The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-02 00:00:00

818 VICES.

--...._ railway samba whin will next .sloe be submitted to
Yesterday evening the special services under the parliament to referees, to Ludo* are 47 la number, sad
donee of St. Paul's Cathedral were meamed fee the present warmest le fewer Yen 151 estouste lime aid brioche.,
year. Them was • surplioed choir of about 300 young nose, with • total length of 349 Woe. ;• of thew 23 Mlle to the
ander the direction of Mr. Buckland, Mr. Goes • at south side of lolidoe. The Worst co the list is the loa-
the great organ over the south door. There were preoset doll. Bucks, and Feet Gloucestershire. fol Min 6 ferleer.
the Bishop of London, Archdeacon Hale, Cum Melvin, which branches off from the Midland near Brent Rowers r,
prebendary En:estop, soh-Dios Webber, soda jams coos. sad comprises seven different sectleas. Next in point of
leer of claque's& Mies Burdett Cocotte sod several ladies dimensions is the Surrey sad Sums Jura:dim 42 miles
had sosts assigned to them in she choir. Prayers wire in. 5 furlong', which bogies • little to the south of Croydon on
toned by the Bev. J. V. Povah, M.A., rector of St. Anal, the South Eastern and Bright" and include dos sections
Alternate, the lemons being read by the Rev. Henry Mel- fwd.. after this oome the now lines of the South Eastern (33
will, 8.D., as canon in residence. The anthem after the Mg" Weld to Woolwich, Grecihrooh. ho. The ethesowi.
3rd collect was " Arise, shine* (Dr. Elroy), and after however, which most attract the eye by the number
prayers the Christmas hymn, "Hark the herald angels of red Mow, in close contiguity, an thole which wan at
sing," we sung, but not with sualcieat power to give duo Blacken!! on the one side o the river sad New-omen os the
effect to it. The Bishop of Ludas preached from the other. A couple of rival projects contend for the honour
30th chapter of Isaiah, part of the 15th verse, "In and profit of eoluteetfut thew two Peebles h 7 utilisief the
quietness and confidence shall be our strength." ThamentnuoaL The East Loadoe (Whiell it in alliance
Hie lordship having pointed out that la an departments of with the Easton Metropolitan Underground from Stepney
knowledge the most humble mosheas after truth were the to lioundeditob)
031111 et • point oil the Grist Foetells
most likely to attain it, remarked that bath in God was near
_ Gewlul, die- . Bethnal-peas, so 4 Pawn. through
the oil) sanctuary for individuals and nations in gessoes w &POW( ltrwerewil the London sewdoek colts way) to tee
a EDT and doubt, do also mg it with the church Thum-tams* by mean of which it nub= Rotherhithe,
which rested epee the Melee peeeffee--“Beheld lam with and thence to Newcrom. It forms junctions with the
yen always, eves unto the end of the world." Were wee South-Eaatern, London and Greenwich, Louden and
slammed as to the state of the church now ! Did they Brighton, Blackwell, and North London ffellwaYs. The
doubt whether there might not be some lowering clouds Metropolitan il Pod_ ..13wth Lapdog (Thames-tassel) Railway
that threatened as approaching storm! Did they spur. follows suosteorssoy the mum MN, with here sod there,
heed that faith was endangered by active name however, ortele deeistloe. li. ID Well the Best ..loedcw
and that faith wan rebelling for fear of being stifled is eightmile.four turmoil", ancl the other Woe mile. Eve
by authority ! Was it apprehended that there was to furlong.--EcoosaY Nom
be • ocialliot between rum and faith, and were DISITTROOTION OT A MILL lIT Frill AT PiTIPTOTr.—
there faint-heartad nee who supposed that Urn could never Oa Saterday morning, shortly before six o'clock, a fire boors
be nomieiled ? The church of England had a great trust out at Ilimover.strest Mills, the property of Mews. Earley
reposed in it by be Lord and daviour. The very position Brothers, which in a short time completely gassed cee of
of oar nuke pet es io the fore-trust in the battle for the principal buildings at the works. Means. Ilkley's mills
Chriat's penal. It was the bounden duty of England to are situated in Hanour-street, Great Georpretrest, off
propagate the gospel and to spread the scripterra of truth North-road, and were formerly the property of Mr. F.
