The Express. — London, England, 1851-05-08 00:00:00

b VI p I N% t tC III LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1851. [THREEPENCE. THE CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION. RAILWAYS. :1118 DAY. Two o'Ctocx. all appearance this Shares opened with a t. l morn ing, and prices in some insta.nees showed a drooping tendency, notwithstanding that 1.`1_ ,0 aggregate traffic returns present a very favourable eoerast with those of the same period in 1850. Since the removal of the distrust as to the proceedings at the Bank Board meeting, however, and the improvement in the English funds, the share market has worn a much firmer appearance, and prices now exhibit an upward tendency, business at the same time showing symptoms of revival. MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. SHARER AND aromas lINGUARAtfIZED. . e.,,,,,... /e ...-,..._.... ....e...... ~:,.. . • . • I . r , t , •- ?r ,;• • • • t. i ' 4 No. 1,467.] . , SH and FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY TORTT.SIXTH GENERAL MEETING of this intiel - O. os 31 NDAT, May 11, 1631, in the Leap lickulroink •'' • • ...J. will be taken by the Right Hon. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, 1 ` • V.P., at If (Moak puberty. I i UAL EXAMINATION of the BOYS' MODEL SCIIOOI I in the gam day, tionimeasies et r N ItertriELL will preelde. 10 o'clock precisely / --aiy be obtabed by application at the gaiety's Harr HENRY DUNN, Seentary. 1 ICULTURE. ROBERTS'S STRAW . ST 111 XS lied other Horticultural Applianere are Ex • 1.3.1. IX. in the Craft Exhibition buildbig, Ilydit-park.- • iliestrated with woodcuts, ductibing their lieu an es be had pin -free by entioeinx 6 poidage stamp • ME JOHN ROSERTS, SI, Eastcheu, London. Pa I -if FRY, WARRAN rED.—Ths most saris+ ....it d TABLE CUTLERY la the world, all warranted, 1 • at WILLIAM .0. 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Yesterday evening a general meeting of the Diesels anti sup porters of this iewociation took place at the Ring's Iliad, Poultry. There were present : Mr. Cob den, AL I'. ; Mr. llenni. M.l'. ; Mr. S. Crawford, M.l'. ; Dir. W. Williams, M.P. ; Mr. Tindall Gerrie, Mr. E. Dwaine, Mr. Jame. Dell, file. J. Mellor, Mr. W. Ferguson, Dlr. Edmund Stone, Mr. Gregory Isomer, Mr. W. LIU*, Dir. T. K. Pritelvail, Mr. W. llargreavcs, Mr. L. Lucas, Dlr. J. Ashurst, Mr. Slack, Mr. 11. Kennedy, Mr. Pillans, Mt. Coarthauld, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, Mr. W. E. Hick am,llllr. J. Dillon, Mr. F. ()Woad, Me. On the motion of Mr. W. 11.tutinearma, mewled by Mr. Jostreitst, Mr. SA Al I.: F.L Leeas, an. of the founders of the aesi wiat ion in Lancashire, was called on to preside. Mr. J. S. SMITH, the secretary, read letters from Mr Ihten , M.l'. ; Mr. Seholtheld, M.P.; Mr. J. W. Fox, M.l'. ; Mr. I :each, M.l'. ; Mr. Swart, M.P. ; and Mr. E. Wail. M.l'., approving the principles of the reauciatiaa, and nal...twig the ir inability to attend the meeting ; taw the Union:lig letter from Mr. Thomas Carlyle: •• Chelsea, May 7. 1851. .1/ear Sir,—l unfortunately cannot attend your meet ing this evening, but will take the offered opportunity of testifying. if it should be judged of any moment, that I do sang, tiler approve of your enterprise, consider it to be over of the most pressingly needful in our day, and with my whole heart wish it ripeedy and complete surcess. 1 Gnirk if ever there was a cauee worth pleading before the public from platioruis, yours falls under that description, in the present state of matters among us. To myself it sorrow fully ....ins, and has lung seemed, one of the most siugular, and I will add disgraceful, Eras under the pun, that, in a email.) .ii rich iu all human means as England—and rich, too, in heroic ancestor., and noble remembrances, anti ad rionitions towanis whatever is highest—the MANI of the population should remain, at this day, not only ill-educated according to the current inaudicient notions sad standard, but net educates' at all; left to live and to time, generation after g, nerati is, as if there hail no knowledge vver conic into the world, and the ' art of thinking,' nay the very art of reading and spelling, had not yet been invented! What is the nwaunig of ehuseh, what is the meaning of state, or of mciety at all, if this is to be the practice of it? ' With. 1 ' out education,' says Luther, ' men are as !wars and wolves.' Is it not the clearest duty, prescribed by nature herself, Under silent, but real and awful penalties, on governing persons in every society, to see that the people, so far as poosible, an taught ; that wherever a citizen is born, some rilAtlCe he offend him of becoming' a man,' and not ' a tear or wolf.' mil more mire be had that the intellect Meech citizen, which is the sacred lamp of heaven, and fn the truest sense ) God's own ' revelation' to him, be not loft smothered under dark ignoranees, sensuulities, and sordid nlstructinus, but made to shine for him, and guide I his nil,. toward. a geed goal. this is tor ever the duty of governor. and renews of authority in human societies. This duty, mice neglected rind forgotten on their part, it is too fatilly ei rtain all other duties will gradually become ineposible Inc them, and prove nugatory and imaginary as i performed by them. In our present male of nimiagernent inlinglauil, when the so called governors hove neither he wer our will to attempt this lung neglected and inverse 1 ' needful enterprise of getting the people taught, it ' the duty of every goal citizen to come forward .in him lies that it be n.sstleetisl no longer. sanction of your meeting and agitation ; what,- meetings and agitations may want proper sanction, 'war to me to have it. Hands to the work, then ; sot till by such methods as you have something 's got dune in this moat pressing of public. e 411,11. :. us, and upon all Englishmen, if England can ,in these fifties of the nineteenth century, so mit all her children the four-and-twenty letters. e, 1 remain. yours very faithfully, T. C . i S. Smith, Esq., Sec., &c. &c.' IiAIItMAN opened the proceedings by detailing end peewees of the association, as first developed in 1817. Ile said their lecturers were travel et ter the country, and were meeting with a very fa r reception, and especially in the large towns in the England, where there was hardly an exception to ;ion prepared in favour of their principles nut being almost without any dissentients. A committee had end towards the latter end of last year in London, bring the question before the public of the me now they had called a meeting in the very city of Loudon, in order to cow...trate that in lac our of the principles of the association