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THEALISON'S HISTORY. or EUROPE.
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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU-
RANCE; SOCIETY.
OFFICE, 26, CORNFIILL, LONDON.
Capital 500,0001.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na-
tional :Lsan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance-
ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received
the approbation of a considerable body t f the active members and
officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan
Fund Sosiety having been urgensly solicited by them t,, establish a
Branch Office in connexion with Bless societies and the noerative
Classes generally, in which their services might be successfuly en-
gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Dirddors to open
communication with the different Societies, with the view of inure
effectually d sseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus-
trious classes, and a plaa has been ,roposed with that object.
ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE.
Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to
bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mo7tality and
money- the savings of the industrious classes, as well :15 various cal-
culations regulating their distribution, having for Cieir object either
immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits.
A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the COll-
- of these associations or societies is defective; and that in-
stead of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment,
whicS should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar-
rowly the •sgumel through which a benefit can alone be secured ;
and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed,
their utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual
or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision
in case of sickness Is an object of such importance as to call for a
pecnniary sacrifice ; while to others such a provision appears more
attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness is a risk
against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state
of things there is an effective and simple remedy; that is to say,
Instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more
contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate
benefit should have its separate contribution.
It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of
two dissimilar fun,stions. and by confounding a sick allowance and
an annuity fund In one and the self-same payment, that much of the
evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies.
No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick -
ress-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso-
ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By
this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and
none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it.
But the same perfection, or the same security, is
,seldom attainable
where a fund is -to be accumulated through a succession of years,
and where results arc to bear. out calculations, money investment
being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes.
For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined ins a provision In
sickness should be kept entirely distinct irom the fund intruded as. a
provision for old age :-
Ist. Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently
connected, do not depend on the same calculation.
2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a
larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing
for probable sickness on themselves.
3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age,
continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible
with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre-
sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of
such a contract , that when undertakes on the same principles that
ordinarily govern commercial Wife:.
4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when
united in the same.payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi-
nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en-
danger the one for the sake of the other.
Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge
of the discussions passing within the bosons of many of the existing
Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here-
unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view 'of proposing
or adopting a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner
to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity,
and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding
them from the risks of sudden dissolution.
After much diligent search amongst the combinations ingeniously
proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal
objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal
1a simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought
and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan
proposed by the National Loan Fun,' Life Assurance Society. It is
true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against
provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex-
pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the
other pat t of the plan itself, without being fully sa,isfled that the
convenience and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be
greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sipk
allowance from an annuity for old age.
A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan
Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to
them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of
business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in-
dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con-
stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its
number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an-
nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society,
and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected
with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their I
opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection
to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to
the present day has adequately secured to them.
Thomas Iturthom, I'.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters.
John Fussell, C. 11„ Ancient Order of Foresters.
John 11. Gordon, D.S., Ancient Order of Foresters.
James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters.
Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows.
Joseph Nugent, Pro. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows.
Joseph Reeks, 8.0. F., Order of Old Friends.
Samuel Timbrell, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters.
DEFERRED ANNUITIES.
Example.-A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay-
ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments
of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re-
ceiving Annuity, 101. 19s. 2‘.1. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy
on his Life, 137/. 17s.
Example.-A person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at-
taining the age of GO, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by
the annual payment of 1/. 6s. 9.1., or a single payment of 221.175. 3d.:
or on payment of 61, 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to
the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. 11d., the same as
or age 20.
Example.-A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay-
ment of 1/. Os., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment
of 2s. 2d., may secure on attaining, the age of 65, the option of re-
ceiving Annuity, 18/. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on
his life 1751. I is.
Example.-A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay-
ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payineht of 75., or monthly payment
of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re-
ceiving Annuity, 181.03. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 125.; or a policy on
his life, 1731. I Is.

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O N
HE A.LTHY SKIN.
Co nif, BY ERASMUS WILSON, F.R.S.,
ng---ng Suwon to the St Pancras Infirmary, &c.
London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

THE, WELLINGTON SURTOUT.
having `-'.UTION.—The great success of the Wellington Surtout
caused several unprincipled persons (against two of whom
altoe(li.ngs have been commenced) to imitate this registered coat,
11.,„. 74n in a material derogatory to its reputation, all persons art
*-o'eeY warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether
TOP bY male or female, WITHOUT SHOULDER Olt SLEEVE-
dire ,SEAMg, Whatever may be its shape in other respects, is a
infringement of the patentees designs, and will in every case be
Malted an action at law.
4,,,...7rY genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a
._mer indicative of the size, also the name and address of the
lillinntne:t'ejvvAlshicEhSisFfe°loUnGyE. RE'
6, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT-
to ET, and 11, POULTRY, near the Mansion-House. LONDON,
WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER;
'at the TAINMENTS.
0 MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE.
80,4 MONDAY EVENING, May 3, at Eight o'clock, Mr.
will give an Entertaininent on the
SONGS OF SuOTLAND,
WPeaST.—The Spring comes in rejoicing—Saw ye my
Lana r
?—oh waly, waly—Young Peggy blooms, our bonniest
light 1.11 Tibbie, I hae seen the day—Despairing Mary—Dance
palt;r4rty Heart it lies under your Feet, Love.
Laird _.otconn.—llail to the Chief—M'Leod of Dunvegan—The
Tick°_y_ c_kpen--Jock o' Hazeldean —Jenny's Bawbee.
,7`5, ; Reserve 1 Seats, Is. Gd. ; Private Boxes for Six Per-
t,. for Eight, 11.
11,,,,r',g the season, Mr. Wilson will give his Entertainments in the
monday Evening, at Eight o'clock.
CIIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA,
The II 2, MOORGATE4TELEXT. LONDON.
annu, ja-LF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of 6 per cent. per
A. 'me on the 15th inst., will be PAYABLE on or atter the Ist
. next. To the Shareholders resident in Scotland at the Office of
..he
Agents., Messrs. It. and T. Allan, 11, St. Andrew square, Edin-
burg7,_The Court of Directors grant tellers of Credit and Bills, at three
of 30 days' sight, on their branches at Sydney, Port Philip. Hobart-
town, and Launceston, and are also receiving money on deposit, for
flied periods. at a rate of interest to be agreed on, varying according
to the term for which 1113 taken.
By order of the Board,
April 7, 1847. 0. U. WRAY, Manager.

FREEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.
11, WATERLOO-PLACE. PALL-MALL, LONDON.
BUSiIIeSS transacted in all the branches and for all objects of Life
Assurance, Endowments, and Annuities, and to secure .contingent
Reversions, &c. Loans granted,
Information and Prospectuses furnished by
JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary.

WRITING, BOOK-KEEPING, &c. Mr.
SMART continues to receive persons of any age for in-
struction in the above branches. Lessons, at the convenience of the
I'4ll, one hour each. Separate rooms for Ladies, In which depart-
Improvement (if Preferred) Mrs. Smart will attend. No classesextras.
~..uProvement guaranteed. For terms, &c., apply at .he Institution,
Neve-street, Covent-garden.
" ruder Mr. Smart, penmanship has been reduced to a science."—
olytechale Journal-

AST INDIAN RAILWAY COMPANY.-
the Notice is hereby given, that the DEED of SETTLEMENT
P.ast Indian Railway Company LIES for ;SIGNATURE at
m
Iteco,,Ces, 8, Broad-street-buildings, and the Proprietors of Scrip
the
aumr.ered from I to 80,000 are heteby required to transmit
eb; i'athe to the Secretary ft registration on or before SATURDAY,
icet St
day of May next, in default whereof the shares will be sub-
to forfeiture.
/na,.teea of the report, with printed forms to accompany the Scrip,
obtained on application at the offices of the Company, 8,
th'.!la street-buildings; Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Royal Ex-
-I.7,age-buildings ; and Messrs. Laurence, Cazenove, and Pearce,
—4l;tl2olotnew-lane.
rt. "
the
the deed share certificates will be issued in the order
of _2l: 11 Is executed, and the priority regulated by the date
cution
•
Tt hog'. arrangemmts will admit, a notice will be issued calling
of New Scrip to present the same for registration.
ISIR THOUSAND POUNDS PRIZE

PICTURES.
Th r-CT :—" BAPTISM OF CHRIST IN THE JORDAN.
The Je-:livass i 'wnPetition
feet works
12 feet of Art have been two years in preparing.
s 15 by .
AC; Ehibition haseen honoured by hs Royal Hghness
t, aria is now open to the public daily from Nine till Six. Prince
AdMittance One shilling. 'Families of Five, Four Shillings-
Gallery, late Chinese ExhMition, Hyde Park-corner.

- -
CARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION
PAINT, specially patronised by the British and other Go-
thelj`mne Honourable East India Company, the principal
;Ad4oc Companies, most public bodies, and by the Nobility, Gentry,
Clergy, for out-door work at their country seats. The Anti-
dOrrotion
particularly recommended as the most durable out-
or r Paint ever invented, for the preservation of every description
'Con, wood, stone, brick, comp°, cement, Sac., work, as has been
Proved by the practical test of upwards of 60 years, and by the nu-
merous testimonials (between 300 and 400) ih its favour, and which,
have."°,ll the rank and station in society of those who have given them,
Perhaps, never yet been equalled by anything of the kind
hitherto h:ought before the public notice.
Lists of prices, colours, and other particulars, wiil be forwarded on
-Hank
to Walter Carson, 15, Tokenhouse-yard, back of the
-Hank of England. No agents.

TQ, 114 DIES.
ROWLAND'S.-KALYDOR
an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular
efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots,
Blotches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, producing a
healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and a softness
and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. It is invaluable as a
Renovating and Refreshing Wash in Travelling ; and. in cases of
Sunburn, Stings of Insects, or incidental Inflammation, its virtues
have long and extensively been acknowledged.- Its purifying and re-
freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Queen,
the Court, and the Roy al Fiunily of Great Britain, as well as the
Principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and
Gentry of all civilised nations. •
,_,*** Beware of Spurious " NALYDORS," containing mineral as-
infigents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re-
pellent action, endanger health. Each bottle of the genuine has
the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A.
RfOWLA.ND and SON, 20, Ilatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire
Of the lion. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on
"ch. Price 4s. 6d. an i Bs. 6d. per bottle.
Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and PerfUmers.

