The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-21 00:00:00

TRAMICASS IN TII e CITY.

Mr. HA Y WOOD. surveyor to the commirelon, brought up a
report upon the subject of iron tramway,. which wee ordered
to he printed and circulated among the members of the
court.

SANITARY STAIR OF THE CITY,

Dr. Lrrit of health, presented his
sweat weekly repot', from which it appeared that, Notwith-
standing the sudden :all of the temperature to as unefully
low degree, the slats of Us public health within the City was
highly satisfactory.

DEATH OF LORD HOLLAND.—We have to an-
-1100.13C0 the death of Lord Holland Intelligence of whose
dame° at Naples has been received by telegraph from that
capital. The mournful occurrence took place on Sunday,
after a short but severe illness. The deceased, Henry Ed-
ward Fos, Baron Holland of Holland, county Lincoln, and
Ems Holland of natty, county Wilts, in the peerage of
Great Britain, was only eon of Henry, third baron, by hie
marriage with Elizabeth daughter of Mr. Richard Vasa].
The deceased peer was Dorn 7th March, 1802. and married
9th May, 1533, Lady May Augusta Coventry, only daughter
of the late Earl of Coventry. The late lord entered the
diplomatic service in July, 1831, and was for some time
atabe to the embassy at St. Petersburg, whence be re-
moved in 1832 to Turin as Secretary of Legation. In July,
1835, he proceeded to Vienna in a similar capacity, and con-
tinued there till Aril, 1838, what his lordship was ap-
pointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confede-
ration. Having held that poet up to Dec. the same year, ha
removed to Florence, where he was resident minister up to
June, 1816, whoa, on vacating that poet at the Court of
Tuscany, he retired altogether from diplomatic duties,
we believe, from the indifferent state of hie health. On the
de.th of his father, in October. 1810, he 'exceeded to the
title and family wives. His lordship nut leering :any Woe
the barony becomes i attar, and the valuable family estate at
Kimaington, we understatA, goes to hie only sister, Lady
Ldford.

THE RELIGIOU, DISSENSIONS IN Sr. GEORGE'S,
EAFT.—Yesterday evening a public meeting of the inhabi-
tants of St. George'e•in-the-Fact was held at the school-
room of the district church of St. Mary, in the same perish,
for the purpose of coo sedating the present ecelealsatical condi-
tion of the parioh, end the conduct of the rector in ceiling
to:his aid the pelku constables of the district, to enable him
to perform divine crevice. Mr. Churchwarden Thompson
was called to the chair. Mr. Smith moved the first resolu-
tion—" That the conduct of the Rev. Bryan King, the
rector of this with, in his many innovations in the forms
and practices of performing divine, service in the parish
church, and the uneeseuly decoration of the communion
table, so as to reremble the &omen catholic altar, contrary to
the faith and feeling* of the protretent poiohionere, and cal-
culated to lead to Itouutnisui in its most Idolatrous form, to-
gether with 'Memnon, and aloe in introducing police into
the parish church. n eiders him unworthy of our esteem cod
reaped• and this meeting pledge themselves to 1108
every legal meets in their power to abolish those in-
novations and di ooratiotte, and not to cease their endeavours
until a law in obtained to prevent any repetition of such in-
aosratione and mellow in future."—Mr. Herbert seconded
the resolution, which was agreed to.--Mr. Neale moved, and
Mr. Paine emended, a resolution deprecatory of the remit
paocesdinirs taken in the seclesiaaticel sad police courts
against certain of the parishioners.—Mr. Stephen', Mr.
Compton, Mr. Youngimoband, and other gentlemen having
spoken, a petition to parliament and a memos ial to the Queen
were unenemouoly agreed to. The former docuresat em-
bodied the sabot:wee of the resolutions, nod pray ed that some
remedy may be devised whereby the key, as the integral
porting of the church, 'lily have a cheap and Speedy mode of
redress of such Itrisvems e as tbooe under which the peti-
timers suffer, in the absence of any effectual means for re-
straining or removior an etrteg or wrone-niioded incum-
bent of a meth. The latter document preyed her Majesty
to command the Royal Commission also to publish a pro-
testant catechism and hymn-book.

SNOWING •UP OF TILE NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.
The snow-etorm has nocuioned en unpreetiented blockade of
the traffic between Edinburgh and 13.ralek-on-T weed. The
stoppage bee taken place in the deep cuttings between Inner-
wick and Cookburnapath, (set of Dunbar, ',hien have beta
filled up with the drifting snow to the extent of revers' nffies,
and in moms pl.ces to the depth of about eleven feet.
The feet train from Berwick on Sunday morning wand
through with roma difficulty, but the ordinary train
following it was unable to clear the obstruction. Yester-
day morning thu line wu again reported but both
the morning train and the mail train due bar at 11.6 A.m.
wars caught in the drift and cnrop'.t-lv mowed up, and
in conionu.nee the up trains from Edinburgh proceeded no
further then Dunbar. The with Barwick-
on-Tweed and the north-east of England, and with Loudon
was, however, kept up by the use of the lialeo and Tweed-
aide line, by which route the through train. for the
• mouth were yeeterday dui:etched. The morning express
from Loud. -n, due bete at 8 20 p.m., did not arrive till put
midnight, owing to tie taking the longer route, and to the
hooted stale of the lino generally in the latter half of its
journey. We uuderatand that motion exertion., ire being
made to clear the wain lire to Berwick, and extricate the
snowed-up trains, but the re-ripening t f the tionnunuiratUtt
'hurt. of a one, depend on the state of the weather.—Edow
burgh Lbwrisal.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.-ei
The boo performance of thu Mast/. take. Owe nntrid.g
next, Dec. 23. Principal singers, Madame Ruderic
Mira Dolby, Mr. NEM Revue, sad Manor BOWEL
CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILL'S° BAT...
Turnoar, I)Ec. 20.—.1.1.niseania re) %aynauit, 673; eft 11l
swam Mats. 648; total visitors, 1,123.