which acattered about throughout its different districts. t Lore the public, it was important they should hail a good ease. Well, then, what were the facts etc of public education in this country ? Why, . of our adult nude married population were sign the register of their own marriages ; and 49 "the females were also unable to sign. There avenile vagrants in London without a know. nour to hour of how they were to get a meal; was one inl9l of the population under instruction -e whereas the numbers Were 1 in 4 in New who had come to the Great Exhibition . see a beautiful display in our shops, perhaps, they never witnessed in the world, but go into our back stereo, among our poorest po and would not any German, Swiss, ur Dutchman v horrified at the sight they would see, coming, from countries where hardly anybody did not • read and write? Some said the Americans - sr at v' " thition ; but be wished they their educational system with Old have made everything of and pale before its glorious the voluntary system was ed it was retrograding. The Man. showed that in that town, with a 1831, only 20,000 children were schools; and in 1949, with all A going on in the interval, the to 300,000, the number of chi'. TOW to 21,5d1 . In Cambridgeshire, Mad Foreign School Society proved that sr, hear). They had met that evening d committee in London for carry ti the susociation ; and tile caeca anxious to have the names of in- fluential and enlightened gentlemen who were favourable to their views, to sanction them in bringing their proceeding. before the public, lle had no doubt of the ultimate sue- Ce-s of their movement; being consinced that the reason why they had not a national system of secular education in this country was because those, who were in favour of it did not know their own strength. (Cheers.) Mr. SLACK then addressed the meeting in advocacy of the principles of the association, and was followed by Mr. DEANE, of Shoreditch, who gave it u the, result of his own experience that the voluntary system was inade quate for the necessities of popular education, and that a state system, similar to the scheme of the National Public School Association was the only plan that could efficiently meet the wants of the country. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question from a gentle man in the body of the meeting, said the commissioners mentioned in the plan of the association would have no other power but to enforce the provisions of an Act of Par liament, and would have no functions to discharge as a ern authority. Mr. S. CRAWI-'oltll, M.P., said he had attended to give his support and countenance to the great principle of educating the people. No good order amongst the people could be expected unless their information was improved. (Hear, hear.) here had been a national system in opvia , lion in Ireland for some years past, and it had worked in a most effectual and useful manner. Its principle was, that while secular education of all kinds was freely given, no child was compelled to receive religions instruction which its parents did not approve. Half an hour before and after the secular education, the scriptures were read; so that theme who chose to abs e nt themselves might do so. he re was no compulsion ; nor had there been any restraint exercised by the parents. (Hear, hear.) Toe consequence was religious instruction had been much more generally im parted than it could have been on the compulsory system. llott a million of children, two years ago, were educating on this system, by which great good was done. (Hear, hear.) Ile was molt desirous to see this system extended to England, subject to local direction and supported by local taxation. He should promote this object iu every way in hispower, in or out of parliament, feeling that an uneducated people could never be a moral or a well-conducted people. (Cheers.) Ile wished to tee England not behind the other states of Europe in this respect. But no people could benefit by education unless all political disabilities and obstructions were removed from the working classes. Mr. HENRY, M.P. (the chairman of the association) laid before the meeting au account of the system of public education practised in the state of New England, and ex pressed his desire to see that system copied ter the people of this country, because it was perfectly free from secta rianism. Mr. DILLON, of the firm of Morrison, Dillon, and Co., City, objected to a system of state colucatiou that was com pulsory, but said he believed that great advantage would be derived by the community if the means of education were cheaply, and under an eulightened system, afforded to the Pc* Ni l . e. r CODDEN, M.P., was loudly cheered on rising. Ile observed that the objections of the dissenting body were first directed to the measures propounded in parliament; but within the last few years, many of the must euuuent and in duoutial dia-etoters had taken up • position entirely new and wholly inconsistent with the course they had taken in 11431. They now said, We will have no provision by the state, through local taxation sod under local man agement, or by any other means, for the education of the people; we will have voluntaryism in edu cation as in religion." They contended that voluntary, education was successful for its objects. They did not say that education was perfect, or that it might not be bet• ter ; but they said that upon the whole it had been progres sive and satisfactory, and promised to complete the object for which they were contending. Nothing surprised him more' thou that argument from such a source ; for any one who mixed with the great mass of the people, and looked at the subject d6passi ~,, ately, must conic to the conclusion that there was a most la:nentable and disgraceful lack of educa tion in this country. (Hear, hear.) Without going into statistics, let them take the first peasant, man or boy, they met, and ask him to tell the months of the year, or to name tae next parish but one to where he lived, or whether Vrance was in Germany or in America, or whether London or the next market town was in the east or west—(laughter) —and his answer would satisfy them tar better than any statistics as to the state of education in this country. (Hear.) Voluntaryism, in the sense that was meant, was not doing auy thing at all for the mass of the people. If it meaut anything. it was that the people would of their own accord educate themselves. (Hear, hear.) For, the objection against the association was, that they were going to pau perise the people by giving them education out of compul sory rates, while the objectors themselves were raising sub scriptions among their more