The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-06 00:00:00

EDUCATIONAL STATE OP THE COUNTY MATO.

The Mayo Constitution contains the following remark-
able paragraph :—" Will it be credited that in this great
county, with an area of 3,600 square miles, there is not a
school ? We understand by a school, a seminary for educa-
tion, conducted by a gentleman, who, hiving himself grad-
uated in some university, is able to impart a liberal educa-
tion to his pupils—an establishment where, in addition to
the usual entrance course, comprising classics and science,
a sound English education can be had, embracing courses
of lectures on astronomy, mechanics, natural and experi-
mental philosophy, illustrated by the necessary apparatus.
This is what we mean by a school ; and we assert that
within the en! fi !es cf Mayo the re is no rush insthrion.
Wnat is is teen the consequence of this state of things ?
The result has been that gent:eaten, having no schools
within the county, have been obliged to send their sans to
the Isle of Man, Liverpool, Rugby, Dublin, Belfast, and
elsewhere; and those who were educated at the humbler
schools, being unable to pay for their sons at a distance,
are now obliged to let them grow up in ignorance. This
latter is no fancy sketch, for we are awara of the fact that
a public officer, within the last month, requiring to make
up official returns, was unable to obtain six writing clerks,
and had in despsir to sit down to the desk himself."

SULLIVAN, Tlll, HORSE WHISPERER.
The Marquis of Waterford's protege, although not likely
ever to rival Rarey, is gradually working his way into noto-
riety. His mble patron seems very much interested in hits,
and has already assisted ina•erially in extending his reputa-
tion. In the Cork Reporter of yesterday, Sullivan's
" operations" are thus noticed :—" Sullivan has operated a
second tim,:; at the establishment of Messrs. Olden, V.S.
Several gentlemen attended, and amongst them were some
who had been pupils of Rarey. It appears that our c Jur,.
tryman's methA is in every respect equal, and in many par-
ticulars superior to that of the American horse-tamer. We
saw him without strap or extraneous aid, even without a
whip, knock down a vicious mare, Thar years old; and so
much does this seeming appliance of force depend on slight
and skill, that Mr. Delacour, of Fairy-hill—a gentleman
now full of years, whom we need not stay to describe, as he
is universally well known through our county, where his
name is ever accompanied with good will and respect—
boldly undertook and succeeded in the s,n,e process. Tile
secret is entirely practical and dependent upon proper
manipulation; and it was very generally propounded as an
admirable undertaking that ' the Whisperer' eliould take
some large building, such as the Mary-street Circus, and
operate there, at a moderate rate of admission, so that all
the grooms and persons baying care cf horses might, fur
their own safety and that of the animals, learn how to sub-
due them with certainty and case."
THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF STRADBROOK.

The Tipperary Examiner says :—" Preparations on a
large scale are being made by the tenantry to %vele( me the
arrival of the Earl and Countess of Stradbrook, who are
expected here this week after a long absence."
THE FUNDS. _

Three per Cent. ConSois, do. for account, 10th
August, 954; do. for new account, loth September, 951 96;
3 per Cent. Reduced, 951; New 3 per Cent. Stock, 951 ;
do. for account, 10th August, 05:, ;1; do. for new account,
10th September, MI ; Bank Stock, 2361; Dublin and
Wicklow Railway, 6 per ct. pf., £lO paid, 101 ; Midland
Great Western and Royal Canal, 1:,50 paid, 49't ; de. half-
shares, £25 paid, 241.

