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EXCHEQUER BILLS.
Office of her Majesty's Paymaster-General,
Whitehall, May 17, 1852.
The Exchequer Tiflis dated in the month of June, 1851, (per Act
14 Vic., cap. 9, 17,756,6001., wino. 1851), with the Interest due
thereon, will be paid off on the I:Aft June, 1852, when the Interest
wily cease.

Stich Rills will he received for Exchange at this Office daily, from
half-prat Ten till Three o'clock, untiLpe 3d day of -June, 1852, in-
clusive.

Priat,d forms, containing instructions for the preparation of the
Lists (or Claims). and the arrangement of the bills, may be obtained
on application at this Office.
The netrers mast indorse each Bill with their usual signatures.
and they must insert their names and addresses in eachListor

Claim ; and where the names of holders are inserted in the Bills, the
indorsements of such holders must also be obtained previously to
their Claims being left for examination.
New Bills, bearing Interest at the rate of One Penny and Ono
Farthing by the day, upon every cane Hundred P..unds, and dated
the said lOth day of lime, 1852, may be obtained in payment of the
Principal of the whole., or part, of Cie Exchequer Bills issued under
the Act above-mentioned, on the claimants specifying in their Claims
(or Lists) the amount of New Bills required by theta.
The New Bills, together with the Interest on the Bills left for ex-
change, will be issued on the 11th day of June, 1852 ; the bearers
must attend at this Office to sign receipts for the payment of principal
and interest.
Payment, in money, may be obtained at this Office for any of the
said Exchequer Bills previously to the said 10th day of June, 1852,
upon the claimants leaving the Bills for examination one day prior
to that on which such payment is desired.
N.B. All Exchequer Bills dated prior to June, 1851, have been
previously advertised to be paid off.

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 Shilliug. Catalogue, Sixpence.
GEORGE FRIPP, Secretary.

TH E 17Thr L ANCER S.
The ANNUAL DINNER of the 17th Lancers will take place
at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, on TIIURSDAY, the 27th May
instant, at Half-past Seven o'clock.
His Royal Highness the Mike of CAMBRIDGE in the Chair.
Gentlemen intending to diraiimiroliea*RgetsistiamArajiaapp.4t,
Ale C1,ate414R4.94•411' , • an . •
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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Icotlce is hereby given, that a.S PECIAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the Great Western Railway Company will be held at the Pad-
dington station, on TruntsnaY, the 27th day of May instant, at One
o'clock in the Afternoon, when a copy of the following Bill, now de-
pending in Parliament, will b, submitted for the consideration and
approval of Fuch meeting, viz. :
" A Bill fur a lease of the undertaking of the Birken'iead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to the Great-West-
ern. the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Shrewsbury and
Chester Railway C,,mpanies, or to the Great Western Railway Com-
pany and either of the sold fast mentioned Companies; and for the
Amalgamation, in a certain event, of the said undertaking with the
undertakings of the said three last-mentioned Companies, and for
other purposes."
The Chair will be taken at Half-past One o'clock precisely.
C. RUSSELL, Chairman.
B A RRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman.
Paddington Station, May 13, 1852.

Notice is als) hereby given, that the Adjourned Meeting of this
Company of the 12th instant, be held on THURSDAY next, the
20th instant, when the three last-mentioned Bills in the former no-
tice will be considered, in pursuance of the Standing Orders of the
[louse of Lords.

C. RUSSELL, Chairman.
BARRLINGTON,Deputy-Chairman.

13th May, 1852.

TOE WEST GR ANAD k or V ERAGUAS
GOLD and SILVER MINING COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursu not to 7th ant Bth Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital, 100,0001., in 109,000 Shares of it. each.
To be paid in full allotment.
With power, upon the adoption of the Agent's Report, to increase the
Capital to 290,000/.
TRUSTEES.
Frederick Mildred, Esq., Nicholas-lane.
George Clive, Egq. 20, Eaton-square.
DIRECTORS.
neorge Thomas Brains, Esq., Chaamian, 8, Hyde Park-terrace
Charles Earber, Esq., Croydon
George Clive, Esq., 20. E iton-square
Frederick Mangles, Esq., 17, Grac-church-street
Benjamin Shaw, Esq., the Priory, Kilburn
George Such, Esq., 31. D , F.L.S., 21, ottingham-street, Regent's-

park
Joseph Thompson, Esq , 43, Gloucester terrace, Hyde-park
Marmadtike Wyvill, Esq NEP . 13. Chester-street, Grosvenor-place
Alexander Young, Esq., 11, King William-street.

