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WHOLESALE and RETAIL WINE and SPIRIT BUSINES:, To be DISPOSED OF, the old established and valuable Whole sale arid Retail WINE and SPIRIT BUSINESS of the late Mr. Be njamin in Duncan-street, in Leeds. The business was established in 1780, and since that time has been Successfully pro.scuted. There is also attachbd to the concern an extensive and lucrative business in the manufacture and sale of British Wines, which may either be sold with or separately from the other business. . . 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. Halewell has rendered the disposal of these concerns neceseary. They are in a highly prosperous condition, and will yield an ample return to a purchaser. Applications May be made to Messrs. Barr and Nelson, solicitors Leeds. STATE FIRE INSURANCE. 'No. 3, Pall-mall East, London, S.W. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. • Capital 500,0001., with power to increase to 2000, 0007 - ?alleles falling due on Michaelmas-day next must be renewed on Or before 14th October ensuing. Every description of property insured at moderate 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 MANCHESTER ART TREASURES EXHIBITION. NORTH LONDON RAILWAY. - EXPREcIS EXCURSION TICKETS to Manchester are issued on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from the Fen church-street Station. by the train leaving there at IA a.m., and by the same train from all stations on the North London Railway. Fares-12s. 6d. closed carriages, 21s. first class. Returning from Manchester on the Monday. Wednesday, or Saturday neat follow • liag the date of issue. By Order. Elston• Station, Sept. 23, 1857. IL CHUBB. L ONDON AND NORTH-WEST ERN RAILWAY. EXCURSIONS TO MANCHESTER ART TREASURES' EXHIBITION. In consequence of the closing of the Art Treasures' Exhibition on She 17th October, Excursion Tickets, available for seven days, will, null further notice, be issued every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, nd. , Saturday, from Euston-square Station, to Manchester and tockport, at the undermentioned fares for the double journey:— Closed Carriages.... 12s. 6d. First Class .......... 21s. Tickets are also issued at the same fares on the days named from the Fencburch-street, Station, City, by the Train leaving there at 10 nazi . and by the same Train from all Stations on the N orth Lon don Railway. Available for return, by Special Trains, on the Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday neat following the date of issue. The trains by which these tickets are available leave the Euston elation at at 10.45 a.m., and Manchester at 11 am, on the above limed 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 arc 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 from Manchester. t Care must be taken at Manchester to ask for Tickets via the Loa m' and North-Western Railway. Day Tiekets, available for seven days, at the ordinary return fares, are issued by every train kora the Huston Station. TRAINS PROM LONDON. Leave the Euston station. Arrive at Manchester. 6.15 a.m. 9. 0 ~ 1.45 p.m. •6.30 „ ........... 9 . 15 19 .... 0. 0 „ .......... 2.0 n00n.... 2.15 p.m, . 9.40 „ 5.15 „ ........... 10.35 „ 8. 0 1 $.15 „ y •••• • . • . • • 2.45 a.m. 'rasing FROM MANCHEITER. Leers Arrive at Manchester. Euston Station, London. 4.24 a.m... .......... •• 11. 0 a.m. *S. 0 „ .......... 6.30 p.m. 10. 0 „ 9.30 „ ................ 3.45 „ 10.45 „ 4.30 .• *11.15 .••• ...... ••••••••••••} 7.30 12. 0 neon ......... 1.30 p.m. ............. 10.20 „ 4.15 „ 5.15 t• ••••••.........., .... 10.45 „ _ 10.24 „ .......... * • 1 4.30 a . m. First Class. ? 5.20 „ Second Class Palms BY ALL Taanis.. 355., First class; 255., second class; and 15s. Bd.. third class, by Trains marked (*). Tickets,blllJ, and every information, can be had in London, :from the Euston Station, and at Swan-with-Two-Necks, Gresham-street. Universal Office, 90, Eorough. 65, Aldgate Rol t-in-Tun, 64, Fleet-street. George and Blue Boar, 269, High Holborn. Golden Cross, Charing-cross. Spread Eagle, 84, Grace-church-street. Spread Nagle, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. Universal Office, 33, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. Old White Horse Cellar, 15 5 , Piccadilly. Green Man and Still, 335, Oxford-street. White Horse, 90, Fetter-lane. Or at' 11r. Marcus's Office, Crosby-hall 4 Chambers, ;Bishopsgate street. By order. Gtneral Manager's-ofilee, Ruston Station, 21st September, 857. 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 Twie, Mixed• Doeskins, Cashmere and Toilanette Waistcoatings, both of English and Con tinental manufacture, which be found en inspection at price , most moderate for Best Goods.—GEONGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC HALL. Ming-William•street. Strand, every Evening during the Week; in their Novel and pleasing Olio of Songs, Dialogue, and lifusical Character Delineations, which for eight years at New York, and Jately at the '.t. James's Theatre, have been fully en dorsed by houses nightly filled, as " Par Excellence." Doors onen at half-put 7, commence at 8. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 261. ; amphitheatre, Is.; Private Boxes, IL Is. and 10s. 6d. Seats can be securtd at Ilr. Mitchell's, 33. Old Bond-street, and at 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 honour to announce that the celebrated Dance Band, formerly con ducted by the late Mr. t• mile Laurent, and known as I aurent'■ lland,'ls at the service, as heretofore, of the notrility and gentry for private &c , All the principal performers are still retained in the Band. and the Proprietor has enraged permanently as Con ductor. the popular composer and celebrated chef d'orchestre, 'lons. ANTONT LAMOTTE, late of Parts. Applications for the Band to be addressed as above to Y. It littnell. ,(AA RGitIL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, i Haymarket. —The Proprietor of time Rooms, grateful f..r '' past patronage, and whre 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 estab'ishm(nt the vacancy occasioned by the loss of that distin - welshed artist. The Proprietor has now the honour to announce that he has engaged, for the above rooms, the popular composer. M. ANTONY' LsmoTTE. late, and for severalyears, conductor at the guile Valentino, at Paris; also conductor at the great annual festival of the City of Lyons, held at the Pailds d'Alcazar ; and. :or his eminent merit, rewarded by his Aldjesty the Emperor with a gold medal, being the only chef d'orcheirtre 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. —5,000 Copies of a Medical Book for Gratuitous Circulation.