The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-22 00:00:00

London.

THE SEAL FUR PALETOT
The costly nature of the material will necessarily confine
the use of this garment to a select few ; but he who can afford the
il
!Xpense wl pronoence it to be th most getlemanly, elegant, and
!Unions article of dress that cane possiblyn be conceived. Messrs.
NICOLL will, continue to supply the SEAL FUR PALETOT at its
Proient moderate pricy—that is to say, so 'ong as the demand does
net interfere with the supply ; for it mast be borne in mind that the
*tuber of Seal Skins in the English market is very limited—at least
Etch are capable of being formed into the graceful garment
Gilled NICOLL'S PALEToT. Regiitored 6 and 7 Vic-, cap, 65.
..aa early p..rchase would, therefore, be desirable.
J., and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET,
and 22, CORNIJ ILL, LONDON.

Iv HE NICOL L PALETOT (Registered 6 and
A. 7 Vict., cap. 65) ITAREROOMS, 'l4, 116, 120, REGENT-
STREET. and 22, CO R N 111 LL.
and hare assumed the list of the word PALETOT, but Messrs.
nicor,r, are the sole Patentees of the desiv and material.

The Who'csale and Collating House Dep trtments far the London
tranches In •he Sh•ppiig and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE-
ALLEY. CORNIIIL... and 120, REGENT-STREET.
The NICOLL is the distinguishing name given to a garment
'Scored by Royal Letters Patent front general imitation. It has all
the advantages of Messrs. NICOLL'S original invention, the RE-
GISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH. The NICOLL PA-
LETOTS are charged One, Two, Three, and Three-and a-half
Cilne.as, according with the climate er purpose for which they asap
be reqwircd,

41,1ELEGANT.CIIRIATMAS PREF.ENT FOR ON! SHILL'NG.
ItIiNIMEL'S PERFUMED ALMA NACK, for
imparting a delightful fragrance to pocket-books, card-cases,
Work-boxes, desks, and is one of the prettiest novelties of the season.
Sent on receipt of 13 stamps, or to be had of all per'umers aid sta-
ttoners, or of the Propel tor, E. RIMIIEL, Perfumer, 39, Gerard-
Street, Soho. May be ordered through Messrs. Longman.

AN EXQUISITE ADDITON to the TOILET
TABLE is MILTON'S HAIR LIIBRIC.kNT, which, If used
a, directed, will speedily render the scantiest head of hair thick,
eurlY, and lustrous —the healthy and vigorous stimulating powers it
possesses at once stops any tendency to grey hair or baldness. Its
Derfunie is essentially novel and most delicious. In elegant pots,
• 23. ea,h.
,__Sold by al. perfumers and medicine vendors in town and country.
wholesitle Loudon Agents : —Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-
'3treet; Edwards, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Sutton and Co , Bow
Church-yard ; Sangar, 151, Oxford-street ; and Hannay and Co.,
.uxford-street.

.THE SCHOOLBOY'S DREAM
A JOKE FOR THE JUVENILES.
Not many days back, Mr. Archibald Spo• n
Received a long note fro n his little son John.
This letter RDA penned in a singular style,
And doubtless 1,11 cause my young readers to smile.
The epistle runs thus:—
" Dear Papa and Mamma,
I'm happy to hear y.u're so well as you aro;
The thoughts of returning (though strange it may seem(,
• llave caused your delighted boy, Johnny, to dream.
Ifethought Vother night that you gave a line party,
And hailed my re' urn in a manner most hearty.
The party invited consisted of many ;
• ToM, Harry, and Alick, and Percival _Penny ;
And William, and Thomas, and l'h lip, and Frank,
• And Master Mat Middleton, all en the prank ;
And Michael, and Montague, Charley, an I Fred,
And Alfred the small, with the curls oa his head ;
And Joseph, and Sammy, and Jessie,
And Master Georges Gordon, remarkably dressy;
And Walter, and Willoughby, T tus, and Tim,
And Samson and Simon, is vary good trim ;
And Julius, Anthony, Robert, and Wat,
And many mere names which I fear I've forgot.
And metheeght in my singular dream there were none
Dut what were decked out by E. Moses and Son.
Such elegant tunics, such stylish hussars,
We looked like the gslaxy studded with stars.
And methought we shouted with glorious noise,
E. Moses and Son are the men for the boys.
Xs doubt after this Messrs. Moses will don
YoUr very affectionate Son, JOHNNY SPONN."
t.,1!,T or riticEta
READY MADE.
Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every
£0 8 6
The littilwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0
The reletot, ditto• •••.. •• 0 18 0
Chesterfield, ditto ...... ........ 1 0
The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style
of oy, r Coat .. •• • • •• •• •• . 1 i
Shooting Coats
• Lounging or Morning Coats•
Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .... • 4 6
Ditto ditto Deeskln .. 0 7 s
Ditto Tests •• •••
Bled( 'Velvet •• •••• •• •• •• 0 13
D7ess Coats • ..... ••.••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 0 17 •
Frock Ditto ...... •• .• ••••••••• • • • • •• • • 0 19 P
Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style,
Nasser and Taste Suits ••.••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 14 6
Boys' Autumn and Winter -Vests ..........9 0 II

MAIM TO IMEASTRE.
' •
Yen's Autumn and Winter Over Coats • • from 1 1
The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma-
terial, lined • • • • • .
The Paletot, handsomely and 'warmly trimmed 1 16 0
Tke Eglintoa Wrapper, a very elzgant style of
Over Coat 2 0 0
The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest
style, lined throughout .. •• • • • • ••• • • • 2 10 0
Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and
Doeskin. ...... .•••• • • • • • ••••.• • • ..
Pest Black Ciminero ditto .. ••• • • • 1 6 •
Autumn and Winter Tests ..... .. • • 0 8 6
Test Black Cloth ditto ..............
Flack Silk Telvet ditto I 18 6
Dress Coats ••••• • • . • . —freer 325. to 2 16 0
Frock ••••••••.. • • • • • • • • from 355. te 3 3
Rnssar and Tanis Salts • • .... ••..• • • . from 1 a I
Men's ihootinn Coat •• • • .... •••••. • • • • . 0 16 0
Elegant Dressing Robes, In great variety,
Item . ..
Large Sleek of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 603. to 201.
Naval and Military 'shims, Liveries, &e.
Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice.
A Snit of Mourning complete for 11. 10a.
trtile.„ new book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with fall
Agee, for Self-measarement, can be bad on application, or for-
.,l"cd. post fr to any part of the kingdom.
oleu
km
seaso The Fur Department Is now replete with every novelty
3L.
"4erve--Any article purchased, either ready made, or roade
not approved of will he exchanged, or the money returned.
MOLE B and 03N, Tailors, Wonlicn4rapor,., Clistniors. Hatters,
168.10.. Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154,
'6, and 157 Minories, and 52, 84, s 5, and 86 A istgate, City,
Ini74rl; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast
bibihment.
Clint!
1/441,4011.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public
tklati;„_„"Q inPosition ; but having heard that the u.ntradesnsandk‘
of being connected with them, er " It is the same concern,"
lite„ 771 resorted to in many instances, and tor obvious reasons,
la i".."eg to state that they have no connexion with any other howl
te
Zt of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far-
-44 4., eMeld ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire;
orTcoo who require cheiip d genuie rb,thinig. Stc., should cal,
to the Minories and
City, London ; or either of
Eitabliehlnobta, as above.

MPROVE D DWELLINGS for the POOR
I At the present moment, when a day of National Thanks-
giving is appointed, it cannot be out of p' ace to bring before the
minds of the Christian public some of the efforts which have been
made, and are still making, to remedy the deplorable evils which
endanger both the lives and the morals of the poorer classes of
society.
The SOCIETY for' the IMPROVEMENT of the CONDITION
ef the LABOURING CLASSES has now been occupied for more
than four years past with these objects :
It has built a r .nee of Dwellings for the Industrious Classes, on
sanitary principles, at Bagnigge-wells, Gray's Izu-lane. Here
twenty-three families and. thirty single women arc accommo'ated.
It has repaired and r ndered fit for healthy occupation four houses
In King-street and•ChaCes-street, Drury-lane, wherein 108 working
men are accommodated.
It has built, in Go ,rge-street, St. Giles's, a Model Lodging House
for working men, where 104 persons of this class find a comfortable
habitation.
It has repaired and titled up, at No. 76, Hatton-garden, a house
for the aceommodation'of fifty eight females of the working-classes.
It is now building. In Streathans-street, Bloomsbury, a range of
dwellings for mechanics and their families, wherein about 48 such
families will find good and healthy habitations.
At • Tunbridge Wells it is. aiding to raise a series of co' tages for
agricultural labourers of which six and a lodging-house for single
men are already completed and occupied.
. Besides these various works, it is in constant correspondence with
si-great number or benevolent persons in all parts of the kingd ;
who apply for its aid in the building or Improvement of cottages, or
the-seStiug-oat.etcottage allotments.
In these various works It has expended, and is expending, more
than. Twenty-three Thousand Pounds. For the works now in hand
a further sum of between Three and Four Thousand Pounds is needed ;
towards %filch the Committee now solicits the contributions of the
benevolent.

