The Sun. — London, England, 1866-09-25 00:00:00

:orm Demonstration at Manchester. MANCHESTER, Sept. 24. The Reformers of Lancashire have been highly successful this afternoon, despite bad weather, in getting together a great and imposing crowd of the working and middle classes to testify the earnestness which they feel towards the movement for a better representation in Parliament. The place fixed for the gathering was Campfield, an open square pur chased for the corporation upwards of 20 years ago from Sir Oswald Moseley, lord of the manor. From time almost immemorial it has been the site every Easter of Knottmill Fair, one of those monster pleasure fairs which attracted people from great dis tances, such as were formerly held in London and some other great towns, but which in most cases have been abolished as nuisances. It is a fine open plot of ground, well paved and drained, and near its centre stands a church dedicated to St. Matthew. The portion of the square behind the church is usually occupied as a hay and corn-market, but the corporation having consented to allow the present gathering it has been placed to-day at the service of the Reformers. The entire space open to the public on this occasion is about 220,000 square feet, in cluding Liverpool-road on the west and Towman man-street, which bounds it on the east. The square began to fill early by townspeople who were anxious to secure good places, but the great procession did not begin to arrive till near upon the time of meeting, which had been fixed for 3 o'clock. The principal of these processions were one which had formed at New Cross, in the Ancoats district of the city, at half-past 1; another which had formed at All Saints', for Chorlton and Hulme, and a third, starting from the Town-hall in Salford. Other points for assembling were the Salford-sta tion of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the London-road station of the London and North Western and the Sheffield and Great Northern com panies, and Victoria-station, where the Liverpool and Yorkshire of the Loudon and North Western and of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway companies converge. To the Salford station came Reformers mostly from Clitheroe, Colne, Blackburn, Burn ley, Accrington, Chorley, Bacup, and Bury ; on the platforms of Victoria station were discharged the thousands coming from Liverpool, Chester, War rington, Preston, Southport, Blackpool, and Bolton in one direction, and from the opposite direction people from Huddersfield, Todmorden, Rochdale, Heywood, Middleton, Ashton, and Stalybridge ; while to London-road station came Reformers from the Potteries, Macclesfield, Whaleybridge, Stock port, Glossop, Mottram, and Hyde. Bands of music had been placed near each of these stations to head the various processions forming from time to time as the trains arrived, but from Rochdale, Oldham, and some other of the larger and nearer towns great gatherings of Reformers came on foot in procession, with their own bands and banners. The Executive Committee of the National Reform Union, co-ope rating with the Reform League, both in the open air meeting and in the meeting to be held at the Free Trade-hall, went in procession to Campfield from Newall's-buildings. Separate processions formed in various parts of the city of trades and friendly societies, and came to the meeting. Among them were the temperance societies, and lastly there was a procession of carriages from the Manchester Town-hall, at half-past 2, containing members of Parliament, merchants, manufacturers, and mem - bers of corporations who had assembled in the Mayor's parlour to accompany Mr. Bright to the open air meeting. If anything could damp the ardour of Reformers, certainly the weather this morning was calculated to have that effect. From 4 o'clock to 1, nine hours, there was one incessant downpour of rain, gradually increasing in density. From Ito 2 o'clock the fall gradually decreased, but at 2, by which time some thousands of people had gathered in the square, um brellas were in use, though there were some symp toms that the weather might clear up, but they proved delusive. Six platforms had been provided for the speakers—four in the square in front of the church, and two in the smaller area - behind. The first procession entered the square by Gart side-street with its band and banners, and took up a position in front of the platform, under the walls of the Free Library. A second procession, with the banners of the National R►eform Union, entered shortly afterwards by the Liverpool-road entrance from Deansgate, and took up a position before the platforms behind the church. Other processions followed in rapid succession by way of Townian street, Water-street, and St. John-street. Before 3 o'clock every part of the square appeared to be densely crowded, and from that time, as people entered from various directions, great numbers be gan to leave in consequence of finding their places untenable with any degree of comfort. The speakers arrived by the procession from the Town-hall precisely at 3 o'clock, but were unaccom panied by Mr. Bright. The proceedings commenced at once, the following resolutions being moved and seconded simultaneously from each platform : " That this meeting protests against the perpetuation of class government by the exclusion of the great majority of the people from the franchise, refnsesito allow itself to be made an instrument to further tho views of contending parties or the selfish interests of any class, and pledges itself to adopt all means of organising and agitating for the only just basis of representation—registered residential manhood suffrage and the ballot." " That this mesting rejoices in the formation of the northern department of the Reform League, and pledges its support to the executive council in the organisation of branches throughout the north of England, and hereby de clares confidence in Mr. Edmond Beales and the executive of the Reform League in London." " That this meeting tenders its warmest and most grate ful thanks to the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, Mr. John Bright, Mr. John Stuart Mill, and all friends of Reform who throughout the late discussions in Parliament vindicated the character and protected the rights of the people ; and further expresses confidence in the honesty and ability of Mr. John Bright to champion the people's cause in Parliament during the coming Parliamentary struggle." Among the speaker's were Mr.E i d i r t aon e d Beales, Mr. Wilfrid Lawson (Car lisle),ol. Dick son, Mr. Ernest Jones, the R Lei y. Langley. Bonner, Mr. Lucraft, Mr. Odgers, and Mr. J. It would be di ffi cult to form even an a p proz estimate of the numbers present. Perhaps at no period of the meeting were there more than 80,000 to 100,000 in the square at once, but Liverpool road, Deansgate, Gartside-street, and other ap proaches were constantly filled with people for up wards of two hours going and returning, and it would be no exaggeration to say that the total num- ber present at various times did not fall much short of £200,000. In the evening a meeting was held in the Free Trade-hall, which was densely crowded in every part long before the time appointed. The admis sion was by tickets, which were gi ven away t o th e first applicants, but so great was the demand that a guinea and even two guineas premium were offered for admission to the platform. Mr. T. B. Potter, M.P., Presided, supported by Mr. Fildes, M.P., Mr . W hitworth, Mx Mr. Carlisle), m r . , L awson (late M.P. for Geo.. Wilson, Sir James Watt, Mr. Jacob Bright, and a great num b er o f th e l ea di ng Li berals ef t l e . city euteancl its neighbourhood. Mr. Bright, M.P., 1 on with a the platform, was re ceivedtremendousrinrtburst of cheers, the whole of the assembl age r i g The CHAIRMAN, in opening the tthoe proceedings, re welcome him. gretted the absence of Mr. Bazley, their respected member, who was pre vented by no longer n3ontrollable n that occasion. cir cumstances from taking the chairu o through be evaded. ough The question of Reform could n Recent events had ,roused the peopl e l en gth and breadth of the land, and thisr the and the demonstratio n of th e morning sboweitha meeting the men of Lancashire w ere p r epared to take their t part in the coming struggle. They would no