The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-05 00:00:00

BAZTL9E 410 PORZION BLIMAROCL/17.

The anniversary meeting of this society took
place yeeterday at Exiter-hell, and was very name-
mealy attended. The chair wee takes by the Bad of
SHATTISHUHT, and on tuclakerni wee the Bishops of
Leaden, Winchester, Cal and Cashel, the Ron. A.
%brand, Mr. T. Farm.,, the'Rev. Dr. M`Leed, tie Ray.
Dr. Rifles, the Rev. W. 'Anhui, to.
From the report it appeared that the anipte of the year
ending March 31, anceated those of say preceding yen.
(excluding the ',said feeds). The amount spoilable to the
general porpoise of the wady was 28,1iN71: Is, sad the
mama amend for Bibles sad Testainentee=ll. fa Id.,
making the toll receipts from the emcee
of income 164,9061. Be. Id., being 5,6671. os. more
than in any fawner year. To the show was added
the snm of 8231. 12s. 6d. for the Chasse New
Testament Fond, sad 4,3321. 16e. 9d. far the spedal
fund for India, makag a grand total of 160,0621. 19e. 4d.
The isms of the society for the yew wen as Wean :
Prom the depot at hoses, 989,287; from depots sbesed,:
636,0911-1,023,9116 woks, being sa harem of 23,208 copies
over tales of any preceding year. TM total lama of the
society amounted to 36,809,931 woke. The oedinary
payments had amounted to 163,6901.7 e. 9d„ end the pay-
ments on amount of the Jubilee and Chinese New Testament
Fends to 6,0621. 7s. 3d., making the total apeaditme of the
=.163,642/. 165., being 6,466/. 10e. 4d. mote tan in say
yew. The society was under engagements to the ex-
ist of 87,6261. 184.9 d.
The Caanutam, in pities the proceedings" adverted to
India, sad called upon the Bible Society, in conjunction with
the wane miselemary exisise, to Main on the free use of
the Holy Scriptures in the government school, in that
coentry. Whet was required was, he said, not an enforced
us of the Scriptures, but that when the natives wished to
reed them, es to bar them reed, they should be allowed to do
so. They alai no more than that, sad they would take
no lees. (Cheers.) Be then referred to hie recently pub.
Had letter with regard to Sardinia. It bed been said that
in accusing Austria be bad by laplicatlon defended the
Emperor of the French. No each inference wee justified.
In hie letter be carefully avoided all mention of France—of
anything which she had done, and of anything which she
was about to do. His object was to place in contrast the
conduct of &Mina and that of Austria as regarded religion'
linty, and he was glad to know that his language had
elicited an excellent response in the former country.
Oa the motion of the Bishop of Lonpon, seconded by the
Rev. Dr. Wlmon the repent was adopted ineithaosily.
Among Wreetaining spans were the Bishop of Car-
lisle, the Rev. Mr. a 111606, sad Mr. lodate Fester.
Several resolutions leaving been agreed to, the proceedings
termisa.ed in the ma mew.

AN ALTERNATIVE.—In a letter from Florence,
written a day before the eight of the Grand Duke, we read
that the Commander of the Forces had tendered his resigna-
tion, and that when the Grand Duke entreated him to remain
end not to abandon him in this dire extremity, the gallant
officer replied, " Your Highness, my position is a film and
moat difficult one. If you order me to march into Lombardy
and join the Austrians, I shall obey your Highness's com-
mends, but the soldiers will remain behind. If you were to
order me to join the Sardinian army, the soldiers would go,
and I should remain behind."
SOUTHAMPTON, MAT 4.—The Sultan, which ar-
eyed with the Peninsular mail on Tuesday, fell in with a
Portage/es lessens*, dieabied by tom of bowsprit and in-
jury to eMen, twenty miles eat et 'Vigo. The Bohan towed
her beck to Vigo. 'The name of the brigantine wee Deo-
Hada, she was laden with wine, and wee bound from Oporto
to St. Petersburg. On the let lust the Sultan met a
Tartish line-of-battle ship steadies south-west under steam,
and on the 3rd she met a Portuguese frigate and gunboat
standing under steam to the westward.
Us MAIL SERvics.—The Indus left Southamp-
ton yesterday with the India and China lulls, 72 passen-
gers, and 1,338 boxes of specie, and jewellery value
388,2491. Among the passeagers were Captains Cockburn
end Porter; Lieutenants Herr sad T. Taylor ; Areartant-
Pleat. Ike. The Argo also left yesterday for New
teXa with mails, renegers, and freight. An additional
steamer has been put on between Weymouth and the Chan-
nel Island& ro that there is now a mail steam packet com-
munication six times in the weak between Southampton or
Weymouth end Guernsey and Jersey. According to notices
from the Otnaral Post-office, the steamer Ceylon will lake
out the next Australian mail, the Tyne, the next
Brazilian mail, sod the Sullen the next Penin-
sular mail. Ship letter-bags will also be sent by steamers,
on the 10th to Gibraltar and Cadis ; on the Ilth to Gibraltar
sad Lisbon; on the 7th to Malta and Constantinople ; end
oaths 11th to New York. The Australian mail Is now three
days over-doe at Marreillea.
THE hum SECRET SOCIETY PIUdONERR.--
DCBLIN, WEDNESDAT.--COURT OP QUEEN'S BENCE, THIS
DAY.—At the sib ing of ibis day judgement was delivered on
the motion for admitting the Cork and Kerry prisoner, to
bail. The Chief indite and Judge Hayes were of opinion
that the Cork priennere ought sot to be admitted to ball.
Judaea Keirin and O'Brien, on the contrary, gave jodgmeat
*v their favour. The court being equally divided, there wee

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THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE AT MAUVE-
-It will be remembered that last December, Mr. dewing.,
of Borythoerm was suddimly lost all true cd, after tearo(
a beerhouse h 1 Malt m, b.r*, It le thought, at the tiles of
his dkappsanace much property apse Ital. The most
strenuous 'nations vete made for many weed• bylahrelativas
to tone him, and eventually • reward of 504, increased by
1001., was offered for his discovery alive os
01a.rallt to h
esolterneot has just beet re-occaskasad
hi
Maine by the arrest of a rout and • woman of doubtful
character, lately residing at NOrtol, Ml1t01:4 oaeutPl-
aim of haying some guilty kneeled/re of Yr. Jennings.
bens
The woman, at York, when iotosicatsd, appears to
made allusion to "robbing and dote for "on old ende-
ars at Melton. The louse occupied by the primitive has
Dem marched by the price, sad. • hat sad handkerchief
teed wbk are thought to ham boraYir. Jenatinp's pro-
=The Firemen were an Mooday brought before the
.se at birPou, sad were reasnded.—Nmieltester
Semolina..
FLUIPSHIRE MILITIA ARTILLERY.—Ono hundred
eon sad tour officers of this 'tensest mitred at Pembroke
as bloaday, snorere stationed ate: Port Barracks in
mild
of ths chasch of Royal ery which left then*
quarters last weed for Maarawy. Than. is secommodatioa
moult at Perv'orokc sufficient for the whole regiment. Tha
*her fortika.ions at rembrote aretotally utwuppliwl with
troop',