The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-13 00:00:00

TIER MATE

E.

VISIT OF PINCE ALFRED.
This splendid specimen of the Wooden
Old England continues to be a Source of great
attraction on the north side or the Firth. On

day night, the shore at Burntisland was clad with
spectators, whose close proximity to the veE-a:1
enabled them narrowly to watch the attenrt
which was made about nine o'clock to get her off
the sandbank upon which she had ut::aeliiiy
stranded. It seems that the chart used by the
master of the St. George was incorrect—the depth
of water at the spot where the vessel went aground

having been put down at .7 fathoms ebb-tide, while
the depth when the vessel struck was only 3-,e.
She floated easily about nine p.m. with the rise of
the tide, and was taken round during the night to
the west side of the Railway Pier, where she now
lies at anchor a quarter of a mile distant from the
shore. From morning till late at night on Sltur-
day, pleasure and provisioe boats hovered round
the vessel—the former crowded with passengers of
both sexes—the weather being fine —and the latter
laden with ell the " loaves and fishes" Burntisland
could furnish, the demand exceeding the supply.
Several trips to and fro were also made by the
ferry steamers. No visitors were admitted on board
till afternoon, when all who came were courteously
welcomed, and allowed to inspect every part of the
ship, the extremely tidy and efficient appear-
ance of which was the subject of universal wonder- .
went and talk. The St. George has 91 guns
at present, instead of 86, and 875 men, of whom
150 are marines. Large numbers of the officers
and men have been ashore in Burrhisland ; and on
Saturday Mr. Nicholson, locomotive superintendent
on the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway,
conducted a party, comprising the surgeon, chief-
engineer, and others, through the railway works
there, all the departments of which they regarded
with much interest. Since the arrival of the St.
George, telegrams have been despatched to and
received from Balmoral several times daily by
Captain Egerton, and it is now certain that Prince
Alfred will leave Balmoral with the intention of
joining the vessel to-day (Monday), arriving in
Burntisland by the eight o'clock train this evening.
Captain Currie, of the Burntisland Artillery Volun-
teers, having offered the services of the company
as a guard of honour to receive the Prince on his
arrival at the Burntisland Station, had the follow-
ing reply by telegraph from Balmoral on Saturday
afternoon :—" His Royal Highness Prince Alfred
is sensible of your attention, but wishes to uispense
with all ceremony on his return to the St. George."
Burntisland is quite on the gad vire at this unex-
pected visit of the Prince, and it will no doubt he
difficult to render his reception totally void of de-
monstration. Visitors, we understand, will be
gladly allowed on board the St. George the whole
of Monday, and as it is expected that she will sail
for Plymouth on Tuesday evening to undergo re-
pairs, the present opportunity of seeing a handsome
ship-of-war in full complement and in beautiful
order, ought not to be lost. It is reported, how-
ever, that she will again enter the Forth, and take
up her present position on the 21st of this month--
with what intentions, or if the Prince is to remain
on board, has not been stated.—Scotsnzan.

THE MURDER OF MAGUIRE.

In the Clonmel Chronicle we find the following
report of the evidence taken before the coroner on
Saturday last. It will be seen that no verdict is as
yet reported :
The first witness sworn was Edmond Phelan. He said—
I live at Nine Mile House ; I knew the deceased Michael
Maguire; was speaking to him on the last Thursday in
April, at the fair of Carrick-on-Suir, about the farm ho
had taken at Rahcen, from which Kennedy had been
ejected ; I advised him to give some money to Michael
Kennedy—i2o or £3o—to enable him to go out of the

country, as I thou4ht ho had no way of living at home
when he was put out of the farm, and he said ho would
not; I cannot say wh:. I said that to Maguire, but that
was my motive in speaking to him about it. It is usual
in the country, when a person is put out of his farm,

to get some Compensation from the person who took
it ; I also considered that Michael Kennedy might

have angry feelings towards Maguire ; if another person

took the land from which I had been ejected, l am sure I
would have angry feelings against that person; I heard
many people speaking about Maguire taking the land, and
they considerad it an ugly turn ; I spoke to the wife of the
deceased about influencing her husband to give Kennedy
some compensation; I came to the house about it, when
Maguire said he would not give Kennedy anything; I
reasoned with him, and he replied that he had laid out too
much money on the land already, and that he was sorry he
had anything to do with it ; I was afraid that there might
be some bad end come of Maguire for taking she land Ken
nedy had been put out of ; I also thougtt it would be more
creditable for the deceased to give liennedy something ; I
think any man of honest feeltig would speak to Maguire
about it ; I am married to a niece of the deceased ; there
was a great deal of talk in the country about his taking
Kennedy's farm,

