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London, England, 1852-09-23 00:00:00

N°.18,723.] LONDON, THURSDAY SUN, SEPTEMBER 23, 1852.

THE NATIONAL PATENT STEAM FUEL
COMPANY.
(Completely Registered.)
The Directors beg to announce that this COMPANY is now
COMPLETELY REGISTERED, under the powers of the 7th and
Bth Vie., cap. 110, having rece ved the usual Certificate to that
effect fi om the Registrar.
The Directors take this opportunity of assuring the Shareholders
that having every confidence in the proverity of the undertaking,
they and their friends have subscribed the necessary amount of
capital for the purpose of complying with the conditions of the Act
of Parliament.
The Shareholiers, therefore, will not be required to sign the deed
of the Company until after a dividend hag been declared.
By order,
OSMUND LEWIS, Secretary.
The National Patent Steam Fuel Company,
49 Fenchurch-street, Sept. 21, 1852.

THE NATIONAL PATENT STEAM FUEL
C 0 PA .N Y.
The Shareholders are informed that the necessary proceedings
will be immediately adopted to obtain a Royal Charter of Incorpo-
ration, by which the liability of each Subscriber will be limited to the
amount of his shares in the capital of the Company. The Directors
have much pleasure in announcing that in consequence of the atten-
tion of the public having been lately directed to the subject of
Patent Fuel, the merits of the Steam Fuel of this Company menu-
facturei with pitch, have been fully established; and, independent
of its being a preservative of health on board ship, it contains supe-
rior capabilities of quickly raising steam, retention of strength in a
tropical climate, impossibility of spontaneous combustion, and eco-
nomy in stowage, by which fully twenty-five per cent. in bulk is
saved. Cargoes of this fuel are now being shipped at Liverpool
from this Company's works at Queen's Ferry, Flintshire, and con-
tracts to a considerable amount, extending over the next three
years, have also been submitted to the Directors, which will be exe-
cuted as soon as the Company's works in South Wales are completed.
By order,
OSMUND LEWIS, Secretary.
The National Patent Steam Fuel Company, 49, Fenchurch-
streer, Sept. 21, 1852.

THE NATIONA.L.PA.TENT STEAMFUEL
COMPANY.
The Directors have much pleasure in referring the Shareholders of
this Company to the following List of Liverpool Steamers which
have been supplied with the FUEL from the Works at Queen's
Ferry, Flintshire :
Name of Steamer. Where for. When Supplied.
Rattler
Arno . .
Rattler /1
Pirate ........ 4 August, 1851
P 9
Brigand ..... ....... .. ...... 11 September, 1851
PP
.. ..
Astrologer
1/
10 February, 1862
Astrologer
Tiber. . 11
City of Manchester ..America .... • •
Arno .............. —Mediterranean
Brigand •.."""'
PP
Arabian .......... • • ........22 March, 1852
PP
Pirate •.....
PP
........10 April, 1852
Pirate ~ 27 April, 1852
Grecian.... ....... • • • ........
91
City of Manchester ..AMerica .• • • • • ......30 April, 1852
City of Glasgow.... • • PP
1852
52
Sarah Sands
Arno
.15 June, 1852
Tiber 9/
City of Manchester •..'2 June, 1852
Grecian . Mediterranean ......28 June, 1852
PP
........30 June, 1852
.14 August, 1852

Arno

.21 August, 1852

Orontes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .......
f t
Livorno .... •••• • • • • ........11 September, 1852
If
The numerous certificates which have been granted by the en-
gineers of the different steamers prove the favourab p
le oinion they
entertain of the superior qualities of this C ompany's fuel, and of their
decided preference to its use on board their vessels over the best
steam coal of the kingdom.

