The Sun.
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GLOBE, Nov, 21, 1846.

Kelly's invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," has just
Made its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infer-
Mation which this book contains makes it not only desirable but ab-
solutely ueeessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
letsiness, and scarcely less necessary, indeed, fbr every one else, who
requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions, and
localities of the great motropolis. In its present extended form, the
book is an absolute curiosity ; the labour and expense which it has
cost bring it to its present state of perfection must have been im-
mense. In turning eve, its 2,000 pages, one hardly knows which
most to be struck with and admire—the excellent arrangement and
utility of such a compilation, or the magnitude of the city which re-
quires such a directory. The classification of the various profes-
sions, trades, and callings in the court, commercial, and law depart-
ments of the work on the one hand, and the arrangement of the
streets of London on the other, as well as the great mass of informa-
tion of various kinds connected with the Post-office, and the different
modes of intercommunication, make it altogether as complete a di-
rectory as can be desired, or as it is well possible to conceive. The
volume, moreover, contains an excellent map of London and the
suburbs, corrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."

requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the
most wonderful on record.

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 9 ,1946.
This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus-
tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In
the preface, the proprietor maintains that the high character of the
work is not referable to its mere connexion with the Post Office ;
for an important change has been gradually introduced into the
manner of collecting the information ; and a larger portion of the
work than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely
unconnected wills the Post Office, this being in great part the plan of
compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor
rested content with his past success, but has introduced many Im-
portant alterations in this volume for 1847 suld added to its bulk
without any increase in price. The " Postai Directory" is especially
improved, and there are numerous changes throughout the volume
to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour,
to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains-
taking minuteness. Tke appearance of the volume has suggested a
very lively effusion, to be seen in another column ; and we trust the
enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will find that his laboi., a
are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun-
try this is an indispensable volume.

RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846.
The new volume of the Post Office Directory for 1847 is already
in oar hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work so
laborious, extensive, and minute, could be in any degree improved.
It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former
reputation, it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The produc-
tion of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness haq placed in
the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable
aid in carrying on the business of this vast metropolis, which would
indeed be subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense it it
were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will
have theopportunity of judging for themselves on purchasing the new
volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in any degree exaggerated.

ASSOCIATION FOR THE REDUCTION
OF THE DUTY ON TEA.
WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., Chairman.
CHRISTOPHER RAW SO N, Esq., and HENRY WINCH, Esq.,
Deputy Chairmen.
WILLIAM BALLENY, Esq., Treasurer.
ROBERT C. CROSBIE, Esq., and JOHN SCOTT, Esq.,
Honorary Secretaries
COMMITTEE.
George Armstrong, Esq.

Thomas Bold, Esq.

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Edward Brodribb, Esq.
W. P. Bushby, Esq.
Malcolm Corrie, Esq.

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW VOLUME OF MR. JAMES'S 'WORKS.
Just published, in medium Bvo., price 83. cloth, with finely engraved
Frontispiece,
THE KING'S HIGHWAY;
BEING THE
ELEVENTH VOLUME of the Works of G. P. R. JAMES, Esq.
The previous volumes (each complete in itself) may be had

-separately ; contents— .,
Vol. I. The Gipsy. , Vol. VI. Henry of Guise.
11. Mary of Burgundy. VII. Morley Ernstein.
111. The Huguenots. VIII. rhe Robber.
IV. One in a Thousand. IX. Darnley; and
V. Philip Augustus. X. The Brigand.
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Corhhill.

DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NE WS-
PAPER ENLARGED, with Various New Features, ou the
23d January, to 32 Pages or 96 Columns. Price, as heretofore, Six-
pence. Order of all Newsmen, Town or Country, of whom fuller
prospectuses may be obtained.

DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWS-
PAPER, ENLARGED, with Various New Features, to the
utmost Limit allowed by the Stamp Law, on the 23d January.
Price, as heretofore, Sixpence. Orders of all Newsmen, Town or
Country, of whom detailed prospectuses may be had.

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C. Cottesworth, Esq.
Edward Cropper, Esq.
...

John Cropper, jun., Esq.

J. Crosfield, Esq.
R. Duckworth, Esq.
A. Findlay, Esq.;

W. F. Foster, Esq.
R. Fry, Esq.
T. Fry, Esq.
George Grant, Esq.

J. liosack, Esq.
A. Kelso, jun., Esq.
Harold Littledale, Esq.
Thomas Littledale, jun., Esq.
Hugh Matheson, Esq.
W. G. Molyneux, Esq.
William Potter, Esq.
W. Prowse, Esq.
William Rathbone, Esq .
William Rathbone, jun., Esq.
W. Rotheram, Esq.
G. C. Schwabe, Esq.
T. W. Sharland, Esq.
James Steam, Esq.
J. Thomson, Esq.
Charles Turner, Esq.
James Tyrer, Esq.

W. F. Gray, Esq.
Daniel Harrison, Esq,
Lawrence Heywerth, Esq. ,
in announcing the formation of this Association, the Committee
feel that little introduction from them is necessary to ensure from
the public their hearty concurrence and support, seeing the benefit
which would accrue to all classes of the community from the realise-

tion of the object they have in view.
It has long been the conviction of philanthropists, that the obtain-
ing for the pool, at a moderate price, a beverage so wholesome as
tea, would be an inestimable boon, not merely on account of its com-
fort as an article of daily use, but especially on account of its
tendency to promote social feeling and temperance, with all the
domestic and orderly habits consequent thereupon.
A►nple experience has also convinced the merchants engaged in
the tea trade with China, as well as those engaged in the tea trade at
home, that our export trade with the Chinese is in danger, and
that, to preserve it, there is the most urgent necessity for a large
reduction of the present high duty on tea.
The Committee earnestly request attention to the following con-
siderations on this important subject :
That pressing, as this duty does, most heavily on the lower kinds,
it prevents the use of tea amongst the most numerous class of our
countrymen.
That the original cost of tea is very moderate, the bulk of the
qualities generally consumed varying from Bd. to 2s. per lb., and
that its consumption is restricted by no indisposition on the part of
the public to purchase it, but by its high price, caused solely by the
present oppressive duty.
That there is scarcely a limit to the capacity or disposition of the
Chinese to purchase our manufaotures.
That while, as already stated, our duty on tea ranges from 200 to
400 per cent., the Chinese admit our imports at an ad valorem duty
of live per cent.
That this impolitic duty materially limits our exports to China, and
seriously interferes with the employment of labour.
The Committee feel confident that a similar increase to that which
has taken place in the consumption of coffee, by the material reduc-
tion of the duty, may be anticipated from a proportionate reduction
of the duty on tea.
That thereby the consumption of tea would be greatly augmented,
and the revenue corre.pondingly benefited.

