The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-30 00:00:00

EoucAnoraL A highiT influential company, about 500 in num ber, at thu Town-hail, Manchester. on Thursday ' ,ening, the Right Rev. Dr. Let, Lord Bishop of the dior..e. in the chair. to hear a paper on the proposed edu catiolial scheme for ?Manchester and Salford (in opposition tot!„ National l'olilic School plan), announced as to be read hy Mr. W. Entwisle, of the firm of Loyd, Entwisle, and , (mi l kers. The company included the Very Rev. Dr. II ,wets, Dean of Manchester ; the Rev. Canon Clifton, the ft. v. C. ltiehmu, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, and a great m a n ) other clergymen ; the lkir. Dr. Bunting (Wesleyan); Rev. Dr. Ilannah and Rev. Geo. Osborn (Wesleyan.); ilamo.l Flit:her. E.q., and Rem. Richard Fletcher and Jam.,Owyth r (independents) ; Jas. Heywood, E.q.,M.P.; Jos. Ilrothetion, E.g., M.P.; James Heald, . M•l'. ; the 111.1%..1 . 4 of the to u boroughs, and several leading mem hers of the corporations. The Right Reverend CIIAIIIMAN, in opening the pro- iceedors, said—The fiat duty, gentlemen, which I have to perform this evenir.a,i. to call on the chairman of the commit tee a in have prep I:ea the draft of the bill which is to he 'obvious d to we and eaplainod on this occasion, to read a' prier, whichise ha been kind enough to prepare, explana tory of the ohjects of the measure which is proposed to be intniatieed into the legislature in the course of nest eessiou. Refine shona so, however, I will beg leave to state that, upon inquiry, I find, what I had myself believed to be true, that it is the object of this meeting to explain, in the fullest possible manner, every circumstance connected with the bill ; and, while we do not invite uppo.ition to the meiWure, in the form of regular discussion, at the came tiro we steal he happy to receive any question., addressed to the rhairman, from those who do not understand, or do not wholly approve, of en ry portion of the meioure, that those questions may bare au opportunity of being fully answered, and that every portion or the measure may be subjected to the noat searching investigation. (Cheers.) 1 will not, bowie ler, 110.• enter on the subject—it will be peculator, to do ; but I will, with your permission—nut requesting your alteration, for I am cure that the fullest sad fairest hearing will be accorded to every gentleman this evening —eall as Mr. Entwiale to read the paper which be has pre pared. (Cheers.) Mr. ENTWISLE then read his paper, from which we give the following extracts: We has,, a question to answer, the difficulty of which is at least equalled by its importance--To what extent and in what manner is society hound to interfere in providing for the education of all its members It would appear," says Mr.l'ortcr (Pro r"., p. WI) "to be the duty of every government to see that it• subjects are taught their duties as men and citizen, and taus to provide fir the security of all. Leavens to this end have indeed been taught by the government of England, but to whom have they been imparted, and by what agency, bare they been enforced ? To be adopted as a scholar, a man! Must, at least up to a comparatively recent period, have quall. fink Ininself to appear an a criminal at the bar of justice, anti his chief schoolmaster would have been the hangman. If one tithe of the expense that has been incurred, to so lath. purptee, during the present century, in punishing criminals, had been employed in previa toot crime by means of education, what a adr, ri at Country would Enolaud have been to that which our ciinainal records show it to have been !" And brie, an might perhaps have been expect d, the men of atom:hewer have shown themselves aware of the danger of fort lief negleo, :AA disposed to grapple manfully with the al lmowledpted difficulties which beset the qoestion of eduraion. For that which is true of this kingdom as tomato il with other nations is also eminently true of this partitular district, six., "that of all civilised countries. this is the one in which ignorance on the part of 6, ma pl e tirings with it the greatest amount of danger.' And esp. rienet has uniimpily shown that it is useless. to wait 1.. i the intervention of the legislature; and that in this c ur , a s ,n so many others • any measure of practical relief wkkh can hope to eommauil gent red approbation, must ori innate with the people themselves. As usual in all difficult cases, there are " three courses open to 115,.. there arc three distini t %yeti 111% p pounded fur our acceptance. First. Then :ire the suppiirters of the voluntary system, who de claim loudly against centralisation, government interference, tiolatiou it is.' rights of conscience, and so forth, fortifying thttuols •• with quotations from Lord Brouttlians, and many r anthonties, to show the superiority of a 'colon hiry renigaition of our duties towards our fellow citizen* *or a eampulsory contribution wrung from us by the tax rah nor, and lose. , lug upon the necessity of preserving the full muss of parental responsibility. There is as doubt much beauty and truth in this theory ; but we ran Lolly avoid seeing that if fairly carried out it amouuts to nothing more nor leas than having things as they are ; for we hove found by experience that it cannot breams general in practice unless by an entire abandon ment of its voluntary character. To come at once to to plain matter at issue with the advocates of the voluntary .) dew There is no complaint against their tht ors ; and if we could assume that under their plan the people of these kirgduma either were now or would shortly be plattil in such a position as to render their igno rance, wherever it should be found to exist, attribu table only to their own resolute rejection of the means of education offered for their acceptance, we could not reason ably claim to interfere with their action, or to lay any turthen upon the community for t h e promotion of a new Scion,, which t0u . ..1 in that case only succeed by the ex tinction it the former system. This argument, however, is only tenahle on the ground that the existing means are nt. quote to the wants of the people. The voluntary system hoc had a fair trial, and we see the result. Surely the time has arrived when we may propose to introduce some means of .applying its defkiencea without the necessity of refuting the argument% in favour of its principle, or of being sup pos..l to undervalue the advantages it has conferred. Se condly, there has arisen a plan for that which has been enlist( the " national " or " secular " scheme of education. The general outline of this plan is well known in this lueolity, where it originated, and where its prim. till,, have insole considerable progress, and have recently n maintained by argument in an address of great al..lay, but dwelling rather on the imperfections of its nail than upon it. own claims to public sanction. W. propose to judge the National plan rather by it. neeneary result in practice, than by • theoretical (Lamination of its proposed details. For if it shall 'mar that in attempting to supply an acknowledged di kennel., and at the same time to avoid a collision Si hostile religious opinions, the promoters of this plan can saly escape the difficulties that have proved fatal to so many previous ptuposal., by severing the ancient connexion be ratio the religious constitution of each portion of the com noway and the education of their own members, by super% Wan and gradually extinguishing all existing schools, who re the youth of these kingdoms have been, as Lord John IL- it shot.' to be the desire of their Sovereign, " brouaht up," and by thus compelling all to accept n. she instruction only, because some are unable to reconcile inat ir eonsc iences the union of religion with education; then en nay fairly ask, with what justice can sogreat an injury be Isolated on those establishments to which alone for many Pas past the nation has been iudebted for the education Oath as it has been) of the masses of its people ? For it gait hardly he necessary to point out that the inevitable Win pinny of the growth of a system offering gratuitous Woe trios in rate-built sod rate-paid schools, must be the Maurice of those schools which arc supported partly by Car sabscriptions of the snore wealthy clones, and partly the weekly pence paid by the children attending them. Ibis seems to have been self-evident to the promoters title National Schools Association, who have introduced has the outline of their proposed mode of action a poni es' fur enabling themselves to purchase or hire, and the Mute., of the existing schools to all or let, such existing Schools without any liability to legal proceedings on oc tant of so manifest a deviation from the original iletination of the founders. It may he doubtful it. 