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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 1865

The brilliant festivities at Portsmouth being over,
it is interesting to learn what our continental friends
and allies think of their reception. There was no
doubt on our side of the sincerity and cordiality of
our greetings ; we displayed our feelings in all the
most approved fashions, we subscribed large sums,
we organised banquets, and we cheered and shouted
in true British style. Still as these exhibitions were
not familiar to the Frenchmen, it was not certain
that they would give them their full meaning, and
accordingly it is gratifying to find that they are de-
lighted with the warmth and cordiality of their
reception. They seem, indeed, to have been
somewhat surprised to find the grave phleg-
matic Englishman so transformed, and their
ideas of insular coldness, awkwardness, and
bad cooking are considerably modified by their
recent experience. The change is not entirely due
to the removal of national prejudice ; but the fact is
that the Englishman at home, in the midst of his
own associations, and doing the honours of his own
country to a welcome guest, is very different from
the stray traveller or pleasure seeker, who finds
himself suddenly in a world which is strange to
him, among manners and customs different from
his own, and who tries to hide his awkwardness and
embarrassment under a covering of stiffness and
reserve. In this attempt he is successful enough to
present a gruff and rigid contrast to French courtesy
and gaiety, so that the typical Englishman among the
middle or lower classes is anything but an attrac-
tive mortal. The higher ranks of society who have
travelled more and mixed freely with foreigners
understand each other better ; but there is no ques.-
tion that the long antagonism of England and
France was partly due to mutual misunderstanding
of the national character. The wonderful improve-
ment in the means of communication has done very
much to clear away the mists that overclouded our
intercourse, and it is worthy of notice that Eng-
lishmen who have lived long in France or French-
men who have lived long in England always speak
warmly of their adopted country. Recent
political events have combined to chain
England and France nearer together, and
the civilisation of both is sufficiently
advanced to induce them to make common cause
against the aggressive and selfish spirit that charac-
terises the policy of some other nations. Such inci-
dents as the:meeting of the fleets do great good. They
show to the world that the alliance of England and
France is not merely a political expedient of the Go-
vernments, but is founded on an identity of interests
and convictions. The two great Western nations are
the pioneers of progress, they are the guardians of
civilisation, and the open enemies of that theory of
divine right which is upheld in other parts of
Europe. As long as they are cordially united, it
will need a bold adversary to provoke
them to extremities. Either would separately
be a formidable opponent, but conjointly they can
keep the boldest and most unscrupulous in check.
The correspondents of the Paris journals express
these feelings very warmly, and speak in glowing
terms of the enthusiasm of their hosts at Portsmouth.
No single incident occurred to mar the festivities of
the occasion. Gaiety and rejoicing were the order
of the day, and even our fiickle English skies con-
sented to smile on so auspicious an occasion.
44 There is no sort of courtesy and attention," says i
a correspondent of the Opinion Nationale, " which
has not been shown to our offices.
All houses were
spontaneously opened to them,and the, people
shout, applaud, and manifest their joy with an
expansiveness and a fury which have nothing
British." Thoroughly British, however, was the
heartiness with which the welcome was given, and
the energy with which the details were carried out.
The real goodwill shown on the occasion could not
be mistaken, nor could it be set down to obligatory
courtesy. Our continental friends will have learned
by their visit that enthusiasm is not impossible even
in the colder English climate, and the pleasant
exchange of mutual courtesies and hospitalities
shows that, in some important particulars, both
French and English have made a considerable ad-
vance on former generations.

Yesterday a special meeting of the Court of Com-
mon Council was held at Guildhall, the chair being
taken by the Lord Mayor. The object was to con-
sider the advisability of voting the sum of a thou-
sand pounds to compensate the owners of such
cattle as may be taken off by the plague in the
metropolis, and also for the establishment of sani-
toriums for the separation and cure of the cattle
that are affected. These are very desirable objects,
Mid it is not surprising that there should hate keen

