The Express. — London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL. 1,1 0 11,111.. my. THE GOYERJOISNT SCHEME OF EDOCA.llol(.—Tuesday, at noon, there wu a meeting of the Unitarians of Lan cashire, to consider the government scheme of education, held in Crolostreet Chapel, Manchester. It wu intended to hold the meeting in the vestry, but the numbers who attended rendered an adjournment to the chapel necessary . There were upwards of eighty individuals present at the commencement, 60 of whom it is calculated were minis ters, including, of oourse, the man indnential in the deao- THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1847, maim Bi r d builders, Kesednitton. On the morning of weft week k wee rag frOM, his employees' 'tablet in , wieb slime end curt, be ba ll alba when the mime soddenly took Agit owl eleeted Nat speed. He Ord to stop ps rdrau, mil fa so islig vas dire= embed between the elteltesd web. Am lb• ofainst bid Ibrusa bit bewail me boa • allik a l li • &au bap. Oa NW *MI up b• eus out by • 111/141.10, sad a ugustly restesed he Me lospstal, when he was found to heu sustained o buten of the pelvis and other severe in ternal injuries, under wkieh he sunk sad died on Sunday b o a Verdict, " Accidental death." ELECTORAL HISTORY 81 OF ENGLAND. NORTRAMONIIIIIO. The county that occurs next in the scheme of „"„, p l ag which we have adopted, offers, in almost every ;. - eat i e t particular, a remarkable contrast to that which we l o t reviewed. Unlike Huntingdonshire, it is of considerable and even ample extent; it has a large population; it contri butes • heavy quota to the fund raised under the poor re lief rate; it has several manufactures, and a numerous body of its inhabitants employed in them—yet it is, in the fairest sense of the designation, an " inland agricultural county ;"-- it is beautified and fertilised by many rivers, whilst it is singularly wanting in the forest remains and beautiful ...v e nds which are the glory of some psrts of Bunts ; its undulating surface is nowhere occupied by fens except at that part of its confines where the Ncne bows by the Isle of Ely, and commences the marshy tract which ex tends its dreary length to the Lincolnshire " Washes." On the other twia, Northamptonshire has its points of striking resemblance to Hunts in the history of its parliamentary. election-fortunes once the passing of the Reform Bill. It returned Lord Viwount Althorp in the first reformed par liament, but sines 1834 it has returned tory or conserva tive representatives, only. If we wanted any further solution of the secret of this departure front the great reform princi ple it hod recognised by sending Lord Althorp to the Boum of Commons, which he had done so much in assist * to restore to its ancient constitutional charecter, we should fiad it in the contagion of the example we have so remedy Fo isted out, as being supplied and upheld by a knot of noble oristoastie-commoner families, who always manage to re turn a conservative dust at least, for this fine county, as they have dose for no many others Northamptonshire is bounded on the north by Lincoln shire, on the north-west by Rutlandshire and Leicestershire, as the west by Warwickshire, on the south-west and south by Oxfordshire, on the south-east by Bucks and Beds, on the east by Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire. In its greatest length it extends, north-east to south-west, from the neighbourhood of Peterborough to that of Brackley, about sixty-eight or sixg-nine miles. Its greatest breadth is to be found bloom Daventry and Stoney Stratford, a reach of =run miles; but the figure of this shire is so that these are no measures at all of its e wer breadth and length. From a mean of the sur veys d 1803 and the later ordnance formes and n uktpal boundaries surveys, 1831 and 1834—the biter being very important in supplying the " outlying" limits, and intacks to be allowed for in measuring off the ontlinee of counties thus irregularly projected—it results that the area is about 1,010 square miles, comprising a superficies of 680,400 arms. The measurement of its 20 hundreds, however, is officially reported at only 640,000 urea These kandreds, at the time of the Domesday aurvey, were thirty in number. The county now ranks as the twenty-second in England in point of size, the twenty-seventh in population, the twenty-ninth in density of population. In the advan tages of a pure air, an excellent climate, fine soil, water communication both by riven and canals, and high roads, it is surpassed by very few ; end it is also traversedby some of our moat important main lines of railway. It must be hewed that the men of Northampsonshire have not been wanting in the duty of improving the great natural resources of their county by the appliances of art and the efforts of wall-sustained labor and uatalligent enterprise. They have long acquired a just celebrity as successful graziers, careful agneulturists, and skilful fanners. Them pursuits have rather tended to encourage, than to extinguish, among some classes of them, the pursuit of particular trades and manufactures. Throughout its 336 parishes, there is now probably, of families respectively devoted to agricultural occupations and to handicrafts, trades, and manufactures, a proportion of not lees than two-thirds to one-third. This as a remarkable 'evolution in the social distribution and economy of a county which, forty six years ago, only returned 34,126 families under the latter class to 29,303 under the former. But the Northamptonshire graziers have, for a long time put, taken so conspicuous a lead in rearing fat stock, improving their long-homed cattle, their sheep, and their draught horses, that these and other objects of profitable husbandry, as wi 11 as the inducements of an excellent soil and capital postures to extensive tillage and pasture-keeping, may well account for a change so little common in other English counties. Its briskest trade is, perhsm, that of boot and shoe making, in which, at least, 4,000 men are very constantly employed in Northampton and other market towns. It has some iron-foundries in good work ; it carries on a consider able business also in leather-currying and in stocking making. Its lace-making his long been a declining affair, and seems to have concentrated itself in the adjoining county of Nottingham. Besides Northampton, this shire includes the city of Peterborough, the ancient boroughs of Brackley and Iligham-Ferrers, (now swept away by the besom of schedule A) and other ten boroughs, which for merly were also market towns. Considered in reference to all the usual tests supposed to qualify for parliamentary re presentation and to regulate its amount, Northamptonshire seems to have been somewhat hardly dealt with by the Reform Bill. It sends to Parliament but eight members altogether two each, for each division of the county, for the county town, and for Peterborough. Its population was in 1801, 131,757 ; in 1811, it was 141,353 ; in 1121, it was 162,483 ; in 1831, it was 179,336. By the census of 1841 it had increased to 199,061 ; the ratio of increase between the two extreme periods as 52 per cent. on the year 1801. The rate levied tor the poor at each of the same five decennial periods ad vanced in this progression, namely, 94,6071.; 139,6751.; 145,6931.; 160,8161.; and 101,5151. This is a gratifying state aunt, so far as it infers an improved condition of the labour ing community, and a more tennomical appropriation of the monies levied for the poor. In this latter, the whole aggre gate increase is but ten and a half per cent., on forty years; and this it the more o'iservable because the rate had ad vanced, from 1801 to 1803, only—that is in three years—to the enormous sum of 120,5921., an increase of twenty-seven and a half per cent in that short interval. But Northamp tonshire exhibits other ind:cations of progress and prosperity, which, were not the poll-books for the county sow lying be ton us, might have suggested • hope that a people, thus happily circumstanced, would have the leisure, the spirit, and the means to do that which, we fear, it requires very rattle sagacity to perceive that they do not, or cannot, or will not do, namely, assert their free choice in the election of members to represent them in parliament. With an increasing population ,—a diminishing poor-rate and • rapidly enlarging number of newly-built houses go hand in hand. We cannot believe that a county which, at this time, contains some 40,000 inhabited houses, —which hu pushed its agricultural and farming and even trad ing enterprise with so much success,—and so greatly