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i 1 4'4 41 SP • .. _- - - 1 . ~~ _--t 1~~ Z~'% ...., r F AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS'• to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre TVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Theb.tre After Olympic Theatre ............EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre EVANS' 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. London Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. KIN A.HAN'S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, IS(S. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or svbniPsaln at R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNE F.'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their AUC ['ION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 6 , Agar-street, S. rand, N.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. WUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION Inoorportted by Act of Parliament, 1S50), I', RUSSELL-STRFIET, COVENTT-GARDEN. LONDON, ADVANCES MONEY upon Personal Security, Bills of Sala Freehold or Leasehold Pronery, for one, two, or three years, repayable week y, monthly. or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARP ER. Secretary. TAPANESE.—FLORAL HALL, COVENT GARDEN.—Sixth Wook.—Unabated Success. This extraordinary groupo of JAPANESE artistes continue to give their Performances EVERY EVENING at Eight; WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at Three. Stalls, 55.; reserved seats, 2s. Gd. Admission, is. Tickets to be ob tained at the Box-office from 10 till 5; also at. Mit chell's, Old Bond-street; Austin's, St. James's Hall; and Keith, Prowse, and £Jo., Cheapside. N.B.—Skating-0Y Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, from 3 till 5. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISH %TENT OF LONDON. OPERATIC SELEC LlONS.—Principal artistes, MisseE Rnssell, Barrie. and Fitz Henry ; liegsrs. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, For. Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Extra Band and Chorus Conductor, lir. F. Jonghmans Solo Cornet-a-Piston. Itr. pEYNOLDS, of the Coldstream Gna-ds' Band and A. Mellon's Concerts. COMEDY, by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY, G. W. ROSS ; the celebrated JAPANESE JUGGLERS; the Brothers BALE, the Wonders of the World; Mdlle. GERTRUDie, and her Troupe of Performing Dogs, this Evening. Kr. ROBT. FRASER, Comedian, with his crop of comieali ties and his new song, "THE BOY AT MUGBY." NOTICE.--The Bros. HANLON. the celebrated American Acrobats, will make their re-appearance Tills EVENING. TVIADAINIE TUSSAUTI'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDI PIONS. —Life-size Molels of the KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING. for Concert aM. nd Dancing. Conductor, Signor LEGI CIIRTL Manager, GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WEST ONI S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Donizetti's favourite Opera of " LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR." Principal vocalists— Edgardo, Mr. H. De Brenner; Arturo, Mr. Douglas Mellon; Ilenrico; Mr. P. Corti; Lucia, Miss Annie Tremaine. Also a Selection from Verdi's favourite Opera, "IL TROVA TORE," at 9 o'clock. Principal vocalists —Manrico, Mr. Douglas Mellon; Conte di Luna, Mr. P. Corti; Leonora, Miss Annie Tremaine Azucena, Miss Ellen Read. ARTHUR LLOYD'S Burlesqu e D rama, entitled " MUGGET'S BROOK ; or, the Wicked Squire ;" Jolly Nash, Emma Bruce, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, Frank Ellmore, Jig Dancer; Jean and Victor, the Sensation of London. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRL Prices of admi ss i on—Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Area, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock. "THE RUIN OF THU FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY." rpHE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial Atirxets enables E kST INDIA TFA COMPANY" to oTer TEAS LOWER TIIA.N EVER. Six Pounds of Good Tea for Os. Rd can't be dear. de ll don The Co s. mpany's KAISOWS by the Clipp er Shi ps are really 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, flishopsgate street, Jan. 1, 1867. UJust published, 2d; sent by the author for 3 stamps, GLINESS and BENUTY ; being a Pamphlet the a descriptive of articles an d means used for improving London.ppearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX, ROSS'S CANTHARIDEB olL , whichspeedily seproduces whiskers and thickens hair, 38 Bd, 5s 6d, and 108 8d; nt by post f or 54 , s 4, and 144 stamps.— ALEX.. $OBB, 248, igh Holborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.— C orHlßns cured In one day by nsinsr ALEX. ROSS'S COPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s ; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. trAIR.CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London. —ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourls Ladies' or Gentlemen'. hair immediately it is applied. Sold at as 6d, 5s Id, and 101 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Rad of all Chemists. CAREY HAIR, __24B, High Holborn, London.— NJI ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is need. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe t. Price 3s Id, as sd, and toe 6d ; sent by poet for 54, 84, and 144 stamps ; and all Chemists, HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—AL EX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck. and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.--Had of all Chemists. IMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the 'FL skin aro impro ve d b y one dose of ALEX. ROS3'B VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. Th ey remove redness, sal lownesEX s, ate. 2s 9d and 7s 6d ; or post f or 40 an d 100 stamps. min —AL. ROSS, 248, High Holb orn, L ondon, and all Che- HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the or ten day hea s the haird with this beautifully -perfumed W as h , I n seven assumes its original colour, and remains so by an oco.slonal nein 10s sd ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 24% nigh Holborn, London, and all Chemists. T AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN JILA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, Without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the beat medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty Pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which Provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King - William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13K, and three quantities in one, 2a. