The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-14 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE WORKING CLASSES INDUS•
TRIAL EXHIBITION.

A public meeting of the inhabitanta of the
borough of Marylebone waa held last evening at the Court-
house, in Marylebooe•leoe, to initiate no industri►l exhi•
bition for that locality upon the model of the recent North
London Exhibition.

Sir HOU/WILL PALX:II, M.P., the Attorney•Geoe.
ml, presided, and uprooted his gratification at being
invited to take the chair on so interesting and im-
portant an occasion. (Cheery.) He felt sure that all the
residents of Marylebone must feel deep interest io a move-
ment that was eminently calculated to raise the intelligence,
encourage the industry and the artistic tarts of the clause
referred to, by exhibiting the products of their intellect and
industry to the public in a manner as advantageous aa they
had been displayed recently in soother part of the metro-
polis. He believed that the North London Exhibition was
bat the beginning of a aeries of similar exhibitions which
would not only thud to the elevation of the working claws
as they were called, but to the advautage of the comoulunity
generally. Being absent from town at the time he
had not had the opportunity of visiting the 'shorten
exhibition, but those who had were very much satisfied
with the result, and very moth struck with the ingenuity
displayed, while all felt that that exhibitiou formed the
germ of • movement which could not but boot great beoeht
to the classes who sugared in it. They knew what could be
done by those clasees they saw what had been done with-
out the Menem**, of capital or leisure, and is fact seder
almost every disadvantage. It was important that those
classes should have the opportunity of bringing forward the
products of their skill and ingenuity before the public, and
taking their chance of the reward which public appreciation
brought with it, instead of being compelled, as wee now too
ohm) the case, to hand over all the pecuniary advantages
to their employer. or other capitalist., or to deprive
society of the bitnefits of their inventions. (Hear,
beer.) In order to protect exhibitors in the
right of their inventions, he understood a move-
, meet was on foot to extend to them the same
protection which was given to exhibitors at the Great
Exhibition of 1862, sod he promised to use all his influence
lin favour of such a ccesseire. (Cheers.) He looked op=
these industrial exhibitions as a means of promoting the
happiness and moral elevation of those who took part in
them. and he fully subscribed to the opinions expressed by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the other day, es the
subject, in closing the batiste° exhibition.
The Rev. E. Witttturr, a depatatiou from the central
committee, explained the arrangements which bad been
made by the formation of district committees in connexion
with the central committee for carrying out the object in
view. They bad experienced some difficulty in finding a
imitable place for the proposed exhibition, but an offer
had been made of the Polytechnic Institution, the det•ila of
which Professor Pepper would explain. What they wanted
is the first place wth to form a guarantee fund, to which
he was happy to say the working deems were contrtboting
their half-crowns and five shillings liberally. It was con-
sidered that the exhibition might open in the month of
March, and remain open for about two months, and that
it might be made so attractive that it would pay itself.
Mr. Idoitaeu., another member of the deputation, said
that the guarantee fond already amounted to 244/.
Professor Perris, of the Polytechnic, explained that the
terms on which the directors of the Polytechnic bad offered
the ass of that institution to the comdittee werelool. for the
week of preparation, and 200/. a week during the (tie pre-
'amid) four weeks of the exhibition, and for the week
which would be occupied in clearing away.
Mr. Hough and Mr. Morrie, working men, moved and
seconded the following resolution, which was supported by
Mr. Grata°, and mimed :—" That this meeting cordially
approves the proposed Industrial Exhibition for the work-
iog classes of the borough of Marylebooe. and pledges itself
to use every exertion in order to carry is out."
Mr. Hutton and Mr. Pinot* waved and seconded, and
I Mr. Nicholay spoke in favour of the following resolution :
"That a district committee, to be called the Court-house
Committee, be formed oat of this meeting, who shall ar-
range their own place and times of meeting, and depute
three of their members as representatives at the central
committee, which meets every Friday evening at the
Working Men's Club, 71, Great Titchfielilatreet."
Another resolution pledging the meeting to the forma-
tion of the guarantee fund was also carried• and the pro-
ceedings terminated with the usual acknowledgment to the
chairman.