'her such a power as this would ever be r.t.d by the legislature, as it involves a plain assumption right to set aside any trust-deed, settlement, or endow east made for any special purpose whatever, and to ulie bat Property held under such titles for any other 14.44 that a▪ s p sSrto hi more in accordance with public opinion forlh time being—and this not upon the application of Prams then bolding or interested in the property in guts bet. hut in pursuance of a general power granted to a bas., diet?, nt body, and for purposes directly at variance V. those of the original founders of the schools. And if k should be urged that it is not intended to make Me. a power eompubory against the trustees or ma been of existing schools, but only to provide ft tittle admission within the terms of the new ties titian upon their own consent and application, /.10/ there remains a difficulty which no means have yet we muiristed to overcome, viz., how any board of trustees, 01 0:litis having the management of such property, could Mann* to its alieuation, or could receive any purchase- Piety or rent for the application of which they would no have e ith er legal power or an object. Unless this telly more fully topsexlained, and provision made to meet _ et bare a right isisiag wheels into the "national" plan could take Se , And it will be easily wen that several important lirlaqat nen immediately flow from this conclusion. First, hbssb ma. La been above stated, the success of the National Association coo only be attained by the ruin of carting system. Secondly, that the national / ha meg be carried out, if at all, in the face of i.aniat and ientious opposition on the . advocates of the voluntary sincerely hold the necessity of the training with general or secular in under the proposed new plan , • new and distinct provision of of receiving the whole ju . at any one time be gathered -s education. Possibly this last .e weight than both the others,when a in our own district alone, comprising Manchester and Salford, there is now 'on for probably not less than that the cost to the ratepayers I . for the new association could The object of the local men appear, is to follow up the princi- distribution of the parliamentary I the opportunity of attend- with their own religious, necessity of attempting to opinions or indifferent mo asly of scholars. But, says the • system really combining Tell etion is impassib le. • • • • multiplication table must be taught at This is really nothing more than a play •al Win aura eonarienti Pert rat not only th e a d' hat Of all who sincerely Sa m , eton of religious training And 4.4, that ma weel..mtd require an entirely m ,eennuolition, ealmble p.pulatiou which could 1,4 the purpose of et mm.n . may ha ve more weigh a ' , membered that in our 100 bemughe of hianchestel acce , ramodation I te .10,000 children, and tl providing an equal amount 1. h, It's than 200.000/ . TI M 'ill presently appear, il in the distribit ..11,1 by affording to all schools in connection imitr, avoid the n 1. .0 diffe rent religious api . 1 among the tame hotly Awociation, " a syst h.l • . ' ~ l h !ular instruction i and multiplies Mt tint's." This is mall. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1851 AT I apos the word " amble' Beier mew b, that the not only do not combine the two. boillmtillay only undertake to teach one. lam quite awaillitelk Ihe sgpty is read that ' the prospectus co ntem plates** ds Si the schools at stated tunes, to afford opportunliee for the inculcation of doctrinal religion; and right glade* I to find that the prin ciple which we m a i n t a i n - is Ow acknowledged to be indispensable and true. Bias I contend that no association is justified in gashing a demand for power to levy money upon the public, unless they undertake to perform completely the task which on their own showing will be but half accomplished by their means. They necessarily deprive others of the power of fulfilling those all-important duties which they refuse to discharge. The local measure, which is now submitted to the consideration of the inha bitants of these two boroughs, contains the details of a plan for promoting education by means of a rote upon property (us proposed by the National l'ublic Schools Association), and thereby offering to every child within the two boroughs all the advantage% which have ever been contemplated by any measure combining religious with secular instruction, with , out being open to the same objections on the score of reli gious differ •nee of opinion. It remains for us to consider how far this bill, which has met with the cordial ,concur rence of many influential persons connected with nearly all the religious bodies in the district, has succeded in steering ' a middle course between the insufficiency in practice of the voluntary system on the one hand, and the de • feet in:principle of the secular plan on the other. By adopt ing the proposal fur an educational rate, the bill recognises as a public duty the obligation of providing for the intellec tual improvement of the people, in the some manner as is I proposed by the scheme of the National Public Schools As-, seciation, while by its provisions fur absorbing and render- I tug more efficient all those schools which have originated end are connected with the various religious congregations, 1 without any interference with their peculiar systems of, management or discipline beyond that moderate degree of superintendence which is requisite in all eases over the ad- 1 ministratien of :bads derive . from the public, it mainsails', unimpaired the connexion between the religious organien- Lion of the nation and the education of its members—that connexion which it is the glory of the Voluntary system to have estabiished, and which, us exp e ri en c e h as shown, can not be endangered without awakening the spirit of vigorous and universal reprobation throughout the land. The leading principle of the alauchester and Salford Educa. boo Bill is similar to that adopted with acknowledged suc cess by the educational committee of l'rivy Council, in their application of the annual parliamentary grant, viz., to allow the distribution of the public fund to be regulated by the voluntary act of the people themselves, avoiding all unnecessary interference with the details of the system pur sued in each school. As the parliamentary grant is applied in proportion to the amount of voluntary subscriptions and! dm ations fur building and maintaining schools, or in other words, in proportion to the amount raised by voluntary effort in aid of such schools as come within the description laid down by the minutes of the committee of privy council, so now it is proposed to appropriate the money to be raised by a public rate towards the continued support of all exist ing schools answering the same description, in exact propor tion to the wants of the people, as shown by their voluntary attendance at any of the schools to which the rate will be come payable. Neither one nor the other seek to originate any new system, or to bring any external influence to bear upon the founders of schools or the pupils attending them, but prefer to take the Lets as they find them, as an evi dence of the feelings, ooinions, and wants of the public, and to aid in the promotion of a scheme of education which is the real result of the purely voluntary principle. Bat there are two points on which it is believed that the parliamentary grant lint failed to answer its complete object, for the attainment of which the present measure, or one of a similar character, seems absulutly necessary. First, it is evident that the appropri ation of public money in proportion to donations or sub scriptions fur building wheel., must tend to allot the greatest share of aid to those who stand least in need of it. It helps the exertions of the wealthy, but leaves unaided the necessities of the indigent districts. And, secondly, it provides fur the erection of buildings, but not for their con tinued support, at least not to the extent required for their maintenance in vigour and efficiency ; for the grants in aid of the saiories of certificated teachers, for pupil teachers, and for inspection, though extremely valuable adjuncts to the present system, arc nut of themselves adequate to secure competent persons in sufficient numbers for the work to be done, even with the present number of children frequenting their schools. Arid it has always beta a common com plaint that it is much easier to provide the means fur esta blishing than for maintaining an institution of public utility. The appointment of a committee containing represents- 1 titres of all the different classes of schools admitted into union becomes requisite to insure the fair registration of