The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-17 00:00:00

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racrulta fl rasswer.
Lest arming tdok plaart a wising 41,1.
et their hors flt AlthweiMiltit.dyrbbe e
large party of ladies nid gwadoessa Moss . The sa
trimmer permed Yr Ms nem of glow biltaisikei
plugs' maw MIS a legue cm, geology, by Professor
RICHARD Olfilt, Ties- Presidest of the Hovel Society, and
Superfateriest of Natural History at the Brides Museum. `.
It awe* rod be sell that the expedition of mob • theme
by melt a mea wee deeply Mransting, pad that the oublunest
truths el physic& segos muse set forth by him with that
letpreetive elnipkdty which le the characteristic of true
maims. It might have tesauntlelpitd, from the popularly
religious cheesier of this inititutiom that no emailpot-
ties of his agnate would ke dimmed to aloit UM*
explaciatioas of &rightly wldoh are sometimes inadver-
tently brought taw wihisioa will mocha
theonce. Adhering himself thieelsses te wed=
miry, Profersor Owes, with a Lag prim, Mkt* inn Me
mums nosier of the divans& of Mkt globe. founded agora
literal interpreted= of the text of Ws, ems es -Ms
consistent with the feels of nature, weeded tout', gisis
faculties of obeervatioe with which the Aarher of Nang lad
endowed ea, se wee the 011.1Telk nencif se to the shape el the
earth held by the rig Christian@ la the time of Luxuries.
or the can socks of the earth'. immobility so the cone
of it. system, held by sound Chemises in the time of/LaMar.'
He woe bound now to prima le thole who there lieteart
him the grouldweek of those deorvieleasepoagisk ego*
„cleiselestem, their cuatemponrig bed hit themeiess tem-
pilled, se the savants of truth aides mugs of. the power
of the Create', to some to certain twaskedoem 1 bey mod
expend their Ideas ea to the paid of time during
which it bad viewed (fed to porton those operations to con-
tinue on this terrestrial ball which determined the coadlutns
of temperature, atmosphere, sueshire, beat and odd, showers
and heinous, wind sad rain, upon Which our earthly ex-
latent. depended. They must believe that thew opormities
had gone on epos this edema with tow Inhabited for awned
which it would be as thews to express by our mode of
counting, by tadlitem, name, or trillions of yam, as to ea-
the distanas boniest rar earth and the remotest rebels.
t to introductra sole maw thrteurably received.
lie. (unisex How, who presided, conveyed the thanks
of the andirms is Preforwerto sem for hie instructive lecture.
The company ass eijoesed to the rooms upstairs, in which
a good display of storeseripos mid microscopes, with moire
objects of set rad aagenks, sad a swiss of samaras gol•
ratio agerhesata, completed the swaing's wanamstat.

FURTHER PROGRESS OT THE CHRISTMAS HOLT-
DAT.—Is addition to the anztonacemeats made yorterday

