The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-01 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TILE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

THE " LONDON REVIEW" ON " CADGERS" CHER-
ISHED BY THE STATE.—If the " Amateur Casual"
has done no other good, his narrative has called
attention to a subject of which the public were
entirely ignorant; but it was left to the Parlia-
mentary Report on Vagrancy to open our eyes to
the shameful manner in which the community are
defrauded in the name of charity. When by acci-
dent we lift a stone, we are astonished by the num-
ber of obscure creatures that are immediately seen
scuttling away into darkness. The President of
the Poor Lawßoa.rd has just lifted such a stone, and
the " cadger and tramp" has been discovered iu all
his loathsomeness and depravity. It is not gene-
rally known that her Majesty's Government keep
boarding-houses for the reception of rogues and
vagabonds, and so ingeniously contrive their
arrangements that no honest man or woman cares
to ask admittance to them. Yet such is the plain
state of the case. The casual wards of the work-
houses throughout the kingdom have, by the in-
genuity of that noble fraternity the " cadger," alias
the henroost robber, the clothes stealer, and looter
general to the provincial community, become regu-
lar stages and houses of refreshment to these vaga-
bonds, who are far more dangerous than the crimi-
nal population, inasmuch as they carry on their
occupation under the guise of poverty, and with
an organisation so perfect as to baffle all attempts
at their regulation, much less their coercion. Mr.
Hotten, of Piccadilly, has given the public a specimen
of the cadger's map of a country district. Her Ma-
festy's Poor Law Commissioners are now informed on
the very best authority that every member of that
fraternity possesses a map of the entire country, and
knows the nature of the bed and table that is pre-
pared for him in every union in the kingdom, and
that is saying a good deal, for the variety is charm-
ing, and affords a proof of the system, or rather
want of system, in which relief is conducted by a
great public department. And the extraordinary
feature of their organisation is, that it is carried on
by means of written communications on the walls of
the wards themselves. Mr. Andrew Doyle, the in-
spector for the Chester district, in his admirable re-
port, gives specimens of their " handwriting on the
wall,", which he informs us are to be found in every
workhouse in the kingdom. The wall is, in short,
the cadger's card-basket, where he makes appoint-
ments, and his visitors' book where he expresses his
opinion as to his treatment. Here are three an-
nouncements for, instance _ .

" Private Notice.—Saucy Harry and his Moll will be at
Chester to eat their Christmas dinner, where they hope
Saucer and the fraternity will meet them at the Union, 14th
November 1865."
" Notice to ourPals.—Bristol Jack and Bursiem was hero
on the 15th of April, bound for Montgomery-shire for the
summer season."
"Notice to Long Cockney, or Cambridge, or any of the Fra-
ternity.—Harry the Mark was here from Carmarthen, and
if anybody of the Yorkshire tramps wishes to find him he
is to he found in South Wales for the next three months.
17th April, 1865."
We confess it is something new to find casuals of the
criminal class giving 0- their invitations for Christmas
gatherings six weeks in advance, and talking of their
rounds for the " summer season." That the cadger
makes his rounds as regularly as her Majesty's judges
go the circuit, and that the county in like manner
finds him his lodgings and board as a matter of
course we gather from these " jottings by the way."
There is not a particle of disguise about the matter;
he never pretends that he is a casual, in the legal
sense of the term, but boldly claims his right to board
and lodging as often as he happens to come that way,
and not only board, but clothing. The cadger,when his
clothes are too ragged to wear, or too full of venni n,sim-
ply tears them up and then demands new ones. " Tear-
ups" are becoming a distinct variety of the tramp
genus, and the only effectual method of cure is to
clothe them in old sacks. However depraved human
nature may be it cannot stand ridicule. It may
easily be conceived that the cadger is not an agree-
able person to spend the night with ; indeed there
is a general accord among the masters of workhouses
that their riotous and blasphemous conduct is so
fearful that no respectable wayfarer will share with
them the shelter and food of the casual ward. The
consequence is that the very class of deserving poor
for whom the accommodation was intended never
get it, and the whole system of casual relief is
monopolised by thieves and idle vagabonds, with
the full knowledge of the authorities. In order
to repress the casual as much as possible a diet is
given which certainly cannot be called inviting. Dry
bread and skilly, or gruel, is nourishment pre-
sented in the most obnoxious form ; this may
be fair treatment for the " cadger," but it is a
cruelty, wholly undeserved, when offered to the
honest wayfarer, * Now the question is, catnlvsee
by any arrangement distinguish between these
two classes, and mete out to each the, hospitalitycr
they deserve? The late Charles
l
answered the' when
President of the Poor Law Board, red
question by refusing relief to al yo wholl able able-bodied
men, by exacting a task of work from
for relief, and by the employment of police-officers
as assistant relieving officers. These
rules acte d
very effectually as deterrents to the professional
cadger, for he will not work if he can help it, and he
shirks the police-officer, who certainly would not
permit the casual to make his. regular rounds over
and over again. On the other hand, the honest
wayfarer was distinguishedby
oneth e
pwolsisoesksinoenwotfhae
certificate given him by some
particulars of his distress, These regulations acted

