The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-05 00:00:00

q uestion. I have taken the number of votes given ' famine in Ireland—a famine whieh destroyed as at the last election held for every borough and county many lives in that country as would have been de in the United Kingdom which was contested—the stroyed by a great war, and which drove into exile last of all those elections which have been held since as many of the people of that island as would have the passing of the Reform Bill, and I find that there been driven into exile by the most cruel and relent having been as far as I know, or nearly so, at least less conquest—it required all that before the Parlia one contest in every place since that time—though I ment of England, the men among whom I sat,among am not sure that lam absolutely correct in that—l whom I sit now, whose faces are as familiar to me find that the whole number of votes given at a con - as those of any persons whom I have known in life, tested election in every borough and county is short —I say it required all that before they would consent t of the number of 900,000, which is really about one to give up that intolerable wrong, and cease to tax which was brought into in eight of the men in this country ; and if you de - the bread of an industrious community. (Cheers.) Now, suppose that the bill duct from that number the double votes — that is, the house last session as a franchise bill on ly— a course taken, as was admitted by L or d R usse ll , i n men who may vote for more than one county , or ma y accordance with advice which I had p u bli c l y g i ven vote for a county and borough—in all p robabilit y to the Government, and which ad v i ce I b e li eve was there would not be recorded more than Boo,ooo votes eminently sound and ought Lob e f o ll owe d w h enever at a general election iu the United Kin g dom were this question is dealt with aga i n b y a Lib era l an d there a contest in every county an d ever y borough. honest Government—l say Well, I take the election of 1859, which is the last of which information is given in the "Imperial Poll- suppose that that bill, book," and 1 find there that the whole number of instead of being met with ever y ki n d o f un f a i r an d vo t es recorded, so far as I cou ld make them out at ungenerous oppositio n , h a d b een acce pt e d b y th e th e general election of 1859, was under 370,000. House of Commons, and had beco m e l aw . What Now, deducting double votes from these, in all pro- would have been the state of the country during the bability there would not at that general election, or present autumn and winter ? It would have been 300,000 one of rejoicing and congratulation everywhere— at the general electio n last y e a r, be more than not because the bill included everybody or 320,000 men who would record their votes. Some or satisfied other allowances must be made, because there are everybody ; but all working men would have boroughs and there may be counties in which opinion felt that the barrier created by the last Reform Bitl, flows so much on one side that there could be no if not absolutely broken down, w a s at least so much chance of a contest; as, for example, in the borough lowered that the exclusion was muc h l ess genera l, I am permitted to represent, there would be no and less offensive. (Hear, hea r .) You would have contest, and that borough would not supply any had this result—that we as a people in these islands w figures to those lam quoting ; but there are many would have been no longe r t wo na ti ons ; we s h ou ld boroughs, as we all know, in which there is no con- have felt more that henceforth we were one people. Every element of strength i n th e coun t r y wou ld test—small boroughs because there is no freedom of election there—(cheers) —and there are many coun- have been immeasurably strengthe n ed, an d even to the humblest of the unenfr anc hi se d wou ld h ave b een ties also in which there is no contest, because there is no freedom of election in thosecounties. (Cheers.) given a feeling of hope which w ould l ea d hi m to ) quote those numbers to show to you that when the believe in and to strive afte r some thi ng hi g h er an d Queen orders through her Minieterswhat isgenerally better than that to which hitherto he had been able to called an appeal to the country—(cheers)—it is at attain. (Cheers.) No w , w ho p reven t e d thi s ? the very utmost an appeal to 800,000 electors, and Surely we did not prevent it. We, who thought we and in all probability that appeal is answered by were speaking the general opinion of the people, ac the registered voters to the number of from 300,000 cepted the measure with an honourablesincerity and to 400,000. (Cheers.) Well, after this, then, I fidelity. We said, "It is good to the point to which un d er take to say that the people are not, in the it steps forward. It is perfectly honest, it has no sense of our constitution, a party to the laws, and trick or subterfuge about it ; it will give satisfac that the Government of the United Kingdom, inthe Lion to some hundreds of thousands ; it will give sense indicated in the quotation I have made from what is as great a boon—hope and confidence to William Penn's preface to his Constitution, is not millions whom it does not include." And, there free to this people. (Cheers.) And let me tell fore, if not without some difficulty, yet with a per you, what doubtless many men have not thought of, feet honourableness, we accepted that measure. that there is no form of government much worse Well, who opposed it ? Surely none other than than the government of a sham representation. Lord Derby and the partyof which he is the acknow (Cheers.) A Parliament like our Parliament has 'edged and trusted leader. They and he opposed number enough, and just enough of the semblance and rejected it, and they and he are responsible for of representation, to make it safe for it to do almost all that has since been done in the country as a anything it likes against the true interests of the necessary and inevitable consequence of that rejec nation. There is nothing so safe in a Parliament hon. (Cheers.) Lord Derby now stands nearest to like this as the commission of what is evil ; b ut there the Throne ; I venture to say not as a strength, b u t is not representation enough to make it trul y re- as a weakness to the Throne—(cheers)—f or i n hi s sponsible to the intelligence, and the virtue, and the conduct last session—the conduct of hi s p ar t y w hi c h opinions of the nation. (Cheers.) Take the case he adopts—he thwarted at once th e b enevo l ent inten tons of the Crow n an d th e j ust expectations of the who believes that any monarch w ho ever sat on the people. (Cheers.) I co n f ess which is in the recollection of all of us—is there one that I am rather sur- British throne would dare d in 1815 to have passed prised at the cond uc t o f th e Tor y party in this the Corn Law—to have brought into force and into matter. When th e bill was i ntro d uced i House of Commons it into the ac tion in this city of London horse, foot, and artillery, appeared to me to be the very to have surrounded his own palace, to have beaten off least that any Ministers w ith • • a spark of sense or the people who were protestingagaiust the enactment honesty could off e r on this question , believe that on and I did not of that law? But the Parliament of England did that, there was, the other side of the House and a Parliament of landowners, for the express and I will say, if you like, bitter parti only purpose of increasing their own rents by the sanship enough, or stupidity enough, to induce sacrifice of comfort, and plenty, and health, and life them to fight a combined battle with all who would among the great body of the people. I won't go join them for the purpose of rejecting that bill. And back to the time before the Reform Act, but only now one would suppose that the present Govern ment had troubles enough on hand in what is called