The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-21 00:00:00

£625 2 9

Subscriptions from Insurers.
1,449 at ss. Od.
2 at 10s. 6d.
6 at 10s. Od.
1 at 20s. Od.

£992 8 9
Gratuities amounting to 1101. have been given to 17
members.

Loans to the extent of 1,850/. have been granted to
97 members.

On the 29th May, 1850, one clerk was elected to an
annuity of 251.; and two widows of clerks to annuities
of 151,, making with those already on the fund 5 clerks
and-14 widows of clerks, at an annual charge of 3351.
The balance-sheet for the past year shows that the
addition to the funds is 454/. 95.;- making the total
amount of this department 12,9382 15s. 4d.
The board regret that they have lost by death the
valuable services of two of the original auditors, Sir J.
pinie, Bart., and John Readnell, Esq.
The treasurer and trustees have expressed their satis-
faction at the present position of the association.
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—Gentlemen, it
will be my duty to propose to you the adoption of
this report, but as I feel that the circumstances under
which it is presented to you are extremely important
to your future prosperity and well-being, I take the
liberty of attaching to the proposal of that report
some very few observations.—(Hear, hear.) I wish
particularly, first of all, to draw your attention to
one item in that report, which I confess has given
me very great satisfaction indeed. It is the return of
a sum of money given to a clerk in difficulties, when
he found he could do without it.—(Hear, hear.) It
not only is most highly honourable to the individual,
it not only stamps him as a man of right and
proper and correct feeling, but it also shows that he
thoroughly understands the objects for which this
benevolent fund was originated and established.—
(Hear.) It is not for the purpose of giving money
away, but it is for the purpose of temporarily assist-
ing those who otherwise would be perplexed, embar-
rassed, and driven into difficulties, and therefore I
hail this item in the report not only with the greatest
pleasure, but also as an evidence, as it appears to me,
that the object and meaning of the fund, and the
manner in which it took its rise, are well understood
and appreciated.—(Hear, hear.) Having said these
few words upon that particular point, I come to the
great and important object to which I wish to draw
your attention, namely, the alteration in the rules
of the two departments, which have taken place
since I last had the honour of addressing
tiohnisabpllyacea.—ve(rHy eimarp,
ohretaarn.t)
onTe,haatndalttehreation
iyso uu nfqr uo ems t
cir-
cumstances which have occurred since it was made
show that it is important in the pecuniary advantages
which it confers upon the members.—(Hear, hear.)
It is important too in the advantages which it with-
draws from certain persons who either had, or ima-
gined they had, them before.—(Hear, hear.) As
there was evidently a question of taking away some-
thing from somebody, it was a bounden and impera-
tive duty on the part of the board of management
to give the clearest and deepest attention to the
propriety of proposing the change in the rules,
and to take care that there was no real right taken
away from any one who possessed it before, and the
board of management did me the honour of re-
peatedly consulting with me during the time that
this alteration was under consideration.—(Hear,
hear.) I therefore most amply and most willingly
take my full share of the responsibility in advising
tpor vs ian: of those alterations.—(Hear, hear.)
justice
andhat approving
gentlemen, who are all present, will do me the
attention to when that alteration was first
praonciededinnogtice I drew their im-
mediate(ael reverence—.the vidiecratechnYeci er —ofiftrhs et
brought under a
'y
to the difficulty and the
whatve
vented
hold in most religious
have not the honour orights of any one,
fthrough a gentleman whom I
their solictitors, was to inquire, through
knowing personally, but who
I believe sits to my ri -
any vested rights in fight, whether or not there were
one which would prevent
'baol:neryation in the rules.—(Hear.)
the adoption of this
The answers from ' were
w adsistwinhcettheexrplicinit,
refe-
rence that difficulty,was removed.
.
clear, and, therefore,
The thing then to considerh
to the pecuniary interest of the benevolent
department itself, this was a wise and judicious
measure to propose; and as I believe all concealment

