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it in grave embarrassments. Before it entered upon this,
while at least it confined itself to its limited operations in
Westminster, it had the countenance of influential laymen of
various parties. Lord Shaftesbury, whose services to educa-
tion and benevolence it would be presumptuous to praise, was
then a member of the Committee ; and it was under his name
that the appeal was made for funds, which enabled it to erect
the Training College of St. Mark's. It is as needless as it is
painful to dwell upon the change which has since taken place.
( 3.) The second characteristic of a National Society of Edu-
cation is, that it shall combine in its management the two
leading sections of the Church of England. We cannot recog-
nise Tractarians as a constitutional Church party. But in a
truly national Church Society, which requires public support,
and appeals to public confidence, the Evangelical portion, as it
is called, ought to have at least an equal share. The proof of
this is easy. The two sections have, in some cases, formed
distinct Societies for carrying on the same work, and it is a
well-known fact, that the influence and resources of those
Societies which represent the Evangelical section of the Church
are considerably in advance of any others : the amount of
money contributed by the Protestant and Evangelical party
for religious purposes very far exceeding that which is
intrusted to any Society which is not exclusively in their
hands.

Clearly, then, the National Society, if it was to repreSent
the Church of England, ought to have had in its management
at least an equal number of the Evangelical party. This, I
presume, was the desire of our present venerated Primate
when he sought to induce members of the Evangelical section
to join the Commiteee of the National Society. It was this
consideration which induced me in 1848 to become a member
of it. It would be useless and tedious to recapitulate efforts
that have been made and hopes which have been disappointed;
the case requires no such statement. The facts are before us
they are plain and undeniable. In describing the manage-
ment of the Society, I speak of the elective Committee alone,
as by the Charter the Vice-Presidents are, in a great deg Tee.,.
Axed; they include all the Episcopate, of whom we would on
all occasions speak with the reverence which is due to their
office. You will find that the sixteen elected members of
Committee are (as has been shown in our original papers) the
real representatives and practical managers of the Society.
Of these sixteen members, during the five years in which I
sat in the Committee, two only could be held in any sense to
represent the Evangelical section. One of these' two, though
sympathising with their sentiments, could not be altogether
identified with their party. Even now, two only of their
Committee can be said to have any sympathy with the Evan-
gelical section;: two out of sixteen; two in place of eight.
So determined was the Society to keep this one-sided 'nonage-
ment, and to reiset those who, had any sympathy with the
Evangelical party;:tbat they ejected "an old member cf the
Committee ;" when pressed upon them by the Episcopate,
they rejected him amp. ini•• and when the same authority pro-
posed to them even, Mr: Jackson (now Bishop of Lincoih),
Sic' Henry Dukinfieldi, Sir Robert Inglis, and Mr. Mackennie
(aft Martin's), they refused then all,. After such evidences
of partiality, no man can say that the management of the'
National Society really' represents- the- Church of England..
It cannot be accepted as• a, National Society—it is the repre-
sentative of one class only';. and if it lOses, public support, it
has itself to blame, for exeltuling that section which is proved
to have the greatest amount of publie'confidence.
IV. You may be asked whether the. vets of the National
Society's Committee have coincided,with: thie one-sided cha-
racter. Iliey have. You will find evidenee of this in the
two original papers published by our Committee. A few
words will mcapitulate the facts. There was, an attempt in
the National' Society's CommUtee •to effect a separation be-
tween the Siciety and its T:laining-schools-::: many of the
Vice-Presidenthssaw the advantage of this, andsupported the
plan. It was defeated; and the Training.schoolk must now
be held as indissolubly linked with the Society: They are
four. Of the Westminster Training-school I can say but
little, having no- materials for forming,a correct indgment of
its merits. We- cannot, however, expect confidence to be
placed in a traininpschool which is under the management of
.a Committee excltdinp.:,, as they do, that!portion of theClaurch
to which the largest amount of public-support is giton. But
the attendance of the masters in training at the .Broadway
Church is certainly calculated to raise grave suspicions. The
Training-schools of Whitelands, Battersea, -and St: Mark's,
:are under the management of distinct' Councils )G' believe
that the Councils which manage the two, first are fairly com-
posed, and may be considered to represent the two sections of
Ate Church. The Connell of St. Mark's is, •however, in the
hands of an exclusive and extreme party. On this gronntl, if
there were no other, it hes no claim on pub-lie-confidence
ern if it had such clairni its own line of ccncluct has cancelled
it. This state of thinga-was brought formally by the deputa-
tion- at Lambeth before the Archbishop of Canterbury and
the 'Erishop of London, and also under she notice of the
NatDinal Society's Committee, in the Memorial presented in
1851 by 1,800 influential members of the Church. To meet
this, as has been done, by- asking that the allegations should
be proved, was to evade thequestion. The facts alleged were
not denied; it was impossible to deny them ; they were
! notorious. A peculiar daily service in the thapel, practices
and opinions in some of the students characteristic of . that
party in the Church known for their Romish tendencies-, and
the cholhe of a most objectiOnahle person to one :of the highest
posts in the school, are facts-patent to all. What was wanted
to set the College right in the estimation of the -public was,
neither proof nor inquiry, but change and reform:, A College•
so managed, marked with such features, should not have been•
allowed t continue for a day in connexion with a Society
which professes to be attached to the Reformed Church or
England. The Bishops of the Church had publicly repre-
hended thause of a choral service in parochial churches.: For•
the training of parochial Schoolmasters that choral. :service
was, in St: Mark's, deliberately selected and ohstiriately re-
tained.: Thls clergy of the Church require for their -parish
schools humble, assiduous, and earnest teachers. The Council;
of St. Mark'i have selected elaborate music and classical teach-
ing, the na'Acral result of which has been to provide the stn.
dents with that smattering which ensures conceit, and disqua-
lifies for teaching. A love of Evangelical truth, and devotion
to Protestanrprinciple, are the characteristics of every honest
member of a Church which proelaims by its existence and. ts
formularies its protest against' Rome. The Coar4ii; of St.
Mark's selected for one of their most responsible •posts a
master who had distinguisheaniciaself by his protestagainst
Ptotestantisne, and by his sympathies with Rome.; .and who•
had so disgusted the great body of the Brighton clergy. that
they refused to enter the National School while he-remained
the master. These are facts,;-.they need no comment; they
admit of none.,. They are unchallenged, notorious. Ynauwill
state them, hi all love and charity, whenever the-training-
schools of the National Sociaty„ and its connexion with,
Mark's, are inquired into.,
The, foregoing Tema will:enable you to understand, and ,
explain our proceedings.
You will especially bear in -maid that personal controversy
is to be carefully avoided, as the Society must ont-kbejndged
of by its own acts and documents.

