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INDIA OFFICE, 11th December, 1866.
r ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE
for INDIA in COUNCIL.
a4,1110E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that it is intended to
educe 'lO India, at the nd of 1869, five young men, trained and
the for ultimate employment to the higher branches of
po; epartment for the conservation and management of the
~tsta under the Government of India.
4,',(te salary will be at first £3OO a year, and promotion will
wand
ra upon efficiency, and the occurrence of vacancies in the
er gdes.
TriPlioants must be British subjects above 17 years of age.
oe,s.AeY Must produce satisfactory certificates of being pos-
sae' of a competent knowledge of the following suljects,
them Prepared, it required, to undergo an examination in
Eno.
A su composition.
nirthniettc.
bob `thra. elementary principles, simple and quadratic vino-
:
,',?e
„..,
netrical rattle
proandg proportionsress, logarithms, arithmetical and
atfteometr notse. t, 2.1, 4th, and 6th books of Euclid, and
PLtrig
the Fl'o4 collaquial knowlegge of French or German. with
elkm;,,lflY of readL and translating the works of some
4cat Writer in on ige
of those languages.
Preference will be given to those candidates who have a
io riedge of Chemis' ry and Physics, and.who are practised
It hand and plain drawing.
,0..411,1, select d they will be further required to go through a
stit.:_e
sof training and instruction in forestry and cognate
viou'r for two years and a halt in France or Germany pre-
it, co their departure for India; and the SecreTary of Sf..te
egn„e, niribute .-E3l at the end of each half year town de the
la"`"8', of this training in the case of such candidates as are
ably reported on by their instructors.
te;."Ore detailed informat'on as to the qualifilations sought
the advantages held out, may be had on application
VieiTe, Under-Secretary of State for India, India Office,
di.esulla-street. IV estminster, to whom candidates must ad-
-8 their aiplicatims before tiie isi. February, 1867.
JAMES FERGUSSON.

Is
YOUR
CREST
AND WHAT IS
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Eike: YOUR MOTTO ?
3s 6d to OUT LETON'S Heraldic Office for a
ln

roan. itch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of
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bs_ and wife blended together in proper heraldic form.
bllte' r
Proper heraldic Colours for servants' livees, what
fee t°,„oB to b 3 used, and how the carriage should be painted,
t
Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500
fa%V.itigs, arias, crests, and mottoes of nearly every
pri,' 5- in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour,
gre-' 410 10g., printed in several colours. Family Pedi-
ebtae! authentic records, information as to the
J 3 ; a new grant of arms, how to change one's
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I '•o Diesieke-: to the Board of Trade, 25, Gran-
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,I)IIINTING.—TO PROPRIETORS OF
Lan. -"EWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print-
of Newspapers, etc., done on exceed-
Ufa' Y favourable terny. Use of Editorial and Publishing
pars, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of
eulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply.
ro,re,;3s—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church-
• L'avoy, Strand,'W.O.

GuNMAKE R S and Others.

r~The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
114"nz PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
CII-LoADING RIFLES, either repeating or not
4Peati
ng, which may replace the present Service Rifles in
•e Manufacture.

I.4the
l'ary following are h
teßifles conditions considered essential in
peating :7_

l'Tot to exceed 91b. soz. wWEIGHT ithout, bayonet.
11. LENGTH.
11,7,° be 51 inchea, with short stock, measured from the
'ow of tho butt-plate to muzzle.
Ire. W o
EIGHT OF AM
4oz. for
MADE UP.
n t - • 61b sixty rounds as packed for
gerviee.

Must D. CARTRIDGES.
carry their own ignition.
E. SIGHTS.
The foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet
ed according to the present system.

STO(;IK.
I\lllst be
4110, such as to carry a light metal cleaning•rod, and
a sling to be used.

G. RECOIL.
Ipust not exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than
Per cent.

if. AR A HOLE.
11'111
1)e as IitTHE M
AStle liable to injury bylWong-continued firing,
br,'ll l'Ba.ge, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
hls'oedi-loaders on the Snider system. To he as capable,
ke,,, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
for', and of being manufactured in quantities and of um-
al quality.
iy{ 1. THE AMMUNITION AS A 'WHOLE.
" list be as littlo liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
40"Posure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
Leiexplosion asd Enfold
same cartridge, rie—also as little
as liable to acci-
Le.and capable of
guain,.ry
manufactured in largo quantities, and of uniform
s t
K. CALIBRE.
°Ptionai.

