The Sun.
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No. 16,949.

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

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. J , 1846.
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 with 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 and added to its bulk
without any increase in price. The " Postai Directory" is especially
improved, and there are numerous en ages 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. The 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 laboitts
are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun-
try this is an indispensable volume.

RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 181 G.
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 has 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.

BRITANNIA, Nov. 21,1846.
The French people have done themselves credit by their industrial
expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though ingenims
and pretty, they appear quite insignifica,4 compared with the indus-
trial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty volume. Keep•
ing pace with the advancing trade and population of London, it still
increases in by 1k ; and, keeping pace with the movement of society
in a more in-Inc rtant particular, it vigilantly seizes every opportunity
of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy and more complete
classification. We find in this volume many instances of superiority
to former issues, which, though comparatively trifling, show the in-
telligence and care exercised over every department. It may be men-
tioned that by the employment of private agents, the changes of re-
sidence are now brought down to a later period than formerly, and
the value of the " Directory" is consequently enhanced. We have
before spoken of it .as indispensable to the proper managesnent of
business. Its authority is now so universally established, both at the
Post-office and throughout the metropolis, that any further recom-
mendation of it is superfluous._

ITERAPATII'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846.
The " Post-office Directory" for 1847 appears with additions and
improvements upon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge-
ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with N‘hich this
important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to say, national
work is conducted, merits the highest commendation, We know not
whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will be made in
the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest it from the
hands of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might
over right in the hands of Government ; but, should it be attempted,
surely the following statement of its cAiductors will go home to the
consciences, if they have any, of the parties seeking to draw down
the grasping interference of Government :—" It can only be neces-
sary to refer to a copy of the work published before the purchase of
the copyright by its present proprietor, to be convinced that the mere
connexion of the ' Directory' with the Post-office has little, if at all,
contributed to its present high character. That the improvements
(the result of many years of unwearied toil and application on
part of those engaged in the compilation of the work) are duly appre-
ciated is now happily beyond all question ; prior to the Directory'
passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfully
with this—they have disappeared."

EASTERN COUNTIES YORK EXTEN-
SION SHARES.
The SECOND CALL of 21. per -hare on the A Quarters of these
Shares will be payable on TUESDAY, the 19th in,tant and if not
iuly paid at that date the Shares will be subject to forfeitures. Inte-
rest at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum will be charged to all par-
ties in arrear,

By order of the Board,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

Bishopsgate Station, Jan. 8, 1847.
LIST OF THE COMPANY'S BANKERS TO WHOM THE CALL
IS PAYABLE :
London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its branches
Liverpool Borough yank, Liverpool
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Manchester
Wilts and Dorset Bankin,i Company, Salisbury
Messrs. Lemon and Co. Brentwood
Messrs. Mills, Bawtree and Co., Colchester
Messrs. Sparrow and Co., Chelmsford
National Provincial Bank, Bath
National Provincial Bank, Birminghom
National Provia ial Bank, Boston
Messrs. Fisher and Sons, Cambridge
Messrs. Becket and Co., Leeds
Western Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh
Western'Bank of Scotland, Glasgow
Royal Bank of Ireland, Dublin
East of England Bank, Great Yarmouth
West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol
Messrs. Harvey and Hudson, Norwich
Messrs. Bacon and Cobbold and Co.} Ipswich
Messrs. Alexander and Co.
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank, Cheltenham
Union Bank, York
National Provincial Bank, Exeter
Northumberland and Durham District Bank, Newcastle•on-Tyne.

THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
BENEFIT ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT FUND.
42, Moorgate-street, London.
Notice is hereby given, that the SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of the Members of the Benefit Department of this
Association will Ise held at the London Tavern, Ilishopsgate-street,
in the city of London, on MONDAY, the 18th of January, 1847, at
Six o'clock in the evening precisely, at which meeting, at the request
of the Managers,
JOSH ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P., will take the chair.
RICHARD IIENRT JONES, Chairman.
THOS. MULLINDEII, Secretary.
Jan. 9, 1547.

