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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1855:

111ONTI'S LECTURES on ANCIENT and
MODERN SCULPTURE.—The Second of these Lectures
will be delivered on WEDNESDAY, June 6th. Subscribers' and
Single Night Tickets to be had at Messrs. Colnaghes, Pall-mall East

SIIN LIFE ASSIJRANCE SOCIETY,
London. ,
SHARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO
FOUR-FIFTHS.
Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN
FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the
conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus.
The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
are lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers
are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad.
Infest to the accumulated fluids derived from the investments of
Premiums.
Policy Stamps paid by the Office.
Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street,
London, or of any of the Agents of the Society.
CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary.

rki ()TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that ROBERT
HEBDEN, of Beverley, in the county of York, wheelwright
and timber-merchant, hath by indenture bearing date the twenty-
third day of May. one thousand tight hundro 1 and fifty-five, con-
veyed and assigned all his Estate and Effects whatsoever unto
JOE( NT COUPLAND, of Cherry Barton, in the said county of York,
farmer, and SOLOMON SOLLITT, of Beverley, aforesaid, Inn-
keeper, as .Trustees upon trust, for the benefit of all the Creditors of
him, the said Robert Hebden ; and that the said indenture was duly
executed by the said Robert Hebden, John Coupland, and Solomon
Sollitt respectively, on the said twenty-third day of May, in the pre-
sence of and attested by Anthony Atkinson, the younger,. of the
borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, attorney-at-law ; and George figs-
worth Sheffield, of Beverley, aforesaid, clerk to Messieurs Robinson
and Atkinson, of the said borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, and of
Beverley aforesaid, attornies-at-law.
ROBINSON AND ATKINSON.
Beverley, June 2, 1855.

THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL
of the NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME will take place at the
STAR AND GARTER, Richmond Hill, on FRIDAY', June 22,
when

His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE will preside.
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OS STEWARDS.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Effingham.
The Right Hon. the Earl of :,halteshury.
The Right Hon. Lord Reimers.
The Right Hon. the Lord Justice Knight Bruce.
The Right Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.
The Hon. F. Tolleinache.
J. King King, Esq., M.P.
Col. Kingscote.
Major Pole.
Charles J. Bevan, Esq.
W. Lambert, Esq.
The Rev. J. W. Laug,hlan, B.A.
Thomas Lee, Esq.
E. F. Leeks, Esq., F.L S.
The Rev. W. M. Lusignan, M.A.
The Rev. C. Mackenzie, M.A.
Prebendary of St. Paul's.
Rev. J. W. Markwell, M.A.
The Rev. H. P. Measor, M.A;
J. J. Meehi, Esq.
W. Parkin, Esq.
John Parson, Esq.
J. Compton Pont, Esq.
J. D. Powles, Esq.
The Rev. A. J. Rain, M.A.
W. Rogers, Esq.
C. Sawbridge, Esq.
A. Scratchley, Esq.
The Rev. J. i.. Seropove, LL.B.
J. G. Sheppard, Esq.
The Rev. S:ewart Smythe, M.A.
The Rev. T. Spyers, D.D.
The Rev. H. I. Symonds, LL.D.,
Chaplain to the Forces.
J. D. Troughton, Esq.
The Rev. J. Twining, M.A.
Samuel Walker, Esq.
The Rev. R. Whittington, M.A.
William Woods, Esq.
C. D. Zetterquist, Esq.

