The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-14 00:00:00

SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.

Yesterday evening an aggegate meeting of minis-
ters and Sunday-school teachers, in connexion with the four
Louden auxiliaries, was held in Exeter Hall. W. F. Lloyd,
Esq., in the ehair.
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting on the fact
that several district meetings had been held lately in different
parte of the metropolis, for the purpose of estending the
advantages of Sunday schools, to Iccalities where they have
been hitherto unknown. Ho had been upwards of 40 years
connected with these schools, Ind he could look back to the
period at the commencement of the present century,
when the children in these schools did not much exceed
two hundred thousand, and it was therefore gratifying
to be able to inform the meeting they could now reckon two
million of children and a quarter of a million of teachers is
attendance on Sunday schools. This increase had taken
place since the introduction of gratuitous teaching, and be
trusted that the present movement would have the effect of
largely increasing the numbers of those who took an interest
in this important institution. Forty years ago not one sixth
of the children in attendance on Sunday schools could read
the scriptures; but he was happy to tell them that fully
five-sixths were now competent to enjoy that gratification.
Mr. WATSON read the report, in which is was stated
that a number of meetings had been held in various
localities of the metropolis, for the purpose of
devising means by which the operations of the Sunday
School Union, could be extended and increased. It had hoe*
secortained that in London not more than one-sixteenth
the population attended these scholia, while in rural districts
a not uncommon proportioa was one sixth. In the district
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comprehended bY Eastern Atuiliary Branch, the popu-
lation between the ages of five and 16 amounted to about
108,000, bat the attendance at public schools of the nature
of Sunday schools did not amount to more than 63,900,
frem which fact it might be fairly deduced that in that
district there were 40,000 children unprovided with the
blessing of scriptural education, and who, by a little
exertion, might be brought within the influence of
the operations of these schools. In the West London
Union the numbers of the population between the
ages of 5 and 15 were 100,645. The children in Sunday
schools, including 25,000 belonging to classes not likely to
frequent Sunday schools, numbered no more than 62,901.
There was no report forwarded to the committee from the
other unions, but they express an opinion that the state of
facts throughout the metropolis was uniform, and point at-
tention to the general result derivable from these statistic',
namely, that there were in the metropolis at least one hun-
dred thousand young persona who ought to be in attend-
ance on these schools but who utterly neelect• d them.
Ties report next adverted to the indifference exhibited by
some pastors respecting these schools, and appealed to those
Ministers who had been neglectful hitherto, to exert their
energies In behalf of them for the future. The schools at pre-
seat resembled a body in a state of disease, but retaining
drength of constitution sufficient to warrant the expectation
st a restoration of health, with the assistance of the physi-
elan tho physician in the present instance being the
starch.
Rev. J. BRANCH moved the first resolution, which was
*the effect that the number of children in attendance on
Senday schools within five miles of the metropolis was

not at all commensurate with the necesaties of the popouti,..
and that in order to remedy the. evil, it was desfribi;i:
visitati secure the co-operation of the societies
i.ra gag doweil.
ons, for the purpose of nststnuna en imitd7A
canvass in the neighbourhood of each school, and i
titheenion to the physical, m )ral, and religisurewett
scholars.
Mr.
ad CoUTHBERTSON having seconded the resdatios
it was pted.
Rev. S. MARTIN proposed the second resolution, seikhk
oonsisted of an appeal to ministers to come forward se
present juncture with etc!. rrmpathy, aaiduios msd
Anent)* in behalf of those schools, that ti.ereby *ft
might be bnuglst to consider them as au important pod
its agency in any Mg out the evangelisation of the Irma
This resolution was seconded by the Rev. S. J. DAT%
and unanimously adopted.
The meeting having been addressed by 6. ite,„
Rerun, and a collection made in aid of Ott funds of the
schools, the proceedings terminated.

