The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-19 00:00:00

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No. 23,279.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1867.

AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to
SUP.
After Drury-lane Theatre FVANS' to SUP.
After Lyceum Theatre FVANS' to SUP,
Atter Adelphi Theatre
After Olympic Theatre . ..EVANS' to sill'.
After Strand Theatre EVAN.,' to SUP.
Atter New Hoya:ty Theatre .. EVANS' to SUP.
After St. Jamea'a Theatre ..... EVANS' to SIP'.
Alt,r Prince of Wees' rho-Ore.—EVANS' to SUP.
Londoa Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden.
0c.,1 Entertainment at Eig!it.

MR. ROEBUCK AT SHEFFIELD.

The tenth annual meeting of the Sheffield Cham-
ber of Commerce was held in the Cutlers' Hall yes-
terday—Mr. Alderman Jackson in the chair. Tie
report dealt with several questions that have arisen
during the past year in connexion with commercial
legislation—the French and Austrian treaties, the
modification of our commercial relations with Ger-
many that will follow the "redistribution of States,"
the American tariff, &c. The chamber regretted
that it had been found impossible to obtain the at-
tention of the Legislature to any practical measures
promoted by chambers of commerce, on account of
many disturbing causes. Some interesting statistics
of Sheffield trade with America were furnished by
Mr. Abbott, the American consul. In 1864 the
value of the goods exported from Sheffield to
America was £782,226 ; in 1865, £823,772 ; in
1866, £1,545,878. The value of the steel alone ex-
ported to America from Sheffield in 1866 was up-
wards of ,£700,000.
The PRESIDENT, in a review of the trade and
commerce of the town during the year, gave sta-
tistics showing the enormous suffering and loss that
bad arisen from the strike, and consequent lock-
out, that prevailed for sixteen weeks in the file trade.
The loss to the trade of the town by that dispute
would not be much less than £200,000. The loss
of wages alone, he was informed, would amount to
over £95,000. The-president referred to the change
that was apparently approaching in the commercial
policy of Austria. That great empire was one of
their worst customers, standing thirty-fifth in the
list of the countrien with which they did business.
The really educated claaseA in Austria were in favour
of free trade. The president next spoke of the pro-
tectionist policy of America, which threatens such
disaster to Sheffield, and of the relaxation of the
Canadian protective system. The proposed com-
mission of inquiry into the Sheffield trade outrages
was briefly referred to, and on this point the presi-
dent emphatically vindicated the right of every man
to carry his labour to an open market and make the
best possible terms for himself.

edition, 2 vols. Rva., cloth, extra, illustrated with
l'ortrait of the Author, the 36 Original Engravings, and all
the IVcx)dents, price 10s. 61.,
CARLETON'S (W.) TRAITS and STORIES
of the IRISII I'EAtAANTRY.
London : William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside.

H E 0 X F 0 It D,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.,

rOIIN GOSN ELL and Co.'s CHERRY
TOO VU PASTIC is greatly sure:lor to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a nleaAnnt trazrance to
the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf. 93,' Upper
Thames-street. London.

THE MUSICAL 143 S rAELisn lIEN r ()}` LONDON.

LES DRAGONS DE VEIL ARS (Opera Comique), Music
by A. Mali]. in. in which 3iiss RUSSELL will appear, as-
sided by Mises Barrie an d Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn,
!NBA, Pox, Dusk, Evan•, and Bury, with Extra Band and
Chorus ; produced and conducted by .fir. F. Jonglimans.

NIANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per-
fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers
and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand
(corner of Savoy-steps), London.

" The strength of Ur. Mot ton lies in his operatic selections,
executed b r a small but highly efficient band, and a welt-
selected body of vo 'alists, under the direction of 31r. F.
Jon:, hmans."—Times, Jan. 9, i 837

COMEDY. by Messrs. Ifgrry Sydney, Brierley. and Eger-
ton; Mr. G. 11. FREDERICKS and Mr. FRANK HUSSEY.
of the NEW AMERICAN MINSTRELS; together with
an Entirely New Divertissement, entitled THE OXFORD
REVELS, arranged and produced under the immediate
superintendence of Mr. W. IL Payne, THIS EVENING.

THE OCEAN ST. •LEGER of 1866.—What
Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her
Ca -lain, viz., winner of the race, h distance t 41 com-
petitors, RS the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY have in-
varia.b y done in their shot e and sale of fine new season's
TIO X s 11ing at importer's prices. War houses-9, Great
St. fleten's-churchyard.

"Of the decorum that prey Ails throughout very section
of :he Hall it is impo3 ;ble to s,eak too highly.' —Times,
Jan. 4, 18 7.

