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.'— A- LUU VAL AND uKPARTCitE OF MAILS, &.0 NEWPORT. MAILS Box closes a1] Arrival. patched at -x-'l- Londcn Day Mail 10 .5 a.m. 10 15 a.m. 2 20 p in London MghtM-iil 8 10 p.m. 9 10 p.m. 2 36 am North Hail 4 45 p.m. 5 0 p.m. 8 45 a m Western Valleys (Ntli Ml) 10 5 a.m. 10 30 a.m. 4 Opm Swansea Day Mail 1 45 p. m. 2 0 p.m. 10 30 a m 1st Pembroke Mail 1 30 a.m. 2 15 am. 5 15pm Brecon Mail I 30 a m, 236 a.m, 9 í P m 2nd Pembroke Mail 8 15 a. 111. D 30 a. m. 9 30 p in Newport Rural District. 1 30 am. 345 a.m 8 15 pm Pontypool (NorthMiul) 8 45 m. 9 0 a.m. 4 45 ill rHE TOWN RECEIVING H0USE3 AND PILLAB BOXES At* CLEARED AS UNDER. A. M. P. M. P. M. P. IT. First Second Third Fourth Commercial street 9 0 4 0 7 15 9 15 Pillgwenlly 8 45 3 45.. 7 0 9 0 Baneswell 8 35 4 10 7 25 —— Dock street 8 45 3 55 7 10 —— ] Commercial road. 8 50 3 50 7 5 9 5 « Commercial street 9 10 4 10 7 25 9 25 ] Stow hill 8 30 4 0 7 15 1
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literature. £ BANDBOX BOTHER'S ADVENTURES. By this time most of our readers will have become familiar with Mr. Charles Dickens's brochure, "Mugby Junction." Sorr.e, however, will not be aware that ther- exists "A Gi:l at a Railway Junction's Reply." F r this Lyulph," whoever he may be, is respoaaibie and well and' feailessly has he discharged his task, The ex- clusiva merit of the production lies not in that he has cleverly travestied "Mugby Junction;" the burlesque is thoroughly readable for its own sake, though the fact that "Bare x Brothers" turns up in it as "Bandbux Bother, ar i "Pt .be" no an elderly lady suffering from the gout, of course-, lends additional interest to the story. We give below an extract long enough to enable the leader to appreciate the style, and to recalthe familiar characters; it brl wish for more, let him get the book, in which w? promise him a full sixpence worth of amusement The guards jumped ou*, and rar; down the sides of the train, ballooirg out at the top of their voices, waking every one up- The Railway Junction The Railway Junction PaeseDgers for the Railway Junction A little boy alighted and ordered his refreshment, a tun and a glass of wuter, lie et j',ved both much, and left, forgetting in his hurry !o pay the pen::y, until I re- minded him of it, when he tendered me naif of the bun back and a halfpenny, ai he had no more change, and -lad only consumed fcalf the bun. In an instant he was in his compartment by the side of his dear parent, and 'The Guard had his whisile to his lips, when a muffljd Toioe, through a comforter exclaimed— Hilto W'iitt p,ace is this )' The Railway Junction, sir," said the Guard, going up to the window. I'll get out. Let me out, I say Thought you was going through, sir." MIM get cut, I tell you; here's my ticket. Is this tho" -way you treat railway travellers ? Where's my luggage ■Where's my luggage, I say?" 41 In the van, sir. "And where's the van?" At the end of the train, sir." There, again, who ever heard of the van being he. ilind ? I tell you, Guard, the Tan is the front If you would take the trouble to fetch me & Johnson a Dictionary from Smith's stall, I'll show you what the meaning of "aD is. Why, if the stall isn't closed Another in- stance of railway mismanagement. Suppose I want a book, now, to read at night, how am I to obtain it ? Tell me that—that's what I want to know." Can't stop talking all night, show me your luggage, sir," said the Guard. I was still at the door, and saw the guards and porters go down the line, and get into the van. Be good enough to point out your traps. "Traps ? Yea ths entire railway system is a trap, a decoy, a delusion for travellers." J Look alive, sir." "There, Guard, there those (wo bandboxes in the orner of the van." "What name, sir f" Bandbox Bother, Esq." II All tight." i The bandboxes were flung out. The Guard ran along to my door, shook hands nith me, and laughingly said- i "Odd character. Wen-kcotfn collector from LondcD. Why couldr.'L he go on. Good bye." He whistled, and away they went. I fancied the train's lights behind looked merrily at me, and made particularly comicsl faces to night, as much as to say, Won't you see some fun with that gent r" and I iel. Jowed the lights with my eyes and my feet, for I toddled clown the platform to look after my friend the locomotive. The train whisked round a corner, popped one inflamed eye out at its back, then the other, and locomctiye aDd tiain were no more. I had forgotten the traveller he might have gone in for refreshment. How careless of me So I ran back, stirred up the fire into a blaze, gave an extra turn to the gas, and got behind the counter. I waited for a minute or two, when Grease, the porter, who puts the pomatum into the boxes of the wheels, came in. My back was turned—I was looking A Person observed parenthetically— Into the looking-glass, Bandolining, you know." "Yes, I know now," said Behind the Counter, j "though I didn't then. Wfl), I waa arranging my hair. Why not? I like to look my best: who does not ?" A Person-It You always do look that, I beiiere." Thank you. But to continue, I said to Grease— "What's become of the passenger ?" He's at the end of the station, miss, standing in the wet, with a bandbox in each hand He's talking to his- self, and warned me off with a bandbox when I cams near him. He's a Christmas collector in an inspiration, Grease." I'observed. "Better be in a mackintosh, when he'a standing in the wet, miss.17 '• He's peri.aps thiaking over a Chri?tmas psce, Grease." 1 thought liittle boys only did them, nti&s," replied Grease astonish-d. I put on a shawl, and went down the station to look at iim, for I was very curious; jWhen I came up to where be was standing, tbs r- in was still pouring npon him and the bandboxes—he ;-oae in each hand. The rain rattled on them as ihougb flay- ing the Storm Galop on kettledrums. He spoke t, i.n- self, as there was no cne else to speak tn, and he always courteously answered himself. Speaking to himself, the two might have numbered a hundred .1 between them. Wind, I have not assetted that one was fifty. A Person: I take the statement without prejudice." Behind the Counter continued: Ha was a man with iron-grey hair.'r A Person: "Yes, I have seen a great deal of grey iron in my time." Well, like a Are that has burned grey." A Ptraon said, "That will do better. That is, for instance, a ifre that has gone out and gone to ashes, in the like way to our going out and goicg to ashes." Bound in Blue continued He had a look of wild- ness and ferccitv, his chceka were lined, his (om- plexion ruddy. He wore