Coroner—Did any person go to you to tell you to speak
to him P
Witness—No ; I ventured to speak to him myself.
To Mr. Hanna—l never hear a rumour that Kennedy
had used threats to Maguire.
To the Coroner—lt was•considered in the country a very
ugly turn of Maguire's to take Kennedy's farm, and it might
be the means of recovering some of the bad name he (Ma-
guire) deserved.
Sub-Constable John McCormack examined-1 am sta-
tioned at Glenbower ; on Tuesday last, about 11 o'c1:),011I-
was called upon by Patrick Smith ; he said
Smith led to-
wards at land,
but
gui I
re was
suspectedsh shot
t onit
wasl e land," he
Kennedy
ne diddy noths
held
d say;
w
wards Raheen, but I got there before
wereoovered with
y irn was first up
to was stretched oil
his he n
whereh ankthe
hishold in his cheek just
deceasedth rost e was
t,
he was quite dead ;
that might have s
death; o
ut a
I h foundort
distance
to the spot for any weapon
james
caused hi
above
blood teeth ; his trouselrsseisanairacd:usehdirierdti
r teasgen tl convenient
there walking
h
from his father; he had a stick in
hand beating the ground ; he was bawling; I searched
the person of the deceased, but found nothing on him but
as
two bits of scorched paper in his trousers pocket ; there
was a little heat in the body, but it was not natural ;
then got a horse and went immediately to report the case
to Head-Constable Parr, at Carrick-on-Suir ; the sub-in-
spector, Mr. Heard, comeback with me, and shortly after Mr.
Scully, and Mr Hanna came out ; when Ileft the barrack the
constable and two men were onduty ; whenlwasleaving tho
field his son James told me to tell the ploughman to
come up with a car to remove the body ; I did not
meet the ploughman, but when I came back the body was
removed ; the body was found on the lands of Raheen.

The following despatch has been communicati d
to the Marseilles journal :—The RailwaCousultative
Committee, composed Jf 21 members, Behs unanimously
rejected the demand made by the Southern Railway Com-
pany for an inquiry relative to their projected line from
Cette to Marseilles along the coast.
Letters from Vichy state that the Emperor is
expected to arrive early this season. The municipal coun-
cil has charged a committee of three persons with the pre-
parations for his Majesty's reception. The embellishments
ordered by the Emperor last year are almost terminate!!!
and the branch railway to Vichy, as already stated, will
soon be open to circulation.
stack a
A COLONY OF MICE.—In taking down a
n3ber
oats at Castlehill of Birnie this week, an immrn akenn all
se
of mice were captured and killed. The numbe
mates that
was not less than 300, and Mr. Mackessack
re.
of grain in
he has been taxed to the extent of at least 2.o9.courier.
tiet
supporting this colony since harvest.—
wi 1 '
SISIOCIETY.—T he
NAVAL AND MILITARY Biliid yesterday at Exeter-
annual meeting of this society
Which
gave an encouraging
hall; Capt. the Hon. F. blaudweasP
the secretary read the report,v‘ings during the year. The
2°,675 18s. ld., and the balance left
rheesided. After a prayer,
account of the society's I?r°c been £3,253 IGs. 11'4d., show-
income from all source; had
o. that of the previous year. The
amounted to £B3O 19s. 9(3, The
in the treasurer's
Gover.noient gave an order for a life-boat on the
jellgp eannd increase
report was a g BRAZIL.—Some months
IFBOAT FO ago the
1 Life-boat
f thenationalnstitution, to bo built for
plan o n Accordingly •
them la L 0 . a single-banked life-boat,
dhoap dtoe
dfb e:
hand .
feet long and 7 feet wide, has just been finished for them
by the Messrs. Forrestt. On Saturday the harbour trial
of the boat took place in the Regent's Canal dock, Lime-
house. It passed off very satisfactorily. On being cap-
sizedb oat self-righted f-rig h t e d instantly, and the water just shipped was
self-ejected in a few seconds. The arms-of the Brazilian
Government, and the word " Salvador" in crimson flags,
are painted on each side of the bow of the life-boat. She
has a transporting carriage and a full equipment of stores,t
which, with the boat, were sent yesterday by railwayoro.
Liverpool, ready for shipment to Brazil. The Messrs.y
restt have also building five life-boats, on the plano_ ofo _ therii.
National Life .boat Institution, for the Portuguef, cPl' "
Went,

