The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-14 00:00:00

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The Queen and Prince Albert visited Her Alsjegi
the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough-house. Her
Majesty and His Royal Highness were attended br gar
General Wemysa and Captain the Hon. A. 14. G
His Royal Highness l'rinoe Albert rode out on horwheri
yesterday, attended by his equerry in waiting. Her He
I peaty and Prince Albert honoured the performance at Her
Majesty . Theatre with their presence yesterday evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambride
honoured Her Mout-sty', Theatre with her pretence big
evening. _

The following members of the new bishopri....%l3l
commission attended a meeting yesterday in S'Autss%
place: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord John Burs,
the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bradt
of Chester, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Chichester, sod IS
Earl of Powis.
Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterdsl
from his seat Broadlands, Hants. The Earl of Clarentiss
arrived in town yesterday from his seat, Grove-park, B
The Duke of Wellington has arrived in town. The Right Nom
T. Milner Gibson has returned to town. The Lord Advr
este of Scotland and Mrs. Rutherford arrived at Ferrante
Hotel, Upper Belgrave-street, for the semou, yestrodsh
from Edinburgh.
Mr. Tenured had an interview with Sir 0:0713.
Grey yesterday at the Home-office.

(Front kat Gazette.)
DRAW ING-kooMs.—Notice is given in the &au,
that her Majesty will hold dralriogroorus at St. James e
palace, at two o'clock to-morrow, aid on Thursday, 313 Y 21'
to celebrate her Majesty's birthday.

FOZEIGN-OFFICII7 APRIL 10. The Queen has
.proved of Mr. J. Grown, as Consul at Harwich fur his
Mil the Sing of Hanover.

°EI'4TEAL CONFERENCE OF OPPONENTS
TO GOVERNMENT EDUCATION.
Tide conference was commenced at ten o'clock yes- I
wean morning, in Crceby-ball, Bishopegate-street.
Tea Rev, Mr. HINTON explained the object of the meet-
which was conneed by the central committee for the
of giving full expnesion to the sentiments of °ppm
gies to e. meantre a es
Purl*" 'I over the untry. To prepare roan a-
• • and to any out practical measures, it was ntheseary
to convene a meeting before the aggregate conference was
lisld oa Thursday next, at Exeter Hall.
Dr. Teta] Han moved that a committee should be &p-
-rated waded a chairman, end white the committee was
„played in so doing, letters were read, among which was
os fteee Lord John Rumeit • in answer to one from the
wend committee asking when his lordship could meet a
deputation frum Leicester, to the effect that his lordship had
ogady received revers' deputations on the subject, and
any
to the preesure of public business was unable to nsme
any tame. Alderman Kershaw, of Manchester, was then
declared ehairrnan. It was moved and seconded that e.
bad-
oea commieee should be appointed to recommend an order
of proceedine for the conference. During the retirement of
dap committee the members of the meeting were requested
to express their opuions.
lir. AlegLIE called their attention to the pamphlet is
which the mimeo of ounell are said to be explained. The
following the possum, which is at page 20 :
Irks, therefore, freedom of education from the interference of
gortrament becomes the war cry of any party, will it not be INU,
egdthat they seek the interest of a class, rather than the welfare
,citb, gown; that they prefer public ignorance to party
the liberty to neglect the liberty of the people, rather than the
hb,,,q of progrValve education!
He regretted to be compelled to call this a gross insult to
the (Monsters. If they were so insulted now what might they
expeetif the minutes were carried out? The Daily News,
of Monday, had stated that the British and Foreign School
society bad given in their acquiescence, which was utterly
enamour. The same paper, on Friday last, had stated that
the report or the buird for general education had implied •
willingness to receive government aid. This was entirely
foes; nothing of the kind had been thought of by the
bowl of education. A good deal has been said as to the
gaieties of Mr. Edward Baines bring false. lle would give
turn ifew figures, the truth of which was evident. A school-
muter, being 100 children in his school, under the present
„gam got 31 from each child per week, making 601. per
sane. The government, in addition to this 601. per
Wan, offered him four pupil teachers, with whom he
denial have 601. per annum, and four stipendiary memilon,
with whom he shou,d have 351. rev annum, making
p.jl, per annum, which he was to receive in addition to
what be got under the existing system.
