The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-12 00:00:00

wrrorstiDAT.
N.E. to N. W. andS W., &MLLE& &W.
znoderato to fresh,
showery.
5.3. W. to W.N.W.,

DIJUJXII. W.S.W. to N.N.W..

fresh, some rain. fresh to moderate.
As next above. W. CEITIPAL. As next above.
&W. to N.W., mode- B.W.Exat.sich. Westerly, fresh, with
rate to fres& some showers.
showers.
As next above, gene- &L EIOLAID. S.W. to N.W., fresh to
rally fine. moderate.
Chicly westerly. mo- Z. tour. As next above.
derate,generally One.

THREATENED TURNOUT AT OLDHAIL—A general
turnout was expected at Oldham, yesterday, when it was
proposed that the unemployed operative* should go in •
body to the mills that are still working and draw the boiler.
plugs, as in 1842, when the Chartists incited the people to
this mode of stopping all the mills. The notion =angst
the workpeople was said to be that the present high price
of cotton was the cause of some being at work and othen
unemployed, and that a general stoppage, by bringing down
the price of cotton, would cure the evil. Groups of people
were assembled in the streets at an early hour yesterday,
but they did not proceed to any overt acts. Liar in the
morning, at the suggestion of more peaceably disposed ope-
ratives, an open-air meeting was held, which memorialised
the mayor to cell a meeting in the evening tocoosider what
steps would be beet to remedy their grievances. A depu.
tattoo from the meeting waited upon the mayor subs°.
queotly and he at once acceded to their wishes, and a public
meeting was advertised to be hold in the Town.hall in the
evening.
THE VOLUNTEER COMMIERION.—LoraI Blebs, in
presenting the prizes gained by the successful competitors
at the Cheshire Ride Association on Saturday last, s id :
There appears to me a wide bond of union amoopt us,
which unites all volunteers together, no matter from what
part of the country they may come. That bond of maims,
I believe, is • love of country and a sense of public duty ;
and I am sure of this, that as long as those feeliep pre-
vail, as they do now, amongst Englishmen, there will be
no fear of the permanence of the volunteer force. The only
fear of its permanence was the possibility of the volun-
teers, with all the good will in the world, not being able
to meet the expenses of volunteering ; I lay ' was,' be-
cause you are all aware that a volunteer commission has
lately sat, of which my friend Sir George Wetherell was
• distinguished member, sal that that volunteer tom-
mission has unanimously made recommendatioos which,
if adopted by the goveroment, will piece the volun-
teer force, lam convinced, in • position of permanence
and comfort is every respect. I have little fear that the
reeommendetions of that commission will be adopted, bo-
wie, when you have such men as Lord Lyndhurst, lard
Brougham, sod Lord Palmerston, those Nestor, of the
nation, strong advocates and supporters of the velnaner
movement, and when you have it supported as it le by the
use. body of the nation, I feel little- fear, but every amid-
demos as to the result. But if I had any doubt au the
point, it has been removed by what I saw in her Majesty's
most menus speech from the throne. Yon mast have all
aotamg that her Majesty, in bar speech from the throne, la
the first paragraph addressed to the Lords and Commons
together, speaks is the most gracious terms of the volasteer
force, and boars testimony to their attainment of military
efficieocy. I therefore feel confident that the ;poorness':de-
fame of the volunteer oornoundou will be alleadsd to by
her Malesty's government."

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The attendance yesterday was not considered
very good for Monday, but it consisted principally
of working people, as might be inferred from the
number of women carrying infants who might be
observed amongst the company. The majority,
probably not having as yet read the morning
papers, came armed with their "nose-bags" sensual,
and we were very much gratified to learn that not
one of the visitors had been stopped. There may,
it is true, be some little inconvenience to the
visitors who can afford to pay for refreshments
within the building, in seeing the improvised pic-
nics that occur in the various courts; but there
would be much greater inconvenience to the poor if
they were not allowed to have their own way, and
also to the Exhibition income, if those who from
henceforth to the end are to be its best customers
i were to be frightened away by what they would
' certainly consider to be a most tyrannical and un-
reasonable ukase. We believe that the refresh-
ment departments are daily as full as ever they can
hold, and that if the commissioners throw upon
them the onus of the whole commissariat, they
must greatly extend the present accommodation.
The following schools and other establishments
sent their organised parties to the Exhibition
yesterday :—Bromham National School, Beds, ex-
penses paid by the Hon. Misses E. and 8. Trevor,
15 ; Chichester Blueooet School, governors, 46 ;
St. John's-wood Female Orphan School, W. Mar-
shall, 22 ; Ship-yard Shoeblack Brigade, com-
mittee, 12; Hirsham, Surrey, National School,
committee, 16 ; Miss Ashley's evening-class of
workpeople, Woburn, Bucks, accompanied by Bev.
F. B. Ashley, A.Gilbey, 81; workpeople of Roberts,
Jowlinga, and Co., woollen-cloth manufacturers,
Stroud Gloucestershire, 300; workmen, Bourne
Beck, Canterbury' Smith Bell, Esq., 21 ; Viennese
excursionists, 352• 90th Depot, Canterbury, Cap-
tains Isley and Treacher, and Lieutenant Ward, 90.
The highest temperature yesterday, as regis-
tered by Messrs. Negretti and Zambra's patent
thermometers, was :—ln the nave, 65.7 deg. ; in the
galleries, 66.8 deg. the reading was taken at 3.45
p. m.
The following were the total numbers admitted
yesterday, compared with the corresponding day
in 1851 :

