The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-28 00:00:00

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Yesterday morning the electors of Westminster
the Very Rev. Dr. lAddell, Dean of Chritchurek,
Orford ; the Rev. Dr. WheweL Mader of Trinity College,
Cambridge ; the Rev. G. Mazda, M.A.. stadent of Clmit
Church ; and the Rev. W. F. Bothers, ILA., fellow al
Trinity College, attended Divine service at the Abbey cr
state, with the Dear sad moons, as they bad done on Soc.
day. After lorries, the eleetioa of Queen'. scholarsto the
univereities was made in the Jerasslem Chamber, end It
young gentlemen were admitted Queen's scholars in the mom
of those who are leaving. The following is the order of elec.
Lion to the universitire —Student. of 'hr4t Church, Ox.
ford, G. Gambleton (prefect), S. P. Cockerell, and S. B. R.
Chambeelayne ; scholars of Trinity Collectoturobridge„
A. J. Mackay, A. P. Dawson, sad G. • triplet
exhibitiorers, A. J. Mackey, and Maclean (town boy); Dm
Thomas Exhibitioner, W. Winter (tows boy). Mane
who have been admitted into college are —Orman
Morra , Meyrick, M•Bwaa, Taylor, Barnes, Breit; Cir-
cuit, Chapmso, Oldtnan, Mare, and Griffiths.
The grand annual dinner of "Old Westminster/. teak
place on Monday evening, in the college hall. The Very Rem
the Dean (who wore the collar of the Order of the Bra cow
his gown) presided, surrounded by the Dean of Christchurch,
the Yseter of Trinity, the two examiners, Carom Jennings,
Ourelos, D.D.. and N (in their robes), the head
master (the Rev. 0. B. Scott, 8.D.), sad the second
master (the Rev. H. M. la). Among the old Wee.
misekse present were the Rioot, of Devon and Shelborte,
the Arebbiehep of Teak, the Bishops of St. Assph and
Moray sad BOON Lord Colchester, Lad Barrington, the

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painter), took their seats in the Senate to-day. area tneretore we RUST lam tun nArxtAim X MCC, I"..aa miter (the Rev. H. H. room.). Among we oia we,.
male and female, will submit for the future to be ~,,,,,,,e=vent were ii,, of Devon end swim.,
disarmed before they enter the realms of art. We the Archbishop of York, the • et gt Aleph sad
EIGHTH REPORT OP THE POSTMASTER were glad to peroeive that our suggestions respect- Messy and Ross, Lord Colchester, Ind Barrington, the
GENERAL ing the pianos bad not been without their effect. Right Han. J. It. Mowbray, ILP., Fir W. W. Wyss, Bert,
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This morning the Report of the Postmaster Ge- take plane plaoePeatridifformeanrencetaliobuyrs,coaind
need for 1861 was lamed : pleasure of a visit. Miss Ellen Bliss attracts crowded W. Wears, C. W. Page, A. Barmaid* W. H. Haman,
By substitution of road letter boxes, the number of audiences round one of Kirkman% powerful instam- Hr. Comaiissioner Lew, sr. A. Mama, he.
post-offices last year was diminished by 36, makiug ments by her brilliant playing ; and there are After the marl toasts, the Quesn's scholars recited their
the whole present number 11,405 ;of which 813 are also some foreign performers, whose names we mooed by a pro and csocladed ban disk y
Zrairete subjects of 6epigrams way chiefly " De/ectat
head offices, and 10,592 sub-offices. On the other hand, the should be happy to give if we could obtain them. copes," and " on delectat copie." " Baas credit*" (amino),
number of road letter boxes was increased by 476. Thus One of them played with general approbation on and "MAO creditor" (host* The subjects embraced very_
the whole number of public receptacles for letters is now an ebony cased instrument in the front of the multifarious topics.i-" The Prince °moon." " Crinolirie."
14,354, am compared with 13,914 last year, and with little French court, and there were others of more or :11:IreVI Frson:e4 :211plie Pilans.,ths" " Nuara-ulat V.,elethl,".
more than 4,500 before the establishment of penny postage. less merit in nearly all the foreign departments.
roy'• rhedictiona," "The Froorli Occupation of
During the last year 45 places were provided with day mails Mr. Rimmed has made a bold experiment to Weatherg"(the eccn• cutter), "Church-late.'" " Admiral Fin"
to or from the metropolis of one or other of the three parte of add to the attractions of the Majolica fountain- Rome," " Punch beating his Wife," Ac.
the United Kingdom, and some of them with mails in both nothing less than infusing perfumes into its glisten-
directions ; the additional mail being in several instances ing spray, and diffusing the odour of violet and THE EARL OP ESSEX, MISS TODD, AND HER
the third during the 24 hours. jasmine over the whole of the eastern platform. We COACHMAN.
