The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-10 00:00:00

THE MIMS AND 701,1110 N SCHOOL BLCZETI.

The annual meeting et this moiety was held
y, at the 'cathode% Borough-toed, Lord Joan
rifs:tx., M.P., prodding.
The following is ea abstract of the report :
4. During the year 266 peso( persona hays attended the
dames of the normal coney, of whom 100 have been ap-
Ontad to schools and 190 sra at present resident in the
institution. Of the 121 students who were relented at the
Christmas assignation for oerti&ates of merit not one failed,
and rely three were scheduled, while 70 obtained prizes for
drawing or otrtifioates of full competency. In the modal
eshoola them wee a daily atteedaace of nearly 1,000 o.bildran
under a gaff consisting of a head master and mistress, three
misuse teachers, and twenty-eight pupil teachers. The
total number of children who have been admitted sines the
commencement of those schools is 66,826. Under the
systematic plan of agency and school inspection now adopted
more than 1,000 visits have been paid by the society's emit
t, upwards 01700 tomes sad valetas in England and wan.
One hundred and ton grants, chiefly of school materials hare
hese made during the year, Winding twenty-one to schools
&breed sad many to tagged schools. In consequence of the I
teLisZinstitatket being found Inadequate, the site of a saw
establishment for mletresere had been purchased MI
the Clapham-road for 1.4001., and the estimated cost of the
bulMins was 14,0001. The receipts for the year amounted to
13,252 i."
Mr L. H. Paavrtnworrn moved the adoption of the

report.
Sir J. BOILIAV seconded the resolution.
Mr. Mama Palliates mid that though an ardent admirer
of the objects contemplated by the society, there w.di eome
portion of the disciple on which the adnualins of the children
was conducted to which bo objected; be therein*, wished to
ask whether during the peat year melee/ Med bola doss
Mends the removal of those pawns, which wen Mk to be
einaivo towards himself and the holy to which he befogged
—be meant the Unitarian body P
The SECILIITLAT said the society had been conducted as it
had bean conducted from the beginning. There wee no
camp, end there was no oognisince that any objection wee
taken to afro mode of instruction.
Yr. nuzzles said he felt it to be his ditty to move that
It should be an instractiou to the oommotee that certain
becim shoat no loam be placed in the hands of scholars is
their tam. Bale 4of the moiety declued that no
doctrine should be taught, and no particular creed
druid kern pert of the instruction to be gime in the insti-
tution. But that wile had bass *mild from. The deals-
lion bays been of tong coothzp bat etill it wen •
deviation hots the tatestioa of ths benders, and se ,
there WIWI us dilute et laudations 1601111 qnsodese, it I
could weer be too late to go back and do what wse dolt.
(Hear, hear.) Hem was a vitiation, for Mosses, in the Re-
ligions instrootkm LONSOOM, Book 2nd " Tell me why
ths wretched Adds of idolatry, which form so large a pert
of Room Catholic countries, cannot promote that which is
good r
Ths liscourraar—Thst cannot apply to M. We do not

see that book. _
Mr. Putman—lt wee parelmeed la your reporitory on
Satarday, end the rociety, he supposed, did not cirrulate
Looks which It dui not me sadaancins. He hoped the com.
mikes would look into the matter, and that they
wadi sot sanction this departure from ths L
ansdowne
of the aselety. He pat the qmetios bakes Lord
weihrro with him that there had bass a dep.rture from
the Indus; and since ha ameba-,the meeting he had
skitter from Raid Granvite, who rays .—tt I do not
hesitate to ray that if ornate books contain offensive pas.
sages with Typed to the Roman catholic. or the protestant
dlssesters, tbs sale of them by the rociety is not coceistent
with that templets freedom from sectarith opinions which
has always been the guide of this society, and in professedly
usdesominationd schools it is not desirable to instil intolo-
mat erieetples with regard to their fellow-mantras" He
had but one *sot I. view—to promote the interests of the
esskrg. The much abused body to which be belaegad had
dose meek to promote education, and nothing wkild gtve
Idea graft, Vaasa,* thee to work cordially with the
meows of that society if they permitted him to do so.
hest.) He begged to propose the following moo-
t—. this =Wimp LA heard with regret
that boobs are sold in this society's depository in which
paseller religions tenets are inculcated, and instructs the
esemillse foe the year ensuing to order the discredit:maws
of Le sale of all such books, and teeth:tea:ly desires that
*Leah Geography of Palestine ' Hymns sad Poetry
titer 6oiede sad Fernlike," On. Thimeared Qmstioes out of
the Old Testemeas,"Oes Tlaoussnd Solstices out of the
Mew Testament; and the book celled Relights! Is-
e, be no kisser eappasd from the depoidtory:
▪ lir. J. C. Lowliest= mended the resolution, and asked
whether it wee Yr se basest that there books should be
esepila Ina the society's depository eta reduced prim,
Ihsssitlsg than the walks end imprimatur of the society(
Tbeffeaerearte mid that the society did not inhibits soy
mirk sate the rased of its owe procesdinp. The works re-
feree' 011 will tot in the catalogue proper of the works used
by the steletp, bat is a sepplamental at doges.
Mt. IiNNINT PRISTON quoted from the sworn evidenos
MIS lets Mr. William All., sad Mr. Henry Duane is sap-
ped ef • shim to a legacy which had been left to may Wei-
midge whisk was found-ad on ensecrartaa principles, to show
that tie migheal pprnciplee al the &ochry bad nothing to do
with deetrisal , sad that it wets a violation of those
pissipies to sell and circulate Woke of a doctrinal teedesey.
The Catarsumt said that whilst he could not my that the
ark althea books came wattle the operation of the 4th rule,
still it was of so much Inspettanoe that no eutpicloe what-
ever should miss that they were infringing or evading 'hat
great feadammatel rule of the society, tart be ehould adrift
the managers of the soolsty•—tudess they could show that
these books were not liable to this objectios—not to let it
appear even that they bad the inditact moutios of the
• Ashy. (Hear, hear) The hieertam of these works le the
catalog.. did pre indirectly a siltation to the emu so In-
serted. If the. works wars sot rsetsined is the catalogue,
any pesos who wished to hays theca might still procure
them. He loped that, forth, mks of moldier swims, the
committee woe withdraw there works from the catalogue.
And say inissece he salikt hem Is the society would be
and for that rupees. (Rem, boss.)
Mr. Petwes said that OW what the sable chairman had
mid he wee prbkly willing to leave the matter in the hands
of the mmtet asd would withdraw his resolution.
The smolt was than adopted.
The Rev. W. CADMAN moved the nest resolution, to the
offset that the meting reesived with pleasure the eridenoe of
the growing prosperity of the society; that it tally approved
of the proposal ire the erectios of • new training mllep for
mistresses ; sad that thstsiseados which it gave, big =-
sects' Le mad aeriptard in its chewier, gem it dells to
liberal support sad co-Melnik'''. Ma aaggortad the to