4LLSOPP'S PALE ALES.
BARON LIEBIG ON CERTAIN LATE ANONYMOUS
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Extract of a Letter dated Munich, 12th September, 1852, from
Baron Liebig to Mr. Henry Allsopp, Brewery, Burton-on-Trent.
"To my great astonishment and concern, my attention has lately
been called to several anonymous articles and advertisements
headed by my name, such as in the -, whose author altogether
misrepresents the motives of my remarks, and even goes so far as to
say that I had never analysed your beer, nor perhaps ever
the or tasted
iginal
it
in my life,' and to allege a retractation on my part of
statement.
" I emphatically declare that I had not the slightest knowledge of
these anonymous articles, the contents of which I entirely disapprove
of; and that in every respect I adhere to the statement made in my
letter to you, which certainly you were, and are at perfect liberty to
publish."
" Munich, 12th September, 1852 _ _

[T. No. 6.]

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BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH,
NEW-ROAD, LONDON.
THE HYOEIAN OR MORISONIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE.
1. All animal bodies consist of fluids and solids.
2. While in a state of embryo, all animals consist entirely of
fluids.
3. It is from and by the fluids that the solids are formed.
4. the fluids contained in the human body are four times the
weight of the solids.
O. The chief of the fluids is the blood, from which all others are
derived.
6. The blood not only repairs every part of the human machine,
but also carries with it all the rubbish or decayed parts, to be depo-
sited in the intestines, previous tv being expelled along with the ex-
crement.
7. The blood is the life—the primuin mobile—the first agent—from
which all others derive their origin.

8. Health depends upon the purity of the blood.
9. The purity of the blood depends upon its having free outlets for

its decayed particles.
10. Disease is induced by the choking tip of these outlets in the
bowels by reason of an accumulation of glary mucus on the inner
surface of the intestines, Ssc.
11. This accumulation is occasioned by anything that weakens the
circulation or hurts digestion, but chiefly by the poisonous drugs and
bad treatment of the Faculty.

12. The impurities thus detained in the blood occasion every spe-
cies of disease, according to the quality of the humour, or the parti-
cular locality in which it is lodged.
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13. All diseases arise from one source, therefore they may all be
cured by one medicine.
14. This medicine must be a vegetable purgative, innoxious in It-
self, yet sufficiently powerful to pervade the whole system, clear
away the abovementioned mucus, and purify the blood.
IT. The discovery of a vegetable compound, capable of being di-
gested, and mixing with the blood, so as to impart to it that energy
requisite for ridding the body of all superfluous humours, was a de-
sideratum.
16. This discovery has been made by JAMES MORISON, the
Ilygeist, in the composition of the Vegetable Universal Medicine,
commonly known as Morison's Pills, of the British College of Health,
Hamilton-placP, King's-cross, New-road, London.

AUTUMN.—For the last three months samples
of new materials have been daily pouring in from all the
celebrated manufactories in the world, The amplitude of pattern
and magnificent finish displayed in these new styles for Autumn
have afforded full scope for the matured judgment of E. MOSES
and SON'S buyers, and the novelty, quality, and price of the goods
offered to them in preference to any other Establishment, induced
them to give the earliest orders on their usual magnificent scale.
These new materials, for every description of Dress, are now sub-
mitted to the incomparable skill of distinct classes of artists, British
and Foreign, in the employ of E. MOSES and SON, and will shortly
be presented in novel styles, surpassing every other invention.
E. MOSES and SON, by immense purchases on their invariable
ready-mone principle, have secured great allowances, and conse-
quently theiy r new styles for Autumn will be charged lower than on
any previous season.
FROM ALL NATIONS TO TIIE "DIGGINGS."
Ships are sailing from almost every port in the world, but the gold
mines are not exhausted, nor the labour market overstocked. The
superior equipment of many of the English is everywhere acknow-
ledged ; their means of comfort facilitates their success. That every
emigrant may be outfitted in the best possible manner, E. MOSES
and SON have employed all the advantages of their magnificent and
universal trade, and that practical experience with Outfitting, which
is the result of undeviating attention to the largest business in the
world, conducted for the benefit of every class of emigrants to all
countries on the globe. Outfits may be selected to any amount the
emigrant desires, or the most profitable investments may be made in
Clothing, Hosiery', Boots, Shoes, Hats, Emigrants allxpressly pre-
pared for Australia ; a separate section for Outfits, con-
veniently connected with the other departments of their magnificent
business, where every article may be obtained at the lowest price,
superior in quality to the productions of any house in the uni-
vanerd
uni-
verse.
Full Lists of Outfits, and all information relative to
or sailing of
vessels and cost of passage may be had on application,
to any part of the kingdom.
SPECIAL NOTICE.—E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments will
be closed on THURSDAY next, September 23, and will re-open on
FRIDAY morning, September 24, at Seven o'clock.
CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
public against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike
falsehood of `.Being connected with theiinr Emany inmsstablishtances, andent," or " Ifor
t's
the same concerti," has
obvious reasons. They beg to state that they have
No CONexcept
WITII ANY OTHER MUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
their own Establishments, as follows
London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, atinories, 83,
84, 85, and Be, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
i,ondon West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, I, 2,
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-strest
Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate.
Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Rooters Furriers, Boot
and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to subset on
Saturdays, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock.
A new Book, entitled " The Library of Elegance," containing a
foil list ot prices, and directions for self-measurement, can be had,
gratis, on application, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the
' Lingdom.
A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis,
on application.
Icl Von parle Francais. I Qui sl parla Italiano.
Bier spricht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espanol.

