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Iir""All'S ExH L I L BITI I O V N III 1 8 86 K. -Y --DUBLIN This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Modal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole florae. Sold in Bottl es, 3s. 81, at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at R, GREAT W INDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observ a the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Rinaban's LL Whisky." MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Lncorporlted by pct of Parliament, 1M), 19, i• Pt. 1.16 r.L-STRE rMt DEN, LONDON. ro m - „., • i re, pt AD% ANCall description of Security. Furins t, on application by letter to EDWMtD HARPER, Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. 11-TRNESS and KNEE'S Li s t on app li ca ti on. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the luonth at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, A gar -street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. AVALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA.- n ,_A CHINESE CADDY, containing ltilbs. of really —o u slack Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or rrl!trket town in England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on re ciPt or PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, ng W illiam -street, City, E.C. TA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d., 25., 2s. 6 per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS c2 O Tea Merchants, 8, King . William-street, City, Lon cur;:e''Cu are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. A price 64 _,. nt post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway ‘ , lon or market town in the United Kingdom. All goods alrcrilaZe free to all p ar t s o f L on d on. Ob serve —P HILLI PS price s. o. Co. have no Agents. S ugars are su pplied at market "THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY." THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression TE of the Colial Markets enales the "EAST INDIA. si t COMPANY" to offer TEAS b LOWER THAN EVER. x P ounds of Good Tea f or 6 s . td. c a n't be dear. Th de ciouso. CmpanY KAISOWS by the Clipper Ships are really li 9 , Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate street, .jan. 1, 1867. .ANSION HOUSE METROPOLITAN • RELIEF FUND FOR EXCEPTIONAL DISTRESS. The LORD MAYOR, Chairman. R C. Bevan, Esq. The Governor of the Bank of Geo. Moo re, E sq : . England. J• P. Gassiot E. • , Esq. Rd. B. Wade, Esq. Mr. Alderman Finnis. Robt. Wigram, Esq. C. T. Gabriel, Esq. Hy. Green, Esq. W. Stuart Wortley. Rev. Wm. Rogers. VV. J. M 11 E axwe , sq. Rev. F. G. Blomfield. Mr. Al derman Bosley. W. D. Bromley, Esq., M.P. Mr. Ald erman Dakin John Holms, Esq. Mr. Ald erman and Sheriff Mr. Ald. Salomons, M.P. Viraterlow. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Mr. Sheriff Lycett. Sir Anthy. Rothschild, Bart. Pk. Thompson, Esq. Alfred Rothschild, Esq. Jas. Duke Hill, Esq. Thos. Baring, Es Pt . A. Gray, E sq. Rt. Hon. Cr. J. Goshen, M.P. It. N. Fowler, Esq. R. W. Crawfurd, Esq., M.P. Mr. Alderman Cotton. P. Cazenove, Esq. Samuel Morley, Esq. Captain H. Goschen. W. Leaf, Esq. The Lord Mayor and the above Committee, being anxious to alleviate the exceptional distress now prevailing is various parts of the metropolis, will sit at the Mansion Rouse at Two o ' c l oc k , M onday, Wednesday, and Friday, for that 7 purpose, and earnestly request the benevolent Public to AID them with DONATIONS to enable them to carry out their object. S ubscriptions will be received by the Ri2,lt Hon. the ford May or, at the Mansion House, and the following Bankers, viz , Messrs. Bar c l a y, B evan, an d C o.; Messrs. Barnett, Hoa*res, and Co.; Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Messrs. urum mond and C o . ; M essrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co. ; llessrs. Glyn, Mills, and C o.; M essrs. Prescott, Grote, and COouv.; eri Messrs. Robart s , L u bb ock, and Co. ; Messrs. Ransom, S n Muel e, and C o . ; M essrs. Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Sir S amuel Scott, Bart., and C o . ; th e I mper i al Bank • London ad Westmin Provincial'Bank the London Joint-Stoa Bank ; the National Bank, and all their Branches. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House January 31, 1867. CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 30th Jan., 1867. RE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING r jr tho OFF ICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the iiiNITED KINGDOM o f GR EAT BRITAIN and IRE the 13t11), Do hereby g i ve Notice, that on WEDNESDAY, r i h of February next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they ii)ill be ready to treat with such Parsons as may be willing PONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her aiestY's victualling Stores at Deptford all such quan tities of NAND SCRUBBING BRUSHES, CLOTHES BRUSHES, and ROUND TOWELS, IT .3, from time to time be demanded for the use of the . 