increased the number of its families and the means of their accommoda tion,—can really desire to be made the sponsor for such doe. trines of agricultural and commercial protection, and other economic and political heresies as are openly avowed by every one of the four now sitting county Conservative mem bee—very excellent individuals as, in all other relations, we Were them to be. No; there is an influence which, if it yielded to the high public chancier of the late Earl Spencer, when it first returned him (as Lord Althorp) at the election 011806, has long since resumed its landlord allegiance, and is os active now as ever it was under the auspices of the lamented earl's colleague—in stock breeding—the Marquis of Exeter, aid of other noble proprietors and patrons, in the titled houses of Dorset, Northampton, Westmoreland, Fitz • Clifden, Radnor, St. John, Sondes, Cardigan, Lilford, Pomfret, Montagu, &e., and the families of Denys, Dryden, de. fie. If, on the one hand, whilst the county yet returned bat two members, the late Earl Spencer was one of them from 1812 to 1831 (and again from the opening of the first reformed parliament till his going up to the House of Peers in 1824); we have, on the other, a consistent and almost an brakes preponderanee of Toryism in the returns. That of Lord Althorp himself wee neutralised in the successive elec. time of 1806, 1807, 1812, 1818, 1820, 1826, and 1830, by giving hint for a colleague, Mr. W. R. Cartwright, a very racism and upright country gentleman, no doubt, and who had eat for Northamptonshire ever since the year 1798 ; but whose epitaph may be written in these days by quoting his own eulogy of the corn-laws—" as the best ever passed." This gentleman, it is true, was displaced by a young whig can didate, in the person of Viscount Milton, at the election of 1831. On the division of the county, the very first election for the northern division did indeed return the same whig lord, but with him, the tory, Lord Brudenell. The other two candidate*, both of them whigs, were defeated. In 1833, Lord Milton and Lord Bradenell (now Earl of Cardigan), were again returned without even • contest. The number of registered electors foe the county was then 3,494. A premature death having removed Viaeount Milton in 183-5, the vacant seat was con tested between Mr. Banbury (now Lord Sudeley), a wbig geatleman of ancient family (and whose liberal and enlight ened political views had long been known to, and were very favourably appreciated by, the public), and Colonel Maim ed], a very staunch conservative. The latter was returned. The timber of freeholders on the registry had declined to 3.627. In 1837, another Lord Milton,-or course a whig,— was a candidate for this division of the county, together w ith Viscount Maidstone and Colonel Maunsell. Lord Milton was rejected : the two tory candidates were returned. On the registry the number of &cetera had declined to 3,148. At the election of 1841, Colonel Maus:sell and Stafford O'Brien, Eeq. (couservatives) ' were returned without aeon tat; and it is to be ohs. rued that the constituency was now actually improved in numerical strength, having 4.127 on the 'Vary. The registry of 1846 shows only 4,061, In all this there is but little reason for expecting any erring* in the exercise of the landlord-tethered elec ted franchise of North Northamptonshire. But the southern division of this county hold* out no more cheering prospect for those who would desire to witness its emancipation from the same "conservative" spell. The fact is to be regretted, perhaps, but it cannot be denied, and must be fairly looked at. Sir Charles Knightley, who, in 1831, had failed, together with his veteran colleague, Mr. Cartwright, in a contest for the county before its division, elms in as the conservative co-member with that gentleman, on the succession of Lord Althorp to the honours and the Deems of his father, in 1834, and bait ever since retained Its seat. Mr. Cartwright was returned with Lord Althorp (the late Earl Spencer) fur this division ' in 1832. The electors then on the registry were 4,920. Mr. Cartwright and Sir C. Knightley were returned again in 1837; no cnn ton ; registered electors, 4,620. Mr. Cartwright and Sir Charles Knightley threw out, at the election of 1841, the Earl of Burton, their whig opponent ; but the first-named gentleman retiring from parliament in February, 1846. was sueseeded by Mr. Vyse, as openy strong conservative. And thus, with 4,607 freeholders on the region, of its southern Northamptonshire, —with minething of impartial consistency, at leut,—mates her two tory "knights of the shire" in the north, with her two others in the south! We aa no entries relative to elections for Northampton shire in any respect worth tranKvibing from the parlia mentary journals. X. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Aram G. The Temporary . Relief Act, or rather the rating then•under, is causing some alarm, even among the well-intentioned proprietors. There is none so im patient of taxation as an Irish landlord, because he has been so long exempt from the screw---and this feeling prevails even with tho bountiful co-operation of the government. Mr. Grey Porter has addressed the Carrick-on-Shannon relief committee, urging them not to place themselves under what he has pleased to call the " Soup-kitchen Act." He states truly enough that much of the rate and the treasury advance will be spent on the working staff—that farmers will afford less employment, and the labourers practise more imposition. All this sounds well, but what is the substitute ? a voluntary rate of one shilling in the pound, on all property—individual exertions—private charities, &c. We fear much, if the poor of Carrick-on-Shannon were abandoned to Mr. Porter's substitute, next winter weld show a population not increased in numbers or condition. A barrister returned from the Munster circuit in formed me that Tralce, the chief town of Kerry, far exceeded in destitution anything he had seen in Clare, Cork, or Limerick. The streets were a moving I ma of supplicating mendicancy. The last proceed ings of the Tralee Union confirm this account. The number of paupers in the house amount to 1,290, and the debt of the guardians nearly 4,0001. A new rate was struck, but the collector declared that it could not be collected. The proceedings terminated with the following painful resolution: That Mini deg sine log in vain solicited the poor-low caostin• ammo So @Mai that meheame to We board to effecting • lain for the of milling then to milaraln this house, orer whrlmea se It la ell* Mt; that Ming la vain applied to the goverment. and Is WM UMW hem which the board could Marally eqmat assammadedum. as may appear trim the several romblime beim the membilemers to that Neat, which ammehed *am ebb board ; barb. rated the stake is bit so em medieleotly de imam its prime sla nder—Ms bawd, eattertembrallog the memo open ass be relie4 as maim mans apes to them osier amt' deemodemies than to mil* the poariast ammbeimere Mem to adbot dm Om Lne =Let MIX, ea is criers be ebb mint hum the relief ; or, et ratther at these om be aliels4 awl gown an melbme marmimlestr lo ble_ dump at Os hew, mid& must, la the Gobi= at thee based. be When& domed. As a counterpoise to this severe pressure, Lord Robert Clinton, on the part of the British Relief As sociation, is about to store large quantities of provi sions in Tralee, whams the various local committees of the county will be supplied on the most advanta geous terms. There is a stir among the directors of railway com panies, as if some movement were to be made on the part of the government. Mr. Labouchere keeps close the intentions of the ministry, whatever they may be. He has been on various occasions submitted to the process of the " pump," but as yet there is no palpable sign. However, the interested parties look forward with mach confidence, and it is said the government will advance about 2,000,0001. The state of the labour market during the summer mouths, when the crops have all been laid down, and the sole employment will consist in haymaking, most necessitate some mode of absorption, and none more profitable than railway construction, to a certain extent, offers to the government. There will be some difficulty with the contractors, who must have men competent to the work, instead of idlers and skeletons, but the state will see that a fair equivalent be given for the favour con ferred. Twenty-one vessels are advertised to sail with emi• grants from Cork to the States and British colonies within a few weeks. Crowds flow in from all parts of the county and of Kerry. A