sponsibility, their sense of responsibility then. Look at the moderation of the bill which was brought in by the late Government ; look at the fact that if anything was to be done at all, if the slightest step was to be taken to improve the representation of the people and extend the suffrage to the now unen franchised, was it possible for the greatest modera tion to have proposed a more moderate measure than that one was ? Well, but what happened ? Why, the Parliament of landowners and rich men either were wholly ignorant of, or they wholly de spised, that great national opinion which has been exhibited during the last three or four months ; and they resisted that bill with a pertinacity never ex ceeded, with an amount of intrigue, with an amount of unfairness to the Goveument which they durst not for one night have attempted if they had ever felt any real responsibility to the English nation. (Cheers.) And now they resist up to this moment, and for aught I know they may possibly resist when they meet at the beginning of next February, until the discontent which is now so general shall become universal, and that which is now only a great exhibition of opinion may become neces sarily and inevitably a great and menacing exhibi tion of force. (Loud cheers, accompanied by the waving of hats.) And those opponents of ours— many:of them in Parliament openly, and many of them secretly in the Press —charge us with being the pro moters of a dangerous excitement. They say that we are the source of the danger which threatens ; and they absolutely have the effrontery to charge me with being a friend of public disorder. (Hisses and cheers.) lam one of the people. (Renewed cheers.) Surely, if there be one thing in a free country more clear than another it is that any one of the people may speak openly a speak to the people. (Hear, hear.) If I pek of their ri g ht s c t a h t e to them the way to se cure t h em — if e to the people i an si d ) eak n t cli o monopolists of power of their danger, am I not a wise counsellor both to the people and to their rulers ? (Loud cheers.) Suppose that, standing at the foot of Vesuvius or Etna, I saw a h amlet or a homestead situated upon its slope, and I s a id to the dwellers in that hamlet or that homestead, " You see that vapour which ascends from the sum mit of the mountain. That vapour may become a dense black smoke that will obscure the sky. You see that trickling of lava from a crevice or fissure on the side of the mountain. That trickling of lava may become a river of fire. You hear that mutter ing in the bowels of the mountain. That muttering may become a bellowing thunder—the voice of a convulsion that may shake half a continent. You know that at your feetis the grave in which lie buried great cities, for which there is no resurrection, as history tells us that dynasties and aristocracies have passed away, and their name has been known no more for ever"—if I say this to the dwellers upon the slope of that mountain, and if there comes here after a catastrophe which makes the world to shud der, am I responsible for that catastrophe? I did not build the mountain, or fill it with explosive material. I merely warned the men who were in danger. (Loud cheers—a portion of the assemblage rising and waving their hats enthusiastically.) So now it is not I who am stimulating men to a violent pursuit of their acknowledged constitutional rights. We are merely about our lawful business—(cheers) —as citizens of a country that calls itself free, but citizens to whom is denied the greatest and the first blessing of the Constitution under which we live. If the truth must be told, the Tory party is the tur bulent party in the nation. (Cheers.) I left Par liament last session just about the time when the Present accededent Ministers, succeeding in their intrigues, to office. I left Parliament with a feeling of sadness, of disgust, and of apprehension. I said to myself, « I m ay as well judge of the future by the past. The Parliament of England will not do justice to the peopleopen there happens something that will suddeny remem bered what tookl Duke of Wellington said, ,‘ year . 1829, when the Either Place - i n n theits eyes." power and representation, through give political Catholic. Kingdom, gdmem bers, to the Catholics of the United Km or enco unter the peril and the l oss of civil war in Ire land" (cheers) —and up to that moment Parliament had refused to do it. Then Parliament consented, and the thing was done. Again, in 1832, you were within 24 hours of revolution in this country. T he great class which sits omnipotent in the one house, and hardly less so in. the other, might then, a n d would probably, have been extinguished ; and what there would have been left, except the people, it is difficult to imagine. (Laughter and cheers.) Again, in 1846, although every intelligent man in every country in the world admitted the justice and the force of our arguments against the corn law, still it required the occurrence of a crushing and desolating ,he sister country without urging the people to ex citement here. (Cheers.) In Ireland—lreland, which I have described before Irishmen as the favoured field on which all the power of the Tory party has been displayed and tried—in Ireland the Habeas Corpus Act is suspended; individual liberty, ex cept by the consent of the Executive, is abolished ; troops are pouring into the country ; ironclads, it is said, are ordered to the coast to meet some, I hope and believe, imaginary foe; country gentlemen, it is said, ar flying from their ancestral homes to find refuge in garrison towns ; and all this is the magni ficenkresult of the policy of the Tory party of which Lord Derby is the head. (Cheers.) And even up to this very last session of Parliament that party had no remedy for that state of things but the ancient and rude and savage remedy of military force. But, with all this cause for apprehension in Ireland—as I hope and believe greatly exaggerated by some public writers, but still enough to cause pain and anxiety—was it a judicious course for the present party in power to create a great excitement in Great Britain ? I s.=ay that Lord Derby, as the representa tive of his party in Parliament, is himself the fomentor of discord, and that his party and not our party is at this moment the turbulent element in English political society. (Cheers.) And let me tell this party—l tell them nothing from this plat form that I have not told them from the floor of the House of Commons—let me tell them that this ques tion will not sleep. Some months ago a remarkable Convention was held in Switzerland, composed of men of eminence and character there, by which Con vention an address or memorial was prepared and forwarded to the Government of the United States, congratulating them upon the close of their gigantic struggle and upon the establishment of universal freedom throughout the wide bounds of the Re public. There was a passage in the memorial—a passage of true philosophy and of true statesmanship, and it was this :—" Unfinished questions have no pity for the repose of nations." It referred to the great question of negro slavery; but it is just as true when applied to the question before us, where from 5,000,000 t o 6,000,000 grown men i n thi s United Kingdom, under a constitutional Govern ment, Withithoarepresentative system, are shut out directly and purposely iou. H e leftt rrpoopsreelsyouftruotmtha(toar,hesr.) This constitution, and are great question which we are debating to-night is an unfinished q u estion, and as th e S w i ss express it, it will have no pity on the repose of this nation until it be a finished question. (Cheers.) I observe to-day in an article, supposed by some to be of great authority, their betters—for th a t that the working men are told by what are called paper only writes wdroi enoughne for ou betters—(laughter)—that they have and they are exhorted by the very hand probably which during the whole of the last session of Parlia. ment was doing