The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

down by three awn in Orent Honter.street, and robbed of
his watch. Same night Mr. Callan was knocked down in
Carpenter'ssrow and robbed of his watch. And same night
a man named 11'Csrtin was stopped by three men in White-
chapel, and robbed of his watch. On Wednesday night a
gentleman named Clarke was knocked down by three men
in Great Howard•street, and robbed of his watch.

FeIITHEII RESTORATI;;;TIihUItHAII CAT/I[OlAL.
During the last few days the inappropriate wooden screen
which separated the nave from the choir, and which was
placed there by Prior Wereingt,n, between the years 1416
and 144.5, together with the great organ immediately above
it, has been removed. The organ is to he placed on the
north side of the choir, immediately opposite to the bishop's
throne, where it will remain permanently if the situation on
trial proves suitable. The end stalls will then be thrown
back, so as to make more morn in the choir—a change long
wanted—and a temporary iron railing will he run across to
separate the choir from the nave, which railing will be re-
placed by a permanent screen, when it shall have been deter-
mined what description would be most appropriate. A low
stone gothic screen is contemplated. The visitor, on entering
the cathedral, will now be struck with the uninterrupted
and magnificent view which ho obtains of the interior from
west to east.

CTIFIUIRE.
OPINING OF TIM PO KT OF BIRXENHEAD.—Easter
Monday will be a great day in Birkenhead, for from that
day the inhabitants may date the commencement of iti ex-
istence as a port. The Commissioners' Dock, the Birken-
head Dock Company's Warehoutes, the Chester and Birken-
head Extension Line of Railway to the docks, and the
Birkenhead Park, will be opened on that day, Lord
Morpeth, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Yore-ts,
taking part in U. several ceremonies. The occasion will be
observed iu Birkenhead as a gala.
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oxvoiebsinar-
Tier OAKE-Laws.—Tde Secretary of State has released
John Baker and John Hunt from ()slued gaol. They were
committed frem the petty erosions at Wooistoek, on a game.
law charge preferred by Elliott, head gamekeeper for tit
Duke of Marlborough. At the last petty stations Elliott
preferred a game law charge against Thomas Herbert, of
Haudborough, labourer, but it could not be proceeded with,
in consequenoe of one of the two magistrates present refusing
to act. This magistrate, T. Thornhill, Seq., said, " I
should le glad to see a discharge sent in every case of game.
law conviction."
BIISSEZ.
POTRILTY or ENGLISH LABOURIIIIII.—The Brighton
Herold says " The labouring poor in the Weald are suf-
fering great privations The whole of their wages is absorbed
in the purchase of Hour, and they have very little indeed of
any other kind of food. Many of the men with families go
to work in the morning without tasting even bread, and
return at night to partake of a scanty meal. As the wages
of the millions is now expended almom entirely for food,—
for the barest necessaries of life,—trade is in a wretched
state. The general dealers, who always know the state of
their neighbourhood better than any one else, state that they
never knew the time when the working-climes laboured
under such privation, as at present.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.
CAXIIIIIOOI,4 Mooch 22.—The *Towing scholars,&A , of 91. John's
COIL. were this morning Sensed *tows of that society i—Younitafiew.
J. B. Merriman, Mb w., 1813; T. Field, 13th Bus. opt. and 3th
classic, 1144; A.M. liars, 9th Bus opt., 1544; W. L. Newham, 25th
w., ; W. P. Wilson, molar wiongisr, 184. ; J. & Wood, 22nd w.
nd 4th clouds, 1546. Platt—A S. Campbell, M.A., Ith w. 1613;
E. B. Slater, 41 joa. ofg. and 9th dusk, 1843; T. Waddingbarn,
14th w. and 3rd clam* 1544.
In addition to the axed eribleete of examination for the degree of
13. A., the following are selected for the year :--1. The Let 14
chapters of the Acts of the Apostles. 2. The Epistle to the Galatians,
and the too Epistles to the nessalmians. 3. The tEdipus Tyronnus
of Sophoeles. 4. Cicero de Amkitia. 5. The Ist., 4th, and sth books
of PaleYs Moral Philosophy.

Tun COT/3111AL 13venors ice— It has been arninged by the Com-
mittee for the management of the Colonial Bisbee iries Fund, that the
',recent diocese of Auetralia WaR be divided Into three separate sees;
Ow central portion beingo superintended by the Right Rev. Dr.
Broughton, now Bishop Australia, but whose title will henceforth
bo. Bishop of Sidney. The district Al Poet Philip, it t. intended, shall
also form a separate see under the mane of the Bishopric of Mel.
burp ; to this diocese the Rev. Chutes Perry, M.A., of Trinity Col.
lere, be. been appointed. Out of the northern coast of New South
W des another divoe.e with • name to be derived from one of the
pr ineipal settlements (Newcastle or Maitland) will be formed. The
colony of South Aostealla is also forthwith to be erected into • new
cheep, and its first bishop will be the Rev. Augustus Short, M.A., of
Christ Chunk, Oxon, now Rector of Ravenathorpe, Northampton-
shire. So woo ea the Colonial Bishoprics Fund shall admit, the Cape
of ('sod Hope and Sierra Leone, with other places, will be ounmituted
separate sees.
Enmesh or Gun:creme AND Baurrot.—The local papers Pate
that during the present week the rural deans, by the invitation of the
bishop, have held • Synodal Meeting at the Palace, Simpleton Revers'
important matters were puppet:4 for consideration by hirtiordthip,
and were fully discussed. It wee unsnimously agreed, with the entire
esnetian of the bishop, to recommend to the clergy of both arch-
deaconries to avail thenmehre• of the regulations of she recent minutes
of the Committee of Council on Education, and with a view to the
Improvement of the system of Laetrile'. in the parmhfal achaots, to
place them instituthans under the nape:non of her Majesty's in-
spectors. It was likewise resolved to propane to the diocesan hoard
in each arcisdesconry to Increase the emoiency of the existing train.
lag schools, by founding norms' schools, one in Bristol. for masters,
and one In Glautander, foe mistresses. Amongst other points deter-
mined upon it was resolved that, in consequence of the increasing
number of clandestine marriages celebrated by beans In Tlf WWI
pertsima of the dicceoe, the renal deans impress upon the clergy in
their impeller deaneries to adopt meaeurea for preventing the irk-
button of such marriages in the churches of the diocese.