The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-13 00:00:00

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The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early
walk yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Osborne-house.
The royal children took their usual walking and riding ex-
ercise yesterday forenoon en the beach, and in the vicinity of
Osborne-house. The Hon. Miss Napier, Maid of Honour in
Waiting to her Majesty, arrived at Osborne-house on Thurs-
day afternoon.
-Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,attended
by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Cooper, arrived at
her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's, soon after one
o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Fmarnore.house.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge honourtd the Earl and Countess Granville with
their company at dinner yesterday evening, at their residence
in Bruton•street.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess or Kent honoured
the performance of the French Plays with her presence
yesterday evening.

A deputation including Mr. Campbell, of Islay,
Mr. Ramsay, and Mr. Gibb, had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street. A deputation of the Middlesex
magistrates had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday
at the Home Office, upon the subject of juvenile crime.
Mr. Hart D►vis, Deputy-chairman of the Customs, had an
interview yesterday with the Chanceller of the Exchequer.
Lord J. Stuart had an interview yesterday with Sir G. Grey
at the Home Office.

(From last night's Gazette.)
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 12.—The Queen has
appointed Viscount Torrington to be Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over the island of Ceylon and its de-
pendencies; R. J. Mackintosh, Esq., to be Lieut.-Governor
of the island of St. Christopher; and J. G. Aspeling,
to he Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate for the
district of George, in the settlement of the Cape of Good
Hope.
ADMIRALTY, Moses IL
Tha Ibliowlat promotions have this day taken place, consequent
vow the death of ViowAdin. of the White N. Tomlinson :—ViewAdm.
of the Blot Haw. D. P. Bouverle to be visa-edge. of the white ; Rear-
Ada. of the Red R. Jackson to be vicoada of the blue; hear-Adm.
of the White B. Hodgson to be tear-den. of the red; Rear-Adm. of
the Bias W. Bowles, C.B. to be rear-oda. of the white.

PROCLAMATION FOR A GENERAL FAST.—The
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samba Pcsely their respective dither.. Given at
our dart, at OsbormsbasothreMol Wight, 9th Much, 1847.
Is the prochimatimi tar Scotland the passage respecting
tins hem of prayer is loft out, being contrary to the usages of
the Presbyterian church.
FARMED CITY PAUPERS. A meeting of the
guardians of the City of Lyndon Union was held yesterday
in the vestry-mom of Christ Church. Relegate-street, to take
measurer, if possible, to prevent the erection of a poor-house '
for the paupers of the union who are now Fanned."
Mr. Whiteside observed that the alteration in the Lew of
Settlement had materially tended to lessen the number of
paupers in the City of London ; he had drawn out a table
showing that, from the year 1839 to 1846, the number of
paupers in the house had decreased from 861 to 281.
Under these circumstances, it would be very undesirable to
erect a poor-house to hold 1,200 paupers. In 20 year, he did
not believe there would be 100 paupers to oome into the
house. The distance which the house must be from where the
guardians resided, would entail many expenses not incurred
under the present system of farming the paupers. The meet-
ing unanimously concurred in all the statements and opinions
of Mr. Whiteside. It was then agreed that resolutions
should be printed and circulated, and advertised in the
Times and in the Daily Vera, to the effect: " That the
building committee of the board of guardians, in their re-
port, have published incorrect statistical detail.. It is highly
Inexpedient to adopt measures for the erection of a City of
London workhouse until after mess:wee, to be proposed by Lord
J. Russell, shall have been submitted to the public. That
the number of paupers in this union having very much de-
clined, and being likely to be still further decreased by the
repeal of the Law of Settlement, it is unnecessary to ex-
pend 40,0001. in building a workhouse in the Homerton
Marshes, or elsewhere.'
LONDON Menuer LEITER CARRIERS.—A meet-
ing of the Post-office Letter Carriers, of the London district,
was held last evening, at the Pied Horse, Chiswell-straet, to
hear a communication from Mr. Rowland Hill, with regard
to their salaries, and to consider the propriety of laying or-
tain claims before the Lords of the Treasury. Mr. Clifton,
the secretary, stated that the deputation appointed by them
had waited on Mr. Rowland Hill on the 22nd of last month,
and laid beforehim their claims for an increase of salary, &c.,
in answer to which Mr. Hill concurred with them in their
opinion that they were very insufficiently paid; and said that
something would have been done before in their behalf,
but it had been deemed advisable to defer the consideration
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The resolution was seconded by Mr. Haynes, and adopted
unanimously, and the meeting separated after some compli-
mentary votes bad been primed.
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THE EDUCATION QUESTION.—Sir,—I have been a
reader of your journal since its origin, and have hailed in
you a new friend to education and the educator. in your
Edinburgh paragraph of Saturday last, however, I net • a
sentiment which may be construed in opposition to your
generally expressed sentiments towards the schoolmaster. In
speaking of the bill for the registration of births, &c., in
Scotland, you say it is likely to give satisfaction to all par-
ties, except, perhaps, the parochial schoolmasters and
session clerks. Had I the wish, I might question
the truth of this general assertion, but that is
not my object. I rather allude to it u a ground
for publicly stating a grievance under which school
muter's groan, and which one of the provisions of said bill
tends to aggravate rather than to lessen. Under existing
acts, to how many menial duties are they, aa a body, bound,
fee which no remuneration deserving the name is provided ?
For example—l, in common with my brethren, suffer a
species of bondage for enrolling claimants es voters for ALP's
from the latter end of June till after the sth of August, an-
nually, whereby I am deprived of the opportunity of enjoy-
ing a fourth part of the holidays allowed me during the
whole year, and for this my average remuneration is Is. per
annum. Again, by a late act, lam obliged to receive plans,
&c., of railwaye passing through my parish, and to have • con-
venient place in my house, at all reasonable hours, for parties
interested examining the same, while parliament has enacted
that that house shall consist of " not more than two rooms,
including the kitchen ;" and for this trouble and inconve-
nience, what provision is made for remunerating the poor
schoolmaster? I really feel ashamed to mention it. And now,
I when a something is to be done that offers a prospect await,

