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1•10 'AL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR- nature, the master of our Dint smiles and our
POULTRY, MANSION HOUSE. London. unselfish tears, whom it is • •tile to read without
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J. JONES, Secretary- now (at least I have found it so) without a depth f spirit
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ties alike command. (Cheers.) I have made it my business
to read what those of my predecessors bad said ; but this,
while it ministered most highly to my excitement, has cer-
tainly in no way diminished my embarrassment,for I feel that
it would indeed be an offence irksome to you and hopeless to
myself toendeavour to recall, in fainter expression and with
feebler colouring, what was portrayed by them with such
richness and exuberance. I feel that at this time of day,
and especially in this place, it would be at best an imperti-
nence to inculcate, that knowledge in any community will
be a dangerous thing, that commerce, which originally
formed, and which still ennobles such a community as this, is
the national any of literature and art, and that the pur-
suits which may be here cultivated, and the happiness which
may be here fostered, if rightly directed and Rrojterly
guarded, are such u to give a grace and a_glory to toe
and character of men. (Loud chcen.) I do indeed feel
with the meet ardent and gifted of those who have preceded
me, of those who now surround me, that the impulses and
associations which are impressed upon our own times, are to
be hailed with gratitude and fostered with anxious attention,
to rivet and transmit them. I do, indeed, rejoice that
English commerce seems in these our days, to be rising to
the real height of its position, and to feel the true dignity of
its calling. (Cheers.) But this the Tuscan, the Genoese,
the Venetian may have done ; the worthies of our English
commerce are content to be merchants, without being
princes. If we have our princes, they are not intent
upon seeking alliances with the thrones of Europe. But
they feel that it ought now to be their true aim, to raise
to the same level of knowledge, of happiness, of virtue,
with themselves, the whole body of the people. (Cheers.) I
rejoice that in Manchester, beyond all dispute the first city in
the ancient or the modern world for manufacturing enter-
prise and mechanical skill, you have not been content with
that display of wealth which may jostle in the street, or may
be piled in your warehouses. You have not thought it suffi-
cient to raise factories tier upon tier, or magazines that will ac-
commodate the traffic of the world, but you have thought it
your business, too, to build and set apart a home and a haunt
fur innocent enjoyment, for useful instruction, for graceful ac-
complishments, for lofty thought, a strain and phalanx of
feeling in a Christian land. Long may it be the resort with
this and neighbouring institutions, which it does not seek to
eclipse, but rather to encourage and excite—long with
them it be the resort where all that are engaged and
in the business or labour of this unparalleled
live of industry may find repose for their flagging spirits,
anenentral ground for their manifold differences, invigorat-
ing 'food for their reason, and an impulse onwards and up-
wards to all the best and highest tendencies of our nature.
(Cheers) lam glad to perceive that while the benefits of
your institution are not confined to any condition, to any
class, to auy denomination, so also they are not exclusively ap-
propriated even to one sex. Women have always played an
important part—perhaps I may dare to say not uniformly a
beneficial part—in this world's history ; but, ea civilization
advances, I have all confidence that they will take both a
more recognised and • more elevated part than they ever
yet have done. (Cheers.) Awl among the many currents
which the restless activity of our time is ever eddying along,
I trust that a prominent one will be devoted to make the
education of woman sound, substantial, enlightened—all it
ought to be,—to train those who, in any case, must be the
real trainers, and may be the hest trainers, of all our
itisints and all our workmen. (Applause.) From all I
sea gather, the wholesome effects of your Institution have
not been confined to its own walls and its own operations.
IlVhlle it has walked its own ground, it has also been sag-
Festive of many kindred processes, or. if I may borrow an
illustration from one of the disputed problems of the upper
sky, in its career of light and progress it has thrown off from
itself separate bodies, which harden into distinct masses, and
glow with independent lustre—(cheers)—for I may ask you
whether it is not very muck owing to the impulse of the
ideas thrown out and caught up here, at your lecture rooms,
in your social gatherings, or in the more earnest friction of
your discussions,—whether it is not very much owing to the
agency of your members, your officers, your founders, that,
to select instances, the public parks, which add so much
both to the material and to the moral beauty of this
great city—the public baths and wash houses, which are
calculated to have deeper effects than on the mere skin and
linen—(cheers)--and all the attention which has been be-
stowed on sanitary regulations do not, in a great degree, owe
their rise. Can you look to other sources for the foundation
of your industrial schools: for the weekly half-holiday in
your warehouses (cheers)—or the early closing of your
shops. (Cheers.) With respect to this last topic, one not
remotely connected with the best interests and widest exten-
sion of this institution, my attention has been specially called
to a meeting which I believe is proposed to be held on this
same classic ground, by the members of the Manchester and
Salford Early Closing Association. My duties would pre-
vent
me from accepting the invitation with which I have
been honoured to attend that meeting, and indeed I doubt
whether it is precisely the matter in which a stranger ought
to interfere ; but I can only say, that if any general arrange-
ment can be arrived at between the employer and the em-
ployed, which shall secure to the rising manhood and woman-
hood of Manchester a greater amount of leisure for blameless
recreation—for mental culttne—no one will rejoice more
cordially than myself. You will perceive that I have adverted
to some of the more obvious topics in connection with this in-
stitution, which, indeed, my duty of opening the pro
ceedings of the evening—in some sort necessarily imposed
upon me. Let me for • little while now turn fro th
Institution to yourselves —to you who are its member,
and who constitute it, and who are its life and essence.
perceive that one of the orators, by whose eloquence hereto-
fore you have been delighted, when addressing the youth of
Manchester arrayed before him, told them, with emphasis,
to aspire. Far be it from me to tell them otherwise. All
who feel within themselves the sacred dame—who are strung
to the high endeavour—who are girded for the immortal
race—l would address in the same terms as those used by a
great moralist poet, Dr. Johnson :
Are these thy views pursued, illustrious youth I
May virtue guard thee to the throne of truth!
Let all your soul indulge the generous beat,
Till captive science yield her last retreat;
Till reason guided with her purest ray,
And pours her mysteries out—resistless day!.

