The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-25 00:00:00

Dinner of the Liberal Paity in Guildford.

The Liberal party in Guildford entertained, on
Tuesday evening, at a public dinner, Mr. G. M. E.
Onslow, one of the members for the borough; and
they also availed themselves of the opportunity
afforded by the banquet of presenting a handsome '
piece of plate to Mr. H. L. Long, for the general
services he had rendered to their cause, and more
especially for his contesting the representation of the
constituency with Sir W. Bovill on the occasion of
the re-election of the hon. and learned gentleman
after his appointment to the office of Solicitor-Gene-
ral. The dinner, whieh took place in the Public Hall
of Guildford, was regarded by its promoters as a
great party demonstration, and it was attended by a
number of members of Parliament as well as of other
gentlemen connected not only with the borough and
its neighbourhood, but with several distant portions
of the county.
The chair was taken by Mr. D. Macdonald, J.P.,
near whom were seated Mr. Onslow and Mr. Long,
the guests of the evening, Lord Monson, Mr. J. B.
Carter, M.P., Mr. R. Young, M.P., Mr. J. White,
M.P., Mr. H. Berkeley, M.P., Sir P. O'Brien, M.P.,
Mr. J. R. Mills, M.P., Capt. Stacpole, M.P., Mr.
C. Buxton, M.P., Admiral Erskine, M.P., Hon. J.
P. Monson, Col. Onslow, Mr. T. Pagan, J.P., Mr.
A. Adams, J.P., Mr. J. Topham, J.P., the Rev. C.
Lushington. The general company consisted of up-
wards of 300 gentlemen, who were all, we under-
stood, with hardly an exception, electors of the
borough.
A number of ladies were accommodated with seats
in a gallery at the extremity of the hall ; and the
band of the 2d Surrey Royal Militia were in at-
tendance, and played several airs throughout the
evening, by the permission of Earl Lovelace, the
lord lieutenant of the county.
At the conclusion of the dinner,

The CHAIRMAN proposed "The Queen, the I'riuce
of Wales, and the rest of the Royal family ;" and
the toast was loyally honoured by the cwlpany.
The Ch AIRMAN AN next gave "The Army, the Navy,
and the Volunteers," coupling with these different
branches the names of Colonel Onslow, Admiral
Erskine, M.P., and Lord Monson. (Cheers.)
Colonel ONSLOW having briefly acknowledged the
compliment on behalf of the army,
Admiral ERSKINE responded in the name of the
navy, and took occasion to dispute the accuracy of
the statement which was made in some quarters,
that the late Board of Admiralty had neglected to
take the measures necessary for the purpose of se-
curing the efficiency of that great branch of our
national defences. lle contended that the large
additions which they had made to the number of our
men-of-war offered a sufficient refutation to that
allegation. (Hear, hear.)
Lord MoNsoN replied on the part of the Volun-
teers, and observed that the members of that force
in the county of Surrey were in every way equal
to their comrades and companions in any other
district of the county. (Hear, bear.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Bishop and
Clergy of the Diocese, and the Ministers of all De-
nominations." (Cheers.)
The Rev. C. LIJSIIINGTON, M.A., and the Rev.
J. HART, a dissenting minister, responded to the
toast.

