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'TOBER 9 1846.

F-AST DERE HAM AND NORWICH RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
.Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the SHARE or SCRIP
HOLDERS in this COMPANY will be held at One o'cloek in the
Afternoon On MURSDAY, the "22d clay of October instant, at the
Offices of the Company, Mitchell's-court; Market-place, Norwich; for
delzruiluing whether the Partnership or Company, called the East
Dereham and Norwich Railway Company, shall be dissolved, pur-
suant to an Act passed in the 9th and.loth years of the reign or her
Majesty Queen Victoria, intitaled " An Act to facilitate the Disso-
lutlon ofeertain Railway Companies."
Dated this 7th (lily of October, 1845.
By and on behalf of the Committee of Provisional Directors of the
said East Derebam and Norwich Railway Companv,
EDWARD WILLETT, Chairman of the sad C anmittee.

WARWICK 'AND WORCESTER RAIL-
WAY,
The adionmed'(ind final) Meeting for the dissolution of this Com-
pany will be held ad the Hall of Commerce, London, at One o'clock
precisely, on TUESDAY next, the 13th of Ootobcr. The holders of
scrip and receipts are earnestly requested to attend this meeting, or
send their scrip to the Agent, or some friend in London, in °Myr to
vote and dissolve the COmpany, and put an end to further liabilities
and expenses.
'.gent, W. F: Sp-Sekman, 43, Moorgate-street, London.

0 FFICE of the GAS LIGHT and COKE
- • COMPANY.
19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
London, 7th, Oct. ISM. --
Notice is hereby gl‘'en, that the Court of Directors of the Gas
Light and Coke Company do hereby declare that -a vacancy has oc-
curred in the Court of Director=, by the election of Willie n Bate-
man, Esq., Deptity• :Governor,
.to the office of Governor.
Notice is hereby also given, that a Special General Court of the
Proprietors of this Company will Le held at ti.is office, on_Mosniy,
the. 21 day of Novemb' r next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, fer
the election of a Deputy-Governor, to sup Ay the said vacancy ; and
that should a ballot be required it will continue open for four hours
from its commencement.
By order of the Court of Directors.
CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.
N.B. The chair will be taken at twelve o'clock precisely, and none
but proprietors admitted.

OPAL -POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
A CHEMICAL LECTURE., by
.Dr. Ryan, i'aily, and on
the Evenlis of Mondayv, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also a
LECTURE on the Et ECTRC-11 AGNETIC TELEGRAPH daily.
MACINTOSH'S It EVoLVIN; ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, FARRELL'S A RCIIIMEMAN RA IL-
WA I, the ATMOSPHER EC RAILWAY, all iu action. lIALLETTE'S
ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE. The OPAQUE MICROS-
COPE. The OXY-H YD ItOGEN MICROSCOPE. A beautiful Series
of DISSOLVING VIEWS. A Selection of MADRIGALS of the
Sixteenth Century will -be performed by a Sax-Horn Band, under
th: Direction of-Dr. Wallis daily, and in theEsrings.

Admission, Is.; Scliools, Half-price.

HALL OF ROME,, GREAT WINDMILL-
STREET, HAYMARKET.
• Eight doors*triim Coventry street.
Under Distinguished ratronage:—The original Poses rlasliques and

Tableaux Vivans,

Professor TURNOUR, ever anxious to diversify the attractions at
the above Splendid theatre, begs most respectfully to Inform the
Nobility, Su,scribers, and the Public, that he has succeeded. in en-
gaging one of the finest :Models of the day, who will appear every
afternoon and evening during the week in Professor Tumour's cele-
brated groups of Venus Rising from the Sea and the Lute .Player.
The new Classical Groupings, which have been acknowWged by the
press as far surpassing anything of the kind ever attempted in this
country, will be repeated during the week, introducing the THREE
COLOURED FEMALE MODELS, natives of Hindoostan, who have
been received with rapturous ipplaute by fashionable and crowded
houses. •

llbmiingTerforrnance at• Three o'clock, and Evening at Half-pasi
Eight.-,—Stalls, 2s. 6th; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ' • •

•
itsTICHOLSON'S TABLEAUX VIVANS.—
LIVING PICTURES, POSES PLASTIQUES, or Animated
Statues.

• .•
• • 'Mr. NICHOLSON has the honour to announce tIMt he Is now,
every day, giving a SERIES of LECTURES in the Great Room of
the GARRICK'S HEAD HOTEL, Bow-street, on Poetry and Song,
illustrating each subject by groups of.living male and feinal2 models
of the most exquisite mould.
Figures in which we fairly trace
Development (Avery grace,
Beatiteous when chiselled out by art.
But warmly breathing they impart
(As beings of divine creation)
A brighter, holier,. admiration.
Morning, dOors open at Three ; Lecture from Half-;past Three till.
Five. Evening, doors open at Seven ; Lecture from Half-past Seven
till Nine o'clock. AdMlssion,' lg."; Reserved Seats, 2i. 6,1.
N.B. The Judge and Jury Society sits every evening at Half-past -
Nino o'clock, the Lord Chief Baron presiding as usual,

BELL INN, DItIFFIELD.
ELIZABETH WITTY, of the Blue Bell Inn,
.
Market-place,. Great Bridled, embraces the presenkoppor-
tunny of returning her 'sincere and' hearty thanks to the Nobility,
Gentry, Cornmereiar Gentlemen,' "Yariners; Tradesmen, and th,
Public in general, for the gratifying support she has received from
them ever since she and her late husbauol first entered upon the
premises In the year-1816, and trusts by a continuance of her unre-
mitting attention to the Internal comforts of her house, to merit
their future favours. E. W. also respectfully begs leave to I,lorm
the public that with the opening, this day, of the Bull and Selby
Branch Railway to Bridlington, she has started an Omnibus, called
" The Angler," to attend the arrival and .departure of each train,
for conveying passengers axed parcels to or from any part or the
town. E. W. will continue the posting department of her establish=
went as heretofore.
Bridled, October 6;1646:

TO HOP. AND BRANDY ➢IERCHANTTS, WHOLESALE GRO-
CERS, TEA DEALERS, &c.
ACOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER having .ex-
tensive conneNion in the .West of England, taking four
journeys in the year, is DESIROUS of a COMMISSION in the
.above trades.
Itefereuces, to the first-rate houses in the City can be given.
Address A. 8., at Mr. John B. Hunt's, 3G, Crutched-friars.

lIHE CIGAR WAREHOUSES, LONDON,
Fine FOREIGN CIGARA, of all makers, 175., IBs. Gd, 20s.
and 211. per lb. ; Government Manillas, 17e. 6d. per lb. ; also Brit-
ish made, from the best tobacco imported; cheroots, Gs.; cigars—
Cuba, 7s. ; Havannah, 7s. 6d. and Bs. 6d.; Cabanas, Bs, 61. ; Silras,
Bs. 6d.; Principes, 9s. Gd. ; the 'union cigar, equal to any foreign,
12s. 6d, per lb. • '

At Messrs. TOSSWILL and Co.'s, Commission Merchants, im
porters, and manufacturers, 6, Pudding-lane, Easteheap, adjoining
to Gracechurch-street.

lOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK
(the Original without Preparation) for Writing Initials,.
Nantes, or Ciphers, upon Linen, &e, for the purpose of identity
This Composition unites every requisite, and Is admitted to be the
only article similarly used, the mark of which does not run in the
wash, and which has given satisfaction to every Purchaser, it being
universally preferred...ior its fixity and neatness of impression.
Prepaied by the inventor, John Bond, Chemist, 28, Long-lane, West
Smithfield, and sold by most Stationers, &c. Price Is. per bottle.

.
11:AVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES
11 5 Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, .s. 6d. ; Yellow soap, 423.
165., 525., and 58s. per 1121b5.; Mottled, 5.'5., 60s. and 645.; Was
Candles, is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans-
parent Wax, Is. 8d..; genuine Wax, 2S. hi. ; Store Candles, 5%d. ;
Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6u d.; Genuine Sperm Oil; 7s. per gallon ;
solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Amami, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ;
Windsor Soap, ls.t t. per packet Palm, Is. 4d. -; Old Brown
Windsor, Is. 9d. this e. 2s. ; -Almond, 2s. 6d. ; ealli Wax, 4s. 6d.
per lb: ; Hale's " erior Paragon Composite, requiring no satia-
ting, 9y,c1.-
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 St.
Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

• • LADIES TRAVELLING.
Visiting tho Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays 01
• the Sun, will find
ROWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing
preparation fir Rai Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan-
guor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and iminedi-
-ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of
the Skin. The nutnerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun-
burn, Freckles, Tan, and Discolouratiens, are pleasingly eradicated
by the Kalyder, and the skin rendered delicately sett and clear. Its
purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec-
tion by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those
of the Continent of Europe, together with the " elite" of the Aris-
tocracy and " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the
-Drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the
Czar and the Salons ef -St. Petersbnrgh and Moscow.—Price 4s. 64.
and Bs. 6d. per bottle. -
.** Beware of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin-
gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and.which, by their repel-
'aid action', endanger health. The only genuine has the words
" ROWLAND'S KALTDOR" en the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND
and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also 'engraved (by desire If the
Hof.
bottle.Cemmissieners) in the Government Stamp affixed en each

Bold by ti►e Prepr'eters, and by respectable Chemists and Per-
fumers.

other " Kalnters" are fraudulent counterfeit/.

THE REGISTRATIONS.
CITY OF LONDON.
At half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning the Bar-
rister proceeded with the revision of the householders'
lisr, in the wards of Cheap, Cordwainer, and Dowgate.
Mr. James hod, who was down in the list of voters
for the occupation of a house, 53, Watling-street, was
objected to on the ground that he had not been rated fur
the house during the time prescribed by law.
The overseer was examined, from whose evidence it
appeared that Mr. Iz-)d was rated on the first rate, not
for No. 53, but for a house and offices at No.46,Watling-
street, and that he occupies the lower part of No. 46. In
the second rate he is down also for No. 46, and also in
another part of the rate for No. 53. In the third rate he
is down in the same manner.
The BARRISTER was of. opinion that the party ought
to claim to be rated for No. 53, or to be registered for
No. 46, and as he had not done one or the other, he
could not say that his name should be retained. The
overseer.ought to have put him. down for both places,
but-he only put him down for one, and he had selected
the premises for which he was not rated during the ne-
cessary time.
siunpspeor
tirtoend
ot claimf
No. 530 fwMa
sr. .
alz on2dis, at
ankdes uf
obr-
m iMt
t erd Bthatwtnhee
No. 46. •

The BARRISTER Faid it could not be a mistake, for he
also.occupied No. 53.- _

Mr. BROWN then submitted that the Court could sub.
stitute ".46" for 53."
The BARRISTER did not think, under the circum.
stances, he could make the alteration.

