The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-26 00:00:00

aREA..T WESTERN. RAILWAY.- „ -- ' 1 „„ On 8 T R:MAY, the 7th of Oct., an EXCURSION TRAIN Alderma' Aij n , will leave. Paddington at 7.45 a.m. for' Reading, Theale, an ~ t Woolhampton, Thatcham, Newbury, Kint bury,Hungerford (fares ss. fd. 45., and 35.) : Pangbourne, Goring, Wallingford Road, Dideot', Cultism, Abingdon, and Oxfora ford Tfis. M., as., and 45.), r e t urn i ng the same day from Ox 'At 7.15 p.m., and intermediate stations as per bills. I d _IREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— I « A EXCURSION to the NORTH at LOW FARES.—on 7'VEONDAY, the Ist of October, an Excursion Train will leave Paddington at 10.20 a.m., for Oxford (6s lid and 4s); Ban -bury (8s and ss); Leamington and Warwick (10s lid and 6s); Birmingham (12s and 7s); West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston (128 6d and 7s 6d) ; Wolverhampton (13s and 8s) ; Wellington and Shrewsbury (17s and 10s) ; Oswestry, Llan lload, Wrexham, and Chester (18s 6d and 11s); Bir kenhead and Liverpool (21s and 12s 6d), returning on TIIURS DAY, October 4, from Liverpool at 10.30 a.m., and inter mecr,ate stations as per bills. oaREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— ‘.14 THE LAST EXCURSION of the SEASON to the WEST of ENGLAND. Oa SATURDAY, October 11, an Excursion Train will ]care Paddington at &O a.m., and Reading at 9.10 a.m., for Weston super-Mare, Ilkhbridge, Bridgewater, and Taunton, fares 20s. and 14s. ; Tiverton and Exeter, 225. 6d. and 16s. ; Barn staple and Bideford, 30s and 20s. ; Vtarcross, Dawlish, and Teignmouth, 25s and 17s. ; Newton, Torquay, Paig - nton, and Totnes, 275. and 18s. ; Kingsbridge Road and Plymouth, 30s. and 20a. ; returning on Tuesday, October 16, from Plymouth at 6.0 st.m., and intermediate stations as per bills. RV: LIMN TICKETS, at SINGLE fares, will be issued at Pirnouth to Passengers wishing to proceed to any station On the Tavistock, Cornwall, or West Cornwall Railways. The WEST of ENGLAND PRIZE RIFLE MEETING - will be held at Newton on the 9th October and following days. aBEAT WEST ERN RAILWAY.- CHEAP EXCURSION to SOUTH WALES and the SOUTH of IRE LAND. -On MONDAY, Oct. 1. an Excursion Train will leave Paddington at 6.45 a.m., and Reading at 7.55 a.m., for Chepstow, fares 16s. and 10s.; Newport, 19s. and 125.; •CBrdiff, 218. and 13s. ; Bridg - end, 225. and 14s; ; l'ort Talbot, 235. and 15s. ; Neath, 245. and 15s. 6d. ; Landore and Swansea, 255. 6d. and 165.; Llanelly, 265. and 16s. 6d.; Carmarthen Junc tion, 275. and 17s. ; Narberth Road and Haverfordwest, 293. and 17s. 6d. ; Milford Road and Milford, 30s. and 18s. ; Water ford -ind Cork, 40s. and 30s. ; stations on the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway, 425. 6d. and 325. 6d. ; stations on the Waterford Limerick Railway, 455. and 355. Passengers to South Wales stations return by a special train, leaving 51i1- ford at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 11, and those to Irish stations by the 11 a.m, train from Milford on any day up to Tuesday, October 16. The tickets can be extended beyond the dates above men tioned upon payment of a per centage. For further parti culars, see bills. CINDE RAILWAY COMPANY. Railw(Scinde Railway, Indus Steam Flotilla, and Punjaub ay.) At the NINTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the above Company, held at their Offices, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, on TUESDAY, September 25, It6o, W. P. ANDREW, Esq., in the Chair, the following Resolutions were carried unanimously :- 1. That this Meeting adopt the Report of the Directors. 2. That the best thanks of the Meeting be tendered to the Chairman and Directors for the zeal and ability with which they have conducted the business of the Company. 3. That the cordial thanks of this Meeting are due to W. P. Andrew, Esq., for his courteous conduct in the Chair this day. W. P. ANDREW, Chairman, London, Sept. 25, 1860. SPECIAL ASSURANCES.-PAYMENT OF POLICY DURING LIFE upon occurrence of either of the following events ; PARALYSIS, INSAN ITY, BLINDNESS, ? ACCIDENT TOTALLY DISABLING. A SS The KIGLISH and IRISFI CHURCH and UNIVERSITY UItANCE TY ive the above in addition to all others included SOClE in ordinary Policies, benefits at a very trifling increase of premium. £ s. d. iLianual payment at 30 35 - - 40 316 5 15 ...... • • 4 10 Thus, for example : A person 30 years of age 7 next birthday by paying £2 16s. per Annum, can secure the sum of £lOO to his representatives at his death, with this advantage over an ordinary Assurance, that in the event of his beingtotally dis abled at any period from following his usual vocation in con sequence of accident or through being afflicted with Blindness, Paralysis, or Insanity, then, on the occurrence of such acci dent or calamity, the £lOO shall become payable on medical testimony of the fact being given. Chief Office, 345, Strand, London. JOHN SHERIDAN, Manager. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. • GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Slr JOHN WILLIAM LUBBOCK, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. I Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq .4•1c1 iiiiii VAN., Edwd. Maxwell Daniell, Esq. Hon. Jno. T. Leslie Melville William Davidson, Esq. I Sir Jno. Henry l'elly, Bart. Thomas Dent, Esq. Hon. Josc. W. Percy. Alexander Druce, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Rezrild. F. Remington, Esq. Charles Farquharson, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Riversdale W. Grentell, Esq. William Soltau. Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wro. Tetlmv Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. _ . Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at 3lichaelmas will expire on 14th October. FlthEanillFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 48 per cent, upon the Premiums paid. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The future divisions of Profit will take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation In Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCIIANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. HIGHAM, Secretary. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards ex 200 Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had; and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post , on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Viccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., land 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage , is B d. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10 d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post (Aloe, Piccadilly. PLASTPLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for IC Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling 01 the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and Inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 3s. 6d., 75. Bd., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. A NEVER FAILING REMEDY. — Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, area sure remedy for affections of the liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, Arc. They ?can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, without pain or gripin g , and clear the skin, remove sallowness pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo rate the whore system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver pills. The genuine are a squjire green package, with " William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," en graved on the Government Stamp. "The temporary relief obtained lweemeans of purgative the aggravation medicines is purchased at the high nd d' the perpetuating the disease.?' = °f ..