gentleman informed me that the roads leading to the city are dense with emigrants. I saw today about twenty families coming in from Kildare—all apparently of the best class of farmers; and with their wives and children plainly but comfortably attired. The emigration is exciting serious apprehensions in the country. The kernel is extrasted—the husk remains. The rate of mortality in the workhouse of Cork is happily decreasing, though still it is very consider. able. The number of deaths reported to the board yesterday was 159, being 16 less than the number of the previous week, or a decrease of 10 per cent. The number of patients in the hospital of the house is 558, and of externs 1,505, giving as the aggregate of sick, 2,061, or nearly one half of the entire pauperism in the house. Among the poor outside the house the mortality seems not diminishing. In the portion of the cemetery constructed by Father Mathew, which is appropriated to the interment of persons unable to pay burial fees, interments have increased so much that the reverend gentleman has been obliged to employ two additional hands in the grounds. The demand for corn and flour was very dull on 'Change to-day, but no variation in prices can be quoted. Indian corn was somewhat in advance for good qualities, but this, I apprehend, arose from the circumstance that a quantity of damaged Indian meal was put on 'Change, which, however, did not find purchasers. I have some reason to believe that some considerable quantity of oar late importations, having been brought over without the necessary care, or properly prepared for shipment, has become heated, and will, I am assured, be found little fitted for human consumption. ACCIDINT TO rue EARL OF Bacriva.—The Evening Freeman says It is with much regret we have to state that a serious accident occurred this morning to the Earl of Elective. His lordship left the Bilton hotel at 12 o'clock for the purpose of attending a hunt, and while proceeding through Dorset-street the horse took fright and predpitated his noble rider to the ground. The animal tell upon his lordship, whose leg was broken. His lordship was conveyed to the Hilton Hotel, and Dr. Adams was promptly in atti nd ance. The Hon. and Rev. E. Taylor, uncle to his lordship, is with hint in the hotel." SCOTLAND. _ EDINBURGH, APaIL 6. Dr. Chalmers is understood to be decidedly favour able to the government scheme of education. When Mr. Baines was in Edinburgh, he is reported to have bad an interview with the venerable divine, with the view of enlisting him as an ally, but found him in vulnerable. There has for some time back been a movement for the junction of two of the largest dissenting presby terian bodies in Scotland—the united secession and relief churches ; and the time of amalgamation is now definitively fixed for May 13. The united body will muster about five hundred congregations, and the effect will be a greater consolidation of the volnutary interest in Scotland. But notwithstanding this prac tical evidence of Christian union, the Almanac shows an increase of sectarian division in the northern part of the empire, as, within the last five years, almost every communion there has had offshoots more or less extensive. One of the Glasgow papers mentions that a malig nant fever has broken out among the railway labourers employed on the Caledonian Railway at the Cut, at Evanhi-ad. The mortality is said to have been extensive, and to have extended to the sur rounding rural population, four deaths being specially mentioned as having taken place in the family of a shepherd, at a farm called Ilowcleuch. The labourers' huts are described as very inferior; bat probably their erection on marshy or otherwise insalubrious sites has as much to do with the origin of the disease as the wretchedness of the internal accommodation. SeSPICIOVII Casa.—Thu night watchmen of the Glasg•ow police usually return from their duties about tuff-put six o'clock in the morning ; but at that hour on Sunday one of them, whose station is in High-street, did not come in with the rest, and was accordingly marked off as absent at roll call. About two hours afterwards he was found lying at the foot of a stair in edam in High-street, and, presuming from his &mama , that he wa' intoxicated, he was conveyed to the pce•oflice, at which he arrived in a state of insensibi lity. The lieutenant immediately sent for the surgeon, who ascertained that the man was suffering under a dangerous ailment, which was likely to prove mortal. He was sent to e the infirmary, but never rallied, and died between 12 and k o'clock on Sunday afternoon. A postmortem examination showed that the cause of death had been fracture of the skull ; and we are informed the wound is of such a nature as strongly to countenance the belief that it must have been in flicted with an instrument, rather than by means of a fall or blow of the fist. Mutation. Mr. J. Heywood was called to the chair. There were five resolutions proposed. Among the speaker were Mr. R. H. Greg, the Rev. J. J. Tayler, Dr. Beard, the Rev . rJ. Martineau, of Liverpool ; the Res. Mr. Robin son, of Dukinfield. The tenor of the resolutions was, ap proval of the scheme proposed by the got% rnment, with some modification in the details. It was determined 'that a &potation should proc, ed to London to lay the readutions before the govetorneut. A committee of fens gentlemen, Mr. James Heywood, the Rev. J. J. T e yler , Mr. Dreg, and Mr. Rayner Wood, was appointed to elect the deputation, and to make the necessary arrangements for retrying out the views of the meeting. The proceedings were protracted, not ending until about 4 o'clock. A MEETING TO OPPOII2 IIOVERNMENT SCHEME OP EDUCATION AM also held at Manchester, on Tuesday even ing, by the Lancashire Congregational Uniou. Mr. T. Blackburne, of Liverpool, preeidid, and the meeting was addressed by the Rev. John Kelly, of Liverpool, Mr. Ald. Kershaw, Dr. Vaughan, Dr. Halley, Mr. E. Dawson, of Lancaster, Mr. C. Robertson, of Iffeerpoel, and Dr. Mamie. A series of resolutions were adopt d , denying that it was the duty of government to provide education, and asserting that by the proposed plan, under the centralising influence of the executive, and with the inability of many ardent friends of education to co-operate in the measure from conscientious difficulties, a dangerous amount of patronage would be vetted in the government, an injurious sectarian ascendancy secured to the established church, and the mind of the nation would be trained to servility, and surrender its salt-reliance. A deputation was appointed to wait upon the members of the government in London, and to attend a conference there on the 13th inst. It was strongly urged in all the speeches, that if the government persisted in this measure, that the congregationalists should separate themselves from the whig party and form a political alliance, the object of which should not merely stop at relieving themselves of this mea sure, by brining th eir influence to bear at elections, but should have for its object the wresting of religion altogether from the trammels of the state. This sentiment was loudly ap_ plauded. THE 00VERNMENT SCHEME OP EDUCATION. At a meeting held yesterday in the Unitarian Chspel, Paradise street, Liverpool, the Rev. J. Martineau moved a resolution, ' declaratory of the right and duty of government to educate the people. After a brief historical review of the progress of education, the rev. gentleman expressed his high approval of the government measure, of which he recited the leading provisions. He apprehended that all who denied the right of the state to educate the people, sasumed that that right was vested in the parent of the child. But the state, in affording aid, did not subvert that right. Did not our laws require the parent to give the child a maintenance ? If so, the abstract right to interfere was already conceded. The interference of the state with education was not a novelty, he contended ; seta for this purpose were palsied by the Soot tish legislature so early as the fifteenth century. In the New England states of America, scarcely a citizen could be found who would dream of disputing the undoubted right of the state to see the children educated. When govern- meat, he held, followed crime by punishment, it was hound to do all it could to prevent crime, by furnishing adequate instruction. Previous to a penal we should have an edu cational system. He proceeded to contend that the volun tary system had failed, and said, two years ago he was in strumental in procuring returns as to the mesas and state of education in the borough of Liverpool. It was then found that the total number of children between five and. 14 years of age receiving instruction amounted to 36,789, whereas the actual population between those ages was 64,820 children. Tax EDUCATION 4 . 