliel(ylicatliita;ll , F e orensi y c eu t g fe s r , ee in 11 Seven till i4/1-gaefei Regent -greet. 1 . t: lr lkl, -------2--- --_ 1 I I I 1111 ht N ke lle kt I.4Ba ges 1, ,0t., iht ti Tg . _, e ntarked * are run direct. 1 15 . O tt : , e t ,; 11,1 53 , lye Months, 41. 4a.; Six Months, 2 . 5., ‘ l . 4r N I •, to be had of the Collectors on board the ~... ' N , ... , 5 oak , I ,_ • ° )tt is i . terrace Pier, Gravesend. ..------. 114 lik 4 ' LE 4 1N•b el linf I tDENHALL - STREET. Mr. i1.,,1 _1n 1 ,... zi ~ .g kiv n„„"Ra tis SNactfully to acquaint such of his patrons as Oith'Llq,,, - "' , re,,i -err orders at th 6 GrAatatxhthition, that the , ilacerg , - Air co - ' - '3' for delivery. Those who were restrained i k hlt , r:Thiell tids by the regulations of the Royal Coin- -4 , 1, tti is ilifoririProlia.ited the withdrawal of goods from the ~,,Z4 , ,..., 1 I 1,, ,, r 4 1 that the unsold portion of the splendid stock 1,41,:,,"" 4, 6. e et t '"'ecl to 4, Leadenhall-street, where it may be t ,`tlid:',„ ka,,,, t Well 1.„ 1411( 1 4 e glass cases which excited so much ad- a "..r1 1 ,7 4 1a11 4 , 11 " rittr.ase"trjiieleant Show-rooms of 3fechi have thus 1 ,,, .1 1 ~, , l i,r n as, r3 n c feature, and he solicits an early visit from Xet ' 1 11 —, st s ' - IWell as from persons of taste, who are fond ‘lll 2 te a. " ~l'eo manufact fres qdvantageously displayea. 1%, , tli, i , tri ty „. exten sh , lug-eases, desks, work- ' ka t ,„„ttirl,,.2 and ~ e stock of dyess men t ' 7, nt d raPier-mache articles ; raz , rs, .strops, table. P il rt • - ' 4 a e l,:ji a B ;o . • ; bagatelle-tables, affording an unfaii 81, 113 q 1 3y 3 Larked t 'eat Static all parts of London lILACIEWALL, on tho arrival of me Fenchureh•atreet Station. SUNDAYS. f 'ea f ro Zrie 8 0 , '°l44 heonurchur' lat. at Ch-stn N°.18,448.] THE ABTHOR OF EMILIA WYNDHAM. NOTICE.-RAVENSCLIFFE, THE NEW NOVEL, By the Author of " Emilia Wyndham, NOW REA.DY. And may be had at all the Libraries. Colbitrn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborong,h-street. " The highest encomium we could pronounce upon the work before us would be to call it Algebra without a Master ."—Morning Chronicle. In 12m0., price 33. Gd. in cloth, A N INTRODUCTION to ALGEBRA. and to .C3l- the SOLUTION of NUMERPDAL EQUATIONS, with full Explanations of the Theory, and numerous Examples for Exercises. For the Use of Schools and Private Students. By J. R. YOUNG, Author uf " A Treatise on Algebra," &c. ** The ANSWERS to the EXAMPLES for EXERCISES in the above, price Gd. Simms and M`lntyre, London and Belfast. MR. VERRAL-ON THE SPINE AND PARALYSIS. Cloth, price Six ShiHints. 11 - 1 E SPINE, its CURVATURES, and other DISEASES, their Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. To which are added, Remarks upon PARALYSIS, wih numerous cases in il lustration. By C HARLES YERRAL, M. t R.C.S., Surgeon to the Hospital for the Cure of Distortions, Portland-road, London, and the Sea 3othing Indrmary at East Bourne. Sho,"tly will appear, by the same author, Practical Observations on DISTO,nIONS of the CHEST and LIMBS, illustrated by a Series of Cases. • ,T.ondon : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. THE VIOVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LTFE ASi:qTRANCE ASSOCIATION (enrolled under the Friendly Society's Ae.s) and BENEVOLENT FUND. .Established 1840. TRUSTEES. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. W. G. Prescott, Esq. Hankey, Jun. , Es q . TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. This Association offers the following advantages : The Mutual Principle of ASsuranee. An Equitable Rate of Premiums. Division of Profits every five years on Policies of three years' standing nine-tenths thereof are divisable amongst the assured, and the remaining one-tenth is appropriated to the Benevolent Fund. The last Division of Profits up to the 31st December, 1847, ave raged 33 per cent. All Policies Indisputable, except in cases of fraud. LOANS to MEMBERS on security of their Policies to the extent of their estimated value. The sum assured may be MADE PAYABLE to the WIDOW, WIDOWER, or CHILDREN, FREE of PROBATE•.or LEGACY DUTY, or ANY CHARGE WHATEVER. Policies can he Assigned, and Assignments Registered in the Books of the Association. By order of the Board, P. H. BYRNE, Secretary. 42, Moorgate-street, London, October 22, 1851. N.B. Clerks becoming Members by an Assurance of to 1001. or up wards, and subscribing s s. to 20s. annually, according age, or by an annual subscription of one guinea, are entitled to all the impor tant advantages of the Benevolent Fund. LATE FATAL ACCIDENTS. THE INSURANCE against ACCIDENTS of ALL KINDS, whether from Falls of Houses , F ires, Railway Collisions, Explosions or any other cause whatever. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY, 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, London. Incorporated under 7th and Vth Vic., c. 110. CHAIRMAN—KENYON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C. Distinctive Features of the Company. A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence. To Insure 1001. by Annua l Payment. Class I. I Class 11. I 7s. 6 Class to 111.405. 2s. 60. 1. Id. Single Payment for Life, Class 1., 1/. Is. A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence, with a fixed weekly sum in case of non-fatal injury, and an allowance for medical expenses. To insure 1001. on death, IL per week compensation, and 21. for me dical expenses, by annual payment. Class I. I Class 11. I Class 111. 12s. 15 s. 20s. to 505. A fixed sum on death by accident while travelling on a railway, nt with conapensa tion in case of non-fatal accident, by annual payme. To insure £lOOO . • .. 10s. SI 500 .. 7s. 300 • • .. 6s. Prospectuses, ssith from further infor the mation, Company may be Ag had at the offices of the Company, or any of 's ents. WILLIAM YOUNG, Secretary. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS , CLERKS, STATION -MASTERS, RAILWAY OF FICIALS, BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARANTEE COMPANY. 32, Ludgate hill, London. Incorpora ted under 7 and 8 V ictoria, cap. 110. nosortAkit PRESIDENTS. CHARLES IHNDLEY, Esq., M.P., Dartmouth House, Westminster. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen -square. Ambrose Moore, Esq.. Endsieigh-street, Tavistock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CnitamAN —The Hen. FRANCIS VILLIEIIS, Berkeley-square. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—JAMES WYLD, Esq., 31.1'., Charing-cross. "TUE TIMES" COMPANY Affords Guarantee to persons requiring the same at the lowest possible rate, and Divides Fonr-fifths of the Profits. Thus by apply ing the justly popular principle of Mutuality to Public Guarantee, the Premiums, instead of being a tax upon honesty, become a means of saving and investment. RATES—From 7s. 6d. upwards. No charge for Stamps or extra ckargcs. An allowance made in the Guarantee Prelnitlffl where a Life As surance and Guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANCE. Life Assurances, Annuities, and Endowments. Payments taken Monthly as well as Quarterly, &c. Policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud. Arrangements call be made with this Office to prevent the loss of a Policy where the Assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment, to keep up the payments: H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. The GREAT EXHIBITIO N' TITUTION and the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC NS All the most interesting Deposits which have been at the Great Exhibition will, in turn, be lectured on at the OPAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 5..) The present Lectures are by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on the Ap plication of Iron and Steel in the Manufactures of the United King dom ; and by Dr Bachhoffner on Electro-Metallic Deposits, illus trated by a splendid series of Messrs. Elkington's Specimens, and followed by an explanation of Bakewell's Patent Copying Electric Telegraph. —The Exhibition of the Oxy-flydrogen Microscope, mag nifying objects upwards of 1,000,000 times their natural s The great economy of Cooking by Gas explained.