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Ponkerinn L0W614 ntYttOrentlf for • The"— 1847. foirLuieet copy of the work has been but a few d a y s issued, and ing Reviewa have already appeared In t he leadin g Metro 01 p .-" Jouraala ; TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846. .the annual publication of this work — the volum e fol bir acto ""law issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the old Ikkhj t a' , Which used to conlist of little or nothing more than th )1a,:` ,4111 list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for some ro t i;La " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court Di hist 't." a "Postal Directory," a "Conveyance Directory," with a e kt aother little digests. The volume appears to have been very revised, and supplies the latest information. 01 course, i n ,7".. treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in 4Poiats the work seems to bear the test of a search into mat- Which changes nave been very recent. time MORNING CHRONICLN, Nov. 20 , 1846 . v. Powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual etel s - T 4 aPPears really unlimited. Published during a series of forty ars in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number stall r nY average of some 1 , 1,000, and whose commerce expands in tell er nitnsure, the " Post-office Directory" has become enormously able in bulk, as also in the complicated variety of its indis ,e,Lable contents. The admirable success with which the really tii;" no us difficulties of his task has been overcome by the nide , ajsble publisher has been proved by the experience of many years; the we need say little more than that tho present volume p resents s ame tokens as its predecessors, of intelligent method and inge %et': of arrangement, in pacng into reasonable compass, and.pro -2,004q in lucid order, its millions of facts and references. Within tsery Pa g es every man may learn everything he (night to know about tell of his 60-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesss, tea, as everything necessary to facilitate him in his own. Ihe rapid extension of our railway system, and the new postal ar- I,Zelneats th some continental states, have rendered necessary ae, i 4 u e L atensive additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance kis e Post -office. We find the information given under those heads kitt a nl as full and accurate as welsht was well possible to make them, IL ._ ore Y new and recent than ould have thought attainable in b. 41 711 of su c h magnitude Prefixed to the volume is about the best --- of London we happen. to have met with. MORNING lIERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. o p , a S be t e ; the proportions of this indispensable work have hithert o Iktiblede,,_eae volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of stil l largement. The experience of 47 years a obv.iously of Proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory o Usu, all ecl oolltpleteness, wherein every species of fact likely to be ise ees 's. 9. by the merchant and the trailer is placed within convenie nt Priut,„, The volume contains upwards of two thousand closely royal octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of Indus toraZYnatter of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the eoml.:rensiveness of the machinery which could bring within a aiLi"" d ua focus so much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing , tor ahn °4 a multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of vast to h:`' l3 of contributors. we believe that the present volume is not of 12:!atched in the whole world ; for such a mammoth aggregate • thau e '" „and specific information is no less a typographical wonder , iglous monument of diligence and enterprise. Illitledi . zell or so of separate directories are included in this huge pe nn ..l—the only one, it seems, of the annual . tribe destined to t r i n „;"! t existence—a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian th e :Ile over the ornamental. The "Official Directory" is a key to 8 .27 . n01 e of the Govermnent Offices, and a record of official perso- Tesmehhis is followed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the , are h it ... 111 every thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets • trof.7 cet ed by those at right - angles; while the " Commercial and ?h en - Z:1 Directory" i s an alp h a b et i ca l arrangem ent of the above. Illider th e i e r a a Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated Jud ges, xtieen rea.Pective callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of the Catalogue of counsel. serjeants, barristers, attorneys , &c. with a the various courts of law, their officers, and their pecu dree_`_``*°, j ar iediction. The " Court Directory" comprises the ad ra of the nobili ty and gentry; an d the "Parliamentary Dlrec -1s a record of t h e Mem b ers o f the houses of Lords and Com tote,ns:„With an alph a b e ti ca l list of the boroughs, cities , and count i e s ag Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of dor y ,: cr- e• The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of rec ei p t and 11.2 Y of everypost-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal throughout the world postage; whic mails are dispatched from • n; the rates of foreign th e ,road mails, &c. The "City Directory" registers the ci vic au ish‘'ties, the public companies, the brokers, the incumbe nts and I:A -sst:4 sf churches and chapels, the newsnapent, &c. ; and the boo,n 7 eYance Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and " 11 11-offices, the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking e e l l as2urance Directories. These various heads will serve to indl - :ae multitudinous stature of the contents ; for out of them coins At e „ — ", etY of subodinate directories, which meet every conceivable ti n l" , Presentingr a curious analysis of the public and private institu hZ'' ef the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person to be found under his proper section, from a prime minister down hi sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a loclg , 14 1° , 48 e. The Editor, in his Preface, takes occasion to congratu- Wilsiself on the many improvements he has this year introduced, Iti, e ;PellY flowing from the employment of " selected agents," in- Of the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific ..7 a ,t,teris the new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into Z a uert on the Ist of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable th e ' at- tlie rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems ' Q M important. MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846 *The "Post -office London Directory, 1847," is just delivered. 4" It apparently limited to Lot Mon, it sin reality a national None of the leading towns can will be without it. It must -• ail ssential ev e e, to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to ~,k g ,v ace. of b usnes in ad about the etropolis. It is an in- tis e . Z l l Work of i its s kind, n and the extent and minuteness of its fr,,,,,,_.uetails are truly wonderful. Being prepared " muter the th-414 amplest and special patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," and completest means were, of course, at the command laaa n ,l 3ro Prietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo -the c ,;als and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is tee„ nowt" l Y - eighh annual publication. Few commercial or trading a„;_aarl require particular description of the really important (TeZtlaseful information, to almost every party in any sort of business, 0f ~?,Y_lng the two thousand closely but clearly-printed octavo pages a f 'C o , Directory. o Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map n, Prepared expressly, it is declared, for the work by Mr. at en, 48 avies, there are divisions, comprising', among other informa e ?facial," " Street," " Commercial," " Trades," " "g; - ,_„ '; no. Parliamentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance," Tl i n!a," and many other Directories. saa L Za Pe is expressed in the preface, that thi3 ferty-eighth ""thinual derable ext° equal a ft Z t :f the " Post-office London Directory" may be found all the best of its predecessors." From very consi ur,rtn_oarnination of the marvellously full and varied contents and exp e i ' i n la on matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and ash i s v a l to collect, we hesitate not to say that this unassuming The infer: Lessors b ibe rallY realised. It not only equals the best of its prede %Vera' im hh several particulars it surpasses all its precursors. ahem is not only fuller in litany respects, but there are • _ 3 0 _ Pertant alterations and editions, largely adding to the use . Z i es ati r the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all proof that there has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous _ at there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours oh n i creet the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is ( 47, ed that it has been " even in a pecuniary point of view belied iZzitt: the public, is proved by the fact, that impor ant improve- Pti e ,„ and additions are annually made without any increase of k e4 result that, it is declared, " could not have been the case, Public Patronage been divided." With reference to the ta i n L , ve certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful how it 6 3 , 3 ' 4 7 Prontable to provide such var ied materials- and materials bou r f i tlY changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless la ' ra e „,,`ani cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre aorVa sale could make the speculation answer. Among the ins bia:,t alterations will be found those introduced Nth the " Postal" ia te , 'QM It Is, iadeed, singularly full, useful, and complete ; and )k,`,lllUch Increase th' daily, it might he more truly pronounced its f s - Q O l7 value, particularly to the merchant, the trader, or the pro .4erabilale Tan. As the new treaty with Prussia caused very consl- Slaw - eaanges in the rates of postage as affecting the Austrian do a,‘",na, Pladen, Bavaria Bremen, Denmark, the German States, n ."'" r gh, Hanover, Lubeck, aleeklenbnrg, Oldenburgh, Poland,Prus loc, are detailed" and Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c., &c., those a pe -4 1 ,6 are ote„ ra _ ti°ll on the first of January, 1847." The other changes are not Hinnerous, but all the intelligence is announced to he brought "" to a period as late as was eonmatible with the appearance of a volume in sufficient time for general