The name was expangA. - • -
The following parishes in the wards of Cheap,,Cord-
wainer, andDowgate were revised:—Allhallows, Honey-
lane ; Allhallows the Great, Allhallows the Less, St.
Antholin, St. Benet Sherehog, St. Lawrence Jewry, St.
Martin Pomeroy, St. Mary Aldermary, St. Mary Cole.
church, St. Mildred. the Virgin; Poultney; St Pancras,
Soper lane. -
One Liberal claim snsf.a;ned, and nineteen failed.
Result of the day's revision :

Failed or
withdraver.
'Liberal objections
Tory ditto
.., 58
Duuble • 21
Allowed. Disallowed.

Sustained.

Liberal claims
* Four subject to an appeal.
The Court adjourned to half-past ten' o'clock this
morning. •

MRS. GORE'S NEW -NovEL.—The title of " Men
of Capital" prefixed to a new novel in this era of rail-
roads, and the fortunes-grown oat of them in a single
night, like the bean-stalk in the fairy tale, affords us
strong -hopes of entertainment. The railroad Kings and
Queens of the day have -already furnished ru arly as
many amusing anecdotes to fashionable London as the
t)ukes and Duchesses of Bonaparte's newly-created
Court used to supp!y, to the Faubourg St. Germain, Let
us hope that Mrs. Gore has done justice to her subject.
In consequence of. the death of William Barnar:l,
E,q , the celebrated Whitefield harriers have been dis-
posed of to a Mr. Anderson, of London, and were last
week sent to the vicinity of the metropolis. This event
will be fdt as a a severe deprivation to many of th,
gentry and farmers of the neighbourhood, who have for
nearly half a century enjoyed uninterrupted and first-
rate sport with this very efficient pack of harriers.
Joseph Barnard, Esq., the present possessor of Whit.
field, hundsornely offered to present these crack hounds
to any gentleman who would undertake to hunt the
country around. Tewkesbury with them for seven years ;
and it is much. to be regretted that no one could be found
who was willing to accept them on such liberal condi-
tions.--Gloucester Chronicle.
We learn from Montpellier that- a great number of
Spauis}rrefugees have: been Summoned to the marine
and prefectur, andreceiyed orders to remove to Valence
p with injunctions not to deviate from the route
bl(ayi chdme, e‘gv)ne: for
it beef.. uGn
ad
lie.;
n-
at hn penalty of. being arrested

