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E P A U L.
N 'THE NARRATIVE OF A FIVE YEARS' RESIDENCE
AT NJ PAUL. '

THE,SQCJETY 'OF ARTS.
Yesterday Was a greet
those objects ecienetteeiithdaty forarts,hethis
ms ty and for
i asnouefiftectures, and
sciences to which its-extetioes are-directed. For some
time pasta conamitfees of • the Society has been actively
eugagad in adopting 'measures toe seething a esion With
all the literary; scientific,- and mechanics' institutions
throughout the, country, on the bails of perfect inde-
pendence in self-ottlinmeat to each institution; but for,
objects in *Mel all. are iceerested, als4 ip which the pub-
. F")'"soAltsy
gf,''orgxeiolYtd!ltrlevxet 'dOe thence hand,
ripinCeS; oar t
h"thala 4 vast systene of local orga-
stion for purposes-of adult, instruction, which contuse
there is
jt the
s resourcesatdh vr 3,0 I
le tgt
thgoe
ous
ft.
4thesl
Thel MS requirese9
ee y°
e v aorab:t sv
I o fjreeenta
uht: uee peculiarflhta l nt
ohef the. Great
Exhibition, and bids fair to-be among its moat ithportant
fruits. To furor a pftSper estimate of its character it is
necessary to enter into some details. The idea of a
union between the different iocal institution and the
society, though not entirely-novel, was first praotic@ly
brought before the, ceuccil.ef- the society by Mr. Harry
Clntioter; ' whose experience in theedepartment-of the
!'Privy Couneil devoted- to . edseeeteee -and also with Ti"
tfehreelceetztoopcori
metropolis,
ninlitewrhaireeshaainhde scientificuesaninisnttittiuretisotns in
well
qualified him to take a learling
part in such a move-
ment. Mr. bhester wreteae letter to' the council,, which,
on due. eonaideratione they determined act upon, and.
in consequence aveihasittee
eras formed with full powers
ate organize ancl,caery out a plats for giving practical
effeek to his :suggestione. All the metropolitan and pro-
vincialinstitutions were &moulted oa the subject, and-
the eagerness with which they entered into the proposed
union is well illustrated by the
following memoranda of
riplied:teille to a query as to the aßvantages which they
expected to arise froth.suclAl4o4l4;—e
for toga gagethents, on known terms,
at a, cheaper rate, and in greater variety, with eminent
lecturers; in whese principled eon4deace may be placed;
for conferring respecting ;the comparative merits' of
lecturers,-and for creating a fresh supply in sueh
paremente as may be requisite.. Systematic courses of
lectures, and lectures shaving the character of- progres-
sive lessons.; Circulation of MS. lectures. Occasional
exhibitions end circulation .of works of art, diagrams,
natural objects, drawings, models, and specimens of
useful inventions. Louis of expensive books." Inter-
change of natural objects of different lecalities. Inter-
change of reports and practical aiiegestion. Supply of
instructions and materials
.for drawing claiies,
.and cir-
cu!ation of , models for such classes. Purchase of
books, casts, specithens, 441 illustrations at wholesale
prices. Advice iiheleassietance in selection and pur-
chase' of .hooks, &c, Communication of new discovesies
and -facts. Exact information of events interesting to
institutions. Regillar and -Complete statistical returns.
Joint action for she benefit of institutions, and for pro-
motion of science, literature, fine arts, '&c. Direc-
tion of attention to -facilities for investigating prac-
tical subjects. Ituo-seledge and experience of the
working oltbe plan or kindred institutions. Annual or
other ,conferencsa of the representatives of institutions.
