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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample
Proprietary Capital.
Moderate Rates of Premiums.
Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured.
Annual Division of Profits.
Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years,
Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium.
Moderate extra Premium for Residence In Tropical Climates.
N.H. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65
per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid.
Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options.

HELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
HOUSE, Bnll Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adeiphi Theatre, and opposite
Adam street.

Messrs. ARCHES and HOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee.room,
which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived.
Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with
Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find
the Table d'llote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the
must comfortable and reasonable In the metropolis.—Fish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untt. One
o'clock. Private Dining-rooms, excellent Beds, superior Wines and
Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout.

An Entrance also from Maiden lane.

1 Penna. Sum the THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
,
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Bonus (Tient lie-, Assured
addition INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
Age. ~. ,5.; Pre- taken 1 to !duction of may bor- ,
First Series @f Dissolving Views, Illustrating Rome, with a De-
g . mium. out in i
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,Assured. Cash. Annual 1 row on
scription embracing the most interesting points connected with the
I Premium.l Policy.
___ _____ subject, daily, at Half-past Four, and every Evening at a Quarter to
£ s. d.l £ a. d £ s. di £ s. d. Ten o'clock.—Lectures on Chemistry, by Mr. J. M. Ashley, daily,
1837 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 at Half-past Three, and every Evening, except Saturday, at Nine
1838 251 18 10,115 14 8 18 12 8 043 17 9 o'clock.-Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffnur on Masters's Patent Process
£ 1839 226 6 0102 15 1 16 2 9;494 8 10 of Freezing Dessert Ices, making iErated Water, &c.—Exhibition of
60 1000 .£ s. d. j 1840, 178 0 0 82 14 21 12 14 11;445 0 0 the Chromatrope.-:—The Oxy-hydrogen Microscope.-Diver and
74 3 4 1841 174 0 078 3 4' 12 3 0:39.5 11 1 Diving-bell.
1842 147 4 2• 5 1-, 10 10 2 4'346 2 3 Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
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1843 99 18 4 41 8 4 615 111296 13 4 'sturtlay) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
1844 62 6827 13 4 4 4 0i247 4 5 Admission. ls.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, IS.

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THE CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, Condon.
TRUSTEES.
The Right Rev. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., 35, Golden-square.
The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex.
The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfol'c.
Sir Henry Paston Bedingfield, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India
Company.
Thomas Barnewell, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's-park,
Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath.
James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Maida-hill.

DIRECTORS.
The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman.
Michael Forristall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy
Chairman and Managing Director.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India
Company, and of the London Joint Stock Bank.
Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark.
Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida-hill.
Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Malmain•hall, Stoke, near Rochester.
George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey.
James Marshall, Esq., 24, Carlton Villas, Maida•hill.
ACTUARY—WiIIiam Henry Archer, Esq.

SECRETARY—WiIIiam Norris, Esq.

Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every Information promptly
forwarded en application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office,
8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London.

SEA' FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE ;
United with the
PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Incorporated pursuant to Act of Parliament, April 22, 1847.
Admitted to Lloyd's by Vote of the Committee, January 15, s 1848.
Amalgamated pursuant to Re- olutions dated February 5, 1849.
Offices :
31, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
with Powers of Extension reserved to the
CAPITAL / Proprietors under the 16th Clause of the XlOO,OOO
Deed of Settlement),
In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, all paal ; affording the security
of a large actual paid-up Capital, constantly augmenting.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.

34 ARlNE.—Limited risks is and upon vessels of the first class at

Lloyds
FlRE.—Reduced premiums on buildings erected in conformity with
the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 84, proportioned to the diminu-
tion o frisk secured by the provisions of that statute.
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LIFE.—The unmixed mutual system in its purest form—whole
profits being divided among the Assured, without the entailment
of any} risk. The operation of this department also extendinK to
RAILWAi ACCIDENT COMPENSATION, at moaPrgt. rre-
mlums ; and
GUARANTEE for assuring the fidelity of persons in situations of
trust and confidence on the Annual Payment of a stipulated rate
per Cent., either in connexion with Life Assurance, or distinct
therefrom.