and all secresy in this matter is a great mistake, I
shall take the liberty of taking every one here into
council as fully and completely as when I was taken
into council myself.--(hear, hear.) I tell you,
then, that the reasons upon which these
alterations were made were these :—First of all, every
person insuring had, under the old rules, the right to
relief, or to apply for relief, under the benevolent
fund ; and when the insurances increased so largely
us they have done of late years, it was clear and pal-
pable to the understanding of any one, that unless the
funds of the benevolent department increased in some-
thing like the same ratio as the benefit depart-
ment, the claims upon the benevolent department
would increase largely, whilst the means of meeting
all.—(hear,
hear.) To hold out, therefore, the benevolent
department, and the prospect of relief in time
those claims would not increase at all.
of distress to insurers, was little less than
a delusion ; and the second ground appears to me not
less feasible. The gentlemen who hear me are proba-
bly as well aware as I am that under the old rules a
certain proportion—a large proportion—ljbelieve lam
correct in saying one-third of the profits arising from
the insurance department was, on each division of
profits, to be given to the benevolent
hear.) Now that large application
pof
insurances;o:. ur
htniadovni t
Do ga sb reeoacanonemud.
rot
shseti
personar
tsdoe r
tioho
feu
rally demurred to the application of so large a pro-
the business
they brought to the office being given to the ,benevo-
lent fund.—(Hear, hear.) Now,
when you recollect,
that the principal source of revenue in the benevolent
department was derived from a division of the profits
in the benefit department, it is obvious that this was a
state of things which deterred persons from insuring,
and ultimately fell back upon the benevolent fund
itself and diminished it in amount.—(Hear, hear.)
wst
hhobenevolent
hp ardoobstaclefi nt
toso
possible
uonho fund.—(Hear,
is
di n
bipdvinrr
rfiye(t
increase
In ae
waset
prospectauor-
The question, therefore, proposed to me was, whether
in reference to the two causes which I have explained,
namely, first of all, the great increase of the benefit
department, and the total impossibility
right to make
of meeting the
claims of those gentlemen who had the
them, and secondly, the natural
conviction of all
persons interested in the management of the society,
that the large application of one-third of the profits
to the benevolent department injured the benefit
department, and therefore ultimately
injured the be-
nevolent department, it would not be better to make
he t reasons which I
w
the alteration which has taken place.—(Hear, bear.)
I gave all the attention and consideration in my power
to the subject, and having received the fullest expla-
nation as to the effect which would be produced by
the change, and received complete satisfaction on that
ha point,ve
detailedand having
all
in my power, I
was then, and I am now, bound in honesty to
say
that I gave my hearty, my cordial assent to the alte-
ration of the rules which have already been proposed
to you and carried.—(Hear.) And further, gentlemen,
the consideration to t
I beg to draw your attention to the working of the
change seen in this its earliest stage. Ar
You have now
got a certain income of about 3701., which you may
consider as a fixed (H income.—.—ear, hear.) Now
just look at the way it works. It is quite obvious
that it would have been impossible for you to confer
that large and most cheering benefit upon the widows
of clerks which has been detailed to You as in pro-
spect for the month of May next.--(Rear, hear.)
But that is not all, because when you have done that
you will have something like two-thirds of a fixed
income arising from a certain sum, which will be in-
vested, and which will go on accumulating and in-
creasing. I really hope no gentleman who hears me will
believe that in making this change we forgot or
undervalued the disappointment which any one indi-
vidual may have received from the change ; but I do
again assure you that I believe it has been done with
the most firm adherence to, and the fullest respect for,
all their rights, and from the best advised conviction
that it would conduce to the real and permanent
interest of both branches of the society.—(gear,
hear.) There is one other circumstance which I feel
bound also to mention. There is an iten, I think it
is 2471., in the accounts, under the head of law
charges, and it is a most painful item, because it
results from the prosecution of a person in Scotland,
who obtained a loan, and it was afterwards discovered
that the signatures of the guarantees were forgeries.
That, gentlemen has given rise to the surmise that
the gentleman who borrowed the money had been
guilty of some irregularity, but nevertheless the evi-
dence of the falseness of the guarantees' signature is
to my mind utterly inconclusive.—(Hear, hear.) But,
gentlemen, in reference to the large expense of this
trial, it should be remembered that had the board
of management acquiesced in the forgery, without a
previous inquiry, they would have been holding out
a premium for a repetition of similar conduct in
others.—(Rear, hear.) lam afraid I have taken up
too much of your time, but I felt this was an impor-
tant evening, which called for an explanation from me
upon the various points I have touched upon, and, in
moving the adoption of the report, let me hope that
any gentleman who wishes to address you will re-
ceive the same patient hearing that you have accorded
to me.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GEORGE again complained of what he termed
the "compulsory' payment of Sa. to the benevolent
fund.

