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London, England, 1848-07-13 00:00:00

BELF-PRESERVATION;

A Medical Treatise on the Physiolo:y of Marriage, 'and on the
secret infirmities and di, orders of youth and maturity, usually lie-.
quired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and
men.al powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex-
haust the vital energies of Mantrod ; with practical observations on
the treatment of nervous debility and indigestion, whether aris-
ing from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical
climates ; local and constitutional weakness, syph lis, stricture, and
all diseases and derangements resulting from indiscretion. With
forty coloured engraviNgs, illustratin; the anatomy. physiology, and
diseases of the reproductive organs, explailing their structures, uses,
functions, and the various i juries that are produced in them by
solitary habits, excesses, and infection.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, Bedford-square, London,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Liceniate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Hononary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards,
52, Paternoster Tow ; Hannay, G 3, Oxford-street ; Starie, Tichborne-
street, Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mansell, 115,
Fleet-street ;or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the Author's
residence, who may he consulted on these disorders personally, or by
letter, daily from ten to two, and from five to eight.
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON'.

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DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.-WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON

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Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed
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Stamps,
SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise
on the rhysiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive
Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma-
turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of
tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Intlis-
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the fteproductive Organs,
explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various
Injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
Infection. BY SAMUEL LAWERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.

Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. •
Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order
that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the
veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised,
and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could
it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap-
pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when
used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when
abused. the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury
to the constitutional and vital powers. The
to theparticu Yuman
uexcaen sses, on
the nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate,
are productive of greater severity of miseryframe,
than any other to which it is subject.
This work contains an accurate and complete account of the
Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of
their relative conditions In health and disease. It deservedly
requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can
be of more importance than the preservation of the health
and of the physical capabilities of which every man should
be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy
victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired
in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering
from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap-
plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so
frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are
beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking
for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he
forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the causes of
lisease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva-
riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the
medical man who can show by his possession of the requisite legal
qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes-
sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr.
LA'MEIIT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas
,ertify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is
Marantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost
solely to the treatment of these diseases.
Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards,
52, Paternostet -row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne-
street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet. street ; Gordon, 146,
Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamps,
rom 'the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally
or by letter. daily, from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight at his
37.

SUDDEN DEATH OF RICHARD JONES, —SQ., CLERK
OF THE ROUSE OF COLDIONS.—This venerable gentle-
man, who was, we believ.e, the oldest employe, in a subor-
dinate capacity, of the Hon. House, expired suddenly at
his residee,ce, in Parli ,{went-street, on Monday, at the
advanced age of ei:zhty. Mr. Jones also enjoyed a
lucrative practice as Parliamentary agent, and the ap
pointment which hr.s thus become vacant is in the gift of
the noble new Sergeant-at-Arms, Lord Charles Russell.
THE DISTREriS73D NEEDLEWOINIEN'S SOCIETY.—
Her Majesty the Queen has consented to patronise the
fete to be given to -morrow in aid of this charity at Vaux
avidail Gardens, avid his Royal Highness the Duke of iCam-
bridge, the I )u,chess of Sutherland, and a great many of
the leading riot. aity have shown their sympathy for the
objects of tha it istitution by taking tickets.
CUESTER. A ND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY..--Traffio for
the week eme,l July 8, 1848, 1,0441, 128. 40.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT.
YORK, WEDNESDAY.— According to arrangement,
Professor Johnston delivered a lecture yesterday after-
noon, in the 1)e Grey Rooms, on the application of
science to agriculture. The spacious hall was well filled
with an attentive audience. The chair was filled by
the Earl of Yarborough, President of the society, sup-
ported by the Hon. Robert Clive, M.P., and several
others of the stewards of the show. Among other dis-
tinguished persons we observed Lord Morpeth in the
body of the room.
Professor JOHNSTON occupied an hour and a half with
his lecture, and even then omitted various passages
which he found it impossible to compress within the
space allowed for his observations. It was, indeed, "of
a higher mood " than the lectures usually delivered to a
popular audience, and was rather intended to map out
the achievements that had been won in the domain of
science, and how much yet remained to be accomplished,
Chan to instruct the practical agriculturist in the every-
day duties of his calling. As it was, however, it was
listened to with attention. As it is understood to be
Professor Johnston's intention to publish his essay,
there can be no doubt that his elaborate and closely-
reasoned observations will have their due effect.
The Lecturer commenced his observations by remind-
ing his audience that, while some plants would flourish
only on one soil or one geological formation, yet the
grasses on which herbiverous quadrupeds fed were to be
met with everywhere, and the corn-bearing plants in-
tended for the use of man were to be found on every
geological formation. Was it illogical to perceive in
these striking facts the evidence of design, and that the
Deity intended man and his domesticated races to subdue
and people the whole earth? Further observation re-
vealed the other observations, that, while corn and herb-
age grew equally on all soils, yet there were some on
which, while left to themselves they grew unhealthily,
while they throve richly and luxuriantly when they were
cultivated by human skill. Was it illogical thence to
conclude that the Deity intended that man should live,
not only by the sweat of his brow, but by the efforts of
his intellect—that mental should combine with bodily
labour to make the earth to him the instrument of life?
Yet they could not walk through any rural district
in early spring without being struck by the varying
verdure—that while one field looked sickly and
yellow, another put on its smiling green; and that
this difference was not to he accounted for by variety
of soil or of climate, but only by the difference
of cultivation. Now, how came this to pass ? After
glancing at the obstacles to improved cultivation caused
by the uncertainty of tenure in England and the law of
entail in Scotland, to both of which obstacles he said he
was inclined to attach great weight, he said the great
reason for the difference was the varying amount of in •
formation possessed by the cultivators, and, therefore,
the point to which he wished,chiefly to fix the attention of
the audience was the influence and the power of know-
.

