The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-29 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL EDUCATION SCJIEXE IN
IRELAND.

A return, issued this morning, gives a variety of
partisdars relative to the reepretice proportiose is which
ties religiose doiosizielioasis Imbued partkipeto is the

nationalsduestion "Acme. Of the 669,615 ehiWna on the
tuns Jar ills quarter ended the 31st March, IEI6B, of national
schools in ths provinces of thrter, Munster, Latour', and
Connaught, 29,130 wore of the established church, 481,064
▪ catholic., 67,018 prosbyterists, 2,216 •` other pro-
testing divulgers," sad 117 of a religious denomination
not known. The tenths.., inoludiog paid monitors,
work taletresees, kc., were thus divided:—Established
church, 6711; Raman catholic, 7,403 ; presbyterim, 1,142 ;
dlumters, 79; sad nabnown, W. An analysis of a realm
el the relisbros_ donoseheationa of officers is the slit-
vise of the board (whom amen and religion:, belief are
events detail la this report. and eves their county sod town
of birth) who are Is receipt of slacks or emoluments
amonating to 100 f. Cr upsrm*, shows the following result:
—llstailialbsel church, 32; Roman cetholics, 67; meshy-
!!tirol422. use gentleman is given as

w;Fiir'airia-cii;i:Ta—reWaar auloiamion A gip7oar re-
turn rotative to eaters with salmis oilier 100/. gives:—=r
%Wished church, 12; Rowe catholic, 28; presbyteries,
11; dimmers, 2 ; sad. "sot stated."

Till MARX/NO AND rexmarioN OF
.DWELLING.

