The Express. — London, England, 1862-06-13 00:00:00

Eke eannetoo. TO 00 RR ICIPONDENTS. deertisonents intended tor • •••The Express" London Eventhe P.per, must be at the office, 10, Bouverieetreet, by Two o obeli on tho day of publication. EATMAZCXT. Tntl Immo, TII6 WIFE'S VOTYHAIT.—OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Megnar.Aostiorn. guekstono : U,. Young, Miss Oliver. —LA CON fRABANDUSTA. Peres Nor nal Senor Mulligan— Aud MY RUEULANDIS GHOST. "MO W% r*THIS ETlntrie, TOO MUCH OF A 000 D TM-NO.—THE CoRSICAN BROTHERS. Mears Charity. Kean, Jordan Shore, It. Cathcart, Everett, Garden, end Meadows ; Wand Melding, K. Leelrreg. and Chaposan.—And THRICE MARRIED. BT. JAW S. Tms Emma, STILL iTAT T EITSITITN DEEP. Mears. Alfred Wigan, George %lido& &insure . Mn. Alfred Wigan.—And PRISCI AMABILL. Mews. Mat'hews, Belmar., A.hley ; Mrs. F. Matthews gad the Missal Nehoa.—Commerce 311XFANIILL. THIS Endenis, THE nrotiiiiii7-Istartaistnenta by Vhs /flythsen sad 1. G. Yarde,-017111 lOC IV UPI Mesdames S. lane an i VrauferL —And VILIIILLIVI AID VMS DINAR. —Commence at 4. uton_wkirse *At* murex Tars 1117411ICKFtUlitViii: Um To-KOlLikv—lliotnis& • 411VeallIgeffill" lb. Nu. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13. Ir might have been hoped that, for the present at least, there would be a truce to Education dis putes. But the meeting of the National Society, and the zeal of the Bishop of ROCHESTER in the House of Lords, have again revived the discusaion. The Bishops complain that Lord Grosvna.z has sanctioned some fundamental change in the terms upon which Church of England schools are aided out of the Parliamentary grant. The complaint is reiterated by the High-Church advocates and their organ, the Guardian. It is therefore of some im portance to point out that the complaint is without foundation, and that the sectarian party in the Church of England is pursuing a course most fatal to the interest of the Church establishment, to which they profess themselves devoted. The case which has called forth the remonstrance of the Bishop is that of Chrishall, in Essex. This parish seems to contain little more than one hundred families, half of which are professed Dis senters and half professed Churchmen. Hitherto there has been one wretched school. It was de sired to improve it, and for this purpose applica tion was made to the Privy Council for aid. Two schools were obviously out of the question, and ' therefore it was agreed, with4be sanction of every body in the parish, that the one school should be in connexion with the National Society. Under these circumstances the Privy Council were ready to consent to furnish aid, but upon the condition that a conscience clause should be introduced into the trust deed under which the new school was to , be established, the affect of which would be that I no child whose parents have a conscientious objection to be instructed in the doctrines ' of the Church of England should be bound to accept the religious teaching of that body. To this the Bishops and the Clergy object. " Why insert a conscience clause ?" they exclaim. " The people in the pariah—both Churchmen and " Dissenters---are perfectly ready to accept the " Parliamentary aid without any such stipulation. " Indeed, the Dissenters have joined in petitioning " for aid without any such conditions. The rule "of the Privy Council is to the effect that the " religious denomination of the Lew school should " be suitable to the families relied upon for sup " plying scholars,' and the parishioners of Chris " hall distinctly declare that they do not object to " the teaching of the Church of England." But the answer of the Privy Council is obvious. The school which is about to be founded is to be per manent. It is intended to meet the wants not only of the present, but of every future generation. The Government, therefore, should take care that the terms upon which they furnish aid are such as shall enable the school to be permanently useful. The peculiar views of the Dissenters who now form half the small population of Chrishall should not be allowed to bind 'their successors. And accordingly the Government in sist upon the insertion of a conscience clause into the trust deed. The difficulty is to understand the ground upon which the Bishops object to this condition. It is admitted that if the Dissenters had objected to any proposed grant to the National School the Privy Council must have given effect to the objection. But it is said that the Dissen ters are willing to waive their objection, and to send their children to the National School. This is no doubt a very satisfactory state of things; but how does the insertion of a conscience clause inter fere with this harmony 4 It will prevent neither the Church children nor the Dissenters' children from receiving religious instruction. Its presence may be a dead letter, but it certainly can do no harm. So long as the Dissenlers of Chrishall are of the same mind as they are at pre sent, so long the conscience clause will remain without effect. Indeed the most singular part of the dispute is that, as the Bishops and their friends allege, the sensible portion of the clergy alwrys act as if a conscience clause formed a part of the trust deed ; and those who would impose any religious teaching upon the Dissenters' children are de nounced as injudicious or intolerant. Nor is it surprising to find the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S dis tinctly declaring that he should prefer a relaxation even of the lax rules of the National Society in irgard to religious instruction. And yet, strange to say, even Dr. TBIRLWALL seems to protest against insisting upon the insertion of the con science clause. If it were possible to make ont that the insertion of such a clause was inconsistent with the doctrines of the Church of England, there might be some reason in the objection. But so far is this from being the case, that not only is this clause inserted in the scheme of many Church of England founda tions, but the National Society has distinctly de clared that schools in connexion with that body should not require every child to receive instruc tion in the Catechism and the formularies. It is, of course, well known that the National Society represent' the views of the Church of England in the matter of education, and th a t in fact the National Society, and not the Bench of Bishops, is the body