The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-16 00:00:00

STATE OF POLLS.

WEXFORD 00IINTY.—(CLosz).
Wllabca • 4,00'2
=i3 3,026
2,909

LIIIRRICZ 00IIMITY.—(Chaia.)
Itairodl
Disks=
87s= 2233

LOUTH COUNIT.—(Cion.)
Yoetom
beam l2lO
MoClistock ll2B

LONDONDISIT COMITY.—(CLosi.)
Dawson

Hoyeabe n4
Omer

KILIZIMY Couin7.—The Hoe. W. Ellie, Ser-
jeest Wm, Mr. Grams, sad Mr. Moore were nominated
ea estorday. The *hew dime& was te kvoar of Mr. Elite
sad Mr. Grease, imd • psi wee demanded.

1680CIANON TOR PROMOTING TOE MINERAL
IMPAIR OP TER 'MIND.

A very interesting and fashionably sa well as
most numerously attended meeting was held on Saturday, at
et. James Hall, I. sapped of this institution, which owes
ta as awashis lady, Mrs Gilbert, the daughter of
the I hap of Chichester, herself afflicted with deprivation
id light, and to whorls/Wring exertions and liberal multi-
Wiens much of the meson which bee attended the sediels-
ties is des. The undertakiag was commenced in 1854 and
ion mil object was to maws regoler employment to blind
wedging mars, end to obviate them difficulties which reduce ao
deny blind proms to the position of street musicians or
almost beggars, and whither's' from the went of opportunity
to Mara a trade, and the want ol a market where the per
duets of their labour may be sold, even when they succeed in
mastering any of the very limited number of industrial
occupations to which they are eligible. In January, 1867,
the association as it now exist. was founded, and it
at present sffords employment, in various ways, to 67 blind
' men sad women, of whom 33 are supplied with regular work
at their own harswa, at sums varying from lb. to le. per
week; 26 are isstraeted and employed at the Institation of
the smosiation, and aim are engaged in selling goods for
lam society. Parilaskw attention is paid to the instruction of
dross who cm account of age are ineligible for sdosiadon to
many ether institutions. And a boarding-house has been
opens& be the convenience of theme who are anxious to Sod
• holm The mental and eels-ious welfare of the tilled is
afro might; a tree circulating library has been established,
from which books printed in relief are lent to 65 blind per-
mits ; and is/traction to given in reading and other branches
of doodle. A special department has also been organised
to sffaed to the blind a good musical education. To secure
the continuance of the aseociatlon, and in the hops of ite be-
coming gvadodly enlarged, sad to • great extent • self-sup-
porting national institution, the foetidness has subscribed
2,000 f. towards an endowment fend.
The meeting of Saturday was presided over by the Bishop
of Lott DON, who le the presidena of the Institution.
Toe Bishop of CR ICH ROMA took part in the prodiedinge,
The Bishop of OXFORD moved • resolution Dy which Ai
meeting resolved to do all I. its power to moist the amoeba.
Son to ila allot. to improve the condition of the 30,000
blind persons in the United Kingdom. The right reverend
prelate, fa aa doasrnl appeal, erred the claims of the Mali-
bathos, use mln feature of which woe that in edminister-
lag its charity Pathan who most needed It, it avoided any
odopecaho fpithd— phi, for it simply placed those to whom
God in Ids ssie heldenkid the bkming of sight in a
Mitjaet . It appeared that there were
hlind in the metropolis; and at this mo-
nist OWN WON applicants toe admission to the institu-
tion; and they were told that 4001. was Needed to be raised
to maintain 20 blind paned , who were now compelled to
bag for the mesas of etheidenos while they were learning a
lamb, be order that ti might he:enabled to support demi-
"elves by their own wiry. Sorely Shoes whom God had
blessed with the Inestimable boos of eight would at ones
make up that paltry sum. If twenty gentlemen on the
taiwould only give 2W. each, the thing was done ; and
wZd gladly contribute hie 201. (Cheers)
Mr. K. PALMak seconded the motto., and urged the
defies of the emaciation in withdrawing the destitute blind
hem the temptation to add to the number of street beggars.
La sheering bow capable the blind were of inotruction, he
mentioned the use of • young blind gentleman who entered
tie University of Oxford, and aided by his sister successfully
obadied there, and afterwards went to ladle where he studied
Semicrit, and wee now • candidate for the professorship of
that leagnage in the university at which he was educated.
The resolution was carried.

Jelf (the Principal of King's Col-
lage), Dr. Robinson, and other gentlemen, addressed the
ateellt eapport of the association, and their appeal wsa
to by a liberal °attention.
..117rfilfltort, sad mineral other blind ladies sad gentle-
men, were mongol the company, and apparel to take s deep
bating in the proosedisp.