longer be taunted, as he had been in the House of Coin_ mons, with the charge that the people were indiffe rent and apathetic on this question ; they were met to discharge another most pleasing duty—to present an address to Mr. Bright, whose name in the House of Commons was a terror to evildoers, and who, with the late respected Richard Cobden, had earned a name which would be for all time endeared to the people of England. They had confidence in him that he w ou ld l ea d th em to success, an d this meet ing would strengthen his h ands i n Par li amen t . He could now no longer be regarded as merely the member for Birmingham, but as the expounder of 7,000,000 of grown-up men, 7,000,000 of men re the will of a free people. (Cheers.) sponsible to the lawsin the United Kingdom of Great Sir JAS. WATT proposed the following resoluton : Britain andlreland; that of those but one million and " That this meeting, while recording its indignation at a quarter are on the list of voters; that exclusive of the insults offered in Parliament and by t h e Press to the , paupers and exclusive of cr i m i na l s — th oug h l am working class and their advocates, calls on the people of sorry to mentio n th ose t wo c l asses i n the same sen this country to allow themselves no longer to be trifled with by an oligarchic few, but to rally round those men who have tence —exclusive of th ose t o w h om no man proposes upheld their cause." to give the franchise, there are 5,000,000 of men in Alr. ERNEST JONES, in seconding the motion, called the United Kingdom who have no vote. ("Shame," upon the people to be no longer trifled with, but to "We will have them.") Of the million and a guar wring a substantial measure of reform from a re- ter who have votes, the counties take up about 750,000 luctant House of Commons, which to be of value and the boroughs 550,000. Now, I shall say .that and to satisfy their just demands must not only be which some men will contradict, but which I venture substantial, but speedily conceded. The people were to say is true, when I declare that, for the most part, no longer to be satisfied with the crumbs which an the county representation in this country is not exclusive oligarchy might consider suf f icient to ap- a popular representation in any honest sense of that pease them, but would no longer be put off with the term. (Cheers.) We know that with a franchise of old excuses, being determined to have a full conces- £5O occupation, and a freehold franchise added to it, sion of their right, and that right was manhood suf- that the great body of the people in every county is frage and the ballot. excluded from the elective franchise. Well, I regard The resolution was carried by acclamation. the county representation to a very large extent as a Mr. GEORGE WILSON moved that the following dead body tied to the living body of the borough address be presented to Mr. Bright : representation. I believe it will become less so. In "John Bright, —ln the name of the people of Lancashire, Ireland there are some free counties. In Scot we welcome you back to the metropolis of the north. Man- land there are some, and there will be soon chester will henceforth regard this day as an auspicious more—but, still taking the county representation as one in her history, for she now pays homage to a life-long a whole, it is in a most unsatisfactory condition. services rendered to the cau se o f popular rights. " Lancashire is proud to claim y ou as h er son . Y our Well, but as to the bo r o ug h s w h ere th ey are a li ve public career has been unfalteringly devoted to the into- and where there is some freedom, what is their con rests of humanity, and while other men have thought it dition? Let me give you only one fact. There are politic to change the convictions of their youth, your life 145 boroughs with over 20,000 inhabitants each, and has been unswervingly true to Liberal principles and the they return 215 members. There are 109 boroughs advancement of freedom. Without fear of being charged with over 20,000 population, and they return 180 with presumption, we may add ress y ou i n th e name o f liti manity, for its claims have ever been paramount with you members. But look at the diff erence i n th e num b er over the selfish dictates of party and class interests. We do of votes, the number of th e popu l a ti on, an d t h e homage to your forgetfulness of self, your enlightened pa- amount of the taxation. It is something startling triotism, your far-seeing statesmanship. As men we respect and enormous. The boroughs under 20,000 have you, as Englishmen we honour you, as sons of Lancashire 79,000 electors. The boroughs over 20,000 have we are proud of you ; for your public career has cast unfad- 480,000 electors. The boro ug h s un d er 20 , 000 h ave ing lustre upon the county which gave you bi r th, an d the 1,350,000 people. The boro ug h s over 20 , 000 peop l e lishman should be. nation which points to you as an example of what an En g - have 9,305,000 people The borou g h s un d er 20 , 000 " This is no ordinary occasion upon which we addressyou. pay £367,000 of income tax—the boroughs over Our beloved country is in a crisis of its fate, and we all look 20,000 pay £5,240,000, and yet the boroughs under to you as the pilot who shallweather us through the storm. 20,000 have 215 members, as against 181 members We remind you of what you have accomplished in the past, for the boroughs over 20,000. (Cries of " Shame.") that we may pledge you to equal, if not greater exertion Now , lam sure you will ag r ee w ith me i n in. the impending future. Schooled among th a t no bl e band f patriots who, led by the revered Richard C o bden, shat- that a representation whi c h as regar d s t h e f ranc hi se tered the barriers which hemmed in the privileged few shuts out five millions of men, and which as regards from the oppressed many, placing an untaxed loaf in the the distribution leaves the state of things which I huts and cottages of suffering millions, we call upon you to have now described, can only be fairly pictured . complete the work which you and your brother freetraders so triumphantly commenced. Crown the victory you helped when I call it a stupendo us f rau d u p on th e peop l e. to achieve in the cause of economic truth with the still (Cheers.) As to the counties we h ave L or d D er b y ' s nobler laurel due to him who helps to gain political rights own authority fo r it, th a t th e coun ti es are for a whole people. politically the hunting grounds of grea t l an d owners . " The country looks to you, the nation is with you. It Lord Derb y said if you would tell him the politics of calls upon you to hasten forward the work you have so half-a dozen principal landowners in a county, he bravely undertaken. The voice of the metropolis, of the would tell you the politics of the county mem b ers an d empire, has echoed throughout the land. ' Hyde Park and Parliament-street to the venerable Abbey,' have been coin- the boroughs. What are they? M anc h es t er k nows pactly filled with law-respecting, freedom-loving multi- not bribery, nor Birmingha m; b u t o f t h e b oroughs tudes of your fellow-countrymen, solemnly resolved to re- of 20,000 population and under, how many of them gain for themselves and their children those rights which are full of corruption ? There are small borougd, hs, , a proud and overbearing minority still presumes to with- such as Banbury and Tavistock and Liskear hold from them. Birmingham has taken up th e appeal, here, I believe, great h onour an d great purity and echoed it northwards with man y ti mes ten thousand IV voices. The cry for Refo rm resoun d s t h roug h out the prevail, but the bulk of th ese b oroughs are acces- North, rolling in deter m i ne d t ones over t h e plains of Lan- Bible to the influence of any man w h o would go cashire, rushing along her valleys, and echoing from there with plenty of money in his pocket and no hill to hill. Soon shall the groat West Riding take up principles or morals in his heart. (Loud cheers.) In the loud refrain, and the long-suffering sister isle repeat p oint of fact, without any exa ggera ti on, we may tho cry from her f ur th es t W estern shore. The voices of say that all the evils which are possible to an elec the three kingdoms aro unanimous in .demanding their political