The Express. — London, England, 1847-03-10 00:00:00

Msik &NU bs applied to the cultivation of the iv . , = l.l wspaleallll; and this appears to be the most b E by time fee seat in g the experiment—in Ireland. ▪ wassever operations Ina tie reduced to general rules, and abort to a mechanisal process, there a company can per ".lhne them to greats" advantage than an individual ; but, if ,geppeel operations an ainstently required in any business or sods, thee individuals will always conquer. Now there deli wet appear anything in agriculture which cannot be pas* reduced to mechanical and chemical rules, and the a g aa rrige of carrying it on, on a large or gigantic scale, can , be easily shown. Linder the present system, t yen in Eng land, of the dividon of property and of farms, advantage Minot be taken of nature's bounties. First, there is a eon " slant jeal..iny and dispute respecting water-courses and, gemsequestly, irrigation is very imperfectly performeb, and s w oer power van seldom be employed to its greatest advan , lege. See ndly, in the present mode of letting farms, even s„ i s keg haws, there is always a prohibition annexed of betaking up pasture land, under the fear that the tenant exhaust it at the conclusion of the lease. Thirdly, there bno farm ii these kingdoms large enough to employ a resi • eat then Ist, at a good salary, to analyse the soil and : mew& sea indicate where the two will act most in unison. • Two objr,tions immediately disappear under a joint-stock . se mpeay, eultivati ig a very large 'rack of land; for, with to the first, their property will include such an ex ' = ge ed running water, that it can be diverted for all pur :. pssss with ut injury to neighbour& Indeed, the company would be able to increase the quantity to almost any extent, be et present the rains of h are in be far the greater • proportion wanted, by being allowed to find their way rapidly to the rivers, aril thence frequently flooding the country. • Now, in the case oontemplated, of a great part of a country perhaps under one management, there will generally be in cluded high lands of little value, in the gorges of which • large reservoirs may be made at a trifling expense to catch the ruins, th. ace to be distributed over the lands es required, similar to tl c one at present in operation near Glasgow, pla c e keireyer is applied exclusively for waterpower. With , respect to the second head, as no land can be so productive • as when under a reviler course of cultivation, and as the • owner is also thy cultivator, pasture land will take its turn of ' ,amid grams to great additional profit. The third reason is the most important of all. Science will then be applied to every part of the vegetable • kingdom. A normal egriculitual school will be es . tabhged, 'rom whence will emanate young men, caps , his of applying chemistry to every port of agriculture, who will be domiciled on the property, the extant of which will give them full employment and enable the company to reward them handsomely for their services. The number of labourers required will soon be known • these will be distri buted in a certain number of comfort able houses, and no addition to that number ever made, consequently the popu btion en the load will remain stationary, and a public com paeyean a ffor d :hem wages which will enable thcm to live in comfort-1P their families increase, the number beyond those • accessary to replace their parents, will, as et present, move r ail' to the manufectaring towns, where it is to be hoped some means will soon be taken to prevent the supply of • labour much eseeeding the demand. Ido not think there is any thing Utopian in thin plan, and if first attempted in • Ireland, where the property can at present be readily bought, the first joint stook company that attempts it will be the • c:hest benefactor the world ever saw.—H.A.M.—Bristol, 6. FIRE.—IN DRURT.LANE.—Ladt evening, between • six and seven o'clock, a fire broke out in No. 26, Brownlow ;street, Drury-lane. The parties in the first and second IMOTita succeeded in rushing down the stairs, and effec ti ng a retreat; but a Mrs. Warren, who tenanted the top floor, •Was not so fortunate, for the flames had gained such a lowa hold of the staircase that the was unable to descend. The flames entered her room, when she got upon thewindow 'mil, and was about to precipitate herself to the ground. The •pertin cried out to her not to throw herself out, and they -would fetch • ladder. Some few minutes elapsed before one could be procured, during which time the female was seen 'banging from the ledge of the window. Upon placing the ,ladder in front of the building, it was found to be long 'enough to reach only to the second floor. A ersyman courageously mounted the ladder, and carried her down in safety. An abundance of water being obtained, the firemen let to work, but notwithstanding that the engines were 'worked with full vigour, it win half-past eight before the dames could be conquered. By that period that portion of the house where the fire began was burned out, and the second and third floors, together with roof, were destroyed. INQUEST", YeSTERDAV.—ALLEGED DEATft PROM CONFISEVMST IN A POLICE STATION 1101:86.—Before Mr. Payne, by adjournment, in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Samuel Laud, aged 77. The circumstances of the false charge of theft and hasty imprisonment have been given. Several of the City police attended to explain to the jury the state of the cells in the station-houses ; and Mr. Beard from Mr. Sidney's Aloe, in lietton-garden, 'attended to watch the use on behalf of the widow and family of the deceased. Inspector Woodroffe said that whilst deceased was confined he did not complain of being cold, and he had bread and butter with coffee on three occa sions during the day. To keep the cell warm a ehaldron of peke was consumed per week. John Story, an officer on duty on the night that deceased was given into custody, said that on asking him if he was cold he merely said that he was Chilly, and he then gave him a rug to wrap himself in. On the other side it was alleged that deceased had complained bitterly of the piece he had been put into. The jury, after Nearing the whole of the evidence, returned a verdict of n Death from apoplexy, which they thought was hastened by the charge made against him, and the confine ment he woe subjected to." The jury, at the same time, recommended that a certain temperature should be kept up in all the cells in cold weather.--- , GRATH Or CHRISTOPHIR GRAHAM, ESQ., NT Poison.—By Mr. William Carter, at the Prince Regent Inn, Dulwich, 'Meeting the death of Christopher Graham, Esq., aged 82, who died at his mansion, Dulwich, on Monday morning lest. The deceee.d gentleman was for many years chief partner in the eminent firm of Graham, Simpson, North and Co., of New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. The fleet witness called was Hears Kimance, the deceased's late footman, who de posed that his master had been very ill latterly with lum bago, for which complaint he had been under the care of Kr. English, the surge in. On Monday morning last, whilst sitting at Lrenkfast with the cook and two housemaids, mother female servant came into the room, and said, "Master is very bad, and well he might be, for the stuff they have sent him to take almost choked him, as be was twenty minutes in taking it." Witness then told her that she moot have given him the wrong medicine. Witness ran up to tbe bed-room, and found that she had given the deceased the em avocation Minced of the draught. The bottle had been three parts filled ; when he went into the room it was quite empty. Mrs Graham, who was in bed with the deceased, was in slimily made acquainted with the fent, and ordered Mr. !kebab to be sent for. He attended with the stomach-pump, bat the decea-el became insensible, and died in four hours afterwards. The lotion had been used on the Sunday, and left by witness on the dressing-table, near the medicine. It was labelled, with every direction on the label fur use. The female who administered the same was in the habit of being caned into the bsdchamber at all hours in the night, and on the present unfortunate messier' she had in haste taken up the wrong bottle. Witness felt satisfied it was an acci dental occurrence. She had been ten years in the service of the family, and bore an unblemished character —Arthur William English, of Forest-hill, Dulwich, surgeon, stated that he was called in on the morning in question to see the deceased by the last witness, who came in'grest haste. He found the deceased lying on the bed in a partial state of coma. Witness easily detected what he had taken, and therefore dinned it necessary to withdraw the contents of the stomach. Re had swallowed a large quantity of the embrocation, which consisted of laudanum, camphor, and ammonia. Witness male him acquainted with the melancholy fact, but he soon became insensible after the use of the stomach pang. Irritation came on, which was followed by inflamma tion of the stomach, which resulted from the ammonia. He con tained to sink, and died shout noon, front the effects of poi son. Either of the three ingredients would have been sufficient to have caused death. Witness had timer made epos! ',torten' examination of the body, and he was fully satisfied that the deceased bad died from the poison taken into the stomach.