The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-30 00:00:00

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The Times, in an article on trades unions, itpropos4 the
commissioners' report and Mr. Roebuck's speech, says :•-•*-
Not the least pretence of conciliation, it must be owned,
did Mr. Roebuck attempt. He selected a single notorious
practice of the unions for the immediate subject of his
address, and then went straight to the mark. In different
ages, said he, men have adopted different methods of
" regulating the proportion of the reward bestowed on
labour and capital." In other words, many and various
plans have been devised for increasing the advantages of
labour in the appropriation of profits. The scantier the
supply of labour the greater would be its probable value
if the demand continued the same, and the higher,
therefore, the recompense enjoyed by each working
man. The extent to which this principle might be
carried in its practical application Mr. Roebuck
then proceeded to explain. The Chinese, he said, and
some other nations, had resorted to infanticide for
keeping down population, and killed children in order
to diminish competition among men. " In England,"
he continued, " the favourite plan for limiting the
number of labourers seems to be trade unions, which,
in my opinion, is not the least cruel of the means
employed." When this strong comparison was resented
by his hearers he justified the parallel by a simple
anecdote, the truth of which could not be impeached.
There was in Sheffield a poor working man who died

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H. OXFORD-STREET, W.

During the Week will be given a GRAND SELEC-
TION from Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE AUX
ENTERS, LA. TROVATORE, and the New Cantata
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Principal Artistes: Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz-
Henry ; Messrs. Bury, Mader, R. Greene, and De Brenner.
Full Band and Chorus: Instrumentalists: Miss Bryant ;
Messrs. Paque, Melling, and Plumpton.
COMEDY, &c., by the LEVITES, Miss and Mr. FOS-
TER, FRED. FRENCH, Mr. H. RICKARDS, and
ALFRED PERRIER.

prematurely, leaving a child just 10 years old without
a penny to live upon, and with no friend in the world
but an uncle. This uncle took the orphan boy into

his house, and kept him kindly and well till he was
old enough to learn a trade. The only trade he had the
means of teaching him was his own, and so he took him

as his apprentice. On this he was visited by the authori-

ties of the union, who told him that such an apprentice-
ship was against their rules, and that the indentures must
be cancelled. " I will not treat my dead brother's
child thus cruelly," answered the man; "I will not de-

Mr. E. W. MAOKNEY will make his appearance again
this evening.
Conductor—Mr. F. Jonghmans.

uert him." " Very well," was the reply ; " then we
clan take all the hands out of the shop until you comply
with the demand and obey our rules." The unionists
were as ltad as their word. They ordered a " strike," and,
as far as they could, shut the uncle and nephew out of a
livelihood together, and left them to starve. " I suppose,"
added Mr. Roebuck, " that these men would have shrunk
from infanticide, and would have called me a libeller if I
had said they were guilty of a crime very little, if it all,
less black than infant murder. But what was this cold

Private boxes, 10s. 6d.; stalls, balcony, and grand pro-
menade, Is.—THIS EVENING.

CANTERBURY HALL.-NEw MANAGEMENT.
—Great Success under the management of W. HOLLAND,
Sole Lessee, late Proprietor of Weston's Music Hall. Great
Alterations and Improvements.—An entire new Company.—
First appearance of Oliver's Christy Minstrel troupe. Great
success of Mr. Fred. Evans (of the Royal Alhambra and Crys-
tal Palace), Miss Randall, E. Towers, Vincent, Simpson, Garrett,
and corps de ballet. Ballet, entitled BUMBLE, STUMBLE, and
TUMBLE, with new scenery and effects. Original music by
Alfred Lee. The Great Vance, Nat Ogden, Pat Sellers, Annie
Adams, Master Goodman, Brothers Girarde, Leroni, Miss Fitz-
henry. A magnificent band, numbering 23 performers, assisted
by the drums and bugles of the 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier
Guards. Musical Director, Mr. Alfred Lee, composer of " Cham-
pagne Charlie." Mr. Tames Ellis, assistant manager. Prices of
Admission—Balcony and Area, 6d. Stalls, Is. Doors open at
7, commence at half-past.
Special Notice.—George Leybourne, the original Champagne
Charlie, is exclusively engaged for this establishment only, and
will shortly appear.

