The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-08 00:00:00

N°. 22.F46.

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THE SUN, LONDON. FiiIDAY EVENING, ,EPTEMBER 8, 1865.

GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of
MAGIC, Second -fight, and " Begone, Dud Care,"
every ev,ning at 8. A Day Perterinance. Saturday, at, 3.
" The must varied entertainment in the metropAis."—Vide
the ['reels. Admission, is.

DROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON.—
Farewell season. - World of Magic. Second Sight, and
the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre-
deric the great) Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic,
and character actor.

Sold by Simpkin, Mar.hall, and Co., price 7,1., in cloth 13d.,
a New Work on the Teeth, e,title.l

PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES
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Surg..ry by the same uthor we ant,cipare the above will be
read with avidit, by all classes who are interested discri-
minating between pur and meretricious nentistry."
John C. Clements, Little Pulteney-street.

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LEFE : Its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena.
by L.-0 H. GRIN DON.

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QCEPTICISM AND SPIRITUALISM.
The experiences of a Sceptic. By the Authoress If
" AURELIA."

London : P. Pitman, 20. Paternoster-row, E.C.

VREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic,
&c., in his original entertainment, " Begone, Dull Care,"
"Miss Mary May," " Early in the Morning." Balcony, 2s. ;
reserved seats, as.; stalls, ss. ; at Mr. Austin's office, St.
James's hall, 23, Piccadilly.
A. NIM.MO, Acting Manager.

TODARE.-156TH REPRESENTATION.-
THEACRE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL

MARVELS in MAGIC and VE NT taLoQUISNI, by Col.
STODA R. E. The REAL INDIAN BAsKE r TRICK, and
INSTANTANEOUS GROtiITH of FLOWER TREES, as
introduced for the first time in this country cn Easter Mon-
d-4y, April 17, 18e5, by Colonel Stodare, find only performed
by him and the Indian Magicians.
Every evening at 8 (Saturdays included), also on Wednes-
day alit Saturday Afternoons at 3. Stalls at Mitchell's, 33,
old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian Hall. Admission,
Is., 25., and 38.

"Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18,1865.

H E O X F OR D.
8, OXFORD STREET, W.
Thp Orford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by
Mimses RuAsell, Barrie, Walme.ley, Tyrell ; viessrs. A. bt.
Albyn, Husk, and Green, with full Band and Chorus.
Conduotor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

Balle•, Comedy, Burlesque, kc., by the celebrated D'Au-
bans, Messrs. I)uriah and Davis, and the Misses TIISY
and SAR 4 GUANISS.

SELF-INISTRUCTION TN SPELLING.

NO ME —The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated.
Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, find now is one of
the most azreeahle places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN
EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock.
The Classical Ballet. entitled THE BRIDAL of PEAUTY,
in which Hiss TEsSY GUNNISS will make her re ap.,ear-
i.nce i'HIS EVENING.

Admissio i—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ; private
boxes. 10$. 6d.

THE ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING is
admirably adapted t a d adults whosP early edueatfen
has been negh eted. in m ,aterinv, the difficulties of English
orthography, without a teacher. Sent post free for 12
stamps.

Dtmy 4to , cloth, price 7s. ed.,
THE PSYC HON OMY of the HAND ;
or, the Hand an Index of dental Development

London : F. Pitman, 20. Paternoster-row, iil.C.

GLASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, and
CHANDELIER s tiOW ROOMS.
Notice of Removal in consequence of the late Fire.

CANTERBURY HALL.
KO KO RI KO.
This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest
hit ever made, will be rt•peat,d EV k'RY EVENIva, in ad-
dition to the Operatic sele3tions, supported by the whole
talent of the e4ab ishment.

Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mr.. and Mr. Randall,
Messrs. Dumb and Davies, the D'Aubans, and Arthur
Lloyd.
Director, Mr. F. Jongmans.
- -

JDEFRIES and SONS' Temporary SHOW
• Rf HS.
16 and 17, COIIIMERCIAL-STREET. WIITTECRAPEL,
Five Minutes' walk from their Late Establishment,
147, HOUNDSDITCH.

CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs,
for the Dining and Drawing-room, either ior
Gas or Candle.
T DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17,
ti • COWNL BCIAL-SFREET.

PETROLEUM LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS, MIRRORS
(for India).

T DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17,
0 • CO 3131 E R EET.

All visitors to London at this season should pay a visit to
the above establishment.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.--
Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street.

TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS.
'Newest Patterns, Correct Measure.
T DEFRIES and SONS,
P.J• 16 and 17, CO3IMERCIAL-ST ttEET.

ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES,
For 12 Person., X 1 18s. 6d.
DEFRIES and SONS,
16 and 17, COMAIERCIAL-aTREET.

TABLE GLASS, en INA, and EARTHENWARE,
CLUB, MESS, and FURNISHING ►) D EdtS for the above

GOODS promptly executed.
JDEFRIES and SONS supply Designs and
• Pattern Books Free.

