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London, England, 1848-12-28 00:00:00

DECEMBER 28, 1.848
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L 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human
breast. Mere exalted than mere passion, it sears high above
every other impulse of nature, and is ■ot only stronger than avarice,
bit mere engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from
its inluence, er can avoid its sway; and business, pleasure, philo-
sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling
power of LOVE, which, unlike mist things, increases in intensity
with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage.
When union • does not take place, however, this passion, this
fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly
poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright-
ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un-
changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life-
time spent in the fulfilment. if every engagement, snap the very con-
tract!stsinder which should be most binding to an honourable mind ?
it is the effect of conscience. The Lover. by enervation of early
habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be
disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been
instituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important
ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be
beyond measure deplorable i Loving and beloved, he entails the
most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon
himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of
natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of
nsalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the
attention of all. These desirous of investigating it will find the
fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled
SELF-PRESERVATION.
illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology,
and diseases of the reproductive organs ; with practical observa-
lens on the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from
solitary habits, excesses, or infection.
By SAMUEL LA'MEIIT, M.D.,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of
Edinbirgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Sce.
This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and
mach neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob-
tained the highest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes-
sional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treat-
ment of these diseases.

ILEVIICW OF THE WORE.
La'Mert on the Infirmities of Youth and Matnzity.—" There are
scenes is the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but
Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the
mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf
Into which such scenes must plunge him 1 In the book before as
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erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al-
ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style
et masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of
philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a
production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally,
'won all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and
propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. /Sy un
taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever
laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these
pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of
a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine."
—United Kingdom Magazine.

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INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR YOUNG FELONS.
—Yesterday the committee of the above institution, in
Henry-passage, Brook-street, New-road, made a report
of the present position of the society and its progress.
Although yet in its infancy, having only been com-
menced in April last, it has been satisfactory and en-
couraging. The means adopted as a course of reforma-
tory education has already produced on the inmates
results gratifying both as regards their moral conduct,
habits of industry, cleanliness, and a healthy and re-
spectable appearance. There are at present twelve boys
in the school, whose ages vary from 12 to 19 years.
Several of these youths, previous to their admission,
were of the most depraved and, abandoned character,
some having been repeatedly before the police magis-
trates, the elder of them having been imprisoned from
ten to fourteen times. Their conduct since their mei),
tion has been of a most gratifying character, and elicits
the warm commendation of the gentlemen who compose
the committee. The boys are employed in shoemaking,
hair picking, &c.; the latter branch of the establish-
ment being of itself almost self supporting. They re-
ceive three meals per day, including Sunday; they are
also partially clothed and lodged; and, as a reward, aro
furnished with money weekly, according to the amount
of work they accomplish. A:girls establishment, on'
similar principles, has been begun, several females
having been already received. The funds of the so-
ciety are daily exhausted, and if public support should
be accorded, by the enlargement of its sphere, the insti-
tution would ultimately become self-supporting.
NIGHTLY SHELTER POR THE HOUSELESS POOR.—
Last night the West-end Shelter for poor houseless per-
sons, situate in Market-street, Edgware-road, was opened
for the winter season, and upwards of two hundred
famishing men, women, and children admitted, each of
whom received a supper, consisting of a pint and a half
of beef soup and bread. Hot and cold water and the
necessary utensils were abundantly supplied to enable
them to cleanse their persons and clothing, which since
the establishment in 1838, though upwards of two hun-
dred thousand persons have been admitted, has proved
an effective remedy for contagion, not a single case hav-
ing occurred in the ten years. Each on completing his
ablution, was conducted to a comfortable bed, and before
being discharged received a hearty breakfast of bread
and milk. The Society for affording Nightly Shelter to
the Honseless are about to open their establishments in
Ogle-street, Marylebone; Playhouse-yard, St. Luke's;
and Glasshouse-street, East Smithfield.
MELANCHOLY SUDDEN DEATH AT A CHRISTMAS
PARTY.—.OII Tuesday evening a respectable family and
their numerous friends were plunged into a state of in-
describable grief. Mr. Chivel, a builder, residing at East-
place, Lambeth, had given, as was his annual custom, a
party on boxing evening, and about eight o'clock Mrs.l
Chivel was waltzing with a male relative, when she was
heard to laugh in rather a piercing tone, and iu a few
minutes the lady suddenly sprang from her partner's
arms towards au ante-room on the same floor, and had
just gained entrance when she fell lifeless into the arms
of her sister. The unfortunate lady was enceinte.
A VENERABLE CHRISTMAS PARTY.-0a Christmas
day a number of aged men, residents of the village of
Walmsley, near Bury, assembled to dine together at the
house of Mr. Ratcliffe, the New Inn, Walmzley, the
united ages of whom, 32 in number, amounted to 2,230
years, making the average age of each guest 691 years !
The feast, a substantial one of roast beef and plum pud-
ding, was provided according to the will of tho late W.
Grant, Esq., who at his decease bequeathed funds for the
purpose. On the morning of the same day, upwards of
500 of the Sunday-school children belonging to the new
church of Walmsley were regaled with leans and coffee,
out of a fund left by the same benevolent gentleman, on
which occasion an excellent address was delivered to
them by their pastor, the Rev. Arthur Ilulton.—Mun-
chester Courier,

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS'

SCHOOLS.

