The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-31 00:00:00

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RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF Tea commissions issued by the proprietors of
PEACE. 1 the Lariat are taking rank as official investigations
PRAGUE, Amen 30. ;
; of the most complete and exhaustive nature, and
The exchange of the ratifications of the Austro- they have this great advantage over Government
Prussian Treaty of Peace took place here to-day. inquiries, that the publication of their results takes
The text of the treaty will be published at Berlin Place immediately, instead of being withheld until
and Vienna on Saturday next. 1 the business is finished and a formal report drawn
I up and presented.
FRANCE. I Thus a real service is performed for the public
REDUCTION IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. ' without any coat, and the value of that service is
PARIS. Au°c" 30• greatly enhanced by the ability and scientific skill
The Empress and Prince Imperial will leave with which the Lanett commissioners set about
for Biarritz on Saturday. The Emperor will pro- their work. We are therefore glad to know that
bably follow on Wednesday the circumstances attending the recent explosion
44'4- Pacha, Turkish Ambassador in this city, of cholera in the East London districts are coming
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- under their impartial analysis. Two or three
noteworthy incidents have already transpired
which show how necessary it is to have
independent observations in order to bring to light
what would be unknown if we were dependent
solely on such information as we can get from in-
terested parties. Fur instance, it was stated on
the authority of the engineer of the East London
WaSsiswarlis• inapserdthat the Riese Isettenev
guarded from pollution between Enfield and We-
*sham, and therefore--so the inference was drawn
—the water taken from the river by the company
had " the purity of Enfield," which was saying a
great deal, as it implied that Hertford and Ware,
and other towns on the banks, deodorised their
sewage before turning it into the river. Let us con-
trast this coufver de rose picture of a stream " run-
" sing in a purely rural district" with the descrip-
tion which the Lancet commissioners give. The
truth, then, is that the Hertford deodorisation is a
sham ; the sewage of the town, after leaving the
" filtering bed," where the New River Company
professes to render it innocuous, runs in an open
cutting im discharge itself . into the Lea a
little above Ware, and " this sewage, when it
" passes into the river, is highly offensive, and
" causes- much complaint from the inhabitants of
" Ware," who, sinners themselves, add to the con-
tamination by pouring their own drainage into the
already. poisoned stream. The reselt of an exami-
nation'if the Lea thteiugh its whole coarse •is ap-
palling in its naked ugliness. • " To sum up, then,
" nearly the whale of Hertfordshire, it will be
, " seen, besides • the western , boider of Essex,
" drains into the Myer Lea, which reeeitei erere-
" mastitions matters from 150,000 to -200,000
" persons before it teethes Enfield, below which is
" taken the soppily of. drinking water for the East
"of London." To talk of "purity" in such a
case as this is the essence ,of absurdity► and the
wander is that the tirifortnnate.driek.ers of water
derived from Such a source, have nut been- esirried
• . .
oft in far . greater.. n,untbers than Nippily has
' hitherto been the ease. _ . Anoilier moat noportent
' face,lna beep boil:night tq litiln by the conpnission.
I:fn Om, authoiity„.ee we believe,: of tliose con-
nected. with the management of the Rim Lea, the
•:Raors.raisGpranale,.,stated that what. is known as
ItObbieilsOck„irliich. ruls ixttathotioei after
eletrro
.4..itr....4i...• ~i jr
pping whke the oases of cholera
, . lest - seal, I soli dried up. On the
• . s. ~ it is ferimetehowa In 441014;1tat ,
..,
also, by means of a tributary course bearing 11
the significant appellation of the " Cholera
" Ditch," that of Waltham Abbey, the whole of
which of course goes into the Lea. The discre-
pancy between the statements of the water de-
BUENOS AYRES, Jett/ 25. fenders, in the instances we have referred to, and
The European war has had no influence on ' the actual facts is calculated to excite distrust of
the markets, neither has the financial crisis in ether assertions less easily disproved. So far,
England caused any panic or commercial disorder.
however, as the quality `
frame water drawn by the
The legislature of Santa
ti has accorded penuis-
sion to the London and River Plate Bank to issue East Loudon Company the Lea above
its own bank notes, payable in specie. The rail- bridge is concerned, its impurity is probably not
ways arc doing well. Sales of wool dull. greater than that of the water drawn by the other
RIO DE JANEIRO, Arcuar S. London companies from the Thames.