NEW ADDITION.-.—ln accordance . ith the season, the
Exhibition ha 4 been entirely re-embellished. The whole of
the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description,
faithfully cooled from the most minute pictures, have been
renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de-
scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London,
and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view.
Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and
CONSTANCE KENT are now added.

Open from 11 a.m. tllllO p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly, wilt It E-OPEN for the Seaion on SATUR-
DAY, Sept. 9. The above Rooms have been entirely re-
decorated by Herr Rubardt and assistants.
Musical Director, M. I UIGI CURTI.
Manager, Mons. GRENET.

nonrs open at half-past 8 o'clock; close live minutes to 12
o'clock.

Works —LOND )N and BIRviINGHASL

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
The medical prole ton for Thirty' year have ap .roved
Or this pure solution of Nla nesia as the best remedy for Gout
and stomach disorders of every kt, d ; and as a mild aperient
it is es' ecially adapted for ladies an, children. Prtpareu
solely by
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &0.,
172, New Bond-street, London ;
And sold through:ut the worid by alt respe table chemists.
CAUTION —See hat " Dinnetord and Co." is on eaLli bottle
and red label (,ver the cork.

HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N.,
for the Reception, from all parts of the KinVom, of
Out ast and Destitute Boys, and those verg,ng on crime,
under 10 years of aL;e.
President—aoßEßT H ANBURY, Esq., 31. P,
VICE-PRESIDENTS.

Stephen S. 9i. Peto, Bart, M.P.
Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Samuel Esq.
iyene gurney. ave. Esq..
Esq. rtl P.

COMMITTEE.
Mr Alex. Anderson. Bev. li. M'Sorley.
Mr. E. H Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell,
Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr Alfred -ho t
Mr. E. F. I,e 1g.,. Mr. Robert Sinclair.
Mr. ueorge hi o e. I Mr E. J. Tabrum.
Mr. Francis Lycett I Mr. It. T. Tur..bull.
Treasurer—W. H. Willans' Esq., 78, liasinghall-street. E.C.
Honorary Secretary—MMall Fao. harF.Ws, ‘6, Suffulk-street,
P.ll-st, S.
Bankers—Messrs. Smith. Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-
street. , .C.
The mode of admission to the House Is twofold,
Ist. ity e:eotion of she subscribers. B ys thus admitted
are receivet free, boarded, clothed, educated, and Wight ill
they are 11 years o age.
With the view o cure the election of the most deserving
cases, the Commit,e have from the first discouraged canvas-
sing, and they do not pint any addresses of the subscribers.
The voting papers contain a desc-iption of each case, as care-
tul y investi; ated by the Committee, and with this informa-
tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to
those most e igible for free admission.
This H •me was opened in April. IQ6I. It was designed to
take the little ones whose chant& r and circumstances
disQualily the for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender
age precludes their admission to the R. fuges. Such are th se
who, from neglect, are already on the roa to ruin. Such are
those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and
left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose
parents may have at one time or other received parish re let,
and who are now friendless orphans Such are those whose
oarents are breakers of t •e law, or are in prison, and who
train their chit ren in the same path. Such are those whose
evil associations have already had their painful effect, and
must lead them to a life of crime ai.d misery.
Where are now 50 little inmates trom about four years of
age to 10. There is room for nearly 10 and the Committee
would joyfully gee Vie Home filled at once ; they only wait
for the neces-ary subscriptions.
The Como it ee feel constrained to p'ead for those who
cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the ctr-
cumstan es of some cho ha-re been already admitted, they
ask—is it right to e a widow and her 1, rally paupers for
Hie because one of them (the naughty boy of the tam ly) rims
wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to
tell her, b. cause she has so large a family, ilia' you will not
h 1p her to put one of them into a Home. but that the must
ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the b st we can for the
little destitute orphan .o send him to the workhouse. Is it
dot gto others .s we would they should do unto s that when
these little ones have unnatural parents wh turn them into
the streets, or force them by ill- reat cent to " 1111 aw:.y,"
none of us shou d be found to ,are for them, to speak a kindly
wo d to them, to btr end them, to house and clothe th m ?
Shill we leave hem still on the doorstep, t asa n, by on the
other side, or else exclaiming " Am. i my brother's
k-ener?"

Admission to Promenade, One Shill.ng,

MARK YOUR LINEN.--.BOND'S PERMA-
NENT MARKING INK is by far the best for
marking CRESTS, NANII4.',S, awl INITIALS upon House-
hold Linen, Wearing App Ire], &c. Price Is. a bottle. No
6d. size ever made. Sold by E. R. BOND, 19. Bishopagate-
street Within, LOU E C., ant by all respectable chemists
and stationers in the kingdom.—N.B. Purchasers should be
careful to observe t addr:ss 10, Ilishopsgate-streer.
ithin, E.C.—upon the label. without which the Ink is not
genuine.

MADAME RACHEL'S ROYAL ARABIAN
TOILET EQITI -IT E gives a snit, del-hate, and
youthful appearance t the face, and renders the h.ir, teeth,
and complexio t beautiful beyon i comparison. 47A, New
Bond-s,reet. sfadame It. forwards her preparations to the
Continent and Brighton.

