The Express. — London, England, 1850-05-30 00:00:00

Al' LON ZUBASSY. on the Kers.) troaieks of the year, 1850, the is Looks from so distant a state ire amongst its principal (masts. tint frontier of India, ham t h e I „ i is)ss, the Rajah of NLPACL has wan oriental tuagnitiosnoo, oat tbasodurs t o Queen Imam. In roosolcion for our rupture With '"erica and the Elyse, Bourbon d ab intion our friendship, the istdoo entreats our favour and Let us, then, endeavour is authenticaily known of this i proprily bo called the Switzer is slersted, mountainous, well and thinly peopled by a hardy ig:y atacbed to their paor cam inderendence, and their own a lang narrow pirallelogram, red miles in length, and scarcely '.:b. Towards the north it is ,sy As and Toihzt ; to the month, c as•igntd to onr ally on the raa war, aid by thane portion 'A high lie within the jai and contain some t:iets ; to the east it is sew , ow n regions of Bhotau by )f country which, until lately, of ,itxlitat, but which is now, 2t to be, annexed to our tern e. it is separated froth the Pan ,4 country principally taken '.hoorkas during or after the t-13. Ia temperature Nepaul I.ev,ition cool and healthy; :tweets the Himalayas on .pur and surrounding jungle in may parts fertile and well :y being not a little caused by tick, flowing from the northern num it on their way to the of such natural advantages, means a rich or highly mvi te relation which it even now a i. probably not unlike that SNOand bore to the southern r. ntury and a half ago. e Nepalese that their country red ty the various foreign peo nes. have over-run the rest of are followers of BRAHMA, : and as it was with their f the most :earned Bribable oft from leboareden meow b..ble oat the belief while rial the deposit el the S-cterit manuscripts, may n in fen. Its population Lir as Europeans have the opinion, homogeneous; but, 0 be the prevailing race ; and .1 , is India have at last taught r trne worth. As soldiers the r unrivalled in Hindostan ,• to icktown i they fight hand to to heroism ; and have, men:•, become the most Tabs .': army. They are small In eeeeding four feet in height; and enduring in frame, as in spirit. For the Scpoys contempt ; refuse to be • wi.ti them ; and speak of these , brave and hardy little ,;ready some fire or six irre w.tvite ; and it was only the bulkirs up and disbandon :ar regiment, one of these ins et; ted into' retiment of the line; wiil show. In all our late ,:eas distinguished themselves nnhsppy Swan Sow AR ..t throne of Cabool, he .:ewe fcr his body guard, re.riment of them had the . ;.. . I nth Sir Itonitut SALE. . • only one defect: it is . • 7 .4 the Nepaulese have • t on two occasions been t.t . • • •hem : once when Crave :o •c: • !...ki , th of Nei. tut from the • .• r '• s at.d feudatories ; and • • : • wi.en oar hostilities rose to :: ear. At this latter period the • , ~sts had brought their iron of our ally, the: N.swers the protected Sikh states. disputes arose as to bounda sae from time to time accommodated, n manner as to encourage the Ghoorkes on tae British government the impres r aimed at still larger territorial aggree ;dually the Nepaulese laid claim to Sheanj : this claim was, however, re -ration, but, when the evidence before • nes going strongly against them, the • tmissiaten withdrew from the :_d shortly afterwards their Rove : on the disputed territory. This N,:ea.b,r, 1814, produced war • a single, campaign, however, p roduced its Itdia—submission; and in December, ot peace was signed at Segowlfry by -new and the agents of the %JAIL ,•5, not 0017 was the disputed territory .arp adjacent districts were ceded to :ffertmeet, and seenrity taken for the alike. In addition, the Rajah of .-•ed not to take any British, European, into his service without the per •t hrilish government, and to receive a • t Katmandoo. .• :trial of this treaty that our relations ..::e regulated; unlike most of our -• er :Inquests, it leaves, with a single • tar t just wationed, freedom of politi- N That state is neither sub : - t nt:aat on, the government of India; ..tel it its ex:ernal alliances and us administration; it owes us no • -• trileve, receives from us no con -: ie libtrty to form what friendships in our opitfon, very much be from our trammel', Nepaul hes, -r = ted at peace with the Indian g0:.(!....ver :.(!....ver other parts of India have been :. et of uneasiness, of movements, • a.et:lnge in Nepaul, as significant as .:c ~ in 1713; but it would be unfair -.nous hostility from these, but very had realdents at the court of r ray able and intelligent men. Mr. MAIM., an anecdote is tt same light on the character of a •• know b 3 little. When Lord froavneded to the hills, Mr. mNepaul to meet the Governor .: suer, remarked, that he left the ea.ct aec.mpanied him on the oppo. J uno, sad when the fact was noticed • . as, that if he allowed his followers • • in India • greater man than • tt:•ei. over them would be destroyed. n ' ..v precise object of the mission from ••••••reitting country has not as yet „ etabablv, partly complimentary • ..tv- by a (Waite preserve that inch .% dear to th e Nepaultne i and ,r(., warmly bat think, i s th reatene d Progres s o ur arms and our diplomacy • •• ' • and the west of their state. • "•• i A?. ;e it may, it is a mission that de •,ed with all dm honour and respect, 1,„ :tnni thesnerificee it involves on itsmem •' '.• s'neeeity and earnestness which it " "`• of the presents it brings foe her aui with which it is said to be sur &Lent and high civilisation of its • ' '...aot benefit.' *sight of England • are all probably exaggerated in 4 : a" Yet ri ves , bat it is not the less on • the re preeentatives of the Rajah of received with honour and respect • • Ler alnkiters and subjects. r Guatris COWS forward, it ia hr tt4 A - smack of Parttatwath, at th• rilF NE" •,• 3 Chr 4 '••• for* ‘• • : the 11.itil! cl • 8 teabaeo ..."".:. c d tvm ‘•Tudri 1: '• ree a" • • 9 iv Let Ual :SO: . 1 i s fee str:rb its • '^. film it is ; . undre :•r I—,A,l' .‘ •-• . 11,:11) • ,- lh.;or: • ' the • * :p of • t likjet the molt • o • 5r ...le GI t •'l' el it: mtc • • . ferttit:y . • in 9i ' fILT •i . 11.117: • • :..1:41e of . . a . t Lie f.. •. • 7 • ;: •(s: :Jt.c of 41..9 1 ,st of • •.,) 1 . ..; at • ar, •IT,I to tt art ..• ::.e:r . e nt - • .7 Z. 47‘.1 • . 7 -. IC • tardy ft 1, at : r Wet:. of t • • ..:r - • !. :to 5 . • ,-• .:.trit• • _ true Court. OSBONB, MAT The Quern end Prince walked a t an early b 19. eer this wonky le Onion Perk end ostraati• TW Pilaw of Weiss an renew mashers et the mai holly walked sad led* as anal. Then was se oddities yesterday to the royal dinar piny. The Bishop of Throat° bed an interview with Bed they young at the Celeatel-aSes The Chevalier Banes, Pravda* Mishter, bad as interview wish sir Geary. Guy yeeterday. The Wier koetweeer lead nee ea laser view yeetetday whit Lea. hums et the lione-ediee. Berl Grey gave • dimmer to ibe cabinet ministers Let amiss at an ratiesee Cattant-tesesse. - - CoLoessum.—Aetoog the visitors to the Ooloeseum Inlet's Park, on Tuesd a y, was tie seasiadeetres the , Priem of Mrpaal and stair. THE CAILHT REFUGEE, CABRERA, was nuirrhol lerp to an helms, Min Riekarde, the Indy child o f th e Valghan Richards. QO. The eerenony took plan Ant at lb* Homan Catholic chapel. Maziebesterequare, asd afterward. at Bt. Cleerge's, Hanover-rignare. DEPUTATION TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE BICHEQUZIL ON THE WINDOW TAX. A deputation of the Metropolitan Sanitary Aaeo. elation, consistiag of Bir Edwin Pearson, F.R.S. ; Hey. Dr. Worthington ; Err. C. Hume, B.A . ; W. Rosen, Eeq. ; George Godwin, Bog , F.E.B. ; T. Minh Nelson Req. ; C. H. Howell, Esq. ; W. D. Braes, Esq. ; C. J. B. ;His, Esq., M.D.; Carleton Baynes, Esq. ; Walter Lewis, Esq., ; C. F. J. Lord, Eeq. ; H. C. Edwards, BK.; and the BAIT. M. W. Lesignan, M.A. Hector Gavin, Esq., M.D. ; A. Barnett, Esq., M. 8., the honorary secretaries, waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday lut, on the subject of the window tax. Dr. OAS IN introduced the members of the deputation, and read the followieg: Resolution passed by the Acting Committee on April 19, 18.50.