Yesterday was issued a copy of a report to the
Dew cal Board of Health by the colorer Wooers appointed to
income into the warning std ventilatios of dwellings. The
coutoe'riai niera ore Messrs. W. Faithairs, ERZ., J.
Olosteer. F.R.S., and Charles Wheatstone, F.R.S Dr.
Flayfair was appiLted comaiimioner, Lut does not append
his signature on amount .1 abeesce through excessive eagage-
malts from tie sitting.. The report occupies 100 pages of a
blue b oil. The commissioners radar tato minute details an
to Baer °Le:Teatime and experiments, and print an abstract
of inveniione which they consider sound in priaciple
sad from which they think tome form might be con-
etrorted enitaLle to all descriptions of dwelling-houses,
',meowing smoke and etionntnising fuel. The commissioners
&scribes's° • eyerare of boatiog ant vitt letion, which they
madder entitled to the attend eu of architects and builders as
en experiment worthy of trial. "It will be • questioo,"
they Jay, "if cot at present, at no very distant future,
whether there shochil Lot be some legislative enactment to
eaf nee the pre-ti.. el operation of regatta similar to those
arrive! at in regard to resided, n, and effntiag • better AMAMI THRATRICAL.3.—The refusal of Major-
.) stem In the eassureption of fuel, and in the erne- Genteel Byre, the Commandant of Chatham garrison, to
thm of sew dwelling houses upon a better and steady allow the proposed perfemaaacoe at the Rochester Theatre
improved eyelets of ooce'mution." Towards the close of lto take place last week, has excited some comment and OW-
Utak teport the Comatisseottets elmounce in the strongest prim. This refusal Is so amonlance with the fool-
meaner a syitein of worming and reatilation exhibited at the to g shown by the former cemmandants toward* such enter-
Wrlhugton Lorick.; "a mune def.ctive system could sot be Petelthat the public era at a loss to know why the officers
devised" end J....cities that the bat racks in other parts of andn. selves should have been deprived of some very
the kisgAme, are not superior, if at good, the comothrioners rational amusement, and the Garrido Companionate Fund
proceed to direct &grottos to she evil, and defects which of some raluable aid. Hod there performances been shown
cold not wily is the coeetruction but the management of to be detrimental to good discipline end likely to divert
eu.ctliebmests. They find that in the ',mania:Um of profitably the attention of commissioned MB era from garrison
the rooms et the barrecks, there are no meths provided
there,,Jute no one
wouldw have complained of the Intervention of
foe a supply f air at all rourvalent to the consumption r tres prpt them But amateur theatricals
that is wratiouely gong en during il.o hours of rest, or loguiled the tedium and avelic,r4 the horrors of tea siege
when the whole somber of con heppon to be pr,adet In the of Sebistl ; they have Wears been encouraged in her
roma for acy length of time. lisch r them eireametasess, Majesty's &let and at the camp at Aiderehott ; they
lade id at having • ripply) of 20 waffle feet of froth air per attracted the attention and 'swivel the patronage of
sae, they mance. by pembitity, when the deer Is she., leave the sovereign herself. Them who attended the performance
see fourth of that .apply. Livirg and Me itheng in such an on • former occasion at the Itceheeter Theatre went away
araso-pliere, lope/a did with ell the impurities of putree. highly gratified with a moot or ditthit display of histrionic
east belles er effluvia peorewtng from the lungs of to many t elan'. They hays not forgotten the easy versed:iv of Cap-
; prows In • math space, impite saffliest to account for the tale Blase, R.E., the Reclaim of Mr. Bedford, H.E.8.C.L.,
uateselthy state of Pe army awl the consequest lijetties and the farcical powers of Mr. Hale, R.E., shoes vivacity
which ea atnio,pbete of this kind moat eveataally, and at to the farce of the Aformeray excited the cariosity of the
ao very di.tent period, entail opal the health of those who • Qom, who honoured thin noo-rofessimuil son of Thee*
eresubjernof t e it. Th tr ea to conviirolon, however ohm- ,by ahmtlimeidll him "in his habit' ea he playa intothe
. row, but what moo ultimately te underwisid by nth • ' royal prernoo at the Pavilion. But for some moon the
• ocess ; the padoen is in the striesphe re they Lreethe, and It officers of the Ist and Tad Depot Battalion. are not to be
; Gaut to be we oi at that dlories and ilsath are the result allowed to exhibit their caper:it! to represent the characters
The discomfort of the roes to Increased by other artier). In a play written by the Right Hon. the Secretary of the
mats which the i•mcculesbai re meet ell. They compere Potenes r, or to turn aside a moment from the conveatiocal
the spies tempi." by the 'oilier. in barrack. with that drill and the monotesoue p erode. They must devote their
, enjoyed by perrene in crowded elks like latieheiter, wed days to duty, and their nights to devotion. We trust the
is the age cultural dior end In hoih the aouu,arison t, military effects of these restrictions will be perceptible, but
gab,' the soldier. " Lflailag at Itoce cirrawrtearee al..ne, it is difficult to eulogise that the frank and manly character
pogspod,ot of other ...pa, rete.res it Is not of the British officer can reelairs such slued. maternal wild-
! thatthe mortality is eh, aerey sh ea be to mesh's !Macon Lade for his welfare. Dentlamen immured In garrison towns
;of the of she intmbinata of articultor .1 elistriets end of will anIOIC themselves in is woe way, surely it is Lethr that
. tiwas:• The oneandeelorars add We would urgently they should be encouraged to seek intellectual recreations
direct the attention of the Misieter of War end the Hmse than driven, by au excessoldiscipline, to lees ennobling and
Otters t the al's elute necessity oft roving more room and tree entiefaeleerMomdmi—ligithims Jour eat,
airewomodatios for the soldier in Leer eke ; end the', iestaiil EMIGRATION TO TITS CAPE.—Tho Vocalist arrived
I a MY) italic feet of spate, that COi to SOO c obic feet should b. during the month at Algoa Bay, with • great many
laimed per men, or, es he the rw of the Wellmetaa Nstr• '• permit" emigrants on hoer!, several of whom Mr. Field
Trek.. that only 10 moose should ,:copy the space allottei himself admits are unit Ibis. Those of the free class who
I t ; out 'kit them rag teations g.. 4111 roe eof arced as soon came by tole meal have bola steely all employe,. We have
se extra epees can be provided throughout the whole of the now received in all 2,000 coals, but they appear to have so
• Vatted Kingdom. Alai, that • tome economical and healthy " malted "or absorbed in the population, that it is difficult
eystere of besting and vent being be tote:Aural, and that to Meath 'heir it hereabout.. The colony is capable of re-
ether comenesces, wick cs the impriroi fir -grates sad calving • greet many more, especially if the Grey policy of
1 letter formaies of the chimney tors be istrothced into advent,* sod motexition be not disturbed or revereed by a
every nom, is retry barrack of :he k Ltdom. Should these change of governor, There is a dna country near Queens-
'ague -.toss be a lore!, wad the rem..les properly applied, taws, Loureded on the east by the river lodwe, and moth by
the term will won arrive when tee wealthy trouser of the Kaffrasie, capable of subdirialon into three or four hundred
Erteih army web Lew • surponsm and wove equally sate- terms, egit of which would employ • man, his wik, sad
Uttar,' that of nay Ca faint I,lth, c.vomunity." ' femily—say 1,600 rola. TM. tract belongs to the crown;
tno esble potentate has any claim or title to it. It is rich,
I fettle, and well watered. Ceder an actin magistrate it
would make a nice country, sad if the iohabitants of •
doze I &Wish viWeges could be traneferred to it, as import-
ant *top in civilisation sad adranownent would have been
made, sad additicaal security conferred epos the ismer dis-
like.. But all ere new hawly looked apoa as secure. We
have bees dear of the din of sin for eight years—rather a
long likely
of rare--end, jtadgiag from eppearascee, we
am to cowrie. to enjoy this bbesing, provided, as
above obry see!, Out ti e cost re of the pre hae of policy's
kept free from meddlers and axprimeatallate.—GreAtimetose
Amnia, Yob. 12.