— GEORGE Thom AS, sq , having been effectually cured of nervous debility, loss of memory, 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 fbr the benefit of nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. He will therefore send tree, 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. TA U BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS FOOD, for DEW 4.TE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN VALIDS. Supersedes the expense and dangers of wet nursing, is More easily digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than N ; acidity, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless ness, ser.l:da, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of the System and sound sleep inured. Many respectable families who have refuel 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., 77, Regent-street, London. Prices : —ln Canisters, is.; 25.; and 121 b. at gis. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on receipt of Post Oflice Order. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Yew and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, Is., T SILENT FRIE.ND: A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the e ffects of solitary Indulgence, infection, and the injurious come ( lleneel, from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifies liens, By R. and L. Pl. RRY and CO., Surgeons. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger. 160, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRTACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic; Its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debi lities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price I IS, per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves I Is. 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 ; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, Scc. Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the System Is undeniable. Price 1I e. and 335. per bottle. also a saving •1 lls. PERRy'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d , and 1 Is. er box. Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Graceehurch-street, City; Bartlett Hooper, 43, King William -street (four doors from London Bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand; W. Sutton and Co 10, B ch h ard• W. Edwards, 67, St. Vaa l's - churchyard ; J. Sa n ger, ow Bow-churchyard; street ; rienhay Dietrichsen. 63, Oxford -street ; Butler and 'larding, 4, Cheapside ; l'rout and Ilarsant, 229, St rand ;and all me dicine vendors ihroughout the United Kingdom. ,THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY Just published, Pr i ce is., post free, in an Env e l ope, for 13 stamp,, SELF-PRESERVATION. — A Medical Treati se on the Functions and theDisorderspohfysical Debility, Gener a tive resulting esegltteimn and on the cure of Nervows an d from vicious habits acquired to Manhood, with practical d s u e r rv in To which are ded observations g the critical passage from yo u th ob on the Physiology or Mar riage in its social, moral, and physical relatio in ns r . eveallng the h idden remarks on the wonders of the Microscope m i detecting, by mysteries "of Life within Life,' n a d and its advantages in of these urinary examination, the cause effect of everyvariety complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., Honorary 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LO NDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinhtlrg Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licen tiate o a Pothecaries' Hall, London, & c., &c. and Messes , The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con stquences resulting from certain habits, which have producedin Youth, degradation in more missry life, than, perhaps, any Man hood, and premature irregularities, decay at all stages of ether class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal Is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are co nscious of the health, happiness, and xi • ever y human being is P vileges to which Willed.having hazarded It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are 1 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 liowthe evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and, above all. that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or fbnctional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, PaternosterJrow, and May be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Herne, 19, Lelcestei-Square I O crdon,Leadenhall. street or from the Author wit. may be t onsulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at bi's residence, 37 Bedford square, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll , Bazaar ; C alcutta —Messrs. C. and J. Ilormusjee Apollo-street ; tiombsY— Circulator O ffi ce ; Madras—Motussilite ' Office ; Agra - Dodsworth ; CelOnxbo, Ceylon , and of all Booksellers throughout the Colonies. ( 1,1 (: ). • 20,376) PUBLICATIONS. Foolscap Bvo, 2s. Gd. • • EMARKS ON THE DIFFERENCES IN MAL SIIAKESPEARE'S VERSIFICATION IN DIFFERENT PERIODS of hl3 LIFE. And ou the like Points of Difference in Poetry generally. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. NEW TALE BY THE AUTHOR OF THS PRAIRIE BIRD.' This day, Two Volumes, Post Octavo, 2:s. HASSAN ; or, The Child of the Pyramids. An Egyptian Tale. By the Hon. C. A. MURRAY, C.B. Author of " The Prairie Bird," "Travels in North America," &e. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. NEW NOVEL. THE NOBLE TRAYTOUR. A CHRONICLE. By THOMAS of SWARRATON, Artniger. 3 vols. " As good an imitation of the writers of the days of Elizabeth a 9 is Chatterton's Bristowe Tragedy of the writers of the 15th cen 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 circalation than any novel issued during the past year."— Standard. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhlill. T" QUARTERLY REVIEW, No: CC IV., 3vill be Published next SATURDAY. CONTENTS: T. Ccrnwiill. 11. Torn Brown at Rugby—Dr. Arnold. 