The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVERING, JULY 12, 1861.

:ItoN-CASED SHIPS.

Mr. HORSFALL wi-hed to ask the Seendarr to the
.I,lildra:ty whether the Admiralty had enfoiced the
Rpenalties 'gaited the builders of the Warrior, Black Prince,
esistance, sad Defence, amounting to 30,0001. each for the
Warrior .m 1 Black Prism and 40,000/. each for the Resis-
tance out Def,nce, as stated hi the parliamentary return
ordered by the Home of (Minions to be printed on the 21st
day 11 June, lent ; and, if they had not yet enforced these
penalties, whether it son. their intention to do so. And,
whether the .I,lnuraltv had already given further orders
for lett'..ling irun-etsed ships to any of the builders of the
abov,..nattell remelt; and, if they had not, whether it was
their intention to do so until the contracts they bad in
halal were completed.
Lord C. PA4 :LT wild these penalties had reference to two
distinct set Vic... the ....e relit:Mg to time, null the other to
labour and is:Aerie!. With regrid to time, various reasons
existed why it was not adtisaide that the penalties should
be iedicted, the most material of which was that various
alteration. had 'men made during the construction of the
vesarls. With regard to the labour and material, it was open
to the &Janie( Admirilty to indict the whole or any portion
of the pena!tiea, if they were not what they ought to be.
With respert to the second question, two builders who had
already had contracts were employed to build other yowls,
Rod as far as hn Luew their contract.. had been satisfactorily
perforated.

others applied fur them, and it soon became a question how
a rural school was to be deigned. In the tad the Privy
Council settled the matter by giving the capitation grants
to all schuole. The result was that they mere now absorbed
by the large schools in towns, which did not want them,
and to which it was never intended that they should be
amigned. (Hear, bear.) He was afraid that the result
would ho the same in the present case, and that under the
semblance of giving aid to the poor schools an unnecl.
eery augmentation of the pubic expenditure would
take ',laze. He could not, therefore, acquiesce
in the justice of the proposal that they should
give aid to the private adveuture schools. (Hear, hear.)
He said this iudepeudently of the objection that they owht
not to enter iota competition with private teachers. One
of the great diaadvautagis of the present system was, that
it went into apparition with itudf. They made a standard,
and because other people could nut keep up to that
standard they made a second, and thus raised an opposition
to themselves. (Hear, hear.) Then, they were asked to
give grants to the ragged schools. He now turned to that
part of the recommendations which had reference to the
capitation grants to certificated masters soil pupil teachers,
and which might be met by a minute of the Privy Council.
He could hardly adopt the proposal made at present.
it would break up the system of pupil teachers, and this,
for two mamma : at present the average payment for every
pupil teacher was 15!., and if you only paid him 2s. fwl. for
every :10 children you would pay him less than 41. Now
thestrikiug off of thiesuia from thesalary of the pupil teacher
would be such a blew that he was afraid it would be impos-
sible to carry on the system after it. It would amount to a
revolution of the whole system. (Hear, hear.) The second
raison was that the main difference between the monitors
cud the pupil teachers was that the former were employed
by the job, whereas the engagement of the latter extended
over five years. For the fleet two years the pupil teacher
was of little value, hut for the last three year* he was a
valuable junior teacher. It was essential that they should
matinee to be amentical for five years, and it would
destroy their efficiency if they were to be replaced
by monitors for a year or an, than to be turned off.
With regard to expense, he hoped to lay berme the lionse in
a few days a minute showing all the reductions which had
been made, and he trusted that something more might be
does in that way without impel' jog the efficiency of the
mySteln. He wished to call the attention of the house to a
point to which he had never before adverted. -he alluded
to the position occupied by the Mariana Society to-
wards the Privy Council. That society was founded for
the education of children in the doctrines of the church of
Eugland He had no fault to find with the rules of that
society, and the council had entered into a concordat with
the society with full knowledge of their terms. It was,
however, left to the discretion of the tnanagens of the
schools whether they should adhere to those rules or not.

