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N°.18,395.] LONDON, SATURDAY E ,„
7 SEPTEMBER 61 1851.

OVERL AND ROUTE.
LONDON to MARSAILLES In Forty-nine Hours

First-class through Tickets for the whole journey, 61.
The Railway from Paris to Chalons being now completed, the
journey from London to Marsailles is accomptisbed in 49 hours, via
the SOUTII EASTERN RAILWAY, leaving London at 8 30 every
night, and arriving at Marseilles at 9 30 on the evening of the se-
cond day.
The throu;ll Tickets are available by any train, and any of the
steamers between Folkestone and Poulogce, and Dover and Calais.

"IpLIE ELEVEN HOURS ROUTE to PARIS,
IL with only Two Hours Sea, is by the SOUTH-EASTERN
RAILWAY, via Folkestone or Dover.
DOUBLE SPECIAL EXPRESS SERVICE DAILY.
A SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAIN haves tie Loadoa-bridle Ter-
minus EVERY MORNING and EVERY EVENiNG, reaching Paris
in 11 hours.
Return Tickets, London to Paris and back, available until the
31st October.
Tho MTh=flT MAIL. TRAIN, via Dover, leaves the London-
bri lae Terminus It 8.30 p.m., reaching Pa "is at 9 o'clock the follow-
ing morning, and Brussels at half-past 9.
Through tickets from London to Marseires can now he had, First-
class 61., available by any train and any of the steamers between
Folkestone aid Boulogne, and Dover and Calais.

LONDON. and NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
MARCUS'S CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS from London to
Edinburgh or Glasgow and Back, 375. Cd. ; Dublin, 425.; Bangor,
235.; Conway, 27s ; Liverpool or Manchester, 21s. ; Huddersfield,
255. ; Shrewsbury, 201. ; Maccle,field, 20%; Stafford, 155.; Bir-
mingham, 12s. EncloSed Carriages.
Special Express Trains are appointed to leave the Euston-square
Station, London, on the Mornings of Monday, September 8 and 15,
and Wednesday, 17, at a Quarter before Six each morning.
Tickets, Bills, and every information may be had only of Mr. 11.
R. Marcus, Manager and Conductor of Excursion Trains to the Lon-
don and North-Western Railway Comp ,ny, at his ()dices. '23%,
Crosby-hall Chambers, Bishopsgate•street Within ; and at the Ex-
cursion Train Office, I-Alston-square station, London.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
MARCUS'S CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS from London to
Edinburgh or Glasgow and Back, for 375. 6d., direct, without change
of carriage, on Monday, September 8 and 15, and. Wednesday, Sep-
tember 17, at a Quarter before Six o'clock each Morning, from the
Euston-square Station.
Passengers by these Trains can return from Edinburgh or Glasgow
any Tuesday or Friday Evening at Eight o'clock within 28 days from
the date of their departure from London.
Tickets, Bills, and every information can be obtained of Mr. H. R.
Marcus, Manager and Conductor of Excursion Trains on the London
and North-Western Railway, at his offices, Crosby-hall Chambers,
Rshopsg,ate-street Within ; and at the Lxcursion Train Office, Eus-
ton-square Station, London.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS TO OXFORD, BATH,
BRISTOL, AND CLIFTON.
A Train will leave Paddington on SATURDAY, September 6, at
Six o'clock for Oxford, returning from thence on Monday Morning,
September 8, at Half•past Eight o'clock.
Fares there and back.
First Class •• 6s. I Closed Carriages.. 3s. 6d.
No luggage allowed exceeding a carp,t-bag.
On SUNDAY, September 7, a Train will leave Paddington at a
Quarter before Eight o'clock in the Morning, for Bath and Bristol,
returning the same evening from Bristol at 6 30, and Bath at 7
o'clock.
FARES. let Closed
Class. Carriages.
To Bath and Back .• .......• -• • • .... 9s. Od. .• ss. CM
To Bristol and Back •• .. • • • • •• •• 10s. Od. 6s. Od.
Tickets for the last-mentioned Train may be obtained previously
at the Paddington Station; 27, King-street, Cheapside, and 449,
West Strand.
Passengers having luggage will only be conveyed at the ordinary
fares.

GREA'f NORTHERN RAILWAY!
DONCASTER RACES.
The following Special Express Trains, with First and Second-cltuis
Passengers, will run between LONDON and DONCASTER, oa
MONDAY, the 15th, from King's-cross, at 11 30 o'clock Morning,
arriving at Doncaster at 4 30 o'clock Afternoon ; on Tuesday, the
16th, Wednesday, the 17th (St. Leger Day), and Friday, the 19th
(Cup Day), at 7 o'clock Morning, arriving at Twelve o'clock Noon.
Fr, m Doncaster on Wednesday and Friday Evenings an hour after
the last race. On Saturday at 11 o'clock Morning.
Fares to Doncaster and Back :
First Class. Second Class.
465. 31s.
Tickets not transferable. Parties taking these tickets can return
by any train from Doncaster (except the regular Edinburgh Express
Train), on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, or by the
Special Train at 11 o'clock on Saturday Morning.
Race horses can be sent on any week day by tnins leaving King's-
cross at 7 or 11 o'clock Morning, or 5 o'clock Afternoon, and on Sun-
day, at 7 o'clock Morning. By order,
SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager.
King's-cross, September 4, 1851.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the next ORDINARY HALF-
YEARLY GEERAL MEETING of the Chester and Holyhead
Railway Company will be held at the Euston Station, London, on
THURSDAY, the 11th day of September, 1851, at One o'clock pre-
cisely.
Dated this 22d day of August, 18
S5l.
. MORTON PETO, Chairman.
EDWARD BROOKS, Secretary.

Euston Station, London.
The Books kept for the Registration of Transfers will be Closed
from Monday, the let, until Thursday, the 11th day of September
next, both days inclusive.