Your sole object should be to eonvey to others. a,hist im-
pression of the • magnitude and .urgency of the cause. whieim
you advocate. It is a great and good work, affectingthe•wel-
fare of the peeple,•the xnoreas-og•the young, and the interests
of true religion. As such, it appeals for general .support
and you will advance it best by avoiding personal discussions,
and appealing with confidence to the gleakesa.anti: zigh-
teousness of our cause..

Commendingit to .your adtocacy and to the sympathy of
others, and, above all, to tha•blessing of Him, "without whom
nothing is strong, nothing. is-holy,"
I remain, Rev. Sir; your very faithfttl swat*,
• C:Comonouw, Chairman of Committee. t
To the Rev—Stewart B. Craig,
Association Secretary.

[Ova usual: rule- is,. "audi alterana p ritna and
thereforeweprint the above. We cannot say much
for either,- its.taste- or style; nor can ,we spare the
space necessary fousny lengthened:remarks upon it.
We may,. however, observe, generally, that the
letter of the: Secretary of the N.ational Society, from
which wecinoted last week, contains by anticipation
a full and satisfactory reply to it:. We would ob-
serve). particularly, that, when, CoLgyHorrN
asserts, towards the end of his: letter, that his so-
calledi facts are unchallenged,, he. asserts what he
knew to be Incorrect : for lie..hadiseen the National
Socioty'S letter, which dstnies- onexplains them all.
Ilis.charge, against Mr. DILYMONJ4 that he protested
against Protestantism,„ is disingenuous : he ought,
to have stated, whether,.by Protestantism, he meant
the doctrines contained! in. the standards of the,
Church; or that vague and indefinite thing whit*
commonly goes unfr, the name. One more obser-
vation, and we have, done for,the present : the
Evangelical party couldonly elect two out of siAeen
members, either they must have failed to subscribe
to the society's funds,. or else neglected to, attend
its meetings.---Z).. L-. S.]