The Press. — London, England, 1855-03-24 00:00:00

t2§ Good Editor of Tim Pans I wish you'd expound to me What I honestly will confess I cannot exactly see. How such men can trust each other? What is the connecting link? When each contradicts his brother, What is a plain fellow to think? With Austria shall we fight, And topple the Hapsburgs down? And restore poor old Poland's right, And Lombardy's iron crown? Shall Hungary rise again ? The question don't let us blink; Let us answer it straight like men— Or what is a plain fellow to think? Do you want a firm alliance With our ancient Austrian friend, Or to hurl at her head defiance, And Hungary's tights defend ? Speak out which is it to be, Is Poland to swim or sink? Only do for God's sake agree— Or what is a plain fellow to think? TIVERTON TABLE -TALK; br, MAXIMS, SAYINGS, HINTS, and OPINIONS of a GREAT STATES MAN: COLLECTED by REFERENCE and INFERENCE. LAWS are of no use unless people have the good manners to obey them. See my leges sine moribus speech on the marriage-of-two-sisters bill. You are right. Such is the deduction. It is only persons of bad manners who break laws, and, therefore, actually, law swould be of no use were my dictum accurate. But it was accurate enough for the House. 111. • Babies are all born virtuous and good. It would not do to hazard the opinion openly, hut what if it is the christening that does the mischief? TERMS OF FOR Cbt 10 US% : Per Annum .. .. .. Half-Yearly .. .. .. Quarterly .. Payable in advance. Subscribers are requested to send their Orders through thei- News Agent; if direct to the Office, accompanied by a Remit ance. Money Orders to be made payable to Mr. ALFRED Ira, 110, Strand. London. .. £1 6 0 .. 0 18 0 .. 0 8 6 .1 .2) r t a tri 3 LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1855. POSTSCRIPT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FnmAy. Lord GRANVILLE brought up the message from the Queen, regarding the Sardinian convention, which will be found in the Commons report. Lord BROUGHAM brought forward a series of reso• lutions on criminal procedure, supporting them by lengthened comments on the possible improvements in our legislation on the subject. _ _ Alter some observatious from the LORD CHAN CELLOR, the house adjourned at a quarter-past seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. In answer ta Mr. BOWYER, Lord PALMERSTON said that the Government had no doubt of the ability of Sardinia to repay the loan it was proposed to grant her, though he had not. accurately looked into the state of her finances. Lord PALMERSTON shortly after brought up a message from the Queen upon the same subject. The message stated that a convention had been en tered into with Sardinia, by which that Power engaged to furnish and to keep up at the seat of war a force of 15,000, and her MAjesty undertook in return to recommend to Parliament to grant to Sardinia a loan of 1,000,0001, one half to paid at once, the other in six mcnths. Should the war last a year longer her Majesty undertook to recommend a further loan of a million. The loan was to bear interest at four per cent. Iliis. THE PRESS. Br. VI. VII. SATURDAY, An Englishman is a Roman citizen. Civis Romanus sum. See my speech in 1860. If so, he ought to do at Rome as they do at Rome. Why shouldn't he? I do. So did the excellent Vicar of Bray. I see no harm in a Past. I went to church, and comported mysel becomingly. But I cannot concur with the Bishop of Salisbury, that the way to take Sebastopol is to build a church in Constantinople. Peel talked nonsense about Poland. But I have spoken more strongly upon the same subject in my time, and if I had snubbed him, he might have quoted me. Sunday ought to be kept " respectably." But the definition of respectability is, or was, that a man kept a gig. Therefore, to prove his respectability, let him drive out in his gig on Sunday. I didn't like to say this on Tuesday night, but it would have brought down,a roar. vu'. The modern Radicals are abominable snobs. The old ones used to pique themselves on contrasting their vulgar doctrines with their gentlemanly demeanour. But these are unmitigated plebeians. When they come in a deputation their mixture of fidget and audacity dis gusts me. Devilish stupid they look if one speaks French for a minute ; they'll say " Yea " to anything then, to make one think they understand. IX. Lord John Russell is a nobleman for whose character, talents, and patriotism I have the highest possible esteem, and any differences of opinion we may have had have only tended to give me still stronger reason for saying that he is a great man, and one who ought to lead the House of Commons. I have not decided upon my title. Deuced difficult to find a name the fellows can't joke upon—not that it matters to me, though Mont eagle don't like it. They called him Mount-kite, on account of his Exchequer Bills. XL What is the use of having a sound Protestant character if one can not make it available? Nobody but an out-and-out good Protestant