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C _~ -., je ~_~~.~ AFTER Covent-gl SUP. After Drury-lane Thet - EVXN'S' to . SUP. After Lyceum Theatre . :::::EVANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Thehtre FVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Uheatre . ..... .....EVANS' to SUP. After Strand The a t re . EVAN:i' to SUP. After New Royalty Theatre --EVANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatre . . ... ...EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre....EVANS' to SUP. ondon Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. 17- 4d. STAMPED sd. No. 23,356 (IN AILAN'S liL IV I I ISKY. DUBLIN ThisEXHIBITION, 1865. D ublin P cele e brModated OLD IRISH. WHISKY gained the rizal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Bottles, 34. 8(1., at the Retail Houses in London Jthe A at gen t s i n the principal towns in Eng l an d ; or miciaal A • R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. n bs"vA Ulf) Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Ki alball'a LL Whisky." meat of his own interests ; you say, We, the trade, interfere and tell you that you shall not be governed by your own judgment ?' " Witness—" In matters like that we believe it to be on the whole very in jurious for the men to act in that way." Mr. Roe buck—" What do you mean by injurious ?' " " Witness---" We believe that when a man has done a day's work he has done sufficient." Mr. Roebuck—" Do you not suppose that he is a better judge of that question than you ?" Witness —"No, we do not ; we believe that the men are thoroughly selfish who act in that way." Mr. Roe buck--" How should you like me to interfere with you as you interfere with those men ?" Witness— "lf you were a member of my society, and you, in conjunction with a majority decided that I must conform to certain regulations, I should be bound to do so ; but if we are all left to do as we like the sooner we dissolve our society the better." Mr. Roebuck —" Is not that bringing the opinion of the majority in all cases to govern mankind ?" Witness —" Undoubtedly, and I see no reason against it." Mr. Roebuck—" Then you think that the minority should have no voice?" Witness—" Undoubtedly, let them have a voice, and if they have right on their side let them agitate till they convince the majority they are right." Mr. Roebuck—" But who is to decide whether they have right on their side ?" Witness—" The same remark may be applied to the question of the suffrage, about which I suppose we shall have to go on agitating till we get what we wish." Mr. Roebuck—" Here is, we will say, an individual man, who bas a peculiar power, who is, in fact a genius; you interefere with himand say; Your genius shall not help you, we will bring you down to the mediocrity of the society ?','' Witness—" That is a mistake. I would ask whether it adds to a man's genius to over tax his own strength." Mr. Roebuck—" Is not he the best judge of that question?" Wit ness—" No, I think not." Mr. Roebuck—" So that you would have the society "a nursing mother to genius ?" Witness—" I would have a man do a fair day's work for a fair day's wage." Mr. Roe buck—" And that is the rule you lay down in your society, is it?" Witness—" Yes, and as far as we are able to carry it." He further described the so ciety as objecting to piecework, and he gave as the reason that piecework caused bad material to be used. His explanation was suggestive. He said— " 0 nthe outskirts of London there are many villa re sidences put up by the piece. The general rule is for the employers to give a certain price for the work, and that a very low price, and they know well that the men cannot make the same rate of wages that men can get in a shop in London. The consequence is that the men have to work so much longer and to make more exertion. The employers know that the men exert themselves to throw the work together as speedily as possible, and at every opportunity they introduce indifferent material. Now, as an instance, what we term the treads (those are the boards you tread on coming upstairs) of the stairs in all good buildings are the same thickness at the back as they are at the front. You see the round edge, and that should be the thickness of the board from back to front. They make a practice here in London, and in some parts of the country also, of having the boards cut aslant in such a way that the thickness is not the same throughout. Now, when these men work by the piece, their object is to get the work as quickly thrown together as possible, and having this desire they will cover up and hide bad material, and the employers know this, and hence they introduce it. That is only one instance, but many others might be given." The influence work done abroad and imported here had upon English labour, the effects of the combinations upon capital, and instances of ratten ing, all important matters, were then gone into at very considerable length. TILE REV. GEORGE M USGRA VE'S NEW WORK. _ . Now ready, in 2 vols., with numerous Illustrations. 245.. NOOKS and CORNERS in OLD FRANCE By the Rev. GEORGE MUSGRAVE, M.A.. Oxon. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-strect. ENRY RUSSELL'S NEW SONG :—" THE Xl_ QUIET LITTLE MAN." Sung with immense applause by George Buckland, Esq., at the Greenwich Lecture Hall. 3s. Free by post for 19 stamps. Londcn, Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, W. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. P URNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the Month _l4 their riPHE WISHING CAP. Poetry by CHARLES 1 MACKAY, Music by W. T. WRIGHTON. Finely illustrated, 35. "Certainly one of the most pleasing songs that has been issued for a long time, both words and music being good alike."—Court Circular. London, Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, W. AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. Do Agar•street. S!rand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross BailwayStation. R. WRIGHTON'S NEW BALLADS : —" The Song of the Bee," 3s. ; " The Beauty of the Mind," 3s. Each free by post for 19 stamps. London, Robert Cocks and Co., and may be had everywhere. IVIFTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION I , • ( Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), A • "SELL -STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON', Pr e ONEY upon Personal Security. Bills of Sa le r h o ld or L ea se hold Proper.y, for one, two, or three years, cieisDosYable uni,„a -B °-• Y. monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. Now published at 3d., per post 4d., PAIN - LESS TOOTH EXTRACTION ; or, Anwsthesia, Locally Applied. By A. ESKELL, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of " DentAl Surgery," " Pure Dentistry," Am Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; all booksellers ; or of the author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. T . H EXFORD,O 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., 'RE MUSICAL ESTA.BLISH SIENT OF LONDON. ntw Operetto, by J. Offenbach, entitled MR. AND MRS . Fitz "lB ' ' Principal artistes. Misses Russell, Barrie. a nd n IlurienlrY; Messrs. A. St. Albyu, Fox, Husk. Evan l a . Y , with Extra Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. r onglimans. 13- e ir..°MEDY. by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY. FRANK_ L, MARCUS WILKINSON Mdile. GERTRUD E and her Troupe of Performing Dogs, this Evening. ties ROBT. FRASER. Comedian, with his crop of,comicali and his new song, "THE BOY AT MUGBY.' AT P ICE.—The Bros. HANLON. the celebrated American cr bats, will appear THIS EVENING. TEET H. - PAINLESS EXTRACTIONS guaranteed without chloroform or danger. Mr. DAY, DENTIST, 291. Regent-street (3 doors from the Poly tqchnio), Late principal assistant to 31r. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-st., W. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profession for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion ; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies. Children, and Infants. DINNE FORD and CO., Chemists, - - - • WARE TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. 