The CHAIRMAN said, what he understood to be the
arrangement; was as follows :—Certain inducements
were held out to join the benefit department formerly ,
those who joined the benefit department bad certain
claims or rights on the benevolent department ,
but when the benefit department increased so
it became necessary to get fresh funds to meet all the
claims on the
.benevolent department. At length
means were devised for that purpose, and they were
assented to by the members. They were, that every
person on assuring his life should, in exchange for his
rightwhich he thereby had on the benevolentdepartment,
contribute a certain sum annually to that department.l
Formerly there was no such payment by assurers.
and
was Dot compulsory now,
to establish a claim on the benevolent
except to this extent,
..
no more—that if a. person, being an assurer, wished
largely,
pay for it.—(Hear.)
Mr. GEORGE said be had still some difficulty in
believing that the payment was not compulsory.
The CHAIRMAN assured him that it was purely
would. be
.received with the
and wholly voluntary.—(l-lear.)
After some further discussion tbefunrdellobret musts
balance-sheet were. received and adopted.
satisfaction.
Mr. WELCH said he rose to propose a resolution
greatest plea-
That portion of the. re-
port which referred to the election of annuitants
stated that the society Was in a
to grant position
an-
nuities this year to. an extended number of persons,
swuhr iec h a n d
and the cheers with which that announcement was
in a position to grant those
satisfactory a
state, and that they would enable the directors to lend a
helping band to a few more
, e distressed members and
their id
w__ow. s.—.(llear.) The
felt in learning that the fan
received indicated. how
directors had the
greatest satisfaction. in arriving at the conclusion that
they were muchds
Wpelreeasiuursee the members
annuities, but
had the members ought to bear in
mind that, if the rules
would not havealtere td and a fund thereby created, they
he gratifying duty to perform of
proposing that they should render additional assistance
to the widows and orphans of distressed fellow-clerks.
—(Cheers.) .
The resolution be now moved would
at relief to g
thosewho wanted it
not been
had lon
subsequently give great
and another resolution would be bquently pro-
posed which would meet the case of the candidates
who were unsuccessful on
a former occasion.
,
He urged upon the members to follow up the good
which they had already done by
exerting themselves
to get their fellow-clerks to join
the association. In
this way they would increase the importance of the
benefits on their less fortunate. brethren.--(Hear.)
society, augment. the funds
It was only by unity and action I and bestow greater
that they could ex-
the
Clerks'
ex-
pect to make the association. what it ought to be, and
what he hoped to see it ere long, it
their support,
they would every year have to cngratuls,te them-
the clerks, as
icnocinreeasfionrgw
amountad live
the means of doing. Mr.. Welch concluded
doing.--(Hear.)
by moving the following resolution :..._
sae bl
voedsy: on the uld
" That on the 26th M. ay next,. or
13- good
on such other day
as the board may appoint, of which due
notice will be
members( of the
Associa-
tion be held, for the purpose of electing the
given,
benevolent a
sp special
following
additional annuitants:—
a l
departmentgene r a inmeeting
the
Provident

Two clerks for annuities of ...
25/. each.
And five widows of clerks for annuities 0i
for
six
widows
If one clerk only applies, then one clerk 15/. each.
annuityofocflerks.for annuities of 151 Andan
If no clerk applies, then eight widows 4 each.
of clerks fer annuities of ... •-. 15/
The resolution was seconded by Mr. 10- • each."
carried unanimously. 4A ()Tray, and
Mr. MAITLAND said he bad to propose
which he was confident would commend a. resolution
itself to the
heart of every one present. It was to the effect that
the three widows who were unsuccessful, at the last
election, and who by the alteration of the
rules were
excluded from becoming again candidatos should be
eligible at the next election.—(Hear, b ear.) He
would merely remind the meeting that before the
passing of the altered rules, it was requ ired that a
person must have been a member three years to make
his widow eligible for an annuity. After ol _ireful con-
sideration the term of membershiV necessary
was altered to five years. The annuities
were of very great advantage to the
recipients,
and it was thought that something like a quid pro quo
should be given for such valuable allow awes. The
majority of the members were of that opinion • but
while they wished to do justice, they inttst not forget
to be merciful. These ladies who were led to hope
for, and were entitled in the event of being elected
to, annuities, were now excluded by the rules, and it
was only an act of charity and mercy to place them
in the same position that they were in befo.re..—(Hear.)
1 The motion was seconded by Mr. J-41,1 1,.

WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 219 1852.

Mr. LLOYD objected to the resolution, on the
ground that it was contrary to the laws of the society,
and incompetent for the meeting to pass it. How-
ever much he might regret the consequences to the
three widows, he certainly felt it his duty to make
this objection, lest a step which he deemed to be ille-
gal was drawn into a precedent.
Considerable discussion ensued upon the legality of
the motion, and ultimately it was withdrawn, and
another passed to the effect that compensation should
be given to the three widows at the discretion of the
committee, provided such a course was legal.
Mr. COLEMAN moved a vote of thanks to the trus-
tees and to John Abel Smith, Esq., the treasurer, for
their services to the institution, which was carried.
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for himself and
on behalf of the trustees. It was, he admitted,
a rather flattering thing that they could command the
services of such men as Baron Rothschild, Mr.
Thomson Hankey, and Mr. Prescott. It was no
nominal duty they had to perform, for year after
year they took a most real and lively interest in the
affairs, progress, and wellbeing of the association.
As regarded himself, one of the most agreeable cir-
cumstances of his life was the good-natured appre-
ciation of the feeble efforts he was able to make to
further the interests of the association.—(Cheers.)
No one who knew him would doubt his word when
he said that as long as he lived his best abilities and
his cordial cooperation would be most heartily at
their service.—(Cheers.)
A vote of thanks was then passed to the directors
and auditors.

The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging a vote, thank-
ing him for his conduct in the chair, took the oppor-
tunity of earnestly exhorting the clerks of London to
support the benevolent branch of the association,
which would confer, if extended by their adhesion,
the most incalculable benefits upon them.
The meeting then separited.

THE REV. J. E. GLADSTONE AND THE

BISHOP OF LONDON.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN..

Sia,—The article which appeared in your columns
on the evening of the 14th instant, with the initials
" C. J. 5.," plainly intimates that proceedings will be
instituted in the Ecclesiastical Court by the Bishop
of London against Mr. Gladstone. Now, Sir, I would
advise Mr. Gladstone to employ counsel as inexpen-
sive as possible, for his case is a very plain and simple
one, and after all the arguments made use of by
counsel the decision rests with the judge. The only
word uttered by Mr. Gladstone that can be at all
handled is the word " traitor," and that wont bear
any other construction than in the sense it was said—
a traitor to the Established Church.

The Bishop of London knows right well that it is
no easy matter to strip a clergyman of his gown and
living. A very remarkable instance occurred some
years since. The incumbent of Sutton, in Bedford-
shire, a Dr. Free, a man whose infamy was without
a parallel, and who violated every law moral, human,
and divine. The Bishop of Lincoln very justly pro-
ceeded against this man; Free employed no lawyer,
but moved the proceedings from court to court, and
the decision of the judge was against him in every
court, but the time consumed was five years, and the
expense to the Bishop was 10,0001. Possession of the
house had then to to be obtained, and it was illegal to
use force ; it was many months before this posses-
sion could be obtained, as he kept it barred and se-
cured, and never moved out of it except on Sundays.
At last, by keeping sentinels on guard night and day,
and preventing provision being taken in, he was
starved out. I instance this case to show the diffi-
culty a good Bishop had to get rid of a bad parson ;
what, then, will be the difficulty that a bad Bishop
has to get rid of a good parson, what length of time
will it take, and what will the sum total come to ?
The rule of three will scarcely determine. The Rev.
Mr. Gladstone is of good family, and a cousin of the
well-known M.P., and he has a phalanx of powerful
friends, not likely to desert him in his hour of need.

I am, Sir, &c.,
OVIS GREGIS.

ASTROLOGY.-MR. COPSTICK'S CASE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I have perused with a feeling of satisfaction the
article in The Sun of last evening upon this case.
In the month of October, last year, one James Bell
was, in a similar manner, tempted by a policeman in
disguise to break the law (the Vagrant Act), then
pounced upon, convicted, and imprisoned, chiefly
through the evidence of this same policeman. The case
occurred at the Lambeth Police-office. _

It is gratifying to find that the press has condemned
;his detestable plan for bringing offenders to th© seat of
1 ustice.