—Verdict of " Accidental death."— SUICIDE AT WATILLOO-BRIDOR.—By Mr. Payne, at the Vestry-hall, lienleydown, on the body of Mary Anne Sim monde, aged a4--Laura Jones said she had known the deceased several years. The deceased had for thirteen years pried as the wife of a gentleman, and on his death, about a year and • half back, she f re tt e d very much. His family gave the deceased 401.—Eliza Russell, the deceased's sister, gave corroborative evidence, and, in addition, said the de ceased, owing to her altered circumstances, was much tZliin mind, and had threatened to drown herself deceased left home, witness went to the station, at Bow-street, and there ascertained that a female, whom, from the description she gave as to her clothing, she had no doubt was her seen. was seen on the morning she left Mrs. Jones's to jump off Waterloo•bridge. Efforts to save her were ineffectual.—From other evidence it appeared that the body was found in the river off Cotton's-wharf, on the morning of the and instant. In the absence of positive proof of the !Unfilled being the person who jumped off the bridge, the jury, on the suggestion of the coroner , Warned en open verdict -" Found drowned."--- 2 . MoTHEI AND CHILD BURNED TO DRATH.—By Mr. Payne, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Hannah Owen, aged 29. The deceased, who wee subject to fits, was the wife of a sawyer, living in Collingwood-street, Shoreditch. On Wednesday evening last, while nursing her infant, she was seined with a fit, and fell into the fire. 716e7 were discovered by a neighbour, with their clothes in flames, and the fin being extinguished, were brought to the heapital, where the child shortly after died of the injuries revived and the deceased lingered till Sunday, when death sin terminated her sufferings. Verdict—" Accidental death." PUBLIC MEETING AT LEEDS IN FAVOUR OF THE GOVERNMENT PLAN OF EDUCATION. Limns, MARCH 9.—Last evening a public meeting of them persons who approve generally of the plans for the estd itnprevement of education lately laid before irby the committee of her Majesty's council, was ti; art-borne at Leeds " for the purpose of ex plains their seatigagme need to the meseme, and =sot ether Mere lbetimame• of it mina appear " The meadsg aes ailed by the Nam, at the Migablelsm ar the exaraittee appointed at a agent prelimi ite.alabsid et the to Plte=hl ti te i mp p o s rltle t tumor the Sammie whisk had U fa o d d on the abject subsequent to the emasumemeat tithe meeting, eaadderabie interest was excited es hi the remit, and there wee a very early attendance of these who wished to hear the whole or the proceedings. Indeed, king before the hour ap Pointed for bovine"' (seven o'clock), the large 'visions room WM inconveniently crammed ; and it was stated during the eaves feomedings that there were four times as many waiting with- The MAYOR (G. Goodman, Eal.), having taken the chair and read the reqskition, said he wished that there had been more accommodation foe them desires. of being present, as it was evident that the court-house wee as full as it could be ; and he had no doubt that many were unable to obtain ingress ; • feet which showed the great interest that this question bad upon the public mind. With regard to his taking the chair that evening, he thought it was, perhaps, right that he should date that his opinions on the subject were not in conformity with the views entertained by the requisitionists—( hear)--and he might not be able to agree in the resolutions which they might pro pose. Nevertheless, it was exceedingly gratifying, as he had said before at public meetinge, and as he said then, to have an opportunity of calling his fellow-townsmen 4gether to express their sentiments upon such great public questions. This was, as they were aware, • meeting called fur the en titles purpose of promoting the views of the government upon the important subject of education ; and he sincerely hoped that the utmost quietness would prevail, and that the subject would be fully, fairly, and candidly discussed. (Hear.) JAMES 0. MAU/HALL, Esq., having been called on, rase and said that they were met on that occasion to take into consideration an offer on the part of the present government of very important assistance In promoting the education of the mass of the people. The questions which arose out of the consideration of that offer were two-fold. They had first to inquire how far the present amount of educa tion was adequate to the wants of the population, and, secondly, whether the assistance offered b the government wee such as they could accept. Here considerable clamour arose from the back part o the meeting, apparently occasioned by persons desirous of gain ing admission, and there were loud cries of " Adjourn," which, notwithstanding the appeals of the mayor, were kept up throughout Mr. Marshall's address, end many times pre vented those in his immediate vicinity from hearing what he said.] He expressed a hope that they would pursue the in quiry in a spirit of charity and impaztialay, laying aside all party prejudices and political prepossessions, and to be careful only to search after that truth which it was se important to attain. With respect to the present condition of popular education in this country, he thought that the extensive dia -1 elusion which the subject had recently undergone would enable them to come to a practicable decision ; and in refer ence thereto, he should found his observations upon those statistical elements which bad generally been conceded by all parties. Adverting to Lord Kerry's report, and to the number for whom additional school accommodation had since been provided, we understood Mr. Marshall to say, amid the noise which prevailed, that the number et present under education was 2,170,000. The population of England and Wales was now estimated at 17,000,000, and the number between the ages of 6 years and 16 years was within • small fraction of 4,000,000. The point upon which opinions diverged was, what proportion of these four millions were under instruction, and what ought to be the dumtion of school inrtructien ? Mr. Baines bald that one half the term, or fire years, was the usual period, which would give a proportion of one in nine of the population ; but others took the moth between five and ten, or 74, which was equivalent to a proportion of one-sixth of the whole population • and he thought there were good reasons why they shoul d take • lower standard than that. That was the proportion which existed in many other countries, both in Europe and America; in places where education was free, and where it was compulsory. Asauming that propor tion, and taking the period at 71 years, the number who ought now to be under education amounted, within • frac tion to three millions. (Here the uproar was increased, and rendered the speaker unable to proceed.) Mr. Councillor Bacon and Mr. J. SHAW, two of the leaders of the working classes, endeavoured to quell the dis order, and urged the importance of the subject under mon eideration, especially to the working classes. The former suggested that it would have been better if the meeting had be, n called for noon, and the other wished to ink the pro moters of the meeting if they would have any objection to adjourn to the Cloth Hall yard next day at noon ? Mr. JOSEPH Jonas, a labouring man, proposed an ad journment to Wednesday at noon in the Cloth Hall yard, but there were numerous objections to the hour, as being inconvenient to the working classes, and the motion was not seconded. . . The MATOR mid that it was in order to give the working classes en opportunity of attending the meeting in as large numbers u they could, that the meeting had been called at that hour. He wet Pure that the object of its promoters was quite pare and quite right, and he trusted that they would as far ss possible let the present meeting proceed. He might state that he was aware of the intention of n large body of persons to convene another meeting on this subject, for the purpose of ascertaining if the great bulk of the com munity were in favour of the proposal of government or otherwise, at which all would have an opportunity of ex. pressing their opinions, and he trusted they would allow those now present to express their views, u it might be most convenient to them to do so. Mr. Mwannstx then resumed his address, but the noise which prevailed previnted hie being heard for two conse cutive sentences. He said that the ministerial scheme would enable the people to carry out a sound and efficient plan of education, on a scale of magnitude which would give the whole population the mesas of discharging en imperative duty, and of enjoying the privilege of joining in the most glorious work that man could be engag_ed in. To the work ing men