The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-11 00:00:00

, THE
MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.

MANCHESTER, Melon 9.
I mentioned illaS thin age that Mr. John
Owns, • weelleby_ameigheut who died in 1846, had
left &loin 100,0001. to bi • to educational
mimes tkl=nalleilim of • fae in or near the bo.
rough a • TIOM if the funds is ea-
Mani to 14 tremens mematillinallharar ma the direction is
that they shall leapplled be kWhg sa lemdtatios for pro-
'Wag or aiding the Intrudes of yank alum 14 years of
age in seek btageles of lessalzhd mines as are now or
may be beesaftee taught la the anhezeities, but with
et% Ziertmat preeiso that theme be no religiose teats
*dm le iepeeks= se Masan The only limit
apes adembelen Is to be that *NM of mesa resesse be
Xambestsg see to have spralliease, and next to them
obildires if mann in Beni Immesbire. comemilen of
live gentlemen appointed by the trades. have so recently
as ymerdeby repseted on the sebum of education to be
Mooted, and tliey advise as the 'eabiatem of study : The
end literature of Gnome and Rome; maths.
sistEr Mani philoseptarguke and tamest philosophy;
grammar, Inglish • and literature ; history
and moral and philosop y ; natural history ;
Weft; madam languages; and commercial endue, in.
eilg leek beeping, geography of commercial protium,
himep ned of arts and manufactures, and the
of sonamercial jurisprudence. Yee arsa•
rid of of learning the committee resemmind
the eppelatmeat of slafflailiesses brides other heathen. They
=paint is sad Greek, at 3501. per annum
of mehanseles mil natural philosophy, at 3601. ; and
• mimeo el bend., mortal philosophy, and English lea-
gasp sit Mentor% me inf. Then there will be • pro
Wearer Wiry and moral and political philosophy, at 1601. ;
a warm of mating Weep (including botany and geo-
logy), 1601.; and a Folmar of chemistry, ;at 1501. And
besides these it is to lays four masts for German,
French, Italian, and le-keeping, who an to be paid ISOL
per annum each. Three saluteses will take 1,7001. of the an-
nual income, and it is intended to add 2001. • year to the in-
come of the professor who shall also be appointed principal of
the inatitatim, making hie salary 6601. la reference to the
coarse of inatntetica the committee recommend frequent
private 42•111iMii11111y asd annual pablie examinations; and
they say that alttuough it is desirable that whenever circum-
stances admit of it, readmits should go through a regular
nurse at study tosahneing an the subjects ;provided for u
subjects of isetinseles); yet it is evident that to insist on
this m a canines mold matnet within narrow limits the
benefits of the iretkolies. Meinidering the age at which
young nun enter spot butane pursuits, they think there
will be a large dam of students desirous of improving them-
selves in the several subjects of • regular course, bat unable
to devote to their stud its the period which may be required for
embracing the higher deparunenth To accommodate these
they therefore suggest mein and junior mum adapted to
each elms, similar to the plans which have been found to
work advantageously at the Scotch uniesusities, and in
King's College, London. With regard te adesissioas, the
committee recommend that • certain amount of -attainment
in the °helical languages end mathematics be required as a
rendition, and that the proficiency of the applicants be ascer-
tained by two professes. The fees recommended each ses-
sion are—for regular students of either 11111i0n or junior
mutate, a guinea fir admissioe, 8 te 4 guineas annually to
Greek and Latin Professor, 3 to 4 guineas to Professor
of mathematics, the same to the professor of logic, etc.,
3 gutless to the professor of history, 2 guineas to the pro-
' Amor of natural histoey, and 2 gainsas to the chemistry'
manse, each session. A fee of two guineas is suggested also for
each teacher of modern languages, and a tee of 1-guinea to the
metier of book-keeping. Of these fees two thirds are to go
to the prolesson and teachers, and the remainder to the in-
stitution. The public ars to be admitted to the lectures on
payment of • mall fee, to be applied to the purposes
of the Institution. It is proposed that the whole of
the fees received by the trustees on behalf of the
institution shall be expended in rewards and prizes
to be distributed among the students. Religious '
tiOR is to be reviled, but the attendant)* is to he optional,
in conformity with the founder's expressed wishes on that
head. Such is • line( outline of the "ahem of proposed
'declaim at the college, which is to be called the " Owen's
College," and which the committee venture • llte may
term the nucleus of • future university. A building se
net yet provided, bat it is to be heped now that the
general plan is propounded, no time will be lost in bringing
the institution into play. Such a coll.ge is much wanted
in the neighbourhood, and if properly managed will be a
hamlet to the whole district.
Tr.' account I sent you not many weeks back of the great
success which had attended the formation of a public lensing
library in Salford, was no doubt looked to with interest far
and wide. We have now • similar scheme on foot for sup-
plying • library for one of the most densely populated dis-
tricts of Manchester. Some eight or ten years ago a hand-
some, commodious hall was erected in Campfitld, user St.
Matthew's Church, as a place of meeting for the
socialists. With the decline of that body the building
has been a good deal disused, and the idea having
been suggested that it would make a good receptacle
for a public library, some inquiries have been made as to
the terms on which the building can be obtained, and as a
means of clearing away one of tne principal obstacles, it is
said Sir Oswald Mosley has generously given up the whole
of the ground rant on the site of the building. Some other
encouraging nape have been taken, but it is thought rather
premature at present that they should be given to the public.
At Shaw, a populous manufacturing suburb of Oldham, not
many days since ea interesting meeting was held, at which
900 people were present, to start a public library. Mr.
Charles Swain, Mr. Prentice, Mr. Wm. Bhuttleworth, and
other advocates of popular education, were present,
and is is expected the experiment will be successful.
In politics as well as trade, we continue rather dull.
When the latter nags we have otter • revival in the other ;
but at present the public attention is fixed on parliament,
and as the patient sometimes finds relief from the toothache
when earnestly seeking the dentist to extract the offending
member, so we, in this reputed centre of agitations and dim.
content, feel the luxury of a little repose, whilst intent on
watching the tnenuip of the dice in " the grand council of
the nation." It is not that we expect mach from it. We
know that we have a body of earnest able reformers in the
house ; bat we know also at the same time that there are
• great majority Wm whom we can get nothing, unless
unexpected party cogabinatioce should achieve us something
approaching to a miracle. Whilst recognising the advice,
" Blessed is he who expecte nothing ; he shall not be disap-
pointed," we, however, still look on to see if the miracle be
not working. It is min, as we see our representatives,
semis after session, enter on the notice paper motions for the
extension of the suffrage, vote by ballot, or triennial par-
liaments, that an inward monitor warns us not to hope;
with each return of the experiment we find ourselves
watching the result as intensely as ever, too
wil-
nag to persuade ourselves it is the wheel of for.
tune we an looking on, and that it is charged
at least with some few prizes, though there may be many
blanks. We do pick up a numb of comfort now and then
to soften the monotony of the thing, u whines the division
list :in the ballot, given in the Daily News of to.day.
Amongst the ayes we notice a lens majority of the members
for this county, and ban remit to be proud that at least we
in the nunufaquring districts have made some progress.
Lancashire shows particularly to adiaatage—the " ayes,"
Mending the name of Messrs. Armstrong, Bright, Bro.
thereon, Fox, Gibson, Greaten Henry, Heywood, Brown,
Pilkineton, Thicknesse, Sir J. Walinaley, and Sir 0. Strick-
land. Then we have also on the borders of the county Messrs.
Brocklehurst, Cobden, Kerehaw, Stansfield, Col. Thompson,
and J. William& When the colleague of Mr. Kershaw, for
Stockport, told the House of Calmness that nine-tenths of
his constituents were against the ballot, it is to be feared the
hon. member had been partaking rather plentifully of
" salmon "at the dinner table. It would hardly be a matter
of surprise if nine-tenths of his misrepresented constituents
should be sending up • petition next year foe the measure,
in order to set themeless right and convict him of the fib.