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!47, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author ;
ch
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" Health, 'Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
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FRAGMENTS FROM THEoI MOITNTAINS. Two Vols
V. I. - •
VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBuRau,
TUE LASES OF KILL kRNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
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111.
WIIAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
"That three score years and ten our course may run,"
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
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IV.
TIIE PASSIONS.
Scar "What
EOT
T.....ruLtihfes,3asprileoirnimedaages Aftrhoemnsi:vraenrchyeard." passions hurt tho body—what improve,
to old age. The ad
vent of the passions. Chastity 'and its infringements. 'rho casual.
ties oflicentiousncss and 'dissipation, with illustrations graphic, nar
rative, and remediati
ye. Advocacy of early marriages.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
To be or not to be, that is the cinestlOn."
ti an reit-
PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and
glon regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time
choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament,
figure, to; secure healthy onspring, With the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, &c. complexion, and

By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
matters. Reception hours daily till Fiyc. F.yeniugs, Seven LW
lath 10, Argyll-plAco, Regent-anti,

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
On SATURDAY, SEPT. 18th last, was published a
DOUBLE NUMBER of the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS,
price One Shilling, containing the LIFE of the NOBLE DUKE,
Illustrated withithe following splendid Engravings Birth-place
and Residence of his Family in Ireland—Battle of Talavera—The
Storming of Badajoz—Passage of the Douro—Waterloo : The
Farm-house—" Up Guards and at them "—" The Old Guard never
Surrenders "—Charge of French Cuirasslers—T hree Splendid Por-
traits : His Grace as Field-Marshal, as Premier, as Chancellor of
the University of Oxford—The Congress of Vienna—View of Apsley
House—Wahner Castle—With other interesting Engravings, illus-
trating a complete Life of the Duke, occupying forty-eight columns
of the ILLUSTR ATED LONDON NEWS. Besides Twenty other
Engravings of the News of the Week.
On SATURDAY, SEPT. 25th, 1852, will be published, in a
SPLENDID DOUBLE NUMBER, a continuation of Illustrations
of the Life and Death of tho Duke of Wellington : namely, Cas-
tlecarbury, the scat of the Cowley family—Church of Laracor,
adjoining Dangan Castle—The Wellington Column, at Trim—
Walmer
Castle, Exterior ; Entrance to the Castle, and plan of the
Duke's Bed-room—Walmer Church, Exterior ; Interior —the Deke
attending service—Bust of the Duke, by Noble—Wellington Chair,
Bust, and Waterloo Flag in Windsor Castle—A Street Reminiscence
of the Duke—The Duke's Horses—The Duke on Horseback—Also
" A. Dirge for Wellington ;" Poetry by Charles Mackay; Music by
Sir IL R. Bishop—A Portrait of the Countess of Mornington, the
Mother of the Duke—Plan of the Funeral of Lord Nelson, in St.
Paul's Cathedral.
The accompanying Number of the ILLUSTRATED LONDON
NEWS contains the French President's Departure for the South—
Inundation of the Rhone—Algerian Antiquities in the Louvre (Two
Views)—" Stock Well," the Winner of the St. Leger, 1852—West-
wood House, the Seat of the Eight Hon. Sir J. Pakington, M.P.—
Burning of the ship " Thomas Thompson"—Sword and Centre-piece
presented to Sir C. J. Napier—The Opening of the Grand Neapolitan
Dock by the King of Naples—The Philanthropic Society's Harvest-
home, at Red-hill—Prize Poultry exhibited at Great Yarmouth (Two
Illustrations)—Teignmouth made a Free Port—Opening of the
South Wales Railway (Two Views), with other Engravings.
PRICE OF THE TWO NUMBERS, ONE SHILLING,
Regular Subscrihers will receive GRATIS splendid LARGE EN-
' GRAVINGS,of the PROCESSION add PUBLIC FUNERAL of the
DUKE OF- WP-7.1+1 G EON; a -lasting..inemorial of _the national

