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Itive . to t (borough . Ixford putt ges various ice against vo electors! acts, and e subatitn le wkesburY with in in addi o petition Mr. John ,st violence 3d of the ie voters, ling them .o charges Med, and i required one elector) bribery and Mackenzie► mbers with os; and the involve Mr. 5 urdbaraT 141' • rg ° of Oc° w ife o f C). ri rbor°4 :nlaP e r r e raP ler cldle , 0 eV" AtlA ' " 4 VliZ °. LotilS'! d tOr f welllPr gbta' o r f°- ti nt 0 1 5 6 0 ' 0 age _ Joser - Jonas t Dur"s' tho E l hr Col°lit 1.10 4111 : Self . 30+ 1 1. , - yOu''s e Onie e '„ D tf cc - I t" m presented dson for the 'at the boo. The friends )articipatio.a man or 1 115 to indignan t a cowardly one of the veral parties Mr. Hod' :ause of this ,glibourbood onoored bill desirous of t he may be ty is alreadY dr. Hudson ARKET. Ein large. of iii atone 74 61. to 9i ►atmeal, each I and 41i. ty 18. oatmeal, 0 (4 md. I Third; Od 40, 0 ,; Od —s „ Od —s Od Od —3 °I Od —3 °j less was rattle were sc arcell iau corn 0111°. , 32s Od to 3 j 65 , 25s 6d ; itto, new, ie Lew, to -; rs' flour, to 37s 61 2e 3 market. ad, .Itu. 0 16 g 1 6 0 Livia 2O ROSLO Is' COMING TO LONDON June Ist, , ‘BLA.No Is OPEN s TO-NIGIIT. ROYAL COLOSSEUM. - OPEN DAILY. Morning, from 12 to 5. Evening, 7to 11. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. Colosseum of Science and Art Company (Limited). 111:R. w. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, e with New Costumes and various Novelties, Vocal and Cha g.,teristic, every evening (except Ca t urday ) at Eight. A MORN PE*RFORMANCE every SAT URDAY. at Three. Private Boxes L l t ,n ,* 1 Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, YgraPhic.hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has been entirely redecorated. • LAST THREE DAYS.-GENERAL TOM t az THUM'S FAREWELL LEVEES at he Prince f Wales' r xin aa r. 2 , 9, Re ß gent-street. New Imitations, t Costumes, o Statu , s, Pasrj Banee", &c Hours of exhibition, half-past 3to 5 , and half- Thn to 9 o'clock. Admission Is. and 2s. I lean • General will perform in the SussexLeadenhal-street, singtornont Institute ; Peckham, Croydon. Stoke Nev,ington. Ken ; Ike, as advertised. lie performs Whitsun-Week at Brighton. ROYAL ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CAT2 , I'O, Great Windmill-street, Ifaymarket.—Great sec- Litirof the Romanoff Waltz and the Lancers, every evening, with 1),i nr 7, 1V4 qrand Orchestra of Forty of the first artistes of London. 4 ,1 Cornet-a-piston, M. Ronlcotirt. Door. (men et half rest tett.t. cortitienee at nine., The Lanc2rs will be danced at half - pa - t Admission One t-hilling. RAHN'S MIISEIIM, 4, Coventry-street, (l a n„ Leicester-gounre. Programme :— Lectures by - or. RAHN,. h ir. J . ; , :!t 3 o'clock. on highly ieresting and instructive Tonics 't , XTON, F.E nt .S., : At half-pist 1 —The Cueositics, and Philosophy nf the Sense Of Sight At Fat' its Great Tobacco Controversy: At half-past 7 —The Food we kuq. its IrEm., "reparation, Adulteration. and. Digestion. The ti ., -t li contains 1,000 Models and Preparations , and is w holly int.:railed in the world. Open daily, for Gentlemen cn • v, r.nrri 10 t c : e i tt Admisslon, One Milling. Catalogues, contaiing Dr. Kahn's re s, gratis to visitors. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.—Repetition in of ELTIATI.—The public is mo.t respectfully informed that t niz g o s!quence of the unprecedented &mind 'or places, and the vt th e ,- r Persons who were unable to &Vain admission tp witness 01Pnlid performance at DLTJ.IA on Monday last, it will be P EITED on MONDAY, the 25th inst.—Admission, Is. OYAL SURREY GARDEN S.— , e 11 XIILLITIN'S CONCERT'S and engagement o' the popular t h ' t, Miss VI nning.—TO-DAY, T n URSDAY. May 21, and der by jy r " e week, a Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, conducted • Jallien: several favourite songs by Miss Vinning ; an entirely C a r l. • aond original modelled Picture, by Danson, entitled , "Fairie and a most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display by Southhy. Mr. th Ftt ke will introduce his talented troupe of Eqestrians and beauti er of Horses. An effective Brazs Band will perform during ett e grounds, t t ,ernoon; an including the Stalactite Caverns, Dio ramic V s iews, in g. "" r aPhic Gallery , &c.—Doors open at 4. Admissionhill l! served seats, stalls, and private b o xes may be secured at 0 ela 5, Re,ept- s t re et • and Keith, P r owse, and Co.'s Cheapside. llisibu.es in' attendance at the c'ose of the performances to all .". Dries o The only authorise Programme to be bad in the Gardens , n e Penny. ' A t — Repetition of " ELIJAII" on Monday next. R. W. H. RUSSELL'S Personal Narrative. —AFTERNO3N SERlES.—Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's. Saturday Afternoon, May 23d, Thursday After- oon, May 28th, Monday Afternoon, June Ist. T O commence at Three o'Clock. Subscription to the Series, Ore e cittezt. Single Tickets, 10s. 6d. each. Cramer, Beale, and. Co.. 4 Regent-street; Mitchell's, 3 7 , Old Bond - street ; S ams ', 1, St, utes's-street. bOYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The GENERA MEETING of Members will he held at the .o elety's House, in Hanover-square, on FRIDAY, the 22d of MAY, 1,412 o'clock. JAMES HUDSON, Secretary. ROYAL HOTEL, SHEFFIELD. T o BE LET, With immediate Possession, that First-class Hotel at Sheffield, called the ROYAL HOTEL, te 1 , 4 nthe Tap. exten Stab, and premises attached ereto. : above is Worthy sive the notic li e ng of any spirited party. The p th resent e 4 i nt has ben highl sccessful during his tenancy, an i leaving accoient of ha y ving u taken to a larger concern i d n s another I/ a " Y. — Particulars to be had of GEORGE EADONT, Valuer , O l d Yin arket, Sheffield; or to LYA.S BISHOP, the present Proprietor. S'EarRE INVESTMENTS.—Messrs. R. end,,ORLRY and Co., 4R, Threadneedle-street, Sworn Stock, Share, theirr ousiness, Re re ,,,Vng Brokers, will be happy to forward a list of cartfallv selected th e iue!, Paying good di video ds, to those who 'nay ftsvour them with end to advise them on the safest mode of investing Per e caPital. Business transacted in the F.ntrlish Funds at 1-16th re e ,,, e nt.. and in all Stocks. Railway and Mining Shares, on the most p er '9 n able terms. A selected list of dividend-paying (from 12 to 20 t.) and progressive mines to be had personally or per letter. ANK OF DEPOSIT, - - No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST. LONDON. EstahllQhed A.D. 1844. l 'arti exa,„, es desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requ ested to I,"unetho plan of the Bank of Deposit. etti v r ,.ZPectases and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on appli- PETER 111ORMIRON, Managing Director. NORWICH UNION REVERSIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. Lii , ,p•p - ;.„,'" , TIE REBY GIVEN, That the ANTTAT, GENERAL G of the Proprietors of this Company, will be held on Offie,;`;,..Y , the 30th,June next. at one o'clock, at the company's tizid . 0 . 23, Lineoins-inn-fields , at which three of the Directors Th, e ,„‘llditors will go out of office. re. ce Jnrectors and Auditors so going out of . ollice are eligible for ?re Dr :',_ l ° o , and will offer themselves accordingly. Any qualified ber oon ` e L ol * intending' to become a candidate, or to propose any other 1111 3 7 qualified for the office of Director or Auditor, must, bh i „fourteen days from the date hereof, signify ire writing either Of t '!'e e lltiop to become a candidate, or the name and place of abode candidate to be proposed. 