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THE WIDOW of the late Rev. GEORGE
EDWIRD TIOLLEST, of Friinley, Surrey, —Frimley, Bag_
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of the WIDOW of the late Rev. GEORGE EDWARD HOLLY:ST,
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AGAZINE
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No. CCCCXXIII., for JANUARY. Price 2s. 6d.

THE PROJECTED STRIKE ON THE
NORTH WESTERN RAIL WAY.
The announcement which has more than once
within the last fcw cis.) s been made public in this
journal, that the directors of the London and North
Western Railwiy were determined to resist anything
like a spirit of dictation upon the part of the men, and
that they were prepared to undergo a large amount of
inconvenience and pecuniary loss rather than submit
to it, has been fully verified.
Confirmed in their determination by the large
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poured in upon them from engine-drivers and firemen
of undoubted respectability, the directors upon Friday
night issued the following notice :
" NOTICE TO TUE ENGINE-DRIVERS AND FIREMEN ON
THE SOUTHERN DIVISION.
" The present state of suspense as to a strike ought
not longer to continue.
" If the men on the southern division, having no
grievance of their own, elect to leave the company's
service, the directors must at once carry out their pans
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ting on the new handy, whose services aro now available.
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southern division.
" Each man is, therefore, called upon to state whether
he wishes to remain in the service of the company
under the existing regulations; if he does, the directors
hope to be able to retain him; if not, notice must be
given to him that his services will not be required after
fourteen days.
"The directors do not wish to act harshly, but the
requirements of the public and the Government service
will not allow them longer to be subjected to the present
state of uncertainty.
" The directors recognise the manly and straightfor-
ward course taken by a large number of the men; aed
they hope to show them that they have consulted their
rue interests by the conduct they have exhibited.
" By order, " THOMAS SMITH,
Chairman of the Locomotive Committee,
"Southern Division.
" MARK
" General Manager.

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The Currency Extension Act of Nature.
My Novel ; or Varieties in English Life. Part V.
Biography.
Tho Lay of the Niebelungen.
Additional Chapters from the History of John Bull.
Hungarian Military Sketches.
The Message of Seth. By Delta.
The Voice of Nature.
British Labour and Foreign lieciprocity.
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" General Manager's Office,
" Euston-station, 27th Dec., 1850."
Upon the same evening, as the men presented
themselves at the Camden station to receive their
wages, each one as he arrived was ushered into the
presence of Mr. M'Connell, the locomotive superin-
tendent, and Mr. Watkins, the assistant secretary. A
printed copy of the above notice was handed to him,
and in the case of some of the men an immediate de-
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are informed, however, that only one man . signed the
document expressive of his desire "to remain in the
service of the company under the existing regula-
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held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the
event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the
Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be
returned by the Society.
Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health
and payment of arrears of Premium without interest.
Notiess of Assignment if Policies registered and acknowledged,
so as to make them available as securities in the hands of
third parties.

45 0
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10 0

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This exhibited a determination on the part of the
men which the directors were hardly prepared for,
and on Saturday a reprisal was made by the directors
by giving notices to some half dozen of the men, for
which they were equally unprepared.
Last night about fifty engine-drivers and firemen
assembled at the Railway Tavern, and, although the
meeting of Thursday had been specially adjourned
until Sunday, our reporter was informed, when he
presented himself at the place of meeting, that none
was to be held, and that of course no business was to
be transacted. At this time, and, as it would appear,
for some time previously, the men were assembled in
solemn conclave, with closed doors; but at length it
was intimated that the doors were opened. We then
entered the room, and found the men all assembled.
They were conversing in groups, and but that it was
Sunday evening, one might have imagined that a
"convivial meeting" was being held.
After remaining upwards of an hour,
Mr. HALL said that they had met to discuss the re-
solution which had been passed upon Thursday even-
ing, and to receive the answers from the men upon
the various districts of the line in reference to it, but
suffie:ent time had not elapsed to permit of those an-
swers being Teueiced--In the naeantime. however, circumstances bed transpired which led bun to believe
that in a very abort time an amicable arrangement
might be arrived at, and he begged to propose, there-
fore, an adjournment of a few days.
(At this time there was no chairman appointed, so
that the proposition could not be formally put, but i
appeared to meet with the approbation of all as
sembled.)