with which the Government deals in settling the terms and conditions of Par liamentary aid. The result, therefore, is, that the Bishops and their friends object to the Government inserting this very form into a trust deed, for the purpose of securing to Dissenters their rights, which the National So ciety itself has recommended as the practical rule. There is no duubt a difference between leaving a rule to be enforced at the discretion of the clergy man of the pariah, and making that rule an actual condition of supplying Parliamentary aid. In ordinary cases the Government do not insist upon inserting a conscience clause. But in such 6 parish u Chrishall, where the population is so semen sad so equally divided in religious opinion, it would be an act cf culpable neglect not to take cars•that the rights of the Dissenters, who form half the popu lation, should be permanently secured, instead of being left to the discretion of managers constantly changing. But probably the Privy Council should go a step further. It is well known that the only cases in which any attempt is ever made to interfere in National Schools with the religions convictions of the scholars or their parents are cases in which the parish is distracted by sectarian fends, and the clergyman is bigoted and destitute of com mon sense. But those are the exceptions. It is only right that this extravagant spirit should be curbed, and that scrupulous people should be pro- tected from domineering ecclesiastics. The Church of England, as may be gathered from the acts of the National Society, and from the admitted con duct of the managers of National Schools, does not consider it necessary to exclude from school every child which is not prepared to accept its dogmatic teaching. The large majority of those who belong to the Established Church are firmly convinced that the policy of exclusion would do much more harm than good to the cause which they have at heart. What reason, then, is there for hesitating to endorse this policy? Why should one or two eccentric sectarians em broil their own parishes, and bring the whole Church into disrepute, when this might be pre. vented by the simple expedient of inserting the conscience clause into every trust deed of a National School ? The Rev. E. M. Maxis, who writes to the Guardian, and whose parish seems to be divided into two opposite religious camps, thinks it very hard, because he has collected 1801. from his own sect and only lbs. from the other sects, that the Government should refuse to give him any money out of the public treasury " unless , " the right of children of conscientious Dissenters "to use the school is secured by deed." It would be simply intolerable if such men as Mr. Haus were suffered to obtain the public funds for his sectarian purposes. The Government are quite right to refuse him the slightest assistance. But this difficulty should be settled once for all by always requiring that in every case of a National School the trust deed shall contain a conscience clause. lIITTH AND 00.1 PURI /1 XfitiTOT of CALVES' FEET, lot lambi, and caw, um ileld is dd., la, IL, sed_le. packets. by all chemists, POWS. & c. 11/1104171ACTOIY, L. LMLZ PIALMAND-BT., Itesent-st., W. SZOOND-HAND PIANOFORTES. CRAMS; MALE. and WOOD bays a huge assortment of setoed-hard Piessolortna by the most 11•10•11110 ii Makers, at eTtsui reduced Prices. — 2O l. Eageotagnst. :E EXFRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1862. LATET, „ I,IITIad I iGEN , • r . ROME. It appears byte last letters from tkat the bishops, though agreed to support the tetifforid power, quarrelled a good deal about their address to the Pope. A party proposed that the document should be drawn up at Cardinal Wiseman's lodgings, but this being strenuously opposed by the French bishops the meeting was held at the Wile's ea being neutral ground. Cardinal Wiseman read the draft of an address in which not a word was said about France, but the Bishop of Orleans warmly resented the omission, and claimed for France the honour of having restored the papacy. The Spanish cardinals hereupon betrayed great irritation, and tried to get a paragraph of their own inserted in the address, but the assembly would not listen to them. The Archbishop of Transylvania made a speech to show that Austria bad been a most effective supporter of the Pope. Great wrangling and confusion followed. It is not stated bow the majority which ultimately settled the address was constituted. Dawn's THE PRINCE OF WALES AT FON- TAINZBLEAI7.-MEXICO. PARIS, Jo= 13. The Moniteur of this morning the Prince of Wales was yesterday at Fontaine bleau, where he breakfasted with the Emperor and Empress. His royal highness afterwards walked in the forest, and returned to Paris in the evening. that Advice' were received at St. Nazaire on the 12th inst. from Vera Cruz to the 15th ult., according to which the transport Seine had not yet arrived out. M. Saligny and General Lorancez were marching on Mexico, which was defended by Juarez. Communication between Vera Cruz and the inte rior had been interrupted. The vomito prevailed at Vera Cruz, but the in terior Wllb perfectly healthy. The French expected numerous reinforcements. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. BRUSSELS, Jura 13. The Moniteur Beige has recommenced publishing bulletins respecting the King's health, signed by Dre. Koepl and Wimmer. To-day's bulletin states that his Majesty's condi tion has somewhat improved. for some time ; Eastern fell 13fr. 76c., Southern ffr. 50c., Western bfr., and the other lines MOO!. Canoe Mires is a little better, closing at 93fr.75e The Prince of Wales and suite arrived in Paris yesterday evening from Marseilles, and alighted at the British Embassy. His royal highness, who travels strictly incognito, left Paris this morning for Fontainebleau to pay his respects to their Ma jesties. He is to return to Paris for dinner. His royal highness will take his departure for England to-morrow morning. WZATHICR RSPORT.-(THIS DAY.) FRIDAY, Jun U. S LL • AL 0. IL. D. F. & I a L NANO . ..... 19.16 U it Z.N.I 3I 0.37 Aboasell 29.25 61 N.IL 6 I Sr 0.40 4 Imes Mama MU 66 62 vr. 2 ; Ile 0.116 3 Amaossm 29.11 64 64 N.W. 4 760 0.87 , ammo= —Y CS S. 1I b— 1 4141wAy MIMIM 211.10 111 U W.N.W. 4 1 e 3 anabomosa. 29.21 66 U W. 4 le 0.35 4 11111001,559 29.41 66 66 B.R. 9 Ile 9.35 7 . 