all it could against them —they are exhorted, I say, to stand still and to wait in confi dence for the action of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) Well, but it is the same Parliament. (Hear.) It is the same House of Commons which I left with sadness and apprehension in July last. There may threw be—l suppose there ar e y et —the men who on our side of the House betraye d the cause which they change I know of is that t were supposed to sit there tohdeemfenen who d. And the with all terms of ignominy the bill which we wished to pass last session are now, or will be in February next, if they do not break in pieces before (laughter) —on the Treasury Bench, and will take that leading and authoritative position in the House which belongs to the Ministers of the Crown. Now, I differ from this writer altogether. I would not put any confidence in the course of that House of Com mons if I were a man unenfranchised and asking for a vote. I should like them to tell me they had wholly repented of the cheers with which they met all those vile and violent imputations upon your character. (Cheers.) My opinion is this, that your duty, your obvious duty, the duty from which you cannot escape, is to go on as you have gone on. It is to perfect in every part of the coun try your organisation in favour of your own enfran• chisement. (Cheers.) It is to bring every society with which you arc connected to give itself for a time—it will be only for a short time—to the work ing out of your political redemption. (Cheers.) I should advise you,whether you are the supporters of the Reform L eague i n L on d on, or whether connected lu any way with the R e f orm U n i on i n M anc h ester, or with any other association, to establish a system of small weekly or m on thl y contr ib ut i ons. (Cheers.) Do not all ow my friend Mr. Beales—(cheers)—or my ancient friend and political brother, Mr. Geo. Wilson, of Manchester— towant money to carry on and to di rec t the great societies of which they a re the chiefs. (Ch eers.) And let beg of of you mor e than all else to h ave no jealousies e ors e ) a_c each j other. Give to our chairman hi s due—( h Mr. Beales and his council their due—(chieers)— give to every one who, with a single eye to this great question, is working in your name, give him his due—(cheers) ; and help in every way you can every honest endeavour to bring this great national question to that state of final issue when it shall no longer disturb the repose of this nation. Finally, I beg of you to raise yourselves to a just contempla tion of what the great issueis for which you are con tending—it is to make you citizens, full citizens, of one of the noblest nations on the face of the earth— of a nation which has a grand history in the past, which I trust, partly through your help, will have a still grander history in the future. Let me beg of you, then, as the final word I shall speak to you to night, that in all you do you be animated with a great and noble spirit, for you have set your hands and your hearts to a great and noble work. (Mr. Bright sat down amid loud and continued cheering.) Mr. UPSBALL then moved the following resolu tion : " That this meeting desires to acknowledge the services of the Right Hon.W. E. Gladstone (cheers), Mr. John Bright (cheers), and Mr. John Stuart Mill, who have supported the people's claims, and vindicated their character in Par liament, and further express their confidence in Mr. John Bright as the champion of the national cause in the House of Commons." (Cheers.) He referred to the absence of the metro politan members as a proof that they were not re presented in the House of Commons. When the working men of London met to advance the work of Reform the metropolitan members were conspicuous by their absence. They altogether failed to put in an appearance. The working men of London had yesterday shown that they were not apathetic in the cause of Reform ; and it would be dangerous for the Government to withdraw their rights much longer. Mr. THOMAS seconded the resolution. Mr. MASON JONES rose to support it, and said that when he went to Bolt-court some six weeks ago and had a conversation with the leader of the Working Men's Association at that place, he sug gested that with a view to an effective demonstra tion on the subject of Reform a wider range should be taken, so as to have delegates from the trades in the country. This suggestion was acted on, and the result was the magnificent demonstration made on the previous day as regarded the feelings of the working classes in favour of Reform. (Hear, hear.) Those who managed the procession of the working men on that occasion deserved the greatest credit for the manner in which it was carried out. (Hear, hear.) He would not quarrel with those who said that the procession of the working men did not con sist of more than 30,000 or 40,000 persons ; but this at least was clear, that the public who lined the streets on its route from St. James's Paik to Beau fort House, and who evidently deeply sympathised with the demonstration, amounted to from 500,000 to 750,000. (Hear, hear.) This present state of things as regarded the Reform question arose out of the conduct of the Adullamites, and what had oc curred in Hyde Park when the people wanted to meet was the consequence of the conduct of that class of politicians. (Hear, hear.) And here he might say that he was glad the railings at Hyde Park had been pulled down—it was the first triumph of the Reformers. (Hear, hear.) The late Reform Bill was lost through the most glaring lying and the most spiteful tricks, and especially by the leader of the party to whom he had referred drawing up a bill of indictment against the great body of the working classes. (Hear, hear.) But he believed that Mr. Lowe was punished enough for what he had done in this respect. (Hear, hear.) But if it WN true that the people were what Mr. Lowe stated them to be, then the governing party ought to have gone into sackcloth and ashes, for on their shoulders ought to rest the blame that the people were ignorant ; that they got drunk, and were im moral ; and where did the money go that ought to be expended in enlightening the people ? Why, in sustaining our boasted armaments and other extra vagant and worthless purposes. The question had arrived at a new era, the tide was still rising, and unless the opposition to Reform ceased, it would overflow its barriers and sweep every ;,hing before it. ([sear, hear.) They had now risen from the con sideration of the rating clause, and such like topics. They eschewed figures and statistics, and they took their ground upon the great question of registered manhood suffrage. (Hear, hear.) It had been urged against Reformers that they had not brought much argument to bear in favour of the extension of the franchise. But in the face of the existing state of facts, why should they argue w ith the Tories, who openly proclaimed that they were insensible to ar gument, and that they listened only to the voice of fear. Then, again, it was stated that in this agita tion they were setting class against class ; but was it not the Tory party, who never missed an oppor tunity of exciting that class animosity which they must all so deeply deplore? The great demonstra tions which had taken place at Manchester, Bir mingham, Leeds, Glasgow, and in London yesterday, showed that the people were interested in the ques tion, and that they desired to see the constitution of the House of Commons considerably improved. Another reason why they asked for a meast•re of Reform was that labotir might be properly repre sented in the House of Commons, where it really never had been repres3nted at all. What harm could possibly arise to other classes and interests, if the working men were allowed to have a fair share in the representation of the country ? He believed that one immediate result would be the abolition of strikes. The present state of things could not long continue. If the Tory party were wise they would