The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-16 00:00:00

N0.17,543.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING SUN, DECEMBER 16, 1848.

• mink Sum added te ' Sum added to Sub payable reasons
:
Amired. Time Assured.
Polley 1n1341 Policy in 1848 it Death. Secondly
".----..... _.
45008 15 years 10 mths £683 6 6 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8 joarney's Cl
Thirdly-
-4000 12 years 500 0 0 787 II 0 6287 10 0
ordinary hi
SON) 16 year; 300 0 0 787 10 • 6087 15 0
1000 8 years 100 0 0 767 II 0 ' 5887 10 • concealed
it
5000 6 years 678 0 6 4675 0 0 most gimp 4
hood, with! fi 5006 4 years 456 I 0 4450 0 0 draughts of
..._4isoo 3 years .. ••225 I 0 5225 0 0

%he Premiums, nevertheless, are on th,
14/17- one-half need be paid for* the first
prince is for Life.
Iro Entrance Aftney or charge except t'
Every information ►ill be afforded on
vireetor, No. $, Waterloo-place, Pall-ins

Le most moderate scale, and
t flys years Where the In-

the Polley Stamp.
application to the Resident
all, London.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
e ANCE .
0. 11, LONEAAD-STREET,COMPANY at the Entrance of the Old Post-

office, London.
DIZECTORS.
JOHN DIXON, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
nervy Pulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq, George Lyall, Esq.
Btr Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
J,orison Hankey.ium. Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
oIM Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
hn G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
merge Johnstone, ESQ. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
John Lahouchere, BSq. John Thornton, Esq.
vrehit Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.

d' W. AUDITORS.
• Hebaris, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.
Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.A.S.
;„ 111 the LIFE R DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at
ates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates
~.-(1-11 Participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At
in.‘^teh of the three Septennial Divisions which this Company has made,
vie Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum
lured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ;
and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com-
pany exceeded 530,000/.
....LOA-NS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each cue a value not under 501.
111 the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
1t..0 the 7th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
7hich had been in force seven years at Christmas 1847, and the same
now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
bttween the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and
5O
by the Agents in the Country Districts.
...Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Christ-
ra3 must be renewed within fifteen days, at this office, or with Mr.
.411,0, No. I, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with ike
Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become
101 d.

GEORGE KEYS. Secretary,

THE MINERVA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANT.
84, King William-street, Mansion House, London.
Third Division of Profits.—Persons assuring prior to the Ist Jann-
lII' next, will acquire an additional year's standing at the Third Di-
'3lon of Profits in 1852.
Among
the advantages of this Company are the following, viz. :
, our-fifths of the profits, or 80 per cent., given every five years to
"1.1 Assured by the participation scale.
c,-;-eraorts assured with this Company are allowed to reside in the
G2niaa of British North America, New South Wales, and Cape if
14
IWO latter. Rope, without extra charge, upon pay ment of sea risk only for
liberal sum given for the surrender of Policies.
No
granted upon Policies of five years' standing.
„,-'4O appearance before the Court of Directors required.
4418143 and every information can be obtained, by application to
WM. THOS. ROBINSON, Actuary and Secretary.

~RCHITECTS', BUILDERS', and
GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY,

G 9, Lorithard-street, Loridon.
CHAIRMAN—SYDNEY SMIRKE, A.R.A.
The rates for Fire and Life In,urances are as law as Cal
raVY'be taken. Those for Life Insurance may be paid yearly,
-Yearly, or quarterly ; one-half may be left unpaid for seven
evens, or one-third to the cud of life.
Menu'
?rosPectises, $c , may be had at the Office, or of any of the

JOHN REDDISH, Manager,

NATIONAL MERCANTILE FIRE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
POULTRY, MANSION.IIOUSE, LONDON,
• December 15, 1848.
oNotlee is hereby gives, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEET-
0f PROPRIETORS will be held at the Office of the Society,
December
Mauston-house, London, on SATURDAY, the 30:h day of
"ierober instant, at Twelve o'clock precisely.
„_very Proprietor intending to become a Candidate for Um office
i'_uirector or Auditor, must signify the same by writing under his
ninel, to be left at this Office five days at least previously to such
''neral meeting. _

By order of the Directors,
JENKTN JO:f1)(1, eeret*ry.

LICENSED
ICENSED VICTUALLERS AND GENE-
it,BA.L FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Ade-
;e-Place, London-bridge.
D„4 Special Court of Proprietors holden at the offices of the Com-
-'l7 on the 12th of December, 1848,
JOHN 31118 ;ROVE, Esq. and Alderman, in the Chair.
It Wag unanimously resolved,
belliat Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq., of the Lodge, Upper Clapton,
duelteted a Director of the Company, in the room of Charles Blea-
,;',8(1-, resigned.
ip:_ue Court adopted a resolution, granting to Charles Bleaden,
'7'4, (the late Chairman) an annuity of 2001.
biZ_"ankB having been voted to the Chairman and to the Board of
*tors, the Court broke up.
JOHN BIOG, Secretary.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER WANTED.
THE Proprietors of an old-established Concern
in the Varnish and Colour Trade are desirous of entering into
ronengagernent th a TRAVELLER of distinguished abilities and
g experience, for epresent them in the above line. An extensive
The
among Painters and Coachmakers, &c., is indispensable.
and
situation wilt be permanent, and the salary liberal. Security,
reu the most unexceptionable references as to character and abill-
u will be reqcired.
ia"xlimunications to be made to 0. W. (pre-paid), 5, Westmore-
e,dliaes, Walworth. No letter will receive attention unless bear-
. we full name and address.