SPENCER'S
The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty.
3:!4ra have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only
Irttele natant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or
reY hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black,
Leethout trouble (by Simply combing it through the hair), and pro-
ekteB by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it
th 4 incontestibly
pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap-
01:4t16at that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing
Mots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s
Per bottle.
h
at re had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Pieldgate-
hill ~ !t' Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn-
litreo„Butier, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-
; Barclay, Parrindon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old bond-
1111R— •11°0,44, 43, King William-street, London bridge ;
F. tnl-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mos
art; 'mei% and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent .to
~Ditrt of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, peat-paid.
b.oerre to ask tbr " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.'
Proprietor's address is on the wrapper.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 28,-1847

TH. COURT OF DIRECTORS of the EAST
'INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said Company's Stock will
be SHUT OH THURSDAY, the 3d June, at Three o'clock, and OPENED
again on THURSDAY, the 15th Jul} ; and
That the WARRANTS far the DIVIDENDS on the said Stock,
payable on the Gth July, 1840, under the 11th sec. of the Act 3d and
4th William IV., cap 85, will be ready to he delivered on that • ay.
JA ES C. MELVII,I,, Secretary.

EAST INDIA DOUSE, Aram 28, 1847.
THE C( %URT OF DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hcrel+y give notice,
That a Q 1.5 ,1 IiTEItLY GENERAL COUKT of the said Company
will be held at their house, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the
23d June next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
JAMES C, MELVILL, Secretary.

CONTRACTS for COCOA, TOBACCO, PEAS,
ANI) OATS.
Department of the Corm:troller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, April 26,1847.
The Commissioners for executing the (Mice of Lord Iligh Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
notice, that On THURSDAY, the 6th May next, at One o'Clock, they
will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con-
tract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
Store4at Deptford the undermentioned Articles, 'viz.:—

Cocoa ....

Whon to be delivered.
T,.ns r Half In Three Weeks, and the re-
.. 100 t minder in Three Weeks afterwards.
. _

in .tio _
Tobacco (Virginia) • • 15 Half of each in a Fortnight, and the
Quarters remainder in a Fortnight after-
Peas .... •.••• • • • • 5OO wards.
Oats (Scotch Potatoe) .. 500 Within Ten days.
The Cocoa and Tobacco to be exempted from the Customs Duties.
Samples of the Cocoa (not less than 21bs.), and of the Peas and
Oats (not less than 2 quarts of each), must be produced by the
Parties tendering, and a Sample of the Tobacco, together with the
Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the said office. No
tender will be received after one o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor
any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly
authorised in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for
and must also be delivered at Somerset place, and those for Cocoa
must be accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons,
engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of
251. per Cent. on the value for the due performance of the contract.

NATIIONAL BANK of IRELAND.
Notice is hereby given, that the TWELFTH. ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING of the ProprletOrs of the National Bank of
Ireland, will be held en WEDNESDAY, the 26th day of May next,
at Twelve o'clock at Noon, at the office of the Society, No. 13, Old
Broad-street, London, when, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement,
t. ree of the present Directors are to go out of office, which will
create three vacancies in the office of Director to be filled up, and
when the one present vacancy in that office may also (if the Proprie-
tors think fit) be supplied.
And further notice is hereby given, that every Proprietor (not
being a Director) intending to become a candidate, or to propose
some other Proprietor as a candidate, for the office of Director, must,
at least fourteen days before the day on which the Annual General
Meeting is to be held, signify, by some writing under his or her hand,
to be left at the office of the Society, In Old Broad-street, London,
either his intention to become a candidate, or the name and place of
abode of the candidate intended to be proposed by him or her ; but
the three Directors going out of office
,by rotation are immediately
re-eligible, and are to be considered as candidates without giving no-
tice of their intention.

By order of the Court of Directors,
N. S. KING, Secretary.
13, OM Broad-street, London, April 28, 1847.
N. n. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY,
REGENT'S PARK.
The EXHIBITIONS of PLANTS and FRUIT will be held on
WEDNESDAYS, May 12, June 9, and July 7.
Tickets may be obtained by orders from Fellows or Members.
Price, on or before May I, 4s. each.
The Office closes at Six o'clock.
PROMENADES every Wednesday in May, June, and July, except
the Exhibition Days.

THE LEEDS AND THIRSK RAILWAY.
The Leeds and Thirst: Railway Company are prepared to
RECEIVE TENDERS of LOANS on MORTGAGE or DEBEN-
TURE BONDS, bearing INTEREST at the rate of FIVE PER
CENT. PER ANNUM, payable Half-yearly, for such sums and
such terms of years as may be agreed upon.

LIFE ASSURANCE.
Example.—A persen at the age of 30 next birthday may secure
the sum of 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and
also participate in the Annual Division of Profit', by the annual pay-
ment of 21. 9s. 3d. •

•
Example. Li-person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay-
ment of 4s. per month, or Is. per week, may Lcure the sum of
112/.55. payah'e at nis death. 'whenever it may happen, and like-
wise share in the annual prbflts of the Society. .
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY, •
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON,
Capital 5.500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conreniences or necessity.
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RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 28.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The business done in railway stock
to-day was not large, and prices were the same as yesterday.
Large quantities of stock are in the market of the following
concerns:—London and North-Western, Midland Stock, Bir-
mingham and Oxford, North Stafferdshire, Edinburgh and
Glasgow, and Eastern Counties. The sales are—Birmingham
and Oxford, 8 p.—Eastern Counties, 18%—East Lancashire,
New, 11,!? dis.—Ditto, New (scrip), Is. 3d. dis.—East Lin-
colnshire, 114 p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 17%
—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, X p.—
Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 127/B—Leeds and Thirsk,
534 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 3/4 p.—London
and North-Western, 170I,4—Ditto, Quarters, New, 91i p.
—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 5
p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 4% p.—Ditto, 32/. Shares
(late Extensions), I/2 p.—Ditto, hitihc (late West Riding
Union), IA p.—Manchester, Matlock; and Midland, % dis.—
Manchester and Southampton, 114 dis.—Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 214 dis.—Midland Stock,
115—Ditto, 40/. Shares, 3 p.—Ditto, Sew, 18s. 9d. p.—North
British, Quarters, p.—North Staffordshire, I% p.—Preston
and Wyre. Halves (B) 3s p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham
(B), % dis. ex int.—South-Eastern, 3614—Ditto, No. 1,
p.— Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, Is. al. dis.—South York hire,
Doncaster, and Goole, 3/4 dis.—York and Newcastle, Prefer-
ence, p.

