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THE INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE
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SOLONION S, OPTICIAN S :int} t..URISTSta tit. ROYAL
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TIES of the--GEINEWATi v 3Y n 1-Ma, tucum-
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MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE-
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ih
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its incipient state.
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concentrated the twofold relation of parent and instructor, will
here be directed as to the nature of those habits, to which
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disastrous consequences which are sure to follow from them, if
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olint,
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thea
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neral
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a
communicationhe
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—as
ets duration
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and the
occupation c
,
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ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND

predecessors were
At the close of the public business on Monday the
Society voted the sum of 3001. to Sir John
Robison, " in
acknowledgment of his long services as General sem.
form in
on a piece
of plate, but by putting the vote in this shape the choice
tawacirlnc.h:t
the
acknowledged
gservicesshould
ibi
:the money
of
mmhoiesnntetwyi mentioned
seeminent that
expendedtpl,riesies
of the article is left to , himself. The often,
which
is gratuitous, and requires no small sacrifice of time
and personal exertion, has been filled by Sir John
ias
with distinguished ability for thirteentitmrably quali•
i pears. It is
ofisire.oden,.s,inhNevtriiutshthoku,ntofwoprunutio
onbe
whiche heminently learned in meeha-
forward w
any scientific preten-
sions,nical philosophy, while he is sufficiently
with chemistry, natural history, and the other branches
of physical science, to appreciate the value of all new
, facts, opinions, and discoveries. Possessing a handsome
fortune and entire leisure, his taste and acquainted
habits led him to
devote a great deal of time to the affairs of the So-
ciety. Persons of all ranks who had communications to
offer,
him easy of access,
polite,
oblitgrea,nasnadet,
able,
bfoieui:tflront
the
wide
range
of
r, or
willingbusiness
t o to
his reading and observation, to furnish them with valuable
hints, or point out useful sources of information. Mem-
bers engaged in researches on those branches of science
in which he felt an interest, often found him more like
a fellow labourer, than the mere official medium of com-
munication with the Society. Having travelled himself,
and seen a good deal of foreign countries, distinguished
strangers and men of science from abroad found them-
selves quite at home in his house, which was most hos•
pitably thrown open to them. It was, we believe, in
ment, which it ought to have had long sago, to place it
noil ys small al I
Society degree r e througheentl y
obtained
S i r
on a level with the kindred institutions in London and
Dublin. He is succeeded as r,
John's
grant
f exertionsrom thatuo v
en the.
,xeneral Secretary by
Professor Forbes.—Scotsman.

•
Tho following is a copy of a letter received at Lloyd'i,
dated-- EWARD BOUND. THE DETAINED 110 M

Admiralty, Dec. 03, 1840.
14 Sir,—Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of
closure, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint
you, for the information of the Committee for managlng
the Admiralty your letter of the 92a inst., With its
the affairs of Lloyd's, that two vessels of war have been
sent to cruise in the chops of the Channel, for the relief
of the homeward bound tra?.e.--I am, Sir
" Your most obedient rervant,
(Signed) " I 1 JON BARROW.
To Win. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's." en-
closure,

INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRIC-
TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR-
RHEA, GLEETS, and all DISEASES of the GENERA-
TIVE and URINARY ORGANS.
Notwithstanding the above Institutic is closed, Patients iiiky
continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur-
geon (Mr. Courtenay, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap-
plying at his own hcase instead of the Charity.
le
Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the I%lornings
Shenvtennette
inN Nine iEnvtehneinEvenings.
On Sundays in
and Morning, from

Viscount and Viscountess Leveson have left
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smble on visits to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort..

COMMISSIONERS OF BANK
RUPTS'-ROOMS, MANCHESTER.

lit RE HENRY JACOB.