The Brazilian ministry resigned on the 30th, in Impure water per se will not produce cholera
consequence of difficulties relating to financial
the - hol i ' be
unless specinc c or Ile poison present ;
measures. Tho new government proposes the ;
energetic prosecution of the war to a speedy and . and if it be present, it must, so far as we know,
honourable conclusion, the settlement of the get there in the form of excreta from persons at-
financial and political questions to be put on one tacked by the disease. In such a city as London,
side for matters of more vital importance. The • with its changeable elements of life, the difficulty
position of the • fleet is unaltered. The Para- of working back to the first cause of an epidemic
euayatis continue sending down fire-rafts and
i ,
s always great ; and the origin of the outbreak
torpedoes, without doing much damage. The posi-
tion of the,
armies is unchanged. of cholera which has occasioned so much distress
Revolutions have broken out in "Catatuarce and and loss of life in one quarter of the metropolis has
Cordova, and the governors of both those provintas I yet to be determined. Whether itre is in anyear wain
yor whether the
have been driven away. traceable to the cases whi occurd last y
The ships S. N. de Paid and Chapsal have the neighbourhood of Epping,
arrived here leaky. The Bremen barque lava,
oison germs have been imported into the water-
front Swansea was burnt at sea on the ISth of P
July. The barque Stadt has been lost on the side districts from the Continent, is not at present
Salina shoals. A British barque, name unknown, known. Neither hypothesis would be inconsistent
has been lost near the capital of Pantyba. The with the localisation of
the its attacks, inas a
much a its
s
fate of the crew is uascertained. The coffee tutu- dissemination through agency of particul
n
kct is brisk. There is no improvement in currency. water supply would be the same in both cases.
In exchange : 270,0001. have been negotiated on
London, 600,000 fr. on Paris, and 200,000 m. If the source of the disease is assumed
on Hamburg. Freights, 375. to 40s. for the to be derivable from the Thoydon Bois deaths
Channel.
------=------.--- lof last year, then the fact that the drainage
lof that district finds its way into the Lea
THE REFORM MEETING AT BIRMINGUAH.-The ' would amply account for }le
an presence of choleraic
1 ndepeadalwe Brlor, after giving an account of the great in the water of that river dif the continental
Reform Meeting at Birmingham, says:-" When the tones
and the opposition liberals opposed, a few months since, '
with undoubted eloquence, the very moderate bill of Mr. .
importation theory be confirmed, still the proximity
of the infected districts, which are also the chief
resort of the maritime population of the port, to
Gladstone, we said that they would not fail ere long to
s: • regret their over rapid victory. The time for that the Lea and its contiguous canals would furnish a
'''`.• regret is approaching. Accorng even to Mr. Beales, ready means of diffusing the disease. For although
the head of the League, th
eh people were contented it may be urged that all this would occur in the
c,70 with the measures proposed by Mr. Gladstone ; tidal part tff the river far below the water company's
at now they want more, they claim universal suffrage, so little point of supply, it must be answered that the ugly
iti in, harmony with the traditions of England, and the Mayor implication with regard to the disused reser-
-71, of Birmingham and the representatives of that town, far
moire and canal at Old Ford seems to gain force as
as' from protesting against this claim, unite with those who
addi • • tars w light.W saw the
tonal particular come e
,591 age it;
uffid,r„.l
the
rehtiechimself, who not long ago warmly
ted bill-so much so, indeed, am to other day in a local newspaper, the East End
re
be accused of treason by the moat advanced supporters of :News, which circulates in Poplar and Stepney,
the movement, proves now that that bill, far from justi- that a plumber residing in Bow has recently found
fying the terrors it had created, would barely an eel nine inches long in his supply pipe.
have added 204,000 working men to the electoral The pipe was stopped up, and the plumber
body out of the five or six millions of citizens
deprived of political rights. It is in this manner cut it to ascertain the cause, and there he
that all blind and unseasonable resistance calls forth more found this eel, which IBM dead, and which,
energetic action among a free people. Reform views long as he naturally says, must have come through
slumbered in England because they had their advocates the works of the East London Company—a pretty
in parliament and in power. Now that those advocates clear proof either that the filtration is very defec-
have been rendered powerless, the movement enters upon tive, or that somehow this unfortunate fish
a new phase, and if Mr. Beales has but a little of M.r. had found its way in from the river. Has any-
new perseverance, and Mr. Bright preserves for this ,
new cause the energy of his earlier years, the agitation in ...y examined the " disused " reservoir, which
favour of electoral reform will exert an influence over the was emptied " and filled itself again," to see if eel-
political destinici of Great hribdn not less radical than fishing would be productive there ? The experi-
the agitation in favour of free trade." meet would be worth making, because it becomes
PLEASANT Paosezers.-A Florence letter has a very pretty natural history problem to ascertain
the following :-" All sorts of rumours are current here, whether the plumber's eel could have passed
and amongst them that of a marriage between Prince
Humbert and an Austrian archduchess, the Trentin, and through the filter beds in the ova state, and BO
perhaps other provinces, being the dower of the future got vivified in some odd corner of the pipes,
queen of Italy ; finally, and further, that the Pope, recom - •
until, in proems of time, it was forced into the
eilea to the house of Savoy, through the influence of
Austria, would himself officiate at the union. supply pipe of a dwelling house. We have
New ROUTE TO INDIA.-Surae of the Italian heard that the eel is a voracious ester, and
journals state that a question is at present under conside-
ration for the construction of a railway from Venice to loves animal food, a fact which of course leads
join the network of the Rhine aerate the Tyrolean Alps. us on to inquire how it could obtain its aeces-
Should this be carried out, the English mail for India, they nary pabtilurn in the mains of a London water
state, would probably take that route, and be embarked at
company ? Subsequent investigation will, it is to
Venice.-eolirwasis

THE EYRE DEFENCE AND AID FOND.