PRICE 4d.
STAMPED sd.

very well for a time, but on the death of their
author they fell into disus3, and.now indiscriminate
relief is the rule. The police-officer should be
restored to his post again—the honest man will
not fear him, the rogue will. If we can weed
out only one-half of the 75 per cent. of profes-
sional " cadgers" who now disgust the work-
house masters and taint the very name of casual,
sonic better relief could be afforded to the
workmen in search. of work, or the honest woman
in search of her husband, than the regulation six
ounces of bread and pint of skilly. It is a shame
that in consequence of the bad behaviour of tramps
an honest man receives worse treatment from the
workhouse authorities than the felon. If a man
commits a robbery and is sent to Portland, he gets
for his breakfast a pound of bread, a pint of cocoa,
and two ounces of cheese. If he is simply honest,
and wants a lodging for the night, he has six ounces
of bread and a basin of gruel ! Can we wonder
that those who are dishonestly inclined prefer the
prison? And let us imagine the conditions under
which a poor man seeks the casual ward in a work-
house. Ile is mentally and physically depressed by
being out of work and food ; there is in his
heart a secret resentment against society, which
he holds reponsible for this want ; just
when in this frame of Mind, the Poor-law pro-
vides for him a sort of club, in which he is thrown
in contact with cadgers and tramps. I-Ie hears
their fine stories, their adventures, he is
put up to their dodges for living upon the commu-
nity, and for thieving between whiles. Is it won-
derful that scholars in this frame of mind should
become victims to such apt masters ? But we ask,
is it not infamous that the law should lend itself to
such a teaching ? To throw the honest man, under
such circumstances cheek by jowl with the profes-
sional tramp or thief is
.a moral offence which is
avenged by the moral law. If we knowingly foster
the cadger class and deliberately bring them in con-
tact with the poor creature wavering upon the edge
of criminalty, we establish a school of thieves which
is certain to be more successful than any that is pre-
sided over by the art of Fagan.
ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES. The Birmingham
and Midland " Freedman's Aid Association "
have published their second annual Report, and
we are happy to state that this charitable
institution has attained a fair measure of sup-
port. The tremendous revolution worked in the
South by the American war has there disorganised
society to an extent which we can here little appre-
ciate. It is easy to state that four millions of
slaves were at once emancipated in a certain number
of States of the Union, and slavery for ever abolished
as an institution of the United States. But it
requires no light strain of the mind to take in and
appreciate this tact. It must be remembered that
on slavery was built up the society of the South.
Two races intimately intermixed in all the relations
of life, generation succeeding generation on the
same soil, the one the lord and master, the other
the slave and servant, suddenly found the relation
in which they stood to each other severed. To ac-
complish this—the greatest fact of this century—the
lord and master had to be overthrown in arms, and
to complete the work it was necessary to employ a
portion of the servants and slaves. The effect was
to debase in his own eyes the most arrogant and
domineering race in Christendom, and to leave
these millions of untaught negroes in the midst of
their former masters to their own resources. The
knot of slavery Was emphatically a Gordian knot,
impossible to untie except by the means used by.
Alexander the Great. The sword was the only so-
lution, which, though it forcibly severed, did nothing
to reunite. The task it left--to rebuild the edifice
overthrown—is one of the greatest which has fallen
to the lot of man to accomplish. We are thankful
that this task has fallen into the most able hands.
It might be a matter of despair to any other people
than those of the States of North America. Even
to them the difficulties are almost overwhelming,
and in the work they require the countenance and
support of all good men. To furnish these is the
object of the Freedmen's Aid Association. The
Report informs us that " they have thus far fulfilled
the • pledge given, and more than realised the
hopes expressed at the anniversary celebrated
June 13th, 1865. Meanwhile the character and
prospects of the freedmen have obviously im-
proved ; still, while much suffering has been pre-
vented, removed, or mitigated, and many schools
and orphanages have been established, very much
remains to be done by their friends on both sides
of the Atlantic. Last year they reported receipts
of money, £1,821; this year, £5,701. Last year
the whole, both goods and money remitted, was
over £7,000 ; this year they considerably exceed
£17,000." Nor does this represent all : the differ-
ence in value is enormously increased when the
articles are received in America, being admitted by
the Government " duty free," and conveyed by the
liberality of the large shipowners from Liverpool
free of freight. The Committee express their
total
motaßl 00aft1,75.1,
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and thßa
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for
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continuedCoand generosity
700 packages from Liverpool to America for the
in all. They include in this acknowledgment
rnerNosa
Elihu Burritt, Esq., . United States Consul in
ittiyo National
shown
Birmiughau, for his disinterested aid and uniform
freedmen during the year, making
courtesy. The following is the enumeration of
merchandise needed in supplying the wants of the
freed people
Unbleached and bleached cotton cloth. Cottonados,
denims, jeans of any colour, stripes or plaid. Printed
calicoes, ginshams, kerseys, tweeds,_ linseys. Cotton and
woollen hosiery for women, children, and men. Madras,
Turkey red, and other handkerchiefs. Drills, table cloths,
shootings, or ether linen. Men's cotton or woollen under
clothing. Buffalo cloth, corduroy, flannels of any colour.
Coarse shawls of 44 to 8-4 in size. Blankets, rugs, cover-
lets, bed tick, striped regattas. White and coloured spool
cotton. Black and assorted colours linen thread. Needles,
00, 0,1, 2,3, 4,5, 10, daraers. Thimbles, scissors, shears,
buttons of all sorts, pins. Tapes, bindings, cotton and
worsted. Boots and shoes, clegs, caps, hoods, gloves.
Trace chains, hoes, axes, locks. Crockery, glassware,
window glass."

