The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-01 00:00:00

CoLNz VALLIT AND B ALSTEAD RAILWAY..

Camel Tolland, ILE., inspected the extension of this com-
pany's line hem Castle Heiam to Ye'ahem on Monday,
and enemata& are being made for its opening for public
traffic forthwith.
A ETRANON CONvinittOtt.—Et. John's Episcopal
Chapel, Loaders-read, Southwark, which for some years was
under the dined= of the Bev. William Cadman, now rector
of Trinity Church, St. Marylebone, and more recently under
the care of the Bev. Dr. Hugh Allen, rector of St. George.
the-Martyr, has entirely lest its ecclesiastical character. It
has within the last few weeks been turned into " The
South London Ironmongery Warehouses and Show R 300111."
TUB EDUCATION VOTE.—Tbe vote about to be
taken for public education in Greet Britain during the cur-
rant year (842.1191.) is the largest ever granted ; and the
vote for Ireland will raise the entire grant this year to more
than 1.100,0001. The estimate is framed according to the
old code, and every school admitted to aid before July next
will receive its next grant as if the system had remained ne-
atened ; but schools admitted to aid after July will fall
under the revised code, end it is fair to add that this causes
a charge of 13,5001. which would, under the old oode, have
belonged to next year, because while the grant. to pupil-
teachers were not payable at the time of their adocusinoe,
the new grants obtainable for the examination of the
scholars in reading, writing, and arithmetic will have to be
paid at once for the year ending at the date of inspection.
In Great Britain in 1861 the grants for building amounted to
99,5051. to meet 207,0431. voluntarily subscribed, and additi-
onal school accommodation was provided for 47.10 i children.
The papa-teachers increased from 15,535 to 16,277, and the
sum of 301,82 h/. . was paid to them, or for their being taught
—a sum which brings the expenditure upon them since 18'..ffi
up to more than 2,000,000/. The capitation grants, from
3e. to 6e. on children attending school 176 days, amounted
in 1861 to 77,2691., and the vote now to be taken is to be
86,0001. ; the payment was made on 316,226 children, being
4217. per cent. of the children attending 5,199 schools—an
increase of 54,2.J0 children that year. The sum of 1,1771.
was paid in respect of 5,686 scholars above 12 years old
attending night schools (connected with day schools under
inspection) on 50 nights. The number of certificated I
teachers in charge of schools at the end of 1861
was 8,698, as increase of 987 over the previous
year ; nearly 130,0001. was paid ia direct augmentation of
:their salaries, sod the
vote proposed this y ear is 142,000/.
The number of students in training colleges increased 21,
sad was 2,847 at the sad of the year ; the vote is 100,0001.,
as before. Small grwta are made (1,6001. will now be
voted) for iodastrial departments of common elementary
schools, having land, kitchens, laundries, or work-rooms
attached to them. Uncertified ragged schools are also aided,
but the grant is to be reduced to 2,5004 The total number
of elementary day schools visited by her Majany's in-
spectcrs
rein 1861 was 7,705, sad school-rooms under Nips-
rate tarlatan 10,900 ; sad there wore present 1,028,690
childn—an increase of 66,758 over 1860. Adding 32,481
children inspected in 442 poor-law schools, and 5,226 la
67 industrial schools, the total somber of children war
1,066,297. Of the 813,4411. expended from the public
purse upon the schools of Great &Alin is 1861, 495,4711
wept to 'diode connected with the Church of England,
78,3581. to those coonected with the British sad Fore**
School SeeiertT, 37,7751. to Wesleyan schools, 32,7871. to
Roman (atheist) schools in England and Wales, sod 2,4081.
in Scotland, which latter country also received 63,3981. for
achools connected with its established church, 38,829/. for
free-church scbools,and 6,0521. for episcopal church schools
The establishment in London and the inspection coat
67,1861.