Opti I. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
onal.

N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
Pable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
0 4
111,,1ng, the cartridges bein arranged on a table.
CCERACY WHgeEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
tbn e arm must give a moan figure of merit of not more
a 11 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
" Girl. at 300.
'ho
-t‘
8 mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
t
5 each.

P. TRAJECTORY.
dss t to
min. require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1
30

Q. FOULING.
ittlbe shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent.
,000 yards after firing 250 rounds.
R. PENETRATION.
th -se mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
vizftt of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle—
ho
lir', i 1 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
2 n water
Distance 30 yards.
a. LUBRICATION.
itaa,x on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
rie'
assa superadded or applied to tho cartridge, if thought
111.
ry by the competitor.
~4nus will be received without the usual proof marks.
et,jlneations, and drawings of the methods proposed,
ht,ing the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
gillstt,d
specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
Oft, should be seat to the "Director of Ordnance, War
Ta!, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867:
by the specifications and specimen arms will
so
considered
her,,"o Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
W47,' who will be selected by tho Secretary of State fu:
1ie1e,4414 who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
as and recommend for further trial such of the systems
elle%4Y appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
vitas may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
thir ant their being included in the competition, the con-
taps of which are stated in this advertisement.
for „aah accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
lath perirnent, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
biltasPecimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
baudon per arm, within four months after date of de-
eet4„,,- Each competitor will be required to disclose to the
Plei`uttee the exact nature of the lubrication ho may em-
torn sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
the Petitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
,411P1fly of ammunition required.
e Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO f9r the
by 'which, on combination of all qualities, is considered
the
Committee to be the best submitted.
tall second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
Larß-„7., g a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu-
pelected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
litie toird reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
etiv4B„ Which will be principally taken into consideration in
Of 6,;',Liag this prize will be economy of manufacture, power
Vkrrs'aining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
T°llB climates, and general serviceability.
tia tar Shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but
the aY may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which
sid4artridge is associated, they will not be so much con-
It ?(I as those above-mentioned.
dill is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances
kieti4 competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but
give Prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be
litrvllco the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the

It, MAGAZINE AND 1 V.;
M REPEATING ARS.
teire'Pzine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re-
and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
joe,hl,,tig Rites, They must not be less in length than 48
including the stock.
cli,srliniit of weight for these arms is fixed at :Th. ex-
It, v.° of the charges in the magazine.
liityjoini:tindispensable that the arms be made to take a
14'-','`,.ll),Becrettir of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
I)oretit4iLorariesor Repeating Ann produced that fulfils the above
; and in the absence of experience does not at
to l,° fulfilled
define the standard of accuracy or otherdconditions
Tholulfilled before such an arm can be adopte .
fOr fu Magazine orltepeating Arms, which are accepted
TO'ther trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O. each.
artn, ls stall is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per

Lovett Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious
Mom?, roduced in answer to this advertisement shall be
'trig ti into the service without proper acknowled gme.nt,
Ilat,,'at the name of the individual with whomit engu-
lf recorded in connection with it.
riflo to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
,e service, it will bear the inventor's name.
J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
Irar r,, of Ordnance.
vizee, Oct. 22, 1866.

H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON-
TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY 11011 E. £l,OOO required.
WM. VirILLI XitS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street. W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual
expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at
£6,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends
have promised to pay for one boy each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 41, Lothburv, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East ; and by
WIT. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FOR
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14n, Providence-row, Finsbnry, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
A.t present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, aro given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Manager Sze.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, andha.ve
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provido more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least .£l,OOO more will i)e required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offTY,d in your behalf.
_ _ _

SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT.
.D.D,, No, 22,
Finsbury-circus, E.C.

~~

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OFFICE.

