The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-07 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVAL FEMALE SCHOOL.—The annual ],
meeting of this society was held on Saturday in the theatre ;
of the Royal United Service Institution, 'Whitehall; the
Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot presided. From the report
it appeared that the pupils belonging to the school at the
end of 1865 numbered 89. The current income for the
year had been satisfactory, the annual subecriptionshaving
amounted to upwards of 1,5001, but there had been a cor.
responding increase of expenditure. Since the account'
were cloned, two legacies of 1001. and 3001. respectively
had been received from the executors of the late Captain
J. Sykes, R.N., and Mr. William Borradaile. The in-
vested capital of the society amounted to 15,4001. Consols,
but an increased annual income is necessary in conse-
quence of the small proportion of theactual expense of their
board and tuition contributed by the pupils. In return
for the 5,0001. received from the Royal Patriotic Fund
towards purchasing the present schoolhouse and pre-
mises, the institution is under a compact to board and
educate five pupils at 101. per annum each, to be nomi-
nated by the Royal Commissioners. The educational pro-
gress of the pupils had kept pace with former years ; and
up to the present time the character of the institution
had been a sufficient recommendation to secure situations
for those desirous and qualified to become teachers to
others. A former pupil was about to proceed to India to
fill the office of bead of a training establishment for fe-
male teachers ; and in the distant colonies of Australia a
succcsaful school was being conducted by young ladies who
were educated in this institution.

THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY. —At the exa-
mination of candidates for admission on the roll of attor-
neys and solicitors of the superior courts the examiners
recommended the following gentlemen, under the age of 26,
as being entitled to honorary distinction 1. Arthur
Anion Wells, LL.B., who served his clerkship to Mr.
Arthur Wells, of Nottingham ; John Wesley Woolsey,
who served his clerkship to Messrs. Nowell and Priestley,
of Barton-upon-Humber. dEq. 2. Edmund John Thomas
Judge Mourilyan, who served his clerkship to Messrs. Boys
and Twee,lies of London ; Richardson Peele, who served
his clerkship to Messrs. Thompson and Lisle, of Durham,
and Mr. James Crosby, of London. 4Eq. 3. John Guth-
more, who served his clerkship to Messrs. Creasman, Cross-
man, and Lloyd, of Thornbury, and Messrs. Meredith,
Lucas, and Meredith, of Lincoln's-inn; George Stephenson
Lawson, who served his clerkship to Mr. John Robinson,
of Sunderland, and Mr. Thomas Henry Dixon of London ;
Walter Edward Moore, who served his clerkship to Messrs.
Richardson and Turner, of Leeds, and Messrs. Langford
and Martulen, of London. The council of the Incorporated
Law Society have accordingly awarded them prizes of
books. The number of candidates examined in this term
was 88 ; of these, 78 were passed and lOrstponed.
THE PROPOSED GASWORKS NEAR V ICTORIA-PARK.
—On Saturday evening an open-air meeting of the inhabi-
tants of the east end of London was held in the Victoria-
park for the purpose, as stated in the bills, of " taking into
consideration the best means for preventing the construc-
tion of the works of three of the largest gas companies in
the world," and thereby "save the park from destruction."
Amongst those present were The Rev. S. Hansard,
rector of Bethnal-green; Rev. Mr. Westall; Messrs.
Emerson, M. Coles, Hicks, Swain, and J. Plummer.
The Rev. Mr. Hansard was moved to the chair, and
explained the object of the meeting to be to point out the
benefit of having such a magnificent recreation and plea-
sure-ground as the Victoria-park in the centre of a thickly-
populated district like the east of London, and to warn
the inhabitants against threatened destructive encroach-
ments in the shape of gas-worse, which it was proposed to
erect close to the park. Messrs. Hicks. M. Coles, Emer-
son, A. Althans Horner (a working man), Bishop (another
working man), and the Rev. W. Westall then addressed
the meeting, and resolutions were passed expressing alarm
at the bills now rending in parliament for the erection of
gasworks in the unineiliate neighbourhood of the park, and
determining to present a petition to the House of Com-
mons agaiust the bills, and another petition to the Queen
praying her Majesty to protect the rights of her poorer
subjects, who are not able to protect themselves.
