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MPIPI N EWSPAPE 7./.04 :1 4 , 116.6 . z • F. 4 ,e 4 , 4 7 , t , 41 ?a., 4 , ".- 7s . At these gathetings I dad mTeelf amen t it.t4 st( - _-- 1 „ gar 4e* DO o- 4;5- )141A 4 of friends whom I have not the op, ~.; • \• !fleeting, perhaps, at any ocher period of %, ,k• V ll4 - 4 s) Besides, it is always said that nothing goes on NA S \ • 1 , pja D 7 E ve;; • \\ :4 `4,1 61-71 :7 7 : ' e f \s ‘ ' 4111 in England unless is supplemented by a gand V. dinner. Even our public charities do not gct ‘ #~ 1 i DEBENT UR F S.—SCINDE RAILWAY coal ['ANY. The Directors are prepared to receive applications for DE- ItENTURES at par, bearing* guaranteed ntel est at 5 per cent. per annum, for the purposes of the Indus Steam hlo tilla. The Debentures ar • for five years, and may be renewed for five years, at the same rate of interest. The Debentures may be converted into Indus Steam Flo tilla Capital stock. at the option of the holder. Full particulars may be obtained at this office. THOMAS BURNELL, Sec. • Seinde Railway Company, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, Aug. 15, 1861. THE SUN, LONDOL SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1861. PR1CE....... .4d. STAMPED ....sd. \v i point y,i o t f h f e a n c , s n h o o t u h l i d n g n c o a t n a b g e r w i c e u l l l t d u o r n a l e in as h o on very w e ll unless there i s an annua l b anquet. In try without a goo d d i nner. (Hear, and laughter.) celebrate their anniversary meetings with a dinner ? When men dine t oget h er publicly they have an op ts c i s i ea a'l . ti o : s portut ity of seeing and conversing with those whom they do not often meet. o.d friendships are revived, 1 and we hear a good deal that stirs us up. (Hear.) We often get to know somethin g more of each other than we knew before, and we often hear statements that convey valuable information to our minds. For my own part, I never could understand the notion that Englishmen should not come together on any legitimate occasion and enjoy a good dinner. I shall In conclusion, I beg to thank you for the hearty manner in which you have drunka and countenance lwaysbehapp'h these in my m yindividual capa c i ty , to assist associations. (Che e r s .) my health, and trust that, on many future occasions, I shall have the pleasure of meet ing my Oxfordshire friends at these gatherings, and of marking the general advancement of agriculture and the spread of agricultural knowledge among all N° 21,593 PUBLICATIONS. B ANK OF DEPOSI T. (Established A.D. 1844.) No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. and Hull instead of at Havre pnd Hamburg. The object of treaties is to do justice to both sides, but in this instance the advantage has been wholly secured to our rivals. Of course, we cannot re turn to our old system of countervailing duties, " and the committee therefore recommend that the British Government should continue strenuous exertions to effect the removal of all restrictions abroad upon the export of all papermaking mate rials." That is the alternative, no doubt, but are our " exertions" likely to be successful ? Our foreign rivals are tasting the actual delights of commercial superiority, and are probably not a little gratified to find how completely we are beaten. Will they surrender their advantagejust when it is beginning to pay ? We can hardly ex pect such magnanimity at their hands. On the contrary, we should rather fear that, when the field is all their own, they may turn the monopoly to good commercial account, and saddle us, not only with foreign paper, but with dear paper to. — Times. THE NEW STATE OF KANAWHA. 212 R. IiENLEY, .11. P., IN OXFORDSHIRE. I GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.- DONCASTER RACES.—DAY TICKETS issued from London (K'ng's-cross), and other stations where they may usually be obtained, to Doncaster, on the 16th,17th,18th, 19th, and 20th, will be av ilable for return on any day up to and including Saturday, 21st September. Fares from Lon don to Doncaster and Back :-Ist Class, 41s. 6cl. ; 2d Class, ais. ed. SPECIAL fRAIN, by which these tickets will be avail able, will leave Doncaster for London (King's-cross), at 5.15 p.m. on Fr.day, 20th, and at 11.15 a.m. on Saturday, 21st September. Now ready, with Portrait and numerous Illustrations, 215., THE OKAVANGO RIVER. A NARRATI VE of TRAVEL, EXPLORATION, and ADVENTURE. By CHARLES JOHN ANDERSSON, Author of "Lake Ngami." "Mr. Andprsson's book, from the number of well-told ad ventures, its unpretending style, its rich fund of information, and spirited illustrations, will command a wide circle of readers. The interest of his story never flags for a moment." —Atheneum. The following letter addressed to a member of the Convention of North-Western Virginia, gives the opinion of the United States' authorities on the question raised by the proposed creation of the new State of Kanawha THAME, FRIDAY. The annual meeting of the Thame Agricultural Association was held in this town yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. H. W. Wykeham, of Ty thorpe-park. Prizes for ploughing, hedging, ditch ing, thatching, and length of servitude wen awarded in the course of the day at the Town hall, and in the afternoon a dinner took place, at which Mr. Wykeham presided. There were also present the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, M.P., Col, North, M.P., Mr. T. T. Bernard, M.P., Mr. Hugh Hammersley, the Rev. J. Ashurst, Mr. J. Dod well, Mr. R. Lee, Mr. Watson Taylor, Mr. J. Ashurst, Mr. Winslow, and the principal landed proprietors and tenant farmers in the districts. The usual loyal toasts having been given by the Chairman. IN ADVOWSON.—FREEHOLDS UPTON AND ROTHERI THORPE, NORTHAMPTONSHIM T 0 BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order o f the High Court of Chancery, in a cause of Donaldson v. Fairfax, with the approbation of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, in Five Lots, by Messrs. Holloway and Son, at the George Hot. 1, Northampton, on SATURDAY, the 26th day of Octo ber. 1861, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, very valuable Freehold Estates, situate at Upton and Rothersthorpe, in the county of Northampton, consisting of 374 Acres of Land, Water Hill, and the perpetual Advowson and Right of Pre sentation to the V carage of Rothersthorpe, part of the Estates of the late Sir Thomas Samwell, Baronet. Particulars and condis of sale, with plan, may be had gratis of Messrs. King and 111‘31illin, No. 4, Danes-inn, St. Clement's, Strand, London, solicitors ; at the George Hotel, Northampton ; the Swan Hotel, Bedford ; the George Hotel, Huntingdon ; the Royal Hotel, Kettering ,o• • the Angel Hotel, Market Harborough the Spread Eagle, Rugby • the White Hart Hotel, Leicester ; the Crown Hotel, Leamington ; and of the Auctioneers, Pitsford, near Northampton. EDWD. WEATHERALL, Chief Clerk. . t4ti o q co tvn t) ri O o o • o ti rn )-3 • r...• .. Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. :.a ~~~ ~~~ ~; . F PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus nese has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." 4g g , :, ,„-.9 to crt p. i-. 5 en ts: g a , • . .- .., • o • .1 was I be tity '1: , C., cS, P .1." . Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. iii ,,- ig z. • 0, 0 . -__ MEETING OF THE 6IIERATIVES IN THE SILK TRADE. bar, ,tts, Ir. .. so tf . • to . P ~ P . - 5 R '' 1 4::, caw • IN , pp the the 1: , 4.• :::t P l' - ' o c... 5 co 5 Pr • . 4.. P . t, ig Pr • . don vho 'at's Ts . to v - . P g 0, 1 . N hat ob be ;ely . 5 to co Ply 5 R ° t„ , .7' 4. to at Pp I* ----7 o c. 4 o 5 Pe nan tnd ery z 1 sz, CD n Pt 4 0 Po ::: c% Po 53 . '4 [l , 0 8 8 0 ?° fo'' P• 0 .-.. 41 0 •-.'l' g ITO of ife, r co ::: .c .-. 5 PP • a . • t., ;, a... ;:: ,173 .ry last ler. en an. era L 11& the At 7.30 a.m. for ad vly. per In- fish a of ign urn and bite 603 ms per and tnd ber The sed Fares for the Double Journey Ist Class. Clos' d Car. Peterboro' 14s. Od. .. 7s. ed. S Lt.n4 ord Grantham 15s. od. .. 7 s . 6d. isp o l b ld e ingl 16s. Od. Bs. Od• .5N -, p '- ig 0, t 5 N '''J rD eID P ". • 0 0 •• 5 t,,, c , p N 8 k. ti RI OD . IS .. E 4.. g . 0, . 