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THE TIME3, SATURDAY; DECEMBER 12, 189L THE GLADSTONIANS AND RURAL REFORMS. SPEECH BY MR. OLADSTOKK Terterday taornlnf tha delegate wba attended tha el eoelereace cm wral reform held at Um Wasaariat han. FkrriBffiootml. en Tlnnwdaj, were entertained ta breakfast at the Hoi bom Beatanraat Ut Ueneral wrpoers uwuim maw jibwbw Liberal Federation, and were afterwards addreaaed by Mr.

Gladstone a pMch of hour's amtla. Cpwerd el 400 delegate. together with Gladstocdea ajeeibrr aod candidate, were rernt at the break f.rf Dr. Spraee Watson, chairman of the JCklicaal Liberal PedcratiotA, presided, and among tio who attended wera uro uxntnp, eirw, Uiaoe, M.P.. Mr.

6k.Ufm. MIf Sir W. Fester, M.P., Mr. Eryee, M.r., Mr. Herbert Gardner, MJ.

Mr. s. Stevenson, M.r, Mr. Lambert, M.P., Mr, Schaadtant, Sir James Kitaon, and Str. Joseph Areh.

Breakfast waa eerved at a quarter past o'clock, but it wa almost 11 o'clock before Mr. GlAAtne eaUred the crowded room, when be we received with tmbotmJed enthusiasm, lie accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Lord Carricgton, Mr. Arnold Morley, and the Una.

K. Spencer. Paring the Interval of waiting a delegate mounted a chair and suggested that they should rctarn thanks to Almighty God for the blearing roocbufed them. Thereupon the whole assembly rose'to their feet led by the delegate, eang with much fervour the hymn Praise God from whom all blessings The lea ins of the thankagivinf had tWW died away "bra Mr. tlladstwoe axri red.

the whole aalieWe rising toreoeive him, and cheering with the greatest nergy. Another round of cheering waa rj for Mr. Gladstone. 'TIm Csikmax aaid it waa very fitting that after the soceewtful taeetinr held by "the delegate from Use ran district on the previous dty the delegate ahoald Lave the orportonity of meeting and listening to the great statesman who led the Liberal party in achieving the great victory for the extension of the. (Cheer.) He wa rare that Mr.

Glad ftro a paid be interested in bearing that the cco feretjee bad been an unqualified rueceits. (Cheer.) Eaneft. thick inc men from every part of England, aod' men from wale, abd even from Scotland, had Btrt' together a the of rural reform, and jyfcbfn; cade which were practical, fall of HKn ut. asd chararteriied br that elocnrnce wbih prant from the aneakera' feelinc of deep neeJ fMi to be interesting. unle 1 deprire itof iU interest enreche characterised, alo, from Ort to last by a by defect of communication, with respect to former taaJrraticn.

a fairneas, and a reasonablenet which yean, and to show on what your father hare rone eoald cot be orerrmted. (Cheer.) From beginning throogh. I certainly am not here to damp yonr effort to end of that conference trnst waa expreased in the nd, if I were, it would bo in rain or to ay yon great leader of the party a trcst which they hare nothing to in procuring improvement. You all felt aal beliered could not Ve betrayed. (Cheers.) i bare much to do (hear, hear) but I with to point He thought he might say in the name of every man out that aomething has been already done, and to preset that they were not forgetful of the great indicate to you although I indicate it with feeling mearare of notice which Mr.

Gladstone had formu of pain, of recoil, almost of horror what ha been lsted. and Uut erery cbe of them would do all in the condition of the rural population of this country, hi power at'tbe next election to cany him to Tietory two or three, I think, authentic intimations. Do sad to power. tCheer.) They most all feel grateful BOt be afraid if I carry you back a far a the year to him for coming fcmocg them on that occasion to 1767. (A laugh.) I do not mean to go on continuously St hi sanction to those measure of treform.

the from that time I shall proceed by kipe and jumps, II and only object which, after all, was to make h0rf the fashion is now to say, by leap and bounds, the lire of those in rnr parishes fuller, freer, and (Laughter.) I am going to read to you a few line better. (Cheers.) Between their great leader and his which are copied from a atone now existing in the follower there was not only a feeling of reiteration park at Ilawarden. The immediate occasion of the and rerpecti but one of strong affection. (Cheers.) earring of this1 stone was the rebuilding of a mill r. uisuriuue iai yff 10 vua ocsutuui pot, lor some reason or outer, ana i cerwuniy cannos VU In ii Mmmt ft tOtWMiaaaa of UmIt Inerwasa.

men nmnt thasi it hM ertr boa. (Cheer.) Thej embrac anothtr ImpMtaat fflr can hardly dUcusaed, I think, ob eeownt of the ltmiution of tirno within is empasa of uu meeting, I mean tha farmer. (Cheara.) For them thii it a matter of grtal eooae quenc. and I am sure they will endarstand that If oa this particular occasion Um attention and the exercise of your mind I cone en tr led upon questions affectlsg the rural Ubouring populstlon. It not becsuM fornt or demeiata the interest of Um fanner, and are not anxious ta aea those interests promoted by errry jam ana reasonaoi mean, (uteeza.) Ml lw of conrtHiCT.

Thrra is cne other question on which tha eotmrum interest reacoe to both branches of Um labour of Um country, and a lo concern the labouring population of Ireland, and that is the law of conspiracy. That la a oaeetioo with regard to which I earnestly hope that we shall Terr soon ra our way, though I am not err sanguine so 1 sr a the residuary tens, what I may call Um death bed period of the present Parliament, is concerned. (Laughter.) But ondoubtedly I hope Uut la regard to that law cf conspiracy, which ha undergone a rat amendment on behalf of the organised labour of the country, bat which still requires exteosire change (cheers), a change will at the rery earliest period be brought about, for it is oca that bear directly upon personal liberty and upon the right of the labouring population to combine by erery mean that the general principles of law permit, for tna purpose or giving lie greatest Talne I bey can to their labour, the commodity they hare to dispose of. (Cheera.) At present too bare a special law of con spiracT what i called the common law of con spiracy, and under cover of this common law, whether owing to neglect or to prejudice, tcere tare grown up proceeding which hare flowed from Um mere will and personal notions or leaning of particular judge that hare become in the aggregate extremely arerse to the liberties of the people. (Hear, hear.) We must get rid of that, common law of conspiracy.

We must let erery man know what i and what i not an offence by clear enumeration, and we most provide for the rural population of this country, as well aa for the population of Ireland, that Doth tug shall be a crime in relation to the prcaecution of labour interests because it is done by a combination of men. unless it be in itself an offence against the letter and spirit of the law of the land. (Cheer.) in cojtdit'iox of Tm bcbai. rcrciaiioK. I hare mentioned these there' may be many others, but I cannot attempt an exhaustive enumeration, and I now come to the special field in which yonr present morement are and are to be conducted.