MANCHESTER, APRIL 28.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 1% C.—Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 7% c.—East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New, 1%
—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 1%—
Manchester, Buxton. Matlock, and Midland,l.s—Manchester
and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension), % p —Ditto, Fifths
(late West Riding Union), 14 c.—Manchester and South-
ampton, 26t." 3d. dis.—North Staffordshire, 9-16—Oldham
Alliance, 4 —South-Eastern and Dover, 36—Ditto, No. 4,
1-16—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, &c., 11-16.
• LEEDS, Aran. 28. •
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 253. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 1% die.
—Ditto, New Scrip, ls. dis.-7• East and West Yorkshire,
20s. dis.—Great Northern, 1% n. dis.—Leeds and Dewsbury,
par—Leeds and Think, Preference, ss. 6d.—Leeds, Wake-
field, and Midland, 225. dis —London, Brighton, and South
Coast, Fifteenths, 2s. p.—Malton and Driftield Junction,
15s. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Exten-
sions), 6s. p.—Ditto, West Riding Union, 6s. n. p.—Man-
chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 7s. 6d. dia.—Mid-
land, Preference, •1% c. p.— Newcastle and Berwick, New,
31s. 3d. p.—North British, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch),
12s. 6d. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 7s. p.—North Stafford-
shire, 28s. p.—Northern Counties Union, n. dis.—North-
Weste
and N
rn, 2 n.ndritsh Midland, Preference, .—Y Newcastle,orkanpdrerenne:
Bp.
Preference, p.
—York
HULL, APRIL 28. • _

STOCK EXCHANGR.—The sales are—North British, Halves,
Ditto, Extension (scrip), ss. 9d. p.—Ditto, Thirds, 48s. 6d.
—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 225. 6d.—Newcastle
and Berwick, New, 1% p.—West Riding Union, 4%.
SHEFFIELD, APRIL 28.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.-ThesaleS are-East Lincolnshire, 11,4
p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,
p.-(Grimsby and Sheffield), 121..105. Shares, 17 dis.-
Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 3IA dis.-North British, Ex-
tension (scrip), 6s. p.-North Staffordshire, 1% p.-West
Riding Union, 1 p.
EDINBURGH, Arum 27.
STOCK EXCIIANGK.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 261.73.6 d.
--Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 18s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271.
155.-Ditto, Halves, 154-Ayr and Galloway, 11.195. 6d. -
Caledonian, 251.-Ditto, New, IL 17s. 6d.-Caledonian and
Dumbartonshire, 2: 2s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 371. 10s.-
Deeeide 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 11. 7s. 6d.
-Dundee and Arbroath, 42/. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 301.
1-EDPBicauDrs.nttihd: :Le7oeso,.3t,
hlc7a6lind.ae-d.lnv ,
NorthernN o. 2, 3 0 -
Junction,Ditto New,u 0N5.0....
D 3 ,u
n4di.e
el 3 s.
and-
Dexi
Central,tt od,ivN ,
t18:8/07.
Is.-Edinburgh
-bu East
la7onlf.d
lo Fife,
.Bathgate,e2l. lOs.-
ss.
--inDlE3udirtigtrottb,:uNLrgeohiwth,a,n2drGdllsl(4s_groawDnt,i,t7TO 10s. ex div.-Ditto Halves,
Quarters,l9
Quarters,l. - ll t o
11:.rittelinncheu, r g
h/.
and Northern, 171. lOs -Ditto, New, 3. 6d.-Ditto,
Newport, 71.-Ditto, ditto New, IL 16a.-Edinburgh and
Perth (New), 1/. 18s. 6d.-Ditto, liatves, 125.-Glasgow
and Ayrshire, 581.-Ditto, New Stock, 861. 55.-Ditto,
Halves, No. 1, 91. 155.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. 7s. 6d.
-Ditto, Quarters; 15/. 15s -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle, 51.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 391.-Glasgow General
Terminus, 12/. 55.-Glasgow and Greenock, 16/. 105.-Ditto,
Halves, 8/. 155.-Ditto, 'Preference, W.-Glasgow, Kilmar-
nock, and Ardrossan, 5/.-Great North of Scotland, V. 95.-
Great Northern (late Direct'Northern), 2/. 12s:-Ditto (late
London and York) 21.-Newcastle and Berwick, 251. 108.-
North British, 30/. 15s. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 141. 15s.
-Ditto, Quarters, 41.15. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, New (scrip),
11.- Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 61. 155.-Scot-
tish Central, 24/. 155.-Scottish Grand Junction, 195.-
Scottish Midland, 201. 55.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, IL-
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 101.-Ditto, New, 11. Is.
6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 31. 12s. 6d.-Stirling and
Midland, 2/. 55.-Wishaw and Coltness, 49/. 10s.-York and
Newcastle, 321.-Ditto, New, 131. 'ft-Ditto, Preference,'
71.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 35.-East Indian, 3s.
-Great North of India, 38.--Great Southern of Madras, 25.-
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6d.

