The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-20 00:00:00

No. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING

FREE EMIGRATION to the CAPE of GOOD
HOPE, under the authority of her Majesty's Colonial Land and
Emigration Commissioners.

The splendid first-class ship SCOTIA, of 778 tons register, THOS.
STRICKLAND, Commander, with a Poop, and most superior Cabin
and Steerage accommodations, will embark Passengers on the 14th,
and at Plymouth on the 24th December, direct for CAPE TOWN
and ALGOA BAY. Poep Cabin Passengers will be taken at 251.
each to Table Bay. Steerage Passengers who may not be eligible for
a free passage will be charged 141. to Table Bay, and 16/. to Algoa
Bay. which will include new bedding and mess utensils. An expe-
rienced Surgeon, appointed by Government, will be on board. La-
bour urgently required in the above healthy colony, and every indus-
trious and well-conducted person is sure to better his condition by
emigrating thither.

Alt partculars as to the classes eligible for free passage, dietary on
the voyage, &c., will be furnished on application to John Marshall
and Co., 26, Birchin-laae at Southampton ; or at Baltic-wharf,
Plymouth.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, London ; 97, George-
street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, College Green
Dublin.

(Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.)
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on
tho sum assured to all Policies of the Pa. ticipating Class from the
time they were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of
kite next division of profits in 1848, should make immediate appli-
,ation.
When the insurance is for life, only oxe-half the annual premium
need be paid for the first five years.
Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Director, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where prospec-
tuses, &c., may be had.

N A.TIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital .£500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
w;th respect to nfe assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
leiture 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 conveniencies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
at the annual meeting held en the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid en each
policy effected on the profit scale.

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the
Ace, or any of its branches In the country ; or, on application. will
be forwarded post free.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

AT ATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
POULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTO/W.
ROBERT WILCOION, Esq., Chairman.
Edward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Wards, and Co.)
George Cursham, M.D., Saville-row.
William Lawson, Esq. (?'rower, Lawson, and Troyer).
George Moore, Esq. (Groucock, Copestake, and Moore).
William Nicholson, Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.)
James l'eek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.)
Giles Redrasyne, Esq., New Bond-street.
Peter Bolt, Esq. (Brocklebank and Rolt).
David Waddington, Esq., M.P.
Amopg other advantages offered by this Society, are :
Security without liability.
Economy in the management, and low rates of premium.
Claims promptly paid.
Profits to policy holders.
Bonus declared July 1, 1846.

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1838 7 60 1,000 62 15 0 24 15 6 248 40
1838 7 48 1,000 39 15 0 14 7 3 244 38
1839 6 59 1,000 60 0 I 20 1 18 224 33
1839 6 43 2,000 68 0 0 21 0 7 474 31
1840 6 44 1,000 35 0 0 9 6 I 202 27
1841 4 49 2,000 iB2 10 0 18 10 0 341 23

N.B
848, v

Parties sending in proposals for Assurance before January 1,
rill be entitled to participate in the profits to be declared in

J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary.

"PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE,
50, REGENT-STREET, LONDON,
Established 180 G.
INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,200,0001.
Annual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 529,0001.
Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,520,0001.
PRESIDENT.
The Right Honourable EARL GREY.
DIRECTORS.

The Earl of Macclesfleid. Rev. James Sherman.
The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird. Henry B. Churchill. En.
Sir Richard D. King, Bart. William Judd, Hsq.
Alexander Henderson, M.D. James Sedgwick, Esq.
Capt. W .John Williams. Alfred Beaumont, En.
John Deering, Esq., M.P. George Deere, Esq.
William Henry Stone, Esq. Richard Sherwood, Esq.
1. The Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life
Offices, the rate without bonus is lower than that of most ether
.)fees.

