The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-10 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEAIBEtt 10 1855.

Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest m ode of
ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages
of the newly-discovered clia-terrestrial passage from the west-
ern to the eastern hemisphere.
Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at S.
Private boxes, 1/. lls. 6d. and 1/. is., to be obtained at the
Box-office, or 'at the principal libraries; stalls, 4s. ; dress
circle, 3s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit; 'is. ; gallery, 6d. The
Box-office is open daily,' from 11 tin under the direction
of Mr. Chattorton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per-
formance on Saturday. November 10, at 2 o'clock. Doors open
at half past 1.

r HE- 'PEOPLE'S' CLUB.--
The progress of the People, the march of, mind,- and
many other phrases, are common in the mouths of all ; yet it
is a fact that very little-is done for them by the Government;
and although many praiseWorthY efforts' are made by private
individuals and the richer • classes; yet they fail of coming
home to tho feelings and sympathies of the people.
The reason is, that all those are attempts to provide for the
people much that the people do not care for, and much they
do not understand ; and both are .frequentdy done iu a way
that offends the pride and self-esteem .of the Working classes,
who are as independent in feeling as any other class in society.
The consequence of this state of things is, that the Me-
chanics' Institutions of Lord Brougham, the Atheumums of the
rich traders of Manchester and Liverpool, and even the drys:
tal Palace of Prince Albert, are failures, as far as the veritable'
.people are concerned; who scarcely ever visit such places,
where they feel themselves intruders. They mingle ith•
classes who look down upon them, and they keep, as most•
classes do, to their own places of. amusement and recreation,
such as they are. Fair .e.re mostly done away with, and
the boisterous mirth -of such, plteps
.has degenerated into
scrambles for picking pockets and viler purposes.
Meanwhile population goes on increasing at a tremendous
rate. Every year the addition of hundreds of thousands extend
the area of this huge metropolis ;'and whilst alliother classes
have their refining and civilising processes, the artisan alone .
sinks lower and lower in the-scale. • The class of traders has
improved with every generation, and we now find their sons
and daughters are more refined, have more knowledge, and
better taste than had the ancestors of many lords and dukes a
hundred years since. Their. young , men support.the nume-
rous theatres, concerts, libraries, clubs, exhibitions, and in-
stitutions of this great Gown. They are well chithed and
well mannered, and in all essential respects gentlemen.
What a contrast is there with the artisan class, who go on
from generation to generation uncared for ; and although they
too have made some progress in civilintion, yet by no means
in a fair proportion., • . .

Whence this difference arises is plain to be seen. The
traders' sons are not only better grounded in education, but
they have numerous sources of
,adult education. Their wits
are sharpened at the theatres, their minds are cultivated at
the various learned and literary institutions, and by mingling
in company at the Clubs and other places of resort. They
thus get, what no set or scientific education can give, some
refinement of manner and the' elements of taste.
It may be said that our artisans and workmen have the
same opportunities, but it is uot so. • • It is true the civilising
influence of the theatre is thrown open to them, and many
take advantage of it ' • but the people at large require much
more than this; and many many thousands never receive
even this influence; some by principle, and others by circum-
stances, being precluded.
The Crystal 'Palace comes the nearest to a grand refining
public institution ; but it is essentially removed out of the
reach of the working classes, except for' occasional purposes.
What the people want is something that shall spontaneously
attract them. Some place which they can feelis their own,
some place where they are At home amongst their own friends
and their own class. A place in which they can take a pride,
and where they will find ease, and pleasure, and relaxation,
mingled imperceptibly with refining and instructing pro-
cesses ; where by mixing with men of all tempers and capa-
cities, they will acquire manners, and by Associating with
portions of art, acquire refinement and taste.
No such attempt has yet been made. Hospitals have been
built for the sick ; mevhanics' institutes for abstract studies :
schools for the ignorant; but nothing has been done to
prove the manners and the, tastes of the great body of the
people ; and this we maintain, in spite of the British Museum
and the National Gallery being thrown open to all. Tbo
wanderinc, through"museums and galleries, without other
stimulants to the mind, is of little advantage, and that it is
so is proved by the inadequate operation of such places on
the minds of the people at large.

It is a remarkable fact that the mind will remain dead to
all such appeals for ages, and.that it is only earnestly aroused
and improved through the. feelings. Thus the pulpit will do
more than scientific lectnres; and theatres than dumb gal-
leries and overloaded museums.

