The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-12 00:00:00

THE CLERGY AND THE EXHIBITION.

Tha committee appointed by the Bishop of London
to take measures for aflisrding the numerous visitors of the
I metropolis this year the opportunity of attending public
' worship amording to the ritual of the church of England,
are proceeding in their inquiries and arrangements for that
purpose.
On Sunday, the 4th May, a sermon will be preached by
his lordship at St. Paul's Cathedral, on the occasion of the
opening of the Exhibition.
The inw=hents of many parishes and ecclesiastical dis-
cte have Informed the committee that they will ba able to
provide mass of public worship for any probable influx of
drawn aorriated with the English language. They will
el* additional facilities to strangers of attending the ordi-
nary services, and institute if necessary extra services in
their churches, or open school-rooms, or hire buildings
for divine worship. In some cases assistance towards meets
Inc the expense will be required from the funds at the
disposal of the committee.
Offers of assistance have been received from 33 clergymen
—either Frenchmen or Germans by birth, in English orders I
—or Englishmen well acquainted with the languages al'
the continent. It appears that in churches and consecrated
chapels the liturgy can only by law be read in English ;
but seven unconsecrated or proprietary chapels have
already been placed at the disposal of the committee foe I
extra services in foreign languages. Brompton chapel,
Kensington, has been engaged for a French service, and
St. Mary's, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, for German;
the arrangements for other chapels have not yet been com-
pleted.
As the attention of foreigners will be eapecially directed
to our cathedral service, the authorities of St. Paul'a and
Westminster Abbey have it in contemplation to provide, if
possible, additional means or opportunities of attending
public worship in those magnificent edifices during the
Exhibition.
To assist foreigners in following the services of the church,
the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge is printing
editions of the Beak of Common Prayer with English and
French, or English, French, and berrnan, in parallel
I columns. Copies of these useful works will be widely ch.-
! culated by the committee.
At the request of the committee the Titer and church-
, wardens of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields have agreed to open
I St. Martin's church for a course of evening lecturer, to be
delivered once a week during the Exhibition. by some of
I our most eminent divines. The names of the preachers
I and the subjects of the lectures will be announced as soon
as they are determined.
For the benefit of strangers a guide to places of public I
worship will be printed, containing a list of all churches,
chapels of ease, and proprietary chapels, with the hours of
divine service in each.
A number of tracts suitable to the approaching occasion
have been prepared by the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge, and effective measures will be employed to
circulate them, and to offer Bibles and prayer-books, both
in Englieli and foreign languages, at a cheap rate. A con-
venient depository will be formed at Knightsbridge for that
put I-se.
To promote friendly intercourse with religious foreigners,
it is proposed to holden weekly meeting and to open one or
two reading rooms, in which foreixn pastors and other
strangers, properly introduced, will have the opportunity
of meeting the direr, and in which a register of addresses
will be kept. A residing room has already been engaged in
the paiish of St. Venire.. A special committee has been
formed to make these arrangements. _ _ _

(PROM ORR OWN COURESPONDENT.)
COPENHAGEN, APRIL 7.
New routes and modes of intercommunication are
ever a subject of interest, whether the end to be
I attained be in Europe dr the other hemisphere.
I Direct means of transit between the states of Eu-
rape may not, indeed, have the commercial impart-
aned which attaches to improved connexion with
California, and Denmark is not El Dorado; but still if,
by activity and enterprise, a renewed impulse can
be given by means of a direct route to an important
trade in Europe, the boon, independent of other
con-
siderations,
is worthy of acceptance and encourage-
' ment. Thus it is with great pleasure that, having
been invited by the promoters of a direct route
between England and Denmark to join their first
experimental trip, I can report to you most &your-
ably of its prospects, and sanguinely of its success.
