The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-24 00:00:00

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Noon
Lloyd

. 6562

Dixon
Lloyd
The neighbourhood of the Exchange (Mr. Dixon's cen-
tral committee-room) was the scene of tremendous uproar
and disorder throughout the day. Numerous acts of out-
rage were perpetrated, and it was as much as the police
could do to in any way restrain the mob.
On the occasion of the contest in 1859, the numbers
stood as follows :—.Scholefield, 4,425 ; Bright; 4,282 ;
Acland (LC), 1,544.
The Mayor made the official declaration of the poll at
six o'cloek in the evening. The numbers were :
Dixon IL)
Lloyd (LC.) 4,214
Majority for Mr. Dixon .....
The Mayor sccordingl7 declared Mr. George Dixon duly
elected to serve in parliament for the borough.
Mr. Dixon returned thanks briefly ; as did also Mr.
Losn, who was cordially received.
A vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor, who, in re-
turning
thanks, said it would be impossible for any election
to be more fairly conducted.

COVENTRY.
At the close of the poll the numbers were as
follow, :—Jackaon (Liberal), 2,421 ; Ferrand (Conserva-
tive), 2,114.

STATIONERS' SCHOOL.

The annual ceremony of the delivery of speeches
and the distribution of prizes to the pupils of this school
took place yesterday at Stationers'-hall. The Master of
the Company, Mr. E. HODGSON, presided, and was sup-
ported by the wardens, several of the leading members of
the court and of the livery of the company, the bead mu-
ter of the school, and a numerous gathering of the friends
of the pupils. The subjects for which prizes were awarded
comprised Greek, Latin, French, German, the English lan-
guage, literature and history, physical science, Euclid,
algebra, arithmetic, book-keeping, writing, and drawing.
The prizes were distributed in the following order :—First
class-1, Lambe ; 2, Keene ; 3, Snell ; 4, Betts ; 5, Ash-
ton ; 6, Colson ; 7, Sleek, major. Second clams —l,
Thomas, major ; 2, Harvey, major ; 3, Arnott ; 4, Ben-
tham ; 5, Brace, major; 6, Louis ; 7, Castle ; 8, Jennings.
Third Clue-1, Batty major ; 2, Le Grand ; 3, Knill ; 4,
Harwell ; 5, Kember ; 6, Hoare. At the conclusion of the
distribution of the prices the following speeches were
given :—Euripedes— Talthybius • " Tamtue—" Agricola
ad 'unites sues ; ' Beranger—" Le; Hirondelles ; " Florian
—"Le Roi Alphonse ; " Schiller—" Die Unneberwind-
liche Flotte ;" Nicolai—" Der Weiss and der Nan ; "
Southey—" The Incbcape Rock!" Campbell—" The Battle
of Hohenlinden ;" Ingoldsby— The Execution • " Shake-
" King John, ' act iv., scene 1 ; and " Henry
Shake-
spears—
act scene 4. The master of the company warmly
congratulated the head muter and the other masters of
the school upon the manner in which the pupils bad
acquitted themselves. Although the Stationers Com-
pany bad come somewhat late into the field
as compared with other City companies in the
establishment of a school, it had done its best to make up
for lost time by opening as they bad done the school not
only to all the members of their own guild, but to the
public generally. In the course of little more than five
years during which the school bad been established 261
pupils bad been admitted, and it was already, with the
single exception of Merchant Taylors, the largest middle
class school connected with any of the City companies of
London. Although their premises were now full they
were capable of extension so as to admit 100 or 150 more,
and the court were quite prepared to go into any needful
expense in enlarging the present accommodation. On the
motion of the warden, Mr. H. Adlard, a cordial vote of
thanks was given to the masters of the school, which was
responded to by the head master ; after which the proceed-
ings terminated with three hearty cheers given by the
boys for the master and wardens, and for the teachers of
the sehooL