The Sun. — London, England, 1847-12-27 00:00:00

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SPECIAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY TO THE SHARE HOLDERS. 4 Four mouths having elapsed since the last tieneral Meeting of this Company, and events having in the meantime occurred which have teased great confusion in the commercial world, and occasioned the abandonment of many important undertakings and the unavoidable anspension of others; the Directors, anxious at all times to keep the Shareholders well !wormed upon all matters which affect their in terests, consider that they are called upon at the present juncture to report to them officially the present position and prospects of the Company. They are happy in the first place in being able to state that, owing to the manner in which the last and all previous calls have been re sponded to, not only have they been enabled to carry on the Com pany's works without suspension up to the present time, but they arc in a position to continue to carry on the principal works on the Main line between Skipton and Clapham without any abatement • vigour, and without further demands on the Shareholders until the month of !March next. In regard to the future conduct of the works, the Directors, with 'view to render the future calls as little onerous as possible, pro pose to devote the whole o the available resourees of the Company to the ennstruction.of the works on the main line from Skipton up wards, in Bush a meaner as to bring successive portions of the main nue, In extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway, Into profit- Able operation at the earlist possible period ; a course which a pro posed arrangement with the Midland Company, superseding the heel:salty of a large outlay for working plant, renders still more de- Rirable:—awl they are of opinion that, without inconveniently pressing en the Shareholders, portions of the main line may be thus successively opened as far All Ingleton before the summer of 1849, and as far as Kirby Lonsdale before the following autumn ;—thus bringing the North-Western Line within nine miles of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Milnth•rp ; and placing the West Riding of Yorkshire, and the Eastern and Midland Counties, with the excep tion of that interval, in direct railway communication with the lake district, Carlisle, and Glasgow. The Directors, having personally visited the whole of the works In progress, have satisfied themselves of the forward state of large portions of the line and of the excellent and inexpensive character of the works :—there are no engineering difficulties of any kind ; Rod, with the exception of the Ingleton and Dillicar Viaducts, no works that are not of the most ordinary character. • From the contracts which have been already entered into, the Directors are in a position to state positively that the whole line will bd constructed considerably within the Parliamentary esti- Mates ;—the average cost et the works at present under contract and executed amounting to 9,0001. per mile, exclusive of land, rails, Parliamentary and current expenses; and to 111,1001. per mile, in cluding every possible contingent expense. The Directors have already, more than once, stated their opinion, founded on particular local inquiry, that the registered shares are in tilt hands of a • moat respectable, wealthy, and Influential body of Shareholders; they are fully confirmed in this conclusion : and they think it rid ht to add, to their former expressions of opinion in respect to the Register, the important fact, that the average hold of each ' Shareholder in the Company does not exceed 30 shares. The Directors consider it at present premature to fix the number Of Calls to be made during the ensuing year, or their amount, but will be prepared to enter into this matter at the Half-yearly Meeting In February: The Directors propose to continue to allow Interest after the rate of 41. per cent. per annum en paid-up Calls. The account of any Shareholder who may happen to he in arrear will be debited with in terest at the rate of'S per cent. per annum, from the date at which the payment shall have become due, and credited with 4 .per cent. from the time only when the payment shall be made. (signed) PUDSEY DAWSON', Chairman Lancaster, December 16, 1847. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. • 26, CORNILILL, LONDON. Capital .£500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important aad substantial advantages With respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to barrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy. two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); eiso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversien of his in terests to meet other coaveniencies or necessity. Assurances for terns et years on the lowest possible rata'. DITISION eF ritoriTs. The Mereasiag prosperity of the society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a 111th dens, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. in the premiums paid on each Pettey effected en the profit scale. • • E XAMPLIA. • . . Perms- Sum the Annual (Policy Banns in vent Re- Assured r Pre- 'taken addition Bonus in ductlon of may bor .-, g MUM. out In Assured. Cash. Annual row ea Premiums. Policy. s. 4. d. £ a. d. £ 5. d. r 1837 243 8 3112 518 4 6 494 810 f fs. d. 1838 218 4 899 81015 13 5 445 0 0 50 1000'74 3 4 1839 192 110 86 9 313 4 9 395 11 1 1 - • 184 0 143 6 10 ' 66 849 19 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2' 61 17 6 8 9 2 296 13 4 - ' 1842 111 6 8, 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 • • • Age. ....... • • If "The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., Mee, ar any or its branches In the eintatry ; be forwarded pat five. may be had at the ', on application. will F. FERGUSON CA ROUX, Secretary. CHID -T.MAS HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr. RYAN has been engaged to deliver a short COURSE of LECTURES ea CHEMISTRY, with brilliant Experimei:.s, Daily at Half-past Three, awl every Evening at Nine o'clock, except Satur day Evening. A LECTURE by Dr. RACHHOFFNER on the Laws of Nature, in reference to the important subject of SA NITARY MEASURES, and on the various modes of VENTILA TION, in which the PHYSICAL PROPERTIES of a JET of STEAM will be exhibited Daily at Two, and ii Tuesday and Thursday Evenings at Bight P.n. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICRO "COPE, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OHROMATROPE. PITY SIOsCOPE, &c. 3fODELS of MACHINERY at work, and ex . Plained. The DIVING HELL aid DIVER, with HYDE'S NEW .- 4 LITARATUS for CONVERSING under WATER, &e. Sco. Admissi•n, ; Schools, Half-price. WHERE SHALL I GO IN THE HOLIDAY WERE? Go to the Abbey, and go to Saint Patti's, Where many a sight-seeing visitor calls; Go to the Tunnel, and go to the Tower, Which yield you a light intellectual hoar. Go to whatever is fit to be seen, Go where your own disposition may lean ; Go and partake of the pantomime fun, And go to the Warehouse of MOSES and SON, This grand exhibition, which multitudes seek, Should Rot be passed by in the Holiday week. • Go to this warehouse, you're perfectly free, Without any ticket, without any fee. Go, and you'll find it an ocular treat Go, and with many attractions you'll meet ; Go and examine the splendid attire ; Go, and you'll see what you'll greatly admire ; Go, for the fashions of MOSES' invite ; Go, and you'll benefit much by the sight ; Go. for this trade exhibition is one Which sheds a bright halo on MOSES and SON. LIST OP PRICZS. Beaver TagPont .........• ••••••.. • • .. • ... from .£0 9 0 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely trimmed....... . 1 6 0 The Pacha Coat ••..••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1 8 0 The liall nsr, especially adapted for snowy and wet w:iather.• •• •• .•• • • •••• ..... • .. The Preimier• ••• • • •• •••• • • • •••••• • • • • •• • • 015 0 ,Boy's Winter Coats, in every style.. •• • • .... • • Men's Do. Trousers, lined •••• .• ••.•••• • • • • • 0 4 0 lioeskin .• • • ..... Press Coats •• ••••.. • • • •• • ••• • • • 1 0 0 Double-breasted Winter Vests 0 2 0 Roll collar ....... ••• • • Boyi' Hussar and Tunic •• • MADE TO MEASTEI. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand somely trimmed .. 11 Wed cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs . 2 4 Tweed Wrapper •.•••• • • • • • . 0 18 Doeskin Trousers . ..... ....... ...... ••• I 2 Best, or Dress.... .• •• • • • ••• .. 1 6 Dress Coat .•••••• • • • • • • • .... •• • • •• .. 1 12 ?test quality , nade............ 2 15 Frock Co •••• • • • • • ....... •• •• .. 1 15 Best quality made.. . •• 3 3 Cashmere Vests .. ••.•• • • • • ...... 