The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-02 00:00:00

VEGETARIAN ANNIVERSARY.

On the 26th July the Vegetarian Society held its
eighth anniveriour meeting in the Town-hall, Salford. In
the morning and afternoon a large number of friends of the
muse from all 'au of the country met in conference; ad-
dreucs were delivered by several gentlemen ; and a number
of resolutions were pseud bearing on the future progress
and development of the movement. A banquet intervened
between the two meetings of the conference, and at six
o'clock in the evening about 160 persons partook of tea.
Jamas Sistraox, Esq.,J.P., of Foxhill Back, presided at
the evening public meeting, which, like the other meetings,
was held in the Salford Town hall, and was attended by
many in addition to them who had been present at the con-
ference. Amongst the pagans present WIN:—Ald. Hervey,
Sallord; Messrs. Wm. 0. Ward, Birmingham; F. Towgood,
London; Jobe N jun., Boston; G. Dornbusch, Lon-
don; J. H. Nelson. Manchester; J. Wrigley; 8. Pope,
Manchost,e; N. Oran, Birmingham; Mrs. James Simp•
son ; Mrs. Smith, Olargew ; Messrs. T. H. Barker, Man-
chester; J. Cunliffe, Bol•on ; James Oulu% Manchester;
11...b0rt Milner, Manchester; James Harvey, Manchester;
3.0. Palmer, Birmingham ; Wm. Oldham, Manchester ;
Joha Andrews, jun., Leeds; Wm. M'Oowen, Liverpool ;
and Simpson Bootees, Maseru:stet. The room was tastefully
decorated with Bowers and evergreens, with busts, and
with appropriate mottoes.
Mr. Stetson, in l's opening remarks, said that the
object of the vegetarian movement was very much raison-
dorstood. It was opposed that they wished to abridge the
'lnform of society, whereas their true design was to increase
human happiness—not to take asything away, but to add to
that which enabled a man to feel at ease with himself and
happy in every circumstance of life. Ths proof of the ad.
vantages of the system over those of the mixed diet wee
demonstrated by the fact that nine-tenths of those who,
having been meat eaters at first, have become convene to
vegetarianism, had come to the practical conclusion that It
was a better system than the other, and remained in the
practice of it as a habit of life. There was no self-denial in
vegetarianism ; on the contrary, it increased the resources of
diet, and increased gustatory eujayment in its practises.
Mr. W. 0. WARD, of Birmingham, said he had gone
through seven years of toil and excitement, as a commercial
traveller, in all seasons and weathers, and had never fouod
his vegetarian diet fail him. He stated also, in the course
of his speech, that vegetarianism tended to render strong
drink distasteful to its practisars, and thus contributed to
the proems of temperance.
Mr. Nargamizi GRIFFIN, of Birmingham, was the next
spoiler, aced gars his testimony as a hard-working man (in
the heavy edge-tool trade) to the advantages of vegeta-
rianism. Harder work than heavy edge tool making, he
said, there was not anywhere ; not a man in England did
more of it than he did, and he had never been beaten yet.
Cold water with Scotch oatmeal in it was his drink while '
working.—Manchssfer Bremner.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE ROYAL BREWERY,
BilNTP011).-0a.Tuesday evening a fatal accident occurred
at the Royal Brewsry, &enticed, owing to the fail of a por-
tion of is wall enclosing a piece of waste ground adjoining
the brewery. Octside the wall an alley runs down to the
Themes, and of Am or Fie childn a who were playing there
two wan killed. A third was buried beneath the rubbish,
but MY sheltered in some way, and crawled mat uninjured.
The accident was minaret by the fail of elms recently built
mass which tasted against the wall.