The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-29 00:00:00

ZING'S COLLEGE.

Yesterday the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the
proprietor% of King's College was held in the library of that
inelltution • the Bishop of Lennox in the chair.
The tepid, after “owe. Wag the regrets of the council et
the asewance of the tie-whicie dso long existed between
thane rWhop Shedd!' ea their official chairman, went
ea lo eq ad there ere et passant *a the rolls of the; college
IIN beleisebbi eleismie, of whom 74 belong to the theolov
▪ fepreuest, Nhs Oster general literature and science,
fT to test et the mid raishota,6 to the military. claw 158
to the said herelmst, sled 7 to the evening classes.
Thew an else NI 000esionil students, of whom 33 belong
to the usibel sdral, 52 to the other departments, and 17/
to the amiss derma. It stated, with regard to the school.
that Ewe oasis the classical division 275 pupils, and in the
roseemille defies 461, so that the total number
at raaahoog keberticat in the institution is
1, Of the soul theelstudents 31 received certificates
fran thank 216 in nine wan. In the depart..
nog Illefellere la intended to found soma @choler-
ships ht tithe mereory of the late Sir Harry Robert
Inglis, Bort., Swards the endowment of which a sum of
3,0004 is aleesely weetributed, a considerable portion coming
from thee* whistle& beat politically opposed to that gentle-
man, but whe Wades& his character. In the department of
the applied Nissen the column reported great improvements
In the verkelop, sad the establishment of chimes for irrigate-
d= la 'biography and predict' farming. Four °Moen of
the Mae how enrolled themselves as students in the military
department, and it Is expected that in consequence of a
ceder recently issued by the Duke of Cambridge AB
rogintender-te-Chief, many others will follow their example.
A pull at the Medical School obtained from the Apothe-
caries` Cempay the gold medal for botany, the competition
being open to all the medical wheels of the kingdom ; and
another, in competitive examination, bore away the first
place in the medial appoinunette given by the East India
of
tChemlitesT 'refolrorTgeshas. received u athglft,in": 'us`
ollege
Hospital, the beds have been increased by 18, and the out-
patients placed under the are of Dr. Arthur Fares. The
conduct of the students in each department end of the pupils
In the school was highly satisfactory. The receipts for the
year showed ea increase of 7631.4 a. 76. over these of the
previous year, and the permanent debt has been reduced by
404 f. 16e. 2d. Since the close of the financial year the cowed
haw received two legacies, one of 174 f. Us. bequeathed by
the late P. Honegger. Fag., and the other arneenthig to 901.
net, by the late John Hewitson, Esq. _ _ _

On the motion of Mr. Casts, the reportwaa adopted, after
which the council and governing oMette for the ensuing year
were appointed, when the proceedings teritiaated with a vote
of thanks to the right rev. chairman.

BINEVOLENT INBTITVTION.

The Twenty-second anniversary festival of the
Goldsmiths' Benevolent Institution was held yesterday
evening at the Freemasons' Tavern. This is a small but
dourishinF charity ; which seeks little or no extraneous aids
but is mainly, If not altogether, supported from the trade
to which its recipients belong. Its object Is to relieve
the distreee of poor, aged, or infirm persons of good character
(whether traders, workmen, clerks, alemmen, or others,) who
have been occupied in any of the branches of the goldsmiths'
or jewellery business, during a continued period of not lees
than seven years; and likewise to afford relief to their
widows. . .

Its intenhons are very fully recognised by the Goldsmiths.
Company, who have shown the interest they feel in the
In-
stitution by raising a short time ego their previous annual
subscription to 103/. per annum. The conduct and
government of the institution is under the immediate
direction of members of the leading houses of the London
trade, ate very smell outlay, there being but one paid
°Meer. The mode in which the bounty of the charity is ad-
tninistraed is by means of annuities granted to aged and
disabled workers in the trade, and it has relieved in the mune
of its existence 116 parsons, who have received annuities
varying fan 10/. 10a. upwarde, and there ere at prevent 47
annuitants on the books. The funded property of the charity
amounts at preset to 6,830/. On the present occasion be-
tween 60 and 70 gestalten® principally connected with the
trade assembled to celebrate the anniversary of the insti-
tution and to further its interests. The chair was occupied by
WILLIAM 0 LADATONE,ENCI.,PTIMMWArdeII ot the Worship-
Rd Company of Goldsmiths, who wee supported by Colonel
Hind, an officer who served with the Turkish army at
liffietria and on the Danube; R. J. Ilrook, Eq.; George
Lambert, Eq. ; James Evens, Esq. ; George Dexter, Eq. ;
Charles Itawfms, Fsq.; D. Berger, Esq. ; 5. H. Goss. EN.:
Cheeks Wright, Eq.; J. W. Thoreau., Rat ; John Hunt,
Esq. ; Mr. Somers ; Mr. Watkins ; Mr. Coster; Mr. Nish.
The CHAIRMAN, In proposing the different touots, very
forcibly urged on the company the nexaseity of contributing
liberally to the funds of the institution, in order to enable
the committee to wet !the increasing calls upon them for a
class of men who laboured herd in a skilled vocation, which
tended to impair their capabilities, especially required from
them at a comparatively early age; he pointed out that the
Goldsmiths' Company Obeli, in its origin, was nothing more
than a society like this, for the protection and relief of mem-
bers of the trade, and he suggested that means should be
taken to bring the charity in donor connexion with the
company.
The Treasurer, Mr. Lawnr.nr, ilLthe course of the even-
ing, stated the efforts which had Men math, to enlarge the
sphere and to add to the funds of the inetuution, an appeal
having been made to all classes of the trade in meet countries
of Europe, as well es in all the provinces of the United
Kingdom.
At the elope of the proceedings subscriptions were an-
nounced amounting to between 3001. and 400/.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORKS. —At the
meeting held yesterday, Mr. J. Thwaitce in the chair,
letter was rewl from the secretary of the Croydon Local
Board, inquiring whether the Croydon sewage could be
taken into the metropolitan sewers. A resolution wee passed
that it was not in the power of the board to grant the appli-
cation.—Application was also made from the Lambeth vestry
for permission to borrow on the credit of the rater 0,000 f., to
defray the expenses of contracting certain drains. The ap-
plication was granted.