Da. HAMILTON observed that it had been said crime was
the test of education or ignorance, This assertion could easily
he overturned. It did not follow because crime accom-
panied ignorance, that virtue would accompany education.
la the year 1839 there were the same number of committals
se in 184 ; then, as the population had greatly increased,
it would appear, &minding to the shove principle, that the
education of the people had greatly advanced since then,
but this was not the case. The supply was greater than the
demand, all could be found except children. Then again in
the year 164-5, the committals in England were one in
5,564; in Ireland, one in 6,244 ; and in religious, educated
Scotland, one in 4,495; of the population, thus as far as
karts show, Ireland is the best, England the next, and
Scotland the wont. As for the occasion that had given
rile to the measure, might it not be, not the want of educa-
tion, but, that the cabinet was bound to purchase sweet
voices; was it rot a measure of conciliation ? He did not
think • former cabinet would have elected four new bishops.
It was little to be wondered at that whiff, tenni no
difficulty in making their peace with the established
church, who were unable to pay their way. The measure
was clearly a compromise between the church and the whigs,
throwing the dissenters overboard. It was a mere mockery
and delusion, • forego of ignorance, and he would not say
imposition, but the silt of imposing.
The Rev. J. James hoped they were all unanimous in
their opp ultioa. Thouth dissenters could not all be mem-
bers of one Anti-Church Society, they could all be members
of one Anti-State School Society. It must be evident to all
that there was something in the measure that went against
their censci• nee., or they would not thus expose themselves
to the imputation of opposing education altogether. If
government had come forward repudiating religious educa-
tion, he would have felt much greater difficulty in opposing
it; but it is a bond fide religious education, and on that
ground he opposed it. He would not impugn the original
motives which dictated the measure, but the measure itself
he believed to be fraught with evil to the dimenters.
The Rev, Mr. MILANI). of Bradford, Yorkshire, depre-
cated the misrepresentations of the Daily News, in which he
saw a kind of profligacy of sentiment respecting that most
important of all matters—religion. The Daily Noma, he
supposed, would say that the delegates present from Brad-
ford, were the six who had opposed the 1,500 who there de-
clared in favour of the government plan. They had had
meet ngs upon meetings in opposition.
The Rev. Dr. MASSIE then brought in the recommenda-
tions of the committee. They recommended, let, That Drs.
Leeman and Massie, and the Rev. J. H. Hinton, he requested
to act as secretaries to the conference; 2nd, That the himi-
nes committee be charged generally with the arrangement
of the business of the conference, and that all notices of sub-
stantive motions shall he referred to it for examination before
being read from the chair; 3rd, That an enrolment com-
mittee be appointed, consisting of Messrs. Ketterns, Critters,
jun., and Pratt; 4th, That Mtwara G. W. Alexander, W.
G. Lewis, and Tellett, of Norwi...ll ; J. James, of Birming-
ham, and W. Morris of Manchester, be appointed a financial
committee ; sth, That the hours of sitting be from ten till
four ; Gth, That they regulate the order of speaking. At a
further stage of the proceedings the following additional
suggestions were sent in by the committee That a com-
munication be made to the Lord President of the Council,
respectfully soliciting an interview with his lordship, and
such other members of the committee of council on educe-
cation as may find it convenient to attend on
Thursday next. 2. That all member' of this
conference, who are electors, be requested to wait on their
representatives is parliament, and to report the result to the
business committee; and, that, in order to afford an oppor-
tunity for this, the conference meet at ten o'clock to-morrow
morning. 3. That the conference solicit an interview with
members of the Hawse of Commons, whether liberal or other-
wise, at Brown's hotel, to-morrow evening, at five o'elock,
invitations to be addressed to members hereafter to be de-
rided on.