a tbin coat end II comforter." I exclaimed, It is he—it is the great collector of Christmas pieces.'1 Grease stood beside me, and misunderstanding the meaning, bade me net be alarmed. An express went by and the traveller thus soliloquised- What is that an fartbquake, accompanied by thun- der and lightning ? Yes, but all is quiet, all is rusty. Such is life. Perhaps in that train wont by a child who had never been a chilù-iust like me perhaps he never had a parent—like me. Wee is me There i3 a bitter sense of namtlessnes3 about my train of life. I was a baby once. I was like the locomotive at the station WhOl ready to start. There is then much excitement. There was doubtless a considerable bustle and excite- ment in my room when I ccmmenced life. At the e?en;ful moment of starling upon our journey each one gives its fir,t scream, and then goes slowly on its career. Along the line of life. There is the up line and the down line of life. We take the up line first, till—1» t me see -about thirty-five or fOtty miles or yer.rs, and then we take the down line-up and down." H ere he jaused and collected himself, while the rain still rained on hia light coat and two bandboxes. He resumed after a time- Just so, the train emerges in10 the green fields, and come?, like youth, to the first cutting—tie green frock of childhood and the cutting of the feelh. Tl en we get into a dark tunnel—the measles of young humanity then of a sudden a cry ahead, and a scarlet light of dan- ger is show n-seariet-fever, perhaps. We ascend a gradient of life, and see all smiling and calm around us. We think it will last long on our journey. Tes, we do; but we get into a long and dreary cutting, with no pros- pect on each side. We get to town. Let me see what is town like ? Like marrying and settling. Then we take the down line. We move along, dragging a woman with us once beloved. The train passes old scenes-we don't care for them. Nothing pleases us more, nothing frightens us more—no danger-signals, no cuttings or tnnnels till we arrived at the place whence we started- to childhood's station again,without eyes, without teeth, •without everything. Greasp, who had been littering bewildered, catching only the sense of the last word? remarked to me- "Serious accident, mief, that genlLman must have once experienced on a line, to come off as badly as that." The passenger was now silent; but raising his left hand and band box to his left eye, fancying that the rain ■which was trickling off bis hat adown his nose was emo- tional tears, and that he would wipe them off, the bottom of his bandbox burst out, and all the little etceteras fell about the platform-clean collars, beat's grease, tooth powder, hair brushes, soap, and about ten quires of paper, with a hundred quills. "Here's railway mismanagement! Here's railway mismanagement!" he broke forth in such a pession, Couldn't be helped, sir," said Grease, touching his cap, and collecting the etceteras. Couldn't be helped Why was I left to stand here ?" Because you like it, I s'pose. You've been talking to yourself about the Railway till your bandbox got wet through and bust." Why wasn't I taken to a drawing-room and the cornfor!s of my own fireside at onee ?'' Cos you wouldn't go to 'em." "Will you walk into the refreshment room and dry yourself, sir ?'' I chimed in. A Person here remarked, with little good will to Band* box Bother, Eiq. And he refused vou, did he ?" | No he didn't." He said, That's a good idea. I've found it at lust—the Christmas pieces at last! You are my man," he continued, going up to the porter, with much tenderness of voice, quite altered, and iu the pa- thetic lecturing stvle—'• You are ?" Seeing that You are" was not a clear question, he continued, I mean your name." 11 Gie:tse, sir," said Grease, taking out his box of grease, dipping his fingers into it, and rubbing it over his hair—a custom with him when he is excited. Grease said the passenger called Bandbox Bother, taking a sheet of the wet paper, and making a note o! it with his pencil. Gocd and classic, tha' And you get that lovely htad (If hhir from lubricating the capill sry roots with it." And he wrote on exclaiming-, 19 Good— very good A character-quite a characfer 1" Grease look puzzled. Grease was an odd man. His hair par'ook somewhat of the yellow tint of the pomade which he used. Hs was unable to walk upright, owing to the constant habit of stooping to put grease into the I axlctreo grease boxes; and as he walked along, wi;h the ertaie-knife in one hand, the pot in the other, and his black fi"'y eye- above a smtll pirapb for a nose, peeping from beneath the peak of his cap, any theatrical traveller on the line vould have been instantl^struck by his similarity to Shylock goiug about with hia pound o'f flesh—fat flesh—in i.is pot—which he had at length suc- ceeded, after much elcquer.ee,in persuading his debtor to yield up. G.eatC wora cordur.-vs and a yellow handktr- chief tied round his throat. Tie was universally res peeled, and, indeed, beloved, along the whole line. !*»*» ) After Bandbox had bothered the people on the rail- way, he took to the road—legally, I mean-and you mast know that, a mile on the road from Junction, i imbedded in siinging-nettles and dandelions, is a pretty little cottage, with a cabbage garden at the back. At twelve o'clock each driy there poured forth a dozen little children, as jolly as sandboys—that is, sandy- healed hoys. The coincidence attracted the attention of Bandbox, and he one fine morning stopped one of the twelve sandy-headed boys with this que?tiun "Little boy"-(the sandy-headed boy said "Zur" for Sir")—" how many little boys are there coming Oki ?" Twelve, zur." j And you come out every day at twelve ?" | I. Yes, zur." One for each hour," he reflected, and observed that j it was a curious coincidence. "Are you all brothers, little boy?" he added, after a pause. No, zur." Then how is it you all live in the same house,?" It's a school, zur." I. Oh, I see now-it'a a school. Thank you, little hoy," and he withdrew his hand from his pocket. The little boy, misunderstanding the little movement, put out his own little hand. Bandbox patted him on his little head, and said, I will e'en inquire the terms." So he walked in. He walked upstairs, and entered the school-room, remarking to the occupant, an elderly lady, who was an invalid, apparently, wiih the gout, from one of her legs being wrapped up in flannel, and lying on the table- I'm glad you have got a fine day." The old lady said, You've got it too, haven't you ?" "Just so, ma'am." After a pause, Bandbox continued- I understand you keep a school." Well, and the school keeps me—that's quits." Here she caressed her leg in the flannel, and gave a howl of pain, ezelaimirg- I wish, young man, you'would shut that door after you. I suppose you've n"ver had the gout?" Hem—no, not exactly." An awkward silence ensued, at length broken by Bandbox, who remarked- I have taken a great interest in your school." Have you ? Do you want to set up a school your s-!f ?" "Not in the least, madam," (Another pause.) "I am a mere traveller In what line of business ?" On the railway line, and I was anxious to got all the information in my power about it." Well, what makes you come to an old woman for it, like mer" Sympathy, madam," Ab, indeed I wish you was a tax-gatherer. You a'-e so soft-hearted. Here, give me that laudanum lo'ion. Not that, stupid !