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lay that the s a loan, as It norm ous ex dnesd a y the 'rams to pal Dleon, by the its return to received an natainebleath se of Turkey. riter, Pierre he Russians, ish, and for' aguay d'lll l ' the 9th at her passage wind. She nstantinople Government Ltisfaction to d by French 3asion of the ,om-houseof Indemnities le American , Porte and >pers of the y indemnity ilt and Co., amount of transmitted fairs to the 1, which is arties. The of Havre, that of Y. definitivelf acted at the 'e firm. The rose to 74• 25c. for the If per Cents. res, 1,165 f.; ; Paris and Tons, 905 f. ; ; Western Bette, 590 f.; the Bank of In the 19th. as presided, r, the Pre - Ministers in ent of the 1g the hold en formally am e decree to elect its d not con• ted. he death of ved not to ie fear that impression )W that her Christina, Queen, the her. nd Duchess 3sire to go the Queen, Id do so 01 1 of France the Queen pen. , dated the lately pub' 7 has been 1g that the nay be ad commence states that irinal, and ?arliameb t the King, )roposed 1)1 'dom in th e e led to the the coufi* d that the )sed of men by the sup' the opinl? 0 arge ality enj o y ,n. -under y of Dlinor us, in orde r the great 1, and more feeling the ; „ Im pel h branab tty of sae° le to r i t i r •ea °Olt . cur in to:: to suba3" ideavou ns Turin, 0 ) the dot , ' lame f o ot- UCCeSSfall 13 object' Irovin ce : in, ne g.,- D t 0 eer toyed I n c i r dew° %re th °s° of Are"- Lacs W ith the Nil brce th ,peror gano on r an eic- Light, .„ le 8111 2 ° - ‘f insur pillage) 18th) 11° man a g e ruit ill s i n the larlY the se a e n f s t7: n . n prePa; learn ed theat re an lIIP COUR LAB, WINDSOR, Nov. 24. The Queen and Prince walked in the grounds adjacent the Castle this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert with the Duke of Brabant and suite, arrived at the Castle from Cambridge at 5 minutes before 8 o'clock last evening. Messrs. Leggatt had the honour of submitting to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert Baker's painting of Nelson receiving the swords of the officers on the quarter-deck of the San Josef after the battle of St. Vincent. A deputation from the North Metropolitan Railway Company, consisting of Mr. W. Malins, chairman ; Mr. A. S. Ayrton, deputy•chairman ; Mr. T. E. Di ce y, director ; M r . John Fowler, engineer ; Mr. J. H. Ste vens, assistant-engineer ; Mr. W. Burchell, solicitor ; and Mr. J. Henchman, secretary, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday at the Board of Trade. A deputation, including Mr. Bidder and Mr. Fulton, bad an interview with Sir William Molesworth yesterday at the office of Works and Public Buildings, in White- The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday at their office, in Whitehall- Blace. P resen t—Th e A rc hbi s h op o f C anter b ury, the ishops of London and Rochester, the Earl of Chichester, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, and Mr. John Shaw Lefevre. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday for Ilawarden Castle, near Chester. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from the Governor of Gibraltar. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. About an average supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market from Essex and Kent ; but the show of samples was very moderate. For all kinds the demand ruled steady, and Monday's prices were well supported. From abroad over 22,000 quarters of wheat have come to hand. Owing to the export of grain from Egypt having ceased, there was rather more doing in foreign wheats, and some parcels were held for more money. In floating cargoes only a moderate business was doing. The show of barley was good, whilst the transactions Were confined to actual wants, at Monday's decline. Malt moved off slowly, on former terms. There was a good supply of oats ; on the whole a steady business was doing, at late rates. Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. The imports of the latter are large. Wheat. 1,070 f ug rien ifah .• i Foreign .. I 22,160 ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Barley. Malt. Oats 2,110 2,830 840 600 19,610 5,870 9,830 Flour. 1,530 1,280 sks 7,350 brl SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was tolerably well supplied with beasts, but their quality was very inferior. All breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's prices. Amongst the foreign stock Were 11 oxen from Sweden. Sheep, the supply of which Was seasonably good, sold heavly, and last week's quota tions were barely supported. Prime small calves were firm, at full curriencies. In other kinds of veal very little Was doing. Pigs ruled steady, at late rates. Milch cows were dull, at from 141. to 19/. each, includ ing their small calf. Per Blbs to sink the offals. E. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 2 Bto 3 0 Second quality.... 3 4 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 2 Prime Scots, &e. 4 4 4 6 Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 4 2 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6 TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d. 11Prime Southdown 4 10 5 2 Large crse. calves 3 6 4 2 Prime small d 0... 4 4 4 8 Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 10 Sucklingcalves ..21 0 27 0 Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 0 neat, ......., ...... 1,034 Sheep ................. ~ 5,0c0 Calv Pigs ez .•••••••••—•".• 3'2 FOREIGN SUPPLY. 8ea5t5......... .. •• •••• . 320 Sheep .....•.• ...... 900 Calves.. . Pig 5............ . NEWGATE AN These markets ruled stead: Per 81bs by s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 6 210 M u tt on , I n f er i or 210 3 6 middling 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large .3 63 8 Do., prime 44 4 8 D o., do. small ....3 10 4 0 Veal 3 4 4 6 Pork, large 34 4 0 Pork, small 424 10 LEADENHALL. r, As follows the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Really fine hops are in short supply, and fair request, at fail prices. In all other kinds very little is doing, and the quotations are barely supported. The imports are 315 bales from Hamburgh, and 123 ditto from Antwerp. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 141. 14s to 201. Os ; new Weald of Kent ditto, W. 5s to 131. 13s ; and new Sussex ditto, 101. Os. to 121. per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been a firm market for British plan tation, and with a fair demand. At auction Barbadoes has realised 338 to 39s for fine yellow, 345 61 to 37s 6d for mid to good, and 33s to 34s for low. Refined has been in re quest—brown lumps at 445, and low to fine grocery at 44s 6d to 48s. East India.—Full prices have been obtained for Mauritius, and with a good demand. Low to good yellow has been sold at 33s to 365, brown at 32s Gd, and very low black at 25s to 26s per cwt. Bengal has been cheaper. Benares mid to good white sold at 37s to 38s, icid to fine grainy yellow at 37s 6d to 40s 6d, and very low fine brown at 23s to 28s. Madras has been a little easier or brown sort s on ly ; goo d t o fi ne gra i ny yellow 37s to 41s, soft yellow 29s to 318 6d, and brown 25s to 275. Foreign— Havannah has been sold publicly a t 33s 6d to 358 6 d for mid to good, brown at 35s 6cl to 36s Gd for mid to Atte yellow, and at 38s 61 to 40s 6d for good and fine fiorettes. Cuba mostly sold at 32s 6d to 35s 6d, and good ellow at 36s to 38 s . P or t o Ri c o brou g ht 33 s t o 35 s G d for loNv to mid yellow. There has been a good demand for floating cargoes. COFFEE.—There has not been a very active business t ransacted, but prices have been without material change. Demerara has bean sold at 28s to 31s per cwt. for ordinary triage. Mocha has been in request— good small berry clean garbled 62s ; long b err y was t a k en i n a t 77 s to 83s Telli therry sold at 58s to 66s f o r mid to fine. Rio only partly found buyers at 45s for good ord export sort. Plantation Ceylon has been sold at 65s to 67s for good, 58s to 58s 6d for mid, and 54s 6d for fine ord. Native good ord brought 4 , 0 8 and 408 6d, but there has b ee n a limited inquiry for Mysore sold at 72s to 81s for good and fine grey, and at 588 6d to 70s for low mid and mid. COCOA.—Prices have been b are ly su pp or t e d. Trinid a d has been taken in. i . s liacE.—This article has been firm. Coringa Madras 13s ."( to 14s for good, a nd B enga l m id t o fi ne soun d w hit e 451 1 to 16s. SALTPETRE—CaIcutta 3to 5i per cen t. re f rac ti on h as been sold at 30s to 30s Bd. SPICES—In ginger there have beenlarge sales of Cochin. Good and fine bold white realised 76s to 116 s, mid and 'cod 46s to 655, and small and clean 38s to 445. Bombay cloves sold at 6id to 6id for mid dark. Cassia brought 14 0 s for first pile, and 132 s to 1368 for 3rd and 2d pile. TALLow—This article has been quiet. COCHINEAL—There has been a rise this week of 2d to 3d Per lb. uTEA —The m ar k e t h as b een ex t reme l y ac ti ve and very rge purchases have been eff ec t e d. The tr a d e are com i ng as buyers, and is 3d per lb has been paid f or common ongou. The FRUlT.