The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-21 00:00:00

ABERDEEN RAIL W A Y'
Capital 500,000/., in in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 1/. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
--MAS BLA IKE, ace, Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen,
Chairman.
11e illeht Hon. the Earl of Errol, K.T., Lord-Lieutenant of Aber.
deenthire
slhe Right Hon. the Lord Forbes
.Light Hon. the Lord Panmure
Site
Right Hon. the Lord Lovat
Rigid Hon. the Lord James Hay
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Provost of Brechin
Alexander Bannerman, Esq., M.P. for the City of Aberdeen
George Dundee, Esq., M.P. for Dundee
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iiy).eCaatpvtil.aadiinktißeiea,ikEsrciella3.yEe,, ogf.111" ry and Allardice
of Craigiebuckler
M jot.- General Byres, of Tonley
Newell Burnett, Esq., Aberdeen P. Chalmers, Esq of Auldbar
Crombie, Esq., one of the Bellies of Aberdeen
sCarnegie, Esq., of Spynic and Boysack
Aberdeen
;_ Robert
oma Duff, Es q „
q., of Cuer anFetteresso
Abercromby Duff Esq., of Haddo
Dan Davidson, Esq., of Tillychetly
Farquharson, Esq., of Invercauld
.1 liltes
arquhar Es of Hall-green, Kincardineshire
-sines Farquharson Es , manufacturer, Attchinblae
Captain Fraser, of Inverallochy and Castle Fraser
r,-","st Grant, Esq., of Tillyfour, Convener of Aberdeenshire
Col Gordon Gordon, of Park, Convener of Banffshire
Alexander Gibbon, Esq., of Johnston
hn Gordon, Esq., of Avochie
Andrew Gansime„,
Es of Drumtechty Castle
Jo •s
Japes Taylor Gordon, Esq., of Nethermuir
tladden, jun., Esq., of Aberdeen
Ji Frederick Holland, Esq., Aberdeen
a Angus Eg clerk of Aberdeen
Wilt 'q''
,slek
' lara 'lines, Esq., of Raemoir, Convener of Kincardinthire
ander Jopp Esq Aberdeen
yiene. . .9
Jam .11gour, Esq., Aberdeen
cajneS Jon Kinlock, Esq., of Kair
Alexander
Lumsden, Esq., Aberdeen
n,er,,a..n.,der Morison, Esq., of Bognie and Montblairy
bj,,,,,h,.ll:4.,lloaerrhireaey,EEssqq„., mail-coach contractor, Aberdeen
A. Jun-, Esq., of Tollos, merchant, London
.eulfour Ogilvie, Esq., of Tannadice
Aberdeen
kenr7 Paterson, Esq., banker
Colonel Turner of of 14Ienie, C.B. Royal Artillery
4
Thomson, C. 8., Bengal Engineers, of Fairley
b. 2enipson, jun., Esq., Aberdeen
nfY lie Esq., banker, Aberdeen
i wheesta IN LorthoN—The Union Bank of London.
"4asWilliara Cubitt, Esq, F.R.S, Great George-street,
?gip, Landoll ; Alexander Gibb Esq., Aberdeen.
C; ai
antsTeßY SOLICITORS—Messrs., Johnston, Farquhar, and
) 65s Moorgate street ; and Me,srs. G. and T. W. Webster,
I.l%'.(lPalace-yard Westminster.
Poste railway will connect the north of Scotland with all the pro
Aber-a" Present railways in the south, and leads directly from
enitss'een to Edinburgh and Glasgow. Its length will be about 50i
pies and the distances from Aberdeen to the following important
TO Will be as follows, viz.:—
bitinbergh, via Arbroath,
athDundee. and through Fife 125 Miles
Glai . via Forfar, Perth, and Stirling 157
tSllow, via Forfar, Perth, and Stirling 152
The Di
via Dundee, Perth and Stirling ...... " '
7in
itrPosition of Aberdeen among the towns of Scotland next
view Pestance to that of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and, with the
the f adopting the line best calculated to unite Aberdeen with
con,,,,,and other populous cities, and to secure the most favourable
suWanleation with the south, Mr. Cubitt, after a careful personal
e 7 has
and vh; reported his decided approval of the line now proposed,
Steno 'eh may be described as follows :—From Aberdeen by
Drumlithie, Lmreneektrk, Marykirk,
.Dubtr near
Ctith.;4as and Bridge of Dun near Brechin, to Friockheim and
Pre6en-e. Points about seven miles from Arbroath and Forfar in the
itilr
line of railway to these towns.
veur;hiub:tt has further stated that this line is also the most fa:
rake nre as regards the expense of construction, and that his
.e.sti-
inel49oe,ooo/. is fully sufficient for completing the undertaking,
the rail !13 the plant and every other expense up to the opening of
The y,
iiateen,'eraPany will be in a situation to submit evidence to Par-
11014,i:that the traffic will yield a return of 8 per cent. to the shares.
I,_ 4141
',M., the Act is obtained, interest at the rate of 4 per cent. will
is oki;;ed_ot:Pon the calls from the date of payment until the line
tra
The ffic.
th„vathamentary plans will be completed in time for deposit,
sesco; aPPlication may be made to Parliament for the Act next
I,,CaPi g or
-`111ed:. Cubitt's report and sketches of the line may be ob.
N), -1 the Cmpany's ces, 2, Moorgate-street, London, where
rattee"nia frothe remaining shares may be addressed to the Come
rasben., APPlications may also be addressed to any of the under-
talit' to and brt kers :—Messrs. Forsyth and Pritchard, R. Scholes,
ell; J. B. Neilson, Liverpool; Moore and Gatliff, Rudders-
ilker `l. and G. Redesdales, H. and C. Beardshaw, William
soik. and George Heaps and Co., Leeds; James Grayston,
arid Rallten and Son, Manchester.
By order of the Committe,
AaeADAM and ANDERSON, Secretaries.
'ueen Railway Company's offices, 2, Moorgate-street,
nom:n London, October 17, 1844.
. • All applications must be accompanied by a reference to a
-r+broker, or other party of known respectability.

No. 16,280.

LONDON, MONDAY, EVENING SUN, OCTOBER 21, 1844.

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

THE TRADESMAN'S AND GENERAL
MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE,
AND NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY.
Enrolled and Empowered under the Acts of Parliament of the
10th George IV., and the 4th and sth William IV., commonly
known as Tidd Pratt's Act.
There are multitudes of Life Assurance Companies, but all are
directed to meet the wants of classes superior to those contem-
plated by this office. This establishment is peculiarly adapted to
the great middle class of society. The professional man, the man
of limited income, the tradesman, the working man, all have
hitherto looked in vain for an establishment adapted to their
means, their desires, and their necessities. Societies with high
sounding titles, large nominal capitals, and long lists of noble,
honourable, and right honourable directors, have been established,
or attempted to be so ; but if the veil were withdrawn, it would be
found that the capital was in a great measure ideal, and the direc-
tors gentlemen who never could take an active part in working the
society, and never intended to do so. Morever, when those esta-
blishments have real capital and proper responsibility attached to
them, they are found to be merely " Proprietary Companies"
(i. e.) Companies of Shareholders who have to be paid a large per
tentage upon the proceeds before such proceeds can be appropriated
to the benefit of those who advance them.
The working classes have been greatly assisted in sickness and
misfortune by the operation of Benefit Societies.; why, therefore,
should not the middle classes apply to that principle to remedy
their own peculiar wants and necessities ? It is true that some
evils have attended ill-regulated Assurance Companies, but the
misery entailed upon the lower class by corrupt and ill-conducted
Benefit Clubs has been infinitely greater. In a large majority of
Benefit Societies, the treasurer, or influential person, is a publican,
at whose house the meetings of the club are continually held. The
effect of such a state of things is highly prejudicial to the well-
being of a Society formed expressly to provide against the contin-
gencies of accident, sickness, or other misfortune, by inducing a
waste of its means in the purchase of intoxicating liquors ; thus
prejudicing the health and morals of the members, while the very
funds to meet the necessary calls upon its benevolence are dissi-
pated. This Society is formed to embrace, if possible, all the
excellencies of the Life Assurance Establishment and the Benefit
Club.

OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
-ILL The PROTEOSCOPE, an original Optieal Instrument, unli-
mited in its appliances to Nature and Art, a highly valuable addition
to LONGBOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The Pictorial Il-
lustration of the Passions, from Collins's Ode, with Vocal and Instru-
mental Music, is the first subject exhibited by the PHYSIOSCOPE,
at a Quarter to Five o'clock in the Afternoon, and at a Quarter to
Ten in the Evening. Dr. RYAN'S present daily Lecture -is on
POISONS and their ANTIDOTES, at half-past Three, and on the
Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at a Quarter to
Nine. Professor BACHHOFFNER Lectures on the alternate Eve-
nings. The Lectures abound in Interesting Experiments. Tho
HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING-BELL and DIVER,
&c.—The Music is Composed and Conducted by T. WALLIS, Dios.
Doc. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

LONDON, CHATHAM, and NORTH KENT
RAILWAY.
CAPITAL 1,250,000/, in 25,000 SHARES of 50/. each.
Deposit Si. per Share.
:PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

HANK OF ENGLAND, OCTOBETt 17, 1844.
THE COURT OF DIRECTORS' of the GOV.ERNOR and
COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND, give notice
That MoNDAY, the 28th instant, being the day itypoitt'ted for the
OPENING of the NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE by Mat 'MAJESTY
QUEEN VICTORIA, -
The COURT of DIRECTORS, in concurrence with the Committee
of Bankers, recommend that BILLS and NOTES due an the said
28th October, be PAID on SATURDAY the 26th October, and that they
will for that purpose give directions to their Clerks to present them
for payment on that day.
The COURT of DIRECTORS also give notice
That the OFFICES for the Transfer of the Public :Funds, and for
the delivery of the Dividend Warrants, will be SIILP,T on MormAr,
the 28th instant.

JOHN ANGERSTEIN, Esq., of Weeting Hall, Suffolk.
Sir BROOK W. BRIDGES, Bart„ Goodnestone, Kent.
JOSEPH BAILEY, jun., Esq., M.P., Belgrave.square.
J. C. COLQUHOUN, Esq., M.p., Putney.heath.
Licut..General Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, Bart., G.C.B.
G. C. M. G., M.P., Green-street.
Sir ISAAC LYON GOLDSMID, Bart., St. John's Lodge, Re.
gent's.park.
CHARLES M`GAREL. Esq., Wimpole.street.
FREDERICK MILDRED, Esq., Nicholas-lane.
WILLIAM C. MYLNE, Esq., New River Head.
WILLIAM PETERS, Esq., Nicholas-lane.
J. D. I'OWLES, Esq., New Bank.buildings.
H. T. PRINSEP, Esq., Hyde Park.gardens.
OSHUA WALKER, Esq., Abchurch-lane.
GEORGE WHITMORE, Esq., Austin Friars,
ENGINEER.
CHARLES VIGNOLES, Esq., F.R.A.S., M.R.I.A.
COUNSEL.
FRANCIS HENRY GOLDSMID, Esq., Stone.buildings, Lin-
coln's Inn.
SOLICITOR.
WILLIAM STEPHENS. Esq., 30, Bedford-row.
BANKERS.
IN LONDON.—Messrs. MASTERMAN,
PETERS, MILDRED,
MASTERMAN, and CO.
IN DE/SUN.—Messrs. BOYLE, LOW,PIM, and CO.

JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary.

TO BE SOLD, the LEASE of COMMODIOUS
PREMISES in THROGMORTON-STREET, formerly used
as a Banking-house.
For particulars apply t) Mr. R. L. Jones, Little Moodields; or to
Mr. Baylis, Solicitor, Redeross-street, City.

lETTER S of CREDIT on ENDIA.—The
4 UNION BANK of LONDON as AGENTS for the BANK of
WESTERN INDIA, are. authorised to ISSUE LETTERS of
CREDIT for any Moneys paid to them, to be ntpaid in Rupees at
the current rate of exchange on the day of presentittion at the offices
of the Bank of Western India in Bombay, Calcutta, and Colombo.
Similar Letters of Credit may be obtained at any of the branches of
the National Bank of Scotland, and of the Previneialßank of Ireland.
By order of the Directors,
W. W. SCRIMGEOTTR, Manager.
Union Bank of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street. _

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
AWE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts inve ed on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.

BOULOGNE DIRECT FROM LONDON.
THE COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S superior
steam ships will ledve London-bridge Wilarf: As under (wea-
ther permitting) :
CITY OF BOULOGNE, Tuegday, October 22, at SevOn morning.
CITY OF BOULOGNE, Friday, October 25, at Nine morning.
EMERALD, Sunday, Octobe 27, at E'en morning.
And every Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday, according to tide.
Offices, 17, Fish-street-hill ; 8, Water-One, Lower Thames-street;
and Chaplin's Universal-office, Regent-eircits.

IN LIVERPOOL—THE LIVERPOOL BANKING COMPANY
IN MANCHESTER.—Sir BENJAMIN HEYWOOD, Bart., and CO'
Since the Prospectus of this Railway was issued to the Public,
the South-Eastern Company have laid out a Line of Railway from.
Ashford, by Canterbury to Ramsgate and Margate, under the
powers of their Act of the last Session. This circumstance has
induced the Committee to reconsider that part of the Plan,
by which h was proposed to carry out the Railway from Faver-
sham to Ramsgate and Margate by a Coast Line, with a view to
the substitution of another Line, which should fall into the Ash.
ford branch at or near Canterbury ; by such a junction, a direct
Railway communication will equally be extended to Ramsgate and
Margate, while an important accommodation will also be afforded
to Canterbury and its neighbourhood, and the Line itself will be
made capable of extension to several other Important points on the
Coast, which at present have not the benefit of Railway intercourse.
The Committee have determined upon this modification after a
mature consideration of Its advantages, and they have the satisfac-
tion of knowing that it is in accordance with the wishes of the Inha-
bitants of the district, through which it is proposed the Line shall
pass ; a direct Railway communication will thus be effected be-
tween Canterbury, Chatham, and Woolwich, and between all those

ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE,
LONDON.
The LECTURES at this INSTITUTION will commence on
MONDAY, Nov. 11, 1844, at Twelve o'clock, when Mr. MORTON
will deliver the INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS.
HOSPITAL PRACTICE and CLINICAL INST:RUCTIONS daily,
ANATOMY, piirOOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY Of the HORSE.
by PROFESSORS SEWELL, SPOONER, and SLaraNDS.
ANATOMY •
—Mr. SPOONER.
;_nd DISEASES of other DOMES-
SPECIALT
I ANATOMICALC CHEMISTRYA TE D ANI
_ZICA.—Mr. MORTOV.
..nty Guineas.
ANIMALS.—Mr.
AnDdLEBll,3*l—itATNrErs 11,1 SIRIAA2 ITI v 3.7 D S .
S.—Mr. MAYHEW.
Perpetual Entrance Fee, Twe