CUSTOM HOUSE AGENTS.—TIte following take
wee issued yesterday by the Commissioners of the Custom'
—" Cues having recently occurred wh.re several
had neglected to comply with tile , Naje
osgol pi
the law, by not endorsing en their licenses the mama el,
individuals acting u their clerks, and also by wniniatiors
have the game duly registered, and also by retaking Oa
liNnses the names of persons who have left their emplaa.
meat, this is to give notice, that shojd ih,tanet Iteria
after come to the knowledge of the oQoamilki.m,„, whntim
such neglect has occurred, the board will Lke immediate
measures to have such license revoked "
CITY COMMISSIONERS OP BEWElts.—Yeterday.
at the meeting of the Commissioner ot Seven, assemble&
at Guildhall, Mr. Deputy Peacock in tilts dart db.
Elliott moved "that it be referred to the Baird
Health (a sub-committee of the sewers commission) to dime
the officer of health to make special report upon the effected
the health of tho citizens of London of Smit too •lel market
and the trades and occupations earr,c,l in, ti&reabeut; .
but after some di•cutsion, upon a show id La, ~,, the lea
alone
and the q
court was adjourn uestion was carried, by a trajottty •,f 20 to 7,ed.
CHOLERA. Yesterday the following fresh oft
were reported to the Board of Health :—Csuimereideed
St. George-in-the-East, 1, fatal WhitechaPel, 2, 1 bill
Bermondsey, 1; Marine Society's Ship, Dept/mi..
fatal ;on board " Mary Tiffin," Shadwell, 2, 1 t,tl . ditt,
" Platoff of Stockton," Rotberhithe, 1 ; Draaaaa.e
hospital ship, 1, fatal; Newtin-Swaffham Colas, 2 ; Ns,borough 13 waffham Union, 1; Carshaltor. . 1, fatal; Lee
pool, 1, fatal ; Edinburgh, 4, 3 fatal ; Glareow, 37, 6 nit
Loudon, 1; Blantyre, 3, 1 fatal ; Tillicoultry, 6, I
Hamilton, for 7th, Btb, and 9th, :33, 20 fatal ; Classy%
1 fatal; Greenock, 7, 4 fatal; Auchittleek, 2, land,
carton, 15, 4 fatal ; Gaston, 3, 1 fatal. Total, 01 es
eases, and 61 deaths.

THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS ELOIsTERED IN
nog during the week ending Saturday last. Feb- 10 was;
Births, 1,673; Deaths, 1,19 G; the average for the wish buil
1,169. The 1,196 deaths registered in the weekllsom
excess on the winter average of 27 ; and as compusegagi
the return of the previous week, they give an inersaisde
This result, to some extent unfavourable, is the
creased fatality of inflammation of the lungs and
especially the latter, which, in propntion to the te"ll4 -
at each ago, carries off a greater number of the old, elm%
former is fatal, almost exclusively, to the you,. ee,
deaths from inflammation of the lunge were lei. or jog go
average ; in the previous week they were ti gym
bronchitis were 93, or 15 more than the average;
former week they were 78, which is the aver..gs oggjec
The readings of both the barometer and thermometer Me
unusually high. Small pox, measles, scarlatina, 664
cough, all show a decrease u compared with tee formerne
turn ; but fatal cues of cholera were 66, from which it 0.,
pears that this epidemic is on the increase in London, his
worthy of observation, that diarriacs sod dysentery am*
37, which is considerably more than occurred in any of the
first six weeks of five previous years ; while the lextilay
from diarrhoea, dysentery, and cholera together is meal •
six times the weekly ge.
CLOSING OF THE HALL OF COMM Eltey.—Tiefi,
flee in Threadneedle-street, built a few yews age bag,
Moxhay, the biscuit baker, and known as the es Nag
Commerce' " has been dosed, after remainine open to 6
public foe six years. The undertaking h s tuned sett
hopeless failure.
AN ASSOCIATION FOR SUPPLYING PURE WAIR
TO TEE METROPOLIS.—Yesterday, several gentlemen inlet
upon Baron Rothschild, M.l'., to request hi. aid sod ale
ration in forming an association for the supply of pees ed
cheap water to the metropolis. Dr. Owen, of Maulers.
square, stated that no doub: 11 irongtotuchild was fully sim
of the great necessitythere was for the supply of pus me
to the metropolis. There were eight water companies Me
supplied the whole of the metropolm,and simoi them Meet
supply from the Thames. Since the large increase el eak
which emptied their refuse into the Thames, the water W
become unfit for use, and it would be f ightiul to enmesh
the result if it was used when the sanitary teenlationsee
into operation. To remove the arils created by the mum
tioa of impure water an association was tieing feinted, the
object:would be to construct artesian wells sufficient to mee
the whole of the metropolis with pure soft water, and thspe
sent deputation wished to solicit him (Baron Rutim
the association in its views by accepting the &lice of preside,.
Baron Rothschild said he had repeatedly refused to uY
part in the formation of companies, and therefore ha did •
see how he could comply with the present request-1
Taverner, the manager of the artesian w; 11. s. Trailer
square and the projector of the proposed plan, intone
Rayon Rothschild that there was no intention of formisgi
company, but an association, to coneist of the leading si
active men in the various metropolitan parishes, and de
it came to maturity to apply for en act of parliament li
wished the baron to understand that it was not intended a
interf re with the existing water e• mpaeles. There em
at present 60,000 houses, containing a eopulatim
nearly half a million persons, unsupplied with Ma
—Baron Rothschild considered that the several em
companies would be affected. Mr. Taverner rephi
that to the extent they were affected, a full m
pensation would be given.—Baron Itothechild ingaiW
bow they preposed to raise the capital.—Air. Taverner ail
the first object was to obtain a bill, and if envie hoserkeepe
subscribed only a shilling each, that would raise more is
sufficient funds. Tha cost of water would not ;mend Ow
year for each house, but if it was contemplated terms
everything like a tax, a rate of about lee. to Liespe
would pay the entire expenditure within eau.—Dm
Rothschild was fully sensible of the vast importable 18 •
eiety of a supply of pure water, and he bud no clack WI
tkey would achieve their object, but from his numweese
gagemente he must decline the henget which the wefts
were anxious to confer on him.—The deputation temid
Baron Rothschild and retired.
ANTI-STATE CHURCH ASSOCIATION.—A Meetie
of the members of this association was held vc-teniayereeig
at the Lecture Room, Suffolk street, llnrnugh; Apia
Pellatt, Esq., in the chair. The Rev. W. H. Bee
proposed the first resolution •
That the union between church and state in this coal=
tivo of almost insuperable obstacles to the dirfueon of
among all classes, and more especially among the Lt.,,es doss*
ing
non.
ligurineeolution was carried wiesout a dissentient.—lrk
Thwaites moved the next resalution:
That, in this, as In other countries, the endowir.ert ofreheidg
the state is, politically, socially, and financially, .tit intakes*
therefore this meeting rejoices in the rapid prf.,,“•••• et the
advocated by the British Anti-State Church Ass:x.2loo, ti 4
to express its unqualified winitratioe of the °Darrow,
eelf.denying coarse recently ;Una by the lion. liaptisiak•
aiding from the church, as by law established is V.r. olauf.
Mr. (1. land seconded the resolution, which was pled
unanimously; and, thanks having been voted to the due
man, the meeting separated.
BATHS AND WASHHOGSISB ANNTAL REPORT.
Yesterday a meeting of the subeembns and committee old
above institution was held in the Board-room, in ciFIF
street, Eusten-square. The report, the second mused la
congratulated the founders and suppritten on the feet, tee
their expectations have to the fullest extent been Mee
During 1618 the bathers had been 111 Tiki "
• • W
r. irone, manglers, &0,, 51 ,6! 10 ; individuals
246,760; articles of clothing washed, 2,220,510: WWII
total since August, 1846, of three millions and a WE le
statement of receipts for the-yeste included a Melia'
lance of 611. 6s. Ild., donatirns and sulneeleia
1821. 16s. 10d. ,• receipts from baths, wash-hems, IntiFei
ing baths, 2,3161. 15s. 9d. The expenditure, includisgs
payment of loan of 6001., left a balance of 31. A. in Mho;
of the bankers; the loans and liabilities amount to 2761. •
extend the operations for accommodation of 6,000 poor er
sons weekly, a building for their accommodation Is F
to which the Queen, Priece Albert, the QA=agar, the Duke of Bedford, the Archbishop of Dell
bury, ste. &c., have already subscribed upwards of I,o*
" BRAZILIAN" PRIZE MONEY. —Sir,—As you Wile
the justness of my cause, I h.ipe you will insert this lain
valuable journal. The government of Brazil, is IN
rocvered to the Brazilian government. Mow only one-third
hisedrant,ptaLtshuemsqoufa;l27oo,
4::;ihefonr
th! r
pitiescon ttasaittnen4 414
this sum his been paid, and although repeated ambler:
have been made to this highly-principled Imperial Brew'
petitions that have been presented on behalf of t
government, it has taken no notice whatever of tit:oleos/I:1
claimants, some of whom have received wounds spa bar
been disabled for the remainder of their lives in tide ler"!
Is not this one of the many acts of ielustiee that regale
is t
aid of Mr. Cobden and the public press ? A Serreeti-
London, Feb. 12.
JENNY LIND has, it is stated tn. the Liver
Standard, consented to sing in aid of she sufferers by the in
colliery explosion near Barnsley.
Rev
THREATENED IMPRISONMENT OP TILE
81101 LE.—The Patriot is not sorry to find that the Bister
Exeter has taken out the necessary authority for the IP;
sonment of the Rev. J. Shore, ot"rotnes. 'kite bir•
t e Lordr
rap,John
to
take
gthsetems,
ni
INQUEST, YESTERDAY.—REMOV.SL ..,1—
Pia
80NEtts.—Hefore Mr. Bedf ed, at the Millhank Prigooj
the body of J. Neale, aged 21, and A. Cooke. ag
ttle
of whom were removed trom the Reformataie died and
iwtiallthonee no alienates*
lend, while in a weak state of health, and died is
le
quenoe. Bath the deceased priaouers, it appeared'o
under a sentence of transportation ter Men Ye!". s:
the 19th Dec. last were, with several other pnexeLl
moved from the Wakefield gaol to the Portland prfeFLeLj
the deceased appeared then very ill and feeble, spa
to suffer from thejourney, but they made no ecneetboj
arriving at Portsmouth, where they had to col ""
a steamer for Portland, Mr. Hopper, who had
them, observed them to be ill, and, laving Ter ._.:eted
the medical officrr at the hulks, they had ine&F"
with others were then chsined gam
put on board the vessel, and conveyed to r

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