—A Lecture on the His tory of the Harp, by Frederick Chatterton, Esq., with Vocal [His tory Series of splendid Dissolving Views.—Diver and Diving Bell, &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, llalf-prico, Open daily from Eleven till Five, and every Evening from SevM till half-past Ten. LNU RENT'S CASINO. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill -Street, St. James's, is OPEN every Evening for the Winter Seasoll. L4urent's well - known a nd celebrates Band, princivi Cornet -a- Piston, M. Boulcourt. During the recess the Rooms have been re-decorated, and many i mprovem ents made, under the solo di r e ction of Mr. G F. Wye*. Doors open at Half-past Eight, to eommencs at Nine o'clock. Admission — ONE SHELLING. EDICINE always aggravates disea ses, but DU 31 BARRY'S FOOD invariably cures them ; indeed, Fifty Thousand Cures havo been effected by DU B Aititl"S Delicious Rh- VALENTA ARABICA FOOD, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies). Curs No. 71. of Dyspepsia; from the Right lion, the Lord Stuart 1)e Decies, " I have derived considerable bene fit from Du Barry's Ilevalenta A r abica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines." STUART DE DECIES.” Cure 0,832. , g Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excel lent food. MARIA JOLLY WORTIIAM, Ling, near Dios, Norfolk." Cure No. 150. 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THE S ILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the.tsloy,stteomr,tphreodaubucesdo by f excessive indulgence, the consequences of infac , mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, to. - I °w e i il by observations en Marriage, ana the disqualifications which ' prevent it. illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By lt. and L, PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-strect, Oxford street, London. Sold by titrange, 21, Patcraoster-row ; Hannay, S u ;', a . r An ay g, , S 9 a s nger. its°. axford-street : Gordon, 146, Leadanhal I-street ; Johnson, p .krT L 6 t B r , e C a t o: 1 0 1 l s i i t l ti l t e , Farringdon.street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Chtircb-yard ; W. 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F LONDON, RIDAY , m rt- or° 4 4 • . 7•, posr OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1852. Chief Divisions of the Work : Official Director37—SrieCEDliectory ; Commercial Directory ; Trade Directory ; Law Directory; Court Directory; Parliamentary Directory; Poqal Directory; City Directory ; Conveyance and Banking Directories, &c., Pee. Reviews of this edition, for 1852, are contained in the Times of the 21st October, 1851 ; Daily News, 14th October; Morning Chronicle, 15th ' • Morning Herald, aud Sun, 17th ; Examiner, Globe, Britan nia, Atlas, Spectator, Literary Gazette, Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, and Iterapath's Railway Journal, 18th ; Weekly Dispatch, 19th; Standard, 21st; Morning Post, and Morning Advertiser, 22d; Illustrated London News, John Bull, Bell's Weekly Messenger, and Mining Journal, 25th ; Era, 2Gth October, and Court Journal, November 1, 1851. W. Kelly and C0.,19 and 20, Old 13oswell-court, Temple-bar ; and all Booksellers. 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Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrin, 6, Yere-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 onerally by the principal dealers In 3111 CO. N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRDIS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. COUGH JUJUBE LOZENGES.—These valu able Jujubes are comnosed of the most approved expectorants, with pure gum, which, by relieving the irritation in the air passages, present a safe, agreeable, and efficacious medicine in all cases of Asthma, Bronchitis, difficult Respiration, Consumptive complaints, and all other affections of the chest and lungs. Prepared and sold wholesale by WARWICK BROTHERS, Lon don, and retail by most chemists and druggists throughout the country. Price 19. IM. per box, with directions. Also proprietors of the ACIDULATED CAYENE JUJUBE LOZ ENGES. B RITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, Haredlton-place, New-road, London. The following is a List of AGENTS for the SALE of MORISON'S PILLS, the VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE, in London and its vicinity : Strand, 368—(Mr. J. Lofts, jun.) the llygeist-office, 5 doors east of Exeter Hall. Regent-street. 65 • . Mr. Field. Park-place, 1, Mile End-road Mr. Lofts. Oxford-street, 63 .••• • • • • Dietrichsen&Bannay,perflimerS New-road, 20, St. George's-in the-East . • . • ... • .. Mr. J. Kaines. Watling-street, 55 ...• Mrs. Dare. Great Tower-street, 33. Townsend-street, 8, Old Kent road .. •••• • • • • Mrs, Foulser. Tottenham-court-road, 128 •• • . Mr. Rayner. Walham Green .. ••• • • Mrs. Marchant. Brantford (Post-office) • • .. • Clapham ........ • • Mr. Batten's Library. Great Chart-street, 53, East road, Iloxton .. ••.• • ....• Mr. J. Dinmore. Cornhill, 63 Mr. R. Johnstone, perfumer, &c. High Holborn, 83.... •• • Mr. William Ballet. Deptford •• • • • • • • • • • Mr. Porritt, bookseller. Staines .... •• . •• • • Poplar, High-street Mr. Edmunds. Finsbury Market, 3, North-street Mr. Sage. Paddington green, 22, Hermit age-street ••..• • • • • No chemist or druggist is allowed to sell the Medicine. See that the words " Morison's Universal Medicines" are on the Government Stamp. FOR STOPPLNG DECAYED TEETH. Price 2s. Gd. Patronised by her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albret. R. HOWARD'S WHITE SUCCEDANEUM for stopping Decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, and Immediately H ARDENS INTO A WHITE ENAMEL, it will remain in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, and arresting the further progress of decay, and is far superior to any thing ever before used, as it will NEVER BECOM E DISCO LOURED in the Tooth. All persons use it themselves with ease, as full directions arc inclosed. Prepared only by Mr. Howard, Surgeon Dentist, 17, Liorge-street, Hanover-square, who will send it into the country free by Post. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street, Sanger, 150, and Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Johnston, GS, Cornhill ; and all Medicine Venders in the kingdom. Price 2s. Gd. Mr. Howard continues to supply the Loss of Teeth on his NEW SYSTEM OF SELF ADHESION without springs or wires. This method does not require the Extraction of any Teeth or Roots, or any painful operation whatever. 17, George-street, Hanover -square. At home from Ten till Four. MEDICAL ADVICE ON TETE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND "MATURITY. With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure. FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and. Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free from the Author for Forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Matority, usually ac quired at an early period of life, which destroy the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex haust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debi lity, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and derangements resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted by Lallemand, Iticord. and other eminent members of the faculty of France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. l)r. La'Mert, who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for Many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He . may be consulted with advan tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated through secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceas ing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for f4rty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, daily, front Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. - _::._--•,_,-jrl--7--=----------'-'_________ SEABORNE MAILS. - [N signifies that the mails aro sent from the General Post-office Cy the night—and Mby the motning—elispatch.] When made up in From what hen FLAMM G e neral Post-oftlct port dia.. W London: patched. due. ....-------.----- —.---- --- ----. America (by Brit. pkt.)N Nov. 7 .. .. Liverpool .. Nov. 10 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Nov. 11 .. .. Liverpool . • A m erica (by U.S.pkt.)M Nov. 20 .. .. Southaumt. N ov. 13 Africa (West coast).• N 14th of the month Plymouth Dec. 3 18 Alexandria * •• —••.••• • • N .• N 19 t h & 30th of mo. Dover .. Nov. Belginin . N Daily .• •• .. Dover .. Daily hula .• ‘• • .. . •. 3! 9th of the m onth Southampt. Nov. 16 , Buenos Ayres •• .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Nov. 16 California(viaChaftres)M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Nov 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth . . D N ec.. 10 3 Constantinople * .. .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover ov Central America .. M 22 & 17th of mon. Southampt. Nov. 5 Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tu. Th• Sat Chili .• •• .. • M'l7th of the month SouthamPt. Nov. 20 France .. .. M&N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Tvricedaily Greece* •• .. 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NOV. 20 Tuscany* .. •• .. N i sth 15th95th ofmo,DOver •• Nov. 12 __ . . _ .1... - Igt 17th of the month ;Southampt. i Nov. 20 Tuscany* • • • • • • -_ West Indies • • .. 111 1 17th of the month West Indies (except 3.1 Havanna & Nassau) 2cl of the month .. Tho mails to those c ountries thus mar' French packet via Marseilles. CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and from Califorrn are now despatched and due by every Amer The direct Havre mail from London via month will be made up three times a week The Brazilian mail will be made up on I inst., in consevence of the 9th falling on ISouthampt. 'Nov. 5 ked (*) are conveyed by la, via the Ungod States ican pack , ' Southampton during this only, instead of daily. the morning of the 10th a Sunday. RAILWAY HARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was heavy to-day, holders requiring an advance on previous rates; conse quently but little business was transacted. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCHANGX.—We have had a very sluggish market to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. The transac tions were as follow :—East Lancashire, 14 1 4—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 2 1 ,8 p.—Midland, 48M — North Staffordshire, 81,E dis.—North Union (A), guaranteed by London and North-Western and Lancashire and York shire, 241—South-Eastern and Dover, 18N. MANCHESTER, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was an improved feeling ex hibited in the share market to-day, and prices were a shade higher. The transactions were as follow:—Caledonian, 12—East Lancashire, Quarters, 14 3-16—Great Northern, 5 per cent. Preference, Scrip, 13v, —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 54% London and North-Western, New Quarters, 2% p.--- South-Eastern and Dover, 18 3-16. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCHANON. - The share market opened this morning a little better, but the improvement was not main tained. and we close extremely flat, with a very limited amount of business. [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Holloway's Ointment and Pills an infallible Remedy for Tumours, Swellings, and Con tracted Joints.—Ann Carter, housemaid, residing with a fa mily in Burton-crescent, had an immense tumour on her right knee. which increased to such a size that she could not bend the joint, and was in consequence obliged to leave her situa tion. Her medical attendant informed her that there was no chance of cure, and it would be necessary to amputate the limb. This opinion not satisfying her, she commenced using Holloway's Ointment and Pills in good earnest, and by God's blessing they have been the means of effecting a perfect cure, and she has resumed her former situation.—Sold by all Drug gists, and at Prolessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, the premises of Mr. Court, cheesemonger, Mint-street, Southwark, were destroyed by fire. Mr. Court, his wife, and child, were reacued with difficulty. ST. ALBAN'S BRIBERY COMMISSION. The inquiry was resumed yesterday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, as usual. Mr. Rurabold begged to explain that the reason why be and other Conservatives resented the conduct of Mr. Blagg at the last election was, that they were annoyed at being.sold to Henry Edwards. Mr. Henry S. Law, the London agent of Sir R. Carden, was then called and sworn—He stated, that when Sir Robert first told him that he had boen so licited to become a candidate for St. Alban's he ap- prised him of the reputation of the borough and en deavoured to dissuade him from going to it. Sir Robert told him that he had received a requisition very fairly signed, and said that it had been strongly represented to him that if he would come down to the borough with the resolution nOt to spend any money in bribery he would be returned. Witness said he entertained serious doubts about it, and asked Sir Robert to consider of it. - Sir Robert afterwards told him that he had. received a further requisition, respectfully signed, and then they began to entertain some hopes of success. But it was understood that before that time so many votes were pre-engaged that there was no chance of doing anything by the payment of money to voters. Sir Rob e rt and he went down to St. Alban's to see what the chances were. Sir Robert was very well received, and that gave them still further hopes of success. , They canvassed the electors, but they made very little .way indeed in canvassing. He then told Sir Robert that he did not think there was any chance for him, • but Sir Robert said that as he had entered into the matter he would go on with it. He did go on, and the result was well known ; but wit ness begged to say that Sir Robert was not returned simply because the great majority of the electors had previously been bought. Witness had several inter views with the deputation from St. Alban's, and he had always understood, from first to last, that not a farthing should be spent in bribery. He was not of opinion with Sir R. Carden that by spending a little money among the electors they could have got as many votes over from the other side as would have turned the election in Sir Robert's favour. Sir Ro bert and witness were repeatedly asked if