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DR. CUNIMING'S LECTURE.—AUT iENTIC EDI LION.
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Author, price 61.
C 'the
WISMIAN;" •a .Lecture by
the Rev. CUNIMING,• D,D., delivered at the
Hannver Square Rooms, on November 7th.
Published for the British Reformation' Society, by Arthur Hall,
Virtue & Co., 25, Paternoster Row.
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SALVATION. Dr. Cumming's SerMon before the Queen a
Balmoral.

LABITZKY'S NEW GRAND QUADRILLE.
On the 18th will be ready; Dedicated by special permission to
it.H. Prince Albert, Herr LABI "ZKY'S Grand Quadrille of all
Nations, now performing with unbounded acclamations at the Grand
National Concerts, by the entire Orchestra, and English and Berlin.
Choristers, aided by the three Bands of the Royal Household Troops,
and a Corps of Military Sido Drums.
London: R. COCKS and Co., 6, New Burlington•street, Publishers
to her Majesty.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (Enrollad under the Friendly
Societies' Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND, 42, 2tioortgate-street
London.

Established 1840. •
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Baring. Esq., M.P. W. G. Prescott, 'Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.
TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND.
John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
The Benefits of Mutual Life Assurance in all its' branches, on a
medium and safe scale of rates, with economical management.
Assurances may be effected on the non•participating scale at re-
duced premiums.
Great facilities allowed for travelling to various parts of the world.
A liberal sum given for the surrender of policies.
The Association being enrolled under the Friendly Societies Act,
all parties assuring have the privilege of making the Bmount of their
Policies payable to the Widow, Widower, or Child", n, free of pro-
bate and le_acy duty, or any other expense whatever.
Policies can be as.igned, and assignments are registered in the
books of the Association.
LOANS can be made to assurers on the security of their Policies
to their full value.
DIVISION OF PROFITS every dye years on policies of three
years' standing.
CLERKS assuring with this Association ARE ENTITLED TO
ALL TIIE ADVANTAGES OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND.
Prospectuses, proposals, and every information may be obtained on
application at the Office, 42, Moorgate-street.
By order of the Board,
• PHILIP' Hc.NRY BYRNE, Secretary.
November 14, 1850.

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIR 1:
AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. •
Established in 1836.

Empow-, ed by Act of Parliament.
Offices ;-8 and 10, Water-street, Liverpool; 20 and 21, Poultry.
London.

TRUSTEES.
Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart., M.P.,
Adam Hodgson, Esq., Samuel Henry Thompson, Esq.
• DIRECTORS IN LIVERPOOL.-
Chairman —WILLIAM NICOL, Esq.
Deputy-Chairmen —JOSEPH C. EWART, Esq. ; JOSEPH
HORNitY, Esq.
Thomas Brocklehank, Esq. George U. LAW/Tine, Esq.
William Dixon, E.q. Harold Littledale, Esq.
William Earle, Esq. John Marriot, Esq.
T. Steuart Gladstone, Esq. Edward Moon, Esq.
George Grant, Esq. • Lewin Mozley, Esq.
Francis Heywood, Esq. Joseph Shipley; Esq.
Robert Iliggin, Esq. B. Stolterfoht, Esq.
George Holt, Esq. John Swainson, Esq.
John Hore, Esq.
Sacarraar-,-Swinton fault, Esq.
DIRECTORS IN LONDON.
Chairman —WILLIAM EWART, Esq., M.P.
Deputs-Chairman—GEOßGE FREDERICK YOUNG, Esq.
Sir W. P. de Bathe, Bart. Hon. F. Pcnsonby.
William Brown, Esq., M.P. John Ranking, Esq.
3lattliew Forster, Esq., M.P. J. M. Rosseter, Esq.
Frederick Harrison, Esq. Seymour 'I eulon, Esq.
James Hartley, Esq. Swinton Boult, Esq., Secretary
Ross 1). ;Bangles, E- q., M.P. to the Company.
RESIDENT SECRETARY—Benjamin Henderson, Esq.
AD VANTALES.

Capital, 1,500,0001.
Liability of the entire body of Shareholders.
Reserved Fun I, 148,0001.
Establishment by Special Arts of Parliament.
The Lowest Premiums consistent with safety.
Whole World Policies granted.
Certain an i Gn.r ,nteed 13onases not dependent on Profits.
Favourable Terms on surrender of Policies.
Literal and Speedy Settlement of Claims.
Policies never Disputed except for Grass Fraud.
Facilities for Insurance on Agricultural Risks.

U NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
4, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London; 97, .‘eorge-street, Edinburgh;
12, St. Vincent-place. Glasgow ; 4. College. green, Dublin.
LONDON BOARD.
CHARLES GitARAM, Esq., Chairman.
CIIABLEA DOWNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Blair Avarne, Esq. T. G. Henriques, Esq.
Ni. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. F. Chas. Maitland, Esq.
Charles B. Curtis, Esa. William Railton, Esq.
William Fairlie, Esq. F. ti. Thomson. Esq.
1). Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st
teceml,,er, 1847, is as follows:

Sum addedto Sum addedto Sum payable
t ss
Sum Sum
Time Assured. Policy inlB4lPolicyin 18481 at Death.