affluent members to give elee mosynary education to the people. (Hear, hear.) Thus they were not relying on the voluntary principle, but at tempting to do by charity that which never had bees, and never would be done by such m: ens ; and they refused to have it done in the far more legitimate mode, and one far less trailing to pauperise the people—educatheg them out of • laud raised by the subscription of the whole people. (Hear, hear.) that was this soluirtiryism, and where was it to be found ? It was intangible. Great educational des titution existed in certain districts; benevolent men in those distrie ts we re doing their very utmost to icon-sly the evil ; while probably the more affluent, who owed their fortune or income to the labour of the industrious people around them, were doing something. (Hear, hear.) Where was the voluutaryisui of that ? The benevolent man with small means was doing what he could, but he looked with despair on his efforts, finding then. so ivade quate. (Rear, hear.) This was still more fatal to the principle of voluntaryism in the rural districts. In the majority of emirs the large owners of property were absen tees. Perhaps in • Devonshire pariah, of 4,000 acres, the owner of 2,000 lived at London, or Cheltenham, or l'otris. Another 1,000 acres were probably owned by 1601314: corpo ration in London, or Oxford, or Cambridge ; and oat of the , whsle, perhaps, not 500 acres wee, owned by persons in the parish. Who, then, was responsible for the education of the people in those rural districts? (Hear, hear.) The clergyman, probably, used his own personal efforts, and contributed more than he could well afford ; he took on himself the responsibility of educating the people in his own parish ; and if he applied by letter to the large proprietors, 200 or 300 miles off, he perhaps got 51. or 10/. from them, and they thought they were contributing liberally to educa tion. (Hear, hear.) It was owing to this that in the rural parishes education was in a far worse condition thou in the large towns, bad as that was. (Hear, hear.) The volun tary priuriple was intangible ; he could not lay hold of it ; he did not know where it existed; and therefore he had no faith in it. But we ha 1 never trusted entirely to volun taryism. For many years there had been annual votes in parliament for public education; the parochial system in Scotland had existed fur centuries; and the system esta blished in Ireland, defective as it was, was doing some thing. Altogether 400,0001. or 500,0001. of the public money was annually devoted in the three kingdoms to educational purposes. Those who stood up for the prin ciple of voluntaryism should be prepared to oppose that grant in parliament, but no uuc had ever thine so, and if he did, would scarcely find • seconder. (Hear.) But the money voted for education in Ireland was not judiciously or equally applied. It all went through religious organisa tions to its object, and was very largely absorbed by one religious party. (Hear, hear.) That was a subject of complaint with the dovecuting body. Let them help to re medy it. And it was with the view of remedying it that the National Public School Society had brought forward their plan. (Hear, hear.) If they attempted to include the teaching of religion, they involved themselves in ditlicul collie's, owiug to the conscientious scruples of a large body of the community who would object to the public money being voted for any purpose in which religion was united. (Hear, hear.) That being the case, and being firmly convinced that education would continue to be supported by the public money, and that it e as for the interest of the community that it should be extended, he was heartily, and ho believed irrevocali:e, committed to the principle of that ass nciation—that of severing religious from secular education, of separating the functions of the divine from those of the schoolmaster, leaving the two to carry out their duties wholly apart, and not undertaking in any degree the are of the religious instruction of the people. (Hear, hear.) Then they were met with the ob jection that they were an infidel association. There had never been anything really practical or good prupoutded in this country which had not been met with the same cry. Seventy or eighty years ago, when some benevolent gentle men met together to found the Royal Humane Society, they were assailed with the cry of infidelity, for it was said they were attempting to revive the dead. (Cheers and laughter.) Taking the revenues of the church of England and the voluntary contributions of dissenters, Homan catholic+, and others, eight millions sterling a year was paid willingly and cheerfully for religious instruction. This society did not propose to abstract a shilling from that fund. (Hear, hear.) We paid for religious instruction half as much again as the cost of our civil government, apart from the military establishments and tne interest of the national debt; and w uld any of the recipients of that vast fund come and ask them to raise soother fund, in order that schoolmasters might be found to teach religion. (Hear) They neglected their duty if they did not do that which they were so amply paid fur doing. (Hear, hear.) If they took upon themselves in addition the duty of teaching secu lar education, how had they fulfilled that duty, when 30 per cent. of men and 49 per cent. of women could only make a cross when they had to sign their names on their marriage ? (Hear.) If they mid they had been paid for secular instruction, they certainly ought to he looked after. If it were said that the voluntary system of education had answered in this country lie would appeal to facts. Com paring this country with any other Protestant country the mass of the people of these islands were the most ignorant of any Protestant community on the face of the earth, whether compared with the United States, Prussia, Holland, the Swim protastanteasitons, Sweden Norway, or Denmark. jla Jim yawed Io paws, sad soboly amid easy, *at Yr mass of the working people of this country were the least educated of any protestant community on the face of the earth. (Hear, hear.) In all those other countries there were educational establishments provided by the state; and he therefore appealed to expenence to refute the state ', meats of oppuuents in this matter. They said volun taryism had becu successful; he said that other states had nut left education to voluntaryism, and they hail a more educated people than ours. If it was said people could do these matters better for themselves, where was it to end ? It might as well be said that people could watch, sewer, and light a town without the intervention of an act of par liament. (Hear, hear.) There doubtless was a time, before gas-lights or oil-lamps were known in the metropolis, when the privileged few were preceded home at night by ser vants bearing flambeaus, aud when the streets were all darkness and mud to those who had not that advantage ; and there might still be seen at the west-end interesting vestiges of that happy time in the inverted, trumpet-shaped iron instruments appended to the railings of some large houses in the squires; which were used fur thrusting the flambeaus into, iii order to extinguish them. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Hail anybody in that early time proposed an act of parliament compelling all the inhabitants of the different wards or parishes to pay a rate fur lighting the streets, the very s me argument might have been used as was now used by the oliticomeonomical opponents of education. (Hear, hear . ) The man well off in life would have said, I ,rave got my flambeau-bearer, and a machine ready contrived to extinguish the light ; be sides, I intend to put an oil lamp over my own door, why should I be obliged to pay for lights for other people ?" (Great laughter.) The same arguments were used against national education. People said they intended sending their children to a private school, they should never make use of the voluntary schools, and why should they be compelled to pay for the education of other people? l'recirely fur the same reason why they were taxed to pay fur lights for other people—because it was better for the whole community, and for these indisiduutu iu particular, though they did not know it, that everbody should he in light rather than in darkness. (Cheers.) The same , arguments might be used as for paving and seweriag town., and fir appointing watchmen ; for schoolmasters were a sort of intellectual watchmen; they kept our houses safe by night too, for there was no better security than a well educated people. (Cheers.) What did them voluntaries, who would leave government nothing to do, think of the Post-office, a government monopoly, and one in violation of every rule of political economy ? All governments, despotic or constitutional, had laid hold of the Post-office, and claimed the right of transmitting letters, and would allow no rival establishments. Why was this? Because it was found that letters were more safely transmitted by giving up this power into the hands of the government, than would be the case if every man was left to be his own pat man. (Hear, hear.) Ile would have nothing to du with a centralised system of education; he hated and abominated that. Wherever there was an ahem to remedy government took occasion to engraft a commis eion upon the country. We could not be buried—could not take care of our health—could not relieve the poor, but there must be a commission sitting in London, paralysing local effort, and doing their best to snake us childri;n by trying to nurse us as children. (Hear, bear.) Some people at the present day appeared so im bued with the principle of centralisation that had they lived in the time of our SUOMI ancestors, and Alfred had made one of them his prime minister, we should never have hail parishes or counties at all in the country, but everything would have been administered fruin tbe central bureau. (Cheers.) But what (lid their opponents propose to do ? With the hest intentions on the part of few men, the efforts they made were so small they were like a drop in the ocean compared with the great exigency in the matter of education. lie should feel that lie was bringing a heavy responsibility on his education were he to oppose education, in whaler r way it might be attempted to be carried out, so long 03 it did not violate the religious scruples of any man. No one could say that in giving secular instruction they violated religious scruples; he hail never heard anyone affirm that of himself, though they said the religions convictions of other people would be violated. It was like those rcrsons who had never seen a ghost themselves, but knees come into who had. (Laughter.) Who would say that to teach children reading, writing, geography, arithmetic, and the natural sciences ; to teach them how to take care of their health, and that drunkennes would make them miserable and bring them to poverty ; who would say that a tax to teach c.iildrea these things would be a violation of religious principles or on infringe ment ef the rights of conscience ? On the contrary, gentle men in the north of England who argued as if this was a violation of their conscience, subscribed to mechanics institutions where all religious instruction was sys tematically and formally excluded. (Hear, hear.) We had happily passed the time when anybody dared to tell us that the people ought to be kept in ignorance, that they 'night by kept in subjection. If they thought to they dared out to say se,. Still he was opposed tunny legislative pro vision against admitting the Bible ; and the probability was that in 'Jq parishes out of every IdO in the kingdom, the local commissioners would sanction the use of the Bible, which they would have full power to do where it was nut the means of excluding any. (Hear.) In the large tows, where there were Boman catholies nail Jews, souse other means must be adopted, and no doubt this could easily be dune. In conclusion, he must warn them of the dangers to which the country was exposed, and of the mine of mischief which, though they seetneil ignorant of it, lay at their feet. Persons who were in the habit of disparaging foreign countries hail looked with contempt at the political miseries and disasters which had been taking place during . the last few years in Germany France, and ether countries of the continent. But he feared that they would find, if by any accident in this country the machine of government should be thrown off its hinges, and we should be left for a year without a government—ii; in a word, we were situated as they had been, we should have far worse scenes enacted here than anything which had been witnessed either in Germany and France. (Loud cheers.) There was a vast deal to do ; but he doubted not they would co-operate with the men of the north in a matter which so nearly cut:menial the vital interests of the country. (Cheers.) For Lis own part he should be happy to assist them as much as lay iii hie power, whe ther in his place in parliament or elsewhere. (Cheers.) They had put their shoulders together in many a strugglo but in none that was more for the welfare and properit: of the country. (Loud cheers.) • - Mr. W. WILLIAMS, 31.1'., rejoiced, not only at the success of the associatiou, but at its having been maugu- rated in Manchester. That city possessed more wealth and moral energy than any other place in the country, and he therefore looked upon the locality iu which the a.....xiation had its birth, as a good omen of success. (Hear, hear.) Mr. TRAVERS asked whether the ultimate object of the as. , ocirtion was to cause the compulsory education of children ? The CHAIRMAN answered that the association merely contemp , ated the establishment of schools, suppwted by local rates, and it had no ulterior view , . When, however, the schools should have been estahliched it would be for the public to decide whether the attendance of the children should he made compulsory. (Cheers.) Mr. IIICKSON briefly defended the Economist, which he mid had inserted a reply from himself. The CHAIRMAN offered a few concluding remarks, and a vete of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the meeting broke up, at a little after ten o'clock. FLAX Is ESSEX.