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A meeting was held yesterday evening in the St.
Thomas's School-room, Waterloo-road, for the purpose of
considering the desirability et estmlAr a !roe public
library and reading-rooms in the parish of Lambeth. Mr.
T. HUGHES, M.P., presided.
Letters were read from gentlemen who sympathised
with the object of the meeting, but were unable to be
present, one of the writers, Mr. Luck, of Acre-wharf,
saying, " I wish the committee every success, but as I
look on Mr. Hughes as being almost as bad as the dome-
MAGIC LANTERN AND DISSOLVING VIEWS. , f zaguehltlerilht, I fear I cannot accept your invitation."
ATEGRETTI and ZAMBRA'S NEW ILLUS- Mr.i
HUGHES said the letter just read was rather compli-
-LI TRATED BOOK, describing the OXY-HYDROGEN and Mentary to him than otherwise, because if he were
OXY.CALCIGII LIGHTS, painting on Rte. spectral effect i • almost • •
and ghosts. Price one shilling Hatton-garden : 59, Cornhlll : as oaa as the demagogue Bright" already,
slid s. : and 153, tleetstheet. Catalogues of lanterns, perhaps some day he might become quite as bad —(laughter)
slides. dn., post tree. —a circumstance which he thought would be a matter of
- _ great satisfaction to the electors of Lambeth, as they
would in that case have for their representative a very
distinguished person. (Cheers.) They had met that
evening to endeavour to arouse in the borough some little
seal towards the establishment of a pubhc library and
museum ; but he doubted whether, under the Act 13th
and 14th Victoria, they could effect their object unless
Lambeth were made a municipality ; because the act pro-
vided that such a thing must be done by the mayor at the
request of the town council. At present Lainbeth was not
a municipal borough. but he thought it desirable that
some new municipal life should be implanted among the
great metropolitan boroughs, and that It would be a good
thing to convert them into distinct municipalities. Mr.
Mill, the member for Westminster, had brought
forward a measure for the purpose of convert-
ing Westminster, Lambeth, Marylebone, Finsbury,
the Tower Hamlets, and Southwark, into distinct
municipalities, united on equal terms with the
City of London. He regarded the establishment of pub-
lic libraries and museums as a great and important step in
advancing the education of the people. (Hem, hear.)
Most of those who were then present lusd probably re-
cently attended meetings that bad been larger and more
excited than that, the object of those meetings being to
support a reform in the constitution of the country, and a
very largo extension of the suffrage. (Cheers.) Nothing
could be more desirable than this in the present crisis of
affairs in England ; but, at the same time, the movement
for spreading, and deepening, and widening the education
of the people was scarcely less important. (Cheers.) By
the one movement they hoped to throw open the doors
of the constitution to a very large number of their fellow-
subjects, and by the other they hoped to make
those who were to be admitted within the pale
of the constitution worthy of that admission. (Cheers.)
Having pointed out the advantages conferred by the es-
tablishment of free public libraries and museums, Mr.
Hughes, referring to the general question of public educa-
tion, said the time was coming when those who wished
well to the people of this country must insist on a com-
pulsory education. (Cheers.) Parents were hound by the
law of England to provide, as far as they had the means,
the requisite food, raiment, and lodging for their chil-
dren, and he did not see why they should not also have
the obligation laid upon them of providing for the mental
wants and nourishing the minds and souls of their off-
spring. (Cheers.) He saw that all the most active friends
of education throughout the country were cooling to this
conclusion, and he thought the time was approaching
when all who' were well-wishers of the country should put
their strength into the movement. When they had suc-
ceeded in effecting their object they would have formed a
PRUSSIA. • population who would be well able to appreciate the mu-
BERLIN, DEC. 6. 1 sums and libraries, which ho hoped he might hereafter
see, not only in Lambeth, but in all the great towns and
To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, the debate ' centres of population in the country. (Cheers.)
on the Dotation Bill was resumed. General von Resolutions in furtherance of the object of the meeting
were then agreed to, and a vote of thanks to Mr. Hughes
Stavenhagen made a speech, in which he said : for presiding brought the proceedings to a close.