The Committee feel assured that there will hardly be found a
single opponent to the justice of their claim, and that it only requires
the hearty co-operation of the public to ensure success.
They have much pleasure in annexing a list of subscriptions
already received, and they respectfully solicit the assistance of the
public in furtherance of the object of the Association.
Subscriptions will be received by the treasurer, or any member of
the Committee.

WILLIAM NICOL, Chairman.
No. 1, Exchange-buildings, Nov. 2, 1846.
SUBSCRIPTIONS.

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Intelligence—Literature—Correspondence—as well as for Original
and various New Serial Articles, the Proprietor has determined to
enlarge the Paper to the utmost limit allowed by the Stamp Law,
and to ADD ONE•THIRD, or TWENTY-FOUR COLUMNS,
making in the whole THIRTY-TWO PAGES, or NINETY-SIX
COLUMNS, thus rendering it equal to the Fullest and Largest News-
paper in the extent and variety of its News of the Week, and still
retaining the large space heretofore devoted to Original Articles by
the Editor, and his Eminent Literary Colleagues. Price (as here-
tofore) SIXPENCE.
Order of all Newsraen, Town or Country, from whom detailed
Prospectuses can be had.

WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly important and
useful work has just been issued; and we must confess that its bulky
appearance has surprised us not a little; and when we reflect that
the price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting the
materials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality of
,Ir. Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, perhaps,
no book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other infor-
mation, there is an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory," a
" Commercial Directory:' a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Dire-
tory," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a
" City Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking
Directory ;" in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting
andvaluable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and per-
sonsin ordinary life, as well as to the gentlemen who occasionally
labbles in trade. Every description of information has been cor-
rected to the latest possible period : and that information is arranged
with a clearness and simplicity which must have involved great ac-
tivity of mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an
excellently engraved map of London,more extended and accurate as
to the suburbs, than any map we have seen ; and to make it as com-
plete a reference as possible, an almanac Is introduced. In the " Postal
Directory," there aro the new rates with various parts of the Conti-
nent, which will come into operation en the Ist of January. Alto-
gether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are
not surprised that other directories should have gone to the tomb of
all the Capulets.

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higher branches of education, have an opportunity of securing a
VACANCY in a first-rate and old-established School pear the metro-
polis, where the accomplishments are taught by numerous masters
of eminence. Terms moderate, to be regulated by the period of en-
gagement and requirements.
Address, 2.1. D., Library, 17, Great George-street, Westminster.

Mr. C. Rawson -
Mr. H. Winch
Mr. R. C. Crosbie -
Mr. E. Brodribb - -
Mr. A. Kelso
Mr. W. Prowse -
Mr. D. Harrison -
Mr. W. Balleny -
Mr. A. Findlay -
Mr. R. Duckworth
Mr. Stealus -
Mr. J. Scott -
Mr. R. Jamieson -
Mr. H. Matheson -
Mr. C. P. Dickson -
Mr. W. Rathbone -
Mr. W. Rathbone, jun. -
Mr. George Armstrong -
Mr. William Nicol -
Mr. Potter
r. Molyneux
Mr. R. Fry -
Mr. T. Fry -
Mr. J. Thomson -
!fir. W. Foster
Mr. George Grant
Mr. Robertson Gladstone -
Mr. Smith Harrison
Mr. Joseph Crosfield
Mr. T. W. Sharlaud
Mr. W. Rotheram
Mr. James Tyrer -
Mr. Thomas Bold -
Mr. J. Cropper, Jun.
Mr. E. Cropper -
Mr. C. Cotesworth -
Corrie and Co.
Mr. Charles Turner -
Mr. William Earle -
Mr. Thomas Earle -
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Moffatt and Co. -
Mr. J. Stokes
Mr. W. F. Gray -
Mr. W. P. Bushby -
Mr. Robert Lloyd -
Mr. Thomas Matheson -
Mr. G. Schwabe -
Mr. L. Heyworth -
Mr. H. Littledale -
Mr. M. F. Brownrigg
Mr. G. Hargreaves -
Mr. Kindermann -
Mr. J. Hosack
Mr. W. J. Millard -
Miller Brothers -
Mr. E. Hall
Mr. William Higgins
Mr. R. N. Jones -
Mr. J. A. Hulbert -
Mr. Thomas Murray
Messrs Woodall and Jones -
Mr. Caleb A. Tate -
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A Labouring Man -
Mr. James Chesney-
Mr. John Benyon •
Messrs. J. W. Cater and Co.
Mr. G. J. Wainwright -
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John Wilks - -
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FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH
The manifold advantages to the heads of families from the
possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to
with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sick-
ness, occurring in families more or less every day, are so obvious to
all, that no question can be raised of its importance to every house-
holder in the kingdom. From among numerous testmoniaLs, the
ollowing is respectfully submitted :
" TO 4E.. THOMAS ?ROUT, 29, STRAND, LONDON.

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ADDRESS of the LIVERPOOL ASSOCIA-
TMN for the REDUCTION of the DUTY on TEA.
In again calling public attention to the present oppressive and
impolitic tax upon tea, the Association are anxious to give promi-
nence to those facts which Indicate the necessity for an immediate
reduction of the duty.

