The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-30 00:00:00

A PILOT STABBED WHILE IN CHARGE OP A

VESSEL.

Another of those cases of stabbing by seamen,
which have been so frequent in this port of late, occurred
on board • Spanish ship in the Mersey last night. It appears
that the ship Maria y Vicente arrived in the river yester-
day in charge of James Beery Irvine, pilot, of No. 6 pilot-
boat, who resides at 126, Wellington-road. The ship
authored opposite the King's Dock. it being Intended
to dock her at high tide. While in the river tea wee
ordered, and Irvine requested the cook of the vessel,
Orissa San Francisco, a Malay, to bring him some sardine/.
Os hearing the order the cook evinoed a sulky disposition,
muttered something which could not be distinguished,
and refused to comply with the pilot's request.
A short time afterwards Irvine repeated the order,
when the cook again muttered an unintelligible ex-
pression. Irvine then gave the cook a slight push,
and turned away. A minute afterwards Irvine felt some-
thing trickling down toe of his legs, and on looking saw that
he was stabbed in the thigh, and that blood was flowing
copiously from the wound. The cook went to another part
of the ship, and Irvine, who sou io a fainting condition, as
soon as the vessel had been anchored in the basin, went on
shore and gave information of the occurrence to police-
constable Barrow, No. 7. This officer, in company with
police-constable :366 and 523, got a boat, went on board
the vessel, end asked for the cook. They were told that he
waa in the forecastle, and of ter they had called to him he came
on deck. They told him that he wu charged with stabbing
Irvine, when he replied that he was cutting chips and that
Irvin fell against his knife. On being asked by the police.
officers where his knife was, be went to the galley and pro-
duced it. The knife, a formidable looking instrument, with
a blade about five inches loag, was covered with blood.
The injured man, who had lost • peat quantity of blood,
was conveyed in a cab to the Northern Hospital, where the
wound was dressed, and be was thee conveyed home. The
surgeons stated that though Irvine was not in immediate
danger the wound was a most serious one, and it is doubtful
whether he will be able to appear before the magistrates
to-d
Sanay. Francisco was conveyed to the main bridewell, and
will this morning be brought before Mr. Itaffies.—Licerpool
Mercury.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIB DAY.)

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SIR JOHN PAKINOTON ON EDUCATION 4ND
THE PUBLIC PRESS.

The annual soirée of the Kidderminster Church
of England Mutual Improvement Society took place M the
Music Hall, Kidderminster on Monday evening. Them
ware about 1,000 pinions present, the majority being with
the ladies. Amongst the principal guests were the Maw
(the Rev. T. L Claughton), who is president of the society;
Sir John Pakingtoa, M.P. ; Hon. Major Anna, M.P.,lte,
The vicar having °pried the proceedinp, sod the repeal
of the society haring been read,
Sir JOlllf PAKINOTON Mood its adoption. He elptileid
his hops that then societies, each is its separate locality
should all be exerting themselves to women the moral arei
intellectual improvement of the people. He thought it
matter of great oongratulation, is a satins' point of We.
that the public mind was now ocinviseed of the seesuity
that great object, sad the public mind, let him toll them_
was manned of it sot use day too woo. They were lama
in Reeked, they were justly proud of their freedom. They
wamprood of it because it was • freedom more real sod more
genuine than was punned by any other country in the
world. But, like other good things, this freedom was soma.
times pushed a little to excess, and amongst other proofs
' of it in this country then was no doubt of the fact that
for • very long period of years they had felt free in &mind,
he thought, to neglect—he said for • loan period of years,
because be by no means meant to ignore, on the mbar,
he fully recognised, the pest and suocessful offside of late
yean—but he said for a loog period of time they
did feel free to neglect the intellectual cultivation ei
those peat muses of the people upon whose intalligewn
and character the prosperity of that great empire so stably
depended. (Cheers.) The result of that neglect had base—it
was perhaps not a Very acceptable fact, bat it was • fact
nevertheless—the molt had been that basked was laggieg
bellied many parts of the world in the intellectual cultivation
of the people, an the appliances of education, in the mesas
required to cultivate the intellect. They were behind the
United States of Atomics, they were behind some of thew
colonies and depeodeacies—those you°, communities which,
now springing into active life, had learnt to know that, with
the liberal institutions which we hadgranted them, thank.
stitutions could only be safe if carried out by an InlArketad
and enlightened people. If they wasted proof- if soy one
wanted proof the fade to which he bad adverted, that
they had no time to lose in pressing forward national educe.
tioo, he would briefly mention two pub: mations which were
to be had by any person who liked to apply to • bookseller
for them. They bad all no doubt bau of d the fact that
within the last few years • Royal Commission bad bees cos.
aideriog the great subject of the education of the people ay
England. That commissioe, amongst other step to whisk
they resorted, very wisely and very prudently, sa he
thought, sent an asstatent commissioner to travel our
Europe, and report upon the state of education in otbie
countries. That report was one which he would refer to all
who took an interest in and wished to know what wu ous
condition compared with other civilised nations. Another
document equally accessible to all was the report of the om
national section of the leternatioesl Exhibition of last year.
He recommended that report to all who took an Miami
in this question, and there they would find, in a very kid,
compendious form, information as to the real politico
in which we stood. He had mentioned not only the
improvement made in other States of Europe, bet
also in the United States. Now, there were two great
branches of this great educational question—the intellectual
cultivation, and the moral and religions cultintion.
He did not hold out to them as an example, the mode in
which the United States of America had dealt with the
religious breach of that question. (Hear hear.) It wee
a branch to which they in England attached the greatest
and most just and proper importance. They held in Eq.
land—h. believed that with regard to the greet bulk of the
people he was justified in so expressing lilineelf—they
held that no education could be sandectory, or could be
what it ought to be, to train a citizen for his duties
even in this world, unless together with intellectual colt'.
mann, they combined full and sufficient religious Untrue.
tion. On that point he did not hold out the United
States of America as an example. But he did tell them,
and he had told other assemblies again and thatagain, th
in respect to the intellectual and secular portion of their
system we bad, be believed, very much to learn from them.
He was tempted to advert, in alluding to the system
education which had obtained, and certainly in many m
meets which had obtained with very great sowers, in the
United Stater of America—he was disposed to thick he
should not occupy their time unprofitably if he andel
for • few remnants to the speech which he read with very
great admiration a short time ago, as having been made at
meeting of the Educational Institutes of Lancashire by
Lord Harlington. Lord Hartiegton was • yenta rue
occupying • position in her Majesty's government
He was a young man of high intelligence, el
great promise, and great ability, and not long
since he made a tour in the United States, nand
devoted his mind to the oonsideratioo of the Matta.
lions of that country. And lately, in addressing this meet-
ing of Educational Institutes in Lancuhire, Lord Harting-
too adverted, in what broth him (Sir John Pakiogtor)
as very just and sensible leavings, to what he had observed
in that country. Lord Hann:etas said, "The school tide
cation of American children is not is all cases very judiciou
There is, even while the children are at school, a Widenry
to exaggerate everything—to make them admire more chit
is large than what is good ; and above all, what is Americas
than what is anything else." Bat it is when the children have
school that the bad influences get hold of the national de
racier, which prevent its being SS great and so good as other
wise it might be. However widespread the education, I
believe that after boys have left wheel the mato
part of the reading of ninety-nine hundredths of the
people will be the reading of the daily press ; and
the daily press in America, from reasons which it wall
take too long to enter into here, i certainly not the Milder
ton food which tends to make • people great, or generous,
or good." Lord Harlington said shortly afterwards
"Newspapers will always les • very great portion of the m•
tellectual food of a people, and our own are conducted is
very different spirit. False and wrong their views may dim
be, but in general they are advocated fairly and tempo
rately, the arguments are addressed to the judgment of
the people, or to the best and noblest, and not to the
base and vulgar prisioss of humanity." He had adrenal
to that portion of Lord Hartiogtoo's speech which arum
him very much, because be thought it touched c matte
in connexion with the intellectual cultivation of its
people of this country, which was of the highest intern
and importance. Amongst the great changes whisit tad
distinguished the progtw which had been so remarkable
in this country of tla years there were few, if any, mew
remarkable and more interesting than what be might ad
the revolution which had taken place in the public Fees d
this country. A few years ago the newspaper might Is
considered as coo of the luxuries of the rich, but sow lb
newspaper had become one of the necessities of the nisV.
A few years ego what was the press of England' As
press of England consisted of • few daily paper.. publihol
London, and as regarded the local press of a few sere
papers, for the most part high priced. What was the side
of affairs at protect! Why the. leading means' of Loehr
were redaoed to half their price, sod there was ecazoily s
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educational institutes. He concluded with wishing every
prosperity to the institution in ammonia) with which they
were met together.