—The abundant showers of the last few days have been very propitious to the progress of the young flax crop now in the ground, fanners in all direc tions in this neighbourhood having made a beginning in this article. la a few days it is expected that numbers of children, from ten year. old and upwards, will be required for weed ing, which is likely to continue for some considerable length of time, as the principal growers in this neighbourhood in tend to continue sowing until the 7th of May. It is the custom in flax-growing countries for a buyer to come round, when the crop is still green in the field, and buy the crop 1 " on the foot," so that by hay-time the fanner has a pros pect of the retain of the value of the straw, the principal crop, whilst the seed may be always consumed on his pre. miles for feeding cattle, if the market should not prove favourable in this respect. It is in contemplation to pre pare machinery in this district for partially preparing the fibre, thus materially lowering the expense of transmitting to the manufacturing districts, and enabling the farmer to retain the article in his granary or loft until it is di.posed at —Chelmsford Chrowiclo. Yesterday afternoon the But India Docks were the scene of a farewell entertainment given to a body of colonists belonging to this association, who are about to sail for the new settlement of Canterbury, in New Zealand. The principle of the association being somewhat different to that of similar institutions, for the colonists are not only to be all churchmen, but are to be selected from all the ranks into which English society is at present divided, it would be difficult to describe the feast by any one word. For the gentlemen and ladies there was an elegant repast provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, of the London Tavern, and called • " breakfast ;" but in the same room (one of the sheds on the quay, handsomely decorated for the occasion) there was furnished • substantial meal of roast beef and plum pudding, which was termed a " dinner." Before the hour appointed for this compound " symposium " (two o'clock), the company took the oppor tnnity of going over the ships chartered by the association, which lay in the dock. They were ornamented with a pro fusion of the flags " of all nations," and the interesting ce remony of " christening" was performed upon one of them by Lady Lyttelton, who conferred upon it the name of the Canterbury. Two of the ships are to sail this day, two on the 28th, and the remaining two on the Bth of June. ERELANax DUBLIN, MAT 7. The Freeman's Journal says: We have heard it rumoured that a meeting is to take place this day (and by a suspicious enough coincidence, at the same hour as is appointed for the assembly of the com mittee for the anti-centralisation banquet to the Lord Mayor), at the house of a well-known city baronet of the old ascendancy party, to pitch upon, or rather ratify, the choice of a candidate for the representation of the city on the protestant interest. The gentleman alluded to in this paragraph is, I believe, Mr. George, Q.C., a person but little known in the political world, but whose principles are those of the extreme class of Irish conservatives. The inquest on the body of Mr. Samuel Coulter, who was murdered near Crossmaglin, was resumed I and concluded yesterday. The following was the verdict : We find that tho deceased, Samuel Coulter, came by his death early in the morning of the 3rd inst., at about the hour of 2 o'clock, in consequence of severe fractures of the skull, inflicted by some person or persona unknown, on tho road leading front Dundalk to Crueunaglin, ue the morning of Friday the 2nd of May inst. So far only has 'light been yet let in upon this horrible affair; nor is it likely, as in the ease of Mr. Mauleverer, another noonday murder on the high road, that much more will ever be known about it. There is but too much reason to fear that the case is only another of the results of the landlord and tenant system, the unfortunate deceased having, in his capacity of agent, been called upon to put the ejectment law but too extensively in force. IKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. HANDICtI. PL 4 ef F. of 501. ; A.F.—King of Oude, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; Abdallah, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; Napauk, 3 yes, 6.4 101 b. SWEEPSTAIR4 of 14) *ms each ; first half of Ab.M. ; the winner to be sold for 80 SOTS.—Turtle, 3 yes; Julia, 3 yrs; b f by Bay Middli•ton, out of 2 yes; Dolland,2 yrs ; ch f by Slane, out of Pelerine, 2 yes. LATEST BETTING. [By Electric Telegraph.] TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. to 2 opt Prance I sto 1 unit Malibran eolt 4to I Mouitan Lam 6 to 1 llaitoe colt THE GREAT MATCH. stolon 7lic Hying Dutchman 6OMERSETSII 11t E STAKES. 7 to 4 mist The Ran DERRY. 4to apt Sir I. Tlanley's Teddinglon Sto Mr. Halforah The frame Manner 7 to Lord Entleld'e lirrnan3r: 20 to Mr. fibulas's Thereat (t to 1007.) 20 to Sir .1. Hanley's The Ban (taken freely) 23 to Inni I.:Kiloton'. Bonnie Dundee 28 to Rearmincler bu to Glealmwk BRITIsft AND FOREIGN BIBLE SoClF:TT.