The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-16 00:00:00

TAB Fxr4W, TKIJRSDAY . !NIETO, MAY. 16. 1

ATLANTIC STRUMS&

Yesterday a festive nestle, took plies at Liverpool
es booed the Ads ureeettleatie stemor, whoa the hellowino
gestlemse tensed put or the eosspeay :—Her. 8. Cum&
Sir 8.. Onto, sad Meows. Bond, drier, Mellish, Gerdes,
Newell, liesvisee, Bride, Ford, mad lever. The pressed
lags is sot cell he say losghtesod report, bet the following
brief ilsoortptisa of the rival setwasre sew at that poet will
be read well items; the Albedo bled the lint of Collbse's
sew line; the Asia the die fifths additional two ordered by
the Canard soospaey

.
Taw MattelllMAVint AlltA.—TM Asia, like
all wise mina et lamb's, la bags at timber, and propelled
by peddle-whelk Ilor Megth ever all is about 300 feet,
est obs mossan se km this 2,9i0 tone. are al ket dbmiellsrwieveil by two truly mkt
• *glees of 1101111 owes pewit (140 bane power more than the
Berepa). flew are supplied by tour enormous
ibtin
whirls am be worked together sr 'sportily. Tae or
arrangement mat the edam and baths is vas orbit similar to
the previous vestal et this line. Tbs assommodatioe, how-
ever, is altogether apes a larger, airier, and statelier seal*.
The omit Woos le a noble spartmost, having about seven
feet mix inches et Mad-room. Besides this meth mina there
are two roomy geetleteses cables, sad • ladies' or cabin
elnwing-rems. Altspether there to accommodation foe
shoat 140 inielmes. There are ell the meal &Whams for
the conies sad loamy et the pesertagess—• sesokieg-roses.
outgoes's room, labors, °arbour., carpenter's room, Wit-
ham, mokkonse (111 Met square), te. Bs. fine is ea-
noi.aesd to leave Liverpool for New Took ea Saturday, the
18th of May.
Tut Verna STATIS. armless Anruetc.—Tbis vessel,
which is the err. of Colliim's new line of steam ships to run
between Liverpool and New York, strived here on Friday
last. Cossidereble ezdtemsnt 'Mated durbig the week as
to her snivel, and the probabie time she would campy in
the trip, and many wagers were laid as to the result ; a
large amount of mosey bevies, it is mid, "hanged heads.
The interest felt by the Americans resident in Liverpool
was very great. The Atlantic is said to be the largest
,team-ship in eximenet, not accepting the Great Britain,
being more than 3,000 toes burden. Her length is about
J9O het, with a preporticaste beam. The cabins are fitted
up with teem the wood week being of whim
holly, etweed, oied Mr., se seabined and diveni-
fled as to proms, an ezcoidingly wish and costly appear-
ance. In the dreeriarreoin the ornamenta era rich in the
extreme, sad omelet of manly mirror', bream work, stained
glass, paintings, sad many other things too numerous to
mention. Between the panels connecting with the state-
rooms are the arms of the diffaent states of the confede-
racy, painted is the highest s yle of the art, and framed
with broseework. The pillars between ere inlaid with
minas, framed with roswood, sod at the top and bottom
are breezed sea thanks' the keret and aunt costly workman.
ship. la dm maws desalt are greats of allegorical Agates,
representing the ocean mythology of the anasate, made of
Arson and burnished gold. The exiling is beautifully
wrought, carved and painted, the carved work being gilded.
TM cabin windows in the stern are of stained glass, having
representations of New York, Bonin, and lthiladelptia
piloted ea 'sob. There is, in *dation, soother apartment,
beamithlly arranged and emanated, kr the
ezeinaim use of ladies. Bvth apartments Ste heated
by steam, au inprovemest which is now for the
Silt time introduced in steam-skips. The apparatus
occupies but a mall portion et the span, and
norm's an agreeable heat throagbetat the whole of each
department. In fact, the whole vessel le heated in this
mutate. The dining-room is tarnished in an tqua'ly
gar style with the drawing-room. It is 65 feet by 41, and
can be extended 15 feet more if seesesity required. The
state rooms, winch are light and airy, are beaattfully fur
nished and ornamented, and ecrabthe every e sometime that
practical knowledge and experience weld suggest. Light
and Ten. ilation ore provider for amply, and in every pert of
the vessel. Notwitbr.anding she has three decks, there will
be an abundant supply of each.