-that's my drop of rum for to-night. That. Now be good enough to take that woollen rag down from the peg." Bandbox did as he was desired. "My son is a long time absent to-day. Perhaps, as you are such a dear, kind, considerate creature, you would not mind rubbing my leg with the lotion—it's awfully painful and shaking up the bottle, she let a little liquid flow upon the rag, which Bandbox, not being able to get out of the predicament, applied to her leg vigorously, remarking, in parenthesis— I saw your hand frequently passing rcund and round, and fancied you were playing soft music as I hca d no souid." "Rubbing in the lotion at the window—thai'a what I was doing, young man." The door suddenly opened during this operation, and Grease appeared at the entrance. He was seemingly much astonished to see Bandbox, and to observe him thus occupied. Bandbcx { aused in his tubbing. Grease drew out his grease-box, and applied the yellow poma- turn !o his hef.d. The Icere was such as a Royal Aca- demician would hava been delighted to paint. Bandbox exclaimed, "Why, if it isn't Grease 1" "Why, if it isn't Bandb x Bother!" said Grease, not at a.'l pleased. An awkward silence ensued, during which Bandbox worked vigorously at the old lady's leg, wrapped it up in flannel, and put it up to rest on the top of the table again. "Why," said Grease, .1 we all hoped-that is, I beg i pardon-thought yuu had gone away long since," I've been looking you up many times, Grease, and i could not find you." I have beared as much," replied Grease; "and I have beared, also He paused. W, 11, what, Grease, niy good fellow Why, I doan't exactly like to say." "Just so; something agreeable. Well, sueh things will oone nUl." I don't know what oozes cut generally. This con- rerns tha company, sir." Oh, indeed, Grease "Yes—they give orders that ysu was not to poke about the station any longer. You are an odd soul, Greaee." A rough diamond, aikt I, sir ?" "Yes, vay like a diamond, Grease." < You'll excuse me taking a 'header?'" and Grease pulled out his grease-box again, and yellowed him- self up. You are so good-natured, Grease, I must look in your fyes like a brute." Grease nodded assent. I mean for not inviting you to my inn to dine, but I have taken a particular fancy to this lady here." What, mother ?" Yes, I have seen the dlar children she has reared j up, and the gout she has had to suffsr from, making her perform curious motions in the air with her hand, as though she were playing on a musical instru- ment." ¡ A hurdy-gurdy," suggested Grease. t I could not conceive what it was at first. Do you I not think it a great waste of power Very great. sir perhaps you'll excuse me cooking ) this bit of liver for my dinner?" and Grease pro- ( ceeded with the operation, remarking, "You haven't ) ] fixed upon a line yet to be cff upon ? We are very anxious about it." Not yet, Greasp. 1 am going to explore the thiity roads; and, a3 I have taken a great interest in your mother, I want to bring her whut I pick up on | the reads." i "Not if I know it, young rrr.r! answered the old ] lady testily; "perhaps you wouldn't mind taking a hint ?" ( Not in the least, madam." Well, you see, you comes in here without being asked perhaps you wouldn't mind leaving me and my son alone withcnt being asked ? It's the only hour of the day we have to be together." Bandbox arose. With much alaciity Grease was j already standing with the door open. Bandbox playfully < and with elegance patted tho lady's leg, encased in flannel, saying— t "We hope her litt'e tootsle3 will be all right next time," and bowing, left for the Peacock Ion. CHILDREN'S BOOKS. We have received of the Children's Friend and the Infant a Magazine, the volumes for 1866. The respon- sibility of the purveyors of literature for children is proportioned to the susceptibility of the minds for which they cater and it is perhaps the best thing that could be said for the conductors of these excellent little works, thelt the pages before us teem with evidence that this responsibility has been borne in mind. XVe have not met with a story, a verse, or a sentiment, which parents having the welfare of their children at heart would not be glad to teach them. The tendency of all is elevating in every psge there is some incentive to goodness and, what is of the utmost importance, the editor seems never to have forgotten that he was working for children. Nothing is too high-flown or abstruse for youth indeed, the Infant's Magazine shows in a marvellous power of adaptation in this respect. The little works are profusely embellished with illustrations that speak at once to the youthful mind; and the entire getting up exhibits an aptitude, both in design and execution, rarely equalled, and, we should think, never excelled. We extract from the Children's Friend a few stanzas, entitled CHILDHOOD'S HOURS. UP in the blue and starry sky, Agroupof Hours, one even, Met, as they took their upward flight Into tho highest heaven. And they were going there to tell Of all that had been dono By little children, good or bad, Since the last risen sun. And some had gold and purple wings, Some dropped like faded flowers, And sadly went to tell the tale That they were misspent hours. Some glowed with rosy hopes and smiles, And some shed many a toar Others bad some kind words and acts To carry upward there. A shining Hour, with lovely plumes, Went up to tel! a deed Of kindness which a gentlo child Had done to one in need. And one was bearing up a prayer A little boy had said, Pull of humility and love, While kneeling by his bed. And thus they glided OD, and gave Their tidings dark and bright, To Him who marks each passing hour Of childhood's day and night. Remember, children of the eartb, Each hour is on its way, Bearing its own report to heaven, Of all you do t nd say.
