The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-09 00:00:00

CITY IMPROTINIIIITS.

Messrs. Barely and Co.'s Bank, Lombard-street,
is shortly to be pulled dawn, to make way for a more MO-
dart bedding. The Arm have taken the Friends' Meeting.
haw, White Hart-oourt, Loinbardstreet, and ore now
attic it oat as • temporize basking-house. The London
Doak Company have taken pisesseion of new and exteneive
warehouses sad amities of alms io Lime-street, built oo a
iof the ground once occupied by the late Bast India
Bosse. Messrs. Spoorier's Bank, 27, Gracechurch-street,
is to be polled down • abo the adjoining premier, No. 26,
and • largm oreannsuied itrietere to be mooted os the site.
The corporeal= have in contemplatio• the removal
of the houses, Noe. 55 56, 57, and 58, Great Tower.
street., in order to wide. the minims way. On the
• south side of Allhallows Church, Barking, Great Wirer.
street, • portion of Memo and brick work wirier formed, It
is supped's& a part of the bell tower in ancient times, is
being removed, and • pest and elegant new porch of Port-
, land stow is in course of erection. Several houses in St.
llonstan's.ressage, St. Dunsteo's.bill, are about to be taken
down in order to increase the printiag establishment of
Memos. Skipper and Fast. It is stated that the Leaden
Firs Brigade are negotiating for the ancient &room's-
heed-yard, Atdpte Within, for • station, in pleas
of the ono in Jeffroyupsare, St. Yaryan's. The
numerous buildings in counts of erection on the site of
the ground once occupied by the East Isdia Com.
AY ere_ progressing very fast. A quaint.looking bindle&
No. 2, Miseinglane, Mee a blacksmith's shop, is to be
pulled down. No. 3, in the same thoroughfare, as old
dwelling-hoar of the early part of the seventeenth century,
has been pulled down, and new premises erected by Mesas.
Moses and Soo, suitable for letting out as offices. No. 20,
an estecsive new building, is being erected by Mr. Innis, foe
offloes. No. 28 is coming down for the seine purpose. Three
old homes in Bell-court, between Noe. 27 and' 143, Miociog-
lane, have been demolished, to make room for premises
suitable for Mikes, sod a new thoroughfare made, combs
oat opposite the new Corn Exchange. Mark-lane i for this
purpose the Old Castle Torero and ad pining premises have
txn pulled dawn. Other oleos are 'Lc, in course of erec-
tion in Mark-lane.—City Press.

On Monday night Mr. Karl Blind, at the re-
quest of the Polish committee, delivered $ !wears is the
City Ball, Glasgow, cc " Poland and Germany." The
chair was occupied by Mr. W. P. PATON, and the lecturer
wet accompanied to the platform by, emend other, the
Rev. Mr. Cul, Memrs William Burns. John M'Adaeo,
William Y'Adasn, Robert Wrier, Matthew Cullen, John
°alma, Wilkinsue Wiper, be.
MANCIIISTIR UNITY or ODD FIELLOWR. —The
eighteenth masirensry of the &Ogren Lodge
_wee ado
heated at dialer on Tuesday even*, at the Talbot Hotel,
Little camkr4giwi. Pisan,. The need loyal end Plaids
toasts bong disposed of, the chairman (the Bor. R. G. Le-
mera,of W_Camel? raiztlie"hisseliesterUeity"aed
the " Belem" Lake, upon the great Impariamm
sad ualasin of friendly societies ; and the tern were
fittagly reepooded to by Pmr.G.M. Hands sad P.O. Jams,
who stated that the order now had sear 350,000 mamba
sod moo,ooot. paved capital, and the camber of
Ile tie Belgravia Lodge was 346, with • surplus ofnlb,;(ool.it
sighters years, after motive all claims for atiskares.
funerals, &steer eases, Ac. A pressetstion was the. make
by P.P.G.IL Yates to P.O. Bares, of the Craves Wes,
of • eortilerte of merit, I. reoagaities of salsas samisen
reordered to tb Beigsave Ledge members, sad he suitably
osireowledged the gift. P.P.OaL Barri prowled "Doe-
, sem te the Pimlico Diarist,* sod taushrd "um apig
plagroes, is while the vicifeheisume, ?PAK Ofesid,
responded, as maw put ellen el the &irk* The
eireirmaa bask eseaeloo Is rave to the great parsers it bed
bias Is preside ever the festietty sod is a very
I.sl ore mum demised them to hems; the mot tease,
Widow owl Ortimao Mead r the preddeet. P.P. OM.
Gay, woroadlog.. Mimed the supporters ei the ode-
teete we Dr. UAW Mr. Urbana, Mr. IMM.
Deesessr awl eases ; wad 1M vosethi& which was very ea-
thasiestia, wee well setts dal to the dant