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Persons deprived of sleep, or 1, - " l ying down for f ear o f su ff ocation, may depend on relief a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by „'' • LAMBERT, Chemist, B:king-William- street, Charing 'r°BB, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13id., and three a quantities in one, 2s. Od. each. Be particular. and ask Lor Larnbert'S Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the s t amp. ........._____ HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS ar . 2 2, earn r e e s q tlz r s e o c ticited for fitting up the TRAINING ItoYe' Ref u$ WM. WILLIAMS, Sec retary. ge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON theRIO are earnestly solicited for establishing COUNTRY HOME. Zl,OOO required. WM. WILLI VdB, Secret ary . 130Y8' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The r, Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. 2cP"nu hundred and fifty are now In the Refuge. The annual e nditure for supp or ti ng t h e 400 boys is estimated at L il a ) °, being Zl5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends uave promised to pay for one boy each year. S ubscriptions thankfully received by the London and West- Minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, [Ugh Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pali-Mall East; and bye WM. WILLIAMS. S ecretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen -street, C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGH.T REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, • 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodging; with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that t hey are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., P c ° l ves no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ng the provision made by the P oor House; each bi ght numbers of young women, chiletren, and orphans "re,`for want accommodation , refused admittance, and hav e tes Pend night a ft er n i g h t in ' the cold, wet, an d s l ee t . T o meet this ev il , and to provide more ample accommoda "l; X 2 , 000 has been r a i se d, b u t t o accomplish the )rk a sum of at least £1,300 more will tae required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it Is pror—med, as far as th e d ona ti ons obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor tamilies Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and __;e9inelplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give N ti r t ' a __ l ...r to the really homeless, and food to the really Ind, ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, beo -1 1 13 1gtit and morning, the prayers of the destitute will in Your behalf. gratef t e cßl PTlONS are earnestly re q ues t e d , an d w ill b Y received by the Rey. D. 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S'P A M - PED rd. by the Government of the investment in the Pot Office Savings Banks. \h. GUILE the ftuid:; of the Amalgamated Engineers amounted to £l-10,000, and they were scattered in various parts of the country. In reply to Mr. Walpole, Mr. GUILE said that the rules were pretty nearly alike in all cases. Mr. Ili:Gum said those of the Bradford Boiler makers were rather stronger. Mr. ALLAN said the rules on which Sir Alexander Cockburn gave his opinion were quite as strong, if not stronger than those of the boilermakers, yet he said distinctly that they were not illegal, but per fectly sound according to law. Mr. WALPOLE then read the judgment of the Lord Chief Justice, to the effect that he thought the society could not be brought within the Friendly Societies' Act, first, because the purposes for which the trades' unions were organised were not analogous to those of benefit societies, and because its rules, though not criminal, yet, acting as a restraint on trade, they were by the law of the land illegal. He also read the opinion of Sir Alexander Cockburn, which was to the effect that it was legal for men to combine to protect themselves and to persuade others to act with them, provided no violence were done to person or property ; that all threats, intimidation, and molestation were avoided, and that the rules were not objectionable in point of law, though they might have been prepared with greater accuracy. The hon. gentleman then asked the ; deputation to point out what they specifically asked him todo. Mr. GUILE said the society which he represented instructed him to ask the Government to take their rules and put them into the hands of the law advisers of the Crown for examination. If they were of opi nion that they were not legal, he vv as requested to ask the Government to provide such au act as would place them within range of the law for all practical purposes. The speaker mentioned a case in which an agent of his society had £B3 belonging to it, but which, after the recent decision, they could not claim. Ile also furnished a number of statistics to show that the object of the societies was more for bene volence than the advancement of trades' unions. LI eight years the society to which he belonged had expended on men out of work, but not through the operations of strikes, on the sick and the disabled, ou the aged and on funerals, no less than Xi 38,303, whilst in the same period the total amount paid for strikes was £1,877. This was at the rate of ss. 6d. per member to support strikes or disputes, while for benevolent purposes there had been paid £2l ss. Cqd. per member. Mr. IVALroLE said there was no doubt that would be perfectly legal. lie did not know really how far the facts in the case, as decided by the Court of Queen's Bench, were or were not identical for the purpose of the law with the ease as regarded the deputation. He thought it so important a matter that the best thing the deputation could do was to put into writing in the shape of a memorial to be presented at that office the exact thing th ey wanted him to do. That would enable hi m to conside a r,a s il t d oo , how far ee hssatrye to consult with hi s col leagues y could fall in with the swigestions made to the Government. Ile saw a difficulty about consulting the law officers merely on the application of one society, for he should, if granting the facility in one case, have to afford it in others. Mr. lILTGIIES said that the case of the societies was that they had been led into this present scrape by previous Governments ; they had dropped their old system of protection by checking their officials, and they had been led to rely upon the protection of the Friendly Societies Act. Now their funds were scattered all over England, and their affairs were exceedingly critical, because if the officers turned out rascals they had no power to recover a penny. Mr. WIT Pni.E Raid the matter really depended on the ulterior question whether the societies were legal or not according to the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench. The law officers could not decide such a question. Nothing but the Court could decide whether the rules were contrary to law or not within the meaning of the decision of the Court. The law officers of the Crown could not give them any valuable opinion except as to what the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench would be. Mr. APPLEGARTII said the important question was—were trades unions simple, or were they not to be outside the pale of the law ? They had been of opinion that it was quite lawful for working men to combine for the protection of their interests, provided they did not bring themselves into collision with the law that provided against intimidation, &c. He would admit that, if in any part of the country work was plentiful, men underpaid, and employers refused to raise their wages, they would draw the men from their-employers, and pay them 15s. a week as strike pay; but they set their faces against all kinds of intimidation ; and as for strikes, they would not say they dreaded them, but they did all they could to oppose them, set their faces against them, and endeavoured to substitute for them a system of arbitration. He thought the suggestion made to them by the hon. gentleman was a very good one, but he should wish that, after they had put in writing what they desired, there should be some sort of inquiry to let the Government see what trades unions were. No doubt they did many sad and serious things, but they were not so bad as they were painted. Such an inquiry was necessary before any legislation was attempted. They required some specific law for their protection ; for even now at Bradford and Hull they had cases of agents from whom they could not obtain large sums of money on account of the decision in the Court of Queen's Bench. The question was, what wore they to do ? Were they to be placed at the mercy of unscrupulous men, when the Government had led them to believe they had protection ? A favour able solution of the difficulty would lead to the purging of their rules if on impartial inquiry any thingwith this objectionableexception, could that be they could no strike wages, for if they were abolished the unions would go. He did not think they could give up the foundin them;t abolishbut union even for a bill. (LL)I1 TED). Mr. WALPOLE said two distinct propositions had been laid before him. One was to deal with this particular case by some legislation immediately, and that he understood the deputation were prepared to lay a memorial before him as to the exact points on which they wished legislation. Secondly, with reference to importance of a full investigation into the working of these societies all he could say now was, and he believed Mr. Hughes would bear him out, that they would in a very few days see that he was not in the least unfr iendl y to such an ob j ect as that.Tle d epu t a tion then thanked the hon. gentleman and withdrew. STREET-NAMING IN BELortAvu.---The Metropo litan Board of Works has ordered the following alterations to be made in the names of public thoroughfares in Bel gravia :—Tho name of Belgravo-street South to be abolished, and the whole line of thoroughfare to be called Lower Bolgrave-street ; the name of Ranelagh-street to be abo lished, and the street incorporated with Ebury-street ; the names of Grosvenor-street West and Hobart-place to be abolished, and the whole line of thoroughfare to be called Lower Grosvenor-place. The five houses called Belgrave Mansions to be incorporated with Grosvenor-gardens. UNIVERSITY BOAT' RACE.