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London, England, 1867-06-14 00:00:00

although there were 10,000 public and beer houses
open on Sundays in the metropolis.
The resolution, having been seconded by Mr.
GABB, was carried unanimously.
The following petition was read by the secretary,
proposed for adoption, and unanimously received :
"To the Honourable the Commons of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parlia-
ment assembled.
" The humble petition of the undersigned inhabi-
tants of this metropolis and its environs sboweth,
" That yourpetitioners have seen with great regret
the bill now before your honourable House, entitled
A bill for further regulating the sale of fermented
and distilled liquors on Standay in England and
Wales.'

" That your petitioners rzpeetfully call attention
to the fact that the question of closing publichouses
on Sundays has already been the subject of much
discussion in Parliament and of many decisions, and
further, that previous attempts of the same kind
were the cause of great public excitement and dis-
order.

" That the provisions in the last clause of the pro-
posed bill, as to the partial opening of the houses in
question, appear to your petitioners to be eminently
calculated to produce disputes, and moreover to be
subversive of the evasion of the law to an extent
which would probably render it utterly inoperative.
" That, without going into the general question
of the inexpediency of such a bill, your petitioners
would respectfully call attention to the admitted fact
that there is a considerable decrease of drunkenness
both in town and country.

" Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that
your honourable House will be pleased to reject the
said bill.

" And your petitioners will ever pray, &e."
The proceedings then terminated with the cus-
tomary vote of thanks to the chairman.

STATE OF TRADE.

BRADFORD, June 13.---There is a steady demand
for wool for immediate consumption. There is,
however, an entire absence of speculation, there
being no confidence that present rates can be main-
tained. Many sorts of. wool are more plentiful,
though those of the bright-haired class are still very
limited. The brilliant weather and the better supply
of wool in the market tend to give a slight advan-
tage to the buyer. The holydays have had the re-
sult of curtailing business in other departments.
Foreign merchants have received no advices from
abroad, and are doing nothing in worsted yarns.
Transactions have been on a most limited scale.
There is rather more doing in genappe and some
numbers of lustre yarns. Prices are rather firmer.
The piece trade is slightly improved. The beauti-
ful weather awakens the lethargy of country dealers,
and this gives a very slight stimulus to the move-
ments of home merchants. Shipping merchants
have also placed a few orders. Prices are without
change.

RAILWAY IN a LLIGEN CE.

SOUTH-EASTERN.

An adjourned meeting of the proprietors of the
South-Eastern Railway was held yesterday, at the
Terminus, London-bridge ; Mr. Watkins, M.P.,
presiding.
The usuil pr2limintrics having been gone through,
The CNAIRMAN explained that the meeting was
held for the purpose of considering the matters left
over from the meeting held on the 16th of May, viz.,
the propriety of dividing the stock of the company
into two classes, namely, a preferred and a deferred
stock, the preferred bearing a certain rate of inte-
rest of 5 or 6 per cent. per annum, and the de-
ferred whatever profits remained. The capital stock
of the company was now ab3ut £7,000,000, and
they bad power to increase it to £8,000,000, and tile
question for consideration was this : " Is it desir-
able to divide that £8,000,000 into two classes,
namely, a preferred and a deferred stock ?" The
object of the board that day was to have some con-
versation with the shareholders sous to elicit their
opinious rather than to put any resolution. For
himself, however, he must say he should have pre-
ferred settling the question that day, but seeing the
paucity of attendance, he proposed that the whole
matter should be left over to the half-yearly meet-
ing, when they always had a large attendance of
shareholders. He believed the measure to be a
sound one, as by it they would prevent those fluc-
tuations in the price of the stock and those specula-
tive and fictitious sales of which they had all had
very great reason to complain. He concluded by
moving a resolution to the effect that the settlement
of the question of dividing the stock into two
classes should be deferred to the hall-yearly

meeting.
The lion. Mr. BYNG briefly seconded the motion.
Some conversation ensued, in which Mr. Adams,
Mr. Thomas, and others took part.
Th
of the stock would be purely op-
tional on the part of the proprietors, and would be
converting CelirAtilnit:
the onv AN' in reply to questions, said that
a matter of convenience to very many. One very
large shareholder was most anxious for the change,
and £30,000 deferred to his son.
motiontNA,. was
then put and carried.
as he proposed giving £50,000 preferred stock to
his
TThheec
daughter,
iiA ,
mx said that the position of the ques-
tion with the Brighton was this—that certain heads
were agreed to as the basis of an agreement between
the two companies. Since then Eb ver a 1 meetings
had been held by the gentlemen representing both
companies to fill in the details. Some progress had
been made. The next meeting was to be held that
afternoon, and he had very strong hopes that the
agreement would shortly be completed in a work-
manlike manner, and that it would be laid before
the shareholders at the next meeting. They had been
agreement
met in a very cordial and friendly spirit by the
tTwhoe com was not an
pames ; both would remain
amalgama-
tion
s
gen-
tlemen representing the Brighton interests, and on
both sides there was a desire for a fair and equitable
ad
distinct, and both have charge of their
o
as at present. It was for a division of
traffic ande d
orking expenses and profit, by which
t re i ull
separate
capital,
e and
t then .
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all ruinous competition would be done away with,
the requirements of the public fully met, and the
running of needless trains put an end to.
A vote of thanks- to the chairman closed the pro-
ceedings.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.—
The arrangements for the forthcoming show of this society
at Bury St. Edmund's next month are so far com-
pleted that, notwithstanding the wise decision of the
Privy Council not to allow cattle to be exhibited, the
long lines of canvas shedding to which the visi-
tors to these shows have been accu,tomed will
not be curtailed,
nor will the large area enclosed be at
all diminished. The internal since the last show at
Plymouth, in 1865, appears to have been well employed by
the exhibitors of implements in increased endeavours to
wring from the stubborn soil and the parched ear every ro.,t
and grain that nourish man or beast, and in perfecting the
means employed to bring these to market in the cheapest
and best manner. The display on this occasion will be so
extensive that half the yard originally destined for cattle
has been added to the ordinary dimensions of the implement
yard. The show of horses will be very large, and the attrac-
tions of this department will be enhanced by the jumping
of those in the hunter classes each day of the show. The
amateur of sheep or
pigs will find the usual extensive
choice open to him, while the poultry will be in excess of
any former year. To all these inducements to visitors
must be added the Royal Horticultural Society's exhibi-
tion, and the various objects of local interest to be found
in the town itself, which will put on her gayest colours to
welcome the societies.
THE TAILORS' STRIKE. —The committee of the
London masters have been sitting almost daily for the last
week preparing a new time log, which the masters generally
throughout the country, at a meeting held last night at the
Langham Hotel, have pledged themselves to accept. A
printed copy of this now log has come into the possession
of the central committee of the operatives, and has been at
once declared by them to be such as no operative, either
in town or country, could accept. They, however, ex-
press their willingness to take this new log of the mas-
ters and their own amalgamated time-log as the basis of
a negotiation for the settlement of the dispute, if the
masters will meet them in good faith. and agree to refer
all disputed points to arbitration. A meeting of delegates
from the masters in connexion with the association through-
out the kingdom was held yesterday afternoon at Birming-
ham. The London masters were represented by Mr. Ben-
nett, of Conduit-street; Mr. Thompson, of Conduit:street,
, and Mr. Landon, the honorary secretary. The agent of the
men in that town telegraphed
last night to the central
comn:ittee in liulnina that the meeting was held with
closed doors, reporters for the press big xrictlp ezcluded.