ledge. Defective knowledge he considered as the worst
and most serious of all the obstacles to the progress of
agriculture, and that which they should work the hard
est to take out of the way. This matter was to be
looked at in two lights ; first, as regarded the ignorance
of individuals ; and, ❑ext, as it regarded the amount of
what was known compared with what was yet to be
discovered. The amount of knowledge regarding this
subject which was to be bound in books was now, fortu-
nately, in the possession of many farmers, and it ought,
as much as possible, to be further diffused. It was a
fund for the common good ; and landlord and tenant,

manufacturer and agriculturist, were equally in-
volved in its general diffusion, although, he regretted
to say, that colleges and schools, professors and
schoolmasters, were yet scarcely employed here in Eng-
land for this important purpose. But he wished chiefly
to confine the attention of this meeting to the two as-
pects of the question—the defective knowledge in the
community at large. In considering this subject, there
were three distinct questions which naturally arose to
their minds. The first was, what had been the progress,
in amount and kind, of scientific agriculture among
themselves during the last ten years? secondly, what
was the present actual condition of their knowledge? and
thirdly, what was now specially to be done still further
to help forward its advance? As to the first question,
were they to judge of it merely from thecharacter of the
agricultural literature that had grown up among them
during the last ten years, they would be inclined to rate
it very highly. At the beginning of that period science
was especially directed to the application of chemistry
to agriculture. This was now completely altered,
and there was scarcely a newspaper in the country
which had not its corner for experiments of this nature.
Yet this difference was more apparent than real. There
were, to be sure, a great number of experiments now
made with a view to test various theories, yet these ex-
periments were, four-fifths of them, rendered nearly va-

