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THE SUN, LOXDONI"._PRIDAY MAY_ 15, 1846,

against certain presumed changes hair
Board policy, f any petition from the Que er
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dressedil to her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the
imperial
Trade,
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apprehendedin the course
Canadas. inof thethe pirmespeenrtiayleatra'rioffn
Mr. ROEBUCK seconded the motion ; but he recollected
a time when the wishes cf the Canadian people were not treated
with the same respect by the Noble Lord or by his party. Nor
did he think that the vote of the Canadian Parliament was con-
clusive; it was carried by a small majority, and he could con-
ceive a Ministry placed in such a porition as to be in favour
with no party.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") Instances were daily
occurring of such a state of things, and he could suppose that
an adverse party influenced by personal feeling might conduce
to the vote of the Canadian Parliament. The party in power
was not the popular party of the Canadian people. That
party knew that loyalty meant profit, and that was the party
which had loyalty on their lips, and now they were to be found
ready to tern round and threaten them with an annexation
with the United States of America. Those loyal persons,
those loyal Irish Orangemen, talk of an annexation with a
foreign power. What was their loyalty ? Nothing but pro-
tection. He would now suggest to the Noble Lord, and to
those who acted with him, that which, if aplied to the people
Canada, would materially benefit them. He would ask the
Noble Lord it he was prepared to a form of free-trade with all
the shipping of our colonies.—( Cries of " No, no," from
Lord G. Bentinck ) Well, then, what was the meaning of
their sympathy with the Canadas.? 'I heir sympathy was
protevtion, and nothing else. (Hear, hear.) The
Canada Corn Bill was introduced at a time when the Noble
Lord and his party opposed it, and they went on the hustings
and cried out against the Right Hon. Baronet for having
passed it. Well, what followed? They now, in their places
in that House, complained that Canada was greatly benefited
by the measure. He denied that so much benefit had
resulted to the people of Canada by this measure.
The Noble Lord says the exportation to Canada amounted to
three-fourths of the value of our exports to the United States.
Why, we need not shut our eyes to the fact that those exports
are not to Canada, but through Canada to the United States.—
( Hear, hear.) The danger which the Noble Lord feared from
those measures was a mere chimera. The three great articles
of export from the Canadas were timber, cotton, and corn.
The Noble Lord might be sure that no Legislative measures of
a round-about trade would ever produce that beneficial effect
which would arise from a direct course. It had been said that
adversity brings us in company with strange bedfellows,
and he certainly thought that the straits to
which that great party opposite were now reduced
had brought them to the humiliating position which
he did not expect to see. He did not expect to have seen the
great leader of the aristocratic party quoting the democratic
Jefferson and Washington, and making their statements his
own. He was obliged to the House for the kindness with
which it had listened to the arguments which he had already
adduced, for he should, were it not for the late hour, have
wished to avail himself of its indulgence to make a few more
observations.—( Hear, hear.)
The motion having been put,
Sir G. CLERK said that be did not rise for the purpose of
offering any observations on the motion made by his Hon.
Friend. His object in rising was to notify his intention to add
to the list of papers the dispatches of the Secretary of State for
the Colonies in this country in reply to those papers for
which the Noble Lord had moved. Amongst them was
a letter to the Secretary for the Colonies on the duty of 3s. per
quarter charged on wheat imported into Canada from the
United States. As the Hon. Member for Bath observed, it
was now several weeks since any information had been received
from Canada. Although no official information had arrived,
there could be no doubt they would have that information in
the course of a few hours. The Noble Lord commenced his
speech by stating that the question now assumed a great de-
gree of importance on account of the news published this
morning with reference to the rejection of Sir Robert
Peel's policy in Canada. They would find that
he question under consideration was not con-
nected with the legi-lative policy of Canada. If they looked
at the evening papers of a few hours since, they would find that
'he Bill was carried by a majority of 7. The news was dated
the 24th of April, and it was stated that they had passed the
Bill repealing the duty of 3s. on wheat imported into Canada.
No official information had been received by Government, and
no certain information as to the minority. He would have en-
tered into an examination of the statement of the Noble Lord,
but as no opposition was intended to be offered to the produc-
tion of the papers, he would not venture to enter on the
subject any farther.
Mr. HODSON HINDE said that there was some misap-
prehension in the mind of the lion. Member with regard to
the conduct, past and present, of the Hon. Gentlemen sitting
near him, and it was necessary that the minds of the Hon.
Members on that side of the House should be disabused on this
point. The Hon. and Learned Member said that his (Mr. H.
Hinde's) friends sitting near him had stated that in the im-
portation of wheat Canada never had any advantage. Canada
bad had a very material advantage in the im-
portation of corn under the old system, in which
corn was admitted at a duty of ss. per quarter.
lie said they had a right to ascertain the sentiments of her
Majesty's Ministers with regard to the measures they intended
to adopt with respect to the colonies. He did not say this in
any disrespectful manner, hot he thought the House h'd a right
to know how they intended t, act with regard to Canada.—
( Loud cries of " Question.") The Noble and Learned
Member for Bath said that it was true the exports to Canada
were large, but he said also that Canada was only a means for
introducing exports into the United States. But he would
ask, what would become of this country if the measures
now in progress were to deprive them of Canada,
even as a means of introducing their exports into the United
States ? He was much mistaken if the accounts to which
the Vice-President of the Board of Trade attached so little
importance would not strike dismay into the shipping inte-
rests of Great Britaiu.

SERVICE OF HEIRS.
The LORD ADVOCATE gave notice of his intention to
introduce a Bill for the purpose of simplifying and economising
the law which related to the service of heirs; and he purposed
also to introduce a clause into the Bill which had received the
sanction of the Legislature in the last session relative to Crown
charters.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

THURsDAY, MAY 14.
BirkenheadThefol following
andwh lg Petition for a Railway Bill was withdrawn :

RAILWAYS.
Select Committee on Group No. 54.
Mr. Fitzgerald discharged ; Mr. Waddington selected, and added to
the Committee.