—._ --a zNRY, M.D. 0 MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHET 7 "''' PHYSIC OR CONSTIPATION, IN DIGESTION (DYSPAPSIA), P AL PI TATION, NERVO US, BILIOTS, AND LIVE R COMPLAINTSI IDERILITY, DROPSY, ErrLzrsir, PARALYSIS, COBC R, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, B RONCHITI S, SORE THRO AT, `FEVERS. DU BARRY ' S delicious ISEALTH RESTOR_ INU REVALENTA ARARICA FOOD, vrhieh, at a few pence per day, saves fifty times its cost hi Medicine, and cures without purging or any of the nncertainties, an noy _ " ancee, and ruinous expenses incurre d b y medloine, cod liver Oil or visits to distant climates. ; Certificate Ice. 36,418.—We find it the safest remedy, An drew Ure, M.D., F.R.S. ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Sher land ; Dr. Campbell. . _ __ We extract a . few out of 56,000 cures : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Denies of many years' dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. of fifty years' inthscribable o ncrh oonstipa agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, e „ r , _ lion, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting , Mar i a of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabe th o . ac 10 g s , of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gathering ' s, low spirit..., and nervous fancies. Cure No. 54,816. The Rev . Jares Campbell, Syderatone Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk of tndigestion and liver complaints. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester. of two years' diarrhea. Cure 10. 180. Mr. W. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of 25 years' nervous ness, cc astipatien, indigestion, and debility. Cure No. 4, 028 : Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility. with cramp s, spasms. and nausea, Rev. Join W. Flavel, Ridlington Rec tory, Norfolk. Cure No. 3,900. Thirteen years' cough, indi gestion, and general debility, .Tames Porter, A tiol-stree t , Perth. Cure No. 68,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool, of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Similar testimonials from 56,000 patients who can be re ferred to. _ The food is sold in canisters, lib. 2s. 9d., 21b, 4s. 6d., 121 b. 225., Vb. 40s. ; super-refined quality, 51b. 225„ 10Ib. 335. The 101 b., 121 h., and 211 b. canisters carriage free on receipt of Post-offioe order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co , 182, Piccadilly, London ; Abbls, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 330 and 452. Strand ; and 60, Itishopsgate-street; B itty, 10, Finsbury-pavement ; Phillips and VO., tea &alms t Petty, Wood, and Co., Xing William. West Cut, t at 137, High Holborn ; and all grocers. HEAT WESTERN RAILWA CII EAP EXCURSION to BATII and BRISTOL. - On SATURDAY, September 29, an Excursion Train will will leave Paddington at 3.30 p.m., and Reading at 4.40 p.m., for Bath, fares 12s. and ss. ; and Bristol, lls. and 7s. Re turning on Monday, October 1, from Bristol at 5.30 p.m., and Bath at 6.0 p.m. REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- `X On SUNDAY, the 30th of September, an EXCURSION TRAIN - will leave Paddington at 7.30 a.m., and Reading at 8.40 a.m., for Cirenee ster and Stroud, fares 9s. and ss. ; Glou cester and Oheltenktam, 10,. and 65.; Ross and Hereford, 12s. and Rs ; returning the same day from Hereford at 6.30 p.m., and intermediate stations as per bills. - _ - e (11 S in 0r;1:144:7,7aT't10-1:11::::1:41_ N 4 ef'e9:7 ;:r1741114111 ' CV V ' --- 411W o o e a 7 • P" • • 104. 114, 4 ,"n - o •1 ; • , tasym 3 , ..„. 4 e/ a.) , orr 4401Pn. lETIs. u. -promised, as regards wo.. given period, should be accomplished. An , who know him it is not necessary to add-t_ promise was fully redeemed. The circumstances were these : The importance of the Victoria-bridge to the Grand Trunk Railway soon became so appa rent, as the mileage of the road began to be opened and worked, that the directors determined upon giv ing the contractors a bonus of £60,000 if they would deliver the bridge to the company, completed, a year before the date fixed in the contract ; and the si c b o ele n o t bn r u ac etm t c o ea rs, with that spirit of enterprise for which Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts are so universally known, and their knowledge of the man in whom gi t e h s ey di h re a c d te t d o rnt, trust, at once undertook to complete the bridge so as to be ready for traffic in December, :,3:y3,lheoeBerasefl,:tainsitsgnhpssatathisneamnudle.axot next to stipulated ini impossible, . pi a eo t ssi n b i olen, contract.tahn odf so This follo wing appare arrange ment ttoh be. was u c oncluded tah(i r s ll o o la g te es in i t 1858 that ot o all, p e aa m in • n h d, o an h no a dt d . to t on o lt3 d h, b e du w itv o et r hr k eo , she l i o so o fb k e e as d lt e u in i v ) e o hr n o. his l o kAn t hi ngsott, sts winter teci i hub s e ent tim e eac rs co mm e nced, nt., t he n:e ecn co c eff e de n , r t d r a a e n tube, md s under d ce o : f the the t n e e ln w p s o t r a a t r e y of w were no longer of any service , appliances for , a a s nd th t e hu tu s b h e a w d a n s ew to be erected during the as the foundation of the works , mo nt hs, with the ice arrangements, to meet the new phase of the case to be devised and matured with no lo ss o f t i me. Nor ' were the difficulties of this unexpected and novel situation lessened by the fact that in former years instances were known of the ice moving early in March, and in just such seasons as that year pro mised to be—viz., a mild winter ; and that, in the event of such a contingency happening on the pre sent occasion, it would utterly preclude the possi bility of the completion of the bridge, and be at the same time pregnant with disaster to life and pro perty. So much risk, indeed, surrounded the pro position to place the tube of 771 tons and 330 feet in length at an altitude of nearly 50 feet from the surface of the ice, which was to be the foundation of the temporary staging in situ within a couple of months, and this, too, in the depth of a Canadian winter, that few men would have ventured on the ex periment at all; but Mr. Hodges was just the man for such a task in an emergency. He revelled in the idea of having a difficulty to surmount, and bravely did he set himself about it. On the 31st Ten. the staging was ready to receive the floor of the tube, when the first rivet was driven, and the 26th of March saw the tube in place completed, the whole having been done in 47 days. Right willingly did all employed to produce this result toil day and night; and every thing during the first half of the period, during which time more than half