The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-10 00:00:00

PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL WORKMEN'S EXHIBT-
TE.N.---A well attended meeting was held on Tuesday in
the large room of the King Edward VI., Parkfield-street,
Islington—Mr. Dawes in the chair—to consider a scheme
for an International NVerlimen's Exhibition in London in
INA. A Imo' of exhibitors in previous industrial exhibi-
tions had constituted themselves a committee, and a re-
port or statensent was submitted by the secretary, Mr. !
Mayo Ward, to the meeting. This document was not,'
however, adopted, but instead a definite plan duly guarded
by guarantees, and previiiing for the appointment of a re-
gonsible council, was, on the proposition of Messrs. T.
Paterson (Working Men's Club Union), Savage, Ma ban,
J. V. Dexter (Paris Excursion Committee), Lucraft, Pock-
lington, and others, unanimously endorsed, at the close of
somewhat stormy debate. The Hon. Auberon Herbert,
it was announced, would preside at a larger public meeting,
to he held a few days heuce.
THE FREEDMEN'S AID ASSOCIATION. —Tho third
(and probably the last) annual meeting of this society will
be held on Thursday, the lith inst., at Birmingham, when
a breakfast will take place at Nock's Hotel and a public
*feline in the evening at the Town-hall. The proceedings
will derive esnecial interest from the presence of Mr. W.
Lloyd GarrisOn, the " apostle " of the anti-slavery cause
in the United States, and the breakfast meeting is intended
speciall to do him honour by giving him a hearty recep-
tion in Birmingham. &aides Mr. Garrison, the meetings,
both morning and evening, will be attended by the Right
Rev. Dr. M• 1 Ivaine,l4Allop of Ohio, Mr. George Thompson,
Mr. W. Foster Mitchell, the superintendent of freedusen's
schools in Tennessee and Alabama, and other well-
hewn persons, English and American. It was
hoped that Mr. Gladstone might have been in-
duced to preside at the breakfast to Me. Garrison ;
bat the tight hon. gentleman found himself obliged to
decline the invitation. The following note, addressed to
Mr. Allbright, shows, however, that Mr. Gladstone warmly
vmpathises with the object of the meeting. The remote
date of Mr. Gladatoue's reply is explained by the circum-
etance that Mr. Garrison's visit to Birmingham was in-
tended to have been paid in September, but has been ne-
cessarily deferred until the period now fixed:—" Pen-
ameemaser, Aug. 22 I,67.—Desz Sir,—l received your
letter of the :Mb, and I sincerel regret that I am unable
to comply with your reque4t. During the recess of par-
liament my limited time for taking part in public proceed-
ings must be reserved for direct local claims, and for those
of my constituents. Even these, indeed, lam far from
being able to meet as I could wish. Had I been in more
favourable circumstances I should have hailed an oppor-
tunity of paying public honour to such a man as Mr. Gar-
cison.—l remain, sir, your faithful servant, W. K GLAD-
nnote."— Biro, hgloim 1,04.
New LiFeeti.crs.- -The workmen of Glasgow
have presented to the National Lifeboat Inetitutien the
met, amounting to P.V., of anew lifeboat and transporting
carriage, whicii are to be plaCed at Ayr, N. 8., in lieu of a
boat already there which has become unfit for further
Service. The new boat, which is 32 feet long and rows 10
oars double Kinked, is named the "Glasgow Workmen's
Lifsboat," and is to be publicly exhibited in that city on
Saturday next, the 12th inst. The success of this benevo-
lent undertaking has been mainly owing to the zealous
exertions of Mr. George Norval, of the Central Working
Men's Club and Institute. The city and county of NVor-
enter have ale° presented to the institution a similar life-
boat and troneporting carriage, which are about to be
stationed at Rembridge' on the east tort of the Isle of
Wight, and the boat, which is named the " City of Wor-
cester," is to be publicly launched at Bembridge, on
Tuesday neat, the Vith inst. The coat of the boat and
carriage has been mainly collected through the inde-
fatigable exertions of Captain Saumares Fraser, R.N.
This lifeboat has like everything connected with the
National Lifeboat Institution received the cordial support
of SirJohu P.ikington, Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for War. A commodious boathouse has
been erected fur the boat from the designs of Mr. C. IL
Cooke, the honorary architect of the society.