The Rev. JOHN Bustuev, who repeated nearly verbatim
Imola male by him at a meeting in opposition to the
.1 __t pin ef education, held at the Laden Tavern,
es the Other Merck, sowed the first of a arise of [resent
liaistieas made end seat ia by the briars ecomittee,
Shish was sa follows :
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=et the earned.= that- the arslostra Almetteee desalt Britain
we boa sub= peeneesse et peptise aleeatiee
lhat May have Aron tr its sehwienment dosed alma dilearraged,
end spreed; sod est hs the= purled they have keg. sad still
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Went that had ever bees •••••asl From religious insulia
the the minutes dereeded te that of the wash-tub, and
every washerwoman would be heresterd.
Mr. HAMILTON moved, and Mr. FLETCHER seconded the
had reethaticsa, which wee
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tuA std mama • graduate/ intli• ea the sews.
Inc Exam weed 10 pat the younger portion of the
Media; on their gaud eppdaet the mistaken notion that
ellseation mart 'akar the mind • it may, on the contrary,
weigh down and dope the mind, and prove a tool of
tyranny.
Mr. HENIT Vnscurr, the Chartist lecturer, hoped that
they would endeavour to convince all that the present
meembly was the representative of the true principle of
liberty. They were all convinced that the government had
no right to undertake religions education' and the pre-
sent measure (or placing it in their hands could not be lashed
apes without grave suspicion. Their new-born love of edu-
cation. compared with their hitherto hostility towards it. was
te be looked upon with a suspicious eye. The dissenters, he
rid, had teethe last thirty yeas* been the advocates of edu-
cation, during which time they had been aided by individual
members of the clergy, hot had never experienced anything
bat opposition from the church, as a body. The ecclesiasdad
eyeam had greatly served to obetruct education. The cods-
isYs always said, " Don't instruct the common
r.Ple." Government, too, bad always opposed education.
7t Ma been said that the schools in England under the ex-
iling system were not nearly so well organised as in Freesia.
tee adadated it; but he contended that they had a more in-
telligust populace. Hitherto, indeed, it was the people who
bad always Instructed their rulers, instead of the reverse
=tits ease ; and he instanced the manner in which the
of abolishing the corn laws had been
laud apes ministers by the people. The House
of Cessna be characterised as the place whither old,
beekiddes dogma.; retired, driven there by the people, to
come forth as the ideas of ministers. With regard to the
declaration of some of the labouring classes in favour
of the government measure, he contended that they did so
through ignorance of the true principles of religious or any
other liberty. It should be decided that education does not,
cannot, fall within the province of government ; secular and
relkious matters must be separate.
The Hee. CHAS. STOWELL attributed the revolutions in
France to the workings of the imperial university, and so
with Germany. The mesnure, he contended, teaches the
people what the government really is, and what they had to
expect from it. Let their rulers relieve the people from th,
tide of iniquity which is constantly rolling from the cesspool
of Oxford; Ict them relieve Us from tithes and church-
rates, and then eovernment sever need educate the people.
Mr. 'OOMPH STtEcr, of Birmingham, moved the 3rd re-
solution, which was as follows:
That the scheme being Mus widow and injurious as an educational
measure, In the opinion of this renference, there is nothing to break
the force of Mows collateral objections to which it is liable ; first, ee
baying been brought forward not in the oonstitational form of a bilk
to he discussed in both bowies of parliament, but so minutes of a
committee of the executive. Secondly, as involving the issue of a
large and unprofitable expenditure dig..public money; and, thirdly,
meting an internee on the part of government over the pomlar
manna, which may he at any time employed for objects politically
corrupt, and can waready exist for any monde:vide period without
messing or. influence unfavourable to the national character.
Mr. Sturge said that if be were quite run that it would
ensure a good education, he would gladly contribute to the
measure, but it was clear that the government were the last
Perms to educate the people. He quoted a letter of Lord

Grey in a Guiana journal, advocating compulsory odueation. I
Mr. EDWARD SAVORS, jail., is bray seconding the
resolution, said be had been taunted by the Tunes, and
he °outs-wed not without reason, with having inflicted him-
self on the public. He was certain no measure had ever been
so threatening to religions liberty as the present. If it was
the province of government to take the educatioe of children
out of the hands of their parents, it wu likewise their pro-
vince to make that education compulsory. He then went
over the difl rent clauses of the resolution, opposing them
on his usual grounds, now so well known to the public.