Royal Exchange, London, November 21, 1866.
The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal
Exchange Assurance DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that
their TRANSFER BOOKS will be SHUT from Thursday,
the 13th of December next, to Thursday, the 3d of January
following ; that the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT ap-
pointed by their Charter will be holden at their Office on the
Royal Exchange, on WE DNE 3 DAY, the 19th of December,
at 1 welve o'clock at noon, and that a Dividend will be con-
sidered of at the said Court.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Feeretary.

r 111 E RESCUE SOCIETY wishes-to add another
Letne, to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected irom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in fire years.
the new home the Committee wish to form would be tot
young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Arr. Daniel Cooper, q 5, Queen .street.Cheapside; or by Messrs
ihrelAy and Co.. Immh‘ra-atreet.

D OYAL FREE nosrrrAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the laimcdiate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, Kinp,•'s-orone.
Patron—Her Most Gracious NE ftjesty the QUEFIN.

This Hospital, founded in the year 1823, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sink poor, without
the delay and diffleulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on volnritary contributions and t .gact es .
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendanoe of the
destitute sick has fora eensidcrable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benecolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
2outaining several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers. Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; RISO by Messrs. Coutts and
Cu.; Drummond and Co. • (Lyn and Co. ; llerriem and CO. ;
Ransom and Co.; l'reseott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
And Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Matas, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet
and Co., Bernere-street and at the H-,-,spital. trim 10 till 5. •
STAN". 0 aD 83IITH, timrct,az y,

The Rev. J. AIEYRICK, in replying, said that he
thought the time was come when it ought to be con-
sidered very earnestly whether it was not necessary
to draw very close the ties between the Church and
the Conservative party. They had seen lately
what the other party intended on this point, and
they had read Mr. Bright's speeches on his recent
journey to Ireland. Mr. Bright's great effort had
been to turn off the minds of Irishmen from. Fe-
nianism, which they would not be turned away
from, to another issue—viz., the overthrow and up-
setting of the Established Church of Ireland. And
Mr. Bright, not content with stating that the Esta-
blished Church was to be upset in Ireland, told the
public that the same princiPle which applied to Ire-
land would apply also to England. The question
was thus brought closely home, whether an alliance
ought not -to be made between the Church party and
the Conservative party. (Hear.)

