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Tollymore Park, Nov. 10, 1449.
have received, by favour of the Most Wor
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address. The strong expressioniof affection towards me, una-
nimously adopted by your respected body, are far beyond what
I ever could have expected to receive from individuals to 11w
most of whom I ant personally unknown; and the flattering
sanction you have given, as Englishmen, doing justice to my

late conduct, under most trying and peculiar circumstances, is
a MIS. of thankfulness to Him whose counsel I somtlit, and
which has never been withheld from the humblest individual

lour address contains too much valuable and important
matter for me. on the present occasion, to give you a suitable
reply. It will be a record for the loyal Orangemen of Ireland
to consider and rejoice over; it shall be disseminated through
their lodges—it will gladden their hearts to find such an
increase in the numbers of their brethren in England, alive
to their difficulties, and determined to uphold their cause. I
have witnessed for many years the devoted loyalty of the
Orangemen of Ireland. I can testify to their valour and their
virtue. Orangeism, in gone-by days, was the stronghold of
British interests and British connexion in this land; it has not

changed; " &raper eadem" is the grotto which we bear. Your
religious and political creed is ours; we
_are closely hound tc

ire not those who re oice in England's difficulties. They are
ready and willing to share in all her struggles ; they have con-
fidence in the justice of their cause, and you truly describe
them as a religious association, professing the faith and ani-
mated by the s irit of martyrs ; their opponents know their
importance and fear them, and in recent attempts at rebellion,
to neutralize the Orangemen was the great ohject of the faction ;
but true to their principles, they indignantly rejected every
overture. I sincerely thank you for the promise of your prayers,
and the rich blessings which you invoke upon me at the con-
clusion of yottr address. There are few who have had such
testimonies of their country's affection and regard, at the end
of sixty years, as I have received. 'the events of July have
brought them out. I trust I shall never cease to acknowledge
the hand of my God in them all.

Believe inejmy dear brethren, your affectionate friend and
RODEN.

brother,

The Association also passed a resolution of their sym-
pathy and respect towards the Messrs. Beers, and each of
those gentlemen forwarded a very temperate and suitable

SIR ROBERT PEEL'S POLICY —During the week before
last a public dinner was given o t Mayor of Tamworth
on his retirement from office. bir Robert Peel was pre-
sent. He took the opportunity of soothing the minds of
his former pol tical opponents, and expressed his high

gratification in meeting them on that occasion. But this
is not all : Captain Townshend, between Whom and Sir
Robert Peel a deadly political feud had been carried on
for many years, so that on one occasion a duel was
thought inevitable, was invited to Drayton Manor, and
dined there on the Monday after. Does not Sir Robert
intend by this to proclaim his adherence to the Whig
party, and to identify his cause with theirs ? Surely he
does not entertain the ambition of ever being the leader
of that party. What a career has this famous statesman
run ! Ile began his course as the champion of the con-
stitution in church and state—the maintainer of Protes-
tant ascendancy, and the protector of British industry.
In the repeal of Roman Catholic disabilities, he became a
Foxite ; in the repeal of the Corporation and Test Ac;,, a
Cromwellisn ; in adopting the measures of free trade, a
Cibdenite; in the endowment of Mavnooth, a Jacobite;
and now he has settled down into a Whig—a name with-
out a creed.—Church and State Gazette.