—Easterly wi n ds and fog prevent arrivals. "-tie only cargoes of oranges to report is one from Fayal a nd one from Faro; the former sold by Keeling and Hunt, tt Public sale, being landed somewhat out of condition, rought prices proportionate to the same. Chesnuts krive, but slowly, and a reserve is being made of the article both in France and Spain, to be used as an article 11 food, owing to the scarcity of flour in those countries. lack Spanish nuts have advanced 3s per barrel. 'LOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Nov. 25.- —Wind this day at noon, W. ; light breeze, and dull hazy weather. PALMOITH, Nov. 24.--Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Pa -7.1111%, from Mont Vido. blew a strng gale last iht I. °lll the South, but e has moderated since daylight, n a g nd rafted to the N.N.W. YARMOUTH, Nov. 24.—The Eliz a an d A nn, Y oughal to I,o udon, run ashore on the Sand Bank on the 23d Nov., 41 1 d was assisted off, apparently without damage. COWER, Nov. 24.—Wind, S. by E. Arrived—H. Vin. eentus van Paulo, from Batavia. OFF DARTMOUTH, Nov. 24.—Rembrandt van Rhyn, ' Ol, ll Batavia ; Favourite, Valparaiso ; Erbpring F r i e d r i c h A - ' ll Cust, New York. 11 ,.AusTow, Nov. 23.—Arrived—Belle, from Quebec. Nov."23.—Wind, S. Arrived—Empress, ID Quebec. . tiLL, Nov. 24.—Arrived—Maria, from Richibucto. u CL YDE, Nov. 23.—Wind, E. Arrived—Volusia, from rntanzas ' • Madonna, Quebec ; Clansman, do. ; Charles 1 , 2 - ',atlghlan, St.. John's, N . 8., Sailed—Arethusa, for ib uid ad-; Queen Valparaiso ;. Nepenthe, Boston. pi;')ALFAEIT, Nov.24.—Wind, E. Arrived—Eureka, from l&ladelphia ; Condor, St. John's, N.B. jearBLIN, Nov. 23.—Wind, S.E. Arrived— Arrived—Ma * from Pngwash. GSTOwN, Nov. 24.—Arrived Enterprise, from ; Ganges, Quebec. 13eculant ...fi ll/M EE,23.— ral ia Wind, light and variable. Sailed , for A ust. diti!kTERFORD, Nov. 23.—The Rose M'Croon, from Car -1 i,,, 18 aground close to the Spit at Passage.—A white orini mast, broken off below the saddle, and a quantity 1ib.7.1 4i8 t were passed in lat. 42 N., long. 20 W., by the --irabln Castle, arrived off Dungenness, from Calcutta. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 10.30 A.ll. d S.S.E., mod era t e , an d d amp . All&Z" (l —uegulator, from St. John's, New Brun sw i c k tri 4 7l: 4 te, from O s t en d ; Vi g il ant, f rom P ugwash ; Tele -44.4.4614rt0.na Prince Edward's Island ; Jose Maria, from S.S.E., stron g breeze QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 23. tit,3 4°e( l — Garland, from Callao ; Cosmopolite, from v 110104.14---Atholl, from Glasgow, for Melbourne, wind 81313111ARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) CUSTOMS ItETURN. W ind GRAVESEND, FRIDAY, 10.10 A.M. 1, 41 1.4, 1 '. 8 E., fine ; tide two hours' ebb. Vol% Nov' 24• Isabel 11., from Santander. (0 4 03.,. 1 •---Countess of Lonsdale, from Hamburg ; Vesta --44140„,,, from Bremen ; William Joliffe (steamer), from Fines, from. Hamburg. al~~ light. DEAL, FRIDAY, 9.30 A.M. ft!,41,, i sl.l4 vourite, from Valparaiso, for London ; Eliza fai l 04 °14 St• Kitts, for London ; Saga, from Fiume, • 1„i n °11 ;,,_Janet Mitchell, from Madras, for London ; f O 4, "' 'ft, second pendant, from westward, for - ' 4 4.: 1 11. • • ,• him Brooks, for Tobago. LIT RE QUARTERLIES. The British Quarterly Review. No. XXXVI.— A charming variety characterises the contents of the new number of this intelligent and estimable organ of the Nonconformists. Besides which, it may be observed at once that the contributions here collected together are, speaking at least of the majority, as clever as they are diversified. The writers engaged upon the British Quarterly appear, in fact, for the most part, not only solicitous, but capable, of sustaining its reputation. A minute narrative of the extraordinary " Revolution in China" leads off the number for November, the writer betraying, of course, as might have been ex pected, how largely he has been indebted for infor mation to the joint labours of MM. Ivan and Gal lery. Nevertheless it must be remarked that he has concentrated upon the subject of his essay a number of other lights not hitherto brought to gether with a view to the popular enlightenment. He has extracted several particulars of no less in terest than importance from the disquisitions of the Rev. W. H. Rule upon the "Religious Aspect of the Civil War in the Celestial Empire," from Dr. Allan's treatise on the " Trade in Opium," and from Mr. Thorns' curious argument entitled " The Emperor of China versus the Queen of England." A scholarly and discriminative criticism follows upon the writings of "Ludwig Tieck," a criticism in which the reviewer considers the merits succes sively of Tieck's first novel (1795) William, Lovell, of (1796) Abdallah, of (1797) Peter Lebrecht, and his Marchen, of the poetical version of Blue Beard and Puss in Boots, of (1798) the Wanderings of Franz Sternbald, of the translation of Don Quixote, of the drama of Genoveva, of (1812) the tales en titled Phantasus, of the World Topsy Turvy, of the poem of Prince Zerbino in search of Good- Taste, of the satire called The Dwarf, and of those other most original and varied effusions which have given Ludwig Tieck an European fame among the foremost of the German writers of imagination. The criticism of the British Quarterly reviewer upon the writings of Tieck opens with a notice of his first novel, Wilhelm Lovell, and closes with one of his last novels, Vittoria Accorombona. Subsequently, we hale a paper on a wonderfully different theme—this being au article on the " English Fens," with an account of their origin and improvements. There are two contributions in the British Quarterly for November, having some sort of reference to events DOW occurring in the neighbourhood of the Black. Sea—one headed the " Russian War in the Cau casus," and the other entitled " Russian Progress —Who is to Blame ?" A recent controversy at King's College will render a large class of readers curious as to the review of Maurice's Essays, a review sug gestively superscribed as a treatise on " The New Theology." A delightful historico-biographical chapter, called " Portrait Painting in History," has been suggested to another writer in the British Quarterly by the recent volumes of Mr. Bruce. It will more than repay perusal by its store of singu larly interesting information. For ourselves, we can assert candidly that it has tantalised us by its brevity, and has rendered us eager for some future continuation. Through it we see stalking past us, in stately procession, a long line of illustrious per sonages—substantial forms, and not merely and vaguely phantasmal : Julius Caesar, tall, slender, well-made ; with a long, pale face ; mouth, large ; eyes, dark and sparkling ; his chin, and lips, and cheeks carefully shaved ; his head baldish ; his voice shrill ; his general aspect handsome ; his gesturesfre quent and graceful ! Charlemagne, large and strong in body; great, though not gigantic in stature (a little more than six feet, according to English measure ment) ; with a largish nose, glittering eyes, a cheerful visage, and hair beautifully white (canitie pulchra, according to Egirshart) ; with a firm step, a voice clear but slender, and a form admirably well proportioned, saving in two respects—his neck being rather short and thick, and his belly some what protuberant ! Here is a glimpse of John Milton, for example, given in the British Quarterly as from the pen of " the novelist" Richardson : "An aged clergyman of Dorsetshire found John Mil ton (in his house in Artillery Walk) in a small chamber hung with rusty green, sitting in an elbow chair, and dressed neatly in black; pale, but not cadaverous; his hands and fingers gouty, and with chalk-stones. He used to sit in a gray coarse cloth coat at the door of his house in Bunfield-hill, in warm weather, to enjoy the fresh air ; and so, as well as in his room, received the visits of people, of distinguished parts, as well as quality." ... Speaking of the value of what is here aptly termed " Portrait Painting in History " the critic ob serves— "We will ask whether it is possible that the course of the Hungarian war could be rightly conceived by any one who should imagine Kossuth without the glorious ruff of bluish gossamer which surrounds his chin, ready to float away like smoke at the touch of the razor." Later on he writes— " Even Boswell's pictures of Johnson gain in accuracy when we know that he pronounced the letter u as they do in some parts of the north of England, saying, as he squeezed the lemon into the bowl, Who's for poonchr Nor can any one imagine Sir Walter Scott properly who does not know that he spoke with a burr, like that of the Northumbrians." The entire contribution is well 7deserving the reader's observation. Added to the articles already particularised, there are two others not yet specified, one on " Ruskin's Sea Stories," and the other re lating to " Steward on Methodism," together with the usual " Epilogue on Books," through whfch the -- critics in the British Quarterly keep pace with the 1 current literature. The North British Review. No. XXXIX.