BANKERS.
Me srs. Masterman, Peters, and Co.
The Commercial 11 ink of Moudon.
BROKERS.
- Messrs. Tlitchins and Harrison, 18, Threadneedle-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Baker, Ruck, and Jennings, 34, Lime-street.
SECRETARY.
Mr. William Webb, C.E.
Offices of the Company, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings.
This Company is form d for thp purpose of working Gold and
Silver Mines in the Province of Veraguas, New Granada
A large quantity of Ore has been raised, and is now ready for the
Crushing Mills, and is estimated to produce Gold of the value of
18S,u00/.
The Director have the absolute and unconditional power to adopt
or reject the Contract, at any time within one month after the re-
ception of the report, to be obtamed from their Agents.
No Money, Shares, or other benefit will he derived by the Vendors
until the directors shall have adopted the Contrmt. But in case of
such adoption, the power to increase the Capital now taken will be
exercised, and the additionall Shares offered (optionally) pro rata to
the then Shareholders.
In case, on the receipt of the report, or from any other cause, the
Directors shall determine to advise the Shareholders not to proceed
any further with the undertaicing, they engage that any Share-
holder, intimating, in writing, his desire to withdraw from the
Company, shall be at liberty to d) so, and to receive back the origi-
nal 20s. per share, deducting the actual expenses incurred, awl
which the Directors engage shall not exceed 2s. per share.
'The unquestionable character of the title—the exemption from
royalty and dues—the short distance from England—the proximity
to the Atlantic coast—the quantity and quality of the ore at Surface
extracted from the bill above adit level—the prospect of speedy
returns from this source—the great extent of the veins, and t,eir
progressive increase in richness in proportion to the depth, according
to the tests made—afford ample ground for expectation that the
Dividends of the Company will equal those of the richest Gold and
Silver mines now known, and that the provisional contract entered
into by the Directors will, upon the verification of the report, have
secured to the Shareholders the possession, in perpetuity, of a pro-
perty of great and increasing value.
Applications for Shares may be made to Messrs. 'Helens and
Harrison, Brokers, No. 18, Threadneedle-street, or to the Directors,
at the Offices of the Company, No. 1, Royal Exchange-buidings.
For further particulars see Prospectus.

SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS,
TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,
CLERKS, STATION-MASTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS,
BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS.
TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and
GUARANTEE COMPANY.
32, Ludgate•hill, London.
GUARANTEE FOR FIDELITY OF TRUST.
PROFITS DIVIDED.
RATES—From 7s. 6d. per cent. upwards. No charge for Stamps
An allowance made in the Guarantee Premium where a Life As-
surance and Guarantee are combined.
LIFE ASSURANCE.
Policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud.
Arrangements can be made with this Office to prevent the loss of a
Policy where the Assured is unable, from temporary embarrassmen
to keep up the payments,

H. B. SHERID %S.
TIMES FIRE AND PROPERTY ASSURA.NCE COMPANY.
Every description of Fire Assurance. Profits Divided.
Agents Wanted.

H. B. SHERIDAN.

DEMOLITION.
Thvdays are now all numbered, most famous House of

Glass,
And all thy sights and treasures must yield again for grass.
Thy noble form and structure has gained all countries praise,
And well they'll long remember thy brilliant busy clays ;
Oh ! yes, they well remember when first they thee beheld,
When through thy vast dimen,ions the organ's music swell'd ;
When g, id and every brilliant which human hands could find,
With mighty works of skill and taste were everywhere combined ;
And new, ill spite of all the stir, the bustle, and the toil,
They'll think it a great pity if removal should thee spoil.
Thrust, and squeeze, and tug, and throng, they would again endure,
If sacrifices such as tit-se could similar sights procure ;
But noble architectural pile, though brittle House of Glass,
There wi'l remain a famous House, which none can ere surpass,
Where ornament, and skill, and taste, is always so disulayed,
That greater m re end ring fa Pe, than thine will it pervade.
That House has many spacious parts, each stored with gems of taste,
And splendid cloths of various shades to every fashion's traced.
All the;e for Exhibitions great, E MOSES has designed;
On Expositions such as thine they've marvellously refined.
But fret not,'w,ssted structure, thotfith Palace was thy name,
Two Palaces, more durable, shall still prolong their fame—
n ALDUATE and in OXFORD-STREET, each famed for style and
grace,
MOSES and SON, by fashions new, maintain their famous place,
Where SUMMER DRE§S for every class, designed for young
and old,
All previous seasons in their styles excel a hundredfold.