—" That inasmuch as it is the object of this associatiou ' to obtain, through legislative enactments, remedies for the evils which result from the present imperfect sanitary condi tion of the inetrepors, and as it has hoes abundantly proved that the tax on windows has operated materially in the pro duction of evils which could scarcely have been anticipated by the legislature when the tax wee fiest imposed, and that the evils themselves an of distressing megni.side, and pro cute moth disease, not only through the shutting up of windows already in r xisteuee and the building of honses without a suffiesent supply of light, an element necessary to healthy organisation. tint by the great obstruction to Tema'. 'Stift, which is the practical result of texiag all apertures, which, while admitting air, also admit light and, farther, that inasmuch as it is the belief of this association that no government could be found to support the continuance of a tax so clearly and demcnstrably proved to operate most injuriously on the welfare of the people (a primary object of all gocd government), unless the revenue thereby derived was essential to the wants of the nation. It is expedient that another service whence to derive the se maser, sum, be indicated. That policy and equity point to the imposition of a tax on houses. Teat all houses should be included, with such exemptions as may be deemed expe dient by parliament. That a government registration of all bowel is fundamentally necessary for the bringing home to the dwellings of all classes of the community efficient sant tary measurer, and that the data which would be furnished through smelt a tax would prove the groucdwork for sad greatly facilitate the introduction of those measures. That by the operation of such • tax, perishes would be greatly protect , through the facilities which would be affords dto prevent untrue returns of unoccu2ied house,. That it is ex peditnt, therefore, that this atsocletion represent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer the beeping means of ob taining the revenue necessary for the purposes of the state, and that he be rsquestol to brieg is • hill for the total aboli tion of the tax on windows, and for the imposition of a tax on houses in it. place." Having shown clearly that scrofulous diseues, including con sumption, prevailed to • much larger proportion among the poorer clause than antimg any other, and that one of the main causes thereof was the went of light and ventilation. Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON said that, as the incumbent of a parish of 40,000 souls, ha considered that unitary re relations would be very imperfectly carried out if the meat simply contested itself with the passing the government simply contested itself with the paseing the Metropolitan Cemetery Act. Having been the main instra meat in bringing the clergy to unanimity upon the question of intramural interment, and inducing them to meet the iregeacies of the time by adopting • report, which he had drawn up, and which the Board of Health was at present circulating, he considered that government would only half effect its important ends if the window tax were not also removed. He trusted that the government would not listen to the City of London remonatranos on the present bill, but peas it is 3.11 its details. Ia no climate was the tax so grievous as in one so variable as that of Eneland, where the Lie of its inhabitant/ was necessarily an in-leer existence, and where the large town p isolations required every see ssory of sir and light. oth...enclose enjiyed a pare climate and an out-door existence ; but the Englishman was deprived of even the enjoyment of his home. To look upon the stretched dwellings of the !overdose**, deprived of every possible comfort, and exhibiting nothing but wretched ness and disease, was the most painful office to which the clergy of bis great metropolis were submitted. And it became every government that retained the glory of all governments at heart, to remedy the evil, that premed on the great aggregate of the population. It was not merely as legislators, but as men and philanthropists, that they were called on to supply the present deficient elements of light and air, not simply in the dwellings of the poor ' but in large manufactories and private dwellings, where this evil pressed equally. He did not venture to say whether a hone, tax would supply the revenue required, but left that to the Chanc..llor of the Exchequer to consider; but he contended that the government would not exercise a proper considera tion of the wants of this great people, unlike it passed a con tinuous series of enactments which should accomplish the great object of sanitary reform, and the entire amelioration of the physical condition of the people. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply stated thatithe difficulty of removing the tax was • fi scal one, one that it was not so easy to substitute a house tax as he d.eutation seemed to think. He stated that there were 487,000 houses which at present paid the window tax, while erre were 3,000,0.0 of houses that did not pay the tax. T.• impose. therefore, a tax on 3,000,000 of hones borne by 457,000 only was a difficulty that any Chancellor of the Exchequer might well shrink from. He admitted that there were many sanitary evils produced by the tax, but could not hold out any hope of a modification of the tax this session. The deputation then withdrew. THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT MORECOMER BAT.—In the Esprese yesterday was reported the death by drown ing of flee persons from Manchester in thi s bay. The Man cheater Examiner supplies the following additional particn lan, and the result of the inquest: " Before they had gone far on their journe down the sands, they must have found that the tide was Insensibly overtaking them ; and when they neared the boat they discovered too late that they were surrounded so effectually by the tide, that either to reach the boat or return was utterly impossible. The bodice were found the next morning by • person who was fishing on the spot; and the position in which they lay disclosed how desperate hail been the struggle for life which they h:ed made. In their death agony each had grasped the other, and they were all cut upon the beach in a meas. An inquest was held on Monday evening, at Hest Bank Hotel, before Mr. Gardner, coroner, when two men named Ashburn and Fhher, confessed that they heard on Friday evening a cry for help from some parties seemingly in distress, and could even distinguish the words, " Lost, lest!" and yet they neither stirred hand nor foot to obtain assistance, but ex. rued themselves on the ground that it was too late at the time to do GO: The verdict was steeply Accident I death.'" MORE SECRET POL•ONINOS IN ESSEE.—An in quiry, adjourned by Mr. C. C. Lewis, the coroner, from the 20th instant, was resumed on Tuesday at Cheering (a small village, six miles distant from Newport, Essex, and the some 01 the murders of children by poisoning about five years dam), respecting the death of Rickard Chesham, the father of those children, and who i: now appears died from the effects of arsenic. The deemed wee the busload of the woman Sarah Chesham, who was tried at the sasses for the murders and was acquitted. On the 4th of February last he sent to the relieving officer of Claveting parish for an order for medical aid, which was granted, the relieving officer visiting him from time to time until the period of his death, which took pasta last Thursday fortnight. On the first visit of the officer deceased complained of constant vomiting, pains of the chest, and could not bear any weight on kis body. Subsequently the officer saw him several times ; at times he was better, and seemed to be recovering, and at others appeared wore through attacks of vomiting and purging. Mr. Hawks, surgeon at Chmering, deposed to attend ing on the deosesid by order of the relieving officer, and described his Slues in similar terms. Since death he bad made a post 'Rotten examination of the body. The lungs were fall of tubercles. The cause of death he considered to be consumption. In consequence of some suspicious eireum , stance which came to the knowledge of the coroner and jury, it was determined to subject the intestines and stomach to an analyeation, and for that purpose they were forwarded to Mr. Taylor, the professor of chemistry at Guy's Hospital. YesWdey the coroner informed the jary he had received a (10/11•Weliti011 from that gentleman, intimating he had de tested IIIOSSIC is the remains be had analysed. The Inquiry wee adjourned, to enable the authorities to obtain further evidence. Two BROTHERS DROWNED IN A SUPPOSED STATE or Boatemonuwem.