S 0
2 0
2 10

No Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp.
The present a nnual income of the Society from Premiums is
63,000/. ; the amount covered by the Policies of the Society is
1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to
the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves-
tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As-
sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums
in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED.

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5 0

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5 0

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0 10
3 0
2 0

5 0
5 0

1 0
1 i)

5 0
1 1
5 0
5 0

We are informed that the month's notice through-
out the whole of the line will be acceded to by the
directors if a proper spirit is shown by the men, and
that even those men who have received notice to quit
will, under similar circumstances, be reinstated.

- 5 0
- 1 0
- 2 0
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- 1 0
- 2 0
- 1 1
- 5 0

NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
The dispute between the directors and the engine
drivers of the North-Western Railway must quickly
be decided one way or the other. The Ist of January
is close at hand. The time-bills for the ensuing
month cannot be issued with public advantage until
the directors shall have determined upon the course
they are to pursue. On the one hand, should the men
resolve to return to their duty, the usual departures
can be continued with such slight difference of ar-
rangement as the season of the year may appear to
require. Should the men, however, be so ill-advised
as to persist simply in their opposition to the mea-
sure recently introduced by their employers, the ex-
tent of accommodation offered to the public must for
a while be limited in proportion to the number of
men whose services can be made available or secured
on short notice. We will venture to assert very con-
fidently that the public will stand by the directors in
this matter, and submit cheerfully to a temporary in-
convenience in order to secure certainty of communi-
cation for the future, should they be unable to make
reasonable terms with the men. There is no techni-
cal knowledge necessary for appreciating the merits
of this dispute. We will state it once again in a few
words, for in point of fact all argument is beside the
purpose. The barest statement of the case is quite
sufficient to convict the engine-drivers of
a combination against their directors, which has
not been justified by any actual or prospective
act of oppression, and which will most assuredly
terminate in their own ruin should they be so mis-
guided as to persist in their present movement. Nor
can the engine-drivers look for any public simpatby or
assistance to lighten the pressure of a calamity which
they will have invoked most wantonly on their own
heads.

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I Tustin, E. E., Esq. . 5 0
Tyrie, David, Esq. - - 3 0
Tudor, Henry, Esq. - 1 0
Two Sisters - . 1 0
['rower, G. S., Esq. - . 5 0
Two Ladies, per Child and
Co. - - -
Teddy, Res'. Wm. -
Three Members of the
Travellers' Club -
Thompson, J. D., Esq. . 2 0
Thrupp, J. W., Esq. 10 0
Vile, Thomas, Esq - 1 0
Villebois, Mr. and Mrs. 2 0
Venables, Rev. Edmund 5 0
Vidal, Rev. 0. E. - 1 0
Warrall, Septimus, Esq. 10 10
Wilkinson, Norman, Esq. 5 0
Wilkinson, Conrai. Esq. 2 0
Watson, Rev. W , Mrs. 5 0
Watson, Capt., and Mrs. 5 0
Wyatt, Rev. J. J. P. - 5 0
Wyatt, Hugh P., Esq. - 1 0
o idow's Mite, a, per
Coutts and Co. - 5 0
Warden of New College 5 0
Watts, R., Esq. - 2 0
Waller, Miss Farnham - 1 0
Widow's Mite, a, per
Barclay and Co. - 2 0
Wei kden and Co., Messrs. 010

- 5 0

The engine-drivers and firemen have hitherto been
engaged upon an agreement terminable on a fort-
night's notice. It is now proposed by the directors
to substitute a three months' notice for the more
limited period which obtained before. It is not in-
tended to enforce this new regulation against indivi-
duals who may be desirous of leaving the service of
the company for any bonii.fule motive, but simply to
retain it as a safeguard against any such general com-
bination amongst the men as might at any time para-
lyse the action of the line. Furthermore, the ac-
ceptance of these terms is limited to the new hands
—the men actually employed are left just as they,
were before. We are at a loss to con-
ceive how the men can look for any sym-
pathy in their resistance to an arrangement of this
nature. In the case of a desperate attempt on
the part of the men to coerce their employers into an
acceptance of any demands they might choose to
make, how long a period would be requisite to secure
the services of so many fresh hands as would be ne-
cessary for working the line with safety to the public ?
That period, whatever it may be—three months or
one month—should be the limit of the notice. The di-
rectors assume that three months are necessary for
this purpose. It requires no very profound acquaint-
ance with the details of railway management to con-
ceive that a very considerable time is requisite for in-
structing fresh drivers—no matter what their general
skill and previous experience may be—in all points
connected with the various sections of a new line. At
any rate, where human life is so largely concerned it
is well to err on the safe side. We will not pretend
to say authoritatively what the term of notice should
be ; hut, at least, a fortnight is not sufficient. The
calling of these engine-drivers is an exceptional one. In
any other trade thrn> may ha a combination amongst
workmen, and much loss to both masters and workmen
may be the result ; but there it ends. The pitmen of the
North, or the Manchester cotton spinners, might turn
out to-morrow without any danger to human life.
With the coal and the calico we have got on band we
could tide it over until order was restored, but in the
case of a railway strike it is quite another matter.
People must traverse the surface of this country in
some fashion or other for the dispatch of business.
The railways have swept away all other means of
communication ; therefore certainty by them we must
have. An engine-driver, when he accepts service
with a railway company, enters upon an exceptional
service. Let this point to any reasonable extent be
considered in his wages, the publio pay aII chArges