(GLASGOW, APRIL 27.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 26%—Ayr
and Galloway, 40s.—Caledonian, 204—Ditto, New, 37s.—
Clydesdale Junction, 42L—Direct Bombay and Madras, as.
—East Lothian Central, 40s. —Edinburgh and Perth (New
Co.), 38s.—Ditto, Halves, 12s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and
Ayr, 573,1—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, PA—Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle, 51.—Great Southern of Madras, Is. 6d.—Man-
cheater and Southampton, 16s. 6d.—North British, Thirds,
48a. Gd.—Ditto New Quarters (scrip), 20s.—York and New-
castle, Preference, PA.

By SAMUEL L A.'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, I3edford-street, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Ilonorar)
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate
Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., Sac.

CONTENTS OP THE TREATISE.
CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance
and 0 laligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.*
CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative
Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that grea
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
--CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the
Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the function.
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the
Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTERS 5 and 6. On
`the Disorder.
arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhcea
Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of .the Urethra.

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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, APRIL 26.—The provincial accounts show
that typhus fever is still increasing, whilst it is generally
admitted there is less of extreme destitution. A malig-
nant fever has invariably been the attendant of famine,
or even of general scarcity of food in Ireland. The
public had received due warning lore* since in the
able pamphlet of Dr. Corrigan, ehoz' pointed out
the necessity of timely exertion in the way
of sanatory
rcgulai ion., increased hospital accommodation, and effec-
tive arrang-nients in the supply of wholesome food, as
the sure means of checking such a pestilence. But, not-
withstanding, the visitation has been allowed to take the
country by surprise, and little disposition is even now
evinced to aff,rd efficient local co-operation to the Go-
vernment and the Board of Health.
COUNTY, OF GALWAY.- LOUGHREA.—We are in-
formed that at present there are 230 fever patients in the
hospital of the workhouse, and that during the last week
no fewer than thirty-two deaths have occurred within.
that establishment.

the decrease; on the contrary,
SLIGO, APRIL 24.—Typhus fever is by no means on
it is growing worse every
day. It has spread from the environs of the town—
where the poor live—into our leading streets, and there
is not a leading street in Sligo free from it. As the
warm weather approaches we fear the pestilence will be-.
come more prevalent. Unfortunately there is oo account
kept by any of our parish officers of the number of
deaths which occur, but we know that-funerals are now
more general than ever we remembered them, and they
have ceased to create any surprise or astonishment.
CLONIVEL 1\ ORKUOUSE. —ln consequence of the
alarming increase of sickness in the workhouse of this
union, the guardians found it necessary, at their meeting
on Thursday, to appoint an assistant physician.

!OUNTY OF WEXFORD.—ENNISCORTHY WORKHOUSE.
—Fever is making dreadful ravages in the Enniscorthy
Workhouse. Fifteen deaths occurred on last Wednes
day, and seventeen oil. Thorstiay. Mr. Kennedy, the
clerk, and his wife, are both lat:ouring severely under
the disease—Mr. Kennedy so severely that slight hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
INFLUX OF PAUPERS FRO3I NGLAND.—A meeting
of the officers of health, magistrates, and other local
functionaries of the city of Cork was held on Tuesday.
last, the Mayor presiding.
Dr. LYONS recommended a prompt and liberal sub-
scription. It was a matter of life or death, and all
should exert themielves. Paupers were not only pour-
ing in from all parts of the country, but the city was
infested by land and water. Last week a great num-
ber were brought over from Wales and parts of Eng-
land, and when the Vagrant Act would be put into
operation they would have them sent over here in thou-
sands.
After some discussion,

Dr. Thum: proposed the following resolution :
" That the mayor, churchwardens, and officers of the
Board of Health be requested to continue a staff of able-
bodied, and, if possible, well•disciplined men, to be
placed at the principal entrances of the city to prevent
the further influx of country paupers."
Captain BROUGHTON (the Government Inspector)
said it would be absolutely necessary to have some
house at the bounds of the city to give them a lodging
for the night, and some food when they approached the
city, and then to make them return home. The crea-
tures coming in from the country were generally in the
last state, and unless something that way was done they
would die.
The resolution of Dr. Lyons was ultimately adopted.
Mr. LLOYD proposed—" That instructions be given
to the meeting to confer with the committee of the
Fever Hospital that the Cork Fever Hospital be in future
supported from the rates of the union, as a ward of the
workhouse."

Alderman T. LYONS seconded the resolution, which
was carried.

Alderman T. LYONS then proposed the following re-
solution:—" That the mayor be requested to issue a
proclamation under the provisions of the Act 59th
George 111., for the exclusion of infected persons, &c.,
out of the city of Cork, to prevent contagion."
The resolution, being seconded by Mr. COGAN, was
adopted.
The meeting then adjourned.

SHOCKING MURDERS IN NORTH TIPL'ERART.—A
letter from a correspondent of the Dublin Evening Post,
dated Nenagh, April 25, says :—" I regret to inform
you that on Friday night last a barbarous murder was
Committed in the barony of Lower Ormond, in this
county. A respectable man, of the name of Liddell,
who had been steward to Mr. Synge, was shot dead at
his house in the •illageiof Terryglass. This unfortunate
man bore an excellent character, and as yet the cause of
the bloody deed has not transpired."
The Tipperary Constitution says --" A poor man,
named Patrick Louergan, was brutally murdered on Sa-
turday night, near his own door, at Killeagh, in the
neighbourhood of Newcastle, by two men, who robbed
him of a hundred weight of meal, which he had pur•
chased in this town."