" May the act which the Chamber is about to per-
form in recognition of the services of our brave'
of the 1 The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following
army redound to the honour and prosperity
gentlemen,ouns(l
r
Fatherland." Herr Hoverbeck's motion, proposingßenjamin Hardy, Mr. Henry Cotton, Mr.
that the dotation list should comprise only the J. T. Schomberg, K. Kerslake. Mr. .Tohn Pearson,
names of Generals von Moltke, Herwarth, von Bit- Mr. George Little, Mr. George Bruce, Mr. E. E. Kay, aud
Mr. Francis Roxburgh.
tenfeld, von Steinmetz, and von Falkenstein, was The eleven respondents in the case of the Queen's
rejected. The proposition of the committee on the University supplemental charter intend at once to goes.
bill was subsequently adopted by 219 against 60 tion the judgment of the Irish Master of the Rolls in the
, Court of Appeal in Chancery, and it is understood that, at
votes. the request of the Lord Chancellor, Judge Christian will
The Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt has now hear the matter in conjunction with Lord Justice Brewster.
A meeting of the senate was held on Wednesday aftrnoon
notified the Prussian government of its readiness
to consider whether the appointment of new examiners
to send representatives to the ministerial con- under the supplemental charter would be proceeded with,
ference to be held on the 15th inst. at Berlin, and according to advertisement, but in face of the injunc.
tion this step was not adopted, and an immediate adjoarn-
also that it will give orders for carrying out the ent took place.
elections for members to the North German par- PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY, RED-HILL. —A meet-
liament without delay. This the government of ing of the governors of this charity was held yesterday
Hesse Darmstadt had not yet taken any steps to 'l.'m Gladstone
oonureart tthethLoe Aden Tavern ; Mr. M . ,
thete trnr, It appeared from the report of
effect, and it is believed that the utmost energy Walters),
the resident 'chaplain (the Rev. C. that during
will require to be displayed in order to complete the quarter ending 30th November TI boys were admitted
into the institution, and that 13 were discharged within
these elections in time for the opening of the par- the same period. Of the number discharged eight had
liament. completed their terms, two emigrated to Canada, two
It is stated that the King of Saxony will arrive licensezrnti;3lltilese holCil
oennsithocyrneniti,and November on died.
was ;r7hle. n RI;
here on the 17th inst. on a visit to the King of auditors' report for the quarter ending 30th Sept. lest
Prussia. stated that the total receipts had been 3,326/. 4s. 2,1.,
while the expenditure had amounted to 2,048/. 91. Pd.,
The King paid a visit this afternoon to the leaving a balance of 1,°771. 14s. sd. The farm account
Crown Prince of Denmark, who returned his for the pulastts year was presented and showed very favour-
Majesty's visit in the course of the day. There aabultehorrftisesof the county oTere Lancashireentnrsd n
anidi°the throutghfi
will be a state dinner in the royal palace to- (A Shrewsbury for the reception of boys, after which the
morrow, and on Saturday at the palace of the proceedings terminated.
Crown Prince. The Crown Prince of Denmark PREVAUTioNS AGAINsT FENIAN'S)! IN LIVERPOOL.
—Though the Fenians who may be reddest in Liverpool
will take his departure on Sunday next. have hitherto given no decided signs of their existence, a
number of the townspeople hr.ve recently expressed un-
mistakable uneasiness at the fact of nearly 5.000 stand of
arms being stored in the various volunteer depits of the
PARIS, DEC. 6. town, without any precaution being taken against their
The Patric of this evening states that the scheme capture b a sudden attack. This week, however, acting
Which is being concerted between the catholic upon suggest: ne made to them privately,several command-
ing officers of the various volunteer corps have either had
powers, and which is to be submitted to the the nipples or locks removed from the rifles, or placed an
Pontifical government, has no political character. armed guard nightly over the head-quarters. This latter
precaution has also been taken at the places w
It is simply a renewal of the proposal of 1862 for a prms of the militia and local pensioners are stored.here the
an arrangement by which the catholic states, with THE HEAVY RAINS.—The almost continuous,
the co-operation of their respective governments, and at times heavy rain
damage which has
l fallen since
prop Sunday
should furnish the Pope's civil list. last is causing to ow-lying
the suburbs of the metropolis, and in the provinces for
some miles around it. The various rivers are much
AMERICA. swollen, and in some of the railway cuttings the water
I
Oa ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) covers the lines, rendering extreme caution necessary on
the pert of the authorities. In many country villages
NEW YORK, Dec. 5, Eviacixo. humble cottages are flooded, and great anxiety is enter-
G01d,1391i. sterling. Exchange on London, 1091. tained with regard to the wheat c
the wind last night was
blowing " great guns."