0 8 6 Satins, Plain or Fancy ••• • • • • • • 112 0 Boy's Hussar and Tunic Suits .. •• • 1 6 • Great C0at......................0 16 0 A. Suit of Clothes complete.. • • ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 16 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. :The attention of La , lies Is especially directed to E. MOSES and. AON's stock of Furs, which will be found on inspection I. be the largest, beet assorted, and cheapest is the trade. Reserve your pur chases. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to men ial* If net approved ot, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the N l fliey returned. E. MOSES and SAN, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Furriers, Beet and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentleraen, 1 54 , 155, and 15G, 157 Minoriet, and 82, * 4 . 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. Mows and Sen regret being obliged t• guard the Public against Impostors, but have learned that the untradeenian • Like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the saute concern, Alla been resorted te in ninny instances, and for obvious reasons. Thy have no connexion with any other house in er out of London; these who desire genuine and cheer clothing, tte., should call at, of send to, Minerles and Aidgate, City, London. Notice.--No bn.siness transacted at this establishment from sun "it Pride'', till sunset Saturday, when business is renamed till twelve 6'elock. 0 $ THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT TREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLCSTRATED WITI COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, Juit rnhlishcd, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry Into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, With Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those StifTering trom the destructive consoquonces of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional 'Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a eomprehen- Sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the Tarim. Cason, &c. By, C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting surgeons, No. 60, Newman' street, Oxford-street, London. Member Of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c, CONTENTS OF THE WORE, Chap. I..—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate Indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced la the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and ether convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations en the buttes of Married Life, and on the unhappiness ceased by ITnfruitfal Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, cemplica ,lloca and treatment, (}lest, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate. 'hap. s.—Syphllis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, &c. Sold by Brittain , 44, Paternoster-rew ; Gerd 111 146, Leadenhall- Street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Sanger, 150, Oxford tt,ratt ; Mansell, 11 5 , Fleet - stre et, ' Leudon ; 7g, High-street, tztingham; Whitmore, 119, Market - stree t, Manchester ; Howell, i"a 4, Church-street, Liverpool; R obinson, 11, Greenside-street, . diabargh; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; and all a coksellers. persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and net wishing to a pply to a bookseller for the same, may, to imam secrecy, have it 'Urea from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Tenti 11 two, and 'Lora Five till Eight la the evening, at their residence, No. 60, 'alrumn.otreet, Oxford-street, London, and country patients may lactosefully treated, en minutely describing their case, and omelets ag Ole usual fee of 11. for advice. A A E. .„51[. One half the world are desolately sin g le, and the other them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a ▪ of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em ?tot the latter. The solitary one may shield himself ander the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret tm "2"Proeing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity, .7'l broken health, are the groat hindrances to d omestic ha pp iness ~n 4 social content. The dowry shoul4 not be the only marr ia g e sat es , ent. Honour and Justice deraaad that health should form au Item In the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliauce. Blighted hopes or ll!glect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Rea der, it I surmises concern yoa, procure Dr. CULTERITELL'S little On Single and Startled Life," pub. is 2 vols., Is. oeh (by test, in stamps, Is. fld. each). Let no ima g inativel y °fi" ;ned, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered them misinterpretatior of their supposed contents, from obtaining • They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whoin th ey are off ere d as an t agon i s ti c to the empyrlcal trash put forth on t he t abov e su bj ects , by ntiqualided authors, which alone or nutl:Cther, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore. two other 1, 7 444 Publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, Pthlt Is. thl.) called " What to Eat, Drink, HMI .L dr " and " How to be Happy." They are not merely • I Ai ._ • N et a, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the i i ,"e ephemeral scribbling' of the hour, but the study of the author's ..... ft !_!ivlto owes his present existence, health, and position to this oh nee of the maxims he would inculcate—ta do unto others as he w „,d be done nnte—tc live after nature's laws—and to keel' always aon Lae " sunny aide of the way." The above works may be had of ~rer „"wood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet•street Maim, Nalson, 457, West strand ; or direct (by post or ether .'"zttnl the author (who may be conferred with personally, aI2I tveninge), 10, Argyll-piste Remit-Wert; and oil ta, , 4 °X. No. 17 r"1 .4 • LONDON / MONDAY, , « r 7 3 . • • • ROYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently been newly furnished and laid out expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, ono of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the NORTH, It Is hoped will be found eonnplete in every respect. The BED.ROOMS (Sixty in number) have been famished in a style which must ensure the approbation of all visitors. • Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SHOW ROOMS witttent any extra charge. The Music Bell, Leeture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly Keens are all attached, and under the same management. The Royal Hotel is in the meet central situation in Newcastle. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause " Her Majesty's Attorney- General v. Wilshere," the NEXT of KIN of the Right Rev. MAT TIII..nIT HENRY THORNHILL LITSCOMBE, late of Rue 'de Vignes, In the city of Paris, in the kingdom of France, Protestant Bishop, and Chaplain to her Britannic Majesty's Embassy (who died in the month of August, 1846), living at his death, or the per sonal representative or representatives of any of them who have since died, are, by their solicitors, forthwith to come in and PROVE their KINDRED and in ake out their claims before Sir GIFFIN WiLsox, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his chambers in Southamp tan-buildings, Chancory-lene, London ; or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said decree. HALE, BOYS, and AUSTEN, Solicitors, 6, Elyplace, London. TO NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, AND PUBLIC CONIPANIES. AN 'active experienced MAN, in the prime of life, who has had the management of large estates, wko is most highly 'recommended, and at • whose command is ample security, Wishes an ENGAGEMENT. Apply to C. 0. M., care of Messrs. Dawson and Sons, 74, Cannon street, City, London. RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwards, without either fricti•n or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse quently this is the most important discovery ever made for the pre servation of life and property either at Sea or on Land. AT SEA numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefully ac knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall sullies : " Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain l'ump being Atte," in the Caroline, its great power was the means et saving the ship and 230 souls on board, two seams in the bottom being partly kit without calking." " The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out at sea, and soon after her common pump choaked and became use less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun tain ramp, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in London, with a thank God for the Fountain Pump." ON LAND the NeW Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a fire brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire. " We are delighted with the Invention—it is a great boon to so ciety."