The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-03 00:00:00

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

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The annual general meeting of this association
look ',Lice on Saturday afternoon, at Willis's Booms.
His Royal Highness the Duke of CANDIUDIII. the prod.
&et, took the chair at huff-p: of 2 o'clocl and was sup-
by Lord Flaw, Lard I lroeveriur, Col. ,i rwhitt, Capt. 1
sup-
ported HOO. A. Kinnaird, Captain 0' elly, Earl De
Grey, Geo. Sir John Burgoyne, the Hoe. Frederick Byog,
Lord Fieldiog, Col. Lloyd Liming, Lord Enfield, Earl d
Dartmouth, Lord Cremorne, Loral Colville, Lord Radstock,
Lord Chelsea, Lord Lingford, Col. M•Murio, Hon. A. Eger-
too, Major• General Lyre, Cul. Bowes, Col. Grant, Colonel
Bolton, CoL Sir Duoc.in Macdougall, Sir John Angola, Goo.
Boileau, Sir John Shelley, Col. Cols, C. 8., CoL Bathurst,
Majordieneral Craufurd, General Hay, Major-Gee. enema,
Col. Erskine, Lieut.-Cot. Biggs, Capt. T. Templar, Major
Hughes, 31ajor Wilbraham Taylor, Cut Luard, C. 8., hr.
A printed balsocasheti as. circulated, which showed the
pees receipts fur the post year to have been 11,1581. 10e. tel.,
and that, after pay log all expenses sod inventing a cum of
1,5211. in Exchequer Bills, there remained a Lahti:toe in
favour of the amociatiom of 1i.7.111.

Resolutions electing vico•presideats and memben of the
°council, awl making some alterations in the rules, Lining
been adopted, another noolution was paned in flavour of
holding the prise meeting of 182 at W trekbledon.
A rote of clunks to Lis royal highness the president closed
the proceedings.

Saturday last, ding St. David's-day, the Eton
aquatic magus cionainsoced, and the crews paid their first
visit to "Old burley." Much ietenet was excited through.
out the school as to the sew arrangetthot of the venous
boats' crews, several of the midair sad many others
hating left wore last season.
A HAI YAL or FATHER DALY IN GALWAY. —The
correspoodent of the Irish Tines, writing from Galway,
Feb. 2S, mys " The Rey. Mr. Daly arrived here lad night
by the nine o'clock train, In good health and spirit*. Thine
was no demonstration what...ever, elthough there could sot
he less than two tbouctod people awaiting the arrival of
the train at the station. lie requested of the people to
disperse quietly and return to their home*. He saki
that everything was all right with him, and that, as here-
' faun, he could exercise the right* of citizenship lath in
public and at the public boards whenever he thought be
advance the interest. of his native town or benefit hie
fellow.citireas As regards his clerical position he has bees
reamed to his former iliguity is the church. The memorial
about which there visa so much contradictios had its own
good effect is Rome."
Tug M ETKOPOLITAY RAILWAY.—On Saturday
morning the engineers of the Metropolitila Railway, at-
tended by several of the wahmea, were espied from as
early hour is setting out the precise bounds of their railway
terminus, and in inserting the "points" for the guidance
of the navigators and others employed is excavating the
line, and the construction of the new sorties is Victoria.
street. The 'tattoo will be recessed on the wasters side to
' a depth of 16 feet front Victoria-strut. the frontage ea.
teuiliog to New l'harles.strest, upward,. of MO feet. It
will terminate on the north side of West-street., and will
panes a sentinels approach front the new "llarket•street,"
to be constructed from Victoria street to the north-tremors
comer of the proposed meat acid poulti y markets. An
0.n.0.. have, It is said, been male for the openingort
at.,tion is the mouth of Jutie next, both for the Great
Western sod Great Norther°, as well se the Metropolitan
liassouger Wait.
l'ititsrAts PALACZ. IEI.ALF•A-CROWN DAY.
VCIAIDAT, il•DC11 I.—Adiffilleinli OD prank 379; ditto
by season tickets, 1,777; total. 2,1511.