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The stock is large, and has been judiciously s lected, and may be taken by the purchaser. or otherwise disposed of. Possession of the vaults and warehouses can be secured for a term, or from year to year, or the purchaser may at his option become the proprietor of the fee simple. The death of Mr. Ha Jewell has rendered ros tbe i s Of h tese concerns necessary. They are in a highly pperous c o al will yield an ample return to a purchaser. Applications may be made to Messrs. Barr and Nelson, solicitors Leeds. PUBLICATIONS. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OP SOCIAL SCIENCE. Foolscap Svo, 2s. Gd. REMARKS ON THE DIFFERENCES IN SHAKESPEARE'S VERSIFICATION IN DIFFERENT PERIODS of his LIFE. And on the like Points:of Difference in Poetry generally. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. STATE FIRE INSURANCE. No. 3, Pall-mall East, London, S.W. I ncor porated by Act of Parliament. Capital 500,000/., with power to increase to 2,000,0001. Metes falling due on Michaelmas -day next must be renewed on or before 14th October ensuing. Every description of property i nsu red at moderato rates. Claims settled with promptitude and libe , ality. The Directors invite application for agencies in places where the Company is not represented. A liberal commission will be allowed. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. NEW TALE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE PRAIRIE BIRD.' This day, Two Volumes, Post Octavo, 21s. I_I[ASSAN ; or, The Child of the Pyramids. An Egyptian Tale. By the Hon. C. A. BRIRRAY, C.B. Author of " The Prairie Bird," "Travels in North Ammica," &c. London : John W. Parker and Bon, West Strand. `MANCHESTER ART TREASURES LTA_ EXHIBITION. NORTH LONDON RAILWAY. EXPRESS EXCURSION TICKETS to Manchester are issued on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from the Fen church-street Station. by the train leaving there at 10 a.m., and by the same train from all stations on the North London Railway. Fares-12S. id. closed carriages, 21s. first class. Returning from Manchester en tke Monday. Wednesday, or Saturday next follow ing the date of issue. By Order. Futon-Station, Sept. 23, 1857. H. CHUBB. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. EXCURSIONS TO MANCHESTER ART TREASURES' EXHIBITION. In consequence of the closing of the Art Treasures' Ethibition on the 17th October. Excursion Tickets, available for seven days, will, ntli further notice, be issued every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, nd Saturday, from Easton-square Station, to Manchester and tockport, at the undermentioned fares for the double journey:— Closed Carriages.... 12s. 6d. I First Class .......... 215. Tickets are also issued at the same fares on the days named from the Fenchurch-street, Station, City, by the Train leaving there at 10 a.m., and by the same Train from all Stations on the Borth Lon don Railway. Available for return, by Special Trains, on the Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday next following the date of issue. The trains by which these tickets are available leave the Euston Station at at 10.45 a.m., and Manchester at 11 a.m. on the above axned days; Excursion Tickets, available for 28 days, are also issued from Euston Station to Manchester and Stockport daily at Closed Carriages........ 17s. I First Class .... • • 375. The trains by which these tickets are available are the special trains on the Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and the 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily from Euston Station, or the 10.0 a.m. and 4.15 and 5.15 p.m. trains fromadanchester. Care must be taken at Manchester to ask for Tickets via the Lon am and North-Western Railway. Day Tickets, available for seven days, at the ordinary return fares, Sre tuned by every train from the Euston Station. MAINS Mil LONDON. Leave the Euston station. Arrive at Manchester, 6.15 a.m... . . . 11.40 a.m. 9. 0 1.45 p.m. *6.30 „ .. •••• • • . • 2.35 ~ 9.15 „ [O. 4.20 „ fs.o noon— ......... .••.•• • .. • • 9. 0 „ 2.15 p.n.. 7. 0 „ 9.40 „ 5.15 ...• . . S. 0 . . 8.45 j " ........ TRAINS FROM MlncnEwrEn. Leave Arrive at Manchester. Easton Station, London. 4.24 a.m... •••••••• •••••••• •••• 11 . 0 a.m. "S. 0 „ 10.0 „ 9.30 „ ...... • .•• .. 3.45 „ 10.45 ••••• • • • • • •• • . 4.30 „ *11.15 „ • • • •• • • 7.30 ~ 12. °aeon •••• 1.30 p.m. ....... .............. 10.20 „ 4.15 „ 5 . 15 ••.• • • .... •••• • • . •• .. 10.45 „ 10.24 „ •. r 4.30 a.m. First Class. • • ..... •••••• • • ' • / 5.20 „ Second Class FIVES BY ALL TRAINS 358., First class; 255., second ,class; and 15s. Bd., third class, by Trains marked ( 4 ). Tickets,bills, and every information, can be had in London, :from the Ruston Station. and at "—Swan-with-Two-Necks, Gresham-street. Universal Office, 90, Borough. 65, Aldgate Bo t-in-Tun, 64, Fleet-street. George and Blue Boar, 269. High Holborn. eolden Cross, Charing-cross. Spread Eagle, 84, Orace.church-street. Spread Eagle, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. Universal Office. 33, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. Old White Horse Cellar, 155, Piccadilly. Green Man and Still, 335, Oxford-street. White Horse, 90, Fetter-lane. Or at , , Mr. Idarclll'S Office, Crosby-hall, Chambers, ;Bishopsgate street. By order, General Manager's-We ere, F,uston Station, 21st SeptembBs7. FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs to Gall the attention of the public to his NEW STOCK in AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and Venetian Cloths, Scotch and Heather Twist, Mixed Doeskins, Cashmere and Toilanette Waistcoatingv, both of English and Con tinental manufacture, which be found on inspection at price most moderate for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC HALL. Wing-William-street. Strand, every Evening during the Week, in their Novel and pleasing Olio of Songs, Dialogue, and Musical Character Delineations, which for eight years at New Tork, and lately at the St. James's Theatre, have been fully en dorsed by houses nightly tined, as "Par Excen.noo." lloors open at half-past 7, commence at*. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre. Mr.. Private Boxes, I Is. and 105. 6d. can be secured at Mitchell's, 33. Old l. -s Bondtreet, and at Seats the Hall. On Saturday, a Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill•street, St. James's.—The Proprietor of the above Rooms has the Itonour to announce that the celebrated Dance Band, formerly con ducted by the late Mr. Fmlle Laurent, and known as I aurent's Band, is at the service, as heretofore, of tho nobility and gentry for private balls, Sze., &c. All the principal performers are still retained In the Band, and the Proprietor has engaged permanently ss Con ductor, the popular composer and celebrated chef d'orchestre, Mons. Arcronv LAMOTTE, late of Parts. Applications for the Band to be addressed as above to R. R. Bignell. • ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—The Proprietor of these Rooms, grateful for past patronage, and whl'e assisted by the able co-operation and zealous services of the late conductor, Mr. E. LAURENT, assures his friends and the public that he has taken every means to supply in his estabishment the vacancy occasioned by the loss of that distin guished artist. The Proprietor has now the honour to announce that he has engaged, for the above rooms, the popular composer. M. Aarroriv Lamorrz, late, and for several years, conductor at the Salle Valentino, at Paris ; also conductor at the great annual festival of the City of Lyons, held at the Palais d' Alcazar ; and, , or his eminent merit, rewarded by his Majesty the Emperor with a gold medal, being the only chef d'orchertre In France who has received this mark of honour and distinction. All the principal performers of the orchestra are re-engaged. The rooms. redecorated for the occasion. Open every Evening.—Admission, One Shilling. AN ACT OF GRATITUDE.-5,00 0 Copies of a Medical Bock for Gratuitous Circulation.—GEOlGZ THOMAS, Esq., having been effectually cured of nervous debility, loss ofrnemory, and dimness of sight, resulting from the early errors of youth, by following the instructions given in a Medical Work by a Physician, he considers it his duty, in gratitude to the author, and for the benefit of nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. Be will therefore send free, to any address, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct ed envelope enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay postage, a copy of the medical work containing every information required. Address, G. Thomas, Esq., Craven House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIJ BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS FOOD, for DELIC k.TE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN VALIDS. Supersede's the expense and dangers of wet nursing, is snore easily digested, and imparts snore healthful nourishment than N ilk ; acidity, cramps, bowel emir:W.:lints, flatulency, cough, restless ness, scr.t, la, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of the system and sound sleep insured. Many respectable families who have reale] and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred to, and a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Barry and Co., ltegent-street, London. Prices : —ln Canisters, Is. ; 21. ; and 121 b. at 211. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on receipt of Post Office Order. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GEITERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Blew and improved Edition, enlaraed to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, Is., THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the t fleets of solitary indulgence, injection, and the injurious conge r uences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and directions for ohvia:ing certain disqualifica tions. Ey R. and L. Pt RRY and CO., Surgeons. Sold by J. Allen; iO, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger. 160. Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, LeatUnhan-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACIIM is employed inbothsexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely bat:mulct its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and ,exual debility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debi lities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of caset. Price ils. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves Ils. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threat ned destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price 11 s. and 335. per bottle. also a saving of lls. TERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constalite an effec tual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, glect, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d , ant lie. er box". Sold by Daniel Church, 78, (Iracechurch-street, City ; Bartlett Hooper, 43, Ring William-street (four doors from London Bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17 - • , Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow-churchyard; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford street ; Ilannay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and arding, 4, Cheapside ; Fro nt and Ilarsant, 229, Strand ; and all dIC.IIIO vendors ;broughont the United Kitgdam. TUE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY 1 J us t published, price Is., p ost free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION. —A M e di ca l Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, and on the cure of Nervous and 1 Physicali Debility, resulting' from vicious habits acquired duringtiec o ri n t t c l i t t e l passage from youth to Manhood, with practical observations relations. ToYwatterir°l. Mar riage in its social, moral, and physical licroscope in revealing theehaidddded remarks on the wonders of the , . nd its advantages in detecting., hidden mysteries "of Life within Life, a d effect of every variety of these urinaryexamination, the cause an . es and cases. complaints, with numerous engravin. BY SAMUEL LA ~ 'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, , 110norarY Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburghl Society, Licentiate of Member of the London Hosp ital Mediea Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &C. clot out the fearful con- The essential object of this treatise is to poi sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and exc esses, in Man y/hien have produced more misery in Youth, degradation hood, and life, than, perhaps, any premature decay at all stages of . . 5 Its perusal' ether class of disease known to modern pathologists. doubts of Particularly recommended to persons ente rtaining secret arded their physical conditi on , end who are conscious of having haz s the health, happi ness, an d privileges to which every human being i ntitled. It is absolutely necessary that all rr en should know that there are i rinciples of personal management which cannot be violated with out incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret suc ceed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warvvick-Line, Patenioster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill; llorne, 19, Leicester-square; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall• street or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 1.1118, at his residence, 37 Bedford-square, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Yon Litzky, Loll Bazaar ; Calcutta—Messrs. C. and J. liorreusjee, Apol o-street ; Bombay — Circulator Office; Madras—Mrfassilite Office . Agra Dodsworth ; Colombo. Ceylon and of all Booksellers throughout the Colonies. NEW NOVEL. THE NOBLE TRAYTOUR. A. CHEONICLI. By THOMAS of SWARRATON, Armiger. 3 vols. " As good an imitation of the writers of the days of Elizabeth as is Chatterton's Bristowe Tragedy of the writers of the 15th con tury."—Observer. " The work possesses merit of a high - and rare kind." —Morning Herald." " A book to be read and remembered, and will have a larger and quicker circulation than any novel issued during the past year." — Standard London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, CornhilL T" QUARTERLY REVIE W, No. CCIV., will be Published next SATURDAY. CONTENTO :- I. Cr rnwall. 11. Tom Brown at Rugby—Dr. Arnold. 111. Communicaton with India—Suez and Euphrates Route. IV. Venetian Embassy to James I. V. Lord Duflerin's Yacht Voyage. VI. The Parish Priest. VII. George Stephenson and Railway Locomotion. VIII. The Indian Mutiny. John Murray, Albemarle-street. Now ready, price One Shilling and Sixpence, FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALBERT FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," arid Re porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. The Monthly parts may be obtained separately, price two-pence each. The next part will be published on the Ist of November. Ad vertisements cannot be received later than the 24th of October. " The Racing Record " Contain s a complete Calendar of sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland (fully iadexed), from tho Ist of January up to the time of publication. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood'a Rents, Hol born. London. IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORK GRATIS. —On nervous debility, and diseases of a secret nature, dim ness of sight, shortness of breath, loss of manly vigour, and all im pediments of marriage, showing the surest means of recovering per fect health. Enclose two stamps to prepay postage, and address Dr. W. D. MARSTON, 47, BERNERS-STREET, Oxford-street, Lon don, who may be consulted daily, with assured confidence of suc cess. VI R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet * street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so -erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or lecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extra ction of roots, or any painful trerotion, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is maranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within the reach of them ost econoDe - mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastic:4- tion.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till live. APPETITE AND DIGESTION'IMPROVED. y EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE ILA SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, tnd all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrin*, 19, Fenclaurch-street London, and 6S. Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay end Sons, Messrs Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and reer haute, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitailotts, see that the names of "LEA end PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. —The AID of the benevolent is earnestly , soliclted. John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, is Treasurer, by whom donations will be thankfully received : also by the following bankers: —Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Denies and Co. ; Ransom and CO.; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smyth, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and CO ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney,Mas terman and Co.; by Mews. Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; and at lie Hospital from Ten till Five. By order, S. S. SMITH, Secretary. CONTRACTS for SALT BEEF and SALT PORK. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 12th August, 1857. 9E Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do Hereby Give Notice. that on THURSDAY, the 15th October next, at half-past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and ocuyering into tier Majeaty's Victualling Stores at the undermen- Wiled Ports, the following quantities of SALT MEAT. f the cure of any country, and all of the cure of the present season iz NAVY BEEF. NAVY PORK Tierces. Barrels. Tierces. Barrels. Deptford • . ...... • • 2,500 2,000 ,•.. 2,500 2,000 Gosport . • ... .. 1.500 1,200 .• .. 1,000 1,200 Plymouth .... • ... 1,500 1,200 1,500 1,200 Haulbowline .. •• .. 