The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-15 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Join 14.

The Moniteur du Suir says :—" In the Hispano-
Peruvian difficulties the representatives of England
and France have taken joint steps, in a non-official
character, to aged a reoonciliatioa."
The Pays of this evening userts that at the next
meeting of the Conference England will propose a
aew tins of demarcation, which is to traverse the

GALLERY or listrarkwrios.—After giving his
admirable dew:notion of Mrs. Roseleafs Roestiog Party for
more then three kandred sights with ever-iseramiog saes.
faction to his sadism*, Mr. Joha Parry has at length made
an alteration which may be oomidered seasonabba lie has
taken Mr. and Mrs. Roads's! to the sea-side, where they
meet Mr. Yeaay and Mies Gashington, give Mir Flaw*
Roseleef (aged 61) • sea.bsth with the aid of /dra. Ducker,
an old Imelda, woman, sad are amused by • " formes
artist' who siege to Mena on the (mod prommade, inter.
rioted by pairing carriages, the town band. and an mam-
ma with a monkey. la this new scene, given for the flat
time lad night, Mr. Parry sesta the aid, in his acting,
of • cap sad • Nerd, sad with them alight
mechanical materials he preemie a ample of new and meet
finished full•lesigth portraits. Om of them is the " foreign
artist," who is most humorously realised ; the other is the
organ-men with the monkey. The first is good, but the
latter is • marvellous triumph of pantomimic action end
feria expreesios. The some is fall of little toucher of
delicate observation ; the characters are types and not
oddities ; the execution of many details le faultless, and yet
more is suggested than is shown. The audience is treated
sa a collection of intelligent beings, and something is left to
their imagination. The old order of the programme ie still
adhered to. The Pyramid, with Mr. sad Mn. German
Reed and Mr. Parry, open the eatertarnineat; the
Shakespearian sketch, pleasantly sustained by Mr. and Mrs.
Reed, called The Bard and his Birthday, follows ; and
The Seaside, or Mrs. Baykal out of Toro, concludes the
evening's amnieurent.

PAROCHIAL EITEIVSION INTER METROPOLIS.

Yesterday the annual meeting of the London
Diocesan Church Building Society area held at Willie's
Rooms, the Bishop of LUNDOX in the chair. Amorist
those present were, Earl Nelson, Earl Grosvenor, Lord
Lyttelhoo, the Bishop of Cork, Earl of Harrowby, Lord
Ebony, Lord Stratford de Radcliffe, Sir Stafford Northeote,
Bart, Sir Edwin Pearson, Bart., Archdesion Sinclair, Rev.
Caaoa Boyd, Raw. Mr. Haworth, and Rev. Mr. Kemp.
The Rev. T. F. Swore, the hon. secretary, read the re-
port, from which it appeared that the total &moot which
the society received during the ten years of its exitance
was 77,8504, of which 12,9454 was paid in for deflood
local objects. Of the rensaisting sum of 64,9014, en
amount of 45,484 was distrtbated in grants, the a:peseta
of management having beets 8,4634, or about 12 per cent.
The number of churches consecrated dories the past year
' was 7, l 4 temporary charities end minims rooms were
opted, a sum of 8,8814 was distributed in pante for sew
churches, temporary churches, and iniseioa roans. The re-
lations between the executive committee of the Bishop of
London's Fund sad the committee of the Diocesan Society
were of the most friendly and intimate character, aid a
sum of 2,000% per annum was gives by the former to be
applied towards the stipends of miesioaary curates, in addi-
tion to those which were maintained from the foods of the
Church Building Society. The •LKX••• of the Bishop's
Fund. so far from espessedinp the nessmity of the work of
this society, would materially increase it. It wearied
from the balance sheet, that the receipts' for We year
amounted to 3,9501.
The Bishop of LONDOIf, Furl Ni sox, and the Bishop of
Cone having spokes,
Sir S. NOITHOOTX moved the following resolutioe: "That
this meetitg, while expressing its thankfuluess to Almighty
God for the stmas@ which lie his vouchsafed to the efforts
of the society during the last ten years, expresses an earliest
hope that • work which has already so materially strength-
sued the parochial system in London may in future be
carried oat still more effectually by receiving increased
support from all parts of thediocese."
Lord EITIL•I7OED Dr BZDOUTTZ seconded the motion,
which woe adopted.
On the 1001400 of the Earl of Haimowsr, seconded by
Lord LITTILTON, • vote of thanks was pared on the chair-
man for his kindness in taking the chair, on the clrrgy who
aided the society by their eeriness, on the cfllce bearer. of
the various district amoeitions, sod cs all who laboured to
serene& the came of church *stamina is the diocese.

procee The CLIALILIUN h
termisateaving acknowledged the compliment, the
ding' d.

ROYAL HOITICLLTURAL SOCINTY.—• :fleeting of
this society was held is the council room at South Ken-
sington yesterday (Sir Wentworth Dille in the chair), whim
16 new fellows were elected. The election are Dow fre-
quest, fortnightly or weakly. Last week 21 were sleeted,
sad another electice takes place oa Tuesday next week.
After the electise Mr. Wilson Swede's, F.ILS., the boo.
secretary, wive a lecture upon pelargooinms and geraniums,
illustrated n) an extraordinary collection of true botanical '
epodes from his owe homes. 'bowleg the most singular
differences in habit sad &bags ; the mode's floricultural
forme were illustrated by an equally valuable collection of
the goat sorts, contributed by Mr. Turner, of Slough,
lb. Veins!, Mr. Hoyle. Mr. Ball, sad other nurserymen,.
It was • show in heed Mended with an especial interest
from Mr. Saunders' explanetioes. Mr. Saunders, is giving
a mum' of their geographical distribution. indicated the
specie, from which in future the greatest results might be
expected by hybridiestios. Her Highness the Me-
ans Halm% attended by Lady Caroline Barriegtoa and Mr
Edward Bowater, was in the garden (vitals& the rhodo-
dendron tent) in the torso/toe sad she examined the plants
displayedfor Mr. Smolders' hectare with mime interest.
On Tuesday next week there is to be a lecture on modem
by Hr. Murray, the usisteat secretary, illustrated by pho-
tographic portraits and drawings et the digerati tree,.
CIACIL WORE IN ENOLAND.—" An a sample of
English clock-work on • law scale, the works of this we pro
ball; the finest animated that have ever been men la this
country ;no chronometer could be died with leek.perfect sad
carefully adlosiod inschaadert."—Ttraes Jane IL J. W.
Benson having Greeted dam power and improved
for clock -making st the manufactory, Ladgme-hill, wilt
to furnish to cderamera, trattoria, sad tosemitiees estimates
and speriaratians at every fileseltellit of laminated madden
especnily cathedral sad bac docks chiming tae, or an
number of belle. • on church clocks
Ms for one stamp. Watch =maker by of
appointment to N.B. if. the Prince of Wsleu and .sk of Use
pp wt for the Itaibitlan, Manufactory, Ladastoldn,
1149.4•iitedlammeall