—Yester day the annual meeting of this society took place at Exeter Hall, Lord Ashley in the chair, supported by the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the Earl of Ilarrowbv, the Bishop of Cashel, Sir It. 11. Inglis, Sir T. I). Aid:slid, Mr. l'lumntre, M P., &r. In opening the business, the chairman said that as president of the society, he felt the deepest interest in the operations of the association, and he only hoped that he might occupy his present position with the same zeal and energy which had characterised the conduct of his prede cessor. The post which he filled was at all times one of honour, hut at the present moment it assumed an unusual amount of dignity and importance, inasmuch us they were then called upon to exert themselves to the full extent of their ability, in order to resist the encroachments of their ancient and implacable enemy, by promoting the free cir culation of the holy scriptures. It was not owing to any want of inclination, but to the absence of power, that the pontifical bible had not been more ex tensively circulated by the Italian priesthood. The protestant% of England must not disregard the warning they hod lately received, but must strenuously unite in opposing the insolent attack which had been made upon them by their crafty and subtle enemy. The report which was read by the Secretary showed that the operations of the Society extended over the western, north ern, central, and southern portions of Europe, Russia, the Caucasian, and border countries, Persia, India, China, l'o lynesia, Africa, and America, and the scriptures had been translated into the vernaculars of these parts of the world. The issues from the Society during the past year, including those from the depository at home of 788,073, and those from the depositories abroad, amounting to 1,137,017, made a total of 21,217,667 since the commencement of the society ilk 1801. The entire receipts for the year ending March 31, 1851, amounted to 103,3301. 2s. 144., being an increase over the preceding year of 11,6961. its. Id. The receipts applicable to the geueral purposes of the society amounted to 33,7951. 7s. 10d., including 33,8%!. Os. led. free contribu tions from auxiliary societies. The amount received for bibles and testaments was 41,5311. Ils. led. The expendi ture during the past year amounted to 10:1,1431. 10e. 10d , being 6,2941. Bs. lOd. over that of the preceding year, and the society was under engagements to the extent of 61,6321. 2s. The Marquis of Chohnondeley moved, and Sir R. 11. Inglis seconded, the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously. Various resolutions were then passed, and the meeting separated. TILE C.ISE OF POISONING BY P.tRENTS AT MAN CIiLSTEIL—The adjourned inquest respecting the death of Mary Hardy, alias Waddington, was held by Mr. Iterfurd, the borough coroner, at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, on Tuesday last. The particulars of the case appeared in the Express of Tuesday week. It will suffice to repeat here that the deceased was 16 years of age, all illegitimate child, and lived with her mother Ann Wad dington and her stepfather James Waddington, a lamp lighter. After her death, which took place suddenly on the 21th ult., it was ascertained that she had taken a largo quantity of arsenic, that she had had no medical assist ance, while very contradictory statements as to the nature and duration of her illness were made by her parents. The deceased was also in • burial club, from which 7!. was received on the day of her death. James and Ann Waddington, the parents of deceased, were at present in custody. A number of witnesses were examined in addition to those previously produced, and the coroner went through the whole of the evidence, pointing out how contradictory the prisoners' statements were within themselves, as wen as the great extent to which they were contradicted hy the witnesses. It would he for the jury to consider whether the evidence as to the treatment of the girl, taken together with some of the expressions said to have been used by the prisoners, WAS such as to show that they felt a desire to rid themselves of ' the burden of her support. It was a remarkable thing that before death there was an admission that it was believed the deceased had taken arsenic, while from the time that Dr. Brown was called in there was no reference to it, until it had been ascertained that death had resulted from arse nic. The jury, after • consultation of half an hour, re turned.' verdict of " Wilful murder" against both pri soners. The prisoners were immediately committed to take their trial at the next Liverpool assizes. LONDON AND SOLITII WESTERN RAILWAY.— Traffic for the week ending May 4: Passengers, 8,3031. ss. W.; goods, 2,2111. lls. lid. Total, 10,6141. 17s. 4d. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. Mem,. Cooper and Davis report • very heavy trade, at the following quotations:—Prime Meadow Hay, 73e. to 83s. ; inferior ditto, 58.. to 65.. ; Rowen, &Ds. to 70s. ; Clover, old, 735. to 90s. ; sound, 70s. to SOL ; Straw, 26e. to 32.. BOROUGH MARKET.—THIS DAY. Messrs rattenden and Smith report that the demand for all line-coloured Hops continues to increase, and prices to advance, particularly for new Sussex, which are very scarce, owrng to the extensive demand for them, on amount of their quality being considered superior to many put years. The late cold weather has greatly retarded the growth of the co • crop, and the land being in a wet unkind state, the probability is the crop cannot be a heavy COL Dour our a ill to attempt this lung lively needful enterprise of getting Lin beca • the duty of every ktocul ci and do shlat in him lie. that it be a 'his is the mmetion ut your meeting r ins clings and agitations nine appear to MU to have it. fluids -drest not till by such methods as • • mil is got dune in this most preen ' •s• upon us, and upon all English • at Lot, in these fifties of the ni ash as teach all her children the lot Ls haste, I remain, yours very faith vim S. Smith. Esq., Sec.. lie. dia AMMAN opened the pro Origin and progress of the 11.1401:iAt a andiester to 181 i. Ile said their all user the country, and were m reception, and especially in • of England, when: there was I lotion prepared in favour of the almost without any dissentieu forund towards the fatter end of • er to bring the question before 's, and now they had called a • of the city of London, in °rile in futon., of the principles of • • • scattered about throughout , •• 'ug before the public, it was they had a good case. Well, tin 1 the ut.ite of public education in di • cent. of our adult male ma to sign the register of their o lint. of the females were also 31.1,000 Juvenile vagrants in La f• rom hour to hour of how tin re was one in 18) of the popub • ellele: ; whereas the number,' . Foreigners who had come to • • • n might see a beautiful as, perhaps, they never witnes •• go into our back streets, • • and would not any Germs • ly horrified ut the sight th • did, from countries where I ' to read and write ? Son - MX& show at the Exhibition t over • model of their e, )—which would hat ona anwegst as lade and pa - guar parsons said the vol' bat Iss believed it was Tel • • • Society showed th at 100,000 in 1534, cad; inalreetion in day schools; of voluntaryism going o having increased to 300,1 only rose to 21,54: 11l British and Foreign Soh 50 j 50. ii 1 ii il , i - ,J it. l i so 101 ii ...!