at once yield to the popular demands for Reform, or perhaps by and bye the ugly rush about which they had heard so often might come at last. They might rely that the working men were not going to stand much longer exclusion from the pale of the Constitution. Before concluding he desired, as an Ir'shman, to express It's heartfelt thanks to Mr. Bright for his noble advocacy of the rights of Ire land, and the extension of justice to the unhappy people of that misgoverned land. He urged that Irish landlords ought to be purchased out, and half the evils of Ireland would cease. In carrying out the present agitation for Reform they did not seek to injure any one, but simply to obtain equal and impartial justice. (Cheers.) The CIIAIRMAN next read a letter from Mr. Ed mond Beale', apologising for his absence from the meeting, as he was obliged to leave town, and a telegram from the National Scottish Reform League, complimenting them on the success of their move- ment, after which the resolution was unanimously carried. The CHAIRMAN introduced to the meeting, amid loud cheers, Sir JOAN GRAY, who said ho did not come to speak, but to hear what was said, and he had to express his thanks for the manner in which his own country was spoken of and received whenever it was alluded to. He had seen yesterday one of the most magnificent scenes he ever witnessed, and the more so because of its peaceable aspect and termina tion. lie had been in London on Lord Mayor's-day, and did not see the "roughs" controlled. He had been in London on the opening of Parliament, and did not see them controlled, but yesterday they seemed to have for gotten their qualities as "roughs," if ever they possessed any, and conducted themselves much better than many of those who called themselves gentlemen. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) They also desired to have an extension of the franchise in Ireland, and above all and before all they wished to have the vote by ballot. (Hear.) Ho had seen many voters coerced to go to the poll to support their landlords, but he promised them they would at all times get a hearty and generous support in all their demands from tho Irish members both outside and inside of the House of Commons. (Cheers.) Mr. POTTER, M.P., said that ho had no cl a i m upon the a tt e ntion of the working men of London, and his p resence there on that occasion was simply to hear his glorious count' yman, Mr. Bright, address them on Ile all-important subject of Reform. This was, however, not the first time that ho had addressed the working men of London. Ho had done so when the great question relating to the conflict in Amer:ca was under consideration in this country, and he was happy to say that ho deeply sympathised with Mr. Bright's views on that subject. (Hear, hoar.) lie saw the demonstration yesterday, and he hoped after that display of order and right feeling on the part of the working clasSes the objection to the manhood franchise would be given up, and that the demonstration which was to take place between this and the meeting of Parliament would result in the concession of manhood suffrage to the demands of the people. (Hear.) Mr. Ayrton, M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, at this moment appeared upon the platform, and there were loud cries of " Como forward." Mr. AYRTON, in complying with this request, said ho had just looked in upon the meeting, haying heen occupied THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1866. during the previous part of the evening in presiding ove an assembly which was called for a purpose quite as in teresting to those taking part in it, and perhaps more in teresting to them than the occasion which had brought them together in that hall. (Cries of "No, no.") Ho was quite sure of this, that the question was a practical one, and quite as interesting to the working classes of this metropolis as was the question which they had been con sidering in that meeting. (Repeated cries of "No, no," and disapprobation.) He made this observation because be had been told that some remarks had been made at the consistent absence of all the metropolitan mem bers from that meeting. Now, ho was bound to say that there was a good reason why they should be absent —(cries of "Oh")—because it was an old adage which said that "What is the business of everybody is the business of nobody." (Hear, and a laugh.) When he looked at the handbill announcing this meeting, and did not see the name of any metropolitan member, but a general announcement that the metropolitan members would be present, he thought it not improbable that each member would suppose that he was not wanted, and that therefore others would bo present. (Laughter.) He dared to say that he would have been one of those absent if he had not seen Mr. Potter, who unde ceived him upon this question, and he also undeceived him upon another in connexion with which many persons had fallen into error—This was not a meeting in favour of Parliamentary Reform in general. (Cries of " No, no.") There were some remarkable circumstances connected with the demonstration which he might venture to notice. He could not help regretting that when the assembly was gathered in one of her Majesty's parks, in front of her palace, she should not have been so well advised as to have enjoyed the gratifying spectacle of looking on her assem bled people. I think it one of the duties of Royalty (con tinued the hon. gentleman) to have an active sympathy with the people, who are alive, and that they demand quite as much consideration as the affectionate remembrance of the dead. (Disapprobation and cheering.) There is one trait in this procession which I think speaks well for the people who walked in it. When they could not pay their homage to their Sovereign as they passed along, they elected a Queen for themselves, and found her in one who is, in truth, in this metropolis the queen of benevolence and virtue. By a natural impulse they rendered her that hom age which they invariably rendered to the Queen who reigns over them. I cannot conceive anything that shows better how deeply the people are affected by the highest feelings, and enter into the relations of the other classes. (Impatience.) As the procession passed by those repulsive and somewhat defiant defences of Hyde Park they exhi bited none of those emotions which might have been ex pected or recognised, in mere deference, the expression of the law of the land and the maintenance of legal rights. (No, no.) Ho who undertook to say "No" knew in all proba bility less of the subject than he (Mr. Ayrton) knew. There could be no doubt of the legal right of her Majesty's Go vernment to take care of the public property, and no sot of men had a right to take the public property into their possession and deal with it as they pleased. (Great con fusion, and a Voice, "We don't want to hear that.") If the people, or any part of them, wished at any time to meet in one of the parks, and the Government exercised an im proper discretion in refusing their request, the proper mode of bringing them to account was in the House of Commons. (Great uproar.) Colonel DICKSON said that his friend Mr. Beales hold a different opinion from the hon. and learned gentleman. He had no confidence in the House of Commons, and he would not think it worth his while to bring the Government to account before them. Mr. AYRTON said now that they had passed through that storm by the pacification of the gallant colonel—(cri es of " Time," "Shut up," " Order, order")—he hoped he might be permitted to say that the committee deserved all praise for the way in which they brought the procession to a conclusion yesterday. He believed that they might assume that there were 200,000 skilled workmen in the metropolis, and he could imagine their deep feeling of interest in favour of the procession that yesterday took place, and the sympathy they must have felt for those who underwent the trouble of taking part in those proceedings. Out of the 200,000 