In the Legislative Council, Calcutta, the Hon. H.
8. Maine hes brought forward a bill to legalise the rant-
rime of native cooverts to Christianity. This measure his
been forced upon the government. The wives of native
Christians will not cohabit with them, and the moo muse-
quietly live in open shame. The missionaries were very
anxious to have a law which should enable them to remarry
their converts without suhjecting them to any peneltiee.
This tan of Mr. Naives will only authorise remar-
riage after such an interval has elapsed as will cow.
elusively prove the final desertiou of the wife. The parties
mast first be examined by a judge. "It would also, said
Mr. Maine, " be a desirable addition to the older draughts if
provision ware made for the convert having the oppor-
tunity of trying his own persuasion■ on Ilia wife in as inter-
view not overlooked or controlled by her family." Leave
was given to introduce this bill. No objection appears to
be entertaiised towards it es the part of the satires, and
the reissioaariss are satisfied with it.

LICENSED VICIVALLERs' AfirLOM.—ELECTION OF
SECRETART.—The Board of Management held • special
meeting at the Asylum yesterday, for the purpose of elect.
log • gentleman to the important office of secretary, the
hoard having accepted, at their monthly meeting on Friday
last, the resignation of Mr. Thomas Jones, who had so
zealously and ably occupied that peisitioe for the long period
of 3-1 years. At the solicitation of the board, many of the
past chairmen attended and rendered their advice. The
}ward unanimously resolved upon electing Mr. George frorie
as their secretary, that gentleman having officiated as
asalitast-secretary for the last tan years, and also in Mr.
Jones's office for • period of twenty years. Mr. Imrie
having had no much experience io the society's affairs, under
the able tutorship of Mr. Jones, the hoard feel confident
that the interests of the asylum will be carefully watched
over, and its prosperity advanced by that gentleman's
appointment. Mr. Irene expressed himself to the effect
that no effort should he wanting on his part to sustain the
proud position the Licensed Victuallers Asylum already
occupied, and to give every satiafactioe to the chairman,
board of management, and subscribers. Mr. lain, esters
upon hie important duties on the Ist of January next.
Morning Adrortiarr.
PRIVATE BILLS TOE NEXT SE,s(ON.—To-tuotTow
(Thursday) i• the last day for serving notices on the owners,
lessees, and occupiers of property required by the promoters
of private bill.. Monday, however, was the latest day for
posting letters to the persons referred to, and the number
of registered letters sent on that day is said to have been
very large. Each letter east 7d., mid coatained a form to
be filled up and returned, stating whether the peon ad.
dressed assents or dissents, or is merely "neater." A list
of the forms returned will lie 4 ismer& made up, and sub-
mitted to the House of Omotoons.
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Last night the Quoen'e scholars, in conformity
with a time-honoured make), performed what is so well
known as the " Westminster Play." For something like
three centuries it has been the custom to select one of the
plays of Terence or Plautua for represeutation, and its
announcement is, for the Wartmiuster scholars, one of
the sure forerunnen of Christmas. For once that a play
of Plautus bas bees selected one of l'ereore's has been
acted fifty times, and, indeed, the Westminster Play and
Terence are combined together in an almost iudissoluble nee-
ciation of ideas. Why Plautos is not oftener selected it
would not be easy to say, as he is unquestionably more Roman
than Terence, and has a broader veil of humour. On the
score of immorality there is not much preference
to be given to the one over the other. Perhaps the reason
of the preference is that the Latinity of Terence is purer
and more facile. Bet whatever be the cause it seems to be
as difficult to deprive Terence of his place in Westminster
School as it was in ancient times to make the God Terminus
yield his fixity of tenure.
Of the six plays of Terence which Lave come down to us.