2 3, !Anew ' HENRY NORRIS, Secretary. a - lon-fields, 20th May, 1857. k)Ci e N ha O I : an I_ TT OLIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6 , New Bridge - stree t, London. _EERY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. A i , 1% A.Gar Dputy_ Deputy -Chairman —ROßEßT Chairman—BopEuT BIDDDLPH, Esq, Assurance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The Whole of the Profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capital of • • ••• £1,575,000 il uring its existence the Society has paid in Claims.. 1,455,000 Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Policies to the extent of .• .. • • .. •890,000 The last bonus, declared, in 1 854, averaged 671. per cent. on the Premiums paid, and amounted to • • 397,009 roncies in force • • •• •• •• •• •• 7,437 The Annual Income exceeds .. 240,000 e next Division of Profits will be made in 1859. 15 tiftrances n eflected prior to 31st December,lBs9, will participate e Divisio f 1863 o . to vileictuses and flsil particulars may be obtained on application ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary, Freehold and Leasehold—Southwark, Enfield, and London. 1 10 BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the nigh rourt of Chancery, made in a certain calm of " Shen eard si„ Shepheard," with the aoprobation of the Vice. Chancellor „2 R ichard Torin Kinderslev, the Judge to whose Court the said !use is attached, by Mr. PETER BROAD, at the Auction Mart, in 0 1 . 1 _ 6 city of London, on TUESDAY, the 9th day of JUNE, 1837, at " Precisely, in Eight lots, the several Freehold and Leasehold iistatea hereinafter mentioned, viz. :—Four Freehold Dwelling b„ ° , il 'ieg, numbered 1,2, 3 and 4, John-street. Southwark ; a Free -1.,`,1 Rouse (divided into three tenements) situate at Baker-street, 1 - i nf ield; a Freehold Home, with Garden adjoining. called The at Chase side, Enfield ; a Leasehold House, with Shop, No. _lO, oxford -street ; a Leasehold House, with Shop. No. 68, Quad rant, Recent-street ; a Leasehold 'House, with Shop, No. 3, Bruton street, Bond-street a Leasehold House, No. 15, Little Marylebone iltrect ; a Leasehold Rouse, with Shop, No. 417, Strand. — The pre !nises may be vi ewe d , by leave of the tenants, one fortnight preced- Ing the sale, 7., 11(1 gratis of Messrs. Camer on and Booty, 1, Raymond-huild'ngs, and printed particulars and conditions of sale may be ZraVa•inn, W.C. • of Messrs. Juli us an d C a meron. No. 19, Bucking nn-street, Adelphi, W.C. ; of M r . J . G . Nick, No. 11, Gray's-inn - W.C. • of Messrs. Bennett and Paul, No. 1, Sizc-lane, Back i,e/sbury; Ex: ; of Mr. C. M. 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Ukase by the Emperor of Russia, Russian Consulate General, London Dec 2 . _ T he Consul-General has been ordered to inforn; Me5 . 5r5 , . 1847 Barry, B Barry and Co., that the RevalentaArabicath the; lafdorwsenatrdteudlitios M aiesty th e E mperor, has, by imperial permission, the m inister of the Imperial Palace, Su itably partied for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, Ilb '2s 9d : 21b 45 6d ; 51b lls , 121 b 22s ; super refined quality. alb 6s : 21b 1le; Mb 225, ; 101 b 33s The 1015 and 121 b canis ters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post -office order. I, 3 ,arry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street, London; Fortn um, 1 430 n, and Co.. purveyor sto her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly , also at ,°_n, Grac echurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 68, .20rnhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing - " 03 8; : 54, U pper isl4k erlt•teet ; 0 and 150 Oxford-ttr et. Lions. ET& and prices ." 14 3donians, 3o , land, 83C 3 t —Ditto, 6 r -Black burv;, lire, 101 l B ‘ b p . So l o 16 —Or 7RNS. Y.—Traffic tr 6 47,533 I F, 0 11121-> . £1,660 6 £13,444 4 11 14,441 1 0 4 234,947 1 , 6 , 7 229,855 ',WAY.-T=' of .. £60,328 0 0 61,703 vo l t return for O £21,756 1„° $ 21,249 lv of 'affie retUr il ..£5,837 0 0 £93 0 Y.—Trafg° 11i £23,661 . 0 a 0 141 29,227 0 0 eturn for t ....£272 ;1 1 ▪ 255 return fo r e. 9 —.2958 1 1 1 ▪ 633 re , r .—Traffi ° £12,456 , • *XOE -. leil* 7'4 -..„ .04 • A , 46q y . , ig „ lee ‘ CP , • • , ,/ " l EU 44 4,4, ROTT.IO , 4.1PP4+14 0 . 20,256.) PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in I large vol., with Map and Plate, 165., DR. ARMSTRONG'S PERSONAL NARRATIVE of tt e DISCOVERY of the NORTH-WEST PASSAGE by 11.M.S INVESTIGATOR. • """ - ------- As a full and authentic recerd, Dr. Armstrong's work will be one of the most valuable of the Arc,ie. narratives." —Lit. Gaz. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW EDITION OF " THE TAP,ISH." This day is published, in 1 vol. royal 12ne0 ., price 18 s. cloth , bds ., THE PARISH : its Powers and Obligations at Law as retards the Welfare of every Neighbourhood, and in Relation to the State ; its Officers and Committees, and the Respon sibility of every Parishioner. With Illustrations of the Practical Working of this Institution in all Secular affairs, and of some modern attemp's at Ecclesipstical encroachment. TOULMIN of Lincoln's-inn, Esq., Earnster at Law. The Second Edition, with important Additions. . . . [ 4D. STAMPED 5!) .] less prevail, and although one thing cannot be de nied—namely, that there never was a time when one of these parties was predominant that its pre dominance was not injurious to the church, it must still be candidly admitted by all dispassionate men that the competition, if I may use the expression, between the two parties which have now prevailed in the church for more than two centuries has on the whole been beneficial to this country. While, on the one hand, what we familiarly, call "low church" has checked the advance of priestly domi nation, on the other hand, what we call " high church " has saved us from the consequences of latitud inatian practices. lam mself in favour of that via media which the most eminent prelates of the country have ever since the Reformation main tained and upheld. (Cheers.) I desire to see a full and complete ecclesiastical establishment on the ba , is of a true Protestant faith ; but, at the same time, I wish to see our ecclesiastical policy main tained in its spirit and truth. The question, how ever, which is now rapidly advancing, and which the people of thiS .country will be called upon to decide—l believe even in this Parliament—is not whether you shall have what is culled "high church "or "low church," but whether you shall have a national church established in this realm, forming an important part of its political constitii tion. This question you will very speedily be called upon to decide when the subject of church-rates is brought before you,---a question the discussion of which it has for many years been 'convenient' to evade, but which, you may depend upon it, before 12 months have passed, will in the consequence of its settlement be one of the utmost importance to this country. I have brought to this subject, believp, as calm - a - consicleratisen anyemen can Well command, but I -cannot conceal from myself that the movement against church-rates is a politi cal movement I have arrived at that couctusion ' from facts which are before us. They are these:— By the law of England, as it at.present stands, no churclarete can be levied without the consent of a majority of the rate-payers, and I should suppose that it is a distinguishing characte ristic of Engashroen to defer always to the sense of a majoiity. It is therefore clear that a church rate cannot be levied in any district unless there is a predominant opinion in is favour. Now, how do we find that the law practically acts ? We ,have before is returns from the 12,000 parishes into which England is divided. In how many parishes, do you suppose, according to the last returns, church-rates have been refused ? Why, only in GOO out of the whole 12,000. When, then, we find under a law so liberal in its concep tion that the opinion of the majority absolutely de cides the question of assensment, that