Forms of Application for Provincial Agencies in those towns of the
United Kingdom where none have been already appointed may be
obtained from the Head Office as above.

ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL
ONE SHILLING Admission.

MONDAY, August 27, and FOUR FOLLOWING NIGHTS.
The Proprietors beg to acquaint the Public that they have. deter-
termined on reducing the price of admission to the Royal Property to
ONE SHILLING, to give an opportunity to the Million to witness
the most extraordinary feats of Horsemanship ever performed. Mas-
ter Hernandez, the greatest wonder in the world, is re-engaged for a
short time, at the conclusion of which engagement lie leaves this
country. He will appear Five Nights, with a splendid troupe of
Equestrians. In the circle, also will appear the celebrated Arab,
MOHAMMED BEN AL II tGGHE, the most extraordinary Vaulter
in the World, who will go through his astonishing feats of Gymnas-
tics, in which he will leap as a Tiger, Lion, &c., and throw the most
wonderful soinersaul's ever witnessed. A Native of Agra will exhi-
bit the military exercises of the Sikhs and other nations of India.
Re-engagement of Mr. Moody, the celebrated Comic Singer, for a
few nights. Splendid Military Band and Promenade Concerts, Vocal
and Instrumental. Grand American Bowling Saloon and celebrated
American Drinks. The Fireworks by Mr. Mortram, the most splen-
did produced this season. The Illuminations the most brilliant this
season.

AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director.
London, June 9, 1849.

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES
AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
Incorporated Pursuant to Act oi Parliament,
LIFE ASSURANCES to meet every contingency; also tnnuit'es,
immediate and deferred.
The payment of fixed sums to the Assur d at any specified age, or
to their Representatives in case of death before that age.
Credit given for half the premiums for the first five years.
Three fourths of the Profits divided amongst the assured, and
Leans granted, repayable by instalments.
ENDOWMENTS, given to each child of a marriage a certain sum
on attaining the age of 21, and also the return of the whole of the
sum paid for the same at a given period.
RAILWAY TRAVELLERS assured, by ONE single payment of
10s. for every 1001.
Medical Referees remunerated for their reports, and the usual
Commission allowed on the introduction of business.
Prospectuses, with the rates, the Annual Report of the Society,
and all information, may be obtained at the office, or of the Agents
in the Country.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Notice is hereby given, that the usual DIVIDEND of 5 per Cent.
(less income-tax) on the paid-up Capital on the Shares of the Society,
will be payable at this office, on and after MONDAY, the 20th day of
August inst.
INVALID LIVES.—In addition to assurances on healthy lives this
Society continues to grant Policies on the lives of persons, more or
less DEVIATING from the healthy standard, on the payment of a pre-
mium proportioned to the increased risk.
Further information can bo obtained (free of expense) by address-
ing a line to

G. H. PINCRARI), Resident Secretary.
No, 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury.

THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON
FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Offices-8, Water-street, Liverpool ;3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-

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house, and 28, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London.
This Institution is empowered by special Acts of Parliament ; has
a Subscribed Capital of 1,500,000/. ; Surplus Funds, 164,960/. ; be-
sides the accumulated Life Premiums ; and tha liability of its pro-
prietors is unlimited. Its system of life business is peculiarly adapted
for persons who prefer certainty to speculation, and the bonuses gua-
ranteed will bear comparison with those actually declared by other
Companies.
Fire Insurances on the usual terms of established offices.
SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company.
BENJ. HENDERSON, Resident Secretary, London.

Doors open at Seven.—Admission, ONE SHILLING.