circulation, prior to the 4 1 P r oencernent of the year for which it is designed. The business la„`" ri , i t s of the work are ot the highest order, and renders n of its ea — ' 'we imagine, a publicatioa unexampled in the world for its kipleteness, fulness, and usefulness. SUN, Nov. 18, 1846. T he present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office r i. Won Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it The " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under the o agement of Mr. Kelly. Until he became t he mana g er of this p ork,: th ere were divers other directories in the field. They have, rvever, all disappeared, and the " Post - office Directory " now rules ,e. This astonishing sucessc , however , ha s not had the effect of rah 441 113 the proprietor of this gigantic work careless. Il e is too s th orough a man of business, not to be perfectly aware that the "tilts of his success can only be reaped by a continuance of the same Inithing energy by which the success was in the first matinee ; and accordingly we find that the " Post office Directory" for 1847 is even more highly finished in all its elaisorate arrange tnents than any termer edition of the book. The extent and mi nuteness of the details furnished render the work indispensable to every commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably, however, is this Inultifariotas information digested and arranged, that there is not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the 'Articular page required to furnish the information—a marvellous htstanee of clearness of arrangement in a work consisting of up- Itards of 2,000 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con tents are ar ranged under various heads, as, for instance, the „„"Official Directory," the " S treet Director y ," the " Commercial Directory" the " Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory," the " Court Directory." the " Parliamentary Directory," the ~u _ rostal Directory," the " City Directory," the " Conveyance rY," the " Banking Directory," and some others. Many im tient alterations have been intro duced into the " Postal Diree " The new postal treaty w ith Prussia, which comes into opt 11rastlea on the Ist of January next, will effect ver y considerable intes in the rates of postage to places in the Austrian dominions, *..nWen, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the German States, Hamburgh, rover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh , O ldenbur g h, Poland, Prussia, :.la, Saxony, Sweden ancKliorway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c. These 1p g„,,_el T helly detailed Postal Directory "of the present a a ,rue. work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved iiTelscettrat mile. Directof London in 1847, on a scale of three Rork of th This ry is certainly the most complete a„:sOr the rort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful ont the indispensable necessity of sash a work, no man of busi- N Z__ es for a moment entertain a doubt ; and, considering the com ; and fulness of the information furnished, and the enormous ,501 * time and of capital that must have been made in order to . and digest the information, the very reasonable price at w Qs work is published is really wonderful. MOBIL Nov. 21, 1846. ;Z el l i ts breakable work, the "Post-office Directory," has just ePPearance for the ensulig year. The vast mass of infor which this book contains makes it not only desirable but eb utel b/1 1 0,7,Y negesa scarc ely part of the office furniture of every man of hstin ,..'" 1,8 . and less necessary, indeed, for every one else, who te itti e c l a t o c l f tn th b e w anything concerning the trades, professions, and great motrepolis. In its present extended form, the t 7 o 7 . t t i: an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it has xeinge.briugh_it t o Li fts present state of perfection must have been im rilOst t "'""wg over its 2,000 pages, one hardly knows which ixtility s o ile struck with and admire—the excellent arrangement and quires such c omPliation or the magnitude of the city which re lions, trades , The classification of the various profes tient as.e,s, a n d ,„„, - "ulugs in the court, commercial, and law depart streets " the work On the one hand, and the arrangement of the of various of London on the other, as well as the great mass of informat tter various kinds connected with the Post-office, and the differe d n i 1 ,7_( r of interc ommunication, make it altogether as complete a Th Yas can be desired , or as it is well possible to conceive. h e ktbne, Moreover, contains an excellent map of London and t e , 'll4 . corrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar.' I he fort WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15. 1846. 1 1Sefet Y - eighth annual publication of this highly important and appea work I, ,—aa Just been issued; and we must confess that its bulky dhe price nag surprised us not a little; and when we reflect that itte r i' e , r emains unaltered, although the expense of collecting the b1 ( 11 8 nand have increased, we are pleased at the liberality of e n. l„,•,_'Y. the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, perhaps, ta,,i( o `'_ . . ever contained so much useful matter. Among other infor .. inn, there is an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory," a tory°;.lnercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," " Law Dire " ei t , " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," tory,' l ' d a bire4 irotory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a Ilan king ebd vai r Y.fact, the volume contains much that is interesting zwesn.ible to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and per ordi narY life, as well as to the gentlemen who occasionally te tte , trade. Every description of information has been cor tvith' to the latest possible period : and that information is arranged ti v i t „a clearness an d s i mp li c i ty w hi c h must have involved great ac ex„t _of Mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an 1-Cntly engraved map of London, more extended and accurate its Alet e a suburbs, than any map we have seen ; and to make it as corn- Bebir eet „ ref e,rence as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal. et `fY, ' there are the new rates with various parts of the Conti tetherti,lch will come into operation on the Ist of January. Alio 'l'4 • !8 new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are ned that other directories should have gone to the tomb of ' e eaPUlets. "pros sm, JOHN BULL, Nov. 29, 1946. of .-ltal leviathan is already completed and published; but as Dres s , that the rapidity with which it must have passed through the 4.76:staewart. M.M, tio ti+ lai llot operated against its careful accuracy, we may men bf. A."_ 4l i , t , the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease s for Renfrewshire, are duly attended to. .( b ee tlon of Lnd 1 676.) We have =o frequently expressed our a . ppio a- Otir this most valuable work, that we hardly know howtova b ry , req u i u Mnlendation. It contains everything which can possibly c .. p oies every it& f 1 0 .,,_ 61 in a directory —so full s, - ... complete, so comprehensive are all ter - a 7" , An I when to this ' we add the extreme accuracy which 074,,f i1 a Be. department, we know not what else Can be said in . . A The machinery by which such voluminous information is itleif ~''' arranged, and superintended so as to avoid errors, must of me aulon; the " curiosities" of modern literature. book ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846. Wo lila Of this kind, brought out even without much pretension thC l it uo indispensable to every gentleman's library, every 1 rn this le, wit h t otinting- house, and every trader's shop. But edited, kOst Putlie utmost care' its niat , rials being collected thronagshtloiel ) 43 , 0 __ . entie channels, and embracing in its rai. - 4e every head ot lino, wiand mime:clad intelli,,ence essential to the completeness e, * ht ...." work, we cannot suppose -that any house, public or pus a , 44'1.' 1 2" afford a book of referen , :.e, will be without this compen n.„ volume. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any Mil_ You want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete 4 Qaticaurt, trades, streets, offices, hotels; forming, upon the whole, Illithm,." ,local information such as could not be brought together —• '"Il SZVlaorilivary industry, assisted by an entire command of all No. 16,949. requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the most wonderful on record. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. J , 1846. This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In the preface, the proprietor maintains that the high character of the work is not referable to its mere connexion with the Post Office ; for an important change has been gradually introduced into the manner of collecting the information ; and a larger portion of the work than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely unconnected with the Post Office, this being in great part the plan of compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor rested content with his past success, but has introduced many im portant alterations in this volume for 1847 and added to its bulk without any increase in price. The " Postai Directory" is especially improved, and there are numerous e n ages throughout the volume to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour, to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a very lively effusion, to be seen in another column ; and we trust the enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will find that his laboitts are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun try this is an indispensable volume. RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 181 G. The new volume of the Post Office Directory for 1847 Is already in oar hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work so laborious, extensive, and minute, could be in any degree improved. It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former reputation, it is a great merit to have surpassed itse lf. The produc tion of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness has placed in the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable aid in carrying on the business of this vast metropolis, which would indeed be subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense it it were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will have theopportunity of judging for themselves on purchasing the new volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in an y degree