The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-03 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION.

Yesterday Mr. Edmond Beaks, the barrister ap-
pointed to rovles the electoral lists for the several parishes
and pros/seta ti theenetropolites sousty of Middlesex, held
bin sixth court, at the Mile-end Old Town, in
Bancroft-Areal, for the revision of the Ihts of the places
within the Mile-end polling place.
The parish Hata reviled were those of All Sala* Poplar,
St. Anne. Llmehetwe ; St. Botolph (without), Alshiste,
Bromley St. Leosard ; PA. George-ie-the-Bast ; St. Jqhii,
Wapping ; St. Mary, Stratford ; Bow ; St. Mary, White-
, chapel ; St. Paul, Shadwell ; and the Trinity, Binaries.
Also the Ms of the hamlets of Milo-end Old Town, Mile-
end New Town, and 'latent, and the prasiect of Old
Tower without. There were so lista of voters for the
precinct of St. Katherine, in the pariah of SR Peter ad Yin-
' cola, or for the precinct of the Tower of Loodoo.
The court site this morning at Radley's Hotel.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACZ.—The improvements
effected la this great theatre of varieties since it has
come into the possession of Mr. F. Strange were
increased last night by the oddities of a new
proscenium, designed and executed by Mr. (.Tholl4 of
Oxford-street, and a new scenic drop curtain painted by
Mr. A. Calcott. The proscenium is a very brilliant piece of
stage Moorish art, in admirable keeping with the general
arctitecture of the building, and the drop eurtain is worthy
Of one of our best scene painters. A new ramie operetta,
called Bertha's Wedding—the music by Mr. W. H. Mont-
gomery, and the words by Mr. J. P. Wooler—was also
produced for the first time, and sung by the company with
as much spirit as the present act of parliament will allow.
Such works, of course, require stage appliances and stage
acting to make them thoroughly effective, but lively music
always makes its way, even with the restrictions under
which music-balls labour. The new Russian ballet at this
establishment seems to increase in popularity, and it is us.
questionably one of the most lively and varied diverdiee-
meets that have ever been seen out of the two opera-
bonsai.
SPHCIAL FORM OF PUBLIC PEAYBR.—The Record
is enabled to state that as there was a difficulty in the way
of any destines ea to • form of prayer for the removal of the
cattle plague being arrived at whilst the Archbishop of
Canterbury was abroad, so there is now another difflimlty
in consequence of the absence of her Majesty at Balmoral.
sad the necessity of the royal prosaic* at any waste that
may be held for the purpose. We have reason to believe,
however, that this difficulty also will be surmounted, and
that the following form of prayer will be authorteed by as
order in wawa to be need on sad after the Bth
of October. It has been already circulated under
the heeding :—A Prayer suggested for use in Schools,
Households, sad Families, within Lie dime's,
under preseat trials, by Charles Thomas, Lord
Archbishop of Canterbury. 0 Lord God Almighty, whose
are the cattle on a thousand hills, and is whose heed is the
breath .f every living thing, look down, we pray Thee, is
compassion upon us Thy servants, whom Thou best stated
with a grievous murrain among our bards and flocks. We
acknowledge our tranagresioss, which worthily &agree Thy
chastisement, and our sin is ever before us ; and in humble
penitence we come to seek Thy aid. In the midst of j-
ment do Them, 0 Lord, remember mercy
; stay, we pray
Thee, this plague by Thy weed of power, sod ens that pro-
vision which Thou beast in Thy goodness granted for our
sustenenes. Defend us also, gracious Lord, from the pesti-
lence with which many foreign lands have bean
smitten ; keep it, we beseech Thee, far away from
our borders, end shield our home from its ravages ,•
se shall we ever offer unto Thee the sacrifice of
praise awl thanksgiving for these Thy seta of pee-
Tide:see over us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Other forms of prayer are in circulation, of which the
following, according to the Carlisle Seamier, issued by
the Rev. George Bell, rector of Kirkliesoo, Cumberlesd,
to his parisblimen, is • specimen : 'Lord, we would
bumble ourselves before Thee, coefeming that we are
wretched, miserable sinners ; therefore. w• believe Then
beet brought upon us a national calamity. Remembering
that nations are composed of iedirlduels. May we iadivi•
dually perceive that Thy judgments an abroad, sad pray
for the pardon of sin and the removal of the rinderpest
from our country. Thine bend is not shortened that it
cannot save. Oli withdraw this affliction from the British
~ nation spread a'shield over our perish and neighbourhood,
and suffer not the plague to enter our cowboy:sm. When
the ishabitaate of Nieevele listesed to the preaching of
Jonah. and sought Thee in peniteees, Thou didet withhold
Thine uplifted arm ; hear, then, the cries of Thy servants,
and spare the bovine nee."
DUTCH RE/011ILD Offtieffn, Atifferlintlena.—
This ancient and noble church. having bees rebuilt weer
the late lite, was re-opened on Sueday last, when a very
large and highly vesneetaltie coogregation attnisdisd. The
Rev. Dr. Oehle, obsolete of the royal family and tah/t
tiers of the Nethsrlasda, sod for more than 35 yeses mei
of the church, delivered an appropriate aid Impredve
diersonese, from 2 Mos. vii., I, Mew WOO WS
shall be open, sad miss ears stewed unto the prayer that is
made is this plait.. For now have I chows sad easetitied
this house, rid my news may be there for ever ; and labs
got sada/11m bossisissil he Num perpetually."