Ah I gentle men, the condition of the rural population of thi country in the present, and' yet mora in the past, is a subject of painful reflection (cheers), and I am going detain you for a few minute with matter which I land which was so intimately associated with our own country in tirtory and in literature a land for. which he had done so much and the prayer of that meeting, and of the great majority of hi fellow' countrymen, would be that he might obtain the' rest and strength which would enable him to return invigorated and refreshed, so as to continue those great labours for the good of his country to which he bad hitherto" derated his and glorious life. (Lond cheers.) Mr. whose rising called forth a renewed outburst of cheering, said Dr. Spruce Watson and Gentlemen, Von, Sir, in speak tsg from the chair, bare but confirmed, as the highest authority, the accounts which hare reached me from erery quarter, in same cases from eye witnesses, of the character of the proceedings which hare marked this memorable conference, and hare as ured me of that which I had confidently anticipated, and that which I nw sow, a beyond doubt, that these proceeding bare been aigcalired throughout by all the features which are the legitimate means and sure precursors of victory I mean by union, by moderation, and by decision.

(Cheers.1 I beliere, gentlemen, that' you. know your own minis too well for me to be able to render you on this occasion any substantial service. I tan hardly claim myself to be a practical man (laughter) in the rural administration of this country, but I hire lired long in rural and hare had many opportunities of obeerra tion, and 1 feel with yon that the time has come when a course of effort should be commenced that is not to terminate, with any single crisis, or occasirn; but only ith the attainment of the just end which are in view. The best I can hope to do is to present to you that view of your quration which ugget "tself to a practical man occupying a position which at all events haa given him the advantage of a tolerably long experience, and. in which I hope I may say that he ha not been, and is not at the present moment, altogether wanting in sympathy with erery section of the people.

(Cheer.) T3E tasorE Qrisnos. In my view the labour question is of a very long range indeed. That great controversy "which has mainly occupied and agitated the public mind for the last six yean the subject of Home Kule for Ireland is really part of the labour controversy, because you know, Very well that the bulk of those on whose behalf you and we have been struggling are either labourers themselves in the strictest sense of the wcri. or are small farmers in a condition essentially analogous to. that.

of labourers. That i the first, and I will venture to sy the foremost, division of the great labour question. Then there comes the abject which Dr. Watson assiited so ably in the discussion of at Newcastle, and that wa the consideration of aacther peat branch of. the labour question what I may call the organized labour population of the coustrv.

Because you must recognise the fact that whichlas been the fact, bet which I bope is to be so no longer that while many of the trades of thia eountry. to tbeir own great advantage, and to our great advantage and the advantage of the nation and the State, have established among themselves powerful and effective organisations, you. on the contrary, have until now been little more than an aggregation of individuals, and you who present to us the great nbject of rural labour and the condition of the rural population, you perhaps, you have the most to do ia the just preparation of your mean, of action ana in bringing them to the front, think, are also to present, so far a Great Britain fs concerned, the raort urgent case of all. (Cheers.) I. call it the most urgent case and I think the proof of that urgency is obvious.

i ISTO TBI TOW ks, The croof.of it lies in the constant niWtim nt tha population into the towns. I do not speak of regret it, there were inscribed upon the stone these remarkable words which anyone may verify by reference to the stone. The appearance of the stone i just like the headstone of a crave, and the inscription begins tnua jrust tn uoa lor ire an, ana to me king for protection and Justice. This mill was built in the year 1767." Then come the remarkable, words, Wheat was thia year at 9., barley 5s. Cd.

a bushel. Luxury was at a great height and charity extensive, bat the poor were starved, riotous, and hanged." (Shame.) Now, pray bear in mind that is not meant aa an inflammatory condition. This mill i a mill clou to the house in which we live, belonging to the property. It wa meant, I believe, a an honest description of the state of things, and observe this, it is not speaking of what are called the dangerous classes, but of the poor, which means the masse of the people, and the description given to me of them i that luxury above them wa at a great height, that charity' also was extensive, but, that of the body of them the characteristics were three that they were starved, that in consequence of their being starved, and no one can wonder at it, they were riotous, and that the only cure for rioting waa that they were hanged. (Shame.) I come down from 1767 to 1812 that, I think, wa the year and my incident is this.

I wa attending a dinner privately given to a certain body of miner who were about to open a colliery, and this dinner waa attended by a very old and remarkable old man, who bad worked in the collieries of the district 40 year before. The date of the dinner wa about 1850. or a little after 1850, and the period to which be refers wa the period of 1812. I am pretty sure that that was tha year whether it was the year before or the year after ltldoes not much signify and that old man made, in a few words, one of the most remarkable speeches I havVever heard. lie described the change which he had lived to see in the condition of the people, which in Uut district, I think, is rather favourable than otherwise and be described what it waa in 1812.

In 191i, I think, he stated, and I believe (though it seems now almost incredible, I have seen it verified from public sources), wbeat was at the enormous price of iOt: a bufbel five time over. what, cot at the present moment, because it baa risen a little, but what for several years you hare paid for the staff of life and potatoes the other principal element sf their cubsistence were at a correspond itg price. That was not only a bad state of things, it was a i i i aui 1 is fit to describe it. (ifear, bear.) But recollect that for a long long time, until light began to be thrown upon the dark places of the land by the action of a free Press (cheers) light such as has been thrown to quote a particular instance on the present position of tha rural population in some districts by the correspondent of the Daily A'tn (bear, hear) I do' beliere that the bulk of the upper and weaitmer ciaasea were tn total ignorance of the real condition of the people, and the marvel is that eren unconquerable, inexhaustible fortitude and patience kept them silent through so eh a period and allowed the whole country to be filled with the vaunt of military glory, and allowed all those who had the means of making known tbeir sentiments' to habitually declare that nerer had there been in the history of England a time great and grand a that that our Constitution wa the envy of the world and that happy were they who lived within the borders of England. (Cheer.) Gentlemen, that wa cant.

(Load cheer.) I do not say it wa wilful falsehood I am sure it was not but it wa unconscious, gross, and monstrous untruth, and we have to hi ash when we look back upon such a state of thing. I must mention that my old friend stated the wage of the period when wbeat and potatoes were at these monstrous prices. I cannot be absolutely certain to a shilling, but my firm belief and conviction is that the miner's wages which, of course, as they ought to be, because of the more disagreeable work, were above the agricultural wages were not more than lis. a week, inese aresenousanaaaa the. whole of that migration, became undoubtedly the thing to consider, but it is a satisfaction to be able trades of this country sxiti with its Vast, world wide commerce must and ought to expand, and I am thankful to aav dn ttth mwW th in.