Mr. GOLDSMID, who was received with cheers,
pro
CoP°sendsetrhveatv
next
ie Peers toast,
" The Earl of Derby and
the in the House of Lords."
The hon. gentleman said one of the old Roman
tyrants had remarked that he wished all his subjects
had one neck, that he might cut it off at once ; he
(Mr. Goldsmid) wished that all the Conservatives in
Norwich had one band, that he might shake it all at
once. (Laughter and cheers.) He had the greatest
satisfaction, at all events, in finding so many good
Conservatives of Norwich present that evening ;
and if anything could make the pleasure greater, it
would be the having entrusted to him a toast to
which all Conservatives must respond from the bot-
tom of their hearts, as they admired and loved Lord
tDerby,
Church,a nd rt
eh
ge
a gr dr
ce ad t bthulewiairolreofotfhPeeers next to
constitution.
If there were any man in the country to whom we
should feel grateful, not merely as Conservatives,
but as Englishmen, it was Lord Derby, because with
wealth sufficient to gratify the amplest desires,
with a position to which that of no subject was
second, and with health far from that which those
who loved him could wish, for he had disregarded
his health, set at naught his position, and volunta-
rily resigned a great part of the comforts of his for-
tune in order to do that which he believed for the
good of the country, and to bring to the councils of
the Sovereign that wisdom and energy which could
not have been met with from any other quarter
but himself -- when Conservatives considered all
this, they felt that they owed a deep debt of
gratitude to the Earl of Derby, and that as the noble
earl in his great position had made great sacrifices
in order to be useful to them, so they ought, and if
they were real Conservatives, and intended to be
worthy of that great name, to set at nought their
own comfort and their own convenience and wishes
so as to do what they could to help his lordship on
in the great task which he had undertaken. He
(Mr. Goldsmid) was sure he was speaking no more
than that which was felt by many men present when
he said these were no ordinary times, for we were
now called upon to prop up that constitution under
which, by God's providence, this country had be-
come what he,hoped it might still continue to be for
centuries. We were called upon to prop
_up that
constitution against attacks from every quarter.
Whether we referred to the landed interest or the
manufacturing interest of the country, the rights of
property were being attacked by all those who, hav-
ing nothing to lose, hoped to get something out of
the scramble. The Right llon. William Windham,
who, for many years with credit to himself and
glory to Norwich, represented Norwich as Norwich
ought to be represented, made an observation with
reference to Sir Francis Burdett when a reform bill
was mooted in his time, which he (Mr. Goldsmid)
believed might with equal propriety be applied to
Mr. Bright now. Mr. Windham said, " Nothing is
so cheap as patriotism. To be a friend of the people
is a very easy thing when a man sacrifices nothing
by it. Ile may be exceedingly sincere and honest ;
he may never have been called upon to make a sa-
crifice ; but we cannot, as the world goes, give a
man credit for sincerity and devotion to his party
when he does nothing in order to gain a great deal
which other men pass their lives uselessly in en-
deavouring to obtain." He (Mr. Goldsmid) would
ask the meeting whether these words would not
apply to Mr. Bright and many others, as they did to
Sir F. Burdett in 1809 ? He had mentioned Mr.
Bright's name ; perhaps he might be expected to say
a few words upon the meetings which had taken
place in London. He knew that Conservatives were
accused of always bringing forward Mr. Bright, but he
wanted to'know how they could do otherwise. W hen-
ever the reformers wished to advocate their prin-
ciples they sent for Mr. Bright. Mr. Bright was at
Manchester, Rochdale, and Dublin, where he did
not come out in very " daunt" society. (Laughter.)
The fact was, Mr. Bright was everywhere. As for
Mr. Beales, although nobody perhaps but Beales
could interpret Beales, Colonel Dickson, who was not
unknown in Norwich—(A Voice—" We know him
too well") —(laughter)—said the other day that he
was one of the glories of the reform party and a
martyr of the aristocracy. People had wondered why
Mr. Beales called himself "M.A.," and an intelli-
gent man wrote to the Standard to suggest that it
was because his wife's name was " Mary Ann"—
(laughter)—and he was so fond of it that he put it
on afterwards to his own name. (Laughter.) Col.
Dickson has now enlightened the public, and it might
be inferred that the reason why Mr. Beales put M.A.
to his name was that he was a martyr of the aristo-
cracy. (Laughter.) A still stronger supporter of Mr.
Bright, both at the meeting at Beaufort House, and
at the subsequent meeting in St. James's Hall, was
Mr. Leicester, the glass-blower. (Laughter.) Well,
if Mr. Leicester was as energetic in blowing his glass
as he was in his oratory, his work must be more strong
than elegant. Mr. Leicester said something to the
effect that the House of Commons consisted of a lot
of one. eyed humpbacks. (Laughter.) Well, there was
only one gentleman who had had the misfortune to
lose his eyesight, a loss which every one mustlament,
and that gentleman was Mr. Fawcett, the member for
Brighton, and he was one of the great friends of the
people. (Laughter.) Another member, holding some-
what similar opinions to Mr. Fawcett was Mr. Fors-
ter, and he was not exactly considered an Apollo Bel-
videre by those who knew him. (Laughter.) These
were the only two gentlemen upon whom he (Mr.
Goldsmid) could fasten Mr. Leicester's physiological
remarks, and they happened to be his own friends.
(Laughter.) At the evening meeting in St. James's
Hall this same Mr. Leicester made an observation
which lie bad made to his wife in the morning. He
(Mr. Goldsmid) hoped that Mr. Leicester contented
himself with blowing UP his glass and not his wife.
(Laughter.) Mr. Leicester said that, although
Lord Derby might have translated the " Iliad," if
he was not more clever in governing the country
than he was in glass-blowing, he ought to have been
turned out long ago. This remark was so well re-
ceived by the domestic hearth that Mr. Leicester
repeated it afterwards in St. James's Hall, where it
was also well received. Mr. Bright certainly made
au admirable speech in St. James's Hall, but he
seemed to have forgotten a remark made by a very
great man in his time (Lord Mansfield), " that
nothing was so misleading as a simile." Mr. Bright
argued that if we were upon the verge of a-volcano

