The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-25 00:00:00

NAVAL AND XLIATARK.,,

ADMIRALTY, JUNE 24. APPOINTXRICTIL—
boutoIaant H. St. L. B. Palliser, to the Racer.
Sub-Lieutenant A. P. Huainan, to the Aurora.
A soistakst Clerk .1. Shepherd, to the Formidable, as super-

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Empalme E. Lilley, to that Cordoba ; M. Lambert, to the
Racer ; F. T. Elliott, to thoFewe.
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Aeeietut•Eoaiown LEL:near, and°. Boddington, to the
Cords ;T. Summers (B). and C. J. Edge, to Um Racer
J. Hancock (A), and S. Grandy, to the Fawn.

Eoeirry or Awns—The distribution of prime to
the successful candidates for the honours awarded, by this
moiety took plate yesterday at Willis'iprocens, King-street,
St. James's, by the Prime cat Wales, ,who presided. Mr. W.
Hawes, chairman of the council, introduced the bushman of
the meeting by a brief address, after which the prises were
promoted. flat for a design for a labourer's cottage, 251.
and the society's slime medal was awarded to Mr. John Birch,
architect. The Swisey pries, • silver cup of the vales cd
1001., with gold coin in it to the same &moult, was awarded
to Mr. Henry Bumper Maim, LL.D., late preform of civil
law in the University of Cambridge. The Society's elver'
medals worm awarded to Mr. William Walker. Cathodal
secretary of British Goiana,for the discovery of .ad 'Magi,'
under the police of the society thir Iret imported specimens
of the " Balata," a ram from the Sapota Moller', ea a sub.
edicts for gotta perch& ; Sir William Holmes, of British
Guiana, for the introdoctios into the commerce of this
ometry of the " Mate ;" and to Mr. John Chalmers
Morton, for his paper reed before the society on " Apicul-
ture' progress, its helps and it. hisdrances." The Albert I
Gold Medal was presented to Sir Rowland Hill, 1C.0.8.,
for aniseed services to all claws of the community, is the
creation of the piney postage metes and other postal re-
forms. Lord Henry Lennox proposed a vote of thanks to
the Prince of Wales for presiding. His Royal Highness, in
responding, said—" I thank you all most sincerely
for having allowed me, on this ormasion, to present
1 these medals and reeve. When 1 wee first asked to
accept the office of president of this society I felt great
demur in doing so, from the circumstance that, on account
or my age, I mast be au unworthy soooessar of one whom
greet object, as you all know, wee to promote the 'emu-
memento( arts, manufactures, mid commerce. Still, slum
the hied reuniter in which I have been received hare to.day.
I can only my it has afforded DA very great gratification
to be present on this occasion, as it will on all other occa-
sions where I may be of service to the country or to the
people. So many gentlemen have ably addressed you to-
day that it is quite unnecessary for me to say more ; and I
can now only wish prosperity to all those to whom I have
had the pleasure of presenting these rewards." The proceed-
I ings then terminated.

CONVOCATION. —The Upper BMW art yesterday
morning. sad after the prmetetioa of some politico their
lordships adjiareed. The Lower House met at elegise o'elock.
I After the presentation of some gravamina, the debate on
Brays aod Reviews" was resumed by the Dean of West-
minster in so argumentative sad impressive 'perch of great
length, which elicited load cheers, and seemed to mitt a
deep impreesicie. He condemned the judgment of the Upper
Hamm foot distinct greeods :-Ist, that it was ambiguous ;
2d, that it was indiscrimiosting ; 3d. that it was unfair;
and 4th, that it was nugatory. On each of tbere be Merged
with great area. Oo the third point be predated a 0001 i.
datable imprereioe by remarking that if the boa wee en-
deared is the lump, tare were • great may exprealices
io it which were identical with those which, whoa writhes
twenty year ago, were received with sileace or acquiemoseet,
but which were to be 000demned because of ta Panii•
excitement sad slam which other parts of it had produced-
The Rev. Sub-Deas Mackarla expressed kit dap regret
that a man se honoured sad beloved as the Dean el Woe,
minter had thought fit to throw the lees of bin prothatioe
round the writer of the book is questsoe. apesaies were
made against the reeolatioe by Came Blithelejidesece
Wordsworth, Aroliderooe Moore, Arohdeacee CIIIIOO
Heaviside,and others, white ta resolution ee wended
by the Bev. H. A. Woodate, Arebdeacea Deelea, sod
others. After a long dineassioe the moieties wee carried
'by 39 te 19. The house was pentad about six .',lock to
August the 18th.

oItYITAL Panda—The Great Ross Show of the
ammo takes piaci this day, and tram the sumacs (atria
by sahlbiton premien to sumer is size, se well as beauty,
the shows of former years. TN" Wl6Oll orrice of fenntedes
will be displayed at 3 o'clock, and at 4 there will be a per-
formes°, on tbe Hasdel Orchestra of the Merck and Oer-
t4e from Gonna* Reilee de Saba, by full orchestra, uni-
tary bands, and chorus, oumberiss 500, for as MO kiss is
' this constry.