SWEET OPOPONA X, PIESSE and LUBIN'S
new Perfume.—OPO Po • .AX is a native flower of
Mexico of rare frazrance. This scent, and a thousand others
for choice, is. 6d. and ss. each. Sol i by all fashionable
chemists and perfumers.— Laburatory of Flowers, 2, New
Bond-street, London.

COOL and REFRESHING TOILETTE RE-
QUE,ITE.—OL DRIDUE'S M of C rLUNII3III.
is the most certain remedy for Restoring and Strenothenimr"
the tiatr. By it Whialcers and Moustache+ are produce t and
beautified. Ladies will find it especially valuable, as the
most delicate head-dresa r bon. et ono be worn %%knout tear
of soiling. Sold in bottles, ra. 6d., Os., and its. -C. and A.
OLDRIDGE, 22, Welling,ton-street, btr and.

The n,cessity for an Institution for these li,tie ones is evi-
dent from the police statis 'c. which show that in London
alone. in one year, no fewer than' 31 t boys under 0 years of
flee, have been appr.-hended for various offences. 79 of whom
were eonvicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis-
charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too
young to punish. thou not ioo young to learn thebeginnings
of crime. On the other hand. the, e are numbers who, but
for the timely hel.. afforded by such an Institution, must
otherwise become paupers, and losing all !deer of self-reli-
ance and selt-help, be permanent burners to the State
file Home for Little B )ys has, therefore, been established
to res ue the little .1)(1., to save them from the prison on the
one hand, and the workhouse on tie other, and to endeavour
to make them useful members of society.
The dal' y routine of the Ins Ito ion present,• all the fea-
ture. of a home. a s^ll..ci , and a wo'ksh ip. The little ones
are cared tor as children ; they have their regular meals,
th, it suitable clothing their hours of play and amusement,
and their singing class. 1 hey are treated as scholars ; every
mornine, is devoted to seh ) I work—reading, and writing,
and cipherim.r. and Scriptural instruction with occasional
lessons in o' jests and other subjtcts. But they are also
trained to work. As they must all, an I that at a very early
period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow,
they are here at once taught habits of industry. So • he after-
noons are occupied with va• tous industrial occupations—
making brown paper bags for bankers, and white t aper bags
for tradeem- n, and door mats and servants' kneelers tor any
who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending
the c othes, Am. Some a.sisr, the master in the garden,
(timing, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By
degrees they are being made useful in the hou e, scrubbing
and eeping, while the elder ones lean all the boots,
irnivea, In this %ay it i 3 sou ht to fit thou for an active
Wilting life.

HAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curl-
Ladies' or Gentlemen s hair immediately it is app led. Sold
at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ituss's Toilet Magazine,
Is 6d., or 20 stamps.

2d. Bp prt,%m nt of si. a week, made quarterly in advance.
mulct 13, under 10 y ars ..f ~c• • at tho time of
admission. Those rpeeiv.d on payment are admitted at any
t m' no Noon as approved by t e I ommittee.
Elections of c_i _dna. to be admitted free hill take p twe as
trequentl, as th, increase in the annual subscriptions will
admit, till the Home is full; they will then be held period,
cally
Forma of Application for the admission of children may be
1244 at the kiwi; awl el the lleuerary secretary,

ri REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.
ALEX. HOSN'S cnarges for Dyeing th., hair perma-
nently-Ladies' Hair irom 7s. 6d.; Gentlemen's from ss.
The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent tree for 54 stamps. It is
most easy of use.

ItTAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ItOz•S'S DE /NI, A DORY removes,
hout effect to the sk n, ,•uperfluous. hair from the faze,
neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post
for 54 stamps.

SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CAN rnA R I DESO L. which speedily
produces whi.k.rs and chickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent tree fors4
.mps.— AL it.X. ROSS, 248 , High aolborn, London. Essay
on Hair, td.

PDIPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin
are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE-
TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness
Sze 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 st ,mps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High
Holborn, ',moon.

ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for
'4 stamps ; Eye Colour, 35.. d.. or 54 Stamps. Skin
tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or no stamps.
Bloom of Roses, 3a. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248,
High Holborn. London.

THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER-
CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA
direct to the EAST INDIA T COM t'A NY. China,
Assam, and 'Japan Teas in every variety. from is. 10d. per
lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware-
houses. 9, Great St. Helcn's Churchyard, city.

THE COD-LIVER OIL of DEROCQUE,
Paris, 55, Boulevard sebast pol, Sole Purveyor to the
liomitals. This superior oil, proct.eding from nis fisheries
on the coast of Norway, is used throa.hout France for its
efficacy in Glandular Disorders, Pulmon.ry Consum tion,
Bronohitis, and L,mnness in Women and Children. 31,y be
had of Ang. Whitburn, 174, Regent-street, London, in bottles
of 2s. 6d. each.

MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
Fleet-qreet, has introduced an entirely new descrp-
ti nofA it FIFA CIA L 1.1,1 E PEI, fixed without springs, wires,
or ligatures. They so perfectly ro:emb e Vie natural teeth
as not to be distinguished fro ,t the originals by the closest
observer; they w,ll never change colour or decay, and will
be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This
method does not require tine extraction of roots, or any pain-
ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are
loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mdstica-
tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful
in mastication.

52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5.

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862.
Sold b all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c.
WOTHMKSVOON and CO., Glasgow and London.

British Association for the Advancement

of Science.

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday.
The whole of the sections commenced their labours at
11 o'clock this morning, and remained sitting till 3. There
was a good attendance at each, and the addresses delivered
and papers read excited considerable interest.

of lettcrs yearly posted without addresses, in the numbe:

SHEFFIELD, Thursday.
This " Great Northern Dinner" took place in the
Cutlers' Hall this evening to members of the Cut-
lers' Company, who were duly sworn in at the Town-
hall at noon, after which they proceeded to the parish
church, where Divine service was performed and a
sermon preached by the chaplain, the Rev. W. Wil-
kinson. The Master Cutler (Alderman John Brown)
is suffering from ill-health, and under the advice of
his physician is now on the Continent, and did not
attend the banquet. In his absence his Worship
the Mayor (Mr. Thomas Jessop) received the guests
and presided over the proceedings. During the early
part of the day a large number of ladies were al-
lowed to inspect the tables, which presented an ex-
ceedingly elegant and attractive appearance. The
display of silver epergnes, candelabra, &c., was very
choice and costly, the designs being of the most ela-
borate and beautiful character, and the general effect
more than usually pleasing. Fruits and flowers were
bestowed in lavish profusion, and the air was laden
with a delicious and refreshing fragrance. The re-
past was provided by. Mr. Prideaux, of the King's
Head Hotel, and included all the delicacies of the
season. The guests began to assemble about 5
o'clock, and were received by his Worship in the ante-
room. A guard of honour, consisting of members of
the Hallamshire Rifles, under the command of Lieut.
Bright, lined the entrance-hall and staircase, and there
was also present the band of the troops, which during
dinner played a number of pieces. The noblemen and
gentlemen present included Earl Fitzwilliam, Lords
Wharncliffe and E. Howard, the Hon. F. Stuart
Wortley, the Hon. W. F. Fitzwilliam, Lord Foley,
Mr. J. A. Roebuck, -M.P., Mr. G. Hadfield, M.P.,
the Hon. R. B. Deckey (member of the Legislature
of Nova Scotia), Mr. R. N. Phillips, F.S.A., Mr.
W. F. Dixon, the Rev. Dr. Sale, Mr. F. W.
Bagshaw, Lieutenant-Colonel Cassan, Mr. C.
Atkinson, Mr. W. C. Leng, Mr. G. Wilkinson,
Mr. Mark Firth, Mr. H. Harrison, &c.
The customary loyal toasts having been proposed
by the MAYOR,
• The CHAIRMAN gave " The Army, Navy, and
Volunteers," and in the course of his remarks re-
ferred to the recent visit of the navy of France to

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
a Dining-room, eonsisting oi ane w Ana e.egant assurL-
mean of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlestioks,ubellsks, in t-
stands, eautitul inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &0., in Italian,
Alabast -r, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c.
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, nine-
mice:riot to her ilaiesty, 1411, Stand, W.C., London.
Sir. Tennant arranges elementary oolleotions of ROCKS,
(NKR A LS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition
of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they wit! ;read) f wilitatt
tr,e intereiitine study of ALINELtALOGY and GEOLOGY,
and can be had at 2, b. 10, 20, 50, to 5 *guineas oaoh.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in Gm it,OGY and HINE-
R 4LOG- Y is given by Mr.TkiNNAN Ir.F.G.S., at 149. Strand.

DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER. FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre-
,arec without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
icott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
uffer from bilious and dyer fuomplaints, hyligesticn, wind,
,pasms, giddiness, lizzineba of the eyes, &a For habitual
ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
the blood, they ire truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to he stomach, they create appe ite, pro.
note digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, la. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Pr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
grven package. with " William Lambert." engraved on the
stamp.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern hall-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE S,

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is. When you find uniformity, or something which closely
approximates to uniformity, iu such matters as the number

of detected offences of the same nature committed
within the year, it is impossible not to be impressed, how-
ever trifling may be the illustration of them— with the per-
manence and steadiness of the laws which regulate our
existence. Now, is there any use in knowing that ? I
think there is. In the first place, no knowledge that bears
upon human life is useless, even though we do not at the
moment see the practical application to which we can put
it. A discovery always turns to account in some way. The
most important mechanical inventions owe their origin to
purely mathematical theories, which the authors of them
never dreamt of so applying. In the next place it is only
by observing men in masses and with the aid of all such
helps to accuracy as we can command, that we can fairly
appreciate the influence of general causes, whether material
or moral, national or individual. Take a town in which a
thoroughly good system of drainage has been estab-
lished, you want to learn what has been the effect
of that system on health. Question each per-
son or each family separately, you will, probably, get
very conflicting and dubious testimony. But register the

