The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-13 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGH, SEPT. 10.
A " mensuration " meeting of manufacturers was
held in Glasgow yesterday. The first resolution will
explain its object.
In the opiaiu t of this meeeting the Attempt at present making by
cri min partsee in Loudon to compel numtdacturers and wholesak
wsrehourmen to give I inches to the yard in the sale of their goods.,
ought to be resisted.
The fictitious vote system has received a sore blow
and heavy discouragement in Peeblesshire,loo mush-
room votes having been cut off at last registration
court. The Caledonian Mercury says that the whole
of these were supporters of Mr. Forbes Mackenzie,
the present member—an ominous announcement, if
true, as the honourable gentleman's majority was only
77. In other parts of the provinces the gains of
parties are various. Thus at Falkirk the liberal gain
is 9, and at Peterhead the conservative success is 2.
In the county of Banff the register has received a
gross addition of 13, and the burgh 9, but the statists
in that quarter duly appreciating what is called " the
fusion of parties," have not troubled themselves with
the classification of the new voters.

It has more than once been announced in the Ex-
press that the minutes of education applicable to
Scotland would not be satisfactory to the parish
schoolmasters, and a letter in their organ, the Elin-
burgh Advertiser, not only confirms our anticipation,
but strikingly shows in what aspect educational re-
form is viewed by these gentlemen.
The explanatory letter ioitied by the secretary of the Committee of
Privy Council on Education, affecting so deeply the educational inte-
rests of Sormand, seems jot the brOurring of he end—a preparing of
the way for a eepanition of wheel from church. The tantalising offer
of government to the Scottish echoolmanters amounts to nothing.
The eon:ldiom upon which the grant in to be afforded, and the re-
strictions by which it in to be accompanied, form an actual prohibition
to its acceptance. 11 the Education Committee be since& in its pro-
fessroas lc...meliorate the 000dition of the parochial teacher'', by not
take into account the full salary presently required by I.w in fulfilment
of the grant. in augmentation of their income, and be equally liberal
towards the preceptors of Scotland and England ! The idea of the
beritors voluntarily contributing twice the rum to be glees by go-
vernment la altogether preposterous. ft might all do very well
prorated that the increase was made comprmory, but a free-will
offer.g to the amount required would not be ;talked ; indeed,
it could not be expected in one parish out of • hundred. But even
allowing that the &theirs would be as generous as the government
contemplate, when 111 the guarantee that the augmentation would be
continued! True; the addition must be guaranteed for at team lire '
years; but does that constitute a permanency' Far from it; and,
brides, before a an years' lease could te. obtained, the parish school-
muter suet relign all adjunct offices, eecept that of semion clerk; !
°llion that are permanent, and in many Instances more valuable than
the increased allowance that would otherwier be granted, and which
are not at all incompatible with the right deeharge of the duties of
the school. This would undoubtedly be rscrificing certainty to hope;
but rather than do re, 1 would nay to the intelligent whooleaseters of
Scotland, preserve your present Independence. Your claims shall
yet be houourably acknowledged. Be eery guarded as to how and
when you stoop to conquer.' Resolvent your approaching general
meeting in Edinburgh, boldly to lay your chums before the legislature.
'MI Aare nothing to do ran gom rumen( insyergors. The Presbyteries
are your inspectors, you Asa no right to submit toes second examina-
tion. You have already been legally 'walnut, and found
qualified for conducting the education of the youth of your respective
parisbea, and a presbyterial certificate ought certainly to have as
much 'weight m any other, and to entitle you to an attrilielitalkoll of
eatery, as well as a certificate from an inepeetor. Sock threatened
inju•tice shows a lamentable ignorance of the tune of the educational
Institutions of the retrain., an & d the poaitloo. which, through there,
ricotlnnd has been enabled to occupy for centuries. The parish echo*
should form • separate parlianientery measure. To act fairly towards
them, they cannot be dealt with a subscription schools are; and the
SCiaool be, mg the rht arm of tae church, it the elergy reaffirm the inte-
rests of the eatabfishment, they will unit the &Maim/etas lo obtain.
Ing a remedial immure. Under the new scheme, schools may be
planted and endowed even where the pariah schools are sufficient for
the population r—liherahty with a vengeance, but not unlike the
liberalinm of a certain Hen. Free " Secretary at War—whieh, how-
ever, should just operate as an incentive to siemens, efforts and deem`
mined resistance against such unconstitutional innovations.—lkt, 1
Jen irrs.—fitratheden, Sept. 8, 1847.

It is expected that the partial opening of the
Caledonian Railway, will accelerate the London
mail to Edinburgh and Glasgow by three hours,
should the Yost-of co take advantage of the op-
portunity. This, with the diminution of time
occupied in travelling through Fife by the Nor-
thern line, also about to be opened, will be a ma-
terial improvement in postal communication to Dun-
dee and places north of the Tay. But all expectants
seem to think that the Postrotlice will require to be
dunned, as that department is now no longer the em-
blem of despatch in this age of locomotion.

Gaisi IN GLASOOR.—On 'Thursday Madame Grisi gave a
concert in Glasgow, assisted by Mario and Tamburini; but,
says the Herald, " the hall was not so well filled as might
have been expected."
JENNY LIND AMONG THE LION4.—The directors of the
Edinburgh Zoological Gardens announce that Mdlle. Lind
is to attend their promenade on Monday, and that if tickets
are not secured before the day, big with the fate of their
adroit speculation, they will be doubled in price. As Jenny
will likely excite more attention than the reel lions and
nightingales of the garden, her attempted snatch of private
enjoyment will prove troublesome.
DETERMINED SI:ICU/E.—A person named Teale, lately in
the employ of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company, but
dismissed a few weeks ago, threw himself on the rails be-
tween Drybridge and Gatehead stations, at the moment the
down train from Kilmarnock came in eight. The engine-
man, perceiving him, reversed the engine, and sounded the
whistle, whilst the guard put on the drag, and both shouted
to him to get off the line. In vain, however, fur the un-
happy man kept his position, and the train, before it could
be sopped, went over him at a slow pace, mangling him so
shockingly that he died next day. Before the train came
down, he inquired at Gatehead station it the up.train from
Ayr was past, and, on being told that it was, he replied,
" Oh, it makes no odds, I'll wait for the next," and went
off to meet it. No one suspected his purpose. He was an
Englishman, and ha left a wife and five children.