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PLEASURE EXCURSION to ROTTERDAM
vu YARMOUTH.

A Special Train will leave the Shoreditch Station of the EASTERN-
COUNTIES RAILWAY, on THURSDAY MoaNING, the 16th instant,
at Five o'clock precisely, and will call at Cambridge. As soon as It
reaches Yarmouth, the new and rapid steamer Norfolk will start for
ROTTERDAM, reaching that port about Five P.M. She will return on
FRIDAY EVENING, the 17th instant, and upon her arrival at Yar-
mouth the passengers will be immediately forwarded to London.
Tickets (which may be had at Shoreditch Station, or at the Offices
of the Norfolk Railway Company, 19, Guildhall-buildings), for the
journey and back, from either London or Cambridge, including First
Class by Railway, 30s. As the number will be very limited, early
application must be made.
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For the accommodation of such persons as may be desirous of
spending a week in Holland, the tickets will be available to return on
THURSDAY, the 23d instant. It is the intention of the Norfolk Steam
Navigation Company to run their vessels weekly to Rotterdam in
connexion with the Railway, particulars of which will be duly an-
nounced.
Offices, Shoreditch Station, July 8,1846.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
A New and Interesting LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, on the
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PUBLICATIONS.

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. =IX.,
Is this day published.

Icor/Trim:-
1. LIFE and GENIUS of IsEIBNITZ.
2. FRENCH ALGIERS—THE SAHARA and its TRIBES.
3. The LONG PARLIA3IENT and SIR SIMONDS D'EWES.
4. GLASSFORD'S LYRICAL TRANSLATIONS.
5. LANGUAGE and STRUCTURE of the STATUTES.
6. BORNEO and the INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.
7. FORD and HUGHES OR SPAIN and the SPANIARDS.
8. MYSTICISM and SCEPTICISM.
9. WHITE'S SCOTTISH HISTORICAL DRAMAS—EARL of
GOWRIE —KING of the COMMONS.
10. COLONIAL PROTECTION.
London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black.

WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. M.R.C.S. &c.
One Shilling each, by post One and Sixpence.
1.
N SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE:
(An Original Medical History.)
Comma's: •
Analysis of the Affections —Early Conventional Restraint—Nis-
direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity—
Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and
Infertile Unions—lncongruous' Alliances - Late Marriages—Love
Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience
&c. &c. 2.
On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS,
(An Essay for 1846.)
"Of human ills and frailties I discourse,
Those taught by nature, and by art acquir'd.
Of gr'etk conceal'd, and disappointments keen,
Which young and gentle, the matured and sage,
The lonely and :he mated—all sustain.
In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n,
How health, how hope, how happiness to gain."
3.
WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID ;
With Diet Tables for all Complaints.
Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, tranquil feelings, a
good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. By an ob-
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full period of life allotted to man.
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These interesting little volumes, although 'hearing upon subjects of
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In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of
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contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician
any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we
should know the simple principles of our own organization, the laws
whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy
states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our individual
capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health and
happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely. ,
By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted,
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to follow, and finally by the cultivation of our faculties, which is in-
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be exalted to the summit of perfection, as best becomes the highest
of God's creations.
The author's justification for this seeming eulogy of his own writ-
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by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guarantee that the
topics broached involve his legitimate study and pursuit.
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FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human
Frailty, with Coloured Engravings.
Jest published, price is. ed., free by post (in a sealed envelope) 35.6 d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
the Infirmities of the Systemi n both sexes ; and on the loss
of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The banefhl
effects of indulge- ce, Sec., are Hilly pointed out. Illustrated by En-
gravings; followed by observations on Marriage.
By It. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London.
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The Third Edition, just published, price 55.,
APRACTICAL TREATISE on STRICTURE
of the URETHRA ; its Causes, Varieties, and Cure ; by AN
IMPROVED METHOD of TREATMENT, of such efficacy, that
by its adoption Urethral Contractions that had resisted for periods
varying from ten to twenty years, all the ordinary means of cure,
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The mode of cure is illustrated by numerous cases, showing every
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Just Published, with coloured engravings, in a sealed envelope, price
2s. 6d., and seat tree, on receipt of a Post-aim Order for 3s. 6d.
/MANLY HEALTH: a Popular Inquiry into
the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instruc-
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the destructive consequences of excessive indulgent.;, terminatingin
Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, In-
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on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Co-
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ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
MATURITY.
WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
Just published, Sixteeuth Thousand, In a sealed envelope, price
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SELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise
on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity.
Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy,
Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs,
explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing
the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other
excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous
Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of
the Urethra.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.
REVIEWS Of THE wows.
"The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali-
fied medical man, who has evidently had considerable experience in
the treatment of +he various disorders arising from the follies and
frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad-
dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must
act as a salutary wanting to youth and maturity, and by its perusal
many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit of no ap-
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The Triple Hair Brash. One stroke of this is equal to the
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hair warranted never to come out. The Medium Shaving Brush,
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BEARD'S COLOURED DAGUERREOTYPE,:
or PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITURE.
The recent improvements introduced by the Patentee have elicited
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the public Journals :
" ➢ir. Beard's new process of colouring is extremely beautiful."—
Critic.

" No art could achieve any work of such force combined with
such exquisite delicacy."—Atlas.
" These improvements indicate astonishing progress in bringing to
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NA. ATIONL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, COENHILL LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial aavatitages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the oremiunas paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rates.