the work to be donewas accomplished, went " merry as a marriage bell." The men's hearts were in their work, as each one felt it to be a feature in his life's history to have assisted in the erection of such a structure, and the more particularly when they knew that on their efforts solely depended the promised opening of the bridge. They wrought indeed with a will. De terred by no adverse circumstances, they strove bravely on ; and when it is remembered that they were working in the open air, the thermometer fre quently 10, 15, and 20, aye, and even 30 degreeo below zero of Fahrenheit, it will be admitted that the men were working with no common zeal, and that the influences which kept them there under such circumstances were of no ordinary character. Mr. Hodges, who has just given to the world a history of the construction of the Victoria-bridge, thus pays tribute to the exertions of his workmen in connection with the erection of the centre tube. He says :—" Indeed, every man employed seemed to imagine that success depended upon his own indi vidual exertion, and all worked with this feeling as if for very life, irrespective altogether of remunera tion. I have frequently witnessed in cases of emer gency great enthusiasm displayed by a few men, but with such numbers as were here employed I never saw anything so universal or so continued as upon this occasion." And their labours triumphed ; and though for 48 hours just preceding the termi nation of their task it was supposed the ice was in capable, from its rotten condition, of holding to gether much longer, such was the faith of the men in their master's calculations that not one left his labour until the centre tube rested on its stone foundations. In a few hours afterwards the ice moved, and parted in the centre of the river, carrying with it a large portion of the temporary staging, of which time had not permitted the re moval ; and thus was completed, within seven weeks, an amount of work which has no parallel in the history of engineering. This tube in place, the remaining work to complete the bridge was easy of accomplishment ; and, therefore, within the lishmen a most extraordinary kind of performance. (Laughter.) It did seem most extraordinary that a man who was the king of a country, and ruler over so many people, had not the pluck to strike one blow for himself, and could not get his subjects to strike one for him. (Hear, hear.) All - they could hope was that the great struggle for freedom, for a better government, for better institutions, which was now going on in Italy, and with which we as Englishmen really had nothing to do —all they could hope was that the right might prevail, whatever that right was. (Cheers.) The great Italian struggle did not affect this country, so long at least as we kept our hands clear of it; and he hoped that those who had the best right would win the day. (Cheers for Garibaldi.) He hoped still more that, in this struggle to obtain liberty, the sacred interests of justice, of humanity, and of truth, might not suffer; and that men who were endeavouring to gain advantages which we our selves possessed, and which we could net but rejoice at other nations possessing, would never forget that there were still higher and more holy interests to be considered, and that good was not usually to be attained through bad means. (Loud cheers.) Colonel North, M.P., also returned thanks, ob serving that he conc urre d genera ll y i n the advisi bility of excluding politics from such meetings as the present, and he agreed entirely in what had fallen from his right hon. friend respecting the struggle which was now going on in Southern Italy. great meeting by more than a single sentence. But as an old student of the University of Glas gow--(cheers)—l cannot forget that, some thirty five years ago, I heard the same voice to which we have listened with admiration to-night, when, like a trumpet call, it stirred the youth of Scotland to action, and left the impress of its mighty power upon all the years that have since passed over our heads. (Cheers.) And it is a delightful feeling to hear again in this great commercial capital of Scotland the same man, with the same principles, the same enlarged beneficence of nature, the same intense enthusiasm for all that is good and virtuous and noble, again, in his honoured age, commanding the attention, the admiration, and the gratitude of vast multitudes of his countrymen. (Cheers.) To him,,therefore, I do most cordially concur in offer ing the Tribute of our respectful, and, I would add, oar affectionate gratitude, not only for the kindness that prompted, and the sagacity and wisdom that characterised, the address to which we have listened, but for the whole course of that great, honourable, and useful life of his—to him, as the pioneer in every great movement, .as the advocate of every noble cause, as the champion alike of liberty and of law, of stable government and of popular progress, as, at all times and amid all changes, the friend of civil and religious liberty, the friend of popular education and the friend of universal emancipation, I beg to tender my most humble and cordial thanks, and I know this meet ing will echo these thanks with the utmost enthu siasm. (Loud applause.) I, therefore, with great pleasure, and most cordially, second the proposal that now, as with one voice and one heart, this great meeting tender to Lord Brougham—the fore most man of his country and of his age—their hearty thanks. (Great cheering, the assemblage rising en masse and greeting the noble lord in a most enthusiastic manner.) Lord BROUGHAM, in reply, said—l can only use the little that remains of my voice this evening, most gratefully, though humbly, to thank you for the very kind reception you have given me. Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON -- According to the usages of this evening, it is graceful and becoming not only to tender our thanks to the president on this occasion, but also to the president who has directed the association during the preceding year. I have great pleasure in thinking that the noble lord who presided over this association at its last meeting, and directed its movements during the past year, is one whose name bears with it the fullest recommendation. When I mention the name of the Earl of Shaftesbury—(hear, hear)—l ten tion one who is entitled to the warmest admiration of the whole body of the people —a man who has devoted the energies of his powerful mind and of his active life to the great cause of philanthropy— a man who perhaps has done more to bring prac tical benefit to the labouring classes of this country than any other man with the exception of our noble chairman. (Cheers.) I rejoice to think that what has occurred tonight affords us the best illustra tion of the wisdom with which the proceedings of that noble lord have been directed during the past year. We see this vast assemblage, consisting of 2,500 members, and we have heard from the re spected secretary that the proceedings of these meetings have excited attention even in the distant wilds of Russia. SICILY, NAPLES, SYRIA, &c GE keAT GLOBE, Leicester-square. • • NEW DIORAMAS of the CAMPAIGNS in ITALY.