The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-07 00:00:00

WATERLOO-BRIDGE.

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was
held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great
Queen-street ; Mr. Anderson in the chair.
Mr. Powell, the chief clerk, read the report,
which stated that the receipts for tolls during the
half-year ending February had been, for foot tolls
.£5,376, and for horse tolls £4,939, making a total
of £10,315, against £10,658 in the corresponding
half of 1866, there being a decrease of £390. The
total income was £11,870, and the expenditure
£l,BOB for general expenses, £1,318 interest on
bonds, and £8,750, being a dividend of 4s. Bd. in
the pound upon £37,500. The reserve balance was
over £4,504, against £5,314 last half year. The
bridge, road, and works were in a sound condition.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said there were rumours as to the purchase
of the bridge, but the directors knew nothing about
any such intention.

The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks to
the chairman concluded the proceedings,

GRAND JUNCTION CANAL.

The half yearly meeting of proprietors was held
on Tuesday, at the office in Surrey-street, Strand ;
Mr. Anderson in the chair.

Mr. Rogers, the s cret lry, read the report, which
stated that the net receipts for the half year had
been £33,093, against £3,1,122 in the corresponding
half of last year, being a decrease of £3,013. The
expenses, however, were lLss in 18513 by £1,833.
The profits for the half year, after payment of in-
terest on preference stock, were £23,673, which,
added to the balance left over, ►wade £30,962 avail-

able for dividend. The directors recommended a
dividend of £2 2s. 51 per share, free of income tax,
payable on 11,329 shares in the original stock,
amounting to £25,490, leaving a balance of £5,471.
The works on the canal were in good order and re-
pair, and the whole of the reservoirs were full of

water.
The report WaS adopted, the dividend declare],
and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the

proceedings.

RAILWAY BILLS.
Y teterday, iu LQrcl Re,ieedale's committee, the

Great Northern Bill was adjourned until the 18th.
In -the' House of Commons, group 12, the Lon-
don, Chatham, and Dover Bill was again proceeded
with and adjourned ; the London, Chatham, and
Dover (No. 3) Bill was proceeded with and ad-
journed, and the London, Chatham, and Dover
(No. 2 and N. 4) Bills was adjourned.

THE CHARITY CHILDREN AT S 7.
PAUL'S.

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The annual gathering of children belonging to
all the charity schools of the metropolis was held
in St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday. A great congre-
gation, numbering at fewest ten thousand persons,
came together on the occasioi, which is justly
esteemed by many as one of the most interesting
events, and withal one of the most beautiful spec-
tael s of any that occur in London during the
twelvemonth. The arrangements made and the
service performed are every year similar, and were
yesterday without any novelty, but the effect was
equally striking, and as sincerely admired by those
who witnessed it, as ever. The weather Ives pro-
pitious, and rai❑ did not fall. The several schools
walked in procession, or were transported in
vans, &c., to St. Paul's Churchyard. Their ap-
pearance in the streets, and their gathering
round the Cathedral, as each troop came
up, excited the usual attention and interest. More
than 4,000 children were brought together. Inside
St. Paul's the archways under the dome were filled
with tiers of seats, the lower and central of which
were allotted to the girls and the upper ranges to
the boys. With the exception of the Mile-end
Old Town School, which dates its existence so far
back as 1714, and has a red uniform, the boys are
all clothed in dark colours. The girls, however,
while they nearly all wear the old-fashioned white
linen cap and cape, can easily be distinguished by

their different coloured dresses and ribbons—light
or dark blue, pink and green, and, the worst of all,
a bad yellow. The managers of the proceedings
arranged the several girls' schools on the benches

with considerable effezt as to the coloured dresses.
Like the boys, them was only one band of
the girls who wore red dresses. The open
space below the dome was reserved for the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor, the aldermen, and the

more distinguished members of the congregation.
llis lordship, accompanied by the Lady Mayoress
and Miss Gabriel, with several of the aldermen,
arrived at 12 o'clock, and, preceded by the mace and
sword-bearers, was conducted to his seat near the
pulpit. The immense area of the western nave was
densely crowded, as were also the galleries at the
eastern end. At noon precisely the children rose to
the signal of their conductor, Mr. Buckland. The
100th Psalm was sung first. The Psalms were
chaunted by the cathedral choir stationed in front
of the organ at the top of the southern gallery, the
children joining in the " Gloria." "Te Deum,"
and " Jubilate Deo" were next given. Before
the prayer for the Queen, the Coronation Anthem
was performed by the. choir ; in those parts of
the grand chorus, " God save the King, long
live the: King," the children joined, and
they rendered the music with splendid effect.
The fine chorale, " Sleepers awake ! a voice is

calling," was sung before tha sermon, which was
preached by the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Carlisle. The preacher took as his text the
15th verse of the 3d chapter of 2d Timothy, " And
that from a child thou hast known the holy Scrip-

tures, which are able to niako thee wise unto salva-
tion through faith which is in Christ Jesus." The
discourse was upon the necessity of education based
on scriptural teaching, concluding with an appeal
for a generous liberality towards the object for
which those present had assembled. Four verses
of the 101 th Psalm were sung after the sermon, and
the service was fittingly concluded with the " Halle-
lujah Chorus."