A R R I A G E.
One half the wend are desolately single, and the other
67_143011ing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
ef right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
eftterthe latter. The solitary one may shield himself wider the plea
°t caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
MProsing harry ; but the hetruth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
"n 1 broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
tlllll Social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
...talent. Honour and justice demand that health should form au item
the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er
neglect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
tittle surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
".XMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, ' pub. in 2 vole., Is.
(bY Post, in stamps, each). Let no imaginatively
er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
Misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
°M. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
nr the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
the are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
ether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
h,ttio Publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
Avoidost ls. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
,and" How to be Happy." They are not merely
t_'°'Phictis, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
smere ephemeral scribbling; of the hour, but the study of the author's
_l_ 'who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
On the be
`woervwstlilec of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
done unto--te live after nature's laws—and to keep always
31111/1Y side of the way." The above works may be had of
23, Paternciter-row •; Carvalho, 147, Fleet street • Mann,
Zg‘-;ornhill; Ralson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
intfrra the author (who may be conferred with personally,
itoopkieu__ltud evenings), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; and all

ANOTHER ENLARGEMENT.
OF TON

WEEKLY-iSISPATCII
This Journal at present the largest in existence—un.
rivalled for Its early intelligence and uncompromising advocacy o 1
the Rights of Mankind—will be
ENLARGED,
On and after SUNDAY, the 7th of JANUARY, 1849, to
SIXTEEN PAGES,
CONTAINING
SIXTY-FOUR COLUMNS,
OF THE
SAME SIZE AND FORM AS AT PRESENT, WITHOUT
ANT EXTRA CHARGE.

By its zeal in the cause of progress,—and its staunch de,otion to
the interests of the People, the DISPATCH has become a terror to
the upholder of abuses, and a powerful auxiliary on behalf of the
oppressed, whose wrongs will always meet with sympathy and
xposure.
Encouraged by their success, and anxious to extend the sphere of
their Political Influence and Social Utility, the Proprietors have re-
solved on the proposed Enlargement of the DISPATCH, which here-
after will answer the purpose of
FOUR NEWSPAPERS,
and thus accommodate four readers at one and the same time.
The columns of the DISPATCH will still continue to be enriched
by the powerfhl contributions of

"-PUBLICOLA," " CAUSTIC," " CENSORIUS," ELIZA COOK,
and other writers eminently distinguished for their literary attain-
ments, and whose opinions have ever advocated the cause of the
People, in opposition to tyranny and injustice. It may also be ob-
served, that the POOR MAN will always receive LEGAL ADVICE
and aeolstaace, as heretofore, from the DISPATCH.
A beautiful New Type has been cast, on which the DISPATCH
ill next year be printed.

Advertisers are respectfully requested to forward their Advertise-
ments on or before Friday Afternoon, otherwise no attention can be
paid to them for the current number.
In Edition of the DISPATCH is published at Five o'Clock every
Saturday morning, for transmission by the First Train and Morning
Mails, so that persons residing in towns t5O miles from London may
receive it the same evening.
An EXPRESS EDITION of the DISPATCH is published every
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, containing news direct from Paris,
and other parts of 'the Continent, np to eight o'clock on Saturday
Evening,

To prevent disappointment, orders should be given early to Mr.
RICHARD WOOD, 139, Fleet-street, London, to whom Post-olllce
Orders may be made payable, or to any of the Novrsvenders, in town
and country.

T HE NICOL L.
REOFINT-STREET and CORNIIILL.
THE NICOLL • this is an abbreviation of the
title given to a Patented Outer Coat, called " The Nicoll's
Chiamys Paletot," the said curtailment being first suggested in the
daily correspondence of the several Agents appointed under the above
patent, and it will no doubt be generally adopted in preference to the
name in full, through being more convenient to use.
THERE is a double use and purpose in the
NICOLL, or PATENT CHLAMTS PALETOT, in other
words, the same garment can be used as a warm winter Overcoat,
and will look equally well as a light Paletot (used in walking, &c.).
indeed, for the latter purpose it represents the popular and
fashionable Registered Paletot, which, when It is desirable to form
into a warm winter garment, the same is transformed into the
Nicoll, by the simple addition of a wadded interlining, which is in-
corporated with the lighter Coat in a most perfect and original
manner; this can be attached or detached without the least trouble
to the wearer.
A most moderate price la fixed for these two garments in one,
viz., Three. Guineas.
MEMBERS of the CLERICAL, LEGAL, and
MEDICAL PROFESSIONS, it is presumed, will all
readily concede their patronage to the new patented invention called
THE NICOLL, inasmuch that, besides its soberness of colour (a
black, or almost invisible, green, or dark blue), and unpretending
appearance, it is the only garment extant which presents to gentle-
men thus engaged a proper defence against the ills arising from a
variable climate (the origin of colds, &c.) To these it is said profes-
sional men are more susceptible than others, arising from close
study, and their otherwise general sedentary habits ; now sheuld the
morning atmosphere be mild or warm, and the latter part of the day
cold, the Nicoll is a garment that will provide for both contingencies.
TO MERCHANTS, STOCK BROKERS,
&c., going to or returning from the
City, rYaNlDsoEaßlll'oVtßlieTrsEriegSiliring a warm wrapper or overcoat morn
tugs and evenings, but whose bustling avocations during midday, by
inducing a proper circulation of blood, the possession of a lighter
Paletot would then be dbsirable, as too often the case, the said warm
coat is suddenly thrown aside, and much risk to bodily health in-
curred.
AILWAY TRAVELLERS pronounce the
CIL) NICOLL or PATENT CHLAMTS PALETOT to be indis-
pensable to their comfort upon a journey for the five following
reasons