rights. Th ey ca ll upon you to be their standard- total system are amply pro v id e d f or b y th e e l ec t ora l bearer in the approaching contest. It is a mighty responsi- system of England, comprising bribery, drunken bility thrown upon you, but your countrymen feel confi- ness, and a lavish and disgraceful expenditure. All deuce in your judgment, courage, and devotion. You will these not only exist, but are absolutely inevitable not return to Parliament simply as the representative of a under the state of the law which now prevails. I single borough, but as the elected tribune of a mighty venture to say, and I never said anything in my life people. Face to face you have seen thi s p eo pl e . Y ou h ave aright to speak for the east and w e st, th e nor th an d th e which I would more easily u n d er t a k e t o p rove, th at south ; and when you are assailed with the taunts and gibes there is no remedy for this st a t e o f thi ngs w h ere and sneers of a proud oligarchy, who use every weapon ambitious, and unprincipled, and rich men come into that slander and malice can suggest we pray you to re- contact with a small number of voters. There is no member that a whole nation stands at your back resolutely remedy whatsoever but in large constituencies determined to support you while y ou battle with it for its and the security of the ballot. (Loud cheers.) Now liberties. Tell these opponents of freedom that the right- . f I have given a fair desc r ipti on o f th e s t a t e o f t hi ngs, l denied millions of their fellow-countrymen must n o t, canno t longer be trifled with; that principle mu s t b e th e gu idi ng need we wonder at th e diff icu lt y w hi c h we meet with star of men, and results be left to Provid ence ; th a t th e when we have any question before P ar li amen t ? broadest base is the firmest security of all authority, and Look back at the question of the corn laws. Look that our country will achieve a still more glorious destiny back at the question of the paper duties. Look back, among the nations when her Government depends for its or rather look at present, on the question of our strength upon the hearts and the arms of the entire people, and bases its freedom on the disgraceful expenditure, an d you fi n d on every occa rights achieved by God." sion when the people ask f or any re f orm o f any Mr. HOOSON seconded th e ma ti on , an d th e ad kind, they have to mak e a desperate fight for it, just dress, after a few words f rom M r . B ea l es an d 'Ai r. Armitage, who were listened t o w ith ex t reme i m - as if they were wre s ti ng i t not f rom countrymen and brothers, but from the re p resen t at i ves o f a con patience, was adopted amidst tremendous acclaina quering nation. Take this last session of a ll, th e dons, which were renewed again and again as the chairman presented it to the h on . gen tl eman . session which has just p asse d over, a sess i on ever to be remembered. Th e G overnment, h ea d e d b y L ord Mr. I3eiGter, who was lo u dly c h eere d, th en a d- Russell in the House o f L or d s, an d by Mr. Gladstone dressed the meeting. He said : —I was no t aware when I was invited to att en d thi s meet i ng t h at any - —(cheers)—i n th e H ouse of Commons, this Govern thing different from the o r di nar y course o f procee di ng ment anxiou s t o ma k e a step i n the direction of popu would take place. Iwa not informed that I should lay rights, brought i n a bill more h onest in character s d an more moderate in dimensions, and it was a bill so be honoured by the presentation of any address. I moderate in its dimensions that some of us who think accept that address, however, with many thanks for it wouldbe wiser to grant much more found ourselves the kindness which you have shown me : at the in some difficulty in tendering to the Government our same time I accept it with something like fear and cordial . suport, to enable them to carry their bill Lich I hold every man who is in favour of any Re trembling, because of the mighty responsibility form w at all had no kind of excuse in opposing. That which, by that address, you have thrown upon me i . I have never had any ambition for leadership. bill, I may as well say so at once, was met by au op don't feel myself to have fitness for such an office. position as malignant and discreditable as I have I have worked hitherto wheresover I chanced to be, ever seen brought against any measure in the House whether in the ranks or in the front, and, without of Co t m h m t ons ; there was no ar tifi ce, t h ere was no asks me to undertake an d per f orm, I may, however, trick pledging myself to undert a k e a ll th a t thi s a dd ress was too mean and to o b ase t o b e, made of t o use tharetardt bill, and to suc h an extent did they go men willing to work for hum an f ree d om an d h uman happiness I trust I shall be ready to take my part that even Lord Stanley — (hisses)—was induced, I with them. (Cheers.) A n d now, as my eye h as know not how or by Wh a t ev il spirit of his party, to rested upon this wonderf u l assembl I have thought make a proposition, which, to my k now l e d ge, emi t'' nent men of The f ac t s an d arguments on whichf his own party pro nounce d to b e utterly it not wrong to ask mys e lf w h e th er t h ere i s any question that is great, th a t i s su ffi c i ent, that is discreditable. the bill was suppo r t e d were not met and never could noble, that h as ca ll e d us together to-night. I have arguments an d fi gures, t h ey come to the conclusion th a t great as i s this meeting, Another policy was ad op t e d , an d , to get be met and transcendently g rea t th e meet i ng which was held rid of inconvenient tin the middl e o f t h e day, the question which has turned round and did not hesitate to slander the brought us together is worthy of our assembly and whole nation. The name of a gentleman eminent of every effort we may make. (Hear.) We are met in this matter has a l rea d y b een mentioned. If I for the purpose, so f ar as li es in our power, of widen- mention his name, o r if I quote what he said, under ing the bou n d ar i es and making more stable the stand that I make no c h arge against him that he foundation of th e f ree d om of the country in which holds opinions w hi c h I so much deplore. Any man we live. (Hear.) W e are not, as our fathers were may hold what op i n i ons he likes, and the opinions of any particul ar mem b er of Parliament are not of 200 years ago, call e d upon to do battle with the Crown ; we have no d ynasty to complain of, no very great import ance. B ut these opinions are im- Royal family to depos e , i n our day t h e wearer o f portant, becau se th ey were a d dressed to 300 mem the Crown is in favour of f ree d om ( c h eers) ; and on bets of the party w hi c h i s now i n power, and because many separate occasio ns , as you all know, the by that party th ey were rece i ved with uproarious and universal enth us i asm. (Ch eers.) I don ' t think Queen has strongly — as strongly as became her st ation—urged upon Pa r li ament t h e extens i on of the that any meeti ng o f t h e wor ki ng classes held during franchise of the people. Parliament, however, has this recess should pass off without some reference been less li • beral than the Crown, and time after time to these observations. B ear i n m i n d t h at, not on l y those recommendations have been disregarded, were they received with enthusiastic cheers by the and the wishes of the monarch have been rejected Tory party, but wh en th e Q ueen sent for Lord and denied. It is not our business to-night to as- Derby, and committed to him the ch arge of form sail the other branch of the Legislature —the House ing a Government, he either directly, through his of Peers. For my part, I cannot but thi n k th at if patron, the owner of th e b oroug h o f C a i ne, endea voured, as is universally b e li eve d, an d as 1 b e li eve, they are dangers not so much frcen without as there are dangers ahead for th e House o f L or d s to prevail on th e man w h o uttere d these senti within. Its foes, in my opinion, are they of its own ments to become a member of his Government. household ; it stands in the high place of a Senate, —" I have had opportuniti e s of k now i ng (Shame.) Th ese are some o f hi s sentiments : but too much it abdicates the