SOUTHEY'S INFANT YEARS.—I had many indulgt s,
but more privations, and those of an injurious kind ; want
of playmates, want of exercise, never being allowed to do
anything in which by possibility I might dirt myself ;
late hours for a child, which I reckon among the pr.-
vations (having always the healthiest propensity for going
betimes) ; late hours of rising, which were less painful
perhaps, but in other respects worse. My aunt chose that I
should sleep with her, and this subjected me to a double evil.
She used to have her bed warmed, and during the months
while this practice was in season I was put into Molly's bed
first, for fear of an accident from the warming-pan, and
removed when my aunt went to bed, so that I was regularly
wakened out of a sound sleep. This, however, was not
half so bad as being obliged to lie till nine, and not un-
frcquently till ten in the morning, and not daring to
make the slightest movement which could disturb her
during the hours that I lay awake, and longing to be set
free. These were, indeed, early and severe lessons of
patience. My poor little wits were upon the alert at
those tedious hours of compulsory idleness, fancying
figures and combinations of form in the curtains, wonder-
ing at the motes in the slant sunbeam, and watching the
light from the crevices of the winnow shutters, till it
served me at last, by its progressive motion, to measure
the lapse of time.—Life of Southey.
YANKEE COOLNESS.—At five next morn'nz we lef
Syracuse by the railway. While I was getting the tickets,
Lady Alexander remaining with my hat-box, cloaks, &c.,
an American passenger coming up with a large deal box,
said, " You belong to these things, miss ? Well, just
look after mine, too ;" and putting down the box he wei.t
off to secure his place. On the road one gets rid of much
of the ceremony of social life. Judges receive £25 cur-
rency when holding a court at particular places. At
Niagara a judge was three weeks there; and when he
called for his bill at the hotel he was charged, to his sur-
prise, £24, though he had lived like other people. On
remonstrating with the landlord, the latter said, " I know
you are allowed £25 for your expenses here, and I have
left you £1 to carry you home I" At Niagara I put up
at an inn kept by a borderer with one eye. " Can I get
a room ?"i enquired. " I don't think so, sir ; (he
answered) but I'm building wan, sir, and it will be ready
at eight o'clock ; but you maun pit up without a door."
Accordingly, in the evening I did get possession of my
new room ; but I was in some jeopardy about the new
plaster against which, if one had incautiously rolled,
during the night, the accident which befel certain topers,
as recorded by Sir Jonah Barrington, might have been re-
peated—l might have stuck fast by my hair to the wall.—
L' Acadie.

THE ANNIVERSARY IYMNER OF THE MEM.
BERS OF THE ROSCOE CLUB.

The third anniversary of the founding of the club was
commemorated on Thursday evening last, by the mem-
bers, by a public dinner held in the Essay and Discussion
Class's Room, in the Institution, Clayton-square. It
was a very brilliant affair, surpassing in every respect the
two previous social re-unions. The dinner was admirably
got up. and was characterised by a profusion and taste
that at once did honour to the directors, and was credit..
able to the management of Mr. Leighton, the esteemed
secretary of the Club. A little delay marked the serving
up, but this no doubt arose from the somewhat incommo.
' dions construction of the rocrin for so large a party. The
Earl of Sefton had been invited to honour the occasion
with his presence, but owing to indisposition and unfore-
seen domestic arrangements was prevented from attend-
ing; his Lordship. however, evinced his regard for the
welfare of the club, by requesting, in a letter of apology
to the secretary, that four of the £l(ishares (it is intended
to resolve the club into a proprietary, by the issuing of
shares, in order to establish it on a permanent basis)
might be appropriated to him. Wiliiain Brown, Esq..
M.P., was prevented being present from the same unfor-
tunate cause. The gentlemen of distinction in the
town who did evince their concurrence in the objects of
the club. by dining with its members, were as follows :
John Holmes, Esq., (the Mayor) J. B. Moore, Esq.,
(ex-Mayor) H. R. Sandbach, Esq., president, E. Estill,
Esq., Sir A. J. Knight. M.D., Dr. Trail', Rev. Dr.
Hume, W. Rathbone, Esq., Mr. Councillor Rathbone,
Mr. Councillor Lloyd, Mr. Councillor Hodson, Mr. C. S.
Parker, Mr. S. Thornley, Mr. T. B. Blackharne, Mr.
W. Cross, Mr. A. C. Stewart, and Mr. J. Boult.
The proceedings were enlivened by the performances of
a number of gentlemen connected with the profession of
music in the town, and as these performances were of a
very superior description, and as the gentlemen consider-
ately volunteered their services for the occasion, we append
their names :—Mr. Joseph Seines, Mr. H. V. Lewis, Mr.
Percival, Mr. T. A. Wallworth, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. P.
and W. Browne, and Mr. J. Sedgwick. Amongst their
performances, that which attracted very great attention
was the flute solos of Mr. Percival, which that gentleman
played very beautifully, without accompaniment; and the
concertina playing of Mr. J. Scates. The instrument, in
this gentleman's hands, is most effective, and admirably
suitable for such occasions, being capable of bring modu.
lted almost at pleasure, and adapted for every description