—The War in China—The Tour of the Rhine—A Tour through British India, Japan, &c.—Special Lectures on Syria, Ancient and Modern, Sicily and Naples—Popular and Physicil Geo graphy, &c.- Model of the Earth. Open from Ten a.m, till Ten p.m. Admission to the whole building, One Shillinik. science. It must be learned and studied if they far mers would turn their land t o profitable account ifthev would desire to win or keep th e i r place in the race of competition, in that country, an d in which against themselves and the rest of the world were engaged. 30, 40, or 50 years a go t h ey might have left their farms unimproved, dirty, and half cultivated, yielding merely that poor return which would satisfy the rent, and leave perhaps some meagre subsistence besides for the owner. At that time, that state of things was unfortunately a common course, and did not occasion surprise, or afford room for a contrast. Now, how ever, the case was changed. They had made strides in art, in science, in manufactures, in com parison with which all former progress was almost nothing. They had seen steam the slave of man, and lightning his messenger, and they had seen ob servation, and experiment, and scientific skill applied to the cultivation of the land, and resulting in a large increase in th e pro d uct i veness of the soil, and that combined with greater cheapness and economy in the course of production, There were two courses open to them. They might either choose to avail themselves of those improvements, or choose to despise and refuse to adopt them. But they might depend upon it, if they did not avail themselves of them, the result would be to them the same which would happen to any millowner or manufacturer who persisted in sticking to old fashioned and cumbrous machinery, and declined to adopt those improvements which would contri bute to the promotion of his interests. He "would be undersold i n th e mar k et, an d h i s m i ll or manu factory would be thrown a loss upon his hands. He would desire now to point out, in a word, the pe culiar advantages which they, the tenantry on that estate, seemed to him to possess for the purpose of rising to that higher view of the duty and calling of a farmer of the present day. There were many tenants, holders of small farms upon small pro perties, who, from circumstances, had not the ad vantages to enable them to develop the capacity of farmers, but they had the good fortune to be con nected with one not more conspicuous in her exalted rank than for the liberality with which she had fostered every project that tended to promote the moral and material happiness of the tenantry. andwsTkeh ir They had hho agentrea tda alsooshfadmiration o ore t ft h a e time tin a hmi d eoe v ou advantage estate, ehn t :c a ee g rw e y o hom f enr t rehe almoste they e h x eiopy inaccessiblel seperan ; and he experienced ob y and vbere e would her, remind them th a t i n th a t di s t r i c t o f th e country, either la n d or water carriage, they h a d now go t on the land sites, intersectin g th e i r f arms, roads which them, and rai se d as if by magic, and the h ar b our able to import their supplies and ship their pro duce stock. Now, with these advantages which they possessed, if they only added to them, on their part, industry and an honest desire to do the best in their power, he thought they might not only drink pros perity to agriculture,but, with God's blessing, their prosperity and success were in their own hands. Just as in their moral and Christian life they would be asked by those whose healths they had drunk to, and who were their spiritual advisers, to consi der what progress they had made in the applica tion to their conduct of the great truths in the principles of Christianity, so also with reference to their worldly concerns, the annual recurrence of a festival like the present might be well made an opportunity for each of them asking himself what was the use he had made of the worldly advantages and opportunities which he had enjoyed—had his farm been better laboured, better stocked, or more productive this year than last ? Was his cottage more tidy, clean, and comfortable ? Lady London derry had referred to the education of their chil dren. That might also be an important question for them to ask each other. Were their children better educated this year than last year ? Now, they would forgive him if he, a guest and almost a stranger, took the liberty of reminding them of the importance of these qnestions, and he did so because he was persuaded that upon the return of an occa sion like the present, a favourable answer to a question like that would be the source of the best pleasure to those who were the guests of her lady ship, and the greatest happiness to her whose hos pitality they enjoyed. Sir E. MACNAGIITEN responded to the toast. lie said no one could understand farming better than Sir Hugh Cairns, and if they only attended to the lessons which he had given, he had not the slighte:t doubt that they would succeed in their profession, lle expressed a pleasure he felt in being present, and paid a high compliment to the tenants for the good behaviour and general quietness which they exhibited on their way home from the previous en tertainment. It was well known that good land lords would make good tenants. Irish landlords, in years gone by, were certainly not a model to all the world. They were a grasping set, contriving to get as much as they could from the tenants. They forgot that the concerns and interests of one were the concerns and interests of the other, and their only object was to extort as much as they could. Now, however, Irish landlords were very different, and they had found that their success de pended upon the success of the tenants. The CHAIRMAN next proposed "The Tenant Farmers," and in the course of his observations stated that if the wish of his mother could carry the realization of the toast, he was certain that her feelings were in favour of all their interest and happiness. Mr. DAVID WILSON responded to the toast, and concluded by proposing the health of Mr. Richard Wilson, the agent of the estate, who replied, in his turn, suitably. " The Visitors," " The health of the Chairman," and " Our Next Merry Meeting," were also given and duly responded to, after which the proceedings terminated, and the tenantry returned to their respective homes in a peaceable and orderly manner. —Belfast Daily Mercury. Dn. KAHN'S MUSEUM . , opposite the Hay market, OPEN DAILY from 12 to 5, and from 7 to 10. POPULAR LECTURES at 3 and 8. Admission, Is. Dr. KAHN'S "TREATISE on the PHILOSOPHY of MARRIAGE" sent post free for thirteen stamps from the Author.—AdCrcss 17, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, W. A RGYLL ROOMS, lAndmill-street, Piccadilly 171. RE-OPENED for the WINTER SEASON for PRO MENADE CONCERTS, with the followine: powerful cast, consisting of selections from Il Trovatore, Martha, Lurline, ITuguenots, L'Etoile du Nord, etc. Dancing - at Ten o'clock. The Original Band, established ten years. Conducted by M. LAMOTTE. Admission, Is. ?THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, I_ HIGH HOLBORN.