Erie, 71. Cotton, middling upland, 33}c.i HIDE SaLes.—The following is Messrs. Culver-
well,
, "At the twenty-third series of hide sales for the year, a
THE RAILWAY OVER MONT CENTS.—The work cod demand was experienced for East India kips. Salted
is actively proceeding on the temporary railway over Mont tides also sold fairly, but at slightly easier prices. East
Cents, which is intended to perform the service during the India (Cox and Cow)—Calcutta were in good request, the
eight or nine years which must still elapse before the greater portion of the quantity offered being cleared off at
tunnel can be made available. According to experiments from late rates to an advance of Id. per lb. ; the demand
made, the mountain between Saint Michael and Snsa can was chiefly for export. Bombay, &c.. were only part sold.
be crossed in four hours, and the length of the line be- The analysis of the sales is 80,335 Calcutta new parcels,
tween these two stations being nearly 80 kilometres (50 41,757 brought forward from former sales, and 4,639 Born-
miles), it follows that the speed attained is 20 kilometres , bay, Ro.—in all 126,731 hides, of which 109,780 were sold.
an hour. Each train will be able to take 50 passenger', East India—Buffalo sold at about fonner prices. Leather
but not more. The great quantity of snow which falls for —East Indian was dull of sale at a reduction of fully Id.
six months of the year, and covers the sides of the moon- per lb. upon late rates. Australian was only part sold, at
tai, makes it necessary that the railway for a consider- prices slightly in favour of buyers. Salted Hides (Aus-
able portion of its length should be protected by wood tralian)—Heavy hides were in only limited request at
and iron sheds sufficiently strong to resist the torte of slightly easier prioes. Light sold freely at late rates.
avalanches.—Galignaiti. South American were all sold. Cape : for the portion
CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY.— sold, late rates were obtained. Gibraltar mostly boughtb
THURSDAY, Dim. 6.—Admissions on payment, 424; ditto in. Bark—Mimosa was in very limited Tquest,
by season tickets, 943 ; total visitors, 1,367. portion of the quantity offered being sold.'

THE UPPER THAMES NAVIGATION DISTRICT.—
Yesterday the election of four conservators, to be ap-
pointed under the Act of last session, for the Upper
Tames Navigation District, took place at the Clarendon
Hotel, Oxford. The candidates were—Colonel Harcourt,
of Nuneham-park ; Mr. T. K. Hedges, of Wallingford-
castle, Berke ; Rev. J. C. Clutterbuck, of Long Witten-
ham, Berks : Mr. Chas. H. Witherington, of beefing
Mills, Reading ; Mr. G. Alexander, of Highworth, Wilts ;
and Mr. John Towle, of the Weirs Paper Mills, near
Oxford. The polling commenced at 12 o'clock, and,
together with the reception of proxies, lasted till 4 o'clock.
The following was the result of the poll : —Hedges, 364 ;
Clutterbuc, 364 ; Harcourt, 363 ; Witherington, 304 ;
Alexander, 239 : Towle, 3. The election accordingly fell
upon the four first named, Mr. H. Latham, of the Claren-
don Press and Wolvercott Mills, retired from the contest
at an early stage of the candidature.