lueless from want of attention to the circumstances
under which they were made, particularly with reference
to the want of precision in the weight and measure of
the seed and the crops. the soil, and the ffeolonieal c
rnatiou of the field, &c. As an instance of the falla-
cious results that might be drawn from experiments
made with and without a certain manure in the same
field, unless it was first ascertained that all parts of
the same field were naturally of the sumo degree of
fertility, he mentioned various instances in Aberdeen-
shire and Renfrewshire, where experiments had been
made in different parts of the same field, and it was
found that while one portion yielded, without the ap-
plication of any manure, 381 stones of hay, another
portion, also without manure, yielded only 281 stones.
At the same time be did not mean to say that these ex-
periments had done no good, for it was something to
have called into existence a new school of thoughtful
experimenters. Even to abstract science, these experi-
ments were not without their uses, for they helped for-
ward the subject, and in all great undertakings in
science they must be content to fail many times before
tart.
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netf
they could acquire experience. Under the second head
he noticed the manufacture of artificial manures, as
especially marking the advance of scientific agriculture
and the positicn it at present occupied. Ott this point
he said he could not refrain from reprobating the unfair
advantages which were taken of English farmers by
beingi
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he did not think that practical men were honour-
ablealtogether
without without blame in this matter while they sought after
cheapness rather than quality. To show them how this
operated he would take the case of bones dissolved in
sulphuric acid. Suppose the price of hones was 5/. per
ton, and of the acid 9/. per ton, the quantity of acid re-
quired to dissolve a ton of bones would amount to 1/.,
which would give 61. alone as the cost of the raw mate-
rial. Add 11. for the labour required, and they would
Spaldingpai
d rteora
find that 71. would be the price of a ton of this manure,
without allowing a farthing for the profit of the commis-
sion agent, for the interest on capital, for carriage, &c.
They would judge from this whether the manufacturers,
who professed to sell the manure at 71., were honourable
and fair dealers or not. One sure ;check to this would
be found in the diffusion of such an amount of scientific
knowledge as would enable farmers to detect the fraud;
and, better still, for farmers to make the preparation
themselves, and he did not despair of seeing
this become universal, when he found that in
than .lsulphuricone
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experiments.
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made by the practical farmer, he thoaght they mu
henceforth look chiefly to experiments made under the.
ion that had yet been
to do this;
made for this. Model farms might be made
immemhtre,dri.ateAenydehoef
kthneewskniollepdrearnisd professional expel's-
subject than to suggest plans of his own, he would
but as his object was rather to incite others to takeuiudp
not
et
pursue that subject further. Another point, he thought
was to train a race of honourable and conscientious manu-
facturers
ofthe farmer,
of artificial
and
restore manures,
his whichs h
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pocket'
in these substances. A third point was to combine ana-
lytical researches with field experiments, in order to
enhance the value of both. Great results might be pro-
duced from having a laboratory and a small garden
connected together. There were many questions on
which little yet was known that might be illustrated by
this mode of questioning nature. In illustration of
these, he glanced at the influence of nitrogen on the
growing plant, the effect of light upon vegetation, the
influence of those small zoophytes which are to be found
in all stagnant waters, and a variety of other questions,
which its an eloquent and touching peroration he la-
mented his own inability to overtake, confining his posi-
tion to one meditating on the shores of an unknown sea,
and beholding far off the headlands of other islands
looming hazy in the distance, which he must never ex-
plore. But it was better and higher that while he did
not cease to labour himself, yet that he should point the
way to others also to attain that which he could not
reach—to incite the young; and ardent spirits around
him to farther explorations in the domain of science, and
to stimulate the exertions of philosophers in other coun-
tries as well as in our own.
At the conclusion of this lecture, of which the above
is merely an outline, the thanks of the meeting were, on
the motion of the Noble Chairsnan, cordially given to
Professor Johnston, after which the meeting separated.
From an early hour this morning the town presented
a lively and bustling appearance, in expectation of the
arrival of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the
influx of strangers from all parts of the country was
such as is usually seen in other shows only on the last
two o'clock, and
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soonaft e i
n the
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ancient w ho
city w about
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movingnal e
elegancearos s now
assembled the
an early hour as far
wOiutsheatofewwiftrnieesasdsh,isarrival. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson,
proceeded

as Rugby to welcome the Prince Consort upon hi
arrival on the Midland line, and to accompany him
on his journey, and his advance to every station was
telegraphed to York, so that the citizens were kept duly
informed of the progress of the special train by which he
was to arrive. The ground at the station was occupied
by a troop of the Royal Dragoons, and a company of
the 52d Infantry, under the command of General Thorne,
commanding the York and Leeds military district.. The
corporation of the city and the council of the Royal
Agricultural Society, headed by the Earl of Yarborough,
the president, and attended by Mr. Hudson, the secre-
tary, were also on the platform. The special train ar-
rived about twenty minutes to three, when his Royal
Highness stepped out upon the platform, welcomed by
the enthusiastic cheering of the crowd that had .
as-
sembled. The Prince was received by the Earl of
Yarborough and the council of the society. Lord
Yarborough afterwards introduced to him the Right Hon.
Mr. Richardson, the Lord Mayor, and ithe other mem-
bers of the corporation. After which his Royal High-
ness and his suite entered one of the royal carriages,
which had been brought down to await his arrival, and
proceeded slowly across the Ouse bridge, and through
the streets of the ancient city to the Judges' Chambers,
which had been fitted up for him during his residence
here. His appearance everywhere has been hailed with
bursts of loyal feeling from all classes of the population.
Cannon was fired from Old Clifford's Tower in the
Castle, flags were waving in every direction, and every-
thing that loyalty could do consistent with his Royal
Highness's aversion for display, was indulged in to
evince the delight which the inhabitants of York felt
on receiving within their ancient walls the Consort of
the Sovereign. At this moment, on the eve of the
departure of the express train, the Lord Mayor is attend-
ing upon his Royal Highness at the Judges' Chambers,
to present him with a loyal and dutiful address on the
occasion. His Royal
Highness will immediately pro-
ceed to the show-yard, to inspect the cattle to-night;
he will also attend the Council dinner in the evening,
and early to-morrow morning his Royal Highness will
again attend the show-yard before the public are ad-
mitted, in order to have an opportunity of uninter-
ruptedly inspecting the implements.
glnsno ltumffafiopwll
Ilkaee.mrdd
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raseLdetnti t yesterday, was
The prize for the best steam thrashing machine,
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a
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reni cedl huahsi was
umanr
diffi-
culty in making up their minds among
,ntththtnehene:uawtnrmeielooalu-srkst well-known
peting implements, and this may be taken as a satisfac-
xn.
tory evidence of the advance of mechanical science in
this particular direction, as on all former occasions, Mr.
Garrett carried off his prize without a competitor.