The Tradesman's Institution has been formed on the principle
of mutual assurance, the only mode by which, it is now generally
acknowledged, the full advantages of life assurance can be realised,
and its legitimate benefits made available to the assured. All the
surplus premiums not required to meet the actual claims of the
Society being returned to the policy-holders, instead of a large
portion being divided among the shareholders, as in Proprietary
Companies.
In reference to Societies founded on this plan, Professor De
Morgan remarks, that the risk at the commencement is not great
in character, and is small in amount; and the quantity of risk
diminishes so much faster than the amount increases, that it may
safely be said, there is nothing in the commercial world which
approaches even remotely to the security of a well•established and
prudently managed Mutual Insurance Office.
When it is considered, that out of the vast population of the
United Kingdo►n scarcely 150,000 persons have yet availed them-
selves of the incalculable benefits derivable from life assurance, it is evi-
dent that there is a wide field yet open for the operations of another
society, established cm sound working principles, and embody ing
advantages of a nature calculated to arouse the attention of the
middle classes to the system, and still further to extend its
blessings.
On these grounds it is that the Tradesman's Life Assurance, and
National Benefit Society, has been brought before the public; and
when its principles and objects are fully understood, and it is made
clear that the plats adopted are not only novel in their application,
but hold out benefits to a numerous and influential class of the
community, such as cannot be secured from any other existing, so.
ciety, the Directors feel assured that the Society must necessarily
be extensively supported, and consequently be attended with signal
success.

CANDLE NOTORIETY.-Wl. S. lIALE'S
Superb COMPOSITE, 100. per lb., requiting no snuffing,
on comparison and trial are allowed to surpass ail others of the
present day for beauty and brilliancy of light.' There Is no patent
for Composite Candles, neither will those called I,satent burn so long a
time by hours as the fine waxed-wick tallow nim;,lds, or is the light
equal.
Sold for cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Virart7h"", 63,
St.
Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

important Depots and the Metropolis; and the important traffic of
Canterbury will be added to the estimated returns of the Company.
The Line, as proposed to be modified, will commence, as origi-
nally laid down, at London.bridge, and will proceed round Green-
wich.park, by Blackheath, Charlton, Woolwich, Plumstead, Wick.
ham, Bexley Heath, Crayford, Dartford, Stone, and Northfleet, to
Gravesend, and thence to Stroud, Rochester, Chatham, and Bromp.
ton, crossing the Medway by a permanent bridge, and thence by
Rainham, Milton, Sittingbourne and Faversham, to Chilham and
Canterbury, falling into the Ashford branch at or near the latter
City.

A NEW AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILOir
FRIEND ON HUMAN FRAILTY.
Just published, price 2s. 601., and free by post (in a sealed envelope),
Price Is. 6d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the
baneful effects of excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated
by engravings, with observations on Marriage, and directions for
the removal of certain disqualifications.
By R. and L PERRY and CO.
Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berners.
street, Oxford street ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Purkis,
Compton-street, Soho ; Noble, 109, Chancery-lane,- Hannay and
Co., 63, Oxford-street ; J. Gordon, 146. Leadenhall-street, Lon.
don; and by all Booksellers in Town and Country.
OPINIONS OF THE PRPSS.
" We regard the work before us, The Silent Friend,' as a
work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of com-
plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of
the Medical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to !mow.
We must, however, confess that a perusal of this work has left such
a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend,
but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffer-
ing from indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."
—Age and Argus.
`The Authors of g The Silent Friend,' seem to be thoroughly
conversant with the treatment of a class of complaints which are, we
fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in
which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to
those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot
fail to recommend it to a careful perusal."—Era.
The CORDIAL BALM of BYRI ACUM is exclusively directed
for the cure of nervous an 4 muscular debility, impuissance, &e.
Price Ils. and 235. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of
whom may be had the " Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases
may be had as usual.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS arethe most ellbctua
cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms in both sexes, price I*.s. 9d
4s. 6d., and Ils. per box.
Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of cases is ne-
cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at
their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from
Eleven till Two. and Five till Eight, and on Sundays from Ten till
Twelve. One personal visit only is necessary to effect a permanent cure

The Committee will at the same time apply for powers to com-
plete the Line to Ramsgate and Margate, in case the South-Eastern
Company shall not effectually carry out their Line.
The undertaking will remain subject to any modifications which
may be considered advisable by the Committee, or be required by
the Government.

In the original Prospectus, the estimates of cost and traffic were
given in detail, showing a return equal to at least eight per cent.