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in
December of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
perfect security in a large paid. up Capital, and in the great success
which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its annual
income being upwards of 82,C00/.
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on
the sum assured to all policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De-
csmher, 1840, is as follows:
Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy.
X 5,000 . ..... • • 6 years 10 months .• • • £683 6 8
5,000 ........ 6 years • • 600 0 0
5,000 4 years ........ • . . 400 0 0
5,000 2 years 200 0 0
The premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first five years, where the insu-
rance is for life.
Every information "will be afforded on application to the Resident
Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8,
Waterloo•place, Pall-mall, London.

INDIA AND LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
17, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110.
Richard Hartley Kennedy, Esq , Chairman
George William Anderson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Invalid Lives assured ; also—
Select Lives—including the Lives of Naval and Military Officers
proceeding to or resident in India, or other parts of the world.
Indian rates of premium much lower than in any existing Com-
pany.
Table of rates adapted to every class of policy holders.
Assurances affected daily, on application at the Office.
Impaired state of health admitted in policies on Invalid Lives.
Annual Premium for 100/. Half Premium Table.-

First Seven Remainder ,„.— First Seven Remainder
Age. Years. of Life. -A -b Years. of Life.
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£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
20 1 0 2 2 0 4 50 2 14 5 5 8 10
30 1 5 10 2 11 8 60 4 11 0 9 2 0
40 1 15 9 3 11 6

GEORGE N. WRIGHT, M. A., Manager,

THE CATHOLIC, LAW, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square.
TRUSTEES.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers,
Cheadle, Staffordshire.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Traquair, Traquair House, Feeble-
shire, North Britain.
The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk.
A. H. Lynch, Esq., Masteri n Chancery, 33, Queen-square.
Thomas Barnewall, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's Park.
Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath.
DIRECTORS.
The Right Rev. Wm. Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex,
The Hon. Edward Petre, 26, Wilton-crescent. -
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the lion. East India
Company, and of the London Joint-Stock Bank.
The Very Rev. Mons. A. Magee, D.D., 9, Romney-terrace,
Westminster.
Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark.
Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Quarry House, Boughton.
Francis M‘Donnell, Esq., Usk, Monmouthshire.
James Reade, Esq., 13, Lower Berkeley-street, Director of th
National Bank of Ireland.
William Seymour, Esq., Montague-place, Russell-square.
AUDITORS.

E. Jemingham, Esq. I James Marshall. Esq.
CONSULTING Pllystmert—James Copland, M.D., F.R.S., 5, Old
Burlington-street.
CONSULTING Souoaow—William Teevan, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-
square.

STANDING COUNSEL.
England—Mr. SQrjeant Shee, Sergeants' Inn.
Edm. Reales, Esq., Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
Ireland—Sir Colman O'Loughlen, Bart., Merrion-square, Dublin.

SOLICITORS.

England—Messrs. Norris and Sons, 2, Bedford-row, London.
Ireland—Messrs. P. and D. Mahony, 23, William-street, Dublin.
CONSULTING AcruAar—William Lewis, Esq.
BANKERS. •
The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street,

Covent-garden.
The London Joint Stock Bank, 69, Pall-mall.
SECRETARY—WiIIiaM Norris, Esq.
The Deed of Settlement of this Company having been approved
of by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, is now lying for Sig-
nature at this Office, and will remain until Saturday, the 13th inst.,
inclusive, from Ten, A.m., to Four, P.M.
June 4, 1846.

THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER
The high estimate formed by the pablic during the tea year,
WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) chemi-
cally purified material has been before it (made into every useflii and
ornamental article usually made in silver, possessing, as it does, the
characteristic purity and durability of silver), has called into exist-
ence the deleterious compounds of Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver,"
and ether so-called substitutes ; they are at best bad imitations of
the genuine articles manultictured and sold only by him.
Fiddle Threaded King's
Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern.
dozen ... ••••.. • • .. 12s. Od. 28s. Od. 30s. Od.

Dessert ditto and ditto, ditto
Tea ditto and ditto, ditto ••.. •• ss. Od. Ils. Od. 12s. Od.

Gravy ditto .. •..• • • • •• • • 3s. Od. 6s. Od. 7s. Od.
NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED.—The REAL NICKEL SILVER,
introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON
and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. El-
sington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best artiele, next
sterling silver, that can be employed as such either usefully or orna-
mentally. In the lengthened and increasing popularity of the ma-
erial itself, and the high eharacter of the mothod of plating, the
public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton (and
by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably superior to what
can be supplied at any other house, while by no possible test can
they be distinguished from real silver.

Fiddle. Thread. King's.
Tea Spoons, per dozen . ........ 18e. .. 325. .. 38s.
Dessert Forks „ 30e. • • 465. . 58s.
Dessert Spoons „ .•• • • • 30s. .. 525. .. 625.
Table Forks „ ••.. • • ........ 40s. .. 68s. . • 755.
Table Spoons „ ............ 40s • • 725. .. 80s.
Tea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate
prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process. Detailed
catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every Ironmongery article
sent (per post) free.
WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) stock
of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the
world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of
its musiety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it.-
39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street.) Established in Wells-
street. 1820.

Lord Downes and the Hon. Miss Burgh left Far-
rance's Hotel yesterday, for his Lordship's seat in
Ireland.