The following table shows the number of letter delivered were surprised to see on our entrance yesterday a
in the United Kingdom during the last year, with the rate number of persons down on their knees round the The Earl of Essex has received the following
of blown., and the proportion of letters to ppektios ; basin, like Hindoo devotees on the banks of the epistle :
Increase Ganges, taking up palms full of the water and " Craustouu House, Addieon.road, May 24
Number of ce t. Proportion of sniffmg at it with evident satisfaction. We must con- "Er Lord.-You have n Potter to insult my
Letters in lier e letters deter, and hold her up totiruuat execastioa. I mod*
mai. up Numbm to Popalatlon. fees that at first we did not discover the cause, but
in 1800. your conduct to be unworthy of a nobleman and a gentle.
after standing a little while in the vicinity we be- man. The days of duelling are over, or I would actirea
England millions About 61 24 to each person. came aware that Mr. Rimmel's bold expert- your lordship in a different language. Bat, as lam asads
Ireland 0487.. " It ate eech
Japanese he tAmbaseadora and Pen"' ment had produced a sensible impression on the wan of taking another man at a disadvantage,
Scotland
atmosphere. althougmtarsou do not scruple to mail • woman, I think it
United Kingdom 508 .. ..to to sg each person We observed A right to tell your lordship that I shall take the earliest op-
--- portunity of inflicting on your lordship a castigation, which
As compared with 1860, the total shows an increase of 29 suite, the Duke of Sutherland, Earl Stanhope, the you will have at your leisure an opportunity of comparing
maims ; and as contrasted with the year previous to the Marchioness of Conyngham, Lord and Lady Clan- with that of the castigation properly inflicted by my sisters
introduction of penny postage (1839), an increase (omitting ricarde, _ the Duke of Rutland, Lord and Lady cowthinth on my sister's stubborn
j horse.-1 remain
o Toren"
banks) of 517 millions ; making the present number of Chesterfield, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Lord His
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lordship says • " The only olbssermitioul shall make
letters nearly sight-fold the number in 1839. Less than C. Thynne, amongst the visitors yesterday. is that. I took out the eummonagainet Mina Todd's math
one per cent. of the letters posted in the United Kingdom The number of visitors during the day was as fol- man. and not against that lady herself, with whom I hare
were charged additional postage on account of their not lows ..-Season tickets, 5,227 ;by payment, 12,496: nothing suably to do. If Mee Todd thought proper to
having been prepaid. Nevertheless, at the chief office in total, 17,723.
has almost asanimously considered a bad one, it was he
London, including the small offices in the eastern central
THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE. owes doing, sot mine. Mr. Ttdd ie of coon', free to maydistrict,
district, as much as 35,0001. was received last year for
out his foolish threat ; but I think, on consideration, be
unpaid postage. The number of registered letters last year The following additional sums have been sent will deem It better not to do en."
was about 1,550,000, or one registered letter to about 380 to the Lord mayor for the relief of the distressed operatives
ordinary letters. For the future in the London office, all in Leareehhe sod Cheshire :-Mr. Richard peef.N.
; The Naples Journal announces that King Victor
unregistered letters which unquestionably contain coin will Yr. T. J. Agar Roberts, 25/. ; W. B. and friends, 201.:
Ernmaonal has presented Priam Na leon with two msg.
Mr. W. Tagg, 51. : collected at Pastwell Church by the po
R. Mr. Oxmedso, SI. 15e. 9d. ; Mr. N. Moot/Akre, 51. ,• nificent Etroman vases, one of them 3 feet in height, and the
be selected from the mass, treated as registered letters, and
subjected to a double registration fee. As an additional Mr. W. Moaned, 101. • offertory onllectkm in the parish of other 20 inches, and both of admirable workmanship. Hu
Strettoado-Feene per Bev. 0. Caustes, 111. 2s. 281. : Xr-
encouragement to registration, the fee is about to be re-Majesty has oleo sent the Princess Clothilde a set of orne-
clued from 6d. to 4cl. Upwards of 72,300,000 newspapers P. L. Phillips, 51: • Captain Wolley, R. N., 31. ; Mr. B. K. menu, in 00esi, which ere quite a work of art.