the pupils at the schools of their own selection, as also the inspection of each school by proper persons, to provide for the due observance of the conditions on which toe pay ment of the rate depends, and the management of the funds' by the representatives o f ratepayers, a committee of the municipal council, in order to guarantee the payment of sue: amount only us shall be properly certified as being claimed in strict accordance with the provisions of the act. Besides the various clauses—too many for description in de tail—for effectually carrying out the general principle, teen are two other important questions involved in the bill, to which we will proceed to give our attention. These ore, first the character or description of schools entitled to be admitted into union, and to partake of tho public rate; and secondly, the means proposed to supply any deficiency of school accommodation, if it sho u ld he found either that school accommodation should be come at any time inadequate, or that the existing schools should refuse to place themselves voluntarily within the terms prescribed by the bill. The former of these is a matter on which no slight misapprehension appears to have existed, and may probably still exist, among persons im perfectly acquainted with the intentions of the promoters, or the effect of their proposed stipulations. Those schools are first declared to be absolutely entitled to partake of the benefits of the rote, which at the time of the poising of the bill shall be actually partaking of the parliamentary grant, or whose constitution and management are such as to come within the existing regulations of the committee of l'rivy' Council, although they may either have refused to apply fur aid, or to admit such iuspection as is (keened a necessary condition of receiving a share of the public mono To all such schools the bill gives a putative title to e of the rate, subject to conditions for inspection, c., similar to those laid down by the minutes of the Privy Council com mittee. But the bill does not require any schools which have hitherto, from whatever Cagle, declined to place them selves in connexion with the committee of Privy Council, to submit to an authority or control hitherto resolutely re jected. On the contrary, while it assumes as already set tled t!lef which !!!! bait seionip:l:hi:d :::7!ht cloomi:Zeo of Privy Council, so far as the description of the schools to which their aid is applicable, it expreeely provides for the admission of all such as come within that description, whether their claim to public support has been hitherto admitted or not. It is the constitution of the school, and its connexion with some recognised religious body, which is to be thus ascertained, in the saute manner as if the existing minutes of the committee of Privy Council hail been actually incorporated into the bill, and enforced not by a central authority competent to relax or modify them, but "stereotyped" in their existing form 1 in and by the bill itself. Further than this, it is provided that a mere technical objection, such as the fact that a school is built under or as a part of some ecclesiastical foundation, shall not operate to its exclusion from union. Such an exclusion is perfectly justifiable in the case of the parliamentary grant, which being applicable towards the 1 building itself, would thereby become appropriated to the foundation of an ecclesiastical establishment; but has not been held to apply with equal force to a payment out of the rate for the education of pupils in a school conducted in other respects in accordance with the conditions of the Lill. Aid the same principle has been carried out by a clause declaring that any other schools (if such there should be) not coming within the description laid down by the minutes, but adopting and regularly using the Holy Scriptures as the foundation of their religious in struction, should Oise be entitled to be admitted to partake in the rate on the same terms as those qualified under the minutes of the committee of l'rivy Council. This is under stood to be the same lc-ailing principle as that which has guided the committee of Privy Council, and it may possibly be asked, " Why, then, should we encumber our measure with a double enactment of the same condition, especially when the condition laid down in express and stringent terms is open to some objection on the part SI those who do out desire to use the scriptures as a test which may either be evaded or actually perverted to a pulses e diametrically ed oppos to the intentions of the bill? It is extremely desirable that the' port of the bill should be well under stood, and a few words may perhaps be allowed in explana tion. The object of the framers of this =ensure is identical with that of the committee of l'rivy Council. as above as sanatel—viz., to declare all schools admissible where the Holy aleriptures are taken and regularly used as the foundation Sid rale of religious faith. But in the case of the distribu dsa of the parliamentary grant there exists a discretionary power with the committee of Privy Council, which ex empts them from the necessity of laying down strict terms partaking of the nature of a test, fur they can by the mere sizenhe of their plenary power, put a veto upon any grant 111 a school which does not substantially comply with their I intentions; whereas in a local measure, it seems ible to constitute any such power without placing the whale administration of the fund entirely at the mercy of i shies' board, liable to be influenced by many considerations, 1 rma:al or political, at utter variance with the objects of Os bill itself: unless, indeed, recourse should be taken to the same committee of Privy Council as a court of final appeal; a plan that would leave the dis tribution of the rate subject to continual changes, and might eventually, under the pressure of popular opinions, hand it over entirely to schools disconnected with any religious body, and disavowing any religious creed. Be this as it may, the decision of the _promoters of this bill was to take their stand upon the Holy Scriptures, as the sole ground on which the representatives of so many different religious , persuasions could meet and unite in concord. While, there- ! fore, they were compelled to declare their intentions in plain I and caress terms, keying no discretionary pnw, r of adnii- nistrabon to those who will be entrusted wita the control of 1 the funds, it became requisite for them to consider in what ! manner a clause so framed would operate to admit or ex-' elude sehoole which might in fact comply with the spirit, but which might refuse to be bound by the letter of such an enactment. The case of the Roman catholic schools was clearly ono which could not be met by any modification of the terms of the clause, providing for their use of their own version, for they object as much to any stipu lation for its use, as ter the use of the authorised version, In truth, their objection is one which may appear unrea sonable, inasmuch u they do really comply in practice with the intentions of the bill; but It is as much a matter of Conscience with them to reject the expressed condition u with this association to insist upon its effectual observance. There lemained, then, no other course than to accept them ' on the terms already made with - them by the committee of Privy Council, and to place them and all others answering the description contained in the minutes upon precisely the same footing in this respect. This has been done; and although the Roman Catholics complain that an undue pre ference has been given t.. the use of the authorised version, the committee feel confident that no real injustice will be sustained by the Roman catholic schools under this bill, ; and they are fully convinced that no one of their schools will be excluded ruder the terms now adopted against which there does nut exist some valid objection entirety independent of the particular clause conferring the claim to admission. Having, ascertained the character of the existing schools to be admitted into the union. we now proceed to the second point—viz., the provi sion in the bill for the supply of school-room where it may be found defective. From the large extent of sehoofroom already existing within the two boroughs, which has been estimated as capable of containing nearly the whole juvenile population within the school age (i. e. ' between 4 and It), it might seem sup e rfluo u s t o di scuss or provide for this event at present, as it is all but impossible to suppose that the whole number could ever be assembled at one time for the purpose of instruction. But though we may rely with great confidence on the readiness with which any deficiency would be supplied by rival exertions of the different