The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-22 00:00:00

CONVOC.477ON (THIS DAY).

This morning both houses of the Convocation of
Guatertary met at Westminster for the despatch of business.
The Upper Howe sat la the Qua res Arms Bounty Office,
ender the peosidenry of the ,terchbiahop of CANT6/M*BN, and
there were present the Bishop of LlandatY, the Bishop of
Wiachseter,the Biehop of Oxford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the
Bishop of Salisbury. the Bishop of London, the Bishop of
Lincoln, and the Bishop of Gloucester.
The Bishop of LICUFIELD presented a petition rem.
plainieg of the inadequate representation of the archdeaconry
of Derby in Convocation.
An address to the crown upon the meeting of the new
Convocation was adopted and ordered to be presented to her
Majesty.
The Lower House met ie the Jerusalem Chamber, Dr.
ELLIOT, the Dean of Bristol, presiding.
The Paotocurox drew attention to the fat that Bath
and Wells had sent up four Instead of one proctor. The die-
curaion with regard to the printing of the awards of
Convoontion, which was commences at the Litt sitting, was
then re-opened.
Dr. Mitattar moved that the standing orders be printed
at the expense of Convocation, and Mr. HOIIILLY seconded
the motion. Rewrote of Convocation ware printed in the
Chronicle Convocation. After some discussion the motion
was negatived.
The business of both houses was proceeding when our
report woo deepateh.d.

REPRESENTATION OF ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.—
An address from Mr. Milner Oibsoe, M.P., to the electors of
the borough has then received by the secretary of the oleo-
titre commuter, in which the right hoe. gentler:ors mays that
he shall be eiumiget hie coostituents wine the writs ace
Issued, In order to solicit a continuance of their suffreges.
The election will take plc.* on Moaday text, and there is
sot the lent probability of any oppoeitUth.
"In the memory of living men," says the Times,
"the Rouse of Lords consisted of little more than 250 mam-
bos, even counting the 23 opreseetatives of the Irish peer-
age ; now the number is stout 460, and there is every
reason to believe that in a few years it will have teethed
50ff"
Under the heading of "The Irish Difficulty," the
Dublin Eteuimg A:eit The tie pet lianientary
voting of the Rowan catholic tneniters d Huesexe to
occupy the sttestion of the metropolitan and provincial
jot:ovals of the piety. Crimination sad recrimination are the
order of the day; whilst such complimentary epithets so
traitors,' 'deserters,' 'knaves,' &c., are handled about
with a freedom and profusion that are portliest? refreshing."
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN.--•
Name* of candidates who parsed the Major Examination
(Julie 21,1859) as pharmaceutical chemists i—WilliamWork-
man Dunhill, Doncaster ; Rohn John Fowk r, Lode; Charles
John Hayward, Lincoln; George Brigs Pearron, Leeds;
John Charles Repel r, Uxbridge; Rotert Richardson, Ips-
wich; Albinos John Roberta, Horsham.
CONSERVANCY OF THE THAMES.—The winery*.
tors of the Thames have rivalled their usual report. This
document was published pesterday, and iocludes an some*
of receipts sod expenditure kw the ye.r ending Sept. 29,
1858. The toted expenditure epee se to have been 32,3381.
Wage* to weterntem and others emplaced, both in the har-
bour end river services, ahmeled the longest then, 10,0641.;
interest on navigation bonds re quied 4,5811. ; cash to trades-
men, for raising wiecka, &c., 5,4241. ; " by purchase of free-
hold house in Trinity-s. uare" (erts.eve r 'hot moy have to
do with the river), 3,2861. la the body of the report the
offeesive condition of the liver Is delicately touched upon,
the nuisance of last year being accounted for by some curious
conabiastione of rots, tide, sod nun; but the docutnent con-
sists pencipelly of a solids forth of their (the con.thootots,
energy in dredging no many cubic yards of " material " from
the bottom of the river in various isolated spot*, and a prayer
for additional powetr.
BOAT. LOWERING BEFORE THE PRINCE OE WALES.
—The Urgent, 6. ithe screw tri op-frigate, Commander H.
W. Hire, trots Gibraltar, lute just arrived at Portsmouth to
repair. When at Gibraltar the Peince of Wale* went ten
board, end requested to see the quarter-bats lowered at •
monism's nonce, by Cliff ,rd's new @prima. This wee In-
stantly done, and Captain litre had the honour of proving to
Me Royal Higbee:is that a buy of 15 yeas a of age could lowed
the boat, single handed; which the lad did in the presence of
the niece, lowering the beet half-way, the stopping It.
again lowering It, and opting it eff. 'Whim in the Hey of
Biscay, the ship going 11 knob, a mat hem been hove over•
hoard, myth emit., a man, and a bat his been lowered, and
the mat picked up in 1 minute and 40 seconds. His Royal
Righters was much pleated with the simplicity and efficiency
or the system, as patelleally demonstrated to hint by Captain
CRICEET.—ELEVIN 07 ENGLAND O. SIXTEEN OP
CAMeRtEs2• (DARE'S MATCII).—ThIa match was untamed
yesterday lewd,. Cambridge resumed their first knioor,
sad scored 126; on their second innings they scored 136.
England on their !int innings scored 164.