The 'machinery of tbe Athawk wee constructed by Still-
man, Alen, and Co., of the Novelty Works, New York.
Site is amply supplied with Fauna's metallic life-boate.
She has no wooden beau. They are made of Ova-
aimed iron. Four bug on the gasmen. She curies
one of great capacity oo the hum, u a " deck " or
"spare boat." She ben also on board one of the "life
ears," so as to be able to aomn.unicate with the shore ands
any circumstances. Tha Atlantic, as well as the other vet-

sad building for the same line, are so constructed ea to be
converted into vessels of war in a few days should neees-
ait7 require. The Atlantic is fitted with a patented m-
anes called en " annunciator," by means of which pm-
wingers can immediately communiare with the steward
when his services ere required. In every state-room is
placed a bell pull coasecting with the register of the
" annunciator," which is placed is fall view of the ser-
vants, and whenever their services are required in any
room, a single blow of a hummer oa a bell attracts their
attenties, while the register indicates the number of the
room at which they are required. When the Atlantic
rs,cbed St. Chorge's Channel a meeting of the passengers
was held, and a series of reidutions adopted expressive of
coxfi fence in the stability, safety, aad speed of the vessel,
and the gentlemanly cinduct and ability of Capt. West.

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The sailing of the Atlantic Ku been postponed till the 29th
inst., se that then wall be no rate as anticipated b..tween
Ler and the Asia.

EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.

•
BIZMINOHIX. W= 18,—Lest svoming a amber
of the " wieldy; dosses" of this borough met at the re-
quisition Mr. Aldermen Weems, to aster with him on
the embieel of Rational mular educetieo, mad to state their
Mike is wishes oh tie meat{...
lie, wasrwf *wed the proseediege by some general
ionvmM" apes laparnoe and ales aapeoleUy to the
assimaispasof Melly. of manisote
Nesisa.ipalpoilloncis
ibewroveree,
ins
He to the rim' if notteacig ne kr.
apifti • WO,* of MO, whisk was aelonliM4
the mind, but to implant la it • Gimp
, sem ef the pewn aid Medea et the Ormier.
Itlinema
lie held to be s roll& aouree of crime owl sakary, mei
maid set be odeqoately sembeted by any menthe of the
voluntary priodple as yet developed. The goverament of a
antatry was bound to me to the Maratha' of the people.
He remarked upon the number of religious eats and parties
is this away, sad the Insormessuble didlealdee aweeby
pretreated to the carrying out a any national "yeas of edu-
cation with whale relV.ous teeeliag of a dagmadeal obe-
rawer was combined. Although Mr. Foes Zdreation Hill
might sot be a perfect immure, It was, in his opiates, sales.
laud to be erase poem/ utility la supplying shipment lank
at instructioa mem aegheted messes of the -people, and
he, therefore, eammecded it to the sweeties sad matte-
! {4l of the winkleg eseo of Birmioeham. He (lir. Wears)
thought the male question for consideration was whether the
spread of secular instruction would net be a great blessing to
outatry, and whether Mr. Fox's bill was aot likely to be
• more efficient instrument to abet red thee any 'Web bad
yet bees sergested. He did not task that goverernent
could momplieh the work of education, but they sahibs the
means of instruction. He reed a pianos which be hod
prepared in favour of lir. Foes bill, but said that, in con-
sequence of the mallets, of their number he would defer
°Sitar it for adoption to a future occasion.
Tlwpmeeediags of the evening, theseeforward, reamed
oontemmt ef a eonvereatimal charmer, Mr. Wes:on being
followed by ward wine expressed • general concarrenew in
his view, and stated their conviction that mular inaraction
must operate as an auxiliary to religion. If knowledge was
of itself an evil, the sooner its pursuit was suppressed the
bettor. Other speakers, on the contrary, contended that the
government had no right to interfere with the ;Ideation of
the people. (as they would inevitably do under the proposed
bill), and that parents were as responsible for the adequate
instruction of their children as for the supply of their bodily
wants. The cwt la which crime was committed solely
through Jimmies were oomparately few in number. It was
chiefly in moral culture that our criminals were deficient.
And how was morality to be inculcated apart from religion ?
Rducstion props: ly so called, involved the development and
training of the higher faculties of our nature for both time
sad eternity ; an undertaking beyond the reach of any go-
vernment.

