The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-14 00:00:00

BT. PAUL'S AND ST. BARNABAS.

The following letter wee sent to the Bishop of
London yesterday :
My Lord,—We, the undersicned curates of the district
awes of St. Paul, Knightsbridge, and St. Banishes, PIM-
Ike, la your lordship's oiocese, having heard from the church.
wardens that it Is your lordship's desire that the IltfliCti in
them churches should be performed in a MILDEW different
from that which we have had the great privilege of enjoying
hitherto, beg to reign our ewes bate your lordship's hands.
O. S. Da Om I Curates of
F. A. G. OVIBLIT, J St. Pant's.
BusaT FTYI3, Carats of St. Sambas.
St. Bernelma College, Pimlico, Dee. 13,1830.

CONVENTUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF ST.
BARNABAS AND TSB LATE RECORDER OF
LONDON.

TO TIP EDITOR OE TEN =TRIM
Lord Colchester presents his compliments to the
Witter of the Express, sad nevelt' that he will insert in
a prominent part of ha newspaper, and at the earliest °ppm-
nattily, the &comps, ping parsgraph contradicting the state-
ment that the lots Recorder of London was is any respect
the Mucky of the " Couventsai Establishment of Bt. Bar
tubas," or approved of in establishment.
76, South Andleystreet, Friday, Dec. 13, 18.50.
76, South Audley, street, Dee. 13,1860.
Sir,—Having read in your paper of yesterday (the 12th
Jaen's', the isonclusios of year 'notion article on the sabjeet
of the will of Mr. Taylor, the following paragraph : " Of
'unwonted asteblishmears by Pwayite founders but too
many simple' might be adduced. One of them, the Bishop
(of London) bad the disingesmity to can as • reproach
amelest Mr. Bennett; while we believe the foundation of
the scaysataal atablishmest alluded to, as well se the op-
peistateet of MI. Law to be its superior, was en art for
which the sountry is indebted to the munificence and
ortbodozy of the late Recorder of London. father a the Lady
Abbots in question, and member of the University of Cam.
bridge ! " I wonder it doe to the memory of the law
Recorder, as well as to the large majority of the electoral
body of the Ilniversil of Cambridge who returned him as
their representative is parliament, distinctly to deny that
the country Y indebted "to any act of his for the found*.
ties of the earsvestssl establiahmest of 8:. billable, or that
he in any degree approve.' of its establishment.
It is indeed true that one of the late Recorder's daughters
Is a member of that society ; but she eaty wrong a reluctant
gonsent from her father shortly before his death, after a long
opposition, la the coarse of which he had is vain called upon
Mr. Bennett to second his parental endeavours to dissuade
her from the verse she was punning, and whet' he found
that all attempts to °woos her resolution would probably
prove unavailing, he made ouch provisions in his will (of
which he named me an *aerator) as would prevent his
daughter from bestowing any of his money twit this or any
other conventual establishment.
1 am your obedient servant,
COLC HEST BR.