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. ONE HUNDRED an d SI XTY-SEVEN DESTITUTE ORPHANS are being maintained in the ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, Collingwood Court, Bagehot, Surrey. FUNDS greatly needed for their support. CHARLES A. WALKER , S ec. Offices, 96, Cheapaid e , E E.C. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM , Mackenzie Park. Slough, Bucks (formerly at Claphatn-risel. In stituted 1827. PATRON —Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. AID t 3 this Institution wilt be gladly received by the Secretary, at the Offices. No. 73, Cheapside, E.C. HENRY SYKES THORNTON, Treasurer. THOMAS TILSON, J.P Chairman of the Board. STEDH EN REED CATTLEY, M.A., Hon. Sec. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. THE BOARD of MANAGEMENT of the LONDON HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL wish to call the attention of their friends to its position—during the past year the beds have been almost constantly filled, and the drain on the resources of the Hospital has consequently been great. They trust, therefore, that all the friends of horpre,pathy, both in town and country, will rally round them, and thus prevent the necessity of curtailing the use fulness of the Hospital by the admission of fewer patients. SUBSCKIPTIONS earnestly needed. Bankers —lllesvrs. Prescott and Co., T hreadneedle -street; and Union Bank, Argyll-place, Regent-street. No. 52, Great Ormond-street,JOHN W.C.R. WARREN, Clerk OUR SHIPWRECKED SEAMEN and their BEREAVED WIDO Ars and ORPHANS. —Upwards of which are British on the British Isleg vessels are annually wrecked, about 2 , 0 90 of There is no part of the coast where the SFIIPWRECKED MA RISERS' SOCIE CY is not represented by an Hon. Meet, who cloihes (when naked> and sends to their homes shipwrecked persons of all nations, and is the channel of its charity to the bereaved widows and orphans of the drowned. The Committee earnestly APPEAL. Pi. HELP. The dis t-ess is always instant. The Society relieved 11,221 persons last year, viz , shipwrecked men, widows, and orphan s . Donations and subscriptions thankfully received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co.; and by the undersign e d . FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary Hibernia-chambers, London -bridge S.E. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last rearmyero fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females ejed from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3, 0 87, Who have beer, sent away in five years. he new home the Committee wish to form world 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 gratefully by the Stheretary, 121 r. Daniel C00per, , 35, Queen-etrect, Chi:spatle; or by 2leesre B srclay an& co., Lombird-street. - I -•:? .;.t.,). ) k• % V / ''- •.'. 1- • No. 23,344. ( THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vol., RAYMOND'S lIEROINE. A Novel. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Itiarlboroin,,h-street. MR. DIXON'S NEW WORK. Now ready. in 2 vols.. Svo., with Illustrations, 305., SIXTH EDITION OF NEW AMERICA. By WILLIAM. lIEPNWAITII DIXON. "A very interesting book. Mr. Dixon has written thought fully and well. He gives us an excellent account of the Mor mons. and striking descriptions of the scenes he saw and the conversations he held with many of the saints."—Times. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-st. DOG LICENSE.—THE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND REVENUE GIVE NOTICE. That from and after the sth of April inst., every person KEEP ING a DOG is requiied to PAY a LICENSE DUTY of ss. for each dog. The penalty for keeping a dog without license is £5. The person in whose custody, charge, or possession, or in whose house or premises any dog shall be found or seen, is deemed to be the person who keeps such dog, unless the contrary be proved. _ _ Post-office orders or postage stamps for the duty may be remitted to the Collectors of Inland Revenue at Tower hill, London (Middlesex Collection) with a statement of the name and abode of the applicant, on receipt of which a license will be forwarded. Forms of application may be obtained at any post-office. Licenses may be obtained in the county of Middlesex at the following places, and, at places at a distance, from the offices named, licenses may b o o bt a i ne d f ro m ie Super visor of Inland Revenue on his occasional visits. Notice of the times and places of his attendance for this pur pose will be given at least a week before the day of at tendance. Tower-hill, London— Offico of Collector of Inland Ealing Staines t i Stamp-office. Uxbridge WM. CORBETT, Secretary. inland &venue, Somerset House, London, April 4, 1867. 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 RITISHEQUITABLE • . ASSURANCE COMPANY, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. George Thomas Dale, Esq., Bayswater. Edmund Dunn, Esq., Croydon. • William Geyer, Esq., Blackheath. William Sutton Geyer, Esq., 4, Queen-street-place. John Middleton Hare, Esq., Forest Hill. Fountain John Hartley, Esq., Dalston. John Smither, Esq., Wellclese-square. Joseph Warmington, Esq., Lee-grove, Blackheath. MANAGING DIRECTOR AND ACTUARY. William Sutton Gover, Esq., F.S.S., F.LA. AUDITORS. Mr. Deputy Obbard, Blackheath. Charles Brown, Esq., Waddon. William George Lemon, Esq., Blackheath. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. PHYSICIAN. William Munk, Esq., M.D., F.S.A. (Fellow of the 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. , - • EXTRACTS FROM REEIR'D • • In the past three years the Neig Pol ciest•l d m ee— RePorted in 1865, 1,650, amounting to, £2 7 .0 ) 7361 1866, 2,073, £353,700; 1867, 2,845, £561,171 :Total •Nianiber, 6,568, amounting to £1,125,611. The Nosy Annual Premiums of past year, £15,318. In the Four Triennial Periods the New Policies issued were—First Three Years, 3,196, for £507,063; 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 are 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-live Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy-Eight Pounds, and now amounts to One Hundred and Twenty-seven Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy-eight Pounds Sterling. The Accumulated Fund has thus been nearly doubled at the end of each triennial period. A Reversionary Bonus of 11 per Cent. per annum on Sums Assured under Participating Policies was declared. H YAM & Co.'s ATTIRE. HYAM & Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. HYAM & Co.'s TWEED OVERCOATS. H YAM & Co.'s SILK-FACED OVERCOATS. HYAM & Co.'s FACED MELTON OVER COATS. HYAM & Co.'s SUITS. HYAM & Co.'s MORNING COATS. HYAAI & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. H YAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. HYAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. HYAAI & Co.'s LIVERIES. HYAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY. HYAM 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 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. HYAM & Co.'s BOYS' SPRING CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile Clot Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits l3s. to 355. Boys' Eaton, Harrow, an d Rugby Suits 255. to 425. Boys Jackets for School and Homo 9s. to 21s. HYAM & 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, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. HYAM and Co's ONLY ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23 NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE, and'DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. nit HOWARD, SU RGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new deserip theverelberervofoots, Lion of ARTIFICIAL EE rn, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so pertectly re-,emb'e 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 articulation and r any ereteuetshed.thatTahries mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful m be et f h o o u d n d d oe e s uP n e o r Pre r g th uire a t n l y ie extractiontee pain fulsoep, earnadtiiosn guaranteedandv l I support and restore d in mastication. - - 52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 6. are confi - Norton's Pilitsn'' THE BEST REMEDY FOX IN bIGESTION. are mild In their NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS and thousands of dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which i d the cause 01 nearly all the diseas to which we arc subject, beings. medicine so unitormlyisTgartateesi tut and beneficial, that, it is with justice called the " operation, p act Strengthener as taiopna.ws ea rt ef o u t lu nt the odne tro Human g n Stomach." eom aperient; a c circumstances, persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived fromend their upwards use, as they y e ars. been a never-f a lli ng Family Fri for of 20 Sold in bottles at is. lid., 2s. 9d., and ils, each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persundad to purchase any of the various imitations which ha ve sprung up in consequence of the success of NORTON'S CA.SIO3tILE PILLS. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE ' S MOC - M AIN LEVER, TIUSS (P ERFEC TED AND EXHIBITED TN T HE GREAT EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862 1 , is allowed by up wards 01 Two Hundred Meiical Gentlemen to be the most effective Invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects. is here avoided—a sott bsndage being worn round the body, whil e tile requisite resisting power 1 4 supplied by the Noe-M a i n and Patent Lever. fitting with so much ease an d close rites that it cannot be detected, and may be worn d ur i ng steep. A descriptive circular may be had, and thetruss which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the o i rcum : terenee of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, 1 Mr. WHITE. 228, Piccadilly. A Sin , le Truss, 165., 215,, 26s 6d.. and 318 .6 d postage, i s. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 426 , and 528. 0 , 1. Postage, 1 8. Bd . An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 64 . Postacte. Is. 10d. _ Post-oflice Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FLASTIC STOCKINGS, J KNEE-CAPS, Am, for Varicose Veins and all oas es n t Weakness and Swelling of the Legs. - prains. k.c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpen4ve, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. Bd., 75. f3d., 10s., and 18s. each. Postage. tid. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228. PlOoadilly. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL h as -I- URGENT NEED of FUNDS.—Donations and Sub scriptions will be thankfully received by Siessrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, 4.ornhill ; Messrs. Drummond and Co., Charing cross; Messrs. Coutte and Co., Strand; Messrs. kloare, Fleet-street ; and by the undersigned. at the Hospital, Liverpocd-road, N., CIIARLEd rINN, sec. rrHE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCXLIV., will be Published NEXT SATURDAY, CONTENTS. I. Character of George the Third. 11. Sea Fish and Fisheries. 111. Autobiography of a Physiologist. IV. Westmoreland. V. Poetry of the Seven Dials. VI. Da Chaillu's It cent Travels. VIL ..11lythi of the Mid,.le Ages. VIII. New American ueligions. IX. Railway Finance. X Wellington in the Peninsula. XL The Four Reform Orators. *** Nos.CCXLI. and CCXL 11. will contain the Index to last Twenty Volumes, John Murray, Albemarle-street. mUSIC FOR LEN SACRED MUSIC fox halt-price, with an extra stam He shall Feed His Flo,:k. I know that my Redeemer. Sun of my Soul. Waft her, Angels. Jerusalem the Golden. Prayer from Moses in Egitto. With Verdure Clad. Laudate Dorninum. Lord, Remember David. • Oh I had I Jubal's Lyre• Dead March in Saul. Benedictus (Mozart). SACRED MUSIC for SUP and pianoforte. Two books, 4 London : Robert Cocks an , and may be had everywhere. T.-GEO. F. WEST'S the PIANOFORTE, all at Lp for postage. Kyrie Eleison (Mozart). Anus Dei (Mozart). Gloria in Excelsis (3lozart). flalletujsh (ReethuveW. Splendente Te Deus. Comfort ye my People. the Heavens are Telling Let the B:ight Seraphim. Nearer to Thee. Vesper Hymn. Sound the Loud Timbre'. Kyrie Eleison (Ilaydn). DAY EVENINGS, for voice s. each. d Co., New Burlington-street ; Now published at 3d., per post 4d., PADTLEss ToOTH EXTRACTION ; or, Anxsthesia Locally Applied. By A. IiISKELL, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of " Dental Surgery," p ure Dentistry," &c. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; all booksellers ; or of the author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. TEET H. - PAINLESS EXTRACTIONS guaranteed without chloroform or danger. Mr. DAY, DENTIST, 201 Regent-street (3 doors from the Polytechnic), Late principal assistant to 31r. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-st., W. NIANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per JJL feotly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and of JOHN BULWESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVLLLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices rand Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-st ree t, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest d r i nk i n the world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the " Times." TAXES DALY and CO., Distillers, J o h n - street, Cork, beg to announce thlt they are abl e t o supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Prin tinz . house-square, London, E C., the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bran; the highest prices in the Australian and uthe- Colonial markets, as may be observed by reference 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 nex t best, and Is. 6d per gallon and bs. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, !natured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, an,,phed on the most reasonable terms. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is vi ry superior to recent iraportations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 335. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carriage pal ENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, 111.0 , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. A VALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA. A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any Railway Station or Market Town in England, Ireland, Scotland, or II ales, on receipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO, Tea Merchants, 8, King William -street, City, E.C. T EA IS CHE.A.PER THAN EVER. la. 61, 25., 2s. 61 per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King Wi lliam -street, City, London. 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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 public assemblies. Every other kind of hearinz instrument. -Messrs. SOLOMON, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. MEETING OF THE LIBERAL PARTY. A meeting of the Liberal party was held yesterday afternoon at the private residence of Mr. Gladstone, on Carlton-house-terrace. The members were re ceived in the inner hall by Mr. Gladstone. Upwards of 250 attended. We give the speeches in full : Mr. GLADSTONE—If you think it is time that we should commence, I will venture to remind you of the understanding with which we closed the pro ceedings of our last meeting on the 21st of March. At that time, with your authority, and certainly, as far as I could judge at the time, with your unani mous authority I was to do three things, besides pointing ,out a ntiinbet of general objections to variotiaimpoitaist provisions in the Government Re form was tb press for an early day for the committee on the bill; I . was to urge the recogni tion of this principle, that the persons whom Par liament may invest with a; title to the franchise, whether few or many, should, so far as depends on Parliament, have equal access to the enjoyment of it ; and, finally, I was, in assenting to the second reading of the bill, to reserve every liberty to re consider our position and duty, in case the declara tions of the Governmentbetween the second reading and the committee should not be such as to afford any prospect of entering into committee with ad vantage. Since that time we have had the debate on the second reading of the bill, and we have now to consider our course under the present circum stances ; and I think, gentlemen, with reference to the proposals that ought to be made, I ought to endeavour to define what I conceive to be the end that we have in view—for the means we have to take must be governed mainly by the nature of that end. We desire three things, one of which is paramount, and the others highly important :—The first thing we desire is that a good Reform Bill should be passed—by that, meaning a bill that should give a liberal enfranchisement so far as the question of the franchise is concerned, and thus put an end to the agitation of the question. (Cheers.) We desire, in the second place, that a goof Reform Bill should be passed during the present session of Parliament— (hear, hear)—and, thirdly, we desire that it should be passed, if possible, through the medium of the present Government. (Hear, hear.) These are, I think, the three objects we have before us ; and allow me to say that when, on the occasion of our former meeting, I stated that I abandoned all idea of opposing the second reading, and recommended others to do the like, I did not conceive that I was merely adjourning to the question of the Speaker's leaving the chair the revival of that object. In de termining to abandon opposition to the second read ing of the bill, I virtually bound myself to a great deal more. I bound myself, and, so far as was in my power, I bound those who thought with me, to take every means of working the bill through the committee, if possible. We hav3 now to consider our position in reference to the objects I have named. I think we are so far agreed as to the pro visions of the bill, which I went aver rapidly on the occasion of our former meeting that I need not ad vert to them again. There seemed an almost uni versal concurrence of opinion as to the defective and wholly unsatisfactory character of the provisions of the bill as it then stood, and as to the kind of amendments we should endeavour to introduce. Now, in adopting this view, we are, if possible, to work the bill through committee, and make what we may call a bad bill into a good bill, without at the same time having the direction of the commit tee in our hands. Do not let us disguise from our selves that we arc pledging ouroslves to a very diffi cult task. I must frankly owe I cannot state too strongly my conviction that it is a task which is difficult under the most favourable circumstances, but which will become entirely hopeless unless we are able to adopt a common course, and to pursue that course moderately, but with resolution. Rely on it, nothing is more certain than this, total failure and discredit await us in the country unless we can pull together. If we look back to the speeches on the second reading, and if we look particularly to the speeches of the members of. the Cabinet, un doubtedly they are speeches that afforded very little daylight. I think the speeches of Mr. Hardy and the Solicitor-General did nothing to advance or to secure our position. On