Uitimately, in conseqn ace of the number of workieg men
preen% who desired to state their views, the meeting wen
edjoerned.

MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.
EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY OF ALL
NATIONS.

MANCHESTER, Mar 15.
I have taken some pains to sscertain the progress
which this grand scheme is making la the public mind
through them districts, and have greet pleasure in saying '
that in all directions where special efforts have been made to
roses the people and enlighten them as to the true fluter, sod
objects of its promoters encouraging prcepeets begin to preernt
themselves. Of the Lancashire towns the movement in Black-
ban, for the cutest of population, appean to have been the
most spirited. The entscriptios amounts to about 7001.;
and arrangements ars in progress with Mr. Frederick
Warren, of Maichester, to follow up the success which has
attended the movement thew, by addresses to the mill hands
and operative classes generally. In Bolton there is some
cause for congratulation ; the subscription there has reached
60W. At Preston, progress is =skimp, and at Warrington
muck spirit has been displayed. In Liverpool appeal,
are making to the working classes, end though the
subscription is not progressing, perhaps, as could be wished,
the ides is becoming mere popular. A magnificent and
beautiful model of the docks, and whole cc miner-
Mal section of the town and port, is in preparation fur
the exhibition. It will be nearly 40 feet la length, covered
with a glass frame, Mr. Grantham, engiseer, and secretary
to the local committee, having undertaken to lay down the
plan of the model. In Southport a good committee has
been formed, though perhaps the town has scarcely
taken it up with the spirit which might have been
eapected. Apart from the ordinary motives which should
induct a watering piece like Boutin) ot to move in the
matter is one of self-interest, for there will doubtless be
many foreign visitors to London on the occasion of the ex-
hibitios, who, after 'MO, g in the mistroptlis a few days
merely, will spread themselves over the kinadom, .nd it sill
be of importence to each towns as Southport, Fleetwood,
and other watering plater, that their names should be as
prominently as possibl- in the guide book to the exhibition,
was to meet the eye of these people. Fleetwood has taken,
up the matter with fair spirit : a cc onsittee has been formed
sad a feeling prevails there that it will be well for them to
have models of their sea port, which, with the river running
through it, and the tallway carried acmes the tide-way for a
great distance on piles, teat all times an interesting objet to
the spectator. At Ashton there was a good meeting of the
working-classes, and the people expressed great interest in
the exhibition, and said how glad they were that they had
come to the meeting, for they had formed no prey OUB COL-
eeption of the interest it would possess to themselves as a
class. Last sight a ;nesting was held at Wigan, coincidently
with the annual fair; and although the room was not
thronged, it was observed that people sauntering in from the
fair, apparently son from curiosity than any Axed purpose
of remaining, became interested in the proceedings, and with
use exception of two men, who went out and retuined with
• third, all remained to the close—a period of two to three
hours.