The conclusion of the treaty with China encouraged confident
expectations of the extension of our trade with that empire. It was
reasonably anticipated that the low rate of duty imposed by its
Government upon British manufactures would be reciprocated by a
corresponding liberality in the admission of the staple production of
the Chinese for the use of ourselves. The elements of agricultural
industry essential to the production of tea,—the fertile and exten-
sive territory, and the superabundant population of China, esti-
mated at above 350,000,000,—are capable V enlargieg its supply in
a ratio at least equal to that in which the machinery of our manu-
facturers can increase the production of fabrics required for exporta-
tion. Our imports of tea from China have never yet reached four
per cent. of the entire production of that country, according to the
best calculation.
It is, however, a notorious fact, that the expectations thus cherished
have been disappointed. The merchants are exposed to heavy losses
in the importation of teas, which are now selling in the British
markets at prices below their current value in China ; while at the
same time our manufactures are selling in China for less than the
cost of their production here. The population at large are unbenefited
by any practical result accruing from a treaty that has left behind it
a tax upon British and rr stey, which at the same time conic a bout*
upon foreign competition •
There is no difficulty in ascertaining the cause of so disastrous an
issue. The pressure of an impost, unprecedented in any other tariff,
cripples the operations of our merchants, and excludes our manu-
factures fr, m the larger proportion of the Chinese population ; while
it deprives the labouring classes in this country of one of the most
needful articles of domestic comfort. The foreign policy of our Go-
vernment has achieved a brilliant success; but its results are marred
and counteracted by the incongruous arrangements of the Home
Exchequer. The chief export of China is brought in abundance to
our shores, only to accumulate in our warehouses. A tax, as
anomalous in its principle as it is mischievous in its results, stops at
once the tide of commercial prosperity and the pervading currents of
social civilization.
Under such circumstances, it is almost as easy to predict the future
as to review the past A losing trade can never be a permanent one.
The discouraging results of this year's imports will curtail the ship-
ments of the next. Comparative scarcity, and proportionately high
prices, will follow. The professed intention of the financial measures
of Government for some time past has been to cheapen the necessa-
ries of life. In this country tea occupies a more prominent place
amoeg those necessaries than in any other. Under the operation of
any uniform and reasonable system of taxation, it would, therefore,
have been recognised as a primary object for the ameliorative inter
position of Government. On the contrary, however, the Legislature
of the country in which it is most extensively consumed is the last
to recognise its importance in the civil and social economy of the
state. The British Government has afforded every facility fur its
supply to other countries, where it is little more than an occasional
luxury, and has impeded its consumption among ourselves, where its
use is indispensable _ .

Sir,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to you the re-
sult of my experience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL
OF HEALTH, and feel it but justice to state, that in the course of
many years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found
results at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system
from redundant bile, &c., &c.. with so little inconvenience; I am
therefore, warranted In declaring that they supply to me a means
mfg wanting, of being able to recommend to families, schools, and
..specially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most
valuable resource loan occasional medicine. And I shall take credit
to myself if, in giviiig this testimony, I am the means of making
FRAMPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated.
".I am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH."
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JOAN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
This annual leviathan is already completed and published; 'but as
',Proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through the
tress has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may men-
on that the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease
or Mr. Stewart, M. 51, for Itentrewshire, are duly attended to. (See
PP. 1669 and 1676.) We have go frequently expressed our approba-
tion of this most valtrible work, that we hardly know how to van
_Ur commendation. It contains everything which can possibly be
Mimed in a directory—so full, so complete, so comprehensive are
details. An I when to this' we add the extreme accuracy which
to pt
every department, we know not what else can be said in
oQnrvase. The machinery by which such voluminous information is
'.. be be &
arraned, and superinendedso as to avoid errors, must Cl
Mon; tghe " curiosities"t of modern literature.

ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846.
A book of this kind, brought out even without much pretension%
rWould be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every mer-
lant's counting-house, and every trader's shop. But edited, as this
with the utmost tare, its materials being collected through the
bloat atithentie channels, and embracing in its range every head of
liensona land commercial intelligence essential to the completeness of
Which can afford a b arrangement ference, will be without this compen-
mous volume. The is admirable. You can find any
n11'213,011 want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete
--we Min, trades, streets, offices, hotels; forming, upon the whole,
ass of local information such as could not be brought together
04traordlnery industry, =toted by An entire cenutnol of all

The unprecedentdsale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re-
commendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit
from their nse, render any lengthened comment necessary ; they are
not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but
for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known at-
tendants, Bilious-and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals,
Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness,
leartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c
Two or three doses willl convince the afflicted of their salutary
effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy
ztri f the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place;
a.id instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance,
strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age,
will be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions
accompanying each box.

Sold by T. Front, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. I%d. and 2s. 2d.
per box, also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
kingdom.
Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEAL'fII, and observe the
Nanle and .Address of •' Thomas Frout 229 Strand, London," en the
Govan:Liu.= Stamp

SALES BY AUC'PION.

The late MARQUIS OF AILSA'S noble and delightfully situated
TOWN MANSION IN WHITEHALL GARDENS, adjoining
that of the Duke of Bucclench, upon the bank of the Thames, with
its handsome and appropriate furniture, and various very valuable
and ornamental Effects.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and 60N are
directed by the Executors to announce, that (unless an
acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract) the
distinguished and splendid MANSION of the late Most Noble the
Marquis of Ailsa, in Privy. gardens, Whitehall, will be SUB-
MITTED to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Mart, in
January next, of which due notice will be given. It is held by
an original lease from the Crown for a term of ninety-nine years
from July, 1806, at a low ground rent. The mansion is admirably
arranged throughout for the accommodation and comfort of a large
establishment, is in most excellent repair, and immediate possession
may be had, with its appropriate fittings, and with or without its
superior furniture. It has a singularly handsome stone staircase,
the rooms are strikingly cheerful and airy, opening backward to a
lawn extending to the river, and are of fine dimensions, particularly
the saloon or ball-room (64 feet long), its walls adorned with rich
and beautiful tapestry in rare preservation. From its contiguity to
the Houses of Parliament, St. James's Park, the Palace, and Down-
ing-street, and from its peculiarly quiet and choice situation, it is
admirably suited for a Cabinet Minister, or any leading Mem-
ohfalv'eartlhi aemreenfest ;ataelsf othfoer
eaafipirtseit- first-theohuusneg.
&c., hear upurchaserGreat
wbGereirlolrge-street.