•Just published, in 2 vols., 21s. bound,
E P A U L.
1 THE NARRITIVE OF A FIVE YEARS' RESIDENCE
AT NEI'AUL.
By Captain THOMAS SMI nr, Assistant Political Resident at
Nepaul; from 1841 t . 1845.
"No one'need go elsewhere for hvormation about Nepaul. He

will find it all arranged in this interestint work with perspicuity
and comile'encs.. It will henceforth be the standard work on Ne-
paul. Captain Smith's narrative of his personal adventures is most
exciting. Not less attractive is his account of the wild sports of Ne-
inutul, n which he was a distinguished actor. The work also includes
a full account of the embassy of Jung 13.thadoor."7-United Service
Gazette. _ .

Coburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street.

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THE SOCIETY OF ARTS.
Yesterday was a great day for this society and for
those objects connected with-the arts, manufactures, and
sciences to which its exertions are directed. For some
time past a committee of the society ,has been actively
engaged in adopting measures for securing a union with
all the literary, scientific, and. inechanics' institutions
throughout the country, on-the: basis of perfect inde-
pendence in self-government-to each institution, but for
objects in which all are interested, and in which the pub-
lie good is largely involied. On the one hand, there is
the society, anxious to extend its usefulness throughout
the provinces; On the other; a vast system of local orga-
niz ttion for purposes of adult instruction, which confes-
:ecily requires elevation,' and to which the resources of
the Society of Arts pre...sent. 'peculiar advantages.
The movement ii obviously a result of the Great
Exhibition, and bids falateebeamong
its most important
fruits. To form a proper estimate of its character it is
necessary to enter into some details. , Tho idea of a
union between the different local institutions and the
society, though not entirely novel, was first practically
brought berore the c.,uncil of the society by Mr. Harry
Chester, whose experience in the department of the
Privy Colima devoted to educetion, and also with re-
ference to certain literary and Scientific institutions in
the metropolis, in which, lie takes an interest, well
qualified him to take a Wading part in such a Move-
ment. Mi. Chester wrote a letter to the council, which,
on due consideration, they determined to act upon, and
in consequence a committee was formed with full powers
to organize and carry out a plan. for giving practical
effect to his suggestions. All the metropolitan and pro-
vincial institutions were consulted on the subject, and
the eagerness with which they awered into the proposed
union . is well Alkustrated .ti'yetalcitilak-Mitlrawdk
l'etries inadeito Pi query, as to the advantages which they
expected to arise from such a combination:—
"Facilities for making engagements, on known terms,
at a cheaper rate, and in greater variety, with eminent
lecturers, in whose principles confidence may be placed;
for conferring respecting the comparative merits of
lecturers, and for creating a fresh supply in such de-
partments as may be requisite. Systematic courses of
lectures, and lectures having the character of progres-
sive lessons. Circulation of MS. lectures. Occasional
exhibitions and circulation of works of art, diagrams,
natural objects, drawings, models, and specimens of
useful ,inventions. Loans of expensive books. Inter-
change of natural objects of different localities. Inter-
change of reports and practical suggestions. Supply of
instructions and materials for drawing classes, and cir-
culation of models for such classes. Purchase of
books, casts, specimens, and illustrations at wholesale
prices. Advice and assistance in selection and pur-
chase of books, &c. Commanication of new discoveries
and facts. Exact information of events interesting to
institutions. Regular and complete statistical returns.
Joint action for the benefit of institutions, and for pro-
motion of science, literature, fine arts, &c. Direc-
tion of attention to facilities for investigating prac-
tical stibjects. Knowledge and experience of the
working of the plans of kindred institutions. Annual or
other conferences cf the representatives of institutions.
Inventions rewarded by the Society of Arts, a valuable
nucleus of exhibitions. Copies of transactions and
weekly papers of Society of Arts. Circulation of class
teachers of singing, drawing, &c. Development of
local resources and local talent. The strong institutions
might assist the weak. 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 is the union. The publication of an
institutional periodical. The publication of an annual
report, embracing the principal experience of the insti-
tutions. Occasional arbitration to heal differences. As-
sistance in formation of new institutions. A higher tone
and new life to many institutions. An increased pfes-
tige, calculated to excite an increased interest, and to
command increased support. The cultivation of an esprit
de corps, and of a kindly spirit of co-operation among
tee officers and members of institutions. The more
effectual publication of the existence, objects, and ad-
vantages of institutions. Facilities for improving ad-
vantages of institutional visits to the metropolis, by pro-
viding competent persons to accompany the members to
scientific exhibitions and institutions, and familiarly ex-
plaining the objects, itc."
Acting upon the encouraging support which their pro-
posal had met the Committee of the Society of Arts de-
termined to hold a conference to which delegates should
be invited from all the local institutions which had sent
in their adhesions to the principles involved in the union.
The anxiety and interest evinced throughout the pro-
vinces on the subject cannot be better illustrated than by
stating that yesterday, the day fixed for the conference,
delegates presented themselves from the following list of
places:-- _