Ido not presume to intrude upon your valuable space,
by entering into the important question of the merits or
demerits of the ancient science of astrology. Notwith-
standing the opinion and desire to the contrary ex-
pressed by the Learned Recorder at the Bath Quarter
Sessions on the 10th inst., it is certainly a fact that
astrology is slowly but surely recovering from its fallen
state, and that it is now recognised as a science by nu-
merous persons of talent, learning, and respectability.
In these days of mental activity it is impossible that this
important question of the reality of planetary influence
can again be shelved, whether the Vagrant Act be re-
pealed or not. The time must soon arrive when the
facts in astrology, like the facts in other sciences, will
be generally recognised, and this sublime science be
again honoured, after its long night of neglect and ob-
scurity. The dawn is already approaching.
I am, Sir, your, 80.
London, January 20.

LEX.

THE NEW REFORM BILL.
A meeting of the Manchester committee of manage-
ment of the Financial and Parliamentary Reform
Association was held yesterday afternoon, in
Manchester ; Mr. George Wilson in the chair.
Among those present were Mr. Bright, 'MX., Mr.
Kershaw, Mr. Henry, Mr. Heywood, M.P., Mr.
Milner Gibson, M.P., Mr. S. R. Robinson, Sir E. Armi-
tage, and Mr. J. Simpson. The meeting was very large.
Mr. Wilson said they were assembled to consider what
steps should be taken in the district previous to the
assembling of Parliament in reference to the new Reform
Bill. In fact he did not know what it was to be, or
anything in relation to it, beyond an observation
which had escaped from Lord J. Russell himself, that
he was likely to have considerable difficulties to
meet among his colleagues on the subject, and that
some members of the Cabinet, instead of rendering
him that support which he was entitled to, provided his
measure was really likely to be satisfactory to the
country, were indisposed to give him that cordial sup-
port which every gentleman in the room, provided the
measure was good, would give him. As this Reform Bill
was certain to be that which would be in operation for
the next twenty years, it behoved all persons interested
to examine into its character, and to see that it was
efficient. Mr. Wilson then proceeded to enter into an
argument respecting the comparative number of Mem-
bers sent by various towns in Lancashire and other
places. The following resolution was proposed by Mr.
Bright, and carried unanimously:—" That the popula-
tion of the county of Lancaster, by the census of 1851,
is declared to be upwards of 2,000,000, or one-eighth
of the population of England, and one-fourteenth of
that of the United Kingdom; that its taxable property,
by a Parliamentary return of the session of 1847, is de-
clared to be 6,463,3631., or more than one-tenth of the
whole rateable property of England; that its contribu-
tions to the national Exchequer, whether from Customs'
contributions or from payments to the various branches
of the inland revenue, far exceed the average of the
population and area of the United Kingdom; that its
position with regard to industry, wealth, intelligence,
and population, is second to no other county i❑ the
United Kingdom; that on all these grounds, this meeting
is of opinion that, in any measure of Parliamentary
reform to ba introduced by the Government or enacted
by the Legislature, the number of Members returned
from this county should be largely increased, in order
that its influence in the House of Commons may corre-
spond to the magnitude of its interests, and to its im-
portance as a portion of the United Kingdom."

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
NEWPORT, I. W., JAN. 20.
DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—Our town has been visitEd
by severe affliction in the distressing suicide of Mr.
Robert Bryant, the worthy landlord of the Star Inn.
He rose as usual this morning, and, after giving some
directions to his men about the horses, &c., he went up
to his office; not coming down to breakfast, nor answer-
ing when called, the door was forced open, when ho
was found suspended and dead. Ho was agent to the
Isle of Wight and London Shipping Company, and to
various other concerns as accountant and agent. He
had the property of a great number of persons in his
hands. His widow was unfortunate in her former hus-
band, who died by his own hands. Her distress now
cannot possibly be described. This and the heavy
failure of one of our oldest and most respected towns-
men last week for a sum of little short of 20,0001., has
thrown a gloom over the town which will not be soon
removed.