7 Pr N 1:1 oo a its - • " 5 0 - 4 . rto On Wednesday, 18th September, the Great St. Leger Day, and on Friday, the 20th September, the Cup Day, Cheap Ex cursion Trains will be despatched from London (King's-cross Station), at 8-0 a.m. for Doncaster. arriving at 11.0 a.m., and returning from Doncaster each day at 6.30 p.m. Fare for the Double Journey, in closed carriages, 1 a. Horses may be sent on any week day by the Trains leaving King's-cross at 6.30 7.40 a.m., and 12.0 noon, or 1.45 p.m., and on Sundays at 7 : 30 a.m. A Special Train for the conveyance of I - 1 orses R ill leave Doncaster at 10.0 a.m. on Saturday, 21st, for King's-cross and other stations. For further particulars see bills to be obtained at King's cross, the Receiving Offices in London, and at the stations in the country. SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. London, King's-cross Station, Sept., 1861. - GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.- TOURIST'' TICKETS, at r'heap Fares, available for One Calendar Month, are issued from King's-cross Station, as under:— Fares for the Double Journey. Closed Ist Class. 2d Class. Carriages s. d. s. d. s. d. To Edinburgh and back llO 6 .... 79 6 .... 40 0 To .-Irlasgow and back To Stirling and back llB 6 .... 87 0 44 0 To Dunkeld or Perth and 120 0 .... 90 0 44 0 back To Dundee, Forfar, Brechin, Montrose, Arbroath, or Aberdeen and back To Scarborough,Whitby,Red car, Filey, Bridlington, or Withernsea and back To Harrogate and back To Isle of Man and back Passengers wishing to stay 1 at Scarborough, Whitby, Red ernsea, or Harrogate, can do a tional per -tentage, For further particulars, see Programmes, to be obtained at King's-cross Station, and all the Receiving Offices in London, and at the Stations in the country. SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager London, King's-cross Station, Sept., li6l. 120 0 .... 90 0 .... 46 6 51 0 .... 35 0 43 0 .... 32 6 70 0 .... 50 0 longer than one cwlendar month tear, Filey, Bridlington, With- BO on payment of a small addi- 'RE AT NORTHERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS wi'l leave London (King's-cross Station), on SATUR. , AY, 21,4 September, re turning on Wednes Jay, 25th September, as under Fares for the Double Journey. Ist Class. Clos'd Car. Boston 165.0 d .. Bs. Od. Lincoln ... I 18s. Od. 9s. Od. mwastle Louth .... meit. Gri s-i 225. Od. ..11s. Od. by At 10.20 a.m. for Newark 15s. Od. .. 7c 6d. Leeds .... ffi Sheeld .. Bradford Barnsley.. 1 I 20s. Od. ..10s. 0d... 20s. Od. ..10s Od. Halifax ... Doncaster lBs. 0d... 9s. Od. I York Wakefield ..20s. Od. ..100. Od. Hull 2.55. Od. ..12s. 6d. CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS will also leave London (King's-cross Station), at 10.0 am , for HUDDERSFIELD, STALEY BRIDGE, OLDHAM, MANCHESTER, and LIVERPOOL. Fares for the Double Journey. First Class... . 21s Closed Carriages.. 12s. 6d. On SATURDAY, 28th Septembfr, returning only on Wed nesday, 2d October. On SATURDAY, 12th October, returning only on Wednes day, 16th October. And for the same stations—Fares for the Double Journey. First Class 37s. I Closed Carriages.... 17s. On CATURDAY, 2 4 th September, returning either on Sa turday. 1•? th, or Wednesday, 16th October. On WEDNESDA Y, 2d october, returning either on Satur day, 12th October, or on Wednesday, 16th October. CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS will leave LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, STALEYBRIGDE, OL DRAM, and HUDDERSFIELD, for LONDON, on the 28th September, and 2d and 12th October, at similar Fares to the above. Tickets for the Trains from London may be obtained on the two previous days to the running of each train, at King's cross Station ; A nge)-strePt, St. Martin's-le G and ; 32, Regent'F-c rcus ; and 264, Holborn ; and on the morning of he running of each Train at King's-cros. Station only. An early application for them is particularly requested. Further particulars given in Bills, to be obtained at King's cross, and principal stations, or at any of the Company's Re ceiving Offices in London. SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. London, King's-cross Station, September, 1861. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes The time required to cure the most inveterate case is tour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Rilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lie., or four quantities in one for 335., and may be sent to any pact of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Proui and Co. Dr. Ricord's Sole Agent in London is Prout, Patent Medi cine Warehouse, 229, Strand (seven doors west of Temple bar). (Entered at Stationers' HalL) TIR. BRIGHT'S THREE DAYS' CURE. —The most speedy remedy ever known.—The BUCHU GLOBUL KS, containing the Quintessence of Copaiba, Cu bebs, Buohu, &c., at once cure, without the posaiblity of failure, Gonorrhoea, obstinate Gleet, Stricture, and Urethral Discharges, immeliately subduing all inflammato r y ac ti on ; encased in sugar, free from taste or smell, and adapted for either sex. Price lls. ; by post 12s. 6d., tree from observa tion. _ _ _ _ _ - Prepared and sold only at the laboratory, 44A, vaddox street, Regent-strut, W. (oppo.ite the side of St. George's Church). London, by RALPH BRIGHT, M D , Member of the Ro\ al College of Surgeon., England ; Licentiate id the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, &c., &c. ; author of "NERVOUS EXHAUSTION," its cause and cure, with an EssAy on Seminology, showing the marvellous restora.'ive powers of the newly-discovered and wonderful remedy known universally as the Aphrodiaion. "As phosnhorus in a state of nature illumines the oar , ness, so the exhausted frame rev , ve when impregnated with its electric, properties." Price 25. 6d., be post, s. 10d. ; abridged edition, is., by post 14 stamps, from the residence of the author (44A, Maddox-street', where he may be daily con sulted, from 11 to 4, for the cure of the above diseases, to which he has, for a lengthened period, devoted his exclusive attention. e, GREAT M ARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAM. THE PANTHEON. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal AA 1 1 College of Surgeons Lioentiate of Ilidwifery, and Apo hecaries' Hall, Lo n d on, can be consulted daily (only) as a bove, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity' loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Funoticual Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive -WWI - enoes's Rae Just published. Drift Is • h 18 seale V -Y Post II stamps : 4.1 al Wort, entitled An entire new No. LVEs OURSE . ot our Generation -The Origin of Dis ease-S y m p to ms , Treatment and Cure. Synopsis: The Phys iolo gy an d Anato l m 1, , 0, an Exposition of . and Remed y fo r , all urinary Derange !wilts and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. 'etie modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, illennorrhazia G - onorrlicra), Sperraatorrlicea, Imprlency, and all Dis ease d ° , the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, am. FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women- Functional Ir. reniarities In Health and Sickness -Choice in Marriage- T Expectancies and Disappointments-The Cause anr It , moval of Sterility-The Theory and Symptoms of Gest. - ti on-Use of the Speculum. Also, No. I. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion. No. 2. 