0 HESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that an EXTRAORDINARY GENE-
RAL MEETING of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company
will be held at the Euston Station, London, on TIIIIEsDAY, the 11th
day of September, 1851, immediately after the termination of the
business of the Ordinary Half early General Meeting, appointed to
be held at One o'clock on the same day, and such meeting is specially
convened for the following purposes - that is to say, •
To reconsider the terms and conditions of the resolution of the Ge-
neral Meeting of the 18th March, 1851, as to additional capital and
Preferential Shares ; and if deemed expedient, to vary or rescind
such resolution, or any part thereof, and to create other shares In
lieu of those thereby created, and to make any arrangements with
holders of such shares for effecting the purposes above mentioned.
To consider and authorise the making a contract with the Bangor
and Carnarvon Railway Company for working and using their rail-
way, and the maintenance end repair thereof, and as to the traffic
passing along the same and the Chester and Holyhead Railway.
Dated this 25th day of August, 1851.
S. MORTON PETO, Chairman.
EDWARD BROOKS, Secretary.
Euston Station, London.

With numerous Illustrations, 2s. 6d. each, in cloth,
USEFUL ARTS employed in the Construction
of Dwelling Houses.
USEFUL ARTS employed in the Production of Food.
USEFUL ARTS employed in the Production of Clothing.
London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand.

ALL SOP P'S EAST INDIA PALE and
other BURTON ALES.
The public is respectfully informed that these favourite AlesTmay
be had Genuine, in Casks of 18 Gallons and u twards, at their respec-
tive Stores as under, where also a List of the Bottlers may be ob-
tained :
The Brewery, Burton-on-Trent.
Stores, 61, King William-street, City, London.
Cook-street, Liverpool.
Hige street, Birmingham.
The Exchange, Manchester.
33, Virginia-street, Gla,gow.

REFORM OF THE BOARD OF CUSTOMS. •
This day, 180 pp. for One Shilling, or post free on receipt of IS
Queen's Heads,
DIGEST of the PROCEEDINGS and RE-
PORTS of the COMMITTEE of LONDON MERCHANTS
for REFORM of the BOARD of CUSTOMS, including a classified
selection from one hundred and thirty-five cases published in the first
twelve Reports, with copious extracts from the opinions of the press.
Effingham Wilson, Publisher. 11, Royal Exchange.

MECHI'S DESKS, WORK-BOXES, and
TEA-CHESTS, 4, Leadenhall.strect, London, combine all
that is superb and cheap, with the most approved patterns, Invented
by himself, manufactured on his own premises, where may be seen
some of the richest specimens in the world of Papier Mache Goods,
Dressing-cases, Bagatelle-tables, Ivory Chess-man and Chess-boards,
rich Card-cases, Tablets, and, in fact, everything for the work-table
au' dressing-toilet, displayed in a style of elegance not surpassed 'by
any in this kingdom. Mechi is the sole and original inventor of the
Castellated Tooth-brushes, Magic Strcp and Paste, the Peculiar Steel
Razor, the Cushioned Bagatelle-tables, and various Improvements in
Portable Desks and Dressing-cases combined.

The GREAT EXHIBITION and the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC

INSTITUTION.

kll the most interesting Deposits at the Great Exhibition will, in

turn, be lectured on at the
OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
aj The present Lectures are on the Chemistry of the Minerals
at the Great Exhibition, including the precious Gems, Crystalisa-
tions, &c., by J. 11. Pepper, Esq. - Popular Lecture by Dr Bachhoffner
on the recent To:al Eclipse of the Sun, with splendid Diagrams, show-
ng the appearances which actually occurred on the line of Totality.
—The Rotation of the Earth, exhibited by Foucault's Experiments.
—The great economy of Cooking by Gas explained.—A Lecture on
the History of the Harp, by Frederick Chatterton, Esq., with Vocal
illustrations.—Two Series of splendid Dissolving Views.—Diver and
Living Bell, Br,c.
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.
Open daily from Half-past Ten to Five, and every Evening from
seven till Half-past Ten.

