The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-13 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADIII2II.IT, Juitsl2.—Arronmaarna.—Surgeon
W. 11; leper, to the Droclalus.
3 AmharerbauaCalit W. 001111" to the Portsmouth di.
Wake at
Iffoote.l-tittoot W. Wiy, to tho Rapid.
i W. H. N. Nowell sad P. Osaka to the
Bar ;braNa errir, A. C.Y. Code" A. C. Loreridge, J.
IL Clerle, and J. Some, to the /knobs ; F. C. Powell and
P. N. Trwliftt, to the Tratolgar.
ileoesdlime Arsartant Zeeman W. T. Gehl* M tho
Cumberland; J. Mark', to the Memos ; J. Ill'Orsger. to
the Dolma

WOOLWICH, JIM It
Di:PAW/17ZZ 01 THZ .1414mitax AMBABSADOOO.—•
The Japanese ambemadoes and suite, eooompsnid by Mr.
Macdonald, sad by Mr. EboralL general =eager, end-other
ollicials of the Booth Ikeda Ilailwalt se,kad ne
Woolwich this aftessoem, for • Ditch
man-of-war steam sloop en grenegittagall party
proceeded ouTimgeo frees the geneentetekkee dthe
sia Hallway to the Doskpard, where they arrived
about Wiliest two o'clock, and were roasted by various
odkers of the establishmeet. The three ambeasedera im-
mediately entered the royal haw, when the amigo wee
dipped, as a Myna for a salute of 19 sum, which was fired
from the Flegard liegohip. Their excelleocies were then
rowed to the steam sleep, whisk is snowed ia the middle of
W mimes, the mite being °onward to the vessel in
epee mitten. The mebasendors before embarking intimated
to the authorities that they were in *very respect delighted
with their Tient to this 'matey.

NATIONAL Rime
iseArthezoluntser el Middlesex far the broom
by the NMonal Amen*" the winner
will homeland-1e aseepele from Prim of Wales's
Mese the Winabledoe reeeMm having bsers arranged to
reattaas the 1216 sad 1311 i inst., at the government
nags, Woodville Arms; the empetkors arrived
yesterday at the Plememil 'Mon of the North Kent Rad-
, way, M
oos in mos Merles heavy rain which prevailed
M was sitheredto proceed to the marshes and
' ammon W shesting. After setae ooeverestien Menem
the epees eel Me solve couareed, it err decided to adjourn
' Oee mesa me the Ist of July, bo be Shea envied out at
Wimbledon. TM mil will be eneepeed fire by • member
ailseted fres each el the administraMe hatalierm and the
fillowim carps, vie. s—let Vince* 2nd South Middlesex,
Mb 9th West Middlesex, 11th St. George's, 15th
Linda llMBleveilemy, 20th Bryon-equoco, 250
Ohil fienica, Qnssa's Westminster, 23rd lane el
ChM. 95th Loud= Ilia, 210th Regent's-park, 37th Fated-
bag Hospital, 4011 Coward Loaders, Mk Westminster, mil
illat
CONTIIS7 AT WORMWOOD SCRUIL—The
mond usual grand metropolitan rifle ocean was fixed to
common yesterday, at the noses an Wormwood &mks,
ender the mennege of the wesaallieg eSsere sad seep
ming the respective=
et% 4firss to be
for were varied sad two igli:ls
• W hitwora, Bear% Tereir, ead leaden Armory
and also a aiskle swespelakm The prism me open to
all omen and'voluatems. It woo moth to be regretted
that the weather wad Moil at has Ma so often described
as true voisserer weather; led indeed, w Moog was the
wind, and a pitilan the mia, that in the early part of the
day it became evident that the committee had emend a
win diamtion is reserving Saturday for extra prises, and
the ormohnioa of any mutest sot completed on the mynas
day. As it was, only the contest for the first prise was
completed, and that prim was a elver cup, value 51, the
condition being five shots at 200 yards' range, bits and
point. to count, open to all volunteers, Hythe position.
There were 55 entries, the winner being G. Andrews,
Mith Kent, he having made 10 pointa, 5 bite—total 15.
TM shooting for the other prim was deferred till Saturday.
and in addition to those already announced a valuable small
bore rifle haa been presented by Mr. ferday for competition.
We cannot pen over the prosodies, of the day without re-
ferring to some remeritahly good shootiog between Mr. Ross,
of the Cambridge University, and Mr. Hodes, of the Ist
Lancashire, Is a sweepiltakond 500 yards, wintering sawed
12 sod tied, shot off. Rank mode thrM conatentim oaten
aad then an outer. Mr. Hotta, who fired first, AM made
a centre, and Mr. Rase a nee% thereby setiassieldas bit
chance. Mc. Heats., who Mt leaded his rile, MAsimileg
probably another tie, thee bad an extra shot, sad made
another centre, Mao desnonstrsting the Me *sods' of livo
mottos at 500 yards eel se six Amts. Caplan !May of
the West Middlemx, aced as umpire, Omaha Lair=
Termed the amid, and Captain Williams, title 19th Mid-
dlesex, and lieutenant and Adjutant Teaspoon (West
Middlesex), with weal einem of the Quire's and IL
Gam'ss
. receded the Aria& Led the weigher was the rely
drawback to awaccendul " My.*