First—lt is a warm overcoat.
Secondly—lt can be converted into a light overcoat at the
)(Ames's end.
Thirdly—lf travelling by night (or even in the day-time) when an
ordinary hat is irksome, a portion of the lining (which is perfectly
concealed till required) can then be brought out, and by a ready and
most simple contrivance, can be converted into a graceful cap or
hood, which effectually protects the head, ears, and neck from cold
draughts of air.
Fourthly—lt has a pocket protector, which, as its name would in-
dicate, preserves from loss the railway ticket or loose cash, &c.
The last, though not least, important distinction presented by the
Nicoll, beyond anything-of its nature ever laid before the public,
consists in its moderate price, viz.. Three Guineas (to which add half
a guinea for the Chlamys Hood). Indeed, was not Use sale of
thousands contemplated, Messrs. Nicoll would lose rather than be
fairly remunerated by the low prices quoted.
MESSRS. NICOLL are the originators and sole
proprietors of the deservedly well-known REGISTERED
PALETOT (6 and 7 Vic., c. 65) of Llama Cloth, and they continue
to be honoured with the patronage of their Royal Highnesses Prince
Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar,
his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and others distinguished in rank
and fashion, the Court, the Pulpit, and the Bar.
AGENTS for NICOLLS' PATENTS.—AII
those Firms throughout the variews parts of the United King-
dom and the Colonies, who, up to the present time, have held a local
Agency for the Sale of the above Patentees' original and popular in-
vention called the REGISTERED PALETOT, &c., will also hold the
appointment for the sale of all the new Patents, subject to the usual
conditions.
Gentlemen, Non-Residents in the Afetropelis, are constantly de-
siring that a mode of self-measurement should be published, as also
the addresses of the Country Agents. The first-named object can be
easily effected by means of public Advertisement, as a descrip-
tion of the number of inches around chest and waist (taken
under the coat) will alone suffice; but the names of all
the Agents selling Nicolls' Patented Garments are too numerous,
to be described through the same medium ' • however, the address of
the nearest shall be immediately forwarded upon application to
Messrs. Nicoll's Counting House Department.
The following Agents have a very large variety of the above goods
always ready for inspection, viz. :
Messrs. Macdona, Molesworth-street, Dublin.
Messrs. Wareing and Son, New-street, Birmingham.
Messrs. Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street, Liverpool.
Messrs. Christie and Son, George-street, Edinburgh,
J. Bruce, Caps Town. I C. Roth, Philadelphia.
R. Rutherford, Hong-Kong. D. Wilson and Co., Calcutta,
CAUTION.—We, the undersigned, hereby declare
our intention to institute Legal Proceedings against any
make, or
causeperson or t
obe n personsudei:•ahnoy,
in afterfrintgheemdeantte
upon
this 0
n th
the
notice,
Patent
shall
granted
under the title of Improvements in Garments, Pockets, &c.
The said invention consists—Firstly, of a mode or modes of making
so
er constructing
daer mo
re Garmentso
df
eo
sr
ov
fa
mr i eauksi
npga r t
ors
cool*
ntshter
uheut
ga n
pboocdkye
t; s aannd,
d
other such receptacles. The spirit of the Invention in the first part
may he roughly described as the adaptation of the linings of outer
Coats or Paletots, Stc., to a separate Garment and purpose; and, in
the second part, the Pockets or other such receptacles are protected
by the apertures to the same, expanding to admit the hand, and im-
mediately collapsing upon its withdrawal.
We also hereby give notice that we have assumed original and
descriptive titles as our trade mark, whereby the said first and
second parts of our invention may be always distinguished, that is
to say the first part is styled " The Nicoll" (being the abbreviation
of the full title of the Nicoll Chlamys Paletot), and the second part
is called "The Patent Pocket Protector ;" and further it is our in-
tention to apply to the High Court of Chancery for Injunctions to
restrain, &c., and to employ all other legal means to prevent unau-
thorised persons from applying either of these trade marks or terms
to other articles, or selling or offering for sale any garment, &c.,
being an infringement of the said Patent, and by such acts tending
to our injury and the deception of the public.
Signed H. J. and D. NICOLL.
114, 116, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill.
December 1, 1848.

FOUGERE'S CELEBRATED OVERCOATS.
"Mr. Fougere, of 6, Conduit-street, Tailor to his It•yal Highness
Prince Albert, and the successful patentee of the celebrated WELLING.
TON SuarouT(now worn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in
the kingdsm, and suitable for every season of the year), has again
provided for the comfort of the public, having just introduced ans.
ther new coat for winter, called ' the ROYAL SIBERIAN OVERCOAT,'
which although perfectly porous, will resist twenty-four hours' in-
cessant rain, and while as light as a cork, is warm, pliant, and com-
fortable as fur. Although richly trimmed, so as to be suitable to
first-class wearers, the price is only Fifty Shillings. We heartily wish
Mr. Fougere the success which his ingenuity and enterprise merit."
—Morning Chronicle.
Every Genuine Coat is Stamped
JAMES FOUGERE, 6, Conduit-street, Regeit-street, and 1,
Bucklersbury, Cheapslde, London.
Country Agents Wanted.