only 5 per cent. of the 12,000 parishes—and those, of course situated in large towns—have availed themselves of the privilege of withholding a church-rate, it is impossible for me to accept as a grave conclusion, that this institutton—if I may so call it=aa it now exists, is oppoied to the feelings and convictions of the people. It is, however, impossible to deny that in this question, ' left as it is, and perhaps wisely, to the decision of the majority, is involved the whole question of a church establishment. Even if the majority had a conscientious objection to the payment of church-rates, and you were called upon to terminate them, you would have to decide the great question whether you would maintain an establishment or not. • Circumstances, however, have not come to such a point as to place us under the painful necessity of weighing the advantages of an established church against the general convic tions and sentiments of the community. It is clear, however, that every objection urged against church rates might be equally urged against tithes, and might even be carried to a greater length. If the conscientious objection of individuals is to be al lowed to prevail against the maintenance of a na tional institution, I am at a loss to understand how any national institution of this country is to be upheld. It has happened that by negligence in the public mind, and its fading to see what impor tant questions were involved in that of church rates, the subject has assumed an importance which cannot be exaggerated, and it is one that must be brought to a public and Parliamentary solUtioli. It is not possible that during the present Parliament the opinion of the house and of the Government hould not be taken on that subject, and therefore it becomes you upon this question, no less than upon that of Parliamentary Reform, to make up your minds as to what you will change and what _yeal will maintain. You cannot allow this matter to go any longer as it is. If yo . wish to 0114 the institutions of your - country you must take your side upon this subject, for, although he was attacked for it by his supporters, lord Johu Russell never spoke more soundly than when he said that all our ,institutions were at stake in the settlement of this question. One word upon the institutions of our country. lam in favour of progress, in favour of the political, social, and in'ellectual progress of this country. I think that any man who is the Minister of England ought to pursue the policy which, in his opinion, will make the people of Eng land the freest, happiest, and most enlightened people in the world ; but I am also, and have always been ; of opinion that this result can only be obtained by maintaining and deferring to our ancient institutions. There are many well-meaning men who are enamoured of the American institu tions and of those of our great colonies. They say re sults of great value are obtained without the influence of the institutions of this country of which we are so proud, and to which 1 hope we may' still remain devoted. There is, however, this difference between our country and those to which I have re ferred. In the old countries of Europe, and espe cially in what we are proud to call "Old England," you cannot make any great change without de stroying, whereas in Australia or America nothing is destroyed, but everything is created. What would be the consequence of destroying our ancient institutions ?, There have been old countries of Europe which have tried that experiment, and what is the result of their experience ? Destroy a monarchy and you will have a royalist party in the country. Change a dynasty, and you will have a Legitimist party. Subvert a church, and you will have an ecclesiastical party. Put an end to an here ditary nobility, and yoti will have a large body of proprietors discontented with the state of affairs. What are the consequences of this? Civil war and constant revolutions. England cannot afford to have a civil war ; England cannot afford constant revolutions. If an old country like this, with a sys; tern of credit like ours, lost a period of her history in internal struggle or revolution, would she not, when she again became tranquil, find that other countries—such as that on the other side of the At lantic—had outstripped her in the race ? As long as we are faithful to ourselves—as long as we im prove but do not destroy, it is impossible to pre dict to what height of pride and power England may attain. I will not refer to the 30 years' war of the Roses, the like of which may never again occur in England—l will take the war of the great rebellion. If we underwent political revolutions such as some of our neighbours have experienced during the last 50 years, the position of England at their termina tion would not be that which She at present occu pies. She might become tranquil, the people might find themselves free and in the possession of much physical enjoyment, but she ,would no longer, as at present, be a first-rate State. Shewould not be the ieading Power of Europe. She would become what Sweden and the other Scandinavian States are at the present day, and the result of improvement effected by destruction would be to lower the influ ence of our country instead of to accomplish, ate might be done by deference to, and through the agency of, our present institutions, the mainte nance and elevation of our present position. I have thought that the eminent person who asked me what I should say to my constituents should iat with . your indulgence receive an answer, an d I hope t . what I have said may be productive of some ad van_ tage, and may lead my constituents and others of the people of Eogland to ponder well on the aspect of affairs during the interval w hich shall elapse before the changes with which w e are threatened are pro posed. I want to induce what in old days was called "the landed interest" —I do not mean merely or mainly the 'squires, but the occupiers and cultiva tors of the soil—dis Passionately to review their position. We live in a period when those who wish to be respected must respect themselves. You will not have your rights conceded, you will not have your fair and legitimate privileges maintained, if you yourselves, not knowing your own case, are silent and prepared to submit to any unjust arrange ment that may be proposed. Men suffer injustice, not only from the ignorance of those who injure them, but also from neglect of their own interests. I am quite sure that if the case of the land had been fairly put before the Parliament of 1832, it is so strong and so full of elenients which command the interest of Englishmen the---. , -very different arrange ment would have been made. Understand that 1 am not for a moment attempting to revive a quarrel, now long forgotten, between ourselves and the great centres of manufacturing and commercial in dustry. Ido not grudge Manchester, Liverpool, or Bradford, or the great towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire, their representatives. lam glad to see them in the House of Commons. lam quitewilling to admit that if they can establi4h a claim, it ought H. Sweet, 3, Chancery-lane, Fleet-street. CLERK ON PARLIAMENTARY ELEC- Trovs and ELECTION COMMITTEES —The REMAIN ING CHAPTERS of the LAW of HAP LIAMENTARY ELEC. 110 IS, by JOHN CLERK, PEq.. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law, comprising all the Changes in the Law, and all cases affecting ''untested Elections, down to the present time, with a copious Index to the whole Work, are now published. The•complete Work is 1/.ls. in beards, but the additional Chapters may he had separately, price 10s. 6d . to perfect the copies of Mr. Clerk's Treatise of 1855, already in circulation. H. 