they were in earnest in their determination not to bribe. Mr. Rumbold, and Mr. Dunning, a clergyman were among the number of those who put that question to them. Mr. Slade—What should you understand by that question ? Mr. Law—l understood it was intended to test whether we really intended to abide by purity of election or not. Mr. Slade—And not whether you had better swerve from the rule you had laid down ? Mr. Law—Not in the slightest degree. Witness remembered being pressed by Mr. Webster, and he thought also Mr. Blanks, on the day before the elec tion to advance money. Mr. Webster put it to him in different shapes how the bribery might be done to avoid detection. Witness declined most positively to adopt the suggestion, Mr. Webster, when he made the suggestion, asked witness to speak to him in a private room. He told witness that, unless money was forthcomieg, it would be useless for Sir Robert Carden to go forward, but that if he would advance .5001. he would undertake to return him. Witness did not want to cut him short at once, and argued the matter with him, endeavouring to show him its absurdity. Witness told Mr. Webster that his belief was the other side were so far committed in the prac tice of bribery, that, upon petition, Sir Robert was sure to succeed in unseating Mr. Bell. He also reminded him of the promise of the deputation to se cure Sir Robert's return upon purity principles, and said that Sir Robert was determined to abide by his original resolution, which he was ,bound in consis tency tq do after proclaiming it far and wide. Mr. Webster said it might easily be done, without risk of detection ; in the first place, a parcel could easily be brought to him by coach. Witness said that was a flimsy mode of proceeding; who would take the par cel to him? " Oh," he replied, " it need not be known who did that." Witness ,then said that some one must deliver it. Mr. Webster answered that it could come in the ordinary course, and that no one would think of watching it. Witness said he did not see the thing so clear as he appeared to do. Witness un derstood that the parcel was to contain money to pur chase votes. Mr. Webster did not say how many votes he would procure for the 5001. His object was evidently to get them committed to the first 500 L, believing that, after that, they might go as far as they liked. Witness declined to have anything to do with the proposal. Mr. Blanks proceeded in a dif• ferent way. lie was always endeavouring to get Sir R. Carden into a bet of 500/. that he would win the election. He never communicated Mr. Webster's proposition to Sir 11. Carden, but took upon himself to negative it at once. Mr. Law, the local agent, was the only person who could speak positively to the precise amount of the election expenses. Mr. F. T. Webster was next called and sworn. He stated that he was a surgeon in the borough; that he had been born there, and had teen a voter for twenty years. He had voted at all the elections since the Reform Bill. His political principles were Liberal; he was of the party to which Mr. Edwards belonged. He was one of the deputation who waited upon Sir R. Cardera And who signed the requisition to him. lie understood Sir Robert wts liberally disposed — a Liberal Conservative, in fact. The requisition asked Sir Robert to come forward upon purity prin ciples, for the purpose of rescuing the borough from the thraldom of corruption under which it had so long lain. The principal o bj ect of t h e p a rty with whom witness acted was to do away of Mr. Coppock in th e i r ele- w ith the interference elections. If they could have got the borough r e li eve d o f th e influence of Mr. Coppock, they would h ave b ees con t e nt to have left matters as to head-money very much as they were, with this exception, that they desired to restore the old practice of giving each voter a g uinea for his vote, and half-a-guinea to his wife at each confinement. This would of course have redsced the price of votes. He remembered the conversation to which Mr. Law had referred. He recollected asking Mr. Law whether Sir R. Carden was determined to go to the poll, and telling him that it would b e :i mpo ssible to succeed unless money was pass e d. Ile did not remember saying anything about sen di ng a parcel by coach; but he certainly did stat e th at t h e election might be won by an expenditure of 500;. He meant that cer tain electors, who had not promised their votes, might be got over for a certain sun, and that others who had promised their votes might have been sent out of the way. These were the former tactics of the borough, in which witness had himself taken a part. Witness's father had been at the head of a considera ble party in the borough, bet his object was not to secure the ascendancy which his father had enjoyed. His father, however, had been the friend of every man, and witness's aim was the same. Witness did not regard the practice of giving money to voters, in the way he proposed, as bribery. It was merely a matter of custom. Mr. Slade--I cannot understand how you can re concile your professions of purity to Sir R. Carden with your suggestion to his agent, Mr. Law, as to how so many voters could be bribed and others spirited away. ' Mr. Webster —I merely made the suggestion to Mr. Law in the course of conversation, for him to act or not upon it as he thought proper. Mr. Slade—Do you mean us to understand that Mr. Webster —I left it entire yto him. Mr. Slade--You did not give it him as your advice? Mr. Webster —No. Witness was aware of Mr. you did not wish him to . adop . t i l t ? Edwarde's interference i lia didhe edections, and also wished to do away with t hat. not wish to take the position of Mr. Edwards. Mr. Phin•What was your object in seeking to without the interference of Mr. reduce the price of votes ? sometimes cams down . to St. Albans, Mr. Webster said his object was that the electors compact with two parties pre ventedshould be allowed to do as they usually had done in timet a h n e a "the third party from coming in. —la fact, you feared he would prevent a Coppock,hy e of entering r hiswhon g f a i t n h t e o r , Mr. Phin contest ? ' had Me. Webster—Yes. Witness received 201. from Mr. Lave for his losses and expenditure during the election. He asked 301 . , but got only 201 . He gave his whole time to Sir R. Carden. He left his profession to atten d to Sir Robert's interests, and had to pav medical men for a ttendirae his patients. ness afterwards explained that he was the surgeon to a club, and that the patients whose bills ho paid were was away his patient; got club patients.) When they'ei w h a t eve r medical men liked, when they brought the bill to him he paid it. He paid between He also incurred a consi- SI. and 10/. in this wa y . i ; round among the voters and derahle expense in their wives. Ile ha d to g ive same of the wives a new cap or the like. Pe o p -e 1 could not go about on such he d• kt occasions without putting their s t eir poc es. He was sure that in mere disbursements he had been out of pocket 151. or 20/. at leasan intimate friend of thing for loss of' time. Mr. Simpson, and he knew that Mr. Simpson was anxious to get the control of the elections and get rid of Mr. Edwards. Witness confessed that his object in taking the part he did at the late election was to substitute Mr. Simpson for Mr. Edwards. Mr. Edwards was here recalled, and informed by the CoMmissioners that they desired to have a state- NOVEMBER 7, 1851. ment from him respecting the previous elections for St. Alban's, in which he