The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-10 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS OF MIDDLESEX.

GENTLEMEN,—
THE death of Mr. Hanbury has deprived you of
-L the services of a highly-esteemed Representative in
the House of Commons.

For the vacancy thus sadly and unexpectedly occasioned
I venture to offer myself as a Candidate.
There are many among you, I flatter myself, to whom
my name is not unknown as a zealous supporter of the
Liberal cause, and at this important crisis I hold it essen-
tial that any candidate presuming to ask for the suffrages
of such an important and thoroughly Liberal constituency
as that of Middlesex should be able to give trustworthy
assurances of his devotion to the principles which they
have at heart.

Should you do me the honour to return me to Parlia-
ment it would be my first duty to co-operate with those
who desire to effect the passage of an honest and straight-
forward measure of Reform—such a measure as would
prove to the large body of artisans and working men, whom
I hold to be entitled to the franchise, that the House of
Commons is not afraid of the people, nor averse to the free
extension of political privileges, nor disposed to deny to
the intelligent operatives a share in the government of the
country, to whose burdens they axe called upon to contri-
bute. If the Reform Bill proposed by the Tory Ministry
be not capable of adaptation to such an end, I should not
hesitate to give my adherence to any course which may
seem the most calculated to attain the desired object.
Respect to the memory of your late Representative will
not allow me for the next few days to take any further
steps to bring myself before the Electors, but 1 shall take
the earliest possible opportunity of meeting you in public
and giving you a detailed, and 1 trust satisfactory, account
of my views upon all the important political topics of the
day.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your very obedient servant,
HENRY D. LABOITCHERE. ^
23, James-street, Buckingham-gate, S.W.,
March 29, 1867.

MIDDLESEX ELECTION. CENTRAL
COMMITTEE for PROMOTING the ELEC-
TION of Mr. LABOUCHERE.

Chairman—PASCOE GRENFELL, Esq.
Berkeley, the Hon. F. H. F., M.P.
Brand, the Right Hon. H. B. W., M.P.
Buxton, Charles, Esq., M.P.
Chambers, Montagu, Esq., Q.C., M.P.
Chambers, Thomas, Esq., M.P.
Clay, James, Esq., M.P.
Cogan, the Right Hon. W. H. F., M.P.
Edwards, Charles, Esq., M.P.
Eykyn, Roger, Esq., M.P.
Forster, W. E., Esq., M.P.
Gibson, the Right non. T. M., M.P.
Goschen, the Right Hon. G. J., M.P.
Grenfell, H. R., Esq., M.P.
Gridley, G. H., Esq., M.P.
Grosvenor, Captain the lion. R. W., M.P.
Hayter, Captain A. D., M.P.
Hodgson, Kirkman D., Esq., M.P.
Hogarth, J. R., Esq.
Hugessen, E. H. Knatchbull, Esq., M.P.
Hughes, Thomas, Esq.. M.P.
Kinnaird, Hon. A. F., M.P.
Lawrence, Alderman W., M.P.
Leeman, George, Esq., M.P.
Lefevre, George J. S., Esq., M.P.
Lewis, Harvey, Esq., M.P.
Locke, John, Esq., M.P.
Lusk, Alderman Andrew, M.P.
Marjoribanks, Sir D. C., Bart., M.P.
Neate, Charles, Esq., M.P.
O'Donoghue, The, M.P.
O'Beirne, J. L., Esq., M.P.
O'Brien, Sir P., Bart., M.P.
Osborne, R. Bernal, Esq.. M.P.
Potter, Edmund, Esq., F.R.S., M.P.
Rothschild, Baron Lionel N. de, M.P.
Stansfeld, James, Esq., M.P.
Torrens, W. T. M'C., Esq., M.P.
Trevelyan, G. 0., Esq., M.P.
White, James, Esq., M.P.
Breton, P. IL Le, sq
Brewer, W., Esq., AI.D.
Bruce, A. S., Esq.
Busk, E. T., Esq., J.P.
Clarke, Joseph, Esq.
Churchill, Lord Alfred
Delapryme, Charles, Esq.
Davenport, George, Esq.
Edwards, Henry, Esq., J.P.
Freeman, R., Esq.
Godrich, F., Esq.
Gardiner, W., Esq.
Griffith, Wm., Esq., M.D.
Humphreys, John, Esq., Coroner
Jenkins, Henry, Esq.
Lubbock, Sir John, Bart.
Newton, Wm., Esq.
Monson, the Hon. E. J.
Michael, W. H., Esq.
Porter, Colonel
Pignet, Charles, Esq.
Richards, J. G., Esq.
Rough, Robert, Esq.
Snell, Charles, Esq.
Walden, W., Esq.
Walker, W., Esq.
Weguelin, Christopher, Esq.
Wilkins, John, Esq.
Werrett, Charles, Esq.
Westerton, Charles, Esq.
Younger, Henry J., Esq.
THOMAS GILBERT, Jun., Secretary.
Committee Room, 66, Charing cross, S.W.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, ROB ROY. Messrs. Phelps, Swinbotirne,
W. Harrison. W. M'lntyre, Barrett, C. Harcourt ; Mesdames
E. Cross, R. G. Le Theire, Hudspeth, and E. Brougham.