Besides alleviating the sufferings of the freed-
men under the peculiar circumstances in which they
are placed, the Association have strongly directed
their attention to aid in the establishment of schools
and orphanages, and have been cheered by the
diligence and success of their pupils, both old
and young. Schooling is felt to be the pressing
necessity of the transition period. Education is a
matter of State prerogative and regulation, not that
of the Federal Government, and little encourage-
ment is looked for, considering the antipathy of the
South generally to the elevation of the negro.
While lessening their physical suffering and pro-
viding for their moral well-being, the Committee
turn to the material advancement of the race. For
this purpose they use a portion of their funds to take
advantage of the " Homestead Act," by which
every loyal freedman above 21 years of age can
have an 80-acre allotment of public land in either
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, or Florida, on
payment of $5. This law provides that, if at the
end of five years the land shall have been held and
cultivated by an applicant, a patent, giving him a
legal title, will be issued on payment of $5 more.
"It seems next to impossible," the report states,
"to over-rate the value of the Homestead,,
rAncet
" promptly and properly
.applied."
" future of the freedmen will mainly depend underc
" God on the way in which the
"and Christian people of America and Great Britain
s been
" shall deal with them now. A nationnot
reach its
cc born in a day. But a nation does
en
philanthropictnßtirirotapitn
need more
" manhood in an age. The freedmen
Great Britain
" than all the people in
i iucnananity, the love of
" can do for them. Simplethe obligations of grati-
" civil and religious liberty,
sho
recently did for us
Amer,
" tude to America for lyllicats
what we owe to the
"in our distress, as 1
of whose uncompensated
4, slaved, and the produce
almost every British home,
ethers we caused to be en_
" freedmen whose fodrweafeca
" toil has been used
Yet higher, the countless, in-
:: tance to themselves
licit bind England and America
dissoluble "all de ma li dtsi
eitsnh
eivvss.ti
amble importance
cementing and perpetuating the
.
• dsin between the two most free,
'll:l'ertsheN:fith which the MosT Hicmhas already
en-
4, lightened, and Christian nations on earth, and the
::: etal°nollseetsli frien P
" rich blessing
considerations imperatively demand
are
e icnod-difference
eorrekneer
es ,
aansd In)/ eelgll
eacst 1111 ell perils
~ signalised our efforts, ani the efforts of those with
;ill' iCinh mace
~
that we should
"prayerfully brace ourselves anew for the work--
" the circumstances and 1• c aims of which have
~ scarcely a parallel in history."