I'ACIORY MEETING AT BRAD-
FORD.
BRADFORD, WEDNESDAY NIGUT.—A most important
and influential meeting was held this afternoon at Brad-
ford, the object of which was to originate a movement in
Yorkshire for the moral and social improvement of the
female factory operatives.
The Vicar of Bradford, the Rev. Dr. Scoresby, occu-
pied the chair, and on the platfurin were Lord Viscount
Morpeth, William Busfeitd, E q., M.P , and a large party
of clergymen, dissenting ministers, and manufacturers.ot
the town and neighbourhood.
-.At tile commencement or the meeting the Rev. J.
COOPER read letters from various influential persons,
who had been invited to be present at the meeting, among
others from Lord Ashley. His Lordship expressed the
highest
.safiSfaCtion at the propusad movement for the
improvement of the factory women, and promised his aid
in its promotion; he, how-ever, declined attending the
meeting, conceiviug -that, holding the principles he did
w.th referenbe to the hours of labour in factories,
presence might rather ha fOr evil than for good. The
Rev. Gentleman then read a report of the proceedings
that had taken place pre,ious to the meeting in the, com-
mittee cif gentlemen by whom it had been promoted.
This 'document suggested the plans which were subse-
quently adopted in the various resoletions brought for-
ward and approved by the meeting.
The Rev, Dr. SCORES/3Y followed in a speech of eon-
. siderable length, in which he forcibly set forth the de-
plorable moral and social condition of many of the female
factory operatives of the district, and called upon Lord
Morpeth to move the first resolution.
Lord MORPETU presented himself, amidst great cheer-
ing, to`address the meeting. He said, Mr. Vicar, Ladies,
and Gentlemen—l willingly ,comply with the command
which you have just irnpoied upon me, to move the first
resolution; though I feel that after the full explanation,
and the forcible appeal which we have just heard from
yourself, little more can be Wanting to fill up the out-
lines of the schemo which 'll4Pis been, I think, your
happy privilege to hi-VP;brought before this meeting,—
(Hear.) Before I pieceed further, I must offer. some
apology that I should bp obliged to quit. proceedings
even so interesting as these before I should have-wished
to do so, and for the sarnes.reason to restrict the space of
my own observations, because I happen to have had an
engagement for some time in the neighbouring town of
Keighley, to attend their agricultural meeting. But
though perhaps I ought to have been there by this hour,
yet when my attention was called to the 12,000 female
workpeople in this town, I felt they had superior claiMs,
that they 'are more important objects, that they are
nobler works of the great Creatol, than even the fat
cattle and the goodly beeves that I may find in the
upper part of Airedale.—(Hear, htar.) I will, with
your permission, read the resolution which has been
entrusted, to my charge, which -is to this effect--
"That as it appears on careful inquiry, that not fewer
than 12,000 young women are engaged in the various
departments of the trade of Bradford, of which number
2,000 are married, and 1,200 live in lodgings; and as the
employment and situation of these young women, espe-
cially the married and those that reside with their own
,amilies, lay them' under great disadvantages, expose
them to many moral dangers, it is the duty, not only of
their employers, but of all the inhabitants of the town—
a 'duty commended by powerful motives to Christian
minds—to cherish a kindly sympathy with this large
and interesting part of the community, assist them in
efforts to improve and elevate their own character and
condition, and leave no practicable and prudent means
untried of promoting their welfare." Now, I think the
reasoning of thisiresolution must commend itself to all.
I am aware that differences of opinion have prevailed
upon a subject on which I assure you I do not mean to
enter, and which I think we have been rightly cautioned
against entering upon on the present occasion, because
it is desirable to avoid all unnecessary difference of opi-
nion where we have so much common matter which we
may pursue. But differences of opinion had existed in
',hit town, and in the whole_ manufacturing districts of
England, With regard to the proper time to allot to labour
in lastories; but whether you fix the number of hours at
twelve, at eleven, at ten, at nine, or at eight, still I think
it would be felt to be desirable to protect these 12,000
female factory workers from the dangers and the
temptations to which. they are more peculiarly exposed;
to provide means for their finding decent and healthy
longings ; to stand in the stead, as it were, in the case
,f the unprotected, of their natural parents and
guardians when they cannot resort to their kindly shel-
ter ; to provide for them when sick the facilities for oh
taining medical attendance and medicines ; to inculcate
upon'them lesSons of forethought and prudence ;_ and
surround them 'as much as possible with the comforts,
the privileges, the sanctities of a home.—(Loud cheers.)
In these items I have endeavoured to. enumerate as far
as I can those benevolent purposes which the promoters
of the scheme which "you, . sir, have brought before us
seem to have had mainly, in view. Amongst the other
recommendations of this .scheme to our approbation, I
think it a point to he specklully commended that it does
'lot Rita at any exclusiveness 'or any sectariatcaiStinc-
dons.--(flear, hear.) Indeed, in a community divided
l)y so much difference of opinion, however desirable in
the abstract I should have thought the objects compre-
hended in this scheme to be, I feel that I could hardly
myself become a party to it, if it built up the wall of
partition among any of those who arc entitled to partake
of its benefits.—(Hear, hear.) With reference to the
)(Tuner object to be held in view, at least one of the
primary objects, the providing of commodious and healthy
lodgings for the unprotected daughters of toil in the fac-
tories, I observe that. the report which was read made
special mention of an association with which I have
been connected in the metropolis of this county, for
providing lodging accommodation for the industrious
classes. I hope this institution will be able to carry their
benificent purpose very generally into. effect ; and it
seems to me that the object of the scheme contemplated
co-day is strictly calculated to fall within the sphere of
;ts operations. lam not at liberty to mention in parti-
cular- terms that any scheme set on foot in this town can
be incorporated with the main association, but I am as-
sured that by consultation together we shall he able to
give.that general assistance to the local scheme which
the- Metropolitan Association is:so well calculated to
bestow. In listening to the observations which you, sir,
have made upon this occasion, I could not help feeling
chat besides the practical experience and the long op-
portunities of . observation which you have enjoyed
luring your residence in this town as a minister of the
Gospel, you also have been, to a considerable degree, in-
spired by the wish to set on foot some such scheme as
this, by the impressions which you received during your
personal visit to the great manufacturing establishment
at L on the continent of America. Now, I can-
not wonder that you received such impressions on that
spot, for I myself, like you, have also been in that
quarter, and I remember writing at the time, so strong
my own impressions were on the subject, that if a
ra-tive of England could feel ashamed or grieved for his
country, it would be when, with the recollection of
what he bad seen in such towns as Leeds and
Bradford, he should stand among the female factory
-
labourers of Lowell.—(Loud cheers.) Now I know
that there are many circumstances to explain to a cer
:ain extent this difference. It is a new country—land is
comparatively of no value—no extent of ground is
grudged for suitable lodging—.accommodation for public
work3—in short, no account is made of space.—(flear,
hear.) • Then the persons who constitute the female
labouring classes are almost' entirely the daughters of
farmers—comfortable farmers, who live over the wide
surfaceof that country, and who merely come to the
manufacturing town for two 07. three years, in order
that by their work during that period they may gain a
sufficient amount of wages to return home ready pro-
vided with a marriage dowry—(Cheers)—and hence it
eappone that the circumstances of their position give
them the motives, while the regulations of the
_place
give them the facilities for orderly, circumspect, and
blameless conduct, by any departure from which they
reel that they would- at once losa..*este in- the estimation
,/f their associates, and that it would operate ruinously
upon the prospects of persons in their4station for the re-
mainder of their lives. But. afters!' the explanation,
amid after all the allowances .of which the case admits,
it mast, I am sure, be . felt by every eye.
witness "who has an opportunity of inspection him-
self that the contrast is not gratifying to
English or to our old world prepossessions.—(Hear,
hear.) But, as wa heard in this very room last
night, there does not seem to be anything in the cha-
racter or constitution of Englishmen which unfits us for
appreciations and just discernment in matters of taste.
thatus to-day, we we
I should be still more sorry to admit that there is any-
thing in the character and composition.of Englishwomen
9 before you
which would unfit them, for decent and virtuous living.
such a pro-
-(Cheers.) All that we say is, give them the facilities,
;rive them the protection, g v= them the safeguards, give
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in a fair way of opening that comparison upon fair
grounds, and of giving it- at least a beginniuo.
wo
,„ in the
A havelau hads ) sketched Abd lotubtibtko
right way, to rescue from danger that portion of our fe-
male working population which is justly entitled to our
sympathy and to our exertions.—(llear.) On this
ac-
count I have been most glad to take a part in the pro-
ceedings of this, day, however short and inadequate that
may be. I think this scheme does honour to those who
;lave set it on foot, and' I heat tdy hope that they nu 3., in
the results which will follow their deliberations and ex-
ertions, and which will follow our meeting this morn-
ing,.find not only the barren credit of the well-intended
purpose, but the solid and lasting satisfaction of the lie_
.annplished good.—( Hear, and loud .applause.,
) And I
would put it to you, when you reflect upon the one
hand on the drawbacks and dan,era which beset
he poor working women and working girls, in the
first place, all the physical and material discomfort of
their position—the sordid li:t!ging—
toe ill ventilated
garret—the over-crowded apartments, anti all the far
more griev • ous moral and spiritual evils with which this
state of things is necessarily connected—the bad 'com-
panionship—the evil associations—the ever-open gin-
'shop—the midnight street—the solicitations
,to guilt—
the easy path to infamy, and, what is still worse than
infamy itself, the mind made indifferent to it, and the
conscience become callous to its shame; and when, be-
sides reflecting upon all this mass of material and moral
evil, you further remember whom those persons are on
whose behalf we hive come forward this day—on
behalf we urge you to save them from such dangers and