'LOVE AND MARRIAGE : 1! , 41r Oblifrations, happiness, and Disappointments; L2v_e. other Matches. Sterility Removed, and H ealthy 011 Wing secured. No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 1 Cases of SLUE Co A. Their Causes, 00 Symptoms, and MR Treatment, nfesstons (,) t;aaterisations,Galvani4m. tea. &C. /tn. ''o be bad of Vann, 39, Cornlnli and the Authors. Advice to the Workinz Classes tee flalt-a-Guines. NOTICE. Dr. Culverw e ll is hieonly legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (only 01 above). The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE §PERMATORRFICEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. - " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which reset ore it are aesurately de scribed, and thus a. sate de,gui is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere. 219, Regent-street. YAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFlcis—Lombard-street, London ; and Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool. Branch Offices Blanchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860. ` The success of the Company, e en in ite earliest years, received the marked atten ion, and elicited the surprised co— ments, of writers best acquainted with the history of In surance Companies. " Fire Premiums for 1860 EQUAL the Total Fire Premiums for the SEVEN YEARS 1845 to 1851. "Life Premiums for 1860 EXCFED the Entire Life Pre miums for the EIGHT Y feARS ending 1852. " Purcha e of Annuities in 1860 LARGELY EXCEEDS the similar receipt for the first TEN YEARS, 1845 to 1854. "Thi• progress, it is believed, is unsurpassed, cohsiderinz hat it applies to each of the three branches of the business." FIRE BRANCH. "The Fire Branch has certain y shown no exhaustion dur ing. the year 1,860 of that impetus which had previously brought it to a position of the first magnitude among the Insurance Companies of the United Kingdom. The Fire Premiums in 1859 had advanced to the sum of £248,314 7s. 3d. in 1869 the amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of .£2 4 2,977 19e. lid., showing an increase of £34,663 12s. Bd., ex , eeding the large advance of the preceding year, so that in two years the Fire Revenue of the Company has been en h need by the enormous sum of 266,829 17s. sd. "The Parliamentary Report of Returns of Duty 'rid to Government for the year 1860 exhibits the angmentatfon of the business In a more prominent way, as it affords the means of comparison with otner Companies. The Proprietors will be gratified to learn that the increase of Duty paid by the Royal in the last year is more than double that of any other Co t‘pany, either London or Provincial, whilst only one of those Companies even approaches to 50 per cent. of the ad vance of this Comp ny. Our increase actually equate 30 per cent. of the entire increase of the whol- of he Metropolitan Offices combined, whilst of the Provincial Offices it forms up wards of 30 per cent. of the total advanceof the other 28 offices established out of London, LIFE BRANCH. "The Reports of the Company for several years have had invariably to announce a constant periodical expansion of its Life Business, the New Policies of each succeeding year show ing an advance over the one that had immediately preceded it. A similar result is shown in the year 1860, the Premiums on New Policies, atter deducting Guarantees, be ng £15,097 17s, 'ed., which is an increase on that item of £1,993173. sd. above the amount received for the year 1859. "But even this advance is small when compared with the sudden and remarkable momentum which has been given to this Branch of the Business in the present year (1861). "It was not until the commencement of the year that the Public seemed to have become fully acquainted with the fact th t the Royal Insurance Com any had published late in the last year an account of the investigation into the Assets and Liabilities of its Life Depart vent, under a novel form, and in as plain and intelligible a manner as the abstruseness of the subject admitted, together with the entire statements and valuations necessary for that pqrpose. " It is conjectured from the extensive Notices of this Pam phlet and its accompanying Diagrams, which have appeared In the Petiodiewlo of the daor, cr t'.at it has larel, attracted the iitto”sum of vast numbers rersons in all parts On toe unitea Kingdom, as well as in other parts of the World. Indeed a most satisfactory and con-lusive evidence that such is the case Is afford,d by the fact that the sum Assured on New Policies in the six months to the 3d June of the present year is ac tually 50 per cent. in exPe.s of the sum assured in the corres ponding months of the year 1860, although the latter amount In ItseA exceeded the sum assured in any like previous period of time " If this success be continued, the Royal Insurance C3M pany would, with respect to the amount of its new business, be at once placed (at least with one or two exceptions ) at the head of all the Insurance Companies doing business in this Country, and the anticipations of the last Report, to the effect that the detals of the Li 'e Business then to be pub lished would form an epoch of the Establishment, will have a speedy and very happy realisation." SPECIAL ADVANTAGES OF THE LIFE BRANCH. PROFITS.—Large proportion Returned every Five Years to Policies then in existence Two ENTIRE YEARS. Expenses ch efiy born by the Fire Branch, in order to Increase the Bonus t , ) be Returned. LIFE BONUSES DECLARED. Two per Cent. per Annum on the Sum Assured : THE GREATEST BONUS EVER CONTINUOUSLY DECLARED BY ANY C3MPANY. SECURITY FOR BOTH FIRE AND LIFE BRANCHES CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS Sterling. Accumulated Funds in hand exceed £Bl l ,OOO. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market, IS NOW OPEN for the Season EVERY EVENING, under the direction of Monsieur BOULCOURT principal Cornet-a-piston and Conductor. The music will be selected from Verdi, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Flotow. Balfe, and other eminent Composers. During the recess these well known Rooms have been entirely RE-DECORATED and I WPRO VED by Messrs. IL T. SMITH and assistants. The new Chandeliers by M. Benjamin. Admiss'on, One Shillinz. —All the new Music to be had at the Office, No. 7, Great Windmill-street. LPANISH AND PORTUGUESE WINES. PO RTS—Montero, 6s. per gallon, 15s. per dozen. Priorato, San Vicente. and Almanza, Bs. 6d. per gallon, 2os. per dozen. Alto Douro, t Os. 6d. per gallon, 245. per dozen, to 19s. 6d. per gallon, 425. per dozen. Val de Ptnas, • , os. and 2 is. per dozen. SHER RlES—Cordo an, very pale soft light Wine, 6s. per gallon, 15s. per dozen. X* rezano, Bs. 6d. per gallon, 20s. per dozen. Other qualities, 245. to 48s. i , er dozen. Price per dozen includes bottles and packages. List, with full particulars, free on application. Spanish Peninsula Wine Company, 14, Barge-yard Chambers, Bucklersbury. RITPTIIRES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND . EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of ft ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its fleets, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that It cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may ' , e had,' and the truss, which cannot fail to tit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the rnanutucturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Sinele Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, Ms. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 428. and 525. ed. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. j LASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for ICA varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. (id.. 7s. ed., 10s., and h is, each. Postage td. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, ,Piccadilly. Juat published, by post, price Is., ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS AND IMPEDI, MENTS TO MARRIAGE. VITA VITALIS.—A popular Medical Work, illustrated with 100 Enzravings, from Life, of C .ses attended at the H tel Dieu Paris and ether Hospitals, de scriptive of the baneful effects consequ nt upon the errors and excesses of youth and maturity, and the debility arising from the too f*equent indolaence of the nassions. To be had from Medicus, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-screet, London. TRIESEMAR No. I. The certain and only remedy for all impedients to mar- Tigre, relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and the I conseque ices arising frnm early abuse,in discriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It‘ extraordinary and well-known nower of secreting and enriching the principal vital fluids, results In permanently developing and re-invigorating the debilitated muscular systems of those who may have hope lessly suffer ed for years, after havim.rbeen pronounced incur able by the most eminent of the Medical Profession. A single course o this remedy will enable man at once to fulfil th most sacred obligations of married life, ensuring to all health, manhood, and vigour. TRIESEMAR No. 11. immediately eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its Id and aggravated forms. gleets, stricture s, irritation of th bladder, pains of the loins and kidneys, and all urino gen ital diseases. TRIES RMAR No. lIL in one tor 335., which a Ar s ed th eci e crest cod, r co s n yp ti h n i e li n s ta a l n r d em seco eri n y rib d , p ar r y es s c yrap ed tom by s Price il s ., or four casestheaEvecoslueisd.e; and in £5 cases, at a saving of £ll2s. Packets, s calmly packed, free from observation, sent to any part of the world on receipt of Post-office Order, direct from ~M edicus" only, Member of the Royal College of Sur geons, Engl and ; Li cen ti a t e o f th e R oya l C o llege of Physi cians, Edinburg h, Ac. &c. 