— Elsewhere, namely, in our leading columns, we have referred in terms of eminently merited eulo- gium to the ingenious and elaborate paper on the " Religious and Political Relations of Russia "-- than which no essay could be more happily timed or more conclusively argued. It will compensate those who are tempted to its perusal by giving to their judgments the very pith and marrow of that momentous question, in the settlement of which 2 Christendom is becoming gradually embroiled. Besides this conspicuous,argument—facile princeps among the contributions—the North British con tains eight other articles, almost any one of which 20 will be found sufficiently attractive to command 20 observation. A criticism on Maria Norris's " Life 5 and Times of Madame do Stael " brings before us, one after another, such men as Gibbon and Necker, 2( as Benjamin Const an t th e E p i curean, and Talley- " rand the Intriguer. An account of the present situation of " Protestantism in Italy" introduces again to our attenti on a d eparte d patriot, no less illustrious than Vincent Gioberti—whose death, by the way, is thus recorded by the North British reviewer— "The philosopher was found dead in his chamber in the Rue de Panne, in Paris, on the morning of the 26th October, 1852. He had died of apoplexy, and when found he was lying on the floor, holding his spectacles with one hand, and clutching his dressing-gown with the other. On the bed from which he had fallen lay open the Promessi Sposi,' and Thomas-a-Kempis." An entertaining notice of some eight or nine " American Novels," including the Tales of Poe and the Romances of Longfellow—enables another critic to condemn the vulgarity of Mrs. Beecher Stowe, while praising her benevolence, reprobating a like vice and eulogising a kindred virtue in Elizabeth Wetherell, while pronouncing an earnest panegyric on the thoughtful and picturesque nar ratives of Nathaniel Hawthorn. We are surprised to observe that the North British Review considers as the masterpiece of the last-mentioned writer, not " The Scarlet Letter," but the " Blithedale Ro mance," the latest, and, according to this reviewer, the best of his more pretentious works of imagina tion. In addition to the papers already noticed, our contemporary contains, in the excellent number just published, an article on " Wycliffe," another on the " Royal Society," another on the " Lan guage and Literature of Modern Greece," another on " Nelly Armstrong," with especial reference to domestic service, and a remarkable account of Ed ward Price and Company's enormous establishments at Vauxhall, at Battersea, and (soon to be also) at Liverpool, an account oddly, but not extravagantly (as the reader may find on perusal), entitled " Candle-making and Christianity." The Law Review. No. XXXVIL—A sixth chapter is given in the present number of the Law Review of the learned and valuable " History of Jurisprudence." Another . article, moreover, is „25 100 particularly entitled to notice, we mean t h at relat- 45 ing to " Lord Brougham on Law Amendment." At the close of a brief comment on the notable " Smyth Vie," we find the subjoined observations, which we could not but regard as worthy of quotation : " The remark is now very current, that as we have been reforming the law, so should we now reform the lawyers al so . Th e di sc ipli ne ex ercised on some Circuits is exceedingly wholesome in this respect ; but unfor tunately it is confined chiefly to matters of professional etiquette. The Benchors of the Inns of Court have no power without exceeding their proper authority. The Judges ought to exercise a stricter supervision ; but few 100 of the professional man's misdeeds come before them. 50 If there were a Minister of Justice, it is certain that he would be able to assist more effectually in purifying all branches of the profession, provided he were armed with due authority ; authority to be exercised in concert with the Judges and the Heads of the Inns." It would be well if this m a tt er were to engage the serious attention of Lord Brougham ; a crown would thereby be put to the labours of that most illustrious of all the reformers of our system of jurisprudence. Large insurances continue to be made for shipment of 25 gold to Russia. Probably, a further stun of 200,000/. St. will be sent 'by the raext steamer, THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1858. SHAR±:' MARKETS-(THIS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at.£so) Bristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., 5t0ck........,. Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent Cork&Bandon 5 j p.c Dundee PerthdtAber deen Junction. ..... . EastA nglian (43 no 6 per cent. Do. (E 5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do No. 2 ....... - - xd 99 101 6 - - 4i 5. 6 - P 1g p, 144 j lk -- lk 131 20i -- Do., New 6 p. c, St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p.cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.&DundeL 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr sp. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram Do. 4 per cent. Scrip Gt. N. of Scot. , 1 st Prcf Gt. Southn. &Wes,n. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. prof. St Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 4i p.c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c. • Stock... 1 Leeds Nn. 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B.. . . • 3 - 34 21 - 123 09 - 111 1 - 8 - 8A 6i 7 99 101 95 100 95 100 id par 139 141 LondOn andißrighton Guaranteed 5 p. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c.,1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Loud. & N. W., Cov & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color 2 - 3pl Shares Loudy. & Ennis. SI) Manch. ,Shef. , & Shares, No. 1 , Do. New, £10...... Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent 13 - 14 6i 7i 94 10 par ii, ••• ''''' Do ..... Mid. Coma. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. 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I would not for a single moment quench the efforts of those who are willing, as f ar as in them lies, to promote the benefits of education among those around them ; and I believe, myself, that while $ compulsory system provides an asylum for the poor, yet at the same time no injury is done to our noble and magnifi. cent hospitals and infirmaries, and other public institutions which are quite supported upon the voluntary system. I believe that if compulsory instruction be provided by rates for the poor, in all necessary education, there would be amply safficient liberality on the part of those who are the advocates of the voluntary system to provide the means of gaining for themselves instruction in the higher depart. merits for those who are qualified and competent, and willing to receive the same. I say, let us do something. To the advocate of secular education I would say I am per fectly willing his system should be tried, if ho can prove to me that that system, when carried out in all its full extent and length and breadth, will secure an education on that higher point, without which all instruction is not education—the knowledge of the relations in which man stands to his brother and to his Creator. If he can prove to me that secular instruction will enable the ministers of religion, the clergy of whatever denomination, duly an 1 sufficiently to instruct all those committed to their charg then I for one sin willing to try secular instruction. But I will go one step further, and say that if I find a system, which I believe is likely to be brought forward in a few days in one large community connected with this diocese, which secures to every person his right of conscience, to every denomination the full integrity of the right of teaching the tenets of their own persuasion to all who are willing to receive the same,—which allows those who are disposed to secularise our schools to secularise them, if they will, upon their own responsibility, —which leaves to every dissenting minister the power of teaching his t ene t s t o all who are willing to receive them,—which secures to the ministers at the church of which I am myself one of the officers the full power of inculcating the doctrines of that church in all their extent,—then I would call upon you as men, as brethren, as citizens, as Christians, to lend your aid and assistance in its support. (Applause.) It is my duty on the present occasion to advocate the usefulness and advantage of public institutions like that in which we are assembled. I will not insult you by dwelling on such a subject as this before an audience like