The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1854,

COMMITTIE ON COMPLAINT OF BREACH OF

PRIVILEGE.

not then so calm as you are now. I know a Mr. Ed-
ward Walsh, an attorney, and I met him while I have
been here in the lobby. I met Mr. Edward Lynch in
Athlone, and all I know of him is that he lives there.
His father-in-law keeps the house that you attacked
with a mob. I was told there that there was a traffick-
ing in Government patronage to secure your return. It
was continually mentioned that patronage was used to
secure your return. I cannot mention any one living
man who told me that, as I did not know any persons
in Athlone. I heard it stated there, but Ido not know
it of my own knowledge.
Mr. Butt here interposed, and the room was ordered
to be cleared.
On re-admission,

NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER MURRAY.

The committee met on Thursday soon after 12 o'clock.
The interest evinced as to the proceedings of this in-
quiry appears to be greatly on the increase, for through.
out the day the room was completely crowded.
The first witness called was
Mr. Dillon Croker—He said, I have been for many
years connected with the county of Cork. I was a ma-
gistrate of the county of Kerry. My son was a magi-
strate of the county of Cork. I was anxious, in 1851,
to get an appointment as resident magistrate for my son.
I applied to Lord Clarendon, who required testimonials.
I wrote to my son in London to obtain testimonials.
He was in London, and a person who knew he was
seeking this appointment met him in the street. He
was a brother to my agent. He told me he could put
me in the way of getting a situation for my son if I could
lodge a sum of 5001. in the bank by Saturday. I de-
clined. I was averse to the transaction, and was also
unable to raise the money within the time. Mr. Thos.
Lane was the name of the person. He said the party
who could do the thing was a person in the city. He
said that the money was not to be drawn from the bank
until my son's name appeared in the Gazette. I have
represented the conversation accurately. This occurred
in June or July. lam ready to verify this statement
on oath.
Mr. T. Lane was then examined—l have not the
slightest recollection of the conversation just declared to
have taken place by Mr. Croker. I most unequivocally
deny the statement of Mr. Croker. I never had a con-
versation at all with Mr. Croker about a Government
appointment, at any place, or at any time. I am pre-
pared to swear to the evidence I have just given.
To Mr. Keogh—l am secretary to a mining company.
I am brother to Mr. Lane, Q.C., who practices on the
Munster circuit.
By Mr. Butt—l cannot state that I never had any
conversation with Mr. Croker as to the sale of a stipen-
diary magistracy, but I can positively say that I never
asked a sum of money. To the best of my recollection,
we never discussed the question about the purchase of
an appointment. Such a conversation might have taken
place, but as it is four years ago, it is very hard to re-
member a particular conversation. I will swear posi-
tively that I did not originate it, but I might possibly
have followed it up.
Mr. G. H. Moore, M.P., was then called to the wit-
ness chair. He stated that he had read Dr. Gray's evi-
dence, and had seen a report of a speech inserted in the
Tablet attributed to him (Mr. Moore).
The Chairman said it had been reported to this com-
mittee that he (Mr. Moore) could give some information
on the subject of their inquiry.
Mr. Moore said before stating anything, he wished to
call the attention of the committee to a passage in the
speech of Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons on
the abandonment of the appropriation clause by the
Whig Government. It was as follows :—" What a pic-
ture the noble lord draws of his Irish allies when he says
that the moment the personnel of the Government
was changed their clamour on the subject abated."
Lord John Russell: "No, it was three years after-
wards." Sir R. Peel : "Well, it took the noble lord three
years to make them cool. I appeal to any man whether
it would have been decent for them to lose their heat at
an earlier period. They were gradually exposed to the
mild influence of office ; it is no imputation upon them
whatever to say that under a Whi,, Government they
got their fair share of official patronage ; and about two
or three years afterwards their hostility to the Established
Church abated, and they plainly told the noble lord they
could give him no cordial support in an attempt to divest
it of its revenues." In reference to these circumstances,
as mentioned by Sir R. Peel, and in relation to the state
of politics existing in Ireland at the time these circum-
stances oceurred,l said at Ballina, on the 25th of Nov.,
1851, " In consideration of this cry, you sent to Parlia-
ment the very refuse of your citizens—in consideration
I of this catcall you entrusted with the defence of your
country and your faith men to whom you would have en-
trusted nothing else, and whom you knew went to Par-
liament for no purpose but to sell you, And what was
the result ? Why, that you were sold, and sold at a price
so base that the very misery of the traffic became more
contemptible than its iniquity. I dare say many who hear
me know the price at which Post-office and Custom-house
appointments used to go. I do, at all events ; for I have
been offered the money, and told that that was the or-
dinary market prices."
The Chairman inquired if he could state any case in
reference to those observations ?
Mr. Moore—Yes, and the circumstances were these.
A young man came to me one day, and asked me to get
him a particular appointment in the Post Office that was
at that time vacant. Seeing me hesitate, he said, "I am
ready to do the usual thing." I immediately replied—
" What do you mean by the usual thing ? " upon which
he seemed surprised that I did not know what he meant,
and said he was ready to give the first year's salary for
it. As I did not accept his offer, he hoped, he said, that
I was not offended, and I said " Certainly not, as I
never took offence when none was intended ; but that
after what he had said I could not think of recommend-
ing him for the appointment, even if I had the power of