1 A BISHOP ON CONFESSION",…
A BISHOP ON CONFESSION", I In a sermon pi eached in C .Irlisle Cathedral, from John ] xx, 21 and 23. The bishop of Carlisle remarked, ] The practice of sacramental confession and priestly i absolution which it is pretended to establish by the authoiity of this passage of God's Word, is one which it is the duty of every man to repudiate, who has the very least regard for the temporal quietness or the eternal welfare of those whom God hath gathered round him in all the hallowed associations of home. Of temporal quietness, I will but say to husbands, fathers, moihers, resist the beginning cf this evil. Concede to < your son, your daughter, the wife of your bosom, j permission to confess to the priest of their choice, and j you sign the death-warrant of all conjugal confidence, 1 ill parental authority, all domestic happiness. An 1 usurpation has been established within the precints of 1 your dwelling which will not shrink, if occasion shall 1 sal 1 for it, from bidding defiance to all, even the most sacred of human commands. It is God they declare, who speaks through the priest, and God must î be obeyed rather than man. I say nothing of the espionage established within your walls, which renders the confidence of the neatest of eaithly ties a nullity,and you and yours in a network of intrigue, wtiich, so far as the laws of the state wiil permit, placesyourself your property, your children, at the mercy of God's j vicegerents. And what compensating gain shall there j be? None whatever. Such concession will prove to ] be, in the great majority of cases, when the snare is not i broken and the soul does not escape in time, the >acrifice of eternal, ro less than temporal interests. I » mow iull well that the vic.ims of this system say-for ( have I not heard it from their lips myself?—that none j but he who has tasted that joy can teil how great the peace uf him whu has made true confession and received 1 toll absolution. But oh, brethren, what a peace A i )eace which soothes, which delights, which intoxicates, I us it is, in life, from time to time renewed a peace 1 svhieh stills the chamber of sickness, and which smooths e the Vtry >.illow of death. But beyond it cannot go. 1 rhe spell of tbe enchantress is broken as the river of 1 Jeath is crossed. And then what a discovery, 'ihut J .hat which man had professed to loose upon earth has r not been loo&ed in heaven. That that sin which mai> to remit, has been by God still retained; and 1 hai. ,i..ivfore, notwithstanding the absolution of a human I mesH-iood, their miserable dupe, standing before the ;reat High Priest, is pronounced by him helplessly, hope- ( efsly unclean. And mark the consequence. Without the 1 :amp of the saints, wiihout the New Jerusalem, in j lamentation and mourning and woe, for ever must j lis habitation be. From such strong delusion, frota iuoh fudrful doom, good Lord deliver us."
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THE RL'.CORDS OF 10,763 CURES OF ASTHMA, CON. ( SUMPTION, AND CTHGB DISORDERS 09 THE THKOAT VXI) LUNGS BY DR. LOOOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS 1 1AVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS— < the benefit to society which has resulted from the dis- ] :overy of this medicine is, however, far greater than ■hese figures show, as many thousands of cures are 1 fleeted, and not made known out of the circle of the ] 'riends of the parties. This has now been going on for wore than ;,0 years in all quarters of the globe with the lame unvarying result, so that, one aftar the other, all aiedicines previously relied upon for these disorders have aearly, if not entirely, dropped out of use-the supposed, 1 3r pretended, cures upon which they relied not standing i the test of investigation. Du. LOCOCK'S WAFJSKS are iold by every Medicine Dealer throughout the world, in boxes, at prices ranging from Is.1 i (I, to 11 s., so as to meet ] the circumstances of ail ranks. Be careful to see the name in Government stamp. 6-12
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CONSERVATISM AND THE MIDDLE CLASSES. The root of our constitutional settlement must be looked for in the three reigns of Charles I., of Charles II., and of James II, although its perfect manifestation was not seen till 1689. And from this latter period dates Government by party, for this is the real epoch of the appearance of our two great constitutional parties—Whigs and Tories. These two parties have ever since controlled and directed the political movements of the State, and must both be regarded as parties within the Consti- tution, whose principles are in harmony with the Revolution settlement. Each party has had its allotted function. Neither would have been complete by itself, the one being the complement of the other,and each, as it were, representing the hemisphere of the Constitution, of which both combined form the total I sphere. But a change has been effected by means of the Reform Act of 1832. A new political force I at this time came into play. Both Whigs and Tories have their places in the Constitution, aud are alike necessary to its proper working but at that period jealousy of the long tenure of power which their adversaries had possessed led the Whigs to call in the aid of another section of politicians, the Radicals, who stand outside the pale of the Constitution, and who did not scruple to m'ake attacks upon its form and spirit. Through this ill-omened alliance the Reform Bill was carried, and by means of it the Whigs hoped to establish the predominance of their own party. But even this juncture of Parliamentary forces would not have sufficed to accomplish the changes that were effected in 1832, had not the Whigs had the support of the middle classes also. The latter had long been dissatisfied with the share of political power that fell to their lot. The develop- ments of commerce had, since the epoch of the Revolution, called into existence whole classes of interests that were at that time unknown and although, through the system of nomination bo- roughs, they had obtained a voice in the State, yet they were not satisfied that their political influence was equal to their importance. The Corporation boroughs, as they were called, were almost entirely in the hands of the monied interest-, as the burgage tenure burghs were in those of the landed interest. But as new commercial interests, in addition to those of the East and West Indies and the shipping, and the coal, cotton, and iron trades were developed, there arose a demand for the transfer of a larger share of political power from the aristocracy to the middle classes. We do not say that the latter were not influenced in a large measure by democratic theorists and political agitators. Indeed, so far was ,.1.