Inientions-re,Wardsd by the. Society of Arts, a valuable
nucleus: of exhibitiens. _Copies of transactions and
weekly papers of Society of Arts. Circulation of class
teachers of singing, drawing, Ski. Development of
local resources and local talent. The strong institutions
might assist the week.- The cards of membership Of an
institution might admit the 'member, under certain re-
strictions, to the exhibitions and lectures of the Society
of Arts, and to the lectures and reading-rooms of insti-
tutions combined in -the 'union. The publication of an
institutional periodical. The publication of an annual
report, embracing the principal experience of the insti-
tutions.
higherees tone As-
sistance
t i o n s
.ofcocrarnsiwotriulul 80i_nrbit4?,rwationnatittouhtieoanls.diffAeren
and new life to many institutions. An increased pres-
tige, calculated to excite an increased interest, and to.
command increased Support. The cultivation of an esprit
de carps, and of a- kindly spirit of co-operation among
the officers and members 'of institutions. The more
svffa
ne et ug al e s
opublicationstttl ti
ooh e
rit existence,Facii
ities r oi jiemc
ptsr, a o
vinndg adad-
vantages of institutional visits to the. metropolis, by-pro-
viding competent pirsons to accompany the msmbera to
scientific exhibitions,
teiettoinbi
objects,tthi oe as2:geitic: LI a, and familiarly ex-
,
support which their pro-
posal had met the Committee of the Society of Arts de-
be invited f, oes allelselemal' institutions which had sent. The Anxiety
tienrmthienierdadthoehtioioldneatcootnhfeerence to which delegates should
vinaes tin the sutjed cannot be better illustrated than by
and
inturiitpreivnionipeeleds itnhertluvsehdoiuntthteheunpioron:
stating that yesterday,sehe day, fixed, for the conference,
delegates presented themselves from the following list of
places :=-

watkenniral oel wdob giFnt eoeh
°went
yel oedd:dgroneennubidnpt
no
noai
ffnirre
hr: ee,iocnnhtve
epna
nalt
leir
ertt
nsht aceieosnefewisti
o.lh—lceibe(ectCioehs
usuenffer
at
err
rst,
therefore believe that, by putting these societies, scat-
tommunicetion with the pay, in
rent society here, great pod
that there may be created here a fund of information
ky be
constantly and usefully drawing, without affecting their
ova indepeedent notion; and that whereas all institu-
tions in this country have baen from time to time ac-
cused of a desire to fortify and support themselves, pe-
cuniarily speaking, out of 'the consolidated fund, you
Will here create a consolidated fund of knowledge upon
which all parties may drhw without the least risk of,
its -becoming a bankrupt.—(Cheers.) For my part, I
can only invite you to proceed to the business of this
day with a desire to make it agreeable and consistent
with the feelings of all the parties that I` see repre-
sented here to-day; and, to do so, I trust it will not be
even suggested, as recommended, that 'only one path
should be followed in, each individual case, but that
the utmost latitude should be afferded to those who, in
our provincial towns; whether great or small,, have asso-
ciated themselves for the purpose; and I will take the
liberty of adding, because I .know that in many such
places the pursuits of science and of literature have been
more or less 'connected with subjects of amusement, that,
far from wishing.to repel thoserohjects, I believe nothing
can be more useful than that they should be perma-
nently connected with them.—(Cheers.) I therefore
trust that this will be had in view—that the jade-,
pendence of each society shall be preserved. But
if I am asked in what respect this • society,
may be eminently useful, it will be answered by the ap-
plications that, as you will be informed this day, have
already been made to this society—that they are de-
Mends from all quarters, of the most varied descriptions
—varying with the specific wantaof each locality—some
asking for lecturers to be sent to them, some asking for
statistical information, some asking for books or for
information as to where they may, be procured; some
asking for the mane of procuring public exhibi-
tions. I will not enumerate them more; but all of
them ask in a greater or less degree for that which
must be wanted in all, provincial towns, in a still
greater degree, as the places are scattered or re-
mote, and deficient in the means of procuring informa-
tion for themselves. I believe that any assistance you
can give in this way will be repaid amply to you and to
the public, and that those waters of knowledge which
you will diffuse will, like those gathered up from the
ocean, come back to you by refreshing the streams in
which they originated, and be received into the great
reservoir which it is the pride of the metropolis to offer
to the admiration of the country.—(Cheers.)
