The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-02 00:00:00

SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL ..:LSD BONE.

The annual meeting of the friends and supporters
of this charity was held yesterday at the Thatched Rowe
Tavern, St. James'e-street ; the Hon. A. KINNAIMD, M.P.,
presided. Amongst the gentlemen on the platform were the
Hon. Captain Mande, R.N., Rev. G. FM, Captain Fish-
bourne, 1161:, Rev. Mlitoren, Mr. P. F. O'Malley, Q.C.,
Mr. R. Swecting, Rev. E. H. Broker-00h, nod Rev. C. B.
Oribble. There were a large number of !Aim present, and
the children of the school occupied nests at the end of the
room, and attracted much attention by their neat and healthy
sP=re.
eport, after expressing, gratitude for the favour
vouchsafed to the institution during the year, stated that
the chaplain reported the progress of the children, in reli-
gious instruction sad sound scriptural knowledge, as moat
eatisfutory. It was trusted that the deep trial of faith which
one of the orphans had peeved through was not without its
biasing in the sympathy and spirit of prayer eacited attempt
the rear, end the strengthening of the protestant prirriplea
in which they ore nurtured. The general sanitary condition
of the school was excellent. One of the prineMsl ot.jerts of
the institution was to train the children in the Iroowledge of
domertie dative. Twenty-four girl. over twelve years of
age, discharge all the duties of the kitchen, laundry,
and dormitory. Attached to the school was a tem-
porary horns for former pupils, who were received
when out of a situation. During the year, • new
infirmary had been erected, but notwithstanding that ex-
penditure the committee had been enabled to itromt 400/. in
the (uncle. 74,91. 93. 4d. had born received on the proceeds
of the collection in waweber of churches on the occasion of
the general thanksgiving for the peace. The school could
only accommodate 60 children. he next election would
take place in June, when there would be three vacancies to
be filled up.
The balance-sheet showed that the expenditure for main-
tenance, rent, he., had been 1,7921. 19a. 7d.; the receipts
had been 2,4281. 9s. Id., including 9161. 4s. Bd. subscrip-
tions and donations, 311. 13.. bd. collected at the annual
, meeting. 7871. 15e. 10d. church collection, till. interest,
174/.l6a.from the Patriotic Fund, and 4.511. 19e. 2d. from the
trustees of the late school at Hampstead. The amount of
the funded property of the institution was now 2,917/. 2e. 2d.
At the claw of the proceedings the children sang the
, National Anthem.

ASSOCIATION IN AID
B. OF TDB DEAP AND

The annual meeting of this association took place
on Saturday aftenioon, at ROMA; Lord It. Gaols.,
VENOS padded, and among thou present were Mr. It. Han-
bury, jun., M.P., Mr. J. Michael, Mr. 8. Woolmer, Mr. J.
Payne, the Rev. J. Bellew, the Her. Y. Gordon, Mr. A. H.
Bather, &c.
Mr. 8. WOOL/CEA, one of the honorary secretaries, mad
the report for the past year. It stated that through
the efforts of the society's nailing agent, many
deaf and dumb persons of the humbler class were induced to
abandon evil practices, and to lead virtuous lives. The
average umber that had attended the Sunday services was,
in the morning 23, and in the evening 37, and many who
were present clime from a great distance. Wednesday evening
locturoe had been given on useful and interesting subjects
throughout theyear. The avenge attendance was 12 during the
winter and 63 during the summer. The committee had been
enabled to send to the Brighton School five children who
had pawed the age for admieeion into the London Asylum,
and, as soon as they could be received, two more would be
selected for the same purpose from among numerous
applicants. Much of the agent's time bed been occupied
dully in iuiring into cases of distreas, helping the unem-
ployed to find work, and giving ads to those who needed
it. Out of 40 applicants for employment 26 had been pro-
vided with work. The receipts of the year amounted to
4021. and the expenses to 3251., leaving a balance of 771.
The direct expenditure on dad and dumb persons wu
1961.2 x., of winch 231. was disbursed in the etin.istretke,
of pecuniary relief.
On the motion of Mr. J. PASL:a seconded by the Rev.
Mr. BELT.V.c, the report was ado unanimously.
An address, prepared by Mr. her—a deaf mute gentle-
man, who holds a respowdble situation in the Admiralty.,
was afterwards read to the meeting, and was justly applauded
for the soundness of its reasoning and the force and propriety
of its diction. This address and all the speeches on the
wooden were interpreted with the fingers for the benefit:of
the deaf and dumb present in the room.

THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S-PARK.—
The visitors at this delightful establishment were never more
numerous then yesterday. We are informed that the
numbers admitted on Whit Monday, 1854, have hitherto
eaceoied all other records of the society; but the fine
weather, and, we may suppose, more confirmed popularity,
raised the concourse on the present occasion to within a
hundred of 23,000, by far the largest number over known to
have been admitted on anyone day. In addition to this vast
multitude, the performance of the band of the let Life THE If
Goads, which took plane on Saturday, attracted an seism- itossM_Ene,....MSCllpr.F.STEitionSat'NBDundaAY
yS..cCull.oooll,..bilPdmillOCe.E.S:
bias* of upward' of 3,000 persons, principally composed of acted with the established church, at Idanchnster, took
members and their Mends, so that the season has fairly com• Owe IL4lefday (Whit•lifundaY). when tthewsoere u
mwtheata the with
a measure enmesi,....fitAwthith the revenue. gestifYieg ttfaO2swwndioltent. I Thettl.:3=wortlitowtttors-u, who witnessed
._ __ Tanagers, 411 _ls .._ _e to revenue. The the bitettstinPrp .m,te to . with f.siage of gratification and
admiral' condition of the animals, their number, their delight, being the only procffaion of the hued, rthlably, in
veils% and the beauty of the prams theumbres cannot the kWgdonv,