24.36 63 IS 6.W., • ' t i Z r t: YARMOUTH LOllllOll 111.61 66 U R.B.W. : 166 0.62 - Dorm 701065006$ 10.66 68 66 R.B.W. 10 Or 1.0 PORTLAIIID ILYSOOIs 7 58109 JIZIET 19.74 56 113 W.B.W. 11 6r 0.16 9 IPATO)IDAY. N. Baruzir to W.W. sad LW., • gals to Moog 'any• laVLi D.—&W.toN.W.,i showery. Cesrreek—&W. to N.N.W., straw to fresh, showery. Cuilh—N.ll. to N.W., and W.ILW., saws. with rain. B.EIPOLAND.—WJLW.toN.N W., struts to [radio/Ith showers. lIIIIDAY. &W. to mode- W.S.W. to N.N.W., fresh. As ASA Above, fresh to modem rate. __ to N., strong to mode- rat& W.B.W. to N.N.W., fresh to moderato. i„ /HZ - INTERNIT4ONAL EXHIBITION. If any Ole of her M.sierty's subjects ought to be especially anxious about the weather it should be' theßoyalCommissioners far thelnternational Exhi- bition, seeing that the difference between a fine and a wet day costs them from seven hundred to a thousand pounds, or about a hundred pounds a I shower, taking yesterday's average of rainfall. The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties was never more forcibly exemplified than in the struggles which people bad to make to reach Kensington without being wet to the skin ; and, oh, how much worse was it to get home again under anything like similar coo ditious. In the morning intending visitors could, more or lees, choose their time for starting, but in the evening there was nothing for it but, when turned out, to wait in the open road, bide the piti less pelting of the storm, and patiently and respect fully await the pleasure of their high mighti peewee the omnibus conductors and cabmen. Of the former there is not much complaint to be made ex cept that there is not half enough of them. The vehicles are filled the moment they arrive at the rank, and very often before, for people wait at , the point at which they set own and come round in them. Yesterday the conductors practised on these " early birds" what may be considered a ver7 excusable bit of sharp practice. They allowed their impatient customers very quietly to get in, and then charged them both the up and down fares, which they were fully entitled to do, and the people who were so anxious to forestall their less active neigh bours had no right to complain. But Las for the cabmen, they are completely running riot, and their insolence is intolerable. They set the police at defiance, and will only take up when, who, and how they like. It appears that when driving along they are not compelled to answer a call, the supposition being that they are engaged, and accordingly they may be seen each evening thundering down in hundreds like a cloud of Cossacks, and merely making contemptuous ges tures to anyone who may be presumptuous enough to hail them from the ro a dside. They are ably abetted by a number of street Arabs who infest the Exhibition, who, when the people begin to depart, sally down the road, each take possession of a cab and drive up to the doors, where they select their company and make their own terms. As they sit inside coming down, the cab has the app earance of being engaged, and it is also " engaged ' when they arrive at the doors to any applications from parties of less than four persons. The storiesof the extortions of this fraternity of worthies are innumerable, and if something be not done to produce a better state of things they must have &serious effect upon the re venue of the Exhibition. Friday and Saturday company, upon hearing of the difficulties and im positions that beset a visit, will begin to think the game not worth the candle and will stay away rather than run the risk of being bullied and im posed on, or of having to walk home in the rain, es hundreds of elegantly dressed ladies had to do yes terday evening. Among the earliest visitors were their Royal Highnesses the Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. During all the time the building has been opened the junior members of the royal family have, with one exception, always visited it on shilling days. Yesterday they remained in from the morning till late in the afternoon. Apparently, they passed about from case to case totally unrecognised by the great mass of visitors, and were thus left free to make their examinations without the hindrance that would naturally have arisen from any display of public curiosity to see the royal children. The Pacha of Egypt, attended by a large suite, was also early in the building, hurrying as usual from court to court and stall to stall, seeing as much as possible in the shortest space of time. An interesting visit of the day was that of a party of three hundred Aus trians, who, having come over from Pans by the previous night's express, descended upon the building in the morning, in a perfect cavalcade of omnibuses. They appeared to be all of the citizen clam, and were regularly organised under four directors, who seemed to be responsible for their safe keeping. They announced their intention of giving the Exhibition a week, and stated that they were only the advanced guard of thousands of foreigners from various parts of Europe who are now en route for Loudon, bound on the same errand as themselves. The next collective visit con sisted of 160 of the employs of the North Western Hallway, franked in by Mr. Cochrane, and they were followed by several schools of more or less importance. From the official return it appears that the num ber of visitors was—By seaaou tickets, 2,866; by payment, 36,432 ; total, 39,297. Elle (Faun. WINDSOR CASTLE, Joss 12. The Queen, accompanied by Prinoees Louise, walked and drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon. The E.rl of Caithoeu ;ad Sir William Hosts have suc ceeded Lord Hattie and Lieutenant-Colonel Kicgscote as Lord and Groom in Waiting. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge paid a visit yesterday to the Viceroy of Egypt. His Highness the Vice roy, attended by the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray, honoured the Duke and Duchess of Wellington with his company at dinner in the evening at their residence, Apaley.house, A deputation from Montrose regarding a proposed light on Montrose Nees, for which memorials had been presented from Aberdeen, Dundee, Arbroath, and Montrose, had an interview yesterday with the Bight Hon. T. M. Gibson, at the of of the Board of Trade. The deputation was in troduced by Mr. Baxter, M.P., and accompanied by Colonel Sykes. M.P., and the Hon. Captain Carnegie, M.P. for Forfarshire. Viscouat Palmerston returned to London yesterday from &ocket-hall, Herts. The Right Roe. Sir George Grey returned to town yes terday from his seat Fallodon, Northumberland. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the governors of the Went India Islands, Canada, the Mauritius, Malts, and GibesHs:. Despatches were nut to the Gown/ of Csa& RETURN OP THE PRINCE OF WALES. (nos ous owi BOULOGNE, THOUDAY. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is ex pected to arrive here to-morrow at 11.30p.m. He will leave in the Vivid. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess Augustus of liaae•Coburg, aad Prime Philip of Wurtem burg. with their suite, have arrived at the Clarendott, en Milk for Tunbridge Wells. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge. Prisms Mary, and the Duke and Duchess Alarms too of Saxe-Coborg honoured the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer with their company at dinner yes terday. The party invited to meet their royal highnesses consisted of the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Elith Somerset, the Counter of Craven and Lady Erelyn Craven, the Earl of &Roo, Lord Charles Inns. Ser, Vis count Chelsea, Lord Ebury and the Hon. Wm Grosvenor, I his Excellency Baron Bentiack, Sir John Metcalfe, and Mrs. Bates. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington gave a grand entertainment but evening to his Highness the Vice roy of Egypt at Apeley House. The ((Mowing were invited to meet his highness :—His Excellency the French Ambes mador and theCountem and Miss E. de Flahanit, Prince Doris Pamphili and Don Giovanni Doria Pamphili, the Duke of St. Albans and Lady G. Hamilton, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Aberoorn, the Marchioness of Ely, the Mar quis of Tweeddale, the Earl and Counter of Teakerville, Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre, Lord and Lady Elcho, Eul Cowper, Earl Annesley, and the Hon. C. Murray. Mustapha Paths and Zulfekar Pacha were in attendance on his highness. Later in the evening the duchess had an amembly. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, and her Royal Highness t'ae Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, honoured her grace with their presence. There was a small party invited to meet their royal highnesses. The Marquis and Marchioness Cholniondeley have left Carnal-house-terrace far Watbrooke Park, on a visit to the Hon. Grazivfile and Lady Georgina Ryder. Lidy Tredegar has issued cards for a danoe on the 27th inst., at her residence, is Portman-square. The marriage of Lady Victoria Noel, only daughter of the Earl and Countess GI Gainaboronsh, with Sir Fowell Buxton, was solemnised yesterday at •Eaton, Rutland. The Hon. and Rer. Leland Noel performed the ceremony. The 'Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., and Lady Emily Peel have arrived at their house ia White hall-gardens, from Paris. We (Mantua that Lady Easily hes recovered from the fever which led to her detention at Pais on haw way home from Geneva. Mr. and Miss Bouverie Pussy gave a brilliant ball last evoolog at 16, Caraniliah-square, which was most ammerously and fashionably attended. Notwithstanding the prevalent dryness of the la.t few weeks, the state of the crops is all that could be desired in every part of Germaey. In some quarters rye has suffered a little, bat wheat is in excellent oouditioa, from the banks of the Thumbs to the shores of the Baltic. In Central Germany especially vegetation is luxuriant, tra vellers even going so far as to compare the aspect of the country about the river Wain' with the most fertile tracts of Italy. We beer, also. that the viaeyards share in the general prosperity of the Berkeonr Advicegfront Naples speak of a fresh eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The mountain is throwing out lava 1 towards Pompeii, and ashes on the Portici aide. The atmos phere of the city is charged with eleatricity—an ordinary symptom of volcanic ernptiooa. The Correspondaacia of Madrid contains the fol lowing :—" We learn by advises front Vesamela that the tank of that republic has made a franduleut bankruptcy, which has plunged the whole country Into eonsternatiog. The Spaniard, at Caraccas and at Guaira have deposited at the Trench Legation an etiormous Totality of bank•notes. the amount of which would be lost without the protectioa d their government." IMPORTANT LIFEBOAT SERVICE. FOWIW. CORNWALL, Jun 11. I hare great pleasure in stating that the Fowey lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, has this day proved herself eminently successful in saving the Danish schooner Sylphideo, of Nakakor, and her crew of seven hands, from destruction. The vessel was from Dart mouth for Charlestown, in our bay, and in ballad. As the wind was too strong from the S.S.E. to enter Charlestown, she took shelter under the high land last evening, east of Polkerris, and signalled for a pilot. This morning she was stall riding at her anchor, and the gale increasing, apprehen sions were entertained for her safety. The surf was so high that no ordinary boat could face it. During the after. noon, the gale increasing, the captain attempted to weigh anchor and run for Par, but no sooner were the melon tripped than she began to drift, and was fast matiog for the lee shore. The anchors again held fast, but so greet was the strain on the cable, the vessel being now in broken water with only one and • half fathoms, that the captain and crew saw nothing but destruction before their eyes, unless speedy assistance was obtained, and up went the "Jack "m the rigging. The gallant crew of the life.' boat, with their expeneoced coxswain, were all ready for the work, and in a few minutes on board, accompanied by Idr.Stubbs, the chief officer of the Comtguard. In another minute or two the lifeboat was off from her transporting carriage, and flying through the foaming surf and over the crested waves in • gallant style, pulling to windward in the very teeth of the now furious gale. The appereutly doomed ship was reached by veering the boat fr om fr om windward, and Mr . Stubbs and Heath, the coxswa in, with some of the crew, got on board. Yr. Stubbs took the oominalid at once. To heaitate what to do would have been destruction. To run for Par was now nupracticable. He at once resolved to take the ship into Polkerris, ordered sail to be set and the anchor shipped. For some minutes the good ship staggered