The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-05 00:00:00

AnT6
• ge Age 30. Age 4U. I Age 45.. Age 50.
£0 120 8 0 A
£1 0 7I £1 3 71 £lll S I XI 1661E2 3 9

The usual Co,.nmission allowed to Solicitors and Agents,
and Medical Gentlemen are in all cafes remunerated fa. their
refits.

ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Mar inc Director,

_
EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT,
4 VICT., fJAP. 9.
BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY,
No. 1. PRINCES-STREET, BANK, and 8, KING WIL-
LIAM-STRF ET, CITY, LONDON.
This Institution is empowered by a Special Act of Parlia-
ment, and is so cor stitutcd as to afford the benofits of Life As-
surance, in their fr.tlest extent, to Poliey-holders, and to pre-
sent greater beat-tile's and accommodation than can be obtained
in other Offices. The decided superiority of its plan, and its
.claim to public preference and 9pport, bave been proved in-
.contestably by its extraordinary and unprecedented success.
Among others, the following impertant-ativantages may be
eni'mcratcd

.• , .
A most economical set of Tables--computed expressly for
*be use of this Coninany, from authentic and complete data,
~31 'presenting the lowest Rates of Assurance that can be of-
fered without cor 'promising the safety of the Institution.
Increasing rates of premium on a new and remarkable plan,
for securing loans or debts, a less immediate payment being
acquired on a policy for the whole term of life than in any
other office.
Premiums payable c'ther Annually, Htlf-yearly, or Quar-
terly, in one sum, cr 3.ri a limited number of payments.
A Board of Directrirs in attendance daily at Two o'clock.
Age of the Assure./ in every case admitted in the Policy.
All claims payable.; within one month after proof of death,
Medical Attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports.
......_

Age I
20 £1 1
:10 i ro
49 1 18
50 I 216

Premiwn. per Cent per Annum payal.qe during‘

'First FivelSccond PiTel
Years. Years.

Third Five
Years.
£1 10 11
1 19 1
:4 6
4 5 5

Fourth Five' Remainder
Yeas. of Life.

4 XI sin
4 1 12 •1
I 2 4 4
7 3 "'I 4

£1 16 9 £2 3 8
2 7 4 217 a
373 4 3 4
5 6 3 6 13 7

PETER MORRISON, Resident Director.
A liberal ConvAission allowed to Solicitors and Agents.

COUNTY FIRE OFFICE
HD
PRO.VIDENTA LIFE OFFICE,
50, R E 77,E NT- ST REET.
Established 1807.
TRUSTEES AND DIRECTOR-S.
HisGraccthen ukeofßutland,K:G. Sir Frederick A. Roe, Bart.
The Marquis r &Northampton Alexander Henderson, M. ),
The Right He n. Lord Islorthwick Sir Henry Pynn
The Hon. Col onel PaikerDeerin, Esq. Sir ‘Vm. Ear ie Welby, Bart. John ciiilyattg Booth. Esq.
Sir 11. Duck 7 torth King, Bart. Andrew Maclean, Esq.
Sir John Osb, wn, Bart. Glyr.ne Earle Welby, Esq. M.P.
The advantages offered to the pablie by the above Offices
are such as result from a course of uninterrupted prosperity,
the fruits e f a prudent ar.d economical management for a pe-
riod of this ty-tive years.
At the present time so many establishments exist, Tieing
'with each other in the profession of benefits to the public,
which numerous failures, and consequent ruin to thousands of
industrious finiilies have proved to be fallacious, that the Di-',
rectors think they will best discharge.tbeir duty to the Proprie-
tors and to tlte Public by a simple statement of the advantages
which have 'been realised by these Offices.
The COUNTY FIRE OFFICE_has not only settled all
'lairns with promptitude and liberality, but has, Bern its first
mstablishmeitt, made large Returns to the Insured.—These
amount at the present time to 125.000/.
The PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE hai at each septen-
niiliPeriod divided.the whole of the
profits, subject to a deduc-
il:n of about a twentieth part only, among the insured. The
„Nfits actually secured to lives insured in this Office, may be
luctged of by the following Table.

, ---
..,,,o of i
L'ulic37. Age. 1813 & FB2O
--............_ .........___
X. s. d.
130 38
10D 37 2,41 11 21
CO 3 1
435 31 237 2 1
C 2 4n
ISIS 31 I , 9 1,,6 15
'72
*-----......_ 13 1
• °SI! 39 I 167 9

Bonus in iß,nus in.
1537 & 1,31.1 1841.

Total of Sum
Bonuses. Insured.
s.
1213 3 4 ;?Son
41,7 11 3 1003
1519 1 1 3060
601. 710 104'0
411 7 9 11100
974 710 2000

X. s d. X. a. d
387 1l 10 604 0 4
159 3 0 ,918 6 4
tC6 11 t 1744 19 6
197 1!i 2 1299 15 11
134 13 7 ioi I
. 323 8 6 4150 7 10
BE AURI ONT, Alan

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'WPERIOR LOOKING GLASSES, AND SPLENDID
GILT PICTURE FRAMES.
CHARLES INI'LEAN, 78, FLEET-
STREET (opposite the Dispatch Newspaper-office),
respectfully informs the Trade, Artists, Upholsterers, and the
Public, that they can be supplied with LOOKING-GLASSES
and PICTURE FRAMES of the very best manufacture, at
Prices never hitherto attempted.
May be had gratis,
And sent free of post to any part of the Kingdom,
pp - LARGE SHEETS OF DRAWINGS,
"*Presenting the exact pattern and prices of One Hundred M-
T rent-sizes Picture Frames, and One hundred and Twenty
seis ases, elegalltly,,ortVltd with design* maim..
y for this Mv.nufactory.
~,,..lAlle,Trade supplied with Frames in the Compo. Fancy-
trames and Moulding, and Room Borderings. Old
Th.6,Z__!epaired and re-gilt. Glasses re-silvered. Thirty
goods7l Fraraes kept seasoned for immediate delivery. An
returned approved of in three months taken back, and money

AS,IER, MACHE TEA TRAYS, 595. the
io ''T. of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe-
T r London, Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per
i "en brass Polls for Window Curtains, 1-,L, inch diameter, 48, 3d. per foot •2- I Id. per foot ; bronzed fenders,
4 fret 1.r.0g, 93. , inches, s'
SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR-
ANTED
TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 14s.
3e1...1,4e Kni°zen ; _ Dessert Knives, 11s. ; Carvers, 44. 6d. per pair;
-4.ves, with whit* bone handles, per dozen ;
n_essert, 65. Bd. ; Carvers, 3s. per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-
s, 4 quarts, 275: ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier Mache Tea-
'ltYB, gothic shape, 50s ; the set of full sizes. Catalogues,
Tea-
co
the prices, with Engravings of every Ironmongery
pet e e necessary to the furnishing of a house of any size, 25
ent. under any other old -established house, to be had
itritis (poat f
Rum, . ree
'ON arid BURTON, 12, Wells-street, Oxford-street.