—Editors Liverpool Mail. The New Portab'e Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of Norwich from destruction, fur out of eighteen different properties on fire in and near the city, tkey saved eleven solely and seven mainly,, including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks; and in the eleven, Messrs. Horton's dyery, and 12,0001. worth of consigned pro perty; Stoke mustard, starch, a. , d flour mil's, and Messrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de struction and death. " North Walshant—At this fire the Portable Engine was of great service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half the property now destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Chro nicle, August 22, 1846. At e Norwich fire June 2, 1'847, the two Portable Engines were the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they will do the work, which proved true. The four large engines present proved useless. Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo spheres.. Now the fact is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps, Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young and Hutton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented thus :—The quantity or water actually raised by any machine seldom excee•Cs half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to twenty (or About seventy per cent.), and frequently with out more outlay. • Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion Pump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can raise 10,100 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni versal ignorance, clearly proving that Keowledge is Po w er. John Clanton Roberts, Esq., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump maker, Mr. liaddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, an "ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Paddy in No. 1,183, arid in No. 496, hook-maker Millington's remarks are preposterous. However, on the other hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many other discerning men, after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustacn able character:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in modern times. The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, for man, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per stroke to 100 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed at less cost than common pumps. . _ W. SIIALDERS. Fointftin Pump Works, Norwich, Nov. 30, 1847 See Mechanic's Magazine, .Nos. 231., 364, 33, 429, 430, 433, 482, 486, 467, 489, 492, 495, 496, 508, 509, 510, 525, 533, 658., 727, 804, 1,040, 1,110., I,lg. Nos. Illustrated aro marked thus* DIAMOND OIL LAMP.—NEW LIGHT. The Diamond Lamp is the best light in the world—is used in all the palaces in Europe—is free from all the imperfections of ordi nary oil lamps—so simple it carnet be mismanaged —no cleaning re quired for years—costs less in burning than any common oil lamp— gives double the light of candle lamps, at one-half the expense—this is beyond doubt. Designs suited to every taste—the Diamond Lamp Is perfection in Light—tie public will have none other—it can be tltted to any person's lamp pillar. To be had only at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand. ELECTRO SILVER PLATED SPOONS and FORKS of the best quality. Table Spoons or Forks, 401. per tozen ; Dessert Spoons or Forks, 295. per dozen ; Tea Spoons, 16s. per dozen ; Gravy Spoons, Ss. each ; Soup Ladlei, 14s. each.- I'. COX SAVORY and Co., Silversmiths, &c., 47, Cornhill (seven loors from Gracechureh-street), London. THE PLATED SEAMLESS TEAPOTS can-- not be distinguished from 'liver, or leak or lose their shape; while from the peculiarity of the process of making (just patented), l i t o a , lf 2s o s f . ; an n y o o o t o h d er on s g or r, t i . vo, l i :o 3ls lrtar A . 0 2 ti 3 ( 5 i0 ..; ) Oval their p p l r a ic in e , s 2 a 3s n . ; a b l ' l ' o u u t nd " p e l (superior noto ne d e v c e s n te t l o og s i o l o v s e . r itselfwitj engravings,i d elicaey of a finish),as well a4 s o os. f every iron mongery article, sent (per post) free. FENDERS, STOVES, AND FIRE-IRONS. The LARGEST ASSORTMENT of STOVES, KITCHEN RANGES, and FENDERS, as well as General Ironmongery in the world, is now on Sale at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) extensive warehouses. Bright steel fenders, to 4 feet, frora 30s. each ; ditto, ditto, with ormolu ornaments, from 608 .; rich bronzed scroll ditto, with steel bar, 10s. 6d. ; iron (coders, 3 feet, 4s. 6d.; 4 feet, 65.; ditto bronzed, and fitted with standards, 3 feet, 9s. ; 4 feet, 1 Is.; wrought iron kitchen fenders, 3 feet, 4s. 611.; e4efte:o f bar,,t,6s;l fromBos.; .bright register stoves with bronzed ornaments, and two ditto, ditto, with or-molu ornaments, from 6/. 6s. ; black dining-room register stoves, 2 feet, 18s. , 3 feet, 271. ; bed-room register stoves, 2 feet; 16s. ; 3 feet, 245. The now econo mical thermic stove, with fender and radiating hearth-plate ; fire irons„6 s f . fi fi r d e f .. o i t r r , newest i ch a m w b i t e p h r pattern, or - e s , h r . n 9 o , ldwe i n at e hn r cie s l e er t gi a ; th, h it a yh ri r d . ue s n o ta noi hd e ei d a, d i e t ss t ,d o s , a, with cut heads, underp Ic s. a Any y oth e a r r h t l o c a l e s e 1 . a T t e e r moh l e s y h t r n e g t a ironmongery e i r pB 3 .r o opA p article iaocri not approved approved of. Detailed catalogues with engra v i ngs , sent (p y er post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Steck of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of Its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it. 39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street), Loudon. Established in Wells-street, 1820. 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Jast published, and may be hat in French sr English, in a Sealei Envelope, 2s. ed„ •r post-free, ton the aatkor, fir forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medic a l T reat i se on the Physiology et Marriage, Infelleitoas and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Manatees and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at as early period of life, which enervate the physical and raeutal powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations ea the Treatment of Nervous Debility aid Indigestion, whether arising trona these causes, close study, or the iatinence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting front Indis cretion. 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Thomas Harvey is also considered. that sacred edifice:—" Si quid a gpopiam pro conciono properatur, quod cum verbo Dei, articulis Religionis, aut Liturgim Anglicanw; conserstire non videtur, ea de re, Decanus atque Residentiarii, quotquot audi erunt, Dominum Episcopum sine morn. per literas sues monebunt." With what confidence, or what hope of the desired end, shoulclil communicate such a case to a bishop whose own soundness of theologi cal teaching was more than suspected ? Should I not be guilty of a breach of my ordination vows if I did not protest against the admisaion of such a person to such a responsible pegt, and endeavour to "banish and drive away," by all lawfiil means, that person of the e i g ht een thousand clergy of this land on whom the censure 'and deprivation of one of the most learned and renowned seminaries of religious teaching in the world is yet in its full operation and effect, one who is already designated thereby as a setter forth of erroneous and strange doctrines? Again, I have sworn to be FAITHFUL to the cathedral church of Hereford. Faithful .I could not be, either as to the maintenance of the doctrine, or the discipline of the church in those respects already alluded to, or the welfare and unity of that church, either in the cathedral body itself or in the diocese at large, under existing circumstances, if by any act of mine I promoted Dr. Hampden's elevatio n t o th e episcopal throne of th a t c h urch and diocese. Faithful I have laboured to be in the restoration and the saving of its material and venerable fabric. Faithful, by God's help, I will strive to be, in obtaining for ft that oblation of sound and holy doctrine which should ascend, together with the incense of prayer and praise, " in the beauty of holiness," untainted and unalloyed by any tincture of" philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world and not after Christ." , But your Lordship may reply, there is another loath by which I have bound myself, which I have as yet overlooked ; not so, my Lord. Of my senti ments on the royal prerogative I have already put your Lordship in possession. When I warned you of the consequences of your appointment, of the tendency which it would produce to weaken the existing rela tions between Church and State, I fully recognised the just prerogative of the Crown; and when I thought I had not sufficiently dwelt upon it I wrote a second time to make myself distinctly understood. Nor is it only the sense of legal obligation which would constrain me to a dutiful regard such ob servance. Few men have a greater cause tq feel their duty in this respect, warmed by the sense of kindness and