REAL PHYSIC OP LE ROY.
Ancienne Pharmacie COTTIN, Son-in-Law of LE ROY.
Seccessors to Blancard and Signoret, jun., Apothecaries, No. 49,
Rue de Seine (Faubourg Sainte Germain) Paris.
The numerous existing counterfeits of the surgeons of LE ROY'S
Medicines offered to the public, as well in ouz names as in that of Le
Roy, induce us to put upon their guard against spurious imitations
those persons who have always had confidence in Le Roy's Genuine
Medicines, as prepared from the original prescription by M. COI TIN
for upwards of forty years We therefore earnestly recommend the
purchasers to observe that our bottles bear, in the glass, the in-
scription " Phannacie Cottin," that to each is attached our Stamp,
and that each cork is sealed with our Seal. The threefold guarantee
offered is the name of LE ROY, that of COTTIN, and OUR OWN
SIGNATURE written in ink.

9rIHE BEST APERIENT and ANTIBILIOUS
11_ MEDICINE for general use is FRAMPTON'S PILL OF
HEALTH, which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by
gentle relaxation, without griping or prostration of strength. They
remove head-ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are
highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, re-
lieve langour and depression of spirits ; while to those of full habit
and free livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heavi-
ness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will
not fail to be appreciated.

This medicince has for many years received the approval of the
most respectable classes of society; and in confirmation of its effi-
cacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout,
with permission to publish it, and if requisite, to refer any respect-
able person to its author :
" To Mr. Profit, 229, Strand, London.
" Heavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844.

" feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unsoli-
cited testimony to the excellence of your Frampton's Pill of Health,'
which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior ge-
neral medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and
near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having re-
course to any other medicine for a long period of years. She
has recommended them extensively, and in one instance in
which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the
first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think
that, perhaps, there is scarcely any other of the many patent medi-
cines before the public of equal value as a friend in need ;' certainly
none possessed of superior claims. I shall be happy on all occasions
to give them my individual recommendation; and am, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,

.. * * * *.,,

A It It E.
NI One half the world are desolately single, and the other
iupposixg them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
3 ens e of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
.itter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
pf caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
somproslng harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
sal social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
cement. Honour and justice demand that health shouldform au item
in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er
neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern yen, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
NIEMOIRS On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., ls.
,ach (by post, in stamps, D. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
:sem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but
fsr the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
t.ley are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
toe above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
the publications claim your attention (same price le. each,
by ros t le. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and " How to be Nappy." They are not merely
pa upaets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere Lphemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
!ife who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
serv.m.:3 of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
woci4 ')e done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
on the 'sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
qierwo)d, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet street • Mann,
39, Corn'1111; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
wise) 0:oat the author (who may be conferred Kith personally,
mornings and evenings\ 10. Argyll-place Regent-street; ami all
Booksellers.:

THIRTY-FIRST EDITION.
Illustrated by 2e, Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE IXC.A.
35. 6d. in poste' e stamps,
fromam
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. PA"
gow Edition, enlarged to 19d pages. Just published, peels 2s. 6d"
by nost, direct from the Establishment,
g
HE SILENT FRIENthDe
generative,
rat ye Medical
system,Work
on
or
the infirmities and decay of
.essiye indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain df.-
"
malifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. rly It. and
L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox-
;ord-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange,
21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ;
Starie,23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
hall-street.
PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology et the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PaaT IL treats of the consequences resulting from excesslyeiadul-
genco, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity.
Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
she primary or secondary form, and cantaits explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured

Engravings.
PAST IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob-
viated. This important part of the Wort should not escape the
reader's notice.
PAST V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and Its
datiss. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whale subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
Tilicoanien BALM ‘7 SIMI/4.017M is exclmively employed in treat-
ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, lls. and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Esse.nco, as anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp-
toms, ef aptions, and the abuse of mercury, lls. and 335. per bottle.
Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. per box, a
certain remedy for gonorrhosa, sleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma-
tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by latter, 1/. A minute
retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society.
51. Packets, with advice, to be bad at the Establislament only, by
which the fee, i 1., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, aro in atten-
dance daily at IS, Ilert.ors-stieet, Oxford-street, London, from Ele-
ven till Tyrol and Five to Eight; Cola Suadsys tom Klevon

Sold by T. Pront, 229, Stvand, London. Price Is. lid.and 2s. 9d.
per box. Also by the venders of medicines generally throughout the
kingdom.

Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the name
and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Go•
vernment Stamp.

GIYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS
KERS pruced in a few weeks, and Baldness and
preventedL'A
by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATlCremoved REGENE-
RA.TOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and dowers,
few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a
most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular
bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size,
7s. ; and double this size, Ils. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con.
taming testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes'
advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human llair, &c."
IV post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 8d„ and 125., for money orders only.
Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Barbary, Highgate, near
London; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger,
3aford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Toller,
,ionduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill •
:nd by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and
a. Raimcs, Leith-walk ;. for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver
iser-office.

wTiOngTll:EtteLrAiDnlsEeSite
d in the "Times" news.
This lady had the follo
•
wiper on Aug. 7, 1546. nnsape- r Pm Pm this lettor was nut kit
the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me.
" Mrs. Weetley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor-
tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstoee, of the Herbary, High=
gate fur the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com-
pletely restored the h air on her head, after using it about four months,
and the whole of her hairis much stronger and more luxuriant than
I ever was before the baldness appeared.
"Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to" the virtues of Mr. G.'s
Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase
sn Ils. bottle If tkey were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex-
.3erlence, not only in the restoration and production of hair in alsund-
ince, but as a cure of nervous headache; as a toilet perfume itt far
beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any
iady of respectability to the above fact:.-3, Swan-street, Borough."
In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, ate w
imps on the crown of the head occasionally. every week, will pre-
vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and
prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A
few drops on your hairbrush before . brushing the hair, will give the
hair brilliancy, causing it to curl.
The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the
meat aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing
odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion
to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour tea or twelve drops
on the grown of the head; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an
hour. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces
hair on ehildren's heads in a few appplicatlons. If need on infants'
ileitis, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre-
vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See
pamphlet of testimonials.
Allletters addressed to William Gemstone. Herbary. Highgate.

PEACE CONGRESS AT PARIS.
WEDNESDAY, Am. 22.. The -first meeting of this
society took place to-day, in the Salle St.' Cecile, Rue
de la Chaussee d'Antin. The salle where the meeting
took place is a large building, generally tried as a music
hall, and capable of containing a very numerous
auditory. At one end was erected a raised
estrade, on which - were to take their places
the chairman and principal -members of the
English and French committees. At the other end was
a gallery of considerable extent, with seats placed over
each other, in a slanting position, so as to enable those
sitting b laird to see just as well as those in front. The
hall was handsomely decorated along, the sides with
faisseaux of tricolor, d flogs, tastefully intertwined with
those of Belgium, the. Unite States, and England, and
along the centre with large gilt chandeliers. The gal-
lery at the extreme end was decorated with draperies of
crimson cloth.
The whole of the large hall was completely filled at
.a
little after twelve o'clock. A considerable number of the
Society of Friends were to be seen scattered about
amongst the auditory. Some ladies of that persuasion
were also present, and as is usual, the number of females
present was greater than might have been expected.
The proceedings commenced by the secretaries of the
French, English, and American Peace Socikies reading
out the names of the members of the committees of the
three bodies. According as any name.was. pronounced
of any person of mark, ioud applause arose amongst the
persons in the hall below. Thus M. Victor Hugo's
name, those of Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Swart, M.P.,
Mr. Hindley, M.P., Mr: Sturge, M. Fraucisque Bavet,
representative of the people, M. Horace Say, M. Michel
Chevalier, Mr. Elihu Burritt, &c., were received with
the loudest acclamations.
The reading of the /Imes baying been concluded,
M. Victor Hugo, representatiie of the people, came
forward and took the chair. -.The Hon. Gentleman was
received with loud applause. On his left was M.
Coquerel, representative of the people, a Protestant
clergyman, and on the right M, Deguerry, cure of the
Madeleine. After a moment's pause M. Victor Hugo
arose and delivered the following address:—
" Gentlemen,—Many of you have come from the most