172, New Bond-street, London ; and of all other chemists throughout the world. . „ NFL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. cm,. A of DOI rr G oNs. —Life-size Models of the KINGS and r.ICNTS R NLAND, fromIVILLIAM of NORMANDY Lts QUEEN VICTORIA.. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 tilllo p.m. room I nanee, le. ; child ren, un d er t en , h a lf-price; extra "u• ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill -street, Piccadilly. decorated, elegant and popular Rooms. having been entirely re and rel. are now OPEN EVEItY EVENING for Concert 31• RENET. anc h l 4% Conductor, Signor LIIGI CURTL Manager, Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. IV ESTON' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEA6EY and HOLLAND. EASTER FESTIVITIES. : LITC Grand Selection from Donizetti's favourite Opera of gI,IA I LAMMEROOR." Princial vocalists— egardo M r. lI.De Brenner M ; Arturo, Mr. Do p uglas Mellon ; nr leo, Mr. P. Corri ; Lucia, Miss Annie Tremaine. • Also OSel.ction from Verdi's favourite Opera, " IL TROVA- E, at 9 o'clock. Principal vocalists—Manrico, Mr. „,,,.?uglas Mellon • Conte di Luna Mr. P. Corri; Leonora, 'llBll Annie Tremaine • Azucona% Miss Ellen Read ; in costume AR at the opera: 11 . ARTHUR LLOYD, with all New Songs; and Jolly " 11, Prank Ellmore, Jig Dancer ; Jean and Victor, the se nsation o f London. First appearance of the PICCAN niy MINSTRELS, 12 in number, all under the age of f.;l-, including those. Wonderful Children who played at the 1,111 Uaymarket Theatre as the " Living Minatures." tAnd of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen s oini her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera House s . laical Director, Mr. P. OORRI. ,Price s of admission —Stalls and Balcony, Is.; Promenade, d i m . ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. (Jan be sec ured at the Box Hall open '"em, between the hours of 10 and 5 o clock. 61'ery Evening at 7 o'clock. ATANFIELD'S . PATENT PICKLES are per fect' :Old vrholes " SON, 107, Strand ure and uneolourerl. To be had o ail dealers %corner of _ a r k of JOHN BURGESS and ________Sa oy-steps), London. 11417-------- DE-VlE.—Ttris Pure PALE BRANDY, ird oe , lB 6. per zallon is very superior to recent importations en q i,,n,ae, recommended by the medical profession, and ex a e a ,'„, el y used In hospitals. In bottles, :igs. per dozen, or in railway carriaze pat f.—HENRY BRETT anti rurnival's Distil'ery Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent ", B.NV • ' Established 1829. rr•. }l RUIN OF VIE FEW IS TAE GAIN OF TILE MANY." " Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial llktrzets enables I‘. CI OMPA.NY" to offer TEAS 1.0 WER TEIA.N EVER. ,j,if siOnS Pounds of G o od Tea fo r 6 s . M . can 't b e d ear. d eli CoraPanY 's KAISO WS by the Clipper Ships are really O. Great St nelen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate street, Jan. I, 1867. Admiral Persano has been cashiered by vote o the Italian Senate for his conduct in the action off Lissa. It seems from the evidence that the Admiral's retreat to the recesses of the ram Affondatore contributed largely to the success of the Austrian fleet. Ou his own showing ho once took a look at the progress of the action, leaving the Italian ships engaged to follow their own devices in fight ing the enemy. At one moment the captain of the Ajon datore had made sure of a fair stroke against the side of the Austrian three-decker, and the Kaiser Max seemed, according to all human probability, likely to be rammed to the bottom of the sea. But at the critical moment Admiral Persano interfered with the ram's butt as directed by the captain, and himself taking charge of tho Affonda tore, ordered the helm to be reversed. Finally, he gave command for the fleet to follow the ram, and there upon retreated from the scone of action. These details, which indicate something more than want of moral nerve on the part of Persano, seem almost incredible to whoever knows anything of the bravery which he displayed in the attack on Ancona by the Italian fleet then under his com mand. It was Admiral Persano who decided the advance of Cialdini into the Roman States. lie wrote to the General that his vessels were bad and his crows worse, that he expected the Austrian fleet to come and attack him, and that his little strength would be more use fully employed in battering the defences of Ancona. Therewith he declared to the General that he should be off the town on a certain day, and should attack forthwith. Cialdini accepted the rendezvous, Ad miral Persano brought his ships under fire with great gallantry, and the result is well known. Up to the battle of Lissa ho was thought to be a man of daring, nay of intelligent courage. Curiously enough, the officials of the Vienna Admiralty placed no trust in Tegethoff. It was rather expected by them that he would by his blundering • send the Austrian fleet to the bottom of the Adriatic. The result of the court-martial on Persano should be soothing to Italian pride. It is evident that the disaster off Lissa was mainly due to the Admiral's abdication of all efficient control. Tho moral to be learned from the whole business appears to bo that in the next naval war victory will wait on the fleets which have the most scientific and methodical handling. The Springfield Republican remarks that the advocates of an eight-hour law who think that they have discovered a new thing under the sun, will find their mis ake by reading the subjoined extract from the ancient. re cords of Springfield, all of which Mr. Folsom, the city clerk, is carefully copying to insure their preservation. Not only the time of labour, but the amount of wages, is limited, a conjunction that would be hardly relished now a-days. Just imagine the present City Council passing such an order as the following, which was adopted by the "plantation," December 24, 1641, five years after the first settlement of Springfield : —" It is mutually by vote agreed for ye orderings of wages for several labourers, viz., hus bandmen, or ordinary laborers from yo first of Novembr to ye first of March to worko at 18d p day, for ye other pt of ye years not to take above 20d p day ; for carpenters for ye first 4 months 20d p day, for ye other pt of ye yearn 2s p day for mowers 2s p day, for taylors 10d p day wch severall laborers are to worke 8 hours in ye winter pt, & 19 howrs in ye somer pt, besides eatingo and sleepinge, taylors to worko 12 howrs : it is alsoo ordered for teames that they shall worke 4 cattell and one man at 6d p day from May till Oetobr to worke 8 howrs & ye other pt 6 howrs & if they tarry by yo loade to work pportionably this order to continuo for ono wholl y : followingo on till order be taken to ye contrary. " BRAYING."—The special correspondent who writes about the Paris Exhibition to the Daily Telegraph is certainly, as Swift said, "the greatest elephant in the world except himself." His last excursion was into the "Ceramic" courts, and never did sublimer bull dash into earthly china shop. He says of Minton's modellers, "They have the Rubens' touch, the Lucca Giordano power of wrist, the roundness and flowing abundance of form and drapery which wo recognise so gladly in the con ceptions of Giovanni di Bologna and Donatello." From imitation majolica he ascends to the estlietic philoso phy of the Renaissance. Its method is a singular thing :—" All that the Roman had of racy, all that the Greek had of rare that was sumptuous and extrava gant in the Gothic, it took and brayed with flowing pig ments and plastic wealth in an affluent mortar, adding, how ever, harmony as a sauce." After this bit of "braying" no wonder if "Minton's" majolica has the true sparkle and sheen, the veritable gloss and density of broidered rich nesso; of the ago when the wino flo wed from the nostrils Donatello's horse at Padua, and carpets of Persian s p u l! were laid, Ouo of the persist ent themes of this sub - limo gentleman is the brutal an d g rovelling sensuality French art, and the vast s u p eriority of Englifsh o work o t 7 the boasted ac hi evemen ts, in Ivhatever 2 , - sneering, captious foreigners." Ho a dvises 3 . ved V wood s etioi with avoid his "a writhing m g ilded p i f g o s r ty es of of t a e rbroour:l ando r, : 3 1 i n o d r t e ) y 11 lu r with his monsters and chimeras dire." Failing these they aro to "abide among the Dutchmen. . . . old Isaac Ostado ; subdued but luminous as a firefly on the Riviera di Lovante ou a meauloss night."