The Tradesman's Mutual Life Assurance, and National Benefit
Society, in addition to the usual advantages offered by Life Assur.
ance Societies, secures the long-desired desideratum of a liberal
provision in sickness and accident, as well as in old age ; thus
combining all the benefits derivable from Sick Clubs, on an ex-
tended and respectable scale, while at the same time, it carefully
and entirely avoids their universally acknowledged evils.
To the tradesman, professional man, and middle classes gene.
rally, an Institution of this comprehensive nature must obviously
be of the greatest importance, as it places them in a position to
reap advantages far beyond those which have been held out by
Benefit or any other Societies, and to a much greater extent. It
in fact opens to them an entirely new field for the application of
prudence and forethought, not only realising benefits to their fa-
milies, but providing for their own personal comforts, against the
contingent calamities of disease a.:od accident, and against want,
destitution, and distress in old age.
The poorer classes subscribe largely to Sick Clubs for the purpose
of securing a protection against the contingencies of accident and
disease, but the middle classes have no approximating Institution
to which they cen resort. There is no fund in existence to which
the respectab,le tradesman, the professional man, or others of mo-
derate ine'omes, mainly dependent en their own personal exertions,
can apply for adequate provision in times of sickness or accident;
nor is there any extensive Association in which they can aecumu.
1-,te their savings with security and profit, and at the same time
make them beneficially available in sickness, old age, and death.
This great desideratum is now offered by the Tradesman's Mutual
Life Assurance, and National Benefit Society :—By the payment
of moderate premiums, the sum of 11. to 51. per week may be se.
cured in sickness or accident, an annuity for life after a certain
age, and a provision for a family at death—combined advantages of
so important a nature, as to justify the Directors in anticipating
an extraordinary measure of success.
The rates of Fremiums adopted by this Society are calculated
on a scale soleewhat lower than those of many Assurance-officts,
but at the same time they are sufficiently high to afford perfect se.
curity even under the most adverse circumstances. Indeed the
law of mortality is now understood as admitting of so little fluctua.
'don when applied to a considerable number of persons, especially
those constituting the members of a Mutual Assurance Society,
that the general application of that law in framing scales of pay-
ments must necessarily be comparatively easy; and a Society for
Mutual Assurance at given rates of premium, can ascertain the
extent of its ability to meet all its engagements, with nearly the
same arithmetical accuracy as a trader who purchases a commodity
at a certain price and sells it at a certain profit.
Assurers for the whole term of life on the participating scale on
their own lives, or on the lives of others, will alone be considered
members, and the bonuses arising from the surplus funds will be
%plied to the reduction of the future premiums, or in addition to
he sums assured.
To each policy, as it becomes a claim, will be added its full pro-
portionate share of the accumulated profits.
DEBTS.—For assurances effected by way of security for loans
of money, and In many cases where the least possible present out-
lay is desirable, the premiums of this Society, as detailed in the
Table for Short Terms, will be found peculiarly favourable. In
assuring the lives of debtors, however, for the whole term of their
lives, it is often an important consideration to the creditor, that
not only the amount of debt should be secured, but that some
means should be adopted for the return of the premiums when
the life drops. In many cases the policy is kept on foot by the
creditor, who pays the premiums, and thus entails upon himself a
certain eventual loss, whenever the life fails, without any hope of
remedy. In this Office, however, this contingency is provided
against by tables calculated for the purpose; and creditors who
assure the lives of their debtors for the whole term of life, may not
only secure the debt, but also the return of all the premiums paid,
with a participation in the profits whenever the life fails; and
should the claims be paid off previous to the death of the assured,
and the assurer wish to surrender the policy, two-thirds of all the
premiums paid will be returned.
LOANS.—Two-thirds of the gross amount of the Premiums
paid, will, after the third years' payment, be at any time lent to
the assured, on the deposit of his policy alone, at the rate of 5
per cent. interest, per annum, payable in advance, to be paid off
at the convenience of the borrower, or deducted from the amount
of assurance at death. But nonpayment of interest and premiums
will entail the forfeiture of the policy.
PURCHASE OF POLICIES. —" Institutions," says Mr.
Watt, " have to apprehend most danger from their rivals adopting
equitable principles in the purchase of policies. Hitherto Life
Offices have taken a gross advantage of misfortune; that is, a
party who is under the necessity of surrendering a life policy, is
never allowed from the office a fair consideration for the surrender.
The principle of returning the amount of premiums received, im.
proved with their annual interest, under deduction of the amount
of annual risk and a proportion of the expense of management, has
never hitherto been conceded by Life Offices, as a right the
assured have to expect from an Assurance Company. Various
Offices have been in the habit of making advances to the amount
of the office value of the policy, but this does not meet the principle
nor the equity of the accommodation. We want the concession
of the principle, that a policy-holder may safely be made banker
to the Association to the amount his computed premiums exceed
in amount the risk run by the Office from year to year."
The Directors of this Society now make this concession, and
admit the principle. They give the full value, merely deducting
the proportion of office expenses, for the surrender of any policies
of three years' standing that may be offered to them, thus obviating
the fear of serious loss, in the event of the assured not being able
to keep up the payments.
CREDIT SYSTEM.—In addition to the advantages enumerated
above, the Society will give credit for one half the annual pre-
miums during the first five years, the assured having the option of
then paying up the remaining half-premiums, or of leaving the
amount as a charge on the policy, to be eventually deducted from
the assurance at death; thus enabling parties to effect assurances
on their lives, and to secure a provision for their families, who
might otherwise be compelled to wait till a remote period, when
declining health would render them altogether ineligible.
POLICIES after five years standing, on being deposited with
the Directors, may also be kept in force by the annual payment of
half the premium and interest on all arrears, in which case, the
remaining portion of the premiums may be deducted from the sum
assured, when the policy shall become a claim.
DEFERRED ANNUITIES, or PROVISION for OLD AGE.
The arrangements made by this Society with regard to Deferred
Annuities, or Provision for Old Age, and the combined benefits
which they offer, will be found, on reference to the tables, of the
very greatest importance to all classes of society. According to
Tables XI., XII., and XIII., it will be seen that Annuities may
be secured at 50, 55, 60, or 65, with the option of receiving en
equivalent in Cash on arriving at the age stipulated ; that two-
thirds of all Premiums may be borrowed after the Third Annual
Payment ; and that in case of death before the stipulated age,
three-fourths of all money that has been paid will be returned to the
Representatives of the Assured.
A Provision of IL per week in Sickness and Accident up to any
age, will be granted out of the moneys contributed by each Mem-
ber, after the Third Annual Premium, excepting always 5 per cent.
paid into the guarantee fund ; an Annuity of 251. after 65 years of
age until death ; and 1001. at death ; or larger amounts in proper-
tien; thus combining all the most important advantages to which
Life Assurance Is applicable.
ENDOWMENTS.—Sums of Money, or Endowments, may be
secured for Children, at the ages of 14 or 21 ; or by Adults at the
ages of 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, or at death, if that event happen
before the age specified. By this plan, parties may themselves
reap the fruits of their savings, and realise a provision for after-
life, at an age when they may wish to retire from active duties,
or may be incapacitated from continuing their usual avocations;
or should death occur previous to the age specified, the full amount
will be paid to the representatives.
Assurances may also be effected on Joint Lives or Survivorships.
From the foregoing remarks it will be seen, that the advan-
tages held out by the Tradesman's Life Assurance and National
Benefit Society are of paramount importance to the Middle Classes,
and to all such as depend on health and industry for the mainte-
nance and comfort of their families, as providing a Fund against
Sickness and Accident; a protection for Old Age; and a remedy
against numerous frightful contingencies, for which a moderate un-
certnin inrorn.• rtfr-rds no nd..eptat.::,.oriqolt
, t,, its •,),1 01,2, ,'•'
wade to Messrs. Badham atm houghtuti, boltuttors to the Itibtitia•
tion, 4, Verulara.buildinifs, Gray's lan.

upon a capital of 1,500,0001.

By the proposed modification of the Line, the capital will be re-
duced t• 1,250,0001., and by this reduction, and the accession of
additional traffic, in consequence of the extension to Canterbury,
the Committee feel assured that the profits will be considerably in.
creased to the Shareholders.

As a proof of the very moderate statements of traffic, upon which
the revenue was calculated in the original Prospectus, it may be
stated that according to official returns recently promulgated, the
number of persons who arrived at, and embarked from, Gravesend,
between the Ist of June and the 30th of September, in the present
year, a period of four months only, amounted to 1,491,923, ex.
ceeding by nearly 200,000 persons, the number assumed in the
Prospectus to pass to and from Gravesend in the entire year.
The Committee have been induced to defer the allotment of
Shares pending the consideration of this contemplated change in
the lower part of their Line, and the new survey rendered necessary
thereby ; but they now intend to proceed to the allotment Imme-
diately after the 29th inst., and no application for Shares will be
received after that day.

and YORK RAILWAY
I.4\....___oxpoN
bnal
5,000,0004, In 100,000 Shares of 501. each.

4 deposit of 3/, per share will be payable on the allotment taking
place, and- at the same time the Subscribers' Assent, and Parlia-
mentary Contract must be signed.