LITERATURE,--The late political crisis having much
divested the public mind from attention to literature, Mr.
Colburn has deferred till the present month the publication
of several important works, which will now, we understand,
immediately appear. Among them are the ninth volume of
Miss Strickland's " Lives of the Queens of England ;" the
seventh and concluding volume of " The Nelson Letters and
Dispatches ;" the fourth and concluding part of Burke's
" History of the Landed Gentry ;" "The Modern Orlando," in
six cantos; the sixth volume of Madame D'Arblay's Diary
and Letters ; a new work. edited by the author of " The
Crescent and the Cross;" a republication in a cheap form of
Lady Morgan's celebrated romance, "The Wild Irish Girl ;"
and lastly, the completion of the Walpole Memoirs, being
those of the Reign of King George the Second, edited by the
late Lord Holladd.

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guaranteed against insult from their host. At a political
party given by Mr. Hudson, on Monday last, and consisting,
with, we believe, one exception, of Protectionists, that ex-
ception being Lord Arthur Lennox, the host proposed the
health of Lord George Bentinck, and right liberally did he
be-lord his Lordship, after the fashion of those whose ac-
quaintance with the members of the aristocracy is but re-
recent—then did Mr. Hudson most heartily belaud himself—
and lastly, he proceeded to assail Sir Robert Peel with abuse
so vulgar that it is said to have come through his lips as
through a familiar channel. This, be it minded, was in the
presence of Lord Arthur Lennox, who held office under Sir
Robert Peel. Now, Lord Arthur Lennox had, in the course
of the evening, undergone some bantering, which, with the
easy good humour of a gentleman, he turned aside; but this
marked insult, conveyed in the gross attack on the head of
a Government of which he was a member, was not to be
passed over; the insult was too plainly directed to be mis-
taken, and accordingly the guest rose, bade good night to his
polite and courteous host, and left the room.—Observer.
STATUE OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES IV. - This
statue is destined as a commemorative of the fifth centenary
of the Prague University—the oldest in Germany. The
model has just been exhibited in Mr. Burgschmied's work-
shop, in Nurnberg. It is 14 feet high, and weighs 40 cwt.
The Emperor—a graceful, manly figure— is represented in
the act of surrendering the charter of the university; the
crowned head slightly bent. The costume is historically
true, the palVitni covering the rear part of the figure; the
folds full, yet graceful. The under garment is covered with
lilies, and on the right-hand side hang down the rich tassals
of the girdle ; the sword adorned with a large artfully-
wrought guard. The contractor, however, has undertaken
the difficult obligation of delivering the whole work, in-
cluding a sculpture pedestal, to the Prague Committee, at the
end of the year 1847. The price is 80,000 fl. (9,0001.)—The
Builder.

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geons in London. He suffered from a distended stomach, bad di-
gestion, settled pains in the chest, was very nervous and greatly
debilitated, and scarcely able to walk a hundred yards. Not de-
riving the least benefit from the faculty, he set about rubbing large
quantities of Holloway's Ointment into the chest, and took Hol-
loway's Pills night and morning, which effec'ually restored him to
perfect health and vigour-in the short space of three weeks. Sold by
all medicine vendors, and at Professor Holloway's ZstaOlislunent,
1 9447 Strand, Loudon.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 13,
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTmAN.)
KING v. GREIG.

This was an action of assump;it,-larought to recover the
sum of 1.911. 7s. 6d., alleged to be due to the plaintiff from
the defendant in respect of a sale of railway shares.
Mr. Knowles and Mr. Hall were counsel for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Martin for the defendant. _ _

. The plaintiff,Mr..EdwardE;i: is a sharebroker, of Leeds,
and the defendant, Mr. William Greig, a butcher, living at
the same place. During the last summer plaintiff had been
employed as broker to act for the defendant in a number of
share transactior.s to the amount of about 9001. The former had
purchased for the latter in various railways, viz., the Grand
Union, the Leicester and Bedford, the Wakefield and Brad-
ford, and the South Midland. .Many of these shares were
sold by the plaintiff as on the defendant's account ; but after
their sale by the plaintiff the shares had considerably risen
in value, and the defendant, when called on to deliver them,
declined doing so. The consequence was, that the plaintiff,
to make good his engagements with others, was obliged to
buy in at the advanced price, and to charge the defendant
with the difference. The transactions between the plaintiff
and the defendant were proved by two clerks of the former,
whose testimony agreed with the particulars of demand
delivered by the plaintiff, containing a debtor and
creditor account between the parties. Two other witnesses,
who had called on the defendant for the plaintiff, to obtain
Payment of the balance of 198/. 7s. 6d., stated admissions of
the debt made to them by the defendant, and to one of these
he had allowed that he owed Mr. King somewhere about
200/. In the month of March last he had said that he intended,
in the course of the summer, when things should brighten up,
to pay some money on account, but that he could not do it
at present. . _ _

Mr. M,IIITIN, for the defendant, submitted to the jury
that the plaintiff's case was deficient in proof, because his
claim was for the difference in value of shares which he al-
leged to have sold to other persons, and there was no evi-
dence given that there were actually any shares sold to such
persons. The plaintiff had the means of adducing evidence,
if it existed, to that effect. Some one of the buyers at least
might have been called; '4ltte- the-plaintiff had produced no
such party, and no documents to verify that part of his
dealings with the shares.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up, remarked that a hardship
"to the defendant had been complained of, in the manner in
which the plaintiff proved his case. But if the plaintiff pro-
duced none of those to whom he had sold, it was to be ob-
served that a broker did not usually disclose the names of
the persons for whom he was acting, whether as buyer or
seller. On the other hand the plaintiff relied upon the de-
fendant's own admission that he owed a balance, which ad-
mission was made in the month of March, and to two per-
sons who had no interest in the matter in dispute, and who
at different times had heard him say that the balance
was due.
Verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed.