111171101; IN BIRMINONAX.—The agitation on this very important subject proceeds apace in Birmingham. Our correspondent (writing last evening) rye: " During the last three days various meetings, which may be looked upon as preliminary to the town meeting, have been held under the auspices of the clergy of the esta blishment, and at all of these resolutions have been passed signifying approbation of the government scheme, and me morials to the House of Commove in the spirit of these have been adopted. The meeting to take place on Friday excites perhaps more interest than anything of the kind since the days of the political union. The opponents to the govern ment scheme have placarded the town with all sorts of anonymous handbills ; and it is understood they will make an avempt on Friday to take the Town-hall by storm. Mr. Bolan is to harangue the public to-morrow evening as a sort of preliminary flourish to the subsequent day's pro ' ceedings." BOARD OP EDUCATlUSi;;ii;;Tiiioczni of ROCHES yeR.—The annual general meeting of the Herta division of the Board of Education for the diocese of Rochester was held in the Town-hall, St. Albans, yesterday. The attend ance was numerous and highly respectable, including many of the clergy and gentry resident in the vicinity. Among the persons present (besides the gentlemen who took part in the proceedings), we observed the Rev. F. Sullivan, the Rey. J. Bramston and the Rev. J. Eden (secretaries of the Essex division of the Board of Education for the diocese), Sir J. li. Seymour, Bart., Mr. C. S. Chesney, Mr. C. J. Dimsdale, the Rev. F. T. Falthfull, Mr. H. B. Nicholson, Mr. W. Franks, and the Hon. F. D. Ryder. The chair was taken at 12 o'clock, by the Bishop of RoCHESTER, who, having commenced the proceedings with prayer, expressed hie gratification at being called upon to preside at the annual meeting of the society. He hoped the meeting would pass a resolution approving the measures pro posedby her Majesty's Government for promoting the better education of the people. He could certainly have washed that those measures had been more favourable to the Established Church, which was the proper teacher of the people ; but being fully aware of the difficulties with which this subject was surrounded, he thought they might very safely accept the proposition of the ministers of the crown. He trusted that, by an unity of action between the laity and the clergy, they would be enabled to establish a better system of education for the people. The right rev. prelate suggested that the proposal to establish an industrial school for girls in the northern division of the county of Hertford, which would be brought before the meeting in the course of the proceedings, should be submitted to a committee of the board, who might consider the best mode of carrying out the project. The Rev. L. DEEDED, the secretary of the board for this division, stated that letters had been received from Lord Robert Grosvenor, the Rev. B. Bickerrteth, and other gen tlemen expressing their regret that they were unable to attend the meeting. The rev. gentleman then proceeded to read the report for the put year, which stated that the board had recently been enabled to establish exhibitions of 801. a year at St. Mark's College, and of 601. a year at Whiteleaurs, for the training of masters and mistresses of schools in connexion with the Established Church. The board, having recently hat under consideration the mi notes of the Committee of Privy Council with reference to education, had unanimously adopted a memorial expressive of their grateful acceptance of the aid offered by the Go vernment to furtherance of education in Church of England schools. They were anxious, also, to impress upon the clew the importance of immediately availing themselves of the advantages offered by the minutes of the Privy Council, not because they thought the Government plan conferred any particular boon upon the Church of England, as the authorized instructor of the great maxi of the people, but under the persuasion that the Government mea sure might be accepted by the clergy of that church without any sacrifice of principle. The board wished to express their sense of the benefits which had resulted from Government inspection to the schools periodically visited by the in. spector,. It was most gratifying to them to have the testi mony of Mr. Allen, the inspector for the district, in his report, that the schools in connexion with the church in this county had made most satisfactory :progrese. The board expressed their regret that the connexion of Mr. Allen with the Herts district bad ceased, that gentle man having relinquished the inspectorship to the Rev. F. C. Cook. The report then stated that application for pecuniary assistance had increased during the year, and that grants, amounting to 1441., bad been made since the last report was presented to the subscribers. The receipts of the board during the last year had been 3541. 9s. ; which, with a balance of 411. ss. 6d. from the preceding year, made the total income of the society 3951. Its. 6d. The actual expen diture to the 31st of December last was 1051. 3e. 6d, • but the board was pledged to the payment of 1191. in addition ; which made the total expenditure 2241. 3s. 6d. The Earl of VeaI:LAY moved the first resolution: " That the report be adopted and printed, with other documents, under the direction of the board, for circulation in the dio cese." The noble earl observed, that whatever might have been the responsibilities of our ancestors with regard to education, and however they might have fulfilled them, be thought it was clear that the responsibility whisk devolved upon the present generation was infinitely greater. If this country was to fulfil its mission, if, as he firmly believed, it was intended to propagate the gospel in all foreign countries, they must take care that they had a staff of missionaries capable of carrying out this great object. They must edu cate the people, and if they did this there would be no leek of good and ef ficient ministers. The Rev. G. B. BLonIIELD seconded the resolution; which was unamiously adopted. Mr. H. H BURCHELL, High Sheriff of the county of Harts, moved the following resolution :—" That, although the minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, of August and December last, offer no peculiar advantages to the Church of England, yet as the acceptance of them in volves no sacrifice of principle, this meeting cordially assents to the proposals contained therein for the more frequent and efficient inspection of the schools in connexion with the beard; and gratefully acknowle dges the impulse given to the voluntary efforts of the friends of education by the promise of extended assistance to all cleans without infringement upon the rights of any." He need not tell them that, although he believed the most per fect unanimity would exist in that meeting, a great di versity of opinion prevailed elsewhere with regard to the recently published minutes of the Privy Council on the sub ject of education • and that a large proportion of the dis senters had declared their hostility to the government scheme. The fact was, however, that their dissenting bre thren were offered assistance upon precisely the same groluid on which aid was offered to the Church of England, and if there was any advantage at all it was in favour of the dissenters. (Hear, Inst.) The schools of dissenters would he subjected to inspection ea well as the schools in connexion with the Church of England ; hut though the inspectors of church schools would be subject to the approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury, his Grace would have nothing to do with dissenting schools, and in those schools no particular religious instruction would be required beyond the reading of a portion of Scripture every day. He had no doubt the opposition which had been manifested to the government measure arose from the cer tainty that the schools in connexion with the Church of England would receive the larger portion of the grant pro posed to be appropriated to educational purposes; but test must of necessity be the ease if the grant was Impartially distributed, for happily the greater proportion of the people of this country were attached to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England. If any one had a right to com plain of the proposed measure it was not the