deaths and causes of death, compare them with what they
were before, and with similar returns in other places,
and the decrease will give you at once a measure of what
has been effected. (Hear, hear.) And, lastly, of that large
class of human evils which are reparable as well as pre-
ventable—evils affecting not life, but property, or affecting
life as considered in its relation to property—there aro
very few to which the principle of insurance may not be
applied. Now, what does insurance mean ? It is the
opposite of gambling. The gambler, desiring to gain
something which is not his, risks in return something of
that which he actually possesses. The insurer, seeking
to preserve what he has, submits to a certain small fixed
deduction, and thereby precludes the occurrence of a
much larger possible loss. The one purposely increases
the hazards of life, the other purposely diminishes them.
Now, if it be, as I believe it is, indisputable that a sense
of security is one of the very first requisites, both for
material improvement and mental development, whatever
creates or strengthens that sense of security is an impor-
tant element of human progress, and when a proprietor
has guaranteed himself, according to the nature of his pro-
perty, against fire, against shipwreck, against loss of stock
by disease, or of crops by storms; still more when the man
who lives by his industry has secured himself, not indeed
against premature death, but against that to which such per-
sons having families is the sharpest sting of premature death,
the dread of leaving unprovided for those whose existence
is bound up with his own, it is difficult to estimate by any
test any results that can be shown on paper the amount of
good which is practically effected, for that again must be
measured, not by the number of persons actually saved from
distress, but by the infinitely greater number saved from
the apprehension of distress, the fear being often as bad as
the thing feared. (Hear, hear.) It is not easy to over-
rate the benefit which the practice of insurance has con-
ferred, and will confer, on mankind. And why, in open-
ing this statistical section, do I refer to it ? Because it is
a practice founded in its very nature on statistical inquiries
and which, without such inquiries, could not have existed.
(gear, hear.) It remains only to speak of a few desiderata,
a few things wanted to be done. In England our chief
defect is the absence of agricultural statistics. (Hear, hear.)
That is a question which has been long before Parliament,
the difficulty of collecting such facts as are really wanted
does not seem to me great, but, between prejudices on both
sides, statisticians asking too much and farmers invariably
jealous of giving any information, the thing has always
fallen through. I hope, in that respect, the now Parlia-
ment may be more fortunate than its predecessors. I ought
also 10 note as inconvenient in the highest degree the ex-
cessive complication of our English weights and measures.
(Hear, hear.) They are, probably, by far the worst in
Europe in that respect. But I note the fault in no very
sanguine spirit as to a remedy being applied. Our national
peculiarities—a great indifference to simplicity and con-
formity, dislike to change anything to which we have be-
come accustomed, and the total absence of any strong in-
terest in the subject, except among a few individuals,place
reform on this matter wholly beyond my expectations.
Parliament, no doubt, has legalized the use of the metric sys-
tem, a step which is very well as far as it goes, but which
really for all practical purposes leaves matters where they
were ; compulsion is not to be thought of, and, on the
whole, I strongly suspect the next generation will do ex-
actly what I am doing now,—admit the inconvenience and
say it can't be helped. (A laugh.) Even with regard to
the decimalisation of coinage, which is a matter really in
the power of the Government, I do not think we are likely
soon to see anything done ; and it is obvious that weights
and measures cannot be changed without a general feeling
of willingness among the people to give up those existing
and adopt the substitutes. It is more satisfactory to look
to the operations of the Board of Trade. Their little yearly
volume called the Statistical Abstract is full of useful in-
formation, packed into the smallest compass, and arranged
with a careful rejection of trifling or unimportant details.
I should be glad to see the scope of the publication ex-
tended, and references added showing where fuller details
on the subject dealt with might be found. I think it is
also worth considering, since every European Government
now takes a decennial census, whether some understanding
may not be come to among the leading States to frame their
inquiries as nearly as may be in the same way, and to pub-
lish them in the same order and form, so that for purposes
of comparison they may be at once and easily available.
(Hear, hear.) For, notwithstanding' local and national
divisions, differences of language, of institutions, and of
race, Europe inclines more and more to become in its gene-
ral habits of thought and action one community, and
Napoleon's phrase that a war in Europe is a civil war, like
most sayings of great men, becomes more and more appli-
cable, and not less so by the progress of time. (Hear.) I do
not know that it would serve any useful purpose if I were
now to anticipate the contents of the papers that may be
read in this section. They will be many, various, I hope
interesting, and ought to lead to useful discussions. Let me
only offer to those who take part in our discussions one or
two suggestions. Tho first is, time runs fast. You can say
all you have got to say in very few words, if you will think
it over beforehand. It is not abundance of matter, it is want
of preparation, want of exact thought, that makes diffusive-
ness. A man goes round and round his meaning when ho
is not perfectly clear. (Hear, and a laugh.) Again, we
don't want preamble or perorations. We are not a school
of rhetoric; and in addressing an educated audience a good
deal may be taken for granted. Lastly, we only wish to
get at the truth of things. All ideas are welcome ; but
mere verbal criticism is of no value to us. Some of the
topics with which we shall deal may, perhaps, have a poli-
tical bearing, and in that case I hope and expect that they
will be dealt with in a strictly impartial and scientific
spirit. (Cheers.)
A vote of thanks having been passed to the noble lord
for his address, the reading of papers commenced and was
proceeding when the section rose.
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this country, and to the visit of the English navy
to France. He felt convinced, from the exhibition
that was made, that England had retained the
supremacy which she had long before secured, and
and that she would ever be able to do so. (Cheers.)
The Volunteers he described as men of pluck and
Saxon blood, who, whenever called upon, would
prove themselves ready to do their duty, and take
their fair share in the battles of the country. (Cheers.)
Captain SPRATT, 83d Regiment, briefly responded
on behalf of the Army, and Lord \YHA RNCLIFFE,
who is colonel of the Hallamshire Rifles, and was
received with cheers, on behalf of the Volunteers.
His lordship complimented the leading men of Shef-
field for the hearty manner in which they had
hitherto supported the Volunteer movement in the
town, and expressed his confidence that so long as
the movement was countenanced and supported by
the upper classes, so long would it go on and prosper.
(Cheers.) Allusion had been made to the meeting
of the fleets of France and England, and to the ap-
parent superiority of that of our own country. He
attributed this improvement not so much to me-
chanical agencies as to the deeply-rooted loyalty of
the people, and their determination to defend their
Throne and their hearths and homes. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. COLLEY proposed " The Lord of the Manor
of Hallamshire, his Grace the Duke of Norfolk."
(Cheers.) This toast, he said, had always been re-
ceived in that room with enthusiasm, and he hoped
that on that occasion it would not be deserted.
(The toast was drunk with loud cheers.) •
Lord E. HOWARD, in responding to the toast, ex-
pressed his sorrow that they were deprived of the
presence of the Master Cutler, and his hope was that
he would soon recover his wonted health and energy.
(Cheers.) In reference to the recent meeting of the
fleets, he said that science had now so far advanced
that iron castles walked upon the sea. Much of the
credit and renown of that belonged to Sheffield, and
particularly to the Master Cutler of Sheffield.
(Cheers.) It had been said that war had now been
rendered impossible, and the Master Cutler and
other manufacturers of Sheffield deserved much
credit for having by their energy, diligence, and
patience so far improved the appliances of war as to
entirely do away with war. (Cheers.)
Mr. MARK FIRTH proposed " The Lord Lieute-
nant of the West Riding, the Right Hon. Earl
Fitzwilliam, and the House of Wentworth."
The toast having been drunk amid much cheer-
ing, Earl Frrzwrradam responded. In the course of
his remarks his lordship alluded to the rule prohibit-
ing the discussion of politics at that board, and said
it made the feastlikean indigestible "Welsh rabbit."
(Laughter.) He then referred to the state of the
town of Sheffield, and the great need there was in
Sheffield, as well as in other places, to see that every-
thing that could be done for the improvement of the
sanitary state of the town was done. His lordship
thought that attention to this matter was of the
highest possible importance, and he thought that in
a few years no possible objection could be urged
against Sheffield, Rotherham, Masborough, and
Doncaster joining in one grand scheme. (Cheers.)
His lordship next alluded to the abundance of smoke
at Sheffield, its injurious effects not only to human
being but to vegetation and cattle, and he was clearly
of opinion that it was their duty to do all they could
to avoid damage to life and property. Notwith-
standing these drawbacks, his lordship was exceed-
ingly proud to see that Sheffield was progressing,
and hoped that progress would go on increasing.
In conclusion his lordship paid a high compliment
to the energy and business talents of Mr. John
Brown, the Master Cutler, and proposed that the
company should drink to the speedy recovery of his
health. (Loud cheers.)
The MAYon feelingly responded on behalf of the
Master Cutler, for whom he expressed his readiness
to do anything in his power. A more upright,
honourable, worthy, warm-hearted man than Mr.
Brown never existed. Mr. Brown had desired him
to give them a cordial welcome, and he did so with
all his heart, and with the fervent hope that he
might speedily be restored to health. Much cheer
ing.)