R 0 YAL LOCHNAGAR WHISKEY.
Messrs. BEGG and BUYERS, by special appointment,
Distillers to the Royal Household, and Proprietors of the Loch-
nagar Distillery, beg to announce that Messrs. WHITING and
ROBERTS, CHURCII-STREET, MILLBANK, WESTMINSTER,
are the sole consignees for the sale of the " ROYAL LOCHNAGAR
WHISKEY" in England. This Whiskey, which has been honoured
with the royal approval, is of extreme purity, exquisite flavour,
and bouquet.—WHlTlNG and ROI3ERTS, SOLE CONSIGNEES,
CHURCH-c-rnEET. MILLBANK, WESTMINsmv.

LOVE is the leading feeling of the human
breast. More exalted than mere passion, it soars high above
every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice,
but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from
its influence, or can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo-
sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling
power of LOVE, which, unlike most 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 of every engagement, snap the very con-
tract asunder 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
ihstituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important
ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be
beyond measure deplorable 1 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
unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the
attention of all. Those 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-
ions on the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from
Solitary habits, excesses, or infection.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and
much 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.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, DECEMBER 13, 1848.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That a Proprietor of East India Stock has given notice that, at
the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to be
held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th
instant, he will submit the following motions, viz.:—
"That copies of the Papers in the case of the removal of the Judges
of the late Sudder Court, at Madras, be laid before this Court."
" That copies of the Papers in the case of the illegal residence of
Lord Tweeddale on the Neilgherry Hills, and his exercising the
power of Governor of Madras, in direct violation of an Act of Parlla•
ment, which divested him of all authority when absent from Council
on the ground of Indisposition, be laid before this Court."
" That copies of the Papers in the case of the suit filed by M. Ven-
cataroyloo, a person removed from office by the Madras Government,
as reported in the Fort St. George Gazette, 25th January, 1848, he
laid before this Court."

That another Proprietor has given notice, that he will submit the
following motion viz. :
" That a copy of the Minute of the Court of Directors, granting a
pension of One Hundred Pounds (1000 a year to Lieutenant Wag-
horn, far his exertions in promoting the Overland Mail to In-

dia ; and also a copy of the Correspondence with the India Board on
that subject, be laid before this Court."
That another Proprietor has given notice, that he will submit
the following motion, viz.:—
" That the Petitions from Leicester, Nottingham (1 and 2), New-
castle (1 and 2), Boston, Leamington, and Gamston, presented to the
Court upon the subject of Juggernauth, and ether Temples in India.
be taken into consideration by the Court of Proprietors."
And that another Proprietor has given notice, that it is his in-
tention

To bring under the consideration of the Coart of Proprietors thf
questions of the establishment of Railways in India, and of the rela•
flans of the existing Indian Railway Companies with tho Govern•
ment."

JAMES C. MELVILLE, Secretary.

LOCOM O T I V E STEAM-CARRIAGE
CONVEYANCE. COMPANY,

For Passengers and Parcels on Turnpike Roads.

Preliminary Measures have been taken for •arrying out the above
object, all Communications are requested to be addressed to Mr.
Henry English, Hon. See., at the Office of the Mining Journal, Rail-
way and Commercial Gazette, 26, Fleet-street ; or to Mr. F. Her-
bert, solicitor. S. Ileatheote-street, Mecklenburgh-square.

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P.S. Sample Bottles may be bad. Price Currents, containing a
he ♦arieties of their Stock, forwarded upon application.

rrHE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.

Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry, by Dr. Ryan, at Half-past
Three, daily, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-
day, at Nine o'clock.—A Lecture on Voltaic Electricity, and the
Electric Light, on the Evenings of Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur-
day, at Nine o'clock, by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Also on Pneumatics
daily at Two o'clock.—The Microscope at 0116 o'clock daily.—The
Dissolving Views, with historical descriptions.—The Chromatrope.
The Phantasmagoria, by Childe at Eight o'clock—Diver and
Diving-bell.—Working Models explained.
Open daily from Eleven to Five , and in the Evenings (including
iaturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission Is.—Schools ,Half-price.—Tho New Catalogue, la.

OPEN EVERY ETEIIING,
BANVARD'S GRAND PAINTING of the
MISSISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, at the Egyptian
Hall, Piccadilly. This Immense work shows a country of over 3,000
miles in extent, passing through the heart of America, from the city
of New Orleans to the mouth of the Yellow Stone River. The paint-
ing will commence moving at Half-past Seven o'clock, doors open at
Seven. A Day Exhibition will also be given on Wednesday and Sa-
turday Afternoons, commencing at Half-past Two P.N.
Admission—Lower Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.

