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London, England, 1866-10-12 00:00:00

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This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gainer
Dublin Prize Medal.
It 'is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very
some.
Sold in Bottles,ls. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Lol
by the Agents in the principal towns in Englant
whnlAsalA at
R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
ObservA thA Red Real, Pink Label, and Cork branded
" Kinaban's LL Whisky."

/IUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
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Panic dare for insertion received until the 27th of the
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EVERYBODY asks for the lIELENA.—See
Scarborough Gazette, Oct. 4.—Order of all Music-
sellers.

Mr. WRIGHTON'S NEW BALLADS.—" Mr. W. T.
Wrighton. who will ever be remembered and thanked for
his charming ballad, Her bright smile haunts me still,'
has just issued a sweet little song, commencing Grieve
not for me love.' It is in the key of D, in six-quaver time,
and ranges from Dto F sharp—or within the compass of
a tenth. The air is very pretty and tender, is easy, and
sings smoothly and pleasantly. Another of Mr. Wrighton's
latest compositions is his ballad, Thby tell me lam quite
forgot.' This is in B flat, common time. It is a very ex-
pressive song, and would well suit a good tenor voice,
capable of delivering it with some degree of impassioned
feeling. The accompaniment is simple, yet very appro-
priate."—Vide Scarborough Gazette, Olt. 4.
Each ballad 3s, free by post for 19 stamps each.—Lon-
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ATKINSON and Co.,
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corresponding to the List, is marked in plain figures, and
comprises
DRAWING ROOM FURNITURE
In new and elegant designs, covered in Rep, Terry Cloths,
French and Silk Damasks, &c. This department is also
enriched with the latest Parisian Novelties, Cabinets,
Whatnots, Davenports, &c.
Good Solid Dining Room Sets in mahogany and oak.
Iron and Brass Bedsteads in great variety.
The new patent Spring Mattress still stands alone for
cheapness and comfort.
The Bedding is all made on the premises and under
Their famous Polishedrsona Pineins Bed Room Suites demand

special attention.
Extract from Builder."
" We were shown a short time since a bed room fitted
oP by an Earl for his own occasional occupation at the sea-
side, in which every piece of furniture, save the iron bed-
It'at?ad, Was made of the white wood in question. Dressing
ble, washstand, drawers, towel rails, and chairs were as
spotless as the crest of the waves beating on the shore, and
the very height of cleanliness seemed attained."
THE STOCK OF CARPETS
Is one of the choicest in London, embracing Turkey,
Floor Cloth,
Velvet Pile, Brussels, Kidder, Felts, &c.
Katnptulicon, Linoleum, and Cork Carpet, cut,
fitted, and laid down to any size and plan.
Damask, Rep,
Furnishing Drapery of every description.
and Pekin Cloths, French and English
Chintzes, &c.
STOCK OF HOUSEHOLD LINEN
'8 Well worthy the attention of clubs, hotels, and large
consumers, who will be treated with on most liberal terms.

ATKINSON & CO.,
198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, and 210,
WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE-ROAD, LONDON.

TO CHARITABLE DONORS, the Managers
of Public Institutions, Asylums, and Homes.
to The
.peculiar circumstances of this year, the late moue-
IY crisis, and the consequent depression of the markets,
14
,ash e midst of which ATKINSON and Co. made large
tages m purchases, en
a f
ble them now to offer unusual advan-
•
the supply o
BEDDING, BLANKETS, COUNTERPANES, and
besides
S HEETINGS,
every description of material for warm Winter

Clothing.