111. Cornrnunicat oa with India—Suez and uphrates Route. IV. Venetian Embassy to James I. V. Lord Duflerin's Yacht Voyage. Vt. The Parish Priest. VII. George Stenbenson 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," and 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 let of November. Ad vertisements cannot be received lata than the 24th of October. "The Itacing Record " v contains a complete Calmdar of sport In England, Ireland, and Scotland (fully Indexed), 'from the Ist of January up to the time of publication. - - W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Hol born, London. IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORK GRAMS. —On nervous debility, and diseases of a secret nature, dim ness of sight, shortness of breath, loss of manly vigoar, and all im pediments of marriage, showing the surest moans of recovering per fect health. Enclose tiro stamps to prepay postage, and address Dr. W. B. MARSTON, 47, BERNERS-STREET, Ox ( ord-st.reet, Lon don, who may be consulted daily, with assured confidence of sue- CCM 11 R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet , street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI ,TfIIAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or lccay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful weration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is viaranteed to restore articulatiob and mastication and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. APPETITE AND DIGESTION-IMPROVED. ir EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE IIA SAUCE impar.a the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, nd 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 useof this aromatic and delicious Sauco is the best safe :nerd to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay 4nd Sons, Messrs Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and men bents, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitatioes, see that the names of "LEA and 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 solicited. 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.; !Jellies 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, and Co. ; Mas terman and Co.; by Messrs. Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; and at he 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. THE 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-pact One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may ho willing to contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at the undermen lolled Ports, the following quantities of SALT MEAT. f tho core or any PAuntry. And ai;fth; • cure of the present season, NAVY BEEF. NAVY PORK. Tierces. Barrels. Tierces. B arre l s . Deptford • • ...... •• 2,500 2,000 ,• .. '2,500 2,000 Gosport • ....... 1.500 1,200 1,500 1,200 Plymouth .... •• .. 1,500 1,200 .... 1.500 1,200 Ilaulbowline •. 1,000 GOO .... 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 tlt, or for a greater quantity, or of r ot contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. A separate Tender must be given for the Beef and a separate Ten .ler for Pork, and every tender must specify when; the meat is in tended to be cured. Persons tendering for more than one Port must give 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 clay of April, 1858, or any greater portion, or the whole, at any earlier period, if pre ferred by the party tendering, and to be paid 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 Itoops is ABOLISHED, and that IRON Hoops only will be required for the Casks, in accordance with the condi icw of the revised form of Contract. A form of the tender may be obtained, and the conditions of the 'evised contracts, to which particular attention is call d, may be seen at this °Mee, or by applying to the Agent Victualler at flaulbowline ; or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at Bristol. Limerick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry ; or to the Secre tary to the Postmaster-General,ai 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 1001tarrels. No tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form 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 F ent to parties upon transmitting the usual Certifi cates of receipt. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner 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 (n ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulent y, 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, Aqhma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints at c effected by I)II BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA ALABICA. FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or ekpense, 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 goal 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 invalds :—Cure N 0.71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lard Rum! de Decies " I have derived considerable benefit rrom Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." - Cur.:. No. 49,932. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and voinitin4 liave been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Marla Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Dias, Norfolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs. of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts. a cure of extreme ner vousness, indigestion. gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. — Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, dateacre, near Liver pool : a vireo:len yires dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No. 18.z16. Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation. dyspep sia, nervous irritabil!ty. Cure No. 31,210. Dr. Shorland of dropsy and debility. Curs No. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42.116 Major Edie of enlargement of the liver arid 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 diarrhoea And debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Hunts, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure N0..46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, of thirty years diseased Rings, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 4 ,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' nervous irratibility, bile, and *di gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recsvery. Cure No, 180. "Twenty-five 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 pelisse, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. 1 shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ilidlington Rec tory, Norfolk." .to. 