The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-07 00:00:00

SURACT W. YORILIMIRS.

A smart shower at half-past 11 this morning
delayed the commencement of play in this match at the
Oval till 20 minutes past 12, when Jupp and Humphreys
resumed their places at the respective wickets, the bowling
being continued by Freeman and Luke Greenwood. It was
up to the previous night's quality, eleven oven (six of
them maidens) being delivered for nine runs, when Jupp
was bowled off his pad by Freeman, making the first
Surrey wickets for Zi runs. Griffith followed, but he stood
but a very short time, as Luke Greenwood sent down a
good one, which carried away his middle stump—two for
twenty-six, and letting in Mortlock. Whoa oar despatch
left at 1 o'clock the score stood thus :
SURREY—AM Itutingt.
Jupp. b Freeman l6
Humphrey. not oat ll
Ilurtlock, not out 1
lbl,wl

Total ...

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30

A MARKER TO VOLUNTEERS ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT. —We learn from Shrewsbury this morning that the
marker to the Ellesmere Volunteers, a deaf and dumb boy,
the son of the drill sergeant, was accidentally shot dead at
the range last night. An inquiry into the circumstances
will be held to-night.

From July 1, 1866, to March 21,1867, California
exported 2,797,853 bushels of wheat valued at 5,623,648
dollars ; of this value, 3,492,810 dollars was sent to
Europe, 1,222,769 to the Atlantic States, 241,675 to
Australia, and 166,365 to China.

CONFISMATION OF THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER.
(THIs DAY.)—This morning the ceremony of confirming
the election of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Ugh Claughton, of
Trinity College, Oxford, late vicar of Kidderminster, to
the Bishopric of Rochester, rendered vacant by the death
of the Right Rev. Dr. Wigram, took place with much cere-
mony. The lord bishop elect, who ass habited in a black
robe, was received by Dr. Travers Twin, the vicar-general
of the Archbishop of Canterbury, at the parish church of
St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapaide, where other officers of the
province had assembled.

THE Ray. CANON GINDLIRTONIC AND HIS CHURCH-
WANDS:DK—The disputed right of the Rev. Canon Girdle-
stone to nominate one of the churchwardens for Halberton
has been decided by Archdeacon Freeman in the canon's
favour, the archdeacon having directed that the nominee
of the vicar, Mr. Martin, be one of the churchwardens of
the parish, and Mr. Clarke the other. It is said to be the
intention of the farmers who dispute the right to appeal
to a superior court—Denied Gazette.

Tai FLOWZR SERMON AT ST. JANZEI, MITRE.
SQUARE, ALDOATI.—This interesting service will be held
as usual, next Whit Tuesday evening, at St. James's
Church, Mitre-square. The young people attending this
special service bring with them bouquets of flowers, and
the sermon is on some floral text. The sermon will be
preached by the Rev. W. M. Whittemore, D.D., the
rector of the parish ; the musical of it will be sus-
tained by members of the Cathedral choir, under the kind
and able superintendence of the vicar choral.—Ciry Press.
THE CHARITY CHILDREN AT ST. PAUL'S. —The
cathedral musical service, accompanied on the organ
strengthened in full passages by the resonant tones of four
trumpets (Messrs. T. Harper, Irwin, Jones, and Ward),
and the simultaneous rolling of drums (Mr. Pheasant) was
as interesting, solemn, and impressive as ever. The children,
who in the interval had been carefully drilled by Vicar-
Choral H. Buckland (conductor), assisted at every rehearsal
bythat admirable musician, Mr. Goge Cooper, °quad of
the Chapel Royal and St. Sepulchre's, deputy-organ ust at St.
Paul's, and Mr. Goss's invariable associate at these anal-
veresries, sang even better than on former occasions—so
well, indeed, for the most part, *Mere think they could be
safely intrusted with a still more considerable share in the
performanceof theday. We suggested last year that they
might be allowed to join in theopening aentenceof Handel's
Coronation Anthem—" Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the
Prophet, anointed Solomon K ing"(before the pmyer for the
Queen), which for stately simplicity is unsurpassed even
by Handel himself. The addition of their young, fresh,
and penetrating voices would, if possible, enhance the dig-
nity of the preamble. But the time is perhaps not ripe for
such an innovation. And yet never do we remember the
purges in which the children join sung with greater vigour,
in better time,orwith truer intonation. Nor could this noble
and majestic anthem, which 30 eloquently conjures up
the notion of a vast multitude rejoicing with praise and
thanksgiving, be given under any circumstances in a manner
more calculated to edify an attentive and devout congrega-
tion. It is in such grand combinations of harmony that
Handel stands aloof from all other composers. Of this
the " Hallelujah," from the Messiah, which, according
to custom, brought the service to an end, is
almost a more striking, as it is oertainly a more elaborate
example than even the Coronation Anthem. If Handel
himself had heard this chorus of glorification with thou-
sands of young voices adding force to the most emphatic
passages, he would in all probability have been not less pro-
foundly moved than was Haydn with the unison chant, and
Hector Berlioz, half a century later, with the unison psalm,
the fine "Old Hundredth" ("All people that on
earth do dwell "), yesterday, again, perhaps the most cha-
racteristic and irresistible performance of the children.
In both the "Te Deum " and " Jubilate " of Mr. Goss,
the vocal parte being in unison, the children joined ; and
this afforded an idea of cong:egational singing of which
there have been many dreams but few realisation&
The only innovation to speak of in the programme of
yesterday's service was the fact of the children joining
audibly in the Apostle's Creed and the Lord's Prayer—
an experiment only partially attempted last year. The
effect of this, in the Lord's Prayer, where the pitch of the
intoning key-note was, under the circumstances, tolerably
well sustained (in the other by no means the case) was
highly impressive, and if encouraged and trained to go On,
there is no apparent reason why, on a future omission, the
children should not join in the general oonfession, at the
beginning of service.—Times.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT A WEDDING FEETIVIIT.
—A melancholy accident occurredyesterday, at Mr. Nichol-
son's Trent Ironworks, Newark. Miss Nicholson, daughter
of the proprietor, was married yesterday morning, and the
workpeople in her father's employ, to show their gratifi-
cation, charged with powder large pianos of metal, which
are kept for rejoicinp. The metals had been discharged
three times without accident, but the fourth time one of
them exploded, and the pieces struck two schoolboys who
were looking on, named Joseph Bailey (15) and John
Cooling (11). The former was struck on the cheat, and
expired almost immediately, and the latter on the head,
and last night he was not expected to survive many hours.