The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL PETITION

IN FAVOUR OF A MEASURE FOR IMPROVING THE
CHARACTER OF THE INSTRUCTION RECEIVED DY THE
MIDDLE CLASSES OF ENGLAND.

To the Wonstregsbis the Oleameas of the rafted Kingdom
of Oral IYYY gni Irina in Parliament sirembled,--
The humble plena dth. uniftrikpase peteon. sheweth :
The wide panr pedalo= NOW sit Ineresied tom now voted
92 ettesitimod popes% they ere endow to nmet mote of etn-
• pert Of this hog waded, kg e
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of the middle class
rafititignikilim. The yin which your pinions grogose is, that
out eit Op MOM emmulty weed for echisaliongl &medal
=Awl' be met apart for the estddiehmet in the
Wm et poem& These fellowshdpeshonld be eg-
gnog.* le law EOM deines, by regulations isle men:noel below.
bs wall not lass than gin. per seers, and should be
err Urea la saner to gander era ealuahle
to mile .MY Int _edged
to the bau
smaillann mist
sat Mgt= In be bit -manually. The
suttee% semostentios amid he odemisd by the coos-
wide' of es elesollea, owl pablilly sodded br-
!oreband, hi the memo maim me the emehmelbsom for
' pupil temehers mod " meollensm la dreamt ceders 0.
council. The anwieese alpt very well he esiseled frost moony toe
Kw% Theetiviteepsehers. Them gillowidpe mina be oiled "Queen'.
". GM lens who Ali o& Poo r green's Fellows,"
anallibe title erne of the "Cleemalsgeheiseeltins" lately founded
hy the Manias of amod is eels to restrict there fellowships :o
tie due dish they wed* be latioded to lomat, stringent rerun.
tking will be umeemy. sodhlieles skald pledge theinselece
Its oar Me awl amid hehtt their fellowship, if, by the
ale the Ind your Meg should sot Ism entered to on the prereira-
tina Li their haze amployemeat, All ems of doubt should he
dumped by the poseromeeet lospectore The fellow:dive should
as flartiind by mimeo Into goy of the universities. The
csolidetee druid be between the epee of fifteen end nine.
tea; and dry shield love been reddest in, or within three
stun .I the Own Is told& trade fel for two years
plervbes le the somilmilles. They leis=dloblib=ons of parents
same Ingme vas blew • emsedo sprilled mescal—• Yet which
shoat be melded by the nitwit of the prat. The earn re,
ginned is en= tollIller•oldp Wald
le =Vomit...tall.
For per Moms (er map gig pa gent, of the sum
votede=headeletimel megmeme) eyed MEd fifty fellowships
of 40i. • yew es* avA omit homble kg throe Thus Ire
tellemohips of this wise Might M meowelly Ymd up in the ten
Urged Wow or Ono a pion bk M. Ma Lewdk I two •
pim is the teem nest Y pigutelles; er oaths. tea to Meaty
In the thaws teem wet hi doislb, mod lite rensiolos twenty in the
iukrior him& It 'mkt be try hr the emptiteme of council to
donde, es to the if edventegosus pareartima le le ghee to the
Miami loom Year patents boles lieu this yin wild go fer
towards a the min Oft WWII r
moiety,
the M-
eowed= semi"/le middle dram te be moiety, Is,
the woad • tomegeleol elmoderd of holiweltew, semi the early
withdrawal of dillies be. shed. And Ord bother, it would
invitee eitellep wheels hy the sompegillon oiled between these
'hey levet thee Ise rood yeses of the est by whigh three Irish
colleges wore getablihoi he the ashohy Walk el the odddle closes
to Isokiel„ walls aavorar to id vortaisty aidostiais whist this
mem= t he by dot met 21,44111. poi semale yell le these selleges.