1,000 600 1,000 GOO Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part hereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of cot contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. A separate Tender must be given for the Beef and a separate Ten der for Pork, and every tender must specify when) the meat is in tended to be cured. Persons tendering for more than one Port mast give la separate Tender for each Port. The Beef and Pork to be delivered into the respective stores as follows—viz.. one-third of each quantity for each place by the 9th day of January, 1858 ; another third thereof by the 27th day of February, 1858 ; and the remainder thereof by the 15th day of April, 1858, or any greater portion, or the whole, at any earlier period, if pre ferred by the party tendering, and to be p aid for by bills payable in seven days from and after the respective dates thereof. Parties tendering are desired to take special notice that the use of WOODEN HOOPS is ABOLISHED, and that IRON HOOPS only will be required for the Casks, in accordance with the condi ions of the revised form of Contract. A form of the tender may be obtained, and the conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular attention is called, may be seen at this office, or by applying to the Agent Victualler at Haulbowline ; or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs a Bristol, Limerick, Belfast, Waterford , and Newr y ; or to the Secre t tary to the Postmaster-CeneraLat Dublin; or to the Commander conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Resident Agent for 'Transports at Leith. No Tender will be admitted for a less quantity than 100 Tierces, or 100" Barrels. No tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed florin provided for the purpose ; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed by him, should attend at this office, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. Bills in payment for any Beef or Pork delivered Into her Majesty's Stores will be sent to parties upon transmitting the usual Certifi cates of receipt. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and hear in the left-hand comer of the envelope the words, " Ten der for Salt Meat„" and "Comptroller for Victualling," and must also be delivered at Somerset House. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE CURES (a ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, rnd Sickness (during pregnancy or at sai), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ate effected by )II BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA AL ARICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or elipense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—C are No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decles."— Curz, No. 49,832. " Filty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at t h e stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Marla Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Dies, Norfolk."— Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Wa'tham Cross, Betts, a cure of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver • pool : a cure of ten yeqr's dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility.' Cure No. 18.'2.16. Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation, dyspep sia, nervous irritability, Cure No. 31,210. Dr. Shorland of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic tits. Cure No. 42.116 Major Edie of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Har vey of diarrheas and debility. Cure NO. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Hunts, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, of thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 4 ,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhcea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castleatuart, of many years' nervous irratibility, bile, and lacli gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No, 180. "Twenty-live years' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dis peps'a, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been eflectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlington Rec tory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. "Three years excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du tatiog ' s rt t Isarry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, generalan nel d vmai e A debilityrabi ca Fe h e a d v . e jilemneerermeorvteerd, Athol -street, Eon on the 10th Barry's excellent Important Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imita. Imitating Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted Suitably The D. March, 1854, against Alfred Ilooper Neville, for canisters, 11b Barry'spat is Revalenta Arabica Food." an injunc tion 9 1r . all climates, and with full instructions. In receipt. 2 . lb t. 4 p s ee s t 3d . : ffie s e lb e l r l d s e , r. l2l ß b e 2 r 2 ry s. D. Th i e la l r 2 r l y b m oxford-street. car riage free, on Co.. 77, Regent-street, Strand; 4, also at 60, Gracechurch. veyors to33lo743ol.l,aalesidt4y-III8.o2ndon; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. pur streeteCtheapside 119, Bishopsgate- Street, and 150, and its s _..1.a an indisputable 4 r t e h motest districts of the I:ills is daily, in [ADVERTISEMENT 1- - Elell ow v , - pi 1 reme dy for indigestion.—ln the remotest consequent severe United Kingdom the renown neighbour phot;loivalerirecourse to in deed hourly sustained. Mr. David these suffered severely from indigestion, an e d wis ' of Llaugielech pains in the stomac.h, for six months. le no e w arable ing medical men failing to cure him by the regular and s which ii I I :11 hi s distressing and at itemss nugnriploy mEleonlltoowfay sakes and pains were removed, and fectly cured. —•Sold by all medicine , vendors througil ' o er t . t S li t e ran y Z l L d o , oadtoPor,olfleostr ;Oa, oi‘lilaoiwdeauy.isoueset,aNbleiswhrnyeonrtkg,; by, 2 4 u 4 A. Stamps, Constantinople, A. Qluidicy, Smyrna ; an d E. Muir, Malta. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY EVENING. The National Association for the Promotion of Social Science was commenced at a private meeting held at Lord Brougham's house in London in May last ; but its formal inauguration was deferred un til the present month, and was fixed to take place in Birmingham, several gentlemen from that town having been present at the preliminary meeting, and having proposed to make the necessary arrange ments for the Birmingham meeting. The model of the association was suggested bythat of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, but in some respects the plans of the British Association have been deviated from, and the new society has bean mapped out into five troad divisions, under which are grouped the various objects comprised under the denomination of Social Science. These divisions are Jurisprudence, Education, Reforma tion and Punishment, Public Health, and Social Economy. Under these heads persons engaged in all departments of philanthropic work,whether deal ing with moral or material interests, may be brought together in order to compare the progress made in the subjects in which they were interested, and to devise improved modes of action in prosecuting their common objects. This, indeed, is the main purpose of the association ; but it also proposes to follow the example of the British Association in singling out, for consideration by the members dur ing the year, certain topics of general interest, ospocially on subjects affecting commercial law, or dealing with the improvement of public health. It is hoped that the association will thus provide for the societies interested in social science, such a meeting place as the British AssoCiation furnishes to those engaged in promoting physical science. The noblemen and gentlemen who are expected to be present at this meeting include the names of most of those who have been engaged in promoting education, and who are known as leaders in the various great social enterprises which characterise the present day. It is evident that any selection from such a list must be very imperfect, but we may mention that the list of visitors will probably include the following noblemen and members of Parliament: —Lord Brougham, Earl Talbot, the Earl of Har rowby, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Ward, Lord Rather ton, Lord J. Russell, Lord Raynham, M.P., Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord A. Churchill, LP., Sir J. Pakington M.P., Sir J. K. Shuttleworth, Bart., Sir T. E. iVinnington, Bart., M.P., the Deans of Bristol and Salisbury, Mr. V. Scholefield, M. P., Mr. R. Spooner, M.P., Mr. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Marsh, M.P., Mr. Slaney, M. P., Mr. Whitbread, M.P., Mr. H. B. Sheridan, M.P., Mr. Tite,M.P., Mr. R. Hanbury, M.P., Mr. E. Akroyd, M.P., the Right Hon. J. Napier, M.P., the Right Hon. W. eowper,, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Guthrie, Mr. A. Helps, Dr. Browne (one of the Scotch Lunacy Commissioners), the Lord Mayor of London, Mr. R. Chambers, Dr. Conolly, Dr. Farr, Sir J. Forbes, M.D., Sir C. Hastings, M.D., Sir S. Smith, Capt. Crofton, Mr. Simon, F.R. S., 11-. Sergt. Woolrych, Mr. E. Chadwick, C. B.,Dr. L. Playfair, Professor Pillans, the Rev. S. Turner, &c. The Bishop of London, Lord Lyttleton, and the Earl of Shaftes bury, all of whom were expected, aie unable to at tend. Lord Brougham arrived this morning at 2 a.m. His lordship is the guest of J. F. Winfield, Esq. ; Lord J. Russell and Lord Stanley are to be the guests of the Mayor, and Sir J. Pakington of the Hon. and Rev. G. A. Yorke. THE EVFNING MEETING. Lord Brougham entered the hall, which was densely crowded, at 8 o'clock. He was accompanied by the Mayor of Birmingham, Lord John Russell, Lord Stanley, Lord Talbot, &c. The noble and learned Lord was most enthusiastically received. A minute or two after taking the chair Lord BROUGHAM rose and spoke as follows :—lt would be making a bad return for the honour which has been conferred. upon me of presiding over the first meeting of this association should I, by any expiession of personal feelings, delay, for however short a time, entering upon the impor tant business which brings us together. But, as many are here present besides the promoters of the plan, it seems proper to set forth the views with which it has been proposed, and the advantages expected to roault from its adoption. No one more than myself can bring to this discussion a mind free from all partiality or prejudice in favour of the proceeding, for I had originally grave doubts of its expediency, and when these were entirely re moved by a full consideration of the subject, I had very much graver doubts if younger and abler men should not fill the chair, and I named two, now at the head of departments. A different view being taken by them, it was my duty to submit. Let it not be thought that your attention is called to posi tions too general or toe elementary. If the di vision is meted of human knowledge into groat branches, the science which deals with abstract truths, and the science which treats of real exis t ences—matter and mind, or natural or moral science—of these the latter and most important relates to man as an individual or as a member of the community, and this or the political or the social branch is most eminently deserving of atten tive study. It is free from the doubts and conten tions arising upon metaphysical philosophy, because it deals not with subjects whereof not a few are placed beyond the reach of the human faculties, but with more practical subjects—the laws which govern mans' habits and the principles of human nature upon which the structure of society and its movements depend; and respecting these impor tant matters safe conclusions can within certain limits be drawn. Then, it must be borne in mind that, althongh very few men aro or can be students of mental science, the bulk of mankind are and must ever be political observers. The operations of their own minds scarcely at any time engage their attention ; but the actions of the Government, the habits and proceedings of the people, the conduct of other nations, their fortunes and their fate, farm the daily subject of reflection with persons of even an ordinary degree cf intelligence in every civilised country, and do not escape the observation of those living under rulers who prohibit all open discus sion. For cultivating this branch of science, too, there are manifest and peculiar facilities. The Leta on which it tests are more plai n and tangible than those which form the ground of moral philo sophy in its other departments. They are more obvious ; they aro in most cases perceptible to the senses ; they are reducible to measure and calcu lation. The accumulation and distribution of pub lic wealth ; the prosperity or suffe ings of the people ; the quiet of the disturbed state of the country ; the diffusion of knowledge by education ; the moral improvement of different classes ; the action of the law and its administration upon the habits of the community ; the benefit which may result from individual exertions unconnected with the State ; theincreased efficiency of such exertions when made by bodies amen ; the just limits of pub lic interference with private concerns whether for encouragement or repression; the duties of the State in respect to undertaking worksbeyond the powers of individual enterprise, and the limits of those duties; i the right and expediency of public interference with the authority or the conduct of parents—these are matters of distinct observation, and connected with facts so as fur the most part to admit of exact cal culation. Then of the paramount importance of these subjects, and the interests they are fitted to create beyond the other heads of moral science, there can be no doubt whatever. The intellectual or moral habits of man apart from his conduct form but a small, perhaps not the most interesting, chapter in his history. But the story of national affairs ; the events or the measures which change the condition, which influence the fortunes of the community in whole or in part ; the rise and decay of institutions affecting the welfare of mil lions ; the course of a policy upon which depends the happiness, perhaps the existence of a state ; the changes in the structure of government or in its functions as bearing upon the concerns of the com munity at large—these are subjects of the deepest interest ever in contemplation, but pressing still more upon our earnest attention because of their practical relations, and the tendency of their discussion to produce active exertions for the gene ral good in connection with them. Let it, moreover, be remembered, that the facts to which those in quiries, and upon which our inferences must rest, are necessarily of a public nature, and so much within the knowledge of the world at large as to af ford a reasonable security for their being carefully observed and truly recorded. History, statistics, the contemporary narrative of public events, the details of national affairs—these are the sources from which the political reasoner draws his mate rials. Established institutions, measures for adding to their number or extending their scope, attempts to modify some or to alter, possibly even to dispense with them ; monuments of legislative wisdom or error ; enactments regesdrug crime and their pun ishment ; measures of police, judicial proceedings, acts of the state in executing the laws—these are the facts which the political reasoner generalises, and on which he builds his system. When the para mount importance of moral and political science is regarded, and the facilities for its cultivation, from the nature of the evidence it rests on, are duly con sidered, it has struck observers whose efforts are directed towards human improvement as somewhat extraordinary that the course should not have been taken which has proved so advantageous in' assist ing the progress of inquiry in that other great de partment of knowledge—natural philosophy ; and they have strongly recommended the plan of as sembling together occasionally, perhaps periodically, the various individuals and bodies whose at'tention is devoted to the ascertainment, illustration, and general exposition of moral and political doctrines. it is very possible that in the end this object, may be attained, and that the association which we ; are met here to open may bear as wide a relation to moral and political science as the British Associatiop, which has now been in successful action for considerably more than& quarter of a century, doss to mathemati cal and political science. At present, ho'rever, a limited view is taken. It proposed that five of the most important branches of moral and political in quiry should be singled out—those which especially form the portals of social s cience--comprehending the plans both in their details andin the pkanciples that should govern themfor furthering the improve ment and securing the stabilityof the social system, correcting the faults, and supplying the defects, of our institutions upon sound, rational, and tempe rate views, and rendering desperate all attempts either to check the progress of improvemo.t, or to gratify the wild desires of those who woul destroy rather than amend ; in a- wdrd, steering the middle course between those who regard all change as per nicious and those whom no change wAI satisfy. But if our subjects are in some measure! limited, the scope of our deliberations is anything rather than narrow, it embraces the greatest temporal in terests of mankind. In the first rank, indeed, at at the head of the whole, must be deservedly placed jurisprudence, described by one avho was not with out prejudices against the professors of the science, wholly unworthy of his enlarged understanding— Mr. Burke—as the pride of the human intellect, and with all its defects, redundancies, errors, the collected reason of ages, combining the principles of original justice with the infinite variety of human concerns. But among those redundancies and errors very many are, and almost of necessity are, the growth of time, the great innovator. Lord Bacon said, it changes, though slowly, even imperceptibly, yet surely and without any intermission, the circum stances of society ; .while a reluctance, grounded on a wholesome dread of rash alteration, but carried oftentimes to excess, hinders us from adapting our laws to the new state of things, and this makes the retention of the old rule occa s i on the very shock, the very violence, which it was wished to avert, as the steersman too anxious to avoid the stream may be wranded on its bank. It is impossible to make any arrangement of even the subordinate branches of a great subject which shall keep each entirely separate from the rest, because all are so related as to run into each other. Thus the repression of crime and the reformation of offenders is intimately connected