The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-29 00:00:00

MAROATB ROYAL SEA•DATHINO INFIRMARY

Thin institution (established for the relief of
scrofulous poor Item all parts of Hoglund) has just cele-
brated its fifty-ninth anniversary. Oa Sunday last sermons
on its behalf were preached in all the churches in the lite
of Thanet, soden Monday the swami dinner and public
meeting was held at the Town Hall. At the latter hit.
Deed's, M P., ..ecupied the chair, and urged upon al present
to support the infirmary in order (so small are the funds in
band) that the committee might not be compelled to close it
entirely dur in g the next season. The report et Lted that during
the last sic months 493 patients had been admitted into the
hospital, the majority of whom had been either permanently
oared, or much relieved, while twelve had died owing to their
disease being too ter advanced. The funds of the institu-
tion were very low, and the expenditure had exceede t the
receipts by about 1701. A plan for a five shilling subaerip-
Hoe, to be raised throughout the kingdom, had however
since been set en foot, the result of which, coupled with
the sum of 500i.Three perCent.Cenvole, left to the institution
by Mr. Jackson, of Hampstead, would enable the urn:mine*
to open the infirmary for another sic months. The report
having been adopted, various resolutions were carried, the
least formal of which was to the effect, "That in times of
great national difficulty Christian people should be more
than ever alive to the claims of churity." The meeting
terminated with a vote of thanks to the thiamin).

Several persons have been admitted into the Edict-
'inlet Infirmary, suffering from the effects of having eaten
of the poisonous variety of the mushroom, in mistake for
the edible 'petits. They have, however, been successfully
treated, and ono or two of them have been dismissed cured.
ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—lnforma-
tion has been lotted from Bow-street, that Mr. Porter, near
Usk, was thrown down by two men, who robbed him, and
then cut his throat with a knife. He is likely to recover
and identify the men.
PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO MR. H. BERKELEY,
M.P.—A meeting of licensed victuallers wee held at Bristol
on Monday afternoon for the purpose of adopting the noses-
sari measures for the purpose of co-operating with the trad-
ing and operative climes in presenting a testimonial to the
Hon. F. H. Berkeley for his esertioos in promotiog the
repeal of Mr. Wilson Patten's Sunday Beer Act, when re-
, solutions were passed thanking Mr. Berkeley for big
eaertioua, and pledging the licensed victuallers of Bristol to
co-operate with their fellow.citisens of the middle and
operative classes is raising a subscription to present him
with a suitable testimonial. A committee was nominated
to wafer with that appointed by the operatives at their
guesting on the 24th inst., and a subscription was at once
commenced.
SUPPOSED MURDER OF A SHIP'S CREW.—BOSTON
(U.S.), AUOUST lA.—The Janette, Danish brig, dri'ted into
Acklius. Bahamas, July 14, with all her crew dead, and her
sails loose. It is supposed the crew were murdered the day
before, as a beg was ales with • schooner alongside on that
day, and it is supposed he Janette was that brig.
CRICKET.—SUSSEX v. YORKSHIRE.—This grand
match was commenced st Sheffield, on the splendid new
geseind, cm Monday last, and at the close of the first day
Dewey had *cored 246, including a splendid innings from o
Wiedea foe 138—end "not out !"
The Rev. Charles Augustus Peering has been
liming to the perpetual curacy of St. James's Church,
Whitehaven. in the county of Cumhetlend, upon the nomi-
nation d the Berl of Loasdtle, the patron.