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be hoped, throw some light on this ant oth Wilson Barker had 500/. on the same day. The two last
circumstances which are not at present satiser -
: sums would be drawn for the etseservative side.
factorily accounted for. Meantime it cannot GREAT YARMOUTH. William Towers, grocer, one of the " captains" on the
The commissioners sat again yesterday. liberal side, deposed that he bribed several persons with
be too often repeated that to keep three millions . - , rums varying from 6/. to 121., and that he gave one man
Mr. Charles Tahourdin, of London, Mr. Brogdea s ml- fo f E.
of people dependent for their safety from a deadly vats solicitor, said he went down to Yarmouth on the id-
lees than 1107; he wint asked 100 i. for seven votes.
the
mor o tanlin.tglinfonne
jell
from the enemy's camp. On
h voters could not be get for
scourge. upon the vigilance, conscientiousness, and Bay adetearnorwanir before
riled
enthgeeleetion.et I.itetihmep=iest of te.
authority of river conservators, and of the pre -
peed in the let itrw.omelectious 'tot: dLahtucvieuter. tAttlyttl:1:11;
a parcels He differed in politics from Mr. Brogden. I K.11%-itilscrWedich_, grocer of Chmpside, an
ben d brother of Mr.
sent water companies, is to run a risk whose , Mr. J. W. Reeve, tailor, was one of the committees.on .
(wen locked up in
ant h., thi:oddelet. • fair:om) brother for
ultimate oonsequenoes there is no foretelling. the liberal and
received strifrolljoteursolistit meet
ym wtr.-. I looked after the Cockerham district. I received 501.
a .votingat, andtha
Baa symHallarserum. fsolr.aexwpeeanies.a
in
The East London Company, no doubt, consider it lie gave a voter named Poland 151.,
of Goriekens *shed " • to reconnoitre, but the landlord locked up his bar. They
•" :wen not ' out for assis
received 101. for a voter in Lneaster. Two voters
a piece of ill luck that cholera should have broken in hand. (Laughter.)
out in their district, and may probablyßobert Roamer, fish merchant,
contend or 50 person to vote for liberals. They wanted "tweanes•
I about. There were two men named redder aud Richard
that all the other companies are open to the same (Laughter.) The liberalsbailaideerensfootatdbeginnithatoe
offer. The
eide:irThaeliy I very wed= "wee. 1 den my they were
, Smith who would contaminate a whole neighbourhood,
II chance. Without prejudice to matters sub
mia etrioeut. He win ie offered 400/ , for there was plenty of " honey " flying
:P:lice this may be conceded to them ; but the witness gave the names of • number of voters who re- they were such outrageous fellows for money. (Laughter.)
public will derive small consolation from the admits- ceived some 15L and some 20/. eac
h. Ile did not beeelieve 1 would have nothing to do with them. I have not the
1 Mon. Should cholerine unhappily find its way tha
thetvßoteurs rh.ily beibmedoud,iritl, fei7ei:Le. ing
ehateelf
rthl name.
Ling.o- • least idea who left the weds of money at my brother's.
into the Thames from any of the towns or hamlets was not bribed but would not promise the vote for Sir E. he
eJwohun
elbriegrhel,Lnaraken.erer
electioneering.
tobacconist,i deposed
headed that
election was quite different from any previous one.
cm its banks, the turn of the companies who draw Leee_ a unless his salary was advanced 101. per annum. a statement as to persons be had bribed,ug
and said the
their waters thence may come, as the East London (Laughter.) Edwards gave witness 40f. but he did not
consider it a bribe. (Laughter.) last
It was more like buying cattle. (Laughter.) A very
Company's turn has come. We can only hope i The inquiry was then again adjourned. little corner of the court would hold them who did•l nut
that in such case there will be no question of 1 REIGATE. receiv
Aftee
examining the other witness the inquiry' Was
bribes.
