The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-29 00:00:00

WESTMINItria SCHOOL,

A meeting of Old Vestminsters was held on
Saturday in the school-room, on the invitation of the Dean,
to receive the report of the committee appointed at a
general meeting on the 13th of June last, " to confer with
the Dean and Chapter on the state of Westminster School
and College, with a view to improve them upon their pre-
sent site ; and alto to consider the propriety of removing the
school to a more fit sod proper site elsewhere."
The DIAN presided ; and there were present Lord Eburv,
Lord Llanover, Lord Me tyre, Lord John Thynne (the sub-
dean), the Bishop el St. Asaph, the Bishop of Moray and
Roes, Sir D. Dundee, Sir George Osborn, Sir Matthew Rid-
ley, Beth, M. P., Mr. G. C. Bentinck, M.P., Mr. Marsh, M.P.,
Dr. Plullimore, Q.C.. Mr. 0. B. Phillimore, Messrs. F.
Cat, If. Chester, A. Wrotteeley, Mare. Britle, and Revs.
C. J. Williams, J. Henderson, A. Borrodaile,
and • large number of other Old Westminster,.
The committee made, in regard to the first portion
of thole inquiry, nineteen proposals to the Dean and
Chapter. the 'Libations of which was that there el:mold
be a free communication between Great and Little
Dean's-yard, and the a railing should be the fence be-
tween the latter and the college garden, which should
be open to the boys ; that the cricket-ground in Vincent.
square should be planted with trees, and a covered play-
pound made at the school, in lieu of the cloisters';
the school itself should be better glazed and ventilated,
better warmed in cold weather, and generally kept in
better repair ; that the discipline of the school be retained
as heretofore; that the Westminster play should be re-
tained ' • and that the head and under masters should be
men. To most of these recommendations the
Dean and Chapter had given their salient. They, however,
declined to remove the obstructions between Great and 1
Little Demes-yard, or to allow the boys into the college
With respect to the play, the statutes of the col-
Zderleheydred the performance at Christmas of a Latin sod
Jfillplay, either tragedy or comedy, by the scholars
hehoristers with a view to their improvement in pro-
mutation and action • but in carrying out that refs they
thought they were bound to remember that the moral and
religious interests of the school must be their first con-
sidenition. The appointment of the masters was not voided
in the capitals: body. With respect to the second part of
their inquiry, there Wee a difference in the committees
opinion ; but they were unanimous in thinking that, even
should it be desirable to change the site of the school,
there were not available funds sufficient to enable them to
carry out that object on even the moderate Neale recom-
mended by the Dean and Chapter.
The proceedings of the meeting were of • very hennenious
eimanister, and the speakers appeared to he imbued with
the conviction that the Westminster School would long up-
held its good name.

LORD STANLEY AND THE ICIRIDALE
Os Wednesday evening the Right Hon. Lord Stepley,
Y.P., chairman of the bench of magistrates for tho Kirk-
dale district, interceded a select party of gentlemen, con-
eieting of members of the bench, and of the bar connected
with the Kirkdale sessions. The dinner took place in the
Adel* Hotel. There Teri shout forty guests, among
whom were thews. W. Hall, Theodore W. Rethbone,
Georg* Artinstall, Robert Neileon, H. Gaskell, R. Theak-
skink Lieut.-CoL Bonnie, M'Corqundale,
Mersa H. Royds, R. Guest, B. Pierpoiut, T. 8. Raffles,
J. P. Cobbett, J. N. Lerma" H. Mamdield, 0. Bolton,
&nest Ames, J. Cottingham, T. E. Mom, hc. As might
have bola •iessimited from • emspany so select, the party
Da:i wr y pleasant ems.—Liempeel aim.
IeVINOWTOWL—The Rev. W. Monk, of Cam-
bridge, • personal tried of Dr. LiMagetems, has rewired a
letter from the intrepid sapiens, dated Kaagona, Feb. 9.
Dr, LMsgstome oriuse:—"On the afternoon of the 7th her
Majesty's ship Lyra, haying, it is believed, the bishop [Dr.
Maekermie, of the Central African mimeo'
en board, arrived eilltails"borbear. TIN bar is rough, and has
prevented conuannientioo. lam overjoyed with the pros.
pest of the day which now dawns upon AJrica." Ad-
verting to the Pioneer, the vessel sent out to Dr. Living-
stone, the doctor adds :—" she is a real steamer. The
Admiralty by their superintendence secured everything
about her of the best description."