The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-16 00:00:00

PUBLIC READING OF THE NEWS.

TO TIM 1111T01 OP TEI DAILY MOW.

Stit,—l observed in your paper the other day a
abort paragraph, etating,that the news from the war had
hem read in Cougleton some day in the previous week.
I think you ought to be informed that this was not a
casual inseam; but that the same thing hes continued
every week sines December last, with very beneficial effect.
The public reading was originated by Mr. John Wilson, the
late town clerk, shortly after the battle of Balakiave, dad
has ever sines bean continued by him and his successor is
office (Mr. Chris tdoorkouse) and several other friends, es-
pecially the Rev Messrs. Oakdea and Arnold ; the mayor of
the sewn, Mr. Dakin, g Ily taking the chair.
The "routing" in on this wise. The mayor grants tho
free use of the Assembly Room—which is always crowded
to the very stairs with eager listeners—sad the " reading "
commences at eight o'clock precisely. Mr. Wilson peered,
prefues it by a speech, containing a summary of the week's
war news; and then the best articles from the correspond-
eats of the Daily News and ether papers, are read aloud ter
about en hour sad a h .If.

I assure you, sir, that this privilege, even in these day.
of peony papers, is greatly prised by the working men of
Co•gleton ; and the object of this letter would be answered
If in other towns so welt:eine, so instructive, and so cheap •
method as this were adopted of informing and amusing the
working olassee.—l am, &A.,
HENRY lIKELLERN:
Coogleto•, July 6.

Letters from St. Petersburg, quoted by Le Nord,
contain the following :—" Hie Majesty the Emperor has
just inspected the cadets, a corps of young amnesia= beta;
amongst them. The Emperor walked up and down the
ranks saluting the young soldiers, receiving is return the
moat enthusiastic acclamations. The exercises ever, lh.
Emperor made the youths form a circle round him, and
then expressed to them his satisfaction with' their conduct
and hie confidence in their devotion. His words werars-
solved with frantic applause, and when he was about to
leave, the circle aimed nearer to his person, and the cry
wee raised of ' Let your Majesty stay a little while amongst
us; we shall net me his mush longer, for his glory and the
glory of our country eall us to arms ! ' Touched by these
filial utterances, the Emperor remained more than a quarter
of an hour with the young soldiers. On leaving, he saluted
with mush tenderness these young warriors, so ardent to
rank themselves amongst the berme who defend the walls
of Sebastopol against the attacks of four allied powers."

STATISTICAL. ROM:Tr.—We understand that at •
meeting of the council of the Statistical Society held on
Friday evening last, Mr. Swell was appointed to the office
of assistant secretary, vacant by the ten/emelt of Mr.
Cheshire. The fact that Mr. Seugill took a wrangler's
degree in 1849 sufficiently speaks for his qualifications for
the appointment. In reference to the retirement of Mr.
Cheshire, the council puled the following resolution
That the Conseil of the Statistical Society accept with
extreme reluctance the resignation of their assistant secre-
tary, Mr. Cheshire, and take the opportunity of expressing
to him their high sense of the great advantages which have
soused to the society from the seal and ability with which
he has discharged all the duties of his aim"
EGYPTIAN DIHOCIVERIEL—Mr. John B. Greene,
son of an American banker, has succeeded, notattlatend-
log the difficulties attendant on clearing sway the passe
of Medina Unborn, in discovering the celebrated Egyptian
calendar of which Clatapollion could only copy the Brit
lines. A cast of this atonement was taken on the spot by
means of a particular kind of cospoeltion, photography not
reproducing it properly. Different colossal figures, the
upper part of whisk were only visible, have been now
cleared away, and brought to light ; one of them in excel-
lent preservation shows the features of Ramses 11l , and is
about 19 metres high. Mr. Greene, in cowing round this
colossus, was able to discover and take drawings of the in-
scriptions of the pylons or greed portal erected between the
I two courts; and be has aloe proved the existence of a pave-
mens in granite whisk probably covered the whole court,
' and above which rose a passage whsh appear& to have lei
into a @mead court. The excavations of r. Greene, which
have just completely made known one of the most Import-
, sat edifices of Pharaonic Egypt, will, by the IMUSTOSllia-
scriptious whisk they furnish, throw fresh light on different
Points of Ifireptien philology.
A Hnir POE rint ROYAL HUMANE ROCIETT.—W.
are informed, says the Bristol Tame, that it is sot an wo-
und practice +Meuse of our quay "imps," far one dawn
to purposely fall into the water, and two or three of his come-
r psalms, to Swap in to the meats, sad thus secure both
the benefit of the Hume ilasietre award and the lona
of a swim dozing the must oppresdnly warn weather.