The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-17 00:00:00

THE BISHOPS OF LICHFIELD AND SODOR
AND MAN ON EDUCATION.

A large and influential meeting was bald at the
Guildhall. Lichfield, ea Teeeday evealap, is support of the
bisticial Society for the Mada eof tee Peor to the Prin.
eiples of the Established Church. Ames; thou prone%
were—the Bishop of LICIPIELD, la the *air ; the B ishdp of
&dor and Mee, the Dean of Liebilidel, Arehdearie Moons
Madman Hill, Ea. Camas loasdale, Bakeridge, sad,
Taylor ; Preteadary Denary. sad • aumereas body of the
clergy and patsy of the distriet.
The Bishop of Lionsinzs, is speaks the promedieps,
raid—Asa churchman. he behaved that the puladples of
Me elm* were sand, Nat bar ilestelse wee eveaselical,
her order primitive mg npasasifasll cad diandere he
believed that the Deena Saki/ end wilily la belaidag
op the Andrea eatnaled * he uses is thou pinelplee of the
esiolibbed ohms& There wn seeing usiberitable or
hush • mum Other preen weld *elate
*eh &Olen se they Eked, eM be did nee grafts them
the Ming to which they were fairly eati•teL AU that he
skid wee, that the accusal shored Auld hove the sense
of sissatieg her children In her ems pdoelplee, buss be
Mined thetthon prinelpies were souk aid would be
highly odseitegeons wigs curled lobe the greeds of
daily Mc It might be negmeil drit now the gown-
meat had Wm the qualm- is heed, end bed nth es
bmsbmilltio supply of messy at eemasad, Sere wee
so Pubs seinsity far sash • moiety se the Noting!
He, however, barred that there shook always
be • onlety min& a system of oduiden and
one mud nights priulpiss He 111 not wish to see
the lima of kawkdge narrowed sad incifieed, but all
he desired wee, that whatever mason of edocatioe might
be ocesamakated should be pervaded, direst*, and bellowed
by the principles of religion. To him that wee • nitlelent
reason for ',speedos sub • sods* ea this • sad eorry,l
jade*, should he be to see the day whoa then ;would be se
moiety which would be professedly as eduatiosal society
epos religious priasiplio. There was also soother reason
which Induced him to support • society of Ma deseriptioe.
At the punt mamest the goveramsat appointed
ia-
specton to visit the isbelietb institutions Ameba* the
ametry, sad if he might judge of those isionion from
the epee** whisk they bad la that district, the work
entrusted to their ears was done ezoredingly well. At
the same time It mut sot be forgotten that the
governmeat lospesten sever interfered with the Mistime
traiaieg of the school, and that they only Meowed about
one school in every twee*. Tare were also a net
number of et:heels which they were set only unable t.
lama, but to which from their rake they Gould give so
aseisteace. The other day be had the amour of meeting
the rant deems of Derbyshire is co:es to prepare as
eduatioaal report, sad he wee glad to say that there was
perfect *salinity aloes them ell with regard to the desir-
ability of promoting eduipatioa spa the principles of the
Neticsial Sotiety. Be might mend* that out of 180
schools la Deetsphire, there wen al, two is which the
chunk eatublim was sot taught; sad le ea of them the
goverment iasposeer said the system of aeration was sot
ealy bed, bat that **lag whatever was taught; while the
ether. from usidestal eiresseetanees, had recently awed
buds. Re looked epos that se a very gratifying het,
which showed that the Monet' of the church were not
agliseted. As Westin woe Is itself mrst important
work. se to *nate upon right priaciplee mast, if pocuble,
be still more important. lie therefore Wend that the
Halsted Society dinned the earnest and liberal support of
every man who wished well to the agree of Busload.
Tee Bishop of Boas sad MAK scat addressed the
misting. He said he eased then like • preacher wittiest
a test without • resoled* , without eves
ea oppeeitien te stimulate to 'mythic( Irke an
•111111111114 la favour of the ewe of odeeetios. He feud
himself surrossded by sodas, bet hinds, with • Mills(
bishop la the chair. (Laughter.) With regard to the sib-
)oo which they had met to dime* he believed that if the
shank was to be maintained In Its edientiossi lategrity,
It mast be mointobsed by the walls to be built mead it.
Therelen, while they were doles all they Gould thrashers*
the wain to aid le the reiterate& of their sedeelostial
beadier., they ought act to lose sight of those beating,
walls, sad gates of the church which were comprised is
their parochial schools. la malatalaing their eseledutioal
estabaltuate there were cartels leediag prisaiples which
he believed were aseedel to their mona thee wu unity
sane themselves ; another wee • Silks ad eheerfal
abmbYsu le this who were plena over them as the een•
t:hated SISMINIMM tithe ohne& k sesimiesdesl suttee;
cad last, thinglimit best, that wk & was to guide them
M their nisi& of salty, mad to direct them is
their sabotage. le the aaberities—asately, faith is
His who mode them ale redeemed them. It was is
passible the he used sup* with the while question of
'daisies that des, Nor wee be iirnerd to Mtn late all
the gelatines wWs had bees asenad In private sad *Mk
orgerdiag whet eassiteted eivirsdis what were the prig
SOW mu eke h it *sin to le eradasMd, sad what were
the dilleslttes whisk its geomaten bed to esitetad with.
Then were, however, "Wok seeded okerndsos which
be woo dieiron of seldes In the diet pies he ask set
help remerhiag that vs to the neon =moat
wbasatea b was Is pdadipir. had bus a temp mew