The following are the sums already subscribed towards the house
now erecting in Streatham-street :

SUBSCRIPTIONS
Her Most Gfacious Majesty the Queen and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert
Her Majesty the Queen' Dowager - -
Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent - -
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester -
The Right Hee. Earl Spencer - -
Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. - -
The Right Hon. Lord Feversham - •
B. M. Pete, Esq., M.P. - - -
Rev. E. Hollend - - - -
His Grace the Duke ef•Bedford - -
Miss Portal - - - -
Messrs. Barclay and Co - - - - •
/COSMOS
Abel Smitli, Esq. - - •
Lord Willoughby de Eresby - •
A Fr-end, by L. Sullivan, Esq. - -
Total, to Jan. 1, 1549 - - -
Donations since received :
W. S., a Tribute for theThanksgtving Day -£lO 0
Mrs. Blair - ----- - 25 0
Mrs. Lambert Blair
The Rev. Dr. Ellerton
A Friend
R. B. Cooke, Esq.
Major Cruikshank
A., per Nisbet
Y. T.
C. Saver, Esq.
A. Palmer, Esq.
A. H. Bradshaw, Esq.
R. C. Kidd, Esq.
W. S. Angell, Esq.
• The Dowager Lady Cooper - - - - 10 0
J. E. Denison, Esq., M.P. - - - - 10 0
Rev. J. Ware
Mrs. Charles Pym
- Gee. Pearce, Esq.
_.- J. Sperling, Esq.
R. H. V. Walpole, Earl.
R. A. Hornby, Esq.
- Viscount Brackley
H. B. Hickman, Esq.
Miss A. M. Cotton
Marquis of Blandford
Rev. Dr. Pace),
J. 0. Harris, Esq.
H. Unwen, Esq. -
Rev. Dr. Cotton, Principal of Worcester College 5 0
John Hardy, Esq. - - - - - - 20 0
Mr. Hargraves - - - - - - 10 0
W. E. Hubbard, Esq. - - - - 5 0
Lieut.-Colonel Seymour
Mrs. Huiham
- Major Little - - - - - - - 1 0
M. 0., one who has read Lord Ashley's Letter
in the ".Times" of the 19th ult., as a Thank-
offering of herself and family from the late
Epidemic
Lady Murray
W. Jennings, Esq.
R. Wilkinson, Esq.
J. Beaufort, Rag.
Hon. Menntstuart Elphinstone - - 10 0
Miss Ware
Edward Strachey, Esq.
Mrs. Dumaresque
Thomas L. Ward - - - - - 10 0
T. H. Bastard, Esq.
E. Gardner, Esq.
T. Twining, jun., Esq.
T. H. Parker, Esq.
C. V.
Mrs. Bird
J. J. Smith, Esq.
W. Penny, Esq. - - - - - 5 0
W. Sparkes, Esq.
Chrlstianus
B. Smith, Esq.
G. Harding, Esq.
J. C. Hall, Esq.
E. B. Bastard, Esq.
Members of Rev. Dr. Cumming's Congregation 10 0
_ W. P. Angell, Esq. - - - - - - 5 IS
Sirs. Sehael
Miss Catherine Stu trt
E. W. M. L.
Donations and annual subscriptions will he received by Messrs
Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar,
and Co., St. James's•-street ; Messrs. Ceutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs.
Strahan, Pa i , and Co., Temple-bar; and by liatchards, P.ccadilly ;
Sceheys, Fleet-street and Hanover-street ; and Nisbet, Berners•
street ; or by the Secretary, at the Office, 21, Exeter Hall.

- £3OO 0 0
- 150 0
- 100 0 0
- 50 0 0
- 100 0 0
2d donation 110 0 0
- 100 0 0
110 6 0
- - • 100 0 0
- - 100 0 0
- 100 0 0
- - 100 0 0
- - 100 0 0
- - - 100 0 0
- - - 100 6 0
- - 100 0 0
- £5,663 3 6

THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE
POLICY COMPANY
No. 51. lOMTIARD-S ritF:ET, LONDON.
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
TRUSTEES.
John Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
Richard Malin% I Esq.. Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq.
William Wilber force, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
Robert Henry Forman, Esq.
John Hamilton, Esq.
James Fuller Maciox, Esq.
John Matthews, Esq.
C. 0. Parnell, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Samuel Field, Esq.
William Ghrlines Kell, Esq.
MEDICAL. ADVISER.
Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and CO.
SECRETARY.
David Alison, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Atkins and Andrew.
MANAGER.
Alexander Robertson. Esq.
The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE,
.he Company being prohibited, by the 54th clause of their Deed of
'Constitution, which is duly registered In terms of the Act, from dis
puting a Policy upon any ground whatever.
The Rates of Premium are calculated noon Carlisle mortality, and
are as low as a due regard to complete security will justify.
HALF PREMIUM SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the
remiums. with interest of the retained halves, is required to be paid
for the first five years—the retained halves, being payable at the
convenience of the assured, or allowed to continue, to ferns
a deduction from the claim on the Policy ; and as the As-
surance may be relinquished at any time without payment
of the retained premiums, this scheme enables a party to
assure for the first five years at little more than half the usual rate,
and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifice.
WHOLE WORLD POLICIES are granted, whereby the security
of a creditor, holder of a Policy, continues unimpaired, although the
assured life should go beyond the prescribed limits.
Sums are assured payable to the parties themselves on attaining a
specified av, Or at their death, whichever shall first occur.
PARTNE it=lllP POLICIES are granted, whereby ajoint assurance
effected by partners, at the charge of the firm, secures the capital in-
vested. On the death of either, the survivor 11 benefited by retain-
ing the whole capital, and the representatives of the deceased obtain
their share without having to wait until it can be recovered from
outstanding debts.
There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of the
equator.
tie Admission or Entrance Fees are required, nor is any charge
made for the Policy beyond the amount of the Stamp.
Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death of
the assured life.
The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors, and also to persons,
approved by the Board, who extend the business of Life Assurance in
connexion with this Company.

William Adams, Esq.
John Atkins, Esq
flenry Augustus Bevan„ Esq.
J. Thompson Bram wen, Esq.
Jelin Danger9elo, Esq.

George Cumming, Esq,
Aries Turner, Esq.

sEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE.
Established by Aet of Parliament.
• SI, OORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capitalloo,oool., la Shares of 20x. each, to be paid In fall ea allotment,
bearing a guaranteed interest ore per cent. in perpetuity (irrespective
of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital.
Application for Shares to be addressed to the Directers at the
Offices of the Society. Marino, Fire, and Life Assurances granted
ea the most liberal terns.
Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially
advantageous for investment of capital.
Ity order,
AUG. COLLINGRIDOR. Managing Director.

CHRISTAIAS PRESENTS.
The season having arrived, wherein by exchange of presents
we confirm the stability of friendship, all classes of the community
who would successfully cultivate regard by acceptable offerings will
avail themselves of ROWLANDS' TOILET ARTICLES. In
creating and sustaining Luxuriant Silken Tresses, ROWLANDS'
MACASSAR OIL is highly appreciated by Rank and Fashion, and
patronized by all the Sovereigns of Europe ; ROWLANDS' KA.LY-
DOR is a preparation of unparalleled efficacy in purifying the Skin,
protecting it from the baneful effects of inclement weather, and suf-
fusing the complexion with transcendent brilliancy ; and ItO‘V-
LANDS' ODONTO or PEARL DENTIFRICE is invaluable for its
preservative and beautifying effects on the Teeth and Gums. No
presents can be more worthy of recommendation, or in more general
use.
UEWAAE OF SITRIOUS IMITATIONS.
The only GENUINE of each bears the name of " ROWLANDS"'
preceding that of the Article on the Wrapper or Label, with their
Signature at the foot, in Red Ink thus
A. ROWLAND & SONS.
Sold by them at 20, Hatton Garden, London, and by respectable
Chemists and Perfumers.