the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, able as it was, a very different con struction was put, and the general opinion and belief is that in that speech the Chancellor of the Exchequer avoided committing the Government to any concessions whatever beyond the dual vote. (Hear.) From that speech the general impression given to the public was, that provided an adequate pressure was brought to bear upon the Government, the concessions will be sufficient t o give effect to the purpose we have in view— that of making a good bill out of a bad bill. That is the persuasion under which, in concert with those I have endea voured to consult—and I have not failed in that duty through want of willingness or exertion—that is the view on which we propose to act. (Cheers.) We propose to proceed on the principle that pressure from the Liberal party is the means by which we shape m may entertain n which the w e c hopeao lookof bringing r in forwardging with satisfac tion the bill into a to see it passed into a law. That pressure must, no doubt, be a rirm pressure, and you will likewise support me when I say it must be a gentle pressure. It must be a pressure carefully and studiously di vested, so far as we are concerned, and so far as is in our power, of anything that can make it invi dious and offensive. (Hear.) We must consider our object as the one important matter, and we must endeavour in our mode of proceeding to do nothing which may afford a justifiable cause or a plausible pretext to any one for saying that we imposed an intolerable burden on the Government in trying to compel them to take our course. (Loud cheers.) If these be the right principles on which our proceed ings should be founded, I come to the conclusion that we may safely leave to be dealt with in com mittee, provided other matters be arranged, all pro positions that can be dealt with as single proposi tions. In the debate on the second reading I did not hesitate to imply that questions of great importance —such as the county franchise and the redistribu tion of seats—might be dealt with in committee. I go further. I will say that even the figure of the borough franchin might be dealt with in committee PRICE. 4d. STAMPED sd. —nay, more, there is another point which I look at as going to the root of the whole matter, which, so far as regards London, is probably the most vital point in the bill—the lodger franchise—(hear, hear)—that might be dealt with in committee. In fact, everything that can be dealt with in com mittee we should leave to be dealt with in commit tee. But now comes the question, on what basis are we seeking the settlement of what is the capital sub ject of debate—the borough franchise ? The basis laid down in the bill we have found unanimously to be unsatisfactory. (Cheers.) I ventured at the earliest stage to refer to the idea, and to make the suggestion that if there was, as there is, in the House of Commons a desire to connect personal rating in some way or other as a test with the enjoyment of the franchise, it might be possible and just, and per haps advantageous, to apply it as a negative; that is not to say, which I think is perfectly preposterous and untenable, that every man, whatever his condi tion in life, should be debarred from the franchise, or have difficulties imposed on him if he endeavours to obtain it, because he is not a personal ratepayer. (Loud cheers.) But when you have a portion of society from whom rates cannot be collected, vv - hose circumstances do not admit of the payment of rates, you may in their case adopt that fact as indicating the point at which, in the present state of the coun try and the state of the people as to education and independence of circumstances, the enjoyment of the franchise is to end. That plan was received with favour when you last met. It has been received with favour in the House of Commons; and even beyond the limits of our own party it is received with con siderable favour also. If we are to adopt that plan —and that is the one on which I think we should proceed—we then find ourselves confronted by a necessity which arises out of the forms of the House of Commons. If we are to say that a certain portion of the community now liable to the payment of rates should be henceforth exempted from personal pay ment, we must take power not only to insert so many words in the Reform Bill, but likewise the power to readjust the law of rating on all points which may arise in connection with that class of the commu nity. If we pass a compulsory provision running through the community and exempting all persons under a given line, on which I shall not consult you or say anything to-day—for that may be left for committee—but if we are to make an exemp tion below a given line, we must, along with that exemption, consider what is to be the liability of the landlord, and what deduction, if the landlord con tinues liable, he is to receive. Mr. Poulett Scrope would, perhaps, consider himself entitled to raise the question founded on his view, that such property should be exempted altogether—an economical ques tion of vast importance and not in necessary connec tion with the franchise. But there are other ques tions. You have to consider whether the municipal votes of these persons are to be reserved, and whether they are still to retain their votes in vestries ; and other questions are very likely to arise. But, after the best investigation I have it in my power to make, I find it is necessary in order to effect the view I have described in reference to the franchise that we should arm the committee on the Reform Bill with power to alter the law of rating. The special point to which the alteration would go, and the most im portant and vital points, being the exemption from personal liability below a certain line ; but that ex emption would entail the necessity of considering other collateral questions on which I do not think we should meet with any insurmountable difficulty. With regard to the nature of the instruction to be given to the committee, I have no doubt you are aware of the two fundamental points it involves. In the first place it must be to give the committee some form it does not possess ; and, consequently, this instruction, or one of this nature, would be neces sary either for our purpose or for the purposes of the Government, if they should accede to our views, or for the purpose of enabling Lord Grosvenor—the cause of whose absence we must all deplore—to bring his amendments under the notice of the house. I be second point