of musical cettiposition. So much were the company
charmed with the exquisite playing of Mr. Percival, that an
unanimous encore was accorded to that gentleman. Dinner
being over, and the loyal toasts, which are never excepted
at the convivial meetings of Englishmen, being disposed of,
H. R. Sandbach. Esq., delivered an address, fraught with
interest to all wishing the prosperity of the inAtitetinn_

Lq populariry o

mayor. His worship briefly acknowledged the compli-
ment, which from the boisterous applause accompanying
the announcement, was evidently reci procateel by the

ES-TILL, Esq., then entered into a detailed account
of the past operations of the directory, the present posi-
tion of the institution and its prospects, which on the

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lities have been incnrred, the club is now self supporting,
ann is daily gaining accessions to its numbers; a variety
of causes, inseparable to inexperienced parties embarking
in new projects, have led to the pecuniary embarrass-
ments,—firstly. the ins-uffiliency of capital at the com-

mencement, and secondly, the insufficient management of
the domestic (if the restaurant department may be so
styled) arrangeinents, which are now
the secretary as to be self-supporting.
debt, and to purchase the present pre

To clear off this

anises and extend
generally the efficiency of the institution, it is proposed to
create a number of £lO shares. The sum required to
effect. all that is contemplated will be some £lO,OOO, which
there appears to be no difficulty in raising as an induce-
ment to members and others to take the initiatives in this
movement, it is determined not to proceed until two hun-
dred shares shall have been taken up.
In the course of the evening, J. B. MonaE, Esq.,
addressed the gentlemen present, by whom he was most
cordially greeted and loudly and repeatedly cheered. He
referred to his connexion with the Dock Committee,
which he characterised as a trust the affairs of which are
managed with perfect purity ; to that management he
attributed the extension of this port—an extension which
is described by the following significant fact :—At the
commencement of the last century, the tonnage was
800,000; now, after a lapse of 148 years, it is no less than
3.600,000. As a further illustration of the excellent
management of the business of i he port, Mr. Moore stated
that, while in London the docks were only capable of
accommodating 5,000 tons to the acre, those of Liverpnol
could accommodate 26,000 tons to the same space. This
result was the consequence of good management, and he
recommended the tart as a stimulant and an example to
the directors of the Roscoe Club, whom he assured of
similar results were the like means taken. lie passed a
high eulogy on Mr. Brown, who, he stated, had given £5O
to the charities of the town on the occasion of the bazaar at
the Pr;nce's-park. He also spoke in high terms of the
present borough members. referring more particularly to

their private worth and earnest desire to listen to what-
ever might be pointed out to them as a means of bene-
fitting the town. He avoided any reference to the
party politics with which thy might be imbued.

The speakers who followed were Sir A. Knight, Dr.
Hume, Dr. Train, &c., &c.

ADMIRALTY COURT-SATURDAY

(Before Dr. Lushington.)

THE ORIENTAL-7•BOTTOMRY

The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Bayford appeared in
this case to promote a suit for Mr. Milne, of New York,
against the owner of the Oriental. The object is to
rerover the amount expended by that gentleman for re-
pairs to that ship after damage that she had sustained,
and for which tha captain gave a kottomry bond. The
Oriental was bound from Nev York to Liverpool, with a
general cargo, on the 20th February, when she struck on
the bar of the west bank of Sandy Hook, end io c,nie-
quence she was obliged to put back and discharge her
cargo to be repaired, for which this bond was given. The
owner of the vessel contended that Mr. Milne, being the
agent of the shin, was bound to advance the money with-
out claiming a bond, which embraced over heavy expenses,
and which an agent could not charge. The learned civi-
lians held that Mr. Milne was not the agent, that the
money had been paid by Mr. Milne, and he was entitled
to be repaid with interest, and cited cases. They, there-
fore, called upon the Court to decide for the validity of
the bond.