--SYOND EDITION.
From the G4ZET2'E of THIS NIGHT.

BANKRUPTS.
I'LL.MLET, Reading, Berkshire, builder.
0. Bosomku, Lane-end, Staffordshire, currier.
R. WILLIAMS, Manchester, publican.
SCOTCII SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Cirrnecursow, Glasgow, grocer.
A. F. MIAs, East Piltou, Edinburgh, farmer.
A. Swan, Glasgow, baker.
Gl
A- BLACK, asgow,warebouseman.
R, Kircudbrtght, commission agent.

for the Week ending Oct. 17.

WIZ Or ENGLAND—Acvou
lleir Wed. ........... 08,741,67 r

7/Jernm—... ent Debt.. ..,£11,015,100
Other Securities 2,984,900
Odd thin and Bullion 12,122,882
Wear Bullion.
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£28,741,643

12i,741;64.5
:PAWN 101 T.
Government Securities S

PANILING D
Progrieton'Capital £14,833,000
Zia .............. 3,432,159
P 0919; DePouis
ifOrftible
Ssrlate Dana, Com-
sinioarn c. 7 Natal.
Debt. and Div Acts): 6,386.260
Other Dep:mits 9,084,274
/Day 8; other Nib 982,438
£33,408,331
Oct. 2.,' 1846.

Weight Annuity) .
Other Securities 12,788,939
Notes
Geld and Silver Coin 401,403

£33,408,331
M. MARSHALL. Chief easbier.

BUGAR.—ITIE ATZSAOIS y=ol or SUOAR, the Produce of the
British Pararaions in America, computed from the returns made in
the rteSc ending the 20th day of Ott., 1816, is 325. 41d. per cwt.
gaga, the refute of tlw Mauritius, is 325. 10id. per cwt. Sugar, the
praduce of the East tulles,. is 345. per cwt. The average price
of the three foregoing dewnpticas of Sugar, Jointly, is 325. 151 d. per

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY. Four o'Cock.

