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FIOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
AA) LECTURE. on CIIA RAC I ER, with Musical Illustrations,
by qr. J. RUSSELL. accompanied by Dr. Wallis, on the Pianoforte,
every Evening, at E.ght o'clock, except Saturday Dr. ISachhoffm.ir's
LECTUR•.;S on NATURAL I'HILi P,OPIIY will comprise the gab •
ject of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS, &c. CHEMICAL LEC-
TURES. To the WORKING NOIJELS, explained daily, have just
been added GALLOWAY'S APPARATUS' for ascending and de-
scending INCLINED PLANER ou EAILWAYS. The beautif-1
OPTICAL EFFECTS include the lass DISSOLVING VIEWS.
DIVING BELL and DIVER, with EXPERIMENTS, Lc- kc-
Admission, Is.; Schools, Ilalf•price.

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c.
:)flice, or any •f its branches in the country; o
be forwarded post free.

nay be had at the
', ou application. will

F. FERGUSON CA:

:OUX, Secretary.

DISEASED AND lIEALTIIY LIVES ASSURED.

MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE
OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON ; 22, NASSAU-
STREET, DUBLIN; GRO-;SE GALLENGASSE, FRANKFORT
and BORSEN PAS=AGE, HAMBURG.
Subscribed Capital, 500,0001.
This office was established in 1841, and possesses tables formed on
a scientific basis for the assurance of diseased lives.
Policies of twelve months staridir.g are not alf,cted by suicide,
duelling, &c., and Assigned Policies are valid from the date thereof,
should death ensue from any of these causes.
Policies issued by this Society give the Person whose life is assured
permission to go at any time beyond the limits of Europe, on the
payment of certain, but small and fixed, rates of premium, which are
indorsed on the Policy at the time when first issued.

HEALTHY LIVES, both at Home and in Foreign Climates, are
Assured with as much facility and at lower rates than at most other
offices; and a capital of Half-a-Million sterling fully subscribe/.
affords a complete guarantee for the fulfilment of the Company's
engagements.

Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal will be forwarded, postage
free, on application to any of the Society's Agents, or to FRANCIS
G. P. NEISON, Actuary, 25, Pall-mall, London.

VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 18, KING WILLIAM-STREET. CITY.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
At the first Septennial Meeting of this Company, held on the II th
March last, a BONUS, averaging 23 per cent. on the amount of
premiums paid, was declared on Policies entitled to participate in
Profits.
Four fifths, or SO per cent. of the entire Profits of the Company,
will at future divisions be appropriated to all Assurers entitled to
share therein.
Every advantage is offered by this Company to Assurers.
0:: Policies taken out for the whole term of life, one-half of the An-
nual Prendusas thereon may remain unpaid tor five years.
Parties Assured with the Company are allowed to reside in many
of the Colonies without additional charge, and the Premium required
for the East or West Indies, and other extra risks, is more than
usually moderate.
By a plan originating with this Company, great security is offered
to parties Assuring the Lives of others.
Advances continue to be made to Assurers on Assignable Property
or Income, and also on the guarantee of most undoubted personal
sureties.
Detailed Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, by
application at the Office, or by letter addre,sed to the Actuary.
WILLIAM RATIIAY, Actuary and Secretary.

ITNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
kJ COMPANY.- 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97,
George-street, Edinburgh, 12, St Vincent-place, Glasgow.

DIRECTORS.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.
HANANEL DE cAsnto, Depu'y Chairman.
Samuel Anderson, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq.
Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. ! F. C. Maitland, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railton, Esq.
Charles Downes, Esq. John Ritchie, Esq.
Charles Graham, Esq. F. H. I homson, Esq.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
perfect security in a large paid•up Capital, and in the great success
which has attended it since its commencement in 1834—ITS ANNUAL
INCOME BEING UPWARDS OF 92,1001.
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on
the sum insured to all policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected.