PAINTING WITHOUT SMELL; a fact ac-
complished by the use of the newly discovered SWEET OIL
of TURPENTINE, instead of the deadly abomination called oil or
spirits of turpentine. Paint mixed with it is free from smell, is im-
proved in brilliancy of colour, and the baneful properties of the lead
being neutralized, does not emit those noxious exhalations which
have hitherto been so universally associated with painting. By this
really valuable discovery home painting is now converted into a sa-
nitary operation, that may be effected at any season of the year,
being productive of health and comfort, without causing the slightest
derangement to the domestic economy.
Sold by the gallon, cwt., er ton, by every respectable oilman in the
kingdom, and at the depot, I, Beam's-buildings, Chancery-lane,
where may be seen, and copies had of, the originial certificate of Dr.
Serny, a senior member of the College of Chemistry. Sold also in
sample bottles, 2s. each, bottles included.

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In Boxes at 6d., containing 8, 10, or 12 Lights, to burn 9,7, or I
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Sold retail by Grocers, Oilmen, Lamp Dealers, and Chemists
everywhere.

rirlHE ALBERT NIGHT LIGHTS are the
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RACING OFFICE, 301, STRAND,
OPPOSITE "BELL'S LIFE."
Notice.—The Managers of -the above Establishment having from
the commencement stated that they would at once close their Office,
should it be decided that they were acting against the law, beg now
to state, that in consequence of the late proceedings of the law offi-
cers of the Crown, which have led the Managers to the belief that
the Government might eventually be inimical to this Office, the Ma-
nagers, in deference to the wish of the Government, have deter-
mined to CLOSE the business hitherto carried on at 301, Strand.
The Managers beg to express their grateful thanks to the public for
the universal confidence which has been placed in them, a confidence
which they are proud to say they have deserved. All moneys en-
trusted to their care for the forthcoming Steeplechases and Races will
be returned in full, upon application to Henry Smith, Cashier.
JOSEPH DARCY, Secretary.
HENRY SMITH, Cashier.

#ACING DEPOSIT BANK and BETTING
OFFICE, 301, STRAND.
• he late Managers of the Racing Subscription Office, 301, Strand,
which is now closed, have much pleasure in announcing to the pub-
lic that they have commenced business at 301, Strand, as a DEPOSIT
BANKING ESTABLISHMENT, and that a large fund has been
provided for the purpose of laying odds against all horses entered for
RACES and STEEPLE-CHASES, the principles of which will be
explained in prospectuses, now printing ; and that those prospectuses
will be forwarded, upon application to Henry Smith, Secretary, to
whom all Post-office Orders must be made payable, at the Strand
Post-office.

HENRY SMITH, Secretary.

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
The present Season is hallowed by one of the most delightful
offices of friendship and affection, the interchange of gifts. While
large sums are expended upon the most costly baubles and elegant
trifles, no more .appropriate Present can be made at this season of
the year than a Package of ROWLANDS' MACASSOR OIL, KALY-
DOR, and ODONTO, combining, as these articles do, the most ster-
ling utility with elegance aid luxury.

The august patronage conceded by our gracious Queen, tho Royal
Family, and the several Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, together
with the confirmation by experience of the infallible efficacy of these
creative and renovating specifics, have characterised' them with
perfection, and given them a celebrity unparalleled.
*** BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS.

Seine are offered under the implied sanction of Royalty, and the
Government Departments, with similar attempts at deception. The
only genuine "Macassar Oil," " Kalydor," and " Odonto," are
" ROWLANDS'," and the Wrapper of each bears the name of
" ROWLANDS' " preceding that of the Article, with their signature
at the foot, in Red Ink, thus—
A. ROWLAND AND SONS.

Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by every respec-
table Chemist and Perfumer throughout the kingdom.

ON NERTOUS DEBILITT AND GENERATIVE DISEASES.
Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, as 'reproved edition, re-
vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a sealed envelope, or
forwar led by the Author, post paid, to any address, secure from

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merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings.
MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA-
TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT
RESTORATION.

A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs,
emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex-
cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the
sufferer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Age; with Practical Remarks
on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De-
bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by
which even the meet shattered constitution may be restored, and
reach the full period of life allotted to Man. The whole illustrated
with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain-
ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro-
ductive Organs in health and disease ; with instructions for private
correspondence, cases. &c.
By J. L. CURTIS, Surgeon,
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" Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thoughtless we
trust this little work will serve as a beacon to warn them or the
Cancer attendant upon the two rash indulgence of their paision,
whilst 1X) some it may Sel VC dia A 111Quituk of lamjr6.
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" Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis.—Their long experience and re-
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" Curtis on Manhood' should be in the bands of youth and old
age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the
treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been
the prey of the illiterate and the designing."— United Service
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The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast
approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease,
which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been
set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work,
be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per-
sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con-
sumption, heart disease, tabes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has
been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth
much more frequently than it is at all suspected.
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ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
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by nost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
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with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
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Starle, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
hall-street.

PALT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul-
gence, and their lamentable effects en the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity.
Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PA IT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engravings.

PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disea.se
by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob-
viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the
eader's notice.

PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
Juties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
EMPLOYMENT OF THE POOR.
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favour of the Employment of the Poor as STREET-9RDERLIES,
by the National Philanthropic Association, in keeping
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On which occasion will be presented THE WIFE'S SECRET, in
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MISS JULIA BLEADEN'S FIRST
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Eight o'clock precisely, on which occasion she' will be assisted by
several eminent artistes, vocal and instrumental ; and Mrs. Glover
will, by particular desire, recite " Alexander's yeast, or the Power
of Music."

