The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-05 00:00:00

barrased. (Hear, hear.) None but those who acted on
the committee could be aware of the painful situation in
which for the last three or four years the commit-
tee had been placed amidst the efforts which they
had :wide, not entirely without success, to reconcile
the differences between the committee of council
and those who applied to them for aid, and to '
do justice to the church without bringing about a collision
between the two great powers in the country, which, he
might say would he at least fatal to one of them. (Hear, '
hear.) de earnestly implored the meeting, his reverend ');
brethren in particular, to put a stop—it was only on such „••
en occasion that there was an opportunity of doing so—to
put a stop to discussions of that kind by distinctly negatir-
ing both the resolution and the amendment. (Cheers.)
The amendment was then put, amidst loud cries of ,
"My Lord Archbishop," from various gentlemen desirous '
of addressing the meeting; and at length, with great di MI-
• the most reverend prelate, having first threatened
to dissolve the meeting, a hearing was obtained for
Sir J. PAKINGION, who alter what had just been said
by the right reverend prelate, as well as by the most
reverend chairman at the commencement of the meeting, •
begged to withdraw his amendment, and to leave upon Mr.
Denison the responsibility of dividing the meeting. (Loud
cheers.)
Mr. DENISON.—I am quite ready to accept the respon-
sibility, and to divide. (Cheers, and uproar.)
A GENTLEMA X (on the platform).—Then we will have I :
one division, and it will long be known as Mr. Denison's
division of the members of the National Society. (Loud I.
cheers.)
Mr. B. HOPE energetically declared his concurrence in
the step of his colleague.
The show of hands was then taken, and a large preponde-
rance appeared against the resolution.
The CIIAIRMAN.—I have no hesitation in affirming ".
that Mr. Denison's resolution has been negatived by a large •
majority. (Loud and long-continued cheering.)
It was then announced that the three retiring memheis of
the committee, Archdeacon Harrison, the Dean of St. Paul's
(the Rev. 11. H. Milman), and the Rev. John Jennings,
had been re-elected and that the new member in the place
of the Rev. H. IL. Norris, deceased, was the Rev. C. B. '
Dalton.

he CIIAIRMAN—I will conclude with a word of hope
that this will be the last meeting of this kind that will ever
be held—(cheers)—aad that our brethren front the country
will return to the scenes of their exertions as I:said at the
commencement, to carry on the great and important duty
of education in which they arc now engaged. And now
receive my benediction. (I. he most rev. prelate then pro-
nounced the blessing in the usual form.)
A vote of thanks, on the motion of the Bishop of London,
was afterwards given to the Chairman, and the moat rev.
prelate having briefly returned thanks, the meeting broke
up a little alter live.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

The appearance of the Crystal Palace yesterday
was gay and striking in the extreme. It was quite full by
I o'clock, and very warm in the nave and transept, but a
short journey to one of the aide courts was all that was
necessary to secure a comfortable temperature. The anti-
cipatory prints, in which the costumes of various nations
were contrasted, begin now to be realised by actual expe-
rience, as one jostles at every turn against a Nubian, a
Turk, a Persian, or a Chinese. A superficial observer
would say that the working classes have not yet begun to
assemble ; but a little attention to the various pro-
vincial dialects, and homely though sensible obser-
vations which are heard at every turn, convinces
one that they are there in myriads, but that in
addition to being the best behaved and most or-
derly, they are also the best dressed " 'people" in the
world. It is recorded of the Emperor Alexander that on
beholding the well dressed thousands assembled at a review
in Ilyde-park, in 1814, he exclaimed, " But where's tho
people." What would be his reflection if hcsaw the crowds
of 1851 at the Crystal Palace ? The number of admissions
yesterday exceeded 50,000, and we heard on all sides loud
expressions of a determination to come again and again.

CONVERSAZIONE AT TIM MANSION-

HOUSE.

