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mates ;—the average cost of the works at present under contract and executed amounting to 9,0001. per mile, exclusive of land, rails, Parliamentary and current expenses ; and to 16,0001. per mile, in cluding every possible contingent expense. The Directors have already, more than once, stated their opinion, founded on particular local inquiry, that the registered shares are in the hands of a most respectable, wealthy, and influential body N Shareholders ; they are fully confirmed in this conclusion : and they think it richt to add, to their former expressions of opinion in respect to the Register, the important fact, that the average hold of each Shareholder in the Company does not exceed 20 shares. The Directors consider it at present premature to fix the number Of Calls to be made during the ensuing year, or their amount, but will be prepared to enter into this matter at the Raif-yearly Meeting in February. The Directors propose to continue to allow Interest after the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum en paid-up Calls. The account of any Shareholder who may happen to be in arrear will be (Milted with in terest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, from the date at which the payment shall have become due, and credited with 4:per cent. from the time only when the payment shall be made. (Signed) PUDSEY DAWSON, Chairman. Lancaster, December 16, 1847. L ONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. ▪ • , Final Instalment and Registration of the New Scrip Shares, No. 1. 'Notice is hereby given, that the FINAL INSTALMENT of 3 las. 4d. per Share upon the New Scrip Shares, No. 1, issued for paying off Debentures, will became DUE on the Ist of January next, and is made payable at the London and Westminster Bank, ▪ Lothbury, London. fff N IL Interest at the rate of 5 per Cent, will be charged upon all X Instalments not duly paid, and the non-payment of any Instalment Within Fourteen Days from the time appointed will subject the Shares, with all previous paythents thereon, to be absolutely for -1!! feittql for the benefit of the Company. Notice is also hereby given, that the Fifth Half-yearly Interest en !he above Aloes will be payable on the Ist of January next, and can be obtained by forwarding the Scrip Certificates (the full amount of • 61. 13e. 4d. per Share being duly paid thereon), to the Offices of the - Company, for the purpose of Registration, with the Name and Address o' the Owner in fall, and the Number of Shares. N.B. In pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Directors, all Scrip Shares not sent in for Registration before the 31st of January Next, will be Registered in the names of the original Allotted. - By order of the Board, _ J. F. KENNELL, Secretary, Offices, London Terminus, Fenehurch-street, December, 1847. LONDON and BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. INTEREST ON THE NEW SCRIP SHARES, No. 2. Notice is hereby given that the SECOND INTEREST on the New Scrip Shares, No. 2, issued to pay off Debentures, will become payable on the Dry of JANUARY next, and the Scrip Certificates may new be forwarded to the Office of the Company, where they must be left two clear days for Examination and Signature of the Coupons. By order of the directors, JNO. F. KENNELL, Secretary. Office, London Terminus, Fenchurch-street, December, 1847. MIDLAND RAILWAY. The MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared to receive LOANS, en security of their Debentures, for periods of Three, Five, er Sevez Years, in sums of 1,0001. each and upwards, at Interest after the rate of 11. per cent. per annum, payable half yearly. Application to le made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, Derby. By . order, November 25, 1847. J. F. BELL, Seastary. MIDLAND RAILWAY. NEW 50/. SHARES. CALL for A FOURTH INSTALMENT of Si. per SNARE (making 15/. per share called up). Notice la hereby given, that a CALL of hl. per Share on the New 801. Shares in this Company has been this day made payable on the 7th day of January, 11148, at any of the undermentioned Bankers, Irtz. a— Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., London. The Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. The Birmingham Banking Company, Birmingham. Pares' Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester. Messrs. Crompton, Newton, and Co., Derby. The Royal Bank of Scotland, Glasgow. Interest at Five per Cent. per Annum will be charged by the re spective Bankers on all Calls not paid on the above-mentioned day Until the time of payment. No transfer of these Shares will be registered until this Call is Paid. GEOROE HUDSON, Chairman of the Board of Directors, JOHN ELLIS, Deputy-Chairman. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary, Derby, November 27, 1847. MIDLAND RAIL WAY. SIX PER CENT. SNARES (LATE BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER). NINTH CALL of 21. per SIIARY! en the 501. SHARES (making Va. called up), and THIRD CALL of 31. 14s. 6d. on the 371. be. SHARES (making 111. S. id. called up). Notice Is hereby given, that further CALLS of 21. per SHARI?, on the 501. SIX per CENT. SHARES, and of 31. 14s. 6d. on the 371. Se. SIX per CENT. SHARES in this Company have been this Lay made payable on the Ist day of January, 1843, at any of the un dermentioned Bankers, viz.:— Messrs. Glyn, Ilallifax, Mills, and Co., London. The 'sank of Liverpool, Liverpool. The Birmingham Banking Company, Birmingham. Pares' Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester. Mesfrs. Crompton, Newton, aid Co., Derby. The Royal Bank of Scotland, Glasgow. Interest at 51. per Cent. per Annum will be charged by the re epectire Bankers on all Calls not paid on the above-mentioned day Until the time of payment. No transfer of these Shares will be registered until this Call is PAM. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Board of Direotors. JOHN ALLIS, Deputy Chairman. By order. J. F. BELL, Secretary. Derby, November 27, 11147. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. 1847. FIFTH INSTALMENT. It. per Share of 171. lai., due 24th January, 184$, making 121. 4s. per Share called up. _ Notice Is hereby given, that the Directors of the above-nanued Company have this day made a Call of 21. per Share, payable on the 24th January, 1448. The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at any of the under-mentioned banks, producing at the same time the call letter, without Which payment of the call cannot be ac cepted. HARRY VERNET, Chairman. WYNDHAM RAIDING, Secretary. 30, Great George-street, Westminster, December 10, 1847. Interest at 5 per cent. will be charged by the Bankers on all Calls which remain unpaid after the appointed day. No interest accrues on any Share during the period when any Call flue by the Proprietor remains unpaid. No transfer of shares will be received on and after the 23d of January, N4S, until the call is paid. JIANKEES. London .. ... Messrs. Glyn, Benitez, Mills, and Co., Lombard- street. ittrrninghatn.. The Birmingham Banking Company. Liverpool • • ..The Borough Bank. Ifearloiter ..Sir B. Heywood and Co. a../lesbury....liesers. Bickford and Hunt, and the London and County Bank. Baelangharn• .Mefters. Bartlett, Parrott, and 'learn, and the London and County Bank. Banbury ....Mews. Cobh and Co, and Mesons. Gillett and Tawney. Or.frlrd ...... Messri. Wootton and Co., and the London and Cennty Bank. ticeeter...• —Mews. Tubb. N.B.—The London and North-Western Railway Company have acceded, on application being made to them by the Directors of this Company, to interest being allowed for three years at live per cant. Per annum on the balance of 5/. 6s. per share not yet called up, I ro ♦ided that such balance be paid up before the Ist of February next, Muck rate of interest not to be reduced as calla are made. It will he raceseary that those Shareholders who may wish to avail themselves of this arrangement apply to the Secretary for a special Call Letter to enable the bankers to receive the calls teadered in advance. DR. L.VMERT ON TIM SECRET INFIRMITIES OF - YOUTH AND MATURITT.