No person can view the house without a card of admission, which,
with every requisite information, may be had at their Offices in
Waterloo-place, Pall-man ; also of Messrs. Ashfield and Clode, soli-
citor s, 7, Staple Inns
Descriptive particulars will be published when the day of sale is
fixed, and may also be had of Mr. Cain, House-Agent, Richmond ;
and at the Auction Mart.

WARWICKSHIRE, on the Bofders of Northamptonshire, within
Ten Miles of Leamington. Capital FREEHOLD and TITHE-
FREE FARM, chiefly rich Grass Land.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
OFFER for PUBLIC SALE, at the Mart, early in the
ensuing spring (if not previously disposed of by Private Contract),
by direction of the Executors of a Gentleman deceased,
A very valuable and remarkably Neompact FREEHOLD and
TITHE-FREE ESTATE, comprising, in a perfect ring fence,
about 382 acres, surrounding a respectable and superior farm home-
stead. It is chiefly rich grass land, in parts studded with timber and
ornamental plantations, within• a mile of the Rugby and Oxford,
and only five miles from the London and Birmingham Railway,
between Daventry, Warwick, and Coventry.
Waterloo-place.

Capital large TIMBER near WINDSOR.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH, and SON will
SELL BY AUCTION, on TUESDAY, Tan. 26, at Twelve,
in convenient Lots, upon the Premises, St. Leonard's within two
miles of Windsor, and within easy distance of water Oakley, and
other wharfs,
_ _

Several hundred tine large Elm, Oak, Beech, Chesnut, Lime, Fir,
and other TREES (many of very large metings), with their lop,
top, and bark, standing on the St. Leonard's estate of the late Mrs.
Dawson, in the palish of Clewer, close to Windsor.
M'Neb, the gardener, will show the timber; and particulars may
be had at the ne'ghbouring inns ; at the Auction Mart ; and of
Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents, Windsor, and Waterloo-place,

The necessities of the Exchequer, the only plea advanced in pallia-
tion of an impost so obviously indefensible, is one which will nut
bear examination. There is no reason to apprehend that the reduc-
tion of the dety to Is. per pound would leave a deficit of any import-
ance. The immediate result of such a change would unquestionably
be the liberation of a larger quantity from bond than had ever been
taken out during the same period before. If any temporary pres-
sure upon our finances existed, it would thus be promptly relieved.
There is no room to doubt that in the further course of time the gra-
dual increase of consumption would enlarge the revenue upon a sure
and satisfactory basis. This is not a gratuitous conjecture, but a
reasonable deduction from the result of similar changes in tie duties
on coffee and sugar ; and, above all, it is confirmed by the only two
existing precedents of a reduction in the tax upon tea itself. In
1741, the duty was reduced from 131. 18s. 7%d. per cent. and 4s. per
lb. to 381. 18s. 7 %cl. per cent. and is. per lb. The consumption im-
mediately advanced nearly 50 per cent. In 1784, the duty was re-
duced from 551. 15s. 10d. per cent. and Is. Id. 4-sths per lb. to 12%
per cent. The consumption was at once more than doubled. In
1785 it was trebled, and in 1794 ft was quadrupled. Since that pe-
riod the duty has gradually advanced. Under the monopoly of the
East India Company it was 100 per cent.; and under a system of in-
dividual enterprise and competition, it is nearly 200 per cent. Every
reduction in the price of the article has, however, been followed by
an increase in its consumption.

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It
PROFESSOR SCHCENBEIN'S GUN COTTON', and other
Explosive Compounds, with brilliant Experiments, LECTURED on
y Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three o'clock; and on the Evenings
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The present consumption of tea in this country amounts to an
average of about I%lb. per head ptehream for the entire popula-
firesrthofotfhe middle allowance usually afforded to
tioe
domestic T
servantsis is a uit. one-fourth
; it is less than
one-half of the quantity consumed in the 'Lnnel Islands, where all
intoxicating beverages arc far cheaper than in this country ; and it
is scarcely one-sixth of the proportion used in Australia, by a popu-
lation whose physical requirements will appear to most persons less
beesatrpipetieed to our present
favourable to its use. Whatever test may
restricted
uallities and proper-
by the artificialfeo,rtihn
pmtioerne
ethfadnieatr:yaiTathetrerbwe
iciomnisitgimertii)ortile,ei,t
and
heevtidheyn tlaynyaperiestertiteonbtee
ties of the article. A careful examination of these
conclusioneerperati
o thatar withi t
everyls ad adpet,eedo
meal ; that it is suited to every variety of physical constitution,
and adequate to sustain every description of mental or corporeal
exercise.
The present duty amounting to two-thirds of the cost of the most
serviceable descriptions of tea, it is evident that the dealers require,
in order to cover their investments in its purchase, three times the
profit which would repay them, were the article freo of duty. he
public have thus to pay a tax upon a taut; the magnitude of the im-
post, in the first instance, being indefeasible and oppressive. Were
tile duty reduced to Is. per lb., the consumer would obtain at least
31bs, of tea for the same money that he now pays for 2lbs.
etherh no doubt whatever that the larger quantity would be used.
As consumption of every pound of teat involves that of 51bs. of
useivl er justifya gaet
sugar, the extra duty on the latter, added to that on the increased
quantity of tea at Is., would at ones yield a revenue of about four
millions, according to the most moderate computation
confidently
, while the
future enlargement of this source of public income might
be expected.
The committee conceive it unnecessary to enlarge upon those
moral and social benefits that may fairly be anticipated under the
operation of a more equitable impost. They are persuaded that the
removal of those restrictions which now impede the use of a chees ap
and salubrious beverage would be highly conducive to
the happiness
and well-being of the community, by encouraging habits of tem-
perance and domestic comfort, and by supplying practical dissua-
gives rom crme. They rgard the burden of the tax as now
pressing upon the energies of the entire population, under what-
ever character these may be beneficially developed ; and they there-
fore invite the sympathy and support of all classes in their efforts
for its removal.
Liverpool, November, 1846,