Tait NIAGARA, Captain Stone, mailed from Liver-
pool en Saturday, ler Halifax and Boston.
RAILWAYS AUDIT BlLL.—Saturday afternoon, at
one o'clock, a meeting, adjourned from the pprevious day, of
delegates from the lending railway eompaniee was held at
Ruston Hotel, for the purpose of comeldming the provisions
of a bill to be presented to parliament' kw securing efficient
auditing of railway account.. The leading provisions of the
contemplated tumours had been agreed on et the previous
meeting, and the discussion of Saturday was chiefly waited
to details of minor importance. Mr. Serjmnt Oarelee, Mr.
Nash, and some other delegates, objected to particular part
of the bill ; but the proceedings were charactised by excel-
lent feeling, with very little diversity of sentiment on im-
portant points. The meeting was unanimous in repudiating
the right of government to interfere in any wey directly or
Indirectly in railway affairs, and the bill is to be based and
framed on the principle of no government interference. Mr.
Swift and Mr. Swart were appointed. X, wait on Lord
Stanley, to ascertain when it would snit the noble lord to re-
naive a depteation from the delegates, in order that they
may personally solicit his lordship to intrados, their bill into
parliament. The noble lord is to be impeethilly solicited to
give in the meantime hie most stream= opposition to the
government measure for the auditing of Illaiway amount;
introduced by Lord Granville.
WINDOW TAX.— MEETING AT PLYMOUTII.—OR
Friday evening, a meeting was held in this town, on the
subject of the above tax. Mr. I. Cookworthy occupied the
'hair. Mr. Fox, Mr. Silas, and other gentlemen do livered
addressee, and denouseed the tax in strong terms. Beeolutions
in accordance with these opinions were adopted, and the
form of a petition to parliament agreed upon.
PROTECTIONISTS AT FAULT.—It ham been, and
still is, the cry of protectionists that, owing to the free,im-
portatios of foreign corn, land in this country cannot be
tilled bat at a lees; eenseinently, It will be thrown out of
cultivation, and converted, u in days of yore, into sheep
walks and rabbit warrens. The following fact, however,
so far a refutation of that statement :—Two bugs trace of
land, belonging to Sir ammo Strickland, Bart., M.P., which
for ages past have been used as sheep walk', have within the
last three or four weeks been ploughed out for the purpose
of grewirg corn. One of these tracts of land, containing be.
tween tarty and fifty wee, is situate in the parish of Boy's-
, ton, and in the occupation of its owner, though not for want
I eta tenant, far the person who occupied the sane land
I until lately frequently requested leave to plough it out, but
was not allowed. The other sheep walk, containing about
ninety or one hundred acres, is in the parish of Owenby, and
rented by Mr. Clark, of that place, along se other land
belonging to the same laaldlord. Diatraesum to the tenant
gamer, as they welt the `resat t nes are, sure.ly this cir-
cumstance doss not mach favour tho idea that lee d , in this
locality at least, is in imminent danger of being MN :an out
of cultivation.—Hull Adeertieer.