were delivered last year and nearly 12,300,000 book packeta; Bland, 101. ; collection
being an increase of about a million and a half of news- Duke, 51. ; Mr. B. .11 Wiioodo°°Tcr ;O&M; thtebelliint.M°72. A B u bookseller has just made the purchaie
cock, 21. • Yr. John Gilboa, 201. ; Mr. J. R. Merridew, of a literary curiosity, namely, a manuscript collection of
papers and half a million of book packets. The increase of 1/ 1 • Mr. T. Jaffooatt, 51. 51. •H. J. C., 11. •Mr R.
newspapers in the London district was again much above ceidoot,‘" bk. Mr. B. celdwott. iii. ;ma 0ure0:14..•34.;
Mr. 8.. K. gotherharn U.-Total, 901. Oe. 3d. Notting
the average.proverbs. i¢ the the handwriting of Martin Luther. The volume
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' During the last year, 113 additional money order Hill, 511. : weal/ Imhscrirson from same Queen's !mister; Pre
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10s. 3d. ;W. H. C., 1. ; *Mooted in a notary's office, Madameproverbs,and,bees Raton is announced to have arrived in
, offices were opened in England and Wales, 16 in Ire.
12s. &L • a lady at Brighton, 51. ;T. Y. F., 51. ; Colonel 'emu.
t land, and 10 in Scotland ; 11, however, having been W. Tonlinson, 51. ;B. H., 10e. 6d. ; airs. Wyon, 11.
• closed for want of business. Thus the whole number of The vote of the Nassau Estates against the Mee-
L money order offices in the United Kingdom is now 2,722.
THE INUNDATION IN THE FEM. -A meeting of laden pmbling-tablea has been speedily followed by i
; We also exchange money order@ with Canada, Victoria, similar resolution in the Baden Lao.ltag, abolishing the
at the Guildhall, Lynn. The chairman of the with the French ./ Western Australia, Gibraltar, and Malta ; had we shall the several Commissons for Drainage of the Fens was held
5 soon do so with New Zealand, Queensland, and the Cape of yesterday,
rongest•noir of their famous spa. The present mooed
) Good Hope. The Increase in the number of money orders Court of Sewers, the Rev. C. Currie, of Tilney, piesided. beforethe let of January, 1870.
The President of Guatemala has offered three
I last year waa about 350,000; which is about 90,000 mere The
..Th following
ampremn resolutionuti bewasmaudneanfroimmouslyisagrzl
rototh.:-
i than the increase in the previous year. The increase applied premiums of 4,000, 3,000, sad 2,ooodollars respective,' w
to each part of the kingdom. The greatest number cf chairman of the Kiddie Level Commissioners, stating that the fist three exporters of I,oo3quintsb of cotton from tie
unsatisfactory rt rogress
' orders ever paid in England and Wales in one day was on
it is the opinion of this couor making • dam is privileging as
the work now in ptisfactory and
' the 24th December last, viz., upwards of 41,000. The fin state, as • stimulus to catoo-growing there.
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Curissare in Woaguorsrs. -A poor-law re•
tardy manner, and that it is advisable that relays of men
l money order• issued on account of the Committee of Council
.:turn issued this morning gives the somber of ekildia
on Education amounted last year to nearly 530,0001. be provided, so that the work may at all times be conducted
under 16 in the workhouses of the several unions sad Fa'
i without the slightest intermission." An order was made for
riches in England sod Wales, on January 1, as 27,345 MP
the strengthening of the Marshland and Meath Sluice by - - pork d
'. WEATHER REPORT.-(TILD3 DAY.) and 24,780 girls ;in all 52,120. The number ce
piling the ways. The Mayor of Lynn said be did not
✓ --•-- entering upon service was 4,393, of whom 2,348 were 1014-
d WIDNRIDAT, MAT 911, 11 L.IL know whether this was the time or place to introduce the
Tan COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE PRINCE OF WALD:
matter of the distress and absolute ruin that had come upon
t B. LIL D. Li C. L R.-
-8. many of the small occupies through this dreadful Gates-letters BucKINORAII.GATE, MAT 26.-The Queen has directed
patent to be passed, in the namnd oil e a the
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5 I ruined, and some had applied •already for admission to the ing Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps,
NA....6.t'.&= .... 29.46 61 48 B.W. 2 1 b - 2 union workhouse. He had remised several subscriptions Roodvar•Geoeral dhis Royal Highness in respect M
a Sans = ••. 29.77 62 46 W. 6 4 e - 2
i_ 18421 - g from • dirtanoo, and be did not know whether it would not Da*, of eacamall--Geccac•
F 24-ornos. MAY 5.-The Queen has been
Bia._:.Wlol • - •
It &lADMIPRIMIA . - 2 feeling of the meeting that the Middle Level Comniii. tared** pleased to apPoititot Randal Callender. Fir:. Ice:.;
PORIMMIM 10.813 64 62 ICE. 1 2 b - 1 0 was r Majesty's consul at Catherine's, to be her •
i- Get"" ::: eesa et fa B. 0 ? e - i doom ought to be compelled to make full and proper can- oontrd at Rhodes.,__Goreur.
o =sus . - II tioinsetioo, and to commeme • public subscription would
away the responsibility from the commie- WESTMINSTER CHLAPITR-HOUSE REnTeIIiATION.-.