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without trouble (by simply combing if through the hair), and pro-
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the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap-
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the roots till the latest period of life. Price 35. e'd•. 6e" and 100
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street; Hooper, 43, King
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Perfirmers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to
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Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrappers

EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.
A public tea meeting of the memberti of the Chelsea
di strict of the Metropolitan Early Closing Association
was held on Tuesday evening last, which was nume-
rously and respectably attended, a considerable portion
of the assembly being composed of ladies. Mr. Silwall
was called to the chair, and, after the refreshments were
removed, proceeded to address the meeting. Ile alluded
to the importance of the early closing question, as re-
spected its bearings upon society in general, and pointed
out particularly that, with all assistant tradesmen, it
ought to be the " question of 'questions," for
to if th
looek
y
supported it not, from whom were they entitled
for assistance. Various appropriate sentiments were
then submitted to the meeting, and respectively spok en
to by Mr. Nash, the secretary of the Association ; Mr.
Shipton, Mr. Rogers, the district secretary,
ind
an other
Shipton, ; the importance of the question ed
cational point of point of view being especially insisted
on . and Mr. Nash reiterating, as he said, in the name
of the Association, what he had frequently asserted
before, that its sympathies were confined to no particu-
lar class, but embraced all who suffered from the evils
of excessive toil ; and none more than the over. tasked
dressmaker and the ill-remunerated needlewoman,
whose sex gave them a still stronger claim to protec-
tion. After passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman,
and one to the District Secretary, for his general atten
tion to his duties, the meeting separated.

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METROPOLIS.—The total
MORTALITY OF
number of deaths regisTtelirEleBd4i7n, London during the week
is 1,386—0 f these, 1,369
violence—showing
ending Saturday, Jon. 9,
are deaths from other causesc,f
a decrease in the number dethaathus
There were no
as compared deaths from dysentery were
with the week preeeeding. 4
deaths from choler
only 12. The births regis-
tered 3 ; and from d _
...,,-
tered during filarTrll,:a
the were I,`" ' rrt
A I HRASHING 'MACHINE.--
A WOMAN KILLED
BYof Mrs. T d
As the thrashing-machine
dra- a man, of Higham,
near the line of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway,
full work on Friday last,. a. poor woman named
was in
employed in feeding it, was caught
by the
Phillips, while .
lower spindle, and before it couldbe stopped her body
revolved with the spindle three or four times, breaking
both her legs, one arm,several
dribs, and fracturing her
skull, The poor woman lingere until Sunday morning,
when death terminated her sufferings. Deceased was a
widow, and has left a family to lament her untimely end.
PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES.—The
Burlington and Arethusa from New Yerk, and Judah
Touro from New Orleans, which_ were reported at the
on t
Custom-house, Liverpool, the _ ll th inst., bring 3,529
barrels flour, 12,975 bushels wheat, 6,140 bushels barley,
11,534 bushels and 4,758 sacks Indian corn, 703 barrels
Indian corn meal, 632 packages cheese, 278 barrels pork,
and 356 packages lard. _
DEATH. OF COLONEL. MACGREGOR, OF THE STH
FUSILIERS —This distinguished officer died a few days
since at Plymouth, after a long and eventful life, almost
entirely spent in the sen ice of his country. He was a
native of Scotland, and at a very early age entered the
army, his commissions being thus dated :—Seeutiii
Lieutenant, June 24th, 1802
; .. T ..;
eutenttet. June 24th,
1804 ; Captain, August 7th, 1811 ; Brevet Major, July
221, 1830; awl Lieutenant-Colonel, November 9th, 1846.
All his promotions were unpurchased. In 1807 he served
in Egypt. and was present at the attack on the forts and
heights of Alexandria, siege of Rosetta, and action of
El Mullet, where he was taken prisoner,
and kept in
close confinement for five months in Cairo.
GEORGE 111. AND LORD Tx
URLow.---Lord Eldon
used to relate the following anecdote :—Once when the
mind of George lIL was not supposed to be
I took down to Kew- some Acts for his assent,crY strong,ii
placed on a paper the titles and the effect of them. The
King, perhaps suspicious that my coming down might be
to judge of his competence for public business, as I was
reading over the titles of the different Acts, interrupted
me and said, " You are not acting correctly, you should
do one of two things, either bring me down the Acts for
my perusal, or say, as Thurlow once said to me on a like,
occasion : having read several, he stopped and said, 4lt
was all d—d nonsense trying to make me understand
them, and that I had better consent to them at once.'"

WILLIAM NICOL, Chairman.

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LITERATURE.