is that in point of form, as pro bably all gentlemen know, it is not an amendment to the Speaker leaving the chair. It is a preliminary to the motion that the Speaker leaves the chair, and, instead of setting aside that motion, it assumes that he will leave the chair and assist the committee in the discharge of their duties. Un doubtedly there are other reasons why the basis of the borough franchise should be presented in that form. And for this reason especially, that, from the arrangement of the clauses in the bill, we should otherwise be compelled to deal with the borough franchise in the most inconvenient manner, and it would not be until we had arrived at the very end of the bill and came to bring up new clauses that we should know what the essential features of the borough franchise were to be. The consideration I mainly wish to put before you is that if we are to entertain the plan which I think Parliament thinks a good one —if we are to draw a line, this is a policy to which the committee can only give effect by an instruction. Then there is another point. I laid it down, and I feel it as strongly as any one before me can feel, that, in discharging the difficult and responsible duty we . have undertaken, we must endeavour to avoid every semblance of hostility—(hear)—hostility to the pro visions of the bill I do not think it is possible to avoid—but hostility to the Government as a Govern ment, or any manifestation of a disposition to get rid of the Government by imposing on them unrea sonable conditions. That is the hostility which it is our duty to avoid. It is, then, important to consider who is to be the mover of the instruction, and I hope it will have your approval that, having taken advice in various quarters, I have ventured to request Mr. Coleridge to undertake the duty. I think there is no man who enjoys better favour with both sides of the house. There is no man who propounds his views with more refined delicacy and high principle than Mr. Coleridge—(cheers)—and, lastly, Mr. Cole ridge's professional position enables him to deal with a question requiring some professional knowledge in the most satisfactory manner. (Hear, hear.) The instruction is, and you all see it is, simply confined to conferring upon the committee this extraneous power, and indicating the reason why this is done : " That it be an instruction to the committee that they have power to alter the law of rating, and to prozide thatin every Parliamentary borough the occupiers of tenements below a given rateable value be relieved from liability to personal rating, with a view to fix a lino for the borough franchise, at and above which all occupiers shall be en tered on the rate-book, and shall have equal facilities for the enjoyment of such franchise as a resid ential occupation franchise." (Loud and unanimous cheering.) I think it is not too much to say that, looking to the substance of that instruction, which goes merely to confer the power necessary to draw a line that reduces the matter to the simplest issue, perhaps we may be inclined to ask each other what is likely to be the effect of pro posing this instruction. Well, we are in a position of great responsibility. I feel even more strongly than at the commencement of the session that it is not the party that sits on the Government benches, but that which sits on the Opposition benches, which will be held responsible for the failure or success of this bill. Your responsibility is great, your power is perfect, but your power depends on your union. (Loud cheers.) My belief is that if you make a rea sonable demand on the Government it must succeed —(cheers)—but I own I do not think you could obtain concessions from the Government unless they are concessions which you manifest your power, I will not say to extort, but to obtain for yourself. Whatever concessions you show your power to obtain for yourselves you will obtain from the Government. (Cheers.) That is the sense which I place on the declarations of the Government, and that is the sense in which I invite you to act. I have spoken to you in this and in previous addresses as one who felt the difficulties of the situation ; but still it is one not destitute of the elements of encouragement. Look at what has happened during this week, although it has been a tranquil interval. I thought it well to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was his intention to introduce alterations into the bill. Either on - Monday or Tuesday I put that question, and he then distinctly informed the house that lie intended to abandon the clause with respect to the dual vote, but that with respect to everything else we must enter into the discussion on the bill, trusting to the good faith of the Government. But rumour has been busy during the intermediate days. It became known, I have no doubt, that it was your intention to press strongly for the enlargement of the franchise to be given by the Government bill, and the consequence is that last night we were told that clauses were in preparation which were not in the nature of altera tions of the bill, but of additions to the bill, and were intended to assist the compound householder to obtain enfranchisement. What may be the value of these clauses it is impossible now to say. What ever may be their value, I cannot see that it can be otherwise than wise to move that instruction, be cause that instruction contemplates drawing a line which the committee would not otherwise have the power to draw. I think, however, we may assume that the clauses are intended to make the bill more acceptable to the Liberal party ; and if so, I shall contemplate them with great satisfaction, because I feel they will make it much easier for the Govern ment to accede to the principles we lay down, to do away with the frivolous and needless distinctiOns be tween man and man, and to concede frankly to the the principle that the franchise should be enjoyed equally by those in a condition of life and a posi tion of independence which will give them a title to the franchise. If it had been in my power, I would not have requested your attendance here until we had been in possession of the new clauses, and if this were a time when an Opposition should search for causes of complaint rather than look them over and treat them lightly, I think that we might complain that these clauses, touching a most important part of the subject—because two-thirds of the house holders below .ElO are compound house holders—that these clauses, I say, should not be in our