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hon. secretary, Mr. Lordan, who, in responding,
referred to the improvement which was visible in the
industry of the county, which was mainly attribut-
able to the existence of the society, by which also
the moral and social improvement of the 'labourers
bad been much improved.
Several other toasts were afterwards given awl
responded to.

mind of making a ready and easy calculation of the
matter in which he wants to arrive at a conclusion.
That is entirely a habit—a habit easily acquired to
a certain-extent if boys are only taught in a proper
way to arrive at it—not by fancying in their own
minds that they see before them a slate with figures,
and performing the saute process which they would
perform upon a piece of paper, but by building up,
as it were, bit by bit in their own minds the calcu-
lation at which they wish to arrive„ and they will
find that the easiest thing in the world up to a cer-
tain limited extent. (Hear.) I saw an evidence of
that in the model school in Dublin. The mental
arithmetic class was called up, and the master
asked the boys—urchins some two feet and a half
high, and none more than 12 years old—many ques-
tions, which were answered most readily. At
last he says, " Now, boys, eightpence a-day, what
is that in four years ?" Now, that is exactly the
sort of calculation that agricultural labourers have
to make. In an incredibly short space of time four
boys held up their hands as a token that they had
made the calculation in their own minds. Three of
them mentioned the same sum. The fourth ,men-
tioned a different sum. The master said to the
fourth boy, "You are wrong." The boy said " I
am not wrong." " Well," said the master, "if you
are 'not wronFrprove if? t' The 4,)0y said, In four.
years there is a leap year, and I have oda& Bd. for
the leap year." (Laughter.) Well, I say that habit
of mind and that faculty of calculation is a most
useful thing, particularly for those who are engaged
in industrial occupations. (Hear, hear.) They can
calculate what a' ditch ought to cost for a certain
distance. There is no matter of agricultural employ-
ment in which that power of mental calculation may
not be usefully employed. Well, then, education is
an excellent thing, but that is not all that children
ought to be taught. They should also be taught good
conduct. Good conduct is taught in many ways—at
least, in two ways ; first, by precept, and then,
more powerfully, by example. Now, you can all
give your children good precepts, because the rules
of good conduct in life are plain and simple. The
difference between right and wrong, between good
conduct and bad conduct, is intuitively and instinc-
tively known to all, and therefore you have the
means of instilling those principles into your chil-
dren ; but you have also the assistance of those
ministers of religion belonging to different creeds,
who are ready and always occupied in assisting
parents to give that good instruction and good ad-
vice to their children. But, whatever good advice
you may give your children, if the parents pursue
a bad and reckless course of conduct, depend
upon it the children will follow the example instead
of following the .advice. They will turn out ill,
and probably worse than the parents whose example
they are imitating. There are few principles
of human nature stronger than that of imitation,
and where children see a man and wife quar-
relling, the mother dirty, and the father drunken,
and the house -uncomfortable, it is not in human
nature possible that those children should be, the
girls clean and well educated, the sons sober, honest,
and industrious. (Hear, hear.) It is unnecessary to
press these things upon you, because you who have
gained these rewards are menand women whose con-
duct in the past is a security for your good conduct
in the future, and gives a certainty that your ex-
ample will be as good as your advice, and that your
families will be a comfort and honour to yourselves
and a lenefit to the community of which you are
members. (Cheers.) But your example will not be
confined, as your precepts will be, to your own
families. Your example will spread throughout the
district to which you belong. You must, therefore,
think=and it is a satisfactory and consoling reflec-
tion to have in your-7inincts--that while by good
conduct and by well bringing up your children
you are contributing to your own advantage
and contributing to the honour of your families, you
are also spreading an example which will be useful
to the whole district, and through that district to
the' whole country, of which you will, therefore, be
worthy members. (Cheers.) Well, friends and
neighbours, I have nothing further to say to you.
I am aware that most of what I have said is useless
to you who do not require it. But, still, truths,
however deeply they may be engraven in the minds
of men, are sometime usefully repeated, and there-
fore I think we do well on these oocasions to remind
you of those principles of which I have no doubt
you are all conscious, and which cannot be too often
impressed upon the hearts and minds of all classes
of her Majesty's subjects. , (Loud cheers.)
On the motion of the Rfv. Mr. Empson, a vote
of thanks was given to Lord Palmerston, who
briefly acknowledged the compliment.
A large number of the members of the society
afterwards dined togetheiat the White Horse Inn,
under the presidency of the Hon. R. Dutton, M.P.
There were also present Mr. G. Eyre, Mr. Wyatt
(the Mayor), Lieut. Allsop, Mr. Alfred Bonham
Carter, Mr. C. L. Lordan, the Rev. W. H. Empson,
the Rev. T. H. Tragett, Capt. Powell, &c.
After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been
given and duly honoured,
gistrates of the County,"
MT. LORDAN proposed " The health of the Ma-
coupling with the toast the
name of Mr. Eyre, as a gentleman who had exerted
himself to promote the interests of the society.
the toast, and proposed
Mr. EYRE acknowledged
" The Mayor and Corporation of Romsey," to which
the Mayor responded.
The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose a toast which
he said was immediately connected with the La-
bourers' Association—he referred to the noble presi-
dent, Lord Palmerston. (Loud cheers.) It was a
most valuable thing for the association that they
should have the advantage of the presidency of
such a man. (Cheers.) Ile had listened to Lord
Palmerston on many public occasions, but he did
not think he had ever heard him with greater plea-
sure than that day. (Cheers.) He did not think
he had ever heard more sound advice given upon a
more important subject. Although to some minds
the proceedings of the day might not appear all im-
portant, he did not think they could have been called
together to celebrate an event which had a greater,
or more powerful bearing upon the conduct of the
agricultural community throughout the country, or
that that community could have instilled into
them, through the press of the country at large,
better advice than that which Lord Palmerston
had given them. (Cheers.) The duty of precept
and example had never been more clearly put
before any community. He thought, too, that
Lord Palmerston had touched the question of educa-
tion exactly in the manner in which it ought to be
touched in the present day, for he had pointed out
very truly how much the agricultural labourer might
learn in a short time, instead of following up that
great mistake of over-educating men for the posi-
tion in which they were placed. (Hear, hear.) He
had taught them to turn their attention to those
things which alone were sufficient to open the door
to all information. He entirely endorsed the senti-
ments of the noble lord with regard to teaching,
reading, legible writing, and mental arithmetic.
Another matter had given him great pleasure, and he
was sure had given all present equal pleasure. He
referred to the vigour with which the noble lord had
spoken that day. (Cheers.) Although he had now
passed the unparalleled age of 80—the only Prime
Minister who had ever led the country at that age—
he (Mr. Dutton), having known the noble lord inti-
mately for many years, could say that he had never
seen him look better for the last four or five
years than he did at present. (Loud cheers.) Al-
though at his great age it was impossible to predict
how long the noble lord might be spared he did not
see why he should not be spared some time longer
to conduct the affairs of this great country in a
manner in which, he believed, no other public man
in the present day could conduct them.
The toast was drunk with three times three, and
one cheer more for Lady Palmerston.
The Dm W. Errs proposed the health of the