in the gale, Andes it were hesitated to be guided by the helm. At last she were round, and, I am happy to say, was brought safely inside the pier, close to the lifeboat house, and in a manner which reflects the greatest credit on that officer, end the coxswain and crew of the lifeboat under his then com mand. The crew proved themeelvesequal to any emergency, one of whom, en agricultural labourer, volunteered his services to fill up • vacancy in the lifeboi;t's crew. THURSDAY MORNING. I have to add to my letter of last evening that the weather has become still worse dunog the night, the barometer being down to 29.38 ; and the captain feels quite con vinced that, under Providence, the lifeboat and her crew have been the means of saving both the ship and the lives of the crew. The two new theatres on the Place du Chatelet, Paris, are almost finished, and about to be transferred to the bands of the decorators. They will inaugurate • new system of lighting, of heating. and ventilation. The system does away with lustre. or gas•burners ; the light will be radeoted all over the house by means of an enormous mirror, through • hole in the ceiling containing a pane of unpolished glass. Th►nks to that plan, the upper tiers will no longer be incommoded by the vicinity of the chandelier, and the same method of lighting will also serve for ventilating the house. In the interior of these two houses. the stages of which are as great as that of the Opera, all kinds of me:- sures have been taken for the accommodation of the public. Among others is mentioned a oovered hall, which the car riages may enter in order to set down their fare, and a smoking-room. The Canada papers state that it is probable the Grand Trunk Railway will cease working. The line at present is worked at a loss of 60,0001. a year, irrespective of loss by wear and tear of plant and of interest of capital sunk in the construction of the line. _ _ _ Canaries, thrushes, skylarks, pheasants, black birds, starlings, partridges, and quails are now flying wild all over the colony of Victoria, in Australia. The New York lawyers complain of very dull times at the bar, and sty that not 60 out of the 3,000 re aiding there are making a living. INDIGENT BLIND SCHOOL.—A court of governors was held yesterday at the London Coffee-house, the Rev. Mr. Evans in the chair. A report was read from the chap lain as to the health of the inmates, which was highly satis factory. There were now in the school 77 males and 78 females, and 27 candidates for admission, rig, 20 males and 7 ferneries. The governors had just received a legacy from Miss Nash of 4501., and from M. Mammon of 1801. A report was also laid before the meeting as to the goods ma nufactured by the pupils, and exhibited at the Exhibition in Clue 29. They wore highly spoken of, and the sales had been good. The reports were adopted, and some routine bad ness having been transacted the meeting adjourned. LONDON FINANCIAL BEFOEN ANSOCIATION.—A meeting, convened for the purpose of • conference with several members of the Liverpool Executive, was held at the Whittington Club on Wednesday evening last. Preeent— Mr. R. Moore (in the chair), and the deputation from Liverpool, consisting of Messrs . Lawrence, Heyworth, C. Holland. and C. E ldacqueen, and Messrs. John Cassell, Noble, E. H. Watts, W. Austin, H. L. Morgan, J. H. Raper (Man chester), Mr. Newman, Ste. The object of the meeting having been stated, a lengthened discussion ensued on the future policy of the London sssociation, which terminated in a unanimous arivroval of their determination to agitate for the repeal of the duties on tee, coffee, and sugar. State ments of • very encouraging nature, showing the progress effected in consequence of the efforts of the Liver poo l asso- Unties, were made by Messrs. Heyworth and Hod. It was also agreed to continue for the present the fortnightly meetings fur the readies of papers and discussion, sod also to endeavour to raise a fund for the purpose of an agitation of an extensive character during the autumn and winter months. ORDER OF DRUID& —ANNUAL MELTING OF Da taosrsa.—At the resumption of the meetings yesterday, Mr. Ashton and the other Huddersfield delegates withdrew, in consequence of the decision of the meeting on the pre vious day in the ease of the Goderich Lodge question. A lengthy discussion then took place relative to the establish ment of an accident and compensation fund, the principal points debated being whether members disabled before the est•bliahment of the fund should participate in its ad venters. Ultimately it was resolved to establish such a fund by a levy of id. per member per annum ; that acci dents occurring after the establishment should alone be compensated ; that no member previously disabled should be compelled to subscribe to the fund, and that no member, not a contributor, should be entitled to claim from the fund. In order to promote the extension of the order in other tows; Mr. Nicholson (Manchester) proposed • levy of per member for the next twelve months, and the offer of It. premium for the establishment of lodges, with travelling expensen ROYAL COLLROI OF SIR I/lONS OF EFOLAND.— The following gentlemen, having undergone the necerimary examiestione for the diploma, were admitted members of the college, at • meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 12th inst., via.:—Messrs. George Richard Lawrence, F a nooreb4, Bents ; Thomas Martyn Owe, Virginstows Roo torv, Devon ; Alfred Freeman, Kennington ; John Berry Moloch, Dublin ; Jabs' Carter, L S.A., Bedford ; Samuel Bitching Elliaoa, Poplar ; Robert Speir Braios, Nova Scotia ; Charles Phi lip Moss, St. Helena ; and Stephen Joseph Masook, Calcutta. Us TRIAL or Finn Exorrns.—Owing to an omission on the part of the Exhibition authorities, who have neglected to give due notice to exhibitors, Be. trial of Ara engines on the banks of the therpostine bas bass postponed until Tuesday next. ITALY. TURIN, JUNE 12. All the persons detained in custody at Alexan dria have been set at liberty. Colonel Nullo is staying with Garibaldi at Bel girata. The agreement for establishing s bank for loans on landed property has been signed by the govern ment. The bill relative to this measure wall be immc cliately submitted to parliament. THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 13. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results as compared with the May return : Dims Ass. Cash in hand Bills discounted, not yet due 2 3-5 Bank notes ~ .. 58 1-3 Advances - 30 2-5 INcarras Treasury balance Current accounts EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (711,011 OUR OWN PARIS, THURSDAY Eviamta. I have not the least doubt that since the Patric launched its announcement last night, that there was to be a mediation by France and England in 1 the affairs of the United States, the telegraph has flashed a good many communications from London showing the disinclination of the British cabinet to be dragged into any such wild and dangerous pro ject. The Pays to-night throws eold water upon its fellow-labourer's nows in the following very em brangled paragraph : It might be thought, from the Patrie's statement, that conferences (pour porters) have already taken place between the two governments of France and Eogland, in order to set on foot diplomatic negotiations, with a view to the pacification of North and South America. There is, how ever, nothing of the kind, and we believe that we may confidently atfirm that the Patrie has gone much too far in giving toe wish formed by public opinion the character, in some sort, of a diplomatic fact. The Paerie's intention is assuredly highly praiseworthy in itself, but we must not mistake the real ituportanoe of its assertions. There are no negotiations on foot in the sense indicated by that journal, and up to the present time all is confined (tout se borne) to manifestations of the European press in favour of the pacification so much desired between the two fractions of the great American republic. You will observe that the last sentence of the above paragraph is self-contradictory. " Mani festations of the press " are not negotiations at all ; and yet the Pays admits, in the same breath, that there are " negotiations," though not those of the particular kind inferred by the Patric. It is plain that French diplomacy has experienced a cheek within the last twenty-four hours. The Prairie, instead of honestly acknowledging the error into which it was led yesterday, speaks paren thetically of its own positive announcement, as "rumours which attribute to the French mid English governmentstbe project of mediation." The Opiftiol. Na 44.4448, which probably only Jumovva yes terday's news, states positively that Count de Per aigny has gone to England to "accelerate nego tiations for mediation," and the Prase says that the mission of that minister to Landon is "exclusively political." There is ominous silence about Mexico in the semi-official journals. They abstain from repro ducing the latest despatches viL London. All the Pattie says is that the notorious Santa Anna has declared for France. The Temps, in a vigorous article, calls public attention to the fact that France has " embarked in a new war." And whereas the three former wars of the present empire—those in the Crimea, Italy, and Cochin China—were undertaken for intelligible, and to a great extent popular, objects, the "reasons for the present war are obscure" and command little sympathy from the people. As far as the Temps can understand it the war in Mexico is Quixotic, undertaken for propagandist purposes, according to revolutionary traditions. It is the commence went of a new foreign policy of France, a ' policy of universal philanthropby, a policy of setting wrongs to rights all over the world, and it doubts whether the finances of France are sufficient to pay for the glory of universal inter vention. The Bourse has again been heavy. Rente fell 10c. both for cash and account, closing at 68fr.70r, and 68fr. 75c. Mobilier, the only security that improved, rose 9fr. 60c. The Italian Loan fell 150. Railways declined more than they have done EXAMINATION OP ARneurn CLERKS. The following further order for conducting the examinations of articled clerks in general knowledge, under the Bth section of the act for amending the law of attorneys, has just been honed— Whereas by the Bth section of the 23 and 24 Viet. e. 127, it is enacted that we, the Londe Chief Justices of the Courts of Queen's Booth and Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, jointly with the Master of the Rolls, may from time to time make regula tions for the examination is such branches of general know ledge as we may deem proper of all persons (not having takes degrees orsucoeufully ceased the University examina tions in the act mentioned) thereafter becoming bound under articles of clerkship to attorneys or solicitors ; and we, the saidjudges, by such regulations, may require such examine tario to be passed either before persons so become bound, or at any time before their admission as attorneys or solicitors as to us may seem fit, and that we may from time to tints revoke or alter any such regulations as we think fit, and from time to time appoint examiners for conducting such examinations as aforesaid ; and no person required to pass such examination shall be capable of being bound as dam said where such examination is required to be passed before being bound, or of being admitted as an attorney or solicitor where such examination is permitted to be passed at any time before admission, mien before being bound, or before being admitted (as the ease may require), he obtain from the examiners a certificate of having satisfactorily passed such examination: provided always that we or any one or more of us may, where under special circumstances we see fit so to do, dispense with compliance with such regu lations entirely or partially, or subject to any such con ditions as to us may seem fit: And whams, by the mooed regulation made by us, bearing date the 26th day of July, 1861, it is directed that every winos proposing to enter into articles of clerk ship, not having been called to the degree of Utter Bar rister in England, or not having taken a degree, orpaseed the ammunition prescribed under the ritli section of the act, shall produce to the registrar of attorneys a certificate that he has successfully pared an examination by special examiners appointed byes Now, we do hereby order and direct that such second regulation shall not extend or apply to any person proposing to enter into articles of clerkship who shall, previously to being articled, produce to the registrar of attorneys • certificate that he has successfully passed one of the local examinations established by the University of Oxford, or one of the nomgremial examinations established by the University of Cambridge. Dated the 6th day of Jone, 1862. A. E. Cockburn. John Romilly, M. R., W. Erie, Fred. Pollock. THE ALLEGED MURDZES OF ILLEOITIYATI CHILDEZIL-lAluEsT.