The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-09 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OF OXFORD AND MB. BPJGHT.

Mr. Bright, in his late speech at Glasgow, men-
tioned a case which he had heard of a family of
eleven children, residing within six miles of Winuaor,
none of whom could read or write. The Bishop of Oxford
wrote to Mr. Bright to inquire the name of his in-
formant, and the latter sent the letter to Mr. J. It.
Smith, M.P. fur Stockport, who resides at Ascot six
months during the year, requesting him as the informant
to send a reply. This Mr. Smith did ; but the
bishop, in communicatiog with the Times, and with re-
marks disparaging to Mr. Bright, kept back Mr. Smith's
letter, and pent instead a letter from the ltev.
Mr. l'eaise, a clergyman at Ascot. The Timis
of this morning contains Mr. Smith's letter, Mr.
Smith remarking that he thinks the bishop ought in
fairness to have published it, together with Mr. Peones.
I In this letter to the bishop Mr. Smith said of the parti-
cular case which Ur. Bright mentioned, and which the
bishop's communication would lead the public to sup-
pose was of quite a different character: " The
case of Mrs. Goodchild is only one of the many
cases in this neighbourhood of whole families nut having
been taught to read and write. She is a pour industrious
woman, whom my wife has sometimes employed to sweep
up leaves. She has had seventeen children, of whom eleven
are now living, and not one can read or write. One of her
sons worked for me as a Labourer about two years, and two
other sons occasionally."
Mr. Smith mentioned also in the same letter that during
the eleven years of his residence at Ascot he has haul only
one labourer who can read and write tolerably.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

FRIDAY, NOVIMUR 9, 8 A.M.

h. &Dem.. Sea,
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II 1 121 it. i 1 9.
Nairn 679.63 42 S.W.
I 4 I 9 S.W. oc 0.05I 4
Aberdeen ..,29.6.5 42 N.S.W. I , W. ,re u.us
Leith
azdrceeen 129.71 S.S.E. 1310 • N.W. ol• 0 4,1 2
Greencastle 29.82 44 N.W. • 2 7 • \V.:I.W. ho 62.. 1
Llrerpool 19.77 47 W.S.W. - 7 W.S.W. - -
Holyhead 19.79 47 1% W. 8 9 W.s.W. hl5 7
Pensauce ,64.u4 46 N. 3 7 W.S. W. Ire 0.4 d
Brest '90.44 48 N.N.g. 6 6 I B.w. ;fr. ;0,20 4
Lutteut 29.9648 S.W. 26 ' W.Y.W. 0..8. 2
liochrfort 30.1.1417 W.S.W. 4 4 1 S.W. lor 0.04 2
• Ply-mouth '29.Ui 50 W. 2 8 1
c 0.35 4
u 4:1 4
Weymouth P.0.9.. 46 W.S.W. 5 S.W.s
W. oh
Portsmouth , 29.89 44' S.W. 4 2 I W.S.W. rc 0 31' 3
London -
Yarm044414 42 W.S.W. -I b I S.W.
00 4.0 0,22 -
Scarborough 240.52 44 S.W. 4 6 Y.W.0.02 4
,t 11.11111 28.61 45 S.W. 6 6 b.W -
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REM ARK S.
On onr roasts last night it blew a gale from south-west. bat
this morning the winds nave veered to the northward and mode-
rated. Rain has been very general. Temperature has decreased
considerably on our own coasts, but at Rmhefort on the nest
coast of France it has increased Iv deg with a change of wind
from !Vat to west-south-west. in ricotlaud barometers have
risen from three to ass-tenths of au inch.

A correspondent of the Levant herald writes
from Jaffa:—" The American barque Nellie Chapin has
arrived here with 156 American immigrants, members of
en association which has been formed to colonise Palestine.
Preparationhad been made for them, and plots of land out-
side Jaffa—one about half a mile north, and the other
• couple of miles east, of the town—have already been
secured and occupied by them. Both of these locations
are in the close neighbourhood of our famous orange
gardens, which perfume the ' Valley of Sharon' almost
away to Ramleh. The local authorities have afforded
every facility to the new-comers, their baggage and a large
cargo of building wood which they brought with them
having been allowed to pass the Custom-house duty free.
They are likely to do well; and if ea, the experiment will
be one of unusual interest and importance. The American
frigate Ticonderoga arrived here on the 29th nit., and left
to-day for Alexandria and Malta."
EMIOBATION rum CANADA.—The Boston Tra-
veller says :—.• Quite a number of French Canadian fami-
lies have arrived and settled in Gloucester, finding employ-
ment in the steam cotton mills. There are from 15U to
200 French Canadians employed in the shoe factories at
Stoneham. and a still larger number at Haverill. We be-
lieve they are generally industrious, sober, quiet chimes,
living monomitally, and saving their money."