HOME NEWS FROM ABROAD.—The Memorial
piplomatique, on the authority of a London correspondent,
announces that the armaments of Great Britain are being
increased upon a vast scale. Tho same correspondent
states that "Mr. Disraeli has prepared a Reform Bill much
more liberal than that which was proposed by Mr. Glad-
stone. The now bill will confer the electoral franchise
upon every Englishman possessing a home and paying
taxes. It is universal suffrage, excluding the indigent,
rhuinal, and vagabond classes."

n
w Almost stth allecurrent the gr
London carry daily large quantities of milk. To
eek
take the Great Western example—in a single
:for
n notwithstanding anies lavi
ng term'
the cattlei
eyaet:r,
plague, as much as 66,000 gallons have been deli-
vered at Paddington.Station. This enormous quan-
tity required about 5,000 cans for its conveyance.
These tall brass-bound taper vessels are sufficiently
familiar objects to almost everybody as to render
description unnecessary. They are to be seen on the
passenger platforms, and not at the out-of-sight
goods stations; the milk being in all cases, for ra-
pidity of transit, conveyed by passenger trains. It
is difficult to realise such a quantity as 66,000 gal-
lons, or the number of cows required to produce the
quantity, or the area of land neessary for grazing
and feeding the vast herd. The average yield of
mulch kine is very variously estimated, the range
between the lowest and the largest yields is very
wide indeed according to the breed of the cows,
being from one quart a day to twenty. Assuming
eightquarts as a fair average, and dividing the 66,000
gallons over the seven days of the week—for cows
have to be milked and hens persist in laying on Sun-
days, whether it be proper or not for railways to
utilise their produce—we have 9,428 gallons deli-
vered per day, or 37,712 quarts, which at eight
quarts per day each is the produce of 4,714 cows. If
21 acres are. allowed for grazing and feeding each
cow, we have an aggregate for the herd of 11,785
acres, or about 18 square miles, and this, in rela-
tion to the delivery at only one out of half a dozen
milk-carrying London lines, and exclusive of the
butter and cheese sent by the same or other graz-
ing districts. In quoting the delivery of 66,000
gallons a maximum rather than an average quantity
has been stated.
,• .Unfortunately for the consumers
of milk the quantities delivered by rail fluctuate
greatly from season to season, and even week to
week. The family order for milk is tolerably con-
stant for one week to another, or even from month
to month, but the deliveries of milk at the Great
Western and other stations will sometimes vary by
10,000 gallons- in one week as compared with that
immediately preceding or following it. If the milk
dealers only resorted to " the cow with the iron
tail" to make up the deficiency there would be no
serious harm done, but it is to be feared that the
" experts" in the milk trade resort to tricks for giv-
ing even water pure and simple the appearance of
rich milk without imparting any of its nutritive
properties, and this renders the genuine milk to
which the villanous sophisticator is applied not stale
merely, but absolutely putrid in a few hours. It was
doubtless the milk so tampered with that Dr. Druitt
referred to as the means of effectually quieting babies
who are a burden to their unnatural or pzofligate
mothers. The milk delivered daily at the Padding-
ton station comes from some of the richest grazing
districts in England, the supply being mainly from
Berks, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, and Wilts.
On the West Midland line considerable quantities
come from Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-
Wold, and thereabouts. On the main line consign-
ments of milk are received daily from almost every
station, as far as Bath inclusive. Swindon station
alone sends 800 to 900 cans daily ; Wootton Bassett
and Chipponham, celebrated as cheese markets,aiso
send large quantities.—Railway News.

Probable Results of the President's Tour.