(Before Leigh, Trafford, Esq., and . Messrs. Aldcroft,
Phillips, ai Santee' Kay, Commissioners.)
The adjourned meeting of creditors of Mr. Henry Jacob,
foi proof of debts and the last examination of the bankrupt,
whose examination wee , originally appointed for the 25th
July last, and which has been several times adjourned, in
birder to obtain further infeaMation, or tar give the bank.
tupt time to give, explanations or to complete his balance-
, sheet, took place on Friday week, before the above-named
gentlemen, of the second list of Commissioners of Bank-
rupts. There was a rather large attendance of creditors,
and some time was occupied in the proof of debts by, vari.
ous parties. It may be right to state here, that Mr.
Jacob, the bankrupt, carried on business as a silversmith
and jeweller, in King-street, and was also a general dealer
or merchant in this town. The fiat issued against him
in July last ; and the creditors met on the 24th and 25:h
of that month, when the bankrupt surrendered, and Messrs.
Adam Brierley and James Smith (of the firm of Smith, i
Edgleye and Smith, Piccadilly) were appointed his assig-
nees.
The amount of his debts is stated to be about
30,0001. The debt of the petitioning creditors (Messrs..
Blackett, Thackray, • and Co., linen and .vollen mem
ehaete)_ is about 5,000/.—ln the course of the proof of
debt, Mr. Saunders (of the firm of Atkinson, Birch,
and Saunders, solicitors under the fiat) interrogated Mr.
Jacob • as to a bill, dated 25th February, 1840, for 18/. 17s.
drawn by Mr. Wm. Higginbottom, of Macclesfield ; and
Mr. Saunders asked the bankrupt to explain how this bill
was not inserted in his balance sheet. Mr. Jacob said it
was there ; it was included in some account. Mr. Hob-
son, the accountant, referred to the bankrupt's bill-book,
where this bill was found entered. Mr. Barnett Joseph,
of Liverpool, having proved a debt due from the bankrupt
to himself and hip brother and partner, Mr. Moss Joseph,
Mr. Saunders said.he would wish to interrogate Mr. Jo-
seph. He was accordingly sworn on the Pentateuch, and
'the followlng examination took place :—Did you sell some
adiaree in the hnperial Bank to the bankrupt ? I believe
there were some sold.— Whosold them? My brother and
partner, Moss Josepli.—Whose share were they ? I suppose
they were our own shares; they were allotted to us. —When I
were they sold? I have no recollection; but may I ask your
motive for this examination ?—Mr. Saunders : They have
never been transferred ; there has been no consideration for
them ; and therefore we shall want the money back.—Mr.
Joseph : How, Sir, no consideration? I don't compre-
hend you.—Mr. Sattnders : They have never been trans-
ferred, so as to put you in the position of a vendor; so we
shall want the money back fan them. We hold tour un-
dertaking to transfer them, and they never were trans-
ferred. What did the bankrupt pay for them ?—Mr.
Joseph : I have no recollection ; it was a very small trifle;
not more than a few shillings the whole amount.—What
was paid for them as near as you can possibly tell ? I have
no recollection at all ; all my papers and documents arc in
Liverpool, and I was not aware or prepared for such ques-
tions.—How many shares were sold, Sir? I don't know. I
fancy the bankrupt can tell.—But we want to know from
you, Sir, how many shares were sold? I have no idea at
all : if I was in Liverpool I could give you the informa-
tion probably, but I cannot give any information here upon
the subjeco—Did you ever transfer those shares to the bank-
rupt? I have no recollection at all.—How long has the
transaction passed ? It must be some years ? Yes, it is some
tinre linde.—Did you ever transfer those shares to the bank-
rupt ? I cannot recollect ; the bankrupt can give you more
information upon the subject than I can. The transaction,
whatever took place, was entirely between my partner and
Mr. Jacob ; therefore I am an entire stranger to the whole
proceeding a I am entirely in the dark as to the whole.—
Can ycu give no information as to the time when
Witness : How is it likely ?-111e. Hobson : Wait a mo-
ment, Sir, and I will read the question to ycu—" Can
)ou give no information as to the ti re when, or the place
at which, they were sold ?" I can give you no information
at all upon the subject. I suppose the consideration the
bankrupt paid must have been very trifling. The amount
about which you ask must have been very trifling; there
were very few shares.—,:The question was repeated. 1
No, Sir, I cannot give you any information; it took place
three or four years ago.—Does the letter now produced,
marked A [a printed circular from the Imperial Bank]
relate to 20,0 f those shares ?—I should suppose it did. 1
have no reason to suppose to the contrary.—Does the cer-
tificate now produced, marked B, relate to 15 other of
such shares? These documents you are putting into my
hands I can give you no information at all about.—But
that is your name? That is my name; but I never saw
this document [the certificate] before; I can give you no
information about these papers; I can attach no identity
to them, either as regards myself or my partner. I never
saw those ducuments before to my knowledge.—Does
either of tbeie documents bear your name upon the
face of it ? The one you hold in your hand [the cer-
tificate] does —Were the fifteen shares in the Impe-
rial Bank allotted to you ? I suppose ss.—Does that cer-
tificate relate to those shares? I don't know ; lam not
uware of ite—Would not that certificate be handed to the
bankrupt by yon at the time he made the purchase ? I
told you I was not privy to the transaction between the
benkript and my brotber.—But who got the money for
these shares ? That I cannot tell: I suppose, if you exa-
mine the bankrupt upon that, he can give you more in-
formation than I can.—Mr. Saunders I We have got his
examination.—Witness : I can give you no information of
the transaction Detweett tisc bo,,krapt and my i..r.:ahor.
Was ricrt this certificate given by you to the bankrupt at
the time be got these shares? No; the transaction
did not take place between the bankrupt and myself,
and therefore I could not have banded him that docu-
ment.—Was not that certificate in your possession before
the glares were sold ? Never, Sir.—Did you never
see it before the shares were Fold ? If you repeat
the question, I must repeat the answer.—No ; I asked
you, if it had been in your possession ; I now ask you
if you never saw it ? Not to my recollection ; not to
my knowledge ;—no; I never saw it.—Will you swear
that you did not see it before the shares were sold ? I
have sworn to my evidence already, Sir. I will swear
I never saw it to my knowledge.—But will you swear
positively that you never saw it? I don't think that I
ever saw it to my knowledge : please to bear in mind
that you are putting a question to me about a transaction
that must have elapsed three or four years ago; there-
fore, it is impossible to tax my memory with a thing
of that kind.—Arc you willing to refund to the
assignees of the bankrupt the money he paid for the 35
shares before mentioned ? I cannot comprehend the
nature of your question at all.—(To the bankrupt) :
Pray, Sir, how much did you pay for those shares ? I
should like the gentlemen present to have some know-
ledge as to the circumstances.—Bankrupt : It was a
very trifling amount indeed.—Witness: It was not 5/.
[The last question was repeated.] Certainly not,
if you tell me you want the monemback. I fancy those
shares were never of any great value in the market.—Mr.
Saunders : They were never transferred.— Witness : That
is no fault of the seller of any shares; but may I again ask
the same question, why do you put these questions to me ?
