The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-12 00:00:00

it premature to attempt to make the atteudicef ohm
compulsory until there were more schools for theiste-:
After reading some extracts from reports of the -
to show that where good free schools bad been
they were well appreciated by the working dam
peasantry, the right hon. baronet said he bahi.j
the (*difference to education which did uehappo, ;MI
amongst them arose in a great degree from tae ;IC4
of the teaching at the existing schools. He referred
legs of Ling's Sombourn, where thoroughly goji,
was established, ley the Rev. Mr. Deemsad—""el
attended by one-sixth o the population of dis 111, •
sides fifty children from other parishes,
matoral labourers sendiag their children re...
floe miles to the daily school. He """ett
however, that elsewhere there was not slat
readiness to avail themselves of edustja
that it might hereafter be necessary to peas as
no
child should be allowed to obtain employment
parents could produce a certificate of its heels' ands
Wu amount of schooling. Another fact noticed er
Sombourn was the mixing together of the ithildrea ,
bowers with thou of farmers end of the tradesuathc
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the children of the poor they were chiefly
provide. The free schools which he would have i
would not be charity schools, as they would be 6
the rates . • and he wished the farmer or the
tndseeas
who paid his euucation rate to know that in
it be would be entitled to have the means of read ,L"'
unitary instruction provided for his children. Amu;
beyond that must of course be left to parents of the —7
tage
edam, according to their means end their judges
bestow upon their own children ; bet so fu
mentor, education went, he saw no reason shy
should not have the benefit of the rate, and there vera
stances to prove the pouibility of their minus it IM
same school with the children of the
right hon. friend (Mr. Henley) had said than=Ell
ignored the existence of the clergy aid the paid
system. He (Sir J. Pakington) entirely deal* do*
tug of that remark. He thought indeed that the awed
the Church of England must not assume to thinesseuei
right of teaching the children of dissenters; but their*
upon their own people and in their own schools we feepe
pen/able. Neither was it fair to say that be (Sir I.Pedu
ten) proposed to interfere with existing schools. Beau,'
mein to interfere at all with that just and proper iegami
which the clergy exercised ever the church schools, k •
a proof that education could not be conducted secluded'''.
the parochial system, he learnt from the chugs a A,lg
deacon Williams, of Llandaff, that there were is tedi
come parishes so small as to have only 37, sod ilet
pay
only 17 inhabitants. An hen. friend of his um Ulf
obliged, on hie estate, to put five parishes toga dug 4e,
school; and he (Sir John Pakington) here fa yd
own county some pariahee where there west east h
children enough to fill a school. On the elks
there were parishes like Bruslem, in Staffordaimsehip
that there must be six or seven schools in use
was necessary, therefore, to modify the parochial Maim
by h Arinst school districts of suitable extent. His tiles t
friend (Mr. Henley) had contended that Wiles Wee
Oft would not be provided for by the plan *ilk be ilk 1
J. Pakington) recommended. That be shogetker ei
Mr. Henley seemed to imply that this plan was the Mu
that of the United States with regard te religion. Oatls
contrary, it wu just the opposite system, for be (Suf.
Pakington) proposed that every school should haves 4
tinctly religious character ; but in the United Stem he ern
afraid it was true that the system adopted bed tended les
dangerous neglect of religious teaching. That *id
he required, and to which his right hoiranble
friend objected, was only that no dissolving ehh
should have the church teaching forced upon it; =Her
could that lead to the secular system? In the protesten
Swiss cantons and in some other states of Serape such t plet
was adopted; and in Scotland Roman catholic Udell
were freely admitted to the schools without having aeyea
tenant doctrines forced upon them. Why, thee, should ity
evil consequences be apprehended hen ? He had Istely
heard of a school at Wandsworth where the same plea el
adopted, end, in fact, it bad been practically introduced it
a large proportion of the church schools in this marry,
The only real danger of a secular system ever miss *is
adopted in this country was caused by the extreme Gun d
the church party preventing the sdoptioa of a mina
system like this, and so driving those who were male
of the miserable state of education amongst the nob n
accept the secular system, whether they liked liter egt
rather than have nothing done to supply the warnatirlio
tion. Mr. Henley had asked how the childrea ulm
parents objected to the religious teaching of the side*
be taught religion at all ? In eases where the pm**
jetted, the parent was responsible, and the parent's dglitte
teach his own child religion was paramount ; tea k*
fairly be presumed that where religious scruple WWI
the objection, be would be sure to teach the child Ids tf
gion at home. At present, the children of dined*
come to the church schools; but a remarkable fad en
stated in a pamphlet of the Dean of Salisbury ca the
authority of an inspector in Wale,. It was that is beet
where the teaching of church doctrines was insisted elm
dissenting parents sent their children, bet lisp
them that, although they were to learn to dud
catechism, they were not to believe h. WY
could be more fatal to religious sincerity, esd nee
injurious to the character of the people, thee tub •
"organised hypocrisy" as this, in which the chalets,
warned by their own parents, not to believe what they hei
to learn ? Was not the honest system far better, shoji*
to the parents candidly, " This is a church vial, bet it
press nothing upon the children of those who direst he
the church against their parent's will, and nine
that you, who object to the church deem
are teaching your own religions doctrine at hens?'
He attached greet important.° to local boards, 'albite'
!hey would tend not only to improve the schools, has
remove indifference on the part of parent., and Mout
better attendsuce of children. As regarded the candle
of council, he must say that if increased sums wen 11
voted by parliament, aid taxes to be levied for the Mr
of schools, he thought that there should be a sepustsilt
partment of State for education,and a ministery fa there
Hon of a ;recognised member of the government re* st
all times to answer questions and to afford uplands
There was one aspect of this question which sore**
him worthy of special consideration, namely, that,*
was connected with politico. In the year 1853 the 04
lord the member for London, in introducing a stamens
the house, observed, if he recollected rightly, that due
tension of political rights ought to be preceded by the to
tension of education. Nothing could be more deigerm
than democratic institutions with an ignorant people.
is
them follow the example of the United States kith
matter. From the commencement of the indepeueme
of those states it bad clearly been felt de
for the safety of democratic institutions it In
euential that there should be a good system of edocedn:
Nothing, he believed, was more dangerous than to Mil
political privileges before the people bad been fitted fee*
discharge of political duties. He had brought forward*?
bill in no spirit of rivalry towards the noble lord (Lail.
Russell), who had added lustre to his aim, by he turd.
in the cause of education ; and, after what had ping tls
evening, he need scarcely Say that he had had os PA
object in view. Indeed, the subject was above pertyer,'•
and he was willing to act as a fellow-labourer with *e
lee e
lord, on the principle that their duty to their felic.
creatures, their duty to their country, their duty to ?ef.
required that they should endeavour to remove fee!
Christian England the curse of ignorance. felth.l,l
He implored the house to act in the spirit is
be had introduced the measure, and to bear in mulel:
first words of the first lesson which the church Prellem
for the service of that very day, "A wise judge will isereg
his people." (Cheers.)
Mr. EWART moved the adjournment of the delete..
Mr. HADFIELD moved its adjournment for four goy,
but did not press kis amendment.
Mr. HENLEY explained that be had used the SPa
which he had put forward respecting crime in Anil:MO"'
authority of a book in the library of the boys. ,
After a short conversation, it was agreed that the °"'"
should be adjourned till Monday next.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
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miscellaneous conversation ensued respecting
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evening
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be put down for the first business, in order to gi
Layard an opportunity to bring forward his whoa rep'
ing administrative reform.
Various bills were forwarded a stage, and
The house adjourned at half-past one o'clock.