Admiralty instructions—have been received at
Chatham, directing that in future all engineer studeou
attending dockyard schools are to be granted two lord
leave of absence at Christmas and Midsummer in each yen
without being checked in their pay.
A novel accident occurred to the train ou the
Cork and Passage line on Christmes•day. It was of iii.
menu length, and carried 7,00 D passengers. The opriae
of one of the carriages gave way from the gre.t weight
upon them, leaving the body of it to rest upon the whorls
In a short time the friction caused the wood to Irak.
the Sr. was seen in time and the train wan stopped. tbs
passengers being obliged to walk the rest of the joust'''.
The Legitimist journals announce that Count de
Christen has arrived in Paris.
RZNOVAL OF TER MILITARY ()CARD FROM IV
Blume Monmrst.—To-ilay Uwe long established custom d
maintaining a military guard at the British Museum !rw,
distootioned. The sentinels on duty at the prierr
entmoce were permaneotly displaced, and the sentry boil
removed. The duty of watcbiog over the misty of the sawed
collections will to future devolve on the men polio'
police, • party of whom relieved the military, and will be
constantly stationed within the building. The new sr
rangement extends to the Natioeal Gallery and the olio
public institutions, where it was simultaneously carried odes'
EXETER-HALL.—The Sacred Harmonic 14..c1et,
next performance will take place under the dire
ction
Mr. Coats on Friday, January 15th, being a subspum

concert.
RAILWAY Ae.•IDENT.—A few days sauce Mr.
Arthur Jones attempted to get into one of the earrito
of the Oystermouth Railway when the train WO 110.1 f 0
motion, but slipped and fell, when one of the cairUfe
passed over his foot. Upon being conveyed to his rev
donee amputation of one of the toes was found sieeessir.
which was successfully done by Dr. Williams, of Swam.
and Mr. Jones improved for. some days. On Swab!.
however, be expired somewhat unexpectedly. Mr. Joses
had filled the office of clerk to the Hones of Cam
oll'''
for the IS" thirty Years, and was brother to Mrs.
Vivian, relict of the late Mr. H. H. Vivian,
Y.
Sweats&
In 1850 there were 80 sheep in Minnesota wbt
yielded 800 lbs. of wed. At the Pr,SADi fuseet'ben.
jjd
175,000 sheep there, mad the wool clip will aot be leo
than 500,000114. Next year it is estimated that the deco
will be half • million, and the wool clip two million Pound`
Minnesota paper.