The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-03 00:00:00

TLON IN LIVERPOOL.

On Saturday night, a large public meeting of the
friends of a Recent ewes of stealer edreati m, supported
by lvcal rates, and managed by local board* elected by the
ratepayen for that purpose, was held at the Concert Hall, in
L verpool. There was a pretty aninerona ath odium', and
the platform was crowded with the most influential of the
local leaders of the liberal party.
0a she motion of Mr. W. Raranoeu, seconded by Mr.
J. A Picrow,_

It V. YATES, Esq., was called to the chair.—The object
for which they had met was et the greatest public importance,
and one which deserved the Rapport of every sect and party.
He had beea twenty.fies years a visitor to • school in this
town, whose in/into:ors avoided The istroducti3a of every-
thing sectarian, everything which could give offence
to any Christian, to whatever coegretation he might
below,. (Applause) He bad united with pious,
itamilleat men of the Church of England, metho-
dists, and other sects; and they had acted harmoci.
°rely, and he wasted eSAently, together. (Applause.) He
was happy t* think that this plan had meet the countenance
of many parents ; and why should it not be so, for was it
not of advantage to a parent that the mind of his child should
be left unbiassed ? (Cheers.) If learned men in the church
of Bilrlaad could not quite atm* upon • point of doctrine, '
I was it to be expected that • little child, eight years of age,
could comprehend what puzzled the wisest? Let it he lett
to part nta, when the wads of their children were matured,
to instruct them in those peculiar doctrines by which the
christiaa world was distinguished. He concluded by an-
nonoeing that letten approving of the object of the Resting
had berm received from the following local ambers of par-
liament Sir halms Walmsley, Mr. Ciirdwell, Mr. W.
Brown, Mr. Thoreely, Mr. Evart, and Bir Thomas Birch.
He eallid upon Mr. Charlie Holland, a gentleman eh. bad
hag distinguished himself as • strenuous friend of education,
to move the first resslatioa.

Mr. CHAS. ROMANI% who was reeeived with applause,
moved, t• That it Is the opinion of this meeting that in order
to diminish Intemperate', misery, and crime, end to pro-
mote morality and the best interests of all chsees, a public
provi.ion for tie education of the pe)ple is necessary." It
was the 'duetted theses of the conntry, he said, who were
reepoosiblii for Hie ignorance and crime which were ad-
ulated to exist in this country, wheal we prided ourselves as
being the most civalisei in the whole world. He denied
that secular education could be opposed to religion. (Ap-
plause.) He could not understand why a knowledge of
physical science, that knowledge of nature, which leads as
to look up to Nature's God, maid be opposed to religious
influence. On the contrary he contended that all great
truths, sentiments, and principles were cognate and allied;
and we could not proceed to open the intellectual, ph) steal,
and moral qualities of wan without at the same time opening
that innate overpowering desire in all mankind to in-
Testiest' those higher principles which are to rale
his future destiny; which are to influence a being
far beyond the present.
Mr. GEORGE HOLT seconded the motion. There were
very pleasing examples of the sueeese of a plastery system
of education, and the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution had
for twenty years shown that the young of all class. a coubl
he advantageously educated together. Bat voluntary efforts
languished; and therefore it was that he thought the en-
lightened instruction of the Veofle a lair and legitimate
ground for taxation. It was cheaper to prevent crime than
remedy it. (Applause.)
The motion was put to the meeting, sad carried attain.
mously.

Mr. JOHN AIKIN, in an eloquent speech, moved the
second resolution—" That any system of public schools
likely to be generally acceptable to the people of this coun-
try, sad to meet the compheeted difficulties of the question.
must be supported by lual rasa, and swaged by local
authorities elected by the ratepayer speeitilly for that pur-
pose, with right of tree admission to all, ender suit-
able reenlatioce, end without religious distinctions."
Statistics showed that not above one-half pa ant. of crimi-
nals had had an instruction above mars reading and writing
this 'bows(' that criminals cams from the atoms% Liver-
pool should take an especial icterest in the question of edu,
cation ; lore what other town produced en usual supply of
2,342 leans ander 19 years of age ? The gentlemen who
promoted the present movement did set propose that
government should become educators of the people. That
would be dangerous ; and he believed that no gentleman
present would advocate such a prisciple as that; but what
they contended was that government had a right to call
upon every ;wrest to see that his child is educated. The
schools should be open to all, and the rats levied should be
on tie broadest basis, not of such amount as to oppress the
poorest thin, but such as to let him feel, however small
it was, that he was paying his mite, and had
the fallout right to have his children educated.
Mr. 8 rumtr, an operative, seconded the resolution.
The la continn wee put and carried, one hand ocly being
held up in opposition.
Mr. J. A. PIC lON moved the 'lied resolution—" That
is order that the rights et untidiest-, may be effectually
secured, it should ter a lundsmebtel rule that nothieg should
be taught in a• y of the said school' which favour the
peculiar tenets of soy telltales ma or dsnoesimation." He
saloptud the Itherality of the chairman, who had shown his
desire fur superior education by 'attributing 1,9001. towards
establishing Um schools of the Liverpool Mesamsioa'
tine. is reference to the TSTIOW minima on systems
of 'Assails*, the promoters of the present meeting stades-
' veered t.• sear a middle coarse. Whilst on the one hand
they held it to be the duty of the community to support
secular edocsion to those who need it, they utterly repu-
' dieted 'rem the bats. of their hearts the riot •1 w 10
to ut/merit% the emeeknes of his 'subbase
Mr CHARLTON It. HALL seconded the motive, which
wee also tarried.