remote quarters of the globe, your hearts full of religious
and holy thought. You number in your ranks public
men, philosophers, ministers of religion, eminent writers,
and many of those public men who are the lights of their
nation. You have wished to date from Paris the decla-
rations of this assembly of convinced and serious minds,
who desire not only the welfare of one people, but also
that of all nations. You have come to add to the prin-
ciples which at the present time influence statesmen,
governors, and legislators, a superior principle. You
have come to turn over, in some sort, the last and the
most august page of the gospel—that which enjoins peace
on the children of God; and in this city, which was hi-
therto only decreed the fraternity of citizens, you'have
come to proclaim the fraternity of men. Gentlemen, we
bid you a hearty welcome. Gentlemen, is this re-
ligious thought of universal peace, of all nations bound
to one another by a social bond, that of the gospel ?
Is this idea capable of realisation? ➢Zany political men
reply, no. As for myself, I reply with you, without
hesitation, yes—(Loud applause)—and I shall try to
prove the truth of my statement immediately. But Igo
further. I not only say that it is an object capable of
being realised, but that it is inevitable—all that can be
done is to hasten or retard its consummation. The law
of the world is not, and cannot be, distinct from the law
of God. But the law of God is not war, but peace. Mon
begin with struggles, just as creation commenced by
chaos. Whence do they come? Evidently from war.
Whither are they going? To peace. When you affirm
these lofty truths, it is quite plain that your affirmation
meets with negation, that your faith meets with incredu-
lity, that, in this hour of our troubles and of our commo-
tions, the idea of universal peace surprises and alarms
every one as being the apparition of something impos-
sible and ideal. It is quite possible that our views will
be called Utopian; and, as far as concerns myself, a
humble and obscure labourer in the great work of the
nineteenth century, I accept this opposition without be.
ing either astonished or discouraged by it. Is it possible
for you to prevent people turning aside their heads
and closing their dazzled eyes, when, in the midst of the
thick darkness which still surrounds us, you suddenly
open the radiant gate of the future? If any one, gen-
tlemen, four centuries ago, during the time when com-
mune waged war against commune, town against town,
and province against province—if any one had said to
Lorraine, to Picardy, to Normandy, to Brittany, to
Auvergne, to Provence, to Dauphiny, to Burgundy, a
day will come when you will no longer make war, when
men will no longer bear arms one against the other,
when it will no longer be said, " The Normans have at-
tacked Picardy," or " The men of Lorraine have beaten
the Burgundians," you would still have many differ-
ences to arrange, many interests to discuss, many
disputes to set+le; but do you know what you will
put i❑ the place of armed men of infantry and cavalry,
of cannon and falconets, of lances, pikes, and swords?
You will put in the p1"..6 all these a little wooden
eoa, awn you will call the a,,11 sant
from that box will proceed an assembly in which
you will feel that you all live, which will act as a
soul to all of you, a sovereign and popular council
which will decide, will judge, will settle all questions,
which will make the sword fall from the hands of all,
and justice rise in every heart—which will say to cacti
man, " Here ends thy right, there begins thy duty ; lay
down your arms, live in peace." And on that day you
will feel that you have common thoughts, common inte-
rests, a common destiny. You will embrace one another,
you will recognise one another as children of the same
blood and of the same race. On that day you will cease
to be hostile tribes—you will be a people, you will no
longer be Burgandy, Provence, Normandy, Britanny—
you will be France. Appeals will ❑o longer be made to
war but to civilizatiou.—(Loud applause,) If, at the
period I allude to, such words had been uttered, all men
of serious character and all great politicians of that day
would have exclaimed—What a dreamer I what igno-
rance of the human heart ! what folly ! Time, how-
ever, has gone on, and this dream, this folly, has been
realised. Well, you say at the present day, and I join
with you in saying it, all of us here present speak
to France, to England, to Prussia, to Austria,
to Spain, to Italy, to Russia, and say—" A
day will come when arms will fall from your
hands, when war will appear as absurd, and will be
as impossible between Paris and London, between
Vienna and Turin, or between St. Petersburgh and Ber-