such dangerous destinies—that they are the persons wbo,
by themselves, furnish by their daily toil no inc msider-
able portion of the stupendous processes of- our English
manufactures—that they must he the wives ant com-
panions of the great mass of the English workmen—that
they must be the mothers of the coming generations of
those stho are to succeed their fathers in the vrst inhe-
ritance of English labour—,that they, by a -law the ne-;
cessity of which they cannot escape, must stamp the
character and habits of the-rising race-of our coaritr) 's
artisan and labourers ; when they are invated
with. such mighty responsibility, both for good arid
for evil, I trust that you, niy friend,, will not al-
together refuse your assent, your exertions, your
contributions to this unostentatious and.well-ennsPeral
,plan to t.vert as much as possible of the evil which is ac-
tually impending, and to secure as much. as -possible of
the good Which', if you fail us not, may be attainesl. (At
the conclusion of his Lordship's eloquent a tdress lie was
greeted pith hearty applause )
W. Busmni), Eq., M.P., in a few remarks expres-
sive of his decided sympathy in the cause of the roe( ting,
seconded the resolution, which was put and. adopted
unanimously.
The Rev. WALTER SC ITT, President of the Airedlile
College, then moved a resolution embracing. the -plans
suggested by the committee fur carrying out tho objects
of the meeting.' These were-1. The provision of
boarding-houses in different parts of the town, conducted
under economical arrangements, 2-- By the register of.
other.lodging-houses kept -by private parties, and certi7
fled as 'clean am'. well-conducted places- of abOde. 3.
.The establishment of evening sehook for instruction in
general. 4. The organisation of a general sick society
on sound financial principles, and the encouragement:
and facilitation of depositing money in savings' balks.
Subsequently a committee was formed to carry out,
these various ' objects, coisisting of the clergy, dissentidg'
ministers, and the
Jeading gentry of the district. Othet
resolutiOna Were passed . calling upon all clasSes in the
distri6t to. co,(Operate in the movement.' :These rescittk-,
,tions were proposed and seconded by Alfred, ltarris,,
Esq , eL.E.t Fester,. E 4, the Rev. 11. Dawson,
Rand, Esq -the Glyde, the ReV..R. Ingham, she
-Bev. Mr. ;Ryland, William Lydian, 'Esq., and Robert
Baker, Esq. The last-named gentleman, who is the fac-
tory-inspector of the district, pourtrayed in feeling
terms the'apparently 'uncared4or condition of our female
factory operatives, and expressed his cordial approval of
a movement at 'once so necessary and philanthropic as
that which they had now originated.
All the resolutions were passed unanimously, and the
proceedings terminated with a-vote of thanks given by
acclamation to the Rey. Dr. Scoresby.