'there are at present two routes to Iknmark—one
rid Ostend, Cologne, Hanover, Hamburg, and Kiel ;
, the other direct rid Hamburg front London. The
'objections to the first-named route are its length, the
time it consumes, as well as the perpetual changes
which it necessitates in crossing streams, arms of sea,
I and other obstacles. The objections to the latter lay
chiefly in the length of the sea passage, which
averages 60 hours. Ihe new direct line of contmu-
Mention between England and Denmark takes the
passenger from London by the Eastern Counties
Railway to Lowestoft in six hours, thence by steam
direct to Hjerting, a port in Jutland, in 20 hours,
and from that to Copenhagen by land in 30
hours at the utmost. These are the advan-
tages of the new line as regards passenger
ft-riffle. With regard to other points it was impor-
tant for Denmark to have a direct communication by
steam with England, not only as by its means she
becomes in a manner independent of Hamburg, but
she satisfies at the same time a national feeling
which is that of aversion to everything German.
Connnereially it is of importance for the cattle
breeder of Jutland to have a direct market in,
Smithfield, instead of being subjected to the middle-1
man system prevailing at 'Lemberg, which not only
deprives hint of part of his profits, but enhamees the
price of his produce in London. The cattle trade of
Jutland with England is not in embryo, it is an old
established one, and it will now be undoubtedly in-
creased by the establishment of the direct route.
Having said this much by way of preamble, let
me describe the incidents of our journey out to Co-
penhagen, for which every facility hid been al-
forded us by the directors of the Great Northern
Steam Company. Having made our way from Lon-
don leisurely to Lowestoft on Friday, the gstli of
March, we found the splendid steamer, Prince, ly-
ing in the harbour ready to receive us. 'the l'rince
had performed her voyage from Gravesend to Lowes-
toft in seven hours, taus giving promise of a speed
which Was fully kept on her voyage out to 'Um-Bug.
A few hours spent on Saturday in Lowe's:oft
enabled us to appreciate the improvements
of late so judiciously made in laying out
pleasant summer residence's, and in improving the
harbour. A new cattle shed of petty architeeSurej
has already been built on a •mer along which a]
tramway serves to communicate directly with the
main line of railway
It was not till 4 o'clock on the afternoon of Satur-
day the 29th that the pleasure party destined for
Denmark assembled together on board the Prince,
which got under weigh amid the cheers of wined*,
undeterreal by the falling of a pelting shower. As 1
have already said, the l'rince kept her promise of
speed. She hove in sight of the island of Sylt exactly
'Si hours after leaving Lowestoft; the distauce
run in that time being not less than 300 marine
miles. Sylt is a fine landmark for ships coining on
the coast of I letimark ; the navigation there is pro-
verbially intricate, and it is one of the adtantages of
iljerting, our destined port of arrival, that S. ylt
an stds out boldly to mark the course that leads into
its bay.
It is advisable, however, always to make Sylt in
time to make the run iii to Hjerting during day-
light. It was dark before we reached Silt, and we
therefore anchored inside of the island ana in smooth',
water for the night. In the morning. of Monday the
Prince had passed the island of Fuuo, and auchored
in the rear of Hjerting.
The islands bordering on Jutland arc one of the
curious features of Iteninark. They are of sand for-
mation,
raised out of the sea by the drift front thu
coast. The continuous planting of Nand rushes alone
prevents the coast lines of the islands from changing
with every wind. As it is there is generally solute
change noticeable in the coast line every year. Fano
Wand is inhabited by a population of übout 3,000,
living in two large villages. The men are 'tailors,
and the women perform all the household and agri-
cultural labour. half the year the men are
absent on their expeditions, whilst the wo-
men toil at the land. In the winter the
men sit smoking their pipes like Indian chiefs,
whilst their wives use the flail and grind the corn.
The Fanoans are, in fact, a race apart. They inter-
marry, and will allow no intercourse with the main-
__ _ _ land. The women are extremely handsome, and
CARRIAGF. FOR Me ExIITRITION. A light, taste-
preserve their complexions whilst at work in summer
by wearing masks on their faces.
