The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-30 00:00:00

EDUCATION CIRCULARS OF TOE COMMITTEE

OF PRIVY COUNCIL.

Ifr. COWPERI;I2;O7I;e idiriesiii;coTy of eorreapond-
MOP between thsCommittasof the Privy Council on Education
and the menagerie( schools and her hfsjesty's inspectors of
schools, relatiog to the distribution, publicativr, and prepa-
ration of the annual reports of the inspectors. He said that
In moving for these papers be wished to say a few words.
He understood that certain circulars sod orders which bad
been issued by the Committee of the Privy Council for Educa-
tion had excited great Marto among the managers of schools
all over the country, and be should like to be
intmened accurately what the circulars and orders contained.
One of them related to the tabulated reports of each school,
which it appeared were to be discontinued. Hitherto each
school had ken stile to oomparo its progress with other
schools in the neighbourhood, which acted as a reward to

succes.ful roaster:: and as a stimulus to those whose schools
bed not made each progress. If the Coo:nines of Privy
Council had discontinued them from reasons of economy, he
thought no economy could be so misplaced, as the only cost
111111 that of prioting 1,600 Agee. He hoped that the cir•
order" would not be persevered with so as to prevent
tnaneore of octscola from having access to the printed
tabu! ited nines of the school, in their respective districts,
There was another circular which had given dissatisfaction
to the inspectors of schools, bet on that he would not at peer
sat off,r so °piston, as no doubt it would be had on the
table.

Mr. ADDERLEY was much obliged to the plight boa.
gentleman for having made this motion as it ensibled him
In a few words to rem ,voi, a miaapprtlanaku which had
gone abroad in the country with regard to the circular In
creation which had been sent to the faspectom of schools.;
be there were not two circalara, but only on., in which two
eubjecta were alluded to. It was a misapprehension to rap-
pees that the Committee of Privy Council bad soy intervit
of suppritating or discontinuing the minted report. of the
%evertors with a view to economy In misting. What had
ham done wea a ectotineenee of the itistructiona which bad
beta given to the lurpeotore for the last Often' years—
sanely that the manual reports of the %specters should
benoefoeth be introduord into one re of the Committee of
Council on Education addressed to her Majesty in
Council; but the individuality of each Inspector's report was
sot het—there was only an excision of such matter es was
sot lona fide report. This was only following nut the la-
tentitm of previous Committees of Conseil on Education_ ,
namely, to restrict the reports to actual anneenta of what had
been done, and to pat an end to the somewhat mirophleteerhig
character which the reports had asaumed. With regard to
the tabulated reports an schools, it was directed that instead
of westing till the end of the year fm their production, they
ware to be addressed to the Committee of Privy Council im-
mediately after the examination of the Khoo% a system
wbelt would %mews the usefulness of the reports, %%much
as they could be referred to in six or raven weeks instead of
at the end of a year. He hoped title explanation( would
be satisfactory with regard to a circular which had
been adopted after great oreisideratlon by the Committee of
Privy Council. Ar the correspondence was not completely
elesed, on the andormanding that the whole of it should be
%seeded in tbw nation, and with the sdlition of the words
"er extract." be would agree to it.
The motion PO amended was agreed to.

'Mebane. hiring waited from a quarter to rix to nine
o'clock for communications from the Lordr, at the latter
hour

The SPZAREIL announced a Inman from the Lords
'taring that they had agreed to several bills; that their lord-
ship Indeed oa two amendments in the Government of
ladle Bill to which the Commons had disagreed ; but that
they did not fended no their other amendments to which the
Commons had disagreed.
The house than resumed its veiling is silence for further
cammuulcatious from the upper house.
At twenty-flee minutia before tea another manage from
the Lords announced that they had agreed to the amend-
ments of the Commons to the Probate and Letters of Admi-
nistration Bill ; that they did not insist on their amend-
ments to the Univi mitten (Scotland) Bill ; the Vaccination
(Ireland) Bill_; the Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill ;
end several nth, r bills ; and that they bad 'disagreed Mons
of the amendments of the Commons to the Divorce and Ila-
trimonial Causes Bill.

A third message (a few moose aftprwerds) stated thtt their
lordships LA 4reed to the New Writs 13111 with amend.
newts.

The hews then e.ijoarntel at a quarter before 10.