All subscribed for and paid upon.
Witt
Chairman.
ki)Al jjlAl4 AST EL7sEllsrrq., M•P• for Bdfo4.
ps ,
EE OF DIRECTION.d.hire
for +ll, tECKETT DENISON, Eq., • • •
Vice-Chairmen.
til4,. IVY Yorkshire,,44eeAClVlOWATT, Esq., Old Broad.street,
„.4. Pratji;V:,'• Esq., Mark-lane, Lo::don.
re
The
Hon f--*P4,1., 24, Kensington.squa
.q. • J. Enthor
,se ard Ellison t cin - ear Lincoln
Iti h ' '''avills bun o be. M.P. for North Yorkshire
"9., Sudbrookholm,
Ron Nathaniel F , inc le r Bi,,gjeswade
en) sq. w• I et. House, Old Broad-street
per, Gip oster, Esq., St. Andrew's,
„4ptstai4Uldsworth, Esq.,
J- Reg, ~,i, N• 1 ;Mansfield, Woodhouse, Notts.
4`-'ohn
peLaws, R.N. ,
4. ~0
...sq., Liverpool
Manchester
Manchester
W. S. BI Kennard, Esq., Lombard.street
Esinuo 4!thalt, Esq., 4, Hyde Park square
Herta
2eorge 1,111;1., 2, Russell-square, and Radwell,
srreeeisi:ueseY Packe Esq.,
Arehir `arker, Esq., 111anchester
tratcoiald lPaull, jun. Caythorpe House, Grantham
, Esq. Leadenhall-strect
'l.eder;P3ln' P 40., The Ha'sells Biggleswade
The Rev Ricketts, Esq. Old, Broad-street
Tho.. ll. ell,bthorp'e Washingborough, near York
-.as WethE6 Lincoln.4olNtan-rx-Cqn.ier—Wilaro Cubitt, Esq., F.R.S.
TABLE OF DISTANCES-

_ -
The Committee, however, feel so confident in the superiority
and advantages of the proposed Line, that they engage to return
the whole amount of the deposits, without any deduction, should
their Line not be approved of by the Board of Trade.

Prospectuses may be obtained at the Solicitor's Office, No. 30,
Bedford.row, and further applications for Shares must be made to
the Provisional Committee only, at their Office, No. 13, Austin
Friars, Old Broad.street, London.

London, Oct. 18, 184.4.
FORM OF APPLICATION,

LONDON, CHATHAM, AND NORTH KENT RAILWAY.
I request you will allot to me Shares of SOL each, in the
proposed London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway Company,
and I hereby agree to take the same, or such portion thereof as
may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of 3/. per Share
thereon, and execute, when required, the Parliamentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement.
Dated this day of 1644.

Name
Residence
Trade or Profession
To the Provisional Committee of the London,
Chatham, and North Kent Railway.

14 ON D ON LIFE ASSOCIATION
No. 81, KING WILLIAM-STREET.
PRESIDLNT.—Sir John Cheetharn lifortlock.
VicE-PaEsumnr.—Sir Claudius S. Hunter, Bart., Alderman.
TRUSTEES.

Charles Franks, Esq.
Michael Gibbs, Esq., did.

I Deass Barnewall, Esq.
Charles Perkins, Esq.

Present , Distance by
i Distance ; London and
by existing Yorkßailway
Railways. by Doncaster

Distance
saved.

-
DIRECTORS.
Richard Baggalley, Esq. Edward Henry Jones, Esq.
Thos. Bulcock Burbidge, Esq. Henry Luard, Esq.
Henry T. Curtis, Esq. Thomas Moore, Esq.
Samuel Fisher, Esq,
Isaac Nicholson, Esq.
William Gilpin, Esq.
Josiah Roberts, Esq.
George Hodgkinson, Esq. Wm. Flexman Yowler, Esq.
This Society is essentially one of Mutual Assurance, in which the
Premiums of its Members aro reduced after seven years to the lowest
amount consistent with safety. The average rate of reduction,
during the last seven years, has exceeded GO per cent.
But the Society also undertakes other descriptions of Assurance,
in which the assured do not become members ; and in order to confer
on these a corresponding advantage of Reduced Premiums, the Court
of Directors, having ceased to allow any Agency Commission, have
determined to effect this Class of Assurances in future at the follow-
ing very low rates, and it has also been determined to reduce the
Premiums charged upon existing
Policies of the same Class to the
same Scale.
ANNUAL PREMIUM FOR THE ASSURANCE OF £lOO.
AGE. £a• d. AGE. £A. d. ACE. £s. d.
•20 113 7 35 2 7 6 50 4 1 2
25 117 0 40 2I 5 5 56 5 I 0
30 2- 1 5 45 3 6 0 GO 6 510
The Court of Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlement
to lend money on the security of
IL J. BROOKE, Secretary.
policies in this Association.

