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aREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
—CHEAP EXCURSION to the SEA. SIDE.—On
SATURDAY, Stptember the 18th, a Train will leave Pad-
dington at 2.30 p.m., for CIIIPPENHAM, TROWBRIDGE,
'WESTBURY, and FROME; (Fares, 12s. and Os.), YEOVIL
(14s. and 75.), DORCHESTER and WEYMOUTH (20s. and
108.); to return on Tuesday, September 21st, from Wey-
/kWh at 7 a.m., and intermediate stations as per handbills.

No. 20,663.

PUBLICATIONS.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
ExcuEsioN to OXFORD, BANBURY; LEAMING-
TON, WARWICK, and BIRMINGHAM, from Paddington,
On SUNDAY, September 1911 i, at 7.45 a.m., returning the
game night. . Fares—Oxford, Es. al. and -1g..; Banbury, Rs.
and 55.; Leamington and Warwick, 108. 6d. and Es. ; and
Birmingham, 12s. and 7s.

THE WAR, IN INDIA.
Now ready, in 1 vol., with Portrait, 103. Od. bound,
TOURNAL of AN ENGLISH OFFICER in
e INDIA. By Major NORTH, 60th Rifles, Deputy-Judge
Advocate-General, and Aide-de-Camp to GENERAL HAVE-
LOCK, &C.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street:

GL:ENFIEIt) PATENT STARCH,
USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY,
AND TRONOUNCED BY TIER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be
THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED.
:Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c.

GEORGE'IIOBSON begs to- call the attention
of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to
255. .Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats.
Excellence with Economy.
GEORGE 11013 SON, 57, Lombard-street.
• Established 1796.

THE EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, in
the absence of direct ildbrmation from their own Cor-
respondent, can only rely on that received through Russia,
and will consequently continue their extraordinarily low
qnotations of 2s. por lb.,- for Black, Green, or Mixed Teas, in
6lli.'bags ; and Coffee, in the Berry, at lld. per lb.—Ware-
houses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street.

g ANh OF.D E: PO SI T.
Established. A.D. 1844.
, -3, PALL MALL . EAST, LONDON.
Parties desirous of Investing Money arc requested to exa-
mine the Plan of The Bankof Deposit, by which a high rate
of interest may be obtained with ample security. • .
The Interest is payable in January and July.
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.
Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application.

THE TRAVELLERS' AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, and 42 and 43, Poultry, London.
With which is incorporated the business of

THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1819, and Empowered by-Special Act of
Parliament.
TRUSTEES.
Matthew Marshall, Esq., (Bank of England.) -
Smee, Esq., (Bank of England).
Kenyon S. Parker, Esq., Q.C.
Henry Blair Mayne, Esq.
:The business of the ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE
COMPANY having been purchased b-; the .TRAVELLERS' AND
MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, an .the Policies of the late
Company adopted under the Deed of I'urohase are guaran-
teed and kept in force by the Travellers' and Marine In-
surance Company, upon precisely the same terms and con-
ditions under which they were originally issued.
• Total Policies issued
Claims paid since 1819 £71,000
Annual income from Premiums (1857) £25,530

Insurance effected azainst General Accidents, Railway Ac-
cidents, and Marine Risks ; either Fatal, Non-fatal, or both
tugether ; with or without Medical expenses extra. For
Proposal Forms, Prospectuses, and all other information,
apply to the Manager, at • the Chief Office, or to any of the
Company's local Agents.
EDWARD SOLLY, Manager.
7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, London.

INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE
I SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 23, 1855.
Established 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of
Grace.—lt always has been, and still is, the practice of this
Society to pay claims !under policies of assurance, notwith-
standing the death of the assured occuritm within the 30 days
of grace, and before payment of the annual premium, provided
payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to
the office before the expiration of such days of grace.

For the Court of Directors,
E. S. SYMES, Chairman,

TII E INTERNATIONAL LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

142, Strand, London.
Empowered by Act, of Parliament, for LIFE ASSTTT? AN CE
IEiURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &e.

DIRECTORS.
EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman,
Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq.
Samuel King-Church, Esq. Johd Moss, Esq.
John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Symes, Esq.
F.R. S. Joseph Thompson, Esq.

SECRETARY TO TUE noAnn.
Alexander Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Augustus Blondel, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S.; and Professor J. Radford

Young.
MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL.
J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R:S., 37, Conduit-street

ACTUARY.
W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &o.
ASSISTANT ACTUARY.
Barker Woolhonsc, Esq.
RANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills,' and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford-

row.

