The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-12 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

READING MEETING.-THIS DAY.

EASTHAMPSTEAD STAKES. One mile and • r=;
Alembic, Inuit, Elfrida, Flying Englishman,
Theory, and Herne, are here.
BERKSHIRE HANDICAP. About two miler.
Vulcan, The Hind, Cotswold, Borderer Hartley Book,
Zrg Zag, Odd Trick, Comedy, Jesuit, Ore; Pyrrhus, Signal,
Hobgoblin, and Chow, are here.
ABBEY STAKES. About five furlongs.
Bribery cby Natwith—Rose of Cambium, Plague
Royal. 6prightlinees, Plumstone, Lord of Leen, Polly John-
son, My Niece, and c by Alarm—Gleams, are here.
NURSERY PLATE. One mile.
Wrestler, Apollo, Sprightliness, Yeller Girl by Woolwich.
T. P. Cooke, o by Natwith—Rose of Cashmere, an here.
Oman ARITTALA.—LumIie, Maggie Wild Lauder, Ancient
Briton, Melita, Btigliadera, Ham, Honey, Renterdsza.
and The Dupe.

The announcement in the Observer, with regard
to the ministerial whitebait dinner is maid to be incorrect
That dinner is fixed, not for Saturday neat as stated, but for
Wednesday, the 19th inst., at the Trafalgar, Greenwich.
The deanery of her Majesty's Chapels Royal,
rendered vacant by the death of Bishop Ithimiteld, will be
cenforred upon Dr. Tail, Bishop of London.
The chaplaincy of the general cemetery at
Kent-gresa luta been conferred upon the Rev. C. Stuart,
M.A., late enrage of East Guildford, Sussex.
METROPOLITAN CHURCH EXTENSION.—The°OINIe
of Commons, on Monday last, voted to the London Diocesan
Church Building Society a grant of 1,0001., for the purpose
of fabling it to carry on the work of church satsuma. To
mot this grant the Duke of Bedford hos promised 1,0001.
a year for ten years; the Marquis of Westminster I,
_OOOl.
• year for ten years the Marquis of Northampton, 1,0001
the Earl Howe, 1,0001. • Lord sonthampton. 1,0001. ;
;Lord
Robert Grosvenor,
.1,0601. ; Mr. F. Attwood, I,oooi. the
Ibel Worn, 500 J.;
_the Earl Dartmouth, 6001. ; the
=of Easter, 200 L ; Mr. Hardy, 200!. ; and a large
of other subecriptions have been offered. It is un-
doubted that the oporatkos of the society will be in the first
inannes directed to the eastern portion of the metropolis,
rztly to the parishes of Shorediteb, Stepney St.
"Clerkenwell, St. Botolph, Aldgate, Poplar,
steed, St. Peas, Haggereton, and Broraey-by-Bow,
in which there is a very large population, with
church room for only 24.100 persons, In Shur:ditch a
new church will be built dedicated to St. Paul, for which a
site has been secured, and sites have also been obtained I
Poplar and Phaeton, where the works will be commenced
with us little delay as posaible. In Islington ten new
churches are to be erected within ax years under the
auspices of the local Church Extension Society, sedeted by
the Diocesan Board. The foundation stove of one of these, St.
Luke's, has already been laid, and steps have been taken for
?Teerag a rite for a church to be dedicated to St. Thecae,
liemmiingford.rosd, a district which Is densely populated by
, a third church, dedicated to St. Bar-
= Zitulettieorecn. erected on the Holloway border of the parish.
In the neighbouring parish of Clerkenwell it is proposed to
erect three new churc.hes as soon se the necessary fonds can
be obtained.
11011 n AND SCHOOL FOR THE SONS AND °S-
TRAWS Or MISSIONARIES, BL•ctumor.—The hug oak
in aid of the fends of this institution commenced yesterday
at the new buildings adjoining the Blackheath
will be continued this day and to-morrow. The
wss well filled on the opening of the doors at twelve o'clock,
and was much crowded till lets in the evening. There wens
many stab, which were well supplied with a vast quantity
of useful sad fancy articka. The building is well appro-
miated for the purposes mgaired. The roam and puma
are lofty, and the dormitories, lavatories, the spartmests of
the master and matron, and the clam-rooms, when eont.
pleed, will nothing to be wished for. The building is
Intended for the reception of 100 boys, sons or orphans
tK
missionaries of all denominations or from any part of the
world. In order to divest the institution of the rathse of
a charity the parents of friends or pupils to be received ante
161. per annum for each ; and if from any peculiar oir-
pay
cumstentes the boys are not located with their friend! cr
Wiese doling the vexations, they will have the Ft.? et
at the school. It appears that the cost the
"bulatu
diniStas been 7,0001., of; hirls only 4.0001. bee best
raised, me that the remaining 0004 is loft to be raised by
subscription.