religious bodies, esp.:chilly when they shall have been relieved from the burthen of giving constant support to . those schools which they have already 'minded, it is clear that i a bill which should leave to a mere contingency the pros colon of the school-room required for successful operation would be , exposed to a serious and probably fatal operation on account of so glaring an oruiesion. In fact the framers of the bill felt bound to show the means of providing positively fur 1 such contingency, before they could ask their fellow-towns men to entrust them with the conduct of a measure proposing to levy a late upon all property within the two boroughs. This rart of the bill may therefore be viewed ILA an indw pensable provi Son against an emergency which may never occur. It is proposed that wherever school-room shall be found insufficient for the wants of the inhabitants, after ' ample notice shall have been given, the municipal council shall be empowered to apply ' the money of the rate-payers for that purpose, so as to insure to each district au adequate supply of school accommodation. In all schools built out of the rates the same stipulation as to the use of the holy scriptures as that already de- I scribed is to be enforced ; but as they will be entirely disconnected from any religious body, con gregation, or sect, it is expressly declared that nu creed, catechism ' or distinctive religious formulary, shall be taught therein. It would occupy too much tame ' and be some what beside our pr e sent !impose, to deal with all the objections that have been urged to this part of the bill. thus much, however, seemed necessary to clear it from misapprehension. These rate-built schools are proposed as an ultimate resource in case of deficiency ; and though a necessary consequence, by no mean• constitute the main object of the provisions of the bill. It will perhaps be eke mud convenient course to divide our remaining observa tions upon the bill into separate portions, as it relates to the different parties concerned in its operation, either as rate payers, teachers, or pupils. It is clear that every person interested in the matter must came under one of these descriptions, if we suppose the term "teachers" to include the proprietor or managers, and "pupils" to include the children who are the recipient. of the education offered, and theieparents, by whose consent and directions they would be suojccie‘i to the cause of instruction and discipline of any particular school. First, then, with regard to the ratepayer. From what has been already said it will be unnecessary to enter upon that part of the ques tion which concerns merely his pecuniary interest in the matter. Although there are strong reasons for believing that even in this point of view he may find himself a con siderable gainer, this is not the place for discussing that point, which involves no principle, and therefore presents no difficulty. We are now to deal with conscientious objec tions only, and the objection that may be made is nut one of amount, but of isiyment at all. And here we touch at once upon the stronghold of the advocates of the voluntary system, who protest against a payment fur the propagation of error, or that which they hold to be such. Let us see what are the securities which the bill has taken un his behalf, against any improper application of his money,auil how far his contribution to the intuition object is open to the imputa tion of being a violation of his conscience. By thu pro posed measure, the raining, control, and administration of the funds presided by the rate will be placed entirely in the hands of the municipal council, actiug through a com mittee of their own body, designated as the " Ifistrict School Committee," who will be authorised and required to pay over to each school admitted into the School Union (as above described) a sum proportionate to the number of scholars actually receiving education therein, so that no money at all will be paid except in direct return for services rendered to the community. The selection of the school being the voluntary act of the child or its parents, the ratepayer is empowered by his representatives in the district school committee to ascertain the facts of appbcation, his admission, and his weekly attendance., in accordance with strict regulations contained in the bill. Thus an effectual safeguard is provided against any im proper application of the money ; and with regard to the allegation that the tax is levied for the propagation of error, it is difficult to perceive any distinction between this pay ment, where no violence is offered to the conscience of either the teacher or the pupil, and any other compulsory or even voluntary payment made for the direct benefit of persons of a different religious persuasion from our owu. Susely, to any religious mind, there is less differ ence between any two modes of belief founded upon the Holy Scriptures, which are taken as the common basis of all, than there is between any one of them and no religion at all. Christianity and infidelity are more widely opposed than any two forms of Christianity. And yet, in so far u our contributions are contented, this is the alter native we are invited to accept ; fur it is in vain to allege that it is not intended that the pupils shall be educated without religion, while no specific provision is made fur it., inculcation. Society itself requires that the people should be educated, and demands a contribution for this as a common object essential to the peace, order, and welfare of the community, proposing that each shall be left in the enjoyment of his perfect liberty of conscience in the selection of his own religious opinions. Are we, as citizens, entitled to reply that we will not consent to contribute our quota unless with a stipulation that it shall be applied to the inculcation of those opinions which we ourselves hold, and thus to exercise a direct influence and constraint upon the consciences of those who are to receive or to impart the education for which our money is p a i l ; ? Surely the hardship in this ease would be much greater. and a power would be allowed to a mere money payment far more objectionable than any argument could justify. On this subject let us briefly advert to the provisions. First, there is the clause by which free educationissecured to every child in any school which shall be selected by himself or his parents, thus rendering the attendance upon the religious teaching of any school as entirely a voluntary act as it is now. Next, there is ample security fur the proper qualification of the muter, and for the observance of all the conditions of ad minion to the rate prescribed by the bill, so that any attempt to alien from the usual and stipulated course in this particular would be visited with immediate exclusion of the school from the benefits of the rate ;—a penalty sufficient to gua• rantee the most scrupulous regard to the terms of admis sion. Besides these, there is a clause by which any child may be exempted from the necessity of learning a religious creed opposed to his own or his parents' convictions, by a formal notice given fur that purpose. This provision has been deemed essential, both to relieve the inculcution of religious faith from all imputation of constraint upon the mind of the pupil, and to place all schools admitted to a share in the rate upon the game footing, in respect of their claims to instil the creed of their own faith into the pupils. Having once embarked in this enterprise, and having met with general concurrence and approbation far beyond the expectations which could have been entertained in its earlier stages, we are bound to use our utmost exertions that the cause to which we stand pledged shall not suffer in our hands. In ease of our failure to carry this measure, sane. Coned as it has been by a unanimity of assent which could hardly be credited, even after the fact was apparent, wo should afford just cause fur our opponents to assert that any public "53 stem for combining religious with secular instruction was indeed impossible ;"—that 'sepa rated the two must be ;* and by any want of zeal or con cord amongst ourselves, we should in all probability contri bute far more to the success of the ' secular' plan than if we had every one of us openly joined its ranks from the commencement. But I again repeat, that a defeat on the mere money question is for us no defeat at all. We have only to persevere in a steady maintenance of our principles of union, and I am firmly convinced that at no distant day the direct advantage, u well u the moral obligation, of providing education for all will be admitted, and Manches ter will have the credit of having taken the lead in volun tary submission to taxation for a great and