Soence of sound and liberating legislation, much faster we can expect me rural industry to expand. Borne overplus if there were an overplus of the pnl population no one could be sorry to see pas mto te towns to meet their demands, but the case which we hare before us is far more than that. We have ia many parts of the country not only a stationary but a decreasing rural population. (Ilear, hear.) I look upon that decrease of the rural population ell ft what you like, and explain it aa yon like great national calamity. (Cheers.) There are to efforts that ought not to be made there are lost sacrifices that ought not to be encountered, order that, proceeding upon sound principles, we may, "pwaibje, endeavour to keep the rural population at homa (cheers) so long a.

they with to atay there. The process by which that state of things can be stopped leaving the rural labourer In a condition in which he can hardly hope to keep his wife and children even an insufficient supply of the necessaries of life's to restore his moral and his social freedom. This joestioifof labour is one of many brancbe far more brancbe than I am able to set adequately before you ore probably than in your rapid but well tiled meeting, hare been able thoroughly to discuss. I will coty enumerate some of those branches Erst which are common to the two great divisions of the labour question I mean the organised labour and the rural labour. That is the phrase I adopt, and you will understand it for the aake of distinction so far as the present mora rut is concerned.

When I look to two branches, will mention only in order to Pdly aside the point in respect to which their "rct interests are interests in common, and bear opoa the same subjects of legislation. slcctiox caascxa. ror instance, there is the question of elec personal candidatra receive the suffrage of the coo "lencie and are sent to Parliament an end which 7ZJ? beneficially attained to a limited wt all hope will be attained to a tth wider extent we have to take care that they ub. tha frightful, not ataohrtely eoore baa surmounted It but cVa with defraying the "ltea of ParUamentary life for men whoVTot i. JL (CheerO That has been a of great importance.

The rwral labour of the ttTrnLT4 or "iLbour of ba country in "o'Mtnrit'r dutrieU have teen (cwio prt rtrsU i or tbs fcart. Plat bich is wider tUH. and Uut 1 the division of the rate. (Cheer.) Locll incre niStfy fo'r gd rained TA Cvtwluefor their of tbe.e rate, make more "tet that which wa alw li Tr 1871 Um Government of tbo day proposed endeavoured to attain, but were defeS1 pert; had; to say, that while that good old man recorded a be Eclal tnai cnange nas continued ana cxtecaea, and instead of a wage of 11. a week for miners probably representing 9s.

for agriculture the present wage of that district are 18. for agriculture, and 36s. on the average for miners. (Cheers.) I come now to my third testimony. I think I am really giving you without any attempt at detail testimonies that are of some point and weight.

The third testimony was one which came casually to me one dar, travelling on the Great Western Railway, when I found myself in a compartment with a. Suffolk country doctor. This, again, was a few years after 1850. I cannot aay exactly how many probably about 1855 or 1856. Mow, the repeal of the Corn Laws had done much for wage in many parts of the country, but do influence tending to a rise had, at that time, I think, crept into the rural district; At any rate, I remember that the medical man a man of decided intelligence, who was a parish doctor in Suffolk said tome, I assure sir, on the absolute ground of my medical experience and knowledge, that of Use whole labouring population of the parish there is hot a man, a woman, or a child Who has food sufficient for the maintenance of full health." These are deplorable, most deplorable facts.

I rejoice to think we are rising above, such a level as that, and I hope you think I have been justified in mentioning historical circumstance of such deep, though of most painful, and I might almost say, shameful state of things. Now, ground has bees made in that respect. In regard to the means of subsistence for many classes, immense ground has been made, though for some classes and for some parts of Um eountry, undoubtedly, that ground baa been more limited. THE wmtCI OF THE KCMT TOT. But I most refer to ground made' ia another direction, which my bon.

friend ia Um chair was kind enough to mention, assigning to mo a much greater share of honour than I deserved, but unquestionably the enactment of the franchise for Um rural district in 1854 85 after a desperate effort, you will remember (cheers and in the Boose of Lord to defeat it that change, by the determination of the people of this country, wa carried, and it was carried in connexion with the secret vote. (Cheers.) I am afraid that without the secret vote it still would hare been very advantageous but undoubtedly Um secrecy of voting was tie necessary complement of that legislative cnange, and the necessary guarantee of the independence and liberty of the working man. And here I wish to say one word more. For a considerable time after tb enactment of aecret voting, it appeared to me, and I believe it waa Um ease, that Um country labourer felt a great deal of distrust. They thought that ia some way or other the vote would be discovered.

Now, I aa Um last man to say to the labourer that if he is asked about hi rote he should give a misleading answer, bat I think the less answer ba gives the better, (Laughter and cheers.) Ha may depend upon it, experience ba proved it, and he ia coming, I am thankful to say to feel it more and more every day, that unlets be himself chooses to declare hi vote, which be i perfectly entitled to do if ba think fit bo man living can find it out (Hear, hear.) I'artia daliZi 7" more ly no man living can End It out (Hear, near.) arua aalemuaed opposition of Um Tory party 1 mtai I meat VnetUr and cart fully with Oat tub 5 and nrrotaded Um enactment with provision that aeeura lta efieieaey, and it (Scitscy mease Ota abselutene of IU secrecy. This i aa important chang. because I would aay that It 1 Um master ky of Um situation. It is by means of this franchise, and thi just Influence la Um councils of Um elate, that yo ar enabled to tread your path vita firmae tad with a eooecioesneaa of strength. By means of that last political influence, rely upon it that no very long tuna win eiaps Deiora yoa attain ta ut mala ait um jui oojeeia wnica yoa nave in new, (uueor.

rut I in corsciu. I shall not attempt to to throuth the detail of all tha item that have been clearly and ably set forth ia Um proceedings at and in other proceeding, bat I think that I am not far wrong ia laying that, at Um present moment, so far roar feeling hart a centre they are centred very mncn in that litUa phrase Um establishment of parish councils. (Cheers.) I am led to desire the establishment of parish councils mainly by two coniideration. The CM i that they are the necessary complement of any good system of local, government. (Cheers.) A good lystem or local government 1 the best accompaniment and guarantee fcr a good nrstem of central government.

(Hear, hear.) But alto local government most be brought home to your own doors. (Cheers.) There are, a haa been well pointed out, a 'multitude of pmpuee for whieh it i impossible that a county council should be efficient, and if it attempted to be efficient In those matter it would lose the efficiency whieh undoubtedly it possesses for other valuable purpose. It i aa the complement of your freedom mii i vuu, in uio unt imiucr, lor parisa councils but I wish them for another reason abieh is more material. I sak myself, wbst is the principal immediate aim for which thii remarkable conference has been brought together After the farts that have been laid before us aa to the condition of the agricultural labourer and hi power of supporting himself and hi wife and children in many portions of the eountry, I do feel that the improvement of hi material condition is the central and vital object which ba moit of all brought yoa here to day. It is, in my.

opinion, very dangerous to talk to men about improving their material condition through public legislation unless you clearly see your way, I not pretend to ee my way as to everything that might be desired. There are difficulties in the road without doubt, but we do aee our way, I think, as to a very important improvement in tha condition of the rural population. Now these council, aa you have been told most justly and I will not dwell upon the particular except to pass through them must have the 'control, for example, of parish charities (rheers), the care of and rights of way. Rights of way, for bxample, are most material to be preserved. (Hear, hear.) rrivata interest is always awake looking for the opportunity of extingulahing them here and there.

