The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-21 00:00:00

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.)

A special meeting of sharehohlees was held at
sooty at the Loudon Tavern. in compliance with the stand-
ing orders of the House of Lords, Yr. GOODSON is the
chair, for the purpose of considering certain bills now pend-
ing is parliament. The only bill submitted to the toM
mu authorising
a bill for auorising the Tottenham and nisi
Junction Railway Con:maim to make railways to join the
Midland and Great Realm Railways.
The Soth. non (Mr. Maynard) having read the heads
of the bill,
The CH•IRSIAN moved a reeolation of approval, which
was agreed to.
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lii7meeting wma then adjourned for a fortnight, to con-
sider the only aim bills, two in number, now before
parliament.

The Archbishop of Canterbury's evening party
is unavoidably putpooed from this evening to Monday, the
27th inst.

The first performance of Ficklio at Her Majesty's
(Mademoiselle netjens u Leone's) is announced for
Thursday. It is to be hoped there may be no further post-
ponement of this long-promised revival.
The chairman of the Rochdale Reform Associa-
tion has reoeived a letter from Mr. Cobden, cordially dual.
ing the members of that body for the renewed promises of
support they have ie... him, in the presence of a on.
tested election in the borough. Mr. Cobden " accepts with
cheerfulness" hie share in the " the coming struggle," and
leaves the issue to his constituents. The hoe. gentleman
thinks he is highly favoured in his opponent. There is no
disguise of principle about him. But there is "a clear and
intelligible issue" between the views of Mr. Cobden and
those of his oppcoent.

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The review of Yorkshire Volunteers yesterday,
at Doncaster, pared off most successfully. The weather
was favourable, sad the Masada,e of spectators large.
More then 7,000 volnoteors took part in the review sod the
sham fight which followed, this number exceeding by up-
wards of 3,000 that returned at the review at Doncaster two
years ago. Colonel Word° was the inspecting officer,
and both he and the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding
highly complimented the volunteers on their efficiency.
Erow COLLIOR 1864. —The election is fixed for
Mosday, July 25, and candidates for the Eton foundatico
meet present themselves on Thursday, July 21, at 7 a.m.,
for examisatioa. The secemary oirtificates should be seat
to the Lower Master, Et, College, without delay.—E4aa
Conn% Jaw 21, 1864.
Tan REPRESENTATION OF NORTH DrEHANL—•
fiarauxi, RONDAT.—The liberal candidate for North Dur-
ham (Sir Hedworth Williamson) addressed • large meeting
of frsakoldats in the Golden Lioo Assembly-rooms, South
Shields, this morel, ; the Mayor of South Shields occupied
the chair. At the oosclusion of his speech the meeting, by
a unanimous vote, pledged itself to do all in its power to
secure the hon. candidate's return. There is no appearance
of a 000eeriratiee candidate, and in ell probability Sir
worth Williamson will be elected without opposition.
TEE METItIc SYSTEM or WEIGHTS AND MEA-
straas.-0a Saturday kat • considerable somber of mem-
bers of parliament, and other persons interested io the
progress of the metric system of measures and weights, met
I in Burlingtos-bouse, Piocadilly, to ins,* the metre of
=1113., belonging to the Royal Society. This vslnable
t was obtained from the Academy of Scissor at
Paris about the end of the year 1816 bye committee of the
'Royal Society, which was appointed to compare the metre
1 with the yard is fulfilment of a request addressed in the
mouth of Mardi to that year by the House of Oommons to
the Prince Regent. Tbe House of Dominoes lent for the
mm• purpose their standard yard. made by Bard in 1760,
which was the legalised standard of hamar measure until
the oDeflagratioa of DM. The comparison of the
two measures, the metre and the yard. thee
brought into contact, wee entrusted to Captain Henry
Hater, so distinguished by his skill in coodactiug the
trigooometrioal survey of Great Brittle. Re determined
the length of the metre to be 39.37079 English inches, or,
in other words, that the metre is to the yard so 39.37079
to 36. Thee the metre belonging to the Royal Society. and
in perfect preservation, affords the maim of restoring the
yard which was destroyed by fire. Besides the platinum
metre, exhibited en this ocoasioe so as to satisfy the doubts
of those who on the authority of the Times have questioned
its *Fistulae numerous instruments and dominant§ were
shown in illustration of the metric system sad of its Pro-
gress throughout Europe. Marra. Tyler and Sone, of War-
wick-Luse, placed on the table a complete and highly
beautiful series of standard measures and weighta =dad
brass (the weight' being and lately °Waned by them
from lkduvil, of Paris, for the purpose of supplying sets to
all who may desire to use the metric system an the Wawa
tics of boats,. Messrs. Troughtou and Simms sent two
of the standard yyuaeds made in different forms according to
the latest provteiosa of British lesisletioo.
LATINO THE CORNER STONE OF ST. MAEE's
CHURCH, CaLaToN.—Thei corner ate, of a sew church. de
dictated to St. Mark, was laid yesterday by the Right. Hot
the Earl of Shaftesbury. E.G., in proses, of a large cos-
emu of people. The new church is situated in the eantre
of • large aid increasingly populous neighbourhood, being
built cos a plot of ground given by the lord of the manor (J.
Amherst, Fag.), adjoins the Ridley-reed, balsas,,
mid abuts also oe the Kiogaland.road. The sew church is
terdto roset the waste of the coseSion worshipping
ternAiorary him church is the -read, of which
the Rev. W.Rookee Is the isearobask which is cow
too so mast the reiairesierita of the district
Tax Nur rotrry ON FIRS INSU/LANC/L—On Fri-
day *set the now set will take effect radar* from Ws.
_par
1001. to le. 6d. the duty on stook and toenail' is tsar The
duty ea hardier*, Sic.. is still 38- per 1001,