noble object, and , in relieving the nation itself from the stigma which attaches to the long-continued neglect of the moral welfare of the masses of her population." The Dean of MANCHESTER then rose, and said—As no gentleman in this meeting seems disposed to ask ques tions with a view to elucidate the subject that has new been presented to us for consideration, I will, with your permis sion, venture to ask of this meeting that they will acknow ' ledge the service of Mr. Entwiale—(hear)—end respectfully thank him for the great attention he has given to this sub ject, and that they will request a continuance of his valuable , I services until this measure shall he brought to entire com pletion. I dare not in Mr. Entwisle's presence say all that ! I myself and the members of the committee think of his services. But I will be thus bold to state that it is utterly impossible for any person to have devoted more at- I tention than he has done to the object we have had in I view. (Hear, hear.) The great skill that he has exhibited, the important information that he has brought to bear on this question, entitle him to our most warm acknowledg ments. They have done more than that: they have obliged us to go with him because we arc sure that under his `guidance we shall be entirely successful. (Applause.) I will say also of every member of the committee with whom I have been associa.ed that it is utterly impossible to con- ! ceive more unanimity of feeling, even when there has been difference of opinion. I have been told repeatedly that I have I been acting rather against church principles in acting in support of a scheme of this kind. I deny it entirely. I(Hem, hear.) I believe that we are actually supporting church principles. (Hear, hear.) We are supporting them in the best and most effective manner. (Hear, hear.) We are educating the people for the purpose of enabling them to investigate truth, and if church principles be not truth, I can have nothing to do with them. (Hear.) It has been said, also, that by this plan we are not only going against all church principles, but also that we are supporting direst. I know not in what way that can be applied: I believe it to be absolutely necessary that every person should have the fullest liberty to exercise his own judgment in that which concerns himself personally. (Loud ap plause.) The object of this bill is not to create dissension between one sect and another, it is not to create greater di ff erences than already exist between what are called church principle. and what are called latitudinarian sentiments; but it is for the very purpose of making per sons inquire diligently for themselves, under proper gui dance, in order that they may be settled down in those things which they shall ultimately find best for their owe satisfaction, and shall find agreeable to the word of God as they themselves can understand it. I beg, in conclusion, to request that this meeting will return its most sincere thanks to Mr. Entwisle fur his valuable suggestions. (Ap plause.) The Rey. Mr. FLETCIIIiR (independent), in seconding the motion, said—The gentleman who has read the paper is entitled to the warmest thanks of the meeting fur his clear, lucid, and, I may almost say, exhaustive observa tions, for in one sense the speakers who corns after him have some right to complain that 1: has left scarcely anything for them to say. 1 myself am not qualified to occupy the place I do, inasmuch as I have only very lately come to take, any part, in this scheme. I saw difficulties about it ; it was encumbered, in my view, with many objections, and, as a dissenter, I felt extreme difficulty in coming to any decided conclusion on the matter. The rev. gentleman who preceded me has spoken of its being found fault with by some, because it is not sufficiently "church" in lilt character. Now lam sur rounded by those who take the contrary opinion, and think it is too much of a church measure. (Hear, hear.) I feel, however, that when the object is of so mach importance as the education of the community we must forego minute points of difference to make some compromise. (Hear, hear.) Finally, I may say that the whole of the interference of government in this matter, wd of the compulsory principle, is still an experiment. I approve of this scheme on another point, that it is meant to Ibe only local in the first place as au experiment. I hope that whatever provisions may be made for extending it to , other localities, we shall first see how it works. I It is a question which must be settled, awl I hope no one will attempt to shirk it. It is proper that all should conic to meet it in a Christian spirit—a spirit of liberality and kindness, and we what can best be done for the community, and make an experiment preying to God that he m.y be pleased to bless it, and make an effectual and religious im provement in the morals of the great body of the commu nity. (Loud applause.) Mr. J. Bltol II EIITON, M.P., didhot think it consistent with his duty as a member of the legislature to offer an opinion here on the relative merits of this scheme and that of the National Public School Association ; but he could not refrain from offering his thanks to Mr. Entwisle for the very able, argumen sentative and lucid paper he had read. lle did out see how we could continue to make laws to punish the crimes of the people, when we refused to teach them how to do right (Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried with great applause. The night Rev. CHAIRMAN then addressed the meet ing as follows :—I do not know, that shoring the whole of the experience that I have had among you, I have ever risen to address a few remarks to a Manchester and Laura. shire audience, with a greater anxiety, and with a deeper sense of responsibility than I do on the present occasion. I feel that I um both personally and officially called upon not to shrink from endeavouring to dischar-e the duties of the position in which I am placed—not to I•lirink from giving some expression of my opinion on this important and momentous question, although I am at the same time forbidden to enter into the detail., by the cir etnnstance that, as a member of the upper house of the legislature, I may hereafter be called upon to discuss them in another place • and I should feel it improper, either in thought or word, to pledge myself to details which I may afterwards have to consider under altered circumstances, and with extended inffirmution. At the slime time Ido not feel at liberty on the present occasion to be silent, the more so because I recollect a short time after I was promoted to this disc :se, I hail the privilege and opportunity of con versing with a deputation from the body who have pro posed a rival scheme to that now submitted to you, when I heard from ono of the most estimable and ono of the most excellent of our fellow-townsman, Mr. Baxley—(ap plause)—the resents. whirls had induced him to advocate that scheme. I found on examination subsequently that he had not merely advocated that scheme on principle, but he had tried, in the most large and liberal manner, to con vey the benefits of education to those empluyesl by hint and his partner at their mills near Bolton. On that occasion I expressed my deep und infinite regret that I could not give in my adherence to that scheme. And it is with no less pleasure I now say that the plan which has been submitted this evening to your consideration ap pears to me entirely to do away with the deep and fatal objection which I have to the other. (Loud applause.) It is from 110 speculative consideration, it is front years of anxious experience and observat'on ; it is from no self-formed view of this present case,—it is from a training under one of the greatest, as he was one of the best men who ever lent his mind and attention to educe time, the good and lamented Arnold—(loud eheers)—that I have gone—not to the surmise, not to the opinion, not to the conviction, butte the knowledge that education without religion is u nullity and an unreality. (Loud applause.) Were there no other reason for supporting the present sela me than that it provides for general religious education along with secular instruction,— that it professes not merely to give the di-jointed mem bers of knowledge, but to concentrate them in one great whole; nut to furnish merely the various chambers of the mind, but to send forth a man fit to be the heir of immortality—these considerations, and these alone, would make me own the present scheme as far better than any which, as I um aware of, has ever been submitted to us. But while I like this, gentlemen, there is another feature in the present scheme which holds it no less valuable in nay eyes, anti that is the fact that it provides the largest and most extended