Slough, Portsmouth, Guildford, Newton-Abbot, Dun,
mow, Winchester, Ilalstead, Holbeck, Gloucester, War-
wick, Chatham, Battle, Biggleswade, Bacup, Jews and
General Institution, Barnstaple, Bristol, Bexley-heath,
Islington, Chichester, Sevenoaks, Norwood, Fording
bridge, West London, Ely, Basingstoke, Horsham, High-
gate, Margate, Grantham, Shrewsbury, Bakewell, St. An-
drew's, N. 8., Plymouth, Greenveich,Workiegton, Ashton,
Yorkshire Union, Basingstoke,
Colchester
Yorkshire, Portsmouth, Tonbridge Vi Westminster,
ells, Bedford,
Tonbridge,Teovif, Landon, 131andford, City of London,
Dover, Peterborough, Hastings, Uxbridge, Glasgow,
Newport, Newbury, Kentish Town, Sudbury, Chelten-
ham, Southampton, Harveian, Coggeshall, Horneastle,
Lewes, Woolwich, Nortlaampton, Woburn, Pimlico,
Frome, Warminster, ---TlYthe, Reigate
Salisbury, Falmouth, ,Brighton, Wind' Maidenhead,
sor, and Eton,
Eastbourne, East London, Lynn, Gravesend and Milton,
St. Leonard's, Brentford, Leeds, Braintree and Bocking, 1
Liverpool, Lancaster, Egham, Trowbridge, Romford,
Ipswich, Wrexham, Sussex Newport, Newbury, Stam-
ford, Manningtree, Staffordshire, Holmfirtb, Gains-
borough, Dartford, Camberwell, Derby, Hackney,
Staines, Walworth, Royston, Nottingham' Stoke,
Faversham, Gateshead, Manchester, Droylsden, Chester,
Bury, Burnley, Wellinborougb, Exeter, Ware, Raw-
Herefordshire, Liskeard, Tiverton, Whittington Club.
tenstall, Glasgow, D
Many of the gentlemen thus returned to this educa-
tional and industrial parliament represented not only
the institutions of the towns from which they came, but
wter, Chelmsford, Canterbury,
provincial unions more or less extensive, formed for the
purpose of supplying those very benefits which the
Society of Arts now seeks to afford in a national and
worthy manner. The influential character of the con-
ference itself may be fairly estimated from the following
represent all shades of
list of distinguished persons present, who, it will be ob-
served,indicate harmonious co-operation in an object of ge-
neral utility and undisputed value to the public at
large :
The Earl of FlarrowbY, Earl Granville, Earl of Car-
D. Brewster, Right Hon. E. Strutt, M.P.,
lisle, Bishop of Oxford, Dezn of St. Paul's, Lord Eh-
rington, Sir John Boileau, Sir C. Eastlake, P.R.A., Sir
political opinion, and
T. Milner Gibson, M P n
_,_• ..ight non. IL Tufnell, M.P.,
Mr. Home ALP., Mr. Moffatt, M.P. Mr. Mr. Ewart, MPe
D. Grainger, Professor Soil air
Yt --er. Babbage, Mr, Tooke,
SirKl \ l
Knight, i*CgChtL, WYMeeirel:tCpweerlr'et,Phel ap.yßif.l4,kierii," 1;1. rf°'llarlecs;ri.ra rCdMhonesseetrleeßery,eirgfihMlSetvir.rill Dr.(ll)Cn...
laiotb, Captain Owen. RE' Mr, Winkworth, Lieute-
nant, Pasley, R.E , Mr. Redgrave, Rev, H. Mackenzie,
Rev. Professor aiaurice, tem Professor Harris,
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who presided, said—lt
may, perhaps, be convenient, and it may be expected of
me by those 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 Sea, words what I conceive to
be the object of the meeting, and, at all events, the ob-
ject with which I have attended here this day, with a
view to a further design, which I have every reason to
Gentlemen,
believe will
this
society
eminently and generally benefical.
building in which we are assembled betongs-you are
—I mean the society to which the
well aware has been, I may venture to say, the parent
institution of all those that 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.—( Hear, hear.) it has, in the lapse of
many years, numbered among its subscribers and its
supporters a very large number of the most eminent per-
of this country. It
sons in this country. It has been honoured not only
with the patronage but with the active support
of some of the most enlightened and distinguished
Royal
lld Family
n
members
hasexample, 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, and as
fortunately
by
tboaft
meansthe R
Population of the.
country have increased, there has sprung up
an increased desire to propagate knowledge and science,
and to connect both with the soicial habits of the coun-
try. Gentlemen, though you are all here present aware
of this, there may. be many, and certainly there are
many, whose habits confine them
extent to which .to this metropolis, who
.
are ignorant of the
when I this has gone, and
who would be surprised, perhaps, state to them
what is known to me, indeed, that eo diffused has this
desire been, that it appears from the communications
that have been held with various institutions now exist-
ing—l wish I could say all fl
thereee are not
at least now
existing in England, that
s, and that oute of these 446,
representing 70,000 persons, I h number of 350 h
un-
derstand institutions to t
that have beenhays actually
responded to the queries
affording e. taddressed to
them from this place, therebywhich I could s ronger in-
stance than any other.sonte
improve society dwellofthe
anxious desire there
ihat there is to effect th bythese
means, and the desire t _ a object
. themselves in immediate,
close, and friendly
by putting .
the body to which I have alluded
communication with
Arts—which dwells in this 1
—the Society of has been
p ace.—
that desire has been felt, and when
(Hear.) When I say that
has been responded to on the part
I say that desire
let me be supposed to state h
t at
of this society, do not
theis the .east de•
there
either on the one side or other ,
or oh the other to accept, any
sire on the one to impose,,e
ulaticne of any sectety The
positive control over the r g
; n must be the per‘ 5. • '
basis of such a communicat.o
member. All thatr. e In"-
pendence of every individual
and on theother side
on the one side to be obtained, _ _ . side
and useful communication of
to be granted, is the free
a® well aware,
knowledge. And although,s we are
there have been great doubts, great
difficulties with regard to, perhaps, the greatest of all
public social questions--the centralization of power—l
belleTe that 41 $9 the utility of tliV oelltrfazittioh of