exaggerated. BRITANNIA, Nov. 21,1846. The French people have done themselves credit by their industrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though ingenims and pretty, they appear quite insignifica,4 compared with the indus trial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty volume. Keep• ing pace with the advancing trade and population of London, it still increases in by 1k ; and, keeping pace with the movement of society in a more in-Inc rtant particular, it vigilantly seizes every opportunity of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy and more complete classification. We find in this volume many instances of superiority to former issues, which, though comparatively trifling, show the in telligence and care exercised over every department. It may be men tioned that by the employment of private agents, the changes of re sidence are now brought down to a later period than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is consequently enhanced. We have before spoken of it .as indispensable to the proper managesnent of business. Its authority is now so universally established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metropolis, that any further recom mendation of it is superfluous._ ITERAPATII'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846. The " Post-office Directory" for 1847 appears with additions and improvements upon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with N‘hich this important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to say, national work is conducted, merits the highest commendation, We know not whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will be made in the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest it from the hands of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might over right in the hands of Government ; but, should it be attempted, surely the following statement of its cAiductors will go home to the consciences, if they have any, of the parties seeking to draw down the grasping interference of Government :—" It can only be neces sary to refer to a copy of the work published before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor, to be convinced that the mere connexion of the ' Directory' with the Post-office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high character. That the improvements (the result of many years of unwearied toil and application on part of those engaged in the compilation of the work) are duly appre ciated is now happily beyond all question ; prior to the Directory' passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfully with this —they have disappeared." E ASTERN COUNTIES YORK EXTEN SION SHARES. The SECOND CALL of 21. per -hare on the A Quarters of these Shares will be payable on TUESDAY, the 19th in,tant and if not iuly paid at that date the Shares will be subject to forfeitures. Inte rest at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum will be charged to all par ties in arrear, By order of the Board, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Bishopsgate Station, Jan. 8, 1847. LIST OF THE COMPANY'S BANKERS TO WHOM THE CALL IS PAYABLE : London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its branches Liverpool Borough yank, Liverpool Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Manchester Wilts and Dorset Bankin,i Company, Salisbury Messrs. Lemon and Co. Brentwood Messrs. Mills, Bawtree and Co., Colchester Messrs. Sparrow and Co., Chelmsford National Provincial Bank, Bath National Provincial Bank, Birminghom National Provia ial Bank, Boston Messrs. Fisher and Sons, Cambridge Messrs. Becket and Co., Leeds Western Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh Western'Bank of Scotland, Glasgow Royal Bank of Ireland, Dublin East of England Bank, Great Yarmouth West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol Messrs. Harvey and Hudson, Norwich Messrs. Bacon and Cobbold and Co.} Ipswich Messrs. Alexander and Co. Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank, Cheltenham Union Bank, York National Provincial Bank, Exeter Northumberland and Durham District Bank, Newcastle•on-Tyne. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT FUND. 42, Moorgate-street, London. Notice is hereby given, that the SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the Benefit Department of this Association will Ise held at the London Tavern, Ilishopsgate-street, in the city of London, on MONDAY, the 18th of January, 1847, at Six o'clock in the evening precisely, at which meeting, at the request of the Managers, JOSH ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P., will take the chair. RICHARD IIENRT JONES, Chairman. THOS. MULLINDEII, Secretary. Jan. 9, 1547. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. 26 COENHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages ith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured as, on all occasions, the power to borrow, witkout expense or for eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; Igo the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in t rests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible ates. A SSOCIATION FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON TEA. WILLIAM NICOL, Esq.. Chairman. CHRISTOPHER RAWSON, Eoq., and HENitY WINCH, Esq., Deputy Chairmen. WILLIAM BALLEICY, Esq., Treasurer. ROBERT C. CROSBIE, Esq., and JOHN SCOTT, Esq., Honorary Secretaries. COMXITTEE. J. Ilosack, Esq. A. Kelso, jun., Esq. Harold Littledale, Esq. Thomas Littledale, jun., Esq. Hugh Matheson, Esq. W. G. Molyneux, Esq. William Potter, Esq. W. PrOWBe, Esq. William Rathbone, Eel. William Rathbone, jun., Esq. W. Rotheram, Esq. G. C. Schwabe, Esq. T. W. Sharland, Esq. James Steains, Esq. J. Thomson, Esq. Charles Turner, F.sq. James Tyrer, Esq. George Armstrong, Esq. Thomas Bold, Esq. Edward iirodribb, Esq. W. I'. Bushby, Esq. Malcolm Congo, Esq. C. Cottesworth, Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq. John Cropper, jun., Esq. J. Crosficld, Esq. R. Duckworth, Esq. A. Findlay, Esq.. W. F. Foster, Esq. R. Fry, Esq. T. Fry, Esq. George Grant, Esq. W. F. Gray, Rsq. Daniel Harrison, Esq. Lawrence Heyworth, Esq. In announcing the formation of this Association, the Committee feel that little introduction from them is necessary to ensure front the public their hearty concurrence and support, seeing the benefit which would accrue to all classes of the community from the realisa tion of the object they have in view. It has long been the conviction of philanthropists, that the obtain ing for the pool, at a moderate price, a beverage so wholesome as tea, would be an inestimable boon, not merely on account of its com fort as an article of daily use, but especially on account of its tendency to promote social feeling and temperance, with all the domestic and orderly habits consequent thereupon. Ample experience has also convinced the. merchants engaged in the tea trade with China, as well as those engaged in the tea trade at home, that our export trade with the Chinese is in danger, and that, to preserve it, there is the most urgent necessity for a large reduction of the present high duty on tea. The Committee earnestly request attention to the following con siderations on this important subject : That pressing, as this duty does, most heavily on the lower kinds, it prevents the use of tea amongst the most numerous class of our countrymen. That the original cost of tea is very moderate, the bulk of the qualities generally consumed varying from Bd. to 2s. per lb., and that its consumption is restricted by no indisposition on the part of the public to purchase it, but by its high price, caused solely by the present oppressive duty. That there is scarcely a limit to the capacity or disposition of the Chinese to purchase our manufaotures. That while, as already stated, our duty on tea ranges from 290 to 400 per cent., the Chinese admit our imports at an ad valorem duty of five per cent. That this impolitic duty materially limits our exports to China, Sad' seriously interferes with the employment of labour. The Committee feel confident that a similar increase to that which has taken place in the consumption of coffee, by the material reduc tion of the duty, may be anticipated from a proportionate reduction of the duty on tea. That thereby the consumption of tea would be greatly augmented, and the revenue correspondingly benefited. The Committee feel assured that there will hardly be found a single opponent to the justice of their claim, and that It only requires the hearty co-operation of the public to ensure success. They have much pleasure in annexing a list of subscriptions already received, and they respectfully solicit the assistance of the public in furtherance of the object of the Association. Subscriptions will be received by the treasurer, or any member of the Committee. WILLIAM NICOL, Chairman. No. 1, Exchange-buildings, Nov. 2, 1846. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Mr. C. Rawson - Mr. H. Winch Mr. R. C. Crosbie Mr. E. Brodribb Mr. A. Kelso Mr. W. Prowse - Mr. D. Harrison - - - Mr. W. Balleny Mr. A. Findlay - Mr. R. Duckworth Mr. Steains - Mr. J. Scott - Mr. R. Jamieson - Mr. H. Matheson - Mr. C. P. Dickson - Mr. W. Rathbone Mr. W. Rathbone, Jun. - Mr. George Ar►Ystrong - Mr. William Nicol - Mr. Potter Mr. Molyneux Mr. R. Fry - Mr. T. Fry - Mr. J. Thomson - Mr. W. Foster Mr. George Grant Mr. Robertson Gladstone - Mr. Smith Harrison Mr. Joseph Crostield Mr. T. W. Sharland Mr. W. notheram Mr. James Tyrer Mr. Thomas Bold - Mr. J. Cropper, jun. Mr. E. Cropper - Mr. C. Cotesworth - Corrie and Co. Mr. Charles Turner - Mr. William Earle - Mr. Thomas Earle - H. H. Moffatt and Co. - Mr. J. Stokes Mr. W. F. Gray - Mr. W. P. Bushby Mr. Robert Lloyd - Mr. Thomas Matheson - Mr. G. Schwabe - Mr. L. Heyworth Mr. 11. Littledale - Mr. M. F. Brownrigg Mr. G. Hargreaves - Mr. Kindermann - - Mr. J. Ilosack Mr. W. J. Millard - Miller Brothers - Mr. E. Hall - Mr. William Higgins Mr. R. N. Jones - Mr. J. A. Hulbert - Mr. Thomas Murray Messrs Woodall and Jones - Mr. Caleb A. Tate - Lady - A Labouring Man - Mr. James Chesney- Mr. John Benyon - Messrs. J. W. Cater and Co. Mr. G. J. Wainwright - James Alex. Scott - Thos. Littledale, Jun. John Wilks A. Radcliffe Robert Roberts. Bank-buildings - £lO 10 0 - - 10 10 0 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - . .. .. . .. .: 1 11: 0 0 11 10 0 500 g 0 . 10 10 0 . . 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 - . 10 10 0 .-5 5 0 . 10 10 0 - . . 10 10 0 . . 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 . . 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 --2 2 0 - - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 . . 1010 0 . - 1010 0 - . 