- n_l! T)"11 f' 1. -nu- r _L_l lue neiorm nUl irom oemg a measure oi aostracc justice, that the Whigs managed, by means of it, to obtain entire party supremacy, at least for the time, and, as they thought, for ever. But we admit that the Reform Bill of 1832, like the Revolution ot 1688, was, on the whole, a national benefit. And the most powerful agency in bringing about both was a middle class, though in the one instance it was chiefly a landed, and in the other, mostly a commercial middle class. Conservatives, who have served themselves heirs to the traditions of the Tory party, have long ago acquiesced in the Reform settlement. They have acknowledged that so far as it gave a much-needed development to middle-class influence in the political sphere, it was an advantageous measure. Never- theless, they cannot blind themselves to the fact, that grave and serious dangers, which justify the some- what alarmist predictions they uttered at the time, have followed and are consequent upon that settle- ment. The principles on which it was based were, in their tendency, democratic and, as was pro- phesied, under the new regime the bonds of party have been weakened and relaxed, and members of the House of Commons have been rendered amenable to external influences to so great an extent, as to create a danger that our deliberative assembly may be converted into a gathering of mere delegates. The difficulties and obstacles which beset the path of the executive have also been so increased that the question, How is the King's Government to be carried on ?" now seems like a prophecy. No one has more forcibly exposed the dangers in this direc- tion than the Liberal member for Calne, in one of his masterly Reform speeches last session. Lastly, the alliance between Whigs ar.d Radicals, effected in 1832, has necessitated the entertainment, by the former, of further democratic advances. The Whigs hoped they would be able to abide by the Reform Act as a final settlement, but the Radicals only looked on that as a means to ulterior ends of their own. And ever since 1832 the Whigs have only been able to maintain their position and power by making them- selves the instruments of fulfilling Radical projects. [t cannot, therefore, be said that Conservative fears have proved groundless. At the same time, had t not been that Toryism was frightened into Dbstructivism by the atrocities of the French Revo- ution, the Tories themselves might, by gradual and ;tep by-step Reforms, have brought the Constitution into harmony with the wants of the age, without the necessity for so violent a measure as that of 1832. Mr. Pitt, so eaily as 1783, had entered on the path )f Parliamentary Reform. But events frightened :he Tory party into an extreme position, which, cer- :ainly, neither grew out of, nor was in accordance ivith, their essential principles; and thereby the Whigs obtained the opportunity, which they dex- ;erously turned to account, of parading themselves as !.he exclusive friends of the middle classes. But, in consequence of the Reform Bill, we have 1 striking example of party Nemesis. The Whigs Jill for middle-class support by a measure which should secure for themselves, as they believed, a permanent preponderance, if not exclusive power, in ;he State. In doing so they, for their own purposes, .ised the Radicals, intending, after they had served ;heir cuds, to toss them aside. But the growth of :he popular element increased the strength of the Radicals to such an extent, proportionately weaken- ng that of the Whigs, that the latter were no longer ihle to fight their party battles single-handed, md were forced to bribe the Radicals to give them -he help they needed by promoting their schemes. So longer able to act as an independent party, the IVliigs have been forced to take up the Radical cry or democratic Reform. This has completed their 'uin for, being an aristocratic and a constitutional iarty,they could have no real sym pa thy with those who iought to promote unconstitutional and democratic projects. Therefore, since the death of Lord Pal- nerston—who was able, by his rare tact, and latterly )y ignoring Reform altogether, to preserve, at least, in outward unity-we have seen the Reform ques- ion split the party into fragments, and thus the prediction, that the Reform Act would disorganize )arty relations, has been strikingly fulfilled in their )wn experience. Further, the Whig leaders, who lave coalesced with the Radicals, have lost the con- :idence of the middle classes, who have at last come io see that democratic Reform is in direct anta- gonism to their interests. Even one of the extreme sections of the Liberal party—those whom we may sail the commercial Liberals—have, through Mr. Bright's phillipics, and still more by the threatened transformation of the trades unions into a political organization, been repelled from the Radical Refor- mers. Thus the party manoeuvre by which the Whigs won their political supremacy, and gained the support of the middle classes, has ultimately brought about their disorganization, and has caused t deep and growing distrust of their political schemes on the part of these classes. The Radicals, too, now unite in disowning their former allies, and the Whigs must either buy their support, by becom- iug utterly democratic, or must coalesce with the Conservatives. As an independent party they have no longer standing ground. Everything thus points to a re-arrangement of political parties, in which a clear line of demarcation will be drawn between the Conservatives, now the only constitutionalists, on the pne hand, and the Radical or Democratic section, as OlD anti-constitutional party, on the other. It is not difficult to see that-, in these circum- stances, both the instincts and interests of our middle classes will lead them to make common cause with the constitutional party because further progress in the direction taken by the Reform Act must inevi- tably lead, sooner or later, to the practical overthrow of the political power of the middle classes, and leave the supremacy in the hands of mere numbers. It is, no doubt, admitted on every hand, and by none more than Conservatives, that a constitutional re-arrange- ment is required, which will provide for the fuller representation of labour in the House of Commons. That has become since 1832 an interest of far greater weight and importance than ever before. But at that time, thanks to the Whigs, no provision was made for its representation. Indeed, by the ibolition of the Scot and Lot" franchises, the re- presentation of labour which did exist was annulled. Thus, at the very moment of the Reform Act, a foundation was laid for a demand for further Reform. But hitherto the bills brought in by the Liberal leaders to supply this defect have been wholly in the democratic direction, pointing to a mere blank re- duction of the money franchise, in order to admit larger numbers to the privilege of votes. No wonder, therefore, that the middle classes have looked coldly on those devices. Their instincts t'dd them there was danger in such proposals and reflection since con- firmed them in their opposition. So notoriously was this the case, that Earl Russell himself, when bury- ing his "little Bill" in 1860, was forced to acknow- ledge that the opposition to that measure, which had manifested itself so sensibly, was not, as in 1832, the opposition of a particular class, "but the opposition of the whole middle class of society." The Bill of last session was still more obnoxious to that class. It had become fully alive to the fact, that a mere reduction of the suffrage would go far to destroy its influence, and hand over the political supremacy to the lowest and most ignorant and unreflecting classes. The course of events during the autumn recess, the extreme demand of the leaders of the working classes, and the attempts made to overawe Parliament by numerical demonstrations, have all gone to increase the hostility of the middle class to Radical Reform, and when Parliament assembles we may be sure that the opposition to any scheme of democratic Reform will be even more pronounced than it was last session .—Imperial Review.