would have dared to hand over Ireland to a Papist Executive, tempered by Horsman, who don't believe in bishops—sad fellow ! XII. business. The Message was ordered to be taken into consi deration on Monday next. On the motion for the adjournment of the house, Mr. A. PELLATT complained of the rules of conse cration in respect of burial grounds, and the want of room. Lord PALMERSTON said that the pariPhes had it in their power to provide ample burial room. Mr. FITZROY entered into some details on the pro vision lately made for burial-grounds both in town and country. The Loin ADVOCATE moved for leave to introduce his Scotch Educational Bill, which he said was mainly the same as that defeated last year by party motives. He proposed, as a first measure, an educa tional survey. Inspectors were to report within a limited time on every district in Scotland—its supply or its wants of the means of education. He proposed to do away with the superintendence of the Estab blished Church. The predominance of no sect was necessary for religions education. His bill provided for religious teaching at stated hours, in which the children might attend or not, as their parents thought proper. In the towns it was to be compulsory, on the report of the inspectors, to establish schools; in the villages the schools were to be extended, when necessary, under assessment. Mr. STIRLING said that the Church of Scotland had from its very commencement done all in its power to promote education ; it had watched over the educational establishment for centuries, and thought a school as necessary as a church. There was no sectarian teaching at the schools; even Roman Ca tholics were educated in them without objection. He admitted that an educational bill for the towns was necessary, and trusted that the Government would introduce such a measure. The new member for Montrose, Mr. BAXTER, in a maiden speech approved the Lord Advocate's plan, and argued from the altered position of the Estab lished Church in Scotland to the necessity of alter ing the school system. Religious differences were very strong, and the people never would be satisfied under the educational predominance of the Church of Scotland. Mr. CUMMING BRUCE said that the opponents of the measure had advocated all extension of educe tion where it was wanted ; but the actual system of parochial schools worked well, and there was enough to be done without interfering with it. Lord Emil° approved of the bill, rendered neces sary by the breaking up of the general adhesion of former times to the Church of Scotland. The next Premier will have precious up-hill work for a bit. I pity the man who comes after a " vigorous" statesman. But that's his Mr. 3. Macoarook also iiighea in favour of the bill. Mr. Saar said that crime was not rife where the parochial schools existed. He strongly deprecated the interference of the bill with these schools; why had not the Lord Advocate contented himself with improving where improvement was necessary—in the towns. Mr. COWAN, admitting the deficiencies of the town education, said that many of the town schools offered an example of management which might well be followed. He approved of the bill, especially in its liberalities to the schoolmasters. Mr. BOUVERIE said that the alteration of the cir cumstances of the Church of Scotland was a matter of fact, and must be dealt with accordingly. Mr. WALPOLE suggested that the objects of the Lord Advocate might be effected, without offending a large part of the people, by bringing in a bill to provide for education in the more populous and the least populous parts of the country where it was wanted. He considered that the present bill raised, instead of quieting, the religious question. Con• sidering the eminent men which Scotch education had produced, it was not worth while to attempt in it any violent alteration. Lord PALMERSTON was glad to find so general an acquiescence on so many points of the bill. It was essential that the people in Scotland should not he forced into religious differences from the sectarian character of the school, which would create religious prejudicies at an ear:) , age. The distribution of the schools was moreover very faulty. Mr. ELLICE said it was quite a mistake to suppose that alteration was not required in the country dis tricts as well as in the town. The religious diffe rences predominated everywhere. Mr. JOHNSTONE, Mr. DUNLOP, and Mr. HATTER made a few observations in &your of the bill, and Sergeant SHEE hoped that the measure would be so framed that the Roman Catholic members could vote for it, The Lord ADVOCATE briefly replied, and leave was given to bring in the bill. • The third reading of tho Intramural (Ire land) Bill gave rise to a short discussion. Lord DUNCAN urged, from the nominal return of Scotltnd, the necessity of an extension of education. In comparing the Church of England with that of Scotland, it should be remembered that the one re presented the opinions of a majority, the other of a minority. '1