---
VIENNA, JAN. 16.—1 t appears that the so-called
plenipotentiaries from the German States, here assembled, to
settle the great question of commerci uned ion, are by no
means entrusted with the full power ialmpli in the name
they have assumed ; for we are told that the llanoverian,
Brunswick, and Frankfort deputies have not
at in yet voted
her the
for their instructions
adoption of the Austrian propositions, relating to c-
toms' union treaty, as they are waiting
It is affirmed that all the other members of the Congress
h •
impression
assented to both parts of the Austrian programme.
feoartssoinr
We are authorised to contradict an
which appears to have arisen, to the effect that Mr. B
contemplated the abandonment of his line of search
John Franklin from Behring's Straits northward in favour of
the plan recommended by Mr. Petermann, the 11,a•enll
between
thatkn ° Nv
hisn
physical geographer, of passing into the Polfc
be found
Spitabergen and Nova Zembla. The conviction
own is the course by which Sir John Franklin
is too strong in Mr. Beatson's mind to permit hilmviltlo abandon
the great import-
ancepepdorted by Mr. Peter-
mann,it for any other, though fully recognising
of that proposed and most ably supported
will be thoroughly
whose suggestion it is to be ho
workd out by sending an eflicientpst vessel upon the
route he proposed. The result cannot faileam -to set at rest a
question of much geographical and
dscientific interest, no less
aid
than to lend most material Sir that highest object, the
ruscue:of the expedition under John Franklin.—Chronicle.
ILLNES3 OF THE ARCHDEACON or MAiscuEsTEn.—
We are sorry to learn that the Venerable Archdeacon Eush.,
tea is YerY iliclis
Posed,

THE PHILOSOPHY OF LUGGAGE.
ItY ELIZA COOK.
cz Why, you don't mean to say that there is any
philosophy in luggage,", said a very free and easy
friend of ours, as be came in and caught our roughest of
o copy" books in a state of exposure, with merely this
heading to a bit of gossiping prose which we intended
to commit. " Yes we do," was our somewhat quick
reply, as we snatched the leaves out of his hand, in not
the most lady-like manner possible. Oar impertinent
friend went on utterly denying that philosophy could
in any way be connected with •• luggage," and indulged
in that sort of smile which expresses a confirmed con-
sciousness of superior wisdom—a sort of smile which is
not pleasant, when we know the party to be formed of
metal originally intended to be cast into a great spoon,
but that a lucky compound of gold caused to be turned
into a " great gun." We were cognizant of the gentle-
man having large " Firmness," huge " Combativeness,"
and homoeopathic quantities of " Ideality," and
" Causality," so we prudently refrained from offering
any logical or abstruse elucidations of our notions touch-
ing the affinity between physiological ethics and prac-
tical packing-up, and soothed him into a belief that we
were still a rational being, by dint of a superlative glass
of Maderia and an unusual degree of attention to his
prosy dissertation on the advantages of a war with
Russia. We should as soon have thought of bombarding
the pyramids with pop-guns, as of imbuing him
with our speculative mental analogies, so we
behaved uncommonly well while he stayed, but
thought his foot hid by far the most music
in it when he went " down " the stair.
However, he had destroyed our mood, and we flung the
poor copy-book on one side until this moment, when
having vainly tried fur some ten minutes to put a dozen
round apples into a square parcel, we aro induced to
have our say out about the Philosophy of Luggage.
There is much of desirable comfort, ingenious tact,
and worldly knowledge mixed up with all travelling ap-
purtenances, whether we move about with a large family
over the whole Continent, or carry a roll of music into
the next street. We have seen more than one united
party of pleasure broken up into silent sulks or savage
opposition, for want of a little philosophy in the luggage
department.
What an immense amount of irritability and anxiety
may be spared, by the use of an extra strap or the
omission of a delicate bandbox ! Lot us here de-
clare, for the private benefit of our lady friends, that,
from all we have remarked in our locomotive experience,
we honestly believe that there exists a natural antago-
nism between a wan and a bandbox. It is not only a
fair and open intolerance that abuses and denounces the
object of hatred before the whole world, but it
exists even in a private and vindictive malice,
that would vent itselt in an unseen kick or sinister
shove, when the owner of the helpless thing was
not by to defend it. When we are collecting
a pile of luggage in the hall, ready for some marine
Paradise or inland Eden, the portmanteaus and trunks
are brought together steadily enough, but only let us
trust that varlet " Tom" to bring down a bandbox, and
so sure does he insist on placing it in a most dangerous
contiguity between a couple of smashing carpet bags, or
else begins to whistle some very lively tune, and em-
ploys the bottom of the bandbox as a sort of " staccato"
accompaniment on every stair, and when the traps are
all gathered together, somehow the bandbox is sure to
be the thing that our brother tumbles over. He looks
at it with most aggravating contempt, and we hear a
mattering, in which the words " bothering rubbish"
are very audible. We are obliged to plead for it
with modest energy, and eat very humble pie,
an edible which always disagrees with our stomach,
by-the-by, for he might be revengeful, and the thing is
weak and unprotected. Then comes the cabman, and
with the greatest coolness, he positively "flings" the
bandbox on one side, until the other packages are
fixed; at last, he " supposes that thing is to go inside;"
we hardly like to mention the small private fact that we
have been a sort of pendulum between the front window
and well-staircase meanwhile, in order to satisfy our-
selves that the band-box was still in existence,--but at