Earl GRANVILLE moved the first resolution, and after
some complimentary allusions to the presence of the
Noble Marquis in the chair, said that the meeting was
not one intended for oratorical display, but that practical
discussions were invited on the part of persons well ac
quainted with the subject. There was not the least de-
sire felt by the Society of Arts to constitute themselves
a governing body, but they sought to become a medium
of communication, and to act in an administrative capa-
city among the differentinstitutions.—(Cheers.) In dif-
ferent parts of the country unions had already taken
place, and the system of co-operation now proposed was
only. an .extension thereof, -so that it might become
national in its character.—(Cheers,) Tho Noble Earl
concluded amidst loud approbation by proposing the fol-
lowing resolution:—
" That the success of literary and scientific institutions
secnidenmeee,chanandicsa'r4iroatind
iatee in
in
know-
ledge, might be powerfully promoted by the combination
of many institutions in an union with' the Society of
t hteh o
diffusion•c ultiva tioofn
u of
seful literature,
Arts, on the basis of perfect security to the continued
independence of the institutions and the freedom of their
sell-government"
Mr. STRIITT, M.P., seconded the resolution, and,
specking as a delegate, bore testimony to the advantages
which had already resulted from the partial 00-operation
of local institutions.
The resolutions having been carried unanimously,
The Bishop -of Oxeoare advonated the proposed union
on the broad principles of its being calculated to pro-
mote the interests of religion and Morality. He felt that
it was not requisite for him to adduce any arguments
to support that proposition- before so enlightened and
distinguished an audience' and he only spoke on the sub-
ject in order that his words might rebound from them,
and carry conviction.elsewhere.—(Cheers.) He was not
one of those who bad any secret suspicion that any an-
tagonism existed between religion and the highest de-
velopment of literature, science, and art. He protested
against the idea that to be religious it was necessary to
be ignorant.—(Cheers) If it was designed by the
heavenly gift of God that man's intellect should be cul-
tivated, that he should possess an inhirreed conscience
and a reasonable spirit, the just development of his na-
ture must depend
.on the equal application of education
to his general powers.—(Cheers.) It was true that
knowledge and literature and science might be allied
with what was evil and mischievous,' but would they
hesitate on that ground to communicate instruction?
Ile rejoiced in being the honoured instrument of uniting
their common suffrages in favour 'of en almost self-evi-
dent proposition, and he • sat down,'moving as a reso-
lution—

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SOCIETY of PAINTERS in. WATER
COLOURS.
The FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION is NOW OPEN
at their Gallery, 5, Pall-mall East, from Nine till Dusk.
Admittance, One Shilling.. Catalogue, Sixpence.
. GEORGE FRIPP, Secretary.

