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Bath. (Cheers.) His hon. friend the stmberlor Bigh had
taken a most active and useful part inifie Association. It
was mainly to Mr Tite that they owed the meeting of the
Association in Bath, having through good and evil report
fought the battle of Bath. (Cheers.) He had established
himself most firmly in the good opinions and affections not
only of his fellow-citizens, bat of the whole British Asso-
ciation. They were all particularly obliged to Mr Tite for
giving such an admirable finish to the meeting of the Asso-
ciation. He therefore begged to give " The Health of Mr
Tite, and long may he remain the honoured member for
Bath. (Loud cheers.) He would only add this, that
although Mr Tite sat as member for the city on his own
wall-known principles, he was equally approved and be-
loved by those of the opposite side in politics. (Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with all the honours. _ _ . _

the all-important question of labourers' cottages. A
man, he says pithily, may easily eat too much and
drink too much, but no man can be too well housed.
Investment is not to be considered merely with re-
ference to the return it yields in the shape of rent ;
the return is also in the increased health and energy
of the labourer. The greatness of the country de-
pends on the race that fills it, and the race depend
very much on the cottages they inhabit. A great
scholar, who was apparently not aware that Solo-
mon did not write Latin, has told Mr Disraeli that
instead of " Vanitas vaniiatum, omnia vanitas" we
ought to read " Sanitatus sanitatum, omnia sane•
tas :" and to fix this in people's minds, Mr Disraeli
cifers a pr:z- of five pounds for the cottage which is
kept in the best order, and thus gracefully intro-
duces his peroration. This is a wonderful improve-
ment upon old times, which it were invidious to
particularise ; but what we like is not merely the
selection of topics, but the heartiness with which
they are discussed, and the pains that have evi-
dently been taken to master them. The remark of
Cincinnatus when he was called to the Dictatorship
was, that for that year his little farm must remain
untilled. Had Cincinnatus been called upon to
lead a party in the English Parliament, his first
remark would probably have been how much hie
knowledge of agriculture would tend to secure his
popularity and increase his influence. We have
been long taught to expect that agriculture would
take its place as a science beside chemistry or geo-
logy; it seems not unlikely to make a considerable
inroad into the domain of politics.
DAILY NEWS.—It is gratifying to learn on Mr
Disraeli's authority that in the county of Bucking-
ham there is at least "a tendency" to an increase
of the wages of the agricultural labourer ; and as
this tendency is not new, but has existed for many
years, it may be hoped that he will shortly be able
to mention it in more positive terms, and to speak
of its effects. An increasing sense of the value of
the labourer, which is naturally marked by an ad-
vance of wages, is one of the best guarantees for
that improvement in his household accommodation
which Mr Disraeli commended t) the proprietors
who heard him as a necessity of the day and a duty
of their station. The great difficulty in the way of
such an achievement, according to Mr Disraeli, is
that cottage building does not give an adequate re
turn. The objection, he believes, is unfounded,
hut it is nevertheless real, for it operates.
Ho argues, soundly, that, inasmuch as it is
the interest and right of the tenant occupier to
have labourers lodged in healthy dwellings near
their work, any failure of the rent of the
cottages to give a return for the outlay upon them
will be supplied by the increased value of the farm
as a source of rent. But here we encounter a diffi-
culty, and get into confusion. If landed property
were held and administered in Buckinghamshire on
ordinary commercial principles, it would be enough
to show that the interest of the landowner and the
farmer and the labourer were identical,and the cot-
tages would be built. But from another part of Mr.
Disraeli's speech we learn that profit and gain hold
a subordinate place in the esteem of the landlords.
They are men who do not care if they only get a
return for their money equal to that obtainable from
an investment in Consols. "A man who has a large
estate does not obtain a large return, and he does
not seek to obtain it, because he is remunerated in
a different manner and by different means. He
is the possessor of property which by the consti-
tution of this country is invested with the per-
formance of public duties, and does not look for
those returns which other sources of investment
provide." Now the difficulty is this, that this
county, where the landlords place public duties
above private gain, is the very county where the
labourer is treated in a manner which can only be
termed infamous. The revelations on this subject
made this time last year are not forgotten. It
would appear, then, that the lot of the labourers
would be hopeless if it depended on the will of
landlords, who are above the inducements of private
gain, and who do not reckon the decent lodging of
the labourer among their public duties. Neverthe-
less, we shall hope better things. Mr. Disraeli has
delivered a good homily on a subject which probably
was overlooked in the harvest-home sermons, and
we trust that his ministry may be blessed with
ncrease.

Mr TITE thanked them from the bottom of his heart for
the manner in which the toast had been proposed and re-
ceived. It had been well said that self was a subject about
which all men might be voluminous, but very few entertain-
ing, and therefore he should be very brief in his acknow-
ledgments. Lord BAeon, ho believed, it was who said that
some would burn down good houses to roast their‘own eggs
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to them for the very acceptable compliment they had paid
to him, and he now begged to propose " The health of the
worthy Mayor of Bath."
The Mayor of BATH returned thanks in a most effective
speech.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed "The health of the Foreign
and English visitors—Prof. Hunckoff, M. Heber, and Dr.
Livingstone." (Loud cheers.) The hon, gentleman addressed
the foreign visitors in a French speech, and the toast was
drunk with all the honours.
Mr KUNCYOFF and Mr HEBER returned thanks.
Dr LIVINGSTONE, who was loudly cheered, 'said ha es-
teemed it a high honour to be called on to return thanks in
the name of the visitors for this toast. He had experienced
a great deal of hospitality and kindness in his travels. He
had received hospitality and abundant kindness from the
Dutch; he had also received a great deal of kindness from
the Portuguese, and some of these tokens he should remem-
ber with gratitude as long as he lived, Some Frenchmen
also had shown him the utmost kindness. He never hap-
pened to meet with a Russian, but he believed if ho did ho
should receive equal kindness and hospitality. Now, al-
though he felt abundantly thankful to all the representa-
tives of these different nations, ho had a weakness that in-
duced him to prefer the kindness shown by Englishmen.
(Cheers.) A Dutchman, for instance, asked him a great
many questions, such as where he came from, where he
was going,what he was going to do, anti when he was going
—(laughter)—if he was married, and if he was not, wby he
was not ? (A. laugh.) But the first question put to him by
his countrymen was this, " What will you have ?" (Cheers
and laughter.) That reminded him of the president of this
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meeting, who evidently thought of the comforts of the Bri-
tish Association. (Cheers) He looked on him as the real
typical Englishman, and in the words of one of the songs
that had been sung during the evening he would say,
"That's the man for me." (Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN nest proposed "The health of the Local
Treasurers, Committees, and Secretaries," which was fol-
lowed by "The health of Professor Phillips, the President
Elect," which was drunk with all the honours.
Professor PHILLIPS returned thanks, and invited all
present to come to Birmingham, when .he believed the as •
sociation would receive as hearty reception as that they had
received in Bath. (Cheers.)
The last toast was "The health of the Ladies," which
was drunk with all the honours.
Lord MILTON returned thanks.
The meeting then separated.
Mr Harker was toastmaster,