(Hear, hear.) How is the county council to stop that llow i eren a district council in a large county to stop that? Yon want men who know the ground yard by yard (hear, hear) and inch by inch, and it is nonsense to talk about circuses (loud cheers) as alternatives to parish councils. I mention that not as a thing of vital principle in Itself, but as a clear, defined, and manifest purpose, which requires a local authority conversant with the minutest detail of space and of local history, and a parish council, parish assemblr. call it what von like, if it is m. tram and efficient parish assembly call it a vestry (cries of No, no or what you like. I do not want to quarrel with any name whatever so long a the thing gww mu cuccinc, I una ia one OI UOSO instance which show the real practical ntility which these parish councils have in view.

Then. again, there is the question of ssnitary, or, rather, insanitarv. dwellings, and the nnestion of sehnala (Cheers.) Greater indeiendence is desired by the parents of children; and that aUo is a subject requiring much consideration. Then I touch very tender ground, but it is a subject that lies deep in the hearts' of most of the rural ropulstion, that which i indicated by the word tha workhouse." Tux wroBJcnorsx. It is a lamentable faet if, in the midst of our civilization, and at the close of the nineteenth century, the workbousc is all that can be offered to the induatriou labourer at the end of a long and honourable life.

(Cheers.) I do not enter into the question now in detail. I do not say it is an easy one I do not say that it will be solved in a moment: but I do say this, that until society is able ta offer to the industrious labourer at the end of a long and blameless life something better than the workhouse, society 'will not have discharged its duties to its poorer members, and the aims of this remarkable conference will not have been fully attained. (Loud cheers.) But, as I have said, we are here to look not simply on the ideal tboueh the ideal ought never to be put wholly out of view but at uio practical ana i ao say mat pansn councils, in my opinion, constitute the (traight road, the necessary road, and the ontv road, to our installing the labourer in that which is most of all vital to turn in the immediate improvement of bi condition namely, the freer access to and use of the land. 1 think that opinion among you and among those who sympathize with you in the country it not favourable to that which ha been done in the way of improvement in our law. it is condemned a lnein cient.

tux ulboubkbs ajtd tiix USD. We want, not a nominal acknowledgment of a compulsory principle with regard to the taking of land we want that principle of compulsion absolutely embodied in effective provisions. (Cheer.) A respect gardens, the first, the most vital, and the most useful of all elements, so far as they go, though possibly more immediately associating itself with the letting of cottages, and a respects allotments, it is the pariah council, wnd the parish council alone, through which a good system can ta made effective. Whether it should be done entirely by the authority of the parish council I will not ask, because it is evident that a we have in view the establishment of a higher eoancil or authority a county council, or district council, or parisn council tie division of power between them is a matter of considerable anxiety 'and great importance and it may be that the parish council would not in every case be strong enough to wield these compulsory powers without tome assistance from the higher authority. I will not enter into that but it ia through these public institutions of local government, ana tcrougn tnem alone, that we can do anything effective, and anything upon a large scale, for Improving the access of the labourer to the land and his freer use of.it for bis own benefit.

I have seen lately a declaration by members of the Government that they are thinking whether it will be possible to enable the rural population to become purchaser of small holding. (Hear, bear.) That i all very well, but we have not reached the point, and the rural population in the less forward districts have not quite reached the point, at which they think so much about purchase as they will think aoct occupation and use. It i through the council that the occupation and use will be made easy. And here let me refer an important point. A far a I know, although Toryism, which, as yon know, now includes what was once Liberalism (bear, hear) for shortness I call it all Toryism (bear, hear) there is no use in beating about the bush in these matter and wasting time Toryism, having conceded the principle that a.

local authority is in ome way or another to have the power of purchase, baa, I believe, shown a uniform jealousy to an arrangement of law under which the council wonld be enabled not only to purchase, but also to take land upon lease. Now, I own it is my opinion you are practical men, and are betterjudgesof it, perhaps, than I am that tha power of taking land upon lease for a sufficient time and with proper provision for the termination of the lease would be a very valuable additional power. It would aimplify the matter. It would avoid all difficulties as to the raising of considerable sums of money, and when once the parish couneil the public authority, that is the best phrase the public local authority is in practical possession of the land yoa will see what they can do. They can regulate the rents, they can make provision, not only against extravagance of rent, but for adequacy in the holding they can also make provision for a reasonable security in the tenure.

That is a point. upon which very likely many landlords would be jealous but havinir the local anthority for their tenant, and having the security of the rates for what the local authority have to pay trei every condition mat appertains tc profitableness, and in every wa interests of the people might dir in this matter, for my time ha them, the local authority would have its hand free to regulate the concession of )and in every way, in every condition that appertains to its security and it way wcicn ut best direct. I do not boast haa been Drettv well occupied in raruament witn one wing and another, and I admit I have no right to take a forward plaee with regard to this great queation of the accesa of the labourer to the land a gigantic question which I hope we shall tee assuming in practice, as it alwaya mutt have in thought, large dimension. It is a comfort to me, so far aa it goes, that some time ago namely, in 1832, when I waa already coming into Parliament, and wbeo my political ideas generally were certainly not arranged upon precisely the same scale and model a that upon which they are now based (laughter and cheer) it it a comfort to me that I did, in addressing the electors of Newark, a very large proportion of whom were rural express my strong opinion that the labourer opght to have much freer acces to the land by mean of allotting to him reasonable portions of it. So that it is no new opinion whieh I am broaching before you this day.

You can compote the profit which will attach to the judicious use of these allotment. If the labourer are incompetent to make use of them by their own spare time, and by the occasional labour of their wire and growing children, well, I am very sorry, but you will have done yonr duty. My belief, however, is that they are perfectly competent (cheers), and that they will make use of them, and that, as far a I here seen, the estimate of 10 an acre of sab stantial profit which would be effected from these mall holding is not an unreasonable estimate. It is Site as likely, with aa industrious man. to be below mark a above it.

I mentienherewithgreat honour I am speak inr now of the management aimrJ vof the latxmr population the came of Lord Tollemaehe. He wa a Tory, but a an employer be wa an excellent man. I do not know whether' ba was a tuccessful or a popular manager of hi estate in all respects that I do not touch on but I know his management with regard to labour, and he told me himself verv mm. year ago what it was. Ua bad aa aetata ia rioffolk and one tn Cnesatre botn largo estates.