'The only duly qualified practitioner on the Medical Register, who for years has devoted his special attention to .h. above diseases, so often unskillfully treated by the gent ral practitioner from want of practical knowledge and the non-administration of those restorative measures so essential for permanent health and manly vigour. Consultations daily from 10 till 5, and h_ y appointment, 19, Berners-street, O ziord-street, London, W., next door to the Foreign Library. ARMY CONTRACTS. COMMISSARIAT, SOUTH CAMP, ALDERSHOT, SEPT. 5. 1861. TENDERS will be Received at this Office until Noon on the 3d of OCTOBER, from Persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the Supply of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required from the Ist of Novem ber, 1861, to 31st of October, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this Office, under Closed Envelope (marked on the outside "Tender for Forage "), before Noon on the 3d of October next, and no Tender will be noticed unless made on PRINTED FORMS, obtained from this Office. ALFRED SAL WEY, Deputy Coirnissar.y.General. TEE PAPER TRADE. The papermakers of this country have the satis- faction of finding that their own 'Predictions have been signally verified. To be sure, the satisfaction is. rather a gloomy one, inasmuch as their forebodings implied the ruin of their trade, but it is something, still, to find one's-self in the right. It has been said that even calamity may have its agreeable side so long as it is exceptional, distinctive, and altogether without parallel. Victims of misfortune delight in describing their fate as unprecedeuted and unique. It gratifies them to dilate on the peculiar and ex traordinary features of their case, and to represent themselves especially as suffering from a visitation which they had always foretold, though nobody would believe them. Our readers can hardly have forgotten the protests which were put in from the paper trade during the recent legislation upon that subject. Nothing could be more reasonable than these expostulations, but unhappily there was a presump tion against them too strong to be overcome. What the papermakers were saying all kinds of people had said before them. Every trade in turn had repre sented its own position as "unexceptional" and " peculiar." Nobody denied the abstract truth of Free-trade doctrines, but all rules have their excep tions, and here was the exception to Free-trade. " Competition in all other callings, but protection in ours," was invariably the demand, and when it came to the papermakers' turn, and they set up the same cry, they were not believed. So the Acts were passed and the papermakers were non suited ; and now appears the report of a select com mittee confirming in all important particulars the allegations of these unlucky traders, and declaring the injustice with which they have been treated. The paper manufacture is pronounced upon this un impeachable authority to stand in" a peculiar and exceptional position." It cannot really be classed with the other staple trades of the country. The doctrines which applied to other manufactures are not applicable to this. The illused papermakers are really in a bad way, and, for once, all that was said about the " untaxed foreigner" and destruc tive competition has turned out to be true. That paper, or at least that class of it which is used for literary purposes, is principally made from rags, is a very elementary proposition, though it would have been as well if our authorities had borne it a little better in mind. This raw material on which a great manufacture depends is of a character altogether peculiar. It is not a production of industry in any way whatever. It is nothing but a refuse, and the consequence is that the supply cannot be increased or extended to meet a demand. When a piece of linen or cotton has answered its original purposes it becomes a rag ; but, as the rag can never be so valuable as the linen itself, nobody would ever think of deliberately turning linen into rags. Rags therefore are produced involuntarily, and the producers indeed are interested iu limiting the production, for the longer a man can wear his clothing before throwing it away the better will it be for his pocket. The raw material, therefore, of paper cannot be sown or grown. So much of it, and no more, comes into the market according to the numbers or other conditions of any particular population, nor is there any method of increasing the available amount except by greater care in the process of collection. This being the case, the papermakers urged that if England allowed free exports of rags and free imports of paper, while other countries prohibited or taxed the exportation of the raw material, the foreign paper manufacturers would enjoy such an advantage as would give them the command of the English market to the ruin of the home trade. France, for instance, and Belgium would have the raw material of paper artificially , cheap. They would keep their rags at a compara tively low price by shutting out foreign purchasers from their rag markets, and, having thus got a start, would send their manufactured paper over here duty-free, and undersell the British papermaker by virtue of the advantage which they had themselves created. " So," said our manufacturers, " let us have fair play and free trade on both sides. Give us access to foreign rag markets and we will meet foreigners in our own paper markets, but it you allow them to have the benefit of Protection when they are buying their material, and Free Trade when they are selling their manufactures, we cannot stand up against such competition as that." However, the collective wisdom of the nation thought otherwise. The appeal was unsuccessful, and when the Customs duty on foreign paper finally expired our manufacturers were left exactly in the position they had predicted. The Report of the Committee, in recapitulating the actual results of this legislation, confirms the predictions on which the Papermakers had ven tured, while it shows that the prophecies uttered on the other side had not been realised. The "equalisations" anticipated from sundry influences have not talien effect, so that the disadvantage under which the British papermaker labours "ap pears to be permanent." The substitutes said to be forthcoming for rags have not been found. The relief expected from the French Government has not been fully experienced, inasmuch as the prohi• bition, instead of being removed, has only been ex changed for a duty, while in Belgium the absolute prohibition exists still. When, therefore, under these circumstances the last penny of import duty was removed on this side the Channel, and paper manufactured from this protected material admitted freely into our markets, thq effect was to reduce the value of British paper about 10 per cent , " so as to entail a loss on the working of some mills and drive others to go upon half time, while the foreign makers have been able to secure an enhanced price." In tact, the Report speaks as roundly to the point as a meeting of the trade could do, affirming that "the most disastrous consequences must ensue to the British paper manufacturer unless some steps are speedily taken to place him on terms of fair comp-tition with those of the Continent." fac t t h h a a t v e F ree their T r a s d p e e c h i a a s l t e o s n . done i l t ‘ s r On the other h an d, it i s i mposs ibl e to over l oo k sp A in ll countries the e we ca rk n . cotton and manufacture hardware better than any people. We are getting the command of the French market at this moment