The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-03 00:00:00

ANNUAL GATHERING OF CHILDRRN AT BT.

PAUL'S.-(THIS DAP)

This morning the annual gathering of the children
of the severe' ward and parnchkd schools, under the care c;
the Society of Patrons, took plum as usual in St. Paul's
Cathedral, in the proems of a vast congregation, the
children themselves numbering 8,000. Their progress
through the streets from an early hour in the morp'-ig, In
the distant localities, attracted considerable attention, and
the fingers of the day, added to the chest fol look of the
children, who were attired in the neatest and most appro-
priate manner, enhanced the interest of what bee now
become a perledical spectacle in the metropolis. A. on
former copestone, the children were headed by the
beadle and accompanied in their march by their
respective clergy and some of the leading inhabitants of
the parish to which they belong. In the interior of the
cathedral the children occupied the benches of a spacious am-
phitheatre erected beneath the dome, the areas of which was
filled by the municipal authorities, the clergy, and the
stewards of the anniversary eassMag ; wit& the
public were accommodated with a gallery, which, springlag
from the floor at the transept, rase, seat sitar seat, down the
whole length of the central aisle, until it reached the height
of the vsseent doorway. Divine service commend at 12
o'clock by the children in one choir singing the beautiful
strains of the VIM Psalm, bat of the Ritual it was Mood
Impossible to hear a single word. The immediate neighbour-
hood of St. Paul's was thronged throughout the morning
by narabore of persons anxious to witness the arrival or
departure of es vast a congregation of juveniles, and the
children themisivee evinced by their lively chatter peat
enjoyment of the festiviii.
The children during the service sang the 100th, 104th,
and the 113th Psalms and the Hallelujah Chores in an ad-
mirable manner, under the direction of Mr. Bates, whose
zeal and encase deserves mention.

The Right Bev. the Lord Bishop of Wisher, preedied ea
elapsed sermon at the 000udoe. Mr. Gass, the erpaiet,
masted by Mr. G. Cooper, presided et the Grp=

ThE BILICT COMMITiIth ON BLZACHOIG AND
DYEING Wow.--This teeming was lamed the report of
this committee, with the Wee of wider* take' before
them. The oommittee cams la thinking tile& the dram-
steams connected with the empbemen sr imam end chil-
dren in bleaching and dyeigetteeMe tee deeervtagef
ssestdetstion, and that the Orme= alleged are to net
seeeeptible of venety. They ire of opieiem, however,
that the bboor of wows and children in these work,
should not be restricted by legislative enactment, fur
rams which they proceed to puticalarise. As, In confor-
mity with the wider of YS werg people red mein of the
menere, the been el week fir nem preen, gays, and
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