The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-03 00:00:00

SABBATARIAN INTOLERANCE.
SUPPREPHION et the SPNDAY EVENINGS for the
PEOPLE.— PUBLIC MEETING in et. James's 'Great Hall.
THIS EVENING 'Wednesday, at 8, Sir J. BOWRING in
the Chair, supported by Members of Parliament and gentlemen
of eminanee. All lovers of religious liberty tufted. A few re.
served seats at 20. ed. can be secured of Mr. Austin, at the Hall,
daily. K. M. SIIMUIELL, Hun. Sec.
Office, 4. Iteentort-baddings, Strand.

FRENCH GALLERY, 120, Pall-mall. —The
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL. EXHIBITION of PICTURES,
the C.ontrlbutlous of Artiste of the French and Flemish School;
la NOW OPEN. Admission h. Catalogue 61.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, High
Holborn.—This very elegant and apadona establishment
haring been entirely redecorated, OPEN BVBItY EVZSING. The
grand bend, conducted by W. W. M. Packet, will perform nightly
a choice @election of operatic and dance mule. Open at asu
put b; close at 12. Admission, la.

KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY.:
DUBLIN XXIITIBITION 1966.
TM' celebrated old IRISH WHISKY' gained the DUBLIN
PRIZE MEDAL—It I pure, mild, mellow, delicious, and very
wholesome. Sold in /la 8d each, at the retail booms In
London; by the .ante In principal towns In En land; or
wholesale at 8, Great Windmill-street, London, W. Observe the
red seal, pink label, and cork branded "'Linehan's LL Whisky."

A VALUABLE PACKAGE of TEA. A
L-Zt. CHINESE CADDY, containing lelbs. of really good BLACK
TEA, sent carriage trim to any railway station or market town in
IMOsnd, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on receipt of 40s, by PHIL-
LIPS and Co.. tea merchants, e, King Witham-streak of r, LC.

HAMILTON and KIMPTON,
MERCHANT TAILORS. 105, STRAND.
Mews. 11. and K. Invite attention to the new goods of the
very best qualities, made In the latest stele, at lair pieta.
th ermine always on hand.

FIARRIS'S CRYSTAL SPECTACLES of well-
known excellence can only he had at 62. Great Russet:-
streets opposite the British Museum Gates. The very hest steel
frame Crystal spectacles. lbs. and IIia—THOMAS ILAILRIS and
at)Nr rTION the public axainst persons using their name
Established 1750. No travellers or agents.

TEETH STOPPED PAINLESSLY with PER-
MANENT ENAMEL CEMENT, of the natural colour.
prevents undghtly patches, Is equally durable, and for front
teeth will he (mind invaluable —Mr. DAY, Dentist. Regent•
street Ahree doors from the Polytechnic , loan) years with Mr.
8, Grusvouor-mtrvet.

MISS DRADDIIN'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE..
Now puhligaing, pica lc,
BELGRA VIA, for APRIL.
" The lnat Shilling linguine which England possomon"—
Standard.
Oeco—Warwick.house, Paternoster-row. London.

PAINLESS SYSTEM OP DENTISTRY.
Just published. price 3d., poet free four stamps,
TOTAL ABOLITION of PAIN as applied to
MECHANICAL DENTISTRY. Dr
Mews GABRIEL, the old established DLNTISTS,
St, LVDGATE.IIILL, CITY.
to. II ARLEV.STREET, W., London
134, DCKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

REPRESENTATION OF MIDDLESEX. —A requisition
is in progress to request Viscount Ranelagh to be a candi-
date for the county of Middlesex. At the last general
election, 4,000 sigastures were given to the requisition
asking his lordship to stand, and he only withdrew from
the contest at the eleventh hour, owing to circumstances
over which he beano control.

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THE SUNDAY TRADING BlLL.—Last night Mr.
Thos. Chambers, M.P., presided over a crowded public
meeting, held in Bryanston-hall, Orchard-street, Portman-
square, in support of this measure. Mr. Hill, the secre-
tary to the Abolition of Sunday Labour Committee, ex-
phoned that the object of the meeting was to get the bill
extended to the fish and poultry trades, which, by one of
its provisions, would be allowed to carry on business up to
9 o'clock in the morning on Sundays. Mr. Clambers said
he highly approved of the proposal, believing it to be for
the interest of man that Sunday should be held sacred
against labour, and that this opinion was making way in
the metropolis. Sunday should be a day of rest and re-
laxation, and if tradesmen generally could be brought to
that way of thinking he was satisfied the House of Com-
mons was quite ready to give expression to their views.
Mr. George Brookes, of Newgate-market, in proposing the
first resolution, pointed out that there was no necessity for
Sunday trading on the ground that fish and poultry were
perishable articles, and that the true secret for some
masters upholding the practice was that it enabled them to
get rid of inferior articles at higher charges. He was
afraid the West-end clubs were now the most to blame for
this state of things, for they in truth were its chief sup-
porters. The resolution expressed a desire that the pro-
posed bill should prohibit the Sunday trade in fish and
poultry entirely, It being proved that there is no difficulty
whatever in the delivery of the Sanday's goods on Satur-
day. The )tee. Dr. Burns seconded the resolution, and
stated that besides many boys, upwards of a thousand men
were employed on Sundays in these trades. The resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted, and a petition to parlia-
ment in favour of the bill having been agreed to, the meet-
ing separated after passing a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