—The official challenge from the Cambridge University Boat Club has not yet been forwarded to Oxford, but a meeting of the officers is to be called in a few days by Mr. W. R. Griffiths, the captain, when the matter will bo determined, and there is every reason to believe will ra3ult iu the usual form being gone through. Mr. Griffiths; steered the following eight down the river on Thursd:ty :--Anderson, Trinity; Bromby, Christ's; Still, Caius; Iton. Gordon, Trinity ; Kemp, Tri nity ; Nadon, Pembroke ; Collard, Lady Margaret; Pinck ney, Trinity. W. 11. Cltiffiths, coxswain. There were nearly 4,000,000 pounds of wool gathered in Vermont; last year. NEWSPAPER STATE OF TRADE 0" 4 : doe MANC STER, Feb. I.—For cloth an of trade yarns the market has been quiet. ping yarns the market opened rather quietly, but later in the day there was considerably more busi ness done, at a shade in price under the rates spin ners were asking. Where spinners have been dis posed to meet buyers pretty freely at a little under yesterday's quotations they have in some instances done a considerable amount of business, and this branch of the market closes more cheerfully than for some days past. home-trade yarns have been very quiet, and the recent slight improvement in these goods has been entirely lost. The only busi ness done has had to be effected at the rates of this day week. In cloth sellers report the market very flat to-day, and say very little business has been done. The buyers who were operating lately ap pear to have satisfied most of their present require ments, and they manifest little or no disposition to go further at present, except at lower prices. These have been offered to some extent, but have not found general acceptance, consequently the busi ness of the day has been small. The recent busi ness done in some descriptions of goods having placed manufacturers under contract, they are naturally less easy to deal with on that account. Heavy goods, such as Bolton counterpanes, have been active for export to America, but the anticipa tion of a reduction of from 45 to 20 per cent. in the tariff had the effect of checking operations, and the business both for export and home consumption is flatter, perhaps, than it has been known to be for the last six years. BARNSLEY, lst.—ln addition to the Northfield, Midland, Milton, Elsecar, and Parkgate works, the proprietors of the Cyclops and Atlas works have given their employes notice of a reduction to the same extent as at the other works-10 per cent. A simi lar reduction was made at these works a month or two ago, against which the men struck work, but which they afterwards accepted. For railway ma terial the demand continues brisk, more particularly in the heavier branches. Very little pig iron is being manufactured, as the requirements of the trade are very small, and orders are only given to meet imme diate wants. The steel trade is still very brisk, both for the plain and manufactured article. The coal trade is without alteration, and now that the canal traffic has been fully resumed a good export trade is being done at Hull, Goole, and Grimsby. A heavy tonnage of the best house coal and those descrip tions known as Barnsley and Silkstone is being sent to London and the south. - - 2. 1Z kV S LEEDS, lst.—The following is the trade report of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce for the month of January :—" In the woollen warehouses business has been dull throughout the mouth, with a slight ten dency to improvement towards the close. The ship ping houses have also, with few exceptions, been unusually quiet. •The home trade has no doubt been affected by the weather, which has caused the spring trade to be rather later in commencing. The manufac turers have been so far very fairly employed, but un less there is an improvementin the dernandmerchants will be slow in repeating their orders. The cap trade partakes of the general dulness. The aem and for colo nial wools has been languid, and with the present prospect of the wool market manufacturers have been unwilling to increase their stocks of wool. Prices remain about . the same. The English wool market has been less active. There has not been much done in flaxes, and the trade is dull. Better classes are very scarce, and maintain their price. Lower classes are not much inquired for, and though stocks are low yet they are not firm in price. Fine tows are in demand at full rates. Common sorts are plenti ful and in little demand, and prices are unsteady. limps are tending downwards. The yarn trade is dull and orders scarce—more for low than for fine numbers. Prices are nearly unchanged, but rather in favour of the buyer. Threads are without change. The iron trade has been unusually dull during the month, but has improved during the last week. The iron girders for the Apperley viaduct, weighing 500 tons, have been made in this neighbourhood, and the iron rolled for them by a house in the town in the unprecedentedly short time of three weeks. The machine makers are nearly all doing less. The en gineer tool makers are also very dull. The demand for cut nails is quiet. There has been a quiet month for rapeseed and linseed, but prices have been well maintained, and merchants