To conclude with, WANTED, HUSBANDS fOlt SIX,
Messrs. Barrett, E. Clifton ; Mesdames Hudspeth and H.
Brougham.

Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone.

Tars EVENING, AS YOU LIKE IT. Messrs. Buck-
stone, Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, .tearren, Compton, Clark,
Braid, Weathersby, Coe, Vincent, Payne, BzC. ; Neudames
Scott- Siddons, Moore, Sidney, Fitzwilliam, Sco.
Mier which, LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Mr. Buck-
stone.

To conclude with PERFECTION. Mr. Kendal and Miss
lone Burke.

Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE._
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. rechter.
THIS EVENING, at 7, BAMBOOZLING. Mr. E. Price
and Miss Kate Bishop.

After which, at 8, THE DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Pechter;
Me -srs. Jordan, Emery, Price, Widdicombe, Fitzpatrick.
Evans, Dalton, New bound, Anderson, Reynolds, Vivian,
Bennett ; Misses Hen.rade, Elaworthy, Grattan, and Carlotta
Leclercq.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI,
Sole Proprietor and Ilanager, Mr. B. Webster.

THIS EVENING, at 7, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS
Mr. J. L. Toole and Mr. Billing ton.
After which, at 8, LOST IN LONDON. Messrs. H.
Neville, J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Ashley, Eburne ; Miss Neil-
son, Mrs. Billiugton, and Miss Seaman.

To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE; or, in the
Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Biltington, Stephenson, dm

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE,
New Management.

Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan.
THIS EVENING, LAVATER. Messrs. Clayton, Stuart.
D. Murray, and Charles Mathews; Mesdames Barris and
M Palmer.
Followed by THE LIAR. Messrs. C. Mathews, Addison,
H. J. Montague, and tioraae Wigan ; Mrs. Charles Mathews
and Miss Stephens.

After which, A ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. Vincent,
Addison, D. Murray, and Charles Mathews.
Doors open at half-past Six; Commence at Seven.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and 'Manager, Mr. Geo. Vininv..
THIS EVENING, at 7, No. 1, ROUND THE CORNER.
3lessrs. J. G. Shore, H. Forrester.
Followed by, at a quarter before 8, IT IS NEVER TOO
LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, F. Vil-
liers. C. Verner, J. G. Shore, S. Calhaem, H. Forrester, It.
Thorne, H. Mellon, C. H. Fenton ; Miss Page and Miss
Katherine Rodgers.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Sirs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES.
Messrs. Parselie, Belford, F. Robson ; Misses Hughes and
Newton.
After which, the Burlesque, ESMERALDA ; or, The Sen-
sation Goat. lies-re. 'I borne and ; Ilesdanies A
Swauborough, E. Holt, and Newton,
To conclude wilt THE FRENCH EXHIBITION.
Commence ?t Sc en.

LTOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
se!e 1-roprietor and Manager, .lir.,.efton l'qrry.
THIS EVENING, a new Farce, Ml' TURN NEXT. Mr.
llchnJre, Miss Foote, 4liss LennoK.
kf ter which, Boucicaalt's dram,. of FLYING SCUD.
IVet elgrs. Nevtliejlehnore Garden,Vollaire • If 3dames
Jc'lePha, C. Saunders 'B
Foote, Raymond.
, B.

rrITEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S.
I- Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. 11. C. NATION.
Great Treat for Visitors to London on their way to the Paris
Exhibition.—Production of Benjamin Webster's fairous
Drama, " lIARVMST HOME." and 11. J. Byron's piquant
Burlesque, ' THE NYMPH OF THE LURLE )(BURG."
EVERY EVENING, Benjamin Webster's famous Drama,
HARVEST HOME. Messrs. Fernandez, Atkins, Stephens;
Misses Edith Stuart, Marion, Mrs. Caulfield.
To conclude with H. J. Byron's piquant Burlesque, THE
NYMPH OF THE LURLEYBURG, with new and brilliant
Scenery illustrative of the beautiful Rhine. Misses Edith
Stuart, Ellen Thirlwall, Nellie Clifton, Richardson; Messrs.
Atkins, Stephens, and Arthur.
To prevent disappointment seats must be booked iii ad-
vance. No charge for bills or booking.

TA TES T INTELLIGENCE_
-01.1) SA3I SMITH," late of " The Mail Coach,"
Shepherd's Bush, now of the White Hart, Acton, Middlesex.
begs to intorm his friends ri3tneighbours that the LATEST
EDITIOZI of " nu: SUSI" san be seen at his house as
above.

BUILDING GROUND, METROPOLITAN camp are openly seen and acknowledged; but when
CATTLE
Committee of the Corpora MARKETtion of Lon don.—To be LET, ,
on by the
build
ing
iarket the desired work is done, and the end gained, he
leases for 80 years, several PLOTS of GROUND n the who once professed himself so strongly in favour of
road leading from York-road into the Caledonian-road on
M the north side of the
etropolitan Cattle Market, and in Reform will be regarded as the Iklarplot of the affair,
the road also leading from York-road into the Caledonian- and only successful for want of power and not of
road on the south side of the market. Plans of the ground
may be seen and forms of tender obtained upon applica- will. This is, indeed, a sad falling off, and it shows
tion at the Architect's office, Guildhall, where proposals
for leases are to be delivered.
the evil of politicians giving way to feelings of jea-
FRED. D. BRAND, Comptroller. 1 lousy instead of devoting their energies to the com •
Guildhall, April 9, 1867.
mon cause of working for the interests of the coun-
try. In some respects the opposition to this new
measure has been more uncalled for and more cha-
racteristic for inconsistency than those of 1859 ;
but, at any rate, it is worse, because there is the
example of the past to teach wisdom and to im-
press upon the mind the dangers of delay.

kiE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-
6r. R. GLENII', Sporting Library, 4, Connaught•
terrace, Edgware-road, is specially appointed AGEN to
dflivcr the LATE EDITION of " TUE SUN " at the
earliest possible moment after leaving the press. Ile 1- able
to deliver copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of
the Country at a comparatively early hour the same evening,
say lo miles by 9 o'clock.

The question put by Mr. ROEBUCK last evening
to the Home Secretary with respect to the petty
sessions was not of itself of great importance, but
the subject to which the hon. member more espe-
cially referred is one which deserves some attention.
The morality of some of our South London trades-
men does not appear to reach a very high standard,
and we are glad to find there is a prospect of some
further legislation in the matter. When Mr.
HUGHES, M.P., a short time since denounced
in no measured terms the disgrace and dis-
honesty of such fraudulent dealings his remarks
were received with laughter, bat they were meant
in serious earnest. The records of convictions
under the law reveal some curious and not very
edifying practices among the small dealers, and the
number and variety of such convictions show that
it is considered in some quarters an easy and not
unsuitable mode of gaining money. A favourite
device is to nail a penny piece under one of the
scales, which deducts, of course, about an ounce
from the fair weight, and when this is detected of
course there is not much room for execuse or ex-
planation. False weights are plentiful enough, and
in short the tricks of trade are evidently a re-
cognised portion of the small dealer's profits.