Admission tickets, 2s. 6d. each, may be obtained at the London
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BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7ta and Ith of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 9th day of December, 1848.
maul DIPAITICENT.

X.
Notes i55ued........ 27,733,735

X 27,733,715
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 14th day of December, 1848.

A.
Government debt • • 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,225,826
Silver bullioa .. .. .. 507,909

X 27,733,735

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
. CAMERON'S COAL AND SWANSEA AND
• LOUGH OR RAILWAY.
The adjourned meeting of this company was held
yesterday, at the office, Moorgate-street, to receive the
report of the committee of investigation; Mr. N. P.
Cameron in the chair.
It appeared from the report of the committee, which
was distributed in the room, that the directors wished to
induce the shareholders to subscribe 30,0001. to make a
new winning for the coal, and provide railway accom-
modation by means of an independent line to Llanelly,
and a junction line to the South Wales Railway. The
committee admit that some such arrangement is indis•
pensable, if ever the colliery is to be made effective;
that in the original prospectus the public were in-
vited to believe that an annual vend of 120,000 tons of
coal could be secured, if but 2,000/. more were ex-
' pended ; that three years of management and 50,0001. of
money were entrusted to those who held out th.
,duce-
merit, and then the parties thus indicating the con-
fidence are informed that their money has bee spent
and all chance of success depends on an outlay of
30,0001. of money, and three years' more time. The
committee have no hesitation in recommending the
shareholders not, under present circumstances, to ad-
vance in any way whatever, by mortgage or new shares,
any sum of money for any new engagements until it has
been shown that such additional advance of money will
remunerate them, and not be absorbed, as heretofore, in
general and unproductive expenditure; that no progress
be made in the Llanelly line, because, if completed, the
demand for coals at the Llacelly port is not equal to the
sale required for the purposes of the company. There
being no probability of an early construction of the
South Wales line, any junction with it must be excluded
from present consideration.
The CHAIRMAN refused to receive the commiptee'il re-
port, -meiause .me of Wzo /1.-t, i5,41:10;51;,.n nnnaititntinff thin
committee had not signed it. This announcement of the
chairman was received by the shareholders with strong
expressions of disapprobation, which continued nearly
throughout the whole of the proceedings.
On the motion that the committee be dissolved being
put and seconded,
Dir. Buns moved an amendment that the report of
the committee be received and read, which was eventu-
ally put after a long delay, and carried by 45 against 7.
It was stated that only one of the latter gentlemen had
actually paid his coals in money, the others having credit
given them in the company's books, and the amount
written off against Colonel Cameron's claim on the com-
pany for the purchase of the coal mine.
The secretary made out a list of the shareholders not
in arrear of call, by which he endeavoured to show that
1,329 votes were against the amendment, and only 299
in favour of it.

The CHAIRMAN having declared the amendment ne-
gatived, and the committee dissolved, he said the busi-
ness of the meeting was concluded.
Mr. BURLS protested against the proceedings.
Mr. Hart having been voted to the chair, a series of
resolutions were passed to the effect that legal proceed-
ings should be taken to, dissolve the company; that the
board be requested to resign; and protesting against the
directors taking any measures involving the outlay of
money or liability.
After some explanations from. Colonel CAMERON with
respect to the value of the undertaking, the shareholders
decided upon holding a meeting on Monday evening
next, with a view to devise means for protecting their
general interests.

LANCASTER AND PRESTON JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
A meeting of this company was held on Wednesday
at Lancaster, for the purpose of considering an agree-
ment entered into with the Lancaster Canal Company,
respecting the lease of the above railway ; Mr. Bushell
in the chair. . . .

It was stated that the Lancaster Canal Company had
agreed to surrender the lease of the railway to the Lan-
caster and Preston Railway Company, on consideration
of receiving an annual compensation of 4,7804 for the
fifteen sears yet unexpired of the lease, the railway
company having the option of purchasing the annuity
within eighteen months after the ratification of the
agreement.

—Resolutions were'pasaed confirming the agreement, and
authorising the directors to make application to Parlia-
ment for certain powers relating to the management and
regulation of the company's affairs.

THE OSWESTRY BRANCH.—This branch of the Shrews-
bury and CheiCer Railway will, it is anticipated, be
opened for public accommodation in the course of next
week. On Thursday last a ballasting engine passed
along the line, and in a day or two the Government in-
spector will survey the whole and report thereon.
The extensive line of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Railway Company, from Lincoln to Market Rasen, will
be opened on Monday next, the 18th instant. This line
will give a direct communication by railway both with
Hull and Great Grimsby; and will greatly add to the
facilities of Lincoln; it will also add very much to the
traffic on the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway, the re-
ceipts on which, since the opening of the line from Hull
to Rasen, have already nearly doubled.— Nottingham
Journal.

The new bridge across the Witham at Lincoln, for
the Grimsby and Resell line, was completed on Saturday,
when its strength was fairly tested, by the passing over
of one hundred and fifty tons, on different carriages.
On the short branch line from Nottingham and Lin-
coln to Southwell, the running of an engine has been
discontinued, and the trains are now moved by horse-
power. Most probably, ere many years elapse, this
system for aide lines will become general. Very little
power is required to keep the speed of a train which
has acquired swift movement; and thus a cheap system
of communication may be opened up to small towns the
business of which would not repay the cost of engine tran-
sit.—Lincoln Mercury.
Yesterday Lieutenant Pasley, the Government In-
spector of Railways, inspected the Great Grimsby and
Sheffield line, from Lincoln to Grimsby.—Lincoln Mer-
cury.