—Thei Otter .team-pasket, from Holy head, arrived at Chatham on Saturday , to be paid o ff . On Monday morning one of the www, named Pritehor, waa missing from the meal, and as he did not make his appearance la the wane of the forenoon, fears wen intercalated that he bad gone overboard ; a search with the drags wee thereon made, mad on Tues day the body was hand now the niter frigate. An Inquest boo place been held, when • verdist o " Foaled drowned" was returned. It is supposed by his shipmates that he walked overboard fa hie shop. II Is remukable that deceased bad a brother won*, in the same vessel, and who about 14 weeks ego disappeared from the moll at Holyhead, when attar two or three days' search he wee found drowned ;he also wag sig g = Oahe walked over beard la sissp.—RocAssferi THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1850. COURT OF A Court of Albania was WI los tho despatch of rabbis berlams. TIM 11/1310111. OP R. PAWL% Alamein HOOP= neueted that the Town Cleric would Was the Cant whether the vergers ef It. Pears Cathedral naiad Me ties the Coon et Aldermen for opeeieg t r_poes to thee. Thu Wif OLIRIL—That' reed* eight Owe per anazi arm zerisfat t hat sere. HOOP —I ash the quake, beaus anon lapertieset ea of Mews near appeared anywhere to per form dein of say Idea. his. of the females of ay W e VOW to the adhedrel ea Beads/ last to bear divine Navies, but it wee is ads they applied to the vergers Si, admission lute the pews reggerlyampspletodi*themesmeedieleael the ladles eat families ef the die ass. Oae (Ethan laseleet Allows said, upon beteg septemookoa id* as the euVect, that he didn't ass skint oldeenia. sod that the Lad? X 'bow Mists ware imarlelsit lea meek amber, oderdine** to mast ea, mem Si. WNW the pa . / amino' ene la feat eadd weed the feepadease if the brutes. A lady se gee seat wee ample,' to wo the pew late wee ad mitted dam Shed with elrespere, who, as doable Paid Sham fellows Aar ha she This ie. I as ammo the court, as vas pielat, sad I Ina persuaded that we °eat Se appeal te th p roper authorities to interfere for Heatassliss ef "Y Wiguitiss In future. (Cries of hoer:* and e") I ram that the soldeet be refaced to the anawittets of i rivileitte• Alderman FARIIIBIOT .Ida seconded the motion, which was anted unudaondy. =II alealeM. that taw dimwit Sin eimillie it elid.. eentalamil seelme Swpmeree e 4 , l o = &Moe tissfighse. The relleal b mad as WilM the bleeps Sees... at ths - ie lses. lle i eboalthe a ells=4llstedwalsarholirriliwril= w hisk the of thili t gd_shghties sag enalpeelOP MOM wee stalisrielp ns blies' Ws% to trrkrela a• al led e gi sia l i st clause laicism Away She War et the &v. the satattary ol the MOW' le the ot the Committee of Cora ea losabw " =Lee. 11, 1849. And whereas die e t to s N o o se d s o da ' have declined. In the said latter, to anneal do Manage. wet Massa A, ,D C, D, of Ohs Oteamilles it Covell la Roletadie te ibeeises it oohed& Al whereas as ale et the MI llumpoiat Mu m A, 1,0, D. provides he lbe sees Needs Iseedue et adagio a adze to SON their Miele mew the ode eat jispieeeel eieled of the depilates at ds PlAk Cm allistulliel thlilie), and the hhher of the dimes. AM shales the mid Rettermeest denies ire, is Moist isilhsr esipsits, se appear, wee the hes et she Berg spa —eves ei feelly redid —to 'try grave elteellies, Aid whines it is highly lap diem that ealliiiist sopesserat deem. SA nosh a ere vocelisea aims mat shook peledrios, &said be pro. •ided Is. the see else* ibeetwo stair* as stay duke to adopt this. Al wheelies the esseedisse et the Noised Soddy have etaisairt to publish, le Muir isoethly paper, • Selig or wansgameol dews, prams' by the eissallose el June the 7th, for the loisteaatie• et sad head= et @data as say hairs to sigh dim ; sad hove resoles& that sash founders of schools shill be admissible to ressive greats from the soriety. liashed—lles this is ouch gratified by the toillhy tires eves to the sad adoption id MP* blast der% 'Yin dam ts Mb canyir old wilt prove highly meal le the heaters etihisch schools." Lard JOHN MANNERS seconded the resolution. He said that, as a layman, be wee jealous of the rights of th e church of England, sin he was easvineed that the position of that thatch, and of this society, wee clear, simple, deffeite, and just. In the year 1840 the state declared that it could no longer give adulation to the people of England, but that it would aid sash religious communities as would afford education. It was then felt by many that the church of England had been degraded by having been plaited upon • level with dissenters. Nevertheless , the chattel proceeded is her important Weston with such enemas that at present tens of thousands of children were receiving instruction at her hands. In 1847, however, the unhappy Mennen arose with references* this society which bad never since been settled. He coneluded by 'toping that the members of the Church of Ragland —represented in its laity, clergy, and hierarchy en the present oiseasion—were determined not to permit the religious freedom of that church to be violated, nor to barter her religious rights for any amount of treasury gold. (Cheers.) The Earl of HARBOWHY said it was impossible to raise any objection to the resolution itself, and therefore he did not rile to oppose it. The revere nd mover, however, bad urged the committee to take two clause, sad issue them as if they possessed all the authoritative sanction of the church ; but he (the Earl of Harrowby) should like to know what power the committee possessed to take upon itself such a provisos as that ? He contended that it would have stepped abominably beyond its duty if it had adopted any clauses or resolutions, and sent them forth to the world as the clauses and resolutions of the church. (Hear, hear.) He for his own part, regretted that the committee had ever recommended any clauses whatever. He only vindicated the acts of the society; and he begged to be understood as not offering any vindication of the go vcrnmeat. On the contrary he considered the conduct of the government most grossly uoiust, unreasonable, and {neon. *hint The Ray. H. HUGHES thought that if the preamble end resolution were carried, the eoeiety would be lifting up • banner of defiance against the goversgent, throwing down a challen and declaring that they would not go hand in ge, hand with the govirnmeat in carrying on the great work of education. lie believed that if there had not been an appearance of animosity on the part of the church with respect to education,—that, if the church had not ex haunted its strength on internecine °oat:esti, Mr. Fox would have eland to introduce his hill, • measure which had insulted the feelings of the country and against which the church wu bound nocompromwingly to protest. Hs bagged to move man amendment : " That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is highly desir able that the most amicable relations should exist between the National Society and the Committee of Council o n Education, and that both the cense of sound religious instrue tiin and the interests of the church will be promoted by their friendly co-operation." Ile asked whether under the presidency of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was known to be the firm maintainer of the pare, sound principl es of Christianity. (Great uproar, and cries of " Question. ') He wasspeat.ing to the question. (" No, no," and renewed uproar.) Then he would not allude to the archbishop, but he would simply conclude by lifting up his band on behalfof the poor, destitute, ignorant, degraded population of our great .owns, who, while the church was (laurelling, were left to wander like sheep without a shepherd. (" Hear, hoar," and cheers.) The Rev. R. BURGESS, of Chelsea, seconded the amend ment. He protested against the doctrine laid down by Mr. Denison, that whoever co-operated withithe Committee of Council on E incation could not be a man of sound church principles, and said that with reference to the acts or that council • great many fallacies and delusions h.d been propagated among the people of this country. Mr. Danison reminded him strongly of what Bishop War burton had once said. The bishop was asked the difference between orthodoxy and heterodoxy. " Oh," he replied, or.hodoxv:is my dozy, and totarodoxy is another mates doz.." (Laughter and cheers.) The rev, gentleman pro ' .