Mr. D. M. STEVENS proposed, " the House of
Lords, strengthened by and recruited from the In-
tellect, the Industry, and the Gallantry of the
People." He believed that since the days of John
Lacklandand of Magna Charta, the House of Lords
had been in the main true to the great principles of
the constitution, and had not only stood by the
Crown, but had maintained the just rights of the
people. (Cheers.) That house was of the people
and from the people, and it served, with its special
privileges, as an incentive and a reward for all noble
deeds and great public services. (Cheers.)
Lord MoNsoN, in responding to the toast, said he
regretted to find that the practice of bestowing life
peerages had not been introduced into the working
of our constitution. He could not help thinking
the country bad lost a good deal by the exclusion
from the great council of the nation of many gen-
tlemen who would willingly have accepted the posi-
tion of life members of the peerage. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. IV. POCOCK, in giving " The House of Com-
mons, reformed and rendered a faithful reflex of the
entire nation," said that the House of Commons
was our tower of strength, the palladium of our
rights, the guardian of our liberties, the defence
of all our institutions, civil, religious, and political ;
and it only required reform and regeneration to
render it a perfect reflex of the wants and wishes of
the nation. (Cheers.)
Mr. B. CARTER, M.P. for Winchester, in replying
to the compliment, said, in reference to the ques-
tion of reform, that whatever might be the expe-
diency of such a measure, he did not think we now
required to pull the whole of our representative ma-
chine to pieces as we had done in the year 1832,
and absolutely to reconstitute it, in order that it
might work well. They all wished for some amount
of reform, but it was not necessary that they should
destroy our present institution in order to secure
them any more than it was necessary in order to
obtain " roast pig" to burn down the house after
the Chinese manner, as described by Charles Lamb.
(Cheers.) For his part, he was prepared in that
case to improve the kitchen range, but he was not
therefore prepared to burn down the whole man-
sion. (Cheers.)
Mr. T. J. PAGAN proposed " The Lord Lieute-
nant and the Magistrates of the County," and Mr.
11. L. LANG briefly acknowledged the compliment.
Mr. T. A. SEAWELL gave the health of " Ihe
name Of Mr.
County Members," coupled with the
Charles Buxton, one of the members for East Sur-
rey. (Cheers.)
Mr. C. BUTTON then rose and addressed the com-
pany as follows--I am glad that an opportunity
has been given for the capital of such an important
county as Surrey to express its adhesion to those
Liberal principles which for the moment are
suffering defeat. (Hear, bear.) Our principles,
I say, are for the moment suffering defeat. The
Conservatives are in the flush of victory. And
yet, perhaps, even now, in the day of their triumph,
the thinking men among them may feel some re-