Dr. VA DOH AX, in moving the 4th resolution, observed,
he need scarcely say that his mention in regard to the con-
troversy was one of great delicacy and pain. He had left
the church in order to ensure his ecclesiastical liberty ; and
whatever might hapsen, to the end of the chapter he would
remain a free man. The honesty of dissent was now
tried by the necessity of making sacrifices, which he WY
ready;to make to any extent. It was not a little to the dis-
honour of the press that they should have represented the
proterant dissenters as indifferent to the interests of the
people. History would record it as one of the wrougs which
nonconformists had to bear in their struggles. lie begged
to move the following resolution :
That moot menially this confrere objects to the government mea-
sure as In a sew form allying the state with religtous institutions,
and thus aggravating an evil alreody of enormous magnitude and
pressure, by the creation of a subsidiary eeek starter establishment
Mr. ALEX AN DER seconded the riot ution , which was carried.
The conference was adjourned till 10 to-morrow (this)
morning.

FEMALE EDUCATION IN THE EAST.— A meeting
in aid of the objects of the North London Auxiliary Au ms.
tion to the Society for Promoting Female Education in the
East, was held last evening, at the Music-hall, in Store-
street, which was crowded by a numerous assembly of both
sexes. Mr. Labouchere presided. The committee's report,
the ninth annual one since the formation of the auxiliary,
stated that the receipts diaries the past year. in money, had been
—donations. 1391. 17s. 9d. • subscriptions, 691. 45., making,
together, 1991. Is. 9d. The expenses had amounted to
521. So. 94., which lefta balance of 1461. 13.. The an:diary
bad again been most kindly aided by the continued libe-
rality of " A Steward of Christ," and, in addition, they had
to aiknowledgea grant of 501. for Caffraria, since the balance-
sheet had been made up. This grant had been peculiarly ap-
propriate, as, in addition to their other trials, the minionaries
in that country had experienced the miseres of both war and
famine. Dunng the past year, in addition to the foregoing,
gifts in work and other ways had been received to the
amount of 2191. 16e. 4d. The remainder of the report was
occupied by a series of letters from various distant parts of
the world, where the parent society has extended its lode-
ence, detailing its satisfactory progress in the establishment
of schools, and other means of spreading knowledge and ins-
provement. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Mr.
Cadmar, the Rev. Mr. Graaff, Dr. Clegg, the Rev. Mr.
Gloster, and other gentlemen: and resolutions in support of
the society were unanimously agreed to.
SUPPRESSION OF SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION.

—A meeting wee held yesterday, at the King's Arms Hotel,
New Palace-yard, Westminster, to support Mr. Spooner's
Bill for the suppression of the trade in seduction and prosti-
tution, which is to be reed a second time to-day in the Howe
of Commons ; Captain Gladstone, M.P., was called to the
chair. Prayers were offered up by the Rev. Mr.
Craig. The chairman bad heard only of two objections made
to legislative interference on the subject. The first, that it
was extremely difficult to legislate on so delicate a subject;
the next, that by legislating on this subject they were
giving an injurious publicity to the question. But he thought
that by making public the means that were used towards
these who were the objects of seductioa, it might
be of great service, by producing greater vigilance on the
of those who had the custody of females.
WI: Bishop of Norwich said he came there to show
himself friendly to the principle, and to promote a measure
which had a tendency to correct ono of the greatest evils
that existed in their country, and which reflected on the very
civilisation of England. From what he learned him-
self, from unquestionable sources, the evil which the bill
proposed to remove was far worse than it was represented to
be. Cases had come before gentlemen who had clear
proofs of the guilt of certain parties, whose names he
would not for obvious reasons mention, but they had
found such a difficulty in bringing them under the
operation of the law, that they were obliged to drop
all proceedings, and the criminals escaped. Though he
did not believe that en act of parliament would
prevent what they all deplored, it might effect much good.
There were ramifications in this subject which could never
be conceived but by a person acquainted with all the details.
Human nature actually revolted from the conduct of some
who called themselves gentlemen. The Rev. Mr. Muir pre-
cd that the thanks of the meeting were due to Mr.
