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

THE CHARITY CHILDREN AT ST. PAUL'S.

The anniversary meeting of the children of the'
itetropolitsn parochial schools took place this morning at
St. Paul's Cathedral. The seats were, es usual, arranged
under the dome, and on the youthful occupants being
placed, the scene was peculiarly interesting. The musical
arrangements were similar to those of former years. The
service commenced at 12 o'clock, the sermon being
preached by the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Carlisle. At the close of the festival a collection
was made, by permission of the Right Rev. the
dean and the rev. the chapter of St. Paul's. During the
progress of the children to the cathedral the diminution in
point of numbers was noticed in connexion with some of
the City parishes. The present railway system has occa-
sioned many of the parishioners to remove to the suburbs,
thus withdrawing the support hitherto awarded the
several schools.

CRICKET.-(THIS DAY.)

SURREY r. YORKSHIRE.

This long-established county match commenced
this morning at the Oval, on wicket; of the usual excel-
lence. The weather too, contrasted with that of the
earlier portion of the week, was favourable indeed. l'p to
now, with the exception of the Colts' match, Surrey
has been inure fortunate in this respect than Middlesex.
The published lists were adhered to on both sides, and
Yorkshire having won the toes, determined to take first
innings, and sent as their representatives Holgate and
Thewles. Hew tfield and Griffiths (the latter with slows
from the pavilion end) were the bowlers. The
latter, after a few overt, changed his pace,
as Holgate bit him about ; indeed, this batsman
got the lion's share of runs, booking 25 out of the 40
which were recorded during the first 40 minutes. The
howling and fielding were none of the best and the ground
lent no assistance to the bowlers. At 44 Sewell went on
to bowl at Heartfield's end, and when our despatch left the
ground, at 1 o'clock, the score stood as follows :

YORBSIIIILE—First Innings.
J. 'MmHg, not out
If olgate, b tlrlfilth

Total

The English Yacht Clubs number 1,789 yachts
the Now York Yacht Club, .19 yachts ; the Society of
Paris Sailing Club, 16 ; the Winderiner Sailing Club and
Royal Swedish Yacht Club, 15 each; Le Cercle Nautique de
la Mediterranee and the Imperial Yacht Club of St. Peters-
burg, 12 each ; the Royal Canada Yacht Club, 10 ; and
the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 7 ; the names of the
English royal yachts are the Victoria and Albert, Alberta,
Elfin, Osborne, Black Eagle, Dapper, and Viking.
On the 19th ult. the Victoria, bearing the flag
of Lord Clarence Paget, the commanderdn-chief of the
British fleet in the Mediterranean, and the Arethusa,
Captain Macdonald, anchored off the mole•head at Algiers.
Lord Clarence Paget and the officers of the ships landed ;
and in the afternoon a considerable number of seamen were
sent on shore. In a short time both officers and wren were
careering in carriages through the beautiful drives which
surround the city, the men returning to their ships in the
evening without creating any disturbance, or leaving any
stragglers. On the 20th Lord Clarence Paget with hie
family and a party of officers went to Blidah, a distance of
about thirty miles by rail, as yet the only distance com-
pleted. Blidah is a delightful residence in the summer
time, surrounded on all aides by gardens and the famed
orange groves. The neat morning the two ships steamed
away for Gibraltar.

The Paris papers of to-day have the following :
" The day before yesterday 30 young men quitted Paris,
under the command of M. Raison, an ex-Garibahlian offi-
cer. This little band, perfectly equipped, and consisting
chiefly of students, is bound for Athens, where it will
await a favourable moment for embarking for Crete in the
famous vessel the Panhellenion."

A letter of the 30th of May from Rome says
that the priesta continued to arrive. They are determined
to be in good time for ► celebration which will occur only
on one of the very last days of this month. A great num-
ber of high church dignitaries are expected. The Arch-
bishop of Tolosa has written to have a eonvent prepared
for his accommodation and for that of 80 priests, who are
to compose his suite.

Notwithstanding the great attraction of the
races, and the unpreeedently Luge numbers of persons
who visited the Bois de Boulogne on Sunday, there were
on the same day at the Universal Exhibition no fewer then
91,000 visitors, the largest number which the turn-tables
have hitherto recorded.

The prize given by the Emperor Napoleon to be
competed for in the chess tournament, and consisting of •
Sevres vase, valued at 5,000 fr., is being exhibited at the
International Club, Paris. The play commenced on
Tuesday evening last, when the first game, between M.
Arnow de Itiviere and Mr. S. Lloyd, was won by the
former.