C. J. B. Aldis, M.D.
H. G. Bohn, Esq.
W. Bridges, Esq.
The Rev. Joseph Brown, M.A.
The Rev. R. Burgh Byam, M.A.
W. Byam Martin. Esq.
Peter Carthew, Esq.
The Rev. Whitmore Carr, M.A.
W. Carter, Esq.
W. Chapman, Esq.
The Rev. J. E. Cox, M.A., F.S.A.
H. Cremer, Esq.
The Rev. G. Townshend Drif-
M A.
The Rev. H. Depuis, M.A.
C. S. Edgewor h, Esq.
Gordon Forbes, Esq.
G. Grant, Esq., M.D.
Ferdenand Grut, Esq.
J. E. Hadow, Esq.
The Rev. H. J. Hatch, M.A.
The Rev. J. D. Hales, M.A.
H. Harwood Harwood, Esq.
The Rev. W. Hinson, M.A.
J. E. Hobson, Esq.
The Yen. Archdeacon Holberton,
M.A.
The Rev. Augustus G. How, M.A.
The Rev. T. G. P. Hough, M.A.
The Rev. Thomas Sing, M.A.,
F.S.A

The Committee earnestly appeal for help, that they may admit, if
possible, many of the orphans left at this time by the war and pesti
lence.
All applications for the Stewardships (the number of which will
be limited) must be made before the 9th of June, addressed to the
Honorary fecretarles, National Orphan Home, Ham-common, or to
the Rev. R. Whittington, M.A., Chapter House, St. Paul's
Churchyard, by whom every information respecting the Institution
will be given, as well as by the Rev. Joseph Brown, Rector of
Christchurch, Biacktliars-road.
Ten Guineas will give two life votes at all elections ; five guineas
one vote.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.-MONDAY.

In the early part of the afternoon business was re-
markably dull. Towards the close the backers of the
favourites for the Queen's Vase stimulated it into con-
siderable activity. For this event 2to 1 was taken and
offered about Rataplan, 5 to 2 taken freely about Ouls-
ton, and 3tol to some hundreds about Chicken. The
Tumbler opened at 4 to 1 taken, but 6 to 1 was easily
obtained afterwards.

ASCOT STAKES.

Vandal gave way a point ; Mortimer stood for some

time, apparently friendless, at 10 to 1, but at last he was
head to head with Hospodar, 6 to 1 being taken about
each. The Sailor was very buoyant—from 10 to 1 he
quickly reached 8 to 1, taken ; Hungerford was sup-
ported in good quarters at 10 to 1 ; Bluebeard fell back
to 12 to 1.