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Th e sick poor are admitted on their own application alone no re commendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application:— Week ending 7th February Ditto 14th February .. •• • • 2,351 Dittc ilst February .... • • 2,650 Ditto 28th February : 2,890 Total in February 9 ,985 f which 3,379 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat. ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of he public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual .4eneral Meeting in January. A Board Is held every Thursday, a i , 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. 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The two Conservative members for the county of Bucks yesterday dined, according to ancient cus tom, at a farmers' ordinary, with a body of their constituents, at the Anchor Hotel, Newport Pag nell. Tbe company comprised. nearly 150 agricul turists and other ,influential gentlemen connected with the northern part of the county. It will be seen from the subjoined report, of the proceedings that Mr. Disraeli availed himself of the opportunity afforded by the occasion to enter into a lengthened exposition of his views on the present aspect of public affairs. The chair was occu pied by Mr. E. Greaves. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been given, the health of the two Conservative members were duly proposed and enthusiastically received. Mr. Du - PRE, in virtue of his position as senior member, was the first to respond, and addressed the company in brief but appropriate terms. Mr. DISR AELI was received with loud cheers. He said : Mr. Chairman and gentleman,—l should have. been quite satisfied to leave the acknowledg ment of our sense of your kindness to us to-day to my colleague, Mr. Du Pre, between whom and myself, since we have both been in the service of the county, there has always existed entire sym pathy, and from.whom, whenever the affairs of Buckinghamshire have been. concerned, I have always received cordial co-operation and assistance —had I not been afraid that it would appear like affectation on my part were I to suppose that on 4hissaccasion you would expect me to rema'n alto gether silent. It is some time now since I had the honour of meeting you at Newport Pagnell and in this room, and the interval that has elapsed has been eventful even in this country, where events must necessarily succeed each other rapidly. Last night, or I may say this me ruing, for it was nearly. 2 o'clock when the House of Commons was break ing up, a very great personage invited me to to call upon.him to confer with him on a subject of deep moment. and I told him that it was not in my rower to wait upon him as I could have wished, be- . cause I had to meet my constituents, with whom I was to have the honour of dining at a farmers' ordi nary at . Newport Pagnell ; upon which that great personage observed, " Good God ! what can you say to them 1" (Laughter.) Gentlemen, this is the solution of the inquiry of that eminent personage. I have kept my engagement to meet a body of my constituents, and I am now about to do that which, in the opinion of one of the most experienced judges of such matters, is regarded as, probably, the mos's difficult task that could fall to the lot of any man. Now, that great personage, although he has re ceived all that the favour of the Sovereign and the , confidence of the people could bestow upon him in his distinguished•career, and although he has also been a county member, never had the honour of representing the county of Bucks. (" Hear," and a laugh.) That I believe is the only honour he has never achieved. If he had ever been a member for this county he would have known that it is not diffi cult at any time to address a bodycf men who from 'their habits, and the traditions they have inherited from their forefathers, have always taken an in terest in political questions and in the government of the country. (Hear, bear.) Therefore although I address you at a moment when public excitement is not very rife, std.!, as is my custom—as is always the custom of your members—l wish to speak to You with candour and without reserve on subjects of national interest and importance ; and I know that I shall receive from you that sym pathy and attention which may be expected from a body of gentlemen who do not, on occasions like the present, look to the mere claptraps of tavern rhetoric, but require from their representa tive a frank and manly declaration of his opinions on the great topics which interest them. (Hear, hear.) When we last met in this room some five years ago you were suffering from that unrestricted compstition to which the industry in which you are all engaged was, by a great and unexpected commercial revolution, subjected • and it was then a great question whether you would be able suc cessfully to pass through that ordeal. Much confi dence, in which I shared, was felt at that time in the energy and skill of the British farmer ; and, speaking now in the presence of a 'British—of a Buckinghamshire farmer—who has reduced the steam-plough to successful practice—(hear, bear) — I do not think I was wrong in the expectations I then entertained from the high qualities of the cul tivators of the sod. But it is not to revive the con troversy between unrestricted competition and protected industry that I have adverted to this sub ject. While that great and ever fierce controversy was going on, a vast revolution was taking place from natural causes, and, perhaps, by Providential in terposition, which, in fact, baffled all the predic tions and a'l the calculations hazarded on both sides of the question. What effect the gold discoveries of California and Australia have had on the for tunes of England and of the world is a subject which engages and perplexes the minds of the most eminent men in this country. Yet the question is one which we must not neglect to. consider. I have no doubt myself that directly, by stimulating the consuming power of the world and producing , new markets, and more powerfully, though indi rectly; by causing and creating the great works now being prosecuted in every part of the globe, these discoveries led to those high prices which have for some years prevailed in all articles, and have tended to counteract the effect of the legisla tive changes which we feared. I don't mean to say that the railroads of Eng!and, for example, are owing to the discovery of the precious metals in California and Australia ' • but the railways of France, Spain, Austria, and particularly of India, are solely due to that cause. It may be said if we attribute such beneficial consequences to the unex pected increase of the capital of the world, that it is difficult to reconcile such results with the high rate of interest on capital which now prevails. Of course, on such a subject all opinions must be given with e humility, but it 'is my own belief that these apparent inconsistencies may be reconciled. I have no doubt, and never had any doubt, that the tendency and ultimate result of the gold dis coveries will be'to diminish' the rate of interest on money. At the same time we connot conceal from ourselves that the enterprise of the human race has outrun the 'increase of capital which has taken place ; and, although by that enterprise a great stimulus has been imparted to the consuming power of the country, occasioning the present beneficial influence on prices, still a high rate of interest for capital has simultaneously occurred. I have no doubt, however, that as events proceed, we shall find a natural result ensue, and that while you ex perience this advantage from the prices of all the articles which you produce and consume, you will also combine with them that mach re duced rate of interest on capital which I think is the inevitable consequence of those gold discoveries which are probably destined