The President's tour is likely to lead to a
result favourable to the future of America. Sin-
gularly enough, however, this result is the very
opposite of that looked for when he started from
the Union Convention platform on his celebrated
journey. The President set out breathing Peace
and Good-will ; but the further he left the White
House behind the stronger his old habits returned
—the less guarded his denunciations—till by fre-
quent contact with the mob he forgot the Presiden-
tial post, and remembered only his rough life in the
wilds of Tennessee. His speeches were curious
enough, considering that they were delivered by a
President, even early in the route ; but it was re-
served for Indianapolis to be the stage of a Pre-
sidential harangue, which, we fear, will be associated
with Mr. Johnson's name long after he has ceased
to be. Ilis attempt to fasten the New Orleans
massacre on the Radical Congress—as he termed
the Legislature of the United States—is a wild ex-
travagance. The metaphor by which he endeavoured
to work out to an absurdity the charge of being a
Judas is positively blasphemous, and the denun-
ciations of the ruling power of the Union—his
threat to veto every- measure laid before him by
a Radical Congress, and his design of "kick-
" ing out" every Radical office-holder, are
unbecoming in the highest degree the dignity
and reserve of his station. The scene was
one worthy of the backwoods, and the President
must have been forcibly reminded, as he looked
down on the contending masses, of his early career.
It was amid such scenes that Mr. Johnson was
educated. In the untamed regions of social and
political warfare the President first rose to emi-
nence. his sharp rapartee and quick acceptance of
any challenge shouted by an individual of the mob
was a return to the old battle in which he had led
as a master mind, and met and subdued his oppo-
nents. The strategy of these half-civilised settle-
ments ill became the great ruler of a mighty Re-
public, with the world for a stage. But here in.
England we should not pronounce too harsh a
judgment on what may seem so extravagant. Were
Mr. Johnson not the President of the United
States his speeches would be the most natural pos-
sible, and eminently adapted for the men to whom
they were addressed. He was accused of every
possible crime, and he met those charges with a fierce
denial, with energetic declamation, and with strong
counter-charges. He was at home on this platform,
and his old habits got the mastery. While ad-
dressing these people he lost sight of the
that he was speaking to the Union and heard fact
all over the world. He became a mere political de-
magogue, the simple chief of a factious party, and
so far forgot himself as to inflict the most
will
damaging blow to the party cause he
whose
espoused. The consequences, we believe,
be beneficial to the States, though so inju-
rious to himself. 11Then the declaration of the
Philadelphia Union Convention was published, we
hoped that the sound and moderate sentiments
enunciated, would have acted so strongly on the
minds of th epcoplc as to induce them to declare autho-
ritatively what the policy of the Union on this mo-
mentous question should be. It only fanned, however,
into a fiercer flame the opposing parties, and people
dreaded as they looked on the violence of the con-
tention that it might eventuate in civil war. Any
circumstance that stirred up the quiescent mass—
the great Conservative element of the Union—be-
fore whom President and Congress, politicians and
parties, must all bow—tended to a good result.
Happily for the Union, this result will be secured
by the President's tour. The people are throw-
ing themselves by thousands into the arms of the
Republicans. The Vermont and Maine elections
show the strong drift of the tide, and if
no extravagance be committed by the leaders
of the Republican party it is now highly probable
that the people will speak so emphatically in favour
of Congress that nothing will remain but to carry
into effect the distinct utterance of the nation. Mr.
Johnson has on all occasions avowed his intention
to be guided by the voice of his countrymen, and if
this voice be clearly against him he must abandon
his policy, or resign his post. He may " kick out"
the Radical office-holders who do not endorse his
policy, but the nation has a still clearer right to
kick him out if he persists in adhering to his own
against its declared wish. When the PRESIDENT, in
the quiet of his study, cools down from the excite-
ment of his receptions, he will see the extravagance
of his declarations, and this will be more strongly
and forcibly brought home to him by their effect on
the people. It is possible that his violent excitement
will end in a reaction, and that a policy of concilia-
tion and moderation will be adopted. He cannot'{
either with or without civil war, carry out his policy,
but he can tone down considerably any extreme
measures that Congress may desire to enforce. if
he is a wise man he will bow to events, and make
the most of ciretunstances.—Anglo-American Tinier.

\lra regret to state that the Marquis Of Exotor is in pyery
dangerous Atate of health.

TIIEITRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.— Sole
Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—
PROSPECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS.—This day, Oct. 1,
and during the week, Shakspere's Tragedy of MA.CBET H.
To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS.
Monday, Oct. 8, and during the week (Saturday excepted),
Shakspere's Tragedy of KING JOHN, being the last five
nights it can be performed previous to the Christmas holi-
days in consequence of the numerous novelties in prepara-
tion. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY
ur ing OF
ERRORS. Saturday, Oct. 13, Monday, Oct. 15, and d
the week, Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. To con-
clude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Saturday, O
Stage,
will be produced for the first time on the Engmantic Plalish,
iu
resp.,,ct to several of its chief scenes, Roy
in Four -A.cts, entitled FAUST, adapted from the Poem of
Goethe, by Bayle Bernard. Principal character:4 by air.
Goethe,
Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. 11. Talbot, Mr. W. Harri-
Fon, Mr. 'l'. Swinbourne, Mr. Henri Drayton, Master Percy
Roselle, Mr. T. Mead, Mr. James Johnstone, othe.rs
Webb, Mr. Edmund Phelps, Mr. Barrett, Mr. if. Sincla.ir,
Mr. Barsi)v, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Herman N emu,
Madamo Jenny Baur, Miss Poole, Miss Rebecca Isaacs,
Mrs. H. Vaudenhoff, Miss Florence Bennett, Miss Adelaide
Golier, Miss Isabel Adams.—Tllo Scenic Department
under' the direction of Mam Bevurley. Stage
meager, Mr. Edward Stirlir. Willing.

