The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-20 00:00:00

PARTY TIGRIS Di IRE.AND.

Referring to the party fights on Thursday last
between the Roman catholic, and Orangemen in the north
of Ireland, the Times appeals to the leaders, and says that
gentlemen of position and education ought to be ashamed
of lending the lase! countenance to these fatal feuds. They
know perfectly well that the circumstances which may have
rendered Orangeiam excusable h►ve long passed away, and
that the annual proceedings of the society, if not the
society itself, are but • mischievous reminiscence of evil
timer. If they continue to belong to such an sesocistica
they ought to insist on the absolute abandonment of these
obnoxious customs. One side must make a beginning in
• better order of things, and the initiative would surely
come with the best grace from the Orangemen, who, by
their own boast, have long ago achieved so many "glorious"
victories.

In the same sense the Star says that the gentlemen who
encourage this " fancy " are responsible for the acts of
their dupes.

IS TOPICS.

The Daily News thinks that a great mistake is made if
the tory party imagine that by getting rid of reform they
have got rid of the only awkward question, and points to
that of education es one which the country will imw-
distely demand the solution of. Any man who looks
around him must see that the question now is not whether
it is wise or expedient to provide education, but simply
what an the best means of providing education for all
cisme. That schools must be provided is inevitable : the
only question that remains is, how can this beet be done?

The Daily Bess approved; of what is being done by the
gentry and the high church party of Sussex in establishing
cheap schools, to which clerks and persons of moderate
mauls may send their sons to be boarded and taught at 14
guineas a year, and admits the right of the patrons and
subscribers even to lay down the startling dogma that in
order " to be religious it must have the mewing spirit of
the beloved church of England." But such a system can
never meet the wants of the English people. Their chief
desire is to have their children taught useful knowledge
in the schools, and they are prepared to send them
wherever that instruction can be obtained, provided, of
course, they are not compelled to accept such religious
teaching as they do not approve of. These are the only
principles upon which a national system is practicable
and any system in which they are not embodied should at
once be cast aside.

Alluding to the Report of the Ritual Commission
about to be issued, the Tints says it believes that the
first report, which deals with the question of mile-
' siastical vestments, will be decidedly adverse to the
practices which have been lately brought into vogue
by a section of the clergy. It expresses satisfaction
at this result. Not that it contends that every
cathedral, every parish or district church, *vet/ col-
lege chapel should be reduced to an uniformity of worship.
The religious tastes of devout peoplo vary very much,
according to age, sex, and education. It is often found
that clever, tasteful women of the higher classes have
• strong tendency towards an elaborate ritual. A
rather weak kind of young man is a good deal given
to the same opinions. Besides these, there are • great
number of educated people who, without much theologi-
cal bias, like choral services and a richly-dressed altar.
Were the excesses of the ritualists confined to • few
exceptional churches in large towns, we might view them
with tolerance. But any parish in the kingdom may be
placed at the mercy of an ignorant young man, full of