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AT a GENERAL COURT of PROPRIETORS held at the BANK of ENGLAND, on Thursday, the 14th September, 1E65 : RESOLVED, ‘• That the cordial thanks of this Court be given to the GOVERNOR, DEPUTY GOVERNOR, and LOURT Of DI RECTORS of the BANK or ENGLAND for their great attention to the affairs of the Corporation, and their successful management of the same during the past Half-year." ORDERED, •• that the said Resolution be advertised in all the Daily Morning and Evening Papers." TEA 31.MOND CHUBB, Secretary. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mrs Alfred Mellon hnd Mr. Felix Rogers. Alter which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his ICilt appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Killington, Bedford, R Phillips, t'elix Rogers, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Billingtor, To c - .nclude, at half-pa.t 10, with THE WIDOW'S VICTIM. Messrs. Bil.ington, Felix Rogers, Ashley; Miss H. Simms, Miss Seaman, and Miss Jenny Willmore. 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THIS DAT.—Morning, Bh. 59 m. —Afternoon, 9h. 45m, To-Mon tow.-Morning, 10h. 26 m. —Afternoon, 11h. 10m 411 '" e t : it . t atig ,;^A LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 1865. We are sometimes fortunate enough to see good come out of evil, and happily there is just now a case in point in Lancashire. Whatever moral quali ties, whatever fortitude, patience, and heroism the cotton famine may have developed on the part of the sufferers, and however prompt and spontaneous might be the open-handed kindness and sympathy which hastened to exert themselves on their behalf, it was certainly not supposed that the long dearth of employment and the collapse of a most profit able trade could be productive of any material advantage to the country. Yet now it seems, from plain statistical information, that real lasting public good has resulted as the indi rect, if not the immediate, consequence of a time of almost unparalleled distress. The sanitary pro visions of Lancashire were previously most woe fully disproportioned to its wealth and industry. The excessive mortality of the county, which has hitherto considerably exceeded the me tropolitan rate, has hitherto probably, been as much due to the defective sanitary arrangements as to the exhaustive labour of the people. Each evil helped the other, for a man working all day in a close and crowded factory would not have the same physical resistance to offer to malaria or typhus that an out-door labourer who spends his time in the fresh air and gains a hearty appetite would Possess. Fresh air and wholesome air are the two great foes of epidemic zymotic disease, and these rarely ever lend their aid to the jaded factory operative. There have been several reasons for this apparently disgracef u l neglect which, if they do not completely exonerate, the local authorities at least go far to account for the state of things. Labour and capital may seem at first sight to have been plentiful in Lancashire during i ts pros perous time, but the fact is that both were -wholly absorbed in the cotton trade. The raising of mills, or the speculations in cotton, were far more attractive and remunerative invest ments than an outlay on drainage and paving. Again all spare hands were speedily pressed into the services of King Cotton, who was so exacting in his demands that no one had much time or thought to spare for such uninteresting topics. Small un known villages, thanks to the same mighty influence, rapidly developed into populous towns, before pav ing, draining, or lighting had been thought about. Then when every one's energies were concentrated upon the progress of mills and manufactories, it was not likely that any influential party would stop in the race for gain to attend to such very ordinary concerns. The consequence naturally has been that a good many thousands of the work ing classes have found premature graves, but until the enforced idleness of the Cotton Famine there was very little prospect of substantial improvement. The praiseworthy endeavour to give relief in the form most acceptable to Englishmen, by providing a fair day's work for a fair day's wages, led to the Passing of the Public Works Aot, and to the ex- , penditure of nearly two millions on works of sani tary improvement and public utility. A similar scheme when, tried in the sister kingdom occasioned much disappointment, but having the advantage of the experience gained in the previous experiment, the mistakes and errors for merly committed have in this case been happily avoided. The local authorities who were empowered to obtain the loan have been the parties responsible for the proper regulation of the works ; and consequently, being on the spot, and being personally concerned that full value should be obtained for the money, they had taken good care that the works should be judiciously managed. The factory operatives whom it was intended to employ have been mixed with a smaller number of skilled operatives, in the proportion of two operatives to one workman. The idle factory hands were not forced to work if unable or disinclined, but the fact of the guardians being able to offer regular and profitable employment to all applicants for relief has been a powerful check on pauperism. The favourable conclusions arrived at are founded on the reports of Mr. RAWLINSON, the chief engineer, so that it is not mere rumour that declares the Public Works Act to have been a success, but the actual experience of the parties concerned. It is especially fortunate that Lancashire should thus have " set its house in order," when there is reason to apprehend the approach of a formidable epidemic. The advent of the cholera among the densely-populated, unpaved, ill-drained towns and suburbs of the chief manufacturing dis tricts would have been a very serious and alarming thing some year or two ago. Now, however, though much remains to be done great progress has been made. Two millions of money cannot be judiciously laid out in public works without effecting much lasting good and removing many evils. Now that the cotton trade is reviving so rapidly, the old works will draw in capital and labour once more, but we hope that the good works begun will be carried out, and that whatever re mains to be done will be fully accomplished before the subject of sanitary improvement is allowed to sink out of notice. Meanwhile our other manufac turing centres might well take the hint. Must they wait for a collapse of their trade or the advance of an epidemic before they look into matters so nearly concerning the public health and welfare ? It is not a case where ignorance can be pleaded for. in the present state of sanitary knowledge ; every one knows the importance of drainage, ventilation, and good pure water. Let these things be looked to in time lest men should say, with justice, that we rank money higher than human life in our zeal for trade and commerce. Industrial Exhibitions are now the order of the day, and the interest they excite is not surprising when we consider their importance and