The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-29 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS DAY.)

The home met at twenty minutes past 2, and shortly
after were snornorsed to the House of Lords to hear
the royal assent given to 104 bills, and afterward. to War
the royal speech.

THE CRowN PRINCEEB or PRUSSIA. —By his.
Majesty's order, the customary Fayee for tie safe deliver
of the Crown Princess will be offered no in the churches
throughout Prussia from and after 14th August seat.
DEPUTATION TO Slit CHARLES WOOD.—OD Wed.
needay Lord Shaftesbury, the Hoe. Mr. Kinnaird, Rev. 11.
Yeent, secretary to the Church Mistiooary Society, and
Mr. Thomson, lately • member of the Mediae government,
waited on Sir C. Wood for the purpose ot bearing explana-
tions on the subject of grants in aid of private, and part'.
cutely missionary schools in the Bombay presidency. New
rules have been lately introduced in that presidency on the
principle of payment for result,. Sir C. Wood was attended
by Mr. R. Howard, director of public instruction for Bombay.
The deputation expreneed themselves as entirely 'Misfit I
with the explanations afforded.
THE EARL OP SHAPTIMBUItY AND ST. AIDAN'S
COLLIGI.—In reply to the charge of " touting" for candi.
dates for holy cedes made against him by Lord Shaften.
bury, the Rev. Joseph Bayles. Principal of St. Aidas's
Theological College, Birkenhead, says. in a letter to the
Times, 'l. We have never received any students ink this
college on any other charges than those stated in our pub-
tidied prospectus. 2. We never proposed to do so either to
Wesleyan. or to any others. 3. The circular put into the
rapers wee neither draw, up nor published by any
of the authorities of this college. 4. During the
last 18 years I have received some hundreds of
applications from Wesleyan. and other dissenting minis-
ters requesting some additional facilities to enable them to
prepare for holy orders, and I have sever dose so in •
single instancs. I have already expiated to Lord Shaftes-
bury the circumstances connected with the circular to which
his lordship referred. They were these :—A Wesleyan
miniaterentered this, college last term as an ordinary student.
He asked me for some prospectuses to circulate among his
(timid/. I pee then to hint, and in some mane he
on his own authority sent that paper to individuals.
Wheel application was made to me by Wesleyan ministers,
I replied in every cur that we could not receive the sta.
dents on any other titan our published terms, and although
we have bad needy Id applications, we have not made •
redaction of terms, nor offered peculiar advantages to •
single student. At our recent council meeting I drew up •
*oboe to the same effect, to be appended to our ordinary
advertimmient The insertion of that circular' in the
pipes was the work of some person unfriendly to this
colege. I Wok I may wifely leave it to the judgment of
the public whether we have been making any improper
effort. to obtain pupils."

WLSLEYAN CONFERENC E. —The conference opened
at Bedford yeatsrday mansion, under the presidency of the
Rev. Dr. Osborn. The legal conferecoe was first wade csom-
pieta by oupplviog vacancies to make ID the hundred nuon•
bus, u enrolled in Mr. Weeley's deed of daelluation. The
ooeferesce then proceeded to the elation of its president ;
sad though on the present occasion no doubt *Mated ea to
the result, the votes wens tamely reused a affordieg enese
augury of what may probably be eructed in secosedieg
They were Jolted to bees fellows:—Revs. L. H.
1; J. Hargreaves, 1 ; C. Nedra, 1 ; J. Lossu 1 ;
S. R. Hall, 2 : Wm. Paulus, M.A.. 3 ; Dr. Johan. ;
J. Farrar, 4 ; R. WOwes, 11; J. Bedford, 7; W. Arthur,
M.A., le ; Wm. Maw, 42 ; W. L. Thonstem. M.A., 268.
CRYSTAL PALACR EXCURSION. Upward. of
2,000 of the workroom employed at the Ashford Iceemaetive
works of the fineth Dusters Railway oust the day yester-
day at the Crystal Palau. They arrived at the Palace at
half-put ft, aid retuned at 7 o'clock in the eveciog, thus
Irwin aoloyad a kog day at Um Palma