—rall Mall Gazette. U J IM Published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps, GLINESS and BEAUTY ; being a Pamphlet Londonpe ot articles and means used for Improving arance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, ^- , P ANISH FLY is the acting i ngre di en t i n n*LEX. ROSS'S CA.NTHARIDES OIL. whtoh speedily t by 1 10 es Whisker s an d thi c k ens h a i r, 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and Ws 64 ; post for 51 84 ll l2ll and 144 stsmps.—A.LEX. ROSS, 248, ilolborn. London' , and all Chemists. -WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured Th in one day by us i ncr ALEX . R OSS ' S CHIRO PO. re ig in gradually dissolves the C orn i n a few hours, preparation the very root. Price 4s ; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London. —ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Limes' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at as 6d, 5s Cd, and les ad ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. --Rad of all Chemists. eI_REY HAIR,.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S lIAIR DYIC produces a perfect colour Immediately it is need. It is permanent. and perfectly na tural in effe t. Price 3s ad, as 6d. and lOs ed ; sent by post for 54, Bi, and 144 stamps ; and all Chemists. • HAIR DESTROYER.-248, Hi g h H olborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face. neck. and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6 , 1, and lOs 8d; sent for 51, 81, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER,L--All diseases of the skin aro improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, &o. 2s 9d and 7s ed or cost for 40 and too stamps. — ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che- Mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains Bo by an occasional using. 10s sd ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. "SS, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. LAAIBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con utnption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty Pr . o nOunce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which p i s yokes fr equent coug hi ng. I n a pp roac hi ng consump ti on 13 effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or I",„ ve nYlng down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief W. lew minutes after taking it. Prepared onty and sold by • LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing °B', London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and thr ee quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask r Lamb ert ' s Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are encrraved on the stamp. ONE II UND RED and SIXTY-SEVEN the DESTITUTE ORPHANS are beim; maintai ALBERT ORPHAN ASTLUIL Collingwood CoCourt, B 'shut. Surrey. FUNDS greatly needed for their support. Ofr, CHARLES A. IVALKER, Sec. —ees Cheapside, E.C. ORPIIAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie E ntute i ci dark 7. Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise). In- PA TRON—lier Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. seer t) this Incttitution will be gladly remived by the Mary, at the Offi(ws, No. 73, Cheapside, E.C. HENRY SYKES TITO RNTON. Treaaurer. TT - lONIA S TILSON, J.P . chairman of the Board. STE'II EN REED CATTLEY, Hon. Sec. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. rr i , l'"E BOARD of MANAGEMENT of the thecall NDO HOWEGPATHIC HOSPITAL wish to Dam . attention of their triends t r its position—durimr the bt h e y ear the beds have been almost constantly filled, and been drain on the resources of the ilosoital ha s c onse q uentl y h, great. They trust, therefore, that all the friends of PatilY, both in town and county, will rally round and thus prevent ' the necessity of curt ailinc• the use- Stfi t 'of the Hospital by the admission of fewer patients Prp lONS earnestly needed. Bankers Messrs. A r ; s c'ott and Co, Threadnee dl e - s treet; and Union Bank , h3l1 -plac e, Regent -street. JOHN R. WARREN, Clerk. /co. 52, Great Ormond-street, W.C. 0 1 JR , SITIPWRF,CKED SEAMEN and their of 4 0 ,,8E RE VED WIDOWS and oifP El ANs. —Upwards British vessels are annually wrceked, about 2.000 of fi l er are on the British Isles ! 1 ' no pH art of the coast where the SHIPWRECKED Ner e ,:;' SOCIETY is not repre sented by an on. ' Who clo c h es (when naked ) and sends to their homes 81 k 1 D - ‘rrecked persons of all nations. an d is the channel of its ch,C to the bereaved widows and orphans nt the drowned. t 'no Committee earnestly APPEA.I. frr HELP. The dis laek?' is always ins:ant. The Vociety relieved 11 , 221 persons Year, viz , shipwrecked men, widows, and orphans. A v ln m , tions and subscriptions thankfully received by Messrs. illiams, Deacon, and Co.; and by the undersigned, • FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary Ili bernia-chambers, London -bridge S.E. -LI i rui 7v, ----- t. RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another lie , Z Lo me to the 12 now in operatio n. Last year no tower ~ 4 55 poor, friendless, young fema les were rejected trom be of FIINDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have sent away in fire years. 'ho new home the Committee wish to form would be for K 0 a ti„ , , ,,7 girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who Contributions led astray from the path of virtue. isii: D L a r n il i ci e rione will be received gratefully by the Secretary, B&trelay and Co., 85, Queen•street. Cheapside; or by Ileum —O., Lombard-street. 2 ',/ NEWSPAPER ere el7 Th irca fear - .0!) - na l. i ; w es a t y er e d o a l y iip . ) 7 . I t e b t e ed a a Theatre-..-EVANS' to s r.„. „iv 14. lEs‘_ 3 • IrOk "I't-fork''' 7** 1 0 61.1 li t C - f \ - ritie • - qt • • 7 e A., , •; S k i t. • ° • •4 . • vdfinteit to / ) IFr , DRorr. ' metrolOitan m.. ko. .1-- • L lt" • + DIE N., veyance of the main body of t i ,„ Dover on Easter Monday. The Volunteers who will be conveyed from the Charing cross and Cannon-street Stations have been ordered by the War-office to be in attendance at these ter mini at stated intervals between 4 50 a.m. and 6 a.m. The special trains for these Volunteers.:7will Le placed in position alongside a platfurrn at each station, and be ready for loading directly the sese- ral Volunteer corps are admitted within the station, and this will be regulated by a staff officer in con junction with the company's officials. Eight special trains will be started from Cannon-street, and five trains from Charing- cross. Each train will be made up of 21 vehicles (covered carriages, and one first class), including three breaks, and as each train will accommodate 600 men, it follows that about 8,900 Volunteers will be carried from the Cannon-street and Charing-cross termini. The special trains will start as under :—From Cannon-street at 4 55 a.m., at 5 2 a.m., and at 5 8 a.m. ; from Charing-cross, 5 10 a.m., and at 5 16 a.m. ; from Cannon-street at 5 22 a.m. ; from Charing-cross, at 5 25 a.m. ; from Cannon-street, at 5 35 a.m., at 5 50 a.m., and at 5 55 a.m. ; from Charing-cross at 6 a.m. ; from Cannon-street at 610 a.m. ; and from Charing-cross at 6 15 a.m. These specials will return from Dover to Cannon street and Charing-cross at about every 10 minutes from 6 15 p.m. to 7 45 p.m. The 8,000 Volunteers will be conveyed in 200 carriages. An' early special train with horses and officers' servants will leave Chariug-cross at 3 a.m., calling at Red- hill and Ashford, and arriving at Dover at 615 a.m. 