religious toleration. (Applause.) Nor let any one fear, whet. a member of the chore li of England, in this room, that in expressing this opinion and advocating these views I feel 1 am is the slightest degree periiling that church in all its purity and all its integrity. (Hear, hear.) So deeply am I convinced of the truth of her doctrines, so re spectiully and reverentially do I view all her formularies, that I not only never would consent to omit them in any education wluch I had to direct myself, but I would never desecrate them by forcing theta on those who could not re ceive them with a just uppreeiutiou of their excellence. (Great cheering.) I thank you, I fully thank you, for the manner is%Nei rut have Teoivt'll 9191 rmark, (renewed cheering), for in this I hove been misuoderstood, mind misrepresented; but while I say to our own people and those of our own faith I never could forego the teaching in all its fulness what we believe to lin true, 1 never will be a party to forcing it upon others. (Applause.) But gentlemen, I speak here again practically--forgive me if I speak of hat in which myself have borne no small share, but I cannot help reminding you of the fact, that when I was called front the situation which I held at Bir mingham to preside here, I was at the head of an establish ment which educated between 309 or 400 when I went to it in 1835, and which when I left it was educating fully 1,200; and though no doctrine or fotmulary, no truth of the christian religion, of the religion of the Church of England I pledge myself was omitted in the teaching them I dare not conceal the fact, for it was not I that did m OPENING OF THE NW C EATIIGLIC CHURCH, it, but One far mightier than 1, that the mor a lity o f th ese. Ilseotsionns—The solemn dedication of a new C a th o li c schools increased in a way which I cannot hut advert to church took place at Hartlepool yesterday f orenoon , i n without feeling the deepest gratitude, when of that 1,200 the presence of his Eminence Cardi na l Wi seman, four hundred were siioeenters, all the whole time, of twelve Dr. Ilogarth, bishop of Ilexham ; Dr. Briggs, bi s h op different denominations from one church, and of these 400 mossy were the sons of ministers of those denominations, of Beverley ; Dr. Brown, bishop of Shrewsbury ; Morris, bishop of Troy, and a large number of pri es t s and ministers who, for intelligence, far earnestness, and from various places in the neighbourhood. The church, for attachment to the truth, were second t o no nien I have Sever had the good fortune to know.. (Applause.) which is a remarkably neat building, was commenced When I invite you, then, as Ido most earnestly and sin- in July cf lust year; it is built after the deign cerely, to take this plan into your deepest and best consider. of Mr. Joseph Ilandsom, architect, has a nave and aisl e s, atiou, I tell you that, as fir us regards the educational dc - with cleristory, ass apsidal chancel, a crypt chapel, a tower partntent in church seliouls, it will do no injury whatever and spire, with a grand peal of eight bells; an organ, 23 to the church, fur I have tried it, and found it in nowise stained glass windows, the chancel-roof decorated, wanting. But it does more. It pre-mitts the church as the stations of the Possious in guartrefoil panels on time freely offering to all as she does in her buildings for woe- walls, a stone high altar, an altar of the Virgin Mary at ship, her gates, her . gifts, her instruction, and those who the end of the north aisle, an altar of St. Jo s eph in the feel that there is really no rejecting that instrue- crypt, an cm/restd and enamelled tabernacle, stone Lion must recollect that she lays on those who sedilia font and pulpit, new lamp and candlesticks, reject it the consequence of that error, and rich carpet to the sanctuary, and is, in most respects, must further recollect also that while she pr,. complete in the appurtenances of a catholic church. sents herself in the guise I would wish her to do in church The Bishop of Ilexham sung high mass, and the choir ap schools, she is really taking the place of a national church, (ointments were—Kyrie, Gloria and Sanctus ; Haydn, MUSS in freely offering instruction to all, yet at the same time No. 2; Credo, ditto Nu. 1 ; Agnus I)ei, Rev. W. Knight; forcing those parts of it which they are unwilling to r e c e i ve 0 Jesu Pastor, What, r ; Deus tibi laws et honor, Mozart. un none. But this scheme does more it takes a school of Amongst the priests present, end who took part in the sere the dissenter, it takes the already existing schools, or those may, were the Revs. Messrs. Fletcher, Slater, Keasky, hereafter to be erected and willing to place themselves in Thompson, Kearney, Meynell, Watson, Foran Brown, union with it, and gives them the means of educating Thompson , Lowe, Lomax, Lomas Smith, Gibs on, Witt such as are willing to give to those schools, attracted by son, Currie, Markland, Rich, Brown, James Platt, Dun that which if the only real standard of educational suceseas,ffio denial°, Markland Consett, Day, Bridge, Swale, Single ameunt, and value, and quality of the instruction given in I ton, Rogerson, Walsh, O'Donnell, !McCartney, Platt, B e them. If it secures its rights to the church, it secures them wick, Flint, liamrson, M'Phillips, Ileptonstall, Rigby, no less to the dissenter from the church; hut it asks the I Smith, It. Smith, Roggen, Hodgson, Crane, Suffield, Gib dissenter, as it asks the church also, to be tolerant to those bons, Buechel!, 8:c. Cardinal Wiseman then delivered an who may differ from Lira in faith. Gentlemen, I have' address, taking as his text the 4th verse of the 89th Psalm, said I rose to address you with anxiety, and I did so be-" A thousand years in thy sight, 0 God ! is but as treater cause I cannot be silent as to the opportunity which is now day." Hie arguments tended to show that the catholic faith before you, as to the great and glorious gift which is held had remained the same since the days of Bede; that the forth to you in this new plan, which has been so admirably catholic church had progressed even through trial* and per setsecutions, and would continue to progress. The service forth by my friend Mr. Entwisle. We aro told, and every day's and hour's experience too fatally confirms , concluded about half-past one, and shortlynfterwards a large it, how great is the want of education. I grant it, but ' company dined in a commodious marquee,st a short dista n ce from the church. The Bishop of Ilexhiun preoided, sup- I will not use those common but too true arguments in support of it. I will not tell you it is cheaper to pay , the ported by Cardinal Wiseman, the Bishops of Beverley, Troy, schoolmaster than the gaoler ; I will not tell that South Shrewsbury, etc. Lancashire has of late acquired a fearful pre-eminence as If ,aARIA ANSONIA RAlLwAY.—Traffie from Aug. regards crime; I will nut ask you to go with me to the 8 to Aug. 14, 1831.—Miles open, 21-2391. ; 1830, miles cells of the New Bailey, or the prison-ship, or the penal open, 11-1311. settlement ; nor ask you to go into the streets and see the nightly waaderer, plunged into such an abyss of degrade- MINING IN DEN3I.IIIK.—WC read in a letter from thin and wretchedness that she dare not hope for salvation, Copenhagen of the 20th It having been stated that the starvation and misery being the inevitable consequences of chain of mountains which runs across the whole extent of any change in her uuhappy condition. I will Greenland is composed of formations similar to those of the I not call upon you, except to reflect upon the Oural mountains, and thin consequenily there is reason to bitter experience of those who have lost the sup tone that it contains minis set the lin (Sous metals, M. opportunity of education, until their only school was Go defroi Lund, member of the (Moodier of Commerce of in the gaol, which only served to show how much they had Copenhagen, and Sir Walter Trevelyan, an English mi fallen. But I ask you to consider what is due to your- aerologist, well known for his geologic-el explorations in the selves. You are men who are Christians. Some of you Ferret Islands, have sent to Greenland a commission of are fathers and husbands, all of you are members of society, Danish, English, and Norweis!an mineralogists charged to sharers of a common hope ; and though we niay differ in make soundings in the mountains of that country and in opinion, yet I trust we all believe and remember that we the surrounding land, in order to ascertain whether any in- may meet again in a hereafter. Look at the situation of dicatioo of the precious metals exist. This committee, ac the children of the lower classes ; look at those who are compsnied by 60 expolenced Swedish and English miners crowding our streets wherever we come. Are they left Copenhagen on Monday I. st in a vessel for the port of not; every one of them, heirs of klunatalitYi slum s Gotlthabb, in the south of Greenland." born like yourselves, with the same hope as pur -1 selves ? Have you sought to give them the bene fit of a scheme like this? The alternative now is between this scheme, secular education, or nothing. (Hear, hear.) I warn you, that if you don't embrace a comprehensive, tolerant scheme like this, whose details I don't speak of, for I feel that there are some which might be mended, but in whose ruling principles I entirely and heartily concur— capplause.)