mourning.
Office, 198, Strand.

Free, by Post, for 18 Stamps.
WELLINGTON : the STORY of his LIFE,
his BATTLES, and POLITICAL CAREER. Illustrated
with numerous Portraits and other Page Engravings. Forming the
Volume of READABLE BOOKS for October.
s. ornamental boards, is. 6d. cloth gilt.
Henry Vizetelly, Gough square; Clarke and Co., 148, Fleet-
street,

On the Ist of October will be published, Part I. of the
ISTORY of the BATTLE of WATERLOO,
and of the Campaign in the Netherlands In 1815, with a
brief Memoir of Field Marshal the DUKE of WELLINGTON, illus-
trated with Maps and Plans, Portraits of Wellington and Blucher,
and thirty-four Etchings by orge Jones, Esq., R.A. The Eleventh
Edition. To be completed in Six Monthly Parts, each containing
80 pages of Bvo. letter-press, two or more Maps or Plans, and six
Illustrations. Price Half-a-crown.
Published by L. Booth, Duke-street, Portland-place, and all Book-
sellers.

BARON LIEBIG, Mr. ALLSOP, and the
MEDICAL CIRCULAR. Threatened legal proceedings for
imputed defamation. Dr. Glover's denial of his certificate in favour
of Mr. Allsopp, with the Editor's remarks on the monstrous Beer
Puff. See MEDICAL CIRCULAR (No. 10 of this day. Price 3d.,
by post 4d. Office 4, Adam-street, Adelphi. The trade supplied by
Gilbert and Co., Paternoster-row.

COMFORT in SHAVING depends on the proper
use of a good Razor, an efficient Strop, and a Paste to reno Tate
the surface of the Strop when it becomes black and choked with the
steel from the Razor ; to these must be added a Soap that will not
dry suddenly on the face, and a smooth taper-pointed elastic Shaving-
brush. Unless all these points are attended to, and the Razor
wiped and stropped after shaving, that operation must always be a
troublesome, even if net a painful one. Those gentlemen whose
shaving apparatus is defective are invited to I. J. MECIIPS Esta-
blishment, No. 4, Leadenhall-street, London, where they will not
only obtain all they require for the toilet reasonable aid efficient, bat
may also procure gratis, his instructions for easy shaving, stropping,
&c.—A large assortment of Papier-mache manufactures, dressing-
cases, work-boxes, and writing-desks, bagatelle-tables, &c.

IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS,
Just published, by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London.
No I.
Second Edition, with Additions,
Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d.,
ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ;
with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors
n relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the
Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis.
Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD.
"Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi-
cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first
time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi-
cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall
detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his
power to correct."—Londan Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851.
—" The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this
distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare
the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to
cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object
than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Sperma-
torrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are
accurately described, and thus a safe guide is offered for the
treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular, May 5, 1852.
—" We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preliminary
chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of
the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate
price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of
every one interested in the matter."—Dublin Medical Press, April
18,1852.