'Phis train will run to and unload at the Dover town platform. •It will not take down horses from the country stations. The special will return from Dover to Charing-cross at about 11 p.m., calling at the same stations as above. ThArit will also be Volunteer special trains from - coitatrilarations to Dover. From the main line, leaving Redhill (empty) at 4 30 a.m., calling at Edenbridge, Penshurst, &c. ; from the North Kent line, leaving Plumstead at 4 50 a.m., calling at Dartford, &c.; from Plumstead, 51 m calling at Gravesend, &c.; fromßlackheath , at ‘ 5 a.m., calling at Plumstead, Scc.; from Bricklayers' Arms (empty), calling at New Cross, &^... Volunteer specials will run from Hastings, via Ashford, at 7 20 and 8 40 a.m.; from Tunbridge Wells at 7 45 a.m., Croydon at 1‘ 8 .11. 3 . 0 c a m w . E an b d o r G a I n t ,iltdhfeord generalat Ba. m manager, and Mr. J. P. Knight, the out-door superintendent of the South-Eastern Railway have taken extra precautions to secure the safety and convenience of the Volun teers and public. Smeeth and Shorncliffe Camp stations will remain open throughout Easter Sunday and Monday nights, and all stations on the North Kent line between London and Maidstone, and on the Paddock-road wood branch will also remain open the same nights, while the stations on the Ashford and Hastings and Tunbridge Wells branches will hot close till all their specials have returned. Tem porary sidings for ten trains have been laid on on the spare ground at the Folkestone end of the Shak spere tunnel. Extra signalling stations will be opened and at work from noon-day till the same time on Tuesday. In the evening, on the return, the public will not be admitted to the Dover Station till all the Vo lunteer special trains have left. The London special trains will be started first and the two entrances to the station for the Volunteers will be at the booking office, Beach-street, and at the large gates near the locomotive shed in Great-street. The departure and arrival platforms will be used for these specials. The country specials will be started from the Dover Town platforms and Middle-road. About 3,500 Volunteers will be conveyed by the London, Chatham, and Dover line in trains, each made up of 18 carriages, and the despatching of these will b 3 under the supervision of Mr. Forbes, the general manager. The South-Western line will also run Volunteer special trains from Farn ham at 7.20 a.m. ; Sunburn (Thames Valley line), 5.20 a.m. ; Staines (Staines and Loop Line), 5.20 a.m. ; Chertsey (main line and Chertsey), 5.20 a.m. ; Kingston, 5.35 a.m. ; and Waterloo (South- Eastern Station), at 6.30 a.m. This traffic will be under the direction of Mr. Godson, Mr. Wil liams, and Messrs. Verrinder and Hill. At a rough computation the total number of Volunteers ex pected to be present at Dover on Monday may be estimated at from 15,000 to 20,000 men. DOVER, Good Friday Evening. The weather at Dover to-day is splendid,seni, and full advantage seems to be taken of lunteers and visitors, judging from the unusually gay and animated appearance of the sea terraces and the unrivalled Admiralty-pier promenade, the latter being especially patronised. It is calculated that about 800 Volunteers have already arrived at Dover and Folkestone ; several hundreds are ex pected down this evening, and by to-morrow night there will in all probability be an accession of at least 4,000 of these visitors. Accommodation at Dover is, as might be expected, becoming rapidly absorbed ; at Folkestone, Sand gate, and Hythe there is yet, so it is reported, an reserve of apartm ents, both at hotels and pri vate houses. Visitors to the review who have not yet secured themselves a temporary residence can not, perhaps, do better than make their place of so journ before and a fter Monday either at `Vale er, Deal, Sandwich, Minster, Ramsgate, or Margate, and find their way over to Dover on the morning of the review by either sea, rail, or road convey ance, a choice of such modes of transit between those adjacent coast towns and the review having been announced by the steamboat and railway com panies. The local committees at Dover and Folkestone are working most assiduously in regard to lodgings, and also as to a supply of refreshments to the Vo lunteers at a reasonable price on the arrival of the trains on Monday morning, and a word of praise is here due to Mr. Mummery and Mr. Gam brill, the mayors of the two towns, and also to their indefatigable colleagues, Messrs. Churclaward, Fin nis, Knocker, and Harrison, for their laudable ex ertions in this important part of the arrangements. The Terrible, Virago, and Sea Lark, war vessels, have already arrived ; the remaining part of the at tacking squadron, which will be much stronger than was at first supposed, is expected to arrive and anchor off Dover to-morrow and Sunday. THE BRITISII NORTIf AMERICAN DELEGATES.--. Tho return to their Transatlantic homes of the few ro maining delegates who continued amongst us to watch the passage of the Intercolonial Railway Bill through several parliamentary stages seems a proper occasion on which to express the lasting obligations under which British America and the empire generally are indebted to those gentlemen who have been so long engaged in the performance of a public duty—the most important which has devolved on any sot of statesmen since the founda , tion of the American re p ublic. The quantity of the work done, the quali t y of that work, t h e in exhaustible patience and forbearance exhibited by the real authors of the union measure, surpass all praise. Wo feel, therefore, that mre are but uttering the general opinion of these best informed on the matter that England and America can never forgot what they owe to the neon who have carried this confederation to so successful a termination, and ushered into existence, under such favourable auspices, a now civilised power in the :New World. The Hon. Messrs. Fisher, Wilmot, and Johnson re t urn ed to New B runswick last Saturday, and the lion. Messrs. John A . Macdonald, Cattier, M'Dougell, and Ilow land sail in the Persia on Saturday next. Colonel 11T,rnard, the Secretary to the D e legation, also takes his departure in the same steamer. The Hon. Peter Mitchell does not Professor square miles of retlunrnaforte- panoor t t h o or n w t e h e e k g .— eo l l l o /e gy Cn o n f acl ‘. /( 1 11 a i b A a 'e i - l a; a s. , Tuomey computes that there are s y , c coal-fields on ic t ioti i . u2 N h oe investment Slate o f Ala o b f al y na alone. h mone_ can be so profitable [AnvEuTtsENtENT.]—Holloway's 's 1 3) 1 3 'l 0 ls.....Couscientions beyond dispute tl • t Ilo e l ' i t ( l ) t l i v l a . y' as that which insures good It has beau esta blishedbut a trifle, will successfully disease. In all the 111'11.1 wrestle with and overthrow f y orms in which dyspepsia or in digestion presents itself, it may be ther B ou l g ) h il l l :r N e v n h i i ol l-l ed c( :); these purifying atel diet which must be simple alicq q .i t e i n al t ity quantity.pills, ana asusliosdteedr:ttlo)y in appetite or imperfect assimilation, resulting from defective Long indisposition,mp ) in headache, and the ant 3tu eg nlorn collection y . i e ds .,f to ph t i l e i plagues the dyspeptic ingismenwichiei, disagreeable tastes in the mouth, pills. will be banished by treatment ; and nausea, those balsamic and strengthenin ,, I:ht - •T • DEAFNESS. The ORGANIC 'VIBRATOR.— It fits into the ear, not perceptible; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church and -publics assemblies. Every other kind of hearing instrument. -Messrs. SOLOMON, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip tion of A RTIFI CIA L TEET H, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro n the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain_ fill operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastication. 52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. HYAM & Co.'s ATTIRE. HYAM & Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. HYAM & Co.'s TWEED OVERCOATS. HYAM & Co.'s SILK-FACED OVERCOATS, HYAM 8c Co.'s FACED MELTON OVER COATS. HYAM & Co.'s SUITS. MORNING COATS. HYAM & Co.'§ 11YAM & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE, HYAAI & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. H YAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. HYAM & Co.'s LIVERIES. HYAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY. lIYAM and Co.'s PRICE LIST for GENTLE MEN. 