The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-17 00:00:00

GENERAL CONFERENCE OF OPPONENTS

TO GOVERNMENT EDUCATION.

About forty members of the conference met at ten
o'clock yesterday morning, at the Hing's Head, Poultry, to
armor,e future business.
The flee. S. Ganam took the chair.

Mr. At.azAYDsa suggested that a fund should be raised for
three purposes : to °pi:l...e the government measure ; to repay,
for such schools as were willing, money received from *ovens-
ment • and for the establishment of schools on the voluntary
principle. He himself, if other gentlemen would do the like,
would subscribe 1001. towards a fund of 10,0001., or 2001. for a
fund of 20,0001. It was also proposed that as many delegates as
possible should crowd the lobby of the House of Commons
between the hours of three and four on Monday next, to
speak to their respective representatives as they went to the
house ; and it was arranged that gentlemen who had re-
turned to the country should be written to with the same
views. On the question of advertising, they were emphati-
cally warned not to advertise in the Deity News.
Mr. E. Biases, Jun. hoped that if the dissenters were
defeated in this measure, they would still think it their duty
not to give the matter up. He had thought that the mea-
sure being carried would be a death-blow, but he now saw
that it would not he irrevocable. Ministers should be given
to know that the movement would never cease until it met
with success.
Mr. MASSIE then moved :

That the canton iiiii;ll;deT; the Home of Commons by Lord John
Russell, in *newer to the question of Sir James Graham, relative to
the minutes of the council on education OM Thunalay evening, the
15th, gives increased countenance to the belief that the government is
acting a disingenuous part, with a view to propitiating the Roman
Whelks °none side, and the Wesleyan* and a section of the Ma-
Untied Church on the other, and that this afford, another illustra-
tion of the evils and dangers of intrurtlng the great intercom of edu-
cation and religion to a committee of council, which may wry its
policy and principles from day to day to suit a temporary expediency.
It was agreed that this resolution should be advertised in
six newspapers, some of them being the evening papers of
that day.
Mr. l3At'eno proposed, and Mr. iltattng, after much dis-
cussion and repeated correction, moved :
That this conference, In its deep mum of the ern* which thighs
this country if the government warms he euelied, and with the toll
knowledge they pow:matte elnweettkedremiiamis,Mtlimaslies
warranted and ematr simian ilMlemt Mgr 'echelon Met he wed-
tion to the interfeement peorommlcklipepoloreinoldiaWWWWN
cease until the appehemmt WM* eimia eof "era on aloostlen
shall have hem reellie4 and hoir hem mid espeitelloo thi sew
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peemetien their hrienale of he 'wig mimed doelleh le he oem-
pout of swam= iresiamt =lame pooh et the olualry, who
dialt holt heir maim meettep ea a central ornamfehie hem time
to time to Lesios, with lead subeeromitteee, who may be em-
powered to sigh the interim.
After moth discussion this resolution wu panwel, and the
conferenee adjourned till ten o'clock on Tuesday morning
next, at the Name tavern.

To THE MARi LEBONE VESTRT.—A correspondent
has forwarded the following extract from the report of the
registrar-general for the quarter which ended in September
last It so calculated to edify the opponents of Lord Mor-
peth's sanitary bill In the 3darylebone vestry, who ham
vaunted the endless et the district commiaden at sewers :
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artier, la akin rd emplinglin Oran* *newels, en wimple
engrain( gesserh the weer of hii; Is the wards of Mr.
South of Nines, le mark rim Ike enter be adierel an
koown data.* The ralthint est int spree the intro-
Wpor—rentiwee—la me enwre et the lee pinaerr` here
eerier are reel le the Veining ere of Ike law. The
parisioin an area of elan Lienter hed 1110 ledsahlted bees,
and 13/I,l64la)anhanao. In I•4l.llesemmil verd_yesuotonhoithe
the vadat the h the earner wet 11113,Nek. Oli. tomb rem
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poen reds et woof reit rumpled her yeer to per. The
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awry out the dew; dire, *Umbra. ea eatery yet r elleneel
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prejudial le bah& The evade try ern to
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apedmen.
SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN G. B. Dowses,
R.E.—A melancholy oecurrenee took place en board the
General Steam Navigation Company's steer-ship Rarer,
plying on the Yarmouth station, during the last trip made
by that vessel. The Ramona left Yarmouth at five p.m. en
Wednesday evening, ander the charge of Capt. Dawson.
Among the passengers was Capt. Downes, of the Royal
Engineers. The night turned out rough and mnallT, a
heavy sea rolling during the early part of the passage. fhs
steward of the vessel states that about kalf-part one o'clock
on Thursday morning he observed the gallant captain walk-
ing up and down the deck smoking a cigar. Shortly after.
wards he requested the steward to make up his bed for the
night on the sofa. This was the last that was seen or heard
of the unfortunate gentleman. Some two hours subse-
quently one of the sailors discovered a hat lying in the
starboard fore sponson, and on conveying it Into the
cabin it was aseertained to have belonged to Capt.
Downes. A close teazel was immediately made for the
gallant officer, but it was found that he was not on board the
vemel. The first impression was, that he must have thrown
himself overboard shortly after having been seen by the
steward ; and this presumption was afterwards strengthened
by the fact of his manner having been remarked to be parti-
cularly reserved during the voyage by several of his fellow-
Mt%His. carpet bag was opened by the captain to
identity, and in it were discovered three letters
which gave the desired information. The only other things
contained in the bag were a night shirt and a brush and
• comb. On the arrival of the Ramona of the Custom-
house, on Thursday morning, information of the melancholy
occurrence was given at the office of the company, by Capt.
Daemon, and we understand from inquiries which have been
made, little doubt appears to exist that the gallant captain
must have thrown himself overboard while labouring under
mental alienation. The weather, it should be stated, had
moderated before the gallant caption was mimed, and there
was scarcely any swell on. The spot is supposed to have
been near the Mouse light, twenty miles below Gravesend.
INQUEST, YESTLIIDAT.--THE LATE Loss Or LIFE
We
FIRE MARTLEBON E.—Before Mr. Watley, M.P.,
at the St. Marylebene workhouse, on the bogy of Anna Wil-
son, aged 74, who was burnt to death in her bed on the
morning of Wednesday lad. Henry Wilson, • boy 9 years
of age, who resided with deceased, his grandmother, at No. 10,
Maryleboneeourt, said, on the sight of Tuesday last, when
they were going to bed, the deceased (as was her custom)
placed her lighted candle on a chair near the bed side.
About twenty minutes after twelve on the Wednesday
morning be was awoke by a sense of salfsealiem, and ma
tiag upend finding the room full of make, sae thetas ht

fire, he ran to the door and called for the sultana of the
lndgers, but bef,re they arrived the bed sod bedding was in
flames, end his grandmother still lying upon it. The candle-
stick was found under the bed, and it had no doubt fallen
from the chair, and having ignited some articles under the
bed, caused the conflagration. Deceased wan conveyed to the
infirmary of Maryiebone workhouse, where she expired frem
the injuries received about three o'clock the same morning.
Verdict—" Accidental death."