The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-25 00:00:00

THAMES ANGLING.

TO m MVOs O. THI ZITIBSO.
SIR, —ln your report of Thames angling in this
evening's paper, yea state thet weight of a grayling in oar
possession is 11Ibs. 9os. ;it should b. lib. 9os. If you will
insert this you will oblige,—Yar"
W. R. SHEPPARD, Sanatory.
Cripplegate Society of Anises, 33, Fore-street,
City, Hey 24.

NARROW EOCAPR Or PRrwcc Asuma.—Prinoe
Arthur and unite word through Blairgowrie on Monday,
en route to Balmoral. A carriage had been sect down from
the north to convey him, and two powerful hone were at-
tached so it in front of the Re* Hotel. The earrings had
not proceeded many yards when the hones became restive,
the " brake" of the carriage appearing to have no power to
check the dowe.hill programAt the Well Meadow the
fore wheel came into violent contact with a storm wall, the
wheel fortunately flying to pietas. and thus making the
hones more easily held in. They were brought up in frost
of the Advertiser office. and the Prince sod hie friend
leaped oat smartly and stood, considerably agitated, bat
mailing, while the gonee were being detached. The Prises
walked away ie the directioe of Balmoral, followed in • few
nrinutee by another carriage. The first carnage is • com-
plete wreck, awl the only wonder s bow the Prince wee sot
thrown arta it when the collision occurred. The stone has
already been named " Arthur's Eitocie."--/kotsmussa

CHORAL FESTIVAL AT CasTre.Brar.--Yeststrday
there wee a grand gathering of parochial chains in the msg-
nificeot eathedral at Canterbury. The choirs, in union with
the NOON= Society, held there their annual festival, and
the result was a decided sumo. The singing, particularly
in unison, showed a great improvement on last year.
Nearly 60 choirs were represented, the number of voices
—exclusive of the cathedral choir—being about 900. The pro-
ceedings of the day commenced with the osiebratias of Holy
Communion at 9 a.m., followed by ordinary morning ser-
vice at 11, when a sermon was preached by the Very Rev.
lir. Hook, Dean of Chichester. The service was intoned
throughout. The responses were given very effectively, and
the effect, when heard in the transepts or the nave, was
grand in the extreme. In the chants the words were well
pronounced, and the singing was marked with great pre-
claim). The Creed and the responses were well given
throughout. The effect of these annual gatherings cannot
fail to greatly improve parochial psalmody, especially in
rural districts.

THDVACANT INDIAN JUDGESHM—The vacancy
in the Supreme Court, Calcutta. caused by the death of Mr.
Henry Mills, QC., has been filled by the appointmeat of
Mr. John Budd Pinar. ALA.. of the Norfolk Circuit. Mr.
Pheer, who was called to the bar by the Society of the
Inner Temple in January, 1854, graduated from Pembroke
li4ge, Cambridge, in 1847, when he came oat sixth
wrangler. He was immediately elected Fellow sod Mathe-
matical Lecturer at Clare College, of which he is now
Senior Fellow. He was also Senior Moderator for the year
11,74. sad afterwards University Faraniaw for the law
Tripes.
titnwtwanam BANNING COMPANY.—The directors
of this company have called a special meeting of the pro-
prietors to coseider the desirability of iocressiag the capital
of the bank, by the lean of 5,000 new shares amoogst the
shareholders, asd also to empower the directors to lame a
further amount of 5,000 aborts at rich a premium and to
such persons as they may deem most desirable for the in-
terests of the company.
We regret to announce the death of Mr. R. E.
W. dans, well known in racing circles in Yorkshire, who
dial suddenly at Epsom yesterday morning, after a few
hours' illness, of diphtheria.