The Press.
London, England, 1857-12-26 00:00:00

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THE PRESIDENT OF THE INDIA BOARD (the Right
Hon. It. Vernon Smith) has conferred a cadetship in
the East India Company's service on the son of Sir
Hugh Wheeler, K.C.8., who was murdered at Cawn-
pore, and on the son of Major Burton, who was
murdered at Kotah.

CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOLS, ST. GEORGE'S EAST,
which have been recently enlarged and rendered
more commodious by the addition of three class-
rooms and a master's house, the sum of 2,0001.
having been expended on them during the last six
months, were opened on Tuesday evening (Dec. 22),
by a public examination of the senior classes of boys
and girls. Twelve of the Government scholars'
certificates and other prizes were distributed to the
children by the chairman, the Rev. G. H.
under whose directions the improvements have been
effected. The examination of the children in do-
mestic economy, mental arithmetic, Euclid, and the
other subjects taught, was in every respect satisfae.-
tory to the large audience assembled. The day-
school attendance during the past year has averaged
007 ; Sunday-school, 330; adult-school, 65 ; total ,
1,022. The total receipts, exclusive of building fund,
were 5291. 10s.; expenditure, 5371. Os.

THE DEATHS IN LONDON have fallen from 1,428,
in the first week in this month, to 1,2:14, by the last
report. The births last week amounted to 1,830
children.
THE FOUNDATION-STONE of a new infant-school for
Shoreditch was laid by Dr. Lushington, on Tuesday,
m the Hackney-road. Dr. Lushington, and Mr.
Robert Hanbury, M.P., addressed appropriate re-
marks to the visitors present.
TtiE BISHOP OF LONDON held a general ordination
on Tuesday in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. Prayers
were read by the Rev. Mr. Jones, and the sermon
was preached by the Rev. Frederick Temple, M.A.,
the newly-appointed Head Master of Rugby School,
who selected for his text the 10th verse of the 4th
chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians,
" From whom the whole body fitly joined together,"
&c. In the course of a very able sermon Mr.
Temple pointed out the peculiar trials and tempta-
tions to which ministers of the Gospel were sub.
jected, and gave to the young men about to be
ordained some practical advice as to their future
guidance. The bishop having taken his seat at the
communion-table, the gentlemen to bo ordained
were presented to him by the Rev. G. E. Cotton,
M.A., Head Master of Marlborough College, and
were ordained.
THE ANNUAL DISTRIEUTION OF PRIZES •at the
Kensington School took place on Tuesday. The
Bishop of London presided on the occasion, and
distributed the prizes. His lordship in an impressive
address spoke of the varied studies of the school,
and the close connection of one branch of them with
our Indian empire, for the service of which a large
number of the boys are destined. He spoke of the
career which was opening before those who were
looking forward to service in India, and bestowed
very high praise on the generosity of Sir Henry
Willock, who for nineteen successive years bad
presented for public competition in the school an
appointment to the East India College at Addis-
combe. Sir Henry Willock and several other gentle-
men addressed the meeting, and spoke of the large
number of scholars who had distinguished themselvs
in India, and expressed the mingled pride and sorrow
they felt for those who had fallen in that country.
F. U. Willock and Quintyn Battye,i who both felt
before Delhi, were at the head of this distinguished
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THE BISHOP OF LONDON preached in St. Peter's
Church, Bethnal-green, on Wednesday. He had a
large audience of the poorest classes, to whom he
preached from the text, "Blessed are ye poor, for
yours is the kingdom of God."

HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND
has, with her usual liberality, presented an additional
donation of 251. to the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution, of which the noble duke is the president.

THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS met on
Wednesday for business ; Mr. Thwaites iu the chair.
A case which had been prepared for counsel's
opinion, as to the liability of the city of London to
pay a share of the interest and principal of the
140,000/. main drainage loan, was approved, and
ordered tl be laid before Sir Fitzroy Kelly and
Sergeant Byles. The bill for the formation of a park
for Southwark was postponed sine die.

A WEST•END RAILWAY TERMINUS will soon he a
reality. A commodious terminus is now being cog-
structed at the end of the Chelsea Suspension Bridge,
affording a most convenient station for Chelsea and
Belgravia. The works of the statior. are now being
rapidly proceeded with, and Messrs. Bidder and
Fulton, the engineers, state that the railway will be
opened for public traffic about the middle of March.
The terminus is within a tnile of Eaton and Be!grave
squares, and a pier will be attached to the station,
al which:lithe Citizen steamboats will call. The
public will be enabled from this station to reach the
following places, viz. :—Brighton, Dover, Ports-
mouth, Southampton, Richmond, Windsor, Reading,
the Crystal Palace, &c. It is also intended to apply
to Parliament during the next session for an act to
allow the extension of the West-end Railway across
the river, along the Grosvenor Canal, to near the
west end of Victoria street, Westminster. It is
therefore intended to apply to Parliament for powers
to make a loop-line between Balham bill station
and West Croydon station, to avoid the Crystal
Palace station, by which some distance will be
saved, the heavy gradients, sharp curves, and long
tunnels of the West-end line will be avoided, and
thereby enable the Dover and Brighton traffic to be
worked with safety and punctuality.

A SALE OF CURIOUS gANUSCRIPTS and scarce books
took place recently at Messrs. Sotheby's. Amongst
them was a very early transcript of the " Ltber Re-
galls," preserved with the Muniments of the Dean
and Chapter of Westminster, containing the " Ordo
Coronationis Regum et Reginarum Anglite et de
Exequiis Regalibus," as used at the coronation of
Richard 11., in 1378. This venerable volume opens
with directions for fitting up Westminster Abbey,
and the manner how the King, the day previous to
his coronation, is ti' ride bare-headed from the Tower
to Westminster Palace, " that he may be seen by all
his people." Next follow the various ceremonies to
be used at the crowning of both King and Queen,
the various fees to the convent of Westminster, the
offices to be performed, &c. At the end are direc-
tions for funeral solemnities on the demise of a
King. One of the most authentic and interesting
documents ever offered for sale produced 471. 53.
Caxton's edition of Cicero's " 'l'reatises on Old Age
and Friendship," printed in 1481, sold for 2751., the
same copy having been purchased at 471. 55., in
Trotter-Brockett's library.

THE LAUNCHING of the Leviathan will not be re-
sumed until the next spring tides, which happen at
the close of the year and commencement of the
ensuing year. In the course of Saturday and yester-
day morning gangs of labourers were employed in
driving piles for the erection of fresh buttresses
nearer the cradles. The hydraulic power which will
be applied on the resumption of the operation will
be more than double that to which the ship has
already been subjected. There are to be twelve ad-
ditional hydraulic rams. She continues to sit even
and /air on the cradles and ways. On Saturday, at
high water, she had five feet six inches of water
under her bottom.
'I HE USUAL WARDMOTES were held on Monday,
and the election of Common. Councilmen proceeded
with. On the whole there were fewer contests than
usual, and in the majority of cases the old council-
men were re-elected. At some of the meetings
animated discussion took place on such subjects as
corporation reform, the City charities, the parochial
rates, Jewish emancipation, and General Ilavelock's
services.