condescension from those of royal station, than myself. The memory of one who anxiously contem plated the future happiness and true glory:of his suc cessor, fixed indelibly those sentiments upon my heart. And, if for his sake only, who coull to a long course of almost parental kindness add, in an affecting in junction, the expression of his wishes for my good upon his death- bed, I should never be found forgetful —even although I may never have taken in the pre sect reign the oath of allegiance —of that`liialty and devotion to my Sovereign which is not less"a duty of religion than the grateful and constitutional homage of an English heart. Forgive me, my Lord, for the re flection on that death-bed injunction, if I say, that had it been observed—as but for political and party influence it would have been--your Lordship, the Church, and the nation would have been spared this most unhappy trial, the results of which, as I have already again and again forboded to your. Lordship, it is impossible to foresee. Nor, under any circum stances, is it likely that the obligation of the oath of allegiance in my person will be in fringed upon; its terms are, that " I will be faithful and bear true allegiance ;" and, accordingly,. the conga delire has these expressions, " requiring and commanding you, by the faith and allegiance by which you stand bound to us, to elect such a person for your Bishop and pastor as may be devoted to God and useful and faithful to us and our kingdom." Would it be any proof of fidelity or true allegiance, my Lord, to elect a person as " meet to be elected" who was the contrary to those requirements ? And can it be possible that in the course of Diviee ser vice in the Chief Sanctuary of Almighty God in the diocese, however named an d recommen d e d , a person should be " unanimously chosen and elected" in the awful falsification of these wards, in the presence of God, against the consciences of the - unhappy elec tors, simply because the adviser -of the Crown (for " the Crown can do no wrong") has in his short sightedness and ignorauce of facts (to say the least) thought fit to name an objectionable person, the one of all the cler g y o f th e l an d so disqualified; and, when warned of the consequences •by the- voices of the Primate, of thirteen Bishops, and hosts of priests and deacons, clergy and laity by hundreds, of all shades of opinions in the Church, persisted in the reckless determination? In the words of an eminent writer of our Church, "All power is given unto edification, none to the overthrow and destruction of the Church,"llooker's Ecclesiastical Polity, book viii., chap. 7 ; and' the matter is perhaps placed in the true light and position by the learned author of Vindicice Ecclesice Anglicance —Francis Mason ; the whole of which is well worthy of your Lordship's notice. I venture to supply a brief extract, book iv., chap. 13, 1625 : " Philodoxus—You pretended to treat of Kings electing bishops and conferring of bishoprics, and now you ascribe not the election to Kings, but to the clergy, and claim only nomination for Kings? " Orthodoxus —The King's nomination is, with us, a fair beginning to the election. Therefore, when he nominates any person he elects him, and gives, as I may say, the first vote for him. "Philodoxus—What kind of elections are those of your deans and chapters ? 'Tis certain they can't be called free elections, since nothing is to be done with out the King's previous authority. " Orthodoxus—The freedom of election doth not exclude the King's sacred authority, but force and Tyranny only. If any unworthy person should be forced upon them agai ns t t h e i r w ill, or th e c l erg y should be constrained to give their voices by force and threatening, such an election cannot be said to be free. But if the King do nominate a worthy person, according to the laws, as our Kings have used to do, and give them authority to choose Jahn, there is no reason why this may not be called a. free election ; for here is no force or violence used. " Philodoxus—But if the King, deceived by unde served recommendations, should happen to propose to the clergy a person unlearned, or of ill morals, tor otherwise manifestly unworthy of that function what's to be done then ? " Orthodoxus—Our Kings are wont to proceed in these cases maturely any cautiously, I mean with the u tmost care and prudence ; and hence it comes to pass that the Church o f E ngland is at th i s t i me in such a flourishing conditi on. " Philocioxus—Since th ey are but men t h ey are done if such a case sh ou ld h appen ? liable to human weakness; and th e r e fore what' s to b e " Orthodoxus—lf th e e l ectors could make suffi cient proof of ouch crimes or incapacities, I think it caerP heooming thorn to ictirelsei,t, the same to the King, with all due humility, modesty, and duty, humbly beseeching his Majesty, out of his known clemency, to take care of the interest of the widowed church; and our Princes are so famous for their piety and condescension, that I doubt not that his Majesty would graciously answer their pious petition —and nominate another u nexceptionoble person, agreeable to all their wishes. Thus a mutual affec tion would be kept up between the bishop and his church." , but the re are in stances in suc h judi ciousreconsideration of an undesirabl e appo i ntment. I will cite but one from "Burnett's History of his Nor is own Times," thist the am history er A.D. 1693, vol. iv., p. 209. vLondon, 1733: " The state of Ireland leads me t o i nsert here a very particular instance of the Queen's pious care in disposing of bishoprics. Lord Sydney was so far engaged in the interest of a great family in Ireland, that he was too easily wrought on to recommend a branch of it to a vacant see. The representation was made with an undue character of the person ; so the Queen granted it. But when she understood that he lay under a very had character, she w rote a letter in her own hand to Lord Sidney, letting him know what she had heard, and ordered him to call for six Irish bishops, whom she named to him, and to require them to certify to her their opinion of that person. They all agreed that he labo ure d under an ill fame, and till that was examined into they did not think it proper to promote him ; so that matter was let fall. Ido not name the person, for I intend not to leave a blemish on him, but set this down as an example fit to be imitated by Christian Princes." But, alas ! remonstrance seems unheeded, and if our venerable Primate and 13 bishops have raised their united voice of warning and intreaty to no purpose, it is 00 marvel that my humble supplication should have pleaded in vain, for time —for investiga tion—for some regard to our consciences —some con sideration for our painful and delicate position. The time draws near—on Tuesday next the semblance of an election is to be exhibited. 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SI. Packets with advice tube had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, U. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Ber ners-street, from Eleven till Two, aid rive to Eight: on Sundays from Eleven to (De. DR. HAMPDEN AND THE DEAN OF HEREFORD. Dr. Merewether has addressed the following letter to Lord John Russell:- 111 y Lord, —l have had the honour to receive your Lordship's letter, announcing that you had received my memorial to the Queen, and that you had trans mitted it to Sir G. Grey for presentation to her Ma jesty; and by the same post I also receive the infor mation that Sir G. Grey had laid the same before the Queen, and that " he was to inf orm me th at h er Ma jesty has not been pleased to issue any commands thereupon." Under these circumstances I feel com pelled once more to trouble your Lordship with a few remarks. Throughout the correspondence in which I have had the honour to be engaged with your Lordship, as well as in the interview which you were pleased to afford me on the subject of the appointment to the see of Hereford, it has been my object frankly and faithfully to declare to you the facts which have come to my knowledge and the honest conviction of my mind. I desire still to act upon the same principle, and to submit to your Lordship finally, and as briefly as possible, the following considerations, upon which I feel constrained to adopt a course which, however I may apprehend it will not be entirely congenial to your Lordship's wishes, will, under the circumstances in which I am placed, obtain from your Lordship's candour the admission that it is the only course which I could pursue. I crave your Lordship's indulgence whilst I enu merate the special obligations to which I am bound, and I state them in the order of their occurrence. When matriculated to the University of Oxford, of which I V ain still a member, the following oath was administered to me, as well as on taking each of my degrees :—" Tu dabis fidem ad observandum omnia statute, privilegia, et consuetudines hujus Universi tatis ; ita Deus to adjuvet tactis sacrosanctis Christi Evangeliis." Again—when I was admitted to the sacred orders of priest in the church of God, a part of my ordina tion vow was expressed in these words—that I would "banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrine contrary to God's word." Again—when I was was inducted, on occasion of the installation to the office which I hold in the ca thedral church of Hereford, as I stepped over the threshold of the fabric the restoration of which, for the due honour of Almighty God, it has been my pride and anxious endeavour to promote, I was required to charge my soul with this responsibility :-- "Ego, Joannes Merewether, Decanus Herefordensis, ab httc Nora in antes, fidelis ero huic sacrosanct Herefordensi ecclesim , necnon Jura, libertates, privi legia, et consuitudines ejusdem, proviribus observabo et ea manutenebo et dEfendam pro posse meo ; sic me Deus, adjuvet, et lime sancta Evangelia." My Lord, I cannot divest my mind of the awful sense of the stringency of these engagements at the present exigency. Let me entreat your Lordship's patience whilst I endeavour to explain my apprehen sion of them. In my letter of the Ist of December, in reply to the second which your Lordship was pleased to ad dress to me—and which correspondence I trust your Lordship will permit me publicly to refer to in vindi cation of my conduct, should need require it—l Ob served, " In regard to Dr. Hampden's tenets, I would abstain from any opinion upon them till I have again fairly and attentively read his writings." That act of justice I have carefully performed, and I will add, with an earnest desire to discover grounds upon which, in case of Dr. ilampden's ever occupying the high station for which he has been selected by your Lord ship, my mind might be relieved from all distrust, and I might be enabled as cordially as possible to render that service which the relative duties of diocesan and dean and chapter involve. It is painful in the extreme to feel obliged to de clare that I discover in those writings many asser tions —not merely references to theories or impres sions of others—but assertions, which to my calm and deliberate appreciation appear to be heterodoxical, I believe I may say heretical, and very, very much, which is most dangerous, most objectionable, calcu lated to weaken the hold which the true religion we possess as yet obtains, and ought to obtain always, upon the minds of its professors, I feel certain that the pertiaal of Rnveral of tho.c worlcs by any of Lhet class who, " by reason of use" (in cautious examina tion of such productions) " have not their senses exercised to discern both good and evil," would pro duce a doubt and distrust in the teaching of our Church in her creeds,—her formularies,—her liturgy, would rob them of the ;inestimable joy and peace in believing, and be highly detrimental to the spread of true religion. Such being my conviction, I would ask your Lordship how it must affect my conscience in refe rence to those solemn obligations which I have already detailed ? I have sworn that I will observe all the statutes of the university of which I am still a member. The statute of that university touching this matter stands in the following vrords,•-at this moment uncancelled, unrepealed Quin ab univer sitatecommissum fuerit S. Theologise Professori Regio, ut unus sit ex eorum nurnero a quibus designantur selecti concionatores, secundum Tit. XIV., 58 (Ad dend., p. 150), necnon ut ejus concilium adhibeatur si quis concionatur coram Vice-Chancellario in questionem vocatur, secundum Tit. XVI., s. 11 (Addend., p. 151), quum vero qui nunc Professor est scriptis suis publici juris factis, ita res theologian tractaverit, ut in hac pane nullam ejus fiduciam habeat Universitas; statutum est, quod munerum prredictorum expers sit S. Theologim Professor Re ' gins, donee aliter Universitati placuerit, me vero quid detriinenti capiat interea Universitas, Professoris ejusdem vicibus fungantur alii, scilicet, in conciona tJres selectos designando senioranter Vice-Cancellarii deputatos, vel eo absente, aut ipsius Vice-Cancellarii locum tenente, proximus ex ordine deputatos (proviso !temper quod sacros ordines susceperit) et in consilio de concionibus hahendo, Pro2lector Dominae Marga rettm Comitisem Richinondim." Should I not be guilty of deliberate perjury, if, in direct defiance of such a decree, I did any act which should place the object of, it in such a position as to be not only the judge of the soundness of the theological opinions and preaching of a whole diocese, but of those whom, from time to time, he must admit to cure of souls, and even to the sacred orders of the ministry ? I have sworn, at the most awful moment of my that I will " banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's word." It may be replied, that this engagement applies to the ministrations in the cure of souls, inherent only in parochial functions; but the statutes of our Cathedral Church constitute me one of the guardians of the soundness of the doctrine which may be preached in cf DECEMBER 27, 1847. is that of the most solemn religious responsibility : thousands regard it in this light. I have already told you, my Lord, that the watchword of such i• this—" Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye." I have anxiously implored your Lordship to pause—to avert the blow. I have king since told you the truth. I have endeavoured to prevent, by every means in my power, the commotion whiCh has arisen, and the ne cessity of the performance of a painful duty. I hoped the conge d'elire would not be issued until a fair in quiry and investigation had been instituted. A suit has been commenced in the Ecclesiastical Courts— why not have awaited its issue ? When the conge d'aire did appear, I at once presumed, humbly hut faithfully, though I stood alone, to petition th€ Crown ; and now, when I am officially informed that "her Majesty has not been pleased to issue any com mands thereupon," I feel it to he my hounder, duty, after a full and calm deliberation on the whoie subject, having counted the cost, but rememberin g the words of Him whose most unworthy. servant I am—" He that loveth house or lands more than me is not worthy ,of me " —loving my children dearly, and ardently desiring to complet the noble work which I have for seven years laboured to pro mote, yet not forgetting that there an "hour of death and a day of judgment," when I trust, through the merits of my Redeemer, to be allowed to look up with hope, that I may be considered by the interces sions of mercy and pity to have been faithful in the hour of trial, to have "fought the good fight, to have kepkthe faith, to have finished my course,"—believing that I risk much, and shall incur your Lordship's heavy displeasure, who may, if you will, direct the sword of power against me and mine—being certain that I preclude myself from that which might other wise have been my lot, and expecting that I shal bring down upon myself the abuse and: blame of some—l say, my Lord, having fully counted the cost, having weighed the sense of bounden duty in the one scale against the conseqtiences in 'the other, I have come to the deliberate resolve, that on Tuesday next no earthly consideration shall induce me to give my vote in the chapter of Hereford Cathedral for Dr Hampden's elevation to the see of Hereford. I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship faithful humble servant, JOHN MEREWETHER., Hereford, Dec. 22. ' Dean of Hereford DR. HAMPDEN AND THE DIOCESE OF HEREFORD. lIVREFORD, SATURDAY.-Th e forthcoming election of a bishop for this diocese creates the most lively interest here, which has been materially increased during the last few days, in consequence of the deter mination expressed by the Very Rev. the Dean to summon to the election proceedings, not only the canons residentiary (in whom the election is generally vested), but also the prebendaries non-resident. The following is the citatory letter, calling upon the prebendaries to attend : " TO THE REV. " You are required to attend in the quire of our Cathedral Church of Hereford, on Tuesday, December the 28th, for the purpose of then and there proceeding to the election of a Bishop of the said see of Hereford, the same having become vacant by the translation of the Right Rev. Thomas Musgrave, D.D., to the Archbishopric of York, and, at the same time and place, to proceed in the whole business of the said election, with all its incidents, emergencies, and de pendencies whatsoever, until the final dispatch of the said election, in such manner as, God willing, we ought to proceed. " Chapter House, Hereford, Dec. 23." For several days past meetings of the canons resi dentiary, and of such of the prebendaries as reside in the !. im mediate neighbourhood, have been held for the purpose of determining the course it will be advisable to adopt at the forthcoming election, under the pecu liarly delicate circumstances in which they are