we have peseenre in abaft tisot the Mooring setabitikMate
will also observe Monday, Me 26th hest, sea holiday to-Tith
Satiety for Promoting ChM Man Knowledge, the Edging'
Trace Society, Mean. elegy end Sou, Luilgaelehtli;'
Wthuleviorti, Abbott, and..lllfWey, jay., Ledge** steed ;
Dean, Dray, and Co., KbogWOltrata-street ; E. and R. Oar-
rould, Beech and Derrell, 12. B. Johnstone, M. Bird, W.
Elliott, J. Belcher, Feller and Co., G. Priem, end R. Tyrrell,
of the Bdgeware-road. his also thought that the publishing
homes in Paternoster-row will not open for business on the
day in question. The Mayor of Birmingham (Mr. T. Lloyd)
has made a suggestion to the effect, that all places of business
should be closed on the day after Christmas-day; and the
principal &Inn have signified their willingness to comply.
The retail shops will also be closed.
ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA.—We regret to state that
owing to the very sudden indisposition of Ma Louisa Pyne
the opera of the Bose of Caseate, announced for last night at
the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, was brought to
a premature conclusion. The muss of Mies Pyne's Moms
I was stated to be violent hysteria brought es by over exertion.
It was, however, hoped she would shortly be able to resume
her dude*. Much sympathy was evinced throughout the
haw en Mr. Harrison's main the circumstance known.
ME. lINITICR KRATING AND THE ELECTORS OF
Erantho.—The following address was circulated throughout
the tows yesterday evening from Sir Henry Keating.
Gesilesse,—Her Mejesty having been pleased to appoint
se one of berjostioes of the Court of Common Pleas, nay
aceeptance of that aloe vacate* my mat in parliament as
year representative. I cannot allow my political connection
shoe to esominate without expressing to you my deep sense
et the generous confidence you as long reposed in me, and
medially thanking you for the fondness and courtesy I ex-
perienced from every Maas of the c.netitsency daring the
thee I had the honour to be their member. In bidding you
imewell, believe me 1 do so with sincere and cordial wishes
for your welter* and happies end far the ocontinuedmoths.
city of you ancient borough.—l. ham, to., Heater S. "LSAT-
INO.—Den. 16."
CARDINAL WISEDIAN.—InfOIIigOIK• has just
eesehed London that his Eathiersos Cardinal Wiseman has
arrived to safety at Rotas, and has been favoured with en
Interview with the Pope. The iliac« of the cardinal,
although of a serious cbaracter, is not, in the opinion of his
phi intim', confirmed, still it is not at all unlikely that be
will make the Eternal City his residence for the future; but
until such time as he may determine upon either returning
to England or reeipning bin see, hie episcopal. if not bis
timed duties will be administered by the Right Rev. Dr.
Errington, his coadjutor, and who is, we Delieve, a bishop
is parttime iNfideliums.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—The weekly
meeting of the board was held yesterday at Guild-
hall; Mr. J. Threader in the chair. The financial statement
showed a total balance of 404,4171. Oa. 2d. Mr. Eckert
moved, pursuant to notice, " That when this board shall
2ply to parliament fur further amendment of the Metropo-
Lodi Management Act, a claws 'ball be introduced to
empower the board to ammo the dimwit factions of the me-
tropolis for psymente on batten of the board in such mounts
se it may deem equitable, without Weer obliged to fulls,w the
bowie of the county rate or eaten." Mr. Robert Taylor se-
conded the motion. Mr. Deputy Harrison moved es an
smeedment that the 'abject be referred to the Mein Drainage
Committee. This subject led to a long dithussion, but on
a division the motion eras married. Several communications
were received from different district boards, strongly memo-
log the appointment of Mr. Woolrych as standing counsel
to the board, at a palmy of HOW. per annum.
DEATH OF A BRIGHTON CELEBRITY.—During the
zenith of the smiles of royalty o• Brighton, few persons oh-
Mined so high a position in the estimation of the nubility as
Madame Michael, the smarms 4 11411301. Dukes sad
duck, sm., marquises cod cuathiuneeees, earls and counters,
and every gradation of the peerage, owed the dignity of their
gait to Modena,' Michael, whose tenedenyy, held in the As-
sembly Rooms of the Ohl Ship Hum], woe the focus of the
elite. Then was the time when the equipages of the nobility
exintited the wiling grandeur of their owner', and Ship•
street was one aristocratic cerrithe stand. Years have palmed
on. Her earliest patron, George IV., passed away. Wil-
liam IV. and Ms royal cononet then delighted in the ever
lotions of the tiny feet at the Boyd Pavilion, under
the watchful guidance of Madams "dictum, when juve-
nile bells were weekly there in full vigour. They also
pawed away. The Pavilion of royalty Itself passed away;
still Madame en.j.yert the *mike of the noble of the lend.
Aire, however, sloth she sternly warded off, at length wet in,
and on Wednesday last—after but a short mention from her
do inn expired, at the good old age of 76 years.—
Brighten Mercer.
A Mille OF THE ROYAL CHARTlR.—Yesterday
a corbel relic of this ship was exhibited in the I; aderwri,ers*
Enema Liverpool. It consisted of a piece of I-Inch plate
iron, into the cant» of which had born forced, by what
mesas It is Impossible to say, • bar of gold, with a piece of
shattered week. The ,hest Iron wee completely pierced
through, the end of the Mr of gold being Thrill's at the hack,
as was also a plies of wood, lute whisk a sovereign was
premed, the eels solemnity having suffered but little injury,
the " milliag" being only slightly bruised. This eingular
cariosity was picked up, we believe, by the divers at Wellies
on Tuesday last, sad the intermit attached to it collected
numerous spectators, to whom that piece of cold metal told •
NAM' keithil tale.