The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-03 00:00:00

THE 'UAL OP HARROWBY OH MIDDLS•CLISS

BDUCATION.

The Midsummer distribution of prizes to the
pupils of the Chipping Catoodee Grammar School took
plans oe Tuesday, ender the presidency of the Earl of Hu-
rouby, we of the tresses, of this anent institutica, which
dais heck as far as the year 1487. After service in the
parish aura, and a sermon by the Von. John Sandford,
8.D., Arcbdeacoe of Coventry, a lane company senenibied
in the schoolroom, includia& in addition to the notes
chairman, Lord Redesdals, Lord Sandra, Lady Mary San-
don, Sir J. and Lady Bast, Dr. Hiroo' the Head Manor,
and a goodly number of the asighboerins clergy.
The Berl of liataown, in opsaing the proceedings re-
marked that the dekitvec in education of the
middle classes was y admitted in the priest
day. At the time of Refortnadon it certainly was net
intended that these asses should be neglected, for it was
ow of the objects of the leading men in the ebtirch, and
pittially the state, to make some provision for the agl-
eam of the middle dames, in radar that men might be emi-
nently rising up oat of those area to fill important pro-
anions in church and state. Bet, unhappily, that
noble project did not meet in this country with the
mine swam se in a aster country, and under other
auspices. Our great Archbishop Creamer had noble pro-
jects of attaching to all our athedrale eminent seminaries
isatrintioa, comprising every branch of educa-
tion which at that moment wan known • bat, unfortu-
nately, through VA/101111 doss, the **tha' schools had
dwindled in most owes to Nothing, though within the last
few years there had been attempts to revive them, which
he hoped would prove suorossful. What, however, wan
aot afforded by thesis/le wee effected, to a groat eatent, by
individuals. It seemed to have bow the first thought
of men, especially those who had wrung from the middle
aliases themselves, to provide for others the advantages
which they had not always enjoyed themselves, and in
this spirit the leading merchants or tradesmen had laid the
basis of foundatiese which had since acquired a world-wide
reputation. To whom did we owe the peat foundation of
the Chain:hoar To Thorn's Sutton, a worthy trades-
! man in Lades. To whom did we owe the foundation of
Barrow ? To John Lyon, a yeoman. And so an one might
go all over the country, sad find in mat of our ancient
town. establishments which awed their existence to the de-
sired men of the middle clam, who had acquired wealth,
to offer the means of inatzuction to those who, like tirein-
saves, might rise to higher station. But these, in prows
of time, had fallen into that decay which affected all human
thispeseept there was from time to time a nnovation. He
hoped the time of renovation bad now arrived, end that
these old grammar schools would become the fouirdation
of that edwatica of the middle-class which well desired

