The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-09 00:00:00

THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.

Amongst the visitors recognised during yes-
terday were Prince Edward of Saxe Wiemar, the
Duke and Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke
of Rutland ; the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort, with her
Grace's daughter', the Lady Henrietta Mount, and the
Lady Rase Lovell ; Lord Llanover, and the Hon. Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert of Lanarth, Lord Feversham, Lord Berner,
Sir M. Peto, M.P., Sir j. Paxton, M.P., Mr. Branton,
M.P., and Mrs. Brain stop, the Earl of Hardwieke, Lord
St. Maur, Lord Walsingham, the Hon. General Hood,
the Hon. James Byng and the Hon. F. Byng, Sir E. Col.
brook*, Colonel Challoner, kn. A/ might naturally be ex-
pected, the great sources of attraction were the splendid
cups and terns to be presented this year u prizes for the
beat specimens in the respective classes in lieu of medals,
sod which were exhibited by Mr. Thomas, of New Bond-
street, the manufacturer, in an enclosure in the centred
avenue.

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

EXPEDITION ACROSS ills GREAT DESEB.T OF

BHAYOO.

The December meeting of the Royal Geographi-
cal Society took place yesterday evening at Burlington
House, Piocadilly. and was very numeroasly ►ttended by
members sod visitors, Sir Roastuca I. MINICRIOON in the
chair. . _

Among the gentlemen present were—Admirals Sir E.
Belcher and R. Cajun, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir Rutherford Alcock, Sir Harry Pukes. General Sir Henry
Rawlinson, Captains Sherard Osborn, Hall, Stirling, and
Craufurd, R.N., Colonels Greathed and Rigby, Captains
Woodhead and Oldenhaw, Sir Andrew Waugh, Sir Chris-
topher Rawlinsoa, Sir Thomu Fremantle, Sir Digby Neave,
Sir James Alexander, M. Du Chaillu, Mr. Crampon, M.P.,
Sir Richard M`Donnell, Drs. Hodgkin, Rae, and Beke,
Messrs. Laurence Oliphant, Hamilton Lindsay, Crawfurd, '
Cooke, Calton, Charles White, Biddulph, &c.
Two papers of interest and importance in reference to
the extreme eastern portion of Chinese Unary, engaged
the whole attention of the meeting. The one by Mr.
Muhl was deemiptive of • journey made by that gentleman
into the interior of Mantchuria, for • distance of about five
hundred miles from Pekin ; and the other by Mr. Charles
Mitchell Grant, who related the particulars of an expedition
made by him across the Mongolian portion of the great
desert of Shamoo, or Cohi, by • route hitherto untravereed
by any Englishman. Both paper possessed a peculiar
interest, from the fact that the excursions described are
among the brat fruits of the recent treaty of Tien.tain,
of the faithful execution of which on the part of the Chinese
they afford very gratifying evidence, besides showing that
there does not now exist any practical difficulty in the way
of our obtaining access to, and information concerning, the
long-clued Celestial Empire.

THE MEETING TO-MORROW ON THE GREEK

QUESTION.

The following are the resolutions to be proposed
to-morrow at the City meeting on the Greek question, at
which Mr. It. W. Crawford, M.P., will reside:p
" I. That this meeting, recognising. the mutual interest
of the several states of Europe in their common welfare and
progressive advancement, desires to express its hearty sym-
pathy with the efforts now being made by the Greek people
for the political regeneration of their country.
" 11. That as Englishmen they have long beheld with re-
gret the depressed condition of the Greek nation, through
the mismanagement of a ruler who, acquiescing in tho vio-
lation of solemn financial engagements, and indifferent to
the consequeut destruction of its public credit, disregarding
the stagnation of the internal industry of the country, and
withholding ut encouragment to the development of her
great natural resources, has met with the just punishment
of expulsion from his government and country.
"111. That entertaining the conviction that the natural
and inherent right of every nation to choose its own form
of government is now too well understood throughout
Europe to admit of external interference in the affairs of
Greece, this meeting is as fully persuaded that in the re-
organisation of their political affairs the people of Greece
will on their part scrupulously respect the rights of all other
states.

" IV. That the chairman of this meeting be requested to
transmit these resolutions to the Greek committee, and to
assure them that in its opinion the admirable moderation
nod unanimity which have marked the recent political
changes in Greece entitle her people to the moral support
and warm sympathy of all civilised nations."

"DIFFICULTY OF GETTING WORKPEOPLE A2'
MANCHESTER."

On the 4th there appeared a statement in the daily
papers under the above heading, stating that the Hopeffeld
silk mill, Salford, required 50 or 60 bard silk winders end
cleaners ; that a public notice had been pla,md on the walls,
and that only about a dozen had offered—the reason being
that they could get more at the sewing school—namely,
3s. W. per week from the school, and 3s. from the relief
committee. This statement has done the sewing school
movement seriou. harm, and Mr. W. Birch, secretary to the
institute at Manchester, writes to the Times :
. . _ .

'• Why cannot the flopegeld silk mill get bands? All the
other silk mills in the district can have enough and to
spare, without soy public notice. The fault is not with the
hands, but at the mill. The fact is that one of the men in
charge is, to use the language of those who know, a
•ty rant,' and many silk bands state that if this man
were removed there would be no lack of workers. Their
neighbours, Mews. Holland and Co., a cotton mill, have no
difficulty whatever, and our girls are most willing to go
when required. When there is no work at the mill they
come to the sewing school. Out of 3,350 girls on our regis-
ter-book we have only 11 silk hands, and of these mos
were at a silk mill last week. All our girls have brought
me a note from their employers, but the owner of the Hope-
field mill has not sent me any. If owners of mills will
communicate with the managers of the schools, we will
undertake to supply them, but don't let them publish such
a mistaken idea as the one to which I am now replying.
This week we hare about 400 young women belonging to
my sewing schools who have been working in the mills for
three or four days. Next week they may be at school
again, hut certainly not if there is any work at the mills.
I am employing about 600 young women from the Meier&
Stirling's mill, and on Wednesday a message came to the
school to say that one of the rooms in the mill would com-
mence work again on the following day. Instead of long
faces and mutiny, there was a tremendous applause, re-
peated again and again ; indeed the girls were so overjoyed
to get back to the loom' that we could not get the needles
to work during the rest of the day. The girl named in the
statement referred to is an impoutor. The relief committee
would not give her 30. extra if they were aware that she
was at the sewing school, and they who made the statement
should expose her. Of course there are a few imposition'',
but they are very few. The majority of our 3,000 girls
receive only 3s. 4d. a week, and sometimes a little soup or
hash, and they would rejoice to get back to their looms.
2,800 of our girls got from Ba. 6d. to lls. at the mills for
ordinary time of working. and 3s. 4d. at the sewing schools
would not keep them from the mills if they were open."

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