The next Qti
in May, 1840:

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Division of Profits will be declared

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account of his. stewardship. He must say that. he
, felt gratified at-the present position of affairs. Last
year they saw a -ministry in poWer which boaSted
list overwhelming majority, but which seemed to
keep that majority in a sort of mesmeric trance by
a policy liberal in theory but extremely obstructise
in practice: (I tear, hear.) Now tlit,l-e was, on the
contrary, a ministry in power -winch, boa
sting• no
bverwlielming majority, simply demanded a' fair
trial of its measures—which measures, although he
dissented from some of them, were in tire main
based upon principles of sound and temperate eon-
tiervative progress. If they had met their eonsti-
-1 tuents last year they would have met in. the midst
of the horrors and first dread realities of-the Indian
erisis.:ltut now the smouldering remains -of that
unhappy mutiny were fast yielding to the valour
of -the British Soldier, while a measure was in full
Operiition which, having been iliseibsed and matured
with an absence of party feeling-, afforded a gua-
rantee for the stability- of the future government of
India. If lie had met them a year ago he could not
have thanked them for, the honour they conferred .
Upon him ; but now he had a tale to tell ; for more -
than MCC during the session, when the interests of
conservatism and agriculture were at stake, he had
felt it his duty to raise his voice and do battle in
their behalf. Need he tell them how and why
Lord Palmerston and the Whig Ministry fell? They
all remembered how'the omnipotent statesman, who,
like_Bottwn, could roar like any lion against the chief
commissioner of the-Emporor of China, suddenly lost
his Voice and became as a sucking clove before the
chief commissioner of the Emperor of the French.
That a statesman , who a year previously had
branded -the Conserva
ive party as one that was t 4.
willing- to- make the iumiliation of .the nation a
stepping-stone to power, and called upon the coun-
try to rally round hint as one man, should have
fallen because lie failed to vindicate the national
honotir and dignity, (light to teach politicians a
wholesome letter. (Hear.) , -The Nemesis was SQ-
i-erc, but it -Was just, and if . there were one vote
more than other of-which he feltiOpik-it wmi's that
which lie gave in company with his right hon. col-
league, and the small band of 99 who composed the
minority on the first--reading -of the Conspiracy to 1
Murder-Bill. (Hear, hear.) They were greeted
at the time with the not very complimentary term
of philo-assassins, lint he nevertheless thought,
and the downfall of Lord Palmerston confirmed him
in the opinions, that that small .minority expressed
the real sentiments of the people of England.
(Cheers.) In passing on to the sayings and doings
of Lord Palmerston's successors, as - lie deprecated
last year the conduct of the people of England in
placing a blind confidence in Lord Palmerston as
the only pilot who could weather the storm,
so they would now find him an independent.
supporter of Lord Derby's Government. The days
of blind and implicit allegiance to Ministers were
past and gone. (Hear.) But looking at the con-
, duct of Lord Derby and the present Government
since their accession to power, lie thought that they
had done much to entitle them to the confidence
and esteem of the country. He could not, as his
votes showed, give his assent to all. they had done,
,or had permitted others to do for them. He 're-
gretted that they should have given a tacit assent
to the passing of the Property Qualification Bill,
believing as he did that the errors which that bill
proposed to remedy would have been better dealt
with in a comprehensive measure of. Parliam-
tary reform: (Hear, hear.) Especially did he
regret the withdrawal by the House of , Lords
of their resistance for so many years unswerv-
ingly maintained to the admission of Jews to Par-
liament. When (continued the hon. gentleman) I
recognise as I do a sound and decided progress :
when I see the statesmanlike ability of the leaders
in both houses, and the talent which distinguishes
the Ministry as a whole, it would have been alto-
gether unjustifiable if I had withdrawn my support
from the Government or have given it only a timid
and wavering confidence. (Hear, hear.) I will
now pas 3 for a moment to one or two of the mea-
sures in respect to which I took part during the
past session. I will not enter into the merits of the
Agricultural Statistics Bill, which was the only
measure introduced that affected in a special man-
ner the agricultural interest., but I may fairly eon-
gratulate you upon the spirit in which the House
of Commons r.-jetted that measure, proving as it
does that the agricultural interest is no longer con-
sidered by them to be a species of target, at which
every experimental legislator may wing his arrow,
but that on the contrary the importance and diffi-
culty of the subject. are recognised, and legislation
will be proceeded with in a spirit of caution, - im-
partiality, and fair play. My right honourable col-
league, in a few remarks which he was pleased to
make a short time ago, in addressing another:por-
tiou of his constituents at &dram Walden, said that
I had undoubtedly acqUired the knowledge I pos-
sessed upon the subject of that bill by mixing with
the yeomanry of Essex. My right lion. colleague
guessed truly the source of my information, and I
am proud to acknowledge my obligations to the
Essex yeomanry. On the same occasion my right
hon. colleague alluded to another measure in the
opposition to which I had the honour to take a
prominent part, but- not with the same success, in
the division list—l mean Mr. Locke King's measure
for the extension of the county franchise to all LW
householders. I trust I shall not be understood, in
consequence of the opposition I gave to that bill, to
be averse to any change in our present representa-
tive system. On the contrary, I think that. resist-
ance to progressive improvement forms no true
item in a conservative creed—(hear)—and if we
persist in opposing all improvement under the name
of innovation, the day will soon conic when, as in
1831, we shall be compelled to swallow innovation
divested of improveiAnt. (Hear, hear.) I have every
hope that in the next session Parliament will be able
to deVote its time and attention to the settlement.
of this great question. It will, indeed, be a Her-
culean task ; for on one side are thoSe whose de-
sires are boundless, and on the other those who
would fain act on the principle of leaving well
alone. -What the provisions of the new Reform Bill
will be it is impossible for any one at present to
speculate upon ; but this I will say, that while. on
the one hand, I trust that the question will be dealt
with in a comprehensive and impartial spirit, so on
the other, I hope it will be of such a nature asto be
regarded by the country in the light of a final set-
tlement.. There is nothing more detrimental to the
progress of sound legislation than re-opening and
tampering bit by bit, and piecemeal, with so great
and vital _a question as that of parliamentary re-
form. (Cheers.) There is only one more topic upon
which I have a word to say, and- that is with re-
spect to the recent visit of the House of COIIIIIIOIIS
to Cherbourg. To me individually it was a de-
lightful excursion, and I neither went, like one
of the most able and best inforMed represen-
tatives of our shipping interest--Mr. Lindsay,
to make observations, nor like Mr• 11001,113-F k.
in the character of a cynic. I3oth our English
ships and British sailors showed to great advantage,
and in particular I admired om noble forest of
yachts, forming as they would at any time the
nucleus of an admirable navy. At the same time,
though I do not agree with the rash and intempe-
rate language of Mr. Roebuck, I cannot help saying
that to be forewarned is to be forearmed. (Hear.)
Depend upon it that the visit of the House of Com-
mons to Cherbourg will, as I heard remarked by
more than one Liberal member of Parliament, be
the cause of considerable expense ultimately to the
people of England. When the navy estimates come
before us again we shall hear very little of a cheese-
. paring economy ; and I promise you for one that,
although I will never lend myself to a rash and
wanton expenditure of the public money, I will
never be the means of rashly lowering the national
defences. (Loud cheers.)