Select Committee on Group No. 55.
Mr. Hughes discharged ; Viscount Ingestre selected,
the Committee. and added to

Select Committee on Group No. 56.
Mr. Maher discharged ; Mr. Irton selected, and
added to the
Committee.
The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select
Committees on Railway Groups :
A Committee consisting of—lion. E. Yorke (Chairman), Hon. F.
Tollemache, Mr. Itrocklehurst, Mr. I). S. Ker, and Sir W. James, to
whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 17 of Rail-
way Bills, viz.:—
Manchester and Poole,
Manchester and Southampton,
London and South-Western (Romsey and Redbridge).
Tr;ng, Reading, and Basingstoke.
The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 25, at one.
A Committee consisting of—Mr. Vernon (Chairman), Mr. Trail!,
Mr. E. W. Knight, Mr. Borthwick, and Mr. Ackers, to whom they
have referrel the Bills comprised in Group No. 24 of Railway
Bills, viz.:—
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Cambridge and Ely Extension).
Ely and Bury,
Newmarket and Chesterford,
Thetford, Bury St. Edmund's, and Newmarket.
The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, May 28, at one.
A Committee consisting of—Lord Dalmeny (Chairman), Mr. St.
John Mildmay, Mr. Marton, Mr. Matheson, and Viscount Milton, to
whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 28 of
Railway Bills, viz.:—
London and Birmingham (Newport Pagnell Branch),
Hertford and Hatfield,
London and Birmingham (St. Alban's and Luton Branch),
London and York (St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstabla Branch),
Extra Northern and Sou hero.
The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 25, at one.

A Committee consisting of—the Hon. H. Liddell (Chairman), Mr.
T. I). Acland, Sir A. Armstning, Mr. Antrobus, and Mr. Du Pre, to
whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 39 of Rail-
way Bills, viz.:—
Manchester and Leeds (Railway Extension, &c.),
Huddersfield and Manchester (Oldham Branch),
Oldham District,
Oldham, Liverpool, Manchester, and Birkenhead Junction,
Huddersfield and Manchester (Cooper Bridge Branch).
The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, May 28, at one.
A Committee consisting of—Mr. Parker (Chairman), Dr. Bowring,
Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Sir A. Brooke, and Captain Dalrymple,
to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 53 of
Railway Bills, viz.:—
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley,
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Birmingham, &C.,
Lines),
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Stour Valley Line),
South Stafbrdshire Junction,
South Staffordshire Junction (Bilston and Prestfield Branch),
South Staffordshire Junction (Willenhall and Bloxwich Branch),
Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction,
Birmingham, Lichfield, turd Manchester,
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction,
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Shrewsbury to Stafford),
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Chester and Wolverhampton
Line),
Shrewsbury and Birmingham,
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, & South Staffordshire-Junction (No. 1),
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, & South Staffordshire Junction (N 0.2).
The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 25, at one.
The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select Committees
on the Groups Nos. 33, 38, 41, 46, 49, and 57, to meet in the week
commencing Monday, June 8.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

THURSDAY, MAY 14.
JOSNUA TOULMIN SMITH.

Motion made, and Question put, " That a Select Committee be ap-
pointed to consider the petitions of Mr. Tolllmin Smith and the
papers presented to the House relative to the case stated in those
petitions." The House divided :

MINORITY—AYES, 125.
Acheson, Viscount Escott, Bickharn O'Brien, A. Stafford
Alexander, N. Esmonde, Sir T. O'Connell, Daniel
Archdall, Captain Farnham, E. 13. O'Connell, John
Armstrong, Sir A. Fielden, John Pechell, Captain
Astell, William Fellowes, E. Phillpotts, John
Baillie, W. Finch, George Plurnptre, J. P.
Banks, George Fitzmaurice, C. Plurnridge, Captain
Barnard, Edward G. Fitzroy, Lord C. Polhill, Frederick
Baskerville, T. B. Forster, Matthew Powell, Caleb
Bennet, P. Frewen, C. 11. Rawdon, Colonel
Bentinck, Lord G. Fuller, A. E. Rendlesham, Lord
Bentinck, Lord H. Granby, Marquis of Repton, G. W. J.
Berestord, Major Grogan, E. Rolleston, Colonel
Berkeley, Captain Harris, Captain Scott, F.
Blackburne, J. I. Hatton, Captain V. Sheppard, T.
Blackstone, W. S. Hawes, B. Somerville. Sir W.
Blake, M. J. Henley, J. W. Spry, Sir S.
Borthwick, Peter Hill, Lord E. Stuart, J.
Bouverie, E. P. Hill, Lord Marcus Tancred, H.;W.
Bowring,, Dr. Ilindley Charles Taylor, J. A.
Bradshaw, James Hudson, George Thompson, Alderman
Bridgernan, H. Ingestre, Viscount Thornely, T.
Bright, John Inglis, Sir R. Tollemache, J.
Brisco, M. Kerrison, Sir E. Troubridge,Sir E.
Browne, R. D. Knightley, Sir C. Tufnell, Henry
Buck, L. W. Law, C. E. Tumor, C.
Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Lawson, A. Tyrrell, Sir J. T.
Buller, Edward Long, W. Verner,
,Col.
Cayley, E. S. M`Taggart, Sir J. Wyse, R. IL:R. H.
Chandos, Marq. of MaitlandArhomas Waddington, H. S.
Christopher, R. A. Manners, Lord J. Wakley, T.
Churchill, Lord A. S. March, Earl of Watson, Henry
Clifton, J. T. Marsland, Henry Wawn, J T.
Colquhoun, John Miles, William Wilde, Sir Thomas
Crawford, W. S. Moffatt, George Williams, W.
Denison, W. J. Morison, General Wodehouse, E.
Dick. Q. Mostyn, E. M. Worcester, Marquis
Disraeli, B. 31untz, G. F. Wyse, Thomas
Duncan, George Neeld, Joseph Yorke, E. T.
Duncombe, T. Neeld, John
Duncombe, A. Newport, Visa. TELLERS.
Duncombe, 0. Norreys, Lord Spooner, Richard
Elphinstone, H. Norreys, Sir D. Newdegate, N.

MAJORITY-NOES, 134.

Ainsworth, Peter Flower, Sir James Manners, Lord C.
Anson, Colonel Forman, T. S. Martin, J.
Antrobus, Edmund Fox, C. R. Martin, C. W.