gret, and even some shame, in looking back at the
events of last session. (Hear, hear.) Some shame
they must surely feel in recalling the coarse, the in-
solent bullying to which Mr. Gladstone was sub-
jected by some of the less creditable members of the
Tory party. Now Mr. Gladstone is not only a man
of genius, but my firm conviction is that there is
not in all England a man of more generous, unsel-
fish, chivalrous character. (Hear, hear.) It was,
then, singularly painful to witness the treatment of
such a man by those so incomparably below him.
But it was admirable to witness his self-command
in meeting their conspiracy to provoke him. Again,
they may surely feel some regret in having destroyed
a Reform Bill whose main characteristic was its
moderation. As a compromise agreed to by Mr.
Bright and those who follow him, it would, I have
no doubt, have been a settlement of the reform
question for many and many a year to come, and
so cleared the ground for practical legislation. It
would have given to the working classes that which
they will, they must, they shall have—namely, a
reasonable share of political power. (Cheers.) But
it would have done no more. It would have enlarged
and remodelled, but it would not have swamped the
existing constituencies. That sensible and moderate
bill has been done to death ; and now we see the
fulfilment of that which was repeatedly foretold,
namely, that if that bill with its £7 and £l4
franchise were rejected, the result must be that the
reform movement would take a more vehement de-
mocratic hue. We already see this. The demand
for houshold, nay, for manhood suffrage, is making
itself louldly heard. Now, gentlemen, I fear that
what I am about to say may displease some who
hear me ; but it would be cowardly of me to refrain
from saying how earnestly I trust that the Liberal
party will not allow itself to be carried away by that
demand. (Hear, hear.) I feel bound to say this, for
it seems to me that the Liberal party is now at a
most important crisis of its career, and uniess our
leaders show great courage and firmness, and receive
strong support among their followers, the Liberal
party may become involved in hopeless, impractic-
able schemes that may so alarm the country as to
extinguish for a long time to come not reform alone,
bill the whole programme of Liberal policy. (Hear,
hear.) Gentlemen, Mr. Bright tells us that out of
every 100 grown men only 16 have the suffrage.
That is a most striking fact, but it has two aspects.
On the one hand, there is written upon the face of
it the truth that a disproportion so flagrant cannot
and must not be suffered to remain. (Rear, hear.)
On the other hand, it is not less obvious that a re-
form bill which should confer the suffrage on the
remaining 84 per cent., or the greater part of them,
belonging to the working class, would utterly over-
throw the political sway of those who now possess
it ; and what the result might be of a change so
mighty no man can foretell. (Hear.) Now, I ap-
peal to you, gentlemen, would it not be true states-
manship—nay, would it not be common sense—to
feel our way by degrees, and gradually extend poli-
tical privileges more widely —instead of all at once
making a transfer of power so sudden and so sweep-
ing to untried men ? (Hear, hear.) And on what
ground are we urged to transfer power from the
existing voters to less educated constituencies?
Why, expressly upon the ground that they are un-
profitable servants, under whose sway England has
been one of the worst-governed countries in the
world. Gentlemen, is that so ? (Hear, hear.) I
wonder how any mortal can believe it who has
ever read history, or studied the state of foreign
nations. (I-lear, hear.) Depend upon it, notwith-
, standing all the abuses, the grievances, the evils that
still exist, there is no land overflowing with greater
blessings than our own ; there is no people richer
than our people in all the means of happiness ; and
this well-being is in the mlin due to the fact that
our institutions, with all their drawbacks, are
among the best and the wisest that the world has
ever seen. (Hear, hear.) Has not every man in
this country perfect freedom to speak,
to think,
and to do what he will? (Hear.) Are
not the laws equal ? Is not the administra-
tion of justice pure ? 13 there not a mighty stir
of mind among us ? Are not agriculture, trade,
art, science, literature, brimful of vigors life ?
much(Hear, hear.) And as to education, though
remains to be done, it is the fact—l speak from
memory, but lam prettysure of it—that one-eighth
of our population is at school ; a proportion scarcely,
if at all excelled, in any other land. It would be
folly, certainly, to be content and fold our hands,
instead
pushing forward to still better things. It
w\ 'Oul d of
be folly not to redress the grievances, not to
sweep away the abuses that still prevail. (Hear.)
Above all, it would be folly to reject the just and
honourable demand of the working class for a fuller
share of representation in the great council of the
nation. But no folly would be more transcendent
than that of suddenly changing the very basis of
those institutions which have wrought such glorious
results for ourselves and for mankind. (Hear, hear.)
Gentlemen, I feel that these remarks may seem
hardly fitting for the occasion ; but I know that I
could trust the toleration of true Liberals for opinions
that may be somewhat divergent from their own ;
and I see clearly that if there be any timidity or re-
ticence among us at this important juncture we may
drift into a position painful to ourselves and disas-
trous to the true interests of old England. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN, after eulogising the public and
private virtues of Mr. Onslow, as shown more parti-
cularly in his character of representative of the
borough, proposed his health in the following terms :
—" Health and success to G. M. E. Onslow, Esq.,
M.P., the honest and tried representative of the
borough : long may lie live to champion the prin-
ciples of civil and religious liberty, of which he has
ever been the earnest and unflinching advocate."
(Loud cheers.)
Mr. ONSLOW, who rose amidst renewed cheer-
ing, said he had to tender to the company his
warmest acknowledgments for the kind and flatter-
ing manner in which they had just drunk his health.
(Hear, hear.) He did not, however, require that
demonstration and that magnificent hospitality to
convince him of the friendly and cordial relations
which prevailed between him and his constituents,
for of the existence of those relations he had already
received many proofs from men of all shades of
politics in the ancient borough which he had the
honour to represent in Parliament. (Hear,
unexpected
compliment had further to thank them for the
last 1
e_ection
compliment they had paid him at the
of the the poll w
by bringing him in at the head o
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out one fraction of expense--and
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9-citih'utiermeninents of the present enlightened age.
'oorreemm' must Liberal principles prevail, and that
conclusion had been growing more and more im-
pressed upon his mind since the first, moment they
had returned him to Parliament, which was exactly
that day eight years. (llear, hear.) His hou. col-
league, Sir Wm. Bovill, stated upon a recent occa-
sion that if it had not been for something he (Mr.
Onslow) had said, he would himself have occupied
the first position on the poll at the last general elec-
tion. Now, let them picture to themselves the great
lawyer of the day, her Majesty's Solicitor-General,
declaring that anything he (Mr. Onslow) might have
stated had placed him at the head of the poll in that
borough. (Hear, hear.) Why, if that were true,
he ought himself to have been raised to the high