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. Hyam & Co.'s Spring Tweed Overcoats. 21s. to 30s. Hyam & Co.'s Spring Overcoats . 3os. to 84s Hyam & Co.'s Spring Reefer 2ss. to 555. Hyam & Co.'s Spring Suits Hyam & Co.'s Spring Jackets Hyam & Co.'s Spring Frock Coats 3os. to 708. Hyam & Co.'s Spring Vests 6s. to 14s. Hyam & Co.'s Spring Trousers l4s. to 255. H YAM & Co.'s BOYS' SPRING CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenilo Clothing. Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Boys' Princo Alfred Reefer Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits. lss. to 355. lati Boys' Westminste r an d Osborne Suits l s s. t o 355. Boys' Jackets Eaton, fHarroworSch'oo and Rub h o ulb m y e 9s. to 21s.Suits 255. to 4 2 5. Boys' TTYAM & Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS , 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. • 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, llosiery, and Outfit Department. H YAM and Co's ONLY ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET BIRMINGHAM-21, 22 and 23 NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE, and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGE3TION. CAMOMILE PILLS are confl mmended. as a simple but certain Remedy e g T n es t O l t y io N r n e:co S vrh tell I, the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniform awn! Jul and beneficial, that it is with justice called the "N for N Indigestion , Strengthener ot the human Stomach." " Norton's Pills:' act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient ; are mild in their . operation, safe under any circumstances, and thousands o! persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derivV from their use, as they have been a never-tailing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at is. lid., 2s. 9d., and Ila. each, in every town in the kingdom. uniformly grate. C.A.IITION. Bee sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," and do not . he persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS. RUPTURES. —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT wHITE'S AIOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS Of 1851 and 1882), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Helical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. Th e use _a soft bandage being worn round the body, of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here while the requisite resisting power it supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close avoided ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular I naY be had, and the truss, w hich cannot fall to fit, forwa r d ed by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, • Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, A Single Truss, lle., 215., 26s 6d., and 810.64. Postage, Is A. Double Truss, 315. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 8d An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525, 6d, Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Pos office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &0., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, aic. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. THE LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL has - 11 - URGENT NESD of FUNDS.—Donations and Sub scriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drummond and Co., Charing cross; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street; and by the undersigned, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, N.. CHARLES FINN, Sec. FJELP for the DESTITUTE SICK.— Ai ETRO POLITAN FRE II OS PIT AL, Devon shire-square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratuitous Relic lof the Sielf Poor of every Nation and Creed, without letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed to maintain its efficiency. BANKERS—Met srs Barnett, Iroares. and Co.. 62, Lombitrd street. JNO. GURNEYyity - , Chairman. GEO. CLLOXTON. G R RE A T NOTEIERN HOSPITAL. Calcdonatn-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital li s relieved 454,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 18t6. Patients ar4 admitted free. _ BANKERS—Messrs. Barnett, Lloyds, and Co., GO, Lombard- street ; Messrs. Ransom an i Bouverie, I, Pall-mall. 110 N, SEC.--F. Smith, Esq. GEORGE REID, Sec. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. to the I.nmeiliate vicinity of the Groat Northern Rail. way Terrainua, King'l3-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE S, HG, President—his Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCIL This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support ou voluntary contributions arid I,4acies. It affords relief to a large number of in-pa•i nts, and, in addition to this, the average number of attend‘nce of the lestitute sick ham for a considerable period averaged between 3,C00 and 4,000 weekly. The Ccremlitte ear cstly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, an the pr shies of this Hospital are capable of containing several nt,tidred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers,Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutta and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; (Lyn and Co. ; Berries and Co.; Random and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; t 5 litmus, Beacon, and Co:; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street and at the Hospital. irom 10 till 5. STANYOUD MUM, Secret ry. THE SUN, LONDON, SATUPLDA I EVENING, APRIL 20, 1867. . . LT 0 W ELL, JAMES, and C0.,1 11 By Special Appointment to her Majesty the Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the principal Courts of Europe, GOLDSMITHS, JEWELLERS, and SILVERSMITHS, 5, REGENT-STREET, PALL-MALL. Specialite for Monogram Jewellery in Diamonds, Crystal, Gold Eniimel, and Precious Stones. Messrs. H., J., and Co. employ only Artists of repute as Designers of Monograms, and they respectfully invite the Nobility and Gentry to inspect specimens of these artistic productions, as also their now and varied Stock of Gold and Silver Work, especially designed for the forth coming Season. Photographs highly finished as Minia tures. Class 36, Precious Metals Court, P.E. METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS. EASTER HOLIDAYS.—EXTRA TRAINS. TRAINS every twenty minutes to and from. HAM MERSMITH. Trains every half-hour to and from KEN SINGTON and the CITY. TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY a TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasqut fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 841.—Bed Bull Wharf. 83, Upper Thames-street. London: PARIS. —SILKS, MANTLES, FANCY GOODS.—AUX VILLES DE I . 'ItA.NCE, 51, Rue Vivienne, and 104, Rue Richelieu, near the Boulevards and the Bourse, the largest Emporium iu Paris. Prices mark , d in plain figures. English Assistants. Dresses made to measure in 48 hours. GEOLOG Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONS, to Illustrate the New Edition of "Lyon's Elements of Geology" slid facilitate the important study of Mineralogy and neology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 500 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, Ro3ks, Fossils, and Recent Shells,Geologleal Maps. Hammers, all the recent Publications, &c., of J. TENNANT. Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. EA ' .EAPE R ---T HAN -E V &R. ls. 61, 25., 2s 61 per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, are s Kingelling William-sand netree fi t, City, London, E.C., good BLACK TEA. A. price Current post free. 40e worth carriage free to any Railway , Station or Market Town in the United Kingdom. All goods carriage free to all parts of London. Observe— Fulmars and Co. have no Agents. Sugars are supplied at market prices. DUNVILLES V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the Souse of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. D UNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Ofibea and Stores, 4, BEA.UFO UT-BUILDING:3, STRAND, W.C. Established MS. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, 8.0., next the "Times." TAmrs DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, beg to announce that they r.re able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C., the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial market., as may be observed by relerence to the " Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next best, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of .ve'y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. ENTRANTS IN 1867 PARTICIPATE IN FIFTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. MUTUAL ASSURANCE WITHOUT MUTUAL LIABILITY. PROFITS APPLIED SO AS TO MAKE POLICIES PAYABLE IN LIFETIME. AND SO AS TO RAISE SECOND CLASS LIVES, AFTER A DEFINED PERIOD, TO FIRST CLASS RATES. B RITISH EQUITAB LE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 4, Queen-street -place, Southwark -bridge, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. George Thomas Dale, Esq., Bayswater. Edmund Dunn, Esq., Croydon. William Gover, Esq., Blackheath. William Sutton Gover Esq., 4, Q u een-street-place. , J o hn Middleton Hare, 'Esq., Forest Hill. Fountain John Hartley, Esq., Daiston. John Sniither, Esq., Wellclose-square. Joseph Warmington, Esq., Lee-grove, Blackheath. MANAGING DIRECTOR AND ACTUARY. 'William Sutton Gover, Esq., F.S.S., F.I.A. AUDITORS. Mr. Deputy Obbard, Blackheath. Charles Brown, Esq., Wadden. . William George Lemon, Esq., Blackheath BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. PHYSICIAN. William Munk, Esq., M.D., F.S.A. (Fellow of tho Royal College of Physicians of London), 40, Finsbury-square. SURGEON. Thomas Carr Jackson, Esq. (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to the Great Northern Hospital, King's-cross), 3, Weymouth-street, Portland-place. NO-TI C 1 C. F. HANCOCK, SON, & CO., JEWELLERS AND SILVERSMITHS TO THE QUEEN AND PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, And by Special Appointment to the principal Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, Beg respectfully to state that their only Address is 33 & 39, BRUTON-STREET, 'ii ades'- , Unions. The examination before the ROyal CotAmisciou on Trades' Unions of Mr. Coulson, whose . evidence in the building trade was given in The Sun of yester day, was followed by Mr. G. Howell, bricklayer, and at present the Secretary of the Reform League. This witness had beard the evidence given by Mr. Coulson, and, being examined upon the several points stated by that witness, he corroborated that evidence. He said there was a general objection on the part of bricklayers to working with persons not qualified to work at the trade, and they showed that objection in other ways than by " sending to Coventry" the persons, inasmuch as they struck against them. He had never been a patty to any measures which would occasion distress to a man beyond refusing to speak to him, and though accusations had been brought against the Union men of using violence, none of these had been supported. Ile joined the society in 1859, before the great strike of that year, and he joined it, not tecause he found it stand in his way by hindering him from making the best of his ability, but because be decided to throw his lot in with the society in obtaining a reduction of the hours of labour. The wages fixed by the society were the minimum of what a skilled man ought to receive; but, though employers were not bound to limit themselves to this payment, and might give as much more as they liked, yet they seldom did so, unless it was to make a man a " bell-horse" to lead his fellows on to do more work than they properly could—a form of " chasing" as it was termed among the masons. A foreman might give a good and more than ordinarily skilled man an g I treat= aday, but this was, he said, an underhand way of paying a man. There was no objection to a man doing as much work as he could ; but the men decidedly objected to the " chasing" principle, and they also decidedly objected to piecework where a man got lower wages than the minimum. The men would object to work with a non-society man who received less than the minimum wages. The evidence seemed further to point out that there was not among the bricklayers so much arbitrary exclusion as among the masons, and one pleasing fact came out. Mr. Roebuck asked, " Sup posing that a man were sick and enfeebled by bad health, but still a very good workman, he could not do perhaps so much at other men. Supposing he were to ask for work and to take less wages, would you object - to that ?" Witness—Yes ; but in such a case, this is what the men would do. In the first place the foreman, if he were a foreman of any judg ment whatever, would put himwhere his skill would be made available without any great injury to his health. In the next place, there are but few men who would not feel pleasure in adding a brick each to enable the man to do the ordinary amount of work. Supposing five workmen were working on what is called a line, those fivemen would divide the I whole length of the building into five spaces, and if one man was known to be ill or feeble, the other four would, as a rule, leave him the smallest portion of that work. They would do that naturally and without any hesitation." The witliess stated further that the union had increased wages, lowered the hours of labour, and tended to decrease drunken ness among the men. Mr. R. Applegarth, the secretary of the Amalga mated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, was exa. mined at very great length. He said the society had 189 branches and 8,261 nrmnbers, and its income in 1865 was £10,487 155., and its expenditure £6,733 lls. sid. The society had progressed very much during the last year, there being an increase in that period of 2,500 members. The witness then described the purposes of the society, which combines a trade and friendly society, and the purpose apparently of combining the two is to have more influence over the members in enforc ing the trade claims, as a man ceasing to act in con formity with the rules in the trade loses his benefits. Each member subscribes a shilling per week and 3d. per quarter to a benevolent and contingent fund. " The benefits," the witness said, " are as follows : Donation benefit for 12 weeks, 10s. per week ; and for another 12 weeks, Gs. per week. For leaving em ployment satisfactory to branch or executive coun cil, 15s. per week ; tool benefit to any amount of loss, or when a man has been a member for only six months, £5 ; sick benefit for 26 weeks, 12s. per week, and then Gs. per week so long as this illness continues; funeral benefit £l3 or £3 10s., when a six months' member dies; accident benefit, £lOO ; superannuation benefit for life, if a member 25 years, Bs. per week ; if a member 18 years, 7s. per week if a member for 12 years, ss. per week. The emigra tion benefit is £6, and there are benevolent grants, according to circumstances, in cases of distress." He went on to speak of the decisions which had lately been given, declaring the rules illegal, as they acted in restraint of trade. The particular rule re ferred to was one giving 15s. a week to a member " leaving his employment under circumstances satis factory to the branch or executive council." By that rule the executive were enabled to withdraw men from work on any pretext they thought satisfactory, and this rule was acted upon about a dozen times a year, and involved from 20 to 100 men leaving their work. The money paid under this head was nearly a third of the whole expenditure of the society, being in 1865 £1,941 Bs. lid. ; but in this was included money paid for law expenses in enabling men to ob tain " privileges of trade." With respect to strikes there was one last year not acknowledged by the society at Manchester. Th a t s t r ik e was not sanc tioned by the executive, because they " disapproved of a strike at that time on account of the monetary crisis," but the society was forced to support some men through it, as masters locked out some who did not strike. The strike was successful, as by it the men had obtained an advance of 2s. a week, and an hour reduction of time. There was another strike at Torquay, and this was successful, and the cir cumstances which led to this strike were drawn out by Mr. Roebuck, who asked if there was any influx of business to the masters on that occasion, to which the witness answered " We have our monthly trades' reports, of which I have furnished the Commissioners with a copy, in which you will find the state of trade stated to be good, bad, or indifferent, as the case may be, from month to month, and year to year ; that is the ground on which we judge of the condition of the trade. In the particular case in question there was every reason to believe that the men were going to have a busy summer, and, com paring things there with other towns near them, we felt that they were underpaid, and the state of trade would warrant an increase of wages." Mr. Roe buck.