LORD DUET AND THE IRISH QUAICEIL—The
Dahlia Mail ol Prklav evening publishes the eabetence of •
Pthgiven by Lard Derby to • deptitsioa ham the Irish
ent,whe welted • day or two ago oat the Prime Minister,
e wpm of preeeating a peace memorial to the noble
serl:—. Lord Derby began by saying that the flociety of
Friends in baked bad only dose junkie te the Wainere la
sessmits that they had hitherto used their beet exertions In
emleaveurisi to promote a settlement of **existing rill-
humus ; sad that, although at premst, when the hostile
armies wire almost within sight of each other, such attempts
might be unavailing, yet that they would continue to be
wends/al to erahrece every favourable opportunity that might
present Itself to toadied° betwees the tomtits. He
elated that they bed acted with strict y Weems
the hostile plinth, and that, by coetendegto observe • mint-
ier course of conduct, he hoped the ties might come whin
see& median's would be accepted. Lord Derby fortes'
added that strong as were the feelings of the Society of
Prised* on the subject of the war, yet that they bad need no
weed too sirup to express his own trollop with reseed to
it—that the government was reit:dyed to observe an satire
matedity ; wed that as eleoweetemos Mort of the absolute
necusky of self•defenes would justify them In involviag
Chest Drat& la say mourner in the approaching strife."
RAILWAT BENSTOLENT INITITHTION.--The
di-
reeked state In *air report that the sure now is the hands of
the *Nom somata to nearly 3,0001., which they bane de-
ckled en ineteneg It Leedon and Nortb-Western 4 peening
detonate hoods to the extent of WOOL There was an
Imperhat principle much twisted cm by thou who took •
inakkbast pert et the dinner In aid of the fonds on the 10th
of Mink bat, t 3 which the &Rectors baits particular
seek& It wee that, the laslitetke, to be • peemeneut ew-
ers, mast be as nearly as possible self-supportiog, end mutt
set to eagisdnfgree be dependent on urinal Md. It could, of
111011710, coats that position by As comsat adhesion of
thou Mira of the railway service Sc. the basalt of whose
lawlllss It le derived. The board tberadare earnretly impress
ea nem members the deny of tiarowing anbeariban to the
inetitntiss without delay. Meetings bays been held at the
priacipal stances of the Great Western, London, Brighton,
and South Cos* gad Midland Railways, which were hung•
mealy ettendel by the oaken of the respective lines, sad the
result showed the advastage of such meetings, both la re-
moving athithaseptione end Is exciting en intend is the
institution. The promoters at the "Pala of the People"
have mule to the faelltutlen the liberal offer of Sys weal of
hatheid lead Is the selpfdroarbood of their proposed building
as •ohs for to loslttollsa, as the rte toriltics that the
amigo shell he spprowed by their arithieeet. The booed have
weasel this liberal elk but have math maw to theatre-
mop, and will, of rawer, take so father Asp Is the wetter
without the full comsat of the atembant The dosatkas kr
the year ruling the SO h of April, 1869, sweated to 1,197/.
Ind the subscriptions to 4331 —total, 2.2301.
NEAPOLITAN EXILE Ft NO.—The secretary of the
coalmines appointed for the easel= of the Nierditen
smite hod is Liverpool, kid beforethe cornaktmeas Swanky
the label sisonst of eubseriptions, 3501. Is IL, kr 241. fer
swam. It wag remarked that soma soma hod tom far.
viola to Maim from Limped dimst, beim it was knows
tat a lerel had woad be seised.
CRYSTAL PALACE. HALF - DROWN DAT.
. lieevapar, Yee —Adinisdone as payment, 1,391,
Me by ONUS IWO. 1,347. Total delteeell,7l/.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

WOOLWICH, MAT lb.
The °read, Woolwich steam-vessel, proceeded yes-
terday morning to Shoeboryness, with a complete battery of
royal artillery, who are ordered to undergo a amuse of gun-
nery eureise—snd returned to Woolwich with Captain
Fisher's third battery of the ant brigade, ordered to be eta-
timed at headquarters.
His Royal Higbnese the Duke of Cambridge visited Shoe-
burynees during the past week for the purpose of inspecting
the !arrangements in megrim for the bestitemloo of the school
of gunnery for tbo regiment of Royal Artillery.
TM Industry, 2, iron screw store-ship, Muter-CommanderGawp I. Hodges, arrived at Deptford yesterday afternoon,
to discharge a cargo of returned storei from Rio de Janeiro
and Asuman& She has been 54 days on her return remade,
having ezperiesced a emersion of rough weather. Bb. left
Plymouth we Tuesday, mad on Friday, whilst off Damen/es,
one of her engines broke down, and ahe continued her
voyage under earl.
The whole of the additional shipwrights, fie., required et
this dockyard, amounting to 240, have been obtained, the
majority frout Gremook end the North of Riglarsi.
The Firefly, 4, paddle sissin-vessel, last from the West
Coast of Atka, was yesterday undocked aster eateneive
repairs, and Is to be thought forward for service.