WESTERN CIRC,'U IT.— Winchester, July 14.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
George Thomas Rostrick was indicted for having feloniously
stolen two post letters containing one sovereign aed one half
sovereign, the property of the Postmaster. General, he being
at such time a person in the employ of the Post-office.
Mr. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. Pouldon conducted the prose.
cution ; Mr. Messing and Mr. C. Saunders defended. the
prisoner.
Mr. ROGERS, having stated the facts of the case to the
jury, called
John Romsey—l am the superintendent of the missing
letter department. I went to Portsea in April last by direc•
tion of the Postmaster-General. On the 22d of that month
I directed two letters—one, " Mrs. Somerville, T. Parker's,
Esq., the Green, Camberwell ;" the other, " Miss Donalson,
Woodbine Cottage, Leamington." In the one directed to
Miss Donalson I put a sovereign, which I marked. That
letter was sealed with wax; the other was sealed with a
gum stamp. Portsea is a receiving house only. It is kept
by Mr. T. L. Rostrick, who is a druggist. I dropped the
letter directed to Mrs. Somerville into the box. The other I
took into the shop, and put it down on the counter, with a
penny. This was taken by a man named Hughes, Mr. Ros-
trick's assistant. This was about half-past six, and the post-
bag should leave Portsea at a quarter past seven, and be
taken to Portsmouth, where the letters are always sorted.
After posting the letters I went to the house of one Monk, a
letter carrier, and gave him certain directions. lie is the
person who takes the letter-bag from Portsea to Portsmouth.
fie brought the bags to me. I was waiting at his house.
The bag was tied and 'sealed. I opened it. Neither of the
letters I had posted were in it. The next day I got a search
warrant, and the prisoner was taken into custody. He took
a pocket-book from his pocket, which the officer took away
from him. In it was some gold coin. Amongst it I found
the sovereign which I had marked, and put in the letter
directed to Miss Donalson. I then directed Hughes, who is
the assistant in the shop, •to look for the half-sovereign. I
saw him find a packet of money wrapped up in a piece of
paper. Amongst the money was a half-sovereign, which
bore the mark I had put on the one I had put in the letter
directed to Mrs. Somerville. The mark was partly erased.
Joseph Linnington Rostrick was then called. He stated
that he was a druggist, liVing at Southsea, but also had a
shop at Portsea, which was'managed as to the drug depart.
ment by Hughes. The shop was also a receiving-house for
letters, which his brother attended to for him.
The case for the prosecution being closed,
Mr. Miasma addressed the jury for the prisoner at some
length.
Mr. Baron PLATT having minutely summed up the evi-
dence,
The jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner
Guilty, and he was thereupon sentenced to be transported
for seven years.
William Godly was then placed at the bar, charged with
having feloniously stolen a post-letter, containing one half-
sovereign, the property of the Postmaster-General.
Mr. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. Pouldon, appeared for the
prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. C.
Saunders. _ _

Mr. Roams stated the facts of the case to the jury, and
from the statement of the Learned Gentleman and the wit-
nesses it appeared that the prisoner, William Godly, had
formerly been in the employ of the Post-office at Southamp-
ton, but had been discharged on account of his drunken
habits. His brother, however, John Godly, obtained his
situation, and, as he was a new hand, he used to get his
brother, the prisoner, to assist himin the morning before he
went his rounds, in "setting up" his letters, that is,
arranging them in parcels for the different streets. On
the 24th of March a Mr. Cave posted, at Winchester,
a letter to his wife at Southampton, and placed
in it a half-sovereign. This in due course should
have been delivered at the place where it was
directed, 13, Grove-street, Southampton, on the morning of
the 25th by the prisoner's brother, as it came within his de-
livery. This was not done, and it so happened that the in•
spector of the missing-letter office, Mr. Romsey, went down
to Southampton that day, and had obtained a search warrant
to search the prisoner's house on another matter. On going
to the prisoner's house on the morning of the 25th he was
found at home, and taken into custody and searched, when
the letter directed to Mrs. Cave was found in his pocket. On
being charged with the robbery, he stated that the letter had
been given him by his brother. with several others, to de-
liver, as he was late in his delivery. He also said that he
supposed he must have forgotten to deliver it. The seal was
unbroken, and the money still in the letter.
The brother stated, that he never gave any latter to the
prisoner on the morning of the 25th to deliver for him; but,
on being subjected to a severe cross-examination by the pri-
soner's counsel, admitted that he sometimes did so.
The case for the prosecution having been closed,
Mr. C. SAUNDERS addressed the jury for the defence, and
contended that it was clear that the account given by the
prisoner was a true one, and that it was absurd to suppose
that if the prisoner had meant to steal the letter he would
have kept it in his possession for the whole day with the seal
unbroken. He also called several witnesses, who gave the
prisoner an excellent character.
Mr. Baron PLATT summed up the case with great care,
and the jury immediately Acquitted the prisoner.
The trial of Lieutenant Hawkey is fixed (on the applica-
tion of Mr. Cockburn, Q.C.) far Thursday next.
NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
The court has been occupied nearly the whole day in the
trial of a case, the only question in which was, whether a
certain alleged sale of a boat was bona fide or fraudulent. It
is now engaged in trying the first of the special juries; and
here, also, nothing of public interest is involved, as the only
question is the right to a certain ditch.