—what must be your next step? Can you hope for anything on a wider basis than this ? Will you leave all to voluntary exertion, fur a few short years perhaps to flourish, and then fade away and becotne nothing ; or will you hope that parliamentary influence will devise some scheme ? IWhat is parliamentary interference in these days but the expression of the views of the nation, and those views you are called upon to-uight to pronounce, and in terms not to be mistaken. Will you agree that 'secular education alone shall be given ? Are the parents of our island so well in structed,—is their desire send eagerness to give religious instruction to their children so very marked? Car you be ; lieve that one-fiftieth part of tilos, children will ever re ceive tell 'ions instruction, or will not rather be left at best perhaps to the mere casual temporary excitement of religious feeling ? If you don't embrace one of these two schemes, I would ask any gentleman hero present, what dues ae believe must be tho inevitable consequence ? pHear, hear.) Why, lie will do nothing ; and what then ? What has been the gradual tendency of the lust few years ? The extension of the power of the great body of the peo ple. What is the inevitable tendency of the prosperity with which it has pleased l'rovidenee to bless this great and favoured nation ? The increase of wealth till the suffrage will become accessible to almost any one. I say it is not wrong to he so, but will you have am unedu cated or an educated set of voters? Will you have a House of Commons elected by an intelligent and instructed population, or by au ignorant one ? Are you prepared to trust yourselves to the voice of the proverbially unstable multitude, which meaning often well, most excellently well, and not often morally to he quarrelled with, is yet conti nually showing, in the history of almost every revolution from the world's creation till now, how dangerous it is to excite popular passions, without putting them under the control of reason, instructed and cultivated. cUreat cheer ing.) There is another point, however an this great scheme, which appears to me to be peculiarly deserving of consiateration. I advert to it with the greater pleasure, because in many points of view the hill is similar to that proposed by the National Public School Association. It has been very well put by one of the gentlemen who preceded me (Mr. Fletcher), that in stead of providing schools and giving money to the masters, it gives the money to the parent, who sends his child with it to Khoo', there to claim instruction. My reason for ad miring that is, that while I have noticed wills great satis faction the proceedings of the committee of l'rivy Council —and may I be allowed to digress for a moment to say that, being no ill-informed spectator of what that committee has done, I don't know one single measure that it has taken, which I can say I entirely disapprove of from the first unto this moment; I may also say I think it a duty on this occasion, aware as I um that one gentleman formerly connected with the committee, and now a mem ber of this association, has been most active and energetic iu the cause of education—to say that while we are in debted to the labours of Mr. Entwisle, wo are almost as deeply indebted to Sir J. Kaye Slnattleworth. (Ap plause.) While lam advised that ninth good has been done by the introduction of the system of training teachers, still a great deal was wanting to rajas the standard of education. And I remember shortly utter I came to Manchester, a remark beina made to me connected . with the subject by the Very Hey. he Dean of Manchester, which appeared to me to deserve attention and investiga tion. I complained of the small numbers I found in the schools. I was told that it was caused by the people taking very little interest in the schools. It was obvious that this required investigation, as wo have reason to be aware that, however much inspection or re• l i ports might be allowed to tend to improve the in struction in schools, nothing tends so much to overcome the indifference which parents may feel to send their children to school, as to ensure that they receive their money's worth. (Hear, hear.) I repeat once again, that I consider the measure a moat important one. If I may be allowed, in the most earnest manner, as having carefully watched its origin and progress, and examined into its details, I would commend it to your consideration, because I believe it is one of the most sacred duties which ever were imposed upon you. I am fuily conviimed that if pan lightly reject this measure you will be rejecting an unquestionable good ; sod I urn bully convinced that it becomes now the duty of every one whom I address, as it shall be also mine, caretully again to examine and in spect it, to seek by every possible means to promote its dis cussion, and being reasonably understood; and lastly, re spectfully, but firmly, to press it upon the corsideration and adoption of the legislature. And happy, gentlemen, should I be were it the only act I were permitted the privi lege of performing among you, in the discharge of my duty; happy should I be could 1 futil the pledge I now fully and freely make, as the comlusion of these hasty awl imperfect observations; happy should I be if I could fulfil the pledge I now make, that what you entrust to me in the department with which it is my province more parti cularly to deal, shall be most earnestly, watchfully, prayer fully, and attentively . emusidered, and shall be most actively, so far as Ood shall give me strength, and zealously sup ported. (The right rev. prelatt concluded his speech amidst great cheering.) The Rev. 111;011 STOWELL spoke warmly in favour of the plan. lie would like to see tho advocates of the national public sellout plan joining this assoeia lion. lie denied their assertion, that this was a scheme for teaching their own dogma.. Whet he would say to the seculars was, " Yours is a negative conscience, ours is a positive conscience: now the infringement of a negative l conscience is no hardship, but the infringement of re posi tive conscience is." It would be a noble thing to see them getting rid of this negative conscientiousness and joining the present as.sociation; and lie could truly say he would' then fight as heartily with them as ever he did against ! them, and it would be a glorious day for Manchester and Salford, fur they would have solved the grand problem, and success must attend their object. (Applause.) 11ev. GEOIME OSBORN (Wesleyan minister), gave in his hearty adhesion to this scheme, because'! he believed it a very practical one. There was as little of what was purely theor e ti c al about it as cou ld we ll I be conceived, whilst the scheme to which; it was opposed (the national public school plan) was totally impracticable. Mr. OLIVER. HEYWOOD (of the firm of Sir Benjamin Heywood, and Co., bankers), expressed his high approval of the plan. The Rev. Canon CLIFTON tail it had been well St serve:: one is kre.ii prine;p:es u. itus bill, land its chief recommendation was, that it takes , full advantage of the instruments of education al ready in existence, and sought to enlarge and im prove them. Now ho thought it a further recommen dation that whilst it came to the aid of voluntaryism it still left full scope for voluntary effort. Mr. l'emat, Mayor of Manchester, was now called to the chair (the Right Bev. the Lord Bishop of Manchester having retired), and Mr. Brandt (Judge of the County Court) moved, and Mr. Agnew (Mayor of Salford) seconded a vote of thanks to his lordship 'Or his services in the chair. The motion was carried with loud cheers, and the assem bly separated. MONEY MARKET. Tills DAY, TWO O'CLOCK. the satisfactory appearance presented by the Bank returns, more especially after the unfavourable antici pations indulged in by some, gave occasion to a firmer feeling in the English stock market at the commencement of business this morning, and time bargains in Consols were concluded as high as 962. The fulling off in the supplizs of specie from tho United States appears to have been looked upon as likely to have a sensible influence upon the stock in the Bank vaults; but the effect of the demand upon this depository appears likely to be counteracted by the tide of bullion imports from other quarters. Thus we arc to-day advised of the arrival of the Helen 3PGregor steamer at Hull with 65,000/. in golden half imperials from St. Petersburg. Consols are now quoted as they left ofi' yesterday, at 65! to 96, both for money and account, being a reduction of on the opening price of the day. The market is extremely quiet. Business is marked as follows: Three per Cent. Consols, 65! 