to produce a greater effect on the history of this country and of the world than anything that has happened since the discovery of America. (Hear.) I have referred to these points because they have a very material connexion with the position in which you were placed when I last htd the honour of ad dressing you. Nor can I conceal it from myself— although, no doubt, there may be some great strain on the country in the interval—although, no doubt, there is required in private enterprise great pru dence, and in the public expenditure great economy —that the position of the nation in consequence of the recent discoveries of the precious metals has become one of a sound and healthy description. I cannot doubt that the ultimate effect of all this must be to increase the prosperity of this country ; nor do I believe that either in ancient or modern his tory there ever was a nation more happily placed than England is at present, or that had a future to which it might look forward with so much satisfac tion. (Hear.) Well, if this be a true and fair view of our situation, it, is certainly very remarkable that this is the moment in which we hear so much of approaching political changes, and that it should be at a time when the great body of the people are satisfied, contented, and prosperous, t hat we should hear of great impending innovations in our political institutions. (Hear.) [t becomes us at the present moment well to consider the position that we now occupy, and what may be the course which it will be our duty to take should these changes be pro posed. (Hear.) I shall take the liberty with the ut most brevity of which the nature of the case admits, to state my opinions on this subject. In fact it would be a mockery for one who holds the import asat post of your representative to meet you here to-day and not revert to what seems to be the con sequence of the, last dissolution of Parliament— ns.trnely, that in due time, and when our rulers think fit, we shall be called upon to consider great changes in the political constitution of the country. With regard to Parliamentary Reform I would pre sume to say this—that I have no prejudices in favour of the existing system, which was brought into operation in 1832. I believe when, that great change took place its conception was not altogether exempt from the spirit of faction. (Hear.) I have always thought, and always expressed wy belie that when the reform of Parliament was brought forward in 1832 it was not framed with a just re gard to the interests of those connected with the property and the cultivation of the soil. I think also, although this is a very minor point, that in arranging the boundaries of boroughs and many. other matters *there was all that Wing, contriv ance, and manceuvre which are, probably, inevit able when such a Measure is prepared by a political' party so circumstanced at the moment of effecting the change as to be irresponsible. But, though I have held that opinion, I have also thought that political change, unless called for by a political ne cessity, is, in a Country like England, a great social evil. And I have lookkkl always—not, I believe, without reason—to the remedial agency which would be exercised on some of the arrangements that might have been very factiously brought about by the good sense and common feeling of Euglishmen—in fiuences which would, in thelong rue, teed to emove some of the evils and alleviate some of the injustice which are now pretty generally acknowledged to mark the settlement of 1832. Bet, although I be lieve there is no feeling whatever in the country in favour of what is commonly called Parliamentary reform ; though I think I may say't hat the Parlia mentary reformers in the present day are only to be found in Parliament ; yet, when you look to the position of the question, and find that the Prime Minister has acknowledged:---no matter what may have been the cause of his decision—that it is his intention next year to introduce a measure of Pa i liamentary reform, leaving it probably to publ opinion in the interval to give a tone as to what the character of that measure maybe, I think we should be totally negligent of ourdtity, quif un 4 atorthy of the privileges of Englishmen, if we passed such an occasion in silence, and did not attempt, by calin consideration and by investigating the merits of the case, to arrive at some conclusions that may guide our conduct when we are called upon to acr. Now, although for the reasons I have assigned I am un willing that the present system should be disturbed —although I think political change the greatest of all social evils in its consequences -- although I may not be prepared, and yet it has been announced in some public journals of the greatast eminence that I am, with a Reform Bill of my own—(laughter)-- I am not prepared, on the other hand, to say that if the Minister on his own responsibility bring for ward a measure of that character, I will not give to it a candid and sincere consideration on its merits. (Hear, hear.) There is great discussion at the pre sent day as to what is the proper element of repre sentation. Some tell you that population is the element of a representative system ; others tell you property is the proper element ; a third party tells you that pr'operty and population should be taken together ; and a fourth tells you that population and property always go together, and cannot be separated. But I think there is one element in a representative Government which is still more im— portant than even population or property. 1 mean prescription. (Hear, hear.) An old European country, and especially England, obeys the autho rity to which it is accustomed. But no country of the antiquity of our own, no country where an arti ficial a system of society and of credit exists as in this, ever can sustain perpetual changes of Govern ment, and will always have a bias for obeying the autbotity which is traditionary. (Hear.) There fore, supposing the Minister next year brings for ward a scheme of Parliamentary reform, I shall, though adverse as a general rale to political change, give to his proposition a candid consideration ; I shall ask myself whether the proposition which he ' makes is one that is calculated to concede that jus tice which I think has been hitherto denied to your claims, but which I would not have disturbed - society by demanding, and yet which, if by the act of the Government themselves the country is called upon to investigate the question, I think it the duty of the classes connected with the land clearly and earnestly to place before the Legislature. Let me illustrate my meaning by-ari instance. The popu lar idea of Parliamentary -ref*n.. may be fairly stated in this manner. A gen'tleinau who is a Par liamentary reformer takils a' small borough—for example. Buckingham orT WyOonibe—and- he says, " Here are two boroughs with a csnstituency of 300 voters each, and here is the city of Manchester - , in the county of Lancaster, with a %population of 300,000 inhabitants, but with only two members, or the same number, iu fact, as the little borough of Buckingham. What injustice ! What anoma lies I at is-absolutely necessarytlent we should. dis franchise Buckingham or Wycombe . , and transfer its two membersto Manchester." And it is asto nishing how plausible this proposal sounds, and how easily it is credited even by those whose inte rests are not involved in its adoption. But, gen tlemen, if you come to anomalies, I should like to know whether there are none in our representation infinitely more striking than this very popular ire stance drawn from the small boroughs with only 300 constituents. I have a note here which is very brief but very pregnant. Take, for example, the county of South Cheshire, with qa population of 206,000. There is only one town there, the city