toed
11 London to York . —_._____
Miles. Miles.
1851
4,1,, t° hull .••'•••• • • • • • • . 219
203
ton4Zt° Leeds fh....);o*alte•• n-sh-aw• .1
220453 18.5
t 4 to whk ItY Wakefield i 205 187
oa. 4to tr...efteld . ......... .. r 199 174
to`rlell to jj,:r ford • ....... .... '2l 187
The,
lioelfaX - • ....• 190
derstieja .. •'• ' , 215 185 25
'fi, r, • .... ••• • ' %10
older
- ''''thluit
have the satisfaction b,hs, that
tktee
nee ekt. the Parliamentsoarary Survey of the line, throughout
all the
on to apprise the Share,
"tlia,l: ttep3 for
toltpt,he:point of come, te"enS;taanndeiln
°l.cliallyn,t have beer rigidly with the
bas been
't c -Pprovesi ' taken ; and further, that the line l
. tghta)trders of
t 4
on. and ....f by the great body of the landowners a ong
eDti bY 11 '
without
7r• a the towns through which it passel,
1 '°tlib
J. R. MO WATT, Secretary.
,4.8.,.. 4'/' Londe
....t..43i bi., h. October 18, 1844.
throe IliU „S SUPERIOR IN THEIR
1, °out 'trAtiri -
w retailed
to 444, leBthe eotu„ LS TO THE FINEST WAX are no
w• gle jcvlio are , "re at One Shilling per lb. BURN-
oet ' ar. 41 the habit of burning two tallow moulds of four
wii, era • `• respectful'
not' hot Ris,4hZle .4 pit' jeE
to rtiline lb.
requested to make
„thet.sixexPe
004,41cfoord eni°4ll., light
a ; anSdPvvAhreEthNerT therefore, these Candles do
base elt,vl/113ieelelier source of light 'than the conunonest tallow
s, !h1.,,, Oat be , ,_ ng the difference in price per lb.
4,11te ,r've,4B,Za'ten to ask for them in the shops under the name
Illibi. ' by. "'ere are I.:nne imitations sold under the name" C0m-
i1e.h....„: trkie irriee's Patent Candles were originally mole
k,l-40t •I• tueY oAtal
?rice
',...1'v,11, 10A.11.1,-.
,_fl,theeni wholesale from Edward
ifii, i-rr in Palmer an Co., S
iarr-s
4,14,,,,,D0CT OR'S LAMENT.
il'ivis tii-nrsiOrt'he day, or one night if you please,
..r, ' wor t Inff the woeful decrease of his fees.
...o the 'S. were so sad, that we l'sten'd intent.
" Aln„!),.,tirui sound of •4 the M.:: or's Lament "
,„" 1 earthepid the so. r professional man,
,A,itne wa, ths_ake money, do all that I can.
out nn. 'ween a great deal of sickness prevaird,
For ,107,. the profession has very nigh fail :
That ,11_e,ot such famous description are sold,
3 ~ev.,!ions are Seldom laid up with a cold.
Nr'Phi' 511" he, " when I look at E. 3105Ei and SON,
......? at a loss to know what will be done.
•;,,..ut it never'errnay rage in its turbulent wrath,
The wind can penetrate MOSES'S cloth •
COO
[everhd and the rat.' in a iiti ess storm, '
tlyAndhu_jttarm those who are cover'd Co warm.
tht. s;:aL • e Poor doctors will all be undone
wish „ rrn wint r clothing of MOSESand SON.
"that
,t said the doctor, " I wish, from my hear',
1 w,t;'"t e MOSE' had never establi h'd their Mart.
°Ur herd been doctors, and not What ti e are
jtht,t,actlice would then l'ave been better by Yfir '
1141. ll> thew 1 I repeat the
all are and - the *
kitks. Forts_ arm winter clothing of MOSES and SON."
. .4 tittp_poeticonvenience of parties residing from town, en appli-
It -`4l s for self.naeasurement will be forwarded post freo.
It
4nB „ 14,,,eats In every RIEJOBY MA DB.
4 5. 11.
z,,,T, Ttto;se,,e,„
pockets. .................... . ......... ... from 6 Li :
A,l3l)°,!_tlit4t.t:(l,li ........ . .......... ........... - ....
....
...... .......
......" :
a a
till illtrette
....,thasi.lk facings, colla.r.i; ........... fie .......
........
II 16 II
iiktq:l te;.lense,l.ll. ineverys hp, handsomely trimmed..
l r 1..„8 ‘UCK of Blouses ..... ....... ......... ." ....... ..... I 3
Sll•l4clt,:' and ....... . : .... .4....... ....... ................ ...... ..... 0 6
4-iettt„..spn vest...rstati ditto, in every variety.................. 35. to •6 6
Ah tt,_ott; dit .......... ....... .. ..................... ...„............" 0
6 6
illeo4 er......... .. ........ ..... ...................... ....• • • O4 6
ikotil, tre......4:i1es ate„ ••••••......... ..... .... ....... .. ...... .....•........... B9 0
rockstect, eicetyeetf
iu............. .......................... .......... Oll 0
%111ilt, ed. miner ditto..., . ...•• ......... ........... 0 7 1111
.itte.„,,,io-7., „:"...........•••••••••••••••••••• ....... •••••• •N l. 0
4, c • .... I•• ••••••••• ....... .•••• ...... •••••••••••••••••••• 1
"
li,Neen te in the Diana TO MISASURR.
apprevesi style
...» .......... ..........». 0 11 6
tzott
..
aditto,ditto Bev
-441ine's,e ta, tri
_en pockets ................... .....
_l. fine Saxon with silk... ............ .. ........... .....
i''!tioLeite, New",„YX:•••••••••••••.......... ..
.. .....
• 114„,,tirnmed Witah-‘,... acProved article, warrantedwater-
.llo.l4:eets, 78. __ s silk, collar, cuffs, &c. ........ ..
;k_ilt4e_.
yen.,
.._ean,. or three for ... ................... •"'"
tltilted ryitapter focrittli,ceetettenls ..... .........................
N/41111141;t1 1:1,, and plain season .. :
1 II:
lit:ot , ik . 7est of England : .............. ................................—...."."'".
re:::
.................. .
... ..................................... . 0 16 0
Zests 3... I,dit.t. ...... ............................... .... .."..—........
e 4, b..,,,,
~.._._u_ .... ..... .............. .. ................ - ll2 0
"cotslB,,T .....
.:"...7" klet ed ....... .. ................ ..... 215 0
,erktnr,„,.. . ... •••••••• ........ ...• ...... N .......... •••••••••• ll5 0
/141/4
te-gitit to
oti.ex.
extent....... ................. ••••• .............. •••••••••.• 3 3 0
0,8,1414. d t can be had at five minutes' notice, at the
following pricer; t—
rek,
Ikt "'he j coat, vest and tr
%f I'o ' aeket, veBt _ ) °users... ......... .......from 116 6
xisc,_ bri.......,, . eat, trousers .......................from 618 0
~0h14.4inged,0,....1.1,3' article purchased or ordered, if not approved
eAest,tlsBmkr!,.,,Outfitters,
~Oh roger, or the returned.
and SON, Tailors_ Wholesale and Retail
and General Wareh o men 154 ht.
ketth, e_tt..,t,"4:leate,City, on
the Church. um
' 1.
horslinpo-,447,!°8e„1t and Son are Obliged to
guard th public
;4
th 08_reeszteigt.s7.9_ ectendv with them,
147,,,0e5j, of pion,
_unstring learned that the untradesmanlike
or it's the same concern,
Ils,‘„,..heev_ , o eenn4l:__
w. instances, and for obvious reasons.
Ti,Le,,itZ_no desire-n
.thatever with any ether establishment,
etk,Nzs:'lite ti.r.eUt, 8,,...)
call Film e Cheap Clothing shouki (to prevent
:itz,„o,,;.e, ~ur.t. or send to, Ist, Minories, or 86, Aldgate,
ittruiet 0 ' ''' 'thi.l•••,.•.,,,,Nent lions ail; lct on
It Satin
dab When busine.s Is recut:led till twelve 1 i

3111 es.
331

GENUINE FORFEITED PROPERTY, ENTIRELY FROM THE
• MESSRS. ATTENBOROUGH.
MESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORR will
SELL' at their Rooms, King-street, Covent-garden, on
FRIDAY, October 25, at Eleven, an Assortment of Superfine Cloths,
Kerseymercs, Waistceatings, Silks, Satins, Velvets, Laces, Limn
Drapery, Hosiery, Furriery, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Apparel, Table
and Bed Linen, and other Effects, pledged in months prior to No-
vember, 1843, with the following Pawnbrokers, viz., Attenborough,
Crown-street, bury, and Bridge House-place, Newington ; At-
tenborough,d-streßt C.
harlotte-street, Fitzroy-square; and Attenborough,
Oxfor

.Afay ke viewed, and Catalogues had at the Rooms.

PUBLICATIONS.

ICTIONN A IRE NATIONAL;
Or, GRAND CRITICAL DICTIONARY of the
FRENCH LANGUAGE.
By EESCIIERELLE, Aine, of the Library of the Louvre,
Author of the " Grammaire Nationale," and Member of several

PRICE sd.

THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time far the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TliAjNiq
and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, eontaining PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to, .that Hour.