Mayo= paallooreo kw*, bees ihr mums pap algelpd id leo-
=lthe dead= at the tebbile dome U•seped, see us-
11ot greet goad wed& be diese byes@ amelare. esibpresteddeh
*whine mewled ; ad they erre Sot hero will
astir th• AA= of ilia MY. rests of =l, with • haws sot
les Own that which yea hem omborisd to those of Ireland.—And
your petitioners willow gine, Pa,
This petition we. *mid ley the following parties : Ist,
the two rectors of** of Liverpool ; 2nd, twenty-two
masters* in the sehools ; 3rd, twenty-one masters
in the schools of the ' Institution,
• In order tie the yeYlles WOE wowed exchasively from those
employed in the egoestion a the middle closcie•, the
mastent ;A the L 'pper Collegiate School (which it preparatory to the
unirersitiee; abstained from signing it.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, APRIL 3.

Emigration from all parts of the country proceeds
at a rapid pace. The quays of Dahlia resemble the
halting-place of an Eastern caravan. Crowds of
emigrants, with their separate allotments of luggage,
stud every available spot. The greater number are
conveyed to Liverpool, but many ship directly from
this port. Two vessels sailed last week with a
full complement, and two more in which nearly
1,200 passengers are booked will sail on Tuesday
next. A Dublin agent has gone to Liverpool to
charter vessels for the conveyance of 1,300 families,
emigrating from one Irish estate ! the expense
to be partly borne by the landlord and partly by the
tenant. A ship is filled in a day or two after being
put on the berth, and the agents say an hundred
vessels would not meet the demand.
In the midland counties—the King's, Queen's,
Kildare, and Carlow—the Leinster Express, a jour-
nal generally well-informed, states that there is
extending amongst the peasantry " an increased in-
clination to engage in field works, and make such
preparation for tilling the land with corn and green
crops, as will prevent future famine. The apathy
which prevailed has disappeared, and even the
smallest occupiers evince, we are told, a desire to till
their holdings." Into Tipperary that desirable dis-
position does not appear to have yet extended.
The commissioners of' metropolitan police have
supplied the relief commissioners with a return of the
destitution of the North Dublin Union. From this it
appears, that there are 4,711 heads of families, with
15,633 dependents, including heads of these. There
are 6,33.1 partly, and 9,228 wholly destitute. Al-
lowing for half rations to be supplied to children
under nine years, the total number of rations to be
served daily is estimated at 12,902; the average
daily cost, 1541. 10s. ; and for three months, 14,0591.
Rear-Admiral Pigot, in command on the Cork
station, has written to the Cork Harbour Board to
the effect that the Lords of the Treasury have re-
ceived a communication from the United States
government, declaring its intention to despatch a
sloop-of-war to Ireland with a cargo of provisions
supplied by Boston and the state of Massachusetts.
The admiral asks that all port dues and charges
should be remitted to the Jamestown on arrival, "in
consequence of the service in which the ship is so
generously engaged ;" and the old heart of oak adds:
" All the repairs and defects of the Jamestown will be
made good at Hawlbowline to the best of my power."
After invoking a blessing on the good people of New
England for their offering, an order was instantly
made to remit all dues, and offer any other aid in the
power of the board to the admiral.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork, Dr. Murphy,
has died at a very advanced age. He was mild, tole-
rant, charitable, and learned. He amassed one of the
most valuable private libraries in Ireland—the Cork
Reporter says ever two hundred thousand volumes',
His collection of engravingswaa most rare and costly.
The venerable prelate stated some time ago that ba
would bequeath this library to the citizens of Cork.
Downward as prices descend, the lowest figura to
which they have yet reached appears at a gala of
Indian corn, which took place at Cork on Thursday.