knowledge no doubt can be entertalced.—(Cheers.) I
therefore believe that, by putting these societies, scat-
tered as they are in different parts of the country, in
communication with tho parent society here, great good
will be effected, and no inconvenience will be suffered—
that there may be created here a fund of information
and of knowledge upon which all these societies may be
constantly and usefully drawing, without affecting their
own independent action; and that whereas all institu-
tions in this country have been from time to time nc•
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 draw without the least risk of
it; 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 hero to-day; and, to do so, I trust it will not be
oven suggested, as recommended, that only one path
should be followed in each individual case, but that
the utmost latitude should be affsrded 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 those objects, 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 inde-
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 IBlti Thoeiety—that they are de-
mands from all quarters, of the most varied descriptions
—varying with the specific wants of 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 maybe procured; some
asking for the means 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.lbee rlieepveatid yto youhaatmapnlyassista and to
the assistance you
can give
eliic and that a,
this
swaywill b
those waters of knowledge which
you will diffuse will, like those gathered up from the
ocean, come back to you by refreshing the streams An
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•
a governing body, but they sought to become a medium
scliareainfetletdby w
of communication, and to act in an administrative cape-
itthisethseocsiuebtjyecoLf
ATrhtserteowcaosnsntoittuttheethleemassteldvees-
city among the different institutions.—(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.) The Noble Earl
concluded amidst loud approbation by proposing the fol-