situate on the turnpike-road, where the road from Dunstan to
North Aston crosses it. Here Mr. Goodman's road lay to the
right, and that of the deceased straight on. Mr. Whetton, a
butcher, of Feddington, had •paid the deceased 61. the day
before, and had walked with him to his house that night be-
tween twelve and one. Whetton, in returning from Dunstan,
where he had been visiting, going towards the Fox Inn,
came to a hollow, when his pony shied, and looking round
him he saw a man lying on a heap of stones, and he
also saw a grey horse without a rider on the road. At five
the next morning, Joseph Butler, a labourer, discovered the
body of the deceased on the heap of stones mentioned by
Whetton. He was quite dead. There was blood on his
hands and face. Butler not knowing who he was, went to
the Fox, called up Mr. Rogers, the landlord, and they went
together to where the body lay. A surgeon was immediaely
sent for, who examined the body. A coroner's inquest was
held on the same day, and a verdict, " Found dead," re-
turned. No suspicion of having caused the death of George
Mobbs attached to any one, indeed it seems to have been
supposed that it was accidental. On the 9th of March, in
the present year, a man named Jacob Skerry, a travelling
tinker, having been advertised in the Police Gazette, was ap-
prehended by George Morgan, a constable of Kingston, on a
charge of robbing a farm-yard. He said immediately on
being apprehended that he would tell the constable some-
thing about a murder. He was taken to Banbury gaol, and
while there he showed great uneasiness, and told the gaoler
he had something to say to him. The gaoler, after caution-
ing him, heard his statement, which was taken down in
writing. Skerrry was taken before the magistrates, where
he repeated the statement. He was made to repeat it on dif-
ferent occasions, and although he varied it, yet he adhered to
the main points. In consequence of what he said, the pri-
soners, who are also travelling tinkers, leading a predatory
life, were apprehended; but they denied it, and on a future
occasion they made statements inculpating them Selves, and
charging Skerry as a principal party. The first statement
made by Skerry, on the 18th March, was substantially as
follows :—I came to Deddington barn that night:to sleep and
roam the yard. There was James Biddle and Sheriff with
their camps. They said, will you go with us to South
Newington and fetch some meat? I said I do not
like such meat as that. They went and I followed them. I
kept sight of them. There was a gentleman who came along
the lane from the Fox on horseback ; he said, " Oh, I see
who you are." Biddle said, " I d—n you, I see who you
are." Sheriff said to Biddle, "D— his eyes, kill the —."
The gentleman was off his horse, and I saw Biddle strike him
with something which he held in his hand. I heard the
blow and saw the gentleman fall. Before the blow Biddle
said, "D— your eyes, you shall never dawn another day.
light." Biddle and heriff both heard ma coming up; they'
ran away, and I followed them. When I came up to the
stile or rails, about a mile from Deddington, I found them
sitting on it ; when I came up, Biddle said, "Oh, it's von,
you —is it? If ever you splits on me, and says anything
about me, I'll be the death of you." He then struck and
stunned me. I saw them the next day at Deddington-
barge, but I never saw either of them from that time for
nearly twelve months. I did not say anything about it. I
did not for a month know the man was dead. I saw Biddle
about a year afterwards, near Oxford. He said, " You re-
member that night against the Fox." I said, " Yes, I re-
member." He said, "Well, I finished him, and served him
right."
On the 27th of March Skerry was again brought before
the magistrates, and there sworn to his statement, as the
magistrates had determined to make him a witness against
the prisoners. Skerry then made very much the same state-
ment, varying, however, in those particulars about what took
place the morning after the murder.
The prisoners Biddle and Sheriff on this occasion positively
denied their guilt, and they were remanded until the llth of
April, when Skerry made a third statement, which, however,
was principally a more detailed account of what he had pre-
viously said.
The prisoners were fully committed for trial, and as Mr.
Morgan and Mr. Walker were tali ing Skerry and the pri-
soners to the county gaol, a conversation occurred which bore
strongly on the case, in fact, formed the most conclusive por-
tion of the evidence against the prisoners. They, together
with the constables, were proceeding in an open carriage with
two seats; on the front seat were Skerry and Sheriff, with
Mr. Walker, and Mr. Morgan was sitting on the back seat
with Biddle. As they passed through Deddington they came
opposite the farm where the deceased lived; previous to this,
the prisoners had been talking about the copper which had
been stolen, and Biddle had been taxing Skerry with telling
lies, but when they came in sight of the house of the deceased,
Biddle said, " Now we be coming to the place where truth
should come out ; Mr. Morgan, you please tell the gentlemen,
if I should be brought before them again, this is truth. Us
are all three alike, and it was us as killed Mr.-Mobbs, and no
one else, and I will show the limekiln where we were warm-
ing ourselves; when he came on to the gate we were sitting
on the kiln and warming ourselves, and he said,' What are
you scamps after?' Jacob (Skerry) made use of a gross ex-
pression, whereon Mr. Mobbs flew into a passion and told us to
be off. We went into the turnpike road ; he followed us to the
Fox. Jacob said he would go no further; they had words, but
Isaac (Sheriff) could not hear, as he went down Dunstan-
lane. When we got to the hollow Mobbs overtook us, and
said, Do you. think I am afraid of such scamps as you?'
Jacob came up and struck him on the head ; I struck him.
Mobbs said, " So' help me, Lord, for I know all three of them ;"
and he cried out" murder" three times. He fought for life
with a whip which he had in his hand. He cut this hole in
my face (pointing to a mark he had in his ' left cheek), and
loosed one of my teeth, which I pulled out in Painter's hovel
the next day, and hid in the wall. He also hit Jacob with
his whip on the head. Us should not have killed him if he
had not followed us and been in such a passion. Isaac had
got hold of his coat on the right side. Jacob hit the horse
behind, to make him kick up, before I caught hold of the
man's collar to kill him on the ground. Jacob struck him,
and I struck him, and fell on him, I don't know which. I
have been many times on my knees to pray to be forgiven
since that day. Biddle then said, " This is truth, if I be
hanged for it, and I dare say I shall, and I'll tell the gentle-
men so at Oxford." Sheriff said, " I hope I shall not be
hanged, I don't mind being transported."
Mr. J. J. lirsi.raaars addressed the jury for the prisoners.
The Learned JUDGE summed up, and the jury retired; in
about half an hour they re-entered the Court, and returned a '
verdict of Guilty against both prisoners.
The prisoners entered into rambling statements, asserting
their innocence, and denying all they had said before the
magistrates, and Biddle asserting he did not know what he
was saying when he made the confession to Morgan in the
presence of the other prisoner and Skerry.
The Learned JUDGE then passed sentence of death in the
usual form.