ATKINSON & CO.,
19, 200, 202, 201, 206, 208, and 210,
WES T :NBUNS TER-BRID GE-ROAD, LONDON,

TENDER FOR CLOTIIINOG.-
_ The Right Honourable the Lords and othersCthrnat
i,r,ussioners of this Hospital do Hereby Give Notice, "aeY are ready to receive TENDERS and to treat with
Zhipe,_rsons as may be willing to contract for CLOTHING
Aital,iforvAtwijoil3),
erOs,LDIERS &,c belonging to the Ilos-
viz. : ' "
"WHOLE MOUN TING FOR 1867.
, RALF MOUNTING FOR 1868.
t
.or Tnhose persons, therefore, who may be disposed to treat
Pte same are desired to apply at the Secretary's Office
Y day between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock
...9r farther particulars, where Patterns may be seen, and
',lolrtiis of Tenders obtained, the latter of which must be
saiedcl 11P, and delivered sealed at the Board-room of the
aRe P, and
by the party or parties tendering, or by an
Gthnt appointed on his or their behalf, on TUESDAY, the
ti_ :lay of NOVEMBER next, at Twelve o'clock, at which
La
, 71 tfie Commissioners will be prepared to receive and
Ze the same into consideration.

GEORGE HUTT,
RoYal Itos Secretary and Registrar.
ito, Chelsea, Oct. 6, 1866.

viTZEPTURRS.-11Y ROYAL GETTERS PATENT.
HITE'S AIOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
Rxni
ITIONS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
ri...._ R ot 18M and 1852 i, ts allowed by upwardsiof
1,,,7..__
,lfoundred llelical Gentlemen to be the most effective
• a Steel sprinm
07•Btl n n the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use
ffe,ts. ts het e
"Oided-1.1 rat often. hurtful in its
ri while
the requistt 8 bandage being worn round b
Pad and e esistinrg power is supplied by the Moo-Main
teas thant Lever, fitting' with so much ease
te e bo "y,
and 3lose-
during
glee t Patennot be detected, and may be worn
%,,,,P,. A detcriptive circular may be had, and th‘. truss,
Which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the mourn-
of the bod two'
below the hips, being sent to
thence Manufacturer
y, inches
3lr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
tvoubA Sincr . le Truss Ma , 218., 268 6d., and 31s. 6rl Postage, Is.
le Truss,
42s an 528. 6d. Postage, Is, Bd.
A ..,Urnbllical Truss, 425. and i2s. 6d. Postage, 18. 1 d.
04ce, Ilecad aly., "-office Orders to be made payable toJohn White, Post-
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NEW PATENT
PLASTIC STOCKINGS,
E-CA PS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all Cases of
aness and Swelling of the Legs, Qprains, &c. They are
like as,
„stallight in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
l ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. Bd., 105.. and 16s.
e"'h• PO at aze. 6d.
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ZoIUAL ASSURANCE WITHOUT MUTUAL LIABILITY.
4,!11TS MAY BE APPLIED SO AS TO MARE POLICIES PAY-
-4.ILE IN LIFETIME.
PotT:1") CLASS LIVES ASSURED ON AN IMPROVED SYST M.
DIVISION OF PROFITS DECEMBER 31wr, IQO6.
_115411 ISII EQUITABLE ASSURANCE
COMP&NY.
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aaAccu rdtal Irund—A. QUARTER OF A MILLION.
Fund exceeds One Mundred and Ten Thou-
,' ounds,
Zite
itlit4t ,„,ccuMulated Fund is equal to about 50 per cent. of the
remiums recelved on Polities in force on December
X
W Business reported in 1861 amount to £353,700.
9,306 Polices in force £1,559,791.

A.D. 1720.
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Y Charter of his Majesty George the First`,
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Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
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TIIL QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCXL.,
JL will be Published NEXT WEEK.

CONTENTS:
I. Ancient Literature of France.
11. The Dutch bchool of Criticism.
111 Homes without Hands.
IV. Life of our Lord.
V. Fargusson's History of Architecture.
VI. Operations of Modena Warfare,
VII. Central Am.
VIII. England and her Institutions.
John Murray, Albemarle-street.

ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1867.—Sixtieth
Thousand.—The Gr« at Year of Prophecy. Fall of the
Pope. Power of N, poleon. Reform in hog-land. A long
list of Fulfilled Predictions of the War in G,smany, Death
of Lori Pa'mer6ton,
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home to th,. 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected irom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
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The British North American Association.

Last evening the council of the British North American
Association entertained at a sumptuous banquet, given at
the Albion Hotel, Aldersgate-streot, the delegates from
Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, who had undertaken a
visit to this country with the view of arranging measures
for the federation of the provinces of British North America.
The chair was filled by the Hon: A. Kinnaird, M.P.

The dinner was an excellent one.
After the removal of the cloth the loyal and patriotic
toasts were given.

The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of her Ma-
jesty's Ministers," with which he coupled the name of the
Earl of Cat narvon. (Cheers.) Having referred to the ser-
vices rendered to the colonies by the late Duke of New-
castle and Mr. Cardwell, the chairman said he had no doubt
the noble earl on his right was as anxious as either of his
predecessors could have been to carry out the great objects
which the delegates present on that occasion had in view.
(Cheers.)
The Earl of CARNARTON, in responding to the toast, said
he wished there were more of his colleagues present to share
the honour that had been done to him. The chairman had ex-
pressed a hope that he (the Earl of Carnarvon) felt the same
interest in those great colonial questions which came before
him, as the Minister more specially charged with the care
of the colonies, as had been evidenced by his predecessors.
He could answer for this, that whatever difference there
might have been between himself and his predecessors in
political matters, there was no difference in this, that they
all claimed a deep and sincere interest in all that touched
the best interests of the English colonies. (Hear, hear.)
Amid the whole range of English
politics he knew of no
subject of so deep and engrossing interest as that which was
afforded by the field of colonial politics, which comprised
so many races, so many peoples, so many interests, and so
many forms of government, and afforded a field for study
so manifold, diverse, and complicated that the interest felt
therein was only equalled by the sense of responsibility
which must necessarily attach to those who were charged
with our colonial administration. If, then, a great interest
was felt in the colonies at large, surely little less interest
was entertained in regard to that important group of North
American colonies of which he saw so many distinguished
representatives present on that occasion. He knew of
nothing that was more impressive or gratifying than the
present position of the British North American provinces.
They possessed inexhaustible fisheries on the seaboard,
mines containing wealth of metals that would be worked
for ages to come, forests that were unexhausted even by
the wastefulness of man, harbours, rivers, and fertile lands.
These were the gifts which nature bad given in unstinted
measure to the inhabitants of British North America.
(Hear, hear.) And if nature had been bountiful, man bad
not been slow to avail himself of her gifts. Nature had in-
dented tlid shores of that part of the world with magnifi-,
cent harbours, the mouths of noble rivers, and the hardy
and intelligent race-Wlitch'peinaledthe seaboard had shown
that they knew both how to build and bow to navigate the
ships which traded to and from those provinces and used
those harbours. (Cheers.) He was aware that blue books
were not regarded as the most poetical things in the world,
and the perusal of them was, as a rule, probably the
dullest and most prosaic part of the duties of those who
took their share in the political life of this country ; and
yet to his mind there was a good deal of poetry in those
lung columns of figures which showed the onward, steady,
and prosperous march of the colonies of British North
America, demonstrating year by year how commerce was
multiplying and reproducing itself throughout the country.
(Cheers.) There was, moreover, a poetry in the tables of
returns which showed the annual increase which took place
n the demand for, and in the purchase of, tho western
Crown lands of those colonies ; for they told of the conflict
that was being waged by those who entered upon the rough
life of the wilderness, and evidenced the enterprise and
courage of the colonists, and spoke of the comforts of
civilisation that were carried in a thousand shapes to the
homes and hearths of our adventurous fellow-countrymen.
(Cheers.) It was something perhaps better than poetry
when we saw in those returns proofs not only of the great
amount of commerce that was ccnstantly going on, but also
of the security with which financial affairs were carried
on in the British North American provinces. Ile believed
that in Nova Scotia a 10 per cent. tariff was pretty nearly
sufficient for most of the charges incidental to the Govern-
ment, which was a sufficient proof that the trade was in-
creasing; and with regard to the financial security of the
country, it was found that there was not only a regular
annual surplus, but that that surplus—which was applic-
able to the improvement of the colony—was an increasing
one. (Hear, hear.) Ile believed that those who returned
to those colonies after an absence of a quarter of a century
hardly recognised the country as that which they had left,
so great had been the improvements effected in the inter-
val. In a few years towns had sprung up with stately
streets and large public buildings, many of them of great
architectural beauty ; the population was steadily increas-
ing, and not ouly was this the case, but everywhere the
graces and refinements of life were making their way. In
those places the rough conflicts of the wilderness, to which
ho had just alluded, was over, and all around gardens were
' being cultivated, libraries being established, and public
museums being dedicated. In fact, there were everywhere
the marks of a free and prosperous, an intelligent, and a
civilised community. (Cheers.) He was happy to have the
pleasure of meeting on that occasion so many represen-
tatives of those North American colonies who had come to