B.Rmur AND FOREIGN SCHOOL
SOCIETY.

The 57th annual meeting of this society was yes-
tt..,rday held at the schools, Borough-road, Earl
Russell presided, and was supported by Lord Lyve-
den, Sir Walter Stirling, Sir J. Kaye Shuttleworth,
Mr. Bruce, M.P., Sir James Heywood, Rev. Dr.
Allen, Rev. Henry Allen, the Liberian Commis-
sioner, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Corderoy, &C.
The following is an abstract of the report of the
committee :—" The society's operations include the
training of teachers, the maintenance of the model
schools for boys and girls in the Borough-road and
at Stockwell, the inspection of schools in London
And the country, as well as an extensive correspon-
dence abroad; aid is also rendered by grants of school
materials to poor schools at home and in the colonies.
In the training department provision is made for
200 young people, the establishment for young men
being in the Borough• road, and for young women
at Stockwell. Of the former
.there are at present
95, of the latter 100, in the course of preparation
for elementary schools. At the Christmas exami-
nation for certificates, 72 young men were pre-
sented, all of whom passed ; of 73 young women
presented 69 were successful. Seven inspectors
are employed, covering the whole of the country,
and engaged in the inspection of schools, holding
conferences and committees, meetings of parents,
and otherwise stimulating to action in the cause of
:popular education. The number of towns and
villages thus visited is 861 ; the number of schools
inspected 1,157, including 1,347 visits to these
schools. This is exclusive of the metropolis and
its immediate vicinity, where Mr. Saunders has
visited schools attended by more than 30,000 chil-
dren, At the model schools in the Borough-road
for boys and girls there is an average attendance
of nearly 1,000 children, and at the practising
schools at Stockwell for girls and infants of 250.
Of 82 grants of school materials made during the
year 20 have been made to new schools, 30 to poor
schools in the country and to ragged schools, and
23 to the colonies and other parts of the world.
The contemplated alterations at the Borough-road,
and the various buildings and appliances at the
New Training College at Stockwell, are completed
at a cost, including fittings, furniture, and other ex-
penses, of £24,174 9s. 5d., the whole of which has
been paid. Towards this amount the contribution
received from the Committee of Council was
£5,742 125." After acknowledging the generous
aid given by the friends of the society to enable the
committee to accomplish this important undertaking,
the report concluded with an earnest appeal for
pecuniary assistance in carrying forward the seve-
ral and important objects of the society.
The Rev. H. ALLON, in moving the reception and
adoption of the report, and the appointment of the
committee for the ensuing year, said it was clear
from the statement which had been read that the
educational millennium had not as yet arrived.
He for one did not regret it, as he believed there
was nothing more healthy to church or to state
than a prominent dissent.
Mr. BRUCE, M.P., seconded the motion, which
was agreed to.
Lord LYVEDEN, in an eloquent speech, then
moved the thanks of the society to her Majesty the
Queen for her continued patronage of the society,
and an address of condolence on her bereavement.
Sir WALTER STIRLING seconded the motion, and
took occasion to blame the educational societies for
the opposition which they had given to the revised
code.