TM telloswag weolution was then passel. "That thie
system, iwitaed of mjertosely awns, the iatanete of ?th-
em, would waterially aid the eft ,rte 'a the wliniewe teaeber,
and would do math to salty the upsritise and ~mare the
prejudices ot wets sad pasties," and • petition to parliament
agreed to The petition Irma • impede°. atria resalutless, sad
prayed "That no sat may he pried for Ilieessablistmeest ofit
nteril 'Tom if essedar educates. throewhest Loewe& arid
Wilts, to be supported by laud Mt*, netted on the earns Sr
weement as the poor's rate) arid managed by toed authori-
ties, elected by the ratepsyen spedally be As papaw"

BATVI.DAT 'rallies.
An important meeting of the bar of Ireland was
hold ynsterday, be the libmry of tee Four Courts, for
the purpose, as stated in the requisition, of " consider-
*/ the proposed "Amara of the jurisdiction of the
sasistant barrister& spurts, and also the previsione of
the bills now Toadies in perlianuat for the *mead-
meat of the practice and process oldie courts of law,
and of the proosedlogs, of the courts of equity in Ire-
land." The madam which was very numerously
attended, was called lq requisition to the father of
the bar, sigued by 26 Queen% counsel and upwards of
200 members of the outer bar. Robert Holmes, Req.,
father of the bar, presided, and all the gentlemen pre-
sent were in their bar costume. The secretaries were
Sir Coleman O'Longhlia and Mr. 8. Ferguson 1 and
among the other gent/omen wbo took a leading part
in the prosodies' were Mr. Fitzgibbon, Q.C., Mr.
Rami!ton Smyth, Mr. F. M'Donagh, Q.C., Mr.
Lorigfield, Mr. Whiteside, Q.C., Mr. J. I). Fitzgerald,
Q.C., Mr. Dewey, QC., Mr. Batteraby, QC, Mr.
Clete. Q.C., Mr. Blake, Mr. Molyneux, Act. The
following were the principal roolutiors, in which the
mintiments of the meeting were embodied, viz.:
That while we mortise the expediency of legal reform,
we deprecate the iattoductioa of legislative changes in the
practice of the law in this country without due tionsideratioa
sad earefal preliminary inquiry,. That with a view to Jodi-
slam reforms In the Mainistration of the law in this coon
try, we ono( opinion that a einavaistlon ought to be United
similar to that lately issued In Zealand, for the purpose of
resorting on the practice and pleadingof our superior courts
of law, and seggeeting the necessary intendment.. That
we disapprove of the contemplated measure fcr extending
the jurisdiction of the Assistant Barrister.' Courts to 601,
imosisistent with the proper functions of those soup; and
are Ovation that the interests of the public would be better
smelted by well considered muerte for the simplifying
sad moldering lees expensive the proceedings of the iioim,
c,arta, am by any farther enemas of inferior jariedos.
That • eassattai, emelatiog of the moven and seconders
of the resolution. with power to add to their number, be
requested to wet from time to time during the present
simian of parliament. and to take such steps as shall appear
to them advisable for carrying out the objects of this
meting.

A good deal of the opirit of the meeting might be
oonsidered as unnamed in a panne of Mr. Fitz-
gibbon's speech, when the learned gentleman mid :
They did not samt to put forward their opinions as com-
ely@ of the legialatare; but they met to deprecate the emb-
alm, temerity, meddling ignorance, disregard of existing
laws sad righter that had been always ♦enerated by them-
selves and their ametirors, and they simply Hid they t►ought
it wee wreag that such a step should be taken without a care-
ful preliminary inquiry from the beet lawyer—a stop that
woald bring the country, if persevered in, into a position
from which it would be difficult to rescue it.