2. The Bonuses are added to the Policies, or applied to the reduc-
tion of the Premiums, or may be received in cash as moon as de-
•lareci. at their then present value.
3. Policies issued by this office aro purchased at their Mil value ;
sr Loans may be obtained upon them to the same amount.
4. If a party neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he may
repair the omission any time within twelve months, upon proof of
400 d health.
Bonuses paid upon Policies whi

Life insured.

John Wharton, Esq., Skelton Castle
Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart...
Sir William Wake, Bart. .. •• .•
Earl 5trathm0re................

Rev. H. W. Charnpneys, Canterbury
The Marquis of Wellesley • • .... • • • •
Earl Cathcart ....

have become Claims.

'Sum insured.( Sum paid,

6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
3,000
2,000
1,000

•.. I. d.
7,706 6 0
7,652 13 3
7,500 3
7,128 15 $
4,509 1 1
3,411 1 3
1,862 4 11

Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained upon applica-
tion to the agents of the office In all the principal towns of the United
Kingdom; and at the head office, No. 50, Regent-street.
JOHN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director.

UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST
GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
THE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, EAST
INDIA, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
DIRECTORS.
Colonel Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., R.E., Chairman.
Major-General Sir WILLIAM GOSSET, C. 11., K.C.H., R.E.,
Deputy-Chairman.
Admiral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.8., M.P.
Major-General Sir J. Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H.
General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H.
Major-General Slr P. Ross, G.C.M.G., K.C.H.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B.
Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., ILA.
Captain Sir George Bite:. R.N
Major-General Taylor. C. 8., E.I.C.S.
Major-General Edward Wyuyard, C.B.
Major-General Arnold. K.H., K.C.
Lieutenant-General Cleiland, E.I.C.S.
Lieutenant-Colonel 11. Hamner, K.H., late R.H.G.
Lieutenant-Colonel Matson, R.E.
Major Shadwell Clerke, K.H., F.R.S.
Archibald Hair, Esq., M.D., late R.H.G.
Captain William Lancey,,R.E.
William Chard, Esq., Navy Agent
James Nugent Daniell, Esq.
Wilbraham Taylor, Esq.
Major-General Rolt, C.B.
Major F. S. Sotheby, C.B.
BANKERS—Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
Ac=Attic—John Finlaison, Esq., the Government Calculator.
Assurances are granted upon the lives of persons in every station
of life, and for every part of the world, upon particularly favourable
terms.
Persons assured in this office may change from one country to ano-
user without forfeiting their policies.
A BONUS AMOUNTING TO TIIIRTT PER CENT. on the actual value of
the policies was apportioned to the assured at the First Septennial
Meeting, held in the year 1844.
JOSEPH C. BRETTELL, Secretary.

DR. LA'INFIRMITIES OF YOUTII
AND MATURITY
.—WITH ON
THE
SECRET
4E°l OCTOLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON
pEuEbLits.hed, and may be had in French erEnglish, in a Sealed
JustST
Envelope, 2s. Gd„ or post-free, from the
A
Stamps, uthor, for forty-two
`ELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise
on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive
Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and A:
turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood; with Practices:
Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of
tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis.
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis-
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various
injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
infection. _ _

BY SAMUEL LA'MERT,
9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE,

LONDON.

Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Mu-
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
_ _ _ .

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veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised,
and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many oould
it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap-
pointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, which when
used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when
abused, the prolific source of mischief, and of greater or less Injury
to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on
the nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate,
are productive of greater severity of misery to the kuman frame,
than any other to which it is subject.
This work contains an accurate and complete account of the
Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of
their relative conditions In health and disease. It deservedly
requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can
be of more importance than the preservation of the health,
and of the physical capabilities of which every man should
possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy
victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired
in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering
from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap-
plying physician for relief. Shame and the dread so
frequently,plyhlgtoa but erroneously entertained that these complaints are
beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking
for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he
forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of
disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva-
riably characterise the intelligent and practical
of thehysician, and to
legal
the
medical man who can show by his posse Mon requisite
qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes-
sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr.
L <INERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas
testify, and the g reat extent of his practice for many years is a
guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost
solely to the treatment of these diseases.
Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards,
S 2, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne-
Street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146,
Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamps,
from The Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally
or by letter, daily, from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight at his
cadence 9 Bedford-street Bedford-seuare London.