SPIRIT of .the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
trom TUE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES:-e-The position of the Minister whom 'the
pregress of events, the struggles of party, the workings
of public opinion, and even the vicissitudes of the sky,
have conspired to place at the head of this realm, is one
which a moralist might select to cure the most insatiable
and most daring ambition. In the approaches of a fa-
mine' aggieVeted by a social disorder which centuries
have been nursing, it is his tremendous respontihility to
hold the key of the national store. A few yearse-al-
most a few months—since, it was pointed out to the ad-
miration of England that the manufacturing masses of
Lancashire, deprived of employment, sat down to die in
the sight of warehouses full to overflowing with food..
That was
.a noble spectacle, and it has told. Resigna-
tion has wrought a miracle such as the boldest agitators
did 'not ' venture to expect. Would that either
the case were as simple, the remedy as obvious, the peo-
ple as resigned, in the present instance. An island, a
social state, a race is to be changed. The surface of
the land, its divisions, its culture, its proprietors, its oc-
cupiers, its habitations, its manners, its law, its lan-
guage, and the heart of a people who for two thousand
years have' remained unalterable within the compass of
those mighty changes which have given us European
civilisation,
_are all' to be created anew. That is only
part of the task which a destiny that seems to mock
alike the aspirations of benevolence and of ambition, im-
poses on the Minister of this State. He has not cnly to
feed the people out of an insufficient store, but change
their very nature meantime. Should he fail both to
meet the crisis and improve the opportunity, he will be
reproached not only with the horrors of instant famine,
but with helping to perpetuate a national degradation.
There is a melancholy concurrence in the opinions: of
most Irishnien that five years at least must elapse before
in any pare of Ireland the peasantry will be able to raise
a new species of food. And even this hypothesis is
made on grCeteds 'more favourable than a minute con-
templation of the case warrants us in assuming. Five
years must elapse before even the *more docile and. trac-
table portion 'of the peasantry will be able to cultivate a
new and different species of food, But how long a
period must intervene before the more intractable, the
more impAient, and the more despondent part of
theni habit ate themselves to the idea—mach mere
to the'-stidf-e-of novel and unwonted, egrieultneeT
A. lepgth- eof time-e-greater than We- 'like to .re-
volve in elle mind,—must pass over ere the tillage be.
changed aodahe subsistence of the people created afresh.
What is to.leedone in the interval? Already the com-
plaint is
.that the baronies have overtaxed themselves;
that they.areas,essed is the labour-fund far above their
actual value., -This by itself would be found to he a se,
rious inc:invenienee, were the calamity which it is prep
posed to obviate of a temporary nature. But this is not
so. The most sanguine dare not hope that one year will
bound the sweep and severity of our affliction. The 1.91-
medy, therefore, which applied to the first year's evil
would be inconvenient is, when proposed for the second,
impossible or ruinous. To repeat the process of super-
taxation—to renew the great promissory note to Go-
vernment—would be simply to beggar the landowners
without conferring a permanent benefit on the people,
ore-what is equally important—a pernsanent improve-
ment on the 'land. The landlords would fly from—
whilst their tenants would perish on a soil ex-
hausted by mortgages and crowded with a famished
and reckless population. Frightful as such .a'
state of things -would .be, it is no vague picture
of the -imagination. It is just the very state to
which Ireland must inevitably be reduced, if the sums
now collectede and about to be collected, are flung
away on works:which will add nothing to the national
wealth, and supply nothing to the national want. The
first object of Government, after doing the best, as we
admit Lord Beshorough seems to be doing, for the init•
mediate exigency, should be -to provide against its cer -
tain recurrence ; -to devise means for making the famine
of the next year less oppressive than that of the present,
and that of the following easier than that of the next ;
so that the weight of suffering may be diminished season
by season, enttil Providence has blessed the industry of
the people and the energy of their advisers by new
modes and new fruits of husbandry. This can only be
effected by taking such measures as shall insure the cul-
tivation—the renewed, the general, and the indefatigable
cultivation—either of such grain as may itself feed
the people, or be exported as the medium of procuring
for them a proper food. To' this object the
attention both of Government and of landed
proprietors should be directed. In this, as in every
other emergency which demands vigour of design and
promptness of execution, the plans of the landlord will
be thwarted and his directions contravened by the inex-
tricable perplexities which beset the Irish question.
That we must expect. There will be difficulty beyond
what Englishmen-find-it easy to conceive in inducing the
Irish peasant to till acres for the reception of other crops
than the potato. Will the difficulty be too great for the
landlord to °vete:Menet? Will it be great enough to shift
upon the Government-7- This problem must sooner or
later be solved. Government .has become a large
money-lender. It;may have to 'become so again oven on
a more comprehensive scale. But it hardly appears as
yet thateGovernmeeet has succeeded in getting that
which ordinary ineney-lenders never fail to obtain—
security.. .Suppose the landowners find themselves un-
able to-repay 'wlip,t hats been advance:l them by Par-
liament—and this ).3,450 'extravagant supposition—what
then ? What fq!lie.tly, will the- Government have ?
Nune that we can see ; at least, none that would be
worth a motnent'l.effort, or a farthing's 'outlay. But,
if the money now. advanced by -the Treasury be sacri-
ficed to projects of .lavish but useless expenditure--to
the consstuc.tion of trafficless roads and shipless harbours
—or to the mere equipment of private luxury 'and com-
fort—then Weed will the stewards- of the Imperial
purse have complicated a great temerity with a great in-
justice, by lavishing away loans without a guarantee
either for their discharge, or their safe and profitable in-
vestment. It . has, therefore, been suggested that the
'3overnment should constitute itself a 'mertgagee on a
large scale, and should itself enter on the lands- which it
has relieved by its advances, leaving, of bourse, to the
proprietor his equity of redemption. That such a
scheme should have been thought of for one moment only
proves the desperate_ character of the emergency. No-
thing, in faet, c mid be more contrary to the
genius of a constitutional Government, which- aims
to be an impartial - arbiter between all classes,
and never descends from the council-room to occupy,
the place of Any subordinate vocation. A British
Premier will probably feel as great a scruple to- play
the part of a national landlord as to intrude into
the office of judge. Such a scheme would, in fact, only
b 3 adding new elements of .disorder to a chaos which
already confesses the presence of too many. henceforth
the national landlord, the national tenant, the national
agent, national leases, national processes of distress,
would be added to the dramatis personz that already so
uncomfortably crowd the stage. If so much is now ex-
pected frozn the worth, the ability, and forbearance of
the private landowner, what extravagtrit expectations
would usher in the rein of the national proprietor! But
it is easier to rano objections to such a scheme than to
refute them. 'rho Scriptural character of•the precedent
claims for it at least a decorous reception. But it would
be difficult to tstablish a, parallel between the patient
children of Irani, the Pharaohs, and the Delta of the
Nile, on the one hand, and the Celt, the British Govern-
ment, and the Emerald Isle on the other. We can only
cies§ the scheme with those dreamy projects which,
impracticable as they May be in themselves,like the
mysterious gleams of morning twilight, do at least pre-
pare for great 'changes._ And he must indeed he-blind
who does not see that the present relation' :of rich and
poor in Ireland must precede some great revolution in
the tenure of landed property.
CHRONICLE.—The fate of Sir Robert Peel's eve.r-
memovable'purpose of the Ist of Noveniber is ready one
of the oddest and most 411911141943 mishaps on record in