“.1 ed at some length to defend the committee of Puny Council, and to show that under the management clauses there was the most perfect security for the doctrines of the church being inculcated in the schools. PAGE WOOD, Esq., 1e1.P., confessed that he totally dissented from the last part of Mr. Denison's address, in which it was laid down that church agitation was necessary. He believed the church had legitimate ways of expressing its opinions, and that it was ill-becoming her to foment agitation, or to send forth itinerant agitators. He did not believe that the meeting of this satiety was the right place for the extraordinarily rambling discussion they had to-day. He denied that the dignity of the church had been consulted by that discussion. He had never beard a sound objection on church principles to the clauses of the committee of privy council : and he thought it a monstrous and presumptuous sweeties to say that the 3,000 or 4,oooclergymen of the church of England who had adopted these clauses were not sound churchmen. (Cheers) In the parish of St. John and St. Margaret, Westminster, there were 12,000 children running wild about the streets, and he asked whether this was the time, under such circumstances, to allow infidelity to make rapid additional progress in the metropolis and the country? If there was to be any remedy made b 7 Jegiti mate means, surely it was unwise to excite the suspicions of statesmen that debates of this nature were designed to create a tyranny en the part of the clergy over the laity. (Heir, hear.) B. HOPE, Esq., M.P., supported the resolution. Some farther discussion followed, at the close of which, , The Rev. Mr. DENISON replied. The amendment was here put and lost. The Rev. Mr. YATES proposed another amendment, to the effect that the meeting could not sanction any further communication between the National Society and the Com mittee of Privy Council until liSerty . be given to founders of church schools, subject to inspection and proper legal @section. The Rev. H. MACKENZIE seconded this intendment. Lord REDESDALE was of opinion that the second amendment had no earthly connection with the original resolution. The second amendment was withdrawn, and the , original resolution, omitting the preamble, was carried by a large majority. The two other resolutions were as follow : " That in the opinion of this meeting, the national society cannot be indifferent to any interference with the field of duty which the royal charter of incorporation has assigned to this soeietj, by the establishment of any system of education for the children of the poor inimical I. their education in the principles of the established church. That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is highly desirable that the committee of the national society should take steps forthwith for organ. icing an efficient system of diocesan inspection throughout England and Wales.' The meeting, whisk lasted several hours, terminated with the usual vote of *asks to the right rev. chairman. NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.—On Tuesday a meeting of the Tower Hamlets Reform Association will held at the Green Dragon, Stepney. Mr. Abbott was called to the chair, and assured the meeting of his determination to saint the great objects of reform by every exertion in bis power. Mr. Allen, the secretary, explained the proceed- We which had taken plain at a consultation recently held at the King's Head in the Poultry, when the chairman and secretaries of the rashes heal ameclations in the metropo lis and the surrounding districts had been Invited, with other gentles's_ ,n to mem the president and council of the National heenalatien. The object of that meeting was to confer on the best menee s t r og y r a in to ieing the friends and ad vacates of nitro, and of in effect the resolutions of the mehrense held during e last month at Crosby Hall. Mr. Allen harmed the meeting that on the occasion to which he 'shirred many moat valuable practical suggee tions had been made by the gentlemen then present, and concluded a yak... Wry statement by reporting to the meet ing that their hods were In a flonrkg condition. Mr. Holliagewertk expensed his gratification at the report made by the , and moved th at a public meeting be held for he of Whiteehapel and Step ney en the earliest senvenient day, and that a sub commit tee be appelsied le make the necessary arrangements. Mr. Talmage emended the melon, which, after some very judi cious remarks made by Mr. Philpot, la which he soongly urged the importance of bolding another public meeting hr the distrists of Bow and Bromley to follow that which was then proposed, was unaniaoualy earried.—Mr. Wickham subsequently addressed the meeting at considerable length, pointing out the mean s b y w hi ch the great rowel object of reform meld be beet forwarded by legal societies in cordial 00-speration with the National Reform Association. SPEICRie AND DUDS.—The Ayr Advertiser Wye —" The estate of Buitathola, in Irwin* parish, which be longed to the late Colonel S. M. Pollutes was, on Monday lol l _ _sold by blip ?cop at feriae, and knocked down at 10.0001- to e.. D. Garden, Rsq., sommbeiener for the Bari of Bellaton." [The lad of Egliaton, who has paid a very henhouse price for tide 'gate, wee one of the ors tors et the " great protestionist Estsstift " in London • few :L i ar, at which the b ur d en o f all *e speeches and roes that ogrkSINT• le Mail sod IMO worthless i] OHUROEHATBB AND CHURCH PROPERTY. It rill he warmly peal, the government, even mai they se dimmed, b ea lgsr beyond dr puma send= en inquiry late Mese Interesting sad to es they am 16 politer dosses hi this try, coun es well as la Imbed. Beim Ike War of Lords mast be swore of the meisky dlm bear bus the state of asset geoperly. fle far ea Nis* this parish, Lied habseabeekin Me Home ef Imes, sail his relative, W. aseh. ht Me Reese of Commens, will be able to en lighten the 'I'M stebb mei has a east in the h benshised, and moss he" te ildi fie seamen y. WO/mg Nave his isealliip ealsetained emend bandred of the f~dlerrs at Emermest, and he Is evidently anxious teeemillete the velem ee mede of invitation were seat to =etare keeera ast le be may friendly to lerdly with that bee and nablemed repeasatelim of r e nte paribmslit whet the It !em DE tem in seam. It 011•61 *USII be supposed that his Loeb* is inewilliag Ile sender all possible genre to the ia kabirgate. end selip am ',behavior of the borough. If the hams maid be Wined dam hardens whisk pees epee their bfinary eel withdraws thole swirl from the imprevenesat of the soil, they wield doubtless be way grateful to the bleach, Mad whisk right be strelsited eat fee their relief; sad the rearms& would be or Imo Wahl te Ind the labourers, whom the f if they hedllll.ll Nphal, would be able to replay la the ap and Improved caltivatiou of the land, earning maw which they would ready, if they had it, to ezpord in furniture, Mess, and 'MI boob, time nearly all of them have been reps to reed bike admirable 'Moots est ea foot by the