—The above popular and splen didly-appointed BALL ROOM, with its various elegant re freshment rooms, is NOW OPEN for the Season. The re cent elaborate decorations and improvements have rendered this the most fashionable and popular rendezvous of the metropolis. Mr. W. M. Packer's celebrated Band performs nightly selections from favourite operas and the latest and most fashionable waltzes, &c. Doors open at eight o'clock. Admission, is. Several toasts of a local character followed, and he proceedings terminated. ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT BY ME MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY. The annual entertainment given by the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry to the tenantry on her estate took place yesterday in Carnlough, under most favourable circumstances. The prosperous and thriving little town was decorated with flags, banners, &c., and several vessels which lay at anchor in the harbour had their colours hoisted in honour of the occasion. The weather during the day kept up fine, and a large number of persons from the surrounding districts availed themselves of the opportunity of being present and enjoying the amusements. A band was in attendance, and contributed greatly to the pleasure of the pro ceedings. About two o'clock her ladyship, accompanied by Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest and Lady Vane Tem pest, Sir Hugh Cairns, M.P.,Sir E. Macnaghten, Capt. Claxton, Mr. H. H. PNeile, &c., &c., ar rived from Garron Tower, and were loudly cheered by all classes of the tenantry. The entire proceedings were of the most interest ing and pleasing character. The dinner took place in the Town Hall, which was, as usual, very tastefully fitted up for the occa sion. Banners representing the several townlands on her ladyship's estate were erected on three lines of tables, which extended the entire length of the room. At her ladyship's table sat Lady Londonderry, Lord Vane Tempest, Lady Susan Vane Tempest, Sir Hugh Cairns, M.P., Sir David Wood, Sir Edmund Macnaghten, Major Thompson, Captain Claxton, R.N. ; Mr. Montgomery, Mr. H. M'Neile, Rev. Mr. Betheun; Rev. Mr. Courtenay, Thomas Johnson, Esq. The croupiers were—R. Wilson, Wm. Orr, Ballymena; R. Cassidy, Belfast; Rev. John Wil son, Rev. Mr. Starkley, P.P. ; Rev. Hugh Waddle, Hugh Martin, Edmund O'Neill, R. Halloran. The chair was occupied by Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest. After the usual loyal toasts, The CHAIRMAN, in a very effective speech, pro posed " The Army and Navy." After referring to the political state of affairs in France, he proceeded to show the necessity of this country being at all times fully prepared to maintain that position in Europe, and those liberties which had always been her glory to maintain. He concluded by referring in eulogistic terms to the gallant and heroic deeds of both services. Sir JOHN LAWRENCE, who Was honoured with quite an ovation, said—l will only, in one brief moment, second the address of my honourable friend who has just sat down. Lord Shaftesbury's name is known not only through all England, but throughout the world. Wherever the English language is spoken, wherever Englishmen have travelled, that name is known and revered. (Loud cheers.) To every class of his countrymen, high and low, rich and poor, and above all, to that class who have few friends, who are wretched, im poverished, and degraded, he has ever extended the hand of sympathy and good office. (Applause.) Gentlemen, T beg to second the resolution that the cordial thanks of the association be conveyed to the Earl of Shaftesbury for his conduct as President during the past year. (Load cheers.) Lord BROUGHAM—I believe it is hardly necessary that I should put the resolution to the meeting, as I have the firmest dependence that it will be carried ; I think it right to add to what the hon. baronet who moved the resolution, and to what Sir John Law- Sir D. -Woos returned thanks for the army, and Capt. CLAXTON on helia..f of the navy. Mr. THOMPSON (one of the tenants), in proposing " The health of the Marchioness of Londonderry," said he felt satisfied that it required no argument on his part to insure for the toast that cordial re ception which the kindness and justice of her ladyship so well merited. The toast was drunk with enthusiasm. Lady LONDONDERRY, who on rising was received with loud applause, said—Once more, my friends, I bid you welcome, and it is a great pleasure to me to do 30, though I always fear every year may be our last, because, as years roll on and my health de clines, each effort of crossing the sea and coming among you is greater than the former. Still, how• ever, I am permitted again to redeem the pledge I gave you six years ago, that while my life was spared and strength allowed me, I would never shrink from paying you my annual visit. (Ap plause.) Since I arrived I have not had time, even if the weather had permitted, to go over the estate and visit you as usual, but I gladly hear from our mutual friend (my respected and valued agent), Mr. 'Wilson ' that you are making great e x erti o n s , an d although I fear that the severity of the season may delay your crops from coming to maturity as early as in other years, I trust that ultimately you will reap the reward of your toil and industry. (Cheers.) It is satisfactory to sane to limn that you have greatly increased your cultivation of the flax crop, and I believe you will do wisely in ex , tending this still further, and diminishing the quantity of land you give to the potato. (Hear, hear.) I know you kindly attach value to my words, and you do me the justice to believe, whether I speak to you in a strain of praise or censure, I can have but one object, and that is an anxious desire to advance, as far as my humble abilities go, your prosperity and weal, and thus I fearlessly and disinterestedly give you the best advice in my power. (Cheers.) Now, there is one subject on which I much wish you to allow me to offer you some counsel, and that is the education of your children. - With the assistance of the National Board, there are now good schools all over the es tate. I)o you avail yourselves of them for your children ? I)o you sufficiently consider the solemn duty of training them up in the way they should go, or do you, when there is farm work to be done, make them assist you, and neglect their attendance ? My friends, it is my duty, after what I have heard, to put these questions before you, and leave you to ask your conscience to answer diem. I have an other observation to make. There have been some changes of tenantry on the estate, where the tenant holding at will was permitted, according to the cus tom of the country, to sell the good-will or tenant right at twelve or fourteen years' purchase. Now, in some instances, the incoming tenant has been obliged to borrow a portion of the purchase money, and, consequently, on obtaining possession of the farm has not only heavy interest to pay, but has no capital to stock or cultivate his farm. To remedy , this, which would bring things to a state of pau perism if continued, it must be understood that no new tenant can be accepted unless he has really sufficient capital to pay the purchase-money, and afterwards to stock his farm and cultivate it pro perly. (Loud applause.) I