Dr. Robinson and Dr. Twiss were heard in opposition,
on the ground that the captain had no right to give it.
and the party who received it, being the agent, was not
justified in taking it. They, therefore, prayed the Court
to declare against the bond.

The learned Judge would take time to consider.

At the examination of St. Barnahas Church Infant
School, on Friday, Miss Colgan the efficient mistress, was
presented with a richly chased silver tea service, consist-
ing. of coffeepot, teapot, sugar basin, and cream ewer
The gift origina:el amongst the children. who were as-
sisted by a few members of the congregation.
QUACKS AND THEIR QUACKERIES.—Toe legislature
having left the public much at the mercy of those igno-
rant compounders of useless or dangerous nostrums for
which their authors claim such astonishing virtues, it
becomes a duty of the press, the natural guardian of
society, to sift the tares from the wheat, and warn off the
unwary from those deceptive appearances, which, if they
do not altogether invite to destroy, care little what the
consequences may be, so long as they dispose of commo-
dities made only "to sell !" Were we to judge, then,
merely by pretensions, how many infallible remedies should
we have to stigmatise as barefaced impostures on the
public. But amidst this host of frauds, as manifest to
the wary age as they have been proved to be deleterious
in fact—still there are some wholesome and reliable med.-
c'nes, which accomplish all they pretend. Amongst
these—the "rara avis" of patent medicines—areComns's
: what they promise they perform, while it is cer-
tain that they are a safe medicine ; a character which
cannot be accorded to nine-tenths of the compounds that
perform so many astounding miracles—in print.—John
Bull.

MONETARY CRISIS OF 1772.—1 t was the period when
the success of adventurers in our Indian empire had con-
tributed to the wealth of England. Immense sums were
accumulated in a few months. Large purchases of land
were made at high prices. All the early and L. ti mp-
toms of speculation were apparent. The vast fortunes
brought home were ostentatiously displayed. A contempt
for the slow gains of trade, a feverish excitement, and an
ungovernable impatience to be rich, marked the period.
The nabobs were not disposed to hide their wealth unCer a
bushel. They built magnificent mansions, and mistook
ostentation for taste. They raised the prices of all articles
of consumption ; they were bowed to before their faces,
and dreaded behind their backs. Dark deeds were told
of them ; arid the shrewd peasantry shuddered as the
massive carriage rolled by, which held the man whose
wealth had been obtained at the expense of his humanity.
The ephemeral literature of the day is filled with the
popular opinion of the character; and the nabob is com-
monly represented as a man with a bad liver and a black
heart. Scott, with his exquisite conception of the ludi-
crious, makes one of his characters define a nabob as
" One who comes free foreign parts, with more siller than
his pouches can hold : as yellow as oranges, and maun hae
a'thing his ain gate." For thirty years the public was
filled with impressions of their wealth and their crimes;
and so late as twenty years ago, Lord Clive was described
to the writer as keeping memorials of his guilt in a box
beneath his bed, and as having destroyed himself because
his past enormities were too great for his conscience to
bear. The drama, the story, and the poem, were coloured
with their eccentricities ; while newspapers occasionally
recorded facts which marked that, in some at least, a fine
generosity was mingled with their grossness. The effect,
however, of these things was to make money plentiful ;
t) raise a spirit of emulation and a thirst for gold. In
addition to this, the banking-house of Douglas, Heron,
and Co., circulated its paper with a freedom which had
an effect upon the population of Scotland remembered to
the present day. Discounts for a time were plentiful.
Bills presented by farmers, and accepted by ploughmen,
were readily cashed. As is usual in these cases, the dash..
ing character attained by the bank attracted those who
should hare known better; and many who boasted of
their foresight, paid for their presumption. In 1772 the
result of reckless trading was apparent ; and Douglas,
Heron, and Co., failed. The shock WPS felt throughout
the empire. The Royal Bank of Scotland tottered to its
base; the banking-houses of England shook with a well-
grounded fear ; and the great corporation of the Bank of
England was beset on all sides for assistance.--.Chronicles
of the Stock Barchange.

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