Estec;lished 1820.

SUPERIOR CANDLES.
bAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb.; Wax
lod Candles, la. 2(1. • Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Cocoa Nut,
Waxyi •
2 Extra Fine Wax' Wick Moulds, 7i(l. ; Transparent
s• Od• •Geluine Sperm, 2s. Od. ; Genuine Wax,
; ~lottl Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ;
keted, 625, and 665. ' Windsor and Palm, ls. 4d. per pac.
Ysid ht•iown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. Od.: Cam.
81;„,.."". ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ;
For
9s. 0(1. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s.
Ih, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63,
opposite New Slaughter s Coflee-House.

DISEASES OF THE EYE.
BERNARD, OCULIST to the late
Paris &c' Xing of Saxony, and Member of the Academy of
ies7):'c., continues to direct his attention to all cases of dis.
tom."' the eye, inflammation, cataract, ophthalmia, amaurose
, defective vision, &c., the cure of which he effects with-
the*ltbay.
tug recourse to any surgical operation whatever, with
skin,
61ception of the cataract. The highest testimonials of
se‘... ,1d the most satisractory reference as to the complete
iiA.tV‘ Obis method of treatment, both on the Continent and
Nip country, may be seen on application at Mr. Bernard's
°nee, 20, King-street, Covent-garden.

To SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAIN and OTHERS.
Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents.
• RIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the
h._ Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the
17Ktbess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally
Zehlotended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis-
SIGHT -rulers incident to the Eyes and Head.
RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE
AND DEAFNESS CURED!
By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound!
tlts mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou-
id cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling ex-
-I,,r7te,
aduc yet certain in its operation. If testimonies he necessary
Ze the sufferer to snake trial, Kings, Lords, and Com-
nt hare used it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned
ete. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most
e:timant Oculists, Medical Practitioners—with that gigantic
the Press—have eulogised Grimstono's celebrated
fr,;teeeus Compound, known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff,"
Bela efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and
G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F.ll. S. See J. B. Lachfield,
it Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls
lat,uilt,i Tonal blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The
',.• Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grim-
et .3'o Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the
the `gelat's Vade Mecum.".—See the many thousand Letters
fiersatia Monies, of undoubted medical authority, with others of
tear tesPectability.
trent the Second Edition of " Grimstone's Weather
Almanack."
afrt 47. Skinner's Almshouses, Mile End, Jan. 26, 1810.
k • • fal• is it my incumbent duty to return you my grate-
r%tlff.”"ix,.4 dgments of the efficacy of your invaluable Eye
d'?Ill" or fi,:ea must understand, Sir, that I have for the last
go)eat of ;ears suffered much with giddiness in my head and
tbit Nilt. I naturally concluded (being in my 69th
vieul, „Au? was the decay of Nature, and was advised by a:
/ 'Plea ,if ~.$41,1 so much in its favour, and the extraordinary
invention I was irduccd to give it a trial, and
ttvetVtrii"! %Is ea
ate , tit the ''y that the great and si.tnal benefit I have de-
h.ada. hey si of four of your 2s. 4d. canisters has enabled
that '2141 I
feelity spectacles, has given me great relief in my
all .uy gratitudso thoroughly couvinced. of its benign virtues,
may hereafter e shall ever be evinced in recommending it to
• I g meet suffering with those afflictions.
". Your much oblige; and grateful servant,
41.0
v.
c?rilustone, Esq., ANN COLE.
RtA 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury,
hilef a Letter dated Leeds, July 4, 1834.
n„*";111!? been „g, received great benefit from your Eye Snuff.
8;1;w4 th. Mee" ten rears with Cataract, and was given
Thit,W24hieheeal lA.len, but was recommended to use your
re, of
my
pietely. cured me in a few weeks. You may
tivir.rittitnr. name, if it will do you sny good. Excuse
Your's ever faithfully,
ir. -" Leeds. PETER SANDERSON.
"ril• Grimstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury.
obse Last Testimony Feb 10, 1840.
and the only "% tor "e the Caution 't
taizs OdoriferousYffet
W. GRIMsTONE the sole in-
no is prepared by him.
eic`Zll's at ttd. . o: crius Compound of INbs is sold in
'"Y the Proprietor' ?*2s. 4d., 41. 4d., Bs. and 15s. 6a.
~664,75.nryoin4eanbe,011V..Grimstone, at 39. Bioad-streetall ,
mined. in all the pri
plf i.cipal towns and
t() s',Ppers,
wiped' (t! s.ton's Eye Snuff. Thi celebrated Snuff
:yearly' (I:arters of the globe, arm retains its benign
%neat netiee mate. A 11Stinftit Ana Cigars ahipped on

No 15,312

TVATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, Su.
Pio. 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Essi., Chairman.
J. Elliotzon, M.D., P.R. S. I John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jelin Riddell Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gorden, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
UDITORS.
Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. l Professor Graves, A.M. F.R.S.
• ACTUARY—W. S. B. Wool house, Esc., Felt. A. S
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, SuttEt, Ewens, and Omman-
ney, 6, Basingball-street.

LIFE ASSURANCE.
•
.13esidesthe perfect security to the policy holder of a large
raid up capital, and Accumulating funds, the following is one
amongst many of the advantages which belong exclusively to
the printioles of Life Assurance and Deferred Annuities ori-
ginated by •Iv. society, viz.—PoWer ta borrow ( without
,de-
:ay, expense, cr 'orfeiture) Two-thirds of all premiums pail
•
upon a Policy of Assurance.