are notdisposed to accept lower rates. Rape oil has been in moderate con sumptive demand. Linseed oil, as usual at this sea son of the year, is flat, at unremunerative prices. Cakes are in brisk demand, and prices very firm. Olive oils have been more inquired for, and have advanced £2 to £3 per ton. Stocks are small, and held for higher rates. The past has been a very dull month for all descriptions of leather. There is no material change to report in prices. The tan ners are very dull. The shoe trade continues to be very indifferent both for home trade and for ship ping. There is a better demand for both sanitary tubes and bricks, and makers are busier. There has only been a limited demand for paper. Material continues plentiful at about former prices. The tobacco trade is without change. The supply of cattle has been large, and prices have been lower. Number shown (five markets), beasts ,1,962 ; sheep, 14,250. Corn.—There has been a fair supply of wheat, but prices have advanced Is. per quarter. There has been a good demand for barley, which has advanced about Is. Oats and beans without change." THE UNIVERSAL TOURIST COMPANY TIIE DELEGATES OF THE TRADE SOCIETIES. A meeting took place on Wednesday evening at the Terminus Hotel, London-bridge, of the Direc tom' Universal Tourist Company (Limited), to lay before the delegates of trades societies and working men plans intended to offer special facilities to those classes to visit the Paris Exhibition.* A memorial has been drawn up to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, calling his attention to the prohibitory sums which will be demanded for lodg ings, and tend almost wholly to exclude the work ing classes from the Exhibition. The directors propose to despatch a deputation from their board, accompanied by the representatives of the working men, who, they are in hopes, the Emperor will honour with an interview to further an object his Majesty is known to have at heart, and that the opportunity may not be lost, offered by the coming Exhibition, of bringing together the French and English working people. The memorial requesting the audience of the English trade delegates has been most graciously and favourably received by his Ma jesty. It was intimated that there was reason to believe the Emperor would grant the use of certain barracks ; and it was promised that any boon thus derived would be freely given up to the tourists, without benefit to the company. If, however, the lodgings provided gratuitously by the Imperial Government should fall short of the need, as would, in all pro bability, be the case, it was proposed that the ad vantage should be distributed over the whole body, so that, assuming that six thousand could be lodged in barracks without cost, and six thousand would have to pay, the twelve thousand should be charged a level sum. Some Questions were put and sug gestions offered by Mr. Mackey (bookbinder), Mr. Brighty (wood turner), and other delegates. Re solutions in accordance with the views expressed were passed by the meeting ; and twelve delegates were elected from among those present to accom pany the deputation to the Emperor. AI. A. Duboys de Lavigerie, the general manager of the Tourist Company, has given years to mature the plans he now proposes to bring into operation, and the explanations he offered at the meeting were most favourably received. * Mr. Coffey, director of the English and French Steam ship Company, presided. THE PUBLIC PRIZE TRIAL FOR SPORTING DOGS. —The public trial of spor tin g do g s on game in the field, which is under distingui shed p atronage, and excities con siderable interest amongs t s p ortsmen, has been deferred in consequen ce of the wild st ate of p artrid g es and grouse. Birds are yet paired and in largo covies, but as soon as partridges "couple off," and will lie to pointers and setters, the trials will come off. Some well-stocked grouse moors and partridge manors have been secured in Staffordshire, and the trials will probably take place next month. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1867. AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. Atter Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SLIP. After Lyceum Theatre EvANS' to SUP, After Adelphi The4tre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre . Alter Strand Theatre EVANs' to SUP. After New Royalty Theatre E VANS' to SUP. Alter St. James's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. Alter Prince of Wales' Fheatre EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden, Vocal Entertainment at Eight. T II E O X F O R D 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. LES DRAGONS DE 'TILL ABS (Opera Comique), Music by A. Maillart, in which Miss RUSSELL mill appear, as sisted by Misses Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Kxtra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by Air. F. Jonghmans. " The strength of Hr. Morton lies in his operatic selections, executed by a small but highly efficient band, and a well selected body of vocalists, under the direction of Mr. F. Jonghmans. —Times, Jan. 9,1867. COMEDY, by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY, MILBURN, G. W. ROSS, and Mr. FRANK HUSSEY. of the NEW AMERICAN MINST RE E.S, THIS EVENING. " Of the decorum that prevails throughout every section of the Hall it is impossible to speak too highly."