The Assize Court at Antwerp was amused
ether day by the reply of a Flemish peasant, who, 000
lilted if, on the day she saw the accused, he curia*.
tesehioe, naively answered " Yes, Monsieur, but I cle'.
remember where."
The Prince and Princess of Prussia are etelioo
Coblents.
Ex-King Louis, of Bavaria, has ravage
Munich from his tour in Italy.
A letter of the 9th, from Hamburg. in the 14:0
pendants Beige, states that huts capable of costliest.,
of our infantry ars being erected upon the
Heligoland, and that the English
series Government Wet 7,
lug a series of forts upon the island in order that it sel;
generally available ex a statioa for the SNOW, °II jigo
North See. The English annul at Kiel had bete
of the approaching arrival of the third disisios d
English fleet under Rear-Admiral Elite., intended tiff
fore, the fleet of Admiral Dundee in the Golf °f
Fisleo
Mr. Hayter writes to • contemporary to 16J
the appointment of his brother's partner was sasie7,e
to him (Mr. W. G. Hayti* and that that gentkit°lo
strong conservative—perhaps something more.' Tts
of the gentleman so appointed, also writes to say Old„..
official " is the son of a man who for upwards of 61 yle°'
seitalted es the arduous business of packing, shiPPO.
suing. and distributing to our various mr.iful
throoge.out the world the clothing and accoutrements!
etteF," and moreover "is himself the father of 11 ut

The hut piece of gossip in the Paris esloss 1
the ,s Conferences" are to be resumed* bet ibio
Paris, and not It Timm