The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-16 00:00:00

TEE P4S.ANOLICAN SYNOD.

The first of s series of services, under the
sanction of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the
Bishop of London on behalf of home and foreign
missions, took place on Saturday at the church of
St. LIWMICe Jewry, Greahaimstreet, City, and it
having been announced that the Bishop of London would
himself inaugurate these services, and preach a ser-
mon at 4 p.m., the church was thronged by a most rupee-
taMe congregation, including a large number of the clergy
of the metropolitan diocese. The service commenced
the sounds of sacred musts in the distance, which
gradually became louder and louder and at last
wee asimapenied by the organ, as the choir, sena,
slatinga of about 70 boys, priests, and acolytes, each
in a white cope or uplift of the precise Roman
catholic cut, over long black gowns or cassocks, entered
the body of the church, and passed down the middle aitle
in prooewon in twos, chanting the piece of music which
had been set down for them. On reaching the front of the
communion, where two priests had been previously sta-
tioned, they filed off right and left, the younger boys taking
precedence, the more mature following, and taking up their
positions on either side of the altar railings, where stalls
had been provided for their accommodation. The priests
followed, the last two being the Rev. Morgan Cowie, rector
of St. Lawrence Jewry, and his curate ; and then, by him-
self in the full robes of a bishop of the Anglican church,
came the substitute for the Bishop of London, the chant-
ing continuing till every one was in his place, the rector
and his curate kneeling on cushions which had been placed
outside the enclosure of the communion, whilst the bishop
entered within and knelt down first in front, and after by
the aide of the communion table. The Litany was then
intoned by the curate, and the lessons and collects for
the day by the rector, the Rev. Morgan Cowie, and the re-
spools,' chanted throughout, as wall as the Lord's Prayer,
by the choristers and clergy. At the conclusion of the ser
vice the Right Rev. Dr. Whipple, Bishop of Louisiana,
ascended the pulpit, and preached a sermon from the 28th
chapter of St. Matthew, and the 19th verse. He pointed out
the advantage, which the spread of the gospel had contributed
to society in America, end the regeneration it bad effected
even amongst the negro races of that continent. Educa-
tion, he contended, unless combined with iritual instruc-
tion, had not that effect in producing C • ity sod
morality amongst people which it had where such combi-
nation existed. Its effect was shown in that, the noblest
and most extensive city in the world, where, since be
had visited England some fifteen or sixteen years ago,
upwards of 100 beautiful edition in the shape of churches,
each in itself forming the nucleus for the propagation of
Christianity, had been erected ; whilst in Paris, during the
same period, he found that only five new churches had been
erected, and those in the place of four that had been polled
down for improvements. The objected the missions which
it was his duty to advocate in the absence of the right rev.
prelate, who would have done it so much better than him-
self, was to propagate that Christianity and that spiritual
education not only in their own country, where it was re-
quired, but in foreign parts, and he considered it the duty
of all good Christians to aid in so useful and desirable an
object. At the conclusion of the sermon the bishop again
entered within the communion railings, end another por-
tion of the church service was chanted whilst the offertory
was being collected. At the conclusion of the benediction
the procession was re-formed, and the offertory purses
having been placed in a gilt dish on the communion table, it
was carried by the rector before the bishop into the vent/
room, a chant being continued the whole time until every
one had disappeared behind the screen leading to the
vestry. The organ then played a voluntary until the
church was mainly cleared of the conggarvgation, and the
proceedings were brought toe close.—
Yesterday morning there was &resumption of the services,
and with them another mistake with regard to the preacher
for the day. It had been announced that yesterday morn-
ing the sermon would be on matters connected with the
church in Ireland, by the Very Rev. Dr. W. Alexander,
late Dean of Emly, Bishop Designate of Deny and
Raphoe, and there was a vast congregation. But
when a procession (similar to that already de-
scribed) entered the church the Bishop Designate of Dwu
and Replan was absent. His place was supplied
by the Right Rev. Dr. W. Walrond Jackson, Bishop
of Antigua, who was attended by a considerable body of
the clergy. The Bishop of Antigua preached from the
the 6th chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel, verse 10, •'Thy
kingdom come."
At the dose of the sermon the offertory collection was
made, and the Holy Communion was administered. The
rector announced that the " Holy sacrifice" would be
offered every day during the week, although it might be I
that there would be some change in the order of bishops
who would be present.
A preliminary meeting of bishops will be held on
an early day next week to arrange for the precise counts to
be adopted at the opening of the Conform*. on the
24th inst.