that I see before me ; but one thin; I will say to you, one thing in deep, and earnest, .ara anxious solicitude and interest,—it is the pain and sorrow. with which, as I cast my eyes around, I see so small a por. tion, as far as I can judge, of the working classes of Bury present. And I say it because I am, unhappily, I fear, too ed cogn nen is t a io n n t_of p t i h rnry e a cause. I cannot but conceive, that were dary edu ca ti on in the education next—na in e the ewi e p su lae d e a r n e d e se xte co n n• d fir el s y t sively developed, we should not see so painful a proof of the severance of interests as I fear at present I must who meaning—andma ;1 lament —we s h ou ld not see the operatives of this large ow inat this air moment e t an interest I i say re i s t t i t: those town, their absence meaning, I believe, most excellently well, yet misled and deluded by not having had an opportunity of a dequately reasonin g on th e i r own position, and not having an adequate opportunity of un derstanding what are their real interests. (Hear, hear.) The interest of the master and of th e l a b ourer, and the in. terest of the employer and the employed, can never be really dissevered. There may arise fluctuations in trade; there may arise angry feelings for a short time ; but any. thing which tends to put the working men and their etas. ters at issue with each other can only be the result of something not altogether creditable to botk. (Applause.) It cannot be creditable to the working man, because he has not, perhaps, through want of training and instruc tion, been able to understand the obligations imposed upon him, and the privileges he enjoys -the privilege of turning, under God, the primeval curse of labour into a, blessing. It cannot be creditable altogether to the em ployer, because, however much he may have done, he has not provided th ese means of instruction which might have made the labourer sensible of his real interests. (Ap. plause.) I have touched on this painful subject with ro. Inctance, but Ido so fearlessly. I speak now in that spirit, I trust, of truthfulness which has ever actuated me heretofore, and which, to the last moment while I ro. main with you, will actuate me. Go on with the noble task, and, in the honourable path which you have entered upon, seek, as far as in you lies, the real benefit of those with whom you live, and, depend upon it, there may be fairly anticipated a successful result. There may be cir. cumstances of doubt and difficulty which, for a while, will cross your path, but, depend upon it, Providence in the end, both to them and to you, will crown the issues. (Loud cheers.) The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. J. Cheethain, M.P., Mr. R. Fort, and the Rev. Dr. Vaughan; and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the proceed: ings terminated. FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF BEAUFO.RT. The mortal remains of this deeply lamented nobleman were yesterday deposited in the vault containing the ashes of the fathers of his house at Badminton. The last sad offices of the dead were only completed on Wednesday night. The hall was unadorned with funereal paraphernalia, except that the floor was covered with black cloth, and at the north end an escutcheon of the deceased's arms was displayed. The coffin rested upon a bier in the centre of the apartment. It was covered with rich crimson velvet, and elaborately ornamented. A silver gilt plate upon the lid bore the following inscription : "Henry, Seventh Duke of Beaufort. K.G. Born February 5, 1792 . Died November 17, 1853." A black velvet pall, with gold fringe, fell in grace' at ' folds over the coffin. Upon - a crimson velvet Cirshiort a , at the head of the corpse, ,d . , was placed the coronet of th e deceased duke, se tire feet a lid of feathers added solemnity to the scene. Mutes were stationed at pro. per intervals, and a faithful attache of the larnily off. elated as " herald." The hall was lined with a picked detachment of Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, of which fine regiment the duke was colonel. Daylight was wholly excluded, and the apartment was Mutt& nated by a number of wax-lights. The public were admitted at ten o'clock, and for nearly three hours a continuous succession of spectator* passed through the hall. Although, by order of the present duke, no restriction was made, the visitors, with few exceptions, were attired in deep mourning. Ev en the humbler classes contrived to don some mark of out ward respect for their deceased lord, and all appeared alike impressed with feelings of the deepest regret for the loss of an honoured and beloved friend and master. The more respectable inhabitants of the neighbour hood were admitted into the church at noon. A great crowd of spectators, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, remained in the park, from whence a good view of the procession from the house across the flower garden into the church could be obtained. The route taken by the funeral cortege was marked by a double line of the Yeomanry Cavalry on foot, with crape round their left arms. The church bell now pealed forth its solemn note, and the procession having been formed, left the mansion. The rain fell heavily as the mournful cortege passed across the garden to the church. The Duke of Beaufort walked uncovered, and appeared deeply affected. The church was densely crowded, but not the slightest confusion occurred. Every one present appeared deeply impressed with the solemnity of the event which deprived them at once and for ever of a beloved patron and friend. 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Among the gentlemen who took part in the proceedings on Wednesday evening were,-the Lord Bishop of Manchester, Mr. John Cheetham, M.P , Mr. Rich a rd Fort, th e R ev. C. Richson, the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, of Man chester, and Mr. Edmund Grundy, of the Wylde, the pre sident of the institution. Lord STANLEY, M.P, who was intoduced by Mr. Grundy, the president of the institution, was received with the warmest demonstration of applause He said L dies and gentlemen, I thank you heartily for this welcome, ,-a and the first words which I speak shall be to express the high gra tification which I feel in addressing you for the first time face to face - inhabitant s of that town of Bury between which and myself there exists an old hereditary :min aion. (Hear.) I rejoice the more because we are not assem bled here for any purpose of political context or social stre nor for mere unmeaning amusement and festivity -pleasant: • deed at the moment, but barren of results for-heurein. but we are met together here for a purpose, the highest and the noblest which can bring together the citizens of free State ; because we aro met here to do what in us lies to remove from this country the reproach under which we too justly lie-the common reproach of national ignorance; because we are met here to accomplish a work which we hope and trust will be not for this generation only, but for our children and our children's children. (Hear.) I have spoken of this Athenteum as an educational institution, and I believe in so speaking lam correct. lam well aware that it is language used by some that education is a thing which properly belongs only to the season of youth ; but I main tain that idea is erroneous. I hold, that for me and for every one of us education is a thing which must continue to the very end of our existence. It is a law of our nature. Our minds are so constituted that we must necessarily and always be either learning something or forgetting some thing ; and it is with the matters of instruction as with many others, there is no standing still; you must go for ward or backward. And not only is this the case as regards acquired knowledge, but also in reference to the powers of the mind itself, which, like the body, can only be kept in proper vigour and health by a succession-a series of efforts and exertions. Those exertions, let them assume what ever form th e y may, are, in fact, an educational process. (Applause.) I apprehend it will not be necessary to de tain you long by any reference to the circumstances under which this Athenaeum originated. You are well aware that there has existed for a considerable time in this town-I believe for a period of not less than 15 or 16 years -an institution intended aubstautialiy fo r the name educa tional purposes -an institution concerning which I confess I know very little-an institution which, I believe has been productive of excellent results, so far as it went, but , which was of late felt to be inadequate and insufficient to the wants of this great and growing population. Ab ou t fi ve years ago-I think it was in 18 48 --the first public proposal was issued t o es t a b lish this institution. had elaps e d f rom the time of that protwo years Only being i ssue d when suffici en t f unds had