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES REGISTRATION FEES.—
An order in council has recently been published, directing
that the following rules be observed in respect to stamps
used and taken for fees payable in the Companies Regis-
tration office :-1. The stamps to be need for collecting
the fees payable to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies
shall be procured and paid for by the persons liable to pay
such fees. 2. All documents tendered for registration
shall be according to the approved forms, and bear an im-
pressed stamp denoting the amount of fee payable for the
same. 3. Where any such fees are payable in respect of
any matter or thing to be done in or by any officer in the
Companies Registration-office, the person or his attorney
requiring such matter or thing to be done or permitted to
be done, shall make application for the same in the form
kept for that purpose in the said' office, and an adhesive
stamp denoting the amount of the fee so payable shall be
affixed to such form of application. 4. On the necessity
thereof being proved to the satisfaction of the registrar, with
his consent, the stamp denoting the amount of the fee payable
in respect of such matter orthing as aforesaid maybe either
impressed on or affixed to any copy, second certificate, or
extract, so applied for as aforesaid, in lieu of being affixed
to the form of application. 5. All adhesive stamps affixed
to any paper presented to, kept in the possession of, or
delivered out by the said registrar, shall, before the act is
done or permitted to be done in respect of which the fee
denoted by such stamp is payable, be effectually cancelled
by some officer in the office of the said registrar, who
shall write thereon tho initial letters of his name and the
date of such cancellation ; and no such paper shall be filed
or delivered out, or act done, until such stamps shall have
been cancelled or defaced in manner aforesaid. 6. That
when any stamp has been cancelled without having been
legitimately used, and the Registrar of
certificate Joint-Stock Com-
anies has granted a that any partic
ular rstamp
a fit subject for allowance, it shall be oompetent to the
Board of Inland Revenue, upon the presentation of such
certificate, to allow the amount thereof.
THE CA/3E OF SCUTTLING A SHIP.—A telegram
was received by the City police last night from Webb, the
detective officer, stating that be bad arrived in England
with Lionel Holdsworth, the alleged principal ui the charge
of scuttling the Sayan, and be will be brought up with the
other prisoners at the next examination.

THE FENIAN STEPHENS. —Gentlemen who re-
quire to travel at present, would do well to provide
risk o rink
selves with credentials, if they would avoid the
being mistaken for the Fenian Bead-Centre Stephens.
Porters at railway stations and police detectives are show-
ing most praiseworthy vigilance and alacrity in looking
out for the arch-conspirator ;
make
and it is scarcel to be won-
dered at that they shouldoccasional mistakes.
Our Kilmarnock correspondent relates how the police
of that town pursued a suspected person to Troon
on Saturday ; and other cases of a somewhat sim
eman
ilar
nature have occurred in the county. A gentl
visiting Saltooats last week received attentions from the
police, owing to some supposed resemblance that he hors
to Stephens ; and we have heard of a commercial traveller
coming from Carlisle to Ayr a day or two since, who, but
for the fact of his being known to one of the guards, wou
ld
have had his journey interrupted. If the police and ra
way officials in other parts of the kingdom are as wide
awake as those in this district, it will be something wonder-
ful if Stephens succeed in running the gauntlet as he did
on the last occasion.—Ayr Adrvrtiser.
A CONCESSION TO SMoEEas.—The South-Weatern
Railway Company has at length conceded to smokers the
privilege of smoking in some compartmenta of the carriages.
Non-smokers as well as smokers hail the concession with
pleasure, as much annoyance will be spared those alike
who wanted to indulge in the luxury, and were often pre-
vented, and those who had to appear churlish, or suffer an
unpleasant fumietion.
YROFESSOR TROUSSEAU.—It will give great satis-
faction to the numerous friends and we -wisbers of this
celebrated man in this country to learn that the reports
concerning his death are unfounded, and that the latest
accounts from Paris state that his health is quite re-esta-
blished.—.lfedical
M. Tillaux has presented to the Surgical Society
of Paris an " unfortunate victim of the illegal practice of
surgery by religious bodies." It was a case of aneurism of
I the brachial artery, caused by the lancet of a religieux.—
British Medical Jauntal.

FATAL MISTAKE IN ADMINISTERING MEI,IOINEH.
—An inquest was held on Monday evening last at the
Castle Inn, liythe Maldon, before William Crick, Esq.,
coroner, on the boy of an infant named Montague. which
took place in consequence of a dose of turpentine being
administered instead of castor oil. Ann ltichardoon, the
nurse, deposed that eho was in attendance on Mrs.