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8011TH 011 THE SOCIAL SCIENCE AT TEI FISH-
Noma'? Hite.—lote eight the wires el the Submarine
Telegniph Peey were meneated with the hall, mid
massage' IMO &matched from the president and council.
M., to the Emperor and Repress of the Frisch, to the
Bergersentor at Breseela, to the Lonl. Lieutenant al Ire-
land. sad the Lords Prevost of Ediaburgh wed Weepv, to
which rephei were recited, mach to the estoeistmeat at
the guests. The felleiring towns were else 'pokes with i....
Pertl. lithe, Letheld. Weimer, &wow, intsals,
Crbadsa. sad &Darer.
Tat IDOL' Lavin IMIDATION.—LTIIII,
Tavtl-
DAT Maws. —Er. Hawitehow's new sad favemille phis el
Mk* a coffer dam by wear of mesh hes bees ahem-
dosed, and the old-fashimed bet more eithedential dOleg to be mooned to. The greeted alarm hes sew
taken posmedee al the vane mina, and the greatest teem
am mama that the whole ol the constructed dm will
be ranted away before the tides 'begin to dank. The feels
as to the met ode befog Aroma an to stave eithot ro-
omed, ea memo' el ea modmeebiog 111W001111 believe les
hem gime that weer than the water 'bight em tats
Pm they Mild vat seethe' Mb • le' Ile Met
plaa wield el eseiwe be netkilheem to the
Ithodeho FMB people, but the result would be MS lam-
toe, If am 71they, weekd be also kid under water.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13.

Ir might have been hoped that, for the present
at least, there would be a truce to Education dis-
putes. But the meeting of the National Society,
and the zeal of the Bishop of ROCHESTER in the
House of Lords, have again revived the discusaion.
The Bishops complain that Lord Grosvna.z has
sanctioned some fundamental change in the terms
upon which Church of England schools are aided
out of the Parliamentary grant. The complaint is
reiterated by the High-Church advocates and their
organ, the Guardian. It is therefore of some im-
portance to point out that the complaint is
without foundation, and that the sectarian party in
the Church of England is pursuing a course most
fatal to the interest of the Church establishment,
to which they profess themselves devoted.

The case which has called forth the remonstrance
of the Bishop is that of Chrishall, in Essex. This
parish seems to contain little more than one
hundred families, half of which are professed Dis-
senters and half professed Churchmen. Hitherto
there has been one wretched school. It was de-
sired
to improve it, and for this purpose applica-
tion was made to the Privy Council for aid. Two
schools were obviously out of the question, and '
therefore it was agreed, with4be sanction of every-
body in the parish, that the one school should be
in connexion with the National Society. Under
these circumstances the Privy Council were ready
to consent to furnish aid, but upon the condition
that a conscience clause should be introduced into
the trust deed under which the new school was to ,
be established, the affect of which would be that I
no child whose parents have a conscientious
objection to be instructed in the doctrines '
of the Church of England should be bound
to accept the religious teaching of that body.
To this the Bishops and the Clergy object.
" Why insert a conscience clause ?" they exclaim.
" The people in the pariah—both Churchmen and
" Dissenters---are perfectly ready to accept the
" Parliamentary aid without any such stipulation.
" Indeed, the Dissenters have joined in petitioning
" for aid without any such conditions. The rule
"of the Privy Council is to the effect that the
" religious denomination of the Lew school should
" be suitable to the families relied upon for sup-
" plying scholars,' and the parishioners of Chris-
" hall distinctly declare that they do not object to
" the teaching of the Church of England." But
the answer of the Privy Council is obvious. The
school which is about to be founded is to be per-
manent. It is intended to meet the
wants not only of the present, but of every
future generation. The Government, therefore,
should take care that the terms upon which they
furnish aid are such as shall enable the school to
be permanently useful. The peculiar views of the
Dissenters who now form half the small population
of Chrishall should not be allowed to bind 'their
successors. And accordingly the Government in-
sist upon the insertion of a conscience clause into
the trust deed. The difficulty is to understand
the ground upon which the Bishops object to this
condition. It is admitted that if the Dissenters
had objected to any proposed grant to the National
School the Privy Council must have given effect
to the objection. But it is said that the Dissen-
ters are willing to waive their objection, and to
send their children to the National School. This
is no doubt a very satisfactory state of things; but
how does the insertion of a conscience clause inter-
fere with this harmony 4 It will prevent
neither the Church children nor the Dissenters'
children from receiving religious instruction.
Its presence may be a dead letter, but it certainly
can do no harm. So long as the Dissenlers of
Chrishall are of the same mind as they are at pre-
sent, so long the conscience clause will remain
without effect. Indeed the most singular part of
the dispute is that, as the Bishops and their friends
allege, the sensible portion of the clergy alwrys act
as if a conscience clause formed a part of the trust
deed ; and those who would impose any religious
teaching upon the Dissenters' children are de-
nounced as injudicious or intolerant. Nor is it
surprising to find the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S dis-
tinctly declaring that he should prefer a relaxation
even of the lax rules of the National Society in
irgard to religious instruction. And yet, strange
to say, even Dr. TBIRLWALL seems to protest
against insisting upon the insertion of the con-
science clause.