with jurisprudence, and cannot be fully considered in one point of view, at least, apart from the preventive operation of the law for punish ing crimes, and of the provisions for detecting them ; the two great departments of criminal juris prudence, and police, being the third. But t d mu c c e pen h, remains y tbe considered with respect to the prevention of offences and the reformation of offenders, and entirely independent of these branches of the criminal law. Again we come to the great subject of education; we find its broad founda tions connected with the department just adverted to —the preventive and reformatory system.. Yet, whatever relates to instruction, the planting of schools and training of teachers, the methods o f instructing, the care of children independent of im parting the kind of knowledge which we term learn ing, the limits within which the state may safely act for encouraging education, the right or even the duty of the state to enforce the acquirement of goo I habits and useful information, when it se verely punishes for the certain consequences of the want of them—these important matters may be handled as a separate branch of inquiry and of legislation without breaking in on the other de partment. Perhaps the great subject of sanitary policy stands more in a state of separation than any of those which have been mentioned, but that it is as truly insulated cannot be affirmed. Education has no little bearing upon some of its essential chapters, the action of Government upon others, police most materially upon some, and the positive laws respecting hellth—both those for regulating foreign commerce and those relating to the home trade—are intimately connected with several parts of the subject. It may, nevertheless, be considered that much more depends under this head upon in dividuals acting separately or in bodies, than upon either the enactment or ,the execution of the law. The very important head/ of social economy, on the other hand, is the one most of all connected with But it is by no means hard to point out its the sister depart men t s , we may say with and them; and it would n o t b e eas y to over-rate the magnitu de of the several subj e cts which fall under t h is head. connec tion with probl ems t h e most delicate and of most difficult solution. As tracing the line which sepa rates the province of the lawgiver from that of the community and its members ; fixing the p oint at which at kte i n t er f erence ought to stop ; often reject ing as much the unjust advice to go further or the remonstrance against any action whatever ; the counsel of tho se w ho are averse to all i nter p osition where it may b e no t only expedient , b ut necess a r y , and of those w h o wo uld be constantly meddlin g , turning the exception into the rule. Of these op posite creed s we ma y well prefer the middle course described by D ry d en on a very differe nt subject, and say—. " —Equal folly all Believing nothing, or believing all. The difficulty which we have found in endeavour ing to make a logical division of the various de partments of inquiry arises from that truth, so un deniable in itself and so happy i n its conse q uences, the intimate connection that subsists amongst a the arts, the sciences, the inquiries which touch the interests of mankind. All, as was long ago said by one of the greatest statesmen and plulosophers of antiquity, are bound together by a common tie, and own, as it were, the mutual relationship of kindred. " Omnes artes qum ad humanitatem pertinent, col ligan.tur quodam commune vinculo, et quasi cogna tione quadam i n ter se contin entur." From that branch of the family w hich hero occupies us, we cannot exclude even the natural sciences, and we may observe that the British Association pays homage to this principle by having a class for poli tical economy and statistics. Indeed, it was even carried so far by the wisest of the ancients, that he ascribed the surpassing eloquence of the greatest orator who had before his time appeared, to the circumstance of his having studied natural philosophy as well as moral. But it is manifest we are taking a right, in some sort a necessary course, in bringing together those who chiefly devote themselves to promote these inquiries, and to measures connected with social improvement ; and this position appearsto rest upon mostsolid grounds both from considerations common to all joint under takings, and from the peculiar nature of the sub ject itself. Of the former description is the great advantage which must accrue from the mutual help afforded to one another as fellow-labourers in the sa me cause ; the increased efficacy thus given to the efforts of each ; the lights struck out by full discus sion, with the valuable suggestions thus produced— the reflections ofi each individual tbabdhgeeeeiafep being grt made, experience, asit were, common to all ; the security e rror by timely examination of each plan its author's preposse s sions have been too rooted, and before he has been committed to its details ; the authority given to proposals tinh,eeivneflutieifli not s h a i n ch ct in io a n y ed be b a y eg th u e ir c e o d n ult i ma tely, and after mature deliberation persevered i s n e consent r o i f o o u t s h w e r a s y s ; when that sanction has been declared. Those ad vantages attend all such unions, and may be cited in favour of any combined operations, whatever be the nature of the subject. But there is a peculiar e xpediency — it may be rather be said necessity—for such a common or united action when a great variety of opinion is likely to exist upon many matters, pos sibly no univei sal concurrence upon all the particu lars of aoy one. Placing all prejudices arising from di v ersity of political p ar ty or re ligious sect entirely out of view, and assuming every person to be in spired with the pure and single desire of performing , his duty towards the community, it is still unavoid able that men should view the same subject in dif ferent lights, and that the absence of such standards from demonstration or experiment, as the reasoners on other sciences can appeal to, should create doubts and introduce diversities of opinion. In some cases these differences may yield to full dis cussion, but in not a few instances they will remain; and here is precisely the inestimable advantage of such an union as ours. That discussion and expla nation may often remove the grounds of dissent is undeniable. We have classical authority for observ ing that how widely soever men may differ in their reasonings ser upon h uman con d uc t it is singular how seldom differ much in the judgments they for m i t ng e y it. We may go f ur th e r and affirm that is less diversity o f op i n i on th an might be sup rteh respecting posed even upon general subjects ; and that igno rance or misinformation, or inattentive, and there fore inaccurate observation, or careless reflection and hasty declaration, is the cause of most of these differences. Once upon a time, says the old Eastern legend, two knights met in a plain where stood a shield upright, and one said it was a white shield, the other affirming it was black, whereupon they were about to fight after the fashion of that age, still not wholly exploded in our own, though hap pily becoming more out of vogue. But a dervise or past approached, and having learnt the cause of their quarrel, suggested that they had better look at both sides of the shield, when they found that each was right, the one face being pure white, the other jet black—the minister of peace performed his duty well and wisely. Some among us even in the present day; with groundless apprehensions of danger, if all persons knew the whole truth ; or, it may be, with a supposed interest in the dispute continuing, would have the shield covered up and the fray go on. Had the dervise, even without any sinister motive, only like the Levite in the parable. kept aloof and passed upon the other side while the work of mischief was doing, he would grievously have neglected his duty and made himself answer able for the consequences. Now, this is a respon sibility which we will not undertake: We summon those who honestly differ in opinions, because they regard the same subject from different points of view, to look at both sides, when possibly they may be found to agree. But it may often happen that, after all, the difference of opinion continues, and there are no doubt subjects that involve prin ciples on which men of great sagacity and good in formation may conscientiously take different, even opposite views. Thus it is of incalculable import ance that those points upon which they are agreed should be separated from the rest, and the mea sures approved regarding which no material dif ference exists, in which is only another form of the same proposition, the measures to be so modified by. national concession on the controverted grounds, as what all approve should be adopted. Such a wise and most useful proceeding implies no aban donment of principle, because nothing is more common than the instance of the same practical course being with entire consistency pursued, whichever of two conflicting doctrines may be held the sounder. This happens more frequently in political than in physical differences of opinion, but even iu these we take the