let. W. Gana, as well u these connected with the established chunk and other Christian communities. Within the last tea years no less a sum than 25,0001. he. been paid by the landowners for tithes, or ea a efflaniu rhea for tithes; whores his *imputed that not more than 1,0001. of the same km bun applied to the purpose for whisk the tithes are paid. That purpose unquestionably is, the religious Instruction and spiritual coneolation of the parishioners, the relief of the sick and aged amongst them, end the erection and maintenance of places for religious worship. But how stands the far ? WnEin the came period of tan pus, mon than 10,0001. have been furnished he Moe purposes by the voluntary contributions of the parishionm. In what condition as to knowledge and reli gion would they have been now if other instructors than those provided by the persons who held the church property in rest for their benefit had not been found ? or if they had net met with support in tke jest and Christian feeling of the people themselves ? It will not be pretended that church property is private property. Who were the trustees ? How came restive ? they to part with it ? What conelderation did they Surely these are inquiries which it behoves the govern ment to make. A provision has been made by the state for the religious instruction of the people, and that people is conspedled to live without that relgious instruction, or to provide it at their own expense. Is this right? And is this a common case ? " Must an evil of this kind," says the author of as able pamphlet on church property, " remain for ever without a curet Must not the su preme authority of the state, which for purposes of public utility permitted and sanctioned these corporations, possess an inherent right of remodelling and adapting them to the ever-varying changes in the condition and circum stances of society. If monastic institutions were still in ex istence ; if masses were still sung for the souls of the de parted, wculd any ens contend that no power on earth could suppress these fooleries, and apply the revenues that main. hiked them to other purposes. There is no doubt that such alterations ought to be made with gravity and deliberation, from no light or trivial causes, from no corrupt or sinister motive, with firm hearts and hands, and above all, with due regard to the existing rights of individuals." It is for the Lords and Commons of England to look into these matters, and to restore to thekrightful proprietors, that is the body of the faithful in each parish, those lands and moneys which ought never to have been disposed of for personal, political, or party purposes. This matter lies at the root of the evils of which the people, in all parts of the country, so loudly and jnatly complain. It is hoped that the government will institute a strict inquiry into all such matters; and it they do not, that either Lord Radnor will move the Lards, or Mr. Vihirte the Commons, early in the next eeuion, to appoint a committee of inquiry. It appears that the Dean and Chapter of Winchester sold the tithes of this pariah to a layman. By what authority was this don*? And in what manner were the proceeds of the sale invested for the benefit of the parties on whose behalf the original grant was made ? It will be no answer that the church in some other place has derived the benefit of the see. The tithes are imposed for the benefit of the church, that is, the body of the faithful here, and not elsewhere. If it be granted that the late Mr. Hooper might have gives the fall value, say, at twenty five years purchase, sixty-two thousand five hundred pounds for the tithes of the pail& ; in what manner was the purchase-money applied ? The church (that is the bnilding, used by a portion of the church) has been preserved and repaired by subscription. The vicar and curate are mainly supported by tees and voluntary contributions. The poor are sustained by the pools' rates. The children are instructed by voluntary teacher,. In what manner then can the money raised from the sale of the tithes. have been applied for the spiritual and temporal benefit of the faithful in this parish ? That they have been well instructed, is admitted; but has this been done ty means of a provision made by the state suppOrt of the &lush, or by merine which be equally evadable if to-morrow tne state should resolve to appropriate what may be termed the sulpha rivenues of the church to the formation and support in every county of a public school on a similar plan to that of the Blue Cost School? Hear the editor of the Standard, in a recent paper. " Chaistianaand men of tense hold that we are bound especially to protect our own fellow citizens, because the constitution of society which separates them from the citizenship of the world, constitutes us their sole protectors, and binds us to protect them at whatever cost. If they perish through our neglect er our cupidity, we may not safely answer the requisition for their blood, in the words of the fist murderer, Are we the keepers of our brethren ? ' We are their keepers, as we have said, by that constitution of society of which we enjoy the benefits. And this is the pro tectionist creed." 63 writs, the leading ,journalist of the protectionists, amongst whom who more distinguished than Lard Malmrsbury, Captain Harris, and their friend Lord Stanley ? Te their attention this Christchurch case is com mended. THE SEVEN-MILE TUNNEL THROUGH THE ALPS. —Dr. Granville says: "To give at one* ',me idea of the bold ness of Cher. Mons' undertaking, we may, in the first place, state that in its progress the tur.nel must pus under some of the most elevated crests of M. of Cenis,—one, in cuticular, where there will be -4E50 feet of mountain, capped with eternal glaciers, over bud, at the middle of the tunnel, so that not only will the workmen and machinery in construc tion, and the passengers and trains in transit, be buried to that depth in the heart of the mountain, but all idea of shafts, either to facilitate excavation, or to promote ventila• Hon, must be out of the question. The breath of life itself must be respired, from either extremity, with artificial aid, in shape of currents of fresh air transmitted, and of foul withdrawn, by mechanical apparatus ever at work, at least during excavation, which is also itself to be effected by ma chinery of a new and simple nature, worked by water-power of mountain streams whereby the trains are aloe to be run through the tunnel, which ascends, from the northern or Savoy side, at Modelle, all the way to its exist at Bardon niche, with a gradient equal to 19 in 1000. The machine, once presented to the rrck, projects into it simultaneously four horizontal series of sixteen scalpels, working backwards and forwards, by means of springs cued in, and put in mo- tion by the same water power. While these are at work, one vertical series on each side works simultaneously up and down, so that together they cut out four blo c k s , or rat h er insulate four blocks on all sides, except on the rock behind, from which they are afterwards detached by hand. It has been already ascertained that each of the two machines, at the opposite ends of the tunnel, will excavate to the extent of 22 feet a day, and it is estimated that the whole excava tion will be completed in four yeas. The gallery to be perforated by the machines will be 13 feet wide by 7 feet high, and this once cut through, the bore will be enlarged by ordinary means to 26 feet in width and 19 feet in height, and a double line of rails laid. The estimated oat of this great tunnel is only 13,804,942 f. (562,1971.) It is to be immediately commenced at the north entrance."—Builder. SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER THE POOR-LAWS.