At.cta n INDtA.—The nettnl atreneth of
the .irtity is led s. st 'boasts at Iht Is,e n turns (o,tober.
ISM), I. gives Li a psrlisrasstny sawn, whial was insitd
'hie to, relax se 31140. This Inu risdals .1 tM Idiort-
isa r snag Zuropton asestaisuodwid oaken,
WO; isrepeas nos-6.1•11.6..01ted sad nth crud Cu. 11.317.
Ilse 111.40.110 lolls tones • Esnprec r dvsl.s.l•,asd.lkers,
1.1111; languor' nowt sunsiodersd, sc 1 roak sc,l dk,
1,111;..d m.o.* eoesoioe... ww...hmet,
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NAVAL AND MILITARP.

ADMIRALTY, MARCH 28. —APPOINTMENTS.—
Manton J. W. W I. Hell (1845), to the Flassed, 42, at
Woolwich; CI, walium (1851), to the Llghtaisg, 3, peddle
wheel steam vessel, at Pembroke; O. B. P. Bwithe (1851),
to the Algiers, 91, screw steam ship, at Portsmouth; and
It. Sturges& (1863), to the Terrible, 21, peddle-wheel steam
frigate, lleilterramen statics, vice Bwain.

PORTSMOUTH, MAUCH 28.
Her Majesty the Queen will arrive at the
Clarence Yard, Oavort, en roues to London shortly
four o'clock to-morrow afternoon. A detachment of the
Royal Marines Light Infantry will form the guard of
honour.
The Royal Limerick Mattis arrived at Portsmouth to-day,
from Parkhurst for garrison duty.
A court-martial assembled en board the Victory (flag-
ship) to-day to My Alexander Read, boatswain's mate of the
Leopard w the charge of stealing a pair of tro weer*, the
properly of James Beck, ordinary seaman. The prisoner
was found guilty, and matenced to six months' imprison-
ment, with hard labour, and at the ex*atioa of that term
to be dismissed from her Majesty's was to disgrace.

WOOLWICH. *moot W.

The most active preparations are now in progress
at the Royal Arsenal to commence the manufacture of riled
ordnance, tinder the direction and in accordance with the
plan of Sir William Armstrong, C. 8., who frequently visits
the establishment, and has fall powers to cony out the
arrangements of the new factory, and other details. The
Old Lancaster Shell Foundry, a moat commodious building,
is bang completely refitted, sad suppled with necessary
machinery, completely
and the manufacture of 12-pounder Arm-
strong guns will shortly be carried on extensively under
the immediate superintendence of Mr. John Anderson,
inspector of machinery, who has been appoin'ed moisten,
engineer to Sir W. Armstrong.
The Peninsula, steam transport taken up the War Depart-
meat, left the River this day with 60 heavy iron guns and
100 tons of ammunition for the garrison at Gibraltar. A
number of heavy guns have Oa° been selected for shipment
to various foreign stations.
An Admiralty order ha+ been received directing a
oonaiderable reduction to be made in the passions of various
Akers. recently superannuated from Wo.derich Dockyard.
Mr. J. Buell, inspector of ahipwrighte, is to be reduced from
132/. 10e. to 1001. per annum, and Mr. Fella George, foreman
of the storekeepers department,
_from SW. to 561. per annam.
It is alleged that the Treasury had previously axed these and
other pensions on too high a scale.