Mr. CHARLES ATKINSON (ex-Master Cutler) pro-
posed " The Right Hon. Lord Wharncliffe and the
neighbouring Nobility."
The toast was warmly drunk.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE responded, and said the
upper classes would never do their duty as citizens
of England until they took a fair share of the re-
sponsibilities which devolved upon them. (Hear,
hear.) He was quite sure he might say for himself
and the other members of the nobility that they
would ever be ready to do anything they could for
the advancement of the interests of the great town
of Sheffield. (Cheers.)
Mr. William Smith, Italian and French Vice-
Consul, proposed " The Members for the West
' Riding." The Hon. W. Fitzwilliam briefly re-
sponded. After which Mr. Thomas Dunn proposed
The Members for the Borough."
Mr. ROEBUCK, M.P., responded. He said he was
sure they had met for more than the dreary busi-
ness of indulgence in complimentary toasts ; his
notion was that they had met for a greater purpose,
and that when they met together they could agree
to differ. His notion was that he should best
consult their views and the views of the country at
large if he indulged in making that Welsh rarebit
that the Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam referred to
palatable. His notion about the matter was a very
different one to that of the noble earl. Instead of
as a Welsh rarebit he should illustrate their meeting
as like salad, in which the tart vinegar, the pungent
pepper—(laughter and cheers)—and the smooth
oil, and the wholesome salt, could be beaten toge-
ther, making an agreeable condiment—(laughter)—
that was what he wished to do on that occasion ;
he had no doubt there were many in that room who
had gone across the Channel in a storm, and they
had felt the vessel as it went over the waves creating
great discomfort to their spirit and their body, and
when they had landed the very railroad seemed to
be bounding up and down, and they could not
divest themselves of the notion that they were still
upon the ocean—that is, proceeded Mr. Roebuck,
my feeling with respect to the present election.
("No politics" and laughter.) I have gone through
all the difficulties, and I have landed, and the land
still seems moving up and down, but still I have
arrived at that calm state of the nerves that makes
me look back upon the past with some feelings of
satisfaction ; and now, sir, I ask what has this
great election taught us ? (Hear, hear.) Well, it
has taught us this. We have been told that there
has been no great principle at stake in the past
election. Now that I believe to be a great mistake,
and, if the company will allow me, I will state why
I think it is a great mistake in the onward course
of events in England. The spirit of Reform has
been at one time in the ascendancy, and the spirit
of reaction in another. From the death of Eliza-
beth to the death of Cromwell the spirit of Reform
went on and played precious pranks—(laughter)—
and then came a violent reaction, and that
passed through the reign of Charles 11. and James
11., and then came the spirit of onward movement
from William to the first and second George,
but when the third George came again
came a reaction ; that reaction lasted until the
end of the war with Napoleon, and then came the
onward progress, and that onward progress has made
way until the present time. (Applause.) Now, sir,
we are told with so much confidence that I almost
believed the people of England were tired of im-
provement, that they were altogether out of sorts
with the onward party ; and that they wished to
get again to reactionary movement. The question
that was fought at the last election was whether
that statement was true or false and the fact has
been the people of England are so wedded to inl-
provoment, so desirous of improving and going on-
wards, that they have returned a majority to the
House of Commons, who are bound to be Liberal.
(Cheers.) Well now, sir, I believe, if you will