of Chester, centaining 28,000 inhabitants—it returns two mem bers, while the countycontains 178,000 inhabitants and yet returns only' two members. Thus the county of South Cheshire, with 178,000 inhabi tants, returns the same number of members as the city of Chester with 28,000. I could go-through al most every county in England and show the same anomalies. The subject is one on which it is of the utrooet importance that the people of this country should have the most accurate information, and that information theyshould learn, mark, and inwardly digest during the next nine months, so that when the proposition of the Government, or of any Go vernment, is made they should be able to form a sound opinion upon it. I meet every day of my life men who are called Conservatives in opinion—fair and honourable men, who probably have not had time to examine this question, and who often say, " There are unquestionably great anomalies inthe present system. Why, the little town and the great city return the same number of members. Surely, you must disfranchise the little towns, and g ive the seats to the great cities." I arnnot opposed to every measure of Parliamentary reform which any Minis ter may bring forward. I think it probable that any scheme that is introduced mast do more justice to the claims which, I think, are not properly treated. But this is the point which I wish to press upon you, because it is upon it that your future conduct must depend. It is, that if we are to have a new scheme of Parliamentary reform, these claims ought to be admitted. Perhaps you will pardonmo if I put before you a few more facts. There is the case of North Cheshire, with a total population of 249,000 inhabitants, and with the two great towns of Macclesfield and Stockport. Well, the two towns, with a population of 93,000 return four members, while the rural population consisting of 150,000 returns only two. Is not that an anomaly as striking as that presented by the small county town and the large manufacturing city ? Another remarkable case is that of the county of South Derby, which has only one large town, and a total population of 166,000. The town f Derby, with 40,000 inhabi tants, has two members, while the rural population numbering 125,000, has but two. Is not than an anomaly? (Cheers.) Again, take the county of North Durham, with a total population 0f272,000, and having fourtowns, viz. :—Durham, Gateshead, South Shields, and Sunderland. The town popula tion numbers 136,000, or exactly the same as that of the county, and yet the towns are represented giving you a sta tistical six members, whits t he count y bas only two. tPisetrilrals I lecture,ough t to particularly ye in this this hot weather. (No, no, and laughter.) B ut r ea l ly we live in very paa remarkable times. I recollect no instance of a Prime Minister dissolving Parliameat, and after a general election coming down to the new House of Com mons, and saying his first important measure will be to reform and reconstruct them—(laughter) — but that as ho has not made up his mind how to do it he will take a year to consider of it. I don't wish to criticise the future policy of the noble lord, but I think we should be the greatest idiots in the world if we did not take the' opportunity of in structing ourselves on this question, so that the noble lord may have the advantage of the expres sion of the opinions of Englishmen upox it, which may influence his measures ; and if his measures are not influenced by the just views that we are at tempting to maintain, at least when his scheme is brought before us we shall be able to criticise them with that poWer which must accrue from a complete knowledge of the subject. (Hear.) You will, therefore, feel that I am only doing try duty as your representative at this important crisis in laying these facts before you. Well, I come to the county of West Kent, which has 400,000 inhabitants. Its four great towns are Chatham, Rochester, Maid stone, and Greenwich, with an aggregate popula tion of 169,000. These towns return seven mem bers, while the rural population, numbering 228,000, returns only two. That, 1 think, is another ano maly. (Hear.) I take, next, Lancashire, that great county which has exercised so considerable an in fluence on your fortunes and on the legislation, and even the history, of this country. North Lanca shire has a population of 460,000. Its four great towns are Blackburn, Clitheroe, Lancaster, and Pivotal, which, with a population of 143,000, re- turn seven members to Parliament,' while the rural 'population, comprising. 316,000, only returns two. I come next to that great centre of manufacturing industry, South Lancashire. It has a total popu lation of 1,500,000, or as large a population as Denmark, and almost as large as that of Holland. Its towns contain one million inhabitants, and re turn 15 members, while the remaining half-million in the county return hut two. Really, when we are going to have a Reform Bill,'and when it is the opinion, not indeed of Lord Palmerston—because he , has kept that discreet' silence on the subject which usually characterises him—(a laugh)—but the opinion of those reformers who are egging him on, that the measure to be introduced is to reduce the influence of the landed interest, and to increase the power of the towns, I think the time has' come when we ought to meet and let the country know that we have investigated the subject and have some clear understanding upon it, and that if we nre to have a new Reform Bill—which, if the coun try wants it, I shall not oppose—let it at least be based on principles more just than those established in 1832. If, however, we are to form any opinion from the expressions of those who are called the leading reformers of the day, we are to have a new Reform Bill, which is not to redress the injustice of 1832, but to aggravate it. In order to convince you that the instances I have quoted are notiso ed dint only samples of what prevails through ' i. 6 whole arrangements of 1832, let me give 6 t ' • or two further illustrations. East Norfolk,' onta . ing a population of 250;000, returns two tubers,ilea bers, while the town population of Norwich an Yarmouth, numbering 100,000, returns four. Then, there is the case of Yorkshire: .. The E4st Riding contains a total population of 220,000. Hull and another town, with 94,000 inhabitants. between them, arerepresented by four members, while the remaining 126,01)0 ,of rural population have but two members. The great West Riding has a popu•• lation of 1,300,000 ; its nine groat towns, with a population of half a million, have 16 mem bers, while the rural population 800,000 is represented, as usual, 'by two members. What I want the' agricultural classes to do at the present day is, not to place themselves in the unfavourable position of saying on this or on any other great public question that they are opposed to all change. That is always a difficult position to ' occupy under any circumstances, but it is au impose sible position when the Goveronient of the country come forward as the advocates of change, and on their responsibility, which ought to be deeper than that of any common man, and with their know- ledge of the facts of the case, which might to be more _accurate than that of _any common man, tell you that a great change in the representation of the country is required, and that they are prepared to propose it. Do not put yourselves' in the position of opposing abstractedly every reform thus intro duced, but hake your: elves masters of your case, and lay it down as a condition that, before you as- , sent to it, the change shall be founded on principles of justice. I am convinced that if you conduct yourselves in that manner and are supported by correct information, you may safely appeal to that sense of fairness which pervades