Glasgow Courier. — 1848-06-17 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

TRON PARISH SCHOOL EXAMINATION.  The annual examination of this school, under the superintendence of Mr. A. Reid, took place on Friday, the 16th inst., at which the Rev. Dr. Boyd, of said parish, Rev. Mr. Walkinshaw, missionary, Mr. M'Callum, and Mr. Wilonald, along with a number of ladies and gentlemen, were present, when the various classes under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Reid, were examined upon English, geography, grammar, writing, and arithmetic, to the great satisfaction of all present. Thereafter, the junior division, under the superintendence of Mr. Robertson, were examined upon English, and scripture geography, at the conclusion of which prises were distributed amongst the most deserving. Considering the length of time which was occupied (five hours) the children, whose number might be about two , hundred, acquitted themselves with great patience and perseverance. GORBASS SRSISIONAL 8061041,. The Gimbals Sessional School, Norfolk Court, Norfolk Street, I was examined yesterday before the minister, session, and a number of ladies and gentlemen, besides parents of the children. The I attendance of scholars was about two hundred, all healthy and ' clean; and when It is taken into consideration that two-thirds of them are taught parish gratis—the school being supported entirely by the congre on of the church—and the remainder for a very small fee, it was beyond all expectation to find such an assemblage, respectable both in appearance and proficiency. Mr. Thomson, the talented teacher of the school, has not been yet three months in the situation, and yet, from amongst such heterogeneous materials as he had to work upon, he has produced one of the finest specimens of order and discipline to be found in our city. The reading and writing departments showed very considerable taste; but the sound information communicated in geography, arithmetic, and, above all, the knowledge of the Sacred Word (the chief object of the institution to communicate), were fine certificates both of the teacher's skill and the scholars' diligence. The 'proceedings of the day were interspersed with marching songs and other pieces of vocal music, which were executed by the pupils with considerable accuracy and taste.  The Cork Examiner of Monday gives the details of an extensive fire that took place in Cork Street in that city at one o'clock an Sunday, by which the warehouses of Messrs. M'Oboy, furniture-brokers, M'Sweeny, wholesale sugar and tea-dealer, and O'Hara, wholesale silk-mercer, were detroyed, with property estimated at £20,000. '%s Arctic Expedition.—We learn from a New-York paper Sir John Richardson and his party arrived at Lake - on the 29th April, and left a few days after, on my overland to the Arctic regions in search of the lition of Sir John Franklin. salon of a Murderer.—Our readers will perhaps the narrative of a murder near Airdrie, on the tber last, which appeared in our columns—the g a person named James M‘Bride. Since that mrderer eluded detection till early on Sunday en be was brought into Cumnock Jail in custody Ricer of the Ayrshire Rural Police, James Johnrty of men. The murderer is John M'Lusky, a a apprehended at Lugar Ironworks in course He is said to have made a full confession to ,r and is very  after  apprOfnsion;  penitent,