EAU-DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY,
18s. per gallon, is vt ry superio, to recent importations
of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex-
tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in
a case 305., railway carriage paid.—HENRY BRE'TT and
CO.. Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent-
street, S.W. Established 1829.

AVALUABLE NEW-YEAR'S GIF T.-
A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really
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King William-utre,et, Caty, E.C.

TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. Gd.,
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and CO . Tea Mere:wits, 8, King William-street, City, Lon-
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current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any ra.lway
Ration or market town Li foe United Kingdom.—Obscrye—
PHILLIPS and Co. hove no Agents or any connexion with
any house in Worces..er or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at
Market prices.

ICIADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
NEW ADDI FIONS. —Life-size Models of the KIM'S and
QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY
to QUEEN VICTORIA.
Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 tilllo p.m.
Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra
rooms. 6d.

ARGYLL ROOMS: GRAND CASINO,
Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirelyre-
decorated, arc now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert
and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Lent CURTL Manager,
M. GKENET.

GEOLOGY.—ELEDIENTARY COLLEC-
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Elements of Geology'. and facilitate the important study of
Mineralogy and Geology, can be hPd at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 600
guineas ; also single Specimens of Mineral, Rocks, Fossils,
and lie2ent Shelis,Geologieal yaps. Hammen". all the recent
Publications, &c., of J. TENNANT. Mineralogist to Her
Majtsty, 149, Strand, London. •
Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by
Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C.

MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip-
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ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are
loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica-
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52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

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Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.
Reserved Seats, Two Shillings.

Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps,
UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet
descriptive of articles and means used for improving
London.
the aPPearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, high Holborn,

W EST ON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
HOLBORN.

Sole Proprietors, SwEASEY and HOLLAND.
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Arthur Lloyd at 11, with a new song " Borachio, Pestachio,
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and Harry and Kattio King; and Pio Watkini, the
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large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden
Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRI.

Prices of admission—Stalls 9, n d Balcony, ls.; Area, 6d.;
Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the lox Office,
between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every
Evening at 7 o'clock.

HOMSON'S CORSET.
me"GLOVE-FITTING," on February 10th,
THOMSON'S CRINOLINES.
NEW STYLES, 011 February 10th.

ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT,
ONE PENNY per Square Foot.
CROGGON and C 0., Manufacturers,
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34, Bread-street,
59, George-square, Glasgow; 2, Goree Piazzas, Liverpool.

QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
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PA TENT VENTILATING CHIMNEY
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the mannfactui er,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, lga., 215., 26s 6d., and 31s. 6d Postage, ls.
A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. Bd. Postage, Is. Bd.
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for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are
engraved on the stamp.

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who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN", can have the
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obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons
who may have other business in Paris, or who may go
there for pleasure only..

rib fitelii
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Address—The Manager "Site Ptilating Wades,
row, Sava}) AVA

A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. J. A. Roe-
buck, M.P., for his constant attention to the wants
of the town ; and he was elected, with Mr. Hadfield,
an honorary member.

Prom Btt tetersburgh we hear that the Czar has
Made a decree extending an amnesty to persons con=
victed of offences against the press Mk
An account hat been received of the death
Vittor dtie of the mOst ilinStridnft
of the fret h Mad'4l4; *IAA tut place at Cannes.
W formerly Minister of Public Instruction
and a peer of France. M. Cousin was born at
Paris on the 28th N0v.,170%
The Connintstlou of Incllan Affairs of the United
States hits teteiVed the follovint
niunio tik* Fort the
tUgy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
--An Indian arrived from Tongue River re-
ports that • a large party of Mennecojes,
Brutes, Ogallallao, Crows, Unkaphaphas) Black-
feet, and Samaras left Tongue River on the
12th inst. for Fort Phil-Kearney, and on the
23d they were discovered near the fort. Brevet
Lieut. - Colonel Fetterman,. Captain Brown, and
Lieut. Grunamond, with ninety enlisted men, left
the fort to give battle. Nothing more was heard
from them until a party went out from the fprt and
found them at a distance of four miles, lying dead,
Colonel Fetterman and his entire command having
been massacred by the Indians (Signet) M. S.
PA,pugx, -Lippe; Platte Agent:',