to see. (Applause.) As Archdeacon Sandfordnid via
observed, it was a wholesome fashiou in England when as
wanted • good thing to see if we could mot attach it to
some old one. He for on. should be very sorry if they
were to attempt that which prevailed se much is forego
°mottles, and make the education of the middlle-classes
pert of a goverament system. Such systems, of coons,
had the advantage of being weed equally over the whole
face of the country, sad of Mina* a Gerrie mechasical
ompleteams of result which was often wasting in our
looser and more irregular proosediegs ; but, on she other
by a goveromeet system, the mind of the country'
was'mbined, cribbed. coafieed," and lost all that mergene
self-reliases which was after all the armee el pprvoossppeenrryy
to • ethos as it was of sums* to the imdividaal
(Applause.) As many of them would be aware,* royal
commotion was about to issue to look into this question,
sod the commissioners would, no doubt, be sending round
queries to all the old grammar schools, and teaks all
the inquiries they could of private echo** With the view
of eacertedeing what the defienacy was, and of sug-
gesting some remedy. His hops wsa that before any new
remedy was attempted, they would try to throw health
and vigour into our old grammar schools. (Apedmes.) He
trusted we should Sad within a tameable distanced every
district some old Imodatirio, which, with proper care and
sesistases, might be so revived as to supply tha waste of
each neighbourhood. He might be asked, why should
they be so auxious to take up the old grammar schools?
Well, in the find place, became they ware old, and it was
a feeling deeply planted is the Inman heart to be
Washed to anything that had long existed. Indepesdestly,
however, of this, be looked to the principles which had
guided the foundations of them schools, sod be should
be to be left to the chance of new disoorerers to
eapersede those ancient principles. He should be sorry
to see new fouodatioce totally uscoesseted with our
national church—new foundations which, with the view
of including persons of all varieties of faith, should
cement to eliminate religious teaching altogether. (Ap-
plause.) He Mould be awry to me any attempt at soy
sew system, is the way of education, which should not, is
some degree, take its roots in the foundations of our old
grammar school system. Of course, there would be various
difficulties. In the first pima, there were trustees who bed
to be consulted; thee there ware the wills of founders,
which must, to some utast, be respected ; there was
the insufficiency of eedowniest to be met, mid the ob-
jections to many of the existing masters. He mentioned
an instance in • neighbouring town, wham the master had
knocked on the bad all the pupin nail seas were left,
and be was mow very coatemtedly weilleiog up aad dove
his empty hall, end pocketing hie income of 3004 a
year. After plying • high compliment to the ability and
mere of the present head-master of the Campine School
(Dr. -Hirai), be urged the seeemity of impattiog • thorough
knowledge of the *lemmata of edocatioa, so se, at all emote,
to satisfy those parents who desired nothing beyond. He
expressed hie regret that the advantages of a liberal educa-
tion were sot appreciated is this mummy aa is Soothed, and
be attributed to the system permed there the not that a,
may responsible Muslims were occupied by Scoichicen.
He hoped that eventually the English middle climes would
perceive that a liberal education did not reveal men from
being as well qualified for the duties of life se if their educa-
tion was more restricted. (Applause.)

Tax HiIVEST ICENT.—The harvest may now
be rid to be completed eager vary favourable cireumetares,
=dire yield till,. predicted, ho mut average crop of err',
cel eery @epeeist quebty ; barley, about en arrego, though
Orly threeigh the dryer ; ore, brae. cad peas, seder as
average. Pedalos@ are very ussall, though has from blight.
The not atop is the worst we bare Ind for years. Bowies
and warsel, whore there is a plant, are infested with grub.
White sod grim round tuner seed bag, is red ores.
perished is Oho pound. —Dower Chronicle.

[TWOPENCE

SIR P. CROSSLEY, M.P., AT SHEFFIELD.