, .
Austen, Colonel Gill, Thomas Meynell, Captain
Baillie, Colonel Godson, Richard Milton, Viscount
Baine, Walter Gordon, Captain Mitchell, T. A.
Barclay, David Gore, Montague Morpeth, Viscount
Faring, F. T. Goulburn, Henry Morris, David
Baring, W. B. Graham, Sir J. Neville, Ralph
Bell, Matthew Orimsditch, Thomas Ogle, S. C.
Bellew, It. M. Hale, R. B. Patten, J. W.
Benbow, John Hamilton, W. J. Peel, sir Robert
Bodkin, William H. Hamilton, Lord C. Peel, Jonathan
Boldero, H. G. Hanmer, Sir J. Philips, G. It.
Botfleld, Beriah Hayes, ,ir E. Reid, Colonel
Bowes, John Heneago, G. H. iv. Roebuck, J. A.
Bowles, Admiral Herbert, Sidney Romilly, John
Boyd, John Heron, Sir R Round, C. G.
Bretherton, J. Hervey, Lord A. Round, John
Bruce, Lord E. }Linde, J. H. Rutherfurd, A.
Buckley, Edmund Holmes, W. ABC. Seymour, Sir H.
Buller, Charles Hops, Sir IJ. Smith, Abel
Busfeild, William Hope, G. W. Smith, J. A.
Cardwell, Edward Hornby, John Smyth, :Sir H.
Carew, W. H. Pole Horsman, E. Smythe, George
Carnegie, Captain Hotham, Lord • Somerset, Lord G.
Cavendish, G. 11. Howard, E. G. Stanstleld, W. R.
Chichester, Lord J. Jerinyn, Earl Stratt, Edward
Clay, Sir W. Jervis, John Sutton, 11. M.
Clerk Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount Thesiger, Sir F.
Cockburn, Sir G. Johnstone, Hope Tomline, George
Colebrooke, Sir T. Jones, Captain Trench, Sir F.
Corry, Henry Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Vernon, G. H.
Cripps, W. Langston, J. 11. Vivian, J. E.
l)amer, Colonel - Lascelles, E. Walker, Richard
Dennistoun, J. Lascelles, W. S. Walpole, S. 11.
Dickinson, F. 11. Lincoln, Earl of Warburton, H.
Divett4Edward Lindsay, Captain Wellesley, Lord C.
Douglas, Sir C. Lockhart, A. E. Winnington, Sir T.
Drummond, 11. 11. Lockhart, W. Wood, Charles
Duplale, W. S. Lygon, General Wood, Colonel T.
Dundas, F. Mackenzie, W. F. Wrightson, W. B.
Dundas, J. C. 11`Neill, Duncan TELLERS.
Estcourt, T. G. Mahon, Viscount Baring, henry
Fitzroy, Henry Mainwaring, T. Young, John

DUTCR MAIL.
THE HAGUE, MAY 11.—The Minister of Finance
has issued a notice for the information of merchants'
and others wh,) desire to take advantage of the over-
land mail to India to send letters and newspapers to
the Dutch possessions, but appear to be uncertain how
to proceed. Thus letters and newspapers intended to
be forwarded by this mail, are received every day at
the Post-office. That though this mail is dispatched
twice in a month from Europe to the English posses-
sions, yet it is to be observed that it is the last or second
mail in each month which is the best for a speedy
correspondence with the Dutch colonies, because it is
that mail only which goes the nearest way to those
colonies, that is to Sincapore, whence the letters are
regularly forwarded, as soon as they arrive, by one of
our steam-boats, in the name of the Government
of the Dutch possessions ; that though the letters
may be forwarded by different ways (through England
if preferred), not the direct way from the Netherlands,
if by way of Paris and Marseilles to Aleicandria, this
he recommends for the present as the most eligible. As
the mail leaves England on the 24th, and reaches Paris
on the 25th. the letters should be dispatched from
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague, and Utrecht on the
23d at the latest. But, as delays sometimes occur on the
road, it is advisable to dispatch the letters on the 22d.
Care must be taken to write on the cover " Overland
via Marseilles."

An extract from the latest accounts from the Caucacns,
published by the Russian Government, says, "If we
consider the principal events that took place in those
countries in the course of last year, we may hope that in
a short time tranquillity and peace will be established on
the right flank of our line. Soliman Effendi,
Schamyle's friend, though he had collected a numerous
band of followers, has not been able. to do us any injury.
The peaceful tribe of the AbasTms placed itself under
the protection of Russia. Last winter a deputation was
on the way to St. Petersburgh to tender their submis-
sion to the Emperor. The warlike tribe of the
Baschilbayess are become Russian subjects, and the
insurgent Prince Lidof has submitted. Lastly, the for-
midable robber Alasehukin has fallen. Such a succession
of favourable circumstances will tend to promote tran
quillity and order in the right flank of the line of the
Caucacus. Nothing further has happened that may
tend to disturb the public peacein Daghastan,—Dutch
papers, May 12, 1846.

question amicably, and
al
notice at his own discretion.
THE OREGON NOTICE.—At length the vote has been
taken on the Oregon question, and Mr. Crittenden's resolution has
passed the Senate by a vote of 40 to 14—all the 54 deg. 40 m. men
d
voting in the negative.
titleThs resolution,
ole tionas amended and passed,
The intelligence was received hero yesterday, by the magnetic tele-
graph, about twelve o'clock, and it was immediately sent by the
hePrehsilmde ntto to
give s
the year's the O rne
British Consul, by a special steamboat express, to reach the packet
a svoi sc':
authorises t
sailing to Liverpool, and then lying in the lower harbour at that
hour. The vote of the Senate is of the utmost importance. Some
suppose it will be rejected by the House ; but whether rejected er
not, it settles the Oregon question during the present Congress. It
places in the hands of the President the entire control of the negoti-
ation, to he used according to his own discretion. It is the greatest
and most potent element of a re-election that any President ever re-
ceived ; and the probability now Is, that nil negotiations, looking to
a final settlement of this question, will be postponed or protracted
for the next three years. The 54 deg. 40 m, men will be perfectly
satisfied with the result. Mr. Polk, with the peculiar influences
surrounding him, can now spring the Oregon question upon the
country whenever he chooses, and thus secure the decided chances
of a re-election. We shall have a peace with England for the next
four years, but a terrible war among the factions at home. Great
result this ! All President-making and humbug.—New York Herald.
THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY'S TERRITORY.—TWO
sergeants, two corporals, two bombardiers, and twenty gunners and
drivers of the Royal Artillery volunteers, were selected
yesterday
afternoon and medically inspected at the Ordnance Hospital, at
'Woolwich, for special service on the borders of the Oregon territory,
and will proceed about the latter end of the present month or begin-
ning of June for their destination, under the command of Captain
Blackwood, promoted last month from the Royal Horse Artillery.
The Terrible war steamer is expected to take them to America, with
a supply of guns and stores. 3,000 excavators are also to proceed
from various parts In this country, and assemble at a certain place
on the Hudson Bay Company's territory.
THE NEW MONEY-ORDER OFFICE.—Yesterday the
workmen employed at the extensive, building intended for the new
Money-order Office, in St. Martin s-ln-Grand, commenced removing
the scaffold poles, the whole of the side walls being completed. The
building,-, from the base to the summit is 75 feet high. This establish-
ment, when completed, will furnish accommodation for upwards of
200 officers in the Money-order department, and then the whole of
the room at the General Post-office, now occupied by this important
branch of the service, will be taken into the London district esta-
M 114914,

PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-
HOUSES.
The humble Petition of the undersigned Chairman and
Deputy. Chairman of the Committee for promoting tie
Establishment of Baths and Washhouses for the labour-

iug classes,
Showeth,—That the committee of which your peti-
tioners are the chairman and deputy-chairman was con-
stituted at a public meeting held at the Mansion-house,
in the city of London, in October, 1844, and con-
sists of 230 members, many of them engaged in the
most important professional and commercial pursuits of
the metropolis, and several of them clergymen of its
populous and crowded parishes.
That your petitioners have been authorised by a spe-
cial meeting of that committee to present this petition to
your Right Hon. House, as expressing the sentiments
and wishes of that committee.

That. the various recent official reports on the condi-
tion of the labouring classes, and on the state of large
towns and populous districts, and the evidence on which
those reports are founded, show that the dwellings of
large numbers of the labouring population are painfully
overcrowded, and that, in many places, the overcrowding
is steadily increasing.

That one of the consequences of such overcrowding
is, in many cases, a total neglect of personal and domes-
tic cleanliness, leading, with the destruction of all cons-
fort, to intemperance. recklessness, and extr erne demo-
ralization.

That in those :instances in which persons in sneh cir-
cumstances do not .abandon the endeavour to keep them-
selves and their rooms clean, they can rarely secure more
than such an imperfeot degree of cleanliness as is
insufficient for the due pre,,ervation of their health ; and
that the damp alor.e, arislog from the washing and
drying of their clothes in the rooms in 17hich they live,
does constantly, and to a fearful extent, occ2sion or ag-
gravate disease.
That not only the vast majority of the labou7ing
classes in all large towns, but also very many of the h.'.
dustrious classes whose occupations are not those of
mere manual labour (such as clerks, shopmen, ware-
housemen, and apprentices), are unable, from the want
of adequate facilities for bathing, to cultivate those
habits of personal cleanliness which are conducive both
to the physical comfort and to the sound moral state of
the population.
That, as a rule, the overcrowding of the labouring
classes, and the general deficiency of means for personal
and domestic cleanliness, are evils which are not attri-
butable to any misconduct, or even to any imprudence or
neglect of self. control on the part of those who suffer
from them, and which are wholly beyond their means to
remove, and rarely within their power to avoid or in any
sufficient degree to mitigate.
That the lamentably injurious consequences to the
comfort, health, and morals of the people, resulting
from the want of proper supplies of water, the defective
state of sewerage, drainage, and street cleansing, and
the insufficiency of existing regulations for the preven-
tion of disease, which the recent official inquiries leave
shown to affect large numbers of the people, have led to
proposals for legislative measures calculated to better, in
many respects, their present condition.
That were these proposals acted on in the fullest ex-
tent, the overcrowding of the labouring population would
be almost unaffected by the measures which have been
suggested.
That the most ample supply, to every room, of the
purest water, at the cheapest rate, a perfect system of
sewerage, drainage, and street cleansing, and the most
scientific general regulations for the prevention of dis-
ease, would still leave many thousands of the families of
the labouring. population, compelled to live each in a
single room, as unable at present to bathe there without
a total disregard of common decency—as much exposed
as at present to the destruction of comfort and injury to
health from washing and drying their clothes at home
—and scarcely more able than at present to procure the
firing necessary to heat the water for bathing and wash-
ing, and to dry the clothes.
That the cleansing of towns and houses, so far as it
could be accomplished by the measures suggested, would
not remove any portion of the dirt with which labouring
men are, of necessity, in the ordinary course of their
work, constantly brought into contact, Etna from which
bathing and washing can alone free their pt rsons and
their clothes.
That while the committee acknowledge that the
measures in question are highly desirable, and promise
to be of great benefit, they confidently submit that
other measures are necessary to promote the physical
and moral improvement of the people.
That the committee have made extensive inquiries
among the labouring classes of London, and have as-
certained that, in general, the washing and drying of
their clothes at home occupy the greater part of two
days in every week, and in many cases, owing to the
absence of proper accommodations, extend into a third
day ; and that for the most part they are very im-
perfectly done.
That the committee are Hilly satisfied that of all the
means proposed for enabling the labouring and other
industrious classes to cultivate habits of personal and
domestic cleanliness, and to escape the injurious effects
of washing at home, at the same time avoiding all inter-
ference with their feeling of independence, none is
more promising of beneficial results than the general
establishment in large towns and populous districts of
public baths and washhouses, to be open at moderate
charges.
That experience has shown that those for whose ad-
vantage public baths and washouses have been estab-
lished gladly resort to them, and are willing to pay such
charges as, when the establishments are in full work,
may be relied on as sufficient to defray the expense of
supporting them.
That at the baths and washhouses which have been
established at Liverpool by the corporation of that town,
and which were opened in the month of May, 1842,
the number of those who bathed in the first three years
was 41,788, and in the first nine months of the present
(the fourth) year, ending in February, 1846, was 14,562 ;
and that during those three years and nine months
44,115 persons washed there upwards of 1,000,000
articles.
That the accommodations at that establishment were
found to be so inefficient to meet the wants of the town
that the corporation of Liverpool are erecting a second
establishment there (at an expense, beyond the value of
the land, of about 6,5001.), which is to be opened in the
course of a few months.

That at Glasshouse-yard, near the London Docks, a
small establishment of baths and washhouses has been
open about 11 months, for the use of the very poor ;
and though the accommodations there are so limited
that sometimes nearly 200 applicants have of necessity
been refused admittance in the course of a single week,
25,123 persons have bathed, and 31,882 persons have
washed 235,814 articles there during that period; and of
those persons several hundreds have come from distances
varying from four to six miles.
That the Committee of which your petitioners are
members are engaged in the erection, at Goulstone-
square, %Vhitechapel, of a model establishment of public
baths and washhouses.
That the building is to contain about 100 baths, each
in a separate apartment, to insure privacy to the bathers
—about 100 pairs of wash tubs separated by sufficient
screens—hot closets for drying all the articles washed,
and accommodation for ironing part of them.
That the baths are to be of two sorts, about four-
fifths of them being for the labouring classes ; and
that every bather is to have an ample supply of clean
water.