In Suffolk he cava every man half an acre of arable land, ia Cheshire, where the people were conversant with tha management of cows, he gave, beside the half acre of arable land, either two acre or three of grtaa for we cow. Lugr.ter aihi cceer. i inai we or two acre or three acre for the cow (renewed laughter) m.wj. ana oei leva mat osa gtnUensaa rum POBBdad it did. ia Committea ef Hoc of Can.

mow, rota against repealing tha lav for restricting Um movement of land fa tha market, certainly an odd way of going to work: Bat the special raaaoa why I mentioned Lord Toliemaeh i this, and it I a poiat area importance, masmaca a um moral and oeil iniiueac oi tna tanner ia Um pariah I deservedly ire. He told ma that, when he started hi half acra piaa la Suffolk, it waa met with violent rpposi tioa. Tha farmer believed that thia scheme would demoralise the labourer and ruin and break down the cultivation of tha farm. He told ma also that after be had lived a few year through Um practical working of hi icheme, there was a complete revolution of opinion among tbs farmer, and they found, with oat exception, aa I understood him to lay, that they had batter labourers, better work, and a more solid system; that they eould depend upon their labourers they knew when and where they had them and they turouga practice, cordial mend oi tan system. (Cheers.) It is a great thing to know that, because, though our object in the first instance is to attain these mat ends, thrra ia no AmKt it ill K.

'of immense additional value if we can attain them in perieet Harmony and concord with the judgment of of the community. (Cheers.) I do not oogns so aetam you any longer. I have t00 rery reperftcially indeed, over most of those matter. They are of a deep and most profound interest. What I have said I submit to you with great deference and great humility, because I think that the opinion of those who are in elotf contact with this class of questions are 'of far the greatest va'J aware yoa mas me opinion 1 expressed in 1832 is mv oninlon still.

til .1,.,.. whicli have taken place in my political creed, or any i i iiaugnierj wen, inese cnanges nave not tended to make me less willinir than thn to tee the labourer, who work co hard and to well for acquire the power of putting the spade into the land for his own advantage (cheers), and, though there are difficulties in our way, though the path of i.ii..i.iivu is oesei ana encumbered witn obstacles, allow me to say that I look forward to the issue with cheerful faith. (Cheers.) I will not define the moment, or attempt to describe the means but I say we, nave a cormiiuiionai maemnrry wnicn, before any verr lonir lime, will It. efficacy, and its own sufficiency for the attainment of ccrj jujst cna ana i ao Deiiere tnat we are approaching a period when we msv hnn ta aa industry in our rural districts placed in such a position to bare room and verge enough for a good provision for Wife and family, and for the exercise of a reason bl forethought (cheers) when the circumstance Of the labourist, man mar inrnran witlinnt th diminution of, but on the contrary with the growth lv'j guarantee ior nis independence, and wnen the rural population may sit down trader the shadow oi oeoencent legislation wltu confidence In the lws. and with confidence in the Legislature, to live and die in contentment and in peace.

(Much cheering). On the motion of Mr. K. L. Eveeett (Woodbridge Division of Suffolk srron.le.1 br Mr IMt Timntrit (Ilkeston Division of Derbyshire), and supported by Aivision oi narwicxuiirei, toe following resolution was carried by acclamation That tbit raeeticg of rural delegate expresses it oecu grawoae to jar.

uiaancne lor hi presence here to day, 'and for hi svmDathetie and enconrapW speech, and the meeting assures Mr. Gladstone of its warm appreciation of the services he has rendered to ni countrymen during hi long and memorable career. mi earnestly trusts tnat ne may be spared to aecomputn tne crowning work of hit life." Mr. Glaiisto.vi, in acknowledging the resolution. said: I am deeply indebted to those who hare moved and supported this resolution for the kind terms, tha very warm terms yarmer, I am afraid than triet judgment would altogether justify in whieh they have been good enough to speak of me.

Dr. Spence Watson ba most judiciously referred to the limitation of my physical power. I assure you. gentlemen, and I assure cot only you but the whole of the great party with whieh yoa are connected, that I am very sensible of the disadvantage under which the Liberal party is placed in being led by a man of Tears (cries of No, no ') so advanced as mine. Notwithstanding, when my honourable friend, Mr.

nest, said ne would like to snake hand with me, my only rerret wa that mv arm waa too short ta rearh him. (laughter.) (The words had barely escaped Mr. Gladstone's lips when the delegate presented himself in front of the right hon. gentleman, who shook hands with him, as did also Mrs Gladstone amid laughter and cheer.) From the effect of that disadvantage he ha kindly relieved me. I have shaken hands actually with Mr.

West, and I consider now I have tha ken hands typically with everybody else. It is, gentlemen, in my view, not thanks I ought to receive from yoa for having attended this meeting, or having spoken to you, for I can assure yon I feel myself inaeotea to loose woo orougnt aoouf tne meeting. 1 consider it a very great advantage to be placed ia communication, in immediate contact, with a body of gentlemen so strictly practical in regard to all the subject of our discussion, and not only themselve tnorougniy practical, out every one oi wnom I tea centre of a larger circle, to that in point of faet and virtually it is not merely the hundred contained within these walls I have been addressing, but it i tne great mat oi inose witn wnom you are in communication in your several centres. One word more. I have spoken of the resolution, moderation, and union of this meeting.

I feel, from the indication of this meeting that it possesses one other qualification, which I cannot but deem to be among the greatest ana pest namely, tnat au lis proceeding bare been, and will be, conducted in a spirit of humble dependence upon Almighty God. (Loud cheers.) Allow me now to discharge a duty most agreeable to myself uiougu i ucucve not more agrecanie to me tnan it will be to everyone among you of proposing a vote of thanks to your chairman. Dr. Soenee Watson. I believe, gentlemen, that the whole country cannot prouace a more ueierminea, xeaious, or 010 politician in any of its neirhbonrhnnda arul.

im. doubtediy, the whole eountry cannot produce in any of its quarter a better or more efficient chairman, or one woo more tnorougnly understand his buiicess. Will you, therefore, render that tribute to him with an extra dose of meaninz in it. and when Ton tire cheers for the rote of thanks to him, do it with all yonr nearw i propose a rote oi wants to Dr. Spenee Watson for his services in Um chair.

(Loud cheer.) The rote of thanka waa heartily accorded and the proceedings terminated, Mr. and Mr. Gladstone oa leaving ue nail, ana auo a tney drove away, being much cheered. TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES. Sir, I with your leader writer had been at Um Rural Conference yeiterday.

He could not have failed to notice that the high water mark of enthusiasm of Um delegate wa reached when Disestablishment was mentioned, and it i just this subject which i not included in the official Liberal programme. In fact, the independence of the delegate was most obtrusive "on thi and other points, especially on the Poor Law. Your truly, JOSEPH KING (Liberal candidate. New Forest Division). National Liberal Club, Whitehall place, S.W., Dee.

11. INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon Mr. A. Braxton Hi eki, deputy coroner for West Middlesex, held an inquiry at the St.

Marylebone Union Infirmary into the circum stance attending the death of SlDjrrr Dcblit, aged 18 months, who died on the 8th inst. from Um effects of' injuries received through the exploding of a paraffin lamp. Mr. Jame Wade, inspector under the Petroleum Act, appeared on behalf of Um London County Council and Mr. William Fox, chemist, and secretary of the Petroleum Association, watched the ease on behalf of that body.