in a variety of articles notwithstanding the cost of transport, and, if the French or any other people can outstrip us in the manufacture of paper, we should be content to have it so, provided we meet them on equal terms. All this is ~lain sailing, but all this, it must be confessed, does not touch the point on which the Papermakers insist. They concur unanimously, as the report observes, in re pudiating all desire for protective duties. They profess themselves ready and willing to contend against " any natural facilities or advantages which foreign nations may possess." What they ask is that those countries which desire the benefit of free admission to our market should not be allowed to create for themselves an artificial advantage by shutting their markets against us. If the raw material were of a less unique and extraordinary nature they could easily procure supplies; but where the whole amount available is limited by such in superable restrictions they cannot make head against the s uperiority which a protected supply confers upon the manufacturer. We do not see bow it can be denied that this is a bard case for the British Papermakers. Parlia ment has sanctioned a treaty which virtually taxes the raw material of our Paper makers quite as much as if the same duties were v le ied at Southampton Last evening a numerous meeting of the opera fives in the silk trade was held at Crown and Anchor Tavern, Cheshire-street, Waterloo Town, Bethnal green, "in consequence," to use the words of the bill calling the meeting," of a fearful reduc tion of wages which had been offered to the opera tives by an association of silk manufacturers; to hear the report of the various deputations which had been sent to the employers, :o remonstrate against the most extravagant and uncalled-for re duction that had ever been offered to the already starving workman ; and also hear the report of the conference which had takeia place on_ the subject at a meeting of employeri and wbrkmen." Mr. Walker was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly stated the object of the meeting, after which Mr. PERRY, who formed one of the deputation that waited on the associated masters in connec tion with this matter rose to explain the circum stances of the case. He commenced his observations by saying that that was not a meeting of velvet weavers alone, to whom the reduction in wages was to be made, but it consisted of members of all branches of the silk trade, who desired to do all that in them lay to assist their brother workmen in the velvet branch of the trade. He might now observe that 12 months ago the velvet silk weavers con sented to a censiderable reduction of wages. Some masters at the time said it would not be possible to reduce the wages of the operatives lower, yet they now associated with other masters who had pro posed to reduce the wages still lower. (Hear.) The proposition was unprecedented, not only as regarded the period of the year at which it was made, but also to the extent to which it was intended to go, for it was actually proposed to make a reduction in some instances even as much as 25 per cent. In consequence of this proposal on the part of the mas ters meetings of the operatives took place, the result of which was a deputation to the Associated Mas ters. A meeting between the masters and the depu tation took place on Tuesday last. There were eight out of the ten associated masters present. The state ments made by the masters in justification of the proposed reduction were of a most conflicting cha racter—some said they were suffering from the effects of foreign competition because the foreign silk manufacturer mild, owing to the rate of wages which he paid being less than that paid in this coun try, undersell the English manufacturer here. Other of the associated masters, however, attributed the difficulty with which they had to contend to home competition—namely, that some masters could get their work done cheaper than they could; and a third portion of the masters said that they only kept their workshops open nut of sympathy with the men, as the prices they received for the manu factured article did not remunerate them. Now, with respect to the first ground stated by the mas ters, namely, that they were not able to compete with the fereigner because of the rate of wages which they paid, the deputation of the working men showed the English velvet weaver was receiv ing less wages than the weaver at Cranfeldt, in Rhenish Prussia. They showed this from the book of wages agreed to in 1859, with the sanction of the Government, and which rate of wages would be in force for four years from that time. The masters professed to follow the principle carries out in Ger many, but the deputation fully established the fact that the rate of wages was higher in Germany. The deputation also proved that the home competition referred to by the masters was equally without foundation ; and that as to the subject of sympathy the deputation thought it would be better for the masters to close their workshops for the present rather than a permanent reduction of the wages of the operatives should take place; so that when the shops opened again they could do so at the old rate of wages. Now he (Mr. Perry) thought it would be better to let the masters close their shops, if they chose to do so, but they had no such intention, than for the workmen to take out work at the newly pro posed rate of wages, and if there was no other way ' of meeting the difficulty they must only have re course to the Poor Law. (Hear, hear.) The masters seemed determined to abide by the proposal, and the consequence was that it became necessary for the general body of the operatives in the silk trade to take some action in the matter. (Hear,) Mr. WHITER then begged to move the following resolution :—" That having heard of a most un called-for and unprecedented reduction of wages just made by some of the masters in the velvet branch of the silk trade in Spitalfields, this meeting, consist ing of workmen in all branches of the silk trade, is determined, when the opportunity arrives, to assist the velvet weavers to drive as hard a bargain with their employers as the employers are now driving with them.' Mr. WATTS in seconding the resolution showed that the effect of the proposed reduction in wages would be equal to 25 per cent., and said that the masters in Spitalfields were many of them making rapid fortunes at the expense of the operatives. One house that had commenced with very small means was now said to be worth £lOO,OOO. (Hear.) It ought to be made known that it was not the city masters, but the Spitalfields masters, that were the persons who proposed the present reduction of wages. The resolution was then put to the meeting and was unanimously adopted. Thanks were given to the Press and to the chair man, and the meeting separated. ANCIENT INCO PIE-TAX. It is remarkable that The old " subsidies" made the same distinction as that which it is now sought to establish in respect to the income-tax. In the reign of Henry VIII , for instance, and in the reign of Elizabeth, we find subsidies of 2s. Bd. in the pound on goods, and 4s. on land, the former sum exactly two thirds of the latter ; so that it seems to have been an ancient principle of taxation in this country to recognise a distinction between capital embarked in trade and the rent of land. At the period to which we refer, land was worth not more than about 12 years: purchase, so that £12,000 invested in land producing £l,OOO a-year would pay £2OO tax; the return from capital in trade was about £1 on £B, and £12,000 in stock-in-trade would return £1,500 a-year, and would also (at 2s. Bd.) pay £2OO tax. £lOO worth of goods traded with would yield one half more income than £lOO invested in land, but the tax was assessed with a reference to the value of the property from which the income was derived. This was stated before the Commons' Committee on the income-tax as a precedent for the plan now pro posed of assessing the professional and mercantile classes on only two thirds of their precarious in come—a proposal which the witnesses defended on various grounds, according to their various views. One maintained that the value of the two kinds of income differ in about the