MI, and elegant dress carriage, intended for theixhibition,
has been ou view during these two days at the nianiafac- lkjerting is a small conglomeration of houses,
tigers, Messrs. Ws burn, Mellor, and Turner, of Long Acre, which we could see from the steamer's deck huddled
coaehmakers the Queen and roved family, and among the together in It was not
distinguished vie:Mies by whom it has been inspect, are no very picturesque form.
tl • t time that th • inhabitants had seen a steamer.
the Duchess of Sutherland, the Luke de Nemours, the IL rs t
Marquises of Bristol, Clannearde, :Ind Downshire, Lord., indeed, alter we hut! succeeded in reaching the
Jermyn, Roecherrv, Byron, and Foley. Sze., &e. The hotly shore, with the help of fishermen's prams, somewhat
of the chariot is triinted a rich pompadour, or deep lake, '.vetting our feet in jumping on the shallow shore,
relieved with rose colour and white, and ornamented with we could trace no signs of wonderment in the faces of
silver mouldinge,The lining, in tasteful Rulings of the
mae-ooloured and watered silks, is ornamented with silver
but were greeted with much the same stolid indiffer-
Lee sad bullion braiding'. The liaminereloth is of fine
white woollen cloth, bordered with embossed rise-coloured ence as a British community of the same description
velvet, and decorated with elegant silver embroidery. The might have evinced under similar eireumetanees.
panel., lice., display the heraldic insignia of her Majesty and In dress, there is no difference between the Jut-
sixteen dukes 111111 other noblemen, customers of Messrs.
landers 'and Englishmen save and except that
Wybuni, encircled by a garter, with the appropriate motto„
boots are the order' of the day, for the
amnia junta in inn," and a badge with the device, large
" Think and thank :" supporters, an angel as Peace, and an double purpose of keeping out wet and cold.
and man as Knowledge. There are several novelties in As we advanced from Hjerting, we were
the general construction, particularly as regards the mate- more and more struck with the poverty of the
nab, and the arrangement of the lining ; an increased effect country which, though thickly is in largo
in the painting, by the introduction of mineral, and the • inhabited, .e•-
tracts mere bog and %lisle. Large flights of plovers
superior high polisli which has been attained ;and a great
relief in the weight of the whole, by the applieation of iron and, at rapid intervals, fierce running brown streams,
and steel edgeways, as the Britannia-bridge, thus adapting successively excited the rapturous desire of the stmts.
it to the present improved breed of horses. The whole is a man for a shot or a cast of the fly line. The houses,
general and successful attempt to combine the style and or rather thatched cottages, scattered through the
elegance necessary to a dress-carriage with greater chaste-
news and simplicity. waste, had much the appearance of Irish cabins,
Ditess or rim Ataxy.—Great alterations will weather-beaten by snow and frost, as much as those
shortly take place in the dress of the army. It is in con• of the green isle are by sleet and rain. The churches,
tetnplation to supersede the scarlet shell jacket of the infan- all built on the same model, with low house-tiled
try by a frock coat et- the same colour, and the "bobtailed " roofs, presented a curious contrast in the landscape,
coats of the heavy cavalry by a full-skirted one. The im- dazzling the eves by the whiteness of their trouts
provement will bc• too apparent to the greatest novice to re-
as e sun one. upou deem.
quire further comment. An order has been received to th • h •
supersede the red stripes of the undress of the dragoon After HOMO delay at 'betting the carriages, or
guards and heavy dragoons by yellow ones ; except in the rather springiess rhar-d-banrs destined for us, were
ease of the carabiniers, who are to wear white.
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS' IN CANADA.—Ivy drawn up for our reception. They were unpromising
the iu aspect, and fully answered the melancholy fore-
transfer of the post-office department from the house to the boding,' of mime as to the hardness and joltin of
colonial government, severial changes have taken place. • g
The postmaster-general will be responsible to the people, their scats ; but we bravely jumped into them,
and receive 3,000 dullare per year for his services, hecides regardless of fears, and determined to get on. Let
being entitled to a seat in parliament. Postage on letters, the reader picture a long wooden box slanting out-
not exceeding half an ounce, for any distance within the wards as to its sides like a punt ; across these, a
province, five cents., the prepayment to be optional ; frank- couple of seats, no springs • and he has an idea of the
ing not allowed. Postmasters an: not bound to give change, - ' • • ••: ' •
but may demand the exact amount in cam-at coin or post species' of travelltng carriage which first greeted our
stamps. The postage on newspapers, pamphlets, magazines, eyes in Jutland. It was blowing a sharp easterly
and printed books, remains as at present. Exchange news- gale us we left Hjerting and all the way
tepen hetwecn publishers, and all printed documents ad- to Warde, about eight miles; those who had
to publieheni of newspapers, art to pan free are- not anticipated severer weather than usual at the
subscribers in the United States, to go free to the lines.
