The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-23 00:00:00

COMMITTEE iF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
We, the undersigned Clergy and laity of the
thumb of England, feel deeply iuterested in providing for
labourin-; e 15..., a sound Scriptural education in the
prineiki of the est e.slishAl church, combined with good
1...e01ac instruction. t.'e are at the some time of ()Omani'
that the proceeding. of the majority at the last two annual
meetings of the National Society are calculated to prodigies
the serious miscone,ution that they declare the Meting et
the whole church with regard to the educational question.
end may thus tend materially to multiply the difficultiee by
which it is already surrounded. NVe desire, therefere, le
atete oar decided conviction
First—That many memb,r. of the National Society, mai
a large numier of the clergy and laity of the church trait'
asap:, of church schools, are far from belieeing that the
procsedinec of the Committee of Council are " ir.imiell to
the education of the poor in the principles of the established
Hooch."
&molly—That the minutes of the Committee of Council,
ineluiSag lAe management chime • a.% at present existing,
are upon re whole sound and judicious, and calculated ast
to interfere with the legitimate authority of the clergy, bet
to create and keep alive amongst the laiity an interest came
to be dee:red in the promotion of the great work of national
edueatiu, well as to raise the htandard of educatien, by I
furniehoing abetter trained and better paid class of mattes 1
and mistresses.
We are, therefore, prepared to act in the spirit of the re.
'elution which was rejected at the meeting of the National
Society on May TJth; and to declare that " it is highly de. I
airable that the most amicable relations should exist be-
tween the church and the Committee of Council on Edits
cation ; and that both the cause of sound religious lastest-
tioa the interests of the church will be promoted by
tboir friendly co-operation.
The above declaration has been signed by—laymen, 609 ;
edergynwii, in all, von; deans, 4 archdeacons, 11 ; preben-
dare,, .12 ; rural deans, ; beneficed clergy, 1,314 ; popu-
Litiou under care of these, 3,113,..i17 average population
far rich 11C1I'lifP, 2,303; heads and 'fellows of collegec
masters of public and grammar school. 101 ; chaplains of
pewits, workhouses, itc.,47; curate., :1%1 ; members of the
National Society, 3:13; incumbents having schooLs in eon-
neetion with the privy council, in as.l, 419 ; incumbents hav-
ing bad whyds built under management clauses, since Jan.
1, 11117. 1153; incimilents haring in their r..hools pupil's
teeelieni, grants of books, augmentationsof masters' talent*,
• inemarks on the above—The large proportion of hence
Seed bray among the abuse signatures,
pulation wider their care, the number of archileacunc, rural
deans, mister, of public and grammar schools and chap.
lain. of priamoi and workhouses, as well as of members of
CI Nationel society, and those who have schools in eon-
noxious with and under the management clauses of the
Committee of Council, are an ouqu,stionable proof that the
shove signature, are thee', not ioily of experienced men,
last of in.n experienced in that partieular subject concern-
iikr which they h ivy in the declaration recorded their de-
liberate upinimi.
Copy of a cirrular addressed ia Jan, Mil, to every in.
euralient has mg had a school built a ith aid from the l'rivy
Council, Jan. I, 1617, and therefore under the w*'

etagunvent el pave.
o mane Vicarage, Itoltonte-Miari, Jan., 1851.
Iter. itir,—Your sellout ii, I believe, built under the
vicar. igtmetit clateovi of the (:ononittc- or Council On Edoca-
ties, and you hove not yet signed the dial:a:dein of appro-
bation of thou'. CllllllOl which ham been scat to you. 1 have
WI right to take the liberty of whim( in; but 'till you will
tend., me greet ausiotence in an attempt which I unt, for
the public good, making to moo tt.iin the truth no, the. tub -
krt. if you will Iw kind enough to inform me whether your
experience healed you to disapprove of thwe clauses ; and,
ifs., in what revect. Your loithful iicrvanti
HOMAN') UII.DI.VITIONR."
Abetrect of the Asiewcni to the übui, Circular.
Scheel,. built with aid hum the Priiiy t:runeil since
Gill
Jetioery I, Iblf

Of Ow incumbent a whew• ir.ari-hcv thrw hay, berm
built there have 1111111114.11,11 the above circular, iu all 379

Italie aissairroil by &loin, the declaration
Not having sigrusl the deshrntios, h ise in tliv‘r let-
ters I.llpromed uncuaditionnl amour:A of the dims 'I 93
Ilsee egg, 111,11.-11 no evil result frona them 331
Itireesprriencell no red result, but are still opposed
to thews an principle
Welts% ac are unable to give nay information
A singular and really haul rise
A el.' ill which evil result iv complaints' of, but
ninth is clearly owing to a misunderstanding of
the clauses
11 ' school COCllltlitt.... i• 0pp0.4.0.1 to
.. . . ..
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A saw is whisk Ib
the elfrivisaa, wing, so aura by ixia,
roe .1
A vv., m which the ineunibeut doe% nut
what n,-:,al by •` the manage nient clause."
Caw. in a huh the itaisagenwitt chuti • hate been di.-
Poste,l with, %wow lbw statement of la eulair Lir-
tunttancts ciatoweted with the phut: l2

7lnimb 'the witty, you will at one* make yourself one
il. Onnamutting by Yost-office order or otherwise a guinea
Mkr. Hwy Stretton, 67, i
Lincoln's-inn-fields London,
end ei asenring the power of co-operating in this napt:nisei
movement. Allow me also to beg of you to exert your in-
fluence to the same effect with your friends and neighbours.
he National Society, being incorpurated, and by charter
under the patronage of the Queen and the whole bench of
bishops, must be a permanent society either fur good or
evil, and will be generally considered the representative of
church feeling in the matter of education. A well-organised
and earefolly-matured plain, unlike the desultory effort of
last year, is now in progress fur the purpose of rescuing the
society from the false position in which Mr. Denison's agita-
tion has placed it, and restoring it to the confidence of the
country and consequent efficiency and usefulness. You
will not, I trust, he of the number of those who despair of
a successful issue, or decline in bumble dependence upon
God's blessing to join even at some inconvenience in
this united etfurt to give a proof, more practical far than
mere addresses or petitions, that tractarianism is not the
voice of the Church of England, and ought not to be al-
lowed with impunity to obstruct the free course of the edu-
cation of the labouring classes.
The annual meeting of the National Society is appointed
to take place at the Central School, Westminster, on Wed-
nesday, June 4, at twelve o'clock, and an early attendance
is necessary. A room has been taken at Fendall's Hotel,
Palace Yard, Westminster, by those who are fasourable to
this movement ; by calling at which on the morning of the
meeting, or on either of tile two previous days. you will re-
ceive information respecting tickets of admission to the
ruetting, the aomitiations for the committee, and other
important matters.
Ihe favour of an early answer is respectfully requested
by your faithful servant,
EDWARD GIRDLESTONR.
Resolution to be moved at the annual meeting of the
National Society, June 4, 1651:
"That the cause of sound religious instruction and the
interests of the church demand, at the present juncture, the
friendly co-operation of the National Society and the Com-
mitke of Council ; and this meeting, satisfied that such co-
operation must he for the advantage of the National Society
as well as of the church at large, desires to express its ear
nest hope that the two bodies may act cordially together."

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