dissenters bat the churchmen ; because, for the general good, churchmen were celled upon to submit to the violation of the principle they had hitherto maintained, that funds ought not to be afforded by the state to religious establishments which were not in connection with the state. He would not enter into this question, because, as they had submitted to the endowment of Maynootb, he knew it might be said that they ought tot to clamour against the proposed grant to di,- senten. He hoped, however, that the meeting would give their sanction to the resolution he had the honour to submit to them, The Ven. Archdeacon BURNEY seconded the resolution, and after expreming his regret that ill health prevented his successor in the archdeationry of that district (Archdeacon Grant) from attending the meeting, observed, that in his opinion the as opinion by the Committee of Privy Council on Education afforded great advantages for effect ing an entire union in the operation of the two educational boards of this diocese,—that established in Esser, and that which had convened the present meeting. He (Archdeacon Burney) would endeavour to point out to them the benefits which he conceived would result from their acceptingthe offer of the committee of Privy Council, and he would also endea vour to show that a very valuable impulse would be given to the voluntary efforts of the members of the church in promot ing education, by the Government measure. He thought, if he established his position, that they ought thankfully and gratefully to accept the offer of her Majesty's Ministers, for be was satisfied that their acceptance of that offer would involve no sacrifice of principle. He considered that great advantages would result from the extension of the system of inspection contemplated by the minutes of the Privy Council. The system of examination by government in spectors of schools had hitherto been extremely valuable; and the feelings of prejudice —or, he might perhaps say, of jealousy and suspicion —with which the clergy at one time regarded such inspection, had, he thought, entirely vanished, and they were now satisfied that the visits of the in spectors, instead of subjecting them to any injurious inter ference, had been generally most beneficial to the schools under their superintendence. He believed the great majority, perhaps the whole of the clergy. would soon arrive at the conclusion that it would be a great misfortune if their schools were deprived of the advantage of inspection. An additional benefit which would arise under the plan proposed by her Majesty', government would be that the inspectors would be ulled upon to deter mine whether, among the pupils instructed in the schools, there were any of such promise and aptitude sa to render it likely that they might become good teachers. If any of the scholars were approved by the inspectors, their names would be submitted to the Committee of Privy Council, acd those of higher attainments would be appointed pupil teachers, while those of inferior attainments would act as stip!ridiary monitors. The benefits of this system were se obvious that it was scarcely necessary for him to point them out. In the first place it would ensure an ample supply of well educated masters and mistresses. It must lead to an impressment in the competency of the masters, be cause, as the pupils would unclasp an annual examina tion on the plan laid down in the minute, of the Privy Council, those meatus who were found wanting in ability or diligence would Mew the disapproval of the in. specters, and would forfeit those pecuniary advantages which they would otherwise derive. The pupils intended for mas ters or mistresses, after undergoing a course of five years' ili um:Bon in the elementary schools, would be removed to normal wheels • and the expense of their education would, to a considerable extent, be defrayed by the Government. Grants of money, in proportion to the number of pupils, would be made for the establishment of normal schools; and an annual allowance would be mule to pupil teachers, commencing at 101., to be increased V. 10s. annually for five yeas, and an allowance to stipendiary monitors, be ginning with 51. a year, and increasing annually. The money thus granted would he an inducement to the parents of children to forbear from withdrawing them from the schools, either because they could not afford to keep them there, or because they could not dispense with the fruits of their labour. Another advantage would be that the masters educated in these schools would carry into the world an extremely good education; and he believed that the proposed system would give an impulse to education which it would be almost Impossible for the church, even with the assistance of the laity, to afford without the aid of the government. He considered that these advan tages would iaduce greater voluntary efforts for the pro motion of education on the part of the members of the church. Scarcely any of the benefits he had mentioned would be granted by :the committee of privy council unless their offers were met by proportionate contributions in the districts where their aid was required. When it was considered that these contributions were to be made chiefly by that class whose gifts, he must be allowed to say, had not been at all proportioned to the means with which God had blessed them, he thought the clergy were justified in regarding the boon offered by the government as one to which, as a body, they were fully entitled. (Hear, hear.) Ile believed that if a tabular view of the parochial schools throughout England were presented to the meet ing, it would be seen that the proportion supplied by the clergy of the established church was such as to prove that they were not insensible to their duties, while the inference might be drawn that they had not been supported as he thought they deserved to be by the wealth and intelligence of the laity. (Hear, hear.) He hoped he had not made this observation in an improper manner ; and he could mare the meeting that he was far from undervaluing the greatly improved feeling which had recently been manifested by the laity with reference to the subject of edu cation. Many large contributions had been g i ven by lay members of the church for the promotion of education, and these gifts showed an increasing desire on their ;art to pro vide for the instruction of the children of those who lived upon their property and who laboured for their benefit. He thought it scarcely necessary to say anything wi'h re ference to the objection that the church of England could not receive the assistance now offered by the govern ment without a sacrifice of principle. That aid was offered to the church unshackled by any restrictions; the church was left in full possession of its own ordi nances; it was left to regulate the religious education of the children committed to its are according to its own will. The minutes of privy council went even further than this, for they intimated as strongly as it was possible to do without a direct requisition, which of course could not be made, that the clergy of the established church would be expected to take their part in the religions portion of the examination of the stipendiary monitors and pupil teachers throughout the whole course of their training. (Hear.) 'This would keep the church in its proper position, and would afford the clergy ample means of discharging their duty to their neighbours and to God. He cones dered that the claims of the church of England to the larger proportion of the proposed grant could not be denied, for that church possessed a greet nume rical superiority in the country and a great supe riority of wealth—he referred to the share which the members of the established church contributed to the great national stock or fund from which the parliamentary vote was to be taken. He considered that any objections which might formerly have existed to the acceptance by the church of such an offer as was now made by the government had been removed. If they looked at the inspectors, they (mad that they were,alincet without exception, ie believed, clergy men of thee own communion, who had been educated at the universities, and who entertained the strongest regard for the doctrines and discipline of the church of England. But if any further securits were needed, it was found in the fact, that these inspectors could not be appointed except by the highest ecclesiastical authority in the church. It they re quired any assurance that the prelates of the church con curred in the propriety of their accepting the offer of the privy commit, be thought it was afforded by the presence among them to-day of their right rev, diocesan, who had told them what his viers" were. Similar opinions had been expressed by many right rev. prelates, and he (Arch deacon Burney, believed there was no b.sbop on the bench who did not admit the immense advantages which must accrue to the-whole population from the adoption et the pro rrof her Majesty's government. The church had erto received a much larger proportion of the grant appropriated to education than those schools which were framed on the principle of the British and Foreign Society ; but he attributed this not to any partiality in the distribution of the grant, but simply to the fact that the church had exercised infinitely more care to deserve support by the larger number of its schools, and by its more strenuous efforts for the general improvement of education. So it would he now, if they only applied the yet unexhausted resources of that church whose sure foundation, he believed, depended in no alight degree on the religious education of the people. hear.)