" disused reservoirs" to trouble our minds, The inquiry was resumed yesterday. r
again adjourned.
and above all that atmospheric, or whatever James Donner voted at the last election for Mr. Gower,
• and was to have had 11. a week but only got U. 10e.
other conditions are necessary as factors in altogether. In letlli he received 2/. for the nomination
the diffusion of cholera will be less favourable to and polling days. He considered that the payment in-
eluded
tita 4111011FINst yews invemetaie far its repression, eolliiee
ovfott,
crowd.
.11.Inersly took out a few °lntim' and
thaw Bea kepperred in the recent outbreak. There 1 John Eastwood voted for Mr. Gower, and got 2/.
must be mute element of receptivity, or predisposi- I,
The only reason to;7iis voted
ting fOrMilmrsok and
recewasitvhede 51.
tic]; toacestutt for the progress of a milady which , mise of the money. A man was sent with him to the poll
strikes doiit 'theAuternda, and leaves hundreds of ,to see that he wee all right.
Thomas Goddard, a labourer, said he refused to vote
tifousands„s4l precisely similar physical circum- 1
I for Monson, and when canvassed by Mr. Gower pre-
en/wee, uSUrlned ; and herein we recognise the 1 mised at once. I heard that other people were to be
value pf all TiOne yew*" tending to make men '. riiodii,hir
hdavife money beeni offered. I
sillltA:zdawdtlantelt
leis sascep*e of disease Manyakepe. In eanitnrl • say that I should be paid likea the other mea—not that
mettetitom in. everything else, prevention is better I recollect. I slept at Wm. Groost's house the night before
than oure: the polling. I live within a stone's throw of his house,
and have a wife and family. Balchin and Warren slept
there also. We were all sleepy, and that was the reason
al our stopping. (Laughter.) We did not ge to Groom's
house to take tea. We bad some beer and cider. 1 went
to bed about 12 o'clock. I was not drunk. Balchin
was rather drunk. I can't say why I did not go home to
deep. I have no doubt the sleepiness came over me sud-
denly, (Laughter.) We all three slept on the carpet.
We pulled nothing off hut our alms. I did not apply to
the Gower party &Mcrae election for any money, and I did
not get any.
By Mr. Allen—l don't know that we were not locked up
at esteem's. I don't think Gower's party considered me
a " shaky" voter. I was not a " shaky" voter. I was in
Holdewortleakable, along with Beak and Warren, be-
fore I want iv _Groom's. Holdeworth and Aptsd were pre-
sent. They belonged to the Monson party. We had been
' with Apted to the Castle Inn, and got 30a. apiece. We
I pt :V. lON. mere when we were in the stable.
Mr. Allen--I will not ask you any more whether you
were a " shaky" voter. (Laughter.)
By. Mx. Serpent O'llrien-1 did not understand I was to
vote for Mr. Monson for the 51. They might expect I was
to do so. I never received money from the Gower party.
Halting promised Mr. Gower, I think it was dishonest to
take money from the other party. (Luebke.)
. Be. Mr. fineitn—The money was given to us to buy new
snits of clothea
nooks Bnaletd, labourer voted for Mr. Gower aaa
remised 21. fee khing some bills about. •
Charlie Goober, milkman and eowkeeper, did not yob:,
in We, boomer* was told it might interfere with Ilk
trade.
vote letlhe.Lri tett renlgoesrozised.Mrielieraft
lild: but :altbi wail said about the amount. The vii
PlMlliidels:lo the trudtroh;Lalerewilel tellhout you • e
before 4. ItM—win
b:ers said that I got 50L, but ter
did. I lever wakpeomised a helfpenny. 111^ '
M. 'Bina—Where did they Susi you so utir five
likieittes before tsar did they run into you on IN -fiteu-
smog ? : — .
..‘ =te fare from there— (laughter) -: I win
n dare - tough a. field I rented of C lapses,
VieliceVmen, although I never mei farthing
rks' • dIA niiikter.) When I got h
vim
11111iliey; Olio lives on Wray
the hedge, and cornea down hand-over-head, an, says.
'• Oh, we'll have you now, my Rabbi." (Roars of
laughter.) " Set down your cans, &nil I'll send to your
wife, and she can fetch theni." Of course I did so. I
liked the gentleman because he was a gentleman. Ile got
me into a trap, and we drove away very hard. Ruching
wax said about money.
Mr. Smith—You have lod me on a false wen
n't t. Now,
do you think you ought to tell me something roore
interesting
Witness —I will. I don't know whether it was that
time or the time before.
Mr. Smith—Now, mind you don't deceive me this time.
Witness—l shall in ens way. (Laughter.) He came to
my house and found it fast. lie ovenell the sash with his
knife and searched the holism all over, but could not
find me.
Mr. Smith—le that all?
Witness—Yes ; that in all, sir. (Roan of laughter.)
Mr. Allen—l think you had the best of that. (Continued
laughter.)