N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY.
26 COENHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
ith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
as, on all occasions, the power to borrow, witkout expense or for-
eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
Igo the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
t rests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
ates.

ASSOCIATION FOR THE REDUCTION
OF THE DUTY ON TEA.
WILLIAM NICOL, Esq.. Chairman.
CHRISTOPHER RAWSON, Eoq., and HENitY WINCH, Esq.,
Deputy Chairmen.
WILLIAM BALLEICY, Esq., Treasurer.
ROBERT C. CROSBIE, Esq., and JOHN SCOTT, Esq.,
Honorary Secretaries.
COMXITTEE.
J. Ilosack, Esq.
A. Kelso, jun., Esq.
Harold Littledale, Esq.
Thomas Littledale, jun., Esq.
Hugh Matheson, Esq.
W. G. Molyneux, Esq.
William Potter, Esq.
W. PrOWBe, Esq.
William Rathbone, Eel.
William Rathbone, jun., Esq.
W. Rotheram, Esq.
G. C. Schwabe, Esq.
T. W. Sharland, Esq.
James Steains, Esq.
J. Thomson, Esq.
Charles Turner, F.sq.
James Tyrer, Esq.

George Armstrong, Esq.
Thomas Bold, Esq.
Edward iirodribb, Esq.
W. I'. Bushby, Esq.
Malcolm Congo, Esq.
C. Cottesworth, Esq.
Edward Cropper, Esq.
John Cropper, jun., Esq.
J. Crosficld, Esq.
R. Duckworth, Esq.
A. Findlay, Esq..
W. F. Foster, Esq.
R. Fry, Esq.
T. Fry, Esq.
George Grant, Esq.
W. F. Gray, Rsq.
Daniel Harrison, Esq.
Lawrence Heyworth, Esq.
In announcing the formation of this Association, the Committee
feel that little introduction from them is necessary to ensure front
the public their hearty concurrence and support, seeing the benefit
which would accrue to all classes of the community from the realisa-
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.
Ample 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 290 to
400 per cent., the Chinese admit our imports at an ad valorem duty
of five per cent.
That this impolitic duty materially limits our exports to China, Sad'
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 correspondingly 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.

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. Steains -
Mr. J. Scott -
Mr. R. Jamieson -
Mr. H. Matheson -
Mr. C. P. Dickson -
Mr. W. Rathbone
Mr. W. Rathbone, Jun. -
Mr. George Ar►Ystrong -
Mr. William Nicol -
Mr. Potter
Mr. Molyneux
Mr. R. Fry -
Mr. T. Fry -
Mr. J. Thomson -
Mr. W. Foster
Mr. George Grant
Mr. Robertson Gladstone -
Mr. Smith Harrison
Mr. Joseph Crostield
Mr. T. W. Sharland
Mr. W. notheram
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 -
H. H.
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. 11. Littledale -
Mr. M. F. Brownrigg
Mr. G. Hargreaves -
Mr. Kindermann -
-
Mr. J. Ilosack
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 -
Lady -
A Labouring Man -
Mr. James Chesney-
Mr. John Benyon -
Messrs. J. W. Cater and Co.
Mr. G. J. Wainwright -
James Alex. Scott -
Thos. Littledale, Jun.
John Wilks
A. Radcliffe
Robert Roberts. Bank-buildings

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SALES BY AUCTION.

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 varjous very valuable
and ornamental Effects.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and ON 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 (G 4 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-
ber of Parliament ; also for a first-class club-house. The purchaser
will have the refusal of the capital freehold stabling, &c., near Great
George-street.

No person can view the house without a card of admission, which,
with every requisite Information, may be hal at their Offices in
Waterloo-place, ; also of Messrs. Ashfield and Clode, soli-
citors, 7, Staple Inn.
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.

ADDRESS of the LIVERPOOL ASSOCIA-
TION 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.