Montague, who was confined the day before, as
a regular monthly nurse; she called down tains
on the Sunday morning for Montague to semi up
the bottle to give the child a dose of oil, as we always
give it the second day ;" Mrs. Montague told her the
castor oil was in " a Oat bottle without a cork,"
which bottle was sent up, and the dose administered from
it, but unfortunately the bottle contained turpentine ;
she discovered the mistake immediately, and adminis-
tered castor oil ; the child vomited the turpentine about
10 o'clock, and witness considered it was all brousht up •
Mr. Tomlinson was sent for, and his assistant came and
stayed fur an hour, and did his best for the child, who
then seemed very comfortable, but it was taken worse and
died about twenty minutes pest Sin the evening.—fie relict,
Deceased died from the effects of a dose of turpentine,
administered fur castor oil by mistake."—Chthitsforei
Chronich.
RELEASE OF FIVE PRISONERS.—Ye,terday
(Thursday) considerable surprise and interest were
caused in Chelmsford by a report that live young men
convicted of destroying a fence, the property et the
Ven. Archdeacon Mildmay, on the sth of November
last, and sentenced to two months' imprisonment, had
been seen coining away from the gaol, has Mg been
released by order of the Home Secretary. Upon inquiry,
we find that early yesterday morning an official order
for the release of the prisoner. from Mr. Welpile, the
Home Secretary, was received from the gaol, and they were
of course at mice set at liberty. It appears that imme-
diately after the conviction the case was taken op by
several gentlemen iu the town, who were net satisfied
from the evidence of the guilt of the accused, am l by 'heir
advice a petition to the Home Secretary was dr:wn up by
the young men themselves, setting forth that the '
ring-
leaders in the mischief had escaped, and the special con-
stables hail arrested them (the pneoners) because they were
the first they came upon near the fence, although they had
taken no actual part in the d.uuage. This petition was
duly forwarded to the Home Secretary, who at onee put
himself into communication with the cemeeirting n:agis-
trates, the result being that after a delay of some three
weeks, a "free pardon ' has been extended to the five
young men.--Chelareford Chmnidc.
BURGLAEIES IN DEVONSHIRE.—SeveraI daring
burglaries have been committed in Devon during the past
fortnight. The last occurred on Tuesday morning, when a
forcible entry was made into the residence of Captain
Walby, of Cleave, near Exeter, by removing an iron bar at
the back kitchen window, and cutting out a pane of glass.
In the kitchen was a large house dog, which the burglars
soon silenced by cutting Lis throat. The house was then
ransacked downstairs and up, but nothing was removed
—they could not find the plate, as for security it Lad for-
tunately been placed in the gardener's sleephig.room.
The gardener heard a noise in the house, but thinking it
was caused by the butler he took no notice of it. Pre-
sently, however, he was alarmed by a light shining into
his room. and a man putting his head inside the door and
exclaiming, " Good gracious :" The burglar made a hasty
retreat, and the gardener was soon hard at his heels ; but
the former got outside the door, and turning the key upon
his pursuer managed to get clear off. A few days ago plate
to the value of 150/. was stolen from the vicarage of the
Rev. Mr. nson of Wembworthy, and nu clue to- the
burglars hasJoh yet 'been obtained. The residence of Sir
Stafford Nortncote, at Pynes, was also broken into a short
time back, but the family plate had been taken to Lonion,
and the robbers got no booty.
" TUE RULING PASSION."—A good illustration
occurred a few days since of the strength of the
" the ruling passion" even in death. An old man
in his last illness was admitted into one of the me-
tropolitan hospitals. He was without relations, friend,
or apparent means of subsistence ; but when undressed
and put into bed, a bag of money was found sus-
pended by a string around Lis neck. To this he clung with
tenacity, refusing to part with it to anyone, and weaking
it about him by day and night. Al his end approached,•the
treasure became a matter of anxiety to those tending him;
for the sum was evidently large, and it was feared that it
might offer temptation to some patient in case the moment
of his death should be unobserved. At length the hour
arrived, and when death had apparently claimed him, a
nurse gently unfastened the string and removed the
At the same moment the old man opened his. eyes and felt
instinctively for his treasure, which was no longer in its
place. Ile uttered the word " Gone !" and died. The
money, which was found to amount to 1741., was handed
over to the hospital anthorities.—lancet.

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