MECHANICS' INSTITUTION IN...
The Times, 1824-12-06T00:00:00

MECHANICS' INSrT' STe IN PAets.-M e have beeln favouredl with the siglht oi' a letter, giving an aseount of a mecting held at Paris, for establishing a IU echanies' Institution, at which the Mechanics' Insti:ution of our own citv was highly and honourably mentioned by the gentleman who epenea thc procecdings.-Glatgae paper. When Lord Thuelow was Chaneellor, he was, at the comnmencement of the long vacatieo, quitting the Court without taking the usual leave st' the bar. A young connsel perceiving this, when they were all standinri up in cxpectation. said, " He might at least have said I D- ye.' " Thurlow certainly heard it, and re- turned to make his bow. By the late census, it appears that, in the city of Dub- lin there are 19 471 femiales more than males * in-ork city. there are 7,084 in Limerick city, 2,811; ir ';aterford city, 2,Ut 1; ia BelHast, 2.537; in Galway town, 1,083, and in Ireland altogether, there are 117,t7il womcn more than men! The only counties in Ireland in wliiclh the males outnumber the females, are Kildare, Kirg's County, Mleath, Kerry, Galway, and Roscommuon.-Li7ne- rick ChArovicle. The Eiing of France, to encourage literature and music, as far as they are concemed in the composition of pieces for the French ( Opera Hiouse, has established annual prizes of 4,000 francs (16i71) for thc beat lyricproduc;,on in three or in fire acts. founded on a subject of national historv, or of imagination; an-d 2,000 francs for the best production, in one act, of the comic or pastoral charac- ter. The mneritsof the se:eral works p resented for the prizes to be deternined upon by a jury, selected according to the regulations ot' a roval order. [Ad; ertisement.J-"}Nsothing venture nrthing have,"is an old s ar- ing, which implies that Your gain will be in proportion to your risaz; but at the present day there are gains to be mnade out of all propor_ tioin to the risk; for instance, on the H;th of this month 20,0001. wiil surelv fill to snme who have risked only Ws. :-Vide CAItROLL'S scheme for the Lotterv to draw on that day. LAdvertisement.1-PDDrnNG and Co. find that everv one whbc has read the explanatory schemes published at their office, No. 1, (ornhill, without hesitation makes a purchase there, in consequence of clearly cotuprchending that they have the chance of gaining a handsome fortune on the 16th of December, and if not successful nmay receive nearly all their money back again before the 26th of December, whether it is drawn a small prize, or if it should not be drawn. The cest of'a ticket is 221. 19s.; but all except 41. 19s. mav bc received hack. and sharcs in proportion, atter having had the chance of two of 20.0001. decitled by the two first-drawTn prizes, also any or all the otlter 20 capitals which m ay be drawn, including two of 30,000!., it is therefore by no meas surprisinc there is such a demaud tfor tickets ang shares at the lucky corner. No. 1, Cornehill. [Advertisement.1-MAft`rst and Co. sold Gn the 3d of Novem- ber lalt and the 5th of Octoher, No. 5.556, a prize of 20,0501.,; No. 9. 2,0001.; No. 15,079, 201. ; and judging from their past good fortune, it is most likely that they will sell one of the two 20,0101. prizes which are sure to be drawn on the 16-h of this month, De- cember. The Scherne also contains two prizes of 30 0OOL, &c- Twenty thousand pounds mnay begained bythe risk of only 41. 19s.; 1,2501. may be gained by therisk r-f only 9s. Od. ;as everv pr-chaser at Alartin and Co.'s offices, 8, Corruhill, and 120, Oxford-street, in the present scheme, may receive bacit, after the I6th of Decem- ber, 181. for his ticket. Shares in the same proportion, provided xhe money is claimed on or before the 26th of December, but not after- wardi. Advertisement.1-The most eminent of the faculty have acknowv lcdged that the first production of the age is ROWLAND'S AlACASS %R OIL, now in such universal use, a.d its invaluablc prO- perties so highlyand justly appreciated, not only by the discerning o pulation erf this our enlightened country, but by the patronage of Royalty througbout the whole of the civilized universe. It restores in redundancy the tresses ravxei feomn the head of' beauty by fever, anxiety, or acconchenent; and in all cases, from whatsoever cause arising, where this graceful ornamen.t fall into decay,.operates sa an infalible specific. Particular caution is necessa;ry in purcbasing, to ask for Rowland'6 \JUacassar Oil, and to observe the signature, " A. Rowland and Son, No. 20, H-atton.gar.ien.'-