of England he was confident fiat there was a boon offered which to them and their children, and theirehildren's children, would be invaluable. This messure was calcu lated to gain far the working man, gradually it was true, and gently, and peaceably, but also surely and fully, all those civil sod social advantages to which they were beginning to aspire. (Loud cheers.) It would raise their entire class in the social scale of the community; and it would eventually introduce them, with the good will and hearty welcome of all other clams, to the enjoyment of many civil and social privileges. (" Hear," and cheers.) Without pledging him self to all the details of the measure, he did think that it was founded on the principles of justice, and was capable of doing much good. The management of the schools was left in the bends of the people. (" Hear, hear," and " No, no.") There wan nothing to prevent the more intelligent of the working classes Irom being elected on ceminittees for school management, and he trusted that many working men, the ' parents of children receiving education, miebt be elected to that honourable post, and which those who supported this measure would be glad to see them fill. (Hear.) Nor could he feel from this plan any real danger to the voluntary prin. ciple. He would yield to no man in the value that he attached to the voluntary principle, rightly understood. (Hear.) He hoped that his exertions hitherto had proved him to be a true voluntary. (Cheers.) And be could assure them that he was not going to change new. He would se riously, sincerely entreat those voluntaries who objected to this measure to reconsider well and maturely the position they hal taken up. (Hear.) He trusted that he was alto gether incapable, in common with all those he saw around him, of anowingly joining in any act of intolerance or injus tice towards the conscientious religious convictions of any sect 1' party of his fellow-countrymen ; but he did feel strongly that those voluntaries who were opposed to th is meaaure miebt retain in all its force their own principle, and be absolutely independent in their own religious community, and yet be at liberty to join their fellow-countrymen upon an equal footing in this great common came. (Hear and cheers.) He concluded by moving— That the =Melons and deplorable deficiency of memo for the good and efficient education of large numbers among the poorer claws in Oils country, coulee the ea faience of • great amount of ifINCIMICC and crime, bi an evil of alarming magnitude, and calls foe prompt and energetic remedial measures on the part of all claws of the community. The MAYOR read a letter from the Rev. Dr. Hook, vicar of Leeds, who was aliment at the parish church, where he is delivering a course of lectures on every evening (except Saturdays) during Lent. The rev. gentleman stated, that as the meeting had been called half an hour earlier than was intended, he feared his other avocations would prevent him beine present in time to second the first revolution. He, Sher • fore, hoped, if that should be the case, that some other gentleman would be called on to perform the duty, fee though be was in favour of a more extended plan of national educ itisn, he desired to express his sympathy with any movement in the right direction. (Heal.) Alderman TOTH' said he had come there to conclude, perhaps, the last scene of his efforts to promote the education of the working-classes. He had very little to say upon the subject, and therefore he hoped they would beer with decency. (Hear, and a laugh.) He was sure that there had been a sufficient exhibition that there Ines want of training— (Hear)—a want of edmation— ( flear)—and, he was quite sure, a great want of good manners. (Cheers and laughter.) It had been his wish and his object, ever since he became a thinking mar, to see the community intelligent and free in everything • but they could not be usefully free unless they had knowledge. The greatest slavery was that of ignorance. They were seeking to do away with that ignorance, and that was their sole object. Whether the means prop osed were totally adequate or not, he agreed with their worthy vicar, that the movement me in the right direction—(" Hear," and " No," and loud responsive cheers)—and if they did not support it, they would give a greater evidence of their ignorance. (Loud laughter, disapprobation, and applause.) He had only to say, that he cordially apprived of the resolu tion his worthy friend, Mr. Marshall, had p roposed. The MaYon. then put the resolution width war carried by a triumphant majority, only about thirty or forty bands being held up 'gamy it. JOHN Gorr, Esq., said, he presumed from the adoption of the resolution just proposed, that they were decidedly of opinion that education was required and essential to the hap- I Ponies of the great body of the people. (Hear.) He trusted they were all agreed upon that. lie should therefore pro ceed at once to the resolution which had been placed in his hands to move—that in the opinion of the meeting, it was the duty of the state to facilitate and encourage the education of the great b" ly of the people. (BeAr.) That appeared to hint to be so entirely true, that he was surprised there could be any difference of opinion upon the point. But still, if there were any such difference of opinion, he would wish to state one or two of the reasons, which in his mind were conclusive, se to the necessity for the government assisting in the education of the great body of the community. He took it that the state was responsible for the preservation of the public peace ; and that those who presided over the affairs of the state were required to use means and appliances to effect that object. This they did at a great expense. The enactment of laws, and the estab lishment of police at great cost, was for the purpose of en suring public order, and the general welfare of the people. If they could accomplish those objects at less cost, and at the same time elevate the national character of the people, by adding to their intelligence and information, and give a higher tone of moral feeling in everything that can elevate the character of en individual or a state, it would be a great object gained. He took it that they were bound to do so. (Hear.) This obligation was greater now rum at any termer period ; and he was quite sure that the more the subject was understood, the more the minutes of the privy council were examined, the more the people would be satisfied that their object was to raise -.themeless, sad their children, and their children's chil dren in the social scale of society. The sincere and earnest desire of the framers of those minute., and their whole scope and object, was normerely to secure the public safety end order by adding to the tone of moral feeling amongst the great mass of the community, but at the same time to induce sources of happiness and enjoyment at present un known to them. This was of especial importance in Eng land, which now stood with reference to the rest of the world as the centre of commercial enterprise, He would leave others to enlarge upon the regulations proposed in those valuable minutes of council; yet he would observe that in his opinion it was the duty of the people to accept the proffered benefit from the state. He maintained that the education of the great mass of the people was of in estimable benefit, and that those who contributed to that object were the greatest benefactors of the people. Now, if that was true in the case of individuals, he would not de prive the state of a participation in that duty ; for he thought it conducive to the safety of r. state that it should be grounded in the affections of the people—(Hear, hear) — and to his mind there was nothing so well calculated to promote that object sa enabling the state to promote the education of the people. He believed that the measure under consideration was based aeon the soundest state po licy and the strictest constitutional principles, and that it would effect great good if it was allowed to be carried out. He should, therefore, pr .pose— That this meeting dealers to recognise the duty of the state to faci litate and encoarpge the education ca the whole body of the people. Alderman STANOFILD said it was from a sincere CO/rela tion that the means of educating the people of this country were lamentably and disgracefully deficient, and that the voluntary principle alone was net adequate to remedy the evil, that he cordially cooperated with the promoters of that Meeting in obtaining that aid which he held that it was the duty of go vernment to give, and the right of citizens to de mand. Hear.) What was the end and aim of all govern ment ?Security and liberty to life and property. Why did men in forming new establishments, and founding new colo nic., p!sce themselves under authority, but to - hinder one from injuring another? They formed armies to moire' them from foreign aggression, and established a police to guard them from domestic foes, and also to punish the criminal ; and, if they were wise, they educated