was concerned. He then proceeded to state that, at the election for 1847, there were four candidates in the field, viz., the lion. Mr. Craven (Liberal), Mr. Repton (Conservative), Mr. Wilks (Liberal), and Mr. Raphael (Liberal). The Liberal party was at that time somewhat divided. It was the wish of the principals, both of the Conserva tive and the Liqeral parties, that, if possible, there should be no oppo s iti on , as th e on ly means o f doing away with the system which was now so much com plained of. To effect that object, each party agreed to give witness a fee for not interfering at all. This agreement was made between Mr. Blagg, on the part of the Conservatives, and Mr. Coppock, on the part of the Liberals; the terms were, that each should give him 250/. ; and, upon the assurance that they would each pay him that sum, he agreed to take no part in the election. This bore on the evidence which had been given by Mr. Coppock, to the effect that witness had broken faith with him. In consequence of this agreement witness kept aloof until there were three candidates in the field. He then called upon Mr. Coppock, and asked him whether the assurance he had received from him and Mr. Blagg would hold good provided Mr. Craven did not succeed. Mr. Coppock said he had certainly under stood that the payment of his 2501. was contingent upon Mr. Craven's success. Witness said to him 'that the result would be that he would lose Mr. Craven, and witness would lose his position, and neither of them would get anything. Witness told him that he must pay him whether Mr. Craven got -in or not. There were at that time three candidates in the field—viz., Mr. Craven, Mr. Wilks, and Mr. Repton. There was no chance of Mr. Craven getting in. Witness then left Mr. Coppock, who was very angry with him because he considered he had broken faith with him. Witness had long had Mr. Raphael in view as a candidate for the borough through a rela tion of witness's who was a tenant of Mr. Raphael. He immediately called upon his relative on the sub ject, and was told that Mr. Raphael was on the conti nent. His friend, however, wrote to him, at wit ness's request, mentioning the terms upon which he .would undertake his election, for he was generally very explicit on that point. Those terms were 3,0001. as the expense of a contested election, out of which he would expect 5001. for himself. The re sult was that Mr. Raphael came to England and had an interview with witness. Mr. Raphael made no objection to the terms, but there was, nevertheless, considerable difficulty in getting him to make up his mind positively to stand. Before Mr. Raphael had de termined to come, there was a requisition presented to witness pledging the subscribers to support whoever he should bring forward. A day or two after he had been in communication with Mr. Raphael, and while that gentleman was still hesitating, he received a visit it his farm from a gentleman on the part of Mr. Montague Gore. He told that gentleman how he was situated with Air. Raphael ; but, not wishing to lose Mr. Gore, he went to town w ith th e gen tl eman and saw a solicitor in Lincln's-inn-fields ou the sub ject. The result was that Mr. Gore declined to come. The same offer was made to Mr. Gore es to Mr. Ra phael. Mr. Gore called himself, he believed, a Li beral Conservative. Mr. Raphael was a Radical. He proposed to take Mr. Gore if Mr. Raphael had de clined his offer, with the assurance of being able to carry him. Politics had little to do with the matter. lie went back again to Mr. Raphael, and urged him to make up his mind on the subject, one way or other. The result was that Mr. Raphael agreed to become a candidate, and to spend 3,0001. He ultimately spent 3,5001. During the canvass, Mr. Rapha e l sa id t o him, in the presence of several others, that if witness succeeded in placing him at the head of the poll, he would make up the sum to 5,000/. ; but he never did so. Mr. Raphael came to St. Alban's accompanied by Mr. Mullens, his solicitor, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Bryant (his tenant), who introduchd witness to him. They met many of the voters in the usual way, and had 120 promises of support before the bag was opend at all.—(A laugh) The office in which the business was done was not in Sovereign• alley, but in a place equally convenient, opposite the Town-hall. Witness's party knew that Mr. Raphael was a man of money. They were quite aware that witness would not have taken him if he had not been.— (Laughter) Mr. Raphael was ultimately placed at the head of the poll, the numbers being :—For Mr. Raphael, 295 • for Mr. Repton, 276 ; for Mr. Wilks, 230 ; and for Mlr. Craven, 126. On that occasian he had the assistance of Mr. Simpson (then Mr. 131agg's clerk), for which he agreed to give him one-third of whatever he received. Mr. Simpson got 1661.138. 4d. That was rather an extravagant election. The prices of votes ranged between 71. and 251. ; but it should be understood that, in addition to carrying Mr. Raphael, he had in view the return of Mr. Repton ; so that he had to pay for two votes instead of one. Mr. Repton's friends had bound him down so very close with regard to money matters—in obedience, it was understood, to the wish of a neighbouring noble man—that Mr. I3lagg, his agent, had not the means of paying his voters. In point of fact, it might be said that Mr. Raphael's money bought Mr. Repton's election. To assist Mr. Blagg in his operations for Mr. Repton, witness lent him 5001., which was re paid to him shortly after the election. As an in ducement to witness to exert himself for Mr. Repton, Mr. Blagg agreed to give him one-half of whatever fee he received, which he did. There were 16 Conservatives who plumped for Mr. Rep ton ; all the others who voted split their votes between Repton and Raphael. Of the 295 who voted for Mr. Raphael, 265 were paid by witness. There were only about 30 voters unbribed; six of whom were Liberals and 24 Conservatives. He be lieved that money was spent on the other side as well, but ho did not know of his own knowledge. Mr. Harris was the agent for Mr. Wilks, and still re sided in St. Alban's, and could be examined. Mr. Gibson was the agent for Mr. Craven, but he was residing at Boulogne, and witness did not think he could be seen. Witness had heard the term heavy weight" applied to some voters, but not often. Ile had heard persons who had received as high as 25/. for their votes called " heavy weight." The persons who received 251. were rather of a different class of society from those who received smaller sums. They were generally small tradesmen. There were 29 electors who voted for Sir It. Carden at the last election who received money from him for their votes in 1847. Other 23 had received money from him on previous occasions ; making in all 52 of the 147 purity gentlemen who had received head-money on previous occasions. Witness being asked by the Commissioner to state the names of those to whom he had paid head money in 1847, suggested that the shorter way would be for him to mention the names of those who had. not received head-money from him, and the Commissioners would see from the remaining names on the register who had received money. This course was accordingly adopted, and Mr. Edwards mentioned the names of 29 of Raphael's voters to whom he had not paid mo ney. He could not name those who had received large sums. He remembered one who had received 451., viz., 101. from himself and 251. from Mr. Blagg, besides Si. more from each of them to fetch a particu lar voter, which