CURIOUS REGULATION OF TIME ON THE CHESTER
AND HOLYHEAD.—The directors have issued orders
that the clocks at all the stations on this line shall be
regulated by the well-known correctness of Craig-y-Don
gun, which is 16 minutes and 30 seconds after Greenwich
time.

The works on the ;Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver.
hampton, are progressing slowly in the neighbourhood o,
Woodstock.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week ended Dec. 9, 1848:—Coaching traffic, 7271.03.
I Id.; parcels, 431. 2s. 4d.; goods and cattle, 164/. Os.
Bd.; steam-boats, 105/. 16s. 6d.—Total, 1,040/. Os. sd.
PARIS AND ORLEANS.—The following is a return of
the receipts on the Paris and Orleans Railway for the
week ending the sth December, 1848:—Passengers,
72,137 f. 35c.; luggage, parcels, &c., 17,151 f. 40c.;
goods, 67,123 f. 97c.; carriages and horses, 7,349 f. 91e.;
cattle, 7,049 f. 95c.; total for the week, 170,812 f. 58c.
For the corresponding week of 1847, 194,742 f. 47c.
Total receipts since Ist January, 1848, 1,773,4561. 63c.

STRENGTH and HOLDING POWER

especially if it causes dangers and accidents. The new
principle known as Porter's, is free from all the dangers
complained of in anchors and fixed arms. Ships' bottoms
cannot be injured by them, nor can cables foul them.
They have other adaptations for the safety of a ship
which are totally void in the cowman anchors, and if not
perfection a:e a long way in advance of all others.
Reflecting on the vast number of lives and the immense
amount of property afloat all over the world, dependent
on anchors, we cannot but look upon the use of anchors
of that description which has been so often proved in-
efficient and at most times dangerous, as a tempting of
Providence for which we should not like
,to be respon-
sible.—Herald.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FRo3I THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—About nine years ago, when the President
elect of the French Republic was residing in Carlton-
terrace, and Fortune gave no promises of the favours
she had in store for him, Prince Louis Napoleon amused
his hours of exile and sought to promote his cause by
the composition of a treatise, which may now be ex-
amined with some interest, as the most authentic record
of the powers and opinions of a man destined at least to
a conspicuous position in the history of our times. The
immediate purpose of this publication was no doubt to
prepare the public mind in France for the expedition
of Boulogne, and to promulgate a theory of which that
undignified and unlucky attempt was the practical com-
mencement. But as this work is a dissertatioa on the
civil adminstration and the political principles df the
Emperor Napoleon, it is even more interesting in the
present aspect of affairs than when it was written, and
we have no reason to suppose that the President repudi-
ates any part of, the opinions which he at that time an •
nounced a's the basis of his own political creed, and as
the permanent objects of the Imperial family. The
Emperor Napoleon is described _througtiout this pro-
auction testamentary executor of the French
Revolution, whose duty and mission it was to
restore the empire of the law, to reconcile the differences
which that great cOnvulsion had caused in society, to
establish the rights and improve the condition of the
peasantry, to protect manufactures, and, in short, to
found a government which should respect the democratic
taste s of the French people, whilst it reserved to itself
the authority necessary to maintain order and to direct
the State. " France,' saye the Prince, " became demo-
creak in 1789, but it is difficult to conceive in any great
European state the existence of a Republic without
aristocracy ;" and he adds, that though aristocratic go-
vernments, which stand in less need of a head, may
exist and have achieved great actions in a republi-
can form, a democratic community essentially requires
to be represented by the hereditary government of a
family identified with its own interests, and able
to supply that fixity and strength which democracy
itself does not possess. For this reason, the French
people by three millions and a half of votes con-
ferred the hereditary dignity of Emperor on Napoleon
in 1804 ; and a somewhat similar phenomenon has
been witnessed in our day, when at least the people are
neither dazaled by the glory nor appalled by the power
of the Imperial candidate. The occurrence and the re-
currence of such a manifestation of the popular will is
the basis on which the Bonapartes rest the hopes and the
claims of their dynasty. They boast that this dynasty
took its rise from the very hearts of the people, and that
whereas every oftiej form of government for 60 years
past has been overthrown by the French themselves, this
alone stood erect and popular, until it was overpowered
by the combined forces of Europe; and they infer from
this sympathy between the people and the name they
bear, that even their errors and failures will meet with
indulgence from the nation, whilst a harsh and hostile
construction is put upon every action of a less popular
race. Starting from this foundation Prince Louis Na-
poleon maintained that the two 'great elements required
to complete the scheme of the Imperial Government
were liberty and peace. Those certainly were the
elements in which that Government was most de-
ficient, for it trampled on every political right at home,
and assailed every independent Power abroad. But in
these particulars it would not now be convenient to hold
it up for imitation. The Prince argued, on the contrary,
that no other power in France could be, equally favour-
able to the unlimited exercise of the political suffrage,
because to the universal suffrage of the nation it owes
its existence, and that its strength lies not in the remnant
of the aristocracy, like that of Henry V., or in the upper
and middle classes, like that of the Orleans branch, but
in the masses of the people, and in the country even
more than in the towns—a prediction which has just
been strikingly verified. By the same rule the Prince
declared himself a sincere partisan of peace based upon
the common interests of nations, and an opponent of
those conflicts which frequently arose out of the hos-