—(Tau DAL)—This morn* the iaysstigatiou was resumed at the Green-gate Tarim, City- road, by Mr. H. Ratites Waltham the deputy coroner for East Middlesex, teaching the dea th of • male child of Jaw Sharpe, which was alleged to have been murdered some hours after its birth under very deliberate circamnances. The coroner raid the case was very strong aping the mother. Her child must have been strangled during the fiftieth. witness Catherine Owen was gone to the workhouse; but it would be hardly fair to bring in a verdict of wilful murder until they had heard her my what she had to state in her own defeees. He should therefore adjourn the inquiry for the production of the mother. SERIOUS Eget/Aiwa lir • Costar!.—An explo sion of firedamp, which has resulted in the death of one man and serious injury to soother ' occurred a few days ago, at the Bradley Hall Colliery, in Standish. It appears that on the day of the explosion, two men, named Richard Mama and John Onocbley , were "reking together be the pit. At one portion of the workings a ran had been fastened up for the purpose of indicating Intim misers that there was danger io that direction, and that MOW mad enter with • naked light. la the afternoon, the Ids assn named pulled down the ,rail, and Mason proceeded was wed for something or other, leaving Critchley at the =Waft with a light in his hand. Mason, it is thought. disturbed the ps ; for in a few momenta after he had got up the road, a serious explosion ensued at the opening, a few yards from the spot where the light was placed. The flame rushed over °Atchley, a nd proceeded up the road in the direction of Mason, who was afterwards found to be very seriously boned. Critchley was also badly scorched In several places. The men were got out of the pit as soot as possible and conveyed home, where they were medically attended. Mason has siooe died from the injuries he em balmed. Critobley is very ill, but is expected to recover. An inquest will be held over Mason to-day (Friday). FRIGHTFUL °CO:TERENCE AT A RAILWAY STATION; —Yesterday mornisg, about!) o'clock, a frightful oceurreace took place at the Harwich and Blackrod Railway station, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway,similar in its nature to one which recently occurred in London. A man named James Davenport, about 40 years at age,. and who was employed as * bookkeeper in Mr. Buckley's priatworks, HMO% COLLEGE HOSPITAL FNISTIVAL.—Situsted at Burnley. but whose wife and family reside at florwich midway betweeo the two great thoroughfaresof Holborn and Vale, committed self-destructioa by placing his head under the Strand, and nerving as • kind of harbour of refuge from • trait On the railway. The dowsed had for a short time the wide see of human misery and destitution which r bssu io • low , dowlomdb 3 ll way , and had Doom borne, a nd at spreads around it, tr.shialhiaosph public. The eg i c , is f l oa c t l i a Ta imm w u h pa the u I the time stated he was loitering about a siding near the benevolence of the statiou, watching a number of men remove some held last night at the Albino Hotel, Aldarsgate-street, was empty waggons. He deliberately took off his bat and laid gu a mcou whomplete were present sureses;a had a chance and the numerous a measuring usforeigu his head under the wheels of the train, an although them were six men present they could not stop the progress of the depth and heartiness of English generosity. The the oralgotta before ono of As wheels bad gone over ha subscriptions amount to more than 2,0001. and there wok. and a scoot wheel had just come upon it. The is every reason to hope that an institution thus munificently weight of the was upwards of a ton, and the poor supported will be enabled to extend still more widely the ! fellow Was dea d taken up. What has been the auto field and scope of its beneficent exertions. The chair was Of this sad affair is at pressat unknown. occupied by the Lord Mayor, who was supported by the Dlnumarr.—On the 14th of April the represents.' Earl of Faversham, the Bishop of Nova Scotia. Sir Robert tires sheeted to the first Legislature of the State of Desere t Carden, Admiral ' Sir W. F. Grey, Captain Walter, !c.c. assembled in Senate and Goose of Wives. The 150 bade am already provided fee patienhi in this hos pital ; offieed message of the Governor was de 'raced by Brigham more than 200 would readily be filled by the deserving ay-p-- Young in penes, in which, among other principles, he b lZ plicants, to whom it is now • stern messily for the offldW down that the Dumber of inhabitants of a territory m to refuse admission, be no criterion for its fitness to be admitted as a eovereits Accounts have been received from the French state into the Union. The moot important hosinam that West India Islands to the 10th of April. A second levy this Ant Mormon legislature will transact, in its meson of sailors had bees made at Ouadaloupe for the French weion will be to elect two senators for the puma 01 lest on the coast of Mexico. These unlooked for levies =hug to Wsahingtoe. P presenting the oomottl° ll°° o f have caused great embarrassment to commercial operations, t, and demanding admiesiou as a sorwe s ga date into and much of the port Woo's' bad bees waspewled. The the Federal Maim. One of these senatess has Men akeedl accounta of the crops in both islands were catudacte..cy, a s eleeted, and probably both are now ea their way t o Wash were also those of the health of the °Way. —New York *toe. fee the Puree of carrying out the obioot° m en ' Herald. tiosied.—Saa Prascsato Mirror. THE LANCASHIRE DISTRESS FUND. The following additional acme were received =day in aid of the Lancashire Relief Fund :—Mr. H. Hodgson, 204 ; Captain F. Warden, R.I. ea, 101. ; Mr. E. Singleton, 104 ; Mr. Thos. Taplin, 104 10s. ; Mr. Henry Morris, 54 ; Mr. William Monteath Scott, 5/. ; Mrs. Henry Men. 5/. ; G. L. and IL L., 5/. ; Captain T. G. Phipps Herlihy, R.N., 54 ; Mr. J. P. Gime, 3/. 