The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-21 00:00:00

Seiks : that in the Lahore division, in particular, a
large number of children are at all times being in-
btrueted, and a strong desire for information pre-
vailing amongst them, of which it was most im-
portant to take advantage. In the Lahore division
there were found to be I.:185 schools, with a gross
attendance of 11,5110 pupils, or on an average of
, about eight at each. In the city itself there are
24.6.32 houses, and 143 schools, with an attendance
of 2.243 pupils: of these sixteen are devoted to the
instruction of Mahornedan girls, and there are no
fewer than 123 of these taught to read the
Koran—the teachers are females. At KU3SOOr
and its neighbourhood there arc 102 schools.
with 843 pupils. In Umritsir there are 15,206
houses, 40 schools, and ilsil pupil's. The popu-
lation of the Lahore district amounts to about two
and a half millions, and about one third of a million
(383,271) of both sexes are believed to be of an age
fit for school : of these, 191,135 are males, of whom
11.500, or six per cent.. are already at scho.sl--about
two per cent. more receive private instruction—say,
eight per cent. in all; a state of matters brought to
pass by the Sikhs themselves, and eminently cre-
ditable to those we have 110:11 accustomed to call
barbarians,but still leaving ample room fur the labours
of the schoolmaster. We could neither give with such
minuteness nor accuracy the statements of education
or population in Bombay, after an occupation of two
centuries. as the Lahore board can give in relation to
the districts nrotind them, altos skhosacassionsit less than
three years. The magnitude, vvesilth, intelligence, and
position, of the city, pointed to Umritsir as one
of the most fitting places fur the commencement
of the government scheme of instruction. Mr. Mont-
gomerie, the commissioner, a man indefatigable in
his exertions for the cause of native improvement, to
whom the whole was entrusted, selected Mr. Saun-

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dens, wand the choice appears to have been most
judicious. for the carrying out of the scheme. 30(0.
was allowed at the outset 11V government fur the
• erection of a school house. sftiV. a year for the main-
tenance of the I•chools. The teachers were all to be
natives of the Punjaub ; the head master to receive
190'., the first assistant to receive VV.—stipends
which, when the cheapness of living is considered,
may be deemed must liberal; built these were to
teach English as well as other branches. Persian,
Oordoo, Itindee, and Sanscrit masters were also
to ho employed, at from 301. to OM a year.
Similar arrangements, on a scale proportioned
Ito their wants, will be made in other cities
a soon as the Umritsir scheme is nt work.
Lord Dalhousio meow to consider the vicin-
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age of the schoolmaster quite as important at tines
as that of the eninmander-in-chier, by whose aide
Lord Elknburough insisted the Governor-General
ought to be. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt
at Lahore on the 31. i ult., a previous one of lesser
moment having been experieneed on the 17th loth
here and at Mooltan. Another seems to have been
felt at the latter place on the 9th, on the same day
that an carthipmke °marred at and around Calcutta.
A shock much more violent than any of these was
experienced at Chittagong on the ith. A boat was
destroyed by fire on the Sutlej about the 25th, in
whicliMajor Clarke and Captain Sorrell, of
14th Dragoons:, were deseending the river; property
tu the value of I,ROOL, chiefly gifts for parties at
home, is said to have perished. in the thanes, and a
woman and her child were burnt to death. The wea-
ther along the N.W. frontier continues cold, wet, and
disagreeable, with much snow and hail at the more
elevated stations. The falls of snow throughout the
provinee of Kuumoon betwixt the 10th and 20th are
described to have been tornadoes, at Striate Tal it
being three feet, at Almorah one feet, thick; around
Simla and all over the Dhcra Dhoon the country was
covered; even at Ferozerve the frost was very
severe, the ground remaining white till rust nine
o'clock. The Commander-in-Chief, Sir II . Gomm,
was at Agra on the sth. —The boy Very, who mur-
dered the poor man Knox in the ice-house, was
hanged at Calcutta on the 30th ult.—Sir 11. Pot-
finger and Sir 6. Berkeley are at Madras; Lord
Falkland and Sir John Grey arc at the pmidency.
The hitter quits shortly for the Mahabuleshwur Rills,
where ha takes up his abode till the rains,
when he will proceed to Poonah, and re-
main there until November: the withdrawal of the
staff following on his absenec leaves a large
blank in our society. Cholera continues to prevail
at Bombay. The embankment at Sion Marsh, the
only part of the works of the Bombay Railway yet
in progress, is proceeding with spirft and rapidity.
The first rice of ground destined for the Bengal
Railway line was made twee to the railway establish-
ment on Saturday, the 25th Jan. For the past week
the weather has been cloudy, the wind southerly, the
tides unusually high, and barometer low—ap-
pcwrances which usually indicate the prevalence of a
hurricane within some 000 miles of us. A serious
robbery to the extent of nearly 10,000/. has been com-
mitted on the Oriental Bank. Notes to this amount
had been put away the previous evening and the safe
containing them put into the strong room in which it
was usually kept, both, 04 was averred, locked up by
the native cashkeepers. Next morning the locks were
found open nod the money gone ; as they had sus-
tained no injury, it seem.; deubtful if they were ever
locked, and suspicion attaches to those entrusted with
closing them. The numbers of the notes having
been advertised, and intimation made that they
would be refused payment on presentation, the prin-
cipal native moneylenders from the bazaar assem-
bled at the Bombay bank- —the Oriental has ceased
to issue notes—to ascertain whether those on whom
no suspicion of connexion with the robbery fell
would ix• subjected to loss by the stolen notes coming
accidentally into their hands, and the whole holders
of the nctes at the bank insisted on having them
cashed on the instant if there was to be any risk;
and the assurance was accordingly given that all
notes presented by innocent holders would be ac-
cepted. No trace as yet of the robbers has been met
with; suspicion rests with the native servants of the