THIETT-FIRST EDITION.
Illustrated by 26 AnaUmical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQIJALICATIONS, GENEICATITE INCAPA-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARELLGE.
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
b• sett, direct from the Estab'ishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the inirntities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, Mention, and the inordinate use of 'mercury,
with remarks en Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 24 Coloured Engravings. Ey E. and
L. PEERY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berner'-street, Ox-
ferd-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange,
21, Paternoster-row; Hannay. 63, and Sanger, 111, Oxford-street;
Starie,23, Titchberne-street, Haymarket; aid Gordon, 146, Leaden-
ball-street.

PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
?AZT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive haul-
gam, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity.
Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
Pair 111. treats of the diseases resulting from Infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and eentntra explicit directions far
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engravings.:
PART Iv. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
by a simple application, by which a e danger of infection ob-
viated. This important part of the Work should no 98Cf."0 the
eader's notice.
Para T. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
duties. The causes of improductivo union are lire considered, and
the whale subject critically and philosophically inqaired into.
TaxConniAL BALIe or Srarseux Is exchrsi•••.ly employed in treat-
lag nervous and sexual debility, impotence, gm., 1l s. and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Detail' re Tasence, as anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood 1.: cases ofinfection, secondary symp-
toms, eruptions, and the abuse of 1 ls. and 335. per bottle.
Perrv's,PurifYing Specific 2e. 9d., 43. 6d., and 113. per box, a
certain remedy for gonorrhoea, beet, stricture, and chronic inflamma-
tion of the bin tder. i,,t;ea fee, if by letter, 11. A minute
detail of the ean3 Ls tequi•ed : age, habits, and position in society.
bl Packets, w.t, adv!cc, to be tad at the Establishment only, by
which the foo 1 1., laved. Iticsue. Perry, Sergeons, are in atten-
dance isny at 19, ilerter-3treet, Oxford-street, London, from Elg-
in* WI TTh LI 'lvo to Eights OS 2Undayl from ifilgoi; to 01141

ETEIIIIOWS MUSTACHIOS, and WHISKERS produced In a
few weeks, and Baldness removal and prevented, by the rise of
GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC
REGENERATOR.

If you are in want of that beautiful adornment of the human
figure, a natural Famly of human hair, obtain through the post, or
of any wholesale or retcil chemist r druggist, or perfumer, an 11s.
bottle of Grimstone's Aroinitie Regenerator. This Is an essential
spirit, draws fr)rn aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Iler-
bary, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and
gentry, by whom it is lighly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too
numerous to be set forth in an advertisement, but may be read in his
pamphlet, in which the bottles are e.,closed.
Each pamphlet has the signature of William Grims`one, Merchant,
Rerblry, Iligh!!ate, and wfl be found at page 11, uno.'er the copy of
Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the "Times" newspaper, 7th
of August, I s 46.

This pamphlet is forwarded through the post, on receiving two
postage stamps.

The Aromatic Regenerator can be forwarded through the pest on
receiving a post-oftlee order for 4s. 6d., 7,. Sd., or 125., which in-
cludes the postage with the case.
The I Is. size contains four of the 4s.
A few c f its many virtues, as thousands can prove, are published
In the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle.

Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age,
you will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your
walks, others with various coloured eye-shades; indeed, such was
the demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re-
moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward,
clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? tell you the cause
—the universal use of Grimstonc's Eye Snuff! and because it cured
Ophthalmia, Gila* Serena, Cater ,et, Nervous lleatlach, and Deaf-
IteSS, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi-
cine, and to he stamped. Although this advanced Its character, 67
cases of cure being preyed by the informers, still it was an act of
oppression ; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq.,
altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of
the Treasury; the letter of protection, signed by Ilerries, fem., to
Mr. William Gricstone, bearing date 18th February, IS2b. This was
mit account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in canis-
ters, within the reach of every poor funily. But under this order of
Government it is obliged to be stamped.
GIIINISTONE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUF tr, sold In canisters,
inclosed in a pamphlet of medical sad other testimonials, under the
Government order, at Is. lid., as. fd., and 4a. 6d. each. The
raimplilets sold at Id. each. If through the post, Is. Bd., 3s. Gd., and
Is. It., including postage, &o. Tho following letter is else out of the
many thousand proofs.

Read the following Afedical Testimony to the cure of flys cases
of Cutts Serena, from G. 11. Boatel', Professor of Galvanism:—

" Sontlisca, near Portsmouth, Hants, ith Nov., 1248.
" W. GRIMSTONE.—Sir—I :mist in justice to you send the fol-
lowing Testimonial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your
Eye Snuff in cases of Gut ta Serena. I have used It in five cases with
the most astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this ! 1
or make what use you please. The cures have wholly astonished
use and thousands of others.—l am, Sir, &c.,
G. 11. BOUTELL, Professor ef Galvanism."
All letters to Mr. William Grimstione, Herbary, Highgate, near
_ _

London, at which establishment he continues to manufacture his
far-fArned itr,Rß TOBACCO, so much esteemed in all foreign parts.
The blowing letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from
the author of the " rlcasares of Home :" _

" SpringfieN Ccttage, Honiton, Devon, 15th August, 1848.
" cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I
estecns your Herb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitute for
the choice leaf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in Constanti-
nople. lam sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find
yours a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price.
" 1 am your obedient servant,
" sTuswr FARQUHARSON, D.C.L.
" To Mr. William Grimstone, lierbary, IDghvite."

This eztensively-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug-
gists, and others, with W. Grimstoue's signature attached, at 710.,
Is. I ,;(d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 64. each, laciudiag the Government stamp

A K R I A i E.
11l One hall the world ere desolately single, and the other
*apposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
MSC of right determine the former, and miscalculated hope; cm-
i:tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret en-
alsapresieg hurry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
114 broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happinesa
and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form au item
In the compact; it alone dignifies the siliance. Blighted hopes ee
a'nlect weend more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Header,
these surmise' concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little
M T.MOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 Tots, is.
onrh (by post, in stamps, ie. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
Maned, or prudish feelirg deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
gy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
them. They are net intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
tl+r the clef.'et perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
they ere offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
your attention (same price is, each,
by r cat Is. 6d.) calm " What to Eat, Drink, and
together, ths
publicationsr,
claim
&veld," and " How to be Happy." They are net merely
pampelets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere e r hem.ral scribbling' of the hour, but the study of the author's
'ifs whe owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob.
servaecs of the maxima he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
wocki he done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be kad of
Sherwood, 23, Paternester-rew ; Carvalho, 14T, Fleet-street • Mann,
39, Cornhill ; Spokes, b, liolborn hill ; or direct (by post or ether-
set,e) foe's the anther (who may be conferred with penonarY,
mornings ,n 1 seeninea). O. Argyll-glare Regent-street: and ail
Bookie', et a

CHILD MURDER AT SOUTH LAMBETH.---Yester-
day a long inquiry took place before Mr. W. Carter, the
c trotter for Surrey, at the Lansdowne, Lansdowne-road,
South Lambeth, on the body of a fine male child, fourd
under the following citcumstances :—On Tuesday morn-
ing about eight o'clock, as Mr. Kibble was passing by a
field on the Lansdowne-road, ho saw a parcel, which
upon examination he found to be the body of a child
wrapped up in a newspaper of the 23d of October, 1849.
Mr. Christie, of the Brixton road, surgeon, said he had
made a post mortem examination. He found no external
marks of violence, except that the umbilical cord had
been torn away from the body, He had no doubt the
death was caused by the hemorrhage arising from the
injury. Every other part of the body was perfectly
healthy. The Coroner said there could be no doubt,
after the testimony of Mr. Christie, that the death had
been a violent one, for the child had actually bled to
death. The jury, of er a short consultation, returned a
verdict of wit'ul murder against score person or persons
unknown.