lowing resolution:— -
" That the success of literary and scientific institutions
and mechanics' institutes in the cultivation of literature,
science, and art, and in the diffusion of useful know-
ledgP, might be powerfully promoted by the combination
of many institutions in an union with the Society of
Arts, on the basis of perfect security to the continued
independence of the institutions and the freedom of their
self-government."
Mr. STRUTT, M.P., seconded the resolution, and,
speaking as a delegate, bore testimony to the advantages
which had already resulted from the partial co-operation
of local institutions.
The resolutions having been carried unanimously,
The Bishop of OXFORD advocated 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 had 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 informed 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
hesitdte on that ground to communicate instruction?
He rejoiced in being the honoured instrument of uniting
their common suffrages in favour of an almost self-evi-

dent proposition, and he sat down, moving as a reso
lution—
" 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, science, 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 Hennowny seconded the resolution,
which was carried unanimously, after some little dis-
cussion arising upon what fell from the Noble Earl,
but which bad no bearing upon the terms of the motion
itself.
Mr. MILNER GIBSON, M.P., moved the next resolu-
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;
for 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.) Ho 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 HUME seconded the motion, and said that
he had attended the summons which he had received as
one of the oldest members of the society. He considered
the present meeting as one calculated to be of the ut-
most importance to the country at large.—(Cheers.)
From the results of the Great Exhibition they now
knew in what they were deficient, and the Society of
Arts were rightly extending the knowledge how that
deficiency might be supplied.—(Cheers.) We were now
a great manufacturing and commercial country. From
the best and most impartial sources, from open competi-
tion and fair exhibition, we had learned a lesson which,
he trusted, would be improved.—( Hear, hear.) In many
instances we bad been fond of believing that we were at
the head of great interests on which the population and
wealth of this country depended. We were no longer
a country depending on agricultural produce for our
maintenance, and the number of our population was
vastly on the increase.—(Hear, hear.) It was neces-
sary that the means should be provided for supporting
that augmented population, for enabling us to progress,
and to sustain a world-wide competition.—(Hear,
hear.) Unless we made the best use, of those
aids which science and knowledge lent to the indus-
trial arts we could not expect to prosper, and therefore
he rejoiced in the present conference.—(Cheers.) The
letter of Mr. Chester had first informed him as to its
objects. -He 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.) He 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-
cationld of its skill, its industry, and its capital, it would
accomplish an assured success. The resolution whichoo.
he had to second was one of a character which had r
copied his attention very often. He believed that every
institution of the kind ought to be self-supporting, d
he had found that all with which be had been. con-
nected,a which had not commenced on that footing, hadfo'rmed
failed. A few ardent and independent m
an association, and by subscriptions might seuacceed in
making it flourish for a time, but it must be evident to
those who looked ,below the surface hs!
atuhninssat,ate of
that
things presented no permanent element f ea
individuals were removed, that circumstances ch
But langedet
,
and then down fell the institution.—(Cheers
the undertaking be made self-supporting, let every mem-
ber have an interest in its success,
.a dbelieve that to a
certain extent upon his exertions its welfare depended,_.
eed —(Loud
and then no exterior assistanca wa
cheers.) The Society of Arts volunteered its services to
become the differ of increased usefulness and know-
ledge to theent local. institutions throughout the
?sled as a condition of that
country, and all that they
offer was not to be subjected to unnecessary expense.
He had the greatest pleasu.rne itnnesecourse of his observe-
, Mr. GRAlNGER,_wehbota
d had extensive experience of
Lions, showed that h
the want which existed for a union such as that now pro-
posed, moved, in a very able manner, the following reso-
lion :
" That this meeting accepts the 1. memoranda of re-
plies,' eke., as a sufficient stbaotemexlteoitnedgetnoerraelauteltrmfrom
the advantages which may _
the proposed combination and 101013, and requests that
appoint a special committee to
the Society of Arts will r
carry out the foregoing. resolutions, and that every in-
stitution in union with the society will nominate a re-
p .ntativo to form one of a represcestative council,
quarterly, or other conferences with
whit
shall have
the said special committee.'
seconded the motion, which,
Mr. TurNELL,
after a short practical discussion of a friendly character
on the part of several delegates present, was carried una-
nimously.
The delegates who shared in the proceedings of the
conference were from Exeter, Egham, the city of Lon-
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