he never did. That was the highest sum he ever knew to be paid. Witness did not make much himself out of Mr. Raphael's election. The Commissioners here asked if Mr. Edwards could give them any idea of the sums that had passed through his hands since the passing of the Reform Bill in the shape of bribery ? Mr. Edwards said he would endeavour to give them some idea of it ; but he did not like the word " bri bery." He called it " head-money." Mr. Phin—lt smells as nasty by any other name, does it not. Mr. Edwards—Well, I believe it does. Witness then proceeded to state the gross sums which the dif ferent elections in which he had been engaged had cost. In 18132 Mr. Ward's election cost 2,0001, perhaps 2,4001. or 0 ,500/. In 1835 Mr. Ward's election cost 2,400/. In 1837 Mr. Mnskett's elec tion cost from 1,8001. to 2,0001. In February, 1841, Lord Listowel's election cost 3,0001.; and in June, 1841, 0 ,000/. There was more spent by witness, but not repaid, making nearly another 1,0001. In 1846, Mr. Cabbell's election cost 5001. Mr. Raphael's election in 1847 cost 3,5001. ; and Mr. Bell's, in 1850, cost 2,800/. ; making altogether about 19,000/. This was the cost of eke tions on his own side only. He calculated that about two-thirds of the money were spent in paying voters and about one-third for incidental expenses. His ex • perience agreed with Mr. Blagg's, that the new elec tors introduced by the Reform Bill were more extra vagant in their demands than the old electors. But although, under the old system, the voters did no t cost so much, the gross expense of an election was more than at present. He had Imo ern a public-house hill, for instance, cost 3001 . Th ere was also t'ne ex pense of bringing up the outlying freemen, which was very greet, as they used to come with their whole families, including even their grandchildren. — (Laughter.) Before the passing of the Reform Bill he calculated that about two-thirds of the cost of an election would be spent in treating and incidental expenses, and about one-third in paying voters. T he rule forme r ly was, to pay the elector a fter voting ; the general rule now was to pay him before. Not one in ten persons thought such payments bribery. He had never known a member for St. Alban's [PRICE SD. unseated for bribery. There had been three petitions on th e ground of bribery since the passing of the Reform Bill, all of which had failed. The first petition was against the return of Lord Listowel in 1841. That petition was compromised in some way or another. The next was against the return of Mr. Cabbell, and was a mere ruse. It was never brought before a Committee. The third petition was against Mr. Bell's return. He had seen the bribery oath administered at the hustings, but not frequently. He bad known per smis who had previously received head-money take the oath that they had not been bribed. The oath was not administered at Mr. Bell's election, bat it was at Lord Listowel's election in February, 1841. He did not know whether Mr. Raphael was aware at the time that money was being paid to the voters, but he knew afterwards. Mr. Cabbell said he was willing to pay all legal expenses, and witness regretted to say he he told him he had paid none but legal ex penses, and, the gross sum being so small, Mr. Cabbell probably believed him. Mr. Cabbell was raturned for a small sum, in consequence of witness being actuated by a great deal of spite and malice at the time. He was quite satisfied that he could have returned Mr. Bell also for 5001. if he had liked, he had so much influence with the electors. He pre served his influence with the voters by personal kindness in every way. He did not think he could bring home to any of the candidates the fact of their being cognizant of the payment of head money. Mr. Blagg was then examined with reference to previous elections. He stated that his experience extended to ten elections ; indeed, to all since the passing of the Reform Bill. He generally acted as agent for the Conservative party, but not always. Ia 1835 he merely assisted Mr. Storey, who was then the Conservative agent. I n 1846, at Mr. B. Cab bell's election, he as s i s t e d M r . Ed war d s , but there was no compact betwe en th em . H e a d m itted that in 1847 money did pass hi s h an d s f or t h e pur p o se of election, but not m uc h, f or , i n consequence o f the pledge which was exacted from Mr. Repton by neighbouring nobleman (Lord Verulam) that he should not spend money in purchasing votes, Mr. Repton exacted a similar pledge from witness. The whole cost of Mr. Repton's election, including wit ness's agency fee of 3001., was 1,2001. The sum of 5001., which he borrowed from Mr. Edwards and afterwards repaid, was included in that 1,200/. Out of the 9001. which was spent in Mr. Repton's election (exclusive of witness's fee of 3001.), 500/. was paid tor votes. Of the 216 electors who voted for Mr. Repton 120 were paid by witness for their votes. He did not pay any one more than Si. or 61. As he already said, he was not in a condition to give much. He was like a man with his hands tied. He believed that the agents of the other candidates, Mr. Wilks and Mr. Craven bribed their voters too. Mr. Repton was not cognizant of the bribery in his own case, either before or after the election. Witness gave him an account of the expenses, but he admitted that it was a colourable account, intended to blind the eyes of Mr. Repton as to what he had done with the sums paid as head money. He paid many of the voters much less than 51. He paid some of them as low as 2/. and 11. The greatest sum he had known spent on the Conservative side was at the general election in 1841. The candi dates then were Mr. Repton, Mr. Worley, Lord Lis towel, and Mr. Muskett. The two former were Con- servatives, and the other Lib e r a l. The expenses of the two onservative candidates were about 3,5001. Witness had funds at his control above that amount, but he returned some that was not spent. About two-thirds of the money were spent in paying voters. Going back to the first election with which he was connected as agent, viz., in 1832, he stated that the candidates then were Mr. (now Sir) 11. G. Ward, Sir P. Vincent, and Mr. Turner. The expenses in curred by Mr. Turner, the Conservative candidate (including 780/. of unpaid tradesmen's bills), was 3,780/. ; but then there was a six months' canvass, from June to December. The next election took place in 1835, when the expenses of the Conservative candidate (Mr. Grimstone), including the payment of the tradesmen's bills previously incurred, but not paid, by Mr. Turner, was between 1,5001. and 1,6001. -Wit ness stipulated that if these bills were paid he woula con- , duct the election without taking any fee for hitaself ; I his object being to place himself in a favourable po- sition with the persons to whom the bills were owing. Exclusive of these bills, the expenses would have' been about 1,0001. This, however, did not includie the expenses of the second Conservative candidate, the lion. Mr. Beresford. In 1837 the candidates were Mr. Grimstone and Mr. B. Cabbell (Conservative), and Mr. Muskett (Liberal). Mr. Grimston's ex penses on that occasion were about 1,800/., certainly under 2,0001., arid Mr. Cabbell's about 1,0001. Mr. Cabbell having lost the election witness made no charge for his services a s agent. In February, 1841, Mr. Cabbell was again a candidate, when his expenses were under 1,000/. There was such a lavish tetpen ditcre on the part of Lord Listowell, the Liberal can didate on that occasion, and