In consequence of the accident to the Ripon
steamer, put into Torbay, the despatch of the Overland
ria Marseilles, is postponed to Themlay.

We are in hourly expectation of news from America,
by the Great Western steamer, which was due yester-
day at Liverpool. No account of the India mail, which
is probably owing to the state of the roads in France.
The bridge of the Vierzon Railroad over the Loire,
at Orleans, was carried away by the floods on Tuesday
evening.
M. Martinez de la Rosa, the Spanish Minister in
France, left Paris on Wednesday for Bayonne, to re-
ceive the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, who
were expected there on the 25th.
The amnesty bad not appeared at Madrid on the
16th. The English squadron passed Cadiz on the 12th,
steering to the west.

The following articles, agreed to by Roses and
Oribe, form the basis of the arrangement by which
Mr. Hood has proposed to compromise all differences
between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. Should
either party refuse compliance, France and England
will then withdraw their intervention, and leave the
rival states to settle their own disputes.
a 1. The governments of France and England, in conjunc-
tion with Governor Roses, shall procure a suspension of
hostilities between the Oriental forces within the city of
Monte Video and those in the country.
"2. The armistice being obtained, the Ministers Plenipo-
tentiary of France and England shall require of the govern-
ment the disarming of all foreigners at present undet arms,
whether in Monte Video or in any other part of the ter-
ritory.
3. Simultaneously with the disarming of the foreigners,
Rosas shall withdraw the Argentine forces from every point
of the territory.
" 4. Immediately on the preceding stipulations being ex-
ecuted—that is to say, the foreigners disarmed, and the
country evacuated by the Buenos Ayreans—the blockade of ,
the Argentine ports shall be raised, the Island of Martin '
Garcia restored to the government of Buenos Ayres, the
vessels-of-war which were seized, returned, in as nearly as
'visible the same condition as when taken, and under a
salute of 21 guns to the Argentine flag, and all merchant
vessels captured on either side shall be restored to their re-
spective owners.
" 5. The navigation of the River Parana shall continue to
be considered as internal navigation, subject to the laws and
regulations of the Argentine Republic alone, so long as that
Republic occupies both banks of the river.
" 6. It is recognised and declared that the Argentine Re-
public possesses the full and free exorcise of all the rights of
peace and war which belongs to any other state ; and it is
admitted, that the principles upon which the intermediating
Powers have proceeded, in their temporarily interrupting
the belligerent rights of that Republic, would have been
equally as applicable, under similar circumstances, to Eng-
land or France.
7. An election of a President of the Republic shall be
held in the Oriental state, strictly according to the constitu-
tional laws of the country, General Oribe previously binding
himself to abide by, and conform with, the result of that
election.
"8. A general amnesty, reciprocal and complete, for per-
sons and properties ; an acknowledgment of the rights of all
foreigners, and justice administered to their claims, if well
founded.
" Without prejudice to this amnesty, should Rosas find just
reason to complain of those emigrants resident in the Onen-
tal Republic, through whose proceedings the friendly
relations of the two countries may stand in danger of being
compromised, such individuals can be removed to a distance
from the coasts, under a guard, or sent to a foreign port by
them named.
9. These bases, admitted by Rosas and by Oribe, if the
government of the Republic should reject them, the Mi-
nisters Plenipotentiary shall declare that they withdraw the
intervention of their governments, and shall withdraw it
effectually, if their persuasions are ineffectual."