GREAT EXPLOSION NEAR ST. PETERSBURG.
A St. Petersburg letter mentions the explosion of 1,200
ponds (39,000 lb.) of gunpowder, which was undergoing
the operation of being dried in the large powder manufac-
tory of Okhta, about six miles from that capitol. All the
premises were destroyed, more than 100 workmen were
killed, and a still greater number more or less wounded
All the windows of a large convent on the left bank of the
..Neva, opposite the village of Okhta, were broken, and the
report of the explosion was heard at Pavlovsk, a distance
of 25 miles.
BOOK-lIAWEING.—The South Yorkshire Book-
hawking Association have just completed their second year's
operations, and from the accounts appended to their report,
it appears that during the last 12 months £123 has been re-
ceived for books sold by their hawker, on which they have
realised a profit of £3O, and that they have now stock in
hand to the value of £55. qt union between the deaneries of
Doncaster and PontefracOas just been effected, by which
the circuit of the book-hawkers' labours will be enlarged
without any increased expenditure on the Doncaster dis-
trict. The report states that the chief difficulty experienced
by the association arises from the general impression which
prevails as to its object, which the report explains to be,
"The circulation in districts otherwise unapproachable of
books of a sound as well as a religious tendency, in opposi-
tion to, those unsound and immoral publications which to an
alarming extent are silently dispersed throughout the
length and breadth of the land; and to carry information to
those who cannot be induced to seek for it themselves.—who
may buy and read a book when offered and commended to
their notice, but who would never take a single step towards
Marbig it if hit to their elm reeetircoin_.