LIST OF COMPANY.
It will be easily understood that it is quite impossible
-or us to give anything like a full list of the vast and
distinguished company of visitors to York to attend this
meeting. We have, however, been enabled to collect
the following, which will convey an idea of the brilliant
character of the meeting in point of rank, if not as
regards numbers, which latter feature almost every one
is aware was never surpassed on any former occasion:—
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the
Marquis of Abercorn (Groom of the Stole), the Hon.
Colonel Phipps (Treasurer to his Royal Highness), and
the Hon. Colonel Seymour (Equery in Waiting); his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by
Baron Knesebeck; his Royal Highness Prince George
of Cambridge.
His Grace the Duke of Richmond, his Grace the Duke
of Buckingham.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Downshire.
The Earl of Yarborough (President of the Society),
the Earl of Chichester (President Elect), the Earl of
Delawarr, the Earl of Lonsdale. the Earl of Leicester,
the Earl of Egmont, the Earl of Sheffield, the Earl of
Zetland, the Earl of Powis, the Earl Fitawilliam, the
Earl of Stradbroke, the Earl of Liverpool.
Lord 'Portman, Lord Southampton, Lord Morpeth,
Lord Wenlock, Lord Feversham, Lord Wharncliffe Lord
Ingestre, Lord G. Bentinck, Lord Beaumont, Lord
Hatherton, Lord Talbot, Lord Braybrooke, Lord Water-
park.
His Grace the Archbishop of York, the Very Rev. the
Dean of York, the Rev. Canon Johnstone.
Chevalier Bunsen.

The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, M.P., the Hon.
0. Duncombe, M.P., the Hon. Captain Dudley Pelham,
H.N., the Hon. Captain Henry Howard, the Hon. E.
Bancroft (American Minister), the Hon. Captain Dun-
combe, M.P., the Hon. Robert Henry Clive, M.P., the
Hon. B. R. Lawley.
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P., Sir John P.
Boileau, Bart., Sir Francis Lawley, Bart., Sir Charles
Lemon, Bart., M.P., Sir Robert Price, Bart., Sir William
Milner, Bart., Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., Sir J ,
V. B. Johnstone, Bart., M.P.

The Lord Mayor of York, the High Sheriff of York-
shire, the City Sheriff, Robert myth Harvey, Esq., C.
llillyard, Esq., William Fisher Hobbs, &q., John Eve-
lyn Denison, Esq., E. S. Cayley, Esq , M.P., Stephen
Granthaml Esq., William Bramston, &q., M.P., George
Hudson, Eeq.. m.P., Humphrey Brandreth, Esq., JON)
IValbanke Childers, Esq., M.P., John George Smyth,
Esq., M.P., John Bell Compton, Esq., John Ellman,
Esq., Anthony Hamond, Esq., Colonel Austen, W. M.
Esq., M.P., William Henry Hyett, Esq.,
P:Milner,Richardilwood, Esq., Professor Sewell, Professor
Johnston, Professor Low, Professor Simonds, Samuel
Jonas, Esq., John B. Lawes, Esq., Philip Pusey, Esq.,
ALP., Capt. Henry Carr, William Shaw, Esq., George
Turner, Esq., Jonas Webb, Esq., Thomas Raymond
Barker, Esq., Charles Barnett, Esq., William Shaw,
jun., Esq., Robert Aglionby Slaney, Esq., M.P., Samuel
Bennett, Esq., John Booth, Esq., W. R. Crompton
Stansfield, Esq., M.P., Henry Wilson, Esq., John Vil-
liers Shelley, Esq., John Kinder, Esq., Colonel Chal-
loner, John Hudson, Esq., Colonel Croft, George Legard,
H. S. Thompson, Esq. (Moat Hall), H. S. Thompson,
Esq. (Fairfield). R. F. Shawe, Esq., Major Walker,
Ralph Creyke, Esq., C. Howard, Esq., late Secretary,
and M. M. Milburne, Esq.,
shire Agricultural Society, B. Agar, Esq., J. J. Mechi,
Esq., Randall Hatleild, Esq., T. Bates, Esq., W. Maule-
verer, Esq., J. S. Crompton, Esq., J. T. Wharton, Esq.,
Joseph Barrett, Esq. present Secretary of the York.
" TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.
"May it please your Royal Highness,—We, the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation of the city of York,
on behalf of ourselves and our fellow•citizens, beg leave
to express to your Royal Highness our heartfelt pleasure
and gratification on Icing allowed to present to your
Royal Highness the assurance of our unabated regard
and attachment.