-WITII 4S COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STERL. Jut published, and may be hat in Fronk or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 64„ or post-free, from the Aitkor, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous aid Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities aid Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, asually acqalred at as early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, aid exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practice: Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, Whether arising true these causes, close study, or the latittence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from 'nits oretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, Illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, _hpladning their structures, uses, and functions, and the various Juries that are produced la them by solitary habits, excesses, and Wootton. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., BEDFORD-STREET. BEDFORD•SQUARE, LONDON. octet of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order 'oat it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the ' r oil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, 41 d its true source in every instance disclosed, In how many could be traced to physical disqualiflcations and their attendant disap- P ointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when 1461 in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when a bused, the prolifie source of mischief, and of greater or less Injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on t ho nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, t i te Productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, any other to which it Is subject. , This work contains an accurate and complete account of the :Irtatolny and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of w lelr relative conditions In health aid disease. It deservedly t b e t gairee the oloseet attention and study, for what subject can of more imsortance than the preservation of the health, 1 ,: of the physical eitpabilities of which every man should possessed. It unfortanately happens that the unhappy Cetirn of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired early life or Irons the follies of advanced age, while suffering W 1 their Invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a , ear of ap rng to a cotted physician for relief. Shame and the dread so h Otlently ha t e rroneonsly entertained that those complaints are g s 2rond the reach of art, alike restrict hint and prevent his seeking assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he teZrets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of ase, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, iava knly characterise the intllent aud practical physician, and tolegal the q ,7 1 , 1 cal man who can sh o w by hi.. posse sion of the requisite K. li neations that he is entitled to esteem and respect la his prefes /Zll pursuits, the utmost confidence should he extended. Dr. tea:IERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas toothy. and the great extent of his practice for many years is a solely for his professional experienee, which has reference almost i.Z„ t o the treatment of these diseases. 42 b ".ushed by the Author, and may he had of Kent and Richards, set, Hannay, 53, Oxford-street; Static, Tichborne: littymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, • r illall-street, London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamps, AMher, who may be consulted on these disorders personally daily, fti2nn Tea VI Two, and from Five till ]!fight at his %a,'' Bedard-Meet latfri-naare Load= NO RTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. SPECIAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY TO THE SHARE HOLDERS. Four months having elapsed since the last Meneral Meeting of this Company, and events having in the meantime occurred which have caused great confusion in the commercial world, and occasioned the abandonment of many important undertakings and the unavoidable suspension of others; the Directors, anxious at all times to keep the Shareholders well informed upon all matters which affect their in terests, consider that they are called upon at the present juncture to report to them officially the present position and prospects of the Company. They are happy in the first place in being able to state that, owing to the manner in which the last and all previous calls have been re sponded to, not only have they been enabled to carry on the Corn- Zany's works without suspension up to the present time, but they are in a position to conthate to carry on the principal works on the Main line between Skipton and Clapham without any abatement of vlgoar, and without farther demands on the Shareholders until the month of March next. In regard to the future conduct of the works, the Directors, with a view to render the future calls as little onerous as possible, pro pose to devote the whole of the available resources of the Company to the construction of the works on the main line from Skipton up wards, in such a manner as to bring successive portions of the main line, in extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway, into profit able operation at the earlist possible period; a course which a pro posed arrangement with the Midland Company, superseding the . necssity of a large outlay for working plant, renders still more de sirable :—and they are of opinion that, without inconveniently pressing on the Shareholders, portions of the main line may be thus saccessivelr opened as far as Ingleten before the summer of 1849, and as far as Kirby Lonsdale before the following autumn ;—thus bringing the North-Western Line within nine miles of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Milnthorp ; and placing the West Riding of Yorkshire, and the Eastern and Midland Counties, with the excep tion of that interval, in direct railway communication with the lake district, Carlisle, and Glasgow. The Directors, having personally visited the whole of the works In progress, have satisfied themselves of the forward state of large portions of the line and of the excellent and inexpensive character of the works :—there are no engineering difficulties of any kind ; and, with the exception of the Ingleton and Dillicar Viaducts, no works that are not of the most ordinary character. From the contracts which have been already entered Into, the Directors are in a position to state positively that the whole line will be constructed considerably within the Parliamentary es - ' - ir.L.. • , 4 _ ... -. • 10.4 i . t. :i r !'' , . '4 JI.. ,•• `.....-- ' rr : -. ..- - ... r . ' f• . Wt . •,. , I i , Vt :.,;,-..‘.-,. ~.k„,. . „... .„ 41 ,.. 5, ,,,.. ,..: 1,... ,,, . :, ;,7,,,,,,. , ... , - y ,., .... , ,i t ,r i , , , .7-..ie l;7 4 ''' coOt . • ~ .z • • T. , :11t.,.....•• . 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MAT THEW HENRY THORNHILL LUSCOMBE, late of Rue de Vignes, in the city of Paris, lie the kingdom of Francs, Protestant Bishop, and Chaplain to her Britannic Majesty's Embassy (who died in the month of August, 1846), living at his death, or the per sonal representative or ri - presentatives of any of them who have since died, are, by their solicitors, forthwith to come in and PROVE their KINDRED and make out their claims before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his chambers in Southamp ton-buildings, Chancory-lsne, London ; or in default thereof they will he excluded the benefit of the said decree. HALE, BOYS, and AUSTEN, Solicitors, 6, Ely-place, London. R OYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, • NEWCASTLE-ON -TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently been newly furnished and laid out expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The CO M AIERC lAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the NOATII, It is hoped will be found complete in every respect. The BED•R00M1 (Sixty In number) have been famished In a style which must ensure the approbation of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SHOW ROOMS without any extra charge. The Mamie Eall, Lecture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly Room are all attached, and under the same management. The Royal Hotel is in the most central situation in Newcastle. PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, 50, Regent. street. The Directors •f this Office beg to give notice, that in compliance with the repeated requests of numerous friends, they have OPENED a City Office, at No. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, facing the eastern gate of the Royal Exchange. All parties who may find it more con venient to transact business at the City Office, and who have not already expressed their wishes to that effect, are requested to send their instructions to the Secretary, who will give them immediate attention. HENRY BEAUMONT, Secretary. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, 50, Regent-itreet. The Directors of this Office beg to give notice, that in corn pliance with the repeated requests of numerous friends, they have OPENED a City Office, at No. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, facing the eastern gate of the Royal Exchange. All parties who may tind it more convenient to transact their business at the City Office, and whe have riot already expressed their wishes to that effect, are re quested to send their instructions to the Secretary, who will give them immediate attention. ITENTtY BEAUMONT, Secretary. igk i T ATION AL LOAN FUND LIFE ' ASSURANCE, SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. 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Mr. ARBUTHNOT adverted to the circumstance of an alteration in the sugar duties having been effected • about two years ago, depreciating the protection en joyed by India sugar as against slave-labour sugar. Since then it had been generally reported that the slave trade had materially increased, and that the growth of slave-labour sugar was increasing; and, unless some steps were taken to retrace our policy, it was feared that the planters of India would be driven out of the field. He understood that a letter on the subject to the Government had been sent to that Court, and he wished to know whether that letter had been received, and whether it was the intention of the Court of Directors to take any steps in conse quence ? The CHAIRMAN had the pleasure of informing the Hon. Proprietor that the letter he alluded to had b* 'received, And had been submitted to the Government through the proper official channel, with the expres sion of a hope that the Government would give it that attention which its importance appeared to de serve.—(Hear.) JUGGERNA U T. Mr. POYNDER had given notice of the following motion for to. day : " That the late correspondence between the Hon. Court of Directors and the Bengal Government rela tive to any pledge having been originally given for the continued support of the temple of Juggernaut on the conquest of the district of Cuttack in the pro vince of Orissa, already laid on the table of this court, be printed for the use of such proprietors as may previously signify in writing their desire to pos sess it." But in rising to address the Court, we understood the Hon. Proprietor to express a wish to have substituted for that motion another, to the following effect:— "That, adverting to the dispatch to the Bengal Government, transmitted fourteen years ago, by the Court of Directors, and dated the 20th of February, 1833, declaring their determined withdrawal thence forth from all connexion with, and abetment of, the idolatrous rites and ceremonies of India; and further, adverting to the correspondence of the Court with its Bengal Government, ordered to be laid on the table of this Court, demonstrating that no pledge, direct or indirect, was ever given for the support of that temple of Juggernaut; and also adverting to the continued anual money payment of 35,000 rupees still made by the local Government for the support of the temple, its priests, and prostitutes, under the supposed obliga don of some fiscal commutation, in consequence of which payment it was proved at the September Court that the abominations of this temple, and destruc tion of human life, still continue precisely as if the said dispatch had never been issued—this Court is of opinion that the local Government is manifestly ex ceeding its commission, and that the time is fully ar rived when it becomes the imperious duty of this Court, to Christianity and the country, to interpose and to declare that all such support of heathenism shall have an immediate end." The CHAIRMAN observed that if the Hon. Pro prietor wished to have the papers mentioned in his original motion printed, there was no objectiOn to that, but that the motion since read was one of a very different character. The original motion having been read and seconded, was about to be carried, when Mr. POYNDER said he wished to make a few obser vations. His object was, that the Court of Proprie tors should now take the matter up. Juggernaut, he said, still continued what it had ever been, and though victims were not now thrown under the wheel, still, from the multitudes collected together, from the effect of seasons, and other circumstances, there ensued a vast sacrifice of human life at these superstitious rites, while the idolatry and sin of attending them remained the same. The question was, whether or not there existed any pledge which bound the India Government to keep up this heathenism for all time ? In the cor respondence would be found conflicting opinions on this point, but some of the answers in reference to this matter, and they appeared to him to be the wisest and most conclusive, were to the effect that no such pledge existed. lie observed that among the proprie tary body of the East India Company there,were 80 cler gymen having 107 votes, and necessarilygreatinfluence. He thought it hard that those gentlemen, who only made their appearance in that Court twice a year for the purpose of receiving their dividends, and the effect of whose votes was chiefly felt in the election . of directors, should be found absent from the Court when some of the most awful and important questions were under discussion. He had sent to them notice of the present motion, but he had only got one an swer, stating that the writer concurred in the motion t e ethrough rou lost gt a that the t the he prevailing would vot e f or i t, if he could give his vote by proxy. As that cou ld not be done, he (Mr. Poynder) had ane trh he consequently believed n, timee benefit of ing fd influence not his be far d vote. of H How ever, lF.v vis e Christian religion, there would be accomplished an entire and complete relinquishment and abandonment by the East India Company of this foul, unnatural, and detestable source of at least half the crimes in Bengal. Mr. WEEDING observed, that since the last Court information had reached this country in respect to the practice of Suttee, which he believed would be satisfactory to the Lion. Proprietor. The information he referred to was to the effect that that practice, which consisted in the sacrifice of women at the funerals of their husbands, was abolished in the kingdom of Lahor e b y the - orders of the Government of that country. That was a great step, and it must be satisfacto r y to the Hon. Proprietor to find that the local Government of India was alive to the improvement of the social condition of the people. This was the safest way of accomplishing the object which the Hon. Proprietor had at heart. The original motion was then put and agreed to ; and with respect to the second motion, it was agreed that that should stand as a notice for next Court, The CHAIRMAN observing that the sum of 35,000 rupees referred to in the motion was above the amount paid; that it was not g i ven as a b oon or discretionary grant, but as a payment liable to be contested as a right i n courts of justice. Mr. LEWIS thought that other papers should be produced, to throw light on the subject. The Cumamart replied, that no further papers had been since received. Mr. SULLIVAN said that when the question came to be discussed the Chairman would find him a enuncstrenuou iats opponent of t h e doctrine he had justed. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. LEWIS said he had given notice of a motion with respect to the case of the late Raja of Sattara ; but, as through some inadvertence it had not been advertised, he would renew the notice for next Court. as Mr. SULLIVAN said, that h e had come prepared he to motion, and support the llon. Proprieto r ' s; dt of a( d fu gr l :d e eds Pi3-r ' strength thought this an urgent case, ad m i tting no delay, he would now propose a motion o n th e subject himself. but his case was g h h a tde been be t d h e e t h r r e o s n u e l It was true that the Raja was de a d , b im e h n e ot re d d e r a e d s , se a d n . d tlhieeiitieqluieivtyedenaaicitetd ainst him must he a c harges against and that of evidence which he was n ot, permitt on r a theeed t o see . Th e Honourable Proprietor concluded by making a mo ti on to the effect :—" That the c ontents of th e papers re cently laid before the Court respecti ng the innocence of the Raja of Sattara, together with the information previously possessed by the Court, rendered it expe dient and necessary, for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and the future good government of India, that the inquiry which had been prayed f or b y t h e late Raja should be granted, with the view of re lieving his character, if innocent, and vindicating the honour of the British Government from that suspicion and obloquy which the proceedings a ga i nst the late Raja excited." Mr. GEORGH TuomrsoN, in seconding the motion, said he would bring the subject forward at every Court, until justice was done to the ch aracter of the late Raja, who had fallen a victim to the persecution of his enemies, and the obduracy of the Court of Directors ; in fact, he was a murdered man. The agent at Benares, more than two_ years ago, reported to the Bombay Government that he was fast sinking from the effect of the climate of Bemires, which was very different from the part of India in which he was born. He had repeatedly memo rialised the Government for permission to remove from Benares to some other part of India, the climate of which was more congenial to his constitution ; but no attention was paid to his request, although the agent had himself stated that, if not permitted to remove from Benares, he would ultimately fall a victim to the climate. The Governmenti?f India h a d long been aware that he was slowly sinking under the effects of the climate. He had not died from any disease, but was slowly murdered. It was his dying wish that a full investigation should take place into all the charges that had been brought against him. He (Mr. Thompson) wished to know :what was intended to be done with his territory ? 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Attendance daily at 19, Ber ners_stroet. from Eleven tel Two, And Five to Eight; en EOM to One, , DECEMBER 23 , 1847 • demand justice, and they would never rest satisfied until they obtained it. His adopted son was entitled to, and would claim all his property. He was the son of a first cousin of the Raja. What he would ask, did the directors intend to do with reference to his sur viving relative ? He would bring the subject before the next Court. The CHAIRMAN said ho would not go into a case which had already been decided in that Court seven or eight times. The directors had that day received official _information of the death of the Raja. The directors did not know that the climate of Benares disagreed with him until he (the Chairman) received a letter to that effect from Mr. Thompson, and they immediately sent out a dispatch directing that he might be removed to any other place he pleased. He should meet the present motion by one for an adjournment. . Mr. Tuomrsox opposed the motion, and in doing so made use of some very strong language, for which he was repeatedly called to order by the Chairman,:who at length told him that he filled the unenviable posi tion of a public calumniator. The motion for an adjournment was at length put and carried by 27 to 6. The Court then adjourned. RAGGED SCHOOLS—St.PANCRAS. The first annual meeting of the Philips's Gardens Ragged School Society was held yesterday evening at the St. PancrasVestry-rooms. It was very nume rously attended, the greater portion of the audience consisting of ladies. At seven o'clock Lord Ashley, 111. P,, was called to the chair. The Noble CHAIRMAN commenced the proceedings by reminding the meeting that it was customary on such occasions for the Chairman to address those assembled upon the subject which had called them together, and in conformity with that custom he felt it was his duty to address a few very brief observa tions to them with respect to the very interesting subject of the progress which the " Ragged Schools" had made since their establishment.—(Hear, hear.) The success which had attended the efforts of the founders of these schools was most remarkable, and he hoped that it would be an encouragement to others to follow their example throughout the length and breadth of the land.—(Cneers.) Since he presided at a meeting on this subject in St. Pancras, a year ago, he had experienced many opportunities of witnessing the condition of the children from whose class the attendants at the Ragged Schools were drawn ; and he had found, every day, reason to thank God for what had already been done in the way of giving an education to these children.—(Hear, hear.) They had now .5,500 children at their schools, all re ceiving instruction, and all made each day more sus ceptible of moral improvement. They were, when the society took them in its hands, ragged, forlorn, and destitute creatures, and now they were all receiving a good secular and religious education.—(Hear, hear.) It was impossible to calculate the advantage which the Ragged Schools conferred, unless one went into the districts from which the attendants of these schools came, and took the measure and gauge of the moral and physical degradation in which those who resided in such districts were placed ; and it was impossible to witness that state of degradation without feeling thank ful to God that already so many poor children had been rescued from it, and without feeling courage to go much farther with such a good work. The chief point to which he now wished to direct the attention of those assembled was, the great advantage which must arise from the establishment of a class of indus trial education. It was peculiarly necessary to teach these children habits of useful and profitable employ ment, for they were of a peculiar class and character, and totally unlike children born of honest, and indus trious, and hard-working parents ; accustomed as they were to vagrancy and violence of every kind, they required to have ideas of industry carefully im planted in their minds by showing them the advan tages that resulted from such a course. It was not difficult to effect that desirable object, for children who had come into the schools fourteen months ago with no idea whatsoever of the advantages of indus trial occupation, were now fitted by the teaching of the schools for any humble employment which might offer—(Cheers)—and trained to habits of industry, order, and sobriety.—(Hear, hear.) In the West minster " Ragged School" that fact was exhibited in a striking manner, inasmuch as the majority of the scholars were clothed in garments made by themselves.—(Cheers.) They had laid down as a rule in Westminster that, however ragged a child was when he entered into the school, be should remain so until he had learned to make things for himself. That might appear severity, but it held out an inducement to the child to make an effort, and when the advantageous results which followed the effort became apparent to him; he began to learn the value of industry. When they did not require things for themselves any further, they were desired to as sist their brothers or sisters, or colleagues, in this re spect, and thus good, moral, and kindly feelings were implanted in their minds ; feelings the very reverse of those which they entertained when they were, as they termed it themselves, "on the sneak," or " on tramp." He would earnestly request of those who were present to go down to Westminster and witness the effect of the system which had been established there, for it had been eminently successful.