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness, ,71th pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren er'.d arid genera l my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Revalenta Arabtlit eie,al,th restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of ROES, " ,I ?ure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, ice-loch Y have been removed by Du Barry'e excellent important Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Sir r s lv t t i l l i l e ia f n e:r p fu a l ge da w ng oo ers d gr of an sp te u d ri a o n as in imi jun ta c: tattoo --- tio l n h o e n % ihe lOth March, Revalenta against Alfred Hooper Neville, for climates, Arabica Food." Imitating " Dauc..Bedarrfoy; canisters, lib '2s 9d ; 21b asf• Suitably p and with full instructions. In 182, l'iccad aso M a a t so fi n ti , , riage free, on receipt of Post l Ottie S e ib Is 121 b 225. The 121 b car ; F ortn um. order. Barry 1M Barry and Regent-street. London 4 1 o St x r f a o n r d a. : s 4, fq Co.. 77, a o n r d ac C e o churcli pur veyors to her Majesty, t reet. " l l ,sl,l e I r 9, Bishopagate• sdrreeeett, and ' 1 4 5 3 0 0 , , and n d '8 Pi di In iTutablo [ADVERTISEMENT I—Holloway remedy for indigestion.—ln the rem an • d • United Kingdom the renown of these Pills districts of the deed hourly sustained. Mr. David Lewis, of )Ls ia daily, h e n suffered severely from indigestion, an d or n.eq uenntgfelech pains in the btomacb, for six months. The neighbour ing ing medical men failing to cure him be had recours e tO Holloway's Pills, by the regular and persevering empl o y. meet of which all his distressing and at times unbearable ashes and pains were removed, and be is now per fectly cured.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway's establishmentsk, 244, Strand, London, and 80 , Maiden-lane, New Yor ;by A. Stamps, corstantinople , A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. 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STIMPND. , to dwell npen the signal benefits that have accrued from the measures maturely digested and strenu oesly iiromoted which have obtained the sanction first of the pUblic - assent-'--that iQ, the approval of those who are capable and well-informed—and, finally, the consent of • the legislature itself. To give particular instances would Only weary those who are familiar with the history of the society. But I am bound to state that since its establishment in 1844, most Of the bills which I hive brought for ward, and of which many have been passed, making ' a great change in our, jurisprud ence , either origi nated in the inquiries, and report s f the society's , committees, or owed to the labours` and authority of that bodytvaluable help towards, first, their pre -iteration' next, their adoption. The great measure of local judic tture, and those which arose out of the Common law and real' property commission!, were no doubt adopted prior to the society's 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 Horse of Lords in 1845, and six of which are now the law of the land, two of the six were suggested' by the • society, and another, the most itnportant of the whole, and which has entirely _changed 'the eourse of procedure, the act for the examination of parties in all suits, I never should *have succeeded in carrying 'but for 'the society's correspondence with all the county court jadge4, and their•direet unanimous testimony in favour of the change.. Take - another instance. Of the legal! impiOvements in the session that has just closed, the•moet important are the-Divorce and the Frau dulent. Trustees Acts: The former was mainly fur thered by the inquiries of committees; by the public meeting held on the'protectidn 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 report of a special committee of the society upon-the subject. Nor should we -pass over a very important step takeri by 'the government in 'conse quence of-the society's urgent remonstrance against the grievous defects in our. judicial statistics ; the gab rate 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 inent, and yet, as the . imperfection still is so great as to make the'returns not deserve the ni me of judicial-statistics, we have now every ground for hoping that, at length, the legislature will have the meaus of ascertaining the effects of its acts, and no longer continue to pass laWs in' the dark.' This sub ject will deserve the early attention of our first de partment ; nor 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, wo 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 1.0001. The various efforts made to obtain this measure of strict juitice have received the hid 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. mice& which it convened and conducted in 1852 and 1857.. Prior to the former year no systematic at tempt had been made to obtainthe opinion of mer cantile classes throughout the kingdom on the state of our commercial law. Indeed, it is comparatively of late yelra that the establishment of those-valua ble institutions,. chainbers 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 clur e )tn mercial legislation. The result of that confer ence, which was presided over by Myself on the first daY . , and by my noble friend Lord 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 published the results of their labours in a valuable report, which recommended an extensive assimila tion of the mereantiledaws of-the three portions of the. Uni ed Kingdom. This report has not been allowed to remain a dead letter - the two Mercan tile . Law Ainendment Acts of the Session of 1856 ware 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 regarded as v er y use f u l additions to the statute-book, and are, in my ,trust, the 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 saisfactory 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 result's from that debate : in the bill which I pre sented to the House of Lords for remedying tit* evils in the .bankrupt law complained of by the ,commercial delegates at the conference ; and it is very satisfactory to find that the Chamber of Com merce in this town has prepared another measure having the same object, but more detailed in its provisions., Thera c tn. 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 here during the 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 were afterwards► expanded ice the Consolidated Act of 1849. The subject of btnkruptcy has been alluded to as the most prominent of the topics which occupied the attention of: the conference in January ; but it seems certain that the effect of the great meeting will bnfelt iu 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 reprehentation of the,first, and the extension of more frequent end bettor 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 London, hell last sum mer its first provincial meeting at Bristol, under the presidency of Lord Stanley, whose address, with the papers read and discussed at the Mttings 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 pro gress 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 these meet ings, and the great advantage was not obtained which had attended the Bristol meeting from that convenient and useful course being putsiied. But the discussions were of great value, and the resolu tions which were, after the fullest consideration adopted,' being made public, together with a full powerful assistance to the pro measures. It was account g o r f e t ss he o d f eb r a e t f e o s r , in g a a t v o e ry a.