"The numerous virtues which adorn the character of
your Royal Highness, and which have been so eminently
conspicuous since your happy union with our most gra-
cious and beloved Queen, command our sincere respect
and admiration.

" We are truly grateful for the distinguished honour
conferred upon us by this, the first visit of your Royal
Highness to the ancient and loyal city of York, and we
most respectfully offer our cordial wishes that your
Royal Highness and our gracious and beloved
Queen may long continue in the enjoyment of ,un-
interrupted health and domestic happiness.
" Given under our common seal this 12th day of July,
1838."

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S REPLY.
"I have to thank you for your dutiful address, and to
assure you of the pleasure which I feel in visiting the
ancient and important city of York, with which so many
historical associations are connected, and the gratifi-
cation I havo experienced from the reception I have
met with."

SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION

OF COLONIZATION.

A public meeting of the friends of this society, Which
was established last winter, for the purpose of assisting
with loans and otherwise, persons desirous of emigrating
to the British colonies; of collecting and diffusing in_
formation respecting our foreign settlements, and of
establishing corresponding associations at home and
abroad, was held at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Tues-
day. On the platform were the Earl of Harrowby (in
the chair), Lord Monteagle,
AP Lord Farnham, Hon. A.
M.P., &c.
Kinnard, Hon. M. Scott, Taney, Esq,,
The CHAIRMAN said that with respect to the subject
of colonization he felt called on to make a few observa-
tions. It was impossible for an person who looked at
~ Thomas
the present state of the British islands, or the magnifi-
cent extent over which British sway was exercised, with
out feeling how desirable it would be to bring the extre-
mitieslonizati of their dominions together. The population in
this country was increasing at the rate of one thousand
souls a day; and when they considered the fluctuations
to which their commerce was exposed, it was
on, and those who
also impossible not to feel how desirable it was
to have a field afforded for the profitable exertions of
that portion of their population who could not find em-
ployment at home. Hitherto statesmen had shrunk
when in office, in consequence of the multi-
from the task of promoting co .
their business. Government in this country
had advocated it in the Senate displayed an apathy re-
subject
• d in fact, to have a forced on their atten-
tionrequire ,
before they could entertain it, and it was the duty
of those favourable to colonization to put the subject iii
the category of those questions
,r which were too impor-
tant to be thrown aside. Tb
nd theiruntryraen were pecu-
liarly fitted for colonists, a qualifications in that
sp
pl
iecci ttiyn itgo
f .
Colonization with them was stripped of its
respect in America were celebrated by Volney forty
years ago.
ever he went, some friend or _e
terrors, for the English emigrant was sure to find, wher-
rlative. He thought the
society was founded on a good principle, and it it suc-
ceeded in the first instance, that it would be self-sup-
porting.
The SECRETARY read a list of the Committee, con-
taining the names of the lion. Mr. Scott, M.P. (the
Chairman), Lord Courtenay, Lord Farnham, L. Hodges,
Esq., C. B. Adderley, Esq., M.P., E. L. Boyd, Esq., &c.
Lord ASHLEY moved the first resolution—" That
colonization more systematic than at present is essential
to restore the balance of labour at home and in our co-
lonies, and to develop fully the resources of the empire."
The Noble Lord said be trusted that the question of
colonisation would be taken up by the working classes,
and that they would originate and maintain a regular
system of emigration to her Majesty's possessions.
Mr. MILLS seconded the resolution, and bore testi-
mony to the successful practical working of colonization
in North America. The population of this country was