The bonus added policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De-
cember, 1840, Is as follows:

Sum Assured. Time Assured Sum added to Policy.
£5000..........6 years 10 months • • • • • • • • £683 Gs. Bd.
5000 .•.••• • • • • 6 years ........ 600 Os. Od.
5000. ... •• 4 years ........ 400 Os. Od.
5000..........2 years 200 Os. Od.
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first five years, where the In-
surance is for Life. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the next
division of profits, in 1848, should make immediate application.
No Entrance 51oney or charge except the Policy Stamp.
Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Direetor, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION.
(Yrorl3lunally- Itegt.tarod )

COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT.

Capital, 20,0001. in 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per Share

On complete registration.

No farther call will be made without three months' previous
notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount
subscribed for.

The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in
the offices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
Exchange-buildings, Sec. The objects of the promoters are ap-
proved by
The Mo3t Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the

Royal Society.
The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, R.G., President of the Royal In-

stitute of British Architects.
Sir RODEItICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science.

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lerd Bishop
of Norwich of Lichfield
The Right Hon. the Earl of Lei- The Most Noble the Marquis of
eester Bristol
The Lord Rendlesharn, M.P. The Hen. and Rev. Thomas R.
The Right Rev, the Lord BishopLlieppel _ .

of Gloucester and Bristol
The Hon. and Hwy. Edward 8.1
Keppel
The Very Rev. the Dean of West-,
minster. Dr. Buckland
The Venerable Archdeacon Shir-'

The lion. Fred. B3ng
The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal-
llum, Bart.
Sir William Foster, Bart.
Sir Robert Harland, Bart.
'Sir Francis Darwin

ley
Sir John P. Boileau, Bart.
Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart.
Dr. Outran, F.R.S., F.G.S., In-
spector of Naval Hospitals
Right Hen. Earl Fitzhardinge
Illy Grace the Duke of Beaufort

The Norwich Union Fire Oftlie,e
The Sofrolk Fire Office
The District Fire Office of Bir-
mingham
The Norwich Equitable Insurance
Office
The Nottinghamshire and Derby-

Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P,
Eight Hon. F. 11. F. Berkeley,
M.P.
W. Miles, Esq., M.P.

shire Fire Office
The West of England Fire Office,
&e.

The object of this Association Is totally to abolish the use of
climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, car. 85,
are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in
by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im-
possihility in innumerable cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge-
nious and effective Hamoneur machine has been invented. Tills
invention consists of tour brushes forming a square head, which
by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to
the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby
creating an even pressure on all our sides of a chimney. The
rods attached to this head or brush are sal plied at intervals wit k
universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angl,
and the whole is surmounted with a double revolving ball, having
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route most
perfectly. The capabilitioe of this machine are best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and
numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
number of the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the
offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 39, Jennyn-street, St
James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, iiirchin-lane ; at
W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the
principal office, 1, Wellington•street, London-bridge, Borough, where
applications for shares may be addressed.

RU THIN FESTIVITIES in HONOUR
OF JOHN WILLIA %.IS. ESQ., BRYN W YLFA,
M.P. FOit MACCLESFIELD.

(Abridged from the Carnurron and Denbigh Herald.)
Our readers have been informed that Wednesday
last was set apart at Ruthin, to commemorate the
election of Mr. Williams, of Brynwylfa, as represen-
tative of the town of Macclesfield.
On arriving at Ruthin from St. Asaph, on the
morning of Wednesday last, we were joined by several
carriages containing visitors from Rhyl, Denbigh,
Holywell, St. Asaph, Abergele, and other places, the
determination to do honour to Mr. Williams, as the
man of the people, being widely diffused and en-
thusiastic.
Several triumphal arches, of laurels and other ever-
greens, interspersed with flowers, ribbons, &c., and
crowned with massy bouquets, from which flags and
banners were suspended, spanned the main street,
many of which bore the Welsh motto of Mr. Williams,
of which the following is a translation :
" A free world and the mountain for me."
On first entering the town, a stranger would have
been struck by indications of holiday on a large and
unusual scale. Pink rosettes and ribbons, the election
colour of Mr. Williams, were to be seen in every di-
rection. The shops were closed. A maypole bearing
near its summit a pair of new shoes, a new hat, and
a leg of mutton, was erected in the market-place.
Bands were playing on the Rhyl and the Chester
coaches, which kept parading the streets, and a most
inveterate determination to enjoy a happy day was as
obvious in the face of every one as the good humour
of the " skyey influences" was to be seen and felt
around. In fact, the day could not have been better
suited to the holiday.
It was understood that at about four o'clock the
Town Council would present an address to Mr. Wil-
liams, declaratory of their attachment and respect ;
and that, subsequently, two public dinners, in honour
of that gentleman, would be served up at the County
and Town-halls respectively ; but the tradesmen of
the town, knowing that these banquets would be in-
accessible to the less favoured classes of the people,
kindly made a purse, a very liberal purse—in order
to provide popular entertainments, in the interim, for
their poorer neighbours; and we must say that we
never witnessed rural sports conducted with better