10 10 0 - . 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 5 5 0 - 10 10 0 5 5 0 .2 2 0 .1 1 0 .1 0 0 .2 2 0 -2 2 0 .6 5 0 -2 2 0 .1 0 0 . 0 10 0 .0 2 6 .0 5 0 -0 5 0 -6 0 0 - 10 10 0 .5 5 0 - 10 10 0 .1 1 0 . 10 10 0 -2 2 0 SALES BY AUCTIO N . The late MARQUIS OF AILSA'S noble and delightfully situated TOWN MANSION IN WHITEHALL GARDENS, adjoining that of the Duke of Bucclench, upon the bank of the Thames, with its handsome and appropriate furniture, and varjous very valuable and ornamental Effects. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and ON are directed by the Executors to announce, that (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract) the distinguished and splendid MANSION of the late Most Noble the Marquis of Ailsa, in Privy.gardens, Whitehall, will be SUB MITTED to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Mart, in January next, of which due notice will be given. It is held by an original lease from the Crown for a term of ninety-nine years from July, 1806, at a low ground rent. The mansion is admirably arranged throughout for the accommodation and comfort of a large establishment, is in most excellent rep a ir, and immediate possession may be had, with its appropriate fittings, and with or without its superior furniture. It has a singularly handsome stone staircase, the rooms are strikingly cheerful and airy, opening backward to a lawn extending to the river, and are of fine dimensions, particularly the saloon or ball-room (G 4 feet long), its walls adorned with rich and beautiful tapestry in rare preservation. From its contiguity to the Houses of Parliament, St. James's Park ; the Palace, and Down ing-street, and from its peculiarly quiet and choice situation, it is admirably suited for a Cabinet Minister, or any leading Mem ber of Parliament ; also for a first-class club-house. The purchaser will have the refusal of the capital freehold stabling, &c., near Great George-street. No person can view the house without a card of admission, which, with every requisite Information, may be hal at their Offices in Waterloo-place, ; also of Messrs. Ashfield and Clode, soli citors, 7, Staple Inn. Descriptive particulars will be published when the day of sale is fixed, and may also be had of Mr. Cain, House-Agent, Richmond ; and at the Auction Mart. ADDRESS of the LIVERPOOL ASSOCIA TION for the REDUCTION of the DUTY on TEA. In again calling public attention to the present oppressive and impolitic tax upon tea, the Association are anxious to give promi• nence to those facts which indicate the necessity for an immediate reduction of the duty. WARWICKSHIRE, on the Borders of Northamptonshire, within Ten Miles of Leamington. Capital FREEHOLD and TITHE FREE FARM, chiefly rich Grass Land. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will OFFER for PUBLIC SALE, at the Mart, early in the ensuing spring (if not previously disposed of by Private Contract), by direction of the Executors of a Gentleman deceased, A very valuable and remarkably compact FREEHOLD and TITIIE-FREE ESTATE, comprising, in a perfect ring fence, about 382 acres, surrounding a respectable and superior farm home stead. It is chiefly rich grass land, in parts studded with timber and ornamental plantations, within a Mile of the Rugby and Oxford, and only five miles frem the London and Birmingham Railway, between Daventry, Warwick, and Coventry. Waterloo-place. Capital large TIMBER near WINDSOR. MESSRS. DANIEL SALITIEI, and SON will —SELL BY AUCTION, en-TfrisnlY, 7 1str. 26. at TsVelve, In convenient Lots, upon the Premises. St. Leonard's within two miles of Windsor, and within easy distance of Water Oakley, and other wharfa, Several hundred fine large Elm, Oak, Beech, Chesnut, Lime, Mr, aad other TREES (many of very large metings), with their lop, top, and bark, standing on the St. Leonard's estate of the late Mrs. Dawson, in the palish of Clewer, close to Windsor. M'Nab, the gardener, will show the timber; and particulars may be had at the ne!ghbouring inns ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents, Windsor, and Waterloo-place, Pali-mall. The conclusion of the treaty with China encouraged confident liberality in the expectationsof the anticipated extension th a that f hado o m ur liosw t s r w a n d r e aot w fo with that duty tpleempire.production It imposed by its Government upon British manuf ac t ures wou ld b e reciprocated by a reasonably corresponding the Chinese for the use of ourselves. The elements of agricultural of industry essential to the production of tea,—the fertile and exten sive territory, and the superabundant population of China, esti mated at above 350,000,000,—are capable et enlarging its supply in a ratio at least equal to that in which the machinery of our manu facturers can increase the production of fabrics required for exporta tion. Our imports of tea from China have never yet reached four per cent. of the entire production of that country, according to the best calculation. It is, however, a notorious fact, that the expectations thus cherished have been disappointed. The merchants are exposed to heavy losses in the importation of teas, which are now selling in the British markets at prices below their current value in China ; while at the same tune our manufactures are selling in China for less than the cost of their production here. The population at large are unbenefited by any practical result accruing from a treaty that has left behind it a tax upon British ind c stry, which at the same time confe a bonne upon foreign competition . There is no difficulty in ascertaining the cause of so disastrous an issue. The pressure of an impost, unprecedented in any other tariff, cripples the operations of our merchants, and excludes our manu factures fis m the larger proportion of the Chinese population; while it deprives the labouring classes in this country of one of the most needful articles of domestic comfort. The foreign policy of our Go vernment has achieved a brilliant success ; but its results are marred and counteracted by the incongruous arrangements of the Home Exchequer. The chief export of China is brought in abundance to our shores, only to accumulate in our warehouses. A tax, as anomalous in its principle as it is mischievous in its results, stops at once the tide of commercial prosperity and the pervading currents of social civilization. Under such circumstances, it is almost as easy to predict the future as to review the past. A losing trade can never be a permanent one. The discouraging results of this year's imports will curtail the ship ments of the next. Comparative scarcity, and proportionately high prices, will follow. The professed intention of the financial measures of Government for some time past has been to cheapen the necessa ries of life. In this country tea occupies a more prominent place among those necessaries than in any other. Under the operation of any uniform and reasonable system of taxation, it would, therefore, have been recognised as a primary object for the ameliorative inter position of Government. On the contrary, however, the Legislature of the country in which it is most extensively consumed is the last to recognise its importance in the civil and social economy of the state. The British Government has afforded every facility for its supply to other countries, where it is little more than an occasional luxury, and has impeded its consumption among ourselves, where its use is indispensable The necessities of the Exchequer, the only plea advanced in pallia tion of an impost so obviously indefensible, is one which will nut bear examination. There is no reason to apprehend that the reduc tion of the dusty to Is. per pound would leave a deficit of any import ance. The immediate result of such a change would unquestionably be the liberation of a larger quantity from bond than had ever been taken out during the same period before. If any temporary pres sure upon our finances existed, it would thus be promptly relieved. There is no room to doubt that in the further course of time the gra dual increase of consumption would enlarge the revenue upon a sure and satisfactory basis. This is not a gratuitous conjecture, but a reasonable deduction from the result of similar changes in tke duties on coffee and sugar ; and, above all, it is confirmed by the only two existing precedents of a reduction in the tax upon tea itself. In 1744, the duty was reduced from 131. 18s. 7 l it d. per cent. and 4s. per lb. to 381. 18s. 7%d. per cent. and Is. per lb. The consumption im mediately advanced nearly 50 per cent. In 1784, the duty was re duced from 051. 15s. 10d. per cent. mid Is. Id. 4-sths per lb. to 12% per cent. The consumption was at once more than doubled. In 1785 it was trebled, and in 1794 it was quadrupled. Since that pe riod the duty has gradually advanced. Under the monopoly of the East India Company it was 100 per cent. ; and under a system of in dividual enterprise and competition, it Is nearly 200 per cent. Every reduction in the price of the article has, however, been followed by an increase in its consumption. The present consumption of tea in this country amounts to an average of about I%lb. per head per annum for the entire popula tion. This is about one-fourth of the allowance usually afforded to domestic servants in families of the middle classes ; it is less than one-half of the quantity consumed in the Channel Islands, where all intoxicating beverages are far cheaper than in this country ; and it is scarcely one-sixth of the proportion used in Australia, by a popu lation whose physical requirements will appear to most persons less favourable to its use. Whatever test may be applied to our present consumption, it will evidently appear to be restricted by the artificial limits of price, and not by any objection to the qualities and proper ties of the article. A careful examination of these will justify the conclusion that it is adapted more than any ether beverage for in corporation with every description of diet, and for use at every meal adequate is suited to every variety of physical constitution, and to sustain every description of mental or corporeal exercise. The present duty am ounting to two.thirds of the cost of the most servi cea bl e descriptions of tea , it is evident that the dealers require, in order to cover their investnaents in its purchase, three times the on a tax ; the magnitude of the im post,public have thus to pay a tax up andoppressive. Were the instance, being indefensible profit which would repay them, were the article free of duty. The in the firs f the duty reduced to Is. p er lb., the consumer would obtain at least 2b • d or albs, of tea for the same mo ney that he now pays 