obtaining it." I have heard that there was a regular
tariff for situations that had been mentioned by people
to me, who said it was the usual thing, and were sur-
prised that I had not heard of it, as certain men were in
the habit of selling appointments—and that there was a
price paid as an equivalent for such transactions. I
heard the statement generally made, and I have con-
versed in public with men of all parties, and I will ven-
ture to say that no man expressed his disbelief that
amongst a certain portion of the Irish members that this
practice has prevailed.
The Chairman—When was this offer made ?
Mr. Moore—l cannot very accurately tell ; but I
fancy that it occurred a short time after the discussion
of Mr. Roebuck's amendment to Lord Palmerston's mo-
tion (as was understood) on the affairs of Greece. The
only appointment I ever received was one at Ballina,
and by a strange coincidence it was soon after the only
important vote I ever gave in favour of the government,
against Mr. Roebuck's motion.
The Chairman—Can you give the committee any clue
that they may trace or get specific information that such
practices prevailed ?
Mr. Moore— I can give no further information upon
that point. I may, however, state that when I was first
returned to parliament I had hundreds of applications to
me for situations. I told all of those who applied that
it was of no use, and that I could not get them, as I
was a vehement opponent of the Government. They
said that my predecessors were equally vehement
Repealers, and that they had got situations, and
they further said they were sure I should get them
if I applied. I accordingly wrote letters, stating that
persons were applicants, but to only one did I obtain an
answer. I had but one appointment sent for my dis-
posal, and that was for a situation at Ballina.
To Mr. Bright—l had voted with the Government on
the Greek question,.and it was after that vote that the
appointment was put in my hands.
To Lord Barrington—l sent the appointment to Bal-
lina, telling them to select the fittest person, and I knew
nothing of the person who was appointed, or have I
ever seen him.
Mr. Macartney, M.P., was called, and in reference
to what was said by Mr. Butt on his appointment on
the committee that he could speak to a dozen cases of
correlation, said that was not to be taken literally, it
meaning five or six, and when Mr. Butt said a dozen
cases, it was only an Irish way of enlarging on all sub-
jects. (A laugh.)
Mr. Bright, M.P., was called.
The Chairman—Dr. Gray has stated in his evidence
that the hon. member for Manchester could give us some
information on the subject of our inquiry. Are you
able to do so ?
Mr. Bright—l can give the substance of a conversa-
tion in which a person stated a direct fact to me when
I was in Ireland about two and a half years ago, and
as he gave it as a matter that he knew on his own
knowledge, he had a right to presume that the facts
were correctly stated. I think it is a matter that it
would be material for the committee to 'pursue to its
conclusion. I was in Sligo in September, 1852, along
with a friend of mine, an Irish gentleman, and in
travelling we went up a short river to the sea at
Sligo, and for that purpose we made us of a boat
that is kept at the extreme end of the town by a
shoemaker. The owner of the boat, and a man who
worked for him in the capacity of boatman, pulled
us up the river, and whilst going along, amongst other
conversation, a good deal was said about Sligo elec-
tion proceedings, and the representatives of Sligo, when
both the boatman and his man spoke of the sale of
places being notorious there. They gave as an instance
that about 40 persons were going to the same place
where we were going on one occasion, and that 39 got
drunk, and that one of them who was a member of Par-
liament, fell into the river. A man got him out, and
the member of Parliament, as a testimony of his grati-
tude to the man for saving his life, promised him the
first place that should become vacant in the coast-guard.
It was accordingly offered to him through Mr. Andrew
Walker, of Sligo, but it was also stated to him the ne-
cessity of his giving 301. or 401. for the place. They
said that the man had not been able to raise the money,
or had any of his friends, and the place was given to
some one else, and it was presumed that that man or
his friends had raised the money. I made a memoran-
dum of the circumstances at the time, and though the
sentences are somewhat abrupt it was this :—" Septem-
ber 29, 1852—boatman, a shoemaker—story of Pat
Somers ; sold his patronage—offered boatmen a place in
coast-guard for 301. or 401. ; another got it through
Andrew Walker, who did the business for him there—
sales notorious—got more places for men in Sligo than
any man ever did before." On my return to Dublin on
that occasion, I mentioned that fact to Mr. Lucas, who
was coming in the boat from Kingstown to Holyhead,
who had no doubt mentioned it to Dr. Gray.
Mr. W. Dame--I am a solicitor, living in Dublin. I
can give the committee no information of my own per-
sonal knowledge. I have been informed by a gentle-
man in Dublin that a member of Parliament had re-
ceived money and bills for the purpose of selling an ap-
pointment for a person under Government. A gentle-
man who was at my house in Dublin told me that a
situation was promised by a member of Parliament for
the sum of 1,0001., but as it was not forthcoming the
bills were destroyed. A new negotiation was after-
wards opened, and a gentleman got an appointment in
the Excise, and was filling the office at the present time.
As soon as he obtained the appointment the gentleman
passed a bond to a bank as a responsibility for bills to
the extent of 1,0001.
To Mr. Butt—My informant was personally discon-
nected with the matter, and I should be sorry to own
any man as my friend who would be mixed up with such
transactions. I think I have a letter in my possession
that would go far to establish the case against the mem-
ber of Parliament. A Mr. Lynch, living in Athlone,
received a letter from a person who has the correspon-
dence about the transaction in his possession.
To Mr, Keogh—We home met before, but you were