same course practically whatever may be the diversity of two theories, be cause there is enough common to both upon which the practical result may be grounded. No one, in constructing tables, ever stopped to examine the well-known controversybetween two of the greatest analysts on the logarithms of negative quantities. But in the science of contingent truth there are of course many more instances of conflicting theories ; yet the wide difference betweeen the theories of electricity and of magnetism is altogether • dis regarded by those who would frame 11 - 1:3 mechanism of the telegraph. The maker of the telescope in quires not into the comparative merits of the New tonian and the undulating doctrine of light ; and if that illustrious man, the ornament of the neighbour hood, had waited until the various theories of heat could be reconciled, or one system be adopted to which none could object, his immortal discoveries and inventions would not to this day have armed man with the vast power which he now possesses, and changed so entirely the face of the world—that world beneficially created for our admiration, aiid worthy of it, though partially disfigured it be by our follies and our crimes. Upon the beneficial effects of united action in its different applications I can venture to speak from an experience of some duration and considerably varied. It may suffice to mention two instances of this successful opera tion. About 30 years ago the society was founded for diffusing useful knowledge ; its object being to bring the different branches of science and literature within the reach of the great bulk of the community, by reducing the cost of books. maps, and pens, to a very moderate scale, and bypreparing several works at once didactic and attrac ive. The committee who carried on these operations consisted of 60 persons, among the most eminent in science and literature, ancient and modern, with members of the three learned professions, and distinguished statesmen. Regular meetings were held to receive the reports of the sub-committees charged with preparing the various works composed either by their own members, or by others who were em ployed. Every matter was disqussed by the general committee, both on the writings submitted, and on the works to bo , undertaken. The most severe examination had to be applied by the sub committee, but the proof-sheets were from them submitted to the whole of the members, who had to consider both the substance and the manner of treating it ; and even those who on any subject might not feel competent to criticise the scientific part, exercised a vigilant superintendence over the style, so that errors in composition, and offences against correct, even severe taste, were sure to be detected Now, the great number of our members, profiting, moreover, by the communications of about 70 local committees, and the advantage of constant inter course among the members of the central body, en- abled the society in the twenty years of its active operations, to publish not only with absolute regu larity treatises twice a month, but various other works not given periodically. Above 200 volumes have thus appeared. The circulation of the scien tific works frequently reached 25,000 ; of those in more general use, 40,000 ; while of the preliminary discourse, the circulation was 160,000 ; and of the weekly or penny magazine it exceeded 200,000 ; and this gave rise to works of a like description, as did also the scientific treatises ; so that ele effects of the society's labours were not circumscribed within the classes among whom its works circulated. And it further had the satisfaction of finding that the price of books, maps, and prints was exceed ingly lowered, while their numbers were greatly multiplied, and cheap literature was found to be the true interest of authors as well as publishers, and was no longer confined to light reading, but ex tended to works of science and art, conductiug with unremitting attention to the explanation of all technical terms, and all obscure allusions, and re moving whatever other obstructions are found in the path of the learner ; so that the youth of hom ble station could no longer be met by those distrJs sing difficulties, both in expense and in the want of truly didactic works—difficulties which had be fore made the pursuit of self-education all but hopeless. A still more important service, however, was rendered by teaching professional authors and publishers that there is a market for true and. sub stantial knowledge among the people at large, which, even, if they had suspected its existence, they never had felt confident enough to prepare books for it. Other important, though incidental advantages accrued from the society's labours ; many works, soma of them periodical, remarkable for their ignorance and folly ; and others filled with ribaldry and scurrility, and of a hurtful tendency, and which lowered the interests both of church and state, were discontinued ; and the translation of the society's works into many European languages, as of the preliminary discourses into six of them, and some Oriental tongues, was followed by the establishment in some countries—as France, Hol land, and America—of institutions on a similar prin ciple, giving rise to similar publications. It has been inaccurately stated that the society had ceased to exist. It is a body incorporated by royal charter and cannot be extinguished unless by a forfeiture. In fact, although for some years it has not been in active operation, bemuses all the purposes of its as soon as its interposition in stitution had wbeen required, amply fulfilled,the then it stood loatheforwrd and I had the honour of presenting House of Lords its petition against the re moval of the Great Exhibition from London to Sydenham, a proceeding which was felt, and the result has proved justly felt, to deprive the work ing, and even the middle classes of the helps to the acquisition of knowledge furnished to the Exhibi tion while it remain ed in town. There is even less foundation for the other charge brought against the society that classical studies are undervalued in its publications. Books issued under the superinten dence of the first scholars of the day—the Mattys, the Arnolds, the Thirlwalls, as well as the professor of Latin and Greek in one of our universities, are not likely to be the just objeo' s of this grave re proach ; and all the members of the committee well. know that they had been repeatedly but falsely ac cused of too great a devotion to classical subjects. But the other experience to which reference may be made is that of the body whose oi. j ec s approach most nearly to our own—the Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law. So many of its mem bora are now present that there may be no i neces sity for entering as fully a s iu the ease of !Ie Useful Knowledge Society into the evidence which its en tire success affords in favour of co mbined action. Like that society, however, it has done good in fur- thering what is benefi cial and in preventing what attendant more p , c e a expo is hurtful. It w ould not be easy to describe the many previous attemp ts at le g islation which it has t is stopped in their earlie r stages—attempts tending to the injury, not t he amendment, of the law ; sure , calculated. to bring the great cause of legal and if e m e ending in disrepute, failure repute. and b its improvement, tn into to dwell upon the signal benefits that have a4crued from the measures maturely digested and strenu ously promoted which have obtained the sa ction first of the public assent—that is, the appr val of those who are capable and well-informed and, finally, the consent of the legislature itse . To give particular instances would only wear those who are familiar with the history of the s ciety. But lam bound to state that since its establi went in 1844, most of the bills which I have bron ht for ward, and of which many have been passed, eking a great change in our jurisprudence e ithe origi nated 1 ) in the inquirie s and reports of the s ciety's comm itt e es, or owed to the labours and at hority 1 of that body valuab le hel p towards, first, th it pre paration next, their adoption. The gre at ens ure of local ' judicature, and those which arose out of the common law and real property com Missions, ' were no doubt adopted prior to the societets foun dation. But many of the bills for extending and improving these uses were materially indebted to its corporation. One instance is better than any gene ral description. Of the nine bills presented by me to the House of Lords in 1815, and six of which are now the law of the land, two of the iiix were I suggested by the society, and another, s th eb e t m i,ey o i st i m p or tant of the whole , and which. ha i changed the course' of procedure, the act for the exam ination of parties in al l suits, I nevel should lhave succeeded in carrying but for the ,society's Icorrespondence with all the county court judge., and their direct unanimous testimony in favour of the change. Take another instance. Of the legal improvements in the` session that has just closed, the most important are the, Divorce and the Frau , dulent Trustees Acts. The former was mainly fur -Ithered by the inquiries of committees, by the public meeting held on the