THE LATE T. B. MARTIN, Esti, 11.. X., A.ND DEATH
or Miss MARTIN.—A communication was received in
town this evening from Ballinahinch, announcing the
death of Miss Martin, the daughter and heiress of the
late representative for Galway, under the most distres-
ring circumstances ; indeed, it it said that on hearing of
the death of her beloved parent she swallowed poison
and instantly expired. The estate of Mr. Martin was,
in regard to extent, a principality. It (xtended from
the bridge of Galway in a tolerably straight lino of
sixty miles, by about thirty in breadth. The length of
his avenue has often been the subject of dispute. From
the gate house on the high road to his house is upwards
of twenty-one miles in length, and his tenantry number
about 10,000 souls ; still Mr. Martin was not a wealthy
man. The property is heavily encumbered ; but a couple
of years ago, when money was easily procurable on good
security, Sir Matthew Barrington negotiated loans on
moderate interest, amounting to about 250,0004, by
which Mr. Martin was to have paid off the incumbrances
on the estate, and in many instances save some four or
five per cent. interest. By this death it is presumed the
lenders are relieved from their contracts, doubtless to
their very great satisfaction.
llcatitineE MURDER BY A BROTHER AND HIS WIFE,—
On Wednesday last au inquest was held at Killavullen,
in the county of Cork, on the body of William Sheehan,
of Castlemagner, who had been
missing for five weeks
previously. The body was found in the river Black-
water, by a fisherman. It appeared in evidence that
William Sheehan had placed a-horse of his brother's in
pound, and on the day after the murder it was to be
sold. Denis Sheehan, the accused, sent a friendly mes-
sage to the deceased, to come to his house, which he
did ; and the servant-woman of the accused deposed
that after he came in the female prisoner sent her out
to drive the cow to the stubble field. As she was re-
turning Mrs. Sheehan desired her to go back and stop
with the cow till she called her in. When re-admitted
she observed the fire place very dirty, and also slops
about the bed on which the deceased was lying when
she was sent out. The deceased was never seen alive
afterwards, and when the neighbours inquired for him,
his brother and sister-in-law said he had gone off and
enlisted. The deceased had sold his interest in his farm
to his brother Denis for 50/., which it appears is still
due. There was a strong prima facie case made out
against the prisoners. Dr. Tuckey deposed that he
made a post morte:n examination of the body, which was
in an advanced state of decomposition. The front part
of the scalp was bare to the bone. The skull was frac-
tured. The brain was quite putrid, but entire. Was
of opinion that the injuries were produced by a blunt
instrument before the body was thrown into the water.
The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against
Denis Sheehan and Kitty Sheehan his wife.
MURDER.—A poor old man, named Patrick Lonergan,
was brutally murdered on Saturday night, near his own
door at Killeagh, in the neighbourhood of New Castle, by.
two men, nho.robbed him of a hundred weight or meal,
which-he had purchased in this toWn. Surgeon Sweenk,
Who made a post nwrtem exaininatioxi of the body, stated
that' his death was caused by thepreastire of blood on
the brain, from the vessels -ruptured by the blows given
the unfortunate deoensed.'—'7lfipirdiy Constitution.
DEATH OF THE 'ROMAN CATHoLIC. BISHOP OF CLOW-
FERT.—We have to announce to-day the death of another
member of the hierarchy of Ireland—the Right Rev.
Thomas Coen, Bishop of Clonfert, in the archiepiscopal
province of Connaught.—Pilot.
DESTRUCTION OF FOOD.—The Pilot says—We most
willingly publish the following communication. We do
not believe the fact; but we have heard it stated many
times, and think it our duty thus publicly to repeat it:--
" To the Commissioners of the Ballast Board and Metro-
politan Police.
"Gentlemen,—lt having cost the city and trade of
Dublin immense sums of money to clear the bar of our
port and deepen the river, I beg to direct your attention
to the universal report through the city that large quan-
tities of corn have been removed from the Custom-house
have observed in the
stores after midnighpt,ap p
aenrds
tthhartouwn into
of the
six
w
hundred
men were working in these stores. Was this their em-
ployment? Surely, if too bad for human food, it might
have answered the unfortunate
_
swine and dogs, wkich
feel the femme sorely. But if too bad for that purpose,
it would have made excellent manure for the small
potato holdings.
A similar mode of export was adopted in 1817, and
the parties' names are.familiar to us
, and s'hould such be the
It is your duty
to hold a public investftgatiotn
fact, to levy penalties
the.
abnal7lanst dredges,_ and give the
ployment afforded
.tto
public an opportum 7 of_ hai their names to poste-
rity along with the black lists 1800 and 1817, which
should be engraved on tables of brass, and placed on the
gates of every poor-house in the country.—l am, Gen
demon, your obedient servant,
_

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THE COMMISSARIAT ESTIMATES.--The Net total
amount required to meet the expenses of the Commissariat
Department during the year 1847-48 is 494,4334, against
397,206/. in 1846-47.