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. —A
meeting of this institution was held on Thursday last, at
its house, John-street, Adelphi. Rewards amounting to
30/. 15s. wero granted to tha crews of the lifeboats of the
society at alunilesley, Rosalau, and hlaryport, for their
valuable services in saving the crews of the following
wrecked vessels during the recent stormy weather, viz.:—
Crew of eleven men from the barque Elfrabeth and Mary,
of Whitby, which was stranded on the beach between
Idundesley and Barton ; crew of six men from the smack
Shamrock, of Wexford, which was totally wrecked on the
Dogger-bank ; and three men and the masters wife from
the schooner Treaty of Goole, which went ashore on Dub
Mill Scar, near hlaryport. The Birmingham lifeboat No.l,
stationed at Canter, had succeeded in bringing to port the
steamer Corbon, of Newcastle, and her crew of 12 men.
Rewards amounting to 55/. were also given for laudable
services rendered during the late storms by the crews of
various other lifeboats of the institution. The silver
medal of the institution and 2/. were voted to Mr. John
Bunt, officer of coast-guard, and 121. to eight other coast-
guardinen at Sandown, Isle of Wight, for putting
off during a very heavy gale of wind and res-
cuing, at considerable risk of life, five of the crew
of the Swedish brig Fahli Bure, of Sundswall, which was
wrecked off Sandwell on the night of the 24th of March
last. Tho silver medal of the society and 1/. were
likewise granted to Mr. John Kerrnish, commissioned
boatman of coastguard at lowness, Cumberland, and D.
to two other men, in acknowledgment of their intrepid
conduct in rescuing, at considerable risk of life, a man from
a very perilous position off Drumburgh Marsh on the 16th
ult. arioue other rewards were also granted to the crews
of shore boats for saving life from different wrecks on our
coasts. Payments amounting to upwards of 3,0001. were
ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments.
The thanks of the institution, incribed on vellum, were
voted to Admiral Ryder, in acknowledgment of his
cordial and valuable co-operation whilst occupying the
office of Controller-General of Coast Guard, which he re-
cently vacated on promotion. A contribution of 31W.
had been received from the working men of Edinburgh,
to defray the cost of a lifeboat ; also 435/. collected
fur the same purpose from the grocers in England, through
the indefatigable exertions of Mr. W. Reed. WO/. had
also been received on account of the Civil Service lifeboat,
promoted by Mr. J. A. Dow and Mr. Malcolm Goldsmith.
Various other lifeboat funds had also been recently re-
ceived by the institution. During the past month new
lifeboats had been sent by the institution to Hayle, on the
Cornish coast, and to Braunton, near Barnstaple ; both
boats were the gifts of benevolent persons to the society.
The Hanseatic Government had applied to the institution,
through the Board of Trade, for information to enable
then, to establish a lifeboat society in that country, on the
plan of the National Lifeboat Institution of England. It
was reported that the institution hail now eighteen life-
boats building for it, that nearly 170 lifeboats were under
its charge, and that the number was gradually increasing.
The boats contributed by the people of Huddersfield and
Leicester were to be exhibited in those town on Whit
Monday, on the way to their stations. Reports were
read from the inspector and assistant-inspector of life-
boats on their recent visits to some of the lifeboat stations
of the institution on different parts of the coast. The
proceedings then terminated.
THE RELEASE OF THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES.
ADMI, MARCH 2'J.-14er Majesty's steamer Victoria re-
turned from Massowah this afternoon after a passage of
five days, having met with severe gales all the way, right
against her, and from the east. She brings cheering news
from the Abyssinian mission. Mr. Hassan bad been re-
ceived by King Theodore with great honour and state, and
two hours after the arrival of Mr. Bassani the whole of the
prisoners—English, French, and missionaries—who had
been in irons for nearly three years, were released and
handed over to Mr. Bassi= to return with him to Malmo-
wah. The king had given one grand feast that oust 1,000
dollars, and this was to be succeeded by a grand fete on a
larger scale and to cost 1,600 dollars. Mr. Ram= was
also loaded with costly presents and jewels. The captives
are reported well, and are in great joy at their release.
We look for their arrival in Aden in a few weeks.—Tieses
of /tuna, April 13.