England to discuss one of the most important questions
that, in its constitutional bearings, could be imagined, and
certainly the most important question ever discussed in
British North America. (Hear, hear,) Not that this ques-
tion was by any means new. For many years past, under
one shape or another, and at one time and another, it had
been much discussed. It .was entertained And spoken of

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was stated that the whole of the Lilleshall make for
the quarter had been sold—hot blast, £4 ss. ; cold
blast, £5 per ton.
There are 'good grounds for the belief that the
iron bills at maturity on the 13th will be well pro-
vided for. If that is so, it is the only matter for
congratulation in connection with this quarter-day,
for certainly the orders given out up to this time
will not be sufficient to keep many of the works
more than half going.

Mr. Baker, the Mine Inspector, was in the hall,
and some conversation took place between him and
members of the association relative to the miners
code of rules, and some alterations in them are sug-
gested, but nothing definite has been determined
upon.

The Austro-Italian Tieaty of Peace.

VIENNA, Oct. 8.

The following is a summary of the stipulations of
the Austro-Italian treaty of peace signed at Vienna
on the 3rd inst :

From•the day on which the ratifications of the
treaty are exchanged perpetual peace and friendship
shall exist between his Majesty the King of Italy
and his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, their heirs
and successors, their States and subjects. The
conditions stipulated at Cormons for the reciprocal
restitution of Austrian and Italian p. isoners of war
is maintained. The Emperor of the French having
declared in the Treaty of Vienna, on the 24th
August, that, so far as he is concerned, Venetia is
acquired for Italy, his Majesty the Emperor of
Austria consents to the union of Venetia with
Italy in the form determined by the Austro-French
Treaty of Vienna above mentioned. The frontiers
of the Venetian provinces ceded to Italy are the
administrative frontiers of the said provinces under
Austrian domination.

" A military commission, instituted by the high
contracting parties, will be deputed to trace out the
boundary lines with the shortest possible delay. The
territories which are still occupied by the imperial
and royal troops by virtue of the armistice concluded
on the 12th August last, will be evacuated by those
troops after the ratification of peace, and the said
troops will immediately withdraw beyond the
frontiers previously established.
" The Government of his Majesty the King of
Italy .assumes a portion of the debt appertaining to
the territories `ceded by the present treaty, and which
is fixed at 35 million of florins, Austrian convention
currency, payable in 11 successive instalments with-
in 23 months, in the manner and form established
in the annexed additional article.

