The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-30 00:00:00

THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

The annual meeting of the children of the charity
schools of the metropolis, which has so long been annually
held in St. Paul's Cathedral, will this year be discontinued.
Fortunately the disappointment which would have been felt
by thousands of persons at the cessation of these time-
honoured celebrations will be removed by making the
Crystal Palace available for the occasion, and it Is an-
nounced that a more than ordinarily great_ gathering of the
children will take place at the Palace on Wednesday next,
June 6, preparations for which have been in active progress
for some time past. The great Handel Orchestra, being
double the diameter of the dome of St. Paul's, affords oppor-
tunity for the introduction of a much larger number of
children than were ever assembled in the cathedral together.
The favourable construction of the orchestra also ren-
ders it a much more appropriate locale than the old staging
in the ecclesiastical edifice. The result will probably there-
fore be more successful than the meetings at St. Paul's,
although they have hitherto been regarded as among the
peritpar of the metropolis. In order that the children
may en oy a lengthened holiday they will be couveyed to
the by special trains and vans at an early hour of
the morning. At three o'clock they will be assembled in
the great orchestra for the musical performance, and more
than ordinary attention will be paid to grouping them
according to the colours of the clothes worn by each school.
The various schools have for some time past been under
careful training by Mr. W. G. Martin, whose success with
the great meetings of the Metropolitan Schools Choral
Society and with the choir of St. Paul's Cathedral is well
known, and a great advance on former musical efforts may
reasonably be anticipated. The treasurers of the various
schools, ands the chairmanship of Mr. Alderman }lnnis,
with many other influential members of the corporation,
including the active hon. secretary to the committee, Mr.
John Stewart, have entered most heartily into this holiday
scheme, and as, by the liberality of the Crystal Palace an-
thorities, the opportunity will be afforded to the parents of
the children to provide themselves blorehami with tickets
at the lowest excursion rate, there can be no doubt but that
Wolueeday, the 6th of June, will be one of the great days
at the Crystal Palace, and the popular annual solemnity of
the "Charity Children" of the metropolis will more than
ever retain its attractions.
On Friday, June 8, and two following days, a great
Fancy Fair and Bazaar, supported by many of the leading
City houses, and under distinguished patronage, will be held
in the Central Transept, for the benefit of the Warehouse-
men's and Clerks' Schools.

NEWAVILNDOES' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT
INSTITUTION.—About 150 menil,ers of this Tay useful call-
ing assembled last evening at the Premium:id:hall, to cele-
brate the aaniversary of an institution which some years
ago was established to procure by annual subscription the
means of providing for aged and worn-out newavendors.
The chair was occupied by Mr. W. H. Russell, LLD.,
who wee supported by Mr. Mark Lemon, Mr. Shir-
ley Brooks, Mr. John Deane, Mr. W. Evans (Brad-
bury and Evans), he. The chairman in proposing the
Wait of the evening drew attention to the important
I services which the newevenders rendered to society,
and drew a humorous contrast between the mode of dia.
gemiaating new in the present day, when every man has
upon his breakfast table the intelligence from all parts of
the world up to the latest hour, with the slow cumbrous
method by which intelligence of interest was cornmanicated
to the general public in past days, according to the news-
vendor or " newenian" the credit due to him for the effi-
cient manner in which be performed that very necessary
portion of the newspaper work which devolved upon him,
and urged that those who in their humble calling so conside-
rably contributed to the public information, and to the
supplying of that which had now become an absolute ne-
cessary al life, were entitled to support beyond the limits
of their own body. Mr. Shirley Brooks and other gentle-
men spoke in advocacy of the claims of the society, and
their united appeals reunited In a very liberal sulscription.
MAr or SictLy.—Mr. Wyld rapidly follows the
march of events, and in whatever pert of the world events
ot unusual interest are stirring he is sure to nt us with
• map of the locality. Just now oar thoughts see turned
towards 6ci4, and any one who takes the slightest interest
fa public affairs naturally wishes to refresh his acquaintance
with the geography of the island, especially of its western ex-
truseity. Mr. Wyld accordingly furnishes us with • copal
the island, which enables us at a glance not only to folltw
the march of Garibaldi from Marsala to Palermo, but to
trace the course of every byroad en that most malting routs.
PAINFUL SIIICIDE—Mr. Thos. Rowell, • gentle-
MID well known and respected in Liverpool as a wholesale
watch manufacturer, put an end to his existence yesterday
(Tuesday) morning by hanging himself at his residenes,
Marine-crescent, Waterloo. The unfortunate gentlemen is
said to have been afflicted with • brain disease for some
mienths put.