ANNUAL SOIREE 1,1."1'-BEVERLEY.
(From thn Hull Alurrilfer.)
The annual soiree of the East-Riding Unian of
Mechanics' Institutes - was hold at-Beverley, in the
Mechanics'-hall, on Wednesday evening. The at
tendance was more nutnerous than at any previous
soirée, the popultrity of the Rev. Junes Aspinall,
Rector of Althorpe, Lincolnshire, who was announekd
as a speake: in Beverley for the first time, having, no
doubt, attracted large numbers. After tea, and t.e-
tween the addresses, a number of pieces were sung
very creditably by Messrs. Brigham, May, Roxby,
Hale, Coverdale, and W. Brigham, accompanied on
the piano by Mr. Watson.
The CHAIRMAN, in his opining address, spoke as
folloWs:—Ladies and Gentlemen—l have addressed
you so often on the education of the working classes,
that I shall not trouble you with many remarks on
• the present occasion. Besides, I share with you the
impatience to hear one who has come from a great
distance to honour us with his company ; one whose
winged words have gone through the length and
breadth of the land, and have everywhere made
a deep and indelible impression. The Reverend
Mr. Aspinall is emphatically the friend of the work-
ing men; and a leveller in the best sense of the
term; for he does not strive to pull down the mighty
from their seats, but to raise
.up the humble and meek.
—(Cheers.) I trust his coming among us will give
a new impulse to our efforts, to render this institution
what it might be and ought to be —a blessing to the
town and neighbourhood. What is society but a
large trading community; in whteti all, according to
their several investments of capital, skill, or labour, are
alike interested, and the safety of each is bound up
with that of all ? In a society of this description
there must be a gradation of ranks. , While some
direct and govern, others must labour and execute ;
it is, indeed, an ordination of Providence that
" Those who think must govern those who toil."
—(Cheers.) Of those two classes the latter will
always be the most numerous. How important it is
that the millions should have a moral and intellectual
education ; for if the materials which form the basis
of the social edifice are ill-hewn and worse disposed,
the foundations will give way, and the whole fabric
crumble into ruins. It is truly said by Pope, that
" A little learning is a dangerous thing."

am aware the truth of this remark has been con
tested ; but it had been denied by those only wlli
misunderstood the poet's meaning. lie certainly
could not mean that positive information, however
small, was bad, but was alluding to that kind of
education which puffs men up and renders them blind
to their deficiencies. It is certain that the slender
modicum of learning obtained-by the multitude has a
tendency to weaken rather than strengthen the mind.
It is just enough to enable them to devour the trash
that issues from circulating libraries ; and we all
know that novels and romances are to the mind what
dram-drinking is to the body. They who live in a
world of their own imaginings are unfit for the stern
realities and the sober duties of life. It is absurd to
say that the imagination and the passions require
cultivation. Those faculties are too active of them-
selves, and require exertion rather than cultivation.
The education rcquired by the working classes is
scientific. They should be rendered able to
subdue the earth, to encounter the perils of the
ocean, to enlist the elements into their service,
and convert the raw materials of the earth into
things useful and ornamental. The best argu-
ment in favour of mechanics' institutes is the
evils of popular ignorance, an ausple field into which
it is not my intention to enter at any length. I may
just observe that in the arts of design our inferiority
to our French competitors is on all hands admitted.
And would it be believed that England, the most
maritime country in the world, is obliged to have
recourse to French models in the art of shipbuilding ?
The enormous number of shipwrecks that occur
annually, involving an immense loss of life and pro
party, is owing, in the majority of instances, to the
ignorance of seamen in nautical astronomy and navi-
gation. Time would fail me to enumerate the losses
of the farmer from his ignorance of chemistry, and of
the miner from a want of knowledge of geology;
hut enough has been said to show the necessity of
science to the working classes. In conclusion, I
would just ask the objectors to mechanics' institutes
what would have been the condition of this country
if the sun of science had never shone upon it ? We
sh(uld have had a scanty and ill-fed population,
living in huts instead of hous.s, in cavds instead of
castles. We should have had neither ships, colonies,
nor commerce; no railroads, steam-engines, and spin
ning jennies • nor any of those countless contrivances
that have rendered England the wonder and admira-
tion of the civilized world.—(Cheers.)
Mr. HIND then read the Wowing report :
" The committee of the East-itidieg Union of Me-
chanics' Institutes prefer, on the present occasion,
presenting to your consideration a few facts of a sta-
tistical character to any protracted or minor details.
When the union was formed in January, 1848, it
only comprised three institutions, namely, those of
Beverley, Driffield, and Bridlington. Its principal
object was to consolidate these, and to form new in-
stitutions. Tnat these purposes have to some extent
been achieved will be evident from the increased
numbers to the extent of 100 t ach of the members of
Beverley and Driffield, and the formation of four new
institutions in the towns of Bridlington Qoay, Filey,
Market Weighton, and Nafferton, with the additions
of four village branches in Brandesburton, 15'roding
ham, Kilham, and Lsngtoft. The important insti-
tutions at Goole and Pocklington have also joined the
union, which is thus increased—in the short space
of two years—from three to thirteen institutions,
comprising hundreds of new members who were
never thus associated before. Special atten-
tion is called to what is considered the
most interesting and most important feature in the
operations of the union—the village mission, which
is intended to establish reading rooms and libraries,
with occasional lectures in every village and hamlet
in the East Riding. All has not been accomplished
that has been wished. Some errors, disappointments,
and failures may have occurred; but when it is con-
sidered that this is the first experiment of the kind
ever made in England, and that there are contingen-
cies which no human foresight or prudence can
control, it is presumed that indulgence will be
extended to the past, and experience and hope derived
for the future, The popular and elastic constitution
of these individual institutions, and of the union itself,
from which all party politics and controversial
theology are strictly excluded, warrant these expec-
tations. The example of the East-Riding Union
has been already followed by the formation of
north-west sub unions, and so far as the employ.
ment of lecturers is concerned, is being fi liowed by
the General Yorkshire:Union. Late as it is with this
union, composed of ninety institutions, comprising
16.000 members, among whom are found the highest
statesmen, church dignitaries, and scientific men of
the day, having free access to all its lectures and
libraries, and enjoying constant sytepathy and cor-
respondence with them in the great educational move-
ment of the age, while valuable literary and social
advantages, at a mere nominal cost, are secured fur

its immediate vicinity, the East-Hiding Union must
command the continued and liberal patronage and
support of the inhabitants of Beierley and the neigh-
bourhood."

Mr. DAY then, in an interesting address, spoke as
one who was in his own attainments an illustration
of the benefits of mechanics' institutions. He espe-
cially dwelt upon the advantages of the library and
the discussion class.
The CHAIRMAN then introduced
The Rev. J. ASPINALL, M.A., Rector of Althorpe,
Lincolnshire, who, on rising, was received with ap-
plause. He said—When, some years since, such
meetings as this were first held in the country, it was
bard and up-hill work with the advocates and chem.
pions of popular education. They had both open
enemies and cold friends to contend with ; but they
had counted the cost and were in nowise dismayed by
the hostility and opposition which they had to face.
They knew that their work would be gradual, not in-
stantaneous ; that, if they expected miracles, they
would be overwhelmed by disappointment ; that the
world cannot be won from its old ways, nor human
nature be torn froui its accustomed habits, in a -mo
went of time; that the Saturnia regna of the poets
are not to be revived by asking for them. And, feel-
ing these things; they loudly proclainied them, not to
damp the ardour of their friends, but to encourage
their perseverance. Zeal and enthusiasm are too apt
after soaring into the seventh heaven of hope, to
plunge, if not instantly gratified, 'into the 'abyss oi
despair. We wished to prevent this. We impressed
upon their minds that their task, though sure, we be-
lieved, in the event, would be slow at the beginning;
not so slow, however, but that we should soon Perceive
and note that progress was being made. And so it
was. 'lt was felt almost immediately that our
tions were doing good. This was cornier; in g, because
the first stages of improvement and amendment are
always the most difficult to travel over. Pioneers'
work has then to be performed. The feelings and
prejudices of mankind are then in: full strength and
force, arrayed against the i.snoveting teacher who
presumes to doubt their integrity or question their
perfection. But theie once conquered, all the rest is
easy and smooth sailing, And such a point we have