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1832 we altered the political reform of the country.
It was a great revolution to guide us, and when I
speak of the word " revolution" I wish to say a
word about the people of England. They don't
ask for theoretic perfection, but what they ask is
political advancement; they don't shatter down all
the old things about them, nor, to make a clear
field, erect a perfect temple upon the basis; nd,
they take what their ancestors have given them.
They fashion and improve it, they make what has
now been made a house, and I believe a Govern-
ment that has never been equalled since the world
began, for the happiness and welfare of the people
under them. (Cheers.) You may call it theoretic,
You may call it monarchic. lam glad it is mo-
narchic. In my youth, I was what is called a
Republican, but I am glad to feel that people of
England are governed in a way that ought to make
the world at large envy them. (Cheers.) These
are statements, I have no doubt, that will sound
in the ear of my Lord Fitzwilliam wild and
wonderfully political. That Welsh rarebit I be-
lieve every one here would digest, and after doing so
would go home fully persuaded that the country in
which he lives ought to be and is the envy of the
whole world. We have freedom of speech and
thought ; we have security for person and property
to an extent that the rest of the world does not
know, and when foreigners come among us the won-
der to them is how this vast multitude of human
beings can live so quietly and so happily. (Cheers.)
That is the condition of ourselves at home, and now
allow me to call your attention to what has taken
place two or three days ago at Portsmouth. We
i have had our old enemy, and now our ally—the
' French, meeting us in friendly concourse and in
friendly, I may say, emulation on the waters of Ports-
mouth. Do you believe that that is a fact of signifi-
cance to the world? It is a fact significant of this,
that while England and France hold together the
world must be at peace. (Cheers.) There may be
outlying populations who wish to disturb the peace
of the world, but they will be kept down by the
dominion and force of the two great nations of the
world—France and England. (Cheers.) I don't care
whether they are on the other side of the Atlantic or
on this, they must obey. I don't care about the
world ; and I will say for the Emperor of the French
that he sees clearly what the destiny of the world
ought to be, and he employs that power which he
has and so well exercises for the benefit of mankind.
(Cheers:) Now I would make the moral of my tale.
What I have said will be my guide as your represen-
tative. As your representative, speaking in the House
of Commons, every word I utter goes forth to the
world. (Cheers.) It is not as the individual ; it is
not that, it is that he is the representative known as
thoroughly representing the people of England and
Wales. He utters his sentiments ; they are known
to be the sentiments of a larger body of his country-
men. Well, sir, those will be the ideas with which I
go again to represent you after many years of repre-
sentation ; I believe and I feel myself to be now as
a sort of part and parcel of this great Cutlers' Com-
pany. (Hear, hear.) lam always here, and I
believe myself to be part of you, and this very
day I have gone through all your forms, and I ought
to be elected an hon. member of your company—
(laughter)—but I have a greater dignity, and it is
that I am the representative of Sheffield, and in that
character I shall maintain peace ; I shall maintain
the dignity of England, and I will do all I can to
advance the great body of my countrymen to the
attainment of that power to which I think they are
destined.