—Times, Jan. A, 1867. NOTICE. —4lr. ROBT. FRASER, Comedian and Vocalist, will make his reappearance here THIS EVENING with his crop of comicalities and his new song, "The Boy at liugby." MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDI rroNs. —Life-size Models of the KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA. Open front 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, Is. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra rooms, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirelyre decorated, are now OPEN .EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luot CURTI. Manager. M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. 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Sealed Tenders must be delivered at the ski office of the Principal Purveyor, properly filled up and signed (in trlpl-- cafe), on or before the 12th February, 1867, accompanied by samples. for the working men of London, and not for those of all England. (('sirs of " No.") He had thoroughly examined this subject for the last 15 years, but how to carry out a principle depended on time and circumstances. lie had been long of opinion that Reform would not be handled thoroughly, or brought forward with vigour, un less by Mr. Gladstone—(hear, hear)—but it was a difficult question to deal with in the House of Com mons. The Government were obliged to form an opinion in the dark, and no doubt a great deal of time was lost in desultory warfare. In his opinion they took the only course they could, and the vote on which they resigned was to all intents and purposes a vote of want of confidence, and not to alter the wording of the bill. They would have been guilty of the greatest folly had they acted otherwise ; and in his opinion the result would be of the greatest advantage to the cause of Reform, because it was now settled by the Liberal party that the Government of the country could not be carried on without a measure of Reform. Ile believed Mr. Gladstone would one day carry it in spite of all obstacles. (Cheers.) And with respect to those demonstrations made outside doors, he thought the working classes were perfectly justified in doing so. They were taxed with being indifferent to Reform, and were right in evincing that such a charge was entirely erroneous. He himself attended a Reform meeting in Manchester, which was everything that could be desired, and when it was'proposed to imi tate it in St. James's Hall he went there. (Loud cries of " hear," and laughter.) He carried away from St. James's hall the pleasing reflection that those concerned resolved.to do what he suggested, and no course was adopted likely to injure the cause itself. It was said the House of Commons would do nothing in the coming session, but be did not credit it. He believed, on the contrary, that party contests would bring out Parliamentary Reform, and a proper measure would no doubt be brought forward and carried. (Cheers.) It was said that if the franchise were extended to the working classes the nation would be too fond of going to war, but he did not believe that assertion ; but, on the contrary, he believed in his conscience the wisest thing that t c a o i t n il i d ng be a d n o d n d e ie w fe 'a n s di t i o ig g t i h ve e i t n h s e t n i i tu a t n io in ns te a re n s in dt interests of the country. (Cheers.) Mr. DAY next moved, " That the best thanks of this meeting be presented to Mr. Ayrton, M.P., for attending that meeting, and for the course he pursued as one of their representatives." Mr. CLADDING seconded the motion. Mr. DUFFIELD moved as an amendment, "That this meeting indignantly condemns the uncalled for and unmanly attack made by Mr. Ayrtou on her Majesty the Queen at the Reform Meeting in St. James's Hall, on the 4th of December last, and is of opinion that his treatment of the Reform cause at that meeting, as well as his refusal to give his aid to the insulted and oppressed tax-payers of Mile-end when called upon to do so, renders it impossible that the people of the Tower Hamlets, should continue to give him their confidence and support." lie candidly avowed he had never much confidence in Mr. Ayrton—(cheers)—and it was for them to say whither they would any longer disgrace themselves by returning hinato 'Parliament. (Cheers.) Mr. BEA IDLAW seconded the amendment, be cause Mr. Ayrton did not advocate that extension of the suffrage demanded by the great body of the people in the Tower Hamlets. The called on Mr. Ayrton to say if he made any attack on the Queen. . Mr. AYwroN, in reply, said the imputation iu the amendment was literally and entirely untrue and unfounded. A VOICE—Mr. Bright said so. Mr AYRTON—Yes, but he was under a misappre hension. What he said then he would now repeat, namely, that it was tho duty of her Majesty's Mi nisters to advise the Queen to identify herself more with the life of the nation. There were great inte rests at stake in this metropolis, for hundreds and thousands of people depended