- found here, as at Bristol , a nd as at the Mercantile Law Conferences, that bestde the mass of infornl tion which was thus collected from various quatters, great benefit resulted from the discussions. Rich individual in such debates is left to act for himself ; but he is better able so to act th an h e was before, the confidence is associated b y both by having had the advantag e o f h ear i ng the opinion of others, frherso,m a n feelingdwhich actually season ' with a body .of persons engaged • 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 1 • legislature the valuable im provements i n t ro d uce d b y Mr.' Adderley's act of 1854 and Sir S. Northcote'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- i4oN DON, TUESDAY EVENING, OC I OBER 13, 16t)7 NATIONAL A SSOCIATION FOR VII? PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIANCE. 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 preliminaiy meeting, and having proposed to Make the necessary arrange ments for the Birmingham meeting. The model of the association was suggested by that of the British A.ssociation for the Advancement of Science, but in some respects the plans of the British Association have bleu deviated from, and the new society has been mapped out into five broad divisions, under which are grouped the various objects comprised under the denomination of Social Science. ['hese divisions ale Jurisprudence, Education, Reforma tion and Punishment, Public Health, and Social EcoLomy. Under these heads persons engaged in all depart meuts , f 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 thsir 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, especially 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,Yut we may mention that the list of visitors will probably include the following noblemen and members ofParliament: —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, M P., Sir J. Pakington, M.P., Sr J. K. Shuttleworth, Bart., Sir T. E. Winnington, Bart., M.P., the Deans of Bristol - and Salisbury, Mr. W. 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., Mr. Sergt. Woolrych, Mr. E. Chadwick, C. 8., Dr. L. Playfair, Professor Pillans, the Rev. S. Turner, Asc. The Bishop of London, Lord Lyttleton, and the Earl of Shaftes bury, all of whom were expected, ale 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. M. Yorke. 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 ofsinquiry en that other great de , pertinent of knowledge—natural philosophy . ; and they have Wrongly recommended the plan of as sembling together occas i ona l ly, per h a ps periodically, the various individua's and bodies whose attention is devoted to the ascertainment, illustration, and general exposition o f mora l an d p o litical doctrines. It is very p oss ibl e t h at i n the end t hi s o b jec t m ay be attained, and that the ass o ci a tion which we are met here to open m a y b ear as w id e a re l a ti o n to moral and political science as the British Acsociation, which has now been in successful action for considerably More thane quarter of a century, deem to mathemati cal:and political science. At present, however, a limited view is taken. It proposed that five of the most important b ranc h es of mora l an d po lit ica l in= quire , should be singled out—those which especially form the portals of sociel science—comprehending the plans-both in their details and in the principles that should govern theta for furthering the improve tneht and securitig the stability of the social system, correcting the faults, and suppl)ing the defects, of our institutions upon sound, rational, and tempo , rate views, and rendering desperate all attempts either to check the progress of improvement, or to gratify the wild desires of those who would destroy rather than amend ; in a word, steering the middle course between these who regsrd all change as per nicious and those whom no change will satisfy. But if our subjectreave in some tmeasure 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 who was not with out prejudices against the prOfeesore of the science, wholly unworthy of his enlarged understanding— Mr. Burke—as the pride of the human intellect, and with all its defects, red midanties, errors, the collected reason of ages, combining the principles of original justice with the infinite variety o f h uman 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, hut carried oftentimes to excess, hinders us from a d ap ti ng our laws to the now stet, of things, and this makes the retention of the old rule occasion the very shock, the very violence, which it was wished to avert, as the steersman too anxious to avoid the stream may be s randed 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 rela'ed as to run into each other. Thu s th e repress i on o f crime and th e re f o rmation of offenders is intimately connected with jurisprudence, and can no t b e f u lly considered in one point of view, at least, apart from the preve n ti ve operation of the law for punish ing crimee and of the provisions for detecting them ; the two great departments of criminal juris prudence,. penalty and police, being the third. But much remains to be consid ere d w ith res p ec t to the prevention of offences and the reformation of offenders, and entirely indep en d en t o f these branches of the criminal law. Again we come to the great subject of education; we find its broad founda tions conuected witlithedepattme n t just adverted to —the preventive and reformatory system. Yet, whatever relates to instruction, the planting of schools and training of teachere, the methods of instructing, the care of children independent of im parting the kin I of knowledge which we term learn ing, the limits within whicti the state may safely act for encouraging education, the right or even the duty of the state to enforce the acquirement of goo 1 habits and useful information, when it se verely punishes for the cert•du consequences of the want of them—tbess important matters may be handled as a separate branch of inquiry and of legislaion 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 itisuleted cannot be affirmed. s Education