If it were possible to make ont that the insertion

of such a clause was inconsistent with the doctrines
of the Church of England, there might be some
reason in the objection. But so far is this from
being the case, that not only is this clause inserted
in the scheme of many Church of England founda-
tions, but the National Society has distinctly de-
clared that schools in connexion with that body

should not require every child to receive instruc-
tion in the Catechism and the formularies. It
is, of course, well known that the National
Society represent' the views of the Church of
England in the matter of education, and that in
fact the National Society, and not the Bench of
Bishops, is the body with which the Government
deals in settling the terms and conditions of Par-
liamentary aid. The result, therefore, is, that
the Bishops and their friends object to
the Government inserting this very form
into a trust deed, for the purpose of securing
to Dissenters their rights, which the National So-
ciety itself has recommended as the practical rule.
There is no duubt a difference between leaving a
rule to be enforced at the discretion of the clergy-
man of the pariah, and making that rule an actual
condition of supplying Parliamentary aid. In
ordinary cases the Government do not insist upon

inserting a conscience clause. But in such 6 parish
u Chrishall, where the population is so semen sad
so equally divided in religious opinion, it would be
an act cf culpable neglect not to take cars•that the
rights of the Dissenters, who form half the popu-
lation, should be permanently secured, instead of
being left to the discretion of managers constantly
changing.

But probably the Privy Council should go a
step further. It is well known that the only cases
in which any attempt is ever made to interfere
in National Schools with the religions convictions
of the scholars or their parents are cases in which
the parish is distracted by sectarian fends, and
the clergyman is bigoted and destitute of com-
mon sense. But those are the exceptions. It
is only right that this extravagant spirit should be
curbed, and that scrupulous people should be pro-
tected from domineering ecclesiastics. The Church
of England, as may be gathered from the acts of
the National Society, and from the admitted con-
duct of the managers of National Schools, does
not consider it necessary to exclude from school
every child which is not prepared to accept its
dogmatic teaching. The large majority of those
who belong to the Established Church are
firmly convinced that the policy of exclusion
would do much more harm than good to the
cause which they have at heart. What reason,
then, is there for hesitating to endorse this policy?
Why should one or two eccentric sectarians em-
broil their own parishes, and bring the whole
Church into disrepute, when this might be pre.
vented by the simple expedient of inserting the
conscience clause into every trust deed of a
National School ? The Rev. E. M. Maxis, who
writes to the Guardian, and whose parish seems to
be divided into two opposite religious camps,
thinks it very hard, because he has collected 1801.
from his own sect and only lbs. from the other
sects, that the Government should refuse to give
him any money out of the public treasury " unless ,
" the right of children of conscientious Dissenters
"to use the school is secured by deed." It
would be simply intolerable if such men as Mr.
Haus were suffered to obtain the public funds
for his sectarian purposes. The Government are
quite right to refuse him the slightest assistance.
But this difficulty should be settled once for all by
always requiring that in every case of a National
School the trust deed shall contain a conscience
clause.