The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-27 00:00:00

MEXICO.

Vera Cruz advice' to April 27th, through French
sources, state that the fall of Puebla was shortly
expected to be announced. The French had met
with no repulse or reverses whatever, and had lost
but 41 men killed and 161 wounded during the
siege. Dates from the city of Mexico to the 16th
April, and Puebla to the 4th, bad been received at
San Francisco. The French had gained
nothing since the 6th. They were occupying
Castle San Janvrier and six blocks of the city.
On the 12th, Ortega wrote that the condition of
the city was unchanged, and expressed the confi-
dence that the French could not take and hold it.
The French were bombarding the convents of San
Augustin. Corner and Merced attempted to cap-
ture them by assaults, but failed, the Mexicans
capturing a considerable number of prisoners from
a Zouave regiment. The guerillas continued to
annoy the French supply trains. Large forces bad
concentrated at the city of Mexico. Comonfort
held the road thence to Puebla. Deserters in-
formed him that many of the French officers con-
sidered it impossible to take Puebla with the pre-
sent force. All the houses in the city have proved
to be fortified castles.

Last nights meeting was held in the Metropolis
tan Tabernacle, near the Elephant sad Gant* for the pur-
pose of promoting emigration from this country to the new
settlement of Albert Laud, New Zealand; Mr. BMGwar, the
emigration agent for New Zealand, in tbe chair. The lec-
ture hall war well attended on the occasion, and the meet-
ing was made specially interesting by the presence of four-
teen natives—slaves mu and three women—who have been
brought over to this country ender the can of Mr. Jenkins,
interpreter to the New Zealand government, and with the
sanction of Sir G. Grey, the governor. It is the intention of
these natives, all of whom, with one exception, are from
Auckland, to travel through the kingdom, with a view of
visiting the principal dockyards, arsenell, public institu-
tithe, manufactories, and other places of interest in their
route, in order to obtain such general information respecting
the putout sod power of England as may prove • tenant
to thenselvee and to their several tribes on their return to
New Zealand. These native are, it seems, of rank and station
is their native country. The men are tall, straight and
active, and auything but ill-looking, except when tattooed.
JAPAN IN THE STEREOSCOPE—Mesons. Negretti Those who were thus marked looked fierce and forbidding;
but it must be recollected that they are of the war-
and Zambra, who were the first to make China and EgYet rior class. They were dressed in a kind of
known in the stereoscope, have just published a series of uniform of dark blue cloth. Of the females
stereoscopic views from Japan. These glass aide. at. two are Baffled, and one is unmarried. Their faces are
breezed, but not.much more Woes,e of the gipay tribe,
among the most intereettig we have seen, having with
and il a fair specimen of the are by so means dent'.
numerous other merits, especially that of novelty. The tuts of personal attractions. The married Maones wore
subject, are well selected, sod the details are secured with black, and feathers on hats of straw, whilst the
exquisite nicety sod completeness. More successfully than damsel Ngahuls (grand-daughter of the celebrated chief
any amount of letter-press will these picture-bits enable the " Hook•N tee) had simply a wreath of green leaves round
European to realise the country and the people of Japan. tohersCheirSmnwhesd.drim°l th:.
.`bw,hos"kii:slulttent.h.alt both men
Their priests and religious ceremonies ; their temples and women we,. an ordinary sample of the natives, and if so
streets ; their court ladies and domestic life ; their they fully bear out the representations which hue been
medical students and professors ; tea-houses and visitors ; given of them by travellers in that quarter of the world.
eoliths, at drill ; trio. before the migiitisci, ke., a Mr. Ridgway opened the peraseedings by the singing of a
brought to the eye in a delightful way. Messrs. Negretti hymn, and then eikinesed a few words of advice to the meet-
ing on the subject of einigratioo. Ha especially insisted on
are to be thanked in this matter for their enterprise and the necessity of moderation in all things and the desirability
skill. of marriage to intending emigrants, a sentiment which was
SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT OF THE COY- warmly applauded by the female portion of the audience.
terms OF COUNCIL on Eraucarros.—The maul May Mr. Jenkins, having stated the circumstances under
...jamoas of the pupils of ed... schools and denes by which be brought over these adieu, called upon
the department of science sod art at the South Kensington Kthirini Ts Tutu to address the meetitg, which he did in
Hamm have just terminated, and the result shows a very his native language. His Veseh u interpreted' by Mr.
satisfactory 'DMUS in the number of centres of simnel- Jenkins was an expression of thankfulome to England fur
floe sad the number of pupils who have come up to be having introduced her laws and the Gospel into New
examined, although is some aubjecta there has been a de- Zealand. Before then they had no life, but now they could
cruse se compared with but year. In geometrical drawing say they were men. He now saw the difference between the
the timber of pupils examioed in 1962 was 119, but this thick and the white men, and it was on account of that
year they had increased to 289. Io machine drawing the difference of colour that they bad been oppressed, but they
number ban increased from 70 to 194, sod in building to,. had been saved by the Queen. He spoke not for all the
&Unction there has been as increase from 45 to 107. In natives, but foe his own tribe when he declared that they
theoretical mechanics there has been a falling off from 52 were ready to submit entirely to the authority of the Queen
pueibi to 36, and in applied mechanics the decrease is from of England. There were two laws, the law of England and
47 to 22. The experimental sciences appear the most the law of the Maori King. He preferred the law of Eng-
popular. In acoustics, light, and beat there is an increase !and. arid that was why he came to see it. Though different
from 47 to 121. and in magnetism and electricity the increase in colour, be believed they were one people by the law of the
is from 105 to 107. Inorganic chemistry shows ea increase gespeL Sonatina, soother native chief, addressed the
frets 566 to 679, and organic chemistry an ht.yeaie feete meeting, and gave expression to similar seatimenta. He
106 to 157. It is rather remarkable that there should be • I wowed uy with a sort of song, the other members of the
falling off hi some of the natural sciences. The number of tribe joining in, the burden of which was that he was
pupil is geology his dom..' from 189 to 129, sod oil overcome
The meeting frequently testified its satisfaction
koy the intensity of his feelings on coming to
mineralogy from 81 to 48. There is a slight demean uEli,
animal physiology frees 349 to 343, but is zoology the do. with the sentiments expressed by the satire speakers. The
bo meetiag waa subsequently addressed by other speakers with
anises is from 84 to 41. Is vegetable physiology there is an •
increase from 66 to 126, and is osteeiette bowie from ; a view of encouraging emigration, but the best encourage-
s& In mining and metallurgy, which he. been lately adaod ; meat was to be found in the presence of the natives them-
to the listed subject., there were 29 pupils is the former, Wyatt who are stated by Mr. Jenkins to be very iatelligsat
and 63n the tatter. The osofoloof ozormootion bor. fo. mad observant, and who are undoubtedly men of the phy-
eresesd from 54 in 1862 to 71 I. 1863, sod the number of steal development. It was stated in the "Me of the even- '
pannier:Peened in the different subject& has increased from leg that thei would he presented in the ewer's wI to-day to
1,943 to 2,672. These gores only give enapotoahnat. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, and they will un-
estimate of the number a pspiis receiving ntaimiton in donbtedly be objects of interest wherever they may 'ppm,
elementary solemn because a oonsiderable proportion are not
sufloiently Beardto attend the examinations. I
Ann Cutts, of the
The executors of the late Mrs. Fall benefit of reduced duty obtained by pin-
stumble Ilendsnan'e Para Tea • al" choke at ge- sod
Old Kest-read, have paid to the National Lifeboat loathe- . mot, staeoiede id is at. (I,;niart, 4, Id.) bioo---sissssss,s
tine -- 44'
1,0001., being the amount of that lady's legacy to the arad meet 41411rtees lamParteda agesti la town sti—
soeiety. gethele.—(Adranlimeset.l

WHIT-SUNDAY AT A SUFFOLK CHURCH.