THE SHEFFIELD CUTLERS' FEAST.
SHEFFIELD, SEPT. s.—Yesterday the Master
Cutler elect, Mr. William Webster, entered upon his
year of office, and in accordance with the usual cus-
tom gave an entertainment to the principal members
of the ancient Corporation of Cutlers, several of the
gentry of the county, and a number of his personal
fro leis. In the morning the Master Cutler, accom-
panied by the officials of the corporation, attended
Divine service at the parish church, and was after-
ards duly sworn in before the magistrates at the
Town-hall. The banquet took place in the evening
at the Cutlers'-hall, which was appropriately deco.
rated for the occasion. The Master Cutler presided,
and was supported on his right by Lord Wharncliffe,
Sir T. White, and Mr. Denison, M.P., and on his left
by the Hon. Mr. Wortley, Mr. Parker, M.P., the
Mayor of Sheffield, and the Rev. T. Sale, vicar of
Sheffield. Mr. Reebuck, M.P., who did not arrive
until after the dinner had commenced, was seated op-
posite the Master Cutler at the cross table. About
200 guests were present at the entertainment, which
was of a most sumptuous description.
After the cloth had been removed "Non nobis
Domino" was sung by a corps of glee-singers, and
the usual loyal toasts were proposed by the Master
Cutler, and were received with due honour. The
healths of the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Devon-
shire, Earl Fitz william, and the Earl of Effingham,
were then drunk in succession.
The MASTER CUTLER next gave, " Lord Wharn-
cliffe and the House of Peers."
Lord WHARNCLIFFE, in acknowledging the toast,
said tent although he bad beer. riresent on many pre-
vious occasions of a similar kind, he had never met
them with more satisfaction than he felt on that occa-
sion. They had assembled in that hall in much less
cheerful times, when a gloom hung over the commu-
nity, and when even the most sanguine were in some
degree dispirited at the prospects of the material
interests of the town.—(Hear.) He was not going
to tell them that they were now prosperous. He had
lived long enough to know that Englishmen did not
like to be told they were flourishing—(A laugh)—
indeed, to tell them so seemed a denial of that inesti-
mable birthright of the enjoyment of which every
Englishman boasted—the privilege of grumbling.—
(Laughter.) He would not, therefore, tell them that
they were prosperous, but he might venture to say
that they met under fewer conditions of discourage-
ment than upon many previous occasions. Into the
causes of that happy change he would not now enter.
Many reasons for it had been assigned, and probably
many of those present would differ in opinion as to
the origin of the change which had taken place. This,
however, he might venture to say without trespassing
beyond the neutrality which was observed at such
meetings, that at any rate the revival of the trade of
Sheffield was a proof that the cunning of its artisans
was net lessened, and that their energy and
skill had still the means of commanding a market.—
(Hear, hear.) He never entertained much doubt upon
that point, and he took the present aspect of affairs to
be confirmation of his better hopes. But their atten-
tion had this year been turned to a point of more than
ordinary interest. Among the many recollections
they would all entertain of this remarkable year—a
year which might be called the jubilee of arts and
manufacturing industry—there was none which he
should cherish with greater satisfaction than the fact
that he had been thought worthy of selection to pre-
side over the jury to which was specially committed
that department of the Great Exhibition, which com-
prised the productions of the particular trade over
which that corporation was set. When it was first
proposed to him that he should take that position he
had some hesitation in accepting it. He felt that al-
though he lived in the neighbourhood of that manu-
facture, and had all his life heard much of it, and
looked upon it with particular interest, he had no pe-
culiar knowledge of its details, and that for him to
offer an opinion upon the comparative merits of ar-
ticles produced by the artisans and manufacturers of
Sheffield might be regarded as an act of unpardon-
able presumption. He was told, however, that he
would have efficient and well qualified colleagues, and
he was asked to work with them. He then consented
to act, and he might venture to say, without reveal-
ing those secrets of the jury which he was bound
to keep within his own breast, that he was satisfied,
and he was sure every man who knew anything of the
matter must also be satisfied, that the portion of the
great display furnished by Sheffield fully sustained
the reputation of that town.—(Hear, hear.) That
portion of the products of Sheffield with which the
corporation over which their Chairman presided was
peculiarly concerned proved beyond doubt that there
was no lack of that skill and perfection which had
marked the productions of the town in former years.
While he said this, however, he must add, that in
looking over the articles collected in other parts of
that singular building to which he had referred, he
observed that they were not without formidable com-
petitors.—(Hear, hear.) This was not to be won-
dered at. In other days, when the continent and the
rest of the world were engaged more or less in con-
tinual conflicts, and men were deterred from investing
their capital in, and applying their industry to, peace-
ful pursuits, it was natural that the manufacturers
of
England should monopolize the demand. When this
state of things ceased, the result was that their
neighbours in other parts of the world, when they
were set free from the impediments by which they
had previously been harassed, devoted their attention
to like pursuits with themselves, and the consequence
was that English manufacturers had now to contend
with some very formidable rivals. No one
could look at France, the Zollverein States
of Germany, Belgium, or the United States,
without seeing that those countries had made
a most material progress in their manufac-
tures, and that in some cases they rivalled—if they
did not even surpass—the original productions of that
town. He confessed, however, that the fact caused
him no sort of discomfort.—(Hear, hear.) He could
not doubt that they had knowledge and skill and re-
sources sufficient to enable them to maintain their
position, if they only conducted their operations with
prudence and .energy, and he would add also with
honour. Ile believed no trade of any description
could be expected to flourish or attain its ends, if it
was not supported by prudence and energy, and also
if those engaged in it did not conduct it with honour
and justice.—(Hear, hear.) If, however, these con-
ditions were observed, he saw enough in the Exhibi-
tion to satisfy him that the manufacturers of Sheffield
were still able to maintain that high reputation which
they had hitherto always possessed in their own line.
In spite of the many opportunities which might be
afforded in other parts of the world for the improve-
ment of such arts, they had in this neighbourhood
peculiar facilities with regard to the particular
branch of industry in which they were chiefly engaged.
They had ample command of those minerals
he which
were essential to their industry ; they ad tra-
ditional skill and ability of their artisans; they had
that name and reputation which had been so justly
attained by the manufacturers of Sheffield ; but they
had still another and greater advantage than these—
they had hitherto enjoyed a stable and well-
ordered form of government.—(Hear, hear.) They
might depend upon it that no business could prosper
unless complete and full security was given for the
employment of capital in industry. He thought they
were now in a position to confirm all he could have
anticipated of the success of their manufactures, and
he trusted that hereafter they might see, as a result of
the generous rivalry which had been excited by the
singular and memorable events of this year, a still
higher and steadier approach to perfection on the part
of British manufacturers.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
The Mayor of SHEFFIELD then gave " The Members
of the Royal Commission of the Exhibition of Indus-
try of all Nations,' which was briefly acknowledged by
Captain OwEN, who stated that illness or unavoid-
able engagements had unfortunately prevented the
members of the Executive Committee, who had re-
ceived invitations, from being present.
Mr. ATKINS asked permission to read a letter re-
ceived from Lord Canning, chairman of the Chair-
men of Juries, to whom an invitation had been for-
warded by the Master Cutler. The letter expressed
his Lordship's regret that he was unable to avail him-
self of the invitation, the more especially as he would
have been glad to seize any opportunity in his power
of bearing testimony to the energy, skill, and indus-
try which had marked the part borne by Sheffield in
the Great Exhibition.—(Cheers.)
Mr. J. J. SMITH proposed " The health of Sir T.
White," which was received with great cordiality.
Sir T. WiIITE, in returning thanks, said he consi-
dered that the town of Sheffield held a very creditable
position at the Great Exhibition. When they were
children they had read of the Temple of Solomon, but
he must say he thought that temple was surpassed by
the Crystal Palace.—(Laughter and cheers.) When
they looked at the immense value of the property
forwarded to this country by other nations, he thought
they must take it as the greatest compliment that
could have been paid them.—(Hear, hear.) He would
venture to say, if the Exhibition had been in any
other country, the chances were 10,000 to 1 that, long
before this, the building would have been pulled down,
and that everything in it would have been demolished
or carried off.—(llear• and a laugh.) Ile bad .been
informed that the Duke of Wellington had been
treated in a very complimentary manner by the
French exhibitors. Some of them were unpacking