proportion of three thirds and two-thirds; another, that one-third is about what ought to be, and is, saved from precarious in comes (on account of their being such), and made capital which will be taxed hereafterin its produce; another, that a deduction of one-third from profes sional incomes would about replace the cakital laid out on the education necessary to earn tam ; and another, that without resorting to science, common sense dh s nei e rogst as e sr s git ntheh a hs:i edsaari employment,nni ff si sddna e k r mca e wo oe n ms ofo c re e i khfnoe b —enr e ao t t alasmit E rhfeed e d: hhfo t l eraye h emo vnepmepeonecessity eeipositionoesctan general r a o s f a at sfsatisfac tion, mane his nsiatoi srtneoityoxlhosueoofsruof precariousness eoahsi man n vas t s inhn — odgef. Tdpfwf exertions — from There profit tel witnesses alleged such various map lem t y i t r li t tth e r g i tse een. reported reasons, ebpaos ri ts ef tth t h h ae e tt y aixt a i l s l , agree that the plan proposed would be " a fair ap proximation to equitable taxation," and would be accepted bet t er,n a o s t s t u o ch. unsettle The committee but M r. John with S w t e u r a e rt on M e il t l h had remarked that that might be well said if the system proposed to be in terferedtion, but that it is not so ; while, on the other hand, numberthe scheme of cases propoundedthat have w o a u n l coverydlai m to relief, and also the s t rongest eases, though itisnot th d e greatest d a t t h es a t t C there must still be cases of more or less injustice. "Attorney-General's-office, Aug. 12. our letter of the 9th inst. was received within this Lour, and, as you ask an immediate answer, you of course will no t expect me to go elaboratelyinto the subject. " I have thought a great deal upon the question of dividing the State of Virginia into two States, and since I came here as a member of the Govern ment I have conversed with a good many and cor responded with some of the good men of Western Virginia in regard to that matter. In all this in tercourse my constant and earnest effort has been to impress upon the minds of those gentlemen the vast importance, not to say necessity, in this terrible crisis of our national affairs, to abstain from the in troduction of any new elements of revolution—to avoid, as far as possible, all new and original theories of government, but, on the contrary, in all the insurgent commonwealths, to adhere as closely as circumstances will allow to the old constitutional standard of principle, and to the traditional habits and thoughts of the people ; and I still think that course is dictated by the plainest teachings of pru dence. " The formation of a new State out of Western Virginia is an original, independent act of revolu tion. Ido not deny the power of revolution. Ido not call it right, for it is never prescribed ; it exists in force only, and has and can have no law but the will of the revolutionists. Any attempt to carry it out involves a plain breach of both the Constitu tions=of Virginia and of the nation. And hence it is plain that you cannot take such a course with out weakening, if not destroying, your claims upon the sympathy and support of the general Govern ment, and without disconcerting the plan already adopted both by Virginia and the general Govern ment for the reorganisation of the revolted States and the restoration of the integrity of the Union. " That plan 1 understand to be this :—When a State, by its perverted functionaries, has declared itself out of the Union, we avail ourselves of all the sound and loyal elements of the State, all who own allegiance to and claim protection of the Constitu tion, to form a State Government nearly on the former model, and claiming to be the very State which has been in part overthrown by the success-• ful rebellion, In this way we establish a constitu tional nucleus, around which all the shattered elements of the commonwealth may meet and com bine, and thus restore the old State to its original integri: y. " This, I verily thought, was the plan adopted at Wheeling, and recognized and acted upon by the General Government here. Your Convention an nulled the revolutionary proceedings at Richmond, both in the Convention and the General Assembly,' and your new Governor formally demanded of the President the fulfilment of the constitutional guaranty in favour of Virginia—Virginia as known to our fathers and to us. The President admitted the obligation, and promised his best efforts to fulfil it; and the Senate admitted your senators, not as representing a new and nameless State, now for the first time heard of in our history, but as repre senting 'the good old commonwealth.' " Must all this be undone, and a new and hazar dous experiment be ventured upon at the moment when dangers and difficulties are thickening around us? I hope not; for the sake of the nation and the State I hope not. I had rejoiced in the move ment in Western Virginia as a legal, constitutional and safe refuge from revolution and monarchy—as at once an example and fit instrument of all the revolted States. " I have not time now to discuss the subject in its various bearings. What I have written is written with a running pen, and will need your charitable criticism. If I had time to think I could give persuasive reasons for declining the attempt to create a new State at this perilous time. At another time I might be willing to go fully into the question, but now I can say no more. " Most respectfully, your obedient servant, "EDWARD BATES. "Hon. A, F. Ritchie, Virginia Convention, Wheeling." TTIE LATE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND BURGLARY AT ISLINGTON. At the Clerken well Police-court yesterday Mary Ann Redkisson, the young woman who was naarly murdered by Frederick Strugnell, at the late Fob-. bery in Chapel-street, Lower-road, Islington, attended before Mr. D'Eyneourt, and said that she had come forward to vindicate her character from the aspersions that had been made on it, not only by the inhabitants of Kensington, where she resided, some of whom had written to the magistrates at this court, but also from the remarks that had been made in the press. The complaints that were made to the magistrate were to the effect that when the unfortunate woman received her weekly allowance which had been sent to this court by a generous public, she sadly mis applied it. She resides in James-street, Kensington, and the neighbours complained of the riots that were made in the house in which she resided, and that she paraded the neighbourhood dressed in a manner that was not very becoming. The Chief Usher of the court was directed to inquire into the matter, and from what he reported to the magistrate, our reporter was requested to state that no further money would be received at this court for Mary Ann Redkisson. The applicant now stated that all that had been said about her was false, and very wicked. She was living with quiet respectable people, and she kept herself very quiet. Mr. D'Eyncourt inquired of the Chief Usher if he had made proper inquiries as to the truth of the statements that had been made, and whether they were correct or not. The Chief Usher said that he was sorry to say that the statements were too correct. The young woman was well-known to the police of the district as living in a turbulent neighbourhood, and was walking about with a hat and feathers. When she came to this court to receive her money she came in a cab, not being content to ride in an omnibus. The applicant said a young man paid for the cab; and as for the hat, for she had no feathers, that was also made a present, when Mr. D'Eyncourt said it had been stated that you are pregnant. Is it so, or not ? Applicant—lt is not so. It was said that I was so when I was in the hospital, but it was found not to be so. I have always had a great many enemies. Mr, D'Eyncourt said, after some further conver sation, that he must decline to receive any more money for the applicant. Applicant—But I can have the money that is in hand. Mr. D'Eyncourt—No ; at all events, not for the present. When kindly-disposed and benevolent persons send money here to be applied for the use of any particular individuals, and it is ascertained that the party receiving it does not apply it pro perly, the money remaining is placed in the poor bog, so that the parties who sent it can either re ceive it back or allow it to remain for the use of the many pressing cases that continually come under the notice of the magistrates. If, after a time, it was ascertained that the applicant was living with re spectable persons, and she herself was conducting herself quietly, then be would take into considera tion whether she should have the remainder of the money or not. The woman with whom the applicant is residing said that all that had been stated was false. Her house was very quiet, and she herself was a sober woman, and her husband was a respectable man. Certainly the streets at the back of her house and at the end were very noisy, being inhabited by costermongers and other low persons. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he could do nothing fur ther in the matter, and the parties then left the court. The building of the Repulse, 91, screw man-of war, at Woolwich, has been suspended for some time past, and she has been surveyed by the Ad miralty authorities with a view to decide as to the advisability of altering her construction to a 51-gun frigate. THE GUN BOAT FLOTILLA.—The Admiralty have given instructions at Chatham and other of the Royal dockyards for the construction of ten more additional gun boats. ROYAL MARINES.—First Lieut. John Strahan, in command of 2 serjeants, 2corporals, and 60 privates, left the head quarters of the Chatham division, yesterday morning, en route for Plymouth, for embarkation ; and 30 recruits left Chatham for the Royal Marine depot, at Deal, the same morning. Mr. HAMMERSLEY (late High Sheriff of Oxford shire) proposed " The Health of the Members for the County." He did not believe that any county in England was more ably or more faithfully served than the county of Oxford. (Cheers.) They had as one of their members a gentleman who had acquired not only an English, but a world wide reputation for his sagacity, his honesty of purpose, the deep insight he possessed into all that concerned the prosperity of the country, and for the manner in which he had devoted his time, his energy, and his great intellect for the benefit of his fellow-countrymen. He was known to have effected as much good in Parliament as probably any man in that assembly. (Cheers.) But they had also another man in that assembly—Colonel North, who since he had been their representative had devoted his time and intellect to the general welfare of the country, and whose services in the House of Com mons were of peculiar value from the extensive military knowledge he possessed. During the period that the gallant Colonel had represented the county of Oxford in Parliament, many questions affecting the military service of the country and our military reputation in the eyes of the world had been brought under the consideration of the House of Commons, and Col. North had brought to bear upon them an acute knowledge and an' ability which were not possessed by any other county member. (Cheers.) The county of Oxford, therefore, was peculiarly well served in Parliament, and had rea -1 son to congratulate itself upon having such men to represent it. He needed not to remind them—for every reflecting man was well acquainted with the fact—that he who went to Parliament resigned much of private and domestic comfort that was dear to him in order to become a servant of the public. The right hon. gentleman (Mr. Henley) and the gallant Colonel had faithfully - discharged their duty, and he had the greatest pleasure in proposing their health, and in expressing a hope that they might long continue to serve the county in the position in which they were now placed. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with great applause. The Right Hon. J. W. HENLEY, M.P., on rising to acknowledge the compliment, was received with loud cheers. He said—lt is not necessary for me in this room or in this company to say how much I appreciate the kind manner in which my friend Mr. Hamersley has been pleased to bring this toast under your notice, nor to express my gratitude for the kind manner in which it has been received. I feel most acutely the uniform kindness with which the neighbourhood has always been pleased to receive such service as I have been able to ren der. My hon. friend Mr. Hamersley was not altoge ther mistaken when he said that those who in these days are called upon to serve as members of Par- liament have no light task to perform. The care ful consideration of important questions, long-con tinued employment—generally for fully six months in the year—is no light work ; andll may fairly say that those who try to make themselves acquainted with only a moLerate part of the business trans acted in the House of Commons have a very heavy work thrown upon them. (Hear, hear.) But I will add that when men have had the happiness, as we have, to be freely returned by a great indepen dent constituency—when men have been sent by that constituency-unfettered by any pledges, but left alone to exercise their own unfettered judg ment, according to the utmost of their ability, for the benefit of the whole country—then I say that although these labours are, no doubt, severe, they are much lighter than they would otherwise be. (Cheers.) They are also lighter when wo come home again, and receive from all classes of the people—whether they agree or disagree with us in politics—that cordial welcome which tells a man that so long as he holds the dish even, and tries to do his dury to the best of his ability, credit will be given to him for his exertions, and he will receive the thanks of the community he is chosen to repre sent. It is these things which make every man's duty, however severe it may be, press lightly, and I trust the time will never come when English men will not take a pride in so treating their re presentativeF , because I feel assured that so long as their representatives are so treated constituen cies at large will be handsomely served, and the greatest possible advantage will be derived by the whole country. (Cheers.) I have trespassed, perhaps, somewhat on the verge of politics in al luding to these matters ; but I could not avoid the reference after the manner in which my friend Mr, Hamersley was pleased to advert to our services (Hear.) Passing on to other matters, allow me to remind you that the special occasion on which we have met to-day needs no word of mine to say how much the usefulness of these societies is appreciated. I see around me men of the first eminence in their professions in this neighbourhood. I am glad to find that this meeting does not dwindle down. It is supported with the same spirit now as it was when it was originated, although it has now been years on foot ; and this assures me that those who art much better judges of the matter than I can be feel that these associations are of great use to the neighbourhood. (Cheers.) What is it that these meetings do? They do not confer any particular advantage upon the occupiers of land, but the whole efforts either of agricultural or horticultural asso ciations are directed towards endeavouring to in duce agricultural labourers to improve themselves in that calling in which they have been placed by Providence. Such associations must, therefore, surely be for their advantage. No doubt, indirectly, they act beneficially upon the employers of agri cultural labour; but, at all events, their establish ment in any particular district evinces a kindly feeling upon the part of landlords and tenant far mers towards those who are engaged in the actual tilling of the soil. Associations of this character have spread throughout the length and breadth of the eomxnalarym l k, and. eptle but,t twwa They a taking which tichrhseecahenr county use t lnyntoy situated tfionitrds co here and afixnoyfuorriedsohsnhinsi there rigdeearsabale n. agn cultural society. I cannot believe that my coun trymen, noted as they generally are for their good sense, would take upon themselves all the trouble of organising and conducting such associations, the labour of acting upon committees, and the general performance of arduous duties in order to secure fair play to all—l can never be lieve that intelligent men like Englishmen would undertake all