has no little bearing upon some of its essential chaptere, the action of Government upon °there, police most materially .'upon some, and the positive laws respecting 11(111th—both those for regulating foreign commerce and those relating to the home trade—are intimately connected with several parts of the subject. It meet, nevertheless, be considered that much more depends ender this head uponin 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 the sister departments, we may say with allof them; and it would not be easyto over-rate the magnitude of the several ty and its m em b ers fixing the point at subjects which fill under this head. B. tit it is by no m eans h ard to point out i ts connec tion'; t with probl ems t h e most delica t e and o f mos t difficult solution. A s tracing the line w hi c h sepa rates the nanni province o f the lav7eivec from that of the which st ,te interference oug h t step ; often reject ing as much th e unjust advice to go further or the remonstrance again s t any act i on w h a tever ; the counsel of those w h o are averse to a ll interposition where it may be not (ally expedient, but necessary, and of those wh o - would bs constan tl y meddling, turtiing the excepti on i nto the ru l e. Of these op posite creels we may well prefer described by D r y 1 31 1 on a eery different subject , and say— the middle course (- ------ Equal folly all Balievito• th• i •• a ll " no or lava. . The difficulty which we have found in endeavour ing to make a logical division of the various de partnents of inquiry arise, from that truth, so un deniable in itself, and so happy in its consequence., the intimate connecti on that butoists a mon p t all the arts, the scienc es , t h e i nquir i e s which touch the interests of mankied. All , as was long ago said by one of the greatest st a t esmen an d philosophers of antiquity, are beund - together by a common tie, and own, as it were, the mutual relationship of kindred. "Wines arses qua) ad hueeanitatem pertinent, col ligantur quodatu commune vincula, et quasi cogna tione quadam inter se con t i nen tur. From tbat blanch of the family whi c h here occupies us, we cannot exclude even the na t ur al sciences, and we may observe that the British AssociationAssociation pays ” homage to this principle by having a class for poli tical economy and statistics. Indeed , it was e ven carried so far by the wisest of the ancients, that he ascribed the surpassing eloquence of the grea test orator who had b e f o re his time appeared, to the circumstance of his having studied natural philosophy as well as moral. But it is manifest we are taking a tight, in some sort a necessary cours e, together those who chiefly devote to promote these inquiries, and to measures this position appears to rest upon inostsolid grounds themselves ebsrnleiivge bringing g nnected with social improvement ; and both from considerations common to all joint under taking., and from the peculiar nature of the sub ject itself. Of the former description is the great advent ige which must accrue from the mutual help afforded to one another as fellow-labourers in the same 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 experience, the reflection s ofj each individual being made, as it we re, commonto all ; the security against err.a. by timely examination o f eac h p l an before its author's preposseesiens have been too deeply rooted, and befo r e he has been committed ; to its details the authority give n t o proposa l s ultimately, and after mature deliberation persevered in, even if not sanctioned by the consent of others ; the influence which may be acquired in various ways when that sanction has been declared. Those u ' ad vantages attend all such nione, and may be cited in favour of any combined operations, whatever be the nature of the subject. But there is a peculiar expediency—it may be rather be said necessity—for such a common or united action when a great variety of opinion is likely t o exist upon many matters, pos sibly no univei sal concurrence upon all the particu lars of any one. Placing all prejudices arising from diversity of political party or religious sect entirely out of view, and assuming every per on 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 upon human conduct it is singular how seldom they differ much in the judgments they form respecting it. We may go further and affirm that there is less diversity of opinion than might be sup posed even upon general subjects ; . and that .igno ranee or misinformation, or inattentive, and there fore inaccurate observation, of ~eareless reflect;on and hasty declaration, is the cauSe`of most of these differences. Once upon a time; sayi,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, , tliough hap pily becoming more out of vogue. But a dervise or priest approached, and having learnt the cause of their quarrel, suggested that they had better look at both sides of tine shield, when they found that each was right, the one face .beirik 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 poiuts of view ' to look at both 'sides, when possibly they may be found to agree. But it may often happen that, alter 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 centroverted 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 eame practical course being with -entire _consistency pursued, whichever of two conflicting doctrines way be held the.sounder.- This happens more frequently in political than in physical. diffe.reuces_of opinion, but even' in theie we take the same course peactizally, whatever may be the diversi , y oft avotheories, 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 the 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 bo 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, and 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 by preparing several works at once didac'ic and at•rac ivo. 