The annexed i, a short. Table, showing the Annual Premium
for maturing 1.:1.0ti ov.the Whole Lite, or for a Term ;

FOR LINE.
A. B.
Age. Wititant With For One For Five
Pi-4fits. Profits. Year only. 1 ars only
, • £. s. d. s. d. a. d. £. s. d.
120 113 7 117 4 I 017 0 017 6
3G 24 4 29 3 019 6 10 0
40 213 8. 35 3 I 13 10 15 0
50 s 44 2 1 4•13 6 113 0 116 6
60 613 6. 73 4 13 0 0 R 9 6

s. d.
1 17 4
2 9 3
35 3 i
4,13 6
7 3 4

0 17 0
0 19 6
1 3 10
1 13 0
3 0 0

$. d.
0 17 6
I 0 0
1 5 0
16 6
3 9 6

Two-thirds of Profits divided annually amongst tho Assured.

DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT.
By the plan exclusively developed by this Society, a single
Defhrred Annuity is made, :IQ only to answer the same obioct.
but to far exceed in amount the entire benefit ckt all the
.14a-
vantages 110i-is-torero only obtained by the middle and industraus
classes through separate investments in Savings' Banks, _Be-
nefit Societies, and Loan hanks.
1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the
most ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is.
a week) at the age of 20, will give the policy hole.er the fol-
lowing option. at the age of 65 --
Annuity for remainder of life
Cash £47 18 6
394 II 0 or a
Policy, witheut further contributiong,.. of 46ay6 0 s) at death. Other periods of life (of 50, 55, and 60)
m be also taken
with similar advantages.
2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a
uad alwt vs available daring sickness or want of employment.
3. Two--hirds of all payments returned to representatives in
case of premature death.
N.B. Policies, as collateral money-security, for periods of
one to fire yearsi effected at lower rates than are ehargad by
any other Office, (See Tables A. and B.), with option of Coh -
tinuanee for Life at the usual rates. • I
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See. I

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' AND
GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE
JIL4I
COMPANY, Empowere4 by Act of Parliament.
Adelaide-place, London-bridge,.. No: 444, West Strand,
No. n, Queen.street, Echto No, 30, Oldham-street, Man-
burgh, chester, and
Wason's-buildings, Liverpool.
'l' The LICEN4ED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, having ef-
fected an arrangement with the British and Colonial Life As-
surance and Trust S.ciety, the Business of the two Offices
will for the futurp.he handucted under one management, The
latter Company'lfstablishment. No. 444, West Strand, will be
continued as a West-end Branch.

DIRECTORS.
CHARLES BLEADON, Esq., Chairman.
J. HARMAN, 'Deputy Chairman.
Sir John Cowan, Bart.; Ald. 'William Game, Esq.
George H. Child, Esq, Henry Jwkson, Esq.
Andrew Clark, EN. William Knott, Esq.
William Float, Esq. John Lund, Esq.
Francis Fuller, Esq. Robert Main, Esq.
DIRP:CTORS CHOSEN BY THE COMMITTEE.'
Mr. Benjamin Bingley Mr. John Ferguson
Mr, Joseph Morgan.
Aunt Tons. -
Charles Hill, .Esq. j George Soanes, Esq.
J. S. Smith, Esq.
The suCcPss which has a' tended this Institution; arising from
its extended connesion;and the safe and liberal • principles
which it is founded, have fully equalled, if not surplssed, that
of any Similar establishment.
The Capital of the Conspany, subscribed by a numerots and
wealthy body of Proprietors,. affords ample security for 41.11 its
engagements, while a. rapidly-inereasing Premium Fund lends
additional stability to the Company, and gives an earnest of con-
tinued prosperity,
The .Company transacts business in every department of Life
and Fire Assurance, in Annuities, Reyersions, and Loans.,
LIFE DEPARTMENT.' i 4
J. T, CLEMENT, Esq, Actibtry,

A sum far more than eval to the value of the Polities is in-
vested in the public securities, in the names of the Trusituesi so
as to be at all times available.
At the last quinquennial meeting there vrasaddecl a bonus to
the Life Poticies equal to twenty-five per Cent.
,on the sums
paid: and a bonus of five per cent. "Was added to the Shares in
addition to the payment of the annual interest.
The quinquennial meeting being only just past, a favourable
opportunity now offers for the commencement of new. Insu-
rances; parties now joining will be allowed to participate in
the profits at the next division, as if they had been insured for
the whole period.
For the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a ape..
cific sum, without a prospective bonus, a new table, at lower
rates, has been calculated, on which, as well as on the partici-
pating scale, ONE-HALF THP. PREMIUM MA Y RE-
MAIN 'ON INTEREST AT FIVE PER CENT. FOR
FIVE YEARS, thus enabling a person to assure his life for
1,000/. on the immediate paymen, of the premium for 500/. only.
The following arc the annual premiums for the assurance of
100/ , for the whole life, one-half of which may remain .for
five years by merely paying .the interest annually at. five per
cent., and should the policy become a claim in the interim the
amount due will then be deducted :

Age 20, without profits XI /3 0 with profits £1 18 0 •
30
40.
50
For short periods the premiums are considerably lower, and
forany ages or contingencies not usually advertised, information
may be obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary.
Insurances on Lives and Joint Survivorships may likewise be
effected on the most eligible terms.
The strictest confidence may be depended on in all pecuniary
transactions with the Office.
Every accommodation will be afforded to Insurers in ca-es of
unavoi'lable delay in the payment of Premiums.
A Committee of Directors, attended by a medical officer,
sit at the Company's House at London Bridge every Tuesday,
from Twelve to Two o'Clock, and at the ‘Vestern Branch every
Friday, from Twelve to One, o'Clock, to grant Assurances ; but
one Director is daily in attendance at each Office, to render
every facility to those to whom despatch may be an object.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Company insure Houses, Furniture, Stock in Trade,
Farming Stock, and every description of Personal Property,
against loss or daMage by Fire.
m. 4 Directois beg to remind their friends, whose Pre-
miums become due at Michaelmas, that no extra charge is made
at this Office for the Transfer of Poi.icies, and that they will to
rated on terms peculiarly favourable to parties insuring.
The Premiums for insuring common and extraordinary risks
are on the same scale as the other Fire Offices, viz.:-Is. 6d.,
2s. 6d., and 48. 6d. per cent.
Ir surances may be effected for any pet iod of time ; if for
SEVEN sears, the Premium and Duty will only be charged
for SIX. W. T. FA WCETT, Secretary.