the great bulk of the people of this country ; and you may be sure that no change will take place in the Parliamentary constitution o England, which is conceived in such a spirit of hostility to the landed interest as the measure of 1832. I know it will be sail that there is a fallacy in the ob-ervations that I have addressed to you, and it is not impossible that the words uttered in this room may batthe subject of cavil and criticism. Now, so far as I am concerned, I speak to court criticism. Ido not come down to meet you, my best and earliest friends, anerely for the pleasure of seeing .you here, but that I may do something to maintain your interests ant support your rights. lam prepared for this answer to my observations, and I am going to discount it, as it were, before it is made. It will be said that I have merely taken the population represented by the towns, and that, on an hypothesis that is perfectly unjustifiable, have assumed that the rest of the population is a rural and county population, whereas there is an immense number of people who live in towns who are not represented. . It will be said that I have 10:landed these persons in the figures that I have given in order to delude my constituents of Newport'Pagnell. I will meet that auswei—the only answer that can be given to the statistibs which.l have laid before you, and which are takufrom the authentic and Rithoritative tables of the ghblic census. I hatte taken the trouble to investigate the number of inhabitants of this coun try who live in the unrepresented towns, and I shall place before you one of the shortest and most pregnant documents ever read on this all-important subject to a body of Englishmen. I have taken England proper as the subject of my illustration for the obvious sake of simplicity. In Ireland, Scotland, and even in Wales there are varieties of franchise and diverse arrangements respecting the boroughs, whereas throughout England the fran chise is similar and the political incidents of the boroughs are exactly the same. The example I. shall give is on a scale so extensive as to be per fectly conclusive on the general question. There are 144 county 'members in England, and they represent a population of 9,777,000, which gives one member of Parliament for every 67,883 inhabitants. There are 319 borough mem bers, representing a population of 7,14 t,OOO, which gives one member for every 22,334. I shall deduct the population of the unrepresented towns, which are supposed to be represented by the county mem bers. Their population is exactly 1,000,000. There fore the 144 county members will represent 8,777,000, which gives one member for every 60,869 persons ; while the 312 borough members will re present a populationof 8,144,678, giving one mem ber for every 25,535. So that when I have rectified the balance and thrown into the boroughs what they have no right to have, the case stands thus—that you have one member in the counties for every 61,000, and'one in the boroughs for every 25,000. Are not these important facts? Aud when we are told that there are to be new reform bills framed according to the opinions of the leading reformers of the country, with a view to dithinish what they call the undue preponderance of the landed inte rest, are we to take no steps to make our position known ? And when England may be called upon to decide in some moment of passion on some Par liamentary reform, brought forward perhaps for the purpose of confirming a party in power, ought not these facts to be welt driven into the convictions and conscience of the political mind of England ? You would be acting a suicidal part if, knowing quite well that a reform bill was to be introduced in deference to the opinions of those who think that the classes connected with the land have too much political power, you were not to awaken the coun try to the real state of the case as I have revealed it to you. (Hear, hear.) Indisposed, therefore, as I am to disturb the settlement of 1832, still, if a great political change is contemplated and intro duced on the responsibility of the Minister of the Crown, 1 shall give his proposition a dispassionate consideration, and endeavour to vindicate the in terests which I think have been so long injured. (Hear.) I have only one remark to add on the sub ject of Parliamentary Reform. So coolly is it as sumed by Parliamentary reformers that any change in our representative system must diminish the in fluence of the landed interest that you meet per sons every day, and persons, too, regarding them selves as by no means violent reformers, who want to alter the county franchise. They are for adopt ing a reduced franchise that will curtail the legiti mate influence of the landed interest by admitting into the county constituencies persons unconnected with that interest. That, I think, would be a most impolitic course. Whatever plans of parliamentary reconstruction may be proposed, we ought to adhere to the great distinction which has always prevailed in our constitution, and which was adopted after grave consultation in 1832 —namely, that we should acknowledge the franchise of the towns to arise out of occupation, and that of the counties out of the ownership and cultivation of the soil. It is impos sible that any sane man can conceive the project to increase the county constituencies, which have al ready fewer members and a larger population than the boroughs, and at the same time not to deal with the borough constituencies. Than such a proposal nothing could be more monstrous or unsatisfactory. It aggravates the injustice and increases the very political evil which ought to, be redressed. If there is to be a change in the electoral body, it ought to .be an increase in the constituencies of the boroughs. 1 If, therefore, you calmly consider this question with especial reference to the position and influence of the land, nothing could be more unjust, absurd, and anomalous than the schemes of reform hitherto propounded. (Cheers.) I shall now leave that which is put forward as the question of t he day. It is hardly necessary for me to trouble you at any length upon other topics. There is one subject, however, upon which I 'think the people of this country opinion, ought atidth t a o t k i ) e s tothe prepared positiont to which cometo a blished church is to maintain in th eir coustitution. (Hear.) Ido not mean to ente r into the contro thdeefi enstitll e - Was a period when these parties did not ram or versywehxiicsht in ha the s he arisen chur w2 o h f E r e n s g p i e a c: d t . o t hereT h e which a to be recognised in any great chang:s wYo'i may take place. (Hear, bear.) I now offer no argu ment, I put forward no scheme, I give to the coun try facts—facts collected fr gym. au , he ratative documents—and if any on( or refute them, they will have amp to do so before the next session of they show that four towns having 1 the population df the county ougt Iseated by eight members, while t, has but two, let them offer their the fair and impartial judgment of England. (Cheers.) If they cao .y ~, taking population as the element of represen tation which, by the by, is a great concession; it is a test which many refuse to take, but it is their own test—if they can deny that one half of the population of this kingdom is repre sented by 140 members, and less than the other moiety by 320, and that because they live.in towns, let them go to the market-place of every town and prove that what I am stating is "romance" and mere imagination. As long, however, as we have public records, and as long as those documents are, by means of a free pres, accessible to the people, I do not believe that these statements can be refuted or denied. It is only as facts that I offer them ; I leave it the people of England to draw from them their own conclusions. It there is to