" The Monte-Lombardo-Venetian, with its assets
of 3i millions of florins and its liabilities of 60 mil-
lions of florins, passes entirely into the hands of
the Government of his Majesty the King of Italy.
The Government of the King of Italy succeeds to
the rights and engagements resulting from the
contracts regularly entered into by the Austrian Ad-
ministration in the interest of the ceded territory.
"The Austrian Government is bound to reim-
burse all the sums paid into the Austrian treasury
as deposits of caution money by Lombardo-Vene-
tian subjects, communes, public establishments,
and religious corporations.
" The Italian Government will be bound in like
manner with respect to sums paid by Austrian sub-
jects and corporations in the Monte-Lombardo-
Venetian.

" The Government of his Majesty the King of
Italy recognises and confirms the railway conces-
sions granted by the Austrian Government in the
ceded territory in all their stipulations and their
periods of duration. From the day upon which
the ratifications of the present treaty are exchanged,
the Italian Government assumes all the rights and
charges of the Austrian Government in respect of
the above-mentioned concessions on the railway
lines in the ceded territory. Until new and ulterior
arrangements are made, the total receipts of the
two railway systems North and South of the Alps
are admitted for the lines situated in the ceded ter-
ritory as the estimate of gross revenue upon which
is based the estimate for the kilometric guarantee
of 30 miles.
" A special convention between the contracting
parties, with the participation of the railway com-
panies interested,without reservation as to time, and
leaving full liberty to all parties, will regulate the
mode of separating the two railway systems North
and South of the Alps.
" Lombardo-Venetian subjects domiciled upon
the ceded territory will enjoy, during one year:
after previous declaration before the competent
authority, full and entire liberty to export their
moveable property free of duty, and to withdraw
with their families to the States of his Imperial
Royal Apostolic Majesty, in which case they will
preserve their Austrian citizenship. They will be
at liberty to retain their landed property upon
Lombardo-Venetian territory.
" The same right will belong to natives of Ve-
netia living in the other provinces of the Austrian
empire. Those who avail themselves of these stipu-
lations shall in no way be molested in their persons
or their property situated in the respective States on
account of their option.

4, The above period of one year is extended to
two years in the case of subjects, natives of the
ceded territory, who at the time of the ratification
of the present treaty may live out of the territory of
the Austrian monarchy. Natives of the ceded ter-
ritory who are in the Austrian army will immedi-
ately be discharged from service and sent to their
homes.

" It is understood that those among them who
declare their wish to remain in the imperial ser-
vice will not on that account be molested either in
their • persons or property. The same guarantees
are assured to the civil functionaries, natives of the
ceded territory, who shall have manifested their in-
tention of continuing in the offices which they hold
in the Austrian service.

" The regular civil and military pensions charge-
able upon the Lombardo-Venetian treasuries re-
main payable to these entitled to them, and eventu-
ally to their widows and children, and will be paid
in future by the Italian Government.
" The archieves containing titles to property, the
administrative and judicial documents concerning
the ceded territory, and the objects of art apper-
taining to the same existing among the archieves
the
the Austrian empire, will be handed over to
commissioners of his Majesty the King of Italy 50
soon as possible.
" All the treaties and conventions. prevfioltsalrycZnld"
eluded between his Majesty the litirniag
willo be con-
his Majesty the Emperor
firmed in all that is not presentpartie
parties
engage themselves to su
treaty. Nevertheless, thea:vuou
bfil'the year to a general re-
ventions in the course o
in the same by
contracttihneg
ottf t hAloluseed t reb ya
tdccoomn -.
vision, in order to introduce..
mod
and the
modifications which may besu
subject
con-
sidered beneficial
mon accord those
itnh ecithe of the two countries.
vigatlonl upon the La
tki ee
nosf
ofG r a
thed a is
portsfree,
to the particular re,,
littoral police.
Navigation upon
,‘ A convention to regulate tha necessary mea-
surPs for preventing and repressing contraband
trade will be concluded between Austria and Italy
within a year from the date upon which the ratifi-
cations of the present treaty are exchanged. Mean-
while the convention concluded on Nov. 22, 1851,
between Sardinia and Austria will remain • in force.