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Tea Nsw DUTY ON Doan.—Yesterday the now
act relative to duty on dogs, which received the royal
assent on Friday, and which will take effect from and after
the sth inst., was issued. According to the strict letter of
the law, on Saturday all persons keeping dogs should be
licensed, and the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue
are to cause notices to be placed on the doors of churches
stating where such licenses are to be obt.dned, with a pro-1
viso that no proceeding or act done by any person in pur-
suance of the ant is to be invalid by reason of such notice
not having been affixed. From and after Friday next in
England, and the 24th May in Scotland, the assessed taxes
on dugs are to cease. In the year mentioned the duty is
to be reduced from 12s. to 7s. No person is to be charge-
able with duty to a greater amount than 23/. 2s. fur any
number of hounds, or 51. sa. fur any number of greyhounds
is that year. From the sth inst. the new duty to be paid
annually on taking out a license is be. on every dog. The
duties are to be under the management of the Commis-
dawn of the Inland Revenue, and the licenses are to be in
. .

I the form directed by, the ooinmisaioners. A register of
licenses is to be kept, which may be inspected by a magis-
trate or constable. The penalty for keeping a dog without a
license, or keeping& greater numberthan that licensed, is to
be 5/., and the person in whose custody, charge, or
sion, or in whose house or premises any dog " stoar )I;
found or seen," shall be deemed to keep it unless the con-
trary be proved ; and the owner or master of hounds is to
be the person keeping them. The non-production of a
license to an excise or police officer when required " within
a reasonable time," subjects the person to a like penalty.
Dogs under the age of six months are not to be liable to
the duty.
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAIL-
NAT.—The WharnclifTe meeting of the shareholders of
this railway, which was advertised to be held yesterday
afternoon at the International Hotel, London-bridge, was
adjourned until the Pith inst., acoonling to • subsequent
notice, in which it was stated that the bills which were
to have been considered by the proprietors were not ready
to be submitted. Colonel Barttelot, the deputy chairman
of the company, °coupled the chair at the meeting which
was formally held yesterday, and called upon the secre-
tary to read the bills, which were as follows :---•• A bill
fur vesting certain powers of the Surrey and Sunset
Junction Railway Company, the Chichester and Blidhurst
Railway Company, and the West Sussex Junction
Railway Company, in the London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway Company, for authorising the
last named company to execute new works and altera-
tions of authorised works, and to acquire addi-
tional lands in Surrey, Sussex, and Kent, for ex-
tending the time for exercising the powers relating to cer-
tain railways in Sussex, for sanctioning arrangements with
the South Eastern Railway Company, and for other pur-
poses." " A bill for enabling the Surrey and Sussex Junc-
tion Railway Company to make alterations in the nicele of
constructing their railway, to acquire additional lands, and
for other purposes." ' A bill for making a railway at
Smithies, in the county of Southampton, and for other
purposes." The motion in favour of adjournment liming
been moved by the cluxinnan, and seconded by a member
of the board, • shareholder asked whether, considering
the difficulties which surrounded the company, it would
not be better to abandon the step which they proposed
adopting. The chairman said that at the adjourned meeting
the directors would enter into explanations which he
ventured to believe would be moot satisfactory. The
same shareholder said he was aware there would be great
opposition to what the directors proposed to carry out,
and he now referred to the subject with the view of urging
upon the board the desirability of etopiiing where they
were and observing a rigid economy. Another shareholder,
who coincided with his fellow proprietor, observed that
the entire body of shareholders were now awakened to a
sense of the position of the company. He regretted the
adjournment be he had intended to move that the
principle of the bill should be negatived. The meeting
was then adjourned for a fortnight. The Wharncliffe
meetings of the Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway, the
Chichester and Midhurat Railway, and the West Sussex
Junction Railway Companies, advertised to be held at the
same time and place, were also adjourned.
MELLIS AND EYE RAILWAY.—This short line,
which connects Eye with the Great Eastern system at
Mellia, was opened yesterday. There are to be five trains
daily each way. The line, which is • single one, has no
intermediate libations, being only four miles in length.
The traffic will be worked by the Great Eastern, at 50 per
cent. of the gross receipts. The undertaking has been
carried out p.incipally through the efforts of Sir E. C.
Kernson, Lord Hartismere, and other influential local
gentlemen.