WARWICKSHIRE, on the Borders 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 compact FREEHOLD and
TITIIE-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 frem the London and Birmingham Railway,
between Daventry, Warwick, and Coventry.
Waterloo-place.

Capital large TIMBER near WINDSOR.
MESSRS. DANIEL SALITIEI, and SON will
—SELL BY AUCTION, en-TfrisnlY, 71str. 26. at TsVelve,
In convenient Lots, upon the Premises. St. Leonard's within two
miles of Windsor, and within easy distance of Water Oakley, and
other wharfa,
Several hundred fine large Elm, Oak, Beech, Chesnut, Lime, Mr,
aad 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'Nab, 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,
Pali-mall.

The conclusion of the treaty with China encouraged confident
liberality in the
expectationsof the
anticipated extension
th a that fhadoomurlioswtsrwandreaotwfo with that
duty
tpleempire.production
It
imposed by its
Government upon British manufactures would be reciprocated by a
reasonably
corresponding
the Chinese for the use of ourselves. The elements of
agricultural of
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 et enlarging 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 tune 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 ind c stry, which at the same time confe a bonne
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 fis 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
among 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 for 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
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 dusty 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 tke 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
1744, the duty was reduced from 131. 18s. 7 lit d. per cent. and 4s. per
lb. to 381. 18s. 7%d. per cent. and Is. per lb. The consumption im-
mediately advanced nearly 50 per cent. In 1784, the duty was re-
duced from 051. 15s. 10d. per cent. mid 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 it 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.
The present consumption of tea in this country amounts to an
average of about I%lb. per head per annum for the entire popula-
tion. This is about one-fourth of the allowance usually afforded to
domestic servants in families of the middle classes ; it is less than
one-half of the quantity consumed in the Channel Islands, where all
intoxicating beverages are 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
favourable to its use. Whatever test may be applied to our present
consumption, it will evidently appear to be restricted by the artificial
limits of price, and not by any objection to the qualities and proper-
ties of the article. A careful examination of these will justify the
conclusion that it is adapted more than any ether beverage for in-
corporation with every description of diet, and for use at every
meal adequate is suited to every variety of physical constitution,
and 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 investnaents in its purchase, three times the
on a tax ; the magnitude of the im-
post,public have thus to pay a tax up
andoppressive. Were
the instance, being indefensible
profit which would repay them, were the article free of duty. The
in the firs
f the duty reduced to Is. per lb., the consumer would obtain at least
2b • d
or
albs, of tea for the same money that he now pays
'ty wouldl be used.
there is no doubt whatever that the larger quntvaolvi
es that of Sibs. of
As the consumption of every pound of tedation
that en the increased
sugar, the extra duty on the latter, added
Von while the
quantity of tea at Is., would at once yield a revenue of about four
millions, according
to the most moderate compute ,
income might confidently
future enlargement of this source of public
be expected.
pated under the
moral and social benefits that may fairly be an
ed th t th
They are persuad a e
operation of a more equitable impost. use of a cheap
The committee conceive it unnecessary to enlarge upon those
removal of those restrictions which now impede the
iness
ng hhe
abits of teens
and well-being of the community, by encouragin
g tactical discus-
perance and domestic comfort, and by supplying prac
as
now
h app
and salubrious beverage would be highly conducive to
t
sives from 'crime. They regard the burden oulation f the
under
h there•
ever character these may be beneficially developed ; and t
e
efforts
pressing upon the energies of the entire pop, what-
fore invite the sympathy and support of all classes in their
for its removal.
Liverpool, November, 1846.