NORTII LONDON COLLEGIATE SCIIOOL, CAMDEN
Town.—Tbs second half-ye Idi thi•of
yearly _.,___u+. m pr' zee to the
pupils of this school took place at the vestry-rooms, near
014 St. Pancras Church, yesterday afternoon. The meeting,
which wan numerously attended, was presided over by the
Rte. Thomas Dale, who, in commenting on the examination
just terminated, congratulated his parishioners on the rapid
progress which this institution had made sines its opening
in January, end, in c mjunction with the other examiners,
complimented the pupils on the improvensent end peoficiebey
manifested by them in their respective branches of study.
An essay on the invention of steam was read by J. H.
Hughes, and was much applauded. The meeting wee
humorously addressed by Joseph Payne, Esq., sad suborn.
quently by the Rev. D. LUNG who minimised his Intention
of contributing a prize for location. The proceedings ter.
mutated by the presented°. of a tea Deflifi to the rev. prin.
cipal of the school, the gift at his pupils.
EAST INDIA COLLEGE, HAILETIII/111%—The public
half•l early mansimation of the students educated for the civil
department of the But India Company's service took place
at Usileybury College, yes'erdey, is the presence of a demi-
', Wins from the Court of Mutton, at the head of which
11 were Captain Shepherd, chairmen of the company, and Sir
Junes Weir Hogg, Bart., fd P. deputy ebairman. The
examination took place in the Lecture-hell, where the report
ad the priscipel of the college, the Env. H. Melvin, B D.,
ems first received. It stated that, of the 19 gulags is their
Swarth term 18 had hems found qualified to preseed to Latin,
having displayed a proficiency exouding that required by
wstamen Fourteen had passed as highly distinguished,
wed twer wi.h greet credit. Of the 84 who had been exe.
shred, II (an unusually large number) had failed is display-
Mille required prolleiettey ; but of thus, three only had
in both the European and Oriental departments ; 46
of the 71 who had passed the examination were highly die.
tinguietted, 17 squired 'greet credit. and 17 were pisainsa,.,
Ia the Oriental dames the visitor, Hueco H. Wenn.
A.M., had remarked that • fair proportion of the
ettMsam
were highly proficient In Seascrit, and several were
tinguided foe their attainments in Persian and Hindustani.
The student at the head of the Persian ohm had made
some profess+ in Arabic. One of the Bombay wildest. had
added to Summit and Hindustani as useful knowledge of
Mahratts ; and five of thole whom destinatica hr
had volunteered an examination in Hindi, iambi=
had acquitted themselves with treat credit. The Torsos
the wools, had parsed in order and discipline. Miet
list of prizes, medal/. an honourable dfttinertieeme em
awarded by the examinees ran as follows I—Seseetb 1161111:
Deeliwood ; highly dietiniaished ; medal in hew. aw, Ala
is
HindustW. 8. Ludington; highly eialiMP/~;
medal in Summit, and prim is Blhal. highly
distinguished; medals in inethematim, paged eennovey
and history, and In ;
illndeistaal. Smyth; highly distils.
gabbed medals in daisies and Tetuan. Pinhey ;
highly distioguisked ; pries in 'taints'. Llwe
highly distingehhed ; medal in Persian. Highly Mr
tingusehed : Bbak, Masdereos, Sanwa; Arthur,
lithium, Nakao ItrberWea, and MaWim. Great
credit: Reveals:at, Anderson, Lord IL Pieloadli,
Wake. Third term.—Breadroth; 1414 .4104
prime in asetheinatige, polkaed economy and history, law.
Persian, Hindustaid.aad Hisdi. Measles; highly dada.
gabbed ; peizeslis alemetes and In Banscrit. Horsley ; geed
credit. with pries ia. Tolosa. Highly diode/Mend. T.
Blomfield Lam, Lewis, Capper, beams, Thomson. Hals-
mash, Gonne, Saunders, C. J. inane, Aksander and Grey.
Greet credit; G. B. Feeley, Ames. &lewd term.—Batten;
highly distinguished ; prises in saathematies, political eco-
nomy, and law. Norman ; highly distinguished; prizes in
'lassie, Summit, and Telegm. Ouseley; great coedit; Fries
bs,Penien. Highly distiogekhod: Moen, T. Buns
Master, Weeding, Stack, Johmeeme, Lawrence, and Lied
any. Great medit : Dull and Weeds. Pint term.—V.
Luehiogton and Want field, sq. • the femme highly
geisha, with prizes in law mad 'Beseerk; the litter highly
disingushod, with priz se In dada mid mathematics.
Hope; highly distinguished; prise may. A. Jenkins ;
highly distinguished; prim in atatheissien Chapman;
hiably dirtieguisked ; prise in Hamenrit. Highly dietin-
gushed : Trotter, Chant, Cualiffe, mad Itaveuetiew. Great
Ste,ll: 80011. Yeausktes, sad Hogg. The poise
ways and trandeMems were them reed, alter which
the wedeln sad prim were dietribeted by the shaman.
Mi. Hooper met geed EMIOWINNAR.of rash of the several
students about Millman kw ladtheshiterre : Beegel—Fist
elan Lnehlarea Deelmeed. Thetwaiwas
_Lowe, Bloch,
Arthur, R
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dos: LOld U. eke. liedree—First dew:
Bay*. &egad dent Bombay—Pi:et dam:
Pinky, Deneaguse. Seem& elan: Reveaaweit, Roberhoa.
The dedneen then rem sad delivered the usual addrcee to
the tageste who were shoat to Sake have el gallop, The
hevisszleiseetesbeited la the Lettere he t
withdrew he the libeery, whose
peetelled. et the towdeaties
thgrt= ght pooh nursed to Brordroveue,
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tAm a leak ihtitiag to campy them beak to
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