two small figures, one of Napoleon, the other of the
Duke of Wellington. The Duke happened to be
passing, and smiled when he recognised the represen-
tation of himself. The Frenchmen, when they were
aware of his presence, all took off their hats with one
exception, and that man was told to return to France.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE having proposed " The health
of the Master Cutler" in complimentary terms,
The MASTER CUTLER returned thanks, and ex-
pressed a hope that at the expiration of his period of
office his brother cutlers and friends would have no
occasion to regret the confidence which had been re-
posed in him.
Mr. W. F. Duos gave " The Vicar and Clergy
of Sheffield."

The VICAR, in acknowledging the toast, observed
the, in his opinion, the prosperity of the town de-
pended very materially upon the harmony which ex-
isted between the various classes of the inhabitants;
and it would be his object, and that he was sure of
his brother clergymen, to labour to produce and pro-
mote such harmony.
Mr. W. OYEREND proposed "The Members for the
West Riding of Yorkshire."
Mr. E. B. DENIsoN begged to thank the assembly
for the honour they had done his Hon. Colleague (Mr.
Cobden) and himself, and deeply regretted that his
colleague was not present to discharge that duty for
himself which he felt bound to perform for him. He
wished it to be clearly understood that he accepted
the compliment which had been paid to the Members
of the West Riding jointly and not separately.—
(Hear.) He had the honour of being invited by the
Lord Mayor of York in the course of last autumn to
meet his Royal Highness-Prince Albert, and being
called upon to return thanks for the House of Com-
mons he (Mr. Denison) ventured to say that the
operatives and tradesmen of the West Riding of
Yorkshire would not be found wanting with refe-
rence to the Great Exhibition, and that he felt, when
they were called upon, every man would do his duty.
—(Hear.) He then more especially alluded to the town
of Sheffield, and he could appeal, if it was necessary, to
the letter of Lord Canning, and to the testimony of
his Noble Friend (Lord Wharncliffe), to satisfy
them whether he had on that occasion said more than
he was justified in saying. The people of Sheffield
had done well at the Exhibition ; they had done
themselves great credit, and had gained great
honours ; but still they must not fancy they were
superior to all the world.—(Hear, hear.) They
might be assured that he who fancied he had arrived
at a state of perfection was certai❑ to be beate❑ in the
long run. While they took credit for what they had
done, they should let it be a strong stimulus to future
exertion, and he doubted not with respect to Sheffield
—as he did not doubt, either, with regard to any
other part of the kingdom, or any other trade than
that of Sheffield—that they would still retain their
superiority if they retained their energy and persever-
ance.—(Hear, hear.) As had been said, the world
was open to competition. The race might be severe.
What those whom ha addressed had learned, perhaps
other people had also learned within the last six or
eight months, and the information thus acquired they
would take away to foreign countries. It was to be
hoped that, in return, the British manufacturers had
learned much from their foreign rivals, which would
eventually increase their success.—(Hear, hear.) He
believed that, in the end, the Exhibition would contri-
bute materially to the advancement of art and science
and to the benefit of the population of the world. He
did not appear in that assembly as the Member
for Sheffield, but as the representative of the
largest constituency in the kingdom.—(Hear.) He
disclaimed any wish or intention to make any allu-
sions of a political nature ; but he represented, as he
had said, the largest constituency in the kingdom,
embracing the greatest variety of interests. In point
of fact, he thought he might say that the West Rid-
ing was an epitome of the whole kingdom, for it em-
braced every description of interest, whether of trade
or manufacture, that could possibly be imagined.
He wished, then, to ask this question—what was the
state of the West Riding of Yorkshire ? Was it or
was it not, comparatively speaking, prosperous P
Was it advancing in wealth, in civilization, in science ?
Were not the working classes of that great commu-
nity enjoying daily increased comforts, compared
with those which they possessed twenty or thirty
years ago?—(Hear, hear.) If the answer was "Yes,"
he asked to what was this state of things owing ? He
ventured, with great humility, to suggest that it was
owing to the commercial policy which was adopted
! by that great statesman who took the helm of the
State exactly ten years ago—(Hear, hear, and cheers)
—he alluded to one whom he might be permitted to
call his private and intimate friend—the late Sir R.
Peel.—(Hear.) It was he who, with his comprehen-
sive mind and abundant courage, dared to lay down,
and recommend to Parliament and the kingdom, a
new line of policy, to which he (Mr. Denison) would
make no further reference. He only wished to
call their attention to the fact, and he would
ask them now, at the expiration of ten years,
what had been the result of that policy ? Did any
man living doubt that it had been of the greatest pos-
sible value to the whole of her Majesty's territories ?
He knew perfectly well that there was one interest
—and he said it with grief and pain—which still la-
boured under disadvantages, but he firmly believed
that that interest, like every other portion of her
Majesty's subjects, would survive those inconveni-
ences, and would become as buoyant as any other
class in the empire.—(Hear, hear.) That that in-
terest had been severely depressed—that it was still
depressed—he acknowledged with grief, but with
sincerity. It was what he feared would be the case
when the great man to whom he had alluded an-
nounced the policy he had determined to adopt. It
had been the will and pleasure of Parliament that
that policy should become law ; and he doubted not
that in a short time the agricultural interest would
rise above all its difficulties, and would be fully as
buoyant and remunerative as the manufacturing in-
terest.—(Hear, Par.) If, then, that were the case,
had they not much to be thankful for ? There
was not an individual in this kingdom who could not
now make his half-crown go further than it did ten
years ago, or who could not make his 5001. a year go
further than it did ten years since. Who was it
that suffered ? Again, he would say, he admitted
generally the agricultural interest ; but, while he
made that admission, he did so with perfect confidence
that it would survive its distresses. Having the
honour of being one of the Members for the West
Riding it was almost his duty to speak out on such
occasions as the present. He must call their atten-
tion to the fact that pauperism had decreased, that
crime had decreased, and that morality had increased.
—(Hear.) He trusted that while they had among
them such men as their present vicar, religion, and
along with it morality, would increase in Sheffield,—
(Hear, hear)—and he rejoiced to know that clergy-
men like the vicar were much more generally met
with now than they were five and twenty years ago.
Without their assistance and support, however, the
vicar would be able to do but little; and he ventured
respectfully to tell them that it was as much the duty
of laymen to promote the morality and religion of the
working classes as it was the duty of the clergy to
give them spiritual advice.—(Hear, hear.) He con-
gratulated them upon the prosperous condition of the
West Riding, of Sheffield, and of the country gene-
rally ; and he hoped no retrograde movement would
take place, but that if he bad the honour of addressing
them again he might he able to congratulate them
upon still further progress.—(Cheers.)
Mr. T. Duran gave "The Members for the
Borough."
Mr. PARKER, in acknowledging the compliment,
said be thought the best course on such occasions as
the present was to abide by the old rule, and to con-
fine his observations to a reciprocation of personal
kindnesses, avoiding those topics which appeared
better suited to another arena than to the convivial
hospitalities of the cutler? feast at Sheffield. When
proper opportunities came—as come they must—he
would not shrink from advocating those principles
which he maintained, or from defending his past
conduct. He would always be prepared to defend
what he had done, and to give reasons for the faith
that was in him—(Hear, hear) but he thought
when gentlemen met together for convivial purposes
the best plan was to act upon the old rule observed at
the cutlers' feasts, and to confine themselves to hos-
pitalities alone.—(Hear, hear.) Agreeing, as he did,
with observations which had been made he might,
however, congratulate them upon the fact that there
never was a period when they enjoyed greater pros-
perity than at present. Reference had been made to
the Great Exhibition, and of this he was certain—
that, whatever the jurors might decide, the cutlery of !
Sheffield would maintain its place in the markets of
the world. What might be done with regard to the
Exhibition by his superiors in the Government, and
especially by one of those to whom he owed allegi-
ance—the Chancellor of the Exchequer—he could not
undertake to say.—(Laughter.) How great were the
troubles of the Chancellor when he had a surplus,
those only who had witnessed them in the House of
Commons could conceive.—(Laughter.) Numerous
and fierce had been the contests anndes
would,
however,s forthat
)Commissioners for the
zursi,tßzegwrvallaatueghttheer.
Great Exhibition upon having a surplus, end be
trusted they would not encounter greater difficulties
in appropriating it than had been experienced by the
Chancellor of the Ex►checuer for the last two or three