now reached; Gradually the frosts and icebergs of
opposition began to break up and thaw: We pres,3ed
on to the summit of the difficulties which were to be
overcome until we obtained a Pisgah- view of the
promised lend spread out before uq,. with all the main
obstacles between us and it removed, and an inclined
plane for hope to journey on until it becomes a rea
lity, and the utopia of yi sterday is transmuted by the
alehy my of time into the "great fact" of to-dozy. When
therefore, we now meet, it is to congratulate each
other on our success, to report progress, to take stock.
We are all on one side. Our controversies are like
that which we lately read of in some West Indian
paper—" Master and I," said the negro, " have been
arguing all morning which is the pike to plant the
rice in. He says this is the right spit, and I say the
same, and we have been at it these two hours."—
.(Laughter.) In short, our only buainess on these
occasions is to recount our triumphs, and to point to
the trophies which we have set up. It was' the boast
of the Emperor Augustus that he found Rome brick,
and left it marble. And, even -so, I think it -will
in the. end be said of the educationists 'ef . the nine-
teenth century, that they found the fabric of society
based upon the ignorance, and left it resting upon the
intelligence of the masses of the people. I have, indeed,
often b:en told that when we so speak, we.dieparage
and undervalue what the middle • and preceding ages
achieved in the arts and sciences, to improve.
ment and invention, in literary r onders and archi-
tectural miracles, and countless other treasures, the
offspring of mind, and of mind in a highly cultivated
and civilized frame and condition. I, for one, under.:
rate none of these things. I confess at once to the
immensity-of- the - debt which we- of present
generation owe to those who have gone before us. I
believe that the world has never been without its
guardians of knowledge and teachers of wisdom. I
find their names written in the annals of intellect,
their works stored in the archives of literature, in
some centuries more, in others less numerous, as fancy
speaks of angel's visits, " few and far between ;" but
still the light of knowledge never extinguished, its
holy flame, like that committed to the charge of the
vestals, kept in perpetual brightness by an undying
succession• of intellectual watchmen, self-devoted to
the task. We see traces of this brotherhood of
science in all history, and recognise them in all the
meanderings of tradition, until lost in the darkness of
oblivion itself, and we are convinced-that they existed,
flourished, taught, before the Chaldean magas scanned
the stars for wisdom, or the Phosnician mariner for
guidance—before the sage of Egypt gazed on the
mystic waters of the Nile—before the Druid bowed
the savage heart in awe at his. colossal temple—and
before the meditative Greek sought in the universal
frame of nature the harmony and the workings of an
intelligence like his own.—(Cheers.) But when we
have admitted all this, we may still come back to and
maintain the position that not until the present cen-
tury did the education of the masses of society pro-
perly and fully begin. The light of the intellectual
day grew stronger and stronger upon the mountain
toys, but not until then did its beams penetrate to the
valleys beneath. Let us open the page'ofaktistory and
see what it tells us of the state of the millions in the
most favoured and enlightened nations of Europe in
former days. I will go back, fur instance, to the
fourteenth and the century immediately preceding it.
When I do so, I read the people were little civilized
—ignorance abounded—the dominion of the law was
yet unconfirmed—the husbandmam was a feudal slave
—humanity Was unknown—rudeness of manners was
general—supposed witches and heretics were burned
alive—wild passions, severity, and cruelty every-
where prevailed—human life was little regarded--
governments had no thought about Vroriding for the
welfare of their subjects. That is not a pleasing
picture. Let us pass on to a somewhat later date, and
take a peep at the condition of Europe and its king.
doms at the close of the fifteenth, and the commence-
ment of the sixteenth century. Ah ! what do we see
now The mental 'effervescence has begun. There

is a stir in the world. The leaven of intellect is at
work. There is a shaking of the dry bones of old

ignorance. America had—been discovered. Africa
had been circumnavipted. And, what is more' the
invention of the printing-press, that mental rail Arly,
liberty's grain of mustard seed, civilizition's grain of
mustard seed, the first essentiA of refinement and of

•
the unchecked development of social rights, had
burst through the bonds of darkness_ and given to
freedom of thought iaperisliabla wings.—(Loud
cheers.) Alen's minds where', consequently,
in n• very ferment of activity. They expanded un-
consciously in the unwonted light of d.iy. They felt
as if the whole e.;.rth were on the eve of renovation,
and knew not what fresh energies were about to be
called into action—what unsuspected powers might
successively be developed—as they wizt,.d upon events
more stupendous than any which had ever occurred,
and awakened to ideas more creative than had ever
arou,ed the spirit of men. 'But even thus stimulated
and excited, the hopes of the most enlightened fell far
short of the actual results of these mighty discoveries
and improvements of which we probably, although
we flatter ourselves that we are in the fulness of their
enjoyrnen`, arc only in the seed time and first in-
fancy ; while to the multitude, although the darkness
of the past was receding, the light was still only as
the approach of a sun yet hidden behind a cloud from
which it is struggling to burst. In short, let us say
what we will, popular education has no history, pedi-
gree, or genealogy beyond the present century. Chance
seeds might strike root and spring up and shoot forth
gigantic branches, but, as a whole, the masses were
scandalously neglected in the matter of education.
I recollect, indeed, once when speaking on this very
subject having my attention turned by a friend who
held a contrary opinion, to a passage in the life of
Pope, which occurred in the earlier part of the last
century. N•Vhen the first books of his immortal trans-
lation of Homer appeared, a rival version by Tickell
was immediately published. The coincidence or op.
position made a great noise among the scholars and
wits of the day, who were divided in- their opinion-as
to the merits of the two works. Pope himself. says—
"l have the town, that is, the mob, on my side ; but
it is not uncommon for the smaller party to supply
by industry what it wants in numbers. I appeal to
the people as any rightful judges, and while they are not
inclined to condemn me, shall not fear the high-flyers at
Button's." But Pope's town, mob, and people are here
to be received in a very limited sense. He merely intends
us to understand by them the majority cf those who were
qual to the task of critics, in contradistinction to
Addison, and two or three intellectual potentates of
the time, la creme de la create, who expected their nod
and fiat to be omnipotent on all literary and classical
questions. And here, in passing, I may be permitted
to observe, in what a striking and remarkable manner
the verdict of the poet's " mob" has been adopted by
succeeding generations, who, while oblivion has drawn
its curtain of raven black before the production of his
rival, still respond eagerly to the epigram which ap.
peered at the time :
.• So much, say Pope, thy English Iliad charms,
As pity melts us or as passions warms,
That after ages shall, with wonder seek,
Who 'twaa translated Homer into Greek."
—(Laughter.) But from the past let us come down
to the present. And when we do so, and see all that
is now doing to stimulate and develop the intellect of
the masses, the printing-press, that mental railway,
as I before called it, so busily at work, the cheap
trains of literature laid on in all directions, the steam
of education well up, and the engineers and stokers,
schoolmasters and tutors, so actively employed in
every quarter of the land—when, I say, we behold
such things, we may venture to anticipate the arrival
of a time when an untaught and ignorant man in
society shall be as great a rarity as a mummy trans-
lated from the Egyptian pit to the British Museum.
(Cheers.) We are, I lupe, making some progress
towards a consummation so
,devoutly to be wished.
Our Transatlantic brethren are, as we all know, the
greatest manufacturers of jests and coiners of quips
and cranks on the face of the earth. Well, not long
since in one of their newspapers, I read that a man,
being charged with intoxication at some public meet-
ing, promptly answered, "Intoxicated ! To be sure
I am. I've been intoxicated these three years. Bro-
ther and I are on a temperance mission ; he lectures,
and lam the frightful example.' " (Loud laughter.)
And, even so, as education makes its way from the
city to the town, from the town to the village, from
the. village to ths single cottage • in the valley
or on the hill side, as it fulfils its glorious,
humanising, civilising, Christianising mission; com-
forting the solitary spirit toiling at his loom, illumi-
nating the workshop, irradiating the factory, inspiring
the masses, spreading itself into the most remote nooks

and corners of the land, and accompanying and eld-
'vating the mariner in his night-watches upon the
ocean ; as I behold and rejoice in such things, I cannot
kelp thinking that there is a time, a good time coin-
ing, when an ignorant man, thrusting liiniself into any
company, any class of society, shall be also looked
upon as "the frightful example" to remind us of the
hideous yoke of darkness from which we have escaped!
—(Cheers.) 'Whatever others may do, let it be your
high purpose to be' among the first and foremost in the
educational movement of the age. Lead it if you
can ; do not lag behind it on any account. Rouse
your indu4try. Piit forth your energits., that, in the
intellectual pilgrimage from Bceotia to Athens, now
so happily ge,ueral 'amongst all orders and degrees
of seekty, your place tray be in the van, far re•
moved from that of the Spartan's slave, the foil,
the contrast, "the frightful example" by which