CONTRACTS for RUM, SUGAR, COCOA,
SOAP, WHEAT, and OATS.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, Nov. 18, 1847.
The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord high Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give
novice, that on THURSDAY, the 25th instant, at One o'clock, they will
be ready to treat with such rereons as may be willing to Contract
for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling stores at
Depttord, the undermentioned Articles, viz.:

When to be delivered.
The produce of the British Pos- Gallons.
Run sessions and not less than half 100,000
to be the produce of the British
Possessions in the West Indies,
SUGAR (the produce of the British Pos-

COCOA

sessions)•• • • ... •• ..

SOAP (Mottled) —;; •• •• •

Tons.
100

Quarters,

Half of each
In 3 Weeks,
and the re-
mainder in
3 Weeks af-
terwards.

WHEATRed• • 0000
White .
OATS (scotch Potato) •• • • .... ••• . •
• • 500 Within 10 days.
The Rum, Sugar, and Coco.t to be exempted from the Customs'
Duties.
Samples of the Cocoa (not less than 2 lbs ), and of the Wheat and
Oats (not less than two quarts of each) must be produced by the
parties tendering, and samples of the Sugar and Soap, 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.
Eve7y 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 Sonierset•place, and those for Rum, Su-
gar, and Cocoa 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 Contracts.

GUILDHALL, Nov. 15, 1847.
THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S
LANDS, will meet at Guildhall, on WJDNaWAT, the 24th day
of November instant, at One o'clock precisely, to receive tenders for
LETTING on BUILDING LEASES, for sixty-one years, from
Christmas next, a Piece of Ground, on the north side of Narrow-
street, at the corner of Cross-street, at Ratcliffe ; and a large plot 01
Ground en the east side of Puddle Dock, on the south side of Upper
Thames-street, and on the north side of the River Thames. Also
to receive Tenders for Letting on Leases, for twenty-one years from
Christmas next, a House, No. 19, on the north side of Broad-street,
buildings ; Nos. 30, 29, 38, 27, 26, and 25, on the north side of Bevis
Marks, St. Mary Axe ; Nos. 7 and 6, on the west side of Castle-street,
Hontulsditeh ; and Nos. 6,5, and 4, oa the north side of Creseen--
place, illackfriars,

- Fuither particulars may be obtained, and plane seen, by applying
at the Office of Works, Guildhall.

THOMAS SIIINDBRS, Comptroller.

TO LINEN AND COTTON MANUFACTURERS AND
CAPITALISTS.
WANTED in a FIRST RATE CONCERN,
of nearly Fifty Years standing, in the West Riding of
Yorkshire, one or more Partners, to •sapply the places of deceased
Partners. The Capital required will be from 15,000/. to 20,0001. to
be advanced at stated periods. The concern has hitherto been car-
ried on in all its branches from the raw materials down to their
manufacture, and therefore the parties coming in should have a
practical knowledge of some of the departments, as they will have
to take an active part in the business.

Applications stating the amount of Capital at command may be
addressed, "K. W. Care of Mr. D. Steel, 2, Spring Gardens, Tra-
falgar-square. London."
November 15th, 1847.

NOTTINGHAM.-BLACK BOY HOTEL.
R. CHAPMAN having succeeded Mr. Fanton, begs to
announce to Commercial Gentlemen, and Families travelling, that
his house affords every accommodation and comfort, and he respect-
fully solicits the favour of their patronage.