have now the agree able task of reading the names of the successful competitors, and acknowledging with gratitude the trouble taken by Mr. Martin and Mr. O'Neill, who have kindly gone over the estate and acted as judges :—Her ladyship, having read the list of names, then added—l have detained you long, and it only remains for mo to thank you sincerely for the affectionate manner in which you have drunk my health, and also to express my gratitude to the visitors who have so kindly attended here to-day. I am sure you must all unite with me in feeling it a great honour that they should leave concerns of so much greate r magnitude to come to this little, hu m bl e mee ti ng . Thi s is not the. first occasion that I h ave h a d t o acknowledge Sir E. M'Naghten's grea t ki n d ness , an d I'deeply compliment Sir Hugh Cairns has paid in being feet the pre sent, and to all I return my best thanks, and with every wish for your health and prosperity, I will conclude. (Loud cheers.) Sir HUGH M. CAIRNS, M.P., said he rose in happy obedience to her ladyship's command to propose as the next toast, " Prosperity to Agriculture and th e b Irish Landlords ;" but when e had said that, he might, perhaps, say no more. He knew that th e y were anxious to hear and to speak a"out farming, and he, unfortunately, was no farmer. He could not presume to follow the eloquent accents of af fectionate advice and encouragement with which their noble hostess had addressed them, m uc h, less could he hope to anticipate the counsels and sug gestions of mature wisdom which they would hear from his friend Sir Edmund M'Naghten. And yet something he would desire to express feebly and briefly of those sentiments which upon the annual assembly of the tenantry upon an estate even a guest or a bystander might be supposed to entertain. In the first place he would remind them that agri culture was every day becoming less and less of a mere manual occupation, and more and more of a rence who in so touching a manner seconded it, have said, by stating that Lord Shaftesbury's ab sence from this Congress—which he greatly laments —arises from the necessity of his attending, as lord lieutenant of the county of Dorset, a great meeting in connexion with the volunteer movement, in which he takes, as all rational men do—(loud cheers and laughter)—a very great interest. (Loud cheers.) This terminated the proceedings, and the vast assemblage slowly dispersed. time agreed upon, under the arrangement above referred to, the Victoria-h,idge was opened for traffic, through the exertions of the man whose name heads this sketch. Mr. Hodges was born on April (3, 1814,.in Queen borough, in the county of Kent, where he was edu cated at the grammar-school of that town. After going through the scholastic duties of a grammar :chool of that day, he was removed, in order to ro• eeive a Government appointment which some of his Patiamentary friends had promised, but which promise was never redeemed. After waiting until his patience was exhausted he apprenticed himself, at the age of 17, to a builder residing at Brompton, near Chatham. Having served four years in this trade, he commenced his. railway practice under Mr. John Rowland, the agent of Macintosh, the contractor of the Greenwich Railway, his first essay in railway work being the centring for the arches. After this he went to Shard,ami, at the age of 22, had charge of the building of the union-houses of that place. These finished, his next work was at the Shakspeare Tunnel, Dover, which he superin tended at first as the agent of the contractor, Mr. Rowland, but on his death Mr. Hodges assumed the charge of the work in concert with the resident engineer of the South-Eastern Railway ; and it is not a little remarkable that every ounce of gunpowder used in the large blasts was deposited in its place s by his own hands. During the progress of this work he attracted the attention of Sir then engineer-in -chief of the South Eastern li ' I stated way, to whom Mr. Hodges has frequently . rid . he is more indebted for his subsequent other it n, The s in his profession than to any o . fil_ e W. Cubbitt, _a l - of a very pupil jn this case is a worthy disciple worthy master. it was this, that, if until an the age of 35 for ma l d t e w b -a y s yaotufrnigisHtoimdgeest,hat d a curious resolve was spared, he would work ern remuneration others might whatever amount name the pr i c e at which be think his labour ob tained.woorftlinerdbtuihhmtiesaefssttteeherraivstdiheipealyestrtwikiomeedrpeeothftlhsnhisopulrilofde- And to this th e o• superintended the driving of the Abbotts Cliff, Seaham, and Archcliif Fort tun gwraess pro gressing, , h so that with the blasting of the Roundown Cliff and tun nels, and t h e erection of the Shakespeare Viaduct, Lit reached —having ~, _ saelvnenrgal other works in that neighbourhood, as well as the erection of swing bridges at Norwich, Need ham, and Somerleyton, as the agent cf Sir Morton fete, Bart., "with resolvew h wasoll about this no time on he h e e b a e i c r a m on o acquainted—his castle in his part, but a fi rm determination to work up by hard indust r y and integrity to the point which he himself had chosen, and w hi c h h e atta i ne d w i t hi n the time he had testimonial from 0 himself specified. A h a nd so me 01/1 Sir Wm. Cubbitt at the termina tion of their business relations as to his worth gave him a fresh in - start as it were his upward ten dency, and the next appointment he filled was that of resident engineer, under Mr. G. P. Bidder, on the Norfolk Railway. The trammels of daily routine, and on so limited a scale, were not in consonance with his feelings, and, retiring from that position, we next find him as engineer of the Low( stoft harbour • after which, in connexion with Mr. James Peto, the brother of Sir Morton, he con tracted for and built 50 miles of the Great Northern Railway, on behalf of his principals, Messrs. Peto and Betts. After so many years of active life, under which his health suffered to some considerable extent, Mr. Hodges determined on retiring into private life, and, with that view, purchased a small estate, near Bagshott, Surrey ; but no sooner had he completed his arrangements, in 1853, for enjoying his Otifinj CHM dignitate than the organisation of the Gl:g.i.nt, Trunk Railway Company, with its Victoria-byt e across the St. Lawrence, afforded him, as t,h r e w a t e r k , of the contractors who had undertaken w t r i i v to the opportunity opportunity of handing his name do w _ ich will terity associated with an undertakiN i ; w as not, last through all time. Such an opp n et:t enial tempt ., to be lost sight of by the active , latonce embraced, rament of such a mats, and it .ii 7 l . ( s i a f his labours The good good he has done in ti) , ,, __, Airma y be summed tween t hat time and the p_rF s t , C p ` u -' of Monti eal, who up in the words of the s p on t of the workmen in the spoke them on the pocectoa and Betts erecting a stone employ of Messrs. Peto „- e ighing 30 tons, tak en —a granite boulder, river—to preserve from dese. from the bed et the emigrantwhich remains of 6,000 s were cration the the foundations of some of the found in digging _ Nailway works. The rev, gentle man Grand Trunk there because le r ~ • ~ He was iere Id : sand tribute of his personal liPay the .respect to Mr. odges, to testify his high sense of that gentle. man's integrity, and of the Christian principle with which he had always acted towards all employed under him. He had for provided their and educational superv . • ision ; and his otherwise high moral principles, his Christian philanthropy, and his munificent liberality to the charities of their city would remain , on perpetual record." 