blooded cruelty but something very like murder ?" It
happens rather curiously that this particular action of
trades unions in the limitation of ripPrentices, which Mr,
Roebuck selected for such indignant denunciation, has
been also selected by M. George Potter and his colleagues
as the strongest and most deferiiible point in the system
of Unionism. They have requested Mr. Gladstone to
admit them to a conference on the slibject, and the first
of the questions chosen by themselves for argument and,
discussion is that of this very practice. Mr. Potter
has confidently undertaken to justify the principle adopted,
and to shew good reason for the policy of the unions, but
we doubt if he comprehends the scope or direction which
the argument will assume. It needs no words to prove
tbitt the fewer the number of operatives who divide
be, veen them a certain amount of work, the greate.
mi, 'it be the demand for their services, and the greater
the remuneration on which the privileged few could
calculate. But, not to mention that such a system would
enhance the price of all products of labour to all con-
sumers, diminish the amount of capital brought into the
trade, and curtail the amount of work divisible, the
privileged workmen are not the only persons to be con

WESTO N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL
Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey.

The Great VANCE; GEORGE LEYBOURNE, the Lion Comique ;
JEAN BOND, the unrivalled Equilibrist; the Brothers DANIELS;
SIDNEY BARNES; Miss ALICE DUNNING; Miss FITZWILLIAMS.
Every Evening. Bishop's and Hatton's celebrated Glees, by
MISS TREMAINE, Miss Melville, R. Lascelles, T. Godden, and Mr.
P. Corri.

Full Orchestra, which will perform the popular Overtures of
the Great Masters.
The whole under the direction of Mr. P. COMM

The doors will open at 7, commence at 7.30. No alteration
in the prices of admission. Private boxes, 10s. 6d., to be secured
at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and Sams' Library,
Bt. James's; also at the Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four
o'clock.
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Special Notice.- The astonishing Rickert Family on Feb. 3;
Arthur Lloyd on Feb. 10; Miss Smithson. Jolly Nash, Hairy and
"{awe King, and Oliver's Christy Minstrels on Easter Monday.

sidered. The interests at stake are not theirs only, but
those of the entire working class. Monopolies are often
valuable to their possessors, but-prejudicial to the com-
munity. Mr, Roebuck never denied that the unionists
whose conduct he stigmatised might hope to be gainers by
their rules ; but he asked his hearers to consider at whose
expense this selfish policy was practised.
The Morning Post explains that a Government grant as
at present bestowed upon schools empldying certificated
teachers is administered under two heads ; that is, upon
the attendance, and upon the examination of scholars. The
grant upon attendance is four shillings per scholar ; ano
in order to obtain this grant the scholar must be proved tc
have attended a certain number of times in the year. The
Grant upon examination (supposing the scholar passes in
reading, writing, and arithmetic).is eight shillings per
scholar ; but if he fails to satisfy the inspector in any of
these elementary subjects, a fine of two shillings and eight-
pence is deducted for each subject in which he is found b.
be imperfect. Now, it is not proposed to extend the grant
under both of these heads to schools not hitherto in re-
, ceipt of Government aa; but to administer it more after
the manner of a reward system, by confining it to the
grant upon examination only. A very slight- considera-
;ion of the claims of both classes of schools will shew that
this distinction is, substantially, just and equitable—
equitable-alike to the certificated teacher and the uncerti-
ficated teacher, and to the parents of those whom they
instruct.

[ADAME USSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET. _

A.PORTRAIT MODEL of the late Eminent Tragedian,
MARL F.S KEAN, in the character of MACBETH, modelled
from Sittings given by him to the late Mr. F. B. TUSSAIID.
Admission, ls.; children under 10, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d.
Open from 11 inthe morning till dusk, and from 7 till 10 in the
evening.

ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccadilly
Sole Proprietor, Mt R. R. BioNELL.
This magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment,
having been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art
by Messrs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN
for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Mosca.
Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti.
Doors open at half-past 8.
Admission, Is.; Reset vea Seats, 2s.

QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient i
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which
speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. Price 3e. 6d.,
ss. 6d. and 10s. 6d.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144
stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London, and
all Chemists.