Jacob Skerry, of whom so much mention is made, is him-
self a prisoner at Oxford, and will take his trial at the present
assizes on a charge of sheep-stealing.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, the Assistant-Judge, and a
Bench of Magistrates.)
The July adjourned Middlesex Sessions commenced on
Tuesday, at Hicks's Hall, Clerkenwell-green. The calendar
contained the names of only thirty-nine prisoners, of whom
thirty-six were committed charged with felony.
Thomas Gaines was indicted for stealing a bayonet and
scabbard, value 7s. 6d., the property of our Sovereign Lady
the Queen.
_ _

The prisoner, who was evidently insane, upon being placed
at the bar, loooked up to the Learned Judge, and exclaimed,
with great familiarity, " How do you do, Mr. Sergeant
Adams ?"—(Laughter.)
The Learned JUDGE asked him whether he bad not been
at Hanwell. The prisoner replied that he and the Learned
Judge were both there together, soon after Sir William Ellis ;
and assuming an air of considerable consequence, he added,
he (the Judge) must recollect that well.
The Learned JUDGE observed, with much good humour,
that he had not forgotten it. He had been for many
years a visitiag justice of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, and
during that time many persons thought him as mad as the
patients themselves, because he so strenuously advocated
the introduction of a mild and humane system of treat-
ment into the asylum for the insane poor at Hanwell, in
the place of the barbarous system that had prevailed for
ages. His labours and the anxiety which he then expe-
rienced from the attacks made upon the friends of humanity,
and the incessant prognostications of failure, had nearly cost
him his health and his life; but he rejoiced to live to see the
day when their efforts were successful, and the principle was
recognised and adopted in every asylum throughout Eng-
land.

The evidence against the prisoner was that of a Chelsea
pensioner, who deposed that he had come into his place at
the hospital and asked whether he kept firearms, upon which
he took down a belt and pouch, and bayonet and scabbard,
and showed them to the prisoner, who, after looking at
them, went away. Upon searching for the bayonet he found
it was gone.
The jury, under the direction of the Court, returned a ver-'
diet of Not Guilty, upon the ground ofitisanity.
The Court directed him to be taken care of, and that ap-
plication should be made in the proper quarter for his admis-
sion to a proper asylum.
The prisoner's history is somewhat curious. He was an
old Bow-street officer, and accompanied the late Sir Richard
Birnie, with a body of constables, upon the evening of the
23d ofFebruary, 1820, to seize the Cato-street conspirators,
who, with the notorious Arthur Thistlewood at their head,
were making preparations to assassinate the Cabinet Mi-
nisters, who were dining with Lord Harrowby, at Grosvenor-
square. The conspirators were assembled, in a loft in Cato-
street, discussing the intended plan of operations, when the
premises were suddenly surrounded by the constabulary, and
upon endeavouring to mount the loft by a ladder, the lights
were extinguished, and Smithers, one of the officers, was run
through the body by Thistlewood, and poor Gains, who was
near him, receieyed a sword's thrust through the upper part
of his skull, since which time he has had occasional attacks
of insanity, and has been more than once in custody for
assaults or other offences. In those fits he still fancies him-
self a Bow-street officer, and was, we believe, before the
Court some time ago, for striking a man a terrible Slow over
the head for refusing to recognise the authority of this
pseudo Bow-street officer.
The other trials presented no features of general interest.

POLICI7., INTELLIGENCE.
THAMES.

