The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-03 00:00:00

R• 0030 SCHOOL—hut night the
annnol aloft at the Bell•strest Ragged Schools, Bell-
ebeet,TlVreee, was held at the School-rooms, re-
take the Thee last war. Mr. Robert }Unbar',
ILP, Hon. read the statement of
RISIORIa. which showed that the receipts amounted to
Ille b.. and that 401. had been paid for the purchase of the
hen aloha outset, with 701 for the builder's °attract but
'RR arosemS of the building then was still 821. owing. A
pima bon ea Ragged School Veins, sod connected
wilt ie allatteet Raged School, stated that on the re-
gister albs Wet there were 361 moors of boys end girls,
el when 136 wiwe wiliest fathers or mothers. In the
=pawl= then see thew 200 ; sad be believed that
bee Weld be istesesel. He waste peados 211. for
the emutellen of the sea oohed& He larthae added that
=ent at the enevemment he the wielibineet of meted
ray heats bd been ebteleell ; sad be stated
ha wetter a fading of 6es miles rend 11. Pears there
tewe Ile day and night echoes he bar, Ws, end in-
gests; that in 128 Sueday wheels then ewe 19,346;
le 143 day dit'o, 14,000 MIND ; sad is 129 echoola,
7,600 ditto—msking altogether about 21,606 eaholars. There
were 46 piney banks, in which were deposited 3,4391. ; and
317 shoeblecks earned 3,6441. Various resolutions were
sa
, and the enemies septets& ligDE ALDG.tTE WARD RAGGED SCHOOL—The
third annual meeting of the enterribers and friends of the
Magee Weed or Mitre-street Ragged School wee held Let
eight at Susses-hall, Leadenhall•street, the Right Han.
the Lord Meyer in the chair. A hyena having been swag by
the ahlthan, who were authored in the . sad an
prayer having been offered by rev. P. C.
=rittelLarman bieor eddreased the meetiag, point-
ing get the advantages of institutiop of this &snip-
Wen, and stating that the number of children annually
gime Is honourable einploent in the metropolis by their
mew seenun'ed to more than 2,000. The =Pee of the
ItitWeed school, he observed, was mainly attributable
hi
un vr auk d efforts of the charitable ladies by whom It
neelentitely managed. The report, w bleb gave a favourable so-
met of the prep, es of the institution during the Ise teen
menthe, stated that the number of children now on the books
wee 275. and that the average attend rooming and seet-
he exceeded 100. The number of children wbo had left the
tool for work or service wee 96, and 40 had gone to word end
ether schools. The ettendence wee continually ineveadag,
age eraate mama
teeny be mere extended seenatine-
alias of the oast wesmerily sealatted.
The Mande of the hot ware, therefore, senetedy =-
MAW te make isarammat axis fur the eatinalon of its sphere
et matables. The trmenrer's account showed that the is.
adult eating the year (incladice a balance of 121. 13e. Id.)
wended to 1741. 10s. dd., and the exprediture (indlig
eopeolt et 401. towards obtaining a larger building) la
Us. M imet:o • balance in hand of 71. 18e. On the motion
of Mr. seconded by Mr. Taytr, the report wee
ind lbw the
addreemre suitable to the mad=
Vhalota beam& the priposedinge terminated with • wee of
thanks W his lordship for hie kindness In preliding over the
mooting.
PIIR ISITNIENT OP MOCK AUCTIONEERS AND
RIDIRsim saa.—Congaa, the proprietor of a notorious mock
enetion-room, in Liverped, has been seatenord by ;he Li-
verpool Recorder to twelve months' imprisonment and hard
Moor, sad to pay a One of 801. Coogan's essistanta, Doyle,
Williams, Groves, and Nerve here been sentenced to terms
al=sensmat and herd labour, vertailront fee to eight
Thome punishments, it Is will check the
Its,
d skis Sincriptkis el triad raerpoca.