—" So that the strike really originated in Torquay out of the briskness o f trade ?" IVitness " Yes." Mr. Roebuck.—" And the briskness of trade on the part of the masters caused the men to ask for an increase of wages ?" Witness.—" Yes." Mr. Roebuck.—" Do the men in time of depression of trade ever mention to the masters a diminution of wages ?" Witness. —" It is not very natural that men should mention it ; but I can refer to instances where men have agreed to it where it has been men tioned to them by the masters." Mr. Roebuck.— "Do not they usually refuse it ?" Witness.—" Yes, they do not like a reduction of their wage, of course." Mr. Roebuck.—" They take advantage of the briskness of trade on the part of the masters to ask for an increase of wage, but they do not like that the masters should take advantage (if you call it an advantage) of the slackness of trade to lower the wage ?" Witness.—" They do take advantage of a briskness of trade to ask for an increase, and they do not like a reduction any more than we suppose the employers like to pay an increase." The witness entered at length into the history of other strikes made for the advance of wages and decrease of hours. On some other questions of interfering with a man as to the work he should do, and referring particularly to a prohibition of men doing any work after hours for their employers customers, the follow ing examination took place :—Mr. Roebuck asked " So that you do really interfere with a man's judg- EXTRA.OTS FROM REPORT. In the past three years the New Policies effected were — Reported in 1865, 1,650, amounting to £270,736 ; 1866, 2,073, £353,700; 1867, 2,845, £5C1,175. Total Number, 6,568, amounting to £1,125,611. The New Annual Premiums of past year, £15,318. In the Four Triennial Periods the Now Policies issued were—First Three Years, 3,196, for £507,060; Second Three Years, 2,926, for £494,066 ; Third Three Years, 3,941, for £629,547 ; Fourth Three Years, 6,568, for £1,125,611. Total, 16,631, for £2,756,284. So that the New Business of the last Three Years has been greater than that of the preceding Six Years. The Policies in force this day aro 11,637 in Number, amounting to £1,980,258. The Death Claims and Bonuses paid in the year under 67 polices amounted to £14.199. The amount paid for Death Claims, and Bonuses paid since the establishment of the Company, under 399 Policies, is £64,447. The ACCUMULATED FUND has been increased during the Year by no less than Twenty-eight Thousand Nine Hundred and Nine Pounds, making the amount laid by in the last three years, Sixty-rive Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy-EightPounds, and now amounts to One Hundred and Twenty-seven Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy-eight Pounds Sterling. The Accumulated Fund . has thus been near l y d ou bl e d a t th e e nd of each triennial period. 4 Reversionary Bonus of 11 per Cent. per annum on Sums Assured under Participating Policies was declared. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. CIIAMMAN Gen. Sir FREDERIC SMITH, H• 11, Policies payable du r i ng life, indisputable, not liable to f o rfeiture. F.R.S. The ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and EAST INDIA Life Department, affording peculiar advantages to Officers and others in the Navy and Army, is under the especial patronage of HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Annual Premium Revenue, upwa r d s o f £310,000. New Premium Income in 186 a exceeded £62,000. Life, Fire, Guarantee, and Annuities at advantageous rates. The European is the only Society authorised by the Im perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Govern ment Officials. Full particulars of the popular principles of this Society will be found t he New Prospectus, w hi c h w ill b e for warded to appints, post free. Offices 316, Regent-street ; 17, Waterloo-place, Pall mall; a nd 69, King William-street, City. HENRY LAKE, Manager. FRENCH GALLERY, 120, PALL-MALL.— The FOURTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTURES, the Contributions rit Artists of the F renc h an d kleraish Schools, IS NOW OPEN. Admission, Is. Catalogne, ed. ItThedeßull g r e a w t e l : a i r t a , 11 9 3 d : IS I a 13 .d 1,: ( .) ——. . m [mention of the day. AGITA AMARELLA Thames-street, Perfumers to her SilkistY. respect- Upper 1151 1Vr essr 0: 08 : 1 tou rg agesi G aiGi this trul ma fully offer to the public _ y rvellous Mag. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; 113 0 :E ° L it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guineeper bottle,half bottles. Ios. 01. Testimonial un do artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals ofbted re spectability, maY be seen on application. blessra. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her R 1 et Wales. oya Illehness the Princes. Pdone o u exceed- RINTING.—TO PROPRIERS OF TO , N P e E w R s Ip pap, ec L e S ., , Scc.--Th o Print ingW i u gly favourable term s. Use of Editorial and Publishing and l\iEA.aSclPiiAniPnEglolSf Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The ldanacrer "Sun" Printing Office s , 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, .W.O rt j XHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION 1112.4 who ADVERTISE in " THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a p ffect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " The Sun" Agent iu Paris, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who m ay go there for pleasure only. • JOSEPH'S HALL, TOTTENHAM- L.? ROAD, KINGSLAND. — At the request of the Fathers of Charity, Mr. SOMERVILLE, Dramatic Reader to the Society of Arts, will give a Reading in the above hall, on EASTER TUESDAY EVENING, April 23. Subject—Mr. Charles Dickens's "Nicholas Nickleby." In aid of a fund for the widow and family of the late T. E. Bradley, founder of the " Lamp."—Admission—Chairs, 1s ; back seats, Gd. Tickets to be had of Mr. W. D. Scott, al the Presbytery, 170, Culford-road, Kingsland, and of Mr. James Duffy, Publisher, 22, Paternoster-row.