SPORTING.

TATTERSALL'S -MONDAT.

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The betting, which was not over brisk, was tutnarked by
say feature of peculiar interest. Little Ague and New-
castle were nearly neck and ugh foe the Vorthamptooshire
Stakes, the latter being the better favourite at the close. Bto
1 was offered on the field for the Spencer Plate, whilst 100
to 12 was the last bet booked about Admen, who was In
reality first favourite. Zitella was backed for some money,
ranging from 12 to 10 to I. Closing prices:
NOITHAMPTOISHIRD STAID&
apt Mr. J. Osbarain LIDA ALM IN
Mr. Coma% Newcastle lam
TwasiaTa Withal= It
Mr Jo Woadrge Ha ars Damon It)AM 1)
Mr. Parties Dods It sad oil
Mr. O. Holimaa's Madam, (t)
Mr. IL Tames Waglaton
Mr. 111.11 he Imam It)
Mr. almmard. Ps..
Kr. DJ.
arretillibe Sald Fund Magid
Mr. . Thamtlladt) Precioun Moos It)
Mr. Z. Daman DM It
Lardal.oo
Mr. JlValdri. spMta Lianas It)
Gladidna sad Dorm coupled d)
Be.te
MAIL alairMarleAd4l.
apt Mr. Alesimae. Wag at Arm. MT I
Mr. F. Dalinnoan Aaron It
Mr. lo Mara Dona it)
Mr. Oinsarar. lladerdadlti
as W. Death%
ALTHOIP PIKArteLS.
mat Mr. T. Parr.
TWO TB oveu D MEAD.
apt ma W. Dart Tha Preeriad Land 10
DON'T.

apt Lard ChentirOslK*eissao ttl
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Ws. IllsoToloOsyl insad% ?Mo.l.lostug of
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A WIFE MURDERED IN THE ITEEET, AIID
SUICIDE OF TM LI JIMMIED.