~~~ ill 20 111 SO I SO Ili" Ili 10 . 40 3% 10 I Sf 11. 'lOO IL' 4 SC: la ao 3,s 11:.Itoo So 3e 10 7 St. IS m! F-41 13 23:' I$; 13i! to I I ii 60 . Bt. 30 60 Su )4I soi! at. 10 :011edoomn CIO 15 15 ;Cheater and Holyhead all Dr clec, l'er.O,audAber-I ouilimou ... ... 1 i dis buitAimlisaill.loo)Bp.Ct. 91 2 ,Eas l3lltee tern (Swa th s Patera, I 3 per Ct do. No. 2'l .No. I, dls 1 pm , 1 pm Dm New 6 per Colt. Otorat 1: 111 lEast.Uoime, - ..gnpv.l.lp.Ct: la 161 Edialiurgli, Per* and, Dander, 31 per Cent ... 1 di, rur 1 Gnat Nor.horn .3 per Cent 13 131 Gt.BthaWrotra(l)Mghtlas; 1 pm LarcashirouYiaks. P SBA, I 13 AM Ditto 6 per Cent. Stoek i l3l 1334 Lotokin,Brioht,tt &Coast,. 1 gu.SpetilatcCroydori W., -. i Di.toCutiver.3 mrCt.,13321 Ditto New guar. G per Ct...,1133 138 i'LoodousithWeitero New t n 2pm flas.flholL&Lise. tab.:Vol! 13 13 Do. New CIO ... . . 12 12 Do. tG _., _-_. ,_, 1 Pet Mullan .talie.B.; MG p.Gt 13: 133 Norfolk Extroolou .. .. 16 I7i Do. 51 per Cent. Ouse. 41 41 Do. Wowney Volley ... North blitish ... ... - 11 21 Osiord, Wureeoter, anti; Wo:rer., X'S.G per Cent 1 1 pm 4 1arew-buryarttirign.New; Gum soloed ... ... _., 11 111 Mueller& Chester(Nor.W. Mio.) 8 par (gut.- ... IS 151 South Demo ... —. 13 13 York, Nooeusilo,St Berw., Ot.No.th ol Lay.purolt.! 181 16 Ditto Ditto .141 4 York&N.MM.HatS.Partit 11 dim al ! , 11, "i 2S" st.,too St. to le i ii.) 6 I 3 IS 3 8 j P0Rt.1074 119 20 1 20 Boulogne and Amiens.. 20 10 Centro' Seance (Vierson ; 20 I 8 Dutch :Swinish :0 I i &et Indian 5 S Cismit In•lian Peninsula.. 21' Du. 10 8 I Lus,.aboarg m 10 834 22 .Yana Antonia .„ „. 10 7C Do. do. New „. 20 116 ,74.unur NM Liege „ 10 16 ,Stt)l.ern of Frunce... 20 8 9rlonna .nd &edam ... 20 i 20 IBM .1 and orlmns 20 20 'Pans and Route .. ...1 20 16 Paris and Bumboarg 20 20 Illemen and Ilsen 20 90 Aunts* and Memo 21 IS 'Tours and Nantes 111.8 Vest Flanders LLWAYS. 17 9 t 1 4 171 dim 11 I po pm Pga 1 1 3 31 7 11 3 1 7 41 11 1 4 31 die ! 3 . !4. iii i4 l : r 3 9 9 9d91 I 9 17 I 5 13 i 10 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. Ltraarom., MAY 7.—Tho market to-day has been quiet, without nay particular feature, and prates do not Awns , vary material gnome train thane of I amerday. Caledoalsn, 14 9-13—Tast Laacashirs, 11111 taasedirs aad York:Atm 631 3 21—Ditto (TM shares), MA i—Laeds amillldalr,l7ll Leedom and North Westin. 129_Ditte, aliseztgai r . 82-I.litto (( ihares), L e-It se r . 11 MMlssi, 47 1 9 . 340 th kutazu sod De'. Max 7.--Birhissi to lintitedi cutest only was dams on tab assimisc, at somewhat lower rates. Miss rates: blob Tbailis. it i • Ditto 111ths, at par ; LSO Pi Ws. Nardi WasosagsahrAss. id. Two o'es.oeic. The English stock market is decidedly firmer to day, and a rise of to 1 , per cent. has v been estab lished. The views expressed by us of late that a turn for the better was shortly to be expected, and the beginning of which was observable yester day, are thus borne out by the result. Tho removal of the apprehensions entertained in some quarters of the Bank directors acting . on the rates of discount at their meeting to-day is of course a strengthening feature, the more especially as much more confidence is now felt that no application of the screw will he made, but that the trade of the country will be allowed to pursue its course without any of the trammels which would be thus imposed. The more favourable appearance of the weather, too, is not without its influence, as pro moting the development of many brunches of trade at this particular season, improving harvest pros pects, and inducing a huger attendance of operators us the several markets. Consols opened 961 to 97, and have since risen to 97 to ifor cash, and 97,1 to for the 13th instant, at which range the market appears shady. Another small investment has been made on account of tho sinking fund, the Reduced Threes being again the stock selected for the operation. The official report of the day's business is :—Three per Cent. Consols, 97, 901, 971; ditto for account, 97, ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 904, ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 95i , , ; South Sea Old Annuities, 95,1. Bunk Stock, 210. In Exchequer Bills there is not much change, all sizes marking 411 s. and Sts. prem. India Bonds, 1,01/0/., have been transacted at 535. and 50s. prem. The foreign . stock market is firm at former quotations, with very little business doing. Mexican Bonds exhibit an improvement, tho price being marked as high as 351. Vene zuela Bonds arc also firmer to-dry. The day's bargains are few in number, and restricted to tho undermentioned description', viz.: Buenos Ayres Six per Cents., ;AL Danish Five per Cents., 1021. Mexican Bonds, for account pith of May, 351, . 1 , a; Russian Five per Cents., 112; Spani s h Active Five per Cents., 19 t, ; ditto for account, 18:, ; ditto Cou pons, 81; ditto Three per ('cuts ., 39. k.. Venezuelan Two-and-a-Quarter Cents., 331, I. The committee of Mexican bondholders have, by the Great IVestern, received advices front Mr. Fat connnet, dated Mexico, 3rd April, stating that ho was then in possession of one of the original deeds of the assignment of 2,500,000. dollars, and that he had given formal notice thereof to the agent of Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., in Mexico. He had come to an arrangement with Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh to pay the balance that may be agreed upon as due to the bondholders in three equal instalments, on the Ist Jan. and Ist July, 1852, and Ist of Jan., 1853, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. from the Ist of January, 1851. Bills to be accepted, and security to be given, for the duo payment of these instalments. Mr. Faleonnet was alscrexerting himself to ascer tain and to obtain payment of all balances due to the bondholders from the tobacco administration, as well as front other sources of revenue. The committee have also a letter from Mr. Payno, from Southampton, notifying his arrival by the Great Western, with the original of the assignment to be handed over to them, but stating that a slight indisposition after the long voyage may delay his ar rival in London for a few days. Mr. Robinson has shipped, by H.M.S. Meander, 2,282 dollars for the bondholders, and the Great Western brings 40,000 dollars to Colonel Fuel% on account of the dividends. During the week City Navigation Bonds, bearing 31, per cent. interest, have been dealt in at 96; and Upper Canada Six per Cent. Bonds, at 107!, and I. Die market for bank shares shows a decided in crease of movement this week, and prices arc well supported, with the exception of National of Ireland shares, which do not command so good a price as three weeks ago ,• Australasia, on the other hand, are looking up. The sales reported are: Austrulasia (401. paid), 32!, 33 ex div.; Colonial (254 paid), 12; London Joint Stock (101. paid), 18; London and Westminster (201. paid), 271; National of Ire land (22/. 