Spoonere
favour of his bill be signed by the chairman, in the behalf of
this meeting, and forwarded to Mr. Spooner for presentation
to the House of Commons. Mr. Spooner, M.P., in replying,
stated that he was quite convinced of the ultimate success of
the measure; and Sir George Grey bad owned that the
subject to which it referred was one that was entitled to
every consideration. A petition to parliament, praying the
adoption of the bill, was then agreed to. Thanks were voted
to the chairman, and the meeting ae_parated.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF BLUES.—This society
held its anniversary dinner yesterday evening at the London
Tavern, Bishopagate-street. The Lord Mayor took the chair,
in the ahsence of H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, who was
prevented by a sudden attack of gout from miring his at-
tendance pennant to the announcement. This institution
has for its object the relief of distressed persons educated at
Christ's Hospital, and that of their orphans and widows.
After the usual routine toasts had beast drunk, with all
the honours, the chairman proposed, " The royal and
ancient foundation of Christ's Hospital ; may they
prosper who love it, and may God increase their num-
ber.' This toast having been responded to with the
greatest enthusiasm, the health of hiv. Ald. Thompson,
the president, was proposed, and the alderman in returning
thanks, stated that the school had been in existence upwards
of three centuries, and that the number of children at pre-
sent educated there, in London and at Hertford, amounted
to 1,500. It appeared from the list of donations announced
by the secretary to the Benevolent Society, that her Majesty
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert had each imbecribed
251., and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge 201.
Other donations equally literal were made by the Lord
Mayor, Mr. Ald. Thompson. and others connected with
Christ's Hospital; and the total amount of subscriptions was
stated to be nearly 7001.
Loth OF THE TWEED.—A sabscription has been
opened at Southampton on behalf of the widows, orphans,
and others dependent hitherto on the sufferers who have
unhappily perished with the above unfortunate vessel. One
hundred pounds has already been subscribed.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY. About nine o'clock on,
Monday evening, as Mr. Collier, of No. 31, Upper
Marylebone-street, who had been on business to Ramp•
stead, was returning by the footpath leading from Hamp-
stead church through the fields to the Swiss Cottage,
he was stopped by four men, who bound his hands anTa
with cords, end took from his trousers-pocket 11. 17s. 6d. is
gold and silver monies, and also a parcel of lace, with which
they decamped, leaving their victim bound hand and foot.
Mr. Collier is only able to diatribe two of them, viz., one
about 30 years of age, thin, dressed in knee-breeches and
stockings, and a had: he was en Irishman. The other, shoat 46
year. of age, middle height, and stout, droned is &mien,
and hod a black mask on his face.
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—DEATH IN AN OMNIBUS.
—By Mr. Wakle the Middlesex Hospital, oa the body
of Samuel Allen, ~ aged 68. The deceased resided at
Weethourne-grove Bayswater. Oa Saturday morniag he
went out in his mild Maas of hea4i, whisk was tolerably
good, and got in* a Weilinelesi at Busseater, to
reach the City. He wee ems ear fahketLattadcw.ked=
fit ; and although the assimsa received
to pull up at the flostiiesa'e, Woe they had pro-
ceeded many paces thpired, est was them earthed
on to the ohms inatitatiss, where inellasthal efforts were
made to restore aniamtlam—Verdiat, " Natural death."—
StaCtoll 11011 Ravish or FORTUMIL-11016111 Mr. Charles
Lewis, at the Red Lion public- Leytonstime, respect-
log the death of Mr. Alexander H osedistsOloass,
of No. 3, Grottos-street, Bethuithirma. wet
formerly in possession of =Pates fieethead, hat
in consequence of he was compelled to
mortgage them. He lamas thwrey much reduced and era-
borrowed, and his wile sod 'Wren were on several our
dons unable to procure the SIGINIOS necessaries of life. Ha
was considered very imbeslis, and hr ems gm Sat he had
been in very low spirits. ()a Saturday manlike' lam be left
home, and on the aftermon of the same day he was dis-
covered lying on his hoe la a ditch in Church-Lae, Leyton-
*tone, quite dead, with his throat cut. On the ground where
the deceased was discovered, was found a razor covered with
blood, and also • razor ere. The jury returned a verdict of
" Temporary insanity."