For some years the town of West Bromwich has
net bees in a sta.° of each intense excitement as existed at a
late hoar on Ft iday night teat, on its becoming known that a
yoacollier named John Corbett had cat his wife., throat
Reform-street,in and directly attar Indicted two such deep
on his own throat that it was thought he could not
Irrthee many hours. The circumstances under which this
double murder, sett may well be called, occurred, eland
thus. Few a period of five years the unhappy pair lived
toge r is Wahell-strea. and there is no question that,
although they had two fine little boys, the issue of the
marriage, yetjealoosy on both side' prevailed, end mutual
treasonous and suspicions led to frequent quarrels, and
sometimes to blow,. Two week• ago they separsted, Mrs.
Corbett and the children going to the house of her father,
John Bhd, el Reform-street, and her husband taking lodg-
ings in Gad's-lane, near the Shoulder of Mutton paella
house. It would 6t4,21, from circumstances, that the ion
himself desired to make matters up ; at all evade, the mur-
dered woman went to him at hie lodgings on Sunday lest,
and pared the night in bie company. Since the period
of the separation Mrs. Corbett worked at "nailing" with her
sister, Sarah Bird, in a chop at the back of the Hen end
Chickens boathouse, kept by Mn. Lydia Biddlestone. Cor-
bett himself was employed at the Messrs. Dawee's new
pit near Bromford Works. Here be was at his labour as
usual until half-put ax on the night of the fetal occur-
ream.
We have no particular account of bias further until about
eight o'clock the earns evening. when he was aeon in Reform-
street, proceeding in the direction of the nailing shop where
his wile worked. If he bad been drinking at all in the in-
ternal, we are assured that at this hour, although in a state
of some excitement, be was quite sober. However, some
person heard him remark, "These will be murder done this
night." At twenty minutes pat eight, Lie wife, accord-
pealed by her sister, left the workshop. They bad
not proceeded many jade ;up Reform-street, on their
road to their father's, when Corbett, who had WC
himself behind • low well just opposite the Hen
and Chickens, 'prang out into the road, and in en instant,
fatly
cuhits
.ileftoneremaidreourii. d ble
her ther, ife's ind
oat, with a icted a
clasp
knife which he hell in hie right hand. The poor. creature
screamed " Murder," but ins'antly seizing her again in the
rams manner, Corbett male a fearfulgash with the knife on
the other side of her throat, a third in the direction of her
bosom, and instantly ran oft A woman named Weaver,
miming up at the moment, by her aid and that of her sister,
Corbett wee led, or rather carried, bleeding profusely as far
as He. Grainger's the Globe Tavern. This le withla • law
yards of her fathaos house, end being taken there, the paw
creative died from loss e,f blood and exhaustion, at a cleaner
to nine, has than half-an-hour after her throat wee cut el
above described. Misers. Hut.. Colwell, and Manley,
eurgeons, were sent for by Major McKnight, who wee son
on the spv, and these gentlemen promptly attended, but they
arrived only in time to beer from the Poor sutferer the deep
long-drawn sigh, which closed her life. The slater of de-
ceased says that the tragic scene shooltnessed was enacted
without the murderer *peaking a w but Mrs. Weaver
states that Corbett, asking his wife, "Will you come and
live with cue?" and receiving the word "No" in answer,
said, "Then yon shall live with no one else," and then did
the murder.
We have said that Corbett ran up Reform-street with
the bloody knife 'till in hie bend, es seen by his own aster,
Mre. Harris, whoa garden looks into this street. Arrived
at the top of Bull-street, the wretched man pointed the
fetal weapon at bit own throat, and by a desperate cut eapa.
rated his windpipe, and fell, bleeding end *enrolees, to the
ground. Major M'Knieht, accompanied by lumen Hol-
land and Peliosexasetablee Bunn end More came to ass
spot where Corbett lay wii h the knife 'till in Leo band ;
and whilst the officers remained with Ibe poor wretch, who
was taken to Mr. Broom's beer-house ekes by, the
medical geat'emen refereed to also arrived. The wounds
which the murderer hid indicted upon himself were sewn
up; and although Mr. Kum and Mr. Codeine entitled that
be might be removed to his brother-in-law's (John Herrin),
Walsall-street, which wee done in ;he course of Saturday
to ening, yet they consider hie te,overy impossible.
Corbett was about 27 years of age sad Lie *its three year.
younger, and the teens of wretchedness presented at the
houses of the parents of the silo and at that of the husbentre
sinter was most distressing, enhanced as It was by the pre-
seoce of the two title boys referred to, one three and the
other 84 year. of age, now without a mother.
There lea oellaterel circulate's** In immediate connexion
with this tragedy which we publish, as the name of the
party implicated wee voluntarily and freely nommunicaeed
to es. Corbett, as pnviously stated, worked le a pit at
Branford, and the doggy of the pit head by Corbett himeelf,
when he left his work, to bare reputedly, daring the day of
the murder, jeered him before the men in the pit le ith re-
ference to his wife's leaving him. He was unmuly end
tree enough to avow that be hid been Improperly into.
mete with her during the week, and made other stet-meaty
which were well calculated to nun the deepest feeling. of
anger aid revenge in • husband want • woman who could
thus act.—Birmingham Deily Poet.

THE SPANIsII " BULL FICUIT" AT TUE ALHAMBRA.
—The enterprising Americus mei r ewes, Moms. Howes
cad Cushing, produced last firming at the Alhambra Palace
• representation of s Spanish bell fight, in which the
whole strength of the compiny, 'Deluding the Californian
trim's' of equeetrians and acrobat*, is brelagM into action. The
American horse Tamahny," clothed in the skin of o Spanish
bull, provided by Mr. Needham, of Drury.lane Theisire, is
kigbly trained, and Imitates well the motion if • bull whim
wicked showing the peados in mimicry a home may
MMus under • ekilbal trainer. TM parte of the' picadores"
were wall mars nett, and the death of the " infuriated
animal" was so truthfully depisted es to draw forth the
applause of the milkmen which was a blip me.
CRTRTAL PALAU& OMR
MONDAT, MAIICA 211.—Adminkos as paymat, 1,264 ; by
mom YAW. 400 i tail trMltttay MU.