The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-26 00:00:00

ADELPHI.

Mr. Benjamin Webster terminated the season at
this house on Saturday night by taking his annual benefit,
and reviving PlanckOs comic two-act drama, Who's your
Fri, ad in which he was so successful as a country boy
some ye►rs ago at the Haymarket. The audience was
crowded and distinguished, and Mr. Webster bad a very
warm end friendly reception. He announced that the
theatre would only remain closed for a week to allow of •
little cleaning, and that it would re-open on Monday, Oct.
3, with an Irish drama, in which Mr. John Collins would
appear. Mr. Collins has bees so long in America, that be
is probably almost forgotten by the present generation of
playgoers, but we may remind them that he had con.
siderable success aa a vocalist some years ego, with a
dashing highwayman song called " Hurrah for the Hoed." A
new mystical or ghost-drama is also in preparation at this
house, with effects, patented, we believe, by Mr. King, of
Bath, one of the best photographers of the
day ; and Mr. Watts Pbillipe's drama, Loat iw
London, is again promised. Mr. Byron's new classical bur.
league, Paw, will not be given until Mr. Toole's return from
the country at Christmas. Mr. John Clarke will take Mr.
Toole's plain, for a time, and appear in the popular Stand
fame, The Bonnie Fishrife.

PRnrccHr3ll2llT. —On Saturday Prince Humbert
paid a visit to the Crystal Palace; and yesterday, after
attending Divine worship in Fannstreeit, be inspected the
royal stables at Pimlico. He thou walked to }Lingerfonl-
pier and took a river steamer to Greenwich to see the Hos-
pital. His royal highness afterwards dined at the Trafalgar.
This morning he proposer to pay • visit to the camp at
Aldershott, and it is expected that he will leave England
for (Mood and Brussels on Thursday next.
Eros COLLTGL—The vacancy in the lower school
assistant mastership, caused by the migration of Mr. R.
H. Bella. has been filled up by the appointment of Mr.
Arthur C. James, fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and
fourth classic in the last boson. list there.
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL—Meet of the main
pillars of the cathedral are deformed with printed 111110011/10(
manta in English and French, for the benefit of foreigner!,
of the tariff for admiasioa. A stroll "under the canopy '
is permitted gratis, bat you must pa for visiting the Whis-
pering Gallery, fid. • the ' Staircase and Library,
hid. ; the Golden Gklery, 6d. ; the ball, Is. 6.1. (elmort a
prohibitory price) ; the crypt, with the Wellington and
Nelson aareophagt, 6d.; the excaes being that atteedaota
are needed in all those places. If the Doan and Chapter
imagine they can complete the repairs and decorations of
the church any the sooner for the lampoon on the
gallery, staircase, and ball, shabby as the tax is,
let it pus; bat that the tombs of our greatest
naval and military heroes are sever to be seen by their
countrymen but at lid. ahead is • public disgrace. For •
considerable time after the completioo of the Wellington
sarcophagus admission was greeted twice • week without
any charge; on the other four days 6d. was exacted. Eves
this might have been endured, bat now, to close the crypt
entirely except on payment, in addition to its being a breach
of good,fsith, unworthily excludes the poorer visitors, and
most create • feeling of surprise or contempt in the minds
of torsion% The plea that attoodarita are emotel is
absurd. What security can they guarantee ! and what is
there to injure! Or even if • man or two were necemary
for appearance mak% the expense would not involve •
national bankruptcy, though the Chapter were excused
from the charge. Such trumpery demands result in making
the nation ridiculous over the whole continent —City
Press. _ _

Sr. MAROMIXT'S, WESTMI.i..-TER.-00 Saturday
au induestito meeting of gentlemen conoected with this
When,
took place in the school-room, Tothillnteeet. Amoopt
others, the Soesker of the Hoses of Commons. the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Henley, MP., rise-Chancellor
Sir W. P. Wood, sad several of the Mdse.' were present.
The object of the roosting wee the presentation of a testi-
monial to the Rem Mr. Davies sod Mr. H. Jenkins, the
two curates of St. Margulies. who are about to treader
their servitor to another sphere of labour. The Vies-Chan-
cellor took the chair, and io a speech of coosiderable length
deplored the low the perish wan about to sustain. A puree
of 300 galena wee thee presented to the rev. seatlearea,
who bristly returned thanks.

ST. JOHN'S, Hoxrox.—A sermon on behalf of
the National Schools is coanexion with this church was
peached yesteeday, before the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, aid
Usder•Sbetiffs, by the Rey. A. P. Kelly, incumbent. The
faintly of the present Lord Mayor barter for may Jean re-
sided is the pariah, hie lordship has takes marked iataeet
is the welfare of these schools, hews his visit. The wheal'
hue been established 90 jun, sad the 'moue weekly
stteudesee is 1,100, sad at the Basda► schools, 700.
ST. JAIRS'S.HAILL. PICCADILLT.—Tbrough the
kind liberality of Professor and Miss Anderson, the children
of the St. Jam..'s National School (SOO in number) were
admitted ho the Halloo Saturday morning last to whams
the enterMinmeat, World of Magic and Second Sight,
with which they appeared much delighted sod we under.
stand that s similar treat will be 'acceded to the boys of the
Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, on Saturday next, the Ist
Octoba.