It is quite conceivable that amongst the myriads of
readers of every variety of disposition and interest whose
waixts are consulted in the production of a daily news-
paptr, there are some who hate wondered at what they
deemed the excessive prominence lately given in our
journals to the subject of railway accounts. They have
not seen clearly why day after day columns usually occu-
pied with political or social topics should be surrendered
to mere questions of book keeping. If auclrpersons could
be induced to glance at the half-yearly report of the
Brighton Railway, the Daily News thinks their doubts
would disappear. By hundreds of eager readers that
document has been read as a judicial act sentencing them
to privation and suffering fot an indefinite time. It
has told them of calculations baffled, hopes deceived,
trusts betrayed, and foresight anti prudence reduced to the
level of thoughtlessness and folly. And all this because
previous truth has not been the first and constant aim of
those who have prepared the company's accounts. The
shareholders of the railway have been induced to give
their sanction-to acts which have wellimigh ruined a fine
property by representations which could not have been
made if the actual state of their affairs had been plainly
presented in the half-yearly balance-sheets. A fallacious
appearance of prosperity was kept up -by the declaration
of dividends of 6 per cent., to facilitate operations by
which the shareholders have been excluded from any
benefit to be derived from their property, it may be for
years to come.

Apart from its atrocious surroundings, Fenianism comes
distinctly within the category of secret societies,"
against which the Roman Church has promulgated its
most comprehensive anathemas. It may be possible, by a
stretch of casuistry, to draw distinctions between the
Carbonari and Camorristi ; but Rome would scarcely
•ienture to launch its thunders against Freemasonry, and
dlow Fenianism to go unscathed. Under these circum-
stano, the Herald is hardly surprised to find Dr. Cullen
dew:Racing the Fenians with unsparing energy, while in
the seine breath he contributes to the spread of Irish
discontent and disaffection. It is his way of compounding
forsins he is inclined tb.by damning those he has no mind
to, and he executes his task with equal energy in both
departments. The Irish people are warned very justly
that the Fenian are their worst enemies, "wicked and
designing knaves," who would bring ruin and misery upon
all who takepart with them, and expose immortal souls
to eternal perdition. They have " disturbed the country,
injured religion, alienated the friends who were anxious to
redress Irish grievances, or paralysed their action." Such
societies are " not only a calamity but a disgrace to our
poor country," anidrit is especially pointed out that they
and those affiliated to them are " all alike condemned and
cut off as rotten branches from the Church of God."
The Chinese Government is about despatching embassies
to America and Europe, constituted of dignitaries ranking
in the fourth class, wearing the red button, which denotes
high favour, and accompanied by not fewer than four-and-
twenty secretaries. The main business of this mission,
says the Standard, will lie in England because, as is as-
serted by the Hong Kong, newspapers, the Chinese are
anxious to discover why, in this country, we are all sc
happy and prosperous. The reports of the twenty-four
secretaries will, no doubt, be extremely interesting ; but
rse
we imagine that they will be artificially tinted. Of cotjace
the first thing to be done with our visitors must be plain
col
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them in discreet hands, and shew them over !ides,
kito
the los-
judiciouty. They pust inspect the dock its
pitals, the great schOols, the CrystalmPuasleaucmeY, its
charming Saturdays, the British
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Dr. Wilberforce and the Right Reverend the Lord
Bishop of Oxford are regarded hy the Telegraph as two
entirely difftrent personages. Dr. Wilberforce is a worldly,
clever, able, and eloquent man, who never does or says a
very foolish thing, and often both says and does extremely
sagacious ones, With the single exception of his famous
declaration, that Providence cut off the Prinie Consort to
punish the sins of an evil and perverse
n seriouseraveyrsegene bratioiondnerin
the
most censorious can scarcely recall
his public life. He knows is age, and is on capital terms
with it ; his religion sits lightly and gracefully upon him,
in court, grove, and bower, and, so to speak, relieves with
fine effect his mundane qualities, just as his rocket and
lawn sleeves in the House of Peers set off his crimson and
jewelled ribbon. He is playful in oratory and conversa-
tion, but not carnally jocose ,• his wit is ever consecrated
and chastened by his dignity • and the thousand good
things reported in society his lips have always a be-
coming flavour of the Episcdpate. Such is Dr. Wilber-
force, in what he would call the flesh," as an English-
man ; but as a Churchman he is quite another individual.
A century ago his courtly excellence would have overlaid
hiiichurchmanship altogether ; he would have been simply
, a. man of the world in a mitre. But this is a serious age
and a bishop has to be a bishop in earnest one way or an-
other ; therefore, his lordship cleaves very closely to
the Laudian idea of " the Church," and is by far the most
I astute, though not the most pronounced champion of the
4igh " Church and State " view of orthodoxy.. •

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