PATENT LEVER WATCHES.
UTORTON and CO., WATCHMAKERS,
&c., No. 36, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's (opposite
Everington and Co.'s), offer to their Friends and the public
their celebrated PATENT LEVER WATCHES, capped and
jewelled in four holes, double bottom silver case,, maintaining
power, &c.. at Six Guineas, and with 3/4 plate Eight ciuineas,
of workmanship of the highest. class of excellence, equal to
those charged 25 per cent; higher. Gentlemen's Levers, in
gold cages, Fourteen Guineas and upwards ; Ladies', with
gold dial, at Twelve Guineas and Fourteen Guineas. Good
new Silver Verge Watches at 525. 6d. A warranty with
every watch for twelve months.
N.B.—An immense Stock of Jewellery and Fancy Goods
at 25 to 30 per cent. below the usual London charges.
Patr

'atronised by her Majesty and I-I. R. IL Prince Albert.
DAVIS'S CELEBRATED TOOTH-BRUSHES.
A, DAVIS, Sponge Merchant and Brush
• Manufacturer, by Special Appointment to her Majesty,
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, their Graces the Dukes of
Somerset, Northumberland, Argyle, and Montrose, the Dow.
ager Duchess of Bedford, and numerous families of distinction,
33, Strand, begs to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry that he
has succeeded in constructing a Tooth-brush upon a new prin-
ciple, which for the preservation of the teeth and gums and du-
rability, excels any ever yet offered. The fastening is composed
of corded silk and India rubber, by which it is impossible for
the hairs ever to come loose in the mouth ; they are the only
kind that can be warranted from corroding ; persons frequently
get bad teeth and gums from these causes, the corrosion being
poison to the breath, and cancer to the glues. Families in:town
and country supplied carriage free, with every kind of sponges,
brushes, brooms, turnery, mats, horse clothing, blankets, lea-
thers, and every requisite for the use of houses and sables, of
the very best quality at wholesale prices, 40 per cent. under any
other house in England. Families in the country can have a
list of wholesale prices by a post-paid application; 33, Strand.

LETTER FROM GEORGE CATLIN, ESQ., OF NEW YORE'
TO MR. BUCKINGHAM..
" My wife and myself, who are now residing
in Lon-
don, have read your very interesting work on our na-
tive country, America, with pecular satisfaction ; inas-
much as the nature of my pursuits has led us to visit
nearly all the places and institutions you have sovividly
i
and so justly described in ,our pages, as well as n your
c!oqu,int lectures, which we have attended. In listen-
ing to the one, and in reading the other, we have been
carried alcng by a feeling scarcely less vivid and 1-.3s
real than if we were fellow-travellers with you, and ac-
tually passing over the scenes you have so graphically
described. I think you have brought to the parent-
country a very encouraging and just account of hor
Transatlantic child, and this at a time when general
and correct information is peculiarly desirable, to re-
move mutual prejudices, and to promote a fair and
friendly understanding between the two countries."

THE STANDARD NOVELS.—The new nuns-
ber, now just published, of this unrivalled series of
modern fictions is " Gilbert Gurney," the best and most
popular novel of the late Theodore Hook, the prince of
wits and bumoarists. " Gilbert Gurney" owes its pre-
eminence among the brilliant works of this admirable
writer to the fact that in its scenes are embodied many
of the strange passages in the life of the author,—pas-
sages which are more exciting, more irresistible in their
laugh-producing properties, and more interesting, be-
ca use true, than any which the wittiest imagination
could conceive. The experience of such a man as Hook,
where society was coveted in the festive hours
of the eccentric and the great, must be richer in
various exhibition of character, and in the ele-
ments of fun, than can be expected from any
other man. " Gilbert Gurney " accordingly will
become universally popular in the new and cheap form
it is
.destined permanently to take as an English classic
in "The Standard Novels." It will be prominent in a
collection wherein it is an honour for a novelist to ap-
pear ; and it will occupy a distinguished post among
the masterpieces of Cooper, Bulwer, Marryatt, James,
Hope, Miss Edgeworth, Godwin, Hood, . Mrs. Trollope,
Morier, Miss Austen, and other of the great geniuses
of the age. This series may, indeed, be confidently ap-
pealed to as proof of the triumphant faculty now exist-
ing in England for this branch of inventive literature ;
a talent which, in variety, depth of passion, and prodi-
gality of incident, surpasses even the Augustan age of
Fielding and Smollett. For where amongst our ancestors
shall we seek for the breathless interest existing in such
stories as the American tales of Cooper, or the
splendid Eastern fictions of Morier, or the passionate
and highly-wrought romances oflittlwer, or the truth and
keen discernment and pathos of Miss Edgeworth, or the
inexhaustible spirit, wit, and fun of Hook, or the pictu•
resque grandeur of James, or the life-like representation
of society by Miss Austen, or the robust drollery and
strong dramatic effect of Marryatt, or the searching satiro
of Mrs. Trollope? Life, in short, in all its phases, whe-
ther of good or evil, of tragedy or comedy, is exhibited in
never-dying colours by those distinguished writers, whose
works constitute the powerful attraction of " The
Standard Novels," at once the best and cheapest collec-
tion of fiction ever given to the world.
THE PARISH CLERK", EDITED BY THEO-
DORE HOOK, ESQ.—Few persons have such store of
amusement at their command as that important func-
tionary known as the Parish Clerk. He is sure to know
everybody's history; and the insight into the affairs of
the whole neighbourhood the Devil on Two Sticks al-
lowed his associate by the extraordinary means he had
recourse to, the Clerk of the Parish possesses by merely
referring to his own recollections. Wisely, therefore,
has the clever author of " Peter Priggins, the College
Scout " (a work so full of the most graphic sketches of
character as to have created the impression that the
editor, Theodore Hook, had left traces there of "his fine
Roman hand" too prominent to be mistaken), sought
the assistance of one of these parochial magnates, and as
the scene of his avocations is a fishing, or rather smug-
gling village on the coast of Sussex. the reader may an-
ticipate in the forthcoming work (published under the
same auspices), entitled "The Parish Clerk," the most
striking narratives that ever proceeded from Mr. Hook's
able pen—in which daring adventure, romantic interest,
and characters equally amusing and original, are said to
be the chief features.
NEWLY-INVENTED SPECTACLES.—The arti-
ficial aid aftbrded to the Sight by Lenses, is one of the most valu-
able gifts derived from science, and it is indeed of vital importance
that the adoption of Spectacles to imperfect vision, should be regu_
fated on proper principles. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Al.
bemarle.strect, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King
William.street, Bank of England, having devoted their whole lives
to this brands of Science, and their long extensive practice have
enabled them t• invent Spectacle Lenses upon a new construction,
which have gained universal approbation. Immediately they are
placed before imperfect vision, either by day or candle-light, that
mist and do bless which appear befcre the eyes is at once removed,
every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the moat
aged imperfect sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is
visible Operative Voice Conductor for deaf persons is not
brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Their
the least perceptible nor more uncomfortable than having a piece of
wool in its place; they give immediate relief to old standing ex-
treme cases of deafness. Those valuable inventions have also gained
the Patronageof the Royal Family, and the unqualified approbation
of 81,(1Ve four hundred of the principal members of the medical
profession, and numerous individuals of high distinction who have
been greatly
benefited by their use.—No connexion with persona of
the same na,fle 39 Albemarle-street. opposite the York Hotel
and 76, Xing William-street, Bank of Etiglaad.