£5OOO 13 years lOraths
5000 1 year
1000 12 years
1000 7 years
1000 1 year
500 12 years
500 4 years
500 1 yetr

4638 6 8 £787 10 0 1Z6470 16
.. 112 10 0 51i2 10 0
100 0 0 157 10 0 1257 10 0
157 10 0 1157 10 0
22 10 0 1022 10 0
78 15 0 628 15 0
45 0 0 545 0 0
11 5 0 511 5 0

50 0 0

The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In-
lrance is for Life.
Every information afforded on application to the Resident )Irec-
or s, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. London.

ENGINEERS, MASONIC, and UNIVERSAL
MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Head Office, 345, Strand, London,
•
(Opposite Watert ,o Idge). '
Incorpor.tted under Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.
Policies issued tree of Stamp Duty to the Assured.,
A Policy once granted never disputed.
Medical Referees paid in all cases.
N.. Entrance-fee Sir admittance.
The whole of the 'Tont% are divided amongst the' Assured.
Assignor nts and Transfers of Policies fiegistered at the Office free
of charge.
'the Board meets every Tuesday and Frid'y. at Two'o'clock."
Attendance at the Office daily from Ten to Four, when Assurances
may he ett'e red.
.4,* Persons ,ssurlng before Christmas will be entitled to partici-
pate in this year's profits.
FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Actuary and Secretary. .

VRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH•
Price Is. I%d. per hex.
'this excellent Family • ill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for
correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the common
symptoms of which nre costiveness, flatulency, spa‘ms, loss of appe-
tite, sick t.eadach , giddiness. sense of tintless after meals, dizziness
the eyes, droxsiness, and pains in the stomach and bowels,: indi-
gestion, producing a torpid statebf the liver, and a consequent inac
tivity of the bowels, causing'a disorganisation of every function of
the frame, wilt, in this meat excellent preparation, by a little perse-,
veranre, be effectually removed. Two or three doseS will convince
the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily* regain
its strength ; a h althy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will
rapidly take place ; and instead of listlesSitess, heat, pain, and jauti=
diced appearance, strength, activity, and renewe health will be the
quick result of taking' this me.dcine, according to the directions ae-
companying each box.
As a pleasant. safe, easy apperlent, they unite the recommenda-
tion of a mild operation with he mokt Successful effect, and require
no re.traint of diet or confinement during their use ; and for elderly
people timy wdl be found to be the most comfortable medicine hi-
therto prepared.
Sold by T. Print, •i• 29. Strand, London. Price Is. I%d. and 2s. 9d.
i.er box; also ty the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
kingdom.
Ask tor FRAMPTON'S PILL. OF HEALTH, and observe the
name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London," on the
Government Starve. •

THIRTY-FIFTH EDITION
CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR THE TREVENTION OF
DISEASE. ,

Ili ustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engraiinis on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL
PA DISQUALIFICATIONR, GENERATIVE INCA-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
A •e w and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d.
nc pn.t. direct from the Establishment, 3s 6d. in postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by
ex teesive'indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of
mercury, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion,
followed by observations on the Married State, and te disvalifica-
tions which prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Ehngravings, and
by the detail of cases. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting
Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ord-street, London. Published by
the Authors ; and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay,
63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-
street, London.
PART 1. tredts of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PART It. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing
mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative
incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111, treats of the diseases resulting from intection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their
treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engt wrings.
PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Preventio of Disease by a
simple application, by which the danger' of infection is obviated.
Phis important part of the Work should not escape the reader's
notice.

PAST V. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage,
and its du-
ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the
whole subject critically and philosophically Inquired into.
THE CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively employed In
treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Ike., I Is. and 335.
per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an antl-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of in*ction, secondary
symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 112. and 335. per
bottle. terry's Purifying Specific Pills, 22. 9d. 4s. 6d.. and I Is.
per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhea, gfeet, stricture, and
chronic) inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter,
11. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits. and Pee-
tion in society. 11. Packets, with advi. i
ce, to be had at the r.ta•
bliakment oily by which: the fee, li., s saved. Voss's. Petry,
ourgannsotre in attendance daily at I% Berners-stmet, Oxford-
street. Laudon. from Elever till Tara end to.Kbos, on lip -
40, rola Err= to Ow.

NOTICE.—The Important and Eztemive Estates of BROOKSBY

and GAYlllin-T.
MESSRS. DANIEL qnd SON respect-
full apprise the public that they have dispo.ed of the very
va Liable estate of Ilro,ksby, in Leicestersh.re (lardy advertised for
public sale), by priyAte treaty ; but the Trustees having declined the
offers for the GAYlltillST ESTA fE, near Newport Pagnel, this
,very fine domain, with its man4ion, park, manor, advowson,
fltLery, and valuab:e terms and woodlands, is sti,l open to Private
Treaty,

Via .s and particulars may he hal at their Offices, in Waterloo-
place, Pal -mall; and of Aessrs. Delmar and Wynne, &inciters, 43,
Luicoln's 11141,1(11.