[PRICE SD.

sessions, when he had to deal with the same singular
phenomenon.—(Laughter.) Whatever the appropria-
tion might be, he (Mr. Parker) was quite sure it
would redound to the honour of the Commissioners,
and he hoped it might have some connexion with the
foundation and endowment of schools of design
throughout the country.—(Hear, hear.) That was,
in his view, the appropriation most consistent with
the original design of the undertaking, and one
which he thought would cause it to be remem-
bered by posterity with the greatest amount of grati-
tude.—(Hear, and cheers.)
Mr. ROEBUCK said he thanked them most sincerely
for the honour they had done him, because he was
convinced when his countrymen saw that one in whom
they placed such trust as the people of Sheffield re-
posed in him had no interest at heart but theirs, and
that he applied his whole mind, his feelings, and his
intelligence to the discharge of his duties, whatever
differences there might have been at first, when they
were satisfied that such a man was hearty and true,
and that he sought only the public good, they were
his friends.—(Hear, hear.) He had done his duty as
he thought he ought to do it. He had gained nothing
by so doing.—(A hiss.) He pitied the man who
hissed.—(A cry of " Shame," and some laughter.)
He had done his duty as he thought. he ought to
do it. If he had acted wrongly in their estimation,
the time would come when they might express their
disapproval of his conduct, but in that convivial meet-
ing he would be sorry to intrude personal considera-
tions.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to see that har-
mony prevail to which reference had already been
made, and he would tell them one broad and
leading principle which would conduce to such
harmony—a full, a fair, a candid, a judicious appre-
ciation of every man's conduct, motives, and doings,
before they came to a judgment upon them. One
topic which had been alluded to by the Rev. Gentle-
man who had addressed them was, he believed, of the
highest possible importance to that town. The Rev.
Gentleman had spoken of the harmony of the town of
Sheffield. Now, he (Mr. Roebuck) would say with
that Rev. Gentleman, that harmony was the great
object of this country. They had now security of
person, of property, and of education; but they must
not hide from themselves the fact, that there was be-
neath them, as there was in Europe, a boiling caul-
dron of anarchical ideas—(Hear, hear)—and their
object should be to mould those ideas by a crucible
which would reduce them to a beneficial form and
substance, instead of throwing them wild among
society to produce results the most deplorable.—
(Hear, hear.) He begged to thank them for the
honour they had done him in drinking his health.
The " Magistrates of the West Riding " having
been proposed by Mr. T. R. BARKER, and acknow-
ledged by Mr. OVEREND,
Mr. ROEBUCK rose and said he had to propose as
a toast, "The Mayor and Corporation of the borough
of Sheffield," and he did so with great gratification,
because in this, which might be called the lower
grade of government, the real government of this
country consisted. They learned, by managing their
municipal concerns, to conduct the business of the
nation.—(Hear, hear.) There never was a greater
mistake in this world than to fancy that any class was
born to govern.—(Hear, hear.) If they lifted men
up for their capacity, as shown in the government of
a municipality, to govern the country itself, they
would find that the capacity which was equal to the
management of municipal concerns could extend
itself to the general departments of the national
government. They might take his word for it that
there was as much true downright capacity on
their municipal bench as—with all respect to his
Hon. Colleague (Mr. Parker) be it spoken—adorned
the Treasury bench itself.—(Hear, hear, and laugh-
ter.) Twenty years of his (Mr. Roebuck's) life had
been passed in watching, scanning, understanding
that capacity, and he had just seen as much good,
thorough, downright, honest power of government on
the bench of a municipality of which he had thorough
cognizance, as he had seen among the Right Hon.
and Hon. Gentlemen who occupied the Treasury
bench. He was glad that his countrymen were thus
assiduous in conducting their own business, and he
would say to them—" Carry the habit one step
further; make the government of the country your
business, and I shall be delighted to see you conduct
it."—(Hear, hear.)
" The Borough Magistrates" and several other
toasts were afterwards given, and the party separated
soon after eleven o'clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, Sept. 5.