'ty would l be used. there is no doubt whatever that the larger qunt v a olv i es that of Sibs. of As the consumption of every pound of te d a t i o n that en the increased sugar, the extra duty on th e latter, added Von while the quantity of tea at Is., would at once yield a revenue of about four millions, according to the most moderate compute , i nc ome might confidently future enlargement of this source of public be expected. pated under the moral and social benefits that may fairly be an ed th t th They are persuad a e operation of a more equitable impost. use of a cheap The committee conceive it unnecessary to enlarge upon those removal of those restrictions which now impede the iness ng h he abits of te e ns and well-being of the community , b y encouragin g tactical discus perance and domestic comfort, and by supplying prac as now h app and salubrious beverage would be hig hl y conducive to t sives from 'crime. They regard the burden oulation f the under h there• ever character these may be beneficially developed ; and t e efforts pressing upon the energies of the e ntire pop, what fore invite the sympathy and support of all classes in their for its removal. Liverpool, November, 1846. ~~ The division of profits Is annual, and the next ►ill be made in ecember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. NEW VOLUME OF MR. JAMES'S WORKS. Just published, in medium Bve., price Bs. cloth, with finely engraved Frontispiece, THE KING'S HIGHWAY; BEING THE ELEVENTH VOLUME of the Works of G. R. E. JAMES, Esq. *.. The previous volumes (each complete in itself) may be had separately ; contents— Vol. VI. Henry of Guise. VII. Morley Ernsteiu. VIII. The Robber. IX. Darnley; and X. The Brigand. and Co., 65, Corhhill. Vol. I. The Gipsy. 11. Mary of Burgundy. 111. The Huguenots. IV. One in a Thousand. V. Philip Augustus. 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From among numerous testmonials, the oilowing is respectfully submitted:— " TO MR. THOMAS PROUT, 29, STRAND, LONDON. " 5, Cooper-street, Manchester, March 12, 1i342. _ Gt_~u,G'l/ f~ LITERATURE. ~2z Sir,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to you the re sult of my experienee, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH., and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of many years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I hare never found results at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from redundant bile, &c., &c.. with so little inconvenience; I am therefore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me a meaty ong wanting, of being able to recommend to families, schools, and especially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most valuable resource In an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making FRAMPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated. " I am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAitt The unprecedentd sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re commendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit from their use, render any lengthened comment necessary ; they are not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known at tendants, Bilious: and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy az ;Lri f the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place; cid instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age, will be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each box. Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. VA ch. and 2s. 9d. per box, also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom. ksk for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the Name and Address of •' Timm Profit 229 f9trand, London," on the %Ts:wont Stamp WILLIAM 2TICOL, chairman. MRS. PERKINS'S BALL. By Michael Angelo Titmarsh. One of the merriest books of the season is this comical volume by Mr. W. M. Thackery. Its drol lery, however, is rather pictorial than literary. The letter-press is rather elucidative of the engravings than the engravings illustrative' of the letter-press. If viewed with reference to its written humour, "Mrs. Perkins's Ball" falls immeasurably be low the average talent of the recently pub lished Christmas-books; but if regarded with an eye to its artistic merits, it is beyond any of them exuberant in drollery. Mr. Thackeray is always felicitous in his delineations of that intol lerable genus—the London snob. Whether he flays them alive with his pen, or impales them with the point of his pencil, he invariably educes merriment from his dissection of the human tadpoles of Cock aigne. The little volume under notice—elegantly glazed and brilliantly coloured—is embellished with a profusion of laughter-moving engravings, depicting the various epochs and events of the ball-room. There is the taking off of the galoShes in the hall ; the arrival of the negus upon the landing; the hall•invi tation to dance ; the monotonous oscillation of balance: ; the delightful maze of the chorine-des dames; the horrible pas seul of rite ; the quiet hand at ecarte :—the guzzling of the odd bottle of sherry by the attendant greengrocer behind the screen ;—and ultimately the wrapping up of the young lady in a shawl by the young gentleman, because " good people are scarce!" he interest of the whole however is concentrated in an overgrown monster of an Irishman, christened " The Mulligan of Ballymullingan ;" a fellow of infinite vulgarity and consummate impudence. First of all, we have him coolly including himself in the invitation to the evening party at Mrs. Perkins's; then he is depicted, after the gentlemanly fashion of Sir Mulberry Hawk, ogling Miss Perkins at the piano ; then, again he is plunged into the whirlpool of the polka; and, finally, he is painted as drunk in the supper-room at Pock lington-square, his cravat loose, his champagne glass raised to his lips, his nose red, we may say very red, and his hair dishevelled. There is no doubt "The Mulligan" is a terrible caricature ; the green island is not populated by such hommes farouche. Never theless the caricature will be productive of broader grins than the broad grins of George Colman. As a specimen of the smart hits contained in the book, here is a page : LADY BACON, THE MISSES BACON, AND MR. FLAM. " Lady B.—Leonora ! Maria ! Amelia I here is the gentleman we met at Sir John Porkington's. (The Misses Bacon, expecting to he asked to dance, smile simultaneously, and begin to smooth their tuckers.) " Mr. Flam.—Lady Bacon ! I couldn't be mistaken in you ! Wo'n't you dance, Lady Bacon ? " Lady B.—Go away you droll creature 1 "Mr. Flam.— And these are your Ladyship's seven lovely sisters, to judge from their likenesses to the charming Lady Bacon ? " Lady B.—My sisters, he ! he ! my daughters, Mr. Flam, and they dance, Dont you girls? " The Misses Bacon.— 0 yes. " Mr. Flam.—Gad how I wish I was a dancing man !"—[Exit Flam. Here is a sketch—accurate enough—of Mr. Hicks, the pdet 7 / 7 / ((f 1 .. (. 7 -. ... ~.` _• . ...' • '. ....... .. ,-.. ~ .., . ~ . . ~. • , I 411111 1 11 46 x. ~--, -" 5:‘•-- -.-• ,. - -: .s- -: ,• - 4 ;4 . 1 ....6 ,.... - ; .. ........ „:„.,-,-.,-.•-••.,i-, -..i..47/„.,,, , ,, , -.. 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" It is worth twopence to see Miss Bunion and Posei don Hicks, the great poet, conversing with one another, and to talk of one to the other afterwards. How they hate each other ! I (in my wicked way) have sent Hicks almost raving mad, by praising Bunion to him in confidence ; and you can drive Bunion out of the room by a few juicious panegyrics of Hicks. " Hicks first burst upon the astonished world with poems, in the Byronic manner :—" The Death-Shriek," " The Bastard of Lara," " The Atabal," " The Fire-ship of Botzaris," and other works. His " Lore Lays," in Mr. Moore's early style, were pronounced to be wonderfully precocious for a young gentleman then only thirteen, and in a commercial academy, at Tooting. " Subsequently, this great bard became less pas sionate and more thoughtful ; and, at the age of twenty, wrote Idiosyncracy ' (in 40 books, 4t0.); Ararat," a stupendous epic,' as the reviews said ; and The Mega theria,' magnificent contribution to our pre adamite literature,' according to the same authorities. Not having read these works, it would ill become me to judge them ; but I know that poet) Jingle, the publisher, always attributed his insolvency to the latter epic, which was magnificently printed in elephant folio. Hicks has now taken a classical turn, and has brought out Poseidon ;' lacchus ;' Hephaestus,' and I dare say is going through the mythology. But I should not like to try him at a passage of the Greek Deleetus, any more than twenty thousand others of us who have had the advantage of a ' classical education.' " Hicks was taken in an inspired attitude, regarding the chandelier, and pretending he didn't know that Miss Pettifer was looking at him. " Her name is Anna Maria (daughter of Higgs and Pettifer, solicitors, Bedford-row), but Hicks calls her " lanthe," in his album verses, and is himself an emi nent drysalter in the city." Here, again, is the account of all the domestic preliminaries to the ball : " Following Mrs. Perkins's orders, the present writer made his appearance very early at Pocklington-square ; where the tastiness of all the decorations elicited my warmest admiration. Supper, of course, was in the dining-room, superbly arranged by Messrs. Grigs and Spooner, the confectioners of the neighbourhood. I as sieted my respected friend Mr. Perkins, and his butler, in decanting the sherry, and saw, not without satisfac • tion, a large bath for wine under the sideboard, in which were already placed very many bottles of champagne. " The back dining-room, Mr. P.'s study (where the venerable man goes to sleep after dinner), was arranged on this occasion as a tea-room, Mrs. Flouncy (Miss Fanny's maid) officiating in a cap and pink ribbons, which became her exceedingly. Long, long before the arrival of the company, I remarked Master Thomas Perkins and Master Giles Bacon, his cousin (son of Sir Giles Bacon, Bart.), in his apartment, busy among the macaroons. Mr. Gregory, the butler, besides John the footman, an d Sir Giles's large mart in the Bacon livery, and honest Grundsell, carpet-beater and green grocer, of Little Pocklington-buildings, had, at least, half a dozen of a ides-de-camp, in black and white neckcloths, like doctors of divinity. 