The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-18 00:00:00

AMU, GINICRAL BENEVOLANT

INSTITUTION.

On Saturday evening tie forty-ninth anniversary
festinl el the Artiste' Gomel Busevolest lestitethie wee
eashestad at the Fricassees' Myers. The •asoeeeemeat

that the Bishop of Oxford would occupy the chair eppe:
rently operated to bring an unusual number of goats and
supporters of the society together. It may be remembered
that the object of the iertifittion is to extend relief N dir
treated meritorious unfits, whether ahneribere or not,
whose works ham been generally known and eitesensil by
the public, an well as to their widows and orphans—merit
and distress constituting the claims to its beseveleisce. It
Is largely and pneronaly supported by the gev s! bed, of
whets its finascial adinietetmtion is eeknowledged to
be a model of economy and efilloissioy ; sad Ito
mode of affording relief to the recipliets of its boonty is
lose which tends to preserve their self-respect by its dal-
cat. oomideration of their holism. The minivan-ear; fes-
tivals are always peculiarly genial and agreeable ; artiste of
every grade meatier together oo a 00111111011 pound of boar
edema. On this, as on all similar accaelom, • number of the
members of the Royal Academy were present, isoludieg
Mr. David Roberts, Mr. Weeks, Mr. Frith, Mr. Millais,
Mr. Feed, he. ; but for once Sir Maria
a mustent attendant, was absent oo moms of ill-health.
The right reverend obairtme, ft need hardly be said,
illustrated the objects of the meshes with that eloquence
of which he is an athoowledged master; therdil with obi&
be caused every sentence which he spoke, couched in tb•
richest language, to bear on the peculiar subject which he
was advocating, was especially to be observed ; while the
tree ordinary dorm of a chairmen at • gathering which,
whilst it is charitable in It. object, is yet eonvivial, were
oosdua4ml with remarkable tact. Altogether the festival
was • more than ordinarily suocessful ore ; the dinner was
of an exaellebt description, the magical selection, is the
bands of a traised body of singers celled the " Moray
Miestrels," was at once scientifically sod melodiously port-
famed ; and last. by no mem= least, • subscription of above
1,1001. was the contribution of the 'mein to the hada of
the institution.

TITS BISHOP OF LONDON'S FrrrD.—Yeeterday
letter addressed by the Bishop of London to his clergy
on the subject of the great effort now making, under hie
sanction, to meet the spiritual wants of the diocese, was
reed in the various churches of the metropolis by the
Bishop's request. The Bishop says :—" Inquiries carefully
made during the last few mouths show that there are in
London more than a million of persons who, from the in-
sufficiency of existing agencies, are left peaddeally without
any systematic provision either for religiose instruction or
petWio worship. These iequiries have had Miltillite ant
only to what is does by the church of England, bet, so far
u was practicable, to the exertions of all other religions
eonsmunities. The result has been a statistical report,
showing that there is amongst as • population left num-
vided for which exceeds that of Manchester, Liverpool, sad
Birmingham nailed."

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WINDSOR ClAffru.' us.

The Prineess Helena and Prince's Louise,
attended by Ley Harass Duningtas mad the Hoe. Mor-
timer Seolcville Week went to Clervisoet yesterday after.
noon, end visited the Qom'. Nazis Ames.

The Duke sad Dubin of Argyll arrived at the CartlA

Ana 17.

Prises d the& Mom Helms, sad Prim= Ueda,
Ataxia by Visoionstais /Nam Lady Ostsdine Dorringtaa,
the Hon. Becky ills Went, sad Lineament Hail, went to
London yortorday.
Primes Holm sad Pilaw= Lochs Irluited the Fald-
bition of tits Society of Waters In Wake Odom, is Pad
mil End, sad the Fried+ line d rt °Airy.
Prince Alfred met the Primaries it Mho French Gallery.
end drove heat theses to Bookinghtint Paws.
Prises= Levine, alisedal by Viscounts= Jocelyn,
turned to Windsor Oath to the ottoman.

Prime Alfred and Prisms Helena, sitsoded by Lady
Caroline Barrington. the H. Mortimer Navin" Week
sod Lieutenant Rd& hemmed the perfarmeece at the
Coyest Garden Thinks with their presence in the evening,
sad returned to Wham (Labe at night.
The King of the Belgians, etteeded by 04eand Count de
Mserkerke and Dr. Komi, arrived at the Cantle from
London yesterday evening.

PrineeArthu; attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived
at the fromOYU, Grerswieb-park.
The gases, the King el the Belgians, Prince Alfred.
Princess Helms, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince
Leopold, and Primes Beatrice. with the lathe- sad gentle-
lIND in waiting, attended Divine service this mooning in the
private 'hap& The Bev. F. C. Cook, Chaplin In Ordi-
nary to the Queen, preached the sermon.
In the " Court Ciren/ar " of Saturday it was erroneously
stated that the Queen went oat twice on Friday for a short
"ride." The statement should have been that her Ma-
jesty went oat twos for a short " drive."

A Cabinet Council was held on Sa at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Tresaury,
in Downing-street. The ministers present were Vis-
count Palmerston,the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gran-
ville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl
Russell, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Earl
De Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right
Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Al-
derley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers.

A weedier of bar Mideety's Ocenniiesionan for the Exhi-
bition of IBM was held ea Saturday, at eh, Paha, of West-
whinier.

Despatches mere sent on Saturday from the Colonial-
Aloe to the Governors of the West India Is.leads, British
Columbia, the North American Provinces, and Bermuda.

Tan Km° or 1111 BEWIANS. —His Majesty the
ring of the Belekuse will leave England for Brans& on
Wednesday neat

His ROysl Highness the Prince of Wales has
consented to be present at the annual dieser el his regi-
ment, the 10th Hussars, which will take piste st Willie's
Rooms en May 28.

Their Royal Ripens, the Princeenee Helena
and Lords*, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington,
Viscountess Jocelyn, and the Hon. Y. &ekeUs West,
honoured the members of the Institute of Painters in
Water Colones on Saturday with a visit to their tbtrtieth
annual exhibition, which opens to tbs public this day at 53,
Pall-mall.

His Royal Highness Prince John of Glilcksburg,
brother of the King of Denmark, la expected to arrive in
London early in the present week from Denmark.
His Excellency Prince de is Tour d'Auvergne
had a diplomatic dinner ce Saturday evening at the French
Embeiwy. His Excellency Baron Browner, the Russian
Amheanador ; his FacesUrney Count de Lavendio, the Portu-
guese Minister; his Exerilency Viscount de Vitriburn, the
Saxon Miaieter ; his lieelleoey the Spanish Milliner and
Madame Oars" him Exeslisney the Swedish Misistd sad
the Counters Wachtmeister, the Hanoverian Cbarar
d'Affaires and Barnum Blame, Count Wimpffen, the
Marquis sod Marddonen &O done. the Marquis d' Andigne,
M. de &Layoff, M. Freehrie de Kane, Viscount de Beau-
moot, Viasenuit de Courvaly, Count de Viral, and Count do
Mactennia were among the gnosis.
The Archbishop of Dublin and Mrs. Trench v. ill
arrive in town to-morrow from the Archiepieropp, Palace,
Dublin, for the season.
Baron and Baroness Lionel de Rothschild and
family leave Kingston Horn, Keightibridge, on Wednes-
day next far Oaaeeebm► Park, near Aston, until the new
[may residence in Pircedllly is reedy for their occupation.

Tie annual Civil Ser►ioe ball will take place at
Willis's Booms oa Wednesday, lltb hay next.

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