The very Important Estate of ROSEHAUGH„ in SCOTLAND.
M EthSlisS, IntppS,..l4l),
the public tI at h tavnadi u aSbOl e N
andrebesapuetciftnl
DONT AIN (comprising 7,000 acre, , with the mansion, manors, fisheries,
), will not be submitted to pubic competition before the ensuing
spring, but it is for SA LE by private negotiation, and plans may be
inspected, and every information obtained, at their Offices in Water-
loo-place, Pall-mall

FIVE D .TS SALE oF VALUABLE FORFEITED PROPERTY.
MESSRS DLBENHAM and STORR will
.1:1,L by AUCTION, at their Rooms, King-street, Covent-
g on MONDAY, November 18, and Four following days, at Eleven
o'clock,

Watches. clock, plate, jewels, apparel, piece goods, furniture,
cutlery, and oth4 %miscellaneous effects ; being forfeited property,
pledged under the Act of Parliament in months prior to December,
1849, with the lol'owing pawnbrokers, viz. :—Messrs. "Smith and
Son, Clark's-place, I%lington ; Wood, tt. John-street, Cierkenwell,
and others ; and goods deposited with them as security for loans,
the period for which has expired.

r THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.

CONTRACT FoR WORKS.

The Directors of this 'ornridny are eregared to receive Tenders for
the Construction of the Works of the Line in the immediate neigh-
bourho:d of Newark and the River Trent, the length of the Con-
tract being about Three-quarters of a Mile, including the Viaduct
and other Works across the River Trent; the Navigation, &c.
Parties may obtain Plans, Specifications, and Forms of Tender, on
which only Tenders will be received at this Office, or at the Office of
fir. Joseph Cubttt, the Company's Engineer, No. 6, Great George.
street, Westminster, on and after WEDNESDAY, the. 20th instant, be-
tween the hours of Ten and Four, by giving their names and ad-
dresses, and on payment of 41. 4s. per set.
Tenders must be lodged at this Office, sealed up, and marked " Ten-
der for Trent Works," before• Twelve o'clock at Noon on TUESDAY,
the 3d December next, a hen parties tendering must be in attendance.
N.B. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest
Tender.

By order,
J. R. MOWATT, Secretary
Secretary's Office, Ring's-cross Station,
London, November 13, 1650.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.

LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad,
and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
petfectly digest the food.
The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe-
guard to health.
Bold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Vere-street, Oxford-
Street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs.
Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen
and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in
'mace.

N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of '• LEA
and PERRIN'S" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle.

taAME SEASON,—CROSSE And BLACK-
ILA WELL, Purveyors in Ordinary. by appoin,ment to her Ma-
ieety, beg re, pectfully to Inform the nobility and gentry that they
'continue to manufacture the cerebrated 'fOIIO SAUCE,' which will
,e found uperior for every description of gam. ; »lwo their improved
Essence of real Gorgona Anchovies, Dinmore's Essence of Shrimps,
"or boiled and fried fish, Royal Table Sauce, Sir Robert Peel's S ,uce
'or general purposes. Anchovy l'aste, Strasbryg lotted heats, &c.
"he who'e of the abo►e, together with their superior pickles. may be
obtaine.t of the principal sauce Tenders throughout the kingdom.
Manufactory, 21, Soho-square, London. Establishbd 1706. "

OCTOBER CIRCULAR. 1850.
We would remind the public that all TEA, bad or good, the
e t of the most worthless, pays an uniform duty of 2s. 24d. per lb.,
and is necessailly -übject to equal charges for freight, porterage,
wharfage, dock dues, &c., consequently the commonest is much
heavier taxed, in proportion to its real or marketable value, than
either the medium or the finest class Teas. Thus, common Congeu
-oats in Canton only 7,.. to Bd. per lb., but before it reaches the
English ,onsumer it nays in duty and chimes no less than 400 per
cent.; the medium class Tea, which costs 111. to lad. per lb., over-
tirea in duty and charges not more than 200 per cent. ; whilst the
finest class Teas, wh ch cot In China four times the' price of the
commoner, pay no more than 100 per cent. It must be apparent
ha , wi.h a fixed charge of 25. 6d. per lb. upon all l'en, mere price
,done is uo criterion of either good value or cheapness ; and we rape-
cielly direct the attention of those who are soliclous to economise
heir expendi. ure that they voluntarily tax themselves double or
quadri!) e what they have any necessity for doing by purchasing
inferior Teas.
SIDNEY, WELLS, and M \NDUELL, 8, Ludgate-hill.
Goods sent to any part of the kingdom carriage free on parcels of
the value of N. and upwards.
Price Lists sent (post free) upon application-8, Ludgate-hill.

R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
r To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-rew ; Carva.lho:
17, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct front the author ,
rice One Shilling each ; by post, ls. 6d.

ENJOYMENT OF LITE.
"Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time."

CorraNTs:—Early Rising—Spring and summer Mornings—ft.
ursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills
orests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
rips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening.. at Dom(
—Music—The Drama-- On Eating, Drinking. Sleeping, Bathing. Air.
eat, Ease, Occupation. &c.,
FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Toll
Vol I.

4 VISIT TO THE LAKES; SICETCH OF EDINBURGH.

Vol. 11.

rivc LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES 0?
DUBLIN, dm.
In.
',MAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
"That three score years and ten our course may run."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of net-
,}usly-debllitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harass°.
ae yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em-
itters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
Ition of every-day life.

IV.
THE PASSIQNS.
" What passions hurt the body—what Improve,
Truths as relined as Athens ever heard.'

fit/siacT : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent
,fthe passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of
licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative,
and remedlative. Advocacy of early marriages.
V.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that Is the question."