the obituary of good intentions. Never was there a
more extraordinary instance of the unfortunate casual-
ties to which even a strong man's strongest purposes are
liable 00 ooming in collision with the world of action.
That Sir Bobert,Peol was right when he proposed to his
Cabinet to open the ports to the duty-free admission of
foreign zrain has long since been acknowledged, both by'
the Legislature and by public opinion; with as near an
approach to absolute unanimity as Can ever be expected
in a free countr, whose constitutional liberties include
the privilege of-initidulgeee in all kinds and
degrees of mental eccentricity. He was right in his
data of fact and probability; right in his praetical eon, elusion; right ecoording to precedent; right according to
reason; right aceording to the free- traders; right accord—
ing to the protection'sts right in every concelealk•
'way in which a man can be right•; and now-m•ne than
ever shown to have been right by recent events. Even
the one solitary d frieulty which ste,od in his way--th,•.
rcluat'ince of some of his collo-agues, presunied
'reluctance of Parnell-lent, to accept the evoweel ulteeor-
consequeneee of the proposed move—has been • sutase-
quentry obviated, by the Legislatarta's :formal
atiiin of tha whole scheme of policy which ".open ports"
threatened to be put in peril. Yet someihow, by a. rata-
, lity which, will_look very strange in history, this so pal
pably right and wise purpose has never,- to this Lour'', .
been carried into IF et. Everything 6.lsf! that Sir Itisbert:
Peel recommended for the emergency Ma' Veen
-
hut not this, which was the first;': simplest,' end, rriost
easilyeexecutable• of his recommendations;' tverybody
heartily approved it—and nearly everybody aequieseeii"
in a ." settlement" that was• understind as.tt three years:
adjourntnent of its"eXectitit.m. The Ist •of Novem-
ber is now coming round again—bringing .with it an-
emergency immeasurably more„frightful- than that
of last , year ; .yet last year?* -universally • lip
proved resolution still stands over unperformed..
As• We are a, practical peoples," '‘and `make4)eatensione.to justify our acts or omissions- it the bat Of,.
,pereyeasonfethis singular seitcoetradietiottliars'liit4rte,
•!sat :very lighaffon the natima...Fedilattlett4-1_ („nithoet,
new emergency t reeal our rittention.to.-the,oldxourt-
sels, wo should, -one and all, have resentetVas a piece c,f
fantastic crotchettiness,. any troublesome:. inquiry as re
what has becOme of the only part of the feel poliej
which everybody approve], but which everybody has
allowed to drop into oblivion. The return; however; it
a feirfully aggravated forte, of the caltunitrivltiele last
year, imposed on a reluctant Premier the decision to Ma-
trix the people's food,- has at once given a practical.dia,
racter to a question that Would else have been.too ab
strait for our national tasted. Judging frorn. the promp-
titude with which our first mention of this subject, a few
days since, hasi been responded,to,by several olour Con'
' temporaries, and from what we believe, to be thofeeling
hf the public, we do not believe that the approaching
Ist of November will find us still waiting for the reali
sation of the late Premier's long-dated and almost -for-
gotten intent. That interesting anniversarT will, we
quite hope and expect, be signalised, or anticipated, by
the adoption of the counsels that have given its precle-
cesser a name in history.
lIERALD.—if safety were to be found in a number
of. organs and a multitude of 'counsellors, the preset)!
Government would certainly be beyond the reach of
danger. But in Cabinets, as in culinary concerns: it is
sometimes found that too many cooks seoil the 'broth,
sand that a multitude of counsellors sometimes' darken
knoWledge. It was announced yesterday, in 'the Chro-
nicle, Daily News, and Times, in precisely the semi
words, or nearly so, " that Mr. Justice Erle will go to
the Queen's Bench, and Mr. Vaughan Williams to .the
Common Pleas,'-' though the appointment of. ;he latter
has not yet been gazetted, and-though many well in-
formed persons in the profession still . think that Mr.
David Dundas will be the new puisne judge of the
Queen's Bench. But, notwithstanding the strong inte-
rest of the Dukoof Sutherland, and the general and de.
served popularity of Mr. Dundas as an amiable and ac-
complished gentleman, we believe Lord Cottenham will
insist on the appointment of Mr. Vaughan -Williams,
certainly one of the safest and most• learned
lawyers in Westminster Hall, and the 'greatest leral
writer living, with the exception of Sir Edward Sugden,
'Mr. Sergeant Stephen, and Mr. Starkly. We could
ourselves wish to see the latter gentleman placed in
a position commensurate with his abilities and-attain-
ments as a scientific lawyer; and if he a ere•not above 62
years of age, we should gladly have seen him:elevotee
to the judicial bench. But at that edvanoed period of
life to tax the faculties.of man with laboriou4 and onerous
duties is neither wise nor politic in reference,. to the in:
terests of the state, nor is it quite fair to Alta honest
fame or professional renown of the inaividit:i on Wham
honours,. his earlier due, are too late conferred. That it
Was the intention of Lord Brougham to have made Mr.,
Starkie the very next judge, previously to.hie resignation
of the Great" Seal on the 21st November, 1,E04, is, pretty
well knoWn, and was applauded by 'the Eut,
Mr. Starkie had then scarcely paseed hi 4 firrieth year,:
and trVelve years after the-passing of -tieM4ClimaCe.
Aerie -snake a strange change in. tho' constitution .of
a man Whose hopes have been so sorely Gird severely
crossed. The promise of Lord Brougham; indicatie.,
of his 41,crimination and' perception of. -
Lord -.Lyndhurst—for the honour of, .. the Uni-
-versity to which he belonged, and :of whieh
the ex-Chancellor and the present Downing Pro-.
.fesor,- Mr. Starkie, were both • Luc!) distiegniaerl
a,'umni---ought to have fulfilled : but the laissez
-lassie faire habits of that uncontrollably slothful
and heartless, but eminently and able gifted .man, have
ever prevented him from doing what he ought to have
done for others, or even for himself.' We trust, how-
ever, that model of judges, Lord Cottenhatn,' will see fit,
on the:first vacancy, to remove Mr. Sergeant Stephen.
who has not passed his fifty-seventh year, from Bristol
to-a seat on the judicial bench of the metropolis, and
confer the vacant commissionership of bankrupts -on Mr.
Starkie, one of the greatest of our legal authors, as cer-
• tainly.one of the most scientific of our lawyers. In
America such a man had taken the rank and been ho-
noured.and rewarded as the Dents, the Storys,' and the
Marshalls; and as it is, his name is as well knoWn. and
more appreciated in America than in England. Mr.
Starkie has ever avowed himself a constitutional Whig,
and this ought to be no impediment in his way with so
strong a politician as Lord Cottenham. But wo firmly
believe, apart from fitness, political opinions will -•weigh
not—nor'ought they to weigh—a feather in the scale
To return, however, to the actual vacancy. This night's
Gazette will probably dispel all illusions, and prove, to
the credit of Lord Cottenham, the judicious selection of
Mr. Vaughan Williams.