spirit.
But the maypole was the centre of attraction, and
deservedly so. The prizes it offered were ably con-
tested, and caused the exhibition of immense muscu-
lar strength, combined with activity and skill.
It was now near three o'clock, and preparations
were being made by the committee to arrange a pro-
cession to meet Mr. Williams and friends on their
route from Bronwylfa, when that gentleman unex-
pectedly arrived in the vicinity.
The Honourable Member, accompanied by Mr.
Williams and a party of friends, arrived in an open
carriage, and gracefully acknowledged the greetings
of his fellow-townsmen.
Ilis arrival at the hotel was announced by the
ascent of a fire balloon.
About four o'clock the Honourable Member for
Macclesfield, John Williams, Esq., of Bryn wylfa,was
waited upon, at the Lion Hotel, by the Mayor of the
Throutzh, Chapman, Esq., the Aldermen and Town
Council, Archdeacon Newcombe, several of the clergy,
and a number of personal friends, among whom were
his proposer and seconder, when an address was read
and presented to him by his worship, on behalf of the
meeting, preceded by a few prefatory remarks declara-
tive of the great pleasure he (Mr. Chapman) felt in
being called upon to present it, and his most cordial
approbation of the sentiments of regard and esteem
which it embodies. The address was as follows :

" TO JOHN WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE, MEMBER OF PARMA-

MENT FOR MACCLESFIELD.