1 White, Henry J.,
Watson, John, Esq.
Watson, Mrs.
Wiz, Rev. Samuel - 1
Winstanley, Wm., Esq. - 10
Widow's Mite, a, from
Canterbury - - - 5
Widow, the Offering of a 1
IVatnewright, Mrs., John 5

1. 1
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Gutch, Mrs. -
Goldsmid, F. IL, Esq.

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Grenfell, Mrs. - - 1 0
Gwyn, Mrs., of Neath - 2 0
Godman, J., Esq. - - 10 0
Gurney, F:ldney, Esq. - 2 0
Grote, Mrs. - - - 1 0

Wigston, Capt.
Wilson, R. J.

Hamilton, Rev. L. -

Hilton, A:, Esq.

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Wright, Mrs. Ross -
Wigram, W. Esq. .

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Henry, W. C., Esq., M.D. 5 0
Henley and Sons, Messrs. 5 0
Hopkins, Henry, Esq. - 2 0
Heseltine, Sam., Esq. - 2 0
Hutchinson, Rev. E. S. - 1 1
Bayley, Rev. Burrell - 1 1
Hughes, Mrs. - - - 1 0
Hayward, Miss - - 1 0
Hayward, Miss E. - - 1 0

Wynne, Mrs. lidos -
Wheeler, 11., Esq. -
Webb, Jonas, Esq. -
Williams, Wm., Esq.
Wilde, C. N., Esq. -
Watkins, Rev. H. G.
Watson, Rev. II -

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ultimately, and are perfectly willing to pay for cer-
tainty of communication. We cannot be subjected
every six months to the chance of a turn out on the
Eastern Counties or on the North-Western. The
thing evidently won't do. If the directors could not
carry so necessary a precaution as securing a proper
term for " notice" as a safeguard against a general
strike, the interference of Parliament would be requi -
site to settle this point, as it has already settled so
many other points connected with the details of rail-
way management.
After all, what does the grievance amount to, even
upon the supposition that the companies might be dis-
posed to act with a certain degree of injustice towards
their servants ? Should they become dissatisfied with
the conditions of their service, surely one, two, or
three months do not, after all, constitute any very in-
terminable limit of endurance for the men. It is
mere idleness to say that any diminution of wages,
such as would seriously affect their interests, would or
could be introduced in so short a space of time. Nor
is it possible that they could be forced to submit to
any very tyrannical regulations in other respects.
The acts of a railway company are too keenly and
too publicly canvassed to admit of any real oppres-
sion on the part of the directors towards the men. We
are fa from saying that engine-drivers on a railway
line may not from time to time be subjected to very
galling treatment and to great provocation from
some blustering superintendent or Jack-in-office;
but after all this sort of thing does not constitute a
justification for a general strike. The sour-tem-
pered man will be sour-tempered and the bully a
bully to the end of the chapter; but still the real bu-
siness of the driver is to conduct his train to and fro
in safety, not to effect an amelioration in his superin-
tendent's manners or character. We suspect that in
nineteen cases out of twenty personal considerations
of this kind are at the bottom of these strikes; but
this case of the North-Western is just the exception.
At least there are no traces of irritation from this
source, either in the terms of the memorial or the
language of the speakers at the meeting in the Hamp-
stead-road on Thursday last. They could not point
out any actual injury they suffered by the proposed
alteration, but it seems they have a keen eye for con-
sequences. They say—" It is reported currently over
the whole length of the London and North-Western
Railway that on a future occasion, when it suits yon,
you will do all the injury you can to your memo-
rialists. If this report be true, they consider it not
treating them justly, for they do not deserve it."
As far as commendation can in such a case
be bestowed at all, we can speak favourably of the
tone and temper of the speakers on Thursday. We
can only wish they had arrived at a different conclu-
sion. An idea appears to have taken hold of them,
that the directors will be willing to recede from the
full extent of their proposition if the men on their
side will make certain concessions. Altogether, the
manifestations of the engine-drivers on the southern
division of the line was most uncalled for, as there
appears to have been no intention of altering any
regulations now in force as far as they were con-
cerned. The resolutions of the Hampstead-road
meeting have been met by a notice from the chair-
man of the Locomotive Committee, calling upon
every man to declare whether or no he is desirous of
remaining in the service of the company on the pre-
sent conditions ; for if not, he must accept a fourteen
days' notice and go about his business. Meanwhile
the trains must be temporarily reduced and the new
hands called out. This is meeting the combination
of the engine-drivers in a right spirit. We trust for
their own sakes that the firmness of the managers
may check the threatened insubordination in the bud
and preserve the men from ultimate ruin.—Times.

