The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-26 00:00:00

ME IiZIMMSITII BILL.

On the 18th inat. Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P., received
Lokorohor s dwpatstio• trrsihwitoot Ids conotituotato who
an h% favour PormiNdwo MEI to order to discus

IW important questios.
After hearing to. metessests of the deputation, Mr.
TAYLOZ said that he had so desire to be reticent ire any
dims. Zhu piggies be bad the honour to hold es their '
=tive be mined oilyas the expression of their
to support him alter the most freak expres-
smu of his views oe say stibleet whatever. He
, desired to exprem his respect ter the principles
red motives al thole who teak up the agitation is the
coastry. He meld sea cottorive, avid did not believe
Hal they bed at meld have any object bet a high-adeded
end philanthropic Gas. It he opposed it be did so be-
cause of his diversity of opinioe and on no other pound ;
and es be claimed for himself the right to act r.l his own
sensios, be trusted he wee pettedly willing to tolerate all
these wheedled is the same way. The whole gumbos be-
times them was whether • man should be permitted to
take fermented or distilled bqsors, or not. That was •
wetter Mimosa a mum and his seem or eosaciesco. No

slide bid the peerwto seneede is Molt the tight of neyft
what a roe *add &a hi that respect. He (Mr. Taylor)
onmened that was distinctly an individual matter—
s/ivory individual bed • perfect right to eat whet he
liked, to ddak what he liked, and to clothe himself
wherewithal he pleased. That was the broad principle
apes which he opposed the bill. He did not think it
neemeary to enter tetio the quartos of whether all
liquors were immeived to be pains. He held a different
wane to a eery great somber of teetotallers ea that
genetics. He, however, heady oedema that it be maid
be warhead that all ferateatei liquor stood is the some
=physically and chemically and strychnine and or-
would join in forbidding it. If the mentor in
wash the traffic was carried on damaged the country at
bap, Ist it be cheesed ; but how it should be carried en
aim a matter of policy and not a question of principle. .
A Mend of hie, cue of the truest thiskers sod most honest
plillasions of the day—Professor Newman—had mammal
esnmehe to this *Sect : that he did not expect if sub •
hill (the Pernindve Bill) were carried that it would stop
ell drinking ; there would be habitual drinkers, no
doubt, who mud be dewed, to get drink, but not
ia the misting roods ; and that mod* being done away
with aim *mime as. would he discovered. That mode of
legielsekm did not &mord with his (Kr. Taylor's) views. He
meeseived the proper way would be to get • better mode
Ant, before the premed as, was done away with. He ad-
mited that the irsoust of Making was Jejune"' to se
unhappy extent ; he admitted that the traMe was a dan-
gerous ous, and boomed all others required watching and
are la its Inedilleailon ; but be would met pledge bimeelf to
my whether the premed wee the hest sands—or, if they
liked, the least Jejuna's—Jo which the In Ms could be
°Deducted; bathe would pledge himself that if any other
scheme were papaws& be would consider, to the beet of his
ability, whether it wee • less injurious mode than the m-
elon one. He was entirely opposed to the present system
of liesesies—(beer, beer)—it was utterly indefensible os
any prim:side whatever, and it for no other roues it wee
so from the Mier impossibility of the magistrates to
Amide what anus necessary to the public requirements.
He bed ad the hest objection on principle to any 1101i111-
Ulla el the somber of people who sold liquors ; but he took
hie stand upon what he considered to be the right of every
je to lodge for himself, whether in the majority
ort Itelmis he raimedy, what be should drink ; and if the state
were to step is and prevent all ordinary ootameres is the
matters which he desired to be brought to him, the state did
an sot of tyreeey--aor did it teed to the benefit of the
erentry, Thin were WWII times is the life of • nation
when all knee of constitutional right appeared
to sink Were the presence of a crushing and
Mdade evil. If, for instates, as they said,
was now suffering from as nemesia(
await of drunkest:ma which was genies wont and
wares, the pemethse pretested keen whether they should
damage themselves by legislative tyisany, err beateec
draskanneem It wee a serious questice to be
sad he appealed to thous se moderate men whether the
ravens of that was not the sass—whether with the gradual
ineresee of odusatioe and with the spread Naomi the
peed* of the fecilitiee for higher and better means of ex.
ailment wed Winans dose the.. lowest ems of the emcee,
the evil of drnakenoese wee not decreasing. The present
state el the peoples to this particular, he coutended, cons
traded markedly sad satidactorily with their condition
and bathe • century ago, when it was ooesidered the
proper thing after dinar to lock the door and me half the
rtlf not all, under the table. He slso alluded
. vest improveniest in this direction daring the lad
thirty or forty yams, in a small tows in Boom, where he
carried LOD a business. Therefore, he armed, it was sot a
fact that the tddliseace of the people was sot seamen(
to the improved sod higher opportunities which wen gime
to them ; and comequently he submitted there was no case
made out for violating all the ordinary rules of oosetitu-
tionallm. It did seem to hire that the proper made et
rasing sad 11141110046 the moderadisatimg data
' for the lowa* modes of stimul sad excitement wax to
produce, sod reproce, end lama" and erbrioutosetuaitbim as
for pessible, the
grasp of the maim chasm,
amusement and reoreation, sad ell other kiosk of ineoesat
saaversation seemed, is the owed of which de Rev.
Mr. TOIIIIIIIIIID said be should like to know whether Kr.
aylcr was prepared to vote for the woad reading of Mr.
Liersos'e bill but sada
Mt. TATLO2 Toplied that hie freed was looking for a
iniraereees WOO! riesainee, which really had act marred.
Mr. Taylor also said that be was sot prepared to submit or
suggest ay measnre ; bat if in a neighbourhood where there
were maltelwinses ass wood pradieelly provide
that strytito persisted to desk should sot be without
when be wished it, that wooed oats within his principle.
Mr. Manr—lf you admit the right of the people to limit,
biNe they ad se opal right to prohibit ?
Mr. TATUM —Upo• that paint we some most satiatac-
tartly to as issue. I think they ham • right to do see, and
dearly me fight to do the other.
A resolution wee then proposed by Mr. Hewitt, essooded
by Mr. Coos, aid eared by soelanatioa :—" That the
best Meeks of the deputation should be given to Mr. Taylor
for the oeurnons sad gentlemanly mesa,, is which be had
naive! diem"
It wee stroogly stated by several of the deputatia that
the teetriallen would apnea the elegise of Mr. Taylor,
and not divide the liberal party

