The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-05 00:00:00

MK W. C. ICACZNADY'R LAS? PUBLIC
READING IN SBERBO.RNE.

This reading, which wax given on Thursday night
lest, in aid of the trust feed. of the Wesleyan Chapel, was
attended by a very large and influential company in the
Legg-street tichnoi•reetn. Amongst the mann ISM
Henry Charles Start, req., of Cntchell, the Rev. F. B.
Portions 'Lad lady, Hon. FulaPortman, Hon. Kr. Pepys,
Mn. Hawley, of Rim plea, W. P. Petal*, Neb. tad mad)
from distant %parte. The plane reel by Mr. Macready were
Mrs. Humus " Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers," Hood's
Bridge of Sighs," Pope's " Dying Christian," Sterne's
"Story of be Fevre," and the chamber act in "Henry
IV." Mr. Meeneady mentioned that he had read at
Dorchester for the Independeute, and had offered to
read for the Church Schools at Weymouth, on certain
conditions, which were the same as those imposed in the
present ewe, but as those conditions were not complied
with the routing did not take place. He mentioned this to
show that in this matter he steed quite apart Erne' sectarian
feeling. The Rev. JAN. FLEMISH, M.A., minister of All
Sainte Episcopal Chapel, Beth, presided on the occasion.
At the close of the reading, the CHAIRMAN fOIN3 sad said :
Ladies sad gentlemen,— e cannot, I thiuk, allow Mr.
Macready to leave the room without offering to him the
beet assinence of our thanks on this occasion of his last
resid ia Sherburne. I feel it a happiness to be permitted
to here to-night : Ara, beesees, as a chewer's el
the Church of Wand, to which I am firmly attached, I
always rejoice at soy natty that preemie itself of emot-
ing my sioneneforedet —(clssers)—and I am thank.
tel that not a few are to be found of us and of them, who,
ea this sad other OCkAMOON era lay aside their external dif -
foresees, and extend the hand of ChriMian fellowship.
(Loud applause.) Secondly, I feel it a privilege to be allowed
to offers tribute M the character of my friend, Mr. Macready.
He is 'heat to leave • place where, during the whole of
his resiiimes, be has Mend the luxury of doing gad.
(Applause.) His voice will be heard in &arbors., no more ;
but I am oonfelent that his silent Indere°, will long be felt,
and that the memory of ninny a kind word and look,
many a benevolent set, and many a deed of Christian cha-
rity will long ramie written on the Warta of all who
real know him.(Applaues.) I am sure that it will be most
gratifying to Mr. Macready to carry away with him to-night
some expression of our sympathy and esteem. I lug,
therefore, to propose" That a vote of thank, he now pre-
muted to W. C. lfacreelyr, Esq., accompanied by a sinew.
desire that thel's best blessing may rest on himself and
family wherever they gm" (Lou.! applause.)
The nedut ion was seconded by the Rev. E. N. HINNING,
who Mid that he had come there with no intention of speak-
ing, but he could not allow the resolution which had been
' proposal by his reverend brother to lass without rising to
mend it. He hoped that he had always hem on friendly
terms with his nonconformist brethren]. (Applause.) Per-
sonally, he could not trust himself to speak of the dinar-
tun of Mr. Unready from Sherburne. He would lose a
tried and valued friend in Mr. Macready, and he believed
the day would one when the mulde Sherborne would
feel also that they had lost a valuable friend, and one who
' had done so much for the town of Sherburne. (Loud
"taTot) e was carried with acclamation, and Mr. Me:ready
having lariedy responded, the company separated. —AR.
&Wide Annie/.

TKO SOCIAL EVIL IN HULL. —The police 'tittle-
ties of 1850 for the borough ot Hull, Just polished, reveal
the feet that there were 20 brothels "well conducted" an
against 13 in 1666 ; 57 ~f the second class " well conducted,
and frequented by the middle classes and youths," as against
59 in 104; sod 152 " dienrderly houses, frequented by the
lower urgers and thieves," as against 177. The diminution
ix, therefore, N. The housed of acoornmoobition classified
in a similar manner are reported to he, of the first clam 5
in 1659 so against 6in 1658 ; of the second, 15 against 37 ;
and of the third class, 25 against 31; or a total diminution
of 32. With regard to the known prostitutes, the numbers
are 8111 as against 563 in 1858. Of there in 1650 there were
100 between the ages of 15 and 90, against 67 in the pre.
vious year ; between 911 and 25 years of age, 240 agaidst
265; between 25 and 30, 1111 against 113 ; and above 30
years, 121 against 118.-- Easter» (Amt.:tee Herald.
OOVERNMCNT ENIOZATION TO AUNTRALIA.—The
Chalice, 972 tons, belonging to Messrs. (\Awl. of Liver-
pool, sailed from Southampton on Tuesday, with govern-
ment emigrants, for Sydney, New South waft. Abe took
out 3P4 married couples, 1 single men, 105 single women,
2:1 Is,. and 31 girls between cue and twelve years of age,
and if infants, being a totul of 356 web, equal to 325 statute
adults. The emigrunts are under the care of Surgeon-Super-
intendent J. U. Saeger Mr. Henry Spicer acting aa echoed.
loa•Wr, sad NW Richardson se mires.