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.
REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAX.
On Saturday, at a fully-attended meeting of the vestry
of St. Marylebone, F. H. Bridgman, Esq., churchwarden,
in the chair, a communication was received from Mr. D.
Harris, hon. secretary to the St. Mary (Islington) Paro-
chial Rdirm Association, inviting the vestry to send a
deputation to a great public meeting, about to be held in
Islington, on the repeal of the window-tax, at which
several Members of Parliament had promised to attend.
Mr. NICEIOLAY, in moving that the communication be
referred to the window-tax committee, said he had much
pleasure in seeing the stir which was being made all over
the metropolis on this important question, and ho had no
doubt they would be successful in securing in the en-
cuieg session the repeal of the window-tax.—(Hear.)
Mr. GLASIER seconded the resolution.
Mr. SODEN said it was a gratilying fact that upon this
question, Whig, Radical, Tery, and even Chartists were
-J1
rnnata Ia tax_
Sir PETER LAURIE said he bald almost an authority-
for stating that one of the first steps which would be
taken by the Ministry in the ensuing session would be
to secure the window-tax being repealed; at t`e sumo
time ho thought that agitati,in was unwise, because it
gave an appearance that there was no likelihood of a
repeal.
__

Mr. D'IFFANGER, sen., said there was no faith what-
ever to be placed in the Government, and therefore he
advised agitation, because if the tax were then repealed
the people would have the satisfaction of knowing that
they had done it tbemselves.—(Hear, hear.)
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. NICHOLAY thin brought forward a motion for a
vote of 101. to wards expenses of carrying out the window-
tax agitation, which, having been seconded, was opposed
by Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Kirby, and Mr. M'Eeily, on the
ground that the vestry could not legally spend the parish
money for such a purpose. The latter gentleman was
astonished to see the economists of the new party sup-
porting this expenditure.
The motion was declared negatived, on which a divi-
sion was demanded, when there appeared—
For the motion
Against it . ..........18
Majority for the motion ... —5
The vestry then separated.