The price was 10/. per ton. On the preceding Wed-
nesday an auction of Indian corn took place at Derry,
where the prices ranged between 12!. 15s. and
13/. 15s. In a letter of Commissary-General Hewet-
sou to the treasurer of the Cork Relief Committee,
dated Limerick, March 29, he says that Indian meal
will be at 12!. a ton before the Ist of June. Of two
very important matters—seed and cultivation, the
commissary observes :
We have four bulge steamers at sea—the "Terrible,"
" Odin," " Avenger,' and another, with corn seed, which
will be issued by us on board. I look every day for one in
the Lower Shannon. I think tillage far more general than
we expected. I have given out all my rve and here seed,
and shall find plenty of candidates for the barley and oats
which 1 expect. The next mouth (April) will, I trust, do
much ; at all events it will not be for want of our continuing
eudetvours if it doss not.
A " monster" trial has just terminated in Cork,
after six days of hard labour. It was an action
brought by a Mr. Oliver against the Cork Steam-ship
Company, to recover damages for the loss of eight
very valuable horses, which were shipped on board
the Jupiter for Bristol. The vessel ran aground in
the Avon, and the horses were lost. Verdict for the
plaintiff, 1.5001.
After a long respite, the last Gazette contains pro-
clamations of not fewer than 21 presentment sessions
for the completion of old road works. Of these, there
are four for Limerick, fear for Tipperary, three for
Kildare, which has drawn very little on the Labour Rate
Act, two for Wicklow, Kerry, and Galway respec-
tively-, and one for each of the counties of Down,
Meath, Westmeath, and Roecommon. The Gazellel
also contains notices of the formation of 106 relief
districts in the several unions of Ireland.

THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
Some evidences every day present themselves of our !social
and commercial advancement amidst all the misery which
afflicts us. A public Exchange is about being erected at
Dundalk, the commerce of the port having increasealsrimulh
as to demand it. A vessel laden with corn and dour arrived
there in the course of this wick, bringing 200 tons Indian
corn, and 800 barrels flour, the first entry of that description
in the port of Dundalk sines 1810.
In many districts—partially indeed in all—the landlords
are supplying such of their tenantry as require it, with
seeds for spring and summer cultivation. Among the land-
lords mentioned to-day I find the Marquis of Hertford, who,
in addition to other musures of relief, has given 1,4001. to
the relief committee in whose district is included his Antrim
estates; the Dowager Marchioness of Hertford has given a
donation of 4001., and the Marquis of Dowruihire, who ha.
supplied mei to all his tenantry requiring it, has sent 2001.
to the Rathfirlana committee.
General Meade, who has a property of 20,000/. per annum
in Down, has not only not given any relief to the fends of
any committee, but refused to see a deputation deszatched
to solicit a contribution. I am sorry to say, that in many
other dist,iets, the landlords are taking advantage of the
immure on the small tenantry, to endeavour to force them
to give up their holdings—a proceeding which will certainly
have the effect of leavingthe land untilled this year, even if
it were not objectionable in other ways.
Fever held. on its way unchecked. In Donegal the work-
house hospital is crowded, and fever and dysentery prevail to
an alarming extent. In Nenagh the fever hospital contains
186 patients, and the hospital of the workhouse, with 217
patients, has 130 ill of fever. The deaths in the house since
the 9th September last was 236, of whom the greater part
died of fever. In Limerick the deaths in the workhouse for
the last week was 24, and of these, '27 died on the last day of
the week. The rector of a suburban pariah of Limerick has
deemed this a proper time to advance the pries of the place
of pauper graves from one to two shillings. The city police
in Cork are attacked with fever.

SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM Now BRUNSWICI.—The Lord
Lieutenant has received from the Mayor of Bt. Jam's, New
Brunswick, a remittance of 8201., and has acknowledged
the receipt in a letter from the under secretary, in which the
latter says :
His Excellency desires me to caper,' the gratification he has felt at
this sympathy for the sufferings of the people of this country, on the
part of their fellow-sub)ects in a distant colony, and, ni Viceroy of
Ireland, desires to convey, than rh you, to the benevolent Individuals
who have made this contribution. his grateful acknowledgments.

SCOTLAND.
EDINBURGH, APRIL 2.