111R.11ENLEY, ON THE STRUGGLE IN SOUTHERN ITALY. WOODSTOCK, TUESDAY. The annual meeting of the Woodstock Agricul tural Society took place to-day at the Town Hall in this town, when about 100 of the principal gentry of the county and farmers dined together, under the presidency of Lord Alfred Churchill, M.P. Among those present were Mr. Henley, M.P., Col. North, M.P., Capt. Thornhill, Major Cowper, the Rev. Mr. Sharpe, &c. After drinking the usual loyal toasts, the Chair nidn proposed " The Army and Navy," refehing especially to the volunteer movement, which be said had been most successful in Oxfordshire. Colonel NORTH, My., in responding, said that owing to the last session of Parliament having been of so protracted a nature, he had been prevented taking any part whatever in the movement until lately ; but from he had seen of the different corps in that county, he believed that they fully deserved all the praise which had been bestowed upon them. (Cheers.) He had had many opportunities of con versing with old soldiers upon the volunteer move ment, and he had uniformly found that they had been lost in admiration at the extraordinary pro gress which the volunteers had already made, and at the manner in which they had conducted them selves when acting together in large bodies. Hitherto the movement had been pronounced by all military men a perfect success, and if their dis cipline kept pace with their general capability for the performance of all military duties, he doubted not - but they would form a most effective defensi ve force, and be of essential service to the regular army. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN having proposed " The County Members," which was drunk with loud cheering, Mr. HENLEY returned thanks. He observed that the wise rule of excluding politics at their an niversary dinner meetings having been adopted, he had but little to say with respect to the proceedings of the day further than it had been an uncommonly wet and disagreeable morning, so much so that he had been unable to face the ploughing-field ; for he knew if he did so he would have been half way up to his knees in mud, which would be a very un comfortable state for an old gentleman to sit down to dinner in (laughter). He had, however, heard front competent judges that the ploughing which had taken place that day was excellent, and he was glad of it, for he believed good ploughing to be at the bottom of all agridultural improvements. If land was not properly ploughed in the first in stance, no subsequent care in its cultivation would enable it to yield its full fruits for man's enjoyment (hear, hear). It was one of the greatest advantages of these societies, that they encouraged a spirit of emulation among the ploughboys, who although beaten one year were led on to hope to obtain a prize the next, and so a generally improved system of labour was the result (hear), and which was a result that tended to the common benefit of the whole country. Every one who visited the poultry yard must have been struck with the excellent quality of the poultry exhibited, and indeed the geese were so fat and so fine, as to insensibly lead him to reflect upon the near app roac h of Michaelmas, when he might hope to have a cut at some of them (laughter). As far as our own domestic affairs were concerned he was most happy to say that we were at peace with Europe, and had nothing whatever to agitate our mi n d s one way or the other. Everything also seemed to be going on smoothly in the country, if they could only get a little better weather in which to gather in the harvest, for he believed if that harvest was safely gathered in it would be found one of plenty and abundance. While, however, they h a d reason to' rejoice at the calmness which prevailed in our happy country, they could not but look with deep anxiety at what was going on in other countries, for mcst assuredly people did not enjoy p eace and quietness in the south of Europe. Th ey f ound, in deed, the most extraordinary events taking place there day by day. They beheld one day the king of a great nation, the sovereign of millions, sitting on his throne in the midst of his capital, and the next day they beheld another man, who was termed a dictator, and who was undoubtedly a great man also—(cheers) —coming to that capital with scarcely anybody in his train, and the result was that the King walks away and the Dictator com e s in. (Loud cheering.) That certainly did seam to Eng- DIR. BODGES, BUILDER OF THE VICTORIA-BRIDGE. (From the London Illustrated News.) We have much pleasure in presenting to our readers the portrait and the following sketch of the life of Mr. James Hodges, the gentleman who superintended the construction of this the greatest engineering work of the age. The antecedents of Mr. Hodges constitute him another striking illus tration of " self-help." To his own indomitable perseverance alone, coupled with the strictest integrity of character and honourable conduct, does he owe his present high position in the engineering world—a position which did not fail to attract the notico of his future King on the occasion of the lay ingh of the last stone of the Victoria -bridge Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on the 2 1 5_ 3 ;h as o . j e t last month. Of the many claimants thathave sprung up, both here and in Canada, theforr of being the originator or designer of the lionour Victoria bridge, it is not our intention to speak;eu ce a name in at the present time about to i but we are connexion with this stupend.ounisttr.stFrurectmurtehewhhoiuchr well deserves the record give e s laid until the last in which the first cofferd t we l am o N mpleted the Victoria rivet was driven the c presiding genius wa s bridge as it now stands, Mr. Hodges, as the engineer of the contra c t ors, Messrs. Peto, Brassey,andhßriedtgtse., which is near l y two miles in l e ngth, a That the plans of the n d which occupied from 1853 to 1860 in its constr u ction, j.ie w ss e r r s e . BSlitpepphlieendson by and eng i nee rs of the company, Ross, all who know anything of . such wo r k s are well aw are; but, th e mode of carrying them out being left en tirely in the hands of Mr. H o d ges the whole of the a ppliances used in th e temporary works necessary for the erection of the bridge were f ro m his own models and designs ; and these, when the novelty of the situati on and the extremes of heat and cold incident to the climate of Canada are con sidered, it may be readily inferred, were of no ordi nary character. Indeed, if none but a master-mind could plan the Victoria-bridge, it required no less a master-mind to carry the designs into execution ; and, to afford some idea of the task undertaken in this respect, it is only necessary to mention that the whole of the temporary stagings, and works gene rally, had to be removed every autumn prior to the ice taking, and then re-erected in the following summer when the ice had departed ; so that, in rea lity, the labour at the masonry at the bridge in its earlier construction could only be carried on be tween the months of May and November; and, as all engagod in the ironwork were inexperienced as to the rigours of the Canadian winter and its effects upon that metal in erections of this nature, the anxieties of him upon whom devolved the manage ment of such an undertaking, and amid such per plexities, will be easily understood. 