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 lalld 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 discussed by the general committee, both on the writings submitted, and on the works to be 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'off.fnees 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 this members of the central body, en abled the society in the twenty years of i's active operations, to publish not only with al.solute 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. wasl6o,ooo • 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 lie effects of the society's labours were not circumscribed within the classes among whom i• s 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 scienc e an d ar t, conducting 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 limn ble station could nolonger be met by those distr.:a ging 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, some 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 inter( sts laoth 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 fellowed by the establishment in some countries—as France, Hol land, and America—of ins' itutions 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 few, although for some years it has not been in active operation, becauses all the purposes of its in stitution had been amply fulfilled, as soon as its interposition was required, then it stood forward, and I had the honour of presenting to the House .of Lords its petition against the re moval of the Great Exhibition from Loudon 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 furnishedrto the Exhibi tion while it remained in town. There is even less foundation for the other charge brought, against the so&ety 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 objet'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 referintoetastay be made is that of the body whose ol.jec'eapproach most nearly to our own—the Society for Vroniciting the Amendment of the Law. So many of ite'inem bers are now present that there may be no neces sity for entering as fully as in the case of the Useful Knowledge Society into the evidence which its en tire success affords in favour of combined action. Like that society, however, it has done good in fur thering what is beneficial and in preventing what is hurtful. It would not be easy to describe the many previous attempts at legislation which it has stopped in their earlier s'ages—attempts tending to the injury, not the amendment, of the law ; and, if ending in failure and its attendant expo sure, calculated to bring the great cause of legal improvement into disrepute. But is more pleasing THE EVFNING MEETING. Lord Brougham entered the ball, which wag densely crowded, at 8 o'clock. Re was accompanied by the Mayor of Birmingham, Lord John Russell, Lord Stanley, Lord Talbot, drc. The noble and learned Lord was most enthusiastically received. A minute or two after taking the chair Lord BROUGMAM rose and spoke as follows :—lt would be making a bad return ' for the honour which his been conferred upon me of presiding over _ _ the first meeting of this association should I, by any exiv..ssion of personal feelings, delay, for however short a time, 'entering upon the impor taut business which brings us together. But, as ' many aro 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 result from its adoption. No one more than myself can bring to this discussion a mind free from all partiality or prtSjudice 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 too elementary. If the di vision is meted of human knowledge into great branches, the science which deals with abstract truths, and the science which treats of real exis tences—matter aril 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 emiuent'y deserving of atten tive study. It is free from the doubts and conten tons 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 mere practical subjects—the laws which g.ivern mans' habits and the principles of human nature upon which the structure of society and its movements depend ; and respecfng these impor tant matters safe conclusions can within certain limits be drawn. Then, it must be borne in mind that, although vety few men are 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, form 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 f tets on which it rests are more plain and tangible than those which form the ground of moral philo sophy in its other departments. They are more obvious ; they are in most c tses 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 • the increased efficiency of such exertions when made by bodies of men ; the just limits of pub lic interference with private concerns whether for encouragement or repression; the ditties of the State in respeatoundertaiing worisbayond the power;oi 1 individual enterprise, and the limits of those duties; the right and expediency of public interference wi; h the authority or the conduct of parents—these are matters of distinct observation, and connected with facts so as for the most part to admit of exact cal culation. Then of the paramount importance of i these subjects, and the nterects 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 inter eating, 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 thei r num b er or ex t en di ng th e i r scope, attempt': to modify some or to alter, possibly even to dispense with them ; monuments of legislative wisdom or error ; enactments regarding crime and their pun ;iaschet t m i soernt whicht the ; measures of poli ce , judi c i a l p rocee di ngs , estate ipnoelxitecicualtinregatshoenlearwgse—net generalise?, ea3r, andetbe on which he builds his system. When the para mount importance of moral and political science is 211 ) t:\\* S PAPE R ...)_____._ - • ;''' .. l- 4.47,*\\ * V . : ( ' . :/ , 14V .fc ' ,- .3‘ , ‘A -4 q 11 thlt rft_l !:OC-f-1-17t-iar-71i1;t ti - 1 - • - ' 7 4 - 1,b,•1 :, . 'po:1 tl.!:t -: .:: . - ,,, , ;:igtE- 4 pp,11,02, ,übjt c ; of the'finiediinen ts oppose. /to nail li)f the working .classes,, by the comfte.Viticl so 7pt t l, speak, of the employer' . with the.schoelinaster, the 'very intelligible and: riot, unnatural 'rel u - e . ! an ce of Parents - in straitenedeircuniStanc es to lose the bene= tit of their children'S Labour, which is of some value ea-en at a terideiage.; The proposals brou'elif fc, . ward with the view' of overcoming this 'difficulty; by ;the. Canon himself, by Mr. GrantliaM Y6 l i ce . ,. ~,,, (1 _ by others; and the ftill idvii;:i. s into the whole - question, and the subjects :?Onnected with' it, m a y be reasonably expected to produce important bene fit to the cause of education, and to afford addi ticinal prinofs of the, advantage of combined exer tions- for the attainment of objects which the com munity : ' large is often lunch more intereAted iu than anxt, 44 about, or well-informed up ,n,, Tiiq services which the labours of the association may render to the legislature have been in PaPiog 07' verted Ur. Some of our inquiries no doubt regard subjects which do not fall within the province either of thoSe who make or those who admirri-ter the laws. Among others, some in which interference would be .burtful, 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, wheu they and the' legislature, by preparing measurPs, by