HOLYROOD PALACE, Ana. 28, 1851.

The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour
of knighthood upon the Right Hon. William Johnston,
of Kirkbill, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
OSBORNE HOUSE, AUG. 25.

This day had audience of her Majesty, the Baron
Bentinck, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from the Kiug of the Netherlands, to deliver his
credentials, to which ho was introduced by Viscount
Palmerston, G C. 8., her Majesty's Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 4.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr.
Gideon S. Holmes as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope
for the United States of America.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 4.
_ _

Corps of Royal Marines—Captain and Brevet Major
William LOWS Dawes to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Coryton, to half-pay; First-Lieutenant and Adjutant
John William Wearing to be Captain, vice Dawes,
promoted ; Second Lieutenant Charles Jolliffe to
be First-Lieutenant, vice Wearing, promoted ;
Brevet Major John Alexander Philips to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice John Harvey Stevens, retired on full-pay;
First-Lieutenant Alexander Ramsay to be Captain, vice
Philips, promoted; Second-Lieutenant Henry Lindsay
Searle to be First-Lieutenant, vice Ramsay, promoted.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
James Hylton de Cardonnel Lawson, Gent., to bo Cor-
net, vice Webster, promoted, Sept. 3.
Tho following buildings have been duly registered for
solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act 6th
and 7th William IV., cap. 85:—
Saint Mary's, Hartlepool, Durham.
Zion Chapel, Florence-place, Deptford.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

Wm. Henry Haigh, flour and malt factor, Wakefield.
Arthur Robert Fry, chemist, Mile-end-road.
Henry Hayes, tailor, Regent-street.
John Brown, grocer, Deal, Kent.
BANKRUPTS.

John Valentine, grocer, Northampton, Sept. 13, at
half-past one, and Oct 24, I's one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Miller and Carr, Esstcheap.
John Brudenell, brewer, Windsor, Sept. 13, at half-
past twelve, and Oct. 24, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin• lane,
Cornhill; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry
Chambers; Bunny and Son, Newbury.
Thomas Edward Newstead, draper, Norwich, Sept.
13, at one, and Oct. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers;
Hardwick, Davis, and Bradbury, Ba:inghall-street.
Frederick Wintle and Henry Moreton Shaw, dra-
pers, Liverpool, Sept. 10 and Oct. 7, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee,
Liverpool; Avison and Britt, Liverpool; Mason, Iron-
monger- lane, City.

It'o-hert Nelson Forsyth, Victualler, Birmingham, Sept.
16, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 6, at half-past ten, at
the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee,
Birmingham; Bartleet, Birmingham.
John Linnis Mumford, miller, Stoke Gabriel, Devon-
shire, Sept. 17, and Oct. 8, at one, at the Exeter District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Windeatt,
Totnes; Terrell, Exeter.

John Forman and Robert Frow, builders, Kingston-
upon-Hull, Sept. 24, and Oct. 22, at half-past twelve, at
the Leeds Distriet Court. Carrick, official assignee,
Hull; Thorney and Son; Lightfoot, Earnshaw, and
Frankish, Kingston-upon-Hull.
DIVIDENDS.

In the Country.
T. Edwards, Newport, Monmouthshire, iron founder,
Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Bullock,
Bristol, innholder, Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Court,
Bristol—C. Collins and G. T. Rose, Bewdley, and Wrib-
benhall, Worcestershire, and Aldermanbury, City, car-
pet manufacturers, Oct. 21, at half-past eleven, at the
Court, Birmingham—W. Kendall and J. Standish, Leeds,
grocers, Sept. 26, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—G.
Wilson, Wakefield, Yorkshire, draper, Sept. 26, at eleven,
at the Court, Leeds.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
J. Ashworth, Nunhills, Lancashire, woollen manufac-
turer, ss. 1 63-64 d., on any Tuesday, between eleven and
one, at the office of Mr. Mackenzie, Manchester.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
A. Solomons, Basinghall- street, City, merchant, Oct.
1, at twelve.