Several other witnesses were examined, after which the
commissioner. adjourned.

. _
An open;afe meeting, Convened by the first City
branch of the. Reform ',wee, and attended by nearly
I,PUO paseens. was held last evening in Barthadonew-eloes I
for the porpeeppf protesting against the people of j
being in any trey identified with the sentiments uttered
by thud, who took part the banquetosiven to Mr.
leScUisekeXweli reformers,i
ydre .'eve!ithTecilcietd the in
don, sensed hin the lan, acoonparied by members
Oftheir body, $o carried a black flag bearing the follow-
Mg insariptionteneath a wreath of immortellea :—" 13. W.
Gordon: ' *ph inhumanity to mm makes countless
thousaads mourn.' " Some of those present erne a crane
band °none uses Mr. Rees/vas appointed chairman, and
in the dense ot tome remarks he stigmatised as outrageous
the speeches 'which were delivered at Southampton,
litigant, of thecondect of ea-Governor Byes timing the
disturbances inlecsolica. lie said the working ceases of
England were determined to see justice measured to the
Meek at well as to the white Elan, and they hail assembled
that evening to express thelordligust and indignation at the
weeds* Oval, end injustice which waa trams/de to
Guerrnet
end
CRUSQII hundreds of men 'end woman
I4e
3, ed -murdered without trial. The Adee.•.Mr.
had stated that he hoped that natovernor
*Wised to the peerage, but be (the • spesher)
be/0v etorting classes of England would slither theta
theold heno-Remee of Loeb thin see a man of the Governer
Eye!a stem Ahre. (Loud cheers.)
We. J. 'Reward resolution as foibles -.
" eat this expresser its deep %dignified at the
minuet of Ogleernor Ryer end his subordinates In sup-
peesaing the list tn Johnston-and pledges itself to use every
e flirt to ine4eiperpetestore of such atrocious erimesanswer
for. then -before the legal tribunals of this country.",
tapers* said be entered his protest as an Dogfish-
men against diteihl dinydole; end be hoped the voice of Wei,
wanking eheeps of the eountey would be lifted id isE.
top against the barbarous outrages perpetrated- tilt
lest men, twinhen, and children in Janssen, si the
• ...s. Rer theingtstiLln_ +fort piibrisi
_—:,..—

tit be likely to get a reception similar to that given
to the infamous Haynau on the occasion of his visit to
London.
Mr. Corm seconded the resolution, which was carried
amid acclamation.
Mr. Mal HEW proposed the nest resolution, "That this
meeting expresses its deep regret and surprise that three
members of the House of Lords, via , Earls Shrewsbury
and Talbot, Hardvricke, and Cardigan, should have tittered
sentiments utterly discordant with the feelings of all right-
thinking men of this country."
Mr. Oneonta seconded the resolution, which was unani-
mously carried.
d was, `That this meeting
The last resolution propose
pledges itself to support the Jamaica Committee in its
endeavours to remove the stain which the conduct of Go-
vernor Eyre has cast upon tht name of Great Britain."
The reaoiution was carried, and the proceedings, which
were throughout of the most enthusiastic and orderly cha-
racter, terminated.

TOTNES.
Yesterday the examination of Hobert Harris was
continued. lie said Mr. Thomas Michelmore followed out
the orders of the duke, and from two or three incidents
that had occurred he aware that the duke was cog-
nisant of everything that went on. It was a rare thing to
get him there. The fact was he was afraid to show in the
borough. The bedtime he was there was on a Sunday,
and he walked down the town like a man " tailpipril."
(Laughter.) The ladies ha.l great influence. Sometimes
a sovereign might be given to them or a silk
dress might be given. Referring to the appear-
ance of " Mr. Mum" sometimes with and sometimes
without a wig, the witness said, " There are some curious
things at election times on the part of there London gentle-
men. They beat us countrymen." Ile was then examined
as to particular votes and their price, and, having given
the names of some to whom 271. and TO. might he offered,
he spoke of himself having offered " Slippery Jack " 1501.
in 1563, " but be was beyond that." The practice
with the duke's tenants was to give notice to quit
to the doubtful ones, and to enforce or withhold
them according as they voted. He was in Mr. Gascotter's
office when he heard of the offer of 20,0601. to stop the
petition. He stated who were employed on the liberal
side, some in bribery and others who like himself would
have nothing to do with bribery, but simply felt the pulpits
of the petients. (Laughter.) lie had received a letter
threatening him fur the exposure be had given of the
whigs.
The examination of this witness again occupied the
entire day.

The first meeting of the committee of "The
EyreW at Defence Fund " was held
Mon Wednesday, at No.
erloo-place, r. TIIoNAN CARLYLE in
the chair.