A glance at the map of the south-eastern portion of
Australia is sufficient to show the great importance of
ascertaining the course and character of the rivers that
water the inland plains. The colonies of New South
Wales, Victoria, and South Australia line the seaboard.
Behind them, or rather behind those parts of these colo-
nies that we can speak of as really occupied by civilised
man, stretches a vast area of table-land, watered by
numberless streams. These streams, some of which are
in the summer nothing more than dried-up brooks, while
others are deep and broad rivers, have in general a south-
westerly direction, and, the lesser feeding the greater,
they all at length pour the volume of their united waters
into the channel of the Murray. This river, which
finds an exit into the sea through the Lake Alexandrina,
in South Australia, is thus the highway of the water
communication of our Australian colonies, and it may
be considered a very important incident in their his-
tory that in the autumn of last year Sir Henry Young,
the governor of South Australia, himself ascended in the
Lady Augusta steamer to a point 1,500 miles from the
mouth of the river. An account of his expedition, contained
in two letters addressed to the Colonial Secretary, has re-
cently been laid on the table of the House of Commons ;
and the narrative of his investigation suggests abundant
matter for speculation on the future destinies of Aus-
tralia. The basin of the Murray and its tributaries gives
to Australia what the valley of the Upper Mississippi
gives to America—•a field where the energies of the
young country may be profitably absorbed for centuries.
The portions of a colonial district that skirt the sea assume
inevitably within a certain space of time something of the
character of an old country. The land is all occupied,
every advantageous situation is guarded by the jealousy
of vested interests, all the resources of the country are
appropriated to public or private uses, and it becomes as
difficult, or nearly so, for rude energy to find a vent as
it is in England itself. But if an unoccupied territory,
rich in varied natural wealth, lies behind, and yet is con-
nected with the settled district by a network of great
streams and rivers, the growth of the whole colony can-
not approach its limit under a period of time too great to
estimate. And in Australia the Murray and its depend-
ent streams not only water a territory capable of sustain-
ing to an indefinite amount. the surplus population of
each of the Australian provinces, but supply a natural
band by which the different provinces are linked toge-
ther. The remote sources of the Darling and Murrim-
bidgee may be traced to the great mountain chain of
New South Wa,les, the Upper Murray flows through
Victoria, and the Murray enters the sea in South Aus-
tralia. Nature seems thus to point to the formation of a
great and expansive whole, andto give a warning and to
provide a safeguard against the establishment of petty
and disjointed societies.