George Dudley, a painter, residing at 28, Rackham street, Kensington, who appeared with his arm swathed in bandage, ctated that the deceased waa hi son. On Monday nicht. the 7th at about 10 30, he carried Um i i i.ft K. ft mn limn wa standing on the edge of the table, and wit ness lifted it with hit right hand for the purpose of placing it in the middle, when it suddenly exploded. Witnes ws blinded for a moment, and on opening hJi eye be diuovered that both he and the deceased were in names, tae wicn ior jus wne, ua we came to hi assistance.

By Um Coroner. It was an ordinary stand lamp with a glas reservoir. It wa half full of oil at 5 o'clock, and waa fully alight when witnes picked it up. By Mr. Fox.

The lamp had been standing on the edge of the table furthest from the fire. Althougo a cheap one it had always been in good order, and there waa nothing the matter witn it a far as witness knew. Eliza Dudley, the wife of Um last witness, whose arm were also bandaged, (aid that the lit the lamp at o'clock. and It tnen containeq aooot oau a pint or oil. Anertj were about seven inches of wick in the burner.

By Mr. Pox. The wick bad not been renewed for about two weeks, and it wa last trimmed on the Sunday. She paid a penny a pint lor tne oil. Inspector James Wade said that on examination he found the burner of Um lamp complete it properly, bat the wiek was verr much charred, in fact, only a very small portion remained.

He had ascertained that the oil waa par chased from a shop ciose by, and waa fairly good. The SPOBTIHQ DiTELIQEyCE, 1IASCHE8TZB DECEHBEB MEETTSa, rUBAT. Fxxdat Horrnj Brzxnzcain Ptaja of iO ov. Two miles and a qnarter. Mr.

H. X. Dya' JIIiiDiUT, by Hyperion dam" pedigree unknown, 4 yrs, 10t. 7ft. (Baan) 1 M.

Bikander, yr. 10t. 71b, (Craig) 0 MJM Kettledrum, yr, lOst TIlv (Daniels) e. 0 Betting. 6 to 4 each agst Kettledrum and Mis Darby, and 3 to 1 agst Sikaader.

Kettledrum and Sikaader fell, and Mis Darby wa left to finish alone. Hin.ntGHc5Ti.sV HtrxsLx Kcz Plat aflOO so vs. second to receive 5 sort. Two miles, over eight hurdles. Mr.

J. T. Owsley's BrKaTTOS pedigree unknown. aged, 12t. 31 h.

(WingSeld) 1 Captain Chapman' RocKisaaur, 6 yrs, 12st. 31b. (Hogn) 8 Captain Cameron' MlKQdi, 4 yrs, list. 121b. (Williamson) 3 Six ran.

Betting. 2 to 1 agst to 1 agst Timtuctoo and Rockingham, 6 to 1 agit Marquis', and 6 to 1 agst Protection. ft Won by a length and a half a neck only ceparated the second and third. Timbuctoo was fourth, and Roseal last. The winner was bought ia for 180 guinea.

Staxd Szlluto Hcsdiz rucr of 100 sov. Two mile. Mr. E. Woodland' Tnrotocic.

by Xenophon Cl tioaeassfTV Kn. Baonrait: ITet, Tlisaia ssssll Tt WJ. Ml rsix; l.Tma. awtteaTiiii sin CXAm tm, umCxfl WsaV jnduiebwrr: Tri. ayre Mia Theo.

aired. Hit. Woodland) Mr. Christy' Lodobe, by Kendal 1 Currer BeH, 3 rrs. Idst.

31b. (Kavanarh) Mr. W. Smith's Philemox, 3 yrs, lOst. 31b.

(Davis) Nine ran. Betting. 4 to 1 arsl Murmur. la 1 each ajwt Arquebus, Theodorie, and Lodore, and 100 to 12 each agst any or. tne ouers Lodore waited on Arrroebus and LvmiWton until nraring the last Sight of hurdles, when he took the lead, cut failed to shake off the ehallram of Theo dorie, and an interesting finish resulted in a dead neat naa tnird.

Murmur wa fourth and Arauebu last. The stake were dirided. Lodore waa bought in ior im guineas ana meoaonc lor 103 guineas. HAXCnzSTXB DZCKUSEB HANDICAP 8TIIM.ICH1SX of CCD aors. winners extra the second to receive 19 per cent, of the plate.

Three miles. Mr. W. Cullen's Thx mrxxtZB, by Tattoo, tne dam pedigree unknown, list. 31 b.

(Owner) 1 Mr. B. Goodall' Mxt CROf. 6 rrs. IOst.

51b. (La thorn) 2 Mr. F. E. Lawrence' Pact.

yr, IOst. 111b. l. naisn, sen.1 Ten ran. Bettine.

9 to 2 each arainst Battle TLnval and Tha Drummer, 6 to 1 agst Paul Pry, 7 to 1 each agst Mxcaufuiu, uju acap a ev, am xw to as agst Citadel. Paul Prr auieklr took the 1 aJ. elvu.lv fnllnw by Battle Royal, Baccy, and Meldrum. So they ran until the mile post had been passed, when Tha Drummer drew up to the leaders, ud, forging ahead, eventually won in fine tjle by a neck from Meldrum. who deprived Paul Pry of second honour by a couple of lengths Battle Royal wa fourth.

Baccy fifth. Leap Year sixth, and Promoter last. Brawn Bess fell. An objection to the winner for crossing was overruled. BALTOKD HANDICAP HCRDLX RACE, a plate of 200 sovs.

winner extra. iwo mile, over eignt hurdle. Mr. C. Lane' HtlllTm, by Childerio Musketry.

4 yr. IOst. 61b. (Morris) 1 Mr. R.

W. Armstrong' Lex, 4 yr, llrt. 61b. (G. Williamson) 5 Mr.

S. Piatt' Gbioot. 3 yr. IOst. 81b.

Mr. C. Thompson) Six ran. Betting. 7 to 4 ant Musketeer, who made all the running and won by a length Gsigoa waa a bad third.

The winner wa (old to Mr. F. Hartley for 160 guinea. HCHTZBS' FLAT Racb of 70 aove. Two miles.

Major Fianer' Post Hast I. by Port Beitaate Anio, 4 yr. Hat. 71b. (Owner) 1 Lord Dudley' Dabdaszllzs, 8 yrs, 12st.

21b. (Captain Saodeman) I Mr. Chaddteworth' SIB Bxsxdict. 5 rrs. list.

lilb. (Mr. C. Thompson) i Mr. H.

Hall' Bangor. yr. llt. 121b. (Mr.

Peacock) 0 Betting. 7 to 4 ant Dardanelles, tla I sett Rl. Benedict. 5 to 2 aftt Post Haste, and 3 tn 1 ant. Bangor.

Post Hatte stared the loorest. and won in a canter by half a length bad third. ORDER OP RUNNING THIS DAT. TraSont park Handicap S'erplaebaae 10 8eUiec Haadicas Hurdle Keee 1 30 nanssri Bteenlechass Plate 0 Ud Tear's Kac jq Maiden Banna Bare' ..10 8atardav Boaters' BUrpir nata BILLIARDS. Yesterday, at tha Royal Aquarium, Westminster, H.