duties of a Senate. It if you want ignorance, dru n k enness, an d some gives its votes, its powers, its proxies into the hand s thing of the co ns tit uenc i es i n t hi s country, and I ask unre m fl ean c s of intimidation, if you want i m p u l s i ve, the of one man, and he often, as at present, not by anyvenality, means the wisest:of men. ridiculous toat em, to the top or to th e b o tt om ? I t i s look for ee itnhg' and violent men , w h ere d o you go to Act great corruptikonthhae laughter.) Unfortunately for ( t L I i t e h a o r' use lle i a t r;' does aanld most nothing—it does not even debate freely — a s f p a r e e t v tat d t a since n g t h t e h e Re session will pass and yo u scarcely hear any discus of between £2O an d £lO rental, forna sion in that house whi c h i s ca l cu l a t e d to instruct the voters people in political subjects. I some ti m es fear that it among the in lodging-house and be rhouse keepers ; b u t i t i s sa i d is no longer the t em pl e o f h onour, t h e pa th w hich only give the franchise e to the artisans, an d t h en see leads through the te m pl e o f v i rtue ; i t h as b ecome the difference." He w en t on, omitting a s en t ence too much a refuge f or worn - out mem b ers o f the • is t which nothing o the argument, and said, ~ dy e comes of Commons. (Cheers and laughter.) It be know what sort of people live in these small e houses. comes every year more numerous, without, I fear, ' becoming more useful. If it cannot make itself up we have long had experience of the m under the freemen, and it would be a good thing • name o f . if to the great duties, decay and darkness will settle they were disfranchised altogether. They were d • ying upon it. Some of its members may read what I say. - but the Government purposed to out of themselves, I beg to assure them that in these few observations bring them back under another . name." This refers, I am speaking in no unfriendly spirit to the House of course, to the persons who live in houses of be of Lords; but we have a distinct purpose to-nieht, tween £7 and £lO rental. Then, he said, "If this and our purpose is this—to restore the representa tion of bill passes, see what dreadful things will happen. In the people —to make the llof ouse Commons the house the first stage au increase of corruption, intimida which professes to represent thepeople a • tion, disorder, and all those evils which happen reality and no longer a sham. Now the facts of our representation simple. (Cheers.) usually at elections. What will be the second ? The . are The import- aut facts can be stated second will bel that t le working men of England, find in about two sentences. I • • think at every re ng themselves in a large majority of the whole con form meeting ~ they should be re stated, and that the s l tituenc •y, will awake to a full sense of their power. should themselves in the — he mind of every reformery fix 1 y will say, 'We can do better for ourselves ;do throughout the country. I am charged with tellinfr th . not let us any longer be cajoled at elections ; let us ~ lugs that everbod knows y —(a laugh)--but if we tell them set up shop for ourselves ;we have objects to carry often enough eve body will know them. (Laughter and - 17 as well as our neighbours, and let us unite to carry cheers ) This is a fact which is worth knowing —that ' there those bjects. We have th l em, I ' are trades . c nnery ;we have our unions ; we have our leaders all ready.' " THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1866; There were loud Opposition cheers at that. (Laugh ter.) He goes on, "We have the power of combin ing, as we have shown over and over again, and we have a prize to fight for ; we will bring it to bear with tenfold more force than ever before." Perhaps the hint that you have your trade unions and your machinery and leaders—a hint whichl offered to you some years ago—may have some effect coming from such lips— (laughter) ; but you see the whole tenour of these observations, and there are men to whom I should attribute no blame for uttering them or for holding them, but the whole of these observations is to show that a great body of the working classes are in a degraded position. I find that the bill only proposed, according to Mr. Gladstone's estimate, which, in my opinion, was an exaggerated estimate, to admit 200,000 of the working classes to the fran chise, and these observations rest upon the opinion that when the great body of the working classes are in that condition of ignorance and degradation, and also of hostility to the existing institutions of the country, it would not be safe to admit to the fran chise even 200,000 out of the 5,000,000 who are now excluded. Now, I said in Birmingham, and I say here, that in every workshop, in every room, in every factory, in every clubhouse of every trade, there ought to be a card hung up with these remarks, or rather slanders, upon the work ing men there suspended. (Cheers.) If those slanders be true, hang the card up there that you may see in that mirror what you are, and reform yourselves. (Cheers.) If the charge be false, as 1 hold it to be, then read what it is that is said Of you by those who are hostile to your political rights ; then draw your ranks closer together, and make a more resolute and determined fight to change the state of things in this country. (Cheers.) Some of the newspapers have said since my speech at Bir mingham that it is very unfair to try and paste this upon the back of the Tory party. Why did they cheer it? (Hear, hear.) Why have their news papers said, " Here is a great man come down, as it were, from the clouds to tell us all about the con stitution of the country ?" I say that the doc trinces of Mr. Lowe uttered in that speech are in the main the doctrines upon which the Tory party have acted for generations absolutely, although there are not many men in the House probably of that party who would dare to say what he said, and I fancy there is hardly one of them who could say it so well. Now, I want to ask you a ques tion. I don't know how many thousand people there are here to-night, and I don't know how many people have been attending your great demonstra tion in Manchester ; but I put the question to them through the gentleme n below me to whom we give so much trouble, and to whom we are so greatly indebted--I put this question to them :—lf this argument of ignorance and drunkenness be true, what does it show? There is a newspaper in Lon don—the Morning Herald—which the other day, I am told, wrote some hints for me for my speech on this occasion. The Morning Herald is a paper which proposes to be, in some sort, the organ of the Tory party ; but I have had it from the best authority, that the leaders of the party very rarely read it. (Laughter.) The Morning Herald pointed to a fact which I stated with great amplitude at a meeting of the Sunday-school teachers in Rochdale, I think on Good Friday last, that a very large portion of the children of working-classses in Manchester, a poor and deplorable class, was growing up without any school provision made for them. The Morning Herald states also that in Manchester there is a great deal of drunkenness, although I believe all the facts show that there is less drunkenness in Man chester probably than in any other town of equal magnitude in this kingdom. (Cheers.) I will as sume ignorance for a moment, I will assume the drunkenness, and I will assume the degradation to be true ; what then shall I say of the Government which has permitted it ? (Cheers.) What is that Government? What is that party which is supreme in this country ? It holds all the land or nearly so ; it holds the revenues of the richest Church that the world has over seen ; it has both Houses of Parlia ment to do its bidding ; it has two ancient and noble Universities—in fact it has everything of power in this country, and yet, according to the showing of this writer, the people are ignorant and drunken and degraded—it must be to an extent far more than that of almost any other country, because in almost every other constitutional country. the franchise is more widely extended than it is in this, and that without the slightest danger to dynasty or to order. (Cheers.) Why is it, I ask you now, that the English'nenin England are not so well educated as the Englishmen in New