their children, that they might check the ten dency to roil in its infancy. He maintained that it was a higher and more important part of the duty of government to educate the Mtn than to punish the criminal. (Hear.) In the one ewe they merely vindicated the rights of the community; in the other, they rescued the individual from ruin, protected him from criminality, and secured the greatest happiness to the greatest number at the smallest cost. Ignorance and idleness were the bane of society ; edu cation and occupation were the antidotes; and unless they attended to those two things, all their exertions would be in vain. Much had been done of late to devise work and find employment for the people, by the liberation of trade and commerce from its former restrictions; and as he had taken part in that effort without regard to party considerations, so he would be ready to support the proposition of government regarding education, without regard to the particular claims or interests of churchmen or dissenter.. (Hear.) It was high time that the question of education should be drawn from the I arena of politics, and that it should no longer be the battle-ground of rival religious communities. Mr. Stansfeld then referred to " Porter's Progress of the Nation," wherein ' reference was made to the province of Nova Scotia, as illus trative of the advantages of educating the people; for there, in consequence of the eztent of instruction given, though gaols had been built in compliance with the law, it had not been ! found necessary to appoint officers to many of them. He added that he would not on any account undervalue the voluntary principle, but in the language of political econo mists, he looked upon the voluntary principle as he did upon labour ; he regarded it as the source of all wealth, but that ! when aided by capital it would produce a hundredfold. In ' thus expressing his general approval of the ministerial plan, he would take the opportunity of saying, that instead of the distribution of the parliamentary grant being confided to five members of the privy council, it would be better to have an independent board, whose chairman or president should hale a seat in the House of Commons, and be able to answer questions and inquiries that might be put to him. But when he was called upon to decide whether he would support this plan when he could not get a better, he would remain true t the principles that the Protestant dissenters upraised in 1839, ! when they prayed for government aid and lay inspection on the ground of the insufficiency of the voluntary principle. In seconding the resolution, he recognized the duty of the state to facilitate the education of the whole body of the people ; he did it with a sincere desire to promote the moral and religious advantages of his fellow-creatures. (Applause.) The resolution was carried. The Rev. C. WI c 8T aED said he owed a word of explanation on the reasons which had occasioned him to take part in pro moting the object for which the meeting was called, because he found himself that night associated with many gentlemen with whom he had the fate generally to differ, and he was dissociated from many gentlemen with whom he had had the fortune on matters of this kind generally to agree. But he had but one principle of conduct, and he hoped he should never have one opposed to it, and that wag the principle of emaciating with those, who ever they might be, whom he thought to be In the right, and of deciding against those whom he thought to be in the wrong. (Hear.) If they were agreed with him in that principle, he would congratulate them that after the amount that had been said in this town against the proposition of the government, they had an opportunity, if they would listen to the speeches, of hearing what could be said in favour of it, and of coming to a conclusion upon it. He must he allowed to Ray that this town had been the tonne— he must be excused if he lased rather strong terms—the scene of a strange and extravagant and unusual opposition, not oily to this measure of the government, but to the as sistance of the state in educating the people in any way. (" No, no," and " Hear, hear.") Now, he wished to hold up his hand with thou who, on the contrary, maintained . that it was the duty of the Mate to assist in the education of the people ; and that as to the specific measure before them, though it was not in all respects complete, and did not go so far as might be desired, it was, as far as it went, he be lieved from his soul (and he had read the minutes not merely once, but twice and thrice, with • suspicious jealousy), fair and useful and honourable. (Loud cheers.) Many years ago it was the cry of the people, and of the dimenters amongst the number, that it was disgraceful while they were expending fifty-two millions a year for the expense of the army, th• navy, and the other govern- mental departments, that they should allow so miserable a pittance as they did fur the education of the people. And yet, in that same year, there was voted 70,0001. for the ernct ! non of stables at Buckingham Palace, and only 30,0001. for aiding the education of the people of Great Britain. (Hear.) If they would listen they would hear some of the details of this measure. Hitherto they had had little but antioipa times of its consequences. For instance, he had read in the Leeds .Mercury that the danger of this measles e was, that it would throw all the power, of whatever kind, into the hands ol the government. (" It will.") Perhaps it would ; let them see. It was said that it would throw the whole power into the hands of the government, that they would be meet ing state functionaries at every turn of the street ; and that though they now paid 62 millions yearly into the hands of government, an additional million and a half would entirely defeat and overthrow all English liberty and throw it into the hands of the government. He believed it would throw some power into the handset the government. (Hear.) But there was another position which had been laid down by the Morning Chronicle. That paper said that it would throw the power into the hands of the church,—that so far from the government having any power, the privy council would be bound h and and foot to the church, and would not have power to appoint • single inspector, or master, or pupil teacher' He w,.uld simply ask, could both these alleguions be true ? He t hought that by the operation of this measure some extent of power would be given to the church, and some extent of power would be given to the state, but he thought that a great extent of power would go into the hands of the people. (Cheers.) It might be that very jealous dissenters would be afraid that all the people should become indoctrinated into the church catechism ; he might perhaps have to anticipate that it would rouse the people to desire a catechism purer in doctrine and fuller in informa tion. Some might seppose that the measure would deprive the English people of their liberties; he, on the other hand, might suppose that it would lead to an extension of the franchise, for it would be impossible to withhold an extended franchise from an educated people. (Cheers.) These antici pations, then, they would say, were done with. But what were the regulations proposed ? Government did not propose to take the initiative ; but it said that any number of persona of any sect whatever might unite to build a school, and that government would contribute one-third part of the sum that was shown to be usefully expended. Again, they wished to bring the master's salary up to a proper standard, by propos ing that it the managers would provide a house free of rent and taxes, and a stipend of 601. a year, the state would add 301. to it. If the meeting had seen, as he had seen, the penury to which many schoolmasters had been reduced, they would think it high time to effect this improvement. There was a rumour that no assistance would be given except upon the report of the clergyman of the parish; and that dissen ters' schools would have to be visited by the clergy men of the parish ; but he would say, that, except as regard. d church schools, such a statement was false. (Hear.) The clergy man would have no more liberty to put his foot into a dis senting school against the will of its managers, than they would have to go and examine his scholars without his will. Yet it might be said that the inspector would be a clergyman; but at purest the majority of the inspectors were laymen, and nth. a the number was increased the proportion would probably be increased too. They would, therefore, be entitled to have a layman as inspector, and he would have no right to inquire into the religious exercises of the school, for it was forbidden him, by an express minute, to make any such in quiry ; and the managers of the dissenting schools would alone have the power of giving certificate, as to the religious qualifications of the masters and the pupil teachers. it had also bean said, in an early stage of the discusaion, that the pupils would have to be taught the church catechism ; but it was remarkable that in the government scheme it was not even required that the pupils in the church schools should be taught the church cateetion ; though it was required that the pupil teachers in the church schools should be convers ant with the church catechism : but not in other schools. He repeated the fact, that the dissenting schools were not interfered with at all ; and that the managers were at liberty to adopt such religious instruction as they might think fit. After some further observations, the rev. gentleman said : I am ashamed of the spirit of diment, as manifested in the opposition to this messare. It is not English ; it is meta non. It is not British ; I was going to say, it is independent. (Loud applause.) He concluded by moving: That, In endeavouring to promote the general enemies et Os potpie, the policy of the cover/anent should be to 'daub* wet Is aupenede, the voluntary efforts of the people ; and to moo fig MI equally accessible to all, by avoiding constraint upon the Minims mt. victims of the receivers. tiaMOIL Hay, Esq., seconded the motion. Mr. Councillor Baum( said, he had a few words to say upon the proposition of Mr. Withiteed. He eras sorry that the conduct of the meetiug should have called forth the strong observations of Alderman Tottie ; whether they THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1847. were elicited by the proceedings:] working men, or of those who thought they were educated, he did not know. He was not disposed to admit that the great body of the working men were ignorant, but he thought that those who said they were were themselves 'ignorant. (A laugh.) He was glad to hear the remark of Mr. (Slott, that the gre at s , ess of a go vernment depended upon the affections of the p s 'orle ; for be held the principle that government should be ba.'ed upon the affections of the people, and not upon property. Mr. Brook went on to express his opinion that education sh,,uld, as in America, be free from the trammels of both church And diaseut, that the instruction should he wholly secular, asid that it should be left to the parents of the children alone tO give them such religious education as they might deem pro per. He was opposed to all centralisation, and - was ready to go for a separatioa et Church and State. Mr. WICKSTERD said, that, like Mr. Brook, he would prefer a merely secular education ; but, as their worthy vicar had stand, this was a move in the right direction ; and, therefore, be supported it. Mr. 8. HAT said that he deemed a religious education the most important, and he did not see how they could separate religious from secular instruction. The resolution was agreed to. The Rev. Jenne Faworrrr said that tie subject on wLich they were engaged that evening was one of vast importance to them and their children ; and the resolution intrusted to him was also of great importance, because it seriously affected the working of the s c h oo l s that were established, referring, as it did, to the position and the proepi eta of the masters of three schools. He held in his hand a volume of the reports of the inspectors, and he had read with powerful interest the statements affecting the position of the school masters. If their children were to be efficiently taught there must be effective masters; but he found that a vast proper- I Lion of the existing masters were subsisting on a paltry pit tance, besides being greatly overworked. The effect of this was, that the better.qualified manors obtained other and more profitable employments, much to the disadvantage of the rising generation. He had, therefore, Touch pleasure io calling upon them to support the resolution which he had to move, as follows: That tire position and prospects of the muter+, as well as the quality and character of the hu.tructlan given in many of the elementary ithoola In this country, ere equally unratinfamory ; and that A la of the lainteat Importance to improve the one and to elevate the condition of the other. Dr. HOOK, Vicar of Leeds, was loudly cheered on presenting himself. He said,—ficntlemen, at this late period of the evening, I shall not think of detaining you long ; and, in short, I have not much to say to you. I stand here as an advocate for the education of the people on the most extensive scale. I stand not here as a supporter of the government, or as an advocate of the present measure; but, having myself suggested an education on an extensive plan, I cars not whether my plan is condemned or not ; I say, " Bring forward another ; bring forward a better, and I will support it." (Cheers.) And here I find that her Majesty's ministers have brought forward a measure, which does not propose to go so far as I would go ; but because they won't go with me 20 miles, I see no reason why I should not go with them five miles. As I have said before, I consider this to be • movement in the right direction ; and I wish that the working men of Leeds would use their usual good erase, end look on the subject as it is now brought before them. There is an attempt to confuse tho matter. (Hear.) —to make it ppear ea if it was a contest between church and dissent. Now, we might oppose the educational scheme of the government as churchmen, or we might oppose it if we were dissenters ; but the first objection now brought against not only this, but any measure, is the interference on the part of the state. (Hear.) That is the grand objeo tion which is brought satinet the measure. Do not lose sight of that. Do not, in the course of the controversy, let that be loot sight of. The question is, whether we will admit the principle that the state may interfere, or sus will not ? (Hear.) AU I can say is, that if you are of opi nion that the education of the country is now sufficient in quantity and in quality, I have nothing more to say. It II your look out, not mine. I have published a pamphlet, in which I have shown that the education of this country is de ficient both in quality and in quantity. Myst tomcats have been attacked, but they have not been disproved. I be lieve them to be: substantially correct. But I don't are about theory, if you will look about you, as I have looked about me ; and if you are content with the present state of education, then we need not move one step further; but if you are convinced that the educe Men of the people ought to be conducted on a more eaten. dm scale, if you are convinced that both in quantity and in meslity it ought to be improved, why then take your stand baldly upon that, and demand that an improvement be made, demand that aid and assistance shall be given. Now, I um perfectly well aware that a few years ago the Church was unwilling to allow that the state should interfere. The Church then took the same course that the opponents of this measure are taking now. Tcn or twelve years ago I took Hat course myself. I was desirous to see the experiment tried as to voluntaryism. I give the Dissenters credit for all Heir exertions in this cause; but we have tried ourselves to He utinoet, and the observafons I have made sa'isfy me that though we have not failed, we have not, by our united exertions, been able to meet the evil. Well, then, let us look at the state of things now. The government has proposed a measure which I believe the Church generally is desirous of accepting, being ready to make large concessions—comes visas which, ten or twelve years ago, we should not have been willing to make, because we believe that all concessions which do not go to the sacrifice of principle ought to be made in this righteous cause. (Hear, hear.) If you will bear this principle in mind, I have no fear of your coming to a right conclusion. As I have raid Ido not come here u a rapporter of the government, but I do say that the noble lard who has devised this plan has acted very wisely and cantiouely in the first move that be has made. It is nut in tended, I believe, to be final ; it is a step in advance. It W been surrounded with difficulties. His life has been de. voted to the advancement of civil and religions liberty. He hiss been looked on with jealousy on one side; and he has endeavoured to steer his way equally, and to deal equal justice to both sides. If there le not equal justice to both Wes, let us give over the measure. All we want is fair play. (Hear.) If those who oppose this measure will only go to the Lord President of the Council and nay, " You are doing we a manifest wrong," I will go with them and ask him to re dress that wrong. (Cheers.) I speak in the name of many persons, and I am sure they will agree with me when I say that at this time and at this day—l don't care what may be said about other times or other days—the charch only wants fair play. (Hear, hear.) I believe that if you will only examine this measure fairly (and my friend, Mr. Sin clair, will shortly explain it to you) you will find that an at tempt his been made to do right to both sides—to favour none. We don't want favour, but only lair play. If you will only bear this point in mind, you will judge rightly in determining the question whether the state may