M'Neil and C. Dawson played two game of 700 up, spot barred. M'Neil won. in the afternoon by 300 points, but lost in the evening by 199. W.

J. Feall and J. lumen contested two matches ef 700 up at the. Saloon. Catherine street, yesterday.

Each player won a match. At the EfTPtian hall. Piccadilly, vestardav. TT. Coles twice defeated W.

Spiller in spot barred game of 700 up. HUNTING APPODiTMENTS. BTAGnOUSTia. Hxa afAjxrrraTaea. Great tf trior; TA.

HoD Psrt XL Drvmr tin Eoaxasn. Toes, Cetmabe Tit, vl'1 fale ia. tra HcTSAi. Mon mngnatw Than, HfthsrtsO IT Ktrr, Um. Wed.

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ninliiTT. BonrMTm.n s. fin, Mac, littkeeu; Thars. TjMmma lltt FOXHOU3DS. Axxaroarosr.

Moo. The Bess 13 45 i Tva. Stafford flwU li jvinara. uxoo 10 as: Bat, Hit Una ua inrmnaa Man. Bart tnla Wad, qirtoa Frt, Coawi heos sea, uwraa u.

BAcewncTW. Uaa, Weclbridra Tses Carthorse Tbua, MLmnoqm iiuen oat. Acswono moor wo jj. Ellrrosfi, Dcxa or. Mow, KaorAdawa Tim.

Chatla Combe; stl. nays nia. vaMpa tuaia Baa. ketoa TWTlUe fi. Bxivtna.

ftdoa Pbmfar Tasa, Stabtoa Ved Wattless TA, casers toafs u. BxncsHiat. Otn. Mosw CaHdR Caaal trJdie Wad, Tas wgso ru, bmd nia u. Bxaxs, Botth.

Moa, Blaijeeeea, Buekleborj Xhara. Borgn neia onasv ou, ajpgwgoq mmniioe ll. Bsbwickswtu. Mao, rharf run Wad, "i Tri, Locf RK set Meo, Bsrbju uutuiaun Taea, BTiddletoa vajerote vuiar sat. renney comttea waart u.

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Ttlibrtp woods 1 toaBar; 13S Biemuom, Dm or. Knn, The Kenaalt Wat, staQsrsUIa; Tbora, The Binai Bat, Aahktrfc lC 30, BraTos. Moil. Jerwwlem TtMa. Jamalaa; Wad, SaxJby inao, anuenrnw oaa, aiouoe aa, CauiASvX SfJC Toes, Bfemridzwwood: Til, Bed Poat 11.

Csjcsarnaassnaal Hon, Wrvtliacworca ereas roads Tuaa, pftnwi fciiaii i a wnmi a I mm i i Caaiow An bum. Taal, EatDalatova Biattsa Ttsrs, Msn Aa Bat, Conn ttinll, Ctawtamnmrra Tuaa, BaakyndLa Tri, AbvrrZl 13 CATTtrrecx. Taaa, Gnu TaJL Wad, Gieaft Bead Tfetm, suaa a mom Uimnf Laweam heroine Onsnixarotn. sfoa. White none, Baaeombs Tvt, Gailltard AsHenltarUSaow; Than, Hre Bat, Marriaat Wood li.

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Wserv Mea, aoau eark Taav, TattMcwatVaaai Than. fothatt Anns Bat, Mintaiai tL EantaZv BToa, TUatxS. Carraj Caatf Taai, BUminftoa Ul Tbam, Aiar adTaat, JmiawM Ia. InunT. Mea, BaOrteaOe noj eoan CastSe Mome; FrL rraaalard U.

Lanarav. Bawdsn19: Wed Bcebary: rrj, Xsorptrri Sal, Ltdbary dliliti II Ltnaics Cocwrr. Kea, OtcHa.a aridte. Fliantowm Wtd. Caatle Hanoa Sat, Attlaaia IL mrravow axb 8nsArseaaias.

Tasa, Bridie Castle H. Iaaxcixst. Taet, Iianhcnaoe 13 Tri, Chaie rriilrs 11. LoCTSL Wad, Baltaigiaa Btatioa Sat, Cotton U. Lcklow Tnaa.

Stoke St. Mllhonech Thars, Lrvrtar'aial Sat, Oalbury "ft sr if si "1 XL Vikuu'a Ma. Conccx Tars, MtBtcais gbtOom TA rrraLanse 11. Ms ats. Ba hanaa Twm Ieraaor Tbora, wakiasteea atatkia rri, ta BUaa Bwa Bet, Laucscnw 11.

MxrxxiL Tobarr Statiaa Toes, Leiier Tasn, Sottea ana sat, feasor U. 171VUTOVS. laia Uoa. SaaaioB Sat, CasUe lieward 10 XL MosnoraiJHisjr. SCca, The Onioo Then, The Psatre 12.

Moarxra. Taea, Merixta Xerla tau Sat, Cambo 13 S. wscaimrawa. Taaa. Bafcd uua, lueds TrU rTTtiiaail tMO.

2Txw roaxjr. Taea, BrocrnlinrtKidj rn, ralil Xxwaaacrr aim Tmrsxow Moo, Haeseadeo at Ma Tbara Bnethj hill U. Searour, Wssr. Mawa, Cmnla3a3 Wad, BrallHar (rara rri, Ilacbaai Oewa Bat, the aeeaala 13 XoaroLX. Wm (Ma.

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tie Hea tvirwer A aura, wraasecu watar la. WO.TK, Soora airs Wceiv Moa, ii thin biliUe Wad, Kaeyte looBUAi m. stanee liratAAey aa. aczsnasAuaa Lima. HaM Wvmr Kia W.

Man, Tratttaf a iiaaiAUA smnay eat, iaeoaa it. TAaaoAotrotrX EAaaor. Mea, Koxtaa waed 1 Wed, sTJrstaait rA. maraei aiaee. jaaraaa rr aaaw aaa, wailiei lllli II Toax tan Aawstv.

Mea, Bwroa tmTl Tan, Oxaoa Tbeza, Aldbsroatb srneeial. 9 X) Bat, Sabora IL XnuirD'a BAai or. Moo, AaU Teat, Legs Aaroas Than, i Tan, Gebowea Trt CAPITAL AND LABOUR. A meeting of representative of employer and workmen wa held at Cardiff, yesterday to endeavour to bring about a revision of the scale agreement regulating the wages of tha steam and house coal miners of South Wales and Monmouthshire. There was a full attendance, and tha chair waa occupied by Sir TT.

T. Lewis. It Is understood that there an many point in the eld seala upon which tha employer and employed are agreed, but tha sitting wsa rery protracted. At a lata hour in the evening proposals framed by the master were handed to tha men representatives for eonaideratioa at aa adjourned meeting to day. THE ISCORt ORATED LAW SOCIETY.