significance. Indeed, the value of such affairs cannot well be too much overrated, and all the encouragement they can possibly receive is only the due meed to those whose skill and exertions contribute to their exist- The Reading industrial Exhibition was opened yesterday with great success, and a very interesting ceremony took place. The inaugural ence. address was delivered by the Bishop of OXFORD, and it was certainly worthy of the occasion. He dwelt upon the great advantages which accrued to the community in general from these Exhibi tions. They tend to develope thought and to increase knowledge, more especially among those classes who have the greatest difficulties to contend with in the way of self-improvement. As the Bishop stated with great accuracy, if the " observ ing faculty" is educated in our towns immense benefits will follow, and when we come to reflect upon it the full force of its meaning is made known. In an intellectual view it is of the highest import ance that the faculties of the mind should be developed, and that its powers should be generally developed and not concentrated upon one particular thing. When a man's energies are monopolised by one employment, and bounded by a narrow sphere of action, he may perform his part in that direction with great ability, but his powers cannot be pro perly developed nor his efforts attain to the right standard of excellence. The result of such a course is thus properly put in the comprehensive discourse before us. " You dwarf his general powers by concentrating their action on one minute art ; the body is the tabernacle of the mind, and that which you have done for the man's body, by so limiting his exertions you do for the mind, too." There is no rational reason which can be adduced to show why a man who is gifted by his CREATOR with many gifts should not be able to exercise them in more ways than one ; for it cannot possibly be right or reasonable that they should lie dor mant until opportunities are wasted and powers lost through want of cultivation.. It was with justice that in this speech at the inauguration of the Exhi bition so much stress was laid upon the advantages afforded by such undertakings, and the opportuni- ties they presented to those who stood in need of variety for their thoughts and change of ideas in their monotonous employment. Anything that tends to enlarge the sphere of observation must be a benefit, and as it is certain that some relaxation is needed by those who devote their time and thoughts con tinually to mechanical engagements, it must be the wisest and best course to present some pursuits which combine utility with recreation, and render what is a benefit a source of interest and attraction. It is too much the fashion among a certain class to render all that concerns the working classes as dry and dull as possible. What with lectures they cannot understand, and books that are intolerably tedious, it is not to be wonderd at that wise courses indicated to them should prove to be neither ways of plea santness nor paths of peace. A better mode has been followed of late in many instances with respect to the very difficult task of fur nishing what the French truly call a delassement for those whose lives of toil demand a rest, and whose continuous efforts deserve sympathy and encourage ment. With minds not trained to comprehend easily these matters unconnected with their imme diate vocations, and with bodily powers maimed with exertion, it is absolutely necessary that in thebe a endeavour pleas ing as well a the recreations p resen t e d t o th em th ere s h ou ld inu eh tht r a ofi d t a b t l h e e . Otherwi se will bea s failure, 3 n object frustrated by misconception of its chief requirements, and ignorance of its vital principle. The Bishop of OxFono also adverted to another benefit that these Exhibitions conferred upon us, and that was their tendency to put down an excess of " artificial distinctions" of rank and place, and attaching undue importance to mere external mat ters, which are, after all, not accidents. These insti tutions can also serve the noble purpose of develop ing talents which also might languish in obscurity, and pine for want of an appropriate sphere. In this inaugural address we meet with an eloquent passage concerning the " greatest gifts " which are given to human beings. The marvellous faculty which parts one man from another is " the imperish able gift of genius, the kindling of the fire which comes from the fire which is eternal—a gift greater than any of the external circumstances which belong not indeed to us, but are, as it were, the accidents — the play-clothes of the actors on the stage of life, while each plays his little part in the fight of man." THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1865. Opportunities are needed, however, for the cultiva tion of thesegifts, and in some classes of life especially it is certain that talents must often be lost which, if perfectly developed, might have conduced to the welfare of society, and the fulfilment of the mission of the possessor of the privilege to do honour to his MAKER and render service to his fellow-creatures. There is great truth in the observation here made, that education of a certain kind has a tendency to raise all to one level, and to sink all to the same level also. It ignores genius altogether, and while it produces a fair mediocrity, "it never can give to the world men who are capable of shaping a statue such as CANOVA could chisel, and such as MICHAEL ANGELO could design." All that familiarises men's minds with works of art and trophies of genius must be of advantage, both in awakening dormant qualities in the few, and in refining the taste of the many. Those who contributed to the striking wants of industry to the Exhibition were congratulated by the Bishop on such a " day of lawful triumph and real intellectural rejoicing" as that which called them together. The right rev. prelate adverted to the good-will displayed by those who had lent works of art to the Exhibition, and foremost was the name of our gracious QUEEN, who has lent some of the treasures of Windsor Castle to the Industrial Exhibition of Reading, and concluded his excellent address by entreating those around him to make the best use of that and every other opportunity afforded to them, anxious to do their duty in the state of life to which GOD had called them, "to develope more perfectly the instruments of service with which he had endowed them, and in the midst of a redeemed world to work as renewed men, educating them selves for service here, and the blessed vision of the ALMIGHTY hereafter." At the luncheon subsequently given, Mr. WALTER made an appropriate speech on the " Contributors of the Loan Collection," in which he said that he hoped on a future occasion Reading might contribute a large share of its own proper industry, and cited " inlaid woodwork" as a manu facture that the town might produce, and thus suc cessfully rival other cities in their different depart ments of industry. Almost the worst part of any public disaster is the consequent panic. The dangers of an epidemic are increased