four only receive the honours of repreaentet.ou at West-
minster School. The Pimento was the play this year. As
classical scholars well know, the Roman writers were in ao
department of literature so inferior to Vie ii.r.oks as in the
dramatic. it may be said that all their playa are adapts.
tions, if not actual transcripts, from Greek sources,
and although, unhappily owing to the less of
the writings of the dramatists of the "now comedy,"
we are not able to judge of the copies by a comparisoo with
the originals, it may be safely asserted, that like all imita-
tions, they are inferior to the models from which they
worked. The Phormiy is founded on a play of Apollodorua
called the Epidioaomenon, as Titmice states in his prologue.
Apollodorua, with klenander, Diphilus, sod some others,
were authors in whet is called the " new comedy " style of
drama, and it shows a curious revolution is literature, that
whereas thousands of plays were written by the Greeks in
this form, not a single one of them has descended to modern
times, and our only knowledge of the "new comedy"
is derived from the plays of Plautus and Tereuce. The
main plot of the Pliorni, is covicentrated around
a maiden—Phanium, the daughter of Coremes, by a clan•
destine marriage at Lemnos, behaving also a wife at Athens.
This daughter he intended to marry to his nephew Antipho,
and for this purpose and other business ho went to Lemnos.
But Phaaitun and her mother meantime Came to Athens,
where they inquired for Stllpho, the fame Dann which
Chreir.es amumed in Lemnos ; and, beteg un►ble to fled
him, the mother died of grief and want. Antipho, having
seen Phanium whilst attending her mother's funeral, falls
desperately in love with her, and as his improper proposals
are indignantly rejected, he obtains her in marriage
by the aid of PhorM.o, who, with the connivance
of Antipho himself, invokes against hint the law
of Athens which required t►e male next-of-kin
either so marry a free born maiden or to provide her with a
dowry. Neither Phormio nor Autipho were aware at the
' time of the relationship in which Plianium stood to the
latter, but fortune decided the fate of the two lo►ers as
their respective parents, Chremes and Dernipho, intsoded.
the play has been imitated by SI oliire in the Fourfcrin de
&apin with such signal want of successes to c,ll down upon
him the edge of Boileau'a satire. If we mistake net, an
adaptation of the play has also been made by the Ron
Canon Oakley. of St• Johu's, Islington, for a charitable per.
pose, uoder the title of That Rogue River.
The Phorrnio belongs to that section of the two-
fold classification into which the classical plan are
divided, which is called the stoeoria, or the lively.
Compared with some of the other Terentian playa,
them is no doubt a great deal of motion sod bustle in the
Phormio, but we have never assisted at a performance of
clue of these plays in which the "sedentary" characterinie
was not promisent as compared with the modern drama.
There is mot wanting a comic element in some of the 'Ami-
ties, and in the dialogue, but as oumpared with a good
modern comedy, there is a Indiana and absence of life
and variety in the classic plays which we can only
account for by the supposition that the antique society
was a very slow and formal business Milted as compared
with modern life.

As usual, theold dormitory was turnol into a temporary
theatre, and the " old " and "young Westminsiters," the
bead master, and other masters, were in their usual places.
The visitors, male and female, were numerous, but the
theatre was not co crowded as no doubt it will be to-
morrow, when the wooed performance hakes plaint The
following is the cast this year;
Pbormio
Gets
Demlpho
Autiplw
D.wiu C. F. 01,1111 et
Chromes
Phwdrla
Davos
ttopbrona O. J. circaltt.
liduratstrats W. Alm pier.
Hee., G. E I; tres.
Oatisios
Crib

The performance wu excellent as • whole. That of
Nichols se rhOffillo and of Simpler as Natudatrita was par.
ticululy good, but we •hall defer any further notice of the
acting till the second performance—tbe tint night heiog
regarded rather in the light of a rehearsal. The prologue
and epiloaue were omitted last night, but will be delivered
in Thursday's performance.