ROBBING THE MlNT.—Frederick Weise, Mary Ann Weise,
and Eliza Burke, her daughter by a former marriage, were
charged, the male prisoner with stealing and the two females
with receiving a quantity of silver and some gold from the
Royal Mint, on Tower- hill.
It appears that the male prisoner, who is a German, about
fifty years of age, was employed for the last four years as a
labourer, at 30s. per week, in the melting-house at the Mint.
Yesterday, in consequence of information received from a
person named Francois Levelle, the male prisoner was sent
for by Mr. Robert Mushet, who holds the office of master's
second clerk, as well as that of assistant melter in the Mint.
When he came to the door of the gold melting-house, Fran-
cois pat his hand into the prisoner's breast, saying " Fred.
you have got some silver there," and, at the same time, drew
out the two pieces of silver produced. Mr. Mushet said he
was sorry to see that, and the prisoner made some reply, to
the effect that he intended to put it into the mould.
Mr. John Field, inspector of her Majesty's Mint, stated that
he was sent for that day to the gold melting-house, where
he found the male prisoner in custody. Witness having in-
formed him who he was, said the business was a very unfor-
tunate one, and added, that he must ask the prisoner some
questions, which he might answer or not at his option.
He then asked the prisoner where he resided, and the latter
gave his address, No. 20, Princes-square, St. George's East.
Witness said he must search his place, to which the prisoner
replied that he was welcome to do so, as be had nothing of
the kind at home, and that was the first time he had ever
committed - atr act- Of the sort. Witness' then searched the

roam at the Mint where the prisoner was in the habit of de-
positing his clothes, but nothing was found there.. Witness
then, having taken the prisoner into custody, proceeded with
him, Mr. Mushet; and one of the messengers of the Mint,
to the house in Princes-square. On coming within a feye,
doors of it, witness, leaving the prisoner with Mr. Muslifet•
and the messenger, entered the house, where he saw the elde4
female prisoner, who admitted that she was Wei,se's -wife.„
Witness took her into the front parlour,-and asked 'lll-f
-her-
husband worked in the Mint, to which she replied in tha
affirmative.. Witness said he wanted to make, seine inquiries
of her, on which she exhibited some alarm, and asked if
any accident had occurred to her husband. Witness replied
that he was well, and close at hand. He then asked her
how many children she had, to 'which she replied, " Two, a
son and a daughter." After that she became still more
fidgety; and when witness told her Who and What he was,
she said, "You shall see my daughter." She then went
as if to call her daughter from the yard, though witness
endeavoured to prevent her. She, however, rushed
rapidly by him towards the back parlour, into which the
younger female had previously gone, and locked the door.
Witness then called to those who had charge of '
the male prisoner, and after several threats the young
girl, Burke, opened the back parlour and came out... She at-
tempted to make her way down stairs, but witness seized
and brought her'hack. Perceiving that she had her hands
under her apron, he caught et them, and seized A black reti-
cule containing a quantity of Chinese silver and a few pieces
of unwrought gold. He had not weighed the bullion, and
therefore he coulp not swear to the quantity, but he had no
doubt it had been taken from the Mint, and it corresponded
with that found in the prisoner's possession.
The male prisoner made no defence. The elder female said
that her husband had brought her the pieces of ore, and told
her he found them amongst the cinders, about four or five
clays previously, and when she left the parlour she was going
to tell the child to bring them. The girl Burke, who is only
twelve years of age, had nothing to say.
Mr. BRODERIP—What are the • male prisoner's weekly
wages? Mr. Field—Thirty shillings, sir.
Mr. BROD ERIP—You were in his house, how was it fur-
nished? Mr. Field—Quite as well as that of any respectable
London tradesman. It had handsome pictures and other ap-
purtenances much above the prisoner's position in life.
Mrs. Weise (quickly)—l had that furniture, and all those
things, long before I married my present husband.
Mr. B &ODER IP remanded the case for a week to afford an
opportunity of perfecting the evidence.
The case excited intense interest, being the first from the
Mint since another labourer, who was employed there many
years ago, most mysteriously disappeared, after having, as it
then appeared, abstracted a hundred pounds' worth of un-
stamped bullion.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday a determined-looking young man, named Thomns
Smith, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged;
with having forcibly entered the premises of Mr. Nichols, the
landlord of the l3ricklayers' Arms, in Charles-street, Hackney-
road, for the purpose of committing felony.
Mrs. Mary Nichols, the wife of the prosecutor, stated that,
at a late hour on the preceding night, her husband being out
of town, she caused the premises to be closed, and was about
to retire to rest, when she was surprised to find that an
inner door, communicating with the upper part of the
house, and which was constantly kept locked, was wide open,
it having evidently been opened with a picklock key. On pro-
ceeding up stairs to ascertain if she had been robbed, she
was encountered on the landing by the prisoner, who had a
heavy life preserver in his hand, and had just emerged from
one of the bed-rooms. He advanced towards her in a
threatening attitude, but she raised a great outcry, and re-
treated precipitately down the stairs, sharply followed by
the prisoner, who made a rush towards the street-door and
attempted to escape; she, however, resolutely seized him
by the neck, and notwithstanding his violent efforts to dis-
engage himself, succeeded in holding him until some of the
servants, who had been alarmed by her cries, came to her as-
sistance, and handed him over to the police. The prisoner
had been drinking during the evening in the tap-room, and
must have taken an opportunity to secrete himself while the
customers were leaving.
Policeman Mulcahy, 436 N, stated that on conveying the
accused to the station and searching him, he found in his
pockets, besides the life-preserver before mentioned, four
skeleton keys, a quantity of lucifer matches, and a powerful
"jemmy," or crowbar, to one end of which a heavy hammer-
head had been attached. The prisoner said nothing in refu-
tation of the charge, and on witness going back to the prose-
cutor's, and trying the skeleton keys that bad been taken
from him, they were found to be capable of opening every '
door in Mr. Nichols's house.

Kemp, another policeman, identified the accused as a noto-
rious offender, and the constant associate of the worst charac-
trs in the district.