England? In the New England States of North America there have been seven generations of men who came originally from this country, who have been thoroughly and fully instructed; and now in every free State—in every State that was free before the late war—there is a wide suffrage too, schools are universal, and all the people have the fullest opportunity of being thoroughly instructed for the purposes of life. (Cheers.) Why, in this country what are we doing? (A Voice—" Gamekeeping 1" and laughter.) No ; we are doing something beside that. The people, who have the matter in their hands, and who could settle it, are discussing questions of catechisms, the Thirty-nine Articles, and what they call conscience clauses. They are all engaged in worrying some dry bone of this kind, while the great body of the people, and especially the poorest of the people, are left wholly unprovided for. (Cheers.) I venture to say it, I would stake everything I have in the world upon it, that if the platform of the National Reform League, or any platform which gave us a substantial or real representation of the whole people, were embodied in an Act of Parliament, they would not pass over three Sessions of Parliament but there would be a full provision for the thorough instruc tion of every working man's child in the kingdom. (Cheers.) But there was another argument which was very often used in the House of Commons, which is even more extraordinary coming from the quarter whence we heard it, and it was this— that the country is so prosp erous ( prov i ng t h at i t is so well governed) that really there is not only no occasion for anything more, but nobody has any right to ask for anything more. It was one of the argu ments, I believe, of the gentleman from whom I have quoted, that we have a right, of course, to be well governed, but that the right to govern us exists and rests much higher up. (Laughter and cheers.) Now we are assembled here in a building which recalls a good many memories if one had but the time and I had the voice to dwell on them. But, may I ask you why it is that. we are prosperous? You recollect many of you that are here, 25 years ago in the year _ . _ 1841, this country was subject to desolation and to famine, and it is only since 1846, since the abolition of the corn laws, since the general change to a free trade policy, that there has been continually grow ing up that prosperity which is now brought against us, and used as an argument why there should be no further Reform in Parliament. (Cheers.) Suppose you had the corn laws now. What au August we have had, and what a Septem ber we are having I G o ld wou ld b e go i ng o u t of the country. The rate of interest would be rising, the wages of the people would be falling, the wages they received would be absorbed in the pur- chase of dearer food, and generally over the country there would come a state of things which would give the greatest alarm to the thoughtful in the higher classes, and the greatest suffering to the multitudes at the base of our social scale. But why is it? How comes it that we are not in that danger ? How is it that we are not now filled with confusion and dis- may? Who was'it that destroyed the curse of the corn laws, and who was it that fought desperately to maintain that curse ? Why, surely you know that we, who are accustomed to assembly in the Free Trade-hall, were largely instrumental in destroy ing, and you know that no man was more forward in its support than the man who is now Prime Mini ster of England. (Cheers.) 1f this be so, if we, the party that we represent on this platform to-night, if we did much to promote this prosperity, are we not fairly entitled to offer ourselves as advisers on the question of th e f ranc hi se ? (L ou d c h eers. ) What is called statesmanship is like no other profes sion. In other professions failure is acknowledged, and it shuts a man out from distinction and su premacy, but Lord Derby at this moment is Prime Minister of England, whose failures are in the annals of England for 30 years past. (Cheers.) In 1834 Lord Derby left Lord Grey's Government because he would not permit even an inquiry into the excessive revenues of the Irish Church, but the Irish Church is doomed to destruction. (Cheers.) In 1846 he left Sir Robert Peel and became the leader of the Tory Protectionists, because he would not consent to the abolition of the Corn Laws, and since then he has been foremost in opposition to all good things in Parliament. Lord Derby is not the leader of his • f party in a high sense. He is not its educator, he is not its guide, but he is its leader in all foolish con . I tests in which in its ign orance an d i ts self i shness , it involves itself with the people. (Great cheer ing.) Only three or four days ago I opened a book which professes to be a history of the govern ing families of England, and which is composed of articles, interesting many of them, which appeared in the Spectator newspaper. There is one of them on the Stanleys of Knowsley, and they are certainly of the governing families, seeing that Lord Derby and Lord Stanley are both in the Cabinet. But on opening this book I found this curious fact, that during the agitation of the Reform Act, I believe in the year 1831, Lord Stanley, the present Lord Derby, is stated to have leapt upon the table at a meeting where there were a number of Reformers assembled to urge upon them the necessity of refusing the payment of taxes till the Reform Bill was passed, (Laughter.) Well, I was not there to see. I have heard the story several times before, but I see it recorded in this volume, and I there fore take it to be accurate. The same Lord Stanley :came forward in 1852 to stem the tide of democracy, in 1859 he was the head of a Government which introduced a Reform Bill of a most fraudulent character, and in 1866 he is the head of a party which has destroyed an honest franchise bill, and overthrown an honest and patriotic Go vernment. (Cheers.) The newspapers which write for his party tell us that Lord Derby and his Go vernment are not in the least degree disabled or pre cluded from dealing with this Reform question. I hope no Reformer dreams of such things. If you like you may trust your life to your most bitter foe, but I will not do so if I know it. We had free trade from free-traders, for when Sir Robert Peel repealed the corn laws he was as good and sincere a free trader as if he had spoken free trade for the previous five or six years on this platform on which I now stand. Lord Derby is not a Reformer, nor will he introduce a Reform Bill in the character of a Re former. If he does introduce one it will be as before —it will be some juggle, some dishonest trick, some thing base, like the means by which they overthrew the bill of Lord Russell's Government. If that bill, had passed, moderate as it was, I undertake to say it would have been received in every part of the United Kingdom with the liveliest satisfaction. It would have given to the working men, and to num bers of them, a partnership in the State, and I believe that the nation would have been happier and stronger from the passing of that bill. (Cheers.) But now discontent is growing everywhere, and will con tinue to grow until that discontent becomes a great peril in the country, unless a satisfactory measure is introduced and passed through Parliament. I charge Lord Derby and his friends with this. I say that they have brought class into conflict with class. I say that they have done much to separate Parlia ment from the nation ; that they have made the • House of Commons the reviler and not the pro tector of the people ; aud, further, that they have frustrated the just and benevolent intentions of the Crown. In conclusion, I venture on something which may be deemed as foretelling what is to come. I say that the men who are now in office cannot govern Britain. The middle classes and the working classes will alike condemn them. They cannot govern Ireland. In that unhappy country their policy has produced a state of chronic insurrection which they can never cure. They will be expelled from power, and their policy will be re jected by the people ; for it is on broad and just and liberal principles alone that England can main tain her honest, but now unchallenged place among the nations of the world. (The hon. gentleman, having