..,-air. Saunders: Because we want the money back.—
Witness : But why question me in this way ?—Mr. Saun-
ders : Because tve want to get at the facts on examination.
—.Witness : Well, I only wish to impress on the minds of
gentlemen present, that the transaction was very tailing ;
from the tenor of your examination they might imagine
that the amount was very considerable. I only wish to
show that it was not more than 41. or 51.—A Creditor :
A public meeting was held in the Ball of Science,
Well, that will do, as far as it goes.—[The examination
Campfield, on Tuesday evening, December 22, to take
in the form of interrogatory and answer was then read
, into consideration the most effectual means of assisting
over to the witness, and he was requested to sign it.]— Henry Hetherington, who has been found guilty of bias-
Bankrupt : You had better pay the money back for the phemy for selling " Haslam's Letters to the • Clerey "
e
shares before you sign.—Mr. Saunders : Don't inter- Mr. GODDARD was called to the Chair, who said it
fore. (To witness.) Just sign it on each page ; I would be necessary for him to state the object of the meet-
don't care whether you pay the money or not.—Bank. ing. It was, he said, to take into consideration the case
rupt : You had better pay the money back.—Witness :
What is the amount?—Bankrupt : Whatever it is, you of Henry Hetherington; we are not met to give our dis-
sent or approbation .to the work, but simply to, express
had better pay it ; it can easily be ascertained.—Witness :
our opinion whether an individual has a right to write
Ara I compelled to sign this document? I shall not what he thinks on any subject, polit'cal or religious, with_
compromise myself in any actions at law.—Mr. Satin-
out being held amenable to the law for doing so. He was
You can please yourself. I can only say you will sorry an individual more competent lied not been selected,
dens :
have an action brought against you here, if you don't pay but, relying on the support of the meeting, he would dis-
the money.—Witness : Well, lam not in a worse position charge his duty to the best of his ability.—( Applause.)
by signing.—Bankrupt : If you pay the money, that is all He would call on Mr. Loyde Jones to address the meeting I,
Mr. JONES then came forward, and said the principle
they are entitled to. Then get the paper and pay the
money, and put the paper into the fire.—Mr. Saunders: they were met to discuss was one which had been regarded
as one of supreme importance, and which had been
No, indeed, be shall not. I may want something else
struggled for by our ancestors, and which we believed was
from him. Don't you interfere, Mr. Jacob.—Witness :
Oh, lam not at all frightened. [The witness then read secured to us by British law—but in this we are mistaken.
the examination from first to last.]—Mr. Saunders : If, At this nineteenth century of the Christian era we are met
upon consideration, you agree to pay the money, we will to protest against the infringement of this right. The
give you the documents up. Witness: I cannot under- resolution be held in his hand says—[Here Mr. Jones
stand upon what grounds you ask me.—Bankrupt : Pay read the resolution]—" That this meeting is of opinion
the money, Mr. Joseph.—Witness: No.—Bankrupt: that any attempt forcibly to arrest free inquiry by legal
Very well ; I have nothing more to say to you.—Witness : prosecution or otherwise, is highly dangerous to the liberty
What is the amount?—Mr- Saunders : About 35/. ;it is and progressive improvement of the people. inasmuch as
about 1/. a share.—Witness: Oh, nonsense ; nothing of such proceedings are an interference with that which can
the kind. Give me a piece of paper, and let me copy this alone establish the truth and consequent usefulness: of any
examination.—Mr. Saunders : No, you cannot be al- opinion—free discussions--and by making not reason the
lowed to take a copy of it. If you will pay us the 351., test of the truth of any man's opinions, but establishing a
we will give you the documents. Mr. Joseph signed the principle which will lead to complete religious despotism."
sheets, and declared that this deposition was true. He then went on to say that the recognition of this prin-
Here this conversation ended. Subsequently, l:ow- ciple was necessary_ to the improvement of the people; and
ever, Mr. Joseph again asked the amount paid, and was the men who trammel free inquiry are the greatest cne-
told
351., IL per share, it being a lot clubbed together at mica of the human race. Those men who have been for
that priee.—Mr. Joseph : Oh, dear so; nothing of the supporting things as they are, have always been opposed
kind. There must be an error there. I was satisfied the to free and untrammeled discussion, and would place an
price was about Is. per share ; certainly not more than embargo upon the exercise of those powers with which the
2s. 6d. If I find when I get to Liverpool that it is as I Deity has blessed us. The Protestant religion owes its
suppose, I will take into consideration whether I will pay existence to free discussion. Martin Luther, Calvin,
the money.—Mr. Saunders : I don't know whether we and Melancthon, all asserted the right of man
should take the risk of taking them at that price. to form their conclusion in matters of religion ;
Mr. Trafford having asked what Mr. Saunders meant Wgsley asserted the freedom of opinion whenale protested
to do with the bankrupt's examination, Mr. Saunders said agVist the usages of the Established Church, and at the
that he believed the assignees would have something to risk of his own life frequently secured for himself and fol-
say about it (Mr. Brierley and Mr. Smith, the assig- lowers the right to form their own notions in matters of
nees, came forward.) Mr. Trafford : Have you had any religion. Mr. Jones then remarked that the Attorney-
account delivered to you by Mr. Jacob of his estate ; any General said it was not to the discussion that the Legisla-
balance sheet ? Mr. Brierley : Yes,—What do you say? ture was opposed, but the manner is which it was con-
Are you satisfied with it ? Mr. Brierley : We have not had I ducted. Mr. Jones went on to say that they could not
time to examine the accounts together. We should like the all treat subjects alike ; some were naturally more lively
matter adjourned fora longer time.—How long? About a , than others, and expressions
employed might give offence
month.— Have you any observation to make on that, Mr. Ito their more scrupulous brethren. Mr. Haslam might
Saunders? No, Sir; there are some matters, respecting ' have manifested something of
this kin 1, but it would not
which the assignees wish to have some explanation at \ justify a Government prosecution. The Attorney-General
present.—Bankrupt : The protection which I have in. \ remarks that such books would poison the minds of the
my pocket here, commences somewhere early in July. I people. Ho would not enter into an argument whether
After that, a time was fixed by my assignees for pre- I this really was blasphemy or not; all that he bad to do
paring my accounts, which I did previous to the 16th. I was to vindicate the right of every man to follow the con-
October. Oa the 16th October, my assignees said that \ victions of his own mind. • Mr. Jones read an extract
they had not had sufficient time.--Mr. Trafford: When from Mosheim's " Ecclesiastical History," in- which that
did you deliver them to the assignees? Bankrupt : Ten om i writer praises the tone df sarcasm adopted by the first
twelve days previous to the 16th October. They then said t Christians when attacking the Pagan religion, and
they bad not had sufficient time to examine -them, am dk % asked how it was that a thing called honourable in a