That the charges at the baths for the labouring classes,
including the use of one towel for every bather, are
proposed to be a :d. for a cold bath, and 2d. for a
warm bath.

That the charges at the other baths, including the use
of two towels for every bather, are proposed to be 3d.
for a cold bath. and 6d. for a warm bath.

That the charges at the washhouses are proposed to
be such as to enable the week's washing of a labouring
family to be well done, and the articles washed to be
dried rapidly, and so as to insure thorough ventilation
and the destruction of all vermin and infection, in about
three hours, for about 3d.
That the use of the wash-house, on such terms, will
not only wholly free such of the labouring classes as
resort to it from the constant discomfort and frequent
injury of washing at home, but will also effect an impor-
tant saving to them in time and money.
That calculations, made on the basis of actual experi-
ence, show that those proposed charges will, when the
establishment is in full work, be not only amply suffi-
cient for its support, but will leave a surplus at least
equal to the interest of the capital sunk in its erection.
That the receipts of the establishment at Liverpool
have been, for the first year, 1591. ; for the second year,
2801. ; for the third year, 332/. ; and for the first three-
quarters of its current year, 325/., exceeding its ex-
penses (exclusive of improvements and repairs) during
those nine months by more than 30/.
That the average expense at Glasshouse yard is
fraction less than threehalfpenee a-head.
That the Legislature has recognised the propriety of
taking measures, under the sanction of special laws, and
at the public expense, for promoting, not only the health
of the people, and their physical comfort, in matters
nearly relating to their health, but also their instruction,
and (in such instances, for example, as the British Mu-
seum, the National Gallery, the Victoria Park, and
borough museums) their national amusement and re-
creation.

That the want of personal cleanliness is constantly
found, by those who have to endure it, an insuperable
obstacle to their availing themselves of opportunities,
otherwise within their reach, for obtaining instruction,
whether religious or secular, and indulging in rational
amusements and recreations.

That for the reasons which your petitioners have
stated, as well as for others which will readily occur to
your Right Hon. House, the Committee are of opinion
that it would be highly desirable for the relief of a vast
proportion of the inhabitants of large towns and popu-
lous districts, from evils now incident to their social po-
sition, and from which they cannot relieve themselves—
thati t would add greatly to the efficiency of other mea-
sures proposed for the welfare of the people at large—
and that on the ground of public principle and national
policy of duty and expediency, it would be right—to
facilitate by law the establishment of public baths and
wash-houses, and their support for a limited period at
the public expense.
That your petitioners respectfully suggest that for
this purpose it would be proper to pass a law, enabling
such boro►ughs and parishes as might voluntarily resolve
on adopting its provisions, to establish public baths and
wash-houses for the use, at moderate charges, of their
respective inhabitants ; for that purpose to obtain loans
as for other public works, for the repayment of such
loans, and the support of the establishments during such
a period as may be necessary for bringing them into
full work, to impose moderate rates, and to carry the
income to be derived from such establishments (which,
when they are in full work, may be reasonably expected
to leave a yearly surplus over expenditure), to the credit
of the rates.
Your petitioners, therkre, humbly pray that your

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Right Hon. House will be plc used t
-'d pre-
ive
mises your careful considerati /3..11" t" • take such 'mea-
sures for promoting the goner. es,"ablishment, it large
towns and populous districts of public baths and wash-
houses, as to your wisdom shall seem meet.
And your petitioners will e ver pray, &c.,
WILLIAM COTTON, Chairman.
WILLIAM HAWES, Deputy-Chairmann.

POST_QFFICES OF ENGLAND
AND FRANCE.

Additional Article: to those agreed upon between the
Post-office of Grt
411 Britain and the Post-office of
France, for carrying
into execution the Convent;,,o of
April 3, 1843. v granted. by the At 49
In pursuance of the powc
and 87 of the Convention of April 3, 1843, between
France and Great Britain, to the two Post-offices, to
settle the matters of detail, which are to be arranged by
mutual consent, for ensuring the execution of the said
Convention. The undersigned, duly authorised for that
purpose by their respective offices, have Agreed upon the
following Articles :
Art. I.—Letters originating in the United K;ngdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the British colonies and
possessions, for the Grand Duchy of Baden, shall be
transmitted through the Post-office of France, unless
especially directed to be sent by some other route. They
may be forwarded to the said French Post•office, either
unpaid or paid, to their destination, at the option of the
senders.