for their living on the wealth that flowed into the metropolis, and it was of the utmost consequence that the Sovereign should be among them as much as possible. (Hear, hear.) The amendment was then put and negatived, and the original resolution passed. Mr. GABLE next proposed a resolution in favour of manhood and residential suffrage, protected by the ballot. Mr. BLAND seconded the motion, and it was adopted. A vote of thanks was next passed to the chairman, after which the proceedings, which were of rather a noisy character, terminated. The Law of Trades' Unions. IMPORTANT DEPUTATION TO MR. WALPOLE. Yesterday afternoon a deputation waited by ap pointment on the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, for the purpose of representing to him, and through him to Government, the position in which trades unions have been placed by the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in the case of the Bradford boiler makers, and impressing on the Government the im portance of putting them in the same position with regard to protection as friendly societies in general. The deputation consisted of Mr. William Allan, representing the Amalgamated Engineers ; Mr. D. Guile, the Ironfounders' Society ; Mr. R. Apple garth, the Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners ; and Mr. George Odgers, of the Trades' Council. The deputation was introduced by Mr. THOMAS HUGHES, M.P., who said he believed, and with great reason, that the decision of the Queen's Bench had placed trades' societies entirely outside the law. The deputation wished to lay their case before the right hon. gentleman, and ask whe ther the Government could not assist to place them in the position in which they understood they had been placed by the acts of former Governments. Mr. ALLAN said so far back as 1855 they succeeded in getting two clauses inserted in the Friendly Socie ties' Act, by which they imagined they obtained legal protection against fraudulent trustees or other offi cials. It was now very questionable whether they had that protection ; in fact, they were inclined to think they had not. The Court of Queen's Bench had decided that their rules placed them outside the pale of the law, and that they could not have the protection of the Friendly Societies' Act. _ _ Mr. WALPOLE understood that the Lord Chief Justice decided that the society before him could only be looked upon as a society formed to act as a restraint on trade, and could not be supposed to be legal. Mr. llamEs said that in the rules of all the socie ties there were clauses that would probably be con sidered also as a restraint upon trade. Mr. ALLAN said the Friendly Societies' Act gave them certain privileges on depositing their rules with Mr. Tidd Pratt, provided they contained nothing contrary to law. In 1851 the society got the opinion of Sir A. Cockburn, at that time Attorney-General, who held that their rules were perfectly legal. If they were legal, the societies contended that they should have the protection of the Friendly So cieties' Act with regard to fraudulent trustees. On the faith of that protection they had deposited a large amount of money in the Post Office Savings Banks. They had at first some difficulty about it, but they waited on Mr. Gladstone, who ultimately granted them the privilege of depositing their funds there. It was now questionable whether, if any fraud took place, they had any control over the persons who defrauded them. Mr. Gladstone de cided that their rules were not illegal, and therefore they ought to have the benefit / of the Friendly Socie ties' Act. _ _ . Mr. WALPOIE—What power had Mr. Gladstone to decide that? lie only gave his opinion, I sup pose ? Mr. ALLAN said he was Chancellor of the Ex chequer, and representative of the Government. Mr. lIUGLIES said there had been a direct sanction Mi. Ayrton and his Constituents. Mr. Ayrton, M.P., met his constitue n t s l as t n i g ht in the Beaumont Institution, Beaumont-square, Mile-end ; William Newton, Esq., in the chair. Thc. CHAIRMAN, in explaining the objects of the meeting, said it was ten years since Mr. Ayrton was elected as their representative, when he pledged himself to meet his constituents at the end of every session of Parliament, and he had kept that pledge to the present time. With respect to the question of Reform last session, he believed hon. mem bers betrayed their trust, and that the bill rejected would not now be accepted by the people. It was very satisfactory to know that during the discus sions which took place both their representatives Were always found voting in the right way, and in support of the bill. 111 r. ATIZTON then came forward, a n d was very receivedwell that by in the great majority o f t h e meet i ng. hopedHe the course of hi s a dd ress t h ey would listen to him patiently and quietly, and ex press their dissent, if any differed from him, in a peaceable and orderly manner, lie thought the last session was more fruitful than any that pre ceded it in dealing with local questions and local improvements. There was first of all the question of gas, which was one of considerable importance to that borough, and although he endeavoured