Mr. HADFIELD, M.P., responded ; and after some
other complimentary toasts had been disposed of,
the proceedings were brought to a close.

An Affair of Honour at Baden.

" Argus," in a communication to the Morning
Post, says :—" Aletter from Baden without an allu-
sion to a duel relative to an actress or a gentlemen
riders' race would be a great disappointment to the
lovers of gossip and those who like other people to
travel for them. Well, although although I have
not an affair of honour for your readers, I have at
least an own brother to it, as they will admit. It
seems that for the last few years there has been a,
very disagreeable feeling in France with reference
to English gentlemen riders, and the alliance be-
tween them and their foreign brethren has not been
quite as strong as that of Cherbourg in reference to
that of naval and military matters. Captain Hunt
especially has had to put up with repeated annoy-
ances whenever he rode, the fault of his animal
being laid on himself ; and if he did not win, it was
said to be from want of inclination. Hitherto he
has been unable to fix upon any one the responsi-
bility of a charge of this description, but on Wed-
nesday afternoon he was more successful ; for on
returning to scale on Benjamin, a Mons. Thomas,
an adventurer on the Bourse, shouted out to him,
in the most offensive manner, You have played
your game very well, Captain Hunt.' At the
moment he took no notice of the insult, but, put-
ting on his coat, he went up to M. Thomas's car-
riage and demanded an explanation. Not re-
ceiving an apology, but rather a fresh insult,
he, without an instant's hesitation, pulled the
Frenchman out of his carriage by his nasal organ,
which, unfortunately for him, was unusually long.
Frantic with rage, he rushed at the captain, who
gave him one with which your pugilistic reporter
would have been delighted. And had it been de-
livered within a 24-foot ring, he would have recorded
that it had been received with cheers. The parties
were then separated, and the debate upon it ad-
journed until next day. Of course the Frenchman
breathed nothing but fire, and the blood of the
gentleman rider alone could wash out the stain his
honour had received. The English to a man were
of a different opinion. They applauded Captain
Hunt's spirit, and said it served his antagonist quite
right, and recommended him to do it again in every
similar instance, as it would soon put a stop to the
nuisance. The Frenchman, however, was not so
easily got rid of, and challenged the gallant captain,
naming swords as the weapons with which he wished
the affair decided. This proposition the captain
respectfully declined, and said, with great truth, he
did not see why, after being insulted, he should
stand the chance of a foot and a-half of cold steel
being slipped through him like a skewer; and for a
performance of one of the favourite acts in the
Corsican Brothers he had no desire. He, however,
placed himself in the hands of the stewards and
said, if they thought he ought to go out with M.
Thomas he would do so with pistols. The Court
then adjourned, and their retirement was of some
benefit to the restaurant, for no end of seltzers
and brandy were ordered to discuss the
matter over. The Stewards took as long to consider
the question as Lord Westmorland and Mr. Payne
did the Claxton case, and returned with the award
that Captain Hunt must go out, but he should be
allowed the use of pistols. In giving this decision,
they admitted it was inconvenient he was married ;
but as he was a resident in Paris, it would save him
a great deal of annoyance for the future, providing,
as Custance would say, "he did not rim second."
Contrary to the Claxton case, the award was re-
ceived with the utmost satisfaction, and Tuesday
suggested as an open day, and the merits of the pair
discussed like those of Mace and Worrnald.
appealed
Your
correspondent, however, who flatters himself he is
not a bad judge of men andthninlakinnnegrsi‘,l.
Thomas when
was
not " a certain
to, said he could not help
starter," and that he would much
rather be watching his operations on the Bourse, in
Mexican Stock and Crddit Fonciers, than looking
for the direction of Captain Hunt's bullet. And in
this instance I was right, for whether M. Thomas
had heard that Captain Hung had long since ab-
jured the use of snuffers, and invariably put his
a
chamber-candle out with Palais Royal pistol, or
else thought that discretion was the better part of
valour, I cannot say, but when Captain Hunt's
friend went to his seconds to arrange " the fixture,"
they tendered him an apology, and said their friend's
conductwas inexcusable except from ignorance, and
they could not conscientiously go out with him. So
the affair terminated quietly ; and Captain Hunt
winning the Prix de Dames the next day was loudly
cheered for his spirited conduct, and so far from
being a victim to gentlemen jockeys, he has become
the champion of their rights and privileges.