Mr. ROEBUCK, on rising, was received with ap-
plause. He said—Mr. Chairman, sir, lam very
much obliged to the chamber for the kind expres-
sion of opinion respecting myself, and I am also
deeply obliged to Hr. Atkinson for the manner in
which he has proposed the vote of thanks. But, sir
I think my proper business here is to listen, and not
to talk. I came dawn to receive instructions from
those whose interests are concerned, and I have been
really very much edified, if I may use the
term, by the report which has been read by your
secretary. The business of a member of Parlia-
ment, I take it to be, is to receive all the informa-
tion and important facts that he can receive from
the Chamber of Commerce, and that then he should
apply his mind, as a statesman, to render the know--
ledge so acquired useful in shape of laws. The busi-
ness of a lawyer is supposed to require education.
The business of a physician is also .supposed to re-
quire some education ; but statesmanship, like gig-
driving, is supposed to come by instinct. (Laugh-
ter.) I have found that two matters are very con-
stantly confounded together, namely, the supplying
us with information of facts, and at the same time
the giving us the opinions of the parties who supply
those facts. I receive both with the greatest pos-
sible thankfulness, but I keep to myself the power
and the right to do what I like with the evidence
that is brought before me. (Hear, hear) The evi-
dence of opinion is important, but the evidence of
fact for a legisl6tor is still more important, and I do
hope, being an honorary member of your worthy body,
that when you think it worth while to communicate,
you will communicate it to me, and it shall receive, as
all such communications ought to receive, the greatest
care I can possibly give to it, and the action shall
be immediate ; and, as Mr. Jackson said, I will do
the best I can with the information you so supply.
(Applause.) There are one or two matters in the
report which I wish to make a few observations
upon. The first is the Austrian treaty. We know
that every country in the world, with the single ex-
ception of England, has a notion of protecting trade;
and, therefore, we need not be at all surprised that
the German merchants of the Austrian empire have
acquired a notion of the benefit of protection. When
we find that our own colonists, sent out by Eng-
land, in a very few years after they have acquired
self-government have put on protective duties by
which the manufacturers of England are subjected
to taxation of the highest kind—pretty nearly to the
amount of exclusion—we need not be surprised that
the Germans, who have not that sort of connection
with us that our colonies have, do the same thing.
(Hear, hear.) But, Sir, I have had an opportunity
lately of addressing my old Canadian friends, for it
is pretty well known that a great part of my youth
was passed in Canada. I met them the other day,
and I opened my rniud to them. I told them very
plainly that England derived no earthly benefit from
her colonies, except the due which she might derive
from them as being the recipients of her manufac-
tures; but that they in their wisdom had done their
utmost to exclude the manufactures of England.
But I hope this will not continue ; that they may
see the right way, and return to us some acknow-
ledgment of the benefits we have conferred. We
have given them our language, our laws, our Mora.
turn, and our protection whenever it was requited:
Fur all this we got tiilthing, 11 ro se4x3 fiseel
tritag, auc><g 14;1110 -1 1— • •- i
goc protection thrown n our
faces, That, I believe, is upon the decline. What
you said about Canada is quite true. They are be-
ginning to learn the right path, and are beginning
to pursue Iti and I believe Austria is doing the game;
(Heat, heat.) sow, it am very hitch surptigd that
Should tit; the dagdi ekeepting that I believe in the
Ease of Austria a dire necessity has taught them
wisdoM. They gib no* Sepaidted frptri. Germany:
The largest path:llA df Austrian territory ga-
diibets of raw produce. They want cheap manufae-
tilreS; mid the Wit thing the Emperor can do, as
fegards the largest pot o hiS W
dude; as far as passible, free trade: I lieliere the
4erthan /*don df the A tisttian etilplio Will by tie:
OA 06 that they Bari also itaiid thii ttiaSel dvith
us of free trade ; but I am quite sure that one means
of holding the empire of Austria together will be
by free trade; and that that little bit
.of knowledge;
host that for the ouipito; has&
. crept into the thin
of the tilleit of Austria. kow; Sir, there is One
Bth6r retiiark i wiAii tb iitaite, act t speak iii ibis
desultory tnanner because I had made no prepara-
tion fa what I nth going to say, but merely refer
to *hitt *hi suggested to ilia bk the report;: But I
t 6 say bile word Abut the bankruptcy
And to Make an tibsthatiOti with ibt,iard to the.
Riede sli it titsiie fifth tcfeten pto hitt:A*4oU
May receive from you. Lord Westbury, when be
was Attorney-General introduced the bankruptcy
law: I hope 14 iirtifessithicil friends will not take
aiintit to Sat. I*ii.s
mate Witii the Attorney-gelidiril,and I Said to
I'l objch to iotir All.dgetlief; afid I -Will tell
,1.041/ 'AA.fta i;autrUptcy Bill made
for the attorneys."—(Applause.) I hope, as I said
before, no professional friend will take offence. (A
laugh.)But the very thing occurred that I predicted
official assignee. An assignee is appointed by the
would ()tour. You did aWa.y, in reality, with the
creditors. He cannot do the duty ; ho knows
nothing about it, and he must have an attorney on
his right hand ; and when you did away with the
official assignee, you really made the attorney
ao
the assignee. What are you about doing now .
had a long fight on this subject through the com-
mittee of the Hope of Commons, and that com-
mittee went pell-mell, headlong in favour of the
Scotch sYstem.. I don't like prophesying, but I
will venture to prophesy about that. The rctiliv,"

