The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-15 00:00:00

WEIGHTS AND YEA SI:REM.

In the opinion of the Tinaci there is an Ina/kink pre-
ponderance of oonaiderationain favour of using our pre-
sent system of arithmetic and of weights and ukasarea.
The advantage of the innovations would he do obtful, the
disadvantage certain and serious. The process itself, ac-
cording to Mr. Cave, would be almost impracticable. About
20 millions of imperial weights anti meas.:Tee would hove
to be changed, not to mention oche: mensuree ..nd stan-
dards. The revolution would gratify a few philosopher',
and tend to the convenience of m. very few grout mer-
chants. Into the wide ranks and countless household/ of
the peoplx it would carry confusion, annoyancx, ;Ind los,.
complicating and obscuring every trunkvAlon of d..;13,
life.
The Post would allow Mr. Ewart and On frieba, to
enact their bill on the condition that nobody who didn't
like should be bound to obey it. one little possible merit
in the bill is that it may lead to oar discovering what a
metre is, for the most expert of our scientific men b.. ye
hitherto been unable to express its exact length.

THE. DUBLIN CORPORATE A DDIF.E4. TP TRE
QuEmv.—lt will be seen from the " Court Circular'. that
yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Carroll, Lord Mayor of
Dublin, and several members of the Corporation, arrived
at Windsor Castle, and presented an address la. the Queen
in reference to the recent attempt on the life of the
t)uke of Edinburgh, and that her Mr...lndy graciously
conferred the honour of knighthood upon the
Lord Mayor at the close of the proceedings. The
following is the reply of her blejesty to the address:—
" The loyalty and devotion to my family and person et •
pressed by you on the late attempt to assassinate my dear
son, the Duke of Edinburgh, is very gratifying to my
feelings. I thank you for your sympathy on the amtiety
naturally felt by me on men intelligence, and 1 trort that
your wishes for the Duke of Edinburgh's return tome in
health and strength may soon be fulfilled."

TEX LATE LORD BROViaIIANI. .4 meeting of the
council of the Social &lance Association, to dispose of
various matters of business was held yesterday. The
Earl of Shaftesbury presided, and among those present
were the Lord Chief Baron, HOE. George DOO.OAD,
M.P., Sir James Kay tihuttlewortb, Sir Baldwin Leighton,
Sir J. Eardley Wilmot, Mr. Lefevre, M.P.. !lir. Pollard-
Urquhart, M.P., Dr. Farr, Dr. 16reenhow, de. After the
minutes of the previous meeting had been read and signed,
the Lord Chief Baron moved the following resolution :
" That the council, before proceeding to the business
on their notice-paper, desire, on this, the trrt occa-
sion of their meeting after the death of Lord
Brougham, to record once more their profound
sense, not only of the services rendered by weir late
illustrious president to the Law Amendment Society
and the Social Science Association,!but also of his now
ralleled exertions, commenced more than halt t. century
since, in support of the great oJjecte which those bodies
were subsequently established to promote." In moving
this resolution, Sir Fitzroy Kelly expressed his sense
of the devotion of Lord Brougham, the devotion of his
time, labour, learning, and genius, to the good of his
fellow-men
objects. He alluded, with much emotion, to the regret
felt by others se well ad himself that so great a man
should rest in a foreign grave; and he frosted that it
was net yet too late to make some representation to the
highest authority in the land in favour of the removal of
his remains to a more fitting resting-place. He was
labouring under an indisposition which had compelled
him for some days to forego his judicial duties, and which
I made it difficult for him to speak, but he must have
been struck dumb to have prevented him r.u9ing his
voice in favour of the resolution which had beta placed in
his hand. Mr. Denman, Q.C., M.P., seconded the motion.
Mr. flutings bore testimony to the constant, zealous, aid
earnest work, oftwhich be had probably sees More Sea say
other member, given by Lord Brougham to the Lew
Amendment Society for more than twenty years, sad sub-
eequently to the association. Toe resolution was (*Mot
nen. cow., and was ordered to be sent to the preiment.Lard
Brougham.
SAILORS' Horn, LONDON Doc:ie.—The annual
meeting of the directors and friends of the Bailors' Home
and Destitute Sailors' Asylum, Well-streekiLondon Dock,
took place yesterday in the new dormitory of the "Home.'
Admiral Bowles presided, and was supported by Admiral
Hamilton, Admiral &urn), Admiral Barnett, Captain the
Hon. F. Mande, RNA and ninny others.
REPEREENTATION OF ABERDEEN. —The Ba744ltire
.Tournal understands that in the event of • mead scat
bang jives to this city ander the new Reform Itin Mr.
Clark, son of Sir James Clark, is likely to come forward
as a liberal candidate.
Walker's Half-Guinea Hats equal in appearance
and durability those oeuerally sold at lee. ed. each at the usual
, retail houses Walivir, Natter, 49, orOWtOrd4triet, Ilaryllebome
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