It is with these views by patient inquiry, by diligent study,
by humble-minded searching after truth, that all real know-
ledge is to be wooed and won, equally apart from that shal-
low presumption which sets up its own speculations and f
sophistries in the place of a conscientious reason and a disci- I
planed faith, and from that blind bigotry which bows down ,
fair argument, and decides against proof, and condemns I
without a hearing. (Cheers.) I have said that I did not 1
wish—that I:could not wish—te damp or discountenance the i
purpose of any of the rising youth around me to aspire. I I
well know that genius is the property of no condition, the 1
appanage of no class ; it will be often seen to rise, like the
fabled goddess of old, out of the ocean billow, from those
surfaces of society where you would ]cast expect to find it,
breaking through the surrounding uniformity, and shed a
sudden radiance round the new horizon. (Cheers.) But while
I am ready to track its shining course, and to bask in its
genial warmth, I would also beg to remind you that there
is something more admirable than genius, and that is
virtue ; there is something more valuable than success, and 1
that is duty. (Cheers.) The hope to succeed in the world 1
and to play a shining part in the society around us, may 1
often act powerfully as an incentive, but it is to be feared
that such a hope has too much engrossed both the efforts
and the admiration of mankind. I remember being beau-
tifully struck once with an expression which was used by a
friend of mine, though you will perceive at once that it is
not to be understood in its literal acceptation ; but the ex-
pression was, " That heaven was made for those who had
failed in the world." Now, there are all sorts of unbecoming
and unamiable feelings which often may accompany and em-
bitter failure, as on the other side every bright and blessed
quality of the heart and the mind may enhance and adorn
success ; but to aim at success, to meet with failure and not
to grudge it, to be outstripped by a rival and yet to hear a
rival's praises with an unwounded ear,—these are efforts
and triumphs, beside which the ordinary success of the world
are light and trivial. (Cheers.) Success, after all in almost
every walk of life, from the aspiring statesman down to the
ambitious parish beadle, will very often be found to consist of
very coarse, obtrusive, and vulgar ingredient, certainly of no
heavenly temperament; while there is no grace of character,
no spring of self-reliance, no element of progress with
which failure, when not earned by our own fault, and when
sustained with an even and brave spirit, may not allay it.
Depend upon it the world, in more instances than we can
think of, has never discovered or crowned its best ; there are
diamonds in Golconda more precious than any that ever
blazoned in the diadem of royalty—there are pearls in uno-
pened shells more lustrous than any that ever yet shone on
the neck of beauty. The ages as they pass by have known
their Homer, their Raphael, their Newton, and their Shak-
speare; but I doubt not that there are in the human crea-
tion, as in all besides, prodigalities which have never yet been
fathomed. (Cheers.) But I believe it to be no less true, that
nothing that was ever given to as has—except it be our own
fault—been lost or thrown away. What, after all, is the
material point ? Is it to be Homer—to be Raphael—to be
Shakspeare—or to be merely thought a transcendent poet, or
an unparalleled painter ? Is it to conceive in the inmost soul
the lineaments of the Holy Mother and the Divine Babe—
or the idea of Lear upon the heath, or Macbeth at the
banquet ? Or is it merely that would-be critics should
commend the victor, or that admiring audiences should shout
" bravo " in the pit ? Carry away with you this great truth
—carry it to your daily task, or to your evening leisure—to
the quiet of your homes, or to the social meetings—that it
matters comparatively little what you may seem to be—it
matters even proportionately little what you may actually
do—but it matters everything what you are. (Loud cheers.)
What you may seem is subject to a thousand accidents and
misapprehensions ; what you may do is even under other
control than your own ; what you are is under your own
control, and you may be all you should be. Depend upon
it, however humble may be any of your positions in life ;
however obscure the labour which engrosses the precious
hours as they pass: however insignificant your whole
life's drudgery in this mean and unenvied position, in this
drudgery you may hold for yourself the qualities, you may
build up for yourselves the character which princes, if
they knew them would trust, which multitudes if they
could discern them, would adore. (Loud cheers.) I feel
that in touching on such high topics of morality and conduct,
with scarcely authorised lips, I may subject myself to imper-
fect explanation and much misconstruction. I know that it
is often thought that addresses delivered upon such occasions
are too apt to minister to the pride of man, and to the undue
adulation of the intellect. I disclaim all such tendencies
when I tell you you may be all you should be; I do not ex-
clude from the method of being so thoughts and ideas which
are too high for me to here to dwell upon I am as confident
as any one that reason, as well as Christianity., makes humility
almost its most prominent grace. (Cheers.) Who would not
be humble who felt, as he ought, the loveliness of virtue
and the magnificence of knowledge ? I should like to ask
one of those fortunate men who have lately added a new
planet to our system, or who, as was beautifully said
on an earlier occasion, that lent the lyre of heaven