spoken very nearly an hour, sat down amid enthusiastic cheers.) A vote of thanks to the chairman, proposed by Mr. WILFRED LAWSON, and seconded by the Hon. LYULPII STANLEY, brought the proceedings to a termination. All the resolutions were adopted at the afternoon meeting. This evening a large torchlight meeting is holding outside the Free Trade-hall simultaneously with the one within. The Develo, ment of American Resources. The TVashington Chronicle, under the above heading, gives the following description of a tempting site for a CENTRAL CITY. This is a city in embryo, yet ogle that is as certain to exist as Pittsburgh, and as sure to enrich its fortunate founders, whoever they may be, as Chicago did her landed proprietors. A simple glance at the map of our country will satisfy the sagacious man that such may be, and that such will be, the future of Central, if both enterprise and capital can ever come to terms with prejudice and pride. Follow up the course of the Great Kanawha from the waters of the Ohio through the dense forests and wide coal-fields of Western Virginia, via the New River, to the valley of Virginia in the South-west. This great " river of the woods" cuts a path through the mighty Alleghanies to their rocky bases, and connects the varied and wonder ful mineral wealth of the mountain regions of the South with the plains of the Mississippi. Shortly after entering the limestoro lino, in the east of the Alleghany ranges, and penetrating the North moun tains—synonymous with our Blue mountains in Pennsyl vania—the Kanawha, now called the New river, is crossed by the Virginia and Tennessee railroad, leading from Richmond and Lynchburg through East Tennessee to Chattanooga, via the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad after leaving the Virginia line. The point of intersection between this, the Grapevine line and the Now River, is known as Central Depot, and hero we place the site of the future Central City. The Little river, a branch of the New river, penetrates the Blue Ridge ranges, and heads in North Carolina; while Smith's river, a branch of the Dan, enters the mountains of Vir ginia ; and along these streams we find a practicable route for a railroad, connecting the present railroad system of North Carolina with the Western rivers and the Western railway lines to the Pacific. It is singular that this most direct line should have been so long overlooked, while other and impracticable routes are proposed. This puts the seaports of North Carolina as near Cincinnati as those of Baltimore and Philadelphia, while it secures a better grade than any of the present lines possess, and would place the whole system of her roads in practical connection with the trade of the West and the great Pacific railroad, with nearly one hundred miles less distance than that presented by the shortest proposed line from East to West. " Central City" is at the spot where this North Carolina road would connect IT ith the proposed " trunk line" before mentioned from Hampton, on the Chosapeko, to the Ohio or Cincinnati as a centre. Hero it would unite also with the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and the navigable waters of the Now river, since a company aro now improv ing it from Central to the mouth of the Greenbriar, and from that point the James River and Kanawha Canal Company aro preparing- to improve the Great Kanawha for steam navigation to the Ohio. The site of Central City is therefore a central one, and on the great highways of trade and travel both from North to South and from East to West. Within ten miles of the location aro largo beds of both anthracite and semi-bituminous coals, and within fifty miles exhaustless beds of bituminous coal. Around on every hand are immense deposits of the richest hematite iron ores. Perhaps no part of this great valley range is richer in iron ores than this, while in the mountains on both sides aro exhaustless stores of the same material. The magnetic ores of North Carolina are also near, and may be judiciously used over rail transportation, with the hematites of the valley and the carbonates of the coal fields. Hero, too, mos s vast f • t of timber exist, and hero charcoal iron and steel may be made when tho timber for this pur pose has become exhausted in all the older districts. Within thirty miles of Central are the old Wythe lead mines, which have been productive and profitable for a hundred years, and have produced lead for three wars, be sides a long Indian warfare. "Within the same distance aro the rich copper regions of the south-west, which range through Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, and which have regularly-defined beds of copper, not subject to the variations and uncer tainties of the Lake Superior mines. The copper mines of this region have been worked with profit, though the ores were carried over rough mountain roads from 20 to 30 miles, and then transported by rail and water 400 miles to the smelting works at Baltimore. The new river at Central may bo made to yield thirty foot fall, at a small cost for dim and race, and give as great a water-power as the James affords to the manufac tures of Richmond. Sheep may be raised in vast numbers and with small cost in the mountains of this region, whore shade is every where to bo found, and food is plonty nearly all the year round. The cotton of the South is in close proximity, and the markets of both East and West aro within available dis tances. Here, then, is a site for a city having no superior, as far as natural advantages are concerned, and whore enterprise and capital may make the greatest and most profitable de velopments. In this there is no speculation or blind ven ture, as in oil, stocks, " gold leads," or " silver ledges ;" but a groat State to develop°, now languishing for want of energy and means; a people to conciliate and assist, now disheartened and poor. In this good work, every dollar invested prudently will not only return a hundred per cent. por annum, but will do more to protect free labour than all the Federal bayonets that our illustrious Grant could levy. The Visit of the Seventh New York. AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE. Seldom has America offered an opportunity to England of meeting on a spot to which the sym pathies of both nations could be strongly drawn. We feel sure that no such opportunity has yet occurred as will offer on the arrival of the 7th New York Volunteer Regiment. The 7th, the Royal Fusiliers, were once, and are even now, a crack regiment of the British Army. But we wish to point out the difference between what is termed a " crack" regiment of the English service and a similar regiment in the American army. It is neces sary in both services that the battalion should be distinguished in the field. This really becomes the base on which the fame rests. There is no crack regiment in the English army which has not won high honour in the field, and if we take those corps, which for so many years formed pet preserves of the aristocracy, and were exempted from all disa greeable colonial service, the origin would be found in gallant field service. The Royal Fusiliers but a few years ago had no grade of second lieutenant or ensign. We are not aware how the peculiarity happened, though we feel confident that it arose from the second lieutenants being promoted on some distinguished battle-field. This led to the regiment at one time being filled with the scions of our aristocratic families. Not only was the corps renowned for its conduct on field service, but a commission granted in the 7th placed the officer in a grade higher than that of any other re giment. The 7th New York do not boast of aristo cratic officers, but they assert that the ranks are filled with the gentlemen of their great metropolis, sons of the leading merchants, and of all the learned professions who have attained the highest celebrity. This regiment, as our correspondent " T. R." states, is a volunteer force among the most distinguished in field service of the troops which carried the Northern arms to so successful an issue in the Four Years' War. It is proposed that the regiment, as a body, should visit England and France during the period of the Paris Exhibition. The opportunity is a rare one, and should not be lost on English Volunteers of giving a hearty and national welcome to their distinguished brethren in arms. The body may be regarded as delegates from the great United States' army. They should be invited to land in England complete in all their appoint ments. It would give us here an admirable oppor tunity of seeing and judging what the United States Volunteer army is, if their Royal Highnesses the Prince of WALES and the Commander-in-Chief were to review this regiment in Hyde -park. It would not be the first time our future King had seen this gallant body of soldiers. The British Volunteers might extend to these gentlemen an in vitation to become th eir guests during their stay in England, and meet in friendly rivalry on the parade ground, and as marksmen at the butts. We have a sample of what American sailors can achieve in the successful passage across the Atlantic of The Wee Craft ; and in the 7th New York Volunteers we will have a fine specimen of what the American soldier is. Let us meet these gentlemen with the right hand of fellowship, and seize the rare oppor tunity of strengthening the entente cordiale offered by the proposed visit.