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that no person compromised during the lath events
in the peninsula, to whatever class or condition be.
longing, shall be prosecuted, molested, or disturbed,
either personally or in their property, on account of
their conduct or their political opinions."

Extra Parliamentary Utterances.

At the annual Birmingham Cricket Club dinner
on Wednesday evening, Mr. W. D. Bromley, 111. P ,
presided. In responding to the toast, " The House
of Commons," the hon. member said,—When I came
here to-night I certainly did not expect that I should
have in any wry to trench upon the political, but
my wol.thy friend has cut a good hole in that ground,
and certainly it is rather difficult for a county mem-
ber. if this sortof bait is held out to him, to prevent
jWnping at it. As a general rule, for county mem-
hers to speak without politics is like expecting a nu.n
to make bricks without straw. But politics having
been touched upon, I shall divide my speech into
two parts. (Laughter.) In reference to the first
part, I will say that I consider there has been a very-
vast amount of misrepresentation throughout the
country, and it has been misrepresentation with
regard to the views which are generally entertained
by the Conservative party with regard to the ques-
tion of Reform. (Applause.) I maintain that the
Conservative party did not throw up the bill of the
last Government. (Hear, hear.) The last Govern-
ment came in with a large majority ; that majority
dwindled away. They brought in a bill which failed
on its own merits. Their own party turned round
and voted against it. Ido not think that the Con-
servative party are to be blamed for the want of
temper which lost that bill. (Applause.) I say that
that bill—and I observe the same expression in a
leading article in the Times to-day—was lost by
want of judgment, by want of consideration and
preparation, and by something which approached •
to actual violence. It was the want of temper
of Mr. Gladstone which went a great way to lose
that bill, which, if any conciliatory spirit had been
shown, or anything like moderating inclination—if
I may so term it—if it had got into committee, it
would have passed ; but it was impossible—it was
impossible for the bill to pass, when the colours,
were nailed to the mast from the first, and they said
" We shall have this bill, we will cram it down your
throats, and will sit, not till the middle of next week,
but next session, to pass it." That was not the tone
that any party of Englishmen was likely to accept,
and certainly the House of Commons least of all.
(Applause.) But there are other disadvantages, of
which-you are aware, with regard to this bill. I
need not enter into detail. In this very borough of
Birmingham there was a most wonderful example of
the operation of the bill and of the injustice which
especially this county would undergo from its pass-
ing. I need not allude to details ; you are all ac_
quainted with the debate which took place last, ses-
sion, and in it you will, I am afraid, only find them
too voluminously recapitulated. But there is one
other point I would like to touch upon, and that is,
the feeling of the working classes. I say this—and it
is a most remarkable thing for me to think—l have
never seen any public speaker allude very pointedly
to the fact--I have never seen, on any one occasion,
during the whole of this Reform demonstration—l
have never seen or heard one of those public speakers
mention or name any one grievance which thework-
ing classes of the country are now endergoing in
consequence of their deprivation of the franchise,
(Applause.) I will only say, so far as I myself exa
concerned and my experience goes, whenever Ih ave
heard any member of the House of Commons allude
to any topic in which the working classes are inte-
rested, that member—be he dull as you like, and
there are plenty of very dull ones in the house--
(laughter)—as prosy as you like—he is certain to
command an attentive hearing in the House of
Commons. This struck me as being a remarkable
fact, and as far as I am concerned, I consider my-
self a complete Radical compared to a great many
of those people who have been exhibiting them-
selves so very frequently lately. I consider I have
been working away for years at questions which
they pass over in silence and never allude to. I
think there are fearful evils now being undergone
which the working classes themselves arc suffering