Mr. HENLEY—The clergyman, sot the manager.
Mr. LOWE—The manager or the clergyman, it made no
difference to his argument. The result was that be was
sometime. placed in a very difficult position. He was
asked, as the representative of a public deportment, for •
grant of public money, on the uzelerstaudiag that the
manager or the clergyman would not milieu the rules of
the society. It leis de.irable as a matter of economy
that this question should be reconsidered by the National
Society. That society constantly came and asked for a
school for a pariah. If he granted the school for the whole
perish he mu the risk that the manager would insist upon
the berme of his trust, and act upon the rules of the society,
and that he should thereby do an injustice to the diasentu%
by excluding them from the school. lie was then applied
to by the dissenters for another school ; they made
out en irresistible PM, and the consequence was
that two miserable wheels were established where
use good school would have been much cheaper
awl much more efficient. Untold mischief and heart•
burning bud been created by this state of things, and be
hoped his appeal us the subject would be taken into cotui•
dezation by the Maimed Society. This was, however, adelicate
subject, and he only alluded to it under a strong *ease of
duty. He quoted the opinion of • right rev. prelate
who had lately written upon this topic, that it would be
well to reeerve the teaching of doctrinal points until the
children bad arrived at a sufficiently advanced age for con.
finnation. Three faults were found with the present
system ; one was, that the teaching was superficial •
another was, that the schools were not sufficiently diffused
over the country, and the third was the complexity of the
system. It was thought pourable that a system might be
sego:Med which would remedy all these evils. He would
briefly state the nature of the propositions which the
governmeut intended to make, mid which would be ex-
plained more fully in a minute shortly to be laid on the
table. They piojoesed to substitute for the present system
of graduated payments, a system of payment in the nature
of • capitatiou grant The question would be what ought
to be the couditious of that capitation grant
They thought they ought to be satisfied that some
adequate results bad been obtained before they made the
psymenta. They therefore proposed to give a capitation
grant upon the attendances of a child above a certain mem-
ber, provided that the school was in a proper state, sod there
was a certified 'taster iu it. They also proposed to create a
fourth kind of certificate, lower than thus, now used, avail-
able for rural schools. They then proposed that the inspire-
tun should examine the children in reading, writing, and
arithmetic, and that a certain proportion of each grant
should be withdrawn if the child failed in either
of those subjects. lie hoped this plan might havo
some effect is eorrectiug those evils of teaching which had
been complained of, and that the attention of each muster
would in future be given to the WllOlO of his school. They
did out aimed to break in upon the present system of pupil
teachers. They would, if these propositions were adopted,
secure some test as to the manner in which each of the
masters had done his duty. Some of the advautages of
the proposed system would be, that the whole Privy Council
organieution would be left intact, and a great deal of trouble
would be saved in its working ; that the masters would be
left much more free of control than they were at present,
and the interference of the government would be minimised,
and that the schoolmaster would Lave a much stronger
motive for exertion than they had at present. lan this way
too, they would carry out, se far as they could, the idea of
the onemimiouers' report, free from many of the objections
to the numlnuery which they had suggested. They were of
?elision that it would be expedient to continue to select
wept:tore from the same clans of society as at present,
instead of substituting schoolmasters fur the Inspectiou
was oue of the evils inseparable front a central system ; but
if it should be carried to too peat an extent, the hence
would have the remedy in its own hands. Each denourant-
, tion now had inspectors of its own, and the house might at
some future time put • check upon an increase in the num•
bee of inspectors, by enacting that one inspector should be
appointed to all the schools in • district, to
whatever denomination they might belong. They
had endeavoured to meet the case as well as they
could, and they hoped to be able to place this department
in a state of efficiency as far as the state of the case would
allow. It was their constant endeavour to render the de-
partment as comprehensive, effectual, and he would add as
/ceramics' as possible. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. ADDERLEY said that the plan stated by Mr. Lowe
would go far to remedy one defect of the prevent system,
namely, that it did not cover the whole country ; and it
would materially simplify and do away with much of the
complication of the existing system. It was satisfactory to
know that, after a long and patient investigation by the
I Education Commissioner, the priuciulia of the present
system were admitted to be the Pet which could be
adopted.
Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the commission was on the
whole of opuncin that the existing system of providing for
the instruction of the poor out of a public fund
should be continued, but it suggested that it should be
supplemental by • system of local rating. Weighing the ad-
vantages of local control and management at its due value,
it would he found on examining the plan of the commis-
sioners that it did not secure these advantage..
A discussion followed, in which Mr. Puller, Mr. Bohm,
Mr. H. A. Bruce, Sir S. Northcutt), and Mr. Whalley took
part ; the latter moved that the but
capitation grant,
77,0001., be reduced by 12,0001., but withdrew the amend-
ment, and the vote was agreed to.
On a vote of 77,4841., to complete the sum neceseary to
defray the expense of improving the Department of Science
and Art,
Mr. LOWE said that if the committee would grant this
vote he would take care it should not he spent until they
bad placed the Royal Dublin Society in a proper relation
with the state.

