The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-09 00:00:00

THE EDUCATION COMMISSION.

Lord LITTELTON spobe with the view of eliciting
same expimation from his noble friend the President of the
Gesineal, sad the noble duke the chairman of the
above winemieekes, se to the intentions of the govern-
ment aptia the mablest. He wished ampsehily to know
it wee intended to carry out the recommeadations of the
conasehnionesti with respect to bayou& and county rates
mod if eo, bow that was to be ree• • with the existing
anangemente kw distributing the 'dandies pea=
Ibis various religious communities, and what they
Amid be dime with regard to the cerailleates.
Earl GRANVILLE (who spoke very indintieelly, and
was scarcely audible in the gallery) was understood to gay
that he would only answer the question as to the latentimas
of government, and would leave kb soble fried (the Duke
of Newcastle), the chairman of the commission, to reply to
the noble lord's observations on the report. The depart-
meat with whisk he was conceited bad carefully 00111 i.
detect the reemsamedations of the report. He concurred
in many of the observations of the noble lord, but be did
aol Wait that the reciamassadetion as to borough sail county
seem had been emmideral, and there was so in-
testine sit wisest to ia any bill to carry out the re-
oommea of the etuanthelonen in that respect. With
to the better administrattoe of the system he had
flfttme difficulty how to act, but what he proposed to do
was this, which he thought would be satisfectory both to
parliament and the country. He thought they should be
enabled in • short tine new to lay on the table of both homes
of parliament a minute framed on certain incommendations
of the commission, and that minute would be &logy di-
rected to the si umliketioa of the Mimeo of the coined
office as related to schools and the appointment of
teachers ; and they hoped to be able to sweet something
which would meet a crying evil, sad give mistime* to
schools in what were called the poorer dielvicts in the
country. The minute was sot intended for immediate
action, but would be first Lid before both houses of par-
liament.

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Lord BROUGHAII quite concurred with what had been
maid as to the inestimable value of the report ; and he agreed
with the noble earl that it was better to do nothing till
after the long vacation. He was in favour of both a county
rani and a borough rate for schools.
The Duke of NEWC.l.ll7,Egrntelially acknowledgeed the
(*odour cad Wrung with which the report of the commie-
amen had bean received. The omissions complained of
for the most part ltd not come within the scope of their
inquiry ; sad be believed the 001111111101' iol2era bad dam=
la not at pelmet isitedocag with the misregalated
miaow waoma begidatioa, Utterly dreaded, was beginning
to be differently monied. Oa the question of religious
heyeetioa the esimimiiewers differed is opinion, the majo-
rity of four to three being Ia favour of limiting the
scope of the Privy Oesumil inspection. No in
byjury
would he doss to the hoiden al certificates the
proposed alteration ; sad, with regard to rating, the cora-
reibMiCHUMl were actuated by a desire to escape the injurious
emmesquencas to education of " cold fits of eacooluy " in
the House of Commune. The number of 1,000,000 children
in schools unasaisted by state funds, contrasted with the
917,000 assisted schools, showed that the meet system
wee not perfect, and required alteration. Parochial rating,
if introduced, might involve the religious difficulty; the
ennunissiouers, therefore, preferred to throw the requisite
on the county rates. The small Increase of taxation
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fled unjust iippridiensious, as more than compensating
benefits would result from it. The noble duke quoted
largely from the report, and said the commissioners, though
they bad not indulged in eloquent phrases about religon, by
no means forgot that the convictions of the people of Eng-
land were in favour of religious teaching.
After a short conversation the subject then dropped.