— On Friday last an act of parliament (13 Viet., cap. 11) be came operative to snake better provision for the contributions of unioas and parishes in school districts to the common funds of the respective districts. By a former statute pro vision was made for the management of schools for infant poor by the combination of unions and 'wishes into dis tricts, and the expenses were to be paid by suck anions in ' the pr,portlon of the averages last declared, and by the parishes in proportion of the average expenditure. It is now, however, provided that the Poor•law Board shall cause an inquiry to be made as to the average annual expense in curred is the relief of the poor for three years before the formation of a district, and to include all other expense, eon neeted wish the relief of the poor. Then the Poor-law Board will deelare the averages, and the several unions and parishes to contribute their proportion. The object of the act Is to equalise the contributions of the unions and parishes In school districts. GREINWICK 01181EVATORY.—Thos• ettionshave been best too hot nor SCRAPS OF WEATHER WISDOM ram VIZ ROYAL which have enjoyed an average temperature—nor too cold. The indications an that ate climate of Ragland is becoming warmer, and. consequently, healthier; a fact to be pertly accounted for by the improved drainage and the removal of an excess of Weber from the lend. The intensity of cholera was found 'prated in thou places when the air was stagnant ; and, therefore, any means for casting its me. Lion, . preyed to be of the utmost consequence. Som e d ay as lighting Ares and improving ventilation, are thu s neer the 20th of Jennie, the lucky geese In 1838 of Murphy's Weather Almanac will, upon the average of years, be found to be the coldest of the whole year. In the middle of May there are generally some days of cold, se severe, as to be unexplainab!e. Humboldt men tions this fact in his Cosmos; and various authors have tried to account for it,—at present in vain. The favourite notion, perhaps, ie that winch attributes this period of cold to the oosein of the ioebergs of the North. Another weather eccentricity la the usual advert of some warm days at the beginning of November. Certain experiments in progress at the Royal Observatory to test the difference between the tempenture of the Thames and of the surrounding atmo sphere ars expected to show the cause of the famous Lon de. fog. During the night the Thames is often from ten to seventeen degrees warmer, and in the day time from eight to ten degrees colder than the air above It. If the theory of weather cycles holds good, we are to have mesons adder dun the average from this time till 1863, when warmth " w Ordie " ill been win to predominate over sold.—Dichen's Fr CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A MANU FACTURER AND 818 lON. Is the Express of Tuesday it ens stated that Mr. Augusts, H 'lima, and Mr. Joseph Holman, father sad sou, extensive woollen autisafacturese at Wortley and Fun ley, in the borough of Leeds, were ia eutody, changed with forging sad uttering two seceptaaess—ase for 3901, on the dna of Messrs. Rodgers, Best, sad Co.; end the other to 8341. 18e. 61., on the arm of Maws. Miller, Mackay, and Co., both shipping aerchants at Liverpool. Then two &o ctoroons had been paid by the prisonen into the bank of Steens. Beckett and Co._Lude, and through them th e f or . pry WAS discovered. Yesterday the prisoners were exa mined before the borough snagler.rates at Leeds. Altogether there were twelve separate forged uneptaaus against them, amounting in the whole to 4,1481. 3e. 61., of which 1,6641. 31. 64. is for bills Web have been returned, and the remainder, 2,0141.94. 61. is on bills whit& are still ranains. Charles Calvert Ironeides produced three bills to which the names of the firm of Charles Ironsides and Co., of Liver pool, had been forged, but whisk bills had been retired or takes up. These bills were drawn by Amustus Holman, payable, at four months' after data, 'at the back of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., beakers, London. The following are the amounts sad dates of the bills :—August 8 1849, for 3531 41.; November 13, 1849, for 3931. is. ; January 1860, for 3601. Two other bills still running were also produced by the witness, drawn upon the unte parties, and made payable • at four months, upon the ume London harken, dated • March 22, 1850, ler 300/. and May 17, 1950 . for 3201. Mr. William Gordon, of the firm of Mears. Millar. exchange arch b oa i Ils rlndod i e:r d ld ra Bgtort w 99.w. :a nferto in drarosnin. t w h igane6 s ir.i;a4 nc .pu;u : rjculHoa l liegnsn A dlo2f ug , tow, ne lfhtmoi tus urbel: Mackay, and Co., merchants, Liverpool, spoke to the follow inHgoltmilnee, months'nweUre. s gp payable t 8 t date,Be the P t accepted by Maus. Miller, Mackay, and Co. These were all forgeries but bad been retired. H e had also examined two other bills which had not been retired, and which were respectively dated the 11th and 27th April, 1860, for 3431. 13s. 65 , and 3701, drawn by the prisoner, Augustus Heiman, on his own firm, The bills mentioned were made payable at Mum Mutant= and Co., banker', London; bat their own genuine bills were made payable at Messrs. Denlson and Co., bankers, London. Evidence was also given of two other forged acceptances on the firm of Messrs. Rodger Bug and Co., of Liverpool, the one for 3901., and the other 4181. 16e. 6d., bathe( which are still Tanning . Mr. John Smith, of the firm of Messrs. Beckett, bankers, Leeds, said the elder prisoner had had an se. count with them for about nine years, and his basking transactions have been conducted by himself and son. On the 23rd inst. Josh. Holman came to the bank with bills and money, and got cash for a cheque of 2501. on his father's acrount. Tte bill he brought was dated May 22, 18.50, for 4181. 17s. 6d. at four months, and was drawn upon and accepted by Mews. Mackay, and Co., Liverpool; anal the followieg day the same prisoner brought an advice ticket and two other acceptances, which be wanted placed to account. They bore the signature of the father, and the body of the acceptance was written by the son. He refused to advice a bill as requested, or advance money on the bill, which purported to be drawn upon and accepted by Mean. Millar Mackay, and Co. Onuskior the reason he was told that the firm of Beckett were not estiefi , d with the bills his father was paying into the tank. His father called the next day respect/lig the matter, and witness also told him that they could not advance money on his bills at present, and during conversation, the bill brought in on the previous day by his son was mentioned. Prisoner said they need not be alarmed about the house, as it was " perfectly undoubted," and he only wished that they owed him 10,0001. He ap. peered to witness to be "pushing important business too much ;" and, in reply, he said he was not doing so, but was doing " a good and fair business." He men tioned several firms with whom he was doing business, and amongst the number the three firms mentioned. 'if items asked him " how much paper or acceptances current he thought he held on the hens., in question," and he said he thought about 3,0001. He (Hr. Smith) told him that he could not keep his books correctly, for be had nearly d.uble that amount of running acceptances. He it gaited if he kept a record of his bilk, and he said he thought he did, I and entered them as cash payments to the credit cf the houses as they became due, and then they were done with. This conversation net being satisfactory to Mr. Smith, he subsequently wrote to the three firms at Liverpo .1, and uceneined that the acceptances were forgeries. At the con clusion of the evidence Mr. Lupton, after reeding over the usual caution, asked them if they bad anything to say ia de fence, and they answered in the negative. Both prisoners were then committed to take their trials at the ensuing Yorkshire assizes. RAILIVAY MEETING. TAW VALE. Yesterday an extraordinary general meetine of this company was held at the London Tavern, Bishop:- gate-street, for the purpose of receiving a special re port from the directors. JoHN Sasainso, Eiq., haying taken the chair, . . . The SECRETARY read the following report: "In accordance with the resolution of the extraordinary general in" ii "! "i the 28h of Tektite; 15 " v " i r tors appointed two of their body to proceed with an active