The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-01 00:00:00

THE ASCENT 0170.10 ELEMINATIONS.

The first thing which must strike every one who
looks at the eeelysts of the essaleedoefis in June is the vent

proportion of failures to 1111001111•114. Of 1,239 candidates who
mitered their names, 89 did not emir to be examined, so
that the porous actually subjected to examination only Dura-
bly"' 1,150, mod of thine 1,150 tmly 429, or about three-
eighths, seceded hs sanalying the examinees. We were
quite sum hos cwir town koewiedge of middle class education
that the prindpal mom of this fellar• of five-eighths of the
candidates Aron from that want of thoroughness id
instruction which is so fatal a obarsoteriffitio of

many of oar sohoole, especially of those width ere oandeoled
is ;elver speoelatious. We were hardly prepand,
bower, to lad that the result so completely veri-
fied oar ongeolaire. By kr thereat, prepcetioa of failures,
we loath erne from Ignorance of orthography sad arith-
artie—as plain Wish, dr candidates teeth net spell sad
maid net old, subtract, enaltiply, and divlde. This fa sue-
rad, arearking endreortiiying, berme if shears act only
the papa's ignorance, bat what le of Whitely greater ina-
perm% the methefs Mar went of knowledge of that igno-
rams ; dr we sea lewdly suppose that a sdaseimmter. who
was Ware that his sobekte were deadest la them reapers,
would have eat dim In to the eximineaks. dot
we cerrinly were tarried to dad that may
of the esnidates (033 eat of 171 mew the m
akes) weld have ebtard heaters, se path woe
their peddrosey in the ethanol Diktats. Of they had
net kid in such thithey sd emerday orders es
ceihography, writing, aselyele maim eridiasedu
ifsegagetneigh thaw, end Reglla gieethes. We
ma Madly sedemieed how aNI ithe- thews •
fah el Lotia ma fail hi
bow malltar Arland a Ormastielia4zses.=.6l
the ltale ef These • angreas stesellikm Bat. isiesth•
pithethible es It meg the kit did Tai shove
dr math le width siswariy k oar
math this easel; flar the odor= boys ao in more
theory breathes et larindeg. It matrked, that the
lime girth for earreirkg the en these pre-
Wass, salters woe noddy sot that hardly
watt thee was given far revising_ And was written ;
bet, Nee err
petted allowance Iler Mb theamMenos, them
is sale krg• w of Whoa kr ithidi it dill kedly
atesath

These are two other reasons Icw the Imp moperative nime-
bre diallers' which w an glad to as*" Wean they
show bet di the Mum did sot net will the selhoolmeatees.
The diet le time many d the amdidaies were arse ohildma-
-71 el them Wag between t 3 sod II yam et ege—who ewe
bat jet law mewl des the heads 111 the smemesid, and.
whosathe Univereity is. EMIR have intended le mashes ;
while dm INKCIDd IN that the eneaninstion we a perfectly now
thim, end therelbre the solmeohneetere could only game at
the *me et prodleleney (obi* wealth, embed hoe wadi-
dates. la tater, they will endemeend this better, and will
au be able to save themegves lad their gelds ffolll
ssll-
!yh[ and damaging hilhare.—Lamle Nortry.

MELANCHOLY END OP AN OPIUM EATER.—Oh
Saturday last, Coenabis 'Mahon, of the local taros, wiles
emitting demi Dansiall-drast, observed • Ma efteraWtte
the Other side at the strestos tt under the isdlemens at Wok.
ceenelie naturally wont moron the street kr
pest custody; bat, tehre Ktn=
reethed as ms where he wee, the appereatly drunks use
wee lyisyst the street 4 pest diem% awl the ego=
he deerseller tho seestaW ern ey woe. " I as
A sr as imedtalskoricterdirtaima convoyed as
syselly peollis to where as dhd
la •be sesta& efterwaids. It Is's that le either
ossedholl takkig, or lavolodarliy estilesed • piss of
opium. broths essaked, a Sete ves hied la bin math,
mad • eilWdestlie eirsiky is Ids yew Deemed we
sews* Asa day yeas el see. Ma aimed ids Moe-
hood by the side elpertodicals for Leis pabliel=zi;
bar of which ereelliel his mega whin the imbrue
termination wee pat to his lib. Irovoisellead Ns ease le
es 0' Um. Thew who knew him date that he we is
hsbitur ophint-tnisr, Au inquest will be held on the body
to- dey.—fferthene Why.