66 The back drawing-room door on the landing being taken off the hinges (and placed up stairs under Mr. Perkins's bed), the orifice was covered with muslin, and festooned with elegant wreaths of flowers. This was the dancing saloon. A linen was spread over the carpet, and a band, consisting of Mr. Clapperton, piano, Mr. Pinch, harp, and Herr Spoff, cornet a-piston ; arrived at a pretty early hour, and were accommodated with some comfortable negus in the tea-room, previous to the com mencement of their delightful labours. The boudoir to the left was fitted up as a card-room ; the drawing-room was, of course, for the reception of the company ; the chandeliers and yellow damask being displayed, this night, in all their splendour ; and the charming conser vatory, over the landing, was ornamented by a few moon like lamps, and the flowers arranged, so that it had the appearance of a fairy bower. And Mks Perkins (as I took the liberty of stating to her mamma), looked like the fairy qf that bower. It is this young creature's first year in public life; she has been educated, regardless of expense, at Hammersmith ; and a simple white muslin dress and blue ceinture set off charms, of which I beg to speak with respectful admiration. " My respected friend, the Mulligan of Ballymulligan, was good enough to come, the very first of the party. By the way, how awkward it is to be the first of the party I and yet you know somebody must ; but, for my part, being timid, I always wait at the corner of the street in the cab, and watch until some other carriage comes up. " Well, as we were arranging the sherry, in the de canters, down the supper-tables, my friend arrived : Hvvhares me friend, Mr. Titmarsh,' I heard him bawl ing out to Gregory in the passage, and presently he rushed into the supper-room, where Mr. and Mrs. Per kins and myself were, and as the waiter was announcing, Mr. Mulligan ;' THE Mulligan of Ballimulligan, ye blackguard !' roared he, and stalked into the apartment, apologising,' as he said for introducing himself. " Mr. and Mrs. Perkins did not perhaps wish to be seen in this room, which was for the present only lighted by a couple of candles ; but he was not at all abashed by the circumstance, and grasping them both warmly by the hands, he instantly made himself at home. 'As friends of my dear and talented friend Mick,' so he is pleased to call me, I'm deloighted, Madam, to be made known to ye. Do'nt consider me in the light of a mere acquaintance ! As for you, my dear Madam, you put me so much in moind of my own blessed mother, now resoiding at Ballymulligan Castle, th Mr. Perkins, get tingat I begin to love ye at first soight.' At rather alarmed, speech,aswkheidchthe.ulligan, whether he would take some wine , or g o u p stairs. " 6 Faix,' says Mulligan, it's never too soon for good dthrink ;' and (although he smelt very ,muchofwhiskey already) he dra nk a tumbler of wine, to the improve ment of an acsueentence which comrninces in a manner so deloightful. Let's go up stairs, Mulligan, eig ' says I, and led the noble Irishman to the upper l ap h ar t h tmen h ts, e w t h i i l c lu m hw in e a re te i d n , a profound gloom, the candles ea y ted in the and where we surprised Miss Fanny, s light, at the piano , timidl y trying the tunes of the Polka, which she danced so exquisitely th a t evening. She did not perceive the s tranger a t first ; but how she s t arted, w hen the Mullig an loomedh upon t, her. says Mulligan ' don't 66 lleavenlee encant floe at the approach of t th t h r e e a s t l s l i u n m s t b h l e r u s t in o e n f t which eh w sleeves eep s ! Reshewm your pleece a harmonious, or sino d ils elojious, as you ca n charrum it! Are you acqu eent ith the Oirish Melod ies ? Can ye p l ay , Who ; Fears to talk of Nointy-eight the Shan Van Veght ;' or the Dirge of 011 am Fodhlah?'" " ' Who's this mad chap that Titmarsh has brought?' =l~ PRICE SD. I heard Mr. Bacon exclaim to Master Perkins. ' Look how frightened Fanny looks!' " O'Pool gals are always frightened,' Fanny's bro ther replied ; but Giles Bacon, more violent, said, I'll tell you what, Tom ; if this goes on, we must pitch into him.' And so I have no doubt they would, when an other thundering knock coming, Gregory rushed into the room, and began lighting all the candles, so as to produce an amazing brilliancy. Miss Fanny sprang up, and ran to her Mamma, and the young gentlemen slid, down tl.e bannisters to receive the company iu the hall. The book, however, should be examined itself, its merits cons sting mainly in its embellishments ; and above all, the picture of the grand polka should be consulted. TALES OF FEMALE HEROISM. The object of this little volume and the benefits to be derived from its perusal are so excellently well set forth in its preface that we cannot do better than let our readers see it and judge for themselves. " In bringing together some traits of female heroism, the aim has been to show the fortitude and devotion of which women are capable, rather in a feminine and do mestic aspect than a brilliant one, and to exhibit acts of courage and presence of mind in characters distinguished by their conscientious fulfilment of the quiet, unobtru sive duties of every-day life. Love of adventure, con stitutional indifference to danger, and a consciousness of superior powers, have led woman to the successful per formance of many high and daring exploits; but it has been wished to prove that such constitutional peculiari ties are not required to make a heroine; while the na tural emotions of timidity and fear need be no hindrances to the development of true heroism. It only needs that the mind, trained and disciplined to obey the will, shall have force to overcome the weakness of the body; that, clear to see its duty, the heart shall be prompt, at any sacrifice to perform it. Not that there shall be no na • tural fear or shrinking, but that the occasion shall be felt great enough to overcome them. Every one who accustoms herself, in small as well as great things, to do at once, and i❑ a cheerful spirit, what is to be done — who takes upon herself the duties that fall to her lot — who uses no vain delays—who does the thing she fears, and thus learns to know the joy and the strength that every such effort brings with it—is educating herself to be a heroine. It may be that the even tenor of her life will never call out her full powers; but, should the mo ment of action ever come, noble impulses will be hers, and she will have strength to obey them. Her heart and band will be equal to the energy that claim her aid. When others are contending in vain against the slackness and indolence which, from long indulgence, have grown into habit, and unable to realize what the occasion requires of them, are bewildered with fear and overwhelmed and stupified by the present danger; she will feel a composure marvellous to herself; a power of guiding, directing, acting ; a serenity giving even the timid confidence, and sustaining her own spirit through all." Among the heroines selected to illustrate by their example the above admirable remarks are—Lady Fanshawe, Lady Griselle Baillie, Flora M‘Donald, Helen Walker (the original of Jeanie Deans), Madame de la llochejaquelin, and souse of the heroines of the revolution ; and many others of similar character, some unknown to fame but not the less entitled to the name of heroine. The various histories are related in a very interesting manner. The little volume is well got up; the binding is very appropriate, being sufficiently elegant in appear ance though very quiet and unassuming, and evidently one calculated for every day wear—a sort of type of the characters which its lessons are designed to encourage. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. d . Bonus Bonus in g g Assured 5 Premium. F.l added. Cash. XO 3 may a Borrow. d. 0 1000 3 4 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 '4217 15 14100 011 102 3 0 87 1 4 165 11 10 74 1 9 116 7 6 , 54 010 111 6 8; 49 10 0 16 0 41 13 10 2' 11 3 1 7 18 10 710 4 ,1X445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 KENT. The very Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATES, and SEAT of the late GENERAL IidULCAiTER, K.C.11 , near Canterbury. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are commissioned to OFFER for SALE by AUCTION, at the Mart, near the. Bank of England, in March next, in Lots (unless an acceptable offer should be previously made by private contract), for the whole or greater part of the property, the very desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE of CHARLTON, about four miles from Canterbury, upon the high Dover-road, a remarkably healthy and favourite neighbourhood, comprising the MANSION of CIIARLTON, with its well timbered little Park, Valuable Farms and Woodlands, in all about 700 ACRES, in the picturesque parishes of Bishopsbourne, Patricksbourne. and Kingstone Also another residence, now occu pied by the Rev. J. Harrison, a small farm and detached lands, in and near the village of Barham. . . _ Further particulars will be published with the day of sale, and may then be had, with plans, of Mr. Dowsett, at Bishopsbourne ; at the chief hotels at Canterbury, Dever, Maidstone, &c. ' • of Messrs. Delwar and Wynne, solicitors, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, in Water loo-place, Pall-Mall. IN KEN) FREEHOLD RENT-CHARGE IN LIEU OF GREAT TITHE, ARISING FROM A MOIETY OF THE PARISH OF WESTER HAM, PRODUCING NEAR FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS A YEAR, MR. GEORGE ROBINS begs to announce for SALE by AUCTION, at the Mart, on THURSDAY, February ,at Twelve o'clock, in One Lot, A PERPETUAL RENT-CHARGE, in lieu of Great Tithe, secured upon a Moiety of THE PARISH OF WESTERHAM, IN KENT, the minimum amount of which, under the Commutation Act, has been settled at 3801. 17s. 2d. a year, but which has varied during the last few years below and ABOVE FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS PER ANNUM. This charge becomes the first upon the land, asd is now in the cha racter of a freehold, being in perpetuity ; it is secured upon SEVERAL WELL-CULTIVATED FARMS OF 3,220 ACRES, besides smaller tenements, altogether thirty-six in number. There are likewise about EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES OF WASTE LANDS, which are gradually being brought into cultivation, and will in a few years add very considerably to the income. The outgoings for rates are about 701. a year. Property of this description is now rendered as secure as any that can be offered for sale ; and from the impossi bility of any diminution or loss arising, becomes the most eligible far safe and permanent investment. Particulars will be ready twenty-one days prior to the sale, at the King's Head, Westerham; Crown, Seven Oaks; of Messrs. Arm strong and Jones, solicitors, 38, Red Lion-square; at the Mart; and at Mr. George Robins's offices, Covent-garde'. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PROFESSOR SCIKENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, and other Explosive Compounds, with brilliant Experiments, LECTURED on y Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three o'clock; and ou the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The principle of the various ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELE GRAPHS explained daily by Professor BACIIIIOFFNER, including the Patent of Messrs. Cook and Wheatstone, Muse on the railways, and the more recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble ; the various with Experiments. Models explained. Magnified Specimens of DISEASED POTATOES, exhibited by the OXYHYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, with the DE- S TRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed by A. Smee, Esq., F.R.S., to be the cause of the disease. A beautiful Series of NEW DISSOLVING N n G e; B e E H L R L co a r n A d T D R I o V r E E R . DIVER, 8.. The VIEWS.PRY sTwbsec D° A ri : E mi l ' ssion Is. Schools, half-price. S ----- -- PENCER'S CHINESE LIQ UID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individual s who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. Gd., 60., and lOs per bottle. To be had of the Propriet ors, 29, Nottingham -place, Fldgate street, Whit e ehapel-road, London ; also of M r. Johnstone, Gel hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Parringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old innißongin, d street ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London .bridge ; F Milsem-street, Bath; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of mos Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Flair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT. A public tea meeting of the members of the Chelsea district of the Metropolitan Early Closing Association was held on Tuesday evening last, which was onion rously and respectably attended, a considerable port of the assembly being composed of ladies. Mr. Silwall was called to the chair, and, after the refreshments were removed, proceeded to address the meeting. He alluded to the importance of the early closing question, S 3 re spected its bearings upon society in gene ral, and pointed out particularly that, with all assistant tradesmen, it ought to be the " question of questions, for if they supported it not, from whom were they entitled to look for assistance. Various appropriate sentiments were then submitted to the meeting, and respectively spoken to by Mr. Nash, the secretary of the Association otherM Shipton, Mr. Rogers, the district secretary, and gentlemen ; the importance of the question in an edu cational point of point of view being especially insisted on . and Mr. Nash reiterating, as ho said, in the name of the Association, what he had frequently asserted before, that its sympathies were confined to no partieu• lar class, but embraced all who suffered from the evils of excessive toil ; and none more than the over- tasked d re ssmaker and the ill-remunerated needlewoman, whose sex gave them a still stronger c l a im to protec tion. After passing a vot e of thanks to an, the Chairmen, and one to the District Secretary, for hi . s general atten tion to his duties, the ineetii___lgsepal MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.--Ine LOIM number of deaths registered in London during these the 369 1 week i s 1,386 —of , , ending Saturday, Jf‘n. 9, 1847, are deaths from other causes than v iolence —showing a were a decrease in the number of deaths from disease of 60, as compared with the week preceeding. There were no deaths from cholera. The deaths from dysentery only 3 ; and from diarrhoea only 12. The births regis. , tered during the were 1,347. A WOMAN KILLED IIY A TIIRASIIING-MACIIINE. As the thrashing-rnachine of Mrs. Tadman, of Railway, San near the line of the Gravesend and Rochester was in full work on Friday last, a poor woman named Phillips, while employed in feeding it, was caught by the lower spindle, and before it could be stopped her body , and fracturing her g revolved with the spindle three or four times, b rea ki n a both her legs, one arrn, s everal ribs skull, The poor woman lingered until Sunday morning, when death terminated her sufferings. Deceased widow, and has left a family to lament her untimely wasa New Yerk PROVISIONS FROM TUE UNITED STATES. STATES.—The end.l ie York, and reported a t the Burlington and Arethusa from Judah Touro from New Orleans, which wero in r s e s barley, Custom-house, Liverpool, on the 11th barrels flour, 12,975 bushels wheat, 6,140 bushels barley, 3,529 11,534 bushels and 4,758 sacks Indian , corn, mbarrels pork, 703 barrels Indian corn meal , 632 packages Cheese, _ and 356 packages lard. MACGR EGOR , 0 THE STH DEATH OF COLO NEL F USILIE RS —This distinguished officer died a few day s i nee a t Plymouth, aft er a long and even tful life, almost entirely spent in the service of his country. entered the native of Scotland , and at a very early age He was a re army, his comm issions being thus dated :—Second Lieutenant, June 24th, 1802 ;Lieutenant, , 1804 ; Captain, Aug ust 7th, 1811 ; t June 24th, 221, 1830; and Lieutenant -Colonel November All his promotions we re unpurchased. In 1807 he served in Egypt, and wa s p resent at the attack on the forts arid heights of Alexandria, siege of Rosetta, and action of El Ilamet, where he was taken prisoner, and kept in close confinement for five months in Cairo. w —Lord Eldon G EORG E 111. AND LORD TuouaLo : used to relate the following anecdote —Once when the mind of George 111. was no t supposed to be very strong, I took down to Kew some Acts fo placed on a paper the titles and the for his assent, and I fleet of them. The King, perhaps suspicious that ray coming down might be t 9 judge of his competence f or publicot Acts, interrupted ing business, as I was n reading over the titles of the differ me and said, " You are not acting correctly, you should do one of two things, either bring me down the Acts for my perusal, or say, as Thurlow said to me on a like occasion : having read several, he stopped and said, ' It was all d—d nonsense trying to make me understand them, and that I had better consent to them at once.'" GREEN'S NURSERY ANNUAL, Among the various multitude of books which have recently appeared, intended to serve as Christmas presents and New Year's gifts, it were difficult to find one more more likely to please the youthful in habitants of the nursery, than the very elegant little volume now before us. Its external embellishments are most attractive. The binding is peculiarly beautiful, consisting of a sort of arabesque pat tern of blue and crimson on a golden ground ; the illustrations consist of numerous wood cuts, and a few coloured pictures, always great attractions for children, and every page of the whole volume is surrounded by a red-coloured flowery bor der. The literary portion is well chosen, and is cal culated to improve as well as amuse its little readers. "Arthur's birthday," " Malcolm Duncan," the " Chil dren in the wood," &c. will afford sufficient enter tainment. " What sort of a heart have you got ?" " Content and discontent," and other subjects of a similar character will furnish a mild remon strance or gentle admonition ; " Labour and pro perty," contains tha first elements of political economy a la Adam Smith, very simply explained. There are, of course, numerous poems scattered through the volume, by far the most beautiful of which is from the pen of L aman Blanchard, " Upon the Picture of a Boy endeavouring to lay Salt upon the Tail of a Bird." The writer com mences by describing every action of the anxious urchin, and very forcibly does he describe them. We see it all before us—the eager sportsman approaches —is about to achieve his object— " Yes, you have it in your tether, Never more to skim the skies ; Lodge the salt on this long feather, Ha ! it flies, it flies." This anxious pursuit, and this complete disappoint ment—trivial in themselves though they be--suggest to the supposed spectator the following beautiful lines, in which the author pathetically laments the blighted hopes of his own life. He tells us that he, too, has shared the folly of " the baffled sportsmen" we have been contemplating " Time, thy feathers turn to arrows ; I for salt have used thy sand, Wasting it on hopes, like sparrows, That elude the hand. On what raptures I've been counting, Stooping here, and creeping there, All to see my bright hopes mounting High into tke air. " Half my life I've been pursuing, Plans often tried before ; Rhapsodies that end in ruin— I and thousands more. This young sportsman, be your warning, Though you've lost some hours to day, Others spend their life's fair morning In no wiser way. " What hath been my holiest treasure ; What were ye unto my eyes : Love and peace, and hope and pleasure, Birds of paradise. Spirits that we think to capture, By a false and childish scheme ; Until tears dissolve our rapture, Darkness ends our dream. " Thus are objects loved the dearest, Distant as the dazzling star ; And when we appear the nearest, Farthest off we are. Thus have children of all ages, Seeing bliss before them fly, Found their hearts but empty cages, And their hopes on high." THE ENGLISH MATRON. By the Author of " The English Gentlewoman." This is another addition to the now numerous class of works containing practical advice for the fairer portion of the community. Supposing the advice in question to be good, and supposing it to be adopted, the benefit to be derived from such volumes may be inestimable. Madam Campan's reply to Napoleon's interrogation has been quoted again and again, but it is always appropriate to a subject like this. The Emperor having inquired of her what she thought necessary in order to provide a good education for the youth of France—" Good mothers " was her reply. Napoleon was struck by the force of this ob servation. "We have here," he said, " a system of education in one word." All works which tend to elevate the character of women tend to elevate the character of the next generation—all works calculated to improve and increase the good qualities of women tend to increase the happiness of their homes ; consequently such works are of no slight importance. The days are , passed when the advocates for the "rights of woman , ' anxious to advance her to a more prominent, and, as they deemed, honourable position, attempted to re move her from her own apparently humbler butthe really more noble and elevated sphere. i attempt was vain, and it is now generally happily Y itted that in faithfully discharging her duties and adding to the happiness of her home she will find at once her most honourable and happiest employment— " There