The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-24 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Doman, Aro. 23.
At the meeting of the corporation yesterday, the
Lord Mayor, in answer to some questions relative to
the Queen's visit, said he could merely state what
arrangements he had made himself, and respecting
which he had conferred with the authorities. He
was not yet able to state the hour at which her Ma-
jesty would arrive. That was his present difficulty :
'mt of course he would give the earliest possible in-
formation on the subject. It was theintention of
her Majesty to come up from Kiosston on Monday
morning to the Westland-row station. The directors
of the railway had made such arrangements within
the terminus as its small size would permit. There
would be full accommodation for the corporation, to
enable them to receive her Majesty within the build-
ing. Of course it would be his duty to conduct the
Queen to her carriage. The corporation would pre-
cede him, and they would lead her Majesty through
the city to the Park-gate, where he believed the
Lord Mayor's jurisdiction terminated. The route at
present settled upon was Westland-row, Lower Mer-
rion-street,Clare•street,Leinster-street,Nassau-street,
Grafton-street, Westmoreland-street, Carlisle-bridge,
Bachelor's walk,and along thequays tothe Park-gate.
Her Majesty did not like a long drive, and that was
the reason the route he had mentioned was thought
best. The space near the Park-gate was large
enough to afford room to the corporation to file off
to the left, and permitting her Majesty to pass on to
the Viceregal Lodge. That was all he could state at
present. The feeling of the citizens, as far as he
could ascertain, was decidedly against illuminating
the city. He would endeavour, possible, not to
allow any fireworks to be set off about the city, lest
even a spark might fall upon their Industrial Exhi-
bition. If the public supported him, he thought
those arrangements would prove most satisfactory.
Alderman Reynolds thought the preponderance of
public opinion was in favour of illuminations; but
Alderman Roe said he believed it was the desire of
the Queen to visit the city with as much privacy as
possible ; and if they resorted to illuminations or
other demonstrations of public feeling, he was afraid
they would rather have the effect hereafter of de-
terring the Queen from coming amongst them, as
sheotherwise would. It is, therefore, decided that
we shall have no general illumination on the occa-
sion of the Queen's visit, although it will be op-
tional in the case of public institutions to make those
exceptions.
The attendance at the Great Exhibition yesterday
amounted to 11,216, a very large majority of the
visitors being English and foreign tourists and per-
sons from Irish provincial towns.
The subscriptions received yesterday for the
Dargan Industrial Institute included the following
munificent contributions, viz : Mr. Peto, M.P., 1001. ;
Mr. Jackson, M.P., 1001.; Mr. Brassey, 1004 ; Mr.
Bath, 100/. ; Mr. M'Cormack, 1001.; and Mr. W.
Berwick, 201.

•
The appearance of a new comet is thus noticed in
Saunders of this morning :
For the last few evenings a comet of remarkable eke and
brilliancy has appeared in our horizon. It is nearly equal
to that while! appeared in September, October, and
November, 1811: It is visible in the west, about 15 degrees
above the horizon, at from 8.30.p.m., moving to the east ;
the conical tail large, well defined, and nearly vertical. It
is in a line with aln Urea Major and the Polar Star. The
nucleus is well defined. Our astronomical observers will
give a more definitive account of It.
Alexander Mullen was executed at Omagh on
Saturday, for the murder of his aunt. Efforts bad
been made to obtain a reprieve, chiefly on the ground
that the unfortunate convict had been utterly igno-
rant of the principles of Christianity, the gaol chap-
lain having discovered previous to his trial that he
had never even heard the name of the Saviour. He
was attended on the scaffold by a protestant and two
presbyterian clergymen, but muttered only a short
prayer before he was turned off. He made the fol-
lowing confession of his crime
I, Alexander Mullen, make the following confession and
declaration voluntarily, is presence of the governor and pro-
testant chaplain of Omagh gaol:—That on the day of Fe-
bruary I committed the dreadful crime of which I have been
found guilty and condemned I. die, under the following cir-
cumstances :—I took dinner with my aunt, Jane Mullen,
about twelve or one o'clock, and at that time was on as good
terms with her as usual. After dinner I shaved, and was in
the act of drying my reser, when my aunt, who, while I was
shaving, asked me had I as nodes of pins beam, the, fol-
lowed me into the beibeens, desk*/ nse lie ge beam lead
to her, " When I wasted te go lane yea would nee lee me,
and you'll take and affront ase before the neighbour by
telling ma to
,go home, and when I am willing to go you
won't let me.' I I then in • rage made a shove at her to
send her out of the room, not thinking of the razor being
in my hand, nor at the time having say Intention to take
her life. And when I saw the eat ea the side of her neck,
and the blood running down her seek, I was afraid she
would say I killed her, end, in desperation, I made another
cut across her throat. She fell immediately, and I left her,
went out of the house, and locked the door on the outside,
and put the key in under the door. I then went over to
John Stinson's house, where I remained nearly an hour. I
was returning home when I saw the neighbours standing in
front of the house. When I came up.to them they told me
that my asnt was lying on the door, and desirtd me to break
open the door' which I did, and remained at the house until
I was arrested by the police. As I hops for mercy and par-
don from God, I declare that this statement is true, and that
until after I had inflicted the first cut upon my aunt's
throat I had no intention to take her life or hurt her.