he must not be considered responsible for the tor-
rents of lava which would shortly flow, as he did
not place them there. But Mr. Bright forgot that
the greatest destruction which had sometimes re-
sulted from the action of a volcano was the destruc-
tion of the mountain itself ; and Mr. Bright forgot,
too, that if he did not place the inflammable mate-
rials there he had been at pains to bring those
elements into a state of combustion. Mr. Bright
must be much mistaken if he fancied he could pull
down the constitution of the country without being
buried himself in the ruins. (Hear, hear.) Having
defended the utility of meetings like that which he
was now addressing, as they diffused thought and
fortified opinion, Mr. Goldsmid said he hoped that
every one whom he saw present would do everything
he possibly could to spread the principles which
they all believed. Let it be seen that they were
Conservatives, not from a mere blind instinct, but
because they believed that Conservatism was true.
Although Conservative doctrines might not always
be the most popular—since they did not flatter the
vanity or self-love of individuals or a class—yet
Conservatives looked to the welfare of the whole
country, to the preservation of the constitution, and
to the maintenance of the nation in that position
which, by the blessing of God, it had occupied for
so many centuries, and which they hoped by the
same blessing and the same constitution it would
continue to occupy for many centuries more.
(Cheers).
Mr. J. S. SKIPPER, in an able speech, proposed,
"Mr. Disraeli and the Conservative Members of
the House of Commons." Mr. Skipper urged that
the Conservative party -19 unfurl their banners,
and stand shoulder to shot !lir in the great battle
which they would be called upon to wage in the
coming session. Mr. Skipper further urged that
nothing gave so small a representation of individual
opinion as universal suffrage, whether it was under
a despot at the head of any army in Europe, or a
demagogue at the head of a mob across the Atlan-
tic. Mr. Skipper reviewed the recent Reform de-
monstrations attempted by the Radical party, con-
tending that they had been comparative failures,
and that they disclosed a great want of unanimity
among the Liberals. He believed, indeed, that the
great bulk of the Liberals would support a measure
of Reform prepared by the Conservative party. The
Conservatives, then, must maintain a determined
attitude, and they would be enabled to maintain
those great principles under which England had
flourished from the first times until now. (Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with Kentish fire.

The healths of" Sir S. Bignold," the " Visitors,"
coupled with the name of Mr. Goldsmid, who re-
sponded, and other toasts followed.

Mr. Tom Taylor on Art Education.

On Tuesday evening Mr. Tom Taylor delivered
an address at the Lambeth Sehool of Art, on the
occasion of the annual distribution of gold and
silver medals, certificates, and prizes to the students.
The meeting was held at the school, Miller's-lane,
Upper Kennington-lane—the Rev. R. Gregory,
chairman of the school, presiding. Two of the three
gold medals, given by the South Kensington Mu-
seum, were awarded to Mr. Percival Ball, and the
third to Mr. E. F. Haynes. The two silver medals
were given to Miss E. Mason and Mr. W. Mar-
tin. The sketching prizes were awarded to Miss
E. Miles and Miss Grace Seabrook. After these
had been distributed by the chairman, who pre-
faced the distribution by a suitable speech, Mr.
Tom Taylor came forward and delivered an in-
teresting address to the students, selecting for
his subject the importance of cultivating, among
all classes of the people, a sense of beauty and a love
of art, In these times, more than in the days of
old, the lower classes were almost wholly deprived
of every opportunity of :art education, except such
as were specially put in their way. The growth of
London was so rapid that, if it were not for excur-
sion trains and the parks, the artisans of this huge
city might pass their whole lives without ever seeing
the green grass or smelling the sweet breath of the
country. The ugliness of our modern suburbs, the
sordidness of so many of the phases of the nineteenth
century life, the universal haste to be rich at any
cost of mental cultivation—these and other influ-
ences of the same description exercised a deteriorat-
ing effect upon the national life. Proof of this
might be found, if proof were needed, in the general
ignorance of art which was manifested in the work-
men's exhibitions that had recently been held
throughout the country. To remedy this was an
object of special importance in these times, when
politicians were agitating a reform question, and
everywhere there was the feeling that education was
the fittest preparation for the exercise of political
power. After some further illustration under this
head, the speaker concluded by pointing out that
the problem yet remained to be solved of how best
to reconcile central, action and local independence,
and there was no better way of effecting this than
by the efforts of each separate school to show how
much they were capable of achieving by themselves,
as had been done in the present instance. Mr.
Potter, M.P., addressed a few words to the students,
after which various votes of thanks were proposed
and carried. It was mentioned in the course of the
evening that the design is on foot that this School
of Art should send some specimens to the French
Exhibition next year.