—The resolution was then agreed to. Mr. C. W. PULLER moved the third resolution ;—" That this meeting especially recognises the benefit that is likely to be derived to schools in agricultural districts by the encou ragement given in the said minutes to the elder and more mtelligent scholars to remain in the schools beyond the usual period of instruction ; as well as the system propounded in the same minutes for raising up a supply of teschers, to be carefully selected from all the schools throughout the kingdom, and efficiently trained in the normal institutions." Ho exp ressed his satisfaction at the proposal of her Majesty's government, which he thought would be attended with most beneficial results. It had been complained that the measure did not go far slough—that it wu not a sufficinat scheme of general national education; but in that opinion he certainly did net concur, for he thought it would have been a great misfortune if any system had been pro posed by the state which might have had the effect of damp ing or superseding thou exertions which had of late year been made in the cause of education. (Hear, hear.) He considered that the Government measure was eminently calculated to meet the wants of the country; and he believed that the system of appointing pupil teachers and uipendiary monitors would have the effect of bringing lee ward a large number of amiable and talented young poems who might render good service to the camel of education, but who would otherwise have passed their lives in inferior pursuits. The Rev. R. EDEN, in seconding the resolution, observed, that great difficulty, if not en utter impossibility was experienced, especially in the agricultural districts, in keeping children in the schools when they arrived at 10 or 11 years of age. Their services then became available to their parents, and just at the period when they were capable of receiving a really useful education they were withdraw from the 'chute. He believed, however, that this evil would be in a great measure remedied by the proposal of the Privy Council to afford grants for pupil teachers and stipendiary monitors; for they would now be enabled to hold oat to the parents of children of good talents and qualifications the prospect, that if they were permitted te remain in the schools, they might attain a respectable and honourable position. ' He (Mr. Eden) might observe, with reference to the esta blishment of normal schools, that it must not be supposed that the instruction obtained by the pupil teachers and sti pendiary monitors in the parochial schools would be wash as would qualify them to become school masters and raieereesss without any further education. It was absolutely necessary, after they had been trained in the parochial or elementary schools, that they should be placed in the normal schools to receive a thoroughly good education ; and he was much gratified that this subject was co fully provided for by the minutes of the Privy Council. He mast protest against the proposal of the Government being regarded as a church measure. (Hear.) Though the member; cf the church might approve of the proposal, and might avail themselves of the aid which it was intended to afford, they must not be led by the clamour which had been raised against the mea sure to entertain the notioa that it was in any degree a church museum. True, it offered Willtalle• to the church, but not as the established church of the:country. Assist ance was to be offered to the church of England merely be cause its members were members of the body politic, and because they were thereby entitled to receive • certain amount of that aid which the Government offered to all who desired to promote the cause of education. He felt that this charge, which was brought against the proposal of the government by the dissenters, was altogether fallacious, and was calculated to mislead many persons. He believed sad hoped that the government would stand firm, and would not yield to the clamour which had been raised against their plan; and he trusted also that the church would he prepared to resist any interference—if interference should be attempt. d—with the religious instruction to be given in church of England schools. (Hear, hear.)—The resolution was then put by the chairman, and was carried unani mously. The Rev. C. 15. PEARSON moved "That with the view of efficiently completir.g the educatiou and training of pupil teachers and other young persons for the situation of school mistresses, it is desirable that a normal indintrial school for training female teachers should be established for the diocese of Rochester, and that the bishop be requested to appoint a committee, who may report as to the best method or setting on foot such an institution, and as to the selection of a rite most adapted to the convenience of the whole diocese." The Rev. J. BRAMSTON seconded the resolution, and stated that the object of the proposed normal school was to train a class of teachers who, besides au ordinary education, mi g ht be able te afford young girls in the agricultural die: tricts such instruction in domestic matters u might fit them for service in families. The motion was agreed to. The Rev. Mr. PRRSTON wished to ask the right rev. chairman whether he considered it advisable that those per sons in this diocese who approved of the Government plan of education should petition Parliament in its favour ? The Bishop of Rocuraren replied, that a petition in favour of the measure had already been presented from the Diocesan Board of Education, but he saw no reason to dis approve of petitions from any part of the diocese if it was deemed advisable te forward them. Archdeacon BURNES thought the suggestion of Mr.Prestan would be met by • motion be would beg to submit to the meeting .—" That • copy of the resolutions agreed upon at this meeting be forwarded to the Lord President of the Council, and that the resolutions be also advertised in the public papers." This, he thought, considering the character of that meeting, would be sufficient to show what was the feeling entertained with reference to the Government mea sure by the clergy and laity of the established church in that diooree, . . Mr. PRESTON concurred is the suggestion of the vener able archdeacon, and seconded the resolution, which was at once ad . cyted. The Marquis of SALISBURT (who entered the hall during the proceedings), in moving a vote of thanks to the right rev. chairman, expressed his gratification that the schools in connexion with the church of England in that county bad recently increased very considerably in number end efficienc7, and that the subject of education was new receiving eo large a share of attention from the clergy and , IlentrY. Mr. T. P. HALSEY, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation. The Bishop of Rocxlll3lllt, in acknowledging the compli ment, observed, that he was much gratified at the entire unanimity which had marked the proceedings of the day, and that he would feel great pleasure in communicating to the Lords of the Privy Council what was the feeling of SO numerous and respectable a meeting. The proceedings then terminated TUB INCRISDIA KT FIRES AT 130HAX.—M11. Munson, who was remanded some time back for setting fire to some pre mien at Soham, in the occupation of Mr. Cooper, of that place, was on Saturday Let committed for trial at the next assizes. During the examination, which was holden at Soham, her son Josiah was anxionsly waiting outside the room to hear the result. It was found, necessary, however, to send for a witness from Mildenhall; in the interim, the magistrates sent for Josiah, who came boldly into the room, wondering, apparently, what they wanted him for; and his surprise and mortification may be imagined when Mr. Wil. kin, solicitor, said that he appeared to prefer a charge against him of having in fire to a stack of straw, on Nov. 1. 