Mr. CARLYLE, on taking the chair, considered that the
committee should be presided over by some nobleman of
power and influence. As he (Mr. Carlyle) however, con.
sidered it to he a solemn public duty on the part of every
loan who believed that Governor Eyre Lad quelled the
insurrection in Jamaica, and saved that island, to come
forward and Ixddly proclaim such to be his opinion, be
would gladly consent to take the chair at the present
meeting.
Mr. HAMILTON HUME (the lion. secretary), read several
letters from noblemen and gentlemen, txpressiug their dis-
approbation at the word " testimonial " being used. They
were all of opinion that a fund tieing raised fur the defence
of Mr. Eyre was in itself a testimonial.
Mr. ALLAN LAMBERT (of the finis of Messrs. Cottam and
Morton, West India merchants) said that he spoke on be-
half of his own and other West India firma, who were pre-
pared to come forward and contribute largely to the fund,
for they had reason to believe that in losing his official
position Mr. Eyre had lost everything.
Mr. S. C. H.tLL. F.S.A., believed that the prosecution
of Mr. Eyre would never be attempted, but at the same
time it was well to be prepared.
Mr. THOMAM t'sitiALE considered that it would be ad-
visable to meet the wishes of all well affected parties, and
he therefore proposed that the title of the fund be altered
from " The byre Testi.Y.Onial and Defence Fund" to "The
Eyre Defence and Aid Fund." In his opinion the amount
of money subscribed, though an important, was by no
means the most important point. The main object of the
committee ought to be to attack resolutely, by all fair
methods, the fallacy fur such lie could not but believe it
to be) that those noisy denunciations Eyre were the
deliberate voice of the people of England, or did at all ex-
press England's opinion about Mr. Eyre.
It was ultimately agreed that the fund should henceforth
be entitled "The Eyre Defence and Aid Fund."
Mr. HENRY KINGSLEY proposed, and Mr. S. C. HALL
seconded, thetfollowing resolution :—" That immediate and
vigorous steps be taken to increase the number of the
committee.
The names of several noblemen and gentlemen were re-
at
corded, to whom the honorary secretary was requested
once to write.
It was resolved that the list of the committee, when
completed, should be published, sold that in the mean-
while the public should be invited to continue their sub-
scriptions to the " Eyre Defence and Aid Fund."
Captain WALROND CLARKE. (late 'MI Hussars) pro-
posed, and Captain W. PLudszit, R.N., seconded a vote
of thanks to the chairman.
The proceedings then terminated.

LANCASTER.
ITpon the inquiry being resumed, Mr. Charles
Blade, builder, said--I have been an active political par-
tisan on the liberal side, and at the last election I seconded
the nomination of Mr. Schneider. I was concerned in
what hiss been called the " Secret Committee." On the
evening of the nomination day Mr. Welch sent for me, and
asked me to consult with him about the expenditure of
the money. I advised him generally. but not in every indi-
vidual case. I do not know that I was present when a
sum of money was found in • cupboard at the Queen's, but
I know that it was found. I saw Mr. Baines come into
that room and tnke a sum of money off the table. On the
day of the election I had sonic conversation with Mr.
Schneider about the election generally. I said I heard the
other side were spending money very freely, and I was
afraid that it would be a very costly election. He said he
was afraid so too, for Mr. Starkie had told him Omit the
other side were prepared to spend 10,0001., and that they
would have to it it before they could Win. I
believe there was something said about what
money Mr. Renwick would king. I replied, " I
think he has brought 1,t1001." About 1 o'clock on the
morning of the polling day the captain of the various dis-
tricts stated that it was of no use our goin on with the
election unless we intended to win, for them oney was
flowing about like water on the other side. I was quite
satisfied that under ordinary circumstances we should have
a large majority. The other side were offering not less
than 10/. • man, and they had .large number of voters in
the vaults behind the White Horse. The price before was
from 31. to If.
Mr. S. W. Wearing, master shoemaker, had always
taken an active part in the elections, and at the last elec-
tion was on the secret committee with Mr. Welch and Mr.
Blade. The captains on the conservative side were ex.
tremely active, and some who had promised the liberals
had gone over. He had no reason to believe that any
money was paid on the liberal side till the morning of the
election. On that morning he took to Mr. Welch 1,0001.
which he had reoeived from Mr. Renwick.
John Sanderson, cashier in the employment of the Lan-
caster Ranking Company, stated that he paid Mr. Welch
1,500/. shortly before the election by the direction of Mr.
Coulsten, the manager of the bank. The amount was
debited to Mr. Conlston's account. Fie also gave Mr.
Schneider 1,0001. in golA on the nomination day, and changed
a 5001. note for him previous to the election. Mr. Richard
Storzaker drew out 400/. on the day of election, and Mr.