IRELAND.
THE FEDERAL MOVEMENT.
DUBLIN, OCT. 19.—The Mercantile Advertiser, a
commercial journal, seldom taking part in politics,
contains the following announcement :—" We have
learned that an important movement is in contempla-
tion, in reference to federal legislation for Ireland.
At present it would be premature to enter into de-
tails; but, we have been informed, that in the course
of the next week decided 'steps will be taken to bring
the subject under public notice." It has been com-
nnu to us that this statement refers to a meet-
ing of federalists, to be held in Belfast in the course
of the next week.
The recent letter of Mr. O'Connell is still the chief
topic of several of the newspapers here. The Dublin
Evening Mail, replying to the Evening Post, declines
all co-operation with the federal movement.
" The Conservatives of Ireland (says the Orange
organ) deplore the aberrations of the Minister in
whom they put their trust ; but they know that that
Minister is not the principal of their party confedera-
tion, nor the embodyment of their party connexion
and power ; and they know that if he neither will
return to his duty of his own accord, nor be controlled
by his friends and supporters into measures more
accordant with his original professions, he may—nay,
he must, fall—fall by his own hands, and by them
alone ; and that his loss will not be missed by a party
too wise to weaken itself by disunion, by disruption,
by amalgamation with any of the discordant rival
elements which surround it. No. The Conserva-
tives will check—will control—will dismiss, if need
be—Sir Robert Peel; but they will not break up
their own party—they will not exclude their own
principles from power and office, for the sake of help-
ing Mr. O'Connell to help the Whigs into place.
They will stand by the Legislative union to the
death, but they will form no federal union between
oemduwlar
dai
make
Irisheev
nnae
opxi
Whigs and Repealers."
The Freeman's Journal, the morning repeal organ,
thus concludes an article on the subject :—" As to
ashthiro,tediwonmentlsieaeaml what justeatsyhehah
at
aavtvl
sneield,
Mr. O'Connell's declaration respecting this national
federalism, we know not what anticipated movements,
conciliating
iecl .yo n
distract
lidsreet
riancth know,tihme
par-
ties, who would not themselves make the first propo-
sition,
of this people by directing their attention at
powe.
this mo,,,ent to a department of this international con-
troversy that it behoves England to look after rather
than Ireland. If there did not remain a portion of
our own people to be conciliated and won into our
ranks, by giving them ample assurance that repeal
mean separation, O'Connell's motto would
does not .
still be, Lt-t Ireland make sure of the repeal, Eng-
land will be for ward enough to look after the federa-
tive connexion."
Mr. Duffy, the etlitor of the Nation, has addressed
a letter to Mr. O'Connt.:ll, condemning as dangerous
and inexpedient any june‘lion of the Repeal Associa-
tion with the federal movemeo.
The following is the letter
" TO DANIEL O'CONNELt,
"My dear Sir —Asyou state in your late important
it
rth
y
t
letter to the Association that you are at present
people
eilbenee msfo
justlyfoar
move.
the
federalists
balancing the respective merits of repeal and fede-
ralism, I am anxious to throw a few thoughts on the
subject loosely before you. If I were still a member
of the Association, I would do so there ; as lam not
I prefer the familiar medium of a letter to the less
kindly and respectful one of a newspaper article. I
learned, during the three happy months I spent in
Richmond, how considerate you can be of adverse
opinions—how courteously you treat, and, and how
candidly you weigh them—a circumstance which I
would be equally unwilling to forget or abuse.
"You are aware that I am not prejudiced against
federalism. Last year there was an unjust and un-
rewoning clamour against it among repealers of great
enthusiasm and small capacity. They called it names,
made jokes about it, and did everything but try to
understand it. At the risk of abuse and misrepre-
sentation, I, and those working with me in the
Nation, stood in the way of this prejudice, claiming
the federalists as allies, and demanding soft words
and fair treatment for them. We insisted that men
of trained intellects, and great personal respectability,
who had formed their opinions deliberately, were en-
titled to have them treated with respect. We asked
and obtained for them a recognition of that principle,
without which co-operation is impossible—' the right
of differing.' It is clear, then, that prejudice is out of
the question.
" But I confess I should be sorry to see repealers
go any further in that direction. The federalists
are useful allies, but most unsafe leaders. As we are
going the same road, it is good to march cordially
along with them; but those who go farthest are
clearly entitled to go foremost. We ought not to
change or confound our places.
" You see I assume, and I think it is capable of
easy demonstration, that whether federalism be a
better thing than repeal, or a worse thing, it is at all
events a totally different thing.
" I think it essentially a worse thing.
"In the first place, the Imperial Representation,'
on which it is based is calculated to pertuate our moral
and intellectual subjection to England. It will teach
the aristocracy still to turn their eyes to London as
the scene of their ambition. It`will continue to train
them in English manners, feelings, and prejudices;
and to establish permanently a centre of action apart
from their native country. By the same process it
will plant deeper the physical evil of absenteeism. It
will compel our Lords and Commons to reside out of
the country, and continue the drain upon our re-
sources, on which you found so strong an argument
for repeal. In this respect I think it a worse cure
for absenteeism than Dr. Maunsell's teetotum Par-
liament.

"In the second place it becomes necessary to can-
vass the use of this imperial representation. Cuibono?
We are asked to give up a part of the powers and
prerogatives of our domestic legislation to secure an
influence in the Parliament of the empire, and we
ought to be shown very distinctly the benefits that
will flow from it. How will an Irish minority
_then
be able to influence a House where it is powerless
now ? A strong and substantial claim for domestic
legislation arises out of the difference with which our
interests are treated by the English majority—what
guarantee is there, or can there be, that it will be
different hereafter ? This is a subject which I respect-
fully think claims your earnest attention.
" In the third place, federalism, as it is interpreted
by some of the soundest men of that party, demands
local Parliaments for the three divisions of the em-
pire, and an imperial one in common. Now, if this
principle be insisted upon, federalism is an imprac-
ticability, for it implies a re-organisation of the Bri-
tish Constitution. Apart from any other objection to
it, it raises a new and tremendous difficulty which
does not exist against repeal. We want to restore an
institution of which we have been robbed ; the
federalists, who insist upon pushing their principle
as far as it will go, want a reconstruction of the em-
pire upon a new basis. If lam not deceived in be-
lieving this to be the object of the party, are we not
wooing shipwreck, if we embark in the same boat
with them ?

" Moreover, some of the federalists do not con-
template a House of Lords for Ireland. They would
give us a legislative council, consisting of one
chamber. Here we have a second innovation, and, of
course, a second difficulty. They ask a thing foreign
to the British Constitution, and a thing which, for
that very reason (however good it may be intrin-
sically), would undoubtedly be refused. But is it
good ? It would leave us a demi-Parliament, about
as useful relatively to an entire one as half a pair of
scissors to the whole; and it would exile the chief
landed proprietors in the country—viz., the Peerage.
Very bigoted and heartless that Peerage may be; but
while it possesses the soil of the country, our business
is to keep it under home influences. The section of
the federalists who would have no Peers in our do-
mestic legislature, while they. would have
the Imperial Parliament, contrive to make absenteeism
a duty. them in
it
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stability of the bargain.
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are certainly more likely to become reconciled to it
than to repeal. But it would not be in a better, but
a worse condition, for effecting this purpose, if the
national party adopted it to a man. The Lords used
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" But it has this advantage, it has on the other
hand the pervading and incurable evil of aiming in the
wrong direction. Its prevailing idea is England, as
that of repeal is Ireland. The two principles might
be represented by lines running parallel, but tending
to opposite directions. Which you will choose, upon
mature deliberation, I have little doubt.
" Forgive me if I take a step further, and question
the policy of embracing federalism. This is beside
my original purpose ; but as no sovereign prince Of
the world of public opinion was ever more tolerant of
counsel, I do not fear that you may dismiss my sug-
gestions without some consideration. At all events,
since I have been a pseudo martyr, I have some kind
of claim to be a real confessor.
" lam fully convinced, then, that if federalism were
desirable, it would be retarded, not advanced, by the
national party falling back upon it. With all
respect for the federalists, it must be said that they.
are haunted by a petty and ridiculous fear of agita-
tion. Perhaps they have not the vigour for it—
perhaps their habitsdisincline them to publicity—but,
at all events, they have always kept carefully a clay's
march behind the people. If you had commenced by
asking federalism three years ago, the majority of
these men would be .speculating at this hour upon
`justice to Ireland,' and the restoration of the Whigs.
This may not he true of individuals, but it is true of
the party and I prophecy that, if you ever, by any
chance, fall back upon their ground, you will find' it
deserted. Federalism is the shadow of repeal—it re-
cedes and advances with it, and you cannot get nearer
to it. or farther from it.
" Again, they are a juste milieu party, between re.-
peelers and anti-repealers—the precise convenience
which the Ministry and the people may require to
open a negotiation. Sir Robert Peel could offer to
Mr. Caulfield or Mr. Porter what he dare not offer to
Daniel O'Connell—for the English aristocracy will
never forgive you your triumphs. Would it not be
well to leave.this bridge where it itands ?
"'r learn' from the Whig journals, and from the
report in all men's mouths, that the federalists are
about to make a decided movement, embracing men
• that we had no hope of twelve months ago. This is
well—it strengthens you tenfold in overthrowing the
present system ; but it leaves the policy of a junction
with them where it got it. That must stand or fall
upon other grounds.
" I do not gather from your. letter that if you
settled down into a preference for federalism, you con-
template proposing .the adoption of that principle by
the Association. I earnestly hope you do not. Either
the adoption or rejection of it would be an evil—the
rejection of it as a breach of discipline towards you,
the leader of the movement; the adoption-of it, upon
many serious grounds.
" I. The overwhelming majority of the members,—
clergymen andlaymen—joined as repealers ; it would
be all but impossible to collect their suffrages on the
proposed change, and no chance meeting at the Con=
ciliation-hall would be entitled to alter the fundamen-
tal principle upon which the body was organised and.
supported.

