A respectable-looking working man applied to his Worship under the following circumstances. He said he had been working with a number of other men at a wharf in the neighbourhood of Tooley-street, and at the finish of their labour they were paid, and they were given two tickets for beer to be obtained at a public-house in the neighbourhood. He demanded his full wages, as he had no wish to go to a public-house; but the foreman refused to give him the money. He wanted to hear whether it was a legal transaction.--Mr. Bridge asked him if he was paid in a public house.--Applicant replied in the negative. They were paid in the office.--Mr. Bridge asked if the publican refused to give them money for their tickets.--Applicant replied that the clerk had told them the tickets were for beer. They were made out for a certain public-house.--Mr. Bridge advised them to go to the proprietor of the works and demand the money.--Applicant said they had done so, and the foreman had refused to pay it; he told them they should keep the tickets. He considered it a great hardship upon sober workmen that they should be compelled to accept beer tickets as their wages.--Mr. Bridge thought so too, and told him he might have summonses against the foreman and the publican, but he could not promise him success, as he had doubts as to the construction of the Act of Parliament.[16] [16] _In harvest time, it is still legal for farmers to make their labourers drink part of their wages._ PRESS OPINIONS OF _John Bull and his Island._ (FIFTY-SECOND THOUSAND.) PALL MALL GAZETTE. "A clever, slap-dash French book; * * * * * * * ought to have an even better run in England than on the other side of the Channel." JOURNAL DES DEBATS. "So personal and so remarkable a book cannot fail to obtain an immense success." SATURDAY REVIEW. "The tone of this decidedly clever and amusing book is pleasant." FRANKFURTER ZEITUNG. "A most amusing book." LE TELEGRAPHE. "Nothing so vivid and decisive has been written since M. Taine's _Notes on England_." AMERICAN BOOKSELLER. "* * * * * * has made all the sensation which was prophesied for it. * * * * shows a wonderful knowledge of English life and manners." DAILY NEWS. "* * * hit off to the life." LE VOLTAIRE. "* * * * * * is the book of the season, the event of the day." REVUE POLITIQUE ET LITTERAIRE. "Light, gay, pretty, sparkling, and entertaining." LE GENEVOIS. "A true vision of John Bull." LE CLAIRON. "This volume is most gay and picturesque." LITERARY WORLD. "The volume, once taken up, is not easily laid aside." PUNCH. "A capital book." EXTRACTS FROM _Field & Tuer's Book List._ THE LEADENHALL PRESS, E.C.