NOVEL STRIKE IN NAYLES.—A Florence letter
says :—" My communications must have prepared
Tyheou for
the news that reaches us thiA day from Naples.
content and embarrassments of trade are such that there
was lately a rather uncommen strike—that of tbe retail
shopkeepers in the Toledo, the COrpo-di-Nspoli, the
Chiapk, the Gummi, both Nuovi and Vecchi, that is to
say, in the chief commercial quarters, all the shops were
' shut. No disturbances. however, took place. The Nati
1 Guard patrolled the streets, and that was all; the mounted
corps, composed of the aristocracy, also appeared. The
Prefect, M. Gualterio, went through the parts where the
' strike prevailed ; there were no cries, but absolute silence.
The motives alleged are the tax on movable property and
imposts in general ; the obligation to pay custom-house
dues in coined money ; the deplorable state of Neapolitan
commerce for two successive years by reason of the cholera,
kc. The trade of Naples is positively in a moat melan-
choly state. The Nazione has received • letter which
says :—' To call things by their right names, four-fifths of
our retail dealers are on the eve of bankruptcy.' Naples
has no longer any credit—that is the great misfortune.
Foreign traders, bankers, and commercial agents of all
kinds, rehab to hear of it. "

—a-7—
At the banquet girlie on Wednesday evening. *1 •
the Mayor of Nottingham to the members of the British
Association, . .
The Passmyrr, Mr. Grove, in responding to timeliest
prospect.,riti" forc jAastiaufar uthshet"acoutldhadjudgreefe,r:hneceast:eiiatafkietzefeaniturewasaishid.l7,
never In • more healthy state then at pieseet. Molffire had
as
aboiieutbdaw itself,
ratter,t the
bettermancrebagUge perfectlystate
ritelw. presumedw
well l but tthat
leaving ili
drthiTfaturel"mmto taket.lthecare
ouThwldofaaebeieneltivettrhetngixhaceeditifrheednanauuevailrianebengrigasarienimste:::hppstoimensfiewn:Aasociathen4t:tasviowhtelle
visited. A mule .of hospitality, laid down by one lot 4.7
the greatest written the world ever knew, was to "
we-
comepnee the
nt inrtallttliiirier'llfriterds Pl';artilinconsidetra:bly dteg
from the rule, for so far from speeding the parting
the partingiguest had great difficulty in tearing
away—instead of being speeded he was impodefL Zany-
ens seemed anxious that anyone but himself should be put
forward, timed in the abnegation practised was to be foulld
the secret of their atones. The mayor had lbelle.iorlOnste
in mistheir meeting a most successful one •
mhe them to join in drinking long life
to TT Chews.)
Th TOR disclaimed his title to any credit, fee then
cess the meeting, but expressed his gratification at -
ing that the reception of the Association had Met wit u -
iali,e.duNTirts't tantiling"dwhhalPlrsid it
w°uen ldsi:botwher the
well good minds and generous hearts In Nottingham.
Thu " Vice-Presidents," followed by tie 'Alhaiemid
of the diocese, kid the ministers of other *owner
,'• were then given.
The Rev. DANIEL Moose, in responding to the last toast,
referred to the unseemly autemmusie. whieh had hitherto '
between scielice and iereittron .and creigratulated
them that many tithe difficulties iiitgieffy eft.. beinitiltb
moved. He counselled them. if tlelydoehoLtogetrid te
unseemly antimouisru, to approach the subing In asp 9f
MIA investigafios hal a trustful' witftlidg for resets ; and ,
as there could be nu mediating treeltsaimienee afienee do
the one hand nor revelation ou the other coulfheive imp-
thing-te fear. _
Thee...von then proposed " The Rouse of Cameitilitui'"
we veith the least the mines eft Lard Amberley del
Ifft.Wrnal °dame. . 4 0
lewd A111111R6614 wad it had bet'! his fpte to seethejsrign .
Weep teentrehatdilierent fusee*, birthed aide! itrately
ammume47(a laugh)—butilt alferded him trelchiPineure to
sae It in the peaceable. scientific gat - I,t u_
SSF
sere, cad whirls woo so diAmatintere -41itraker excited
state Association, be left it. la an•liamble, member
vit. of ile
Bntlh nnelidan, be e tk% hi.. pleasure ,
siesdipnefe .4
el sigigiant' fibt us aned s ice il euce weco
in quarters where previouely it was looked upon with sae-
picion ; and if an integration of the fact were needed, the
interesting speech of the Rev. Mr. Moore would afford it.
(Cheers.)