MANCHESTER.

Mr. ABEL. Heywooo rose to second the resolution, and
said—Mr. Chairman, it would ill become rise not to eon.
ierwirstterstizst-nts-tne ...ass —rile lien; —en of Enaland in
the person of Henry Hetherington, of London ; Irrlititi we
have all that is gond and virtuous in a human being. To
him we owe the redaction of the stamp duty; be &acceded
by an Incarceration to establish the right of the people to
cheap information; to the liberty of the press we owe many
privileges; and on the freedom of the press hinges the
liberties' of the nation.—(Loud cheers.) The ques-
tion is not whether the book_ is blasphemous, but
whether an individual is allowed to express his
opinions on any subject or not.—( Hear, hoer.) ' The
question comes home to every man, will the Govern-
ment be able to prevent the publication of this book ? as a
publisher, I ssy No ; for by prosecuting they excite a
curios'Sy in the people to know what it contains, and
thereby extended the blasphemy of which they were
frightened.—( [lsar.) At the time Richard Carlile pub-
lished Paine's woiks, a prosecution was commenced, and-
he was sent to Dorchester Gaol ; subscriptions came from
all parts of the country; and at the termination of his con-
finement he was a comparatively rich man. - He set up
business in Fleet-street, and the sale was immense So long
as the I rosecutions were pending ; but no sooner did it
subside than the sale fell off, and Mr. Carlile became a
poor man. The notice of his discharge was signed by Sir
Robert Peel, Prosperity Robinson, and Lord Liverpool.
It was the same with the " Poor Man's Guardian ;" so
long as it was considered worthy of prosecution it circa.
lated 40,000 weekly ; but no sooner did it become a
legal paper than it soon became extinct. Haslam's
letters were a losing concern till the prosecution,
since which they have been called for in all parts of the
country, and are about to be reprinted in consequence of
the prosecution having called them into notice. Lord
Denman had said many a time he did set like prosecuting,
for opinion's sake. Any person who did not see that prose-
cution did not increase instead of suppressing dangerous
notions, must be as blind as a stone. Mr. H. continued
for some time showing the impolicy of prosecuting for
opinion's sake, and seconding the resolution, resumed his
seat amid the cheers of the assembly.
Mr. JONES moved that the resolutions be transcnittei to
Lord Nornianby, and that the resolutions be inserted in
the Morning Chronicle, The Sun, Weekly Dina, and
the Northern Star, and Manchester Advertiser.