ROBIN HOOD HOTEL and COMMERCIAL
INN, CASTLEGATE, YORK.
ROBIN
DANIEL ADDISON begs to thank his Commercial Friends and
the Public generally for the kind and liberal support which has hien
conferred upon him since his entrance to this establishment, and
topes that, by unremitting and personal attention, to merit a con-
tinuance of their patronage and favours.
D. A. takes this opportunity to state that the premises have lately
undergone considerable repairs and improvements.

NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " LETTERS TO MY
UNKNOWN FRIENDS."
On Thursday, the 25th instant, will be published, in fcp. Bvo.,
SOME PASSAGES from MODERN HISTORY
By the Author of " Letters to my Unknown Friends."
Also, en the same day, a New Edition of
LETTERS 'lO %1Y UNKNOWN FRIENDS.
By the same Author, in fcp. Bvo., price 6s. 64.,
TWELVE YEARS AGO. A Tale.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " HANDLEY CROSS."
Pub:ished This Day, in 1 vol., fivo., with Eight Illustrations
by Phiz, price 12s. cloth,
AWBUCK GRANGE ; or, Last Season's
Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.
By the Author of " Handley Cross, or the Spa Hunt ;" " Jorrocks'
Jaunts and Jollities," &c.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

Immediately will be published, in 1 vol. Bvo.,
IRELAND: its HISTORY, PAST and
PRESENT, ELUCIDATED.
By Lieutenant-Colonel JAMES CAMPBELL.
Author of " Excursions, Adventures, and Field Sports hi Ceylon," &c.
T. and W. Boone, publishers, 29, New Bond-street, London.
Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh.

People's Edition, Price 2s. 6d.
FALLACIES of the FACULTY, with NOTES.
By Dr. TURNER.
" Be that opposes his own judgment against the consent of the
times ought to be backed with unanswerable truths ; and he that has
truth on his side is a fool, as well as a coward, if he is afraid to own
it because of the currency or multitude of other men's opialons."—
De Foe.
Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-court ; J. 011Iyler, Pall-mall.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
TWO LECTURES by Dr. lIACHHOFFNER—one en
the Laws of Nature, in reference to the important sib-
Jed of SINITIRT MEASURES; the other on the various
modes of VENTILATION, in which the PHYSICAL PRO-
PERTIES if a JET of STEAM will be exhibited, with Novel and
highly Interesting F.xperinseits, daily at Two and Half-past Three
o'clock. These Lectures will be given alternately in the liveuings, at
Eight o'clock, except on Satnrdays. The ELECTRIC TELE-
GRAPHS worked. The WORKING MODELS, explained. An
entirely New Series et DISSOLVING VIEWS. DIVING BELL and
DIVER. with HYDE'S NEW A.PPIRATTS Dr CONTEILSINII
seeder WATER, &c. ice.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

T° MR, PROUT, 229, STRAND,
LONDON.
" No. 208, Piccadilly, October 19, 1847.

" Sir,—lt is now three and a half years since I was sorely afflicted
with Rheumatic Gout, the suffering from which induced use to try
all the proposed remedies that extensive medical experience could
devise, without obtaining any satisfactory relief from pain. Poring
one of the paroxysms a friend advised me to try BLAIR'S GOUT
and RHEUMATIC PILLS, observing that he had in some severe
cases taken them himself, and they proved very successful. I in-
stantly adopted his advice, and to my joy the excruciating torment
soon began to abate, and a few boxes restored nse to health, since
which I have bad no return of the complaint.
" I trust you will give publicity to my case, that suffering humanity
may know how to obtain a remedy for this distressing disease.
"I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
" MICHAEL ICASMYTIL"

The above testimonial is a further proof of the efficacy of Blair's
Gout and Rheumatic l'ills, which afford speedy relief to those afflicted
with gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, tic doloreux, pains in the
head and face, and all analogous complaints.
Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, and most respect-
able Medicine Vendors. Observe the name and address of " Thomas
Prout, 229, Strand, London," in the Government Stamp.