THE NORTH AMERICAN MAILS.
The following notice has been issued by command of
ho Postmaster-General:—" The following are the days
on which the British and United States' mail packets are
appointed to be dispatched from this country during the
months of January, February, and March, 1851:—The
United States' packets to New York—From Southamp-
ton, Wednesday, January Ist; from Liverpool, Saturday,
11th, Saturday, 25th, Saturday, February Eth, Saturday,
223, Saturday, March Bth; from Southampton, Wed-
needay, 12th; from Liverpool, Saturday, 22d; from
Southampton, Wednesday, 26th. Letters to be forwarded
from London by the respective mails following:—
Day mail, January Ist; night mail, 10th, 24th, Febru-
ary 7th, 21st, March 7th; day mail, 12th; night mail,
21st, 25th. The British packets to New York and
Boston—From Liverpool to New York, Saturday, 4th
January, Saturday, Ist February, Saturday, Ist March,
Saturday, 29. h March; from Liverpool to Boston,
Saturday, 18th January, Saturday, 15th February,
Saturday, 15th March. Letters to be forwarded
from London by the respective mails follow•
ing:—Night mail, 3d January, 31st ditto, 28th February,
28th March, 17th January, 14th February. 14th March.
All letters addressed to the United States, and not di-
rected to be otherwise sent, will be transmitted by the
first packet, whether British or United States, which is
dispatched after they are posted; but letters specially
directed by British packet,' by United States' packet,'
or by any particular vessel named, will be forwarded in
accordance with the desire thus expressed by a writer.
The British mail packet, on the New York line, will
proceed (as before announced), direct from Liverpool to
Now York, and from New York to Liverpool, without
calling at Halifax. Letters and newspapers, however, Er
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward's Is-
land, may still be forwarded in closed mails by these
packets, if specially addressed, 'vii New York,' or via
the United States;' but letters and newspapers not so
addressed will be acnt in the regular mails to Hali -
fax by the packets proceeding from Liverpool, via
Halifax to Boston. The United States mail packets
leaving Liverpool and Southampton, as well as the
British packets, will convey closed mails for Canada,
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Pritice Edward's
Island, and letters and newspapers will be forwarded in
such closed mails, if specially addressed via New
York,' or vii the United States.' Letters for Canada,
however, must, in addition, hear the words By United
States Packet.' The postage upon letters and news-
papers is precisely the same whether they are conveyed
by British or United States packets. Letters, &c., for
Bermuda and Newfoundland will be forwarded only by
the packets proceeding to Boston; the mails for Bermuda
will be dispatched from Halifax immediately after the
arrival of the packet at that port, and those for New-
foundland will be dispatched on the arrival at Halifax of
the homeward packet from Boston. Postmasters will
bear in mind that all letters to be transmitted by the
packets which start from Southampton must be for-
warded to London and not to Liverpool."

CHEAP RE-IssOE or Phr TS' DIARY.—The first
first volume of the cheap re-issue of Pepys' celebrated
" Diary and Correspondence" is published this day by Mr.
Colburu, and may be had of all booksellers. This complete
edition, containing all the passages restored from the original
MS., and all the additional notes, will be published in live
monthly volumes, post Bvo,, with portrait, &c., price only
6s. each. The following works are also just published:--
2. The Life and Reign of Charles 1., by I. Disraeli, new
edition, revised by the author, and edited by his son, B
Disraeli, M.P., 2 vols., Bvo., 28s. 3. Captain Crawford's
Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, with Sketches of Admirals
Sir E. Owen, Sir 13. ilallowell Carew, and other distin-
guished Commanders, 2 vols., 21s. 4. The Eighth, and
Cheaper Edition, of Mr. NVarburton's "Crescent and the
Cross," in 1 vol., 10s. 6d. 5. Historic Scenes, by Agnes
Strickland, I. vol., 10s. 6d. 6. Lives of the Princesses of
England, by Mary Anne Everett Green, 2 vols., 21s.
THE CONDEMNED CoNVICTs AT FOSS.—On
Thursday Mr. Noble, the governor of York Castle, re
received
reprieve from the Secretary of State for the two culprits God-
and Whitaker, who were left for execution by ,Mr.
Justice Patteson at the late assizes, for au aborninableoffenca
at Lockwood, near Hudderofiolcl, and Who Were t 9 IMO pas
fogocl 911 §Atlirdsr•

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-------'tHE PAVILION AT BRIGHTON.
(From the Brighton Gazette.)
The commissioners of the town have decided, as
our readers are already aware, on opening the newly-
decorated and elegant suite of rooms at the Pavilion
with a ball for the nobility; and we are happy to find
that the committee, who have so well performed their
duties in conjunction with Mr. Slight, the commis-
sioners' active and intelligent clerk, have taken steps
for carrying out the object which the commissioners
have in view, by communicating their intebtions to
many of the leading nobility of this county and else-
where, by letter, with a copy of which we have been
favoured.

