The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-14 00:00:00

CLARE-MARKET RAGGED SCHOOLS.

Last night, the third annual meting of the Carr-
market Ragged Scho was held is the vra,ry non
or St. Clement Dane ; Lord ASHLEY in the chair:

The report stated that a girls' school had been
formed, and that in spite of many dlsadvantsges it sea
in a moat prosperous state. There were upwersle of ono
hundred girls now in the school, of whom 30 only
could be admitted to the needlework, although many more
were desirous of learning. Upwards of 200 garments were
made by the girls, and sold to them at a lees price than the
cost of the materials. With regard to the bo3s' school,
although at different periods of the year the mete: darn., had
fallen off, yet, on the ge, the school wu well attended.
There wu now no vinous behaviour on the part of the
who were, generally speaking, desirous of receivit g rue-
tion. An industrial sistiool was established U r a 'elect
aumber of boys. There was every reason to believe that
the boys who had emigrated trom the school wee. eoing
well, but owing to circumstances over which the corio,iites
had no control no emignnta had been sent out durinv the
present year. The committee had to complain of •he incon-
venient sise of the school room, which, however desimis of
remedying, they were unable to do from watt of hinds.
The receipts during the year amounted to 137 i. Is. V., of
which there remeined a balance of 291. Cf.

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The CHAIRMAN said that it was a pleasure to him to
preside at the present meeting, which was the third or f.,urth
anniversary of the Clue-market Ragged Schools. The
oftener they met, however, the more difficult was it to fl•.d
sew matter to introdLee. That was of very little Impertanee,
however, provided they succeeded in causing eleanlin•ss to
take the place of filth, aid morality to exist where vice
previously flourished. (Hear, hear.) Let it not be supposed
that there existed less necessity for ragged achooli at the
present moment than at a former period. Nu doubt they
I had done much, but they should endeavour TO ~o more,
because there was a conflict of principles coming en, and a
gre►t struggle would take place for the possession of these
hitherto neglected maws. (Hear, hear.) There was no
doubt evil mixed up in such a conflict; but if it ha -1 the
effect of directing public attention to the long neglected
duns of their population, sod should contribute to plate
&ham, where they ought to be, amongst the prir.ces of
the earth, then they might give thanks to 0 ,d that Mir
lot was cast in a time of public commotion. (Rear, hear.)
Far himself, he could never consent to have then chil-
dren thrust into the union workhouse. (Heat.) Whe.n he
considered the abominable cue of cruelty which occurred at
Bideford, and that other cue which occurred in Pump.
court, cases which wile disgusting to m aikind, a ti•grsce
to the country, and a horror to every man of thinking mind
from the north to the south of England, and nfleacd that
these abominalons were practised on childr‘u who had bun
taken from the union workhouse, he could not ounst nt that
one of these children should be sent there, if any merlin of
his could contribute to keep them out of it. In conclusion, hit
lordship urged them to support these Feb. ohs in a state of
efficiency, from the consideration that tiny were all subject
to misfortune, and that they should da now for the ragged
children of the district what they wou.d h,se wished to
have done for themselves if their circumstances Lad born
reverted.
The meeting war subsequently addrewed by the Ile,. Mr.
Ellie, rector of the I.►ruh, Mr. O'Malley, q.c., the Rev.
Mr. Hughes, Mr. Payne, and others, and resolutions wsre
passed urging the claims of these ragged schools to the con.
-aeration of the public.

FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS IN WALES,

ABERDARE, TRI:III9PAY.

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At about three o'clock this afternoon an explosion
occurred in the New Duffryn Pit, the property of J. Powell,
Esq. At present all is consternation and confusioe, and
people do not know what to do or say. No one esn tell what
the extent of the accident may be, but their fears had them
to suppose the worst. It is said that then were tifty•four
persons down, of whom three only have been brimeht up.
They are uninjured. But the winding engine is br ken;
and they cannot get down to aid those below, whom a little
assistance might rescue from d.ath.
The three men who were sowed say that they wale nearly
suffocated in coming to the mouth of the pit, and they give
but a very poor account of thou, that are behind. Bat, the
works being new, I am inclined to think that the walnuts-
tion of gas could not have been extensive; and, if right, the
fears of the people must have exaggerated the consequences
which are to be apprehended.
The agent of the colliery, Mr. Meredith, had may just
gone down before the explosion occurred ; and he is now be-
low. The only miens of communication with the pit is now
by meant of a 'bucket, wound by a crab ; and that occupies
half an hour in going to the bottom; and, when down, but
very few can be brought up in it. The repine of the explo•
Mon were like the discharges tel heavy pieces of ordnance."
FRIDAY, TEN A W.
A verbal mesasge has just been issued from the pit to this
' effect :
" Two have been brought out dead. Three yet missing.
" All the rest are brought out of the pit."
I Thus, happily, the occurrence has not been sa destruclive
to life u was appn handed.