KINNAIRD moved the reduction of the vote by tie
sum taken for the Royal Dublin Society.
Kr. GititiOßY supported the vote. This was not the
lint time such • proceeding had taken place. A similar
coarse was adopted some years ago with regard to the
Hiberni4o Academy. Ile considered the government had
exercised • very wise discretion in taking a vote for the
lalLitiblinSoeiety. and postponing it until the society
biW bad an opportunity of calling its members together.
Lord NAAS only hoped that the difference of opinion
between the government and the Royal Dublin Society
would terminate in an amicable manner. lie believed a
Tory large number of the leading members of the society
were ready to throw the responsibility of the gardens upon
the government, and to defer to the opinion of a majority in
that how%) that the exaniple of /Cow and Hampton should
be followed.

Mr. LEFROY trusted the dispute with respect to the
soeiety would emu terminate, but he thought. it was a rola-
take to bold out such threats as those involved in the mo-
tion of the boo. gentleman opptedte (Hr. Kionsird).
Mr. CARDWELL said be hoped the committee would
samlion the vote, hecauve after they had expressed in so
decided a manner the course the society ought to par-
ses, lie felt that no further obstacle to ea amicable arrange.
smut would be offered.

Mr. KINNAIRD said that after what had passed he
would withdraw his motion.
Lord W. GRAHAM then moved the reduction of the
vote lry 15,000 f. for schools and residences at South Ken-
sington. He felt that the erection of those schools would
net-imitate the expenditure of a much larger sum of money
than that proposed in the construction of an ornamental
frontage.
Mr. -LOWE said the bnildinp themselves would be quite
plain and unornamented, and would be capable of adapting
themselves to any front. The government would not be
be pledged to the adoption of any particular plan.
The amendment was then withdrawn, and the vote
agreed to - -

'iii6iRDWELL, la moving the vole for public educa-
tion he Ireland, pee full details of the number of echoohl
and of scholars (amounting to (404,000, of which tiriS,ISS)
were Roman isitholics), the eh..., of which they consisted,
cad the notate of the instruction the pupils noticed, el-

plaining the principle of mixed education in the schools.
He insisted that the rermlts of the system in opera-
tion had established a just claim to the con-
fidence of the people of Ireland, and to the
support of parliament. He stated the conclusions at
which the 4overoment had arrived in regard to certain
changes indicated lust session, relating to model school;
books, trustee schools, and in particular the constitution
of the board, and he read the names of the new members
added to the board.

An animated discussion followed, which was interrupted
by the Chairman being ordered to report progress.
The house then went into eonuuittee upou the Saloon
and Trout Fisheries Bill, the clauses of which were a long
time under discussion.

The priemer wu the. removed.
The court WWI occupied during the remainder of the day
with caves the details of which are unlit for publication.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yoga, JULY 11.
CROWE Courr.—(Before Mr. Baron Wilde.)
ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT SHEFFIELD.

Genrge Smith, 30, wan charged with shooting William
Austin, with intent to murder him, at Sheffield, on the sth
March last.

Mr. West and Mr. Waddy prosecuted. The prisoner was
umlefendel

The prosecutor, Austin, is a sergeant in the sth Foot,
and the prisoner was a private in the same regiment and in
the same company. In January last Smith was confined,
through the means of the sergeant, for ill-treating his
(Sinith'e) wife. After undergoing this short term of impri-
sonment nothing of consequence passed between them until
the sth of Mardi following, when, as Austin was proceeding
to his own quarters, he met the prisoner, who asked him
some trivial question relative to duty. Sergeant Austin
Rave him an answer, and then went to take tea with his wife.
While they were sitting at this meal the prisoner suddenly
marched into the room with a loaded rifle, and fired
it at the serzeant's breast. Austin, anticipating the
intention, swerved on one side, and partially escaped the in-
jury intended to be inflicted. The rifle bullet, however, en.
fermi one side of his neck close to the shoulder, and paring
out at the other side, entered and made a large hole in the
adjoining wall. The wounded man was conveyed to the hos-
pital, where he remained for some time in great danger,
hut gradually recovered, and is now able to resume his duty.
When the prisoner was being conveyed to the guard-hour,
be said to the sergeant in charge of him, " Is Mullin dead r
and further expressed himself sorry for not having finished
the " job" better. From the cross-examination of the wit-
nesses by the prisoner, and the statement he made to the
jury, it seems that the motive for the deed was jealousy,
and that under the influence of drink he bad done that which
he had no recollection of.

The prisoner was found Guilty. and judgment of death
was recorded against him.
Thomas Thompson, 28, was charged with burglary, accom-
panied by violence, in the dwelling-house of George Storey,
and stealing therein a promissory note, some bottles of
spirits, and other articles, at Stanghow, in the North
ou the Ilth March, 1859.
Mr. Blanshard and Mr. Shepherd prosecuted ; the pri-
soner was undefended.

