The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-03 00:00:00

INCORPORATED NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR

THE EDUCATION OF THE POOH,

The annual meeting of this society took place
yesterday at the Central School ROOTS, Broad Sanctuary,
Westminster. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided.
The proceedings were commenced by the usual examination
of the children in the Scriptures, and the other branches of
an English education, the result of which appeared to give
satisfaction to the company assembled. Indeed, as an effort
of memory on the part of the children, the examination
could raise no ground of complaint, but it exhibited no other
feature worthy of commendation. We particularly allude
to the Scriptural portion, where mere names sad date. were
substituted for principles in the knowledge displayed.
The mode of questioning was peculiarly suggestive,
the examiner in most cases reciting the information in the
form of an inquiry, leaving the pupils to 8U in the last word.
The general branches of the examination were, however, far
more satisfactory. The singing clam, in particular, exhibited
a degree of knowledge of the art, both in theory and prac-
tice, that reflected no little credit on their master, Mr. John
Bullish, who conducted that portion of the examination.
At the conclusion the Archbishop of Canterbury addressed
a few commendations to the pupils, and the secretary then
read the annual report, of which the following is an abstract
The aosieveety's holism had priasiesny soesisted in slam to build
sad the
dassaratergallisele thavagifeatha SORBITY. T miter
whisk aimed the gest maim at the hag& of the easaillse he
was
Ne astehlishard et the Wel& >Wasfisn Fund. It was rasolved
Illitavour false a gay* the pertinelar Wadi at the prtn-
=, including lismeadielMe g the sallgaa inee warmly
se by tie amp, ma gentry earaseted with Wdes.
The fund at preens ameassette %SW to annual suteeripticos, and
to 2.9071. in donations. Its glialmigan was entrusted to a body
caned "The Webbl>ieetYm Oasselbsa," sweiating et many mode-
IBM eln11.111111•111 NOIROMIIi Wel% 1•111111/10.1 with several
awe= st the essilisi sommlthei d the liellsad Society. In
cadet he asst OMR Maim demand he imbed teachers suitable
be ..heals la Wales, and to tut ga an early supply of such
ammittee placed I,oooi. eat of their special hand in the
6nb of the Welsh Education COMMMISS, for the purpose 01 paying
wholly. at fa pert, for the Waning of It and proper persons at the
various fedeling church training isdnOws with • view to place
them in 'barge of important ..heels in manufacturing or muting
districts of the principality. By the help of exhibition. given out of
thin land, thirteen very eligible young men and eleven females had
been received into training at the several institution. of the society, for
the express purpose of being placed la 'barge of schools in Wales of the
expiration of their term of training. la addition to this temporary
expedient, it was resolved to aim at al Wishing training Inatitutions
in North and South Walls ow • made enesineosurate with the wants of
the prtnelpslity. With tide view • dimple but complete plan of an
11,:rwatZtlot training ashesileastars,==ble of accommod..ting GO
pupils, neilleass be • and as aslant masters. was
• It site lm heat eligible he the purpose on
the estatille et the Mrs d Ointaarthan. The whole cost of the
'ark, hashallwa the pardosest the ba4 will assigast to about it,(001.
In the OWN 'MK years tb taaW wilistelplitua to the general
fund, enehnive of koalas awl deadens, W aaseantsd to 7 OW., •
son esswolgerg the mod antrarlgliwe at ea endow year
The essieig hid, la Wham, raring lapin sad donations gide
fine, wig* Ma Ergs the Insane between lOW. sad tO,OOOl. tar the
year. Tie agsands sedan IRRIPOISIF, ware vary
crippled, mg dol ,stetpaired, by the mamma of its
income. Mamba teen received on seem* of the agesig tad the
sum of MAIL, mad the cornmithe bass siopeadsd, sad promised
1110371. The committee of the National Society were happy to give
their employe and approval of the recent minutes of council. in their
bearings span notional schools.
The. Bishop of SALISBURY moved the adoption of the
report.h
e Bishop of OXFORD seconded the resolution, obsery •
ing upon the encouraging nature of the report, the one great
subject of which appeared to lum to be, that it was, at the
present moment, the bounden duty of the church and the
people to raise up • duly qualified set of teachers to fill the
office of public instructor ; a measure which he considered
to be necessary, because there could be no doubt that man
was placed in • situation which demanded that he should be
continually advancing, step by step, to the extreme point of
moral progression. Therefore, the office of the teacher must
essentially be one of the highest and holiest office. upon
earth, and should not be lightly bestowed or regarded.
The teacher's business is to re-produce his own principles in
hie pupil ; and therefore great pains were necessary to be-
stow upon them that which they were to bestow upon others.
It was essential not only to teach sehoolmasttn to con-
sider their profession merely as a means of gaining their
bread, but to imbue them with • more elevated sense of
their mission : and it was also necomary that they should not
employ merely clever men, who were not possessed of
such attributes i but what they wanted was, a set of Church-
of-England chnstiana, who should consider the scriptures se
the great summary of what they were to teach. The chris-
tian teacher should be considered just as muck God'. officer
as the minister himself; and every difficulty would be over-
come at once. Their great object should be to train the
Tieing generation in the great principles of the christian
church, and after that too much general knowledge could
not be inculcated.