" W. J. LIEYLER.
" 8, Westland-row, April
, 26, 1847."
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The weekly,meeting of the
Association was held this day ;
S. Butler, Esq.,
M.P., in the chair. Mr. John O'Connell submitted to
the meeting an abstract of returns, as yet received by
the Committee of the Association, of the deaths by
famine. The rent for the week was announced to be
241. 16s. 3d.
GALWAY.--The beautiful iron steamer the
of James the Queen
(Captain Williams, commander), the property,
Hartley, Esq., of Dublin, and lately on the Southampton
station, arrived at our docks on Thursday evening last
(being the first merchant one that ever entered the docks

N
No. 17,039. LONDON, 1111 URSDAY
E E APRIL 29 1847.

-
of this port), chartered by the British Association for
the relief of the Irish poor. Her cargo consists of whole
wheaten meal, Indian meal, pork, beef, and cheese—.
all of which have been placed in the Government stores,
being transferred by the British Association to the Go-
vernment, to be by them sold at market prices.—Ga 1.
way Vindicutir.
Lotus, Aram, 24 —Supplies of grain to our market
from the farmers continue most scanty. The advance
and excitement in the leading English markets has im-
parted a decidedly firmer and healthier feeling to ours,
and
Wheat al l descriptions
advanced
s.
tmeto 2s. freeon t saleh e
week.
improvedlnlnd Indian
n e prices.orn
we have had a considerable trade, and an advance of sz.
per ton has been fully established within the last few
days. For Indian meal a great demand continues for
the interior at a similar advancement.
LOUGIIREA, Mau. 22.—The supply of corn to-day
was large, but prices were on the advance. Good seed
oats brought from 235. to 2.53. per brl. Potatoes, of
which there was a large market, were also on the rise,
being from Is. 2d. to is. 6d. per stone.
LIMERICK, APRIL 24.—The Garryowen passed ten
sail of ships (new arrivals) in our river yesterday. One
is an American barque, another a spanish schooner, the
greater part, if not the entire, laden with food.—Lime-
rich Examiner.

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PRICB SD.

gulation of the society, as required by the Charter, four
vacancies in the council will be declared annually, and
four new members elected to fill them.
The reserved fund now amounts to the sum of 2,1951.
16s. 4d. With the view of increasing this fund more
rapidly, for the purpose of obtaining a gallery and as-
xisting in carrying out efficiently the great objects of the
society, it is proposed that a reserve of 21 per cent. of
the amount of each annual subscription (or 61. in the
pound), shall be made.
The council consider this fund to be of the greatest
importance to the permanent prosperity of the associa-
tion, and they invite all who think with them, and are
memb r.. of the association on other than selfish motives,
to pay their subscriptions early in the year, by which
means a considerable addition in the shape of interest
would be made to it annually, without any personal
sacrifice.

With this same end in view, and at the suggestion of
subscribers who objected to the trouble of an annual
payment, it is proposed to receive subscriptions in
advance; and it is resolved that " each member who
rays for ten or more years, shall receive one of the
society's medals in silver, at the time of payment, in
addition to the advantage to which lie may be annually
entitled." In the event of the death of a member so
subscribing, the
.amount will merge in the funds of the
society._ _ _

The following is a statement of the receipts and dis
bursements:—

The cost of obtaining the charter was 407/. 175., but
as this is an expenditure made for the advantage of
future, as well as present members, the council propose
to charge the present year's subscription with a portion
of it oily, and to charge the four succeeding years in
like manner.

s.
Expenses as per general account 2,491 1 7
Two•and-a-Half per Cent. carried to }
446 15 6
Reserved Fund
Sum allotted for statuettes in bronze,
porcelaine, cast-iron, and plaster, also 1,090 0 0
medals and lithographs
Estimated amount for engraving, paper, t 1,813 2 11
of prints
Ditto, ditto, outlines 1,300 0 41
Setapart for expenditure by prizeholders 10,730 -0 0.

17,871 0 0
The accounts have been examined and found correct
by three members of the Finance Committee, and by
two gentlemen from the body of subscribers, viz,
James Stewart, Esq., one of the Secretaries of the Bank
of England, and J. Smith, Esq., of the Consul's-office, to
whom the thanks of the council are due.
The amount set apart, according to this statement, for
the purchase of works of art, viz 10 730/will be thus
allotted :

30 works at 10
40 works at 15 .
36 works at 20 ...
36 works at 25 ...
28 works at 30 ...
28 works at 40 ...
20 works at 50 ...,
15 works at 60 ....
12 works at 70 ....
12 works at 80 ....
6 works at 100
5 works at 150 ....
3 works at 200 ....
2 works at 300

300
........... 600
720
...... 9OO
840
1,120
1,000
900
840
960
.. ......
750
600
600

273 10,730
To these are to be added twenty bronzes of " Iris
Ascending," fifty statuettes of " Innocence," thirty
casts in iron of "Thalia," and 273 lithographs of "La
Fleur's Departure," and thirty silver medals commemo-
rative of Flaxman.