SCENE AT A ROMAN CATHOLIC LECTURE IN WIGAN
—Eatly in the week the town of Wigan was placarded with
announcements that a lecture would be delivered in St.
John's Catholic Schoolroom, on Tuesday evening, by Dr.
S. W. Kuttner, the subject being "The Holy Scrip ures."
On Tuesday morning, however, a second placard was circu-
lated through the borough, headed " Romish Frauds,"
st iting that Dr. S. W. Kuttner (so cal'ed), who was to de-
liver a lecture that evening, had been proved " an impostor,"
thoroughly and directing tee public to read a pamphlet written by the
Rev. W. A. Darby, M.A., i
Man-
chester, in which the imposition he (Dr. Kuttner) was prac-
tising upon the public was cumbent oefx
exposed.
LI: sc(t k eA'ss,
might
ht
have been expected, this caused considerable excitement
in the town; and, notwithstanding that 3d , 6d., and ls.
were the prices of admission, the room, capable of bending
from 400 to 500, became well filled by a promiscuotti
audience, the greater portion of whom were Catholics.
Shortly before the hour of commencing. several cf the
Protestant clergy and Dissenting ministers of the
town entered the room, and took up a position near the
platform; amongst them being the Rev. W. T. White-
head, incumbent of St. Catharine's. About ten minutes after
eight o'clock, the lecturer, accompanied by the Revs. Thos.
Seed and H. M'Cormick, Catholic priests, entered the room,
amidst tremendous shouting and cheering by the audience.
As was announced on the placard, the Rev. Thomas Seed
presided, and in a few remarks, requested the audience to
give the lecturer a patient hearing, and stated that it was
very wrong to put out the placard which had been circulated
through the town, the first words of which (" Ramish
Frauds") were falsehoods, and calculated to give pain and
cause disturbance. Ile then called upon the lecturer, but
before he could speak, the ministers all rose, and the Rev. W.
T. Whitehead (having paid Is. far admission) protested,,on his
and their behalf, against :he remarks of the chairman, and
stated that the bill contained nothing that was false. These
remarks were nearly drowned with hisses and hootings from
the Catholic portion of the audience. On Mr. Whitehead
still persisting to speak, several roach-looking fellows rushed
from the bottom of the room to the platform, and wi'h a
very threatening air menaced the reverend gentleman and
the other ministers with him. The meeting became con-
fused. The ladies near the platform rushed out at a private
door, whilst the men became more unruly. Words ran high,
adnedserciopntfiounsi.onThe police having been
confusion, which lasted for someamnidn
ut ht
ees cbreagmgbalrisn
all
sent for were met on their entrance by deafening cries of
"Turn them (the ministers) out." Order having once more
been restored, the Rev. W. T. Whitehead was allowed, by
the permission of the chairman, to say a few words, in which
he promised to listen quietly to what the lecturer had to say
until the close, when he hoped the opportunity would he
afforded him of rebutting the lecturer's statements. Dr.
Buttner then proceeded, amidst considerable noise and inter-
ruption, give his lecture on the Holy Scriptures. A similar
scene
w t o
asagain and again enacted, and had it not been for
the help of the police, assisted by the Rev. H. M'Cormick
(who brandished a large stick in front of the more
turbulent portion of the audience) and others, the
consequences must have been very serious, Before
the lecturer had finished, the excitement became general,
and on the chairman declaring, amidst great noise, that the
meeting was over, a tremendous uproar ensued. The Pro-
testant ministers, the lecturer, priests, police, and audience,
all became mixed up in one mass of confusion, and a per-
fect melee was the tosult. In addition to the destruction of
clothing, many persons must have been much injured by
being knocked about. One man was bleeding profusely from
the mouth, having received a blow in the contest. The
excitement was very great, the streets being crowded; and
it was only through the protection of the police that the
minister, the lecturer, and his party g t safely home. So
great was the excitement and commotion during the meet-
ing, that the reporters, who occupied a table near the plat-
form, had more than once to escape into some corner of the
room f T safety, whilst their table and chairs became re-
peatedly overturned in the confusion which ensued.—
Manchester Guardian.
HORRIBLE DEATH.—On Tuesday evening, a boy,
aged three years, named Dennis Killdart, son of Sarah Kill-
dart, widow, of Lord-street, Oldham, was playing with
some other children in Tommy-field, when he acciin which some lime was being slaked,
dentally
got out in a very short time, he was so
afenldl itnhtoouaghlimbee-vvpiats,
severely burned that he died immediately after lie was
lifted out of the boiling lime.
Mn. HUMPHREY BnowN.--Mr. Humphrey Brown,
a director of the late Royal British Bank, who has lately
been released from the Queen's Bench prison, made a public
entry into the town of Tewkesbury on Tuesday last. His
horse was taken out of his cab, and a mob of men, women,
and children dragged him into the town. Mr. Brown after-
terwards made a speech to his friends. lie was formerly
M.P. for the borough!