Tan ABYSSINIAN Erszemow.—On Saturday the
National Steamship Company's steamer Queen, under
command of Captain Grogan, sailed from the Mersey for
Bombay, rid the Cape of Good Hope. The Quest, is
capable of carrying, with slung hammocks, 3,000 men.
()BoLax& oa TEI Tras.—Tbe collier brig Jarrow
reached the Tyne on Friday, with one of her crew, Charles
Knight, aged 30, ill of cholera. He was attended by Dr.
Coward, of South Shields, who found him in a state of col-
lapse, and he died in the afternoon. Him remains were
taken out to sea on Saturday and sunk in deep water.
The Jarrow had discharged a cargo at London from Hel-
singfore, and the deceased had joined her in the Thames
for the run down. He was in his usual health until Thurs-
day last, when he was seised jat sea with a violent attack
of diarrhoea and vomiting. It is said that the Jarrow had
one of her crew dead at Gravesend also. The Jarrow is
one of the old collier clam. The rest of her crew remain
healthy. She will be kept in quarantine until Monday
(to-flay).
OZZAT NORTHMAN HOSPITAL, CALIDONIAN-ZOAD
Limaoros. Number of patients for the week ending
Sept 14,1,028, of which 201 were new wee.

royal highness, who is now nearly 23 years of age. most
have risen rapidly in the service. But princes must have
their privileges, and not be kept " down," as Bean Brum-
mere " Fat Friend " need to complain he was. because his
father George LIL would not allow him," on constitutional
grounds," to be anything more than a colonel of dragoons.
From the dates we have given it appears that the
Galatea may arrive at any moment towards the end of
August, and it is therefore not too early to prepare for
giving the Queen's son a right hearty welcome. Aa yet the
only speech on the subject which has been made in the
Assembly is the characteristic one of Mr. Strangways.
who, looking upon the Admiralty as merely a marine I
board on a large semis, began to criticise their letter as
soon as the official despatch was read, and to accuse my
lords of want of knowledge in Australian geography on
the assumption that they looked upon Hobart Town and
Van Diemen's Land as two different places. A. charitable
construction of my lords' language might have inferred
simply that they looked upon the city in question as so
insignificent that it required is...trovincial designation to
as Identify it, just we might of "Adelaide, South
Australia ;" but as it is considerably more than ten years
since tho very name of Van Diensn's land was utterly
abolished, it is surely not musesonable to expect that
the Admiralty should by this time have become
cognizant of the fact. Be this as it may, however, we
cannot suppose that this little bit of " sareastical " malls,
mentary criticism could hare been intended as disloyal ;
1 for Mr. Strangways would be the last to show the least in-
clination for " throwing off imperial restraints." In the
neighbouring colonies people are already puzzled as to the
best mode of expressing their loyalty. Municipal ooun-
cWors in the neighbourhood of Melbourne are bent up=
making a great display with lamp-posts and gas—a bright
colour for the posts and an unlimited supply of light for
the lamp.; whilst Mr. McCulloch, in the Assembly, states
that great alterations and improvements are to be made at
Tomsk, where his royal highness is expected to become •
guest during the chief part of his stay in Australia.
Victoria and Melbourne, in facts will spare nothing as the
time draws nigh in the assertion of their claims as the
leading colony and the chief city of the antipodes. This
will no doubt pot Sydney upon her mettle. But we in
South Australia have nothing to do with this struggle
for the highest place. All that we have to see to is
that the Prince shall be loyally and hospitably wel-
comed. Unless we are tolunderstand from the Admi-
ralty despatch that he will call at Swan River, this will
be the first British soil on which he will set foot in the
southern hemisphere, and he must be made to feel that he
is at home. The great evil generally in such cases lathst
there is too much ceremony and twaddle—too many. ad-
dresses from corporations, Glorious Apollos, and other
public bodies. Artemus Ward gives us a hint on this sub.
'set in his " Interview with the Prince of Wales." He
says, " I axed him how he liked beia Prinoe as fur as he'd
got?" And the reply was—" To speak plai Mister
Ward, I don't much like it. I'm sisk of all thisn, beano
and serapin, and cmwlin and human over • boy like IBC
I would rather go through the country quietly and enjoy
myself in my own way. When the Inge cheer me I feel
, pleased, fur I know they mean it ; but if thee' one-horse
offishuls 000ld know I see threw all their moves, and
understand :only what they air after, and know'd
how I larft at 'em in private, they'd stop kisain my
hand and fawnin over me as they now do. But you
know, Mr. Ward, I can't help taro • Prince, and I
must do all I ken to fit myself for the pendahnn I
may some time occupy. This so pleased Artetaus that,
after shaking the Prince warmly by the hand, he gave him
a perpetooal fns pare" to his show, and ""also parses
to take hum for the Queen and Prince Albert." If the
reports published at the time spoke truly, the people of