QECRET MALADIES.
Treatment of CH. ALBERT, M.D., a Member of the Univer-
sity of Paris, Professor of Pharmacy, Apothecary to the Hospitals of
Paris, Professor of Medicine, and honoured with several Medals and
national rewards. No. 21, Rue Montorgeuil, Paris.
Numberless and well-authenicated cases which hitherto had been
considered as incurable by the Faculty, and which in a short time
have given way under this treatment, are most unequivocal proofs of
its superiority over every other means as yet employed. It was for
a long period of time a desideratum to discover a mode of cure
adopted to all constitutions, and which should be free from the bane-
ful effects of mercury. We are now arrived at the solution of this
problem by the discovery of a mode of treatment at once simple and
easy, and which, without any degree of exaggeration, we can affirm
to be infallible In the cure of all secret maladies, however inveterate
or of long standing. The method of cure, according to Dr. Albert, is
economical and easy, either at home or on a journey, causing not the
slightest derangement to the general health, and safe in all seasons
and in all climates.

Sold by E. W. Wilcox, 33G, Oxford-street; T. Miles, Gracechurch-
street ; and by all the principal Chemists in London.

A Treatise is enclosed with the Medicine.

STATE OF TRADE.—The condition of the hosiery
manufacture in all the branches, whether; silk or cotton,
Is extremely
depressed. The silk glove branch seems
to
be in rather the worst state, many of the hands hav-
ing had no work since April or May: the only general
remedy they conceive is to emigrate, and they seem
Leicester
uqtu ahratde r
hundredsthey
to Turkey has been principallypoceed. The expedition
composedee of a few
stsertomwenh,abt
would have been plenty of Volunteersn required, there
are making, as a last resource, to applyto
ome attempts
once more, but the great mass of the Buffer Parliament
no relief from that quarter. On all sides wereshe:Pect
nothing but assertions and complaints that the ctanrtoonf
bobbin-net trade is worse than ever, and a general (but
we think rather mistaken) opinion prevails that it
never was worse. It is much to be lamented that
the machine-owners will not direct their attention to
constructing their machinery so as to improve the
fabric of the net, and also the principle of the
jacquard, to enable them to make large patterns,
the present principle being only applicable to making
narrow breadths and quillings ; and not vests, shawls,
carfs, and such garments, which require a large
quantity of net. This they certainly are aware of ; but
they complain that the prices offered by the manufac-
turers for laces will not remunerate the heavy outlay
in making alterations and improvements. The silk
bobbin-net trade is still in a fair condition, and there
is yet some demand for muslin laces, which will most
probably increase with the spring fashions and the
spring trade. We are pained to state that the cotton
warp lace trade has again receded, and some frames
have been stopped. The warp cotton lace trade in
France, upon the English principle, from the English
frames, is in a similar situation; but the French prin-
ciple, worked by Frenchmen upon their own methods,
is in a tolerable state; they are now principally supplied
by needles made in England, they being very deficient
in making them in France. They are sent of all guages,
from a four guage two-needle to a forty gunge two-
needle, which proves the extent of the manufacture.
Many warp frames have latterly been removed from
France to Spain and America.—Nottingham Review.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENING.—It is probable that
the Court will leave the Castle for Osborne immediately
after the Princess Royal's birthday; but at present no
orders have been issued, nor have any arrangements
been made for removal.

SOIREE OF THE MANCHESTER

ATHEN/EUth.
MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.—The annual soiree of the
Manchester Atheneum was held last night in the
Free Trade Hall, under the able presidency of
Archibald Alison, Esq., F.R.S., E., &c., the eminent
historian. The attendance was not so numerous as
upon past occasions, a circumstance attributable
solely to commercial depression, and not to any
abatement of public interest in the institution. The
large size of the hall had the effect of making the
assemblage appear a smaller one than it was in reality.
The platform was pretty fully occupied. The gal-
leries were not by any means orowded, and there
was ample space on some of the back seats in the
body of the hall. Still there were not fewer
than 1,700 or 1,800 persons present—a large number,
considering the limitation mainly to members of the
instution, and the state of the times. The seats in
the body of the hall were so arranged that those in
the side compartments converged towards the plat-
form, and thus the faces of all the assembly were
turned toward the speakers. A quadrille band was
stationed at the end of the hall, opposite to the plat-
form.

