The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-07 00:00:00

LAUNCH OF THE IRON SCREW STEAMSHIP

TAMAR.

Another addition WM yesterday made to the
repel navy, by the launch of her Majesty's iron screw steam
vessel 7lsr, of 2,811 tons and 500 hone power, from the
premieetof the builders, Mena. Somata, Poplar, in the
presence of numerous spectators.
A large number of workmen are now employed at
the premises of Messrs. Sammia upon the construc-
tion of her Majesty's armour-plated screw cupola ship
Prince Albert. She will be iron-ased throughout
with ti-inch plates, and fitted with four armour-
wed shields or cupola. of immense strength, upon
Gmbh Cole's plan, recently adopted by the Admiralty.
She is the first cupola ship laid down for the government,
and is named the Prince Albert, by express &Ire of her
Majesty. The armament of this vessel will consist of eight
monster rifled guns, two of which will be fitted in cash
cupola. The firm named is also engaged in building two
splendid iron-screw steam veomis for the Pismo! of
Egypt, both of which are worthy of especial notice. The
first is an iron screw yacht of 1,000 tons bathes, to be fitted
with angina of 300 horse power, now being manufnetiered
by thesis. Penn, of Greenwich ; and she is being constructed
with a view to obtain a speed of 17 nautical miles (or 20
statute miles) per hour. She will be entirely completed
before she is forwarded to her destination. The second is
an armour-clad gun vend of EV tons burtheu, and 50
horse power engines (also by Mesas. Penn), for river ser-
vice, and her peculiar mode of construction is such, that
notwithstanding her great weight she will draw ler water
than any armour-plated vessel yet produeed, as with ell her
guns and outfit she will be easily navigated with a draught
of four feet.
Amongst other meek sow building at the same prudes
are two fine iron screw dasmers, named the Oarealia sad the
Rangoon, to be adults the fiesta the Peninsular and Osier
tel Company. Each attar meek kid 2,100 toes
and will be fitted with patent doable cylinder bough=
whim coodeneen by Messrs. Humphrey mad Teseent.
engineers, Deptford. There are also iron screw-veseels
building for the Mediternmeen service ; and Maws. Beim&
have just forwarded to the Republic of Peru two men
steel screw-trainers of very light draught, ordered by Vast
government for service in riven end shallow waters.

MR. BAZIZY, M.P., ow EDUCATION thensin.,
On Monday raging, Mr. Bagley, M.P., prodded at the tint
renal meeting al the Bloomnrest and Mineladldrest
Evening Ragged School, held in the Roby Rooms, Aytoca-
street. Mr. Bagley, in a speech 0301Pretakting the
Machete upon the highly satidactogy state of their 'rod,
touched upon the subject of notional inhantion. He
said, in the main, perhaps, voluntary efforts are sow
as ninth approved ss any other effects which can be put
forth. I trout, however, withhold the exprosioe
of my regret that in the expenditure of public funds
such institatioes es ragged schools have not partatipesed
in the advaetages which government has afforded,
by pecusiary grants, to such cetabliehmeats r
them. But from what Ire of the tendencies of the
age I believe the time is approaching when the difficulty
which has erred will have to be diresed of by the
public at large having to sustain the whole cost of the edu-
cation of the country. It appears to me that the public
funds are not very justly distributed, nor are they applied
to purposes the meet beneficial and useful. At the SUDO
taste it is only fair to my that in many instances large dis-
tricted country must have remained in a state of peat
had it not had some help from the mats of the
.virrC" oneeil of Education. But when we
public funds are only partially administered. and that the
more diluent portions of the classes naming education ob.
tail pints, wham, the most eseeasitotue have pants denied
to them, it is an inferrer that will be readily anticipated,
that the public funds will eases, some day or other. to be
!applied so largely as they have been applied to those who
have the power perhaps to eineete themselves. 1 The Rev.
Dr. M'Kenow, upon the ruse tepic, said : I believe the
government will be obliged ere long to give to us a large
mete= of education, supported by load sates and pieced
under local margement.
THE HACCNIT-CARZIAOS ACT.—At a meeting of
the delegates of the horsey-carriage proprietors sod
driven, held last evening at the roams, 2, Bonverie-street,
reet.street, Mr. Woe, of Westminster, in the chair, the
following petition to the House of Commons, praying far •
parliamentary committee of kooky into the working of the
present Hackney-CarriageAct, was unanimosely adopted :
"To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and
Ireland, The humble petition of the undersigned
haokneyeeirriage proprietors and driven humbly
' ehoweth, That your petitioners belong to • clam
i numbering upward' of eight thousand men, who
are night and day plying in the streets of London. 1
That the present Hackney Carriage Act and the other laws
affecting London hackney-carriages contain many unjust
and oppressive provisions, under which your petitioners
suffer peat grievances without the possibility of redrew,
except by as alteration of the law ; your petitioners there-
fore humbly pray your honourable hour that an inquiry
may be instituted into the operation of the present law,
and that your petitioners may be allowed to give evidence
of the grievances under which they see suffering, and that
your boooarable house will be pleased effectually to remedy
the existing evils in such manner u in the wisdom of your
honourable house may seem beat. And your petitioner
will ever pray, &c."—The petition, when signed, is to be
riteated to the Here of Commons by M. A. Kinnaird,
SIR EDWARD CUNT AND THE BI RR 1011WRAD
Rios.—At a meeting of the Cheshire magistrates, on
Monday, a proposition of fib Edward Cast to place the
Birkenhead constabulary rage the superintendence of the
bead constable of the county canard • good deal of angry
discussion. In the comes of • king speech Sir Edward Cost
gave • short briery of the late Birkenhead riots, stating that
they originated in comanager of the discussion that was ee-
lerred to take place on Garibaldi. He (Sir E Cost) was
willing to say that if he had been • Ron.an catholic, he
should certainly have felt aggrieved. He did not justify
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the Roman (schrift, but be thought they had boss most ,
STERIAL CRISIS. unjustly aroused for he did not think the protesters bad • I,
OONEITANTDIOPLE Jaw. 5. right to give a lecture an • subject that did not concern '
them. He commented severely ma the futile attempts of the
Biamil Pacha has been appointed Grand Vizier Birkenhead police to arrest the mnie of the riots, sod
in place of Find Pacha. The resignation of Aali stated that at Birkenhead the drat element. of • corpora-
tion were sadly wasting, and if the county magistrates were
Pugin has not been accepted, and it is expected that . to be ailed upon
to „wow. the root
he will remain in office. of the district
' nothing in the red would induce him with such materiels
, Ito have seething to do with the police of Birkesheed,
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NEW YORK, DI 27, 1 P.M.

Money abundant ; gold 32 per cent. Exchange
on London, bankers' bills, 144. Stocks firm and
advancing ; New York Central, 1031 ; Illinois,
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