there were 175,000 absent, thus giving a striking proof of the love of industry of the great body of the work people, and of the love they have for their own families and their own homes. (Loud expressions of disapproba tion, and cries of " Time.") The hon. member after some further observations concluded. The honourable gentleman, amid a perfect storm of hooting and hissing, in vain attempted to continue his ad dress, but the meeting would not hear him, and he was ultimately obliged to withdraw. This ho did with an evi dent unwillingness. Colonel DICKSON said that had their friend Mr. Beales been present he should not have interposed to notice any of the remarks which fell from Mr. Ayrton. Ono lawyer could answer another, and he considered that Mr. Beales was quite as good a lawyer as the hon. gentleman who re presented Tower Hamlets. When he (Col. Dickson) stated in the presence of Mr. Mill, and other gentlemen, his belief that not more than a dozen members in the House of Com mons were sincere and really anxious on the question of Reform, Mr. Mill observed that ho did not believe there were a dozen, and amongst the cozen members he (Col. Dick son) never for one moment thought of including Mr. Ayr ton. (Hear, hear.) The weather might bo foggy outside and probably Mr. Ayrton, intending to enter the cave of Adullam, had lost his way and walked into St. James's Hall. (Cheers.) Mr. BRYAN proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Potter for the able and impartial manner in which ho presided over the meeting, and in doing so ho availed himself of the op portunity to comment on the remarkable absence from their proceedings of all the metropolitan members, with one ex ception—Mr. Ayrton--about whom he should only say that it would have been very much more satisfactory if he had not put in an appearance. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. Ayrton occasionally took some trouble to explain his poli tical opinions, and he had favoured them that evening with a statement of his views on certain phases of political life ; but ho never could remove the impression from the minds of the working men that ho was to all intents and purposes a member of die Cave.—(Cries of "Hoar, hear," and cheers.) Mr. CONNOLLY seconded the resolution, expressing to Mr. Potter the groat pleasure it afforded himself and the working men of London to briro that opportunity of paying him the tribute of their respect and thankfulness. So long as the rights of the people were withhold and they were ex cluded from the privileges of citizenship, so long were they determined to march and agitate. Through centuries of misrule, injustice, and oppression the people of Ireland were driven almost to despair, and at last they had taken into their own hands the redress of those grievances so loudly protested against. If the rights of Englishmen were long withheld they would be led to resistance far more dis astrous than that which was passed upon the people of Ireland. As regarded the right of meeting in Hyde Park, he hoped that question would be put to the test before long. In his opinion the park was the property of the people, and no moral or legal right existed to deprive them of its free and unrestricted enjoyment. (Cheers.) The resolution was about being put to the meeting by Mr. POTTER, M.P., who temporarily occupied the chair while the vote of thanks to Mr. George Potter was being moved and seconded, when Mr. BRIGHT presented himself amid considerable applause and said—l rise for one moment with the view of making an observation before the vote of thanks to Mr. Potter is put from the chair. I need not say how heartily and en tirely I concur in the resolution, and I wish, as I am sure will bo the case, that it may receive the unanimous support of the meeting. But my immediate object in now address. in one sent e nce, o f making re ference n y c o is f e u to the e t he purpose, speech ofAfr. Ayrton, which I hope I did not fully apprehend, but which, if I did apprehend, I am totally unable to concur in. (Cheers.) Mr. Ayrton made some allusion to the first meeting proposed to be held in the park, not far from the neighbourhood of the palace, and an observation escaped him with regard to the Queen which in my opinion no meeting of people in this country— cor- tainly no meeting of Reformers—should have listened to with approbation. Let it be remembered that on each oo- casion when Ministers proposed to improve the representa tion of the people, the Queen gave a cordial, unhesitating, and hearty approval to the proposition. (Cheers.) If there be now at her side a Minister opposed to a liberal extension of the suffrage, it is becr.use, in obedience to the well known rules of constitutional practice, the decision of the House of Commons on the Government Reform Bill ren- dered it necessary for her to take tho cou rso she did take. (Hear.) But Mr. Ayrton referred further to the sup posed absorption of the sympathy of the Queen with her lost husband to the exclusion of hor sympathy with the people. lam not the person to stand up for those who ars possessors of crowns, but I could not sit in this assembly and hear that observation without a sensation of wonder and of pain. (Ilea; hear.) I think that by many persons great injustice has been done to the Queen in reference to her desolate and widowed position, and I venture to say that the woman, be she Queen of these great realms or the wife of ono of your labouring mon, who can keep alive in her heart great sorrow for the object of her love and her affection, is not likely—is not tho least likely —nay, more, is not at all likely, to ho wanting in great and generous sympathy for the people. (At the conclusion of this brief address, which was delivered in Mr. Bright's impressive style, the meeting rose as one man, gave vent to their loyalty in e Ahusias bursts of applause, and sang the National Anthem.) Tho vote of thanks to Mr. Pottor was then put from the chair and carried unanimously. Mr. POTTER briefly acknowledged the compliment, and called for three cheers for Mr. Bright, which were heartily given. One of the working men on the platform came forward and announced that on tho Monday before the meeting of Parliament there would be another Reform demonstration .... _ • of the London working classes, and that it would be held in Hyde Park, an announcement which seemed to give considerable satisfaction. Mr. ATILTON again presented himself amid considerable uproar. The meeting declined to hear him. He was under stood to say that Mr. Bright entirely misunderstood the remarks he had made with reference to the Queen. The meeting separated about eleven o'clock, cheering for Mr. Bright and Mr. Potter. AMERICAN THANKSGIVING DAY. A day of general thanksgiving set apart by the head of the nation, to be observed throughout the United States, is a very happy and pleasant„' but purely American custom. It has grown into a solemn national festival. A morning for prayer ; an evening for festivity and family reunions. The habit of old was for the Governors of States, each within his own limits, to decide on and proclaim this day. One of the instances of the tendency of centralisation of power in the Union, is shown in the fact that this national holyday is now pro claimed by the President, and held at the same time, wherever a few Americans can meet and spread above them the dear flag of the Stars and Stripes. Americans are fondly attached to this custom, for it is their own—grown up among them selves, and derived from no foreign land. They meet to give thanks for the blessings they have received during the past year—for the fruits of the earth gathered into their barns—and to pray for a continuation of the blessings with which the Great Ruler of the universe has so bounti fully favoured them. It would have been sur prising had such a day as this passed over in London without being observed in some public manner by the American residents ; in such a manner, indeed, as would enable the pass ing stream to