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The division of profits Is annual, and the next ►ill be made in
ecember of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

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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 hall•invi-
tation to dance ; the monotonous oscillation of
balance: ; the delightful maze of the chorine-des-
dames; the horrible pas seul of rite ; 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!" he 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. FLAM.
" Lady B.—Leonora ! Maria ! Amelia I here is the
gentleman we met at Sir John Porkington's.
(The Misses Bacon, expecting to he asked to dance, smile
simultaneously, and begin to smooth their tuckers.)
" Mr. Flam.—Lady Bacon ! I couldn't be mistaken
in you ! Wo'n't you dance, Lady Bacon ?
" Lady B.—Go away you droll creature 1
"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 ! he ! my daughters, Mr.
Flam, and they dance, Dont you girls?
" The Misses Bacon.— 0 yes.
" Mr. Flam.—Gad how I wish I was a dancing
man !"—[Exit Flam.
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LON DON, THURSDAY EVENING lll, JAN VARY . 14, 1847.

" 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 juicious 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 " Lore 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 ; and, at the age of twenty,
wrote Idiosyncracy ' (in 40 books, 4t0.); Ararat," a
stupendous epic,' as the reviews said ; and The Mega-
theria,' 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 poet) 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
Deleetus, 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-room, superbly arranged by Messrs. Grigs and
Spooner, the confectioners of the neighbourhood. I as-
sieted my respected friend Mr. Perkins, and his butler,
in decanting the sherry, and saw, not without satisfac •
tion, a large bath for wine under the sideboard, in which
were already placed very many bottles of 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. Flouncy (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 Giles's large mart 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.
66 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 a-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
chandeliers and yellow damask being displayed, this
night, 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 Mks Perkins (as I
took the liberty of stating to her mamma), looked like
the fairy qf that bower. It is this young creature's first
year in public life; she has been educated, regardless of
expense, at Hammersmith ; and a simple white muslin
dress and blue ceinture set off charms, of which I beg to
speak with respectful admiration.
" My respected friend, the Mulligan of Ballymulligan,
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 I 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
comes up.
" Well, as we were arranging the sherry, in the de-
canters, down the supper-tables, my friend arrived :
Hvvhares 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,
Mr. 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
pleased to call me, I'm deloighted, Madam, to be made
known to ye. Do'nt consider me in the light of a mere
acquaintance ! As for you, my dear Madam, you put
me so much in moind of my own blessed mother, now
resoiding at Ballymulligan Castle, th
Mr. Perkins, get-
tingat I begin to love
ye at first soight.' At
rather alarmed, speech,aswkheidchthe.ulligan, whether he
would take some wine, or go up stairs.
" 6 Faix,' says Mulligan, it's never too soon for good
dthrink ;' and (although he smelt very
,muchofwhiskey
already) he drank a tumbler of wine, to the
improve-
ment
of an acsueentence which comrninces in a manner
so deloightful.
Let's go up stairs, Mulligan,
eig
' says I, and led the
noble Irishman to the upper
laphart htmenhts,ewthiilclu mhwineareteidn,
a profound gloom, the candles
eayted in the
and where we surprised
Miss Fanny,
s
light, at the piano, timidly trying the tunes of the Polka,
which she danced so exquisitely that evening. She did
not perceive the stranger at first ; but how she started,
when the Mulligan loomedh upont, her.
says Mulligan ' don't
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which
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Reshewm your pleece a
harmonious, or sinodils elojious, as you can charrum it!
Are you acqueent
ith the Oirish Melodies ? Can
ye play, Who ;
Fears to talk of Nointy-eight the
Shan Van Veght ;' or the Dirge of 011 am Fodhlah?'"
" ' Who's this mad chap that Titmarsh has brought?'

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PRICE SD.

I heard Mr. Bacon exclaim to Master Perkins. ' Look
how frightened Fanny looks!'

" O'Pool 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 tl.e bannisters to receive the company iu the hall.
The book, however, should be examined itself, its
merits cons sting 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 be 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 i❑ 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 that
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 band will be equal to the energy that claim her
aid. When others are contending in vain against the
slackness and indolence which, from long indulgence,
have grown 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."

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 llochejaquelin, and souse of the
heroines of the revolution ; and many others of
similar character, some unknown to fame 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.