The second anniversary of this excellent institution
was celebrated last evening, by a public dinner in the
London Tavern, which was attended by a large and
highly respectable assembly. Nearly 300 were present.
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor presided on the
occasion, and he was supported right and left by Mr.
Sheriff Finnic, Mr. Alderman Sidney. Mr. James Capel,
Mr. William Nicholson, Mr. Robert Wilcoxon, Mr. Ar-
thur Wilcoxon, Mr. John Bragg, Mr. George Moore,
Mr. H. Teape, Mr. Charles Roy, Mr. Cufiley, Mr. Dun-
can, Mr. William Lawson, 1)r. Cursham, Mr. John
Mair, Mr. J. B. Walker, Mr. George Lawrence, &c. &c.
Several ladies were present in the gallery, and seemed to
take a deep interest in the proceedings.
The cloth having been removed,
The Right Hon. the Loan MAYOR said he rose with
much pleasure to propose the first toast of the evening ;
and he must say, net only as chief magistrate of the
City of London, but as a loyal subject, that he felt it his
duty to take every opportunity to pay a mark of re-
spect, in these eventful times, to our most Gracious
Sovereign.—(Loud cheers.) The city of London and
the country at large had manifested on a recent occasion
their loyalty to the throne, and their love and attach-
ment to the ancient institutions of the country, in such a
manner that it was scarcely necessary for him to say one
word on the present occasion ; but he was sure that he
would not represent their feelings if he did not venture
to say, as an Englishman, that whatever changes might
take place in other parts of the world, they were happy
to live nnder their Gracious Queen an the glorious con-
stitution of England.—(Cheers). On all charitable oc-
casions the Royal Family were especially deserving of
every mark of respect ; and though our Gracious So-
vereign did not as yet appear as a subscriber to this
almost infantine institution, yet they all knew that her
Majesty was a liberal subscriber to almost every charity
in the kingdom, and that she was the only Sovereign
they knew who had not come before Parliament, having
an increasing family, to demand an increase of income.
—(Cheers.) But independently of these claims, she
was a Sovereign entitled to their respect and regard
by the example which she showed to the country of
excellence in her domestic and private sphere. With
these observations, he trusted they would join him in 1
drinking the " health of our Most Gracious Sovereign
Queen Victoria."—(Loud cheers.)
The Right Hon. CHAIRMAN next gave, in succession,
the " Queen Dowager," "His Royal Highness Prince
Albert," " The Primus of Wales and the other members
of the Royal Family," and " the Army and Navy,"
which were severally responded to with grest enthusiasm.
The Cuantatazi then said, the next toast was one of
great importance to the meeting; and he could assure
them that it was one of deep interest to him, and if he
failed to do as much justice as he desired to do to the
institution which they were assembled to promote, he
hoped that they would at least give him credit for an
anxious desire to do so; for on the subject of the interest
he took in this institution he would appeal to his friend
near him, Mr. Moore, who had extracted from him a
pledge, twelve months ago, that he would preside over
the meeting on this occasion.—(Cheers.) He cheerfully
attended to-night to redeem that pledge, and he could
assure them, that among the many institutions heinaight
be called upon to promote the objects of charity, he was
convinced there were none more interesting than the
Commercial Travellers' Schools.---(Cheers.) Though he
had been long connected with the trade of the city of
London, yet he had not had, from the peculiar nature of
his business, much opportunity of becoming acquainted
with those estimable gentlemen whose children were the
objects of their present solicitude. But it was clear to
him that those gentlemen must be men of character,
that they must be intrusted with the confidence of their
employers, and that in the discharge of their duties they
I exposed their health, and frequently life itself; to peril ;
because, travelling in the country, without regard to
weather, in their zeal to discharge their duties towards
their employers, they must expose their health and their
lives to perils and danger.—(Hear.) Though he was far
from throwing this out as a claim to additional support,
yet he was satisfied, from the nature of their employment,
that it must often interfere with those economical habits
which every man ought to cultivate who has a family to
provide for. That he thought was a very strong claim to
the-support of this valuable institution. It was true that
these schools had been exceedingly successful during
the short time they had been established, thanks to
the exertions of his friend Mr. Moore, and other gentle-
' men.—(Cheers.) But they must bear in mind that they
were now only in their infancy, and though they had
hitherto been eminently successful, yet this was only the
second anniversary of their institution, and he need not
tell them, that sometimes new brooms sweep clean, but
that it would require active and unceasing exertions to
maintain the character of the institution in its present
position of efficiency.—(Cheers.) Ile knew at the same
time the strong claims which vare presented by the
various charities of this metropolis, and he believed they
would all bear testim,aly that, during the last year and
more, they had been suffering in other ways, which
would naturally interfere with the cause of charity.
But when he looked at what had been already done
to promote the comforts of the poor—when be re-
membered that the Health of Towns Bill had
been passed, that workhouses had been esta-
blished, and that the Legislature had inter-
fered to protect the labour of infant children—he
could not doubt that tho people of this country would
also feel an interest in the,cause of education. He consi-
dered that man, unless he had education, was fit for no
society. He was like the diamond in the mine, which
did not exhibit its lustre till it had gone through the
hands and the polish of the lapidary. There were many
estimable men without education, who confessed that
they were uncomfortable—that they were unfit for the
position in which Providence had placed them. But edu-
cation made a man fit for any situation, and he was happy
to say that there was no situation in this country so
exalted that the humblest might not aspire toil.—(Cheers.)
It was not necessary for him to work upon the feelings
of British merchants, who knew better than he could
tell them, the duties they owed to society, and though,
in contributing to charitable societies, they might ap-
pear to be only taking out of their own pockets, yet
he could say, from his experience as a magistrate, and
as a close observer of society, that the best safeguard
for the peace of a country, the best support for the
Throne, was an educated people.—(Cheers.) In con-
clusion, he would only say, that it delighted him to see
they had enlisted the sympathy of the ladies in favour
of their institution.—(Cheers.) He was sure, from the
kind support of that galaxy of beauty now in the gal-
lery—(Cheers)—he should hear, betore leaving the
room, that this.; celebration of the second anniversary
of the Commercial Travellers' School Society was not
only one of the most successful that had yet been held,
but that it would also prove the most successful they
would hold for many years to come. With these ob-
servations, ho begged to propose the " Commercial Tra-
vellers' School Society."—(Loud cheers.)
The following song was then sung by the children in
the gallery, who afterwards walked round the room:—
" Father, wo own Thy tender care,
And praise Thy glorious name;
Thy bounties, which we daily share,
Our deepest homage claim.
" Oh! let our Infant praises rise,
Like incense to Thy throne;
Stoop, from Thy glory in the skies,
To hear the joynave own.
" First then to Ti N, Thou Great First Cause,
Our ardent tlinks we bring;
Then, warmed by Nature's grateful laws,
Our Patrons' praise we sing.
" Ohl then these gen'rous Patrons bless,
And watch with fost'ring care;
Oh! guard and keep them from distress,
Thus bless our orphan prayer.
"SAnd as our care-bound path they cheer,
And warm the widow's breast;
So prosper all their deeds while here,
Then grant eternal rest."