The motion having been carried by acclamation,
The Rev. DANIEL TUCKER moved that Earl
Russell be appointed president of the society in
succession to the late Duke of Bedford.
The motion having been seconded was unanimously
adopted.
Earl RUSSELL in returning thanks said—l address
you on this occasion with mingled feelings of pain
and pride—of pain because the resolution which you
have just adopted refers to the loss of a brother with
Whom I was from childhood entwined in affection,
and from whom to his last moments I received the
utmost and kindest indulgence, At the same time
it is a matter of pride to me that I have been asked
to assume the presidency of a society in which
another relation of mine—my father—laboured for
fifty-six years, in founding the institution and pro-
moting its prosperity. You will permit me on this
occasion to refer in some degree to that which has
lately occupied attention—the assistance given by
the state to public education in this country, to the
mode in which it has been given, and to the changes
which may be required in it. Ido not wish to enter
upon matters of controversy, but having been silent
on this subject, and having seen the efforts which you
made misrepresented, and certainly very hardly
treated in many publications, I may state both what
I consider has been done, and what yet remains to be
done. It is twenty-three years since, in 1839,
that, holding the office of Home Secretary, and
looking to the reports made from the gaols by
the chaplains and others entrusted with their ma-

nagement, and looking likewise to the general state
of the country, it seemed to me that the aid given
by the State to education should not be confined to
the £lO,OOO which was given to each society under
the suggestion of Lord Brougham, but that a fur-
ther effort should be made to improve and extend
the education of the poorer classes. With that view
I put myself in communication with a noble friend
who took a leading part in the councils of this coun-
try for half a century, and who still lives in the en-
joyment of the respect of his country—Lord Lans-
downe. (Cbeefs.) To him I suggested that there
should be a committee of the Privy Council specially
appointed to superintend the education of the coun-
try. He corrected, very judiciously, that suggestion
by propo)ing that we should confine the efforts of
the committee to the application of the sum annu-
ally voted by Parliament for that purpose. The mat-
ter being arranged in that shape he undertook to be
president of the council. We very coon obtained the
assistance of another friend of mine, whom I am
happy to see on this platform—Sir J. Kay Shuttle-
worth. I must say it is altogether to his untiring,
exertions, to his application, never to be diverted,
to his valuable suggestions, that we owe the success •
ful working of the scheme. (Cheers.) We had vari-
ous objects view, some of which I will mention,
in regard to which we have been blessed with no
small success. Our first object was to improve the
quality of the education of the masses; although
Irvin 1808 to 1811 this society and the National
Suciety had been labouring for that object, yet I
will say the suggestions of my friend, considered
nnu ace of council after much
and adopted by the
consideration, tended greatly to improve the quality
of education. I will mention only one instanee—

it was a valuable improvement on the old mode
of education that when the schools were large
some of the more advanced pupils should be em-
ployed as monitors ; but it was an immense improve-
ment that pupil teachers should be so engaged—
(cheers)—that they should, instead of coming un-
taught to their work, have the benefit of the special
instruction of the schoolmaster, and be daily so en-
gaged. I mention tbia as one instance—l could
mention a dozen, by which large openings were
made in the
system, and instruction of a better
quality •—i- • I 'ffnarted to the children in attendance on
our schools. (Hear.) To show Tan the state of
prevailed upon this point, I will Men-
opinion which.
of the church stated that
men-
tion to you that a bishop .
teaching children geography,
there was no use in
unless it was the geography of the Holy Lana.
(Laughter.) As I wish to be impartial I may add
that the schoolmaster of this -my school told me
that an eminent dissenter came bare one day and
at
objected to the children being taught geography
all; that shows you what was the state of opinion
on this subject some years ago, and I ask you to
contrast it with what was witnessed by all who
attended the examination this day. In another
respect too we were successful-- men of great emi-
neneo and talent bad endeavoured to improve the
education of the count r -
—amongst them Mr.IV hit-
bred and Lord Brougham, but they failed, owing to
this, that it was impossible to allay the suspicion of
the church on the one side and dissent on the other.
The church thought that all children should be
taught the catechism ; the dissenters felt that that
would be a violation of conscience, and would not
submit to it. After considering the matter me de-
onciling two opinions, but we solved
epaired of roc