"2. The Committee of the Association is, I take
it, no more entitled to abrogate its constitution, than
the Irish Parliament was to abolish its functions. The
great constituency outside is, in both cases, the body
in whom alone the power resides.
" 3. Any such general change would weaken the
moral weight of the Association. In an individual. a
deliberate preference of a new opinion to an old one
may argue courage, candour, and magnanimity ; in
a nation it is generally a sign of weakness ; and in
our case, surrounded by enemies at home and abroad,
it is sure to receive the worst interpretation.
" Finally, need I say that I regard the federalists,
as I have always done, with respect, and that I guar-'
rel with their opinions no more than is necessarily im-
, plied in preferring better ones.
Forgive me for occupying you so long, but the im-
l3o:tance of the subject will excuse a worse offence.—
elfeve me, my dear Sir, very faithfully yours,
" CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY.
Ratbnines, Oct. 18, 1844."
UNIVERSITY FOR ALL SECTS.
Two or three weeks since a rumour prevailed in
the Tory circles, that Sir Robert Peel has it in con-
templation to propose a large grant for the establish-
ment of a new university for the education of Roman
Catholics and Dissenters, as well as members of 'the
Established Church ; and that, independently of this
new lay college, the annual grant for the education
of the Roman Catholic clergy, in Maynooth, is to
be increased.
The Statesman, an ultra-Tory journal in the interest
of the High Church' party, thus refers to the sub-
ject :—" A rumour has been for some time gaining
ground, that a sum of 100,0001. will be asked for and
(as a matter of course) granted in next session of Par-
liament for the erection of a great university in Ire-
land, in which cheap education will be afforded in a
system of secular instruction, in which also profes-
sors of all denominations (Roman Catholics and Uni-
tarians) will be eligible, and /where degrees of all
kinds will be conferred."
THE NEW DEAN.

The Queen's letter has been received, ratifying the
bya promotingppointm a
appointment of
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n itnienverfreinedndDlyr.
tCo otlbo lins
nattoionthale
vacant deanery of Killala. The Government have
not yet had the courage to sustain their own policy
system of education.
OPPOSITION TO THE POOR-LAW COM-
MISSIONERS.
At the meeting of the Limerick Board of Guardians,
on Wednesday, William Mansell, Esq., chairman, the
Earl of Clare and Augustus Stafford O'Brien, Esq., at-
tended to complete the arrangements assigned to them,
and to wind up the business of the late board.
There was no communication from the commis-
sioners.
Letters were read from the unions of Dunman-
way, Listowel, Kinsa!e, and Edenderry, approving of
the course adopted by the Limerick board, and a let-
ter from Itathkeale union, stating that that board had
resigned to a man.
Mr. A. S. O'BRIEN said they would prove them-
selves unworthy of the confidence the board had re-
posed in them, if they exceeded the limits of the
specific business assigned them, and the absence of
every member of that board except themselves was
sufficient proof that the step taken on the last day met
with the approbation of all.
Lord CLARE concurred in all that fell from Mr.
O'Brien.

The officers of the house were then all called up,
and received their final orders for the regulation of
the house till further arrangements should be made
for governing the institution. A month's provisions
were ordered. Number of paupers in the house, 991.
, It will be seen from the following letter of Mr.
Smith O'Brien, M.P., that the Newcastle board are
determined to follow in the wake of Limerick
" Caliermoyle, Oct. 17, 1844.
" My dear Monsell,—l think it right that you
should be apprised that the Newcastle board of guar-
; dians have deferred their resignation, not from any
indisposition to support the Limerick board in their
laudable resistance to the encroachments made by the
poor-law commissioners upon the functions of poor-
law guardians, but because we were anxious that
such resignation should be adopted in full delibera- .
tion, and with the unanimous concurrence of the
whole board. AN the guardians present at our meet-
ing, held. on Tuesday, have signified their intention
of resigning in case the commissioners do not rescind
so much of the 41st article of their late general order
as relates to the control of boards of guardians over
their clerks. I sincerely trust that the example of
the Limerick board will be universally followed
throughout the kingdom.
"Believe me yours very sincerely,
"WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN.
"To Wm. Monsell, Esq."
The guardians of the Ennis poor-law union have
passed a resolution cordially agreeing with the Li-
merick guardians in their opposition to the claim:of
the commissioners to have control over the clerk of.
the board.
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no
ses-
sion of Parliament.
REGISTRIES.
THE PARLIAMENTARY
the_ir majorities in all
The Liberals are increasing.the latest returns
somem e a
directions. The following
are
Liberals, 74; Tories,'
none. quarrel,
rrenexilatid
admitted—no Tories. dviesrcyussseiori:uins
were
KERRY.—Liberals,4, Tories, 2. Ma--
COUNTY. OF
"ority for Liberals, '2.
j BOROUGH OF TRALEE.—Liberals, 9 ; Tories, I.'
Majority for Liberals, 8.
CouriTY or GALWAY.—At. Clifden, eight Liberals
COUNTY OF KILHENNT.—The following havebeen
DRoamiDA.—
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Liberals,
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Liberals,
`rang men the nn to Mr. O'Connell in that
evnhage beenm completed.ndMonday
city
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s foro PROVINCIALair DlNNERdinner.
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OTAIIEITE—MELTING BELFAST.—There will
be a meeting of the friends of missions held on the
next in Rosemary-street Church,.,
Belfast, for the purpose of adopting an address to her
Majesty on behalf of the persecuted Christifini of
Otaheite.—Banner of Ulster.

, •
GAME AND GAME LAWS.—The lovers of " surplua
game must, by the public feeling which is now setting in '-
have discovered that their system cannot (as it ought not
much longer continue. We trust the injurious, nay dis•
gusting, preserving system and its pet attendant laws, ,
will shortly receive a blow not to be recovered from. -It ,
is a matter of satisfaction to perceive that the press, both
metropolitan and provincial, has commented attacking
the iniquitous game preserving and game laws.