from. I need only allude to the condition of our
workhouses, and the fact that there are at this mo-
ment in this country upwards of a million of paupers.
I consider that -a great evil in a country ; and we
cannot be said to be properly governed where such
a state of things is allowed to remain. Theca there
is another question which I may refer to—namely,
the demolition, the gigantic demolition, of the houses
of the working classes, which takes place whenever
any railway chooses to go through a large city.
These are questions in which the working men have
a grievance ; but I have never heard one of the gen-
tlemen bring forward what they consider a grievance
on the part of the working men. I should like to
see working men in. the House of Commons; I should
like to see them there in their shirt sleeves, if they
could help us to see our way out of the difficulties
we sometimes find ourselves in. (Applause.) But
the only grievance ever brought forward is that
which Bright brought forward the other day—want
of education ; and he says if the Reform League were
to form the Government of this country, they, would
then, in two Sessions, pass a bill for the universal
education of every poor man's child. I say that
would be wonderful, and, if it should be so, if they
could arrange all the differences which parents hold
in the various creeds that are professed in this coun-
try, and get all the parents to agree in one model
and in one school, I think they would be very clever
people indeed, and a great deal cleverer than I take
them to be. (Laughter.) As regards a Reform
Bill, I will support a good Reform Bill—such as has
been shadowed out by Captain Gem, in which all
classes, not giving any undue preference to one loud-
tongued portion of it, will be represented. (Ap-
plause.) I say I would support that bill through
thick and thin, and I will vote against any Govern-
ment which opposes it. I don't know what
prospects of the future, but I hope a Reform
that kind before very long will be broughwt,
his
The. hon. gentleman concluded by expressingforßill
ard.
of
are
to the duties which he had undertaken as a
determination to continue to devote himself assidu-
ouslycounty member.

The Italian Government raises the sequestration
upon all the private property of the Italian ex-
princes, without prejudice, however, to the rights of
the State, and the right of the third portion over the
property in question.

I3A EDME IN THE SHEFFIELD
.....--------
said a spectator of the
TROD3Eins.A_A fex: .
years— E r 1
agoSo E (
blow up to one of our reporters) I was in the trade myself ;
but I got tired of union
urestrictions and withdrew
notice
I had
not long been out of the union before I received that
~ natty" my hands would be taken. I
unless I paid my
knew they meant it, so I prepared my little game to
a hanenedoi 111
goes,i peepsng .
downo over r
gtobees topi
n y
coun-
teract them. I then worked at Wheel. In our " hull"
heagrs tho
there had been some time standing a big cask—a hogshead,
in fact, and I soon saw that it would make a capital am-
bush. So I loaded' my. gun with sparrow shot, put a chair
into the tub, got in myself, and sat down to Ivatch. It was
morning
il:le comessoon
broke.surnnie r
Nell,tini e
yJouul y
see,or August—and
about
or 3s o
o'clock,
emk,
on tiptoe to the
oon,windowt ttihpe
ttiptoe,
ea g:
right
i gaa
htn t back
ta
sees
oc km oy'
my
theplace
g wheel,en;
tluepm
oson,d",syg".
bands and off goes my gentleman, back
lie steps to the
cut‘wviiun goesddoo ww:
thesstep
pPb
bands. nygd
window-sill ; his head is lowered,goes one of his legs on to the
imitating the marauder and
22 paces off the game,
prepares to follow. Up pause, and then my gentle-
manhand was on the trigger,
capital' target, broad and round,
the body bent forward,
and he is ready for a lea
tghuey ,
position wasn't
ofth there an
handse -
ho sprung out of the win-
plosion. With a
shot had taken offect. I
downdaon dv indicating,
broughtandwg oonetsbd
haat
howhero
ktmeedei
n. hammer,eaoss t gets
n. tueedltA
xpalbolnaovsf(dnbhf ' tedoe'sliesrlapel
e,
yard,vyrn.pptlkrsuhl ai
übstel neey3anything
'em on their places again
about it. It;
the course of a few weeks, my friend turned up again.
He worked in the same hull. " Hullo !" says I, " where's
to been ?" " Been !" says he, " I have been very bad o' my
head." " I.,should think so," says I. I should think it were
t'other place. He looked at me a moment, and then said,
"By guy ! ye did it." He only got 15s. for the job, but he
would not undertake another, I be bound, for £l5. He had
been attended by Dr. Darrant, but for weeks he never laid
in bed ; and his own confession was that the part affected
was just as if somebody had rubbed it with a brick and
then peppered it.—Sheffield Telegraph.
COAL EXPORTS.—Return of the quantity of coal
exported from the port of Grimsby in Septemher, 1866 :
To Russia, 879 tons; Denmark, 2,960 ; France, 4,582 ;
Hanseatic Towns, 1,889 ; Prussia, 2,721 ; Holland, 517 ;
Italy, 384 ; Sweden, 899 ; Norway, 806; Spain, 294; Peru,
' 166; Brazil, 735; total foreign, 16,832 tons; coastwise, 2,868
tons ; grand total, 19,700 tons. Corresponding period,
1865—foreign, 19,400 tons ; coastwise, 1,000 tops ; total,
_
20,490 tons. Decrease, 1866, 790 tons.

