The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-17 00:00:00

Prince of Wales' Yacht Club.

The annual dinner of the above flourishing and popular
elub took place yesterday evening at the Freemasons' Ta-
vern, Great Queen-street. Nearly 50 gentlemen sat down
to dinner, presided over by Mr. Cecil Long, the commo-
dore, supported by Messrs. F. H. Lemann, H. Dodd, Bir-
nie, Lowe, &c.; the vice-chairs being occupied by Messrs.
Richard Sadleir, rear-commodore, and Alfred Turner. The
cloth being removed, the toasts of "The Queen," " The
Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal
'Family," and " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers" were
disposed of, the latter being replied to by Major FARN-
FIVLD.

The next toast was " ThoPrinco of Wales' Yacht Club,"
given by Mr. P. TURNEIt, the treasurer. In doing so he
dwelt upon the fact that he was the oldest member present,
and also upon the many happy evenings he had spent
during the 15 years he had belonged to it. It would be
a gratification to him to &mantic a member. He had been
associated with the club since its formation, and when he
gave them the toast he knew they would receive it well.
He dwelt upon the rise and progress of the club, and in
concluding, hoped it would continue to rise and progress,
especially when governed by such officers as it now had.
given by Mr. Tame, and repliiidTalby fir. Cecil Long, in
his usual felicitous manner, thanking them warmly for his
recent election, and hoping to deserve their support, spite
of all his responsibilities. Mr. Sadleir, the rear-commo-
dore, alsO replied.
other toasts followed, and a very pleasant evening was
spent, the musical talent being Messrs. Donald Smith,
Webb, and the Misses King, the latter being deservedly
applauded.
The Trades' Reform Movement.

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DEPUTATION TO SIR RICHARD MAYNE.
Yesterday afternoon a deputation from the Trades' Re-
form Demonstration Committee, consisting of the chairman
(Mr. G. Potter), the secretary, and three members of the
committee, waited on Sir Richard Mayne, the chief com-
missioner of police, at Whitehall, for the purpose of ascer-
taining what facilities he was prepared to afford, in his
official capacity, to the committee who have the manage-
ment and arrangement of the procession of the trades on
Monday, the 3d of December next.
Mr. POTTER explained the object of the deputation. All
they asked was that the police should be ordered so to re-
gulate the traffic during the passage of the procession as to
secure its peaceable and uninterrupted progress, with as
little inconvenience as possible to the general public. The
police did this on the occasion of her Majesty opening Par-
liament ;it was dono on the day of-the entry of the Princess
Alexandra into London ; it was dono on the occasionof all
royal pageants, and on other occasions, such as the volunteer
review days in Hyde-park, the Lord Mayor's Show, &c. ;
ar.d he claimed the same protection now the people were
going to have a procession or pageant on their own ac-
count for their own objects, which were perfectly legal and
constitutional.

The other members of the deputation enforced the same

views on the commissioner.
Sir RICHARD MAYNE would not dispute the right of the
working classes to hold their demonstration, but he doubted
the wisdom of bringing largo masses of the people together
in a crowded city. He could not, however, afford any fa-
cilities whatever to the demonstration or procession in the
manner asked. He might as well at once take charge of
the procession and guide it to its destination, which the law
gave him no power to do. If the committee held the pro-
cession they must take all the responsibility for what might
occur ; all that lay in his province was to preserve the
peace, and interfere where it was broken. Ho had no
power to stop the
carriage traffic or turn it into another
direction to accommodate the persons forming the proces-
sion, who assembled of their own free will, and worn not
bound to be there. In the case of her Majesty gg to
open Parliament on the occasions referred to, they were
connected with the sovereign power of tha country, and
must be looked on as national and necessary occasions, for
which the law provided. The proposed procession, if not
Llegal, was at any rate not necessary or national. He de-
nied that he had ever given special facilities to either the
volunteers or to the Lord Mayor. There would be no op-
position offered by the authorities to the demonstration,
but no sanction could be given to it, which would be the
case were h o to o
u d
lo d whatattach t o was
asked.hm,
ho
a n
d would bo
Mr. POTTER thanked the commissioner for his cour-
tesy and candour, but regretted his decision. However,
the committee were not prepared to take all the respon-
sibility
that
pre-
pared to take the regutttion of the traffic thei into •
r own
hands.

OLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
11 mole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. tefton Parry.
TILLS EVENING, L tRKINS' LOVE LETTEIt:3. Mr.
Bolmore; Miss C. Saunders.
After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD.
P.grq Neville. Belmore, Garden,Vollaite ; Mesdames