BR/MOLE= FUND 07 VIZ BACIRD HARMONIC
floctwrv.—The alma' pool meet* of this isstitatios
tyas held last eves* is the oaks of the Seared lilansosis
&eitAy, arrAer.ball ; Mr. J. N. Barriers, presidest, 6 the
`chair. The import was reed by the beekenry secretary, Mr.
J. 7. l'aitisk ; and the steaesteat of eineuate by the tree-
surer, Yr. Daniel BEL Newt the nnppcerrtt it appals that the
expesehture of the fuel Is relief has tweeted from W. ha.
la the peer 18511. 14111. is. is the poet year; sad kr the
i Let four years the mild aceesat amounts to 5871. 1.55. Ties
report farther states that of the relief distributed by the toad
about Gee haf is smug the preferaloaal essordates of the
. eseiety. Irma when, however, sot store thee a teeth part
el the bloom is derived. The treasuries abstract of or-
, ova% obese beisees ageing that of of SC The W.
' fold Is UM New Vireo per Oats. TY* usual
I eitespllatestaryvehis were passed, sod addresses delivered by
varies' rations* present, terrier the claims of the feed
seemthe pieisedswil sad sesateur member of the awed
'imam= u IRILLAND. —A correspondent in-
tense es that great crofteasest prevails amasses the papa-
l...l arise. is esseequeses of the recast erred of seem
peas OMR who wave resesed with Wei tessabers ef.She
Iseass aselety. They were totes law costal, la saes-
of papas liming Mde em lend the penes cif est al
tie fiseetessihr. who Wee istesiested. That men b seer
rimmed by the Nob with Wag •• Wormer, sad wee
hired sad bested whew passiag thresh the etorels. The
Mpiessese owe Isessiet began the weiwinttes, who held as
ira is private, sad reeseaded there for farther irt.
I 400.—Dtiblis