The following is a full report of the speech of
Sir Frank Oressley Bert., M.P., at the " Sheffield Cutlers'
Feast,' • telegraphic mammary of which we publLhod yes-
terday :
Sir F. Osoesur, who was very cordially received, said—
Mr. Master Cutler, my Lords, and Gentlemen—Many have
been the invitatioos which' have received from your prede-
omen, sir, but I am sorry to my that this is the first time I
have had the pleasure of accepting the hospitality of the
Mianity,ter CthemutolerredespeciallBheinsidy ihaltrestiocietlinhadhavithneg hthooliosir"P"taio.b;
elected as one of the members for the West Biding.
parliament, in its wisdom, has sea fit to seperete
this vast West Biding, for electoral purposes, into two ;
and, therefore, as Sheffield is aloof the largest towns of the •
Welt Biding, as it bappeas to be the southern division, and
as my property and residues happen to be in the northern.
'I rejoice in this opportonity of meeting my Sheffield friends
once more before we part u representative and represented.
(Cheers.) I rejoice the more became Sheffield bas made
some wooderf idly rapid strides in her commercial enterprise-
This is called the Master Cutler's Feast, but I am inclined
to think that if it were confined to cutlers only, I should
not see so many hers as I have the honour and plea-
sure of easing to-night. (Hoar, hear.) The fact is that
the enterprise, the industry, the ability, and the wealth of
Sheffield have grown beyond the bounds of the cutlers.
(Hear, Mar.) Formerly we relied upon the " wooden walk
of old England" to defend our tholes, but now we hoar of
armour-plat= ; and if ever we should be called upon—which
I hope we shall not be as long as any man is this room
ivai—thdl)—st ever we shield be nailid epeikto
Mtidour es, our sweethearts, and oar wives, Sof-
-1 fill up • blank oo that day. She will be of ser-
vice, for she will hold forth something that is strooger
than even the wooden walls of England. (Cheers.) As the
last speaker told us this is no political meeting, we
Most not talk party politics; but since the oppoctuaities
of a member and his constituents meeting together are
but seldom, I must touch a little upon politic.—(hear,
bear)—but I hope I shall not descend to party politica,
or touch upon them in such a way that any person et
any political party may feel in any wise aggrieved.
(Hear, hear.) I think we have lived to see the dawn of
• brighter era. We have lived to see the day when we
must he satisfied to rest upon defensive and not offen-
sive warfare—when the principle of nun-intervention is
established. I recollect when I was a boy my father
used to tell his sons that bought wit and bought sense
are the best, provided you don't buy them too dear. (Hew,
hear.) I am sure we have bought our wit and sense
too dear, for eight hundred millions is • large sum to
have paid, or to owe, in addition to the sums we have
paid off ; sad when we look at the lives that have beim
lost, we may well consider whether England has not in
former times meddled in many ware in which we had no
right to meddle, and that the time is come when we most
be satisfied that the interest and the honour of Englaod are
involved before we enter into war, and that it is only when
our interest or our honour is at stake that we must draw
the sword. (Hear, hear.) lam sure that all preunt, of all
party polities, will rejoice that since I have bad the honour
of repreeenting the Wee* Siding, that has bees the policy
advocated. Groat changes have taken place ; great and
stirring events have occurred on the continent of Europe
and in America. We may differ in opinion as to the ad-
vimblenen et government having given so moth Wynn
as to what should be done with regard to Denmark
or otherwise ; but in looking over those papers I think I
saw an intense desire to avoid the effusion of human blood
—(hear, hear)—and to maintain pesos ; and if there was an
error, it was an error on the side of peace, rod in favour of
the prevention of bloodshed. There was a most marked
can shown not to commit this coustry to any promise of
taking any part in drawing the sword for the defence of
Denmark, unless it should be by grave considerations, in
coonectioa with Rorie or with France. Then, with regard
to America. I have looked upon the history of that
country for the last few yams with deep commisen-
lioa
ad with horror. (Hear, hear.) I recollect pay-
ing a visit to that country after the session of 1856.
and as I suffered severely on the passage—as you
will believe when I tell you that from the Sunday
till the Thursday I did not touch a morsel of food—
(keener) —I was determined to see as much of the country
as I could before I returned, and I visited, with the excep-
tion of two or three, every town both in the Northern and
Southern States (as they are sow celled) and is °made.
which contained 20,000 'telabitante. I took with me into
the Southern States letters of introduction to alaveholders,
for I was angles, to *le something of slave life, but I was
told it would be as meek as my life was worth to introduce
the subject of slavery. (Hear, hear, and laotbter.) But as
soon as I bad given up my letters of introduction, the fret
word aid was, " We are very sled to we you harm. We
have heard of your name, Mr. tftnnley, and we are very
anxious to have a long talk with you about our doenseV
institution. (Laughter, and "Her, bear") Don't yob
think, Mr. Crossley, it has bees very meth belled. mid that
our alum are very moth better off than your working
people r (Laughter, mid " Hear, bear.") My reply was,
" I really did tut come prepared to ester isto that minbject,
but sins you have put the goertioeniointedly to me, I
don't avoid it. I think you are altogether upon a wren
tack, because you have to pay I, dollars for a slave ;
yea have to feed and clothe him ; he has so Utmost in
working for you. We in England hays nothing at all to
pay for our men ; they feed and clothe themselves ; we
give them may what they earn, sad if they don't ears it we
don't pay them." (Hear.) The alavabolders replied, "Ys,
we should be very glad to fan in with your views if it were
possible, but the fact is that our property is invested in
slaves ; oar land is worth nothing, we have no choice in
the matter. We cannot engage any free labour." (Hoar.
hear.) You may depend upon it, slavery was the begin-
ning of that war—(no, no)—and slavery has been at the
bottom of it since it Cirgan. (Loud tries of "No, se," and
some cheering.) I don't mewl to my that the North would
have gone to war for the sake of the slave. (Hear, bear.)
Don't usisuoderstand me ; but I mean to my it it the* ale,
caused thing being in that country that has bureght God's
eons upon it. ICheers sod birth) 1 believe that geed
will COMO out Of evil, and that whether there be @spars-
tioe or whether there be reunion the doom of slavery
is mai ked, and that it must come to an end. (Hear, hegira
If the South would meat together like toes, .
ea they mu* do, that slavery most be
sad would themselves pas • law that all boa after
this time should not be born slaves, but bon free, sad
if they would allow these who are now is slavery to work'
out their own freedom. then there would be mime hope et
the thing Goethe to an end. Depend epos it that slavery
meet be abolished, that it moot go es, and that that
mouth, of good will come oat of this great evil, Warthog
the result be separation or remain. (Hear, hear.) lam
satisfied of this, that whatever be the result—whatever is
for the benefit of the whole of the people of the Untied
States is for the benefit of this country. (Hear.) They them*
gaffer without oar sawing, and they cannot mother with-
.
out oar joining in their prosperity. When I look at the
Urea of the steepen the supply of use of the great raw
emethooditiee of our manufactures, and when I cousider how
the people of this country stood by the poor artimana
of uhire, and would not allow them to starve,
but anheetibed capital for them to east upon until they
could tern round, I thy am proud of my country. (Hear.
hear.) Ad when I look at the moral courage that thou
peels showed in bearing up ander adversity, how they
worked apes their hard earnings and have gone through this
distrese in the way they have due, and have rendered them.
eaves sow almost independent of America. and of relief. and
et sabseriptions, I say I am proud al the artisans et this eons-
try. Mean ) I feel I have detained you already too long, bat
I most thank you again for the kind manner In which you
have received the health of Sir John Ramada and soyeelL
We have felt it • gnat honour to reprenot this the Urgent
constituency in the empire, and if we bail been able to ren-
der you more efficient service we should have been delighted
to have done so. (Cheers.)