Ploozamars:LLaws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
iion regaraing marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
'twice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
asses, Sm.
By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.B.A.
(1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in thems
natter*. Rost tion hour, till Ave. g, annum. raven till nine,
10 Argyll-place. Restamt-street.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Captain Houston Stewart. C. 8., entertained last night
the Right lion. Sir F. T. Baring, Wart., M.P.. Rear
Admiral Dundas, 0.13., M.P, the Hon. W. Cowper,
VI. P , Mr. Secretary Parker, M.P., and his colleagues of
he Admiralty,
The Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard having
attained to his flag rank, the Admiralty on Tu sday last
ordered him to hoi.t. his fl gon lytard the Wellington
repot-ship of the ordinary as Rear-Admiral Superin
~-rident Price, and to keep it fl, rag until relieved.
lonsequently the gallant efficer has hois!ed his flag
Nue at the mizz,r,), and presided at the court-martial
:in Mr. Parry, the engineer of the Pinto steam-vessel, as
a flag' officer._ _ _ _

Captain Michael Seymour (1826). it is now confi-
lently retorted, will EF- the new superintendent or Sheer-
,ess Dockyard, vice Price, promoted. He is third son
f the late Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Spyinour, Bart.,
Entered the navy Nov. 1813, and has served
...venteen years sfloat, lastly as flag.captain in the Vim
dictive, 50, to Admiral Sir F. Austen, K.C.8., when
vominstider-in-chief of the West Indies. He has for
s.veral years been registrar and secr.-tary to the order of
be Bath, and is in the 48th year ot his age.
THE COURT OF INQUIRY ON COSISIoDORE PLUM-
RIDGE.—I)EVoNPoRT, WEDNEt-DAY.—The court of in-
quiry comm used again at ten A rd., and adjourned at
•kuur P.M., without being finished. The officers meet
again to-morrow morning. Mr. Hamley, the ex-secre-
iary, it appears, is pushing the Commodore hard; four
days have now been occupied in this investigation, and
there are no signs of a conclusion. The examination of
Commander Morris has taken up more than half of this
day, and it is not determined when the Cambrian, 40,
is to be paid off. Perhaps it would have been beher to
have boree the witnesses on the guard-ship,' and have
paid off all the rest.
Commander A. P. E. Wilmot has commissioned tilt
Hark-quit), 12, at Devonport, for coast of Aft ice ser-.
vice, instead of the Britomart, 8, found to he so defeetive
the moment she was wanted. The Harlequin is to have
a complement of 125 officers and men.
Six midshipmen passed at the Naval College on Mon-
day, and eight secotad masters 'Awed for the rank of
masters. •
A Russian corvette man-of-war arrived at Spithead
yebt,rtiay morning, and at ten o'clock saluted the gar-
at eleven. she saluiad the flag of Admiral Sir B. Capel,
gar-
, icon with 21 guns, which the Platform battery returned;
which the Victory returned. She is to go into harbour
to-day.,
RetrOution, 28, stfam-, frigate, Captain Warden, hauled
off troth the dockyard last evening, and will probably go
out of harbour on Monday. She will proceed to Lisbon
en route to the Mediterranean.
Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Tatham, left
Devonport on Wednesday with dispatches for Brazils.
Buzzard steam-sloop, from Woolwich, and Styx steam-
sloop, from Portsmouth, have arrived at Devonport.
The screw-sloop Wasp arrived at Plymouth on the
6th, and .is still detained at that port to remedy some
defects in her machinery. This was also the case at
Portsmouth, and it is to be feared this find vessel has
not been supplied with efficient engines; they are only
of 100-horse power; she is 980 tons; has a 42-frigate's
kgmaleireyd efierke, h
ehas which
e d
iciot
iml
nl completely
cventilate
attachedt e
apt.
mast and sails, but barque-rigged, and has windows on
her lower
converts 200 gallons of salt water into fresh daily, thus
giving a constant supply
of pure water remarkably good.
She is an exceedingly quick sailer, quite a clipper; 160
men, which will be increased by 43 kroomen on the
coast, but she will stilt be' short-handed. Numerous
seamen have applied to join the Wa-p since she arrives
at Plymouth, but have been refn.F.d on account of On:
complement being lull. So much for a popular ship, and
a goon captain.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 14.—The Illustrious. 72 the late
depot stop of the ordinary, was taken up the harbour
this day into ordinary.
Lieutenant John Secombe,
of fittingchainv
f
i :eat
.Majesty's
:16i:use
hhdiephhseeerAee ybhie,e,sirsi
Maje,ty's ships Britannia, 120, and Vengeance, 84,
terday, for the purpose
plan for laying
1 The Oily:Zia awl chief °Una of tto Tos4ll ships
haviandngSt.
ot
.ch o((.1:

were honoured yesterdiy by Lady Capel with a cruise
:n the yacht of the Commander-in-Chief, who this even-
ning gave them a grand entertainmPut at the Adrni-
rdlty-f4ou4e, to which the Ottoman Vace-Consul, Mr.
Alexat,der Beattie, and a distinguished circle were
Invit4 d.

'The Medea steam-sloop hes hem] docked in the room
of rho Re; ributi.,n, to undergo a through repair.
The Gt Iffon brgautine W.s tkken up the lake at the
head the harbour, towards Farehlru, yesterday, for
the purpose of trying the newly-invented signals of Dr.
Thomson.