1848, the property of Mr. T. Peck, of Soham , whereby several outbuildings were destroyed; upon which charge the pri soner stood remauded until Saturday, when he was heard at the Crowa Inn, Soham, and was fully committed. REPRESENTATION OF RAST Suessx.—The Surrey G - tette says .—" Lord Cantilupe is Rot to be alone in the field. From a confidential communication received only within • there few hours, it appears that there will yet be • another ' Richmond in the field,' who will enter the lista as a decided supporter of liberal principles. The noble viscount calls upon the electors net to pledge as yet their votes to any candidate. We earnestly counsel a strict adherence to the course thus recommended. We say this in no bar of the claims possessed by the noble viscount. It would, indeed, at present be prema ture either to support or to oppose the noble candidate, for the very sufficient reason that his lordship's address contains no mannerof enunciation ef principles. The author of the address to the electors of East Sussex may be an excellent free trader or • determined protectionist—he may be an uncompromising Whig or a decided Tory —a supporter of Lord John Russell, • disciple of Sir Robert Peel, or (Heaven forefend !) an ad mirer of that " comprehensive" statesman, Lord George Bentinck. Any or all of these may Viscount Cantilupe be, for aught that the electors of East Sussex at present know about the matter ; but while saying thus much, it would be uncandid not to state that we have baud it positively maenad that the noble lord is no longer a votary of protection, but that on the contrary, he espouses the principles of free-t rade, asexemplified in the measures propounded by the late Premier. In the present state of affairs, the electors of East Sussex will hardly need the caution conveyed in Lord Cantilupe's address. The extremely ill-judged—not to say unwarrantable interference assumed by Mr. Frewea is scarcely likely to induce the electors to pledge themselves to the gentleman he has thought fit to nominate as his successor, while they would naturally be equally aurae to give in that. adhesion to a candidate who, like the noble lord in questi, a, however estimable he may be in character, or however elevated in position, has not as yet made any declaration of the principles by which his political views are governed. Until that de claration shall be fairly and fully before the public, the electors cannot possibly, to use the noble lord's own words, " ascertain how fur he is justified in venturing to prefer a claim to their support." In the mean while, however, unless the noble lord speedily shine forth, there may arise a star in the East whose known position is the political firmament will leave no room for doubt, delay, or indecision." ESSEX. MEETING 07 THE ROYAL — AOHICULTERAL SOCIETY IN 1849.—A circular ha been addressed to the inhabitants of Chelmsford, relative to the holding the great country meet ing of the Royal Agricultural Society for the eastern district of the kingdom in this town in the year 1849; and the usual list of inquiries is enclosed as to the accommodation that could be afforded for that purpose. The place of the eastern meeting will not be finally fixed by the society till May, 1848: the townsfolk and their friends may talk over the ways 3nd means, and consider if something cannot bi done at Chelmsford to uphold the agricultural fame of Else:. RAM NH IRE. _ _ . ATTIMPTID MURDEI77I;;ii7CIISI.-At Forebear, yes terday, Charles Wolfe, a footman in the service of Mr. W. Thrasher, .me of the county matistrates, was committed for trial for ctempting to murder his fellow-servant, a young woman named Elizabeth Ayling. The prisoner made no defence. It appeared from the evidence that he fol lowed the provecutriz into her room, there streek her on the head, and then attempted to kill her with a razor. She had courage and atrength to straggle with him, and escaped, aßer receiving some severe wounds in the hands. The pri soner then attempts dto cut his own throat. From one por tion of the evidence, it would appear he was incited by jealousy. LITERATURE. The School in its Relatiane to the Statehe Church, and the Congregation.. M urray.M Congregation.—London : WE have already noticed this semi-official pamphlet, and its temperate answers to the vehement attacks made, either by undesigned misapprehension, or in tentional misrepresentation, on the ministerial toes sums for the improvement of education. The object of the writer has been to show from a history of the past efforts to effect an improvement of national edu cation in England, the mode in which the present measure was necessarily moulded and framed. so as to avoid shocking opinions, which experience had proved to be equall powerful and prevalent. We quote the the nature of the measure now prepomed, sa mi l m Z set add any roamed: la war to ream the singlea 'ace wren memenemalet loam step ormaria * Ms maspeens et al. mamas Is their erassaine albs maimma tmeg entimeern the so=l. 6 e m ii we hen demean ig seasetinaer. here areally Oar Imenelemi age siesierstarie tie velloteme lamegelia sea en ban one ell paler diameees edam set a the re gime gm remennale Waft lieren ammo The welkin la ameerree et Ma saga lhat ibey emallel via la On et tho allsage bentatin ova Alhe awl et en ezemilign. While an the as = va _aw the illegaba mean Wend an ag gawp- Ymy gml Is idlsbne leglanita 01l naiad ge=lir thMr me teal demean erg on glides the - prommentotar awry Imarmliemetthe= be em amities may at stn. rest a lbe ea/ow gf gob weir leannin. ale Omahas et Osemil MB mei a as anita the et Oren stagier node. Sado deans etanages=re =a =ndis eweet atheistliC ir dismid ="a bl lijel= hl kr ittalmgasir o. east der gado an ads abed Is Nat the Oa rhea erg amainhema et teo par to made er the eagellem la their eat no sena minglentemar P. tbas a and • mast is yeah Imetroalsa la am astemblea sent liaggy Ingairei area eit tbe eastees ; to mast loon use Wham to amid• Ile the abed bdtheeragge mi di e= Oga SY sma be Yr be ire age& ail k Y baron seal be sirs, bat Ka added. It Wad ,better the isenamint se banal to gin gimmilem and be lathe gala= rit semeen eb petga Oen ebilamo ra tragola eweleales gal laagy Mae Ana Ikea abed esameNtee tea seaman a held be its an boa the peen et Wenn edasardstrag 111 . ;et de. the le he illmasilen wine learegtho, sea mane easeed is the gaga ; edgeties the ben; divelmis pulifterse inerary agattes 3 is tact, et reprilseing to all 'styrene its affairs. In the selection of the begthelbla win stay vital the nohool, the government will *melt the Ettanatica Committee, or other ventral authority ashat veer the intermits a the schools of each religious costa--fen. The Inspetor will act ander innervations restraining him test all latereorenee writ the daciplow and manage ment of the school Ife win barn so authority to direct, and will not be permitted even to advise, Maim Invited to uo eo be the school conn. mithee With these precanticas against thee:action. of authority, he will not fail to be useful to all schools which he ntl v 4 oet, by shil billy placing under the light of a .arching ex . :unbar kat, conducted is the presence of the manager., the actual condition of the scbooL The results of hie experience will be available for their instruction and guidance. If they desire the assiatance of the government to enable them to provide for the apprenticeship of pupil. teachers, hr will tea come the organ of an impartial communication with the incimittee 'of Council. If the minter desire to prevent himself for eissininatiON foe the oertifkate necessary to an aegmentatiea of bin salary, the inspector will inform him what are the studies to be raratied, and the wandard of requirements no be attained, In order to proture this benefit for himself and for the reboot. If the sogn• (-Asians of entry be granted, it will be withdrawn in any rear on old/. h the managers return a certificate of their satisfaction in the conduct of the me,tee and of his attention to Me duck& "'or a similar C. 1,0. the wipend of the pupthteacher will awe. Yet the mower and has are I described, by the objectors to this roe:sore, as solnernb at to the authority of the executice, to a degree menacing the Ithertien of the ! country. UM, on the contrary, difficult to conceive any system by which the sympathies of the