The jury returned • verdict of Guilty. Judgment of death
was then recorded against the prisoner.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Before the Recorder.)

Charles Adams, 38, Boleti Barking. 21, John Flaherty,
18, and °curve Batchelor, 18, were charged with • robbery
and assault upon Anne Colliver.
Mr. Sleigh prosecuted ; Mr. F. H. Lewis defended
Batchelor ; the other prisoners had no counsel.
The prosecutrix in this rase is • domestic servant, and at
the time the occurrence took place she was employed io
that capacity in an establishment at Coln) hatch, and she
had come up to London for a holiday. Upon arriving at
the station at King's-croaa, she went into the public-
home and had • glass of ale, and the pri-
soners got into company with her, and she
was induced to drink with them, and there appeared to be
no doubt that the liquor was drugged. She became insen-
sible, end while w that condition the prisoners dragged her
to a low brothel, where she was robbed of all the little pro-
perty that was about her person, and Hawkins committed a
felonious assault upon her. The unhappy young woman
was found by the police in • most wretched condition, and
it appeared that it was two days before she recovered oat-
sciouauess. The whole of the prisoners were proved to
have been concerned in the outrage.
The jury found all the prisoners Guilty, and Hawkins
was sentenced to six, Batchelor to four, and Flaherty to
three years' penal servitude, sod Adams to be imprisoned
and kept to haul labour for 18 months.
The Recorder directed that one of the witnesses, named
Moore, who had given useful information to the police, and
materially aided in the conviction of the prisoners, should
receive • reward of 40s.

James DERRY Chapman, 49, warehouseman, who had
pleaded guilty to the charge of not surrendering after hav-
ing been adjudicated a bankrupt, and to two indictments
fur forging acceptances to bills of exchange, was placed at
the lair to receive judgment.
Mr. Cooper, who appeared for the prisoner, urged upon
the court, in mitigation of punishment, that he had for-
merly filled a responsible position at Yarmouth and Nor-
wich, and that when he set up in business in London he
had • capital of 8,0001., the whole of which had been lost.
The Recorder, in pasting sentence, said the prisoner's
offences were of • very serious character. In the
first place, it appeared that when his creditors
bad commenced proceedings against him in the
Bankruptcy Court, he disposed of all the property
be could lay his hands on and left this country,
and by so doing deprived his creditors of a considerable sum
which ought to have beau divided between them. In addi-
tion to this, it appeared that he had been carrying on his
trade for a considerable time by means of forged bills, and
under all the circumstances he felt it his duty to order
him to be kept in penal servitude for four years.
Henry Cleland, 24, was charged with stealing • ring and
other articles, the property of Peter Powter.
Mr. Lilley and Mr. J. Morgan Howard conducted the
prosecution.
The facts of this case have been given within the last few
days. Tho prosecutor is an eating-house keeper in the
Lower Marsh, Lambeth, and the prisoner was in his service,
and there was no doubt that an improper intimacy subsisted
between him and the prosecutor's wife. Upon being taxed
with this he left the house, and in his box there were found
• number of articles, the property of the prosecutor, and
also a photographic likeness of the prosecutor's wife and the
prisoner in one frame.
The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to 18 months'
hard labour.

Upon the application of Mr. Metcalfe the trial of the
Rer. Mr. RO,, for forging a cheque for 6,0001., was post-
poned to the next session.

TALLOW. - Teonxne►

Eritisixo.—The market is

sheOP, boa. ; ditto
beef, 49.. 6d. ; Ukraine, 50.1 ; October to December,
495. 9d. "sellers ;" December only, 60.. paid ; South Ameri-
ca's, 51s. first pipes. Deliveries to but evening, 482 casks;
arrivals, 711 casks.

oorroN.—Livioroca, dux 11.—Our market continues
very stoady, with it good business doing. The sake are
10,000 bales—includiug 7.780 American, at 6d. to 9d. ;
2,000 Surat, at 4id. to ; 200 Egyptian, at 7td. to
; 20 Bahia, 841.—0 t which 3,000 are for speculation
and export. The week's import is 44,681 halos.

WOOL AND WORSTED.—DRADTORD, itur IL—There
is ruttier more inquiry fur wool to-day, end prigs ore firmly
maintained. Still the currency in the country cannot be
obtained here. Wonted yarn are not in greater demand.
The continental merchants operate very sparingly. The
home merchants are doing most. The piece market is
rather flat. The demand is chiefly on bolas account. The
merchauta connected with America are quite out of the
market.