the superiority of others is to be tested and as3et
tailied.---(llear, hear.) And now I would, for a
few mements, turn your thoughts to one or two of
what we may call the incidental advantages which
the preeent age derives from the increased intelligence
wrought by, education amongst all classes of society.
Oliver Goldseiith, in his writings, more thin once
sneers at; the small- value set in this country upon
instruction and -instructors in his day, by recording
the follo_wittg_advertisement \Vented, an usher
to an academy. N.B. Ile must be able to read and
dress hair." Well, we have at all events taken a step
forward since that date. Teachers in' our schools
must now be " able to read," and a little more; and
as to dress'ng the hair of the pupils, their peculiar
province in our times is to deal with the inside, not
the outside, of the heads committed to their care.
Even as vet, hivvever, I would say more emphatically,
tau are far from the social position which they ought
to occupy. But things are improving. We are
advancing toward:eft .And there is another illustra-
tion on this pOint to which I would direct your at-
tention. A century ago it was remarked by a lady of
high rank on .the first appearance of a young gentle-
man at a court ball, "So admirable a dancer trust
succeed in life." That, if you please, was the triumph
of heels over head.—(leaughter.) But thanks to the
advancing intelligence of mankind, all that is changed,
and we are .novv,l think, approaching the triumph of
head over heels. And, talking of heels, we still.
now and then, here and there, meet with a few timid
persons, who say—But what will become of society
if you thus make the advantages of education uni-
yeesal amongst all its ,gradations ? Will not each
class be treading upon the heels of that before it, and
so all be thrown into chaos and confusioa ? No such
thing. Look at the time, the means, the opportuni-
ties, which those who occupy the higher walks of life
have to devote to their intellectual cultivation and
improvement. If, with these at their command, they
cannot keep before the poor working man, the
toiling . mechanic, the laborious clerk, who have
only the small residue of their after hours, when
the business of the day is over, to spend at
.the
institute or bestow upon reading at home, then do
they deserve, not only that these last should tread
upon their _heels, but upon their toes likewise, and
make them most uncomfortable until they quicken
their pace and do . their duty to themselVes, to their
age, and to the advantages which they possess.--
(Cheers.) I will tell you, by an example of which
I lately heard, exactly how this intellectual competi-
tion of classes vi ill work. Not long since a certain noble
lard had a party of visitors in his house, among whom
were some very able and scientific men. He had
also, as a guest et the same time, an individual of the
highest rank in the peerage. It was remarked, and
thought strange at the moment, that day 'after day
the Noble Duke ventured, even with the several pro-
fessors thereof, into the discussion of various ologies
with which no one had previously suspected that he
had even an acquaintance. It was also observed that
he vanished from the general company every day two
or three hours before dinner was announced. He
left, and then the secret came out from some books
and papers which he had carelessly omitted to take
with him, and from which it appeared that he had every
morning diligently read up for the evening's debate.
My informant smiled as he related to me this little
anecdote ; but, for my put, I admired the Noble
Duke—l admired his practical tribute to the spirit of
the age, in that, instead of seeking to crush down
society by the weight of his rank, he descended into
the arena, like Ivanhoe striking the shield of the
Tetnplar with the sharp point of his lance, to do his
best, and hold his own, and take his chance as a good
and true knight in the tournament of intellect. And
then, again, as to the world being overrun with clever
men like weeds and brambles, which come fanciful
hypochondriacs seem to dread ; there is no fear of that.
A giant will show himself under any circumstances
and against any circumstances. He will force his
way against all impediments, like Samson bursting
through the gates of Gezi and carrying them off, bar,
posts, and all, upon his shoulders. Let us glance Lask
et two or three examples of teen of true Anglo-
Saxon metal and true Anglo-Saxon mould, Hho
have lately closed their eyes to this world. No force
of difficultieaceuld have kept down the Titanic powers
of George Stephenson, in his struggles to rotaiti the
eminence which he achieved.—(Cheers.) No array
of disadvantages could have crushed the soaring
energies and Tiettela d. the poetic fire of Ebenezer
Elliot. Alcoa ! dolt his muse should now be silent,
his harp unstrung ! But his memory survives. His
tuneful and truthful voice yet ape, its to us from the
grave, Lni his spirit-stirring a'ol soul thrilling songs,
like those of the patriot bard of ant.'quity, will long
continue to cheer and inspire the hearts of his coun-
trymen.—(Cheers.) No amount of obstacles could
luxe nippd in the bud the artistic ta'ent of IVilliarn
Etty, upon whose track we hang with so much
interest, from his first skirmish with opposition when
caugla drawing with a farthing's worth of white
chalk upon his father's shop floor, to his Waterloo of
success, that bright and brilliant day in his career
when Sir Thomas Lawrence rendered due homage to
his genius, and welcomed him to take his place in the
foremost ranks of art.—(Cheers.) Bat such giants
are not gregarious. Like the king of the forest,
they are found alone in solitary grandeur. The
schoolmaster cannot make them to order. Educa-
tion cannot force them against nature. Let it,
then, spread its advantages ever so much amongst
all classes, they will still, in the mass, maintain their
relative positions. Gravitation will keep down the
dunces, mediocrity will still be distanced in the race, and
even genius, unless aided by the untiring efforts of
energy and perseverance, will share the fate of tte
fable-celebrated hare which slept when it should 1-ave
been running, and so lost the prize.—(Cheers ) But
instead of tilting with ideal and im,ginary dangers,
let us briefly enumerate the advantages which educa-
tion can confer upon a people. It is the best police
which you can have. It is the cheapest standing
army which the country can possess. It is a surer
warrant fur order than the law, and it is a more
powerful guardian of the law than the judge, for it
cures by preventing, while he can only punish, with-
out either curing or preventing crime. It is even
more than all this. It not only creates a love of
order and a respect for the law among the governed,
but it is a guarantee that they will enjoy the blessings
of good government. In the last century, when there
was a great commotion about the increased tax on
spirits contemplated in what was called the Gin Act,
some wag launched the following epigram against the
Minister of the day :
" Why will you make us coolly think?
If you would govern, we must think."
But the time, I trust, is coming when we may
put it—

The men now real who used to drink;
See how you govern—for they think.
—(Laughter) In short my faith on this point is,
that an enlightened people will always naturally make
enlightened rulers. But it is time that I should
finish, and • in doing so I will venture to address a
word or two to the friends of popular education who
are assembled on this interesting occasion. I have
congratulated you on the disappearance of all opposi-
tion to this cause of national improvement—l have
congratulated you on the decided progress which it
has made amongst all classes. But sill, when we
look plainly at what is going on in every direction,
when we have sounded the lowest depths of society,
we are driven to confess that, although much has been
done, much more remains to be accomplished.--
(Hear, hear.) I would press upon you to bear con-
stantly in mind that even yet, with school added to
school, and institute"to institute, from north to south,
from east to wrist, ignorance is still far more prolific
than any other cause of the social evils which we see at
work amongst us. Sin has its votaries; dissipation
has its slaves ; dishonesty slays its thousands ; and in-
toxication its tens of thousands ; *pleasure whirls itv
myriads, blinded and dazzled, to destruction; gaiety,
like the chariot-wheel .of the Indian . idol, passas
over and crushes countless numbers of its fond
_ _

and deluded worshippers; and all the paths, and they
are many, which I,4ad to perdition, are crowded by
the victims who severally choose them. But I verily
believe that if we could obtain anything like an accu-
rate account or classification of the transgressors
against the laws, human and divine, together with the
causes which have more directly and immediately in-
fluenced them, we should find an amazing preponde-
rance of the evils which curse individuals and afflict

society to spring- even yet from the bitter root of
ignurancc.—(Chetrs ) indeed, With the revelations
of the commis-Toners of tLe Morning Chronicle just
now ringing in our cars, who can dens it? You

a-olcuowlT2dg; this! 1 am sure do ; and, p-rhaps, you
wi 1 add, vkhy b3ttie with a truism ? Ignorance, as

you bare yourfell oF, has row no advocates.

They have dwindled off, one by one, until no single
champion will take the field in its behalf, and its
eauee has died out. know this, and I am thankful

fur it. And when at any moment I find myself
thus reviling the departed, I am reminded of the
story of the village doctor who, when one day sum-
moned to a patient at some little distance, being a
sportsman 'took his gun with him, and
Crossed the fields to his destination. At last, as he
approaAed the cottage to which he was bound, a girl
came rushing wildly out, and half imploringly and
half indignantly shrieked, "He is dead, sir, you need
not have 'brought your gun."—(Laughter.) And,
even fo, when the batteries of logic are opened upon
the coffined corpse of the last of the Goths, who have