If, then, the people are to be awakened to a full develop-
ment of their capacities and power, they must have the means
of doing so. They must be sufficiently informed and culti-
vated to become a class. - They must feel their own position
and respect it, and they must become powerful by cohesion,
and by a unity of taste and interest. • •
Looking at in this point of view, the imperfectly existing
amount of civilisation, and among the working classes its
slow rate of progression, too. plainly shows the mental state
of the greatest portion of mankind. Sanitary improvements
would not, be so tardy ; mendicancy so extensive ; law so
inefficient ; and true reirgion "ss' 'partial, if the minds of
mankind were fully infornied, 'and' the best feelings of the
human heart were cultivated,
It has been, therefore, thought by ozo who sincerely sym-
pathises with his own class, .4' The • people," that a better
commencement of a new epoch, in which.to arouse the popu-
lar intellect, could not be, devised than to erect on a magni-
ficent seal.,_

A PBOI.)LE'S CLUB,

to which " The people" would .resort, and enjoy, amidst the
elegancies of art, all that
... .. . .
A NEWS-ROOM AND LIBRARY,
on the largest and most liberal scale, could afford. For this
purpose it is intended to erect, in a.contral.position of the
metropolis,

UNITY JOINT-STOCK MUTUAL BANK-
'NO ASSOCIATION.
r. PRINCIPAL OFFICES.' '
Unity Buildings, 8 and 10, Cannon-street, City.
-7;;;„, LEICESTER-SQUARE BRANCH.
_ 1, New Coventry-street:Lek-ester-square.
21'1" 'CLOSING OF, T.HE SHARE LIST.
. _

The directoii are happy to announce that, inconsequence
of the large number of shares that have been' allotted and
paid upon, the share list will be closed on Friday, the 30th
November, after which date no applications Will be received.
Arrangements have been made which will enable the bank
to commence business early in January next.
This bank, to be incorporated by royal charter, is estab-
lished for the purpose of founding the principle of MUTUAL
BANKING, whereby customers, who create the profits, be-
come entitled to a participation in them, by way of interest
on their cash balances. The principle of mutuality has been
for many years acted on by insurance companies, and their
policy-holders have participated to a very great _extent in
the bonuses, with much advantage to the institutions arid the
shareholders, By banks; lowever; to this period, MUTU-
ALITY has been neglected. The whole of the profits result-
ing from successful operations have been given to the share-
holders only..

ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THE UNITY BANK.
I. To shareholders, 5 per cent., from the date of payment,
on all paid-up capital, as well as 50 per cent. of the profits.
11. To customers, in addition to the ordinary amount paid
on deposit and current accounts, interest oh their cash ba-
lances, equivalent to 50 per cent. of the profits.
This is the plan on which the UNITY JOINT STOCK MUTUAL
BANKING AssOclArioN is established. By it is created, for the
first time, an identification of interest between the customers
and shareholders'd the bank, who thus become mutaially"con-
corned in the_extension of its business. It will be the means
of opening up new business, preserving a connection once
formed, and productive of practical benefits to the public
generally.

CONDITION OF LONDON JOINT STOCK BANKS,
The success of joint stock) in London readil
matted, as well:_ni..aiLd
issued by Virg —great co

cally
mmercial institutions. in support
e is submitted, showing the condi-
tropolitan joint stock banks which
the original cost of the shares,
due, and the dividends payable

of this,. the following table
tion of each of the six nte

have published' accounts,
their present market vu
thereon ;

the remaining shares, to be made to Messrs. R. and J. Sutton,
stock brokers, 22, Royal Exchange ; or to the secretary, at
the principal offices, 10, Cannon-street, City.
HENRY- LAKE, Secretary.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES,
TO THE DIRrECTOFIS OF THE UNITY JOINT-STOCK MUTUAL BANKLNG

ASSOCIATION.

•;Gentlemen,— I request that you will allot me : shares of
1001. each in the 'above association, and in consideration of
.such allotment, or any less number you may appropriate to
me, I hereby undertake to pay .the deposit, or first call of
101. per share thereon, and 401. at the time of incorporation.
I further undertake to execute the deed of settlement when
required. • . • ••
. Dated this day , 185 .
; Reference
,
Names (in full)
Residence '
Profession or trade
Place of business

UNITY JOINT STOOK MUTUAL BANKING
ASSOCIATION.
Principal Officei---Uniti-building,s, 8 and 10, Cannon-street,
- • _City.
CLOSING OF THE SHARE LIST.

NOTICE is hereby given that no further applications for
SHARES in this bank will be received after Friday, the 31)th
of November. By order,
HENRY LAKE, Secretary.
Unity-buildings, 9th Nov., 1855.

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF MARGARET MAITLAND.

Just ready, in 3 vols.,

ILLIESLEAF. A New Stor_y_,_by tb.e.Anthor
Hurst and ISlackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Coburn, 13,
Great Marlborough street.

MR. PRESCOTT'S NEW WORK.
On Monday next, 2 vols. crown Bvo., with Plates, 125.,
'ISTORY of the REIGN of PHILIP 11.
of SPAIN.
By WILLIAM HICELING PRESCOTT.