THE C EPHALOSCOPE.—Mr. John Harrison
Curtis has recently invented a modification of Laennec's
stethoscope, t which he has given the above name, and
which is peculiarly applicable in the investigation and
diagnosis of certain diseases of the organ of hearing,
which are at present involved in some obscurity. The
instrument consists of a cylinder of wood, about eight
inches long, with an ear-piece in ivory at the upper end,
and a large concave oval piece at the other extremity,
so constructed as to cover and completely enclose the
external ear of the patient. The concavity of this
last piece collects the sounds, whether normal or abnor-
mal, which are heard within the organ, and transmits
them through a tube to the ear of the examiner, who, by
continual practice, will be enabled to discriminate the
various sounds, just as the stethoscopist distinguishes
those heard in the chest. This instrument, it is consi-
dered, will be of service in cases of tinnitus curium, and
affections of the Eustachian tube and tympanic cavity.—
Vtcrary Gazatc.

pi.hle'm.,
THE WOLF AND THE LAME.--The Jortrnal
de Flandres relates the following tale :—The, postman of
a commune in our neighbourhood was lately trudging
along in the execution of his duty, accompanied by his
daughter, a rosy-checked, flaxen-haired young peasant.
Wishing to relieve her parent from the load of corres-
pondence with which he was intrusted, she strapped the
post-bag, or portfolio, on her own shoulders. While the
utttiCui girt was thus ungaged, a gentleman in a tilbury
drove up to them, aud, getting his horse into a walk,
began a conversation with them. " Really, my good
fellow, your employment must be a harassing one.
You come to town every day on foot, to deliver
letters ; to do this duty for so many
must be very fatiguing. I am uneasy when I think
of it. How unlucky that I cannot offer you each
a seat in my carriage ; otherwise, I should be
most happy to do so."_“ sir, you are extremelythe kind,first
but I think nothiug of it, I am Si) accustomed:sssql.orueri.itco:
chhioltdest friend,
bear this daily fatigue ; but my Catheriiadnaey
unusedtiine in to
facatnytslhtien anything
attemptedtlie sort.
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will perhaps continue to walk." The unsu.specting girl,
ill:1,11117
yt.(i)ltbi,urrny,y
npeepted the kind O'er of the benevolent gentleman.
whose timidity was not so great as her fatigue, willingly
When she was fairly seated in the vehicle,
gentle-
man commenced whipping his horse, and darted off with
such rapidity that he and the maiden were out of sight
in a minute or two, leaving the stultified father behind,
who since that time has heard nothing of his daughter,
neither have the letters and newspapers of which she was
the bearer reached their destination.
A man named Main, denounced as one of the
most active leaders in the late disturbances in Paris,
was arrested yesterday morning in the Rue du Grand
Hurluer, and on beino, searched was found to be
armed with a brace of loaded pistols. On being
taken to the barracks in the Rue des Francs Bout,
genic, he admitted his name, declared that he was a na-
tive of Paris, belonged to the 3d regiment of the line, and
the detachment of it encamped at Ivry, into which he en-
tered as a substitute, but from which he deserted on the
15th ult., from disgust at the service. He declared that
he carried the loaded pistols fur no other purpose than to
defend himself against any attempt to arrest him, and
protested that he took no part in the riots. IT
—e Was com-
mittal to the prison of the Abbaye.
To the Scientific Congress, and other similar in-
stitutions in Germany, is about to added another of no
small utility, but of rather a different kind. A meeting
of vine and fruit-growers is to be opened on the Gth
inst., at WnrzburiT. Many small casks of the best wines
f;otn the M-z.ine and Rhine have already bgpn sent for
c,uapetition, aml numerous baskets of fruit are expected.
The judges who are to decide upon their respective fla-
vours and other merits will have an agreeable task, '..