80•11110100611. 29.86 eit fee N.W. 1 4 b - 3
O Hitislidain 20.00 63 62 N.W. 8 ei * eas 3 sioneratakipflie meeting adjourned for a week.
- 0112112°°a ‘ii: 49.91 Ls r, N.N.W. Ii; 9 : ... 1 TRI NONCONFORMIST EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEA- 3,1 veober,e, in pufkirmit.treet ; meows. colleen),
house pre
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sai Saturday lad,
aftwth:eignamostiwrong
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n f Amnia - A large_ iratheribg of nonconformists tech place last in Pall-mall ; and Yams. J. H. and J. Parker's, io LM
7AI
ON - I evening at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, with the object of strop&
0, LONDON 29.90 68 66 W.N.W. 41 9 tar LO5 - bearing fazewell aemies to the emigrants from the THE Raw DR. WARREN.--SilOftif
. DOll2l Dram or
13.94 60 67 W. 4.1 I M - 2 ministers of various denomioationa The proceedings of the before midnight • • t the lick
"• ours 29.93 so so W. 4, 7 Cr RIO 8 semen._ were commonest:l with devotional exercises, after ""ere cm Friday, the rkd )11'4" '- ..---'
w FORTIAND 244.94 67 56 W.B.W. 61 it 141 OM I
ruiwn,
unpremee addressee were e- Manchester, died at his residence 'n Aril sia• 111"7,1
t. penisason -
JRNIIT .. - 6 deepest attentioo. The meeting coocluded with prayer and mi.,,re -.777 of .eon, " and "Ten Tho.wed I
R. a hymn, and thegreatest intend was manifested throughout •""late Physician,
A
I TRITIMBAT. mama.
, rt/DAT. the pro,
which did not terminate until a late hour. Yea." The sews of his tirst seizure reached Mr. S. 11.4"1
It N.BRITAIR-W.N.W. to N. and N.W. to h• k, fresh. The ta, 1,000 in number, take their departure from -, C. -- the .m. f s gt -fle, of dist
, N.E. fresh to street the The early life of Dr. Warren _,.
,t. IBRLAIIIX-N.W. to N. and N.N.W. to EN. F.., fresh to take place to bid them a finaffareweil.
is L N.E., moderate to fresh. moderate.seventh some aviator.. With his father be was taken row '',
Docks to-morrow, when a large assemblage will LC roes,"theanflaamwasatbeaffifiicttiodan alluded
THZ SUNDAY DANDB IN THEPARES.-The sad an 'a
CRITRAI.-W.to N., medicate, N.W. to N.E. moderate, fine. a French frigate in tee time of Robespierre : . ...,
assns was oommeaced on Sunday last with great swoons V . '-
showery. ' twenty ago he published in Bleektroods . _ the
i S. eurr.-N.N.W. to N.M. N.N.W. to LN.E., moderate. the number of pinions present and the Mancha results both _ g account of his adventures. umiu.,_.
..1 fresh to moderate. in Regent's-park being equal to any previous year. As titiO-rl Narrative of a Captivity in Fr.. &nog the .o,„:
is Lissunk-N.W. to N. and N.N.W. to IL, fresh to light. *nal, the vast audiences met imel retired with the most of Torpor.» Its was twice married, and be ie survives '',
N.K, moderate. perfect order. The experiment or chaise inside the emit.. M Samuel Warren, Q.O and Mr. Edward Worm, "
di sure was also much approved, indeed had there been three Liverpool. ~
timer 300 would have bad ta. As a finale the,
* The coffee crop in Costa Rica is all in, and lbey . , enynTAL pALAns. - Owe En ['LING DAT,. .
N.atiosal2 Anthems of France, I y, ma England were
- sithbolory, although not so good u was saticipated. ditto, by mesa tisk*, 1531 ; total, 1,874.
lig • 12""a" to 85,000 quintals. The quality of the mop le gives, sad we understand that of Grammy is to be intro- Tomer, JUT TI.-Admimions on payout, I,'"
dug as Suaday nut. Pruceedito
motneinvoutbe:lB;
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