10s. paid),l9l, 1, ; Provincial of Ireland (25/. paid), 13; lonian (25/. paid), 211 ex div. ; South Australia (25/. paid), 21f ; Union of Lunduu (10/. paid), 121. The change in dock shares is limited to a slight improvement in the price of London stock. Present juices are :—Commercial, 81; East and West India, 115; London, 11:11; Southampton, 15. Among steamboat shares, Peninsular and Oriental have improved, whiLst Royal Mail Steam are looking down. General Steam Navigation mark 2s, 271; Peninsular and Oriental, 68, 69, 68; ditto New .501. shares VA paid), 111, 11, j, ' ; Royal Mail Steam, 76, 764, ya cx. div. Miscellaneous shares arc quoted as follows in the official list :—Assam Tea Co., 5 ; Australian Agri cultural, 13; Angki-Mexican Mint, 201; do. shares, 6; British American Land, 14 ; Canada Co., 47 ; IludstMs Bay Stock, 203 ; Prices Patent Candle Co., 23 ; South Australian, 24; ; Van Diemen's Land, 1 to 2. Shares in Reversionary Interest and Investment Societies have tuidergone no change. In the market for insurance shares, Indemnity Marine have improved to 50 ; Marine to 131 ; and Phalli: to 156 cx div. On the other hand, British Commercial Shares have receded to 7 ; and Alliance British and Foreign to 211. Alliance Marine mark 36Z. . _ _ - - Sonic surprise has been expressed that so few of the Nlanehester passengers in the late lamentable accident in Sutton Tunnel were insured, which has been considered a proof of the little esteem in which the Railway l'assengers Assurance Company is held is that district. We find, however, that the fault does not lie with the Assurance Company, but with the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Railway Company, which has refused to allow tickets to be sold. The passengers by the excursion trains, unless they were tho holders of periodical tickets, had therefore no miens of insuring. This is the more tube regretted as passengers naturally expect that every railway company should afford the usual facilities fur assurance. INGLIaII Dot. Hoot .toem. 110 11 3 lot o j 3 Ct. Ite I. AI.C. t lin I 3 Att (*.Coo. loam. tit 1 lizebogoor Ltio.. CA. to 11.. - -10155110 N YUNI.d. 6 per Ct. An , ..r:as 11054. 1 p4r Ct. (lesnatta bd.. 1 , 1 I 7 46 i x , t:t, 11.4. ttouds.l+o 1 .t-314 , 1.5 9.5f0rr0l 11,.. 41 1 St I.c.r Oa, bier Ct 4,1 KN.. 351 1 5 t e r ,... CL : : .. r... ..xlk . l; f ai lids., 88 SO Punts tun 8.1. 54 6 Mctucucer Conwortal 4 twwl. 6. hour.. Arm, 64 4 1130 per C. Chil-ss 101‘.. IUS 4 5 ter Ct. Hu.. lit -..111 113 :::tto 1•44.1.•:. IS-1-.. 1 i I,.:!,,Coltir.ito. D0t.W1... 3 Kir Ct. Spotwat I'! .. A 1 e, :wall tn I , ,t.talr 1:44.. If 4 Do. lwfaind i4il4. 3 Vef I'. 1.4t , t0t 0.14.. 788 Ditto 1'a..1,4 1414..14 I i tat Ct. but& Bat., tag 91 2 Kir et. Venclualw 11,14.. 314 4p4r Ct.. Dutch Cyr"... 89190 votntratt, Dem, . 14.4,4. 12 13 -- • —^" LATEST i'OREII PAM% MAT 7.—Three Cents., 90f. 6.5 c. ; Bauk Stuu EXCIIANGEB. r CrotA., 66( 20c.; Five per e, 2,070 f. MINCING LANK—THIS DAY. Sroan.—The public sale of 200 . hogsheads Porto Rico went off steadily at full prices, 30s. to 41s. The refined market firm. Grocery lumps, 4th. 64. to 50s. CurrEE.—The public sales arc going off heavily, and the importers are buying in freely. Good ordinary native Ceylon quoted 40s. to 40s. 6d., with but a limited business. TEA remains steady; common Congou firm, at previous prices. Cocoa. —6OO bags Trinidad offered, and nearly all bought in, 4.55. to 495. SALTPETAE.-2,300 bags offered, and fully two-thirds were bought in ; the remainder sold at previous rates. Re fraction 31, 28s. to 284.6 d. ; refraction 23}, sold 245. 6d. COTTON. 700 bales were offered, and nearly all bought in for want of buyers at previous rates. Rum.—The market continues dull. In other articles no matt rial alteration, but markets ge nerally have been inactive to-day. TALLOW MARKET.—TIIIS DAY. The Tallow market is quiet to-day, at the quotations an nexed:—Town Tallow, 365. Gd. nett; Petersburg Y. C. on the swt. 365. est. ; May and June, 38s. 3d.; last three mont, 89a. Baba today op I to I okdock. AlLwArs. ber&s.. Ambenc., Notting., %stn. and East Junction .. StourValley IiTIZt;I Chester ant Ifolylend thablm and Helton J East Anglian (E 25 L.! E. Do. (S.III D. EL) .. Morn Counties ... Cu; A:. gt elms B and C ditto Bart Innewhire t U. New 4ph LIT. Edinburgh 3ml Glnswor Edinburgh. Perth.Dunder . Y.zeter and I.:untruth . Great Northern I Dr. 4 atiares,A,Dererradi lb. S sharer. 41.6 pert% at South. acid W st. (Ire., Great Weaters Lanc.otar and C.whal• Lancashire and Yorlaitire t. ahwes I Wi:Caufinsiiia.;ii Leeds and Think London and inventrall Valk.% Set 1p Lon., Br ishi.4l, & N. Casa London & North-Western' Do. do., Ilea 'hares . Do. VII thr . . Do.III v olt.,ll.and B.(C) London & B.uth-Wcstere £lO _ Manch.,ltos.oul Matlock donch.,Slter.ALincolnsh. Do. Man& WWI Union Midland . Do. d id sbares Ito. hirrn. and Derby , IlldandCreetWestern(l.), Newport. Abcrga . and Hereford Sea Northern Counties Union Newry Illld t North Staff cltbtre.. . North Wt:.t.rn North NS outh Vrent.Janr. ttzford, WONT, & Wolter. Istt t ! s st (3)1'..11"1 ai;kte.l Clam I:. . Shrew,bury&llere!ordOld ihrewobury Checer 1!: z : r. W. mw.,) Du. ()swestry IShrop.bire Union •Southltevue - • -• South F.aatern tiouth Wale* bush Yorkah.illieniDen Sbeff.,ltoth.,3cfloolVS.M. Stockton and IlartlepooL. I law Vale Extension ThanukflueenDockalltalL Yak of Neuth Watt-dont 1116 . 016 . 11 bleat _ _•. . York,liewcordokßerwled, Do. do. Laramie:ls .. Do.O.N.E.rurt. hors York sod North Midland LINES LEASED AT El !Betio & Moo, Eat. S per R. (lessol to 6t Birminitho:n&O.tordJune callaltil antee Ot•u. t n 1:t. Wcst. ,Dqt.o with, ut a gu2rantea• ••• - • - Devised to 6rAtWeelovi Wolv., awl Dudley dr,tWe..teri Ditto without aguaroutiv Buck?wham...are (lease,' N tuuttona; N.tt mem, Clp.akialo I(tooled to lonian (14 &ad to Gt. Nortlieru] 01? .. actot5r h I branyorem SO 1211 So ,' 114 -A~.ci, (Irwin( la GrratWreterol ElaUn•telbr(l.loranN Do. a rti.ura (ditto) Do. a shares (ditto) .. Ueda' Bradford (Iltidlaed Lxidoa and Greenirkb (leased to South Eastern' Ditto Yrefa•rrore (ditto) Lowestoft burr. luertlest. (Wed t:.• Norfolk) rCt Ikuw.rl? Ea+t. 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