Art. ll.—Reciprocally, letters originating in the
Grand Duchy of Baden, addressed to the United K, fi
ando ffie
e o possessions,
France,
ushall s b
ee s transmittedr e
et ht
er
do u
tgoh
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, the British e ies
route.may
Britisho
som eoith,oesrt-offi They
ce,d btel 11:to sbt;
be forward
either unpaid or paid to theire todesthtie-
nation, at the option of the senders.
1 Art. lll.—The French Post-office shall
pay
ra
I British Yost-office, for postage on unpaid letters °ng
Ire-
land,
!o.n
the
ihs.t in the United Kingdom of Great' Britain arlcl
t
• the British colonies and possessions, addressed to-
land,
Ni Duchy of Baden, namely :-Ist. On letters
the Gra. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
from the L.
at the rate of iper ounce British, net weight. 2nd.
On letters from t he British colonies and possessions (but
.
only from the port
-if embarkation in the said colonies
and possessions), at therate of 3s. 4d. per ounce British,
net weight. There sl.
all be added to the rate of 3s. 4d.,
fixed as above, that of I. , for the internal postage of
such of the aforesaid lette. °
as are forwarded from
Jamaica (those coming fr 011&
Scotia, Kingston excepted),
Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Prince Edward's
Der ounce
Island, and Newfoundland, mak.lng in all
British, net weight.
Art. IV.—The French Post-office' halls likewise pri7
to the British Post-office for postage' on letters origi-
nating in the Grand Duchy of Baden, which shall be
paid to their destination in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the British colonies rind posses-
sions—namely, Ist, On letters addressed to ale United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, at the roe of
ls. per ounce British, net weight. 2d, On letters ad
dressed to the British colonies and possessions (btu Paid
only to the port of landing in the said colonies and p.os-
sessions), at the rate of 3s. 4d. per ounce British, ne,t,
weight. There shall be added to the rate of 3s. 44.
fixed as above, that of Bd, for the internal postage of
such of the aforesaid letters as are addressed to Jamaica
(those addressed to Kingston excepted), Canada, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince. Edward's Island, and
Newfoundland, making in all 4s. per ounce British, net
weight.
Art. V.—The British Post-office shall pay, on its
part, to the French Post-office, for postage on unpaid
letters originating in the Grand Duchy of Baden, and
addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the British colonies and possessions, at the rate
of lf. 60e. for every thirty grammes, net weight.
Art. Vl.—The tßritish Post-office shall likewise pay
to the French Post-office, for postage on the letters
originating in the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the British colonies and possessions, which
shall be paid to their destination in the Grand Duchy
of Baden, at the rate of If. 60c. for every thirty grammes,
net weight.
Art. Vll.—The inhabitants of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland and the British colonies
and possessions, and those of the Grand Duchy of
Baden, may, reciprocally, send registered letters. The
postage on such letters must in all eases be paid to the
place of destination.
VIII.—The sum for which the two offices of
France and Great Britain shall snutually account to
each other, as regards the postage of registered letters,
sent either from the United Kingdom and its possessions
to the Grand Duchy of Baden, or from the Grand
Duchy of Bade?t to the United Kingdom and its posses-
sions, shall be dortble the sums mutually fixed upon by
the preceding articles 4 and 6 for ordinary letters paid
to the place of destination.
Art. IX.—The French Post-office shall pay to the
Post-office of Great Britain an uniform rate of 3s. 4d.
per ounce British, net weight, for transit through the
territory of the United Kingdom, and for sea convey-
ance of the paid letters originating in the Grand Duchy
of Baden, and addressed to colonies and countries be-
yond sea, wherever the same may be situated, when for-
warded by the French to the British Post-office, to be
conveyed, either by private ships, by Governmentvessels,
or by vessels freighted or maintained by order of Go-
vernment, from the ports of the United Kingdom. The
same rate of 3s. 4d. per ounce British net weight, shall
likewise be paid by the French Post-office to the Post-
office of Great Britain for sea conveyance and transit
postage through the territory of the United Kingdom of
unpaid letters originating in colonies and countries be-
yond the sea, wherever the same may bo situated, ad-
dressed to the Grand Duchy of Baden. It is, however,
understood, that in the rate of 3s 41 per ounce British,
fixed as above, for sea conveyance and transit postage
through the territory of the United Kingdom, of the let-
ters described in the two preceding paragraphs, the rate
with which those letters may be chargeable for internal
postage in the said colonies and countries beyond sea is
not included.
Art. X.—The Post-office of Great Britain shall for-
ward to the French Post-office, free from any chage for
postage, newspapers and printed papers, originating in
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
addressed to the Grand Duchy of Baden.
Art. XL—The Post-office of Great Britain shall pay
to the French Post-office, at the rate of four centimes
for every newspaper, for transit postage through France
of newspapers originating in the Grand Duchy of Baden,
and addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland.

Art. Xll.—The Post-office of France shall pay, on its
part, for transit postage and sea conveyance of news-
papers originating in the Grand Duchy of Baden, and
addressed to colonies and countries beyond sea, when
forwarded to the British Post-office, to be conveyed
either by private ships, by Government vessels, or by
vessels freighted by order of Government, from the
ports of the United Kingdom, the following rates;
namely:-Ist. On newspapers addressed to colonies and
countries beyond sea, wherever the same may be situ-
ated (those addressed to Canada excepted), one penny
each. 2d. On newspapers addressed to Canada, three-
halfpence each. 0
Art. XIII. The Post-office of France shall likewise pay
to the British Post-office, for sea conveyance and transit
postage of newspapers addressed to the grand Duchy
of Baden, and originating in the colonies and countries
beyond sea, and brought in any manner whatsoever into
the United Kingdom or the Channel Islands, the follow-
ing rates; namely:-Ist. On newspapers originating in
the colonies and countries beyond sea, wherever the same
may be situated (those coming from Canada excepted)
one penny each. 2nd. On newspapers originating in
Canada, three halfpence each. _ _ _

Art. XIV. The forms of letter bills and acknowledg-
ments of receipts, for the use of the respective offices of
exchange, beginning from the first day of May next,
shall be made according to the forms agreed upon and
annexed to the present article.
Art XV.—The present articles shall be considered as
additional to these agreed upon between thoeftwo offices
for carrying into execution the Convention_l
1843, signed at London the Ist May fol owing)ri
and ,
tshhiartilletchomdeayionftothoepsearmateiomnotnhteh.filvrAsG.tpuLdpEnarnyio:tveoedifdA3liNay, 1846.
Done in Duplicate, and signed at Paris the twenty-fifth
day of the month of March, 1846, and at London the
(Signed) MAI3ERLY,
Secretary of the Gen. Post-office of the United Kingdom.
Postmaster-GeneralSigned ofBTth'e