Mr. Cabbell was so little inclined to advance funds, that witness told. Mr. Cabbell very early in the canvass that he had no chance whatever. In 1841 the Conservative can didates were Mr. Repton and Mr. Wortley, ansi the Liberal candidates were Lord Listowell and Mr. Muskett. The expenditure of the two Conservative candidates, as he had already stated, was 3,500 E. In 1848 he assisted Mr. Edwards in the election of Mr. Cabbell, but not professionally, and he had no know ledge of the expenditure beyond what he had beard from Edwards. lle had already spoken of the election in 1847. Mr. Wilks, one of the Liberal candidates on that occasion, was rather a formidable opponent, being exceedingly popular with a large class of voters, and witness therefore agreed that if Mr. Edwards would exert himself to secure Mr. Repton's return he would divide his fee with him. The total cost of the Conservative elections since the passing of the Reform Bill would be about 13,2801., exclusive of Mr. Beres ford's expenses in 1835, which he understood were about 2,0001. Including them the total would be 15,2801. All these facts, he begged to observe, were given from memory. lie concurred with Mr. Ed wards in thinking that abou.: two-thirds of the ex pense were incurred in paying voters, and the witness was certain that landlords frequently gave a receipt to tenants for 101. rent, when the payment was only 71. or 8/. This was done for the sake of being placed on the register. lie did not think the bribery oath had ever been administered in the borough except at the election to which Mr. Edwards referred viz., Lord Listowel's in 1841. It was then administered to every voter, and he did not recollect one who refused to swallow it. Ile remembered one who gave up the money he had received before taking the oath, and then went back for it after he had voted.—(A laugh.) Ile was a Roman Catholic voter who was not now living in the town. In the elections in which witness had been engaged the candidate generally knew nothing of head•money being given. He had always care fully endeavoured to conceal it from them. Witness then stated, that of the '29 supporters of Mr. Raphael who had not received money from Mr. Edwards, two had received money from himself; and that out of 147 supporters of Sir R. Carden, 21 had received head money from him on previous occasions. This was in addition to those who had received money from Mr. Edwards. Witness here mentioned the names of 17 of them. There were a few others he was rather doubtful about. Sir R. Carden had stated on the pre vious day that by a small expenditure of money he could at the eleventh hour have gained over seme of Mr. Bell's supporters. 'Witness's experience justified him stating that was a mistake, and that there was not a borough in England whore the electors were more faithful to their promises, when once made, tha n i n ene a v u e y r o re ne co o l c le c c as te io d u. more than half a d S o t. z e A n lb turncoats on Mr. Webster was here re-called, and st a t e d th at sa r w . N. S o i r r to ß n_ . Carden he 2,5001. as th e sume had offered the l:w,- bf eoe roughr he m to required. He also went to h the h Natienal Reform chairman,As sociation his whom med he ue Sir J. Walmsley was and inquired i wic in Cheapside, of saw,seat but in hhe ill if t they knew of any one who Carden h Parliament. He did not recollect principle. That was his last e went to Sir R. with d. no success. Until he r id es n ou ot rc g e o .- 111 ( Mr. Fairthorn, the legal agent for Mr. Wilks in L on au t g lie ht. p e u r. r ) it . y 1847 ,was next examined. Witness was, generally, speaking, a Liberal in his sentiments. His votes de pended on circumstances. He had voted for a Con. servative once or twice. Mr. Harris managed the pecuniary transactions of Mr. Wilks's election. Wit ness had nothing to do with them. His fee was 25 guineas ; but, in addition to that, he received a present from Mr. Wilks after the election. Mr. Willis got 230 votes. He believed his whole election expenses amounted to about 1,0001. Witness was not cogni zant of money being paid to any of Mr. Wilks's voters. Certainly no money had passed through his hands for that purpose. Mr. Wilks was supported by the Dissenters and others of the Liberal party. There were 72 electors who split their votes between Mr. Raphael and Mr. Wilks, and 95 who did the same between Mr. Craven and Mr. \Vas, There were 24 plumpers.for Mr. Raphael. Yr. Wilks was not so Radical as Mr. Raphael. Witness never expected that Mr. Wilks would succe e d without putting his ,s hand in his pocket. lie remembered hearing the close of the election that Mr. Wilks had a ti owarvanceud under. a large sum of money—he tood about 8001. — and he remonstated with him about it. Mr. \Vilks SITE of the NATIONAL GALLERY NEAR HYDE-PARK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Your proposal to remove the nuisance of the Knightsbridge barracks, and substitute a national gallery for them, appears t 3 be the keystone to a series of great metropolitan improvements, urgently wanted in that locality. Our finest park along its who'd south line is debased by the meanest of build ings, broken palings, open drains, &e., and I hope your article may prove to be the first thrust which will make the borders of Hyde-park creditable. The public and the whole neighbourhood, with the Chief Justice at their head, will support both your sugges tion as well as the removal of all the wretched houses which abut on the Park from the barracks to Albert gate, if not as far as Park-side tower& Apsley house. Mr. Thomas Cubitt once made a proposition to remove this latter row of petty structures, and build in its place suitable terraces fronting lyde park, and my Lord Lincoln and Sir Robert Peel were nearly giving effect to it, when a change of Ministry put an end to Mr. Cubitt's scheme. But, if we are to consider the removal of the barracks, with the erection ofanationalgallery, now is the time for the public to demand a thorough improvement. Besides, and,Belg rifavGiaovneornwmhas risen to strengthen the proposal, com pany may, perhaps, c n e t some portion of the work. Away with the barracks d p to r some s e Rutland-bat e sl2' t adiag profitable behind, a to publie metropolitan be reconcile d r railway, w k s e y e , p an in g the Crystal Palace as a promenade and winter garden. undertake The National Gallery, with ample space to expand, would make a suitable structure at the west of the Crystal Palace, while a building for the School of Design might properly be placed at the east of it, and the Crystal Palace would be a sheltered orange grove between them. Indeed, the whole of the road to Kensington, at intervals only, as far as Kensington Palace, might be applied to ornamental public struc tures, having an instructional destination. Every one would be benefited by the erection of buildings more suitable to the decoration of a park than the Life Guards' barracks at Knightsbridge, and the Lancers .barracks at Kensington-gore, and the Foot adjacent fits iniviodoui iidt Guards' barracks near Kensington Palace, and would recognise those handsome terraces and gardens to be g reat improvements over the little trunk shops and menageries and singing public-houses which a t pre sent fringe the Park. Belgravia and Kensin g t on should at once organise themselves to help the Mi nisters to bring forward this series of improvements in the next session of Parliament. Your obedient servant, F. S. (From the Times.) Our suggestion of a site for the proposed National Gallery