CORN. —Magotesvgit, JULY 11.—The attendance at this
mornings market was tolerably numerous, without, how-
ever, leading to more then a retail business sufficient for the
present warded consumers. All descriptions of wheat corn.
Handed the extreme rates of this day se'nuight. The in-
quiry for flour was restricted to good flesh qualities ; stale
and inferior, of which the hulk of the stocks of English
consists, being quite unsaleable, though offered at low and
irregular rates. No alteration occurred iu the value of oats
or oatmeal. Indian corn and Egyptian beaus were rather
against buyers.
Iffeetgottam, JULY 11.—At Gloucester market, on the
Bth, English and fine foreign wheat were la. per quarter
clearer ; at Worcester, the same day, an advance of is to 2a
per quarter was obtained for all descriptions. Barley rather
lower. Oats more saleable, at previous rates. Beans, Ia
per quarter higher. Pena la. lower. During the present
week, the weather having improved, the trade has ruled
very dull, and to effect sales some reduction has bad to be
submitted to on all kinds of corn. At Wolverhampton
yesterday prices were nominally unaltered. At this day's
market there was again a short supply of wheat from the
farmers, and higher prices were asked but not complied
with on any description, and we make no ultenitiou in
our quotations. Barley lid. to Is. per quarter clearer. Oats
and beans nominally unaltered. A fair demand fur peas, at
last week's rates.

Dents% JULY 11.—With a abort supply of wheat, and
a small attendance at oar market to-day, the best qualities
mold pretty freely, nod fully maintained last week's prices,
the turn in some instances being in favour of the seller ;
inferior 'kinds wore dull of sale, but were no cheaper. For
one panne lot of old nursery Mr. J. Moore refused 31s. a rack.
In lwrley nothing doing, and in other grain no alteration in
pries. Wheat, belt, bus. to 565. ; middling, 375. to 50s. •
inferior, 30s. to 37n. Barley, 30s to 425. Oats, :'•3s. to 335:
Beau., 465. to 50s. Peas, 42a. to 44n. per qr. Flour,
fine, 445. to 4& per sack ; seconds, 395. to 425.
-- • -

NEWARK, JULY 10.—There was it small supply of wheat
at market to-day ; link business doing and principally by
the millers, who bad to give Is. per .ir. advance upon last
week's price*. Spring corn a slow sale at rather less
money. Wheat, white, 655. to 70s. ; red, 60s. to 655. ;
ordinary kinds., 60s. to 60a. per 365. stone. Oats, old, Vs.
to 325. ; new. 21s. to 2Ss. per 24 stouts. Beans, old, its. to
bee. ; now, 406. to 465. per qr.
NEWBURY, JULY 11.—We bad this day very little fresh
wheat in. the greater part being stale samples of low qua-
lity. Trade ruled dull at barely late nave. No alteration
in the trade for spring corn.
tiernincr., JOLT 11.—The supply of grain at to-day's
market is abort, and the trade slow. Wheat of good quality
sells readily at former prices, but out of conditioned parcels
are lower in value. Spring corn is without alteration.
WATERMAN JULY 10.—We have liberal imported In-
dian corn since SaturdavOint of othergrainthere are no sup-
plies. either foreign or 'home grown. Our market is very
firm for all articles, with a large business passing in Indian
outsat, an advance of 3d. per barrel on last week's prima

D. & X D. P.C. I. 8.
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Amman— 25.60 52 48 8.9. W. 3 b 1
1.11111 25.69 66 61 W. 4 a 3
Ilzawws 29.00 66 60 W.B.W. 6 • 1
1.1959.09565-125.74 64 51 N.W. 5 o 4
Poarzna 29.78 DI 40 W.&W. 4 0 6
Maud 25.77 64 49 W.N.W. 3 1 2
OALWAT
29.65
50 65 W. 4 r 2
30411101101701 129.84 55 64 W. 2 0 2
laviiimob 26.88 68 61 W.B.W. 2 o a
VALETA
Q661589r0W1 69.88 60 67 N.W. 2 c 2
YAftwairni
1.05D05 2e.07 00 66 N.P.W. 1 b
DOVER 569.6 68 03 S.W. 2 c 1
P01T13100211 310.62 62 61 S.W. 3 m 1
PORTLLND 20.86 62 68 W.B.W. 2 e 2
PLYMOUTH
Pzimenoz 30.02 02 01 W. 1 c 2
JX11.051
COMSHAOI/3 44.91 14 W.S.W. 4 c 3
MILDER 29.92 01 W. 3 0 3
$5696 ll5Ol 67 N.W. 1 1. 1
BATO*IOI 30.08 69 8. 1 to 1
1.1230111 5490 74 N. 1 b 2