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At the conclusion of Lord Brougham's address, and when the loud and prolonged cheering which followed it had subsided, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON rose and said—My lord, ladies, and gentlemen, I trust I may be acquitted of that presumption to which I might otherwise perhaps be exposed in following immediately the able, eloquent, and admirable address which we have just heard, when I tell you that I rise for the purpose of inviting you to yoin me in passing a unanimous and cordial vote of thanks to our noble and venerable president (loud cheers) and I assure you that it is to me a matter of no small gratification that upon this, the first occasion upon which it has fallen to my lot to take part in any public proceedings in Scotland, I should have to discharge a duty so eminently congenial to my feeling& I concur in the eloquent passage at the commencement of the address of my noble friend, in which he expressed a satisfaction that this fourth meeting of this association is held in one of the great cities of Scotland. (Cheers.) The three first meetings have been held with eminent suc cess in three of the most important cities of Eng land ; and it was right—it was due, and lam glad that it has been done—that this fourth meeting should be held in one of the cities of that coun try in which the great objects of this association have long excited the deepest interest, and have been studied with most signal success. (Loud cheers.) But I feel that this is neither the hour nor the occasion upon which it would be becoming in me to detain you by entering into the nature of these objects. (Hear, hear, and cheers ) If I were to offer any remarks on what has fallen from my noble and learned friend, with respect to the House of Commons—(a laugh)—l am bound to say that I, who am fresh from that house of which he was once so distinguished an ornament—(loud and continued cheering)—should not be able to offer 7a serious contradiction to what has fallen from the lips of the noble lord. (Laughter and cheers.) My noble friend has done me the honour to advert to an effort on this subject which I ven tured to make some few years since, and perhaps I may be allowed to state, in one brief sentence, my strong and growing conviction that unless the House of Commons does promptly and seriously address its attention to curing those evils which have arisen from its apparent inability to grapple efficiently with the business of the country, that house will soon cease to stand as high as they have heretofore done in the esteem of their countrymen. But I repeat it would not be becoming in mu now to comment further on what has fallen from his lordship's lips, neither would it be becoming in me now for a moment to attempt to allude to the addresses - which, during the next few days, will be delivered to you by those distinguished men who have undertaken to preside over the different departments of this association. But, ladies and gentlemen, there is one reflection which is forced on my mind by this auspicious commencement of this congress. I trust you will forgive me if I take the liberty of partly giving expression to the feeling which I am sure must have crossed many minds in this vast assembly. Seeing, as we do, the struggle now passing in other parts of Europe— seeing how large a portion of the civilised world is now torn by dissension or threatened by danger, or engaged in efforts to establish their own freedom and their own liberties—(loud cheers)—how grate ful ought we to feel in this favoured land—(re newed cheering)—living under the constiti'ional rule of our beloved Queen, enjoying a degree of well regulated, long established freedom, such as no other nation ever has enjoyed, in the midst of peace and prosperity—how grateful ought we to feel that we are here free to devote our attention to those social subjects, to consider at these gatherings how best we shall promote the gratification of the in telligent, the improvement of the health, and the promotion of the general welfare of those industri ous thousands by whom we are surrounded. (Loud cheers.) I trust that this association may long be the means of contributing to these great and desi rable ends. I trust that each of our annual meet ings shall be more successful than the last. I am sure we must all feel that it will be so so long as we are assisted by the advice, and the counsel, and the ability of our noble president. (Immense cheering.) And I trust that my noble friend will forgive me—l trust I shall be forgiven by him and by all—if I venture in his presence to give utter ranee to those feelings which I know are warm in the hearts of all who hear me, and tell you that it is my deep feeling that this is a scene of no common interest. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) lam sure you must all feel with me that it is a most striking, a most impressive sight to see that great and illustrious man—(enthusiastic cheering)—with unimpaired vigour of intellect, with un diminished force and beauty of language—(hear, hear)—with benevolence and goodwill to mankind —(renewed cries of " Hear,' and loud cheers) — which seem only to be increased by age and expe rience —(continued cheering)—still devoting his energies to the promotion of those measures for the welfare of mankind which, for a period longer than any man in this room can recollect, without regard to colour or to race, has been a leading cha racteristic of his life. (Immense cheering.) In conclusion, let me say, long may he be spared to us to continue those noble efforts, long may he be spared to enjoy his world-wide reputation, and to enjoy that which to him, I am sure, is far dearer— the esteem, the veneration, and the affection of his countrymen. (Great cheering.) Lord ARDMILLAN—I beg to second the motion which has been now proposed so ably by Sir John Pakington, and I may add, so appropriately, because he is himself distinguished no less by his ability than by his philanthropy and beneficence, and to none could the task of moving such a vote of thanks be more appropriately committed. (Cheers). Fur myself, I feel that I hold him especially in honour for the efforts he has recently made in behalf of ragged and industrial schools—efforts which, I only regret, were less successful than they deserved to be. In seconding the motion I shall bear in mind the lesson that we have heard of brevity of speech and the dangers and evils of prolixity, and therefore shall not trespass on the pAtionce of this i 1