3e. ; Hee, R. W. Brasationet, 54 ; Rev. W. H. Tureer, 5/. ; General H. E. Porter, 5/. ; Mr. Henry Daniel Richards, 51. ; Met employed in the King's Arma Brewery, Whiteelapel,l4 M.; E. D.,11. ; Mr. 0. W. Payne Cranford, 27.; Mr. Wm. Low, 21. Ea. ; Rev. John P. Toinlimoo, 24 THE CEMETERY RIOTS IN SHEFFIELD INDIGNATION' MEETINGS. Last night, a public meeting was held in the Temperance Hall, Townhead-street, Sheffield, to take into consideration what steps should be taken in re. femme to the recent disclosures at the St. Philip's Burial Ground, Wardsend. Notwithstanding that the weather was unpropitious, the rain descending in torrents at eight oclock, the time announced for the commencement of the meeting, there ass a very large attendance. There was considerable feeling manifested during the entire proceedings. The chair was occupied by Mr. Nadia, es:-representative of St. Philip's I Wed in the Town Council. In opening the proceedings, the chairman said that legal advice had been taken, and the advice of the magistrates and the chief constable had also been sought, and now funds were required for the prosecu tion of those who had desecrated the dead.. The follo • manorial to the Archbishop of York was unanimously adopted .• "That the churchyard belonging to the district of St. Philip, in the said township, and situated at Wardand, has been open to MAO= and most disgraceful desecration. " That a large number of the dead, after being buried but • short period, scarcely any beyoud four years, have been removed and sung into • large hole in • distant portion of the ground. several ad' of the bodies taken up had only been in. terred for a few months. . . . . ~' That ce ® ss have been taken out of the graves and broken up, and bodies mutilated and destroyed, for the Pa9rof making room far new osoupents. hat bodies bare been buried without the performance of the funeral service, and fees received for dead that have never been interred. " Your memorialists believe that all these malpractices were known to the incumbent of St. Philip's, the Rev. John Li:resey, who is therefore, they believe, chiefly responsible. That the said incumbent has shocked the feelings of the public, by stating that he could not read the burial service over bodies that had been dissected and decomposed. " With every feeling of respect, your memorialists solicit of your grace the appointment of a eoesmintioo to inquire into the conduct and practise of the Rev. J. Livery, incum bent of St. Philip's, believing that until cleared from the above charges he cannot usefully administer the COnsola. tions of religion to the inhabitants of the large district now under his charge." The meeting manifested strong feelings against the incum bent of St. Philip's sad the late sexton. Oe Wednesday night a similar meeting was held in St. Philip's Ward. Mr. Nsdin presided. The proceedings were of the most exciting character. and considerable ill-feeling was manifested towards the Rev. J. Livesey, the present incumbent of St. Philip's. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : " That, in the opinion of the meeting, the pariah of St. Philip's is worthy of a better and more protestant minister than the present incumbent, and desires that the Right Rev. the Archbishop of York will take the same into his serious conaidaratioa. "That this meeting would express, with bleeding heartit, its sympathy with, and thanks to, the magistrates and the chief constable, and would encourage them to do their duty fearlessly." Yesterday a deputation from the meeting attended at the Town-ball, and presented the foregoing resolutions to the magistrates. THE ALLEGED POISONING OP A LADY. EXHUMATION OP THE BODY. INQUIEIT.-(TRIS DAY.) This morning at 10 o'clock, Mr. John Humphreys, the Kiddlesex coroner, opened an investigation at the Plough Tavern, Kemal-green, opposite the Cemetery, touching the loth of Ma. Frances Phillips, aged 27, who was alleged to have been poisoned under circumstances, which, if proved, will render the cue one of the most remarkable of the causes celetra of the time. The deceased had been buried for some four months, and It was upon the urgent repre sentations of her friends that the coroner Maned his warrant for the exhumation of the body from Kesel-green Ceme tery, with a view to the analysation of the extents of the stomach, preparatory to the mesa inquiry. Mr. Potter appeared on behalf of Mr. Phillips (the husband of the deaas), and Mr. Blackburn* and lb. Gould repro• vented the relations of the dammed. The jury having proceeded to view the body, which lay on a mound in the cemetery beside the grave, and which seemed to be in a remarkable state of preservation, the fol lowing evidence wes adduced : Mr. Gould was called to identify thsbody, but he said that he was unable to speak positively on the subject. The Coroner then directed Mrs. Diana Little, the mother of the deceased, to be taken in a cab to the cemetery to identify the body. The identification of the body, notwithstanding its marble like appearance, was rendered difficult by the necessary mutilations effected in the post.moitern examination, by which the beautiful lines of the countenance were broken and distorted. The coroner therefore directed Mrs. Little to pay attention principally to the hair and teeth of the de. ceased as the best guides under the circumstemese. Mrs. Little after a brief absence was swan end said—l live in Honesty-lane, York, and am a widow. Deemed was my daughter. Her same was Faeces Phillips, and aka was maetisd to Henry Phillips, who wee a dealer in horses. Her age was 27 years. It is her body which is now lying ex. Lamed in the cemetery. The Coroner aid that owing to information he had re ceived that the chemical analysis of the stomach of demised had not been concluded, he thought it advisable not to take further evidence on the present occasion. He should there. fore adjourn the court at once. It was stated that the chemical analysis has been coefided to Dr. Harley, and Dr. Edmunds has made the post mortals examination of the body. The case appeared to excite great interest, and some dis appointment was manifested at the abrupt eke* of the .• • 10 THE Xt. No this 'is and . put no Is of • for II Messrs. ' Judgme Mr. Bold ockj si ono 7Jni steno' tt Mr. Bowl come to t is a ques Mr. Cha remove( .Mr. Bo laid ••beth a give Mr is stil . Train opm Mr. Joni bar vent hi Mr. Bov has Mr. Ti lay does to sag Mr. Jul y was way of ty is no r. Jul . Train 't., hew • .J us . Train. . Jus Mr. Bov instruct • he will k fit damn in 14 di at all d t on the thousarr and Mr. Oba ng the Mr. J nal use the j s. 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