meet their countrymen at the festive board. It was announced in our columns that the Langham Hotel would open its grand saloon, and arrangements be made for the accommodation of some eighty guests, under the skilful management of Colonel Sanderson. In the absence of the United States Minister, Mr. Morse, the Consul, presided. He was supported on the right by the young and gallant General Ames, and on his left by the Rev. C. W. Denison. Mr. Curtiss and Colonel San derson filled the other prominent places at the table. Several ladies graced the entertainment. Amongst those present were the following :—General Ames, of the United States army ; G. A. Smith, banker, London ; W. W. Clarke, Mrs. Clarke, and Miss H. Lilla Clarke, of New York ; Mr. Jacot, banker, New York ; Van Prague, shipping agent, Boston, U.S. ; Rev. Dr. Denison, Philadelphia ; Colonel Sanderson, United States army, &c. Colonel Sanderson, the manager of the Lang ham, furnished his largest and most elegant room for the occasion, which was handsomely decorated with the American and English flags, and portraits of distinguished citizens of both countries. The dinner was all that the taste of any one could desire, embracing several dishes peculiar to the cuisine of the United States. There were forty-four ladies and gentlemen present. The thanksgiving invocation was offered by the Rev. Charles W. Denison. The proclamation of the President of the United States, appointing the day, was read by Mr. Edward Curtiss. After an ample discussion of the good things provided so abun dantly by our host of the Langham, Mr. MORSE rose and gave a brief sketch of the history of Thanksgiving in America, and showed some of the many causes that exist for national thankfulness in that country. There was no day among all the holidays observed by the Americans which brought back so many pleasant recollections as this one. At this hour thousands upon thousands of Americans were gathered around the festive board all through the United States, and he begged to propose, as their first toast on this occasion, " The American National Thanksgiving Day." (Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. DENISON, in replying to the toast, said this day was one of the national holidays of the United States. Their banks were closed, busi ness was suspended, and men retired from the busy walks of commerce, and met their families around the family board. As Americans they might re- joice that they were permitted to assemble on such an occasion as this. If they could not celebrate their thanksgiving day at their homes in America, the next best thing they could do was to celebrate it at the Langham Hotel, in London. (Laughter and cheers.) It was light and proper that the Americans in London should celebrate this day, because there were so many ties in common be tween England and America that they could not afford to be envious. They had many sympathies that should unite their hands and hearts toge ther, and love should be the cement. Let them express a hope that those who celebrated this thanksgiving in England, while not for getting their homes in America would experi ence a new joy as they took the hand of new friends here assembled. (Loud cheers.) There are many reasons, said the reverend gentle man, why the people of the American Union should be especially thankful at the present time. They should not only be thankful for the great blessings conferred on them by the increased bounties of the season, but, above all, for the glorious peace which had resulted in the restoration of the Union on a just and permanent basis. They should be thank ful for the complete abolition of slavery in America —that the last fetter is broken, the last bond shat tered, and the last captive forever free. They snouid be thankful that there is such a wide-spread deter mination among the American people to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them, by providing the emancipated of their number with fair wages, and with the bless ings of religion, education, and civil rights. Surely these are causes for devout thanksgiving. We feel them here in a foreign land as our brethren do at home. By a reference to the difference of time, we may readily call to mind the position of those who are participating in the pleasures of this day on the other side of the Atlantic. Could we speak to them at this moment, and could they respond to us through the cable, what pleasant scenes would they describe to us as we sit at these tables ! The gather ing of the clans, the coming together of kindred hearts at the dear old household hearth, in some cases from distances of hundreds of miles ; the music of the happy parties as they follow the jingling sleigh bells over the glistening snow ; the smoking viands on the boards of the poor, that the hand of benevolence has filled it to overflowing, the words of welcome, of praise, and prayer that sound on everyside ; all these unite to make America a pros perous and a thankful land. 0 that she may do all she can to make other lands as free and happy as she is, on this our National Thanksgiving Day ! This speech was followed by "Yankee Doodle," performed by Mr. HARRY SANDERSON on the piano. The CIIAIRM A.N proposed what he termed the next dearest toast to all Americans, which was, " Their own dear country." (Cheers.) What a vast change had come over that land during the last four or five years! A great war had been brought to a conclusion, and the most gigantic _ _ system of slavery which ever darkened the earth had been overthrown. (Cheers.) And further, an undertaking which had been attempted several times had at last been successful, and America and England were now united by the Atlantic Cable. (Cheers.) It would be out of place for him in an assembly of this character to point out the vast re sources of America ; though, for the information of any Englishman who did not know it, he might say, in proof of the great extent of the country, that a man might get on the steamboat at New Orleans, and travel 5,000 miles on the same river. (Hear, hear.) And a vast portion of the country through which they would thus travel contained gold, silver, lead, and iron, and, in fact, all the riches which the earth could afford. The valley of the Mississippi, with its tributaries alone, furnished 30,000 miles of navigable water. This would give them some idea of the extent of America, to which all the Americans present, no doubt, hoped to return at no distant date. A performance of " llail, Columbia," on the harp, by Mr. T. H. Wright and Mr. Harry Sanderson, accompanied this toast. Toasts were given to the President and Congress of the United States, the Queen, International Amity between England and America, the Army _ __ and Navy of the Union, the Press, and the Ladies. In response to that on amity between the two nations, speeches were made by GERARD RALSTON, Esq., Consul for Liberia, and Dr. JAMES EDMUNDS, of London. Both these gentlemen spoke effectively and were received with applause. Colonel Muter of the Anglo-American Tinzcs, was called out in response to the Press f but declined making a speech, although expressing his pleasure at being present. Mr. Harriette Lea sang two sweet songs, with fine effect, producing a favourable impression by her vocalisation that will long be remembered by all who had the happiness to hear her. The performance of Mr. Wright on the harp was loudly applauded. The festivities continued until a late hour, closing with thanks to the Chairman, to Colonel Sander son, and the good old tune, " Home, Sweet Home." Letters, expressing regret at their inability to attend, were received from the Hon. Charles Francis Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary for the United States at the Court of St. James's ; Benjamin Moran, Esq., Secretary of Legation ; Right Rev. Dr. Whitehouse, Bishop of Illinois; Thomas Raw- Hugs, Esq., F.R.G.S., London, and other gen tlemen. THE PARIS EXHIBITION IN 1867 , On the British Executive taking possession of one of the Palaces on the Champs Elysee, we desire to publish for reference the names of the Executive and secretaries for classes, &c., for the United Kingdom :- At the head of the official list appears the Lord President of the Committee of Council on Educa tion, his Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos ; with the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P. The immediate executive is composed of-Execu tive Commissioner, Henry Cole, C.B. ; Assistant Executive Commissioners, R. A. Thompson and P. Cunliffe Owen ; Secretary R. G. Wylde ; Chief Clerk, A. J. R. Trendell ; Clerks, A. H. Gasparini, A. S. Bury, F. R. Fowke, M. M. Cundall, and W. L. Pringle. The secretaries for classes who attend to all in quiries and applications from exhibitors are :- In Group 1.