been collected teal the ro moters in commenc i ng the building itself. usti In 1850 the first stone was laid, and now, towards the close of 1853, we are met here to celebrate the completion of the under taking then begun. Five ears nl have, therefore, elapsed from the p ro j ec ti on of this institution to its final completion. One word I must say with reference to those who have taken an active part in promoting and carrying it out. There is, indeed, one person whose name is connected with this building to whom I alone am not at liberty to advert ; but this I will venture to say, in my father's name, and I am sure I may say it with truth, there is no man in public life, let him belong to what political party he may, who is more deeply and sincerely interested in this great question-the great question of the age-the question of national instru c ti on. T here is no man more sincerely de sirous to raise the working class in the social scale. (Ap plause.) Gentlemen, I have looked through the subscrip tion lists whieh were opened at the time when this under taking was commenced, and I must say I think it reflects credit upon the wealthier inhabitants of this town that a very large portion of the total amount required should have been contributed in sums comparatively large by the principal employers of labour in this neighbourhood. A emu of something like 1,2001. has been raised in 12 single contributions. (Hear, hear.) I have observed, further, that of the whole sum hitherto required and expended -a sum of about 5 , 0 00/.-scarcely less than one-half has been subscribed in sums exceeding 51. and a very large part of that amount has been subscribed in sums considerably larger. I think, therefore, we have here a gratifying p roo f th at an institution founded, indeed, for the benefit of all classes, but founded especially for the benefit of the less wealthy class, has met with the cordial and disinterested support of the more wealthy classes in the community of this town. (Hear, hear.) Thi s i s a ki n d of assistanc e w hi c h no man may be proud of offering, and which no man need be ashamed to receive. It is not elee mosynary, it is not d egra di ng to any one, it cannot injure any man's self-reliance, it cannot wound any man's just ' feeling of independence ; it is simply a recognition of a solemn duty, the discharge of an obligation by those who, under the laws of this country, have risen, and prospered, and grown wealthy-an obligation which they owe to their country and to those classes of their countrymen by whose labour their wealth has been raised. There is just one other point connected with this institution on which I wish to say a word. You are probably aware that by au act passed in Parliament a few years ago, I think in 1848, it is in the power of any town or borough to charge a part of the expense of maintaining an institution like this upon a public rate. I think it is honourable and creditable to you that you have not done so. It is not that to adopt that mode of raising a sum for the purpose of establishing a free library is not perfectly proper and legitimate. I think there is none more so. (Hear.) In the United States, where I am afraid I raust say they are considerably in ad vance of us in matters of education-in the United States their is no hetver rate than the rate they pay for school ing, and I believe none more willingly paid. I think, therefore, other means failing, any inhabitant of any borough would be perfectly justified in applying for that public aid which the Legislature has placed it in your power to obtain ; but it is of course more honourable in you, and it shows a greater reliance upon your own resources, that you have not chosen to avail your selves of that aid, but have been content to found this institution, leaving it to the public spirit of the community to support and maintain it. (Great applause.) I apprehend that the principal objects of this institution are threefold. There are the evening classes, respecting the advantages and benefits of which I need say nothing. There are the lectures, which will, occasionally, perhaps, frequently -I almost hope regularly-be delivered ;nd there is the free library, which it is intended to open, and I believe you have actually opened, to all persons whatever. But, as regards these lectures though I should be very sorry to say anything in disparagement of them, believing them very valuable as a means of instruction, for they are useful, if attended regularly and consecutively, and in so far as they serve to stimulate the curiosity and arouse the attention in regard to subjects to which we might otherwise be indif ferent -and especially useful, inasmuch as they replace by intellectual occupation, even though the lowest of intellec tual amusements, other occupations and amusements which might be less deserving of approbation, -yet I must say I attach far less importance to them than to the other princi pal feature of t'lis institution-the library which you have opened-because I believe that any man who is really anxi ous to study can do so infinitely better by himself, with the help of books, than he can possibly do by attending any lectures that may be delivered. It is hardly possible for ' any mas, unless he attends a long course of lectures, which a thousand unforeseen accidents may prevent him from being able to do-it i s h ar dl y poss ibl e for any man to study in that manner any subject systematically and consecutively, and, moreover, inasmuch as the lecturer has to address him sea. to a very large number at once, and of different capaci ties, he must address himself in such a manner as to be un derstood by all. But a man who studies and reads for him- self can pick out for his reading that class of information which, if I may be allowed to use the phrase, ho is most ca pable of assimilating and digesting. I believe the evening classes, if attended regularly, will also be productive of very great good, but the one feature of the institution which I dwell upon most, and the one which I most recommend to your notice, is that free library which you have opened downstairs ; and I name it particularly on this account, that although you have started it very well, and have a fair collection of books to begin with, there is yet a good deal to be done in that respect ; and I heartily hope we shall not fall into the error of supposing that because we have opened this institution well therefore all is done, and nothing more is required ; but that we shall continue to support and maintain it-if necessary to augment its funds-at all events, to pr even t th e i r falling off-with as much zeal and energy as you h ave di sp l ayed at first. (Applause.) If I were to ent er upon the wide range of questions which is I con nected with th e uses an d results of institutions like i this, am afraid I should occupy a great deal more of your u n rtime than y ou cou ld poss i bly spare, and that I should ;but ex haust y ou an d myse lf w i thout exhausting the subject there are one or two reflections which naturally forcethem solves upon u s . W e h ear every d ay -it i s one of the com monplaces of the age - but, though commonplace, not the less true- o f th e wonderful materialhichdaily and yearly progress which It is which is being made, an d o f th e triumphs man is gaining ov er na t ure ;of e increased dpa powers which h l i V nh e we possess in re gar d t o th e o utward and natural are all familiar with th e wondersof in ra sta il n ra ta ada neo a u n s d tele graphs, with the rapid and almost which have al most inter change of thought ; with the inventions annihilated time and spacetd perhaps not without some it is not uncomm on f or some persons to contrast , and ng progress which indi sputabl belongs to the present y progress. No don plausibility, that increasing there nge, with our moral and i n t e ll ectual is some ground f or contrast between them, an doubt, and, no doubt, the intellect ua l progress of any nation in the world can hardly keep pace with that of which our age is wonderful material progr ess witness. of the human mind • No doubt, you cannot improve human nature, you can notthe Powers with the increase rapidity,s an d with the same certainty which same you can increase your power over nature by means of some mechanical discovery • but thi s, I think, should not that be forgotten - in material p rogress of which we are so justly proud wo find a s ure, although an indirect, means for the increase and permanence of moral and intel lectual progress. Ido not mean to say by that that there should tend to give greater power to intellectual minds than that which was possessed by the minds of those who preceded us. I don't suppose that is the case. I nave no doubt that there have been men from the earliest ages of the world-men like Aristotle, men like Bacon, men like Newton-whose intellectual capacity is not exceeded, per haps is not equalled, by any who are likely to