phor for a sentence further, we would say that the cloth
is already spread, and the great northern epicure is ready
to take his place at the table. The only reason why
grace has hot been said—grace is always very emphati-
cally said upon occa-ions of this kind—is that Here
Hermann's two next door neighbours object to the pro-
ceeding, a little On poor Hermann's account, but far
more upon their own. It is true we are fighting the battle
of Germany, but the conduct of the very metaphysical
and slow-moving inhabitants of that country has not
been such as to inspire us with any particular enthu-,iasre
in their cause. How can you feel respect for grown men,
with ample beards, who sit at house in blessed security,
smoking indifferent tob Ice° over their stoves, while the
blood of other nations is poured out like water in a
struggle in which they are primarily concerned ? They
may save their skins, they may live to smoke infinite
tobacco, and to absorb infinite Liebfrauen mild, and
Bavarian beer ; but they have foresworn the dignity of
manhood. In their case, at least, Russian aggression is
no dream. The German Courts rule the German people
with a rod of iron. The Russian Court rules the German
Courts with a rod of gold, which will soon pass into one
of steel. It is idle to say that the' political action of the
country is only the action of the Governments, and that
the liver of every true German turns white within him
as he thinks of the degradation which such Sovereigns
as the King of Prussia have brought upon the German
name. The Governments are those which the nations of
Germany prefer or tolerate--they are the acknowledged
representatives in the eyes of Etirope of the various
States, and by their action must the character of the
people be judged. Of what pro it is it to the World that
young and enthusiastic members of the Burschen interest
roar out catches upon the subject of "Preiheit," that
grave professors exhaust'their ingenuity in long treatises
and historical abstractions, that in all questions of art
the Germans are a highly cultivated, race—what is all
this to men who are engaged in a death grapple, in which
the Gertnaea should have taken their share, and from
which they have most meanly abstained ?
The very argument which has been so repeatedly
urged by the German Courts in favour of their neusrality
is the very one which tells against them with the greatest
force. Why should they engage in a war ? Why should
they add to the number of the combatants, and contri-
bute their quota to a general conflagration ? The
answer is obvious. Had the great German Courts
from the first thrown their weight into the scale
in favour of that cause which they themselves had
acknowledged to be just and right, there would
have been no war at all. The Czar would have
drawn back before the armies and fleets of Europe.
Nothing less would have averted a contest. A Quad-
ruple Alliance would have saved the effusion of a single
drop of blood or the burning of a single cartridge. The
Russian ruler was better acquainted than we were with
the nature of his interest at the various German Courts,
especially at that one which has served him with such
desperate tenacity of purpose to the last. The Russian
has been well served at the German Courts ; he has not
thrown a rouble or a diamond snuffbox away. Again,
by a series of dexterous matrimonial alliances he has
converted Germany into a kind of nursery-barrack for
the Romanoff family. The Grand Duchy of Peruke-
beim cannot be stirred into action because the interest-
ing Grand Duchess Marie Feodorowna is a "scion" of
the Imperial House. Is not the Dowager Empress a
sister of that King of men who reckons the Great
Frederick among his ancestors ? Can you enter any
little trumpery German kingdom or duchy without
stumbling against a Petrowitz or Paulowitz ? The
unctuous Chamberlain, and the sly " Legation's Coun-
cillor," who endeavour to pump your very thoughts out
of your brain, are mere valets of the Russian Chancery.
The police agents have been carefully secured in the
Russian interest. In fact, turn where you will in Ger-
many, the wind blows ever from the East. Either by
well-conceived marriages, or by bribes and intrigues
with the Ministers, or by courtesies and favours showered
upon the leading families, the Czar attains his end, which
is to paralyse the action of the German people, and to
convert them into the blind instruments of his will. So,
let them wait until his schemes are further developed
and the frontier can be advanced nearer to the Rhine.
All this is humiliating enough, but, in strict justice,
it should only be applied to the governing caste and their
agents. The blame which properly attaches to the
middle and humbler classesi s, that their influence upon
the action of their rulers is se feeble that they can;
not compel them to save the national honour.
In 1848-49 they could meet in noisy conclave at Frank-
fort, rave about Schleswig-Holstein, and throw away the
game of liberty, while their hands were filled with trump
cards. When it comes, however, to any rational scheme
for bettering their political condition, they are as tame
and dull as so many flocks of sheep. One would have
supPesed that such a point as the destruction of Russian
influence throughout Germany, and the restoration of a
native policy, was one worthy of an honest struggle.
One would think that a man endowed with any reason-
able degree of foresight might have predicted the conse-
quences of such a change upon the growth of political
liberty throughout Germany. Had it not been for the
terrible weight with which St. Petersburg has pressed
upon every German capital, the stipulations in favour of
German liberty attached to the treaties of 1815 would
not have remained a dead letter. As it is, the Russians
—if we are not much mistaken—will ere long be de-
prived of everything they sought to retain, save their
authority at the German Courts. Why should we seek
to benefit men who will neither help us nor themselves?
The Germans have left us to bear the evil day alone, and
now the best thing the Allies can do is to leave them in
quiet fruition of their Olympian repose. The only por-
tion of the population for which we retain much sym-
pathy is the peasantry. The best advice we can give
them is to escape with all convenient speed from a
country in which it is vain to look for liberty, prosperity,
or honour. In the ranks of the allied armies they may
fight the battle of their country, and fulfil a nobler des-
tiny than playing the tedious game of soldiering in a
home garrison, or assisting to swell the pomp of a review
for the amusement of their despots. Is the once warlike
youth of Germany never to leave the parade-ground,ibut
to grow old, generation after generation, in practising
mimic war, in preparation for a mighty blow which its
rulers will one day strike, but only at the remaining
liberties of their people ?