last we see him put it inside, and if by auy chance be
has any bag or basket over half a hundredweight within
reach, we are prepared to see the said bag or basket
lumped right on it. Let the number of travellers be two or
four the poor bandbox is sure to be "in the way "
on the seat; it is the Pariah of our appendages, and
of course, must be carried on our lap. Then comes the
railway porter, who is most reapecttul to all that "can't
be hurt;" but woe betide the bandbox that you entrust
to him—we are always obliged to "keep it with our-
selves," and if all the seats are full, and the box too big
to go under the seats—which it always is—why our
journey is not quite so unencumbered as it might be.
We seriously advise all women who value peace and in-
dependence in their wayfaring, to abjnre bandboxes.
We never think of employing such an agent now, since
our experience convinces us that the stamp of misfortune
is set upon it. We have travelled with gimcrack toys
and ornamental glass without a derangement of the nu-
merous family in " Noah's Ark," or a fracture of the
crystal threads, but no sooner did we venture on a" band-
box" than" Melancholy marked it for its own." Never
travel with a bandbox, ladies.: Hide your evening-caps
or best bonnets in some solid, enduring frame work—
have an iron• chest, a plate-chest, a sea-chest, a tea-chest,
an old oak chest, or any chest in the world, so that it
bears no relationship to the milliner's receptacle, have
nothing that resembles a bandbox, or every masculine
hand laid on it will contrive some spiteful and insulting
injury. Exercise your philosophy on this point, and you
will never repent it.
There is often a deal of trouble and embarrassment
incurred by the very desultory and promiscuous manner
in which the extraneous articles in travelling are ex-
pected to find their way from London to Liver-
pool. There is something particularly awkward and
slightly impeding in having to arrange and carry
an unlimited number of sticks, umbrellas, parasols,
coats, rugs, and nobody knows what, about a railway
station or pier-head. We lately met a party of three
ladies and two gentlemen, who bad arrived at dusk at
Blackwell Station from Ramsgate; their trunks and
carpet-bag were disposed of without anxiety, but the
perplexing and wild state of excitement over four
umbrellas, three parasols, two walking-sticks, three
cloaks, two coats, three Scotch plaids, one shawl, three
baskets, and a large bundle of seaweed, was indescrib-
able, to say nothing of an unruly spaniel attached to a
string, who persisted in twisting and rushing about in
the most contrary directions possible. As for keeping
the things together, the attempt seemed impracticable.
William was shouting to Emily to know if she
bad his fur coat; James interrogated William as to
the whereabouts of his silk umbrella ; Ellen was
slightly frantic touching a missing Tweed; and Sophy
was making a desperate snatch at any article looking
at all like one of their things, alternating her vigilant
activity with a sudden smack and energetic shaking be-
stowed impromptu on " that tiresome dog Fido." Half-
a-dozen plums would keep tumbling out of a basket, and
the seaweed would keep tumbling out of the bundle,
while we stood amongst them rendering what help we
could, and thinking that a little practical philosophy
would have prevented a deal of bad temper and con-
siderable perturbation of mind.
It was a fine autumn day, and if William or Sophy
had secured the miscellaneous matters with a yard or
two of cord and a strap, comfort and independence
might have been preserved.
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Another fallacy in which many people indulge, is
that of bringing something home with them, which
might be procured within reach of an errand-boy. We
shall never forget encumbering ourselves with six pounds
of butter from Exeter to Bayswater, and on a frying
dog-day too; it was no laughing matter—the comestible
being somewhat carelessly packed, and ourselves enter-
taining a natural horror of grease. The trouble it gave
us from the station to the larder was beyond the usual
small vexations of life—what with being almost in a
melting state, the porter letting it fall on the rail, and
the friend who came to meet us resolutely sitting down