tenfold by the alarm and depression produced in the public mind, which predisposes per sons to infection, and in the same way most other evils, when magnified by fear or rumour, grow into unnecessary size. At present the cattle disease is a very great and serious evil, and the English being, as a rule, very helpless when deprived of their ordinary food, the diminution of. supplies is naturally no slight difficulty. But we need not make the worst of things. In the first place, we must be on our guard against the extortions of tradesmen and dealers, who are very likely to take advantage of the con fusion to raise their prices and increase the alarm ; secondly, to mitigate the present panic against the old English dish of beef, we may remember that the disease has hitherto shown itself principally among the much cows, and also that proper in spectors being placed in every market there is no great risk of unwholesome meat being freely circu lated. But the scarcity and dearness of meat may teach us that there are other kinds of food cheap, wholesome, and palatable. Fish is certainly un affected by the disease, yet very little fish is con sumed among us, notwithstanding the plentiful supply on our coasts, and the ease and rapidity with which it is transmitted inland. The tasteful and savoury dishes prepared by French peasants out of ingredients that an English labourer's wife would disdain to use teach us ano ther lesson. There are endless varieties of stew and soup to be made out of the neglected parts of wholesome meat and good fresh bones, with plenty of vegetables, which are surely forthcoming. Any one who has seen what fine rich soup is procurable from a sheep's head properly cooked will know that excellent family meals are to be had for very little money. The haste and ignorance with which our poorer housewives prepare their meals waste at least half their hard-earned money, and in the pre sent scarcity of meat it is much to be wished that they could be taught better. LATEST INTELLIGEbRT. (REUT2R'S TELEGRAMS.) RETURN OF THE POPE TO ROME. ROME, SEPT. 13. The Pope has returned to Rome. Great fires have taken place in the vast woods of the Decima, Castel Romano, and Castel Porriano. SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 13. The Patria says there is no foundation for the rumour that Senor Castro, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, intends to resign. The Queen will leave Avila on the 15th inst., arriving on the 18th inst. at San Ildefonso. RECEPTION OF THE ITALIAN MINISTER BY THE QUEEN OF SPAIN, MADRID, Sept. 10 (Evening). The Marquis Tagliacarne, Italian Minister to Spain, was received in private audience by Queen Isabella at Zarauz on the afternoon of the 7th inst. Her Majesty was attended by the First Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the great officers of the household. In delivering his credentials to her Majesty his Excellency said:— "Madame, —I have the honour to place in your Majesty's hands the letter in which my august sovereign announces to you that by virtue of a law approved by Parliament, and which has received his Royal sanction, he has assumed for himself and successors the title of King of Italy. I have also the honour to present to your Majesty the letters accrediting me to your Majesty's court in the quality of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary. " Your Majesty will see by the latter that the King earnestly desires to strengthen and consolidate the bonds of true friendship which have existed for several centuries between your Majesty's family and his. The strongest desire of the King and his Government is that the best relations should be consolidated between the two crowns and the two nations. " I am happy, madam, to have to express to your Majesty on this occasion the sincere wishes formed by the King and his Government for your Majesty's happiness, the felicity of your august family, and the prosperity of this noble Spanish nation, to which Italy is united by so many sympathies and common interests. My first duty will be to strive to render myself worthy of the mission confided to me, my greatest happiness to obtain, in the exercise of my functions, the precious esteem of your Majesty." The Queen made the following reply : " In receiving the letters of the King your august sovereign, announcing to me that by virtue of a law voted by Parliament he has assumed for himself and successors the title of King of Italy,and accredit ing you in the quality of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to my court, I have plea sure in stating that I also desire to strengthen the bonds of true friendship which, during so many centuries, have existed between his family and mine. "I am sincerely grateful for the wishes formed by the King for my happiness and that of my family, and the nation whose destiny has been confided to me ; and I beg you to convey to him, in my name, the wishes that I, in return, entertain for his happi ness and that of his royal family, and for the pros perity of the Italian nation. " Respecting yourself, Senor Ministro, I do not doubt that you will be worthy of the high mission entrusted to you by your Sovereign, the King of Italy ; and, in order that you may perfectly acquit yourself as you wish, you may from this moment count upon my goodwill and the loyal co-operation of my Government." CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND ASTRAL lAN MAILS. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 14. The Syria, with the above mails, arrived here at a.m. to day. The mails leave for London at 11 30 a.m. Ship and passengers quarantined for 60 hours. BUENOS AYRES, AUG. 12. (By telegraph from Lisbon.) Exchange, 498 50. Ounces, 27.30. Wet salted ox hides, 348 ; dry American, 35. Wool in de mand. Tallow, 14k. Lumber, 37, nominal. Flour firmer. Refined sugar, 19. Mr. Henley, M.P., in Oxfordshire BICESTER, Wednesday. The annual meeting of the Bicester Agricultural Association was held yesterday in this town. In the afternoon a dinner was held in a marquee erected at the back of the King's Arms Hotel. Sir H. Dashwood, in the absence of the Earl of Effingham, presided, and among those present were the county members—the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, Colonel North, and Colonel Fane—the Rev. J. C. Blomfield, Mr. •G. R. Clarke, the Rev. F. French, and a large number of the gentry and tenant farmers of the district. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been honoured, the chairman proposed " the Health of the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocess," which was responded to by The Rev. J. C. BLOMFIELD in a speech of some length, in the course of which he expressed a strong opinion that the condition of the labouring classes in the locality was becoming much improved, and urged upon the landed gentry the necessity of pro viding them with the means of obtaining better education and an improved class of dwellings. Mr. G. R. CLARKE proposed " the Members for the County," and thanked Mr. Henley for the ser vices he had rendered as chairman of Quarter Ses sions. Mr. HENLEY, in responding, said—l assure you that I feel most deeply grateful for the manner in which you- have been pleased to receive the toast, and for the kind expressions my hon. friend Mr. Clarke has used in reference to me when I filled the situation of chairman of Quarter Sessions. But per haps the first thing I ought to do on this occasion is to congratulate myself that I have again the chance, in the office I now hold, of being here among you to return thanks, as one of your county mem bers, for the kindness with which you have received me. (Cheers.) There have liken "so many seats this year who have run on the wrong side of the post that those who happen to have come in on the right side ought only to be too thankful. (Laughter.) We, therefore, cannot but be thankful to our friends and constituents with whom we meet on this occasion. It is not my intention to say anything upon politi cal matters. If I can help it, I shall not say one word calculated to promote the slightest disonance of feeling, and I quite concur with the wisdom of the rule laid down that at meetings of this nature all such expressions should be carefully avoided. We meet here for a common purpose—that of giv ing such countenance as we can to a society which we believe to be useful, and which we hope is doing good in the various ways in which it is concerned. (Cheers.) There are not now many matters :of great public interest before us. As agriculturists it is impossible for any two of us to meet together without one saying to the other, " How about the cattle plague?" We cannot get past that, and therefore I will venture to say a word or two about it. As to its origin and nature, I be lieve that we yet know very little about it, and from all we read from other countries it would appear that they do not know much more there than we do ourselves. Our Government have taken such measures for preventing the spread of the disease as in the state of want of knowledge we are all in at present seemed to them to be best. Ido not think it is our business to canvass those measures, or to set up our own judgment against theirs, and against what they may have done, but I think, for the common good, our best course is to do what the Government have pointed out as, in their judg ment, the best means of helping us. If we can discover anything among ourselves that will aid the measures suggested to us for checking this alarming disease, of course we can adopt and make it known to others. (Hear, hear.) We must not forget that in matters of this sort the interest, great as it is to us as agriculturists, is greater to the immense masses of the people who eat meat, because we may depend on it that if this disease continues to spread the price of meat must inevitably run up to a figure which we should all regret to see it at. (Hear, hear.) P assing from one thing to another, there is one matter which I cannot help glancing upon. I ob served in the show-field to-day a magnificent show of specimen roots. I hope that they may be fair specimens of the general crop ; but, however that may be, the specimens to-day are so magnificent of their kind, and we have all been so much accus tomed in other years to see specimens exhibited so much worse, that I have a good hope the bulk from which these specimens have been taken is in quality far above that of ordinary years. If that be so to any degree, it will to some extent help us against the loss which the disease in cattle may bring about, because these great crops of roots may be turned into meat, and the more roots there are the more meat will probably be produced from them. I have no doubt that some of the inconveniences—or con veniences, as some of the agriculturists may regard them—of high prices have arisen from the shortness of the root crop of last year. It was impossible, with a shortness of food of that description, that meat could be produced except at a very high cost. But the spirit of our agriculturists was not wanting to the occasion. They met the failure of the root crop by an enormous outlay in corn and other mat ters, but that could only be done at a considerable expense, and to a great degree it run up the price of meat. I trust, therefore, that the great supply of roots which we have this year, although it will not altogether remove, may palliate in some degree the losses which may be sustained if this wretched complaint should continue to go on among our cattle. (Hear, hear.) There is no subject of public political interest on which you will expect me to say a word. Fortunately, we are in the enjoyment of peace with foreign countries, and peace ap pears more likely to be preserved all over the world than for some years past. At the same time lam afraid, whatever my hon. and gallant friend (Col. North) may feel uponthe subject, and however much disposed the lion may be to lie down by the lamb, that the time is far distant when we shall feel justi fied in dispensing with the services of our army and navy. lam afraid it will be very long before we shall be able to see so good a day as that. My rev. friend who sits near me (Rev. J. C. Blomfield) has stated a fact which, from his very great power of observation, I have no doubt is correct, and which I am glad to hear, and that is that in his judgment the working people of this neighbourhood are well off. This is the most comforting statement I have heard for a long while, because of this I am quite sure, that when the working people are well off, and if they can command a reasonable share of the necessaries of life and of their humble luxuries, they will not be long without good dwellings and not long without educa tion. (Cheers.) I believe that no greater libel is ever uttered against the working people than when it is said that - they do not want to improve their children if they can. I have never been brought into contact with any of the working classes who adopted such a view. On the contrary, in the intercourse which I have had with them they have always said, " We have only had so much money a week," tell ing me what it has been, " and this child can earn so much, so that I cannot afford to send him to school." Of this I feel quite sure, that if my rev. friend is sound and well-founded in the statement he has made, and that the situation of the working classes in this neighbourhood is improved and improving, I have no doubt that those other matters which he wants will be called for, and directly they are called for they will be found. (Cheers.) The supply is sure to come if there is a reasonable demand for it ; and if the working people are reasonably well off they will be in a position to say to those who employ them, "We will not live here, and we will not do your work unless you provide us with better places to live in." We know very well that we cannot do without their work ; and if they ever come in that position we may depend upon it that they will not be in it longer than they can help. I believe that they who tell us the people are not increasing out of the towns only do so to deceive us. lam firmly convinced that the people in the agricultural dis tricts are not diminishing.' We all know the great spirit