In the Yorkshire towns a good deal of interest has been
manifested. At Barnsley. Doncaster, and Rotherham,
meetings have been held. At Doncaster there was a good
meeting. Settle is a purely agricultural town, and the pro-
minent objects of interact in the coramissioner's explanation
of the advantage the exhibition miebt be turned to in their
case bad reference to a natural production of the neighbour-
hood, the blue stone flags for which their quarries are eel
brated. The stone is capable of easy working to a tine
surface, and is raid to be well adapted for billiard tables,
dairy d ton, and other useful purposes; but they have ,
till toe recent approach of railways into their neighbourhood,
been able to attract capital for the development of
the resources of such a distr:ct. Without this mode
of conveyance it was useless; for it was cheaper
to fetch stoneafrom the seaboard of almost any continent
in the world, ad traasport it by water, than to move it
from the wild, hilly districts of Yorkshire by road to say
except the inunediately surrounding towns. Specimens of
this peculiar stone will now be shown in the great exhibi-
tion ; and, while purposes of utility for it which have n
yet been conceived may suggest themselves to the precieel
mints More brought together. capitalists may be attracted,
and a great source of industry opened to the people. Skip.
ton, Keithlity, and Knaresborough, all !view to have =eyed
wi.h a willing mind. At Bridliagton, Driffield, and in
the nefgbourhood of Sheifielt, there is nothing very spe-
cial to remark upon, except that among the agricultural part
of the tocassunity there is much apathy—or rather indisposi-
tion to assist, for they regard the exhibltioa as a free trade
movement. At the Bridlington meeting, however, Mr.
Strickland (brother to the member), who appeared to haws
come with no great predisposition to assist, sitar hamming to
the explanation of the scheme and its objects, was induced
to take it up, and moved the first resolution.
la Yorkshire, certainly, a better feeling pervades the
community generally towards the exhibition, so far as I can
learn, than Wonting* seeders. This feeling is manifesting
Itself in am easegatie alai= linos the resent meetings have
been held, mail ma the whole, perhaps, the small towns in
some distrish Ashy mare than the large ones.
la Cheshire mass issaminfal meetings have been held. At
Congletaia the waft resulted is an lafluential committee
being formed; at imams there was a good gathering; aad
at Cheater Sheaths., the dens and the chancellor, l took I
put la pressedispe Ise the fermigoa of an active committee.
The sesdmi at Ohastne, indeed, wee one of the meet in-
timating that les bean held.
The ehitif maths °lngest is that these active measure, to
enlighten the pubs in the tree nature of the exhibition
were not taken sower. There a one more rep, however,
which should be taken on an early day. Miley of the working
people despair of ever seeiag the exhibiticu itself ; and this
operates in some aims m • drawback. Some of the railway
companies, Nis true, hayermanifested a desire to secommodate
the public by fixing a low tariff of fares to:London ;
but the assurance should be given u early as possible that
this will Indus. Whew the Anti. corn Law Lamas liszaar
in Loathe was under conaideratien, it was one of the earliest
steps taken by the committee to make 'revilement' with
the railway companies for the transmission of the mimes at
low fares ; and the people after that worked heart and soul
in the scheme, as one in which they had an especial interest.
The people are beginning to feel that the greet exhibition
of the industry of all nations is a true thing, and with this
arrangement for seeing the " mite show" they are assisting
to prepare, I think the people of the provisoes might be in-
duced to enlist and co-operate more strongly than they have
ever yet dons.

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LIBRARY FOR BANK CLERKII.-OR Wednesday
the readins-room of the Bank of England Librety and
Literary Aseociatioe, instituted by the directors for the use
of the clerks, was opened by T. Hankey, jun., Esg , deputy-
governor of the Bank, Then was • very numennis meeting
of the members, when the chief cashier, es president, and
the chief accountant, ell treasurer, of the institution, moved
and seconded a cots of thick' to the Court of Directors for
the handsome manner in which they had fitted up the
library, and for the liberal support that had been accorded
the association. The Colin of Directors collectively have
voted 6001 for the purchase of books, and several of the
directors have made valuable donations. T. Baring, Esq.,
has presented the committee with 1091. to be 1 ipeauol by
them is books, while others, including K. D. Hodgson,
B'q , J. B. Heath. Fog., &r. have contributed largely to
the association. W. H Mullen,, of the Stock Exchange,
has seat • cheque for 2.51., and many of the clerks have pre-
sensed valuable works.

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Wometwoarm.—Wo understand that • meeting
of persona desirous to do honour to the memory of Words-
worth was held on Monday, at the house of Mr. Justice
Coleridge. It we.. attended by the Bishop of London, the
Bebop of Sr David's, the Dan of St. Peal's, Archdeaoon
Mare, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Cavendish,
and a Tont other gentlemen. The malts of it ars ex.
pealed to be made publio la a few days. ♦ arms number of
eminent and distingulahtd persons mat their names to the
nasetieg as wishing to 00-operate i• oarrplag It. *ma into
.foot—lM Gwordims.