No. 11.
'Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 4s.
THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi-
ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate
and apparently Intractable Forms. To which is added, PRACTICAL
OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF SPERMATORR-
/KEA BY CAUTERIZATION ; its Inefficienc and Danger.
BY F. B. COITRTENAY,y
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
"Those who complain most loudly are those only who know not
how to use the common instruments
geons has been married with all kinds of violence, an indifference
about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations and
all the excesses and horrors of surgery."—John Bell's Surgical
Observations.—" In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has
given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad
fire ag-
gravated
lyea any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated.
Such e
perated.
cases is., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a
period of twelve years, the treatment by diylimmtarpti.thosnmy,ms,aneo, and yet thedf
a was
more finally
removed in as many weeks. But cases and xix. appear, both
in duration,character
t haannd complication
detailed ofb ys
treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful."
....Protessu Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture.

itAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, SEPT. 22.
STOCK EXCHAN9E.—The share market continues flat.
The only transaction reported to-day was—Bristol and
Exeter, 101.

THE REGISTRATIONS.
CITY OF LONDON.
The revision of the lists of voters was resumed yes-
terday morning, commencing with Queenbithe and
Vintry ward.
In the list of St. James the Evangelist, Garlick-hill,
the name of James Wise,
193, Upper Thames-street.
was objected to by the Conservatives, on the ground that
he had left his residence and gono abroad.
Mrs. Wise was in attendance to support the vote, and
she stated that her husband was the occupier of the pre-
mises No. 193, Thames.street, where he had carried on
the business of an oil and colourman for the last three
years; .but, on the 27th of July last, he sailed in the
Divapore vessel for Australia. Ile, however, did not
intend to remain there, and would shortly return.
Mr. Brown, on the part of the Conservatives. put it
to the Revising Barrister, whether a person s name
could be retained on the list who had gone to Australia?
The REVISING BARRISTER said that he might have
gone there to obtain a " nugget," and then to return to
England.—(A laugh.) Ile should retain the name on
the list.

Mrs. Wise said that she had
been put to some incon-
venience in leaving her business, and wished to know if
she could not have some remuneration for her attendance?
The REVISING BARRISTER (addressing Mr. Brown)
said he did not think that 74 would hurt him.
Mr. Brown said this was a most egregious sum to
award in such a case as costs. Surely an objection taken
to a person gone to Australia could not be considered a
The REVISING BARRISTER said that it might be a
goad ground of objection next year, bat was not so now,
frivolous ground of objection.
and adhered to his former order for 7s. costs.
The other lists presented no feature of public interest.

Mr. Huggett asked for a case, on which to obtain the
opinion of the Court of Common Pleas. The decision
was one of the greatest importance, as, if upheld, it
would disfranchise 2,904 persons in Westminster; and
the number would have been still greater, had not the
officers of three parishes, acting on their own view of
the law, refrained from returning as defaulters those
who had not paid up to the sth of January.
His HoNoun granted a case.

In a subsequent cause, that of J. Burman, a claimant,
it appeared that no demand at all had been made of the
year's taxes.
His HoNoun held that it came within the decision in
Ford's case. The taxes were due, whether demanded
or not.