Also, uniform with the above, each work complete in 3 vols., 12s ,
PRESCOTT'S HISTORY of the REIGN of
FERDINAND and ISABELLA.

PRESCOTT'S HISTORY of the CONQUEST
of MEXICO.

v.
PRESCOTT'S HISTORY of the CONQUEST
of Peru.

London : Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ord:nary to her lisjesty.

THE CHEAP EDITIONS OF MR. PRESCOT T'S NEW WORK.
On Wednesday next, post Bvo., 55..
HISTORY of. the REIGN of PHILIP 11.
of SPAIN.
By WILLIAM HICELING PRESCOTT.
Mr. Bentley has also published Editions of Mr. Prescott's HISTO-
RICAL WORKS, uniform in size and price with the above.
London: Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

Mr. Newby will shortly publish, in 3 v015.,;315. 6d.,

THE OLD DOMINION.
Br G. P. R. JAMES, Esq.,

Author or " The Gipsy," " The Robber,"" barnley,"&t

" Mr. James, we hear," says the Tribune, " has devoted upwards
of two years in the completion of a new historical romance of Ameri-
can life of the present day, and the cn dit is that it surpasses the best
of his early works."

KINBITRN, OTCHAKOV, NICHOLAIEV.-
Stanford's Map of the Roads, &c., between Odessa,.Nicho-
lalev, Perekop, Simpheropol, and Sevastopol, with enlarged Plans
of Odessa and Ni.tholalev, compiled from the Ralsian Maps in the
possession of the Royal Geographical Society, the Admiralty. Charts,
and other documents, is now published . Price in one large sheet, 4s. ;
case, is.

Also, Stanford's Map of the Roads between Odessa and rerekop.
Price 2.1., sh: et ; .4s. 6d , case.
London : Edward Stanford, 6, Charing-cross ; and Letts, Son, and
Co., Royal Exchange.

THE ROYAL BRIT-ISH BANK,
(Incorporated by Charter),
. .

For transacting every description of Banking Business on the

SCOTTISH SYSTE.U.

Drawing accounts are opened for any parties properly introduced,
and interest allowed on the daily balances, if these da not fall unier
100/. Deposits of any amount are receivable, at rates of interest
varying from 2 to 5 per cent. per annum, according to the time for
which the deposits are made. Promissory Notes or Bills, at any
date, and with or without interest, as may be agreed on, and Circu-
lar Bills or Letters of Credit and Drafts or Orders are granted, pay-
able to bearer by the Correspondents of the Bank in every town of
any neve at home or abroad ; and Bills of Exchange or Drafts en
the Bank in Sets, for use in the Colonies, in India, China, and A me-
riea, may be obtained by customers and others;on application at the
Chief Ottica. , Advances for flied periods on securities readily con-
vertible, and Cash Credits, on the Scottish system, tve granted to
respectable.partles, if customers of the Back. Discounts of approved
Bills of Exchange are made for any parties having accounts with the
Bank, for whom also Remittances are made, and. Bills collected, in
any place where there is a banker ; and Dividends, &c., received
withotitt charge.' .
Forms of applicalons for opening accounts, &c., will be supplied,
ant ~.4h.v in r^rmation Etan7t. -• at any
of the Branches, viz,;—Strand Branch,. 429, Strana .72 .a.rnhetn
Branch, 77, Bridge-road Isl ngton Branch, 97, Goswell-road ; Phis-
deo Branch, • 1, Shaftesbury-terrace, Victoria-street ; Borough
Branch, 60, Stones'-end, Southwark; Piccadilly ,Branch, 32, Re.
gent's-circus.

By order of the Court of Directors.
HUGH INNES CAME LION, General Manager.
Chief Office, 16, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury,
London, Ist October, 1855.

ARGYLL ROOMS.-LA.IIRENT'S CASINO
NOW OPEN for the winter season. Tho following
losic will be performed by his celebrated Band during
'he week : March anx Flambeaux. Waltzes —The Lily
of the Valley (
D'Albert), Zephir Lufte (G'ung'l), Fenella (Tinney),
Ethel Neweome (Laurent), La Sultane (Bosisio). Quadrilles—Le
Rot du Pastel (1./mate), Las Hugenots (Laurentl, Palermo (D'Al-
' ert), Bride of Lammermoor (Tinney), 11 Trovatore (Tntton).
Polkas—Des Hulands (Lamotte), italic (0 aviolo), The Lillian (D'Al-
'dent), Des Coucous (Botyquet). The Zonaves (Laurent). Galops—
The Imperial Guards (Laurent), The Heel% (Streather). Schottische
—La Guirlande de Fleury (Bo3quet), La VarsOvtana (Laurent). Prin-
kipal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcours.—Doors open at 8. Admission
Due Shilling.