MRS. PERKINS'S BALL. By Michael Angelo

Titmarsh.
One of the merriest books of the season is this
comical volume by Mr. W. M. Thackery. Its drol-
lery, however, is rather pictorial than literary. The
letter-press is rather elucidative of the engravings
than the engravings illustrative of the letter-press.
If viewed with reference to its written humour,
" Mrs. Perkins's Ball" falls immeasurably be-
low the average talent of the recently pub-
lished Christmas-books; but if regarded with
an eye to its artistic merits, it is beyond
any of them exuberant in drollery. Mr. Thackeray
is always felicitous in his delineations of that intol-
lerable genus—the London snob. Whether he flays
them alive with his pen, or impales them with the
point of his pencil, he invariably educes merriment
from his dissection of the human tadpoles of Cock-
aigne. The little volume under notice—elegantly
glazed and brilliantly coloured—is embellished with a
profusion of laughter-moving engravings, depicting
the various epochs and events of the ball-room. There
is the taking off of the galoshes in the hall ; the
arrival of the negus upon the landing; the half-invi-
tation to dance ; the monotonous oscillation of
balance:: ; the delightful maze of the chain-des-
dames; the horrible pas seul of Nte ; the
quiet hand at ecarte :—the guzzling of the odd
bottle of sherry by the attendant greengrocer behind
the screen ;—and ultimately the wrapping up of the
young lady in a shawl by the young gentleman,
because "good people are scarce!" The interest of
the whole however is concentrated in an overgrown
monster of an Irishman, christened " The Mulligan
of Ballymullingan ;" a fellow of infinite vulgarity
and consummate impudence. First of all, we have
him coolly including himself in the invitation to the
evening party at Mrs. Perkins's; then he is depicted,
after the gentlemanly fashion of Sir Mulberry Hawk,
ogling Miss Perkins at the piano ; then, again he is
plunged into the whirlpool of the polka; and, finally,
he is painted as drunk in the supper-room at Pock-
lington-square, his cravat loose, his champagne glass
raised to his lips, his nose red, we may say very red,
and his hair dishevelled. There is no doubt "The
Mulligan" is a terrible caricature; the green island
is not populated by such hommes farouche. Never-
theless the caricature will be productive of broader
grins than the broad grins of George Colman. As a
specimen of the smart hits contained in the book, here
is a page :

LADY BACON, THE MISSES BACON, AND

MR. FLAIL
" Lady B.—Leonora ! Maria I Amelia I here is the
gentleman we met at Sir John Porkington's.
(The Misses Bacon, expecting to be asked to dance, smile
simultaneously, and begin to smooth their tuckers.)
" Mr. Flam.—Lady Bacon I I couldn't be mistaken
in you ! Wo'll't you dance, Lady Bacon ?
" Lady B.—Go away you droll creature I
"Mr. Flam.— And these are your Ladyship's seven
lovely sisters, to judge from their likenesses to the
charming Lady Bacon ?
" Lady B.—My sisters, he I he I my daughters, Mr.
Flan; and they dance, Dont you girls?
" Ihe Misses Bacon.— 0 yes.
" Mr. Flam.—Gad ! how I wish I was a dancing
man !"—[Exit Flam.

Here is a sketch—accurate enough—of Mr. Hicks,
:he poet :

" It is worth twopence to see Miss Bunion and Posei-
don Hicks, the great poet, conversing with one another,
and to talk of one to the other afterwards. How they
hate each other ! I (in my wicked way) have sent
Hicks almost raving mad, by praising Bunion to him in
confidence • and you can drive Bunion out of the room
by a few judicious panegyrics of Hicks.
" Hicks first burst upon the astonished world with
poems, in the Byronic manner :—" The Death-Shriek,"
"The Bastard of Lara," " The Atabal," " The Fire-ship
of Botzaris," and other works. His " Love Lays," in Mr.
Moore's early style, were pronounced to be wonderfully
precocious .for a young gentleman then only thirteen,
and in a commercial academy, at Tooting.
" Subsequently, this great bard became less pas-
sionate and more thoughtful ; an& at the age of twenty,
wrote ' Idiosyncracy ' (in 40 books, 4t0.); ' Ararat,' a
stupendous epic,' as the reviews said ; and ' The Mega-
tberia," magnificent contribution to our pre•adamite
literature,' according to the same authorities. Not
having read these works, it would ill become me to
judge them ; but I know that poor Jingle, the publisher,
always attributed his insolvency to the latter epic, which
was magnificently printed in elephant folio-
" Hicks has now taken a classical turn, and has
brought out Poseidon ;' lacchus ;" Hephaestus,' and
I dare say is going through the mythology. But I
should not like to try him at a passage of the Greek
Delectus, any more than twenty thousand others of us
who have had the advantage of a classical education.'
" Hicks was taken in an inspired attitude, regarding
the chandelier, and pretending he didn't know that Miss
Pettifer was looking at him.
_ _

