The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-01 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 1.

Tun omission of the subject of educatioa in the
lasi ism tho *MO may, perhaps, be accounted
if IR VIA= pia. It undoubtedly comes under
IlMilpmeral bead of questions on which there may be
$ Moms of opinion, and which, therefore, according
the modern practice, are to be avoided on an me-
an "on which unanimity is so desirable." We
modem that, as information on subjects which admit
dm difference of opinion is for the most part scarcely
Mirth having, we doubt whether the simplest way of
awing the unanimity with which it seems a session
might to commence, and of getting as quickly as pos-
, de• to the discussion which forma the rail liminess
itifrlisment, might not be, to omit the speech and
and let ministers and opposition at once
• Maw eg their damnable faces and begin." In
the particular case, however, of education, it
seems probable that government may intend
to miry out their scheme in a great mea-
sure by the existing machinery of the Privy
Council, without requiring for the present the assist-
awe of parliament. The scheme, we believe, is in a
complete state, and will be acted upon without delay.
The recent appointment of four additional clerical
inspectors of schools, seems to show that it is not
intended to withdraw or diminish the government
assistance given to the schools of the Establishment,
nor we may presume to those which are connected
with the British and Foreign Society. Probably it
may be in contemplation to modify the system o.
instruction in schools assisted by government, so as
to make it approximate to the plan which has been
in operation for the last twelve or thirteen years in
Ireland.
No subject, speaking with reference to the last four
or fiveiF hue made more rapid program than this.
No In • has passed more quickly through
many the Mire which, as by a natural law, mark
the advance of a disputed question towards final
settlement. And in this case the final settlement
seems togpesent itself to our anticipations, if not with
yet with certain newness, and with
Love efa formerly
have seven years unexpected
pawed mac :amity the ; Not
more .
time of the little volume entitled " Chortles'," which
made the condition of England question a cant phrase
among us. It is not the best work of perhaps the only
writer of our times who, if sometimes extravagant and
often self-repeating, is, in spite of defects, always
worth reading. Bat it drew the attention of many to
more than one great subject : it fixed and stereotyped
en more than one great point the before floating
thoughts of many. Of these points, popular. educe-
don, in its widest sense, was perhaps the pnnoipoL
"That one man should perish untaught who has a
capacity for knowledge, this I call a tragedy." This
is perhaps no discovery ; but it has not always been
felt to be true. It is so felt now ; and practical men
have drawn the inference of the author of Sorter Re-
sertes, that it is time to undertake a great work, " the
teaching of England to road." Churchinm and dissent-
grim-lin H oox and the Conference—are now nearly
Von this point. They have, consciously or not,
the advice tendered them in " Chartien." They are
one as to the end,the teaching of England to read; and
they will soon be already one as to the means, if they
are not so. For the end, though great, is simple;
and the means, though extensive, are not necessarily
complicated. Let. us begin, and many difficulties
will solve themselves ; and in the mean time we have,
as aforesaid, in the Irish system something of an
example to follow ; something of a machinery to begin
with. But it would obviously be inconvenient, in
the absence of sufficient information, to discuss the
plans which may be adopted, or their probable result.
Abundant opportunities will arise hereafter for enter-
ingaethe whole subject of popular education.
There are other branches .of the question, however,
which, even if less important than the education of
the great body of the people, are still more oomph-
cited and difficult to deal with. The most onside-
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factory teaching, -
is that to which

is subjected
legislature to
its assistance

educated parents
transmit to tl,-

,and

must be

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Ong, perhaps, to be found in Europe,
which the class immediately above the pear
din England. Yet it is difficult 124 tli
to interfere with those, whp do not
ice in the way of direct oofttribation. ,
4=4,10 parents choose incompetefft 'it,* \ ...*l‘
o the next generation the li ' -
1 also the contempt for levet., .0
confessed, wvadas, in a goitre or /
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