with which the land is now cultivated. We know that • cultivation is not decreasing, and the number and condition of the people must be im proved in consequence. lam speaking in the pre sence of men much more able to judge of these things than I am, but, I believe that, in the last 20 years, the wages of labour have greatly increased in this country. That certainly is the opinion which I have formed, and if that is so, you may depend upon it that the comforts of the people will very soon follow. (Cheers.) Persons in the situation I have the honour to fill are often found fault with because they do not on these occasions talk what is called " agriculture." Now, I will tell you honestly why it is that I never presume to do that. lam here in the presence of gentlemen who know a great deal about it, whereas I know next to nothing. (Laugh ter and cheers.) I have been an occupier of land nearly all my life, but I know the difference be tween a man who occupies land and a man who occupies it for a business and for making a living out of it. If 1 were to presume to tell you anything in regard to agricultural matters, I know that you would receive it with great kindness, but you would be very apt to laugh at it afterwards. (Laughter and cheers.) That is the reason why at all these meetings I have never thought that I had anything to tell you upon agricultural questions which you did not know better than I did myself. That being the case, I have always considered that the less I said about the subject the better. (Cheers.) I have now only to thank you for the kindness with which on this and all occasions you have ever received me, and to drink all your healths in turn. (Cheers.) Col. NORTH briefly returned thanks. COL FAKE also acknowledged the toast. Referring to the question of educating the children of agricul tural labourers, he expressed himself warmly in fa vour of extending the advantages of education ; but, he asked, how was it expected that a boy who had engaged at the plough for, eight or ten hours a day would be prepared to walk at night two or three miles to the village school ? His rev. friend (Mr. Blomfield) called upon the landlords to build cot tages for their labourers, but who the deuce was to find the money? (Laughter.) He would also ask his rev. friend whether he and his people, and the college to which he belonged, had done their duty ? He (Colonel Fane) was, he was happy to say, a landlord, and he believed that he was not disliked by his tenants.. He would . ask, however, who made the best landlords for the poor, the college or indi viduals ? Had therefore the clergy the right to complain of individual lands, when it was noto rious that they failed to administer to the necessities of the poor labourers who were more immediately under their charge ? The gallant colonel concluded by thanking them for the compli ment they had paid hini, and by assuring them that he should endeavour to deserve their good opinion by the manner in which he discharged his duty as their representative. Various other toasts having been drunk, the pro ceedings terminated. Mr. Layard, M.P., on Museums and the Progress of the Working Classes. P Last night a grand musical conversazione, to which all the members of metropolitan working men's clubs were in vited, was held at the North-Eastern London Exhibition, Agricultural Hall, Islington. H. LAYARD, Esq., M.P., presided, and in addressing the audience, which was extremely large, said the principal object of their a paeeting there was to consider the importance of having in various parts of the metropolis "local mu seums." The importance of the subject he presumed no one who knew anything of it would deny. Exhibitions of whatever kind owed their origin to Paxton, who was the main cause of the establishment of the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was Paxton who, whilst others were discussing whether there should be an Exhibition or not, stepped for ward, and like Columbus showed them how to make the egg stand on its bottom. (Laughter and cheers.) That man had by his own merits raised himself from the ranks of the working classes—(cheers)--and showed the work ing men of England what was required of them to success fully compete with other nations. At the time of the Ex hibition there was one thing wanted to enable them to com pete with the world, and that one thing, viz., " free trade," was gained for them by Richard Cobden. Since then England had made such progress in the arts requiring taste and colour that she had not only regained lost ground, but had distanced all competitors ; and in 1862 France had to acknowledge the superiority of British workmen over her own. (Cheers.) But as the principle of free trade advanced it became necessary for Englishmen to increase their efforts to keep pace with the times. He addressed himself to all classes of society, for the question was a national one—(cheers)—and he hoped that, ere long, a museum would be established in the north of London, to aid in improving the taste of their artisans. By museums, he did not mean exhibitions of the nature of the one they were in, for that only existed for a short time, and its in fluence was not maintained ; but he meant local establish ments of a permanent nature, where articles illustrative of applied science could be exhibited. He did not see why they should not accept the offer of the Government, through Lord Granville, of the building at South Kensing ton for such a purpose, and that offer, he ventured to sug get, would be extended if a movement were really made in the right direction, He did not mean that Government would give money assistance, for if that were done in the case of Islington, every other town in the kingdom might expect the same—(hear, hear)—but he considered that Government might be inclined to give them duplicates of works in the British Museum and other places. A propo sition had been made to open the public museums at night time, but he was entirely opposed to such a course, not only account of the risk that would be run of destroying by one accident incalculable treasure, but because he thought that on account of the distance of the museums from the homes of working men they would be unable to avail themselves of the advantages offered. Referring again to the supremacy of Great Britain in arts of taste, he alluded to the works in china and glass produced by Min ton and Phillips, which were unequalled by any other nation. He then proceeded to urge upon the working men the necessity of maintaining their position, and con cluded by earnestly expressing a hope that working men would shortly be aided by the museums he had referred to. The speaker, on sitting down, was enthusiastically cheered. Messrs. Sales and Hodgson Pratt and the Rev. H. Solly were amonist the gentlemen who afterwards addressed the meeting. Resolutions in support of such a scheme as proposed were adopted. THE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY HALL COMPANY (LIMITED).