Mr. Dame was recalled—ln answer to questions from
Mr. Keogh he said—l received a letter from Mr. John
Malone. Ido not know him or his character, and if he
has the documents, and is mixed up with these corrupt
transactions, I do not wish to know him. Ido not
know his general character from rumour, as that would
be a very unsafe ground.to form an opinion upon. If
I were, for instance, to judge of your character from
general rumour, I might be doing you very great in-
justice. (A. laugh.) Malone wrote to Lynch, and
that letter was forwarded to another person, but who
that person is I will not tell, as I promised him
that I would not, and as the mention of his name
would do him great injury in his business. If you
will have it, I will tell you what I did hear. I heard
it spoken of you that you were so reckless that you in-
duced a gentleman to accept bills for you on the eve of
your late contests for 1,0001. that you allowed those
bills to be protested, and that you afterwards obtained
for his son an appointment in the Excise. The name of
the gentleman was Smith. The bills were protested ;
and the books of the National Bank, if they were pro-
duced here, would show that fact. It was said that
you had reduced the man to ruin, and had driven him
out of the country to a foreign land. It was said that
this gentleman was engaged in canvassing for you. The
conversation arose in this way ; that it was strange that
persons could be got to vote against Mr. Norton, and
could be found to vote for you. You want to convey to
the public that I desired to injure you, but it is not so,
for I only pitied you. I cannot give the names of per-
sons who stated the conversations that I have spoken of.
I cannot charge my memory with the names of the per-
sons who were present. Mr. Edward Johnstone was
with me in Athlone ; but I do not know whether he was
present at the conversation. Mr. Edward Lynch was
with me at the hotel at the time you smashed the door.
I state as distinctly as if on my oath that you headed
the' ►nob of 2,000, and that the landlady said it was you
smashed the door. On that occasion I remember, in
the presence of Mr. Henderson, putting my hand
on your shoulder, telling you that it was a serious
thing for a Solicitor-General to head a mob, and I told
the police at the time to take cognisance of it. I have
made allusion to this subject, but I have never said
to any member that I was in possession of a document
that would establish the charge against you. My im-
pression is I never stated this subject to a member of
Parliament. I did say this, while I vvss just now in the
lobby, seeing two or three members of Parliament stand-
ing about, that I thought it was very wrong for Mr.
Keogh to subject me to such a harrassing examination,
for if he compelled me to answer such questions, some-
thing would come out that would not serve you.
The witness having intimated that he thought he
might have the letter in his possession in his portman-
teau (he having come to London on some private busi-
ness) he was requested to go to his hotel and search
for it.

The Lady Augusta had on board about forty-five per-
sons, and the number was composed of men sufficiently
different in birth, education, and local associations, to
make the survey impartial, accurate, and serviceable.
And as they all agreed in hearing testimony to the capa-
bilities of the Murray, their opinions may perhaps he
considered conclusive. There are three members of the
Legislative Council of South Australia, two reporters of
Adelaide newspapers, several persons acquainted with
the river navigation of the United States and California,
and others who had acquired experience in the rivers of
Europe. The main result of their investigations is that
the Murray Proper may be considered navigable from the
Gool4a, where it enters the sea, to Albury—that is, for
a space of 1,900 miles ; while the Murrimbidgee, froln
its junction with the Murray, has a navigable course of
700 miles to Gonda.gai, Albury is within 400 miles of
Sydney, and the Loddon, a stream of some importance
flowing into the Murray, will conduct the gold-digger
within thirty miles of Bendigo. Thus the Murray offers
a means of transport for the whole district to the con-
fines of New South Wales, and also a ready access to
gold•fie.ds--one that will hereafter be probably much
preferred to the dangerous navigation of Bass's Straits
and Port Philip Heads, and the tedious land journey
from Melbourne.

After the lapse of an hour he returned, producing a
letter. It was to the following effect :
.

"Athlone, March 7, 1854.
"My dear Friend,—l am still very ill. My best thanks
to you for your letter. I a onfined to my bed. I wish
you would find out whether ambert Smith has takon out
administration or probate, on the colonel. lam too ill to
look up the documents I wished you to see.—Yours,

" T. INIALoNn."
The Chairman said the witness must attend the com
mittee at their next meeting.
The committee then adjourned until next day.