to struegre - tig-iitist the present Monopoly in' *Di supported as" he -should have been by the local au= thoritics,, and so the results . were not what should all desire. A Voice•—Give power to the unenfranchised, and they'll soon settle these matters. Mr. AYRTON continued—Whether the people are enfranchised or unenfranchised— A Voice—You don't care. (" llear, hear," and a laugh.) Mr. AYRTON continued. He meant to say that whether the people were enfranchised or not, in cases of this kind nothing could be done without the co-operation of local authorities. The fact was, there were some I 1 2 ;o`1;t•esent, so anxious about the general government of the country that they forgot the important question of how to govern themselves. - (Hear.) Then, again, the supply of water was another important subject, and should not be treated lightly. Last session an attempt was made to grapple with this subject, but he contended that before anything was done the local authorities should be consulted. He was happy to say those of the Tower Hamlets had done their duty in this re spect, and the question would be considered in the coming session as well as that of parks and open spaces. An act had been passed giving power to the Metropolitan Board to preserve those open spaces for the people ; and certainly it was a great pity that year after year Epping Forest was being enclosed, and one of the most delightful localities near that borough taken from them to the manifest injury of their health. Then as regarded the subject of me tropolitan taxation, he moved for the appointment of a committee last session, and in their report they said they did not desire or intend any increase in taxation, but placed increased burdens on the owners of property who had large interests at stake, and would take care they were not unjustly dealt with. He was an advocate for an equalisat ion of taxation. He did not want twenty lordmayors or an additional number of aldermen in the metropolis, but to im prove by every means in their power the excellent act passed some years ago by Lord Llanover. With respect to the administration of the poor law he found much fault with it, and the only remedy he thought was to remove the root of the evil, which was the infliction of heavy rates on poor districts, while the rich paid comparatively nothing. This portion of London had recently suffered heavily, and although liberal sums of money had been gene rously given, he 'would remind them that the whole of the sum so given did not amount to a penny in the pound. (Hear, hear.) It was said the House of Com mons was the cause of the present unjust mode of taxation ; but, after all, nothing could be done un less the working people helped themselves. (Hear, hear.) The house had no doubt an inclina tion towards Imperialism, and to have public works managed by officers of the Crown, to which he be lieved there was a very great objection. The work ing people had done a great deal latterly for them selves by means of trade societies and unions, for it was their right to combine together to advance their mutual interests. These combinations were formerly illegal, but Parliament gave them subsequently per fect freedom in this respect, provided they did no thing to restrict industry or produced any disaster among their employers. They had recently been told that some of these were illegal, but he con tended that the sound principle of political economy was to let every man be free in the exercise of his industry and skilled labour. (Cries of , 6 Question, question.") Some among them were so anxious and impatient that before he finished one sentence they wished to hear the next—(hear, hear)—but he had no hesitation in saying that many of the upper classes who condemned these societies did not under stand or appreciate the good they achieved. With respect to their system of education at present it seemed to have passed over the heads of the great body of the people, and who were not able to educate themselves. (Cries of " Reform, Reform," and some interruption.) He had had put into his hands an appeal in favour of registered residential man hood suffrage—(loud cheers)—but he would ask those who gave it to him whether they were ad vancing the question when they interrupted him on the subject of education. They had a right, however, to hear his views, and his opinion was , that they must enfranchise every householder, and if a man were not able to have a whole house he should have a vote for half of it. They must also have a re-distribution of political power, for he con tended that it would be injurious to the general in terests of the country to add to the number of voters in corrupt boroughs, and thus make rotten boroughs more extensive. (No, large boroughs by the would be utterly im bnmaool. l r )o e t corrupt, Tbhu etyi ni and simg corruption o ct r uo r rw t e i p ni t st i o ii tn n possible. (Hear, hear.) lie was not one of those special reformers who wanted to assert a principle '"~' THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratetully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, IS, Queen -street. Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street.