A meeting of the friends and supporters of the
Lord Mayor was held yesterday at the Mansion
Rouse, when his lordship, in the course of his speech,
declared his intention of bringing his ease before the
House of Lards. Resolutions were passed expressive
of the determination of the meeting to support him.
An important debate on tenant right has taken
place in the synod of Ballymena and Coleraine—one
of the five sTnods into which the presbyterian church
of Ireland is subdivided. The diseased= ended in
the withdrawal of their opposition by the minority,
who were unwilling to have the question agitated in
that body, so that not one dissenting voice was rsised
against the tenant right petition adopted on that
occasion.
This (nays t►e Banner of Ulster) is the fourth out of the
five synods, eomposing ths (ascend A's nab:y of the presby-
terial' church in Irelead, which has declared in favour of
tenant right, so that there is no longer any pretence for in•
Bolan* about ennenuuisua or scrialism, or for other vino-
critic libels against= oppres•e I community, wbo are seeking
merely the vindication of their own rights and tits legal
security of their owe lab.aious4 earned property.
A tenant-right mee;ing. which is described as one
of the most numerous assemblages ever held in Tip-
perary, took place at Clonmel on Thursday. Mr. E.
Mulcahy, LP., occaoied the chair, and Le platform
held a crowd of clergymen and several landowners.
A very stormy meeting of the corporation has been
held this day, to take into consideration the manda-
mus issued by the Court of Queen's Bench in refe-
rence to the office of Lord Mayor; and after consider-
able discussion a resolution was adopted by a large
majority to the effect that the law agents be directed
to prepare a return to the order of the court, under
the advice of counsel ; and that the council could not
proceed to hold an election of Lord Mayor, as the
office was already filled.
A nil. nisi was obtained in the Queen's Bench to-
day for a criminal information against Charles Gavin
Duffy, the editor and proprietor of the Nation, oa the
part of Mr. Durham Dunlop, formerly editor of a
paper called the Monitor. In the Nation newspaper
of the 25th of May last two publications appeared,
which Mr. Dual,* c.onplaieed of as intended for him
as libellous, and u calculated to do him very great
injury with the public at large. One was contained
in an article headed " Mr. Leyne'e Case—Supplemen-
tal Statement."

There was a eale of lands in the Encumbered Estates
Court yesterday, but it presented no feature of im-
portance. The estate sold was that of Charles
Denroche Purcell, in the county of Cork. Lot 1,
consisting of the mansion-house and demesne of
' Rathmaher, and containing 233 acres, bringing a
profit rent of 290/. paid by one tenant, was pur-
chased in trust fur Mr. Thomas Wyse, for the sum of
5,3501., or about 184 yeers' purchase. Lot 2, pro-
ducing a profit rent of 57/. Bs., paid by one tenant,
was purchased for I,OOW. Lot 3, giving a profit
rent of 89/. 18s. 95d., was sold for 2,2501. The sale
of the next lot was postponed, acd the remaining
portion of the property brought a fair price.

SAILING OF THE VICEROY FROM GALWAY.

GALWAY, SATURDAY EveNtsci.
The event which has been looked forward to with
so much interest, not only here, but throughout the
length and breadth of Ireland, the sailing of the first
steam ship intended to open up a direct mail commu-
nication between a western Irish port and America,
took place this morning. Toe mail bags, with
Fisher's express, bringing the London morning papers
of yesterday, and the telegraphed English market
intelligence down to yesterday at noon, were placed
on board the Viceroy at a quarter to ten this morning,
and the fine vessel was immediately under way,
amidst the salutes of cannon and the cheers of a
hundred thousand people, who covered the shore and
filled innumerable boats upon the bay.
Never were such rejoicings witnessed before in
Galway. Last night the town was illuminated, and
brilliant fireworks were let off. The commander and
officers of the vessel, with several others, were enter-
tained at dinner by the gentlemen of the Galway
club. The old town, which was crowded with
strangers, opened its doors with its ancient hospita-
lity. The snipping in the harbour were dressed out
in their gayest style ; and never were cheers and
prayers more sincere and heartfelt than those which
were poured forth for the Viceroy as she steamed this
morning out of Galway bay. The weather was serene,
the sun shone forth gorgeorude, the surface of the bay
was aa smooth as that of a lake, and the scene was, on
the whole, one of the most interesting ones that could
well be imagined.
It must be admitted that some misgivings are en-
tertained, owing to the light tonnage of the Viceroy,
and he• inadequacy to encounter the enormous billows
of the Atlantic, if rough weather should supervene ;
and if her trial trip should even prove a failure,
people are not inclined to despair of ultimate success.
In such a case it is intended by some to invite an
American company to put one of their great yawls
on this station ; and at all events it is resolved to re-
peat the experiment.
The Viceroy carried out only 28 passengers, with
a surgeon and agent. Her rate of smiling on leaving
the bayu little morewasestimatedthan tothberse.4uartars
about 1 5 knotsofan prhoruhrour
gs;
and
I was oat of sight.