" In order to contribute in the best manner pos-
sible to the restoration of peace, his Majesty the
King of Italy, and his Majesty the Emperor of
Austria declare and promise, both in their respective
territories and in the restituted or ceded countries,

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LONDON, FRIDAI, OCT. 12, 1866.

We are glad to find that the authorities at the
War Office and the Admiralty intend to profit by
the late important experiment. General PEEL and
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON are not we hope too proud to
learn two lessons—one from the supineness and
prejudice which have so long unfortunately charac-
terised our English military and naval administra-
tion, and the other from the striking results ob-
tained by other countries from practical experi-
ments.

There are two extremes which it is
necessary for the heads of such departments
to avoid, the error of constant change which
fritters away the public money and keeps
the services constantly unsettled, and the error of
too great caution, which delays effecting any eon.
sideratle alteration until the superiority of some par-
ticular arm or system is undeniably proved. This
is the mistake which Austria fell into when she
postponed arming her troops with breech-loaders
until she could learn from the experiments of other
nations which was the best kind of gun. Unluckily
for her, the experiment was tried against herself,
and the battle of Sadowa left her little room
for doubting whether or no the needle-gun
was superior to her own. Such shortsighted
savings often prove the worst extravagance in the
long run, and this particular piece of economy
has cost Austria dear. At the same time the
expense of the experiments is very great, and may
well alarm a Government with an embarrassed
treasury. They are often pushed to an unneces-
sary extreme, entailing a needless outlay, as when a
gun having fired several hundred rounds with credit
and safety is kept firing until it bursts—a good
servant destroyed, and the money thrown away.
Still there is no question that experiments to a certain
extent are highly desirable, for it is surely wiser
to test our offensive and defensive weapons in time
of Peace to find out the weak points ourselves in-
stead of having the enemy to make the discovery.
It is on, of
the advances of modern civilisation,
which wa, • never thought of in the old
rugged days
of warfare. We read of many
instances in which the sudden failure of armour or
weapon occasioned the unexpected defeat of a
combatant, and the notion of Governments going to
great cost to build walla and guns for the purpose
would certainly have astonished
of destroying them,
our ancestors not a little. The
public at the pre-
sent day willingly accept this outlay as part of
the necessary expenditure, and are 0 •
when they consukr any important suggestion has
not had a fair trial. In the case of the
system it was the sheer force of public opinion that
drove the Admiralty to give Captain COLES
even the partial and unsatisfactory trial
which they ungraciously afforded. It was no thanks
to the prudence or provision of the late Administra-
tion that we did not find ourselves compelled to re-
sist the attack of a strong naval power without ade-
quate force, although we have bad the advantage
of the experiencepainfully acquired by the Americans
during their momentous civil war.

Those four years' struggle in the great Republic
have furnished European Powers with ample
opportunities for observation, and have established
some points beyond dispute, So far from