lin, as it would now appear absurd between Rouen and
Amiens, or between Boston and Philadelphia. A day
will como when France, Russia, Italy, England, Ger-
many, all the nations of the continent, without losing
your distingui,hed characteristics and your glorious
identity, will be merged into a superior unity, and shall
form an European paternity, just as Normandy, Brit..
tany, Burgundy, Lorraine, Alsace have been blended
into France. The day will come when the only battle-
field shall be the market open to commerce and to the
new ideas of the mind. A day will come when bullets
and shells will be replaced by votes, by universal suf-
frage, and by the arbitration of a great sovereign senate,
which shall bo to Europe what the Parliament is to Eng-
land, or the Diet to Germany, or the Legislative As-
sembly to France.—(Loud applause.) The time will
come when a cannon will be exhibited as an old instru-
ment of torture, and wonder expressed how such a
thing could have bean used. A day, I say, will come
when the United States of America and the United
States of Europe will be seen extending to each other
the hand of fellowship across the ocean, and when
we shall have the happiness of seeing everywhere
arising the majestic radiation of universal concord.
Subject worthy of meditation I It is our precautions
against war which have brought about revolution—all
has been done, all extended against an imaginary danger.
Misery, the real danger, has thus been aggravated.
Nevertheless, gentlemen, let us not despair; on the con-
trary, let us hope more than ever; let us only regard our
epoch in its proper light. After all it is a prodigious and
admirable epoch, and the nineteenth century will consti-
tute the most important page of history. ON kind of
progress brings on another—the fall of nationalltpimo-
shies, the obliteration of frontiers from the map and -of
prejudices from the heart, a tendency to unity and the
level of education; the predominance of the most literary
at the same time, and converge to
languages—all move
the same end, the creation of well-being and goodwill,
extinction of misery at home and of war abroad.—(Ap•
plause.) Yes, the era of revolutions is drawing to a close,
and that of improvements is beginning. The improve-
ment of nations leaves its violent form, and takes a peace-
able one. The time is come when Providence will sub-
stitute for the disorderly action of agitators the religious
and calm action of peace-makers.—(Loud applause.)
Henceforward this will be the object of true politics—the
recognition of all nationalities, the restoration of the his-
torical unity of the people, the connexion of this country
with civilization by means of peace, the incessant enlarge-
ment of the civilized world, the giving of a good example
to nations that are still barbarians, the substitution of
arbitration for battles, and, to crown the whole, the
utterance by justice of the last word which this ancient
world uttered by force. Gentlemen, I say in conclusion
—and let this thought encourage us—it is not to-day that
the human race is traversing this providential road.
In our old Europe, England has taken the first step,
and has said to the people, " You are free." France
has taken the second step, and said to the people, " You
aro sovereign." Now, let us take the third step; and let
France, England, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Europe,
and America all unite in saying to the people, " You
are brethren."

Immense applause followed this address : the cheers
were repeated over and over again, and at last three
hurrahs were given in the English fashion.
M. Coquerel than rose and read the conditions and
regulations of the meeting. which run thus:—
" 1. The committee shall be composed of
the presi-
dent, vice-presidents, and secretaries, of the Congress,
with power to add to their number.
" 2. The secretaries to propose the business for each
day, to receive communications relative to the business
of the Congress,' to keep full minutes of its proceedings
in French and English, and to have the care of all docu-
ments properly belonging to it.
" 3. Every proposition which either one or more mem-
bers of the Congress wish to bring before it, must in
the first instance be submitted in writing to th,, com-
mittee, who arc empowered to decide upon its relevancy,
and to fix the time when it may be brought on.
" 4. The members of the Congress who wish to speak