Ter Paciroashritits Asp Hui arriwtor.—A
GiOMIDLESB Aarlorr.—At the Sheriff.' Court, yesterday.
before Mr. Gibbons, • Mr. Warren brought an action
&Oast • photographer named Anderson to recover 10a. 61.
damages, allevM. to have been sustained in ooneequarce et
defending not taking a doses correct fall-length philtre-
graphic portraits of the plaintiff. Plalaintiff, upon Wag
sworn, stated his grievamm, and at once produced the par
traits. His Honour—Let me see them. They were handed
up, and hie Honour looked alternately from them to the
plaintiff, remarking at last, '• Why, really, Mr. W• 1800, I
do not see how you con complain. I thick they are
eximedingly well dons. I. fact. if aeything, the de-
fendant has made you too good looking." (Laughter.)
Upon this the pkintiff, to the great astonish-
meot of everyone in court, quickly left the wash/ro-
bot, Booed over the harper in front of the clerk's
desk, and jumped oo to • chair. His honour looked consi-
derably surprised at this, but he wan still more startled to
see the plaintiff draw I.iniself up straightly, and halals'
his arms tightly by his side, ask, "Then, your Boom, do
Hu see anything &MN In my legal" (Rows of laughter.)
is honour (laughing) : I do not me any thisg the suttee
with the portrait. Perhaps Mr. Bachman will look at it.
Mr. Buchanan thought it wee • very good portrait.
Plaintiff : But the legs—the legs—that is what I complain
about. Mr. Ititchanan : Perhaps while you were being
taken you drew your coat over your legs in tome way.—
Plaintiff : My legs are an right, but he has made one
shorter has the other. (LwaOter.) I showed the portrait
to a ledt and she did tot approve of it at aIL His honour
really did sot 860 NV just ground for this action. In fens,
the plaintiff bad IDA sees a leg to *Mod on. (Laughter.)
The photographs were exesedingly well done. aid plaintiff
must be songs:med. Defendant caked for costs, which were
allowed. _ _

itrics rrY or THE If =wry. —The Secretary of
Slats, Bit Gone Choy, at the urgent moss* ri the eat.
position sad ishabsteats at ltdsidstooP, has appeieted a cola.
inissiosor to inspect sad mast as to the woosat 000ditiesot
Hs rigor Medway, the testes of width an stated to be fa a
discraostal cooditioe, is eoasequesce of reoeiriag tie Wise
ed numerous tactocies, he.