The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-16 00:00:00

IVESTMINSTER SCHOOL.

'fi.4 ' Adria " of 'ferenco was performed oo
!stung eight by the more advanced scholars of the West-
kr S,hoel, in mon:sees with animal practise. TN
ere., t. To sf the eweeedy were distributed u knows
K. 11. Walton ; Sours. W. O. Headings; Danis.
!Saddle ; Paudistas, W. 0. Ancitetead ; Myna, O.
At4ewo t liartmos, W. H. Hwue; ByrrAitt, 8. Maui;
Ltr..4. C. I'. leers= ; Onuses. H. Banos ; Crito. I. T.
Aue.triune ; Orono. V. W. Oliver. Palms hots
w N1.4.15e ; W. Hawthonk.

lee, Andrea " does not afford many cahoot points to the
any, toe, such me they are, they were seised with readiness
atd enenetinstion on he present 001:11,11.100. The donee is
sioe, rso a absent from the ancient drama, and es-
te sniutes its most interestina and active element,
• so 'diciest representative I. Mr. Blagden —the ready
the wstehfel eye, and Meanies buds of :Deese
• rendered with true histrionic leatiog. The some
h.ma and llysis is the fourth set, when be tepees
child betare the deer of Sins°, Aim an admirable
r”, et semi:. and justly eluted a marked applause. The
gmb'w, stow. and Cronies, are drawn with such little
breadth ..1 minister and individuality of mind, that doe
SI, ter n? row rest completely man the prominence whielt
ttej wen in.ended 1, po.eees Messrs. Bennett ar d Hems,
be. +or, tale the most of these level and parallel shalleM
ten. Mr. Armastcad, as PompAilw, was the ben awl
Leer, to pr.testa• ince of affection and fidelity were Gideon
5.1 pariocate as modern taste could desire, bat all these
P•Ailtils lona are wasted upon a shade, In obedience to lb.
'bunt practice of Greets If., which prohibited unmarried
hales iron joining in social intercourse with sea, and
lute 1 the I:eativetist to the moat demi and indelicate mpg-
dont, indicate that a her.ine really did live. Mr. Ingram
it let ant. spoke the our,. Leshia to life, and his aged
lineations and obstetric .kill were admirably assumed. The
Otter characters were well suitained, and, at the close of the
r,tr. the " coupes," rewind the coagratulatious of a Lege
sailieace.

AI.P.iIXTMENTII TO OWN'll Cou!oi, MANCHU-
11,.—The throe principal prof.sems of this saw facilitation
kis' sow receiven their appointments. They ars—A. J &"t6
L., principal sad professor of lode tad marital philmophy :
U. Greenwood, Ewt, , professor of the languages mid Win.
tees st ewes and Rome and of Maim ; Abu Bander,..,refer/mot math. malice arid natural philoelphy. The
ore farmer g 'Wrote!' er,• of the Univenity College, Loudest,
tad Mr. Sanderson is of Queen's C Mere, Cambridge.
idltriteensisf Rim OP WEST KENT.—In anticipei-
b 0: the ryiremeat Item parliament of Mr. "lodges, ono
if the representatives for This division, which has been
!sectioned as probable, the liberal electors have beta look-
-44 routd for • rentleman who might properly be brought
forward on the reform interest. We undentand that
Frederick Pill. in, , sow of the late much-respectid
has Pathos, BA., one of the reprematatives of the City,
sad poesemor of a large landed property sear Blaehhestb,
hmt"4 ottl generally approved of as ma elwitile candidate.
he, ithee•ciel motileg of ersil elmstacsof the Blackheath
FC,ea di•itiet is to beheld sitartly, the vowels et which will
tamvimitied.
St. IitILWAbAI CIII7ItOIL—As early u half-put
a 'woodsy theraiag, en thatherthe cumber of per
to be sees pressediso towards St. Bernalthe
art- htolies, is the expectation of bearing the farewell
wrece dilivered by the Rev. Mr. Bennett, bat were di•ap-
tit hailing upon the skarth doors notioes that is
see of the difficulty experienced at this present time la
"'willow Divine service, the church will remain eloped
tot.: further notice, by order of ths churchwarden,. Fos
couple of hours, however, nabs, coaches, sad pm'
toile's catnaps kept posting In froat of the buildingto ,
t,..t the lent eoabisiou prevailed beyond that oitowereed
Wfteect of such an extraordinary somber of penmen
wA CIIANCE FOR CODIFY/a HOLIDAY NI/ARIL—
; 6" I, Prole red on behalf of the sighteran that the Crying
slur ski.uld be throws epee eta low &shahs.
t* C 4, arse holiday maker*. Me imaM. esseickting
and novelty of the aware sod the humble
t1:11.... tint pathos about it, there ewe Ihetemeds wise would
ra os ems seeh terms to Mask a preamessey
tt
1,, in nor MI artitarstasts. The et time
1041f00 us be joked of beet by thil=sommie-
r Set should the aseselosts see their way te allow aa
17,,"41 of the public tor • hw days—six re muse—we hare
614.e'n that a bind.... sea would be milled et tie
bis the privilese thspeetise.—Athiesseses‘
walitcTlOX OF PollT CHANAIS AT HOLL.—At
it4le if the hull Tows Ceoncill. ea Tltursday,th_e redoes
c i
+miaowed mad 'Buried en a arstioa orb la Ihe
*,rt of the council, it would be impolitic way* be
tor for • bill to redoes the user Reif
was then given of the istratka to tree tereauleee
utl44°ll the corporation to buy the Zia Dub b the

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THIS DAY.

The December erasion of the C ,ntral Criminal Court com-
mented to-day. before the Right Hoe. the L-rd Mayor, the
Recorder, the Coventon•Serjeant,Alderiese ibbs, Aldermen
Challis, the sheriffs, undersheriffs, efts , ok:.
The number of prisoners at present is the gaol for trial is
130, and in all probability the session will not last more than
I re days.
The Recorder, in &limb( a brief charge to the grand
jury, observed that he was happy to bi able to caogratulate
them upon the lightness of the extender, and also upon the
fact that it did not contain a single charge of murder or man-
slaughter, or any other iavolviog the destruction of human
life, and that there was only one charged cutting and wooed-
leg ; end be said he trusted these facts might be taken as
'lmmix, an improvement in the morals ant habits of that
elms of the people from whence the great majority of
Wes crimieele were derived. The Recorder then adverted
to the ease of the prisoners charged with the extensive plate
robbery in the &rand, and he observed that it appeared by
the depositioas that the charge rested in a great measure
spa the evidence of an accomplice. A prboner, he said,
might legally be convicted upon the sole evidence of an accost.
plies, as well as upon:that of any other per* n, but the
practice of the judge had invariably been to direct juries not
to convict upon such testimony noise it was corroborated in
seas cambial particular by independent testimony. The
grand jibe, therefore, in this case would me whether suck
coufirmati et were given by the other wittiest's, and ie that
case alms it would be their duty to find a true bill against
the parties.