—The second annual report of this com pany states that the amount paid upon the 6,652 shares issued is £38,204, £6 per share having been called, and that £40,234 have been paid off the purchase money, leaving £39,766 still to be paid. The profit and loss account shows that, after taking into consideration the gross receipts for admissions, &c., the profit made on sale of refreshment; writing off the expenses of the year, and making an allow ance for sundry accounts unpaid, there remains a balance of £5,860 18s. 11d. net profit; from this balance must be deducted the £1,620 10s. dividend and bonus paid to the shareholders in February last, when £4,240 Bs. 11d. will be left for appropriation. The directors recommend that a further dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 2s. per share, should be paid to the shareholders (free of income tax); that a sum of £l,OOO be carried to a reserve fund, to cover contingencies and depreciation of property, and the remainder be carried forward to the next account. At the annual meeting, to be held on Monday next, Messrs. E. B. Jones and G. F. Anderson, the senior directors, will retire, but will be eligible for re-election. Two auditors will also be elected for the ensuing year. THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—At an inquest held yesterday on the body of Wm. F. Vincent, who stepped in front of an advancing train on the South- Western RaiWay on Tuesday last, and was killed by the train passing over him, Mrs. Emma aVincent, wife of de ceased, stated that her husband for at least four months had been in a very bad state of health, mental and bodily. Ho had made an attempt to destroy himself with his necktie. Steps were being taken to remove him to an asylum, and witness had been told to watch him. He had been obliged to give up his shop, and the feeling that his circumstances were getting worse daily had, no doubt, preyed upon his mind. Verdict—" That the deceased destroyed himself while in an unsound state of mind." SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE CALEDONIAN RAIL WAY NEAR CARNWATll.—Yesterday morning, the 1.40 goods train from Edinburgh to Glasgow ran off the line near Ampherlaw siding, situated about a quarter of a mile to the eastward of Carnwath station. The result of the accident was very serious in damage to the line ; to rolling stock, and to the goods in the train, though fortu nately no accident to person was sustained by any one on the train. Nearly half-a-mile of the road was torn up ; and fifty yards of the embankment—which is about half-a-dozen feet high at the place were thrown down. Fifteen waggons went over the embank ment, and their conttints were thrown out into the adjoining field, a heterogeneous mixture of beans, wheat, oil, grease, and furniture. The loss to the company will be very large, as the goods were mostly valuable. A large 'force of Men were put upon the line early in the morning, and continued at work during the day, but at dusk their labour was not more than half-finished, and it is not anticipated that the road will be re-laid and opened for traffic until this afternoon. Yesterday the ordinary traffic was worked for nearly a mile to the eastward of Carnwath on the single line, and the arrangement was carried out so efficiently that there was no detention of any trains. The cause of the accident cannot be clearly ascertained, but it is believed that it was occasioned by a large pair of smith's bellows, which .were in a truck near the centre of the train, falling off, and disturbing the wheels.—Scotsman. , V - Gra IC. Derry 1" . sirmbr Her Majesty's Visit to Scotland. The royal train, which left Windsor on Monday night at 7 o'clock, arrived at Perth on Tuesday morning, at 8.38, being two minutes before time. Amongst the few persons present on the platform were the Right Hon. the Earl of Mansfield, Lord Dupplin, Sir David Ross (late Lord Provost of the city of Perth), &c. Her Majesty, on alighting from the train, graciously bowed to the Earl of Mans field and Lord Dupplin, after which, attended by several members of the royal family and suite, the Queen proceeded to breakfast in the board-room of the Caledonian Railway Company. Breakfast over, the royal party resumed their journey at 9.25, when several hundred citizens were admitted to witness the departure. Ferryhill Junction is situated half a mile from Aberdeen, and was reached a few minutes after 12 at noon. A large number of spectators, admitted by ticket, had assembled in the inclosure, and they gave her Majesty a loyal and hearty reception. Her Majesty stood up in the saloon, looked out, and most graciously acknowledged the greeting of her sub jects. Her Majesty graciously recognised and spoke to Mr. Thomson of Banchory, who enter tained the late Prince Consort at Banchory House in October, 1859, when his royal highness was pre sident of the British Association. At Aberdeen, Mr. Duncan, the chairman, Messrs. Gordon and Whyte, directors, and Mr. Ferguson, manager of the Deeside Railway took charge of the train, which, after a stoppage of five minutes, left amid the cheers of those assembled to witness its-depar ture. The journey up the Deeside was very plea sant, the weather being magnificent. Aboyne was reached at a quarter past one. There the royal party entered carriages awaiting them and posted to Balmoral, finishing their journey at about 20 minutes past three o'clock. Her Majesty appeared to be in excellent health. A guard of honour of the 72d Regiment from Stirling is stationed at Ballater. Her Majesty arrived at Balmoral at three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Cattle Disease. (From a Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday.) At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 13th day of September, 1865, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council—present, Lord President, Duke of Somerset.—Whereas, by an Act passed in the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of her Majesty's present reign, intituled "An Act to prevent until the Ist day of September, 1850, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals, and which has since been from time to time continued by divers subsequent Acts, it is (amongst other things) enacted that it shall be lawful for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them, from time to time, to make such orders and regulations as to them may seem necessary for the purpose of prohibiting or regulating the removal to or from such parts or places as they may designate in such order or orders, of sheep, cattle, horses, swine, or other animals, or of meat, skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or other parts of any animals, and to make any other orders or regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the said Act, and again to re voke, alter, or vary any such orders or regulations ; and that all provisions for any of the purposes aforesaid in any such order or orders contained shall have the like force and effect as if the same had been inserted in the said Act ; and that all persons offending against the said Act shall for each and every offence forfeit and pay any sum not ex ceeding twenty pounds, or such smaller sum as the said Lords or others of Her Majesty's Privy Council may in