The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-24 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS.

Examination day at the Pinner Schools in alwitia
looked forward to by the subscribers, as well as by the reci-
pients of this very valuable and particularly useful charity
as a special holiday. The concern naturally felt in the
physical and mental advance of the orphan children 01
former friends, the gratification of having some hand in pro-
viding for their present wants and future welfare, the beau-
tiful scenery of the lotegity, the time of the year at which
the re-union tikes place, the certainty of meeting a large
and agreeable company, and of !mann a plesaing, because
increasuWy favourable, report of the prugress of the ins
tution, all these feelings and circumstances combining give
Mat to these occasions, and ensure their popularity. On
Saturday last these attraetioug, superadded by one of the
finest summer days of the season, seemed to mac," anoretban
their usual bores, and drew together a larger number of Lake
and gentlemen than we have met at previous anniversaries.
The Bishop of DUMAN presided, and distributed the
prizes, taking an evident interest in the educational objects
of the charity, which he evinced by frequent questions to
the children, as well as to the examiner, and by the satis-
faction he expressed at the results of the examination. Mr.
George Moore (the treasurer), of the firm of Copestake and
Moore, to whose exertions the establishment of these
schools is mainly due, wad present, and took an active part
in the management of the day's proceedings, and amongst
the company were Lady Havelock and the Missal Havelock,
Colonel Wakefield, Mr. J. Steele, M.P., Rev. Dr. J. G.
Lonadale, Rev. Mears. Richardson, Wiliam, Burrough,
Mesas. tockdale, Rolls, Bootliby, Anal, Fester, Devon-
shire, Saul, Jenkin Jones, Chubb, Underwood, Lock,
Brookbank, and other representatives of leading commer-
cial firms, most of whom were accompanied by their ladies.
The examination, which was oral, and without any special
preparation or rehearsal, wee conducted by Mr.
the superintendent of the British and l'oreignSautTchti
Society's Training Institution, and included religious instruc-
tion. English grammar, history, geography, Latin and French,
arithmetic, huchd, and algebra, and the readies's with
which the pupils replied to the questions put to them by the
examiner afforded the most satidactory proof of their own
diligence, and of the care and ability bestowed upon thaws by
their instructors.

The Rev. Mr. WILSON, of the National Society, expressed
his satisfaction at the efficiency of the education the
children received, as tested by the examination instituted
by himself on paper.
Previous to distributing the prizes,
The Mauer offered a few appropriate remarks upon the
advantages of the institution, called attention to the claims
it had to the support of the class fur the benefit of whose
distant' orphans it was intended, and paid a high compli-
ment to his friend Mr. Moore. as having done so much
towards the first establishment of the institution, and in
bringing it to its present state of pmsperity and usefulness.
lie dwelt largely upon the necessity of sound scriptural
education, urging the paramount importance of re-
ligion as the basis of ell education, and as the
guiding trinciple in after life. In distributing the
" Moore prizes his lordship took 0000400 to
bear his testimony of the value of the competitive
examination eystem, and spoke of its success in certain
schools in Cumberland, which ho was understood to say
had been established under Mr. Moore's auspices, and added
his own conviction, derived from personal elaervation, that
the system there established was the best adapted to the
educatioual requirements of the classes fur whose benefit it
was intended.

WAVICNET VALLIT RAILWAY.—The extension of
this line from Hom to lleocks bas been commenced,
MASSACRE BY Ny
ATIVES,—AII Otago paiwr, of the
77th March, contains the following :—" The mater of the
Julia Ann, which left Welliogton 20th March, states that
news had arrived overland from Taranaki, to the effect that
the Tasmanian Maid hit) bad been wrecked on the Waiters
bar, and fallen into the bands of the natives who had mas-
sacred part a the crew ; it is believed that she was laden
with stores sad ammunition."

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