follow them in the present or any future age ; but the difference between the ages in which they lived and the ago in which we live is this,---not that individual minds are more powerful, but that the number of minds cultivated and developed is infinitely greater than at any other time. No man can read the history of the majority of those who have made great discoveries in literature or science in for mer ages without a feeling at once of pride and pain- pain at the lab or i ous an d o f ten upward course which the great,iffi_ minds we re compe ll e d to take, and at the necessaryof which culties throw n i n th e i r way b y material obstacles I shall pre sen tly spea k . Th e difference b but that what between this and past ages is n o t mere ly th a t more i s known,_e persons and this is known i s k nown b y a l arger num b er P also I will say, th a t i n th e pre s ent day,it is scarcely Ns_ class of life it may sible that a great intellect, in whatever arise, or under whatever circum s tances, should be starved and stunted for want of proper culture and development. Contrastthe position of the a r t i san or operative in the pre intellectual culture with what it was 100 years ago. Any ma sent day in regard to living by his own labour at that period who should hays a formed the design of prosecuting any deep and systematic and extensive study- - where must for the first elements of all knowledge, he begin ? Evensand writing, he would have to de pond upon su ch teachin g the power of reading as he could obtain at home ; for there were scarcely any schools for the worki t pg - Worthy of the name, nooks, again, were almost entirely out of his reach, for I need not tell you that those large and costly folios and qtartos we now see on the shelves of old libraries were totally inaccessible, by their price, to the great majority of men. Book-clubs were unknown in theme dayei so that the c irculation even of the m os t po pular works was comparatively limited, We are told that there were no newspapers in existence a century ago, but I leave it to all who have seen them, especially those of the earlier p a rt o f the l ast eentury, to compare them with those we have at the present day, and they will see that from such sources as those scarcely any valuable informa tion mild be derived. But take the same class at the pre sent day, and, in the first place, they are comparatively is the point to which I was anxious to come—it is by much more wealthy ; in the next place, although I am far from saying they are perfect in that respect, still undoubt edly the opportunities of attending instruction at school are infinitely greater than they were ; and, lastly—and this means of institutions of this nature that we are ready, that we undertake furnish all those who will bring the will to learn, with the requisite proportion of elementary knowledge which is indispensable to all study,—to all such, I say, we offer the means of obtaining instruction unfettered by the obstacles which poverty might otherwise present. (Great applause.) The time is pretty well gone by when we shall bear of the danger of educating the people ; we know very well tho danger now lies on the other side, that we shall leave them un educated. (Applause.) It has sometimes been said that those the majority of whose days are spent in mechanical toil have little leisure and little desire for any instruction that deserves the name ; but you have sufficiently refuted that assertion, and the manufacturing population of Man chester have abundantly refuted it. Nothing is more creditabl e to the population of this country, and nothing can render us more hopeful of the future, than the manner in which those, the greater part of whose lives is spent in daily toil for their daily subsistence, devote the small remnant that is left, not to idle amusement, but to rational and profitable instruction. (Applause.) Nor will it again be argued, as it has sometimes been, that to opon to those who have little prospect of rising above their actual position in life all the sources of English literature, is only to make them discontented with their present state. I think we have begun to recognise as a public truth th a t w h ich we all individually and privately feel in ourselves -- namely, that th ere is no greaterblessing that Providence has given to man than that power which we have by means of literature, of living out of ourselves, of forgetting our oven troubles and our own individual thoughts, in the thought s o f th e great minds of ages gone by. (Applause.) If there i s a cause for apprehension in regard to education at the present clay, it is rather that we may perhaps be. laying too much stress upon what mpy be called the purely utilitarian and material part of education. I do not mean to deny that every inven tion and every discovery by which a man increases the power of mankind over nature is a great result not only to the individual, but to the world ; but the number of such discoveries is comparatively small, and to each man, 1 believe, the great end of education should be, not the vague and uncertain prospect of obtaining future results for the world at large, but that certain reward which he himself will reap in the increase of the intellectual powers, and consequently the aqg mentation of happiness. I don't believe that any man is ever obtained great results in literature or in science who did not love literature and science for their own sakes. (Applause.) I believe it has occasionally been urged against institutions like the present that those who promote them attach, in the scheme of life, too great and exorbitant a value to these as compared with other matters. I think we must all feel that to any man knowledge cannot be everything ; that knowledge is power, but that power may be dangeross. Knowledge brings responsibility • and for him wh o errs w i th the power conferred by knowledge it had been better that he had remained in ignorance. But these results are not in our hands, and all that we say is this—that the desire of knowledge is natural to man—that it is one of the strongest instincts implanted in him by the Author of his being ; and that, being so, it is an impulse which he is bound to follow, and that we are bound, so far as in our power lies, to aid him in following it. That is the object we propose to ourselves—to remove out of the path of the student, especially the poor student, all those material obstacles which would encumber and retard his progress. The results must be left to the efforts of the in dividual himself, and you may be content to leave them contentedly and cheerfully in the hands of an overruling Providence. (Loud applause.) The Rev. Mr. THORBURN then read a report, givi ng a history of the origin of the institution. The site of the present building had been gratuitously granted them by the late Earl of Derby, who had enhanced the gift by a do nation of 100 guineas. Might such liberality - ever distin guish that illustrious house, and bring down upon it, to the latest posterity, the compensations of Providence and the benedictions of society. The building had been erected at a cost of 4,8751., and this had been met by subscriptions up to 4,4811., leaving a balance due to the treasurer of about 3931., which it was hoped would soon be supplied by fur ther public contributions. The Lord Bishop of MANCHESTER here rose and observed that while he did not wish to depart in the slightest degree from acknowledging the liberality of the house of Derby, and was perfectly willing to hope and pray that the bless ings of Providence might rest upon them, he could never consent to adopt the form that the " compensations" of Providence may do so; and he trusted, therefore, that he might not be called upon to move an amendment to sub stitute the word " blessings" for " compensations." The Rev. Mr. THORBURN said, as far as he was ooncerned the alteration might be made at once ; he believed the word "compensations" had simply bean adopted from some of Bishop Outler's arguments. The Rev. C. RIORSON was then called upon by the chair. man to address the meeting on the benefits of mechanics' institutions. He was very glad to hear such a flattering account of this institution, but it was essential that such an establishment should be self-supporting, and theirs could not be said to be so entirely until all the teachers in the classes ceased to render their services gratuitously. And they must not lose sight of the necessity of sustaining there the support which had been accorded so spiritedly in the outset. At the present time it was notorious that these institutions were, generally, failures, partly owing to the deficiency of the members in the necessary primary instruction, partly to the attempt to make such institutions class institutions and under class management, and, above all, owing to the lamentable proneness of the working classes to waste their time by setting in public-houses. It