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" Clerk's Office, Town-Hall, Brightoa,
December, 1810.
" Madam,—The commissioners of the town of
Brighton have instructed me to address your Lady-
ship on the following subject :—Feeling that the town
of Brighton has been and is honoured by the resort
of the nobility and gentry of the kingdom, they think
themselves bound to contribute as far as they can to
their comfort and enjoyment while here. The Pavilion
having always been an object of great attraction to the
town, constructed under the auspices of a Prince and
Sovereign of the highest taste and the most polished
and refined manners, and the centre afterwards of the
most distinguished society in Europe, the commis-
sioners thought it their first duty to prevent the de-
molition of this building, and to preserve it as far as
possible for the continued use and enjoyment of the
nobility and gentry who may continue to favour this
place with their countenance and presence. With
this view they negotiated the purchase of the Pavilion ;
and they have since been employed in restoring the
interior as nearly as possible to its primitive state
when finished by George IV.
" They have now brought this work to a close
and they feel happy, and even proud, to announce that
it is ready to be applied to those public purposes for
which it was purchased. They think, after the pre-
vious statement, that the opening of this public suite
of rooms should be celebrated by a ball of the nobility
and gentry who frequent Brighton, or who kindly
take an interest in its prosperity. They have appointed
a committee of three members of their body—long re-
sident in the town—to make arrangements for the
purpose; and this committee has directed me to apply
to your Ladyship, in the hope fat you will permit
your name to stand as one of the Lady Patronesses
on the occasion • and I beg leave to subjoin a list of
other ladies applied to as well as yourself. The com-
mittee will be happy to lend their aid in any way
which may be most agreeable to the Ladies Patro-
nesses. As the rooms are now in a state of readiness,
the favour of an early answer is requested.
" I have the honour to be, Madam,
" Your Ladyship's most obedient servant,
I" LEWIS SLIGHT,
" Clerk to the Commissioners."
The following is the list of ladies applied to :—The
Duchess of Norfolk, the Duchess of Richmond, the
Marchioness of Abercorn, the Marchioness of Ely, the
Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marchioness of Bread-
albane, the Countess of Arundel, the Lady Jane Peel,
the Countess of March, the Lady Seymour, the
Countess of Kinnoul, the Countess of Chichester, the
Viscountess Gage, Lady Augusta Fitzclarence, Lady
Alfred Harvey, Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, Lady
Sheffield, Lady Carrington, Lady de Tabley, Lady
Headley, the Dowager Lady Henley, the Hon. Mrs.
Fitzroy, Lady Pechell, the Hon. Mrs. Hanbury
Tracey, Lady Kerrison, Lady Otway, Lady West-
phal, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mrs. Colonel Wyndham,
Mrs. Morier, Mrs. Kemp, and Mrs. Craven.
The committee of management appointed by the
commissioners consist of William King, Esq., M.D.,
Cantab, James Cordy, Esq. (vicar's warden), and
Mr. D. M. Folkard.
Such a phalanx of distinguished names as appear
above cannot fail to realise the fullest expectations of
the inhabitants ; and it is not too much to expect,
with such an attractive place of entertainment for our
visitors, that the brilliant and elegant scenes which
were wont to shed a lustre over this town will be re-
, enacted, and that Brighton will continue its sway
over all other fashionable places. We may assert, with-
out fear of contradiction, that there is not such another
suite of rooms in the kingdom, and perhaps not in
the world, for elegance, chasteness of design, and
beauty of execution ; and when the grand opening
night shall come, numbers will in all probability enter
these rooms for the first time. That they will excite
the admiration of all who behold them we have not
the slightest doubt.
The rooms will be completed and ready for the
grand ball about the second week in January. We
stated last week that they were receiving their finish-
ing touch, and now they are all but completed.
On entering the banquetting-room the stranger
will be struck with the lofty dome rising to the height
of 45 feet. The dome itself is all but covered with
the broad and branching foliage of a luxuriant plain-
tain, which exhibits its fruit in all the progressive
stages to maturity. Frem the centre is suspended a
magnificent chandelier, nhich is so placed as to shed
the lustre of 50 lights fully upon the plaintain and the
beautiful and gorgeous painting. In this room, under
the dome, there are four horizontal windows of stained
with a paper of the same design as the original paint-
ing—that is, silver panels, with the royal eagle and
fLwer-work, surrounded by a crimson border, and
standing on a blue and silver ground: the skirting-
boards being again of crimson. The aftct of the
silver panels, relieved by the blue ground-work and
the crimson borders, is chaste and beautiful. "The
way in which the original patterns were restored
(says our Saturday's contemporary) to the walls of
the Pavilion is rather curious. George IV. was so
much pleased with the design that he had blocks made
for paper-hangings, but took care to secure the copy-
right to himself, for the exclusive use of the Pavilion.
These blocks were never made use of, and were put
away and supposed to be lost or destroyed, until, on
the Pavilion coming into the bands of the commis-
sioners, .Mr. Vick set to work to find the missing
blocks, and, after much trouble, fortunately suc-
ceeded; and as the copyright limits the block to the
Pavilion, of course no oiljection could be made for
copies being taken for that purpose ; and this has been
done, and the walls now appear in their original state.
Part of the blue groundwork is painted."
If, as our contemporary says, they were the
original patterns, they must hive been altered in
George IV.'s time, for the walls contained illustra-
tions of domestic groups of figures, nearly as large as
life, of the manners and elegant costumes of the higher
order of the Chinese people. " These pictures," says
a little work published by Mr. Willmott, of
Brighton, " possessed great variety, and teemed with
domestic episodes which are familiar to us. They
attached us to them by an appeal to our feelings, for
they seemed like the reflected imagery of our own
minds. The ground of these masterly paintings was
in imitation of inlaid pearl, richly wrought in all the
varied forms of Chinese mythology."
Leaving the banquetting-room you enter the green
or ante-drawing-room, which will have a very pretty
appearance, especially when lighted up.
The saloon is in the centre of the grand suite •f
rooms, and is of circular shape, with coned recesses to
the north and south, and a large dome clouded in a
light and cheerful manner, painted with a gorgeous
dragon with silver and gold flowered wings, en-
wreathed by crimson and green serpents. Over the
chimney piece is an immense mirror.
From the saloon you pass into the yellow drawing-
room, which is restored to nearly its pristine magni-
ficence. The ceiling is supported by two white and
gold oriental columns wreathed with serpents, capped
by a canopy minus the bells as they appeared in the
time when monarchs dwelt there.