— (Cheers.) If in other schools it was advantageous to have a certain portion of the day devoted to industrial education, it was peculiarly desirable in these schools, which were intended for a peculiar class, as far separated in their habits and ideas from the ordinary run of children, almost as any species of animal could be from another of its genus. .le could state from his experience that nothing could present a greater contrast with the ordinary moral and social con iition of the children of honest hard working parents than the condition of those poor children, and industrial education for them was there fore the more desirable. He hoped that they would all continue their exertions, for after their best endea vours to improve the condition of those forlorn crea tures, there would still remain much to be done.— (His Lordship resumed his seat amidst loud cheers.) The SECRETARY then read the report, from which it appeared the girls attending the school were now constantly instructed in sewing and other plain work by many charitable ladies, who most kindly under took the office. It was also proposed to establish, as soon as sufficient funds were obtained, a system of in dustrial education for the boys. Several other gentlemen having addressed the meeting, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the assembly separated. WHAT A GENTLEMAN MAY DO, AND WHAT HE MAY NOT 110.—He may carry a brace of partridges, but not a leg of mutton. He may be seen in the omnibus-box at the opera, but not on the box of an omnibus. He may be seen in a stall inside' a theatre, but not at a stall outside one. He may dust anather person's jacket, but must not brush his own. He may kill a man in a duel, but ho mustn't eat peas with his knife. He may thrash a coalheaver, but he mustn't ask twice fbr soup. He may pay his debts of honour, but he need not trouble himself about his tradesmen's bills. Ho may drive a stage-coach, but he mustn't take or carry coppers. He may ride a horse as a jockey, but he mustn't exert himself in the least to get his living. He must never forget what he owes to himself as a gentleman, but he need not mind what he owes as a gentleman to his tailor. He may do anything, or anybody, in fact within the range of a gentleman—go through the Insolvent Debtors' Court, or turn billiard-marker; but he must never on any account carry a brown paper parcel, or appear in the streets without a pair of gloves.—Comic Almanac. POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS ON CHRISTMAS-DAY. —The moneporda-office in A ldersgate-street, opposite the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, the branch offices, Lombard-street, the Borough, Charing cross, and Old Cavendish-street, as well as those in the different parts of the metropolis, will be closed on Saturday (Christmas -day) both for paying and granting orders. The deliveries from the General and London District Post-offices will not be after twelie o'clock, but the General Post and receiving -houses will be open till the usual hour, both for letters and newspapers. Bills of exchange, &c., coming due on Saturday will be payable to-morrow at the different banking-houses and merchants in the City and West-end. CALLINGTON MINING COMPANY.—Yesterday the quarterly meeting of this company was held at the offices of Mr. Stainsby, 44, Finsbury-square. By the accounts submitted for the three months ending September last, it a ppeared that the reserve fund had increased to 6101. 19s. 6d., and that there was a credit of about 1,400/. This account bad been considerably diminished by the fall in the price of lead. The sales of silver lead ore for the three months amounted to 5,945/. 9s. 7d., the silver ore to 311. 165.,9d., and the copper ore to 6691. 10s. The cash balance was 298/. 7s. 6d. The chairman said the directors had been considering over a dividend of ten shillings per share, but thought it had better be postponed a little longer, when they expected to make it twenty shillings per share. After some discussion the meeting adjourned. GLASGOW.—LORD RECTOR AND THE UNIVERSITY. has now been officially announced to the students attending the university that Colonel Mure, M.P. for the county of Renfrew, will be installed on Tuesday, the 4th proximo, when he will deliver his inaugural address, having been unavoidably prevented from doing so immediately before the Christmas holidays, as stated in a former paragraph,—.North British M ail. The Right Honourable Sir John Cain ITobhouse and Miss Hobhouse left town yesterday for Eirlstoke Park, Wilts, for the holidays. [PRICE SD. THE WINDOW TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF' THE SUN. Sia,—l observe in your paper of to-day a no tice of a meeting held at the Marylebone Vestry, for the purpose considering the means of obtaining the repeal of the window-tax, which was considered to be one of the first and most important steps in the pro gress of sanitary reform. At the meeting Lord Duncan is reported to have stated, that unless he received some assurance from the Government that this tax should be abolished, he would move it as an amendment to some of their measures, alluding, I presume, to the contemplated sanitary Bill. Now, Sir, I readily admit that no sanitary enactment can be complete, which does not provide for the repeal of the window tax ; for all writers on hygiene, have shown the importance of air and light in the promo tion of health ; and it is evident that we cannot have a sufficient supply of these desiderata so long as the present unjust tax is allowed to exist. It is, there fore to be hoped that Lord Morpeth will be able, in the forthcoming Health of Towns Bill, to make pro vision for repealing the tax on windows. But should it so happen that, in the estimation of some of the members of Government, the present state of - our financial affairs will not sanction such a step, and that the repeal of the tax in question must be postponed a little, why, I would ask, should that cir cumstance ,induce any one to offer an impe diment to the sanitary Bill ? If the Bill be like its predecessor of last session it will contain many valuable provisions ; and it would, I think, be unwise to oppose a measure which is con fessedly good, but which is not quite so perfect as it might be. Besides, I cannot but think that a little reflection would convince any one that repeal of the window-tax, although very essential as a part of a general sanitary scheme 'would he a_ v er y p oor sub stitute f o r th e promised Bill. It would, in fact, be like beginning at the wrong end, for where is the use of giving facilities for increasing the number of windows in dwelling-houses, in order to admit more light and air, unless you have previously taken care to remove the causes which tend to vitiate the air, such as imperfect drainage, accumulations of filth, &c. I remember recently attending a poor person in a lodging-house, and on expressing my surprise that the window was not opened to allow a little fresh air to enter the room, I was told that there was a filthy cesspool immediately beneath the window, the exha lations from which were so offensive when the window was open, that they were intolerable. Being desirous of ascertaining whether such was the fact, I raised the sash, but the effluvia that entered soon induced me to close it. In a case like this—and similar ones may readily be found—of what use would repeal of the window-tax be, as a single measure, and as a substitute for others,? It has, however, been shown, in evidence taken by the Health of Towns' Commissioners, that the win dow•tax may he so modified as not to cause the evils which