Mr. 11. OSBOHNK, who was received with loud cheers,
said—Cu any occasion I should feel sollie trepidation in
returning thanks foe such an assembly as the House of
COUIIIIOI4I ; but upon the present occasion I must be for-
given for saying it is accompanied with inure thou the usual
misgivings before such an assembly of learned men. It if
difficult to returuthanks forth.- House of 4101111000 S before a
united parliament of the intellect of linglawl ; and it is
more difficult when I reflect upon that great address,
which 1 have read with attention, delivered by your Pre-
sident, in which he laid it down that it was almost im-
possible fur a man to attain any excellence in scientific
researches who has not been accustomed to it from his
youth, although I believe there is a very great
contradiction to that iuw.ertion in the person of
my honoured friend, Sir Roth:rick illurchisou.
(Cheers.) I have had the disaileautage of hieing brought up
in a public school and university, and therefore I know
little of the sciences and nothing of art. (laughter.)
I may be forgiven for saying that if I were to sit for Not-
tingham on the coropetitixe system of examination, I
should be very much puzzled to give the cause of the trade
winds, or, to use your own language, to di-sterile the path
of • comet. (Laughter.) I may say that I ant one of tit it
class au well described by Mr. Gibbon, when he left col-
lege ; he said he bad conic into parlianteut with a stook of
erudition which would have puede! a &WWI, find a degree
of ignorance of which sty schoolboy might have been
ashamed. (Laughter.) This wait well taken up by Lord
Byron in describing the class to which 1 belong :
ale taw with his own ries the heath was Ittund,
Was also certain that the earth was billilife.
Because he'd tr.tielissi fifty miles, teal touud
No sign of turning au), where
(Laughter.) Therefore, I must pitted guilty in returning
thanks for the House of Commons that 1 sit for the WOW
part among a great body of ignoramuses- tlaughter)—but at
the same time I derive noneounsolation from what has been
said by the learned president that there is one subject in
which both learned and unlearned con join, and in this town
it had been joined in eon neon-. For ley own part I feel
excessively gratified that the British Association has visited
the town of Nottingham, because I can easily understand
that previous to their arrival M. lie tha :11u himself must
have hesitated before he ventured into these regions,
which are described somewhat ill the language of
Gulliver's travels, as cont • . g a race the
where
friskness of the lamb is outshine
! with the ferocit7
ve
ef
the lion. (Laughter.) I say.
that M. loi elit.ollii meet ha
paused before he entered nto these regions to secure, if
possible, a real specimen of the Nottingham Lamb. (Loud
laughter.) I think the British Association have judged
wisely for themselves ; for they have seen the town which,
as has been well said, for the perfection of its sanitary
arrangements, or the beauty of its etreets, cannot be
rivalled by any town in the midland counties. They
have been entertained by the homatelityare "the Mn
toe
whom whom I would back against any other " m
have also
United Kingdom. (Loud laughter.) They
seen a race of people who I believe from my heart
have been belied—(hmar, bear)— a race which ma be
led by a silken thread, if their restated' tire appealal to,
but which will resist, like all ether Iliglialimen, domina-
Mon in any shape. The British Association have seen this
with their own eyes, and I am told they have acknow-
ledged that only in four places of much grea
ter tude,
have they received euch hospitality or hadminien
lectures better attended. (Hear, linir.) Therefore, I say
it is a matter of rejoicing for the membas that Nottingham
has asserted not only its independeiee and hospitiality, but
its good character. Speaking in my own capacity I have
little or nothing to say upon the score of politics. No one
could have seen the corps of Rol in Hood* wtthout detecting
the same continuity of spirit as of old prevailing to the pre-
ex sent day. The Rob Hood of the Middle Ages, however, is
celled by thein Hood of to-day. (Cheera.) I will not
&tempt to diverge into politics, or into any eulogy upon the
past or disparagement of the present ministly. Both oontain
great and good men, and let um hope that the present will
bring in measures which shall tend to the benefit of our
common country. (Hear, hear.) I have only to say that,
stand in what position I nmy, I shall endeavour to do my
duty to my common countrt, and this partscular town.
(Cheers.) I hope that at t e end of my career the MUM
gentle pressure will be put upon me that has been put
upon the British Association, and that while they welcome
the coming they will not @peed the porting guest—(loud
laughter)—but that they will enforce the gentle mission,
and no man will respond to it more gratefully and no man
will stick to you more firmly. (Loud cheers.)
The remaining toasts were " The Foreign Visitors,*
responded to by Professor Pincher anti the Abbe
Mo4no ; " The Secretaries of Sections," acknowledged by
Professor Ramsay, and " The General Secretariat," re.
sponded to by the lies. J. F. leCallan.

N. S.
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A full-length portrait of Mr. John Crowley has
been presented to him in the council-room at the Halifax
M.
Town-hall. The presentation who de b CasselAkroyd.
P., the mayor (Dr. Wightnian)wa y and other gentlemen
being present.