must be remembered also that the kind of instruction afforded by mechanics' institutions at their first projection was much below the requirements of the present day. In the education of the productive classes, it was now hupera ative that they should have what was called secondary instruction, so that children of all grades and classes should have an opportunity for their development, which would enable them to take the places which were now occupied by foreign artists. He trusted that much would be effected in this direction by the establishments in London promoted by the Royal Commission and the efforts of Dr. Lyon May fair and Mr. Cole. (Applause.) The Lord Bishop of MANCHESTER then rose, and was received with much applause. After expressing his grati fication at the successful establishment of the institution, his lordship proceeded—Ladies and gentlemen, we have heard much this evening, and most admirably said, with respect to the advantages of institutions like the present. lam not at all blind or indifferent to that advantage. I should do wrong, and most wrong, if I did not to the ut most of my power endeavour to inculcate them upon you ; but, at the same timepas has been well and truly said, the subject is a large one, and embraces one or two minor branches, which, on an occasion like the present, I may not pass over without some defalcation of duty. It it true the objects of this institution are most excellent ; your primary classes will give the means of instruction to a large number of members of your town who are willing to receive them ; your lectures will give, not, as has been often and erroneously supposed, a complete, and accurate, and minute explanation and illustration of the different points they embrace, but will give, if properly and ably conducted, a useful and valuable bird's oye view of the study of that which in individual study has been already passed over. And it has been well and truly said that your library will be of all others the most valuable, inas much as you give to the student the means not only of perfecting the knowledge derived from the classes in the school-rooms, of realising and perfecting the information obtained from lectures, but also of working for !himself, and giving him that which is the peculiar privilege of every Englishman—and God be praised has been for years, and God be praised there is every prospect of continuing so for a long time—of availing himself to the fullest ex tent of whatever power and ability God has blessed him with. While I laud the means, while I entreat you not to be wanting to the fullest extent, and not merely as regards exertion, not merely as regards feeling, whi c h m a y evaporate before this evening has passed away, but in earnest and indefatigable efforts to snake this institu tion, as far as you possibly can effect it, co-operatewith another kind of i ns tit ut i on, you oweother duty to the community among which youlive—an other still more important duty to that God who has placed you here, and imp ose d all the responsibilities under which you exist. You may open evening classes, and have lectures here, and present a library here, stored with able instructors, stored w ith g i fted writers, stored with all those records of learning, genius, and talent which past ages or the present age may afford ; but, unlessyou perform your bounden duty, not merely intellectually, but morally; not merely morally, but religiously; not ierely religiousl but civilly, to prepare youth to receive the benefits - of that instruction, you are failing in a primary and most essential element of your duty in every respect. (Applause.) A. speaker who has preceded me has told you of the advan tage of secondary education, and I, for one, will never un dervalue it, but I will take his own illustration, I will fol low him on his own ground, I will take the very circum stance he himself has alluded to, and I will ask you to con sider that very circumstance alone, depending, as it does, upon an entirely secondary and inferior branch, which ought not to be named for a moment in comparison with those greater, and higher, and h o li er i n te r ests whi c h a ff ec t all the members of a large and important community like this, as most of us know. He has told you of institutions preparing in London under the auspices of the Royal Com mission, and promoted by Mr. Cole and others. It is per fectly true that for the last three-quarters of a century art has been encouraged in England in a manner alto gether unprecedented; it is perfectly true that the libe rality of George lll.—that the talent of West, and of Reynolds before him, and of Lrwrence succeeding him —that the labours of the Royal A ca d emy o f Artst the labours of other art institutions arising from To which I will not too curiously i nqu i re into, but pur sued with au assiduity, an ind us t ry , paltersrinciple cost, carried on by .thevery acerbity o f the principles done much for and which brought them into existen ce — a ll th ese have training up students of art. But go to any one o t f he ou l r itt ex hibitions, from the larger ones in s ome c 2 towns, and I and more bumble ones among ask you if you can find one out ou ef r representing the provincial u ndred historical pic tures--one out of a hundred pict ures does not show that how_ departments of art—which does may be in the humbler ever talented or skilled the painter and more truthful, in departments of art—in the hi gher the historic, in the learned, in the classical, in th e pure he is not wholly and entirely Ificiont. (Applause.) ladies, and gentlemen, we want education (e for the you , not meet a large constituency like this On the present.i a 4 oc casionre and not emphatically and earnestly warn them of what I believe to be their duty. You h ave done well ; you have erected a goodly building ; you have formed a goodly establishment ; you have come forward on large and liberal principles to promote that which is calculated under the blessing of Providence, for the benefit of those you educate the young, amid whom you live : but, unless you have but erected it on a foundation of san d . Let me vil, so ci pray you that this is a great, pr ac ti cal and important, , and religious question. Let me pray you to consider that, comi ng among you as I now do in a sp of kindness and friendship, I . _ am not str a yi ng from the t re cord—l am not departing trom the part assigned to me— if I endeavour to rouse You for' moment to complete th a t noble platfor m w hi ch in I this building you have be en per mitted to con s t ruct. do fully believe that this insti tution will do ranch good ; but I must again repeat to you, what I have intimated before, that unless you train your Young, unless you second the measures which are pro- POlied )1 others fot providin instruction for the 7°1114; DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT PORTSMOUTH. — Yesterday, at 10 p.m., two houses in Southside-street, Plymouth, immediately opposite Harvey's Navy Tavern, fell down, and, we regret to state, caused the death of several persons. The premises, which were very old, had been purchased by the Improvement Commissioners, for the purpose of widening the street. They comprised a frontage of about 70 feet by a depth of 20, having thick stone walls at the sides. The front and rear con sisted chiefly of partition work. The purchaser of the materials sold the doors, windows, and mov able portions in lots to various persons, who re moved them forthwith. The place was thus _thrown open, and became the resort of a number of lads, who were jumping and playing about, when, with, the exception of the two walls, the whole suddenly fell. ,rDeldmiwmilaiietkhilan:l in. Many escaped with slight bruises, but the follow. ing were dug out lifeless :—William Stanbury, aged 12,, whose father is a baker in Southside-street ; Richard Stibbs, 9, son of a pilot in New-street ; Edward Johns,. 12, son of a fisherman ; John Foley, 10, son of a pilot - John Stoyles, 18, mason, Cambridge-street ; and Wil liam Williams, 11, son of a fisherman in New-street. Among the wounded are—John Byer, 14, son of a pilot in New-street —foot broken; Ralph Millman, 6, son ofa. tailoress—external injury, not expected to recover ; Jacob Myers, 12, and George Evans, 11—slightly injured. B URN ING OF ANOTHER STEAM AN virian D n,d- I ni V rio l la N i LIVBEPOOL.