are attached to it in its present form ; and, should a total repeal be unattainable at present, this modification may probably be adopted. Allow me to apologise for occupying your columns, but I could not refrain from expressing my opinion that the real advocate of sanitary reform will not act consistently in endeavouring to counteract the phi lanthropic efforts of Lord Morpeth and the 'other members of Government, by proposing to substitute repeal of the window-tax as a preliminary step. ' Yours, obediently, JAMES ORWIN. Worcester, Dec., 1847. CHRISTMAS BOXES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l perceive, from several reports which have appeared in your paper from time to time, that a fierce agitation is being set on foot for abolishing Christmas boxes. May I, through your columns, call the attention of these conservators of the people's morals (qy. their own pockets ?) to one fact, which doubtless they have often, if not always, availed themselves of, viz., that there is no law which com pels the payment of them ? Then why attempt to imbue those who are generously inclined with their own selfish feelings, under the cant of morality ? Time-honoured custom i has usually awarded them ; and long may they remain to provide the means of spreading joy and gladness where otherwise all would be cheerless. Thousands in this metropolis can look to this source alone to repay them for the day's work lost unto them, or to provide something, small though it may- be, yet still sufficient to remind them of the festivities enjoyed by others. Again, wages are regulated with direct reference to the supposed emoluments receivable from this source in numerous places. May I ask these pseudo-moralists if; by abolishing these, they will not be abettors in defraud ing men placed in such situations ? I will not trespass further, but trust to your well known sense of justice for some notice of this ; and remain yours obediently, AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT. Southampton-buildings, Dec. 20, 1847. DEFENCELESS STATE OF THE COUNTRY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-I am glad that so great an authority as the Duke of Wellington has directed the attention of Government to the defenceless state of the country. I think much might be done to protect us without in creasing our intolerable taxation. Instead of having a few enormous naval establishments, why not have moderate-sized ones at the entrances of our principal rivers—the only vulnerable points—for no enemy would be so foolhardy as to attempt to lard on an exposed coast. I believe the Government are con- templating something of the kind. I suggest, at the mouth of the Humber, as they have secured forty acres of land at the east side of the immense dock making at Grimsby. A militia would be of no use. It could not prevent half-a-dozen foreign war-steamers going up to Hull in the night, destroying the town and shipping, and departing before daylight. All rivers are not navigable in the dark, like the Humber, but several are, and these are where the enemy would annoy us. In the next war we shall suffer dreadfully in the destruction of property if our rivers are not defended ; but I cannot imagine that any enemy would attempt to conquer the country. If the Go vernment would consult Captain Washington and the other Tidal Harbour Commissioners, they would obtain some valuable information, which I greatly suspect they need. I have no objection to the people turning out as volunteers for a fortnight in a year to learn their exercise, but do not let us be burdened with a militia. remain, Sir, your obedient servant, A CONS PANT READER. THE WARDMOTES.-STATE OF THE POLLS. The polling in the four contested wards was con tinued yesterday, with the following results : BILLINGSGATE (8 MEMBERS).—Curling (deputy), 63; R. M. Philipps, 66; R. Bower, 65 ; J. Knill, 65; W. Williams, 65 ; W. G. Barnes, 64 ; J. Roberts, 64 ; *J. Causton, 43 ; 11. H. Piper, 31. Mr. Causton is the new candidate. The poll re-opens at three o'clock this afternoon, and will finally close at four. COLEMAN-STREET (8).---Allan (deputy), 83; *Webster, 88 ' • Hall, 84; Hal e , 84 ; D av i es, 81 ; Bracher, 73 ; Perkins, 69 ; * Valiance, 60 ; Johnson, 62. Mr. Webster and Mr. Valiance are the new candidates. The latter gentleman is a solicitor, and it will be recollected took an active part in the pro secution of the notorious Barnard Gregory. FARRINGDON WITUOUT (16).—Obbard (deputy), 131; Bedford (deputy), 123; Anderton, 116; Isher wood, 114 ; Walter, 112 ; Williams, 112 ; Buck master. 109 ; Barnatd, 105 ; Taylor, 105 ; Edkins, 97 ; *Bates, 95 ; Hod gson , 94 ; Li as , 90 ; F ox , 89 ; Turner, 87; *Lees, 85; Galloway, 61; Prender gast, 58. POETSOKEN (B).—Wright (deputy), 80 ; Jutsum, 79; Parker, 75 ; Chriitie, 75 ; Kilby, 72 ; Thomp son, 67 ; Hayward, 65 ; *Vile, 52 ; Danford, 51. Mr. Vile, a respectable licensed victualler, is the new candidate in this ward. We did him an unintentional act of injustice yesterday, in describing him as at the bottom of the poll. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION.—Last evening, about a quarter before ten o'clock, a fire attended with a serious destruction of valuable property, broke out upon the extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs. Alfred Bennett and Henry Morton Burton, engineers and millwrights, carrying on businc .s! llolland-street, Blackfriars-road, near Blackfriars-bridge, and for some time it was feared that the whole of the property would have fallen a prey to the fury of the destructive element. Before eleven o'clock there could not have been less than several hundred square feet of property in one complete blase. The firemen, however, nothing daunted, the in stant they could obtain an adequate supply of water, had their machines ca ll e d i nto operation. The flames were safely subdu e d by half-past e l even o ' clock, but not before the pattern lofts and the turnery were completely gutted. The damage done must, at a moderate calcula tion, amount to several hundreds, if not a few thousand pounds. The origin of the disaster is unknown. The drafts of the North-Western Bank of India were yesterday refused acceptance by Messrs. Glyn and CO., their London agents, until the arrival of the next mail. This is a joint-stock bank, established at Meerut, has paid 1842, with a pa id, up cap i tal o f 30 0 , 0001. It paid dividends at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum, 4nd its deposits and other liabilities are supposed to ftge between 100,0004 and 150,0001. AT SEA numerous ships it hai already saved, and the captains gratetblly ac knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall suffice : " Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain Purim being fitted In the. Caroline, Its, great power was the means of sating the ship and 230 souls on board, two seams in the bottom being partly lett without calking." '" The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out at sea, • and soon after her common pump choaked and became use less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in London, with a thank God for the Fountain Pump." ON LAND the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a fire brigade. They not instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire. " We are delighted with the invention—it Is a great boon to so ciety."—Editors Liverpool Mail. The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on fire in and near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly, including in the seven' the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the eleven, Messrs. Morton's dyery, and 12,0001, worth of consigned pro perty; Stoke mustard, starch, and flour mils, and Messrs. Butcher's grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de struction and death. '• North Walsham.