a very numerous attendance of members present.
The Lord Mayor explained the purport of that as-
sembly having been called together, and observed
that he had lately received a great number of letters
on the subject of the cattle disease, and that he had
sent them to the Markets' Committee, who had
made the greatest exertions to perform their arduous
task in an efficient manner. A little time ago a
meeting was held at the Mansion-house for the pur-
pose of collecting the members of the Markets' Com-
mittee, the officers of health, and others concerned
in the matter. These hadformed a committee, and
bad an interview with the authorities at the Home-
office, in order to acquire more power than the Act
of Parliament allowed to them. It is satisfactory to
know that these powers hare been granted, so that
no unnecessary obstacle is interposed to p(event the
fulfilment of the necessary plans. The Lord Mayor
very truly observed that it was not desirable for all the
members of the Corporation to be out of town at once
now that this dreadful cattle plague was raging and
so much attention and advice were required. The
Chairman of the Markets' Committee moved a re-
solution which embodied the proposals previously
stated, of allowing a thousand pounds for compen-
sation to the owners, and of establishing sanito-
riums. He stated the various plans which had been
adopted by the Markets' Committee since they had
first received the intelligence of the spread of the
cattle plague. The Islington Market has been dis-
infected, and the inspectors have been empowered
to send additional men to prevent the diseased cattle
from being sold for human food.
It is to be regretted that the powers vested in
these agents are not more extensive, for it appears
that until the issue of the last Order in Council it
was impossible to prevent the diseased cattle from
entering the market, as it was a public one. The
time that was lost in waiting for the tardy appear-
' ance of these orders must have occasioned a great
deal of damage, because the evil was gaining
ground and rapidly spreading in all directions. It
is, at all events, satisfactory to hear that the
Inspectors are now making the best use of their
time, as up to the other night as many as two
thousand cows have been killed out of the sixteen
thousand in the metropolis. We may form some
idea of the nature and extent of the calamity, when
we hear that the loss occasioned by the destruction
of these cows amounts to thirty or forty thou-
sand pounds. The description of this plague
here given is truly painful to peruse,
and it shows the sad condition to which
the calamity may reduce the owners of cattle in a
short time. " Those who are in affluence at the be-
ginning of one week may be reduced to beggary by
the sudden destruction of the animals on which they
depended for their livelihood." Mr. GIBBINS ex-
plained the advantages which would be derived
from the establishment of sanitoriums at some
length, and certainly they seem to be very great
and obvious ones. It generally happens now that
the cowkeeper sends off the infected animals to the
market, or to some slaughter-house where they can
be killed, and great danger accrues from their
passing through the streets for these purposes. If
the diseased cattle were separated from the healthy
ones, and the former sent off to a sanitorium, much
benefit would result, and also the great desideratum
would be gained of their being buried on the spot
where they die. The advantage of establishing a
compensation fund will be that the cowkeepers will
be more likely to send their cattle when diseased to
the sanitoriums or to inform the local authorities.
Mr. GIBBINS truly remarked that London should
not be behind hand in this emergency, and that if
the Corporation headed the subscription list with a
thousand pounds the cattle salesmen would sub-
scribe another thousand, and the public would come
forward. He also adduced a painful reason for
some decisive measures being taken, when he stated
that if the disease were not speedily checked,
butchers' meat would rise to such a price that the
poor would be unable to purchase it at all.
It is wisely determined by the committee that
no one shall be recompensed who does not send in
a timely intimation that his cattle are affected with
the disease. This is quite right, because time is
everything in such matters, and any delay is sure
to be attended with serious consequences. The
report which was read explained very fully what

were the intentions of the committee. "Sanitoriums
are to be established, compensation to be brought
to bear, persons who have cows affected with the,
disease are to give timely notice of the same,
and the diseased cattle are to be sent in
proper conveyances to the sanitoriums, where the
medical men will try their hands at effecting a cure."
These objects are laudable in the extreme; and as
the committee think that from ten to fifteen thou-

sand will be sufficient to meet the necessities of the
case, it is to be hoped that the public will see the
necessity of coming forward with the necessary
amount. Remembering the liberality which has
been displayed on former occasions of distress, such
as the cotton famine for instance, there is no reason
to doubt that many will be wanting in the present
emergency. The motion was put and carried una-
nimously, and thus an undertaking has been
inaugurated which promises to produce the best
effects, and to meet the calamity that at present
threatens us with increasing to a great extent, and

whose continuance alone will create great misery
if it does not exceed the present aggregate. Lord
GRANVILLE has sent a letter io the Times, in which

he relates the extent to which the calamity of the

Cattle Plague has affected the animals on a farm
in the Finchley-road. When the noble earl left

England a month ago there were 130 cows in four

sheds ; in the two largest and best managed he
found yesterday only one cow remaining on his

return. Lord GRANVILLE mentions that some

people do not think this plague is the same as that

which visited Coburg some years ago. The noble
lord's bailiff has drawn up a statement of

what took place at the farm during his

absence, which will be no doubt of great service to
those intimately concerned in the matter of the

cattle plague. Mr. PANTER states his conviction

that the " disease is atmospheric, and of a typhoid
character." Every possible precaution was taken
in this case of course, but to little avail, as the mor-

tality was excessive, more than eighty having been
lost. A neighbour a mile off also lost a large num-
ber of cows out of a fine herd. blr. PANTER'S
treatment of one cow proved successful when he
used stimulants, but in another case the same treat-
ment failed, so that it seems quite impossible to
decide upon what plan it is most advisable to follow,
and this calamity may be said to be one that baffles
for the present all skill and experience.

An interesting ceremony takes place to-day in
,he busy town of Birmingham. Its active material

life and stirring business occupations have not
rendered its inhabitants indifferent to the attractions
of science and study. The combination between
thought and action which is often exhibited in
English life will be powerfully illustrated in the
assembly of savans and philosophers upon which the
factory chimneys of Birmingham will this day look
down. The British A s.sociation for the Advance-
ment of Science holds its thirty-fifth meeting there,
and wise men from all parts of Europe are gathering
at the Birmingham Exchange. Several pleasant ex-
CULI3OII4 have been arranged to take place during the