In the Country.
R. Hazard and F. R. Hazard, Bristol, victuallers, Oct.
8, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Bibby, Llanrhaia-
deyn-Mochnant, Denbighshire, draper, Sept. 29, at
eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Cobb, Preston, Lan-
cashire, innkeeper, Sept. 26, PA eleven, at the Court,
Manchester—W. Kendall and J. Standish, Leeds,
grocers, Sept. 26, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W.
B. Richards, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, grocer,
Sept. 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
G. Dodson, Noath, Glamorganshire, painter, certifi-
cate of the first class—A. Burn, Sacliville-street, Picca-
dilly, and Caroline-place, Pancras vale tailor, certificate
of the second class—C. May, W. L. Metcalfe, and C. J.
Metcalf, Great Yarmouth, soap.rnanufacturera, certifi-
cates of the seoond class—E. Thornton Huddersfield,
Aug,
ironmongr, certificate clf the third class, 21 days after
Etil.

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PARTNERSHIPS DIS VED.
C
A. Forbes and T. Knibb, Southampton, booksellers---
I J. Smith and W. Lord, Huddersfield, ironmongers—J.
Cotton and R. Cotton. Salford, spindle and flymakers—
J. Fielding and J. Fielding, Blackburn, cotton manufac-
turers—J. Molyneux, Bromptou, and E. Tray's, Liver-
pool, booksellers—E. liegg and J. Mellor, Liverpool,
coal merchants—J. Morgan and W. J. Brooke, Man-
chester, bill discounters—Elizabeth Cheotham and Ruth
Fielden, Rochdale, linendrapers—W. Hansen and F.
Roe, Strand, and Sumner-street, Southwark—J. Abra-
hams and J. Slinn, Sheffield, engineers—G. Oldenbourg
and W. Oldenbourg, Leeds, merchants—S. Ward aud
J. Ward, Kingston-upon-Hull, browers—W. Evans at d
E. Dickens, Salford, cabinetmakers—D. Craven, She, '-
field, and F. Blackwell, Green Moor, Yorkshire, atone
merchants—J. F. Hodges and E. Hodges, Dorchester
and Weymouth, wine and spirit merchants—J. Dawson,
W. Earle, J. Earle, and R. Jones, Commercial-road,
Lambeth, timber merchants (a,l far as regards J. Dow-
son)—J. Hartley and A. Stirksv, Colne, Lancashire,
grocers—G. Cheesman, jun., and 'I. Cheesmau, Brighton,
curve) or (so far as regards T. Cheestman)—G. Story sod
P. Story, John-street, Crutched-friLls, hop and seed
merchants—J. Grafton, T. C. Gibson, E. E. Goldscnid,
J. C. Snowball, R. Ward, J. Gregory,
al:d N. 1). Golds-
mid, Len warden Holland Gas Works (so ,far as regards
E. E. Goldsrnid, J. C. Snowball, R. Word, J. Gregory,
and N. 1). Goldamid).
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. ,
George Hart Gadd, Wragby, Lincolnshire, sadVer•
George Ellis, Bainton, Yorkshire, labourer.
men Morris, Carnarvon, grocer.
William Griffiths and Joseph Parker, 'WeatbroarVichg
Staffordshire, charrertnasters.
Joseph Hamblet, Oldbury, Worcestershire, brickmalA 'r.
Thomas hansom, Oldbury, Worcestershire, labourer.
Jeffery Barton, Ashford, Kent, veterinary surgeon.
William Noble Paterson, Tetford, Lincolnshire, surgeod
and apothecary.
James Gilbert, Balaban, Hampton in Arden, Warwick-
shire, farmer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. Henderson Edinburgh, drysaiter, to meet within
the Ship Hotel, Edinburgh, Sept. 8 and 29, at two.
G. H. Findlay, Leith, coal merchant, to meet withfn
Stevenson's Rooms, Edinburgh, Sept. 11, and Oct.
at two.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Sept. 2.
1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British possessions in America 235. 10d. per er,d
From the Mauritius 275. 3d.
From the East Indies ... ... No return. ),
Average price of the two foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 235. l lid. „
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKIi ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Sept. 5.

CARD-CHEATING CASE AT BRIGHTON.
Yesterday an application was made to the magis-
trates at Brighton,
_to receive bail on the part of the
prisoner, Henry Nottsge, who was committed on
Monday last, on a charge of perjury, arising out of
the proceedings in this case.
Mr. Sill, of Tavistock-row, who attended as before
for the prosecution, admitted that he had received
notic notice that Mr. Moss Phillips, of No. 1, Beaumont..
street,
Mile-end-road, licensed victualler, and soda-
water maker, and Mr. William Potter, of No. 37,
Great Pulteney-street, Golden-square, builder, would
attend that day, to justify as bail for the prisoner
Nottage..

Mr.-Seale, as the representative of Mr. Rosson, 22,
Southampton-street, Strand, prisoner's attorney, pro-
ceeded to say that he had a medical cmrtificate of the
inability of Mr. Moss to be present in consequence of
illness, and he therefore applied that tho other party
proposed as bail, Mr. Potter, should be permitted to
enter into his recognizsnces in 5001., instmid of the
required sureties of 2501. each.

A similar application bad been pvevionsly made by
Mr. Lewis on behalf of Broome to be admitted N bail,
which application had been refused.
Mr. Potter was then sworn, and stated that he was
a builder, and resided at No. 17, Great Pultney-stre et,
Golden-square ; that he was worth 5001. after pay-
ment of his just debts; that his stock in trade wee
worth 5001. or 6001. ; that he was possessed of lease-
holds worth 500/. ; and that he had book debts owing
to him to the amount of 2,000/., or thereabouts. He
candidly admitted that the prisoner Nottage was
almost a stranger to him, that Mr. Bryer, of the Ar-
gyll Cassino, had requested him to become bail, and
that Mr. Brier had agreed to indemnify him 1:0
doing so.
The examination having concluded,
The Magistrates consulted for a short time ; after
which

The Chairman said, that they were of opinion that
➢ir. Potter's bail ought to be accepted.
Mr. Carpenter added, that he would go over to
Lewes gaol, and would there take the recognisAnces of
Mr. Potter and of the prisoner Nottage.
The proceedings then terminated.