But the music-room, of all others, will excite the
wonder of the visitor. Here the pencil of the artist
has been at work to some purpose ; and we doubt not
that the splendour of this apartment will be the
theme of admiration for ages yet to come.
We have extended this article to a greater length
than we at first intended; but the change in the at-
tractions of this favoured town, by the purchase of
this once royal palace, and the admirable resolve of
the commissioners to restore these rooms to all but
their original state, call on us to lay before our
fashionable inhabitants, and especially our visitors on
whom we so much depend for patronage and support,
as much information respecting this change as the
space at our command will permit.

SHOCKING DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION.--On
Saturday an inquiry was taken by Mr. Bedford, the coroner
at the Feathers, Dean-street, Westminster, as tb the death of
Charles Henry Clewlay, aged 19, who was suffocated under
the following shocking circumstances :—The deceased WAS
the son of Mr. Clewlay, the coal merchant and lighternaan of
the Adelphi Wharf, and on Monday went up with a barge to
Mortlake. In the cabin of this vessel, which was only six
feet by four, he was in the habit of lighting a fire in a sauce-
pan filled with holes. As he did not return on Tuesday his
family became much alarmed. A waterman, named Hooper,
who was passing over 'Vauxhall-bridge, saw the barge, and a
man's hand hanging out of the cabin,
make a further search, and he then foundwhich led him to
the unfortunate
deceased lying on his back, and quite dead. The jury re-
turned a verdict that the deceased died ci suffocation, but
they had no direct evidence to show how it was caused.

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FIRE AT ST.- JOHN'S WOOD.—On Saturday after-
noon, shortly before five o'clock, a tire broke out in the pri-
Nr-acte, e residence of S. B. flodgkinson, Esq , 5, Ilamilton-ter-
aSt. John's Wood. It was occasioned by a brick having
been left out of a flue of the next house, which allowed the
fire to rush into the second flour of Mr. llndgkinson's.
Owing to the firm hold the fire had obtained before it was
discovered, but few minutes elapsed before the flames shot
through the roof, and by the time the brigade and parish
engines could possibly be in attendance the flames were
rushing out of every window on the second floor. The fire-
men, however, having an abundance of water, by great per-
severance succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not till
the upper part of the residence was burned out, and the
lower part, with its valuable furniture, was damaged by fire
and water. The property is insured in the Royal Farmers%
office.

CLOSING or THE BRITISH MUSEUM.--The British
Museum will close to-day, and not re-open till the etli of
January, when the Nineveh Gallery will be open for the hs,
specti= 9f the public,

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