The resolution having been adopted,
The Bishop of St. DAVID'S proposed a resolution, by
which the meeting approved of the sound principles on
which the society was based, and commended the great ex-
ertions which it had made, and the benefits which it had
conferred upon the cause of education. After alluding
i briefly to the terms of the resolution, his lordship proceeded
to observe that it had been sal; for a series of years that the
education of the people was a subject with which the legit-
!attire had no right to interfere. They were permitted to
maintain large establishments, to build
.gaols, and to do
everythingfor the punishment of crime, while they
were denied the right of taking measures to prevent
crime, by elevating the people above its influence, He be-
tiered, however, that the sophism was exploded, and that
truth would eventually triumph over sectarianism. After
commenting upon several of the topics contained in the
report, his lordship went on to say that the measure which
had been recently. passed, giving to the working clarets a
larger amount of leuure,rendered it necessary that everyexer.
tion should be made to give those classes an opportunity of
turning that leisure to advantage, and it was those exertions
which alone constituted the real use of the bill.
Mr. Cltansroree seconded the resolution, remarking on
the benefits of the proposed measure of education, both in the
improvement of the condition of the teachers and of the peo-
ple generally, as well as the position of the National Society
with regard to that measure, which he conceived would tend
to its strength and prosperity. He spoke also of the exer-
tions which had been made by the society for many years,
believing that they should be estimated less by any de-
cided results to which they had led, than by the
number of difficulties with which the society had had to con-
tend; and instanced the estimate which was made hy one of
the greatest philanthropists who had ever lived, Mrs. H.
More, who limited the educational necessities of the people
to reading and writing, as showing the different feeling
which existed on the subject at so comparatively recent a
period. He concluded by hoping that they would cherish
the successful exertions of the society as an encouragement
to their continuance.
The resolution having been passed unanimously, thanks
were voted to the chairman, on the motion of Earl Powia,
seconded by Mr. T. D. Aeland, the brief acknowledgment of
which terminated the proceedings.

THE TEN HOURS BILL.
Yesterday a meeting of the Parliamentary pro-
moters of the Ten Hours Bill was held at the King's Arms
Hotel, New Palace-yard, for the purpose of congratulating
the working classes on the emcees of their labours, and also
to urge them to make good use of the time which the passing
of the bill would afford them. Lord Ashley presided, and
among those present were the Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Fe
versham, end Mr. Fielder.
The noble CHAULXIX, in opening the proceedings, con-
gas delegates from the ennnanetneing districts on
Latilated
eluivamefal temekaation of their laboass. He said, the
lst sChne, ISM, would long be renumbered, and he be
lined the *Mr, that had been anuoplithed wend be
hemisd dews by hlstoriane as ass of the =
smile of ilehiglielt. They bad elinined a
, lea me whisk Inenii 11.111.111 red conte nt-
meet the estesges of thenserie nthessous poor.
The abbot cal the soma employed he the manufactories
d &shad win now heed AM their Inelinniee toil, and
be elneunlydail thee WNW', Clod vend direct their
essist Eh, se that the results of the leisure 11the
they had Ina Uri to their own smeatal, noel,
sad relightmlnpeounost, ea well as to the essehrt sad
=
- ' of their em
he ployes. It night le be arFalnraneny of the maembemmes hid leaf
112•tdd in the of the bill, mad be Wirral sew
11 was psasi the majority of than wend milllegly
melt their wcsiseeple in turning the tine to good
mid,setment
Mr. T. Porr, the delegate hen Ashers-enths•Lyne, ,
that he with his fellow delegaMereall=sa in the result
of their efforts, and gave it ts es hie that whatever
might have been the perseverance the promoters of this
bill end of they Wases, without the blueing of Oaf all
in. non
their InArtlONDthe have been hoiden. He would there-
flslavwfregromidin
TM me me deeply •Ndlal *loll be the mem mbish
bee as eembee OW ear abetehitble owed Nee% emjez
oar be Ow ant emelt et el we Main. by mei& the
dam
Ilagsa ate pat NIL fa yeemkts their beyaseeetase ameere—the
Tea
Mr. I. therwma, of Bolton, sssmded the astien, and
obeened, that be wee wee the wentket deems throughout
the nensitiensig dilation weld mg heartily semen? in
whet heathen nine& by the miner, end theta the spirit a
tie thedillea. He low Ilse thews new wee a came width
bed tracked se Ma MA emit thatianed omen hen the
waking dam.
The eseohnisa nee sonnlesseily slope&
The Zed lisaisnon nig be say toad he the
ewes wine bog teggehee, no mi mho many
nth* peer, nhe lei on Woven ht the bK ; sod he
Wined thee melee ere than are pitman —and
he add us the soar with noon' to hlnent—soma to know
thee In Wows thee seenlenly the bill wed* Insood to
P/a tftotng popendon. The noble salt