The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-16 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DVALIN, MAT 1.1.
The Erenitly Mall publishes the following stato-
ment:—" We understand that the Lord Mayor, in
reply to a request made to his lordship by some of
the most influential electors of the city, has declined
the honour of being put in nomination at the next
election for Dublin. Had his lordship consented ho
would, no doubt bo returned by an overwhelming
majority."
The Irish conservatives arc cheering theni,clvcs
with visions of a return of their friends to office, and
arc already dividing the spoils in anticipation. A
correspondent of Satuderis News Leifer writes to
assure them, that a Stanleyite cabinet was actually
prepared to assume the reins of government, on the
anticipated defeat of the whigs on Mr. Urquhart's
motion; and that as soon as Lord Stanley takes
office, Mr. Napier will be the Irish Attorney-General,
and Mr. Whiteside Solicitor-General.

This day is the anniversary of the death of Daniel.
O'Connell at Genoa, and requiems arc to be performed
in several of the Roman catholic chapels for hint.
Referring to the late melancholy death of Mr.
Power, of Gurteen, a correspondent of the Erelik/
Mail says—" The only cause assigned for the eon):
mission of the rash act is, that deceased had been
security for a receiver under the Court of Chancery,
and whose accounts exhibited defalcation to a largo
amount, for which Mr.'Power had been threatened
with law proceedings." Mr. Power was universally
esteemed as an excellent landlord and a most
amiable and worthy mau in all the relations of life.

[FROM A contot3roNnEvr.l
Some attention has of late been directed to the Royal
&hoots of Ireland. They appear to have been founded by
a charter of Charles 1., in 1627, granting sundry lands in
several counties in trust to the Archbishop of Armagh in
succession for free education. In consequence of the mis-
management of the estates, a commission (parliamentary) nt
inquiry was issued about 1811, and an act was passed (13
(ice. ill. c. 107) creating a Board of Commissioners of
Education; and which act specially provided that after
payment of teachers and repairs of buildings the residue
Gould be spent iu giving free education, and founding
tx-
hihitiots in Dublin University, Mr scholars educated at
those Royal Schools. The revenues are about 5.0001. a
year, and the sehtiola are the colleges of Armagh, Dugout-
non, Enniskillen, and three or four others of low note.
Besides the houses, which are built to accommodate canny
boarders, and more or less ground attached, the maters
received from 300/. w :Ala u b.ear, and the first assistant
IOW.; but ter this no return whatsoever is nestle by the
teachers. The boarders payon an average ?mt. a year,whieh
is the usual rate of charge fur board and tuition in the hest
private schools iu Ireland; and day scholars pay Si. to 10/.,
for which sum excellent instruction is here given ; but them
were no free scholars whatsoever until the lord Lieutenant
within the last five years directed the Board of Education
to order 10 free scholars to he received at Armagh, but
the admiwion of the candidates is quite in the power of the
Master, who receives or rejects as he pleases. The cantos
of education is strictly the old-fashioned classical
course, with as much of mathematics as is nee, s-
Nary for the examinations in Dublin University.
This of course limits the scholars to the class of
gentry which looks for employment only in the
so-called learned professions. The exhibitions founded
in Dublin University from the funds of these schools
seem most ill-judaed privileges; tither they c
fine a public benefit to one class, and that class one which
does not require it ; or they entourage parties to enter titan
a university course who would be much better employed in
attaining the science anil ltnowlei4re suited to the require-
ments of the day. It is rather amusing to hear that puhlin
attention has been directed to this shameful misapplication
of piddle funds, not by the force of the case itself, but lir
the recent appointments to the head mastershipo of Dun-
gannon and Armagh having been billowed by new regula-
tions which gave offence to the local gentry; and amidental
harm-minion having 111,11 uinaiuvd as to tile original founda-
tion and bul.ctiuent acts of parliament, the matter is not
likely to ahandotted—the ecclesiastical nature of the
board and primatial influence fully account for the emits-
sive character of the schools.

UNIVERSITY ANI) CLERICAL.
OxFORD, MAY a euttetvation holden thin
morning the proposed alteration in Statute Tit. XV, ste.
I was promulgated.
In the saine eougregatim the fullowingdegrecs were eon-
(erred, viz.:—Baelielor of Divinity: Ike. Edmund Li;l,-y,
Worcester. Bachelor of Civil Law: lion. Francis eludes,
Lawley, Fellow of All NUN, Ormul Compounder. Muster
of Arts: James Clark Roberts, Magdalen ; flee. E.&
Duncan Hall, Fellow and Bursar, and Ike. Henry
Sandal, ; Henry Calverly Blayds, schwas., .I:ia
Henry Easttield Bayly, CO:TU.4 Christi ; William Charles
Salter, Fellow of ; John Oldrid, Magdalen HA
(fraud Compounder. Bathelor of Arts: James C...ig,
Magdalen Hall ; William Markhy and Charles J. Bulls k
Marsluun, Merton ; George David Boyle, Richard Whit-
more Norman, William Speure Cole, and Jwne.. AitLos,
Exeter; John Smith Gilderdale, William Sykoi, and
Charles Holden Steward, Oriel; William Gordon Lick,
Richard William Cotton, and William Stratum, studs at;
Christchurch; Henry- John Burfield, Lincoln; Benjamin
N. It. Batty, St. John',; James Miehaelmo Barrett, Pem-
broke; Samuel Kelum Stothert and Frank Stoma], Wor-
cester; Edward Amory, St. Mary flail; Edward J.
Ranken, New lon