" Her name is Anna Maria (daughter of Higgs and
Pettifer, solicitors, Bedford-row), but Hicks calls her
" lanthe," in his album verses, and is himself an emi-
nent drysalter in the city."
Here, again, is the account of all the domestic
preliminaries to the ball :
" Following Mrs. Perkins's orders, the present writer
made his appearance very early at Pocklington-square ;
where the tastiness of all the decorations elicited my
warmest admiration. Supper, of course, was in the
dining-ro ,m, superbly arranged by Messrs. Grip and
Spooner, the confectioners ot the neighbourhood. I as-
sieted my respected friend Mr. Perkins, and his butler,
in decanting the sherry, and saw, not without satisfac •
Lion, a large bath for wine under the sideboard, in which
were already placed very many bottles ot champagne.
" The back dining.room, Mr. P.'s study (where the
venerable man goes to sleep after dinner), was arranged
on this occasion as a tea-room, Mrs. Flout's' (Miss
Fanny's maid) officiating in a cap and pink ribbons,
which became her exceedingly. Long, long before the
arrival of the company, I remarked Master Thomas
Perkins and Master Giles Bacon, his cousin (son of Sir
Giles Bacon, Bart.), in his apartment, busy among the
macaroons.
" Mr. Gregory, the butler, besides John the footman,
and Sir Gilea's large man in the Bacon livery, and
honest Grundsell, carpet-beater and green grocer, of
Little Pocklington-buildings, had, at least, half a dozen
of aides-de-camp, in black and white neckcloths, like
doctors of divinity.
" The back drawing-room door on the landing being
taken off the hinges (and placed up stairs under Mr.
Perkins's bed), the orifice was covered with muslin, and
festooned with elegant wreaths of flowers. This was the
dancing saloon. A linen was spread over the carpet,
and a band, consisting of Mr. Clapperton, piano, Mr.
Pinch, harp, and Herr Spoff, cornet tl-piston ; arrived at
a pretty early hour, and were accommodated with some
comfortable negus in the tea• room, previous to the com-
mencement of their delightful labours. The boudoir to
the left was fitted up as a card-room ; the drawing-room
was, of course, for the reception of the company ; the
chatedeliers and yellow damask being displayed, this
nigfil, in all their splendour ; and the charming conser-
vatory, over the landing, was ornamented by a few moon-
like lamps, and the flowers arranged, so that it had the
appearance of a fairy bower. And Miss Perkins (as I
took: the liberty of stating to her mamma), looked like
the fairy of that bower. It is this young creature's first
yea r in public life ; she has been educated, regardless of
exp ense, at Hammersmith ; and a simple white muslin
dre. se and blue ceinture set off charms, of which I beg to
speak with respectful admiration.
" My respected friend, the Mulligan of Bally mulligan,
was good enough to come, the very first of the party.
By the way, how awkward it is to be the first of the
party 1 and yet you know somebody must ; but, for my
part, being timid, I always wait at the corner of the
street in the cab, and watch until some other carriage
COD2CS up.
".• Well, as we were arranging the sherry, in the de-
cal tters, down the supper-tables, my friend arrived :
H.whares me friend, Mr. Titmarsh,' I heard him bawl-
ing out to Gregory in the passage, and presently he
rushed into the supper-room, where Mr. and Mrs. Per-
kins and myself were, and as the waiter was announcing,
rwir. Mulligan ;" THE Mulligan of Ballimulligan, ye
blackguard !' roared he, and stalked into the apartment,
'apologising,' as he said for introducing himself.
" Mr. and Mrs. Perkins did not perhaps wish to be
seen in this room, which was for the present only lighted
by a couple of candles ; but he was not at all abashed
by the circumstance, and grasping them both warmly by
the hands, he instantly made himself at home. 'As
friends of my dear and talented friend Mick,' so he is
pl rutted to call me, I'm deloighted, Madsen, to be made
known to ye. Do'nt consid-r me inthemlaigahmtof a mere
t
at tquaintance ! for you, my dear you
nowpu
tei bl seedv
that
beginm }t
trh,
me so much in moind
re sodding at ,love
of
mCYa's'wtl
Si mild take some wine, or go up stairs.
'i.vi(:als;trfiatrhster6°aiglait'•tm. edi,ttaswk.heidchthsepeeMtlti:llliglra.n,Pt,a'rhhvi•lt'hsergehte-
twlnerz
Faix,' says Mulligan. it's never tinounnshoonnt. for good
tekeeady) he drank a tumbler to the itnprole-
dtbrink ;' and (although
cqueentence which
committees in a manner
he"lo;
invent of an 4
deloightful.'
'
Le:,ts go up stairs, : says I, and led the
Mulligan
which were in
noupper
noble Irishman to the apartments,
candles being yet illuminated,
tend where we surprised
a profound gloom, the ctM
Miss
Fanny,
seated in the twi-
.trying the tunes of the Polka,
light, at the piano, ttniidl y
which she danced so exquisitely that evening. She did
riot perceive the stranger at first • but how she started,
when the Mulligan loomed upon her.
6" Heavenlee enchanthress !, say gan ' don't
of the humblest of your sleeves
fioy at the approach
ilieshewm your pleece at thatinstbrument, which weeps
you Can charrum it!
lnarmonious, or moils melojious, a
Oirssih Melodies ? Can
ye play,' Who Fears
Ax cput
Axe you acented with the
talk of Nointy-eight ;' the
Shan ' Van i;lit ;' or the to
Dirge of 011 am Fodblah?' "
" Who's this mad chap that Titmarsh has brought?'

PRICE SD.

I heard Mr. Bacon exclaim to Master Perkins. Look
how frightened Fanny looks!'
" ' 0 poo! gals are always frightened,' Fanny's bro-
ther replied ; but Giles Bacon, more violent, said, I'll
tell you what, Tom ; if this goes on, we must pitch into
him.' And so I have no doubt they would, when an-
other thundering knock coming, Gregory rushed into
the room, and began lighting all the candles, so as to
produce an amazing brilliancy. Miss Fanny sprang up,
and ran to her Mamma; and the young gentlemen slid,
down the bannisters to receive the company in the hall.
The book, however, should be examined itself, its
merits consisting mainly in its embellishments ; and
above all, the picture of the grand polka should be
consulted.

TALES OF FEMALE HEROISM.
The object of this little volume and the benefits to
be derived from its perusal are so excellently well set
forth in its preface that we cannot do better than let
our readers see it and judge for themselves.
" In bringing together some traits of female heroism,
the aim has been to show the- fortitude and devotion of
which women are capable; rather in a feminine and do-
mestic aspect than a brilliant one, and to exhibit acts of
courage and presence of mind in characters distinguished
by their-conscientious fulfilment of the quiet, unobtru-
sive duties of every-day life. Love of adventure, con-
stitutional.indifference to danger, and a consciousness of
superior powers, have led woman to the successful per-
formance of many high and daring exploits; but it has
been wished to prove that such constitutional peculiari-
ties are not required to make a heroine; while the na-
tural emotions of timidity and fear need b no hindrances
to the development of true heroism. It only needs that
the mind, trained and disciplined to obey the will, shall
have force to overcome the weakness of the body; that,
clear to see its duty, the heart shall be prompt, at any
sacrifice to perform it. Not that there shall be no na •
tural fear or shrinking, but that the occasion shall be
felt great enough to overcome them. Every one who
accustoms herself, in small as well as great things, to do
at once, and in a cheerful spirit, what is to be done—
who takes upon herself the duties that fall to her lot—
who uses no vain delays—who does the thing she fears,
and thus learns to know the joy and the strength :hat
every such effort brings with it—is educating herself to
be a heroine. It may be that the even tenor of her life
will never call out her full powers; but, should the mo-
ment of action ever come, noble impulses will be hers,
and she will have strength to obey them. *Her heart
and hand will be equal to the energy that claim her
aid. When others are contending iniVain against the
slackness and indolence which, from long indulgence,
have Frown into habit, and unable to realize what the
occasion requires of them, are bewildered with fear and
overwhelmed and stupified by the present danger; she
will feel a composure marvellous to herself; a power of
guiding, directing, acting ; a serenity giving even the
timid confidence, and sustaining her own spirit through
all.