protection of married women, ' under the presidency of Sir John Pakington, and by the bills which the society prepared, and which were presented the session before ; while the latter (Fraudulent Trustees Act) originated in the inquiry and teport of a special committee of the society upon the subject. Nor should we pass over a very important step taken .by the government iu conse quence of the society's urgent remonstrance against the grievous defects in our judicial statistics •, the elaborate discussions in the committees, and the conclusive reports, ailed by the indefatigable la bours of Professor Levy, have had the effect of in troducing a material improvement in that depart ment, and yet, as the imperfection still is so great as to make the returns not deserve the na rue of judicial statistics, we have now every ground for hoping that, at length, the legislature will have the means of ascertaining the effects of its acts, and no longer continue to pass laws in the dark. This Eie ject will deserve the early attention of our first de partment ; n)r is there any other matter that ap pears so much to press for consideration, if it be not the continued refusal of equitable jurisdiction to our local acts—a refusal not easy to be compre hended, when, several years ago, we found some of the first solicitors in London declaring, in a peti tion to Parliament, that they never should think of recommending a client to sue for an equitable debt of so little as 1000/. The various efforts made to obtain this measure of strict justice have received the aid of the society, and much important infor mation has been obtained, though as yet all those attempts have failed. But the society has also af forded proof of the valuable results obtained from combined action in the two mercantile law confer ences which it convened and conducted in 1852 and 1857. Prior to the former year no systematic at tempt lead been made to obtain the opinion of met cautile classes throughout the kingdom on the state of our commercial law. .Indeed, it is comparatively 4 of late years that the establishment of those valua ble institutions, chambers of commerce, has af forded the means for selecting delegates from our mercantile towns, and when, in Nov., 1852, the representatives of a number of chambers met, under the direction of the society, to discuss the assimila tion of the mercantile law of England, Ireland and Scotland, a new era certainly began in our c )m -mercial legislation. The result of that confer ence, which was presided over by myself on the first day, and by my noble friend Lerrl Harrow by on the second day, was the appointment of a royal commission to inquire into the subject which had occupied the attention of the delegates. The commissioners, all men of tried reputation and ability, accumulated a great body of evidence, and publishel the results of their labours in a valuable report, which recommended an extensive assimila tion of the mercantile laws of the three portions of the Uni . ecl Kingdom. This report has not been allowed to remain a dead leAer • the two Mercan tile Law Amendment Acts of the Session of 1856 were founded upon its recommendations, and though these measures undoubtedly fell short of what might have been hoped for, and still leave much to be done in the way of assimilation, they must be regardel as very useful additions to the statute-book, and are, in my trust, tho precursors of further improvement. The second Mercantile Law Conference in January last is of too recent a date to enable us to dwell upon its results ; there cannot, however, be any doubt that they will be as satisfactory as those of the former meeting. The objects of this second conference were more wide and varied, and its discussion extended over a longer period, and a proportionate time must be expected to elapse before its proceedings will bear all their legitimate fruit. The present state of the law and administration of bankruptcy was very fully dealt with, and we have already two tangible results from that debate : in the 'bill which I pre sented to the House of Lords for remedying the evils in the bankrupt law complained of by the commercial delegates at the conference ; and it is very satisfactory to find that tho Chamber of Com merce in this town has prepared another measure having the same object, but more detailed in its provisions. There can be little doubt that the at tention drawn to the state of our bankruptcy courts by the conference in January, perpetuated as it will be by the discussions hero during tho next three days, will finally result in a measure carrying out still further those improvements which were commenced in 1831 in this important branch of our commercial jurisprudence, and wore afterwards expanded in the Consolidated Act of 1849. The subject of bankruptcy has been alluded to as the most prominent of the topios which occupied the attention of the conference in January ; but it seems certain that the effect of the great meeting will be felt in other matters—that the repeal of the 17th section of the Statute of Frauds, recommended by the second conference as well as by the commis sioners who were appointed on the representation of the first, and the extension of More frequent and better means of local justice to provincial towns, also strongly insisted on by the delegates, will re sult at an early date from its deliberations. Out of the Law Amendment Society's proceed ings and in close connexion with it has arisen the National Reformatory Union, which besides its regular meetings in Loudon, held last sum mer its first provincial meeting at Bristol, under the presidency of Lord Stanley, whoscaddress, with the papers read and discussed at the Thtings of the departments, contained a body of most valuable in formation, and set forth doctrines of great import ance upon the repression and prevention of crimes, more especially upon the great question relating to reformatory measures. To the labours of that meeting, and generally of the union, and to the conferences held here, without the interposition of any established association, we owe the great proe gross recently made in preventive and reformatory policy. The instances which have hitherto been referred to in illustrating the effects of joint and united actions are those of permanent bodies. But occasionally concert and union has taken place, and always with beneficial results. In the town in which we now are assembled two of these con ferences were held, in 1851 and 1853, on reforma tory plans—the Recorder presiding over the first, Sir J. Pakington and Lord Shaftesbury over the second. There were no papers read at theme meet ings, and the great advantage was not obtained which had attended the Bristol meeting from But that convenient and useful cour se being pursued. the discussions were of great value, and the resolu tions which were, after the fullest consideration made public, together with ance a futo ll a ac d c o o p t t in ed t , of being t he d e bates, gave powerful assist the progress, of r eformatory measures. It was found Law obi li ,l):n e en r ifele e fir , wet a an s rsce a tesis t ll:ll ß itts h: collected t tol, lflrbeocemts an ei (al te d a ifmtre s ho iden a i mstvcatauhtssisesoi of fin qs Mercantile,ualtteEach tern, informa tionignrdeaivtwidual in such debates is loft to ac' for himself ; but ho is better able so to act than he was before, both by having had the advantage of hearing the opinion of others, and by th e confidence which actually arises from feeling that he is associated with a body of persons engaged in the same pur suit. The result of their joint proceedings both here and at Bristol, has been not only the establish ment of many new reformatory institutions but the obtaining from the legislature the valuable im provements introduced by Mr. Adderley's act of 1854 and Sir S, Noithcote's of last year. These acts were also extended to Scotland, and the want of them in Ireland has been felt by many who were well disposed to adopt the same plans. Another occasional conference must not be for- gotten that was held under the presidency of the' Prince Consort this year, and suggested by Canon • Morley, upon the one specific but most important subject of the impediments opposed to the ednpatien / of the working classes by the competitiOn, SCO 3 speak, of the employer with the scboolmaster, tyse very intelligible and not unnatu r ralreltiCiance of parents in straitened circumstances to lose the bene fit of their children's labour, which is of scime value even at a tender age. The proposals brought for is ward with the view of overcoming this difficulty, by the canon himself, by Mr. Grantham Yorke, and. by others, and the full inquiries into the whole questiOn, and the subjects connected with, it, may be reasonably expected to produce importatrt bene fit to the cause of education, and to afford addi tional proofs of the advantage of combined exer tions for the attainment of objects which the com munity at large is often much more interested in than anxious about, or well-informed. upon. The services which the labours of the association may render to the legislature have been in passing ad verted free Some of our inquiries no doubt regard subjects which do not fall within the province either of those who make or those who administer the