possession until to-morrow morning, and that we have therefore no power to take a Parliamentary step upon them before the bill goes into committee. No one here will be fettered in his discretion in discussing those clauses by anything which has now passed or which may be agreed upon. (Hear, hear.) Being totally ignorant of their character, I cannot speculate on the subject. Our duty has been to call you together at the latest moment when we could proceed in con formity with Parliamentary rules, and give due notice of our intentions. If we have not done all that is desirable, I trust that you will see that we have done all that is in our power. (Cheers.) I think if we are enabled to proceed as thus far we have proceeded—l mean unitedly—we have every prospect of bringing thisdifficult and contestedques tion to a satisfactory solution. (Cheers.) I do not think that is a state of things in which we should feel any distrust of ourselves or of the prospect be fore us. If any one has a right to feel that it is I. I have the most painful conviction of my inefficiency in giving effect to your wishes in circumstances so difficult as those in which we are placed ; but I do not wish to shrink from endeavouring to attain whatever is possible. (Loud cheers.) To attempt the impossible is not the act of a rational man ; but to attempt the possible is. And if I am favoured with the hope of being able to assist in maintaining that union and concord in our ranks which we have thus far maintained, I shall go forward cheerfully to dis charge my part of the duty, and I shall endeavour to discharge it in the spirit in which you wish it to be discharged, and with every hope of success. (Loud and prolonged cheers.) Mr. LOCKE—The instruction to the committee should be limited to that portion which gives them the power to alter the law of rating. If you take the other part of the instruction it is open to objection. It may be urged very strenuously by those who are opposed to us that by taking the other part we are lessening the number of persons to be placed on the register. In one direction it would increase that number, but in another it would diminish it, because it:proposes to draw a particular line below which persons cannot have the suffrage. Now, the propo sition of the Government is this—that aman who is a householder and pays his own rates is to have a vote ; but this proposition goes to this extent, that if a person is a householder, but is rated below a par ticular line, he is to have no vote. Therefore, what ever may be our view on the subject, 1 think it would not be advantageous to us to put the whole of that instruction on the paper, because objec tions might be made to it by many gentlemen who take a different view from that which is em bodied in the instruction as to the mode in which the question should be settled. But if we adopt merely the first part of the instruction, it will be equally competent afterwards to move the latter part, or, indeed, any other amendment which any hon. member may wish to move. Mr. AYRTON.—It is our duty to consider, in the first place, whether we cannot find any common grou nd on which we can act. We are about to take a step which demands forbearance for our own side, and tends to obviate controversy on the other side of the house. Let us hope that, while we are obviat ing controversy with the other side, we may also avoid controversy among ourselves, and with that view, w hen a proposition is made by our own leader , wenus t, not be quick to take exception to it. The instruction may be regarded as a disappointment to a certain view that may be taken of the franchise. I will not say what my view is, because my wish is to adopt some proposition as a common ground for us all, and, therefore, without reference to my own opinion, that it seems to me that an appeal should be made for individual forbearance, and for each of us to make concessions so as to get a common ground of mutual action. I think the right hon. gentleman will find that common ground in committee on the course he proposes. We are not now finally dis posing of the question. We should do well, if, in grappling with the Government who have introduced a very bad bill, we were to put ourselves, as far as possible, into the hands of the leader of the Opposi tion, and deal with the matter as if he were the leader of the Government and had introduced a Re form Bill. And I am sure that the more hon. gen ; tlernen will forego their own personal pretensions, and will allow the leader of the Liberal party to deal with the bill in committee as he deems advisable, the better it will be for the country and for the Liberal party, and the more likely to result in our obtaining a good measure. Mr. CLAY—The best way is to go into committee armed with such powers as may be necessary to turn a bad bill into a good one. I look at that instruction very much to see how far it will help us, and how far it will impede us in committee. If the instruction had been simply to confer powers on the committee, of dealing with a subject with which it could not deal without that power, I for one, and I believe every gentleman here, would have done nothing but accept it with pleasure. But that purpose is carried out in the first line, and I should have much liked that the instruction should have stopped there. But the instruction goes on beyond that and lays down a particular plan. Now, such is my confidence iu the right lion. gentleman that I should be ready to adopt that or any other plan he might propose. But I say that it is not necessary to lay down such a plan on 'the instruction, because, immediately you do that you come in contact with that small rag of principle that is left in the Government bill—the personal payment of rates. It is very true that we have heard from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that evidence of an unusual disposition to be guided fi s k' vi l t lg h by w the ith l i the house eoof of Commons to s an d in i bill l i t i kc accordance the their wishes—to grant almost if not everything we wish. But he will not make concessions before going into committee. His promises of concessions point to concessions to be made in committee, and although my opinion may be of very little value, I g i ve my ,4. ` --.4; )-4-, :. ,,, - } „ r t '' ,-- :-..." NI a opinion with the deepest sincerity that that instruc tion is fatal to the bill, whereas we might make a good bill if we contented ourselves with the first line only. Mr. GLADSTONE—AIIow me to say that it