any case by such order direct : And whereas a contagious or infectious disorder has lately appeared, and now prevails among cattle within that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, which is generally designated as the " cattle plague :" And whereas it was expedient to take measures for pre venting such disorder from extending to that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland ; and whereas for such purpose, orders were duly made in pursuance of the au thority of the Said Acts, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy douncil, dated the 25th of August, 4 1865, and the 7th day of September, 1865: And whereas by the last-mentioned order the removal to any port or place in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, from any port or place in that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, of any skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or other parts of any cow, heifer, bull, bul lock, ox, or calf, was prohibited : And whereas it has been represented to the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council, that there is annually a large importation into Ireland of skins and hides brought from India, South America, and Australia, which countries are at present free from the disease designated as the "cattle plague:" Now, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Coun cil do hereby, in exercise of the powers given by the said recited act, and by the several acts continuing the same as aforesaid, order as follows That, after tho date of the publication of this order in the London Gazette, all hides and skins brought into Great Britain from,lndia, South America, or Australia, and after wards removed from Great Britain to Ireland, are hereby excepted from the operation of the said order of the 7th day of September, 1865: And the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury are to give such directions herein as may be necessary to give due effect to this order. ARTHUR HELPS. TILE HARVEST AND CROPS IN NORTHUMBERLAND. —The continued fine weather of this week has enabled the Northumberland farmers to about clear their fields, and there is very little outstanding corn, except in patches in the hill districts. According to the best autho rities the wheat crops of Northumberland and the adjacent county of Durham are about an average, but not the quality of 1863 and 1864. And from the favourable circumstances under which it has been ingathered Northumberland wheat is better than the south. Barley is about an average crop. Oats, however, are below an average. Turnips have failed bare.very considerably s e a i n n s the u n n o r: q h u , a l a . n d i) o s o t a m to e e fields g a o r e o d quite clear of disease, and the crops and pastures are better than they have been observed at this season of the year. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept 13.—Two o'clock.—The improve ment which took place during the latter part of yes terday's Bourse has continued to-day. Threes, for the Account, have advanced 20c., and are now quoted at 69fr. 47kc. Italian Fives have gained 15c., being at 66fr. 45c. Credit Mobilier Shares are in great demand at 830 fr., showing an improve ment of 10f. New City Bonds have fallen sfr., their present quotation being 465 fr. Three o'clock. —The market has continued firm and buoyant to the end. The last quotations are as follows :- 4 per Cents 97 Do. end month 3 per Cents. 69 50 Do. end month 69 471 Credit Mobilier Do. end month 837 50 Bank Shares 3595 Credit Foncier 1330 Italian Loan 66 40 Do. end month 66 45 , Rau.' Ditto Threes — Roman 74 50 Mexican Loan 5l 25 Do. Bonds 335 Russian — Austrian • Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred WAYS. Cash. Acct. ••• ... 852 50 ... ... 1095 ••• ... 878 75 •• -- •.. 570 • ... 550 - ... 536 25 ... 237 50 ... 416 25 ... 472 50 ... 218 75 - 318 75 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian , Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman ... - - ... 218 50 MARKETS—This Day. METROPOLITAN CA.TTLE. The supply of English beasts on sale here to-day was very moderate ; of foreign breeds, somewhat extensive. The beef trade was in a sluggish state, yet very little change took place in prices, as compared with Monday. The top quotation was 5s 4d per 81bs. Sheep were in good supply and slow request, at Monday's quotations, the top price being 6s 8d per 81bs. There was a fair demand for calves, at late rates. The pork trade was firm, and prime small porkers changed hands at higher prices. Per 81b to sink the offal. s da d s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts...l 4 4 0 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 10 6 2 Second quality do ..4 2 4 8 Prime o'thclown oo 6 4 6 8 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 0 La. ge coarse calves 4 4 4 10 Prime Scuts, &c.... 5 2 5 4 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 6 5 0 Large hugs ..4 2 4 8 Second quality do ..5 2 5 8 small porkers 5 0 5 4 Lambs....os Od to 0, Od. Suckling calves, 196 to 235; and quarter-old store pigs, 25s to 32s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 1,50J I Beasts 920 ______ _ _ • Cows llO C0w5......... Sheep and lambs 8,5 0 Sheep and lam bs Calves 6lO Ca yes .• 4 5 rigs 5lO Pigs 150 MEAT MARKETS. --------- NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade rules steady as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 10d • mu tt o n, 4s 6d to 6 s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 6d per 81b by the carcase. ROMFORD, Sept. 13.—The trade rules firm at the annexed rates :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 58 4d; mutton, 4s 8d to 6s 8d; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; pork, 46 Od to 5s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. Suckling calves, Os to Os ; quarter old store pigs, Os to Os; and mulch cows £0 Os to £0 each. SOUTHALL, Sept. 13.—Good and prime stock was firm in price, but inferior qualities were dull. Beef, from 3s Od to 5s 6d ; mutton, 5s Od to 68 8d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 6d per 81bs. HAY MARKETS -- - - SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 15s to £5 15s; clover, £5 to £7'; and straw, .£1 Hs to £2 2s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 Os Od; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. A slow demand. WErrEcuArEL.--Meadow hay, £4 15s to £5 15 s; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. Supply good. Trade dull. The number of visitors at the Crystal Palace yesterday was as follows :—Admissions on 'Payment, 18,034; by season tickets, 5,149—t0tal visitors, 23,183. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Louis of Hesse, went shooting yesterday with his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge near Richmond. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Hilda of Anhalt, visited the Tower of London yesterday. Their royal highnesses were attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, Baroness de Schenck, Lieutenant- Colonel Keppel, and Baron de Nordeck Rabenau. Their royal hignnesses dined- with the Duke of Cambridge at Gloucester House in the evening. Prince d'Arenberg has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle's party at ' Clumber Park, near Worksop, for the Doncaster races, in . - eludes Viscount Andover, Lord and Lady Bury, Lady Ross more and Major Stackpole, Colonel Ouseley Higgins, Lady Susan Vane Tempest, Lord Arthur Clinton, &c. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are enter- taining a select party at Dunrobin Castle, N.B. His Serene Highness Prince George of Solms arrived there on Mon day from Lord Lovat's seat, Beaufort Castle, Inverness shire. The Hon. A. and Mrs. Egerton, and the Hon. Edward and Mrs. Coke have also arrived at Dunrobin Castle. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland has delayed her departure from Stafford House till to-day. The Earl Russell will leave North Berwick this morning to join the Queen at Balmoral, to be in attend ance as Secretary of State. The countess and family will remain at North Berwick till. the earl is relieved of his duties. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough are expected to arrive to-morrow at their town mansion in Arlington-street, from a series of visits in Ireland. Count and Countess Munster have arrived at Mr. and Lady E. Balfour's seat in the Highlands, from'the Earl of Dysart's seat, Dysart House, N.B. Lord Lyons has gone on a visit to the Duchess of Norfolk and family, at Arundel Castle, previous to his departure for Constantinople. Lord and Lady Lind;ay are entertaining a select party at Echt Hall, Aberdeenshire. MR. BRIGHT, M.P.—Mr. Bright, M.P., who, as we intimated on Monday, had been residing with Mr. Potter, M.P., at Pitnacree, Dunkeld, has arrived at Mr. M'Laren's, M.P., at Newington House. Last night (Monday) a deputation from the Anti-Clerico-Police Asso ciation, taking advantage of the hon. gentleman's visit, waited upon him in reference to the persecution of Dis senters in this city, and with a view to the course that should be taken by them on the meeting of the new Par liament. The deputation were most cordially received by the hon. member, and obtained several valuable sugges tions for their future guidance. Mr. Bright leaves town this (Tuesday) morning. —Caledonian Mercury. QUEEN EMMA OF HONOLULU AT WINDSOR.—The Queen of the Sandwich Islands, attended by her suite, paid a visit to the Hon. C. L. and Mrs. Courtney yes terday afternoon, at their residence in the cloisters of Windsor Castle. After partaking of refreshment, the Queen was conducted by the Rev. Canon and Mrs. Court ney over the Chapel Royal of St. George, and the Prince Consort's Memorial Chapel (formerly Cardinal Wolsey's Chapel). Her Majesty afterwards drove to Clewer, and visited the important establishment there connected with the Sisters of Mercy ; and on her return to Windsor at tended divine service in St. George's Chapel, and occupied the stall of the King of the Belgians as Knight of the Gar ter. After the service her Majesty went to the residence of the Rev. Canon Courtney, and at half-past 6 o'clock took leave and returned to town by the Great Western line. Her Majesty's Government have placed at the disposal of Queen Emma and her attendants the rooms at Claridge's Hotel, Brook-street, which are usually occupied by such royal personages as are received as guests in this country. The Queen will take up her residence at the hotel next month. VIM OF JAPANESE TO THE COPPER MINES AT ALDERLEY EDGE. In accordance with an invitation given some time back, by Mr. Charles E. Proctor, of Macclesfield, the chairman of the Alderley Copper Min ing Company, to Mr. Ryle Holme and the Japanese gentlemen under his care, a - numerous party assembled on Saturday last to view these extensive works. During the time occupied in lighting up the subterranean galle ries and caves, which were illuminated for the occasion, the Japanese guests made a minute inspection of the works above ground. A move was then made to wards the incline leading to the mouth of the mine. The company were gratified to learn that Lady Stanley, the Hon. Miss Stanley, with other members of the same family, had signified their pleasure to witness the illumine nations of the inner works and galleries, and her ladyship led the way, followed by the guests of the chairman and & strong muster of the fair sex and other residents of Alder ley and Chorley. Suddenly they emerged into a large vault, whose dimensions the light from hundreds of candles failed to reveal. This, was, however, from time to time acconr plished by the mining men who were perched aloft with sup plies of magnesium wire, which being burned, lit up the cavity* and its ramifications with surpassing effect and brilliancy. From this point the works seemed to take a sudden dip downwards ; still the path was never impracticable, and walking was continued with pleasing facility for perhaps a quarter of a mile further down, leading to a still larger cavity, lit up with innumerable candles and impromptu chandeliers. This was evidently that part of the mine nowt being vigorously worked. The spacious cavern was repeat edly and brilliantly illuminated with blue lights, magne sium wire, and yellow, pink, and white fires; and at this, the culminating point of interest, the Japanese guests could be seen gliding with great alacrity into the different lodes or subsidiary galleries from which the copper stone 15 being daily extracted in large quantities. The pleasing interest of the company present w as h ere k ept up f or fully a quarter of an hour, every minute of which was filled uP with a variety of illuminating effects which elicited fre" quent exclamations of gratification. Subsequently 06 guests of the chairman adjourned to the Queen's Hotel, ill Chorley, where a sumptuous repast had been provided. A PAINFUL SCENE UPON THE RlVER.—Yester da i about 1 o'clock, as one of the Express steanaboats which run between the City and Westminster had cleare: the arch of the bridge now being built for the railway fr ° Charing-cross to the City, the passengers heard a loud Wr o from the shore, which proceeded from a number of lads wh .. were bathing in the river at the Dowgate-stairs land h3 l s o place. The steamboat being on the Middlesex side of th e river, it could be clearly seen that one of the party, , i 0 lad about 15 years of age, had been washed out of '' a. depth by the swell of a steamer which had just pass e l: , o The tide was running down very fast, and he was see wit i ii rise three times, and the last time he was carried great force against some piles that were near the ti b iati ro and was not seen again, although for above two that part of the bank of the river was carefully drag on Upon inquiry it was ascertained that hisname th w the ss;t7 a 1 had come out for his dinner. The p o o r mother was IT i t ife re the same way as his ill - fate d son. Two other boy " the spot soon after and recognise d his c lo t h es. She in appears, the widow of a lighterman, who lost his l drowned near the same spot on Sunday last. and he was working at some printer's near C o) , , N , L3 )4 . Ai lora nee api tat Real 69f. , kr, cues. Bu rathe a %lig k„ ( Prow stock