laws. Among others, some in which interference would be hurtful, whether of government or of Parliament, now, but where there cannot, and where there should not, be such action, our labours may be supplemental to the state. But when they are only ancillary, when they and the legislature, by preparing measures, by explaining them, by recommending them to the community, or it may be by stimulating the legislature to adopt them ; far from any jealousy of our exertions, being reason s ably entertained, they are eminently entitled not only to acceptance but to favour. Nothing of party, nothing of what is termed political, except in the _good sense of the phrase, can enter into the struc ture of the functions of our body. While men of ' all opinions, and shades of opinion, are united in the good which never can arouse any feeling un friendly to the established order of things in this free and happy. country—while no disrespect will ever be shown towards the very different institu tions of other countries—while the sound view is taken that those institutions 'may probably be suited to their diversity of circumstances—while the want of all institutional government in some countries, and the excess of popular interference in others, may neither provoke our pity nor our envy, persuaded as we all may be that our system protects us at once from military power, and from the rule of the iresponsible multitude, which only terminates the countless evils of its own peculiar dis position when it brings on the more ordinary domi nation of a single tyrant. The inestimable blessing of this security we owe to our well-balanced consti tution; and the change as it is called by some, the re novation, by others, effected of lateyears has certainly been attended with one consequence not to be over looked in our present deliberations. It cannot be denied that the representation of so many places by members of local influence has with many most im portant advantages one material drawback. Local interests are well represented, they ought to be, for any system would be most imperfect which made the wants and the wishes of each plan merge in those of the e whole community. But it is unilenialde hit, with some distinguished exceptions, the general result is, the confining men's cares to their immediate constituencies in discharging their parlia mentary duties. In the theory of the constitution, beyond all doubt, as in contemplation of law, they represent the whole country, and are to consult its interests. But practically, and in fact, they are too apt to regard themselves as representing the place that returns them, and this unavoidably leads to confining their views within narrow bounds. They do not devote much of their attention to subjects of a more gen ralcharacter —they do:not of themselves either study measures of that catholic description, or volunteer their exertions to carry such a policy into effect. But some persons, and they form a very considerable portion of our whole representa tives, as things are now ordered, would be far from showing any indisposition towards men whose la bours might cast light upon such important sub jects, and point out both the wants of society in there respects, and the means of supplying them. 'Nis help would assuredly be well received by all well-intentioned representatives of the people, as it would be honestly and frankly, but respectfully, offered, and the exertions of the associations which we are now engaged in forming will be invaluable in this view. But hopes are cherished by many zsa tous friends of a progressive policy, that some im provement may be introduced into our Parliameu t cry system which shall add to the representative body a class chosen by constituents of scientific and literary acquirements, and other persons of liberal education. This plan has been strongly recom mended by eminent men of all parties, including those who hare presided in the Commons (Lords Eversley and Dunfermline). It may be justly ob served that the existence of such a cless of members would, to a certain degree, impair the force of the argument grounded upon the prevalence of local in fluence over the opinion and the conduct of our representatives, one of the mainreasons support of the supposed improvement being its tendency to give the Legislalure the aid of counsels more free from the influence of local prejudice. But thebulk of our representatives would still be subject to that influence, and it is unquestionable that even those who are not biassed by the wishes of constituents are under local influence, arising from another source, from their connection with the place, by re sidence, birth, or profession. Such a bias is indeed much less powerful than that given by the opinions and feelings of those who have elected and may re move ; and yet to a certai n d egree it ex i s t s, an d cannot be counteracted. Renee we descry addi tional ground for highly estimating an the importance of such inquiries as shall be undertaken by -those who are devoted to the promotion of social im provement in its main branches, and to the devising and adoption of means to assist its progress. Nor let the importance be lightly considered of diffus ing among the various classes of the community the subjects to which our inquiries Nkvrillolwbleeddgi reecotfedt,h and e which, though all are alike in terested in them, yet are by no means sufficiently understood or estimated at their just value by the bulls.' of mankind. The slowness with which the humbler classes of our fellow-citizensimprove them selves in different branches of science ; and, indeed, their reluctance to undergo the labour of studying them, has been often lamented, but without excit ing the least surprise in those who duly considered the circumstances of the case. In the attempts that have been made for so many years to overcome such obstacles, anti effect the more general diffusion of knowledge, the necessity has been too much over looked of beginning with the upper classes of so ciety. When these are well imbued with the taste for acquiring knowledge they have a natural ten dency to make those in other ranks partake of the same great benefits. It is not that the whole or even the greater part of one class will become edu cated, but some will be inspired with the desire, not more benevolent than wise, of bearing the torch to the regions still without those lights which they themselves enjoy. This is sound and useful in struction, propagated by a sure and rational pro cess. Nor is it more certain that the various layers of the great social structure are bound together by the mighty clamp of justice administered to all and binding on all, from the broad basis of the people upwards, through the middle classes and the aristoe cracy to the Crown itself, or the narrow summit, than it is certain that knowledge pervades the vast pyramid by successively embracingand disposing the arches it is formed of. Knowledge thus diffused, but especially knowledge of social interests, and rights and duties, even more than the firm and temperate distribution of justice itself, possesses the great, the cardinal value of ensuring the sta bility of the social system. It is, to use the lan guage of the day, in the very greatest degree con servative, and in the highest sense of the phrase. But its diffusion has another and most happy ten dency ; it leads to the improvement of the system, because it inspires all classes with the desire of pro moting measures shown to be safe as well as effec tual—in a word, wholesome reforms. Nor can anything be more groundless than the fears of pro gress entertained by some—affected by more. It is,continued, t o ie a r n — o not knowledge e advanced, which ignoranc e they which, have when we come to an ex p lanation with them, t he y in, il li gl y shared. whic w This e r eally do fear. Kno wled ge is power ; but its na tural ally is the friendly power of virtue, with as w eb ll v c h et a i dominionmtprauret of Ilia o h i s knowledgew shall supreme disposer and pre server, who " decketh himself with light as it were i w n i t t o h N a v h s i li c el v, d , , e " a r h e a has at d pr b o y vi t d h e e d a garment, but def e ndeth a ll th e ear th as it were " ttwh ilig h t h t e w s ill b e e s t v e r p e s . vented or retraced when the day dawns. If any one is still alarmed at the force which the people seem to gain when their faculties are expanded by cultivation, let them recollect that this happy process cannot be continued, and further knowledge acquired, without a new security being given by that very in crease of knows ledge against the delusions and t he excesses, s le ul d, os o t f t fear. We are reminded the e e happiest perhaps in well as by the place wherethe from which the peace of .the civooiTyamrtyitssyseumhbajb.ect, as c makes the power of steam provide by expansion for its own control, the one being nicely proportioned to the other. is then both power and safety—it eixli q s u to is r i y te of in s v ta e a n ni tio n w , hi tis self-contrel ; it gives to the mighty oth the movement and the governor-- ,‘ Unreasoned strength with perfect art combined, Awes, serves, damages, and protects mankind. But it is not safety alone that we expect • we fondly Knowledge coal er( i ens g i v e hope for more ; we confidently look higher. Thl•