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LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1 841-

IVAN LTFACTURING DISTRESS.
(J Tom the Aberdeen Herald.)
On Tnesd of last, at two o'clock, a• public meeting,
eatied by the I.)rovost, in compliance with a requisitio n
Iron. four hundred and forty-eight citizens, was- held in
the Court-house:. The meeting was convened . for the
purpot c of takin. ;into. consideration the, present state of
the cotntry, and to memorialise the Queen not to pro-
rogue Pt srliament until its attention has been directed to
" a revision of the u'uties on foreign productions, and it
has fully considered ite laws which regulate the trade
in corn." The Court-Amuse sras crowded to excess;
there being at least eibbt ,hundred persons present, the
Provost in the Chair.
Mr. l'uoatas Bassemuatan moved the first :resolu-
tion. had he consulted his own feelings, he
would not have made. his appearance. in pub-
lic 'this day ; but in the preseat eircumstruices-
of the country, he felt that;. in coming forward on
that o!casion, he was performing a duty to his family,
to his friends, to the public, and eassetaally to the nu-
merous body of workmen connected *Ws his eetablish-
ment.—<Cheers.) The resolution asstmed that gener.d
distress prevailed, and if Aberdeen weals an exception
to the general rule, it might be used as agood argument
against the'repeal of the Corn-laws. It ;was not, an ex-
's, otion. .Already- the effects of restrictive' legislation
sake felt, and if relief were- not speedily afforded,-they
~ssasin be felt far more severely. 1)el a v would. certainly
ruin a t,,,,jeat many of his competitors, and though that
Jiii ;lii inissg- about a time of temporary prasp zity, that
would nor, feed the hungry and clothe the naked, or
bring. back ' prosperity of former days.—(Cheers.)
Nu ;. it would .ultimately bring ruin on many, aad might
end ins civil commotion. He did
.not mean to discuss
there the i,solicy or idapelicy of the Cairn-laws---,that. Was
ii subject nOW' pretty well understood. It was now three
years, or nearly' SO, since petitions were sent to Parlia-
ment feom every
Dart of the kingdom, praying for an in-
quiry into the evil effect of the Cora-law.;.' Theie peti-
-tions were rejected; a. 11.1 Sir Robert Peel was able to
-'ssitisty•=alie landlords tha,:- the• el iii a. thriving T
condition. At that thite (..,Nlr.Bannerman) had some
correspondence with the Did..eof Richmond on the sub-
sect. The Duke aoknowledgea his first letter, but the
reply to the Duke's objec!ion be. isa pretty sharp, lie did
not choose to acknowledge it.-'A laugh.) The time
was when a man, by sober industry, could gain a comps-
tanee and have something to put into the savings' bank,
but that time had now gone lay, and if the landlords were
to have the direction of 'the affairs of this country, it
would never again return.—(Hear.) It would be' time
enough to talk of over-production when every market in
the world was over-stocked by oar manuactures. And
when would that be? Look at America alone. If our Corn-
lawa *ere repealed, and our import, tariff otberwise madi-
fied, we would find a market there to an extent which those
who talked oFover production had little conception of.—
, (Cheers.) Nothing would bring about peace and comfort,
• and abtintllnce, but the privilege of buying our rood in the
cheapest market, and exchanging the products of each
country. on a ;zee and liberal basis.—(Cheers.) And this
must come scial. otherwise our manufactures would
be ruined. In the otton trade alone, there were fully
half a minion of woricrot...9 who had • not a halfpenny to
purchase food with. In these' circumstances it was time
for
.The question VMS' not Parliament to do something.
one that could be delayed. lle would t down by pro-
posing the resolution, and expressing an ea._ -n
that the dark and lowering prospects that were
,now
before them might yet be dispelled by a timely con-
cession to the just demands of their country for repeal.
BAILLIE FO3BES, in seconding the resolution, said it
could not be denied that great and general distress per-
vaded the whole of the manufacturing ansl mercantile
interests, and that an effectual remedy Must be speedily
applied, otherwise both . manufacturer and artisan
would soon be involved in one common ruin. It
was true that
_this _city. was not in. so deplorable
a condition .as other.. manufacturing _towns, but
we need not ..ilatter ..ourselves. that ..this. state can
long continues.. for . it...was evident. that .the causes
which were operating to create such deep .distress else-
where were- also at work. here, and .would very soon
plunge us into .the same condition, unless means were
devised for giving a new impulse to trade. It has been
urged by Sir Robert Peel and his friends that sufficient
time has not yet been afforded him for maturing his
plan ; but, in making such a statement, I hesitate not to
say that he aeither acts in good faith towards himself nor
the country. Can it be denied that he has virtually di-
rected the government of the country for the last four
.years ? And did he not, in rejecting the financial mea-
sures brought forward by the late Ministry, most unequi-
vocally declare his readiness to undertake the govern-
ment of the country, and to bring forward a system •of
finance which, he confidently stated, would extricate it
from its difficulties ? lies he not more recently, in ad-
dressing his Tamworth constituents, expressed the same
intentions ? To use his own words, he was ready to
prescribe for the political patient as soon as an oppor-
tunity was afforded him of feeling its pulse. That lie
has now done—ay, and its purse too; and is it not insult-
ing to the country, and trifling with its best interests,
after having voluntarily accepted the responsible duty of
directing the affairs of this great nation, and that, too,
with a full knowledge of all the responsibilities and the
perilous situation in which the country is presently placed,
now to comb forward and demand time for maturing a
plan for its relief ?—(Cheers.) Ido not believe that Sir
Robert Peel is so unprepared ; on the contrary, I am of
opinion that he is thoroughly versant on the subject, and
that his only difficulty arises from the unworkable na-
ture of some Members Of the Cabinet; whom he is una-
ble to bring over to his own views. The great source. of
much of our present distress arises from that system of
class legislation which has been in operation under suc-
ceeding administrations for the last fifty years—(Great
cheering)—a system based upon the principle of transfer-
ring the great burden of taxation from the shoulders of
the hie-her orders, who are best able to contribute to-•
wards the wants of the country, and to fix it on the in-
dustrial classes—a system widen has now been pushed to
that extremity as almost to swallow up the entire income
of that part of the community, and to concentrate the
great portion of the wealth of the country into the hands
of a fees, great aristocratic families.—(Cheers.) So long
as the means of the industrial classes was 'able to meet
this drain, and leave a bare sufficiency for the support of
their families, the evil was submitted to, with occasional
expressions of discontent. But now, when it has arrived
at subba climax as to divest the working-man of so much
of his earnings, as to leave an insufficiency for the sup-
port of himself and family, the burden has become into-
lerable. Need we then wonder, under such circum-
stances, that they now rise in a mass, and demand relief?
I hesitate not to state that the proper and natural remedy
for the dangerous state in which the country now stands
is an extension of the franchise, and security, by the
ballot, to the poor but independent voter in the exercise
of his political rights.—(Long-continued cheering.)
Until this be procured all other means must prove abor-
tive, and the sooner it is obtained so much will the' safety
of the country be secured. On these grounds I beg cor-
dially to second the resolution.—(Cheers.)
Motion Carrie-I unanimously.
Jon* BOirati'sost, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, London,
a native of Aberdeen, and late Editor of the Westmin-
Rter Peviete', came forward to move the second reso-
lution. • •
A. Wiquaat, Esq., seconded the motion. I have been
attending to the state of the poor in this city and else-
where, and I am satisfied that, though Aberdeen is not
suffering to the extent of some places, • yet I am satisfied
that great sufferings prevail among ourselves. Many in-
dividuals and families in Aberdeen do not get half, the
food necessary for keeping themselves in health, and
surely we all know that if the poor could get more food
fir their few pence than they are getting now, they
would be better Off ; and we all know that if the food-
laws were abolished, we should get cheaper food.—( Hear.)
I meddle not with politics in a general way ; but I
look upon this as involving a moral and religious ques-
tion, and, as a professing Christian, I consider myself
bound to do all I can to remove the burdens' which op-
press the poor—burdens which have been kept there by
a privileged class for their. own benefit. There are differ-
ences of opinion as to the mode of removing these burdens.
I think we should go straightforward with this one ques-
tion, because the repeal of these food-laws will afford
relief to thousands of the people of this country, and
thus better their condition.—(Cheers.) " Whatsoever
ye would that others would do unto you; do ye even so
to them."—(Cheers.) "This is the law and the pro-
phets ;" and if acted on the law would not stand for a
day.—(Cheers.) What we want in the meantinui is to
memorialise our beloved Queen that she would not pro-
rogue Parliament, that members of it may go and hunt
game on the mountain,.until they have endeavoured to
ascertain if they can do something to alleviate the suf-
ferings of the people—(Cheers)—and therefore I cor-
dially second the motion.