—On Wednesday evening a fire bro k e Messrs. Rawsthorne's steam and • d • lane, Liverpool. The fire rapidly progressed the fury of a furnace. It continued to floor until it burst out at the top, AT out in. e to rage fiercely for from floor three hours, when the mill, sails, and a portion of the destroying it, and such was machinery attach e d, fell u t a he terr fo ifi rc c e c o ra f sh t , h completel y pon an adj o i n i ng cottage with concussiond that the fall shook the Two millers bad lives. There on Nvtehree avletoryg ground. Fortunately a n° one was hurt at the time.. et n h a er rrow abo e u s t cap t e we f n o t r y their men fire broke out the store room at the to employea t premises, and, at the time the top of t n h a e m w ed ind w -m er i e ll. at work Their inthe com panions appear to have been so alarmed that they forgot to communicate to them what had occurred, and thi poor fellows only found out what a frightful situa tion they were in by the immense masses of smoke which ca me up t h e tia:)-doors and staircases. In snak ing their escape they were met by a great body of flame from the steam-mill, but fortunately there was another staircase leading to the ground, by means of which they secured their safety. A few minutes more and they must have been either suffocated or burnt to death. The wind-mill had just been newly renovated,. at a cost of 1,0001. The machinery drove nine main of grinding stones. The loss, including stock, &c., is esti mated at 9,000/., and it is not known whether the pre. mises were insured. OBERNHOF (NASSAU) LEAD AND COPPER COMPANY. —A meeting of the Obernhof (Nassau) Lead and Copper Company took place yesterday, when a favourable re port was made. The future prospects of the mines, i o connexion with the return of ores, have induced the di rectors to propose an increase in the surface es t a b lish, ment, and it has been agreed to issue among the proprie tors a further number of shares, .. o to participate in divi dends frog r r p January next, t Rising the necessary capita Ir.' raid ft. 1100 !O 84 i 0 I all all 11 I 28 '4J all ?,2 lBi 15 30 ft. 1100 it. 100 6 - all 0 all !CI all .6 I all 5 15 i all all 'Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. do Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. (Sr Birk., £5O & £25 Cone—. ,Do., h £ & 20......... ..... . Blyt Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) i ßristol & Exeter ;Caledonian. ,Chester & Holyhead 'Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Dublin&BelfastJuuc ,Dundee Perth &Aber ' dem Junction Do. New . ;East Anglian (£25 L. & E. &L. & 18 all 'Do., (.£lB E. & 20 all Eastern Counties St. 100 EasternUnion,A.stt U. 'lOO Do., do. 8... 5 184 Do.NewA(late . Thirds) it. i lOO East Lancashire it. 'lOO Edinburgh & Glasgow, 10 3i Minh. and Peebles it. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 10 1 Forth and ClydeJunc. it. 100 Glasgow &S. Western it. 100 Great Northern Stk it. 100 Do., A. Stock it. 100 Do., B. Stock it. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) it. 100 Great Western .2 11 Irish South-Easters. 50 all 161 111 St. 100 196 17. 14 114 50 all 20 all I.li all l 0 100 3t. 100 20 12 10 12i 2. St. 100 50 42i 40 3 , 25 all 25 all St 100 8A 4 St 100 St. 100 Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancasn. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths ....... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &So utb.pt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.51 , ..M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Do., £5O. ..... Do., £4O. Lnndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. & Lin. Mn. Midland . Do. Birming.& Derby 'Midland G. West . Do. i Shares Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket............ Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No 1.. Do., No. 2.. ..... Dc., 1 A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed North London IN. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jo North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry ...... Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. South Dev0n.......... South Eastern ;South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0... Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. 1 Thame3 Haven Dock and Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wmbledon &Croydoi York Newctl. &Berw Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland i 0 47f 174. )() all it. 100 64 5 15 i 0 76 O all it. 100 i 0 31 it. 100 .6 16 .6 11§ 8 all 8 8 i 0 all 0 1 1.1 1 [0 10 LO 1 it. 1100 0 2.2 ;t. 100 it. 100 R. 100 R. 100 [0 I 10 !6ii all a 0 all l 0 51s. 3t. 100 15 20 15. 11 t. 100 lii all I all i 0 all it. 100 0 all l 0 2.2 15 all 16i it. 100 1.0 8 it. 100 n 20 FOREIGN. 6 katwiT & Rotterdam 3 Belgian East. Junct., 8 Beziers to Gmissessac . „ Central of Italy all Charleroi & Erquelin all Demerara . 20 20 20 20 10 Dijon and Besavn 8 Dutch Rhenish ..., all I East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junct. of France 10 Gd. Trunk. of Canada Stirs. and Bonds 8 Gt. Central of France 203 Gt. Westn. of Canada, Shares ... Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 ... Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873 104 Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent 5 Lake Const. & Basle 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. 15 Luexembourg ........ 13 Do. (Railway) 2 Do 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 12 Lyons & Mediterran 10i Madras 29 . Maria Antonia 10 Do. New ..., .. 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur & Liege (with, interest - all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] all NorwegianTrnk. Pref 10 Paris and Lyons 40 Do. bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. 10i Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 9 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 6 Do. 5 per cent. pref 2 S.E. of France 6 Southern of France., 6 St. Andrews & Quebec 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 Do. 5i per c. Pref 10 Western of France 4 West, of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 12 Zealand 2 ld 14 2i lid is ii 2i - 3 - p 2j• lid 3i —4ipxn P P 1 —14 p 21— 3 p li —id x in i i P li lid 114 -11 i 7 - 74 1i -- 24 -- 24 4d -- p ••• ... ..... .. 81 - 91 34i -34 i ". - ... 7i -- Bixd 16t -- 160 41 - 43 32i 33 xdan 2 4 p id par 19 20 par 1 p 1— i d 9i 10 ... ... id - - bar 2 4p 4i 6. id —par= It -- 18P1 •ii ----- iid x in LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Clo si ng Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. Prices Business Compa.na, this day. this day. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bletchloy ... St. 100 Buckghamsh L. &N.W. 101 10 . 3 50 all Clydesdale Jc Cabadon St. 100 E.Lineoln. gr 6p. cent Gt.Northn 143 146 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. 25 all Do. New Do . . 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Clt.',Yestn 3O — 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New Railway dr Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 108 110 25 all Do. Shares Do 54 55 124 all Do. i Shares. Do 26i 274 12i all Lon.diGreenw S.Eastern l3 144 20 all Do,Prefercnec Do 25 —26 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 per ct Do — 54 all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2 - 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton di Redcar 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 99 101 99i 50 all Northern and Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 60 62 50 all Do. 6 per ct Do •.• 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre &N W diLiadlYk 464 124 12 Do. A Shares. Do — Roystn.di Hit. Gt.Northn 112 145 St. loo . 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 112 145 25 18g Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g. 5. p. c Yorksh — d 12 9S. Stafiordsh.. MrMClean 2 —14 d 50 all WearValletygr Stockt. di 6 per cent ... Darling . 25 all Do Do 304 314 St. 100 Wiltsditiomrst Gt.Westn lOO NOTTINGHAM STATE OF TRADE.—LACE.---Our report this week does not materially vary from last week's statement ; although we are glad to be able to state that a slight reaction is observable in the increase of business. Foreign buyers have been purchasing freely, especially the Americans ; and this, with the orders which re mained on hand, has kept the work people more fully employed. Some few houses have been exceedingly busy with incidental transactions. Hosiery—We are glad this week to have to announce a decided improve ment in this department. During the week more spring orders have been received than the manufacturers at all anticipated ; and there now remains no doubt that the trade will continue to be fully employed, and to ex perience a, very buoy 6ea} 0 4..- - IrOttittg4CM atZlrdiftt. 10 20 20 331. 97 Kt 7 5 i 44 134 f 86 i i i 62 1 131 102 b 83} i 4 90 66 7 i i Pm 97 8 103 i 4 77 Q 22 3i 63 i 3i E 11 llf 12 38 1 i 91 49 si 9& 11 i I new 9 x in 111 2 2 5 1 18 x new 8 9 6# _ 26j x d =din St. 20 12 St 124 124 25 12} 12 12a St. 16i 10 St. St. St. 15 8 10 10 25 10 .0.6 all 104 LOO 1.00 all 1 13.5, SO 20 1 40 all all all all all 1 10 1 1 all all all all LO all LO all i 0 all * 2 20 10 20 35 SO 221 :0 all 45 all LO' all 5, 1 15 25 l 5 all 2 i 0 10 :0 all 5 5 n 17i XI 12 LO 8 10 2i. K 1 38A 5 1 )O 32. 5 5' 5 2 4 2 '5 20 15 15 1 1 5 14 10 18 1 all [0 4 2 1 1 all 1 A XI 10 - 5 all i 0 all i 0 25 2 all )0 GO 1 all 15 25 all IO 28.1 49k i 9 pm I# pm 1001 1 109 i 2f 374 7 8 3 i a $ i i i \ 44 3i 7 i 4i i 404 1 C 3 i