The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-07 00:00:00

BRITISH SYRIAN RELIM' FUND.

A meeting of the general committiv of this fund
was held yesterda• at the Caledonian Hotel, Adelphi, to
receive • final report, to receive and consoler a niemorirl
for presentation to the Turkish government, soil to enrage
for the disposal of the ba/aoco of the fund. Lord STRAT-
FORD DC KILDCLI/Irt peeled= • sad there were present tiir
Yardley. Mr. AldermLa flalossoes, Dr. Hoilgkiu,
Dr. Crawford, Rey. Mr. Coulson, Bee. R. Herschel], Colonel
Walker, Mr. W. Greig, and IW. Molt Yates.
The report of the committee, the principal points of
which are contained is the resolutions and memorial subse-
quently adopted, having bees reed by Mr. CI Kra R.
Eitosim, the secretary,
Si, CULLING EARDLZT remarked that the account showed
• helium, in hand of about 9,0001., and the question was at
to how it should be appropria.ed. The committee were
suffeneg under two most unusual difficulties, • flush of
money cal unlimited confidence—the first being evidenced
by the large unappropriated balance, and the other by the
ilifficultpthey bad in getting anything like a full meeting
together to decide what should be done with it. They had
recently beard from their hired; at &ran, intimating
that although they bid given in • large estimate of what
would he required, yet that money had come in so ahem
ilaat/y from other countries that it would not be necessary to
seed out the balance in hand. The committee had written
to their friends in Beyrout to say that they might draw on
account of the 9,000/. balance, 3,5001., which it was pro-
posed to leave is the hands of • committee, who wield act
as trustees, sad pay it over as it might be required. Bat
there would ell remain a balance of between 4,000/. sad
5,000 f., sad Ws the tnaoce committee remmmended should
be applied la the way in which the doctors from foreign
countries Ee ired. vie., in subsidising anytime founded by
Christie= is Syria and the Holy Land for the reception of
the orphans and widows of those who had fallen in the la:e
1111•11010711. This mode of appropriation had been unani-
mously resolved upon at a previous meeting, but it was
thought advisable that the resolution should have a sort of
second reading, and therefore the present meeting had bees
Bled to coosisder, and if they approved of it, to confirm the
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__Dr. CRAWIOIM moved, and Mr. W. CIRRI() PeCteded, UM
lidOpikle of a memorial, urging the cultivation of cotton in
tna mad the appointment of ►• committee to present it to
commit, tee
minister.

Cr. HODUILIN moved cod Dr. HOLT YATILS sesseaded
another resolution, which, after some diseaseiou as to the
wording, was ado➢ted in the following form:—" That on
the close of the British Syrian relief fund on Julie lst, all
the moneys now in the hands of the British Syrian Relief
Committee, torther with such other sums as may hereafter
be paid in, be transferred to the last-mentioned Syrian
Improvement Committee, with instructions to reserve
the sum of 500/. till October Ist ; to retain a sum of NM
to be applied (as far ea needed) to odke elPtessell to pc,
the Syrian Asylums Committee the sums hereinhefore
damned ; to apply any further portion of the funds that
they think At to temporal wants and distreseed persons in
Syria and the Holy Land, to the assistance of the asylum.
referred to a the tint resolution, or the furtherance of such
objects of local advantage as that referred to in the last re-
solution ; to publish an account, duly audited, of the receipts
and expenditure up to the close of the account."
On the motion of Sir Culling Fridley the thanks of the
meeting were presented to Lord Stratford de Het Leh ffe for his
able services as Preaideat to the committee ; and on the
motion of Lord Stratford de Redclifte, a vote of thanks was
unanimously carried to lrr. Cy us IL Edmonds fur his ser-
vices as secretary.

Sir Andrew Agnew, on Monday, will aek the
Chancellor d the Exchequer whether it is the intention of
her Majeety's government to extend the accommodation

contemplated under the Post-office Savings Banks Act to all
part of the United Kingdom ; and whether the Parameter-
Geseml is prepared to receive application tram prints.
parties interested in the establishment at savings blahs in
partimdar lodlitiea
ARRIVAL or ANDERSON, TUE FUGITIVE SLAM
—Amaag the passengers who arrived at this port
youtsnlay rooming, per the steamer Nova SWUM), was.
Asdersoa, the fugitive slava7Liverpoo/ Mercury.

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THE CiALVIAT LINIL—The directors are fulfilling
their pledge of running steamers hem Galway regularly,
notwithstaeding the dimmtieuseee ei the grant. On
Wednesday the Adriatic sailed. Me was ready for sea on
the previous day, but WAS detained in order to take on
board the passengers and goods despatched from Havre by
the puddle steamer Pacific. The latter arrived at Dublin
yesterday morning with about 90 passeners sod 1,300 cases
of light goods. The directors are also urging ou the people
to petition for the return of tho subsidy to the line. At
the meeting of the board of guardians of the North Union
on Wednesday, the chairman read a letter which had been
received from the secretary to the Atlantic Royal Nall
Company, requesting the board to join in a protest against
the withdrawal of the postal subsidy. Several members
spoke on the subject, and ultirn.itoly a petition praying for
the renewal of the subsidy was agreed to, signed, and
sealed.

MR. HATERhe CHARGER OF CONMPIRACY.--IGART-
day (Thursday), says the Chefessford Chroairle, Mr. W. H.
Hawses, the megislorate, attended before the borough ma-
gistrates, at the Town Hall ; premed, J. F. Bishop, Eel.,
in the chair: J. Sevin, J. A. Tabor, sod I'. M. Duncan,
Emirs, in reference to the application made by Mr. Metcalfe,
barrister-at-law, on his behalf, at the recent sitting of the
borough magistrates, whim the eight county magistrates and
clerk (Mr. Howard) were charged with coo/piracy, that Mr.
Havens should be bound over to prosecute the defendants
at the ensuing wises. The depositions were read over
sad and Mr. Havens was formally bound over to
peotecute.
A STORY OP LOUIS PHILIPPE.—A stranger hap-
pening to be is Paris soon after the Revolution of July, Iwo,
was stopped by a young chimseyavreeper, who asked hint
if he had seen the King of the French. The other replied
in the negative. " Would you lake to see him!" continued
the chimney-sweeper. •• Only give me a piece of flys hawk
and you shall see him." The stranger agreed to do so, sod
they went away together to the halals Royal. As soon as
they were is eight of the bek.ely the boy began to call out,
" Louis Philippe ! Louis Philippe !" ia which cry he was
joined by the ralible near him. The King of the French
came out to make his obeisance, and the gentleman gave
• Ave-franc pima to the sweeper. " Now," sail the boy, "if
you have • mind to hear him sing, only promise me rive
more, and you shall be satisfied." The stranger amented,
and his Majesty, at the command of the mob, joined in the
Mareeillaiee Hymn with all the appropriate grimaces. At
the time when Louis Philippe was shakieg hands with
everybody in the street, he held out his hand to a man,
who said. " Stop a little." Thrusting both hands in the
mud, be offered them to the King, laying, " Now they are
fit for you."—Asirobiorreoair of Misr Cornelia Knight,
lady Companion to Um Princess Charlotte.