LIFEBOAT SZRVICSB.--Therts& the storms
of the pod pan 11114 the heals of the mama Mama
firdttatieo mend MI hoe dlfereat model saw NNW
The Id has /MIA led St to Ohs shoo
period Go Llllbost la addition to orssAted
ALM es r delft MB ILI
lifebsole ..ate:emo Ms of the
sinine.l7 APPLILL to the smirk fee estrxreagat to ashle
Ohm to nod the continued hem deoteade oo the Isstitattsa's

—.wagons on iiiiitia Ity Mum Walls eel Or. I
sad Os. Osalla art On. sad ail Lorin sad ~AT
bookers. sod 11b14.41.441karetary Lewis. abl.. A Os Is-
sittatim la. 3 _

JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD CHAINS by troy
woos, u roathabie Ma lb* warlscoaaMp al
wholsoMs maaufacturvre Wow. 114•Ua tho &Mao pop
wand, and re.pnrchamol 441 'be wt!
!tan. llrroWlso moan
Row moon row data wi la taw sumo* amok
The AMMON Mao rid. ant dhow for bides:
INUM4IO2.
Manufactory, No. le. Haiiiiiwitinit. OrnmOmprilles. W. 0.,
Lon6os.
Aiwa, yawls of &alas *ram for la. coati.
N.B. Tido solabiloisasastadcanal at 41 la tls• S' I. awl on
atardayo at 1 *Week.

AGRICULTURAL H♦LL
The OA at laadsa a las Omsk Ilassus el MX/
alprootons sad C2lOO. harm--rd 11166 et 0.1
Loudon press as as IM Ha asamuldsa OW, Mr pa Wm
Paced ado Woad. Drags inery ers et 1 ds.*.
Partonasaoss esosarastag stiratiasSY. dat sassorioa
of Novenas.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL
IVINING irrugrAminam—Go sea re tie Greed
MUM! aaadaftellellesom=l. waled ire nateasta
laleeisdagiam= OP
=set ese tine, sal Ile Their of the vied et
eer' Posies: tlr owes& bobs leeerepoverd elk emir,
dar es. leas et lens cenkeio. brilliest Ware; dm Unite
hap over the useatela oatmeal

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL.
Fsebtosable PZUORMANCIIIioa TORIDATS,
TRUPSDAVII. hod ATITZDAYS. at ticket.
M hall- Grand Equedelea reekeammoer leamettttimmill=
the ea Steeple Clued 01.11.1r0 Took Im mo el
etbel-
milted pries to all pens st Iles bail= Os
NOM,. —TM ProgitirAyst kei gest k
path the achoob al Ow mares strillles dry edillders,
tram the seam 1111111116 Lt
Zeitelitakirtkrieserved seats. Sla: rite Ctr. fle. ;
Cies, . Galleries. ed. beartile• open day eleven taltlnse.

REMEMBER! wo wait Sapper for you alter
IM Pautoailnum, M IMAM nil not.

the ersreisg.

TO 001.111BIONDJINT1.
,deerttesteenta lafeodee The Borer" Leedom Imlay
Paper, tenet be at the OMee, loeveneolireet. by Toe
o'elolk on the be of pabOodies.

as 11AliBTr&

TED Erman, nuir7 /we«, cepa. sad
liarched ; eedsceet Lain nue, benititea. sad Colima
Conductor. Ng. AWOL—dad TIE UON AND Till 1841002.21.
—Tee Wt Mom* Purtermaue as Naturdeo Next.

SATMAIEST.
Ws IV O. DAVID OASAICIL -LOUD DONDAVASS
sIARLDID AND DONS IOL Nissrs. Wham ANA. Dot-
Mose, Gerdes . M No.m. -rsurcsia MIDOSLILL
Mr. CoamSoa.-And A UZI IN SIB DAIL

PSINONIVIL

Ton Immo THE IIiaToPOOKIAND TER ICH KAIDIN
P 2 NC 4.4 THL SIKUMI 0. LONDON. IWwww. Webs
J. W. lay. n. rubor. a K J. Wawa. 1 Ireniallea, rat
H. Mara Kra E. Krztrara IOwN KKarK led eyrie&

tyczinc

This Nyasa's, OILAXDIPATTILK WNITZEIZAD.—Mr.
.—mss.
ROAD-SIDE INN. Mara. 7. 1W Nossms.
WM Is, .
—And ZIAL-FlariralXPO=l.