be a political change, it ought to be one devised and carried out for the advantage of no party silthatever. It is to calm, comprehensive public opinion that I add r e s s myself. If the question is fully and fairly considered, if the due influence of the landed interest in all its ramifications is recognised, I care not how you re construct your Parliament, I care not how you ad just your franchise, I believe that the institutions of this country will be maintained, and maintained because they answer the wants and wishes of the people. I thank you for the kind manner in which you have receive I me to-day. I have not entered into party politics. Ido not depreciate parties. I am a party man, and I believe every man here is a party man, because in a free country it is the duty of every subject to have definite ideas on all the great questions of the day. Party politics are, how ever, much suspended for the moment by accident. and it is only when the great questions to which I have adverted shall be brought forward in the House of Commons that parties will again appear to assert what are on either side the opinions of their fol lowers. With regard to party. politics I will only venture to say that 1 made two predictions at the time of the elections which have been realised, al though the first was much questioned when I ex pressed my opinion that a year of legislative pro gress would be wasted. It is, however, now pretty evident that nothing will be done during the pre sent year. I also made a reference to the future. I said that I looked forward with no dissatisfaction t o the dissolution of Parliament counselled by Lord Palmerston, because I felt that it would at least have this beneficial influence—that it would tend to bring about in the House of Conimens that wholesome state of the two great constitutional parties with distinctive principles and ideas which I thought was necessary to the right action of our constitution, and the want of which during the last ten years has been conducive to so much dissatis faction and disaster. I think that a great step has already been tsken in that direction. I look for ward myself to the late appeal to the people with out any apprehension. I wish to speak of all those who for a long time sat in the House of Commons with due respect, but unquestionably welled there sections of men and individuals self-satisfied with their own power, which everybody was willing to a certan degree to acknowledge, but who would neither govern themselves nor allow any one else to do so. (Hear, and a laugh.) It is greatly to the public advantage that although they were men highly gifted, and great ornaments of that amem bly, they no longer hold seats in it. The public business will'be carried on more efficiently ; for, in the exact proportion that party distinctions are not respected in the House of Gammons, that house will fall in the esteem of the people. As long as yon have two great organized parties of men acting upon distinct principles and avowed policies, Par liamentary Government, especially for this country, is the best Government that can be devised. But an assembly of 654 gentlemen, with no political connexion or discipline, each willing to follow his own conceits and to gratify his own ambition, would soon subside' into the most inefficient and corrupt assembly in the world. (Hear, hear.) We may not have obtained all that we desire, but at any rate we have now a House of Commons free from those anomalies, and I have no doubt that if public opinion is as enlightened as I believe it will he before the impending changes are proposed, you will have it declared that such a policy as I have intimated to you will be pursued—a policy that will maintain the institutions of England. I hardly know how I may venture to describe this policy - . We litie in an age of a novel nomenclature of partie ;. but I am sure you will bear with me—fur It is an ancient weakness—if I say that these great principles—principles which would. promote the prosprity and greatuess of England through the preservation of, her institutions—are, in my mind, Tory principles. (Cheers.) 'Titcy are principles which I think will yet triumph in this country ; but they can only triumph by discussion, which they do not fear ; by the circulation among the peo ple of accurate information on the great questions of the day ; and by that sympathy from public opinion without which in the present age no politi cal organization can endure. [The right hon. gentleman concluded amid. voci ferous and prolonged cheers.] The remainder of the proceedings possessed an exclusively local interest. OBITUARY (A LITTLE IN ADVANCE.) • (F'om Punch). We feel no, regret whatever in announcing the death of the Russian Railway Scheme, which has taken place without, as far aswecau learn, exciting the least sympathy with those who were in any way connected with the recently departed. So far from their bring any hopes of the deceased, it was gene rally considered that the sooner its existence was put an end to the better ; and those who knew it intimately, and were acquainted with the manner in which it had ben first forced into life, were con vinced it could not long be expected to survive. It has since been ascertained that the breath of public favour was entirely withheld from it, and this wits a deficieny which no amount of puffing was able to supply. Various attempts were made to raise the wind, but the efforts only caused an air of dissatis faction, which eventually proved a fatal blow to the deceased. Although the death may very possibly have been by some regarded as a somewhat sudden one, there are no thoughts of having a post mortem examina tion, there being quite sufficient evidence to attri bute the demise to causes purely natural and easy to account for. Considered doubtful from the first, the scheme's existence daily had.grown more and more precarious; acid although the most ingenious devices were prescribed to keep it up, it was soon pronounced impossible to prevent its sinking. Being violently attacked by the public press—an attack which in most such cases has proved fatal-- the scheme very speedily showed symptoms of de cline ; and having been much weakened by exposure, in spite di the most skilful bolstering, it fell into so low a state, that those who watched it narrowly saw no hope of recovery. if we were asked to analyse the character of the deceased, truth would force us to acknowledge that the maxim "de mortuis" must be reversed in this case, since we have heard nothing good of the de ceased from any trustworthy or at least disinte rested quarter. We believe the only reputation it achieved was a bubble one-And some idea may be formed of the low estimation in which it was held, ur,that it when we state that the subsc ri p tion which was opened to provide for its wasneeessidtiisefsavo received by the public with such ev ident failed in attracting a single response. Disliked from the first for its dubious connections, so much that was discreditable was clearly traced to the de ceased that we cannot be surprised to learn there was no Baring in it—and there was so much to sus pect of designing in its character, that we think its dissolution must be generally viewed as a most happy release. We are not permitted to announce at present who will appear as the Chief Mourners for the loss of the deceased ; but of those who were attached to it there is but a limited number to select from. Should a tomb;tone be erected, which is more than doubtful; we would suggest that there be used as part of the inscription— " The earth hath bubbles as the water bath, And this was of them." While, as a succint summary of the character of the deceased, it might perhaps with some degree of truth be added that— " Its end was—fieece." 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