Canada were fairly open to a little stream of this kind.
They bored the Prince until be was glad to escape from
them. Perhaps amongst all the suggestions for making
the Prince completely happy during his proposed visit
the neatest is one which we find in the Hobart Town daily
journal. The fates have so willed it that the Champion
Races in that city are to take place at about the same time
that his royal highness is expected to be in Australia
and it is therefore proposed that the race committee shall
communicate with the Prince in order to secure his at-
teadanes at the rear In fact, the editor leaves a doubt
intim mind ea to whether the races are to be for the
Prince or the Prince for the races, though be
admits that such an event as that of the arrival of
his royal highness in these colonies could not be over-
looked by the government They would have to invite
and fate his royal highness in the event of his accepting
their invitation. But after all, it is asked, ""ought not
the Champion Bats Committee to make some move in
the matter, so as to suture the presents" of his royal high.
nee' during the Carnival week ? " It turns out, however,
that the races are not to take place till January—a dream-
, stance that would so prolong the royal visit that perhaps
the Prince would be able just to all in at South Australia
again, with • view to be present at our agricultural show
next Marsh ! But whatever nonsense may be spoken or
written on this subject, there is no doubt that the colonists
as a whole will act both sessibly and loyally in the
reception of their royal visitor. They may not attach
much political importance to the event; but socially ,
it is one of considerable interest. The times
have, indeed, changed when the people of these
distant possessions of the crown can enjoy the honour
of entertaining on their own shores • member of
the royal family. At one time the shortest sea voyage was
too much for a prince. That Solomon of the British throne
—King James the First—was many weeks making up his
mind as to whether he should let his son, " baby Charles,"
venture all the way to Madrid ; and when at lest the sweet
youth was allowed to go, great wee the anxiety of the
royal father about the woollen hose that were requisite
for keeping the princely feet warm during so long and
stormy a voyage. Since that time, it is true, royal same
have not been uncommon. But, after all, it is reserved
for ourselves to see print's; starting upon transatlantic and
antipodean voyages as though they were merely about to
take an ordinary continental tour.

TEE OAKS COLLIERY SEARCH.—Four shifts of
men, in air dresses, were kept at work till four o'clock on
Saturday afternoon, but without any satidwory result.
Th hay* dug completely round the body discovered on
Friday, but owing to its being so wedged in with debris of
wood, Iron, and rope, they are unable to extricate it. The
officials would have employed a fifth shift, but the sudden
lowering of the barometer, which always canoes • corres-
ponding income of pa, prevented them doing so. Opera-
tions will be resumed this morning.
Fine IN Ozeonn-eraser.—Between seven and
eight o'clock last night • fire which at one time threat-
ened serious consequences took places in Hanvray-street.
Oxford-strert. At the time mentioned lames were ob-
served issuing from the house numbered 27, occupied by
Mr. O'Gorman, baby-linen warehouseman. The engines
soon arrived, and by half-past eight succeeded in extin-
guishing the fire—the house wherein it originated being
completely gutted, and those on either side being damaged
by water. Then was no one in the house es the time of
the outbreak, the family being at church ; and as to the
origin of the fire, which commenced in the lower part of
the building, nothing could be gleaned.
LIBRARY ComrANT (Liserren).—The seventh or-
dinary general meetieg of the above-named company was
held on Saturday at the Loehr= Hotel, Portland-place,
to receive the report of the directors, to elect directors
and auditors, and to transact other business. Mr. Rendle
was in the chair. The repose stated that the revolt of the
business of the past six months was mast satisfactory, es.
ciallyefter the late very severe financial crisis ; and that
the business bad not suffered so much as might have been
expected, the receipts, he., for the past half-year having
been very nearly equal to those for the correeponding
period of 1866, and the directors reported that there woe
• sum of 4,7271. 6s. 6d. to be dealt with. Instead of pay-
ing the shareholders in cash the directors have resolved
to carry out the suggestion of several members of the com-
pany to pay all the 74 and 6 per cent. shareholders • divi-
dend in books, preference shares, or debenture bonds ; and
they further propose that • bonus shall be given equal to
the amount of one year's dividend to be handed over to
all the 7i and 6 per cent. shareholders representing the
rums due for the year ending October 30,1868, the ameeet
of bonus to be paid at the option of the sharelsoLlers in
books, preference shares, or debenture bonds. The chair-
men moved the adoption of the repori,whials was seconded
by Major Farrell, R.A.