A number of the more Godly-minded of oar citi-
zens, with Mr. Justice Crampton at their head,
having remonstrated with the directors of the Dub-
lin and Kingstown Railway on the subject of
Sabbath-day railway traffic, the directors have ad-
dressed the following sensible letter to the learned
judge in reply
Dublin and Kbagetown Railway, Westland-row,
August 6, 1863.
have had the Miaow of receiving your letter of
the 30th ultimo, amenapsayiog an address to the directors
of the Dublin sad Kteposon Railway Company, very nu-
merously and mem rewestably signed, requesting them to
discontinue the maks. of veins araticawaly sa Sands) s,
=Mare to imam yea that $ spatial meeting of•
the
board was unused at bet Tadldcf for the N.IPOoof
tali,* OM waist Ws ormillapalles, when the amessat was
fully Awaramai and inddreel with that serious 011eation-
which It deserved. led with, everu,m7wraziodto the
numerous and highly 7 who
have signed the addremigiglignserd. however. au feel
that they could with pit, es pAlle aasaisaa, lake es
themselves either to mte the Wake plesgetber sa
Sunda" or to magehla and Mae the hears within
which all dame if OW NONtunirYili.iii.oro to tier :11:41
the Wiwi of a
Mile. At lir 11.11 et the-, the system of
the ts. sloes pert el &soft wasoriod for several
WA WI Weida' with so mai eassopass sad L-
bws .the Mims Peelare of trails
st ether Maw of day, that at the
,aimaiseral meeting
of the rearellseins is err was anis the rule of
the Menton, awl s the maws, ea y the same
se as War days. wee. IMMNIVIII. made at that
dm, mod has so esollwasi dew, that ell the 'ornate of
the sempay shag haw eppertseiliss allarded them of
oietedlog their reanhiesse of wamidy ; lad the super-
imaaliate. 'WWI rat am rss sTrigalas
the mammy are ' haw • potties We grainy
to themselves. Ia I beg to amuse yea the
directors deeplUeel the importaase of the subject, mad re•
gret that they vs set hew able to carry into east the
views of the parties wheel amass are 'pomaded to the ad-
drsso—l Dave the Maier to reseals, alz, yew Melba%
Mumble servant, Awraws D. ILA" Cbsiawas.
The Hon. Justice Crumples. Klidereilese.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS
NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND.

The Commissioners of Education have presented
to the Lord Lieutenant their report of the proceedings of
their board for the year 1862. The report hears date Au
gut 12, 1863, and though the retirement of the Archbishop
of Dublin, the Right Hon. Baron Greene, and the Right
Hon. F:Blukburne, from the board occurred since the
close of '62, so important an event was naturally introduced
notwithstanding the seeming irregularity of its introduc-
tion in the report jut printed.
We quota the &Sealant° this matter, which are inserted
at the close of the report :
IV.-44. We hays lately (namely on the Bth of July),
pened,after very long consideration, two important resolu•
tions, which, although not adopted during the year 1862, we
think it right to announce on the present occasion. First,
that we have withdrawn from the list of books published
by us, a work entitled " Lemons on the Truth of Chris-
tianity ;" rod from the list of books sanctioned, but not
published by us, another work, namely, " Introductory
Lessons on Christian Evidences." The first was introduced
in 1838; the second in 1842. Secondly, that we have
amended our Bth rule, sectien 2. Hitherto it has been thus
expressed :
" 8. The commissioners do not insist on the ' Scripture
Lessons,' Lessons on the Truth of Christianity,' or Book
of ' Sacred Poetry,' being read in any of the National
Schools, nor do they allow them to be read, during the
time of secular or literary instruction, in any school attended
by children whose parents or guardians object to their being
so read. In such case the commirsioners prohibit the use of
them, except et the times of religion' instruction, when the
persons giving it may use theft books or not, as they think
proyer:.

As-altered, it is as follows :
" The commissioners do not insist on the Scripture Les-
sons' or book of Sacred Poetry ' being read in any of the
national schools, nor do they allow them to be read as Fart
of the ordinary school business (during which all children,
of whataver denomination they may be, are required to