(From the Bury end Norwich Pat.)
On Sunday last, being Whit-Sunday, the service
at Claydon Church commenced at hall-peat 8 o'clock in the
morning. The decorations were the same as described on
former occasions—the candles lighted at the altar, the floral
and evergreen display, the lame cross in the centre, he The
congregation numbered about 40 persons, the majority being
old men end women of the village, and a few strangers.
After the entry of the procession, mass, or the service of the
Holy Communion, began. The rector, the Hey. Gee
was dressed in different robes to those previonaly d=
He wore a large alb extending to his fest, and bordered with
a yellow stripe. Over this he had the chasuble reach-
' ing down his back to within • few inches id the ground;
this was of the pentecostal colour—bright red—on it was
embroidered a golden cross more than a yard In length.
Besides these he wore the girdle-maniple, arnica, and stole.
The Benedictine brothers or monks were hiMted as usual in
black serge, but without caps ; their hair mean grille class
round the crown and left long outside. The choristers bad
scarlet skirts under their white surplices. The service
was carried through with the evident intent to go as near
the Roman form as possible without entirely throwing on
one side the Prayer-book. Incense wea used, the monks
and choristers were continually moving about, the large
candles were carried io and out of the vestry, and during
the entire service 24 candles were burning at the alter, ar-
ranged on either side of the cross. It was extremely dif-
ficult to follow the service from the Prayer-book, in con-
mouence of the numerous breaks that took place to allow
of the introduction of musical embellishmecte. After the
consecrations, Ignatius, with his confrere in blank, pre-
sented themselves at the altar, prostrated themselves
flat on the ground, and on rising received the sacrament.
After this it was administered to tires lots of nine of
the congregation, who followed each other in turn. Then,
after the "Gloria in Excels*" had been sang, there was a
1 departure from the form as laid down in the Prayer-
book. The crumbs from the paten were lint put into
the chilies ; then the rector, standing in front of the
altar, drained the contents ; then, going to the side,
wine was brought to him, to perform the first ablution
[oblation!]: this be did, and drank the content'. The
second ablution was performed with wine and water ;
the third with water only—in both he swallowed every
drop of the liquor. Thai, after carefully folding up the
veils, maniples, and clear* the altar, be placed them
on what appeared to be • square cushion for
out ; then the procession formed, and away be
with his load. This terminated the service, • little after
10 o'clock. The mimic and singing were really good,
Father Ignatius being • musician of no mean shift's,.
After the close • few stranger, lingered behind, bug
there was nothing to see beyond the boy extinguishing
the candles and one of the choristers bringing forward •
lectern. Brother No. 2 remained at the left side, neer
the altar, as a guard to keep the curious away. Ignatius,
who hsd followed the congregation out for some pur-
pose, returned, sad told those in the church that morn-
riin service was at Akenham, and that there would be
public service in the church again that evening, at
liclook. No sooner was the church cleared, and
the door fastened, than the organ struck up, and singing
commenced, and continued for a long time. Any who
were pretest, besides the Benedictines, must have gone
through the vestry.
At Akenharn Church service began at sieves, Mr. Drury
officiating. The dress worn by that gentleman on entering
the church wee • keg black robe, having much the appear-
seas of a dressing-gown a foot too long for him. To pre-
vent it getting under his feet he raised it up from behind,
and suggested the idea as be walked along that a crinoline
would be an extremely useful addition. The service com-
prised prams and Commotion, end, thanks to the steadfset
protestantiam of Mr. Woodward, the churchwarden, was
more like that of other churches ; but Mr. Drury expressed
himself, on his return from doing duty, that this parish of
only about 100 inhabitants was• source of great annoyance
to him. _

Brother Ignatius, to do him justice, is very polite to
everyone, and specially so to inquirers whom be has •
ehanoe of contorting. The alterations in the Como:nion
service are fully explained in a little work (price 4d.)
which be has sold to persons attending Claydon church,
entitled " A Manual of Devotions and Directions for Mem-
bers of the Church of England when attending the service
of Divine Liturgy," published by Cleaver, 10, Very-street,
London.