TUE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.
Amongst the claimants in St. Margaret's parish was
Mr. Henley, in respect of his house, 22, Great George.
street. He was in the list as James Warner Henley; and
the claim had been made for the purpose of having it
corrected to " Joseph Warner Henley," which was done.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT STIRLING.
STIRLING, TUESDAY EVENING.—Lord John Rus-
sell being resident this season at the Garth, near Stir-
ling, the magistrates and council of that burgh re-
solved to present his Lordship with the freedom of
the corporation. Arrangements were made for
Ireceiving his Lordship in the Court-house to-day,
that the honour might be publicly conferred on him;
and at half-past one o'clock, when he arrived, he was
loudly cheered by a large concourse of people in the
rquere, and a crowded attendance of the principal
inhabitants of the burgh within the building. The
Noble Lord was accompanied to the platform by the
Lord Provost and magistrates, the Dean of Guild, the
Treasurer of the burgh, Sir James Anderson, the
Member for the Stirling burghs, and several members
of the town-council. Lady Russell and several mem-
bers of the family were also present.
Provost SAwERS, then addressing Lord John Rus-
sell, said---I now address you in the name of the ma-
gistrates, town council, and inhabitants of Stirling, on
the occasion of
freedom of this •
presenting your Lordship with the
Lord-
ship having taken residence for a time in
ancient royal burgh. Your
dup our
the neighbourhood, was ex-
pressed
should be
by the°°
asked citizens of Stirling
, a general feeling..
that you
the burgh,
the virtues which
"in testimony to accet the freedom off
especially of the distioer° your high rank, but more
ad your
of the sense we entertain o
which have raised you
talents and patriotism
country.—(Cheers.) It ist the such. eminence in. the
we have in our power to con highest compliment
pleasure in stating that the proposal land I have. much
agreed to by the town council, composed-a was unanimously
on
.of gentle-
men holding different political
Though o .
aup
igl
nehds f wuo e
have on some points differences ofanooptnhinsei:
com-
munity we are ardently attache'Odpti
civil and religious liberty, and cannot bePrine%
of how much we owe to the illustrious housell
Bed-
ford for the sacrifices they have made in secuerf'
this nation those privileges it now enjoys.—(Cheers.)
tol
A. n ancestor of your Lordship, who lived in troublousrs.'
times, I mean Lord William Russell, suffered death
for holding those principles. Another distinguished
member of the same family, the fourth Duke of Bed-
ford, 100 years ago, gave utterance to this noble
sentiment, then held by few, that it was his settled
maxim " that persecution for religious principles only
added strength to the sect it was intended to destroy," 1
and we cannot forget the efforts which have been
made by your Lordship in recent times to secure for
the nation freedom and toleration.—(Cheers.) Your
great public services, and the virtue displayed in your
life, have secured for you the respect of your country,
and it is our earnest wish that your Lordship may
long be spared to the country, of which you have
been such a distinguished and valuable servant, and
to adorn the list of burgesses of this royal burgh.—
(Cheers.) Allow me, therefore, to place in your
hands this diploma. The Provost then handed to
Lord John Russell the burgess-ticket, which was
thus inscribed :
" At Stirling, the 21st day of September, in the year
1852, which day the Magistrates and Town-Council of
the burgh of Stirling being convened, they receive and
admit the Right Hon. Lord John Russell to the liberty
and freedom of a burgess, qua guild brother of the said
burgh, with power to him to use and exercise the whole
liberties, privileges, and immunities thereto belonging,
as full and freely in all respects as any other burgess has
used and exercised, or may use and exercise, the same
at any time, bygone or to come.
The diploma was finely lithographed and had the cor-
porate seal of the burgh attached to it, the whole
being placed in a silver box ornamented by the burgh
arms. In conclusion the Provost said, " Allow me
just to say, that rarely indeed do the burgesses of
Stirling confer this honour on any of their fellow-
countrymen."
Lord Joliet RUSSELL, who was much cheered, said
—Mr. Provost, ladies, and gentlemen, I beg leave to
return my heartfelt thanks for the honour that has
been done me by the Provost and Town-Council of
Stirling. I deem it a very great distinction to have
been chosen a burgess of a burgh so renowned in
ancient history, so favoured by its natural position,
and so well known for its patriotism in modern
times. I feel it a still greater compliment that, as
your provost has said, gentlemen of different political
opinions from mine have concurred in conferring upon
me this honour.—(Cheers.) I cannot expect—no
man can expect, in this free country, that the opinions
he may hold, as those which seem to him best calcu-
lated for the benefit of the country, should meet with
the concurrence of all the, various parties into which
this country is divided ; but it is a proud thing, and
I feel it to be a proud thing, that the intention has
been recognised of endeavouring, to the best of my
