The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-05 00:00:00

The house then went into committee of supply.

Lord 11. MONTAGU moved the educatiosi vote.
He said the sum was put down at 842,5401.,
but there was a reduction of 61,2301., upon
the original estimate, consequent upon the
withdrawal of the Education Bill, and this
made a net increase over last year's estimate of
75,4591. The average annual attendance of chil-
dren in the schools in 1867 was 1,698,742, being an
increase of 59,559 over 1866, and in the night
schools the increase was 13,438. The increase in
the number of children who had passed examina-
tion was 462,799, being an increase of 30,313 over
the number in 1867. The number of children
between 3 and 15 years of age in England and
Wales who ought to be at school was 3,424,564,
and the total number at schools of various kinds
was 3,01,531, being 333,033 leas than the number
who ought to, be and who were not, at schooL
This he thought showed a satisfactory state of ele-
mentary education. 1111111111Pw
A somewhat lengthened discussion ensued, in
the course of which Lord Haitt.zx objected to oom-
pule my education in the agricultural districts.

Mr. H. A. Laucz criticised the various items,
and dilated on the advantage and necessity of a
rating system,

Mr 7 VV. E. Fossvan referred to a statement pet
forth by the Birmingham Education Society, with a
view of showing that education was by no means in
the satisfactory condition the noble lord had repre-
sented it to be. He also advocated the rating sys-
tem, but said it was not proposed to defray the
whole expense out of the rates, but about one-
third, another third being defrayed by the govern-
ment, and the remainder by the parents. 0a44401
The vote was agreed to, as were also several
others.

Some other business was disposed of, and
The house adjourned at 25 minutes to 2 o'clock.

SPEnIAL CONSTABLE EXPEN3P-9.—At a meeting
of the St. Pant's, Covent-garden, vestry yesterday, a sub-
ject was brought under discussion relative to the conduct
of the government with respect to the late swearing in of
special constables in the metropolis. It will be remem-
bered that when the Fenian outrage at Clerkenwell House
of Detention took place the Home Secretary sent to all
the vestries instructions to aid the swearing in of special
constables. Some of the vestries took up the matter
slowly, and sonic promptly, and the vestry of St. Paul,
Covent-garden, in whose district Bow-street Poliocoonrt
strode, acted with exceeding promptness, an was then
most needful, for How-street was almost daily filled
with roughs, gull that police-court could not be occu-
pied with swearing in specials, as thei e were many impor-
tant examinations going on. Two Middlesex magistrates,
me. Henry White and Mr. Stillwell, sat on a great many
drys, and three thousand persons were sworn in, and bri-
gaded into companies. On the bill for the payments of chub,
the cost of advertising, and the payment for "tavern mad
badges being sent to the clerk of the peace, the Middlesex
magistrates had ordered the matter to be left in abeyance,
as the bench was not quite clear as to whether it had the
power to pay for this hasty swearing in (reference not having
been made to the magistrates direct), and the Home Secre-
tary was therefore appealed to. He, however, is unwil-
ling to " make a precedent " for paying for county work by
the Home-effice, and refuses to pay for anything more
than the staves issued.

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