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CRYSTAL PALACE. -TO -IMORROW.-
t uxuriously WARM and DRY.
atßriihint and Sun.
shine at the Palace yesterday.—Lighted Dusk.

CRYSTAL PALACE—TO-MORROW.—Open.
from Ten till Six.
LAST SHILLING DAY of HOLIDAY AMUSE-
MENTS.—Amusements from Morning till Night. Im-
possible to describe in advertisements. LE PET T
BLON DIN, the Juvenile Rope-dancer; Mr. Jack on
Reines, the Champion American Skater; r!ilvester, the
('harmed Monst r, Src._; the Ellistra Brothers, the Classical
Gymnasts ; Barnes, the Champion Vaulter, in hie sixty
Somersaults; Jean Bond and his wonderfu' Dog ; Herr
Willio, the great German Contortionist; J. H. Stead, the
Cure ; most amusing Clowns ; Comical Pantomimic Ballet,
with Mr Stead as rimpk n ; forming an unparalleled variety
of holiday amusements.
In addition to these : —The Fine Arts Courts in variety
and beauty unequell.d in the world. The cecorations of the
Palace, with the Great Christmas Tree, should be seen
see (:by
a I.
'lire Great Fair and Bazaar, the beat opportunity hrist-
mas presents. Shakspere Hou.e. ontanari 3E, dels. Swings,
tioundabouts, Invl.,orators, and other popular a I,usements.
3alleres of Mode s and Ship . Armour-plates lent by offi-
cial authority. 't he extraordinary Chimpanzee, Theunique
Aquariums. All these
mentrenderEdmonds the Cry '
rlatstal r
Wombwells')
alace the one
place for holiday enj y.
Windsor Cast:e Great Menagerie is exhibited, enjoining the
Palace. All under cover. Admission to the .Menagerie,
Sixpence.
Admission to the Palace, One Shilling; Children under
twelve, Halt-price. Palace lighted up at dusk. Wonderfully
beautiful effect.

CRYSTAL PALACE AT NIGn
aHT.—" If this
ligg up. and this alone, were shows the Christmas
attraction, it would be worth a journey to Norwoo t to see it.
We can only cordially recommend our readers to see it for
themselves before the week is out " Vide Newspapers.
Lighted from dusk till half-past six.