The Military Journal of Berlin has the following :
—" The needle gun has not to fear comparison either with
the English Snider or French Chassepot. Here is the
result of experiment' made on the 19th March last, the
temperature at 3 degrees of cold, the weather sombre, and
the soldiers inexperienced :-80 men, without knapsacks,
but with their accoutrements, lying down with their car-
touche boxes close to them, fired during 32 seconds, at
a distance of 400 paces, 350 shots, and hit the target 75
times in the hundred. These men, who had not been at
all prepared, and had been simply told to hit the target es
often as possible in the time given, fired consequently
4 1-6 shots per head, which makes about 8 rounds a
minute."

A meeting of the Neutrality Laws Commissioners
was held yesterday. Present—Lord Cranwmth, Lord
Houghton, Lord Cairns the Right Hon. S. Lushington,
the Right Hon. Sir W. Erie, Sir G. W. W. Bramwell, Sir
R. J. Phillimore, Q.C., Mr. T. Twin, Q.C., Mr. W. V. V.
Harcourt, Q.C., Mr. W. H. Gregory, M.P., and Mr. W.
E. Forster, M.P., Mr. C. S. A. Abbott, attached to the
commission, and Mr. F. P. Onslow, the Secretory, were also
present.
A meeting of the Trades Unions Commissioners
was held yesterday. Present—The Right Hon. Sir W.
Erle, chairman ; the Earl of Lichfield, Lord Elcho, M.P.,
the Eight Hon. Sir E. W. Head, Bart., K.C.8., Sir D.
Gooch, Bart., M.P., Mr. H. Iferivale, C. 8., Mr. J. Booth,
C.B. Mr. J. A. Roebuok, Q.C., M.P., Mr. F. Harrison,
and Mr. W. Mathews. Mr. J. H. Patterson, Secretary to
the Commission, was also present.
THE New Signor or Roenewree.—Dr. Claugh-
ton, Bishop elect of Rochester, has nominated as his chap-
lains the Rev. William Ralph Churton, M.A., Fellow of
King's College, Cambridp, formerly curate of St. George's,
Kidderminster, and the Rev. Joseph Benjamin M'Caul, of
King's College. London, rector of St. Michael's, Bessie-
show. The Bishop elect will be consecrated in Rochester
Cathedral on Tuesday next and will be presented to the
Archbishop of Canterbury by the Bishops of Oxford and
Salisbury. The sermon on the occasion will be preached
by the Rev. Henry Arthur Wondgate, M.A., of St. John's
College, Oxford, rector of Belbroughton, near Stourbridge
THE ROYAL. COAL COMMUSION.—The royal com-
mistioners appointed to inquire into the coal sources of
the United Kingdom have appointed Mr. Evan Daniel, of
Swansea, their engineer for the district extending from
Llantrissant, Glamorganshire, to the extreme end of the
South Wales mineral basin, in Pembrokeshire.
THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.-011 Saturday last,
being the first Saturday in June, the president of the
Royal Society, and the other appointed royal inspectors,
in accordance with the old custom, visited and officially
inspected the instruments, dc., at the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich. Of late years it has been customary on these
occasions for the president to issue invitations to a large
circle of scientific gentlemen and amateurs for a visit to
the Royal Observatory. The various instrumeat rooms
and apartments are thrown open, and each is presided
over by one or more of the staff of assistants, who are
accustomed to explain the uses and various details of the
apparatus under their charge. On Saturday this astro-
nomical conversations was opened at 3 o'clock. Shortly
after the arrival of the inspectors the official visitors
assembled in one of the rooms, and the Astronomer Royal
read to them his annual report. For the most part, this
document was of so technical a character that a digest
of it is hardly necessary. Concerning that department of
the Observatory which is concerned with the distribution
of accurate time, it was recorded that the principal elec-
tric clock, the "motor clock." as it is termed, is in good
order ; that it maintains various clocks in perfect sympathy
with itself ; that it regulates clocks in London, sends
signals through Britain, drops the Deal time ball, fires
guns at Newcastle and Shields, and puts communication
in such a state that the Greenwich observer can receive
automatic reports of the going of distant clocks as he may
desire. Electric signals now convey Greenwich time to
some places in Ireland, and during the laying of the
Atlantic cable last year the Observatory sent signals to the
Great Eastern twice a day to enable her constantly to
determine her longitude. The Westminster clock is timed
by Greenwich signals, and automatically reports its work-
ings. In 38 days out of 100 this clock ordinarily has an
error of lme than I second ; on only 1 day in 100 has it an
error of between four and five seconds. The report was a
voluminous and valuable document. After the converse-
done the company dined together at the Ship.
John Cross, the Dorsetshire labourer who was
sent to prison for stealing a hurdle, and whose case evoked
a great deal of sympathy in the country, is now lodged
in the county gaol under • writ of espies ad satisfacien-
durn.—Dera: County Express.