—Anglo-American Times. CALIFORNIA. IMPORTANT GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY-CALIFORNIA THE CRADLE OF THE RACE. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5, 1866. California has claimed, among her remarkable productions, the most stupendous valleys, the largest trees, the biggest vegetables. She now appears before the world in the more ambitious character of being the oldest portion of the earth's surface, and, to use the remarkably fine language of the interior press, " the original cradle of the human race." The discovery of a human skull in the plio cene formation is the foundation of this startling assumption. It appears that an honest miner, named James Matson, digging in a shaft in Calaveras county, came across this osseous fragment at the depth of two hundred and fifty feet. The relic passed into the hands of Scribner, merchant, who transferred it to Jones, doctor, who, in turn, handed it over to the State geological survey, where it exactly fitted a theory promulgated by the survey of the extreme antiquity of man on this coast. Professor Whitney has visited the shaft, and is confident that the posi tion of the skull justifies him in ascribing its intro duction to a period anterior to the lava deposits. This would make it antedate the mastodon, the pachyderms, and, indeed, most of the paleotheres. In fact, according to this theory, that which has been termed the pliocene formation is a comparatively recent deposit ; the world is really older by many million years than hitherto supposed by geologists— particularly that portion known as the Pacific slope, to which the , Laurentian hills of Agassiz are crea tions of yesterday. Under what conditions of atmo sphere or climate our pliocene friend flourished is not known. From an unscientific view-point, which is the only one your correspondent would venture to take, the state of things must have been singu larly unpleasant for this earliest pioneer. With the whole range of the Sierras a series of active volca noes, with earthquakes by day, and eruptions by night, he must have passed a remarkably active existence in dodging the scoria and volcanic stones—those unrefreshing showers of the period. Huge Saurians contended with him for the limited refection of muscles and shell-fish. Defenceless— for it is singular that no weapons, bows, arrows, or spears—have been found among the rude domestic implements which denote his presence, and place him in the " stone age,"—he must have been an easy prey to the lower order of his animal contempo raries. The skull, which is not perfect, has a facial angle, not unlike a Digger Indian. The bones are somewhat thicker than modern specimens— doubtless a providential precaution to enable it better to resist the local showers previously alluded to. The discovery has occasioned consider able excitement in scientific circles, and some little stir among theologians. The pliocene skull has been the text of some remarkable editorials in the up country papers. The provincial editors have gam bolled wildly in these geological " pastures new," and some theories have been advanced that would startle Agassiz, Lyell, and Austed. Doubtless the society of pioneers will claim the skull as a member. —The Springfield Weekly Republican. REPRESENTATION OF EAST NORFOLK.—The Libe rals of East Norfolk are endeavouring to retrieve their position. In 1857 they wrested both seats from the Conservatives, and on the death of Sir E. N. Buxton in the summer of 1858 they still succeeded in maintaining their ground. At the dissolution of 1859 the representation of the division was compromised ; but when Col. Coke, the Whig member, presented himself for re-election in 1859, it was found that he had become so unpopular that ho had little chance of being again returned, and ho was displaced by Mr. C. Read, a tenant farmer, who was supported by a number of the Liberal electors. Mr. Read has, since his election, almost invariably voted with the Conservatives, and his liberal supporters will probably not again record their votes for him. The Li)oral leaders have resolved at any rate to endeavour to retrieve the severe disaster which they sustained in July, 1865, and they have held several meetings for the purpose of securing increased attention to the registration. No positive announcement has yet been made on the subject, but it is understood that Viscount Bury, son of the Earl of Albemarle, will be brought for ward as a Liberal candidate. Lord Bury was first returned for Norwich in 1857, and sat for that city until the summer of 1859, when ho was unseated on petition. He was subse quently returned for the Wick burghs, from the represen tation of which constituency ho retired in 1865. He con tested Dover unsuccessfully last year, and has since not obtained a seat in Parliament. His lordship hold a Court appointment under the Palmerston Ministry. COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD-SEPT. 21. Tho wheat in the market to-day was rather a large 01 3- ply, but the business transacted was quet, and the prices of last week could hardly be realised for best samples ; in ferior sorts is per qr. down. Spring corn of all descriptions at late rates. Wheat, old white.... 495 6 ?i; Peas, Partridge ...... 40s 4 0s 428 new .46s 38s White ....325 36.4 _ —s old red 45s 58s Riling new. 4gs 54s bun—. ..... — 3BO 400 Barley... 2ss 33s dit.o, new....---s —e 55 Chevalier --s —s Beans, Tick, 01d...... 400 45a Grind.ng 25s 30s new.... 388 42 2 Malt sBs Os Harrow li c ks.42s 4.. Chevalier BCs 620 448 Oats .. 2's 26s maza ga n n ew . ....4350: t: GRANTHAM-SEPT. 22. - - --- Wheat was in middling supply. Scarcely any barley at market, and high prices realised for good sorts, with 3 fair business. Oats scarce , an d a t f u ll pr i ces. B ea ns were in moderate demand. Peas as of late. Old white wheat, 57s to 60s:; old red, 50s to 565; ne W white, 54s to 58s ; new red, 49s to 54s per 36 stone. Bar ley for malting, 38s to 455 per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 32 s ; new , 25 s t o 30s per 2 ' stone. Beans, old, 48s to 51s; new, 44s to 46s per 38 stone. Peas, 3Gs to 40s per 36 stone. COLCHESTER—SEPT. 22. A moderate supply of wheat at market, which was sold slowly at is to 2s per qr advance for samples in condition. Barley was in large supply and extravagant prices aske d ' Beans and peas in good demand at late rates. Wheat, white 51s 60s Beans, INlazagan., ... - AN! ' 1 , 26 red: 68s 628 Middle and small. 44s 40 ° Barley .. Oats grey ... 36s 121 NORT 11A31P T ON—SEPT.'22. A moderate supply of wheat, with a firm inquiry. FL it show of barley, with a steady trade. O a t s scarce . Bea"' firm. New white wheat, 51s to 565; new red, 51s to 56s ; old white, 55s to 595; old red, 53s to 57s per 36 stone. BarleY for malting, 38s to 44s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 36s per 3 0 stone. Oats, old, 22s to 31s ; new, 28s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. Peas , 38s to 42s per 36 stone. • ABERDEEN—SEPT. 21. There was again a comparatively small attendance at, market to-day, the farmers being still b us y w ith harvest. Bore and barley have advanced Is, but oats were at 0 0 rates of last week. Wheat is also rising. White wheat 50s Od to 518 0d) 621 b bushel. 