CHATHAM, MAT 15.
A sadden order wen rescind yesterday morning
by telegraph, from the Berm Guards directing the 18th
company of Royal Ihregfuestv to Ironed at ten:ly boor
to-morrow morning to Weynxialk-for the p of being
employed in putting the line of mast in that neighbourhood
in a thorough elate of defence, and erecting batteries and
earthworks for mounting heavy guns. Oa receipt of the
order the men belonging to the nospeay were employed the
whole day in selecting large quantities of sapping and mining
tools, end other implements need in engineering, which were
despatched to the Strood station for the purpose of being for-
warded to Weymouth. The officers ordered to proceed with
the 18th company are Captain R. Hawthorn and Lienteneat
N. Peters. The Royal Engineers will leave Brompton-
' barracks to-morrow morning at 6 o'clock. Colonel Bandham
has also reeeleed orders from the War-office for Lieuteoant
the Hoe. W. Le Poer Trench, and a detachment of 40 non-
commbeionad officers sad men, selected from VAtiolla rom-
panire to proceed from head. waders, to-morrow, to Sou.h-
ampten, where they are to be employed in surveying opera-
tions preparatory to the erection of defences In that neigh-
bourhood.

A Horse Guards circular has been received at this gar-
rison direc.ing that any (Albers or soldiers proceeding on
duty and travelling by the "limited mail trains," recently
established, are to pay the ftel fares charged to the public
generally, the usual contract rates not applyiag to theme
tram

RECIWITINO FOR THE NAVY IN LIVIIRPOOL.—The
Anion op that since the promulgation of the Queen's pro-
clematiou, volanteerfep for the navy hes gone on at • tole-
rably nod rate, ths inducement of the Mooned boauty
having led many to offer themselves for the senior. The
enrolments in the port of Liverpool have avenged taw.
day during the lest wash. Up to limatday night 120
had paned and two batches, et about forty man each, were
rut off to London on Yeseday and Thursday ezroings, as
route for various naval stations. A imge draft will be for-
warded to-day (Monday).
DURRAX AUTILLEY MILITIA.— This body
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Slotted, bee bele
reported reedy for service, ana daily expect orders to leave
Bishop Auckland for Portsmouth or the ble of Wight on
Tuesday next. The men have already & very sold W-like
appearaace, end have behavefflut a amour hkeisly oreditalle
so their officers and thateselne—Dartington Timer.
THE ROYAL EAST KIENT YadffiANßY.—Notioas
have been fasurd hy Mr. Dee lee, M.P., the colonel of the
Royal East Kent Yeomanry, for the mumbling of the reg-
ment on Friday neat, the Oi h isseant, at Dover, when it s
understood en inspection will lobe plea by Colonel Belden.
The regiment cone.sts of six troops, and is the notice for-
warded to the different captains, Colonel Deedes states that
he has received en intimation of the government to aril oat
the whole of the yeomanry regimeott for permanent
dariog the ensuing year. A considerable mambo: of
farmers have meetly Joined the various troops.

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VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS FOR OXFORD ONIVER.
BITT.—We understated that the 'meanest mods bilars-
bridge towards establishing a mima in rifle cape is • tto
be flowed by the members of the University of Oxford,
the authorities having given their adhesion to the project.
A committee, conelatat a • representative from each epilogs
and hall, is about to be formed. It is understood that the
university will act indepradantly silks city.
RIFLE CORPS FOR BIRMINOHAM.—Ia the course
of the last weak • project was sat en foot for the formation of
• rifle corps in Birmingham, and a meeting on the subject
was held at the Atheoreum-rooms on Saturday. Oa the day
previous to this mec.iag taking place ancther had been con-
vened fre Tuesday week, by a circular signed by • dozen
gentlemen, chiefly merchants, bankers, and 'elicitor'. It
was urged at the meeting on Saturday that the two parties
engaged In the movement might unite, and that it was de-
sirable they should do so; bat it was mentioned in reply that
the parties whose Mann IMO appended to the circular were
desirous of forming "a salsa corps of gentlemen." This
announcement was meived with tome expressions of sur-
prise at the outdone' of so unpatriotic a sentiment in relation
to such • matter. It was suggeeted that um mayor should be
requested to convene • town's meeting on the subject; but
nltimatay it was readesd that the lord-lieutenant of the
anal should he counted as to the mode by which he pre-
paid that the peochunstikin of the Secretary for War should
be aerial into prectkal operation ; and obit the view to this
sa Amman took place nail Thursday next.