woman reigns—the mother. slaughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the narrow way of life. In the clear heaven ofher delighted eye An angel guard of loves and grace s lie. Around her knees domestic virtues meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet." To add to the happiness of home, by pointing out and enforcing the duties of a wife, is the object of the volume now before us. Its chapters are all devoted to this important subject ; much advice is given thereon, some excellent, some perhaps not quite so good—but that after all is matter of opinion. Doubt less much may be learned from it s pages, b ut i f i ts injunctions be not literally complied with its object will be most likely accomplished by en gendering habits of thought on such im portant, and often too much neglected, subjects. Like its predecessor, " The English Gentlewoman , " this volume is more particularly addressed to ladies of the higher classes—duties, of course, are the saute e fa 42 ranks, but then nuthy tv4inetr iseinti PiOM nary to be treated of in a work of practieal advice. The concluding lines of the preface, describing the main object of the whole, may be correctly addressed to individuals of every class. "My present work," says the authoress, " is intended, with the grace and help of our Heavenly Father, to assist the happy to cherish, not to throw away, their blessings—to direct the afflicted how best to remedy the griefs which prudence and patience may mitigate or assuage, how to bear those calamities for which there is no preseut kelp, no visible cure, but which a fortified mind, an humble, trusting spirit, and the habit of making the best of every occurrence, may enable the most unfor tunate to overcome." / G% THE BOY'S SUMMER BOOK. By Thomas Miller. This is the first volume of " The Boy's Own Li brary," a series of works intended to be issued peri odically, which promises to furnish both instruction and amusement for juvenile readers. The prospectus contains some very just remarks respecting juvenile literature. The writer observes, that authors who have failed in other ways often take, as a last resource, to " writing for the young ;" hence the great defi ciency of merit too often manifest in this very im portant b ranc h of l i terature. " Th e Boy's Own Library " is, however, to be conducted on a different system. It is proposed to enlist the services of really able writers, who, though capable of commanding attention in a more ambiti, us line, \rill think it no degradation to devote a portion of their time and talents to the instruction and entertainment of youth. Should this excellent design be efficiently carried out " The Boy's Own Library " will be a most valu able and must be a most popular work. The first volume is from the pen of Thomas Miller—that pen by which he literally speaks to us when the beauties of the country are his theme. He is not an author who requires to change his tone when addressing the young, because he always writes in a natural manner, and is, consequently, intelligible to all. This little volume—the Boy's Summer Book---relates, of course, to summer scenes, and is addressed to boys ; but, to describe it more correctly, we should say that to its youthful readers it would in some degree bear the cha racter of a genial, cheerful companion, come to pass a bright sunny day with them. They stroll out toge ther amid beautiful scenery, every passing object is noticed by their friend, and suggests some interesting remarks, or elicits some useful explanations. Now he expatiates on the beauty of the surrounding landscape ; now he recalls the years of his own youth, and many a hearty laugh or sympathising sigh are evoked by his varied reminescences. •Many an interesting anecdote or strange adventure does he relate—he would be ill fitted for a companion for youths, who had no "stories" to tell them—and thus they ramble on without the trouble of walking, and the reader reads on without thinking he is reading. The little volume is illustra ted with numerous woodcuts. The RAILWAY SHAREHOLDERS' MANUAL; or, Practical Guide to all the Railways in the World, Cornpletd, in Progress, and Projected; forming an entire Railway S)nopsis, indispensable to all in terested in Railway L-o.motion. To which is added a Correct List of the Offices and Officers of Existing and Projected Railways. Eighth Edition. By Henry Tuck. This, the eighth edition of Tuck's Manual, which is, perhaps, the most complete work on railway sta tistics that has ever been published, contains the Report of the Select Committee on Railway Acts Enactments in extenso—copious abstracts of the ge neral Acts affecting railway companies which were passed during the last session—instructions to share holders as to the powers which they possess under the various Acts of Parliament—rates of brokers' com mission—the laws regulating shareholders, specu lators, and brokers—the statistics of all the railways now complete—a list of the railway Bills introduced into Parliament during the session of 1846, and the proceedings in each—a list of amalgamated railways —another of new schemes—a table showing the prices of shares every half year for the last eight years, &c. &c. &c. In short it is all but impossible to require any information on the subject of railways in general, or of any individual railway in par ticular, that cannot be found in Tuck's Manual. MUSIC. CAROL FOR THE NEW YEAR. Written by Miss A. Sainuda. Music by Charles. F. Desanges This is the best New Year's Carol that has appeared for many a season. Miss Samuda has given us a poem, a beautiful poem in English, which Mr. De sanges has admirably translated into the universal language music. We cannot convey to our readers a better idea of this work than by transcribing the words of Miss Samuda, and then desiring the reader to recollect that the composer of the melody has ac curately given expression in music to the feelings which the perusal of the poem is calculated to excite. llail ! all hail ! to the dawning new year, The mother of months is laid on her bier, But we sing no dirge, and we shed no tear, We look to the future with hope not fear. Then with dance and song, and wassail we'll throng, To welcome the advent of this new year. The fair young year hath never a stain, Nor a blighted hope nor a throb of pain, Its hours are are whisp'ring of Spring again, And fancy is weaving a rainbow chain : Then with dance and song, and wassail we'll throng, To welcome its beams with its fairy train. The dark old year dealt many a blow, Struck down here a friend foster'd there a foe : Show'd us bright things begun to end in woe, Bade us heart sickness and rain to know. Let the old year die, we'll not heave a sigh, Away to her tomb she may gladly go. But the rising year will alas grow old, All unknown the fate her seasons unfold, When time the record in his hand shall hold, And many of these merry hearts be cold. Oh then let us pray in the hour that we may, By mercy and love its course be controll'd. Thy lesson old year, be ne'er forgot, Tho' full of the pangs of onr mortal lot, It may teach us yet in the future hours, To shun the thorns as we pluck the flow'rs ; Then a smile and sigh, hope and memory, To the new year's sun, and the old year's shovers. SONGS OF CHRIS-7'MAS FOR FAMILY CHOIRS. Selected and adapted by a Clergyman of the Church of England, and arranged in Vocal Score, with Symphonies and Accompaniments for the Piano• forte. By W. H. .Kearns. This is an adaption of sacred words to secular tunes. Such is object of the editor, as stated by himself in his preliminary advertisement ;—the vocal score, the symphonies, and the accompaniments, have been arranged with considerable ability by Mr. Kearns, the organist of Verulam Chapel, Lambeth, and a member of the Philharmonic Society, and those who, like Rowland Hill (the preacher, not the post man), are of opinion " that it is a shame that Satan should have all the pretty tunes," and who, therefore, do not disapprove of these somewhat incongruous unions of the sacred and the secular, will be pleased with this volume. THE MUSICAL HERALD. Part VIII. This part completes the first volume of this classical Musical periodical, which is, even in these cheap days, a marvel, not only of excellence but of cheapness also. We have in this part music by Corelli, Purcell, Ives, Harrington, Haydn, Mathew Locke, Dibdin, and Brown, among the classics. A joyous old Christmas Glee, by the Rev. Mr. W ills, which was published about fifty years ago, and which may be considered as one of the curiosities of music, and some excellent music by modern composers, some of which (a Romance for the piano-forte for instance, by Frederick Bow Jewson) has been composed expressly for this work. THE MUSICAL TREASURY. The volume of — the — Musical Treasury for 1846 fully maintains the high character of its predecessors, both as regards the excellence and the variety of the musical pieces, (upwards of 70 in number,) which it contains, and the elegant manner in which the work is got up. DAVIDSON'S INSTRUCTION ROOKS. The Accordion Preceptor—The Pianoforte !'receptor—The Cornopeun and Sax-Horn Preceptor—The Singing Preceptor. In preparing these admirable instruction books, Mr. Davidson has av ailed himself of the assistance of the most celebrated professors. The Accordion and Singing Preceptors. are by Mr. W!st, of the Royal Academy of 1%.1 - us . ic, who also edits theenslPcatoi.aironnnoofpfore Preceptor, which is a new and much improved and Sax-Horn Preceptor is chiefly a edi tion of Jousse's celebrated work. T r h a the great work of M. Forrestier, compiled and arranged under the superintendence of the Messrs. Distin. FINE ARTS THE HEROINES OF SHAKSPERE. Part IX. Exquisitely poetical and truly Shaksperian as have been the drawings of Kenny Meadows, in illustration of the greatest of all poets, we cannot regard that artist as thereby entitled so to travestie the conception of the master-mind, as he has travestied it in his portrait of " Lady Macbeth." Lady Macbeth, in deed ! it might be the "tragedy queen" of a buttery, but certainly not of a palace. " Cordelia," by A. Johnston, is a peculiar failure ; whether by the over depth of the engraving, or by the ruggedness of the original, it appears to us too saturnine, too dark, and too masculine. " Celia," however, by J. W Wright, is a delicious realisation of a most beautiful dream. It is Celia, Shakspere's Celia, that Celia who with Rosalind is compared by their creator to " two cher ries on one stalk." We remember that the artist Severn—the friend of poor John Keats—once deli ' nested a charming picture of Celia and Rosalind .00 0 itogiP" rat RIP"' pee KgSte 11 0 ,, 00 1.- 0 0 It tB ti l of 'I 1 % UI