The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-07 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE INDIAN QUEEN.
LIVERPOOL. WintinannT.
The Black Ball clipper, Indian Queen, Captain
Jim ray, neineiring to Mews. Jimes Raises sad Co.,
astlyed in e rivar on Teeeday niNlit, after a very rapid
Poor of Is
76 days from Hobart Town, from which Pori
she sailed es the 17th of Marsh, with *My pentagon
Bad a sand be: of amide, is addition to the fallowing
es/pr.-2.038 balm of imsl, 164 balm and 10 eases el
leather, 71 casks of opera oil, b bhds. skies. sad 3 issue
benekware.
The India* Queen brings 'deices hem Maltesrae to the
13th Much—three days latter than premed, to bead—nn
to which date neither the Red Jacket (out 75 days), ace the
Lightning (oat 66 days) led arrived.
The arrival of pews was looked forward to with
mash aoliety by theeta of Melbourne—tbe latest
advises his leflesibalog Dee. 10.
As opera/ semen was hold at Methane,' ea the 12th
of Musk. he 'be pormseetessideriall the extraorttary
matted of Emil
pemomeing the triels of the-
larat /Wiese. Emielnelessaminmemewry of the course par.
sued hy government were passed, sad a es►l script? entered
lets fort be defines Plebe reessainiag prisoners. site ;malt
slued is the taffy by the Atesesey-Geserill was also ma-
eared ; ono of we speakers, Mr. Amiss% stating that it
wassademesed the Mesmer General intended to resign as
seem as be was able to peas a measure probibiUng trial by
%ether largo auggetef g weighs, 49 lbe., bad been
takes Jena a hole at Malmas.Abater from Geeloog, dated
mum •• Tee immemeneut, noticed for some time
past, la essilanme to mem& Rates re
rapidly apwuda, and merahaats are dermined rut
rather thus tweak any important sales. Prison: Eelmeat
candles are now worth 2e. per lb. Is. iii. per lh. I a fair
quotation for Hoglish ahem% sad there is aim aa &dream
on many other articles of daily consumption. The dist
qualil of door has realised 451. 101., anti wheat has been
%noted 15s. 6d. to Its. 9d.
A meeting, presided over by the Governor of Van Die-
mea's Lead, Sir Henry Young, was held at Hobart Tows,
ea the 10th March, at whisk a sommittee was appointed to
raise subscriptions in aid of the Patriotic Fund. Nearly
I,OOOL was contributed at the meeting.
Mr. Perry was elected is a mat la the Legislative Coatt-
ail, Ice Robert Towle, en oho Utsk et Mush, by a majority
of 176 over his appeases, Dr. Bedford.
The gold mime at Naga!, worked by the Lanneseeen
Company, were sot productive raeugh to pay if:posies ; bus
persons of imperious@ is the Victoria mines were quite scale
gains of anions as to the result, feeling assured that all •
treater depth the geld will be found is greet qtrantidiMe
TVs mimes rows pips tithe depth of 100 feet.
The boresell liftiaMillm's Land had been ofillaiddle
mai In Milealty. For labour the ages
geld lad twee lb. per sore sad Mises.
The Someifter says the Arckbideop it Can-
wintry bad sanded Vie ham of Amuse be themlasy of
the Rev. Dr. Illesameis Emig anew Weft Is mile to
have the basset of Ids enposionell aai assimsses is the
'marathon of an act for the MOM Menagemest of mole&
=Meal affairs in the Ausualism visa.
Advice. from New Zoolomi OP ilba 37th February have
bum revived by the Lain Qom& This Nov Zealander
of that date 'aye Oemasems hen fez some weeks past
been subservient to polities, and we have wither a male tol
report nor change to note. There has been bat one arrival
daring the week, and that an American whaler to refresh ;
three vessels have sailed, all with colonial produce, for the
Melbourne market. The exports were 400 teas of potatoes,
30 Owlish wheat, and 3 tons of onions."

NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR
POOR THE EDUCATION,,

The annual general meeting of this society took
place yesterday at the Central &hoot Rooms, Westminster,
the Arebbishop of CAXSZI3IIIIIr in the chair. It was vory
thinly attended, and presented is that respect • striking
emend to the crowded mutiny held in the sane plan a
year or two ago. There were on the platform, besides the
primate, the Bishops of Leedon, Wineherter, Lichfield,
Llandsff, Bath and Wells St Avaph. Gloucester, St.
David's ; Archdeacons Sinclair, Honey, Denison, and Ben-
thick ; Comma Bootee, Freon and Janda/0; the Dean of
Hereford ; Lords Redo/dale, Lillord, and Redneck ; Lord
R. Grosvenor, MP. • Sir T. Phillips ; the Rev. Sir H.
Thompson ; F. H. Dickinson, Esq. ; A. J. B. Hope, Rut.
the Rev. Lord J. Thynne ; the Rev. Sir C. Fareaby ; Sir
0. Baker, But.; Sir J. Gibbons, Bart.; and Sir W.
Stirling. But.