assist in the education of the people or not. That is the real question. And if you concur with me in thinking that the measure now proposed is a measure in which an attempt is made to waist all parties without Waring any, I think you will come to the conclusion that ma ought to give the measure, at least, a fair trial. f Hear.) Working men of Leeds, I beg to assure you, and I hope you le believe, that I am your friend, and desirous, in every posdble way that I can, of promoting your interests. I may have failed—l may have given much offence ; but all I can ' my is—and I can answer for myself as to that—that my heart is right, and that my heart is yours. (Cheers.) And I call upon you at the present time to prevent the cause of education from being retarded in its progress, to prevent sectarian influences from throwing any impediment in its way. I call upon you as a reverend gentleman who pre ceded me did, to assist the government of the country to reward • irtue as well as to punish vice. I call upon you to aesiet them to do what will add to the comfort, and respect, and intelligence of the working classes. I call upon you to assist them in doing what will enable you to edu cate your children, so that they may be able to exercise any constitutional privilege with which they may afterwards be invested—(loud cheers); in a word, gentlemen, I call upon you to allow the government to empty the gaols by building schools. (Loud applause.) The Mayor then put the resolution, and it was declared to him been unanimously adopted. The Rev. %Yuman SINCLAIR said he had undertaken the arduous task, which, however, had been ably anti cipated by many of the preceding speakers, of referring more particularly to the minutes of the Privy Council, and of endeavouring to give an account of that on which so melt misrepresentation had been widely spread. That *ern was great need of an increase of the means of edu cation, had been proved that night. When he served in the army, he frequently had occasion to canna the great proportion of soldiers who were raised to the rank of non-commissioned office's; but it was only lately that he had discovered the cause. He held in his hand two reports, one made to parliament in 1839, and W other to the Leeds town council in 1841. The one showed that so long ago ae 1616, the parliament of that day in Scotland had passed resolutions for establishing a system of education throughout the country; though it was not fully tarried into effect till after the revolution of 1696; but in 1839 there were 1,047 schools, with 1,170 teachers, enoying an income from endowments of 29,b001., and of 55,329 1. from bee. And yet this system did not crush private enterprise, be there were 3,996 non-endowed schools, and 4,469 teachers, having together 225,061 pupils ort of a population of two millions, and the average was 101 out of every hundred in the northern parts of the kingdom. The report to the Leeds town council IR 1841 stated that out of its large population there we., only 6,755 children attending the weekday schools ; and it was said of the masters that very few of them knew anything beyond the mere elements of the Rags Bah lenguags; that the teachers were more tit to be aright than the scholars ; and that the instruction they gave was of the most unimportant kind. He could, therefore, now under. stand why those places, which were open to both nations. were chiefly bestowed upon ticotehmen. He wanted is repress that irregularity, not by depressing the one but by elevating the other. There were many modes in which thee object might be carried out. But he would eft-emoted wale to road the statement of that far-seeing patriot, Adam Bmith, in the let chapter of the sth book or his " Wealth of Nations," and they would see why it was not possible for voluntary estahliebmeabs to provide for the adequate educa tion of the people. And the reason that he gave was the difference between the wants of the body and the wants of the mind the former were necessarily redressed when they woes, bat the latter were neglected tell it became affected with it, own torpor. The rev. gentleman explained sums points in the minutes of council which bad been isierepre muted, and uneluded by moving— Tiol,Unosu 'Meow itLif to aU thedelalls, this nmellng bane. the isinme be Missile, Me of Om be of Osemell an lidnsetkm, remake MI pealhammi. to be ibmileden semi prtrabsisk and is andine ell** mem Ise draimang end ba- Cnnirthe minden moms et obamtink wkh the otareemens at per. tairsas to on melees atlas eemmoky. lons DAIINTON Luococa, Iraq., said that thin& the hour was so far advanced, ho felt it incumbent upon him, as a dissenter, connected as he was with the extreme portion of dissenters, being an Unitarian, to express his concurrence in the measures which bad been submitted to them that even tug. And it we. not without feeling; of doubt and of pain that ho had been under the necessity of dissociating him.TN oa this question from many friends with whom he had bee." , wont to act in political matters, because he deemed it a truly Catholic spirited measure; though he objected to the power given to the Lads of the Council, an irmponsible body. He seconded the resolution. The motion was adopted with only two dissentients. JOHN ATKINSON, Esq., moved— Thai the wearily of an annual rote to provide the requisite funds, and the constant attention of parliament thereby secured, form a ow- Witutional cheek, which appears sufficient to control the possible abuses of patronage, end en undue esp. nditure of public mm.ry ; ant that the vigilance of the House of OM mow may be eel led on for the investigationor redrew. Malty grievances that may be alleged. 0. Eros, Esq., seconded the resolution, and said he thought that the points adverted to, exactly met the objection of Mr. Locoock. The resolution yea adopted. SIIILTON. Esq., moved Th. t ea the benefits of government aid are proposed to be confined t o to oo l masters and mistresses who have been trained in Normal al l ow s a'rtady under inspection, this meeting would beg !nice re spectfully to suggest that these benefit. might, for the present be ex. tended to to when who have not had that ads - ant:age, but who shall be reported m tk• duly qualified by competent examination. The Rev. .0 Xining Elkin seconded the motion, and it was supported by :Ir. Alex sw, a schoolmaster. Like the rest, in".. agreed to. Mr. lawman r:t moved— mat a petition in fe roar of the mbar* be presented to the Home of Commons through tee members of this borough ; that thew teso lutions be also communio.rted to Dm tort President of the Council, by a deputation fn. this meeting, consisting of the Mayor, Rev. Dr. Hook, J. G. Marshall, Ems, Her. W. Sinclair, J. Gott, Paq., Rev. C. Wicksteed, and Hamer Mansfield, Esq.; and that such deputation be likewise requested to plate themselves in communication with the Riding and borough member. Mr. lhauuot.r seconded the proposition, and it waa adopted. mr. Gorr, having taken the chair, thanks to the mayor were proposed by the vicar, seconded by Mr. Marshall, and carried by acclamation, for his kindness in taking the I chair, and fur the able and disinterested manner in which be I filled it. The mayor briefly expressed his acknowledgments, and the meeting broke up about haltpast eleven o'clock at night. The Wowing is the form of the petition referred to in the eighth resolution To the Ellenorable the (5 - intreona of the United Magda= of Great Britsiamed Ireland. in Parliament &trembled, the humble petition of the =dersigoesi inhabitanta of the borough of Leeds, In the asuatyefTork, Beetigg sheweth,—That the notorious and deplorable deficiency ef Men Der the pod and efficient education of large numbers men tie perm dense In this country, mad the existence of a pest unseat aflgunree *ad crime, Is an evil of alarming magni- Mk. la alb kr inapt End energetio remedial measures on the poet of dime eellte - emosetolty. That in the opinion of your peellerts It Ile the blurbs day et the Mete to facilitate and encou rage dr eirelles lithe wbelehody of the people, but that in radar vegeta le peseta the general education of the people, the policy of the feememeet sheald be to stimuiste, not to euperaris, the colon. tai garb et the people, and to make to aid equally ucormible he ell br swift constraint upon the religious convictions of reieftWee. That the position and prospects of the masters, as VIII OD Ilietialty sad character of the 'menet ion given in many of the elemeeesey setioals in Una country, are equally unsathdected, and that It Is ef the highest importanoe to Improve the one and to elevate the eliedlelen of lb. other. That, without being pledged to all the =the' petitioner. believe tbe scheme fur extending laidopera himmlitee et Ommeil on Education reoecUy before patelenelat, is Ilembed s mune principles. and tom" tors efficient means develeplepead Improving the existing meant of education, with the observers it perfect fairnese to all Welke. of the commu nity :-1. By Marla( aid to all parties engagri in progenitor educa tion, while ft secures to each full liberty of csiascienor ea to the reli gious training to be combined with the secular instmetkm. I —S. By the manner in which It calls forth and sus tains voluntary contributions for the education of the people, and at the some time renders them effective. S. By the encouragement which it hold. out to young persona to devote themselves to the pro fession of teachers, and by . the judicious regulations which it contains for ascertaining and secu ri ng their progressive advancement in know ledge. 