The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-17 00:00:00

The Eclipse Middle of The Rape
begins I the Eclipse. I end&

At Loudon
At Oxford
At (Ambridge
At Dublin
At Edinburgh

h. m.

h. m.

1 IV p.m. 2 49 p.m.
1 32 p.m. 2 42 p.m.
1 39 p.m. 2 48 p.m.
1 3 p.m. 2 18 p.m.
1 17 p.m. 2 26 p.m.

1 m.

3 54
p.m.
3 48 p.m.
3 53 p.m.
3 ZZ p.m.
3 31 p.m.

nect.sary ;

To view the eclipse dark glasses are
these should be prepared beforehand.
There is nothing better than a piece of smoked
glass (smoked by being plunged into the flame of
a candle, not held above it), which admits of
graduation of the intensity of the shade, by having
thicker layers of soot at one end. A second glass
should be tied upon the smoked side, and separated
by small blocks at the ends for the protection of
the smoked surface.

Observers who are furnished with thermometer*
may take observations every ten minutes during
the eclipse, and less frequently for some time both
before and after. The dry and wet bulb ther-
mometers should be screened from the rays of the
sun four feet above the soil, and fully exposed to
Ithe movement of the air ; a blackened bulb ther-
mometer should be fully exposed to the sun, but
protected from currents of air : it may rest on forks
of wood so that the bulb is from one inch to two
inches above the soil.
Although the phenomena of this eclipse in Eng-
land will fall far short of those in the line of totality,
yet it is the largest of any solar eclipse that will
happen here till the 22nd day of December, in the
year 1870 ; and the next, and only one in this
century, will be in the year 1887, on August 19,
and which will be nearly total.

THE LONDON COFFEE AND RATING HOUSE
KEEPERS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.

The twenty-third annual meeting of this moods-
Lion wee held left evening at the Freetuaeons' Tavern, Great
Queen-street, Liocoherumfields, for the purpose of rr
caving the annual !spurt d thscommittee and electing the
silken for the frmaing year. Mr. Eldred, the president of
Use association, having been voted to the chair, fr. lingers,
the seenelary, read the report of the committee of inau.ige•
curt, white congratulated the members of the association
on the waveform slate of its foods, the income of the
rat year having exceeded that of the pceviou year by
the sum of IW. The committee had been enabled to
early on the business of the society without drawing any of
thseapital, notrithsteoding that they bad added two pen-
dia.ra to their list during the put year ; and they bad
every reason to hope that by a steady perseverance on the
put of its members, the institution would soon be able to
fault 'among the first of the benevoleut charities of this
great metropolis. The interest on the stock in the National
Debt-ofilce for the past year had been 1351. 'OIL, and
the total of the sum invaded there was now 3,6991. Rs. 6d.
The number of pensioners at present on the fund of the in-
siltation was lA, and the whole of the demands upon the asso-
ciation lad been paid up to the present time. The coin•
mitts, bed two worthy and eligible persons applying for
the begat et the institutiou, which they recommended to
the oherMable consideration of the members, whose ap-
rsithey solicited to have them placed on the pension
rmehaut an election, in order to save them anxiety and
mimes, the committee crmaalsring that with the increase
ai sew members and the satiotackey state of the finances
they were justified in so doing. The annual dinner, which
took place in April List, and which was presided over by
l'i.coant Rightism, M.P., exceeded id point of numbers
an, anniversary dinner is connexion with the society which
hid Lama piece of late years, the noble chairman having
given the liberal donation of tan guineas to the funds. The
annual excursion to ItualierrUle on Tuesday last was well
attended, and the committee felt satisfied that
the insult would prove sot only a profit to
the institotiou, bet as Inducement to encourage
future entertainments of • similar character:TlC

tobaroltso6 Mad so Iwora Erb( the year at
4131. 1011. 1111., sad SO of =IL tr. baths
• bahre• is the lissis of the Dormer of Hit tar. 6.1. Ow
the robes of Mr. Ilimmed, ateinditd by Mr. Hay, the
repot was lidintawle Mie
ea Om
sod the two pardon re-
ferred to in it as Om parks Ibt
were added, to that • .6stsie of the raorromistion
the committee. Mr. Naiad Layer was feted preei-
deut, sal Mr. Hay viespreeliest for the areles year.
Mr. Sherywrid haring bees rowiected borrow, awl Mr.
lb pre wicretary, the auditors, tooter, sad committee
were next appointed, whoa the pruceoliop aloud with the
usual vote of thanks to the cholera.