45s Od to 46s Odc Potato oats 27s Od to 27 s 6d l 40/b V bushel. Common oats 24s Od to 24 s 6d Bore 30s Od to 31 s Od ( 5353115 V bushel. ? Red wheat Barley 32s Od to 32s 6d) Oatmeal 19s 6d to 20s Od 11 boll of 2801 b. Flour, fine 40s Od to 44s Od V sack of 2801 b KIRKCALDY—SEPT. 22. Small supplies of all kinds of grain. Wheat 6d to 1 0 and barley 2s per qr. up. Oats unchanged. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First...— 51s Od ' 318 Od —8 Od becond 52s 6d i 34s Od —s Od Third 548 Od 37s Od —s Od COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. ci; Walls End Hetton ... 22 0 Holywell M o ain 2O Tees South Hetton Wallsend Haswell 22 0 Pittin g t on l9 v East Hartlepool Hetton Lyons ........ 20 3 Byron 2O 9 Oassop - 19 Ships at market, 55—sold, 50. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Oct. 2 1 • Ditto, via Marseilles Oct 14. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet ...... Oct. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 28 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Oct 3. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Sept. 21. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton..., Oct. 3 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Sept. ':' 7 • Ditto, via Marseilles .. Oct. 7 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 27. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 7. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseille Oct. ?. 4 Newfoundland Portugal , ~ , ,pct. 4 Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto. by United States packat, via Southamp- ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry .. Sept. 28 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and "Voneriffe 10 . West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and liondurat) Sept. 28• Cuba and Mexico Bermuda, via llallfax ..Sept. Sept. 25 Bahamas, via New Y ork..: ..oot. IS [ADVERTISEMENT:]—HoIIOWay'S Ointment and rill,s,• — " A Cure for Ab scesses, Pil es, Fi stulas, and Sores.— -1-1„ ," very satisfactory result s ar i s i ng f rom t h o use of this van.;: able ointment in cases where patients have been suffering from abscesses, ulcer:s, piles, or fistulas, have induced map , 5 of the medical pr o f ess i on t o i n t ro d uco i t i nto t h e h o spital ,, and their private practice, and in many instances where Or sufferer was considered curable. Holloway's ointment, 13 conjunction with his pills, healed the most despera te wounds. They aro also unequalled for the cure of scr° : fula, scurvy, and oth er di seases o f t h e s ki n. Th e b a lsami c and healing properties of H o ll oway ' s o i ntmen t r ender I d invaluable in the nursery for healing cuts, scratches , au ,,. sores; and for allayi ng i n fl amma ti ons, re d uc i ng sw elling' and cleansing unhealthy skin it is unequalled. " There is no shame to our manhood if we distrust our own ability to endure the anguish of the body. • is no secret that of late local annthesia has been produce". '- such a degree that the patient, retaining his consciousn eoB, can watch the surgeon's knife as it cuts to cure, and yet r, without the slightest se n s a ti on o f ph ys i ca l su ff er i ng ." —Ds'' telegraph, July 13, 1866. "To none is the public more In • debted than to Mr. Day."—lllustrated News, page 826, Ju ue 9. "Mr. Day has succeeded in robbing tooth extraction of its horrors, and we think we are only fulfilling an act of duty 111 giving publicity to the fact."—C our t J ourna l , p. 582, lisY 6 • Painful teeth, or diseased stumps extracted without Pa s i No chloroform, and perfectly s a f e . E very d escr iption i v a teeth, combining the latest inventions and improveirents dental mechanism, may be procu re d f rom Mr. DAY, dentist (late principal assistant to Mr. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor - s treet ' W.), 291, Regent-street (3 doors from the Polytechnic* u s, [ADVERTMEMENTI—Consumption, and all nervous, D iP ag , stomach, and liver complaints, i n every stage, are on l y hu t t gravateo and accelerated by drugs of ev er y d es cription. P, perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Be v l ileo m d Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which been considered hopeless ; such as indigestion (dysPeP s r . cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation di hcea, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids, liver en'; e plaints, flatulency, nervousnes a, bili ousness ' fevers,' 0 throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises In ,1"10 head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, ertlPt i°uer 51 .. hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sl ee pl essness, a cidify, ation, heartburn. headache, debility, dropsy, craniovea, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or 5t es t, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the ci e ro, pains in the pit of the s t omac h an d b e t ween th e s hould &c. We quote a few—Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Ro be a r se d timber merchant, of Frits ley Surrey, of thirty years' disease lungs, spitting-of blood, liver derangement, and partial " co ness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of e lt L o se nervousness, indigestion, gatheri ngs , l ow s pi r its, and ne 1 - tancres.—Cure, No. 1,771. L or d St uar t d e D ec i es , Lord -J - ; B3 z, tenant of Waterford, of many y ears ' dy s p e p s i a .—Nn' 4 Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervollonod asthma, cough, const patio s , fl a t u l enc y, spasms , sicknes s '. vomiting—Maria Jolly.- Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. Ja rse , d - of Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and tore , `, of the liver , which had resist e d a ll me di ca l treattne2ool), In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 61 ; 51b, Ils ; 121 b, 228 1,00; 4 ft.—Barry Du Barry and C o ., N o . 77, R egen t- s treet, I,n 'esc also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; s te , at dl, Gracechurch-strea ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bish n 4l n d; street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; °`,". 96, 54, Upper Baker - street; 103, Tottenham-court - r oa ";„we Upper-street, Islington, N. ; Harvey, Notting-hill; St, Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terree.e;he., John's-wood, London ; and a ll res p ec t a bl e grocers an d mists.—Beware of spurious imitations. Births. HARRISON—On the 24th i ns t. at 85, Gl o ucester - c reS o c i el l Hyde-park, the wif e o f W. a Harrison, Bs c il daughter. LANKESTER—On the 21st inst., at 90, Regent's - P ar --r the wife of Arth ur Lankester, Esq., of a daUghter• o f LAING—On the 22d inst., at West Dulwich, Airs. Laing' a daughter. gao' MUNTZ—On the 24th inst., at 56, Queen's-garden s, - - park, the wife of E. G. Muntz, Esq., of a son. Marriages. PANE—DAVISON—On the 24th inst llBh at St. John's , -)P c , to Paddington, Charles P ane , o f 35 ,. Connaught - 91.. e 'lst Emma, widow of the l a t e C a pt a i n W. Davison, of t Royal Bengal Royal Fusiliers. oci c f RIDDELL—PURCELL—At the Catholic Church, 1313c ' r o f county Dublin, John G. Riddell, Egg , secon d son go , Riddell, Esq., of Feltco P ar k, Northumberland, 0,014 rictta Victoria Purcell, daughter of the late P. Esq., of Halverstown, county Kildare, Ireland. Deaths. cien eo COLEMAN.—On the 23d inst ,at Liverp l, at the " sl ither' of her son-in-law, 27, • Bedford too'et North tile s rc. t i l e 1 , s e r 3 O l M v e b s y t 0 - s r q c u o a l r e e m , in her d o f y t e h a a r, t Flora, ity. relict Danie ls, of DANIELS—On the 22d inst., at Brighton, Daniel Esq., aged 56. TT c lOO ll l HUDSON—On the 21st inst., Lieut.-Col. T. NV• unattached, late of the 39th Regiment, aged 48. 11"' Moscic.—On the 16th inst , at 134 Avenue Cluttqamtiet sees, Paris, the Hon. Isabella lionck, sister to V ' s— Monck. RomNsox—On the 21st ingt , at Swinton Park, n 1091.3.1- chester, Robert R. W. .Robinson, Esq., 31. D. age' REYNAL— On the 22d inst ,at Denmark-hill, Camh°r" G. T. R. Reynal, Esq., aged 92. A LOW ° STAINER—On the 22d inst , at 25 Dunlace-roau,,--63. Clapton, Edward L. Stainer, Esq., of Trieste, age d co, SULLIYAN—On the 22d inst , at 47, Clavertunterd-61.' Pimlico, Thos. 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