The Coalman said they had met to receive the report
for the past year. Dudes that period the society had been
runts' its coarse weiselesely, but he hoped usefully. At
the present time the hinds of education certainly could not
complain that the 'ablest did sot attract enough of public
attention. The danger seemed to be almost the other way,
lest in attempting tee sand they should do too little. It
was important that before seeking to provide a remedy for
the disease which was complained of, they should be quite
sure that they knew the seat of the disorder. It was said
that the uneducated juvenile population in their lugs towns
IMO in a barbarous state. This was but t,o true; but he
wield not admit that the remedy for this state of things was
to be found solely in providing more schools and better
teachers. The fault was not so much in the schools or the
fetchers as io the parents of the okildnn, who ought to go
to them. Their first effort should be to improve the character
of the adult population, and without that any
bureau in the number of schools would be with-
out effect. He remembered that when per*
through the streets of Masehester some yeses ago, es his
way to the national schools, he maw in the streets a number
of children lying in the gutters or playing about more late
the children in a wigwam than the children of a Christian
polatioe. Oa arriving at his destination he found an er
relent school, when everything was in good order ; bat it
was only hallo, a quarter filled. The question naturally
WON why the children whom he had just seen were not in the
school; but the truth was, that the parents could sot be
persuaded to send them; they were too indifferent about
their prospects in life to seed them to a plain where they
might receive a good education. He verily believed that
ghat( the sum employed in providing fresh teachers and
scripture readers were applied to the raising the character
of the parents, infinitely mon good would be effected.
A ballot having taken place, the following gentlemen were
declared to have been elected members of the committee:
The Right Hon. J. W. Henley, M.P., Richard Twining,
Esq., the Dean of St. Paul's, sad the Bed of Carotenes.
The Szcarrear then read the report. It stated that
during the year the treasurer had been authorised to pay
the sum of 8,2611. voted by the committee in aid of school
buildiogs which had been reported as finished. By this
outlay -263 schools, providing sesseamedatien for 29,383
embolus, together with 100 lleetheire. reddieness, bad been
completed. The number of wheels Weed to the society
during the year had been 234, making the total number of
reel school, 10,436. Within the same period 900
dilly qualified masters had been seat out from the
Westminster training institutions to take charge of
eshoolo. The receipts in the depository amounted to
11,9701, being as internee of 3401. over thus of the pre-
',ding year. The edlt of the monthly paper had steadily
increased, and now amounted to 0,000 copies.
On the radios of the Rev. W. D. Wiu.n, seconded by
Areideseen Dar nor, the report was adopted unanimously.
The Rev. W. D. Vitus moved the (Atoning resolu-
tion That the inquiry lately undertaken as to the
terwithholding of the Catechism in schools in union
and seeeivisg geseldffrons, this society, has proved in•
odopmes to ousaseall selosposs used sebools, and the
misty Itself gsamolr, hem Some of violating the
pleapplies to Kuhr of • edsestisa the children
4111111 pew Is the Mof the estshlished church.'
That stimehre a men ha end t investigation of this
dm., Is aeseeeary, be rho of the character of
lthe sedge& end for the mlihelies of its friends."
The Rom J. Common esmalitd, sad Archdeacon
DIMOcu supported, he resoldime.
The Itioltep ad LONDON did net see bow any inquiry
amid be anted en accept t the diocesan biihope,
many of wiles but Mooed made s in their several
dioceses, while the reesei,Jw mold met be sowed. In the
present state of the quells of oedema oluestion, it was
not ,'esirahle to stir in KM matter, sad to mete it appear
that there were dhemedens in the National Society; on the
contrary, it shoeld be their endeavour to remain a romped
and united body._(Cheeen) Ho hoped the resolution would
be withdrawn. He dilsot see why &aim hada be
precluded from allowthg a child el dimes parents, who
objected to the Medilegef the shun& ea , from en-
tente, the school em the methentsading that the chetah cote-
shim would not
lb= but that the doctrines which it
taught would be
The Bitzgarkr. Devto's said he was one of the bishops
W
who Is tastiest' the *ovary. He did so de
bonne he was convinced that it could answer
so eseetal
of mboolerCile:te it
wetrisedativseesTrtrerjej the .
Inquiry
dm the saltiest wield introduce Windless confusion; neon%
tboi=lbsiesee sash made to him, he should stilt reface
tb lardry.
Mr. B. Horn trained that ales what had passed, the re-
solution would be withdrawn.
The Bishop of °unlearns and Burrot said he had
declined to maks inquiry because he considered it highly
inexpedient that any inquiry should take place.
Lord RuDsaoaLz hoped Kr. Willie would enewnt to
withdraw the readutles. That society, it should he re-
Dielabered, was sot the chinch, and they bad dons all they
'odd is the matter.
HlSMOnion HON= opened the resolution, and :premed
his envied= that its adoption would produce minimises's
results.
Mr. ADDHILIT. M.P., and Sir T. PHILLIPS, also opposed
the resolution.
After some farther dissuasion,
The Rev. Mr. Rams replied, sad declined to withdraw
hie resolution.
A show of hands was then takes, mad the resolution was
Muted by a large majority.
*h al
The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the
ms&
LONDON AND BOOTH WEBTIII,I4 RAILWAY.—YIN.
Wiley the result of the !allot upon the director,' report ww
141.6117 dwiat•d• One meadow reported that there HSI.
JOT Owe adsinkis of the report of the directors, 1,646.3321.
Ids. 84. j2psitott tt, I,l39,73omajority
of th. 74 ; • sjorit
of 401, 11s 14. The ether—for. givingthe rootlet",
1,5193891. 9•• whint 1,141,1191. OA. 7d. i giving
111149til d MAW 81.
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