- Slptreh, Portsmouth, Guildford, Newton-Abhot, Dun-
mow, Winchester, Halstead, Holbeck, Glonvoster, War-
wick, Chatham, Battle, Biggleswade, Bacnp, Jews and
G'eneral.lnstitution, Bartsreple„ Bristol. Bexlevaliteatb,
Islington, Chichester,- "Sowneaks; Naeziecid, Perding-
bridge, West London, Ely; Basingitokedlorshana High-
gate, Margiste, 'Grantham, Shrewsbury, Bekewell, St. An-
drew's, N. B..'Plymouth, Geeenwich,Workington, Ashton,
Yorkshire Union, Basingstoke, Colchester, Westminster,
Yorkshire, Porniinoall, Tonbridge Wells, Bedford,
of London,
Dover, Peterborough, Hastings, Uxbridge, Glasgow,
Newport, Newbury, IC-,mtieh Town,• Sudbury, Chelten-
ham, Southampton, Harveia,e, Coggeshall, flornoastle,
Tonbridge, Yeovil, Lendon,.Blandford,,City
Lewes, Woolwich, Northampton, Woburn, Pimlico,
Frome, Warminster, Hythe, Reigate, Maidenhead,
Salisbury, Falmouth,-"Brighton, Windsor and Eton,
Eastbourne, East Llitidon,
St. Leonard's, Brentford. le.teds, Braintree and Booking,
Liverpool, Lancaster, Egbana, Trowbridge, R
=ford,
Ipswich, Wrexham, Bussex,.Newport, Newbury, Stam-
ford, Manningtree, Staffordshire, Holmfirth, Gains-
borough, Dartford; Camberwell, Derby, Hackney,
Bury, Burnley; Wellitaborobgh, Exeter,
Staines, _Walworth, Royston, Nottingham, Stoke,
Lynn, Gravesend and Milton,
Faversharn, icy, sal, Droyladen, Chester,
tenstall, Glasgow, ,Dover, Chelmsford, Canterbury,
Herefordshire, Litke'ara, Tiverton, Whittington CialL
Many of the gentlemen thus returned to this educa-
tional and industriar:parliainent represented not only
the institutions of the towns from which they came, but
provincial unions rearm or less extensive, formed for the
persbnirpresent, who,
purpose of supplying tlidse very bentfits which the
Society of Arts now- seeks to. afford in a national and
Ware, Raw-
worthy manner. The influential character of the con-
ference itself may be fairly estimated from the following
served, represent all-shides-Of political opinion, and
list of distinguished
indicate harmonious 'eci:opelation in an object of ge-
neral utility' and undisputed value to the public at
large : ' . . -
...
The Earl of HarrewhY, Earl Granville, Earl of Car-
lisle, Bishop of Oxforcli-Dean of St. Paul's, Lord Eh-
rington, Sir John Boileau, Sir it will be ob-
served,
Eastlake, P.R.A-, 'Sir
D. Brewster,! Right• Hon. E: struts, M.P., Right Hon.
T. Milner Gibsore, SA' P 7),
----; 'a
-Li-gilt non. H. Tufnell, M.P.,
Mr. Hume, ikl.P., -Mr: Moffatt, M.P., Mr. Ewart, M.P.,
Sir C. Lyell, De. Playfeir, Professor Moseley, Mr. R.
ge
D. Grainger, Professor A i
je•IY, Me. Babbage, Mr. Tooke,
Me. C. Wentworth- Dilke, Mr. Leonard Horner, Mr. C.
Knight, Mr. Cole, C,8., lir. Harry Chester, Rev. Dr.
Booth, Captain Owen, R.E. Mr, Winkworth, Lieute-
nant Palley,lLE ~Mr. Redgrave, Rev. H. Mackenzie,
Rev. Professdr I,laurice,-Itev. Professor Harris. •
The Marquis of Larisnowsik, who presided, said—lt
may, perhaps, be convenient, - and it may be expected of
me by thohe who' have done me the honour to express a
wish that I should attend in this place and on this oc-
casion, if I state in a very few words what I conceive to
be the object'of the meeting, and at all events, the ob-
ject With which I hive attended here this day, with a
view to a farther. design, which I have every reason to
believe will prove eminently and generally benefice!.
Gentlemen, this society
Mean the society to which the
building in which we aro assembled belongs—you are
well aware .has been, I may venture to say, the parent
institution of all those thut have grown up in this coun-
try for the general furtherance of science. It has the
great honour of having shown and pointed out the way
in that' direction.--(fica_r, hear.) It has, in the lapse of
many years,' numbeted- arming its subscribers and its
supporters a very-large number of the most eminent per-
sons in this country. It has been honoured nut only
with the patronage but with the active support
of some of the most -enlightened and distinguished
members of the Royal Family of this country. It
has by that means held- out an example and shone
forth as a beacon, to which others have been at-
tracted; and you are probably all aware that as the•
commerce of the country, an • _d as the Population of the
country have increased, there nas fortunately sprung up
' an mar ease ' d 'desire In propagate knowledge and science,
-
both with the soicial habits
and to connect
try. Gentlemen, though you are all here present aware
be many, and certain!