Sir Henry Young estimates that on the banks of the
Murray and its tributaries there cannot, even at the
present time, be less than one million and a half of
sheep, while the heads of cattle and horses are also
numerous. But the runs are in all cases inadequately
stocked, and .a vast portion of the whole district, espe-
cially on the Darling, is not yet stocked at all. The
timber and soil along the banks of the Murray are pro-
nounced to be of two distinct kinds. The land is either
alluvial, requiring embankments to bring it into perfect
cultivation, but affording pasture of the finest descrip-
tion, or it is a mixture of sand and red loam. On the
alluvial soils are to be found gum timber and the varie-
ties known as box and peppermint, while the red loam
is covered with pines. The gum timber is said to be fit
for the heavier parts of ship-building, and for dwelling
and store houses. " Saw-mills may. therefore," as Sir
H. Young remarks, "be soon expected to convert this
-timber into boats and rafts adapted to the river naviga-
tion, and into vessels, to be decked and sparred at the
river terminus, for disposal in the neighbouring colonies ;
while the timber of rafts broken up at the Goolwa would
meet with a ready sale."
Unfortunately, the passage through the sea-mouth of
the Murray is beset with so many dangers as to be prac-
tically impossible. Sir Henry Young and the local Le-
gislature are using every exertion to remedy this im-
portant defect. There is excellent anchorage for the
river boats at the Goolwa, between the north shore of
the Murray and Hindmarsh Island, in a capacious and
perfectly land-locked basin, with a depth of 16 feet
water. A jetty has been constructed, and this jetty is
connected with another jetty at Port Elliot, in Encounter
Bay, by an iron tram of seven miles, now completed, or
on the point of completion, over a dead level country.
Port Elliot itself offers a remarkably safe anchorage,
being sheltered from every wind except the soAh-east,
from which direction there is little cause to apprehend
the inconvenience of a heavy sea, as the great length of
beach, extending to a distance of eight miles, must ope-
rate as a check. It cannot be denied that the want of a
direct communication with the sea is a very serious
drawback to the navigation of the Murray, but as art
has connected the Goolwa and Port Elliot, and as Port
Elliot has advantaged superior to almost any harbour on
the southern coast of Australia, the tide of commerce
will probably be in no degree prevented from finding this
inlet into the interior.

The proceedings commenced in this committee on
Friday, by the re-examination of Mr. Win. Auchinleck
Dane, who repeated the statement he made on Thursday
about Colonel Smith having accepted a thousand pounds
worth of bills for Mr. Keogh, in consideration of that
gentleman's promise to procure him a stipendiary ma-
gistracy ; of Mr. Keogh's having neglected to provide
for the bills, and Colonel Smith being ruined in conse-
quence, and obliged to leave the country ; and of Mr.
Keogh's having afterwards procured an appointment in
the Excise for the Colonel's son.

Mr. Lambert Smith said that he had an appointment
in the Customs at Bristol, which he obtained through
his father's interest with Sir J. Young, in Dec. 1845.
His salary was originally 1501. it was now 2001. but he
was otherwise in independent circumstances, His father,
Col. Smith, resided at Athlone from 1831 to 1848 ; he
was Adjutant-General there and an elector of the borough.
He was the personal friend of Mr. Keogh during many
years. It was originally understood at the contest for
Athlone in 1847, that Mr. Keogh was to be borne harm-
less by Mr. Attwood, but he was not by any means
borne harmless. 'During the contest it became neces-
sary to find-money to carry on the proceedings, and, to
oblige Mr. Keogh, witnesses's father, Colonel Smith,
accepted a bill drawn upon him by that gentleman for
2001., and another for 2501. The amount of the Colo-
nel's engagements for Mr. Keogh was 4501., and not
1,0001, ; and these engagements were entered into partly
for friendship's sake and partly for the sake of the cause
of Sir R. Peel, which Mr. Keogh represented. They
were certainly not undertaken in consideration of any
promise of a stipendiary magistracy. The appointment
Colonel Smith held at the time that promise was
alleged to have been made was of the value of 8001.
a-year, so that he wanted no stipendiary magistracy, nor
was there any promise of patronage for any member of
Colonel Smith's family. The bills were not taken up when
they fell due, but they were afterwards provided for,
witness's father paying a portion and Mr. Keogh the
rest. In point of fact, Mr. Keogh was still slightly in
the debt of the representatives of Colonel Smith, who
was dead. Colonel Smith's going to America was not
in any way connected with any non-performance of ob-
ligation on Mr. Keogh's part. It arose solely from his
retirement from the army. When an officer gets over
a certain age, he is not allowed to sell out, except on
condition that he settle in one of the colonies. In that
case he gets two-thirds of the value of his commission at
home, and the other third on settling. So witness's
father was paid g,OOO/. in England, and was obliged to
go to Nova Scotia to receive the other 1,5001. Witness
had a brother in the army. He commanded the New
Zealand pensioners. He held no other appointment
under the Government.