4. By the means which It offers for elevating the master'. .tending 111 society, by increasing his stipend and making provision far hie old Um. S. By pviding a mortal:lt stinaulus , both rimesters • end scholsni, through th e medium of inapection, while the discipline and management of the schools, the control of the master, and the religious Instruction of the pupil.% ere left reclusively to the local euppo.rtent; thus combining the advantages of government counte nance and support with the free play of popular energy and viei lance. that the .matey it s annual rote to provide the requisite fund. he maples the mad plan into opere ttas and the moment elleffilles et parliament thereby secured, hem a erestitatianal diráwá appear, to your petitioners suffi cient In wand IY pillibb ANON of patronage sad an undue caper.- Mon of palls aim" : amel hot the vigilance of your honourable hame aeq IM rebid as fee Ile inveatieration or redrew of any grie vances that ref be alleged. Year petitioners therefore hu•nbly pray that your beseeralie house vet be pkward to adopt march measures a , you may enealder bent calculated to promote the sitcom of the plan for the extension and improvement of education remedy Laid before parliament by the Committee of Council on education.—And your petitioners will ever pray, ho. IRELAND. DUBLIN, ll•aca R. While the Irish party in London threaten the New Poor-law with "the most vigorous opposition," they are backed at home by the lengthy resolutions of grand juries, and the fields, meanwhile, call for seed, which the landlords will not or cannot afford. The last striking set emanate from the Limerick grand jury room—adopted with perfect unanimity, as might have been expected, and authenticated by the chair man, Mr. Monsell, a man of intelligence and rank. The resolutions are not characterised by mach originality. They attack the Labour Rate Act as diminishing the Treasury, encumbering property, de stroying self-reliance on the part both of owners and occupiers, demoralising the peasantry, deranging the active social system, blighting future prospects in the production of food, and rendering the state of transi tion to a more natural system doubtful and dangerous. Such failures in legislation are ascribed to an imperfect acquaintance with the peculiar social condition of Ireland, which never can be properly constituted until the enactment as well as the subsequent admi nistration of laws affecting Ireland are in the hands of Irishmen only. The first division of the resolutions —for there are three—closes with an expression of " deep and heart-felt gratitude for the truly christian exertions and sacrifices made by the people of Eng land for the relief of the famishing poor of this country." The second set states the startling fact that the expenditure at present for the relief of the poor in the country at large exceeds 20s. in the pound of the entire value, including, of course, the expenditure on the :public works. Even so, the statement cannot be true. The proposed remedy for the evil is, according to Mr. Monsell, to diminish the area of taxation, so as to give increased employment; and, what is of more importance, it is judiciously stated that the employment of additional labour would be greatly " encouraged " be giving tenants compensation for improvements. this proposition was declared at the meeting of the Slates-General at the Rotunda, but lhas not been adopted by any other grand jury in Ireland, except the Limerick grand jury. The com plaint of towns as to high rating it is proposed to alleviate by fixing a limit beyond which no division should be taxed for its own poor, and the surplus to be paid by a national rate leviable off property of every description. Appended to the Limerick resolutions is the ques tion of equalising the poor-law rate, which continues to occupy the deepest attention in the towns. The people of Wexford met on Thursday last, the Mayor in the chair, to protest against the unequal, and to demand au uniform, mode of rating. As :an instance of the unjust operation of the present mode of distri buting the maintenance of paupers, the Mayor stated that the electoral division ofWev ford alone maintained nearly as many paupers as all the other divisions of the Union. The number of paupers in the house was 571 ; of these the town of Wexford maintained 269. The rate for the town division was Is. 7d. in the pound, while that on Lady's Island, which I may add is quite adjacent to the town, is only 2d.! This same question of rating is arresting attention in Sligo; a new rate has just been struck in Sligo electoral division of 2s. in the pound for the half year, or 4s. per annum, and it is stated that in other divi sions the rate will be 3s. 4d. The taxation of the town of Sligo at present exceeds 9s. 6d. in the pound. This is, of course, for all municipal purposes. The Wexford Independent states that Lord Rath downe has ordered his agent to supply all the poor tenantry on his estate in that county with seed for the coming crops. The Earl of Erne has behaved with similar liberality in the North. In the South the better class of landlords is pursuing the same judicious course; every where, indeed, the press announces individual instances of similar liberality. M. foyer makes one of his experiments to-day. On Saturday he attended at the Mendicity Institution to see the preparation of soup. The proportions used were, I understand, about 60 lbs. of coarse meat to less than 100 gallons of water. M. foyer considered the soup good, but declared, that with 12 lbs. of the same meat ho would make the mama quantity of soup and of a better quality. His instructions are likely to be of much value to charitable institutions. The receipts of the first concert by the United Musical Societies of Dublin for the relief of the poor exceeded 400/. The Repeal Association held its usual meeting today. Mr. C. MscLoughßn tilled the chair. The proceedings were not of much interest. A letter was read from Mr. John O'Connell, announcing that his father would have addresood the seeociatioo , but that he was leaving London for Hastings for change of. air. The rent for the week was announced to be 181. Liu 4d. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, Mkucid 8. The power of Scotch parochial boards to relieve the able-bodied poor has received unexpected confirmation from Sir George Grey. A memorial having been sent from Paisley on this matter, Sir George, in his reply, states, " He is advised that, although the able bodied, poor have no right to relief, which they can 'directly make available in law, it is in the power of the parochial board, at their discretion, and when circumstances appear to the it, to apply the assess ' m.vnt, and to assess for the relief of the able-bodied poor:" TntOe is reviving in Paisley—so much so, that the relief-coiAmittee expect to be able to cut oft' 200 por tions per a'sy of soup kitchen supplies. The inade 'pate pay of the Edinburgh police force is probably a orocuring cause of the numerous street robberies. To serjeants it is ostensibly 18s. a-week ; to the firet,da ss officers, 15a. ; to the second class, 14 e . ;t o superminvoraries, 12s. Ostensibly, because, from the sums stated, one shilling is deducted weekly, in order to give each into the dress peculiar to the brotherhood. The men have hnd a meeting, for the purpose of petitioning for an increase. The proposed legal and general reforms of the Lord Advocate are giving general satisfaction. Known only to the profession and to litigants, &c., the cum brous forms of Scotch legal procedure do not form subjects for popular agitation; and hence the pro priety of relaxing statutes being introduced when general politics are quiescent. There seems little doubt that the scrutiny of proxies at the late meeting of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway will result in the sanctioning of the with drawal of the Sunday trains. Measures are being taken for a public meeting in Glasgow to petition for parliamentary interference. In regard to food riots, Wick is pretty tranquil ; but at Thurso the military were resisted, and the mob had to be dealt with at the point of the bayonet. Ross-shire is again understood to be in an unsettled state. Dr. Sieveright, of Markinch, is talked of as the Moderator of the Free Church Assembly. The Mo derator of the Established Church Assembly has not yet transpired. Lord Belhaven will, it is said, be, u formerly, the commissioner. COMMISSION BY TUB LORD LIRUTENANT or KIIICAR.. DIN/L—Ron. I. Arbuthnot to be Vice-Lientenant COMMISSION DT TUE LORD Lotveaturre or Ark.