of this, there may y there are
many,
Whose habitsthem t this oopfiaa . 0. metropolis, who
extent to which this has are ignorant of the gone, and
perhaps, when' I
who would be surprised,
_ _ state to them
what is known to me, indeed, that so diffused has this
from the communications
desire been, that it appears.
us institutions i
that have been held with earioourishiei now ex..st-
ing—l wish I could hayall fli uit at least now
t there are than 446,
existing in England,
that
and that out la
representing 70,000 persons,
_number
of
350 h these I un-
derstand institutions to'th
that have beenva.aatually-
responded to the qtterieaa addressed to
affording them from this place,. thereby
Ig airong-.!r in-
ther on whichcould dwell of the
stance than any o
is
to- improve e
anxious idesire there
teat there is to effect • that object
means, and the desire .
mediate close, d • themselvea in im ~ an friendly
by putting
with the body to which I have alluded
communication t
__which dwells in this plane.--
—the Society of .Ar Sts, ahasbeen
st esire felt, and when
(Hear.)' When I say
f say that desire__
boa, been responded to on the part
of this societyi, do not _
let me be supposed to state that
there '
side or. he other is the least de•
either on the one
sire on the one•to iMPPS
0 or on the other to accept, any
positive control over the
h ;egulations of any society. The
:
basis of such acommunication must be the perfect inde-
pendence of every itidivi
tiu al member. All that is sought
on the one side
to be
is the free
obtained, and on the other side
to be granted,
and useful communication of
.
knowledge. ' And, alt 4
"gh '
.as we are well aware,
great conflicts, and
there have been great douVet
greatil
difficulties with regard .to, perhaps,
the greatest of
o a
public social questions—the een trarization of .
y wer —I
believe that 48 to the Wit/ 91
the Ventralizittion of

" That this meeting is of opinion that literary and
scientific institutions and mechanics' institutes are cal-
culated to promote the interests of religion and morality
by the cultivation of literature, scicnce, and art, and by
the diffusion of u,eful knowledge; and that this meeting
earnestly invites all classes to unite in supporting and
improving such institutions, and extending their powers
of doing good."
The Earl of HARROWBY seconded the resolution,
which was carried unanimously, after some little dis-
cussion arising upon what fell from the Noble Earl,
but which had no baaring upon the terms- of the motion
itself.

Mr. MILNER arnsorr, M.P., moved the next resole.
tion, which referred to the financial conditions of the
proposed union. No one, he said, could insinuate that
the proposal to render services to the local institutions
was to be made a means of profit to the Society of Arts;
fur what they took in the way of compensAtion they
would give a full equivalent, and 'all that they desired
was to be protected from loss.—(Cheers.) He moved,
therefore, with much pleasure—
" That the pecuniary conditions of union should be
calculated to protect the society from loss, and to afford
to the institutions the full value of the payments which
they may make to the society's funds."
Mr. JOSEPH IlumE seconded the motion, and said that
he had attended the summons which ho had received as
one of the oldest members of the society. He considered

the present meeting as one calculatedantdo
thebe ofth e
now
i n importancewha what
they
yt to
were
ee
deficient,e t country at
Arts were rightly extending largo.—(Cheers.)et
the knowledge how Societyflof
From the results of the Great Exhibition they mk
noes:
i;gnhotstbesuppli
impartialed supplied.—(Cheers.)