RAILWAY NOTICES.

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GREAT WEsTEltti RAILWAY.-It was announced bx
handbills that the line would be open to the Wootton Bas-
sett Road, on Wednesday, the 16th inst. ; but in conse-
quence of the short notice given to the contractors, it was
found impracticable. On the day following, however, sin -
or eight engines with their trains of carriages passed down
from London, and the same number up (Iron+ the tempo-
rary station, at Wootton Bassett Road) passed them nd-
ed grand station, to be built at the Cheltenh •stMa au
Great Western Junction, at Swindon. Notwithstanding
very deep fall of snow the trains moved with the greatest
rapidity and saftey over the newly-constructed lme,`abe
formation of which, in many parts, appears 'alii6Bl
magical. The immense cutting in the- neighbour hood of
Stratton and Marston, where, a few weeks since, nothing
more of the railway was to be seen than the poste and
rails marking it out, changes the whole face Of thta 11-
try. by the tremendous depth of road cut through, 'and
heightened by the immense "spoil banks," to form which
the soil bas been carried horn the cutting. In the hands
vr
ei ye
o ant
It
of such enterprising Men as Mr. Iledborougb, those who
havese
seen the celerity n
"g difficulties. o l id ityof
his
works
The cparores s
n;nci cr
at nothing in
of
the works on Mr. Oldham's contract heists° excited muck
admiration.— Salisbury Herald.
The Newcastle Journal remarks that the Stockton and
Hartlepool Railway will be opened for passengers in the
course of a very short time ; and as the Great North of
England Railway will be completed early in the ensuing
veer, there will then be a continuous line of railway com-
munieation front those towns, and also from Newcastle to
York, and forward to Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham,
and London.
BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.--The open-
ing of the entire line oi railway from the Camp Hill
Station, in this town, to Gloucester, took place on
• last • the trains have traveased the
Thursday reorient, ,
line without the slightest accident, and with as few
delays as could
have been expected, those stopping at
f iht d.
ur
tirst.class stations li&ving per orme t e ota !stance
the
two holies and a half. The whale routes from the rising
port of Gloucester, the key of South Wales, and item
-Celtenham, are now open by uninterrupted lines of rail-
way to Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Lancashire, and York.
shire. We understand that very early in the new year. the
Company will be prepared with arrangements for the Con-
veyance-of goods, and already numerous applicati ,cs have
been made by carriers to pat traffic on the lisle : it is to
be hoped, therefore, that the proprietors of thWspirited
undertaking will speedily reap the reward of their pa-
tience and perseverance.—Aris's Gazette.

Mr. Ashton Yates, according to a Ofhtement made
at the Repeal meeting in Dublin on Monday last, does not
intend coming forward again for the county Carlow. The
Liberals there, however, are making preparation& to bring
forward two candidate;;