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point, and he believed that he had been placed at the
head of the poll, not for anything he had said, and
not because he had taken care to publish either his
public or his private charities, but solely because he
had received the cordial support of the great Liberal
party in the borough. (Cheers.) At the last general
election he received the support of many Tories, and
for that support he returned his warmest thanks.
His hon. and learned colleague thought it was to
that circumstance he owed his success ; but let Sir
Wm. Bovill examine their poll-books, and he would
find that if he took from him (Mr. Onslow) all his
Tory supporters and struck off his own lists those
Liberal electors who had recorded their votes in his
favour, the two Liberal candidates would be returned
by a decisive majority, and the Tories would be no-
where. (Cheers and laughter.) He deeply regretted
that he could not hail Mr. Long as his colleague, but it
afforded him, at all events, the most sincere gratifica-
tion to be able to offer the tribute of his admiration
for Mr. Long's sterling worth both in his public and
private character. (Cheers.) They m ight well call Mr.
Long a veteran Reformer, for he had first contested the
representation of that county in the year 1832, and
they found bim again in the political arena soliciting
the suffrages of the electors of Guildford in the year
1866, and thus protesting against that factious oppo-
sition which had been offered in-the last session of
Parliament to the government of Earl Russell. He
had no difference with Sir William Bovill except in
politics, and he heartily congratulated his hon. and
learned colleague on tly) encer/!a he had attBined in
his profession, and aigogrelGeyzp,_,:stti
only become Attsimey. but -Lard Chancel-
lor one of these days. (Hear, hear.) He wished
next to say a few words with respect to that Re-
form question which had recently led to the fall of
what he believed to be one of the most honest,
faithful, and able ministries that had since the com-
mencement of this century governed England.
Towards the close of last autumn, that thorough
old English gentleman, Lord Palmerston, passed
away, lamented by men of every party. Earl Rus-
sell, who then succeeded to the office of Prime
Minister, regarded it as his paramount duty to in-
troduce a Reform Bill, and in the speech which he
placed in the mouth of her Majesty at the com-
mencement of the session he announced that the
one thing needful in reference to that subject was a
lowering of the franchise. (Cheers.) Shortly after
the assembling of Parliament Lord Russell called his
supporters together and frankly informed them that
his Government meant to stand or fall by the bill.
The Tories stated that they could not support it,
because it was so incomplete and ill-considered, and
because it emanated from the brain of Mr. Bright,
but in his (Mr. Onslow's) opinion it was one of
the most carefully considered measures that had
ever been laid before the House of Commons.
That great and glorious man, Mr. Gladstone,
stated in the first instance that he proposed
to deal with the question of Reform in detail,
and if he had only adhered to that determination
he (Mr. Onslow) believed that ho would have carried his
measures in spite of all the opposition they might have to
encounter. (Hear.) But in au evil hour he gave way to
the tempter, and ho joined the two bills. The " Adulla-
mites" alleged that they could not support one of them
without the other, while they were really resolved not to
support either. The bill was then defeated, but he believed
that the voice of the people would yet ensure the triumph of
that or of some still larger measure. They had already
heard the first tones of that voice in the meeting in Hyde
Park. That meeting was not held for purposes of mis-
chief and insult ; it was held for the purpose of raising the
sleeping Tories from their lethargy ; and although it was
no doubt made the pretext for the assembling of pick-
pockets and vagabonds, the people were right in making
that demonstration. A French gentleman, a friend of his,
told him that he had been present at the riot in Hyde Park,
and that he had never seen a more orderly riot - (laugh-
ter)—and then he added that if such a meeting had been
held in Paris the people would have risen in insurrection
and the event would have terminated in a scene of public
slaughter. In the same way Garibaldi told him, after his
entrance into London, that he would write to his friends