exPhitring them, by recommending them to the community, er it msy be by stimulating the legislature to adept them ; -far frem-any jealousy of our exertions being reason ably entertained, they are : eminently entitled, not only to accep'ance but to favour.oalliticNo, c .x Nothing of in theofpart y, nothing of what is. tenne 1 p good sense of the phrase, can enter into-the acne tut eof the functions of our body. , Whle men of all opinions, and shades of opinion, are united in the good which never can arouse any . feeling un 7 friendly to the es . tablished order of things in this free and happy country—whle .no disrespect will ever be shown towards the very -different insiitu ;tions of other countries—while the sound view is taken that those institutions an ty .pi obably be suited to their diversity of circumstances—while the want of all institutional government 'in some countries, and the exoess of popul-ir interference in - -other.z, may neither provoke our pity - nor our ' envy, persuaded as we all may be that our system .proteeta us at once from military power, and from the rifle 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-bahnced consti tution ; And the change as it is elated by some, the re novation, by oth e rs, effected of late years has certain ly been attended with ene consequence not to be over looked in our present deliberations. It cannot be denied that the representation of so many places by members of fiical influence has with Many most iin pertant 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 place merge in those of the whole community. But it is. undeniable that, .with some distinguished exceptions, the general result is, .the confining men's cares to their immediate constituencies in dischargingtheir parlia mentary duties. In the theozrof the emstitution, 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 tco 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 devoteinuch of their attention to subjects of a more genoral character—they doinot of themselves either Andy measures of that catholic, escription, 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 nova ordered; would be far from shOwing any indisposition towards men whose la bours migl4 . cast light upon such important sub jects, and point out both the wants of society in these respects, and the . means of supplying their. This help would assuredly be well received by all well-intentioned representatives of the people, as it would be honestly and frankly, but respectfully, offered, acd the exertions of the associations which we are now engaged in forming wil! be iuveluable in this view. But hopes are cherished by many z -a loes friends of a progressive policy, that some im provement may be introduced into our. Parliamen tary, system which shall add to the repreiientative body a class chosen by cors'Attrents 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 have presided in the Commons (Lords Eversley and Dunfermline). It my be justly ob servedthat the existence of such a class of members would, to a certain degree, impair the forCe of the argument grounded upon the prevalence °float' in fluence over the opinion and the conduct of our - representatives, one of the main reasons in support of the supposed improvement being its tendency to give the Legislalure the aid of :counsels more tree 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'inay re move ; and yet to a certain degree it exists, and cannot be counteracted. Hence we descry an addi tional ground for highly estimating 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 c ,nsidered of diffus ing among the various classes of the community the knowledge of the subjects to which our inquiries will be directed, and which, though all are alike in terested in them, yet are by no mean sufficiently understood er estimated at their just value by the bulk of mankind. The slowness with. which the humbler. classes of our 1-Ilow-citizensimprove them selves in different branches of science ; and, indeed, their reluctance to undeigo the labour of studying them, has been often lamented, but without excit ing the least surprie in those who duly considered the circumstances of the case. In the attempts that have been made forso many years to overcome such obstacles, an-. 1 effect tne more geneiil diffusion of knowledge, the necessity has been too much over looked of beginning with the upper classe3 of so ciety. When these are well imbued with the taste for acquiring knowledge they have a natural ten dency to make those iu other ranks patt.ike of the s ame 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 t orc h t o the regions still without those lights which they themselves enjoy. This is sound and useful in struct:on, 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 aristo cracy to the Crown itself, or the narrow summit, than it is certain that knowledge pervades the vast pyramid bysuccessi velyembraci Lig an d 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 phra.e. But its diffusion has another and most happy ten dency ; it leads to the improvement'of the system, because it inspires all classes with thedesire ofpro 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 mote. It is, in truth, ignorance continued, not knowledge advanced, which they have to tear—nay, which, when we come to an explanation with them, they really do fear. Knowledge is power ; but its na tural ally is the friendly power of virtue, with which its dominion is willingly shared. Thi s i s a bove all true of the knowledge w hi c h we shall seek to impart. The supreme disposer an d pre server, who " decketh him se lf w i t h light ati it were a &went, but def e nd et h all the'earth as it were with a shield," has provided that the false steps into which we are led by the twilight will be pre 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 increase of kno e w .. s ledge against the delusions and the exeessmost from which the peace of the community h sub r ect, as to fear. We are reminded by the subject, of well as by the place wherewear e happiest perhaps in assembled, the exquisite invention, tellho makes the power of the history of steam, wb steam provide by its expan s ion for its own con t ro l, the one being nicely proportioned to both power and safety—it Knowledge is then _ exercises this self-con rol ;it gives to the mighty coal engine loth the movemtnt and the governor—. Unreasoned strength with perfect art combined, Awes, serves, damages, and protects mankind." Brni u Ts — niit safety alone that we expect ; we fondly hope for more ; we confidently look higher. tral