ST. ALBANS BRIBERY 11\141U1RY.
The commissioners appointed under the act of lat.lt
session to inquire into the practices at elections in the'
borough of St. Albans, Messrs. Slade, Q C., Forsyth.
and-Phinn, have appointed Mr. L. H. Fitzgerald, of the
Western Circuit, as their clerk for the conduct of this
inquiry, which they have fixed to commence at St. Al-
bans eeeards the middle of October. The mayor an.i
corporation have placed the Guildhall at their disposal.
and proffered every assistance in the coneuot of the in-
vestigation. On the Ist of November the New Law of
Evidence Act will come into operation, and the parties
themselves on whose behalf the alleged bribery took
place can be examined. The words of the second Boo-
tion of the last mentioned Act tile. " On the trial of any
issue joined, or of any matter or thing, or on any in-
quiry arising in any suit, action, or other proceeding in
any court of justice, or before any persou having, by
law or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive.
and examine evidence, the parties thereto, and the per-
sons on whose behalf any such suit, action, or other
proceeding may be brought or defended, shall (except
in eases of adultery or breach of promise (.4
marriage) be competent or compellable to give evt•
dente, either viva voce or by deposition, according to
the practice of the court, on behalf of all or either of
the parties to the said suit, action, or other proceeding."
By the 16th section " Every court,judgo, justice, officar,
commissioner, arbitrator, or other commissioner, now, or
hereafter, having by law or by consent of parties autho-
rity to hear, receive, and examine evidence, is hereby
empowered to administer an oath to all such witnesses Si
are legally called before them respectively.', Under the
St. Albans Bribery Act the Commissioners may inquire
retrospectively into the existence of bribery at St. Albans,
and in particular as regarded the last election, either for
voting or refraining from voting; and they are to give
" the names of all persons whom they shall fi.lcl to have
given to others or have received themselves payosents by
way of head money, or as a reward for giving or :Amin-
iug to give their votes at such election." The Act pro-
vides that persons implicated in bribery who ma„N be
examined and make a full disclosure shall be intik Mi-
nified, but they are not to be indemnifi Ed
unless they shall have a certificate from the Commis''
sioners. The Commissioners have power to send for
persons and papers, and to examine on oath. For non-
attendance and refusing to be sworn, the Commissioners
will possess the same power over the witnesses as the
superior courts. The reports of the Commissioners are
to be laid before Parliament.—Essex Standard.

A COCKROACH IN TROUBLE.
Although cockroaches abound inconveniently at the
Mauritius, it was not without pity that I saw them
consigned, as they frequently were, to a living grave,'
by a wicked looking insect much resembling a Spanish
fly. It was impossible to witness his proceedin,crst
combined with his glittering blue and green drei's
without imagining the elfish demon of a panto:nit:lo
leading an innocent victim to perpetual entombment
in some haunted cavern. Let the cockroach be mov-
ing never so briskly across the wall, he has no sooner
caught sight of the fatal insect—not a quarter of his
size—than all energy leaves him, and he stands stu-
pidly resigned. The fly then walks up to him, looks
him hard in the face, and presently, putting forth
some apparatus which stands him in place of a finger
and thumb, gently takes the cockroach by the nose,
and leads him daintily along for a foot or two. Leav-
ing him there, he commences a thorough examina-
tion of the neighbourhood, beating the ground up and
down like a well-trained setter, and, not finding what
he wants, returns to the cockroach and leads him on
little further, when the same process is gone through,
sometimes for hours, until the whole wall has been
examined. Chinks there are in plenty, but tht`v do
ous .
P
not suit him ; ,the
he has taken the measure or
ftohuend'cockroachaud odil,v
the
afterfiy .
victim's bulk, and means to lodge him comm
suitable hole
ulopleils smroevsienngt Presently a
backward, gently
him into his last home. What
trated in this dark recess _ horrors are perpe-
cannot be more
sur-
mised. The object, undoubtedly, is to - than
engage him as
a wetnurse. No doubt the poor
in some part not vital, and eggs
laidcockroach is bored
pur-
pose, indeed, for which his succulentin
him—.a
frame seems peculiarly adapt and motherly
adapted. And, not im-'
probably, during the vicarious incubation, he is
ysup-
plied with food, until the
nant, being hatched, commence
of whom he is preg-
services, to "gnaw his bomence, in return for his
bowels their repast." It is ja
vain that, during the
the cockroach to seekscenfe above described, yoou. narglof
a stick is disregarded ,saety in flight. Thaen g
Phints ,
he seems dead tcl,l
nay, move him f
-o .
another part of the yr ,
a be waits
there with the same stolid .ndiffe ence the return of
his tormentor. Probably al sly trhrust is given him
~ leprous dis-
in the first meeting of noses, or sows
has entirely the
ailment" dropped in his ear ; for be
ail of being hocussed.—Fraser's Magazine.

üblis. The Co -------
nstitutionnel p hes the following letter
'min a journeyman bootthe
follow= ~ beg you to insert iti
,
3 Our estimable ing note, which will sem,
you once more tojournal render homage to economy and to labour:—
Advice to Workmen.—A journeyman bootmaker, who has
been in the habit for many years of placing his slender sav-
ings in the savings' bank, at length acquired a capital
sufficient to purchase two bonds of the loan of 29 'Billions,
contracted in 1645 by the city of Paris, and one of which
bonds came out in the ::.1( drawing with a premium of
30,001 have the hon 4 1 1 tbe, &c., J. J. Pima, 42 ,
Rue de Is Calandre, journopaanbootmaker:'