in Italy and express to them the admiration with which
ho had witnessed the orderly conduct of the immense mul-
titude which had received him, although there had not
been among them a single policeman. (llear.) Ile (Mr.
Onslow) believed that if the same course had been adopted
in Hyde Park no interruption of -the public peace would
have occurred, and Mr. Walpole would not have had to
weep over the injuries which a number of people had sus-
tained. fu his opinion the 'Reform Dill of last session was as
mild and moderate a measure as had ever been introduced
by any Government. 'rho time was when ho was not for
household suffrage, but ho wr,s for household suffrage at
• -ebt,-ut found that in other countries, as, fur instance,
in America and our Australian colonies, every citizen was
considered deserving of the suffrage, and ho did not see why
John Bull should not be admitted to 1.116 same privilege.
lie was also for the shortening of Parliaments, because ho
believed such a measure would operate as a check on Adul-
lamite propensities ; and ho was au advocate of the ballot,
because he felt convinced it would afford the best remedy,
although not a complete one, for the bribery and intimida-
tion which at present prevailed so extensively at our elec-
tions. lie trusted that in the next session of Parliament

the leaders of the Liberal party, who had never fcrfoited
the confidence of the people, would be restored to office,
and that the honour and welfare of England would not re-
main entrusted to that Tory party who had offered the
most strenuous opposition to every one of those wise and
beneficent measures which formed the glory of our modern
legislation. (Cheers.)
Mr. J. HOCKLEY then formally presented to Mr. Long, in
the name of the subscribers, the fine piece of plate which
had bean purchased as a " testimonial" to that gentleman,
and which was lying throughout the evening in a conspic-
uous position in front of the chairman. Mr. Hockloy, in
performing this duty, took occasion to advert, amidst con-
siderable cheering, to the many and consistent services
rendered by Mr. Long to the Liberal cause in the borough.
Mr. 11. L. LONG, who was received with great cheering,
said in acknowledging the compliment, that ho had no words
to convey the deep sense he entertained of that great mark
of their kindness, which, ho was wellawaro, was ono far be-
yond his deserts. Many of the principles for which he had
contended in early life had since been carried in practical
operation with immense advantage to the nation at large.
The Tests and Corporation Act had been repealed, Roman
Catholic emancipation bad been granted; Parliament had
been reformed, the restrictions on commerce had been re
moved ; and the authority of those measures, who bnclat::
time been called anarchists and revolutionists
: anwedregnreat
universally regarded as sagacious politicians -
public benefactors. (Cheers.) to Reform, in-
Mr. J. FEuxaNDEz proposed "Success
creased economy in the public expentdolr„-,
(Oheers.)
a , . an d they wishedh aadd
toop
just
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tion of enlightened principles of t;xua ito
o• the toast, said he
Mr. J. WHITE, M.P., in responding
tance to bear his testi-
was glad to be able in the first
to the cause of Reform,
(Rear,
have a member of whose
r,representative,hear.
) i tiv was something
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inm otnhye
these
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times the fidelityof
backsliding of
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er
and he could state that on
principles of civil and reli-
gious question in
involved he had the satisfaction of
f in the same lobby in the House of Corn-
finding hinisolr
_usiow
(hear,
course one could.
hear.) The toast proposed
Com-
mons with M • 0
to Reform," and could they doubt that sue-
was "Success . . . .
r the manner in which the question was now being
be
which the
gious liberty were
teemcssenafitiep throughout the country ? The moral which he
deduced from that august uprising of the people was that
they believed that they ought no longer to be regarded as
political wards, and that they had a right to be admitted to
the full privilege of citizenship. (Hear, hear.) They did
not wish to subvert the constitutionn,obgurtothsleayv
allowed to enter within its pale. We could not stand still
in reference to the question of reform. The serfs of Russia
had recently been emancipated ; er
been abolished ; and it was time to • iestore to the people of
this conntry their ancient electoral rights.
He believed the
Tories would introduce a reform bill
next session, and it
was said that they meant to pi • opose a household suffrage
with a three years' residence. Now, ho was in favour of
household suffrage, but if it were
taccompanied with such a
condition as that one-half of h
town of Brighton, which lie represented, presentnt edw torouelledcbes of th
disfran-
chised. If the Tories offered them a good bill—which ho
hardly expected—lie would receive it at their bands. Ho
would not look a gift horse in the mouth, but if he said ho
believed the horse would be a good one he should bo deceiv-
ing them. (Rear, hear.) He was glad to see the people at
present demanding manhood suffrage. He did not expect
that they would get it, but by demanding it they would
obtain more than would have been given to them by the bill
of last session. (Hear, hear.) lie was not one of that class
of politicians who looked with distrust on the people. That
distrust was a modern invention. It sprang up during the
bad Georgian era, when the country suffered from great mis-
government; but he believed the mistaken notions of that
time were now pas,ing away; and that WAS a circumstance
from which they had all good reason to anticipate thei hap-
piest consequences. (Cheers.)
with
the HUGHES proposed " The Visitors," couplingikir. R. Young
the toast the names of CaPt. Steepole, M.P.,
M.P., and Sir P. O'Brien, M•Pe and each of those gentle-
men briefly acknowledged the compliment.
Sir P. O'BRIEN gave " The Fourth Estate, unbiassed and
uncompromising i • the advocacy of honest and just 'EL
mea-
sures of progress and reform ;" and Mr. J. Hughes replied
to the toast.
Mr. Wad, an operative, proposed " The Hon. F. H.
Fitzhardinge Berkeley, M.P., the great apostle of the bal-