—A. Cathcart, Gent., to be Cornet, vice L G. Campbell, »- signed, of Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry. AGRICULTURE IN THE SCOTCH HIGHLANDS.—Sir, — Your strictures on Dr. lifackenzie's fancy, that he can eats , bllsli Belgian agriculture in a Highland climate, ate mast proper and well-timed. Dr. Mackenzie is evidently ignorant of the proper object of agriculture; and by his advoca cy and practice of the allotment system, he betrays that ig norance. Let him, and all Highland lairds, be told, that the of of agriculture, and husbandry in general, is not the mere sustenance of the cultivator, but to provide food for the community at large. That is the legitimate object; and surely it cannot be attained by planting families on two or three acres of land for each. Supply is wanted, not for colonies of drones, such as Dr. Mackenzie desires to esta blish, but for the industrious artisan. It is absolutely neces sary for the sustenance of the manufacturing population that the land should be cultivated he as few hands as pos sible. Tisk is quite clear to any understanding of tolerable power; but it ur beyond the grasp of a teacher of Belgian agriculture to people in the North West Highlands. Our Highland Factor may yet find his allotment colonies some what troublesome, when they come to be delivered over to the heir on his coming of age.—A Nowt)* MA N. A ROMANCE or STADE Ltra.—Tbe following quotation from the Glakgoas Pon—long as it is--will repay perusal by the curious in romances of real life. The drama of the "Battle of Sedgemoor," was performed at Theatre, Glasgow, on Tuesday evening, and while the buaie nee& of the play was going forward, aad while one of the favourite actresses (Mrs. De Bourgh), was performing her part, • tall handsome man, with a military air, in the pit, was observed to look very uneasy for a few minutes, to gaze earnestly at the stage as if the lady bad engaged his fixed attention, rising several times from his seat during the time, until he at length apparently satisfied himself with his scrutiny—when, to the astonishment of all around, he exclaimed at the pitch of a stern mili tary voice, "My wife, by heaven ! my Eliza!" Not knowing the reuse of this sudden outburst, the spectator far a time appeared at a bus whether to treat the affahe in joke or earnest. Seeing, however, that the gentleman was perfectly sober, and quite serious in his manner of addrus, their merriment gave way to wonder and curio sity, which was in no degree lessened when it was noted that the fair actress who had been thus pointedly addressed had swooned, and required to leave the stags. The play, however, went on, notwithstanding this, but the occurrence excited the most marked attention. On hearing of the matter, Mr. Miller, the manager, at once proet mit d to the place where the gentleman sat. in order to aeecrtain the cause of the unlooked-for interruption that had been given to the evening's entertainment, and inquired has meaning for the expression be had made use of. " I tell you," Raid the gentleman, " that lady is my wife, whom I hare not seen these nineteen years. I have been abroad, and during that time have not heard from her; I thought her dead ; and can you wonder I was astonished ? " " But," Raid the stranger, " Who are you that inquires ? " Mr. Miller replied that he was lessee of the theatre—that be had a respect for this lady, who had now been in his corps dramatiqur for three years, during which her reputed husband, Mr. De Bourgh, had died, and as he felt an interest in the reputation of this lady, as well ea for the good name of all the members of the company, be hoped the gentleman would not wantonly make a statement to injure her character. " Married," exclaimed the stranger, "to another. My Elise married ! ! But I must see her i immediately, she s still my wife." Mr. Miller asked the name of the gentleman who said, " sty name is Lewis, Lieutenant Lewis, Sir. I've come direct from Liverpool after haring been on foreign service with my boy, her boy, Sir. He is twenty.two years of age, six feet two inches high. You shall see him, Sir." Somewhat doubtful and yet surprised at this recital, Mr. Miller inquired the maiden name of the lady. " Stanley," saidthe lieutenant, " Elis a beth Stanley." After there intenoratories, Mr M. proceeded behind the seems to satisfy himself as to the truth of the representation, when lhe found it at once verified by the actual, who had by this time reco vered from her faint. And now for the sequel. The par ties had a meeting, and such a meeting . our fair readers may form some idea. After loving embraces and hurried explanations, during which the lieutenant seemed to have lived over again his first three years of marriage, the following statement was elucidated, which was highly satisfactory to Mr. Miller and the other particle who had the fortune to be present at the scene: They had married when young in England—he, at the time, a private soldier, she a rising member of a theatrical company in the town of —. The fruit of their union was a tine boy. The regiment was ordered abroad, and in vain the young soldier applied to have along with him his loving wife. The stipulated number of women to go with the regiment had been made up, and, as a favour, their child, then three years of age, was per mitted to accompany has father. They parted, and during the lapse of 19 years had not seen or heard of each other. The one believing the other dead, need we wonder at the remarkable nature of their first encounter? He had risen in the army by eteadinees and good conduct to the rank of a lieutenant, and consoled by the company of his boy had not married. She about eight years alter the departure of the vessel with the regiment had been positively informed that her husband had been killed in battle, and else was married again. The second husband died about eighteen months ago, and thus ends our strange eventful story. But no, we are in error, the tale is not yet t, Id. On Wednesday morning last, accompanied by a respectable body of friends, the happy pair, both being of the Catholic pi ' , suasion, ap peared before the Rev, Mr. Gordon, who, after hearing the penicillin', again formally reunited two whom fortune and the chances of war had put asunder. PROVINCIAL. KENT. ANOTRIIII CATIDIDATI i;;610 field for the representa tion of Canterbury, and it is expected that the contest for the seat will be severe. The following in the address of the gentleman who opposes Lord Albert Cagagbam In eamemance of the lamented death of Mr. Mradetaaw, 1 her no time inallatig waif 'sr ths meow annienel In the cwt.- Um Mai My In mellemend. 1 Mee eked" themody OD C.- lArd Ups lielporni Mar ef sellimi aphiem anneseemry be is tedium ems am anther rawlh ..... marine yea the sunrante dot theyill. WINN* treat assminn Mit fin Maidanr bev uli t ml = . the . T . sir peeved el lievems, Mg samba Ida alraligkelarmrd and emlalsot paths ln Or Iwo NW ear artiffila my be ransal i t UM e nd ye GM Mid anereme map arum to me the gabbed heaver Kimsey Wart mail= to Mob, and b y yea or my intend= Immad MOO min c =anity be year ma amen, blame in" Mom PIPER= Mr. (Atom is by family and peoperty (the latter not large) oinneeted with Canterbury mad East Kent; his grandfather min-tented Canterbury from 1780 to 1800, and died its member. Mr. Oipps (as his address intimates) was a joint candidate with Mr. bradshsw in 1837, and polled 761 votes Ito Lord A. Couynshanes 733. The nomination is expected to take place on Saturday next, and the polling on Monday. Pint farts. EXHIBITION AT THE SOCIETY OF ARTB.—The great room of the society of arts, in the Adelphi, newly cleaned and decorated for the manias, has been converted into a kind of orderly looking sale-room or Soho hamar, containing a series of " select specimens of British mannhic tures and decorative art." Some of the articles exhibited are insignificant enough—put in for filling up—but there are works of great beauty, and what is more, of novelty in art. We look upon this exhibition as • novelty in art and worthy of encouragement. The exhibition will be open to the public (gratuitously) on and after Thursday next. SKETCHES BY THE HON. Ma. HARDINOIL—MT. M•LOin, of the Haymarket, has recently been exhibiting some clever water-colour drawings by the Hon. Mr. Har dl, the eldest eon of the present Governor-General of li..' Them drawings (26 in number) are entitled " Reed helloes of India in the years 1846 and 1846," one-ball illuvtrative of Britisk India and the Puojaub, and the other half, of the Jullunder Doab, and Kashmir. Mr. Harding* is evidently an able artist, and one who can use his pencil with great vigour and elT,et—a rare quality in an amateur, and not often Mond in an artist by protection. These draw ings are 'nitric lithographed by Mr. J. D. Harding, the well known artiet and lithographer, and, What deserves to be told, Mr. Ilardinge's master in the " art of drawing." WYATT'S WELLINGTON STATUE.—For this colonial monument Mr. Barry, the architect, is mid to have designed a pedestal fony-feet high, and to be erected in Hyde•park. ._.:_