is to tally impossible for me, under any circumstances and conditions whatever, to accept the suggestions which Mr. Clay has made. He says that we ought to content ourselves with asking for power to alter the law of rating. But so long as lam your leader, and I have the responsibility of that position, 1 must consider the ground on which I move. If I ask you to vote for an instruction to alter the law of rating, what is that but placing you before the Govern ment as men in favour of limiting the suffrage in one direction, without showing your readi ness to enlarge it iu another, and, there fore, without vindicating the grounds on which you act ? Ido not doubt the good intentions with which Mr. Clay's suggestions were made, but I can not accede to them. Col. FRExcit suggested that Mr. Gladstone, as the ablest member of the Liberal party, should him. self move the instruction. Mr. BiztonT—lt seems to me that we are now bound, in consideration of our own position as a party and in the interests of this great cause, not to act in a manner that should be, or should appear to be, hostile to the bill of the Government. Because I thought that having proceeded so far, andhr ig in h g t turned the corner of the second rea di ng , we possibly—at any rate, sonic of the most sanguine of us imagined they saw a little daylight —we might possibly make out of a bad bill such a one as would satisfy the house and the country. I have always acted on this principle. We who are in favour of reform are in a majority in the house. Those who sit opposite us are not remarkable for their affection to that cause. Being a majority of the house, and being Reformers, we have a right to say that what ever bill shall pass through the house shall be a bill ms s a h t an i s ol f r a ni c ot y t t o , b r w y e h t s o ol I a h ar ere squared dn majority, c ci to erfo rn i n v g h e to os a r t e h he pa e av f o ti nt r . n r n e e r o o s m , f and et htoe that conclusion, I thi n k th ere i s another e c' asily ar rived at, and which we have arrived at before. That is, that the bill as it now stands is not a possible bill, and cannot be accepted in its present shape. committee Before we go into committee th e a d vantage of the havingfuture rests d r a with wn n o lines, and and decided i f wng npo go into y, o the n depend on it the advantage on all future proceed ings will rest with the Government and the party whom they represent, which party is not in favour of making this bill a satisfactory bill. Well, now, what is it we are proposing to do ? Mr. Gladstone called it putting a gentle—l hope everybody in the house will be of opinion that it is gentle—but, at any rate, a wholesome pressure on the Government. Now, Mr. Disraeli, in every speech which he has re cently made, has asked, " Are there no patriots to come and help and assist me in passing a good bill, and settle this question on a firm foundation ?" Well, this is what we propose to do by the instruc tion that has been read to the meeting. It is easy to say that the Government bill confers a large ex tension of the franchise. It does give such a fran chise in a small number of boroughs, butiu a greater number of boroughs it gives a franchise little more extended than at present ; and the objection to it is that in one borough it gives nearly household suf frage, and in another a suffrage little more extended than at present. Therefore it is impossible that the bill can be accepted as it is. Then comes the ques tion whether the house will agree to alter the bill so as to make it confer household suffrage univer sally. I don't believe that the House of Commons is in favour of the change. I wish the house were. I should support it with a good deal of pleasure ; but the house not being in favour of this, I should be sorry that the bill should come out of committee as it goes in, and without some provision for a wide extension of the franchise in the many boroughs in which it will remain limited under the Government bill. I understand that the proposition of Mr. Glad stone to be that, rather than have this confused and absurd system, we will take another course, and pro pose something that will give for all boroughs equally a very wide and generous extension of the franchise, such as the great majority of the house will assent to, which will put an end to all agitation, and will satisfy the people. I think we may attain some good result in this way. Mr. Gladstone referred to what was said last night in the house. Of course the Chancellor of the Exchequer knows exactly when these meetings are to be held, and perhaps the an nouncement which he made last night was not un influenced by our meeting here. Now it isjust possi ble he may propose to place the compound house holder under £lO in as good a position as the com pound householders above £lO. If he proposes that I think he would do that which itwill be very amus ing to see the Conservative party consent to. But he would propose that which many of us here are not able and are not disposed to reject. Therefore it is just possible, although we are only three days from the motion that the Speaker leave the chair— it is just possible that a proposition may be made by the Government that will render it unnecessary and undesirable to take any steps before the bill goes into committee. But standing as we are, and know ing what we do know, I give my most cordia l assent to the instruction—l give m y most cordial assent to what we have heard fro m Mc. A y rton. If any member of the house be placed in the position which Mr. Gladstone occupies in regard to this party—l think almost, if not entirely, by universal consent— we should avoid finding flaws (which any one can do in anything human, if he will only take the trouble), but we should give him our confidence, and give it to him on the principle that Mr. Ayrton so well laid down—that we should give him the same kind of confidence, give it him to the same extent, and support him in the same manner, that we should do as members of this party, if he were at this mo ment leader of the House of Commons or Prime Minister of the country. Mr. HuGliEs asked why no reference was made to the lodger franchise in the instruction. Mr. GLADSTONE —lt is not necessary to give the committee power by an instruction to deal with this point. I regard a lodger franchise, however, as essen tial to a good bill. Indeed I have the strongest opinion in reference to it. The proceedings then terminated. 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