------THE LEGAL s,r.,k,rus…
THE LEGAL s,r.,k,rus OF TP-ADES UNIONS. The condition of Trades' Unions is daily acquir- 'r ing more importance and engrossing more attention. "Viewed in a purely economical point of view, they are regarded with fear and distrust by persons who are quite removed from the disputes between masters and men. In the highly artificial state in which we live we cannot look with indifference upon anything that threatens, however remotely, our manfacturing and commercial supremacy and we want to know whether it is really true that, owing to the high rate of wages which these combinations force from the masters, we are being overtaken in the race of compe- tition by foreign countries. Symptoms are not want- ing which show that these bodies are likely to play as disastrous a part in politics as they are said to do in trade. They demand to be our future governors, and weak Governments and divided Oppositions are very apt to coquette with such a power. There are, indeed, abundant reasons why we may be excused for looking upon Trades' Unions with suspicion, but none, we think, for the rtglect and apathy with which their organization and leiral Dosition have hithprtn been regarded. Since 1824 they are at any rate legal bodies, so far, at least, as they are formed for the purpose of raising wages or obtaining better terms for workmen from their employers, provided they abstain from intimidation and from rules in re- straint of trade. Few inquiries would be more in- teresting than an investigation of their origin and legal position. Yet, strange to say, little or nothing has been done in this direction. The public does !ll;/t like them, and has hitherto been inclined to ignore them, for want of courage to look the truth in the face and administer the remedy that may be necessary. A Trades' Union generally—for on such things there is no laying down universal rules—is the off- spring of a Benevolent or Friendly Society. Often mutual relief in case of illness is put forward as the sole object; ofteu a few rules for the support of mem- bers on strike" are added, and often rules are kept back and only disclosed when the members are fully enrolled and committed by payments, the equivalent for which they cannot afford to lose. The trade element generally overshadows the benevolent object. The payments are immoderate in amount, and such as no actuary would sanction, as in the too famous Saw Grinders' Union at Sheffield, where the payment demanded under pain of "rattening" and all its con- sequences is 5s, a week. The intention of these bodies being in its inception legal, and the machinery em- ployed so peculiarly liable to abuse; we can imagine no question more fit for the regulation of law than their position with regard to the public at large and their own members. In the case of ordinary Friendly Societies, Parliament has made provisions which, is not quite complete, yet show an earnest desire to give to these useful institutions all the aid that law can furnish, by sweeping obstructions of a technical nature from their path, by providing for the fairness of the rules under which they arc to administer their funds, and by furnishing them with an able and ex- perienced adviser. They are surrounded with pre- cautions from their very birth. These Friendly Societies are relieved from income-tax. Thev mast submit their rules to the Registrar, and on his certi- ficate that the rules are conformable to law they are registered. The rules must state the name of the Society, the whole of the purposes for which the funds are applicable, the conditions of the benefits to which members are entitled, the fines and forfeitures, and the manner in which disputes may be settled. The tables of annuity must be certified by an actuary, and circulating false copies of rules is made a misde- meanour. The property of such a Society is vested in its trustees and their successors; the Societv can sue and be sued in their names, or in the name of the sec- retary and there is a special jurisdiction in Justices of the Peace to compel the payment of any money fraudulently withheld, and to fine and imprison the offender. To none of these privileges is a Trade's Union entitled, or a Benefit Society which unites with its functions those of a Trade's Union. Trade's Unions are, as we have said, not in themselves ille gal, but the law looks coldly on them, and has, so to speak, sent them to Coventry. Successive Secreta- Ties of State have held that they are not within the policy of the Friendly Societies Act, and have left them to the mercies of the common law with all its technicalities. An instance of the inconvenience arising from this state of things occurred the other day. A Friendly Society and Trade's Union applied, in its capacity of Friendly Society, to magistrates under the summary jurisdiction clause to order the repayment to them of sums unlawfully withheld. The merits of the case were not disputed, but the defen- dant contended that the Friendly Society being also a Trade's Union was not such a Society as was con* templated by the Act of Parliament. The objection was sustained, and the Society lost its money. A Trade's Union is, under the existing state of the law, a sort of legal monster, similar to what a Joint-Stock Company, if not formed by Act of Parliament, or 1 loyal Charter, used to be before the passing of the Act which allowed it to be sued in the name of its public officer. In an action by or against a Trade's Union we presume all the shareholders must be made plaintiffs or defendants-a matter of very serious inconvenience between the Society and strangers, more especially as the sums for which such actions would be brought and defended are not generally large. But the case is far worse as between the Society and one of its own members. As they are generally partners, they would be precluded from suing at common law, and the only resource would be the Court of Chancery, and the means of payment a contribution in other words, for a member of one of these bodies against the whole body, there is, practically speaking, no remedy at all. Now, this state of things appears to us most un- just. If the principle of allowing freedom to oombi- nations of workmen against masters and masters against workmen be wrong, let us at once dechue such Associations illegal, and deny them any recog- nized existence at all. But if we are not prepared to take this step, if we tolerate their existence, and admit that it is just as free for the lower classes to form Associations for the purpose of keeping up wages, as it is for the higher classes to form other Associations—do not let us deny to these Associa- tions the means of enforcing their own rights, or to those who may happen to deal with them the means of enforcing theirs. It seems to us that no wiser or more expedient course could be taken than that which should substantially bring- these institutions under the same set of rules as ordinary Friendly So cieties, requiring them on the one hand to register all their rules, requiring that those rules should be con- formable to law, declaring all rules not registered absolutely void, and inflicting penalties on any one who strove to put them into execution, and, in return for this, giving to them every legal facility for arranging their difficulties with strangers, and as be- tween the Society and its own members the simple and inexpensive method of settling differences pointed out by the existing law. We advocate this change in no particular interest, but in that of gene- ral justice and convenience. In this great commer- cial country it is not fitting that the law should have its sympathies and antipathies, should look coldly on one set of Associations and favourably on others. It should embrace all with impartial care, and take heed that whatever it permits to exist should exist in the most favourable condition whi £ h its nature allows.—Times.