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able remuneration, it is proposed to be reacted that,
" on no occasion shall a parish schoolmaster 're appointed to
the office." I ask, is thidkitut and equitable ? vo doubt
there are many public duties to be discharged in Scottish
parishes, which the schoolmaster alone is tatted for—and I
question if, in many parishes, such will not he found to be
the case with the registration duties in question—hut
wherever these duti--s are impos,d, the same legislature the;
imposes them should make provision for his being rewarded
for his trouble. Training that you will direct attention le
this in the way you deem best, I remain, A PAUOCH I At.
SCHOULMASTEL—Forfarshire, March 10.
ACCIDENT IN VIE ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH.
—Yesterday, at the ustt +I hour, as the men b longing to the
Proof Department of the Royal Arsenal were engaged under
the inspector, Lieutenant-Colonel Dundee, ILA., in proving
a number of eight inch guns at tee Proof Butt, one of the
guns bunt with a loud report. Some idea may be formed
of the force of the exploalon by the following facts —The
breech of the gun, a mass of metal weighing upwards of
8 cwt., was hurled back to the distauce of 80 yards ; one of the
trunnions was thrown with great violence in the direction of
the convict hulk, Justine, and the other trunnion flew over
the canal and fell in the Plunistead marshes, a distance of at
least a quarter of a mile. Owing, however, to the admirable
arrangements made by the gallant inspector, no accident hap
pened to any of the men engaged in the work of proving the
guns. The guns were supplied by one of the most celebrated
founders, but the whole batch of forty, of the value of one
thousand pounds, will, we understand, be condemned and
returned to the contractor.

INQUEST.—INTEMPERANCE.—By Mr. Wakley, at
the Blue Post, Tottenham-court-road, on the bdy at
PheebeDouglaa.—Tise evidence prose I that the deceased, who
was eseemive:y addicted to drinking, ►ad had charge of the
house Ns. 14, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, auil on Wed-
nesday evening, her husband called and rang the hell, hat
was unable to make any one bear, and concluded that she
was out. On the following day, ThunAluy, tbs uss.stanea
of a policeman was obtained, and a pane of glass talc. Is out
to open the window, and upon a search being made, deceased
was discovered lying dead at the foot of the kitchen stain,
the supposition being, that she had fallen there whilst ea-
cessivelyintbriated.—Verdiet, " Death from haul drinking."

