The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-05 00:00:00

THE 745 T DAT.

The following is a copy of the circular letter ad-
dressed by the Bishop of London to his clergy
Balmacarra, Loch Irish Ross-shire.
30th Sept. isai.
Rev. and Dear Brother—l have this evening heard in this
remote place, that Wednesday next is to be observed through-
out the three kingdoms as a day of solemn humiliation. I
greatly regret that circumstances have unexpectedly ren-
dered it impossible for me to be present in London, and to take
pert in your meek*, on this deeply important day ; but I
trust to be preeent with you in spirit. Let me recommend
to you, while our prayers thus ascend to God, that we do not
forget the duties of Christian love and charity, which we
owe to our lingering fellow countrymen ; not that, if possible,
au opportunity be given to your congregstione of contri-
buting to the support of those whom tho mysterious events
which have lately occurred in India have plunged in unfore-
seen poverty. y trusting that Almighty God will
hear our humble prayers, I remain, rev. end dear brother,
your faithful servant, A. C. LONDON.

The Bishop of Winchester (Dr. C. Sumner), has addressed
the following note to the clergy of his diocese Farnham
Castle, October, ISSL—Rev. and dear Sir,—Her Majesty
having been pleased to direct that Wednisday, Oct 7, shall
be observed as a public day of solemn feet, humiliation, and
prayer, on account of the lamentable events which have oc-
curred in India, I earnestly recommend that contributions
be made in your church on that occasion in behalf of the
sufferers by the mutiny. The proosede may be remitted to
the Lord Mayor of London, the chairman of the committee of
the fund now raisinf in London for that object.—l am, rev.
and dear sir, your faithful friend and brother, C. WINTON."

THE SlKHS.—Their tenets interdict the Wing of
beef, and smoking; they are oleo instructed to abstain from
cutting or clipping any portion of their hair, but it does not
amount to a *kin prohibition. In all other respects they
are entirely free from any scruples or prejudices. Their re-
fusal to slaughter or feed on the ox can best:sin-eV conoidered
as an objection in • military point of view, while their avoid-
epos of the hookah, which, filled with noxious dnags and r?-
plied to the lips of the soppy on guard irequently throws
him into a state of stupefaction or delirium, west be reckoned
as a plea in their favour. With regard to their capillary
ornament., we do not fathom the necessity of sulinutting
them, on entrance into our service, to an operation produc-
tive of such misfortune to the redoubtable Samson, and ouch
congratulation among the Philietines, for their coiffure is
really adioirable—the long locks, being gathered up end tied
in a compact little knot on the crown of Wu bead, give no
Inconvenience ; nor do we 11/.0 why their beards should be
annihilated by the razor. llowevce, if routine and pipeclay
are obstinate, and, regardless consequi rues, will palest in
basing their own way, we apprehend they will seldom meet
with steady opposition in this particular from the Sikh, who,
with the little liciorkhe, compote almost We only portion of
the native army on which the elf:Meet reliance can be placed
in nor resent diMeolties.— United So rim Mogarine, fur
Ootober. _ _

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OUR LANGUAGE.—Dictionary English is some-
thing very different not only from common colloquial Eng-
lish, but even from that of ordinary written oonipoeition. In-
stead of about 40600 worde,there is probably no single author
in the language from whose works, however voluminous, en
many as 10,000 words could be collected. Of the 40,000
words there are certainly many more than one-half that are
only employed, if they are ever employed at all, on the
rarest OCC.iOIIB. We should any of us be eurpritad to find,
if we counted them, with how small a numb, of words we
manage to express all that we have to say either wioh our
lips or even with the pen. Our common literary English
probillely hardly extends to 10,00 d words, our common spoken
English hardly to 5,000. And the proportion of maths or
hone-grown words is undoubtedly very touch higher in both
the 5,000 and the 10,000 than it is in the 40,000. Perhaps
of the 30,000 words, or thereabouts, standing in the die-
tionariee, that are very rarely or never used, even in
writing, between 20,000 and 25,000 may be of French oe
Latin extraction. If we meanie 22,500 to be so, that will
leave 6,000 Teutonic words in common ore; and in one
literary English, taken et 10,000 words, than that are non-
Roman will thus amount to about a ball. Of that heti 4,000
words may be current in our epoken Isngtutgl, which will
therefore be genuine English for four-nets of its entire ex-
tent. It will consist of *bout 4,000 Gothic and 1,000 Roman
wordc—lhrbita rniretrity Magnums, for 0. toter.
SAILING FROM HONG KONO.—Goodbye to Hong
Kong. On Saturday, the 25th of July, meter a vertical
sun and over an unruffled sea, the Rani reanic4 out of Hong
Kong harbour. The ships of war, with their awnings
spread end their flap dropping down the spars, seem to
feel the lassitude which oppreesee all animal life. The
junks are spreading their damaged sake to dry, coveting
their rigging with reds and yellows, which mingle so
badly In detail, but contrast so gorgeously in mums. They
are also thin-chin-in g their cosecs for prosperous peeseges—
firing off crackers and sending lighted paper lanterns afloat
upon the harbour. We take leave of the lanoline spots and
prominent points in the city of Victoria, sod se it-recedes
from view we wonder how so mall a speck upon so small an
island can hold 70,000 people.—Corespondent of the Times.

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