placed. The consultations have, for obvious reasons, been held with closed doors, and the conclusion at which that venerable body has arrived cannot, therefore, be stated with any degree of authority. THE JEWS AND THE CLERGY. (From the Weekly Dispatch.) Mr. Editor,—The removal of the civil disabilities of the Jewish people has encountered a stow er and hotter opposition in Parliament than was anticipated. The opposition cannot succeed. But it may retard the good work; and the friends of religious liberty throughout the country will do well not to despise it, nor to neglect such aid as they can render towards strengthening the hands of the Government. Hi therto the activity has been chiefly on the other side. The tide of petitioning actually set in against the measure. Up to the 11th inst. there were 57 peti tions against the removal of Jewish disabilities, and only 10 in favour of removal; there were 3,181 sig natures to the former, and only 438 to the latter. The last week only raised the number to 84 petitions against, with 5,589 signature; and 19 in favour, with 2,511 signatures. The friends of religious freedom are slumbering at their posts, while the enemy is wide awake and sowing tares. This should not be. The Whigs should be made to feel that whenever they do propose really liberal measures they are sure of having the people at their backs. Without that, we lose our right to blame them for their defalcations. ' They may fairly ask, " Why were we not better supported in our endeavours ?" A good volley of petitions would be material for pelting down more promptly this remaining bulwark of legislative intolerance. The Opposition is a headless one. All the party leaders are combined in favour of admitting Jews to Parliament. Lord John Russell, Sir R. Peel, and Lord G. Bentinck, went out into the same lobby in the division, on the 17th inst. Mr. Gladstone fur nished a second memorable instance of the support of Liberalism by a Member for the University of 'Ox ford, He played a similar part to that of Sir R. Peel, who then represented the. University in 1829, on the question of Qatholic Emancipation. But still the hos tility was fierce and formidable. It may, probably, make a hard fight yet. The fact is puzzling at first, for this is a question which many people had regarded as already settled. The obvious reasonableness of the claim, the, recent admission of the Jews to corporate honours, .and, above all, the triumphant return of Beron de Rothschild for the city of London, seemed to indicate that the controversy was at an end, and the victory certain. How, then, is the hostile explosion to be accounted for? It was fixed by a train laid out out of the House. The clergy are its authors. By them has the opposition been stimulated. Petitions and speeches come from the clerical factory. They are the gun-makers of intolerance, and have largely distributed' weapons from its armoury. And for the strange fact that any difficulty exists to a Member for the city of London, returned by near 4, 7,000 votes, taking his place in the House of Representa tives, we have to thank the interference of the clergy. The Universities led the way in petitioning against the Jews, but otherwise the petitions are chiefly parochial. The vicar signs first, then the curate next the squire, if it be a country parish, or, if in a town, the churchwardens. Then follow some three dozen of frightened old women, some in their proper dress, and some in breeches. The clergy understand the tactics of petitioning : they make the most of what numbers they can muster. London petitions by its Corporation. The city of Worcester and the borough of Portsmouth hold large meetings, and the Mayor signs as chairman, and counts for one only in the returns. Such things seldom happen on the other side. The clergy are much more likely to get them selves counted twice or more, first petitioning by themselves in their deanery or archdeaconry, and then again in their parish churches. It is a good plan, Mr. Editor, to look at the average of signa tures to petitions on any subject. A low average o f signatures, with a large• number of petitions, is a sure sign that some manufactory has been at work. In the present case, though the intolerants have more petitions than the Liberals, presented so many yet, on the average, each petition against the Jews is only signed by Just one-half the number of those who have subscribed petitions in their favour. Here is a mark of clerical getting-up. This is evidence of management. And more of the same sort of fabrica tion will be going on, all through the Christmas holidays. Sir Robert Inglis begged for the longest day that Lord John Russell would give (Monday, the 7th of 'February was fixed) for the second reading, that the country might have time to protest against this " outrage" on its religion. So we may guess how the clergy will spend Christmas. The sacred time will be divided, by many of them, between worrying Dr. Hampden and petitioning against the Jews. There is double game to hunt down. Two courses will be served before the mince pies ; the roasted heretic and disfranchised Jew. The bishop and the baron will grace the top and bottom of the table. Prayers will be offered against the desecration of the House of Commons and of Hereford Cathedral. Perse- s secution will be puzzled to know at what to bite first, like the donkey between two bundles of hay. What an exhibition of the great Christian festival ! We shall be told of the angels singing peace on earth and good will to men, by those who are showing the that would keep the Jew a slave, sad prolong the reign of discord and persecution. ;Why, whose birth is it that •the Church - commeinorates? •Is it not s birth in Jewry, the birth of a.Jew ? What- [PRICE SD. ever else, or more it might be, still it was that. Not all the declamations of all the pulpits 'in Ceristendom can make it otherwise. It was the birth of one who came to proclaim universal love; and it will ..be_kept by petitioning for exclusive pri vilege. It was. the birth of one who came to unite Jew-and Gentile; And it will be kept by separating them at the door of the House of Commons, the one to be turned back as a serf, and the other to enter as a legislator. It was the birth of one destined to die by persecution, and it will be kept by fanning into a flame the expiring embers of persecution. Faith will carry priests and bigots through much; but certainly reason and humanity stand aghast at these mon.- strous incongruities. It is 'not merely the political rights of the Jew that the clergy are opposing, but those of the people generally; amongst whom, the Jews are but 40,000 out of 28,000,000. The theory of Government by representation implies a free choice of represents !lves. A candidate is injured wimp he is declared ineligible for a seat in Parliament on account of his religions 'opinions. Ile is stopped in a career of honourable hthbition, and, it May be,' of public use fuloess. • This -is a wrong. BUt itisa 'greater wrong to limit the freedom of th e electors, and deny them the man of their choke for the advocacy of their rights and the protceion of their interests. The exclusion of the Jew Member is • the exclusion also- of the Christian constituency. The bigoted clergy and their backers are waging war on the poli• tical privileges of the city of London. They are striving, to obliterate one name out of• the four re turned by the metropolitan constituency. Thus pushing of their creed .amongst the • wheels, of the electoral machinery, so 'as to obstruct its workins-, would be very impertinent. even it only tried upon the stnallest and remotest constituency in the country. What business has any creed between the elector and the elected ? But the offence rises to a climax when attempted upon what may be called, on many accounts, the first constituency in the' empire. There are more numerous than that of London ; those of the great northern counties, for instance, Yorkshire and Lan cashire. There are constituencies with a higher ave rage of intellectual attainment; those, for instance, of the Universities of Oxford and .Cambridge. But in both these cases the electors chiefly belong to two or three classes of the population; to the agricultural, the manufacturing, and the professional. London, like the one, has a numerous constituency; and like the other, a comparatively high degree of electoral attain ment ; but it far surpasses both in the variety ofclasses to which its voters belong. They have amongst them persons connected with land and with manufactures; with literature and the professions; and they have, besides; almost every form of industrial occupation, of commercsal enterprise, of monetary speculation ; all ways of individual life, and all modes o f wor ki ng for society, are t o be found there, rendering the City electors peculiarly a representative constituency. They are an epitome of the nation. They are the heart of the empire, to which flows, and from which is propelled, every drop of the social life-blood that circulates at the extremities. Such is the constitu ency. with whose rights a portion of the clergy is try ing to tamper. In disregarding difference; of creed, for political objects, London speaks for Great Britain, and virtually is Great Britain. And, in endeavouring to keen the return for London imperfect, or force its electors to another choice, the clerical bigots have assailed the liberties of the country. They have struck at the most important right of the most important body of citizens in the community. Now this is really a bold enterprise. It is taking the bull (John Bull) by the horns. 