The following is an extract of a letter from a pas-
senger on board the steam-ship Ripon, dated Torbay
Harbour, October 21, 9 P.M.:
"On the evening of the 20th, a few hours after we left
Southampton, a gale sprung up, and soon atter the engines
were found not to work properly ; we passed the night and
the morning very uncomfortably, the water coming into
many passenger' cabins. This morning the gale increased,
and the rudder, as well as the engines, were found deficient.
After some consultation, and at the desire of the superin-
tendent of the Post-office, we about-ship, and determined to
run for the nearest harbour. Soon after the rudder broke,
and we were left at the mercy of the waves, the sea making
a complete breach over her, and the water pouring in at
every direction, nearly every cabin being saturated. Provi-
dentially we managed to run in here with the loss of rudder,
one boat, paddle-box, and sundry other damages. It has
bees a most providential escape.

MANCHESTER ATHENIEUM SOIREE.
MANCHESTER, FRIDAY MORNING.
The grand annual soiree given by the members of
the Manchester Atheneum took place last evening. The
Free Trade Hall and Theatre Royal had been thrown
together for the purpose of giving more accommodation for
the ball, but for the principal feature of these entertainments
—the re-union with which the proceedings open, the former
building only could, of course, be available. However, the
space in the hall was economised as far as possible by ex.
eluding the refreshment tables, which have heretofore
occupied the sides, and by this means the directors were able
to issue 5,000 tickets, every one of which, we believe, had its
representative in the meeting. It was certainly a large and
brilliant gathering. The Right Hon. Lord % iscount Moe-
peth, M.P., presided ; and among the guests immediately
surrounding his lordship we noticed his Grace the Archbishop
of Dublin, the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ebrington, the
Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., W. Brown, Esq.,
J. Brotherton, Esq., M.P., E. Chadwick, Esq.,W.Chambers,
Esq., C. Mackay, Esq., C. Swain, J. Heywood, Esq., and
W. Ainsworth, Esq. The proceedings opened at 20 minutes
past 7 o'clock, when
Lord Mogeszx came forward, and was received with loud
applause. lie said : Ladies and Gentlemen,—l trust that I
shall be believed when I say that I appreciate my situation.
Whatever incidents of distinction or responsibility I may
happen to be invested with elsewhere, honoured as I am by
the choice of no mean constituency on the other side of the
hills which bound your prospects—permitted as I am to
take a part in the highest councils of the state, yet I can with
truth assure you that I found something very new, fresh,
and Large in the honour of being called upon to preside at
the jubilee of the Manchester Atheneum. And this sense
of honour—and I may say, wish as much truth, of difficulty
also—is certainly not lessened, when I call to mind
those who have preceded me in the same post upon
these brilliant occasions. The last echoes of this
place, which I feel it a hardihood in myself to rouse again,
answer to the accents, deep, gentle, and earnest as his own
spirit, of Mr. Serjeant Talfourd. (Cheers.) Why, gentle.
men, the name of the Atheneum itself suggests that it is
a henefitting theatre for all the utterances of the Bard of lon
and the Athenian Captive. Next before him I know your
spirits must have thrilled under the spell of so potent a magi-
cian as Mr. Disraeli. (Cheers.) In the very hottest conflicts
of political party, from which we are happily here sheltered,
I think it would have been impossible even for his most ex-
Poled victim to have been blind to the point, genius and bril-
liancy which played even around the wounds they made;
but here, on this gorgeous stage, amid this congenial audi-
tory, on the topics so familiar to him of literature, and art,
and of imagination,—I who could only read in cold print
what he said, apart from all the kindling accessories of time
and place, can easily believe how the admiration which is not
withheld from him even on thetarren ground of political con-
troversy must have here swelled into enchantment. (Cheers.)
On the first of these annual occasions, the first at least that
was held upon this scale of size and splendour, this chair
we' filled (and it never was and never can be be filled more
worthily) by Charles Dickens. (Cheers.) That bright and