tie, and all papers printed in Canada and address.. to • • •
time in England, had reason to regret the
Any letter, packet, chattel, money, or thing, which shall absence of
a profusion of cloaks or such warm coverings as the
be
bedlseitpedmpeinrttyheoPosf th"effisecentrerbe, an'ednsthbivrbett,hes•hpaliropecertas; boosomtes
cnoitinseidhetrahbelieladteitiaels.soocgcuernrederaloljn•
to wear,
it
10Vjardexe-
of the party to whom it is addressed, or his legal represen- tensit •
e preparations for warding off cold. It was
natives; the postmaster-general not to be responsible for any amusing to see each of our party
.putting on extra
be punished by unprisournent in the penitentiary for not pairs of unmentionables, more waistcoats, and ulti-
less than three, or more than fourteen years. To steal any mutely getting thick woollen stockings over boot and
money or valuable security, imprisonment for life. leg. Never perhaps was such an outlandish set of
SAVINGS BANKS AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.—Yes- Englishmen seen before to emerge from the inn of
terday a parliamentary paper was printed, showing that Wattle, but theprecautions taken•cold
against were from the Gth August, 1/517, when they commenced, to the
t.mely
20th November last, the gross amount of all sums received found to have been most ; as it was not till we ,
PRIVILEGE FOR FOREIGNERS.—The tatinbtTs of and credited by the commissioners for the reduction of the reached Kolding at twelve oclock at night that
Lloyd's have passed the following resolution : " That during national debt, on account of savings hanks and friendly cove-red spring carriages were obtainable in lieu of
the period when the Industrial Exhibition is open any societies, including interest, was 61,832,2581. Gs. Bd., of the char-d-banes, which not only left us open to the
foreign visitor presenting a recommendatory certificate from which 58,114,1581. 9s. 2d. belonged to savings banks, and cold, but with' their •
a British Minister, Consul, Vice-Consul, or an agent to 3,718,0991. 17s. Gil. to friendly societies. springless jumps seriously
Lloyd's, shall have admission to the merchants' room during AeoTHECARIEs.-BALL.—Names of gentlemen who t
hreatened our bones.
the. hours of business, vis., 9 a.m. to 6 p.m." As foreign passed their examination in the science and practice of meth- The earriageswhich we got at Wank were exactly
vimtors will thus be afforded the opportunity of gratuitously tine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, of the same description as those which took from
perusing the various newspapers of their respective coon- April 10 ;—Walter Kerr Waller, Lymin• Hants; J Hjerting, but
tries, which are received be every mail at Lloyd's, it may W ills, Shafteshury, Dorsetshire ; Walter g Smith, Cause,° the roads being bad,we were treated to
be well to have their attention drawn to the easily obtained Lincolnshire ; Watkin Rhys, Aberdare, Gin% anshire four horses each, in order that mores peed might be
recommendation which will entitle them to the privilege to John Davies, London ;_ James Hartley, Bu Lan
I'3 attained. We were disappointed in
the
latter par-
be derived by this act of liberality on the part of the men- John James Ritchie, Teen, Staffordshire; Charles clatkrieit; ticular, and soon found that the additional horses
beau at .12.upls. Ecelesfield, Yerka.:re. rather retarded our progress than advanced it. In

The above are ►nine of the measures adopted by the
laishop and clergy of the metropolis to give foreign visitors
a friendly reception, to provide them with the means of
public worship, and to counteract, as fur as possible, the
moral and spiritled evils ari.ing from a large anal 'abed-
'animus assemblage of strangors, including many of the
worst and most dangerous characters, nut only of other
countries, but of our own.

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