" We, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the
borough of Ruthin, in the county of Denbigh, in
general council assembled at the Council Chamber,
Town-hall, Ruthin, on Wednesday, the Bth day of
September, 1847, most frankly offer you our sincere
and cordial congratulations on the recent auspicious
event, which has afforded us the pleasing opportunity
of addressing you upon the present occasion, and of
expressing our united sentiments, that with feelings
of untningled pleasure and delight, we hail and wel-
come your arrival among us this day, and heartily
greet you as a friend, a townsman, and a truly pa-
triotic Welshman. Your generous acts of liberality,
your uniform kindness and urbanity of manners,
your untiring efforts to relieve those distressed and
destitute fellow-countrymen who resorted to you in
the season of trouble and affliction, are strong and
characteristic features of your amiable alsposlttun,
and justly claim our admiration. We may
well congratulate ourselves that we have the
valuable blessing of living under the benign
sway of the British sceptre, in the full enjoyment of
a free and glorious Constitution in Church and State;
in which the various avenues leading to the brightest
honours and choicest distinctions are equally open
to all. In this matchless constitution the humble
citizen of an unsullied character is enabled, by the
exercise of his own natural talents, unwearied as-
siduity, and untiring perseverance, to attain the
highest and proudest objects of his laudable ambition.
That such is the case, your present honourable posi-
tion, sir, as a Member of the British Senate, affords
a powerful and striking demonstration.
" In conclusion, we add our fervent prayers and
affectionate wishes that the blessing of Divine Pro-
vidence may attend your labours, strengthen your
hands, and long preserve your life in the enjoyment
of health and happiness.
" Given under the Common Seal of the said Bo-
rough, the Bth of September, 1847."
Mr. WiLmAms, in a feeling and impressive manner,
delivered the following reply :
Mr. Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses,—You will
not expect that I should attempt to give utterance
to my feelings, on the receipt of this, your kind
and flattering address. I feel as a Welshman the
cordial reception you have given me, but I am not so
eloquent as to give those feelings words. Accept my
thanks, and allow me to express my gratitude to
Almighty God, that my conduct, during so many
years years of absence, has now received the approbation of
my fellow-townsmen. He has never permitted me to
forget that I am a Welshman ; and when he has
enabled me to render any service to a Welshman, I
have been thankful. There is not among you, one
who admires the principles of the British Constitu-
tion more than I do. I will endeavour to prove my
attachment to it, by removing every obstacle to its
unfettered action, and adapting its principles to the
present state of our improved circumstances. I shall
thereby aid in rendering it more available to indivi-
dual advancement; and cause it to give more security
to the pro,perity of every rank and class. I thank
you for your affectionate wishes, and for your fervent
prayer. I believe that the blessing of Divine Pro-
vidence can alone enable me to be useful in that state
of life to which he has called me ; I rely on his aid;
and while I am especially required to watch over the
interests of an English town, my native town, and
the principality, shall never be forgotten by me.
Permit me before I sit down to implore the blessing
of Almighty God on all you my friends, and to
as.ure you that this token of your friendship is en-
graven on my heart, and will ever stimulate me to
pursue that course which has now met with your
approval. Again, my friends and fellow-townsmen, I
thank you, and God bless you all. During the thirty
years that I have been absent from Wales I have
never lust sight of Its intorng+p, nab
been near my heart, and may I cease to live when-
ever I cease to remember my native land. The Hon.
Gentleman concluded amidst loud cheers.

Mr. 'Williams was escorted by the Mayor, the Immediately; after the presentation of the address
mem-
bers of the Town Council, and a considerable number
of his friends and well-wishers, to the County Hall,
the whole interior of which, including the table
usually devoted to law purposes, and even the adja-
cent boxes, were spread with the multifarious mate-
rial of a sumptuous banquet, prepared under the
superintendence of the Messrs. Smart. Two hun-
dred and twenty tickets were returned at table, but
Tsehveeranlupersons
ofptahidnse cashwha in
shared
lieu
eof atkhien gr
etpi
ac
skte tiss.
estimated at two hundred and fifty. A liberal sup-
ply of venison had been sent by Lords Dinorben and
Mostyn, Myddleton Biddulph,:Esq., and we believe
some other local gentry, and the repast was done
ample justice to by all the guests.
The Mayor presided. At his right sat the distin-
guished guest of the meeting, John Williams, Esq.,
M.P. Archdeacon Newcombe supported the Chair-
man on the left, and in immediate proximity on
either side were the mover and seconder of Mr.
Williams, when he offered himself as a candidate for
Macclesfield, Messrs. Potts and Woodward, together
with Dr. Lloyd, Dr. Bland, Captain Cogan, and
several clergymen of the Establishment.
The duties of the Vice-Chair were ably sustained
by the Clerk of the Peace, Joseph Peers, Esq.,
sup-
ported on
his right by Mr. Jones, Record-street, and
on his left by other zealous friends of the honourable
guest.
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast which so
constantly evinces the loyal feeling that animates the
festive board in Britain, observed that in no part of
her Majesty's dominions was she more beloved and
respected than in Wales.