—D oors opened at half-past seven o'clock p.m., to commence at eight precisely. *** No money taken at the doors. CORNER or BOND-STIEEET. AWARDED TO O. F. lIANCOCK : Great Exhibition, 1851—Council Medal for Originality and Taste. Paris Exhibition,lBss—Gold Medaille d'Honneur. International Exhibition, 1862--Prize Medal, for great Excellence of Design and Manufacture. MANUPACTURERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS. PAINLESS SYSTEM OF DENTISTRY. Just published, price 3d. Post free four stamps. TOTAL ABOLITION OF PAIN IN DENTISTRY. By Messrs. GARRIEL, the old established DENTISTS, 01, LUDGATE- HILL, CI nr , Lond.m. 56. HA ttL EY-ST It E r, W. 134, DUKE-STREE T, LIVERPOOL. ?HE AGRICUL? URAL VIIIKE IN LEEDS. AYLESBVRV, Thursday. Last night an aggregate meeting-of the farmers of the county of Buckingham was held at the "George" Hotel, in this town, under the auspices of the Royal Central Bucks Agricultural Association, to discuss matters connected with the strike of farm labourers at Gawcott, the system of agricultural gangs, labourers' cottages, education in the rural districts, and other topics now occupying public at tention. There was a large attendance, including some Of the most eminent agriculturists of the dibtrict, and Mr. E. M. Major Lucas presided. Mr. W. BROWN, secretary of the Tring (Huts) Agricul tural Society, read a lengthy paper. He referred to a let ter from the Rev. Canon Girdlestone, saying that at Hal berton, Devon, the rate of wages had been only 7s. or Bs. per week, and even this was not always paid in cash ; and that out of this miserable pittance the labourer had mostly to pay rent, the remainder being supposed to furnish him with fuel, food, and clothing. Did any farmer present be lieve this ? (No, no.) He knew enough about Devon, but in his native county of Dorset wages were supposed to be equally low ; and he had heard that a genoratrisein wages was to be demanded there. Ho had, however, as certained that in. that county labourers had houses and gardens, and extra land cultivated, all free. The wages paid to shepherds was lls. per week, and ld. for every lamb bred ; half a hogshead of cyder during hay and harvest. Carters 10s. and one pound and a hogshead of liquor for the summer. Other mon Bs. per week; women, 45.; boys, 2s. to 6s. The great desire of the labourers there was to raise the price of piece-work, not to earn more money, but to do less of it for the same sum. Going into other counties he found that in Wiltshire wages were 10s. per week, stackmen having ls. extra, with cottages rent free, potato-ground, and other perquisites, the summer work being done by the piece. In Berks wages were 12s. per week, cowmen having in addition free cottages, firing, vegetables, and table beer, equal altogether to 18s. per week all the year round, making on an average of several years a farmer's labour to cost, including haytime and har vest, 355. per acre. As to Gawcott, in this county, where what was termed the strike had occurred, a letter had been written by Mr. Barge, of Hillesden, close by, which put a very different construction on the matter. He had received independent and reliable information confirming Mr. Barge's statement, viz., wages of carters, shepherds, and cowmen, 12s. per week, in some cases 13s. and 14s. These, of course, had Sunday duties. Ordinary men had lls. per week, and in fine weather they could insure 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per day. Boys went to work at 9 and 10 years old, the girls to service of lace work. On an average a man with five children would have two fit for work, who would earn ss. to 78. per week, thus making an aggregate income of front 16s. to 20s. per week. In the dairy farms milk was bailed each morning, and on Satur day evening. The rents of cottages varied. Several had cottages and plots of garden-ground at 50s. per annum, whereas others had to pay 60s. without a garden. There could bo no objection to men trying to better themselves by removing from places where there was surplus labour to' districts where labour was more in request at better wages, but he doubted if strikes were necessary for that purpose, or if the advice and assistance to emigrate either promoted the happiness of the labourer or benefited his native coun try. The difficulty of the whole question of labourers' wages might be overcome by adopting the plan of paying men by piece-work Wherever practicable, and this had be come necessary now that the steam-plough and modern farming appliances had come into vogue. The discussion which ensued was taken up spiritedly by a great many of the farmers. The proceedings terminated at a late hour. BRITISH LYDIA. A blue-book of 72 pages has just boon issued, wine may probably be regarded as the first of an annual series— a statistical abstract relating to British India. It describes British India as having an area of 955,238 square miles, and a population estimated at 144,674,615; the native States an area of 596,790 square miles, and a population of 47,909,199; States under French Government 188 squaie miles, and 203,887 inhabitants; States under the Portuguese Government, 1,066 square miles, and 313,262 inhabitants—making s grand total of 1,553,282 square miles, with a population of 193,100,963. The population of Calcutta, according to the census of January, 1866, was 377,924 ; of the town of Bombay, according to the census of February, 1864, 816,562; of the town of Madras, according to the administrative report for 1863, 427,771 The commercial progress of British India of late years has been astonishing. In the financial year 1840-41 the mer chandise imported by sea from foreign countries was of the value of .Z 8,415,940 ; in 1860-61 it had risen to £23,493,716; in 1864-65 it was £28,150,923, in addition to £21,863,352 of treasure. In the year 1848-49 cotton goods of the value of £2,222,089 were imported into British India ; in the year 1864-65 of the value of £11,035,885. The exports of merchandise from British India increased from £13,455,5 84 in the year 1840-41 to £32,970,605 in 1860-61, and to £68,027,01 6 in 1861-65. This last increase was, of course, due chiefly to the effect of the American civil war; in the year 1859-60 the export of raw cotton from British India amounted in value to £5,637,624, in 1864-65 to £37,573,637. The other chief ex ports in 1864-65 were opium £9,911,804, rice .£5,573,537 , seeds £1,912,433, indigo £1,860,141, jute £1,307,844. The United Kingdom took £7,054,388 worth of the exports in 1840-41, and £46,873,208 in 1864-65. Exports of the value of £10,874,652 in this last year went to China and Japan, and £2,902,596 to France. The entrances and clearances of British vessels in that year at ports of British India amounted together to 10,911 vessels, of 5,417,521 tons of European and other foreign vessels 1,755 of 920,532 tons ; of native craft, 40,227 of 1,582,864 tons. In the year 1864-5, 2,747 miles of railway wore opened in India, and convoyed 12,826,518 passengers. There were 1,421 post-offices, and 55,986,646 covers were transmitted through the post, besides books and parcels. 17,117 schools and colleges were maintained or aided by the Government; the average attendance of pupils in them was 435,898, and the Government expenditure upon them £391,277. £4,473,263 was expended in the year upon public works. 11,736 miles of Government telegraph lines were open. The gross public revenue of British India increased from to 2 h 2 e 8 4 , 5 p 0 u 1 6 b 1 52 1 :i c 8 n 9 d 7 a b i the n t £20,124,038 in the financial year 183941) advanced from .£34,484,9 97 in 183a9-4Bor,ittiosh£9lBn,d4i7a7 former year e a a r n t d o h 2 e 6, 4 e expenditure i in r t e h e from latter. i 5 n 55 the in natives ; former year T The re troops 3s, 60, 1 al Europeansoyed i and 199,839 in 1864-65 71,880 Europeans and 118,315 natives. Rumours were again freely circulating that a Fenian attack would be made on the chief frontier towns on the opening of navigation, and every preparation was accordingly being made to meet any emergency. Large quantities of cannon an d small arm service ammunition, from Quebec are ei garrison undernformet's‘overeti ilYbeiug forwarded westward guards, for the supply of the out-lying military posts along the exposed portions of the frontier. The provin cial g unboa ts — Alfred, Rescue, Her - cules—are to bo mann ed exclusiv e l y by crews belonging to service.the R Royal all,N Navy and commanded by offi cers o f t h e same there will be, with the three Imperial gunboats, six vessels of war on the lakes at the opening of the navigation. LARGE SILVER MINING DIVIDENDS.—Five silver mining companies working on the Cohsteck lode, Nevada, declared dividends for the month of January, amounting to £56,800, and for February amountiug*to £51,200. These large dividends were made for the last favourable two months in the year. The " Yellow Jacket," with a capital of £6,000, paid £12,000 in dividends for January ; this is at the rate of 240 per cont. per annum. " The Savage," with a capital of £21,000, paid dividends January and February, each month amounting to £16,000, at the rate of 814 per cent. per annum, and the " Imperial," with a capital of £9,300, declared dividends for January of £6,400, or at the rate of 783 per annum, and for February £9,800, or at the rate of 1,175 per cent. per annum. ,~ I 1