.1111ITAWNTA

ran ammo. : or, the Oil may a
Throodundioolrool lioniaokos I. loao, W. Coward. rot Y.
'Kobe ; Yr O. noire& Paiiionholob —AM TSB
WOYEALILLII Or NDON.—.osomeso et MINNA

won 1 r aria AT LONDOX:11111101.

.... ......... —. ....,—_,„___
TuO DAY'..— Mardis lb On Albumen. IL 25..
tobnison Ileenneg lb. 41m 10eensen. th. 10b.

LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26.

THE persecution of the Music• halls by the
Theatres—which, having triumphed to the extent
of putting down of ballet at the Alhambra, is now,
it is said, preparing for the immolation of ghost.
at Canterbury-hall—is a movement for which is
the end the public will probably have no cause to
regret. It is drawing general attention to the
character and position of the theatre' themeless,
and suggesting inquiry why they who declare
that they only live WI please, find it neossein7
to live by preventing the public from being
pleased in its own way. There is no
escaping the conclusion that if people resort to
the music-halls it is because they find in them
something that the theatres do not give. That
something, on the showing of the theatres, is the
combination of the drama, in some of its lower
forms, with bodily comfort and refreshment ; and it
is undoubtedly hard that those who like this com-
bination should be forced to go without it. Yet
large as that class is, there is another still larger
which is interested in the proceedings of the licensed
theatres. This is the class which does not resort
habitually to music halls, and which does not wish
the liberty of drinking and smoking in theatre,—
a class which comprises nearly all that is
respectable among the men and women of
every rank of society. The sole wish of these in
the matter of public amusements is that they
may ha►e a theatre, or, still better, a choice of
theatres, in which, with such moderate regard to
comfort and convenience as they are accustomed
to elsewhere, they can enjoy the pleasure of an
intellectual entertainment sided, but not over-
powered, by the sensuous gratifications which
modern wealth and science supply, and certain of
not being shocked by suggestive presentments of
immorality, or driven out in disgust by the exhibi-
tion on the stage of indecencies in dress, deport-
ment, or language, such as would not be tolerated
in their sight in any other place. But a crusade
against the music-halls, with the avowed design of
forcing the music-hall audiences to the competing
allurements offered to their taste by the theatres,
is a process in which this more respectable class
finds no promise of attaining its wish. And so it
is that the theatres, by their ill-judged action, are
leaguing against themselves the whole body of the
public—the music-hall audiences, by depriving
them of the drinking and smoking concomitants ;
and the rest, by offering them nothing better and
higher than what they forbid the music-halls to
show.

But since it is thus made clear that the present
theatres do not mean or wish to supply us with
what we want, and what the spirit of the age
demands, the next question is—Why this strange
perversity, this adherence to old traditions, this
blindness to their true interests f We believe
that the sufficient answer will be found in the fact
that the theatres have a monopoly. Plays can be
acted only in such places in London as the LORD
CHAMBERLAIN licenses, and be ream to license
more than the present number. The result is a pri-
vilege to the proprietors of certain buildings, to
the detriment of everybody else. The managers'
profits, the authors' pay, the actors' fair salaries,
and all expenditure on the public comfort, are cut
down to meet the exorbitant rents which exclusive
privilege enables the owners of the bare walls to
exact. But the consequences of the monopoly

reach still further. It compels adherence to
routine. A manager is bound over, by the burden
of his fixed rent, to attempt no change of doubtful
result. And under this system even the inclina-
tion towards improvement dies away. The inevit-
able influence of protection is to chill energy and
regard for the advancement of the art. Al cer-
tainly as the Corn•law monopoly encouraged bad
farming sad neglect of the wealth which skill sad
knowledge offered, so does theatrical monopoly
encourage careless management and inattention to
the means by which larger and higher audiences
might be attracted. The remedy for the one
would be effectual for the other. Let us abolish

THE E

the monopolyof the twenty-are, not surompie• but
pleas which managers end saloon may pi, in,
and we shall find a healthy coospeilleiltegiviteniteelf
to every demand of society. Wells tly
nothing to fee: from any ohm& have
everything to pin, for we have to open the way by
which theatres may be made plows in which men
of souse can and interest, and woman and children
cos aid aramemoi without poised's. Surely,
woe toads is acting but free, so huge a field se
this would speedily Mired sons oeltivmon.