The Amphitrite. 24, has been brought down from the
ordinary to be docked. It is reported she will shortly
be etnntuission,d, as also the Bulldog steutn.sloop.
We are requested to state that Mr. Vine,nt Pappa•
lardo is re•appointed Vice-Consul for the United States
for this port.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13.—The steam-vessel Styx arrived
j.esterday, and went up harbour.
The tiigate Calliope was uodocked and masted on
Monday.
The steam-ves,el Avon was placed in dock on Monday
to have her copper ex.oeined nod repaired.
Lord John Hay, Commodore Sup.-rintendent, having
returned to the dockyard, hoisted his broad peanant'on
Saturday, on beard the St. George.
The merchant schooner Enrico, of Denia, which over-
sat on Saturday at Millha), was righted yesterday.
Her anchors, chain cables, and (Alec heavy gear have
13,-en discharged, and it is hoped that the water will be
cleared out ot her hold to-morrow. The schooner io
not much daMaged; she is in charge ot Messrs, Treeby.
and Co.

testing her veracity. Her answers, however; were all of
the same character, and when pressed upon any point in
her previous deposition she invariably- sheltered herself
by maintaining that she did not know what she said
when she laid the complaint, arid that she was 'now
sorry for having doue so.
A magistrate asked her whether she recollected Mr.
Johnstone having kissed her ,in the Sunday before the
Bth of Octeber. Complainant—Why. I don't know, sir.
. Mr. Clarkson objected to any question being asked
calculated to prejudice the accused which had not a di-
rect bearing upon the case under investigation.
After a long and soine.s hut personal discussion be-
tween the Bench and the Learned Advocate,

The complainant was further questioned by Mr.
Towi r, who reminded her of the awkward position she
was placed in by denying now what she had previously
stated upon oath. •
Ihe girl ,till persisted in averring that she-was now
stating the truth, and reef ated her exprf scions" of regret
for having told so very different a story before.
Mr. Tower expressed his opinion that the Comp7airinnt
had he,n, most disttrteffully tutored. It wns impossible
for him to believe that a young girl like the com-
plainant would come before the Bench and swear to
certain facts. and after Wards contradict them in ludo, un.
as she had beer► tutored to do so. -
Mr. Clarkson said he believed all the circumstances
of this case were not yet known.
Atter some further discussion; in the course of which
Mr. 14,,wis, a tnngistrate, mentione i that the mother of
the girl had complained to him in his 'private capacity
of the treatment daughter had received from Mr.
Johnstone, and entreated his interference,
The Chairman said they had two affidavits made by
the complainant now before them. One of them, which
had been sworn in his absence, severely affected the
character of the defendant. That which had been sworn
in his presence entirely rebutted the other. How the
complainant had been induced thus to vary her state-
ment did not appear, but as the facts stood there were
certainly no grounds tor, detaining the defendant in
custody. The case was, therefore, dismissed. ,
Mr. Johnstone then 'retired, and the -court was
presently cleared.
After the proceedings had terminated the bench'gave
instructions to Mr. Lewis to prefer a bill of indictment,
fur perjury against Mary Ann Doe.

CORN, CURRENCY,

AND FREE-

TRADE MEETING AT DERBY.