this unless they were thoroughly con vinced that such associations conferred very great benefits upon the various districts in which agricul tural societies are situated. (Cheers.) So far as my limited means of forming an opinion is concerned, I can unhesitatingly say that they do great good. (Hear.) I am, therefore, always glad to give my countenance and support to them. I was asked by a gentleman to-day, in the garden in which your flower show was held, if I did not think it was a great bore to come to a place of this sort. (Laugh ter.) Now, for the life of me, . I cannot understan d what bore it can be to a country gentleman to vinfo, an agricultural association at its annual disklup aera. at the close of the proceedings eats a good classes of community who are more deeply in terested in its prosperity. (Cheers.) Colonel NORTH, M.P., also responded. He said, —My right hon. friend has so entirely expressed my feelings that he has completely taken the wind out of my sails ; but, at the same time, I cannot help expressing with him the gratitude and delight we feel at the manner in which you have returned us as your representatives. Every Englishman must be proud of the high position of representing his fellow-couritiymen in the British House of Com mons ; but the honour and pleasure which accom pany it depend our the manner in which that mem ber is returned. 'llere in Oxfordshire you do .us the kindness to return us perfectly unpledgeCand I can only say for one that I would hardly undertake the duties on any other terms. (Hear, hear.) Certainly the experience which I have acquired in the House of Commons teaches me the folly of extracting pledges, for I have always found that those members who have been steeped up to their throats in pledges have been the first to throw their constituents to the winds. (Hear, hear.) As you are well aware, many most important and difficult questions are brought before the House of Commons, but I believe there are few questions that do come before us that are not thoroughly understood by my right hon. friend and colleague. (Cheers.) I believe there is no man in the House of Com mons who is more looked up to or whose opinion is more valued than Mr. Henley. (Loud cheers.) It sometimes happens that questions arise of consi derable importance, which I am not so well able to understand as my right honourable friend, but I am always happy and delighted to receive the benefit of his advice and assistance. (Hear, hear.) I can only add that I am always desirous of bringing to bear upon the discussion of these ques tions the little ability I possess, and a sincere and. anxious desire to do justice to my countrymen and to the country at large. My friend, Mr. Hamers ley, in proposing the toast, has been kind enough to refer to the part I have taken in the debates of the House of Commons upon military questions. I believe that the Volunteer movement has done much to open the eyes of the people of this country upon military matters, and to lead them to understand, more thoroughly than they did before, that sort of freemasonry and affectionate feeling which exist between the officers of our army and those they have under their command. I fearlessly assert that considering the difference in birth and station that exists between the officers and the men, considering also that that difference is increased by the stern and necessary rules of discipline which regulate the army, there is no body of men in the world in which a more affectionate regard subsists between class and class. (Hear.) There are one or two acts of injustice which were formerly committed with regard to the army, for the removal of which I my self claim the credit. Perhaps you will allow me to mention one instance. You will hardly believe that until a comparatively recent period the only person who was excluded from the gallery of the House of Commons, and prevented from listening to the debates, was the man who wore that uniform which has carried the honour and glory of this country to every part of the world. It so happened that towards the end of the Crimean war I saw in one of the lobbies of the house an artilleryman and a private of the 17th Lancers; who had been most desperately wounded. They asked me for an order that would admit them to the stranger's gallery, which I gave them immediately, when one of the officials who was standing by observed, " It's of no use, sir ; when they get up they will find the door shut in their faces." I said, "If that is so, it is the last time it shall occur, if I can help it." The men went up and found the door closed against them, on which I at once went to the Speaker and reported the matter to him. He expressed great surprise, and said he could not understand under what circumstances such a rule had been adopted. He added that, in his opinion, the last man who ought to be excluded were men who had rendered so many gallant services to their country. I felt it my duty to bring the matter before the House, and I am glad to say the result was that the rule was immediatelrabolished. (Hear.) I must say that ever since I have felt no little pride and de light when I see red coats in our gallery. (Hear, hear.) There are other matters in which 1 have interfered where my opinion was that injustice was being done. Many circumstances have occurred which have shown that our policy with regard to the men of the army has been most miserable and parsimonious. lam bound to say, however, that the mement I have brought under the notice of the House any instance in which injustice has been done, I have experienced no difficulty in obtaining its removal. (Cheers.) I feel most thankful to you for having afforded me the means of being of assist ance to those in whose ranks I have served, and for whom, to the last hour of my life, I shall feel the most ardent affection. (Cheers.) Mr. BROWN proposed the health of Mr. Bernard, M.P., who, in responding, expressed his great gra tification at the abundant harvest wh ich Providence had blessed us with, and contrasted the present condition of things with the gloom and despond whichye ne Variousac yr. otheroverspread toasts w t e h r e e I p a r n o d p os at e d t , h a i n s d t i t m h e e p la r s o t . : ceedings were brought to a close at a late hour. THE BUILDERS' STIRKE. rio ol u l s e r t r m a d a e ke societies rs, T he , These an s a um y The London Strike C omm i ttee have rece i ve d within, the last few d a y s th e s u m of £lOO from va was. forwardedto th em f rom t h e U n i te d S oc i e t y o f B e s st a e r r e d i a n y d t e h p e en su d m ent of e L f l t o h o e strike allowance from their own society, and the weekly levy of 3 s . eac h f rom ever y mem ber of the society working in London. It is also expected that the Executive Council of the Amalgamated Engi neers, at their next meeting, will, in accordance with the recommendation of some of their influential branches, propose a 6d. levy on the 23,0 . 00 members composing this important and influential body. The following outline of the proceedings at the meeting of the master builders on Thursday last is stated to be reliable. Much disappointment was ex pressed by those present at the number of absentees, and in consequence no definite action was decided o upon. It was acknowledged that,. in their . effor e t o s ts, maintain the hour system in their estab . lishm great they had suffered, and were still suffer ing . stubborn pecuniary loss, owing to the un expectedly CO the sys resistance of the masons and br i cklaye rs tei masons now tem. A proposition to send some f o system to go on working in London under the hoartert a i n ed, but found with the country job s . was or en two exceptions, the impractic-ble, as, with one were not wholly manned. London jobs the mselves d was ultimately adjourned The meeting, it is stat t e iu ; result of the call made by for a few days, to see Ithe Masons' Society IT The masons' commi ttee measures the hour to induce those men system in offered to th ose . who will they have incurred,. to place on their country members. are about taking active who have accepted Lo . n.don to come out, and have ill leave a remission of the fine them on the strike fund, and to recograse them as fair members of the trade. sz. , ..14•