I
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lot —he only means of snppressingbribery and intimidation,
and securing freedom and purity of election." (Cheers.)
Mr. BERKELEY, who rose amid renewed cheering, to ac-
knowledge the toast, said he would not upon that occasion
attempt to trespass at any length upon the time of the com-
pany. He believed that he should be doing very little jus-
tico to their intelligence if he were to doubt for a moment
that they were already well acquainted with the merits of
the question of the ballot. It was a question which had
for the first time of late years boen taken up by Mr. Grote,
with an eloquence and a logical arrangement of the argu-
ments in favour of the ballot which had never since been
equalled. On the retirement of Mr. Grote it fell into the
hands of Sir Henry Ward, by whom also it led bee
thatn ar-
he
gued with great ability ; and as it so happed
(MI. Berkeley) had seconded Sir 11. Ward's motion, he had
bean asked by that gentleman to act iu the mat
embero puns
successor,
pose
vain soled f
pose the aid of abler hands he bad yielded to that request•
lfe believed the ballot would materially c:"ntribute to pro-
mote purity of el•ction, for although it was true that a
candidate might still make a bargain with an elector for
the purchase of his vote, it was not likely that one rascal
would be much disposed to trust another. (Cheers and
laughter.) The last time he brought that subject before
the Hume of Commons he bad occasion to refer to certain
transactions in that borough, and Mr. Onslovv, their mem-
bir, then stood faithfully by him and confirmed everything
he had stated. 1f any one could show him a better instru-
ment than the ballot for preventing corruption and intimi-
dation at elections he should be prepared to adopt it ; but
as he was as yet aware of no other remedy for those evils
he should continuo to the best of his ability earnestly to
advocate that measure. (Cheers.)
A few other toasts, including " The Chairman" and
"The Ladies" next followed, and the company afterwards
separated at an advanced hour of