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S
THE RELIGIOUS TRA 21:C-.11t2wr.,;
TO THE EDITOR OF -1.?!
day on_ Tsolimeere.imataerlicsornyomuuruniaclaietioinn. • 1_ /41,
tvev4l.4)
Society and Mr. Hume, are conclude O 4(., :4'relflito
of a fear that the gnat philantisropiceresstentv3_,o:
Lions of the day are becomieg gratfirgyAnt, ott,
same time, totally perverted from their (Akashi eldt4:k.
ter. lam not much acquainted with these societies ge-
nerally, but there is one; respecting which as a London
Missionary of some years standing, I can give you some
information, which, I doubt not, the religious public at
large will consider of no little importance. The Society
to which I refer is the Religious Tract Society ;. and the
pare;eulars referred to as follows I have no doubt yortr
publication of, and remark upon them, will be of signal
service- I. The materielitmlf, furnished by this society,
is of the most inferior description. It is entirely behind
the age. Sometimes the tracts are written in a spirit
which is positively mischievous : such, for instance. as
snore of the tracts on Ron-lenient and Puseyisun. Some
times their theology and logic are alike letd. Only
lately I carried a tract on
e:ti of those subjects to en
eminent dissenting minister, under wheel I am labour-
ing, and asked him, after reading it to him, whether I
could circulate it ? Ills answer Irae to this effl:et—
" Decidedly not. The argument has no more to ds with
the point argued than it hes with any .other point. The
texts of Scripture cited have no bouriug whatever on
the proposition they are meant to support." If I
had given the tract to a Romani, t he would
have laughed at me. Again, a vast proportion
of the thought in them is lucre twaddle. Men, used to
the downright matter of-fact ways of the world, feel it a
degradation to be schooled by professors of the theology
of the nursery. Having become men, and put away
childish things, like the Apostle, their religious intellect
will not submit to be made any longer conversant with
the things of God and immortality, only through the
most puerile associations. I confess, with all my in-
eradicable biasses in favour of
_men set apart to holiness
and God, I often, as I look over a lot of tracts, have this
notion pass through my mind—" Well, the writers of
these are very good men, but really they are very silly
ones." Now, Sir, you may imagine what a wretched
a s
t. thingheßsioetoikns o
is
hfoinsr
haanmdis.
religious
missionary to have daily to penetrate
through the phalanxes of infidelity with such weapons
by the Society. In fact, it ha 3.,
and is so resistless as a monop el
suutbi
liies
tc txs
ta,nerfo neb fdi t
extendeduniversal itself so widely,
trade, that I think it very quesotiynl
really keeping down books of°avieviri shethi! it is not
pti rhiet- s toisrirtlinrge
character in religion at a cost greater than
gain of its labours and influences. Booksellers speakp of
it as a perfect nuisance. A very valuable book is offered
them ; they would like to publish it, but dare not. This
great religious book monopoly has its agents in every
town, its advertisements in every room, its brokers in
every pulpit. It has the market before them, and they -
are afraid to speculate. Men of business in Paternoster-
row even go so far as to say that the Tract Society
watches their speculations, and if they strike out some
new and lucrative ides, immediately simulates it by
something of its own, divides the sale, and swamps their
project.
3. Taking the authorised reports of the Religious
Tract Society as evidence of fact, the governing body of
the 'Society is too circumscribed. It ought to hive a
committee of at least fifty members, annually eligible or
re-eligible as may be, and the right of election should
be so vested as to secure correct representation of the
subscri,l,ers.

We know that this Society pays very handsomely for
its copyrights, and there seems something very extra-
ordinary in their being of such an inferior description.
The public wants something more in return for its mu-
nificent contributions than the salarving of certain
clerks and shopmen for doing the " duties" of a trade
that answers its grand end in so very inferior a style.
It appears to me, Sir, to have become our imperative
duty to do one of these two things:—Either we ought
to apply our subscriptions to securing a better materiel
elsewhere, or insist upon this Society altering its pro-
ceedings. It was not meant to be a monopoly of trade
in religious books, underselling every body, and keep-
ing most valuable works out of the market. it was not
meant to confine itself to the mere function of instructs
ing babes, or to supply to the infidel and papist a shaft
of scorn against the Christian missionary. But it was
meant to be the vehicle of a printed course of religious
instruction for certain classes, and that at least not be-
hind the age in soundness of sentiment and tone of
expression.
Excuse the hurried manner in which, no doubt, yon
will detect this to have bean written, as I write it in a few
minutes snatched from my dinner hour, and because my
conscience has so long and so loudly importuned me upon
it.—l am, Sir, yours truly.
May 5, 1846.

A MISSIONARY.

GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR
RAILWAY COMPANY.
(From the Bombay Bi-21Ionthly Times of March al.)
The Committee of the Great Indian Peninsular Rail-
way Company have issued the following circular :—" The
London Board of Directors of this Company, having resolved
that no shares shall be allotted in London after the lath
of April, 1846, but that all shares formerl res`n-Yed for
India which then remain unallotted shall I.',e allotted' in
England, the provisional committee in Bombay, notwith-
standing the measures adopted for closing the list, will be
prepared, in consequence of that resolution, to receive appli-
cations for shares in the Company up to the date now qie-
citied, after which no further application will be attended to.
The Committee deem this a fitting occasion to intimate, for
the information of the public, that the surveys and investi-
gations which have been carried on during the past few
months by the engineers and other officers of the Company,
have elicited results of a highly favourable nature, anti that
the information now in their possession, as to the general
features of the line, would have warranted far more flatter-
ing expectations, as to its advantages and capabilities, even
than the documentary fact-, originally available, led the
projectors themselves to entertain. The tract between Bom-
bay and Tannah is almost entirely devoid of engineering
difficulties, while the country lying between the last-named
place, and the foot of the Malsej 'Crhaut, though of a more
intricate character, will, it is believed, afford a fair average
line, involving few works of magnitude or expense. The
Ghaut itself, the examination cf which is nearly completed,
has been found perfectly practicable; and though, of course,
calling for appliances which are not likely to be elsewhere
required, will, from all appearances, tax neither the ingenuity
of the engineer, nor the funds of the Company, to nearly so
great an extent as was anticipated. In the absence of the
engineer's report, which is as yet delayed, of the surveys in
progress beyond the Ghaut, the committee cannot speak po-
sitively with respect to that part of the line, but the unoffi-
cial information they have as vet received is very promis-
ing, and they have no doubt that this will be speedily con-
firmed by official documents. On the whole, therefore, as
regards the physical examination of the country, the. pros-
pects of the project, as far as can be perceived, are in the
highest degree encouraging. Influenced by this consideration.
the Committee have resolved to usestrenuous efforts to begin
the actual construction of some part of the works without
delay, to which end detailed surveys of the country between
Bombay and Tannah are in progress, which it is hoped will
be concluded in sufficient time before the monsoon, to allow
of the Committee taking advantage of that season, (when
active operations in the field will o necessity be suspended)
to submit to Government the plans, selections, and other
papers, necessary as the basis for an application for permis-
sion to commence the undertaking. Whatever direction the
trunk line into the interior may eventually follow, the route
to Tannah must certainly form a portion of it, and it has
been determined to make this commencement le-s in the ex-
pectation of immediate profit than with a view to familiarise
the natives of India with the construction and working of
railroads, and to afford a school for the instruction of such
artisans and labourers as the company may require to employ
in their more extended operations. With resPect„Testa-
tisticalin-
quirieshave details, it is only necessary
the accuracy of the
firm, in the most satisfactory manner,
b - Mr. Chapman, and
information collected in Englan 1 to mentitocnoZa
to
eon
t'h data on which to found
which furnished the projectors
determined, the fruits of these in-
quiries- finally
Rich
the exact course of
assume a._ snore definite shape, and; become
wilt rcable to the solution of the question
more directly applicable
profit. The shot, e presents a most cheering view of
the
eeimr
apinrelillinnienairys calcslitionrs.
ofthe prospects of the proposed undertaking ; and it
seems quite clear that unless any obstacle should arise from
o the
proceedings Although
the measures of Government—a contingency in the last
degree improbable—a portion of the intended line of rail-
haerctoourse been of
givenconstruction.
littlew y will
publicityere has s
long beh i
ti
of the company, it is evident that its officers have not bees
idle; and there is, we believe, every reason to hope
that before the commencement of the rains, the survey of
the whole sketch of country between Bombay and the Gun-
gathurree, will be completed. We are glad to perceive that
it has been determined to commence the actual construction
of the works between Bombay and Tannah at an early date.
This is an arrangement, the judiciousness of which can ad-
mit of no question, for by its adoption the native artisans
and labourers will become familiar with the details of rail-
way operations, and be enabled to execute hereafter, in a
satisfactory and expeditious manner, works which must of
necessity involve, in the first instance, some degree of difti.
culty and delay. The knowledge thus acquired will soon
be generally diffused, and in the course of a short time, we
may expect to see at the company's disposal a numerous
band of efficient workmen, available for employment at any
stage and in any branch of its undertaking. We hear that
measures are already being taken for marking out the course
of the railway between Bombay and Tannah, and that a
commencement has been made in the direction of Girgaum,
so that any of our readers who may be desirous of inspecting
the work will have an opportunity of doing so."

DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM MILLER, BART.—We have
to record the death of Sir William Miller, Bart., better known as
Lord Glenlee, who expired, on Saturday morning last, at Barskining.
Ayrshire. The deceased Baronet had arrived at an advanced age.
for he was in his 90th year. He was son of thd first Baronet, the
Lord President of the College of Justice in Scotland, and married his
cousin, Miss Chalmers, daughter of Mr. George Chalmers. In 1789
he succeeded his father in the baronetcy, and in 1795 was appointed
one of the Lords of Session, when he assumed, by courtesy, the title
of Lord Glenlee. In 1840, from his increasing years and consequent
infirmity, he retired from the judicial bench, after a strict attendance
of above 45 years to the arduous duties attached to that high legal
office. The late Baronet is succeeded by his eldest son, now sir
Thomas Miller, Fart.
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less, ACCIDENT
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s7e7ouliscassctildsci—it by being thrown from his horse (a spirited animal)
tgt;ahlleileant Colonel had sustained - -a-we
subsequently to the accident'
while riding in llyde Park. The gallant Colonel was taken up se
removed no very serious
to noun-. slow barracks, the head-quarters of the regiment.
injury,
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ai conveyeddea beent
tnhi to
SALE OF ANCIENT DRAWINGS. y
by auction of a valuable collection of ancielit yesterday, a sale
drawings, eminent masters of the German, Italian, Dutch, and Flemish
by the most
schools, the property of B. Kertz Es
q„ and the collections of Sir' q„ formerly in the Arundel col-
de Ligne, the Count de Fries J. Reynolds, Sir P. Lely, the Prince
, " & c., took place in Mr. Phillips' auction-
rooms, in New Bond-street. In this collection there are 230 draw-
ings, divided into 205 lots, of which number 118 were disposed of
yesterday, the reinainhe ~ portion, the most choice, being for sale this
day (Friday). Tile sale yesterday consisted of works by the early
German and Italian masters. Among the fanner there were six
drawings by Albert Durer, one by Hans Holbeln, one by Hemsklrk.
one by Lucas Van Leyden, two by Lucas Cranach, &c. These were
principally pen and ink drawings from the Fries collection, and sold
for good prices. In the Italian school the drawings were more nu-
merous, comprising three by Michael Angelo, four by Annibale Car-
racci, twelve by Agostino Carracci, nine by Cignani, two by Cor-
' regio in red chalk, nine by Guide, principally in red chalk and pen
and ink; three by Claude, pen drawings, washed with bishe ; five,
by Guereino, one by 'Murillo, pen, washed with black itik; eight by.
Parmagenio, seven by Nicholas Poussin, and one by Gaspar Pouseiss.
&c. &c. The subjects were principally of a religions Character. 6caat
tau, but wire ['archived far the Britbh Maim.

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rHE TRUE HISTORY and MYSTERY of
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN'S CASE—YOUNG IRELAND and
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The ADVENT of the CORN-BILL to the MUSE of PEERS
RATIONALE of JUDICIAL SWEARING—the " BOW•STREET
INQUISITION"—
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TO TOURISTS AND SPORTSMEN VISITIN'G THE HIGH-
LANDS OF SCOTLAND.
jr) MACDOUGALL, of the Tartan Warehouse,
• Inverness, begs very respectfully to mention that he is now
In London, with all the correct and original patterns of Clan Tartans
for Ladles' and Children's Dresses and Cloaks, Gentlemen's Dressing

Gowns, &c.
SCOTTISH WOOLLEN MANUFACTURE.
Our National Ai aidifacture of PLAIDIN GS, now denominated
TWEEDS, are decidedly superior to, and are patronised beyond,
every other description of Goods hitherto used for Shooting and
Wearing Coats, Trousers, and Boys' wear. The better qualities
are
rival the English Cassimers, are only about half the price,
easily washed, without injuring their appearance. The Brown and
Red Heather Mixtures are imitations, and successful ones, of the
oompiexion of the Scottish Mountains, when the heather is in leaf and
in bloom, all made of the best Wool.
A very few handsome. fine Tartan Shawls and Plaids, and very fine
White and Coloured Zetland Shawls. Some brown Wool,
loch and Shepherd
Plaids and Shawls. The Lovat, Glengarry, Athole, Gait , Invereshie,
and Richmond Tweeds. and all the different shades and qualities requi-
site for the other Shooting Grounds—used at deer stalking and
grouse shooting. Stout stuff for keepers and gillies. An immense
lot of Highland Shepherd Tartans, and Scotch knife for jackets,
trousers, &c.
D. M'D. has with him a copy of the " Vestiaram Scoticum," from
an original MS. formerly belonging to John Leslie, Bishop of Ross,
the faithful adherent of Queen Mary, which shows the genuine set
of all the Clan Tartans.
Noblemen and Gentlemen who may wish for the Highland cos-
tume, may have the same made up, with Highland ornaments, in the
most antique form—bonnets, plaids, badges, cockades, &c. High-
land dresses fbr boys made up.
Mr.M`Dougall will be happy to show the correct method of
wearing
the Highland dress, and the various modes of putting en the
Plaid.
Mg). will be glad to call with his patterns any time before the
24th May, when he returns to Inverness.
A note, addressed to him at 7, New Burlington-street, Regent-
street, will be attended to, or he may be seen there, front 1 to 4 o'clock,
until 24th May.