on it in the cab•—why, no wonder that we hated the
sight of butter for a month! We were fool enough at
another time to bring " specimens" from Derbyshire,
and positively had to purchase a portmanteau for the.
accommodation of lead-ore, sulphate of barytes, and
" Blue John," all of which we could have got cheaper
and finer in London. We know better now, and never
indulge any fancies likely to interfere with our
Philosophy of Luggage. We refuse ~ toffee" at
Everton, cakes at Banbury, water at Cologne, and
bonnets at Paris. Talking of Paris, we lately had
they had
some friends, consisting of three gentlemen and two
and entreated '
ladies, returning from that gay capital to Englanthd,. and
it appeared that the gentlemen were extreme advocates
for the " philosophy" we are now discussing—
rubbishi,nagn7l
a contempt for Custom-house annoyances,
impertinence and
the ladies not to " smuggle" the
,most trifling
denounced gloves and lace as feminine
.Custom-hoteeses
talked very big of the folly of risking
a suspicion attached;
detention for the sake of useless trumpery.
promised, and kept their wordo: The ladies
promised,
of the gen-
officers passed them without leaving
an i unwarrantable number
but alas for the strength of mad,
ba trum loud altercation and
denial was detected with such
masculine philosophyy
of cigars carefully concealed, that
sly allusions
resulted,
allusions to masculine
seizure of the " usel__
the ladies ample room for affording
weakness and m
That there is philosophy '
of Luggage.
we have known people y in luggage, we are convinced;
boxes and bags, and who ho travelled with unnumbered
and we have held yewere without essential comforts,
extremely compact pleasant company with those who had
arrangements, yet needed nothing.
Some persons are
as diffuse and unmeaning in their
packing, as in their
of top- string conversation. We have seen a bit
g put round a chest of two hundredweight ;
we have seen
an dd
. a ress left on a valise indicating that
it was to be sent to Bristol, when the owner fully intended
it at the present time to go to Cambridge ; we have
Seen hampers burst open at the most awkward
moment, and parcels " come undone," when it was im-
possible to do them up again, whereat the " lords of
creation" generally " get in a way," and make speeches
as sharp as their razors. Somehow, men seldom put up
heroically with trifling annoyances. They can look a bank-
ruptcy in the face with the courage of a lion, and often
bear the death of a wife, who brought them ten thousand
pounds, with Spartan resignatiou ; but give them an ill-
cocked dinner, ask them to wait for you five minutes,
or let a parcel, as we have stated above, run restive
in their hands, and one might think a linchpin was
coming out of the world's sxle, by the fuss and fume
they make; poor things! they are but human, after all.
Certainly, it is very provoking to find ourselves at a rail-
way-station, as the reputed proprietor of divers adjuncts,
nobody knowing exactly what or where—trunks un-
corded, bags unfastened, brown paper bundles in most
equivocal security, cloaks here, rugs there, and um-
brellas out yonder. One gets into a heated bewilder-
ment, that leaves us in our corner seat, with our " back
to the horses," in a state something between scarlet-
fever and nettle, rash.
Be assured, that philosophy and luggage have an
affinity that yields great personal comfort, and we advise
all who " s -e- Da 1
'11P" fur general travelling excursions, to
do with as few packages as they can, and keep those

packages as concentrated as possible. Strap all 000
wrappers together, and tie up all parasols, sticks, and-Aie"
like, clwely and firmly, yet 50 arranged that the
easily available in case of requisition, anti put plai
dresses on every package.
Eschew all the impeding aninialculm of locomotio
such as indescribable baskets filled with everything t
is never wanted, bunches of flowers that aro dead longq
before they reach the hands they were intended for,—
bags of biscuits which you newer eat, or if you do, only
remind you of the possibility of getting bread from saw-
dust. Carry no more books and papers than you can
put in your pocket, and above all. as the highest practi-
cal point of the " Philosophy of Luggage," renounce
Band-boxes.—Eliza Cook's Journal.