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rity of the Scotch system is this, that there are a set
of men who act the part of what is called in Eng-
land the assignee. They are really professional
men, and they are chosen, not by rotation, but by
the body of creditors. They say it works well
in Scotland. Why the whole of Scotland is not
equal to Londoc. I know what will be the
consequence, that there will be first of all
a struggle, a tussel between various creditors as
to who they shall appoint their assignee. They
say that there will be a certain number of persons
that will devote themselves to the business of as-
signee ; that there will be A, B, and C, and so on
all down the alphabet, and then you can choose
your own assignee. That will be the first thing—a
fight amongst the creditors. The next is, the
chances are that the men won't be really so well
instructed as the men were who were the official
assignees under the old bankruptcy law of Lord
Brougham. Nothing could be worse than the
original bankruptcy law. A great improvement
was made by the bill Lord Brougham brought in.
There were great mistakes in his bill ; but the mcst
mischievous thing, I think, ever done to trade by
legislation, excepting protection, was Lord West-
bury's Bankruptcy Bill. (Hear, hear.) That has
been found out, and you all know, Sir, that the
mercantile world are up in arms at the present state
Fof the bankruptcy law of England. We shall have
another experiment ; they are going to try the
Scotch system. I hope the Scotch system may suc-
ceed ; my belief is that it will not ; and I shall take
the opportunity which, I suppose, will be afforded
me, of stating my views on the bankruptcy law
whenever it comes before the House of Commons.
And I hope none of you will fancy I am going be-
yond my duty if I oppose your views in this matter.
(Hear, hear, and laughter.) I have one more word
to say, Sir, and that is in regard to America. It is
not simply a desire for protection that brings about
the protective tariff. There are many parties in
that country, and every party fights for their assist-
ants. There are large bodies of men who want
protection, and in order to gain their help, as party
men, protection is established throughout the United
States. If you want a proof of the direful effects of
protection, you will go to the United States. At
this present moment—l wish my poor countrymen
knew it—going there they fancy they are going to
ParadiSe—they are going rather to the other place.
(Hear and laughter.) But now that Canada has taken
the line of free trade, the consequence will be—and
you will see it immediately—that there will be so
large a smuggling trade to Canada that I have no
doubt Sheffield will benefit. (Laughter.) I hope
this will be the result, and that in the fights now
going on on that continent we at least shall be
gainers. I hope you will not fancy I have done
any great thing in coming here. I came down in
four hours from London ; I felt no difficuly in get-
ting into the carriage—l came down, in fact, very
much like a trunk—(laughter)—in a very comfort-
able way. If I can upon any occasion, by coming
here, do any service to Sheffield I hope you will
make no " bones" (if I may use a vulgar phrase) in
asking me to come down, and I shall be most happy
to wait upon you. (Applause.)

servative principles the triumph of which they were
met to celebrate that day. (Loud cheering.)
Mr. GOIZST, after warmly thanking the meeting
for the 'kindness shown him, said there was no doubt
they should next session have to face the question
of reform. Speaking as a private person, he did not
hesitate to express his opinion it was desirable the
Reform Bill be postponed. If the question were
taken this session no other legislation could possibly
take place. Reform would be tl►e first and only
question. lie believed there were a number of
other subjects demanding immediate attention, and
first among them army reform. With regard to re-
form, he thought public opinion was not ripe for
the question yet. The party who cried out for re-
form and an extension of the suffrage—men like
Mr. Lowe and Lord Grosvenor—as soon as they
were brought face to face with a concrete bill,
shrank back aghast ; so he thought it would be well
if the question were hung up a little while to give
them time to make up their minds as to what a
Reform Bill meant. An experiment in universal
suffrage was going on in Prussia and America, and
it would be better to wait and see the result of
that.

Dr. FAWCETT proposed the health of Mr,
Forsyth.

Mr. FORSYTH, in his reply, said he differed some-
what from his friend Mr. Gorst on the subject of
Reform, and he hoped the policy would not be one
of inaction with regard to that question. There
was an excellent opportunity to bring in a safe and
satisfactory measure, and there was a noble career
open to the Government if they carried it. There
would then be the questions of law reform, bank-
ruptcy, education, and many others, to enter upon,
and he hoped attention would be paid to the means
of:determining some punishment for the authors of
such great commercial frauds as had of late been a
disgrace and a scandal to England. Ile believed
that any Government that would, grapple with these
questions successfully would deserve and obtain the
gratitude as well as a verdict of the country.
Other toasts having been proposed and re-
sponded to, the proceedings terminated.