wherever the British name was known, while bees at Eileddoe, jun., and previously of hie father. comprise
home it had sa overwhelming reepoosibility. How several buildings. That in which the are eoeoned ie on
peat and glorious then was the work committed the right-hand aide of the yard, end was formerly Mr. tiled.
to the church I —sod oniabt we not trust Hip, who don's machine shop. It ie the oldest building at the works,
hod *mid this reepossibility spot us to bring us and escaped uninjured when the rest of the works were de.
safe through every trio!? He brought the church safe lamed by are about forty years ago, which was the most a:-
through the great crisis of the Refonnatioo 300 years see, tansies conflagration that bad ever taken place in Prestos.
Miring it up to be the defender of the old faith, while He The building is known as " the great shed," and contains 365
pee it at the same time a heart to sympathise with the power-looms ; one half of the building, a modern addition, is
world's growing iuteUipeee. It was He who brought the use story high ; the other part is four stories. Looms
church safe through these trials, sot the unworthy Matra. entirely occupy the groundloor ; on the second story are
meets He employed, who, thialr deg of their oent porpoise, Waning frames—coulee ; the third story was devoted to
were guided by Him to results they never dreamed of. Who threads spinning, and the attic to mules. Then were
saved the &wit from that wild fautioiain which was altopther about 7,000 thralls spindles and 6,000 mule
breakingdown throne and altar, and from that *one scourge 'mimetic About a quarter to els o'clock, just as lighting up
that followed of lioentioueeses sad atheistical rotation ? was being finished, for Mears. Birley were running their
And again, 230 years ago, who brought the ehurch out of works full time, • are was observed at the north-wet
Arianism, when men Is the deadness of a formal morality corner of the second story. The fire-brigade, under the
_red so little for the gospel that it would scarcely have direction of the superintendent, Mr. Marriott, were quickly
base mimed if it had altogether disappeared ? Who fifty on the spot ; indeed, a quarter of an hour had scarcely
yearn ago poured sew life, new appreheinke of gospel dm. I elapsed before the eogiue was in full play and parfait water
trine, new mieniermey meal through this emote, sad natio.? on the flames. The are, however. got rapidly ahead ;to use
And wine within ear own memory had saved the and the words of a by-standee, the mill "burned lite a match,"
bon being teem rounder by these imoritelale dilatators of and the upper stories were soon enveloped is Eames, defying
seaticasse and cpiaios which mem hone forth wherever the power of the firemen to arrest their programs. The
seal abounded? Gad had kept the einiuk safe hitherto. flooring of the third story nn fell 1., sod A no. 01...1110k1y
Be had peat Mop foe the &ma is en, and followed by that of the topmost story. and before half-put
its soninse meek! be moved free sashay IC six the roof of the building fell in. For a time after this
wend of earstai is espy orraeresuray nod osky‘g the flames raged more furiously than ever, bat* liameemet
at the huh of share Meekest., they would look moseally to flow of water at length got thee ender, sad prevented
that own, dsMg their ewe week se in God's *lit, mass their communicating to other bendier. Main. BOW'
Mrs their own Me.M, Web own fend/km that OVA= zoill employe about 900 ad Ina one of the few
bean, were mode to least the we and usenet running full time ill the tows. In the helidbig when the
at the Lewd Jens Obis.. ler the aura, the natl.% and ire occurred sheet 260 proms were enteleyed. wire will,
ONSIIIINIII line mead be se amnia, II faithful Obsidian eafortawatsly, be throes oat it weds for wow thee he
jested In quietness sad esedldsees. At the aloe of the come, and time add to our already overcrowded Mel=
serum Sbe Impala .4 Whas ois alaoshap mem* gus.i.usi sons subsisting on pareehial or otter eharfty. The
=Lsentheend the bimhep dwell lite orris, wish the eseeteenatly, will be bendy felt by tie nerbpsetsis and *
1.
ensues sent Newby wal be netlibbeerittud. Fee • few days, ale% Ohs lamb of N.
by thelair. Ames Hiverbeeen s 1.1:, efflt. hite's were wleY be *WPM. but es
eb.O:lgheaVe. he., 1.018.-
rthriti isnvsurabest a St. Joke doe lonnsellik elhoted, the reel et the mill ea ems be mufti
Iwmsew WM.& ePte.