MR. BUCKINGHAM AND THE
QUARTERLY REVIEW.
In the last number of tlie Quarterly Review is an
article entitled " Buckingham and Coombe on Ame-
rica," in which the writer evinces a strong dews to pro-
duce unfavourable impressions, not so much against
the books as ugeinst their writers. In a letter ad-
dressed to the public prints on this subject, by Mr.
Buckingham, is the following statement of a fact,
which ought to he as widely known as the articles in
the Review it-elf, that the bane and anoidote may both
be equally pub!ie ; and as the Reviewers do not admit
mil cs to their statemente either of fact or opinion, it
is only throegh the nne.tium of the public journals that
both sides can be seen.
Mr. Buckingham says—
" There is one assertion, however, made by the Re-
er,ha eves: or
erwr
sayeh ct
:fosroAthmteut
heshea kefeol
ores
Bel
of
fer ukhtiinhsg,
ihniattmri:33.d
ut!
cetsoi rray
81 r tee.
tu'lV
ter do not
remember to have alluded to him on any aeon-
:ion in this journal.'
" It. haepens to have escaped the reeellccion of the'
or
frri
writer that in the year 1822 there was on article in this
Ferric Quarterly Review, ending with the same words—,
So much for Buckingham'-.-..professing to be a review
of my Travels in P,tleet.ne,' but containing so much
of falsehood aed .calumny, that I felt it my duty to
institute an action for libel against the publisher, M:.
John Murray, in the Court of King's Bench ; and
though he had the ablest assistance that the bar could
render him, in the talents of the present Lord Lynd-
hurst, Baron Parke, and Baron Garvey, engaged as
his Counsel in the cause, ha found it then desirable to
ask for mercy at my hands ; and, abandoning all defence
of his libellous publication, lie instruetel his Coucael to
withdraw their plat of justification, make a humble
apology in open Ceurt for the in;levy ef:Juttly dope to
an hotiourable man, and consent to a verdict, with costs,
being recorded against him. Taie• was Mr, Murrey'e
course on that occasion.
" The writer of the libellous article was subsequently
ascertained to be the Mr. William John B inkee, of
Corte Cestle—who recently appeared hem the Police
Magistrates in London, a second lime, charged with a
namelees.effence, having before narrowly escaped cone,
viction for the game. impurityee-and on the trial of this
individual, at the same period with Mr. Murray, for
false and libellous imputations, s:tnilar to these Moore
parated is his article in the Q,tarterly Review—the
Counsel on my behalf being the preseet Lords Ahinger,
Denman, an.l,Broughain. and those on Mr. ,Bankes'
behalf being the, present Judges Lyndhurst, Parke, and
Gurney—the Special Jury, after a trill of ten hours,
and the eiamir.a•ion of a host of witne:s.es, under the
direction of the late Lord Tenterden, bmught in a ver-
dict egainet Mr. William John Bankes, the writer of
tl.e article in the Quarterly Review, as guilty of a false,
scandalous, and malicious libel, and adjudged him to
pa', 4001. damages ; while the -oats of Hr. Murray and
Mr:a:tikes colijoin.2d, were understood to amount to
several thousand pounds !
Evil communications corrupt good manners,' and
as Mr. Bankes' loss of memory is so extraordinary that
he forgot his own rank and nameeand represented him.
self to the Polic3 Magistrates to be oar John Harris,
a se-vant out of place'--(committing his indecencies,
as he wrote his libels, under a false name)—so Mr.
Murrey's memory, or that of his ...,Piiter, seems to
have utterly failed him also, when he erofesses not to
remember having ever alluded to ma before in his jour-
nal. The :Vora-tai-recurdo family is not of the purest
breed or cle west vision, and therefore often get entangled
in their own meshes.
" Whether the actual recollection of this trial and
conviction of the Quarterly Review and its calumnious
contributor may have in any degree contributed to the
malignant spirit of the present article on my Work • on
America, the public may judge for themselves. But it
is right that both its editor and publisher, as well as the
Public, should be reminded of these facts ; and, con-
tenting myself with having done this, I leave these
worthies to digest them as they may."
"It may be as satisfactory to others, as it undoubt-
edly is to myself, to be able to contrast, with the
spiteful and contemptuous spirit of the writer in the
Quarterly Review, the • unsolicited, but frank and
generous testimony of an English Nobleman, than
whom no man has had a better opportunity of forming
an accurate judgment ; and the equally impartial testi-
mony of one of the most distinguished American tra-
vellers of the presect day—whose knowledge of his
own country is, perhaps, more extensive than that of
any man on either side of the Atlantic."
LETTER FROM LORD ASHBURTON TO MIS. BUCKINGHAM.
“•1 have read a considerable portion-or your Work
on America—my long residence in that country-leading
me tq take a deep interest in everything that concerns
the gre,it Republic—and I have found in it. mere general
and varied information than in any of the numerous
works on the same subject which have issued from the
pres. lam hound also to say, that, though Ido not
agree with you in all your views and opinions, they
seem to bear the stamp of general impartiality and
candour."