es.
,0 ampioned ign nee aga'nst light and education, it
is only fair for you to excldin, " lie is cl,ad, sir, you
need not have brought your gun." I know also that,
7 - if . the assembled millions of the land could of, col-
lected together into one spot, and asked to pronounce
their verdict in favour of the cause of national in-
struction, the expression of public opinion- as ould be
• too magnificent, too dec.cledeend too universal to he
- for a moment mistaken. It would be one
loud. burst from the hearts of a Lign-
souled and intelligent people. The effect would
be electric. No excitement of agitation would be
required to get it up. It would be no echo of, the
feeling of orators or teachers. It would be " one and
all," like the impulse which acted upon the first
crusaders—that miracle of enthusiasm which history
has dwelt upon with so much pleasure and delight.
Now all this is very well, that is, as far as it goes.
But an abstract hatred of ignorance and an abstract
love of education are not enough. I want your active
as well as your passive support for our great and good
cause. It is not sufficient to be with us at an annual
meeting. We ask for your constant and abiding help.
High day, field-day, and parade day friends are but
like the flashing and dancing lights and meteors of a
northern winter, which appear only again to vanish.
They are but killers of time, who come to our meet-
ings to have their ears tickled with a little excitement,
but about whom all our appeals play harmlessly, and,
like a bolt shot wide of it.s mark, leave their hearts
untouched. But I would hope, I• would believe,
better things of all who are here present. I would
hail you, not as the drones, but the working bees,
fellow-labourers, in behalf of popular education, met
together to night to talk over the past and the
present, and to he found to-morrow in the world still
training, and preparing, and eleveting the mind of
man to keep pace with the mighty future, as the tide
of intelligence swells an 3 rises higher and higher on
every side of us. Go on and prosper. May every
(lay add to the sunlight of knowledge and civilization
by which we are surrounded. And may its genial
rays scatter from our horizon the °lends of ignorance
which still linger above it! May they make us all
happy in the feeling that we are contributing. to the
happiness of others ! And may they extend. their
pure, and 117)ly, and benign influence from locality to
locality, from one end of our country to the other,
shedding their. cheering warmth upon all ranks and
classes of the people! We may not live to witness
this glorious' consummation ; but we should feel it a
pleasure, and cling to it as a privilege, that we are
allowed to revel in the consciousness that, according
to our several talents and capabilities, we are helping, -
be it ever so little, to ripen it into maturity.—(The
Reverend Gentleman resumed his seat'amidst enthu--
siastic applause.)
Mr. DUNNING (the secretary to the union) then
delivered an animated address, taking as his text the
word 'soiree." He referred to the time when ordi-
nary English people were perplexed by the word, and
every different individual who dared to take the word
upon his lips gave it a peculiar and almost invariably
a wrong pronunciation. He then indicated the en.
joyment and the advantages of literary, studious, and
reflective evenings. To a cultivated mind there was
light in darkness, day in night, and happiness in
gloom. He quoted from one of our poets on the
adaptation of night to the intellectual and physical
wants of man. He congratulated the tradesmen of
Beverley for their
.adherence to the early closing
movement, allowing their assistants to attend at the
lectures and classes of the institute, and contrasted the
laudable and high-minded pursuits in intellectual
soirees with the low and sensual scenes of the beer-
bowies and the haunts of vice. He depicted the soiree
of the home fireside—of the meeting of lovers—and of
the family altar; and described the varied advantages',
of mechanics' institutes. He concluded by moving a
vote of thanks to the donors, female and male, of the
trays for the tea.

Mr. DENNISON seconded the Vote of thanks, and
made some remarks on the importance of female in-
fluence in aiding in the improvement of all classes of
society.

The vote of thank.; was passed unanimously..
The Rev. J. B. BIRTWHISTLE, M.A., Incumbent of
the Minster, moved a vote of thanks to the Rev. J.
Aspinall, for his very eloquent address. Ile strongly
commended the work of education, especially iu infant
and na,ional schools. He b,lieved that thy? future
generation would, as the re:,ult of education, be a far
superior one to those which had preceded it.
Tha Rev. W. YOUNG, B A., Independent Minister,
seconded the motion. He said he was exceedingly
pleltsect to see gentlemen in Mr. Aspinall's position
guiding and leading the educational movement.,
Phis was an age which asked questions, and people
would not be satisfied but with intelligent and proper
answers, and since an- were inquiring for proper'
intelligence and. right inforinwiti,. that intelligence
anti that information thould be communica'ed to
thin

The-vote of thanks having been passed 4midst en-
thusiastic acclamation,
The Rev. J AsPINAr.r.. in responding, sa7d—
Ladies and Gentlemen,-1 beg to z e!urn you rn'
most sincere thanks for tee vote you have just passed,
and nut only fir the v.ite itself but alt) for the entw-r .
er in which it was proposed, ard.esptcially el:so for
wat,rier in which it yirts received. There is one
poiet which I omitted in my address to pu, and
which I am anxious to a!lude to, nstrely, the move-
wenz which is springing up to give the pauper chil-
dren in the various unions tbroui.;ll the country
n
industrial aS well vs intellectual «lucation. I cou!d quote high names in its behalf, such as those fto he-
Right Hon. T. Baines, Lord Ebrington, and many
others. But it wants no much-help. It cornea, self-
recommended, to the heart as well as the understand-
ing of the Christian philanthropist.—(Hear, hear.)
The thee'unics institu'e teaches the head of the up-
grown man to guide his hands. The industrial school
Will teach the hands of the child to obey the head.
It is necessary that both should work together in these
pinching times of competition.—(Hear.) There should
be a sympathy between the head and the hands and
the hands and the htad. We must allow neither
to be a sleeping partner in the great businsss of lice.
—(Cheers) What does the press say on this sub-
jiot ? If the press is with us, we are sure to win.
Somebody once observed, " Let me make the songs
of the people, and I care not who makes their laws."
And even so do I say," Give me the press on my side,
and I fear nothing else." But I must not grow garru-
lous after my long address to you. In one word,
thank you.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. J. It. ALLEN moved the cordial thanks of the
meeting to Dr. Sandwith for presiding that evening.
Mr. GASKILL seconded the motion, which was
carrie'd with the warmest demonstration of respect.
The CHAIRMAN—Ladies and Gentlemen,—l thank
you most cordially for the manner in which you have
passed your last vote. I viii only say that there has
been but one thing to detract from my gratiticaq9n
with this evening's proceedings, which is the small
attendance of that class of persons for whom me-
chanics' institutes—as the name implies—were origi-
nally established by Dr. Birkbeck. 1 feel strongly
on this point, because I am confident that the welfare
of our beloved country rests mainly on the education
of the working classes (Cheers.) Again I thank
you for the honour you have conferred upon me.
The National Anthem was then sung, alter which
the soirée terininated.

THE DEVON COUNTY MEETING.—A meeting was
held at Ex, ter 3 esterdu, in pursuance of a rt (pinkieu
signed by 7,500 freeholders and inhabitants of the county,
to memorialise the Queen in favour of protection to
every branch of British industry. The High Sheriff,
Mr. M. E.N. Parker, presided, and about 1,200 persons
were present. Mr. Mslloek movt d the address, which
prayed ber Mnjesty " to take such immediate measures
as would insure to the country at large such full and fair
protection as would restore the state of prosrerity enjoyed
before the disastrous experiment of ' free trade;"' and
Mr. Baldwin Fulford was the seconder. Sir B. Wrey,
Bart., miived on 'amendment advocating a re-arrange-
ment of all •taxation of whateier nature, so that all
property might be compelled to bear its fair and just
proporsi,n. M. Divett, M.P., who °fleeted to both
motion and amendment, next attempted to obtain a
hearing, but the interruption was so great thst the Hon.
Member felt himself compelled to move that the meeting
be dissolved, since discussion was impossible; :And .this
motion was seconded by Lord Eroington,. 2.d.,P. The
High Sheriff retused to tut ais last smeudment, and,
the former having been rej,cted, the origioal motion was
carried by a very large totilority. 0h r resolutions
were then adopted in accordance with the memorial,
and Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., M.P., was addressing the
meting when the train left.

TRADE AT NOTTINGHAM. HOSIERY AND LACE
TRADES.—Wonders wlll never cease. This is fully cx.
emplified in the present state of the cotton 'cut-up
branch, as the trade is so brisk that at Christmas the work-
men intend to require an advance of wages. The oldest
person in the trade e intuit recollect a similar instance of
any branch of the hosiery trade being so brisk in the
midst of winter. The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt brunch
is not quite so brisk, but the frames are fully employed,
and the demand heeps gradually increasing. The cotton-
glove trade is in a most healthy state. The silk-glove
branch in the town has suck- my and most txte nsively
improved. The other silk branches arc still in-a most-

imentAle condition, especially the knotted branch.,
he cotton bobbin net trade, principally owing to the
Court mourning, is very flit; but we are-gratified- to
cirn tt a:, toe: e is a le,toteo tit- mend for Like,: silk
[lees. Toe wacp lace Ira le has not only improved in
England, but has also, in as for as we cm leern,
(pally upon the tcrovicrit, especially in the
south "( Fraree and Italy.— Naar:glom ,lour not.
Ba')MPTON. HANDSOME BE:QUEST Yes' eniqy
evtning a numerous meeting of the tioar,l of tinting( me t
wes hi-1,1 in the beatd-raotn of he Hospital COD-
surup,ion, Dr. Dickson in the chair. The routine buliness
having.beee done, the committee proceeded to the elec-
tion - two resident clinical atslstants,,,&er which i
was announced tbst a legacy .-f 1601. bad henii bequeathed
by the late John Henry Esq., in aid of the
funds -of the-instii-uli,,n. --The aligirmati-expressed.sv hope
that in this season of almost univcrs,,l bentvolence, the
sof the hes,deal -on public sympathy would not
pass by unremembered. The usual tote o: thanks was
then given, and the Meeting separated.

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON.
The Lessee respectfully bk,,,s to submit the following scale of Prices
of Admissl-n for public approval:—
Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. Gd., 2/. 29., 11. lls. Gd., and 11. Is.
Stalls, ss. each
s.