bank:
Bajee Rajah, the ez-Peishwa, died at Bhitoor on
the •38th of Jan. The Peishwa has received annually
eight laklis of rupees as a pension since his deposi-
tion in 1819, or, in all, above two and a half millions

Mr. Alexander Mackay, deputed by the Chamber
of Commerce here on a mission to India, had been
received with welcome at Bombay. A special meet-
ing of the Chamber of Commerce of Bombay was
held on the 12th of February, when Mr. .I'ackay
was admitted at once an honorary member. A
letter of introductionfrom Mr. Baxley having been
read, the chairman said :
Mr. Mackay will have the opportunity, denied tonearly all
of us,of inspecting the various districts,and ofjudgina fur him-
self as to the obstacles that stand in the way of a fuller and
much improved supply of this most important article ; and I
will repest that in his investigations and researches I am
quite certain he will not only be aided by this Chamber in its
public {Amway, but that each of its members will assist to
the utmost of his power in promoting the objects which
have brought him here, and for which we bid him a hearty
welcome.
Resolutions of confidence in, and promising assist-
ance to. Mr. Mackay having been passed, and
Mr. Mackay having returned thanks in a neat
speech, the meeting afterwards separated.
The Calcutta Chamber of Commerce, a body not
remarkable for exertiodt has lately been aroused by
the progress of steam navigation to the Atlantic, to
remonstrate against the slowness with which the
mails are conveyed to India.

(For In list and China markets ace ma 4.]

TALLOW MARKET.-TIIIS DAY.

The Tallow market is quiet to-day, with but little slispo-
'title's on the part of havers to opt rate at the current rates.
Prices are quoted Town Tallow, 375. Gd. ; Petersburg
Y. C. on the spot, 40s. 9d. to 41.. ; !dards and April, 40s. 9d. ;
last three months, 40s. to 40e. 3d.

COAL MARKET.—THIS DAY
Walls End Riddell, 135.; Walls End Braddyll's, 154.;
Walls End Haswell, 16s. 6d. ; Walls End Hettnn, 151. 3d. ;
Wall= Tlnd Linthton, 1&. ; Walls End Stewart's, 15s. 3d. ;
Walls End Adelaide Tets,l4s. &I.; Walls End 'fees, 1&. 3d.
—Ships at marka, 101.