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, MARCH It.
The country papers have been diverted from the
cry of famine to that of cultivation, and speculate
very extensively on causes and consequences. The
accounts vary considerably, mirth according to the
peculiar tempers of the writers. (hie day hopes are
held out that a greater breadth of land than could be
anticipated will be under culture; that the tenants
are all out in the fields, and the ground ready for
seeding ; while we are cheered by the prospect of
abundance, a cloud passes over the observation of the
writer, and the next publication assures us, unless
seed be supplied, the farmers cannot and arga/ will
not sow. I mention this to account in some degree
for the contradictory statements which are con-
stantly appearing, and take their flattering
or dispiriting hues from the varying ac-
counts in the local journals. Ido not, however,
hesitate to say that an average breadth Will be tilled;
the deficiency in the potato planting, *hick will be
immense, being compensated by the additional oat
and green crop tillage. The landlords arc not, as a
collective body, co-operating with their tenants to
the desired extent. Throughout Ceunanght, and
more particularly in Mayo, the county of the cottier
and of conacre, it is certain that the fields will not be
sown, unless the landlords interfere. Without any
exaggeration, the poor creatures cannot obtain the
seeding of an acre. They might, in the neighbour-
hood of towns and large villages, where they are
known, obtain seed ox credit, but the lender has no
security against the seizure of the crop, his only hope
of repayment for rent and arrears. The landlords,
too, are sot averse to thinning down the cottier popu-
lation, even with the certainty that the lands will
afford no rents for a third year.
The Earl of Clancarty is said to be supplying his
tenantry with oats, but the principle on which the
loan is made seems to be somewhat wanting in fair-
ness. The Galway Vindicator states that the Earl
" is to be repaid according to the gaminess of the crop
therefrom?' By this means the noble earl is likely to
be safe; and, if Tim Sullivan has a bad crop, Paddy
Blake, whose crop is good, will pay for it, This
generosity seems characterised by great thrift.
The Roscommon Journal is not a first-rate autho-
rity, which may be well inferred from a single sen-
tence: " We could detail upwards of a thousand
deaths from starvation." Though doubting its asser-
tions, we may take its facts, and one is singular
enough : that in the district of Ballinaelue, near
Lanesborough, where seventy, it is said, have died
from hunger, there is neither parish priest nor prima
—church nor chapel—resident landlord nor magis-
trate—policeman nor soldier—relief or any other
committee whatever.

The brig Mercury, from Abraoth, arrived in Va-
lentia Harbour on Saturday last, bound to Cork from
Marseilles, having on board the master, supercargo,
and nine French seamen—the whole of the crew of the
Jenne Elise, who were saved by the Mercury when
their ship was destroyed by fire on the 26th ult., off
Cape Finisterre. The crew of the French brig are
in quarantine, but will get pratique in a few days.
From the Cork Examiner we also learn two facts:
that, from the large quantities of maim on hands,
prices are retrograding ; Indian corn selling at 171.,
and Indian meal at 16t per ton in retail quantities;
and that three vessels had just arrived in harbour
laden with meal for Castlemain, Kerry, from which a
a very extensive tract of country will be supplied.
The number of commissariat relief depdts in Ireland
are at present twenty-seven, and more are about to be
established—one at Enniskillen.

SCOTLAND.
EDINBURGH, Msace 11.
The view of the government system of education that
will probably be taken in Scotland may be explained
in a few words. In England, the stumbling-block to
dissenters, is the use of the church catechism, which,
of course, will not be insisted on here; and even al-
though its Scotch counterpart, the " Shorter Cate-
chism," were prescribed, no objection would probably
be made to it, as the preshyterian dissenters use it in
common with the established church. But passing
from that, the ecclesiastical community may be di-
vided into three sections, each of whom will regard
the scheme in a different light: these are the esta-
blished church, the free church, and the voluntary
dissenters. The established church is the conservator
of the parochial schools, and no change being appa-
rently contemplated regarding them, it will remain
quiescent, and will continue to work out the scheme.
'Me free church hears of it just as Dr.
Candlish has completed a most comprehensive
system of education for the body, and when
of course jealousy is felt at the appearnnee of
disturbing elements either from government or any
other quarter. Hitherto his educational plans have
met with considerable support, pecuniary and other-
wise; but a number of his brethren are not indis-
posed to government co-operation, and if frankly
dealt with, it is likely that moderate views will pre-
vail in the Free Church councils. Anything, how-
ever, that places it in an invidious position as regards
the Established Church will create dissatisfaction,
and in particular the appointment of a Churchman
to the office of inspector of Free Church schools,
or rice rersd would banish all harmony. Entire free-
dom in religious teaching would also be reckoned a
sine qwi nun with all parties. Then as respects the
voluntary Dissenters also, they may have schools
scattered up and down the country, none of them
have any organised system of education like the e,ta-
blished and free churches, and consequently their
direct immediate interest in the matter might not
excite them to much opposition; but sympathy with
their English brethren may and will induce them to
come forward ; and yet so many of them are so
thoroughly imbued with the spirit of favour towards
the governmental policy in general that probably even
they will contribute lefts opposition than their English
friends calculate on. Hence, on the whole, the edu-
cation battle will have to be fought in England not
Scotland.

In Aberdeen and some other quarters, the Lord
Advocate's Registration Rill is looked on with an
evil eve. It is complained that local registrars should
be paid out of parochial funds. Accustomed for so
short a time to a poor-law assessment, and having so
many premonitory hints of the native --
of that impost, the
ment of distension

The general character
reason why the whole
general not local, b'
looked that the cost

vided for in the
Scotch, and that

ferential mitigation.
registratioß shall

serious ground of o
facilities for clandesdoe

A local question

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