At their last quarterly meeting, held in Dundee,
the Forfar, Perth, and Fifeshire Educational Associa-
tion expressed themselves favourably of the Minutes
of the Council on Education ; and agreed to call a
general meeting to take the subject fully into consi-
deration. The Illeshire 1011, nal, in recommending
the scheme to the Established Church, says :
It is the duty and the interest of the Church of Scotland
to be ready to avail herself of the provisions of this truly
Conservative scheme as a means of supplementing the in-
adequacy of her garish schools—inadequate now to the in-
creasing population of the country. The Free Church is
calculating on the remissness and negligence of the Esta-
blishment in this respect. It should be the business of the
Establishment to disappoint these expectations; but in order
to do this, she must be en the alert, for her enemy is active
and indefatigable.
Mr. Baines's educational meeting held here on We -
nesday evening was well attended, but nothing new
was advanced either by him or his voluntary sup-
porters. The platform was chiefly occupied by mi-
nisters belonging to the Secession, Relief, Indepen-
dent, and Baptist denominations, bodies which have
done nothing for the systematic education of the
young in Scotland. It is, therefore, a small matter
that they decline accepting government grants, as
they could not, for many years to come, be in a situa-
tion to receive them.
The presbytery of Edinburgh met yesterday and
condemned the Lord Advocates Marriage and R:vis-
tration Bills. One of the members suggested that a
conference should be held with his lordship, but this
was objected to on the ground that no copies of the
bills had been officially sent to them, and that it would
be infra dig. in them to seek an interview after that.
A pro re nata meeting is, therefore, to be held for the
purpose of hearing resolutions and petitions against
the bills. Notice was also given of a motion to obtain
power to clergymen to sell or feu their glebes with-
out applying to parliament. The presbytery of
Glasgow, headed by Principal Macfarlane, has also
declared strongly against the new bills.
A curious case of copyright was decided by the
Court of Session immediately before its lost rising.
A legal gentleman compiled an " Analysis of the
Heritable Securities and Infeftment Acta," and he
claimed an injunction against the publication of the
report of a committee of the writers to the signet,
appointed to consider the forms of those acts, on the
ground that in their appendix they had pirated from
his analysis. The court, both in the outer and inner
houses, granted the injunction, holding that copyright
in a book of styles existed as much as in a chart,
map, road-book, interest tables, or any similar class
of works, which, from their nature, must have many
points of identity, bat in which intelligence of ar-
rangement is entitled to protection.
Referring to the alleged fictitious vote given at the
late election of a Scotch peer, and in anticipation of
the proposal of the Lord Chancellor being acted on,
that each peer should present a certificate of qualifica-
tion, the Glasgow Constitutional says,
Should some such order be established, we may hope, bye
and bye, to see it extended to the Scottish Baronetage,where
its necessity is even still more urgent. For many years past,
the dignity and respectability of the knights baronets of
Scotland have been most seriously compromised by the de-
plorable state of the existing law, which offers no sufficient
obstacle to the assumption of the title by any needy or un-
scrupulous adventurer who can trump up the merest show
of a pedigree connecting him with the person on whom the
honour was first conferred.
The Ayr Advertiser, in reference to the abolition of
entail, says:
Let us cherish the hope that the Lord Advocate, in
taking up the question, intends to act manfully and with
decision. But it he allows himself to be misled in regard to
public opinion in Scotland to the extent of believing that the
assimilation of the law of Scotland to that of England will
set the question at rest, he had better let the matter alone.
There has been more than enough of such tinkering
already ; and we rejoice to find that this sentiment was
echoed at the Glasgow meeting in a very unequivocal man-
ner, when Sir William Napier's motion to strike out the
resolution imperatively demanding free trade in land, was
almost unanimously rejected. Let the heirs in possession
' and in immediate prospect be treated with equity and eon-
, sideration ; but let the exertions of all point to the total ez-
tinction of entails, at a period not too remote for the hate-
rests of the present sae.
The first civic body that has taken up the Lord
Advocate's Marriage and Registration Bills is the
town council of Caper, and they are to petition
, against it.