The acting of this piece is broad and effective. Mr.
Creswicic represents • very conventional part—an outcast
in peplum pointed trimmers, who loves nature and dis-
courses upon the wo-ders of light and heat, the birds of
the air and the fishes of the sea, sometimes in the style of
the furnace-man in the " Old Curiosity Shop," some-
times in the style of Gaga. Mr. Creswick is too good
and experienced an actor to make any part ridiculous, but
we have men him to better advantage than in Nobody's
Child. Mr. Voltaire is an excellent comedian,
with considerable passional force, who knows
bow to lay the colours en thick fora large and not over
discriminating audience. It would be as foolish and un-
just to blame the author, the esters, Lea the managers for
supplying this kind of eabadoinsasat at the Surrey, as it
would to blame the newmendors of the neighbourhood for
selling low clam periodicals, and the brokers for selling
ill-
designed and showy furniture, or pictures of the tea-
board style of painting. Tradesmen must be tradesmen.
Mr. Watts Phillips's dialogue, whatever we may think of
'Sic cynicism and his habit of pasting little Boohefoucauld
and Talleyrand-ismillinto the mouthaof villagers and other

people anhltely to' utter them. is better literature than
Barmy audiences usually get, end so tar we are thankful
The managers, Mesas. Shepherd and Ottawa*, have a
large' sties, and they show • laudable desire to mount
their dramas with all that pictorLd and realistic cromplete-
ness that is now the fashion at the cautrallhousee. True
to die Ceas owed as mesh to the essatopeintses and dress-
makers as to the author, sad -11se present drama
has real horses, • real coach, and a real pig, to say nothing
of tl e little pasteboard representations of these things,
which Mr. Boucicault, we believe, was the first to discover
the value of. These little panorainle effects, during the
display of which the chief actors generally stead listlessly
on the stage, like lecturers before • dissolving view at the
Polytechnic, appear to make the whole world kin. At
the Princess's, the Holborn, or the Surrey, there moms to
be no surer way of arousing the enthusiasm of en audience
than by exhibiting poop-show figures, who gradually in-
crease
in size as they slide down the scenery at the beak
of the stage, until they am at bet replaced by the real
horse and the real cart, drawn on as sear as possible to the
footlights.
Mr. William CAlloott, and his brother, Mr. Albert Coll-
ect*, have painted and oonetructed some excellent massive
scenes for Nobody's Child, the principal one being • built_
up ravine by Mr. William Calloott. After ma/ring due
allowance for the heavy character of the scenery, and the
delays inseparable from • tint night, we think nearly had
an hour consumed between each set is a little exciseeive.

A new low oomedbui from the country, named Mr. lid-
ward Terry, made a favourable fast impearance in a new
faros, by Mr. T. J. Williams, called A Cure for the Fidijetr,
and also in the new drama. Miss G. Pauncefort played
the aid female character in Nobody's Child—a village girt
who loves and is repeatedly saving the life of the mama—
in her usual creditable manner. Mr. Holster. Alm de-
serves a strong word of praise for his fruity performance
of the small part of a drunken sailor. The house was
crowded to suffocation, and the enthusiasm of the audi-
awe was as boundless as the sea.