On being called upon for his defence, the prisoner declined
offering any ; and
Mr. BizzotrAm told him it was a fortunate circumstance
for him tbat he had been detected in sufficient time to pre-
vent his taking any portion of the prosecutor's property, in
which event he had no hesitation in saying that he would
have been transported; as it was, there could be no doubt
he had entered the prosecutor's ouse with a felonious inten-
tion, and he should therefore protect the public against him
for the next three months, by sentencing him to that term of
confinement in the House of Correction, with hard labour, as
a rogue and vagabond.
The prisoner, who appeared to have anticipated an ac-
quittal, was removed to the cells.

FAIRFIELD WORKS PROVIDENT

SOCIETY.

The works of the Messrs. Adams and Ralston, rail-
way carriage builders on the Eastern Counties Railway,
became the scene last night of an interesting, though
unpretending, demonstration. The evening was de-
voted by the mechanics belonging to the establishment
to joyous and mirthful festivity, but festivity of a nature
as far removed from what is vulgar and degrading as the
mutual feeling of interest and kindness which existed,
and was expressed between masters and men was un-
usual, and anticipative of incipient changes in the social
condition of the people, which promise better things to
those who come after. The Provident Society, which
has existed for some three years among the workmen,
numbers about 200 out of the 300 mechanics employed
in the establishment, and has for its objects the usual
benefits proposed by friendly societies. But the mem-
bers of this society at a late meeting deter-
mined almost unanimously to establish a library
in connexion with it ; and, in order to put
themselves in the way of making a fair start,
resolved to have a tea party and ball, with admission by
ticket, the surplus from which, after paying all expenses,
should go to lay the foundation of a good mechanics'
library. Accordingly a booth was erected on ground
belonging to the works, on the edge of the Eastern
Counties Railway, upwards of 300 feet long ; and ar-
rangements were made under the superintendence of the
Messrs. Stevens for 400 ; but scarcely fewer than 600
could have been present on the occasion, consisting en-
tirely of the workmen and their female friends. It must
be gratifying to know that this movement, as well as the
society in connexion with which it sprung, originated
spontaneously with the men themselves, who from the
time that their number was but three till now, when
their increase emboldens them to think of greater things,
have continued to act independently. But it must also
be told to the praise of the Messrs. Adams and Ralston,
that from the moms nt that this movement on the part of the
men assumed a definite form they nobly opened up
every facility; and last night, by way of paying for their
tickets—for nothing is done by them as a chariiy, or
even in the spirit of patronage—the three of them con-
tributed 10/. each towards the proposed library.
By four o'clock the arrangements were completed, and
the booth presented an interesting appearance. One
long table ran down the centre for nearly two-thirds of
the whole length of the booth, which was flanked on
either side by short transverse tables, abutting from the
sides of the booth, and having ample space between them
and the centre table for all the purposes and pleasure of
festivity. From the centre beam of the tent hung co-
loured oil lamps, disposed in decorative figures along the
length of the booth ; and behind the chair was
stretched a transparency with these words on it,
made visible from behind : " Fairfield Works Pro-
vident Society, established August Ist, 1843." Between
four and five o'clock, an assembly, to the number of
about 600, most respectably dressed, and all wearing
that honest, hearty congenial look which testified there
was good fellowship as well as good fare, sat down
to tea.
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William B. Adams, Esq., the senior partner of the
firm, and President of the Society, took the chair, and
was supported on the right and left by his brother,
Samuel Adams, Esq., and Gerard Ralston, Esq., the
other two partners, and by Dr. Stewart and Dr. Jones.
The Chairman's lady, and other relatives, were present
at tea.
Tea having been concluded,

The CHAIIIMAN, after a few words, gave " The Queen,
the representative of order and rule in. Great Britain ;"
which was received with three time three, followed by
the national anthem, by an instrumental band in at-
tendance, who were accompanied by a vocal choir. The
Chairman gave " Prince Albert and the Royal Family,"
which was received with all honour ;
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evening, " the Fairfield Works Provident Society. '—.
(Cheers.) He said that scarcely three years had elapsed
since the ground on which they stood was first selected
from a scanty field, which was then mere potato ground.
The scene, he was glad to say, was now altered as would
best be seen in the crowd of smiling faces about him.—
(Laughter and cheers.) It was a proud thing to be a
captain of industry, better far than to be a captain of
war ; but it was better still to be surrounded by a set of
generous and intelligent operatives. As to what their
prospects might be, he said they could gather that from
the name of the establishment which had been chosen,
not altogether without design; for " a fair field and no
favour" was always their motto. They recognised
no claims except personal claims, skill, ability, intel-
lect ; if a man had these, no matter where he might
have been brought up. or had learned the first rudiments
of his trade, he would meet with justice and equal treat-
ment at their establishment. (Hear, hear.) The
Provident Society began with three members; it was
begun by one to whom he and they were all under great
obligation, he meant that kind-hearted individual
Edward Corry.--(Cheers.) He felt that if their aim in
instituting that society were properly understood and
carried out, it would not remain a mere Pro-
vident Society, a mere savings' bank for the
receipt of their surplus earnings, but much more—that it
would become a teaching society—that kctures and
classes for information and education would be grafted
upon it ; when to be connected with the Fairfield Works
would be deemed an honour in every workshop in
Great Britain. But though he spoke thus, he said
they had made it a principle with themselves
always to act so towards their workmen as
to leave their independence unaffected. The
furthest they had gone was to give hints, and he was