canvass of the landowners, occupiers, and others in the locality of the line, for making up the amount of not less than 50,0001•, by subscriptions for shares agreeable to the report of the committee of shareholders ; and although your directors cannot report entire success, still the progress made, and the experience gained, enable them to say that they have no doubt of ultimate: y succeeding in that respect. Your directors also ordered Mr. Neale to survey the line as for application to parliament , for the deviations required; and also to prepare the necessary ecotone and drawings, with estimates and specifications, for submitting the works of the 26 miles from Umberleigh Bridge to Cre diton to contractors. These are not yet completed, but are en gaged to be so within one month, and tenders 'oe conditional contracts will be thereupon immediately advertised. Your di rectors are prepared to state that so much is already known in respect to the surveys, &c., that all the anticipated advan tages and saving in etst of construction of that portion of the line will be fully realised. Your directors regret that it wee deemed necessary to confine them by the raid resolution of the 28th of February to three months for completing all the objects contemplated. They then urged the period for their report to be left to them, and if it had been, some extra ordinary general meeting might have sufficed. They are in consequence under the necessity of asking the shareholders to adjourn the further consideration of the same until the next hail-early meeting in August, to be made special for the purpose of receiving such report and of acting thereupon. Your directors will now submit fcr your confirmation the forfeiture of 870 share:, r. - wilich the calls have no: teen paid in conformity with the acts relating thereto." A discussion took place in respect to the forfeiture of 870 shares, in which Mr. Alderman CARDEN charged the chairman with giving instructions to the solicitors not to sue the nominees or transferees of his shares, whilst other pro prietors were sued. The CHAIRMAN denied the statement, which led to a further angry discussion, in which Mr. Uziellis' shares, and those of the late chairman, were said to have been evaded by similar transfer to parties who were to be favoured. Mr. TITE said that he bad paid up all his calls, and ad vised a course of unanimity. Mr. Alderman CARDEN said he believed that, hut he had no confidence in the board of directors ea constituted. They had 14,0001. arrears of calls, and now requested the proprietors to pay up 21,0001., whilst they only owed their engineer 6.0001. Mr. DAVIE urged a reconstruction of the board previous to looking to the support of the landowners. The CHAIRMAN said, betides the engineer, there was about 8,0001. in land claims, as well as the debt of the con tractors. Mr. TITE said he had no doubt the line would be carried out from the feeling in the country ; but their debts must be paid sooner or later. The resolution for forfeiting the 870 shares we/ then passed unanimously. The report we. afterwards adopted, and after same satis factory remarks from Mr. WOOLMER (a director) in respect to the shares he held and the prospects of the line, the meet ing adjourned. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE.—Yes• terday the adjourned half-yearly meeting of this company took place at the Corn Exchange, Manchester, at 1 o'clock, and was immediately adjourned to the Assembly Room o f the Manchester Exchange. There was a very meagre at tendance of proprietors, it being understood that the pro- ceedings would be merely of a formal character. Charles Turner, EN ,of Liverpool, took the chair. —The Chairman said this meeting had been called in punaance of a resolu tion pared at the last meeting of the proprietors, for the purpose of receiving the report of the C nominee of Investi gation, appointed on that occasion. Re wu sorry to an nounce that the labours of the committee had been so great that they had not yet been able to complete their report. He, therefore, moved that this meeting be adjourn e d t o th e 24th June next, at the Corn Exchange, Manchester, at 1 o'clock.—Mr. Simpson seconded the motion ' and it wes car ried unanimously.—The Chairman said he had great setts , faction in announcing to the meeting that the parliamentary committee had given the company the money powers which they had been seeking for. It was a matter of great import wfaollireethpoatouytinthwgheichthe4:2, hi ane f b e ly ar j e :i d : , : th; sea co i t t conse q uences : en "tlina ces emft w 'a. o 9til u a l es : 011 tf v ha e cej oe iliklit en iese, very serious. (Rear hear.)—After a vote of thanks to the chairman the proceedings terminated. MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY. Yesterday, the annual meeting of the Nationa -1 Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Ettablithed Church, was held at the antral school, Westminster. The chair was occupied on the occasion by the Archbishop of CA:47IIIMM ; and on th e right and left of Ilia grace we noticed the Archbishop of York; the Bishops et Exeter, Oxford, Worcester, Liebfield, Balisbuty, St Arsph, Chisholm?, Ohmmeter and Bristol; the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Redesdair, Lord J. Manners, M.P., Mr. Page Wood, If. ,P. Mr. Hope, M.P., &a. &e. The was a very catmints body of the clergy of the March of Ragland on the platform and in the rem. Several ladies were also present. The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN, having expressed • hope, that in opening the business of the day he was not deluding himself with the idea which he enter tithed, that the committee met their friends now under more auspicious circumstances than was the case on the last occasion of a limiter meeting. (" Hear," and cheers.) They had at that time reason to apprehend that some of the proceedings of the committee, by which the society's, operations were carried on according to the rides of sae catheter, would not be favourably rewired by IMMO members of the society. He was happy to think that ao such apprehension existed to day ; and he wa glad on many amounts that this was the cue, because it would enable the committee to cony on their proceedings in • awful manner. The SECRETARY said the report for the peat pun This document went greatly into detail. The committee commenced by observing " that they considered it an.... eery to make any statement of the principles and rupees el the society, as, after the lapse of almost forty years sine les first establbhment, these must be sufficiently undereteed by all who take an interest in the prier's. of e ducation. They had been euabled, during • portion of the year, to make pants out of the Queen's Letter Fund towards the building and enlarging of schools, and the ereztion of teachers' reef. deuces. The sum voted towards these objects had been B,Bdll. They had also voted out of this fund towards the building of training irstitutions in the diocese of Oxford, 5001 ; of Chichester, 2401 ; of Norwich 3001. ; of Gloucester and Brietol, 3781.; cf li, :cluster ' 3001.; lied towards the enlargement of the Salisbury Female Training Institution 3001. During the same period the treasurer had been &alio.' need to pay out of this fund the sum of 4,3741, voted at various times by the committee, towards scLoole of which the usual certificate of completion had been received. Accommo fatioa for 15,863 scholars had been thereby pro vided, rind 80 teachers residences had bees built. Site* the last annual report, het Majesty ha been graciously pleased le issue the usual royal letter in behalf of the society, authoris ing collections towards its funds in every parish throughout England and Wage. The special fund for the manufacturing lad mining districts, set on foot in the year 1843, beipg now wholly appropriated, the committer had no other resource bat the pr.ieeds of the Queen's letter for meeting the many pressing applications made to them for aid towards school bailding. Most of these applications cams from poor pa rishes or districts hitherto