Such a condition of affairs is very discredit-
able to our commercial morality, and it is
evident that it presses very hardly on those who are
least able to bear it. The poor, in any case, pay at
a far higher rate for everything they have, as is
well known. What with the fatal truck and tally
system, the " getting back" in winter, and in times
of illness or loss of employment, and the loss which
as every one knows is incurred by providing con-
stantly recurring necessaries in small and uncertain
detail, they are very much at the mercy of the
small shopkeepers. Of course the aid of the latter
is extremely valuable to them, and they would find
it difficult, if not impossible, to pull through a hard
season without it ; at the same time, like their
betters, they have to pay for the advantages pretty
heavily. The loss of farthings and half-farthings,
the weight of the paper, and a thousand other little
items, swell up a long aggregate, until we apprehend
that a poor man's weekly bill is often in proportion
to a poor man's rent. They are both out of all re-
lation to the quality of the thing paid for. Many
of these drawbacks are, however, inevitable, and in
fairness to the tradesmen it must be remembered
that they often have to wait a long time for

their money, and run the chance in case of a

total break down on the part of the creditor of
losing everything. But the poor man's case is hard
enough, with its attendant drawbacks, without his
paying for an ounce or two in every pound that he
does not get. If he is obliged to have his coals in
winter time in quarter hundredweights, instead of
in half tons, it is no reason why he should lose one-
twentieth of what he pays for. If the struggling
mother of a large family finds it difficult to buy even
a quartern loaf for her children, it is hard that she
should be defrauded of her full weight. From the great
number of convictions there is good reason to be-
lieve that the pernicious practice prevails to a very
great extent, as we may naturally suppose that
there are a good many more undiscovered. In
many instances the conviction is for the second or
third offence, in which case the culprit deserves to
be dealt with severely. So much is being said about
the progress of the lower ranks in education and in-
telligence that we should like to see a correspond-
ing advance in commercial morality. No one who
keeps a shop can pretend to be too ignorant
to know that it is dishonest to use frau-
dulent weights and measures ; the worst ac-
countant among them could probably tell pretty
accurately, if he chose, his profits from this source.
But the evil of which this fraudulent dealing is a
part has a very wide range. Our mercantile his--
tory during the last twenty years contains some
startling passages, and one reason of the successful
competition of foreign workmen with English me-
chanics is that they are said to be more careful of
their employers' interests as well as of their own.
Whatever new qualities we may acquire, we shall find
it difficult to supersede the good old-fashioned Eng-
lish virtue of honesty, and there is some reason to
apprehend that it has of late years gcne out o.
favour.

Mr. ROEBUCK'S observations were directed to the
fact of some magistrates having conducted the in-
quiry into these fraudulent cases with closed doors,
a proceeding which is distinctly illegal. Very cer-
tainly such offenders do not deserve to have their
feelings respected. Neither can any public end be
attained by such a course. At Marylebone and
Wandsworth the cases were tried in the usual

manner, and we hope that an improved tone of
public morality will tend for the future to make
their recurrence less frequent.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS•

(FRO3I OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.

The Marquis de Moustier, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, gave an explanation yesterday in the Legis-
lative Body of the feelings and policy of France in
regard to Luxembourg, which may possibly put an
end to the fabrications which have lately been so
rife upon the subject. The Marquis commenced by
stating that the French Government believed that
the real and permanent interest of France was to
preserve the peace of Europe, and, therefore, it had
not spontaneously raised the question of Luxem-
bourg. The undecided position of Limbourg and
Luxembourg led to a communication from the Go-
vernment of the Netherlands to the French Cabinet.
The Prussian Cabinet has invoked the Treaty of
1839. France had never thought of the possibility
of acquiring Luxembourg except upon three condi-
tions. The free consent of the Grand Duke of
Luxembourg. A faithful examination of the inte-
rest of the Great Powers. The wish of the popu-
lations, manifested by universal suffrage. We are
disposed to examine, in concert with the other
Cabinets of Europe, the Treaty of 1839. We shall
enter upon this examination in the most perfect
spirit of conciliation, and we firmly believe that the
peace of Europe will not be interrupted by this in-
cident." (Prolonged applause. Noise upon some
of the benches.) Some discursive remarks were
made by M. Thiers, M. Berryer, and the opposite
benches, after which the claim made for interpella-
tions on the subject was sent to the bureaux.
As public attention is now so directed towards
Luxembourg, some details respecting it, which I
gather from accurate sources, will be interesting.
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is Dutch by the
right of possession of the King of Holland, it is a
little Prussian as far as regards the soldiers who are
on duty before the fortress, but it is essentially
French as respects feelings and language, for it was
united to France from 1793 to 1814, and the French
language is used in administrative affaira and in the