Yesterday evening the whole of the state apart-
ments at the Mansion-house were thrown open to a brilliant
circle of rank, science, beauty and fashion, such as is seldom
seen collected under one roof, even in the great metropolis.
The arrivals were incessant from 9 to lia.t-past ten o'clock,
by which time every available corner of the civic palace
was crowded to suffocation. The Egyptian Hall was bril-
handy illuminated, and arranged as a concert-room, in
which woo performed a concert of English music, and wo
need hardly add that it formed the great point of attraction.
In the ball-room were laid out various objects of
interest contributed by friends of the Lord Mayor,
among which were heuutifid models of ships from the
Admiralty, clectro plate front Messrs.. Elkington's, the
beautiful and novel glass globes which now figure so fre-
quently at public entertainments, sonic fine .spe•cimens of
enamelled glass from Mr. Kidd ; and last, though not
least in interest, a rare and curious manuscript chronicle
of French history sent from the City archives by the City
Itemembrancer. In other parts were flags from the Tower,
and suits of armour from various quarters ; in short,
nothing was wanting to give ,Weif to the welcome which
our worthy chief magistrate dispensed to his distin-
guished foreign and English guests. Between half-
past 10 and 11 the scene was gay and atm:tiro to
an extraordinary degree, the number of foreign and cope-
daily of eastern costumes giving quite is pictorial character
to the groups, or rather crowds, which one met in every
quarter. 'I he distinguished visitors wen• severally intro-
duced by Mr. Cattey, the Lord Mayor's secretary•, who
most effectively superintended the general arrangements,
and rsceived by the Lady Mayoress with Al due gracious-
ness and hospitality. Seeing that the company numle•red
altogether nearly 1,500, anything like a perfect list of
names would be out of the question. We subjoin a few
caught at random, merely adding that a perfect list would.
cumbine neur!yall the notabilities, foreignand domestic, now
to be found in town. Among the early arrivals were the Earl
and Countess of Hasse, Earl and Countess of Enniskillen,
Earl of Harrowby, Lord Ashburton, Lord and Miss Camp-
bell, Earl and Countess of Lovelace, Count l'ulsky, Baron
de Friesen, Ibrahim Khan, Seyd Abdullali, M. Wullowski,
Nuba Bey, Ueneral Poncelet, Sir T. Deane, Mr. Justice
and Lady Talfourd, Sir P. and Lady Egerton, the French
Chargi., d'Affaires, M. Marascolehi, the Bavarian minister,
B. De Cetto, all the foreign come ki .. inner., all the jurors at
the Exposition, M. 'that berg, Captain Named, Egyptian
navy, Sir J. Clark, Sir K Murchison, Dr. Locock, Vis-
count and Viscountess Hericourt de Thury, Sir Baldwin
and Lady Walker, Mr. Crofton Croker, the Chevalier
Lencha, Professor Alined, Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth Dilke,
Don M. D. haw, Lord and Lady Colhorne, the American
minister, etc. &e. The company began to depart shortly
after the coucert, but great numbers protracted the recep-
tion until nearly 12 o'clock.

IRELAND.

Dcmv..”4, JUNS 4.

The Lord Lieutenant has madeanOdle; excursion
to the north. On Monday his Excellency and the
Countess of Clarendon arrived at Calcdon House, on
a visit to the Earl and Countess of Culedon, the vice-
regal party travelling with four carriages, and several
horses from the viceregal stables.
The Irish Tenant League revived their public
meetings last night with a gathering in the lecture-
hall of the Mechanics' Institute. This was in-
tended to be the first of a series of public
meetings to test the state of feeling in Dub-
lin upon the tenant-right question : but judg-
ing from the interest evinced in the proceed-
ings of last night, that feeling stands at a very
low ebb indeed, at present. Mr. Patrick Lalor,
of Tinnakil, presided, and the speakers wore
Mr. Lucas, of the tablet, the Rev. Mr. Bell, presby-
terian minister, of Ballybay, and a Mr. Johnstone,
of Wexford. Mr. Lucas gave an account of the
interviews which the deputation of the league had in
London with Mr. Sharman Crawford, but which
were interrupted by an afflicting event in Mr. Craw-
ford's family. Mr. Lucas described the result as
highly satisfactory, Mr. Crawford not objecting to
the principle of valuation, upon which the league
perseveres in laying particular stress. The following
resolution, on the motion of the Rev. Mr. Bell, was
adopted:
That the propositions laid by the deputation before Mr.
Crawford for the amendment of his bill of the last session
be approved of, not as a full representation of the principles
of the league, but as a valuable instalment of its demands,
and that Mr. Crawfonl's bill, if amended in accordance
with these propositions, may be made such as will enable
the Council of the League to secure for it, in Mr. Crawford's
hands, the hearty and earnest support of the friends and
members of the league throughout the country ; at the same
time it is our decided conviction, which we feel called upon
publicly to declare, that nothing short of the full legal esta-
blishment of the great fundamental principles of tie Irilltt
Tenant League will ever be found practically to maintain
the rights, and effectually to relieve the miseries of the
I tenant farmers of Ireland.

In the case of Martin Burke rcrsits the Earl of
Clarendon, the plaintiff's declaration was tiled yester-
day. It contains five counts, one of which charges
the noble defendant with having written the letter
containing the libel complained of by the plaintiff to
the Earl of Shrewsbury ; another count charges the
defendant with the publication of the letter in the
Tablet newspaper; and a third with the publication
generally. The declaration is signed by Mr. Butt,
14. C.; and Sir Colman O'Loghlen. The defendant
must plead to the declaration within eight days.

Ktnonown, Ansa 3.—Two men, in close custody,
went serest this evening in the Liverpool steamer. I have
heard they are connected with the late gold dust robbery on
ens of*. English railways• ,