The toast, as were all thr, loyal and personal tri-
butes of the evening, was drank with endiusia'sm.
" His Royal Highness Prince Albert."
" Our own beloved Prince : and may he be spared
by a benignant Providence to realise the wishes of his
parents, and to become the brightest gem in the
British crown."
" The Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal
Family."
Mr. WILLIAMS here noticed at the lower end of the
table a blind and aged relative (uncle, we believe,
Mr. John Evans, whom he immediately led to the
seat beside himself, amidst the deafening cheers of
the meeting ; who recognised with reedy sympathy
the kind heart of their guest—a heart, we verily be-
lieve, alike incapable of being hardened by prosperity
or of being subdued by adversity. It is needless to
say that Mr. Evans' personal wantslnd comforts were
sedulously ministered to by his younger relative during
the entire evening.
Another peal of deafening beers attracted our at-
tention to the fact that Mrs. 'Williams, accompanied
by a long and lovely train of tOe fair dames and girls
of Ruthin and Macclesfield, had entered the hall
from the judge's door, and possessed themselves of the
entire range of gallery, forming an array of grace
and beauty that deeply enhanced the interest of the
scene.

The next toast proposed by the CHAIRMAN, and
honoured by the company, was the "Bisho and
Clergy of the Diocese, with the health of the Vene-
rable Archdeacon Newcombe."
The ARCHDEACON returned thanks on behalf of
the bishop, the clergy, and himself. With respect
to their honourable guest, the Member for Maccles-
field, he felt assured that all the' honour which had
been conferred on him was fully deserved.—(Loud
cheers.) His charity, his benevolence, were well
known, and had been for many years. It was now
thirty years since he left the town, but his visits
were so frequent that he (Mr. Newcombe) still
looked upon him as a parishioner; and was sure to
see him, on those occasions, in that place where he
liked to see him best.—(Renewed cheers.) It was
pleasing to see Ruthin and Macclesfield thus shaking
hands as it were in approbation and respect towards
the gentleman who now honoured the meeting as
their guest.--(Loud cheers.)
"The Duke of Wellington and the Army."
"The Wooden Walls of Old England."
Captain HARKER, in brief but appropriatejterms,
returned thanks on behalf of the army.
Captain COGAN did the same on behalf of the other
service.