11189.
Season tickets 3,900
Monday, August 11
tickets
Payment and day tickets 60,161

Total 63,818

Taeason Motets
Monday, August 11
Total 68,6M

LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OP COMMERCE.-THE
AMERICAN CRISIS AND THE DISTRESS IN
LANCASHIRE.
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The half-yearly meeting of the Liverpool Chamber
of Commerce was held yesterday, under the presideney of
Yr. CHILTON. and wee attended by a number of members,
together with Yr. Ewart M.P., and Mr. Laird, Y.P. The
report, of which the following is an abstract, was taken as
read :—" With regard to the question of the rights of
belligerents at mu and the law of blockades, the report
dated that the council bad petitioned parliament in favour
of Mr. flordall's motion, aid though no decision was come
to upon the questioe, they were in hopes that the discus-
sion of the subject in parliament had not been without ad-
vantage. With regard to the Shipping Acta Amendment
Bill, somo important alterations in accordance with the
representations of the council had been made. Sines the
memorial of the council relative to import duties in India
on yarns and cotton goods, a reduction had been deter-
mined upon—a reduction which the council hoped would be
the forerunner of an entire abolition. A memond had been
forwarded to Lord Palmerston in favour of the establidiened

of telegraphic communication between Rangoon and Singa-
pore. Areport bad been transmitted to Earl Russell, embody-
tog suggestions for alterations in the present treaty with
Italy. Earl Russell bad also been memorialised in favour of
securing to British shipping the privileges of American re-
gistry, and admission to the coasting trade. The council
were glad to learn that the import mid export charges im-
posed under the Customs Act (1860) were likely to be
abolished, though their efforts relative to the abolition of
the charge imposed by the same act for operations in hood
had as yet been unsuccessful. The council had also devoted
attention, amongst other subjects, to the constitution of the
board of customs, to the consolidation of the inland revenue
and customs establishments, to the Partnership Law
Amendment Bill, the duty oa fire insurances, the
laws of patent, for inventions, and the camps-
retire rates of railway carriage between Liver-
pool and other parts with inland towns. A favour-
able reply had been received from the Duke of
Newcastle relative to the establishment of bi.monthly
postal service between Panama and the colonies of British
Columbia and Vancouver's Island. In conclusion, the
council expreened regret at the continuance of the civil war
in America, and the report stated that they had appointed
a committee to watch the supple of cotton.
The CHAIRMAN!, after describing the steps which the
chamber bad taken relative to the principal questions
noticed in the report, said that they had not felt it their
duty to make any representations to the government rela-
tive to the present unfortunate struggle in America. It
was impossible for any one to foretell how that s
would end; but if it ended in the separation otlfugg:
Southern from the Northern States, he (Mr. Chilton) bad
no doubt that ultimately, as had been the case with oar own
colonies, that separation would be regarded by both of the
parties at present contending as a blessing.
Mr. Ewairr, M.P., in moving the adoption of the report.
expressed his deep regret at the continuance of the civil
war in America. He quite coincided with the neutral policy
of the government ; but at the same time he should cor-
dially rejoice if an opportunity were afforded for this
country to combine with other powers on the Continent to
put an end to the dreadful struggle. He could not help ex-
pressing his admiration of the manner in which the working
classes of the country had borne the present severe crisis.
Alluding to the Liverpool subscription, Mr. Ewart said that
though Liverpool had to some extent felt the pinch of the
difficulty, her subscriptions bad exceeded the amount raised
in London and the provinces by the London committee. Mr.
Ewart waa of opinion that the new Mercantile Shipping Act
was calculated to be highly beneficial to the mercantile
oommunity.
Mr. LAIRD, M.P., seconded the motion.
After sense remarks from Mr. LAWRENCE HETWORTH on
the importance of the complete abolition of the customs
duties, and the substitution of • direct income tax, the
was adopted.
report
of thanks to the borough and county members of
parliament and the chairman concluded the business.