power, to serve that country to which I belong.—
(Loud cheers.) You have alluded, Sir, to some ser-
vices which it was•my good fortune to perform in the
cause of religious liberty. I entirely concur in that
sentiment to which you have referred—that religious
persecution only strengthens the sect which it is in-
tended to suppress ; but beyond the great motive of
policy, I think it is our duty not, on account of reli-
gious difference of opinion, to subject our fellow-sub-
jects, in possession of as great a right to serve the country
as we have, to any penalty or disability on account of
that difference of religious opinion. The great ruling
maxim on this subject was given by a monarch who
reigned over this country, William 111.,, when he
said, " Conscience is God's province. '—(Cheers.)
That maxim, I conceive, contains the whole of what
is justice and policy on this matter.--(Cheers.)
There is another subject to which I m
may likewise be
permitted to refer ; it is that question in which for
many years—l may say for more than ten years—l
was engaged, and which about 20 years ago I was so
fortunate, under the direction of Lord Grey, to
bring to a successful termination—I mean the ques-
tion of an improved representation of the people in
Parliament.—(Cheers.) Whatever might be the de-
fects of that representation in England and in Ireland, I
think no one can deny that in Scotland some change was
needed to adapt that representation to the intelligence,
to the power, to the wealth of the people of this part
of the United Kingdom.—(Cheers.) And I think
the extent of the change that was then made may
be somewhat appreciated when I say that, according
to my belief, the numbers who at the last election
for Edinburgh polled for Mr. Macaulay and Mr.
Cowan, and made them the successful candi-
dates, was a sufficient number to have elected
the whole of the representatives for Scotland
before the Reform Bill was introduced I—(Cheers.)
Not more than 3,000 persons had then the right of
electing the representatives for every county and
every burgh in Scotland; and I am sure it that
state of things had lasted to the present day, it would
not have been a matter of contest or party dispute,
but all parties would have agreed that such
astate
o f
things could no longer continue.—
(Cheers.) You
will permit me, perhaps, to allude to another subject,
upon which, though there has been great difference. of
opinion, I think we are new approaching
subject on which the late SirP(ll-
- the tulnoritv will ludo
Robert
~n irl
i—e e li i
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thr
mean.eo ut,:eq.
measures of the greatest importance,
believe, have been of
the pho.rtance, and
benefittv which,
country. I believe, as I have igh.dest
are
ap-
proaching the tune when
the benefit
sai ,
wftehose measures
will be acknowledged an
thatdhe whateverbeneto
may be the
difference of opinion with ct to future measures
cheapness of food to the peoplee novto the
to be advocated, it will at respect
be concurred in that
which the people must enjoy as long larger this c oub.ntcrtys
exist,. These certainly have been the prinrciapraliasrauejnetry
at large is. a benefit
upon which, during the course. of
ent manyd leading part.
career, I have taken a prortnhat
the part which I
Far be it from nee
to expect
by all. Ido not even
have taken should be approvedomy
motives not to be mis-
construed that I should a.xsPea t
great satisfaction to find that
construed ; but iti
land the inhabitants of this burgh,
this town- 0
best for the benefit of my country.
e!e!c "sum:Li:trued these motives, and that they
di Y
) Now, gentlemen, having appeared
_(Loud che. ers.
have
believe
I a
I own, I
immediately to introduce the sub-
here to-day in this assemblage,..feel—although
it is not an occasion im
ject—yet,an occasion on which I have to
speak in public, I
.cannot refrain from noticing that
as it is
event which occupies all men's minds—to which the
attention of all is now directed—l mean the loss
which this country has sustained by the death of the
Duke of Wellington. I must say that, while I am 1
one of those who most admired that great man, I am
not one of those who think that we ought to be so
dazzled by the fame of his exploits that we should not
endeavour to gather objects ef imitation even from the
conduct of a man so great and so illustrious. While
many of the actions of his life—while many of the
qualities which he possessed are unattainable by
others, there are lessons which we may all derive
from the life and the actions of that illustrious man.
It may never be given to another subject of the British
Crown to perform services so brilliant as he performed;
it may never be given to another man to hold the
sword which was to gain independence for Europe,
to rally the nations around it, and while England
saved herself by her constancy
, to save E
example; it may never be given to another Wan,
after having attained such eminence,
ampled series of victories, to show equal moderation
an unex-
ampled moderation
in peace as he had shown greatness in war, and to
devote the remainder of his life to the cause of inter-
nal and external peace for that country which • he had
so served; it may never be given to another man to
have equal authority, both with the Sovereign be