Mr. CAPEL said the toast he had to propose—the
health of their Right Hon. Chairman—required no ou-
logium from him.—(Cheers.) He had long esteemed
that gentlAnan as a man of business, and as a fearless,
honest, and independent Member of Parliament:He was
now called upon to fill the office of Chief Magistrate of
this great city—the metropolis, it might fairly be said,
of the world. The manner in which he had discharged
that office hitherto was highly honourable to himself,
and reflected credit upon the citizens of London who
had elected him to his present distinguished position.
He, therefore, begged to give " The Health of the
Lord Mayor," whom he: had long esteemed, not from
personal knowledge, but from knowledge of his charac-
ter; and he was sure they would all cordially join with
hitnin the toast.—(Loud cheers.)

The LORD MAYOR said he would not obtrude long
upon their time in expressing his thanks for the
very kind manner in which his health bad been
given by his friend, Mr. Capel, and responded to by
them. He was highly flattered by the manner in
which it had been proposed and received, and he could
assure them that he esteemed it a high honour to be
invited to preside over so large a number of gentlemen,
to whom the commerce of this country was so greatly
indebted. He had the honour, by the unanimous choice
of his fellow-citizens, of being placed in the distin-
guished :position of chief magistrate of London; but,
distinguished as the position was, he already felt that
there were onerous duties :attached to it, and that he re-
(lured the kind encouragement of his fellow-citizens,
such CS they had bee❑ pleased to honour him with to-
night—(Cheers)—to animate him in the performance of
them. He trusted, by industry and by an impartial dis-
charge of his magisterial duties, to support the character
of Chief Magistrate of this metropolis, and to do all he
could to gain the confidence of his fellow-citizens, so
that he might not fail, at the close of his career, to re-
ceive those marks of approbation which he was most
anxious to deserve.—(Cheers.) lie again assured them
that it was a most gratifying circumstance to him that he
had the privilege and honour of presiding over them on
this occasion: and whether as Chief Magistrate;, or
Member of Parliament, or as a private individual, he
would never cease to feel interested in the welfare of the
Commercial Travellers' Schools.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said he had been called upon
to propose the next toast, and he was sure he need only
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