In rising to propose the toast of the evening, the
CHAIRMAN entreated their indulgence, as he felt his
inadequacy to the pleasing duty that devolved upon
him. That duty should have been placed in better
hands; but he would yield to no one in willingness to
perform it. Unbroken as had been the harmony of
the day's proceedings, and zealous as had been the
friendship universally evinced, he would yield to no
one in attachment and respect for the guest whose
well-directed and well-sustained ambition had been
rewarded by a seat in the House of Commons.—
(Tremendous cheers.) His election was the result
of that liberty which was the great boast and charac-
teristic of our country. In Russia a man was at
liberty to think but not to speak, else he might soon
find himself in Siberia, a homeless miserable exile. A
slave had held the cap of liberty as the banner of ano-
ther state ; but in highly favoured Britain, liberty
was something more than a name. It was a fact, a
reality, and an important one ; one conducive alike to
the advantage of the individual, the well-being of the
community, and the happiness of all. A man had full
liberty to use all his powers, natural and acquired, for
his own advantage, and for the advantage of his coun-
try. The Church, the Army, the Navy, the profes-
sions of law and medicine, the schools of art and
science, the arena of literature, the business of a mer-
chant, or the craft of an artizan, were equally open to
him, according to his ability and inclination. His
piety, his learning, his courage, his taste, his energy,
his perseverance would determine the result. The
loftiest aims of his ambition were within his reach,
unless placed beyond his reach by causes over which
human institutions could have ono control. All that
constitutional liberty could secure was secured to
the subjects of these realms.—(Renewed cheers.)
He did not make these remarks as a mere generality.
That would be idle. They had a striking applica-
tion in the case of their honoured guest—(lmmense
cheers)—but when he (the Chairman) began to apply
them to that case, he .also began to find that words
were wanting to him. His heart was too full, and
language did not present itself adequate to the ex-
prcorion of that fulnoss. He must leave thew to
make the application.—(Reneweti cheers.) He
should content himself by observing that a man can,
in this happy country select his own path; and if a
little boy who happened to stand behind a counter
was too small to be seen by the customers, he was at
liberty to use a stool ; and if he aspired after some
unknown benefit that change of scene might produce
he was at liberty to seek his fortune in London. The
eloquent speaker then drew a pleasing picture of the
progress which Mr. Williams had really made, from
a boy, such as described, to a gentleman holding a
high position in societyeeand able to fulfil his juvenile
wish, by returning to his native town in his own car-
riage. As a brother, a son , a patriot, and a friend,
his career had been more than blameless, it had been
truly praiseworthy, and the electors of Macclesfield,
when he made use of his liberty to solicit their seat,
had made use of their liberty in conferring that seat on
him. Politics, gentlemen, said the speaker, are excluded
from this meeting, else could I show that the electors
of Macclesfield have bestowed the honour of their
choice on a good man, and have elected a high-
minded, a respectable, and a truly responsible senator,
fit to represent the interests of their borough in the
legislative assembly of the first and most mighty
nation of the earth. I beg, sir (turning to Mr.
Williams), to express to you, on behalf of this most
numerous and most respectable assemblage, how glad
we all are to see you here this day—(Loud cheers)—
and we all express through me an ardent hope that
your life may long be spared to represent in Parlia-
ment the interests of the town of Macclesfield.—
(Cheers enthusiastic and long sustained)
Mr. Wieetezes, M P., rose amidst loud cheers, to
acknowledge the kind reception given to him by the
meeting. He said that in him it would be great
affectation to say that he was unaccustomed to public
speaking, for, during the last three months, he had
had considerable practice and experience, of which he
should avail himself if ever the exigencies of public
business should require it; but if his kind friends,
Captain Cogan and the Mayor, had felt that flow of
feeling which overpowered expression, how much
more strongly must he feel the inability of language
to express the grateful emotions to which their kind-
ness had given birth ? No man could feel more truly
proud of the position in which he stood than he did
that day. A monarch could not feel more confident
and assured in his position, for whilst he possessed
the generous confidence of his constituency, his
heart had lost none of that regard which every right
minded man must feel for his native country.—(Loud
cheers.) It was thirty years since he had left the
corner shop, into which he entered at an age so
early that he was obliged to stand on a stool in order
to be useful to the customers. low would Mr.
David Jones, his then patron, partiate in the joy
he now felt, had he been spared! He now saw
around him the companions of those early days; and
his heart rejoiced that they should! so cordially wel-
,ln/le enn in ins expanded sphere of• duties and re-
sponsibilities as the representative of one of the most
intellectual of the constituencies of England. How
could he discharge the debt of gratitude he owed
them ? Thirty years ago he had left Ruthin, a poor
boy vibrating between hopes and hers, but deter-
mined to visit London in order to do something for
his mother.—(Loud cheers.) It was to the truthful-
daentdermiunndeedr
ness and energy of that feeling that he attributed his
subsequent prosperity. The sentiment of gratitude
Provident had had blessed
to his parent had influenced hi!o3pg,re,arile, At he might be
3 ers
had;
usefulthatt . h become
e influence,mt oe
valuablehi his mother.
night
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to an di m°
Povid
efhr4P
his humble but sincere endeaecurs, and it
was the proudest moment of his life when
he found himself able contribute aid
to his parent. Had she spared, she
would have gloried in this day ; in one of her
latest benedictions she had said, placing her hand on
his head, " God bless you, for no mother has had a
better boy."— (Cheers.) He was far from ashamed
at referring to these facts, for they tended to act
beneficially as an example. Some persons, indeed,
had objected to him at Macclesfield, because he had
sold silks behind a counter, but' he had plainly told
them that it was no disgrace to be the first of his
family, and to have better claims on public confidence '1
than the merits of ancestry.—(Enthusiastic cheers.)
His position, as a merchant, gave him an opportunity
of benefiting his countrymen in London. He had
done many of them good, and should always be happy
to do so, for there were amongst them men capable of
discharging the duties of any station in society.
Political honesty and moral worth were not the
creatures of place. They flourished alike in the land
of the mountain and vale, and the crowded streets of
London. There was no disgrace in being a mer-
chant; to merchants the great city had been indebted
for the Royal Exchange and for the New River;
nor was there any inferiority is the Welsh people,