A meeting was held on Friday evening, in the Lec-
ture-room of the Mechanics' Institute, Derby, to con
sider the effects of the present monetary system' este,.
Wished by Sir Robert Peel's Bills of 1819 and 1844, on
the agricultural, nesnufacturing, and industrial in•erests
of the country. The Rev. John Twells, vicar of Eaten,
attended as a deputation from the Retford Currency
Society. The meeting was attended by a.large number
of highly-respectable and intelligent gentlemen.
Widiatu Eaton Mousley, Esq., of Derby, was unani-
tneusie called to the chair. Ia introducing Mr. Twells
to the meeting, he observed that he was a gentleman of
on ordinary charaCter, who had devoted much attention
to', tbe subject of the currency, and attended there for no
ke her obj,ct than to illustrate the truth. . •
The Rev. Mr. TwELns said—The difficulty which has
goner all) been supposed to envelope the whole question
of the currency has prevented it from receiving that at-
tention, which its importance undoubtunly deserves.- A
•übject so unporeautehowever, as that which regulates
every bergein made between man and man cannot be
ileglecteti with impunity. Of the currency Sir Robert
Peel said, in 1844," " Tnere is no contract, public or pri-
vate, 'to • engagement, national or indivmual, which is
unaffected b% it." Earlier, 'in 1825. Sir Jewett Graham
hid said, " The real difficulties of the State And the
present danger of the , landed interest will be found
to lurk under the question of the currency." Yes, gen-
tlemee, the reafdifficulties of' the State still lurk under
the currency question ; and it ' is to drag these hidden
dangers f. ,rth. and .to endeavour to show what they are,
, end how they are acting On the. best interests ot that
commuuity that I appear before you this day. The
currency question may be difficult, it may be dis-
taste:ill, nut only to country gentlemen, as Sir James
t;rahatei said, but to people in gene rid ; nut if its effects
are shown to be ruinous to country gentlemen, most
sejurious to the interests of all classes, I have no fear
hat the English people will get to understand ,this
question. But as there is no royal road to learning
any kind, so there is no possibility of understanding
this quesion without some attention, thought, and in-
vestigation. Such was the process which I under-
went. '['hough for many years convinced of the inn-
! portance of this sutject. I recently reviewed the whole
question, glddly availing myself of the learning, re-
search, end ability which have so amply been lavished
on this question, but a hich, paying no slavish delfreeee
to the most eminent authorities, I thought out the
question, step by step, in my own mind, and it was only
atter mature deliberation that, havieg become more than
ever assured of the immense importance of the subject
to all masses of my te'low countrymen, I entered upon
another consideration. That consideration was 'what
was my duty as an individual. The decision I formed,
right or wiong. was this—that it was was my bounden _
duty to do everything in my power, let my circum-
stances or position be as adv. rte as they might, to endea-
vour to disseminate a right understandiog of this
vital subjece—(Hs ar, bear.) For I hold that no
man ought to keep the truth bidden its his own mind,
but rather to sacrifice his own pleasure, ease, or telt-
interest, to uphold the truth, especially important, truth
involving the happiness or misery ot thousands of his
fellaw-countrymen. It I venture
,thus to intrude myself
for a moment on your attention, it is b cause I am sully
aware it may be said that no slight responsibility is in-
curred by any one who endeavours to obtain an altera-
tion of the monetary system of a great nation. .But I
do so without fear, because I know that to obtain any
alteration is utterly beyond my power. With the Eng-
lish people, and not with me, or with those with whom
I act, will rest the responsibility of any alteration of the
currency. Ranged. as we sae against us, wealth and
talent, and political inflaencei, what danger is there of our
misleading the people? No, we are powerless to mislead
the people. It is only if after full investigation of the
subject. we shall be found to have truth on our side that
we shall prevail—truth, which commends itself to the
hearts and consciences of all men, which from the be-
ginning of the world has been slowly but surely forging.-
es way, obtaining from age to age increased and in
creasing numbers of sillcere and ardent worshippers,
and Wh se temple will at last be found standing alone
in simpl' majesty, when the deserted shrines of error,
and all the specious rubrics of fdsehood are crumbled
into dust.—(Cheers, and. " Hear, hear.") Gentlemen,
the notice which calls together this meeting in-
vites. you .to consider " the present state of the cur-
rency end its ii.fluenee upon the landed agricultural
slid industrial interests of the country." This is a wide
range. It is impossible fur me to enter fully into so ex-
pansive a subject. I can present but an imperfect sketch
lit' the question. And if, when you have heard me; you
remain unconvinced, I have only to beg that you will
attribute it.to the incapacity of the advocate, and not to
tbe badness of his cause. The present state of the cur-
rency rests on the B ink Charter Act of 1844, taken as
the complement of the measure known as Peel's Bill
of 1819.. 1 ray that the influence of these Acts on the
landed, agricultural, and inthistrial interests of the coun-
try has been and is most iejurissua. And in urging my
Objections to these measures, I beg that I may not be
considered as speiskieg with unnecessary severity, of the 1
staeestnan whose name is so intimately connected with
them, and whose sudden and untimely withdrawal from.
the political arena has called forth so large a ehare'ef
the nation's sympathy. I would rather, that Sir Rebell
Peel were .011 alive to hear what is said, and knaii.*hat
his opponents are (Hog, and to vindicate his measures,
But though the Minister is departed his acts .are,
still in existence. I war not with the dead. etatesse
men, but wile whet I believe to be his mistaken
policy, the injurieus' effects of which, on. the . best
interests of my country, still survive.. Let it
be remembered that the father or Sir Robert Peel
—amen who spoke from practical knowledge and ex-
perience—in presenting a Wition from, the merchants,
bankers, and traders if the city of London against the
Bill of 1819, expressed a decided opinion against that Mee-
sure. But the elder Sir Robert Peel again came forward
to express his opinion upon the subject. In 1826 he ad-
9reas,-,:d a letter to the Members of both Houses of Par-
liament. He had then had time to witness the effects of
the Bill of 1819, and to modify or correct his former ins•
pressions; but age, experience, and mature deliberation
confirmed him in the condemnation of the measure of his
son. ' Now,- the measure here referred to maY.'be in a
word described as antagonistic to that adopted by Mr.
Pitt. To make the subject plainer, allow 'me to advert
to the growth of the monetary system' 'of this country.,
One of the first things man does is to make exchanger,
to give what, tier he has 'obtained by.'labour—which.
Adam Smith says is the source of all weelth--and. which
he doei not want, for something that he does want: this
is barter. But .here he his to find some one who
wants . exactly whet he has to dispose of, and
wants also exactly the quantity of the corn-
mndity which ' he has to part with. Barter,
therefore, being attends d with great inconvenience,
quickly gives place to a system in which, by common
consent, something is fixed on as a medium of exchange.
This is called money.' " In the rude ages of society,"
says Adam. Smith, " cattle are said to be the common
instrument of commerce; and though they must have
been a most inconvenient one, yet in old times we find
things were frequently valued according to the number
of cattle which had been given in exchange far them.
the armour of Momsde, says Homer, cost only nine
oxen, but that Af Gluteus cost an hundred oxen." He
goes on to say that salt is .the common instrument in
A hyssini,, a species of shell in some parts of the coast
of India, and hides and dressed leather in some other
c .untries. At this day on the coast of Africa slaves
are the 'circulating medium. 'Metals, however, soon be-
gan to be employed as money. Metals are durable and
portable; tney can be divided into a number of parts.
end by fusion can be united. Iron was , the
money of the ancient .Spartans; copper that of
the ancient Romans, and as commerce advanced silver
and gold became money. In common with all mankino.
I admire those beautiful prodnc'ions of ,natnrelesilver ,
;tad gold, not only as being portable, durable, end pew*,
but on account of their intrinsic beauty and purity. 1
admire gold as I do the diamond, but I thick with John
loatilta, that salt WU gov 44944,4 to ktp t.kke few of
-