On Wednesday morning an explosion occurred near
Tab's!), in Messrs. Vivian and So Mork Pie, wherehy
thirty persons were injured and two killed.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETV.—Tke annual
meeting of this a.diety.was held this morning, at the society's
rOOl9ll, Hanover. square ; his grace the Duke of Richmond
in the chair. The report was adopted without opposition.
At the close of the basin, sa proceedings, Mr. Williams de-
clared his intention to resign, on the ground that the council
had determined to bold the next general show in Hyde-
park, and thus indirectly to encourage the exhibition he
detested. The noble chairman deprecated Mr. Williams's
intention, and requested him to abandon it ; but the mfg•
nation was persisted in.
EXTENSIVE PLATE ROBBERY. NOTTINGUAM,
illlDLY.—This morning, at six o'clock, Mr. d. Bulley, of
Albert-street, in this town, discovered, on proceeding down
stairs, that his shop had been broken into the night
previous, and property removed, consisting of gold and
silver watches, gold brooches, gold signet end other rings,
Albert gold and silver watch-guards, silver spoons of all
descriptions, a great numter of ancient coins, and other
valuable articles. The back premise connected with the
shop enter into the burial-ground of the Cestle-gate meeting-
house, and the thieves entered through a window looking
into the graveyard. It is not known at precisely what time
the robbery occurred. Everything was safe at 12 o'clock,
and co noise was heard during the night. The value of the
property stolen has been estimated at more than 3001. No-
thing ha transpired to lead to the apprehension of any of the
robbers.
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN ST. JAMES'S-PAHL--
Yesterday afternoon a gentleman, named Tuley, pawing
along the south aide of the ornamental water in St. James's-
park, saw a female lying in one of the plantations sopa-
neatly asleep, but en going up to her he found that she
was senseless and foaming at the mouth. He obtained as
distance and conveyed her to the Queen-square lodge, and
gave her in charge of one of the gate keepers. On recover-
ing herself a little, she said that her name was Coe, and
that she lived at No. 7, Ciroavenor-crescent; that while walk-
ing with an acquaintance of hers, a laundress, by the water-
side, they had a alight quarrel, upon which her companion
knocked her down, kicked her in the back, and then stabbed
her with a penknife in the arm ; after this, she produced from
her pocket a bottle containing some fluid, which the com-
pelled her to drink. This rendered her insensible, and
whilst in this state she was robbed of 41. INI. and her wed
ding ring. She wastaken to the Westminster Hospital,
where she now lies in a dangerous condition.
IGNORANT PRACTITIONERS. The Lincolnshire
Hermes, aye: "On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Hitebios
held an inquest in Lincoln, on the body of Mr. Robert
Pule, of Oxford-street. Six weeks ago Mr. Peale, who was
Ikea a line and apparently healthy young men, fancied that
ha was troubled with scurvy, and he bought some medium
of a quack who keeps Lineoln market, and who calls him-
pills" Dr. Elston." Pills and a mixture were given. The
were a violent drastic, composed of gamboge and colo-
synth, and the mixture was made of a vegetable containing
• strong bitter. A few doses produced violent purging,
Te•itiag, prostration, and unapt/. The aid of MOW.
Hang, Rill, and Lowe being predated, they treated the
ONO edically, bat Mr. Pule gradually wore down to almost
• whet skeleton, and died from exhaustion on Monday
debt lest. During his innate, he constantly attributed it to
du quackmedicine. as he was comparatively well up to the
thou of taking it. The medical testimony es.ablished that
the violent medicine was altogether improper for the disease,
and that it would amelsrate death. The jury returned that
the death was from the awes named, but that it had been
accelerated by the medicine given by Elston, In ignorance
of the disease' and they expensed their regret that quacks
Ignorant of the diseases they pretended to have ability to
sure should be permitted to tamper with health and life. In
the mese of the 'equity, it was stated that Elston had doe-
Mod that he did not
a parastoilased Holmes for scurvy,
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• .tmtimonial as from him had, without the authoriof a wonder
SIM Ibi a s bai toga up his residence in Lincoln, f
and
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ells bi MM. Se was " not st home" on Wedowday.