Besides the distinguished President, there were
among the invited guests Mr. Cobden, M.P. The
moment the Honourable Gentleman was seen upon
the platform, this being his first appearance before a
public assembly after more than twelve months' ab-
sence from England, long and loud cheering, rever-
berating from all parts of the hall, welcomed him to
his fellow-citizens of Manchester. There wore also
present Mr. Emerson, the essayist, from Concord,
America; Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. George Cruik-
shank, Viscount Brackiey, M.P., Mr. W. H. Ains-
worth, Mr. Blackwood, publisher of the magazine, and
other well-known characters.

Notes of apology for absence were read from the
Rev. G. R. Gleig, Mr. John APGregor, M.P., Hon.
C. P. Villiers, M.P., Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P. Mr.
Brotherton, M.P., the Rev. the Dean of Manchester,
and the Bishop elect, whose letter is to the following
effect :

" King Edward's School, Birmingham,
November 13.

" Sir,—l beg leave to acknowledge, with thanks,
the favour of your letter received this morning. For
the:expressions of goodwill personally to myself which
it contains, I feel obliged, and trust the issue of my
future connexion with the town of Manchester will
prove it to be my most sincere and earnest endeavour
that I may merit them.
" You will oblige me by communicating to the
directors of the Manchester Athenaeum my thanks for
the great honour they have done me, by the invita-
tion to their annual soiree, and my regret that I shall
be unable to accept it. The nature of my engage-
ments here is so uncertain, and the various calls upon
my time so pressing at the present moment, that I do
not feel at liberty to undertake a duty I may be un-
able to fulfil, however much my wishes may incline
me to do it.

" I trust I shall at no time be found indifferent to
the claims of any institution, having for its object the
diffusion of sound knowledge and cultivation of taste.
You will much oblige me if, when quite convenient,
you will forward to me a copy of the rules or bye-
laws of the Manchester Athenaeum, that I may give
them, as I am fully desirous to do, the best attention
in my power.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your faithful servant,
" JAMES PRINCE LEE.
" F. Robinson, Esq., Honorary Secretary to
the Manchester Athenaeum."
The other absent apologists were Mr. James Prior
and Mr. G. L. Craik. _ _