AC seven o'clock in the evening, the procession, con-
siding of the two brothers, the rector, and choristers, mine
in at the vestry door ; in front was a chorister bearing the
large Dross; then the humors, brother 'patios and the
rector bringing up the rear. Herbal/ ranged themselves
with their fame towards the altar, they chanted the
opening esatthees, and the rector commenced the ember-
taboo. Jut before the first lesion, two boys, who were
white so roes over their scarlet skirts, and who had born*
the two large candles before the altar, went Into the •
vestry, from whence they returned at the end of the lemon.
At the " Magnificat" the rector stood before the alter and
swung the center with incense ; the candle boys again re-
tired into the vestry, and the second lesson began, after
which all the candles were extieguithed except four.
At the end of the prayers, Pother Ignatius ascended the
pulpit, and said be got up, not to preach a sermon, but
to make a few remarks upon the event of that day,
namely, the Descent of the Holy Ghost. He said he
had been forbidden by the bishop of the diocese to
preach, why he knew not, as his lordship bad assigned
no reason; but he WY tailed upon to submit, and he
must do so : the lessons be had taught them about obey-
ing the bishops he was now called upon to put in prac-
tice for himself. He was an ordained minister of the
church of England, tied by God's help he meant to eon-
tinue in it: he did not mean to do as many of his
brethren had done, go over to Rome on account of the
persecutions they bad endured in the church of England,
and were likel7 to 'adore if they remained in it. No,
he meant to stick to the church of England, even if he
had to lay down his life for its sake. He cliallthged
anyone to say that be had lived au inconsistent life, or
that he had taught anything different to the Bible and
the Book of Common Prayer. He had preached what
he considered the Gospel, and what he considered were
the doctrines of the Articles in the Pryer-book. More
than 400 people residing in the parish, besides the rector
and churchwardens, bad signed a petition to the bishop,
asking permission for him (Igoatius) to preach ; but some
evil-disposed persons, who did not come to church, sod who
cared not for it, had given the bishop a wrong view on the '
subject, whereupon be had forbidden him to preach, and
until that prohibition was removed he must obey; he
asked the people to pray for him. But not only was he
forbidden to officiate, but no other priest but the rector '
was to be allowed to officiate there. This was too much
for any man to do.
The walls and buildings of the village bear ample proof
of the strong opposition that is going on against these ser-
vices at the church. Crosses, with "No Popery" written
I. chalk, are to be seen almost everywhere, but tire head-
quarters
appear to be a building opposite the road leading
up to the church. Here are a number of cartoons exe-
cuted on paper, the work of some clever hand at carica-
turing. One large one in the centre represents the whole
of the actors, where every ore may be recoguised as "going
to confession." Another has a man +nth two fame ; soother
an old lady—both having local retention ; another with •
very sarcastic remark on 7001. per annum. One of the best
is headed with an outline of an Albion printing press, with
an indignant monk, who is supposed to les saying :
"Oh ! hateful press! Oh! curet repoeter !
How dare you write our sermons down?
Had we the power to burn sod slaughter,
We'd roast you as we did old Brown."
Up the lane leading to the church ere hundreds of inscrip-
tions, such as "Go to Rome, Blazer!" " Who burnt
Rogers!' Also in another place, " Who burnt Ridley,
Latimer, and Creamer ?" Possibly it was one of these
touching references that induced the reverend brother, in
writing to the Ipswich Journal on Saturday, to style the
Reformation out of the English church "the Devil's Defoe-
mation under Luther, Calvin, Knox, Erring's. Ifelanctlson,
sod other arch heretics ;" and the opponents of the Olaydos
practice. "pig-headed." The service neat (Triaity)Bonday
will be one of some importance.

AscanscruzAz. Ex onnioN, No. 9, Cosourr-
Bram, ltionter.arerit.—Last evening Ex. T. Hayter
Lewis delivered an iuterteting lecture on " The South of
France—Remains bledireval and Proust" The lecture,
which was illustrated by a great number of drawings and
photographs, wu listened to with great attention by a
numerous audieuce, who evinced thew satisfaction by fre-
quent applause. Mr. Furey, the obairman, proposed a
vote of thanks to the lecturer, which was carried by accla-
mation. The nest lecture will be delivered by the Rev. J.
L. Petit. ILA., " On the Picturesque in Architecture," on
Juno god. _ _

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