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Among the heroines selected to illustrate by their
example the above admirable remarks are—Lady
Fanshawe, Lady Griselle Baillie, Flora M'Donald,
Helen Walker (the original of Jeanie Deans),
Madame de la Rochejaquelin, and some of the
heroines of the revolution ; and thany others of
similar character, some unknown to lame but not the
less entitled to the name of heroine. The various
histories are related in a very interesting manner.
The little volume is well got up; the binding is
very appropriate, being sufficiently elegant in appear-
ance though very quiet and unassuming, and
evidently one calculated for every day wear—a sort
of type of the characters which its lessons are designed
to encourage.

GREEN'S NURSERY ANNUAL,
Among the various multitude of books which have
recently appeared, intended to serve as Christmas
presents and New Year's gifts, it were difficult to
find one more more likely to please the youthful in-
habitants of the nursery, than the very elegant little
volume now before us. Its external embellishments
are most attractive. The binding is peculiarly
beautiful, consisting of a sort of arabesque pat-
tern of blue and crimson on a golden ground ;
the illustrations consist of numerous wood-
cuts, and a few coloured pictures, always great
attractions for children, and every page of the whole
volume is surrounded by a red-coloured flowery bor-
der. The literary portion is well chosen, and is cal-
culated to improve as well as amuse its little readers.
" Arthur's birthday," " Malcolm Duncan," the " Chil-
dren in the wood," &c. will aftbrd sufficient enter-
tainment. " What sort of a heart have you got ?"
" Content and discontent," and other subjects of a
similar character will furnish a mild remon-
strance or gentle admonition ; " Labour and pro-
perty," contains the first elements of political
economy a la Adam Smith, very simply
explained. There are, of course, numerous
poems scattered through the volume, by far the most
beautiful of which is from the pen of Leman Blanchard,
" Upon the Picture of a Boy endeavouring to lay
Salt upon the Tail of a Bird." The writer com-
mences by describing every action of the anxious
urchin, and very forcibly does he describe them. We
see it all before us—the eager sportsman approaches
—is about to achieve his object—
" Yes. you have it in your tether,
Never more to skim the skies ;
Lodge the salt on this Itlag feather,
113 I it fliep, it flies."
This anxious pursuit, and this complete disappoint-
ment—trivial in themselves though they be—suggest
to the supposed spectator the following beautiful lines,
in which the aunhor pathetically lament- the blighted
, hopes et his own life. He tells us that he, too, has
shared the folly of " the baffled sportsmen" we have
been contemplating
" Time, thy feathers turn to arrows ;
I for salt have used thy sand,
Wasting it on hopes, like sparrows,
That elude the hand.
On what raptures I've been counting,
Stooping here, and creeping there,
All to see my bright hopes mounting
High into the air.
" Half my life I've been pursuing,
Plana often tried before ;
Rhapsodies that end in ruin—
I and thousands more.
This young sportsman, be your warning,
Though you've lost some hours to day,
Others spend their lice's fair morning
In no wiser way.
" What bath been my holiest treasure ;
What were ye unto my eyes :
Love and peace, and hope and pleasure,.
Birds of paradise.
Spirits that we think to capture,
By a false and childish scheme ;
Until tears dissolve our rapture,
Darkness ends our dream.
" Thus are objects loved the dearest,
Distant as the dazzling star ;
And when we appear the nearest,
Farthest off we are.
Thus have children of all ages,
Seeing bliss before them 41::,
Found their hearts but empty cages,
And their hopes on high."

THE ENGLISH MA I RON. By the Author of

" The English Gentlewoman."
This is another addition to the now numerous class
of works containing practical advice for the fairer
portion of the community. Supposing the advice in
question to be good, and supposing it to be adopted,
the benefit to be derived from such volumes may be
inestimable. Madam Campan's reply to Napoleon's
interrogation has been quoted again and again, but
it is always appropriate to a subject like this. The
Emperor having inquired of her what she thought
necessary in order to provide a good education for
the youth of France—" Good mothers " was her
reply. Napoleon was struck by the force of this_ob-
servation. "We have here," he said, " a system of
education in one word." All works which tend to
elevate the character of women tend to elevate the
character of the next generation—all works
calculated to improve and increase the good
qualities of women tend to increase the
happiness of their homes ; consequently such
works are of no slight importance. The days are
passed when the advocates for the "rights of woman, '
anxious to advance her to a more prominent, and, as
they deemed, honourable positi ,n, attempted to re-
move her from her own apparently humbler but
really more noble and elevated sphere. Happily the
attempt was vain, and it is now generally admitted
that in faithfully discharging her duties and addinz
to the happiness of her home she will find at once
her most honourable and happiest. employment—
" There woman reign,—the al:Alter, daughter, wife,
Strodws with fresh flowers the tut row w ay cf life.
In the clear heaven of r delightkil rye
Au ang. 1 guard f.t. loves and grace; lie.
Around her knees domestic virtu. s meet,
And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet."
To add to the happiness of home, by pointing out and
enforcing the duties of a wife, is the object of the
volume now before us. Its chapters are all devoted
to this important subject ; much ad vice is given
thereon, some excellent, some perhaps not quite so
good—but that after all is matter of opinion. Doubt-
less much may be learned from its pages, but if its
injunctions be not literally
will be most complied with its object
likely.
ot accomplished by en-
gendering habits thought on suchim-
portant, and often too much neglected, subjects.,
Like its predecessor, " The English Gentlewoman,"
this volume is more particularly addressed to ladies
of the higher classes—duties, of course, are the same

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