-Fine Arts, Classes 1 to 5.-Messrs. Samuel B,edgrave, 11. A. Bowler, Eyre Crowe, Charles A. Collins, A. C. King, A. S. Cole (stained glass). In Group 11.-Apparatus and Application of the Liberal Arts.-Class 6. Printing and Books. Rev. W. H. Brookfield. 7. Paper, Stationery, &c. G. C. T. Bartley. 8. Applications of Drawing and Modelling to common Arts. H. A. Bowler. 9. Pho tography. Captain J. F. D. Donelly, R.E. 10. Musical Instruments. P. B. B. Peile. 11. Surgical Instruments. F. Seymour Haden, F.R.C.S. 12. Mathematical Instruments, &c. Captain J. F. D. Donelly, R.E. 13. Maps, &c. G. C. T. Bartley. In Group 111.-Furniture and other objects for the use of Dwellings.-Class 14. Furniture. E. P. Bartlett. 15. Upholstery and Decorative Work. E. P. Bartlett. 16. Crystal and Stained Glass. R. H. Soden Smith. 17. Porcelain and Earthen ware. R. H. Soden Smith. 18. Carpets, Tapestry, &c. Ernest Corbiere. 19. Paperhangings. E. P. Bartlett. 20. Cutlery. C. A. Pierce. 21. Plate and Jewellery. R. H. Soden Smith. 22. Bronzes and Repousse Work. R. 11. Soden Smith. 23. Clocks and Watches. R. H. Soden Smith. 24. Heating and Lighting Processes. Captain E. R. Festing, R.E. 25. Perfumery. C. A. Pierce. 26. Leather Work, &c. C. A. Pierce. In Group IV.-Clothing (including Fabrics) and other objects worn on the person.-Class 27. Cotton. G. Wallis. 28. Linen. G. Wallis. 29. Worsted Fabrics. G. Wallis. 30. Woollen FabPlcs. G. Wallis. 31. Silk. G. Wallis. 32. Shawls. G. Wallis. 33. Lace, &c. G. F. Duncombe. 34. Hosiery. G. F. Duncombe. 35. Clothing gene rally. G. F. Duncombe. 36. Jewellery and Plate. R. 11. Soden Smith. 37. (See Special Committee). 38. Travelling Equipage. A. J. R. Trendell. 39. Toys. A. J. R. Trendell. In Group V.-Products (raw and manufactured) of Mining, Industry, Forestry, &c.-Class 40. Pro ducts of Mining. Trenham Reeks. 41. Products of Cultivation of Forests. MacLeod of Ma:!Leod. 42. Products of Shooting and Fishing. MacLeod of MacLeod. 43. Agricultural Products (not used as food). Dr. Frankland. 44. Chemical Products, &c. Dr. Frankland. 45. Chemical Process for Bleaching, Dyeing, &c. Dr. Frankland. 46. Leather and Skins. W. Matchwick. In Group VI.-Apparatus and Process used in the Common Arts (Machinery).-Class 47. Mining. Captain Hichens, R.E. 48. Agricultural Apparatus, B. T. Brandeth Gibbs. 49. Fishing Tackle, &c. MacLeod of MacLeod. 50. Agricultural Works, Major Malcolm, R.E. 51. Chemistry. Captain Webber, R.E. 52:Prime Movers. Captain Beau mont, R.E. 53. Machines in General. Captain Beaumont, R.E. 54. Machine Tools. Captain Beaumont, R.E. 55. Spinning Apparatus. Captain Hichens, R.E. 56. Weaving Apparatus. Captain Hichens, R.E. 57. Sewing Machines, &c. Captain 'lichens, R.E. 58. Apparatus for Manufacturing Furniture, &e. Captain 'lichens, R.E. 59. Print ing and Paper Machinery. Captain Webber, R.E. 60. Miscellaneous Machinery. Captain Webber, R.E. 61. Carriages, &c. Henry Sandham. 62. Harness and Saddlery. Henry Sandham. 63. Railway Apparatus. Major Malcolm, R.E. 64. Telegraphic Apparatus. Captain Webber, R.E 65. Civil Engineering, &c. Major Malcolm, R.E. 66. (See Special Committee.) In Group VII.--Food, fresh or preserved, in various states of preparation.-Class 67. Cereals ; 68. Bread and Pastry ; 69 Milk, Eggs. &c. ; 70. Meat and fish ; and 71. Vegetables and Fruit-W. Matchwick. 72. Stimulants and Condiments. 73 Fermented Drinks—Captain E. R. Festing, R.E. In Group Vlll.—Live Stock and Specimens of Agricultural Buildings.—Class 74. Farm Buildings B. T. Brandreth Gibbs. 75. Horses—S. Sidney 76. Bulls ; 77. Sheep ; and 78. Pigs--B. T. Brand. reth Gibbs. 79. Poultry. 80. Dogs. S. Sidney. 81. Useful Insects. A. J. R. Trendell. In Group IX.—Live Produce and Specimens of Horticultural Works.—Classes 83 to 88. Lieut.- Colonel Scott, R.E., Captain J. Cockerel', Dr. Masters, Dr. Hogg. In Group X.--Articles exhibited with the special object of improving the Physical and Moral Condi tion of the People.—Class 89. Children's Instruc- tion.—C. W. ilerrifield. 90. Adults'instruction.— Dr. Appell. 91. Cheap :Furniture, &c.—P. Le Neve Foster. 92. National Clothing. Dr. Appell. 93. Cheap Dwellings ; 94. Skilled Workmen's Work; 95. Skilled Workmen's Instruments—Major Malcolm, R.E. History of Labour before 1800 (a Loan Collection of Works of Art).—S. Redgrave, G. Wallis, Rev. James Beck, and C. C. Black. In the Special Committees for the Representation of Objects for the use of the Army, Navy, and Navigation, are classed—Class 37 (including Obj ec t s . . _ _ 'or the use of the Army).—Captain J. F. D. Do nelly, R.E., and J. W. Cooper. Class 66 (Navy and Navigation).—Admiralty.--Rev. J. Woolley, LL.D. ; Mercantile Marine, 11. E. Acton ; Marine Engineering ; Trinity house, &e., Commander Scott, R.N. ; Yachts and Pleasure Boats, C. Wylde. The Engineer is Captain Festing, R.E. ; the Principal Draghtsman is Gilbert Redgrave; the Secretary to the Juries is Captain Donelly, R.E., with his assistant, G. C. T. Bartley. Superinten dent for Arrangement, T. Wright ; Assistants, G. Wallis, W. Matchwick, T. Clack, C. A. Pierce, C. T. Thompson, Mr. Bury. Superintendent of Buildings and Park, Captain Festing, R.E. ; AF sistant, H. Sandham. Superintendents for Machi nery, Lieutenant Colonel Ewart, R.E. ; Major Malcolm, R.E. • Captain Ilitchens, R.E. ; Cap- ,ain Webber, R. E. ; Assistant, H. Sandliam , . Superintendent of Machinery in Motion, Captain Beaumont, R.E. ; Assistant, 11. Sandham ; General Superintendent for Fine Arts and History of La bour, S. Redgrave ; Assistants (Fine Arts), Capt. Kitchens, R.E., Gilbert Redgrave ; Assistants (History of Labour), G. Wallis, C. B. Worsnop ; Superintendent of Trophies and Stained Glass, A. S. Cole. Superintendent of Traffic Port, Engineer ing, and Refreshment Department, Major Malcolm, R.E. In the compilation of the Catalogue the Editor and Translator is G. F. Duncombe ; Compiler of Statistics, H. R. Lack; Superintendent, J. Cun- dall; Superintendent of Collection of Literature, C. Collins; Superintendent of Agricultural Machinery, &c., C. T. Brandreth Gibbs ; Superintendents of War Material, Army—War Office, Captain D. Galion, C.B. For the Marine the Admiralty is responsible ; and the Superintendent of Experi ments in the Testing House for Heating, Lighting, &c., is Captain: Webber, with his Assistant, W. Bowden ; and the general French Agent in parser who completes the list, is M. E. Cappe. The following notice to exhibitors at the Pa ris Universal Exhibition of 1867 is published :-1. The Exhibition is to be opened on Monday, the Ist ca April, 1867, and the Imperial Commission will have a review of the Exhibition complete on Thursday' March 28. 2. To enable the British department open with punctu a lit y ex hibi tors are req uested t ° make the following arrangements. 3. Machine s / and Heavy Manuf ac t ures . Wh en f oun d a tions a re required the exhibitor must cause them to be coy' menced before the sth of J anuary , 1867. 4' , heavy machinery and obje c t s o f a cumbrous nat'w - f must be deposited i n th e b u ildi ng b e f ore the 10th ' 3 February. 5. F urn it ure an d manu f ac t u res cf 3 heavy description must be deposited in the build ing by the Ist of March ; jewellery and textile fa i n , before the 10th of M arc h. 6. E x hibi tors are requir either personally or b y th e i r agents, to se e to the transmission and rec e pti on o f th e i r good B the building. 