Mr. Marshall's group " The First Whisper of Love,"
commissioned by the council for a prizeholder of 1845,
having proved very satisfactory, the council thought it
desirable to prepare thirty casts of it in plaster, and
these will also be included in the distribution to-day,
making in the whole 706 works of art. The total sum
thus appropriated, including the cost of outlines and
engravings, is 14,9331. 2s. I Id.
To shorten the time occupied in the distribution, a
similar course to that adopted last year is proposed.
The bronzes will be allotted to the first twenty names
drawn consecutively at the close of the general distribu-
tion ; the casts of " The First Whisper of Love" will
be allotted to the next thirty names, similarly drawn,
the casts in iron of " Thalia," to the next thirty names
similarly drawn ; the statuettes of " Innocence" to the
next fifty names ; the medals to the following thirty ;
and each subscriber whose name is found to stand in the
subscription-list next after each of the prizeholders in
the general distribution, will be entitled to receive a
lithograph. Notice of the latter will be sent in the
course of two days. The other prix-hullers vfill receive
ihtimation of the result by to-night's post.
The desire felt by the council to have such a selection
made by the prizqholders as may confer credit on the
association,. and aid in properly carrying out its :cal
purpo:•e, has b. en constantly expressed by them. Now,
however, and always they would repeat it, urging prize-
holders to consider the Art-Union an ins!rument for the
encouragement and diffusion of art, and not a eompiny
for securing personal advantages to the subicribers.
The Council invite them most seriously to consider well
before making their selection, and in the event of a want
of an acquaintance with art, to seek the :Assistance of
qualified friends. _

The desirability of confining the right of selection to
the Council has recently been mooted. Your Council
would greatly deplore such a change, arid, furthermore,
would consider it their duty to oppose it by every means
in their power, as being calculated not merely
to lessen the good effects of the Association, but
ultimately to destroy it altogether, and to do
great injury to art and artists. The council are con-
firmed by experience in the opinion already expressed by
them on other occasions, that by placing the selection in
the hands of the prizeholders themselves, much good is
done. Great additional interest in the subject is excited,
personal inquiry and examination are induced, compari-
son between works is instituted, and knowledge ob-
tained. In this way, too, all classes of art-works find a
market; whereas were the selections all made by the
same five or six individuals, a bias would exist even with
the best intentions towards works of some particular
character and style, to say nothing of the possibility of
personal favouritism, and thus injury would be done to
other classes of art. It should bo remembered, too, in
discussing this question fully, which cannot be attempted
here, under the present arrangements a large sum is an-
nually added by the prizeholders to the amount expended
by the Art-Union on works of art, which could not be
the case if the pictures were selected by a committee.
Moreover, allowing the prizeholders to select is so much
more popular than the contrary course would be, that
the change could not fail to lessen the number of sub-
scribers most materially, thus interfering with one great
object of the society, that of interesting the masses in
matters of art, and affording them the means of enjoying
them.

To familiarise the people at large with the best pro-
auctions of art is the first step towards ensuring such a
progress in the arts as may be called national. Until
now, large numbers of even the educated public have
been ignorant of the best characteristics of art, and un-
able fully to enjoy the intellectual pleasures it offers.
When a people sympathise in art, find enjoyment in it,
and feel it to be an indispensable need, they will become
their own educators ; but not till then, and then
only, may artists be expected to achieve great things.
" The arts," as a recent American writer remarks,
"are no luxury, no mere ornament and stimulus to a
civic and complicated'existence, as the worldling and the
ascetic alike delight in representing them t, be, but the
herbarium in which are preserved the fairest flowers of
man's existence ; the magic mirror, by whose aid all its
phases are interpreted, the circle into which the various
spirits of the elements may be invoked, and made to
reveal the secret they elsewhere manifest only in large
revolutions of time ; and what philosophy with careful
steps and anxious ear has long sought in vain, is often-
times revealed at once by a flash from this torch."
A true education in art has been defined to consist in
a lively susceptibility of the emotion of beauty, and in a
fixed determination of the principle of taste towards that
which is beautiful, analogous to that of the reason to-
wards truth and . reality,—rather than in acquaintance
with works of art, or even accurate perception of the
beauties of any particular work.
The perception of truth, and harmony, and beauty,
where obscure and disguised, is one of the distinctions of
genius. To make these visible to all is one of its
powers.

- Art should form a part of general education, and will
do so, it may be hoped, before long. It may be made
to assist in education most materially. If, as desired by
the ancients, none but beautiful forms were permitted in
the assemblies of the young ; if noble and holy actions
gracefully set forth everywhere met the eye ; and our
rooms were hung with fine thoughts instead of unmean-
ing patterns—the effect on the national mind would be
much greater than would be believed by those who have
not fully considered the subject.
Art shows us man as he can by no other means be
made known ; art gives us " nobler loves and nobler
cares"—furnising objects, by the contemplation of
which we are taught and exalted—and so are ultimately
led to seek Beauty in its highest form, which is—
Goodness.

Your Council terminate their report by again urging
the priztholders so to exercise their right of selection,
as to furnish an additional argument in support of their
views on this subject.

'GEORGE GODWIN,)
LEWIS POCOCK. cHon. Sec 3."

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[ ADVERTISRM ENT.] —A CURE
IL
POF A LIVER COMPLAINT
OF LONG STANDING BY HOLLOW AY'S LS.—James Holmes, of
Temple-street, Bristol, had the liver complaint
more than three
years; he was in Bath Hospital several months, but came out in a
weaker state than when he went in. Af Swatkle,a he re-
ceived the best attention of the medical men atterwards twoat institutions, but
derived no benefit. Being unable to do safficient work to keep him
he returned to his friends at Bristol, and commenced-Mr use of
Holloway's Pill., which in three riv nths restored him to perfect
health. He is now working constantly at his trade, as a mason.
Sold by all Druggists, and at PrOteSsor Holloway'3 Establishment
244, Strand, London.
Monday
THE ELGIN RIOTS.—At a jury court, on
week, John Lawrence, butcher in Elgin, pled:-guilty guilty to a
charge of rioting, on the 26th Januar last, Zi_d
_Tui,,„BBll-
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tenced by Sheriff Cameron, after . a suitable aaraommavo•
i sixty dayie imprisormatetwlnTernen °Wrier'