'Well may it be asked, who are the men that venture on such an un dertaking ? And when we remember that they are only the State's hired servants, to read the Church prayers, and teach the people religion and morals, one cannot but conclude that their conduct evinces no little presumption. They are out of their sphere of duty. They are in a perilous position when they thus thrust, themselves between the city of London and the House of Let them leave such a question as that now pending to the great parties whom it mainly concerns ; those, on the tine hand, who make Members of Parliament—Who are the makers of lawmakers; and those, on the other hand, who have been, directly or indirectly, the makers of their Church, of their Bishops, and of their religion. A hint has been thrown out that perhaps the clergy may be better reconciled to the removal of Jewish disabilities, if the revival of the powers of convocation be allowed. They would doubtless secure one gratification thereby, although they lost another. Baron Rothschild would take his seat, but Dr. Hampden would not put on his mitre. The sug gestion which was thrown out by Mr. Gladstone in th' la►te debate is a shrewd one; but it will not do. The country is not reduced to such a compromise with a section of the clergy. The Jew will be sworn according to his conscience, and the heretic will re ceive Episcopal Consecration. Judaism will be in stalled •in the Senate, and Liberalism in the cathe- dral. Of the first, the Chureh has no right to corn- plain ; and to the other, the Church must submit, as part of the price of its alliance with the State. From that unholy alliance it derives obstructive power against the admission, for a time, of the Jewish Mem ber for London into the Legislature ; but the advan tage bitterly recoils, in the humiliation to which it is subjected by the nomination of a bishop whom it is anxious to disavow. The State rides roughshod over its wishes, trampling on the reluctance of Dean and Chapter, and the protects of half the bench of bishops. If there be any power in experience to teach wisdom, it may be hoped that the time will come when the Church shall learn to consult its own character, dignity, and best interests, by falling back into the ranks of religious equality, and relin quishing a political connexion that, under the form of ascendancy, subjects it to degradation. PUBLICOLA. MR. LISTON.—We regret to learn, says the Fdinburgh Courant, that a son of the late Mr. Liston, whose recent death has caused such general regret, died o n Friday, of an affection of the brain, at an educational seminary in the neighbourhood of the city, whore he was pursuing his studies. The deceased was about six teen years of age. _ IMPORTATION 01' POULTRY.—The steam-ship, Sir Edward Banks, arrived from Ostend, has brought nmety one cases and one basket of poultry, the produce of Belgium. ROW TO LTVE ON NOTHING A YEAR.—I wonder how many families are driven to roguery and to ruin by great practitioners in Crawley's way—how many great noblemen rob their petty tradesmen, condescend to swindle their poor retainers out of wretched littlo sums, and cheat for a few shillings? When we read that a nobleman hss left for the continent, or that another " noble" nobleman has an execution in his house—and th atone or other owe 6,000,0001. or 7,ooo,oooL—the defeat seems glorious even, and we respect the victim in the vastness of his ruin. But who pities a poor barber who can't get his money for powdering the footmen's heads; or a poor carpenter rho has ruined himself by fixing up ornaments and pavilions for my lady's dejeliner; or the poor devil of a tailor whom the steward patronises, and who has pledged all ho is worth, and more, to get the liveries ready, which my lord has done him the honour to bespeak ? When the great house tumbles down the miserable wretches fall under it unnoticed ; as they say in the old legends, before a man goes to the devil himself be sends plenty of other souls thither. Rawdon and his wife generously gave their patronage to all such as chose to serve him. Some were willing enough, especially the poor ones. It was wonderful to see the pertinacity with which the washer woman from Tooting brought the cart every Saturday, and her bills every week. Every servant was owed the greater part of his wages, and thus kept up per force an interest in the house. Nobody in fact was paid. Not the blacksmith who opened the lock, nor the glazier who mended the panes, nor the jobber who let the carriage, nor the groom who drove it, nor the butcher who provided the leg of mutton, nor the coals which roasted it, nor the cook who basted it, nor the servants who eat it, and this, I am given to understand, is not unfrequently the way in which people live elegantly on ".nothing a-year." In a little town such things cannot be done without remark. So, probably 200 and 202'in Curzon-street might know what was going on in the house between them, the servants communicating through the area railings; but Crawley and his wife and his friends do not know 200 and 202. When you came to 201 there was a hearty welcome, a kind smile, a good dinner, and a jolly shake of the hand from the host and the hostess there, just for all the world as if they had been undisputed masters of 3,000/. or 4,0001. a-year—and so they were, not in money, but in produce and labour; if they did not pay for the mutton, they had it; if they did not give bullion in exchange for their wine, how should we know?—Vanity Fair. [ADVERTISEMENT.j—CARRIAGE FREE.—Families residing in the country are supplied witllTeasannodt Coffees at the lowest wholesale p r i ce , in q u antities less than six pounds, delivered carriage free to any p a rt an England. Orders must be a ccompan i ed by a r mi e t Once, or if a reference be ma d e i n London, payment will suffice on reec'ipt and approval of the g oods. A list of prices and samples fr ee , ton to G application G. T. Man sel► and Co., wholesale tea-dealers, 2, Buckler:bury, Cheapside. (ADVERTISEMENT.]—TIII: EARL OF ALDBOROUGH AND HoLLowAY'S PILL.s.--An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract from his Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. Professor Holloway —Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and an over the continent, had not been able to effect; nay. not ever the waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " ADDBoaOron." These wondertul 'pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointromit) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and by all Median° genders throughout the civilised world. PROPOSED DUTY .ON GAS. COrnoianications have taken place during the last few weeks between the Government and persons en gaged in the manufacture of gas, relative to a pro posed duty of ls. per 1,000 cubic feet of that article, which would produce more than two millions sterling annually to her Majesty's Government. It appears from the correspondence which has taken place that while. all . other companies are taxed, gas companies are entirely free fr om t a x at io n, and: that they.have a most enormous surplus profit, owing to the excessive price of their commodity, at present,charged, in many parts of the "metropoli s and its, suburbs, at Bs. per 1,000 cubic feet, whilst in large provincial towns it is charged at 3s. or 3s. 3d. per 1,000 feet. The follow ing is a sketch of fourteen metropolitan companies, showing their surplus profits and .the amount of duty it is proposed to levy :-- Name of Company. Surplus Profits. Proposed Duty. imperial Gas Company 0 - €58,009 :.. ... £18,204 Chartered London City 69,985 Brick-lane Phoenix Equitable - British South Metropolitan . Curtain-road ....... Commercial Ratcliffe • Independent . Poplar . .. From this it appears that the duty thus _yielded by the metropolitan companies would be nearly 123,0004 and still leave the companies in possession of-a surplus profit of 457,5001. It may. be interesting to show, from one of the companies (take the imperial, for instance),'how these large profits are produced. , The 'yearly* consumption of c oa l s b y the Imperialciompany is 51,100 tons, which produce 63,875 ch a ld rons o f coke, less 31,938 chaldrons, which produce I:4s. per chaldron, or 22,356/. 125.; 51,100 tons of coal prodUce 4 . 