COMMODORE NUTT & MINNIE WARREN.
DAY
bT. JAMES'S lIALL, I iccadilly. THIS
and during; the HOLIDAYS.—THREE GRAND LEVEES
DAILY, at Eleven and Eight o'clock.
"Na tie's Smallst Edion of her choice work"—a
Bachelor rand Bellee
of mature age, not largerst han Two
Infahts ! I !
At Eleven o'clock they appear in the identical WEDDING
COSTUME worn by them at the Marrit4!,e of GEN. TOM
THUMB ; and they. also p: rform Somrs, Duets,
nee,
win
ev e ral Comic personatious, with an entire ca of
programme at each Levee. •
They will be drawn to and from St. James's Hall in their
Lilliputian Carriage by four of the Smallest Ponies in the
world, presented to them by General Tom Thumb;
Box uffiec from :0 till 4 o'clock.
Admission, la. and 2s. ; reserved seats, 3s. Children half
price to the 2s. and 38. seats*
•IP

AST WEE K.-ST. JAMES'S HALL,
LA Regent-street, l'iecadilly.—Professor ANDEttSON
mart positively terminate his most bfiliant
more than
season on
SATURDAY NEX I', when he will have given
130 representations in 18 consecutive weeks to crowded and
fashionable audiences. More than 250,0 o) spectators ave
witnessed the " World of Magic" by the great Wizard of the
North. The greatest treat In London tor the holiday gilts
for the children. Santa Clauses. Admission. ; babonies,
2s. ; stalls, 35., which may be secured at the Hall.

MR.and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
JOHN PARRY, in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS. In
which B
the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD
OSELE and
HIS BIRTHDAY ; and to cone ude with MRS.
AT Tit B SEA-S i uE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening
;exeept SAturday) at Eight ; Saturday Afternoon, at Three.
ring
• -ROYAL GALLERY Or ILLUSTRA LION,
14, Regent-
stree,. Unreserved seats, is., 28. ; stalls, .3s. ; stall sp
chairs, ss.
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lilacfarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every
TUEzDA.Y and T fIURSDAY, at Three.

T H E
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6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The oxford and Canterbury 13s11 Company (limited'.
ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera
Comiquet, is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the
Song ; "Kinn. of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and
the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, bv Eurydice, Diana, Cupid,
ar.d t horns ; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva,
Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; al d final Minuct
and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz-
henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs:Greene and
Lascellcs.
Also, the new Cantata, KING CHRISTMAS, written by
Litchfield Mosely, Esq., and composed by Herr Meyer Lutz,
expressly for this estaulishment.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
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THE DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas. Talll)tt.
LE MONSTRIA CHARIIE, by M. SILVESTRE.
Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON
3IURRAY, LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of
the day.

OANTERBURY
'J The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
HODGE POD GE,
e most extraordiniry Christmas Entertainment in Lon-
don finclui ng the whole strength of the establishment),
should be seen to be appr. elated.
The usual Messrs.tiections by Hisses Russell, Barrle,
Hays. Golden, &c. ; Lascealles, Harland, Eeaumont,
Kimberley, &c.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton,
Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c.
livery evening at 7 o'clock.

ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL,
Commercial-street, Sitoreditch.
(Close to the Great Eastern Terminus\
Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS UP TO CHRISTMAS.
Operatic Selections. &c. Frima Donna,
Miss ELLISON.
The Comic strength of the Comnany includes ANNIE
ADAMS, NELLY POWER, J. G. FORD E, WEST. GEO.
LET BOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and
; LES FRERES CAVALLINI. the great Italian
clowns and Gymnasts, from the. Cirque Napoleon, Paris,
their first appearance in England.
Permanent prices—Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, ls.
Manager and Conductor. Mr. C. Gia VILLE.

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ASI S
Tie thinks that some persons missed their footing when near
the bottom of the stairs. ani having.fallen, the others be-
hind rolled over abo've them.

" Mr. Willoughbyt,..ndifr. Butler, both employed at the
hall as instrumentalists, stated that every precaution. had
been taken to prevent any pbssibility of accidents. The
doors were opened nearly au hour before the perfonnance
were to commence, and when it was seen that there was to
be a rush, five or six 'Lien were employed in keeping the
crowd back. Immediately on learning what had happened,
Mr Willoughby ran to the street by the side door, and im-
plored the people to leave the top of the stair, but to no
avail. •It was a long time before the place, could be got
cleared. There wait no 6110 W on the stew., at, they had been
cleared 80 .time before the accident took place. The per-
formers engaged at the hall all did what they could to re-

lieve the sufferers.
" Our (Edinburgh Courant) correspondent, in continuation
of the preceding report, writes that the fiv bodies which
not identified on Monday night, and which were con-
the dead-house, were claimed yeAerday by their
.•elatives, and removed to their homes. They, were those
of Mary Robertson, a girl of about 10 yea's of age, daughter
of William Robertson, mill overseer; Alexander Nicoll,
about 16 years of age, son of William Nicoll, labourer,
Springfield ; James Motile, weaver, Maxwelltown, about
60 years of age ; Margaret Maclean, 13 years of age,
daughter of Archibald Maclean, labourer, Smithfield ; and
Alexander Davidson, a-mechanic, a lad of 17 or 18 veart, of
age, whose parents reside in Fiance. The injured persons
are all doing well. The total number dead is only 19. An
investigation into the circumstances connected with the
t is being conducted by Mr. J. B. Baxter, the pro-
curator-fiscal."

Aldernian Salonions, M.P., and his

Constituents.