FIRST PRICE

SECOND PRICE.
Boxes - -4 0 I flexes - -2 0
Pit - - -2 0 Pit - - - 0
Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6
I
• Upper Gallery -0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery.
The Public is respectfully informed that the Dramatic Season will
commence on

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26TH,
On which occasion will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants,
Shakspere's Play of the
MERCHANT OF VENICE.
Duke of Venice, Mr. Diddear ; Antonio, Mr. Cooper; Bassanlo,
Fisher ; Salanio, Mr. Frazer ; Salarino, Mr. Everett ;
Gratiano, Mr. F. Vining; Lorenae, Mr. William Montague
Shyiock, Mr: James Anderson; Tubal, Mr. Barry : Launcelot Gobbe,
Mr. W. 11. Angel; Old Gobbo, Mr. W. Davidge ; Leonardo, Mr.
Abbott; Halthanr, Mr. Henry : Stephan°, Mr. Ellar ; Clerk, Mr.
Gong]) ; .Intoni,'s servant, Mr. Priorson; Gaoler, Mr. Bowtell ;
Porta. Miss Laura Ajdison; Nerissa, Miss Clara Tellett; Je_sica,
Miss Fa my duddart.
After which (First Time) a New Grind Historical, Metaphorical,
a.KI Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff
King Hal," to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESi ;
or, M I'AULIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME,
" Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied roundabout their necks

so fast,
Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast.
0 ! the golden days of Good Queen P,es,.,
Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song.
The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody-
knowswhn, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod-
well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the
composition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke.
The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame
Louise.
The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C.
Adams, and Assistants.
The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and
executed by Mr. W . Blamire.
The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive
Machinery by Mr. Adams.
The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson.
Immetitrets.
Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Dards
The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch.
Miss Eunice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munchausen
&c., &c., by &c., &c.

MORTALS.
Good Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Amy Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ;
Her Lovely Babby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester,
M. Deulin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak-
able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson ; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr.
Barry ; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The
Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin° ;
Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers,
Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the rest of the
company.

•
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR,
But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm
reception—but where is he going ? Why, to pay his yearly visit to
the Spirit of John Rieh, in the
GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN.
This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes—
" Who's dat knocking at der door?"—Come and see—" J. Anderson's
my Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can
say ; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is
the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will re satisfactory—
Poor TA
SPLENDID
meets with no clemency, so we By by night" to
HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD
QUEEN BESS.
We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at
Astley's would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact,
that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess,
therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi-
racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be pet out—Bacon gets
quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's
nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary.
It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her
toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the
GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE
is introduced, in which the Royal Wig ! the Royal Ruff ! ! the
Royal Blushes ! ! ! and the Royal Petticoat ! I ! ! will make their
first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of
a British Public." These are followed by
GOOD QUEEN BESS
en deshabille, as she is represented in a picture at Hampton Court.
—What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen
GOOD QUEEN BESS
in all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good
Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she
scarcely knew upon which to decide"—and it is an Historical Fact
that the following were a few of them.
THE REJECTED ONES :
Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa,
Prince Aleneon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden,
Henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William
Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen
Bess appoints a meeting of these " wonderous proper men" at
Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go"
—and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to
CUMNOR HALL BY MOONLIGHT—WiIson.
" Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee,
my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ketchy—" Put out the llgist,
and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil-
worth—He stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh,
Susanna," or rather " 01,, Amy !"—lt can't be said, " he makes no
bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but,
" being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous
young lady, litho in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely
Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza :
" Come my babby, come along with me
We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth,
Your naughty dal to see."
And so they do.

KENILWORTH CASTLE
As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Visit.
For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori-
cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and
" paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there-
fore we pity his fate, but must admire his wondrous generosity, fer
all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore-
stalls Shekspere, hy discovering " that the course of true lave never
did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " competi-
teurs," and to him they do come " petit ours," for they prove per-
fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel
on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, which,
although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of
THE SPANISH AR3tADA.!
By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his
worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war
continues, proposes a" Peace Congre,s," and brings all to a close
by making hem all change their clothes—
The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M.

Devlin.
Lord Em-leigh that of Paqtaloon, M. J. Denlin.
The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt,
And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amour of Columbine, Madlle.

The4dore

All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Vivat Regina,
and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, lon; since we
met 1" " Here we are:" " How are you?"
PRESERVE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY
OFFICE.
Cupid and Clawn—Butter and Butterfiles—Hungarian Knock-'em-
Downs, an 1 German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo-
slon—Ralway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares
at a Discount—Clown Corks Accompts, and Railway King in Tribu-

_ .
lation—Change to
INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS!
SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand.

The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—C:own makes himself
Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation--Clown Puzzled
—Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the
Establishment—Police ! Police !—and Change to
EXgTEII lIALL.

Meeting of the Peace Co 4cress—llow to get up a Row—Prosylnes
Ileware—Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium,

and Domestic Tableau of the llappy
POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET.
Stick no Bills, in case you sNrlld Rill Sweet William.
A DOWNRIGHT "HOBBY DANCE."
Heals Win the Prize.
SMITHFIELD.
Poteoes all Hot —Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and
Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—:Pork versus Tabbies—A Re-
port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Holoway's Purifying Pills—
Nvw Tariff—Gin greatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon-
taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the
City Nulssnce—Go it, Bricks —and Sudden Transfoi mation to
A SALUBRIOUS SPOT.
STREET AND LO,,GING-HOUSES..

What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes.
—" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen,
w' en you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere.
BED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE,
Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son ~f Mars —Clown's
Notion of Warm anil Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late
Visitors—A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruler
Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan-
taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation ELtraordinary—and General
Chamber Polka.

-
CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND.
What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper.
FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES.
Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne—
Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England I—Sports of the Glacoarum—
" Plaisirs d'Hiver—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get
Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does.
FATHER THA kiES' RETREAT,
1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door
and Gingerbread Knocker.
General "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm—Summoning of the
City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the " Silent
Highways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand

Attack, and Tableau of Interest.
SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL

For California or anywhere else.
GRAND MOVING DIORAMA,
designed and painted entirely by I trunning. Illustration of Tier
Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following
points of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and
approaching the Needhs —The Royal Yacht passing through the
Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse—Pawing the
Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and
Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more !

Scene the Last.
TIIE PALACE OF PANTOMIMB,
On Thursday, Moore's Tragedy of THE GAMESTER. with other
entertainments.
On Friday (first time these seven years) Shakespere's Play of
AS YOU LIKE IT. Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett ; Orlando, Mr. James
Anderson ; Touchstone, Mr. W. H. Angel ; Jacques, Mr. Vanden-
huff; Banished Duke, Mr. Cathcart (his first appearance); Adam,
Mr. Cooper ; with other entertainments.
On Saturday, the Play of THE STRANGER, With other enter•
tainments. .

4.4•Ld. LA.,•••7.
Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson.
Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn.
Musical Director, Mr. G. 11. Rodwell.
Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thiriwall.
13911 et Mistress, Madame Louise.
Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and

As ,Istants.
Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams
Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville,
Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs.
Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, 3ele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled TEE
LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. Howe; Rosen. Mr. C. Kean ;
Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. H. Vandenhoff; Millis, Mrs.
C. Kean.
To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING
RENE'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. James Wallack , Count
Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster ; lolanthe, Mrs.
C. Kean.
To conclude with BOX AND CON.

THEATER ROYAL. ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
TEI IS EVENING,
Will be performed a new domestie Drama, called THE WILLOW
COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed-
ford, 0. Smith; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar.
To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO-
MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grimily, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grimly.
Airs. P. Matthews.
To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BIINBITRY'S
SPOONS. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Beb Twinks,
Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith : Mrs. liinabary, Mrs. F.
Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING,
Will be Deformed DON GIOVANNI.
After which, the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT.
To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor entertained
last evening at dinner the Common Council of Bassishaw
(tho ward which his Lordship represents) and some of
hisconstituen to.

ASTLE VS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
THIS EVENINi,
Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announcing that he has suc-
ceeded in engi, ing Mademoiselle AN GELE, from the Hippodrome,
Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly_
trained Steeds, "Senora" and "Bertram." Mademoiselle Angela is
the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare
" Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will shortly make
her npnc trance at Astley's Ampitheatre.
Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in announcing that be has engaged
Goiloni, the most graceful performer on the Tight Rope in
Europe, who will appear every Evening.
The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a
Grand Spectacle and wondrous Scenes in the Circle.
The attractions for the Christmas Holidays will comprise a grand
Spectacle entitled The Knight of the Eagle Crest, or the Tourney of
Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear ; and a grand Equestrian
Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four.
,tafte Manager, Mr. W. West.