Cbooxjl Tora, Alfrtck Pound; Than, Kaltord M23 Sat, Barton rrx Moo, Tin laixj uxi: w. DAxnooB. Toie, tftWAfbtar Hi3; Wad, BiiDiar tridza gat PualincVbrkUa Sares. KAsz. Msa, Wsodban.

StUntoa Tnan, Wldronay SxrosT, Mav Moa, Tamwcrtay Tasn, WUddAwepsik IL Oavox. SorrK. Tan, Widdicomb viHae Than, naiialma Doasxx. SoCTJt Maa StaSatd viHaca: Wed, Tiillimk lsb U. DCBAILOW Wed, BaILywaBr: "i1 riTlniflill fastli'istn tl DtntrxiTiaisi IW.

Haata Danbia Sat, Waaaaia Tl I rr i irtmtmm srrasT Trf Tfa Tia il mrasujf. Hoaxw. Mao. Kaitalay Than, the Kamaale U. DraaaSo Meju, Trlateoa; Wed, Tnsk ryferd TrU Two MAv Boasae U.

Araocav Wed, Bonabridre; Sat, TratoB lL XaoearoajL Morv. Tri vtdn eroea Teat, IddaaVtth; Tkasa, SdDertnn Hiibri4rlOAptoal aat fire i a 11 XaimoTj itanUamHak Statkai T.I TTiiisJiae huan lamp, however, wa a very ccrmpon one the reservoir i xanaa. IW, Crow aad Ga. Sea, lw. Bma being of thin glas.

He concluded that the lamp had I XAtTaea, Cbbaaa'k Z. 2. been allowed to oum wiia very utile oil, tna eonae que nee being that gas wa generated in the upper por AIOD OA AAW I I aU CADKU UAV VXAUliaAlAA. The Coroner, in tomming np, said that he hoped those woo naa tan vnaacs woaia nts notice oi too danger attending the ore" of cheap parsiEn lamps, and that people would profit by the practical testimony that had been addaeed. The jury concurred, and returned a verdict of Accidental death." Mr.

Pox added that the fault lay. not so much with the ahean oil, as with tha inferior quality of the lamp. Thx CoieaKsrut Bixz Failcbx. The Witbam premise of Messrs. Mills, Bawtree.and Co.

have bees taken over ny Messrs. oparrow, inrneil, ana uo. a local banxing crm, im London and (Jocnly Baax tt 1u tAMfM Tvemlaaa at Witliam n.1 will aa, ba got of lata into verr Queer company mucnj branch there next wealc. Zasax. Kasxv Taea, Cbbaaa'k: Sat, WaBe JtotlsyIL tan tre eCTrrar Tass.

ii rmikij tnae TrU tordtinal IL VT arias i ikalii by laiaelliial Tl Tm oos. Mae, Wilis anhin Tnan, tlmn na Tavralta laoB, Oasalcr Saws, TsftsalnlT aaa. a Ejfaaaite ll i TniSra Wad, CM Tut ACT TrrTwiw Wod. Battw let. Fuel peta H.

3rwca. Broa Mee, TTatbaa Wed, the Dry Tne, Ooaahj GAiWiT. CocxrT. Taat, CBraattBa weeeial trata bwa ittawaa. I SI txeaa.

IlJoaraaa Bat, VtmSkZo Oatsara. a At tha November examination far honour of eandi date for admission on the roll of solicitor of thai Supremo the Examination Committee recosn mended tha following genUemen aa being entitled to honorary distinction First Class. WUlUm Charlea Tallaaea '(served under articles of clerkship to Mr. Franc i Robert Jeffery and Mr. John Walli.

Boberts, of Ottery SU and Messrs. Braikenridge, of London). Seeood Class (in alphabetical order). John William Barton (Mr. John Milling ton Simpson, of Boston, aad Means.

Collyer Bristow, and Hill, of William Kenahole (Mr. Henry Piper T.irrtno, of tha firm of Messrs. Linton aad Kenshole, of CardiT) Cyril Herbert Kir by Mr. Charlea Bampfylda Daniell, of the firm of Messrs. Salmon, Daniall, and Major, of TJlverstoa, and Messrs.

Thompson and Light, of London) John Alfred Bisque (Mr. Edwyn Holt, of Manchester) Walter Henry targe (Mr. William Maurice William, of Leicester). Third CI aaa (in order). Harold Pcpo Addleahaw (Messrs.

Addleshaw and Warberton, of Manchester) Lennox tBeardall (Mr. Charles Everett, ef London) Warwick Vernon Bradley (Mr. Charlea Gervaiaa Boxall, of London) Harry Bray (Mr. Richard Thomas Gratton, of Chesterfield) Jobs Henry (Mr. Henry Walter Badger, of tha firm of easts.

Lee man, Wilkinson, and Badger, of York) Esmondo Henry Anznstins Kenrick Down (Mr. Henry Archibald Dowse, and with Mr. William of Loudon) William Dorm. MJL. LL.B, (Meter.

Parker, Garrett, and Parker, of London) Edward Evan (Mr. Marmadoke Tenoant, of tha firm of aieaar. Tetmant aad Jones, of Aberavonl wunam Henry Gordon. BJU (Mr. Alfred Bright, of the firm of Measra.

Bateaon, Bright, and Warr. and with Mr. Aagnstos Frederie Warr, of the firm ef Messrs. Bateaon, and Bateaon, ef Liverpool) 7 Charlea Villier Johnson (Mr. Herbert' Henchman Cole, of Norwich, 'and Meant.

Eharpa aad of London) Franei Thomas Jones, BJU (Messr. Hnche. Master man, and Baw, of London) Frederick Charlea Lloyd (Mr. Joseph Larko Wheatley, of Cardiff) Charlea Duncan Mm ton, BJU (Mr. Thoma Mark by, of London) Douglas Robert Crawfurth Smith (Mr.

Joaeph Hward Toner, of Loodon) Lawtt Strood, XJU (Mr. William Flax, of London) John Barlow Thistlethwaite, (Mr. William Baton, of tha firm of Meases. Sons, aad of Manchester) Herbert Bdwin Wright. LLJ1.

(Mr. Hmna ChaacelAor rinaest, of tha firm of Maasrs, Smitfa, PirAsant, and of Binniataajs, and Mean. Bad ford and Fnnklyn. of London). Tha Catmcil of tha Iaocsrporaied Law Soeiery havo ecosvAingry gftrn etaa tfua and awarded thej tollomingptt ef Iwaa Ta Mr.

YaHanco tsnxa of tha rwwsrauttla BoeUas' ef C9eBent' Imv, rahn taw awiaaa tha Iateaa Reazdcat prixa, raloa abean 3K a4t iaa and tna Jwant IbckrallViM, rata) about atlllw. The Council havw gftwa esaaa 1 uWIibIib aW in the aacoaai and akkd eliaiea. Minatw lanliiiliaju mtMembmVUm.