7. E x hibit ors mus t s t a t e to t,. f British Executive on or before the s th 1 ° January if they i n t en d th emse l ves persens ll being in Paris to rece i ve an d i nsta l t h e ir go— ii in the building, or if they intend employ' ing an agent ; if the latter, they must transwitl the same date the na me an d a dd ress o f the age ll o who will represent them. 8. A list of the Pera °n h who offer their services a s agen t s may be seen at the Paris offices at South K ens i ng t on M useu m ; but he Executive Commission do not undertake any aponsibility whatever in the naming of agents. f The British Executive will mark out on the fro° ° ts the building the sites of the different allotele a made to exhibitors. Those a ll o t men t s w hich by tbe 15th of February are not taken possession of w is t e be treated as resigned, and be appropriated to t : 1 0 purposes of the Exhibition. 10. The Exce tttl i l be Commission will ma r k th e fl oor an d place -is' packages in their proper places, but the ImPC Commission require exhibitors to pay all exPeeses of transmission and installation of their goods fs the building, the storage of th e i r p ac ki n g-cases, ~,. 11. All packages must be labelled with the odic' addresses which will be suppli e d by the Execu tive Commission. 12. The office of the British E lec ts tive will be at 71, Champs Elysees, and viil l open there on the 7th of Janu ar y, 1867, from 9 1— eth 5 p.m. By order—R. G. Wylde, Secretary to Executive Commission. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRIS TOL—TUESDAY. There was about the usual attendance of buyers ta .d to at market. The demand for w h ea t was extrernelY sT s i l eo. sell is to 2s per quarter less m one y mus t h a ve been "i B O6 Barley quiet. Oats fully as d ear as l as t week. '- and peas firm. LYNN—UESDAY The demand for wheat was flat, and . declined 2 5 Pe r tie Barley rather cheaper. Oats made no advance upo° week. bit e ' New wheat, 54 s t o 58 s ; new red, 40s to 485; old W f o r 67s to 71s ; old red, 595 to 63s per 36 stone. malting, 465 . to 52 s ; secon d ary, 37s to 38s. Oats,rnoth 21s to 28s per 21 stoup. B eans, small, 42s to 440. 36s to 40s per 28 stone. LEEDS—TUESDAY. AD d There was a little more demand for wheat to-us. , ' Dot a few transactions took place, but at no advance uPl ue s; Tuesday's rates. Fine barl e y b r i ngs previous wet. other sorts nearly unsaleable. Oats, beans, and pea s unchanged. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. Of At this day's market there w as a f a ir attendanc fait the town and country trade, and wheat met with g,, t o demand at 6d per 1001 b lower in p r i ces . Flour also l' F ibe fair retail sale at 2s per sack and barrel decline W in cle highest point. Oats and oatmeal met with a moderats.6o maul—the former declined Id per 451 b a nd the latts r w ' er e 2s per load. Barley was in favour of buyers. Bol s busi' lower, and peas remained at late prices. A limitsd iced ness was done in Indian corn, at 39s 9d for prime ID American. MARKET HARBOROUGII.—TuEsDAY• r of A fair quantity of wheat, and prices were in W WI the purchaser. Old white wheat, 58s to 68s ; new red, 55s to 62s ilors° stone. Barley, fine, 48s ; other ki n d s , 23s to 363 Per olds Oats, new, 22s to 238 ; old, 30s to 34s per qr. Beaus , 50s to 55s ; new, 46s to 48s ptr qr. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. Ole U ld l • Them was a fair show of wheat to-day, and --,--, on ruled heavy at 2s below former rates. Barley sic" rather lower in pried. NB 6i Bed wheat, per load of 3 imp. bushels....23s Od tO -- od 2 - 6 , White do do ~..25s Od '-' 0. New red do A 2 3 ' ,I do —2lB 04.• . 06 , ui. New white do do ....Vs Od ;;. 26 0.1 Beans do do , —2OB Od .„,0,1 Peas. per qr 1 - 8 64 4: Oa Grinding ha ley, per qr 353 Od , 2 :,041 Malting barley, 4 o tOs Od I .'" ud Oats, do .78 Od 34° ___ F10ur....1s lOd to 2i d per 14119. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE, DUE. n 10. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton. ••••De- 0. Ditto, via Marseilles Dec- i. Brazil and Cape "Perils, by British packet Jan. a Ditto, by Frenoh packet .. Del n , a . 20. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. • • •%-- 20. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southamptoll•X` w 0 Ditto, via Marseilles .. . .. De'l Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Pa' 14. „ p 3 2 0 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton m-- 1 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton.' . - . Dec. ii. Ditto, via Marseilles Dee' 8 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, v i a S ou th ampton .. m- - ,„d *l4 Ditto, via Marseilles Dec' 8 Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseille 3. opje' I Newfoundland ••• . ... Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United states and British North America, by Bri- D. cc' tish packet l3. .......... • • Ditto, by United States padvit, via southamP• ton Ditto, vla Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry .•m- - ' i g, %Vest Cout of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriire .. • • D ee ' West Indies and Paella (except Bahamas and 1 Honduras) ••••••• Doe. ' I N Bahamas, via New York. De° ~g Cuba and Mexico.. . . . D e4) * - 0 Bermuda, via Halifax ..... Dee' tA v We learn, says the Chi cago Republican, hey Messrs. Scott, Thompso n , P err y, an d o ther P ar a ) associated in the constructi on o f th e K a nsas b ran of the Union P a cifi c R a il roa d, h ave j us t paid G - v i ,, re a Francis Train fifty th ousan d d o ll ars o f the t' is , hundred and fifty thousand due to him as COO sions in earlier negotiations of that enterprise• pills' o f [ADVERTISEMENT.] —HoIIoway's Oi n t m ent and These admirable medicame n t s are adapted to the W 3l3 ; t : all ages, ranks, and class es o f the community. ince rA4 T bad legs, and enlargement o f glands should be firs ipfr mooted with warm water, and th en d resse d with thi S "; t0 (1 ment. In a very few days it will display its cooliug curative powers over the diseased p a rt s . When th e 6 10 plaint has been chronic, or has wea k ene d the constitui.- j: Holloway's pills should be taken while his ointmen t i9 °th to free the body from any taints or f ou l h u mours , - , o o' ointment and pills may be employ e d w ith the utulo s ' " t o fidence ; they contain no ingredient which call d° or or slightest harm or cause any shock to the most ner lr°- delicate. Births. , (13 0 BARINGTON—On the 2d inst., at Gibliston House, wifo of Liout.-Col. Barington, of a daughter. ,, , bss t , o l BROWNE—On the 3d inst., at Sponsor Villa, r-49,,,g - " Birmingham, the wife of Charles T. Browne, daughter. seP BUTLER—On the 3d inst., at Harrow, the wifo of t ',"n• Dr. Butler, Head Master of Harr o w School, of MovrAuz—On the 2d inst., at 72, Inverness-ter race ' the Lady Robert Montagu, of a daughter. Marriages. T - : t 01 ): BROWNE —WILITE—On the Ist inst., at St. Peter's!. - -- , 3 41'7 square, W. A. Browne, Esq., LL.D , of her 3. 1 -. 3 Phter Civil Service, to Caroline Charlotte, .youngest (13up of the late J. White, Esq. Wl' DAVIS —GIBSON—On the Ist inst., at St. Andrews's/ t‘'born, born, Wm. W. D av i s , o f Woodford-green, sse ' Emma Gibson, of High Holborn. Deaths. n u 118 19 ' BRAMWELL —On the Ist inst., at Hardwick Hail, r C. Co ramwell, Esq., aged 72. I L v E B . ,„,. J. h I AN Coleman,—O n t E he sci l „ st a i g n e s d t., 79 a . t H ea d- s treet, Colches" ,„ gib FRASER —On the 2d inst., at 4, D ndas street, Bai n ' -1.- Hugh Fraser, Esq., W.S. LI - - r , WY ITUFFAM On the 2d inst ,at Claremont -place, i,u road, S. Huffam, Esq., ag . od 88. ~,. bert MERYWEATMER —On the 29th ult., Wm. S. Iklerrifej Esq., of Woodeote, Surrey, aged BG. 0 to P i TURNER—On the Ist inst., Charles H. 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