tility of rival Sovereigns and dynasties, to the
great prejudice of the family of Europe. It
is beside ,our present purpose to inquire how far
these doctrines were in reality to be found in the
system of government pursued by the Emperor Napo-
leon, or what account that eminent person would have
made of the liberalism and pacific philosophy of his
nephew. To say the truth, it is somewhat burlesque to
see the chains of an intolerant despotism concealed by
the robe of a tribune, and the red blade of the soldier
exchanged for the drab-coloured appendages of Mr.
Penn. A more partial and distorted judgment was never
passed on a reign every step of which was marked by
acts of cruelty, bad faith, insolence, and brutal force.
But we are infinitely more concerned with the sort of
homage thus openly paid by the nephew to those prin-
ciples of justice, freedom, and humanity which the elder
Napoleon so constantly set at nought. Since the
posthumous influence of that great name, the caprice
of fortune, and the will of Providence have
placed a son of his family once more at the
head of the French people, it is satisfac-
tory to believe that the President of the Republic is dis-
posed not to imitate the founder of his greatness in those
excesses which suited his daring ambition and his mili-
tary genius, but rather to copy the nobler parts of the
Imperial administration, the skilful direction of the in-
ternal resources of the country, the improvement of the
condition of the people, and the maintenance of those
civil institutions which confer an imperishable glory on
their author. Those are the duties of our age, those are
the tests by which the modern nations of Europe will
judge the ability and the disinterestedness of their
rulers. As Louis Napoleon owes nothing to any mili-
tary achievements of his own, and in fact holds no
military rank whatever, but the highest civil office in
the service of France, it would evidently be an im-
mense error on his part to allow the country to be
plunged into war. The people would ere long murmur
at sacrifices :to be paid for by their treasure and their
blood; the restoration of the public prosperity would be
indefinitely postponed; and the first successful General
would prove a formidable rival to one whose duties and
whose military acquirements would alike preclude him
from the chief command of armies in the field. By in-
clination and by policy, we hope, therefore, that the ad-
ministration of Louis Napoleon will be sedulously de-
voted to the restoration of order and the maintenance of
peace. He stands upon the threshold of the Temple of
Fame; but he stands there surrounded by temptations,
jostled by factions, menaced by crimes. He enters that
Palace ef the Elysee Bourbon from which the Emperor
fled thirty-three years ago; but he enters it with the
universal applause of France, and with no enmity in
Europe. The fugitive of Strasbourg and the prisoner
of Ham is the master of France, and though we may
smile at the wondrous mutability of the destinies of the
French people, we can only wish to Louis Napoleon
success in all that is laudable in his designs.
POST.—We have to congratulate an influential con-
temporary of ours, whose good word is seldom with the
unfortunate or against the successful, upon having made,
within the last few days, a very rapid advance in its
knowledge of the better parts of the character of Louis
Nanc,1,3,.,„ Sr. long fia the tanivOtOCl env peenu
that there was no reasonable ground for anticipating that
France would choose him for the President of her Re-
public, he certainly received no compliments except of
that kind which are significantly described as " left-
handed." It was not represented to the world that
strength of character, independence of mind, or ability in
the expression of his political views and sentiments were
among the qualifications of the Prince. Unless we
strangely mis-remember, something very different in-
deed were the impressions likely to be derived from the
observations which our contemporary offered to his nu-
merous readers. Happily, however, the sun of success
has shone upon the fortunes of the Prince, and our con-
temporary can now see that which but a few days ago
was obscured by the clouds of a comparatively interior
position. The Times is very rapidly coming round to
take a favourable view of the new President's abilities
and frankness. Our contemporary now assures the
world that—
" Whatever its merits or demerits, the manifesto of
Prince Louis Napoleon, published a week or two since,
was every word of it his own. When he had written •
he read it to MM. Thiers, Emile
.de Girardin
Veron, and one or two other of his friends, each of' whom
proposed an addition or subtraction, or an alteration.
' Gentlemen,' said the Prince, with much emotion, this
is my child, my offspring. lam accused of incapacity.'
You are so kind as to say my bantling is creditable to
me. Do allow me to be able to claim its exclusive pa-
rentage ?' Ilis Mends concurred, and thus the world
became possessed of one means of judging of the capacity
and the principles of the Prince. The touchstone pros-
perity is now about being applied to him. If his head
be not already turned by the success of his candida-
ture, he may claim merit for modesty, for without ad-
mitting with many that this triumph transcends that of
his uncle's journey from Elba to Paris, it caenot bt
denied that it is the most extraordinary electoral victory
en record."
Such a paragraph as this would not: perhaps have
found its way to the columns of our contemporary if
General Cavaignac had been at the head of the poll. At
all events, it is a great advance upon the knowledge of
a few days ago, which not only was unenlightened with
any perception of the merits of the manifesto of the
Prince, but which was better pleased to dwell upon
another little publication by the Prince which we ad-
verted to yesterday, and which the Times held to be
nothing better than a tract in favour of Socialism. Per-
haps we shall learn, in a few days more, from our con-
temporary that the tract in question exhibits a very
careful digest of a large amount of statistical study, and
puts forth views which, if not in harmony with the
more fashionable precepts of political economy, are yet