The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-27 00:00:00

BLACKFREIRS BRIDGE.

A apmial Court of Common Council was holden
yesterday, at Guildhall, for the purpotie of taking into con-
sideration a report presented on Thursday last from the
Bridge-house committee, which recommended that the pre-
sent bridge at Blackfriars should be pulled down and a
new one erected in it. place. The subject was considered
to be of too much importance to be thus summarily dis-
posed of, and yesterday was consequently specially ap-
pointed for the consideration of the matter.
The Right Hon. the Loan Msroa presided.
Mr. fiIINRY WILLINGTON VALLANciI, chairman of the
Bridge-house Estates Committee, moved, „That the court
should agree with the committee in their report, and that
it be referred back to them to obtain designs for the con-
struction of a new bridge, with estimates of the probable
expense thereof, and of making temporary provision for the
traffic, and lay the same before the honourable court
for their approbation."
Mr. Alderman DAMN moved ns an amendment,
" That the consideration of the question be deferred until
some determination had been ar, iced at with regard to the
embankment of the Thames, and the plans fur carrying out
the same were agreed to."
The amendment was put and lost ; and, on a division
being demanded, there were 72 for the motion and 47
for the amendment, the motion being carried by a majority
of 25.

Sir E. Creasy, returning thanks at an anniversary
dinner of the Ceylon Planters' Association, on the 16th ult.,
spoke warmly of the good feeling which exists amongst the
advocates in that colony. He added :—" I was told to
prepare myself for something very different out here. I re.
collect a learned friend of mine, who was supposed to be
wsllaequainted with colonial scenes, saving to me, 'Well,
I suppose you will do like other colonial judges. In six
months you will be in a paper war with the
governor ; you will have indicted your attorney-general
for libel, and suspended half your advocates and proctors
for contempt of court.' (Laughter.) Gentlemen, this was
a pleasant prospect for a quiet man. I replied, ' Well, I
do not know what may happen, but I have now had tour
years judgeship at the Middlesex Sessions, and I have
never had • quarrel with anyone there, and I do not
exactly see why I am to begin quarrelling when I
get to the tropics.' Still I might feel a little uneasy on
the subject. I could not tell how permanent the calorific
effects of the Red Sea might be on my constitution and
temper ; and I shuddered at the thoughts of finding some.
thing like Hoeg-Hong in this island. (Laughter.) But I
soon discovered ou landing that it would be hand Ma, al
for me to Sod or even to pick a quarrel here.
The executive authorities of every rank with whom
I have been in communication, my colleagues ou the bench,
the members of the bar, WA every officer of the courts
have shown the lame urbanity, the same friendly desire to
assist • new oomer and to make my duties as little irksoml
as possible, and the discharge of them is rather a pleasure
than • toil. I recognise a similar good feeling here, and I
01200 more sincerely thank you for the honour which that
good feeling has led you to confer on me this evening:
(Cheers.)
The celebrated drams, the Corken Bowe, 13
about being produced in Dublin by Mr. Boacicault and the
staff which performed in it at the Adelphi.

NATIONAL EDreATION (IREL.:N D). —A puha'
mentarl return, lamed this morning, specifies the &eves!
schools in connexion with the National Board of Education
in Ireland, in which protestant and Roman catholic
children were jointly receiving education et the period to
which the return. were made up hi the last report of the
Education Commissioners, and the lumber of protestant
and Roman catholic children in each school. In Ulster
there were 1,602 schools, with 72,868 protestaut children of
all denominations, and $1,414 Roman catholic,. In Munster
these were 433 schools, with 1,974 protestant children, and
49,092 Roman catholic. In Leiuster 509 schools, with
3,10 n protestant children, and 48.Rp0 Non. estholics. In
Connaught 354 schools, with 2,147 protestant children, 0011
35,737 Roman catholic. The totals were 2,R*41 wk.*,
with 80,117 protestant, sad 215,133 Roman catholic
scholars.