has met with unexpected, and almost uni versal concurrence. We believe we may say that the Royal Commissioners for the Exhibition, and even the Woods and Forests, are disposed to take it up, the only opposition hitherto being from an illustrious ob jector, always the last to surrender any post in his keeping. It may readily be conceded that Knights bridge Barracks are a very convenient military posi tion, commanding the park and the road as well as the various main thoroughfares converging at the point. It may be conceded that it is necessary there should be barracks somewhere in that neighbourhood, and communicating readily with the park and the western roads. But it does not follow that any posi tion possessing these advantages in this peaceful metropolis should be forthwith added to the dominion of the Horse Guards, or always retained in that do minion. It unfortunately happens that the qualifica tions for the site of a national gallery, as described in the report of the Commissioners, are precisely those for the site of cavalry barracks, viz., the combinations of a park, a good thoroughfare, a dry soil, and a pure air. Several such sites, however, can be found, equally adapted for cavalry, but not equally adapted for pic tures. A national gallery ought to be a conspicuous building ; cavalry barracks ought to be the very con trary. One of the best military positions in the me tropolis is Apsley-house, and if revolutions and erneutes were ordinary occurrences here it would cer tainly he advisable to place a large section of the household troops under the Commander-in-Chief's domestic superintendence. But the contingency of civil preference over war in the choice of localities, and we are quite content to see a private mansion on the one side and a large hospital on the other occupy ing the commanding position of Hyde-park-corner. Then, why should not Knightsbridge barracks be removed from a site they are so utterly unworthy to fill, and give place to a better ? The whole of the long and narrow strip between Hyde-park and Kensington-road is so well adapted for public buildings of an ornamental character that it is a matter of great regret it should have been cut in two by the twin giants at Albert-gate. But west of thm singular edifices there is still a large area which at no very extravagant cost could be obtained for a gallery equal to that famous one joining the Louvre and the Tuileries. The basement, of course, would be appropriated to sculpture, and the gallery above would be lighted, like that of the Louvre, by skylights, some sixty or seventy feet above the dust and noise of the road. There are not many sites, especially in this metropolis, where so long a building would be either possible or even de sirable ; but it so happens that an ornamental screen is the very thing that is wanted in this instance. Strangers are not a little surprised—not to say dis gusted—when, after entering the 'park from Picca dilly, and surveying the splendid panorama of Hyde park-corner, they suddenly come on .the back of a long row of fifth-rate houses, all presenting their un seemly backs, slovenly gardens, and disagreeable offices to Hyde-park. The first wonder is how they ever came there ; and the next, why they are per mitted to stand in the midst of so much splendour. If they were rural structures—if they were even shabby genteel, or respectably homely, they would be tolerable; as it is they are simply vulgar and offen. sive. They ought to be hidden, if not removed; but the more natural course is to remove them, together with the barracks. " Halfway-house," so ear to the memory, has long since given way way to the genius of improvement, and it is high time that Knights bridge itself should be reformed. As for the bar racks, we have already said enough, if it is possible to say enough, of their unsightly and even scan dalous aspect. W e never pass them without congratu lating ourselves that the Kensington-road is not now the route of a long passenger ttaffic. Tne foreigner or the provincial visitor from the south-western ports and counties is not now greeted with the sight of soldiers lounging at open windows in their shirt sleeves, trousers hung cut to dry, belts under the pro cess of pipeclaying, questionable-looking women, and other invariable signs of barrack life, as his first spe cimen of the great metropolis. He has something more decent, if not more picturesque to look at, as be rolls by the villas of Paddington or over the roofs of Lambeth. But a nuisance is u nuisance whether it is seen by many or by few, and whether it is strange or familiar. _ Economy itself suggests the desirableness of having a really handsome and capacious gallery, in the best situation that can be found for it. All the authorities. have stated it as a uniform rule that a good receptacle fills itself where public collections are concerned.. Find a proper gallery for pictures, or any other objects+ of interest, and private collections will begin to flow. into it ; for collectors are apt to care more for their collections than for their relatives. As, however,. waiting for testamentary benevolence is rather a slow . process, we beg to suggest a mode of appeal to spirit which promises speedier results. Let_ tubtrou owners of picture galleries be invited to l e n d few , the gallery chosen specimens, as many have doneto attached to. in Pall-mall. The names of the lende rs y- record of they their contributions would constitute an aristocracy far more striking thili aside t r h e is br ppe k e at the peerage or gentry. putt ing d n a; pride of our collectors. to what might be the simple suggestiocnalloefthe rule would be almost e i, 3 , selfish considerations.. plicitly obe yed, withou t l at ely prompted several noble, The spirit' o w te i l s i g c : h aoll h we a r i s reessay open their houses to thee proprietors they will fall into any public public benefit. As we read of the Muss plan for in tb di el wits gentry throwing their jewels and plate into► t h e meta- p re pared for the casti ng o f th e great. bell ; and as the wealthy and noble come forwardC with their offerings in time of siege or other C 8... i a mity, we cannot doubt that the magnates of thin wealthy country would gladly lend at least ono painting a-piece to the formation of a gallery at Knightsbridge, or wherever else it may be placed.. With the question of a National Gallery comes also that other of a School of Design. Our readers. are not probably aware that it has been proposed to. the Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition to con— tribute 150,0001. of the surplus to meet a like sup; from the Treasury towards the purchase of Gore house, and thirty acres around it, and the constr uct ion. therin of a gallery and schools of design. B es ides other objections, a wholesome regard for appearan ce has, we believe, led the Commissi on . to decide against this scheme, and the surplus rema ins to be disposed of , as well as a site to be chosen. I na few days th e Commissioners will endeavour to surplus. This will, arrive at a final de cision as to the disposition of c however, not be a veryeasyaffair, as there are no t a few suggestions to be d is p osed of more or leak sum marily. When we instance that it has been p ro p ose d by one magnificent ge ntleman to spend 150,000/. o f the surplus in gild i n g the dome of St. Paul's it will rea dily to, unders too d h o w discursive has I;ien the range of su g gestion, and how little has it tb6n t ie d 0 IP' 11;0 1 V ° Body. ovr id i ° etio° .. , :c.: t 4, '. , .t.,-