The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-17 00:00:00

POOR RELIEF IN THE NEFROPOLIR.

This commi ee met again on Friday, when the
following members were present:—Mr. Villiers (chairman),
Lord Stinley, Lord E. Howard, Alderman Sidney, Mr.
Kekewich, 811. G. Bowyer, Lord It. Cecil, Colonel Pen-
nnut, and Mr. Lyon.
Rev. J. Keyne, of Brentwood, Essex. a Roman catholic
clergyman, was examined. In reply to queutions by Lord
E. Howard, he wad he called at the school of St. Leonard's,
Shoreditch, and the matron told him that they knew no die-
Unction at that school as to the religion of the ellildren, they
were all brought up as protestant* ; if any of them claimed
to be brought up as Roman catholica, they were sent to
Loudon.
_ _ _

By Alderman Sidney—There were no Roman catholic
children at this school that he could get accria to, except
some MLR dozen Irish children, but he was not allowed to
ascertain if there were any more Roman catholic children in
the school or not. _ . _

By Lord E. Howard—He had strong grounds to believe
that there were a large number of Roman catholic children
in the school, and after repeated applications be was
allowed to see those few children already alluded to. After
he had seen them a second time the children, who were
mostly between eight and twelve years of age, were tiewill-
ing to receive his ministration, and there could be no
doubt about it, they were at that very time being brought up
as protestant&
By Lord E. Howard—He was decidedly of opinion that
practically it was impossible that Roman catholic children
could be brought up in the proper knowledge of their reli-
gion, and, therefore, lie was convinced that there ought to
be separate establishments for them. A priest can only see
those children of his enrol once or twice a week, and then
only for about an hoer or two at the 111114, used all the rest
of the week those children were uuder the hideout* of the
protestant masters and chaplain.
By Sir O. Bowyer—He never found the slightest disin-
clination among children out of the workhouse to receive
instruction ; on the contrary, they alwayesevinced a desire to
receive instruction. On the other baud, he found a strong
disinclination among Roman catholic children in workhouses
to receive the instruction of a priest. and that was fully ac-
counted for by the fact of the indueuces brought to bear
upon them by the protestant instructors of the workhouses.
Bev. James kloQuoin, of Stratford, was next examined.

In reply to fii; G. 'Bowyer he—said that at Forest-
gate wheel which he atteuded there were 400 chil-
dren, of whom he believed 100 were Homan catholic,. He
gave the children catechisms and prayer...books, but they
were taken away : he made an application on this subject
to the got:adieus, who directed that the books should be re-
turned to the children. Ho knew there were a great num-
ber of Roman catholic children in workhouses who had been
deserted by their parents, and three children could never be
proved to be catholic, nor brought up as catholic', because
their parents were afraid to come forward, knowing they
would be punished for deserting their children.
The committee adjournid at 4 o'clock.

THE MURDER AT KINGRWOOD RECTORY.—Al-
though the perpetrators of this crime have not as yet been
discovert4l, evidence is in the pommidon of the police which
will in all probability lead to their detection. We stated
on Saturday that a small brooch, the property of a servant-
maid of the Rev. Mr. Taylor, had been missed. The police,
however, had some doubt whether it hail been taken by the
murderers, and instituted a strict search in the room. on
the assumption that it might have been thrown down
behind some of the articles of furniture. During this
search a small packet, consisting chiefly of letters, contain-
ing the names of the senders, as also those of the to
whom they wereaddressed, and who are map to be the
murderers, was discovered. These documents are written in
• foreign language, and it is believed that through their
instrumentality the culprits will he trarA out. It is con-
jectured that on the handkerchief with which the ill-
fated woman's head was tied up being pulled from the
pocket of one of the assassins the letters must have mei.
dentally fallen out without hie knowledge.