TROTTING MATCH AGAINST TIME.--A trotting
match against time came off on Tuesday, at Cheltenham,
and excited an unusual interest in the sporting circles.
The affair hat been looked forward to anxiously in eer:
taut quarters for some time past, partly owing to the
known capabilities of the horse which was matched, and
partly owing to the prowess of the backer, Mr. Alexan
der Buirke, of trotting notoriety. The following is the
agreement entered into between Mr. Alexander Burke
and Mr. W. P. liurlstone (of the King's Head Inn):---
"! Mr. Burke backs Mr. Lovesy's black horse (purchased
of Mr. Harris) to trot twelve and three.quarters in 45
minutes, for 501. aside, the Match to come off within six
weeks, on the road leadingC from Cheltenham to Tewkes-
bury. The horse to trot under saddle or,in harness; the
winner,to pay for two doien of wine.". Finally the day
was fixedlor Tuesday, 'Octoher 6, between the hours of
eleven and three. Accordingly,. at,-two o'clock, yester
day, Mr. Burke, attended by 'numerous friends, re-
paired. to the ; Worcester Arms, .Tewkesbury-road, the
place fixed for" the start; -and shortly after that hour he
set off, having chosen to drive the horse in harness in
his light gig. Numerous bets were made pro a cm, AOioe-
chooong the horse, and others backing lime. Tpe-,rozid
`lvai_not in a.very good condition, a great qmpot,ityt.oA,
rain' having fallen during the morning. The. tiorse,:f
seemed, however, in excellent condition, and went ali
the distakee at a " slashing " pace, several of thcse-who
rode along on first-rate horses having been put to their
mettle to keep up (at a gallop) with the trotter. Ur.
Burke went half the distance otit,'then turned and cane
in ag tin; winnjng the match easily in 42 minutes. The
horseeseemed not in the least distressed at the close-a
this splendid performance. Of course there ‘fas a large
concourse of spectators to' witness the exciting scene.-7,-.!
Cheltenham Chronicle.

TUB WHITTINGTON Can.—A very large and
respectable meeting was held last evening, in the Hall of
Commerce,- Threadneedle-street, of those interested in
letting up a club under the above title, the objects of
which were to Make up a literary and scientific club,
somewhat upon the plan of the Manchester Atherimum
and Birmingham Athenic Institute. Mr. Traico having
been "called to the chair, the report of the committee was
read. The proposed terms of subscription were 10
guineas to constitute a life member persons; living within
seven miles of the General Post Office to pay-10s. 6d.
entrance fee, and an annual subscription of 1/. Is.;
ladies, 10s. 6 1. annually, without any entrance feel and
persons living.- beyond :he distance of seven miles to pay
half of the- aboie. The Chairman then addressed the
meeting at cons4lerablc length, upon the nature and;
objects of this institution, upon the usefulness of which
he dwelt for some time, and pointed out how much such
an institution was wanted fur the use of not only the
vast class of persons in the employment of the gigantic
,rehants of the City, but also for• the admis.iion o•,
ladies, whose society in such places they had hitherto,
by absurd coLventionalisms, been deprived of. Some
resolution's-were proposed, foundel upon the report, and
which:were spoken to at some length by the proposers
sod seconders. The committee-and treasurer were then
.appointed, the customary votes of-thanks passed, Lind the
meeting separated. •
THE IRON TRIDE.—BI !WING HA :11", TRUE SDA Y
EVEN'ING.—The quarterly meeting of the iron and coal,
roasters of South StafforiAire, held today at the Town
was
.very numerously attended; There we're pre
sent the princilOs or representatives of nearly all 'die
large houses in the district, and many large buyers. .Thee
g.neral announcefnent .on. all sides was that trade) was
-good, an abundance of orders on ' the books, and a Pros-
pect of daily increase. Under such eircunastanees a,
duction was=out of the question, and tbe.only consider-
ation ivas- wbether there might not be a little
,advance..
Some were disposed for a rise, but it was eventually
settled that no advance upon the 'prices of the
.past
quarter should take place. The .masters will ineet-toi
morrow tat 'Stotirbridge, anti on Saturday at Dudley.
There was not natich business done to- day.