religious coegegationn amid ho more carefully consulted-by which their diwretion could be left more completely unfettered—or which could afford effectual wevistanoe, no Terme more conducive to the interests of civil And religious liberty. Comiderable effort has beat made to produce 1/11 IMMO. 4041 that the Established Church of England will .Melly derive advantage from the administration of the jorliamentary grant, accord ing to th e minute. for August and December, 1040, yet in point of the extent of the require:wpm, which are melt liana of grans under those minutes, the *drainage is certainly on the side Cl school, eat con nected with the tatabiished Church. to British and Dinner ting whoon, the inspector will not examine the religious Ina:ln:Con. If the manager. certify that they are wati.fieti w.th the ride of the religious knowledge of the pupil-tsar:ism, the Committee of (Awned will not re quire further proof of proficiency, or that any exteettem Mail be tired, or any par 'tutor form of reticents instnietum rdmiled, beyond the daily reading de portion of the Seri Mares in the school When the managers of British or Dies tinsrseltools certify, that the apprectice his been attentive to his religiousdutko, no requirement is to be .wade ash Ws attendanceocany partichler chime( thrust worship. It isobvious. therefore, that the conditions of grants to Divsentiog wheels ! ere much las stringent than thooe unloose on whorls connected I with the Church of Englanth It has also bees repreeented, that, by these minutes, the Mew of the Eatablisited Ceurelt will enjoy a large seleubt of Pnusinte and influence. The fact that they are requited to waist the inspector in examining the religious lutowlealps of the pupil-teachers in Church of Malawi school., and, at the close of every year, to cenaty that the apprentices hare been attentive to their religious duds, la been represented as conferrom en the clergy an inordinale power, and a paronace so votenove an to threaten religious_ Pre y. But th e parochial minister has en authority in thumb et MOM abeals, in Elms or any other par_ tichlar, which is a abied te the assingew in Petah or Dis senting schools. Itheither patrage a latisecoe is to be enjeyed by the clergy he the son athi, in ethilered on the menzget, ia the other. 'in the arraigned kat there in a prefect polarity. We have ads these reserks, about questicatng „A bother is it i 2 any apse fate rereeerse this poser to award °Miriams of the state of the ailyisth bayeilap 1 peryil-teachers, and of their attendants:talk nada dabs, sea arms of dinpern.ing satrorilfre and exercising bakesed lab • repieratioa Involves a charge of corrupticet wise then preshill sod be inference spoiled thinness= silltillithad 1.. the zeal by the demand amithies et alai kr the instruction of the Withrow d their aswirepdsw. Is, in the of a euntroversialist, amnia Marthey k esek la lest may st e spiritual palsy. Ber Way% alas base a dated that the prelnenn. saybelby am the deem seal es men the managers of Dirsmilog Winek. Imbibes etha &sire theta scholar...had bo sses Ihresughig is dis Antrim, precepts, end evidencen o. dareheathelempateacewith the material yea • idols Mb, a weapons with which to repel INNIS; ; lathe they.ther atheisedad, that they wild resort to • penalth et the aaiedlp masa to them, simply to bribe pose eididata lobed dads thely, sae at bring of their faith. bit it impurity dial lake lithe epporttaks for the exercise of the tw seryseed depasas siebally, that add be attributed only to ore et emeses,—thar le the Mt that the media of satiety in !ay had is ea that, by wthary smaxiietke, the bean W bath the ma ea the win toast a appal mess itosehe dna Se &alb. essamiess; or h Shelia at canon beat et Dana night, mathrier grab are petleipae the aderapse anal be Ora by the lirralllmaL Mk ar e Ma tiled ale et mak, a mire abliadabie be Ibe= make; weakb. sad cat et amuse et the liotabliseed thee to etil satiate a laded Mass, ix It wool Wag aria' milk Id equitable peal*, a spates W he • miathee par that la sid of volution inertial.; k della asteda thee the alma et the sothatery ea aka da the amber a the dieisetsy of area rth l : paw to any edam ethathlea dad bier say etha idea a the ithasez e.r eakbelbes at Sir apps arcs rhea= wide Shan albase ale institution. as Oa the sea Isar=lsysetty shooki arise from the datermi- MUM d careerist le Ma the all of the government, this would oats* be • eediallthad pada, by no 11111100 Inherent in the mama such ea elation ha he cannel in the op.r.ions of these p a:: * ton to any Yawn et ragas endowments, or rather to the of rtlliOnse emiewenint b "source. in any degree assn Tat • atherik alrmY mak for conseknee mike the do alga of its ally althea, se pas itself in a preition of pee. was prated spirt beelialor named by experience ▪ impeard by the ky, set peal, be the inevitable ma tha baba et salsa as sada Finite and public, which is happily seat to lailvideek and aseueiations by the English constatuties. Esesesnms he nab a minority is a question of public convenience sal peeled etaameeldp. Few Are prepared to appropriate to pwdy lathe the the tithes and other endowments of the EntsibliaWd Church, la ea • ems as the prenent, the mi nority would limply deprive IS wthattarily of its share of the means destined by the stets le saasent the rrnourom of private charity. It in obviously aka the power of the minority to dorm its attachment to its own principles, by the increased persoaal Caeri. filXll of its members to fill the weld which its ejection has ocrwelotied. But it in innwsnibe to admit, ow • salikient objection to the adoption of soy manure which does tad .Mate the tat prindplos of juntice, mid which the majority teenern tends to the gem ral advantage, the fact that a protecting minority debit the Millen sanct i ons for the scrupling which induced them to undergo privation, or submit to the opaline of their good. for conscience eke. Ott farts. SCULPTURE FOR THE HOUSE OP LORDS.—Mr. Haodyside Ritchie, of Edinburgh, has received instructions to execute two of the bronze statues for the llowse of Lords. ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS IN Holiner the Pope has commissioned a number of artists from amongst the first in Italy to execute, partly from original portraits, partly from medals and coins, the likemessec of all the sovereign pontiffs his preocci saws (258 in number), that these may be copied is mosaic to adorn the Basilica of St. Paul, where a similar series perished in the fire. The *twee will afterwards be permanently placer)/ is the Vatican llueetust.—Athewauss,_ ~~ r , Or Drama. - - - SADLER'S WELLs.—The revival here last night of " The Tempest"—not Dryden's, or Devenant's, or Garrick's, or Kemble's, or Sheridan's, bet Shakspeare'e—is one of the mat efficient reproductions we ever saw. In scenic effect, in histrionic excellences, it equals the revival of the come play by Mr. Macready, and Mr. Phelps can scarcely require higher commendation in the matter In one important fea ture, indeed, the latter impresario has the advantage, for the Caliltan of Mr.Gt orge Bennett, admirable before, has become perfect—that is to say, of course, as perfect as is consistent with the capacity of things terrestrial. Its renders the un natural nature of the character moat naturally, and his dress ing of the part is the exact thing. The spirit of le vitas Will (sic M. Jules Janin), sa it hovers gratefullurg Sadler's Wells, must acknowledge in Mr. Bennett's edam, • most delicate monster. Next we would commend the Trinculo of Mr. Scharff, a piece of excellent fooling, admirably supported by the Stephan of the revival (Mr. A. Younge). The scene where these three meet alter the storm is, to use Mr. Perla' favourite expreassion, pretty to observe. The Prospero of Mr. Phelps well sustains this actor's eminent reputation; it is a most sound and admirable impersonation. Poise Addi son's Miranda comes as nigh to the author's gracious con ception as can well be expected—approximate embodiment being all that can be achieved, we imagine, in the case of Shakspeare's heroines. The ingenuous, trusting frankners which characterises this lady's voice end manner la pecu liarly adapted to this part. The Ariel of Miss Julia St. George is as aerial--wellmigh—as that of Priscilla Horton, and we beg Miss Julia Bt. George to receive this as very high praise. The scenery, as we have intimated, is very be ,utiful ; and cleaning always to give merit its due, we add that this excellence is due to Mews. Fenton and F. Finlay. The machinery, by Mr. Cowdery, was capitally designed ant executed. 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