85,450,000 cubic feet of gas, from which must be•deducted one-fourth as entire loss, there.pot being more than three-fourtbs sold to consumers making the residue 364,088,500 (*.M. c, L or gas; at 6s. per 1,000 i'....5, making 109,2261. 10s. The same quantity of coal also produces.6l3,2oo,galiqus of tar, at lid. per gallon, 3,8321. 10s.; and 562,100 gallons of ammonia, at ld. per gallon, 2,3421. ls. Bd., making the total produce of 51,100 tom of coal amount ,to 137,7571. 14s. Bd., from which must be deducted 40,880/. for the coals, at 16s. per ton, and 6,887/. 18s. 6d. far a dividend, at 6 per cent., from the profits, which is about 15 per cent. on the paid-up capital, after which there is a surplus profit of 76,213/: 9s. 2d. The proposed duty of ls. per 1,000 cubic feet would produce from this company alone 18,204/., after pay ing which, they would still have a surplus of 58,0991, 19s. M. for a dividend among the shareholders. . • FRESHET IN JAMES RIVER. IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. We have torecordthe greatest fresh e t i n J ames Ri ver that has occtirred.since 1795. On Thursday morning the water in the river near the city was discovered to be rising quite rapidly. The water continued to rise during the whole of Thursday night and Friday morning reached to an alarming height, overflowing the numerous islands, and threatening destruction to property bordering on the banks of the river for miles. At an early hour yesterday. morning the bridge which connected Vauxhall's Island with Mayo's long bridge was carried off, leaving several inhabitants of the island entirely without the means of getting from their perilous situation. Nor did the main bridge itself escape, for we have also to record the fact that Mayo's bridge has been entirely carried away. A portion of the bridge on the south side of the toll house was swept off about twelve o'clock, and in an hour afterwards the entire span, reaching from the Richmond; side to the island, on which the toll-house stands, was also taken down the rushing tide, carry ing on it seven persons, none of whoM, however, were harmed. No one can possibly form an idea of the vast amount of damage done to property by this unex pected overflowing, and we have the strongest appre hensions that the freshet has not occurred without the loss of life. Up to this time, however, we have heard of no one who has perished. We understand that during the night of Thursday, or early yesterday morning, the.. steamer Alice, undergoing repairs at Rocketts, was torn from her moorings, and carried down the river with several hands on board. The boilers, we learn too, had been taken out, and therefore, those on the steamer were unable to get up steam or to guide the vessel. The other James River boat, the Curtis Peck, went in pursuit of the Alice, and ere this, we hope, has over .. hauled her. At the time of writing, we learn the river is still on the rise, and the water has backed up so as to sub- merge a portion of Cary and Franklin states, and fill to overflowing a large number of cellars in the vicinity of the Old-mark'A.—liiehmond (U. S.) Republican, Nov. 27. FIRE AND Loss or LIFE IN DRURY-LANE.—Last evening, about st yen o'clock ; a fire broke out at No. 2, Drury -lane, in the occupation of Mr. Smith, by which one child was burned to death, and another had a very narrow escape. It appears that the first floor was let to a carpenter named Chalcroft, who was engaged at the Marylebone Theatre in getting the pantomime com pleted. Mrs. Chalcroft, having occasion to go out for a few minutes, left her two children, one three years old and the other four or five months, in the room. The latter was in bed asleep, but the latter was running about the apartment. Shortly after the mother had gone out, the inmates of the house were alarmed by violent screams, proceeding from the first floor front. They attempted to open the door, but it being locked they were unable ; an alarm of fire was therefore given, and almost immediately Sergeant Corr and several constables of the I` division came up mei broke open the door, when a most distressing .cone presented itself : the furniture in the room was burning fiercely, and in one corner was the eldest child, completely enveloped in flames, life being quite extinct. Whilst the parties were attempting to extinguish the fire about the bed, not being aware that another child was therein, the mother entered and rushed through the smoke and pulled the infant out ; it was found to be uninjured. " MURDERING" A MONICEY.—(From the Wor • cester Herald.)—A large monkey, which for eight years had lived in the possession of Mr. Badgery, skinner, St. John's, about a fortnight ago took it into his head to view the world on a larger scale than that within the narrow circle of the skin-yard. Since then, up to last Wednes day, he led a free and roving life among the gardens and back yards of St. John's, where he contrived almost hourly to frighten some male or female liege subject of our Sovereign lady n ear ly i n t o fi ts , by hi s in t e n se like ness, in their excited imaginations, to a certain person who shall be nameless. Only a night or two before poor Jocko's death, he was disporting as monkeys only can sport, among the branches of an old ivy bush that covered a mreasnpyecatanbleecpceanritsrhic eorfgainbg to in about i t o h n e e rzar ne of a swung hou house, himself gyration, holding on the while by th e tendrils of the plant, his body swinging to and fro in the darkness like some uncouth demon in Hades, exercising a new pair of bat-winged contrivances previous to essaying a murky flight to upper air. While engaged in this pastime an old lady appeared on the scene, and no sooner had she come within his reach than Jocko dropped on her shoulder. saluting her with many an uncouth grin and mow. The affrighted matron escaped with the infliction of a tit of intense terror, and Jocko betook himself, by way of variety, to a scamper over the tiles and chimney-pots of the adjacent buildings. It appears that it having been found impossible to take the creature alive, it was determined to rid the neighbourhood of a pest by destroying it. In the first place a large and powerful bull-terrier was set on him. The monkey soon had the best of the dog, which retreated howling. Another terrier, weighing 241b5., was let at him, and it is probable would have shared the same fate had the men engaged in the combat given the monkey a chance. As it happened, however, they shot it with a gun, and while the dog was worrying it, dispatched it by repeated blows of a cudgel. The poor animal was thus rather bar barously done to death, in place of being slaughtered is a merciful and sportsmanlike manner. PROPOSED Sun -MARINE EXPLOSION ON THE tl4 a ltt rd id e d o n l s t i TIIAMES.—A petition from the Treasurer of the Temple has been under the consideration of the Navigation Committee of the City of London, as to the injury that g pp a os ia it r e ge th s e h t n i 3 ll is likely to befal this locality by the great explosion about It is understood that one or two of the City ) surveyors have inspected the buildings, and the result o f their ex amination may be gleaned from the circumstance that the corporation have decided that the " blowing-up' must take its course, and it is expecte d off in the early part o f the wee. _ that it will come The shoal extends some 200 or 300 feet midway between. Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges, and has for navigation of the river. Capta in some . years impeded the , the harbour master, has, by means of marine explosions, already succeeded in removing several shoals below bridge, and he fully anti c i pates effecting his object in this present instance pre ent instance without in' • juring the buildings on the banks. OPENING or T HE C ALEDONIAN R AILWAY.—T h e opening of this important railway, as a through line ) communication between London and Edinburgh, may now be announced as an event on the very eve of con summation: and as the best evidence of our authority [or this intimation, we have only to state the fact, that on Friday, the 17th curt., Mr. Addison, the resident engineer of the company at Carlisle, accompanied by Mr. Mold, chief agent of Messrs. Stephenson and Co., the contractors, and a party of their friends, performed the journey between Carlisle and Edinburgh in one of the London and North-Western Company's first-class carriages, which bad arrived from Euston•square, the only interruption experienced having proceededfrom the workmen on the line, who had assembled at some points to "cheer them on their way," which they accordingly did in good style. The line to Glasgow has been com pleted for some time, so that nothing now remains but minor arrangements to enable the directors to open to the public this great line, so long and so anxiously looked for.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette. WHAT NEXT !—The Exeter Gazettestates that on Thursday a " soirée de Feargus O'Connor" was given at the Barnstaple Theatre. '