sources,(eheefrr:
a great manufacturing and commercial country. From
dtheefiebiesutcyanmd
tion and fair exhibition, we bad learned a lesion which,
he trusted, would be improved.—( Rear, Inhear)
instances we had been fond of believing that many
we were at
the head of great interests on which the
We
population and-
wealth of this country depended.were no longer
a country depending on agricultural )ra
o/plreenywc.eorme
competi-
tion
produce for our
maintenance, and the number of our population was
vastly on the increase.—(Hear, hear.) ) It was ne"-
supporting
that that the means should be provided for
that augmented population, for enabling us to progress,
and to sustain a world-wide competition.—(Hear,
hear.) Unless we made the h
aids which science and knowledgee ltentustee of those
the indus-
trial arts we could not expect to prosper, and therefore
ho rejoiced in the present conference.—(Cheers.) The 1
letter of Mr. Chester had first informed him as to its
objects. Ho had always warmly advocated similar at-
tempts at social improvement, because an educated po-
pulation must always be preferable to one steeped in
ignorance.—(Cheers.) Ho hailed the contemplated
union as a means by which ignorance might be re-
moved, and, if it was successful, it would tend greatly to
increase the power, the prosperity, and the happiness of
the people.—(Loud cheers.) Let this country compete
openly and manfully with the world, and, by the appli-
cation of its skill, its industry, and its capital, -it would
accomplish an assured iluccess. The resolution which
he had to second was one of a character which had oc-
cupied his attention very often. He believed that every
institution of the kind ought to be self supporting, and
belied found that all with which he had been con-
- fleeted, which had not commenced on that footing, had
failed. A few ardent and ' independent men formed
an association, and by subscriptions might succeed in
making it flourish for a time, but it must be evident to
those who looked below the surface that this state of
tbinjs presented no permanent element of success, that
individuals wore removed, that circumstances changedet
,
and then down fell the institution.—(Cheeio But l
tho undertaking be made self-supporting, let every mem-
ber have an interest in its success, and believe that to a
certain extent upon his exertions its welfare depended,
and then no exterior assistance was wanted.—(Loud
cheers.) The Society of Arts volunteered its services to
become the medium of increased usefulness and know-
ledge to the different local insiitntions throughout the
country, and all that they imposed as a condition of that
. offer was not to be subjected to unnecessary expense.
He had the greatest pleasure in seconding the resolution.
Mr. GRAINGER, who, in the course of his observa-
tions, showed that he had had extensive experience of
the went which existed able union such as that now pro-
posed, moved, in a very manner, the following roan- 1
aion:—
" That this meeting accepts the ' memoranda of re-
plies,' &a, as a sufficient statement in gen
toeral terms
from
of
tho advantages which may he expected result
the proposed combination and union, and requests that
theb'ociety of Arta will appoint a special committee to
carry oat the foregoing resolutions, and that every in-
stitution in unioa with the society will nominate a re-
presentative ao form one of a representative council,
ehich shall have quarterly or other conferences with
the said special committee."
Mr. TVFNELL, M.P., seconded the motion,
which,
after a short practical discussion of a friendly character
on the part of several delegates present, was carri •
ed una-
nimously.
The delegates who shared in the proceedings
conference were from Exeter,- Egham, of
. the
the city ,of Lon-
f don latelllrY end &iota) ben
I ution, Guildford,

[PRICE SD.

Greenwich, the London Mcchaaiee' Institution, the
Jewish Literory Institution, and Woburn. Their ob-
servations chiefly related to details of management, into
which it was obviously impossible that the conference at
its first meeting could enter,
sense, r, but which
ae
da
w al
sitep,
on2evieora to
the
lees, marked by great good
co-aperate in the views and plans of the society.
The Earl of CARLISLE, in his usual happy style,pro-
por,ed a.vOre (if thaelea to the Marquis of Lansdowne,
which was seconded by the -Dean of St. Paul's, and
most cordially acceded to.by the meeting. '
• ANT a suitable acknowledgment of the compliment,-
the Noble CEIAiRIIIAN armc tweed that the committee cf
the Society of Arta would n--:teet to-day at 12 o'cleek, GO
would be happy to receive any communications and sug-
gestions which the delegetcs had to 'offer; that arrange-
ments would be made for giving practical erred *to the
objects of the conference, and that at three a deputation
would :weit upon his Revel Highness Prince Albert,
who took a lively -interest in the subject of their deli-
berations.
