POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY.
A commencement was made at the Mansionhouse, yesterday, of the public measures to raise funds necessary for carrying out Prince Albert's Exposition of the Arts and Industry of All Nations. The Lord Mayor presided over a very numerous meeting, attended by a number of leading men in the City, civic and commercial; also by Lord John Russell, Mr. Labouchere, and Earl Granville : and a multitude of speakers were selected to make the most imposing array of patrons for the undertaking— the Barings, the Itothschilds, the Jones Loyds, the Dillons, &c. Mr. W. Cotton expressed a hope that not the opulent only, but the whole people, would come forward according to their means, and make the Ex- position what Mr. Loyd designated the great Olympian festival of modern times. Lord John Russell advocated the movement in an historic and philanthropic vein. It was resolved to make arrangements for raising the funds on a scale commensurate with the importance of the occasion. The subscriptions announced amounted to upwards of 10,0001.; and in- clude the Queen's 1,0001., Prince Albert's 5001., 1001. each from the Pre- mier and six colleagues, and several sums of 5001. from leading members of the great banking and commercial firms.
At a meeting of the Metropolitan Sewers Commission, yesterday, the following resolution was unanimously adopted, after interesting speeches by the mover and seconder, Sir Henry de la Beche and Mr. Rendell-
" That it be recommended to the Court that the Engineer be instructed to prepare estimates for the consideration of the Commissioners for a plan of the drainage of the Surrey side of the Thames, with reference to a covered channel for general out- Sall between Vauxhall and Deptford or thereabouts, by which the present distance by the river will be shortened, and a better outfall secured ; to the continuation of the channel to and beyond Woolwich ; and to the removal of the whole sewage of such area from that part of the Thames, due attention having been had and being paid to those plans sent into this Commission which relate to the same area."
Lincoln and Hertford are added to the list of places making Protection- ist demonstrations. At Lincoln, the scenes of the late meeting were re- newed by a large Free-trade minority, under their leaders, Mr. Seeley and Mr. Norton; but the Protectionist resolutions were voted by the majority. At Hertford, the Police were called in to prevent even l'ree- trade speeches; and the resolutions of a "majority" only were declared to be unanimously" adopted; the promoters carrying out in form their
principle that the meeting was "a meeting of tectionists," called only to promote their own objects.
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