cil of this Institute have been able to place at
the disposal of the Council of the Health Exhibition a portion
of this building for the exhibition of apparatus and appliances
used in technical and other schools. I have no doubt that we
shall find in that exhibition, which I hope to be able presently
to visit, much that is generally instructive, and that the
foreign sections will contain exhibits which will prove of great
interest to the educational authorities of this country. To the
Corporation and to the Livery Companies of London, the Council
of the International Health Exhibition are indebted for much
valuable assistance, and I thank them for it.

"It now only remains for me to declare the Central Institution
of the City and Guilds of London Institute to be open, and to
express the warmest hope that the important educational work to
be carried on in this great national school of technical science
and art will help to promote the development of our leading
industries, and that the City and Guilds of London, which have
so liberally subscribed funds for the erection and equipment of
this institution, will maintain it with efficiency, and will at
the same time continue their support to all other parts of the
Institute's operations."

After short speeches by Lord Carlingford, Mr. Mundella, and the Lord
Mayor, the Prince inspected the various parts of the Institute,
including the rooms where specimens of the work of students of the
Finsbury College, and where exhibits from foreign technical schools were
displayed.

ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY MEETING IN GUILDHALL.

_August 1st, 1884._

One of the most important meetings presided over by the Prince of Wales,
and one of the most memorable gatherings for many a year past seen in
the City of London, was that held in the Guildhall, on the 1st of
August, 1884. The object was to celebrate the Jubilee of the Abolition
of Slavery in the British Colonies, to recall the work of the British
and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society during the last half-century, and to
consider the position and prospects of the slavery question at the
present time throughout the world.

It was in every respect a most remarkable meeting. The great Hall was
densely crowded from end to end. On the platform were assembled large
numbers of distinguished persons, of different creeds, and opposite
political parties, but all unit