Tile motion was then put by the Chairman, and carried
without amendment.

The DEAN of GUILD rose to, propose the third reso-
lution, and was received with general applause. He did
hope that her Majesty would not prorogue Parliament
till they had directed their attention to the subject spe-
cially recommended to their notice in her Majesty's
Speech. That distress existed in the country was ad-
mitted on all hands. Different people would assign dif-
ferent causes, and doubtless there were many causes
operating to produce and perpetuate it ; but he believed
that the Corn-laws were at the root of the evil—
(Loud cheers)—and if Parliament did not take
the subject into consideration before the prorogation,
they should take advantage of the advice of the indivi-
dual who spoke from the gallery, and petition for their
dismissal- altogether.—(Cheers.) Stanley and Peel
might attribute the distress to over-production, and an
undue supply of paper money ; but until they attributed
it to the right cause they would never think of the right
remedy.—(Cheers.) His own decided opinion was, that
there was nothing to hope for from Sir Robert Peel
while lie held to the sliding scale, which WWI neither
snore nor less than a misellievous device for impoverish-.
in.. the country and sliding money into V.:e pockets of
the landlords.—(Cheers.) If the present Parliament
did not do something, he was afraid the winter
would not pass over without some fearful outbreak.—
[The Dean then read the resolution.] If:they sepa-
rated without directing their attention to the Corn-
laws, he felt quite satisfied that there Would be no
other remedy found but an extension of the suffrage.
—(Hear, and general cheering.) All that had been
dooe. in Parliament during the last few years, with the
t*xovtioir of the penny postage waa nOthing but A figh-t.

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between Whig and Tory.—(Cheers.) And he had m
doubt but the present Tory majority would have the of •
feet of making the people rise as one man, and demand
an extension of the suffrage.—(Great cheering.) It
would tend to reconcile the middle and working classes,
• and he thought it would be well if the working clastues
.would join the middle classes in the present struggle,--
(Hissing and cheering from the gallery)—on the expr tss
understanding that the middle classes would thereaf:cr
join the working classes in their demand for an extensi on
of the suffrage.—(General cheering.) The Dean th en
iproposed the third resolution.
Finally a memorial was adopted, to be entrusted to
the care of the City Member, to be presented in tho way
he thought best to her Majesty.
A'vot.e of thanks was then carried, by acclamation, to.
the Provost for his conduct in the chair, and the meeting-
broke up. •

PUBLIC TEA. MEETING AT BIR.
• MINGIIAM:
(FllOlll A eORTIESP3NIDENT.)
On Friday evening last the members-of the Christian
Chartist Church, and other friendld the Charter, gave
a tea party to Mr. John Collins,.in order to testify the
esteem they felt flr their respected-fellow-townsman fbr
the consistency of his conduct in the cause of Chartism.
The party assembled in the Christian Chartist church, •
which was tastefully decorated with festoons and flowers,
and devices emblematical of ultra-Chartist principles;
'3lr7 Vincent in the Chair. • •

• After a variety.of singing and, recitation,
Miss Caow TILER rose, and presented
.to Mr. Vi n cant
n neatly silver-mounted glass inkstand on behalf of the
Cluireh.

Mr. 'VINCENT returned thanks in nn efts tire spee(-1,
in trhe come of which he counselled his hearers to active
exertions in the spread of Chita;
,t ~...,
Miss WHITE:noun, after.olia, . sss Vi. tkir.-Jobn Col-
los,' ihtinkizig him forhisAithft,4_ - -renco 4o Chartist
\
vrincirk presen wit him- wi at, tc.spien golti*WlLlft."--
,1041-+.4oo:inttexitinititir Mid on 13011A-1A" the mem .
hers and friends of the Church.
Mr. COLLINS rose and was warmly . greeted. He ex- ,
pressed the gratitude he felt for the many acts of -kind- '
ness he had received at their hands ; but more especially
air their kindly Sympathy and present on this occasion-
Those who knew him best couTil . more correctly appre-',
elate the sincerity of his conduct, the purity of his too-
fives, and the faithfulness of his adherence to the glo-
rious principles of Chartism.--(Cheers.) He had never-
swerved from. those principles, and never would.--.,'
(Cheers.) Unjust, aspersions had been cast upon his.
character, and many honest-hearted people might for a.-
time he misled by those aspersions : but he was detet--
mined to live them down by devoting every faculty ofl
his soul to renewed attempts to expand the minds,of his:
fellow- workmen,"and to realise for them the whole of the,.-1
principles contained in the Charter.—(Cheers.) He„:
would not consent. to compromise a single principle ;.; ';
they would have the Charter, and nothing less. Mr. C.: '.
sat down amidst much applause. -
After a variety of singing, the meeting broke up at , ' •-,
eleven O'clock. - ', '
Christian Chartism is working a world of good in Dir-;
mingharo. Two churches are open in Birmingham, and_ •
worship is also performed in fourteen houses. No place
is large enough t,.) hold the people who are anxious t(t.
attend. Their preaching is of a very high order. No.
doctrinal points are involved. The morality of Scripture •
is nobly enforced, as well as a most expansive view 0f74:
'." Deity, the Saviour, and man's duties, religious, so--
"- -I political. Mr. O'Neil, the pastor, a powerful...l
":."- is a sincere Christian and an enthusiastic!, it young man,
Chartist. He aibs •.1
possesses the elements of a good edu--.
cation. lliS intellii 'o and excellent conduct are at-•,
eli:.
trecting genera, Christian Chartism promises-.
1 attention-
'man's emanci- . I
to become a powerful means for Pffectmg
patios from all tyranny. .