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ft ETV PORT TIDE TABLE. g £ gH WATER. DEPTH AT MOKN. EVEN. DOCK GATES -1- Feb 1867. H. M. H. M. FT. IN 2, Saturday oil 5 25 23 10 6, bunday 5 08 6 18 OK Q 4, Monday 6 38 6 57 27 4 Tuesday 7 17 7 24 28 7 b, W ednesday 7 52 8 8 29 1 8 25 8 43 29 6 8> Friday 91 9 18 29 1 WEEKLY CALENDAR Moon's Age—New -IToon, 4th, 16m. past 6 after. Day of: Sun c? j. IVXoon o MonthJ Rises. Sun &ets. Moon Sets. Yeay 2 7 40 4 49 5 £ 0 2 54 T? 4 7 ?? 1 5 3 53 34 z L 4 o I 7 6 4 56 § 4« 1» • 1 i "S N S ill 11 8 7 20 59 9 0 9 33 39 LONDON RAILWAY SHARE LIST. Shares J Railways jpald. dosing Prices} ^oneT 13 14 Birm.&StourValley' All ZT~' Stock..Bristoland Exeter. 100 87 — 89 Stock. Caledonian 100 119 121 Stock. Great Eastern 100 34 341 o<i Stock. Great ISTorthern 100 119 —121 2 Stock. Do. A Stock 100 130A—131A IQO QOS Stock. Great Western 100 533—, 541 K4.1 1 Stock. Do. South »Va!es 100 4 *3 Stock. Do. W Mid. Oxfd 100 32 35 Stock. Do. Newport 100 33 —. ?6 Stock. i'o. Hereford 100 Stock. (London &Blackwall 100 Stock. (London &Blackwall 100 Stock.,Lancash.& Yorshire 100 i 1301 —1305 Stock. Loudon, Brighton, and South Coast.. 100 88 — 89 Stock. London&N.Westrn. 100 123 123A 1233 i Stock. Manchester, Shef- iield,&Liueolnah. 100 53 — 54 Stock. Midland 100 123 123j 1241 3^ Stock. Do. Birm,& Derby 100 93 — 95 50 N.-Eastern,Leeds.. All 64 66 Stock. Do., York.. 100 101 -102 101 25 Stockton & Dar- lington All 35 36 stock. Shropshire Union. 100 50 South Devon 100 48 — 50 Stock. South-Eastern 100 731 73? 733 Stock. Tuff Yale 100 1150 155 10 Do. C 3 3 4 pm Stock.! Yale of Neath 100 — Stock.| V^est Cornwall All — BlilSTOL STOCK EXCHANGE, Jan. 30. Share Railways. paid Closing Price Stock ijristoi and Exeter £ 100 88 89 Stock Do. 4 p.ct. preference 100 84 85 Stock Do.4i p.ct. Do. 100 ^25 Bristol & S Wales Un. 25 4— 5 Stock U reat Northern 100 Stock Jreat Western. lOa £ 4 541 stock Do.p.ct.prefereuce 100 — Stock Loudon & North \Vestern 100 — Stock Midland 100 :23i-124i stock Do.up.et.Brs.&Birm. 100 Stock Mon. tiail. vk Canal 100 93 -100 100 Do. 5 perc t. preference 100 102—104 Do. do — 10 Do. do. £ 30 30 — Stock Vorth Eastern-Berwick too- 10 tlhymney 10061-63 20 somerset and Dorset. JQQ 50 South Devon jqq 43 5Q Stsck South Wales.. IOQ — r°;<'V? f Wye C- R • 50 23j— 24J St0,c(f U.f 100 155 -157 10 Do. £ 10, Class B q — 10 Do. £ 10, Class C 3 • 3i— 3f Stock ()o. Preference No. 1.. iqq oU Do. Aberaare 50 Stock Vale of Neath .I 100 99 101 100 West Cornwall iQO 51 — 52 Local and Miscellaneous. 10 Avonside Engine w j ]1 10 Ditto new g j | 20 Bristol Cemetery 20 25 26 147 Uristol Dock Shares 147.9.0 85 87 Ditto Notes 121.8.9 £ — Stock ,instal United Gas. joo 'j ISO —152 130 UristolSteam Navigation 130 i 105 HO 25 Bristol Commercial lioom 25 9 — 10 25 Jristol Water Works 25 21-22 Stock. Do. Preference J00 102 —104 2 Bristol Bread Shares 1|— 1| 25 Bristol Zoological 25 18 19 Id Clifton Susp Bridge. 10 5^— 6 IG Western Wagon Compny 10 ioj 11 40 ivennet and Avon Canal., av.40 — 50 St. Philip's Bridge. 50 37 39 20 .Vr. of E.& S.'vV.Ds. Bank 15 18i-13! New RAILWAY TRAFFIC. The following are the receipts of railways for the past week—■ „ Miles opened Receipts. Railways. 1867 18C6 1867. 18GS £ Belfast and Northern Counties 99 99 1 Iz31 172S Betfastand County Down 49 49 .574 561 Blyth and Tyne 3S 36 1704 195,3 Bristol and Exeter 121 5448 53S2 Caledonian 5G2 562 30060 31932 Cambrian 130 130 1844 199(1 Cork and Eandon £ 0 20 373 333 Cork,Blackrock, and Passage. 61 63 109 10a Cork and Youghal 32 32 Cornwall 05 65 1204 1424 Deeside 17 17 283 304 uo., Extension. lo 15 103 jgr Dublin and Belfast Junction 63 63 1354 1279 Dublin and Drogheda 7.5 75 47 13Qy Dublin & Wicklow,in.Kingstown 100 10G 2040 2321 Dl,b¡in arü! iIl"atI¡ .1 35 35 2.53 273 and C yle Juiictioii 30 30 276 269 Furness 85 85 4676 4441 Glasgow and South-Western. 249 249 8720 9359 Great Eastern. 719 i27 29857 31153 Great Northern" 422. 401 31012 36373 Ut, Northern & "VVostern(Ireland) 81 ill 521 448 Great North of Scotland and Branches 242 241 1344 2664 Gt. Southern Western (Ireland) 419 419 7740 8734 Great Western S West Midland 1311 1280 63340 65S95 Hull and Hornsea 13 13 Highland 246 246 3075 2833 Irish North Western 145 145 1542 1600 Lancashire and Yorkshire 403 401 42101 3S938 Limerick and Euuis 26^ 24| 125 1.59 Limerick and Foynes 26 26 76 103 London and North-Western (in eluding Chester and Holyhead Lancaster and Carlisle) 1319 1294 102542 104754 London and Illackwall 5 5| London,Brighton,and SouthCoast 315 293 16622 16765 London and South-Western 503 4S0 18508 20816 Londonderry and Colerame 36 36 — London Tilbury,&Southend Ext., 42 42 1000 995 Llanelly 4 £ J 40 559 512 Lynvi Valley 30 30 694 582 Manchester Sheffield,and Lincoln 2413 246 19162 21108 Manchester S. June.