In the evening a &tiller at the Freemasons' Tavern,
admirebly supplied by the proprietors, and of which
nearly 200 gentlemen partook, cemented the union et
the society's house in John-street,. Adelphi. Over this
social gathering the Earl -of Carlisle gracefully pre.
aided; and every one present seemed pleaSed with the
result of what may be fairly regarded as the fret fruits
of the Exhibition, anti the commencement of a now
sphere of usefulness for the society with the council of
which, and its Royal President, that grand display
originated. _

The usual loyal toasts were rendered more significant
and ree.ived with greater enthusiasm on the occasion by
the position which his Royal -Highness Prince Albert
occupies as President of tin Society of Arts; and the
chairman did not miss the opportunity of pointing cut
how much this country is indebted to his Royal Highness
for the services which he has rendered to the cause of
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industrial progress.
The Earl of CARLISLE, in proposing the toast of the
evening, groom/lathed it with some-striking observations.
He reminded the company that they were then mainly
brought together for the purposes of companionship and
better acquaintance, not for any over conviviality or
excess, for that would be rather an unseemly ac-
count for the delegates to carry beck with
them to their constituents.—(Laughter) Their object
was to cement the union which had been formed,
and to pledge, under the genial influence of toasts
and hurrahs, their best exertions to protect it.—
(Cheers.) After alluding in a felicitous manner to their
meeting in the Freemasons'-hall, the walls of which he
feared would tumble down upon him while he avowed
that he was not one of the brotherhood—he procee3ed
to say that in a neighbouring country, in the great ca
pica! of France, there were assembled last week what
had been termed a great national festival on their Field
of Mare—the splendour of which was insured by all that
great military preparation and consummate artistic skill
and complete despotic power could effect, and which was
Imperial in everything but the name. It must have been
as rich and brilliant a scene to the eye as ceuid well be
conceived, but we might tell our gay and gallant neigh-
bours that we did not envy them their gleaming standards
or their golden eagles, while we offered an ssylum to the
literature—(lmmense cheering)—and the genius which
they had cast fo►th—(Continued cheering)—aed while
we make a home for the liberties which they had an-
nulled—(Cheers)—while we pursued what we conceived
to be the more legitimate ends and the more worthy aims
of promoting the intellectual, the social, the moral, and
the religious improvement of the whole bulk of the
people.—(Great cheering.) That was their motive for
assembling on the present occasion. They felt that it
was for the best that they ventured to lay the fours.
dation of another edifice, which they devoted to popular
ins►ruction and enlightenment. They hoped that it
would lead to the cultivation of another portion of the
great peaceful field, and around the altar which they
raised they did not seek to pile military standards or
barren steel, but rather to crown it with the fruits end
the flowers which illustrated the peaceful career of their_
national industry.—(Loud cheers) The Noble Earl
concluded by proposing:—
" The Literary and Scientific Institutions and the Me.
clinics' Institutions of th,ei United Kiegclom fend success
to the happy union this day founded (coupling with it
in terms of deserved compliment the name of Mr. IL
Chester)."• _
Mr. CHESTER made kvery modest bat Imitable reply,
and was followed by
Mr. GRAINGER. who proposed " The Society of Arte.”
Mr. W. HARDING acknowledged the toast.
Mr. C. KNIGHT, in appropriate terms, proposed" The
Representatives assembled at this day's oon4erence, and
may they be returned to our next Parliament."
Sir G. ANDERSON acknowledged the toast.

The CHAIRMAN then gave he Provincial Unions,
especially that of Yoilishire," assoclriting with it the
name of Mr. Baines, of Leeds.
Mr. BAINES replied; and after the health of the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne and the Earl of Carlisle had been
drunk with due honour, the company separated.