The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-29 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OP LONDON'S OONPIRILATIONS.

Yesterday afternoon the Bishop of London com-
menced his annual tour of conilrmationsat the district church
of All Saints, Knightsbridge. The youthful candidates for
the rite occupied the lower part of the church, and were ad-
dressed at some length byhis lordship, who explained to them
the nature of the rite in which they were about to engage,
and the obligations which arose out of it. They were then
admitted by the usual imposition of hands. The bishop has
made the following arrangmmts for the remainder of his
caniirmation tour :-T aseday, March 30, the Charterhouse ;
Thursday, Arai, St. James's, Westminster; Monday,
April 12, St. labour* Church; Wednesday, April 14, St.
Andrew's Chun Holborn ; Thursday, Aped 15, St.
Joha's Church, Houton ; Friday, April 16, St. Luke's,
Cholera; Moaday, April 19, Si. Mark's Church, Clerk-
'swell; Wednesday, April, 21, St. Helen's Church,
Bishopsgate ; Tuesday, April 23, St. Margaret's Church,
Westminster; Monday, April 26, St. Peter's Church, Pim-
lico; Wedninday, Apll 28, St. Pancras Church; Thursday,
April 29, 81. Mary's Church, Beyanstan-squans; Friday,
April 30, Ilk Martin's-in-the-liedds; Monday, May 3, St.
(cm& Glaris-to-ths-Beals; Wednanda , May 6, St. Paul's Church,
Knightsteidge; Thursday,kfay St. Mary'. Church, White-
chapel; Monday, May 10, St. Abbots, Kensington;
Wednesday, May 12, St. Matthew's urch, Bethnal-green;
Thuraday, May 13, St. Barnabas Church, Kensington;
Friday, May 14, St. DIUMWeII Church, Stepney ;
Monday, May 17, Christ Church, Pa ding
; Wednes- '
day, May 19, St. James's Church, Paddington ; Thursday,
May 20, Holy Trinity Church, Brampton; Friday, May 21,
St. Mary's Church. Islington ; Monday, May 31, Christ
Church, St Gsorge's•in-the-Esed ; Wednesday, June 2, St.
Georgie Church, lianover-equare ; Thursday, Jima 3, High-
gate Church; Friday, June 4, Hampstead Church; Mon-
day. June 7, St. Mary's Church, Newington-butts; Wed-
nesday, June 9, St. Anna's Churcb, Limehouss; Friday,
June 11, AU Souls Church, St. Idarylebone ; Sunday,
June 13, St. Anne's Church, Soho; Monday, June 14, Great
&samara Church; Wednesday, Juno 16, Hounslow Church
and Holy Trinity Church, Twickenham ; Frida, June 18,
Woodford Church and Westham Church; Monday, June 21,
Christ Church, Albany-street; Wednesday. June 23, Had-
ley Church and Enfield Church Wedisse&sy, June 30, Sun-
bury Church and Staines Church; Thursday, July 1, South
Hackney Church; Friday, July 2, Hillingdon Church;
Monday, July 5, Fulham Church; Friday, A 11192 Baling
Church; Monday, July 12, Barnes Church; Wednesday,
July 14, Greenwich Chrueh ; Friday, July 16, Panay
Church; Wednesday, July 21, Edmonton Church; Friday,
July 23, Si, Peter's Church, Hammersmith; Wednesday,
July 28, Lewisham Church.

SOCIETY OF BRITIOR ARTISTS.—The private
view of the ezbilMica of the above mociety took place o
Saturday. Among the visitors we the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, the Cardinal Wimenen, the Doke and Duchess of
erelird, the Harts of Arran, Airily. Bradford, and Gme-
reser, the Binh* of Worcester, the Countess of Clarendm,
WM! end Frederick Beaucterk. Lords Stanley of
Aldriey.BaAey Rokeby, Helper and O. Mannere, Via-
coast Hordnge,Coantl3ernetotg tb's Honourable' Pemberton
Leigh. Irdla, end Melville. Wenn A. Dillon, A. T. Hin-
son* M.P. D. Paget, M.P.. (Sena Langton. M.P., A. Ma-
theson, M.P., A. J. B. Hope, M.P., Major Waldo Sib-
' thorp, ILP, 1. Rths, Jaz., M.P., the Lord Mayor, Alder-
ma,