7 _
THEATRE' ItOYAL DRURY-LANE
Sole Lessee and INlanager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton
'1 HIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Ed-
mund l'hclps, W. Harrison, end Johnstone; Mrs. Hermann
Venn, miss Poole, and Airs. II Vandenhoff.
To uonedide with shakspere's EDY OF ERRORS.
Brothers Dromio by the Brothers `Feb
Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckehone,
THIS EVENING, lIE OVEKLA.Ni) ROUTE. Messrs.
Chai lei Mai hews, Buckstone, Coml. ton, Chippenc ale, Rogers,
Clark, Braid. Gordon, White, &c. ; Alesdamts slathevvs, Chip-
pendale, Hill, A right, ,t c.
Atter which, Uri BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. The
Misses Healy.
To be followed by THE CRI CIC. Me srs. C. Mathews,
Compton, Rogers ; Mrs. t itzwilliam, &c.
To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Pechter.
THIS EVENING, BUUTUS ANu C..ESAII. Miss
Ilearade.
At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Ac's, THE
LUNG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. New
Scene- yby Mr. 'l. Greive and assistants. Mess. s. S Emery,
IL Wid ,Vitzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson,
bewbound, Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andre vs, Reynotds,
and J. C. Cowper.
To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL COAT. Toby
Tweedleton, Mr. 11. Widdicomb ; and Miss Gratton
Acting Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

Box-Office open daily from Tin till Five.

TIIC LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM
THEAT til,;,—Johany Reilly (au Irish Sailor), Mr. D.
floucicault; Jane LearOy dVI Factory Girl), Airs. Bouci-
cault. At 7 o'ciock.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and aianager, Mr. Geo.
Last Week but One of the "Huguenot Captain.''
Tins EVENING, a Comedy, in Three Acts, by John
Oxeutord, Esq, entitled TILE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr.
Viiking, Mr. J. G. Shore; Miss K. _Rogers, Alias Neilson, and
Dirs. buckingharn White.
After which, at 9 o'clock, THE BJG UENOT CAPTAIN,
by Watts Phillips. Esq. Airs. Stirling, Miss Neilson, Miss A.
'Thomson; :',lr..Forrester, Mr. G. Honey, and Mr. J. G. shore.
Grand lsatlet of tio:leinians, in which MM. Flageolet, Clo-
doche, Comte, and Ziormande, will appear. Scenery by Mr.
F. Lloyds.

TIIEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII.
o 1 e Proprietor and Manager, Mr. 13. Webster.
TIM EVENING, at 7 precisely (1111 i time), ETHEL ; or,
ONLY A LIFE. Miss Ewe Terry, Mn. Allred Mellon,
Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Fitt ; Messrs..Billington, Stephen-
son, Ashley, Horn r, C. J. Smith, &c.
To conclude with II LEN ; or, TAKEN FROII THE
GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon, 3liss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt ;
Messrs. Paul Bedford, It. Puiilips, 1. A. Shaw, Ashley,
Eburne.

HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
TH. S LVLNING, L.kltlilNS' LOVE LETTERS. Mr.
Balmore ; Miss U. Saunders.
After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD.
Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollane ; Meidarne
F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, J. Fitidts.

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ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. swaulioruttgli.
THIS EVENING. THE MARRIr.D BACHELOR.
Messrs. Thorne and Price; Misses Johnstone anu
111: hea.
I'o be followed by IN THE WRONG .BOX.
.4.11.• r w d.di. will be prJduJel a Grand Burlesque ci
I)E FREIsCiILTZ ; A G;;,(1 t 'or I'.ece.
Messrs. [home, Jame-, and itobso.i ; 111Isdaw,0
borough, Raynnam, Jonnitone, and Ltu,hes.
To conclude with WAIfING FOIL THE UNDER-
GROUND.

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acceded to the demands of Prussia at an earlier
period we cannot see any force in it, because where
is the gain of Hanover and other States,
which have long been compelled to yield to
the hard terms of their conquerors? The
truth is, that the Berlin Government have
been going on all this time, declaring that they
only made war for the sake of advancing the
cause of German unity, and yet with the greatest
inconsistency we find that their real and sole
object is to obtain posiession of as many places
as they can seize for themselves. It is easy to
make pretexts and offer excuses, but they all
amount to the same thing at last. The least pos-