The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting, and
was loudly applauded on rising. Ladies and Gen-
tlemen—When I look around me on this magnificent
assembly—when I recollect that it is, as it were, the
heart and soul of Manchester itself, the centre of the
commercial greatness of England —when I call to
mind the splendid eloquence with which you have
been addressed from this place, I know not whether
feelings of pride or humility should be uppermost in
my bosom ; of pride that your directors have deemed
me worthy to succeed the many eminent men who
have already filled this chair ; of humility that I
should be in most respects so unworthy to occupy their
place. When I reflect on the graphic powers and
touching pathos which have made the works of Dickens
known wherever the English language is spoken
throughout the earth—when I recollect the brilliant
eloquence and caustic energy which have rendered
Disraeli the object of admiration alike in the senate
and the nation—when I call to mind the flashes of
genius which glance like reflected sunbeans from the
impetuous stream of Sergeant Talfourd's eloquence,
and the graceful oratory and generous sentiments
which, more even than his high descent, add lustre to
the name of Morpeth, it feel at once what a distinc-
tion is conferred, and a responsibility is imposed, by
the chair, in which the too flattering kindness of the
directors of this institution has now placed me.
Among the many reasons for admiring the choice
which the directors have made of my predecessors,
it is not the least that it evinces so marked a supe-
riority to all the distinctions of opinion and party,
demonstrating that you regard literature in its
noblest aspect, that of a great republic, the members
of which should have only one object—the discovery
of truth ; who should feel no rival, but the rivalry of
doing good ; and no enmity but against the enemies
of humanity.—(Cheers.) In one respect only I feel
that I have some title to occupy this place—in one
particular only I may perhaps be of service to some
of those who hear me. Though known to you
chiefly, if not entirely, by my writings, I am not
in reality a literary man. Literature has been the
delight, but it has not been the occupation of my life,
and the works which have procured me the high
honour which I now enjoy have been but the amuse-
ment of evenings, after days spent in the discharge of
laborious duties.—(Cheers.) I can thus speak from
my own experience of the possibility of uniting
business and literature. I can tell you from personal
knowledge of the solace it affords to a life of labour,
and how it forms, as it were, a link between the
active and speculative world. I may perhaps possess
one qualification for addressing an institution which
aims at uniting the energy of commercial enterprise
with the refinements of literary thought. Tt ere is
another circumstance which renders the honour now
conferred in a peculiar manner grateful to me, and
which I hope I may be forgiven for alluding to. I
have lived so long in Scotland that it is gene-
rally believed that I belong to that country ;
but, though my ancestors were Scotch, I was
not born to the north of the Tweed, and when
your kindness recalled me to this country, it
recalled me to the land of my birth.—(Applause.)
I was born at no great distance from this city, in the
neighbouring county of Shropshire. My earliest re-
collection of the paternal home is of the solitude and
seclusion of an English parsonage-house, and if any-
thing I have since done has rendered me worthy of
your favour, it is owing to the example I then saw,
and the precepts I then received. Nor has the long,
period which has since intervened weakened the re-
collections of infancy ; not a long sojourn among the
mountains of Scotland, not the grandeur of the Alps,
nor the beauty of the Appenines, have been able to
dim the vision of its surpassing loveliness. I still see
in dear vision the Severn stealing through its grassy
meads, the storied summits of the Caerdoc and Law-
ley, the woods of Acton Burnell Hill sleeping on
their placid lakes; the Wrekin, arising in solitary
majesty ; the sun setting behind the ridge of Cadet.
Idris.—(Cheers.) I see that the names I have men-
tioned are as household words to many who hear ale;
but if they are so to you what must they be to me
who am recalled to their vicinity after an absence of
so many years, to fill a place which the descendant of
the Howards was proud to occupy ? Interesting as
such assemblies as this must be at all times, and in
all places, there is something peculiarly
appropriate for them in a great commercial
city such as Manchester. There is a natural
connexion which has made itself manifest in every
age between commerce and intellectual eminence.): '
and the greatest steps in human improvement,
the
greatest marvels of human exertions, have arisen from
their combination. It was to the commercial city of
Tyre that we owe the invention of letters —that won-
derful and almost superhuman discovery, which first
gave permanence to the creations of thought, and
sends forth the " winged words" of genius to make
the circuit of the globe, and charm while it endures.
It was its fortunate situation on the highwayfrom
Asia to Europe, since re-opened by British enterprise,
which gave its early celebrity and enduring fame to
ancient Egypt ; and we owe to the caravans of the
desert, more even than to the power of the Pharaohs,
those wonderful structures, the Pyramids of Cairo and
Temples of Luxor, which, after the lapse of four thou-
sand years, still stand "erect and unshaken above the
floods of the Nile."

" Turn over to the land,
Where on the 117,g-efin shore a city stands,
Built nobly—pure the air, and light the soil;
Athens ! the eye of Greece, mother of arts,
And eloquence."
and we shall find that the genius, the taste, and the
fancy which have rendered the city of Minerva im-
mortal—which have caused its name, after the lapse
of two thousand years, to be adopted by an institu-
tion animated by a similar spirit in a distant and then
barbarous land—was owing to the combined efforts