the world. Gold and silver then became the medium of
exchange first by weight. The revenues of the ancient
Saxon kings of Enelaad are said to have been paid. --not
in money but in kind, that is, in victuals and provisions
of all sorts. William the Conqueror introduced the
custom of paying them in roomy; tide money, however,
was for a long time received at the Exchequer by weight
and not by tale. Coins, however, were sewn adopted, as
sap used, to sscert.on nut only the fineness but the
weight t f the trie:al. The wages of labourers at the
time of William the Coequeror was a halfpenny a day,
nd
pawbga
frranrh:
va.
,uilyert
eelm,:rtac:rp.lndep,a,tit,intnti:lttuld:oy:iloecikngunantlEihi,:aula:tftv:eeedds.2tao
eetho.heLet
rTa.
dihßneegu population
or]fa: tomcat
London
trdal
iviant ft
of
tiastemneh.
lzde.
in
change " The genius of the Hebrews," sass a writer,
learning and literary taste have
shed a lustre on the ancient race from which he de-
ec-ncl,d—tt e I Disreali—" produced the wonderful
invention of bills of exchangi ; an, object like the art of
printing b,c-rce too familiar to be admired; the miracle
has cea'e.l and its unity only remain', yet both, are
sources f eivilizatiOn. and conrect toOether as in one
commonwealth the whale universe." It may .iedet d
be doubted whether the effects of the discovery of the
art of printing.have been more wouderNi" than these
produced by that of bills of exchange. The first Ehre-.
peen hank, that of Venice, was established in the- reign
of Richard.four de Lion. Near about this time the
Lombards. as the merchants of Italy "ere called, came
to England and established themselvee in the street
which still beers their name. They brought with them
much commercial knowledge and skill, and mated the
business of bankers with thst•ef goldsmiths. They in-
creased in wealth and importance, and usually demand-
ing twenty per cent. for money lent. became in the
fifteenth century very rich. Henry VII. cherished com-
merce as a power to be employed against the
.barons. In the •titue of Elizabeth Thomas . Gresham,
a noble merchant; did much to improve the
state of the English finances. The discovery
of the American mines caused at this time great advents
in the • prices of • all commodities. The purchasing
power of money depending on its relative propertiou to
the thing to be purchaaed, the increase in the qUantity of
silver, particularly at this time, lowered its value in rela-
tion to corn;, in other words, the price of corn rose.
During the civil war Charles borrowed money of the
goldsmiths; the rich also placed their money tor secu-
rity in their hands, And the receipts issued by the
goldsmiths for money lodged with them circulated from
hand to hand, and were known as goldsmiths' notes.
Theie formed the first kind of bank notes in England,
and were an adeance MI bills- of exchange. The first
public debt arose from the seizure by Charles of the
money paid into the Exchequer by the goldsmiths in
advance of the taxes. Public indignation forced the
King to consider this a debt, and it remains to this day
a pert of the national debt. The Bank of England was
eetablished in 1694, with a capital of 1,200,000/, raised
by subscription and lent to Government. In 1696, Mr.
Montague, acting under the advice of Sir Isaac Newton,
during the re-coinage of the silver, issued 54 and la
EZchequpr-bills, which were received in payment for
the taxes. How nearly this great man (Newton) grasped
the vital principle which we advocate—that of a Go-
vernment paper money—but which he did not quite see
the way to establish permanently, is evident from this.
In, 1745, Derby being occupied by the rebels, a severe
run occurred on the Banker England, which then, to gain
tithe, paid its notes in aixpences, showing the then ex-
istence of the double standard. The gold standard in-
troduced by Sir Robert Peel was not the ancient stan-
dard of the country. As fresh sums of money were
from time to time supplied to the Government, the
capital.of the bank was increased.. Private banks had
in the mean time been established, thus the circulating
medium of 'the country was considerably increased, and
'with the facilitieslbus afforded to commerce, the pro-
'greats of the nation was also considerable. In 1793
the public revenue amounted to nearly eighteen
millions, the population being nearly tete millions; while
on the accession ot .and M.,ry, in 1689, the re-
venue, as stated by Mr. 'Macaulay, was about two
millions, or 165.000/. leas than was received fur postage
pnncihaliy ie,re.nmes in 1849. In 1797. a most important
event in the monetary history of the country occurred.
Engaged in an expensive war, which had drained the
'country of its bullion, the Bank of England, being no
1 urger able with safety to itself to make further ad-
, varices to Government, Mr. Pitt procured the passing of
the Bank Restriction Act. By this Act the Bank was dis-
charged from the obligation of paying its notes
in gold, these notes being made a legal tender for the
payment of all debts, and receivable for taxes. Then
began the issue also of 11. notes. Then commenced a
period unexampled in the history of ihis nation, during
hich, in spite of the war and all its attendant evils, the
progress of the nation was most rapid and xtraerdi-
nary. The rent of land, which in 1793 amounted to
22,000,0001. a year, had increased ID) 1815 to 39,350,00 q
The number of inclosure bill, betweeu 1797 alio 1816
was not less than 1,779. The price of corn, which tor
a long pericd had on the aver.ge been belua, 15s. the
quarter, rose to an average tp. rwven 1794 and 1820 of
.87 ~ 10d. a quarter; and from 1809 to 1820, to 98s. 93,
a quarter Too rip nditure of the country in the year