96; ditto fur account, 96,1, 951. Three per Cont. Reduced, 96Z, L; New Three-and-a-Quarter p e r Ceuta., 984, ; India Stock, 262. The market for the unfunded securities is dull. Exchequer Hills mark 4.14. and 48s. premium. India Bonds, 1,000t.,305. prem. ; ditto under 10001. 51s and 3-14. prem. Very little business going forward in the foreign investments, and in a few eases, owing to the absence of movement, quotations evince some weakness. Mexican Bonds and Sardinian Scrip are both tint, speculators being very cautious of touching the former, in view of the present as pect of the affairs of the republic, from which further and fuller advices are impatiently looked for ; whilst the capitalist public evince no disposition to take up the Sardinian security till the instalments are 'mid up and the bonds take their due place in the market for investment. Today's business list is as follows: Austrian Five per Cent. Bonds, 81; exchange, 10 guilders per E. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., for account, 16th Sept., 391, 59. Mexican 'Finds, 284, ,„ 4. Sardinian Scrip, 14 dis. Spanish Three per Cents., 37. totottsu FUN 02. 1 .—Teir DAT. Reek Stork. NS IC Lune AunuWes. 3 per et. Itelueel. pq I I India seek. 3 p..-r Ct. euro,olr. e5l 0 Ulw, 1kcrir.1.0661.. :t per Ct. Como', Pry 1 I.:rein:quiz MU. f.uuto..4.Sr 48..pre Curoul. for Aces.. US{ d YORZIO: 41 per Ct. ruielan, P". 1.5 tr..elteMl:r.'" I VUNDf. Si. , Ct. Mexican. Vi 1 4 6 : j i li k :1 : 7 : 4 ; .. : C i ': ... L 1 1.* R 1 . 1..enit u.:1: : ::::: :: ::1 3 1 1 :1 :1147 1 1 1: 9 4 4 Pot Co. Itu , kan.lult If li v et. ,141.1.11, Aeuro. 20/ j 31.cr Co. 61113081.. 37/ 8 _ _ _ per CL IS ulu.; A) reg. 573 6 pe r CI. Chillau. 1 , 4 4 3 rC. CleoLtn, 64 4 3 per CI. Ihuv , A. 77 tv 3 v per Ct. Dutch. :A/ I t.M ? F L t! nt:b • ' ..4 4 ii.. - 6:(1616‘. U sirdistiaa ; LATEST I,OIIEII re, • Ititi beforru.l. 11 13 lk I di•. IN EXCHANGES. 1 ... 0 for V•onfint. PARIIS, Aro. 29. Pa li -- 'obey. 13p4aIng ' 111;bot Loewe Moles. -- -1 , cod, „.........I Se VI t " Se al le 11 Se 13 56 LS PIK C• 1104 ........ . VLSI/ W2O tI4 SO 14 IS 04 Se per Cent,. Lo , 41n. ACO.. w . oar • C , ..n.... I ." ... ... ... ... "' ... i per Colt& i se ao , l oer C. uts. i per Canto. I7 1 .1 per Cell:e. Exchange co Lonna : at fl Uclgian, 5, 1:140 lo2i kluac7. Do. 5, 15,2 — .. 110. 4: 10. A ..... Violmont 5 p. Cone xo 60 ... ... I I itit, :4 71; N) dam 21 DO. N tp!r.. lientes .. ... fti 10 itufaall Lan, I' 4 ll ;If I) o. INS° 7O 11...L.1.1 b.ink Stuires l'Ams, Aro. 29.—St. Germain,— • Versailles (right Lank;, —; ditto (kit bunk), 2.6 23 ; Pis - wand 4414..ina 67; 50; Paris and Row a, 34:.:U; Itoa,n nod Ilaarr, 50; idararilles and Alin. non, 245; Straahourg and B do, 13123; (Iwo., 4:4 21; l and A,nkn , 263; I h:e4n. and llordra SIN) ; Norlarrn, 14o; part. 1 mr ,boure. 351; 25; Tour. and 5: anca. 24; -0; Diem e and 140. camp, 200; liordeaui and Te,te. 46 22. Auo. 23.—Voluntary Loan. 10C,/ ; New Loan Four-and-a-Half per C en t s ., 1011 ; State Loan, 89; Bank Shares, 1011. VIENNA, Ann. 28.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 961 ; Four-and-a-Half per Cent. ditto, till ; Bank Sham, 1235; Exchange on London, 11.19. RAILWAYS'. MS DAY. Two o'CLoch. The share market iv rery quiet to-day, there being quite a lull in the °vet -Whiny, as frcqui.ntly happens on a Saturday. Prices are generally pretty tiiirly supported, though the tone is now scarcely so firm as it was at the commencement of business, a few de scriptions, including London and North Western, and York and North Midlands, showing a little weakness. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKY. Milberg., Notting., Botn. and Hutt Junction, 4A ad; Great Northern, 15j ca div.; Great Western, .41 4 4 ; ' Lancashire and Yorkshire, 47 67; ditto Fifths, 24; London and North Western, 113 ad ; ditto, quitter shares, 23,1, ; 78 London and South Western, ; Mauch., Sher, and Lin coln., 21 31; Midland, 10 1, 34 x d; ditto 404 shares, 14; Newmarket, 77; Newport, Abergavenny, and Ilereford, ; North British. ex new; Oxford, Worcester, and it'olverhampton, 16 141 ; South Eastern, 197 1 York, Newcastle and Berwick 161 ; York and North Midland, 161 j ex div. LINES LEASED AT Furl, RENTALS, Leeds andiircraforti, - iiio;l;riel:Zutll7 and Goole, N.D. Guar. 5 per cent., G. PHEFEUMSCE SHARES. Great Northern .7.1 pet cent. : 13* Maneh : 4, !Iv:4 tac. finarea, No. i, ; Midlanti Cannot. Briatul and Biz. 6 per Cent., 1271. FOREIGN SIIA RF.a. Boulogne and Amiens, ION; East Indian, 21; Rouen and liaTre, 8; O; Tours and Nantes, (11 COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. WEEKLY SUMMARY OF THE PRODUCE MARKETS. MINCING-LANR, SATURDAY MORNING. The transactions in colonial produce have this week been rather limited ; at one time the market was extremely de pressed, owing to the extensive failure which took place, but latterly more firmness has been shown, and prices ge nerally ha 'e not receded. Of Sugar very small public sales have been held, and for most kinks former rates have been obtained. Coffee was fiat at the commencement of tho week, but bus recovered, and a fair business has been done at prices which fully support the previous currency. For Saltpetre there has been less demand, and the fine qualities are rather lower. The Tea market is now well supplied sound common Congous keep their prices, but the lino kinds and also good greens arc flat. TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY. The market is quiet on the spot. Them is, however, more inquiry for the last three months. Prices are as follows:—Town Tallow, 375. ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 38s. ; last three months, 395. ; Jan. and March, 395. 61. 81.tunEr AVERIOE4.—Town Tallow , 391. ed. ; fat by ditto, 2s. ld. ; Yellow Russian, 395. 61. ; melted stilt', 285.; rough ditto, 18s.; Tallow graves, 95.; good dregs, 6s. WOOL MARKET.—THIS DAY. No alteration has taken place in the market for colonial and foreign wools since the great sales. Business is very quiet, and the market continues very bare of low foreign Wool. Prices arc fairly supported. The week's imports comprise 039 hales from Port l'hilip, 28 from Hamburgh, 15 from Bussomh, 850 from Launceston, 1,100 from Sydney, 4$ from Auckland, and 24 bags from Oporto, making a total of 2,980 bales and 24 bags. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. Meurs. Cooper and Davis report tho trade at tho follow ing quotations:—!'rime Meadow May, 68s. to 7.7i5.; in ferior, Ms. to &is. ; Dairen, 18s. to 655.; Clover, old, 60s. to 81s. ; Straw, 245. to 30s. COVENT 0A1t1)1 FILL per lb., 4s to G. fir,p buthouse, p. lb., 2. to 34 . ver 1.., 10. b. to. ler duo., 10, to 206 (Derr es, per 10 , Cod t. ts Nlr tor... c eb, 2. to Gs - EN.—TIIIS DAY ars. ktrzboals, per peek, Gs weet, per lb., 2. to 32 tram% vr dos.. 1. to .1. Waage., per dor., 'AI to 2.4 --- • - - "- ice luo. - Ce to Ila Bevil* per lOU, ?Atolls p lsto7sll4 Nuts, Ear., is. bueb., -urn to 22. - rsll , p. bush.. 12. to 14 Filberts, per 100 lb., Sbs to 62. - 6;r1:0, per lb, 1d to Gd Artichokes, per dos., Is to 2., Lotto*, CYb., p 400 M, 4d to Is Pma - 11 ?tor, p. "" pun c ,l l 4 L i7o l 3 ' d Horse Rsdisb, i er bdl„ Is Ild :e So lkd Reel, per dos., Is to 2s Mushrr on, per pot, Is to 24 Sorrel, per LIT mews, 04 Pt 9d hennei, iler bomb, 24 to 34 4svory, per booed. 3d to 3 d Thyme. per .onsb, 24 to 3.1 Parsley, p. t 0... bun" 2s to is Roots. per bon., 9d to Is 5114, pre borek. Id to 24 Basil, per bona, 3d to 14 msnorsier„do„ per .uneb, 3d tc 44 %Rt. rem% pie coo. twaotos, Al to ed p - e - r . d0i7.17W . C.rrun'nper belt sieve, bed to Se berries, p biC we, I s old to 4, P:urn•, pee punnet, le to te Apple*, knelt., per bu-11., Istols&I ClC.haFes per dos., Sd, to Ii -- Co. li.osters, per dos.. Gd to 8s French Ileans,per hrsoeve, Is to b Ile ow, per sieve, Is Gd to 24 Pes , per sky., Is 911 to 3s Gd Ntu:4ol, pzr too, I's to ties ter !wt., Psto 5.1_ per. bu.b., I. rd to 2. id Tundpe, Icr hunch Alto 4J Cueunibero, club, Id to to It.disbe., per don. td to Al Turnip, per dos., nd to Is per hurdle, Gd to to 6d C. note, per bunch, 4d to 6d ter mere, Is Bd to 2* Vegetablo MUTORP, per don., 6d to Is. Chu-ns, per bunch, Id to 3d Lee:, tur buncl. Id to 2d biaUcr, Rt Lb :d W W