The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-14 00:00:00

Coulson or Pitscirroon.—At • meeting of the
votionl of this corporatioe, on &wonky last, the Very Her.
H. Dawes, M.A., Ursa of Hereford, was unanimously
elected an honorary member of the college. It was an-
flounced that Mr. bawee, whom zeal in the cause of edu-
cation is so hooourably known, has offered four prizes for
proficiency in ecoaornie wiener, to be competed for by the
candidates at the college examioatioos of teachers and
pupils at Midsummer, 180. This liberal offer the council
WV, thankfully accepted. The following gentlemen were
elected members of the oullege:—lfr. C. W. Hayes, of
Brampton, near Rotherham ; Mr. Henry timith, of Fire-
wood ; and Mr. JAG Tyrer, of Wolverhampton.
Tan Finanosv Asia CLITZAL LONDON VOL UM-
TIZZ Centre.—The watch which has bees arramiing for
some weeks past was Bred on haturday at tbe Plumstesd.
marshes. The weather was in every respect antagonistic to
good ',booting, beiag stormy cad eamedirigly windy. The
arrangement. made by the authorities it charge of the butts
were excellent. Finsbury was the winner, scoring 134
pointa, while Central London only obtained 122. The
arrangement was that there should be live rounds at Mt
500, 'nil 700 yards ; but at the time the above WOMB were
finished the mm had gone dowo, aod it was agreed to post-
pone the !Wish of the match until a future day.

CILVITAL PALACE.—The unusually fine weather
has been the meant of prolonging the season here mate-
rially. The present week has a host of attraction, quite
unusual fur October. This day the fountains are played.
To-morrow sad Thursday Tietjens ad (;iuglini, with other
operatic artistes. appear for the first time in shilling opera
concerts. On Wedonwley Bliondin makes one more lucent;
and on Saturday the Lady Mayoress will present the Lon •
don Rifle Brigade with a set of odours and silver bugles,
the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and officers of the corporation
attending In state.
THE HANOVEIt-MgrARE Roosts.—The leaao of
" the Quota's Concert Booms" in ft moverryuare having
come to an sad, and the occupation of the building having
fallen into the hands of the proprietor, rumours have got
abroad of some intention on his part of converting the pro-
mises to other purposes ; • step which would be a tenons
misfortune to the musical public. Fur our own part we gave no
credit to these repata ; feeling assured, from the well-
known character of that geotlertian, and his intimate con-
nexion with the musical art and profession, that he would
never commit what would really be an act of sacrilege, is
destroying this time-honoured temple of music —a building
not only associated with so many Interesting remembrances,
but possessed of acoustical properties and other capacities
for musical perforinaness of the most refined description not
equalled by say other concert rooms in London. Accord.
:oily we learn with satisfaction that the Hanover-square
Rooms are about to le repaired, redecorated, and im-
preyed in various respect., so as to be rendered more ell).
gent and commodious, anal letter lilted for their original
purpose than ever.
THE elftlarlt-RATE WAIL—Tbe committee of
laymen, who have undertaken to lead the pro-church rate
Party, ere in financial difficulties. In an advertisement
which appears M the Re,orcl of last week, it is stated that
the committee are in arrest to their treasurer to the amount
of MX lite. bd. They call for the payment of this sum,
and " for an ailequide supply for prospective expenditure."
" It cannot be,' they mask " that those who labour in this
work will have to bear their own charges." Well, it cer-
tainly ought not to Ile, but it seem. to prove that church-
men care very little for the miserable supremacy which this
imposition gives to them.
LATE APPLE BlArmoM. —There is at present in
the garden of Mr. Meddle, of Melton House, Stockbridge,
an apple tree in blossom. The same strange pheueuienou
has been noticed in gardens elsewhere is Scotland this
season. Debarred from fructification by the late spring
frosts, nature seems try Mg to make amends for her deficieucy
by putting forth bud ad blossom on the approach of
winter.—Srofamea.

DEKKINIOT, THE SENECA INDIAN, AND JACKAL/N,
THE AMERICAN DEER. —Deerfoot, the son of the Prairie,
will meet soother pideface this day at the West Lmnlon
Cricket-ground, Brom; ton, who perchance may shake •
leaf born his Laurels. Jackeoc. the Amman deer, has con-
tended with MA beaten some of the best men of the present
generation, and hes also defeated the fastest runnen of
seven different tribes of Indians in America. As the dis•
WIC* is only fear miles, • good race is sum to be the
result. Fear p.m. is the appointed tune.
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REMOVAL OF ST. THOMAPN 1106PITAL. —I t has
been dellnitively arranged to dispose of the site of St.
Thomas's Hospital for the requirements of the London.
bridge railway companies., and to coalesce with the St.
Bartholomew's. the joint institution to bare a coovalesceut
hospital some few saes oat of town.

teoNOMY lig TRI POBLIc SERVIrE.—We have it
on rehahle authority that 100 berrack.room forma being
required for the mew barracks in Toronto, Upper Owed%
en
order was given to a contractor on the spot, which, how-
ever, was countermanded by express from Kingston. stating
that a supply was en rout, from Eoglmel, the coat of their
carriage from the latter place to Tomato being more than
sufficient to ewer the entire charge far making them in Ca-
nada —a very fair sample of the way such things are in
general managed.—Unite[ .Se rein Gazette.
SHOCK-IMO OVCCRILENcE ON THE SOUTH WERTERN
RAILWAY.- On Saturday morning Mr. Robert Glen* •
cattle dealer, whilst in a train bringing tip about 1,500 sheep
from Andover. as the South Western Railway, sodden[
pat his head over one of the trucks so far that it .sz
spirt the brickwork of one of the bridges, and forced him
over into the truck adjoiaiag. New brought to town and
conveyed to Weataiinetar Hospital. The skull was found
fractured in revers) pieces sail drives ia ups the brain. The
operation of trepan was performed by Yr. Adams and
other wargeose, bat se are entertabied of kle recovery.
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