18.15 amounted to the t normous sum of 111,491,5204
But the war happily came to an end, and the nation
justly expected that the prosperity bud happiness of the
community would make more happy progress in a time
of peace. But during the war two causes had been in
operation on the nation's welfare. There was the war
exhausting the resources of the country and making it
per, and there was an adequate paper currency deve-
loping the energies of the country and making it rich.
had vanquished our enemy and secured for
the country the blessing of lit ace, and the next
rep we took was to turn our back upon our friend—
Pitt's monetary system, and deprive peace of its blessings.
Immediately after the proclamation of peace the Bank
of England received an intimation that it must prepare
fora return to cash payments. It contracted its issues
accordingly. " Such a scene," says Sir James Graham,
both of agricultural and commercial distress ensued
as this unhappy country at that time never witnessed.
The Government was dismayeel..at the sufferings which
their merely contemplated measure had produced. The
circulating medium was again increased, and by 1819
all the interests sa!- the country were in a prosperous cone
dition. Peel's Bill became the law of the land, and in a
'few. months the severest distress pervaded all chsses.
Again the Government of the day relented. In 1822 a
Small Note Act was passed, and one-pound notes again
put into circulation. The unexampled prosperity of Mr.
Robinson, in 1825, succeeded. But it became advanta-
geous to export gold; the circulation was contracted;
fiVo heed p. a cwci,
ll 1n802,5;
given) tthiemi tesn, rtrut.nceo.us a
sciin she qavueendcoense,
on former occasions, the effects produced on this un•
happy country by the eontractions and expansions of the
currency. In 1844 Sir R Peel introduced his Bonk Charter
Bill, which was. be said, to remedy all the evils winch ex-
Perience had"proved to result from his former measure.
Mr, Goulborn, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer.
called this measure "a perfect system." For a year
or two an expanded circulation fostered speculation, then
gold being exported, the circuletion was contracted, and
we had the panic of 1847. The Committee appointed
by the House of Commons decided by a small majority
Robert Pe:'l sun Mr. Gintiburn voting fur weir
own measure—against the resolutions pr.pt.sed by Mr.
Spooner, condemnatory of the present monetary system;
while the House of Lords' Committee reported that the
Bill of 1844 had decidedly failed in accomplishing all
the important object's for which it was enacted. The
report of the Lords' Committee thus describes the Act
of 1844, passed as.neceieary to complete and "carry out
the principle of the Act of .1819:
" 1. To those who may have expected that the 7th
and Bth Viet., c. 32,
,woull effectually prevent a recur-
rence of cycles of commercial excitement andsdepression,
the contras, between the'years 1845'and 1847 must pre.
duce a grievous disappointment.
" 2. To those who anticipated that the Act would put
a cLeck on improvident speculation, the_disupointmerit
cunnot be less, if reliance is to be placed (ea the Com-
mittee are confident it may) on the stateusenros the
Governor
(t.rt
hfnli;aat
rrdsifttraui
toltetev of
vhBnhwe3sh,
anticipations
A.
iheidcretuti
iesthpowean2et
ueßank,ine differenceert;to
contemplatedr: e
ica2lsaani
iersttdr.
eioteonrhbdfnae conclusively
ttttehtwa ihetseteh.et
iar,eune .tsah.
et:
number
hcepai teumrenatrheli
vffttsi
enygseduerhasesaen,nbgsydy:aeteiah
years,
enormousnhr
st
and
netet
extent as in 1846, and thee beginning-of 11147:
fact
low
f
183
violent fluctuations in the value of money, the fallacious-
-1847 rose to 61.
extent of• commercial failures would have been lessened,
the deplorable narrative of the GovernOr of the Bank.
recording the failure of thiriy-three houses, compara-
tively in large business in London alone, to the amount
of 8,129 000/., is a conclusive reply.' ;
" 5. If the enormous extent to which railroad specula-
tion has been carried be considered as an evil to which a
sound system of banking would have applied a correc-
tive, such a corrective has not been found in an Act,
since the' passing of which. during a period of three
years, an increased railway capital of upwards of
221,000,0001. has been authorised to be raised by Parlia-
ment, and when' the enormous sum of 76,390.000/. is
stated, on high financial authority, to have been actually
expanded on railways in two
years and a half.
•t 6. It the power of ()taming bunking accommoda-
tion on moderate terms were considered to be promoted
by the Act of 1844,,it csito,3 be'said that this important
ohject has 141L11 tatall.ed, since it appears in evidence
that, in 1847, in addition to an interest of 9 or 10 per
cent., a commission was also frequently paid, raising
the charge to 10, 20, or 30 per cent., according to the
time which bills had to run."

Ter, with this explicit cow!ectinsCon, this Act still re,
mains the law of the land, and will continue so to do till
tne English people -shall learn to understand the cur-
rency question, and insist upon their representatives
learning to understand it also.—(Cheers.) But let it .be
briefly considered how the various interests or the coun-
try are affected by the present system of money. It is
a well-known fact that the estates of the greater part of
the landowners are encninbe, ed with annuities and inert-
gege.s. " Nine-teuths of the landowners of this united
;more,. Peers is well as CoMinoners," sill Sir
James Graham, " have mortpaed a pert %
their estates to improve the cultivation of the whole.
'the Wu. of Coggsogs resolved wszaiseilll