—At this fire the Portable Engine was of great service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half the property now destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Chro nicle, August 22, 1846. At a Norwich lire June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were the pets of the public. The cry was, feel the little engines and they will dO Ihe work, which proved true. The four large engines present proved useless. Portable Engines speedily proYe steam-boilers to a dozen atmo- Now the fact is this, all fOrmer Force rumps, Lift-force Pumps, Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which I)rs. Young and Hatton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented thus :—The quantity or water actually raised by any machine seldom excee,:s halt the power consumed, after overcoming friction and leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world bad tri..d in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from twelve to tweuty (or about severity per cent.), and frequently with out more outlay. Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric tion Pump an ac' ive sound-winded young man of 140 lbs weight can raise 10,5100 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power. John Clenton Roberts, Es /., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did well in placing Gosset's French Crimp Abortion (that claps the water upward) side by side with the Fountain lamp, which upset a good deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Duhlin, a thorough-bred pump- • maker, Mr. Iladdley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr. Ewbank, America, an igaorant pump bookmaker, asserted that the two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull and Padcly in No. 1.183, and in No. 496, Book-maker remarks are preposterous. However, on the other hand, Dr. Birk beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many other discerning men, after witnessing the perk-et effect and the beautiful simplicity of the rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and susta n able character:—Tire Fountain Pump is the most important improve ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in modern times. _ . _ The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude, for man, horse, and steam power; delivering from half a pint per stroke to 100 barrels of water per infinite, and rendering every fair trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed at less cost than common pumps. W. SIIA.LDERS. Fountain Pump Works, Norwich, Nov. 30, 1847. See Mechanic's Magazine, Nos. 231*, 364, 333, 429, 430, 433, 483, 486, 487, 489 , 492, 495, 496 , 508, 5 09 , 510 . 525 , 533, 658*. 727, 804, 1,040, I,llo*, 1,183. Nos. illustrated are marked thus* TROTTING.—'The wager of 1001. aside, wherein a pony, under 13 hands in height, was backed against time, to trot 15 miles in 60 minutes, was brought to a decision on Monday. The little animal was walked to the ground, the 11th milestone on the Slough-road, a few minutes before three o'clock, and ere it was un clothed excited no small curiosity among those who were not its personal acquaintances; a skin-view still more astonished them, for assuredly it was, height considered, a lengthy, leggy, and dangerous-looking animal—using the epithet dangerous in its double sense. The start made, it was soon seen that the creature could go; but before a quarter of a mile was covered, the hinder rail of the match-cart broke, and the driver, Mr. George Jenks, was placed in a situation as anxious as that of an unqualified Member of the House of Commons; it was clear that his was a seat only to be held by determined opposition, and this he showed by clinging on by the aid of his pony's pulling and his own resolve of sticking to his return; this he made good at the 18th milestone. Here the turn took place, and the gallant little animal had to persevere until the 10th milestone on the road towards London was reached. This was done, mirabile dictu, in 58 minutes 15 seconds, thereby proving the victor by 1 minute 45 seconds, an achievement unpre cedented by an animal of its inches. PEDESTRIANISM.—JENKINSON AND MOLYNEUX 9 B RACE FOR 251. A-SIDE.—The race of 440 yards, between H. Molyneux, and Charles Jenkinson, the London Stag, attracted, on Tuesday last, a large assemblage. The ground agreed on was at Harlington Corner, on the Hounslow-road, in the immediate neighbourhood of the Coach and Horses, indeed the starting point was nearly opposite that hostelrie. At a few minutes before three the men showed in racing trim, and got off at the first start. The ground, roped and staked up the middle for the last hundred yards, was well kept. The rac e , although a speedy one, was scarcely ever in doubt —a rattling run of 200 yards showed the Stag had all his work to do—at 300 yards they were level, but Molyneux winning, as far as self-control was concerned —at 400 he ran on, and turned almost, as if to look for his man, Jenkinso n ran g amely, but was defeated in a fast-run race by five yards. Time, 54 seconds, or perhaps under, and a heavy road, as the moist state of the atmosphere must at present insure. THE LATE 111 R. J. A. BRANDON.—On Saturday the 11 t h ins t , occurred the death o7 o pr f Gro l‘ od i tu r he . J readers i cedA. Architec ture," vittehtohucae.r Brandon, a y oung arc hi tec t o f muc h promise, at the knowledgeearly Messrs. ag eß r o a f onfdo nt h_e valuable twenty- six.T e works o Analysisr ture," "Parish Churches," &c.—and will grieve with us in hearing of this loss to the profession. —Builder. The Lord Mayor gave a very elegant entertain ment to the Common Councilmen, the clergy, and seve ral private friends of his ward of Queenhithe, at the Mansion-house, on St. Thomas's-day. There were fifty guests present at the dinner, which was supplied in first rate style by Messrs, Ring and Brymer, of CornhiU. S. PRESBYTER. TO THE BISHOP OF EXETER. Mr LORD Bisnor or EXETER,—The public were not a little surprised, when a letter which certain bishops addressed to Lord John Russell, on the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the see of Here ford, first appeared, to find that the signature of " Exeter" was not of that number. Conjecture was rife ; it was thought you might hare had too much respect for the Crown to have opposed the " powers that be," or that your charity made you differ from your protesting brethren; and hopes for a moment were entertained that you thought Dr. Hampden an ill-used man, and that you refused to join the bigoted cry, which was got up by the Tractarian zealots for party purposes. Twenty-four hours, however, dis pelled these pleasing illusions. The well-known cutting style, for which your Lordship's writings have obtained such an unenviable notoriety, appeared in all its glory in the next day's papers, and told a different tale. Your true character was then dis played, and while in strains of accustomed bitterness you inveighed against the Premier for daring to nomi nate a man who had incurred your displeasure, and that of a majority of the Convocation of Oxford, you awoke in the minds of many (more especially of those who know your Lordship as well as the writer of this letter does) feelings of astonishment that you, of all men in the world, should give utterance to such lan guage as that of your letter to Lord John Russell on the appointment of Dr. Hampden. I say you, of all men in the world, for one of your chief grounds for attacking Dr. Hampden appears to be that he is still lying under the censure of the Oxford Convocation. Allow me then to ask, how comes it, when a certain Dr. Pusey was lying under the censure of an equally authoritativ e board at the same University, amongst all your brethren on the bench that you were the only one who despised their censure, scorned their ban, and went unnecessarily out of your way to allow that condemned theologian to preach in any pulpit in your diocese to which he could obtain an entrance while at the same time the hebdomadal board at the University had sus pended him, on account of his unfitness as a teacher, from preaching, as far as their authority extended. And yet you condemn Dr. Hampden ! Et to Brute ! Again, your Lordship hints at the harshness of the law which compels the Dean and Chapter of Here ford to obey the conge d'elire of the Queen under a most heavy penalty, and you display a most affecting degree of sympathy for the painful position in which they are placed, by being required to elect one whom you consider such an arch-heretic. But did not your conscience, at the time you were penning your volu minous dispatch, whisper that you ycurself had once lived in a glass house, and that it ill became you to throw a stone ?