unable to establish schools ; and there was reason to fear that they will be unable to attain their object without substantial help from the society. The committee ventured to press upon the incumbent, of those parishes from which returns under the Queen's letter had not yet been received, the . great importance of urging the claims of the society oa their parishioners as soon as possible, while they would call oa all the friends of church education to come forward and supply the funds needed by the society. No fresh pairs towards the building or maintenance of ele mentary schools hob been made from the specie! fend, 'g u t the following ;Weep this bend , from nd, in ivattion to three voted from the Queen's Letter Fund, hid been made to the proposed training institutions is the undermentioned dioceses: Ozford, 500/.; Gloucester and Bristol, 3751. ; Norwich, 3001. ; and Rochester, 30W. ; and 2001, had bee* panted towards the enlargement of the Warrington Train ing le.titution. Toe assistance afforded by the society towards the maintenance of the Battersea Training Ins'ita tie* had in the past, as in former years, been taken from this fund. Outstanding pants from it to the amount of 3,9401. had also been paid, whereby 82 schools, affording accocumodation for 11,053 scholars, lied been eitner butt or enlarged, and 33 teachers' residences had been completed. Schools ie 225 places had during the past year been received into direct union with the society. The committee, in their list weapon, announced that arrangements pad been made for placing under the management and control of separate canoed', St. Mark's College and the training insti tution at Whitelands, to each of which a certain theme would be allotted out of the general fend of the soakty. Those arrangements bad been since carried into effect with great success. An allowance of 2,1001. to St. Mark's Col lege, and of 1,5001. to Whitelands is the whole annual pay ment now made by the society to ' these two institutions. St. Mask's Coliege receive s u heretofore 1,0001. per minus granted by toe committee of council on education. Any further sum repaired is made up by the exertion at sea esuccil, assisted by gran t s made by the committee ad minm cil on education tor certificates of merit to the 'gem In training. The residue cf the society's _genets& fund had been devoted to the suppo r t o f th e two Weetadnatu tnia irg institutions, to the antral school, and to the expenses of the office. The two training Institutions at Westminster still continue under the able superintendence of the Rev. Alex. Wilson, and both the institutions entrusted to his charge con tinued to be as full as in former years. The institution for masters in Manchater huildinge had during the last year sent out 90 masters. The institution for mistresses at Smith's-square still continued, under the manage ment of Mrs. Barber. Since the last report 80 mis tresses had been trained for the fall term of six months, and sent out to various parts of the country, while 37 more, who had been previously nominated to schools, had received instructions for a shorter period. The central schools continued in a high state of discipline. The training institution at Battersea, which was originally taken by the committee for supplying masters to the menu &inuring and mining districts, and was in consequence wholly supported out of the special fund, had been placed under a similar management:to that of St. Mark's College led W hashed/. The surplus of the special fund was, how ever, so small, that the committee had been unable to make ea allowance to this institution commensurate with that Pun to the other two training institutions of this society. The mmantittm had again to report the very flourishing state if the society's depository. Daring the year 1849 the receipts amounted to 7 .3581. 17e. 4d., being an emu of 1,0001. over these of the preceding year. The cironladom of the satiety's monthly paper continued steadily to lameene. The Welsh education consignee had been mainly e= in conducting the Carmarthen Training lestitutiesh education continues to make program in Wales. A model school now exists in each uchdeuenry of Sou& Wales. Church extension was also steadily advancing throughout the country, and diocesan Inspection seemed to be gaining ground." The report concluded as follows: " Since the last annual meeting of the society, the commit tee ham concluded their correspondence with the committee of council on education on the subject of management chases. The reasons which induced the committee to de cline any longer to join in recommending the clauses in sisted on by the committee of council are so fully stated in that correspondence as to render it unnecessary to repeat them here. The whole of the correspondence, together with the manapment clauses in their last mended shape, were printed in the society's monthly paper of March last, copies of which may still be had at the society's office. The committee regret that the committee of council have per sisted in refuting aid from the grant voted by per liament for the purpose of education towards the building of church schools, in cases where the promoters decline to Insert one of these clauses in the trust-deed. But they will continue, according to their uniform practice, to make building pent' out of the funds at their disposal for that purpose to schools, whether misted by the committers of council or not, the promoters of which are willing to abide by the society's terms of union. To restore harmonious oo operation in the great work of church eduction will be the anxious and unceasing endeavour of the committee ; and they earnestly call upon all the members of the society to aid them is this endeavour. and to offer up their payee to the great head of the church that He would be plumed to make all his faithful servants to be perfectly joined together, in the same mind sad in the same judgment,' in providing a sound and religious edumtion for their poorer brethren.' The following were elected members of the:committee s William Cotton, Fog ; William Davis, Esq.; Richard Twining, Esq. • and Rev. Lord John Thyane. It haying b an here announced by the right rev. chair man that the regular basins, tithe society was over, and that he was ready to ham any one who had obeisreatst to make, The Rev. 0 E. DENISON rose and . begged to propose the first of a series of resolutions which had been drawn up by a committee, constituted on the day succeeding the last general meeting of the so4sty, the 7th of June, 1849. That committee had unanimously Gilt that the government clauses were essentially vicious and unsound ; and he regretted extremely that any churchmen should be found so blind to consequences as to accept of clauses which in his Judgment wets absolutely inconsistent with the terms on which the union of the National Society had boon based. The terms of that salon were, to maintain the doctrine and discipline of the ostalgished church; sad he *gaits he iambi estistasiseily WEATHER AND THE CROPS. BARNSLEY, MAY 29.—We have bad another week of fine growing weather, with days of showers and sunshine and some thunder, but no material weight of rain has fallen, and the fellows are in fine working order for turnips, for which the farmers are busy preparing. Wheat looks well, so does barley and other lent corn in this neighbourhood. Many farmers here who purported a large breadth of land for turnips are putting in thew place potatoes, which are now selling at 16s. per 2401111., which is more t han double the price they wore selling at a month ago. Our market was never so abundantly supplied with vegetables as is has been for the last fornight. Cauliflowers and greens of nearly all desuiptions are a complete drag, and many who have to bring them a distance sai they are not worth carriage. Woacsemuserun.—uring the past week the weather has exhibited all the fickleness of April, frequent and heavy showers having fallen, but with a great deal of moisture the heat has been proportionate, so that the green crops have ' made a rapid program. '1 IL