PHILLIPS, Mayor.—ln a MEETING or AS-
SEMBLY of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Liverymem
f the several Companies of the City of Loudon in Common
assemtled, at the Guildhall of the said City, ou Satur-
day-, the 29th day of September, 18G6,
Resolved unanimously,
That this Common Hall has witnessed with feelings of
pride anti satisfaction the discharge of the responsible duties
of his dace by the Right Honourable Benjamin Samuel
rhillips, the chief magistrate of this city.
Ire the attention he has given to his municipal duties ; in
the maintenance of cherished rights ; in the assistance he
bas rendered to the great charities of the metropolis ; in his
enlightened advocacy of the principles of local self-govern-
ment ; and in the exercise of a refined and graceful hospi-
tality, the Lord Mayor has, in the judgment of this Com-
mon Hall, raised the character of his office, and illustrated
in the most noble and admirable manner the true bearing
of ono who is the chosen officer of so distinguished a com-
munity.
That to this Hall it is a matter of congratulation to have
observed the signal marks of Royal favour in the gracious
neceptance of the hospitalities of the Lord Mayor and th•
14ady Mayoress by their Majesties the King and Queen of
the Belgians, the Heir Apparent of these realms, the Prin-
cess of Wales, and other members of the Royal family.
That this Common Hall records its sense of the grateful
approval of the prompt, merciful, and efficient measures
adopted under the guidance of the Lord Mayor upon the
recent outbreak of cholera in this metropolis, whereby help
has been given to the dying, and substantial provision se-
cured for the widows and orphans left destitute under this
calamitous visitation.
That this Common Hall cannot contemplate the retire-
writ of the Lord Mayor from the office he so worthily
ilows without expressing in the most emphatic terms its
high appreciation of the honour he has conferred upon the
citizens at large by the spirited, generous, and independent
manner in which he has fulfilled the duties of the highest
trust of this ancient, grand, and free municipal institution.
Resolved unanimously,—
That the thanks of the Livery are due, and are hereby
given, to Sills John Gibtons, Esq., Alderman, and James
Figgins, Esq., Sheriffs of London and Sheriff of Middlesex
during the past year, for the efficient manner in which they
have upheld the dignity of the office and maintained the
ancient rights and privileges of the Livery, for the faith-
fat discharge of their duties, for their liberal hospitality,
and fur their munificent contributions to the various chari-
ties of the metropolis. WOODTHORPE.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton
THIS EVENING, 6hakspere's Tragedy 01 MACBETH
Mr. Phelps; Messrs. T. bwinbourne, T. Mai, E. Phelps, W.
M'lntyre, G. Spencer, Henri Drayton ; Mcsdamei Amy
Sedgivick, Jenny Baucr, Rebecca Isaacs, s c
To conclude with Shakapere's COMEDY OF ERRORS.
Brothers Dromlo by
Cthe Brothers Webb.
ommence at Seven.

TkIEATRE ROYAL, lIAYM4RKET,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone,
THIS EVENING, THE HEIR-AT-LAW. Messrs. Buck-
stone, Chlppendalt , Compton,Farren, Rogeis, Braid, Gordon,
Wethersby, acc. ; Madames Chippendale, Moore, Hill, Szu.
After which the BALLET DIVERTISSE3IENT. Misses
Christine and Agnes Healy.
Concluding with HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mes'rs.
C Mathews, Compton, Fairen, Clark, Braid. White, &c.:.
Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Hill, Laws, Lovell,
Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. k'echter.
'l'llls EVENING, and during the week.—Mr. and Mrs
DION BOUCICAULT in the new Drama, " THE LONG
STRIKE."
Performances :—At 7 o'clock, NURSEY CHICKWEED.
Messrs. 11. Widdicomb, Moreland, D. Evans, and Miss K.
Blandford.
At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Acts, THE
LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. The New
Scenery by Mr. T. Greive and assistants. Messrs. S Emery,
H. Wid:icomb, r itzpatriek, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson,
Isewbound Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds,
and J. C. Cowper.
To conclude with UP IN THE WORLD.
Acting Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.