In order to promote the settlement on the banks of
the Murray of persons whose industry would be directed
towards facilitating the passage of the produce to the
coast and of the supplies which the stockowners need in
return, and in expectation of large numbers of immi-
grants being attracted to the route of the Murray when
its advantages are more fully known, the Governor
and the local •Legislature have decided on proclaiming
the lands on both sides of South Australia, to the extent
of two miles, to be the " Hundred of the Murray." The
effect of this will be that no squatting leases will be
issued within the hundred. Surveys of allotments of
land in blocks of 10, 80, and 640 acres are to be made,
so as to suit the wants and purses of different purchasers ;
and the purchasers of these allotments will have a pro-
portionate amount of commonaze of pasture assigned
them within the hundred of the Murray. The runs of
the lessees of waste lands will thus undergo an insigni-
ficant diminution.; but this will be amply compensated
for by the greater facility of procuring labour, the for-
mation of villages, and the ease of communication. The
flat land immediately adjacent to the banks of the Mur-
ray is evidently destined to be at some future period of
very great value; and it needs wise precautionary
mwasures at the outset to guard against a great public
resource being frittered and jobbed away by speculators.
Whether the plan of thus reserving the land in the vici-
nity of the Murray is to be considered a permanent, or,
as is perhaps more probable, only a temporary measure,
it shows that the local authorities are in some measure
alive to the exigencies of their position. And it is but
due to Sir Henry Young to re►nark, that the zeal and
judgment he has shown in exploring the Murray, and
the appreciation he has displayed of the real interests of
the province committed to his care, reflect the highest
credit on himself personally.

At the conclusion of the evidence of Mr. Smith the
room was cleared. On our readmission.

Mr. Keogh, addressing the chairman, said he wished
to inform hiEn that it was not his intention any longer
to sit upon the committee. He should remain in the
room for the present, to enable the committee to form a
quorum ; but he should take no part in the proceedings.
Ever since the present line of evidence commenced it
had been his idea that he ought to take the course he
was then taking, and he should apply to the house to
discharge him from further service on the committee,
and to appoint some other member in his place.

Mr. Dane was then recalled to the witness-box. He
said it was known to some of his friends that he had an
eye to contesting the representation of Athlone, and one
of them—a gentleman whose name he would not com-
municate—had given him a memorandum of a great
many things alleged against Mr. Keogh, the gentleman
in possession of the seat, in order that he (witness)
might make any use of it he pleased, should an occasion
arise. The witness then stated to the committee the
substance of the memorandum. It contained the par-
ticulars of a number of small situations and appoint-
ments procured by Mr. Keogh for the relatives of Ath-
lone electors. It also referred to a number of judgments
obtained by the National Bank against Colonel Smith
and Mr. Keogh on their joint and separate bonds, and
contained also some inferences which the writer, as an
individual, drew from what he knew of the matters. It
did not contain any allegation of corruption or place-
selling on Mr. Keogh's part. The witness was desired
to write to Ireland to ask his friend's permission to
communicate his name to the committee.
The proceedings stand adjourned to Tuesday, at 12
o'clock.

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sess such extraordinary powers that some, 3,1, inches, with
an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons,
Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same tele-
scope can be seen a person's countenance three miles
and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles.
They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket,
and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers
accordingly.— The Royal Exhibition, 1851. -Small glass
for the waistcoat-pocket. A valuable, newly-invented, very
small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass the size of a walnut,
by which a person can be seen and known 1i mile distant ;
they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the
opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen
at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-
stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers,
and tourists. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful
power; an object can be clearly seen from 10 to 12 miles
distant. Newly-invented Spectacles ; immediately they
are placed before extremely imperfect vision, every
object becomes clear and distinct ; the most aged, de-
fective sight is brought to its youthful, natural, and ori-
ginal state. Deafness—New Discovery—The Organic Vi
brator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly-invented
instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all others,
to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or pro-
bably ever can be, produced. Being of the same
colour as the is not perceptible ; it enables deaf
persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as-
semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in
the ears is entirely, removed ; and it affords all the assist-
ance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street,
Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the York Hotel.

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