&Altrincham 9 9 12S1 1502 Marypor and Carlisle 2S 28 1335 1267 Midland 697 677 47723 48977 MidlandGreat Western of Ireland 260 260 4833 4232 Metropolitan 43 43 4455 3747 North British 732 717 22217 23521 North Eastern 1223 1207 60523 61814 North London ji n 4359 4553 North Staffordshire 253 258 c92S 8178 Ogmore ID Pembroke and Tenby .1 07 11 232 85 Rhyniney 22f 22 1160 941 Scottish North-Eastern & Dundee and Arbroath 143 138 — Somerset and Dorset G6 66 958 949 South Devon no 98 3221 3505 South-Eastern 330 315 18636 19983 TaffValo 63 63 6149 4811 Do. Penarth 2 — 712 — Ulster 105 105 2542 2507 Vale of Clwyd 10 10 115 125 Waterford and Kilkenny 31 31 475 308 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1222 1522 West Cork 17 f — 55 Whitehaven, Cleater,& Egremont: 10 10 619 557 FOREIGN AXD COLOS-IAI.. Austrian 828 828 38033 34803 Borabav, Baroda, & Central India 306 306 8047 9065 Eastern Bengal 110 110 2168 2425 East Indian 1129 1129 43376 37766 Great Luxembourg 172 142 4177 4962 Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 22864 22162 Great Western ot Canada ,345 345 12035 10664 Great Indian Peninsula 784 590 14908 34639 Great Southern of India 79 79 882 701 Madras 611 571 8S56 8932 Northern of Canada 94 94 1120 1100 Northern of Franre 764 724 57094 56463 Scinde 109 105 2376 1877 Northern of Franre 764 724 57094 56463 Scinde 109 105 2376 1877 Do.,PunjabfJlooltan toUmritsir) 253 253 1586 1408
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DEPUTATION TO THE BISHOP OF GLOU- CESTER ON RITUALISM. On Friday, a. deputation of fifty clergymen and laymen of Cheltenham, waited upon the Bishop, at the Palace, at Gloucester, and presented the follow ing memorial:— To the Bight Reverend Charles John, Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, We, the undersigned clergy and laity of the parish of Cheltenham, in your lords!iip'a diocese, beg leave very respectfully to convey to your lordship the expression of the deep anxiety we feel in consequence of the introduc- tion into our Reformed Church of Ritualistic practices foreign to the simplicity of its form of worship. These practices are avowedly intended as the visible exponent" of doctrine, and we cannot ignore the fact that there does exist at this moment a widely extended and carefully organised attempt to bring back amongst \181 many of the most pernicious errors of the Church of Rome. It is even boldly asserted that Ritualism is not employed as a side-wind, by which to bring in certain tenets surrep- titiously, but as the natural complement of those tenets after they have been long and sedulously inculcated." Such a state of things in our Church is calculated to ex- cite the most serious alarm in the minds of all true Pro- testant Churchmen, And we are convinced that the time is fully come when, for the satisfaction of the great ma- jority of the members of our Church, and for her vindi- cation in the eyes of the whole community, some authori- tative and effectual check should be given to practices which are thus confessedly introduced and maintained as symbolical of those very doctrines in protesting against which so many of our Reformers "loved not their lives unto the death." Under these painful circumstances we naturally appeal to your lordship, and most humbly and earnestly pray that you will use every means in your power to banish and drive away the erroneous and strange doctrines and practices contrary to God's Word, which have been both piivately Mid openly brought into our beloved Church. We beg, in conclusion, to assure your lorsbip that we shall not cease to pray that you may, in these times of trial and controversy, be guided and strengthened by the Holy Spirit to maintain among us the purity of our Pro- testant faith, and the simplicity of our reformed and Scriptural worship. The memorial was signed by 2,310 Churchmen. His lordship gave the following reply :— The Bishop presents his best compliments to the depu- tation, thanks them for their coigrtesy, reoognises their earnestness and sincerity, and in answer to their memo- rial begs leave to advert to and repeat the judgment ex- pressed by him in his sermon on Ritualism lately preached in Bristol Cathedral, to wit-" Nc) loyal son of our Mother Church of England, no one who loves and reveres our Prayer-book, and is prepared equally to take his stand against adulterating addition as against disloyal defect, no such one could loyally give to the' movement we have considered his deliberate ascent and approval, nay, not even his secret interests and sympa- thies." To this judgment the Bishop adds nothing, and from it he withdraws nothing, but he feels it just and right to recognise the fact that some practices disallowed by the report of the Convocation of this Province have at length been discontinued in certain churcbe3. The Bishop earnestly exhorts all to pray to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, to be faithful in Christ;an doctrine, loyal in Christian work, and enduring in Christian love.