—that after the Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill the Dean and Chapter of Exeter were required, by a similar mandate from the Sove reign, to elect a certain Dr. Phillpotts as their future bishop ; and that it was very seriously considered at the time whether they should not resist the royal commanas—though they, for their own sakes, wisely determined that discretion was the better part of valour, and obeyed ? And is it not a fact that at the time of your primary visit to the city of your epis copal see, that you were received—must I write it ? with the cathedral bells mtyllec 1 And yet you ad vise the Dean and Chapter of Hereford to refuse the Queen's conga _cl'elire! Et to Brute! Again, your Lordship ventures to V attack the theo logical opinions of. Dr. Hampden, and you assert that he is unfit to be a chief pastor in the Church of Eng land; but are you sound, I may ask, in all points ? Have you never attempted to draw aside from their " literal and grammatical sense" those articles of our Church which have a tendency towards Cal vanistic doctrines ? Is it not well'known in the diocese that you boldly affirm of one of those articles, viz., the Mb, that it was foisted in to please a certain Party in the Church at the time of the Reformation ? And yet you question Dr. Hampden's theology I Et Ia Brute! Again, your Lordship quoting Scripture with your accustomed suavity, says " a bishop must be blame less." True, most true ; but I would ask, more in sorrow than in anger, have you never beard of a certain bishop in the west of England, whose diocese about three years ago was in a tii.me in consequence of his abortive attempt to force upon an unwilling people the follies and vagaries of the Tractarian sys tem, and that happily just one. grain of common sense was left him to see that, it persisted in, it would end in the disruption of the Church of England ?—that the consequence of his notorious advocacy of the Tractarians has been to empty th ose churchesbef which his followers have obtained possession, and t n y d e u must insinuate i n n n ' u t abut be p a e li n e p n l a e t , e w fo h r o ewveorutldhe otherwiseaffection s haveof a very beeo large wit b b 1 0 1 : 3 1y bo o t yet f who are now against us ? And a that Dr. Hampden is not blameless, to point out, at any great a b l i t sh is op u l ot E wo ctu th ß w ru h le il . e t so apparentl in the voluminous you have displayed so much acri dleinspgatthe,ht,heinsowpbbiiestry m ,, s on ta y o t d o o vi ff m , rd l s a a m b r h o o t l h i eerr thanclerg surprise at th e confidence (to clergymen thou ;" or to express my y no an ha ii r l s - h c e o r nc t e e a rm led ) in which you have expressed your will to the Chief Minister of our beloved in Sovereign h in such sentences as these :—" P ers i st not . steps "--as while you y e t have ou ti r m r e as ,, e ‘ xp n e e ri t m ra e o n e t y . your "—as if you were the Sovereign Lord or Pope of these realms. In conclusion, I beg to subscribe myself (of neces sity " slat nominis umbra ' " for I have a wire and children d e p en d en t on me f o r support, and my annual income from the Church is considerably less than you receive from the same source weekly), with every respect for the office you hold, ONE OF THE INFERIOR CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF EXETER. Dec. 15, 1847. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—In consequence of the late very heavy rains, the directors have, we understand, issued orders to di m i n i s h th e spee d of the express trains over the Trent Valley Railway, which was recently completed, and opened for thrcingh traffic a few days ago, to that of the mail trains, during the winter months. The ordinary express speed which, on the old line, is forty miles an hour, will be, we learn, adopted on the Trent Valley Railway early in the spring.—lierapatit's Journal. I DR. HAMPDEN. ITO 7'HE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—When I was an un d ergraduate at Oxford, Ithe Rev. (now the Right Reverend) Daniel Wilson, preached i n hi s turn at St. Mary's a sermon on re generation ; and, because he did not advocate therein the doctrine of baptismal regeneration, his sermon was so unsavoury to the nostrils of the chiefs of the University, that it was not allowed to come forth to the public through that gauge of Oxford orthodoxy, the Clarendon Press ! The ,Bampton Lectures of Dr. Hampden, however, were treated with all due respect, having come forth to the world through the University press —a presumptive evidence that they contained nothi ng exceptionable; and during four 1 years, after their having been thus introduced to society, not a word transpired that the Rev. Lecturer had advanced any unsound or strange doctrine ; but the moment he was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity by the Whigs, the then concealed but sub sequently manifested Tractarians, who were also ultra- Tories, became enlightened all at once with regard to the Hampden Bampton Lectures, and then for the first time was heard the report of their containing un sound doctrine. How came it to pass that these men never found out this unsound doctrine before ? They had heard the lectures, they had allowed them uninter ruptedly to pass through the Clarendon Press, and they had read them after they had so passe d . The Protestant Pope of Exeter says that the author not being then in a position which would ena bl e hi m to do ittischief, these keen-sighted but good-natured men, who were aware of the doctrine from the very first, did not like to become accusers. This is the defence set up for their silence and reserve; but the error, which they subsequently pointed out for condemnation, was asserted to be one of a very grave character—an error subversive in effect of the whole fabric of Christianity, being a rejection of the " Chief Corner Stone." Were the men, then, who could allow such an error to remain unexposed, unopposed, and uncondemned for four longyears—were these men, I say, who thus slumbered over such a dangerous doctrine, actuated by a real concern for the faith once delivered to the saints ?" Was it such a feeling which induced them at length, after the lapse of four years' silence, to expose this asserted false doctrine ? Nothing of the kind ; but party spirit —a politico-theologico party-spirit —was the impulsive cause, and hence the tears drawn forth on the discovery of the unsound doctrine in question. I do not wish it to be understood, by what I have ad vanced, that I assert that the Hampden Bampton Lec tures do or do not contain erroneous doctrinal state ments, but my object is to exhibit to public notice the insincerity of the promoters of Dr. Hampden'a persecution, and the bitterness of their spirit. They could hold their peace while it suited their purpose, though at the expense of the truth, but the instant an opportunity was presented them for damaging their political opponent, they availed themselves of it, wishing the world to believe that they were solely influenced in their proceedings by a sincere regard for the truth; but all reflecting men perceived that they were acting under a cloak of maliciousness. I have not the honour of being personally ac quainted with Dr. Hampden, but what I know of him, through the medium of a common friend, a very pious brother clergyman, and from his letter to that friend, convinces me both of the soundness of his re ligious principles, and of the excellency of his Chris tian character, and I have no doubt of his proving a zealous and efficient overseer of the Church, and an ornament to the highstation to which I consider he has been deservedly promoted.—l am, Sir, your obe dient servant, 21st December, 1847.