The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-08 00:00:00

YETROPOLITAff DISTRICT MUSEUMS.

On Saturday hat about 150 gentlemen from va-
don pasta of the osteopath easseabled at theleanne-room
of the South Kansingtoa Mumma, as the levitation of
Ball Gamma* the Pratideat of the Oegain, be *madder
the expecbouoy of de the old iris hada& which is
various removed, to thdlestablislimeet of elinteiet sesseams in
parts of the metropolis. Tbo westing was called ln
sonsequeos of the Committee or Council as Educatioa
bevies mosived many cameaugioations roped* the seta-
blislmeat of antropolita• dist:tot museums of miens, and
art. sad the Orono Angel that the committee were egssi-
&nag how the iroo buddies of the South
Museum might be one useful for soh porpose.Kis=
member' of parliament who take es *eraser in fin-
ed questions woe prawn, inoludieg the Right Roo. W.
Orison, ILP., the Obis' Comonedoose of Weeks ; Mr.
Brno, M.P. ; Mr. Arts% Y.P. ; Mr. Lodge, ILP. ;
Mr. Brigs" M.P.; diaeresis Salomon% M.P.; Mr. Mte,
Y.P. Thee' ware also pesesst. Lord Buri, Mr. Beresford
Hope, Me. God,* the Rev. Mr. T.W. Fowls, and who
*psoleos" represestiag the intersets d differeat part of
Ind Granville. In sPeniag the penesedinp, ob-
served that the premien minim was of as es** re-
limieary character, celled ie ceder to enable the council to
menus how far the divides of the beading would avail
for the formation of district 11/9h11011311. From the exami.
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nation that had beau made it was :cued that the building
might be easily divided into three ports, au&
the government were anxious to bow he
far
their efforts would be supplemented by Shoe of the
districts which had sent ouumunioatkos to them
opreasing • desire to have macaw. He had little doubt I
that it distrist 1110/11IMS were owe formed collection
woad be avidly medeLend they would be easily supported I
by volnetary efforts. What the goverment proposed was,
that if ennoble sites could be °bound. and there was • ,
prospect of the population of the dietriot leading • helping
hand, the loon authorities should be allowed to purchase
the old materials for a nominal sum, which would represent
beds moo thee the cost of removaL An idea had mitered
his mind that it would perhaps be possible for the govern-
meat to Lod the materials at a mall rest, hut that ides
hid net Yet ham vasiisiod at A As eattusted OOM
veronica then ee in whisk claims were psi forward
coo Wolfer the ,teints of the south of Limbos, the tar
east, the north-east, sod other dietrists. The meal opinion
nonmed was entirely in favour of the ohms for inn-
lining district museums, aid Yr. Mandalay, Mr. Murphy,
adthe Rev. Newman Hall, te potting forward claims for
South London, stoned that a site would be fortheorgiag at
one, and that ample subsoriptions would he made to sup-
port a district museum. Evestaally it was acreage&
that within the wit eh months the subject
should he thoroughly weitilated in the different die- I
Wats, and that will& that time definite propagate
should be submitted to the Council es Education. who
would in the mean time eve ewer facility to the pro.
motets of the various schemes to obtain all the regulates in-
formation as to the reeds in which such museums
should be astabliehed and carried on. The require-
ments on the part of the gownsman were said
by the 'abhor' simply to be that a fitting site should be
obtained by gift or podia" and that a carftin amount of
help should in rendered in each case by the dietriels in
which it was proposed to foam a museum, and es
their part they would dispose of the building di-
vided into three parts at • merely nominal prios end
wider certain conditions to be hereafter defined. A ear-
dial vote of thaoks was given to Earl Granville for
calling the meeting end presiding, and he, in respoeding to
ths vote, expressed the gratification it bad &fronted him to
find that there was so shoe; and unsairoans • desire to ado
local muname.